BIO: LACKEY, John E., s/o Thomas & Nancy (Short) Lackey

Submitted by:  ivie@tima.com   (Diana Flynn)

LACKEY   SHORT   PITT   

"HISTORY OF LAWRENCE, ORANGE & WASHINGTON COUNTIES INDIANA"  
GOODSPEED BROS.1884

JOHN E. LACKEY was born in Indian Creek Township, Lawrence Co., Ind., May
26, 1835, and is a son of THOMAS and NANCY (SHORT) LACKEY, who were of
English-Irish origin.  When Lawrence County was first being settled and when
everything was new, Thomas Lackey emigrated from KENTUCKY and settled in
Indian Creek Township, where, after a long life of usefulness, he died in
1858.  In 1870 the marriage of John E. Lackey with Miss MARY V. PITT, who
was born in this county in 1854, a daughter of JOHN C. and SALLIE PITT, was
solemnized, and the four children born to them are:  ORLEY, NORMA, OTIS
(deceased) and EARL.  In politics Mr. Lackey is a Republican;  is the owner
of 416 acres of land, and he and wife are members of the Christian Church.
In about 1856 he came into possession of the old Lackey homestead, which is
one of the best farms in the township. and where Mr. Lackey has resided
almost half a century.
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