BIO: ROYSE, JOhn W., s/o Martin & Catharine (Evans) Royse

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

ROYSE   EVANS   GARRIOTT   WATKINS   MABRY

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

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JOHN W. ROYSE, a native of the township and county in which he still
resides, was born July 24,1814, the fourth born in a family of twelve
children, of whom the parnts were Martin and Catharine (Evans) Royse.  These
parents were born in Kentucky June 9, 1787 and Virginia June 23,1784,
respectively, the former coming with his parents to Indiana Territory in
1799, he at that time being twelve years old.  They were married in Clark
County, this State, in February, 1811, and were among the earliest settlers
of Fredericksburg.  John W. remained with his parents until the age of
twenty-one years, during which time he received a much better education than
was common at that time.  December 25,1834, he married Mary Garriott, who
bore him four children, only one--Charles F.--who married Annie Mabry,
December 27, 1882, is now living.  Mrs. Royse died November 26, 1876, and
December 19, 1877, Mr. Royse selected for his second wife, Miriam E.
Watkins.  He has followed agricultural pursuits through life and now owns a
good farm of 125 acres of land.  In politics he is an unswerving supporter
of the priciples advocated by the Republican party, and he and wife and son
and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Diana Flynn
Springville, Lawrence Co., IN.
ivie@tima.com
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