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HISTORY OF
INDIANAPOLIS & MARION CO.,
INDIANA
By
B. R. SULGROVE -
ILLUSTRATED.
PHILADELPHIA
L. H. EVERTS & CO.
1884
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SAMUEL
CANBY, (Centre Twp.) whose ancestors were of English
extraction, was the son of Dr. Benjamin H. Canby and
his wife, Sarah Taylor, of Virginia. He was
born in Leesburg, Loudoun Co., Va., on the 12th of April,
1800. Here his early years were spent in the pursuit
of such educational advantages as the schools of the
neighborhood afforded. On the attaining the years of
manhood he removed with the family to Boone County, Ky.,
where his father purchased a farm on the banks of the Ohio
River, at East Bend, Bacon Co., and was assisted in the
cultivation and improvement of the land by his son.
Samuel Canby was married, in April, 1827, to Miss
Elizabeth De Pew, of Boon County, Ky., granddaughter of
John De Pew, who emigrated from England and settled
in Virginia. The latter had eight children, of whom
Abram, the father of Mrs. Canby, married
Mildred Sebree, whose parents were John and Mildred
Johnson Sebree. The former was a Revolutionary
soldier, and died at the siege of Yorktown. He was the
companion of Gen. George Rogers Clark in his
expedition against the British posts in the West. In
1837, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Canby removed to Marion
County, Ind., in company with an uncle, John H. Canby,
a gentleman of the old school, who possessed ample means,
and had many years before retired from business. He
was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and much
esteemed for his many Christian virtues. His death
occurred Feb. 8, 1844, at the age of seventy-one years.
Mr. and Mrs. Canby located upon a farm in Centre
township, two miles from the city of Indianapolis, where
they continued the congenial pursuits of the agriculturist
during the former's lifetime. Mr. Canby enjoyed
the reputation of being a model farmer, and one of the most
successful in the county. The home of Mr. and Mrs.
Canby was the seat of a generous hospitality, and
proverbial for the welcome and good cheer afforded alike to
guest or traveler. In politics the subject of this
sketch was a Democrat, though his innate modesty and the
demands of his private business alike prevented active
participation in the political events of the day. He
was reared in the Quaker faith, and with his wife became a
member of the Roberts Park Methodist Episcopal Church of
Indianapolis. Mr. Canby, in 1874, erected a
spacious dwelling in the latter city, to which he removed on
its completion. He survived this change of residence
but two weeks, and died on the 16th of October, 1875.
His remains are interred in the beautiful Crown Hill
Cemetery. His widow, with her sister, Miss De Pew,
now occupies the city home. Mrs. Mildred De Pew,
the mother of Mrs. Canby, died at the home of her
daughter at the advanced age of eighty-eight years, and is
buried in Crown Hill Cemetery. She was a lady of
genial nature, great force of character, and remarkable
Christian faith.
Source: History of Indianapolis & Marion County,
Indiana - Published by B. R. Sulgrove - Philadelphia:
L. H. Everts & Co.
1884 ~ Page 503 |
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