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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
HISTORY
OF
VIGO & PARKE COUNTIES
Together With
Historic Notes on the Wabash Valley
Gleaned from Early Authors, Old Maps and Manuscripts,
Private and Official Correspondence, and other
Out-of-the-Way Sources
By H. W. Beckwith
of the Danville Bar; Corresponding Member of the Historical
Societies of Wisconsin and Chicago
- MAP WITH ILLUSTRATIONS -
Chicago:
H. H. Hill and N. Iddings, Publishers
1880.
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Prairieton
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DAVID C., or, as he is familiarly
called, CARY McPHERON,
farmer, Prairieton, was born and raised on the
farm he now occupies. He married, at
Prairieton, Miss Hattie Rowe, a daughter
of John M. Rowe, an intelligent and
social lady. His father, Andrew
McPheron, was born in Tennessee, emigrated
to Ohio when a child and came to Prairieton at
an early day. He first walked from
Champaign county, Ohio, to Edgar county,
Illinois, and back. He then rode out on
horseback and returned to Ohio on foot. HE
subsequently rode a good horse and came with
about $275 in money and settled in Prairieton.
He was married in 1849 to Mrs. Garcia Ann
Bethys the widow of Marvin Bethys.
He died Jan. 16, 1871. His wife is living
and resides in the city of Terre Haute.
Source: History of Vigo & Parke Counties
(Indiana), Publ. 1880 - Page 468
Note: John M. Rowe is the son of
Benjamin Rowe. ~ S. Wick |
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Prairieton Twp. -
THOMAS McPHERON, deceased,
brother of Andrew McPheron and husband of
Mrs. Virginia McPheron, was born in Green
county, Tennessee, Feb. 5, 1815, three miles
from Greenville City. He moved to Allen
county, Ohio, in 1831, and was married to
Miss Nancy Coon, of Allen county, Ohio, who
died eighteen months afterward, leaving one
child, a daughter, Nancy E. McPheron, who
still lives in West Newton, Ohio, and is married
to a man by the name of Hughes.
Mr. McPheron afterward moved to Miami
county, Ohio, where he was married Feb. 27,
1847, to Miss Rhoda J. Pence, a cousin of
Dr. Allen Pence, of Terre Haute, Indiana.
He moved to Prairieton, Indiana, in 1853, and
his wife died July 21, 1862, aged forty-two
years. He was again married, this time to
Miss Virginia Bennett, of Sullivan
county, Indiana, Apr. 16, 1863. His
children by his second wife are: Thomas
A., Eli, Maria, William, Carry, Henrietta
and Harriett; and by his third wife:
Mary, Florence, Rosa and James.
Six of these are dead: William, Cary,
Henrietta, Harriet, Rosa and James.
He was a member and a deacon of the
Missionary Baptist church for many years, and
was respected by all who knew him. He died
Mar. 28, 1869, at his home one and a half miles
southwest of Prairieton, where his third wife,
who survives him, still lives. She was
born Sept. 3, 1828, near Merom, Sullivan county,
Indiana. She came to Prairieton in 1863,
soon after her marriage, where she has since
resided. She has a fine farm of about 150
acres, which she, with the assistance of her
children, has successfully managed since her
husband's death, and they have a good home,
surrounded by the comforts of life. Her
health has always been good. She has been
a member of the Methodist church for many years.
Her stepson, Thomas A. McPheron, is a
young man of steady habits, and an important
factor in the successful management of the farm.
Source: History of Vigo & Parke Counties
(Indiana), Publ. 1880 - Page 473 |
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