From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
Spiceland Township.
Page 815 and 816.
Submitted by: Jeanie

John Hiatt, one of the earliest settlers of Henry County, was born in Guilford County, N. C., July 9, 1804, a son of Benajah and Elizabeth (White) Hiatt, natives of North Carolina, of Welsh descent. He was educated in the Friends' school at New Garden, N. C., residing with his parents till his marriage. He soon after moved to Indiana and settled in Wayne County, near the Henry County line, where he remained till 1831, when he came to Henry County and bought a farm adjoining the town of Spiceland, the most of it wild, uncultivated land. He went bravely to work, and in a few years had a finely cultivated farm, and was surrounded with all the comforts of life. He has lived to enjoy the fruits of a well spent life, and is now living retired from the active life of the farm. He was married Feb. 4, 1824, to Rebecca, daughter of Josiah and Annie (Britton) Unthank. They have had a family of ten children - Annie J. (wife of Jacob Griffin), Albert, Josiah, Eliphalet, Charles, Clarkson, Mary (wife of Albert Hodson), Martha (wife of Thomas Evans), William and Samuel. Mr. and Mrs. Hiatt are members of the Society of Friends.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
Spiceland Township.
Page 816.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Eli F. Hodson, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Spiceland Township, Henry Co., Ind., Nov. 28, 1830, the second son of Robert Hodson, of Spiceland Township. He lived with his parents till his majority, and then, with the assistance of his father opened a small drug store in Ogden. He was successful in his management and accumulated property, remaining in business over thirty years. He was appointed Postmaster in 1857, and held the office almost continuously till 1882. In connection with his other business he was interested in milling and farming several years. In 1882 he sold his drug store and has since given his attention to general farming and stock-raising. His farm contains 167 acres of fine land. His residence is commodious, and his farm buildings denote thrift. He was married Oct. 9, 1856, to Jennie Reynolds, daughter of Job Reynolds. They have had four children - Alice E., wife of Edward Elliott; Ellsworth, deceased; Addie M. and Carrie. Mr. and Mrs. Hodson are members of the Society of Friends.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
Spiceland Township.
Page 816.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Isaac Hodson, the oldest resident of Spiceland Township, was born in Guilford County, N. C., Dec. 23, 1795, a son of Robert and Isabel (Frazier) Hodson, natives of North Carolina, of English descent. He lived on a farm in North Carolina till 1826, and then came to Indiana and located in Henry County, in what is now Spiceland Township. He bought 160 acres of heavily timbered land and went to work to clear and improve his farm. In the fall and winter of 1828 he taught a subscription school in his cabin. This was the first school in the neighborhood. Mr. Hodson has one of the finest farms in the township. Coming, as he did, in the early settlement of the county, he has noted all the improvements, and has seen the country grow from a state of nature to one of advanced civilization. He was married March 15, 1829, to Wilmet, daughter of Jacob Elliott. They have had five children - Sarah Ann (deceased), Jonas, Charles, Albert and one who died in childhood. Mrs. Hodson died in December, 1882. Mr. Hodson has lived a quiet life, never seeking or desiring the publicity of official life.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
Spiceland Township.
Page 816 and 817.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Jonas E. Hodson, Spiceland, Ind., is a native of Spiceland Township, Henry Co., Ind., born May 1, 1833, the eldest son of Isaac and Wilmet (Elliott) Hodson. He was reared on the farm entered by his father in 1826, and attended the schools of Spiceland. He was married April 30, 1854, to Mary Ann, a daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Hiatt) Antrim. After his marriage he settled on a part of the old homestead and engaged in farming, and worked at the carpenter's trade till 1883, when he opened his stove and tinware store in Spiceland, where he has steadily increasing trade. Mr. and Mrs. Hodson have had six children - Martha, Ellen, Emily, Clark (deceased), Dora and Flora (twins, the former deceased), and Adaline. They are members of the Society of Friends, and among the influential citizens of the township.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
Spiceland Township.
Page 817.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Robert Hodson was born in Guilford County, N. C., Sept. 16, 1799, the fourth son of Robert and Isabel (Frazier) Hodson, natives of North Carolina. His grandfather, Robert Hodson, and two brothers, George and Joseph, came from England in the early part of the eighteenth century, and settled in North Carolina. He lived with his parents till twenty-two years of age, and then purchased a small farm upon which he lived till about 1825, when he came to Indiana and located in Henry County. He entered 167 acres of land on Blue River, erected a rude cabin and began to prepare to raise something to eat. He cleared four acres and raised a good crop of corn. He lived on this farm thirty-five years, and then bought one on section 24, where he lived till the death of his wife, in 1869, when he retired from active life. He was married in 1822 to Annie, daughter of John and Rachel Bailes. They had a family of six children, two born in North Carolina and four in Henry County, Ind. - Mary Ann, Susan, John B., Eli F., William and Henry. The daughters and Henry are deceased. Mr. Hodson and his wife were birthright members of the Society of Friends.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
Spiceland Township.
Page 817 and 818.
Submitted by: Jeanie

William Hodson, farmer and miller, was born in Spiceland Township, Henry Co., Ind., July 25, 1840, the third son of Robert and Annie (Bailes) Hodson. He received a good education, remaining with his parents till manhood. He was married Dec. 30, 1861, to Amanda F., daughter of Nathan and Sarah Scoville. After his marriage he settled on a farm of 140 acres, which his father gave him, in Spiceland Township. He carried on his farm ten years and then bought a half interest in a flouring mill. He has since bought a third interest in a stone-quarry mill. He has been successful in his business pursuits and now owns 250 acres of valuable land. Mr. and Mrs. Hodson have six children - Samuel, Rufus P., Minnie A., Elbert, Nellie and Perley. Politically Mr. Hodson is a Democrat.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
Spiceland Township.
Page 818.
Submitted by: Jeanie

James Hudelson, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Nicholas County, Ky., June 14, 1825, a son of James and Esther (Craig) Hudelson. His parents came to Henry County, Ind., in October, 1831, and bought a tract of land with very little improvement, where his father died two weeks later. His mother superintended the clearing and improving the farm, and reared her eight children, remaining here till her death, Feb. 7, 1876, aged nearly seventy-eight years. He remained with his mother till manhood, and bought the old homestead of the other heirs. He has now lived in Spiceland Township fifty-three years, and has seen all the varied changes that have brought it to its present state of advanced civilization. He was married June 5, 1851, to Sarah M., daughter of Thomas and Sarah Atkins, of Rush County. They have had seven children - Ansel S. (deceased), John N., Elva, Henry M., Albert T., Anna M. and Hugh M. Mr. and Mrs. Hudelson are members of the United Presbyterian church. Politically he is a Republican.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
Spiceland Township.
Page 818.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Luther E. Hudelson, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Spiceland Township, Henry County, Jan. 19, 1850, the second son of William and Lucinda (Morris) Hudelson. He received a good education in the common schools, residing with his parents till his marriage. He bought 140 acres of land in Rush County, Ind., on the Henry County line, where he is successfully engaged in farming. He was married Sept. 1, 1871, to Deborah A. Lupton, daughter of Nathan and Deborah Lupton, natives of Jefferson County, Ohio. They have five children - Cecil Calvert, Laura Lulu, Otis Lupton, Julia Etta and Ada. Mr. and Mrs. Hudelson are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Politically he is an Independent.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
Spiceland Township.
Page 818 and 819.
Submitted by: Jeanie

William Hudelson is one of the oldest and most prominent citizens of Henry County, and none are more worthy of the place he holds in the hearts of the people. He is a native of Nicholas County, Ky., born Nov. 14, 1823. His parents, James and Esther (Cregg) Hudelson, were natives of the same State. Owing to their aversion to the slave traffic and opposition to slavery they preferred a home in the woods to a land of tyranny and oppression, and in the fall of 1831, with a family of eight children, they moved to Indiana and settled in what is now Spiceland Township, Henry County, at that time a wilderness inhabited by wild beasts. They bought 160 acres of land with few improvements and two log cabins. Neighbors were few, and being in the woods seemed a long distance apart, and but for the cabin erected a short time before they might have claimed the right of discovery. Three weeks after they arrived the father was taken sick with a fever from which he never recovered. Thus the mother was left to battle with life alone, her eldest child being about fourteen years of age, and all friends many miles distant. Possessed of courage she, with the aid of her children, who realized the situation, succeeded in cutting away the forests and was soon rewarded by waving fields of grain. Under her guidance her children reached a noble man and womanhood. She lived to the age of seventy-eight years. William Hudelson remained with his mother three years after his father's death and from that time till twenty-one years of age made his home with his grandmother. He then, at the solicitation of his mother, returned to the homestead to assist his younger brothers in managing the farm and care for her in her declining years. Dec. 10, 1846, he was married to Lucinda Morris, daughter of Benjamin and Catherine (Williams) Morris, prominent pioneers of the county. To them have been born six children - Benjamin F., Luther E., Morris E., Laura E., Lineas L. and Hattie A. Laura died at the age of seventeen months. Whatever Mr. Hudelson has achieved has been the result of the united energy and successful management of himself and his worthy wife. His first purchase was thirty-three and one-third acres for which he gave his note. By frugal habits and perseverance he has risen from poverty to the enjoyment of a comfortable home, surrounded by friends and children, and all that combines to make life worth living. The farm contains 343 acres of finely cultivated land a part of which is Mrs. Hudelson's inheritance from her father's estate. In religious faith Mr. and Mrs. Hudelson are Presbyterians. Their home is the synonym for hospitality, and the stranger that finds a shelter within their gates receives a welcome that dispenses all thought of depression and homesickness.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
Spiceland Township.
Page 819 and 820.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Alfred Jackson, farmer and stock-raiser, was born on the farm where he now resides in Spiceland Township, Henry Co., Ind., July 7, 1836, a son of William and Lucy (Lucas) Jackson. He resided with his father till manhood, receiving a common-school education. After his marriage he moved to a farm in Greensboro Township, where, with the exception of five years, 1861-'2 and 1873-'5, he was in the general mercantile business, he resided twenty-three years. After the death of his father he bought the homestead, containing 167 acres of fine land, where he has since resided. He was married Jan. 2, 1857, to Susan, daughter of Elliott and Sarah (Byrkett) Rose, early settlers of the county. They have had five children; but two are living - Emma J. and Mollie. Sarah C. died in 1862, aged one year, four months and eleven days; Della, in 1878, aged twelve years, two months and twenty-four days; and Willard, in 1878, aged four years, ten months and twenty-two days.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
Spiceland Township.
Page 820.
Submitted by: Jeanie

John Lindamood was born in Shenandoah County, Va., in 1820, a son of Michael and Mary (Painter) Lindamood. When eighteen years of age he left home and worked by the day and month three or four years. He came to Indiana and remained in Henry County two months. He then went to Wayne County and rented land six years. He was married July 25, 1839, to Elizabeth Nixon, a native of Wayne County. About 1843 he came to Henry County and rented land six years. He then purchased eighty acres of land on the east side of Spiceland Township and has by industry and good management added to it till he now owns 400 acres of finely improved land. Mr. and Mrs. Lindamood had eight children, six lived to maturity, and five are still living. May 13, 1866, his wife died and Feb. 12, 1867, he married Lizzie Larth, a native of Wayne County. They have had two children; but one is living. Mr. and Mrs. Lindamood are members of the Society of Friends. Politically he is a Republican.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
Spiceland Township.
Page 820.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Solomon Macy is a native of Guilford County, N. C., born Nov. 3, 1805, a son of Thaddeus and Catherine (White) Macy, natives of the same county, of Welsh descent. He lived on a farm till sixteen years of age when he went to learn the saddler's trade. He served as an apprentice for two years, but on account of failing health returned to the farm and remained a year. He then again began working at his trade and worked on the farm and in the shop two years. In 1826 he came to Indiana and lived in Wayne County a year; then went to Washington County and remained a year, and in 1829 came to Henry County and opened a harness shop in Greensboro with Job Dix, which they carried on successfully three years. He then taught school for a time and subsequently entered 148 acres of unimproved land from the Government where he has resided since 1833. He was married Dec. 2, 1830, to Priscilla, daughter of John and Elizabeth Ham. They have had a family of six children - Edwin, Martha A., Elwood, Samuel H., Caroline and Mary J; the latter is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Macy are members of the Society of Friends and are among the most influential and respected citizens of the county.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
Spiceland Township.
Page 820 and 821.
Submitted by: Jeanie

William R. Macy was born in Guilford County, N. C., Dec. 1, 1820, the second of twelve children of Enoch and Nancy (Rayle) Macy, natives of North Carolina. His father was of the fourth generation of Macys living in North Carolina. He was by trade a blacksmith and plow manufacturer. In 1835 he emigrated to Indiana and settled in Wayne Township, Henry County, where he purchased 200 acres of land and lived till his death. He was a birthright member of the Society of Friends and a strong anti-slavery man. He lived an upright life, and had the confidence and esteem of all who knew him. He died at the age of eighty years. His wife survived him two years. Our subject remained with his father till manhood, assisting him on the farm and in the shop. He was married in 1842 to Sally W., daughter of Job and Hannah Dix. Of their four children but three are living - John B., Emily J. and Julia C. After his marriage Mr. Macy purchased a small farm in Spiceland Township, and erected a shop, where he has since followed farming and worked at his trade with the exception of three years. He and his wife are members of the Society of Friends. Politically he is a Republican.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
Spiceland Township.
Page 821.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Adam Miller, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Blue River Township, Henry Co., Ind., April 14, 1842, the youngest of eleven children of Abraham and Mary (Meher) Miller, natives of Ashe County, N. C., where they were married and where two children were born to them. They moved to Ohio in an early day, Mrs. Miller and the children riding a horse and carrying all their worldly goods, and Mr. Miller walking and carrying his gun. They lived on rented land in Ohio twelve years and then came to Henry County, Ind., and entered forty acres of land, to which he afterward added 160 acres, entering eighty and buying eighty. Thus by industry and good management he accumulated property. He died in 1864 and his wife in 1872. They were active members of the Christian church. Politically he was a Whig and strongly in favor of Abolitionism. Our subject resided with his parents till their death, when he took charge of the homestead which he afterward purchased of the heirs, residing there till 1879, when he sold the farm and bought the one in Spiceland Township where he now lives, containing 160 acres of finely improved land. He was married April 1, 1860, to Catherine Koons. They had four children - Thomas B., Mary M., Abraham L., and George G. (deceased). His wife died in 1866, and Dec. 17, 1867, he married Nancy E., daughter of Dr. William B. Shockley. They have had eleven children - Louisa E., Letta E., William B., John A., Bertha E., Augusta J., Annie A., Gilbert R., James B., and two unnamed. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are members of the Christian church. Politically he casts his suffrage with the Greenback party.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
Spiceland Township.
Page 821 and 822.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Thomas K. Milliken, proprietor of the Spiceland livery stables, was born in Blue River Township, Henry Co., Ind., June 26, 1846, a son of William and Susanna (Frazer) Milliken. He was reared a farmer, remaining with his parents till manhood, and received a good education in the common schools. He was married Nov. 18, 1869, to Myra F., daughter of Zadock and Delilah (Hunt) Rayle. They have one child - Ora E. After his marriage, Mr. Milliken settled on a farm in Franklin Township, remaining there till 1872, where he came to Spiceland and bought the livery and sale stables, where he has since done a thriving business. His stable is well stocked with horses and carriages, and he is able to supply customers with any kind of outfit required. Mr. and Mrs. Milliken are members of the Society of Friends.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
Spiceland Township.
Page 822.
Submitted by: Jeanie

John Mitchell, whose portrait will be found in this work, was born in Iredell County, N. C., April 29, 1810. He was the eldest son of Moses and Elizabeth (Grant) Mitchell. His grandfathers, William Mitchell and John Grant, were born in England, but being favorably impressed with the glowing accounts given of the natural charms of America life, they emigrated to this county at an early age, and when the war began between the mother country and her infant colonies, they espoused the cause peculiar to the land of their adoption, enlisted in the American army, and fought nobly for the principles of liberty and justice for seven long and eventful years. His father was born in Wilks County, N. C., during the memorable year of 1776, and died in 1853. Mrs. Grant, mother of the subject of our sketch, was also born in the same locality, on the 15th day of May, 1785, and departed this life in February, 1871, being nearly eighty-seven years of age. John Mitchell came to Indiana in the fall of 1832, when the country was comparatively new, and much of the now highly cultivated lands were a vast and unbroken forest. During his early initiation into Indiana life, he became greatly interested in the sports characteristic of these early days, and was known far and near as a skillful hunter and a crack shot. His first labor was on what is still known as the National road, at a salary of $10 per month. The following year, 1833, he received the appointment of Superintendent of the same road, by the Government, and performed the duties of his office so faithfully as to win the confidence and respect of those by whom he was employed. In 1834 he entered a quarter-section of land in Hancock County, Ind., a part of which he afterward traded for forty-nine acres in Henry County, on which was located a valuable saw-mill. This property, together with a large amount of hogs and lumber, was all destroyed by fire, but he subsequently built a more costly structure, which was completed on the day General Harrison was elected President of the United States. In the spring of 1851 he purchased a part of the lands on which he still resides, and continued to add to his broad acres until he became the owner of nearly a section and a half of fertile soil. In 1868 he erected a fine, commodious and well-arranged dwelling, one of the most desirable farm residences to be found any where in his neighborhood, and was seemingly prepared for all the pleasures and enjoyments of a ripe old age. He is a member of the Christian church, and has always been a generous and willing contributor to benevolent enterprises, and wherever necessity required has always given with a liberal hand. He was married on the seventh day of December, 1837, to Martha E., daughter of Daniel and Prudence (Stansbury) Jackson. She was born May 22, 1817, near Milton, Ind., and died at their home in Henry County, Ind., Nov. 11, 1882. After a married life of nearly half a century, the deceased was laid to rest "under the quiet stars." Twelve children blessed this happy union, eight of whom are still living. Two daughters, Nancy M. and Sara J., and two sons, Robert G. and Moses G., reside at San Jose, Cal., and Thomas F. and John P. are at the old homestead; William M. is permanently located in Kansas, and Daniel J. is a resident of Newbergh, Oregon.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
Spiceland Township.
Page 822 to 824.
Submitted by: Jeanie

James A. Moffitt, of Ogden, is the only attorney in the township, and also carries on farming and is an extensive stock-raiser. He was born in Knox County, Ohio, in 1842, moved with his father when quite young to the northern part of Rush County, Ind., and settled on a farm three miles southeast of Knightstown. His father, Joshua Moffitt, was above the average farmer for intelligence, taking an active part in all public events that transpired in his time, besides being a great historian, and he took a great interest in the teachings and doctrines of the Bible. He was born in Westmoreland County, Pa., 1808, and died in Henry County, Ind., near Ogden, Nov. 14, 1867. His ancestry is Scotch. His mother, Mary Moffitt, whose maiden name was Welker, was born in Knox County, Ohio, in 1814, and died in Rush County, Ind., March 17, 1853. Her parents came from Germany and settled in Knox County, Ohio, in an early day. She came of a large family, of whom nearly all of them have distinguished themselves in different professions in the law, medicine and ministry. All are deceased except three; two of the remaining are farmers, the other one, Martin M. Welker, is at present United States Judge, and holds his court at Cleveland, Ohio. At the age of fifteen years James A. Moffitt's mother died, leaving a family of eight boys, four of whom have since deceased. The youngest living is Judge R. B. Moffitt, of Douglas County, Ill. At that early age James was thrown upon his own resources to battle with the realities of life; he worked at farm labor during the summer time and attended district school during the winter, until he was eighteen, when he attended higher schools, after which he taught several schools and read law. He has been a resident of Henry County, Ind., since 1863. In politics he is a Republican, and has always taken an active part in political contests and other public matters. He is a great friend of education, a man of strict integrity, moral habits, and in religious belief a Friend. He was married in March, 1871, to Sarah C. Griffin, youngest daughter of Samuel Griffin, and a member of one of the old standard Quaker families of the county.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
Spiceland Township.
Page 824.
Submitted by: Jeanie

Emory C. Newby, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Spiceland Township, Henry Co., Ind., Nov. 21, 1851, the son of Joseph and Naomi Newby. He was reared and educated in Spiceland Township, and has always followed agricultural pursuits. In 1878 he bought 120 acres of fine land which he has improved, and has one of the best farms in the township. He was married April 29, 1880, to Margaret, daughter of Zachariah and Sarah A. (Shull) Nixon, the former a native of Wayne County, Ind., and the latter of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Newby are members of the Society of Friends. They have two children - Arthur and Terrell. Politically he is a Republican.

From the History of Henry County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884.
Spiceland Township.
Page 825.
Submitted by: Jeanie