Abel WESTFALL

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Captain Abel Westfall was born Hampshire County, Virginia. He died after 10 Aug 1814, the date his will was probated and buried in Bloomfield City Cemetery. Children: Newton Edwards (eldest son); Sall y Edwards married a Fairhurst or Johnson; Juliet married a Giles; Jenny married Daniel Whitmore; Indiana married George Ruble; John Wesley married Eliza Foster. Source Page 106, 107, Roster of Soldier s and Patriots of the American Revolution Buried in Indiana, 1966.



The Baber History
of
Greene County

(http://www.rootsweb.com/~ingreene/history/books/baber/index.html)

Chapter XXVI

Taylor Township


The first old settlers in the neighborhood were Daniel Wallace, George Anderson, Robert Anderson, Abel Westfall, Thomas Barker and his son, Obediah T. Barker, John Summerville, James, Nathaniel, Willi am and Henry Cochran.

Over in the north end of the township, were the families of Colonel Fellows, old man Lewis, Joel Benham, James Cox, William Cox, John Ruth, Cornelius Bogard and Silas Fellows.

Over in Daviess County were old Philip Miller and Uncle Davey Ledgerwood and a few others.

Old Uncle David Wallace built the first log cabin on the farm where John Summerville now lives, about a half mile south of Scotland. David Wallace and the two Anderson brothers came direct to Greene c ounty from Edinburg, Scotland, and made the first entry of land in this settlement.

Joel Benham first settled on the farm where his son, Isaac Benham now lives. [end of pg. 73]

Joel Benham was born in Lee county, Virginia, and married Miss Rebecca Hicks. They came to Knox county, Indiana, in the year 1814, and to Greene county about fifty-five years ago. Mr. Benham and wif e had thirteen children - eight boys and five girls. The old man died about seven years ago, and was buried at the Simpson Chapel.

Isaac Benham, the youngest child, was born in Taylor township, on the 22nd day of August, 1823. He married Miss Emily Lester, daughter of Peter R. Lester. Isaac was married the first time at the age o f seventeen years. His last wife was Amanda Clark, and they now live on the old Joe Benham Farm.

Cornelius Bogard first settled on the place called Bogard Farm, where William Bogard now lives.

The first school was taught by Mr. O. T. Barker, in a little log cabin that David Wallace first built. - Among the pupils were William Miller, Julia Ann Miller, Ewell Barker, Charles Cochran and abou t twenty-five others.

Grandfather O'Daniel was the second man that built a log cabin in this township, and was a very eccentric old genius, and a good citizen.

Nathan Baker set out the old apple trees, shumake and pine and pine trees, at John A. Stone's.

John A. Stone came from county, North Carolina, forty-six years ago. He married Elizabeth Bravens, daughter of Jesse Bravens. Jesse Bravens was the father of twenty-one children, Mrs. Stone has live d to see her father, mother, and all of her brothers and sisters buried. Mr. and Mrs. Stone, having had no children of their own, have adopted and raised several orphan children. They are noted for th eir great kindness to the orphans, which have been entrusted to their care and hospitality.

Philip Miller, of Madison township, Daviess county, was a very noted old pioneer, a model farmer, and first-class stone-mason. He had the best orchard and the nicest farm in all that country. He wa s a true Christian and a faithful worker in the good cause of education.

Uncle Davey Ledgerwood settled in Daviess county, six miles north of the old Paddy Garden. This Garden was a noted old pigeon roost, and was located about where Samuel Taylor now lives.

One of the most remarkable families among the old settlers, was the old man Richey and his sons and daughters.

We have two old bear stories which are both true. They are among the noted doings and acts of the old Richey family. At an early day in this settlement, a very large old bear came up near Mr. Richey' s house and caught a big hog. The men were not at home at the time; but the girls were, and one of them gathered up a wooden hand-spike and went to relieve the hog. When she came upon the bear he di d not let the hog loose out of his paws, so the girl struck the old bruin over the back in such a way as to break it, thus killing him.

But the next bear tale will beat all others:

At another time, John Miller and Pleasant Richey, were hunting in the edge of Daviess county, and found a big bear up a tree trying to eat off a bee-hive limb. He would gnaw at the place awhile, and t hen walk out upon the limb and swing it up and down and try to break it off. He then came back and chawed at the place where the bees were, whilst the bees filled his eyes and wool. But he finally wen t out several feet from the tree, and his weight broke the limb off, and down tumbled the bees, bear, hive and all in a heap. The boys then shot two rifle bullets into the bear and killed him.

Able Westfall was the man that fired the first gun at the battle of Tippecanoe. The Indians came in after night, driving cattle and other [end of pg. 74] stock ahead and mixed in. Whilst the Indians w ere among the stock, Mr. Westfall, who was on picket, espied them, and gave the alarm by firing his gun among them.

Cloborne C. Paris, a common farmer, aged sixty-six years, was born near Corydon, Harrison county, Indiana. He came to Greene county some thirty years ago. Mr. Paris and wife have seven children.

William Ferguson was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1793. He served in the British army for about three years, under Prince Regent George IV, and was married in Scotland, to Christiana Cullen, and thei r union was blessed with four children - three boys and one girl. They came to Greene county about twenty years ago, where the old lady died. Mr. Ferguson is about eighty-three years of age. He is a m ember of the United Presbyterian Church and Sabbath school. He is in good health, and walks to Scotland for his mails!

Old Mother Ingles, mother of Rev. James Ingles, is now about eighty years old. She lives in Scotland with her children. She has buried five children - all were men and women. One preacher, one lawye r and one farmer, are yet living.

John Summerville is common farmer, to the south of Scotland, aged fifty-five years. He was born in Jeffersonville, Indiana, and came, with his mother, to Greene county. He married Miranda Brooks, daug hter of Asa Brooks. They have had seven children - two boys and five girls.

James Ferguson, Esq., is a common farmer, and lives on the Owensburg road, two and a-half miles from Scotland. Mr. Ferguson was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and came across the big salt-water fish-pon d to America, over fifty years ago, and settled in the State of New York. He then moved to Beaver county, Pennsylvania, where he married Miss Margaret Baker, and then came to Greene county. This was a bout twenty-five years ago. They have ten children - five boys and five girls. Old Grandmother Nancy Riley is the oldest woman in Greene county. She is ninety-seven years old, and does up her housewor k, and can milk her cows better and quicker than many of our girls of the present day.

Mr. Elza Riley is about sixty years of age, and came to Greene county from Columbia county, Ohio.

Joel Wilson built a water-mill on Doan's creek, just below Scotland, and afterwards the mill changed owners several times, and finally went to waste. Lower down on the creek, old John Ritter built a m ill many years ago, and it, too, has long since gone down.

Names of the Creek:

Doan's creek was named for its first settler, old Isaac Doan, the noted old hunter at the Hattabaugh place.

Bogard's creek was so called old Cornelius Bogard.

The Alum Cave was named by the early settlers, who went there and got the dust - and it was pure alum. This cave is a very noted place, on the old Wallace farm, near John Summerville's, just south o f Scotland.

Bob's Lick is on the Snake Hollow, near number one school house, and was named for our old bachelor friend, Bob Anderson.

Snake Hollow was named by old James, the well-digger. Mr. Webb, the old Englishman who came over the ocean to look Kitydids, found a rattlesnake in that hollow, after it had bitten his finger.

The old Saltpeter Cave is on the farm of Woodson Hamilton.

At the Bogard Spring was an old - time distill house.

Bennington and Cochran built a distill house one mile east of Scotland.

Our old physicians, forty years ago, were Grandmother Barker, wife of Thomas Barker, and Dr. Freeland.

Scotland is a pleasant village, just north of the corner of Daviess and Martin counties. [end of pg. 75]

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