"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
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CAPT. FLETCHER D. RUNDELL, born January 5, 1839, in Richland County, Ohio,
is the fifth son and seventh child of Hiram R. and Mercy (Wyatt) Rundell,
natives of New York, and of English and French descent. His parents were
married in New York, whence they moved to a farm in Richland County, Ohio,
and lived until 1842, when they came to Indiana. They entered eighty acres
of land in Green Township, Morgan County, which they continued to improve
for several years. In 1850, they removed to a farm near Morgantown, where,
in November of the same year, the father's death occurred. The mother still
lives in Morgan County. Capt. Rundell was reared at home until after his
father's death, and he was then employed to help on a farm in the immediate
neighborhood. He kept this situation until in 1860, when he began learning
the carpenter's trade in Morgantown, continuing until 1861. He enlisted in
April, 1861, in Company K, Seventh Indiana Volunteers, under Capt. J. K.
Scott, and on September 12, 1861, he enlisted in the three years' service in
Company G, Twenty-Seventh Indiana Volunteers, under Capt. J. R. Fessler. He
served nearly four years, and took part in the following engagements:
Philippi, Laurel Hill, Carrick's Ford, Antietam, Chancellorsville,
Gettysburg, Atlanta, and a large number of smaller engagements. After the
battle of Antietam, he was promoted to Second Lieutenant. April 5, 1863, he
was promoted to First Lieutenant for meritorious conduct, and soon after to
the rank of Captain. He received an honorable discharge November 4, 1864,
and returning to Morgantown was soon afterward married to America A. Holman,
daughter of William P. Holman, of Morgan County. By this union there was
one child, Chester Q. His wife died August 12, 1867. On June 17, 1870, he
married Mary A. Moran, daughter of John Moran, an old citizen of
Martinsville. They have one child, Eunice May. In 1867, the Captain came
to Martinsville, and has since resided there, engaged in carpentering. He
is a Past Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, and is politically a
Republican; and he and wife are members of the Methodist Church.
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