"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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CHARLES HASTINGS is a native of Franklin County, Ind., was born September 2,
1820, and is a son of Job and Keziah Hastings. Job Hastings was born near
Pittsburgh, Penn., where he married; afterward removed to Franklin County,
Ind., and thence, in 1835, to Morgan County, where he ended his life. His
family was as follows: Matilda, Mary, Reese, Sarah, Charles, Kelly, Hannah
C., Rebecca, Eliza J. and Martha A. The grandfather of our subject, Isaac
Hastings, was a native of England who settled near Pittsburgh, Penn., but
died in Franklin County, Ind., the father of nine children. Charles
Hastings married , January 1, 1850, Susanna, daughter of John and Sarah
Rudicel, and soon afterward located at his present home, which comprises a
farm of 475 acres of fruitful and improved land. He is a genial gentleman
and respected citizen. Mr. and Mrs. Hastings have been parents of four
children--Louisa I., Mary A. (deceased), Evangeline and William C.
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