"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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E. F. STIMSON was born in Iredell County, N.C., December 13, 1829, and is
the fifth of the eighteen children of HENRY E. and ANNIE L. (BRANDON)
STIMSON, natives of Halifax County, Va., where they married and afterward
moved to Iredell County, N.C. In 1845, they moved to Monroe County, Ind.,
and there remained till death. Their children were ROBERT T., SARAH J.,
ELIZABETH, GEORGE, ERASMUS F., MARY A., JOHN W., HENRY A., LAFAYETTE,
WILLIAM, LOUISA, JOSEPH, WILBUR, EDWARD, and others who died in infancy. E.
F. Stimson moved with his parents to Monroe County, and in 1856 removed to
Morgan County, where, June 10, 1860, he married MERCY A., daughter of JACOB
and MAHALA VANSICKEL, and a native of Morris County, N.J. To this union
were born nine children--JACOB, HARRY, LONISA (deceased), DAYTON C., ANSON
R., MAHALA, MARY, ANSON M. (deceased), and EVALINA. In 1861, Mr. Stimson
enlisted in Company G, Twenty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served
until September, 1864. After his discharge, he moved to his present place
and engaged in farming. Mr. and Mrs. Stimson are members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.
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