"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
BROWN TOWNSHIP AND MOORESVILLE
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REV. PERRY T. MACY, a wealthy and influential farmer and stock grower, was
born in Randolph County, Ind., August 19, 1825, and there lived upon the
farm of his parents, WILLIAM and HANNAH (HINSHAW) MACY, until he was
twenty-three years old. His parents, who were natives of North Carolina,
and descended from the English and Irish respectively, had thirteen children
(seven sons and six daughters), of whom our subject was the ninth, with five
older brothers. The subscription schools supplied the source of his
education, which was limited to elementary studies. Though he continued to
reside in his native county until the spring of 1856, he was married in
Morgan County September 14, 1848, to CHARITY, daughter of HENRY MILLS. She
bore him four children, three of whom, ALBERT W., CHARLES L. and IDA ELLEN,
were living at her death, which occurred December 27, 1863. August 26,
1869, he married in Dallas County, Iowa, REBECCA HADLEY, daughter of GEORGE
BOWLES, and has had born to him two children--OLIVER P. and VERNON D. Rev.
Mr. Macy has been many years regular recorded minister of the Friends
Church, and since moving to Morgan County he has owned and occupied the farm
upon which he now resides, about one mile west of Mooresville. From 1860 to
1872, he was superintendent of the business department of the Mooresville
High School, and for two years, 1873-74, was proprietor of the Mooresville
"Enterprise", a weekly paper now known as the Mooresville "Monitor". His
son, Albert W., is at this writing (December, 1883) the talented editor of
the Richmond (Ind.) "Palladium". Our subject is well supplied with this
world's goods, nearly all of which have been acquired by his own industry.
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