"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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ALBERT VOYLES was born in Morgan County, Ind., August 20, 1842, and is a son
of Ivan and Irena (Elgin) Voyles, natives of Indiana; the former born in
1813. Mrs. Voyles died in 1855, after which Mr. Voyles married Catherine
Shireman; he died in 1880. The grandfather of our subject, Moses Voyles,
was one of the earliest settlers of Washington County, Ind., whence he moved
to Morgan County, and there lived out his days; he was a soldier of the war
of 1812. Albert Voyles is the youngest of the four children of his parents.
August 11, 1862, he became a soldier of Company H, Seventieth Indiana
Volunteers, in which he served until June, 1865. In October, 1868, he
married Susan, daughter of Joshua and Rhoda Gilpin, and born in this county
February 20, 1849, which union was cemented by two children--Mamie D. and
James K. Mr. Voyles is a practical man and a respected citizen.
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