"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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HENRY H. OLDS, proprietor of the "Eureka House," was born in this county
June 6, 1840, where he was reared and has made a home. George W. Olds,
father of our subject, was born in Connecticut January 11, 1810. He came
early to this county, where he married, June 6, 1834, Miss Eliza A. Wall,
who died August 18, 1842, leaving two children--William (deceased) and Henry
H. He next married, August 10, 1843, Miss Louisa Rudicel, which union gave
being to five children--Harriet E., Francis A. (deceased), Charles W., Lina
E. and Eliza Ann (deceased). Mr. Olds was a carpenter, and worked many
years thereat. He built the first steam saw and grist mills in the
town--the former in 1848, the latter in 1858. In July, 1861, Henry H. Olds
enlisted in Company K, Twenty-first Indiana Volunteer Infantry, which
regiment was assigned to the Fifteenth Army Corps, marching to Newport News,
and thence to New Orleans. He was in many skirmishes, and was wounded in
the battle of Baton Rouge, which wound was severe, shattering a bone and
making him a cripple. He served three years, was promoted to a First
Lieutenancy, and resigned on the death of his father. February 20, 1863, he
married Sarah Koons, who died October 8, 1872, the mother of three
children--Butler (deceased), William A. and Perry. He next married Mrs.
Alice Raniez November 23, 1873, and that year he sold his farm interest,
moved to Martinsville, worked at carpentering, and in 1880 became landlord
of the "Eureka House." Mr. Olds is a Freemason, a member of the G. A. R.
and a Republican, by which party he was elected, November, 1882, County
Recorder.
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