"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
PAGE 196
SYLVANUS MAJOR is a native of Morgan County, Ind., born April 26, 1849, and
is the second child of Noah J. and Mary E. Major. Noah J. Major is a son of
William A. Major, born August 14, 1823. In 1844, he wedded Hannah Hastings,
and after her decease married, in 1846, Mary E. Rudicel, to which union were
born five children--Isabel, Sylvanus, Amanda (deceased), Mary E. (deceased),
and Laura. She also died, and he thereafter married in 1875 Mrs. Margaret
A. Piercy. Mr. Major is a very prominent citizen, having been three times
elected to the Legislature and for thirty years a member of the Christian
Church. Sylvanus Major, our subject, married, March 20, 1872, Mary E.,
daughter of Thompson and Mary J. Hendricks, and native of this county, born
January 6, 1856, which union has produced five children--William H., Zora
I., Amanda J. (deceased), Otis H. and Mary J. Soon after his marriage, Mr.
Major settled on his farm and present home of 224 acres of valuable land.
He is a much respected gentleman.
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