Elizabeth (Wyman) Elrod (1800 - 1858)

Born 24 Aug 1800 in Washington, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Stephen Benjamin Elrod — married about 24 Aug 1817 in Washington Co, Indiana

Descendants

Died 2 Jan 1858 at age 57 in Washington County, Indiana

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Biography

ELIZABETH WYMAN ELROD

HENRY FREDERICK WYMAN Sr. (1758–1838)

FAMILY HISTORY

HENRY Served as Grenadier (Private) Hesse-Kassel Regt Rall, 3 Comp, deserted June 1779 (as reported to Hetrina III)

HEINRICH was taken prisoner at the Battle of Trenton and was held prisoner in Lebanon, PA where he worked weaving wool. He was exchanged and went back into service, again being captured and imprisoned John's Island, SC.

He there deserted and made his way to Rowan Co., NC where there was a large German settlement. He became a successful landowner there, marrying CATHERINE KARNES there in 1784. : They left NC and traveled to southeastern Indiana where he was one of the first white settlers in Washington County. There they and their 8 children established their home and became important citizens of that new state.

Spouse and Children:

KATHERINE KERN (1760–1831)

Marriage: 15 Mar 1784 Rowan, North Carolina, United States

The Children of Katherine Kern and Henry Frederick Wyman Sr.

FREDERICK WYMAN (1784–1832)

MARGARET WYMAN SMITH (1784–1864)​​

SUSANNA WYMAN BROOKS (1788–1869)​​

CATHERINE 'Katy' WYMAN SHIRLEY (1790–1872)​​

HENRY FREDERICK WYMAN Jr. (1793–1873)-L457-RKP​​

LEONARD WYMAN (1794–1864)

ELIZABETH WYMAN ELROD (1800–1852)

MOLLY WYMAN BOSS (1802–1826)​​

HENRY WYMAN, Sr. was born in England in 1760 and died in 1840. As was tradition he had served apprenticeship as a shoemaker in Hessee Castle (now Germany). At age 17 he was sent to American as a mercenary to fight for England. He was captured by General Washington's army at the battle of Trenton. After that he made shoes for the government for 8 years and received pay in government script. For which he purchased land at $1.25 an acre. At one time he owned 21 quarter-sections in Jackson, Pierce and Polk townships. At one time he owned the following farms: The Lewis Leach farm, James Shanks farm on up the creek to the Nelson Ratts farm.

He also owned the Marion Brown farm, the Boss farm and the STEPHEN ELROD Farm and other lands east of Pekin. In all about 2500 acres.

He married CATHERINE KARNES. She was a sister to the father of Solomon and Peter Karnes. She was born in 1762 and died September 29, 1831.

They had the following children:

MARGARET

SUSAN

FREDERICK

HENRY Jr.

MARY 'Polly'

CATHERINE and

ELIZABETH - that married STEPHEN ELROD

He first brought his family to Louisville, which was then a small village. He crossed the Ohio river where New Albany now stands. As there were no houses there he kept going on and finally settled at the mouth of Dutch Creek. The land was rich and fish and game were abundant. He left his wife and smaller children in Louisville and brought 2 sons, 2 daughters and a colored man with him. They went to work in the heavily wooded forest and cleared a piece of ground. They built a shanty out of poles and roofed it with bark. They made out with that until fall when they put up a two-room log house. In those days they built their beds and fastened them in the wall with pins. They would use hickory splits like they used on the seat of chairs and make a bottom for the bedding to rest on.

That fall he went back to Louisville after the rest of his family. When they came out here they blazed the trees so that they could find their way back. The Indians were a menace to the country then. If they heard a shot they would hide in the brush until they were sure the danger was over.

After they lived here some time, neighbors became more plentiful and more sociable. They built a church house, had husking bees, log rollings, and helped one another with their crops. They spun flax, tanned hides, and made their own clothes and shoes. When they went to church they would carry their guns and shoes. When they came in sight of the church house they would put their shoes on. They made their fortune entering land, fattened their hogs on beech mast, took their cattle over southwest of Bear Creek and pastured them on the barrows. They tapped maple trees and made their own sugar. They did not have cans then so they dried their fruit.

One year Henry raised a good crop of corn. Two men drove all the way from Ohio to buy corn. He took them in all night. The next morning he told them that his neighbors came before strangers, as some of them had no corn. So he sent them off without any.

In another instance, Robert Strain squatted on the farm known as the Press Martin farm. One day a couple of men came out looking for a place to settle. On seeing this place they decided that they would take it as it had been improved with buildings.

Mr. Strain came over to see Mr. WYMAN about it. He told him to go home and rest easy. That night he got on his horse and pulled out for Jeffersonville.

He was the first one there when the land office opened. He went in, got the deed and started out by meeting the other two men coming in. He came home and gave Mr. Strain the deed and his own time to pay it in.

In the year of 1820 while digging a well on Section 34, Wyman struck a large vein of salt water. With the assistance of John Dover, salt works were established with large kettles in an open furnace which was soon abandoned as the price of salt was only a "bit per bushel".

Wyman made his own Monument and cut his own name "Henri Wimin"

Probably the most distinguished descendant of the WYMAN Clan was CHARLES E. WYMAN, who was a son of HENRY WYMAN, grandson of FREDERICK WYMAN, and the great-grandson of our HENRY WYMAN Sr.

He was an inventor of considerable note. The shop was on the Albert Thompson farm. Some of his inventions are as follows:

Solid Stem Well Drill, 1880;

Continuous Ditch Digger, 1890;

Wyman Automobile, 1900;

Grain Combine, 1920.

• George Bush was a soldier in Company I, Forty-third Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and died from results of a grape-shot wound in the leg, received in battle of Milligan's Mills. He had farmed here up to 1860, then moved to Vermillion county. Indiana, in i860, and was there when he enlisted. His wounded leg was amputated twice, a part being first taken off, more later, but he died in 1864. His wife, Lavina Wyman, born in Jackson township, April 5, 1837, was the daughter of Leonard and Eliza (Leach) Wyman. Leonard Wyman was born in North Carolina, about 1794, a son of Henry and Catherine (Karnes) Wyman. Henry Wyman, a Hessian soldier, brought over in the time of the Revolution, sent by the King to fight for England, was captured by Washington's army, at the battle of Trenton, and made shoes for Washington's army to the end of the war and then settled in North Carolina, ancl from there came here in 1804, and

  entered good land, about twenty-one quarter sections in Jackson, Pierce and Polk townships, and became a wealthy landowner. His children were as follow:

  Mrs. Margaret Smith

  Susan, who married William Brooks

  Frederick, who married a Baker

  Henry, who married a Baker

  Polly, who married Philip Boss

  Catherine, who married Henry Sherley

  Elizabeth, who married Stephen Elrod.

Henry Wyman's name was originally "Henri Wiman," as it appears on his monument on his farm on Dutch creek. Leonard Wyman lived on what is now James L. Shank's farm in Jackson township. He first married a Baker, and later married Eliza Leach. By his first marriage he had four children, Sally B., .Anna, David and Margaret (twins) ; and by his marriage to Eliza Leach were born Samuel, Silas, Lavina', Margery, Perlina, Marie Jane. Mary Elizabeth (now Mrs. Royse"). Eliza Leach bom in Kentucky.

The children of George and Lavina Bush are as follow :

An infant born in 1856

Charles P..

Clarence E. and

William E. are all dead excepting Charles P., who grew up in Jackson and Pierce townships and was about seven years of age when his father died, leaving his widow and three children. The mother died on July 2, 1909.

• Description

  As far as I know, this Henry Wyman was never married to Anna Marie Billings. His wife was Catherine Karnes or Kern b. 1762. Annie and Solomon B are NOT their children--the birth years are wrong on some of the other children, but the names are correct.

  Henry and Catherine's children were:

  Margaret b. 1784,

  Frederick b. 1784,

  Catherine b. about 1788,

  Susannah b. 1788,

  Henry Jr. b. 1793,

  Leonard b. 1794,

  Elizabeth b. 1798, and

  Molly b. 1803.

In later life, Henry married another Caty (Doerner), who had been the wife of Leonard Karnes.-ContributorFS

• HENRY WYMAN Sr. was born in England in 1760 and died in 1840. As was tradition he had served apprenticeship as a shoemaker in Hessiee Castle (now Germany). At age 17 he was sent to American as a mercenary to fight for England. He was captured by General Washington's army at the battle of Trenton. After that he made shoes for the government for 8 years and received pay in government script. For which he purchased land at $1.25 an acre. At one time he owned 21 guarter-sections in Jackson, Pierce and Polk townships. At one time he owned the following farms: The Lewis Leach farm, James Shanks farm on up the creek to the Nelson Ratts farm. He also owned the Marion Brown farm, the Boss farm and the Stepen Elrod farm and other lands east of Pekin. In all about 2500 acres.

He married Catherine Karnes. She was a sister to the father of Solomon and Peter Karnes. She was born in 1762 and died September 29, 1831. They had the following children: Margaret, Susan, Frederick, Henry, Polly, Catherine and Elizabeth that married Stephen Elrod.

He first brought his family to Louisville, which was then a small village. He crossed the Ohio river where New Albany now stands. As there were no houses there he kept going on and finally settled at the mouth of Dutch Creek. The land was rich and fish and game were abundant. He left his wife and smaller children in Louisville and brought 2 sons, 2 daughters and a colored man with him. They went to work in the heavily wooded forest and cleared a piece of ground. They built a shanty out of poles and roofed it with bark. They made out with that until fall when they put up a two-room log house. In those days they built their beds and fastened them in the wall with pins. They would use hickory splits like they used on the seat of chairs and make a bottom for the bedding to rest on.

That fall he went back to Louisville after the rest of his family. When they came out here they blazed the trees so that they could find their way back. The Indians were a menace to the country then. If they heard a shot they would hide in the brush until they were sure the danger was over.

After they lived here some time, neighbors became more plentiful and more sociable. They built a church house, had husking bees, log rollings, and helped one another with their crops. They spun flax, tanned hides, and made their own clothes and shoes. When they went to church they would carry their guns and shoes. When they came in sight of the church house they would put their shoes on. They made their fortune entering land, fattened their hogs on beech mast, took their cattle over southwest of Bear Creek and pastured them on the barrows. They tapped maple trees and made their own sugar. They did not have cans then so they dried their fruit.

One year Henry raised a good crop of corn. Two men drove all the way from Ohio to buy corn. He took them in all night. The next morning he told them that his neighbors came before strangers, as some of them had no corn. So he sent them off without any.

Another instance, Robert Strain squatted on the farm known as the Press Martin farm. One day a couple of men came out looking for a place to settle. On seeing this place they decided that they would take it as it had been improved with buildings.

Mr. Strain came over to see Mr. Wyman about it. He told him to go home and rest easy. That night he got on his horse and pulled out for Jeffersonville. He was the first one there when the land office opened. He went in, got the deed and started out by meeting the other two men coming in. He came home and gave Mr. Strain the deed and his own time to pay it in.

In the year of 1820 while digging a well on Section 34, Wyman struck a large vein of salt water. With the assistance of John Dover, salt works were established with large kettles in an open furnace which was soon abandoned as the price of salt was only a "bit per bushel".

Wyman made his own monument and cut his own name "Henri Wimin"

Probably the most distinguished descendant of the Wyman clan was Charles E. Wyman, great-grandson of Henry Wyman, Sr; grandson of Frederick and son of Henry. He was an inventor of considerable note. The shop was on the Albert Thompson farm. Some of his inventions are as follows: solid stem well drill, 1880; continuous ditch digger, 1890; Wyman automobile, 1900; grain combine, 1920.

• WASHINGTON COUNTY, INDIANA PAGE 43I

  TROUBLESOME HARRY MINGS.

  While Indiana was a territory a number of persons brought slaves into the county and when the state was admitted to the Union the owners thereof were given a stated time to remove them elsewhere or set them free.

  It appears from the court record that Henry Wyman had been a slave-holder in Kentucky prior to his settling in Indiana Territory in 1808, and that he brought along with him a few servants, among them a boy about seventeen years old.

  On the 8th of March, 1808, Wyman and Harry Mingo, the slave boy alluded to, came into court, when "the said Harry and said Wyman entered into an agreement that said Harry was to serve said Wyman, his heirs, etc., from that day until the 9th of March, 1868." Afterwards it seems that Harry was a sort of rebellious fellow, and had much trouble with his master while he remained in this county, for as many as four different times they were in court, having their troubles adjusted; Wyman at one time being arraigned by the negro for assault and battery. Before the adoption of Indiana's first constitution, Mingo anticipated his return to Kentucky there to remain in bondage, and with the assistance of sympathizing friends was transported to Canada. It was said that he was one of the first passengers to be carried through upon the "underground railway," which afterward did such an enormous business.

FIND A GRAVE Narrative information and Citation Source:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=27968297

Citation: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVV3-TT7L : 13 December 2015), Leonard Wyman, 1864; Burial, , Washington, Indiana, United States of America, Wyman Family Cemetery; citing record ID 7874717, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• NOTES:

  CATHERINE "Katy" KARNES WYMAN

  Birth: 1762 Death: Sep. 29, 1831

  Wife of: HENRY WYMAN

  Daughter of: LEONARD CONRAD KERN and MARY MAGDALINE BILLINGS

  Mother of:

  MAGARET

  FREDERICK

  SUSANNE

  KATHRYN

  LEONARD

  ELIZABETH

  POLLY and

  HENRY

Information taken from Washington County, Indiana, Jackson Twp. Cemetery Book. Family links: Spouse: Henry Wyman (Wimon) (1757 - 1838) Children: Frederick Wyman (1784 - 1832) Margaret Wyman Smith (1784 - 1864) Susannah Wyman Brooks (1788 - 1869) Catharine Wyman Shirley (1790 - 1872) Henry Wyman (1793 - 1873) Leonard Wyman (1794 - 1864) Elizabeth Wyman Elrod (1800 - 1852) Molly Wyman (1802 - 1826)

Elizabeth was born in 1800. She was the daughter of Henry Wyman and Katherine Kern. She passed away in 1852.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR1-V5D : 15 August 2017), Elizabeth Wyman, Jackson Township, Washington, Indiana, United States; citing p. 146, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 97; FHL microfilm 7,731.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVD-XNG : 12 April 2016), Elizabeth Elrod, Franklin, Washington, Indiana, United States; citing family 477, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV8-LCW2 : 11 July 2016), Elizabeth Wyman Elrod, 1852; Burial, , Washington, Indiana, United States of America, Elrod Cemetery; citing record ID 16835413, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

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