Pleasant Almond (1836 - 1907)

Born 3 Jan 1836 in Guilford, Hendricks, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Minerva Jane (Hadley) Almond — married 14 Sep 1857 in Hendricks County, Indiana

Husband of Mary Jane Hamlet — married 13 Aug 1874 in Hendricks County, Indiana

Descendants

Died 1907 at about age 70 in Plainfield, Hendricks County, Indiana

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Biography

Pleasant Almond was the first child born to Harris Almond and Ruth Lakey on January 3, 1836 . His mother died April 12, 1841.

Pleasant Almond was recorded as being eleven (actually fourteen, according to most accounts) at home with his father, Harris and step-mother Anna Almond, and two siblings in the 1850 federal census for Washington Township, Hendricks County, Indiana. ^[1]

Pleasant Almond married Minerva Jane Hadley on September 14, 1857. ^{[2] [3]}

Pleasant Almond and Minerva Jane Hadley had the following children: Theophilus Almond (1858), Roscoe Almond (1860), John Hadley Almond (1865) and Sarah Catherine "Katie" Almond (1871). [Oddly, The 1860 federal census ^[4] recorded "Mary" as his wife and "Bellemore" as his first child. The 1870 census and later records identify the mother of "Theophilus" as "Minerva" and use the name "Theophilus". Minerva Almond died in 1873.]

Pleasant Almond married Mary Hamlet Osborn, the widow of Madison Osborn on August 13, 1874. ^[5]

A Biographical Sketch for Pleasant Almond can be read at this link: "History of Hendricks County, Indiana: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, Educational, Religous, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Also a Condensed History of Indiana, Embodying Accounts of Prehistoric Races, Aborigines, Winnegago and Black Hawk Wars, And A Brief Review of its Civil and Political History. Chicago, Inter-State Publishing, 1885." ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHJN-RVX : 9 November 2014), Pleasant Almon in household of Harris Almon, Washington, Hendricks, Indiana, United States; citing family 612, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ Hendricks County, Indiana; Index to Marriage Record 1823-1920 Inclusive Volume, W. P. A. Original Record Located County Clerk's Of; Book: 5; Page: 182.
3. ↑ "History of Hendricks County, Indiana: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, Educational, Religous, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Also a Condensed History of Indiana, Embodying Accounts of Prehistoric Races, Aborigines, Winnegago and Black Hawk Wars, And A Brief Review of its Civil and Political History. Chicago, Inter-State Publishing, 1885."
4. ↑ 1860 Federal Census: Guilford, Hendricks, Indiana; Roll: M653_265; Page: 593; Image: 119; Family History Library Film: 803265
5. ↑ Hendricks County, Indiana; Index to Marriage Record 1823-1920 Inclusive Volume, W. P. A. Original Record Located County Clerk's Of; Book: 8; Page: 136
6. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=vVE0AQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA617&ots=UK2jJ2uib4&dq=Pleasant%20Almond%20Mary%20Osborn%20Indiana&pg=PA617#v=onepage&q=Pleasant%20Almond%20Mary%20Osborn%20Indiana&f=false