Mendenhall, Sarah, Mrs.

MENDENHALL, KITCHEN, HODSON

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Date: 12/3/2008 at 12:05:24

MENDENHALL, Sarah, Mrs.
Farmer; Sec. 1; P. O. Lynnville; owns 200 acres, being a part of the MENDENHALL estate of 930 acres, valued at $28,000; born in Clinton Co., Ohio, April 10, 1815; moved to Hendricks Co., Ind., with his mother (his father being dead) in 1834; here she married Temple MENDENHALL Jan. 20, 1835; he was born in North Carolina, and died Dec. 14, 1874, in his 68th year; from Hendricks Co., they moved to this county in 1859, where the family have since resided. Mrs. M.'s children are Zimri, who resides in Oregon; Elisha resides in this township; Esther resides in this township; Allen resides in this township; Olive resides with her mother; Temple resides in Hendricks Co., Ind.; Jeremiah resides in this township; Sarah (now Mrs. KITCHEN) resides in this township; Mary resides with her mother; Enos P. and Calvin W. (twins) resides with their mother. Elisha resides on Sec. 1, was born in Hendricks Co., Ind., I 1838; came to this county in 1848; came to this county with parents, where he has since resided; Jeremiah also resides on Sec. 1, and was born in the same county in 1848; came to this county with his parents; married Gulie E. HODSON in Indiana in 1874; she is a native of Indiana; they have one child, and infant not named; Allen resides on Sec. 1 and was born Aug. 20, 1843, in Hendricks Co., Ind. The family are members of the Society of Friends. ~ "Lynn Grove Township Biographies," The History of Jasper County, Iowa, (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878)