James H Athey [65635] ⁴³⁹

  General Notes:

154* James H.. b. ca. 1788.

/154/ ATHEY (5), son of Elizabeth and Robert Athy, Jr.,#66. Born Bourbon Co., Ky., ca. 1788; Married Prudence CUNNINGHAM (b. 1787; d. Putnam Co., Ind., 3 Dec. 1853), daughter of James C and Marthy Cunningham, Bourbon Co., Ky., 13 November 1809; settled at Ft. Harrison, Vigo Co., Ind., 1816; moved to Washington Twp., Putnam Co., Ind., 1818, where he built the first cabin in the county and served as its first Justice of the Peace; lived at Forks of Eel River; obtained 40 acres from the government, NW%, SW%, S9, T12, R5, 18 November 1840; appears census Putnam Co., Ind., 1840 and 1850; died Putnam Co., Ind., 19 August 1857;

CHILDREN:

565 Henry Harrison, b. Bourbon Co., Ky., ca. 1814; m. Mary Jane M0YERS (b. Va., 2 Jan. 1836; d. Putnam Co., Ind., 28 Sept. 1871), Putnam o., Ind.; d. 22 Nov. 1893; 10 children.

565a Presley G.. b. Bourbon Co., Ky., ca. 1810; m. 1st Matilda ATHEY,
Putnam Co., Ind., 10 Jan. 1831; appears census, Putnam Co., Ind.,
1840; m. 2nd Sarah Ann WORLEY, Putnam Co., Ind., 2 Oct. 1846;
appears census, Pike Co., 111., 1850; a blacksmith; commissioned
Police Magistrate, Pike Co., 111., 5 Aug. 1854, and Justice of the
Peace, Pike Co., 111., 23 April 1858; 4 children.

565b James L..b. Putnam Co., Ind., ca. 1825; m. Elizabeth REEL (b.
Ind., ca. 1828), Putnam Co., Ind., 16 Oct. 1845; appears census,
Putnam Co., Ind., 1840 and 1850; Postmaster, Reelsville, 1859-61;
d. 23 May 1895; 6 children.

565c Son. b. Putnam Co., Ind., ca. 1820-25.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence, 1816, Fort Harrison, Vigo County, Indiana, USA. Settled at Ft. Harrison, Vigo Co., Ind., 1816

Vigo County did not exist in 1816 in the state of Indiana. It was not founded until 1818.

• Moved: Built the first cabin in the county, 18 Nov 1840, Washington Township., Putnam County, Indiana, United States of America. Moved to Washington Twp., Putnam Co., Ind., 1818, where he built the first cabin in the county and served as its first Justice of the Peace, lived at Forks of Eel River; obtained 40 acres from the government, NW%, SW%, S9, T12, R5, 18 November 1840;

• Census: 1840: Putnam County, Indiana, USA. Appears census Putnam Co., Ind., 1840 and 1850;

• Census, 1850, Putnam County, Indiana, USA. Appears census Putnam Co., Ind., 1840 and 1850;

James married Prudence Cunningham [65636] [MRIN: 551619095], daughter of James C Cunningham [65637] and Marthy [65638], on 13 Nov 1809 in Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA. (Prudence Cunningham [65636] was born in 1787 and died on 3 Dec 1853 in Putnam County, Indiana, USA.)