John Henley TRUEBLOOD\Nancy THOMPSON (MRIN:838)

The Trueblood Family In America
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Note:

a difference in dates. On page 38 it states he was born 9-9-1815, but on page 74 it states 9-11-1815.

Notes taken from

"The Trueblood Family in America" by Bula Trueblood Watson, copyright 1964.

"...grew up in the Canton neighborhood, "which at that time was a thriving place with blacksmith shops, woodworking shops, stores, and nurseries." Now, it is a quiet little rural village, the few homes kept beautifully with gardens in the back and flowers everywhere; a shady little town with a few gas stations and repair shops. Two small country stores, one is probably the one built by John H. Trueblood, with Hall above where public meetings were held.
In addition to running the store at Canton, John H. served as Postmaster and also ran a huckster wagon between Canton and the Falls cities. John Henley Trueblood m four times;
John Henley Trueblood did not spend all his life at Canton. he was a merchant in Harristown, engaged in the grocery business at New Albany, and for three years kept the Commercial House at that city. The deed book (Floyd Co.) records a sale of property in New Albany by John H. Trueblood and Elizabeth J. Trueblood, lot no. 6 and 8 on Upper Market Street, to Nathan Herbst, 1864, for $1800 which they had bought for $1400 in 1859. He was a merchant and Postmaster at Canton for thirty-five years, and was still in business at Canton as dry goods and grocery merchant in 1880.

John H. Trueblood was a life-long member of the Friends Church, was a kind, loving husband and father and true Christian man. He was scrupulously honest in all of his dealings with his fellow man, conscientious and always willing to lend a hand in time of need. he is buried in the Old Hicksite Friends' Cemetery (Old Blue River) two miles northeast of Salem.

His daughter, Bertha may writes: "My father was a small man- -not as tall as my mother and weighed about 115 lbs. . . .he was a great reader and a good business man. . . My father went to the Old Hicksite Church and always sat up front facing the audience with the speaker and some others. . .

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Contributed by Lane Trueblood (LaneHolly@aol.com)

JOHN H. TRUEBLOOD Postmaster at Canton, was born in this county September 11, 1815, and is the eldest of ten children born to James and Patsey Trueblood, both natives of North Carolina, where they married, Oct. 13, 1814. James Trueblood was born February 27, 1795, and received a much more than ordinary education. He and wife moved to Washington County, Ind., in 1815,where by a long life of usefulness they gained the respect and esteem of all who know them. Firm in his opinions against human slavery, he lived to see his greatest wish consummated, and died May 8,1884, a member of the Friends Church. His wife, also a member of that religious denomination, died April 22, 1884 John H. Trueblood lived with his parents until his majority, and subsequently for a number of years, clerked, operated a market wagon, merchandise at Harristown where he also was Postmaster and railway agent, and for three years was engaged in the grocery trade at New Albany and kept the Commercial Hotel. Succeeding this he returned to Canton where for the past twenty-five years he has been Postmaster. Mr. Trueblood has been four times married: first in 1839, to Sarah Green; next in 1851, to Nancy Thompson; the third time to Elizabeth Thompson, and the last time in 1862, to Elizabeth Allager. Three children were born to his first marriage, only Benjamin F. now living, none to his second, three by his third, all dead, and six by his present wife, the following yet living Luella E., Sarah E., Minnie E., Bertha M. and Josephine E.
History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties, Indiana copyright 1884 Goodspeed Brothers and Company, Chicago Data Entry by Jerry Mounts
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