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David Railsback
David Railsback was born in Loudon county, VA., December 12, 1769, and was married to Sarah Stevens. He removed to North Carolina; thence, in 1806, to Whitewater, and settled a half mile east of where Abington now is, in March, 1807. He afterward removed to a farm now owned by Merriman Brumfield. He died October 17, 1856. He had twelve children, five of whom were born in this county. All lived to be married, and to raise large families; none having less than six, and one as many as seventeen. His children were: 1. Mary, wife of Wm. Lewis they live in iowa. 2. Enoch, who married Nancy Fouts. 3. Judith, wife of Thomas Cobb; who moved to Lawrence county, Ind. 4.Edward, who married Frances, daughter of James Hunt, and died in Iowa, in 1859. 5. William, who married Mary Rhodes; resides at Kankakee, Ill. 6.7. Caleb and Matthew, twins, who married nancy and Sarah Barnhill. Matthew died in 1844; Caleb lives in Warren county. 8. Joel, who married Elizabeth Fouts, and lives in Wayne township. 9. David, who married Mary Smith, in Wayne Township. 10. Nathan, who married Sina, daughte of Smith Hunt, and died in 1863. 11. John, who married Pamelia, daughter of Jesse Davenort, and died in 1860. 12. sarah, wife of Larkin Garr, died in 1857.
Source:
History of Wayne County, Indiana by Andrew W. Young. pub 1872