Zachariah
Hulsopple
Zachariah
Hulsopple, a prominent citizen of Brandywine
Township, was born in Herkimer County, N. Y., May 23, 1830. He was the third of eight children, four sons and four daughters,
born to Zachariah and Betsey (Curtiss) Hulsopple, the former of
whom was born in the State of New York July 3, 1806, and died
in this county September 24, 1884. His mother died in Herkimer
County, N. Y., June 28, 1837. His three brothers were: George W.,
born February 28, 1829, died March 7, 1882; Henry, born December II, 1831, died May 8, 1861, and
Curtiss, born June 25, 1837,
died February 1, 1866. His four sisters were: Maria, born February 4, 1827, died May
1, 1858; Catharine, born August 1, 1833,
died in 1864; Betsey, born October 19, 1834, died October 23,
1834, and Elizabeth, born September 6, 1835, died May 14, 1838.
As will be observed by this record, the subject of this sketch is the
only member of the family now living. He was reared upon a
farm in his native county. His mother died when he was seven years old, after which he was taken in charge by
John Hadley, a
farmer and dairyman of Herkimer County, with whom he remained until he was twenty-one years of age.
Following this, he
worked upon a farm by the month one year. By this time he had
made up his mind to join the throng that was then flocking to California, but owing to a financial disappointment he was compelled
to abandon that notion, and in the fall of 1852, he went to Trenton, N. J., whither he had been recommended to a position as an
overseer in the State Insane Asylum of that place. He reached
his destination on the 29th day of September, and immediately entered upon the discharge of his duties.
He continued in that
capacity for about three years and three months, or until
January 7, 1856. He immediately started for Shelbyville, this
county, where he arrived four days later, or on January 11,
1856. Here he formed a partnership with his brother-in-law, Armherst
Harwood, in the dairy business, which they conducted in Addison Township during one summer.
December 24, 1856, he was
married to Milissa Snyder, a native of Brandywine Township, this
county, born October 13, 1834. She was the eldest of four children, two sons and two daughters, born to
Albert and Betsey Elizabeth (Landingham) Snyder, natives of Ohio and
Kentucky, respectively. The two brothers of Mrs. Hulsopple are
John W., born April
26, 1846, and Warren W., born August 18, 1848. Her sister is
Sarah E., born October 18, 1842, now Mrs. Springer, of Addison
Township. Immediately after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Hulsopple located upon a farm in Addison Township, in which they
continued to reside until December 3, 1873, when they removed to
Brandywine Township, and located where they now live. They
have had two children — a daughter born December 17, 1857,
died in infancy, unnamed, and Flora C., born March 23, 1859, married to
Levi V. Mann, August 21, 1879, with whom she has had
three children, a daughter, born June 3, 1881, died in infancy, unnamed;
Harry L., born August 22, 1883, and Albert Z., born
April 8, 1887. Mr. and Mrs. Hulsopple are faithful members of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics the former is a
Democrat. He owns sixty-two acres of first class land, nearly all of
which is in a good state of cultivation. He is an intelligent man,
an industrious and successful farmer, and he and wife are worthy
and esteemed citizens.
History of Shelby County, Indiana, Chicago: Brant & Fuller, 1887, pp
618-19, "Brandywine Sketches".
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
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