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Charles Latham
31 October 1994
VOLUME OF COLLECTION; 1 item
COLLECTION DATE: 1841
PROVENANCE: Robert G. Hayman, Carey OH, 26 October 1994
RESTRICTIONS: None
REPRODUCTION RIGHTS: Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained in writing from the Indiana Historical Society
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ACCESSION NUMBER: 95.0009
Isaac James (fl. 1841) lived in Center Township, Wayne County, Indiana, near Centerville. He had a son, Henry James, who apparently was not self-supporting. In 1841, "being in the decline of life," he bound his heirs and executors to give $2,000 to the West Grove Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends to "comfortably provide" for his son as long as Henry remained a member of the Meeting.
West Grove Monthly Meeting was organized in 1815. Its first building was a log cabin, replaced by another structure in 1831. It was on West Grove Road three miles northwest of Centerville. It maintained a school through several years in the mid-nineteenth century. In 1884 it had 125 members.
Sources: Materials in collection
History of Wayne County (1884), vol. 2 p. 320
This collection contains one item, the May 1841 bond by which Isaac James provided for the West Grove Monthly Meeting to maintain his son. The bond is in a clerk's hand, and is witnessed by John Maxwell and Gabriel Nixon.
MAIN ENTRY: James, Isaac, fl. 1800-1841
SUBJECT ENTRIES: James, Isaac, fl. 1800-1841
Bonds--Indiana--Wayne County
Church work with men--Indiana--Wayne County--Society of Friends
Society of Friends--Indiana--Wayne County
Quakers--Indiana--Wayne County
Centerville (Ind.)
Wayne County (Ind.)
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