History of Hendricks County, Indiana, her people, industries and institutions . er, where he lived until1803. He then moved to Lincoln county, Kentucky, and a year later hemoved with all his family to Shelby county, in the same state, where he taughtschool until his death. William was the third of the ten children born toJames Christie and wife. William Christie was born in Virginia, August 25, 1786. and was six-teen years of age when his parents moved to Kentucky. Therefore, he hadbut little chance for schooling, although his father taught all of his childrento read and write at home. He acqu
History of Hendricks County, Indiana, her people, industries and institutions . er, where he lived until1803. He then moved to Lincoln county, Kentucky, and a year later hemoved with all his family to Shelby county, in the same state, where he taughtschool until his death. William was the third of the ten children born toJames Christie and wife. William Christie was born in Virginia, August 25, 1786. and was six-teen years of age when his parents moved to Kentucky. Therefore, he hadbut little chance for schooling, although his father taught all of his childrento read and write at home. He acquired a fair knowledge of law and, being awide reader, he was well versed in the topics of the day. On August 15, 1805,when only nineteen, he was married to Sarah Miles, who died a year later,leaving an infant daughter, Mary. On February 20, 1810, William marriedElizabeth Miles, a cousin of his first wife. At the opening of the War of1812 he enlisted and served throughout as the captain of a pack-horse com-pany. After his return from the war he lived on a farm in Kentucky and. ROBERT O. CHRISTIE HENDRICKS COUNTY, INDIANA. 465 held some minor offices in his county. In the fall of 1836 he moved to Hen-dricks county. Indiana, where he lived until his death. May 30, 1878. Hedied in the faith of the Regular Baptist church, to which he had belongedfor nearly seventy-five years. Robert Opie Christie, the great-grandson of William Christie, was bornDecember 4, 1872, in Marion township, Hendricks county, Indiana. Hisparents were James P. and Amantha Ann (Yowell) Christie, his fatherbeing born in this county on November 19, 1844. James P. was married in1871 to Amanthis Ann, the daughter of Walker and Eliza (Duvall) Yowell was a native of Virginia and came west to Kentucky withhis parents when he was a small boy. He grew to manhood and marriedin that state. In 1854 he came to Hendricks county and located on the farmin Marion township where James Christie now lives. He lived o
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