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Surnames: Hail, Hinkle, Story, McGhea
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The following biography is found in Goodspeeds 1884 History of Green and Sullivan Counties
on pages 379 and 380:
JAMES STORY, one of the most successful farmers of Stockton
Township, is a native of Fleming County, Ky., where he was born in the year 1826. When six
years old, he came with his parents, Lewis and Annie (McGhea) Story, to Greene County,
Ind., where the former died the spring of 1870, preceded by the latter in 1862. They were
natives respectively of Virginia and Pennsylvania, of Irish descent, and parents of these
children: Mary, Matilda, Sarah, George W., Elizabeth,
Ruth Ann, James, Amanda, Margaret J., Martha, Elijah, Oliver, Lewis, John, Rebecca and
William. James Story and Charlotte C., third child of Rev. Martin and Phebe (Hinkle) Hail,
were married, Mrs. Story being a member of the following family of children: Florence,
Clara, Lucretia,
Stephen, Marion, John, Phebe, Martin W. and Mary S. Rev. Martin Hail, father of Mrs.
Story, is one of the oldest living settlers of Stockton Township. He was born in Virginia
in 1799, and when twenty-one years of age came to Greene county, Ind. In 1826, he was
united in marriage with Miss Phebe Hinkle, daughter of Nathan and Rebecca Hinkle, who were
among the early pioneers of Washington County, Ind.
Mr. Hail was an early Baptist preacher of this locality, and his father, Richard Hail,
came from Virginia to Greene County in 1824, where he died in 1836. James Story, subject
of this sketch, is a member of the Metbodist Episcopal Church, owns a fine farm of 253
acres, and he and wife are parents of this family: Rebecca E., Wesley M., Charlotte 0.;
Margaret, Lovicey, Martha T., John T., Araminta A. and Hiram H.