William Thatcher Stalcup

William Thatcher Stalcup, a modern farmer, found the old home place good enough in which to spend his life, so he never cared to try his fortune in alien fields, spending his days in Washington township, where he was born May 15, 1841. He got a very limited education in the old-time subscription schools and worked on his father's farm during his youth. He married Amanda Ellen Chambers in 1866, who was born in Monroe county, Indiana, the daughter of William and Elizabeth Chambers, who were early settlers in the county where the subject's wife was born. They remained there several years then came to Highland township, Greene county, Indiana, where they spent the remaining days of their lives, both dying there.

The subject and his wife have two children: Alice, who is the wife of Otto O'Neal, lives in Washington township, on a farm, and they have one child, Ivan; Wilbur M., the subject's second child, who married Bertha Arthur, lives with his father and assists in conducting the affairs of the old place.

The subject has one hundred and fifty-five acres in the home place, having secured it when it was wild and unimproved, but he has spent years in making various needed improvements until he now has an excellent farm upon which stand many good buildings.

Mr. Stalcup is a well read man, keeping up on political and current events. He is an independent voter, preferring to cast his ballot for the best candidate rather than for any particular party. He has been a constable, also a supervisor of his home county. He is a member of Patrons of Husbandry. Mr. and Mrs. Stalcup are members of the Presbyterian church at Hick's chapel, and they are a well respected family in the neighborhood.

William T. Stalcup is the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Stalcup, the former a native of North Carolina and the latter of Tennessee. They married in the last named state and came to Greene county, Indiana, in the early thirties, settling in Washington township, where they took up government land on which they spent their lives.

Thomas Stalcup was soldier in the war of 1812, and he was granted eighty acres of land for his services to the government. They had eleven children, namely; Hance, James, Solomon, Elizabeth, John, Rebecca, Catherine, Susan, Andrew, William, subject; Joseph, Thomas Stalcup died in September, 1860. His wife died some years before. She was a member of the Baptist church.

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Biographical Memoirs of Greene County, Ind. With Reminiscences of Pioneer Days, Illustrated (1908, B. F. Bowen & Co. Indianapolis, Indiana) Vol. 2 Pg. 574-6.