from the Fortville/Vernon Township Library web site:
Cephas Fort (b. 11 Feb. 1800 d. 22 Feb. 1869) was born in Virginia to James Jacobus and Elizabeth (Dille) Fort. The Fort family later moved to Ohio. In 1818, Cephas and his brother Benjamin came to Indiana. They bought land for a dollar an acre along Montgomery Creek, which was just three miles north of Knightstown. The boys, one sixteen and the other eighteen, tried to plant a crop, but the birds and squirrels ate most of it. Feeling dejected, the boys went back home to Ohio. Cephas married Anna Parkhurst, daughter of Jacob and Anna (Craft) Parkhurst, on June 15, 1826 in Austintown, Ohio.
A few years later, the whole Fort family moved to the land that the boys had purchased and built a farm. Cephas later moved to the north-west edge of Hancock County to a place called Phoebe Fort's Corner. The post office bore the name of Walpole, which was named after a prominent attorney at Greenfield. Cephas bought land just south of Phoebe Fort's Corner. In February 1849, Cephas plotted the original thirty-three lots of land that he owned for a town that was called Fortville in his honor. Thus, the town of Fortville was born.
Cephas and Anna Fort had nine children: Washington, William, Cyrena, Rickey D., John P., Parkhurst A., Elizabeth, Henry C., and Martha. To learn more about the families of Cephas and Anna Fort, a family tree is available to view at the Fortville Library.
Cephas Fort (b. 11 Feb. 1800 d. 22 Feb. 1869) was born in Virginia to James Jacobus and Elizabeth (Dille) Fort. The Fort family later moved to Ohio. In 1818, Cephas and his brother Benjamin came to Indiana. They bought land for a dollar an acre along Montgomery Creek, which was just three miles north of Knightstown. The boys, one sixteen and the other eighteen, tried to plant a crop, but the birds and squirrels ate most of it. Feeling dejected, the boys went back home to Ohio. Cephas married Anna Parkhurst, daughter of Jacob and Anna (Craft) Parkhurst, on June 15, 1826 in Austintown, Ohio.
A few years later, the whole Fort family moved to the land that the boys had purchased and built a farm. Cephas later moved to the north-west edge of Hancock County to a place called Phoebe Fort's Corner. The post office bore the name of Walpole, which was named after a prominent attorney at Greenfield. Cephas bought land just south of Phoebe Fort's Corner. In February 1849, Cephas plotted the original thirty-three lots of land that he owned for a town that was called Fortville in his honor. Thus, the town of Fortville was born.
Cephas and Anna Fort had nine children: Washington, William, Cyrena, Rickey D., John P., Parkhurst A., Elizabeth, Henry C., and Martha. To learn more about the families of Cephas and Anna Fort, a family tree is available to view at the Fortville Library.
from the Fortville/Vernon Township Library web site:
Cephas Fort (b. 11 Feb. 1800 d. 22 Feb. 1869) was born in Virginia to James Jacobus and Elizabeth (Dille) Fort. The Fort family later moved to Ohio. In 1818, Cephas and his brother Benjamin came to Indiana. They bought land for a dollar an acre along Montgomery Creek, which was just three miles north of Knightstown. The boys, one sixteen and the other eighteen, tried to plant a crop, but the birds and squirrels ate most of it. Feeling dejected, the boys went back home to Ohio. Cephas married Anna Parkhurst, daughter of Jacob and Anna (Craft) Parkhurst, on June 15, 1826 in Austintown, Ohio.
A few years later, the whole Fort family moved to the land that the boys had purchased and built a farm. Cephas later moved to the north-west edge of Hancock County to a place called Phoebe Fort's Corner. The post office bore the name of Walpole, which was named after a prominent attorney at Greenfield. Cephas bought land just south of Phoebe Fort's Corner. In February 1849, Cephas plotted the original thirty-three lots of land that he owned for a town that was called Fortville in his honor. Thus, the town of Fortville was born.
Cephas and Anna Fort had nine children: Washington, William, Cyrena, Rickey D., John P., Parkhurst A., Elizabeth, Henry C., and Martha. To learn more about the families of Cephas and Anna Fort, a family tree is available to view at the Fortville Library.
Cephas Fort (b. 11 Feb. 1800 d. 22 Feb. 1869) was born in Virginia to James Jacobus and Elizabeth (Dille) Fort. The Fort family later moved to Ohio. In 1818, Cephas and his brother Benjamin came to Indiana. They bought land for a dollar an acre along Montgomery Creek, which was just three miles north of Knightstown. The boys, one sixteen and the other eighteen, tried to plant a crop, but the birds and squirrels ate most of it. Feeling dejected, the boys went back home to Ohio. Cephas married Anna Parkhurst, daughter of Jacob and Anna (Craft) Parkhurst, on June 15, 1826 in Austintown, Ohio.
A few years later, the whole Fort family moved to the land that the boys had purchased and built a farm. Cephas later moved to the north-west edge of Hancock County to a place called Phoebe Fort's Corner. The post office bore the name of Walpole, which was named after a prominent attorney at Greenfield. Cephas bought land just south of Phoebe Fort's Corner. In February 1849, Cephas plotted the original thirty-three lots of land that he owned for a town that was called Fortville in his honor. Thus, the town of Fortville was born.
Cephas and Anna Fort had nine children: Washington, William, Cyrena, Rickey D., John P., Parkhurst A., Elizabeth, Henry C., and Martha. To learn more about the families of Cephas and Anna Fort, a family tree is available to view at the Fortville Library.
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Cephes Fort
Died
Feb. 22, 1869
Aged
About 69 Ys.
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