Pioneer Settler of 1841
BURIAL: McCool Cemetery
Benjamin Fifield
Benjamin Fifield is the second of the seven children of Thomas H. and Elsie (Carter) Fifield, and was born in Grafton County, N.H., November 27, 1827; his parents are natives of the same state, and his paternal grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. The family moved to Canada when Benjamin was about five years of age, and thence, in 1841, came to Union Township, this county; here our subject assisted on the home farm and attended school until 1853, when he settled on the farm in this township, on which he still resides. March 9, 1854, he married Lany Sphuler, a native of Germany, who has borne him seven children, viz.: Walker, of Liberty Township; Mrs. Sarah A. Crisman, of this township; Thomas H., deceased; Mrs. Myra Holmes, of La Porte County, Ind.; Jaccheus H., Jessie A., and Clarence E. Mr. Fifield's farm comprises 250 acres of fertile land, well furnished with excellent buildings; he gives considerable attention to stock raising and dairying. In 1856, his father removed to Valparaiso and a few years since retired to South Bend, to enjoy in peace the fruits of his early industry. Mr. Fifield is a Republican, and is one of the substantial men of Portage Township.
Source: "Counties of Porter and Lake, Indiana, Historical and Biographical," Goodspeed and Blanchard, 1882 page 372 Portage Township
Data entry volunteer: Suzan Schaeffing
Porter County Death Index 1884-1927
Fifield Benjamin 4/7/1905 11/27/1827 77 New Hampshire Porter County Laura Thomas H. Fifield Elsie Carter McCool Cemetery McCool, Indiana
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McCool.
BENJAMIN FIFIELD.
The vicinity of McCool has suffered a severe loss by the death on April 7 of Benjamin Fifield, one of the pioneer residents of that community. Mr. Fifield was born in Enfield, N. H., Nov. 27, 1827, the son of Thomas Hale and Elsie Carter Fifield. In the spring of 1833 the family emigrated to the Province of Canada, and settled in London district, town of Dorchester, remaining there until the spring of 1841, when they came to what was then the far west, locating in Union township, Porter county, Indiana. On the ninth day of March, 1854, he was united in marriage to Miss Lenah Spuhler and soon after settled on the farm in Portage township, where they spent nearly all of the fifty-one years of their married life. Here were born to them seven children, all of whom are now living except Thomas, who died in early childhood. There are left to mourn his loss his devoted wife, three sons, Walker, Zacheus H. and Eugene, and three daughters, Mrs. Milton Crisman, Mrs. Chas. Holmes and Mrs. Frank Samuelson. There are also living twenty-nine grandchildren, thirteen [great-] grandchildren, one brother, Zacheus B. Fifield, of St. Paul, Minn., and a sister, Abbie Fifield Campbell, of South Bend, Indiana. He united with the Methodist church at the early age of eleven years, and his life long devotion to the church has been second only to his love for his home. The influence of his consistent Christian life has left a lasting impression on the community in which he spent his life, a living witness to the truth that "the path of the just is as the shining light, the shineth more and more unto the perfect day."
Source: The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; April 13, 1905; Volume 22, Number 2, Page 4, Column 7.
BURIAL: McCool Cemetery
Benjamin Fifield
Benjamin Fifield is the second of the seven children of Thomas H. and Elsie (Carter) Fifield, and was born in Grafton County, N.H., November 27, 1827; his parents are natives of the same state, and his paternal grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. The family moved to Canada when Benjamin was about five years of age, and thence, in 1841, came to Union Township, this county; here our subject assisted on the home farm and attended school until 1853, when he settled on the farm in this township, on which he still resides. March 9, 1854, he married Lany Sphuler, a native of Germany, who has borne him seven children, viz.: Walker, of Liberty Township; Mrs. Sarah A. Crisman, of this township; Thomas H., deceased; Mrs. Myra Holmes, of La Porte County, Ind.; Jaccheus H., Jessie A., and Clarence E. Mr. Fifield's farm comprises 250 acres of fertile land, well furnished with excellent buildings; he gives considerable attention to stock raising and dairying. In 1856, his father removed to Valparaiso and a few years since retired to South Bend, to enjoy in peace the fruits of his early industry. Mr. Fifield is a Republican, and is one of the substantial men of Portage Township.
Source: "Counties of Porter and Lake, Indiana, Historical and Biographical," Goodspeed and Blanchard, 1882 page 372 Portage Township
Data entry volunteer: Suzan Schaeffing
Porter County Death Index 1884-1927
Fifield Benjamin 4/7/1905 11/27/1827 77 New Hampshire Porter County Laura Thomas H. Fifield Elsie Carter McCool Cemetery McCool, Indiana
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McCool.
BENJAMIN FIFIELD.
The vicinity of McCool has suffered a severe loss by the death on April 7 of Benjamin Fifield, one of the pioneer residents of that community. Mr. Fifield was born in Enfield, N. H., Nov. 27, 1827, the son of Thomas Hale and Elsie Carter Fifield. In the spring of 1833 the family emigrated to the Province of Canada, and settled in London district, town of Dorchester, remaining there until the spring of 1841, when they came to what was then the far west, locating in Union township, Porter county, Indiana. On the ninth day of March, 1854, he was united in marriage to Miss Lenah Spuhler and soon after settled on the farm in Portage township, where they spent nearly all of the fifty-one years of their married life. Here were born to them seven children, all of whom are now living except Thomas, who died in early childhood. There are left to mourn his loss his devoted wife, three sons, Walker, Zacheus H. and Eugene, and three daughters, Mrs. Milton Crisman, Mrs. Chas. Holmes and Mrs. Frank Samuelson. There are also living twenty-nine grandchildren, thirteen [great-] grandchildren, one brother, Zacheus B. Fifield, of St. Paul, Minn., and a sister, Abbie Fifield Campbell, of South Bend, Indiana. He united with the Methodist church at the early age of eleven years, and his life long devotion to the church has been second only to his love for his home. The influence of his consistent Christian life has left a lasting impression on the community in which he spent his life, a living witness to the truth that "the path of the just is as the shining light, the shineth more and more unto the perfect day."
Source: The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; April 13, 1905; Volume 22, Number 2, Page 4, Column 7.
Pioneer Settler of 1841
BURIAL: McCool Cemetery
Benjamin Fifield
Benjamin Fifield is the second of the seven children of Thomas H. and Elsie (Carter) Fifield, and was born in Grafton County, N.H., November 27, 1827; his parents are natives of the same state, and his paternal grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. The family moved to Canada when Benjamin was about five years of age, and thence, in 1841, came to Union Township, this county; here our subject assisted on the home farm and attended school until 1853, when he settled on the farm in this township, on which he still resides. March 9, 1854, he married Lany Sphuler, a native of Germany, who has borne him seven children, viz.: Walker, of Liberty Township; Mrs. Sarah A. Crisman, of this township; Thomas H., deceased; Mrs. Myra Holmes, of La Porte County, Ind.; Jaccheus H., Jessie A., and Clarence E. Mr. Fifield's farm comprises 250 acres of fertile land, well furnished with excellent buildings; he gives considerable attention to stock raising and dairying. In 1856, his father removed to Valparaiso and a few years since retired to South Bend, to enjoy in peace the fruits of his early industry. Mr. Fifield is a Republican, and is one of the substantial men of Portage Township.
Source: "Counties of Porter and Lake, Indiana, Historical and Biographical," Goodspeed and Blanchard, 1882 page 372 Portage Township
Data entry volunteer: Suzan Schaeffing
Porter County Death Index 1884-1927
Fifield Benjamin 4/7/1905 11/27/1827 77 New Hampshire Porter County Laura Thomas H. Fifield Elsie Carter McCool Cemetery McCool, Indiana
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McCool.
BENJAMIN FIFIELD.
The vicinity of McCool has suffered a severe loss by the death on April 7 of Benjamin Fifield, one of the pioneer residents of that community. Mr. Fifield was born in Enfield, N. H., Nov. 27, 1827, the son of Thomas Hale and Elsie Carter Fifield. In the spring of 1833 the family emigrated to the Province of Canada, and settled in London district, town of Dorchester, remaining there until the spring of 1841, when they came to what was then the far west, locating in Union township, Porter county, Indiana. On the ninth day of March, 1854, he was united in marriage to Miss Lenah Spuhler and soon after settled on the farm in Portage township, where they spent nearly all of the fifty-one years of their married life. Here were born to them seven children, all of whom are now living except Thomas, who died in early childhood. There are left to mourn his loss his devoted wife, three sons, Walker, Zacheus H. and Eugene, and three daughters, Mrs. Milton Crisman, Mrs. Chas. Holmes and Mrs. Frank Samuelson. There are also living twenty-nine grandchildren, thirteen [great-] grandchildren, one brother, Zacheus B. Fifield, of St. Paul, Minn., and a sister, Abbie Fifield Campbell, of South Bend, Indiana. He united with the Methodist church at the early age of eleven years, and his life long devotion to the church has been second only to his love for his home. The influence of his consistent Christian life has left a lasting impression on the community in which he spent his life, a living witness to the truth that "the path of the just is as the shining light, the shineth more and more unto the perfect day."
Source: The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; April 13, 1905; Volume 22, Number 2, Page 4, Column 7.
BURIAL: McCool Cemetery
Benjamin Fifield
Benjamin Fifield is the second of the seven children of Thomas H. and Elsie (Carter) Fifield, and was born in Grafton County, N.H., November 27, 1827; his parents are natives of the same state, and his paternal grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. The family moved to Canada when Benjamin was about five years of age, and thence, in 1841, came to Union Township, this county; here our subject assisted on the home farm and attended school until 1853, when he settled on the farm in this township, on which he still resides. March 9, 1854, he married Lany Sphuler, a native of Germany, who has borne him seven children, viz.: Walker, of Liberty Township; Mrs. Sarah A. Crisman, of this township; Thomas H., deceased; Mrs. Myra Holmes, of La Porte County, Ind.; Jaccheus H., Jessie A., and Clarence E. Mr. Fifield's farm comprises 250 acres of fertile land, well furnished with excellent buildings; he gives considerable attention to stock raising and dairying. In 1856, his father removed to Valparaiso and a few years since retired to South Bend, to enjoy in peace the fruits of his early industry. Mr. Fifield is a Republican, and is one of the substantial men of Portage Township.
Source: "Counties of Porter and Lake, Indiana, Historical and Biographical," Goodspeed and Blanchard, 1882 page 372 Portage Township
Data entry volunteer: Suzan Schaeffing
Porter County Death Index 1884-1927
Fifield Benjamin 4/7/1905 11/27/1827 77 New Hampshire Porter County Laura Thomas H. Fifield Elsie Carter McCool Cemetery McCool, Indiana
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McCool.
BENJAMIN FIFIELD.
The vicinity of McCool has suffered a severe loss by the death on April 7 of Benjamin Fifield, one of the pioneer residents of that community. Mr. Fifield was born in Enfield, N. H., Nov. 27, 1827, the son of Thomas Hale and Elsie Carter Fifield. In the spring of 1833 the family emigrated to the Province of Canada, and settled in London district, town of Dorchester, remaining there until the spring of 1841, when they came to what was then the far west, locating in Union township, Porter county, Indiana. On the ninth day of March, 1854, he was united in marriage to Miss Lenah Spuhler and soon after settled on the farm in Portage township, where they spent nearly all of the fifty-one years of their married life. Here were born to them seven children, all of whom are now living except Thomas, who died in early childhood. There are left to mourn his loss his devoted wife, three sons, Walker, Zacheus H. and Eugene, and three daughters, Mrs. Milton Crisman, Mrs. Chas. Holmes and Mrs. Frank Samuelson. There are also living twenty-nine grandchildren, thirteen [great-] grandchildren, one brother, Zacheus B. Fifield, of St. Paul, Minn., and a sister, Abbie Fifield Campbell, of South Bend, Indiana. He united with the Methodist church at the early age of eleven years, and his life long devotion to the church has been second only to his love for his home. The influence of his consistent Christian life has left a lasting impression on the community in which he spent his life, a living witness to the truth that "the path of the just is as the shining light, the shineth more and more unto the perfect day."
Source: The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; April 13, 1905; Volume 22, Number 2, Page 4, Column 7.
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