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Aaron Rockhill

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Birth	:	1831
Death	:	1899
Burial	:	Etna Green East Cemetery, Etna Green, Kosciusko County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.2739754, -86.0430832
Description	:	On the 7th day of April, 1853, two years after coming to Indiana, she[Rachel Teegarden] was happily married to Mr. Aaron Rockhill, a young gentleman of blameless character, whose arrival in Kosciusko county antedated that of her father's family about one year. He also settled in Harrison township, but purchased an eighty-acre farm one mile west of Etna Green, Marshall county, and it was on this place that the young couple set up their domestic establishment and began married life. Mr. Rockhill was a man of much more than ordinary energy and but few years elapsed before he began adding... Read More	On the 7th day of April, 1853, two years after coming to Indiana, she[Rachel Teegarden] was happily married to Mr. Aaron Rockhill, a young gentleman of blameless character, whose arrival in Kosciusko county antedated that of her father's family about one year. He also settled in Harrison township, but purchased an eighty-acre farm one mile west of Etna Green, Marshall county, and it was on this place that the young couple set up their domestic establishment and began married life. Mr. Rockhill was a man of much more than ordinary energy and but few years elapsed before he began adding to his original purchase. He possessed sound judgment and superior business abilities, and as a farmer took high rank among his neighbors, nearly all of whom looked upon him as a model agriculturist and regarded him with favor as a man of broad intelligence and a leader in enterprises for the general prosperity of the community. He continued from time to time to purchase real estate until he became the owner of two hundred acres of as rich and valuable land as northern Indiana could boast of, part of which lay in Kosciusko county and part just across the line in the county of Marshall. He was very fortunate in all of his business transactions and everything in which he engaged seemed to prosper. By successful management and continual industry he acquired quite a respectable fortune, his real estate alone representing a value of over twelve thousand dollars. Mrs. Rockhill proved an able and valuable assistant to her husband in the labor of clearing the farm, and deemed it not beneath her womanly dignity to go into the clearing and gather and pile brush and attend to firing the log heaps. She also made a full hand in the harvesting and hay making, at the same time looking after her household affairs with the most scrupulous care, never neglecting a single domestic duty. Always cheerful and kindly disposed, she labored by the side of her husband and made the time pass merrily while engaged in the most severe and exacting toil. Much of the success which Mr. Rockhill attained is directly attributable to the willingness and self-sacrifice of his companion, and when the bright day of prosperity finally dawned she shared with him its welcome rays and together they enjoyed the ample fortune which in the end crowned their mutual efforts. Mrs. Rockhill bore her husband six children: Anna, born April 19, 1854, is the wife of Henry Plummer and lives in Etna Green; George, born February 7, 1858, married Amanda Beck and resides in Marshal1 county; Nathan F., whose birth occurred June 3, 1861, married Minnie Porter and is a business man of Plymouth; Solomon was born June 16, 1863, and died October 10, 1893: Homer, born October 24, 1866, married Lillian Hayherst and resides in the town of Knox, this state; Nora, the youngest of the family, was born on the 28th day of October, 1869. She became the wife of William Wissler, who died February 21, 1894, since which time she has lived with her mother in Etna Green. In his political affiliations Aaron Rockhill was a Republican, later a Prohibitionist, and in religion he was a zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was quite active in religious work and for a period of about twenty-five years held the office of class leader, besides filling other important official positions in the church at Etna Green. To him religion was seemingly as essential as the food he ate and the air he breathed; he was a close student of the Holy Scriptures and by living a life consecrated to the service of the Most High was inspired to noble deeds and great activities in his life and amply prepared to "see the King in His beauty and behold the land that is afar off" when the time came to exchange the church militant for the church triumphant. He was a good man and a just one and when the final summons came, November 7, 1899, he fearlessly entered the valley of shadows, cheered by the presence of Him who is the "resurrection and the life." [Progressive Men and Women of Kosciusko County, Indiana, p. 434; pub. 1902 (excerpt from the bio of Mrs. Aaron[Rachel] Rockhill).

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Latitude: 41.2739754
Longitude: -86.0430832

Family Members:

Spouse

Rachel Teegarden Rockhill

(1832 - 1913)

Children

Sarah Anna Rockhill Plummer

(1854 - 1929)

George Ellis Rockhill

(1858 - 1917)

Solomon O Rockhill

(1863 - 1893)

Nora L Rockhill Wissler

(1869 - 1915)

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Coordinate: 41.3550170, -85.9806830

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17. Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery
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