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Nathan Puckett
Nathan Puckett was born in Surry County, N.C., about 1807, a son of Isom and Elizabeth (Holt) Puckett. His father was born in North Carolina, in 1778, and died in 1875. He came to Indiana in 1817 and was one of the first ministers of the old Dunkirk Society of Friends. He was a bitter enemy of intemperance. He was connected with the underground railroad, assisting the negro to liberty, and gave them shelter whenever he could. Of a family of ten children — Giney, Anna, Lydia, Sally, Olive, Mahala, Mary, Nathan, Benjaman and Thomas — only the sons are living. Our subject married Betsey, daughter of Thomas and Christena Knight, of New Garden Township, Wayne County. She was born in 1809 and died in 1878, in Webster Township. They had a family of eight children — Harriet (deceased), Rachel, Hiram, Joel, Angeline (deceased), Elvira (deceased), Lucinda and Rhoda. In 1862 Mr. Puckett bought the farm in Webster Township, where he still resides. He is a member of the Society of Friends and has always been a liberal, public-spirited man.
Source:
History of Wayne County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884. Volume 2