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HIRAM ESAREY was born April 10, 1813, being the third child in a family of twelve, all living to be grown, viz.: Benjamin M., Matilda, (who married Wyatt Pearson), Hiram, Reason, Jesse C., Isaiah H., Felix, Jonathan D., Verona, (who married Isaac Misner), Nancy A. (now Mrs. Benjamin Carmickle), Jacob, and Mary (who married Simeon Shirkcliff), born to Jonathan D. and Sarah (Shaver) Esarey, natives of Kentucky. They came to Indiana about March, 1812, and settled in Oil Township, where they continued until their deaths. They were Baptists in religious faith and were among the first settlers and substantial farmers of Perry County. Our subject continued at home until his marriage. He only acquired a limited education. He was married to Miss Sophia Walker October 10, 1834, and to this marriage nine children were born, viz.: William M., Eliza J., (now Mrs. John S. Frakes), Matilda, (now Mrs. James S. Frakes), Mary A., (who married Greyson Frakes), Sarah, (deceased), Elvira, Martha E., (who married Joseph Harp), Francis E., (deceased), and Nancy, (now Mrs. Fillmore Horton). Mrs. Sophia Esarey was born January 28, 1810. Mr. Esarey has retired, having farmed in Perry County forty-nine years. He now resides in Branchville where he owns property. He and wife were pioneer members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He.is a Republican in politics and belongs to the Order of Masons. Mr. Esarey probably did what but few others have done, viz.: to make forty-nine continuous crops and make a full summer’s work in each. The parents of our subject’s wife were Robert and Delilah (Phillips) Walker, who were married in Green County, Ky., and in about 1812 settled in Perry County, Ind. Robert Walker was the first man who died in Oil Township.