My Genealogy Hound

Henry J. Page, one of the pioneer farmers of this county, emigrated to this State in 1858, when it was very sparsely settled, and pre-empted 320 acres of Government land in what is now Prairie Township, paying 50 cents an acre. He came with his family and household goods in a prairie schooner, and unloaded them within fifty feet of where his house now stands, in the fall of the above-mentioned year, since which time he has improved and cultivated ninety acres of as good land as there is in the township, on which are a comfortable house, barn and other buildings. He was born in the Palmetto State, February 26, 1823, and is the great-grandson of Nathaniel Page, who was born in England in 1730; when twelve years old he was brought to this country and raised to manhood in Virginia. His eldest son, Richard Page, was father of John Page, the father of our subject, the father born in Virginia, December 17, 1779, and was married to Elizabeth Vaughn, in 1822, and were the parents of nine children, seven of whom came to this county, three having since died. H. J. Page, the eldest son of John Page, was united in marriage to Miss Susan, daughter of Robert Page, of South Carolina, she having borne him ten children, all of whom are living: John J. (born October 21, 1857, and married Ann Hanks), Martha E. (born October 1, 1859, and married James Towel), Robert N. (born November 2, 1861, and married Mollie Lynn), Mary A. (born February 12, 1864, and married E. B. Harris), Henry R. (born July 16, living at home, and a partner in the store with his father), Susan A. E. (born February 21, 1869, and married to William Evans), Nathaniel E. (born September 5, 1871), Lydia I. (born April 18, 1874), Amos T. (born August 22, 1877), and Arthur A. (born April 13, 1880). Our subject did not take any part in the late Rebellion on account of ill health, yet was a victim to the depredations of both armies, and saw his last horse taken from him. He is a quiet and peaceful citizen and belongs to the Masonic lodge of Chickalah.