Axlines

Bayern

possibly 1855

1850: farmer, on farm worth $1000

1860 census: b. Bavaria, possibly in Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH

more information available at the ancestry.com Public Member Stories entry "History of John Felix, Sr. (1783-1856) attached to John Felix (1783-1856)

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Biographical Sketch (from the file of Marlin Buelow, descendant) John Felix Sr. was born along the Rhine River in Germany in 1783. When he was about eighteen years of age, he was smuggled aboard a Rhine River boat by his parents and sent to England to prevent his being drafted into the army. The wars of Napoleon were in progress at this time. John soon obtained a position with a man in the East India trade and accompanied his employer to the East Indies where he remained about six years. He then went to China in the interest of his employer, and for the benefit of his health, and after his return from this voyage, he remained in the East Indies two years. He then returned to England, and shortly thereafter, sailed to America. By this time, he was a well-traveled young man of approximately twenty-six years of age. He landed in Philadelphia remaining near that city for a time working on a farm, after which he learned the trade of stone mason, stone cutter and brick layer. From Philadelphia, he went to Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, where he met and married Barbara Barger. John taught school for a time in Schuylkill County and then moved his family to Muskingum County, Ohio. His two oldest sons, at least, were born in Pennsylvania - Jacob in 1818 and John Jr. in 1820. It is probable that several other children were born there as well. While in Muskingum County, he took a contract a half mile of the national road (now U.S. Highway 40) then in process of construction. In about 1828, he moved his family to Springfield, Ohio. It is thought that Amelia was born here in 1830; Henry Harrison in 1832 and the twins Joseph and Benjamin were probably born here in 1834. While at Springfield, John was occupied in farming, stone cutting and the burning of lime. He remained in Springfield about seven years, doing quite an extensive business and employing a large number of men. In 1835, he again moved his family. Arriving in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, John took a lease on the farm of John Circle. He rented the Circle farm for a year then went to Carroll County and took a job of clearing forty acres of land and then fencing it. Two years later, on November 12, 1838, he purchased a forty-acre farm in Perry Township, Tippecanoe County from Daniel Wagoner. This farm is described as being the Northwest one-quarter of the Southwest one-quarter of Section One in Township twenty-three North, Range three West. It will be remembered by members of the Carl and Emma Felix family as the east forty acres of the Martin Boyd farm during the 1920's and for many years following. The farm buildings were located on this tract. John rented a sawmill from Mahlon Cleaver and it is presumed that he sawed his own lumber to construct his home and farm buildings. On April 9, 1852, he purchased an additional eighty acres from Nathaniel Chauncey. This tract adjoined the first forty acres on the west and ran down the Wildcat Creek valley hillside and south across the creek. It is described as being the East one-half of the Southeast one-quarter of Section Two, in Township Twenty-three North of Range three West and the deed is recorded in Tippecanoe County Deed Book 36 at page 210. The deed for the first forty acres purchased is recorded in the same book at page 209. The farm ran for one-half mile along the hillside of the Wildcat Creek and only about half was tillable. The balance was in pastureland and waste ground. John lived on this 120-acre farm, in Perry Township, until his death on September 3, 1856. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and his wife in her religious faith was a Lutheran. They are both buried in the United Brethren Cemetery at Pyrmont, Indiana. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, remaining in the service a year or more. It is not known whether he entered service from the Philadelphia area or whether he had already left the area by that time. John and Barbara were the parents of twelve children, Sarah, Jacob, John Jr., William, Elizabeth, Amelia "Millie," Henry Harrison, twins Joseph and Benjamin, and three others who died young. Benjamin died very suddenly while at work in the harvest field shortly after reaching "maturity."

possibly 1812