Individual Details
James Wesley Mauzy
(1844 - )
James W. Mauzy, a well known and substantial farmer and landowner of Union township now living practically retired from the active labors of the farm, was born in Rush county, member of one of the pioneer families here, and has lived here all his life, in the long period of nearly eighty years, which has since elasped, having been a witness to many striking changes in the manners and customs of the people here and in the methods of doing things as compared with the pioneer days of his first remembrance. Mr. Mauzy was born on a farm in Union township on December 23, 1843, son of William and Caroline (Griffin) Mauzy, the latter of whom was born in Pennsylvania and had come here with her parents from old Keystone state in the days of her girlhood.
William Mauzy was a Kentuckian by birth and was but a child when he came up into Indiana with his parents, Silas Mauzy and wife, the family locating in Rush County and settling for a time in Noble township. They later moved to Union township where Silas Mauzy bought a tract of land and established his home, bevoming a substancial farmer, the owner of 240 acres, and there spent the remanider of his life, one of the influencial pioneers of that section. On that pioneer farm in Union township William Mauzy grew to manhood, well trained in the ways of the farm, to which vocation he devoted his life, and for a time after his marriage made his home there but later moved to a farm in Noble township and there established his home, remaining there until his retirement from the farm and removal to Rushville, where his last days were spent. William Mauzy was a good farmer and owned an excellent place of 203 acres. He was for many years influential in local affairs, was a deacon in the Flat Rock Christian Church, and helped erect the old church edifice which has since been torn down. He and his wife had two children, sons both, the subject, of this sketch and William H. Mauzy. James W. Mauzy was but a small child when his parents moved from Union township, where he was born, to Noble township and on the home farm in this latter township he grew to manhood. He received his schooling in the schools of that neighborhood and until he was twenty-five years of age continued farming with his father. His father then gave him a "forty" adjoining a aimilar tract of land he had bought in Union township and on this "eighty" he started farming on his own account, and after his marriage in 1875 established his home there. On that place Mr. Mauzy carried on his operations with such success that he was gradually was able to enlarge his land holdings until he became the owner of a fine farm of about 500 acres, a portion of which he has deeded to his children, eighty acres to each child in 1913. There he has continued to make his home, although in 1916 he retired from the active management of the farm. Mr. Mauzy is a Republican and has for many years taken am interested part, in local political affairs, though not an office seeker. He and his wife are members of Little Flat Rock Christian Church and he has served on the diaeonate of the church. In 1875 James W. Mauzy was united in marriage to Alice J. Heizer, who had come up here from Kentucky with her parents in the days of her girlhood, and to this union four children have been born, namely: John W., who married Josephine Arnold and has one child, a son. Clifford William; Luella, who married Charles Arnold and has three children, Richard, Edmund and Alice; Charles G., who married Iona Gilson and has two children, Dorothy May and Glenn, and Chester C, Mauzy, who is unmarried and who is astill at the old home. Mrs. Mauzy was born in Mason county, Kentucky, daughter of John and Mary (Crawford) Heizer, both of whom were married, later moving to Kentucky, where they remained until they came with their family up intp Indiana and settled in Fayette county. In 1865 John Heizer moved to Illinois, where he died. He and his wife were the parents of five children, three of whom are still living, Mrs. Mauzy having a sister, Susam, and a brother, John Heizer.
From Vol II
Centennial History of Rush County, Indiana, edited by A.L. Gary and E.B. Thomas, Rushville, Ind, 2 vol, 1921, Historical Publishing Company, Indianapolis.
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William Mauzy was a Kentuckian by birth and was but a child when he came up into Indiana with his parents, Silas Mauzy and wife, the family locating in Rush County and settling for a time in Noble township. They later moved to Union township where Silas Mauzy bought a tract of land and established his home, bevoming a substancial farmer, the owner of 240 acres, and there spent the remanider of his life, one of the influencial pioneers of that section. On that pioneer farm in Union township William Mauzy grew to manhood, well trained in the ways of the farm, to which vocation he devoted his life, and for a time after his marriage made his home there but later moved to a farm in Noble township and there established his home, remaining there until his retirement from the farm and removal to Rushville, where his last days were spent. William Mauzy was a good farmer and owned an excellent place of 203 acres. He was for many years influential in local affairs, was a deacon in the Flat Rock Christian Church, and helped erect the old church edifice which has since been torn down. He and his wife had two children, sons both, the subject, of this sketch and William H. Mauzy. James W. Mauzy was but a small child when his parents moved from Union township, where he was born, to Noble township and on the home farm in this latter township he grew to manhood. He received his schooling in the schools of that neighborhood and until he was twenty-five years of age continued farming with his father. His father then gave him a "forty" adjoining a aimilar tract of land he had bought in Union township and on this "eighty" he started farming on his own account, and after his marriage in 1875 established his home there. On that place Mr. Mauzy carried on his operations with such success that he was gradually was able to enlarge his land holdings until he became the owner of a fine farm of about 500 acres, a portion of which he has deeded to his children, eighty acres to each child in 1913. There he has continued to make his home, although in 1916 he retired from the active management of the farm. Mr. Mauzy is a Republican and has for many years taken am interested part, in local political affairs, though not an office seeker. He and his wife are members of Little Flat Rock Christian Church and he has served on the diaeonate of the church. In 1875 James W. Mauzy was united in marriage to Alice J. Heizer, who had come up here from Kentucky with her parents in the days of her girlhood, and to this union four children have been born, namely: John W., who married Josephine Arnold and has one child, a son. Clifford William; Luella, who married Charles Arnold and has three children, Richard, Edmund and Alice; Charles G., who married Iona Gilson and has two children, Dorothy May and Glenn, and Chester C, Mauzy, who is unmarried and who is astill at the old home. Mrs. Mauzy was born in Mason county, Kentucky, daughter of John and Mary (Crawford) Heizer, both of whom were married, later moving to Kentucky, where they remained until they came with their family up intp Indiana and settled in Fayette county. In 1865 John Heizer moved to Illinois, where he died. He and his wife were the parents of five children, three of whom are still living, Mrs. Mauzy having a sister, Susam, and a brother, John Heizer.
From Vol II
Centennial History of Rush County, Indiana, edited by A.L. Gary and E.B. Thomas, Rushville, Ind, 2 vol, 1921, Historical Publishing Company, Indianapolis.
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Events
| Birth | 1844 |
Families
| Father | William G Mauzy (1817 - 1903) |
| Mother | Caroline Griffin (1824 - 1913) |
| Sibling | William H Mauzy (1848 - ) |