Thomas Pride
birth: 1790 in Tennessee to Woolsey Pride, b 1760 and (possibly) Rachel Gold
death: 08 Jan 1856 in Pike County, Indiana
burial: Iva Cemetery (once known as Pride Graveyard); Iva, Pike County, Indiana
marriage: 12 July 1809 in Knox County, Indiana
Caty Miley
birth: About 1793 in Pennsylvania to Heinrich “Henry” Miley and Mary Polly Herndon
death: About 1846 in Pike County, Indiana
burial: Unknown (Lost to time)
Children of Caty Miley and Thomas Pride:
- Henry Pride in 1814-Unknown, married Rhoda Fowler on 24 Sep 1837 in Pike County, Indiana
- Other children, including a Woolsey Pride, dates unknown at this time
Ancestor here lived in:
About 1800 – before 21 Dec 1816, Knox County, Indiana (where his father, Woolsey Pride established White Oak Springs Fort)
From 21 Dec 1816 (when Pike became a county) until his death in 1856, Thomas lived in Pike County, Indiana
Other Information:
Census records indicate that Thomas Pride was born in Tennessee
1812 – Militia, Knox County, Indiana.
Listed in the 1820, 1830.1840, and 1850 census records for Pike County, Indiana.
1820 – appointed as a commissioner to “view, locate, and mark the route chosen for the ‘state road’ from Troy to Washington (part of an article from The Herald; Jasper, Indiana · Friday, October 31, 1975)
Married Martha “Patsy” (Ragsdale) Palmer (widow of Mark Palmer) on 03 Nov 1846.
As reported in the Princeton Clarion-Leader, Princeton, Indiana on 29 Mar 1851, Thomas was appointed as a Jefferson Township, Pike County delegate to the Congressional convention to be held in Perry County, Indiana.
Several mentions in history books of the era, including “Executive journal of Indiana Territory, 1800-1816: Journal of the proceedings of the executive government of the Indiana territory”; “History of Knox and Daviess Counties, Indiana” published by Goodspeed in 1886; “History of Pike and Dubois counties, Indiana” published by Goodspeed Bros in 1885.
Submitted by:
Sonya Grams
Email: sonyric214@hotmail.com