Jacob and Pena Shoffner Farmer
Jacob Farmer, the youngest child of Christian Farmer (immigrant), was born on December 4, 1782 in North Carolina, probably in Guilford County. He married Phillipena “Pena” Maria Shoffner, born October 30, 1789 in North Carolina, on October 23, 1816 in Orange County, North Carolina. Around 1824, they moved to Morgan County, Indiana. They purchased land in Hendricks County (just north of Morgan County) in 1825. They lived the rest of their lives in Morgan and Hendricks counties.
The couple had nine children:
Leonard, b. 1817
George, b. 1821
Delilah, b. 1823
Margaret, b. 1825
Katherine, b. 1828
Elizabeth “Eliza”, b. 1832
Mary, b. 1833
William, b. 1837
Jane, b. 1840
Jacob and Pena are found in the following federal census records:
1840 in
1850 in
Jacob died on