Mrs. Lydia Enyeart, Troy. Mrs. Lydia Enyeart is a worthy representative of one of our oldest and best families; she is a daughter of one of the first families in the county, and the name of Martindale is one ever associated with honor and gentility. Her husband, John L. Enyeart, came to this county in 1830, with $10 in his pocket; he was married in 1840, to the lady who still survives and bears his name. The children were ten in number, eight survive -- Sarah J. (wife of David Coppock), Hester R. (the wife of H. H. Miller), Thomas J. (married Elizabeth Pearson), Elizabeth (married Leander McDonald), Martha C. (is the wife of Philip White*), Rebecca (married Daniel Elliot,) John (is the husband of Maggie Connor), and Mary (is Johnston Garvey's wife). Mr. Enyeart died in 1867. By industry and frugality, he was then owner of 358 acres of land, equaling any in the township, worth not less than $29,000. Thomas now lives with his mother and manages the farm. Mrs. Enyeart is now grandmother of twenty-three children. For more than a half- century, she has been a consistent member of the Christian Church; her home is a pleasant one, near Troy, and her declining years will surely be passed in comfort.

* UPDATE,  dated 17 Aug 2001;  In the biography of Lydia Enyart,  it lists her daughter Martha C. as married to Philip White it should be Philip Fight. They were my Grandparents.
Shirley Normoyle (craftmom63@aol.com)