Samuel Darling: Temperance Society of Lower Penns Neck, New Jersey

SAMUEL DARLING 1821 - 1891

Samuel Darling was my maternal great great grandfather. He was the son of William and Prissilah Cool (or Priscilla Cole) Darling. Samuel was born in New Jersey where, about the year 1844, he married  Beulah Smith (1827 - 1892) and where 5 of his 10 children were born.  In the 1850 census Samuel, Beulah, and sons William N., Samuel S., and Henry C. are found living in Lower Penn's Neck in Salem county. Samuel and Beulah were members of the Society of Friends (Quakers) and they moved their family to Henry Co., Indiana sometime before 1860. I have very little information on Samuel in his early life before he moved to Indiana, but recently I was able to add a little to my gleanings when I found him listed as a member of the Lower Penns Neck Temperance Society. (Top of column three)

Salem County Historical Society

In 1850 Samuel's neighbors were Charles B. and Artemisia Newell. Samuel and Beulah named two of their children (William Newell and Artemisia) after this couple so I'm interested in knowing more about their relationship, just good friends or could Artemisia be family? Charles Newell is also listed as a member of the Temperance Society.

Samuel died in Spiceland Township, Henry Co., Indiana on 16 Mar 1891 and is buried there in the Circle Grove Cemetery. Beulah died late the following year at the home of her son Samuel and is also buried in Circle Grove. Their daughter Mary Elizabeth Darling Runyan was my maternal great grandmother.

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Surname Saturday: DARLING

Mary Elizabeth Darling 1859 - 1922

My maternal great grandmother
Daughter of Samuel and Bessie Beulah Smith Darling
Wife of Robert Noah Runyan

The Darlings of this line have only been traced back to William Darling and his wife Prissilah Cool (or Cole). William and Prissilah were married on March 18, 1814 in Pennsneck, Salem Co., New Jersey at the home of S. T. Y. Guntin. Their son Samuel Darling married Beulah Smith sometime around 1844 in Salem Co., New Jersey and to that union were born ten children: William Newel, Samuel S., Henry C., Artmezy "Misha", Amanda V., Elijah D., Mary Elizabeth, Emma E., John Quincy, Cora "Corie" A. The first five children were born in New Jersey and the last five were born in Indiana. Their daughter Mary Elizabeth, my great grandmother, married Robert Noah Runyan on March 14, 1880 in Henry Co., Indiana. They had five children and were divorced in 1896. Circumstances surrounding the divorce are the subject of my post earlier this week "The DIRT on Robert Noah: Caught With Nude Model!"

Tombstone of Mary Elizabeth Darling Runyan
in Circle Grove Cemetery, Spiceland Twp., Henry Co., Indiana
Her obituary can be seen here:
Amanuensis Monday: The Flowery Obituary of Mary Elizabeth Darling Runyan

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