Charles Hastings

    Charles Hastings is a native of Franklin County, Indiana, was born September 2, 1820, and is a son of Job and Keziah Hastings. Job Hastings was born near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he married; afterward removed to Franklin County, Indiana, and thence, in 1835, to Morgan County, where he ended his life. His family was as follows: Matilda, Mary, Reese, Sarah, Charles, Kelly, Hannah C., Rebecca, Eliza J. and Martha A. The grandfather of our subject, Isaac Hastings, was a native of England who settled near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but died in Franklin County, Indiana, the father of nine children.

    Charles Hastings married, January 1, 1850, Susanna, daughter of John and Sarah Rudicel, and soon afterward located at his present home, which comprises a farm of 475 acres of fruitful and improved land. He is a genial gentleman and respected citizen. Mr. and Mrs. Hastings have been parents of four children -Louisa I., Mary A. (deceased), Evangeline and William C.

Source: Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. Charles Blanchard, Editor. F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884.