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John Landiss
1799 - 1892 (92 years)
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Name John Landiss Born 7 Feb 1799 North Carolina 
Gender Male Died 1892 English, Indiana Person ID I7848 Yatesville History & Genealogy Last Modified 18 Apr 2009
Father John Landiss, b. 1764, Granville, North Carolina , d. 1843, Crawford, Indiana (Age 79 years) Mother Mary Henderson, b. Abt 1770 Married 1786/1787 Family ID F237 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Jane Grey Kincaid, b. 15 Nov 1804, Barren, Kentucky , d. 18 Dec 1884, Crawford, Indiana (Age 80 years) Married 18 Dec 1823 Crawford, Indiana Children 1. Mary Henderson Landiss, b. 26 Nov 1824, Crawford, Indiana , d. 7 May 1909, Crawford, Indiana (Age 84 years)2. Joseph Kinkaid Landiss, b. 20 Jun 1830, Crawford, Indiana , d. 7 Jan 1914, Crawford, Indiana (Age 83 years)3. Elizabeth D. Landiss, b. 6 Mar 1834, Crawford, Indiana , d. 2 Jun 1908, Wabash, Illinois (Age 74 years)4. William Landiss, b. 6 Sep 1836, Crawford, Indiana , d. 14 Jan 1908, Indiana (Age 71 years)5. Lucy Jane Landiss, b. 12 Oct 1838, Crawford, Indiana , d. 21 Oct 1922, Crawford, Indiana (Age 84 years)6. Maria W. Landiss, b. 11 May 1847, Crawford, Indiana , d. 1 Jul 1910, Crawford, Indiana (Age 63 years)Last Modified 18 May 2022 Family ID F971 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Second son of William and Mary Henderson Landiss was born in Granville County N. C. February 7, 1799, and died at English, Indiana in 1892, being about 94 years of age.
He moved with his parents from North Carolina to Tennessee, and when it was decided that the family should move on into Indiana, he, with his father and a sister, went ahead to make preparation for the coming of the rest of the family, which was to be in August of 1818.
While yet living in Tennessee as a boy he helped to ferry General Andrew Jackson's army across Duck River at the beginning of the campaign against the Creek Indians. The ferrying was done with horses, and the boy John was one of those who would ride over with a group of soldiers to lead the horses back that another group might ride across. This ferrying took almost an entire day.
When John was 22 years of age he returned to Tennessee on a visit, and while there chanced to meet Gen. Jackson in the public highway. Recognizing the General, John courteously saluted him. Gen. Jackson, reining his horse, stopped to speak to the young man. After a brief conversation they each had a drink and went their ways. Whether they drank from Jackson's flask or from that of John Landiss must be left to your imagination, for the story doesn't tell. Possibly they had two drinks, one from each flask.
Shortly after his return from Tennessee John Landiss married Jane Kincaid. This was in 1823. Jane Kincaid was the daughter of John Kincaid, one of the three families that composed the settlement when the Landisses arrived in Indiana.
John Landiss was a man of prominence in Crawford County, and in southern Indiana. He was a prosperous farmer and business man, and at one time owned all the land where the town of English now stands. He at one time was a member of the State Legislature, and was known far and wide for his integrity. He left behind him the testimony of having been a fine and loveable man.
Rev. Wm. Landiss, Section 6
- Second son of William and Mary Henderson Landiss was born in Granville County N. C. February 7, 1799, and died at English, Indiana in 1892, being about 94 years of age.
