My Genealogy Hound

WILLIAM ESPEY, farmer and Justice of the Peace, P. O. New Hope, son of Eli Espey, was born in Indiana in August, 1821. He received a common school education, and has devoted the greater part of his life to farming, but spent six years in early life at wool carding, and five years as a storekeeper in White Oak Valley. In connection with his farm operations he operated a threshing machine for thirty seasons. He owns 141 acres of land, on which he recently completed a handsome residence. In 1846, he married Lorinda, daughter of Samuel Berry, a wealthy and influential farmer of Pleasant Township. Mr. and Mrs. Espey are both members of the Methodist Church, in which she has been a member since eleven years of age, and in which he has held several offices. He was appointed Postmaster of White Oak Valley in 1852, and served fourteen years. He is a Democrat, and now occupies the office of a Justice of the Peace.