Isaac Shelby Todd was born on 12. Aug. 1845 at Montgomery County, Kentucky. He was the son of
Johnson Todd and
Ruth Ann Van Cleave. Isaac Shelby Todd married
Delilah Maddox, daughter of
Elijah Maddox and
Emily Todd, on 30. Jan. 1868; no isue.
Isaac Shelby Todd was shown in the census on 11. Jun. 1900 as a farmer.
In the census on 11. Jun. 1900 Isaac Shelby Todd was named Shelby Todd.
Isaac Shelby Todd and
Delilah Maddox appeared on the census of 11. Jun. 1900 at Brown Twp., Montgomery County, Indiana,
; no children.
Isaac Shelby Todd and
Delilah Maddox appeared on the census of 28. Apr. 1910 at Brown Twp., Montgomery County, Indiana.
Isaac Shelby Todd was shown in the census on 3. Feb. 1920 as a farm laborer.
Isaac Shelby Todd and
Delilah Maddox appeared on the census of 3. Feb. 1920 at Brown Twp., Montgomery County, Indiana.
ISAAC S. TODD.
One of the worthy native sons of Brown township, Montgomery county, who has been content to spend his life in his native community is Isaac S. Todd, one of the successful farmers and progressive citizens of the community and a man who has so ordered his daily life. that he has kept untarnished the honored family., name, for the Todds have been a highly respected and well known family in this county since the days of the first settlers.
Mr. Todd was born on August 12, 1845, in this township and county. He is a son of Johnson and Ruth Ann (VanCleave) Todd. The father was born in 1809 in Shelby county, Kentucky, and there he spent his earlier years, was educated in the common schools and removed to Indiana when young, and his death occurred here on March 13, 1870. His wife. Ruth A. Van-Cleave, was born in Kentucky on July 17. 1823, and she came to Montgomery county, Indiana, with her parents when a baby, and here her death occurred on October 10, 1901. Here she grew to womanhood and received, like her husband, a somewhat limited education in the rural schools. Johnson Todd devoted his life to general farming and stock raising and he was very successful, for many years ranking among the leading tillers of the soil in the southwestern part of the county. He was twice married and his family consisted of fourteen children, two by his first wife and twelve by the second, our subject being one of the twelve. All this large family was well provided for and given educational advantages.
Isaac S. Todd grew to manhood on the home farm and he received an excellent education in the common schools of his community. On January 30,1868 he married Delilah Maddox, who was born in Shelby County, Kentucky, December 27, 1846, and there she grew to womanhood and was educated and she continued to live there until just before her marriage when she came to, Montgomery county, Indiana. She is a daughter of Elijah and Emily (Todd) Maddox. Her father was born on January I I, 1812 in Kentucky, and his death occurred on February 3, 1865. The mother of our subject's wife was born on February 14, 1814. in Kentucky. and her death occurred on July 17, 1853. The wife of our subject was one of seven children born to Elijah Maddox, five having been born by his first wife and two by his second wife.
The union of Isaac S. Todd and wife has been without issue, but they raised a boy, W. L. Todd, who married Grace Kelsey, and they live in Crawfordsville.
Isaac S. Todd has always followed general farming and stock raising and has become one of the leaders in these lines in the southern part of the county. His well improved, well tiled and productive farm consists of two hundred and three acres, all well located in Brown township. This land is all under cultivation but about seventy acres. He has a pleasant residence and large and convenient outbuildings.
Mr. Todd is a member of the Horse Thief Detective Association. Politically, he is a Democrat. He is a member of the Missionary Baptist church, and is a trustee in the same.
Mr. Todd was elected president of the Brown's Valley Grain Company, a large and prosperous concern, which is steadily growing, under the able management of our subject. A large business is carried on all over this section of the state. All kinds of grain, feed, coal, salt, cement, fence posts, etc., are handled. This company is incorporated with a capital stock of seven thousand and five hundred dollars. The other officers, besides Mr. Todd as president are Frank Wilkinson, vice-president ; Walter Sullivan, secretary ; and L. McLoed, treasurer.
History of Montgomery County, Indiana.