"...Joshua Rownd was born in Worcester county, Maryland, Sept. 6, 1787, and in September, 1813, married Hannah Shockley, a native of Worcester county, Maryland, born Nov. 23, 1795. They removed from Maryland to Ripley county, Indiana, where they engaged in farming and were among the early pioneer settlers of that state. They were married fifty-one years before death severed their long companionship. Hannah (Shockley) Rownd passed away, in Ripley county, Indiana, Nov. 14, 1864, and was survived by her husband until 1876. They became the parents of fourteen children: Sally, born Sept 14, 1814; Elijah, born Aug. 12, 1816; Martha, born March 13, 1818; Ara James, born Jan. 24, 1820; William, father of Dr. Rownd, born Jan. 11, 1822; Samson, born April 8, 1824; Robert, born Jan. 8, 1826; Leonard, born May 7, 1828; Zilpha Ann, born April 18, 1831; Hannah, born Feb. 5, 1833; Julia, born July 29, 1835; Lucretia, born Nov. 25, 1838; Ratcliffe, born Sept. 24, 1841; and Charles Marcellus, born Feb. 2, 1843...."