"Benjamin D. Angel was born in North Carolina, and was there married to Sarah Davis, and to this union were born nine children, of whom the subject of this sketch was one. His father, Charles Angel, lived in southern Virginia, and married a Miss Washington, and from there moved to North Carolina in 1751.

Benjamin D. Angel emigrated to Wayne county, Indiana, about the year 1815, and was there married on September 16, 1815, to Elizabeth Odell, a daughter of James Odell, Sr., who was born in South Carolina, June 2 1797, and to this union were born five children. Mr. Angel came to Carroll county, Indiana, in the spring of 1825, and settled on land about one-half miles southeast of Delphi, where he died on September 16, 1825, his death being the second occurring among the first settlers. He left surviving, his wife and five children, namely: Sarah, who was born in Wayne county, July 17, 1817, was married to Rev. Nelson Gillam, in Carroll county, March 20, 1840, and died in Marion, Indiana, February 16, 1863, and her husband died in Richmond, Indiana, January 5, 1902; Samuel, born in Wayne county, October 4, 1818, and died unmarried in Oregon, May 27, 1856; Charles, born in Wayne county, October 19, 1822, and died at his residence in Pittsburg, April 19, 1902; Ruth, born in Wayne county, December 28, 1820, was married to George Bowman, in Carroll county, September 18, 1848, and died in Monticello, September 8, 1850; Mary, born in Wayne county, October 8, 1924, and died unmarried in Carroll county in 1843.


George Bowman died in Monticello, Indiana, November 30, 1894. The wife of Benjamin D. Angel died on March 10, 1840. Benjamin D. Angel was the first person buried in the family cemetery near his residence, where his wife and many near relatives repose."

—Helm, Thomas B., History of Carroll County, Indiana. Chicago: Kingman Brothers, 1882. p.146