Encyclopedia of genealogy and biography of Lake County, Indiana . , accompanied his parents on their removal to Washingtoncounty, Pennsylvania, when he was twelve years of age, and there he wasreared and educated. He was also married in that county, and afterwardremoved to Knox county, Ohio, about 1820. He followed farming in theBuckeye state until the fall of 1835, when he came to Lake county, Indiana,.settling at Pleasant Grove, in Cedar Creek township. He was one of thefirst settlers here, and he entered land from the government for which hepaid a dollar and a quarter per acre. This he plac
Encyclopedia of genealogy and biography of Lake County, Indiana . , accompanied his parents on their removal to Washingtoncounty, Pennsylvania, when he was twelve years of age, and there he wasreared and educated. He was also married in that county, and afterwardremoved to Knox county, Ohio, about 1820. He followed farming in theBuckeye state until the fall of 1835, when he came to Lake county, Indiana,.settling at Pleasant Grove, in Cedar Creek township. He was one of thefirst settlers here, and he entered land from the government for which hepaid a dollar and a quarter per acre. This he placed under the plow, trans-forming the raw tract into richly culti\atefl fields, and there he carried ongeneral farming until his death, which occurred September 10, 1850, whenhe was sixty-six years of age. He was a zealous and active member of thePresbyterian church, in which he served as a deacon. He gave his politicalsupport to the Whig party and during the early years of his residence inLake county was a school director. He contributed to the pioneer progress.
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