. History of Cass County Indiana : From its earliest settlement to the present time : with biographical sketches and reference to biographies previously compiled. t the time of her demise. They had a familyof eleven children, namely: Mary M., Rose Ann, Elizabeth, Catherine,Abraham, John, Eliza J., George P., William O., Abiah J. and Caroline. Abiah J. Sharts was born October 24, 1845, in Preble county, Ohio,and passed his boyhood days on the home farm in Cass county, whencethe family had come when he was four years of age, and where he securedhis education in a log cabin school. When he was bu
. History of Cass County Indiana : From its earliest settlement to the present time : with biographical sketches and reference to biographies previously compiled. t the time of her demise. They had a familyof eleven children, namely: Mary M., Rose Ann, Elizabeth, Catherine,Abraham, John, Eliza J., George P., William O., Abiah J. and Caroline. Abiah J. Sharts was born October 24, 1845, in Preble county, Ohio,and passed his boyhood days on the home farm in Cass county, whencethe family had come when he was four years of age, and where he securedhis education in a log cabin school. When he was but fifteen years ofage he started out to make his own way in the world, and early tookcharge of the home farm, which he operated until 1879, at that timemoving to his own farm, which joins the other on the south. In June,1863, he became a member of Company P, 116th Regiment, Indiana Vol-unteer Infantry, and w^as mustered into the service at Indianapolis,subseqi:tently participating in a number of engagements during the Civilwar, including Knoxville, although the greater part of his militaryservice was passed in doing guard duty at Cumberland Gap, Greenville. HISTORY OP CASS COUNTY 1155 and Tazewell, Tennessee. He received his honorable discharge at Lafay-ette, Indiana, in March, 1864, after a brave and faithful service, andonce more returned to the duties of peace. In 1867 he was married toEllen Alice Wilson, daughter of Andrew Wilson, one of Cass countysold pioneers, and they have had six children, namely: Harry, who isdeceased; Benjamin F.; Elmer; Walter, who is deceased; Blanche andCharles. Mr. Sharts still lives on the old home farm on section 11,Tipton township, a tract of 15-4 acres of well-cultivated land. Althoughadvanced in years, he still is engaged actively in the work of tilling thesoil, and also takes a keen interest in Republican politics. He is amember of the Odd Fellows and the Grand Army of the Republic, andattends the Seven-Mile United Brethren church, of which
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