A biographical history of eminent and self-made men of the state of Indiana : with many portrait-illustrations on steel, engraved expressly for this work . two eldestdaughters, are members of the Christian Church. It isno idle panegyric to say that Indiana, and especiallyHoward County, is indebted to such men as Milton Gar-rigus. With great energy and endurance he has felledforests and converted them into fertile farms, improvinghis mind as he improved the land; he has labored topromote moral reform, and to perfect educational sys-tems, and has imperiled his life in defense of great prin-ciple
A biographical history of eminent and self-made men of the state of Indiana : with many portrait-illustrations on steel, engraved expressly for this work . two eldestdaughters, are members of the Christian Church. It isno idle panegyric to say that Indiana, and especiallyHoward County, is indebted to such men as Milton Gar-rigus. With great energy and endurance he has felledforests and converted them into fertile farms, improvinghis mind as he improved the land; he has labored topromote moral reform, and to perfect educational sys-tems, and has imperiled his life in defense of great prin-ciples and of the country. His election as state Senatorattests the regard in which he is held ; and, being stillin the prime of his powers, he may be congratulated onhis prospect of many future years of public usefulness. fRAHAM, JOHN AMBROSE, of Peru, was bornin Baltimore, Maryland, January 8, 18:7. Hisparents were natives of Ireland, and emigrated to^. this country in 1815. They landed in Baltimore,after undergoing great hardships during a prolongedvoyage, in which they narrowly escaped being ship-wrecked. In. 1826 the family removed to Pittsburg, in. 0:£f::fr,A ^Wamm^^-^. ///.; Dist.] REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF INDIANA. ^9 1S27 to wheeling, and in 1828 returned to 1830 they went to Harpers Ferry, and finally, in1832, settled in Indiana. John A. Graham was employedat Harpers Ferry as clerk until 1835. In May of thatyear, being then eighteen, he started for Indiana. AtWheeling he took passage on a steamboat, and waslanded at midnight, a solitary passenger, at the mouthof the Wabash. The Wabash and Ohio Rivers were atthat time very high, the country for miles around wasunder water, and the surroundings presented a gloomyaspect to the stranger. He had expected to find a townfilled with enterprising people; but he saw only a drearywaste of turbid waters. No sound greeted his ear butthe hoot of the owl and the crash and crunch of therunning drift. After sitting upon his bagg
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