. A standard history of Jasper and Newton counties, Indiana : an authentic narrative of the past, with an extended survey of modern developments in the progress of town and country. anjij^Cs^slSrrJiSS X^. S^manyCssipMl anrJisrs K T .£ ruji Lu JASPER AND NEWTON COUNTIES 355 age of his convictions and unlimited confidence in the future of thelocation which he selects as the scene of his endeavors. Few townsin Indiana have their names more worthily bestowed as a permanenttribute to their founders than Kentland. The credit for its estab-lishment belongs to the late Alexander J. Kent, and it was th
. A standard history of Jasper and Newton counties, Indiana : an authentic narrative of the past, with an extended survey of modern developments in the progress of town and country. anjij^Cs^slSrrJiSS X^. S^manyCssipMl anrJisrs K T .£ ruji Lu JASPER AND NEWTON COUNTIES 355 age of his convictions and unlimited confidence in the future of thelocation which he selects as the scene of his endeavors. Few townsin Indiana have their names more worthily bestowed as a permanenttribute to their founders than Kentland. The credit for its estab-lishment belongs to the late Alexander J. Kent, and it was throughhis planning, liberality and public spirited labors that this has becomenot only one of the flourishing towns of Northwest Indiana, but itwas also due to his leadership in a large degree that communityaround it prospered and successively endured the many trials andprivations which are inseparable from the settlement and develop-ment of a wild and new country. It is a part of the history of Newton County as well as an appro-priate tribute to the career of the founder of Kentland that someconcise account should be contained in this publication of his life. He was born August 30, 1815, in Oneid
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