. Progressive men and women of Kosciusko County, Indiana : to which is appended a comprehensive compendium of national biography ... n: m Y>rk county, Pennsylvania, in1835, and married into the Knoop Miami county. George VV. ami Frances(. Deaton were the parents of Jacob .Deaton, who wa- born in Clark county,( >hio, August 26, [858. The paternal andmaternal grandfathers of the subject were respectively William Deaton. whoin Clark county. Ohio, and Jacob Fortney,who died in Kosciusko county. Indiana,X ivember _•. i88< 1. \\ . I teaton, the father of the im-mediate subject of
. Progressive men and women of Kosciusko County, Indiana : to which is appended a comprehensive compendium of national biography ... n: m Y>rk county, Pennsylvania, in1835, and married into the Knoop Miami county. George VV. ami Frances(. Deaton were the parents of Jacob .Deaton, who wa- born in Clark county,( >hio, August 26, [858. The paternal andmaternal grandfathers of the subject were respectively William Deaton. whoin Clark county. Ohio, and Jacob Fortney,who died in Kosciusko county. Indiana,X ivember _•. i88< 1. \\ . I teaton, the father of the im-mediate subject of this -ketch, may hed among the pioneer- of Kosciuskocount), lie wa- one of the stalwart figof his day and aided largely in the develop-ment of the beautiful and fertile section ofthe state. He was horn in Clark county,Ohio, October 15. 1833, one year after theif the famous I-lack Hawk war. andcared in his native county, attainingsturdy manho d. Hi- early educI the kind that all hoys of hi- day re-ceived, rather limited in it- scope, the threemprising the usual curriculum. How-ever, what he lacked in 1 k learning was. JACOB O. DEATON FAMILY GROUP COMPENDIUM OF 275 ompensated For b) a plentiful supply ofinergy, determination and good every-dayommon sense. During- the exciting andtimes of the threatened secession thetome of George W. Deaton was a meetingdace for those loyal to the union and am-itious for the countrys good. Under thesenfluences he was imbued with the spirit ofism and gave his heart and voice inarnesl support of the union. He was dele-ated i secure substitutes for the army, and1 1 • assisted in raising a company. Head followed farming as an occupation inlark county until 1863, whenhe secured tract if land in Kosciusko county, , the place which is now the home of hism. Jacob O. With some assistance fromis father-in-law he secured two additionalact>, making in all two hundred and sev-ity-five acres, ami, although as a youngan he started
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