Bartholomew County IN Archives Biographies.....Stoughton, John W. 1851 - 
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Author: B. F. Bowen (1904)

JOHN W. STOUGHTON.

   A representative of a pioneer family of Bartholomew county, John W. Stoughton
was born in Flat Rock, township on the 8th of April, 1851. His paternal
grandfather, John Stoughton, Sr., was a resident of Ohio, and came to Indiana in
the early twenties. He secured a tract of land in Flat Rock township and
followed farming, being industrious and taking a helpful part in pioneer
improvement. George Stoughton, the father of the subject, was born in Ohio, in
August, 1820. Here he was reared amid pioneer surroundings and became a farmer
and brick manufacturer. He also preached the gospel, being of deep religious
conviction, and did earnest and effective labor in promoting the growth of the
Separate Baptist church. He owned one hundred and sixty acres of land which was
highly improved. He died on the 7th of August, 1855. His wife bore the maiden
name of Elizabeth McQueen and by her marriage she became the mother of four
children: George, Albert and Joseph, all deceased; and John W. She is still
living at the old home where she began her married life and is a well preserved
lady of about seventy-two years.

   John W. Stoughton was early trained to farm labor and in the public schools
he acquired his education. He has been twice married, his first wife being Mrs.
Mary McQueen, who was the mother of two children: Minnie A., the wife of Albert
Reed; and Cora E., the wife of L. J. McMillen, owner and operator of the
Reliance Manufacturing Company at Indianapolis. On the 22d. of June, 1880, Mr.
Stoughton married Miss Elizabeth Cook, daughter of George R. and Caroline M.
(Chorn) Cook. Her father was born in Tennessee in 1824, and when ten years old
accompanied his father, Adam Cook, to Columbus township, Bartholomew county,
Indiana, where he was reared on the then frontier. After arriving at years of
maturity he began farming on his own account and prospered, becoming the owner
of over five hundred acres of well improved land, and which was worth nearly a
hundred dollars per acre. He voted with the Democratic party and held a number
of township offices. He died at the age of sixty-eight years; his widow survived
eight years, being seventy-two years old at the time of her death. He had nine
children: Catherine, who is the wife of John Newton; Elizabeth, now Mrs.
Stoughton; Sarah L.; Albert; Dorcas C., who married John Faust, a farmer; Ida
M., who married J. L. Ward; Caroline M., who married John Lamasters; George, and
Nancy P. All are deceased except the two eldest.

   Mr. Stoughton is the owner of fifty-seven acres of arable and productive
land. He was formerly actively engaged in its cultivation, with the result that
he is now enabled to enjoy the fruits of his former toil in easy retirement.
Mrs. Stoughton conducted a hotel at St. Louis Crossing for seven years and has
been his able and faithful companion and helpmate for almost a quarter of a
century. Mr. Stoughton gives his political allegiance to the Democratic party
and although he is interested in its success and growth he takes no active part
in seeking office and has served only in minor official positions. Both are
members of the Separate Baptist church, to whose teachings they strictly adhere.


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BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY
INDIANA

INCLUDING BIOGRAPHIES OF THE GOVERNORS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS OF INDIANA

ILLUSTRATED

1904

B. F. Bowen PUBLISHER


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