Carroll-Cass County IN Archives Biographies.....Fawcett, John W. 1829 - 1906 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 16, 2006, 11:56 pm Author: John C. Odell (1916) JOHN W. FAWCETT. John W. Fawcett was born in Butler county, Ohio, May 17, 1829, and moved to Cass county, Indiana, in 1852. He came to Carroll county in 1853. He taught school about ten years. He was married to Mary Holland, July 20, 1856, and to this union were born two sons and two daughters. He was elected county surveyor in 1864, and served two terms. He was elected county recorder in 1870, and served two terms. He served as civil engineer many years in the building of gravel roads. He made a set of abstract books, and made abstracts for many years. He was a member of the Christian church, and a member of Delphi Lodge No. 28, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He died on December 19, 1906, survived by his wife and four children. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS BY JOHN C ODELL With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families ILLUSTRATED 1916 B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana CHAPTER IX. BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF DECEASED PIONEERS OF CARROLL COUNTY. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/carroll/bios/fawcett35bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/infiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb