Carroll-Harrison County IN Archives Biographies.....Gresham, Samuel D. 1808 - 1874
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

SAMUEL D.  GRESHAM.

   Samuel D. Gresham was born in King and Queen county, Virginia, in 1808, and
with his father's family moved to Kentucky, and from there he moved to Harrison
county, Indiana, where he lived for several years. In 1830 he came to Carroll
county, locating in Delphi, and for several years was engaged in shipping grain,
on flatboats, down to New Orleans. He was collector of revenue in 1835. He was
sheriff of the county in 1836 and served two terms. He was postmaster in Delphi
under the administrations of Pierce and Buchanan. For many years he was engaged
in the livery; business. He was married to Sarah Burt, in 1841, and to this
union were born four sons and three daughters. He died on July 22, 1874.


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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.


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