Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Pollard, John William 1854 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

JOHN WILLIAM POLLARD.

   About three-quarters of a century ago, the grandmother of John William
Pollard, a successful farmer of Tippecanoe township, came from Ohio to White
county, Indiana, and from there came with her eldest son and settled in Carroll
county, Indiana, after the death of her husband.

   John William Pollard is a native of Tippecanoe township, Carroll county, born
on August 26, 1854. He is the son of John Blackburn and Abbie (Ross) Pollard,
the former of whom was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, near Circleville, and the
latter, born near Circleville, in Pickaway county. They were married in that
county and in 1849 came to White county, Indiana, remaining there until 1852,
when they emigrated to Carroll county and settled in Tippecanoe township. Here
John Blackburn Pollard owned three hundred and fifty-four acres of well-improved
land and followed farming and stockraising until his death, in 1890. His widow
survived him nearly a quarter of a century, passing away in 1914. She was a
member of the Methodist church. Abbie (Ross) Pollard was the daughter of Moses
L. and Mary (Frazee) Ross, who were both natives of New Jersey and who emigrated
early in life to Pickaway county, Ohio, and there spent the rest of their lives.
The widow of Moses L. Ross, however, died in Illinois. John Blackburn Pollard's
father died in Ohio and after his death his widow, Rachel Pollard, came West
with her son and settled in White county, Indiana. It was there that Rachel
Pollard died. She bore her husband four children, namely: Silas, who died in
Pickaway county; William Ford, who died in Carroll county; Eveline, who died in
White county, and John Blackburn, father of John William, of this sketch. Of the
three children born to John Blackburn and Abbie (Ross) Pollard, only two are
living, John William and Allie E. Mary died at the age of three years.

   Mr. Pollard and his sister, Allie E., live retired on the old homestead. They
have made many substantial improvements on the home farm, which comprises one
hundred and sixty acres and which is located in section 13. Aside from this old
home farm, they own several hundred acres of land in Carroll county. Miss Allie
E. Pollard is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, although her father
was a member of the United Brethren church. Mr. Pollard is a member of the
Horse-Thief Detective Association of Carroll county, and is a Democrat in
politics.


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Biographical Section of

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



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