Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Timmons, William F. 1852 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

WILLIAM F. TIMMONS.

   Inseparable from merit is the career of a man who has devoted so much of his
life to the laying of the foundation for a useful future of so many individuals.
The worth of William F. Timmons is better known in his home town than could
possibly be set forth in the pages of this history.

   William F. Timmons, farmer, Delphi, Indiana, was born on August 22, 1852, in
Adams township, Carroll county, and is a son of Perry and Isabelle (Crowel)
Timmons. He grew to man's estate under his father's roof on a farm in his native
township, receiving his early education at the district schools, attending later
Burnettsville Academy and Valparaiso University, after which he taught fourteen
terms of school in Adams and Rock Creek townships, which vocation he gave up in
order that he might follow agriculture, and is the present owner of a splendid
tract of three hundred and nine acres, located in Rock Creek and Adams
townships, where he gives his attention to the breeding of a good grade of stock
of all kinds. Politically, Mr. Timmons has always been a loyal supporter of the
Democratic party, taking an active interest in politics, serving as assessor of
Adams township for two terms, and was the nominee for sheriff and county
commissioner on two occasions. Fraternally, his membership is with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Rockfield, Indiana, of which he is past
grand; he is. a member of the encampment, and is past chief patriarch, and a
member of the grand lodge, having joined in 1878. He is one of the directors of
the Rockfield Bank, and a stockholder of the Rockfield Telephone Company.

   Perry Timmons, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Ohio, and
his wife, Isabelle (Crowel) Timmons, was born near Dayton, in Montgomery county,
Ohio, each coming with their parents to Indiana about 1830, and locating in
Adams township, this county, where they grew up together, and were married. They
settled down to an agricultural life in Adams township, and became thrifty
farmers. Mr. Timmons started without any worldly goods, beginning his career as
a day laborer, and at the time of his death, owned two hundred and forty acres
of good land. He was a Democrat in politics all his life, his death occurring on
December 30, 1858. The children born to this union were as follow: Melissa;
William F.; Margaret J.; Sarah E., who was married to William J. Wakeland, of
Adams township; Perry S., who died in March, 1915. The Timmons family, who
emigrated to Ohio, were natives of Delaware.

   William F. Timmons was united in marriage on September 8, 1881, with Cora
Lontz, daughter of Henry and Catherine Lontz. She was born on May 5, 1864, in
Adams township, receiving her education at the district schools. To this union
eight children have been born, as follow: Ruby is at home; Chloe is the wife of
Albert Shaffer, and lives in Adams township; Turpie was graduated from the
Rockfield high school, and then taught three terms of school, after which she
was married and became a resident of Rockfield; Don is single, and follows
farming on the home place; Catherine was graduated from the Delphi high school,
after which she took a business course, and is at present filling the position
of stenographer and bookkeeper for the Voorhees Lumber Company, at Logansport,
Indiana; Edith was graduated from the Delphi high school, was a student at the
State Normal School and is now teaching in Rock Creek township; Ruth is also a
graduate of the Delphi high school, and Florence is a student of the Rock-field
high school.

   Mr. Timmons is descended from an old family, who have long been residents of
Carroll county. He possesses, to a marked degree the qualities which win and
retain the friendship of a large number of people.


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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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