Carroll-White County IN Archives Biographies.....Wolverton, John N. 1838 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

JOHN N. WOLVERTON.

   One of the familiar personages to be seen on the streets of Delphi, Carroll
county, Indiana, is the venerable John N. Wolverton, a retired farmer of Carroll
county, who is also interested in the bank at Yeoman. During his long life, Mr.
Wolverton has been well known for his cordial and agreeable personality and,
although he has had time to acquire a substantial competence, he never lacks
time to be considerate of the feelings of others. Heredity and environment have
much to do in conditioning a man's character and power. Fortunate, indeed, is
the individual who has been born well and whose surroundings have counted for
his best development Mr. Wolverton's father was a most highly respected farmer
and pioneer settler in this county and from him, no doubt, he has derived his
kindly qualities of heart and head.

   Born in White county, Indiana, October 26, 1838, the son of Philip Wolverton,
John N. Wolverton has spent practically all of his life in this county. His
father, who was a native of Pennsylvania and who married there, entered two
hundred acres of land in White county, Indiana, and lived on this farm until his
death. He was a progressive farmer, for his day and generation, and raised a
great many sheep, hogs and cattle. He added to his land from time to time until,
at the time of death, he owned fourteen hundred acres. He lived to an extremely
ripe old age, passing away in 1901. His beloved wife, who had accompanied him
from Pennsylvania to the West, died some years previously. They were the parents
of a number of children: Lou, deceased; Levi, deceased; John N., the subject of
this sketch; Mary, the wife of A. Fox, of Lafayette, and Maggie, the widow of
Stein Orth.

   John N. Wolverton, who had received a liberal education in the public
schools, began life on his own responsibility after reaching his majority. Ai
ter working on his father's farm for three years, he purchased eighty acres of
land in Carroll county, which he later sold. He then bought two hundred and
forty acres seven miles from Delphi, which has been greatly improved during his
proprietorship. He farmed this land actively until about 1910, and, in the
meantime, had added seventy acres. He had become interested in the bank at
Yeoman. At one time, Mr. Wolverton had inherited eighty acres, but he later sold
this tract of land.

   In 1867 John N. Wolverton was married to Anna Ballard, the daughter of Anson
and Mary Jane (Hornbock) Ballard, who were natives of White county, Indiana.
They were farmers and large landowners and reared a family of five children,
Doctor John, of Logansport, Indiana, deceased; Doctor Charles, of Chicago,
deceased; Maggie, Susan and Ann.

   To Mr. and Mrs. John N. Wolverton were born four children: Charles, who is
married and a resident of Buffalo; Jennie, who married Judge McCommes, of Los
Angeles, California, and has two children; Lloyd, who lives on the home farm,
and Blanche, who is a graduate of the State Normal School at Terre Haute and a
well-known teacher of Carroll county.

   Since the death of Mr. Wolverton's wife, he has lived in Delphi, but he is
fond of California and enjoys the frequent trips which he makes to that state on
visits to his youngest daughter. He has enjoyed a most successful career and is
a most worthy man and citizen, one whom the people of Delphi and Carroll county
respect and admire as they respect and admire few other citizens in the county.


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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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