Clay County IN Archives Biographies.....Congleton, Job  August 31, 1838 - 
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Author: Charles Blanchard, Ed

Job C Congleton, one of the prominent farmers of Perry Township [PO Cory, 
Ind.] and son of John and Nancy [Snoddy] Congleton, was born in Posey 
Township, Clay County, Ind., August 31, 1838. His parents are both of Scotch 
extraction.  He has lived in this county all his life, engaged in farming and 
stock-raising. The first fifteen years of his life he spent in Posey Township, 
the remainder of his life in Perry Township.  His early education was acquired 
at the common schools of the county, yet by dint of hard labor and 
perseverance, stimulated by his ambition, he is in possession of rather more 
than ordinary educational attainments.  he was married, March 24 1861 to 
Margaret Donham, who was born September 14 1841. They have had eight children -
 James F, Joseph S. Marietta [deceased], matilda A, Lucinda J [deceased], Ora 
B, George D and Allen R.  Mr Congleton takes an active interest in Politics, 
and is a member of the Republican Party.  In the autumn of 1876, he was 
elected Trustee of Perry Township, serving one term with credit to himself and 
with satisfaction to his contsituents.  In the winter of 1862-63, he taught a 
term of school in the Center School-house in Perry Township.  Being a man of 
enterprise, he always favors those things which tend to promote the 
educational and business interests of the community.  Two of his children, 
Marietta and Lucinda J, died of small-pox in the year 1875.  Mr Congleton 
lives on a well-improved farm of eighty acres, one and one-half miles 
northwest of Cory.  He was one of the two census enumerators of Perry Township 
in 1880.

County of Clay, Indiana - Historical & Biographical
Charles Blanchard, Ed
Published F A Battey, Chicago, 1884
Page 488

Additional Comments:
Margaret Donham Congleton is my 5th Cousin, Twice Removed. I am happy to share 
and compare family files.

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