Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Abolt, John 1816 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   John Abolt, farmer, Newtown, was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, March 14,
1816. In 1825 he came with his parents, Jacob and Mary (Fosnoth) Abolt, to
Richland township, and settled on the farm where he resides. This land, which
his father entered, is described as follows: W. 1/2 N.E. 1/4 and E. 1/2 N.W. 1/4
Sec. 13, T. 20, R. 7. About twenty-seven years ago he bought the place from his
father, who lived with him from that time till his death, in March 1878. He
attained the extreme age of ninety-eight. He was a German, but the date of his
emigration to these shores is unknown. He was a miller in the fatherland, and
followed his trade several years in the eastern states. At length he came west,
and for some time lived in Cincinnati, where he ran the first steam grist-mill
ever erected in that city. He married in Montgomery county, Ohio. After his home
was in this county he confined his labors to agriculture. John Abolt married
Mary Furr October 11, 1847. She was the daughter of Jacob Furr, who settled in
Cain township in an early day, and was born March 18, 1825. They have three
living children: Samuel K., born April 30, 1849; Alice, October 11, 1852; and
Marion, December 24, 1854. Mr. Abolt united with the New Light church twenty
years ago. His wife and children are Baptists. He owns a very desirable farm of
200 acres. His politics are democratic, and his record is one of good
citizenship, untiring industry, and unswerving integrity.

Additional Comments:
Richland Township

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.

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