Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....De Haven, Abner 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   Abner De Haven, farmer, Covington, is the son of Jacob and Susan (Osborn) De
Haven, whose settlement in Fountain county dates back among the pioneers of
1828. They raised a family of eight sons and four daughters. They settled in
Troy township, where Mr. De Haven, by energy and industry, became one of the
successful and extensive tanners of the township, owning 320 acres of land. He
was a very active member of the Baptist church, a democrat, and a friend to all
educational enterprises. He was a man whose name and reputation were above
reproach. He died February 14, 1865, leaving a widow and family of devoted
children to mourn his loss. Abner De Haven was born and brought up on a farm.
Having early in life been taught by his father the true principles of farming,
he has followed it as a business since he grew to man's estate. He is an
energetic, thorough farmer, and though he now has but eighty acres of land, it
is of the choicest kind, and is being managed by him in such a manner as (should
no ill-luck befall him) to enable him soon to add to it. In 1868 he married Miss
Margaret Osborn, by whom he has three children.

Additional Comments:
Troy 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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