Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Dicken, I. H. 1837 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   I. H. Dicken, farmer, Covington, was born in Troy township, April 17, 1837,
and is the son of Abraham and Elizabeth (Cook) Dicken, who were natives of Scott
county, Kentucky, and came to Fountain county in the fall of 1827. The former
was born January 21, 1801, and died September 26, 1876. The latter was born
December 5, 1798, and is now residing with the subject of this sketch, who is
one of the industrious and well-to-do farmers of Troy township. He received a
good business education, and has devoted most of his life to agricultural
pursuits. Of the old home farm he now owns one hundred acres. He is a democrat
in politics, and a member of the Missionary Baptist church, as was also his
father; his mother also being a member of the same church.

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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