Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....La Tourette, Schuyler 1834 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   Schuyler La Tourette, farmer, Covington, was born in Wabash township,
Fountain county, Indiana, in 1834, and is the son of John and Sarah (Schenck) La
Tourette, who were among the early and respected pioneers of Fountain county.
The subject of this memoir was raised on a farm, and received a common school
education, and has followed agricultural pursuits all his life. In the beginning
of the rebellion he enlisted in Co. H, 63d Ind. Vol. Inf., as private, and at
the organization of his company he was elected as first lieutenant, and after
serving six months was promoted to captain, which office he honorably filled
till the close of the war, participating in many of the hard-fought battles;
Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, and numerous other engagements. His company was
composed of men from his own neighborhood, and comprised some of the best
soldiers Fountain county afforded. At the close of the war Mr. La Tourette was
honorably discharged and returned to his native county, where he has been quite
extensively engaged in farming. He is the owner of a well improved farm of 240
acres, of which 160 acres is the old homestead. In 1863 he married Miss Kate
Cooper, daughter of John and Lotta Cooper, and a native of New Jersey. Mr. La
Tourette is a member of the A.F. and A.M., aud is one of Fountain county's
staunch republicans.

Additional Comments:

Wabash Township

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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