Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Romine, Peter ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com November 7, 2006, 6:16 am Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881) Peter Romine, farmer, Covington, who is one of Troy township's energetic, enterprising and successful farmers, has been wholly dependent upon his awn resources, and is a native of Virginia. His parents moved to Muskingum county, Ohio, during his boyhood, and from thence they removed to Ross county, of the same state. His people were poor, and somewhat unfortunate; but to his mother he owes much, as she, to give her boy at least some education, took in washing to earn the little money required to pay his way. The memory and teachings of that mother have never been forgotten by her son. In the temptation of public life, and in the privacy of his own household, Mr. Romine has always endeavored to follow only honest and upright paths. He became a resident of Fountain county in 1857. He remained with his parents until he was twenty-eight years of age, and though he is now only forty-seven, he has already accumulated a fine property of no less than two hundred acres of fine land on which he has made most of the improvements. This property he has bought piece by piece, as he found himself able to risk the payment of the purchase money. His motto has been, "Good management is the mother of good luck." With this maxim in view, and his natural industrious and economical habits, his ultimate success has been a fixed fact. When twenty-eight years of age Mr. Romine married Miss Sophronia Culverson, who is a native of Indiana. They have a family of three sons and five daughters, all of whom bid fair to become honorable and useful citizens of the community. Additional Comments: 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/fountain/bios/romine718nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/infiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb