Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Sewell, W. C. B. 1815 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   W. C. B. Sewell, retired, Covington, is one of Fountain county's old and
respected citizens. He was born in 1815, in Londoun county, Virginia, and came
to Fountain county with his people in 1828. His parents were among the early
settlers of the county. Mr. Sewell had but few opportunities during his early
life to acquire an education, and though he is an excellent business man and
good financier, his training, so far as education is concerned, has been almost
wholly of a practical and self-acquired nature. He spent some time on his
father's farm when they first settled in Fountain county, but subsequently
learned the trade of tailoring. Abandoning this, he afterward became interested
in the mercantile business, first as a salesman and then on his own account. His
early habits and advantages were such as to teach him economy and industry, two
great principles which have governed him through life, and to which, probably,
he owes his success. Mr. Sewell has never sought political honors, preferring
rather to devote his time and energy to the safe and careful management of his
business. He is now in a pleasant and luxurious home, surrounded by family and
the enjoyment of wealth, reaping the reward of his industry and frugality, one
of the old, honored and respected pioneers of the county.

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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