Greene-Daviess County IN Archives Biographies.....Aikman, Arch 1836 - 
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Author: Goodspeed (1884)

   ARCH AIKMAN, Trustee of Washington Township, is a native Hoosier, born in
Daviess County in 1836, a son of Hugh and Ada (Williams) Aikman. Hugh Aikman was
born in Daviess County, Ind., in the year 1812, and is said to be the first male
white child born on the West Fork of White River. His wife was born in the same
county in 1814, and their early life was passed amidst the Indians, wild
animals, and in participating in the discomforts of pioneer life. Arch Aikman
was raised on a farm, and when twenty years old began working at the house
carpenter and joiner's trade on his own responsibility. In 1870, he embarked in
undertaking at Lyons, which has since been his occupation. He was married to
Miss Elizabeth Plummer, his first wife, in 1858, and three children were the
result of their union—William, Erne and Ada. The mother died in 1877, and for
his present wife Mr. Aikman selected Savillia Edwards, by whom he is the father
of three children—Lillie, Grace and Arch. Mr. Aikman is a member of the Odd
Fellows brotherhood, and he and wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church.
In 1880, he was first elected Township Trustee, and in 1882 was re-elected.

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Washingnton Township Biographies

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HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES,
STATE OF INDIANA,
FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC.

ILLUSTRATED.

CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1884.

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