Greene-Owen County IN Archives Biographies.....Crockett, Moses 1830 - 
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Author: Goodspeed (1884)

   MOSES CROCKETT, County Commissioner, was born July 15, 1830, in Owen County,
Ind., and is one of nine children born to James and Louisa (Oley) Crockett, who
settled in Owen County at a very early day, but subsequently removed to this
county. Moses Crockett received only limited educational advantages in youth,
and his general occupation through life has been farming. At the time he began
doing for himself, he had little or no means, but ambition, the chief
characteristic of an American, propelled him forward, and by years of hard toil
and economy he has acquired 225 acres of good land, the greater part of which is
under cultivation and well stocked. His marriage with Margaret M. Johnson was
solemnized January 2, 1851, and six children have been born to them, named James
T., Nancy L. (deceased), Mary E., Daniel W., Stephen A. (deceased), and
Angeline. In politics, Mr. Crockett is a Democrat, and in 1880, as the candidate
of his party for the office of County Commissioner, was elected, although having
a Republican majority to overcome. Again, in 1882, he was elected to this office
by a largely increased majority, which reached 253 votes, and this, of itself,
is sufficient indication of Mr. Crockett's standing among his neighbors and
fellow-citizens.

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Center 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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