Greene-Daviess County IN Archives Biographies.....Elgan, Rice 1820 - 
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Author: Goodspeed (1884)

   RICE ELGAN, farmer, P. O. Worthington, was born at Washington, Ind., January
16, 1820. His father, John Elgan, was a native of Kentucky, his birth occurring
in about the year 1800. and when nineteen years old he was united in wedlock
with Sally Pounds, who was the mother of the subject of this sketch. Mrs. Elgan
dying in about 1826, Mr. Elgan married Abigail Archer about a year later, and in
1832 he and family removed to Greene County, Ind., where he continued to reside
the remainder of his years, his death occurring in 1868. Rice Elgan is one of
the foremost men of his township as well as one of its best farmers and
citizens. He is the eldest of fourteen children, and such being the case
received only limited schooling advantages, as his aid was required at home in
helping to care for younger members of the family. In May, 1839, Mary Ellsworth
became his wife, and to their union nine children have been born, only four of
whom are yet living. Is a Democrat in politics; Mr. Elgan has served his
township with credit as Assessor. He owns a fine farm of 270 acres, and is an
esteemed member of the Christian Church.

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Smith 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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