Greene County IN Archives Biographies.....Letsinger, Harvey W. 1849 - 
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Author: Goodspeed (1884)

   HARVEY W. LETSINGER, son of Lewis P. and Margaret (Thorlton) Letsinger, was
born in Wright Township, Greene Co., Ind., May 24, 1849. His parents were
natives of Tennessee and emigrated North to Indiana at a very early period in
the history of the Hoosier State, locating first in Clay County, but afterward
removing to Wright Township, this county, where Mr. Letsinger died in February,
1878. On first coming to this locality, the country was yet in its infancy, and
Mr. Letsinger obtained his land by entering it from the Government. Being a
pioneer and inured to the hardships of pioneer life, he would leave his sons to
look after the farm at home while he would take contracts for clearing, and with
the proceeds derived from his labors invest in more land, so that he became one
of the large land owners of the township. Hunting was his favorite pastime, and
during his leisure hours would spend the time with his gun, and rarely return
without abundant proof of his skill as a marksman. He was a leading spirit in
the Methodist Church, and although a man of quiet and retiring disposition, was
decisive in his views on all the leading topics of the day. He first became a
member of the Whig party in politics, but in 1856 joined the Republicans, with
whom he ever afterward worked in harmony. Six of his sons went to battle with
the right during the rebellion, three of whom found soldiers' graves in Southern
soil, two dying of wounds and one of disease. Three sons-in-law fought for their
country's flag in this war, and two never fully recovered from its effects but
have joined those on their final march. Harvey W. Letsinger is the youngest of
this family, numbering in all thirteen children, seven of whom are yet living.
He is of German-Irish descent; was raised on the home farm, secured an
academical education, and for seven terms was engaged in teaching school. The
fall of 1873, he entered the Law Department of the State University, graduating
in 1875, and in March of the succeeding year associating himself in partnership
in the practice of his profession with Capt. J. D. Alexander. In politics, Mr.
Letsinger is a Republican and has served as Deputy County Treasurer and
Assistant State's Attorney. Miss Mary Cushman became his wife December 24, 1879,
and they are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the parents of one
son—Reed A.

Additional Comments:
Richland 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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