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Author: T. H. Ball (1904)

HENRY SUPRISE.

    From an early period in the development of Lake county Henry Suprise has
been numbered among its residents, and is now a prominent old settler well
deserving of mention in this volume. He lives on section 18, Cedar Creek
township. A native of New York, he was born on the 1st of December, 1830, and is
of French lineage. His father, Peter Suprise, was born in France and came to
America when about thirty-five years old. He located in Lake county among its
pioneer residents, being one of the first settlers of Cedar Creek township, and
there he lived to the very advanced age of about one hundred and nine years. In
early manhood he married Rosina Taylor, who was born in Canada and was reared
and married there. They removed to New York, where they remained one year, and
then came to Lake county, Indiana, where Mrs. Suprise died when about
eighty-three years of age. They were the parents of four sons and three
daughters, who are now living.

    Henry Suprise, the third child of the family, was only six months old when
brought to Lake county, Indiana. His educational privileges were extremely
meager, for he began to work as soon as old enough and assisted his father in
the arduous task of developing a new farm and continuing its cultivation. He
became familiar with every department of farm labor and continued to aid his
father on the old homestead until he had attained his majority and afterward
cared for his father until the latter's death.

    In 1855 occurred the marriage of Henry Suprise and Miss Elizabeth Hill, a
daughter of James and Mary (Skinner) Hill. She was born in Decatur county,
Indiana, near Greensburg, July 12, 1841. The young couple began their domestic
life in Cedar Creek township, where Mr. Suprise engaged in general farming, and
he has since followed that pursuit. In the winter he buys and sells cattle, and
he is widely recognized as one of the most successful farmers in the countv and
one of the most extensive land-owners, his realty possessions now aggregating
about one thousand acres. He worked hard and persistently in the early years of
his married life, and as his financial resources increased he made judicious
investment in property until to-day he is one of the leading land-holders of
this portion of the state. He also owns stock in the Lowell National Bank at
Lowell, and is one of its directors, and to a greater or less extent he has
engaged in loaning money in Lake county.

    To Mr. and Mrs. Suprise have been born three children who are yet living:
Jasper, Albert and William, all residents of Lake county. They also lost one
child. Since the organization of the Republican party Mr. Suprise has given to
it a stalwart and unfaltering support, where matters of state and national
interest are involved, but at local elections he votes independently, giving his
ballot for men and measures rather than for party. In matters of citizenship he
is public-spirited and progressive, and his patriotism stands as an unquestioned
fact in his career. He has, therefore, co-operated in many movements for the
general good and has been particularly active in the agricultural development
and progress of northwestern Indiana.


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ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF
Genealogy and Biography
OF
LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA,
WITH A COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY 
1834—1904

A Record of the Achievements of Its People in the Making of a Commonwealth and
the Founding of a Nation.

REV. T. H. BALL
OF CROWN POINT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO   NEW YORK
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1904


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