Tipton-Rush-Grant County IN Archives Biographies.....Behymer, Perry 1850 - 
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Author: Charles Blanchard, Editor (1883)

   PERRY BEHYMER is a native of Clermont County, Ohio, and was born December 4,
1850. He is the eldest son of nine children born to William and Martha
(Littleton) Behymer, natives of Kentucky and Ohio, and of German and English
descent. His father was a cooper by trade, but for the last thirty years has
given his attention to farming. William Behymer removed to Rush County, Ind., in
1853, and in 1861 located in Grant County. He now resides in Rigdon, Grant
County. He has served as Justice of the Peace, and now holds the position of
Notary Public. He is a Democrat in politics, and he and wife are prominent
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Perry Behymer spent his boyhood on
the farm, having access to the common schools. At the age of eighteen he
attended one summer term of seventy days, after which he received a twelve
months' license to teach in Tipton County. He taught twelve terms in succession
in Tipton, Grant and Madison Counties, and was Principal of the Windfall High
School in 1876-77, continuing two terms of nine months each. He attended one
term of seventeen weeks in the Normal School of Lebanon, Ohio. Soon after he
began teaching at Windfall, he commenced reading law, and assisting as junior
editor upon the Windfall News. In the summer of 1877, he and his brother became
editors of this paper, which they published until May, 1880. Having purchased
the Tipton Times, they removed to Tipton and united the strength of the News
with the Times. This they conducted one year with a circulation of 900. After
this, Mr. Behymer retired from the editorial work and returned to Windfall,
where he soon after engaged in the practice of law, having been admitted to the
bar in Tipton County in 1879. He has met with success in his practice. Mr.
Behymer was married, March 14, 1872, to Miss Mary E. Legg, who died May 16,
1872. He was next married, March 11, 1880, to Miss Julia A. Graham, of this
county, and daughter of Hollingsworth Graham. Mr. Behymer is a Democrat in
politics, and has served as School Trustee, and as President of the School
Board. In 1878, he was a candidate for County Superintendent, and was defeated
by one vote. He is a highly respected citizen, and his wife is a consistent
member of the Christian Church.

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COUNTIES OF HOWARD AND TIPTON, INDIANA.

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.
ILLUSTRATED.

CHARLES BLANCHARD. EDITOR.
CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO.
1883.

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