Tipton-Fayette County IN Archives Biographies.....Legg, B. F. 1830 - 
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Author: Charles Blanchard, Editor (1883)

   B. F. LEGG, a pioneer and farmer, is a native of Fayette County, Ind., and
was born January 2, 1830. He is the fifth of eleven children born to Thomas and
Elizabeth (Shrader) Legg, natives of Indiana and Pennsylvania, and of Scotch and
German descent. Our subject received a limited education in the pioneer schools,
and at the age of nineteen began teaching, and taught ten winter terms in
succession. He removed to this county in 1853, and entered forty acres of land.
He has been a hard-working, industrious man, and has made a good home of 974
acres, which is well-improved. During his first four years spent in this county,
he taught school in the winter, and tended his land in the summer. He has served
two years as Assessor, and was Deputy Land Appraiser of Wild Cat Township two
terms. He has served as Justice of the Peace nearly fifteen years, and in the
fall of 1882 was elected County Commissioner of District No. 1. He is a Democrat
in politics, and is a liberal supporter of public enterprises and benevolent
purposes. Mr. Legg enlisted in Company G, Thirty-ninth Regiment Indiana
Volunteer Infantry, which formed a part of the Cumberland Army. He was taken
sick, and lay in the camp hospital at Camp Neven, Ky., and was sent home on a
furlough. After remaining at home about two months, he returned, but was yet
unable for duty, and a few months later was honorably discharged. He went out as
Orderly Sergeant, doing the work of his Clerk besides his own. From
over-exertion and exposure, Mr. Legg was so disabled that he has not enjoyed
good health since. After being discharged, he returned home, and now resides on
the farm which has been his home since 1853. Mr. Legg was married in the spring
of 1854 to Miss Sarah J. Sprong, of Fayette County, Ind. She was born October
29, 1834, and is the daughter of Stephen Sprong. Mrs. Legg is a member of the
Church of God. This marriage has been crowned with five children-Charles E.,
Elbert F., Cliffton, Dora M. and Aubra W.

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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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