Wayne-Union-Fayette County IN Archives Biographies.....Larkin, Samuel February 13, 1788 - 
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Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884)

Washington Township
p. 746

Samuel Larkin was born in England, Feb. 13, 1788, a son of Hugh and Sarah 
(Sargeant) Larkin. His parents emigrated to the United States and located near 
Batavia, Ohio, where they both died. When yet a single man he removed to Union 
County, Ind. He was married in Union County to Hannah Chinault, a native of 
North Carolina, born in 1800. In 1826 he removed to Wayne County, and settled 
in Washington Township. He built a carding machine, the first in the county, 
on his farm, and carried on that business in connection with farming. He died 
Dec. 16, 1837. His wife died Aug. 4, 1873. They had a family of six children, 
only one of whom is a resident of Wayne County---Martha A., wife of D. S. Lee. 
Moses F. resides in Grant County, Ind. Susana T., Sarah J., Mary E. and 
William C. are deceased. Mrs. Larkin's parents, Abner and Mary (Ferguson) 
Chinault, were natives of North Carolina, of French descent. They removed to 
Union County, Ind., in 1811, and settled three miles from Liberty. He was a 
leading member of the Baptist church and one of the founders of the church in 
Union County. He died in 1850, aged nearly eighty years. His wife died in 
1848, aged sixty-five years. They had a family of eight children, two of whom 
are living---Mrs. Elizabeth Hubbell, of Union County, Ind., and Mrs. Susan 
Carter, of Fayette County, Ind. Mrs. Judith Beck, Mrs. Mary Phillips, Mrs. 
Avos Christman, Mrs. Jane Davis, Mrs. Hannah Larkin and William are deceased.



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