BIO:  HARGROVE, Hon. John, s/o William

Submitted by:  phill@redrock.net   (Phyllis Hill)

HARGROVE   LATHOM

History of Pike & Dubois Counties, Indiana; Chicago
Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers; 1885
Pike County, Clay Twp., page 465

HON. JOHN HARGROVE, father of Samuel Hargrove, is a son of the old pioneer
of Gibson County, William Hargrove who was among the very early settlers of
Indiana.  He raised a company to take part in one of the Indian wars, and
participated in the battle of Tippecanoe.  John was born November 29, 1793
in Kentucky, and was of Dutch descent.  In 1803 the family came to Gibson
County, Ind., when there were but two settlements between the Patoka and Ohio
Rivers.  He married Isiphena Lathom, and they became the parents of twelve
children.  Mr. Hargrove was a farmer and merchant of Princeton and Owensville.
He was a leading Democrat of the county, and filled the office of associate
justice, assessor, and represented Gibson County in the State Legislature
from 1832 to 1834.  In 1836, he was elected sargeant-at-arms of the House,
and in 1837 Gov. Noble commissioned him as probate judge to fill a vacancy.
He was elected to the Senate from Pike and Dubois Counties, and served six
terms in that body.  He was also recorder and clerk of the county one term.
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