This book offers an in-depth look at the people who shaped Montgomery, Parke, and Fountain Counties in Indiana. With biographical sketches and portraits of prominent and representative citizens, as well as information about all the presidents of the United States, this volume is an important historical document. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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This four-volume reset edition collects immigrants' letters, immigration guides, newspaper articles, county history biographies, and promotional and advisory pamphlets published by immigrants and travellers, land and railroad companies.

This four-volume reset edition collects immigrants' letters, immigration guides, newspaper articles, county history biographies, and promotional and advisory pamphlets published by immigrants and travellers, land and railroad companies.

Excerpt from Portrait and Biographical Record of Montgomery, Parke and Fountain Counties, Indiana: Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens Coming generations will appreciate this Volume and preserve it as a sacred treasure. From the fact that it contains so much that would never liiid its way into puhlic records, and which would otherwise he inaccessible. Great care has been taken in the compilation of the work and every opportunitv possihlr given to those represented to insure correctness in what has been written. And the puhlishers tlattcr them selves that they give totlicir readers a work with few errors of consequence. In addition to the hiograpr ical sketches, portraits of a numher of representative citizens are given. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.