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     In 1888 Ira Mayhew lost his son, Elkanah, 12 to diphtheria, and the following year his daughter Mary Ann 12, to the same disease.
     She did not mention Lyman who died two days after Elkanah.⁸

Unfortunately we did not have a Happy New Year as Peter's brother Donald's youngest son, Colin, was drowned on New Years Eve boogie boarding . Not good as he was only 41 with two kids 18 & 14. Sort of accident that shouldn't have happened. It has aged Donald & Annette overnight.¹

VOL. I:
THOMAS HARGITT, a farmer of Logan township, Dearborn county, Ind., was born in that county, Jan. 22, 1825, and is a descendant of one of the pioneer families. His father and grandfather, both of whom were named Thomas, were natives of Yorkshire, England. The father of the subject of this sketch came to this country in 1820 and the grand-father came a year later with his family. They located in Dearborn county, where the elder Hargitt bought government land for himself and sons. His wife was a Miss Jarvis, a member of one of the old English families. Thomas Hargitt. the father of the subject, married Ann Sutton, nee Mason, whose husband died on the voyage to America. She was also a native of Yorkshire. Thomas Hargitt. the subject of the sketch, attended such schools as they had in those days and by self-study, by associating with educated people at every opportunity, secured a good, practical education. His early life was passed as a farm hand or at work in a saw mill. In 1850 he purchased forty acres of land and began farming. Three years later he sold that farm and bought seventy-two acres in Logan township, to which he has added fifty-eight acres. Starting from the log cabin he has today one of the best improved farms in the county, comfortable residence, good barns and outbuildings, all telling the story of his industry and prosperity. He was married on Sept. 8, 1850, to Mary Lynas. To this marriage there were born seven children. The eldest died young; Charles W. is now vice-president of the Syracuse university, Syracuse, N. Y; Sarah is the wife of John Bonham, a Dearborn county farmer ; George is a cattle raiser in Kansas ; Elmer is a farmer in Jackson county, Ind; R. N. is engaged in teaching ; Jane is the wife of Howard Liddle, a Methodist minister. Mrs. Hargitt died on Oct. 20, 1870, and Mr. Hargitt married a second time, the second wife being Mrs. Sarah E. Dunn, nee Sweet, a daughter of Y. P. Sweet of Butler county, O., and the widow of Dr. John G. Dunn, who died in 1885. By the second marriage his children are: Victor B., a graduate of Moore's Hill college and a minister of the Methodist church. In August. 1904, he started for India as a missionary. Romania, married and now living in Kansas City, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Hargitt are both members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and for twenty-five years he has been superintendent of the Sunday school. In politics he is a Republican and is in every way a model citizen.²

CHARLES WHITFIELD NOWLIN,
a farmer in Miller township, Dearborn county, Ind., was born near where he now lives, Sept. 16, 1855, and is the son of Silas and Martha (Hargitt) Nowlin. The father was born in Kentucky but came with his parents to Indiana when a small boy, grew to maturity in Dearborn county, and there passed his entire life as a farmer and flatboatman on the Ohio river, following the latter occupation for a number of years when he was a young man. After giving all his attention to farming he became quite successful, but met with reverses in later life. He was twice married and reared a family of seventeen children seven by his first and ten by his second wife Charles W. being the fourth child by the second marriage. Both parents died in the spring of 1891, the father on March 26, and the mother on May 17. Charles W. Nowlin attended the common schools during his boyhood days, there receiving the major portion of his education. He remained on the farm with his father until he was twenty-four years of age, when he bought the farm in Miller township where he now lives. This he has improved until he has one of the nicest and most productive farms in that part of the county. On Feb. II, 1880, soon after purchasing this farm, he was married to Miss Anna Judd, a daughter of Orin and Mary J. (Cook) Judd, both natives of Dearborn county, where Mrs. Nowlin's grandfather, Job Judd, was one of the pioneers. Mr. and Mrs. Nowlin have four children: Guy L., born on Nov. n, 1881, is now married, his wife having been Maude Boxell ; Lulu B., born April 19, 1884; Ciinton Otis, born Dec. 20, 1885; and Eva L., born May 27, 1886. The three younger children are at home with their parents. All have good educations and Eva is proficient in music. Both parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Nowlin believes in the farmer having some of the good things of this life as well as his city cousins. He has therefore managed to have many of the modern conveniences introduced into his home. He lives on one of the rural free delivery mail routes, giving him an opportunity, which he is not slow to improve, to read the daily papers and thus keep in touch with the outside world.³