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John Sedgwick
John Sedgwick was born in Union County, Ind., Aug. 18, 1819, a son of Richard and Sarah (Hunt) Sedgwick, his father a native of England, born in 1764, and his mother a native of North Carolina. His father came to America in 1794 and located in Dearborn, now Union, County, Ind. He was in the war of 1812. He cleared up a farm a mile and a half from Boston, but died at his son-in-law's in Ohio, in 1849. His wife died in 1844. Of their six children — Charles, Francina, Agnes, Mary, John and Martha — all are living save Mary. Our subject has made farming a study, and has accumulated a good property. He owns a fine farm of 150 acres in Boston Township, and another of 230 acres in Randolph County, Ind. In 1881 he retired from farm life and removed to Richmond, where he has a good home. He has an ingenious mind and has invented a wire stretcher which is unquestioned in the facilities claimed for it. He was married to Margaret, daughter of Jacob Smelser, of Wayne County, Ind., but a native of Kentucky. They have three children — Isham, Richard and Anna, all of whom are connected with the Sedgwick Wire Fence Company. Mr. and Mrs. Sedgwick are members of the Universalist church.
Source:
History of Wayne County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884. Volume 2