He began first by working by the month, then rented a farm and finally was able to buy. His farm now consists of 135 acres, on which he has cleared eighty-five acres and made most of the improvements, he has also built fine buildings. In addition to farming he has a steam saw-mill of a manufacturing capacity of 6,000 feet of lumber per day. Through this enterprise Mr. Mead has helped to build up and improve that part of Troy township in which he lives. In his political views he is a staunch republican.
In 1859 Mr. Mead was married to Miss Crain, daughter of Joseph C. & Melinda Crain who are numbered among Fountain county's early settlers. They have a family of three children, two boys and one girl." - History of Fountain County, Indiana, H.W. Beckwith, 1881
He began first by working by the month, then rented a farm and finally was able to buy. His farm now consists of 135 acres, on which he has cleared eighty-five acres and made most of the improvements, he has also built fine buildings. In addition to farming he has a steam saw-mill of a manufacturing capacity of 6,000 feet of lumber per day. Through this enterprise Mr. Mead has helped to build up and improve that part of Troy township in which he lives. In his political views he is a staunch republican.
In 1859 Mr. Mead was married to Miss Crain, daughter of Joseph C. & Melinda Crain who are numbered among Fountain county's early settlers. They have a family of three children, two boys and one girl." - History of Fountain County, Indiana, H.W. Beckwith, 1881
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