This is a picture of my grandfather Arthur Debarge,he lived in clay county,Dick Johnson township, and work in the coal mines,He came to here from France in 1881at the age of 6 years, with his parents John Babtiste DeBarge, Salina (Mollet) DeBarge,and his sister Victoria, about 1 year old,in 1901 he moved to Terre Haute,and married Mary Blane West.my great grandparents live in Continued to live in Dick Johnson township till John Babtiste died in 1908,Salina and the children moved to Terre Haute sometime after that, Louie,Adolph, Mary,and John, ( all born in Dick Johnson Township) Salina (Mollet) DeBarge died in 1916, her and John Babtiste are buried next to each other in Cottage Hill cemetery Brazil In.
Submitted by; William Earl DeBarge
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