DeHAVEN-Abner - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Abner DeHaven, farmer, Covington, is the son of Jacob and Susan (Osborn) De Haven, whose settlement in Fountain county dates back among the pioneers of 1828. They raised a family of eight sons and four daughters. They settled in Troy township, where Mr. De Haven, by energy and industry, became one of the successful and extensive farmers of the township, owning 320 acres of land. He was a very active member of the Baptist church, a democrat, and a friend to all educational enterprises. He was a man whose name and reputation were above reproach. He died February 14, 1865, leaving a widow and family of devoted children to mourn his loss. Abner De Haven was born and brought up on a farm. Having early in life been taught by his father the true principles of farming, he has followed it as a business since he grew to man's estate. He is an energetic, thorough farmer, and though he now has but eighty acres of land, it is of the choicest kind, and is being managed by him in such a manner as (should no ill-luck befall him) to enable him soon to add to it. In 1868 he married Miss Margaret Osborn, by whom he has three children.