BOONE, Daniel - Putnam

DANIEL BOONE, A prominent farmer and pioneer of Putnam County, resides on section 2, Washington Township, where he owns 200 acres of land. He was born in Harrison County, this State, April 12, 1814, son of Moses and Hannah Boone. His father was a son of Squire Boone, of Kentucky, a brother of the celebrated woodman, Daniel Boone. Moses Boone emigrated to this State in 1805, and to this county in 1834, where he remained until his death, which occurred in 1853, at the age of eighty-four years, three months and six days. He was a farmer by occupation, and reared thirteen children, only two of whom are now living. Our subject was reared to the occupation of farming. He was married in this county in 1839, to Melinda Miller, daughter of John and Nancy Miller, who was born in Sullivan County, this State, in 1828, and brought to this county by her parents when eight months old. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Boone are--Elvira, who is the wife of Lycurgus Stoner, and has six children; Emily, who married Luther Pollom, of Clay County, Indiana, and has five children; Hannah, wife of George Busbey, has five children; Lennox, Moses, John M., George, Nancy, wife of John Risk, has four children; Laura, wife of J. W. Landes, has one child; Julia, wife of Daniel Goodrich, has six children, and Alice, wife of J. M. Oliver. The sons are all married and have families. Lenox has seven children, Moses has three children, John has five and George has three, making a total of forty-five grandchildren, and they have a great-grandchild. Politically Mr. Boone is a Republican. He is a self-made man, and earned his property by the "sweat of his brow." He never sued any person and has never been sued in his life. He is of retiring disposition and respected by all who know him.