DICKEN, James W. - Putnam

James W. Dicken, farmer, Covington, is the son of Abraham and Elizabeth (Cook) Dicken, natives of Kentucky, who removed to Indiana in 1830 and settled in Troy township, Fountain county, where the subject of tin's sketch was born in 1843. He obtained his early education in the pioneer log school-house of the period, and during life has followed agricultural pursuits entirely. In 1871 he was united in the bonds of matrimony to Miss Mary De Haven, daughter of Jackson and Elizabeth (Stewart) De Haven, who settled in this county in 1828 or 1830, and here Mrs. Dicken was born in 1850. The result of this union is one son, Charles. Mr. Dicken now owns a beautiful farm of eighty acres of rich farming land, well improved, and bearing evidence of careful and thorough cultivation. He is a member of the Baptist church, as is also his wife. Throughout his life Mr. Dicken has been a hard-working, industrious farmer, and he has worked his way to his present position by his own unaided efforts.