EGGERS, John W. - Putnam

JOHN W. EGGERS, farmer, miller and carpenter, resides on section 10, Jackson Township, where he owns 183 acres of land. He was born in Floyd Township, this county, August 8, 1838, a son of Jesse and Sarah [Morphew] Eggers, natives of Indiana, the former of English and the latter of French descent. They came to this county in 1831, where the father is still living. The grandfather of our subject, William Eggers, was in the war of 1812, and came to Indiana when it was a Territory, being an early settler of Putnam County. He was born in 1795, and died October 16, 1886. John was married in this county January 19, 1861, to Matilda A., daughter of Roland and Betsey Sutherlin, who was born in this county, Jackson Township, November 19, 1843. They have three children--Sarah, born May 6, 1863, married Martin T. Henry, and has two children--Alva R. and Bertha M.; Newberry D., born January 4, 1867; Genora F., born September 6, 1874. Mr. Eggers has held the office of school director and other local offices. In politics he is a Democrat, and himself and wife are members of the Baptist church. Mrs. Eggers' grandfather was one of the early settlers of Putnam County. Her father died in 1876, at the age of sixty-two years. Her mother is still living, and is seventy-four years of age. She is unusually bright and active for woman of her age.