JENT, Aaron - Putnam

This is an age in which the farmer stands preeminently above any other class as a producer of wealth. He simply takes advantage of the winds, the warm air, the bright sunshine and the refreshing rains, and, applying his own hands and skill to nature's gifts, he creates grain, hay, livestock, etc., all of which are absolute necessaries to the inhabitants of the world. The commercial world has come to realize his importance and has surrounded him with many conveniences not thought of fifty years ago. The inventor has given him the self-binder, the riding plow, the steam thresher, and many other labor-saving devices. And the fanner has not been slow to take advantage of the improvements thus offered. Among the up-to-date farmers of Putnam County is the subject of this review, who resides in a comfortable and attractive home in Floyd Township.

Aaron Jent was born July 10, 1849, and is a son of Lemuel and Elizabeth (Connor) Jent, who were natives of the state of Kentucky, where they were reared and married. Subsequently they came to Putnam county. Indiana, being numbered among the early pioneers of this locality. The father died on March 4, 1859, and the mother on June i1 1903. They became the parents of eleven children, of whom but six now survive, namely: John, ]Nfarv, Mrs. Ann Perkins, Mrs. Susan Coverdell. Aaron, the subject, and Louisa E. who, with the subject, occupies the old homestead.

Aaron Jent was reared under the parental roof and secured his education in the common schools of the locality, the schools of that early day being far inferior in many respects to those of today. He was early inured to the labors of the farm and has devoted practically his entire life to agriculture, in which he has been fairly successful. He and his sister Marv- are now residing on a fine farm of one hundred and eighty acres in Floyd township, they having inherited this land from their mother. They have applied themselves assiduously to its cultivation and have maintained the place at a high standard of excellence. Mr. Jent has been a hard working man and has made many permanent and substantial improvements on the place, not the least of which is a comfortable and attractive residence, which has recently been completed and which contains many modern conveniences and which is considered one of the best homes in the community.

Politically Mr. Jent gives a stanch support to the Democratic party but is in no sense a seeker after public office, preferring to devote his attention to his business affairs. He is a man of splendid parts and stands high in the estimation of his neighbors and acquaintances.