PALIN, Hiram H. - Putnam

Hiram H. PALIN, farmer and stock raiser, Newtown, 3rd son of Exum N. and Betsy Bond Palin was born in Richland Twp Jan 10, 1837. Exum Palin and Thomas Bond with their families emigrated from NC in 1812. They were not acquaintances at this time. The Palins came to Richmond, Wayne Co In. The war had just begun and the disturbances on the frontier decided the Bonds to stop in Highland Co Oh until the next year when they went on to their destination in Wayne County, this state. Exum Palin was married in 1827 and in 1836 removed to Richland Twp. Grandmother Palin is now living on the old homestead where she and her husband settled 45 years ago at the ripe age of 74 and in vigorous health. She distinctly remembers the War of 1812 and the alarms that were xcited on account of Brith and indian depredations on the border. The subject of this sketch was married April 26, 1860 to Louisa M. daughter of John B. Jones, an early settler who came from Ohio in 1827. She was born Jan 10, 1841. Their two children are Ura Angeline, born Oct 28, 1 863 and Alvessa, April 29, 1874. Mrs. Palin is a member of the Christian Church and Pleasant Hill. Mr. Palin owns a valuable farm of 415 acres about 70 being woodland. He raises considerable stock, which he ships himself and also often buys from his neighbors. Politically he is republican.