Biography of Abraham Eakright, pages 982 / 983.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Abraham Eakright, farmer and stock-raiser, section 20, Wilmington Township, 
was born in Wayne County, Ohio, Dec. 30, 1827.  His father, Samuel Eakright, 
was a native of England, an came to America in 1811 and soon after enlisted 
in the service of he United States, in the war of 1812.  He settled in Ohio, 
and there married Mary Maxwell.  In 1836 they moved to De Kalb County, Ind., 
and settled in Wilmington Township where he died in 1852.  The mother died 
in 1872.  They had a family of thirteen children, five of whom are living---
Isaac, Benjamin, John, Abraham and James.  When the family first moved to De 
Kalb County their only neighbors were Indians, and it was eighteen months 
before Mrs. Eakright saw a white woman.  Their children and the Indian 
children were playmates, and exchanged potatoes, salt, meat and corn-meal 
for baskets, cranberries, etc.  Their trading point was Forth Wayne or Lima, 
reaching the former place by pirogue on the river.  Abraham Eakright was 
married June, 19, 1851, to Susannah Miller, a native of Cumberland County, 
Pa., daughter of Joel Miller.  They have five children---John J., Sarah A., 
Edward W., Mary Ann and Ellsworth A.  Mr. Eakright owns a good farm of 
ninety acres which is well-improved, with a pleasant residence and 
comfortable farm-buildings.  He and his wife are members of he United 
Brethren church.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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