Biography of Sebastian Eckart, pages 564 / 565.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Sebastian Eckart, a prominent farmer and stock-raiser of Fairfield Township, 
is a native of Germany, born Nov. 9, 1822, a son of Peter and Eve Eckart.  
His father died in March, 1830, and the following May his mother with her 
six children came to the United States and settled in Franklin County, Pa., 
where he was reared.  In 1845 he emigrated to Wayne County, Ohio, and in 
March, 1855, to De Kalb County, Ind., and bought the land which is now his 
valuable farm.  At that time there were but fifteen acres partially cleared, 
but now he has 120 acres all under a fine state of cultivation.  He was a 
poor man when he came to De Kalb County, and his present prosperous 
condition is due to his energy and industry, coupled with good management 
and frugality.  Mr. Eckart was married Dec. 14, 1848, to Susan Cox, a native 
of Wayne County, Ohio, daughter of Jacob and Jane (Denman) Cox.  They have 
had a family of twelve children, but three of whom are living---Jacob H., 
William O., and Spencer F.  Elizabeth, Francis A., Margaret D., Amiel C., 
Alice C., Florence E., Luther S.L., Kate, and Eva Bell are deceased.  Mr. 
and Mrs. Eckart are members of the Evangelical Lutheran church.  In 
politics he is a Democrat.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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