Biography of Park Seberts, page 586.  History of De Kalb County, Indiana.  
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Park Seberts, farmer and stock-raiser, Fairfield Township, was born in Knox 
County, Ohio, July 4, 1840, a son of Henry and J____ (Park) Seberts, his 
father a native of Germany and his mother of Virginia.  In 1846 his parents 
moved to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled in Union Township, where  his 
father died in 1850.  His mother survived him twenty years and died in 
Richland Township in August, 1870.  After the death of his father Park found 
a home with his sister, Mrs. Talbot, of Richland Township, and remained with 
her till after the breaking out of the Rebellion,  Aug.7, 1862, he enlisted 
in Company A, Eighty-eighth Indiana Infantry, and participated in the battles 
of Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, and Mission Ridge.  
He started on the Atlanta campaign, but on account of ill health was sent back 
to Chattanooga, and was in the hospital till his discharge May 26, 1865.  
Since his return from the war he has followed agricultural pursuits.  He 
lived in Richland Township till 1868, and then bought the farm in Fairfield 
Township where he now lives.  He owns eighty acres of valuable land, all 
well improved with large and comfortable farm buildings.  He was married 
Aug. 14, 1866, to Mary J., daughter of Edward Wright.  To them have been 
born eight children, five of whom are living---Lila A., Edward E., Albert 
J., Flora O. and Polly.  Politically, Mr. Seberts is a Republican.

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