Biography of Jacob Walborn, pages 946 / 947.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Jacob Walborn is the eldest son of Jacob and Mary (Apple) Walborn, natives 
of Pennsylvania, who removed in early life to Ohio, and in the spring of 
1864 to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled in Keyser Township, where the 
father died Dec. 4, 1868, and the mother still lives.  Of a family of 
thirteen children, all lived till maturity and nine are still living.  When 
twenty years of age our subject began to learn the carpenter’s trade, at 
which he worked about twenty years.  He came with his parents to De Kalb 
County and located in Auburn, where he engaged in contracting and building, 
putting up some of the fine stores and dwellings in the place.  He has a 
farm in Keyser Township, to which he has given considerable attention.  On 
the retirement of George Hazard as President of the First National Bank of 
Auburn, he was elected to fill the vacancy and served two years, bringing 
the bank from its precarious condition to a substantial footing.  After 
disposing of his stock in the First National Bank he assisted in 
organizing and is one of the stockholders of the Farmer’s Bank of Auburn.  
He is a member of the School Board, and is now serving as its Secretary. 
He was married in Champaign County, Ohio, to Lettitia Briggs, a native of 
Pennsylvania.  They have two daughters---Amanda R., wife of L.T. Rice, and 
Clara R.  Mr. and Mrs. Walborn are members of the Lutheran church.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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