Biography of Ellsworth A. Eakright, pages 714/715/716. History of DeKalb County, Indiana; B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, 1914. Ellsworth A. Eakright Though nature affords excellent opportunities for the carrying on of certain lines of labor in every locality, there is yet demanded of any man great industry and diligence if he succeeds in business. Competition makes him put forth his best efforts and it requires great care to conduct any business enterprise along profitable lines. This is especially true in farming and from the time of earliest spring planting until the crops are harvested the farmer’s life is a busy one. Even through the winter months he prepares for the labors of the coming year and thus lays the foundation of his success. Ellsworth A. Eakright is one of wide-awake and progressive agriculturists of DeKalb county, his home being in Wilmington township. He now owns the old Eakright homestead, comprising one hundred and ten acres, and is numbered among the substantial, progressive and enterprising agriculturists of his community. Mr. Eakright was born in Wilmington township, DeKalb county, Indiana, on September 20, 1870, and is the son of Abraham and Susanna (Miller) Eakright, the former a native of Stark county, Ohio, and the latter of Pennsylvania. They were the parents of five children, John J., Sarah A., Edward W., deceased, Mary E. and Ellsworth A. Both parents are now deceased. The subject’s father came to Indiana from Ohio, settling in the woods in pioneer days when wild game was seen on every land and when his playmates were Indian boys, the red men not yet having left this section of the country. The subject’s mother did not see a white woman’s face for eighteen months after her arrival in this county. The subject of this sketch received his education in the common schools and was reared to the life of a farmer, to which pursuit he has given his attention during all of his active years with the exception of about twelve years when he spent his winters as a teacher. He was very successful in this vocation and his services were in great demand wherever a high standard of educational excellence was required. Mr. Eakright had attended the Tri-State Normal School at Angola, Indiana, a year and was thus well prepared for this work. He is a man of wide general information, being a close reader and keen observer and is a most companionable and entertaining gentleman to converse with. He carries on general farming and in connection with the tilling of the soil he gives some attention to the breeding and raising of Duroc- Jersey hogs and has a number of fine dairy cows, the product of which he sells. In everything to which he turns his attention Mr. Eakright has met with well-deserved success and for a number of years has enjoyed a high reputation among his fellow agriculturists in this section of the county. On June 27, 1897, Mr. Eakright married Etta Metcalf, the daughter of Daniel D. and Katherine (Seibert) Metcalf. Mr. Metcalf was a resident of Ohio, where he followed farming and where he was a man of considerable prominence in his community. He eventually moved to Indiana, where he also followed agricultural pursuits. To Mr. and Mrs. Eakright have been born two children, William Dorsey and Mary Ruth, both of whom are at home. Mr. Eakright has long been interested in local public affairs and in 1900, and again in 1910, served as census enumerator, in Newville township the first time and Wilmington township at the last census. Politically, he is and earnest supporter of the Republican party, to the success of which he has contributed by his personal efforts, and is also a faithful member to the United Brethren church, to the support of which he contributes. As a farmer Mr. Eakright has no particular fads, but is progressive and understand the value arising from feeding the products of his farm to stock instead of selling it off, to the gradual impoverishment of the land. An alert business man and a progressive and discriminating farmer, it is scarcely necessary to say that he has attained a high degree of success in connection with the great basic industry of agriculture, and he is eminently deserving of he enviable standing which he enjoys in the community which he honors with his citizenship. Submitted by: Arlene Goodwin Auburn, Indiana Agoodwin@ctlnet.com