Biography of Richard E. Tarlton, page 153 / 154. History of Northeast Indiana; LaGrange, Steuben, Noble, and DeKalb Counties, Vol. II, under the editorial supervision of Ira Ford, Orville Stevens, William H. McEwen, and William H. McIntosh. The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago and New York, 1920. Richard E. Tarlton has made an honorable record in the most ancient and honorable of professions, agriculture, and is well knows as a farmer in DeKalb County. His home is on his farm in section 29 of Keyser Township, and comprises the southwest quarter of that section. He was born in section 30 of the same township December 23, 1873, a son of Joseph E. and Elizabeth (Fountain) Tarlton. His father, who was born in Mansfield, Ohio, January 30, 1848, is now living at Avilla in Noble County, Indiana. Elizabeth (Fountain) Tarlton, died March 19, 1898, the mother of three children, Richard E., William J. and Sadie J. Richard is the only one now living. Joseph Tarlton married for his second wife Amanda R. Davis. Richard E. Tarlton grew up at the old Fountain farm in Keyser Township. He attended the district schools from the age of seven to twenty-one, and on December 25,1897, married Milia L. Truelove. She was born in Noble County, Indiana, was educated in the common schools, and died May 18, 1915. She was the mother of two children, Myrtle M. and William R. Mr. Tarlton after his marriage lived in Keyser Township, for thirteen years was a resident of Allen Township, Noble County, also lived one year in section 1 of Swan Township, and has since been located at his present home, where he has ninety-two well cultivated acres. He also owns thirty- eight acres in section 33, near Altona, and has eight acres in section 1 of Swan Township, Noble County. Mr. Tarlton is a member of the Evangelical Church and is a republican. Submitted by: Arlene Goodwin Auburn, Indiana Agoodwin@ctlnet.com