Francis L. Sare

FRANCIS L. SARE was born May 13, 1851, in Monroe County, Ind. He is the sixth son and tenth child of Lucian B. and Jane (Carmichael) Sare, natives of Indiana and North Carolina, respectively. They were married in Monroe County, and settled on a farm in Indian Creek Township, where they at present reside. The subject of this sketch was reared on the old home farm, where he obtained the rudiments of a good English edu- cation in the district schools. When twenty years of age he began to teach school in Clear Creek Township. He continued for about three years, teaching in the winters and trading in stock during the summer. He then engaged in the lumber and mill business in Greene County, and he has since operated in Greene, Lawrence and Monroe Counties. He is at present successfully engaged as proprietor of two flourishing saw mills, one in Monroe and the other in Brown County. Mr. Sare is a prominent and an active member of the Democratic party. He is a liberal citizen, ever ready and willing to assist in any public undertaking. He is quite successful as a business man, and repected by all who know him.

Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. Charles Blanchard, Editor. Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884. - Monroe County, Indiana Bloomington Township City pg. 591

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