Atlas of Steuben County, Indiana 1880 P. 52 clm 3  Otsego Township

        TEEGARDIN, AARON W, farmer and stock-raiser, is the son of 
William and Elizabeth Shook Teegardin, who were natives of Pennsylvania, 
but who come to Ohio in 1811.  By occupation, a farmer; in politics, Mr. 
William Teegardin was a Democrat; and both he and his wife were members 
of the Lutheran Church.  The latter died in 1867, and Mr. Teegardin died 
in 1871. Mr. Teegardin, the subject of this sketch, was born January 9, 
1812, in Pickaway County, Ohio.  He was married in Allen County, Ohio, 
November 22, 1838, to Miss Katy Ann Sharp, daughter of Thomas and Eliza 
Sharp.  Her father was a native of Pennsylvania, and her mother of New 
Jersey,  but they both moved to Wayne County at an early date. Mrs. 
Sharp was a member of the Christian Church.  Mr. and Mrs. Teegardin have 
had eleven children viz., Eliza,  Susannah, Abraham (deceased),  
Margaret,  George (deceased),  Lucinda (deceased), Jacob, Elizabeth,  
Elias (deceased), Mary M., and Thomas William.  Mr. Teegardin came to 
Otsego Township, in this county, in September, 1864.  He owns 320 acres 
of land, and the homestead holds a place among the pages of this work.  
He is a Democrat, and both he and his wife belong to the Christian 
Church.  Mrs. Teegardin has been a faithful wife and mother, and has 
raised four children besides her own, only the youngest of whom is now 
at home attending school.  Six are married, and five have children of 
their own, so that the old peole have thirty-one living grand-children.  
They are a very happy and prosperous family.

Submitted by J.A. Childers