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Welcome To Sullivan County, Indiana
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HON. CHARLES T. AKINHON. CHARLES T. AKIN, of Carlisle, Ind., is one of eight children, of whom Ransom W. and Sarah (Sedgwick) Akin are the parents. R. W. Akin and his family came to Sullivan County from New Albany, Ind., near which place he had been born and raised. He began doing a mercantile business there about the year 1824. A few years after this he moved to Bowling Green, Ind., but soon returned to New Albany, whence he came to Carlisle in1838. When he first settled in this place he commenced in the general merchandise business, and was ever afterward interested in that trade at Carlisle. In the year 1852, he moved to Bloomington for the purpose of educating his children, and there became interested in the Bloomington Bank, of which he was elected President. In 1861, he returned to Carlisle, where he remained until his death, which occurred June 13, 1880. He was one of the foremost citizens of Sullivan County, and bore the high opinion of all who knew him. He was a member of the State Legislature three terms- two in the House and one in the Senate. He held the following positions at various times in his life: Trustee of the State Prison, Trustee of State University, one of the Board of Control of the State Banks, and was a Delegate to the National Democrat Convention in 1856. Charles T. Akin, the subject of this sketch, was born October 27, 1848. He received a common school education in the schools of his county. From his earliest years he was engaged in merchandising, and in 1874, with his father and brother Edgar, became one of three equal partners. In this condition the firm remained until his father's death, whose share then passed to a younger brother, in which manner it is now under the style of R. W. Akin's Sons. They now own two general stores at Carlisle, one farm of 312 acres, the Carlisle Flouring Mill, and are extensive dealers in grain and live stock. They are now doing by far the leading business of Carlisle. Mr. Akin is a member of the Blue Lodge in Masonry and has held several important offices in that order, among them that of Worshipful Master, and has represented his lodge in Grand Lodge. He is a Democrat in politics, and in 1880, as the candidate for his party, was elected to the State Legislature a member of the House of Representatives. He took strong grounds in favor of temperance, and in 1882 was elected by a largely increased majority, exceeding any other candidate on his ticket, either State or county. As a member of the Legislature he has made a very favorable and creditable record, receiving the general approbation of his constituents.HAMILTON TWP. PAGE 745 FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC. ILLUSTRATED. 1884, CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS. |
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