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Welcome To Sullivan County, Indiana
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JOHN CHARLES BADDERSJOHN CHARLES BADDERS is a member of one of the oldest and most prominent families of Sullivan county, and to his father, Samuel F. Badders, whose history also appears in this work, is accorded the honor of being perhaps the oldest living member of the bar of Sullivan county. The son John Charles was born in Jackson township November 19, 1863, and he remained with his father until his marriage, although he had previously bought one hundred and twenty acres of land joining the home estate when he was twenty-one years of age, and he farmed this tract in addition to assisting his father. After his marriage he went to Arkansas and bought five hundred and fifteen acres of land and farmed in that state for one year, and returning to Indiana bought land and lived in Owen county for about eighteen months, returning at the close of that period to Sullivan county, although he still owns his farm in Owen county. On his homestead in Jackson township he has built one of the most beauitful homes in the county, and is extensively engaged in farming and stock-raising. Mr. Badders married, November 18, 1902, Alzena Frances Gambill, who was born August 16, 1883, and died on the 27th of September, 1907, while on a visit at the home of her mother. Her father was born in Wright township, Greene county, Indiana, March 30, 1853, while his wife was born in Sullivan county, January 15, 1854, and they were married on the 26th of February, 1874, in this county. After farming on leased land for about fifteen years after their marriage they bought a farm in Greene county, but in 1903 sold their possessions there and moved to Owen county and bought the farm which they yet own, although they reside on the farm owned by Mr. Badders. The only child born to Mr. and Mrs. Badders was a daughter, Mary, born October 11, 1903. VoLUME II. PAGE 390.
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