Newton Co., IN Biography

  JOSEPH W. CHIZUM was born October 31, 1825, in Ross County, Ohio, being 
the eldest of eight children of Garrison and Nancy A. (Shafer) Chizum, 
the former of Irish descent, but a native of Maryland. In 1833, Joseph's 
parents came to Fountain County, Indiana, where he received a common 
school education in a log schoolhouse.  He remained with his father's 
family until twenty-three years of age.  On February 28, 1847, he 
married Mary J. Hanger, a native of Virginia.  Six children have been 
born to them, four of whom, William W., James B., Joseph M. and Albert, 
are still living.  In 1850, he came to Beaver Township, and entered 
eighty acres of wild land, to which he has added until he now owns 
750 acres of well improved land.  He gives considerable attention to 
stock-raising; he has served on term as Commissioner of Newton County, 
and is reelected for a second.  He and his wife belong to the Methodist 
Episcopal Church.  Politically, he is a Republican, prominent in the 
township and county.

From a History of Warren, Benton, Jasper & Newton Counties, 1883.  

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