Newton Co., IN Biography

Newton County, Iroquois Township.  From A History of Warren, Benton, 
Jasper & Newton Counties, 1883.

   JOHN B. FORESMAN, farmer, stock-dealer, and drain-tile manufacturer
at Foresman Station (named after the subject of this sketch), is a 
native of Ohio, born in 1832, and the second of the nine children of
Robert A. and Sallie (Bear) Foresman, the former a native of 
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, the latter of Pickaway County,
Ohio, who died on the home farm; the father is yet living, aged
seventy-eight.  They were pioneers of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, 
having gone thither in 1833.
   John B. Foresman lived with his parents until 1855, when he married
Miss Minerva Davis.  They have nine living children--William D., 
Frederick R., Alice, Ida, Mary, Mattie, Nettie, John B. and Frank.
   After marriage, Mr. Foresman rented 200 acres of land, and afterward,
by means of his savings, purchased 192 acres, and this he exchanged for
490 acres, giving as a difference the sum of $3,000.  To this land he 
added until he now owns 650 acres, of his present farm, and 200 south
of Goodland, which he gave to his son William D.  Mr. Foresman has
usually from 100 to 200 heads of hogs, and is a large and constant
shipper.  He has perhaps the largest tile manufactory in the State,
with a capacity for making 6,500 daily.


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