Newton Co., IN Bio

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

   JOHN W. SAPP, farmer, is a native of Madison County, Ohio, and was
born in 1836, his parents being Thomas and Nancy Sapp, the father a 
native of Pennsylvania, the mother of Ohio.  They were pioneers in
Henry County, Indiana and both died on the same day in 1879.
   The boyhood of John W. Sapp was passed on his parents farm.  In 
1861, he enlisted in Company D, Thirty-sixth Regiment Indiana Volunteer
Infantry, and continued in the service until December 24, 1864; he 
was in action at Stone River, Chicamauga, and through the Atlanta 
campaign; he was wounded at Atlanta, and also at Chickamauga.
   In Henry County, Indiana, he married Miss Theresa, daughter of
George Rogers.  Mr. Sapp's first location of land was on forty-two
acres in Iowa; his second on forty acres in Grant County, Indiana; his 
third on land rented in Henry County, Indiana; and finally on his 
present location, where he first purchased ten acres, and has added 
thereto until it aggregates 120 acres, and is adorned with a fine 
residence.  Mr. and Mrs. Sapp have six children--William H., George R.,
John W., Nelson M., James W. and S. Mabel.



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