Newton Co., IN Bio Newton County, Jefferson Township. From A History of Warren, Benton, Jasper & Newton Counties, 1883. THADDEUS S. BRECOUNT, farmer and stock-trader, was born January 18, 1837, in Champaign County, Ohio, and is a son of Solomon G. and Joanna (Robinson) Brecount, natives of Ohio. The father died in 1870, aged sixty. He was Commissioner of his county for six, and Justice of the Peace of his township for twenty years, and was a Republican. The mother died in 1838, aged thirty-five years. During the French and Indian war, two little boys were captured by the French. They could not or would not give any name that could be understood by the French, who named the one Brecount, the other Decamp. It is said the Brecounts are descendants of the prisoner boy. Thaddeus Brecount had a good education, besides the advantages of several terms at the Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio. His minor years were spent on the farm, but in 1858 he settled on the Iroquois River, at that time without a house south or southwest for twenty-five miles. The house on the Sears farm was the only one between where he lived and Pine Creek. His next move was to improve his farm five miles northeast of Kentland, now a well stocked place containing 240 acres. June 19, 1860, he married Miss Nancy Jane, daughter of Hugh F. and Nancy Warren, old pioneers of this county, now living in Cherokee County, Iowa. After marriage, they took the train at Kentland for the East. Mrs. Brecount being the first lady passenger on the new railroad. To them were born four children--Alice G., Ada T., Solomon G. and Warren H. Miss Alice is a graduate of Kentland Public School, has a reputation as a teacher also, and will teach the coming year. Mr. Brecount has been County Commissioner six years, and is a Republican. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submitted By Gerald Born Email - Wizzofozl0@aol.com