Fountain-Putnam County IN Archives Biographies.....Sullivan, J. M. 1845 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   J. M. Sullivan, livery, Covington, who is one of the energetic, self-made
business men of Covington, is a native of Ireland. In 1847, when he was two
years of age, his parents emigrated to America. They settled in Portland, Maine,
and resided there about five years, then came west and located at Greencastle,
Putnam county, Indiana, and resided there about two years, and then came to
Fountain county. J. M. is now (1880) thirty-five years of age, and after
beginning work for himself he spent about eleven years in farming in Fountain
and Warren counties, and at work at the blacksmith trade, which he decided to
learn, but after working at it for a time, gave it up. This eleven years also
included a short time that he spent at work for $12.50 per month in the same
barn of which he is now the owner. In 1869 he began in his present line, and on
a somewhat limited scale. By careful management he has built up and established
a good trade. He keeps on hand an average number of fourteen horses, and
vehicles to correspond. He has bought and paid for the property where he is
doing business. In 1873 he married Miss Kate Ellward, daughter of Edward
Ellward, who settled in Fountain county in 1840.

Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.


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