BIO:  HARGROVE, Hon. John, s/o William

Submitted by:  phill@redrock.net   (Phyllis Hill)

History of Pike & Dubois Counties, Indiana; Chicago
Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers; 1885
Pike County, Clay Twp., page 465

HON. JOHN HARGROVE, father of Samuel Hargrove, is a son of the old pioneer of
Gibson County, William Hargrove who was among the very early settlers of
Indiana.  He raised a company to take part in one of the Indian wars, and
participated in the battle of Tippecanoe.  John was born November 29, 1793 in
Kentucky, and was of Dutch descent.  In 1803 the family came to Gibson County,
Ind., when there were but two settlements between the Patoka and Ohio Rivers.
He married Isiphena Lathom, and they became the parents of twelve children.
Mr. Hargrove was a farmer and merchant of Princeton and Owensville. He was a
leading Democrat of the county, and filled the office of associate justice,
assessor, and represented Gibson County in the State Legislature from 1832 to
1834.  In 1836, he was elected sargeant-at-arms of the House, and in 1837 Gov.
Noble commissioned him as probate judge to fill a vacancy. He was elected to
the Senate from Pike and Dubois Counties, and served six terms in that body.
He was also recorder and clerk of the county one term.


 
From: "Phyllis Hill" 
<phill@redrock.net>
Date: 10 Aug 1998