BIO: Pickens, Aaron A. J. s/o Pickens, Lemuel & Mahala Speers 
               - Shelby Co

PICKENS,  SPEERS,   CORNWELL,  POLSON

"HISTORY OF LAWRENCE, ORANGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, INDIANA"  GOODSPEED
BROS.  1884

STAMPERS CREEK TOWNSHIP, ORANGE COUNTY, INDIANA
PAGE 664

AARON A. J. PICKENS, merchant at Millersburg, Ind., was born in Paoli
Township, Orange County, March 14, 1850, one of the thirteen children of
Lemuel and Mahala (Speers) Pickens. His parents were among the early
settlers of Orange County, coming from Shelby County, Ky. His father,
Lemuel, was one of the influential citizens of the county, and was at one
time County Commissioner, and his death was occasioned by his team running
and killing him almost instantly, Decem- her 2, 1880. Aaron Pickens was well
educated in the country schools of his boyhood, and he has been engaged all
his life in farming. He owns a farm of 152 acres in Stampers Creek Township,
where he moved in 1872. January 4, 1871, he married Nancy J. Cornwell, by
whom he is the father of three children: Willis E., Daisy D. and Harry R. In
March, 1884, in company with James Polson he began doing a general
merchandise trade at Millersburg, with a stock of goods valued at about
$3,000, and they are doing a splendid business. Mr. Pickens is a Democrat,
and as such was appointed Trustee of his township in the fall of 1881. In
the spring following he was elected his own successor, and re-elected in
1884. As a public officer he has given the best of satisfaction. 


Transcribed by: Diana Flynn 
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Date: 5 Oct 1997