"HISTORY OF OWEN COUNTY 1884" CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE MORGAN TOWNSHIP IN OWEN CO., IN. PAGE 949 JOHN S. ROBERTSON, stock raiser and farmer, is the second child of Allison and Frances (Hall) Robertson, natives of Pennsylvania and of Irish descent, and was born in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, March 11, 1836, whence he removed with his mother to Indiana in 1854, and settled on a farm in this county and followed the cultivation of the earth. In November, 1857, he married in Owen county, Sarah Jane King, by which alliance they had eight children--Mary Adeline, Margaret Frances, William C, Martha E, Flora E, Clement K, Clara A and Ruth E. Mr Robertson is a conservative Democrat and in 1876 was elected Township Trustee. In 1878, he purchased and occupied his present farm, where he has been a successful farmer and acquired a competence in 195 acres, together with good residence, fences, stock and other valuable farm acquisitions. Mr. and Mrs. Robertson are leading members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. DATA ENTRY: Debbie Jennings