"HISTORY OF OWEN COUNTY 1884"
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR.  CHICAGO:  F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS.  1884.
F. A. BATTEY.  F. W. TEPPLE

CLAY TOWNSHIP IN OWEN CO., IN.
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SAMUEL W. CULVER, farmer, is the youngest son of James and Nancy (BRAY) 
Culver, of Maryland and Kentucky respectively, and of Irish descent. 
He was born in Vevay, Ind., September 18, 1830. His parents came into 
Owen County in the year 1850, and with the exception of about three years, 
he has since made his home in Clay Township. December, 1851, he was 
married to Elizabeth MILLS, by whom he has had born to him five children 
-- Nancy Jane (deceased), Marietta, John William, Melvin Ellsworth and 
Minnie Maud. Our subject and wife are both members of the Missionary 
Baptist Church, with membership at Spencer, Ind. Mr. C. was reared upon a 
farm, and received the rudiments of an English education at the neighborhood 
schools. He owns a nice farm of forty acres, nearly all in cultivation, and 
well-improved. He has fought the battles of life unaided, except by his ever 
patient, Christian wife. He educates his children, votes the Democratic ticket, 
is a good citizen, a kind neighbor, and enjoys the esteem of the people among 
whom he has spent most of his life. 



BIOGRAPHY SUBMITTER: Glorianne Fahs