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

JACKSON TOWNSHIP IN OWEN CO., IN.
PAGE 957

WILLIAM C. LANGDON, farmer and stock raiser, was born in Owen County,
October 3, 1832, and is the eighth child born to Zachariah and Rachel
(Bolin) Langdon, both natives of North Carolina and of English 
extraction. William was reared a farmer and recieved a common school
education. He began teaching at the age of eighteen, and followed that
vocation for several years, remaining with his parents until of age, 
and tilling the soil when not engaged in teaching. He never received
any help in the way of a start in life, but has at present a farm of 223
acres, with most of the modern accessories, and all earned through his
shrewd management. His first marriage was to Ellen A. Haltom, in March
1853; to this union were born four chidren-- Henry L, Mary J, William 
I, and an infant unnamed. He was next married, January 1, 1861, to Miss
Martha A. Sipple, who bore him eight children--Charlotte H, Julia A,
Cornelia A, James C, Lewis B, Joseph E, Naomi F, and Savannah E. 
His third marriage was to Mrs. Mary (Corbit) Mustar, October 3, 1882;
one child, Robert M., is the fruit of this union. Mr and Mrs Langdon
are members of the Baptist Missionary Church and in politics he is a 
Democrat. He has served as Township Assessor twelve years, and under the
old law, when there were three Trustees, he filled the office of Clerk
for three years. He is an energetic, well to do farmer and popular 
gentleman.

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