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From: Debbie C. Davis
To: Karen Zach
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 7:58 PM
Subject: Fountain County Bio William Printy
Beckwith, H.W. History of Fountain County, Indiana. Chicago: HH Hill 1881 page 436
William Printy, farmer, Snoddy's Mills, is a son of William C. and Caroline (Titus)
Printy. William C. Printy was born in Kentucky, in 1800, and raised mostly in Ohio. There
he married Caroline Titus, daughter of Stephen Titus. In 1831 they settled in Clark
county, Indiana, where she died and where he lives. He is a democrat and a Presbyterian.
His father served eight years in the revolutionary war. His son, James F., served three
years in the civil war, and his step-son, Thomas J. Printy, lost a leg on the march to
Richmond, under McClellan. His family numbers eleven children, eight of whom are living.
William Printy, subject of this sketch, was born February 5, 1831, in Brown county, Ohio,
and lived with his father till twenty-three years old. When nineteen he learned the
cooper's trade, but has followed farming nearly altogether. Mr. Printy was married
June 22, 1855, to Sarah C. Hartman, daughter of John P. and Catharine (Day) Hartman. She
was born in Jackson township, Fountain county, Indiana, November 27, 1834. Her people came
to Fountain county in an early day. Mr. Printy owns 120 acres of land, which he has
largely rescued from a wilderness. >From the usual log house he has promoted himself.
He is a democrat. He and his wife are Methodists. They have six children living and three
dead.
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