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From: Debbie C. Davis
To: Karen Zach
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2007 7:55 PM
Subject: Fountain County Bio Daniel Wann
Beckwith, H.W. History of Fountain County, Indiana. Chicago: HH Hill 1881 Page 433, 434
Daniel Wann (deceased) was born near Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1806, and was a son of
Jacob and Elizabeth Wann. His father owned and superintended a ferry and hotel on the
Susquehanna river, near Reading. He moved to Pickaway county, Ohio, where he died. His
wife died in Indiana, at Daniel's home, in 1850, aged eighty-six. He was a teamster in
the war of 1812. Daniel worked at the ferry when a young man, and was a teamster the
greater part of his life. In 1828, while single, he entered Vermilion county, and in 1840
came to Fountain county, where he took a half-interest in 600 acres of land and a
saw-mill, with his brother-in-law, John Underwood. He died October 23, 1865. He was first
married in 1833, to Susanna Givens. She was born in Virginia in 1812, came to Parke county
1826, and died 1844, leaving six children: William, John, James, Elizabeth (dead), Elisha,
and Margaret (dead). He next married, in 1845, Charlotte (Lunger) Randolph, who was born
in New Jersey about 1810, and came with her parents to Fountain county about 1830. She
died about 1861, leaving six children by this union, but was the mother of sixteen
children. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, as was also Mr. Wann's
first wife. Mr. Wann was a whig, then republican. He left property to each of his
children. Wm. Wann, son of Daniel and Susanna (Givens) Wann, was born January 17, 1834, in
Vermilion county, Indiana. He was married December 9, 1858, to Margaret Randolph, daughter
of Aaron and Charlotte Randolph. She was born in Fountain county January 17, 1842. After
marriage he rented 400 acres of land of his father, and has farmed quite extensively
since. His wife died July 3, 1864, leaving two children: William and Robert. Mattie was
deceased, and William died in June 1877, aged fifteen years. Mrs. Wann was a Methodist.
Mr. Wann was next married November 30, 1865, to Nancy I. Fultz, who was born in Vermilion
county, Indiana, in 1843. Children by this union: infant (dead), and Nancy I. She is a
member of the United Brethren church. Mr. Wann is a republican and a Mason.
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