Beckwith, H. W. History of Fountain County, Indiana. Chicago: HH Hill, 1881, p. 261.
Hiram H. PALIN, farmer and stock raiser, Newtown, 3rd son of Exum N. and Betsy Bond Palin
was born in Richland Twp Jan 10, 1837. Exum Palin and Thomas Bond with their families
emigrated from NC in 1812. They were not acquaintances at this time. The Palins came to
Richmond, Wayne Co In. The war had just begun and the disturbances on the frontier decided
the Bonds to stop in Highland Co Oh until the next year when they went on to their
destination in Wayne County, this state. Exum Palin was married in 1827 and in 1836
removed to Richland Twp. Grandmother Palin is now living on the old homestead where she
and her husband settled 45 years ago at the ripe age of 74 and in vigorous health. She
distinctly remembers the war of 1812 and the alarms that were xcited on account of Brith
and indian depredations on the border. The subject of this sketch was married April 26,
1860 to Louisa M. daughter of John B. Jones, an early settler who came from Ohio in 1827.
She was born Jan 10, 1841. Their two children are Ura Angeline, born oct 28, 1 863 and
Alvessa, April 29, 1874. Mrs. Palin is a member of the Christian Church and Pleasant
Hill. Mr. Palin owns a valuable farm of 415 acres about 70 being woodland. He raises
considerable stock, which he ships himself and also often buys from his neighbors.
Politically he is republican.