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Surnames: Lieurance, Murphy, Fults & Gardner
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"History of Huntington County, Indiana"1914 By Frank S. Bash pg. 684-85
Olney L. Lieurance. The community of Salamonie township has in Olney L. Lieurance a
substantial farmer and reliable citizen, who may be depended upon to act wisely in
movements where the welfare of his section is concerned. A son of the soil and reared amid
agricultural surroundings, he has devoted his activities to farming, and the success which
has rewarded his efforts testifies eloquently to the fact that he made no mistake when he
chose his career. Mr. Lieurance was born in Clinton county, Ohio, October 28, 1861, and is
a son of James and Rebecca J. (Murphy) Lieurance. His parents were born, reared and
educated in Clinton county, and were there married, and in 1862 came to Huntington county,
locating in the southeastern part of Salamonie township. There the mother passed away in
1875, and the father was again married. His death occurred in 1895. By his first union he
had four children: Z. P., a resident of Liberty township, Wells county; Ida, who is the
wife of Dan Fish!
er, of Liberty Center; J. W., who is living in Salamonie township; and Olney L.
Mr. Lieurance was reared on his father’s farm in Salamonie township, and attended the
Salem district school during the winter terms, the summer months being passed in assisting
his father with the duties of the homestead. At the age of twenty-one years he left home,
and for one year worked in the mill at Buckeye, Indiana, following which he went to Kansas
and spent three years at various occupations. Upon his return to Huntington county he
settled upon his present property, a tract of forty acres, lying three and one-half miles
north of Warren, Indiana. Here Mr. Lieurance has continued to successfully pursue general
agricultural operations, and his land is now under a high state of cultivation, due to his
scientific treatment of the soil. He has a set of substantial buildings, good equipment
and livestock, and his machinery is of the latest improved character. A man of practical
ideas, alive to all the advancements being made in his calling, he is achieving success !
through earnest and untiring effort. Mr. Lieurance bears the reputation of being reliable
in his business transactions, and his associates have every reason to place confidence in
his ability. Mr. Lieurance is a democrat and while he has taken no particularly active
part in politics is interested in all that affects his community, and has done all in his
power to further its advancement. His fraternal connection is with Mount Zion Lodge No.
684, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
On November 1, 1899, Mr. Lieurance was married to Miss Bessie M. Fults, who was born in
Marion county, Indiana, November 2, 1880, a daughter of John W. and Mary E. (Gardner)
Fults. Mr. Fults served as a soldier in the Union army during the Civil war, and was in
the service four years, participating in a number of fierce engagements. He died in 1901,
while the mother is still living. Mrs. Lieurance was educated in the graded school at
Traders Point. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Lieurance: Lloyd C., born
September 13, 1900; Edith M., born October 16, 1901, and died August 23, 1902; and Glenn
I., born May 25, 1903. The family worships at the Christian church at Plum Tree.