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Author: HuntingtonV
Surnames: Stults Smith Best Doke Campbell
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William Stults, an old and honored resident of Huntington Township, was born in Stark
County, Ohio, February 27, 1826. He was the youngest of ten children, eight sons and two
daughters, born to John H. and Catharine Ann (Smith) Stults, the former a native of North
Carolina, and the latter a native of Bedford County, Pa., both of German descent. Our
subject spent his boyhood and youth in his native county, working upon a farm in summer
and attending the district school in winter. At the age of twenty he took up the
avocation of a teacher, and this furnished his winter's employment for a period of
sixteen years, or until 1864. In the meantime, in the spring of 1848, he came to this
State and located in Washington Township, Whitley Co., and during the following year he
taught the first term of school that was ever taught in that township. He continued to
reside upon a farm in Whitley County, until the fall of 1853, when he came to Huntington
County and settled upon a farm !
in Clear Creek Township, and in the spring of 1874 he removed to his present home in
Section 10, Huntington Township. In 1869, in connection with farming, he engaged in
buying and selling stock, and thus continued until about 1878, since which time he has
acted to a considerable extent in the capacity of a contractor. He has, however, attended
to the management of his farm also. He was married October 23, 1853, to Ellen Jane Best,
a native of Bracken County, Ky., born August 8, 1834, being the daughter of James C. and
Jane (Doke) Best, natives of Virginia and Ohio, respectively, the former of Irish, and the
latter of Dutch descent. Mr. Stults lost his first wife February 18, 1864, and on the
10th day of January, 1869, he was united in marriage to Rebecca F. Campbell who was born
in Huntington, July 14, 1848, being the daughter of Joseph and Judith Campbell, both
natives of Ohio. The first marriage of Mr. Stults resulted in the birth of two children:
Emma J. and August!
a E., the latter of whom died in infancy. He and his present wife are
the parents of four children: Ernest W., Cora E., Francis I. and Austin W., all of whom
are living. Our subject and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Politically, the former is an ardent Republican.
History of Huntington County, Indiana. (Brant & Fuller: Chicago, IL) 1887.
Biographical Sketches of Huntington - City and Township, p. 548/9.
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