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Author: Dawn_Maddox_Montgomery
Surnames: Templin, Faulkner, Albertson, Settle, Pontius
Classification: biography
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Standard History of Adams and Wells Counties, Indiana
John W Tyndall for Adams County
O E Lesh for Wells County
The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1918
Page 555 - 556
George Templin
Perhaps at no time in the country's history has every agricultural interest been of so
much importance as at the present and it is the capable, industrious farmer who has the
opportunity of not only reaping just returns for his hard work, but of also demonstrating
a spirit of generous patriotism that entitles him to the gratitude of the rest of the
country. One of the excellent farmers and representative citizens of Nottingham Township,
Wells County, Indiana is George Templin, whose carefully cultivated farm shows that good
judgment regulates affairs here. Mr Templin is a native of Indiana, born in Randolph
County March 20, 1870 He is a son of S H and Judith M (Faulkner) Templin.
The parents of Mr Templin came to Wells County when he was one year old and he grew up on
the farm on which his father still resides. He attended the district schools in early
boyhood and later on, when he strength permitted, assisted on the farm through the summers
and attended school in the winters. With his time thus pleasantly and usefully divided he
remained with his father until his marriage, when he began farming for himself on a tract
of forty acres, on which he continued for two years. At that time workers were in demand
in the Blackford County oil fields, and as wages were high Mr Templin went to work at
Montpelier and continued connected with the oil industry for six years, when changed
conditions came about and in 1902 he moved back to Wells County.
Upon his return to this section, Mr Templin decided to resume agricultural operations and
soon purchased his present farm which he has developed into one of the best properties in
the county. He has made many improvements and these include the erection of the
substantial and attractive farm buildings and the introduction in them of many comports
and modern conveniences. He devotes his attention to general farming.
Mr Templin was married January 28, 1893 to Miss Olive Settle, who was born in Nottingham
Township, Wells County, Indiana December 6, 1873, and was educated in the local schools
and the high school at Montpelier. She is a daughter of Winfield S and Elizabeth
(Albertson) Settle. The father of Mrs Templin died in March 1903. Her mother resides in
Nottingham Township near Phoenix, Indiana. Mr and Mrs Templin have two children, a son
and daughter, Lawrence E and Helen. The former is a graduate of the Petroleum High School
and attended normal schools at Muncie and Angola and is one of the successful and popular
teachers at Petroleum. He married Mary Pontius, who is a daughter of John Pontius, a well
known resident of Adams County, Indiana. They have one child, Virginia Nell, who was born
October 1, 1917. Miss Helen is also a graduate of the high school at Petroleum. Mr
Templin is a stanch republican in politics because he believes thoroughly in its
principles.
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