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William
F. Sullens Mr. Sullens was born in this Township, August 4,1868, and he is the
son of Francis Marion and Barbara (Rice) Sullens, both natives of Wayne County,
Kentucky, the father born October 12, 1842, and the mother December 30, 1844.
They grew to maturity in their native community, were educated and
married there. The older Sullens
began life for himself as a blacksmith and became a very skilled workman,
following this trade until 1886, when he moved to the farm where he spent the
balance of his life, in Rock Creek Township, dying on February 5, 1899.
He came direct to Rock Creek Township, Jasper County, Iowa, in March
1868. He became well established
here, well known and was influential in building up the County.
His family consisted of four children, two sons and two daughters,
namely: Emma Alta, Nellie May,
William Francis and Charles Edgar. The father, Francis M. Sullens, was a
soldier in the Civil war, having enlisted in the First Kentucky Cavalry, and he
remained in the service through the entire war, conducting himself as a gallant
soldier. William F. Sullens grew to
maturity in his native community and after passing through the public schools he
attended a business college at Des Moines, Iowa, known as the Iowa Business
College. Leaving school in 1888 he
began working on the farm for his father, and in 1895 he and his brother,
Charles Edgar, began farming in partnership on a large scale, operating one
thousand and twenty-six acres, about five hundred of which is good level land
and the balance slightly rolling. It
is well improved, well tilled and well kept and under their skillful management
yields abundant returns. In
connection with general farming they raise a great deal of live stock, in fact,
make this their principal business, and they are widely known as extensive and
successful stock men, both being excellent judges of all kinds of domestic
animals and they are well equipped for raising, feeding and caring for all kinds
of live stock. They have a modern, commodious and elegantly furnished home,
large, substantial barns and outbuildings. Politically, the subject is a
Democrat and he has been more or less active in public affairs. For ten years he served very ably as Township clerk, and he
was also Township trustee for some time, filling these offices in a most
satisfactory manner. Charles Edgar Sullens, mentioned above,
was born September 4, 1873. He grew to maturity here and was educated in the
public schools, and after leaving school he worked for his father on the farm
until forming the partnership of Sullens Brothers, mentioned above, and he
became part owner of the large landed estate just described, with his brother,
William Francis, and has since devoted his exclusive attention to general farming and stock
raising with a very large degree of success, being one of the leading farmers
and stockmen of the younger generation in this locality. Charles E. Sullens was married on February 24, 1900, to
Rosie May DeHart, who was born in Sullivan County, Indiana, June 9, 1881, the
daughter of James and Amelia (Starkey) DeHart, both natives of Fairbanks,
Indiana, the father born July 1, 1848, and the mother on July 28, 1848. They
became the parents of seven children, namely:
William E., Bert, Theodore, Wiley, Alpha, Rosie May (wife of Mr. Sullens)
and Lorenz. Four children have been born to Mr. and
Mrs. Charles E. Sullens, namely: Trella Barbara, born January 13, 1901; Francis
Marion, born April 13, 1903; William Edgar, born December 25, 1905; George
Harlan, born October 18,1906. Politically, Mr. Sullens is a Democrat and Mrs. Sullens is a member of the Primitive Baptist Church. He takes much more than a passing interest in the affairs of his County, and, like his brother, is a highly esteemed citizen. The Past and Present of Jasper County, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, 1912 B.F. Bowen Co., Indianapolis, IN, p. 1058. |
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