Lucas S. Garvin

    Lucas S. Garvin was born in Kosciusko County, Indiana, October 25, 1836, and is the son of James and Prudence (Powell) Garvin. In 1864, he moved to Michigan, but returned in 1869, and in 1873 came to this township and purchased a farm of 220 acres, known as the Denton Grove Farm, one of the oldest in the county, where he is still carrying on general farming and stock-raising.

    May 29, 1860, he married Jane Denny, daughter of James and Amy (Jackson) Denny, and to this union have been five children -four boys and one girl. Mr. and Mrs. Garvin are members of the Baptist church, and during his sojourn in Michigan Mr. Garvin was elected Treasurer of Home Township, Montcalm County, which position he filled with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of the community.

Source: Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Co., 1883.