T.  J. Bachman

    In 1845 Mr. Bachman came to Aurora and engag3ed int he distilling business with T. & J. W. Gaff, and became a member of the firm in 1862. He was a man remarkable for his energy and enterprise. No transaction in the complicated business in which he was engaged escaped his observation. Quick in perception, punctual in attendance to his duties, he never wanted in determination to accomplish whatever he undertook. He was a warm-hearted, kind and generous man, and assisted much in giving life and activity to dot the business of Aura. He died January 11, 1874, at the age of sixty years.

Source: History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties, Indiana by F.E. Weakley & Co., 1885.