John A. Vann

    John A. Vann, a prominent and old citizen of Ohio Township, is a native of Henderson County, Kentucky, and was born on what is now called Green River Island, September 9, 1814. He was fourth in a family of eight children born to Absalom and Rebecca (Rollison) Vann, who in about the year 1815 removed to Indiana settling in Vanderburg County, where they made their permanent home.

    John A. was reared in that county, receiving such education as was to be had at that early day, and November 17, 1835, his marriage with Fannie Carlen was solemnized and to their union eight children have been born, of whom six are now living: Craven, who married Francis Wilson, since deceased; Emily, now Mrs. Price Phillips; Francis, unmarried; Carolina, now Mrs. George Bristow; Sibbel, Mrs. Marion Lockwood; and Henry Clay, who married Ruth Lockwood.

    Mr. Vann's occupation through life has always been farming, at which he has been quite successful, owning at present forty acres of good land well improved. Mrs. Vann is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Vann belongs to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church and in politics is a Republican. He and family are among the first in the county.

Source: History of Warrick, Spencer, and Perry Counties, Indiana, By: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., 1885.