672     HISTORY OF JACKSON COUNTY.
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biographical notice, Mr. Moses N. Sewell, received only three
months' schooling, and that was in the time of limited opportu-
nities aud meager advantages. He learned to read and write,
however, the two greatest essentials to education, of which he
has since made good use, adding to his intellectual stock by
observation and experience. At the age of twenty-two Mr.
Sewell struck out into the cold and stormy world for himself
working as a hired hand. As he approached the age of forty
years, he was united in the bonds of matrimony with Miss Abi-
gail Swartwood, who is a native of Bartholomew County, Ind.,
and this union has been crowned with the birth of six children,
three of whom are living, whose names are Edward, Mary A.
and Bessie. In his views of national policy Mr. Sewell advo-
cates the principles of the Democratic party. Mrs. Sewell is a
member of the Christian Church.
 
FREDERICK WHITE is it native of Prussia, Germany, and
was born in 1821. His early schooling was received in his native
country, and he obtained what the most of his countrymen do, a good
practical education. At the age of twenty-one he concluded to
come to America, and in 1842 he landed at New Orleans, and after
considerable traveling he located on a farm near Vallonia. In
1870 he bought and moved to a farm in Hamilton Township, near
Courtland, and is now one of Hamilton Township's most prosper-
ous farmers and valuable citizens. He was married to Miss Liz-
zie Miller, a native of Germany. This union has been blessed
by four children, of whom three are living: John, Carle and Cath-
erine. In politics he is a stanch Democrat.