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JOHN CULBERTSON, farmer, Pleasant Township, enlisted in 1864 in Company B, One Hundred and Fortieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry one year as a private; saw active service during his enlisted term, and was in the campaign that ended so disastrously to Gen. Hood in Tennessee. He was honorably discharged at the close of the war at Greensboro, N. C. He was born on the old homestead in 1836, and owns a farm of 152 acres. He bought 160 acres of land in partnership with Alexander Allen, on which he settled, cleared up, improved and lived on during the balance of his natural life. He was a Presbyterian in religious belief, and an exemplary and devout Christian gentleman. He succeeded well in life, made a good living and accumulated considerable property. He was a gentleman highly respected and esteemed by all who knew him. Upright in all his dealings, he had the confidence of men in all the relations of life. To him and wife were born nine children, eight living: Flora (deceased), James, Peter, Jennet, Mary, William, Jane, David and John. Mr. C. died in 1866, aged seventy-four years. Mrs. C. died in 1871, aged seventy-four years.