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JAMES A. HOUGLAND, a native of Warrick County, Ind., was born December 18, 1825, the second of eight children born to Abraham and Susan (Ward) Hougland, both natives of Kentucky. The father was married in his native State and came to Warrick County the fall of 1824, bought a farm three miles from Boonville, upon which he located and followed farming successfully, being one of the energetic and prominent men of the county in his day. His death occurred some eight or ten years ago, the mother’s death occurring three years previous. James A. was raised on the farm with his parents, receiving a fair education in the country schools. At the age of twenty-three he married and settled on the farm where he now lives and has been one of Warrick County’s most successful farmers. He now owns 230 acres of land in a fair state of improvement and with good buildings. In February, 1849, he married Malinda Johnson, of Warrick County, by whom he is father of eight children, four of whom are now living, named Martha (Mrs. Charles Baker), Kella, Charles J., and Anna S. In politics Mr. Hougland is a stanch Republican and he and wife have been leading members of the German Baptist Church for about twenty-five years.