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JOHN FOURMAN, farmer; P. 0. Arcanum; was born in Pennsylvania in 1820; his parents were John and Catharine Fourman, both natives of Pennsylvania. Mr. Fourman came to this county with his parents, where they lived and died; he was the second in a family of eight children, all of whom are living. He was married in 1845 to Sarah, daughter of Jacob and Sarah Baker, both born in Pennsylvania. John and Sarah Fourman have had born to them fifteen children, twelve of whom are now living, viz., Susannah, Jacob, Henry, Levi, Sarah, Samuel, Ananias, David, John, Allen, Emanuel and Elizabeth. They located on the farm, where they now live, in 1846; they cut the first stick of timber, made an opening, and built a small frame house with lumber sawed from a mill of their own “put up” when they first entered the county; from this beginning they toiled on, enduring the hardships and deprivations, gradually making improvements, till now he has 241 acres of land; he at one time had 1,000 acres of land, but has given to his children, to settle on, all but the 241 acres, which he still owns; thus showing what an immense amount of labor has been performed, what an amount of property accumulated, and what a fine start he has given his children in life. This industrious and useful life of theirs will stand upon record on the pages of this history as a memorial for their children and their children’s children, for all time to come.