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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaJoseph Hutton DEFREES
(1812-1885)
DEFREES, Joseph Hutton, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Sparta, White County, Tenn.,
May 13, 1812; moved to Ohio with his parents, who settled in Piqua
in 1819; attended the common schools; apprenticed to the blacksmith
trade 1826-1829; learned the art of printing; moved to Indiana and
settled in South Bend in 1831, where he established the
Northwestern Pioneer; moved to Goshen, Elkhart County, Ind., in
1833 and engaged in mercantile pursuits and later in banking;
appointed county agent; sheriff of Elkhart County 1835-1840; member
of the State house of representatives in 1849 and again in 1872;
served in the State senate 1850-1854; elected as a Republican to
the Thirty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1867); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1866; resumed his former business
pursuits; also interested in milling, the manufacture of linseed
oil, and the construction of the Goshen Hydraulic Works; director
of the Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan Railroad and served as its
first president; died at Goshen, Ind., December 21, 1885; interment
in Oak Ridge Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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