John Dearborn

biography

DEARBORN, John farmer, P. O. Norrisville, was born on the farm he now owns and lives on in Summerhill Township, this county, March 23, 1803; son of John and Hannah (Surena) Dearborn, former a native of New Hampshire, latter of Westmoreland County, Penn. They came to Crawford County in 1801, and are parents of ten children, of whom three only are now living. Were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he took a special interest. John Dearborn, Sr., was a shoe-maker by trade, at which he worked in his younger days; was owner, at one time, of 400 acres of land. He gave his children as good an education as the country afforded. Our subject, who is fourth in the family, married, in 1831, Miss Catharine Cease, a native of Hayfield Township, this county, and daughter of Rudolph Cease, one of the very early settlers of western Crawford, having come in 1809. This union has been blessed with four children, three now living: Harriet M. (wife of A. Wood), Margaret E. (wife of B. Sunderlin), Nancy N. (wife of C. J. Nisley). Our subject, wife and all the daughters are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. and Mrs. Dearborn have lived together on the same farm for over fifty-three years. He is owner of fifty acres of land, part of which is his father's old homestead. Has held several township offices; in politics has been a Republican since the formation of the party; formerly a Democrat.