HISTORY OF RUSH COUNTY, INDIANA:  From the earliest time to the present,
with biographical sketches, notes, etc.  Illustrated; Chicago: Brant &
Fuller, 1888. p. 356, Unknown County.

FREEMAN ELSTUN, the gentleman whose name introduces this biography, is a
native of Rush County, In., born where he now resides, August 3rd, 1828,
son of Eli J. Elstun, who was a native of New Jersey, born in 1798 and died
in this county in 1872.  The mother of our subject, was born in Kentucky,
in 1800 and died in this county in 1885.  The Elstun family came originally
from France and settled in New Jersey, from which place they emigrated to
this state and settled in Rush County about 1820 being among the first
settlers in this portion of the county.  He was reared on the farm, and
attended the early schools of Anderson Township.  At the age of twenty-one
years he began life for himself and now owns the old Elstun homestead,
which his father entered in 1820, also 142 acres, near Milroy. The marriage
of Mr. Elstun was solemnized in 1852, to Miss Lucinda E. Lyon, a native of
Decatur County, Ind., born in 1833, daughter of John and Margaret Lyon, who
came to Indiana about 1822.  Mr. and Mrs. Elstun are the parents of the
following children:  Melissa A., James F., Ida M., and Minnie L.  He is an
ardent Republican and for more than fifty-eight years has been a resident
of Anderson Township.  Mr. and Mrs. Elstun are members of the Christian
Church and occupy a high position in the confidence and esteem of all with
whom they associate.

Elstun Lyon
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Anderson-Rush-IN NJ Milroy-Rush-IN Decatur-IN

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