I. W. SWITZER, farmer, Sec. 8; son of John Switzer, one of the earliest settlers of Grant Co.; Mr. John Switzer was born in Virginia Feb. 20, 1803; his parents removed to the Territory of Ohio, when he was 3 years of age, and afterward to Indiana. He came to Grant Co. in 1840, and settled on Sec. 8, town of Fennimore. He was married March 1, 1842, to Mary A. C. Dillon, born in Missouri. Mr. John Switzer died Jan. 11, 1863. Mrs. Switzer still resides at the homestead. Her children are Mary A., born Sept. 17, 1844; I. W., Dec. 5, 1846; Sarah E., Aug. 11, 1849; Eliza, July 30, 1853; Stella, Oct. 8, 1858, and Ada, April 7, 1861. The children were all born at the homestead. I. W. was married to Pora, daughter of Mr. John Dinsdale; they have two children - Myrta and Bertram.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.