My Genealogy Hound

JOHN N. TEEGARDEN, farmer, P. O. Higginsport, is a son of Calvin Teegarden, whose sketch appears under George Teegarden’s name, was born in Lewis Township, Brown County, Ohio, in 1847. He is the eighth child, and remained at home and assisted his parents until his majority. In the fall of 1873, he married Miss Mattie, daughter of Samuel Waterfield, who is mentioned in this volume. She was born in 1854. The issue of this marriage is four children, three of whom are now living. Mr. Teegarden is located in R. K. Mead’s Surveys, Nos. 1661 and 1664, where he owns 100 acres of land under good cultivation. He has taken considerable of it, from a dense forest to its present condition. His time is mostly devoted to the raising of wheat, corn and tobacco; of the latter he cultivates annually about eight acres, which is cultivated with success. He was raised in and still adheres to the Democratic party.