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LOUIS J. JOHN, farmer, P. O. St. Martin’s, son of Jacob J. and Catherine John, was born in Belgium in 1822. When thirteen years of age, his parents came to this country and settled in the northern part of New Jersey, where they remained two years and then moved to Cincinnati, where they remained till 1845, when they moved to the eastern part of this township and purchased fifty acres of timber land, most of which they cleared, and where they spent the remainder of their days. Jacob J. John died in July, 1864, and his wife in October, 1865. Louis J. was married in this township in 1848, to Catherine, daughter of Mathias and Mary Agnes, by whom he had fourteen children, nine now living — Louis, Mary, Margaret, Catherine, James, Josephine, Theresa, Elizabeth and Annie. Mr. John has been quite successful in life; he received from his parents a small tract of land valued at $300; he now has a farm of 360 acres, about 260 of which are under cultivation. Mr. John has held several positions of trust in his township. He was Township Trustee two years, Supervisor four years, and other minor offices. The family are members of the Catholic Church.