FRANCIS ACHESON, farmer and stock raiser, Wayne Township, is one of the prominent agriculturists of Tippecanoe County. He is a native of Ireland, born in County Cavan, in April 1835, a son of THOMAS and ELIZABETH (JOHNSON) ACHESON. He has reared a farmer in his native county, and when nineteen years old, in May 1854, left home and embarked on a sailing vessel for the United States, landing in New York in July, after a six-week voyage. He came directly to LaFayette, where he obtained employment as a farmhand at $13 a month and was thus employed two years. He then rented land until 1860, when he bought eighty acres of improved land in Jackson Township, near Shawnee Mound, for which he paid $25 an acre. In 1868 he bought the farm where he now lives, to which he moved in 1869, which contains 465 acres of valuable land. He is now one of the well-to-do farmers of the county and has acquired his property by hard work and good management, assisted by his wife, who has always been a true helpmeet to him. When he landed in LaFayette he had one gold dollar, and his present possessions are now the result of his years of labor in this county. He was married on March 7, 1860, to TALITHA A. WADE, a native of Fountain County, Indiana, who was left an orphan when a child, and was reared by DAVID MEHARRY. Mr. and Mrs. ACHESON have nine children–JAMES WILLIAM, GEORGE THOMAS, JOHN FRANCIS, ROBERT ERWIN, JESSE MORTON, LIZZIE JANE, ALEXANDER DELOS, CHARLES EMERY, and WALTER GARFIELD. In 1880 Mr. ACHESON was elected county commissioner and served three years, and it was during his term that the courthouse was built. He is a member of Shawnee Lodge, No. 129, A. F. & A. M. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. In politics, he is a supporter of the principles of the Republican party.
Source: Biographical Record and Portrait Album of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, pp. 370-371.
Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1888
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Indiana death certificate
Name: Francis Acheson
Gender: Male, Race: White, Age: 79
Birth Date: 2 Apr 1835
Birth Place: Ireland
Death Date: 31 Oct 1914
Death Place: LaFayette, Tippecanoe, Ind.
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse: Talitha Acheson
Father: Thomas Acheson
Mother: not listed