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Biography of Levi J. Linebarger copied from the old book, History of Parke and Vermillion Counties Indiana, 1913 B.F. Bowen & Co.


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                         LEVI J. LINEBARGER.
     Among the citizens of Parke county, Indiana, who have been successful
in their chosen vocations and whose lives have been led along such worthy
lines of endeavor that they have endeared themselves to their fellow citizens,
thereby being eligible for representation in a volume of this nature, is the
gentleman whose name appears above, Levi J. Linebarger, one of the suc-
cessful farmers and stock men of Reserve township, has had the opportunity
vouchsafed to few of us to spend his life at the old home, which fact has
been much appreciated by him, as indeed it should be, for there is no place
like home, as the world knows and as has been touchingly told in the familiar
lines of the old song.
     The birth of Mr. Linebarger occurred on the farm on which he now
lives on April 29, 1844, and there he was reared to manhood and has always
resided, helping to develop it when a boy, and during his manhood years he
has so skillfully managed it that it has retained its original fertility of soil
and has yielded him a comfortable income from year to year. He is the son
of Andrew Linebarger, who was born in Lincoln county, North Carolina, in
 1815, and when five years old he came with his parents on the long, tedious
and somewhat hazardous overland journey from the old Tar state to In-
diana, and in 1822 they settled in Reserve township, Parke county, beginning
life here in typical pioneer fashion, the country being very little improved
and neighbors being few and far remote. Here Andrew Linebarger, the
father of the subject, spent his remaining years, dying at the remark-
able age of ninety-two. The mother of the subject of this review was
known in tier maidenhood as Elizabeth Burton, a native of Reserve township,
this county, and a daughter of Levi Burton, one of the early settlers of that
township. Later in life Mr. Burton removed to Lee county, Iowa, where he
died. The mother of the subject passed away at the age of twenty-six years,
leaving a family of six small children, namely: George H., Mary Ann, Will-
iam S., David, Levi J. (the subject), and Andrew Jackson. The father of the
above named children married for his second wife Polly Warner, a native of

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Reserve township, this county, and a daughter of Joel Warner, an early set-
tler here. Ten children were born of this last marriage, namely : Lewis C.,
Joel, Samuel, Jacob, Joseph H., Elizabeth, Ida, Ludah, Emima and Alice.
     As stated, Levi J. Linebarger has devoted his life to general farming
and has long ranked with the leading tillers of the soil in his section of the
country. He has devoted a great deal of attention to stock raising and deal-
ing in stock, being one of the most successful and best known stock men in
this part of the country. He is the owner of several valuable farms, and be-
fore the death of his father they were in partnership in farming and handling
live stock, and were very successful.
     Mr. Linebarger has always taken a great deal of interest in public af-
fairs and has been ready to assist in all worthy movements for the general
good of his county. He was elected county commissioner November 5, 1912,
being one of the few Democrats elected to that office in many years.