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Counties of PORTER and Lake Indiana.
Historical and Biographical
Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor
Charles Blanchard, Biographical Editor
F. A. Battey & Co., Pub., Chicago - 1882

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        S. C. HACKETT was born in Seneca County Ohio, March 1, 1829, and is
     the eldest of a family of three children born to HENRY and SARAH
     (COTTON) HACKETT, the former having been born in Vermont, and the
     latter in New York February 28, 1809, where they resided until their
     maturity, when they removed to Seneca County, Ohio, in 1825, and were
     married the following year.  HENRY HACKETT died when our subject was
     five years of age, from which time until he was seventeen he lived
     with his mother and uncle.  At this age, he encountered the world, and
     went to Lake County, Ill., where he worked until twenty-one years old,
     when he was overtaken by the "gold fever," crossed the plains to Cali-
     fornia, and engaged in mining, with varied success, for two years,
     when, from failing health, he came to La Porte County, Ind., and after
     a year to Porter County, where he has since resided.  Here he gave
     attention to lumbering and furnishing wood for the Lake Shore & Michi-
     gan South Railroad and the Chicago markets, at which he continued un-
     til 1868, when he superintended a large tract of land for Loveland &
     Co., of Janesville, Wis., thus continuing until 1879, when he pur-
     chased the major part of the company's land, and began manufacturing
     charcoal, as well as clearing the said land.  He believes he has
     produced more charcoal than any man in Indiana.  In 1881, he began
     farming.  He was married while in La Porte County, January 1, 1855 to
     ANN J. WESTON, born in La Porte County September 12, 1836, a daughter
     of ISAAC and LOUISA (RANDALL) WESTON.  They have had four children,
     three of whom are living - EMILY, MINA and William c.  Mr. HACKETT is
     a member of Westville Lodge, No. 192, of Masons.  Previous to 1872, he
     was a Republican, but has since affiliated with the Democratic party,
     to which he still adheres.  He has held all the township offices, and
     is prominent in politics, and a most respected citizen.  By hard work
     and good management, he has obtained over 1,100 acres on La Porte and
     Porter Counties.

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