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     Laura A. Hamersley Seymour was buried at Shields Cemetery, Lawrence Co., Indiana, USA. She married Samuel Swindler, son of Jonathan Swindler and Letitia Mount, on 20 September 1849 at Washington Co., Indiana, USA.

      ; 1. Widow with daughter Lurella Seymore/Seymour (1841) when sh e married Samuel.¹

     Atwell Mount was buried at Shannondale Cemetery, Montgomery Co., Indiana, USA. He was born on 4 September 1806 at Fauquier Co., Virginia, USA. He married Lucinda Fullenwider on 1 November 1827 at Shelby Co., Kentucky, USA.

Atwell Mount died on 23 February 1880 at Montgomery Co., Indiana, USA, at age 73.
      ; 1. Brent Mount says Fauquier Co., Laura Swindler Gill reports W ood Co. (WVA) for birth.¹

     Mary Ann Mount was born on 8 July 1808 at Loudoun Co., Virginia, USA. She married James McClure on 25 May 1826 at Shelby Co., Kentucky, USA.

Mary Ann Mount died on 30 January 1880 at age 71.
      ; 1.Bible record says 4 Sep 1808.¹

     Elijah Mount died at Powhaten, Lawrence Co., Arkansas, USA. He was born on 10 September 1810 at Shelby Co., Kentucky, USA. He married Emeline Spencer on 9 March 1836.

      ; 1. Laura Gill provided info on this line.

2. Moved to a plantation in Vicksburg, MS, where he died durin g the Civil War.¹

     William N Mount was born on 1 February 1813. He married Effiah G Edwards on 9 March 1836 at Shelby Co., Kentucky, USA.

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     Caroline Mount was born on 21 January 1815. She married John P Balee on 25 November 1835 at Shelby Co., Kentucky, USA.

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     Elizabeth Mount died ~1835. She was born on 4 November 1816.
      ; 1. Supposedly died about the same time as her father of Cholera.¹

     Octavia Mount died ~1895 at Farmer City, Illinois, USA. She was born on 13 June 1819. She married John Longmate on 15 June 1837 at Shelby Co., Kentucky, USA.

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     Nancy Mount died ~1831. She was born on 27 June 1825.
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     Martha Ann Mount was born on 6 June 1827. She married Henry Tinsley on 3 January 1844 at Shelby Co., Kentucky, USA.

      ; 1. Bible records for the family of Thomas Mount and Mary Clayto n
were copied by W. H. Tinsley, son of Martha Ann Mount, on 31 Ma r
1913.¹

     Lucinda Fullenwider was buried at Shannondale Cemetery, Montgomery Co., Indiana, USA. She was born on 7 June 1807 at Shelby Co., Kentucky, USA. She married Atwell Mount, son of Thomas Mount Jr. and Elizabeth Nancy Robinson, on 1 November 1827 at Shelby Co., Kentucky, USA.

Lucinda Fullenwider died on 31 October 1871 at Montgomery Co., Indiana, USA, at age 64.
      ; 1. Marriage Book 2, pg. 64, Shelby Co., KY.¹

     Thomas Robinson Mount was born on 5 October 1828.
Thomas Robinson Mount died in August 1909 at age 80.
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     Catherine Winter Mount was born on 21 February 1830.
Catherine Winter Mount died on 11 May 1866 at age 36.
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     Jacob Fullenwider Mount was born on 13 February 1832.
Jacob Fullenwider Mount died on 15 May 1903 at age 71.
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     Elijah C. Mount Mount was born on 2 April 1835.
Elijah C. Mount Mount died on 13 June 1915 at age 80.
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     William Henry Mount was born on 7 June 1837.
William Henry Mount died on 28 September 1909 at age 72.
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     Ann Elizabeth Mount was born on 4 February 1839.
Ann Elizabeth Mount died on 25 April 1860 at age 21.
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     Mary Jane "Jennie" Mount was born on 13 March 1841.
Mary Jane "Jennie" Mount died on 14 May 1865 at age 24.
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     James Atwell Mount was born on 24 March 1843.
James Atwell Mount died on 16 January 1901 at age 57.
      ; JAMES MOUNT, the son of a Montgomery County farmer, was educate d in the common schools. He served for three years in the Sevent y-Second Indiana Infantry (1862-1865), with distinction for brav ery in action, and attended the Presbyterian academy in Lebanon , Indiana, for one year after the war. Then, with his bride, h e began farming as a tenant in his home county and succeeded wel l enough to purchase the land he farmed after ten years and owne d five hundred acres by 1895. Especially interested in husbandry , he frequently lectured at farmers' institutes, where he establ ished a political base for his later career.

Mount, the successful farmer, was sent by his neighbors to the state senate in 1888 and then ran, unsuccessfully, for Congress in 1890. After serving in 1892 as president of an important vigilante organization, the State Horse Thief Detective Association , he was elected governor in 1896 and served his full term. Mount was called upon to mobilize Indiana troops to serve in the Spa nish-American War.

He was a small, wiry man, an entertaining speaker, and a promine nt Presbyterian layman.

Source: Peat, Wilbur D. Portraits and Painters of the Governor s of Indiana 1800-1978. Revised, edited and with new entries b y Diane Gail Lazarus, Indianapolis Museum of Art. Biographies of the governors by Lana Ruegamer, Indiana Historical Society. In dianapolis: Indiana Historical Society and Indianapolis Museum o f Art, 1978.¹

     Harriet Newell Mount was born on 2 December 1844.
Harriet Newell Mount died on 29 January 1924 at age 79.
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     Harvenia Frances Mount was born on 10 May 1847.
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     Lucinda Caroline "Carrie" Mount died ~1927. She was born on 3 July 1849.
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     Samuel Brainard Mount was born on 7 April 1853.
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     James McClure married Mary Ann Mount, daughter of Thomas Mount Jr. and Elizabeth Nancy Robinson, on 25 May 1826 at Shelby Co., Kentucky, USA.

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     Emeline Spencer married Elijah Mount, son of Thomas Mount Jr. and Elizabeth Nancy Robinson, on 9 March 1836.

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     Effiah G Edwards married William N Mount, son of Thomas Mount Jr. and Elizabeth Nancy Robinson, on 9 March 1836 at Shelby Co., Kentucky, USA.

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     John P Balee married Caroline Mount, daughter of Thomas Mount Jr. and Elizabeth Nancy Robinson, on 25 November 1835 at Shelby Co., Kentucky, USA.

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     John Longmate married Octavia Mount, daughter of Thomas Mount Jr. and Elizabeth Nancy Robinson, on 15 June 1837 at Shelby Co., Kentucky, USA.

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     B. T. Crow was born circa 1849 at Kentucky, USA; age 1 in 1850 census.¹

     Henry Tinsley married Martha Ann Mount, daughter of Thomas Mount Jr. and Elizabeth Nancy Robinson, on 3 January 1844 at Shelby Co., Kentucky, USA.

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