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AARON C. COLEAN. A fine tract of land consisting of two hundred and six acres on section 29, Cotton Hill Township, is the source from which this gentleman derives a good support and makes a provision for the future. It is well stocked, well improved and well managed and in all respects a well regulated estate. The owner is the oldest of the surviving children of the parental family, of which further mention is made in the biography of M. W. Colean on another page. He was born in Jersey County, this State, March 4, 1878, and was about eight years old when his parents came to this county.

A farm in Cotton Hill Township was the home of Mr. Colean until October 15, 1864, when he enlisted in the Thirteenth United States Regular Infantry. He served until November 12, 1867, when, the term having expired, he was discharged and returned to his home. During his army life he had spent a year and one-half in the South and the rest of his time in the Western Territories. Upon leaving the army he gave his attention to farming and has continued to devote his energies thereto.

The marriage of Mr. Colean and Miss Mary Jane Spicer was solemnized in Cotton Hill Township October 3, 1869. The bride was a daughter of Thompson C. and Melvina (Vigal) Spicer, the former now living in the township and the latter deceased, the date of her demise having been December 9, 1873. Mrs. Colean was born in Ball Township, November 2, 1850, and is a capable Christian woman. The union has been blessed by the birth of five children, two of whom died in infancy; the living are Etta A., Charles A. and Mary M.

In politics Mr. Colean is identified with the Prohibition party. He has served as School Director in an able manner. The entire family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which the husband and father has been Trustee. He is held in due esteem by his acquaintances as an honest, God-fearing man and an industrious farmer.