History of Rush County Indiana Brant & Fuller 1888 Chicago Page 510 and 511 Surnames mentioned in this biography are: Junken, McHatteon,English, Love, Beale, Murrell, Edward A. JUNKEN, a prosperous farmer of PoseyTownship, was born in Barren County, Ky., September 27, 1840. He was the son ofHarvey and Betsey (McHatteon) Junken, the former of whom was born in thiscounty, being the son of William Junken, who was one among the first settlersof this county, and who was the first Clerk the county ever had. His mother wasalso born in this county, and was the daughter of David and Betsey (English)McHatteon, they, also, being among the early settlers of this          County. The parents of our subjectwere married here in their native county about the year 1834, and very soonafterward they removed to Barren County, Ky., where Edward was born and wherehis mother died when he was yet an infant but two weeks old, and          where his father also died before hewas seven years old. Between the ages of seven and twelve years, he attendedCamden Seminary in his native county, which was taught by Jesse P. Murrell. Attwelve years of age, he, in company with his uncle, Alexander McHatteon, cameto this, the native county of his parents, and for one year thereafter he madehis home with his grandparents, the parents of his mother, who resided a fewmiles east of Arlington. After this, his youth was spent working upon a farm bythe month in summer, and attending district school in winter. While hiseducation was confined to the ordinary branches of learning, it was such as tofit him for the practical affairs of life. He         had no more than attained his majority and entered fullyupon his manhood when national difficulties arose which threatened thedissolution of the Union. From the first his sympathies were with the North,and on the 9th day of August, 1862, he was mustered          into the United States Army, in Company D, Sixty eighthIndiana Regiment, with which he served until the close of the war. He participatedin the battles of Hoover’s Gap, Dalton, Kenesaw Mountain, Nashville and manyother smaller engagements. As a         soldier he discharged his duties in a manner befitting a man possessingtrue national pride and honor. While on furlough, he was married to Miss SarahBeale, on the 25th day of December 1862. She was born in this county, December10, 1836, being the daughter of        William and Margaret (Love) Beale, natives of New York and Pennsylvania,respectively. On returning from the war, Mr. Junken joined his wife at herfather’s home in Jackson Township, and a few months later they removed to thefarm they now occupy in Posey Township. Since then the entire attention of Mr.Junken has been confined to agricultural pursuits. He began with a tract oftimbered land, which he has since improved with good buildings and fences, andmost of which he has placed in an admirable state of cultivation. He and wifeare the parents of four children, as follows: Margaret W., Alvah T., JerushaB., and Robert E., of whom the youngest died in infancy. Our subject, his wifeand two children, are members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Junken is amember of the G. A. R. and I. O. O. F. lodges, and is a Republican in politics.