The following Biography of Otis Bartoll Sappington has been posted to the Jefferson Co INGenExchange Bio-Bin http://www.genexchange.org/bioregco.cfm?state=in&county=jefferson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Biography of Otis Bartoll Sappington Source: Biographical and Historical Souvenir for the counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott and Washington, Indiana by John M. Gresham & Co., 1889. Page 269. Bio: OTIS BARTOLL SAPPINGTON (deceased) was born in Baltimore, Md., January 1, 1832, and was reared in that city until he was sixteen years old. He attended the city schools until 11 years of age. At that time he commenced the business of life for himself. His mother died when he was only five and one-half years old. His father, who had been a large hat manufacturer, and was broken up by endorsing, died shortly after the death of his mother, leaving Otis an orphan without patrimony. At the age of sixteen he came to Indiana and stopped at Madison, where he was employed as clerk in the grocery and commission house of Weyer & McKee. He remained with this firm for many years. In 1863 he became a partner of Mr. Hargan in a wholesale grocery business, under the firm name of Hargan & Sappington, and was still in that firm at the time of his death in 1868. He was lost in the disaster to the steamboat United States of America. Mr. Sappington was married, In 1856, to Miss Sarah M. Crane, daughter of Rev. Simon H. Crane, a Presbyterian minister, and a native of Newark, N.J. To them were born three children: Charles C., Mary M. and Otis B., all of whom are living. Charles C., the eldest, was born December 22, 1860, in Madison, Ind., where he was reared and attended the city schools. In 1878 he took a position as check clerk in the J.M. & I.R.R. depot at Madison, and has been connected with this depot ever since, excepting from May 1, to September 1, 1883, when he was teller in the First National Bank of Madison. On leaving the bank he was made freight and ticket agent for the J.M. & I.R.R. in his native town, and still holds the place. He is a member of the Masons and K. of P. order. He was elected as member of the City Council, from the fifth ward, on the Republican ticket, in the spring of 1888, and is at present a member of that body. Mr. Sappington, while he is quite a young man, is making a remarkable record in pushing and placing himself among the successful and enterprising business men of Madison. Submitted by: Gina Reasoner Email: GReasoner@prodigy.net ____________________________________ USGenExchange National Bio-Bin http://www.genexchange.org/biobin.cfm