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Westhafer, Francis M

surveyor, educator, clergyman, was born Jan. 12, 1850, in Tracy, Ohio. He received an academic education, and graduated from the Illinois Normal and the Moore's Hill college. He has been a surveyor, county school superintendent and a professor in the Moore's Hill college. He has attained eminence as a successful clergyman of the methodist episcopal church in the Indiana conference, and for four years filled a pastorate in Greenwood. He has contributed extensively to current publications on educational and religious topics.

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