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| | DANIEL R. BEARSS MIAMI INDIAN CLAIMS, 1839-1854 |
 | | Daniel R[oberts] Bearss, merchant, farmer, businessman, and politician was born 23 August 1809 in Geneseo, Livingston County, New York, the son of Truman and Sabrina [Roberts] Bearss. |
 | | In 1828 he entered the employ of W. Ewing, Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, who were engaged in trade with Indians. |
 | | He was a Whig and a Republican member of the Indiana House of Representatives, 1841-1844, and Indiana State Senate, 1855-1857, 1861-1863, 1875-1877. |
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