They continued to live in Ohio until 1845, when a decision was made to move to Lake County, Ind., where they purchased an 80-acre farm west of Lowell in West Creek Township, on what is now Belshaw Rd. After the death of his father in 1837, Melvin moved with his mother to Dayton in Montgomery County, Ohio, where he engaged in farming.
Melvin lived on the farm in New York, attended the local primary school and high school in Bennington, Vermont. His great grandfather Halsted, also a large land owner in New York state, was a Baptist minister. His grandparents were Joseph and Katie (Agan) Halsted and Enoch and Lydia (Ackly) Haskin. Melvin Amos Halsted was born Mar, 29, 1821, the son of William and Patty (Haskin) Halsted, in Rensselaer County, New York, where his father farmed an estate on the Hudson River, It has been written that his family can be traced to William the Conqueror, King of England, who lived 1027-1087. After careful research, we too, will tell the story of the founder of Lowell, Indiana as accurately as possible. Man does not, in anything, easily attain perfection." He explained that in his writings he had endeavored to record history as accurate and perfect as he possibly could. Timothy Ball wrote the following in 1891: "Perfect history, including the events of many years, has not been written. Now, three years later, we have many more facts and details of his life, although we are sure there are even more stories of his adventures not recorded.Įarly Lake County historian Rev. At the end of the column we wrote "The Pioneer History column will continue with the story of his later life and with the story of the early town of Lowell" - but time passed quickly as more information about Halsted was being collected to make the story more complete. In September, 1981, the "Pioneer History" column told the story of Melvin Halsted's life as an early settler and farmer in West Creek Township.
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