Editing Blackford County, Indiana (section)

==Notable people==
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Astronaut [[Kevin A. Ford]] lived in Montpelier, Indiana, for several years and graduated from Blackford High School in 1978. He was born in Portland, Indiana, in 1960. Holding four [[academic degree]]s, Ford retired from active duty as a [[Colonel (United States)|colonel]] in the [[United States Air Force]] in 2008.  He was the pilot for the [[Space Shuttle Discovery]] during its August 2009 flight, and has logged over 332 hours in [[outer space]].<ref name="NASA1">{{Cite web |title=Biographical Data, Kevin A. Ford (Colonel, USAF, Ret.), NASA Astronaut |url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/ford-ka.html |access-date=July 2, 2011 |publisher=National Aeronautics and Space Administration}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=August 29, 2009 |title=Space shuttle Discovery launched after days of delays |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/space-shuttle-idUSN2938714320090829 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201055206/http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/08/29/space-shuttle-idUSN2938714320090829 |archive-date=February 1, 2013 |access-date=July 2, 2011 |work=Reuters}}</ref> On October 23, 2012, Ford returned to the [[International Space Station]] aboard a Russian spacecraft.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 23, 2012 |title=Russian spacecraft with US-Russian crew blasts off to orbiting space station |url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/russian-spacecraft-with-us-russian-crew-blasts-off-to-orbiting-space-station/ |access-date=October 24, 2012 |publisher=Fox News Network}}</ref>

Radio DJ [[Larry Monroe (radio personality)|Larry Monroe]] was born in [[Hartford City, Indiana]], on August 29, 1942. He graduated from Hartford City High School in 1960. From 1981 until his death in 2014 he was one of the most popular radio personalities in [[Austin, Texas]]. His shows are rebroadcast every Monday evening on [[KDRP-LP]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Larry Monroe Forever |url=http://sunradio.com/larrymonroe/ |access-date=April 12, 2020 |publisher=[[Sun Radio]]}}</ref>

Clarence G. Johnson, who lived in Hartford City from 1923 until he died in 1935, was the first president of Overhead Door Corporation.<ref name="OHDhist" /><ref name="AHist86" />  He was a pioneer in the development of [[garage door]]s, and holds numerous patents.{{#tag:ref|Examples of Johnson's patents are United States Patent No. 1,784,292,<ref>[https://patents.google.com/patent/US1784292 US patent 1,784,292], "Double Overhead Door", issued December 9, 1930</ref><!--
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}}--> and United States Patent No. 2,026,091.<ref>[https://patents.google.com/patent/US2026091 US patent 2,026,291], "Multiple Door Construction", issued 1935–12–31, assigned to Overhead Door Corporation</ref><!--{{cite patent
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}}-->|group=Note}}  One of Johnson's more notable inventions is the first "electric operator for sectional upward-acting doors".<ref name="AHist86">{{harvnb|Blackford County Historical Society (Ind.)|1986|p=86}}</ref> Johnson's Overhead Door Corporation was a major employer in Blackford County for over 60 years, employing as many as 515 people during its peak years.<ref>{{harvnb|Blackford County Historical Society (Ind.)|1986|p=87}}</ref>

Former Indiana governor [[M. Clifford Townsend|Maurice Clifford Townsend]] was born August 11, 1884, in Blackford County's Licking Township. After graduating from college in Marion, Indiana, Townsend served as superintendent of Blackford County schools, superintendent of Grant County schools, and as a representative of the Blackford-Grant District in the Indiana General Assembly. He was elected as Indiana's lieutenant governor in 1932. He won the 1936 election for [[Indiana Governor|governor]], and served the single four-year term allowed by law.<ref>{{harvnb|Blackford County Historical Society (Ind.)|1986|pp=39–40}}</ref> After his service in his home state, Townsend worked in the federal administration of President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], in agriculture–related assignments. One memorable achievement: he directed school buses be painted yellow for safety and identification purposes, an idea that spread nationwide.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Indiana Governor Maurice Clifford Townsend (1884–1954) |url=http://www.in.gov/history/2718.htm |access-date=July 2, 2011 |publisher=IN.gov, Indiana Historical Bureau}}</ref>

[[Golf]]er Erika Wicoff, a native of Hartford City, is one of the most decorated female athletes in [[Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana University]] history, earning three [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] Player of the Year awards. She was the Big Ten women's golf champion in 1994, 1995 and 1996.<ref>{{harvnb|Hammel|Klingelhoffer|1999|p=212}}</ref> She later competed in the [[LPGA|Ladies Professional Golf Association]]. Wicoff was inducted into the Indiana Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hall of Fame Induction 2006 – Spotlight on Erika Wicoff |url=http://www.iuhoosiers.com/genrel/110606aaf.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328215215/http://www.iuhoosiers.com/genrel/110606aaf.html |archive-date=March 28, 2012 |access-date=June 2, 2012 |publisher=CBS Interactive}}</ref>