JOHN GIGGY is a native of Canton Berne, Switzerland, where he was born May 14,, 1838. He came to America with his parents, Benedict and Christina (Snyder) Giggy, in December, 1852. Benedict Giggy was a soldier in Switzerland for twenty-one years. John Giggy worked in a cotton factory at Pittsburgh, Penn., for three months, immediately after his arrival, receiving $5 per week; he then went to Summit County, Ohio, where he worked as a stone-mason, and farmed two years; wages fro $15 to $17 per month. In 1854, Mr. Giggy came to this township, and worked for $10 per month, until he was married, October 11, 1858, to Samantha Hart. He then bought a small farm near South Milford, which he sold in 1861, and returned to this township. August 28, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, Forty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and in December, crossed the Ohio into Kentucky; was at the battle of Fort Donelson, and was wounded at Shiloh, and was sent to the hospital at Evansville, Ind., then home on a discharge furlough. In June, 1862, he reported at Indianapolis, but was ordered back home; he returned again in July, however, remained three or four weeks at the soldiers' home, then started South and rejoined his regiment at Murfreesboro, and in the battle at Chickamuga was wounded in the hip, September 19, 1863, after which he walked back to Bridgeport, Ala., using a bed slat for a crutch, being three days on the road,and having nothing to eat all that time but three crackers. From there he was sent to the hospital at Nashville; remained about one month, then came home on a furlough. December 31, 1863, he again rejoined his regiment at Chattanooga, and re-enlisted in the same company as a veteran, participating in all the marches and engagements until they were mustered out at Indianapolis in October, 1865. Mr. Giggy then returned to his farm that he purchased in 1862, and worked as a stone mason in connection with farming. In 1872, he sold his farm, and in 1873, purchased the old homestead, where he now lives. Mr. and Mrs. Giggy have a family of nine children - Ellen J. (now Mrs. Rowen), John H., Anna B., Enna R., Agnes, George F., Fred C., William M. and an infant unnamed.

Source: "1882 History LaGrange County, Indiana" by F.A.Battey & Co., - Clay Township



JAMES GREEN is a native of the city of New York, and went to Columbiana County, Ohio, in about 1833, where he was married, May 28, 1842, to Miss Ann Brown, a native of Loudoun County, Va. In 1848 or 1849, he came to Clay Township, and bought 120 acres of timbered land, which he afterward cleared. The log cabin which he occupied when he first came to the county is still standing. In 1851, he built the first stean saw-mill in the township. This was burned in 1866, and rebuilt that year on the same site, a circular saw being substituted for the muley saw in the other mill. During the first year after coming here, they sufered a great deal from chills and fever, in getting acclimated, and experienced the other trials during the early history of the county. Of a family of nine children, one three are living, viz., Lucinda J., now Mrs. Cherry; Mary W., now Mrs. Doney; and Icey V. Mr. Green owns 200 acres of land, and is a man of sterling abilities, and a first-class farmer in all respects.

Source: "1882 History LaGrange County, Indiana" by F.A.Battey & Co., - Clay Township



GEORGE W. HOFF was born in Johnson Township, this county, March 3, 1849. In 1873, he purchased the farm in this township where he is now living. Mr. Hoff has taught ten terms of school in this county, teaching his first term in Greenfield Township, in 1868. He was married to Miss Anna C. Lampman in 1876. They have a family of two children - Nellie R. adn Festus E. Mr. Hoff is a member of the Methodist Church, and, in 1874, he was appointed to the distinction of Deputy Appraiser.

Source: "1882 History LaGrange County, Indiana" by F.A.Battey & Co., - Clay Township



JONAS KAUFFMAN owns a farm of 140 acres in Clay, that he purchased in 1864, after selling a 200-acre farm in the same township, where he had lived in a little log cabin ten years. Previous to making his first purchase here, in 1854, Mr. Kauffman, in company with three others, was operating a saw-mill, built by them in Newbury Township, this county. Mr. Kauffamn is the son of Stephan and Martha (Miller) Kauffman, who immigrated to Indiana in 1844, and cleared forty acres of land in Elkhart County. Here Mrs. Kauffman died in 1854, and her husband four years later. Both were natives of Pennsylvnia. They had a family of four girls and four boys. Jonas Kauffman married Mary J. Schermerhorn March 28, 1851. She is a native of Stark County and her husband of Holmes County, Ohio. he was born August 10, 1826. They have eight children - Julia A., Mary M. (now Mrs. Sheldon Robbins), Laura A., Sarah A., Ada I., Chancey M., Gusta J. and Luther J. Mrs. Kauffman's father, Michael Schermerhorn, was born in Germany, and his wife, Elizabeth (McKibben), in Ireland. Mr. Kauffman worked at the carpenter's trade from the time he was eighteen years old until 1850. He is a member of the German Baptist Church.

Source: "1882 History LaGrange County, Indiana" by F.A.Battey & Co., - Clay Township



EDWARD M. KEASEY is a native of Fairfield County, Ohio, and the son of Christian and Elizabeth (Rhodes) Keasey, the former a native of Maine, the latter of Maryland. They were married in Fairfield County, Ohio, and were parents of nine children. In the fal of 1841, they made preparations to start for Indiana, but on the eve of their departure Christian Keasey was stricken with an attack of pleurisy, and lived but two weeks. About three months afterward, his widow came to Newbury Township, this county, with her family, and bought eighty acres of land, where they built a log cabin and commenced clearing. Ten years later, Mrs. Keasey sold this place and bought a farm in this township, where she lived ten years,then removed to Lima Township with her son Ezra, who cared for her until her death, November 14, 1872, and inherited her property. Christian Keasey and wife were members of the Presbyterian Church in Ohio, but, after coming to Indiana, she united with the M.P. Church. In 1855, Edward M. Keasey bought eighty acres of unimproved land in this township; sold same ten years later and purchased another eighty; then sold again and went to Iowa, prospecting, but soon returned to this county and bought a seventy-acre farm in Lima Township. In the spring of 1866, he disposed of that and returned to Clay Township where he has remained. November 2, 1855, the subject was united in matrimony to Miss Lucinda A. Merrifield, one of eight children in the family of Louis and Mary (Kyes) Merrifield, of New York. Mrs. Keasey was born in Huron County, Ohio, February 24, 1838. Mr. and Mrs. Keasey are members of the M.P. Church and have a family of six, viz., Orpha H. (now Mrs. Preston), Lillie M. (now Mrs. Yergin), Carrie L. (now Mrs. Davis), Nellie I. and Mary B.

Source: "1882 History LaGrange County, Indiana" by F.A.Battey & Co., - Clay Township



GEORGE KENNEDY is a son of Barnett and Mary (Stouffer) Kennedy, natives of Pennsylvania, and accompanied them to Wood County, Ohio, when fifteen years of age. George Kennedy, in 1849, went to Lenawee County, Mich., where he worked on the Michigan Southern Railroad until he went to Jonesville, Hillsdale County, Mich., and there had a position as baggage and warehouse master. In September, 1854, Mr. Kennedy severed his connection with Jonesville,and the following six years was engaged in farming in Lenawee County, but rented his farm in 1860 and returned to Wood County, Ohio, to assist in caring for his aged parents. In 1869, Mr. Kennedy came to the town of La Grange and bought property - having disposed of his farm in Michigan. Since 1874, has lived on his farm in this township. His iwfe was Armenia Mason, native of Cattaraugus County, N.Y., born May 24, 1833. He was born in Cumberland County, Penn., November 16, 1821. They were united in marriage September 4, 1853, and have had eight children - James M., William P., Frances L., Emma J., Charles H. (died July 23, 1863), Irwin G., John E. and Bertha W. Mrs. Kennedy's father was Seneca Mason, native of Massachusetts, born January 22, 1797; her mother, Betsey (Dukes) Mason, was born December 24, 1802, near Rochester, N.Y. They were parents of eleven children. Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy belong to the Methodist Church.

Source: "1882 History LaGrange County, Indiana" by F.A.Battey & Co., - Clay Township



JAMES KENNEDY, son of Barnett and Mary (Stouffer) Kennedy, moved with them to Wood County, Ohio, in April, 1836, and when about twenty-four years of age, learned the carpenter's trade at Maumee City, Lucas County, Ohio. He came to this county in 1847, landing in Bloomfield Township on the 1st of December, having walked the entire distance from Wood County, Ohio. In the spring of 1851, he bought a town lot in La Grange, at that time a village of about twelve houses, and the land was uncleared. He here erected the first balloon frame built in the county, that he sold when he removed to the farm in 1856, where he now lives. This farm was will to Mrs. Kennedy and her children by an uncle of the subject. Mrs. Kennedy's parents, Nicholas and Margaret (Clark) Allman, were natives of Virginia; her father was a Methodist minister. She married Mr. Kennedy December 25, 1850; they have four children - Helen S., Charles E., Henry H. nd Louisa J. Mrs. Kennedy formerly belonged to the Methodist Church, and Mr. Kennedy to the Presbyterian. The latter served as Justice of the Peace eight years, and has been a member of the Masonic fraternity since 1855; he followed carpentering until about a year ago. His father was born at Warm Springs, Perry Co., Penn., March 3, 1796; died December 2, 1866; hs mother was born December 8, 1797, near Sulphur Springs, Cumberland County, Penn., and died February 22, 1863; they were early pioneers of Wood County, Ohio.

Source: "1882 History LaGrange County, Indiana" by F.A.Battey & Co., - Clay Township



MICHAEL B. and JOHN W. KIME were born in Marion County, Ohio, the former March 13, 1830, and the latter April 24, 1845. Their parents, Benjamin H. and Mary E. (Baughman) Kime, natives respectively of Virginia and Pennsylvania, came to this county in 1846, having traded land in Wood County, Ohio, for eighty acres of land in this township, where he built a double log house, and spent the remainder of his life. His death occurred May 13, 1863, and three days later he was followed to the grave by his faithful wife and companion. Michael B. Kime has made his home in this county since coming here with his parents in 1846, and is now living with his brother John W. He is the oldest and most experienced hunter inthe county; in the fall of 1851, he killed forty-six deer, two wolves, and a large number of turkeys, and for a number of years has made annual hunting expeditions to Michigan and Iowa. John W. Kime went to Iowa in 1855, returning to this county in 1862. He was married to Frances M. Donaphan, the 15th of March, 1864. She was born in March, 1846, in this county, and was one of twelve children in the family of John and Nancy Donaphan, of Ohio. She died August 29, 1873, having borne Mr. Kime five children, two of whom are living, Thomas J. and John W. He was married again in 1873, December 17, to Laura Donaphan, a native of this county, and she died June 26, 1879. They had three children, one now living, Frances M. In politics, both Michael and John Kime are Democrats.

Source: "1882 History LaGrange County, Indiana" by F.A.Battey & Co., - Clay Township



HENRY KLINE was born near Strasbourg, Lorraine, France, May 8, 1813, and is the son of George and Sarah (Reed) Kline, natives of France. The subject came to America in 1838, and worked five years in Utica, N.Y., for $10 per month. In 1843, he went to Stark County, Ohio, and worked one year in a stone quarry at Massillon, then moved to Carroll County, Ohio, where he was employed five years in a grist-mill. In 1850, Mr. Kline returned to Stark County, and remained about six months,then for a period of two years worked in a grist-mill at Wooster, in Wayne County, Ohio. Finally, in 1853, he came to this township and bought forty acres of wooded land, moved into a plank shanty, and began the laborious task of clearing land. Mr. Kline has now a snug little farm, well improved, of 110 acres. He was married January 2, 1842, to Miss Virginia White. Six children have been born to them - Henry, deceased June 14, 1878; Margaret, deceased September 13, 1876; Louisa, now Mrs. Blough; Caroline; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Beatty, and Maria.

Source: "1882 History LaGrange County, Indiana" by F.A.Battey & Co., - Clay Township



EPHRAIM LATTA is a native of Richland County, Ohio, and son of Silas and Sarah (Franks) Latta, of Pennsylvania and Virginia, respectively. Silas Latta, after coming to this township, lived six years on a rented farm. He served as Trustee and Justice of the Peace. After the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, he became a Republican; previous to that he had been a Democrat. He belonged to the M.P. Church, and died at his home, March 2, 1860, owning at that time 160 acres of partially improved land, a part of which is now owned by his widow, Sarah Latta. She is also a member of the M.P. Church and bore her husband eight children. Ephraim Latta enliste August 12, 1863, and served with his regiment, Seventh Indiana Volunteer Cavalry, Company H, until they were mustered out, at Austin, Texas, February 18, 1886. He was married to Miss Jane A. Gammill March 26, 1868. Her parents, William A. and Sarah A. (Stuckman) Gammill, were both natives of Pennsylvania. They had four children. In 1851, Mr. Gammill went to California, overland, with a company of sixty persons, and died there September 27, 1853. Mrs. Sarah Gammill came to Indiana in 1856, where her death occurred in 1860. Mr. and Mrs. Latta are members of the M.P. Church, and have had six children - Silas W., Lou S., John F., George A., Mary P., and Freddie, who died December 25, 1881.

Source: "1882 History LaGrange County, Indiana" by F.A.Battey & Co., - Clay Township



ALONZO MC NUTT is a native of Van Buren, Onondaga Co., N.Y., where he was born December 22, 1823, and when about fifteen years old, went with his parents, Ira and Harriet (Nelson) McNutt, to Detroit, Mich., where his father worked at the cooper's trade. In 1838, Alonzo McNutt was engaged as cabin-boy on the brig "Illinois", and the following five years was in the employ of the American Fur Company, sailing on Lakes Erie and Superior, on the brig "Ramsey". He steadily advanced from cabin-boy to able seaman, pilot, and master of a vessel. In 1844 or 1845, he piloted the "Julia Palmer", the first side-wheel steamer ever launched on Lake Superior. From 1855 to 1859, he was master of the following vessels: the propellors "Dart," "Old Concord," and "Mohawk". In 1859, Mr. McNutt quit the lakes, came to the township, and bought the farm where he now lives. He was married January , 1850, in Detroit, Mich., to Mary A. Fitzmorris, who was born in Clemmell, Ireland, April 25, 1832. They have no children. Mr. McNutt is quite prominent in his township as a leader among the Republicans. He has been a member of the I.O.O.F. Lodge for the past eight years.

Source: "1882 History LaGrange County, Indiana" by F.A.Battey & Co., - Clay Township



JONATHAN MILLER, M.D., is a native of Lawrence County, Penn., where he was born August 14, 1856. His parents, Jacob and Catherine (Lantz) Miller, were both natives of Pennsylvania, the former born in Lancaster County in 1814, and the latter in Juniata County in 1819. They had a family of ten, seven boys and three girls, and moved to Noble County, Ind., in 1861, where Joseph Miller bought a farm of 80 acres in Elkhart Township; he died on the 30th of April, 1870, and his wife March 24, 1874. Jonathan Miller's earliest recollections are associated with farm life. At the age of eighteen he entered the scientific and commerical course in the Northern Indiana Normal School and Business Institute, from which he graduated with the class of 1878. After this he taught school several terms, while reading medicine with Dr. J.F. Gard, of Ligonier. In 1881, Dr. Miller graduated from the Bennett Medical College, at Chicago, and engaged in the practice of his profession at Enna, where he is meeting with excellent success.

Source: "1882 History LaGrange County, Indiana" by F.A.Battey & Co., - Clay Township



SAMUEL OLMSTEAD is a native of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and came to this county November 15, 1865, settling in Bloomfield Township, where he lived until October, 1875, when he removed with his family to Clay Township, where he now resides. During the ten years of his residence in Bloomfield Township, he was occupied in running an old-fashioned water-power saw-mill, and put in more hours per day during four months of the year than any other man in the township. He was married to Miss Mary Showalter, November 30, 1865, and has two children - Forest Foster and Allie Alma, aged respectively seven years and eight months. Mr. Olmstead owns a fine farm, consisting of eighty acres of enriched land. Mr. Olmstead is now fulfilling his duties as Township Trustee, to which office he was elected April 5, 1880.

Source: "1882 History LaGrange County, Indiana" by F.A.Battey & Co., - Clay Township



CHRISTIAN PLANK is a native of Mifflin County, Penn., and was born August 27, 1825. His parents were Christian and Rebecca (Lapp) Plank, both natives of Pennsylvania, the former born in 1792 and the latter in 1794. Christian Plank, Sr., when on his way from Berks County, Penn., to Mifflin County, stopped at a hotel, where he was supposed to have been murdered. In 1837, the subject, with his mother, moved to Union County, Penn., he was married, January 17, 1850, to Mary A. Reish. He returned to Mifflin County in 1853, and in 1854 moved to Logan County, Ohio; the following year, came to Elkhart County, Ind., and moved to Newbury Township, this county, the same year. While there, operated a rented saw-mill, and was one of the three Township Trustees. He moved to Eden Township in 1857, rented a saw-mill and remained two years; then went to St. Joseph County, Mich., returning to Noble County in 8161, where he bought and erected a circular saw-mill, which he moved to Clearspring Township in 1862. In 1865, he was burned out, sustaining a loss of over $4,000, but rebuilt the same year. In 1866, he moved his mill to this township, where he had purchased twenty acres of land, and has since operated it, having added a handle factory and planing-mill. His mother made her home with him until about four years ago, when she went to live with his brother. Mr. Plank has a family of nine children - Elmira, now Mrs. Bingham; Lydia C., now Mrs. Lehmer; Michael S.; Susan R., now Mrs. Plank; Erie M., now Mrs. Harshberger; Daniel R., deceased at age of seven; John E., Ada L. and George W.A. Mr. Plank was a member of the I.O.O.F., when in Pennsylvania, and although formerly a Republican, is now a Greenbacker. Mr. Plank owns an old wall clock that has been in the family seventy-seven years, and is prized as an heirloom.

Source: "1882 History LaGrange County, Indiana" by F.A.Battey & Co., - Clay Township



WILLIAM A. POYNTER was born in Ohio, July 30, 1836. His parents, Alexander W. and Nancy (Whitley) Poynter, left Ohio for this county when William was but three weeks old. They made the journey overland, and reached Newbury Township in November, locating in Section 13, where Mr. Poynter had previously entered 160 acres of land. He was assisted in clearing by John Draper, a colore boy, who accompanied them to this State, and is now residing in Lima. Mr. Poynter served as Justice of the Peace of his township eight or ten years; he learned surveying in Delaware, his native State, which he followed to some extent in this State. He died in June, 1855, and after the homestead farm was sole in 1864, Mrs. Nancy Poynter redided with her children until her death, in March, 1873, at the home of her daughter, Mary Schermerhorn. On the 6th of December, 1860, William Poynter and Elizabeth Schmerhorn were united in marriage. They have had five children, three of whom are living - Kiry S., Marion D. and Nancy A. Mr. Poynter farmed the old homestead until 1864, and afterward farmed on shares for others until he invested in his eighty acre farm in this township, in 1868. Mr. and Mrs. Poynter belong to the German Baptist Church. She is a native of Stark County, Ohio, where her birth occurred September 19, 1839. Her parents were Michael and Elizabeth (McKibben) Schermerhorn, of Ohio and Ireland, respectively. They had a family of twelve children.

Source: "1882 History LaGrange County, Indiana" by F.A.Battey & Co., - Clay Township



AARON SCHERMERHORN was born in Onondaga County, N.Y., January 2, 1830. Ernestus and Ann (Johnson) Schermerhorn were both natives of New York. Mr. Schermerhorn, Sr., worked in the salt works near Syracuse, N.Y., for twelve years. He came to this township in the fall of 1836, where he had entered 200 acres of land the preceding June, but until spring of 1838 rented a farm in Lima Township; then moved on his farm and commenced clearing it, but sold it in 1838, and purchased property in Clearspring Township, where he lived until his death, which occurred in February 1876. Aaron Schermerhorn bought 100 acres of land in Clearspring Township, between 1853 and 1855, made some improvements and resided there until he sold it in April, 1866, and purchased 100 acres of the land entered by his father in 1836, in this township, upon which he now lives. Mr. Schermerhorn was married to Miss Maria Wetzel May 19, 1861. They have three children - George W., aged eighteen years; Frank A., thirteen years, and Bertha A., six years. Mr. Schermerhorn was active among the Regulators between the years of 1857 and 1859. His farm is well improved and ably managed.

Source: "1882 History LaGrange County, Indiana" by F.A.Battey & Co., - Clay Township



MRS. MARY SCHERMERHORN is the daughter of Alexander W. and Nancy (Wheatley) PAinter; was born in Delaware April 10, 1832. Her parents were natives of the same State, and had a family of ten children. They came to Newbury Township, this county, in 1834, where Mr. Painter entered 140 acres of land, and built a rude cabin. They had only two neighbors within a distance of five miles. With the aid of his boys, Mr. Painter had his land cleared and well improved at the time of his death, June 9, 1854. Mrs. Painter then lived with her daughter Mary until she died, April 18, 1873. The subject was married to Michael Schermerhorn June 25, 1854. He was born August 4, 1832, in Stark County, Ohio, and came to Newbury Township, this county, with his parents, Michael and Elizabeth (McKibben) Schermerhorn, natives of Germany and Ireland respectively, in 1845. In the spring of 1855, Mr. Schermerhorn, Jr., bought 80 acres of land in Newbury Township; this he sold in 1864, and bought land in this township, where Mrs. Schermerhorn is now living. He departed this life on the 28th of May, 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Schermerhorn were both members of the Lutheran Church, and were parents of eleven children - Nancy J. (now Mrs. Tigert), Edgar, Harriet S., Leander, Mary E., Eunice I., Michael F., William J., Sarah A., Nettie B. and Levi.

Source: "1882 History LaGrange County, Indiana" by F.A.Battey & Co., - Clay Township



Z.L. SCIDMORE, born in Steuben County, N.Y., September 17, 1814, came to this county in May, 1837. He was preceeded by his father, Solomon Scidmore, a native of Saratoga County, N.Y., who entered 160 arces of land in Bloomfield Township in December, 1835. His mother was Ruhannah (Bowles) Scidmore born in Washington County, Md. After coming to Indiana, Z.L. Scidmore worked at breaking land for $20 to $26 per month, and bought 40 acres of land in Noble County. In January, 1841, bought the land entered by his father in Bloomfield Township, where he lived until 1855, when he came to La Grange, having been elected COunty Sheriff in August, 1854, by the Free-Soil and Democratic parties. Mr. Scidmore was one of the first Free-Soilers in the county, and was the candidate of that party for Sheriff in 1844, receiving only fourteen votes. In 1857, he returned to Bloomfield Township, where he bought 240 acres of land, subsequently increasing it to 375 acres. In January, 1875, he bought the farm of 125 acres in Section 24, situated just outside the city limits of La Grange, where he now is living. Mr. Scidmore visited Colorado in 1872 for his health, and while ther bought a coal mine near Canon City. Mr. Scidmore was married April 28, 1853, to Miss Naoma Talmage, born in Tioga County, N.Y., in 1830, and when ten years old came with her parents to Springfield Township, this county. Mr. and Mrs. Scidmore had six children, viz., Mary R., died October 29, 1880; Julia S., died April 7, 1865; George W., died September 21, 1874; and Albert H., Maranda L. and Alice H., living. In 1857-58, Mr. Scidmore joined in the movements of the Regulators.

Source: "1882 History LaGrange County, Indiana" by F.A.Battey & Co., - Clay Township



WILLIAM J. SLACK, of the same nativity as his parents - Northumberland County, Penn. - was born November 4, 1845. His mother was Anna F. (Sawyer) Slack; his father, Isaac Slack, in 1851, moved to Ohio and remained six months each in Marion and Morrow Counties. The next year he came to Van Buren Township, this county, and in 1854 bought a farm in this township, where he is yet a resident. In 1864, William J. Slack was in a hardware store at Lima in the employ of William Cathcart. After a siege of sickness, he taught school during the winter, sold books in the summer, and taught again the ensuing winter for $25 per month. In 1867, he farmed for his father on shares, and October 15 of that year was married to Miss Lucy P. Preston, daughter of John and Philena (Waldo) Preston; the former a native of Beaver County, Penn., born November 19, 1807; the latter of Ohio, born in 1818. From February, 1868, to April, 1869, Mr. Slack clerke inthe grocery of J.C. Brownell, of La Grange; in 1868, bought town lots and built a house in 1869. In the spring of 1870, he resumed his clerkship for Brownell, retaining it until October 10, 1871, when he became an employee of S. Rose & Co., dry goods merchants. From January 1. 1872, to October, 877, he was variously employed as salesman, solicitor for the Register, book agent, carpenter and insurance agent. In 1876, Mr. Slack bought 40 of his 85 acres of land in this township, to which he moved in October, 1877, and is succeeding as a farmer. Mrs. Slack has borne her husband four children - Charles W., Gracie M., Harry C. and Newton W. She was born October 27, 1848, in Aurora, Portage County, Ohio. In religious matters, Mr. and Mrs. Slack are non-sectarian, believing rather in the practice than the profession of Christainity.

Source: "1882 History LaGrange County, Indiana" by F.A.Battey & Co., - Clay Township



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