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Chester P. Hodge, the second son of Rev. James Hodge and Keturah (Ransom), his wife, was born Dec. 16, 1834, in Leroysville, Bradford, Co., Pa. Many of his ancestors on both sides were old settlers of Orange County, N.Y. Among them were the Coleman, Moffatts, Lamoreux, Tuttles and Davenports. In an old history of Orange County lists are given of those who held any office between 1760 and '65, and of those who in June, 1775, signed the pledge to support the Colonial Congress. Among these are the names to three of Mr. Hodge's great-grandfathers---Isaac Hodge, Thomas Lamoreux and Jeremiah Coleman. The fourth, Capt. Samuel Ransom, of the Continental Army, fell at the head of his company, July 3, 1778, one of the victims of the massacre of Wyoming. On the monument erected to commemorate the massacre his name heads the list. His son, George Palmer, grandfather of Mr. C.P. Hodge, who had enlisted in his father's company two years before, when fourteen years old, helped to bury the dead, among whom was his own father. He afterward served in the army until peace was declared. He married for this second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Lamoreux and Keturah (Tuttle) his wife. March 25, 1830, the Rev. James Hodge, youngest son of William and Sarah (Coleman) Hodge, married a second wife Keturah Ransom. He had a good mind, unusual refinement and an excellent command to all the holy Gospel in which he believed, which he preached from the pulpit and whose principles were his constant guide. Those who knew him chiefly in the pulpit remembered always the wonderful sweetness of his voice in singing and his "gift in prayer." His wife was a fitting helpmate for her husband; a woman of great force of character and unusually capable in affairs. To them were born four children, of whom Chester P. was the second. He showed no unusual inclination to study until when in his fifteenth year he began algebra. His enthusiasm in the solution of problems was very great, and gave and impetus to his mind in the prosecution of his other studies. He prepared for college at Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pa., but taught much before entering Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in the spring of 1860. His standing in his classes was always high, and he paid much attention to work in the laboratory. He was graduated in June, 1862, and received in course the degrees of A.B. and A.M. On the 13th of the following August he enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-first Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, but was discharged on the 29th of December, 1862, on account of disabilities existing before enlistment. He returned to a home made desolate by the dearth of his beloved mother, who "fell asleep" Nov. 21, 1862, aged sixty-one years, in full hope of joyful resurrection. April 14, 1863, at 9:30 A.M., in the Methodist Episcopal church at Auburn, Ind., by the Rev. Randal Faurot, Chester P. Hodge was married to Julia E., only daughter of Hon. E. B. Mott. With his wife he returned to Leroysville, Bedford Co., Pa., where his father and sister lived in the old home. From that home his revered father went to rest Nov. 5, 1863, at the age of sixty-eight years. The following spring Mr. Hodge removed to Auburn, Ind. He made thorough preparation for work at the bar, and was admitted to practice, but he enjoyed more the class-room and blackboard, and in 1868, having been elected acting President of the Fort Wayne College, which was then in a state of collapse, he took charge of it, and under the stimulating effect of his judicious management and thorough work, it revived and began a more prosperous era. At the close of the academic year Mr. Hodge was offered the Presidency of the college, but declined as he preferred to teach mathematics. At the conclusion of the second year, the institution having passed into private hands, Mr. Hodge left Fort Wayne College and engaged in public school work. No State certificates were given in Indiana until 1872. Mr. Hodge was one of the first class examined and received a first grade certificate, unlimited as to time, which entitles him to teach in any school in the State without further examination. Mr. Hodge has been a Superintendent of schools during most of the last fifteen years. There was one interval of three years during most of which he was part owner and business manager of the Warsaw Indianian. His long experience in teaching enabled him to make the educational department of more than usual interest. In November, 1882, in consequence of the death of Mrs. Hodge’s oldest brother, E. B. Mott, Jr., Mr. Hodge removed his family to De Kalb County, and they now live on Green Hurst farm, a place which afforded Judge Mott much pleasure and amusement during his later years. It lies about a mile north of the court-house on the Waterloo road. Mr. Hodge has always been a strong Republican, but his moderation of speech and his consideration for the opinions of others have prevented political enmities, and he has reckoned among his staunchest friends many who are diametrically opposed to him in politics. He is a close reasoner, accurate and logical, a man honest in purpose and deed. This sketch of him was gathered from the facts of his life without his knowledge, and judging from his habitual reserve would have been withheld had he known that it was contemplated. He is a member of the Protestant Episcopal church. Mr. and Mrs. Hodge have been the parents of nine children, most of whom are not, for God took them in their early infancy. Egbert Mott, born Nov. 24, 1867; Julia Mott, Nov. 12, 1869, and Chester James, Jan. 21, 1872, alone remain to them. Perhaps the sorest grief, which over came to Mr. Hodge or his family, was the death on the fourth Sunday in Advent, Dec. 21, 1884, of his youngest child, and dearly beloved daughter, Teresa Morris, who was named for a noble woman, Mrs. Judge Morris, of Fort Wayne. She was almost five years old, a child of unusual promise in person, mind and character. Long dark lashes shaded eyes of the deepest blue, which looked out from a bright, sweet face upon a world in which she found much happiness and made it for others. Most loving, most truthful, most conscientious, she was a perpetual joy, and increasing delight to those who loved her. Her father was away from home when she was taken ill, and almost her first thought was for him. "Don't tell papa I have diphtheria, he will be so sorry," she begged. During her illness of ten days she showed courage, patience, unfailing trust and meek submission, while through all shone the unfailing sweetness of her mature. "I do not think I suffer so much, mamma; I do not believe you will have to lose me," she said a few hours before the end came. As the eventide fell fast, she said to her father who watched by her bed: "Please, light a lamp, papa." He went to do so, and when he brought it she was gone-so swift the transition-to the arms of everlasting Love. Her's was a short life, but rounded and pure, and made perfect through suffering.

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John Hollinger, deceased, was a native of Huntingdon County, Pa., born Sept. 16, 1812. He received a common-school education, and was reared a farmer, a vocation he always followed. In 1816 his parents moved to Stark County, Ohio, and there he grew to manhood and married, March 26, 1835, Elizabeth Borgner, and to them were born eight children, six of whom are living---George, Jacob, Mary, Isaac, Samuel and Daniel. John and Sarah are deceased. In 1846 they moved to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled in Stafford Township where the father died Oct. 7, 1883. The farm is now carried on by Samuel and Daniel, enterprising and industrious young men It contains 140 acres of choice land, and the residence and farm buildings are large an commodious. Mr. Hollinger united with the Evangelical Reformed church Oct. 13, 1832, but after coming to De Kalb County he and his wife united with the Lutheran church.

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Sherman Hollister, restaurateur, confectioner and baker, Auburn, Ind., was born near Huron, Erie Co., Ohio, Jan. 25, 1834, where he was reared a farmer, and lived with his parents, Ashley and Cecilia (Pattee) Hollister. After reaching maturity he took charge of the farm and cared for his parents till their death. He left the homestead in the summer of 1876, and came to, Auburn, Ind., and the same year built his business house, a brick structure on Main, between Seventh and Eighth streets, and opened his restaurant and bakery where he has built up a good trade. Mr. Hollister was married Dec. 21, 1859, to Miss Velona Benedict, of Fort Wayne, Ind. They have one daughter---Sarah E., now the wife of Prof. R.W. Cobb, professor to penmanship in the Campaign, (Ill.) Industrial College. While residing in Huron Mr. Hollister served as Assessor of his township five terms and as Trustee two terms. He is a Master, Royal Arch and Council Mason, and is a member of Marks Lodge, No. 359, Huron, of which he was Worshipful Master ten years. He is a demitted member of the Chapter at Milan, Ohio, and of the council at Sandusky, Ohio. Mr. Hollister is of a warm, genial nature, and has a host of friends, both old and young, who delight to congregate at Sherm’s as he is familiarly called.

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Leonard Hoodelmere was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, May 23, 1813. When sixteen years of age he accompanied his parents to the United States, and after forty-three days' voyage landed at Baltimore, Md., where they hired a team and went to Pittsburg, Pa., where our subject remained eighteen months and learned the weaver’s trade. His parents proceeded to Stark County, Ohio, and bought land, and after completing his trade he followed them. In 1842 the family moved to De Kalb County, Ind., and located first on what is now John Pyle's farm. Subsequently moved to Auburn, and in 1844 returned to Ohio and worked for one man in Carroll County ten years. He then moved to Fort Wayne, and five years later returned to De Kalb County, and settled on what is now the West farm. In 1861 he enlisted in Company K, Forty-fourth Indiana Infantry and served ten months, when he was discharged on account of ill health. In April, 1864, he again enlisted and was assigned to his old regiment, and served till the close of the war. He participated in many severe battles, and was wounded in the wrist. After the war he returned to De Kalb County, and in 1867 settled on the farm where he now lives. He owns forty acres of fine land, and his buildings are all in good repair, and are comfortable and commodious. Mr. Hoodelmere was married in 1839, to Phillipiana Napp. To them have been born five children---Evaline, Maria, George, Harriet, and Christina.

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Andrew Horn is a native of Adams County, Pa., born Aug. 11, 1814, a son of George and Louisa (Cramer) Horn, natives of Pennsylvania, the former of Adams County and the latter of York County, of German parentage. He was reared on a farm, residing with his parents till manhood. He was married Feb. 15, 1838, to Sydney Pilkington, daughter of Joseph and James (Gettys) Pilkington. After his marriage he settled on the old homestead, where he lived a year and a half, and in September, 1839, he and his father moved to Richland County, Ohio, where he lived thirteen years. In 1848 he came to De Kalb County and bought eighty acres of land in Newville Township, and four years later moved his family to this county. He sold his land in Newville Township and bought eighty acres of land in Concord Township, which is his present home. Sixty-five acres of his land are under cultivation. His father died in the spring of 1862, aged seventy-three years, and his mother in 1864, aged seventy-one years. To Mr. and Mrs. Horn have been born six children---Israel, Mary J. (wife of George Lake, of Allen County), John M., Caroline (deceased), Edwin and Lorena. Their sons were all soldiers in the war of the Rebellion. In politics Mr. Horn is a Republican. He and his wife are member of the Lutheran church.

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Isaac N. Hornberger is a native of Berks County, Pa., born Feb. 25, 1824, a son of John and Leah (Remp) Hornberger, natives of Pennsylvania, of German descent. When he was ten years of age his parents moved to Stark County, Ohio, where he lived with them till his majority. He was married Dec. 25, 1848, to Lucinda Lehman, daughter of David and Nancy (Zent) Lehman. He lived in Ohio two years after his marriage, and then moved to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled on the land which is his present farm containing 160 acres, about fifteen of which were partially improved. He now has it all under cultivation, and has a pleasant residence and good farm buildings. Mr. Hornberger is purely a self-make man, having acquired his property by hard work and economical habits. He is in politics a Republican. Though not an aspirant for official honors he has served his township two years as Constable. To him and his wife have been born seven children---Nancy C., wife of Francis Koeht, of Union Township; Mary A., wife of Isaac Mann, of Wilmington; Belle E., wife of George Swinford, of Wilmington Township; John P., of Union Township, married Laura Weeks; Susannah M., wife of James Sherwood, of Union Township; Anna A. and Myrtle J.. Mrs. Hornberger died Nov. 30, 1881. She was as is also Mr. Hornberger, and active member of the United Brethren church.

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Isaac Hose, one of the most energetic young business men of Butler, was born in Wilmington Township, Dec. 12, 1856, a son of Solomon Hose, of Steuben County, Ind., but an early settler of Wilmington Township. He was reared a farmer, remaining with his parents till manhood. He received a good education in the common schools, and after reaching manhood began farming for himself. In the spring of 1882 he moved to Butler, and worked for the railroad for a time, and then engaged in the mercantile business for himself. He is enterprising and ambitious, and is doing a good business. Mr. Hose was married Sept. 8, 1880, to Julia A. Crooks, a daughter of William Crooks, a pioneer of Wilmington Township. Mr. Hose is a genial, social gentleman, philanthropic, and a liberal supporter of all benevolent enterprises.

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Solomon Hose, farmer, sections 23 and 24, Wilmington Township, was born in Summit County, Ohio, Jan. 1, 1849, a son of Solomon Hose, a native of Maryland, who settled in De Kalb County in 1856, and later moved to Steuben County, where he now lives. Mr. Hose was reared a farmer and has always devoted his attention to agriculture and stock-raising, at which he has been very successful. He now owns a fine farm of 107 acres, with a good residence and farm buildings, which he rents, boarding with his tenants. Mr. Hose enlisted in 1864 in the Eighty-eighth Indiana Infantry, Company H, and served till June, 1865, participating in all the engagements of the regiment after he joined it, among them, Kenesaw Mountain, Buzzard’s roost, Peach-Tree Creek, the Atlanta campaign, Bentonville, Savannah and Resaca. He was but fifteen years of age when he enlisted, but was brave and made a good soldier. He is a member of the Grand Army of Republic.

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Francis Houlton, deceased, was born in Highland County, Ohio, Feb. 3, 1807, a son of Samuel Houlton. He was reared in his native county, receiving a common-school education. In the spring of 1839 he came to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled on sections 5 and 8, Franklin Township. There were four acres cleared on section 5, and here he built a cabin and lived ten years, then moved across the line to section 8. He was a hard working, energetic man, and cleared seventy-five acres of his land himself. He was married in January, 1838, to Mrs. Evaline (Kellogg) Wood, widow of Abner Wood, by whom she had four children, but one of whom is living---John K. To Mr. and Mrs. Houlton were born four children; two daughters are living---Corrinna, wife of Isaac Lautzenheiser, of Edgerton, Ohio, and Mary J., widow of William Bratton. Mr. Houlton was murdered May 18, 1879, buy a neighbor boy, Lewis Abbott, who entered the house with the evident intention of murdering the entire family and plundering the house. Mrs. Houlton died Oct. 14, 1881. They were earnest, sincere Christians, Mr. Houlton a member of the United Brethren and Mrs. Houlton of the Methodist Episcopal church.

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John Houlton, deceased, the first settler of De Kalb County, Ind., was born in Highland County, Ohio, Sept. 21, 1804, a son of Samuel Houlton, a pioneer of Highland County, and a soldier in the war of 1812. He was reared in the wilds of Ohio, having Indian boys and wild animals for playmates. In 1827 he came to Williams County, Ohio, and worked for his brother Samuel in a saw-mill on Fish Creek, near its confluence with the St. Joseph River. They rafted the lumber down the river to the Fort Wayne market. He was married Feb. 5, 1833, to Sarah Fee, who was born May 12, 1812. The following September they moved to De Kalb County, and Sept. 4, raised the first house in the county. It was built of round logs, was one and a half stories high, and twenty feet square. It remained standing till 1860, when it was torn down, and the De Kalb County Pioneer society had a number of canes made from its logs, presenting a cane to each pioneer whose settlement dated prior to 1840. Mr. Houlton's wife died Jul 12, 1839, leaving three children---Samuel, born in Lima, Ind., Feb. 1, 1839, was a member of Company B., First Michigan Infantry, in the war of the Rebellion, and died in Libby prison; Margaret, born April 8, 1836, was the first female white child born in De Kalb County; Sarah, born July 1, 1839. All grew to maturity, and all are deceased. Margaret married William H. Slentz, and had three children, two of whom are living-Rinaldo Burnett and Nancy Rosette. Sarah married Norman Nichols, and had six children, five of whom are living---Orilla, William, Viola, Inez and Mary. Nov. 21, 1839, Mr. Houlton married Nancy Lewis, daughter of Samuel Lewis who settled in Williams County, Ohio, in April, 1834, and was the seventh settler on the St. Joseph River. Nine children were born to them, six of whom are living---William L., Rebecca, John, Mathew K., Lewis N., and Roger R. One daughter, Mary Ann, died Aug. 3, 1869. She was the wife of Jeremiah Gnagy, and left one child, John, now a student at Valparaiso Normal School. Rebecca married her brother-in-law Jeremiah Gnagy, and has four sons---Guy, George, Girt and Glen. John married Mary Getz, and has two children-Bert and Mary. Lewis married Rhoda Martin and has one son---Verna S. Roger married Amanda Mills, and has one son---Artemus L. Roger is leader of the Houlton Orchestra. Mr. Houlton died on the old homestead, June 2, 1875. He was a consistent Christian, and a member of the Disciples church. Mrs. Houlton has passed though many hardships and relates many peculiar and interesting accounts of the experiences of her early life. She was possessed of unusual courage and was often helpful in time of need, when it was necessary to have a strong hand and a brave heart. One instance of her undaunted will and courage may interest our readers, and especially the descendants of Mrs. Houlton: At one time when about eighteen years of age her father and brothers were away from home, an a man came to the house and asked if any one could take him across the St. Joseph river, then swollen even with the banks. She told him she would take him over if he would obey her orders. He wanted to place the horse above the canoe, but that was not her way and she refused to take him over. He finally came to her terms. She then placed the horse below the canoe, and told him to hold the bridle bit, while she rowed the canoe across the river. The man was forced to admit the soundness of her judgement, saying he never saw a girl of so much courage and good sense. At the time Mr. Houlton settled in De Kalb County, the Indians and wild animals roamed the forest at will. The only ting he ever hunted was squirrel; deer was safe from his gun, although there were many at that time. One Sunday a flock of thirty turkeys came into his orchard, just at the rear of the house, and although acting contrary to the wish of Mrs. Houlton his early Presbyterian training would not allow him to shoot one on the Sabbath. He set out the first orchard in De Kalb County, in the spring of 1834, obtaining the trees in Constantine, Mich.

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Mathew K. Houlton, farmer and stock-raiser, section 12, Franklin Township, was born on the old homestead on section 1, Oct. 4, 1851, a son of John and Nancy (Lewis) Houlton. He was reared and educated in his native township, and after reaching manhood, engaged in agricultural pursuits. He now owns forty-five acres of valuable land, with a good residence and farm buildings. He makes a specialty of stock-rising, having a good grade of cattle and hogs. Mr. Houlton was married in September, 1872, to Marietta Case, a native of Steuben County, Ind., born Sept. 25, 1855, a daughter of William L. Case. They have two children---Jink J. (named for the song, "Captain Jink's"), born June 20, 1873, and Rinaldo R., born Nov. 7, 1874. Mr. and Mrs. Houlton are among the representative young people of De Kalb County, and are enterprising and industrious, and have the prospect of a prosperous future.

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William L. Houlton, section 1, Franklin Township, is a son of John Houlton, the first settler of Franklin, and was born on the old homestead Nov. 13, 1842. He remained at home till after the braking out of the Rebellion, and enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Eighty-second Ohio Infantry. He was assigned to the engineer corps and never saw any active service. In 1866 Mr. Houlton bought a saw-mill, which he ran two years, and then sold it. In 1877 he bought a light portable mill and threshing machine, which he sold two years later, and in 1881 bought the saw-mill he now owns. He has run a threshing machine eight seasons, and in 1883 bought a new Massillon thresher. Mr. Houlton was married Sept. 19, 1863, to Mercy N., Haddix, daughter of Stephen K. Haddix, of Defiance, Ohio. She died in October, 1865, leaving one child---Alice, now Mrs. Lewis Shultz. Dec 19, 1867, Mr. Houlton married Mrs. Ruhama McCurdy, widow of T. J. McCurdy and daughter of William Knisely. They have had three children but two of whom are living---John M. and Nancy Maude. Mr. Houlton is a member of the Odd Fellows' order, lodge and encampment, and also the daughter of Rebecca, same order.

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Jared F. Housel was born in Farmington, Trumbull Co., Ohio, Sept. 6, 1836, a son of Absalom and Rhoda (Allen) Housel. When he was eleven years of age his parents moved to Wells County, Ind., where he grew to manhood. In 1857 he removed to De Kalb County, where he followed farming till after the breaking out of the Rebellion. Sept. 25, 1861, he enlisted in Company K, Forty-fourth Indiana Infantry, and the following December was sent to the front and assigned to the Army of the Tennessee. At the battle of Shiloh he was wounded in the right thigh, and lay in the hospital at Evansville, Ind., till Nov. 29, 1862, when he was discharged and returned home, After his recovery he resumed agricultural pursuits, and has since lived in Butler Township. He has been Postmaster of DeKalb since 1882, and has held several minor offices of trust in the township. In 1864 he was married to Drucilla C., daughter of Michael and Rebcca (Ott) Reever. They have one son, Elizie E. Mr. and Mrs. Housel are members of the United Brethren church. Politically, he is a Republican.

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John Hovarter, Sr., one of the most esteemed of the old pioneers, was born in Lebanon County, Pa., Nov. 3, 1809, a son of Christopher and Julia Ann (Cormack) Hovater, natives of Lancaster County, of German parentage. He was reared in his native county, and in his boyhood worked in the shop of his father, who was a blacksmith. When he was fifteen years old he was able to take the place of a journeyman, and worked for his father till his majority. He then went to Ohio, and for four years was in business for himself in Holmes County. Then was associated with a Mr. Oten in Dalton a year, and from that time on till 1850 lived in different places in Ohio, the last being Sugar Creek, where he bought a home and remained seven year. In 1850 he moved to De Kalb County, Ind., and bought eighty acres of wild land in Fairfield Township, which he has cleared, and now has a good farm. He has worked at his trade in addition to caring for his farm, and will long be remembered as the pioneer blacksmith of Fairfield Township. He has, by his many years of upright and honorable dealing, won the confidence and respect of all who know him. He was married Dec. 4, 1834, to Nancy, daughter of John and Betsey (Roop) Wyers. To them have been born thirteen children, nine of whom are living. They are members of the United Brethren church. In politics he is a Democrat.

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Jason Hubbell, deceased, was born in Kent, Litchfield Co., Conn., Nov. 15, 1792, a son of Ephraim Hubbell. When he was a boy his parents moved to Middlebury, Vt., and later to Newburg, Ohio. When sixteen years of age he went to live on the farm of his uncle, Samuel Eldred, and remained with him till twenty-one years of age. He subsequently bought a farm in Medina County, Ohio, where he became acquainted with Lydia M. Hosmer, to whom he was married April 13, 1823. In 1842 they moved to Franklin Township, De Kalb County, and bought a farm, on which they lived till 1859, when they moved to Butler. He was a liberal, whole-souled man, and his many deeds of kindness and benevolence were not duly appreciated while he was living, many of them being unknown, save to the parties interested. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity. He died June 27, 1874. His widow still lives in Butler, loved and esteemed by all who know her. They had a family of eleven children, seven of whom are living---William H., Mary J., Laura A., Orson J., Harris B., Alice L and Corintha. One daughter, Harriet F., died at the age of twenty-four years, leaving two children. She was the wife of William Welch, well know as a civil engineer for the Lake Shore Railroad, and now a stockman of Bozeman, M.T.

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H.H. Hull, M.D., was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, Feb. 4, 1815, a son of Henry and Christiana (Cox) Hull, natives of Virginia and Pennsylvania. He lived on his father’s farm till twenty-one years of age, receiving his education in the public schools of Knox County, Ohio. When nineteen years of age he began the study of medicine, and when twenty-one began his practice. In 1851 he moved to De Kalb County, Ind., and located at Newville where he has built up a large and lucrative practice. He was married April 24, 1856, to Melissa Rex, daughter of Joshua and Martha (Watson) Rex, natives of Vermont and New York. To them have been born six children, four of whom are living---Lorinda, C.O., Inez and T.M. Dr. Hull became a member of the Masonic fraternity in the fall of 1857, and is a member of William Hacker Lodge, No. 326, Newville.BR>

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Henry Hull, farmer and stock-raiser, Concord Township, was born in Knox County, Ohio, March 24, 1834, the eldest son of Hiram and Sarah (Sloan) Hull, native of Ohio, German of descent. He was reared by his grandfather, Henry Hull, living with him from his second till his twenty-sixth year. When he was fifteen years of age his grandfather moved to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled on a farm near Orangeville. He was reared to agricultural pursuits, and by close attention to business, and industrious and economical habits has acquired a large property. In 1855 he bought eighty acres of wild land, which he cleared, and to which he has added till he now has a fine farm of 188 acres, all well improved with good buildings. He was married Dec. 29, 1859, to Sarah A. Widney, daughter of Samuel Widney. To them have been born three children---Joseph A., Clarence H., and Delbert L. In his political affiliations Mr. Hull is a Democrat.

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Peleg Hull, farmer and stock-raiser, section 5, Stafford Township, was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, June 12, 1830, a son of Christopher Hull, a native of Allegany County, N.Y., who moved to Mercer County, Pa., in 1822, and thence to Trumbull County, Ohio, and in 1836 to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled in Wilmington Township where he died about 1844. Peleg is the sixth of a family of eleven children, five of whom are living---James, Hiram, Peleg, Benjamin F. and Phebe. James and Benjamin live in Kosciusko County, Ind., Hiram, in Muskegon County, Mich., and Phebe, in Martin County, Minn. Six brothers were in the war of the Rebellion, John was killed at Stone River; Amos was killed at Chickamauga; Benjamin F. was wounded and captured at Richmond, Ky., was paroled and subsequently sent to Johnson’s Island to guard rebel prisoners. Hiram served in the Twenty-first Michigan Infantry, and Peleg and Amos, in Company H, Thirtieth Indiana Infantry. Peleg participated in the battles of Shiloh, Hoover’s Gap. Chickamauga, Big Shanty, Kenesaw Mountain, Fall’s Church, siege at Atlanta, Franklin, Flint River, and other of less importance. Since his return from the war he has engaged in agricultural pursuits, and now owns a fine farm of sixty acres. He was married April 18, 1865, to Maria Wannamaker, daughter of Samuel Wannamaker. To them have been born four children, but two of whom are living---Anna and George. Mr. and Mrs. Hull and their daughter are members of the Disciples church.

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Lester C. Hunt, engineer, in the employ of the Wabash Railway, at Butler, Ind., was born in Huntsville, Litchfield Co., Conn., Feb. 4, 1848, a son of Chauncey Hunt, a native of the same county. In 1855 his parents moved to Bristol, Ill., and there he was reared and educated in the common schools. In 1865 he returned to Connecticut and began to work on the Housatonic Railway at Bridgeport, remaining there nineteen years. He began on the road as brakeman, and from that was advanced to baggage-master, fireman, station agent, conductor and engineer. In 1881 he came to Butler, Ind., and entered the employ of the Wabash Railroad, a position he has since occupied. Mr. Hunt was married Jan. 18, 1882, to Amarett Crosley, a daughter of Thomas Crosley. They have two children---Rutheda and Jennie. Mr. Hunt is a member of the Brotherhood of Engineers.

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Theodore Hunt, section 2, Franklin Township, was born in Seneca County, Ohio, May 20, 1826, a son of Obediah Hunt, a pioneer of Seneca County, from Genesee County, N.Y. He was reared and educated in his native county, and in his youth learned the mason’s trade which he followed forty years. He came to De Kalb County, Ind., in the fall of 1877 and bought 130 acres of land where he has since lived. In addition to carrying on his farm, he is engaged in making concrete tiling and sewer-pipes, and also laying down concrete sidewalks. He is a fine workman, and has made a success of his business. He enlisted in the war of the Rebellion, in Company G, Fifty-fifth Ohio Infantry, and participated in the battles of Cedar Mountain, White Sulphur Springs, second Bull Run and many others. He went out as Corporal and returned Second Lieutenant of his company. Mr. Hunt was married March 4, 1847, Harriet, daughter if Ebenezer Boughton. Of their eight children, six are living---Hoyt B., Emma, Theodore, Hattie, Ebenezer and Jennie. Ellen and Mary are deceased. Mary was the wife of Edward Hinkle. Hoyt B. is a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, and lives in St. Joseph County, Mich. He married Ida Rockwood. Emma is the wife of John Hinkle, of this township, and has four children---Olive, Theodore, Lora and John. Theodore married Belle Taylor, and makes his home with his father. Mr. Hunt has been a member of the Odd Fellows’ order thirty-six year. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic.

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Calvin Husselman is the youngest son of Samuel and Maria (Yager) Husselman, who were early settlers of De Kalb County, coming in 1845, and in 1847 settled on the farm now owned by Calvin. On this farm he was reared, receiving his education in the public school and later at the Auburn High School. When eighteen years of age he began the study of law with his brother, D.Y. Husselman, and was admitted to the bar in December, 1874. He was married in June, 1876, to Rosa E. Britton, daughter of L.D. and Martha Britton, early settlers of Richland Township, this county. After his marriage he settled on his farm and has since devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits. His farm contains 122 acres of choice land, all well improved, and his buildings are large and comfortable. His barn, a bark structure, 40x60 feet in size, built in 1851, is one of the old landmarks. He makes a specialty of fruit culture, especially grapes, of which he has a number of varieties. Mr. and Mrs. Husselman have three sons, but two are living---Carl B. and Leroy. Frank is deceased.

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Daniel Y. Husselman, Clerk of the De Kalb Circuit Court, was born in Union Township, De Kalb Co., Ind., Jan. 15, 1848, a son of Samuel and Maria Husselman. He was educated in the county schools. When he was seventeen years of age his father died, and he remained with his mother and superintended the farm till twenty-one years of age. In 1879 he began the study of law in the office of R. Wes McBride, at Waterloo, Ind., and in August of the same year was admitted to the bar at Auburn. In June, 1871, he began his practice at Waterloo, and remained there till May, 1881, when he removed to Auburn and became associated with James A. Barnes in publishing and editing the Auburn Courier. On account of poor health he abandoned the newspaper business the following year and resumed the practice of his profession in Auburn. In November, 1882, he was elected on the Democratic ticket Clerk of the De Kalb Circuit Court over Hon. E.D. Hartman, the Republican nominee. Nov. 23, 1870, Mr. Husselman was married to Miss Mary J. Smith. They have three children---Milo, Thomas A. and Dollie (twins).

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George W. Husselman, one of the successful farmers and stock-raiser of Fairfield Township, was born in Wayne County, Ohio, May 8, 1830. A son of Samuel and Susan (Trapp) Husselman, and when fourteen years of age came with his parents to De Kalb County, Ind. They lived in Fairfield Township two years, and then moved to Union Township, where he assisted his father in clearing and improving a farm, remaining with his parents till manhood. He then began farming for himself, and bought a farm of 200 acres, where he has since lived. At that time his land was wholly unimproved, but now it is one of the finest farms in the township. He was married April 5, 1853, to May J. King, a daughter of John and Kate (Reaver) King, who came to De Kalb County, Ind., from Maryland in 1846. Mr. and Mrs. Husselman have had a family of four children---Calvin H., John W., Emily, wife of Henry Neidig, and Susan M., wife of J. Kandel. Mr. Husselman is in politics a Republican. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

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John T. Husselman was born in Wayne County, Ohio, April 13, 1827, the eldest son of Samuel and Susan (Trapp) Husselman. In May, 1854, he accompanied his parents to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled in Fairfield Township, where he assisted his father in clearing and improving a farm. After attaining his majority he bought a tract of land a mile and a half north of Fairfield Center, and began to make a farm for himself. In June, 1855, he sold his farm and bought the one where he now lives, which at that time was unimproved. Thus a third time he began to make a farm out of a tract of timber land. He has been an energetic, industrious man and succeeded in surrounding himself and family with a comfortable home, and has a competency for his declining years. His farm contains 180 acres of choice land under a good state of cultivation. In September, 1864, Mr. Husselman enlisted in Company C., Forty-second Indiana Infantry, and served till the close of the war. He was married march 11, 1852, to Elvina, daughter of Abraham Hartman. They have eight children---Wesley E., Amanda E., Melissa ZJ., Emma A., Alma, Flora Ada, Ida May and John A. Mr. and Mrs. Husselman are members of the Evangelical Lutheran church. In politics Mr. Husselman is a Republican.

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John T. Huyck, farmer and stock-raiser, was born March 4, 1840, Huron county, Ohio, a son of John T. and Lucinda (Britten) Huyck,, his father a native of New York State, now deceased. Our subject was reared to farm life and educated in the common schools. In September, 1862, he enlisted in Company E., Fourteenth Ohio Infantry, to serve three months, and afterward served in Company C, One Hundredth Indiana Infantry, till the close of the war. He was taken prisoner at Limestone Station Sept. 8, 1863, and was imprisoned at Belle Isle six months. He was then removed to Andersonville Prison, and after undergoing all the horrors of that den for seven months he tried to escape, but was caught by blood hounds. He was then removed to Savannah, but at the end of three weeks he and another man escaped through a tunnel sixty-five feet underground. It was night when they found themselves in the city of Savannah. A negro whom they met took them to the house of a Union lady, who kept them over night and the following day secured a room near by, where they were secreted two months when they made good their escape. Mr. Huyck came to this county in the spring of 1868, and in the spring of 1880 settled on his present farm on section 28, Franklin Township, where he owns 150 acres of land. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He was married March 23, 1870, to Mary J. Jefferds, born in this township in 1847, and daughter of James W. Jefferds, (deceased). To them have been born eight children, six now living---Bertha J., Pearl, Charles L., Mamie M., Earl M. and Eva E. Mr. Jefferds was a native of New York. He lived in Toledo, Ohio, many years ago, and from there moved to Steuben County, Ind., and in 1842 he came to this county.

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Lewis Imhoff, farmer, section 15, Wilmington Township, was born on the farm where he now lives, Jan. 31, 1845. His father, Jacob Imhoff, was born in Canton de Baren Switzerland, Aug, 1, 1801, and in 1831 came to the United States and lived in Millbrook, Wayne Co., Ohio, till 1844, when he came to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled on the land that is now our subjects home. He was married in Ohio to Mrs. Jane (McKinley) Walker, widow of John Walker, by whom she had one child---James P., who died in the service of his country. The mother died March 4, 1878, and the father Oct. 8, 1881. Their family consisted of six children, Lewis being the fifth; four are living---John, of Washington County, Kas,; Elizabeth, wife of E.J. Shirts, of Shelby, Mich., Jane, wife of William Rolph, also of Shelby, and Lewis. Z.B. enlisted in Company G, Nineteenth Indiana Infantry and died in the service. Ellen married M.V. Heffelfinger and at her death left six children. Lewis Imhoff enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Eighteenth Indiana Infantry, and at the expiration of his term re-enlisted in Company H, Eighty-eighth Indiana Infantry, following the regiments in all their varied fortunes, and was finally discharged in June, 1865. He was married March 9, 1870, to Mary Cook, daughter of Thomas Cook. They have three children--Ernest E., John H. and Ella L. Mr. and Mrs. Imhoff are members of the United Brethren church.

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Theodore E. Imhoff is a native of Ashland County, Ohio, born Aug. 26, 1848, a son of Josiah and Matilda (Fenner) Imhoff, natives of Pennsylvania. His parents were married in Ohio, remaining in that State till the fall of 1850, when they moved to De Kalb County and settled on section 14, Union Township, where they lived till 1884, and then moved to Waterloo where they still live. Theodore was reared on the farm being but two years of age when his parents moved to this county. He received a common-school education, and after attaining his majority began to work at the carpenter's trade, following it several years. In 1884 he settled on the old homestead where he still lives. He is now engaged in the manufacture of sorghum molasses, which he is making a successful business. In addition to this and to working at his trade, he attends the cultivation of the farm. He is an industrious and enterprising man, and one of the most prosperous citizens of the township. His farm contains eighty acres of finely cultivated land. He was married in 1873 to Miss Viola M. Scattergood, of De Kalb County. They have three children---Irvin S., Lula G. and Effie P. Mr. Imhoff is a member of the Odd Fellow's Order, Lodge, No. 221, Waterloo.

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Cyrus Jackman, one of the pioneers of Franklin Township, and an honored citizen of the county, was born in Carroll County, Ohio, Feb. 14, 1822, a son of Edward Jackman, a native of Virginia. When a young man Edward Jackman, in company with his brother Adam, settled in the wilds of Ohio, remaining there till 1840, when he moved his family to De Kalb County and settled where our subject was born on section 18, Franklin Township, and again prepared to make a farm in the wilderness. They reached De Kalb County May 28, and after building a rude cabin cleared a piece of land, and raised the first year thirty bushels of potatoes, six or eight acres of wheat, and got out enough logs by fall to build a hewed log house and make a comfortable home for the winter. There were 240 acres in the Jackman homestead, 140 of which Cyrus Jackman now owns. He remained at home assisting his father till manhood. He was married Sept. 20, 1949, to Sarah Taylor, daughter of John Taylor. They have one son, John Fletcher, who was born July 8, 1850, and married Nora E. Gutridge. They have two children-Burton and Bertha (twins), born May 18, 1876. Fletcher Jackman owns eighty acres of valuable land, and is a successful agriculturist.

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Edward M. Jackman was born in Carroll County, Ohio, July 13, 1835, a son of Edward Jackman. His parents moved to De Kalb County, Ind., in 1840, and here he was reared and educated, and with the exception of four years residence in Iowa has since lived here. He was married in 1856 to Margaret A. Taylor, a native of Stark County, Ohio, born in 1833, daughter of John Taylor, who settled in De Kalb County in 1848, and in 1865 moved to Cedar County, Iowa, and subsequently moved to Carroll County where he died. Mr. and Mrs. Jackman have had six children; but two are living---Margaret Ella and Charles F. A daughter, Sarah F., died in July, 1879, aged twenty-two years. The others died in early childhood. Mr. Jackman has a pleasant home on section 1, Smithfield Township, which he purchased in 1878. He is one of the most successful an influential farmers in the township, and is a public-spirited, liberal citizen, doing all in his power toward the promotion of enterprises of public benefit. His eldest sister, Mrs. Sarah Boyer, is a widow of Joseph Boyer, who died in 1881. She has five children---Edward H. and Oliver in Kansas; Cyrus C., in Franklin township; Alma Celestia, wife to William Boyles, of Wilmington Township; Electa L., wife of Walter Thompson, of Steuben County.

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Isaac Jackman, deceased, was born in Carroll County, Ohio, Oct. 20, 1818, and died in Franklin Township, April 12, 1872. He was raised in his native county, and in his youth learned the blacksmith’s trade, but worked at it very little, preferring the life of a farmer. He came with his father, Edward Jackman, to De Kalb County, Ind., in 1840, and settled in Franklin Township. He was a successful agriculturist and stock-raiser, and accumulated a large landed estate. He was married Nov. 11, 1847, to Maria Stoner, a native of Wayne County, Ohio, born in 1826, a daughter of John and Agnes (Criter) Stoner, who came to De Kalb County in 1846. But three of a family of ten children are living---Mrs. Jackman, Henry and Mary C. Two died in childhood, and five, David E., William, John, Hester, and Margaret, had reached maturity. John was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church. Two brothers, David and Henry, were soldiers of the war of the Rebellion. Mr. and Mrs. Jackman had a family of three children---John S., Norman T. and Olive. The sons reside in Waterloo and the daughter in Los Angeles, Cal.

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Wesley Jackman was born in Carroll County, Ohio, in 1827, a son of Edward Jackman. In 1837 Edward Jackman came to De Kalb County, accompanied by his brother Robert, and entered 440 acres of land on sections 17 and 18, Franklin Township, and 160 acres on section 12, Smithfield Township. He then returned to Ohio, and in 1840 moved with his wife and nine children, and settled on the east half of his land on section 18, Franklin Township, where he lived till his death in 1848. His wife died Jan. 1, 1855. One son, John, was married in Ohio, but followed the family to Indiana in the fall of 1840. Five of the ten children are living---Sarah, widow of Joseph Boyer; Cyrus resides on the homestead in Franklin Township; Wesley and Edward M. in Smithfield; and Adam C. in Grand Rapids, Mich. Wesley Jackman settled on the land entered by his father in Smithfield Township in April 1853, and now has one of the finest farms in the county. He was married to Sarah M. Baxter, daughter of Moses Baxter, of this township. They have had eight children; but seven are living---Edith L, a teacher in the normal school at Mitchell, Ind.; Mary E., a teacher; Florence V., teaching in the State Normal School of Alabama; Charles S. and Harry E. (twins), Minnie A. and Addie. Florida V., a twin sister of Florence, died March 4, 1881, at the age of twenty-two years. She was at that time a student at the normal school at Danville. Mr. Jackman has taken great pains to educate his children and fit them for any position in life to which they may be called. Edith is a graduate of the normal school of Lebanon, Ohio, and the others, save Minnie of Danville, Ind. He left the farm and resided in Danville several years, that his children might have the advantage of school of that place.

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Amos Jackson was born in Niagara County, N.Y., April 15, 1827, the second son and sixth of eleven children of Jesse and Edith (Smith) Jackson. In 1834 his parents moved to Michigan, and in 1837 to De Kalb County, Ind. His father entered 120 acres of Government land in Butler Township, which he improved and made his home the rest of his life. Amos was ten years of age when his parents moved to De Kalb County, and hence by far the greater part of his life has been identified with her interests. Reared a farmer, he chose the vocation as his life work, and is now one of the most prosperous and enterprising agriculturists in the township. He owns 160 acres of land, all well improved. Mr. Jackson was married March 24, 1863, to Catherine Simon, a native of Columbiana County, Ohio, daughter of George Simon and early settler of Allen County, Ind. They are the parents of three children---Charles A., Dora O. and Vesta L., the latter deceased. Politically Mr. Jackson is a Democrat. He was reared in the society of Friends, but he and his wife are now members of the Lutheran church.

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Jesse Jackson, deceased, was among the first settlers of Butler Township. He was born in Monmouth, N.J., in 1795, a son of Benjamin Jackson, of English descent. He was reared on a farm, receiving a limited education in the common schools. When a young man he went to New York, and was there married about 1815 to Edith Smith. In 1833 he moved to Hillsdale County, Mich., and in 1837 to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled in the southwest corner of Butler Township, entering 120 acres of land from the government. He guilt a small cabin, and began clearing his farm, which he made his home the rest of his life. He and his wife were members of the Society of Hicksite Friends, and devout adherents to the faith. He was successful in his business enterprises, and was widely known, and had many friends who appreciate his manly character and sterling integrity. To him and his wife were born eleven children-Hiram S., Sallie G., Mercy, Mary, Harriet, Amos, Levi, Dressily, Hannah, Walter and Myron W., the latter two born in DeKalb County. Mrs. Jackson died in 1857, aged fifty-eight years. Mr. Jackson died Aug, 25, 1868.

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Levi Jackson, third son and seventh child of Jesse and Edith (Smith) Jackson, was born in New York, Sept. 13, 1829. Before he was eight years old his parents moved to the wilds of Indiana, and his education was limited to the primitive schools of the early pioneer times, and he did not have free access to even these, as his services were required on the farm. He remained with his parents till his majority, and then began to work for himself, and for eleven years ran a threshing machine in connection with farming. He now has a fine farm of 144 acres, which is well improved, and has a good residence and daughter of Robert Knott, who was born March 16, 1828. She died Nov. 13, 1872, leaving three children---Juliette, Gill, and Levi M. Dec. 14, 1873, Mr. Jackson married Martha L., daughter of Jacob s. and Hannah S. (Weldon) Thomas. They have one son, Delbert D. A twin brother of Delbert died in infancy. In religious belief Mr. Jackson is a Universalist. Politically he is a Democrat. He has served two years as Assessor of Butler Township.

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Henry Jenkins, farmer and stock-raiser, Concord Township, was born in Knox ounty, Ohio, May 1, 1834, the second son of John and Margaret (Hull) Jenkins. When he was ten years of age his parents moved to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled on a tract of wild land where he was reared, his youth being spent in assisting his father to clear and improve his land. He received a common-school education attending the schools of his district. He remained at home till his marriage, Feb.1, 1860, to Martha J. Johnson, daughter of Thomas and Lydia (Draggoo) Johnson, and then bought 106 acres of land which is his present home. He has been successful in his pursuits and now has a pleasant home. To him and his wife have been born six children, three of whom died in infancy. Those living are---Emma, wife of C. Elson, of Fairfield Township; Frederick A., and Clara B. In politics Mr. Jenkins is a Democrat. Mrs. Jenkins is a member of the Methodist Protestant church.

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John Jenkins, section 26, Smithfield Township, was born in the State of Maryland, near Washington, in 1815, a son of John Jenkins. His father was a slaveholder in Maryland. He died, when our subject was a child. In 1833 John Jenkins, Jr., went to Knox County, Ohio, at that time sparsely settled, and remained there about twelve years. He was married in Ohio, to Margaret Hull, a native of Pennsylvania, but a resident of Knox County from her infancy. July 17, 1845, he came to De Kalb County, Ind., and bought a tract of heavily timbered land on section 16, Concord Township. He cleared 120 acres, erected good buildings and made it his home till 1879, when he bought his present farm of eighty acres, of Homer Henning. He has made a specialty in horses, buying and shipping West. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins have had eight children; but seven are living---Martin, Mary Ann, Henry, Alvin, John, Sarah and Orange. A daughter, Ellen is deceased.

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Peter Jennings, section 29, Troy Township, was born in Hunderdon County, N.J., Sept. 13, 1802, a son of Peter Jennings, a native of the same county, of English descent. He was reared a farmer, receiving a common-school education, and in 1821 left his native county and with his parents moved to Tuscarawas County, Ohio. In 1843 he came to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled on the land which is now his valuable farm. At that time it was all heavily timbered, and he was obliged to clear away the trees before he could build his log cabin. He now owns 209 acres of choice land, all well improved, which is cultivated by his son Abraham. He has been a hard working man, and has lived to reap the benefit of his many years of hardship and toil. He has seen all the varied changes that have converted the wilderness as it was when he came to the county into the present prosperous county, with it populous towns and villages and thrifty and valuable farms, and has the consciousness of having done his part to bring about this change. He was married April 29, 1829, to Catherine Rainsberger, daughter of John Rainsberger. To them have been born eight children, seven of whom are living---Elizabeth, John, Isaac, William, George, Phoebe and Abraham, all married and settled in homes of their own. Mrs. Jennings died Feb. 20, 1881. Mr. Jennings is in the enjoyment of good health, and though eighty-three years of age can see to read and without the aid of glasses.

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William Jennings, section 21, Troy Township, was born in Carroll County, Ohio, Oct. 14, 1835, a son of Peter and Catherine (Rainberger) Jennings, of this township. He came with his parents to De Kalb County in 1843, and was here reared and educated. He early was obliged to assist his father in the woods, doing what he could as a child, and later helping to fell the trees, and cultivate the soil. In his youth he worked at the carpenter’s trade, serving an apprenticeship of two years, and has since worked at it at intervals in connection with farming. In 1860 he settled on the farm where he now lives, where he owns sixty acres of choice land, with a good residence and farm buildings. He also owns ten acres on section 30, this township. He is engaged in general farming and stock-raising, having a fine grade of Spanish Merino sheep. In 1884 he got 102 pounds of washed wool from ten of his fleeces. Mr. Jennings was married May, 4, 1859, to Anna, daughter of David McCord, who moved from Ohio to Steuben County, Ind., in 1840, where he died. Her mother afterward married Amos Stearns, and in 1844 they moved to De Kalb County. Mr. and Mrs. Jennings have had a family of six children, five of whom are living---Hiram S., Olive L., Eldora, Jesse M., and Jacob W.

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Rev. Oscar B. Jewell, pastor of the Newville Christian church, was born in Washington Township, Licking County, Ohio, April 12, 1845, a son of William Jewell, not of Ottawa Lake, Mich., a native of Elizabeth City, N.J. He was reared on a farm but received a good education in the schools of Utica, Ohio, and after leaving school taught fourteen years. April 12, 1878, he was ordained a minister in the Disciples church, and has since given his time to the pastoral work of the church. He came to Newville in February, 1884, and now has charge of the churches at Newville and Coburn Corners. He is a gentleman of pleasing address, a fine orator, and a ready expounder of the doctrines of the Bible, and has many friends both in and out of church. He was married Nov. 14, 1867, to Melissa Cullison, daughter of John M. Cullison. They have one child---Frank, aged sixteen years.

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David Johnson, of the firm of Johnson & Cannon, grocers, Butler, Ind., was born in Wilmington Township, Feb 21, 1858, a son of Joseph Johnson, a pioneer of De Kalb County, who died in 1864. He was reared and educated in Butler. He formed a partnership with J. W. Cannon, in 1884, and established their present business. They carry a sock valued at $3,000 and have a constantly increasing trade, keeping a full line of foreign and domestic groceries, provision, canned fruit, etc. They are thorough-going business men, and their courteous manners make them many friends. Mr. Johnson was married Nov. 25, 1880, to Alice Tomlinson, daughter of John Tomlinson, of Wilmington Township. They have had two children; but one is living---Bert. Harry died at the age of eighteen months.

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Nathan Johnson was born in Richland County, Ohio, Feb. 19, 1835, a son of Amariah and Jane (Wyatt) Johnson, who came to De Kalb County in 1837. He remained with his father till twenty-seven years of age, when, on Christmas day, 1862, he was married to Hannah Hayward, a native of Lenawee County, Mich., born Jan. 5, 1845, a daughter of S.R. and Polly Hayward. She came to De Kalb County to take charge of the district school. They commenced housekeeping on section 24, Jackson Township, where they have since lived. Mr. Johnson enlisted in the late war of the Rebellion, as a recruit in Company A, Thirteenth Indiana Infantry, joining the regiment in front of Petersburg; was afterward in the expedition of General Butler against Ft. Fisher, and in the expedition of General Terry, participating in the severe battle culminating in the surrender of the fort. He was discharged with the regiment at Goldsboro, N.C., and returned to his peaceful life on the farm. Mr. Johnson is one of the most enterprising men of the township, and is an influential and prominent citizen. He has a family of two children---Dora A. and Clark Sylvester.

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William Johnson, son of Amariah and Jane (Wyatt) Johnson, was born in Jackson Township, May 17, 1842. His parents came to the county from Richland County, Ohio, in company with his grandfather, Nathan Wyatt, and settled on section 13. His mother died Aug. 14, 1854, and his father, Sept. 14, 1877. Aug. 9, 1862, Mr. Johnson enlisted in Company D, Eighty-eighth Indiana Infantry, and participated in the battles of Perryville, Stone River, Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, Atlanta, Kenesaw Mountain, with Sherman to the sea, and through the Carolinas to Bentonville, where he was wounded in the left side. He was taken to the hospital at New York, from there to Madison, Ind., and there discharged June 9, 1865, but has never recovered from the effects of his wounds, and now receives a pension. After his return home he was married Sept. 17, 1865, to Rachel Hayward, a native of Lenawee County, Mich., born Dec. 14, 1842, daughter of S.R. and Polly Hayward, and a teacher in the public schools of this county. The first year after their marriage they lived on the homestead of his father, and after several changes, in 1870, settled on section 13 where they now live. They have a good farm of eighty acres, and a pleasant residence. Their family consists of five children---Riley M., George, Lewis C., Minnie and Hannah F. Politically, Mr. Johnson is a Republican. He is an upright, honorable business man and an esteemed member of society.

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Harrison Jones, is a native of Kentucky, born in Maysville, June 10, 1812, the second of three children of William and Lucy (Thompson) Jones, natives of Kentucky, of Welsh descent. When he was three years of age his parents moved to Greene County, Ohio, and three years later to Lower Sandusky, now Fremont; thence, when he was nine years old to Canada, but a few months later returned to Ohio and located in Miami County. While living in the latter county his father went to New Orleans and died there of yellow fever. When he was seventeen years of age his mother moved to Indiana with his older brother, and he remained in Miami County till attaining his majority. About 1839 he moved to Carroll County, Ind., but returned to Ohio a year later and remained till 1845, when he came to Allen County, and rented a farm about eight years. In the meantime he bought 150 acres of land in Fairfield Township, DeKalb County, to which he has since added till he now has 200 acres, all under a high state of cultivation. Mr. Jones was married June 13, 1833, to Elizabeth Burkett, a native of Ohio, daughter of Christian Burkett. They had two children---Joseph and Lucy, and to Mr. Jones by his second marriage was born one daughter---Silvia. Mrs. Jones is a member of the German Methodist church. In politics Mr. Jones is a Republican.

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History of De Kalb County, Indiana.
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Milton C. Jones, farmer and stock-raiser, section 19, Franklin Township, was born on the farm where he now lives, Dec. 26, 1842, a son of Samuel and Jerusha (Chamberlin) Jones, native of Monkton, Vt., the former, born Sept. 15, 1806, is now a resident of Waterloo. His mother was born in July, 1812; died Sept. 22, 1884. He was reared a farmer and has always followed that vocation. He received a practical business education, attending a select school in Hamilton, Steuben County. When the war of the Rebellion broke out he enlisted in Company B, Thirtieth Indiana Infantry, and served a year. After his return home, in 1862, he enlisted in Company B, Twelfth Indiana Calvary, and served three years as Orderly Sergeant. He participated in many severe engagements, among the Nashville, Chattanooga, Mobile and Murfreesboro. At the latter place he was struck with a sabre and fell from his horse, the blow dislocating his shoulder, and the fall breaking his arm. He was a brave soldier, and won the respect of all his comrades in arms. He is a member of the Odd Fellows' order. Mr. Jones’ parents moved to Seneca County, Ohio, in 1834; to La Porte County, Ind., in 1837, and to De Kalb County in 1840. They had a family of ten children, six of whom are living---Sarah A., Milton C., Sydney P., Henry M., William H. and Harriet. Three sons served in the war of the Rebellion. Julius died a short time after the close of the war with the camp disease. Sydney is living in Beratus, Neb. Samuel Jones was hurt by a falling tree in 1863, from which he has never fully recovered. In 1870 he lost his house by fire, which, owing to his poor health, was a misfortune not easily remedied. He, however, has since rebuilt, and has one of the pleasantest homes in the township.

Submitted by: Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
History of De Kalb County, Indiana.
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

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