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THE COPPES FAMILY. The members of this well-known and distinguished family in Elkhart county, Ind., have become noted as practical, honorable, shrewd and successful business men, who have made the most of their advantages, and have always grasped at opportunities for bettering their financial, moral and social conditions. They come of good old Puritan stock, and the progenitor of the family in this country settled in Mount Bethel township, Northampton Co., Penn., which neighborhood was the family seat for a number of years; in all probability for nearly two generations. The Coppes originally came from England, where, to-day, there are large estates belonging to the family, but their right to this valuable property can not be directly traced up to the present time. Of the early members of the Coppes family, Rev. Samuel D. Coppes was among the most prominent. He was born in England, came to America during the early history of this country became a wealthy landholder of Northumberland county, Penn., was very popular throughout that section, owing to his kindly disposition and charitable nature, and became eminent as a successful practicing physician, for the duties of which he fitted himself in England. He won golden opinions for himself as a medical practitioner, for besides being remarkably skillful he was very philanthropic, and bestowed his services on rich and poor alike, never charging the latter for attending them unless they were willing and desirous of repaying him. His practice extended all over the State of Pennsylvania, as well as a large portion of the State of Ohio, and in the early days of Indiana he made frequent visits to this State. He was also a minister of the Mennonite Church, and for many years looked after the spiritual as well as the bodily welfare of his fellows, and was an able instructor in a righteous cause. He was one of the pioneer preachers of his church, and held services in different portions of Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, and his visits to this section of the country are well remembered by his people. He was an honorable, upright and God-fearing man, and his example as an earnest Christian is still in the minds of those who knew him. He was first married in Northampton county, Penn., to a German lady by the name of Delph, and by her became the father of the following children: Abraham, whose descendants are now in Ohio; Jacob, who was one of the early pioneers of Elkhart county, Ind.; John, who left a family in Ohio; Samuel also died in that State; and Polly, who married Jacob Carver, lived and reared a family in the Buckeye State. The first wife of Rev. Samuel Coppes paid the last debt of nature in Northampton county, Penn., after which he took for his second wife, Miss Susan Burkey, whom he took with him to Ohio about 1834, settling on a farm in Medina county. This union resulted in the birth of one daughter, Rebecca, who married Jacob Shaffer, with whom she removed to Elkhart county, Ind., and whose descendants are now residing in Harrison township. The second wife of Samuel D. Coppes survived him a number of years, and died in this county at the home of her only daughter, Mrs. Shaffer. Rev. Dr. Samuel Coppes was called from life in Ohio, in 1868, his death being a source of much regret to all who knew him. He was well known as a public-spirited citizen, and politically was a Whig. He was a shrewd financier and accumulated a good property which was divided among his children in 1865. He was one of the oldest settlers of this section of the county; as an expounder of the gospel, he was forcible, eloquent and logical, and he wielded a wide influence for good in the different sections in which he resided. His homes in Pennsylvania and Ohio were many times occupied by his patients who had no homes of their own, and possessed but little means, and thus he carried on his noble work until death overtook him, and he passed to his reward. All his sons and daughters married and reared families of their own, and in the different localities in which they made their home, they were held in high esteem, and having inherited many of their noble father's qualities were honored and respected. His second son, Jacob, was born in Northampton county, Penn., about 1812 or 1813, and was brought up to the healthy life of a farmer's boy. Upon reaching man's estate, he took for his wife Sarah Fravel, who was born in the same county as himself in 1822, and who was one of twelve children reared by Daniel and Fannie (Myers) Fravel, the former of whom was born in Bucks county, Penn., and was of English parents. He was left fatherless when a small child, and was reared by strangers, and upon starting out in life, took a wife from the same county as himself, and by her reared a large family of children, as follows: Jessie, Polly, Catherine, Fannie, Joseph, Rebecca, Elizabeth, Susan, Sarah (now Mrs. Coppes), William, Daniel and Matilda . Of this family three children are living: Mrs. Coppes, a resident of Nappanee, Ind.; Elizabeth and Catherine who reside in the Keystone State. Jacob Coppes and his wife removed to Ohio at the same time that Rev. Dr. Samuel Coppes settled in that section, and there he remained for a period of about eight years, following the trades of shoemaking, and millwrighting. In 1844 he came to Indiana and settled in Harrison township, Elkhart county. For the first few years of his residence here his efforts were not prospered, and he met with various reverses which kept him in straitened circumstances for some time, but he kept perseveringly at work, and by the help of his oldest children, managed to keep the wolf from the door, and at last secured enough means to purchase forty acres of land in Locke township, on which he resided until death called him home in 1874. Notwithstanding the hard luck which met him in his career through life, he was never known to willfully wrong any one, and was honest, industrious and public spirited, ever casting his influence on the side of what he considered justice and right. In early life he supported the principles of the Whig party, and later the stand taken by the Republican party commended itself to his excellent judgment. With his wife he was a member of the Mennonite Church, and in his daily walk through life showed that he was a Christian. He was very domestic in his tastes, was devoted to his home and family, and never cared to fill any public position, the strife and turmoil of politics having no charms for him. His widow survives him, and is residing in Nappanee with her children, and although she is over seventy years of age, and reared a large family of sons and daughters, she is a well-preserved lady for her age, and appears to be in the enjoyment of good health. Her chi1dren are as follows: Daniel, Samuel, Amanda, Susan, Eliza, Rebecca, Saloma, Lucinda, John D. and Frank. Three children died in infancy; Amanda, Susan and Rebecca. A brief sketch of the members of this family will not come amiss. Daniel was born in Pennsylvania, was reared on a farm under the watchful eye of his father, and when still quite young began learning the painter's trade, at which he worked in Goshen, where be became a well-known and popular young man. He was one of the first to respond to his country's can at the opening of the Rebellion, and became a member of Company K, Thirteenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry at Goshen, where he became a commissioned officer. He was faithful and fearless on the battlefield and was greatly loved by his regimental comrades, who considered him not only a model soldier, but also a true and trusted friend. At the battle of Murfreesboro he was wounded by a gunshot in the leg, and during the three days and nights that he lay on the battlefield, he suffered indescribably. He was at last taken by his friends to a private residence, which had been turned into a hospital, to be cared for, but there breathed his last the tenth day after receiving his wound. So dearly loved was he by his comrades the he was not buried in a ditch like most of the dead, but with willing hands and sad hearts, they made him a rough board coffin, and buried him beneath a large oak tree on that historic battle ground. He was unmarried. One of his companions in battle saw him fall, and placing himself beside him tried to cheer him with encouraging words and said: "Dan I will stay with you or die," and in order to deceive the enemy placed himself beside his wounded comrade and pretended to be dead. He was discovered, however, taken prisoner and carried away, and for three days and nights the unfortunate young soldier, Daniel Coppes, was exposed to the rain and sleet which was falling, and which without doubt caused his death. He was a brave and gallant soldier, the pride of Company K, and is still remembered with respect and affection by the old residents of Goshen, and in the hearts of his old comrades the memory of the brave young soldier who gave his life for his country, is still kept green. Samuel D. Coppes is a prominent banker of Nappanee, a more extended notice of whom immediately succeeds this; Eliza married Benjamin Yarian, and died a few years later, leaving a family of five children, all of whom are living, with the exception of the youngest. The eldest of these children was Elizabeth, who married Daniel Zook, a prominent business man of Nappanee, and a member of the firm of Coppes Bros. & Zook, who are doing an extensive business at that place; Frank is a journalist of Goshen; Ella is living in Nappanee with her sister, Mrs. Zook; Edward is at home with his father in Nappanee; and Lucinda, who died at the age of three years. The mother of these children died in 1876. The next child born to Jacob Coppes and his wife, was Saloma, who married Benjamin Frazier of Nappanee, by whom she became the mother of five children, the eldest of whom, Milo, was killed at the age of ten years in a wheat elevator at that place, by being sucked into a wheat bin and smothered; Nettie is now Mrs. William Lesh, of Ohio; Sadie is living with Samuel Coppes; and Laura and Medie reside with their father in Nappanee. Their mother was called from life in 1876. The next of Jacob Coppe's children was Lucinda, who married John C. Millinger, a prominent resident of Nappanee, by whom she has four children; Ella, who is Mrs. Harvey Banta of Nappanee, and is the mother of two children, which are the great-grandchildren of Mrs. Jacob Coppes. This represents now living in the town of Nappanee, four generations of the family. The younger members of this family are Mabel L., and John F. The sisters of Mrs. Banta are Sarah, who died in infancy, and Emma and Nettie, who reside with their parents. The next child born to Jacob Coppes, was John D., of whom a sketch is given in this work, there being also a sketch of Frank, the youngest member of this family. It can be truly said of Jacob Coppes and his wife, that they were very worthy residents of the county, and showed much heroism in braving the hardships, dangers and discomforts of pioneer life, in order to provide a home for their children, and obtain a competency for their declining years.

�Pictorial and Biographical Memoirs of Elkhart and St. Joseph Counties, Indiana
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1893
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SAMUEL D. COPPES. It has been said, and truly said that "some men are born great, some have greatness thrust upon them and some achieve greatness," and to this last most important class belongs the subject of this sketch - Samuel D. Coppes - who was born in Medina county, Ohio, in 1844. When about six years of age he was removed by his parents to Elkhart county, Ind., and on his father's farm in this section he grew to manhood, his naturally good constitution being greatly strengthened by the wholesome and open air life that he led. Owing to the straitened circumstances in which his father was placed for some years after his residence here, he acquired only a rudimentary education in the district schools near his home, his attendance being confined to the winter months when his services were not required on the farm. When he was about fourteen years of age his father lost a hand in a threshing machine and for some two years thereafter the support of the family fell on the youthful shoulders of young Samuel, who manfully took up the burden thus fallen to him and devoted his time to cutting wood and hauling it to Goshen with an ox team. In this rugged school he learned habits of thrift and industry which have followed him through life and which have been of material benefit to him in his walk through life. In due time he married and became a farmer on his own account in the neighborhood of his father's home. Applying his inborn energy to the farm which he took in hand, it was not long until practical results were soon made manifest. In the summer of 1866 he purchased a threshing machine, which he managed during that season, but owing to a spell of sickness that overtook him that fall he was obliged to sell his interest which amounted to $500, which he spent in purchasing one of the finest span of horses in this section of the country. During the winter of that year he led to the altar Miss Lizzie Berlin, who was born in Ohio in 1843, a daughter of John D. Berlin, who died in Locke township, Elkhart county, Ind. He came to this State about 1864 or 1865, purchased a tract of land in Locke township, but rented his farm as he, himself, was not able to till it owing to old age. He was a Pennsylvanian by birth, of German stock and died about 1876. His wife, Susanna Hoffman, was of German extraction and was called from life about one year after the death of her husband. They reared a family of four boys and six girls: Soloman, Kate, Lydia, Jesse, Jacob, Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth, Lavinia and Milton. The male members of this family are all dead. After his marriage Mr. Coppes tilled the soil for two or three years, at the end of which time he moved to Missouri and settled in Nodaway county, where he purchased a farm on which he lived for about three years. His next move was to return to Elkhart county and he soon after purchased the farm belonging to his father-in-law for which he paid the sum of $4,000 giving a mortgage for the full amount. He soon had it paid for and in 1881 sold it and removed to Nappanee, purchasing a fourth interest in the firm of J. C. Mellinger & Co., which at that time was operating a saw-mill and box factory, and of which his two brothers, John D. and Frank Coppes formed the "Company." This combination continued until 1884, when Mr. Mellinger sold his entire interests to the Coppes Brothers, under which name the firm was known commercially until May 9, 1890, when Mr. Coppes sold his one-third interest in the firm to Daniel Zook, late county clerk of Elkhart county and one of the leading lawyers of this section. It was during the connection of Mr. Coppes with Coppes Brothers that the Nappanee Milling Company's flouring mill was established, it being now one of the leading milling concerns in the country. It turns out 250 barrels of high grade flour every twenty-four hours, and is supplied with the full roller process. The product of this mill is principally shipped to leading markets in Europe, the demand growing faster than the mill can supply. The peculiar facilities for running this mill enables them to manufacture flour at a minimum cost, for all the refuse of their saw-mill and box factory, which under other circumstances, to most firms becomes an actual expense, is by them used as fuel in their flour-mill-not a pound of coal nor stick of cord wood being needed, and thus they can pay high prices for their grain, which attracts to their mill the patronage of the farmers for many miles around. The capacity of the saw-mill belonging to this firm has a capacity of 20,000 feet per day and the box factory has a capacity of 3,500 per day. The western markets offer a ready receptacle for the entire output of the establishment which gives employment to from 50 to 100 men the year round, and the aggregate volume of which business amounts to $500,000 annually. The factory and mill monopolize an area of fourteen acres all told. They pay temptingly high prices for timber, for every portion of the tree is utilized, the refuse being used for fuel and the balance even to the minutest particles, in their box factory. They have a fine line of soft and hard wood lumber of all kinds, and expect to make many improvements and changes in their work ere long. Who will say that the busy, never-ceasing energy of such a man as Samuel D. Coppes has not been a blessing to Nappanee. He is truly one of the class of men who "achieve greatness," and he well deserves the financial success which has attended his efforts in the past ten years. After one year spent in rest and recreation, he, in 1891, projected the erection of a new bank and hotel structure in Nappanee, and although his project met with scant encouragement at first, yet his irresistible spirit would not down unti1 it received the patronage of such men of financial standing as B. Uline, as well as others. At this time Bechtel & Son, owners of the Farmers' and Traders' Bank, expressed a willingness to sell, and Mr. Coppes at once purchased the institution of which he took charge May 1, 1891, in which he gave his son, Harvey E. Coppes, an interest and installed him as teller of the same, J. C. Mellinger being retained as cashier. The bank is established on a solid financial basis, is a handsome two story brick structure, with safety vault, finished after the most approved modern designs. A general banking business is done, and as a financial medium for the convenience of depositors and the business community in general, it is all that can be required. It has a liberal patronage and enjoys the confidence of the people within a radius of many miles. The acquisition of the bank did not lessen the zeal of Mr. Coppes in pushing to completion the Coppes Hotel which was completed January 20, 1892, and would do credit to a town of 10,000 inhabitants. It is a conspicuous example of the enterprise and public spirit of the citizens of Nappanee. Although some eight or ten of the best men of the city were interested in the property S. D. Coppes is the one who has stood by it from its inception and carried the work to a successful completion.

Coppes Hotel is a model of architectural beauty in all its details. Its extreme dimensions are 88 feet front by 85 feet in depth, two stories and basement. A handsome galvanized iron front, with large plate windows, etc., give an elegant appearance to this sprightly and very commodious hotel. The main frontage on the first floor is divided into three distinct compartments, viz.: The ground floor, occupied by the hotel proper, which is 46x75 feet; the room adjoining (admirably adapted for a first-class barber shop, millinery store, or a doctor's office) is 20x33 feet, and a third room very suitable for a grocery or drug store, 22x85 feet, with a distinct storage room or hall on the upper floor, running back the entire length of the building. On the second floor, devoted to hotel purposes, are twenty first-class bedrooms for the convenience and comfort of transient traffic exclusively, in addition to ladies' and gents' parlor, bath-rooms, closets, etc. A solid stone basement to the height of seven feet, with a cement flooring, is a distinguishing feature of this building, front to rear. Hot and cold water in each room of this hotel will place it in the front rank of the most modern hostelries now being erected. The building throughout will be heated by the latest improved hot-water system. The furnishings and all necessary findings will be of the best. The aim has been to make the "Coppes Hotel" first-class in every particular, and from present appearances the expectations of its projectors will be more than fully realized. The contract price has been $17,000, the architectural designs and superintendence of the work being to the credit of our worthy townsman, Mr. H. F. Frazier, who needs not fear to say that when fully completed there will not be a handsomer or more commodious house in any other town of three times the population than the new "Coppes Hotel" of Nappanee.

The erection of this hotel was instrumental in bringing many people to the town who erected handsome private residences in the vicinity and made Nappanee a pretty and desirable place in which to reside. There was no such word as fail in Mr. Coppes' vocabulary, and had it not been for his pluck and perseverance, as well as public spirit, there would be no fine hotel, and it is to be doubted if the waterworks and electric light plants would yet be in operation in Nappanee, although to the credit of most of the best men in the city, they were all of one mind on this question, and are equally entitled to praise for their worthy efforts in conjunction with Mr. Coppes. The latter is the owner of 160 acres of fine farming land and has a handsome residence on East Main street. He may be said to have made the town of Nappanee what it is and has always been extremely public spirited and patriotic. He is a careful business man and the much-abused phrase "self-made man" may with truth be applied to him. His record as a man of affairs throughout the northern portion of the State is enviable, and in his own immediate neighborhood his word is as good as his bond. He and his wife have reared a family of seven children and have lost two: Minnie, who died at the age of three years, and Jesse, dying at the age of eighteen months; Frank, who was born in Missouri, is a resident of Nappanee and is married to Susan Culp, a native of this county; Clara is attending school, as are also Della; Lillian; Myrtle and Frederick. Harvey Coppes is the second son of this family and obtained his education in the high school of Nappanee. From the start he showed good business qualifications and became an expert bookkeeper, at an early age taking full charge of the books of the firm of Coppes Bros. Upon the establishment of the Farmers' & Traders' Bank by his father he was made teller, and in this responsible position he has shown himself to be thoroughly reliable, competent and indefatigable. His future is bright with promise, and he bids fair to rival his worthy father as a business man and a public-spirited citizen. He is now in his twenty-third year and has been a resident of Nappanee since he was eleven years of age, or ever since 1881.

JOHN D. COPPES, a member of the firm of Coppes Bros., & Zook, was the ninth child born to Jacob Coppes, his birth occurring in Jackson township of this county, in 1856, but owing to the straitened circumstances in which his parents were placed during his boyhood, he received limited advantages for obtaining an education, only attending school a short time during the winter season. At the age of eighteen years he began teaming around the mill owned by Joseph Strohm, in Locke township, and while doing this work he formed the resolution of owning a mill of his own, and a short time after he helped to buyout his employer, and now owns a one third interest in the same, which has been enlarged five-hundred-fold from its original dimensions. During the two years that he worked for others after leaving home, he managed to save $150, and this was his entire capital, when, with his brother Frank, in 1876, they purchased the interest of B. F. Myers in the saw-mill business with J. C. Mellinger, giving him their note for $1,300, running two years at six percent. The firm is now known as Coppes Bros. & Zook, and it can be said of each of the members of this firm that they are honest, industrious and enterprising young men whose present success is the result of their earnest and persistent efforts. John D. Coppes has been a resident of Nappanee for a number of years and naught has ever been said to his discredit, but much in his praise. He was married in 1879 to Miss Malinda Strohm, daughter of the old saw-miller, Joseph Strohm. She was born in Elkhart county in 1860, and has borne her husband four children: Marvin, Ervin, Lloyd and Gertrude. Mrs. Coppes is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and politically Mr. Coppes is a strong Republican. He is a shrewd man of business and has done much to build up the town and advance the business interests of the place.

Frank Coppes, a member of the well-known firm of Coppes Bros. & Zook, is a product of Elkhart county, Ind., his birth occurring in Harrison township, in 1858. Like his brother John D., he was reared on his father's farm, where he learned lessons of industry and frugality which were his stepping stones to success in later years. He dutifully remained on the home place engaged in tilling the soil until after the death of his father, who had been a sturdy farmer all his days and had taught his boys habits of sterling integrity and honest labor, and left them the heritage of an unsullied name, which was rather to be desired than great riches. During the year of 1874 Frank worked for Joseph Strohm, and the next year for Mellinger & Myers, at the expiration of which time he had saved the munificent sum of $25 all told, and at once co-operated with his brother John D. in purchasing the one-half interest of Mr. Mellinger in the saw-mill, trusting to energy and good fortune to relieve him of his debt. Time proved the wisdom of this move and he is now in good circumstances financially and occupies a high place in the estimation of his fellows. The career of these gentlemen is a worthy example to all young men who are struggling for a livelihood to go and do likewise, and if they desire success they must labor hard to attain it, especially those who are without capital as these young men were. Frank Coppes was married to Miss Kate Felty, of South Bend, Ind., a daughter of John and Martha (Dunbar) Felty, who have been residents of the State for many years. Mrs. Coppes was born in Lebanon county, Penn., in 1859, the fifth of ten children. Her father is still living at South Bend, but her mother paid the last debt of nature at that place in 1880. To Mr. and Mrs. Frank Coppes three children have been born: Bessie, Harold and Claudie, the eldest of whom is attending school, and they occupy a handsome and comfortable dwelling on Madison and Walnut streets in Nappanee.

Daniel Zook, a member of the above-mentioned firm was born in Elkhart county, Ind., in 1851, was reared on a farm, but after reaching his nineteenth year he began alternating his time and attention between saw-milling and teaching a country school for a short period, later turning his attention to the study of law in the office of his brother, A. S. Zook, and H. D. Wilson, one of the leading legal firms of Goshen. He remained there from 1876 to 1882, and there practiced his profession for some time after obtaining his "sheepskin." After coming to Nappanee he continued to follow this occupation for four years, at the end of which time he was elected to the office of county clerk which he fined with credit to himself and friends until 1890, at which time he retired from the office and purchased a one-third interest in the firm of Coppes Bros., assuming the place of Samuel D. Coppes in that firm. He has charge of the clerical and financial part of the work, John D. Coppes attends to the saw-mill and box factory business and Frank Coppes has full control of the flouring-mill and the disposition of its contents. Nappanee has every reason to be proud of this valuable enterprise and the worthy men at its head. They are doing grand work for the town and their highest aim is to go still further upward and onward, that they may yet accomplish much more for the general good. Mr. Zook has a pleasant home and an interesting family. The firm is doing an annual business of $450,000 and no branch of their business is allowed to be neglected, a large corps of men being required to keep it in working order.

THE ULERY FAMILY. This is one of the most remarkable and worthy families of Elkhart county, Ind., and many years back, during the colonial history of this country, the family tree first took root on American soil. The original founder of the family in America came from Germany about the year 1790, at which time the name was spelled Ulrich, but which afterward became Anglicized and was spelled Ulery. He was the great-grandfather of the present generation and was the one to carve out a home for the family in the New World. He died in Cambria county, Penn. His son, John Ulery, was married to Miss Elizabeth Lehr in Pennsylvania and for some time thereafter made his home near Johnstown, being the owner of a farm in the valley over which the great flood swept in May, 1888. In the year 1818 he sold his farm there, with the intention of moving to Ohio, and to this end loaded his household effects on a boat and started down the Ohio River, terminating his journey two miles west of Dayton, where he resided on a large farm until 1831, when he sold his farm there to move to Elkhart county, Ind., of which region he had heard flattering accounts. He purchased a farm one mile west of Goshen, and there he died in 1846. From the time he moved to Indiana he made eleven trips on horseback, from Goshen to Dayton, Ohio. He and his wife were members of the German Baptist Church, in which he was a deacon, and politically he was first a Whig but afterward became a Republican. He was mach esteemed as a man, and after a useful and well-spent life passed to his reward, his wife's death having also occurred in Elkhart county. They were the parents of a large family of children, two of whom, Samuel and Daniel, were born in Pennsylvania and removed to Ohio and later to Indiana with their parents, the former locating east of Goshen and the latter in Union township, where his descendants now reside. The other children were born in Ohio: Jacob and John (who live near Goshen); Susan (who married Jacob Stutzman); Lydia (who married Nicholas Cripe); and Levi, who resides in the vicinity of Goshen. In Cambria county, of the Keystone State, Daniel Ulery first saw the light of day on the 28th of July, 1814. He was four years of age when taken to Ohio, and when his parents started to remove to that State young Daniel determined to remain at his old home, and when the family were all on the boat ready to begin their journey young Daniel started for his old home as fast as he could go and gave his parents quite a chase before he was caught and carried on the boat. He was very homesick for some time after reaching Dayton, but time remedied this and he eventually removed to Indiana with the family in the year mentioned above. Goshen, at that time, consisted of a few houses and two small stores. For quite a number of years after their settlement the region was very unhealthy and nearly every summer the family were sick with ague. This was very discouraging, and Daniel made up his mind that he was either going back to Ohio or try to find a place where he did not shake with ague every spring. His father urged him to go south and look for a piece of land for himself, and this advice he followed, entering a quarter section of land in Union township, on which he lived until his death. This land was entered in 1837 in the office at La Porte, soon after which he settled on the land, deadened a lot of the timber and thus laid the foun�dations for his new home, and by good management had it all paid for in four years' time. April 15, 1841, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Davenport and in May they moved a part of their goods to their farm, and until sufficient timber could be hewed for a log house they lived in a tent and did their cooking out of doors. After everything was completed they went back to the old home place, where they farmed until the fall. November 18, 1841, they made a permanent settlement on their new farm, and although the weather was delightful they were lonesome, for they had no neighbors and there was little to be heard or seen, except wolves, deer and turkeys, which were very plentiful. Mr. Ulery had only $12 when he settled on his farm, yet he hired a man that winter to chop off the timber from some of his land, for which he paid him $11 and thus had $1 left to carry him through until his wheat crop, which he had put out near Goshen, could be harvested. Soon after making his settlement he took his team and wagon and drove to his father's home, near Goshen, where he butchered two hogs and started for home the following morning, but his team became mired and could not pull the wagon out and he was compelled to unhitch his team and make his way home without his meat, leaving it to be feasted upon by the wolves. Upon his arrival home, at 10 o'clock that night, he was so disheartened that he told his wife if anyone would give him 25 cents for his farm he could have it. He returned for his wagon in the morning and was surprised to find that the meat had been untouched. This was but one instance of the trials and hardships which beset the early pioneer, but the life was by no means devoid of pleasure, for to the lover of the chase it offered many inducements, and as a hunter Mr. Ulery was counted among the best in the county. He inherited this characteristic from his father, John Ulery, who was one of the greatest bear hunters in Pennsylvania. Daniel Ulery, however, was never successful enough to kill a bear, but many other specimens of wild game fell beneath the unerring aim of his rifle. The first deer he killed after moving to Indiana, was in the fall of 1831, one mile northwest of Goshen, on the Elkhart River, which he had to wade twice, although partly frozen over, in order to capture it. The deer proved to be a large one. He killed his second deer on the Elkhart Prairie, east of Goshen. During his time he went out hunting and killed eight deer with four shots from his rifle, two each time. His health was such that he was not able to do much manual labor and consequently had much time to devote to hunting, and at one time be saw a drove of from sixty to seventy but could not get near enough to them to get a shot. In the winter, after killing and dressing a deer, he would hang it up on a sapling until he got ready to take it home, and often had four or five deer hanging in the woods at one time. When be went after his deer he would often tie two together, hang them across his horse, one on each side, and carry them home in that way. If the snow was deep he would make harness out of Linden bark, fasten two or three together and drag them home. Frequently he would take a sled with him where he had deer hanging and leave it until he was ready to return home, and during his long experience as a hunter he never had but one deer stolen from him while they hung in the woods. Where Nappanee now stands used to be Mr. Ulery's favorite hunting ground, for many years this was where the deer would pass from the north to the south marsh. In the southeast part of the town there used to stand an old vacant building, called the Housour Home, and here Mr. Ulery deposited many deer to keep the wolves from devouring them. The last two deer that Mr. Ulery killed was on the 29th of December, 1865. He heard that three deer had possession of the woods northwest of Locke, and on that day Daniel Ulery with his son, L. D. Ulery, started in pursuit, one of their horses being provided with a bell which was to attract the attention of the deer, and two of the three animals were killed. Mr. Ulery never did any hunting later than the 1st of January. He used to dress his venison nicely, sell the hind quarters at 12 to 20 cents per pound, and the hides sometimes brought him in as high as 65 cents per pound, a Mr. Clem purchasing the last lot at that price. He kept an account of the number of deer he killed and what they brought him until the number had reached over 500 when he lost his book; but he killed a great many after that. He was almost always very successful in handling a gun, but one time accidentally shot and killed one of his horses while trying to bring down a deer for his father who was lying sick at his home near Goshen. But this loss was made good to him by his father, who sent him a good horse in payment, and by hunting soon made enough to purchase another horse. As a marksman he, perhaps, had no equal. One afternoon he went out into the woods and shot fifty-two squirrels, all through the head, not missing one. These he sold in Goshen, at sixpence apiece. The pastime of Isaac Walton was also a great source of pleasure to him, and he took great delight in fishing either with seine, net or spear. In his early days large fish were very numerous, and in the Elkhart River he speared one pike that weighed thirty-six pounds after the head was taken off. He also did a great deal of fishing with the spear on the Syracuse Lake, taking in the large bass. He was also a fine swimmer and it made but little difference to him whether be was in water or on dry land; he could help himself. One night, while crossing Syracuse Lake with a Mr. Brumbaugh, he rose to look for the fire on the shore when the boat tipped to one side and threw him out. He swam around to the side of the boat and got in without upsetting it, but in falling lost his spear and the water being deep, he could not find it until two years later, when he saw the handle of the spear ten feet below the surface of the water, the moss having raised it up. He dived for it and secured it.

For some time, when Daniel and his brothers were young men, they were very much annoyed by a Mr. Hawkins, who was putting up a grist-mill on the Elkhart River, one mile west of Goshen, and who very frequently desired their assistance. He kept this up so long that they at last got tired of it and concluded that the next time he came they would play a joke on him. As expected, he came one day when they were very busy, but all three agreed to go with him, and while crossing the river in a boat one of the boys deftly managed to upset it, and although Mr. Hawkins managed to safely reach the shore it was the last time he asked their assistance. Many of his early adventures are still recalled by his children, to whom he related them. Indians were very numerous at first, and in time became quite troublesome, owing to their thieving ways, but they were not hostile. Mr. Ulery was a good teamster and usually drove four horses. He used to haul a great deal of grain and produce from Goshen to Michigan City, and on returning would bring a load of salt back to Goshen, salt being then worth $10 per barrel. He was very handy with carpenter's and shoemaker's tools, and for many years made all the shoes worn by himself and family, or until boots came into style. The first shoes he purchased out of a store was in the fall of 1853, which practically ended his shoe business, for he saw that he could provide his family's footwear in an easier way. All his first furniture was made by himself, with the exception of chairs and bedsteads, and the pieces were all made of black walnut and cherry. There is only one piece of the old stock left and that is in possession of L. D. Ulery, viz., the cradle in which he and his brothers and sisters were rocked. Mr. Ulery made one of the first pair of bobsleds that was used in the township, also his first pump for his well, but this was not like the modern pump. The upper stock was made of black walnut, twenty inches in diameter, and was in use for about thirty-five years. He was very fond of a joke in his young days, and often played them upon the unsuspecting, but with such good humor that it was impossible to be angry with him. His wife performed her part in the domestic affairs of their pioneer life. Cooking stoves were not in use in those days, and the culinary equipments consisted of a big fireplace, with a broad hearth made of stone, generally "a Dutch oven," in which the bread was baked; a skillet and a frying pan. The fireplace was generally provided with a crane, on which to hang pots and the old-fashioned teakettle. Mrs. Ulery spun and wove her own linen, likewise her woolen goods. She spun her own sewing-thread and made all the summer and winter garments for the family, and did it all without any assistance. She still survives, lives on the old homestead and is a member of the Dunkard Church, with which Mr. Ulery also kept the faith from 1855 until his death, holding the office of deacon from January 1, 1867. Like most boys he was very adventurous, and in childhood, while attempting to walk a clothesline he fell off and broke one of his arms. After he had moved with his parents out near Goshen, squirrels became very numerous and did great damage to the crops, and one time in attempting to catch a number that had taken refuge in a tree, he caught hold of two limbs, gave a sud�den jerk, when both gave way with him and he fell heavily to the ground, breaking both arms and putting one wrist out of place. Although his arms soon healed his wrist bothered him for a number of years. In the fall before he moved onto his farm he put out a wheat crop on the old farm, and at the harvest time the neighbors' boys and his brothers attempted to "hoist" him, as was customary, and in the good-natured scuffle his body became twisted in such a way that three of his ribs were broken and his back so severely injured that for seven years he was not able to chop his own firewood or stoop to do any kind of work. This was a great hindrance to him, commencing, as he did, on a pioneer woodland farm. In the year 1874, after harvest, misfortune again visited him, for his barn was struck by lightning, and, besides the building, all his wheat, his hay crop, two horses, wagons, buggies, 400 bushels of old wheat, and many other things, were burned. In 1882 a heavy storm came up, and after his boys had taken a load of hay into the barn, Father Ulery went to close the door, but just then a little girl ran in front of the door, and to protect her he held to the door and was thrown off the barn bridge a distance of twelve feet, striking his arm on a mower and breaking it near the shoulder. This left that arm crippled the remainder of his life. He continued to have fair health until about one year before his death, when he began to fail, heart trouble setting in. He was always very much interested in school affairs, and after much hard work he managed to get a school started in his district, and although it was a log structure covered with clapboards and furnished in the most primitive style, yet it answered the purpose, and here his children received their first instruction in the paths of learning. Mr. Ulery was township trustee for some time, and this gave him a good opportunity to work up the school system, of which he was not slow to avail himself. Later, the first rude school structure gave place to a hewed-log house, which was in turn replaced by a frame building, and now a handsome and convenient brick building occupies the site. Daniel Ulery succeeded in giving his children a fair education, and four of them became school-teachers. Their names are as follows: Levi D., who lives two miles east of Nappanee; Lydia, married John S. Wisler and lives south of Bremen; John D., lives east of Nappanee; Catherine, married Alpheus Wisler and resides in Harper county, Kan.; Elizabeth, married Emanuel Whitehead and resides in Kosciusko county, Ind.; Samuel, lives on the old home farm in Union township; Sarah, married William Ebersole and resides in Harper county, Kan.; David, resides in Garrett, Ind., and is an employe on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. This family is honored wherever known, and are the descendants of a worthy scion of the house-their worthy father, Daniel Ulery, whose memory yet remains green in the hearts of his numer�ous friends and acquaintances, as well as by his own immediate family. Besides raising his own children, he adopted, at the age of two years, the daughter of Christian Souder (Mary A.), of New Paris. She is now living in Union township and is the wife of Samuel Smeltzer, by whom she has two living children.

LEVI D. ULERY was born in Union township, Elkhart county, Ind., on May 30, 1842, the eldest child born to Daniel Ulery, one of the well-known old settlers of this section. In his youth he attended what was known as the Ulery school, in which he obtained a good education. He grew to manhood in Union township and on September 21, 1871, was married to Miss Catherine Kinsel, who was born in Ohio, October 1, 1847, the adopted daughter of Jacob R. Noffsinger. Mr. and Mrs. Ulery, after their marriage, settled on the farm where they now live and have succeeded in making of it one of the pleasantest homes in the township. On this neat, well-tilled and productive farm of 100 acres, they have a substantial and handsome brick residence, in which they dispense a refined and generous hospitality to the numerous friends who gather beneath their roof-tree. Mr. and Mrs. Ulery have long been connected with the German Baptist Church, he being a deacon in that church, and he has always been very enthusiastic in his support of Republican principles, and has held a number of offices of trust. He has an interesting and intelligent family of six children whose names are as follows: William W., who was born June 20, 1872; Jesse C., born August 7, 1874; Minnie, born February 5, 1878, and died January 17, 1879; Alvin J., born February 5, 1881; Ada, born March 5, 1883, and Mabel, born July 23, 1887. Like the majority of the intelligent and prosperous agriculturists of the present day, Mr. Ulery learned the details of his work on his father's farm, but a considerable portion of his early years was also spent in the timber, cutting wood and hauling lumber to South Bend. His spare moments were given to hunting, in which be took great pleasure, and he became skilled in the use of the shotgun and the rifle. His start in life was made by dealing in timber and lumber and, although this school was a rough one, it taught him self-reliance and energy, which attributes were of great benefit to him in later years. He comes of substantial, honorable and enterprising stock, is public spirited to a degree and is a law-abiding and worthy citizen, whose good qualities are seen and recognized by all who know him.

JOHN D. ULERY. During the forty-six years that have passed over the head of the gentleman whose name stands at the head of this sketch, he has witnessed a wonderful transformation in Elkhart county, and during all these years he has been an active observer of the trend of events. He has not been merely a "looker on in Venice," but a citizen who has, through his enterprise, his integrity and his public-spirit, contributed his full share to the magnificent development of the section in which he resides. He comes of an honored ancestry, for the well-known old pioneer, Daniel Ulery, was his father, from whom he inherited many of his most worthy characteristics. He was the third of his children and first saw the light of day on the old home farm in Union township, February 3, 1846, and like the majority of farmer's boys of that region, obtained his initiatory education in what was known far and near as the Ulery School. This he alternated with tilling the soil until he had almost attained man's estate, when he quit school to devote his attention to agricultural pursuits, which calling occupied his time and attention until he was about twenty-seven years of age. He then, on March 10, 1872, united his fortunes with those of Mary J. Whitehead, who was the youngest child born to Valentine and Margaret (Lentz) Whitehead; the former was a son of Valentine and Elizabeth (Rodebaugh) Whitehead, who were of German descent and were early pioneers of Pennsylvania and Ohio. Valentine lost his wife, Elizabeth, in Ohio, after which he removed to the Hoosier State and died in Elkhart county in 1867, at which time he was a retired farmer and nearly ninety years of age. He was the father of eleven children, all of whom are dead, with the exception of three: Louis, Peter and David. Valentine, one of the children of the above mentioned family, was the father of Mrs. John Ulery. He removed to Indiana at an early day, having married Margaret Lentz, in Ohio, and settled on a woodland farm of 160 acres in Jackson township, Elkhart county, which he did much to improve prior to his death, which occurred on July 24, 1851. He was a member of the German Baptist Church, a Democrat in early life and afterward became a Republican in political principle, although he but seldom exercised the privilege of suffrage. Five children were the result of his union: Lucinda, wife of Joseph B. Haney, was born December 13, 1842; Samuel, a carpenter of Goshen, was born in 1845; Jacob is a farmer of Bates county, Mo.; Emanuel, of Kosciusko county, Ind., is married to Elizabeth Ulery, by whom he has four children - Argus, Jesse, Clayton and Calvin; Mary J. is the wife of John D. Ulery. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Whitehead married John D. Miller, of New Paris, who was born near Dayton, Ohio, in 1812, a son of David Miller (a more complete sketch of this gentleman is found in the sketch of David B. Miller). He has resided for years in the vicinity of New Paris, where he is highly honored and esteemed. Mrs. Miller is now seventy-one years of age, but is still healthy and active. To her union with Mr. Miller three children were given: Evaline, Ira and Perry. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are residents of Jackson township, Elkhart county. Mrs. John D. Ulery was born in this county, February 11, 1852, and has presented her husband with two children: Edward W., born December 13, 1872, who has the principal charge of the home farm and is a steady, kindly and intelligent young man, and Lizzie, who was born November 28, 1874, and is an accomplished young lady. Mr. Ulery is classed among the foremost citizens of Union township, and is at the head of his business, owing to the energy and enterprise he has displayed. He owns an exceptionally fertile farm of 135 acres, on which are probably; the best buildings of any farm in the township. He is a man of wealth and owns an interest in the Nappanee Furniture Company, as well as in other paying interests. He has followed in his father's footsteps in regard to meeting with accidents, as well as in other respects, for on July 4, 1881, he was badly injured by a reaping machine and for about a year thereafter was an invalid. He is deservedly classed among the public-spirited and intelligent men of the county and his warm personal friends can be numbered by the score. Mrs. Ulery is a member of the German Baptist Church. Her maternal grandfather came to this county at an early day, having started from his native land a rich man. The voyage by water occupied nine months, and upon landing he found himself without means, owing to the tyranny and dishonesty of the captain of the vessel. On this voyage some three hundred souls died. Mr. and Mrs. Ulery took to rear as their own child, David A. Leatherman, who, at that time was six years of age, and the orphan son of John and Elizabeth Leatherman, gave him every advantage and provided means for him to graduate from the University at Valparaiso, Ind. He is a young man of much promise and at the present time is a traveling man. He re�mained with his foster parents until he was twenty years old and still holds them in grateful and honored remembrance, for they proved to him a friend in his need and were always as kind and thoughtful of his wants as though he were one of their own family. This is but one instance of the many kind and disinterested actions done by Mr. Ulery in his walk through life, and clearly indicated the true character of the man.

SAMUEL ULERY is the sixth child born to Daniel Ulery, his birth occurring in Union township, Elkhart Co., Ind., April 20, 1852, and after acquiring a good education in the district schools in the vicinity of his rural home, he began life for himself as a school teacher. He received the rearing that is usually given the pioneer farmer's boy, i.e., his days were spent in clearing the home farm and in following the plow, during which time he attained to vigorous manhood, and improved both muscle and brain by the healthful outdoor life he lead. When about the age of twenty-three years he decided that it was not good for man to live alone, and for his companion through life he chose Miss Sarah A. Martin, a native of Montgomery county, Ohio, and daughter of David and Sarah (Miller) Martin, the former of wham was an Ohioan, of which State his father was an early settler. The mother was a daughter of Abraham Miller, an early pioneer of Montgomery county, Ohio. Mrs. Ulery's parents are still living in Preble county, where they brought up their eight children: Sarah, Mariah, William, Lydia, Nancy, Lizzie, John and David. Mrs. Ulery's birth occurred November 16, 1852, and she attained womanhood on the old home farm in Preble county, her union with Mr. Ulery being celebrated there. She has presented her husband with the following children: Charles E., born October 24, 1875; Ida B., born April 22, 1878; Bertha M., born October 4, 1882; May C., born April 22, 1884; Daniel A., born September 25,1887, and Vernie E., born July 6, 1892. Mr. Ulery and his wife support the doctrines of the German Baptist Church, and are living on the old Ulery homestead, where they have a finely improved tract of land of 158 acres, all of which is very fertile notwithstanding the fact that it is one of the oldest farms in the county. Mr. Ulery has always supported Republican principles, and is a wide-awake, public-spirited citizen. He has held offices of trust in his township and school district, and has at all times .given his support to worthy enterprises. He and his wife are among the prominent citizens of the county, and as such are recognized.

SAMUEL F. ULERY is a descendant of one of the pioneer families of Elkhart county, Ind., and inherits many of the worthy and sterling traits of his German ancestors. His great-grandfather came to this country about 1790, and spelled his name Ulrich, but this has been Anglicized to Ulery. He was married in this country to Miss Elizabeth Leer, located in the vicinity of Johnstown, Penn., where he owned a valley farm, over which the great flood of May, 1888, swept. In 1818 he sold this farm with the intention of moving to Ohio, and for that purpose he and his family went down the Ohio River on a boat and settled on a farm two miles west of Dayton, Ohio, upon which they lived until 1831, when they sold out and took up their residence in Elkhart county, purchasing land one mile west of Goshen, where Mr. Ulery's death occurred in 1846. After his location in Indiana he made eleven trips over the road on horseback from Goshen to Dayton, Ohio. His children were: Samuel, Daniel, John, Levi, Jacob and Lydia. Samuel, the eldest of this family, was born December 25, 1812. and was brought up on his father's farm in Cambria county, Penn., and at the age of six years was taken by them to Dayton, Ohio, and in 1831 came with them to Goshen, and here he assisted his father in clearing the home farm, which consisted of 240 acres. At the time of their settlement there were but two houses in Goshen and two small stores. Elder Jacob Studebaker was the first Dunkard preacher to move near Goshen, and he gave the Bible name to the town. Samuel Ulery had limited education, but he was a typical pioneer, being a great hunter and very fond of fishing. His brother, Daniel, was also very fond of the chase, and during the days of plentiful game killed over five hundred deer, of which he kept an account. The early pioneers made considerable money in hunting deer and other wild animals, besides supplying their families with meat, and Samuel Ulery and his brother were not behind the early settlers in so doing. Samuel was married to Miss Mary Fease, and their union resulted in the birth of ten children: Elizabeth, Jacob, John, David, Lydia, Hannah, Benjamin, Samuel, Mary and Sarah A., all of whom lived to reach mature years. Samuel Ulery entered and settled on 160 acres of wild land in Clinton township, which he, in time, cleared and converted into a good farm, and on which his children were born and reared, and his widow now resides. Like his worthy father, he was a devout member of the Dunkard Church, was the soul of honor in every transaction, and was trusted as guardian for a number of orphan children, and was administrator of several estates. He was interested in the cause of education, assisted in establishing good schools, and as his views on all subjects were sound and practical, his advice on various matters was often sought by his neighbors, and was given in a cheerful and deferential, yet decided manner. He was followed to the grave by a large concourse of people, for he had won the hearty liking and respect of all with whom he came in contact, and in this mariner they testified their regard and respect to his memory. Samuel F. Ulery, his son, and the immediate subject of this notice, first saw the light of day June 17, 1849, on his father's farm, and here his first labor as a tiller of the soil was done, for when he was not pursuing his studies in the district school near his rural home he was wielding the hoe or following the plow. Upon attaining manhood he married Sarah Schrock, daughter of Jacob D. and Lydia (Kenagy) Schrock, and to their union two sons were given: Charles C. and Melvin C. For some time after his marriage Mr. Ulery resided on the old homestead, but in 1877 he moved on to a portion of his present farm, which then consisted of forty acres, but by determined effort and unceasing industry he increased his farm to 142 acres, upon which he has made many valuable improvements, and now has a neat and well-tilled farm, of which he may well feel proud, as it is the result of his own and his worthy wife's hard and persistent toil. In 1889 he built a pretty and tasteful residence, which is fitted up with many modern improvements and conveniences, and is furnished in an attractive and beautiful manner, showing many evidences of refined and cultivated taste. Much time and labor has been expended upon the lawn, and it is dotted with beautiful trees and ornamental shrubs. Taking it all in all, it presents the most beautiful and tasteful appearance of any place in the county, and is a credit to both Mr. and Mrs. Ulery. Mr. Ulery is a practical tiller of the soil, a stockraiser, and deals quite extensively in blooded horses. He is a Democrat politically, has been school director for years, and has given his sons good educations. He and his wife and their son Melvin C. belong to the Progressive Dunkard Church, but Charles is a member of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Ulery has set a good example in regard to beautifying and adorning his home, and being very progressive he keeps thoroughly apace with the times, not only in regard to the conduct and management of his farm, but on the current topics of the day. He stands high as an intelligent and public-spirited citizen, and throughout his useful career his honor has never been questioned. His son Charles was married to Miss Eva Gonker, by whom he has one child. He is a farmer of Clinton township. Mr. and Mrs. Ulery have an adopted daughter named Cora, whom they are giving a good education, the comforts of a beautiful home, and the affection of a daughter.

JOHN ULERY is a worthy member of the old pioneer Ulery family of Elkhart county. His grandfather was a Pennsylvanian by birth, and from there first removed to Montgomery county, Ohio, and then to Elkhart county, Ind., and in 1833 settled on the Elkhart Road, one mile from Goshen. He married Elizabeth Leer and was the father of seven children: Samuel, Daniel, John, Jacob, Levi, Susan and Lydia. The father of these children was an industrious, enterprising pioneer, and owing to his own efforts became the owner of a large amount of real estate, and assisted each of his children to a good start in life. He was a Dunkard in his religions views and like all who profess that faith, he was earnest, sincere and strictly honorable. His son Samuel was also born on Pennsylvania soil and when his parents made their various changes of residence he remained with them and received such education as could be obtained in the schools of his day. After his arrival in Elkhart county he put in a small crop for his father and otherwise assisted him to get settled. He was later married to Mary Fease who bore him the following children: Elizabeth, Jacob, John, David, Lydia, Hannah, Benjamin, Samuel, Mary and Sarah A. After his marriage he lived two years on Elkhart Prairie, then came to Clinton township and entered 160 acres of land, which he succeeded in clearing after many a month of hard labor. For a further history of the family see sketch of Samuel F. Ulery. His son John, whose name heads this sketch, was born in Clinton township, February 17, 1840, received a common-school education and in his youth was initiated into the mysteries of farming, a calling he has followed throughout life with good results. At the age of twenty-five years on the 25th of December, 1864, he was married to Mary, daughter of Jonathan and Saloma (Wyland) Myers the former of whom was one of the respected pioneer farmers of the county. His father, Jacob Myers, was of Pennsylvania Dutch stock from Lancaster county, but afterward became a resident of Montgomery county, Ohio. He was the father of children as follows: David, Jonathan, Barbara, Katie, Elizabeth, George, John and Daniel. Jacob Myers resided on a farm in Ohio until quite an old man, when he came to Indiana and lived with his son Jonathan until his death at the age of eighty-six years, at which time he was in full communion with the Dunkard Church. Jonathan Myers was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, August 17, 1816, and although he received but few advantages, he learned to read and write. He came to Elkhart county, Ind., in 1827, at which time he was about twenty-one years of age, and entered eighty acres of land in Clinton township, but returned to Montgomery county later and was there married in 1838, after which he returned to his claim in Indiana with his young bride. He cleared and improved his land and increased it to 330 acres, in fact, became wealthy, for besides being intelligent and far-seeing, he was energetic. He was a deacon for many years in the Dunkard Church, was a devout Christian and wielded much influence in his church. His children were: Elizabeth, Jacob, John, Mary, Sarah and Esther. He lived to be seventy-five years of age, dying on the 26th of March, 1892. Mr. and Mrs. John Ulery are the parents of two sons: William H., born August 11, 1866, and Ira A., born April, 28, 1869. In 1865 Mr. Ulery bought a farm of ninety acres in Clinton township, and as he received seventy acres with his wife, he now has control of 160 acres. He is a practical agriculturist, his efforts have been prospered, and he stands deservedly high owing to his honest and straightforward course through life. Like all the members of his family he is a Dunkard in his religious views, and politically is a stanch Democrat. His son William H. was married to Phoebe E., daughter of Jacob and Mary A. Stutzman, and by her he is the father of two children. He is a farmer and is well educated, as is also his brother. The latter, Ira A., attended the Normal College at Millersburg two terms, and both are energetic and exemplary young men.

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