JOSEPH H. HEATWOLE, M. D. The ancestral history of the Heatwole (originally spelled Hutwohl) family in America dates from September 15, 1748, upon which date there landed in Philadelphia, Matthias Hutwohl, who, with ninety-six other German emigrants, sailed from Rotterdam, Holland, in the ship "Two Brothers," of which Thomas Arnot was master. Matthias Hutwohl, according to scraps of evidence extant, was born in Rheinish Bavaria, and of his parentage nothing is known, but tradition says that he and his parents were Lutheran in religious belief. Like most of the German emigrants of his time, he settled in Pennsylvania, and in the course of time married Miss Haas, sister of Christian Haas, who subsequently settled near Turley town, Rockingham Co., Va., in which place he died when more than one hundred years of age. Matthias Hutwohl, by his marriage to Miss Haas, became the father of six children, whose names were respectively: David, Jacob, John, Christian, Mary and Anna. These children were left fatherless by the sudden death of their parent, which was caused by over physical exertion. The widowed mother, being without means, found it necessary to place her children among strangers. David, whose posterity has become so numerous in Virginia, was brought up by a family named Momaw. Jacob, after his marriage, settled near Charleston, now West Virginia, where he died, leaving few to bear his name; John married in Pennsylvania, and became the father of two children. Christian died single at Alexandria, Va., having been a shoemaker by trade; Anna married Samuel Weaver, from whom have descended the Weavers of Rockingham county, Va., and Mary married Peter Bowman, who settled near Dale Enterprise, Va., and to whom the following named children were born: John, Peter, Jacob, Martin, Samuel, Susan, Mary and Elizabeth. Mrs. Bowman, wife of Peter, was born in Lancaster county, Penn., December 18, 1766, and died in 1833. David Hutwohl (who afterward spelled his name Heatwole, which spelling the family has since retained), son of Matthias, was born in 1767. As before stated, he was bound out, and unfortunately fell into the hands of a cruel task-master, by whom he was maltreated, and the scars from the beatings he received he carried to his grave. Subsequently he ran away and joined himself to a man named Momaw, and when eighteen years old went to reside with his uncle, Christian Haas, by whom he was taught the trade of shoe making. He married Magdalene Weland, whose parents had settled in the wilds of northern Pennsylvania, and were twice driven from their home by the Indians, and in a conflict that occurred, one of the sons was killed and another wounded. Several years subsequent to David Heatwole's marriage (in 1794) he moved to Rockingham county, Virginia, in which he bought eighty-five acres of land. He became the father of eleven children: Gabriel, born October 26, 1789; Frances, born December 19,1790; Elizabeth, born September 7, 1792; Christian, born June 7, 1795; David, born September 15, 1797; Abraham, born September 23, 1799; Magdalene, born March 15, 1802, and died at the age of three years; Samuel, born March 3, 1804; John, born April 6, 1806; Anna, born June 4, 1808, and Henry, born March 9, 1813. The father of these children was a plain, unassuming man, and a firm believer in and a strong advocate of the nonresistant doctrine as taught by Simon Menno. He was on elder in the Mennonite Church, to which he was ardently devoted. He died April 8, 1842, and his wife departed this life November 23, 1840, in her seventy-fifth year. Gabriel, the eldest, married Margaret Swank, and settled near Mole Hill, Rockingham Co., Va., where he followed the trade of cooper. To him and his wife eight sons and four daughters were born, all of whom married and lived near the old homestead on which their father died June 18, 1875, his wife's death occurring six or seven years previous. Frances, the second child of David and Magdalene Heatwole, married Michael Hildebrand, and bore him eight sons and two daughters; Elizabeth, the third child, married Henry Shank, by whom she had five sons and seven daughters (she died January 3, 1836); Christian, the fourth child, married Barbara Emswiler, who bore him two sons and one daughter (his death occurred August 31, 1853); David, the fifth child, married Susanna Helbert (first wife), by whom he had five children, and his second wife, Eliza Garrison, bore him eight children (he died June 5,1867); Abraham, the sixth child, married Margaret Showalter, who bore him four children; Samuel, the eighth in order of birth, married Elizabeth Shank, by whom he became the father of six sons and four daughters (he died November 22, 1858); John S., the ninth, married Nancy Swank, sister of Gabriel's wife, and their union resulted in the birth of four sons and six daughters (he died October 30, 1857); Anna, the tenth child, married Daniel Suter, and became the mother of three sons and two daughters (she died March 12, 1835, at the age of twenty-seven years); Henry, the youngest of this family, and the father of Dr. Joseph H. Heatwole, remained with his parents until he became of age, soon after which he left the scenes of his childhood and went to Ohio. In Columbiana county, of that State, he married Barbara, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Culp, she being a native of Mahoning county, of that State. While there he took up the study of medicine, and subsequently entered upon the practice of this profession, first in his adopted state, and afterward, about 1851, in Lawrence County, Penn. Upon his removal to Indiana, he settled at Waterford, Elkhart Co. (in May, 1853), and in 1876 took up his residence in Goshen, in both of which places he successfully practiced his profession and acquired a high standing. His was a life of marked activity and indomitable perseverance. His disadvantages were many, yet they deterred not his progressive spirit. He rose above the obstacles encountered, and relinquished no purpose until fully gained. In whatever light his character is viewed, there appears a loftiness of spirit that approaches the ideal in man. In his youth his soul revolted at the institution of slavery, and hating it, he fled to gree soil to escape the pains its hideous practice inflicted on his sensitive and noble nature. While many of his kinsmen during the Civil war took up arms against the Government, he remained true in his allegiance to his country, and the courage of his convictions never failed him when trial came. He imbibed from his ancestors the belief in the Mennonite doctrine of religious belief, to the tenets of which faith he adhered through life. Devoid of a literary education himself, he realized how essential it was to the welfare of his children, upon whom he lavished every means within his power to fortify and equip them, that they might more easily surmount the obstructive elements of life. His own way in life was over difficulties which he wished his children to pass with the ease and power born of knowledge. Those that bear his name inherit in a large degree the characteristics and natural forces of their revered sire, upon whom they reflect in no uncertain light. His union with Barbara Culp resulted in the birth of twelve children: Susanna, deceased;. Elizabeth, who married Frank Wissinger; Matilda, deceased; Catherine, who married Uriah Anderson; Mary, deceased; Rebecca, who married Levi Croop; Joseph H.; Henry, deceased; Joel; Prescott; Emma, who married Dr. William H. Nussbaum, and Ellen, deceased. Dr. Henry Heatwole departed this life April 14, 1888, and his venerable widow survives him at this writing. Dr. Joseph H. Heatwole was born in Lawrence county, Penn., April 6, 1853, and was one month old when his parents settled in Elkhart county. His primary education was obtained in the village school in Waterford, and at the age of sixteen he entered the Goshen High School, in which he fitted himself for college. Entering Mount Union College, Ohio, for two years he diligently devoted himself to study, qualified himself to teach, and thus defrayed the expenses incurred in obtaining both a literary and medical education. He matriculated at the Ohio Medical College, of Cincinnati, in 1876, from which institution he graduated in 1878, after which he immediately began to practice his procession at Middlebury, Ind. In 1883 he located in Goshen, where he has acquired a large and lucrative practice, and which has the merit of steady increase. He has held official positions of honor and trust, among them that of health officer of Elkhart county for six years. He is also a member of the 'board of pension examiners. He is progressive in his profession, is a close student, keeping himself well up in the medical literature of the day. In manner he is agreeable, affable and courteous; is an interesting and instructive talker, and altogether nature has effected in him a combination of qualities which make of him one of the most congenial and companionable of men. His marriage was consummated March 20, 1879, with Miss Ella R., daughter of Rev. O. V. Lemon, a well-known Methodist divine, and has borne him three children: Infant son, deceased, born February 15, 1880; Irmyn M., born July 26, 1884, and died October 6, 1891, and Louise, born October 19, 1889. In politics the Doctor is an active Republican, and takes much interest in municipal, State and national affairs.

Joel P. Heatwole, brother of the Doctor, was born in the village of Waterford Ind., August 22, 1856. He attended the village school and worked at different callings during his youth. The early age of nineteen years found him the principal of the schools of Millersburg, Ind., and being inclined to newspaper work he established the Millersburg Enterprise in 1876 while teaching there. In 1878 he resigned his position as teacher and established the Middlebury Record, which he conducted until he sold out in 1881, in the fall of which year he purchased an interest in the Goshen Times, but disposed of it the following February. He was secretary of the Northern Indiana Editorial Association four years. In the summer of 1882 he went to Minnesota and purchased a half interest in the Glencoe Enterprise, which he edited until the next July, when he moved to Duluth and did editorial work on the Lake Superior News. In November, 1883, he returned to Glencoe and assumed charge of the Enterprise until April of 1884, when he purchased the Northfield News. About a year later he became the proprietor of the Northfield Journal and consolidated it with the News, which he has conducted ever since. In 1886 he was elected first vice-president of the Minnesota Editors' & Publishers' Association, and in 1887 was elected president of the same, and re-elected in 1888. Besides his journalistic work, Mr. Heatwole has taken an active part in local and State politics. He was a member of the Republican State Central Committee in 1886 and was elected secretary of that body and was also a member of the executive committee. He was unanimously elected delegate at large to the National Republican Convention held in Chicago in 1888 by the Republicans of Minnesota. In July, 1890, Mr. Heatwole was appointed chairman of the Republican State Central Committee, a position he now holds. December 20, 1891, he was appointed by Gov. Merriam a member of the board of regents of the University of Minnesota. Although a comparatively young man, his career has been a continual march onward and upward, growing daily more popular with all who knew him. He is prominently mentioned as the Republican candidate for governor of his adopted State, and his prospects for future greatness and usefulness are very flattering. He was married in London, England, to Mrs. Gertrude Archibald, of Faribault, Minn., a lady of great social and moral worth.

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WILLIAM KERCHER is a substantial farmer of Pennsylvania nativity, and from the date of his birth, which occurred in Lancaster county, December 31, 1813, he has resided either in that State, Ohio or Indiana. He is of German descent and has inherited many of the most worthy traits of the German race. His father, John Kercher, was also born in Lancaster county, Penn., and was married there to Catherine Koser, the daughter of a well-to-do farmer of that county and their union resulted in the birth of the following children: William, Susan, Katie and Eliza. The father was a member of the Lutheran Church, was a hard-working, industrious man, and was naturally very strong and rugged, but his career was cut short by the hand of death at the age of fifty years. His son William unfortunately received but little schooling in his youth, instead of which his time was devoted to learning the miller's trade, at which he worked for sixteen years. At the age of twenty-six years he removed to Ohio, where he spent one year in the grist-mill of Benjamin Hushig, of Richland county, after which he worked for some time in a mill in Wayne county. He then returned to Richland county, and for four years worked in the Spring mill. The year before, January 7, 1838, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Moyer, daughter of John Moyer, a farmer of Richland county, who became a resident of Elkhart county in 1849, and died at the age of eighty years, having been an. upright and honorable man throughout a long and useful career. Nine children eventually came to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kercher: Sarah, Catherine, John, Abraham, Susannah, William, Caroline, Albert and Rebecca. Mr. Kercher came with his family to Indiana in 1851, arriving in Goshen October 23 of that year, and in the spring of the following year he settled on his present farm, which then consisted of 120 acres, only a small portion of which had been cleared and improved. Like the majority of pioneer settlers

" He cut, he logged, he cleared his lot
And into many a dismal spot he let the light of day."

He made many improvements, and after many years of hard labor he had the satisfaction of seeing waving fields of grain where once had been heavy timber land, and knew this to have been brought about by his own efforts. He and his wife are members of the Dunkard Church, and he was one of the prime movers in building the church of that denomination in the township. He is a Republican, a public spirited citizen, and an honorable man in every particular. Being essentially religious he has brought up his children in a very creditable manner, and has assisted them all to a substantial start in life. His daughter, Sarah A., married Samuel Steiner, a farmer of Kansas, by whom she has four children; Catherine married Samuel Smith, also a farmer of the Sunflower State, by whom she has three children; John married Miss Kate Peck, by whom he has three children, and is a butcher of Freeport, Ill.; Caroline married John Buzzard, a farmer of Harrison township, Elkhart county, and is the mother of six children; Abraham married Ann Buzzard, is a farmer of Elkhart township, and has six children; William married Eliza Ann Cripe, is a farmer of the township, and has four children; Rebecca married Samuel F. Croup, of Goshen, and has two children; Alfred married Sophia Blough, and is farming on the old home place, and Susan is at home. Mr. Kercher has twenty-eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

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CHRISTIAN UMBAUGH is one of the progressive young agriculturists of the county of Elkhart and is deeply interested in the welfare of this section, for here he was born on July, 29, 1861, being the sixth in a family of seven children (three of whom are living) born to the marriage of William Umbaugh and Elizabeth Cloves. The early life of Christian was spent on his father's farm, on which he was born, in Union township, which is located four and a half miles northeast of Nappanee, and his education, which is of a practical kind, was obtained in what is known as the Stauffer school. Like most farmer's boys, he had to assist his parents on the farm when he became old enough, and thereafter attended school only during the winter months. He was left fatherless at the age of fourteen years and thereafter he assisted his mother and brother, William, in managing the old home place. There his mother was called from life in the month of March, 1890. At the age of twenty-two years Christian was united in marriage with Miss Susan Stump, born April 27, 1862, a daughter of Solomon Stump, a sketch of whom appears in this work, and immediately after they took up their residence on the farm of eighty acres, on which they are now living, all of which is well improved and forty acres are cleared, the other forty being in heavy timber land. At the time of their location the place had no improvements but an old log house which had stood on the place for years, but this Mr. Umbaugh burned down and erected on its site his present handsome residence, and has made other valuable improvements in the way of out-buildings, fences, etc. He has shown himself to be a live and progressive young man and the manner in which he manages his farm shows that he possesses a thorough knowledge of his calling as well as sound judgment. His property has been acquired by upright methods, and being interested in the welfare of his section and generous in his support of worthy causes, he is considered a decided acquisition to the region in which he resides. He is well informed on all the current issues of the day and has always supported Democratic principles. He is following a general line of farming, gives considerable attention to the raising of stock, and besides the land on his home farm he tills forty acres in the vicinity of his home, on the west, and twenty-five acres near the old home place. He is one of the first citizens of the county, is an energetic young man and gives every promise of becoming wealthy. He has two sons: Verner, who was born July 24, 1884, and Mervin, born March 10, 1886, both of whom are attending school. Mr. Umbaugh's parents came from Ohio to Indiana, but the mother was born in Germany November 16, 1824, and came to this country when a girl, her parents having died in their native land. She married Mr. Umbaugh in 1850 and two years later they took up their residence in Elkhart county, being among the early settlers of this region. Here they followed farming and reared their family. John died a number of years ago and left a family in Union township; George died at the age of eighteen years; Lizzie is the wife of William Wagner and is living in Nappanee; Regina was severely burned in childhood and died from its effects; Christian; William is a farmer of Union township, and the rest of the children died in early childhood. The mother died when sixty-five years of age, having for many years been a member of the Reformed Church; she was an exemplary Christian and was loved by all who knew her. The father was a prominent farmer of the county and died in 1877, having been born in Germany in 1816. When he was a young man he sought a fortune in America, eventually made a goad property and left a good estate, which was divided among his children. He was also a member of the Reformed Church and held office in the same. He had experienced the trials and privations of pioneer life and thoroughly knew the hard work involved in clearing up a farm from the wilderness. He was a stone-mason by trade and worked at that occupation to some extent after taking up his residence in this country. After their marriage he and his wife first resided for a time in Columbiana county, Ohio, and upon coming to this section were in moderate circumstances, and here eventually became prominent.

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WILLIAM ANDREA THOMAS. Perhaps there is no name more familiar, or more favorably known to the people of Elkhart county, Ind., than the one above mentioned. This is not alone due to the fact that the one to whom it belongs bas been a resident of Elkhart county for more than half a century, but the name has been very intimately associated with the moral, social and intellectual and financial growth of the county. In fact the name of William A. Thomas is to Elkhart county and Goshen, what an heirloom is to a proud and deserving family. The family to which William A. Thomas belongs came from Wales to America prior to the Revolution and settled in one of the Atlantic States, but at an early day emigrated to Virginia. Thomas Thomas, the great-grandfather of William A., was likely a soldier in the war for independence, as he often spoke of those times and his meeting with Washington and other notables of that period. The family were residents of Delaware at that time, and it was here that Thomas Thomas, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in 1792. He went with his father to Mon¬roe county, Va., and there, in 1815, he married Mary, daughter of a Mr. Kelly, a substantial farmer of that county. Early in 1827 Mr. Thomas came with his family to Richmond, Ind., but in less than two years he moved to Cary Mission, Mich., and in 1828 or 1829, located on Two Mile Plain, his nearest neighbors being a Mr. Rousnau, on Elkhart River, two miles away, and Andrew Naufsinger on the north side of the St. Joseph River. Here he engaged in farming and remained until the organization of the county, when he was chosen the first circuit court clerk, and moved his family to Goshen. He was clerk of that court fourteen years and well and faithfully performed his duty. During his incumbency in the clerk's office, he started a store at Leesburg and later one in Goshen which, with the aid of William A., he successfully operated. He was a man of very decided convictions, as his leaving Virginia that his family might be reared away from the baneful influences of slavery clearly indicates. He was an old line Whig, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was in all ways a most worthy man. To him and wife were born a family of ten children, the most of whom married and made their homes in Elkhart county, where they became well-known and highly respected citizens. Lewis D., one of the sons, was the efficient recorder of the county for several years. Mrs. Thomas died in 1845, deeply lamented by the family and community. Later in life Mr. Thomas took a second wife, by whom he became the father of one child. Mr. Thomas died in Kosciusko county in 1883, at the advanced age of ninety-one years. William Andrea Thomas was born in Monroe county, Va., March 3, 1816, and his education was such as the subscription schools of that day afforded. When the family moved to Goshen, William, for some time, found employment on a farm near town. He clerked for his father in the store at Leesburg, and later in the store at Goshen. The latter establishment was a frame structure on the present site of Dale's dry goods store, and was built by the Defrees Bros. In 1838 he entered the circuit clerk's office as deputy to his father, and from that time on he was virtually that official, as his father was absent much of the time. In 1844 he was a candidate for clerk on the Whig ticket, but his being the losing party, he was consequently defeated. This ended his political career and the year following he and Milton Mercer engaged as partners in mercantile pursuits at Bainter's Mills, but some time later removed their stock of goods to Goshen, where they remained together in business some three years. From that time on for more than twenty consecutive years, he was an active and uniformly successful merchant. In 1869 he established a flouring-mill on the Hydraulic Canal, which, for years, did a flourishing business. In 1875 he closed out his dry goods business, and a year later established the Farmer's Bank at Goshen, taking in as a partner his son-in-law, La Porte Heefner. This institution, under the wide and conservative management and direction of Mr. Thomas, has become one of the leading financial institutions in northern Indiana. November 14, 1845, Mr. Thomas was united in marriage with Miss Sarah J. McKinney, whose people were well-known residents of Miami county, Ohio. Three years later Mrs. Thomas died, having borne him two children: John F. and Sarah I. Novemher 5, 1850, Mr. Thomas married Miss Eliza C., sister of his first wife, and a lady of great social and moral worth. By this union there were three children: Mary E., Jane E. and Elvira L. Of the five children born to him, only three are living. The only son and Mary E. are deceased. Sarah L became the wife of C. M. Harris, and is a resident of Goshen; Jane E. married La Porte Heefner, and Elvira L. resides at home. Could it be known the motives which actuate the most humble, a romance as picturesque as the Arabian Nights or Lalla Rookh might be written, but as actions, character and things accomplished are the only outward manifestations of the real man, it is upon these and these alone that the judgment must be founded and the verdict given. This being true, it can never be otherwise than pleasant to consider the life of a man whose character has been firm and unswerving in the right, whose actions have been manly, and who has accomplished that which commands the respect and esteem of all who know him. All this can be justly said of William Andrea Thomas. A son of honest and industrious parents, who came to Indiana at a time when naught but hardships were to be expected, he early learned the importance of self-reliance and economy, and at an early age began the battle of life for himself. His whole life has been one of toil and close application to his varied interests. He early recognized the fact that nothing could be attained without labor, and bearing this ever in mind, he has done his work well, and now in his old age he is enjoying a justly earned competency and the respect of all who know him. By some, Mr. Thomas is considered a severe economist, but be that as it may, it can truly be said of him that he is a true friend to those whom he considers deserving of his friendship. Politically he has always voted and acted in opposition to the Democratic party. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Such in brief is an account of the life of William Andrea Thomas, one of Elkhart county's oldest and most highly respected citizens.

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MILTON MERCER, who has been long and prominently connected with the business affairs of Goshen and throughout an honorable career in the commercial affairs of the city has made numerous warm friends, owes his nativity to Fairfield, Green Co., Ohio, where he was born on June 23, 1820, his parents being Moses and Mary (Carpenter) Mercer, with whom he came to Goshen, Ind., arriving on the day he was twelve years of age. The journey thither was a tedious and toilsome one and young Milton covered the entire distance on foot. Owing to the fact that the family was in straitened circumstances, and the head of the family an invalid, who died in April, 1833, Milton was compelled to seek employment in order to assist in the support of the family, which consisted of three younger brothers. At that time the country was new and the now thriving town of Goshen was but one year old, consequently it did not take him long to find employment in a store owned and conducted by Morrison, Harris & McCord, at the by no means munificent compen¬sation of $3 per month. He boarded at home with his mother, and although his compensation was small it aided materially in keeping the wolf from the door, and although he was brought in contact with the hard realities of life at an early age it taught him many useful lessons, among which energy and self-reliance were not the least. From that time on, until 1844, his energy and desire to please those with whom he had business relations secured him steady employment, but at the end of that time he wisely decided to engage in business on his own account, and he accordingly opened a mercantile establishment at Wylands Mills (now called New Paris Mills), where he remained successfully employed for two years, at the end of which time he moved his stock to Goshen and there continued to be one of the foremost merchants unti11851. In 1848 his many acceptable qualities won him the position of county commissioner, in discharging the duties of which he made an enviable record for himself and in 1850 his numerous friends showed their appreciation of his worth by electing him their representative in the legislative halls of the State, where his record for efficiency and interest in the affairs of his section won him the hearty approval of his constituents. On June 12, 1850, he was united in marriage to Miss Olive E. Francisco, daughter to John and Anna Francisco, of Naples, Ontario Co., N. Y. Mrs. Mercer was born January 28, 1832, and her union with Mr. Mercer has resulted in the birth of five children, three of whom are living: Arthur L., Lettie H. and Hervey V.; Anna Mary died September 18, 1852, and Henry F. died March 19, 1874. Having purchased a farm north of the town, he at once turned his attention to improving it and during the time that he resided, on it, from 1854 to 1878, he erected thereon some fine buildings, good fences and improved it in such a manner that it was justly regarded as one of the most valuable farms of the size in the county. In 1856 he was again elected to the State Legislature, discharging his duties with his former intelligence and energy. In 1858 he bought the controlling interest in the Bank of Goshen, assumed the management of the same, and when the National Bank was chartered, he connected it with the Bank of Goshen, under the name of the First National Bank of Goshen, but when Congress passed the act demonetizing silver Mr. Mercer gave notice that the bank would close up its affairs. Although his early opportunities for acquiring an education were of the most meager description, he possessed a naturally brilliant mind, and had the pluck, keen foresight and penetration to make the most of every opportunity that came in his way, and his efforts were rewarded in the accumulation of a large amount of property, which he had the satisfaction of knowing was obtained by honest efforts instead of any fraudulent means whatsoever. He has been an extensive and varied reader and has always been a liberal supporter of enterprises that have recommended themselves to his excellent judgment, and has been a potent factor in bringing them to a successful issue. He was president of the company that constructed the water power at Goshen.

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EBENEZER M. CHAMBERLAIN, ex-judge and congressman, was born in Orrington, Penobscot Co., Me., August 20, 1805. His early education was limited to such as he could obtain in the common schools, during the winter months, when his labor on the farm was not required for the support of his father's family. At sixteen he left the farm and worked in a ship-yard for six years; but, in accordance with the New England custom, his father received his earnings until the day of his majority. After this auspicious epoch he continued his labors at the ship-yard, and in a short time saved a fund large enough to enable him to spend six months at an academy. After this he studied law in the office of Elisha H. Allen, Esq., of Bangor, for three years, and taught school to earn the necessaries of life. In 1831, while a law student, young Chamberlain achieved prominence in the debates of the Sunday mail question which engrossed the public attention at that time. So able were his arguments against its prohibition, before the Forsenic Club, that those who favored his views printed them in pamphlet form and circulated them extensively. The laws of Maine requiring seven years' preliminary study before admission to the bar, Mr. Chamberlain, on account of limited means, determined to emigrate to the more promising West. In June, 1832, with but a few dollars, the proceeds of the previous winter's school, he set his face, solitary, yet hopeful, for Indiana, and arrived in Fayette county a month later. After a short spell at school, teaching to replenish his treasury, he entered the law office of Samuel W. Parke, Esq., of Connersville, and August 9, 1833, was admitted to the bar. A few months later he removed to Elkhart county and practiced his profession. In 1835 he was elected representative in the Legislature from northern Indiana, a district nearly one-fifth of the entire State. Mr. Chamberlain was, on November 28,1838, united in marriage to Phebe Ann, daughter of Amasa Hascall, Esq., of Le Roy, New York. In 1839 he was elected to the State Senate for a three-years term, and took rank as one of the leaders of the Democratic party. His famous address on the anniversary of the battle of New Orleans, delivered before the Democratic State Convention in 1841, exemplified before the people his strength and eloquence, and thereafter his political preferment was rapid and continuous. In 1842 he was elected by the legislature prosecuting attorney of the Ninth Judicial District, and a year later presiding judge of the same district. At the expiration of his term in 1851 he was re-elected without opposition. So clear was the justice he gave out impartially to all that, when adverse criticism appeared in the Whig press, the entire bar in attendance at court united in a letter to Judge Chamberlain testifying to the "creditable, dignified, courteous and satisfactory" manner in which he discharged the duties of his high office. The associate judges, both Whigs, added their written encomiums of praise to the same effect. During the nine years he remained on the bench Judge Chamberlain retained the respect and esteem of the bar and people. The high regard of his party is illustrated by the frequent honors bestowed on him. In 1844 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. In 1848 he was one of the senatorial candidates for presidential elector and aided in giving the vote of the State to General Casso. In 1851 he resigned the judgeship to accept the nomination for Congress, which his party had made in the reorganized Tenth District. Congress¬man Brenton was a candidate for re-election, but notwithstanding the fact that he had received a majority of about three hundred votes at the first contest, was so far outclassed by Judge Chamberlain's popularity and eloquence, that our subject was elected by many a thousand majority.

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NICHOLAS INBODY. In the early settlement of the State of Indiana, especially in the settlement of Elkhart county, Mr. Inbody was closely identified with its material affairs and was associated with its progress and development. He comes of good old colonial stock, for his grandfather came from Germany and settled in Virginia prior to the Revolution, and in the Old Dominion he reared his family. There it was that Matthias Inbody, the father of the subject of this sketch first saw the light of day and there it was that he attained mature years, received his education, and in time married Catherine Frees, by whom he became the father of a good old-fashioned family of eleven children: Polle, John, Benjamin, Joseph, George, Margaret, Eliza, Julia A., Nicholas, Catherine and Elizabeth. Mr. Inbody's first settlement after his marriage was in Hocking county, Ohio, where he was one of the pioneers and here he cleared up a farm and lived until 1836, when he came to Elkhart county, Ind., and settled on the west side of the river from Goshen, where he opened a shop for the mending of plows and wagons, having followed this business in Ohio, near Logan, and this was the first plow and wagon shop in the county. He formerly made the Old-fashioned wooden mold-board plow, obtaining the board from a twisted tree, on which he riveted an iron share, but after coming to Indiana only made a few of these implements, the most of his attention being devoted to the manufacture of the famous "Pocock plow," which was made of steel and iron and was much thought of among the farmers and obtained a wide and favorable reputation. He followed this occupation for many years and died in 1870 at the age of seventy-five years. He and his wife were members of the Lutheran Church, and were in very good financial circumstances, owning a good farm of 120 acres. Nicholas Inbody, their son, was born in Hocking county, Ohio, May 7,1820, and in his youth not only learned the details of agriculture, but also the carpenter's trade. He was fifteen years of age when he came with his father to this State and county having prior to that time obtained a limited common-school education. In December, 1845, at the age of twenty-seven years, he was married to Hannah Paulus, a daughter of David and Margaret (Wagoner) Paulus, and to them four children were given: Elizabeth, Chauncy, Allen and John M. After his marriage Mr. Inbody lived in Goshen until 1847, when he settled on eighty acres and began his career as a farmer, and by thrift and industry has added to this purchase until he is now the owner of 168 acres of fine farming land, which is in a good state of cultivation and is a well-improved tract of land in the way of fences, buildings, etc. His first eighty acres were heavily covered with timber, but this Mr. Inbody cleared with his own hands, built a little log cabin and continued his labors uninterruptedly until he had a good farm. Farm labor, although hard, has always been congenial to him, and this may be clearly proven in looking over his farm, which is a model of neatness and comfort. He and his wife are members of the German Baptist Church, and he stands high as a good citizen and an honest man. He is in favor of progression in all directions, is public spirited and the cause of education has ever found in him a hearty supporter, as also have all moral and religious measures. Politically he is a Democrat, but is in no sense of the term a political aspirant. His daughter Elizabeth married John J. Cripe, a farmer of Harrison township, and has five children: Chauncy, married Mary Rizzle, is a farmer of the township and has two children; Allen is farming the home place, is married to Caroline Michael and has one child, and John M. also tills the home farm and is married to Lizzie Riley.

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JOHN McNAUGHTON, who is a prominent capitalist and real estate owner of Elkhart, Ind., was born in Campbeltown, Argyleshire, Scotland, October 20, 1828. His parents, Donald and Jane (Matheson) McNaughton, were descended from old Highland Scotch families. His mother died in Scotland in 1833, and in 1836 his father moved with his children to Chatham, Upper Canada, where they resided on a farm until his death in 1838, after which the family removed to Detroit, Mich. The family consisted of Neil, who died in Goshen, Ind.; Mary (Stewart), who died in Detroit, Mich.; Ann (McCormick), now living in Detroit, Mich.; Jane died at St. Catherine, Canada; Donald died at Buffalo, N. Y., in 1891; John, the subject of this sketch, and Barbara now living in Detroit, Mich. After the father's death the family took up their residence at Detroit. John, at that time about ten or eleven years of age, went to Niles, Mich., where he had a home with his married sister, Margaret, with whom he afterward removed to South Bend, Ind., and from there to Goshen, where he acquired a good common-school education and graduated with honor from the primitive educational institution of that embryo city. In 1851 be became a resident of Elkhart and embarked in mercantile business where he successfully conducted general store for fifteen years. At the breaking out of the war in 1861, he was in New York purchasing goods, and taking advantage of the panicky and demoralized condition of the markets he purchased very heavily, foreseeing the inevitable advance in prices, thus illustrating the far-seeing business sagacity which has marked all his investments. In 1865 he retired from mercantile business, and the next year, in connection with John Davenport, B. L. Davenport, A. S. Davenport, J. R. Beardsley, S. S. Strong, Samuel Hoke, A. P. Simonton and William Proctor, organized the Elkhart Hydraulic Company, and the close of the year witnessed the completion of the finest water power in northern Indiana, which still stands as a monument to its enterprising builders, and was the foundation from which the manufacturing industries of this enterprising city have grown. Of late years Mr. McNaughton has devoted attention mainly to real estate, making his investments with that foresight which is characteristic of him. He now holds much valuable and desirable business and residence properly from which he has a handsome income. He was one of the original owners and promoters of the Electric Railway Company, of which company he is vice-president. This enterprise, while not in itself a great financial success, has been one of the chief factors in the growth of the city. In addition to his investments in city real estate, Mr. McNaughton and Mr. John Cook, who have been intimate friends for forty years, have a fine farm of 3,411 acres about two miles west of the city on the St. Joseph River, where they spend a good share of their time, more for pleasure than for profit. In 1853 Mr. McNaughton was married to Miss Jane A. Hiller, a native of New York, and daughter of William Hiller. Her death occurred August 31, 1854, and in October, 1858, he took for his second wife Miss Laura E. Davenport, a native of Elkhart county, and daughter of John Davenport. From this union two children were born, both of whom unfortunately died in infancy, and Mrs. McNaughton survived them but a short time, dying September 17, 1861. His political affiliation has always been with the Democratic party, but he bas never been an active politician.

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DR. H. J. BEYERLE. As a distinguished physician, Dr. Beyerle has done much for the cause of suffering humanity, and won honor and the evidences of deserved success for himself. While engaged in the cares of his laborious profession. he has not forgotten to fulfill all the demands of good citizenship, and no enterprise of a worthy public nature has appealed to him in vain for support. He was born in Berks county, Penn., June 4, 1823, and picked up the rudiments of his education in the subscription school, which was conducted about three months during the year. In 1837, at the age of fourteen years, he was one of two persons, the other being an elderly gentleman of the name of William Runkel, to organize the first Sunday school in the village of Bernville, Berks Co., Penn.; the first one for that matter in that section of the country. He was the chorister, while Mr. Runkel performed the devotional exercises, the two constituting the teachers of the school. About that time Mr. Beyerle began clerking in a country store, which occupation received his attention for nearly four years, at the end of which time his broad, liberal and kindly nature turned instinctively to that relief of human suffering -medicine- for his life work, and he began his studies, also teaching school a part of the time. After attending two courses of medical lectures in Philadelphia, he received the degree of M. D. from the Philadelphia College of Medicine in 1851, after which be followed his profession in several different towns in his native State, taking up his residence in Indiana in 1856. After spending a few months in Goshen, he opened an office at Syracuse, Kosciusko Co, Ind., but shortly after he moved to a farm near that town. In 1862 he was elected a member of the State Legislature. The year following this he moved to Leesburg, and in 1865 came back to Goshen, of which place he has since been a resident. In his earlier years Dr. Beyerle devoted much of his time to liter¬ature, contributing to various papers in Philadelphia, and also to Peterson's Magazine and Godey's Lady Book in the same city, and to the International Magazine of New York, his articles being in both prose and poetry, and he also wrote some inter¬esting reports of medical cases for the Philadelphia Medical and Surgical Journal. Upon settling in Goshen in 1865 he engaged in the drug business, but about the year 1870 he was chosen as manager of the Goshen Manufacturing Company, of which he was the leading stockholder. The company had a foundry and machine shops, engaged in the manufacture of reapers and other machinery, and largely in the manufacture of extension tables, and this was the first concern of the kind in the West to ship the goods largely to different parts of the country, from New York to California, also north into Canada, and south as far as Tennessee and South Carolina. This business proved such a success, that various other enterprises of the kind were started, and it soon became one of the leading industries of the county. In the spring of 1877, he purchased a half interest in the Goshen Times, and in August, 1880 became sole proprietor and editor. Since that time two of his sons have also acquired an interest in the paper. Dr. Beyerle has been a useful member of society, and has served the people in the capacity of city councilman four years, and two efficient terms as a member of the school board. In 1880 he was a contingent presidential elector on the Republican ticket for the Thirteenth Congressional District, and at all times has supported and advocated his party's interests by every means in his power. He has been married three times, first to Miss Lydia Bicksler of Fredericksburg, Penn., in 1844 who died in 1862, after which he wedded Miss Amelia Shull of Montpelier, Ind., in 1863, and after her death in 1877, to Miss M. Ellen Taneyhill of Bryan, Ohio. Of his children four are living: A. Ramsey, one of the editors of the Times; Daniel B., a traveling salesman; Lincoln H., the postmaster of Goshen, and Edyth J. The first two were horn in Pennsylvania, and the last two in Indiana.

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THOMAS MILLER. The career of the gentleman whose name heads this sketch is but another evidence of what can be accomplished by those of foreign birth who seek a home and fortune on the free soil of America. He possesses the push, energy and enterprise for which his countrymen are noted, and as a natural consequence he has been successful in the accumulation of means, and has won a reputation for honesty and fair dealing that is in every respect, justly merited. He ,vas born in the kingdom of Wurtemberg, Germany, December 19, 1818, his parents being Frederick and Margaret A. (Kling) Miller, who were also natives of Wurtemberg, the life of the father being spent in tilling the soil, in which he was reasonably successful. One of his brothers was a soldier under the great Napoleon, and lost his life during the Russian campaign. Frederick Miller was for some time in the mail service of the German Government, but in 1831 became dissatisfied with his life and prospects in the land of his birth, and with his family crossed the Atlantic to the United States, and made a location at Lancaster, Penn., where he remained until 1833, a portion of the time being spent in tilling the soil. Belleville, Richland Co., Ohio, became his home, two brothers of Mrs. Miller having preceded him thither, and here the family remained three years longer. The year of 1835 Adam Kling, a brother of Mrs. Miller, had come to Indiana, and returned to Ohio with such glowing accounts of the country that it was sufficient to induce the Millers to return with him to this State in 1836, the journey being made with ox teams, driving other cattle which they expected to sell and with the proceeds purchase land. After their arrival they could not dispose of their stock, owing to the fact that all kinds of grain brought a very high price, corn being $1 a bushel, wheat $2 a bushel, pork 12 1/2 cents a pound and salt $10 per barrel. To use a homely phrase, the stock had "eaten their heads off" by spring. So, after they had paid their debts in the spring, the family had but little to live on, and they for some time found it a hard matter to keep the wolf from the door. Although they had intended to give their attention to farming they had no money to do so, and after the heavy expenses of the winter were paid they found themselves almost stranded financially. They purchased a lot, on which a small log house had been erected, at the southeast corner of what is now North Fifth and Clinton streets, and here they for a long period had a hard struggle for existence, and their accumulated troubles and hardships at last culminated in the death of the head of the family in 1838. The widow and her children were then left in destitute circumstances, to "sink or swim" as best they could, and, although their struggles were unceasing, they barely kept their heads above water for some time. At the time of Mr. Miller's death the family consisted of the widow and two sons, an elder son, Jacob, being a man of family, who did not come to Indiana for some time after the father's death. Thomas Miller nobly did his part in the support of the family, and with the help of his mother they paid the mortgage on their lot, and were in time well supplied with all the necessaries and many of the comforts which make the wheels of existence run smoothly. In 1862, at the age of seventy-two years, in Goshen, the mother paid the last debt of nature and was called to the life beyond. Owing to the straitened condition of their finances, and to the fact that his time and strength were devoted to the interests of the family, the educational advantages of Thomas Miller were quite limited, but he possessed the natural shrewdness and good business judgment of the native German, and made the most of every opportunity that presented itself for the bettering of his financial condition. On July 29, 1841 he was married to Miss Susanna Ullery, who was born in Ohio, in which State her father, Jacob Ullery, was called from life, her mother afterward marrying Jacob Studebaker, and in 1830 moved with him to Elkhart county, Ind., settling on the Elkhart River, about one and a half miles south of where Goshen now is. Mrs. Miller came with her mother and step-father to Indiana, and amid the rude surroundings of a pioneer farm she grew to intelligent and noble womanhood. After his marriage Mr. Miller purchased fifty acres of wild land, and as their means were limited they were compelled to labor early and late and endure many privations. To their union seven children were given: Margaret A., wife of John E. Ogle; Sophia, who is now deceased, was the wife of James Bradugum; Caroline is the wife of George Simpson, and resides in Iowa; Mary, who is deceased, was the wife of Henry R. Stutsman; Sarah is the wife of Charles C. Miller; Lydia is the wife of George W. Miller, and Franklin T. is married and resides in Goshen. The mother of these children was called from life June 21, 1854, at which time the eldest of her seven children was eleven years of age and the youngest eleven days. She was a member of the German Baptist Church, and a most worthy woman in every respect, being a model wife, mother, friend and neighbor. From a humble beginning he has risen to honorable citizenship, is one of the solid men of Goshen, and a man who enjoys the esteem of both old and young. He has grown gray in the upbuilding of the city of his adoption, and has also grown wealthy, being the owner of 200 acres of fine land in Elkhart county and valuable property in Goshen, being a stockholder in the City National Bank. He is a Democrat from convictions and not from policy, but is broad and liberal in his views, and bas been entrusted with public office and public funds many times, and bas never been found wanting. He has administered on many estates, he being almost equal with a probate court, and probably no private individual's name appears more frequently in the archives of the county government. He is a member of the Masonic order and treasurer of Goshen Lodge, No. 12.

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BENJAMIN CRIPE, one of the pioneer settlers of Elkhart township, Elkhart Co., Ind., comes of Pennsylvania Dutch stock, or what is considered so, although his grandfather, Jacob Cripe, came from Germany. Daniel Cripe, son of Jacob, and the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Somerset county, Penn., but in early life became a resident of Montgomery county, Ohio, and for some years resided in the vicinity of Dayton. In early life he united fortunes with Madeline Miller, and in due course of time the following family gathered about their hearthstone: Benjamin, Samuel, Daniel, John, Emanuel, Betsy, Susan, Kate and Polly. In 1829 Daniel Cripe settled on Elkhart Prairie. His son Emanuel Cripe, who has attained to the advanced age of eighty-six years, came to this section with his father, driving a team which hauled the household goods thither. When Daniel Cripe settled in this section, the land had not yet been opened for settlement, and the Indians, who were plentiful but not warlike, used often to come to his home. He made a good farm of 200 acres on the prairie, and was the first man to preach the gospel of the Dunkard Church in northern Indiana. Throughout life he used the German language, and attained to the patriarchal age of eighty-eight years. Daniel Cripe, father of Benjamin, was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, near Dayton, and was married to Sarah, daughter of Daniel and Susan (Miller) Ulery, to which union the following children were given: Lydia, Benjamin, Susan, Hannah, Elizabeth, Samuel (who died in childhood), Emanuel, Mary and Catherine. The three eldest children were born in Montgomery county, Ohio. In the fall of 1830 Daniel Cripe moved with his family to Elkhart county, Ind., and settled one mile south of Goshen, where he soon after entered 240 acres of land in Elkhart township, west of the river, where the farm of Joseph Yoder now lies. Daniel lived on his father's farm until 1839, then on the land west of the river, and with the help of his sons cleared up a farm from the timber which covered it, and lived here the rest of his life, dying when over four-score years of age, on December 25, 1885. He was born May 29, 1805; was a hard worker throughout his long life, and did his part toward bringing the county to its present state of civilization. He reared his children to honorable manhood and womanhood, and under the protecting wing of the Dunkard Church, of which he was a devout member the greater part of his life. He was successful as a tiller of the soil and was the owner of over 400 acres of land, which he acquired by energy and thrift, characteristics which he inherited from his worthy German ancestors. At the time of his death he had sixty-three grandchildren and ninety-three great-grandchildren. Benjamin Cripe, his son, was born on his father's farm in Montgomery county, August 23, 1827, and was but three years of age when brought by his parents to Indiana, and in the old pioneer schools of this section he received some schooling, but the principal part of his early life was spent in following the plow and in assisting his father to clear the land, the trees being split into rails for fences. In this rough yet useful school he grew to manhood, and was then united in marriage to Catherine, daughter of Matthias and Catherine (Freese) Inbody, the former of whom was a Virginian and the first plow and wagon-maker in the county. He made the famous "Peacock" plow, which was well known to old settlers. To Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Cripe have been born six children who have lived: Nannah, Catherine, Daniel, Susan, Emanuel and Hiram. After his marriage Mr. Cripe settled west of Goshen about a mile and a half, on eighty acres of land which his father gave him and which was in the timber. This land he cleared by hard work, and he gradually increased it until he now owns 200 acres of land. Mrs. Cripe is a member of the Dunkard Church, and politically Mr. Cripe is a Democrat. He has taken an active interest in educational affairs, and has been school director of his district. He now owns a good tract of 180 acres and is living in the enjoyment of the fruits of his early labors.

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[Corrections and endnotes made by Diana L. Carlson 2-1-2009. I have also added generation identifiers to more clearly identify which person the bio is talking about, since the author is inconsistent and ambiguous: 1 indicates first generation Jacob Greib; 1.2 indicates second child of the first generation and so on.]

BENJAMIN CRIPE [1.1.3.3], one of the pioneer settlers of Elkhart township, Elkhart Co., Ind., comes of Pennsylvania Dutch stock, or what is considered so, although his [great-]grandfather, Jacob Cripe [Greib] [1], came from Germany. Daniel Cripe [1.1.3], son of Jacob [Cripe [1.1],(who is the son of Jacob Greib [1])], and the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Somerset county, Penn. , but in early life became a resident of Montgomery county, Ohio, and for some years resided in the vicinity of Dayton. In early life he united fortunes with Madeline Miller , and in due course of time the following family gathered about their hearthstone: Benjamin [1.1.3.3], Samuel [1.1.3.2], Daniel [1.1.3.5], John [1.1.3.4], Emanuel [1.1.3.6], Betsy [AKA Elizabeth] [1.1.3.7], Susan [1.1.3.8], Kate [AKA Catharine] [1.1.3.9] and Polly [AKA Mary] [1.1.3.1]. In 1829 Daniel Cripe [1.1.3] settled on Elkhart Prairie. His son Emanuel Cripe [1.1.3.6], who has attained to the advanced age of eighty-six years , came to this section with his father, driving a team which hauled the household goods thither. When Daniel Cripe [1.1.3] settled in this section, the land had not yet been opened for settlement, and the Indians, who were plentiful but not warlike, used often to come to his home. He made a good farm of 200 acres on the prairie, and was the first man to preach the gospel of the Dunkard Church in northern Indiana . Throughout life he [(Daniel [1.1.3])] used the German language, and attained to the patriarchal age of eighty-eight years. Daniel Cripe [Jr] [1.1.3.5], father of Benjamin [1.1.3.5.2], was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, near Dayton, and was married to Sarah, daughter of Daniel and Susan (Miller) Ulery, to which union the following children were given: Lydia [1.1.3.5.1], Benjamin [1.1.3.5.2], Susan [1.1.3.5.4], Hannah [1.1.3.5.5], Elizabeth [1.1.3.5.6], Samuel [1.1.3.5.3] (who died in childhood), Emanuel [1.1.3.5.7], Mary [1.1.3.5.8] and Catherine [1.1.3.5.9]. The three eldest children were born in Montgomery county, Ohio. In the fall of 1830 Daniel Cripe [Jr] [1.1.3.5] moved with his family to Elkhart county, Ind., and settled one mile south of Goshen, where he soon after entered 240 acres of land in Elkhart township, west of the river, where the farm of Joseph Yoder now lies. Daniel [1.1.3.5] lived on his father's farm until 1839, then on the land west of the river, and with the help of his sons cleared up a farm from the timber which covered it, and lived here the rest of his life, dying when over four-score years of age, on December 25, 1885. He was born May 29, 1805; was a hard worker throughout his long life, and did his part toward bringing the county to its present state of civilization. He reared his children to honorable manhood and womanhood, and under the protecting wing of the Dunkard Church, of which he was a devout member the greater part of his life. He was successful as a tiller of the soil and was the owner of over 400 acres of land, which he acquired by energy and thrift, characteristics which he inherited from his worthy German ancestors. At the time of his death he had sixty-three grandchildren and ninety-three great-grandchildren. Benjamin Cripe [1.1.3.5.2], his son, was born on his father's farm in Montgomery county, August 23, 1827, and was but three years of age when brought by his parents to Indiana, and in the old pioneer schools of this section he received some schooling, but the principal part of his early life was spent in following the plow and in assisting his father to clear the land, the trees being split into rails for fences. In this rough yet useful school he grew to manhood, and was then united in marriage to Catherine, daughter of Matthias and Catherine (Freese) Inbody, the former of whom was a Virginian and the first plow and wagon-maker in the county. He made the famous "Peacock" plow, which was well known to old settlers. To Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Cripe [1.1.3.5.2] have been born six children who have lived: Nannah [AKA Hannah] [1.1.3.5.2.1], Catherine [1.1.3.5.2.2], Daniel [1.1.3.5.2.3], Susan [1.1.3.5.2.4], Emanuel [1.1.3.5.2.5] and Hiram [1.1.3.5.2.6]. After his marriage Mr. [Benjamin] Cripe [1.1.3.5.2] settled west of Goshen about a mile and a half, on eighty acres of land which his father gave him and which was in the timber. This land he cleared by hard work, and he gradually increased it until he now owns 200 acres of land . Mrs. [Benjamin] Cripe is a member of the Dunkard Church , and politically Mr. [Benjamin] Cripe [1.1.3.5.2] is a Democrat. He has taken an active interest in educational affairs, and has been school director of his district. He now owns a good tract of 180 acres and is living in the enjoyment of the fruits of his early labors.

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My data says rev. Daniel Cripe [1.1.3] was born on 6-May-1772 in Altoona, Blair Co, PA, not Somerset County, PA; which is correct?
My data says Rev Daniel Cripe [1.1.3] married Magdalena Miller, not Madeline Miller, is this the same person?
By this statement, Emanuel Cripe [1.1.3.6] was still alive at age 88 in 1893 when this biography was published. My data must therefore be wrong to say he died “about 1893” and should say “after 1893”, without further evidence to the contrary.
My data says he was a Reverend, so this statement matches my data.
By this statement, Benjamin Cripe [1.1.3.5.2] was still alive in 1893 when this biography was published.
By this statement, Catherine (Inbody) Cripe was also still alive in 1893 when this biography was published.

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