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REV. PETER WINEBRENNER, of the Christian Church, near No- blesville, Ind., was born in Liberty, Montgomery Co., Ohio, October 6, 1826, and moved into this county in the year 1837. He received a common-school education, and special tutorage from David Sanford, and from Jonathan Elliott. Elder Winebrenner is a self-educated man, having acquired his learning by close application and hard study. He taught until he entered the ministry in 1857. He has mastered the German and Greek languages, and partially mas- tered the Latin. By invitation, he has preached in the cities of Philadelphia and Brooklyn, also in Canada. He spoke at the dedication of the School of the Prophets, an institution for the education of ministers at Stanfordville, N. Y .; he also preached at the quadrennial conference at Oshawa, Canada West, in 1869. He held a discussion with an Advent preacher by the name of Comstock, at Nelson, Cloud Co., Kan., in 1879. The result was the estab- lishing of a Christian Church at that place. Subjects of discussion, " Re- solved, that the Kingdom of heaven is set up on earth." Affirmed by Wine- brenner. "Resolved, that the Scriptures teach that the soul of man is uncon- scious after death." Affirmed by Comstock. He visited Iowa to discuss in connection with Elder Abbott, but his opponents abandoned the field, and no discussion was held. He was married to Miss Mary Kitt January 21, 1849 ; two children were born to them. The wife died January 27, 1858. He was married to his present wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Weade, in October, 1858. Three children from this marriage living at home. Besides the church here, he has had the following charges: Clear Creek, Huntington County ; Murray Church, Wells County ; Union Church, Whitley County ; Argos Church, Marshall County, and he has preached to three churches besides his own in this county. The fine new church building just completed was dedi- cated August 21, 1881. Mr. W. has been Secretary of the Conference since 1869.
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DAVID S. WINEBRENNER was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, January 10, 1834. He came with his parents to this State when he was but a child. His education was very limited. He was married to Miss Juliann Ott March 31, 1859. She was born January 10, 1841. Their family consists of Edward, Alice and Mary. Mr. and Mrs. Winebrenner are members of the Christian Church near Merriam, in the faith of which they purpose to live out their allotted time, and sincerely recommend to their children that they follow the example of their parents in this particular. Their farm consists of one hundred and twenty acres in good cultivation, about two miles southwest of Noblesville.
JAMES WINEBRENNER is a native of Pennsylvania, born near Harris- burg, June 4, 1845. His father emigrated to Noble County in 1847, and settled near Noblesville. His schooling has been very limited. He was ap- prenticed to the blacksmith trade in 1867, and follows that business at this writing. He is the foremost smith in the township, and his shop is a model of order and neatness. He was married to Miss Jane Couts in 1866. Mr. Wine- brenner enlisted in the Twelfth Indiana Volunteer Infantry in 1863, and served during the rest of the war. He was in the Atlanta campaign, and participated in the battle of Resaca and several severe skirmishes. As a forager he was a success, as Gen. Logan can testify. He foraged for the General's head- quarters eight months. At one time, on the last campaign of Sherman, he barely escaped capture, having run onto a party of "Johnnys " as they were about to take dinner. He was with Sherman's army in the celebrated march to the sea, at the capture of Savannah, and present at Gen. Johnston's capitulation ; also witnessed the burning of Columbia, S. C., and was at the grand review in Washington. He had an army experience of which to-day he is not ashamed.
CARLOS R. WILEY is a native of Vermont, born in Rochester, Windsor County. One of his grandfathers was from Ireland, and the grand- mother from Scotland. When he was but one year old, his father moved into Huron County, Ohio, near Norwalk. In March, 1837, they moved into Noble County and settled in Washington Township. He was raised on a farm until the age of twenty-one. His education was limited to the common school of that period. He was married to Rosena Barnhart in 1858. His family con- sists of Charles E., Fanny A. and Nancy, living. He engaged in the mercan- tile business at Wolf Lake in 1866; has been successful and continues in the business at this writing. In war time-1864-he stood the draft like a man. He is one of Noble County's stanch business men.
LEVI ZUMBRUN was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, October 7, 1840. His parents moved to the State of Indiana when he was but thirteen years of age. They settled in Thorn Creek Township, Whitley County. At the call for one-hundred-day men, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Thirty- ninth Infantry, Company "K;" was discharged September 29 following. Again, at the call for one-year men, he enlisted in Company "G," One Hundred and Forty-second Indiana Volunteers. He served out his enlistment at Nashville, Tenn., and witnessed the battle of Nashville and the defeat of Hood's army. He was discharged July 14, 1865. After his discharge, he returned to civil pursuits and has been a successful farmer. He owns a farm in the southern part of Noble Township, which is in a high state of cultivation, and is being further improved by a system of underdraining, which he has carried well on to completion. October 30, 1870, he married Miss Hannah Huff. She was born April 2, 1850, in Elkhart Township, this county. Her parents came
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from Ohio. She is quite a reader. Her library is stocked with works of travel, biography, history and fiction, Webster's Unabridged being conspicious amongst the others. Matters within and about the house wear a pleasing appearance of refinement and culture.
YORK TOWNSHIP.
JACOB BEARD was born in Columbiana, afterward Mahoning County, Ohio. His father, Christopher H. Beard, was born in Wittenberg, Germany, October 1, 1779. He came to America in 1817, lived in Pennsylvania two years, then went to Columbiana County, Ohio, and located. He died there November 20, 1862. His mother, Christina Beard, was born in Wittenberg, Germany, August 20, 1786. She died in Mahoning County, Ohio, May 4, 1860. Jacob Beard was married to Miss Nancy Elser in Mahoning County, Ohio, April 4, 1858. She was born August 4, 1834. The following are their children : Samuel Monroe, born September 17, 1859; Alfin Elisha, born Jan- uary 19, 1861; Wilson Henry, born September 22, 1863; all in Mahoning County, Ohio. Alfin Elisha died September 29, 1862. Mr. Beard moved to this county May 5, 1865, and located on the farm where he now resides, about three miles south of Albion. He has a well-improved farm of 120 acres.
JOHN E. BENDER was born in Chester County, Penn., March 4, 1815, where he resided till twenty-one years of age. He was born of poor parents. His mother died when he was four and his father when he was seven years of age. He was bound to Samuel McClintock to serve till seventeen years of age. He faithfully served out his time, and received a suit of ragged clothes for ten years of hard work, and received no schooling whatever. He then commenced work on a salary. In about a year, his employer failed, and John came out in debt. He hired again to other parties, and worked four years, receiving $8 a month. In March, 1836, he married Rachel Young, and soon after emigrated and settled at Massillon, Stark Co., Ohio. He lived here until the spring of 1868, then came to Noble County and bought land where he now resides, on Section 29, York Township, five miles from Albion. Mr. Bender has been four times married. His present wife was residing in the city of Atlanta, Ga., when it was taken by Gen. Sherman's army in 1864. Her maiden name was Evaline Wright. Mr. Bender is an honorable and upright man. What he possesses he came by honestly and no mortgage hangs over his estate.
ELISHA BLACKMAN, son of Judge Elisha Blackman, was born in York Township, Noble County, October 29, 1838, and has since made that place his home. His father, Judge Elisha Blackman, was born near Wilkes- barre, Penn., August 1, 1801. His grandfather, Elisha Blackman, was born April 4, 1760, and his great-grandfather, Elisha Blackman, was born in 1717. The grandfather and great-grandfather were at the famous battle of Wyoming, Penn., July 3, 1778, and escaped the massacre. The great-grandfather died at Wilkesbarre in 1804. He married Lucy Powell. Grandfather Blackman married Anna Hulburt, and Father Elisha Blackman married Amy Rollin. He died February 29, 1872. Mother Blackman died May 15, 1860. Elisha Blackman, the subject of this sketch, married Miss Mary A. Spangle Decem- ber 1, 1859. The children are Clara C., Mary Alice and Elisha R., living, and Adella, Lillie and Weller dead. Mary A. Spangle was born March 21,
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1840. Her father, Jacob Spangle, died August 15, 1868. Her mother, Sarah Spangle, died in June, 1875. Judge Elisha Blackman was a pioneer of this county, having located in York Township in the year 1834. He was many years Justice of the Peace, and held the offices of Trustee and Township Clerk several terms. He was Associate Judge of Noble County on the bench with Judge Latta.
SYLVESTER BLACKMAN is a native of York Township, Noble County, Ind., born October 6, 1842. His parents were among the first settlers of the county. He was reared to work on a farm, his education, of course, limited. He enlisted in the Twelfth Indiana Volunteer Infantry December 24, 1863. He joined his regiment at Scottsboro, Ala., in February, 1864; was with Sher- man's army in its famous march to the sea and through the Carolinas. He witnessed the burning of the city of Columbia, S. C., and drank some of Wade Hampton's old wine (but kept sober). He was with the army till the collapse of the rebellion, and in the grand review at Washington. He was mustered out at Indianapolis July 25, 1865; returned to civil life, and is now living on his farm. October 29, 1868, he married Miss Mary Jane Burns ; she was born in Michigan September 2, 1847. Her father came from Ireland, and her mother from the State of New York. In politics, he is a Republican.
JOHN BOWMAN was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, May 3, 1810; was a son of John J. Bowman. His grandfather was Philip Bowman, the son of David Bowman, who emigrated from Wittenberg, Germany, A. D. 1753. The mother of John Bowman was Charlotte Bowman, who died June 15, 1847, in the sixtieth year of her age. She was the daughter of Rev. John and Eliza- beth Stough. Elizabeth Stough was the daughter of Conrad Hogmire. John Bowman was reared on his father's farm until he arrived at the age of seven- teen years. He then served a three-years' apprenticeship at the tanning business with one Abraham Croft, in Canton, Ohio. He then returned to Columbiana County and started a tannery four miles west of New Lisbon. November 13, 1831, he married Miss Mary Mason, who was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, December 29, 1812; she was the daughter of Charles Mason, son of Mar- tin and Elizabeth (Watt) Mason. The mother of Mary H. Bowman was Mary, daughter of Christopher and Catharine (Mong) Horn. The grandmother of John Bowman on his father's side was Catharine, daughter of Nicholas and Catharine, (Turner) Fast. John Bowman continued in the tanning business until 1838, when he sold out and turned westward. He moved in wagons and arrived in Noble County March 1, 1838. He located on the land where he now lives, which he commenced clearing. His family suffered much from sickness during the first year. The following is their family record : Jonas, born in Columbiana County, Ohio, October 7, 1832; Lycurgus, in Columbiana County, Ohio, February 19, 1836 ; Mary Olive, in this county January 23, 1841; Elizabeth, in this county September 13, 1846. All are now living and married. The father and mother, on the 13th of November, 1881, celebrated their golden wedding. The grandfather of Mrs. Bow- man, Martin Mason, was many years a captive amongst the Indians. He was captured east of Fort Du Quesne about the time of Braddock's defeat. Mr. and Mrs. Bowman are of ancestry who are noted for their longevity, ranging on both sides into the nineties. They have long been members of the Church of God. They live on the old homestead three miles southwest of Albion in Section 27. Mr. Bowman has a grove of fine bearing chestnut trees, which proves that that timber can be successfully cultivated in this soil. One tree that sprung from a seed that grew on a tree of his first planting is bearing bountifully.
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JONAS BOWMAN was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, October 7, 1832 ; came to Noble County in 1838, since which time he has lived in York Township. His education was limited to the common school of the times. He married Miss Rachel M. Foot March 11, 1860, and commenced housekeep- ing on the farm where he now resides, about three miles north of Wolf Lake, on Section 29. Mrs. Bowman was born in Malone, Franklin Co., N. Y., May 23, 1831. Jonas Bowman is a son of John Bowman, and belonged to the organiza- tion known as the Regulators, for the suppression of lawlessness and crime. During the war, he was a member of the Home Guards. Mr. Bowman may be said to be a very peaceable man. During his entire life, he has had neither a fight nor a law-suit. He is a member of the order of F. & A. M., and a Republican.
JACOB A. BUTZ, deceased, was a native of Europe. He crossed the waters in 1860, and came to Indiana, locating in York Township, where he bought forty acres of land. This he afterward sold, and made another purchase of eighty acres, subsequently adding sixty acres more. In 1862, he married Elizabeth Brown, whose parents were natives of Pennsylvania; her father, of Lancaster County, who came to Indiana in 1852, locating in this county, where he remained until his death. The mother's maiden name was Berkholder. Mr. and Mrs. Butz were both members of the Methodist Church. He died May 28, 1878, leaving Mrs. Butz a widow, with three children-Eliza Jane, Ange- line and Etta. They are all living, at the present writing, on the home farm. GEORGE W. CONRAD is a native of Pennsylvania, born May 6, 1835 ; his wife, Esther (Burns) Conrad, was born in Elkhart County, Ind., December 22, 1838. He passed his boyhood in Elkhart County, his father having come to this State in 1841. He was married December 28, 1856. His father and mother were natives of Pennsylvania, the former born in the year 1793. At the age of eleven years, George W. was bound out to one David Rodibaugh, of Jackson Township, Elkhart County. He served four years of his time, and could not stand the ill treatment he received, and left him. Rodibaugh would not allow him to take even his ragged clothes with him. He worked summers, and went to school occasionally during the winters, until he arrived at the age of twenty. He then went to learn the blacksmith's trade at Waterford, Elkhart County. In partnership with John Burns, his father- in-law, he bought land in the woods. Here he lived twenty-four years, when he moved to where he now lives, about two miles northwest of Wolf Lake, on a farm of 310 acres, well improved, with good buildings. He is a Republican, and he and his wife are members of the Christian Church.
DAVID DEPEW came to Allen County, Ind., with his parents, from Ohio (his native State) in 1837. Here and in De Kalb County his boyhood days were passed ; the county being new and but sparsely settled, his experiences were of a rugged nature. His mother's last days were spent in Allen County, where she died, and the father in De Kalb County. David purchased his first land in the latter county ; this he sold, and subsequently bought eighty acres of unimproved land in Noble County. Upon the latter he placed the improve- ments, doing nearly all the work himself. This farm Mr. Depew sold, and, in 1881, he purchased 160 acres, where he lives, on Section 4. It is improved land, well located for market facilities, with a fine brick residence and other buildings requisite for the demands. His wife, Olive (Cook) Depew, is a na- tive of Indiana. Her parents came from the State of New York (their place of nativity) to Ohio, and from there to Indiana, where they died. Six children
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have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Depew, viz .: Hezekiah, Alson, Mary A. (since deceased), Edward, Isaiah and Samuel (deceased). Mr. Depew is one of those stirring, thoroughgoing men, whose presence is valuable to the community in which he lives.
JAMES K. DINGMAN was born in Green Township, Noble County, Ind., August 13, 1847. His father, Adam Dingman, was born near Sydney, Shelby Co., Ohio ; he died in Noble County, Ind., in 1876 ; his mother, Mary Ding- man, died February 26, 1880 ; she was born in Ohio January 6, 1823. Adam and Mary Dingman were married January 31, 1840. They came to Allen County, Ind., in 1832, and to Noble County in 1835. They experienced all the hardships of frontier life. They had nine children. James K. was reared
on the farm. January 29, 1868, he was married to Miss Electa Altman, who was born in Holmes County, Ohio, February 24, 1852. Her father, John M. Altman, was born November 17, 1827; her mother, Elizabeth Ann Altman, was born August 30, 1834, near Baltimore, Md. Mr. Dingman is a pros- perous farmer, living three miles south of Albion in Section 26.
PETER ELSER was born in Mahoning County, Ohio, March 25, 1828. He was one of ten children in the family of George and Mary (Raab) Elser, the former a farmer and native of York County, Penn., and the latter of Ohio. George Elser's parents were George and Catharine Elser, both natives of Penn- sylvania, and his father was a wheelwright. Peter Elser spent his boyhood in Ohio. In 1855, he came to Indiana, Huntington County, and thence to Noble County, where he purchased 130 acres of partially improved land, now wholly improved and cultivated. His father is still living, and is eighty-two years of age. The children, six of whom are living, are Catharine, Elizabeth, Nancy, Eli, Rebecca, Sophia ; and those deceased, Henry, Sarah and Samuel. Our subject was married April, 1850, to Susan Coblence, of Ohio, who died in December, 1856, and Mr. Elser, in 1858, married Miss J. Whittaker, a native of Pennsylvania. Their children are Wilson (who resides in York Township), Marcus (who is in Montana Territory), Sarah A., Emma J., Mary E., George W. and Elmer, all living at home. Mr. Elser has served the public in numer- ous trustworthy offices. While in Huntington County, he was Assessor for one term and Trustee for the same period. In this county he has also rendered his services as Assessor, and served three years as Township Trustee. He is a member of the Patrons of Husbandry, and although a carpenter by trade, devotes the major part of his time to farming.
JOHN C. FOOT is a native of Vermont, as were also his parents, and came with them to Ohio. They resided there a number of years, then came to Indiana, and in 1854 located on land, unimproved, in this county, York Town- ship, Section 15. The father, a miller by trade, was engaged with his son in clearing the land, which is now one of the best improved farms in the township. The father died in Indiana, and the mother is living with the subject on his farm. Mr. Foot now owns 155 acres of land ; has a fine orchard, good build- ings, etc. He married Catharine S. Crispell, a native of New York, whose parents came to Indiana at an early day, where they died. They have had five children-Frank D., Lucy M., George L. and Sarah, all at home, and Angie, deceased. Mr. Foot is an enterprising farmer, and is now serving his second term as Township Trustee, to which office he was elected in 1877.
HENRY FUNK was born in Wayne County, Ohio, November 18, 1823. His grandfather, Martin Funk, came to America from Prussia prior to the Revolution. His father, Samuel Funk, was born in Bedford County, Penn.,
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in 1776 ; he was a soldier in the war of 1812. At the close of the war, he emigrated to Ohio, and located near Wooster. Henry came to Indiana in 1846. November 7, 1850, he married Delilah Huffman ; she died in 1866. They had two children-Clinton and Willard ; Clinton died March 4, 1865. Mr. Funk moved to where he now resides in August, 1864. February 7, 1867, he married Catharine Heckethorn. She was born in Wayne County, Ohio, in 1836. Mr. Funk, while he lived in Whitley County, Ind., was Justice of the Peace eight years, commencing in 1855. He is now a highly esteemed citizen, living in partial retirement on his farm in Section 27.
JOSEPH W. GESAMANN is a native of Stark County, Ohio; born July 30, 1835, where he was reared on a farm. He received sufficient school- ing to make him a competent teacher, and at the age of twenty-one began that calling, following it during the winter and farming summers. February 24, 1861, he married Loetta Hershey, born in Stark County, Ohio, September 6, 1843, and farmed the old homestead till the spring of 1863, when he came to this county, near Cromwell, in Sparta Township. During the summer, he erected a house on his own unimproved land in Section 16, York Township, where he moved in October. In the autumn of 1869, he moved back to Ohio, and worked in Russell's Separator Manufactory at Massillon one year, and then taught school through the winter ; worked in the shops the following sum- mer and taught school again in the winter. In the spring of 1872, he was chosen Superintendent of the Roach Institute in Massillon, remaining in charge five years. In the spring of 1877, he returned to his farm, where he now resides, having erected good buildings and made other improvements. Their children are three-Marvin H., born in Stark County, Ohio, November 13, 1861 ; Elmus R., in this county June 3, 1863; and Frances, in Massillon, Ohio, April 16, 1870. Mr. Gesamann's grandfather was a Hollander, and came to America and located in Westmoreland County, Penn. Jacob Gesamann, the father of Joseph, was born in Pennsylvania September 5, 1801, and died in Stark County, Ohio, May 21, 1861. He was a farmer, but worked some at wagon-making. His wife, Barbara (Reichard), and mother of Joseph, was born January 12, 1804, and died in Stark County, Ohio, July 3, 1847. Mr. Gesa- mann was elected Justice of the Peace in 1880, and now holds that office. He is a Republican, and he and wife are members of the United Presbyterian Church of Albion.
HON. ORLANDO KIMMELL, a wealthy farmer and ex-Representa- tive, whose portrait, with others, graces the pages of this work, is, by a long line of ancestry, of Swedish descent, whose forefathers came to America during the early settlement of Delaware, and located on the Delaware River. His paternal grandparents, Joseph and Hannah (Weldie) Kimmell, were natives of Pennsylvania, and settled in Stark County, Ohio, in 1822; their son, Joseph Kimmell, Jr., the father of Orlando, was born in Union County, Penn., in 1802, and came to Stark County with his parents. In 1823, he engaged in fulling and carding in Canton, Ohio. In 1837, he went to Carroll County, Ohio, where he began farming, and, in the fall of 1851, came to Noble County, where he remained ten years, returning then to Stark County, where he now resides. He has been an enterprising citizen, and has filled offices of honor and trust. Orlando was born in what is now included within the limits of the city of Canton, Ohio, March 25, 1830, where he was inured to farm life, and received the benefits of common schooling. At the age of eighteen, he devoted one year to fulling and carding. He accompanied his father to this county in
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the fall of 1851, and here he entered upon the stern realities of life in the pos- session of a pair of three-year-old colts, a rifle and $38 in money ; but the shoulder was placed to the wheel with a purpose to succeed, and though there were times when the struggle seemed to be against odds, yet, with judicious management and constant application, success crowned his efforts. In 1856, January 24, Mr. Kimmell was married to Miss Jane White, who was born in Marion County, Ohio, November 16, 1834. Her father was a Virginian, born in 1800. They have eight children living-May, Lillian, Jennie, Maud, Phella, Morton, Thaddeus and Claudius. They have lost two by death. The success attained by Mr. Kimmell is worthy of emulation. His landed estate is very valuable, and comprises over 1,000 acres in Noble County. He lives on his farm about eight miles southeast of Ligonier, on the Fort Wayne and Goshen roads, in a fine brick residence, with large barns, granaries, etc., for the conven- ience of farm purposes. He is the most extensive wheat-grower in the county, pro- ducing in 1879, 6,000 bushels, and in 1880, 5,000. His success in stock-raising and other departments, is also characteristic of the good management displayed. But Mr. Kimmell's accomplishments have not been confined to the accumula- tion of wealth ; his influence has been felt for the good of the community by his participation in public affairs. As Township Trustee, he served four years, and during this time he was elected, in 1868, as County Commissioner. This office he resigned to accept the higher trust of Representative to the State Leg- islature, to which he was elected in 1876. He was re-nominated in 1878, but declined the proffered honor. Mr. Kimmell was one of the organizers of the County Agricultural Society ; was elected President in 1877, serving three years, and was re-elected in 1882; was prime mover in establishing the Live- Stock Association, of which he served first two years as President. During the war of the rebellion, he was active in looking after the interests of those who had gone to the front, and the county's affairs. Though not a church member, Mr. Kimmell is liberal in fostering church affairs, and is active in public matters where the interests of his community can be advanced.
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