Counties of LaGrange and Noble, Indiana : historical and biographical, Part 50

Author: F.A. Battey & Co
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Chicago : Battey & Co.
Number of Pages: 976

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GEORGE KENNEDY is a son of Barnett and Mary (Stouffer) Ken- nedy, natives of Pennsylvania, and accompanied them to Wood County, Ohio, when fifteen years of age. George Kennedy, in 1849, went to Lenawee County, Mich., where he worked on the Michigan Southern Railroad until he went to Jonesville, Hillsdale County, Mich., and there had a position as bag- gage and warehouse master. In September, 1854, Mr. Kennedy severed his connection with Jonesville, and the following six years was engaged in farming in Lenawee County, but rented his farm in 1860 and returned to Wood County, Ohio, to assist in caring for his aged parents. In 1869, Mr. Kennedy came to the town of La Grange and bought property-having disposed of his farm in Michigan. Since 1874, has lived on his farm in this township. His wife was Armenia Mason, native of Cattaraugus County, N. Y., born May 24, 1833. He was born in Cumberland County, Penn., November 16, 1821. They were united in marriage September 4, 1853, and have had eight children-James

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M., William P., Frances L., Emma J., Charles H. (died July 23, 1863), Irwin G., John E. and Bertha W. Mrs. Kennedy's father was Seneca Mason, na- tive of Massachusetts, born January 22, 1797 ; her mother, Betsey (Dukes) Mason, was born December 24, 1802, near Rochester, N. Y. They were par- ents of eleven children. Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy belong to the Methodist Church.

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

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

HENRY KLINE was born near Strasbourg, Lorraine, France, May 8, 1813, and is the son of George and Sarah (Reed) Kline, natives of France. The subject came to America in 1838, and worked five years in Utica, N. Y., for $10 per month. In 1843, he went to Stark County, Ohio, and worked one

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year in a stone quarry at Massillon, then moved to Carroll County, Ohio, where he was employed five years in a grist-mill. In 1850, Mr. Kline returned to Stark County, and remained about six months, then for a period of two years worked in a grist-mill at Wooster, in Wayne County, Ohio. Finally, in 1853, he came to this township and bought forty acres of wooded land, moved into a plank shanty, and began the laborious task of clearing land. Mr. Kline has now a snug little farm, well improved, of 110 acres. He was married January 2, 1842, to Miss Virginia White. Six children have been born to them-Henry, deceased June 14, 1878 ; Margaret, deceased September 13, 1876; Louisa, now Mrs. Blough; Caroline; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Beaty, and Maria.

EPHRAIM LATTA is a native of Richland County, Ohio, and son of Silas and Sarah (Franks) Latta, of Pennsylvania and Virginia, respectively. Silas Latta, after coming to this township, lived six years on a rented farm. He served as Trustee and Justice of the Peace. After the repeal of the Mis- souri Compromise, he became a Republican ; previous to that he had been a Democrat. He belonged to the M. P. Church, and died at his home, March 2, 1860, owning at that time 160 acres of partially improved land, a part of which is now owned by his widow, Sarah Latta. She is also a member of the M. P. Church, and bore her husband eight children. Ephraim Latta enlisted August 12, 1863, and served with his regiment, Seventh Indiana Volunteer Cavalry, Company H, until they were mustered out, at Austin, Texas, Febru- ary 18, 1866. He was married to Miss Jane A. Gammill March 26, 1868. Her parents, William A. and Sarah A. (Stuckman) Gammill, were both natives of Pennsylvania. They had four children. In 1851, Mr. Gammill went to Cal- ifornia, overland, with a company of sixty persons, and died there Septem- ber 27, 1853. Mrs. Sarah Gammill came to Indiana in 1856, where her death occurred in 1860. Mr. and Mrs. Latta are members of the M. P. Church, and have had six children-Silas W., Lou S., John F., George A., Mary P., and Freddie, who died December 25, 1881.

ALONZO MCNUTT is a native of Van Buren, Onondaga Co., N. Y., where he was born December 22, 1823, and when about fifteen years old, went with his parents, Ira and Harriet (Nelson) McNutt, to Detroit, Mich., where his father worked at the cooper's trade. In 1838, Alonzo McNutt was engaged as cabin-boy on the brig " Illinois," and the following five years was in the em- ploy of the American Fur Company, sailing on Lakes Erie and Superior, on the brig " Ramsey." He steadily advanced from cabin-boy to able seaman, pilot, and master of a vessel. In 1844 or 1845, he piloted the " Julia Pal- mer," the first side-wheel steamer ever launched on Lake Superior. From 1855 to 1859, he was master of the following vessels: the propellers " Dart," " Old Concord," and " Mohawk." In 1859, Mr. McNutt quit the lakes, came to this township, and bought the farm where he now lives. He was married January 7, 1850, in Detroit, Mich., to Mary A. Fitzmorris, who was born in Clemmell, Ireland, April 25, 1832. They have no children. Mr. McNutt is quite prominent in his township as a leader among the Republicans. He has been a member of the I. O. O. F. Lodge for the past eight years.

JONATHAN MILLER, M. D., is a native of Lawrence County, Penn., where he was born August 14, 1856. His parents, Jacob and Catherine (Lantz) Miller, were both natives of Pennsylvania, the former born in Lancaster County in 1814, and the latter in Juniata County in 1819. They had a fam- ily of ten, seven boys and three girls, and moved to Noble County, Ind., in 1861, where Joseph Miller bought a farm of 80 acres in Elkhart Township ;

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he died on the 30th of April, 1870, and his wife March 24, 1874. Jonathan Miller's earliest recollections are associated with farm life. At the age of eighteen he entered the scientific and commercial course in the Northern Indi- ana Normal School and Business Institute, from which he graduated with the class of 1878. After this he taught school several terms, while reading medi- cine with Dr. J. F. Gard, of Ligonier. In 1881, Dr. Miller graduated from the Bennett Medical College, at Chicago, and engaged in the practice of his profession at Emma, where he is meeting with excellent success.

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

CHRISTIAN PLANK is a native of Mifflin County, Penn., and was born August 27, 1825. His parents were Christian and Rebecca (Lapp) Plank, both natives of Pennsylvania, the former born in 1792 and the latter in 1794. Christian Plank, Sr., when on his way from Berks County, Penn., to Mifflin County, stopped at a hotel, where he was supposed to have been murdered. In 1837, the subject, with his mother, moved to Union County, Penn .; he was married, January 17, 1850, to Mary A. Reish. He returned to Mifflin County in 1853, and in 1854 moved to Logan County, Ohio; the following year, came to Elkhart County, Ind., and moved to Newbury Township, this county, the same year. While there, operated a rented saw-mill, and was one of the three Township Trustees. He moved to Eden Township in 1857, rented a saw-mill and remained two years ; then went to St. Joseph County, Mich., returning to Noble County in 1861, where he bought and erected a circular saw-mill, which he moved to Clearspring Township in 1862. In 1865, he was burned out, sus- taining a loss of over $4,000, but rebuilt the same year. In 1866, he moved his mill to this township, where he had purchased twenty acres of land, and has since operated it, having added a handle factory and planing-mill. His mother made her home with him until about four years ago, when she went to live with his brother. Mr. Plank has a family of nine children-Elmira, now Mrs. Bingham; Lydia C., now Mrs. Lehmer ; Michael S .; Susan R., now Mrs. Plank ; Erie M., now Mrs. Harshberger ; Daniel R., deceased at the age of seven ; John E., Ada L. and George W. A. Mr. Plank was a member of the I. O. O. F., when in Pennsylvania, and although formerly a Republican, is now a Greenbacker. Mr. Plank owns an old wall clock that has been in the family seventy-seven years, and is prized as an heirloom.

WILLIAM A. POYNTER was born in Ohio, July 30, 1836. His par- ents, Alexander W. and Nancy (Whitley) Poynter, left Ohio for this county when William was but three weeks old. They made the journey overland, and reached Newbury Township in November, locating in Section 13, where Mr. Poynter had previously entered 160 acres of land. He was assisted in clear- ing by John Draper, a colored boy, who accompanied them to this State, and is now residing in Lima. Mr. Poynter served as Justice of the Peace of his

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township eight or ten years; he learned surveying in Delaware, his native State, which he followed to some extent in this State. He died in June, 1855, and after the homestead farm was sold in 1864, Mrs. Nancy Poynter resided with her children until her death, in March, 1873, at the home of her daugh- ter, Mary Schermerhorn. On the 6th of December, 1860, William Poynter and Elizabeth Schermerhorn were united in marriage. They have had five children, three of whom are living-Kirby S., Marion D. and Nancy A. Mr. Poynter farmed the old homestead until 1864, and afterward farmed on shares for others until he invested in his eighty acre farm in this township, in 1868. Mr. and Mrs. Poynter belong to the German Baptist Church. She is a native of Stark County, Ohio, where her birth occurred September 19, 1839. Her parents were Michael and Elizabeth (Mckibben) Schermerhorn, of Ohio and Ireland, respectively. They had a family of twelve children.

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

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

Z. L. SCIDMORE, born in Steuben County, N. Y., September 17, 1814, came to this county in May, 1837. He was preceded by his father,

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

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

NELSON SLATER is one of ten children in the family of James and Amy (Evans) Slater. The parents were natives of Berkeley County, Va. James Slater was a soldier in the war of 1812 and was one of the pioneers of Ashland County, Ohio, where he entered land and cleared a farm, and where Nelson was born August 28, 1818. Nelson commenced teaching school in his

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native county in 1837, and followed that profession exclusively until he moved to Defiance County, Ohio, in 1854, where he lived on a farm; but his principal employment was in the schoolroom. Coming to his farm in this township in 1866, he renounced teaching after one term, and has devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits. He has a fine vineyard and raises small fruit of all kinds. Mr. Slater held the office of Township Trustee one term and belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran Church, of which his wife also is a member. Their marriage was celebrated in Ashland County, Ohio, April 27, 1843. She was Susan Spangler, a native of Adams County, Penn., where both her parents, Abram and Elizabeth (Fissel) Spangler, were born. They had ten children. Susan's birth occurred December 25, 1818, and by her marriage with Mr. Slater has had four children, viz .: Elizabeth, now Mrs. Preston; Mahala, now Mrs. Hoagland; James A. and Randolph N. James A. served in the late war, in. the One Hundredth and Fifty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry.

DAVID SMITH was a native of Sandusky County, Ohio, and came to Lima Township, this county, about 1842, when about twenty years of age, subsequently removing to Bloomfield Township, in about 1845. He assisted in clearing land on the present site of La Grange, and also helped build the first hotel and court house in that city, working for $10 per month, and re- ceived goods as part payment. In 1848, he married Miss Elizabeth Ryarson, and after her death, which occurred about a year after their union, he went to California, in company with William Wigton and Alex Holmes, returning to this county in 1853. In June, 1856, he married Miss Eliza J. Bowen. He purchased a farm situated on the line dividing Bloomfield and Clay Townships, and lived until 1865 in the former township, when he bought Section 14, in Clay Township, and moved there, made numerous improvements and bought several other pieces of property, owning at the time of his death 767 acres of land. He died very suddenly at Fort Wayne, in June, 1878, and his funeral was one of the largest ever known in the county. He was one of the first cit- izens and wealthy farmers of the county, and was held in high esteem. He was the father of four children-Fannie M. Robinson, aged twenty-four years; Hattie L. Robinson, aged twenty-three years; Frank R., aged twenty years ; and Mary E., twelve years. In February, 1882. his widow, Eliza J., married John F. Clugston, of La Grange.

DANIEL N. STOUGH, a native of Westmoreland County, Penn., was born July 25, 1837, the son of Daniel and Catherine (Hoenshell) Stough, both natives of Pennsylvania. They had a family of nine, eight now living. In 1852, Daniel Stough moved to Tuscarawas County, Ohio, where he died in 1874, at the age of seventy-four. His wife died in the same county in 1872, aged seventy-two years. Daniel N. Stough went with his parents to Tusca- rawas County, Ohio, where, September 30, 1860, he was married to Susanna Showalter, a native of that county, born January 23, 1843. She was one of eight children in the family of Peter F. and Mary (Neff) Showalter, natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio. While in the latter State, Mr. Stough followed farming and teaching. In August, 1864, he came to this township, having bought land the preceding spring. His farm is one of the best improved in the township. For some time past, Mr. Stough has taken a great interest in stock raising, and deals in that branch quite extensively. He has the distinc- tion of being the statistical correspondent for the agricultural department at Washington, D. C. Mr. and Mrs. Stough are prominent members of the Lutheran Church and have a family of eight children, viz .: James A., John F., Alvin N., Mary S., Peter W., Dora B., Daniel F. and Elsie M.

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MATTHEW STRICKLAND came to Clearspring Township, this county, with his parents, Mahlon and Martha (Williams) Strickland, in Febru- ary, 1846. Here his father purchased 240 acres of land, and also 160 acres in Clay Township, and moved into a log cabin having an elbow-joint fire-place. Mahlon and Martha Strickland were both born in the year 1801, he in Sus- sex County, N. J., in December, and she in Stark County, Ohio, in Septem- ber. They had eleven children. April 3, 1825, Matthew Strickland was born in Ashland County, Ohio. November 4, 1852, he married Mary Kitchen, who was born June 4, 1831, in Brant Co., Ontario, Canada. In 1836, she went with her parents, Richard and Jane (Johnson) Kitchen, natives of Sus- sex County, N. J., to Richland County, Ohio, and the following year to Clear- spring Township, this county. They were parents of fourteen children, eight now living. Since August, 1853, Mr. Strickland has lived on his farm in this township ; they lived thirteen years in a log cabin, and planted peach seeds in their door-yard, that three years later commenced bearing. An orchard they planted in 1857 is still bearing excellent fruit, and the farm is now improved well and has substantial buildings. Mr. Strickland and wife have no children ; both are communicants of the Methodist Church. Richard Kitchen was born May 1, 1798, died June 11, 1855. Jane Kitchen was born January 22, 1803, died December 14, 1876. They lived in Canada twelve years, and while there united with the Regular Baptist Church.

CHARLES E. WEAVER, son of John M. and Mary A. (Charles) Weaver, was born December 25, 1849, in Ashland County, Ohio, where his mother also was born. John M. Weaver was a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1827. Of the three children born to them, the subject only is living. John W. Weaver died in Saginaw County, Mich., June 13, 1871, in his twenty-sec- ond year. Harriet F. Weaver died in this township, March 13, 1871, in her 20th year. John M. Weaver came with his family to Clay Township in 1863, and bought the farm where Charles E. now lives. He died in La Grange, September 2, 1881; he was a prominent member of the I. O. O. F., having belonged to that order for more than thirty years ; he was also a member of the Episcopal Church. Mary A. Weaver is still living in Ashland County, Ohio, and is a member of the Dunkard Church. Charles E. Weaver went to Loomis, Isabella Co., Mich., in 1865, where he was engineer in a large saw, shingle and extract factory, until 1877, when he returned to this township and moved on his farm. He was married January 14, 1871, to Miss Sarah E. Fancey, a native of Utica County, N. Y., born October 1, 1853. Her father, Joseph Fancey, was born in 1821, in Devonshire, England ; her mother, Ann Leckenby was born in Yorkshire, England, August 17, 1833. They had three children. Mr. and Mrs. Weaver have had two children-Anna M., who died February 25, 1876, aged two years and nine months, and Stanley E. H., aged three and a half years. They have adopted a cousin of Mrs. Weaver's, Freeman (Wilcox) Weaver, whose mother died when he was but one day old. Mr. and Mrs. Weaver belong to the Lutheran Church.

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Counties of LaGrange and Noble, Indiana : historical and biographical, Part 50

Author: F.A. Battey & Co Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Chicago : Battey & Co. Number of Pages: 976

Author: F.A. Battey & Co
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Chicago : Battey & Co.
Number of Pages: 976