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comparative comfort. Their household effects were limited, but in the spring of 1839 he returned to Southern Indiana for furniture belonging to his wife. In 1840 he returned to De Kalb County and settled where he now lives. To Mr. and Mrs. Boyer have been born five children ; but four are living- Elimina, wife of Andrew Duncan ; Balis H .; Mary Ann, wife of R. J. Fisk; Irene, wife of A. T. Smith. Their youngest son, Ira, died Dec. 21, 1873, in the nineteenth year of his age.
Balis H. Boyer, section 10, Smithfield Township, bought his farm in 1863 of Samuel Strugh. He is a son of Adam and Re- becca (Holden) Boyer, early settlers of Franklin Township. He was born in Highland County, Ohio, April 17, 1840. He was reared on the old homestead, receiving a good education in the common schools. He was married to Susan Oberlin, daughter of David Oberlin, early residents of Franklin Township. She was born in Stark County, Ohio, in 1843. Mr. and Mrs. Boyer have four children-Warren J., Mary M., Adam D., and Francis M., all living in Smithfield Township.
Oliver J. Camp was born in Stark County, Ohio, in 1852, a son of John and Susanna (Smith) Camp, natives of the same county. His parents came to De Kalb County, Ind., in April, 1855, and settled on section 6, Smithfield Township, on land bought several years previous of Mrs. Camp's father, Benjamin Smith. The first house on the place was built by Mr. Camp in 1855. The present residence, one of the best in the township, was built in 1878. The farm is under a good state of cultiva- tion; there is a fine orchard of about 125 trees, and all the im- provements are in good order, and among the best in the town- ship. Mrs. Camp still resides on the homestead. They had a family of four children, three of whom are living-Aaron W., Luther B. and Oliver J. The latter stille resides on and has charge of the farm.
Abel Campbell, deceased, was one of the early settlers of Smithfield Township, locating on the southwest quarter of sec- tion 28 in May, 1847. He was a native of Pennsylvania, born Oct. 26, 1807, and when a boy moved with his parents to Stark County, Ohio, where he was reared and married June 16, 1831, to Jane Taylor, a native of Washington County, Pa., born May 25, 1812. In 1836 they moved to Summit County, and thence to De Kalb County, making the journey hither by teams, tak- ing two weeks to make the trip. Mr. Campbell bought his
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farm of Andrew Houhn the previous fall. It had been entered in 1836 by John Taylor, father of Mrs. Campbell, who sold it to Mr. Houhn. Sixteen acres were cleared, and there was a small round-log house on the land which the family moved into. Mr. Campbell cleared about seventy-five acres and erected good buildings, making it his home till his death in November, 1860. Mrs. Campbell is still living on the homestead. They had a family of eight children, four of whom they brought with them to De Kalb County. Six are living-Margaret, John, Edward H., Ruth (wite of E. R. Leas), James D. and Lewis P. William C. died in 1871, aged twenty-three years; Benjamin F. died Sept. 4, 1855, aged three years. Mr. Camp- bell was one of the most prominent men of the township. Po- litically he was a Whig, but after the organization of the Republican party was a strong adherent of its principles. He died the day following the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States. Edward H. resides on the homestead, a part of which he owns. He was born in Summit County, Ohio, in 1841. He has always lived with his parents, and has assisted in clearing the farm. He was married to Mariam E., daughter of Brickard Childs, who settled in Fair- field Township in the fall of 1847, and subsequently moved to Smithfield Township, where he died in 1878 and his wife in 1883. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Campbell have five children- Frank, Elnora, Albertis, Clark and Thomas.
George H. Duncan, a prominent farmer of De Kalb County, settled on section 16, Smithfield Township, in 1858. He was born in Washington County, Pa., in 1827. His parents moved to Ashland County, Ohio, about 1838, and there he grew to manhood and was educated. In the fall of 1849 he began teach- ing school in Holme's County, Ohio, and subsequently taught twenty-six terms, his schools being in Ohio, Michigan and Indi- ana. His first school in De Kalb County was in the Bell dis- trict in the winter of 1853-'4. He was very successful, and for several years was one of the most prominent teachers of De Kalb County. Since 1862 he has devoted his attention exclu- sively to farming. He was married first to Mary Chapman, a native of Ashland County, Ohio, who died in 1862, leaving one daughter-Mina, now the wife of Wm. F. Till. In 1863 he married Jane Chapman, a sister of his first wife. They have three children-Clementina, Benjamin F. and George B. Mr.
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Duncan has served six years, 1874-'80, as Commissioner of De Kalb County. He is one of the representative men of the county, having been prominently identified with her interests since his first settlement in 1853. His father, George J. Dun- can, was born in Washington County, Pa., Jan. 21, 1803, and was married in March, 1825, to Mary Baxter, also a native of Washington County. He moved to Ashland County, Ohio, in 1836, when that country was new, and in 1853 moved to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled on section 10, Smithfield Town- ship, where he died Jan. 8, 1870, His wife died Dec. 10, 1877. They had a family of eight sons and four daughters, all of whom lived till maturity. Seven sons and two daughters are still liv- ing, all save one son in De Kalb County. William B. resides in Kansas.
Robert T. Duncan, son of George J. Duncan, was born in Holmes County, Ohio, in 1848. He came with his parents to De Kalb County and remained with them till their death. Since his father's death in 1870 he has lived on the old homestead, a sister, Margaret Duncan, also making her home with him. He has been twice married. His first wife, Florence Wilson, came to De Kalb County from Ohio with her mother, Mrs. Mary Jane Wilson, her father having died in Ohio. Mrs. Duncan died Jan. 4, 1878, leaving one son-Andrew W. Mr. Duncan subsequently married Sarah Ann Freed, daughter of Peter Freed, of Smithfield Township.
Edward Erwin, farmer, section 16, Smithfield Township, was born in Stark County, Ohio, in 1838, a son of William Erwin, a native of Pennsylvania, who went to Ohio when a boy, and in 1853 with his wife and five children moved to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled in Union Township. He bought a partially improved farm and lived in Union Township several years; then removed to Smithfield. Edward Erwin received a good education. He remained on the farm, assisting his father till manhood. In 1861 he enlisted in the Second Indiana Cavalry and served three years. His regiment was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland. He participated in the battles of Shiloh, Stone River, Chickamauga, siege of Corinth, and other important engagements. Since his return home he has engaged in agricultural pursuits, and has a fine farm, with a pleasant residence and good farm buildings. He was married to Elizabeth McEntaffer, daughter of Michael McEntaffer. She
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was born in Franklin Township, De Kalb County, in 1844. Mr. and Mrs. Erwin have five children-Mary C., Arthur H., Mina, Delilah M. and an infant son.
David Feagler, son of Joshua Feagler, was born in Richland Township, De Kalb County, Ind., June, 1847. His father was a native of Maryland, and subsequently moved to Dayton, Ohio, from whence he came to De Kalb County. He was one of the first settlers of Richland Township, and made it his home till his death, May 30, 1875. The mother now resides in Auburn. They have six children living in De Kalb County. David Feagler was reared a farmer, and since attaining man- hood has given that industry his attention. He has been very successful and now owns a fine farm on section 27, Smithfield Township, which is well cultivated and improved, with a good residence and farm buildings. He was married to Lucinda Grogg, daughter of Peter Grogg, of Richland Township. They have now two children -- Elmer and Jesse.
Henry Frick was born in South Huntington Township, West- moreland Co., Pa., Nov. 23, 1815, and in 1825 removed with his father, Henry Frick, to Stark County, Ohio, where he was reared and educated. He was married in 1838 to Christina Smith, a native of Bedford County, Pa., and in 1854 they moved to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled in Smithfield Township, where he bought 160 acres, paying $8 an acre. He has cleared and improved 100 acres of his land, and now has one of the best farms in the township. To Mr. and Mrs. Frick have been born ten children, nine of whom are living, five sons and four daughters-Henry, Jr., married Appy Davis; Abra- ham married Berna Weaver; John married Nettie Cool ; George married Silby Delond ; Daniel, at home, unmarried ; Lovina, wife of George McEntaffer ; Mary, wife of John Reu- pey ; Elizabeth, wife of Jacob Bathael; and Sarah, wife of Harman Whareham. Henry, Abraham and Lovina live in Branch County, Mich .; Mary in Steuben County, and the rest in De Kalb County, Ind. Henry enlisted Aug. 12, 1862, in Company A, Eighty-eighth Indiana Infantry, and served till March 21, 1863, when he was discharged on account of disa- bility. After his recovery, in September, 1864, he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Forty-second Indiana Infantry, and served till June 28, 1865. He participated with General Thomas in the battle of Nashville.
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Richard Gramling, section 10, Smithfield Township, was born in Pennsylvania in 1831, a son of Isaac and Mary (Horn- berger) Gramling. Isaac Gramling was a native of Bucks County, Pa., born in 1805. He was married in his native State and subsequently moved to Stark County, Ohio, and from there in 1849 to De Kalb County, Ind. He settled on a tract of un- improved land on the south west quarter of section 4, Smithfield Township, which he improved and made his home till his death July 2, 1883. His wife died in April, 1881. They had a family of eleven children, eight of whom came with them to De Kalb County. The eldest was married, but followed his parents to Indiana the next year. Six of their children are living, all in Smithfield Township, within a mile of the old homestead- Richard, Peter, John, William, Frank and Amanda. Eliza, Sarah, Henry, Susan and Mary are deceased. Richard Gram- ling was married in 1858 to Margaret Mortorff, daughter of Moses Mortorff, who settled in De Kalb County in 1843. They have one son, William Albert, born Sept. 24, 1859; married Mary, daughter of Lewis Chapman, and has one son-Rollin. Mr. Gramling has a fine farm, on which he settled in 1860. His residence and farm buildings are good, and he is one of the most enterprising farmers of the township.
Franklin Hamman, section 22, Smithfield Township, was born in Franklin Township July 1, 1848, a son of John Hamman, an early settler of that township, who died May 27, 1885. When two years of age he went to live with an uncle, Solomon Bran- derburg, and remained with him till manhood. He was mar- ried to Phobe Martin, daughter of John Martin, of Smithfield Township. They have two children-Francelia and Olive. Mr. Hamman, in connection with his agricultural interests, is extensively engaged in the manufacture of draining tile, brick and lumber. He has a patent kiln for the manufacture of tile, and makes all sizes, having a capacity for making 400,000 annually.
Thomas Hamman, one of the most successful farmers and stock-raisers of De Kalb County, bought his farm on section 16, Smithfield Township, in the fall of 1847. The next April he began clearing his land which was heavily timbered, and the same year began the erection of a dwelling which he fin- ished in the spring of 1849. This was the first frame house in Smithfield Township. It is 18x30 feet in size, with 13-ft.
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posts. Mr. Hamman has always been a hard working man. The first six years he was in De Kalb County he cleared and fenced sixty acres of heavily timbered land, and since coming to the county has chopped the timber from 140 acres. He now has 312 acres of land, 135 of which is under cultivation. His buildings are among the best in the township. His barn, which is 85 x 42 feet in size, was built in 1864, and for a long time was the best, and is not excelled now by any in the township. Mr. Hamman was born in Stark County, Ohio, in 1823. His father died when he was fifteen years old, and from that age he was obliged to rely on himself for a livelihood. He was married in 1850 to Elizabeth Sayler, a native of York County, Pa., who came with her stepfather, Adam Hood, to De Kalb County in an early day. Mr. and Mrs. Hamman have had nine children, but five of whom are living-John, Henry, Caroline, Thomas and Simon. Samuel died at the age of thirty years in 1883; Eliza and two others died in infancy.
Jeremiah Hemstreet was born in Half Moon, Saratoga Co., N. Y., in 1803. He was reared in Herkimer and Lewis counties, N. Y. He married Sabrina Merchant, who died in New York. Their four children are also all deceased. After the death of his wife he went to Huron County, Ohio, and there married Mariam M. Smith, a native of New York, who went with her parents to Ohio when twelve years of age. In 1842 Mr. Hem- street loaded his household goods on a wagon and with his family started for De Kalb County. He entered a tract of wild land from the Government on what is now section 22, Smithfield Township. He has been a hard working, persever- ing man, and has cleared, broken and fenced over 100 acres of land with his own hands, and at the age of eighty-two years is still hale and hearty. To Mr. and Mrs. Hemstreet have been born seven children; but five are living-Cornelia, wife of John Campbell; Sabrina, wife of Jotham Woolsey ; Mary, wife of Orlando Seery; Ellen, wife of Adam Strow; Albert D., of San Francisco, Cal. The latter is a native of Smithfield Town- ship, born Sept. 12, 1843. Melvina died at the age of nine months, and Alonzo, aged thirty years.
Edward M. Jackman was born in Carroll County, Ohio, July 13, 1835, a son of Edward Jackman. His parents moved to De Kalb County, Ind., in 1840, and here he was reared and edu- cated, and with the exception of four years residence in Iowa
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has since lived here. He was married in 1856 to Margaret A. Taylor, a native of Stark County, Ohio, born in 1833, daughter of John Taylor, who settled in De Kalb County in 1848, and in 1865 moved to Cedar County, Iowa, and subsequently moved to Carroll County where he died. Mr. and Mrs. Jackman have had six children; but two are living-Margaret Ella and Charles F. A daughter, Sarah F., died in July, 1879, aged twenty-two years. The others died in early childhood. Mr. Jackman has a pleasant home on section 1, Smithfield Town- ship, which he purchased in 1878. He is one of the most suc- cessful and influential farmers in the township, and is a public-spirited, liberal citizen, doing all in his power toward the promotion of enterprises of public benefit. His eldest sister, Mrs. Sarah Boyer, is the widow of Joseph Boyer, who died in 1881. She has five children-Edward H. and Oliver, in Kan- sas; Cyrus C., in Franklin Township; Alma Celestia, wife of William Boyles, of Wilmington Township; Electa L., wife of Walter Thompson, of Steuben County.
Wesley Jackman was born in Carroll County, Ohio, in 1827, a son of Edward Jackman. In 1837 Edward Jackman came to De Kalb County, accompanied by his brother Robert, and en- tered 440 acres of land on sections 17 and 18, Franklin Town- ship, and 160 acres on section 12, Smithfield Township. He then returned to Ohio, and in 1840 moved with his wife and nine children, and settled on the east half of his land on section 18, Franklin Township, where he lived till his death in 1848. His wife died Jan. 1, 1855. One son, John, was married in Ohio, but followed the family to Indiana in the fall of 1840. Five of the ten children are living-Sarah, widow of Joseph Boyer ; Cyrus resides on the homestead in Franklin Township .; Wesley and Edward M. in Smithfield ; and Adam C. in Grand Rapids, Mich. Wesley Jackman settled on the land entered by his father in Smithfield Township in April, 1853, and now has one of the finest farms in the county. He was married to Sarah M. Baxter, daughter of Moses Baxter, of this town- ship. They have had eight children; but seven are living -Edith L., a teacher in the normal school at Mitchell, Ind .; Mary E., a teacher ; Florence V., teaching in the State Normal School of Alabama ; Charles S. and Harry E. (twins); Minnie A. and Addie. Florida V., a twin sister of Florence, died March 4, 1881, at the age of twenty-two years. She was at that
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time a student at the normal school at Danville. Mr. Jackman has taken great pains to educate his children and fit them for any position in life to which they may be called. Edith is a graduate of the normal school at Lebanon, Ohio, and the others, save Minnie, of Danville, Ind. He left the farm and re- sided in Danville several years, that his children might have the advantage of the school of that place.
John Jenkins, section 26, Smithfield Township, was born in the State of Maryland, near Washington, in 1815, a son of John Jenkins. His father was a slaveholder in Maryland. He died when our subject was a child. In 1833 John Jenkins, Jr., went to Knox County, Ohio, at that time sparsely settled, and re- mained there about twelve years. He was married in Ohio, to Margaret Hull, a native of Pennsylvania, but a resident of Knox County from her infancy. July 17, 1845, he came to De Kalb County, Ind., and bought a tract of heavily timbered land on section 16, Concord Township. He cleared 120 acres, erected good buildings and made it his home till 1879, when he bought his present farm of eighty acres, of Homer Henning. He has made a specialty of stock-raising and for several years has dealt extensively in horses, buying and shipping West. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins have had eight children; but seven are living-Martin, Mary Ann, Henry, Alvin, John, Sarah and Orange. A daughter, Ellen, is deceased.
Samuel Kennedy, section 23, Smithfield Township. His father, John Kennedy, was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, June 10, 18to, and subsequently went with his parents to Stark County, where he married Sarah Oberlin, and in 1844 removed with his family to Wayne County. In 1852 he came to De Kalb County, and bought a farm on section 23, Smithfield Township, forty acres of which was improved, where he died Oct. 20, 1854. He had a family of ten children, seven of whom are living - Samuel, William, Benjamin F., and Philip are in De Kalb County ; Josiah, of Kansas ; Joseph, also in the West, and Mary J., wife of A. S. Blake, of Colorado. Five of the sons were soldiers in the war of the Rebellion. Samuel en- listed in 1864 in the Ninth Illinois Cavalry, and served till the close of the war. Josiah enlisted in 1861, in the Forty-fourth Indiana Infantry. Philip enlisted in the Thirtieth Indiana, and was transferred to the Mississippi Marine Brigade. He was severely wounded twice. Benjamin F. enlisted in 1863, in the
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Eighty-eighth Indiana Infantry and served till the close of the war. Joseph served in the First Indiana Heavy Artillery, serv- ing in the Mississippi Marine service. Samuel, the only son living in Smithfield Township, owns and occupies the old homestead. He was born in Stark County, Ohio, in 1830, and was therefore a young man when he came with his parents to Indiana. He was married in De Kalb County, to Annette Holmes, a native of Seneca County, Ohio, born in 1838, a daughter of Benajmin and Nancy (Knapp) Holmes, natives of New York. To Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy have been born two sons-Jay S., born March 14, 1863, and one that died in infancy. Mrs. Kennedy's father moved to De Kalb County in 1843, and in 1867 sold his farm and removed to Tiffin, Ohio, where he died the following March. He was married three times, his third wife is living in Kansas. Five of his nine children are living, three in De Kalb County : Mrs. Flora McTaffin, Mrs. Olive Kennedy, and Mrs. Annetta Kennedy.
Daniel Kimmell, section 5, Smithfield Township, was born in Stark County, Ohio, in 1827, and was reared and educated in his native county. In 1853 he came to De Kalb County and bought the tract of land of Peter Grogg, where he has since resided. Twenty-five acres were cleared and a log cabin had been erected. He has cleared 110 acres, and now owns 135 acres of choice land under cultivation and about twenty acres of woodland. He has built a good residence and farm build- ings, and has one of the best farms and pleasantest homes in Smithfield Township. Mr. Kimmell was married to Lucinda Smith, a native of Stark County, Ohio, born in 1825. They have six children, all save the youngest, born in Ohio-Orlando, John, Benjamin, Martha, Alma and Jennie.
John Martin, section 23, Smithfield Township, was born in York County, Pa., in 1822. When he was fourteen years of age his parents moved to Ohio, and in 1841 he came to De Kalb County, Ind. He was married in 1845 to Almira Cole, a native of Erie County, Ohio, born in 1826. Mrs. Martin's father died when she was a child, and her mother subsequently married Isaac B. Smith, and May 27, 1836, they came to De Kalb County, Ind. The family afterward moved to Missouri, where Mrs. Martin's mother died. Mr. Smith and his two eldest children, a son and a daughter, are living in Missouri. His youngest son, Isaac B., Jr., died while a soldier in the war 49
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of the Rebellion. When Mrs. Martin came to De Kalb County, forty-nine years ago, Indians were more numerous than white men, and wild game of all kinds were in abundance. Mr. and Mrs. Martin have had two children-Phœbe, wife of Franklin Hamman, and a daughter deceased.
John McOscar, section 9, Smithfield Township, was born in Bedford County, Pa., in 1822. His father, Hugh McOscar, was a native of Ireland, and came to America when a young man, and settled in Pennsylvania, where he was married, and in 1845 came with his family to De Kalb County, and located on sec- tion 9, Smithfield Township, which he had bought the year previous. The mother died in 1855 and the father July 3, 1857. They had a family of four children-John ; Fergus, of Pratt County, Kan .; James died in Montana several years ago ; Jane, wife of Ferdinand Fetters, of Smithfield. John McOscar re- sides on the farm adjoining the old homestead of his father, and · has one of the best farms in the township. He was married in 1856 to Mary Skilling, daughter of Michael and Rosanna Skil- ling, who located in De Kalb County in 1846. Mr. Skilling was born in County Tyrone, Ireland, and came to America in 1829, and settled in Philadelphia, Pa., where he married Rosanna Riley, who was born in Philadelphia in 1808. Mr. Skilling died in Notre Dame Hospital in June, 1879. Mr. and Mrs. Skilling had a family of six children, five of whom are living, three sons and two daughters. Mrs. McOscar was born in Philadelphia, Dec. 29, 1834. Mr. and Mrs. McOscar have had seven sons, four of whom are living-William, Edward, Amos and Emory. Their eldest son, James, died Jan. 4, 1879, at the age of twenty- one years. Two died in early childhood. Edward J. graduated from the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1884. The rest of their family are at home.
John D. Porter, section 24, Smithfield Township, was born in Ripley, Huron County, Ohio, in 1821, and when he was two years of age his parents moved to Wyandotte County, Ohio. When he was twelve years of age his father died, leaving a widow and five sons. John D. and his youngest brother, Mathew, of Ohio, are the only ones living. His mother died in 1860. When he was fifteen years of age he went to live with a maternal uncle, but a year later began to work by the month. In 1842 he came to De Kalb County, Ind., with Hiram Holmes, for whom he worked four years, remaining with him
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till his marriage. Mr. Holmes settled in Franklin Township, remaining there five years, when he moved to La Porte County and laid out a town on the Michigan Southern Railroad, which he named Holmesville. He subsequently left there and moved to Iowa. Mr. Porter was married in 1846 to Catherine Mc- Andaffer, daughter of David McAndaffer, and a native of Stark County, Ohio, born January, 1829. He then settled on his father-in-law's farm, in Smithfield Township, and after the lat- ter's death, in 1851, rented the farm five years. He then bought the homestead of the heirs, at that time containing 154 acres, seventy of which were improved. He now owns 196 acres, 150 improved. He has about 700 rods of tiling on his farm and other valuable improvements. Mr. and Mrs. Porter have had four children, three sons and a daughter ; but two sons are living-David, born Aug. 6, 1849, married Martha, daughter of Joseph Ballby, of Waterloo ; Franklin E., born September, 1859, was married Feb. 7, 1884, to Emma, daughter of John Lowe, of Franklin Township.
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