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Surnames: Billheimer, Gephat, Kimball
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John C. Billheimer, attorney at law, was born in Wayne County, Ind.,March 3, 1857, being
one of five children born to Solomon and Margaret(Gephat)Billheimer, both of German
descent. The father was a native of Virginia, and the mother of Pennsylvania. The
immediate subject of this sketch was raised in the county of his birth, and secured a good
education, attending the Northern Indiana Normal School and Business College at
Valparaiso,Ind., one and a half years. In his native county he had taught one term of
school before attending the Normal College, and afterward he followed that profession for
a time. When in his eighteenth year he began the study of law, and at the age of
nineteen, entered the law office of Brown & Brown , Newcastle, Ind., completing his
studies in 1879. In October of that year he located at Washington,Ind., in the practice
of his profession, in which he has continued ever since, meeting with good success. His
wife Susan Kimball, was also a native of!
Wayne county, Ind. Their marriage was solemnized in 1879, and has been blessed with
three children: John Leroy, Irving and Charles. Politically he is a Republican. Although
he has never aspired to any office of note he has taken some interest in the political
affairs of the county. He is a member of the I.O.O.F., K.of H.,and A.O. of R.M. both
himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. At present he is chairman
of the Daviess County Republican Central Committee.
History of Knox and Daviess County Indiana
goodspeed Publishing;Chicago;1886
Page 749