I want to find one like this of one of my ancestors!
Biographical Record and Portrait Album of Tippecanoe County, Indiana,
1888
page 415-416:
GEORGE GUNKLE, who resides on section 5, Perry Township, is a
representative of one of the old and respected pioneer families of
Tippecanoe County, his father, MICHAEL GUNKLE, having settled here with
his family as early as 1828. MICHAEL GUNKLE was born in Berks County,
Pennsylvania, March 7, 1801, a son of JOHN GUNKLE, who was also a native
of Pennsylvania, and of German descent. When a boy he was taken by his
parents to Butler County, Ohio, and there he was reared and married to
AMELIAL COPE, a native of Butler County. As before stated he came in
1828 to this county, his family then consisting of wife and one child,
and settled on section 8 of Perry Township, where the father entered and
improved 160 acres, and there he lived until his death, which occurred
July 20, 1883, in his eighty-third year. He was an industrious,
hard-working man, and by his own efforts acquired a fine property,
leaving at this death 450 acres of valuable land. Politically he
affiliated with the Democratic party. Both he and his wife were
faithful and consistent members of the Lutheran church, and were held in
high esteem by all who knew them. MRS. GUNKLE died in the year 1863.
They were the parents of ten children, six of whom reached
maturity--JOHN, deceased; SAMUEL died in 1864 in Montgomery County,
Indiana, leaving a wife and two children; DANIEL died in 1864, his wife
dying the same year, leaving three children; CATHERINE, GEORGE and SENO.
GEORGE GUNKLE, whose name heads this sketch, is the only surviving
member of this once numerous family. He was born in Tippecanoe County,
on the old homestead in Perry Township, the date of his birth being
November 1, 1836. He was reared on the home farm to agricultural
pursuits, which he has made the principal vocation of his life. He was
married December 2, 1858, to MISS MARTHA JANE BOEN, who was born in
Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, February 28, 1841, a daughter of PLEASANT
and ELIZABETH (WITTY) BOEN, her father being a native of North
Carolina. MR. and MRS. BOEN were married in Lafayette, and to them were
born four children, all yet living--MRS. MARTHA JANE GUNKLE; OLIVER
PERRY; WILLIAM, living at Buck Creek, this county; ELIZABETH E., wife
of JACOB LESLIE, of Perry Township. PLEASANT BOEN died in Tippecanoe
Township in 1849. His widow is still living, making her home in Shelby
County, Illinois. MR. and MRS. GEORGE GUNKLE have four children
living--GEORGE EDWARD; JOHN; CATHERINE, wife of MOSES OVERLY, of
Fairfield Township; and IDELLA, wife of WILLIAM COLE, of Washington
Township. One son, WILLIAM, died in February, 1884, aged twenty-four
years. MR. GUNKLE resided on section 8, Perry Township, until 1872,
when he located on his present farm on section 5, of the same township,
where he has engaged in general farming and operating a saw mill, and
for seven or years also engaged in merchandising, having a store on
his place. The saw mill is at present carried on under the management
of his son, GEORGE EDWARD. MR. GUNKLE is numbered among the
enterprising and successful farmers of his township, and by fair and
honorable dealings he has gained the confidence and respect of all who
know him. He has a comfortable brick residence, erected in 1882, a
commodious barn and other substantial farm buildings, and the entire
surroundings show him to be a thorough, practical farmer.