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Surnames: Mann, Walker, Prathee, Allen, Wymant, Stahl
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>From "Biographical Memoirs of Wells County Indiana," 1903, pp. 166-168.
HENRY A. MANN.
Henry A. Mann was born in Monroe county, West Virginia, July 8, 1828. His father, Michael Mann, was born in Virginia, August 12, 1795, his father being Jacob Mann, a native of Germany. The maternal parent of the subject, Cynthia (Walker) Mann, was also a native of Virginia, born January 5, 1797. The parents of the subject were married March 14, 1816, and settled on a farm in Virginia, where the father engaged in farming, also conducting the business of blacksmithing. In 1833 they came to Henry county, Indiana, entering land in the new country where the wife died September 30, 1871. Michael afterward married a second wife, who died prior to his own death, which occurred at Rensselaer, Indiana, December 21, 1889. Michael Mann was the father of the following children: Jacob C., born July 20, 1821, a resident of Howard county, Indiana; Christopher D., born December 11, 1830, now a resident of Marion, Indiana; Henry A.; Clayton W., born June 29, 1819; Marinda, born July 5,!
1823; Leroy, born March 7, 1826; Lucinda C., born October 6, 1833.
Henry A. Mann attended the district schools of Henry county until he was about eighteen years of age, but at that period of time the terms of school were very brief and the most of his time until that age was spent in assisting his father until January 3, 1856, at which time he married Martha Allen, a daughter of William and Sarah (Prathee) Allen, the father a native of North Carolina, born September 7, 1798, and the mother a native of Virginia, born October 8, 1806. William Allen was a son of Reuben Allen, also a native of North Carolina. William and Sarah Allen were married October 19, 1826, in Wayne county, Indiana, where they settled, remaining there for a time. They then removed to Madison county, Indiana, where they lived the remainder of their lives. William was the father of eight children, four of whom are yet living: James, born July 30, 1827, died February 15, 1893; Thomas C., born September 10, 1829, died November 11, 1854; Martha, born October 16, 1831, the!
wife of the subject; W. A., born in March, 1834, a physician now practicing in Rochester, Minnesota; Jonathan P., born August 12, 1837, died January 5, 1862, of disease contracted in the army; Benjamin F., born February 6, 1840, now a dentist in Glencoe, Minnesota; Mary E., born November 16, 1842, died September 19, 1845, and Rachel, born December 15, 1846, now the wife of C. W. Wymant, of Danville, Indiana. The subject, after his marriage, settled in Henry county, Indiana, renting a farm for a period of three years. He then removed to Wells county, settling in Nottingham township, purchasing one hundred acres of land, which he cleared and brought under cultivation. After remaining on this farm seventeen years, he purchased eighty acres, where he now lives, also clearing the greater part of this place. The subject now owns one hundred and eighty acres of fine farming land and, besides being a general stock farmer, is one of the four stockholders interested in the grain !
elevator at Poneto, Wells county.
Mr. Mann is the father of two children, one of whom is yet living; Emma, born August 16, 1857, died September 2, 1850; James M., born April 15, 1860, married Sarah Stahl, and is now a resident of Nottingham township, and is the father of one child, Lillie. The subject and family are connected with the Baptist church, of which he has been a clerk for thirty-one years and a deacon for about thirteen years. He answered his country's call during the great Rebellion, enlisting in the army on October 16, 1864, in Company K, Fifty-third Regiment Indiana Volunteers, and served until the close of the war. While the husband was absent in the army serving his country, his wife was left alone on the farm with her little son, then five years old. Owing to the absence of nearly all the men in the army she did her own plowing, but she says that her old horse knew more about the business than she did herself.
In politics the subject of this sketch has been a Republican all his life, and, as in all the relations of life, he has performed his civic duties from conscientious mtovies of duty, and when he is convinced that he is right is hard to swerve from his course. He is a type of the solid, resonsible yeomanry of our state, possessing all the traits of economic thright and industry possessed by the German people.
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Surnames: Kimble, Goodin
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>From Biographical Memoirs of Wells County, Indiana, 1903, pp. 156-158.
GEORGE W. KIMBLE.
The gentleman whose brief biography is herewith presented has achieved success in various walks of civil life and at a critical period in our national history, when the ship of state was almost stranded upon the rugged rock of disunion, proved his loyalty to his country by following the flag into the southland. The Kimble family had its origin in Holland, but for three or four generations has been represented in various parts of the United States. From the most authentic sources, it appears that the progenitor of the American branch settled in New Jersey in an early day, in which state at a subsequent period was born the grandfather of the subject of this sketch. Some time after his marriage this ancestor moved to Ohio, where he died in Perry county a number of years ago. Among his children was a son by the name of Uzal Kimble, who grew to maturity in the above county and there married Rachel McDaniel. Of this union were born four children, namely: Isabel, wife of John!
Harris; George W., of this review; Margaret, now Mrs. Thomas Shull, and William E., who married Rachel Brown, of Darke county, Ohio.
Uzal Kimble remained in his native state until 1850, when he disposed of his interests there and changed his residence to Wells county, Indiana, purchasing a farm in the township of Nottingham where he spent the remainder of his days. When a young man he united with the Christian church and later became an acceptable minister of that body, though seldom sustaining regular pastoral relations. He was a man of sincere convictions, an earnest and devout Christian and exercised a wholesome influence in the community by his upright conduct and correct deportment, as well as by the exercise of his public duties as an able preacher of the word.
George W. Kimble, the direct subject of this article, was born on the 14th day of August, 1845, in Athens county, Ohio, and until his seventeenth year assisted his father with the varied duties of the farm. His educational training was acquired in a little log school house near the home of his childhood and at the age of seventeen he left the farm for the purpose of learning the trade of blacksmithing. In due time he became an efficient mechanic, but shortly after beginning the work for himself President Lincoln issued his call for volunteers to assist in crushing the great Rebellion. Like thousands of other loyal sons of the north, young Kimble tendered his services to the government, enlisting in Company G, One Hundred and Thirty-eighth Indiana Infantry, with which he shared the vicissitudes of war from 1864 until his regiment was mustered out of service. After his discharge he resumed blacksmithing in Wells county and continued working at the trade at various places u!
ntil 1881, meanwhile devoting all of his leisure time in the study of law, for which he early manifested a very decided preference. The better to prepare himself for the practice of the profession, he entered, the above year, the law department of the Northern Indiana Normal University at Valparaiso, where he prosecuted his legal studies for a period of two years, graduating in 1883 with the degree of LL. B. The same year in which he completed this course at the above institution, Mr. Kimble opened an office in Bluffton, where he has since been actively engaged in the practice, giving especial attention to collections. He is well versed in the underlying principles of jurisprudence, has earned the reputation of a sound and discreet counsellor and occupies a prominent position among his professional brethren of the Bluffton bar. Politically Mr. Kimble is one of the leading Republicans of Wells county and is always ready to do his share in promoting the success of his part!
y in locak, state and national elections. He was for three years justice of the peace in the township of Nottingham, aside from which he has held no official position nor has any ambition to gratify in that direction. Fraternally he belongs to Lodge No. 145, F. & A. M., and to his credit be it said that he has tried to square his life in harmony with the sublime principles of that order.
In the year 1870 Mr. Kimble was happily married to Miss Lydia M. Goodin, daughter of Rev. Smith Goodin, formerly superintendent of the Wells county public schools. Mrs. Kimble was born in Ohio, but came to Indiana when young and grew to mature years in the county in which she was married. She received an excellent education, was a lady of varied culture and for a number of years enjoyed the reputation of being one of the most capable and popular teachers in the county of Wells. She taught in the schools of Bluffton for six years and was engaged in educational work up to the time of her marriage. After a happy wedded life of twenty-two years duration, Mr. Kimble's home was invaded by the angel of death who, on the 30th day of March, 1892, summed the faithful and loving wife to her final rest. She was a devoted Christian, a member of the Baptist church and died in the faith which had afforded her so much consolation and solace during her life.
As a citizen Mr. Kimble stands high in the esteem of the people of his city and all cheerfully concede his right to be called one of Wells county's representative men. Quiet and unassuming in manner and easily approachable, he belongs to that large and eminently respectable class of people that make their presence felt by actions rather than by words, and in every relation of life his conduct has been characteristic of the intelligent, enterprising man of affairs and true gentleman.
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Surnames: Mosure, Krill, Spade, Selby, Gehring
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>From Biographical Memoirs of Wells County, Indiana, 1903, p. 328-329.
FRANK W. MOSURE [portrait of subject in book]
The office of biography is not to give voice to a man's modest estimate of himself and his accomplishments, but rather to put upon record the verdict establishing his character by the consensus of opinion on the part of his neighbors and fellow citizens. In touching upon the life history of the subject of this sketch the writer aims to avoid fulsome ecomium and extravagant praise; yet he desires to hold up for consideration those facts which have shown the distinction of a true, useful and honorable life--a life characterized by perseverance, energy, broad charity and well-defined purpose. To do this will be but to reiterate the dictum pronounced upon the man by the people who have known him long and well.
Frank W. Mosure is the son of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Krill) Mosure and was born at Bluffton, Wells county, Indiana, February 8, 1861. Jonathan Mosure was a native of Ohio, but in the early 'fifties came to Indiana and located in Bluffton. He was a blacksmith and, in partnership with John Shoemaker, ran a blacksmith shop, the one now owned by Josiah Freeser. He followed that occupation until 1865 and then moved to Vera Cruz, where he followed his trade and in connection therewith ran a buggy and carriage factory. He remained thus engaged for about twenty years, when he sold out and retired to a forty-acre farm which he had purchased in Adams county, where he still resides. He is widely known and by all is highly esteemed. To him and his wife have been born six children, as follows: Frank is the immediate subject; John A. is a farmer and resides in Adams county; Edward is a blacksmith at Newville, Indiana; Ella is the wife of William Spade, a farmer living in Adams cou!
nty; Mary is the wife of William Selby, of Adams county; Lulu is unmarried. All these children were given the benefit of a good common school education and have grown into strong and sturdy manhood and womanhood, an honor to their parents.
Frank W. Mosure remained at the home at Bluffton until he was four years old, when he was taken to Vera Cruz, where he has since continued to make his home. He received a very good education, attending first the village school and later the county normal at Bluffton. In 1882 he commenced teaching school, an occupation which he followed for two terms, and then entered Union Christian College. He pursued his studies in that institution for one year and also attended Antioch College for two terms. His studies had all been directed towards his intended induction into the ministry, which he subsequently realized, being ordained as a minister of the Christian church and taking up special work as an evangelist. He was devoted to his work and maintained an active connection with the pulpit until 1901. In 1892 he was elected to the office of Justice of the peace and served until 1900, discharging the duties of the office in such a manner as to win the hearty commendation of all!
. He was also commissioned a notary public and is still serving in that capacity. During his ministry he was active in his efforts to carry the gospel tidings of salvation to all within his reach and the good he has done in the world can be only definitely measured in "that last great day." Of a pleasing personal presence, ready command of language, enthusiastic in his work, he wielded a powerful influence and was the means of inducing many to forsake the ways of sin and follow in the footsteps of the man of Nazareth.
Mr. Mosure was united in marriage on the 1st of March, 1884, to Miss Rosa Gehring, of Fort Wayne, Indiana. She possesses a good common school education and has proven to her husband a faithful and devoted companion. To this union has been born one child, Dessie, the date of her birth being January 25, 1890. In politics Mr. Mosure is a farm and uncompromising Democrat, but aside from the exercise of his right of franchise he takes no very active part in political matters. He is now actively engaged in the real estate business and is known as one of Wells county's most active and energetic business men and is achieving for himself an enviable reputation for sterling honesty and a desire to do by others as he would be done by. His support has ever been given to all measures for the public good, he is a man of broad humanitarian principles, of earnest purpose and upright life, and does all in his power for the uplifting of his fellow men and the promotion of the moral welfa!
re of his community.
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Surnames: Hiram towns and Maud Twibell
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Hiram Isreal towns married Mary Margret Twibell November 30, 1885 in Wells County Indiana. I have information about Mary Margret (Maud), but have hit a dead end with Hiram Isreal. I know Maud lived and died in Keystone IN in the 1940's, but have no idea what happen to Hiram or where he came from. Any help anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated.
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Hiram Isreal towns married Mary Margret Twibell November 30, 1885 in Wells County Indiana. I have information about Mary Margret (Maud), but have hit a dead end with Hiram Isreal. I know Maud lived and died in Keystone IN in the 1940's, but have no idea what happen to Hiram or where he came from. Any help anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated.
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Am looking for david lloyd in wells co. any information would be appreciated.
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Surnames: (O)Briens of Co. Wexford
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Will author of this post please contact me. I believe we have a connection. Your old address seems to be invalid.
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Surnames: Brown, Tam
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Another victim of the crash who died in the hospital a few days later was Clyde Brown, son of William and Rosltha TamBrown. He was my great-grandfather; he died eight months before my grandmother was born.
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Surnames: Lape, Woodling, Holland
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RE; Lape connections in Ohio. This is what I have.
Nicholas J. Lape m. Elizabeth Rogers Dec.22. 1841 Pickaway county..They had ten children, among them Clara , my ancestor. About 1860-6l they moved to IL. where Clara married. I think I have found a brother to Nicholas J. Lape, a Charles Lape living in CA with niece, Caroline Woodling, 1920
Charles Lape states that his parents were from Baden. Good clue!
Could John Lape, Jr. have been a brother to Nicholas?Bee
Hi,
Does Wells County Marriage Records go back to 1850?
Have Samuel VanDyne and Rachel Richards married May 26, 1850. Trying to see
if it has their parents on their certificate.
Can someone point me in the right direction? Or can a kind soul see what it
says about their marriage that day.
Thank You!!!
Deb Faith
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Do you have much information on your Lape family in Ohio?
I'm looking for the children of Jacob Perry Lape and Amanda Brown Lape m. Dec.8, 1881 in Fairfield County. He was the son to William Lape and Sarah Jane Green who was a son of John Lape Jr and Lydia Tillet who was a brother to Nicholas Lape.
Thank you