Person:Charles Souder (1)

Butler Cemetery, Butler, IN 103 N ½ First Addition Souder, Charles C.

     Souder, Catherine  1871-1946
                  Charles C.  1871-1948

Biography of Charles C. Souder, page 291 / 292. History of Northeast Indiana; LaGrange, Steuben, Noble, and DeKalb Counties, Vol. II, under the editorial supervision of Ira Ford, Orville Stevens, William H. McEwen, and William H. McIntosh. The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, New York. 1920

  Charles C. Souder, whose farm home is two miles north of Butler, has been industriously engaged in agriculture in DeKalb County for over twenty years.  He is a son of George B. Souder, a well known retired farmer living in Troy Township.
  George B. Souder was born in Perry County, Pennsylvania, June 30, 1846, son of John and Rachel A. (Billow) Souder and a grandson of Martin Souder.  Martin was a native of Germany, came to the United States when a boy, settling in Perry County, Pennsylvania, and married and reared his family there.  His children were Henry, John, Katie, Rebecca and Sarah.  John Souder's wife, Rachel A. Billow, was a daughter of George Billow, also a native of Germany.  George Billow while a soldier was taken prisoner and 

with six companions was shut up in a barn preliminary to being hanged. The prisoners escaped, and he soon afterward came to the United States, settling in Perry County, Pennsylvania, where he married Susanna Ensminger. For a number of years they conducted a popular place of entertainment known as the Billow's Tavern. After his death his widow moved to Shelby, Ohio, where she died. In the Billows family were children named David, Adam, George, Susan, Sarah and Rachel. John and Rachel Souder moved for Perry County, Pennsylvania, to Richland County, Ohio, where they spent their last years. Their children were: Jane, wife of George Blatman, of California; George B.; Hannah, wife of Amos Snyder, of Butler, Indiana; Rachel, wife of Will Sheley, of Brownstown, Indiana.

  George B. Souder was fourteen years old when he accompanied his parents to Richland County, Ohio, and he acquired most of his education in a German school in Pennsylvania.  On February 27, 1868, he married Sarah Melissa Adams, who was born in Crawford County, Ohio, January 15, 1848, and was 

reared near Shelby. After his marriage George B. Souder rented his father's farm five years and in 1873 came to DeKalb County and bought eighty acres in Franklin Township. He lived there until 1878, when be bought his present home. He is a republican in politics and has filled the office of supervisor. Of his six children five are living: Charles C, of Franklin; George M., and Ernest C., also the same township; Jessie M., who is the wife of Charles A. Dohner, of Troy Township; and Harry L, also a resident of Troy Township on his father's farm. Charles C. Souder was born near Shelby, Ohio, October 18, 1871, and was a year old when his parents moved to DeKalb County. He grew up on the home farm, attended the local schools, and in March, 1896, married Catherine Coll. She was born in Troy Township. They have one child, Ora L., who was born June 23, 1898, and is a graduate of the Butler High School and took a business course at South Bend.

  Mr. Souder is a stockholder in the Artic Co-operative Livestock Shipping Association, and conducts his general farming and stock raising operation on a place of eighty acres.  He is a republican and is affiliated 

with Butler Lodge No. 283 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.