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m. 1 May 1803
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m. Bet Apr 1836 and Jun 1836
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Charles Kindig, son of Daniel and Susan Kindig, natives of Pennsylvania, was born in York County, Penn., September 7, 1815. He removed with his parents in childhood to Wayne County, Ohio. His opportunities at school were of necessity very limited, the schoolhouses of those days being log cabins of the rudest description and far apart; even the schools themselves were as rude as the houses in which they were taught. Charles assisted his father until his twenty-first year. In the spring of 1836, Mr. K. was united in marriage to Miss Elenor Allen, who was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, in 1813. He followed the vocation of farmer in his adopted county until 1839, when he immigrated to Wisconsin, where he remained but two yers. Upon returning from the Northwest, he located in Fulton County, Ind., and purchased 80 acres of land in Henry Township. Being possessed of an unlimited amount of energy and determination, he soon began to reap the reward of his untiring industry. In a short time, cultivated fields and a fine orchard appeared instead of the wild forest trees. The cabin was superseded by the commodious farmhouse, and the prattle of little voices and the patter of little feet only added other incentives for industry. The marriage of these two was blessed with four children, two of whom are living, Mary the wife of Charles Richter, and Orville, who is conducting the home farm. Mr. K. is regarded as a man of strict integrity. [T. B. Helm, Fulton County Atlas, A. L. Kingman, 1883, p. 39] |