Person:George Folk (2)

Memory of Bill Folk:

George and Lydia lived on a farm that had a big bank barn, upon which he had his name painted "George Folk" in big letters on the exterior.

His son, George Nelson Folk, also had a big barn with his name on it as "George N. Folk" --Kristy 21:48, 26 October 2008 (EDT)

obituary

"Folk -- George, 87 years old, of Lakeville, father of nine children, died Wednesday night at nine o'clock. Funeral at residence Saturday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock, Rev. A. H. Keck, officiating. Burial in Bowman Cemetery."

bio history

St. Joseph County History. 1892 "George Folk has been a resident of St. Joseph County, In. for the past twenty-eight years, during which time he has identified himself with the interests of the section, has won numerous friends and has built up a reputation for honesty and fair dealing that is in every way merited. His birth occured in Stark county, Ohio, September 7, 1832, but his parents, Abraham and Barbara (Nummemaker) Folk, were Pennsylvanians. The father was one of the pioneers of Ohio, became the owner of Woodland farm, which he greatly improved and on which he died in 1866, at the advanced age of eighty-three years. Prior to the war, he was a democrat, but afterward identified himself with the Republican party, and was always noted for his public spirit. He acquired a good property and was liberal in the sense of his means toward deserving enterprises, being especially liberal in the support of the Lutheran Church, of which he was a member. His father, George Folk, lived and died in Pennsylvania. Some of the early members of the family were in the War of 1812. The paternal grandfather, Caleb Nunnemaker, was a native of Pennsylvania, but his father came from Germany. The parents of the subject of this sketch were married in Pennsylvania, but the mother died in Ohio in 1868, having reared a family of five children, Mary, Elizabeth, Susan, Louisa, and George: Elizabeth, Mary and George being the only survivors, Louisa dying in Ohio when single. Susan married Andrew Sell. He and one child survive her. The paternal and maternal grandparents experienced the hardships of pioneer life in Ohio, but in time became well-to-do people. George Folk attended the common schools when a youth, but owing to the poor facilities at the time, his education was not of the best. He was compelled to make his own way in the world, and when still in his teens set about doing so. In 1852, he was married to Miss Lydia Clark, who was born in Ohio, October 17, 1832, a daughter of B. and Mary (Shidler) Clark, the former of whom was born in Pennsylvania and died in Ohio in 1891, at the age of eighty-three years. He was well-to-do man, a republican politically, and an ernest member of the Lutheran Church. His widow survives him, is a native of Ohio, and a resident of Louisville. She is now eighty-two years old. Her children are as follows: Lydia, Malinda, Rebecca, George, Lovina, Ozias, Adam, Mary A., Celist, Tillman and Angalina. Mrs. Folk was twenty-one at the time of her marriage, and has borne the following children: Lucinda, wife of George Brown, of South Bend, has four children: Lovina is unmarried and is a resident of California: Fiana married Daniel Stroup, and she and one child survive him: Lydia married Elmer Wells, is residing in South Bend and has four children: Rebecca is single and is living in California: Matilda married Michael Trump, resides in Union township, this county, and has four children: Mary E. married William Mangus and lives in Kansas: George N. resides at home and is married to Laura Barrett: and Clara who is attending school in South Bend. Two children died in infancy, Edwin and Barney. The only son (George Nelson) is a wide-awake and enterprising young man. In 1864, Mr. Folk purchased a partly improved farm and is now the owner of 220 acres of land, all of which is in one body and is as fine farming land as can be found in St. Joseph county. He has held some of the most important offices of the township, and as he has always manifested the greatest interest in the welfare of his section, he has a very nicely improved farm. He has been a successful raiser of stock, and in his methods of conducting his farm is progressive and enterprising. He and his wife are members of the Lutheran Church, and politically he has always supported the hem and measures of the Republican party, but as(sic) for himself he has never been an aspirant for office."

1. ↑ Nickie Wayne Kile. Bartholomew Clark Jr. family information, Recipient: Kristina Kuhn Krumm, Address: Bloomington, Indiana, Author E-mail: nickie.kile at. (August 2005).
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653)
   page 536B; sheet: 160; ancestry image: 45.
3. ↑ United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T623)
   ED# 138; page 251; sheet 10A; ancestry image 18.
4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Bill Folk. Descendants of Barholomew Clark.pdf Nov 2007, Recipient: Kristina Kuhn Krumm, Address: Hilton Head, SC, Author E-mail: [email protected]. (Nov. 27, 2007).
5. ↑ Obituary. (further information available upon request).
6. ↑ United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publications M593 and T132)
   page 527B; sheet: 4; ancestry image: 4.
7. ↑ United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T624)
   ED# 194; page 136; sheet 6A; ancestry image 5 of 15.
8. ↑ ^8.0 8.1 South Bend Tribune. (South Bend, Indiana)
   page 5.
9. ↑ both parents born in Ohio