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INDIANA GENEALOGY EXPRESS
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DAVID D. ULERY, who
has long been a resident of Elkhart county and is
now living on section 33, Union township, was born
in this township May 30, 1842. His father,
Daniel Ulery, was a native of Johnstown,
Pennsylvania, and when a lad of ten years
accompanied his parents on their removal to Miami
county, Ohio, where she spent the days of his
boyhood and youth. Later the home property was
sold there and the family removed to Elkhart county,
Indiana, about 1832, living upon a farm that
comprised the present site of the city of Goshen.
Daniel Ulery was married in this county to
Miss Mary Davenport and took up his abode in
Union township, in 1841, being one of its first
settlers. He entered the land from the
government and began the development of a farm in a
locality where the work of improvement and progress
had scarcely been commenced. His nearest
neighbor was two miles distant. There were no
roads to his place and he had to blaze a trail to
his home. At a later date he entered a quarter
section of land on which not a tree had been cut or
an improvement made. He was closely identified
with the work of material progress and upbuilding in
this section of the state and while promoting his
individual business interests he at the same time
co-operated in many movements which had for their
basic element the general good. He was deeply
interested in the cause of education, did what he
could to promote the welfare of the schools and also
was the champion of good roads. He acted as
one of the first school trustees of Union township
and was known throughout the county as a man whose
efforts were far-reaching, effective and beneficial.
He held membership in the Dunkard church, in which
he long served as deacon and in the work of which he
took an active and helpful part. His death
occurred in 1891. The mother of our subject
was born in Greenville, Darke county, Ohio, and was
of French lineage. She was one of the brave
pioneer women whose counsel and assistance proved of
such value to the husbands and fathers during the
days of early settlement here and she passed away in
1896 respected by all who knew her. In the
family were eight children, four sons and four
daughters, all of whom reached adult age and were
married, while seven of the number are still living.
All were born in Union township, Elkhart county, and
the family ahs from pioneer times down to the
present figured in the public life of this section
of the state, doing much toward introducing and
maintaining the evidences of advanced civilization
which have made this one of hte leading counties of
the commonwealth.
Levi D. Ulery is the oldest member of his
father's family and the others are as follows:
Lydia, the wife of J. S. Wisler; John,
who is mentioned on another page of this volume;
Catherine, the wife of Alpheus Wisler of
Kansas; Elizabeth, the deceased wife of
Emanuel Whitehead; Samuel, who married Sarah
Martin of Dayton, Ohio, and is living in
Kosciusko county, Indiana; Sarah, the wife of
William Eversole, a resident of Kansas;
David, who married Susan Miller of Dayton
and now resides at Milford Junction.
The boyhood days of Levi D. Ulery were quietly
passed, but he early knew the value of unremitting
labor in the development of a farm. He
attended the public schools as opportunity offered
and through the months of vacation assisted his
father in clearing and cultivating the land, working
upon the old homestead until twenty-six years of
age. He has devoted his entire life to
agricultural pursuits and soon after his marriage he
located upon the farm which is yet his home.
He has one hundred acres of rich and arable land
together with property in Nappanee, and his place on
section 33, Union township, constitutes one of the
desirable farms of the community, for it is equipped
with all modern conveniences and in its natural
resources presents an excellent opportunity to the
agriculturist.
In 1871 Mr. Ulery was united in marriage to
Miss Catherine Kinsel. Her parents died
during her early girlhood and she was reared by
Jacob R. Noffsinger of Dayton, Ohio. Three
sons and two daughters have been born of this union.
William, who married Chloe Drumbaugh
and is living in Nappanee; Jesse, who wedded
Emma Ruckman and is also living in Nappanee;
Ada, the wife of Virgil Hemes of
Kosciusko county, Indiana; Alvin, who married
Lucinda Jackson and remains upon the home farm;
and Mabel, who is also under the parental
roof.
Mr. Ulery has spent
his entire life in Union township and has taken an
active interest in every progressive measure looking
to the general good. He is a member of the
Dunkard church, ahs contributed generously to its
support, has assisted in its various lines of
activity and is now one of its deacons. His
political allegiance has always been given to the
Republican party and he has filled a number of local
offices, the duties of which he has discharged with
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