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  ELDER DANIEL WYSONG is noted among the early settlers of Elkhart county, having for long years been a witness of its growth and improvement. He resides on section 33, Union township, where he has controlled valuable farming interests. He was born in Montgomery county. Ohio, September 28, 1842. and the birth of the father, Robert Wysong, occurred in the same house. The mother bore the maiden name of Anna Miller and was born near Cincinnati, Ohio, a daughter of Elder Daniel Miller. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wysong was celebrated in December, 1841, and in 1845 they removed to Elkhart county, Indiana, where they spent their remaining days, each living to a ripe old age and passed away respected by all who knew them. The father departed this life when about eighty-five years of age and his wife's death occurred when she was seventy-six years of age. They had long been numbered with the pioneer settlers of the county. Mr. Wysong built a log house upon his farm in the spring; of 1845 and made the doors of puncheon, hanging them with wooden hinges. He continued to reside upon that farm until his life's labors were ended, but in the meantime he had wrought a wonderful transformation in the appearance of the place, adding to it all modern equipments and accessories, while placing the fields under a high state of cultivation. With the exception of Daniel Wysong all of the members of the family - three sons and a daughter - were born upon the old homestead.
     Daniel Wysong, the eldest, was three years of age when his parents removed to Elkhart county and in a log schoolhouse in Union township he pursued his education. The first school building was constructed of round logs, and pins were driven into the wall on which a board was laid to serve as a writing desk. The benches were without backs and in one end of the room was a huge fireplace. The methods of instruction were also primitive, and the pupils had little opportunity of attending school save in the winter months, for the labors of both sons and daughters were needed upon the home farm in the summer seasons. Elder Wysong assisted in the work of the home farm up to the time of his marriage, which was celebrated September 7, 1862, Miss Mary Miller, a daughter of David C. and Rachel (Bigler) Miller, becoming his wife. Her father was born in Darke county, Ohio, and her mother in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, and they became the parents of ten children, a son and nine daughters, Mrs. Wysong being the third child and second daughter.  She was born in Darke county, Ohio, September 13, 1843, and was seven years of age when she came to Union township, Elkhart county.  At the time of their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Wysong located on the farm where they now reside and where they have since made their home with the exception of four years spent in Nappanee. Seven children came to bless the household, but three died in childhood. The living are; Melvin, who in 1891 married Catherine Smith and is now engaged in the onion business near Wolf lake in Noble county, Indiana; Calvin, who was married in 1890 to Melinda Stahly and is engaged in the same line of business near Wolf lake; Clara Etta, who became the wife of Daniel Stump in 1892 and is now living in Nappanee, where her husband is engaged in the dray business: and Cora, at home.
     Elder Wysong has lived for fifty-nine years in Union township and during the greater part of this period has been engaged in general farming and in preaching, still having charge of the Turkey Creek congregation. During the past sixteen or seventeen years he has been engaged in evangelistic work, and in this connection has traveled in twenty-four states preaching the gospel as a member of the German Baptist Brethren church. He is well known among the people of the denomination, and his efforts have been far-reaching in behalf of the cause of Christianity. He owns in Union township a farm of seventy-four acres and is still looking after his interests on this place. He has never been known to take advantage of the necessities of his fellow men in any trade transaction and his efforts have been crowned with success when viewed from a financial standpoint, while his labors in the ministry have also been granted a full harvest.
Source: A Twentieth Century History & Biological Record of Elkhart County, Indiana, 1905, page 629-630
by Anthony Deahl
(Contributed by Kurt)
   
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