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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
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