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Biographies
Source:
History of Miami County, Indiana
Publ.
Chicago - Brant & Fuller
1887
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ELIAS OLINGER (dealer in general
merchandise, Mexico, Ind.) is a native of Montgomery County,
Ohio, and was born Mar. 20, 1835. His parents, George
and Barbara (Shoemaker) Olinger, settled in Miami County,
Ind., in about the year 1846. They were the parents of
four children, viz: Anna, Levi, Sarah and
Elias, our subject, the eldest member of the family.
He came with his parents to Miami County in 1846, where he has
resided ever since. He engaged in harness making for a
number of years, after which he engaged in shoemaking and also
handling ready made goods. He began in life with a very
small capital, and by well-directed industry he added to his
stock, little by little, until he has now a fine stock of
general merchandise of nearly $5,000. He married
Eveline Skinner, by whom he has had born to him two
children, viz: William L. and Laura D. This
lady died, and he subsequently married Pauline Reed,
by whom he is father of three children, viz: Grace D.,
Barbara E. and Jesse (deceased).
Source: History of Miami Co., Indiana - Publ. Chicago: Brant
& Fuller - 1887 - Page 704 |
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