This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kumpf, Ell, Dierdorf, Sieglin, O’Hair, Conrad, Williams, Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xh.2ADE/1608 Message Board Post: This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the biographies from it. Typed by Lora Radiches: Surnames in this biography are: Kumpf, Ell, Dierdorf, Sieglin, O’Hair, Conrad, Williams, SAMUEL E. KUMPF, who has lived all his life in Clay County, is a prosperous farmer who has achieved a substantial degree of prosperity as a result of industry and good management. Mr. Kumpf owns a farm, with good improvements, located a mile and a quarter east of Staunton, on Rural Route No. 2 out of Brazil. Mr. Kumpf has always been interested in public affairs and at the present time is president of the board of commissioners of Clay County. He was born in that county November 20, 1870, son of John F. and Magdalena (Ell) Kumpf. His father was born in Baden, Germany, and was a boy when his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kumpf, brought their family to America. They first located at Canal Dover, Ohio, when they reached this country in 1846, and later moved to Indiana. John F. Kumpf was an Indiana farmer. He is buried in the Cottage Hill Cemetery of Clay County, and the widowed mother is now eighty-one years of age. They had six children: Samuel E., Nellie, (deceased), Charles ! W., Clara, John F. and Bertha M. Samuel E. Kumpf grew up on a farm and was reared in a household where only the German tongue was spoken. He first learned English when he entered public school, at the age of six years. All the time he was in school he had a regular assignment of the chores and work of the farm, and this practical experience qualified him for the work he has followed throughout his life. He started with little or no capital, and has worked out a satisfactory solution of life’s problems expressed in material circumstances. Mr. Kumpf’s farm comprises 210 acres and his name is associated with success in farming enterprise. The affairs of the community have always interested him and it was his business ability and his public spirit that led his fellow citizens to elect him to his present office. He and his family are Methodists. Mr. Kumpf is a Republican in political faith and served as precinct committeeman a number of years. Mr. Kumpf married, S! eptember 80, 1894, Miss Emma J. Dierdorf, daughter of Gustav and Margaret (Sieglin) Dierdorf. Mrs. Samuel E. Kumpf died October 2, 1919, leaving four children. Their oldest child is Leslie, associated with his father in farming operations. He married Irene O’Hair, and they have six children, named Earl L., Glenn E., Mary L., Billy, Max and John E. Ernest Kumpf, married Nellie Conrad, and has a daughter, Rose M. They reside at Spencer, Indiana. Gustav F. married Juanita Williams, and they have a son, Jack. The youngest child is Miss Marie.

Is there anything in there about Modesitt or John Wesley Williams On 24 Nov 2002 19:21:14 -0700 [email protected] writes: >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Surnames: Kumpf, Ell, Dierdorf, Sieglin, O’Hair, Conrad, Williams, >Classification: Biography > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/xh.2ADE/1608 > >Message Board Post: > >This book has no cover, and no index, and no author. I bought it on >Ebay; it just has the insides, but it is full of Indiana biographies. >I am not researching this family, just thought I would share. I do not >know anymore about these families or these surnames. NOTE: I don’t >know if there is any additional mention of this family in the book, it >has no index. I do not want to sell this book. I am typing the >biographies from it. > >Typed by Lora Radiches: > > > >Surnames in this biography are: Kumpf, Ell, Dierdorf, Sieglin, >O’Hair, Conrad, Williams, > >SAMUEL E. KUMPF, who has lived all his life in Clay County, is a >prosperous farmer who has achieved a substantial degree of prosperity >as a result of industry and good management. Mr. Kumpf owns a farm, >with good improvements, located a mile and a quarter east of Staunton, >on Rural Route No. 2 out of Brazil. Mr. Kumpf has always been >interested in public affairs and at the present time is president of >the board of commissioners of Clay County. He was born in that county >November 20, 1870, son of John F. and Magdalena (Ell) Kumpf. His >father was born in Baden, Germany, and was a boy when his parents, Mr. >and Mrs. Charles Kumpf, brought their family to America. They first >located at Canal Dover, Ohio, when they reached this country in 1846, >and later moved to Indiana. John F. Kumpf was an Indiana farmer. He is >buried in the Cottage Hill Cemetery of Clay County, and the widowed >mother is now eighty-one years of age. They had six children: Samuel >E., Nellie, (deceased), Charles ! >W., Clara, John F. and Bertha M. Samuel E. Kumpf grew up on a farm and >was reared in a household where only the German tongue was spoken. He >first learned English when he entered public school, at the age of six >years. All the time he was in school he had a regular assignment of >the chores and work of the farm, and this practical experience >qualified him for the work he has followed throughout his life. He >started with little or no capital, and has worked out a satisfactory >solution of life’s problems expressed in material circumstances. Mr. >Kumpf’s farm comprises 210 acres and his name is associated with >success in farming enterprise. The affairs of the community have >always interested him and it was his business ability and his public >spirit that led his fellow citizens to elect him to his present >office. He and his family are Methodists. Mr. Kumpf is a Republican in >political faith and served as precinct committeeman a number of years. >Mr. Kumpf married, S! >eptember 80, 1894, Miss Emma J. Dierdorf, daughter of Gustav and >Margaret (Sieglin) Dierdorf. Mrs. Samuel E. Kumpf died October 2, >1919, leaving four children. Their oldest child is Leslie, associated >with his father in farming operations. He married Irene O’Hair, and >they have six children, named Earl L., Glenn E., Mary L., Billy, Max >and John E. Ernest Kumpf, married Nellie Conrad, and has a daughter, >Rose M. They reside at Spencer, Indiana. Gustav F. married Juanita >Williams, and they have a son, Jack. The youngest child is Miss Marie. > > > > > >==== INCLAY Mailing List ==== > > > ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com