Biography of Hiram Brundage, page 974.  History of De Kalb County, Indiana.  
Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Hiram Brundage, deceased, was born in Ontario County, N.Y., Nov. 15, 1822, 
and died at his home near Butler, Ind., March 10, 1880.  He removed with his 
parents to Erie County, Ohio, in 1833, and there grew to manhood.  In 1845 
he came to Indiana and located in Allen County, and in 1848 came to De Kalb 
County.  He learned the carpenter’s trade when in Ohio, and made that his 
principal vocation through life.  He was married Jan. 21. 1847, to Lousia A. 
Roberts, a native of Ontario County, N.Y., daughter of Collins Roberts, who 
came to Indiana in 1838, and located in Wilmington Township, De Kalb County.  
At that time the howl of the wolf was heard in the forest, and a few Indians 
remained here and there who frequently visited the homes of the white 
settlers.  Mrs. Brundage was one of the early school teacher of the county.  
To Mr. and Mrs. Brundage were born six children; four are living---Mary, 
Lottie, and Calista and Celesta (twins).  Mary is teacher of the A, Primary 
Department, of the Butler Schools; Lottie is also a well-known teacher of 
the county; Calista is the wife of Hiram McCollough, and Celesta remains 
at home with her mother.  Mr. Brundage had been a member of some branch of 
the Christian church for thirty-seven years, the last twenty-five years of 
his life being a member of the United Brethren church.  Mrs. Brundage and 
her daughters are also members of the United Brethren church.  She has 
been a Christian for many years, and was a teacher in the first Sunday-
school organized in Newville, where she resided for several years.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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