Biography of Abel Depew, pages 684 / 685.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Abel Depew, deceased, was born in Marion county, Ohio, Dec. 16, 1817.  He 
was reared a farmer, receiving a practical education in the district 
schools.  In 1836 he left home and took a prospecting tour in the Southern 
and Western States.  In 1846 he settled on a farm in Noble County, Ind., 
remaining there till 1851 when he moved to De Kalb County, and bought the 
farm in Keyser Township which has long been known as the Depew homestead.  
He was married Feb. 27, 1841, to Catherine Gifford, a native of Athens 
County, Ohio, who moved with her parents, Alexander and Isabel (Cain) 
Gifford, to Noble County, Ind., when she was nine years old.  To them were 
born twelve children; ten are living---William Henry, Mary, Hannah, Lucy E., 
Catherine J., Minerva, Alice A., Margaret J., Almon O. and George F.  
Melissa  and Phoebe are deceased.  Mr. Depew died Oct. 29, 1871.

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