Biography of William A. Feagler, pages 494 / 495. History De Kalb County, Indiana. Inter-State Publishing Company,
Chicago, 1885. 

William A. Feagler, was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, Feb 13, 1840, a son of Henry and Rebecca (Wyrick) 
Feagler, natives of Ohio, his father of Warren County and his mother of Montgomery County.  In the spring of 1837, 
Henry Feagler, then a single man, came with his brother Joshua and his brother-in-law, Jacob Wyrick, to De Kalb 
County, Ind., and entered land in Richland Township.  Soon after entering his land he returned to Ohio, where he 
was married and remained till the fall of 1847, when he returned to Indiana and settled in Jackson township.  He was 
a man of fair education and possessed those strong forces of mind and character that made him prominent among 
his fellow citizens.  In 1860 he was elected to the Legislature on the Republican ticket, serving one term, and also an 
extra session during the war.  He took considerable interest in local affairs, and wrote an account of his recollections 
of the early settlement of De Kalb County.  To him and his wife were born eight children---William A., Susanna, John,
Elizabeth, Rebecca, Lorena, Henry and Joshua.  Mr. Feagler died June 14, 1881, aged about sixty-five years. His wife 
died April 13, 1882, aged sixty-seven years.  William A. Feagler remained on the farm with his parents till manhood, 
receiving his education in the district schools.  In August, 1861, he enlisted in Company H., Thirteenth Indiana 
Infantry, and was appointed leader of the Regimental Band.  They were soon sent to the front, and assigned to 
the Army of the Cumberland.  He participated in the battles of Shiloh, Stone river, Chickamauga. At the latter place, 
Sept. 21, 1863, he was captured, and was confined in Libby Prison, Danville, Va., Andersonville, and Florence, S.C., 
till Dec. 8, 1864.  Before his capture he weighed 180 pounds, and when released, 100 pounds.  He was discharged at 
Indianapolis, Jan. 26. 1865, and returned to Indiana, and located on the home farm, remaining there till 1871, when 
he moved to his present farm in Butler Township, which contains sixty-three acres of good land, well cultivated, 
and with good improvements.  Mr. Feagler was married June 27, 1867, to Eliza Whetsel. They have five children---
Ella, James C., Le Roy, Orvie, and Ted.  Politically, Mr. Feagler is a Republican.   

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