Biography of Richard Gramling, page 769.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Richard Gramling, section 10, Smithfield Township, was born in Pennsylvania, 
in 1831, a son of Isaac and Mary (Hornberger) Gramling.  Isaac Gramling was 
a native of Bucks County, Pa., born in 1805.  He was married in his native 
State and subsequently moved to Stark County, Ohio, and from there in 1849 
to De Kalb County, Ind.  He settled on a tract of unimproved land on the 
southwest quarter of section 4, Smithfield Township, which he improved and 
made his home till his death July 2, 1883.  His wife died in April, 1881.  
They had a family of eleven children, eight of whom came with them to De 
Kalb County.  The eldest was married, but followed his parents to Indiana 
the next year.  Six of their children are living, all in Smithfield 
Township, within a mile of the old homestead---Richard, Peter, John, 
William, Frank and Amanda.  Eliza, Sarah, Henry, Susan and Mary are 
deceased.  Richard Gramling was married in 1858 to Margaret Mortorff, 
daughter of Moses Mortorff, who settled in De Kalb County in 1843.  They 
have one son, William Albert, born Sept, 24, 1859; married Mary, daughter 
of Lewis Chapman, and has one son---Rollin.  Mr. Gramling has a fine farm, 
on which he settled in 1860.  His residence and farm buildings are good, 
and he is one of the most enterprising farmers of the township.

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