Biography of Theodore E. Imhoff, page 887.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Theodore E. Imhoff is a native of Ashland County, Ohio, born  Aug. 26, 1848, 
a son of Josiah and Matilda (Fenner) Imhoff, natives of Pennsylvania. His 
parents were married in Ohio, remaining in that State till the fall of 1850, 
when they moved to De Kalb County and settled on section 14, Union Township, 
where they lived till 1884, and then moved to Waterloo where they still 
live.  Theodore was reared on the farm being but two years of age when his 
parents moved to this county.  He received a common-school education, and 
after attaining his majority began to work at the carpenter’s trade, 
following it several years.  In 1884 he settled on the old homestead where 
he still lives.  He is now engaged in the manufacture of sorghum molasses, 
which he is making a successful business.  In addition to this and to 
working at his trade, he attends the cultivation of the farm.  He is an 
industrious and enterprising man, and one of the most prosperous citizens of 
the township.  His farm contains eighty acres of finely cultivated land.  
He was married in 1873 to Miss Viola M. Scattergood, of De Kalb County.  
They have three children---Irvin S., Lula G. and Effie P.  Mr. Imhoff is a 
member of the Odd Fellow’s Order, Lodge, No. 221, Waterloo.

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Arlene Goodwin
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