Biography of Edward Krafft, page 998. History of De Kalb County, Indiana. Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885. Edward Krafft, farmer and stock-raiser, section 34, Wilmington Township, was born in Baden, Germany, March 3, 1835, a son of John Krafft. He came to the United States in 1850, in company with some neighbors, and lived one year in Richland County, Ohio. Then came to De Kalb County, and in 1854 returned to Richland County and worked two years for one man, and in that time saved enough to pay for forty acres of land. In 1856 he returned to De Kalb County and bought his land in Wilmington Township, section 27. He went to work to clear his land, and by industry and frugality had added to it till he now owns 150 acres. He is engaged extensively in stock-raising, making a specialty of Durham short-horned cattle. He has several very fine head; one, Flora Red, is registered. From the spring of 1863 till the fall of 1865 Mr. Krafft was engaged in the dairy business on the Thomas farm in this township. Mr. Krafft was married in November, 1861, to Henritta Coleman, daughter of Conrad Coleman, who died in 1870, leaving three children--- Mary A. Ida E. and Edward Mahlon. June 15, 1871, Mr. Krafft married Eliza A., daughter of Hugh Maxwell. He is a member of the Presbyterian and his wife of the United Brethren church. Submitted by: Arlene Goodwin Auburn, Indiana Agoodwin@ctlnet.com