Biography of Benjamin Oberlin, pages 1006 / 1007.  History of De Kalb 
County, Indiana. Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Benjamin Oberlin, of Butler, was born in Stark County, Ohio, Jan. 16, 1836, 
a son of John Oberlin, who came to De Kalb County, Ind., in the fall of 1845 
and settled on a tract of heavily timbered land.  His education was received 
in the log-cabin school-house, and was limited to but a small portion of the 
year.  He was reared in the primitive log cabin, and spent the greater part 
of his youth in assisting to clear the farm.  In 1856 he came to Butler, 
where he has since made his home.  He was married Nov. 4, 1859, to Elizabeth 
Eckhardt, daughter of Henry Eckhardt, who came from Germany to the United 
States in 1847, and in 1854 moved, to Indiana.  Mr. and Mrs. Oberlin have 
had nine children, seven of whom are living---Alice, Inez, George, Charles, 
Clyde, Pearl and Carl.  Alice married James Cantlebury, and has two 
children---Frederick and Nora.  Inez married  Curtis McBride, and has two 
children---Winona and Leroy.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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