Biography of Henry Probst, pages 693 / 694.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.   Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Henry Probst, commissioner of De Kalb County, was born in this county Aug. 
12,1846, a son of Charles and Lydia (Kemp) Probst, his father a native of 
Lehigh County, Pa., born Feb. 20, 1819, and his mother a native of New 
Hampshire.  Charles Probst lost his father when he was eighteen years of 
age. He then went to Newark, N, J., and three years later to Miami County, 
Ohio, where for a time he taught school, and while there was married to 
Lydia Kemp.  In February 1844, they moved to De Kalb County, Ind., and 
settled on section 8 of what was then Butler Township.  He was a prosperous 
business man and a prominent citizen of the county.  Among the official 
relations sustained by him was that of the County Surveyor four years and 
Township Trustee several terms.   He was an exemplary Christian and a 
consistent member of the Lutheran church. Politically he was a firm 
supporter of the principles of the Democratic party.  He died May 7, 1880. 
His wife survives him.  She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. 
Their family consisted of two sons, Henry being the only one living.  
George died from the effects of a wound received by the accidental 
discharge of a gun.  Henry Probst grew to man’s estate on his father’s 
farm, receiving a practical education in the district schools.  He has 
given his attention to agriculture and now owns a fine farm of 500 acres.  
He was married April 21, 1867, to Almira E., daughter of Leonard E. Chase.  
They had a family of five children---George W., Chloe E., Lydia A., 
Margaret A., Lophena M.  Lydia A. died Aug. 7, 1877.  Almira E., wife of 
Henry Probst, died May 11, 1880.  Henry Probst was married to Myrtilla A., 
daughter of John and Elizabeth Grim, Aug. 18, 1881.  They have two children, 
twins---Charles B. and Christina B.  Henry Probst was elected Trustee of 
Keyser Township in 1882, and in June, 1884, was appointed to fill out the 
unexpired term of one of the County Commissioners, and in the fall of 1884 
was elected to the same position for a term of three years.  Henry Probst 
is a member of the German Baptist church. In politics he is a Democrat.

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