Biography of Charles L. Rempis, Jr., pages 775 / 776.  History of De Kalb 
County, Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Charles L. Rempis, Jr., was born in Germany, March 21, 1831, a son of 
Charles L. Rempis, who was born in Germany in 1801, and came to America with 
his family in 1832 and settled in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and later in 
Massillion, Ohio, remaining there till 1853, when he removed to De Kalb 
County, and bought 120 acres of land on the southeast quarter of section 22, 
Smithfield Township.  Forty acres of land were cleared and under cultivation, 
and had a log cabin and barn.  He went to work to improve his farm, but lived 
only six years after coming to the county, dying in December, 1859.  His wife 
survived him a number of years.  They had a family of eight children, six of 
whom are living, four in De Kalb County,  Charles L. Rempis, Jr., went to 
California in 1851, and remained on the Pacific coast three and a half 
years.  In the fall of 1854 he returned East, and his father having in the 
meantime removed to De Kalb County, settled in this county.  He was married 
to Elizabeth, daughter of William Middleton, who settled in Adams County, 
Ind., in 1842, and in 1843 removed to De Kalb County and in 1845 settled 
on section 2, Union Township, but sold out in 1864 and moved to Waterloo, 
where he died in 1866.  His wife died July 19, 1874.  They had a family of 
four children---Isaac, died in Idaho Territory; Mrs. Rempis; Hester, wife 
of Jacob K. Norton, of Eaton County, Mich.; James.  The latter born in De 
Kalb County.  Mrs. Rempis is the only member of the family living in De 
Kalb County.  Mr. and Mrs. Rempis have three children---William H., Lewis 
F. and Theodore.  Mr. Rempis has a fine farm on the northeast quarter of 
section 32, and is one of the most enterprising and influential farmers of 
the township.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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