Biography of C. Reyher, pages 694 / 695.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

C. Reyher, dealer in general merchandise, Garrett, Ind., is on of the most 
prominent representatives of the retail mercantile trade in De Kalb and 
adjoining counties.  He carries a stock valued at $10,000 or $15,000, 
comprising the best grades of all goods in his line.  Buying in large lots 
and always for cash, he is able to compete with any of the large dealers and 
is recognized as a rival hard to be excelled.  Mr. Reyher was born in Beaver 
County, Pa., in 1835, the eldest child of John P. and Susanna Reyher.  When 
he was twelve years of age his parents moved to Ashland County, Ohio, where 
from that time till twenty-one years of age he attended school, and assisted 
his father, who was a blacksmith, in the shop.  Upon attaining his majority, 
he went to Williams County, Ohio, where he engaged in the manufacture of 
wagons and buggies eleven years, conducting a successful business.  
Disposing of his stock, he embarked in the general mercantile business, and 
for two years was a successful merchant of Williams County.  In 1872 he 
moved to Kendallville, Ind., where he remained two years, then spent the 
same length of time in Goshen, Ind., and in 1876 located in Garrett, where 
he has had a constantly increasing trade.  Mr. Reyher was married Nov. 27, 
1856, to Miss Helen M. Vanminan, of Ashland County, Ohio.  They have had 
five children, but four are living---Blanche, wife of Addison Stewart; John 
V. married Lizzie Rowe; Edward C. married Mary Zimmerman; and Eben E.  The 
sons are associated with their father in business, and are young men of 
promise and ability.  Mr. Reyher is one of the self-made men of the times, 
having by his own industry worked his way through the many obstacles that 
beset the life of mankind, and has reached the top of the ladder of success.  
He is an enterprising, public-spirited man, giving readily of his substance 
and influence to assist any laudable undertaking. Politically he is a 
Republican.  He and his wife are members of the Christian church.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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