Biography of Gilbert Rhodenbaugh, page 924.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Gilbert Rhodenbaugh, was born in Summit County, Ohio, Sept. 24, 1834, the 
eldest son of Peter and Maria (Young) Rhodenbaugh, natives of Pennsylvania.  
In the fall of 1835 his parents moved to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled 
in Butler Township where the mother died in 1855.  His father is now a 
resident of Noble County.  Our subject was reared and educated in De Kalb 
County, remaining on the farm till his majority when he took an extended 
trip through the Western States.  On his return to Indiana he engaged in 
agricultural pursuits.  He improved a farm of eighty acres near the town of 
Garrett, remaining there till 1874 when he moved to Auburn and opened a 
harness shop, which he carried on two years.  His fine two-story residence 
on Fifth street he bought  D.Z. Hoffman,  Mr. Rhodenbaugh was married in 
1857 to Mary E. Hallopeten,, daughter of Rev Hallopeten, a minister of the 
Methodist Episcopal church.  They have two children---Maria C. and James L.  
Mrs. Rhodenbaugh is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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