Biography of Jonathan Rummel, pages 695 / 696. History of De Kalb County, Indiana. Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885. Jonathan Rummel, Superintendent of County Poor Farm, was born in Portage County, Ohio, Jan. 26, 1837. He is the second son of John and Sarah (Brown) Rummel, natives of Ohio, of German descent. When he was eight years old his father died. He remained with his mother till fourteen years of age, the greater part of the time being devoted to study. At the age of fourteen he began to work at the harness-maker’s trade, which he was obliged to abandon on account of ill health. He then returned to the farm, but the next year (1852) came to Indiana, locating in Wells County. He was variously employed till 1858, when he began to work at the painter’s trade, and followed that vocation till the breaking out of the Rebellion. May 19, 1861, he enlisted in Company F, Thirteenth Indiana Infantry, the first three years’ regiment in the State. Among the more prominent battles in which he participated were: Petersburg, Jones’ Run, Winchester and Richmond. At Green brier Creek, Oct. 3, 1861, he was wounded in the right leg, and disabled for two months, and at Fort Fisher received four slight flesh wounds. A portion of his term of service he performed the duties of Commissary Sergeant. He was discharged Sept. 5, 1865, after a service of four years and four months. Upon his return to civil life he resumed work at the painter’s trade in Fort Wayne. In 1870 he moved to Waterloo, Ind., and in 1876 accepted the management of the De Kalb County Poor Farm. At that time the farm was in a deplorable condition, being a source of expense to the taxpayers, but under Mr. Rummel’s wise administration, system has been adopted, chaos changed to order, and the farm is now self-supporting. Mr. Rummel was married July 13, 1865, to Mary E., daughter of Simon Acker, of Portage County, Ohio, and later of Wabash County, Ind. To them have been born six children; but one is living---Cora E. The deceased are---Charles W., Bradford E, Lillie G., Ada and Ida. Mr. and Mrs. Rummel are members of the Lutheran church. He is a member of Waterloo Lodge, No. 420, K. of H. Politically he cast his suffrage with the Republican party upon issues of national interest. Submitted by: Arlene Goodwin Auburn, Indiana Agoodwin@ctlnet.com