Biography of George Simon, pages 501 / 502.  History De Kalb County, Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, 
Chicago, 1885.

George Simon, deceased, was one of the first settlers of Perry Township, Allen County, coming here in 1836.  He 
was a native of Pennsylvania, born about 1779, a son of Andrew Simon.  His father was captured by the Indians 
when a boy, and was kept by them nine months.  George Simon was married in Pennsylvania to Elizabeth Hewitt, 
and moved to Columbiana County, Ohio, where he lived till his removal to Allen County, Ind., where he entered land 
from the Government which he improved and made his home.  He and his wife were exemplary members of the 
Lutheran church.  He died in 1872. His wife died in 1878, aged ninty0two years.  They had a family of twelve 
children, five of whom are living---Jonathan, Solomon, Sarah, Catherine, wife of Amos Jackson, and Rachel, wife of 
Jacob Myers.  The deceased are David, Peter, Samuel, Elizabeth (wife of Frame Freeman), Lydia (wife of Henry 
Bricker), Anna (wife of Levi Zinn), and Mary Ann.  Mr. Simon served six months in the War of 1812.  In politics, he 
was a Whig, and subsequently a staunch supporter of Republican principles.

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