Biography of John  M. Stonebraker, pages 591 / 592.  History of De Kalb 
County, Indiana.  Inter-State Pulishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

John M. Stonebraker, was born in Holmes County, Ohio, Jan. 27, 1842, the 
eldest of four children of Daniel and Eliza (Gilmore) Stonebraker.  His 
father was a native of Ohio, born June 8, 1817, and lived in his native 
State till 1850, when he moved to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled in 
Fairfield Township, buying seventy acres of land and subsequently adding 
eighty acres to it.  His wife died in 1853, and the same year he married 
again.  He died Sept 24, 1854.  After the death of his father John M. found 
a home in the family of his guardian, J.M. Brumback, with whom he lived most 
of the time till after the breaking out of the Rebellion.  Aug. 17, 1861, he 
enlisted in Company B, Twenty-ninth Indiana Infantry, and participated in 
the battles of Shiloh and Stone River.  At the latter battle he was wounded 
in the right leg, and for six month was unable to perform any active duty.  
Nov. 13, 1863, he was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps, and was sent 
to Chicago where he remained till the expiration of his term of enlistment.  
He was discharged Aug. 27, 1864, and returned to De Kalb County, and worked 
most of the time in a saw-mill till 1867, when he began farming on the old 
homestead.  He has a fine farm of 100 acres, and his improvements are among 
the best in the county.  He was married March 12, 1867, to Harriet, daughter 
of George and Almond (Page) Drowley.  They have has six children---Otelia 
May, George M., Mary Bessie, John G., Louie, and Nellie (deceased).  Mrs. 
Stonebraker is a member of the United Brethren church.  Politically he is a 
Republican.

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