Biography of William Stroh, pages 939 / 940.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

William Stroh, one of the early settlers of Union Township, was born in 
Dauphin County, Pa., Jan. 22, 1815, the third son of Henry and Catherine 
(Ulrich) Stroh, natives of Pennsylvania.  His parents  were early settlers 
in Wayne County, Ohio, where he was reared and educated.  In 1843 he came to 
De Kalb County, Ind., and bought 160 acres of timber land, but little of 
which had been cleared.  Two years later his parents followed him to the 
county and made his house their home the remainder of their lives.  His 
father died in 1846, and his mother in January, 1874, aged eighty-six 
years.  Their family consisted of eight children, four of whom are living.  
William Stroh came to this county a poor man, but by perseverance outlived 
all his difficulties and came off conqueror.  At one time he had but three 
cents in money, but soon after collected $100 from a man in Ohio, and that 
was the beginning of better times.  He has been a successful stock-raiser, 
having some of the finest grades in the county.  He has been a prominent 
man in the county, and has held several positions of trust and 
responsibility, among others those of Supervisor and School Trustee.  He 
was married in Ohio to Sarah Husselman.  To them were born nine children, 
six of whom are living---Adam, Catherine, Henry, Emeline (wife of William 
Maxwell), Mary (wife of Alvin St. Clair), and Fanny.  Mrs. Stroh died in 
1860, and in 1868 Mr. Stroh married Mary A. Roby, widow of Daniel Roby, by 
whom she has four children ---Joel, Andrew, Salome, wife of Carl Rish, and 
Amos.    The latter is a minister in the Evangelical church, stationed at 
Rochester, Ind.  Mr. and Mrs. Stroh are members of the Evangelical church, 
of which he has been Class-leader fifteen years.

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