Biography of Henry Tinstman, pages 794 / 795.   History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Henry Tinstman, farmer and stock-raiser, section 7, Stafford Township, is a 
native of Beaver County, Pa., born Aug. 26, 1826, son of Mark Tinstman.  He 
worked with his father, who was a miller, till eighteen years of age, and 
then learned the wagon-maker’s trade at which he worked fifteen years, when 
he began the manufacture of pumps, which he followed fifteen years.  When he 
was quite small his parents moved to Carroll County, Ohio, and in the spring 
of 1855 he moved to Elkhart County, Ind., and in the fall of 1864 to Butler, 
De Kalb County, Ind., where he lived till the fall of 1866, when he settled 
on the farm where he has since lived.  He owns 109 acres of valuable land, 
which he has improved and now has under a fine state of cultivation.  He was 
married Jan. 2, 1848, to Leah Fisher, daughter of Jonathan Fisher.  To them 
have been born twelve children, but three of whom are living---John W., Adam 
H., and Alonzo E.  The eldest two are brick and stone masons and plasterers 
of several years’ experience, and are conversant with every detail of their 
business.  John William married Sarah K. Gunsenhouser, and had one child---
Warren Clyde.  Adam H. married Maville C. Arford, and has had three 
children, but one of whom is living---Arthur Roy.  Mr. and Mrs. Tinstman 
and their sons, John and Alonzo, are members of the United Brethren church.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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