Biography of Michael Treesh, pages 752 / 753.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Michael Treesh is another of the early settlers of this county.  He was born 
in Westmoreland County, Pa., March 28, 1811, and is the second of eleven 
children of William and Christina (Barlien) Treesh, native of Pennsylvania, 
and of German descent.  His Grandfather Treesh was a Captain in the 
continental service during the Revolutionary war, and his Grandfather 
Barlien was a soldier in the ranks during the same struggle.  Both were 
brave and intrepid soldiers, and did their county excellent service.  When 
our subject was seven years old his parents removed to Stark County, Ohio, 
where his youth was spent in assisting his father on the farm, with whom he 
remained till twenty-two years of age.  Nov. 15, 1832, he was married to 
Catherine Wagner, a native of Pennsylvania.  In 1833 he and his bride 
settled in the woods and cleared up a farm on which they lived till 1853, 
when they removed to Indiana.  Fifteen children were born to this couple, 
nine now living---John, Mary Ann, Eliza, Michael, Sarah, Levi W., 
Elizabeth , Lydia and Silas.   The deceased are Harriet, Daniel, William A., 
Catherine and two infants.  In 1853 Mr. Treesh removed to this county and 
purchased 160 acres of land in De Kalb County, which he has mostly cleared 
and improved.  Mrs. Treesh died Sept. 28, 1858.  March 29, 1860, he was 
married to Mrs. Nancy Vail, a native of New York, who has borne him two 
children---Amy and Martin Luther.  Mr. Treesh is a self-made man, having 
by his own exertion acquired the wealth he possesses, owning at this time 
234 acres of excellent land.  He and his wife are exemplary members of the 
Lutheran church.  He is a Democrat in politics.

Submitted by:
Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
Agoodwin@ctlnet.com