Biography of Stewart Paterson Wartenbe, page 795.  History of De Kalb 
County, Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Stewart Paterson Wartenbe, section 29, Stafford Township, was born in 
Muskingum County, Ohio, March 29, 1823, a son of Joseph and Nancy (Smith) 
Wartenbe, and grandson of William Wartenbe, and early settler of Muskingum 
County.  In 1834 his parents moved to Defiance County, Ohio, and later to De 
Kalb County, Ind.  They experienced all the privation and inconveniences of 
pioneer life, often being without food or water, except what was found in 
the swamps.  Since he was seventeen years of age he has had charge of the 
family, and although so young he nobly did his duty, and has the 
consciousness of having done his best to minister to the comfort of those he 
loved.   His father died in 1854, and his mother has since made her home 
with him, and is now in the eighty-fourth year of her age.  He has been a 
good manager, industrious and frugal, and has now competency with which to 
enjoy life.  He owns 136 acres of choice land, all well improved, and is one 
of the most successful stock-raisers in the township.  He was married Feb. 
3, 1859, to Mrs. Cordelia Webster, daughter of Rev. Samuel Wanemaker, and 
widow of Mr. Webster. To them have been born two children-Corwin G. and 
Charles S.  Corwin married Mary Ellen Joslyn and has one child---Clara.  
Mrs. Wartenbe has one child by her first marriage---Wallace C.  Mr. and 
Mrs. Wartenbe are members of the Disciples church at Newville.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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