Biography of Michael Kiplinger, Jr., pages 335/336.  
History of DeKalb County, Indiana; B. F. Bowen & Company, 
Inc., Indianapolis, 1914.



Among the well known citizens of Waterloo, Indiana, who are 
numbered among the enterprising and progressive citizens of 
DeKalb county, is Michael Kiplinger, Jr., who was born on 
April 20, 1846, in Ashland county, Ohio and is the son of 
Michael Kiplinger, Sr., and wife. The subject grew to 
manhood in his native state, secured his education in the 
public schools and then adopted the profession of teaching. 
He came to Waterloo and here followed the pedagogical 
profession, having among his pupils Flora Dennison, the 
daughter of George and Eliza (Fenner) Dennison. On May 31, 
1871, he and flora Dennison were united in marriage and for 
a time there after he gave up teaching and became a 
salesman.  Afterwards he took up carpentering, which has 
been his chief occupation since, but he is a good all 
around mechanic and has been employed at various lines of 
work. From the time of his marriage he resided at Waterloo. 
He is a strong Democrat in his political views, and for a 
time he took an active part in party work. He was elected 
city clerk, which office he filled for three years. He has 
also served as secretary of the Northeastern Indiana 
Agricultural Association for five consecutive years. To him 
and his wife have been born six daughters, namely: Viola 
May, the wife of Frank Myers, of Waterloo; Olive H., wife 
of Ralph L. Thomas, ex-sheriff of DeKalb county, who lives 
at Auburn, and who is represented elsewhere in this work; 
Orpha Estella, wife of a Mr. Ladd, and after his death she 
became the wife of Rev. Browne, a minister of the 
Evangelical church; Bertha Belle, the wife of Dr. J. E. 
Graham,  a dentist in Auburn; Delia Matilda, the wife of 
Dr. C. L. Hine, a dentist at Tuscola, Illinois; Cora 
Delilah, the wife of Albert Bogart, who lives at Albion, 
Michigan.  The mother of these children was born in 
Richland county, Ohio, on October 29, 1851, and when a year 
old was taken by her parents to Wood county,  Ohio, where 
they lived until 1868, when they moved to Waterloo, this 
county. She died on August 31, 1886, shortly before her 
thirty-fifth birthday and when her oldest child was a girl 
of but fifteen years, and the youngest only three years 
old. The father kept the children together, assisted by his 
sister, for a year, or until the older children were able 
to keep house and care for the younger ones. Mr. Kiplinger 
still resides at Waterloo, being now sixty-seven years old, 
but is still actively engaged at his work. He is a member 
of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and because of 
this consistent life and high personal character, he enjoys 
to a marked degree the confidence and regard of all who 
know him. 

Submitted by:

Arlene Goodwin

Auburn, Indiana

Agoodwin@ctlnet.com