Biography of Franklin M. Teeters, pages 968/969.  History 
of DeKalb County, Indiana; B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., 
Indianapolis, 1914.



The history of a county or state, as well as that of a 
nation, is chiefly a chronicle of the lives and deeds of 
those who have conferred honor and dignity upon society. 
The world judges the character of a community by those of 
its representative citizens and yields it constitutes of 
admiration and respect to those whose works and actions 
constitute the record of a state's prosperity and pride. 
Among the prominent citizens of DeKalb county, Indiana, who 
are well known because of their successful lives and the 
upright character they have borne, is the gentleman whose 
name appears above. Franklin Monroe Teeters was born 
January 12, 1859, on section 35, Keyser township, two and 
one-fourth miles west of Auburn, DeKalb county, Indiana, on 
the old Washington Teeters place, the son of Washington and 
Ethalinda E. (Cupp) Teeters. The father and mother were 
born in Stark county, Ohio, the father coming to Auburn 
April 1, 1850, and working at his trade of carpenter and 
joiner for a time, then purchasing one hundred and twenty 
acres of land, but one acre of which was cleared. After 
acquiring his farm, the subject's father was married and 
here he and his wife lived until his death on September 1, 
1885; his widow still lives at Auburn, now in her seventy-
sixth year. Washington Teeters was a Democrat and he and 
his wife belonged to the Presbyterian church. To them were 
born  seven children, namely: Franklin, Samuel S., Josiah 
C., Anna E., Isaac S., Lydia B. and Mary S. Franklin Monroe 
Teeters acquired such early education as was afforded by 
the district schools of his community, the family taking a 
great interest in educational matters and five members 
becoming teachers, Samuel, Josiah, Lydia, Anna and Mary. 
Samuel, after teaching two years was taken into the J. L. 
Davis' Banking Company for a few years.  He then took up 
the hardware business and for seventeen years followed that 
calling. He then bought a farm of three hundred sixty-eight 
acres in Calhoun county, Michigan, and with this family, 
removed to that place. Lydia is now teaching in Auburn; 
Josiah was professor of mathematics at Berea, Kentucky, and 
at Auburn, but now has retired from pedagogical pursuits  
and is a ranchman at Weiser, Idaho. All but three years of 
Mr. teeters' life has been spent on the old home farm, that 
short period covering his connection with the Baltimore & 
Ohio Railroad Company as a bridge and elevator constructor.  
On March 27, 1890, Mr. Teeters was united in holy bonds of 
matrimony to Amanda T. Ober, daughter of Levi S. and 
Elizabeth Ober, who came from Bedford county, Pennsylvania, 
to DeKalb county, Indiana, in March, 1866, settling in 
Butler township, where they secured land and spent the rest 
of their lives, Mrs. Teeters' father dying on December 5, 
1913 and the mother on May 5, 1905. They were members of 
the Dunkard church and he was a strong Republican. They 
were the parents of eight children: Sabina, Anna 
(deceased), David, Mrs. Teeters, Ida, Perry, Etta L. and 
John Arthur.  To Mr. and Mrs. Teeters have been born eight 
children, Ida E., Mary E., Ruth B., Ethalinda B., Esther F, 
Washington O., Anna S. and Levi M.   Since March, 1890, Mr. 
teeters has had charge of the old home place, he being the 
owner of one hundred and ninety acres of land there. One 
hundred and fifty acres of this are under a high state of 
cultivation, general farming and dairying being engaged in, 
modern methods used in all the farm operations having made 
the farm a most productive and valuable holding.  In 
political matters, Mr. Teeters is a supporter of the 
principles of the Democratic party and has served on the 
township advisory board. He is a member of the Methodist 
Episcopal church.

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Arlene Goodwin

Auburn, Indiana

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