Biography of Samuel Wolfe, pages 662/663. History of DeKalb County, Indiana; B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, 1914. It is with a great degree of satisfaction to the biographer when he adverts to the life of one who has made the rough path of life smooth by his untiring perseverance and has attained success in any vocation requiring definiteness of purpose and determined action. Such a life, whether it be one of calm, consecutive endeavor, of sudden meteoric accomplishments, must abound in both lesson and incentive and prove a guide to the young men whose fortunes are still matter for the future to determine. For a number of years the subject of this sketch has directed his efforts toward the goal of success in DeKalb county, and by patient continuance has won pronounced success. Samuel Wolfe, who owns a splendid farm in Franklin township, DeKalb county, Indiana, was born at the old homestead near Franklin Center, this county, on January 1, 1857. His parents were in very moderate circumstances, his father having a large family, and the subject of this sketch spent the most of his boyhood days away from home working at such employment as he could find. However, after the death of an older brother he returned home and engaged in the cultivation of forty acres belonging to his brother. He kept up the payment of taxes and other expenses on the place, by reason of which the ownership eventually came to him, and he sold it and bought another forty-acre tract, which still later was sold and Mr. Wolfe purchases a tract of eighty acres, his present attractive farm in Franklin township. There is probably not another farm of like character in DeKalb county to which more painstaking attention is given and which is proving a greater success that this. There is not a foot of waste land on the farm and Mr. Wolfe, being a careful and conservative man in his operation, has succeeded in raising more than the average crop on his place, owing to his proper attention to such details as the fertilization of the soil, his eighteen years of residence here having been characterized by strenuous labor and persistent energy, which have met with their deserved reward. In addition to the cultivation of his farm, Mr. Wolfe has during the winters worked at his trade of carpenter, at which he is an expert. With his brother, William, he also runs a clover huller, grinder and other farm machinery, such as is needed among the farmers of the community. And they have met with well deserved success in this line. On May 30, 1881, at Waterloo, Mr. Wolfe married Harriett Crowl, the daughter of John and Margaret (Link) Crowl, the father a native of Ohio and the mother born in Germany. She came to this country with her parents at the age of eight years, settling first in Delaware, later moving to Ohio. There she met and married Mr. Link. They later came to Indiana, settling in DeKalb county where they spent the balance of their lives, both being now deceased. They were farming folk and the parents of six children, all living, namely: Isaac, Eli, Edward, George, Samuel and Harriett. To Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe have been born the following children: Edna, who became the wife of Earl King, who resides near Butler, this county; Mabel G., Alta, Hazel and Charles, who are all at home and attending the public schools. Politically, Mr. Wolfe is an earnest supporter of the Democratic party, while, fraternally, he is an a enthusiastic member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, belonging to the local lodge at Hamilton, of which he has passed through all the chairs. Religiously, he is a member of the United Brethren church, which he attends regularly. Mr. Wolfe has given his particular attention to the welfare of his children, to whom he has given good educations, rearing them to upright manhood and womanhood. He finds his greatest satisfaction in the quiet life he leads as a prosperous and contented tiller of the soil and in the mutually agreeable domestic ties which make home the happiest and most attractive spot on earth to one of his tastes and ideals. Personally, he is genial and unassuming, possessing those qualities which win friends and he enjoys a marked popularity among his acquaintances. Submitted by: Arlene Goodwin Auburn, Indiana Agoodwin@ctlnet.com