Biography of Wallace Abel, page 273. History of Northeast Indiana; LaGrange Steuben, Noble, and DeKalb Counties, Vol. II, under the editorial supervision of Ira Ford, Orville Stevens, William H. McEwen, and William H. McIntosh. The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1920. Wallace Abel. The present representative on the Board of County Commissioners of DeKalb County from the southeastern district is Wallace Abel, member of one of the oldest and best known families of that part of the county, and his own record as a farmer, business man and public-spirited citizen has given him every title to the confidence expressed in his incumbency of his present office. Mr. Abel, who is also a trustee of Newville Township, where he resides, was born in Concord Township, November 4, 1851, a son of George and Ann (Milliman) Abel. His mother was a daughter of John and Mary (Warren ) Milliman, both native of New York State. Mary Warren was related to General Warren, one of the first American officers to lose his life in the Revolutionary war. George Able was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, and his wife in New York State. Later both families came to Indiana and settled in DeKalb County in pioneer times. George Abel and wife after their marriage began farming in Concord Township, and he lived there until his death. His widow is still a resident of St. Joe, aged eighty-six years, and is a member of the Christian Church. George Abel died in 1862. He was the father of five children, and the three now living are Wallace, Charles , a carpenter in Michigan, and Fremont, whose home is at St. Joe. Wallace Abel grew up on the farm in Concord Township, had a limited common school education, and was eleven years old when his father died. After that he helped on the farm and lived with his mother until he was twenty-one. In 1876 he married Antoinetta Coburn. She was born in Newville Township, August 10, 1858, a daughter of William and Lovesta Coburn, and had the advantages of the common schools. Mr. and Mrs. Abel have four children: Roy, born May 15, 1877, Bessie, born September 24, 1879, Blanche, born March 19, 1882, and Gladys born July 24, 1895. The son is a graduated of the St. Joe High School and is identified with farming on the home place. The daughters were all well educated. Gladys graduated, from the Butler High School and was formerly a teacher. The daughters are all married. Mrs. Abel is a member of the Christian Church. Mr. Abel is treasurer of William Hacker Lodge No. 326, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. Politically he has been active in the Democratic party for a number of years. He served four years as trustee of Newville Township and was elected to the Board of County, Commissioners and entered upon his duties January 1, 1915. In 1917 he was elected for a second term. He follows general farming and stock raising and has eighty-seven acres in Newville Township. Submitted by: Arlene Goodwin Auburn, Indiana Agoodwin@ctlnet.com