Biography of Oliver M. Gramling, page 142.  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.

   Oliver M. Gramling is the prosperous owner of a 135-acre farm in Jackson 
Township of DeKalb County, has made most of his prosperity through his own 
efforts, and is one of the leading citizens of that community.  He is a 
stock man and a breeder of high grade Durham cattle.
   Mr. Gramling, whose home is a mile and a half southwest of Auburn, was 
born in Smithfield Township of  DeKalb County, May 12, 1864, a son of Peter 
and Lavinia (Meyers) Gramling.  His father was born in Stark County, Ohio, 
in 1848, and his mother in York County, Pennsylvania, in 1842.  They were 
married in Ohio and then came to Indiana and settled in Smithfield Township 
and spent the rest of their lives there.  They were active members of the 
Barkers Chapel of the Methodist Church, and Peter Gramling was a 
republican.  He served as postmaster at Summit, Indiana.  In the family 
were eight children: Mary, wife of Thomas Lacy; Oliver M.; Isaac S., a 
railroad man living in York, Pennsylvania; Eleva, wife of Thad W. Thomas; 
Lottie, wife of J. I. Farley, head salesman of the Auburn Automobile 
Company; W.H., a farmer at Summit, Indiana; Carrie, wife of William 
Zurbrugg; and Richard A., of Cleveland, Ohio.
   Oliver M. Gramling and his family are members of the Presbyterian 
Church at Auburn.  He is a republican in politics.  He married Miss Helen 
I. Shaffer, who was born in Union Township of DeKalb County and is a 
graduate of the Auburn High School.  They have three children: Lester S., 
born March 1, 1901, a student in the Auburn High School; Frances L, born 
September 30, 1906; and Oliver H., born December 11, 1907.

Submitted by:
Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
Agoodwin@ctlnet.com