Biography of E.E. Housel, page 402. 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. E.E. Housel, proprietor of a fine farm at St. John in Butler Township of DeKalb County, is the only son of the late Jared Housel, long a prominent old soldier and farmer of DeKalb. Jared F. Housel was born at Farmington in Trumbull County, Ohio, September 6, 1836, a son of Absalom and Rhoda (Allen) Housel. When he was eleven years of age his parents moved to Wells County, Indiana, and from there in 1857 he came to DeKalb County. After several years of farming he was called away to the serious business of war, enlisting on September 25, 1861, in Company K of the 44th Indiana Infantry. He reached the front with his command in the following December, and took part in some of the following operations of the Army of the Tennessee. At the battle of Shiloh on April 6, 1862, he was wounded in the right thigh and was confined in a hospital at Evansville, Indiana, until November of the same year. He was then discharged and on account of disability returned home. Not long afterward he resumed farming, and was actively identified with the agricultural interests of Butler Township for many years. In 1882 he became postmaster of DeKalb, and several times was honored with places of trust and responsibility. He was a steadfast republican in politics and served the people of the community of DeKalb or St. John as postmaster for twenty-seven years. He was a member of the Grange and active in the United Brethren Church. On April 19, 1864, soon after his recovery from his army service, Jared F. Housel married Drucilla Reever. She was a daughter of Michael and Rebecca Reever and was born in Frederick County, Maryland, in 1834. Jared F. Housel died March 18, 1909, and his wife February 6, 1917. Elza E. Housel, only son of his parents, was born in Butler Township March 4, 1868, and has always lived on the farm. He owns two hundred acres. He received his education in the common school. On April 12, 1894, Mr. Housel married Sadie A. Snyder. She died June 29, 1918, the mother of six children: Esther, at home; Hazel, wife of Hiram Cool; Vernie and Russell W., both high school students; Mary C. and Victor Wayne. Mr. Housel is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and with the order of Moose. Politically he is a republican. Submitted by: Arlene Goodwin Auburn, Indiana Agoodwin@ctlnet.com