KAY LASH COLLECTION, CARNEGIE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF STEUBEN 
COUNTY, ANGOLA, INDIANA.

HNERY LINDER, 29 Jun 1832 - 17 Nov 1905

                      Henry Linder

   Was born near Mannheim, Germany, June 29, 1832, and died 
at his home in Angola, Ind., August 17, 1905, aged 73 years, 
1 month and 18 days.
   The subject of this sketch passed his early boyhood in his 
native land, and came to this country with his parents when 
he was 14 years of age.  They settled in Ohio and he spent 
several years at Norwalk and Cleveland.  He came to Angola in 
December, 1853, and lived here continuously until his death.  
He was united in marriage with Helen Hough, Nov. 10, 1858, 
who died in 1875.  In 1880 he married her sister, Laura 
Kelly, who survives.
   Since Mr. Linder came to Angola, more than fifty years 
ago, he has been closely identified with all good phases of 
the community life.  He came here with R. J. Crosswaite and 
assisted him in mercantile business.  Afterward he was a 
member of the firm of McConnell and Linder, was associated 
with Austin Fox and James Scoville, and for the past thirty 
years was a member of the firm of Chadwick, Lansburg & Co., 
of Pleasant Lake.  He was also a member of the firm of Linder 
and Ramsay, engaged in the manufacture of staves, from 1894 
until 1904.
   In public life he was likewise prominent, and lent his aid 
always to the upbuilding of the community.  In the early 60's 
he was clerk of the County court, and for ten years at least, 
at different times, was a member of the Angola School Board.  
He was one of the promoters of the Tri-State Normal college, 
and was a trustee in that institution from its beginning 
until recently.  He was a member of the Angola lodge of Odd 
Fellows since its organization, Jan. 12, 1857, being one of 
the initiates of the first meeting and was the last survivor 
of that first meeting.  He held every office in the lodge 
being a trustee for a long time.  When the Lake Shore 
railroad, then the Ft. Wayne, Jackson & Saginaw railroad, was 
projected through Angola, he was one of the most enthusiastic 
workers for the line and aided materially in the completion 
of the enterprise through here.  He was appointed the first 
station master here, which position he held until succeeded 
by T. E. Purinton in 1883.  It was while in the employ of the 
railroad company that he lost his right arm in assisting in 
some switching about the yards.
   From the time of the organization of the first 
Congregational church in Angola in 1869, he was a supporter 
of its services and charities and was for many years a 
trustee of the society.  He was a member for the last several 
years.  In all the years of his connection with the church, 
he was a loyal, unostentatious worker and heaviest 
contributor to its support.  In no place will his loss be 
felt more than in the church.
   Thus was passed the life of a busy and active man-one who 
was always willing to aid in the community's needs, or to 
help in a quiet way those about him.  With all his duties he 
was a student of the times, a well posted man on current 
topics and problems of the day.  He was a thinker to whom 
when he had anything to say, men stopped to listen and heed 
the advice.  He was a broadminded, big hearted, generous, 
patient man.  Many have benefitted from his kindly deeds done 
so unostentatiously that the public knows little how much his 
life has been to those about him.  The neighborhood has 
suffered a distinct loss, for a life has gone but which has 
labored constantly for progress in our social institutions 
and the uplifting of all that is good in the community's 
welfare.
   Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in 
Congregational church, the sermon being preached by his 
pastor, Rev. Humfreys.  Burial at Circle Hill, services there 
being conducted by the Odd Fellows, 180 brothers being in 
line.
(Picture included with obituary)

ADDITONAL INFORMATION:

   Henry Linder, 29 Jun 1832 - 17 Aug 1905, married 1st, 
Helen (Hough) Linder, 03 May 1837 - 12 Aug 1875.  They are 
buried at Circle Hill Cemetery, Angola, Steuben County, 
Indiana.  Helen was the daughter of William and Sarah A. 
Hough.  On 07 Sep 1880, in Ingham County, Michigan, he 
married his 1st wife's sister, Laura M. (Hough) Kelly, 20 Apr 
1849 - 05 Mar 1911 who is also buried at Cirle Hill Cemetery.  
Henry's inscription appears on the Hough monument.  On 06 Nov 
1867, Laura married Eugene Kelley, 1843 - 1920.  The cemetery 
book gives the year of his death as 1920 and he is buried at 
Pleasant Lake Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana.
   Son of the 2nd marriage was Don C. Linder, 1881 - 1882, 
buried at Circle Hill Cemetery.
   The 1880 United States Census, Angola, Steuben County, 
Indiana, Family History Library #1254312, NA Film Number T9-
0312, page number 332A, Henry Linder, age 47, railroad agent, 
living in the home of William Twichell, County Recorder, and 
his wife, Elnora. 

Steuben Repulican, 05 Jul 1893, "City of the Dead" - Helen 
Linder.
Steuben Republican, 02 Mar 1904, p.1, c.6, obituary of 
mother-in-law, Sarah Ann (Barney) Hough.
"Marriage Licenses, Steuben County, Indiana, 1837- 1899."
"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990," by Audree 
Seibel Lewis, Vol. 2, pages 1021, 1134.
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