STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, AAPRIL 19, 1899, page 1, column 7

ELI M. TEAL, 14 Jul 1815 - 12 Apr 1899 (Picture included with obit)

   The subject of the above sketch was born in Fairfield Co., O., 
July 14, 1815, and died April 12th, 1899, aged 83 years, 8 months and 
28 days.  In 1836 he came to Steuben county, Indiana, and entered a 
piece of land in Salem township, and then returned to his home in 
Ohio where he was married on the anniversary of his birth, July 14, 
1836, to Sarah G. Teal, and on Sept. 30th of the same year, they 
located on the farm in Salem.   To the union were born four 
children, three of whom died in infancy, only one, Mrs. Elizabeth 
Richardson, surviving.  Mrs. Teal died several years ago.  At the 
time of his death, Mr. Teal was the only man in Steuben county 
living on the land that he entered from the government.  Funeral 
services were held at the M. E. church in Salem, April 15, Rev. F. 
M. Kemper, of Angola, officiating.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

   Eli M. Teal, 14 Jul 1815 - 12 Apr 1899, married Sarah G. (______)
Teal, 05 Mar 1818 - 19 Jul 1886.

   "Infant", died 25 Apr 1837.

   Hammond Teal, died 10 Oct 1843, aged 3 months and 5 days.

   Washington Teal, died 04 Apr 1844, aged 3 months.

   Elizabeth M. (Teal) Richardson, 1845 - 1923, married Myron E. 
Richardson who died 01 Jul 1882, aged 49 years and 3 months.
   All of the above are buried at Block Cemetery, Steuben County, 
Indiana.

"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990" by Audree Siebel 
Lewis, Vol. II, pages 1513, 1806.

Submitted by: Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net