From the 1885 History of Steuben County, Indiana page 529-530: Michael Depue (deceased) was born in New Jersey, Jan. 17, 1805. His father moved to New York State and lived for some time near Rochester, and when Michael was a young man removed to Marion, Ohio. Mr. Depue married Angelina Drake at Marion in 1831, with whom he lived nearly half a century. They were the longest surviving couple of those who settled in Jamestown prior to 1840. Mr. Depue and wife came to Jamestown Sept. 8, 1836, and settled on the west half of the southeast quarter of section 15. They afterward made their home at Hall's Corners, Mich. Mr. Depue died at Hall's Corners, Feb. 17, 1880, aged seventy-five years and one month having lived to see the forest melt away before the advance of civilization, and, like the sturdy oak spared by the woodman's ax, having seen his comrades fall until but few were left.