Manilla, Indiana

William H. Creed was born in Liberty Township, Shelby County, Ind., August 4, 1858, and is the eldest in a family of sbc children born to Smith and Larinda (Henderson) Creed, the former born in Lancaster Count}-, Pa., and the latter born in Fayette County, Ind. Our subject received a good common school education and remained on the farm with his parents until eighteen years of age, when he began working at the blacksmith trade, which he : continued four years, and then came to Manilla. Here he sooo established a profitable business, and now in addition to blacksmithing, manufactures buggies, wagons, etc. Mr. Creed was married December 20, 1882, to Miss Viola, daughter of Evan S. and Sarah (Youngman) Jones, the former a native of Hillsdale County, Mich., and the latter a native of Fayette County, Ind. Mr. Creed is a member of Blue Ridge Lodge No. 554, I. O. O. F., and a Democrat. Mrs. Creed is a member of the Christian Union Church.

Passage source: History of Rush County, Indiana, from the Earliest Time to the Present : with Biographical Sketches, Notes, Etc., Together with a Short History of the Northwest, the Indiana Territory, and the State of Indiana, published 1888.

John M. Haehl, a prominent farmer of Walker Township, was born January 27, 1832, in Merchien, Germany, being the son of Conrad and Mary B. (Glisch) Haehl, both natives of Germany. When eight ^-ears old he came with his parents from Germany to Rush County and lived with his father on the farm now owned by Frederick Haehl, until twenty-two years old. At the district school he gained a good common school education. August 27, 1854, he married Sarah Headley, a native of Rush Count}^, the daughter of Thomas and Eliza J. (Carney) Headley. The young couple commenced their married life on the farm where they now live in Section 27, near Manilla, having only a small log hut to shelter them and a stable large enough for one horse, but by hard work and good management, they have reared a large family respectably and have built for themselves a home that thej' may well be proud of. Mr. Haehl now owns 240 acres of good land in a high state of cultivation, well improved, with a fine dwelling and other firstclass buildings. He has six children: Jennie M., born June 13, 1S55; Frederick E., born January 6, 1857; Emma L., born November 22, 1858; Cordelia, born January 28, i860; Harry M., born October 5, 1867 ; Allie M., born March 16, 1869. Of these the following are married: Jennie M., to Orval Bishop, June 24, 1881; Frederick E., to Frankie Parker, November 17, 1878; Emma L., to Daniel Deprez, November 23, 1876; Cordelia, to Charles Morrison, MaA" 5, 1886. Mr. and Mrs. Haehl are church members. The former is a Republican in politics.

Passage source: History of Rush County, Indiana, from the Earliest Time to the Present : with Biographical Sketches, Notes, Etc., Together with a Short History of the Northwest, the Indiana Territory, and the State of Indiana, published 1888.

Frederick E. Haehl, hardware merchant of Manilla, was born in Walker Township, Rush Count}', Ind., June 6, 1855. His parents were John M. and Sarah (Headley) Flaehl, natives of Germany, and Rush County, Ind., respectively. His boyhood was spent on his father's farm. At the district schools of his neighborhood and at Manilla, he received a good common school education. He was married at the age of twent^'-two, and spent seven years on the farm once owned by Thomas Headley. His efforts on the farm were rewarded with success, but because of failing health he moved to Manilla and then in August, 1887, purchased the hardware business of Joseph Zike. B}^ close attention to business and fair dealing, he has become one of the most prominent business men of Manilla. He was married November 17, 1878, to Frankie Parker, who, born in Decatur County, Ind., August 18, 1858, is the daughter of John W. and Sarah (Linnev) Parker. There were born to this marriage four children : Larra, born September 13, 1879; Bertha, born October 24, 1881; Hattie, born March 13, 1883; Emma, born August 17, 1886. Mr. Haehl is a Republican in politics. Mrs. Haehl is a member of the Christian Church. Both are estimable citizens.

Passage source: History of Rush County, Indiana, from the Earliest Time to the Present : with Biographical Sketches, Notes, Etc., Together with a Short History of the Northwest, the Indiana Territory, and the State of Indiana, published 1888.

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