Oakville, Indiana

Mr. Fleming has been engaged in business for a number of years at the town of Oakville and has met with a reasonable degree of success. He suffered a serious loss by the cyclone of 1884, in which all the town, except three houses, was destroyed. Mr. Fleming was badly injured and his store and goods were completely destroyed, so that he was rendered well nigh penniless by the disaster. He recommenced business, however, in a box car, and has since succeeded very well, being at this time in the enjoyment of a lucrative trade, which is constantly increasing. Mr. Fleming is a republican in politics and enjoys the esteem and confidence of the people of the town in which he resides. Maria Fleming, sister of Charles A. Fleming, was born December i, 1844, in P'airmont, W. Va., and came to Delaware county, Ind., in the year 1885. She resided first at Cowan, then at Oakville, where she has since resided, making her home with her brother.

Passage source: A Portrait and Biographical Record of Delaware County, Indiana :, published 1894.

Joseph E. Kern accompanied his parents from Virginia to Indiana and grew to manhood on the farm, attending, in the meantime such schools as the country afforded. He resided for some years near Oakville, Delaware county, and after beginning life for himself moved to his present farm, consisting of sixty acres of well improved land, situated in Monroe township, Delaware county, where he has since resided. Mr. Kern is a man of intelligence and excellent judgment and has been complimented by his fellow citizens by being elected to the responsible position of township trustee, the duties of which he has discharged in a highly commendable manner.

Passage source: A Portrait and Biographical Record of Delaware County, Indiana :, published 1894.

Jacob Replogle was reared to agricultural pursuits, and his lot, like the majority of boys raised in the country, was one in which hard work formed a goodly part. While still young, he learned the cooper's trade, which he followed with fair success for a period of five years, and then began farming, which, in connection with threshing, he continued during the greater part of the time until 1875. In the mean time he spent four years in the state of Kansas, and in 1877 engaged in the manufacture of lumber in Wayne county, purchasing a mill at Cambridge City, which he operated with financial profit until his removal to the town of Oakville, Delaware county, in 1880. Eight years from the last date he moved to the place where he nov/ resides, where, in addition to the saw milling business, he carries on the manufacture of drain tiling, both these enterprises being very successful and largely patronized. By strict integrity and honest dealing with all men, Mr. Replogle has won the confidence and esteem of all with whom he has had business transactions. As a member of the Society of Friends, he has proved his profession of religion genuine, by a life of good deeds, and his denomination finds in him an earnest friend and liberal promoter. Mr. Replogle was married in Wayne county. May lO, 1866, to Miss Susan Heiney, daughter of Jacob and Susanah (Kinsey) Heiney, both parents of German lineage. Jacob and Susan Heiney were married in Ohio and raised a family of eight children. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, a prominent member of the Lutheran church and died on the ist day of July, 1883; his widow is still living, residing at this time in the town of Hagerstown, Wayne county. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Replogle have been born four children, whose names areas follows: Charles, a well known teacher of Delaware county; Clinton S., who also follows the profession of teaching; Amos E., a student, and an infant, which died unnamed.

Passage source: A Portrait and Biographical Record of Delaware County, Indiana :, published 1894.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Monroe Township - it names this place 3 more 3 times.