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The first settlement was made on the site of the village of Orland. This village is situated in the western part of Mill Grove Township, on sections 20 and 29, about a mile and a half south of the boundary line between the States of Michigan and Indiana, and the same distance east of the Lagrange County line. Its distance from Angola is about thirteen miles in a northwesterly direction. It is near the little stream of water called in Michigan Fawn River, more commonly known in this county as Crooked Creek. The immediate location of the village is on a level plateau of what was called burr-oak openings in early times, there being also on the southern border of the town a little scope of prairie land. The land in the whole region about Orland, for miles each way, was and is the richest and most fertile of any lands that attracted the attention of the pioneers of the country. It is not surpassed in value, all natural qualities considered, by any land elsewhere in the West.

Passage source: History of Steuben County, Indiana, Together with... Biographies of Representative Citizens, published 1885.

Christian F. Schneider was born in the Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany, Nov. 17, 1818, a son of George Frederick and Christena (Ekkard) Schneider. His maternal grandfather was a wealthy citizen of Emmendingen, Germany. In 1846 Christian and his brother Eduard sailed for the United States, landing in New York. They proceeded to Albany where they embarked on a c«nal-boat and went to BuflFalo, thence per steamer to Toledo, Ohio, and from there to Angola, Ind. He soon found employment at his trade, a tailor, and remained in Angola a year, when his employer moved to Orland and he soon followed him. He worked as a journeyman a year, and then opened a shop of his own . In 1856 he was appointed Postmaster by James Campbell, Postmaster-General, and held the position till 1861. Retaining the office in the same location in the building occupied by him, he served as Deputy till 1865, when he was again commissioned Postmaster by William Dennison, and has since filled the position to the satisfaction of the entire community. He is a genial, courteous gentleman and esteemed by all who know him. He was married Nov. 27, 1847, to Susan Noll, daughter of George Noll, one of the pioneers of Salem Township. She died March 20, 1849, leaving one daughter - Susanna M., now Mrs. William Meek. In 1849 he was married to Melissa Tuttle. To them were born four children, three of whom are living - Frederick, David and Adelia, wife of Arthur Norton. After a year of sufifering Mrs. Schneider died

Passage source: History of Steuben County, Indiana, Together with... Biographies of Representative Citizens, published 1885.

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