Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood . n improved by him. In 1871 hebuilt the home where he and his wife havesince resided, at 1006 Monroe Street. In 1869, at the age of twenty, Mr. VanKirk married Miss Mahala E. Wise. Shewas born on a farm in Suffield Townshipof Portage County, Ohio, a daughter ofJacob S. and Mary (Harsh) Wise. Hergrandfather, Siebold Wise, was a life longresident of Pennsylvania. Jacob Wise onleaving Pennsylvania lived for severalyears in Ohio and later in Indiana inStarke County and finally in MarshallCounty, w
Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood . n improved by him. In 1871 hebuilt the home where he and his wife havesince resided, at 1006 Monroe Street. In 1869, at the age of twenty, Mr. VanKirk married Miss Mahala E. Wise. Shewas born on a farm in Suffield Townshipof Portage County, Ohio, a daughter ofJacob S. and Mary (Harsh) Wise. Hergrandfather, Siebold Wise, was a life longresident of Pennsylvania. Jacob Wise onleaving Pennsylvania lived for severalyears in Ohio and later in Indiana inStarke County and finally in MarshallCounty, where he died. Mr. and Kirk have two children, James andilinnie. James married Agnes ^ have one son, Royal Van Kirk, whoduring the war was a sergeant in theAmerican Army stationed at CampBeauregard, Louisiana. Minnie Van Kirkwas first married to Charles Wright, andhad two sons, Charles and HowardWright. Charles Wright married and histhree children are Evelyn May, Helen andOrland (). Minnie Van Kirks .sec-ond husband was Fred Shoaf. Mr. Van Kirk is affiliated with LaPorte. ^aO-.^^^^<^^^ INDIxVNA AND INDIANANS 1371 Lodge No. 36, Independent Order of OddFellows, the Encampment No. 23 and Can-ton No. 12 of that order. He and his wifeare both members of Rose Rebekah LodgeNo. 40;). Mrs. Van Kirk is a member ofthe :Methodist Episcopal Church. Hon. Norman P. Wolfe, a former mem-ber of the Legislature, has been a success-ful lawyer in the City of LaPorte for overtwenty years, and has also been prominentin the democratic party in that section ofthe state. Mr. Wolfe had a log cabin as his birth-place, where he was born December 16,1875. This log cabin stood in LaGraugeCounty, close to the line of Noble grandfather, George Wolfe, was a na-tive of Pennsylvania and of early Englishancestry. From Pennsylvania he went toOhio, to Shelby County, where he was afarmer, and lived there until his married a woman of German ances-try. Frederick Wolfe,
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