. History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana. ts in order that he might attend school. He remainedabout eighteen months, receiving instruction in both German andEnglish. June 5, 1860, he was united in marriage with Chris-tina Berg, after which he bought the farm of eighty acres wherehe still lives. He and wife are members of the Catholic are the parents of twelve children, seven of whom are liv-ing. In politics he is a Democrat, and is now serving his secondterm as trustee of Jackson Township. JOHN MERKLEY, a native of Dubois County, Ind., wasborn June 21, 1847. He is one of a fa
. History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana. ts in order that he might attend school. He remainedabout eighteen months, receiving instruction in both German andEnglish. June 5, 1860, he was united in marriage with Chris-tina Berg, after which he bought the farm of eighty acres wherehe still lives. He and wife are members of the Catholic are the parents of twelve children, seven of whom are liv-ing. In politics he is a Democrat, and is now serving his secondterm as trustee of Jackson Township. JOHN MERKLEY, a native of Dubois County, Ind., wasborn June 21, 1847. He is one of a family of six sons and onedaughter born to the marriage of Frank Merkley and FrancisHengstler, natives of Germany. The father, when a young man,came to the United States and located at Pittsburgh, Penn,,where he worked in a glass factory for eight years. He thencame to this county and bought a farm in Ferdinand Township,where he lived until his death, which occurred in 1866. Themother is still living with her son, at the advanced age of seventy-. A T. Fleiviing
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