Bartholomew County IN Archives Biographies.....Teboe, Archie 1827 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 26, 2007, 9:22 pm Author: B. F. Bowen (1904) ARCHIE TEBOE. When, after years of long and earnest labor in some honorable field of business, a man puts aside all cares to spend his remaining days in the enjoyment of the fruits of his former toil, it is certainly a well-deserved reward for his industry. "How blest is he who crowns in shades like these A youth of labor with an age of ease," wrote the poet, and the world everywhere recognizes the justice of a season of rest following an active period of business life. Mr. Teboe is now living retired at his pleasant home in Columbus and his history shows the accomplishment of well directed labor. He has lived in this city since 1873 and since 1850 has been a resident of the county, being therefore numbered among its early settlers and as a witness of its changes, growth and development he can relate many interesting incidents of what has been done here as the county has progressed from pioneer conditions to its present standing among the leading counties of the commonwealth. Mr. Teboe is a native of Darke county, Ohio, his birth having there occurred on the 16th of May, 1827. His father, Philip Teboe, was a native of Kentucky and was of Scotch descent, his ancestors having come from France and taken up their abode in the Blue Grass state. After arriving at years of maturity Philip Teboe wedded Miss Nancy McFarland and for long years they resided in Darke county, Ohio, spending their last days in that locality. Archie Teboe was the second in order of birth in the family of seven children and was reared upon his father's farm. At the usual age he entered the public schools of the neighborhood and therein pursued his studies until he had acquired a good education for that time. When eighteen years of age he started out in life on his own account, working first as a farm hand, being employed for three years at one hundred and fifteen dollars per year. During that time he managed to save from his salary the sum of two hundred dollars and with that as a capital, on which to begin married life, he was united in marriage with Miss Susannah Coblentz who was of German lineage. In the fall of 1850 Mr. Teboe arrived in Bartholomew county, Indiana, and as he had no money to purchase land he rented a farm and continued its cultivation until i860. He then began buying land and as his financial resources increased he added more and more to his original purchase until he now has two hundred and fifty-two acres, constituting one of the valuable farms in Columbus township. He is rated as being worth at least twenty-five thousand dollars and all of this he has made himself. For many years Mr. Teboe was extensively engaged in stockraising and also pastured a large amount of stock. He continued his active connection with agricultural pursuits until 1873, when he retired from farm life and took up his abode in the city of Columbus, though "still conducting the farm. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Teboe were born two children, Eliza and Cassius M., but both are now deceased. Both were graduates of the high school of Columbus and the latter was also a graduate of a commercial college and became a bookkeeper. The daughter died in 1868, the son in 1875, and in 1901 Mr. Teboe was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who passed away on the 26th of April of that year. He is a member of the United Brethren church and has interest in everything that pertains to the material upbuilding and the social, intellectual and moral development of his community. In politics he is a Republican, but has never sought or desired office. Fifty-three years have passed since he came to the county and he is therefor well known to its citizens and is very familiar with its history. He has watched the county emerge from pioneer conditions and has been the promoter of many enterprises tending to this result. His life record is in many respects worthy of emulation and should serve as a source of inspiration and encouragement to those who have to begin life as he did, without capital. In all his relations with his fellow men he has been guided by truth and justice and he is today one of the honored and venerable residents of Columbus, respected by young and old, rich and poor. Additional Comments: Extracted from BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY INDIANA INCLUDING BIOGRAPHIES OF THE GOVERNORS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS OF INDIANA ILLUSTRATED 1904 B. F. Bowen PUBLISHER File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/bartholomew/bios/teboe789gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/infiles/ File size: 5.0 Kb