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Author: B. F. Bowen (1904)

CHRIST WOLF.



   Almost every civilized country on the face of the globe has sent its

representatives to Indiana, but there is no more important or valued element in

our citizenship than that which has come from Germany. Mr. Wolf was among the

native sons of the fatherland who crossed the Atlantic to America, finding here

good business opportunities which he improved, with the result that he became a

successful man and one whose efforts are of value to the community in the

promotion of the general prosperity. His birth occurred in Germany in 1829 and

he was a son of George Wolf, who in his later life came to the United States and

lived with his children.



   On crossing the Atlantic to America, Christ Wolf took up his abode in

Cincinnati, Ohio, and always followed farming. Although he had no money at the

outset of his career, he worked earnestly and persistently and in the course of

time accumulated capital sufficient to enable him to purchase a small farm. He

afterward bought other property and became the owner of one hundred and twenty

acres of good land, nearly all of which he cleared himself, placing it under a

high state of cultivation. Because of the productiveness of the soil and his

careful and practical manner of engaging in agricultural pursuits, Mr. Wolf was

attended with excellent success. He raised the necessary farm stock, including

hogs, cattle and horses, but devoted his time more largely to the production of

grain.



   In January, 1875, Mr. Wolf was united in marriage to Miss Mary Holtz,

daughter of Peter and Mary M. (Walters) Holtz. Her father was a native of

Germany and when he crossed the briny deep to the new world, settled first in

Pennsylvania, where he engaged in farming. He afterward came to Indiana, making

that removal at the time Mrs. Wolf was a maiden of fourteen summers, her birth

having occurred in the year 1846. In Harrison township, this county, he settled

and purchased eighty acres of land. He was a very hard worker and applied

himself with unremitting diligence to the task of transforming his tract of land

into productive fields which would yield him good harvests and enable him to

provide a comfortable living for his wife and children. He continued to reside

in Harrison township until his demise, which occurred in the year 1863. Although

not active in political circles, he voted with the Democracy and he gave his

earnest attention to the Lutheran church and its work, long holding membership

therein. Unto him and his wife were born eight children, George, Jacob, Mary,

Catherine, John, Mahala, Amos and one that died in childhood. The home of Mr.

and Mrs. Wolf was blessed with five children: Catherine, who is now the wife of

Louis Rinehart, employed in one of the factories at Indianapolis; Christ, who

wedded Ida Walts and is engaged in the operation of the home farm; Annie,

deceased; Lula, who is still under the parental roof; and Magdalena, who died in

childhood.



   Mr. Wolf exercised his right of franchise in support of the men and measures

of the Democratic party, but never sought or desired office, preferring to

devote his attention to his business affairs and other interests. He belonged to

the Lutheran church and led a consistent Christian life, his death occurring

August 9, 1895. He never had occasion to regret his determination to seek a home

in America, for he found that the reports concerning its advantages had not been

exaggerated, but that excellent opportunities were afforded young men of

resolution, ambition and determination. He was a man of strong will and marked

force of character and these elements in his business career gained him the

success which made him one of the substantial citizens of his adopted county.

His loss to the community and by his family was deeply felt and it is with

pleasure that we present his record to our readers as that of one of the

representative citizens of foreign birth, who, true to the best interests of

their adopted land, labored for its progress, while promoting their individual

success. Mrs. Wolf still resides upon the old homestead, having here a farm of

one hundred and twenty acres in Ohio township, upon which good improvements have

been made. She is an estimable lady and one who has many friends.



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BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY

INDIANA



INCLUDING BIOGRAPHIES OF THE GOVERNORS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS OF INDIANA



ILLUSTRATED



1904



B. F. Bowen PUBLISHER



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