Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Appenzellar, W. F. 1867 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

W. F. APPENZELLAR.

   To retire on the proceeds of twenty-six years of labor, on a forty-acre farm,
requires ability of no mean caliber, and the man who can thus demonstrate his
worth to a community deserves the highest praise. Most agriculturists think
forty acres not more than enough for a bare living and if any more is attempted,
their competency must be endangered by mortgaging the farm, but W. F.
Appenzellar of Burlington township, Carroll county, Indiana, has proven that
honest and well-directed effort will bring the desired result from forty acres
as well as from one hundred and sixty acres, or more.

   The farm belonging to W. F. Applezellar is located two and one-half miles
north of Burlington, Indiana, on the Michigan road. He was born in Darwin,
Carrollton township, Carroll county, Indiana, on February 20, 1867, and is the
son of Henry C. and Sarah A. (Dunkin) Appenzellar. Henry C. Appenzellar was born
in Pennsylvania, migrating to Indiana at an early date, with his parents. They
settled in Darwin, Indiana, but removed from there to Burlington, Indiana, where
they opened a hotel. This hotel was operated by them for some years, when they
returned to their farm in Burlington township. Henry C. Appenzellar remained on
the home place, where he followed farming and plastering until his marriage to
Sarah A. Dunkin, who was born in Carrollton township, near the home of Ed Ayres.
After his marriage, Henry C. Appenzellar removed to Darwin, but later purchased
property, near Burlington, which his son, W. F. Appenzellar now owns. Henry C.
Appenzellar and his wife were.the parents of eight children, two of whom are now
living: Barbara Luella, wife of J. B. Gillum, living in Howard county, Indiana,
and W. F. Appenzellar, who remained at home and took full charge of the place
after his father's death, which occurred when W. F. Appenzellar was twenty-one
years of age.

   W. F. Appenzellar, at the time he assumed charge of the farm, decided to make
the improvements that were needed, and himself erected the barn and other
outbuildings on the place. His mother resided with her son until two years
before her death. W. F. Appenzellar was educated in the district and common
schools of Carroll county, Indiana, and during these years the responsibilities
incumbent upon him developed a strength of character which has piloted him to
success and made him the subject of the highest respect and esteem by his fellow
citizens.

   W. F. Appenzellar is a member of Burlington Lodge No. 77, of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows. He is also an earnest and ardent worker in the Baptist
church at Sharon, Indiana. In politics, he is a stanch Republican and is to be
depended upon whenever needed. His intense interest in everything pertaining to
questions of agriculture - has made him an authority in his chosen line of
endeavor, and his advice is much sought after by others who are striving for
success in that field. He has now retired from active work on his farm, but
still manages and controls it He has set a high standard and reached the goal
for which he has striven.


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HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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