Carroll-White-Pulaski County IN Archives Biographies.....Kestle, Charles O. 1883 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

CHARLES O. KESTLE.

   Among the successful young farmers of Jefferson township, Carroll county,
Indiana, is Charles O. Kestle, who is a native of White county, Indiana, where
he was born on October 18, 1883. Mr. Kestle is the son of George and Rachel
(Reames) Kestle, the former of whom was born on July 6, 1857, in Pulaski county,
and the latter of whom was born in October, 1862, in White county, Indiana.

   George Kestle, the son of Joseph and Nancy (Shields) Kestle, was educated in
the common schools and began life on his own responsibility when twenty-one
years old. He rented a farm for seven years in Pulaski county and then purchased
seventy-five acres in White county, where he farmed for four years. He sold out
and then purchased eighty-five acres in Pulaski county and cultivated the land
for eleven years. Subsequently he sold out again and purchased one hundred and
thirty acres in Pulaski county, which he farmed for two years. He then farmed
one hundred and twenty acres of land in White county for four years, after which
he purchased one hundred and twenty acres in Carroll county. Some years ago he
sold forty acres of this farm but still owns eighty acres. He is a stockholder
in the elevator at Monticello, and from many points of view is a self-made man.
On May 30, 1885, George Kestle was married to Rachel Reames, the daughter of
Jonathan Reames, who was one of the first settlers in White county. To this
marriage there were born seven children, Claude E., Charles Omer, May, Curtis
E., Harry M. and Pearl M. Claude E. married Mabel Holmes and lives near
Chalmers, in White county. They have three children. Charles Owen, who lives
near Monticello, married Eva Fisher. May, who lives near Monticello, married
Earl Dilling, and they have one child, George Raymond. Curtis E. is unmarried
and lives at home Harry M. is unmarried and lives at home, as does also Pearl M.
George Kestle is a Democrat and a member of the New Dunkard church.

   Joseph and Nancy (Shields) Kestle were natives of Austria-Hungary and
Virginia, respectively. The former emigrated from Austria-Hungary to America and
settled near Youngstown, Ohio, and in 1852 he moved to Pulaski county, Indiana,
and took up farming on a tract of four hundred acres of land which he purchased
and where he farmed until his death. His wife, Nancy Shields, was the daughter
of William. She bore him five children, among whom are Joseph, who lives at Star
City, Indiana, and who married Sarah Crowder, to which union there have been
born six children; Mary, who also lives near Star City, married Alonzo
McLaughlin. They are the parents of six children; George is the father of
Charles O.; Barbara, who lives in Pulaski county, married John Herrick, and they
have six children; James resides in the West

   Charles O. Kestle received his early education in the district schools of
Pulaski county and in the high school at Monticello. He also attended Purdue
University for one year.

   On April 10, 1907, Mr. Kestle was married to Eva Fisher, of Pulaski county, a
daughter of Martin L. and Rebecca Fisher, both of whom were born in Pulaski
county. The former died in 1912 and the latter in 1891. They were both members
of the Presbyterian church and were farmers by occupation.

   Mr. and Mrs. Charles O. Kestle have had one son, Robert Charles Kestle, who
was born on March 25, 1908.

   Mr. Kestle operates one hundred and twenty-five acres of land in Jefferson
township and has been very successful as a farmer. Fraternally, he is a member
of Masonic Lodge No. 48, at Delphi. He is also a member of the Knights of
Pythias at Monticello. A Democrat in politics, Mr. Kestle served a term as
trustee of Jefferson township, having been appointed by the Carroll county board
of commissioners.

   Mr. and Mrs. Kestle were married in California and their son was born at
Riverside, where they lived for two years after their marriage. Mr. Kestle was
engaged in civil engineering work at the time with his brother-in-law. Mr. and
Mrs. Kestle had been school teachers. Mr. Kestle taught three terms in White
county, and Mrs. Kestle, who is a graduate of the Pulaski high school, taught
four terms in Pulaski county. Both Mr. And Mrs. Kestle are members of the
Pythian Sisters at Monticello, and are members of the Eastern Star at Monticello.

   Mrs. Charles O. Kestle is the youngest of four children born to her parents.
Her sister, Mildred, was the wife of C. E. Paul, a civil engineer who lived in
California until Mrs, Paul's death, when he returned to Pulaski county and was
elected county surveyor, a position which he now holds. Mrs. Kestle's brother,
Harry, is a farmer in Pulaski county. Her brother, William E., is also a farmer
in Van Buren township, Pulaski county. Indiana.


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Biographical Section of
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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