Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Landes, Isaac N. 1867 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 26, 2006, 4:02 am Author: John C. Odell (1916) ISAAC N. LANDES. At no other time in American history has the influence of good men been needed in politics more than today. The issues of war and peace are vital to the welfare of our nation as well as to the rest of the world powers, who need a great example, not of unpreparedness, but of wisdom. Every voter needs to be well informed on each question before him, that his decisions may be for the good of his own community. Such a citizen is Isaac N. Landes, of Carrollton township, Carroll county, Indiana, wise in his decisions, clear in his calculations and firm in his convictions. He is an enthusiastic worker in the ranks of the Republican party and lends his ardent support, to the election of all party candidates who are worthy of office. Born on October 17, 1867, he has always displayed that leadership, indispensable to success. Isaac N. Landes is the son of Fred and Nancy E. (Ewing) Landes; Fred Landes, in turn, being the son of Felix Landes, who came from the East at an early date, with his father and several brothers, and settled in Indiana. Felix Landes was a Christian gentleman belonging to the Presbyterian church and was a stanch Republican, strong in his views. Felix Landes, his brothers and father, settled on the banks of Deer Creek. Fred Landes, son of Felix Landes, was born in this same township and it was here that he married and reared his family. He was reared on his father's farm and attended the district schools, after which he became interested in farming and purchased land for himself. Nancy Ewing, whom he married, was an orphan who lost her mother when she was only seven years of age and was deprived of her father's protection when only a child of nine years. She was very fortunate in having grandparents to love and shelter her, and her grandfather, Richard Dunkin, who lived on Michigan road, Carrollton township, educated and provided for her. To the union of Fred Landes and Nancy Ewing were born four children: Isaac N., W. S., a farmer of Carrollton township, Indiana; Ella, who is married and living on the home place, and Everett, who died when a boy of eleven years. The boyhood of Isaac N. Landes was spent on the home place, and it was in this township that he received his common school education, after which he taught for four years. Four years of this work was sufficient to inspire him with a desire for a vocation more to his liking and with this end in view, he purchased the farm where he now lives, located one and one half miles northwest of Darwin, Indiana, and consisting of one hundred acres. On January 23, 1895, he was united in marriage to Effie E. Eikenberry, daughter of Henry D. Eikenberry, who lives three miles east of Flora, Indiana, in Monroe township. Isaac N. Landes and Effie E. (Eikenberry) Landes are the parents of one child, Larry Fred, now in fourth year of high school and an excellent scholar. Mr. Landes and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church at Wheeling, Indiana, and are active in its support and advancement. It has been the men and women of progress, in all ages, who have made their nation's history and each contribution to progress, however small, is of value. Isaac N. Landes has contributed largely to the progress of his community and thereby benefited the nation. Additional Comments: Extracted from: 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 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/carroll/bios/landes236nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/infiles/ File size: 4.2 Kb