Carroll-Benton County IN Archives Biographies.....Mourer, John H. 1858 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

REV. JOHN H. MOURER

   A minister in the Brethren church for the past fifteen years and the
proprietor of "North Hopedale Farm," comprising one hundred and sixty acres and
located in section 9 and 10, of Adams township, Carroll county, Indiana, is Rev.
John H. Mourer, one of the well-known citizens of this township and one of its
enterprising farmers and able ministers.

   John H. Mourer was born on November 26, 1858, in Franklin county,
Pennsylvania, and is the son of George and Catherine (Sites) Mourer, both of
whom were born and married in Franklin county, Pennsylvania. They had thirteen
children, of whom ten are living. The names of the children in the order of
their birth are as follow: Charles lives in Batavia, Illinois; Catherine is a
resident of Abilene, Kansas; Sarah married Henry Barkdoll and they live in
Batavia, Illinois; Hannah died at the age of eighteen; Mary is the wife of James
Hartronft, of Beatrice, Nebraska; Elizabeth is the wife of Laton Musselman, of
Berkeley, California; John H. is the subject of this sketch; Nancv is the wife
of Andrew Steck, of Wheaton, Illinois; George lives in Salem, Oregon; Peter died
in infancy; Ida is the widow of a Mr. Draper and lives in Oklahoma City; Allen
lives in Abilene, Kansas; Emma died at the age of four years.

  Mr. Mourer's parents moved west in the spring of 1874 and settled in
Naperville, Illinois, on a farm. Six years later, in 1880, the family removed to
Abilene, Dickinson county, Kansas, where the father died in 1905 and the mother
in 1963. He was a minister in the German Baptist Brethren church but also farmed
until the time of his death.

   John H. Mourer was educated in the public schools of Franklin county,
Pennsylvania. He lived at home with his parents until February 5, 1879, when he
was married to Rachel Weinhold, a daughter of Richard and Catherine (Fry)
Weinhold, both of whom were born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and who
moved to Illinois in the spring of 1865, settling on a farm in Dupage county,
where they lived the remainder of their lives.

   Richard and Catherine (Fry) Weinhold had ten children. Isaac lives in Benton
county; Indiana; Mary, who is the wife of Isaac Swigart, died in Pennsylvania at
the age of fifty-five years; Caroline, the wife of Henry Knopp, is a resident of
Plainfield, Illinois; Samuel lives in Wilson, Ellsworth county, Kansas;
Catharine is the wife of Jacob Bowers, of Wilson, Kansas; Abyron also lives in
Wilson, Kansas; Henry lives in Plainfield, Illinois; .Rachel is the wife of Mr.
Mourer; Sarah is the wife of Samuel Grill, of Wilson, Kansas; Mirand is the wife
of Ezra Dague, of Wilson, Kansas. The parents of these children are both
deceased, the father having died about 1900 and the mother in 1905. Both were
members of the Lutheran church.

   To the Rev. John H. and Rachel (Weinhold) Mourer have been born nine
children, all of whom are living, as follow: Abner A. is a printer in
Logansport; Mary is the wife of B. B. O'Neal, of Argos, Indiana; George lives at
home, as do also Harry, Charles, Ethel, Russell. Grace and Raymond. The mother
of these children was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, October 9, 1858.

   In the spring of 1885, Mr. Mourer removed from Illinois to Goodland, Benton
county, Indiana, and purchased a farm there. He lived upon the farm until the
spring of 1903, when he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land in Adams
township, Carroll county, Indiana. The Reverend Mr. Mourer makes a specialty of
raising high-grade live stock.

   Although identified with the Republican party politically, Mr. Mourer has
never been a candidate for office and has never aspired to political preferment.
Both he and his wife are members of the Brethren church and during the past
fifteen years Mr. Mourer has been engaged in the active ministry of the gospel
in this church.


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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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