Carroll-Tippecanoe-Warren County IN Archives Biographies.....Pantle, Charles F. 1840 - ************************************************ 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, 7:04 pm Author: John C. Odell (1916) CHARLES F. PANTLE. Charles F. Pantle, a retired farmer of Deer Creek township, where he owns a farm of forty acres, is a native of Germany, having been born on November 30, 1840. Mr. Pantle is the son of David and Mary (Swigart) Pantle, the latter of whom died when her son, Charles F., was two years old. He was reared by Christopher Everly. Mr. Pantle's father came to America in 1845 and settled first in Pennsylvania. He lived for five years after coming to America, dying at Pottsville, Pennsylvania, in 1850. Eleven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. David Pantle, six of whom came to America, as follow: Adam, Elizabeth, Jacob, Henry, Margaret and Charles F. Charles F. Pantle came to America in 1867 and settled first in Tippecanoe county, Indiana, where he worked for Christopher Heisman for two years. He next worked in Warren county, Indiana, by the month, and was there married in 1869 to Eva Catherine (Rodenbecker), the daughter of Wolfking and Margaret (Swingler) Rodenbecker, both of whom are natives of Germany and who are now deceased. Their remains are buried in the cemetery at Rossville. Mr. and Mrs. Pantle have had twelve children, eleven of whom are living. Rose is the wife of Edward Troxley, of Carroll county; Sarah is the wife of Tillman Landis, of Carroll county; Henry lives in Wyoming; Frank lives in Carroll county; George is deceased; John resides in this county; Bertha is the wife of Charles Hattery, of Radnor, Indiana; Mary is the wife of Jacob Bush, of Carroll county; Harry, Mrs. Minnie Louders, Mrs. Elizabeth Louder and Mrs. Lillie Allen live in this county. After his marriage, Mr. Pantle rented a farm from Colonel Thompson, in Warren county, for two years and then rented land of a Mr. Patrick. From time to time he bought and sold several different farms. His farm of forty acres in Deer Creek township is well improved and Mr. Pantle has erected a house and barn and planted an orchard on the farm. Mr. and Mrs. Pantle are members of the Lutheran church. Mr. Pantle is a Democrat in politics and a member of the Farmers Alliance. 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/pantle86bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/infiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb