Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Plank, Reed 1866 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

REED PLANK.

   Among the descendants of some of the very old pioneer families in Indiana is
to be found the name of Reed Plank, an energetic and able agriculturist, located
on a comfortable farm in Carroll county, where he has carved out a good
livelihood for himself and family, and where he has contributed towards the
substantial building of good citizenship. He has for many years been regarded by
all who have had the pleasure of his acquaintance as a man of sound business
judgment.

   Reed Plank, farmer, Camden, Carroll county, was born on February 6, 1866, in
Washington township, Carroll county, and is a son of William and Martha (Reed)
Plank. He was reared on a farm and received a good public school education, all
of which has had its part in the success achieved by him, giving him a nice,
productive farm consisting of eighty acres of land. Politically, he has always
been an enthusiastic advocate of the policies of the Republican party, while his
religious membership is with the Lutheran church. Fraternally, Mr. Plank belongs
to the Masonic lodge at Young America, Indiana.

   William Plank, father of Reed, was born in Adams county, Pennsylvania, and
his wife, Martha (Reed) Plank, was born in Madison township, Carroll county,
Indiana. Mr. Plank came from Pennsylvania to Carroll county, with his parents,
who were natives of Germany. They returned to Pennsylvania and died there. Mr.
Plank was a carpenter by trade, and through thrift and industry, was enabled to
purchase a quarter section of land near Deer Creek, where he located and spent
the remainder of his life. He was an excellent farmer, and made a great deal of
money out of stock, in which he dealt extensively. In politics. Mr. Plank was a
Republican, and his religious belief was with the. Lutheran church, and was an
elder in the church at Rock Creek, of which he was a charter member, and both he
and his wife were prominent in the promotion of the church which was built at
Deer Creek. They were the parents of eight children, only two of whom were
living in 1915, Reed and Jennie, who became the wife of Leroy Landes, of
Washington township.

   Reed Plank was united in marriage in 1904, with Mamie Powers. She was born in
Jeffersonville, Indiana, where she received a good education.

   Mr. Plank is descended from a fine old pioneer family, and has always done
his part in carrying out the reputation of his ancestors.


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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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