Carroll-Elkhart County IN Archives Biographies.....Rule, Perry 1873 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

PERRY RULE.

   Wielding a force beyond the average in his community, the Hon. Perry Rule
occupies a position of prominence, recognized beyond the county in which he
resides. Having been elected to the Legislature, he represented Carroll, Howard
and Miami counties, serving in the session of 1915. Mr. Rule is a man of more
than ordinary ability, and one in whom his constituents have the utmost
confidence, believing their interests well looked after in every case coming
under his jurisdiction.

   Perry Rule was born on January 21, 1873, in Elkhart county, Indiana, and is a
son of Harrison and Rebecca (Dumire) Rule. He was reared as a Dunkard, the faith
of his father, who was blind for twenty years prior to his death. Mr. Rule cared
for his father during his years of blindness, and educated himself by reading to
him. At the age of twenty-one, March 4, 1894, he located in Deer Creek township,
Carroll county, remaining there three years, when he came to Camden, this
county, in 1897. When he began farming for himself he had sixty acres of land
given to him and has since acquired and cleared one hundred and twenty acres,
necessitating a great deal of hard labor. He now has a total of over three
hundred acres. Politically, Mr. Rule has always been an ardent supporter of
Democratic principles and has taken an active interest in politics. In the fall
of 1907 he was elected trustee of Jackson township, and served until January 1,
1915, when he was elected to the Legislature from Carroll, Howard and Miami
counties, Indiana. Religiously, although reared in the Dunkard faith, he has
broken away from that belief, and has allied his membership with the Church of
the Brethren.

   Harrison Rule, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Seneca
county, Ohio, and his wife, Rebecca (Dumire) Rule, was born in Darke county,
Ohio. They were united in marriage in Seneca county, Ohio, and moved to Elkhart,
Indiana, some time between 1840 and 1850, residing there for a number of years,
and in 1880 removed to Clinton county, where they spent the remainder of their
lives. Mr. Rule died in 1894, and his wife died in 1875. They were the parents
of eleven children, only five of whom are now living: Sarah, who was married to
Christ Miller, of Clinton county, Indiana; Lena, who became the wife of Daniel
Miller, of Carroll county; Thomas, of Goshen, Indiana; Perry; and Mary, who
became the wife of Alfred Culp, of Elkhart county. Harrison Rule was married a
second time, to which union two children were born, Rebecca, married Stephen
Metzger; and Harrison.

   Perry Rule was united in marriage on March 4, 1894, with Anna Wise, daughter
of Isaac and Susan (Metzger) Wise. She was born in Deer Creek township, where
she spent her girlhood days and attended the district schools. To this union
have been born seven children, all but one of whom are living in 1915: Monroe,
who was graduated from the Camden high school; Alpha, who was graduated from the
public school, and is in her third year at high school; Mabel; James, Whitcomb
and Riley, two sons and a daughter, all of whom were born on November 4, 1907,
and of whom Mr. Rule is duly proud.

   Mr. Rule is a citizen in whom his fellowmen may well take pride. He possesses
a wonderful amount of foresight, and represents sound principles and
straightforward methods.


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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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