Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Shultheis, John H. 1861 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

JOHN H. SHULTHEIS.

   Perhaps the best-known and most influential citizen and business man of Clay
township is John H. Shultheis, a prosperous farmer, who owns two hundred
ninety-four and one-half acres of land in one body, comprising one of the most
attractive farms in this section of Carroll county. Some years ago, he served a
term as trustee of Clay township and is at present a member of the Carroll
county council. He well deserves the high regard in which he is held by the
people of Clay township and Carroll county. At the present time he is living in
partial retirement.

   Mr. Shultheis is a native of Butler county, Ohio, having been born on
December 10, 1861. He is the son of David and Jane (Vought) Shultheis, the
former of whom was born in Wittenberg, Germany. He came to America when a young
man and, after landing in New York, went direct to Butler county, Ohio, where he
worked by the day upon various farms in the county. After saving considerable
money, he was married and then came to Indiana, purchasing eighty acres of land,
a part of the farm now owned by his son, John H. He cleared the land and erected
substantial buildings on the farm, owning, at the time of his death, one hundred
and twenty acres. David Shultheis was drafted for service in the Civil War, but
managed to remain with his family. He was a Democrat in politics and a member of
the United Brethren church. Jane Vought was a native of Holland, having been
born near Amsterdam. When a young woman, she came with her brother, Henry, to
America. They landed in New Orleans and then settled in Butler county, Ohio,
where she was married. She died on February 1, 1910. David Shultheis died many
years ago, on April 16, 1881. They were the parents of five children: Mary, who
married Allen Wagoner, of Clay township, and has six children; Emma, the wife of
Daniel Campbell, of Ephrata, Washington, has four children; John H., the subject
of this sketch: Nellie and Charles, both of whom are deceased.

   John H. Shultheis accompanied his father from Ohio to Indiana and settled
with him on the homestead farm in Clay township. He received a very limited
education and, after his father's death, farmed the land. Since that time he has
added one hundred seventy-four and one-half acres to the old farm, and has made
many modern improvements upon it

   Mr. Shultheis was married on July 26, 1891, to Minerva Shipley, a native of
Tippecanoe county, whose parents were farmers by occupation. Mr. and Mrs.
Shultheis were the parents of five children: Marvin, who lives at home and helps
his father on the farm; Charles, who is deceased; Elbert, who also lives at home
and helps with the work on the farm; Clarence and John, also both at home. The
mother of these children died some years ago and, in 1911, Mr. Shultheis was
married to Mrs. Carrie Vance, the widow of Ervin Vance, of Clinton county.

   In the autumn of 1900, Mr. Shultheis was elected trustee of Clay township and
served a term of four years. Mr. Shultheis is a member of the United Brethren
church and Mrs. Shultheis, of the Lutheran church. Not only is the Shultheis
family one of the well-to-do families of this section, but it is also one of the
most popular families in Clay township. Mr. Shultheis has well earned the
admiration and respect of his neighbors and fellow citizens.


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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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