Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Sidenbender, Joseph 1825 - 1901
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

JOSEPH SIDENBENDER.

   One of the best remembered farmers and business men of the past generation in
Carroll county, Indiana, was the late Joseph Sidenbender, who, at the time of
his death, owned six hundred acres of land in Carroll county, Indiana. Mr.
Sidenbender was a man of strong and alert sympathies. He possessed a warm and
ardent temperament and had many characteristics that drew to him a large number
of devoted friends, who, now that he has passed from earthly scenes, revere his
memory. He was a close student of human nature and understood very well the
motives and purposes of men. He was a man of pleasing and dignified presence,
industrious, honest and frugal, of sound character and unflagging energy. He
stood as a conspicuous example of well-developed American manhood. The late
Joseph Sidenbender was accidentally killed while blasting rock, September 18, 1901.

   Joseph Sidenbender was born in Ross county, Ohio, January 15, 1825, and was
the son of George and Ellen Sidenbender, both of whom were born in Ross county,
Ohio, but who removed from Ross county to Carroll county, Indiana, when their
son, Joseph, was a small boy. They settled on a farm near Delphi and there they
spent the remainder of their lives. They had four sons and one daughter,
Richard, Samuel, Henry, Joseph and Sarah. Samuel and Henry were soldiers in the
Union army during the Civil War.

   Mrs. Joseph Sidenbender was born on November 22, 1833, in Berkeley county,
Virginia, the daughter of George and Marie French, both of whom were also born
in Berkeley county, Virginia, and who after.coming to Carroll county, Indiana,
in pioneer times, became prominent in the affairs of the Methodist church. They
settled on the farm where they lived until the end of their lives, both passing
away in middle life. They had only two daughters, Marie and Susan.

   Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sidenbender were married in Carroll county and had, as
the fruit of their marriage, five children, of whom only three are living. The
deceased children are: Hiram L., who died at the age of forty-two on the
homestead, and another child who died in infancy. The living children are Laura
E., who married Joseph E. Ruffing, of Delphi; Arthur E., who married Blanche
Smith and both are residents of Carroll county, and Josephine M.

   Josephine M. Sidenbender now owns the old Sidenbender homestead of two
hundred acres and with the assistance of her brother, Arthur E., operates the
farm. They are especially interested in raising purebred Berkshire hogs and they
also have a very high grade of cattle on the farm. Miss Sidenbender is not only
a capable woman with a very keen capacity for business, but she is one of the
leaders in the community where she lives in all good work.

   Mrs. Joseph Sidenbender joined the Methodist church when she was a young
woman and was a devoted member throughout life. The Sidenbender children grew up
amidst the wholesome influences of a Christian home. Their mother died on April
18, 1914, having survived her husband about thirteen years.

   Joseph Sidenbender was a prosperous farmer, a man who understood well the
necessities of scientific agriculture but he began his labors in pioneer times
when the work on the farm was not so simple as it now is and when the machinery
now used on the farm was not available. His life was marked by unceasing
industry. In the later years of his life he was able to enjoy all of the
comforts which life in the country affords. His family occupied a comfortable
home and it is here that the father lived at the time of his death. He was a
stanch Republican but never cared to hold office. Fraternally, he was a member
of Delphi Lodge No. 28, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.


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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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