300                 HISTORY OF CLAY COUNTY


Clay City. His first wife having died, on the 12th day of February, 1867,
married Elizabeth Krieble, a native of Pennsylvania, who is still living.
On his leaving the city of Philadelphia, in 1854, for the west, to grow up
with the country his cash in pocket for the trip was just twenty-seven
cents. Mr. Schiele was an enterprising, energetic, progressive farmer and
citizen in every respect, and in the year 1890 was -the Republican candidate
for township trustee. Died September 12, 1897,aged sixty-five years ten
months and ten days. Michael Schiele was the father of William, Reuben
and David Schiele, farmer citizens of Harrison township.

    Henry Moyer, native of Holmes county, Ohio, born December 12,
1835; brought up on the farm; married Keziah Fisher, of Stark county,
Ohio, March 31, 1859, and came to Clay county, locating in Harrison
township on a hundred-acre tract of land previously purchased by his
father, which he improved, afterward sold and purchased one hundred
and sixty acres, three and a half miles northeast of Middlebury, where he
resided until his death. In the fall of 1864 he enlisted in Company F,
Thirtieth Indiana Infantry, continuing in the service until the close of the
war. In the year 1892 he was the Republican candidate for township
trustee. On the 14th day of March, 1900, his wife died. His death
occurred on the 25th day of September. 1902, aged sixty-six years, nine
months and thirteen days. Mr. Moyer was a progressive, prosperous
farmer, highly esteemed citizen and neighbor, benevolent and charitable
gentleman, and a consistent member of the U. B. church.

    Christian Koehler, a native of Tuscarawas county, Ohio. son of Peter
and Margaret (Morgel) Koehler, natives of Germany, born April 14,
1856. At nine years of age the family came to Indiana, locating in Clay
county, where the subject of this brief biography grew up on the farm
and attended the public schools. On the 19th day of March, 1882, he
married Catharine Backfisch. At the Democratic county convention of
1904 Mr. Koehler was nominated for commissioner for the second dis-
trict, but was not elected. He was again nominated in 1906 and elected,
in which position he is now rendering the people of Clay county efficient
service. Mr. Koehler resides on the south border line of Jackson town-
ship. near Center Point, on the line of the Vandalia branch railroad, where
he has a well improved farm and fine residence. In this family are three
children—two sons and a daughter, who are improving the opportunities
afforded them for acquiring an education.

    John Weber, a native of Germany. where he learned the trade of the
stone mason, and was also a soldier in the German army, coming to Amer-
ica in 1848, landing in New York, going thence to Chicago and a little
later to St. Louis, where he found employment at his trade, and at some
time in the year 1850 married Maria K. Beamaun. On leaving St. Louis,
at some time in the early fifties, he came to Terre Haute, where he worked
six years, then located at Spencer, Owen county, coming thence to
Bowling Green, at about the time of the opening of the Civil war, where
he engaged at stone and marble cutting. In 1868 he was nominated by
the Democratic party for sheriff and was elected, then renominated and
re-elected in 1870, serving two full terms. Soon after the expiration of
his term of official service he engaged in the hardware trade at Brazil, in