Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Shultz, Isaac 1823 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   Isaac Shultz, farmer and stock raiser, Newtown. Early in 1826 Peter Shultz,
an uncle to the subject of this sketch, came from Ohio to this county, bringing
with him to Attica, by way of the Wabash, a stock of boots and shoes and leather
collars. His son-in-law, William Crumpton, was at this time in business there.
Mr. Shultz improved the farm on which the widow of Barzilla Kerr lives, just
north of Newtown. Before 1830 he had a tannery in operation here, and made
leather for all the country around. Having got in a small crop and otherwise
made a beginning for a home, in the fall after his arrival he returned for his
family. In the autumn of 1830 he again went back to Adams county, Ohio, where
his brother William, the father of our subject, was yet living, and brought him
and his family here with a four-horse team. The date of their arrival was
November 18, the same on which the murderer Richardson was hung at Covington for
killing his wife. They settled about three miles northeast of Newtown, on the
farm at present occupied by the Widow Deeter. The following were about the only
neighbors in that locality at that time: James Porter, Jackson King, Aaron
Ensley, Ellis Ensley, David Dodge, Abram Moore, Jacob Coffman, Washington
Wilhite, and a man named Martin McCollum. Speaking of the early times and the
climate, Mr. Shultz says that the winters were more even than now; the weather
was cold but regular; snow lay on all winter, and was generally deep enough so
that sleds were driven over the fences. Deer, turkeys and prairie chickens were
abundant. People went on horseback to McMillin's mill, afterward known as
Nave's, now Shepard's. Wheat and flour were hauled to Chicago, and the latter
sold at $4.50 per barrel. Salt was bought at $6 and $7 per barrel and brought
back. Before there were railroads he hauled grain to La Fayette, and sold wheat
for forty, corn twenty-five, and oats ten cents per bushel. Mr. Shultz' parents
died in this township-his father in 1837, and his mother, Mary (Erie), December
12, 1871. He was born in Adams county, Ohio, August 4, 1823, and was married
February 15, 1844, to Anna, daughter of Thomas and Anna (Jones) Ogle. She was
born August 4, 1827. Her father came to this county from Adams county, Ohio, in
1824, and the next year settled in Richland township, and lived here till his
death, January 15, 1835. Following is the record of Mr. Shultz' children: Leroy
C, born December 19, 1845, died July 15, 1848; Louisa, October 12, 1847, died
July 1, 1848; Angeline, January 8, 1850, died August 12, 1851; Thomas, January
12, 1853; George W., October 21, 1855; William W., June 5, 1858; Henry L.,
September 14, 1860; Laura L., February 11, 1863; Andrew Y., July 20, 1865, died
December 12, 1867; Edgar, March 24, 1869; Monroe, September 11, 1873. He has
been a member of the Methodist church four years, and his wife since the winter
of 1848-9. He was a democrat until the repeal of the Missouri compromise, when
he became convinced that the party was hopelessly committed to the extension of
slavery, a measure to which he was strenuously opposed, and he broke off his
connection with it and is now a republican. He owns a valuable tract of 700
acres, including 100 acres of timber.



Additional Comments:
Richland Township

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.

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