Howard-Shelby County IN Archives Biographies.....Ehrman, George 1840 - 
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Author: Jackson Morrow

GEORGE EHRMAN.

   Among the representative farmers of Howard county is the subject of this
sketch, who is the owner of a fine landed estate in Ervin township, and is
carrying on the various departments of his enterprise with that discretion and
energy which are sure to find their natural sequel in definite success, having
always been a hard worker, a good manager and a man of economical habits, and
being fortunately situated in a thriving farming community, it is no wonder that
he stands today in the front rank of the agriculturists of this favored locality.

   George Ehrman was born in Dolphin [sic] county, Pennsylvania, March 5, 1840,
the son of George and Prainey (Eschelman) Ehrman, both natives of the Keystone
state. The father of the subject passed away in Shelby county, Indiana, and his
mother closed the chapter of her life record in Dolphin county, Pennsylvania.
They were the parents of thirteen children, of whom our subject was one of the
oldest members.

   George Ehrman lived in Dolphin [sic] county, Pennsylvania, until he was
twenty years old, working out as a farm hand. On leaving his native county he
came to Shelby county, Indiana, and worked out as a farm laborer for two years,
after which he rented a farm there for six years, during which time he made a
comfortable living and was able to lay up a competence for the future, being
thereby enabled to purchase a sixty acre farm in Mercer county, Ohio, on which
he settled and lived three years, when he sold out, his farm bringing a good
price after he had made extensive improvements. He came to Howard county,
Indiana, in 1872, where he has remained, having purchased an eighty acre farm in
Ervin township. Mr. Ehrman has been prosperous during these years of residence
in this county by his able management and habits of industry and he has now a
very valuable farm of two hundred and twenty acres. He has erected a number of
large and substantial buildings on the place, all of which indicates thrift and
prosperity as well as good management.

   Mr. Ehrman was united in marriage in Shelby county, Indiana, October 23,
1862, to Margaret Beeler, who was a native of Butler county, Ohio, where she was
born September 27, 1840, the daughter of George and Elizabeth (Emrick) Beeler,
both natives of Pennsylvania. Of a family of nine children, the wife of our
subject was the sixth in order of birth. Mr. and Mrs. Ehrman are the parents of
three children, as follows: William A., county surveyor of Howard county, and a
well known and useful citizen of the same; John F., an influential farmer of
Ervin township; Sarah C, who was a woman of fine traits, who became the wife of
J. Rider. She was called from her earthly labors in Ervin township, September 9,
1891, when about twenty-four years old.

   Mr. Ehrman takes a great deal of interest in all the township offices in
Ervin township, being a public-spirited man and anxious to see his community
thrive.

   The subject and wife are members of Shiloh Methodist Episcopal church in Clay
township, of which Mr. Ehrman has been steward and trustee for many years.

   The subject has always been regarded as a man of high principles, honest in
every respect and broad-minded, a man of broad charity, kindness of heart to the
unfortunate and ever willing to aid in any worthy cause for the betterment of
humanity or the public with which he has to deal, and he is held in high favor
and the utmost respect by all who know him.


Additional Comments:
From:

HISTORY OF HOWARD COUNTY INDIANA
BY
JACKSON MORROW, B. A.
ILLUSTRATED
VOL. II
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA

(circa 1909)

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