Jay County IN Archives Biographies.....Antles, David A. July 22, 1830 - 
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Source: Biographical & Historical Record of Jay & Blackford Counties, Indiana
Author: Lewis Publishing Co

David A. Antles, one of the leading citizens of Bear Creek Township, was born 
in Wayne County, Ohio, July 22, 

1830, son of Joseph and Mary (Hough) Antles.  His father was born in Bucks 
County, Pennsylvania, August 1, 

1810, son of David and Elizabeth (McCullough) Antles.  His family removed to 
Wayne County when Joseph was eight 

years of age.  Joseph was married October 12, 1812, to Miss Mary Hough, who 
was born in Union County, 

Pennsylvania, January 20, 1812, daughter of David and Elizabeth (Byron) 
Hough.  In June, 1841, Joseph Antles 

and family came to Jay County.  His family then consisted of wife and five 
children.  He brought two yoke of 

oxen, a wagon and two cows.  He bought eighty acres of land on section 23, 
Bear Creek Township, of Isaac Votaw, 

and built a log cabin 18 x 20 feet, with clapboard roof and puncheon floor.  
With the assistance of his sons he 

cleared and improved a good farm.  The parents had ten children - David, 
Elizabeth, Nancy, Sarah Jane, and 

Isaac, were born in Wayne County, Ohio; Fidelia, Dennis, Joseph, H. and C. 
twins, were born in this county.  

The father died March 17, 1852, and the mother about twelve years afterward.  
The subject of this sketch was 

eleven years old when his parents came to this county.  His youth was spent at 
farm work and in attending the 

common schools.  He was married April 7, 1850, to Rebecca Ann Stanley, 
daughter of Thomas O. Stanley, a pioneer 

of this county.  Mr. Antles located on section 22, where he lived until he 
bought eighty acres of land on the 

same section.  Ten years later he removed to section 27, and in 1871, came to 
his present farm.  He first 

bought 200 acres, which he improved and divided among his sons.  He now owns 
100 acres, in a good state of 

cultivation.  Their children are - Alfred A., Frank, Mary Ellen and Frederic 
Morton.  Six died in infancy, and 

Rose Emily, wife of Samuel Staley, died at the age of twenty-five years.  Mr. 
Antles is a Republican in 

politics, and served creditably as justice of the peace.  He is a member of 
the Baptist church.

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