Lake County IN Archives Biographies.....Muzzall, Edwin J. 1861 - 
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Author: T. H. Ball (1904)

EDWIN J. MUZZALL.

    Edwin J. Muzzall, proprietor of a livery stable at Crown Point, where he is
also engaged in buying and selling horses, was born in Ross township, Lake
county, August 28, 1861. The family of which he is a representative is of
English lineage and was founded in America by Abram Muzzall, a native of
England, who, on emigrating to America, established his home in Canada. He
afterward came to Indiana, settling in Lake county in 1836. Here he took up land
from the government, for which he paid one dollar and a quarter per acre, thus
becoming the owner of a quarter section in Ross township. He was one of the
first settlers in this part of the state and found here an undeveloped region.
The prairies were uncultivated and unclaimed and the forests still stood in
their primeval strength, only here and there could be seen the little log cabin
of the pioneer, and the work of progress and improvement seemed scarcely begun.
John Muzzall, the father of our subject, was born in Canada and, being brought
to Lake county by his parents, was here reared amid the wild scenes of frontier
life. When he had arrived at years of maturity he wedded Miss Julia Irish, a
native of Vermont, in which state she spent her girlhood days. The young couple
began their domestic life upon a farm, and John Muzzall continued to engage in
agricultural pursuits until 1891, when he removed to Crown Point and became
interested in the livery business in connection with his son Edwin J. In 1894
John Muzzall was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife. There were three
children of that marriage, the daughters being Chloe and Mary.

    Edwin J. Muzzall, the only son and the youngest child, was reared upon the
old home farm in Ross township and at the usual age entered the district
schools, where he continued his education until he had mastered the branches of
learning taught therein. He was also early trained to habits of industry and
economy upon the home farm, and when but a boy became familiar with all the
duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist. He continued to
engage in farming until 1891, when he removed to Crown Point and with his father
established a livery barn and also began buying and selling horses. The barn is
well equipped with a fine line of carriages and a number of excellent horses
which are rented to the general public, and a liberal patronage is now accorded
Mr. Muzzall. He is an excellent judge of horses and is thus enabled to make
judicious purchases and profitable sales. He has been engaged in this business
for twelve years, and in the year 1903 he bought and sold over four hundred head
of horses. He goes long distances, as far as Logansport and Monticello, to make
his purchases, and he is now the largest horse dealer of the county. He also
owns a farm of one hundred and six acres of valuable land, pleasantly located a
mile and a half southwest of Crown Point, and this returns to him a good income.
On the 16th of August, 1893, Edwin J. Muzzall was united in marriage to Miss
Jennie Patton, the youngest daughter of Joseph Patton, one of the early settlers
of Lake county. Mr. and Mrs. Muzzall have two sons and a daughter, Percyr Leslie
and Mabel.

    Mr. Muzzall is connected with the Modern Woodmen of America and the Knights
of the Maccabees at Crown Point, and has taken an active part in these lodges,
filling various offices therein. His political allegiance is given the
Republican party, and he keeps well informed on the questions of the day, both
politically and otherwise. He is deeply interested in the welfare and progress
of his native county, and his co-operation has been a factor that is ever
counted upon in support of all measures for the general good.


Additional Comments:
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ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF
Genealogy and Biography
OF
LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA,
WITH A COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY 
1834—1904

A Record of the Achievements of Its People in the Making of a Commonwealth and
the Founding of a Nation.

REV. T. H. BALL
OF CROWN POINT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO   NEW YORK
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1904


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