Lake County IN Archives Biographies.....Vanloon, D. M. 1827 - 
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Author: T. H. Ball (1904)

D. M. VANLOON.

    D. M. Vanloon is one of the revered patriarchs of Hobart, who has attained
the age of seventy-seven years and who for fifty-seven years has been a resident
of this part of the state. For a long period he was identified with building
interests, and has contributed in no small degree to the progress and
improvement of the community. He is now living retired, and he enjoys in high
measure the respect and good will of his fellow men, who have long been familiar
with the history of his upright career.

    Mr. Vanloon was born in Bradford county, Pennsylvania, December 18, 1827,
his parents being Everett and Elizabeth S. (Miller) Vanloon, who were natives of
Pennsylvania. He remained at home until about twenty-five years of age,
assisting in the work of the home farm. In the year 1846 he became a resident of
LaPorte county, Indiana, and the following year arrived in Lake county, settling
about three miles south of Hobart, where he devoted his energies to agricultural
pursuits. When twenty-five years of age, however, he began learning the
carpenter's trade, which he followed for a long period, being closely identified
with building interests in this portion of the state.

    In 1861 Mr. Vanloon responded to his country's call, enlisting as a member
of Company H, Ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, with which he served for three
months. He was then honorably discharged on account of disability. He was one of
the first men to enlist from Lake county, but was unable to endure the hardships
and rigors of war. He then returned to Hobart and again took up work at the
carpenter's trade, which he followed continuously until 1896. In that year he
retired from active business life and is now enjoying a well merited rest.

    In 1864 Mr. Vanloon was united in marriage to Miss Johanna Switzer, and they
have become the parents of four children, of whom two are now deceased,
Elizabeth and James Justin. Those still living are Rudolph D. and Lawrence F.

    Mr. Vanloon holds membership with the Hobart Post No. 411, G. A. R., and in
politics he is an earnest Republican and is now filling the office of justice of
the peace, being strictly fair and impartial in the discharge of his duties. A
review of his life record shows that at all times he has been loyal to
principle, faithful in the performance of every task assigned him, honorable in
his business relations and straightforward in all his dealings with his fellow
men. Moreover, he is entitled to distinction as a pioneer settler of Lake
county, having been an interested witness of its growth and development for
fifty-seven years. Great changes have occurred in that time, and Mr. Vanloon has
endorsed every measure which he believed would contribute to the county's
progress, and in his community has aided materially in advancing the substantial
upbuilding and development of Hobart.


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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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