Greene County PA Archives Biographies.....Engle, Christian 1817 - 
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Author: G. L. Cranmer
"C. Engle, the present efficient circuit clerk of Tyler county, is a native of 
Green [sic] county, Penn., where he was born in 1817, his parents being Ezra 
and Nancy (Black) Engle. The father was born in Fredricktown [sic], Md., the 
son of Peter Engle, a native of Saxony, who came to North America in 1749. He 
was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, after which great event he settled 
temporarily at Fredericktown, but soon afterward removed across the Cumberland 
mountains. Subsequently he returned to Fredericktown, where he remained about 
two years, and then removed to Greene county, Penn., which was the scene of his 
death. Our subject's father was raised in Pennsylvania, and was drafted during 
the war of 1812, but being a fine gunsmith was left at work in the shop, where 
he remained until the close of the war. After the war he removed to Greensboro, 
where he remained until 1838, when he removed to Middlebourne, W. Va. The 
latter place was his home for several years, at the end of which time he 
removed to the farm in Tyler county, where he remained until death. The subject 
of our sketch lived in Pennsylvania until he reached his majority. He was 
educated in the pioneer school-houses, and in 1840 united his fortunes for life 
to Miss Amy Hartley, daughter of Peter and Lydia Hartley. Her father was also 
an early settler of Tyler county, and was drafted as a soldier in 1812, but the 
war closed before he saw any active service. The marriage of our subject proved 
a happy one, and he became the father of the following children: Laura, Lydia, 
Benjamin, Peter H. and Nancy. The mother of these children was born in 
Greensboro, Penn., and was a woman of strong as well as amiable traits of 
character. Mr. Engle and wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal 
church. In 1848 he entered the clerk's office as a deputy under David Hickman, 
in which position he served until 1863. At the date last mentioned, Mr. 
Hickman's death occurred, and Mr. Engle was elected to succeed him as clerk of 
the circuit court. He has been re-elected continuously ever since. These facts 
of themselves would be sufficient of themselves to indicate that Mr. Engle 
enjoys the confidence of the substantial yeomanry of Tyler county, and it gives 
us pleasure to add that, both as an official and a citizen, he ranks among the 
best in all walks of life [G. L. Cranmer, editor, History of the Upper Ohio 
Valley (Madison, WI: Brant & Fuller, 1891), 44-45]."