Parents: Lewis and Catherine (Rephan) Minch.
Lewis was b. in Luxembourg; his mother in Penn.
John married Eldora (Dora) E. Cook 19 July 1885 in LaGrange Co., Indiana. She went by "Dora". It was a first marriage for both.
1900 U.S. Census for Lima Township, LaGrange Co., Indiana (6 June):
John L Minch M 35 yrs, b. April 1865 Ohio; house painter
wife Eldora Minch F 35 yrs, b. July 1865 Ohio
dghtr Elsie L Minch F 14 yrs, 4 May 1886 Indiana
dghtr Ethel M Minch F 11 yrs, b. 23 July 1889 Ind.
son Earl L Minch M 8 yrs, b. April 1892 Ind.
son Eason J Minch M 6 yrs, b. April 1894 Ind.
dghtr [E]Amanda C Minch F 4 yrs, b. 4 Sept. 1896 Ind.
dghtr Electa E Minch F 4 mos, b. Jan. 1900 Ind.
They had 6 children, all living in 1900. They owned their home.
John and Dora had another child, Esther, b. in 1902 but she d. in 1907. She's buried in Riverside Cem., Howe, LaGrange Co., Indiana. (This may be an error.]
John and Dora had another child, John L., b. 1906 in Howe, LaGrange Co., Ind. who d. 1944. He is also buried in Riverside Cem. [This may be an error. Have not found any proof that Esther & John L. Minch were John & Dora's children.]
Daughter Elsie Leland Minch married Corwin Ora Dickerson 3 Aug. 1909 in St. Joseph, Berrien Co., Michigan. Corwin was b. 29 April 1887 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan; his parents were Joseph Lindsley Dickerson, Jr. and Mary A. (Cramer) Dickerson. Elsie and Corwin both lived in South Bend, Indiana; he was an actor; she was a stenographer. They had 2 daughters and a son (first child, Jane/June Eldra, was b. 28 Feb. 1910. Elsie passed away on 2 May 1921 in Ionia Co., Michigan. Corwin then married Erma Whiting on 11 Oct. 1924 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan. Corwin was then a commercial artist and Erma was a stenographer. By 1930, Erma has died. Corwin d. Sept. 1941; one record says he was buried in Lapeer Co., Michigan. Note: Corwin's parents are buried in Riverside Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Isabella County, Michigan.
1910 U.S. Census for Lima, Lagrange Co., Indiana:
John S Minch M 45y Ohio
wife Dora E Minch F 45y Ohio
dau Ethel M Minch F 19y Indiana
son Earl L Minch M 18y Indiana
son Eason J Minch M 16y Indiana
dau Amanda C Minch F 13y Indiana
dau Electia E Minch F 10y Indiana
Daughter Ethel May m. Walter Isaac Haybarger on 7 April 1915 in La Grange County, Indiana. Walter was b. 19 Mar. 1889 in Lima Twp., La Grange Co., Ind. His parents were Sylvester H. Haybarger and Emeline Smeltzly. (Ethel d. in 1972; Walter d. July 1971, both buried in this cemetery.)
Son Earl Minch m. Hallie Fry (b. 1895 Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio) 18 Dec. 1918 in Van Wert, Ohio. Hallie's parents were S. A. Fry and Sarah Fackler.
1920 U.S. Census for Lima Township, LaGrange Co., Indiana:
John Minch M 53y Ohio
wife Dora Minch F 53y Ohio
son Earl Minch M 27y Indiana
son Eason Minch M 25y Indiana
dau Emanda Minch F 23y Indiana
dau Electa Minch F 20y Indiana
Hallie Minch F 24y Ohio (daughter-in-law)
Daughter Emanda Catherine m. Clyde Lewis Fanning on 12 Aug. 1920 in Lagrange Co., Indiana. Clyde was b. 1 April 1896 in Brighton, Lagrange Co., Ind. His parents were William Fanning and Ella L. Ebbert. Emanda d. June 1973 in Charlotte, Eaton Co., Michigan, but she resided in Lansing, Michigan; Clyde d. 10 Feb 1987 Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan, but resided in Sparta, Kent Co., Michigan. They are buried in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in De Witt, Clinton Co., Michigan.
Son Eason married Bessie M Mosier on 24 Nov. 1920 in Caledonia, Kent Co., Michigan. Bessie was b. 1896 in Delphos, Ohio. Her parents were Albert Mosier and Emma J. Bixler. Eason worked as a "machine hand" in Howe, Ind. There's a notation that the groom is "in service in Germany, County of LaGrange, Ind."
Daughter Electia married Harold Joseph Bolley in Dec. 1920. See her memorial for particulars.
1940 U.S. Census for Lima Township, LaGrange Co., Indiana finds John and wife Dora. He's retired. They are listed as being 75 years old.
Note: Excerpt from Ira Ford's "History of Northeast Indiana: LaGrange, Steuben, Noble and DeKalb Counties (Volume 2)", published in 1920.
John L. Minch has for many years been a member of the business and agricultural community around Howe. For a number of years he was in the windmill business, both selling and installing windmills. He now owns and occupies a farm in Lima Township, and has the management and direction of a large acreage devoted to general farming and live stock.
Mr. Minch was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, April 8, 1864, a son of Lewis and Catherine (Rephan) Minch, his father a native of Germany and his mother born either in Pennsylvania or Ohio.
The paternal grandparents spent all their lives in Germany. The maternal grandparents lived and died in Ohio. Lewis Minch in addition to serving an apprenticeship at the tanner's trade in Germany acquired a good education in academic lines and music. In i860 he came to this country and followed his trade in Ohio, afterwards moved to Wisconsin and owned a tannery at Spring Green in Sauk County, but subsequently returned to Ohio, and both he and his wife died at Lisbon in that state.
John L. Minch was the only child of his parents. He attended country schools in Stark County, Ohio, also at White Pigeon, Michigan, and for six years he was in the employ of other men in installing windmills around the Village of Howe. He then engaged in the business for himself at Howe, but in 1910 came to his present farm near that village, where he owns forty acres and operates 300 acres.
In 1887 he married Miss Dora Cook, a native of Ohio and a daughter of Milton Cook. They have a family of six children, all of whom are giving good accounts of themselves.
Elsie is Mrs. Corwin Dickerson, of Ionia, Michigan; Ethel is a graduate of a business college at South Bend and the wife of Walter Haybarger at Howe; Earl is a teacher at Decatur, Indiana; Eason lives at home; Emanda is a graduate of the Elkhart Business College and is connected with the creamery at LaGrange; Electa is an employee of the post-office at Howe. All of these children are graduates of the Howe High School. Earl also took a course in the Kalamazoo Business College. The family are Presbyterians, and Mr. Minch is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias at Howe.
Note: Minch John S, 80, of Howe [LaGrange Co., Indiana], was found dead in bed March 9, 1944, at the home of his daughter. (Published 3-19-1944)
Lewis was b. in Luxembourg; his mother in Penn.
John married Eldora (Dora) E. Cook 19 July 1885 in LaGrange Co., Indiana. She went by "Dora". It was a first marriage for both.
1900 U.S. Census for Lima Township, LaGrange Co., Indiana (6 June):
John L Minch M 35 yrs, b. April 1865 Ohio; house painter
wife Eldora Minch F 35 yrs, b. July 1865 Ohio
dghtr Elsie L Minch F 14 yrs, 4 May 1886 Indiana
dghtr Ethel M Minch F 11 yrs, b. 23 July 1889 Ind.
son Earl L Minch M 8 yrs, b. April 1892 Ind.
son Eason J Minch M 6 yrs, b. April 1894 Ind.
dghtr [E]Amanda C Minch F 4 yrs, b. 4 Sept. 1896 Ind.
dghtr Electa E Minch F 4 mos, b. Jan. 1900 Ind.
They had 6 children, all living in 1900. They owned their home.
John and Dora had another child, Esther, b. in 1902 but she d. in 1907. She's buried in Riverside Cem., Howe, LaGrange Co., Indiana. (This may be an error.]
John and Dora had another child, John L., b. 1906 in Howe, LaGrange Co., Ind. who d. 1944. He is also buried in Riverside Cem. [This may be an error. Have not found any proof that Esther & John L. Minch were John & Dora's children.]
Daughter Elsie Leland Minch married Corwin Ora Dickerson 3 Aug. 1909 in St. Joseph, Berrien Co., Michigan. Corwin was b. 29 April 1887 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan; his parents were Joseph Lindsley Dickerson, Jr. and Mary A. (Cramer) Dickerson. Elsie and Corwin both lived in South Bend, Indiana; he was an actor; she was a stenographer. They had 2 daughters and a son (first child, Jane/June Eldra, was b. 28 Feb. 1910. Elsie passed away on 2 May 1921 in Ionia Co., Michigan. Corwin then married Erma Whiting on 11 Oct. 1924 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan. Corwin was then a commercial artist and Erma was a stenographer. By 1930, Erma has died. Corwin d. Sept. 1941; one record says he was buried in Lapeer Co., Michigan. Note: Corwin's parents are buried in Riverside Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Isabella County, Michigan.
1910 U.S. Census for Lima, Lagrange Co., Indiana:
John S Minch M 45y Ohio
wife Dora E Minch F 45y Ohio
dau Ethel M Minch F 19y Indiana
son Earl L Minch M 18y Indiana
son Eason J Minch M 16y Indiana
dau Amanda C Minch F 13y Indiana
dau Electia E Minch F 10y Indiana
Daughter Ethel May m. Walter Isaac Haybarger on 7 April 1915 in La Grange County, Indiana. Walter was b. 19 Mar. 1889 in Lima Twp., La Grange Co., Ind. His parents were Sylvester H. Haybarger and Emeline Smeltzly. (Ethel d. in 1972; Walter d. July 1971, both buried in this cemetery.)
Son Earl Minch m. Hallie Fry (b. 1895 Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio) 18 Dec. 1918 in Van Wert, Ohio. Hallie's parents were S. A. Fry and Sarah Fackler.
1920 U.S. Census for Lima Township, LaGrange Co., Indiana:
John Minch M 53y Ohio
wife Dora Minch F 53y Ohio
son Earl Minch M 27y Indiana
son Eason Minch M 25y Indiana
dau Emanda Minch F 23y Indiana
dau Electa Minch F 20y Indiana
Hallie Minch F 24y Ohio (daughter-in-law)
Daughter Emanda Catherine m. Clyde Lewis Fanning on 12 Aug. 1920 in Lagrange Co., Indiana. Clyde was b. 1 April 1896 in Brighton, Lagrange Co., Ind. His parents were William Fanning and Ella L. Ebbert. Emanda d. June 1973 in Charlotte, Eaton Co., Michigan, but she resided in Lansing, Michigan; Clyde d. 10 Feb 1987 Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan, but resided in Sparta, Kent Co., Michigan. They are buried in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in De Witt, Clinton Co., Michigan.
Son Eason married Bessie M Mosier on 24 Nov. 1920 in Caledonia, Kent Co., Michigan. Bessie was b. 1896 in Delphos, Ohio. Her parents were Albert Mosier and Emma J. Bixler. Eason worked as a "machine hand" in Howe, Ind. There's a notation that the groom is "in service in Germany, County of LaGrange, Ind."
Daughter Electia married Harold Joseph Bolley in Dec. 1920. See her memorial for particulars.
1940 U.S. Census for Lima Township, LaGrange Co., Indiana finds John and wife Dora. He's retired. They are listed as being 75 years old.
Note: Excerpt from Ira Ford's "History of Northeast Indiana: LaGrange, Steuben, Noble and DeKalb Counties (Volume 2)", published in 1920.
John L. Minch has for many years been a member of the business and agricultural community around Howe. For a number of years he was in the windmill business, both selling and installing windmills. He now owns and occupies a farm in Lima Township, and has the management and direction of a large acreage devoted to general farming and live stock.
Mr. Minch was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, April 8, 1864, a son of Lewis and Catherine (Rephan) Minch, his father a native of Germany and his mother born either in Pennsylvania or Ohio.
The paternal grandparents spent all their lives in Germany. The maternal grandparents lived and died in Ohio. Lewis Minch in addition to serving an apprenticeship at the tanner's trade in Germany acquired a good education in academic lines and music. In i860 he came to this country and followed his trade in Ohio, afterwards moved to Wisconsin and owned a tannery at Spring Green in Sauk County, but subsequently returned to Ohio, and both he and his wife died at Lisbon in that state.
John L. Minch was the only child of his parents. He attended country schools in Stark County, Ohio, also at White Pigeon, Michigan, and for six years he was in the employ of other men in installing windmills around the Village of Howe. He then engaged in the business for himself at Howe, but in 1910 came to his present farm near that village, where he owns forty acres and operates 300 acres.
In 1887 he married Miss Dora Cook, a native of Ohio and a daughter of Milton Cook. They have a family of six children, all of whom are giving good accounts of themselves.
Elsie is Mrs. Corwin Dickerson, of Ionia, Michigan; Ethel is a graduate of a business college at South Bend and the wife of Walter Haybarger at Howe; Earl is a teacher at Decatur, Indiana; Eason lives at home; Emanda is a graduate of the Elkhart Business College and is connected with the creamery at LaGrange; Electa is an employee of the post-office at Howe. All of these children are graduates of the Howe High School. Earl also took a course in the Kalamazoo Business College. The family are Presbyterians, and Mr. Minch is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias at Howe.
Note: Minch John S, 80, of Howe [LaGrange Co., Indiana], was found dead in bed March 9, 1944, at the home of his daughter. (Published 3-19-1944)
Parents: Lewis and Catherine (Rephan) Minch.
Lewis was b. in Luxembourg; his mother in Penn.
John married Eldora (Dora) E. Cook 19 July 1885 in LaGrange Co., Indiana. She went by "Dora". It was a first marriage for both.
1900 U.S. Census for Lima Township, LaGrange Co., Indiana (6 June):
John L Minch M 35 yrs, b. April 1865 Ohio; house painter
wife Eldora Minch F 35 yrs, b. July 1865 Ohio
dghtr Elsie L Minch F 14 yrs, 4 May 1886 Indiana
dghtr Ethel M Minch F 11 yrs, b. 23 July 1889 Ind.
son Earl L Minch M 8 yrs, b. April 1892 Ind.
son Eason J Minch M 6 yrs, b. April 1894 Ind.
dghtr [E]Amanda C Minch F 4 yrs, b. 4 Sept. 1896 Ind.
dghtr Electa E Minch F 4 mos, b. Jan. 1900 Ind.
They had 6 children, all living in 1900. They owned their home.
John and Dora had another child, Esther, b. in 1902 but she d. in 1907. She's buried in Riverside Cem., Howe, LaGrange Co., Indiana. (This may be an error.]
John and Dora had another child, John L., b. 1906 in Howe, LaGrange Co., Ind. who d. 1944. He is also buried in Riverside Cem. [This may be an error. Have not found any proof that Esther & John L. Minch were John & Dora's children.]
Daughter Elsie Leland Minch married Corwin Ora Dickerson 3 Aug. 1909 in St. Joseph, Berrien Co., Michigan. Corwin was b. 29 April 1887 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan; his parents were Joseph Lindsley Dickerson, Jr. and Mary A. (Cramer) Dickerson. Elsie and Corwin both lived in South Bend, Indiana; he was an actor; she was a stenographer. They had 2 daughters and a son (first child, Jane/June Eldra, was b. 28 Feb. 1910. Elsie passed away on 2 May 1921 in Ionia Co., Michigan. Corwin then married Erma Whiting on 11 Oct. 1924 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan. Corwin was then a commercial artist and Erma was a stenographer. By 1930, Erma has died. Corwin d. Sept. 1941; one record says he was buried in Lapeer Co., Michigan. Note: Corwin's parents are buried in Riverside Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Isabella County, Michigan.
1910 U.S. Census for Lima, Lagrange Co., Indiana:
John S Minch M 45y Ohio
wife Dora E Minch F 45y Ohio
dau Ethel M Minch F 19y Indiana
son Earl L Minch M 18y Indiana
son Eason J Minch M 16y Indiana
dau Amanda C Minch F 13y Indiana
dau Electia E Minch F 10y Indiana
Daughter Ethel May m. Walter Isaac Haybarger on 7 April 1915 in La Grange County, Indiana. Walter was b. 19 Mar. 1889 in Lima Twp., La Grange Co., Ind. His parents were Sylvester H. Haybarger and Emeline Smeltzly. (Ethel d. in 1972; Walter d. July 1971, both buried in this cemetery.)
Son Earl Minch m. Hallie Fry (b. 1895 Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio) 18 Dec. 1918 in Van Wert, Ohio. Hallie's parents were S. A. Fry and Sarah Fackler.
1920 U.S. Census for Lima Township, LaGrange Co., Indiana:
John Minch M 53y Ohio
wife Dora Minch F 53y Ohio
son Earl Minch M 27y Indiana
son Eason Minch M 25y Indiana
dau Emanda Minch F 23y Indiana
dau Electa Minch F 20y Indiana
Hallie Minch F 24y Ohio (daughter-in-law)
Daughter Emanda Catherine m. Clyde Lewis Fanning on 12 Aug. 1920 in Lagrange Co., Indiana. Clyde was b. 1 April 1896 in Brighton, Lagrange Co., Ind. His parents were William Fanning and Ella L. Ebbert. Emanda d. June 1973 in Charlotte, Eaton Co., Michigan, but she resided in Lansing, Michigan; Clyde d. 10 Feb 1987 Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan, but resided in Sparta, Kent Co., Michigan. They are buried in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in De Witt, Clinton Co., Michigan.
Son Eason married Bessie M Mosier on 24 Nov. 1920 in Caledonia, Kent Co., Michigan. Bessie was b. 1896 in Delphos, Ohio. Her parents were Albert Mosier and Emma J. Bixler. Eason worked as a "machine hand" in Howe, Ind. There's a notation that the groom is "in service in Germany, County of LaGrange, Ind."
Daughter Electia married Harold Joseph Bolley in Dec. 1920. See her memorial for particulars.
1940 U.S. Census for Lima Township, LaGrange Co., Indiana finds John and wife Dora. He's retired. They are listed as being 75 years old.
Note: Excerpt from Ira Ford's "History of Northeast Indiana: LaGrange, Steuben, Noble and DeKalb Counties (Volume 2)", published in 1920.
John L. Minch has for many years been a member of the business and agricultural community around Howe. For a number of years he was in the windmill business, both selling and installing windmills. He now owns and occupies a farm in Lima Township, and has the management and direction of a large acreage devoted to general farming and live stock.
Mr. Minch was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, April 8, 1864, a son of Lewis and Catherine (Rephan) Minch, his father a native of Germany and his mother born either in Pennsylvania or Ohio.
The paternal grandparents spent all their lives in Germany. The maternal grandparents lived and died in Ohio. Lewis Minch in addition to serving an apprenticeship at the tanner's trade in Germany acquired a good education in academic lines and music. In i860 he came to this country and followed his trade in Ohio, afterwards moved to Wisconsin and owned a tannery at Spring Green in Sauk County, but subsequently returned to Ohio, and both he and his wife died at Lisbon in that state.
John L. Minch was the only child of his parents. He attended country schools in Stark County, Ohio, also at White Pigeon, Michigan, and for six years he was in the employ of other men in installing windmills around the Village of Howe. He then engaged in the business for himself at Howe, but in 1910 came to his present farm near that village, where he owns forty acres and operates 300 acres.
In 1887 he married Miss Dora Cook, a native of Ohio and a daughter of Milton Cook. They have a family of six children, all of whom are giving good accounts of themselves.
Elsie is Mrs. Corwin Dickerson, of Ionia, Michigan; Ethel is a graduate of a business college at South Bend and the wife of Walter Haybarger at Howe; Earl is a teacher at Decatur, Indiana; Eason lives at home; Emanda is a graduate of the Elkhart Business College and is connected with the creamery at LaGrange; Electa is an employee of the post-office at Howe. All of these children are graduates of the Howe High School. Earl also took a course in the Kalamazoo Business College. The family are Presbyterians, and Mr. Minch is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias at Howe.
Note: Minch John S, 80, of Howe [LaGrange Co., Indiana], was found dead in bed March 9, 1944, at the home of his daughter. (Published 3-19-1944)
Lewis was b. in Luxembourg; his mother in Penn.
John married Eldora (Dora) E. Cook 19 July 1885 in LaGrange Co., Indiana. She went by "Dora". It was a first marriage for both.
1900 U.S. Census for Lima Township, LaGrange Co., Indiana (6 June):
John L Minch M 35 yrs, b. April 1865 Ohio; house painter
wife Eldora Minch F 35 yrs, b. July 1865 Ohio
dghtr Elsie L Minch F 14 yrs, 4 May 1886 Indiana
dghtr Ethel M Minch F 11 yrs, b. 23 July 1889 Ind.
son Earl L Minch M 8 yrs, b. April 1892 Ind.
son Eason J Minch M 6 yrs, b. April 1894 Ind.
dghtr [E]Amanda C Minch F 4 yrs, b. 4 Sept. 1896 Ind.
dghtr Electa E Minch F 4 mos, b. Jan. 1900 Ind.
They had 6 children, all living in 1900. They owned their home.
John and Dora had another child, Esther, b. in 1902 but she d. in 1907. She's buried in Riverside Cem., Howe, LaGrange Co., Indiana. (This may be an error.]
John and Dora had another child, John L., b. 1906 in Howe, LaGrange Co., Ind. who d. 1944. He is also buried in Riverside Cem. [This may be an error. Have not found any proof that Esther & John L. Minch were John & Dora's children.]
Daughter Elsie Leland Minch married Corwin Ora Dickerson 3 Aug. 1909 in St. Joseph, Berrien Co., Michigan. Corwin was b. 29 April 1887 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan; his parents were Joseph Lindsley Dickerson, Jr. and Mary A. (Cramer) Dickerson. Elsie and Corwin both lived in South Bend, Indiana; he was an actor; she was a stenographer. They had 2 daughters and a son (first child, Jane/June Eldra, was b. 28 Feb. 1910. Elsie passed away on 2 May 1921 in Ionia Co., Michigan. Corwin then married Erma Whiting on 11 Oct. 1924 in Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan. Corwin was then a commercial artist and Erma was a stenographer. By 1930, Erma has died. Corwin d. Sept. 1941; one record says he was buried in Lapeer Co., Michigan. Note: Corwin's parents are buried in Riverside Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Isabella County, Michigan.
1910 U.S. Census for Lima, Lagrange Co., Indiana:
John S Minch M 45y Ohio
wife Dora E Minch F 45y Ohio
dau Ethel M Minch F 19y Indiana
son Earl L Minch M 18y Indiana
son Eason J Minch M 16y Indiana
dau Amanda C Minch F 13y Indiana
dau Electia E Minch F 10y Indiana
Daughter Ethel May m. Walter Isaac Haybarger on 7 April 1915 in La Grange County, Indiana. Walter was b. 19 Mar. 1889 in Lima Twp., La Grange Co., Ind. His parents were Sylvester H. Haybarger and Emeline Smeltzly. (Ethel d. in 1972; Walter d. July 1971, both buried in this cemetery.)
Son Earl Minch m. Hallie Fry (b. 1895 Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio) 18 Dec. 1918 in Van Wert, Ohio. Hallie's parents were S. A. Fry and Sarah Fackler.
1920 U.S. Census for Lima Township, LaGrange Co., Indiana:
John Minch M 53y Ohio
wife Dora Minch F 53y Ohio
son Earl Minch M 27y Indiana
son Eason Minch M 25y Indiana
dau Emanda Minch F 23y Indiana
dau Electa Minch F 20y Indiana
Hallie Minch F 24y Ohio (daughter-in-law)
Daughter Emanda Catherine m. Clyde Lewis Fanning on 12 Aug. 1920 in Lagrange Co., Indiana. Clyde was b. 1 April 1896 in Brighton, Lagrange Co., Ind. His parents were William Fanning and Ella L. Ebbert. Emanda d. June 1973 in Charlotte, Eaton Co., Michigan, but she resided in Lansing, Michigan; Clyde d. 10 Feb 1987 Grand Rapids, Kent Co., Michigan, but resided in Sparta, Kent Co., Michigan. They are buried in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens in De Witt, Clinton Co., Michigan.
Son Eason married Bessie M Mosier on 24 Nov. 1920 in Caledonia, Kent Co., Michigan. Bessie was b. 1896 in Delphos, Ohio. Her parents were Albert Mosier and Emma J. Bixler. Eason worked as a "machine hand" in Howe, Ind. There's a notation that the groom is "in service in Germany, County of LaGrange, Ind."
Daughter Electia married Harold Joseph Bolley in Dec. 1920. See her memorial for particulars.
1940 U.S. Census for Lima Township, LaGrange Co., Indiana finds John and wife Dora. He's retired. They are listed as being 75 years old.
Note: Excerpt from Ira Ford's "History of Northeast Indiana: LaGrange, Steuben, Noble and DeKalb Counties (Volume 2)", published in 1920.
John L. Minch has for many years been a member of the business and agricultural community around Howe. For a number of years he was in the windmill business, both selling and installing windmills. He now owns and occupies a farm in Lima Township, and has the management and direction of a large acreage devoted to general farming and live stock.
Mr. Minch was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, April 8, 1864, a son of Lewis and Catherine (Rephan) Minch, his father a native of Germany and his mother born either in Pennsylvania or Ohio.
The paternal grandparents spent all their lives in Germany. The maternal grandparents lived and died in Ohio. Lewis Minch in addition to serving an apprenticeship at the tanner's trade in Germany acquired a good education in academic lines and music. In i860 he came to this country and followed his trade in Ohio, afterwards moved to Wisconsin and owned a tannery at Spring Green in Sauk County, but subsequently returned to Ohio, and both he and his wife died at Lisbon in that state.
John L. Minch was the only child of his parents. He attended country schools in Stark County, Ohio, also at White Pigeon, Michigan, and for six years he was in the employ of other men in installing windmills around the Village of Howe. He then engaged in the business for himself at Howe, but in 1910 came to his present farm near that village, where he owns forty acres and operates 300 acres.
In 1887 he married Miss Dora Cook, a native of Ohio and a daughter of Milton Cook. They have a family of six children, all of whom are giving good accounts of themselves.
Elsie is Mrs. Corwin Dickerson, of Ionia, Michigan; Ethel is a graduate of a business college at South Bend and the wife of Walter Haybarger at Howe; Earl is a teacher at Decatur, Indiana; Eason lives at home; Emanda is a graduate of the Elkhart Business College and is connected with the creamery at LaGrange; Electa is an employee of the post-office at Howe. All of these children are graduates of the Howe High School. Earl also took a course in the Kalamazoo Business College. The family are Presbyterians, and Mr. Minch is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias at Howe.
Note: Minch John S, 80, of Howe [LaGrange Co., Indiana], was found dead in bed March 9, 1944, at the home of his daughter. (Published 3-19-1944)
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