DALE-Z.P. - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Z.P. Dale, miller and stock and grain merchant, Hillsboro, was born in Rush county, Indiana, in 1848; his parents, Pernell and Nancy (Baker) Dale, being natives of Kentucky, who came at an early day to Indiana and settled in Rush county. Here the subject of our sketch received his education at the common school of the district, and here he was raised upon the parental homestead. In 1872 he removed to Hillsboro, where he was employed as agent and operator on the Indianapolis, Bloomington & Western railroad, in which, position he continued until January 1880, when, in partnership with Mr. Hollowell, he entered the grain and milling interest. Their warehouse is 48 x 50, three stories high, with an addition 50 x 30; the mill has three run of stones, and they have facilities for handling 2,000 bushels of grain per day in addition to their milling capacity. Their business is steadily increasing, and this year they have shipped 200 cars of grain. Mr. Dale married, in Boone county, Miss Elizabeth Feathers, whose father was one of the early settlers in Putnam county. This union resulted in a family of three children: Elba, Hurley, and Daisy. He is a member of the Christian church, and belongs to the I.O.O.F., and in politics is a member of the republican party.