STROUBE, Frank M. - Putnam

It is not an easy task to describe adequately a man who has led an eminently active and busy life and who has attained a position of relative distinction in the community with which his interests are allied. But biography finds its most perfect justification, nevertheless, in the tracing and recording of such a life history. It is, then, with a full appreciation of all that is demanded and of the painstaking scrutiny that must be accorded each statement, and yet with a feeling of satisfaction, that the writer essays the task of touching briefly upon the details of such a record as has been that of Frank M. Stroube, the well-known sheriff of Putnam County.

Mr. Stroube was born at Augusta, Kentucky, July 19, 1863, the son of Oliver Stroube, a native of the Blue Grass state, this family having been prominent for several generations in Bracken County. There Oliver Stroube was reared and educated. In 1865 he came to Putnam County, Indiana, locating on a farm in Madison township, where he soon had a comfortable home and where he lived until his death, April 3. 1901, at the age of sixty-three years, having been born July 19, 1838. He was a man whom everybody respected owing to his steady habits and his genial disposition. He married Eliza Blackerby, a native of Bracken County, Kentucky. She is a woman of such kind and generous instincts that she is greatly admired by her friends and neighbors in Greencastle, where she now resides.

Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Stroube, named as follows: Frank M., of this review; J. W. is trustee of Madison township, where he resides: Anna died when one year old; Dr. Charles N. lives at Roachdale; Earl is a farmer in Madison township; Clifford E. died when one year old; Ida is the wife of Dr. Reginald Pollon, Cayuga, Indiana; Minnie is the wife of E. R. Bartley, of Greencastle.

The patemal grandfather of these children, John Stroube, was a native of Virginia, removing from that state to Kentucky at an early date, where he spent the remainder of his life, dying at Augusta. Kentucky. He married a Miss Reader and they became the parents of four children, all deceased but one son, X. J., a banker in Augusta.

Frank M. Stroube was brought to Putnam County, Indiana, by his parents when he was but an infant. He spent his youth on the home farm, which he assisted in developing, attending the district schools in the meantime. He remained at home until he was twenty-five years of age, when he took up the livestock business, buying and shipping. He was very successful at this and built up an extensive business, becoming known throughout the County as one of the leading stockmen of this locality.

Mr. Stroube always took considerable interest in political matters and as a reward fur his public spirit and his genuine worth he was elected sheriff of Putnam County on the Democratic ticket in 1908, and, according to the statement of many of his constituents, he has so far proven to be one of the best sheriffs the County has ever had, always faithful in the performance of his duty and going about the same in a conscientious and business-like manner, Mr. Stroube was married on September 19, 1885, to Belle Roberts, daughter of John Roberts, of Manhattan, Putnam County, where she was born and reared, attending the public schools. Three children have been born to this union, nameed as follows: Jean Lucille, Ruth Marie and Gail Blackerby; they are all members of the family circle, constituting, with their parents a naturally happy household, their home being a cozy and pleasant one.

Mr. and Mrs. Stroube are members of the Christian church. Fraternally Mr. Stroube is a Mason, and he carries into his daily life its sublime teaching's.