From the "History of Northeast Indiana, LaGrange, Steuben, Noble and DeKalb Counties" volume II, page 397 LORENZO BURCH. A successful career makes its impress upon the manner and character of the man himself, and the stranger on meeting Lorenzo Burch would soon have revealed to him some knowledge of the fact that Mr. Burch has earned his right to live and enjoy all the prosperity that surrounds him at his good and thriftity managed farm in Otsego Township. Mr. Burch was born in the same township April 9, 1867, and represents a family of pioneers in Steuben County. His grandfather, Chester Burch, was born in Vermont March 22, 1810, a son of Oliver and Anna Burch. He grew up in New York and in 1831, in Ohio, married Polly Davis, who was born in Washington County, Ohio, April 4, 1812. Chester Burch came to Steuben County, Indiana, in 1837, and joined the few other early settlers in Otsego Township. He aquired eighty acres in section 10, and lived there until his death on January 26, 1879. He was a very active member of the Disciples Church. One of his seven children was Halbert C. Burch, who was reared in Otsego Township, served over three years as a Union Soldier in the Civil war, and was killed in November, 1872, by being thrown from a wagon. He married Mary Rhinehart, who lived to the age of seventy-two. Lorenzo Burch was a son of Halbert and Mary Burch, and was only five years old when his father died. He attended public school in Otsego and York townships, and at the age of sixteen began his career of independent farming. At the age of twenty-one, having inherited twenty three acres in section 11 of Otsego Township, he took possession and started in to build up his modest fortune. How well he has done his work is seen in his present farm of over 202 acres, nearly all of which he has bought from time to time out of the proceeds of his labors. He has improved his land with excellent buildings and carried on a diversified farming and stockraising business. His home is in section 12 of Otsego Township. In 1888 Mr. Burch married Mina May Corey, daughter of George and Elizabeth(Teagarden) Corey. Mr. Burch has three daughters and several grandchildren. Ethel, his oldest daughter, married Alva Myers, and her children are Howard, Merl, Raymond and Donald. Edna is the wife of Glenn Rozell, and she has two children, Charles and Mildred. Fern married Etta Sewell and has a son, Kenneth Earl. The mother of these daughters died December 28, 1916. Mr. Burch married for his present wife Mrs. Mary Everitt, daughter of Calvin Fee. Mr. Burch is a member of the Christian Church at Metz and is fraternally identified with the Knights of Pythias, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Rebekahs and Pythian Sisters. Note from the submitter: There is a mistake in this biography, Lorenzo Burch had two daughters, not three. Fern Burch was Lorenzo's son and his full name was Clarence Fern Burch. Submitted by: James L. Davis email: Jldcoonhunter@aol.com