"History of Northeast Indiana, LaGrange, Steuben, Noble and DeKalb
Counties" published in 1920.
Volume II p. 134
"CLARENCE HANSELMAN. A farm in Ostego Township that has been
improved by two generations of the well-known Hanselman family is in
section 5, comprising 140 acres, and now owned and cultivated by
Clarence Hanselman. Mr. Hanselman is one of the most successful
representatives of his family and has proved his worth both as a
practical farmer and as a public-spirited citizen..
He was born on the homestead where he still lives, October 19,
1875, a son of John Quincy and Margaret (Kankamp) Hanselman and a
grandson of Aaron Hanselman. A more detailed record of this
family will be found on other pagers of this publications. Clarence
Hanselman grew up on the home farm.. After acquiring a public school
education he took up farming as his serious career, and in course of
years acquired the old homestead of 140 acres. He has remodeled the
barn, and installed many other improvements, including a furnace in his
home. He is a breeder of pure bred Shorthorn cattle and also keeps the
best grades of Duroc Jersey hogs. Politically Mr. Hanselman is a
republican.
October 30, 1907, he married Miss Lela Dora Sutton, member of an
old and prominent family of Steuben County. She was born in Scott
Township, March 7, 1882, a daughter of Roswell and Emma J. (Waller)
Sutton. Her parents were both natives of Steuben County, her father
born April 27, 1852, and her mother on January 1, 1859. Roswell Sutton
was a son of Roswell & Nancy (McMinn) Sutton, both pioneers of
Northeast Indiana. Roswell, Sr., was the first, or one of the first
teachers in Steuben County. Emma J. (Waller) Sutton, who died March 3,
1912, was a daughter of Jacob and Rhoda (Trobridge) Waller, likewise
pioneers of Steuben County. Mrs. Hanselman's father is still living in
Scott Township. He had four children, named, Delevan, Robert, Lela Dora
and Orville. Mr. and Mrs. Hanselman have a son and daughter, Russell
Clarence, born October 3, 1908, and Helen Ruth, born August 1, 1911."