A. D. RAUB was born in Tippecanoe County, Ind., March 14,1841. [For family record and account of his father see sketch of Jacob Raub, of Big Creek Township.] Mr. Raub came to this-county in the fall of 1868, and located in Big Creek Township, changing to West Point Township in March, 1881. He was married,September 27, 1871, to Laura E. James, by whom he had five children, four of whom survive- John A., Margery W., Annie B. and an infant unnamed. Mr. Raub has been successfully engaged in handling cattle since his nineteenth year; he has also been in the coal and grain business. He is now one of the firm of Chaffee & Raub, cattle dealers, and resides on the farm of the former, five miles west of Chalmers; this farm embraces 2,505 acres, and is known as the Linden Hill Stock Farm. The chief products are corn, oats and hay, which are mainly applied as feed to the stock. This farm was entered by one Thomas Dowling, and is one of the finest for stock purposes in the State, there being thereon usually from 200 to 500 head. In the breeding of horses, the Hambleton and Lexington grades receive especial attention. Mr. Raub's personal estate comprises 350 acres, 190 being in Big Creek and 160 in West Point Township; he also owns two houses and twenty-five lots in Chalmers. He is a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity.

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