SAMUEL WOLFE was born in Washington County, Penn., May 29, 1824, and he is one of the eight children born to William and Ruth (Wolfe) Wolfe, and named as follows: Samuel, Peter, Elizabeth, Harvey, Sarah, Henry, Luther and Phoebe. The father was born in New Jersey in 1800, was a blacksmith and died in Union Township, this county, in 1860. At the age of twenty-one, Samuel Wolfe came with his father to this county, but in about nine months returned to his home and married, September 5, 1846, Eliza Winget, who has borne him eleven children - Leonard, Theresa, Aminda, Brainerd, Parmelia, Harvey, Luther and Sarali being the names of the living. After his marriage, Mr. Wolfe moved to Athens County, Ohio, where he resided about seven years, coming to his present home in the spring of 1854. In November, 1864, he enlisted in the Forty-second Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered out in July, 1865. He has given great attention to the education of his children, Leonard, the eldest, having attended the University of Chicago four years and the Baptist Theological Seminary at Morgan Park, Chicago, graduating at the latter. Theresa and Martin (deceased) attended the Northern Indiana Normal School. Mr. Wolfe has been a member of the Baptist Church since 1849, and was instrumental in establishing the first church in Liberty Township. Mr. Wolfe is a blacksmith and farmer, and resides eight miles north of Monticello.

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