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Howard (1907), Vol. 2 biographies
b. 15 Dec. 1844, Stark Co., Ohio, son of John McEnderfer (Parts 74–75, pp. 1014–1017). John McEnderfer was born/reared in Ohio, removed to Indiana in 1844, wintered in Union Township, then purchased 379 acres in Liberty Township, first habitation a log cabin; Allen remembers deer carcasses hanging in the cabin, a panther seen near the home, wolves and wildcats, and “remnants of the Pottawatomie tribe” with blazed trails (Part 74). John was “the first man in the township to erect a bank barn” and aided in erecting the first Lutheran church, southeast of his residence, still standing (Part 75). Allen was three at the removal (as printed); educated at the Dice school; m. 11 Sept. 1869 Elizabeth Stonehill (b. 1847, Stark Co., Ohio; brought at two to Liberty Township; d. 22 Nov. 1906); six children, four living, named — incl. Mary E. (Mrs. Levi A. Smith) (Part 75). Owns 230 acres in Liberty Township; erected a brick residence in 1890 (Part 75). A Democrat; active in the Lutheran church (Part 75). [REGISTER] Carrying fact: the 379-acre McEnderfer purchase and the bank-barn/Lutheran-church firsts are his father’s; Allen’s own fact is 230 acres and the 1890 brick house — father and son are kept separate here as Howard keeps them.