Life Stories And Family Clues

Biographies can connect names to places, occupations, family relationships, military service, migration, and community life. This section separates contributed family biographies from the 1885 portrait album transcriptions so researchers can understand the source.

If you have a biography you would like to submit, please email the county coordinator.

Historic biography collage
Biographical material from the St. Joseph County collection

Submitted Biographies

Bryarly, Harold Dale, Jr.

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Submitted by Paula Wilson-Case.

Buck, George

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Submitted by Roger V. Buck.

Hale, David Stephen

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Submitted by William D. Walters, Jr.

Hale, Mary Freelove

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Submitted by William D. Walters, Jr.

Howe, Amos

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Transcribed from an article published by the Orange County California Genealogical Society.

McGaffey, Otis Sr.

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Autobiography written in 1905.

McMurtrie, John

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Submitted by William D. Walters, Jr.

McMurtrie, Mary Ann

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Submitted by William D. Walters, Jr.

Schellhous, Lorancie

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Written by himself in March 1873.

Ward, Artemus

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Submitted by Marj Rohrsen.

Wheeler, William

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Submitted by Jeni Huffstedtler.

1885 Portrait & Biographical Album

The original four alphabetic 1885 portrait biography pages have been combined into one indexed transcription page.

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