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ABRAHAM ERB - Farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 19, P. O. Pleasantville.  This Erb is of German species, and a production of Ashland county, Ohio, the date of its orgn being Dec. 19, 1839.  It blossomed and grew rapidly, like all the better qualities of herbs, and in its tenth year was transplanted in Kosciusko, Indiana, by the parents, Abraham and Saloma.  Abe Jr. was raised to manhood and educated in Indiana.  His early life was employed in tilling the soil.  On the twenty-second of August, 1862, he enlisted in company K, Seventy-fourth Indiana volunteer infantry.  His first engagement was at Murphysville, Kentucky, where he was taken prisoner; was subsequently paroled.  Was at Chickamauga, the Atlanta Campaign, with Sherman on his march to the sea, Mission Ridge, Lookout Mountain, and others.  Was promoted to sergeant in 1864, in which capacity he was honorably discharged at the close of the war.  Returned to Indiana, thence to Marion county, his present home, where his parents had preceded him.  He married, in  1866, Miss A. E. Neal, a native of Dane county, Wisconsin, daughter of G. D. and J. M. Neal, a native of Kentucky and the latter of Alabama.  Mrs. Erb was born July 29, 1846.  They have three children: Ira G., George S. and Mary A. J.  His estate consists of 330 acres.  As a soldier, citizen, and farmer, few men have a better record than Mr. Erb.  By his genial and affable demeanor he has won hosts of friends.  Politically, he has been a life-long Republican.
Source:  History of Marion County, Iowa, containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, &c.- Publ. Des Moines, Union Historical Company, Birdsall, Williams & Co. - 1881.

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