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. |
