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Frederick
Orlando Rorabaugh One
of the most enterprising of the younger agriculturists and stockmen of Mound
Prairie Township, Jasper County, is Frederick Orland Rorabaugh, who was born in
this Township, July 27, 1882, the son of John M. and Julia (Kelly) Rorabaugh,
the father a native of Pennsylvania and the mother of New York City.
The father came to Jasper County in an early day with his father, Israel
Rorabaugh, and they bought several hundred acres in Mound Prairie Township,
becoming leading farmers here and among the most influential citizens in the
pioneer days. For a full history of
this well-known old family, the reader is referred to the sketch of John M.
Rorabaugh, appearing complete on another page of this volume. Frederick 0. Rorabaugh grew up on the home
farm and when but a boy he assisted with the general work there, and the
training he received has stood him well in hand in his subsequent life work.
He received a very good education in the rural schools of his native
Township, which he attended during the winter months for a number of years. He has been contented to remain in this locality and his life
has been devoted to agricultural pursuits, and. judging from the excellent start
he has at such an early age, one must conclude that the future holds large
things in store for him as a tiller of the soil and a stock raiser, for he has
been taught to have system about his affairs, performing every detail exactly as
it should be performed, never following slipshod methods.
He began by renting his father's farm of one hundred and eight acres,
which he has kept well improved and well tilled, carrying on general farming and
stock raising. Politically, Mr.
Rorabaugh is a Republican and, fraternally, be belongs to the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows and the Improved Order of Red Men. Mr. Rorabaugh was married on October 30, 1907, to Mary Jane Hummel, who was born in Fairview Township, this County, reared and educated here. She is the daughter of John M. Hummel, one of our early settlers and a highly respected citizen. Two children have been born to the subject and wife, John Orland and Glenwood. The
Past and Present of Jasper County, Iowa, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-in-Chief,
1912, B. F. Bowden & Co., Indianapolis, IN, p. 910. |
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