Henry T. Munea
A successful merchant at Swayzee, Mr. Munea has been identified with this community for about thirty years, and with the aid of his loyal wife has founded a substantial home and prosperity, and is one of the most influential men in Sims Township.
Henry T. Munea is a native of Clinton County, Indiana, where he was born March 14, 1855, a son of Michael and Phoebe (Thorp) Munea. His father was of French birth, born near the city of Paris, March 10, 1827, and came with his parents to America, their settlement in Clinton County, Indiana, occurring about 1833, the pioneer year. The father was reared at the old home at Rossville, later moved to Carroll County and from there to Tippecanoe County, and in 1885 moved to Swayzee, where he spent the last years of his life and died May 22, 1905. He was the father of nine children, three of whom are now living., Joseph D. is a merchant at Buck Creek, Indiana, and Edward T. is a grocer at Miamisburg, Ohio.
Henry T. Munea was reared on the home farm in Clinton and Carroll Counties, and received his education by attendance at the district schools. From the time he was eighteen until he was twenty-seven he remained at home working a farm, and then was married and established a home after their marriage.
On January 31, 1884, he married Miss Margaret Eyler, who was born in Maryland, October 19, 1855, and was twelve years old when her family moved to Indiana, where she was educated in the common schools. Mr. and Mrs. Munea have one living daughter, Oral, who is a graduate of the Swayzee High School and is the wife of J.O. Connor of Indianapolis. Mr. and Mrs. Munea are members of the Methodist Church, of which he is one of the trustees and also treasurer of the aid society and assistant treasurer of the church.
Mr. Munea began business in Swayzee on a small scale, and by close attention to business and a study of the wants of his patronage has developed an establishment which is a credit to the town. Besides this business he is one of the directors of the First National Bank of Swayzee. They have a delightful home in Swayzee, and are among the best people socially of that little town.
They are well known in fraternal circles at Swayzee, Mr. Munea having membership in the Masonic Order, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, and the Modern Woodmen of America. Both have membership in the Rebekahs. Mrs. Munea and her daughter, Oral, are active in the Order of the Eastern Star, in which they have passed all the chairs. In politics Mr. Munea is a Democrat.
Submitted by: Gina Reasoner