Hiram Fogle

    Hiram Fogle was born in Noble County, Ohio, August 28, 1835, a son of Elisha and Miranda (Merry) Fogle, his father a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother of Vermont. They both died on the homestead in Noble County, which the father entered from the Government and on which he lived fifty-six years. they reared a family of ten children, five sons and five daughters.

    Hiram was reared on the old homestead, receiving but limited educational advantages. He was married in December, 1857, to Elizabeth Jane Wood, and to them were born three children, two of whom are living -Miranda Jane and Willianna. Mrs. Fogle died in March, 1866, and Mr. Fogle afterward married Almira James, who died in 1880, leaving four children -Rachel Matilda, Hollis Harry, Birdie Belle and Hiram Elmer. In August, 1882, Mr. Fogle married Anna Condray, and to them have been born three children -Dorrel D., Cora Belle and an infant unnamed.

    In December, 1861, Mr. Fogle enlisted in Company G, Seventy-eighth Ohio Infantry, and participated in the battles at Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Jackson, siege of Vicksburg, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, and was with Sherman to the sea, and was in line at the grand review of the army at Washington. He was wounded at the battle of Vicksburgh, a thirty pound shell hitting him in the shoulder, and has never recovered from the effects of the shock, and now receives a pension.

    He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, Post 368. In politics he is a Republican. He is one of Blackford County's prosperous citizens, owning a good farm of 155 acres, which is well improved.

Source: Biographical and Historical Record of Jay and Blackford Counties, Indiana by The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887.