Jacob T. Etnire

    Jacob T. Etnire is a native of Butler County, Ohio, born in the year 1830, and is a son of Jacob and R. Etnire. His father came to Indiana in 1833, and entered land and settled in this township; our subject, during youth obtained such education as the county schools afforded.

    Later, he was married to Rachel Rush by whom he has five children -Mary J., Celia C., William T., Charles C. and David; both daughters are married. In 1863, he entered the Seventy-second Indiana Regiment, and when that was mustered out at the close of the war he was transferred to the Forty-fourth, in which he remained until the fall of 1865. After his return he resumed farming, which his wife had carried on during his absence. Mr. Etnire has for the past five years been engaged in making tile; he is one of the leading men on his community.

    His son, William T. Etnire, was born in 1858, attended the common school, and assists his father and brothers in the work of the farm.

Source: Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Co., 1883.