My Genealogy Hound

JOHN LANDIS, farmer; P. O. Delisle; an old resident of Darke Co.; son of Jacob Landis, who settled in Darke Co. in 1828, on the farm where Joshua Townsend, whose biography appears in this work, now resides; the old block-house, built there during the Indian difficulties, was still there in good condition, and John remembers sleeping in it repeatedly; his father used it for a loom-house during the days of “home-spun” clothing. The subject of this sketch was born in Pickaway Co. in 1818; was married to Elizabeth Stutsman, of Montgomery Co., in 1844; after their marriage, he lived on his father’s place, in Neave Township, until, in 1849, he purchased, and they removed to, the farm in Sec. 26, where they now reside; thus it will be seen Mr. Landis has been a resident of Neave Township more than a half-century; has witnessed and contributed his full share toward the improvement, public and private, moral as well as physical. Both he and his estimable wife are worthy members of the German Baptist Church; also two of their grown children. They have eight children— David, a resident of Michigan; Andrew, a resident of Greenville; Lydia, now Mrs. A. Rodgers; Abraham; Mary, now Mrs. Harvey Shover; Jacob; Frances, now Mrs. Lewis Price, and John, Jr.