My Genealogy Hound

L. C. KLIPSTINE, teacher, Sec. 32; P. O. Webster. William, his father, is a native Prussian, born near Leipsic in 1828; he came to America with his parents when he was about 6 years old, landing in New York, and in 1835 he came to Darke County, locating in Wayne Township, near Webster, Sec. 29, where he has resided ever since. In 1849 he, with several others, crossed the Plains to California in search of gold, being six months in crossing; he remained there about thirteen months, meeting with fair success,, after which he returned by the Isthmus of Panama. He married Miss L. Haack, who is a native of Prussia; they are the parents of six children, viz., John, William, Amos, Callie, Clara and Lewis C. The subject of this sketch was born in Darke County on the 6th of May, 1854; he spent his boyhood days on the farm, assisting his father in the cultivation of the soil; he received his preparatory education in the district schools, after which he attended the Versailles High School, where he received a good academic education. On the 26th of September, 1878, he celebrated his marriage with Rosa B. Kinney, daughter of Robert M. and Mary Kinney; she was born on the 17th of August, 1854; after his marriage, he moved on his farm, where he had erected a beautiful two-story brick house. Mr. Klipstine taught his first school when he was only 16 years old, in Shelby County, in the swamps, the schoolhouse being nearly surrounded by water; he labored faithfully for six months, giving universal satisfaction, and at the close of the term the patrons insisted that he should continue, but on account of the gloomy surroundings, he declined their liberal offer; he has taught sixty months altogether, the field of labor being the counties of Shelby, Miami and Darke, and at present is teaching the Webster school; he teaches during the winter and farms in the summer; is a member of the Lutheran Church, his wife being a member of the German Reform Church; they have a host of friends and are held in high esteem by all who know them; is strictly temperate in all his habits. Mr. Klipstine has traveled over nine different States and a part of Canada; he has also visited all the largest cities in the United States.