A History of Franklin County, Indiana.\u00c2\u00a0 Her People, Industries and Institutions was written by August J. Reifel in 1915.\u00c2\u00a0 The book is dedicated “to the dear, departed ones, whose busy hands changed the giant forests into fertile fields, whose love of home established the hearthstones, the tender ties of which yet bind together the heartstrings of the native born, whose patriotism gave the best of their lives and substance for the defense of their country, whose graves make sacred the soil their feet so often trod.”\u00c2\u00a0 The book is 1475 pages and includes many biographies of representative citizens.\u00c2\u00a0 Among them is George F. Pulskamp, grandson of Herman Heinrich Pulskamp.\u00c2\u00a0 Below is an excerpt from the book.<\/p>\n
“Sweet memories cluster about the home on one’s childhood, about the home where one was born and reared to manhood.\u00c2\u00a0 George F. Pulskamp, of Highland Township, Franklin county, Indiana, was born and reared on the farm where his father lived all of his life, the same farm which was entered by his grandfather when the tract on which it stands was a thick wilderness without a stick of timber cut and not even a sign of a building.<\/p>\n
George F. Pulskamp was born November 13, 1884, the son of Gerhart and Margaret (Stallman) Pulskamp.\u00c2\u00a0 His father was born in Hanover, Germany and his mother in St. Peters, Indiana.\u00c2\u00a0 Mr. Pulskamp’s paternal grandparents were Herman H. and Katherine (Staenka) Pulskamp, both natives of Germany.\u00c2\u00a0 His paternal great-grandfather was Bernard Pulskamp, who never came to America and who died the year before Herman H. came to this country.<\/p>\n
George F. Pulskamp was educated in the public schools of Blue Creek, after which he spent two year in the Catholic school at Bellevue, Kentucky.\u00c2\u00a0 After completing his education there he returned to the farm in Highland township, and has since engaged in farming, adding eighty acres to the old home place owned by his father and grandfather.<\/p>\n
Mr. Pulskamp was married January 10, 1906 to Elizabeth Meyer, who was born in Ripley county, the daughter of William Meyer and wife, now residing in Pennsylvaniaburg, Ripley county, Indiana.\u00c2\u00a0 To Mr. and Mrs. Pulskamp one daughter, Alma, has been born.<\/p>\n
The maternal grandparents of George F. Pulskamp were Andrew and Elizabeth (Zimmerberg) Stallman, of Oldenburg, Germany, who came to America about 1840 and located in Cincinnati.\u00c2\u00a0 Here he worked in a pork house.\u00c2\u00a0 About 1843 he moved to St. Peters and was a farmer there when he died.\u00c2\u00a0 Mr. Pulskamp’s paternal grandfather came to America in 1845, when the father of George F. was eight years old.\u00c2\u00a0 He came directly to the farm of eighty acres, which then was nothing but woods.\u00c2\u00a0 He cleared the land, built log buildings where the present buildings stand and later put up a brick house, in which George F. Pulskamp now lives.\u00c2\u00a0 At this time St. Peters was a log church.<\/p>\n
Mr. Pulskamp’s father, Gerhart Pulskamp, was educated at St. Mary’s.\u00c2\u00a0 He learned the cooper’s trade, but with the exception of two winters spent in Cincinnati engaging in\u00c2\u00a0this trade, has engaged in farming all his life.\u00c2\u00a0 His wife died December 22, 1892, and he is still living.<\/p>\n
George F. Pulskamp and family are members of St. Mary’s Catholic church and are loyal and devoted to its interest and conribute liberally of their means to its support.\u00c2\u00a0 Politically, Mr. Pulskamp is a Democrat.\u00c2\u00a0 Mr. and Mrs. Pulskamp have a large circle of friends in their community and enjoy a large measure of popular esteem.”<\/p>\n
Reprints of the 1475 page History of Franklin County by Mr. Reifel originally printed in 1915 are available from the Franklin County Historical Society at a cost of $75 plus shipping.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Barry E. Pulskamp has a copy of the book.\u00c2\u00a0 Post a response to this blog if you’d like more information on it or its content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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