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song is:
The Voice of By Gone Days
written in 1850
by Stephen Foster (1826-1864)








CHILDREN of Rachael (Engle) & Samuel Fair
33. Noah C. Fair
b. Oct 3, 1832
d. -----, 1915, LaGrange Co., Indiana
m.
Jane Ellen Grupe
b. Nov. 25, 1841
d. Aug. 7, 1873

Children 7:
Emma 50, Walter 51, Truman 52, Sarah J. 53,
Anna 54, Charlotte Ellen 55, Kate 56

2nd marriage m. Feb. 19, 1875
Julia Ann Baker

Noah was a farmer and lived near Brighton, LaGrange Co., In. He and his wives are buried at Brighton

34. Stuffle Fair
b.
d.
m.

Children 7:
John 57, Violet 58, Edith 59, Dave 60

They were farmers and lived near Wall Lake and Coldwater, Mi.

35. David Fair

36. Delilah Fair
b.
d.
m.
Douglas McKenzie
b.
d.
Children: Samantha 61

37. Catherine Fair
b. Jan. 3, 1838 Holmes Co, Oh.
d.
M. June 23, 1853
Samuel McKenzie
b. March 30, 1832

Samuel McKenzie son of Samuel and Margaret (Baker) McKenzie, both deceased, was born March 30, 1832, in Somerset county, Pa., and settled in Lagrange county, Ind., Sept. 15, 1864. He was married in Tuscarawas county, O., Jun 23, 1853, to Catherine Fair, who was born in Holmes county, O., Jan 3, 1838, a daughter of Christopher Fair, deceased and Rachel (Engle) living. Comrade McKenzie enlisted Oct. 1, 1862, at Cleveland, O., at the age of 30 years as a private in Co. K, 38th O. V. I. 14th A.C. Nov., 1862, at Gallatin, Tenn., he was detailed to guard railroads; in June, 1863, on march between Winchester and Triune, Co. K was detailed to reconnoiter, a part supposed to be Rebels was Union. Jan. 10, 1863, he was in hospital at Murfreesboro, two months with camp fever, yellow jaundice and camp disease; he took part in the battles of Stone River, Beach Grove, Elk River and skirmish at Hoover's Gape, receiving an honorable discharge Aug. 3, 1863 at Winchester, Tenn.; His father served in the War of 1812 and was stationed at Baltimore, Md. Comrade McKenzie receives a pension, is a farmer and his address in Mongo, Ind.

Biography of Samuel McKenzie. Vol. II, page 644. Presidents, Soldiers, Statesmen; H.H. Hardesty, Publisher, New York, Toledo, and Chicago, 1894.

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CHILDREN OF PETER ENGLE, JR & ELIZABETH LONG



38. Frances Engle
d/o Peter Engle Jr. & Elizabeth Long
b. May 15, 1850
d.
m. Oct. 25, 1868, LaGrange, In. Vol. 3-486
Theodore Ankeny
b.
d.

Children:
Mary 62, Maggie 63, Lucile 64, Elmer 65,George 66

Theodore Ankeny was postmaster and they lived at Beaumont, Ca.

39. Catherine Engle
b. Sept. 4, 1852
d.______________Burr Oak, Mi.
m. Feb. 10, 1874, LaGrange, In. Vol 4 - 196
Peter Fair
b.
d._______________Burr Oak, Mi.

Children: 3
Dolly 67, Bertie 68, Clifford 69

Catherine and Peter are buried at burr Oak, Mi.

40. Fremont Carl Engle s/o Peter Engle Jr. & Elizabeth Long
b. Dec. 3, 1854, Somerset Co. Pa.
d. Apr. 17, 1943, Ontario, In
m. Sept. 8, 1880, LaGrange, In Vol. 4-578
Nettie Belote
b.
d.

Children: Dyle 70. (parents divorced)

m. Charlotte Ellen Fair, (#55) d/o Ellen (Grupe) & Noah C. Fair (#33)
b. May 27, 1873, Mongo, In
d. Mar. 5, 1950, Ontario, In.

Children: 5
Charles Roosevelt 71, Freeman Carl Jr. 72,
Walter Harley 73, Blanche Ellen 74, Edward 75

m. Nov. 14, 1895 to Etta Worhly, LaGrange, In vol. 6-353

m. Sept. 25, 1898 to Lottie Fair, vol. 66, 537
No heirs
Fremont was known as Freeman. He and Charlotte Ellen are buried at Brighton In.

41. Filmore Engle
b. Aug. 14, 1856
d. Sept 18, 1856

42. Norman Preston Engle s/o Peter Engle Jr & Elizabeth Long
b. Oct. 18, 1857
d.
m.
May Brown, children: none
m.
Lottie Fair
b.
d.
children: none
Norman and Lottie are buried at Burr Oak, Mi.

43. Rebecca Ida Engle
b. July 14, 1860
d.
M.
William Mohler
Children: died in infancy
They were farmers and lived between Howe and LaGrange, In. at one time. Both are buried at
Cconey Hill Cemetery, Gobles, Mi.

44. Simon Engle s/o Peter Engel, Jr. & Elizabeth Long b. Mar. 10, 1863, LaGrange Co., In
d. Aug.___. 1949, Prtland, Ore.
m.
Lucinda Fair
b.
d.

Children 5: Ernest 76, Kernie 77, Nellie 78,
Hobart 79, Miles 80

In 1879 Simon lived at the home of Elizabeth (Boyd, d/o Catherine Engle Boyd #25) and Cary R. Frisbey. He went to the Robbins School in Clay tp. LaGrange Co., In

Lucinda, Simon's wife, was a sister of Peter Fair who married Simon's sister Catherine. (39). They moved to Oregon and lived at Salem and Portland.

45. Emma Engle, d/o Peter Engle, Jr.& Elizabeth Long b. May 25, 1867, LaGrange Co., In.
d._________1909
m.
Joseph Keller
b.
d.

children 6: Izola 81, Laura 82, Emory 83, Asher 84, Ethel 85, Blanche 86.

They first resided in Greenfield twp., LaGrange co., In. Later they moved to Oregon.

46. William Sherman Engle b. Sept. 14, 1869, LaGrange Co., In
d. Feb. 27, 1872, LaGrange Co., In

47. Anna Engle, d/o Peter Engle, Jr. & Elizabeth Long
b. Jan 21, 1873, LaGrange Co., In
d.
m.
Steven Wolf b.
d.

children 3: Ward 87, Victor 88, Fred 89

At one time they resided in Salem Or. Later at 2116 NE 18th t. in Portland, Ore.

48. Alice Engle d/o Peter Engle, JR. & Elizabeth Long b. July 29, 1875, LaGrange Co., In.
d. Nov. 20, 1967, Kalamazoo, Mi.
M. July 24, 1892, Cotes Grove, Berry Co., Mi
Joseph Passage
b. Feb. 13, 1868, Gobles, Mi
d. May 10, 1945, Bloomingdale, Mi.

Children 5: Howard 90, Edna 91, Frank 92,
Anna 93, Joe Henry 94

After her husband's death, Alice went to live with her daughter, Edna at 1924 Mount Olivet Road, Kalamazoo, Mi. From January 1961 to July 1967 she was in the Matheson Nursing Home at Galesburg, Mi. They are both buried at Bloomingdale.

49. Theodore Engle
b. April 6, 1877, LaGrange co. In
d. Jan. 3, 1881, LaGrange