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Settled in Louisville, KY when he came to America. His Father died there soon after they arrived. George then moved to Indiana, where for the first three years he was employed as a farm laborer. He was able to purchase a team, time, in the fall of 1866, he came to Huntington County and pruchased eighty acres of land in section 36, Lancaster twp. ------ GEORGE B. STECH, one of the enterprising and self-made men of Lancaster Township, was born in Baden, Germany, May 18, 1829, and is the eldest son of William and Catherine (Zeigler) Stech, who came to the United States a number of years ago and settled in Louisville, Kentucky, where the father soon died. The family subsequently moved to Indiana, where the first three years George B. was employed in the capacity of farm laborer. By carefully husbanding his earnings during that period, he was enabled to purchase a team, after which he rented land for a period of seven years. At the end of that time, in the fall of 1866, he came to Huntington County and purchased eigthty acres of land in Section 36, Lancaster Township, to which he has since added, until now his farm numbers 173 acres, 113 of which are in cultivation. Mr. Stech is in the true sense of the word a self-made man, as he was in a destitute condition when landing in this country, his sole earthly possessions amounting to but 5 cents in cash. Previous to coming to America he was a soldier in the German Arrmy, and as such served for a period of four years. October 3, 1861, he married Sarah A. Updyke, of Union County, Ind., where she was born August 6, 1842. The following are the names of the children, viz.; Isaac M., born February 21, 1864, died February 2, 1887; Frederick W., born June 20, 1867, and Benjamin F., born August 6, 1869. Mr. Stech is a Republican in politics, and with his wife and family belongs to the Lutheran Church. History of Huntington County, Indiana, 1887, published by Brant & Fuller, 1887 in Chicago, reproduced by Walsworth Publishing Company, Inc., p. 726.
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