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. A twentieth century history and biographical record of Elkhart County, Indiana . the Indiana National Bank he was selected by the Comptrollerof the Currencv as receier and has administered the tangled mattersin -ery creditable fashion. Wr. Rcii/se is a Master Alason. ;ind is es]5ecial!y prominent in thelm])roved Order of Red Men. in which he has held all the offices in thelocal lodges and in icjoo was elected (ireat Sachem of the state andhas since been a representatie to the Great Council of the United .Statesl)0ly. Mr. Roo.se married, in 1890. Miss Mary Murray, who was theoblest of three daughters of Benjamin 1. Murra^• and Zillah ( G.arwood)Murrav. Mr. and Mrs. Roose are members of Trinity Methodist church. CHRISriAX lU.OCHER. Christian Blodier. the father of John M. Blocher. present trusteeof Olive township, himself for many ears an bonoretl citizen of thetownship, and well remembered for tlie honesty and industry whichcharacterized his life throughout, was born in Erie county. New York.December 13, 1S36. a son of Lhristian and Catherine (Beam) Blocher.. Uw ^ ^.^Xt/ HISTORY OF ELKHARI^ COrXIA 669 His grandfather, a native nt the little repnhlic nf Switzerland, andhis parents de-iiiu memliers of the Mennonite church and people whoreared their children to li-es of God-fearing integrity ancl worth, itwas natural that Christian Blocher should display the fine character-istics of his race and his ancestry, and no one recalls him hut as pos-sessed of the most sterling traits. Receiving a good practical education in the schools of New York, at the age of nineteen he came to the Woh-erine state, where he turnedhis energetic attention to the lumher industry. Mien Fort Sumter wasfired upon he took up arms in defense of his country, was one of thefirst men to enlist, and as a member of Company G, Seventh MichiganInfantry, served three years, holding first the rank of corporal andthen sergeant, as which he was discharged. As part of the Army ofthe Potomac, he part