p. 810/11 Biosketches of Salamonie Township. "History of Huntington
Co., IN."
(Brant&Fuller:Chicago). 1887.
Joseph Eubank, for 35 years a prominent resident of Salamonie
Township, was born in Preble
Co., OH, October 8, 1820. His parents were Hezekiah & Christena
(Devidoff)Eubank, natives
of Virginia, the former of English and the latter of Swiss descent.
They were married in Virginia
about 1810, and were blessed with eleven children, seven boys
and four girls: John, Sarah,
Henry, Thomas, Mary, Joseph, Jacob, Stephen, Elizabeth, Rebecca,
and Hezekiah. About
1815, Mr. Eubank emigrated to Highland Co., OH, and there resided
until the death of his
loving wife, who was called away in 1820. Mr. Eubank ended his
days in this township in 1868,
at the advanced age of 88 years. They were members of the United
Brethren Church, with
which they had been united for a number of years. Joseph Eubank,
the subject of this sketch
spent his boyhood and youth on his father's farm in Montgomery
Co., OH. His education was
fair for that day of log school houses. At the age of 19 he
turned his attention to brick laying
and masonry, and occasionally followed this trade for over 30
years. Joseph began doing for
himself at an early age and had to depend upon his own labors
for his start in life. He was
always ready and willing to work at anything he could make an
honest dollar at. On May 16,
1841, he was united in marriage with Miss Rosanah Rohrer, daughter
of Christian and Rachel
(Deaner) Rohrer, natives of Maryland, of German descent. Rosanah
was born in Washington
Co., MD, November 22, 1822; her parents moved to Ohio when she
was about 12 years old.
They first settled in Pickaway Co, thence to Preble Co., where
she grew to womanhood. This
union was blessed with 11 children: Aaron, David, William, Rachel,
Henry, Catharine, Jane,
John, Marietta, Elizabeth, Ida, of whom William and Rachel are
deceased. The other children
are grown to maturity, married and living in Ohio, IN and Kansas.
Mr. & Mrs. Eubank are
members of the United Brethren Church with which they have been
identified nearly 50 years.
Politically he is a Republican, and upholds the principles of
that party. He began life a poor boy
working by days for his living. Shortly after his marriage he
purchased ten acres of ground in
Darke Co., OH; there he resided until 1851, when he removed
to Section 16, Salamonie
Township, where he had purchased 80 acres of wild land. He put
up a log cabin and moved
into it, and began to clear up a home, and by hard work and
careful management he
succeeded well.