Son of GEORGE W RONK 1808 – 1886 and SARAH JANE CARY 1818 – 1905
"SAMUEL T. RONK, an enterprising and influential citizen and farmer of Jackson Township, is a native of Greenbrier County, Va. (now West Virginia), and was born December 10, 1844. He was the fifth son born to George W. and Sarah J. (Gary) Ronk, the former a native of Roanoke County, Va., and the latter a native of Greenbrier County, Va. Samuel T. spent his early life in his native county, working upon his father's farm.
Early in 1862 he entered the service of the Confederate Army, in Company A, Twenty-second Virginia Regiment, his sympathy at the same time being with the Union. His entry into the Southern Army was, therefore, the result of circumstances and not his own inclinations. His duties during the war were chiefly in the service of the commissary department.
At the close of the war he came to this State and located near Burlington, Carroll County, where his parents, in the meantime, had settled. In the fall of 1877 he came to this county and located where he now resides, in Section 81, Jackson Township. He gives his attention chiefly to agricultural pursuits, though he has gained considerable reputation as a veterinary surgeon.
He was married to Martha J. Cox December 17, 1868. She was the daughter of Er and Dorcas (Miller) Cox, natives of Indiana and Tennessee, respectively. She was born in Howard County, this State, November 6, 1848. To them ten children have been born: Andrew L., Lennie, Ettie R., John H., Mattie B., Laura C., Thomas G., Samuel H., and two others who died in infancy unnamed. Lenuie and Samuel H. are deceased. Mr. Bonk(sic) and his wife are members of the Christian Church. Politically Mr. Honk(sic) is a Democrat. He owns sixty acres of good land where he resides, besides twenty acres in Howard County. He is an industrious and successful farmer and a first-rate citizen."
From History of Cass County, Indiana: From the earliest time to the present ... By Thomas B. Helm, published 1886
"SAMUEL T. RONK, an enterprising and influential citizen and farmer of Jackson Township, is a native of Greenbrier County, Va. (now West Virginia), and was born December 10, 1844. He was the fifth son born to George W. and Sarah J. (Gary) Ronk, the former a native of Roanoke County, Va., and the latter a native of Greenbrier County, Va. Samuel T. spent his early life in his native county, working upon his father's farm.
Early in 1862 he entered the service of the Confederate Army, in Company A, Twenty-second Virginia Regiment, his sympathy at the same time being with the Union. His entry into the Southern Army was, therefore, the result of circumstances and not his own inclinations. His duties during the war were chiefly in the service of the commissary department.
At the close of the war he came to this State and located near Burlington, Carroll County, where his parents, in the meantime, had settled. In the fall of 1877 he came to this county and located where he now resides, in Section 81, Jackson Township. He gives his attention chiefly to agricultural pursuits, though he has gained considerable reputation as a veterinary surgeon.
He was married to Martha J. Cox December 17, 1868. She was the daughter of Er and Dorcas (Miller) Cox, natives of Indiana and Tennessee, respectively. She was born in Howard County, this State, November 6, 1848. To them ten children have been born: Andrew L., Lennie, Ettie R., John H., Mattie B., Laura C., Thomas G., Samuel H., and two others who died in infancy unnamed. Lenuie and Samuel H. are deceased. Mr. Bonk(sic) and his wife are members of the Christian Church. Politically Mr. Honk(sic) is a Democrat. He owns sixty acres of good land where he resides, besides twenty acres in Howard County. He is an industrious and successful farmer and a first-rate citizen."
From History of Cass County, Indiana: From the earliest time to the present ... By Thomas B. Helm, published 1886
Son of GEORGE W RONK 1808 – 1886 and SARAH JANE CARY 1818 – 1905
"SAMUEL T. RONK, an enterprising and influential citizen and farmer of Jackson Township, is a native of Greenbrier County, Va. (now West Virginia), and was born December 10, 1844. He was the fifth son born to George W. and Sarah J. (Gary) Ronk, the former a native of Roanoke County, Va., and the latter a native of Greenbrier County, Va. Samuel T. spent his early life in his native county, working upon his father's farm.
Early in 1862 he entered the service of the Confederate Army, in Company A, Twenty-second Virginia Regiment, his sympathy at the same time being with the Union. His entry into the Southern Army was, therefore, the result of circumstances and not his own inclinations. His duties during the war were chiefly in the service of the commissary department.
At the close of the war he came to this State and located near Burlington, Carroll County, where his parents, in the meantime, had settled. In the fall of 1877 he came to this county and located where he now resides, in Section 81, Jackson Township. He gives his attention chiefly to agricultural pursuits, though he has gained considerable reputation as a veterinary surgeon.
He was married to Martha J. Cox December 17, 1868. She was the daughter of Er and Dorcas (Miller) Cox, natives of Indiana and Tennessee, respectively. She was born in Howard County, this State, November 6, 1848. To them ten children have been born: Andrew L., Lennie, Ettie R., John H., Mattie B., Laura C., Thomas G., Samuel H., and two others who died in infancy unnamed. Lenuie and Samuel H. are deceased. Mr. Bonk(sic) and his wife are members of the Christian Church. Politically Mr. Honk(sic) is a Democrat. He owns sixty acres of good land where he resides, besides twenty acres in Howard County. He is an industrious and successful farmer and a first-rate citizen."
From History of Cass County, Indiana: From the earliest time to the present ... By Thomas B. Helm, published 1886
"SAMUEL T. RONK, an enterprising and influential citizen and farmer of Jackson Township, is a native of Greenbrier County, Va. (now West Virginia), and was born December 10, 1844. He was the fifth son born to George W. and Sarah J. (Gary) Ronk, the former a native of Roanoke County, Va., and the latter a native of Greenbrier County, Va. Samuel T. spent his early life in his native county, working upon his father's farm.
Early in 1862 he entered the service of the Confederate Army, in Company A, Twenty-second Virginia Regiment, his sympathy at the same time being with the Union. His entry into the Southern Army was, therefore, the result of circumstances and not his own inclinations. His duties during the war were chiefly in the service of the commissary department.
At the close of the war he came to this State and located near Burlington, Carroll County, where his parents, in the meantime, had settled. In the fall of 1877 he came to this county and located where he now resides, in Section 81, Jackson Township. He gives his attention chiefly to agricultural pursuits, though he has gained considerable reputation as a veterinary surgeon.
He was married to Martha J. Cox December 17, 1868. She was the daughter of Er and Dorcas (Miller) Cox, natives of Indiana and Tennessee, respectively. She was born in Howard County, this State, November 6, 1848. To them ten children have been born: Andrew L., Lennie, Ettie R., John H., Mattie B., Laura C., Thomas G., Samuel H., and two others who died in infancy unnamed. Lenuie and Samuel H. are deceased. Mr. Bonk(sic) and his wife are members of the Christian Church. Politically Mr. Honk(sic) is a Democrat. He owns sixty acres of good land where he resides, besides twenty acres in Howard County. He is an industrious and successful farmer and a first-rate citizen."
From History of Cass County, Indiana: From the earliest time to the present ... By Thomas B. Helm, published 1886
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