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A historical biography of a true-life German-speaking pioneer couple who helped open the midwest in the nineteenth century.The story of their raising a family in the German Baptist Brethren faith, a faith not unlike that of the Amish, and how they ran a farm without the tools of the industrial revolution. This is the life and times of Peter Wolf and Isabelle Bollinger of Columbiana County, Ohio and St. Joseph County, Indiana in the nineteenth century, the great-great grandparents of the author.Also a genealogical study with maps and an extensive appendix of genealogical data, including census data, land and probate records. ... Read more