A. E. Gingrich

A. E. Gingrich, son of Daniel and Polly (Coleman) Gingrich, was born in Stark county May 14, 1840. In early years he worked on the home farm, attended the primitive schools, and studied at home. At the age of twenty-nine years, he married Miss Harriett, daughter of Silas and Elizabeth (Brock) Caskey, of Ohio, who moved to Illinois about 1863; was married in 1869; remained on home farm one year; then the young couple removed to their present home near Duncan, where their five children, Florence M., Allan A., Violla D., John J., and William W., were born. His brother, D. H. Gingrich, is interested with A. E., and resides in the same house. The family, in all its parts, have been prominent in everything contributing to the agricultural interests of Essex, and indeed of the county. In politics, democratic; yet party considerations generally give way to the claims of candidates whose characters are irreproachable.