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<p>[QUOTE="BRandM, post: 1876991, member: 22729"]You got me motivated to look around for Wolfe longnine and I think I found him. South Whitley is in Cleveland Township, Whitley Co., IN There were a lot of the Wolf / Wolfe family who lived in the area but the only two I found with the initials "R.L." were Russell L. Wolfe and his son Russell L. Jr. Russell Sr. lived from 1897 until 1958 and is buried in the South Whitley Cemetery. Young Russell was born in 1921 and died in 1985. I think his mother's name was Minerva, but I'm not sure about that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently, they ... either the father or son or both ... ran a garage at 201 S. Main St. called, not surprisingly, Wolfe's Garage. I couldn't find what years they were in business, but they were <b>out </b>of business before 1962. I'm thinking 1940s / 1950s, maybe earlier. I found a mention of a new business moving into the former site of Wolfe's Garage at the above address in 1962. The fact that Russell Sr. died in 1958 and the garage closed sometime before 1962 indicates to me that he operated that business. I couldn't find any other possible issuers so I think he's our man.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bruce[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BRandM, post: 1876991, member: 22729"]You got me motivated to look around for Wolfe longnine and I think I found him. South Whitley is in Cleveland Township, Whitley Co., IN There were a lot of the Wolf / Wolfe family who lived in the area but the only two I found with the initials "R.L." were Russell L. Wolfe and his son Russell L. Jr. Russell Sr. lived from 1897 until 1958 and is buried in the South Whitley Cemetery. Young Russell was born in 1921 and died in 1985. I think his mother's name was Minerva, but I'm not sure about that. Apparently, they ... either the father or son or both ... ran a garage at 201 S. Main St. called, not surprisingly, Wolfe's Garage. I couldn't find what years they were in business, but they were [B]out [/B]of business before 1962. I'm thinking 1940s / 1950s, maybe earlier. I found a mention of a new business moving into the former site of Wolfe's Garage at the above address in 1962. The fact that Russell Sr. died in 1958 and the garage closed sometime before 1962 indicates to me that he operated that business. I couldn't find any other possible issuers so I think he's our man. Bruce[/QUOTE]
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