HISTORY OF THE BIG BEND COUNTRY. 
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perry during the war of 1812, and died about 
i876 . ,898 and I9O2, respectively, were 
the years in which Clark Long's father and 
m0tter passed ax.,ay. .They were parents of 
• . children, not Including the son who is the 
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subject oI th!s sketch. I'h.ey are Pernn, 
Co0re \V., Ehas, Sarah, married to Ellis Gir- 
LIT.,  ,- , . . . . 
ton: Spokane, and Charles and Ezra, .ho ded 
while young. - 
Mr. a!d Mrs..Lgng are the parents of 
twelve children, Calvin, John C., Leoua M., 
george \V., Maud P., \ alter L., Hazel, Eva, 
died in infancy, 
I0seph, Grace, and two who 
Fred and Leonard. 
DANIEL KREHBIEL, a farmer and 
stockman residing on a section of well ira- 
proved and cultivated land four miles north 
and one 1nile east of Lind, was born in Bavaria, 
Germany. July 15, 1867, the son of Christian 
and Magdalena (Dester) Krehbiel, both na- 
tives of Bavaria. The parents came to Amer- 
ica in I88,, lived two years in Illinois, eight 
in Kansas and came to a homestead near Lind 
in 89I. The mother died in 1896 and the fa- 
ther two years later. The family originally 
contained ten children, who, not including our 
subject, were, Katherine, Jacob, Christian, 
John, M. M., now deceased, Mrs. Mary VoW, 
Mrs. Magdalena Bahler, and Mrs. Susana 
N'eare. 
Until the age of thirteen Mr. Krehbiel at- 
tended the common schools of his native coun- 
try, then to.ok a course in a German business 
college and m 1883 came to the United States. 
The first year after his arrival in this country 
he spent in Illinois, after which he engaged in 
farming in Kansas. He was thus engaged in 
that state until 1892 , when he came to the farm 
where he still lives. He had an unusually dif- 
ficult time to gain a start here, as the first two 
years after settling on his farm he was unable 
to raise any crop, but having in him the ele- 
ments of perseverance and industry he held on. 
and has never had cause to regret his choice of 
10.eality. He states that the Big Bend country 
since he first located here. has undergone a won- 
derful change, especially in the amount of rain- 
fall. By working for his neighbors and exer- 
cising strict economy Mr. Krehbiel managed 
from time to time to acquire more land, until anola college. 
at this writing he has a solid section of produc- 
tive grain land, and in addition to this he rents 
eleven hundred acres, on all of which he raises 
about twelve thousand bushels of wheat annu- 
ally. He also has an excellent orchard and 
raises quantities of all varieties of fruit. He 
has a large herd of cattle, but is gradually 
abandoning the stock business. . 
In December, 19Ol , occurred the marriage 
of Daniel Krehbiel to May Schag, daughter 
of Andrew and Lizzie (Wattner) Schag, na- 
tive Germans who early in life came to Amer- 
ica, settled first in South Dakota, removed to 
Oregon in 188, and came to \Vashington in 
19oo. They are now living in Lind. To them 
have been born eight children, Mrs. Krehbiel, 
Emil, Joseph, Paulina, Emma, Charles, Eu- 
gene and Eveline. 
To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Krehbiel 
have been born two children, \Valter D., and 
one who, at this writing, is aninfant in arms. 
Politically-, Mr. Krehbiel is a Democrat. 
He has always been prominent in school mat- 
ters. having assisted in the organizing of his 
district of which he has been a director ever 
since. H, is now the Democratic nominee for 
county commissioner. He recently was ap- 
pointed volunteer weather observer of his lo- 
cality. Both Mr. Krehbiel and his wife are 
members of the Mennonite church, Mr. Kreh- 
biel being a member of the conventional con- 
ference of that denomination. 
DAY IMUS deals in real estate and ne- 
gotiates loans in Lind, \Vashington. A na- 
tive of Mountayr, Ringgold county, Iowa, he 
was born April I6, i875 , the son of L. O. and 
Jane (Smith) Imus, natives, respectively of 
Michigan and Indiana. The parents came to 
Ringgold county when both were young, mar- 
tied and are still living there. The grand- 
father on the father's side, came from Illinois to 
lowa in 1854, and upon returning for his fam- 
ily was drowned while crossing a stream. Mr. 
and Mrs. Imus have been parents of seven chil- 
drea, Mrs. Elsie Middleton; Day, Smith, de- 
ceased, Aes, Quay, Amy and Tama. 
Mr. Imus received a good common school 
education in his native town, which he later. 
supplemented by a business course in the Indi- 
From the time he became four- 
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