Meet Jacob Studebaker
May 20, 2021
Jacob Studebaker, the youngest son of John C and Rebecca Studebaker’s thirteen children, was born in Ashland County, Ohio on May 23, 1844 He moved with the family to South Bend in 1851 At age 13 he took work as a farmhand earning six dollars a month, and was later employed as a “brick carrier” by future South Bend postmaster Sorden
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Meet Henry Studebaker
Mar 17, 2021
Henry Studebaker was the eldest of John C and Rebecca Studebaker’s thirteen children He was born in East Berlin, Pennsylvania, on October 5, 1821 and moved with the family to Ashland County, Ohio, when he was in his teens Once in Ohio, Henry learned the blacksmith trade, spending summers at the forge while attending school during winter
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Meet Peter Studebaker
Jan 21, 2021
Peter Studebaker was born April 1, 1836 in Ashland, Ohio He was the second youngest son of John C and Rebecca Studebaker’s thirteen children He moved to South Bend in 1852 and took work in a dry goods store for $15 per month He started his own business a short time later, and in 1856 moved to Goshen, Indiana to open a retail establishment with
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Meet Clement Studebaker
Nov 17, 2020
Clement Studebaker, the second eldest son of John C and Rebecca Studebaker was born March 12, 1831 in Adams County, Pennsylvania At age four he moved with his family to Ashland, Ohio, where he learned blacksmithing and wagon making from his father
In 1850, Clement moved to South Bend, Indiana and took work as a school teacher He taught two
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Meet John M. Studebaker
Oct 07, 2020
John Mohler “JM” Studebaker was born October 10, 1833 in Adams County, Pennsylvania His family moved to Ashland, Ohio, when he was a small boy, and like his brothers Henry and Clement he learned the blacksmith and wagon making trades from his father
He arrived in South Bend in the winter of 1852 and took work cutting wood, chopping up to
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Meet the Studebaker Sisters
Jun 25, 2020
The first Studebaker to permanently reside in northern Indiana was not Henry or Clement Studebaker but their eldest sister Sally (Sarah) Studebaker Welch (1822-1902) and her husband Phillip They arrived in the late 1840s and operated a toll road running south out of South Bend The Welches later moved to Goshen where they remained for the rest of
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