Jessie Bringle. 

Among the Iroquois Township farms in Newton County, that are deserving mention as places 
of value in the material sense and as homes of thrifty and energetic citizens, there is 
the Bringle place, the proprietor of which is Mr. Jesse Bringle, who has lived in this 
section of Northwestern Indiana for more than thirty years. It is only a matter of 
propriety that a brief record should be given in this history of Mr. Bringle's career.

Born August 2, 1855, in New Saulsbury, Harrison County, Indiana, he is a son of Lawrence 
and Nancy (Craydon) Bringle. His father was a native of North Carolina, born there in 1800 
and went as a pioneer to Harrison County, Indiana. He was a general farmer, a man who 
enjoyed the esteem of his fellow citizens, and his death occurred fifty-nine years ago when 
his son Jesse was two years of age. He had been twice married. His first wife, whom he 
married in 1824, was Anna C. Reep, who died leaving six children. On November 12, 1866, 
Lawrence Bringle married Nancy Craydon of New Saulsbury, Indiana. She became the mother 
of five children, the last being Jesse.
Mr. Bringle grew up in his mother's home, remaining with her until he was twenty-one years 
of age, and acquiring a common school education. On January 31, 1880, he married Miss 
Catherine Bill, a daughter of Jacob T. and Anna (Heintz) Bill of New Saulsbury, Indiana. 
Mr. and Mrs. Bringle started out with little capital and have proved their claim to 
prosperity by hard work and thrifty management. In March 1884, they removed to Iroquois 
Township in Newton County, and after renting a farm for twelve years Mr. Bringle bought 
the eighty acres in that township where he now resides. From early boyhood he was taught 
the duties of farming and that has been his real vocation. His farm is well improved, 
well stocked, and grows all the best grain crops of Newton County. He has also provided 
a comfortable home for his family and he and his wife have given their children the best 
of advantages. Politically Mr. Bringle is a democrat.
They have five children: Jacob L., Anna M., Nora E., Maud T. and William Merrill. All 
the children were given a good education and the daughter Anna, after attending the common 
schools, spent two years in Valparaiso University in the normal department, and for the 
past four years has been a successful and popular teacher in Jasper and Newton counties. 
Nora E. graduated from the Mount Ayr High School, and taught two terms in Newton County. 
Mr. Bringle is a member of the Mount Ayr Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 


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