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Seeking information on this family. Any help would be much appreciated. Liz
Valley of the Upper Maumee River:
wih historical account of Allen County and the city of Fort Wayne, Indiana;
the story of its progress from savagery to civilization
by Col. Robert S. Robertson
published 1889 by Brant & Fuller
p.338
Aaron Paff, lately deceased, one of the old settlers of Cedar Creek township, was born January 17, 1816,
in Pennsylvania, where he grew to manhood. In his nineteenth year he accompanied his parents, Jacob and Susan (Stinger) Paff, to Ohio, whence after a residence of about seven years, he removed to Indiana and settled on the farm where he now lives, which was then a forest. In 1838, he was united in marriage with Mary A. Reater, and this union was blessed with eleven children, of whom seven are now living: Moses, born November 21, 1839; Susanna, born May 11, 1845; George W., born Dec 10, 1948; Mary, born November 27, 1851; Harriet, born March 6, 1856; Andrew J., born January 17, 1858; and Daniel E., born January 1, 1861. Mrs. Paff was born August 31, 1817, and died March 28, 1888. She was a member of the Baptist church before coming to Indiana, and he was a member of the Presbyterian church, but afterward they both united with the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he was a class leader about twenty years, and was one of the trustees the same period. His first experiences in Allen County were attended with much struggle and privation, as he began without capital, but by hard work and skillful management he prospered, and owned at his death 120 acres of fertile land, and earned the good will of all who knew him. This worthy citizen passed away in August 1889.
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