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Valentine Raab
Posted by: laura hall (ID *****5962) Date: February 23, 2004 at 15:27:14
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From the biography of his son Philip Raab....any addtional information would be helpful...

Valentine Raab was born in Germany, where his parents spent
their entire lives, Two of his brothers came to this country, one settling
in New York city, where he acquired much wealth and where his de-
scendants are still living. When twenty—one years old, having previously
served for a time in the German Army, Valentine Raab emigrated to
the United States, crossing the Atlantic in a sailing vessel and being
several weeks on the voyage After spending a short time in New York
city, be lived for a few years in Ohio. In 1864 he came from there to
Indiana with his family, locating in Clay county and taking up land in
Jackson township.


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