Yorktown/Mt. Pleasant Historical Alliance and Museum

Brindel, Malachi Greer (1838-1916) & Margaret Caroline Brenneman (1842-1914)

Malachi was born in 6 February 1838 to Malachi Jacob and Catherine Kuhn Brindel in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Malachi G. was a farmer and was fortunate to have three gas wells beneath his property. His father was a tanner and Malachi learned the trade from his father and worked as a tanner in his spare time.

He married Margaret Caroline Brenneman, daughter of Henry and Tamer Doane Brenneman. She was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania 14 Sep 1842.

Page 642 Portrait and Biographical Record of Randolph and Delaware Counties, 1894
Page 643 Portrait and Biographical Record of Randolph and Delaware Counties, 1894
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7 May 1908 Muncie Star Press, Malachi sought guardianship of his grandson, Ernest Moore

Stewart, Timothy Criswell, Jr. (1830-1904) and Malinda Jones (1841-1920)

Timothy C. Stewart was a farmer in Mt. Pleasant Township. He was born in Delaware County 18 Jan 1830 to Timothy Sr. and Catherine Criswell. Timothy Sr. was an early pioneer in Delaware County coming in 1827 according to the Portrait and Biographies of Randolph and Delaware County published 1894. (See below.)

Timothy married Malinda Jones, daughter of Henry and Nancy Hardwick Jones.

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Interurban Cars

The wooden cars were painted green. The later, steel cars, were painted orange. Most were melted down during WW II.

Pre-1910 Wooden Interurban Cars
1931 Indiana Railroad Car Built by Pullman