[p. 890] a prominent
merchant at Enon Valley, Lawrence County,
Pennsylvania, is proprietor of a shoe
store on Main Street, and of a large general
store on Vine Street both of which
are flourishing establishments, and command
the patronage of the leading people
throughout this section. Mr. Inboden was
born in Germany, October 27, 1857, and is
a son of Michael, Sr., and Elizabeth Katherine
(Kaufman) Inboden.
Michael Inboden, Sr., was born in Germany, January 5, 1815, and followed the trade of a shoemaker in that country many years, but the latter years of his life were spent in agricultural pursuits. In 1882 he moved with his family to America and settled on a farm near Enon Valley, in Lawrence County. His wife, in maiden life Elizabeth Katherine Kaufman, was born in Germany, October 9, 1822, and died March 2, 1899, aged seventy-six years, four months and twenty-three days. His death occurred November 1, 1905, aged ninety years, ten months and six days. The following were the issue of their union: Jacob, who lives at the old home place in Germany; William, who was the first of the family to locate in America, and is now a resident of Enon Valley; Katherine, deceased wife of Conrad Stern; Peter, who died in Germany; Michael, Margaret, widow of Ernest Miller, and Mary (Murphy).
Michael Inboden, Jr., was reared to maturity in his native land and received a superior education in the schools of that country. He was in the German military service three years, as is the requirement in that country, serving under Captain Crow, in Company I, Sixty-ninth Infantry. While in his teens he learned the trade of a shoemaker, under his brother, Jacob, and after the expiration of his service in the army he lived with his parents. He accompanied them to the United States in 1882, and at once opened a shoe shop in Enon Valley, where he has since continued. He later opened a small store, carrying a limited stock of shoes, but as his patronage increased he enlarged his business until he now carries a large and complete general line of footwear. In 1908 he purchased the general store which for years had been conducted by George Davidson on Vine Street, and has since conducted both stores, independent of each other. He is a prosperous and successful business man and stands high in popular esteem.
September 4, 1890, Mr. Inboden was joined in marriage with Amelia Vates, a native of Pennsylvania, and the following children were born to them: Lillian, who helps her father in the store; Minerva, Wesley M., Edward Knox, Ruth, Margaret and Dorothy. Religiously, they are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Inboden is a stockholder in the Enon Valley Telephone Company.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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