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an early history as being among "the wealthiest tillers of the soil . " The Locks raised ten children--five daughters and five sons . Two sons, John and Thomas, remained in Ohio; Joshua Miller settled in Iowa; William came to South Bend with his parents and eventually became a farmer in Union Township. Another son, George W. Lock, also settled locally, becoming a prominent farmer in Portage Township. His operation consisted of 134 acres on the old Michigan Road, two miles northwest of the city, a farm devoted to the raising of wheat, corn, potatoes and fruit . He later became a township trustee and supervisor. Of the five Lock daughters only Matilda remained in the area. She eventually married (Vandenhoof) and settled in Clay Township. Katuria Lock emigrated to Canada. Three others died at early ages--Sarah Jane (infant) , Emily (14 years) , and Hannah (20 years) . Only Phillip and Jemima Lock were buried in Rohrer Cemetery. Phillip passed away in 1866 at the age of eighty-two. Jemima died at the age of ninety-one in 1872 . [12] The Hildebrand Family John and Nancy Hildebrand arrived in Centre Township in 1848 and settled to the southwest of the cemetery site. They brought their sons, Henry and Benjamin, with them from Ansenburg, Ohio. John was born in Pennsylvania in 1788 . Nancy (Shively) was born in 1792 . Nancy Hildebrand was interred in the Rohrer grounds in 1865 . John was buried in Rohrer Cemetery at the age of eighty-eight in 1877 . A later son, Christian, remained on the family farm with his spouse, Mary (Hartman) , and their child, Lucinda, after the deaths of his parents . [13] The Stull Family Pioneers Henry and Rebecca (Hughes) Stull 's farm was just northwest of Rohrer Cemetery, straddling the old Michigan Road. Stull first came to the area in 1829 on a prospecting expedition and found the area to his liking. He moved his family from their farm near Jennings County, Indiana and bought some land to begin farming anew. The Stulls had eleven children, of which nine--three sons and six daughters--grew to maturity. Henry and his sons participated in plans to build an emergency fort at Southhold during the "Black Hawk Scare" of 1832 . The Stulls also have been noted as supplying the lumber for the county' s first school from their land in Centre Township. Henry was born in Fayette City, Pennsylvania in 1788 . His spouse, who was instrumental in the organization of the first local Methodist Church in 1831 , was a native of Charleston, South Carolina, born in 1799 . Henry died at the age of eighty-seven in 1875 and was buried at Rohrer; it is unknown where other Stulls were interred.