Tyndall, John W. Standard history of Adams and Wells Counties, Indiana. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1918, p. 900.

BENEDICKT LINIGER. Many of the most thriving and enterprising agriculturists of Adams County have come across the sea, and having brought to their new homes the habits of industry and thrift common to their countrymen have won success in their ventures. Prominent among, the number is Benedickt Liniger, of Preble Township, a progressive and prosperous farmer, and a man of far more than average business ability and judgment. He was born, May 18,1858, in Berne, Switzerland, a son of Christian and Magdalena Liniger.

Bred and educated in his native country, Benedickt Liniger came to the United States April 1, 1878, and located in the German settlement, just east of Bluffton, Wells County, Indiana, where for fifteen years he was engaged in business as a cheese manufacturer. In 1884 Mr. Liniger invested in land, buying sixteen acres, lying just across the line in Adams County. He soon disposed of that at an advantage, and for three years rented a farm of 160 acres, and continued the making of cheese. Giving up that business in 1887, Mr. Liniger purchased sixty acres of land in Harrison Township, Wells County, and engaged in agricultural pursuits. Selling sixty acres of that estate at the expiration of twelve years, Mr. Liniger bought 140 acres in French Township, Adams County, and a year later sold it at a good profit. In 1903 Mr. Liniger bought 200 acres of land in Kirkland Township, forty acres of which he subsequently sold, and kept the remaining 160 acres of fine land, on which he has erected good buildings. He has retired from this farm and bought a home in Preble Township, consisting of nine acres, well improved with good buildings. An energetic, hard-working man, possessing sound judgment, and good financial ability, Mr. Liniger has been fortunate in his real estate transactions, while by persistent labor and wise management he made the farm which he left one of the very best in Kirkland Township, all of it with the exception of fourteen acres of native timber being in a fine state of culture.

Mr. Liniger married Christina Dettinger, who was born in Ohio, December 22, 1861, a daughter of John and Mary Dettinger, who reared the following named children: Margaret; Eliza; Christina; Jacob; John, deceased; Caroline; Samuel; Charles; Mary; Rose; Wilson; and Emma. Ten children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Liniger, namely: Emma, who married Burt Weaver of Fort Wayne, Indiana, and has one child, Norma; Fred; Frank, deceased; Daniel; Charles; Julia; Frank; Harvey; Paulina, deceased; and Rodger. Mr. and Mrs. Liniger are active members of the Reformed Church.