Biographical Memoirs of Wells County, Indiana, 1903. pp. 372-373.

GOTTLIEB ROLLI.

This well-known horseman of Harrison township, Wells county, Indiana, is a native of the impregnable and gallant little republic of Switzerland and was born July 10, 1859. His parents, John and Christina Rolli, were also born and were married in that republic, where the father still lives and is engaged in the noble vocation of agriculture. To the union of John and Christina Rolli were born seven children, namely: John, still in Switzerland; Frederick, also residing in that republic; Gottlieb, whose name opens this biographical sketch and whose residence is in Vera Cruz, Harrison township, Wells county, Indiana; Elizabeth, deceased; Jacob, also in Vera Cruz, Indiana; Samuel is in Switzerland, and Onabarbra, deceased.

Gottlieb Rolli lived in his native land until 1882, when he decided to try his fortune in the grander trans-Atlantic republic, came to America and settled in Vera Cruz, Indiana. Here he engaged in his present business of breeding, for which he has a peculiar ability, being an expert. Among other valuable animals he is part owner of Cremeo, that has scored 2:40 in a trial heat and is the sire of Gold Bug, who has made a record of 2:19; he also owns two high bred fillies and two draft stallions in partnership. Mr. Rolli is also a famous dog fancier, and owns one of the best English pointer dogs in Wells county.

Fraternally Mr. Rolli is a member of Lodge No. 30, Knights of Fidelity, Bluffton, and politically is a Democrat. He is one of the most active members of his party in Wells county and a leader in its councils and has served as a member of the town council of Vera Cruz for several years, being still an active member of that honorable body.

Gottlieb Rolli was united in matrimony in 1888 with Miss Maggie Munger, who was born in Switzerland, but when only two years of age was brought to America by her parents. This union has been blessed with six children, named as follows: Maurice, Frances, Ruth, Blanche, Harold and Harry.

Mr. Rolli is favorably known throughout the township of Harrison. He is recognized as a man of the strictest integrity, was never known to take an undue advantage of another or to make a misrepresentation in a trade of any kind, something which cannot always be said of men in his line of business. It is true that he is shrewd and knows full well what he is about, but he never oversteps the rigid rules of honesty. He and his amiable helpmate are rearing their children to lives of usefulness and to be ornaments to the community in which they have their being, and to society at large. Mr. Rolli may be termed a self-made man in the business sense of the phrase, and counts his friends by the hundred in Wells county and the surrounding counties as well as in more distant parts of the state.