Caroline was 12 years old a the time of the family removal to Illinois and her parents (Nicholas and Sarah Berdine) were numbered among the early settlers in the vicinity of Elgin. Mrs. Flint gained her rudimentary education in the schools of her native state and after the removal to Illinois she availed herself of the advantages of the schools of the city of Chicago. Still later she attended the Valparaiso Seminary and she realized her ambition in fitting herself for the pedagogic profession. She was for some time engaged in teach-mg in the district school in Eagle Creek township, Lake county, Indiana, and her success was on a parity with her marked popularity. In this state, on the 12th of October, 1854, was solemnized her mar~'lage to Asa Edward Flint, who was at the tinle proprietor of a hotel at Crown Point, Lake county, his birth having occurred in the state of New York, on tho 9th of March, 1829. Two years after his marriage Mr. Flint purchased a farm in Lake county, and there he continued to be actively identified ~vith agricultural pursuits for a number of years. He then removed to Rochester, New York, where he was foreman in a stave factory for two years. lie then came again to Indiana and here lie became one of the progressive farmers and stock-growers of Porter county, where he con-tinued to reside until his death. lIe was a man whose life was ordered oh the higl~est plane of integrity and honor and thus lie ~oinmandcd the unqualified confidence and esteem of his fellow men, the while his genial and generous nat~ure won to him the staunchest, of friends in' the coin-niunity that long represented his home. lIe was industrious and enter-prising and through his well directed efforts won a large measure of suc-cess, the while lie was knbwn as a broad-minded and public-spirited cit-izen. his political allegiance was given to the Republican party and he was a zealous and liberal member of the Methodist Episcopal church, with which Mrs. Flint likewise had been closely identified as a member and earnest supporter from the days of her youth. Mr. and Mrs. Flint became the parents of only one child, Nelson ~erdine Flint, who was born on the 18th of September, 1864, and who was summoned to the life eter-nal on the 24th of August, 1866, the loss of this fine boy having been a sore bereavement to the devoted parents. After the death of her honored husbaijd Mrs. Flint disposed of the farm an& purchased her attractive home in Ilebron, where she becami 'ompassed by most gracious surroundings and assoe'~iations, her circle of friends being coincident with that of lier acquaintances. She also owned the homestead of her parents, th~ same being a fine farm in Iloone town-ship, Porter county, and she found much pleasure in retaining this place, it being endeared to her by the memories and associations of tIle past. Mrs. Flint was specially active in various departments of church work and was for twelve years a popular teacher in the Sunday school. She wai~ a life member of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal church and a zealous worker in tlie Woman's Chris-tian Temperance Union. The hospitality of her home was ever extended to clergymen and temperance workers and she was instant in aiding those in suffering and distress, the while lier charities and benevolences, to thc full cxtcnt of which with a dcep ~~i~sc of stewardship. She was summoned to eternal r(~t ~ tlI(~ I 2tli of I/l)ril, 1912. ShL~ was a grand and iiol)le woman, and her (l(~Q(I',' of benevolence will remain long in the minds of her numerous friends. Caroline: From the History of Porter County, pg. 753.
Caroline was 12 years old a the time of the family removal to Illinois and her parents (Nicholas and Sarah Berdine) were numbered among the early settlers in the vicinity of Elgin. Mrs. Flint gained her rudimentary education in the schools of her native state and after the removal to Illinois she availed herself of the advantages of the schools of the city of Chicago. Still later she attended the Valparaiso Seminary and she realized her ambition in fitting herself for the pedagogic profession. She was for some time engaged in teach-mg in the district school in Eagle Creek township, Lake county, Indiana, and her success was on a parity with her marked popularity. In this state, on the 12th of October, 1854, was solemnized her mar~'lage to Asa Edward Flint, who was at the tinle proprietor of a hotel at Crown Point, Lake county, his birth having occurred in the state of New York, on tho 9th of March, 1829. Two years after his marriage Mr. Flint purchased a farm in Lake county, and there he continued to be actively identified ~vith agricultural pursuits for a number of years. He then removed to Rochester, New York, where he was foreman in a stave factory for two years. lie then came again to Indiana and here lie became one of the progressive farmers and stock-growers of Porter county, where he con-tinued to reside until his death. lIe was a man whose life was ordered oh the higl~est plane of integrity and honor and thus lie ~oinmandcd the unqualified confidence and esteem of his fellow men, the while his genial and generous nat~ure won to him the staunchest, of friends in' the coin-niunity that long represented his home. lIe was industrious and enter-prising and through his well directed efforts won a large measure of suc-cess, the while lie was knbwn as a broad-minded and public-spirited cit-izen. his political allegiance was given to the Republican party and he was a zealous and liberal member of the Methodist Episcopal church, with which Mrs. Flint likewise had been closely identified as a member and earnest supporter from the days of her youth. Mr. and Mrs. Flint became the parents of only one child, Nelson ~erdine Flint, who was born on the 18th of September, 1864, and who was summoned to the life eter-nal on the 24th of August, 1866, the loss of this fine boy having been a sore bereavement to the devoted parents. After the death of her honored husbaijd Mrs. Flint disposed of the farm an& purchased her attractive home in Ilebron, where she becami 'ompassed by most gracious surroundings and assoe'~iations, her circle of friends being coincident with that of lier acquaintances. She also owned the homestead of her parents, th~ same being a fine farm in Iloone town-ship, Porter county, and she found much pleasure in retaining this place, it being endeared to her by the memories and associations of tIle past. Mrs. Flint was specially active in various departments of church work and was for twelve years a popular teacher in the Sunday school. She wai~ a life member of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal church and a zealous worker in tlie Woman's Chris-tian Temperance Union. The hospitality of her home was ever extended to clergymen and temperance workers and she was instant in aiding those in suffering and distress, the while lier charities and benevolences, to thc full cxtcnt of which with a dcep ~~i~sc of stewardship. She was summoned to eternal r(~t ~ tlI(~ I 2tli of I/l)ril, 1912. ShL~ was a grand and iiol)le woman, and her (l(~Q(I',' of benevolence will remain long in the minds of her numerous friends.