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His great-grand- father, John Washington, em- igrated to Virginia about 1657, and became a prosperous * planter. He had two sons, Lawrence and John. The former married Mildred Warner and had three children, John, Augustine and Mildred. Augus- tine, the father of (ieorge, first married Jane Butler, who bore him four children, two of whom, Lawrence and Augustine, reached maturity. Of six children by his second marriage, George was the eldest, the others being Betty, Samuel, John Augustine, Charles and Mildred. Augustine Washington, the father of George, died in 1743, leaving a large landed property. To his sldest son, Lawrence, he bequeathed an estate on the Patomac, afterwards known as Mount Vernon, and to George he left the parental residence. George received only such education as the neighborhood schools afforded, save for a short time after he left school, when he received private instruction in raathemat'cs. His sDcUinsi was rather defectiv«. ,^k-^" Remarkable stories are told of his great ))hysica; strength and development at an early age. He wa.-j an acknowledged leader among his companions, and was early noted for that nobleness of character, fair- ness and veracity which characterized his whole life. When George was i4years old he had a desire to go to sea, and a midshipman's warrant was secured for him, but through the opposition of his mother the idea was abandoned. Two years later he was appointed surveyor to the immense estate of Lord Fairfax. In this business he spent three years in a rough frontier life, gaining experience which afterwards proved very essential to him. In 175 i, though only 19 years of age, he was ai)pointed adjutant with the rank of major in the Virginia militia, then being trained for active service against the French and Indians. Soon after this he sailed to the West Indies with his brother Lawrence, who went there to restore his health. They soon returned, and in the summer of 1752 Lawrence died, leaving a large fortune to an infant daughter who did not long survive him. On her demise Oie estate of Mount Vernon was given to George. Upon the arrival of Robert Dinwiddle, as Lieuten- ant-Governor of Virginia, in 1752, the militia wag reorganized, and the province divided into four mili- tary districts, of which the northern was assigned to Washington as adjutant general. Shortly after this a very perilous mission was assigned him and ac- cepted, which others had refused. This was to pro- ceed to the French post near Lake Erie in North- western Pennsylvania. The distance to be traversed was between 500 and 600 miles. Winter was at hand, and the journey was to he made without military escort, through a territory occupied by Indians. The GEORGE WASHINGTON. irip was a perilous one, and several limes he came near losuig his life, yet he returned in safety and furnished a full and useful report of his expedition. A regiment of 300 men was raised in Virginia and put in com- mand of Col. Joshua Fry, and Major Washington was commissioned lieutenant-colonel. Active war was then begun against the French and Indians, in which Washington took a most important part. In the memorable event of July 9, 1755, known as Brad- dock's defeat, Washington was almost the only officer of distinction who escaped from the calamities of the day with life and honor. The other aids of Braddock were disabled early in the action, and Washington alone was left in that capacity on the field. In a letter to his brother he says : " I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped unhurt, though death was levelino my companions on every side." An Indian sharpshooter said he was not born to be killed by a bullet, for he had taken direct aim at him seventeen times, and failed to hit him. .\fter having been five years in the military service, and vainly sought promotion in the royal army, he look advantage of the fall of Fort Daquesne and the expulsion of the French from the valley of the Ohio, 10 resign his commission. Soon after he entered the Legislature, where, although not a leader, he took an active and important part. January 17, 1759, he married Mrs. Martha (Dandridge) Custis, the wealthy widow of John Parke Custis. When the British Parliament had closed the port of Boston, the cry went up throughout the provinces that "The cause of Boston is the cause of us all." It was then, at the suggestion of Virginia, that a Con- gress of all the colonies was called to meet at Phila- del[)hia,Sept. 5, 1774, to secure their common liberties, peaceably if possible. To this Congress Col. Wash- ington was sent as a delegate. On May 10, 1775, the Congress re-assembled, when the hostile intentions of England were plainly apparent. The battles of Con- cord and Lexington had been fought. Among the first acts of this Congress was the election of a com- mander-in-chief of tlie colonial forces. This high and responsible office was conferred upon Washington, who was still a memberof the Congress. He accepted it on June T9, but upon the express condition that he receive no salary. He would keep an exact account of expenses and expect Congress lo pay them and nothing move. It is not the object of this sketch to trace the military acts of Washington, to whom the fortunes and liberties of the people of this country were so long confided. The war was conducted by him under every possible disadvantage, and while his forces often met with reverses, yet he overcame every o!)stacle, and after seven years of heroic devotion and matchless skill he gained liberty for the greatest nation of earth. On Dec. 23, 17S3, Washington, in a parting address of surpassing beauty, resigned his commission as commander-in-chief of the army to to the Continental Congress sitting at Annapolis. He retired immediately to Mount Vernon and resumed his occupation as a farmer and planter, shunning all connection with public life. In February, 1 7 89, Washington was unanimously elected President. In his presidential career he was subject to the peculiar trials incidental to a new government ; trials from lack of confidence on the part of other governments ; trials from want of harmony between the different sections of our own country; trials from the impoverished condition of the country, owmgto the war and want of credit; trials from the beginnings of party strife. He was no partisan. His clear judgment could discern the golden mean ; and while perhaps this alone kept our government from sinking at the very outset, it left him exposed to attacks from both sides, which were often bitter and very annoying. At the expiration of his first term he was unani- mously re-elected. At the end of this temi many were anxious that he be re-elected, but he absolutely refused a third nominadon. On the fourth of March, 1797, at the expiraton of his second term as Presi- dent, he returned to his home, hoping to pass there his few remaining years free from the annoyances of public life. Later in the year, however, his repose seemed likely to be interrupted by war with France. At the prospect of such a war he was again urged to take command of the armies. He chose his sub- ordinate officers and left to them the charge of mat- ters in the field, which he superintended from his home. In accepting the command he made the reservarion that he was not to be in the field until it was necessary. In the midst of these preparations his life was suddenly cut off. December 12, he took a severe cold from a ride in the rain, which, settling in his throat, produced inflammation, and terminated fatally on the night of the fourteenth. On the eigh- teenth his body was borne wiih military honors to its final resting place, and interred in the family vault at Mount Vernon. Of the character of Washington it is impossible to speak but in terms of the highest respect and ad- miration. The more we see of the operations of our government, and the more deeply we feel the difficulty of uniting all opinions in a common interest, the more highly we must estimate the force of his tal- ent and character, which have be^^n able to challenge the reverence of all parties, and principles, and na- tions, and to win a fame as extended as the limits of the globe, and which we cannot but believe will be as lasting as the existence of man. The person of Washington was unusally tan, erect and well proportioned. His muscular strength was great. His features were of a beautiful symmetry. He commanded respect without any appearance of haughtiness, and ever serious without t^fii-ig dull. 3-E Pn-n " -^-e- l(OiP'^*|SP»- oc g r-^-t.* 1 I i ^^»— 'J ^IQGIPIPPCJ^ -^ Madison and Hamilton Counties, Indiana, loiiiainiiig liographical ikciches of Iroiriineiit ■■■ H N D ~ ^occtber witb Bioorapbice an^ portraits of all tbe Presidents of= the United Stt^tes CHICAGO: BIOGRAPHICAL PUBLISHING CO. .) pF(Ep/^§E. HE greatest of English liistoriaiis, Macaulat, and one of the most brilliant writers of the present eeutury, has said: "The history of a country is best told in a record of the lives of its people." In conformity with this idea the PoirniAiT and Biogkapiiicai. RccjORD Qf ti^is county has ':acn prepared. Instead of going to musty records, and taking therefrom dry statistical matter that can be appieeiatcd by but few, oui corps of writers have gone to the people, l!ie men and women who have, bj^ their enterprise and industry, brought the county to rank second to none among those comprising this great and noble State, and from their lips have the story of their life struggles. No more interesting or instructive matter could be presented to an intelli- gent public. In this volume will be found a record of many whose lives are worthy the imitation of coming generations. It tells how some, commencing life in poverty, by indujstry and economy have accumulated wealth. It tells how others, with limited advantages for securing an education, have become learned men and women, with an influence extending throughout the length and breadth of the land. It tells of men who have risen from the lower walks of life to eminence as statesmen, and whose names have become famous. It tells of those in every walk in life who have striven to succeed, and records how that success has usually crowned their efforts. It tells also of manj', very many, who, not seeking the applause of the world, have pursued "the even tenor of their way," content to have it said of tfiem as Christ said of the woman performing a deed of mere}- — "they have done what thej^ could." It tells how that many in the pride and strength of young manhood left the plow and the anvil, the lawyer's office and the counting-room, left every trade and profession, and at their country's call went forth valiantly "to do or die," and how through their efforts the Union was restored and peace once more reigned in the land. In the life of every man and of every woman is a lesson tliat should not be lost upon those who follow after. Coming generations will appi'eciate this volume and preserve it as a sacred treasure, from the fact tliat it contains so much that would never find its way into i)ublic records, and which would otherwise be inaccessible. Great care has been taken in the comjjilation of the work and every opportunity possible given to those represented to insure correctness iu what has been written, and the puljlishers Hatter them- selves that they give to their readers a work with few errors of consequence. In addition to the biograpb ical sketches, portraits of a number of representative citizens are given. The faces of some, and biographical sketches of many, will be missed in tliis volume. For tliis the publishers are not to blame. Not having a proper conception of the work, some refused to give the information necessary to compile a sketch, while others were indifferent. Occasionally some member of the family would oppose the enterprise, and on account of such opposition the support of the interested one would be withheld. In a few instances men could never be found, though repeated calls were made at their residence or place of business. December, 1893. 1>io<:kaimiicai. Pi;i!i.isiii.\-ii Co. LIBRARY OP CONGRESS - BINDING RECORD F^32.M2 P8 Date 3/10/80 PORTRAIT MD BIOGRAPHICAL Title RECORD Date Ri^.v ^ T..„ D10T-Rebind-1T9 Specs. REBIND 7-56 (rev V72) %-^mv~'^M'kk ^mwS0^%lB^^^ / ''^s ^ f^- Jdn Jr/m^yj SECOND PRESIDENT. hsss&^j^ -^^i"" i;jt •4;TTTT'+''*'iP'+*«"+'TT'+'°-F*''+'4-'-i ' ^ -v manners were frequently abrupt and uncourteous. He had neither the lofty dignity of Washington, nor the engaging elegance and gracefulness which marked the manners and address of Jefferson, l-7^^:y:y^/7- THIRD PRESIDENT. % ^^ -v^ :^^rr:7^>. THOMAS JRIM'M^IJ^D.X, \, HOMAS IEFF?:RS0N was ^ 1 ( 111 Xpril 2, 1743, at Shad- ' «l11, Albeimarle county, Va. / lli^paicnts were Peter and J I ic ( Randolph) Jefferson, tlu former a native of Wales, and the Utter born in Lon- don To them were born six daughters and two sons, of whom Thomas was the elder. When 14 years of age his father died. He received a most liberal education, hav- ing been kept diligently at sciiool from the time he was five years of age. In 1760 he entered William end Mary College. Williamsburg was then the seat of the Colonial Court, and it was the obodeof fashion and splendor. Young Jefferson, who was then 17 years old, lived somewhat expensively, keeping fine horses, and much caressed by gay society, yet he was earnestly devoted to his studies, and irreproacha- able in his morals. It is strange, however, under such influenceSjthat he was not ruined. In the sec- ond year of his college course, moved by some un- explained inward impulse, he discarded his horses, society, and even his favorite violin, to which he iiad previously given much time. He often devoted fifteen hours a day to haid study, allowing himself for ex- ercise only a run in tlie evening twilight of a mile out of the city and back again. He thus attained very higl) intellectual culture, alike excellence in philoso- phy and the languages. The most difficult Latin and Greek authors he read with facility. A more finished scholar has seldom gone forth from college halls ; and there was not to be found, perhaps, in all Virginia, a more pureminded, upright, gentlemanly young man. Immediately upon leaving college he began the study of law. For the short time he continued in the practice of his profession he rose rapidly and distin- guished himself by his energy and accuteness as a lawyer. But the times called for greater action. Tiie policy of Fnglaiid had awakened the spirit of resistance of the American Colonies, and the enlarged views which Jefferson had ever entertained, soon led him into active political life. In 1769 he was chosen a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses !n 1772 he married Mrs. Martha Skelton, a very oeauti- ful, wealthy and highly accomplished young widow Upon Mr. Jefferson's large estate at Shadwell, th^re was a majestic swell of land, called Monticcllo, which commanded a prospect of wonderful extent and j beauty. This spot Mr. Jefferson selected for his new home; and here he reared a mansion of modest ye* elegant architecture, which, next to Mount Vernon j became the most distinguished resort in our hind. In 1775 'i*-" was sent to the Colonial Congress. i where, though a silent memlier, his abilities as a writer and a reasoner soon become known, and he was placed ui»n a number of imiwrtant committees, and was chairman of the one appointed for the draw- ing up of a declaration of independence. This com- mittee consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston. Jefferson, as chairman, was apiwiiiled to draw up the paper. I'Vanklin and Adams suggested a few verbal changes before it was submitted to Con- gress. On June 28, a few slight changes were made in it by Congress, and it was passed and signed July 4, 1776, What must have been the feelii-.gs of that 28 THOMAS JEFFERSOl man — -what the emotions that swelled his breast — who was charged with the preparation of that Dec- laration, which, while it made known the wrongs of America, was also to publish her to the world, free, boverign and independent. It is one of the most re- markable papers ever written ; and did no other effort of the mind of its author exist, that alone would be sufficient to stamp his name with immortality. In 1779 iVIr. Jefferson was elected successor to Patrick Henry, as Governor of Virginia, At one time the British officer, Tarleton, sent a secret expedition to Moniicello, to capture the Governor. Scarcely five minutes elapsed after the hurried escape of Mr. Jef- ferson and his family, ere his mansion was in posses- sion of the British troops. His wife's health, never very good, was much injured by this excitement, and in the summer of 1782 she died. Mr. Jefferson was elected to Congress in 1783. Two yeirs later he was appointed Minister Plenipo- tentiary to France. Returning to the United States in September, 1789, he became Secretary of State in Washington's cabinet. This position he resigned Jan. I, 1794. In 1797, he was chosen Vice Presi- dent, and four years later was elected President over Mr. Adams, with Aaron Burr as Vice President. In 1804 he was re-elected with wonderful unanimity, and George Clinton, Vice President. The early part of Mr. Jefferson's second adminstra- tion was disturbed by an event which threatened the tranquihty and peace of the Union; this was the con- spiracy of Aaron Burr. Defeated in the late election to the Vice Presidency, and led on by an unprincipled ambition, this extraordinary man formed the plan of a military expedition into the Spanish territories on our southwestern frontier, for the purpose of forming there a new republic. This has been generally supposed was a mere pretext ; and although it has not been generally known what his real plans were, there is no doubt that they were of a far more dangerous character. In 1809, at the expiration of the second term for which Mr. Jefferson had been elected, he determined to retire from political life. For a period of nearly forty years, he had been continually before the pub- lic, and all that time had been employed in offices of the greatest trust and responsibility. Having thus de- voted the best part of his life to the service of his country, he now felt desirous of that rest which his declining years required, and upon the organization of the new administration, in March, 1809, he bid fare- well forever to public life, and retired to Monticello. Mr. Jefferson was profuse in his hospitality. Whole families came in their coaches with their horses, — fathers and mothers, boys and girls, babies and nurses, — and remained three and even six months. Life at Monticello, for years, resembled that at a fasliionable watering-place. The fourth of July, 1826, being the fiftieth anniver- . sary of the Declaration of American Independence, great preparations were made in every part of tht Union for its celebration, as the nation's jubilee, and the citizens of Washington, to add to the solemnity of the occasion, invited Mr. Jefferson, as the framer. and one of the few surviving signers of the Declara- tion, to participate in their testivities. But an ill- ness, which had been of several weeks duration, and had been continually increasing, compelled him to decline the invitation. On the second of July, the disease under wliich he was laboring left him, but in such a reduced state that his medical attendants, entertained nc hope of his recovery. From this time he was perfectly sensible that his last hour was at hand. On the nex'. diiy, which was Monday, he asked of those around him, the day of the month, and on being told it was the third of July, he expresied the earnest wish tha; he might be permitted to breathe the air of the fiftieth anniversary. His prayer was heard — that day, whose dawn was hailed with such rapture through our land, burst upon his eyes, and then they were closed for- ever. And what a noble consummation of a noble life ! To die on that day, — the birthday of a nation,- - the day which his own name and his own act had rendered glorious; to die amidst tiie rejoicings and festivities of a whole nation, who looked up to him, as the author, under God, of their greatest blessings, was all that was wanting to fill up the record his life. Almost at the same hour of his death, the kin- dred spirit of the venerable Adams, as if to bear him company, left the scene of his earthly honors. Hand in hand they had stood forth, the champions of freedom ; hand in hand, during the dark and desper- ate struggle of the Revolution, they had cheered and animated their desponding countrymen; for half a century they had labored together for the good of the country; and now hand in hand they depart. In their lives they had been united in the same great cause of liberty, and in their deaths they were not divided. In person Mr. Jefferson was tall and thin, rather above six feet in height, but well formed; his eyes were light, his hair originally red, in after life became white and silvery; his complexion was fair, his fore head broad, and his whole cour^enance intelligent and thoughtful. He possessed great fortitude of mind as well as personal courage; and j.:s command of tem- per was such that his oldest and most intimate friends never recollected to have seen him in a passion. His manners, though dignified, were simple and un- affected, and his hospitality was so unbounded that all found at his house a ready welcome. In conver- sation he was fluent, eloquent and enthusiastic ; and his language was remarkably pure and correct. He was a finished classical scholar, and in his writings is discernable the care with which he formed his style upon the best models of antiquity. c , , .^yCC if^^c-L^t-i c'K FOURTH PRKSIDENT. V'|a&> 3^rr|ES npDisoi].-^D.:.i>. \\I?S MADISON, "Father ^ I tliL C oiiititution," and fourth I idcntof the United States, / \ t-, horn March i6, 1757, and 1 died It hib home in Virginia, -" June 2S, 1S36. The name of James Madison is inseparably con- nected with most of the important events in that heroic period of our country daring which the founda- tions of this great repubUc were laid. He was the last of the founders of the Constitution of the United States to lie called to his eternal reward. The Madison family were among the early emigrants to the New World, landing upou the shores of the Chesa- peake but 15 years after the settle- ment of Jamestown. The father of James Madison was an opulent planter, residing uix)n a very fine es- tate called "Montpelier," Orange Co., Va. The mansion was situated in the midst of scenery highly pictur- esque and romantic, on the west side of .South-west Mountain, at the foot of t was but 25 miles from the home of Jefferson at Monticello. The closest jiersonal and political attachment existed between these illustrious uien, from their early youth until death. The early education of Mr. Madison was conducted mostly at home uniler a private tutor. At the age of iS lie was sent to Princeton College, in New Jersey. Here he applied himself to study with the most im- Blue Ridge. prudent zeal; allowing himself, for months, l)ut three hours' slee[) out of the 24. His health thus became so seriously impaired that he never recovered any vigor of constitution. He graduated in 177 i, with a feeble body, with a character of utmost purity, and with a mind highly disciplined and richly stored with learning which embellished and gave proficiency to his subsf quent career. Returning to Virginia, he commenced the study of law and a course of e.xtensive and systematic reading. This educational course, the spirit of the times in which he lived, and the society with wliich he asso- ciated, all combined to inspire him with a strong love of liberty, and to train him fijr his life-work o! a statesman. Being naturally of a religious turn of mind, and his frail health leading him to think that his life was not to be long, lie diiected especial atten- tion to theological studies. Endowed with a mind singularly free from passion and prejudice, and with almoKt unequalled powers of reasoning, he weighed all the arguments for and against revealed religion, until his faith became so established as never to be shaken. In the spring of 1776, wiien 26 years of age, he was elected a member of the Virginia Convention, to frame the constitution of the State. The next year (1777), he was .1. candidate for the General .Assembly. He refused to treat the whisky-lovir.g voters, and consetpiently lost his election ; but those who had witnessed the talent, energy and public spirit of the modest young man, enlisted themselves in his behalf, and he was apjjointed to the Kxeculive Council. Both Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson were Governors of Virginia while Mr. Madison, remained member of the Council ; and their appreciation of hi» JAMES MADISON-. "ntellectual, social and moral worth, contributed not a little to his subsequent eminence. In the year 1780, he was elected a member of the Continental Congress. Here he met the most illustrious men in our land, and he was immediately assigned to one of the most conspicuous positions among them. For three years Mr. Madison continued in Con- gress, one of its most active and influential members. In the year 17 84, his term having expired, he was elected a member of the Virginia Legislature. No man felt more deeply than Mr. Madison the utter inefficiency of the old confederacy, with no na- tional government, with no power to form treaties which would be binding, or to enforce law. There was not any State more prominent than Virginia in the declaration, that an efficient national government must be formed. In January, 1786, Mr. Madison carried a resolution through the General Assembly of Virginia, inviting the other States to appoint commis- sioners to meet in convention at Annapolis to discuss this subject. Five States only were represented. The convention, however, issued another call, drawn up by Mr. Madison, urguig all the States to send their delegates to Philadelphia, in May, 1787, to draft a Constitudon for the United States, to take the place of that Confederate League. The delegates met at the time appointed. Every State but Rhode Island "fas represented. George Washington was chosen president of the convention ; and the present Consti- tution of the United States was then and there formed. There was, perhaps, no mind and no pen more ac- tive in framing this immortal document than the mind and the pen of James Madison. The Constitution, adopted by a vote 81 to 79, was to be presented to the several States for acceptance. But grave solicitude was felt. Should it be rejected we should be left but a conglomeration of independent States, with but little ix)wer at home and little respect abroad. Mr. Madison was selected by the conven- tion to draw up an address to the people of the United States, expounding the principles of the Constitution, and urging its adoption. There was great opposition to it at first, but it at length triumphed over all, and went into effect in 1789. Mr. Madison was elected to the House of Repre- sentatives in the first Congress, and soon became the avowed leader of the Republican party. While in New York attending Congress, he met Mrs, Todd, a young widow of remarkable ix)wer of fascination, whom he married. She was in person and character (jueenly, and probably no lady has thus far occupied so prominent a position in the very peculiar society which has constituted our republican court as Mrs. Madison. Mr. Madison served as Secretary of State under Jefferson, and at the close of his administration was chosen. President. At this time the encroach- ments of England had brought us to the verge of war. , British orders in council destioyed our commerce, and our flag was exposed to constant insult. Mr. Madison was a man of peace. Scholarly in his taste, retiring in his disposition, war had no charms for him. But the meekest spirit can be roused. It makes one's blood boil, even now, to think of an American ship brought to, upon the ocean, by the guns of an English cruiser. A young lieutenant steps on board and orders the crew to be paraded before him. With great nonchal- ance he selects any number whom he may please to designate as British subjects ; orders them down the ship's side into his boat ; and places them on the gun- deck of his man-of-war, to fight, by compulsion, the battles of England. This right of search and im- pressment, no efforts of our Government could induce the British cabinet to relinquish. On the 1 8th of June, 18 12, President Madison gave his approval to an act of Congress declaring war against Great Britain. Notwithstanding the bitter hostility of the Federal party to the war, the country in general approved; and Mr. Madison, on the 4th of March, 1813, was re-elected by a large majority, and entered upon his second teitn of office. This is not the place to describe the various adventures of this war on the land and on the water. Our infan'. navy then laid the foundations of its renown in grap- pling with the most formidable power which ever swept the seas. The contest commenced in earnest by the appearance of a British fleet, early in February, 18 13, in Chesapeake Bay, declaring nearly the whole coast of the United States under blockade. The Emperor of Russia offered his services as me ditator. America accepted ; England refused. A Brit- ish force of five thousand men landed on the banks of the Patuxet River, near its entrance into Chesa- peake Bay, and marched rapidly, by way of Bladens- burg, upon Washington. The straggling little city of Washington was thrown into consternation. The cannon of the brief conflict at Bladensburg echoed through the streets of the metropolis. The whole population fled from the city. The President, leaving Mrs. ^Ladison in the ^Vhite House, with her carriage drawn up at the doer to await his speedy return, hurried to meet the officers in a council of war. He met our troops utteriy roUte4 and he could not go back without danger of being captured. But few hours elapsed ere the Presidential Mansion, the Capitol, and all the public buildings in Washington were in flames. The war closed after two years of fighting, and on Feb. 13, 1815, the treaty of peace was signed aK^.hent. On the 4th of March, 1817, his second term of office expired, and he resigned the Presidential chair to his friend, James Monroe. He retired to his beau- dful home at Montpelier, and there passed the re- mainder of his days. On June 28, 1836, then at the age of 85 years, he fell asleep in death. Mrs. Madi- son died July 12, 1849. .^c^'y? > i-v y /'/ Z,r- .' c ^ ^-^ FIFTH PKF.SUiENT. 'lMES MONROE identof The United States, was born in Westmoreland Co., \ 1, April 28, 1758. His early life was passed at the ])lace of nativity. Hi.? ancestors hail for many years resided in the prov- ince in which he was born. ^Vhell, at 17 jears of age, in the process of completing his education at William and Mary College, the Co- loniil Congress assembled at Phila- delphia to deliberate u[)on the un- just and manifold oppressions of Great Britian, declared the separa- tion of the Colonies, and [jronuil- gated the Declaration of Indejien- dence. Had he been liorn ten years liefore it is highly probable that he would have been one of the signers of that celebrated instrument. At this time he left school and enlisted among the patriots. He joined the army when everything looked hope- less and gloomy. The number of deserters increased from day to day. The invading armies came pouring in ; and the tories not only favored the cause of the mother country, but disheartened the new recruits, who were sufficiently terrified at the prospect of con- tending with an enemy whom they had been taught to deem invincible. To such brave spirits as James Monroe, who went right onward, undismayed through difficulty and danger, the United States owe their ix^liric-il emancipation. The young cadet joined the ranks, and esixiused the cause of his injured country, with a firm determination to live o. iie with her strife )erty. Firmly yet sadly he shared in the rael- ily retreat from Harleain Heights and White S and accompanied the dispirited army as it fled before its foes through New Jersey. In four months after tlie Declaration of Independence, the patriots had been beaten in seven battles. At the battle of Trenton he led the vanguard, and, in the act of charg- ing upon the enemy lie received a wound in tlie left shoulder. As a reward for his bravery, Mr. Monroe was ]jro-| nioted a captain of infantry; and, having recovered, from his wound, he rejoined the army. He, however, receded from the line of promotion, by becoming aa officer in the staff of Lord Sterling. During the cam- paigns of 1777 and 1778, in the actions of Brandy wine, (ierniantown and Monniouth, he continued aid-de-camp; but becoming desirous to regain his [wsition in the army, he exerted himself to collect a regiment for tlii ine. This scheme failed owing to the exhausted condition of the State. Ujwn this failure he entered the office of Mr. Jefferson, at that period Governor, and pursued, with considerable ardor, the study of common law. He did not, however, entirely lay aside the knapsack for the green bag; but on the invasions of the enemy, served as a volun teer, during the two years of his legal pursuits. In 1782, he was elected from King George county, a member of the Leglislature of N'irginia, and by thai l.iody he was elevated to a seat in the Executive Council. He was thus lionored with tiie confidence of his fellow citizens at 23 years of age ; and havint at this early period displayed some of tliat ability and aptitude for legislation, which were afterwards employed with unremitting energy for tlie public good. JAMES MONROE. he was in the succeeding year chosen a member of [he Congress of the United States. DeeplyasMr. Monroefelt the imperfections of the old Confederacy, he was opposed to the new Constitution, '.hinking, with many others of the RepubHcan party, '.hat it gave too much power to the Central Government, and not enough to the individual States. Still he re- tained the esteem of his friends who were its warm supporters, and who, notwithstanding his opposition secured its adoption. In 1789, he became a member of the United States Senate; which office he held for four years. Every month the line of distinction be- tween the two great parties which divided the nation, the Federal and the Republican, was growing more distinct. The two prominent ideas which now sep- arated them were, that the Republican party was in sympathy with France, and also in favor of such a strict construction of the Constitution as to give the Central Government as little power, and the State Governments as much power, as the Constitution would warrant. The Federalists sympathized with England, and were in favor of a liberal construction of the Con- stitution, which would give as much power to the Central Goverrfment as that document could possibly authorize. The leading Federalists and Republicans were alike noble men, consecrating all their energies to the good of the nation. Two more honest men or more pure patriots than John Adams the Federalist, and James Monroe the Republican, never breathed. In l)uilding up this majestic nation, which is destined to eclipse all Grecian and Assyrian greatness, the com- bination of their antagonism was needed to create the light equilibrium. And yet each in his day was de- nounced as almost a demon. Washington was then President. England had es- poused the cause of the Bourbons against the princi- ples of the French Revolution. All Europe was drawn into the conflict. We were feeble and far away. Washington issued a proclamation of neutrality be- tween these contending powers. France had helped us in the struggle for our liberties. All the despotisms of Europe were now combiiied to prevent the French from escaping from a tyranny a thousand-fold worse than that which we had endured. Col. Monroe, more magnanimous than prudent, was anxious that, at whatever hazard, we should help our old allies in their extremity. It was the impulse of a generous and noble nature. He violently opposed the Pres- ident's proclamation as ungrateful and wanting in magnanimity. Washington, who could appreciate such a character, developed his calm, serene, almost divine greatness, by appointing that very James Monroe, who was de- nouncing the policy of the Government, as the minister of that Government to the Republic of France. Mr. Monroe was welcomed by the National Convention in France with the most enthusiastic demonstB»-tions. Shortly after his return to this country, Mr. Mon- roe was elected Governor of Virginia, and held the office for three years. He was again sent to France to co-operate with Chancellor Livingston in obtaining the vast territory then known as the Province of Louisiana, which France had but shortly before ob- tained from Spain. Their united efforts were suc- cessful. For the comparatively small sum of fifteen, millions of dollars, the entire territory of Orleans and district of Louisiana were added to the United States. This was probably the largest transfer of real estate which was ever made in all the history of the world From France Mr. Monroe went to England to ob- tain from that country some recognition of oui rights as neutrals, and to remonstrate against those odious impressments of our ssamen. But Eng- land was unrelenting. He again returned to Eng- land on the same mission, but could receive no redress. He returned to his home and was again chosen Governor of Virginia. This he soon resigned to accept the position of Secretary of State under Madison. While in this office war with England, was declared, the Secretary of War resigned, and during these trying times, the duties of the War Departnien; were also put upon him. He was truly the armor- bearer of President Madison, and the most efficient business man in his cabinet. Upon the return of peace he resigned the Department of War, but con- tinued in the office of Secretary of State until the ex- jnration of Mr. Madison's adminstration. At the elec- tion held the previous autumn Mr. Monroe himself had been chosen President with but little opposition, and upon March 4, 18 17, was inaugurated. Four years later he was elected for a second term. Ainong the important measures of his Presidency were the cession of Florida to the United States; the Missouri Compromise, and the " Monroe doctrine.' This famous doctrine, since known as the " Monroe doctrine," was enunciated by him in 1823. At that time the United States had recognized the independ- ence of the South American states, and did not wish to have European powers longer attempting to sub- due portions of the American Continent. The doctrine is as follows: "That we should consider any attempt on the part of European powers to extend their sys- tem to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety," and "that we could not view any interposition for the purjx)se of oppressing or controlling American governments or provinces in any other light than as a manifestation by Eurojiear. powers of an unfriendly disposition toward the LTnited States." This doctrine immediately affected the course of foreign governments, and has become the approved sentiment of the LTnited States. At the end of his second term Mr. Monroe retired to his home in Virginia, where he lived until 1830. when he went to New York to live with his son-in- law. In that city he died.on the 4th of July 1831 J, 5, Ai, S/XTN I'RF.S/DJ'^NT. r w^^/ x\ -^^^ 4^ \ JOI}I] QUIPY ^D^n]S. :i^ ,^^ OHN QUINCY ADAMS, tlic ih President of the United tes, was born in tiie rural ne of his honored father, John Adams, in Qaincy, Mass., on the iithcf July, 1767. His mother, a woman of exalted uoith, watched over his childhood during the almost constant ab- sence of his father. When but eight years of age, he stood with his mother on an eminence, listen- ing to the booming of the great bat- tle on Bunl« past history of our country than the abuse which was poured in one uninterrupted stream, upon this high-minded, upright, patriotic man. There never was an administration more pure in principles, more con- scientiously devoted to tlie best interests of the coun- try, than that of John Quincy Adams ; and never, per- haps, was there an administration more unscrupu- lously and outrageously assailed. Mr. Adams was, to a very remarkable degree, ab- stemious and temperate in his habits; always rising early, and taking much exercise. When at his home in Quincy, he has been known to walk, before breakfast, seven miles to Boston. In Washington, it was said that he was the first man up in the city, lighting his own fire and applying himself to work in his library often long before dawn. On the 4th of March, 1829, Mr. Adams retired from the Presidency, and was succeeded by Andrew I Jackson. John C. Calhoun was elected Vice Presi- dent. The slavery question now began to assume lx)rlentous magnitude. Mr. Adams returned to Quincy and to his studies, which he pursued with un- abated zeal. But he was not long permitted to re- main in retirement. In November, 1830, he was elected representative to Congress. For seventeen years, until his death, he occupied the post as repre- sentative, towering above all his peers, ever ready to do brave battle' for freedom, and winning the title of " the old man eloquent." Upon taking his seat in the House, he announced that he should hold him- self bound to no party. Probably there never was a member more devoted to his duties. He was usually the first in his place in the morning, and the last to leave his seat in the evening. Not a measure could be brought forward and escape his scrutiny. The battle which Mr. Adams fought, almost singly, against the proslavery party in the Government, was sublime in its moral daring and heroism. For persisting in presenting petitions for the abolition of slavery, he was threatened with indictment by the grand jury, with expulsion from the House, with assassination . but no threats could intimidate him, and his final triumph was complete. It has been said of President Adams, that when his body was bent and his hair silvered by the lapse of fourscore years, yielding to the simple faith of a little child, he was accustomed to repeat every night, before he slept, the prajer which his mother taught him in his infant years. On the 2 1 St of February, 1848, he rose on the floor of Congress, with a paper in his hand, to address the speaker. Suddenly he fell, again stricken by paraly- sis, and was caught in the arms of those around him. For a time he was senseless, as he was conveyed to the sofa in the rotunda. With reviving conscious- ness, he opened his eyes, looked calmly around and said " This is the endof earth .-"then after a moment's pause he added, ^' I ant content" These were the last words of the grand " Old Man Eloquent." (s/->^/ Z^2^^^^^y^=:74L.^^^-2:7^ — SE VENTH PRESWENT. ( .: A N I) I^ F< Ae J A ( U V J^ Q JST . 'tTLfc '€&''"" NfnREW JACKSON, the ^Lventh President of" the L lilted States, was horn in W axhaw settlement, N. (:., March 15, 1767, a few days after his father's death. His parents were poor emigrants from Ireland, and took up their abode in Waxhaw set- tlement, where they lived in deepest poverty. Andrew, or Andy, as he was universally called, grew up a very rough, rude, turbulent boy. His features were coarse, his form un- gainly; and there was Init veiy little in liis character, made visible, which was at- tractive. When only thirteen years old he joined the volun- teers of Carolina against the British invasion. In 17X1, he and his brother Robert were captured and imprisoned for a time at Camden. A British ofticer ordered him to brush his mud-spattered boots. " I am a prisoner of war, not your servant," was the reply of the dauntless boy. The brute drew his sword, and aimed a desi)erate olow at the head of the helpless young prisoner. Andrew raised his hand, and thus received two fear- ful gashes, — one on the hand and the other upon the head. The officer then turned to his lirothcr Robert with the same demand. He also refused, and re- ceived a blow from the keen-edged sabre, which quite disabled him, and which probably soon after caused his death. They suffered much other ill-treatment, and were finally stricken with the small-pox. Their mother was successful '.u «iotaining their exchange. and took her sick boys home. .'Vfter a long iiln.s-, .Andrew recovered, and the death of his mother ^oon left him entirely friendless. -Andrew suijporled himself in various ways, sjjhaa working at the saddler's trade, teaching school and clerking in a general store, until 17 84, when he entered a law office at Salisbury, N. C. He, however, gave more attention to the wild amusements of the times than to his studies. In 17S8, he was appointed solicitor for the western district of North Carolina, oi which 'I'ennessee was then a part. Tiiis invoh^'d many long and tedious jtiiirneys amid dangers of every kind, but Andrew Jackson never knew fear and the Indians had no desire to repeat a skirmisix witn the Shar]) Knife. In 1791, Mr. Jackson was married to a woman who supposed herself divorced from her former husband. Great was the sur[)rise of both parties, two years later, to find that the conditions of the divorce had just been definitely settled by the first husband. 'I'hc marriage ceremony was performed a second time, but the occur- rence was often used by his enemies to bring .Mr. Jackson into disfavor. During these years he worked hard at his profes sion, and frequently had one or more duels on hand, one of which, when he killed Dickenson, was espec- ially disgraceful. In January, i79''>, the Territory of Tennessee then containing nearly eighty lliousand inhabitants, the peojile met in convention at Knoxville to frame a con- stitution. Five were sent from each of the elev;u counties .'\ndrew Jackson was one of the delegates. The new State was entitled to but one' mcmlier in the National House of Representatives. .Andrew JacTc- son was chosen that member. Mounting his horse he rode to Philedelphia, where Congress then held its ANDREW JACKSON. sessions,— a dislaiice of about eight hundred miles. Jackson was an earnest advocate of the Demo- cratic party. Jefferson was his idol. He admired Bonaparte, loved France and hated England. As Mr. Jackson took his seat, Gen. Washington, whose second term of office was then expiring, delivered his last speech to Congress. A committee drew up a comi)limentary address in reply. Andrew Jackson did not approve of the address, and was one of the twelve who voted against it. He was not willing to say that Gen. Washington's adminstratioh had been " wise, firm and patriotic." Mr. Jackson was elected to the United States Senate in 1797, but soon resigned and returned home. Soon after he was chosen Judge of the Supreme Court of his State, which position he held for six years. When the war of 18 12 with Great Bntian com- menced, Madison occupied the Presidential chair. Aaron Burr sent word to the President that there was an unknown man in the West, Andrew Jackson, who would do credit to a commission if one were con- ferred u[X)n him. Just at that time Gen. Jackson affeied his services and those of twenty-five hundred volunteers. His offer was accepted, and the troops were assembled at Nashville. As the British were hourly expected to make an at- tack upon New Orleans, where Gen Wilkinson was in command, he was ordered to descend the river with fifteen hundred troops to aid Wilkinson. The expedition reached Natchez; and afteradelay of sev- eral weeks there, without accomplishing anything, the men were ordered back to their homes. But the energy Gen. Jackson had displayed, and his entire devotion to the comrfort of his soldiers, won him golden oinnions ; and he became the most popular man in the State. It was in this expedition that his toughness gave him the nickname of " Old Hickory." Soon after this, while attempting to horsewhip Col. Thomas H. Benton, for a remark that gentleman made about his taking a part as second in a duel, in which a younger brother of Benton's was engaged, he received two severe pistol wounds. While he was lingering tipon a bed of suffering nevvs came that the Indians, who had combined under Tecumseh from Florida to the Lakes, to exterminate the white set- tlers, were committing the most awful ravages. De- cisive action became necessary. Gen. Jackson, with his fractured bone just beginning to heal, his arm ' in a sling, and unable to mount his horse without assis- tance, gave his amazing energies to the raising of an army to rendezvous at Fayettesville, Alabama. The Creek Indians had estal)lished a strong fort on oneof the bends of the Tallapoosa River, near the cen- ter of Alabama, about fifty miles below Fort Strother. With an army of two thousand men. Gen. Jackson traversed the pathless wilderness in a march of eleven days. He reached their fort, called Tohopeka or Horse-shoe, on the 27th of March. 1814. The bend of the river enclosed nearly one hundred acres of tangled forest and wild ravine. Across the narrow neck the Indians had constructed a formidable breast- work of logs and brush. Here nine hundred warriors, with an ample suplyof arms were assembled. The fort was stormed. The fight was utterly des- perate. Not an Indian would accept of quarter. When bleeding and dying, they would fight those who en- deavored to spare their lives. From ten in the morn- ing until dark, the battle raged. Tlie carnage was awful and revolting. Some threw themselves into the river; but the unerring bullet struck their heads as they swam. Nearly everyone of the nine hundred war- rios were killed A few probably, in the night, swam the river and escaped. This ended the war. The [KDwer of the Creeks was broken forever. This bold plunge into the wilderness, with its terriffic slaughter, so appalled the savages, that the haggard remnants of the bands came to the camp, begging for peace. This closing of the Creek war enabled us to con- centrate all our militia upon the British, who were the allies of the Indians No man of less resolute will than Gen. Jackson could have conducted this Indian campaign to so successful an issue Immediately he was appointed major-general. Late in August, with an army of two thousand men, on a rushing march. Gen. Jackson came to Mobile. A British fleet came from Pensacola, landed a force upon the beach, anchored near the little fort, and from both ship and shore commenced a furious assault The battle was long and doubtful. At length one of the ships was blown up and the rest retired. Garrisoning Mobile, where he had taken his little army, he moved his troops to New Orleans, And the battle of New Orleans which soon ensued, was in reality a very arduous campaign. This won for Gen. Jackson an imperishable name. Here his troops, which numbered about four thousand men, won a signal victory over the British army of about nine thousand. His loss was but thirteen, while the loss of the British was two thousand six hundred. The name of Gen. Jackson soon began to be men- tioned in connection with the Presidency, but, in 1824, he was defeated by Mr. Adams. He was, however, successful in the election of 1828, and was re-elected for a second term in 1832. In 1829, just before he assumed the reins of the government, he met with the most terrible affliction of his life in the death of his wife, whom he had loved with a devotion which has perhaps never been surpassed. From the shock of her death he never recovered. His administration was one of the most memorable in the annals of our country; applauded' oy one party, condemned by the other. No man had more bitter enemies or warmer friends. At the expiration of his two terms of office he retired to the Hermitage, where he died June 8, 1845. The last years of Mr. Jack- son's life were that of a devoted Christian man. ^ 7 /^Uat ^^L^y J ^<^-^^^t EIGHTH PRESIDENT. ^^> yj 'iRTIN VAN BUREN, ihe a^_ eighth President of the j'i L'liitcd States, was l)oni at Kmdeihook, N. V., Dec. 5, 17S2. He died at the same ilace, July 24, 1862. His dy rehts in the cemetery at Kmderhook. Above it is )lain granite sliaft lifteeii feet high, bearing a simple inscription about half way up on one fac:e. The lot is unfeneed, unbordeied or uuboi.niiled by shrub or flower. There '- jut iktle in the life of Martin Van Burea of roman' c interest. He fought no battles, engaged in no wild adventures. Though his life was stormy in political and intellectual conflicts, and he gained many signal victories, his days passed uneventful in those incidents which give zest to biography. His an- cestors, as his name indicates, were of Dutch origin, and were among the earliest emigrants from Holland to the banks of the Hudson. His father was a farmer, residing in the old town of Kinderhook. I lis mother, also of Dutch lineage, was a woman of su|)erior intel- ligence and e.xemplary piety. .-fe was decidedly a [jrecocious boy, developing un- usual activity, vigor and strength of mind. At the age of fourteen, he had finished his academic studies ai his native village, and commenced the study of :aw. As he b.ad not a collegiate education, seven years of study in a law-office were reijuired of him (jefore he could be admitted to the bar. Inspired with .( lofty ambition, and conscious of his powers, he [lur- sued his studies witli inilefatigable industry. After spending six years in an office in ''is native village, he went to the city of New York, and prosecuted his studies for theseventli year. In 1803, Mr. Van Buren, then twenty-one years ol age, commenced the practice of law in his native vil lage. The great conflict between the Federal and Republican party was then at its height. Mr. \'an Buren was from the beginning a politician. He had, perhaps, imbibed that spirit while listening to the many discussions which had been carried on in hi^ father's hotel. He was in cordial sympathy with, Jefferson, and earnestly and elo<|ueiuly esjiouscd Ihe cause of State Rights; though at that time the Fed- eral party held the supremacy botli in his towij and State. His success and increasing niputation led him after six years of practice, to remove to Hudson, th. county seat of his county. Here he spent seven years constantly gaining strength by contending in th(, courts with some of the ablest men who have adorned the bar of his State. Just liefore leaving Kinderhook for Hudson, .Mi. Van Buren married a lady alike distinguished for beauty and accomplishments. After twelve short years she sank into the grave, the victim of consun.p. tion, leaving her husband and four sons to weep ovci her loss. For twenty-five years, .Mr. Van Buren wa;- an earnest, successful, assiduous lawyer. The record of those years is barren in items of public interest. In 181 2, when thirty years of age, he was chosen to the State Senate, and gave his strenuous support to Mr. Madison's adniinstration. In 1815, he was ap- pointed Attorney-General, and the next year moved to .'\lbany. the capital of the State. 'A'hile he was ackno\^'ledged as one of the most p. oniinent leaders of th« Democratic ;)art\-, he hafl MARTIN VAN BVREN. the moral courage to avow that true democracy did not require that " universal suffrage" which admits the vile, the degraded, the ignorant, to the right of governing the State. In true consistency with his democratic principles, he contended that, while the path leading to the privilege of voting should be open to every man without distinction, no one should be invested with that sacred prerogative, unless he were in some degree qualified for it by intelligence, virtue and some property interests in the welfare of the State. In 182 1 he was elected c, member of the United States Senate; and in the same year, he took a seat in the convention to revise the constitution of his native State. His course in this convention secured the approval of men of all parties. No one could doubt the singleness of his endeavors to promote the interests of all classes in the community. In the Senate of the United States, he rose at once to a -onspicuous position as an active and useful legislator. In 1827, John Quincy Adams being then in the Presidential chair, Mr. Van Buren was re-elected to ihe Senate. He had been from the beginning a de- termined opposer of the Administration, adopting the ■'State Rights " view in opposition to what was 'deemed the Federal proclivities of Mr. Adams. Soon after this, in 1828, he was chosen Governorof the State of New York, and accordingly resigned his "seat in the Senate. Probably no one in the United States contributed so much towards ejecting John Q. \dams from the Presidential chair, and placing in it Andrew Jackson, as did Martin Van Buren. Whether entitled to the reputation or not, he certainly was re- garded throughout the United States as one of the most skillful, sagacious and cunning of politicians. !t was supposed that no one knew so well as he how to touch the secret springs of action; how to \m\\ all the wires to put his machinery in motion; and how to organize a political army which would, secretly and sterslthily accomplish the most gigantic results. By these powers it is said that he outwitted Mr. Adams, Mr. Clay, Mr. Webster, and secured results which few thought then could be accomplished. When Andrew Jackson was elected President he appointed Mr. Van Buren Secretary of State. This position he resigned in 1831, and was immediately appointed Minister to England, where he went the same autumn. The Senate, however, when it met, refused to ratify the nomination, and he returned home, apparently untroubled; was nominated Vice President in the place of Calhoun, at the re-election of President Jackson; and with smiles for all and frowns for none, he took his place at the head of that Senate which had refused to confirm his nomination as ambassador. ^ His rejection by the Senate roused all the zeal_ of President Jackson in behalf of his repudiated favor- ite ; and this, probably more than any other cause, secured his elevation to the chair of the Chief Execu tive. On the 20th of May, 1836, Mr. Van Buren re- ceived the Democratic nomination to succeed Gen. Jackson as President of the United States. He was elected by a handsome majority, to the delight of the retiring President. " Leaving New York out of the canvass," says Mr. Parton, "the election of Mr. Van Buren to the Presidency was as much the act of Gen. Jackson as though the Constitution had conferred upon him the power to appoint a successor." His administration was filled with exciting events. The insurrection in Canada, which threatened to in- volve this country in war witii England, the agitation of the slavery question, and finally the great commer- cial panic which spread over the country, all were trials to his wisdom. The financial distress was at- tributed to the management of the Democratic party, and brought the President into such disfavor that he failed of re-election. With the exception of being nominated for the Presidency by the "Free Soil" Democrats, in 1848, Mr. Van Buren lived quietly upon his estate until his death. He had ever been a prudent man, of frugal habits, and living within his income, had now fortunately a compe.tence for his declining years. His unblemished character, his commanding abilities, his unquestioned patriotism, and the distinguished positions which he had occupied in the government of our country, se- cured to him not only the homage of his party, but the respect ot the whole community. It was on the 4th of March, 1841, that Mr. Van Buren retired from the presidency. From his fine estate at Lindenwald. he still exerted a powerful influence upon the politics of the country. From this time until his death, on the 24th of July, 1862, at the age of eighty years, he resided at Lindenwald, a gentleman of leisure, of culture and of wealth; enjoying in a healthy old age, probably far more happiness than he had before experienced amid the stormy scenes of hip active lifo i^^. y^/fe-^^-^^T^^ N/NTH PRESIDENT. wmiii4At HkENRY m4iMi^E. [LLIAM HENR\ HARRl- &()V, the ninth President of the United States, was born It Berkele\, \ i , I*eb. 9, 1773. ^ H11 fath(.i, Benjunin Harri- son WIS in compiratively op- ^ ulent circumstances, and was one of the most distinguished men of his day. He was an intimate friend of George Washington, w as early elected a member of the Continental Congress, and was conspicuous among the patriots of Virginia in resisting the encroachments of the liritisli crown. In the celebrated Congress of 1775, Benjamin Har- rison and John Hancock were both candidates for the office of speaker. fMr Harrison was subsequently chosen Governor of Virginia, and was twice re-elected. His son, i William Henry, of course enjoyed in childhood all the advantages which wealth and intellectual and cultivated society could give. Hav- ing received a thorough common-school education, he entered Hampden Sidney College, where he graduated with honor soon after tiie death of his father. He dien repaired to Philadelphia to study medicine under the instructions of Dr. Rush and the guardianship of lObcrt Morris, both of whom were, with his father, signers of the Declaration of Independence. Uiwn the outbreak of the Indian troubles, and not- withstanding the 'emonstrances of his friends, he abandoned his medical studies and entered the army, .laving obtai""'^' a commission of Ensign from Presi- dent Washington. He was then but 19 years old. From that time he passed gradually upward in rank until he became aid to General Wayne, after whose death he resigned his commission. He was then a[)- jjointed Secretary of the North-western Territory. Tliis Territory was then entitled to but one member in Congress and Capt. Harrison was chosen to fill that [losition. In the spring of iSoo the North-western Territory was divided l)y Congress into two jwrtions. .The eastern portion, comprising the region r.ow embraced in the State of Ohio, was called '• The Territory north-west of the Ohio." The western jjortion, which included what is now called Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin, was called the "Indiana Territory." Wil . liam Henry Harrison, then 27 years of age, was ai> IX)inted by John Adams, Governor of the Indiana Territory, and immediately after, also Governor of Upper Louisiana. He was thus ruler over almost as extensive a realm as any sovereign upon the globe. He was Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and was in- vested with powers nearly dictatorial over the now rapidly increasing white poi)ulation. The ability and fidelity with which he discharged these resi)onsible duties may Ije inferred from the fact that he was four times apiwinted to this office — first by John Adams, twice by Thomas Jefferson and afterwards by Presi- dent Madison. When he began his adminstration there were but three white settlements in that almost boundless region, now crowded with cities and resounding with all t!ie tumult of wealth and traffic. Oneof these settlements was on the Ohio, nearly oi)positc Louisville; one at Vincennes, on the Wabash, and the third a Frencli settlement. The vast wilderness over which Gov. Harrisou reigned was filled with manv tribes of Indians Al«>ii> WILLIAM HENR Y ■ HARRISON. the ye^ir i8o6, two extraordinary men, twin brothers, of the Shawnese tribe, rose among them. Oneof ihe?5 was called Tecumseh, or " The Crouching 1' inther;" the other, Olliwacheca, or "The Prophet." Tecumseh was not only an Indian warrior, but a man of great sagacity, far-reaching foresight and indomit- able perseverance in any enterprise in which he might engage. He was inspired with the highest enthusiasm, and had long regarded with dread and with hatred the encroachment of the whites upon the hunting- grounds of his fathers. His brother, the Prophet, was an orator, who could sway the feelings of the untutored 1 ndia:n as the gale tossed the tree-tops beneath which they dwelt. But the Prophet was not merely an orator: he was, ill the superstitious minds of the Indians, invested with the sviperhuman dignity of a medicine-man or a magician. With an enthusiasm unsurpassed by Peter the Hermit rousing Europe to the crusades, he went from tribe to tribe, assuming that he was specially sent by the Great Spirit. Gov. Harrison made many attempts to conciliate tlie Indians, but at last the war came, and at Tippe- canoe the Indians were routed with great slaughter. Octgber 28, 1812, his army began its march. When near the Prophet's town three Indians of rank made tlieir appearance and inquired why Gov. Harrison was approaching them in so hostile an attitude. After a .short conference, arrangements were made for a meet- ing the next day, to agree upon terms of peace. But Gov. Harrison was too well acquainted with the Indian character to be deceived by such protes- tations Selecting a favorable spot for his night's en- campment, lie took every precaution against surprise. His troops were posted in a hollow square, and slept upon their arms. The troops threw themselves upon the ground for rest; but every man had his accourtrements on, his loaded musket by his side, and his bayonet fixed. The wakeful Governor, between three and four o'clock in the morning, had risen, and was sitting in conversa- tion with his aids by the embers of a waning fire. It was a chill, cloudy morning with a drizzling rain. In t!ie darkness, the Indians had crept as near as possi- ble, and j'lst then, with a savage yell, rushed, with all the desperation which superstition and passion most highly inflamed could give, upon the left flank of tlie httle army. The savages had been amply provided with guns and ammunition by the English. Their war-whoop was accompained by a shower of bullets. The camp-fires were instantly extinguished, as the light aided the Indians in their aim. With hide- pus yells, the Indian bands rushed on, not doubting a speedy and an entire victory. But Gen. Harrison's troops stood as immovable as the rocks around them until day dawned : they then made a simultaneous charge witli the l)ayonet, and swept every thing be- fore them, and completely routing the foe. Gov. Harrison now had all his energies tasked to the utmost. The British descending from the Can - adas, were of themselves a very formidable force ; but with their savage allies, rushing like wolves from the forest, searching out every remote farm-house, burn- ing, plundering, scalping, torturing, the wide frontier was plunged into a state of consternation which even the most vivid imagination can but faintly conceive. The war-whoop was resounding everywhere in the forest. The horizon was illuminated with the conflagra- tion of the cabins of the settlers. Gen Hull had made the ignominious surrender of his forces at Detroit. Under these despairing circumstances, Gov. Harrison was appointed by President Madison commander-in- chief of the North-western army, with orders to retake Detroit, and to protect the frontiers. It would be difficult to place a man in a situation demanding more energy, sagacity and courage; Inii General Harrison was found equal to the position, and nobly and triumphantly did he meet all the re sponsibilities. He won the love of his soldiers by always sharini with them their fatigue. His whole baggage, whik pursuing the foe up the Thames, was carried in a valise; ajid his bedding consisted of a single blanket lashed over his saddle. Thirty-five British officers, his prisoners of war, supped with him after the battle. The only fare he could give them was beef roasted liefore the fire, without bread or salt. In 1816, Gen. Harrison was chosen a member of the National House of Representatives, to represent the District of Ohio. In Congress he proved an active member; and whenever he spoke, it was with force of reason and power of eloquence, which arrested the attention of all the members. In 1819, Harrison was elected to the Senate <>l Ohio; and in 1824, as one of the presidential electors of that State, he gave his vote for Henry Clay. The same year he was chosen to the United States Senate. In 1836, tlie friends of Gen. Harrison brought him forward as a candidate for the Presidency against Van Buren, but he was defeated. At the close of Mr. Van Buren's term, he was re-nominated by his party, and Mr. Harrison was unanimously nominated by the Whigs, with John Tyler for the Vice Presidency. The contest was very animated. Gen. Jackson gave all his influence to prevent Harrison's election ; but his triumph was signal. The cabinet which he formed, with Daniel Webster at its head as Secretary of State, was one of the most brilliant with which anv President had ever been surrounded. Never were the prospects of an admin- istration more flattering, or the hopes of the country more sanguine. In the midst of these bright and joyous prospects. Gen. Harrison was seized by a pleurisy-fever and after a few days of violent sick- ness, died on the 4th of April ; just one month after his inauguration as President of the UiMted States, \y 'aTlyn ll/t£ TENTH PRESIDENT. OHN TYLER, the tenth ^._,^ Presidentof the United States. Ho was horn in Charles-city Co., Va., March 29, 1790. He was the favored child of af- fluence and high social po- sition. At the early age of twelve, John entered William and Mary College and grad- uated with much honor when but seventeen years old. After graduating, he devoted him- ■^elf with great assiduity to the study of law, partly with his fither and pirtly witli Edmund Randolph, one of the most distin- guished lawyers of Virginia. At nineteen years of age, ne commenced the practice of law. His success was rapid and aston- ishing. It is said that three months had not elapsed ere there was scarcely a case on the dock- I et of the court in which he was hot retained. When but twenty-one years of age, he was almost unanimously e'ected to a seat in the State Legislature. He connected himself with the Demo- cratic party, and warmly advocated the measures of Jefferson and Madison. For five successive years he was elected to the Legislature, receiving nearly the imanimous vote or his county. When but twenty-six years of age, he was elected a member of Congress. Here he acted earnestly and ably with the Democratic party, opposing a national i)ank, intc"-'! improvements bv the General <^jvern- ment, a protective tariff, and advocating a strict con- struction of the Constitution, and the most careful vigilance over State rights. His labors in Congress were so arduous that before the close of his second term he found it necessary to resign and retire to his estate in Charles-city Co., to recruit his health. He. however, soon after consented to take his seat in the State Legislature, where his influence was powerful in promoting public works of great utility. With a reputation thus canstantly increasing, he was chosen by a very large majority of votes. Governor of his native State. His administration was signally a suc- cessful one. His popularity secured liis re-election. John Randolph, a brilliant, erratic, half-crazed man, then represented Virginia in tlie Senate of the United States. A portion of the Democratic party was displeased with Mr. Randolph's wayward course, and brought forward John Tyler as his opiwnent, considering him the only man in Virginia of sufficient popularity to succeed against the renowned orator of Roanoke. Mr. T)ler was the victor. In accordance with his professions, upon taking his seat in the Senate, he joined the ranks of the opposi- tion. He opposed the tariff; he spoke against and voted against the bank as unconstitutional ; he stren- uously opposed all restrictions upon slavery, resist- ing all projects of internal improvements by the Gen- eral Government, and avowed his sympathy with Mr. Calhoun's view of nullification; he declared that (Jen. Jackson, by his opposition to the nullifiers, had abandoned the principles of the Democratic party. Such was Mr. Tyler's record in Congress, — a record in perfect accordance with the principles which he had always avowed. Returning to Virginia, he resumed the practice of his profession. Ther? was a rplil in llse Democnuir 56 JOHN TYLER. ,^arty. His friends still regarded him as a true Jef- fersonian, gave him a dinner, and showered compli- ments upon him. He had now attained the age of forty-six. His career had been very brilliant. In con- secjiience of his devotion to public business, his pri- vate affairs had fallen into some disorder; audit was not without satisfaction that he resumed the practice of law, and devoted himself to the culture of his plan- tation. Soon after tliis he remo\ed to Williamsburg, for the better education of his children ; and he again look his seat in the Legislature of Virginia. By the Southern Whigs, he was sent to the national convention at Harrisburg to nominate a President in '839. The maiority of votes were given to Gen. Har- rison, a genuine Whig, much to the disappointment of the South, who wished for Henry Clay. To concili- ate the Southern Whigs and to secure their vote, the convention then nominated John Tyler for Vice Pres- ident. It was well known that he was not in sympa- thy with the Whig party in the North : but the Vice President has but very little power in the Govern- ment, his main and almost only duty being to pre- side over the meetings of the Senate. Thus it hap- pened that a Whig President, and, in reality, a Democratic Vice President were chosen. In 1 84 1, Mr. Tyler was inaugurated Vice Presi- Jent of the United States. In one short month from that time, President Harrison died, and Mr. Tyler thus _und himself, to his own surprise and that of the whole Nation, an occupant of the Presidential chair. This was a new test of the stability of our institutions, as it was the first time in the history of our country that such an event had occured. Mr. Tyler was at home in Williamsburg when he received the unexpected tidings of the death of President Harri- son. He hastened to Washington, and on the 6th of Ayrril was inaugurated to the high and responsible otfice. He was placed in a position of exceeding delicacy and difficulty. All his long life he had been opposed to the main principles of the party which had brought him into power. He had ever been a con- sistent, honest man, with an unblemished record. Gen. Harrison had selected a Whig cabinet. Should he retain them, and thus surround himself with coun- sellors whose views were antagonistic to his own.'' or, on the other hand, should he turn against the party whicii had elected him and select a cabinet in har- n.ony with himself, and which would oppose all those views which the Whigs deemed essential to the pub- lic welfare? This was his fearful dilemma. He in- vited the cabinet which President Hanrison had selected to retain their seats. He reccommended a day of fasting and prayer, that God would guide and bless us. The Whigs carried through Congress a bill for the incorporation of a fiscal bank of the United States. The President, after ten days' delay, returned it with his veto. He suagested. however, that he vvould approve of a bill drawn up upon such a plan as he proposed. Such a bill was accordingly prepared, and privately submitted to him. He gave it his approval- It was passed without alteration, and he sent it back with his veto. Here commenced the open rupture. It is said that Mr. Tyler was provoked to this meas- ure by a pubhshed letter from the Hon. John M. Botts, a distinguished Virginia Whig, who severely touched the pride of the President. The opposition now exultingly received the Presi- dent into their arms. The party which elected him denounced him bitteriy. AH the members of his cabinet, excepting Mr. Webster, resigned. The Whigs of Congress, both the Senate and the House, held a meeting and issued an address to the people of the United States, proclaiming that all political alliance Ijetween the Whigs and President Tyler were at an end. Still the President attempted to conciliate. He appointed a new cabinet of distinguished Whigs and Conservatives, carefully leaving out all strong party men. Mr. Webster soon found it necessary to resign, forced out by the pressure of his Whig friends. Thus the four years of Mr. Tyler's unfortunate administra- tion passed sadly away. No one was satisfied. The land was filled with murmurs and vituperation. Whigs and Democrats alike assailed him. More and more, however, he brought himself into sympathy with his old friends, the Democrats, until atthe close of his term, he gave his whole influence to the support of Mr. Polk, the Democratie candidate for his successor. On the 4th of March,- 1845, he retired from the harassments of office, to the regret of neither party, and probably to his own unspeakable relief. His first wife, Miss Letitia Christian, died in Washington, in 1842; and in June, 1844, President Tyler was again married, at New York, to Miss Julia Gardiner, a young lady of many personal and intellectual accomplishments. The remainder of his days Mr. Tyler passed mainly in retirement at his beautiful home, — Sherwood For- est, Chades-city Co., Va. A polished gentleman in his manners, richly furnished with mformation from books and experience in the world, and possessing brilliant powers of conversation, his family circle was the scene of unusual attractions. Witli sufficient means for the exercise of a generous hospitality, he might have enjoyed a serene old age with the few friends who gathered around him, were it not for the storms of civil war which his own principles and policy had helped to introduce. When the great Rebellion rose, which the State, rights and nullifying doctrines of Mr. John C. Ca\- houn had inaugurated. President Tyler renounced his allegiance to the United States, and joined the Confed- erates. He was chosen a memljer of their Congress; and while engaged in active measures to destroy, by force of amis, the Governtncnt over which he had once presided, he was taken sick and -0011 died. p6^^ ^^ ---^ ^sy^o^^^ ^c^ '.j^^^c ^ "ELE VKNTH FRESTDEWT. JAi\JJ';^~K7TM)LK. r'-'^v^ \ A\[Fsk POLK, the eleventh ^ijjPrebident of the United States, J wi>5 bom m Mecklenburg Co., J N (, , Nov 2, 1795. His par- ents were Samuel and Jane (kno\) Polk, the former a son of Col. Thomas Polk, who located \,M\ at the above place, as one of the first pioneers, in 1735. In the year 1S06, with his wife and children, and soon after fol- lowed by most of the members of the Polk famly, Samuel Polk emi- /| grated some two or three hundred miles farther west, to the rich valley of the Duck River. Here in the midst of the wilderness, in a region which was subsequently called Mau- ry Co., they reared their log huls, and established their homes. In the hard toil of a new farm in the wil- derness, James K. Polk spent the early years of his childhood and youth. His father, adding the pur- suit cf a surveyor to that of a farmer, ' gradually increased in wealth until he became one of the leading men of the region. 1 lis mother was a superior woman, of strong (onunuii sense and earnest piety. Very early in life, James developed a taste for reading and expressed the strongest desire to obtain a lil)eral education. His mother's training had made him methodical in his habit;-., had taught him punct- uality and industry, and had inspired him with lofty principles of morality. His health was frail ; and his tither, fearing that he might not bi^ able to endure a ^^^ K Ik. ^ «v TOt- sedentary life, got a situation for him behind the counter, hoping to fit him for commercial pursuits. This was to James a bitter disai)pointment. He had no taste for these duties, and his dail)- tasks were irksome in the extreme. He remained in this uncongenial occupation but a few weeks, when at his earnest solicitation his father removed him, and made arrangements for him to jirosecute his studies. Soon after he sent him to Murfreesboro Academy. With ardor which could scarcely be surpassed, he pressed forward in his studies, and in less than two and a half years, in the autumn of 1815, entered the sophomorej class in the University of North Carolina, at Chapell Hill. Here he was one of the most exemplary of scholars, punctual in every exercise, never allowing himself to be absent from a recitation or a religious service. He graduated in 1818, with the highest hgnors,be« ing deemed the best scholar of his class, both in mathematics and the classics. He was then twenty- three years of age. Mr. Polk's health was at this time much impaired by the assiduity with which he had prosecuted his studies. After a short season of relaxation he went to Nashville, and entered the office of Felix Crrundy, to study law. Here Nfr. Polk renewed his acquaintance with Andrew Jackson, who resided on his plantation, the Hermitage, but a few miles from Nashville. They had jiroliably been slightly acquainted before. Mr. Polk's father was a Jeffersonian Republican, and James K. Polk ever adhered to the same politi- cal faith. He was a popular jniblic speaker, and was constantly called u])on to address the meetings of his [larty friends. His skill as a speaker was sticli that he was popularly called the Napoleon of ihc stump. He was a man of unblemished morals, genial and JAMES K. POLK. :ourtervis in his bearing, and with that sympathetic nature in the jojs and griefs of others which ever gave him troops of friends. In 1823, Mr. Polk was elected to the Legislature of Tennessee. Here he gave his strong influence towards the election of his friend, )Mr. Jackso:i, to the Presidency of the United States. In January, 1824, Mr. Polk married Miss Sarah Childress, of Rutherford Co., Tenn. His bride was altogether worthy of him, — a lady of beauty and cul- ture. In the fall of 1825, Mr. Polk was chosen a member of Congress. The satisfaction which he gave to liis consrituents may be inferred from the fact, that for fourteen successive years, until 1839, he was con- tinuec' in that office. He then voluntarily withdrew, only ihat lie might accept the Gubernatorial chair of 'lonnessee. In Congress he was a laborious member, a frequent and a popular speaker. He was always in his seat, always courteous ; and whenever he spoke it was always to the point, and without any ambitious rhetorical display. During five sessions of Congress, Mr. Polk was Speaker of the House. Strong passions were roused, and stormy scenes were witnessed ; but Mr Polk per- formed his arduous duties to a very general satisfac- 'tion, and a unanimous vote of thanks to him was passed by the Hoiuie as he withdrew on the 4th of March, 1839. In accordance with Southern usage, Mr. Polk, as a candidate for Governor, canvassed the State. He was elected by a large majority, and on the 14th of Octo- ber, 183P, took the oath of office at Nashville. In 1841, his term of office expired, and he was again the can- didate of the Democratic party, but was defeated. On the 4th of March, 1845, Mr. Polk was inaugur- ated President of the United States. The verdict of the countryin favor of the annexation of Texas, exerted its influence upon Congress ; and the last act of the administration of President Tyler was to affix his sig- nature to a joint resolution of Congress, passed on the 3d of March, approving of the annexation of Texas to the American Union. As Mexico still claimed Texas as one of her provinces, the Mexican minister, Almonte, immediately demanded his passports and iJeft the country, declaring the act of the annexation to be an act hostile to Mexico. In his first message. President Polk urged that Texas should immediately, by act of Congress, be re- ceived into the Union on the same footing with tlie other States. In the meantime, Gen. Taylor was sent with an army into Texas to hold the country. He was sent first to Nueces, which the Mexicans said was the western boundary of Texas. Then he was sent nearly two hundred miles further west, to the Rio Grande, where he erected batteries which commanded the Mexican city of Matamoras, which was situated on the western banks. The anticipated collision soon took place, and wai was declared against Mexico by President Polk. The war was pushed forward by Mr. Polk's administration with great vigor. Gen. Taylor, whose army was first called one of " observation," then of "occupation," then of " invasion, "was sent forward to Monterey. The feeble Mexicans, in every encounter, were hopelessly ana awfully slaughtered. The day of judgement alone can reveal the misery which this war caused. It v/as by the ingenuity of Mr. Polk's administration that the war was brought on. 'To the victors belong the spoils." Mexico was prostrate before us. Her capital was in our hands. We now consented to peace upon the condition that Mexico should surrender to us, in addition to Texas, all of New Mexico, and all of Upper and Lower Cal- ifornia. This new demand embraced, exclusive of Texas, eight hundred thousand square miles. This was an extent of territory equal to nine States of the size of New York. Thus slavery was securing eighteen majestic States to be added to the Union. There were some Americans who thought it all right : there were others who thought it all wrong. In the prosecution of this war, we expended twenty thousand lives and more than a hundred million of dollars. Of this money fifteen millions were paid to Mexico. On the 3d of March, 1849, Mr. Polk retired from office, having served one term. The next day was Sunday. On the 5th, Gen. Taylor was inaugurated as his successor. Mr Polk rode to the Capitol in the same carriage with Gen. Taylor; and the same even- ing, with Mrs. Polk, he commenced his return to Tennessee. He was then but fifty-four years of age. He had ever been strictly temperate in all his habits, and his health was good. With an ample fortune, a choice library, a cultivated mind, and domestic ties of the dearest nature, it seemed as though long years of tranquility and happiness were before him. But the cholera — that fearful scourge — was then sweeping up tlie Valley of the Mississijjpi. This he contracted, and died on the 15th of June, 1849, in the fiftv-fourth year of his age, greatly mourned by his countrymen. / :^yii^ >y y^^^^t^^ l ^^y :r^. TWELFTH FKES/DE.VT. -f-®,. ACHARY TAYLOR, iwclfih President of the United Slates, 'uab born on the 24tli of Nov., '{ 1784, m Orange Co., Va. His a father. Colonel Taylor, was a Virginian of note, and a dis- tinguished patriot and soldier of the Revolution. When Zachary v,\\s an infant, his father with his wife and two children, emigrated to Kentucky, where he settled in the pathless wilderness, a few miles from Louisville. In this front- home, away from civilization and its refinements, young Zachary could enjoy but few social and educational advan- tages. When six years of age he attended a common school, and was then regarded as a bright, active boy, ratlier remarkable for bluntness and decision of char- acter He was strong, fcailess and self-reliant, and manifested a strong desire to enter the army to fight Uic Indians who were ravaging the frontiers. There is little to be recorded of the uneventful years of his childliood u;i his father's large but lonely plantation. In 1808, his father succeeded in obtaining for him the commission of lieutenant in the United States army ; and he joined the troops which were stationed at New Orleans under Gen. Wilkinson. Soon after this he married Miss Margaret Sniitli, a young lady f^rom one of the first families of .Maryland. Immediately after the declaration of war with Eng- land, in 1812, Capt. Taylor (for he had then been promoted to that rank) was put in command of Fort Harrison, on the Wabash, about fifty miles above Vincennes. This fort had been built in the wilder- ness by Gen. Harrison, on his march to Tippecanoe. It was one of the first points of attack by the Indians, "led liy Tecumseh. Its garrison consisted of a broken company of infantry numbering fifty men, many of whom were sick. Karly in the autumn of 1812, the Indians, stealthily, and in large numbers, moved upon the fort. Their a[)proach was first indicated by the murder of two soldiers just outside of the stockade. Capt. Taylor made every possible preparation to meet the antici- pated assault. On the 4th of Sei)tember, a band of forty painted and plumed savages came to the fort, waving a white flag, and informed Capt. Taylor that in tlie morning their chief would come to h.ivc a talk with him. It was evident that their object was merely to ascertain the state of tilings at the fort, and Capt. Taylor, well versed in the wiles of the savages, kept them at a distance. The sun went down ; the savages disappeared, the garrison slept npon their arms. One hour before midnight the war whoop burst from a thousand lips in the forest around, followed by the discharge of musketry, and the rush of the foe. Every man, sick and well, sprang to his post. Every man knew that defeat was not merely death, but in the case of cap- ture, death by the most agonizing and prolonged tor- ture. No pen can describe, no immagination can conceive the scenes which ensued. The savages suc- ceeded in setting lire to one of the block-houses- Until si.x o'clock in the morning, this awful conflict continued. The savages then, baffled at every point, and gnashing their teeth with rage, retired. Capt. Taylor, for this gallant defence, was promoted to the rank of major by brevet. Until the close of the war, Major Taylor was placed in such situations that he saw but little more of active service. He was sent far away into the depths of the wilderness, to Fort Crawford, on Fox River, which empties into Green Bay. Here there was but little to be done but to wear away the tedious hours as one best could. There were no books, no society, no in- 64 ZACHARY TAYLOR tellectual stimulus. Thus with him the uneventful years rolled on' Gradually he rose to the rank of colonel. In the Black-Hawk war, which resulted in the capture of that renowned chieftain, Col Taylor took a subordinate but a brave and efficient part. For twenty -four years Col. Taylor was engaged in the defence of the frontiers, in scenes so remote, and m Employments so obscure, that his name was unknown "beyond the limits of his own immediate acquaintance. ,In the year 1836, he was sent to Florida to compel the Seminole Indians to vacate that region and re- tire beyond the Mississippi, as their chiefs by treaty, iiac' promised they should do. The services rendered iie.c secured for Col. Taylor the high appreciation of ihe Government; and as a reward, he was elevated ic .he rank of brigadier-general by brevet ; and soon after, in May, 1838, was appointed to the chief com- iiand of the United States troops in Florida. After two years of such wearisome employment imidst the everglades of the peninsula. Gen. Taylor )btained, at his own request, a change of command, ind was stationed over the Department of the South- west. This field embraced Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. Establishing his headquarters itl Fort Jessup, in Louisiana, he removed his family \ii a plantation which he purchased, near Baton Rogue. IL.-re he remained for five years, buried, as it were, fic.m the world, but faithfully discharging every duty jn\posed upon him. In 1846, Gen. Taylor was sent to guard the land tx'tween the Nueces and Rio Grande, the latter river being the boundary of Texas, which was then claimed ■by the United States. Soon the war with Me.\ico w;„5 brought on, and at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, Gen. Taylor won brilliant victories over the Mi;xicans. The rank of major-general by jjrevet •Aas then conferred upon Gen. Taylor, and his name was received with enthusiasm almost everywhere in tli'j Nation. Then came the battles of Monterey and E uena Vista in which he won signal victories over f( ices much larger than he commanded. His careless habits of dress and his unaffected ■ii/nplicity, secured for Gen. Taylor among his troops, ••I e sobriquet of " Old Roivgh and Ready.' Tne tidings of the brilliant victory of Buena Vista :)iread tlie wildest enthusiasm over the country. The n.ime of Gen. Taylor was on every one's lips. The H hig party decided to take advantage of this wonder- fu( popularity in bringing forward the unpolished, un- ■ "'■ed, honest soldier as their candidate for the I'/Csidency. Gen. Taylor was astonished at the au- nt uncement, and for a time would not listen to it; de- ckiringthat he was not at al! qualified for such an oft ice. So little interest had he taken in jjolitics that, foi forty years, he had not cast a vote. It was not wnhout chagrin that several distinguished statesmen v/lio had been long years in tlie public service found ■i.jir claims set aside in behalf of one whose name had never been heard of, save in connection with Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey and Buena Vista. It is said that Daniel Webster, in his haste re- marked, " It is a nomination not fit to be made." Gen. Taylor was not an eloquent speaker nor a fine writer His friends took possession of him, and pre- pared such few communications as it was needful should be presented to the public. The popularity of the successful warrior swept the land. He was tri- umphantly elected over two opposing candidates, — Gen. Cass and E.x-President Martin Van Buren. Though he selected an excellent cabinet, che good old man found himself in a very uncongenial position, and was, at times, sorely perplexed and harassed. His mental sufferings were very severe, and probably tended to hasten his death. The pro-slavery party was pushing its claims with tireless energy , expedi- tions were fitting out to capture Cuba ; California was pleading for admission to the Union, while slavery stood at the door to bar her out. Gen. Taylor found the political conflicts in Washington to be far more trying to the nerves than battles with Mexicans or Indians In the midst of all these troubles. Gen. Taylor, after he had occupied the Presidential chair but liitle over a year, took cold, and after a brief sickness of but little over five days, died on the 9th of July, 1850. His last words were, " I am not afraid to die. I am ready. I have endeavored to do my duty." He died universally respected and beloved. An honest, un- pretending man, he had been steadily growing in the affections of the people; and the Nation bitterly la- mented his death. Gen. Scott, who was thoroughly acquainted with Gen. Taylor, gave the following graphic and truthful description of his character: — " With a good store of common sense, Gen. Taylor's mind had not been en- larged and refreshed by reading, or much converse with the world. Rigidity of ideas was the conse- quence. The frontiers and small military posts had been his home. Hence he was quite ignorant for his rank, and quite bigoted in his ignorance. "His sim- plicity was child-like, and with innumerable preju- dices, amusing and incorrigible, well suited to the tender age. Thus, if a man, however respectable, chanced to wear a coat of an unusual color, or his hat a little on one side of his head ; or an officer to leave a corner of his handkerchief dangling from an out- side pocket, — in any such case, this critic held the olTender to be a coxcomb (perhaps something worse), whom he would not, to use his oft repeated jilirase, 'touch with a pair of tongs.' "Any allusion to literature beyond good old Dil- worth's spelling-book, on the part of one wearing a sword, was evidence, with the same judge, of utter unfitness for heavy marchings and combats. In short few men have ever had a more comfortari-, *''>^it. saving contempt for learning of every kind.'' c/^,4- f/ JCG^i^i^cxTu) THIRTEENTH PRESIDENT. .-»-'■■ -^^ ;s*s>s-«^!^*S!S-s>^ ^■ffllLLARn FILLMnRE.'^ I 4^ LA.RD FILLMORE, thir- iceiith Presidentof the United •^'^ Mates, was born at Summer Hill, Cayuga Co., N. Y ., on the 7th of January, 1800. His father was a farmer, and ow- ing to misfortune, in humble cir- ( umstances. Of his mother, the daugliter of Dr. Abiathar Millard, of Pittsfield, Mass., it has been said that she [Xissessed an intellect of very liigh order, united with much personal loveliness, sweetness of dis- posit'on, graceful manners and ex- quisite sensibilities. -She died in 1831 ; having lived to see her son a ' young man of distinguished prom- ise, though she was not permitted to witness the high dignity which he finally attained. In consequence of the secludeil home ar.d limited ■neans of his father, Millard enjoyed but slender ad- -intages for education in his early years. The com- mon schools, which he occasionally attended were verv imperfect institutions; and books were scarce ;.iid expensive. There was nothing then in his char- acter to indicate the brilliant career upon which he w IS about to enter. He was a plain farmer's boy; i;itellige'it, good-looking, kind-hearted. The sacred influences of home had taught him to revere the Bible, and had laid the foundations of an upright character. \Vhen fourteen years of age, bis father sent him some hundred miles from home, to the then wilds of Livingston County, to learn the trade of a clothier. Neui lilt- mill there was a small villiage, where some enterprising man had commenced the collection of a village library. This proved an inestimable blessing to young Fillmore. His evenings were si)ent in read- ing. Soon every leisure moment wns occupied with books. His thirst for knowledge became insatiate and the selections which he made were continually more elevating and instructive. He read history, biography, oratory, and thus gradually there was en- kindled in his heart a desire to be something more than a mere worker witli his hands; and lie was be- coming, almost unknown lo himself, \\ well-informed educated man. The young clothier had now attained the age ol nineteen years, and was of fine [lersonal apiiearance and of gentlemanly demeanor. It so happened tha" there was a gentleman in the neighborhood of ain[)lt pecuniary means and of benevolence, — Jndge Walter ^V■ood, — who was struck with the prepossessing ap- pearance of young Fillmore. He made hisacipiaint- ance, and was so much impressed with his ability and attainments that he advised him to abandon his trade and devote himself to the study of the law. The young man replied, that he had no means of his own. no friends to help him and that his previous educa- tion had been very imperfect. But Judge Wood hail so much confidence in him that he kindly offered to take him into his own office, and to loan him such money as he needed. Most gratefully the generous offer was accepted. There is in many minds a strange delusion about' a collegiate education. K young man is supposed to be liberally educated if he has graduated at some col- lege. But many a boy loiters through university h^:"" Hnd then enters a law office, who is by no means as MILLARD FILLMORE. well prepared to prosecute his legal studies as was Millard Fillmore when he graduated at the clothing- mill at the end of four years of manual labor, during which every leisure moment had been devoted to in- tense mental culture. In 1823, when twenty-three years of age, he v/as admitted to the Court of Common Pleas. He then went to the village of Aurora, and commenced the practice of law. In this secluded, peaceful region, his practice of course was limited, and there was no opportunity for a sudden rise in fortune or in fame. Here, in the year 1826, he married a lady of great moral worth, and one capable of adorning any station she might be called to fill, — Miss Abigail Powers. His elevation of character, his untiring industry, his legal acquirements, and his skill as an advocate, gradually attracted attention ; and he was invited to enter into partnership under highly advantageous circumstances, with an elder member of the bar in Buffalo. Just before removing to Buffalo, in 1829, he took his seat in the House of Assembly, of the State of New York, as a representative from Erie County. Though he had never taken a very active part in politics, his vote and his sympathies were with the Whig party. The State was then Democratic, and he found himself in a helpless minority in the Legislature , still the testimony comes from all parties, that ills courtesy, ability and integrity, won, to a very unusual degn e the respect of his associates. In the autumn of 1832, he was elected to a seat in the United States Congress He entered that troubled arena in some of the most tumultuous hours of our national history. The great conflict respecting the national bank and the removal of the deposits, was then raging. His term of two years closed ; and he returned to his profession, which he pursued with increasing rep- utation and success. After a lapse of two years he again became a candidate for Congress ; was re- elected, and took his seat in 1837; His past expe- rience as a representative gave him stKngth and confidence. The first term of service in Congress to any man can be but little more than an introduction. He was now prepared for active duty. All his ener- gies were brought to bear ujMn the public good. Every measure received his impress. Mr. Fillmore was now a man of wide repute, and his popularity filled the State, and in the year 1847, he was elected Comptroller of the State. Mr. Fillmore had attained the age of forty-seven years. His labors at the bar, in the Legislature, in Congress and as Comptroller, had given him very con- siderable fame. The Whigs were casting about to find suitable candidates for President and Vice-Presi- dent at the approaching election. Far away, on thei waters of the Rio Grande, there was a rough old soldier, who had fought one or two successful battles with the Mexicans, which had caused his name to be proclaimed in tiumpet-tones all over the land. But it was necessary to associate with him on the same ticket some man of reputation as a statesman. Under the influence of these considerations, the names of Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore became the rallying-cry of the Whigs, as their candidates for President and Vice-Peesident. The Whig ticket was signally triumphant. On the 4th of March, 1849, Gen. Taylor was inaugurated President, and Millard Fillmore Vice-President, of the LInited States. On the 9th of July, 1850, President Taylor, but about one year and four months after his inaugura tion, was suddenly taken sick and died. By the Con- stitution, Vice-President Fillmore thus became Presi- dent. He appointed a very able cabinet, of which the illustrious Daniel Webster was Secretary of State. Mr. Fillmore had very serious difficulties to contend with, since the opposition had a majority in both Houses. He did everything in his power to conciliate the South; but the pro-slavery party in the South felt the inadequacy of all measuresof transient conciliation. The population of the free States was so rapidly in- creasing over that of the slave States that it was in- evitable that the power of the Government should soon pass into the hands of the free States. The famous compromise measures were adopted under Mr. Fillmtre's adminstration, and the Japan Expedition was sent out. On the 4th of March, 1853, Mr. Fill- more, having served one term, retired. In 1856, Mr. Fillmore was nominated for the Pres- idency by the " Know Nothing " party, but was beaten by Mr. Buchanan. After that Mr. Fillmore lived in retirement. During the terrible conflict of civil war, he was mostly silent. It was generally supposed that his sympathies were rather with those who were en- deavoring to overthrow our institutions. President Fillmore kept aloof from the conflict, without any cordial words of cheer to the one party or the other. He was thus forgotten by both. He lived to a ripe old age, and died in Buffalo. N. Y,, March 8, 1874. ,^^//^M^^ M' FOURTEENTH PRESIDENT. r ci,^ , ^FHMKLIN PIERCE.'^ KVNKLIN PIERCE, thc mrteeiith President of the L nited States, was born in Isborough, N. H., Nov. ^ 5, 1804. His father was a Kevohuionary soldier, who, wuh his own strong arm, liewed out a home in the wilderness. He was a man of inflexible integrity; of strong, though uncultivated mnid, and an uncom|)romis- ing Democrat. The mother of Franklin Pierce was all that a son could desire, — an intelligent, pru- dent, affectionate. Christian wom- an. Franklin was the sixth of eight children. Franklin was a very bright and handsome boy, gen- erous, warm-hearted and brave. He won alike the love of old and young. The boys on the play ground loved him. His teachers loved him. The neighbors looked upon him with i)ride and affection. He was by instinct a gentleman; always speaking kind words, doing kind deeds, with a peculiar unstudied tact 'which taught him what was agreeable. Without de- veloping any precocity of genius, or any unnatural devoiion to books, he was a good scholar; in body, in mind, in affections, a finely-developed boy. When sixteen years of age, in the year 1820, he entered Bowdoin College, at Brunswick, Me He was one of the most ]X)pular young men in the college. 'The ])nrity cf his moral character, the unvarying ■jourtesy of his demeanor, his rank as a scholar, and '■^"" nature, rendered hmi a universal favorite. There was something very [)eculiarly winning in his address, and it was evidently not in the slightest de- gree studied : it was the simple outgushing of his own magnanimous and loving nature. Upon graduating, in the year 1824, Franklin Pierce commenced the study of law in the office of Judge \Voodhury, one of the most distinguislied lawyers of the State, and a man of great private worth. 'Ch.: eminent social qualities of the young lawyer, his father's prominence as a public man, and the brilliant political career into which Judge Woodbury was en- tering, all tended to entice Mr. Pierce into the faci- nating yet perilous path of political life. With all the ardor of his nature he espoused the cause of Gen. Jackson for the Presidency. He commenced the practice of law in Hillsborough, and was soon elected to represent the town in the State Legislature. Here he served for four yeais. The last two years he was chosen sj^eaker of the house by a very large vote. In 1833, at the age of twenty-nine, he was elected a member of Congress. Without taking an active part in debates, he was faithful and laborious in duty and ever rising in the estimation of those with whom he was associatad. In 1837, being then but thirty-three years of age, he was elected to the Senate of the United States; taking liis seat just as Mr. Van Buren commenced his administration. He was the youngest member in the Senate. In the year 1834, lie married Miss Jane Means Appleton, a lady of rare beauty and accom- plishments, and one admirably fitted to adorn every station with wiiich her husliand was honored. Of the f- - -), VV.li \ \ '.^i"..'i'i.1| •<.H'V<«r«'„ii"r.»i'V 'r ', ' ,' .' -i' •ifrv.*v.'*i>."i' •■•■,> -i' • ,> ,> 1 J-AMU'fS FMfC'/nAl\-AlN. V ' >' i' .'i' ;i< .■i'>*v.."'i'»'n"«.'v<,;>" i' i' i' 1 'i '■ . 'i 'i . '■ . 'i 'i 'i 'i 'i 'i 't 'i w. w \MES BUCHANAN, the fif- .nth President of the United StitLs, was horn in a small tioiitier luwn, at the lootot the eastern ridi;e of the Allegha- nies, in FrankHnCo., I'enn.,on the 23d of April, 1791. The ;4ace where the humble cabin of his lither stood was called Stony Batter It was a wild and ro- mantic spot in a goriicof the moun- taii's, with towering summits rising grandl> all around. His father was a- ative of tlie north of Ireland; a poor man, who had emigrated in 1783, with little property save his own strong arms. Five years afterwards he married Elizabeth Si)ear, the daughter of a respectable farmer, and, with his young bride, plunged into the wikler- ness, slaked his claim, reared his log-hut, opened a clearing with his axe, and settled down there to per- form his obscure part in the drama of life. In this se- cluded home, where James was born, he remained for eight years, enjoying but few social or intellectual advantages. When James was eight years of age, his father removed to the village of Mercersburg, where his son was placed at school, and commenced a course of study in English, Latin and Greek. His l)rogress was rapid, and at the age of fourteen, he entered Dickinson College, at Carlisle. Here he de- veloped remarkable talent, and took his stand among the first scholars in the institution. His application to study was intense, and yet his nati-'e powers en- of Lancaster, when he was lidly he rose sputed stand abled him to master the most abstruse subjects wi - facility. In the year 1809, lie graduated with the highes' honors of his clas:,. He was then eighteer. years ol age; tall and graceful, vigorous in health, fond of athletic sport, an unerring shot, and enlivened with an exuberant flow of animal spirits. He immediately commenced the study of law in the ci and was admitted to the bar in 1812 but twenty-one years "f age. Very in his profession, and at once took lu with the ablest lawyers of the State. When but twenty-six years of age, unaided by counsel, he suc- cessfully defended before the State Senate ore of tin judges of the State, who was tried upon articles 01 impeachment. .At the age of thirty it was generallv admitted that he stood at the head of the bar; am' there was no lawyer in the State who ha tried some important case. In 1831. he retired altogether from the toils of his profession, having ac- quired an ample fortune. Gen. Jackson, upon hiselevation toihe I'resuleni . appointed Mr. Buchanan minister to Russia. 'I Ik duties of his mission he performed with ability, whicl, gave satisfaction to all ])arties. Upon iu^ return, ii 1833, he was elected to a seat in the Lnitetl .States Senate. He there met, as his associates, Wel.sict. Clay, Wright and Calhoun. He advo-ated tl'.e meas- ures prop'osedby President Jackson, of iv iking repn- 76 JA3IES BUCHANAN. sals against France, to enforce the payment of our claims against that country; and defended the course of the President in his unprecedented and wholesale removal from office of those who were not the supporters of his administration. Upon tills question he was brought into direct collision with Henry Clay. He also, with voice and vote, ad- vocated expunging from the journal of the Senate the vote of censure against Gen. Jackson for remov- ing the deposits. Earnestly he opposed the aboli- tion of slavery in the District of Columbia, and urged the prohibition of the circulation of anti- slaverj^ documents by the United States mails. As to petitions on the subject of slavery, he ad- vocated that they should be respectfully received; and that the reply should be returned, that Con- gress had no power to legislate upon the subject. "Congress," said he, "might as well undertake to interfere with slavery under a foreign government as in any of the States wliere it now exists." Upon Mr. Polk's accession to the Presidency, Mr. Buchanan became Secretary of State, and as such, took his share of the responsibility in the conduct of the Mexican "War. Mr. Polk assumed that cross- ing the Nueces by the American troops into the disputed territory was not wrong, but for the Mex- icans to cross the Rio Grande into that territory was a declaration of war. No candid man can read with pleasure the account of the course our Gov- ernment pursued in that movement. Mr. Buchanan identified himself thoroughly with the party devoted to tlie perpetuation and extension of slavery, and brought all the energies of his mind to bear against the Wilmot Proviso. He gave his cordial approval to the compromise measures of 1850, which included the fugitive slave law. Mr. Pierce, upon his election to the Presidency, hon- ored Mr. Buchanan with the mission to England. In the year 1856, a national Democratic conven- tion nominated Mr. Buchanan for the Presidency. The political conflict was one of the most severe in which our country has ever engaged. All the friends of slavery were on pne side; all the advo- cates of its restriction and final abolition on the other. Mr. Fremont, the candidate of tlie enemies of slaver}^, received 114 electoral votes. J\Ir. Bu- chanan received 1 74, and was elected. The popular vote .stood 1,. 340,6 18 for Fremont, 1,224,750 for Buchanan. On March 4, 1857, Mr. Buchanan was inaugurated. Mr. Buchanan was far advanced in life. Only four years were wanting to fill up his three-score years and ten. His own friends, those with whom he had been allied in political principles and action for 3'ears, were seeking the destruction of the Gov- ernment, that they might rear upon the ruins of our free institutions a nation whose corner-stone should be human slavery. In this emergency, IVIr. Bu- chanan was hopelessly bewildered. He could not, with his long-avowed principles, consistently op- ])osethe State-rights party in their assumptions. As President of the United States, bound by his oath faithfully to administer the laws, he could not, without perjury of the grossest kind, unite with those endeavoring to overthrow the Republic. He therefore did nothing. The opponents of Mr. Buchanan's administration nominated Abraham Lincoln as their standard- bearer in the next Presidential canvass. The pro- slavery party declared that if he were elected and the control of the Government were thus taken from their hands they would secede from the Union, tak- ing with them as they retired the National Capi- tol at Washington and the lion's share of the ter- ritory of the United States. As the storm increased- in violence, the slave- holders, claiming the right to secede, and Mr. Bu- chanan avowing that Congress had no power to prevent it, one of the most pitiable exhibitions of governmental imbecility was exhibited the world has ever seen. He declared that Congress had no power to enforce its laws in any State which had withdrawn, or which was attempting to withdraw, from the Union. This was not the doctrine of An- drew Jackson, when, with his hand upon his sword- hilt, he exclaimed. "The Union must and shall be preserved!" South Carolina seceded in December, 1860, nearly three months before the inauguration of President Lincoln. Mr. Buchanan looked on in listless de- spair. The rebel flag was raised in Charleston; Ft. Sumter was besieged; our forts, navy-3'ards and arsenals were seized; our depots of military stores were plundered; and our custom-houses and post- offices were appropriated by the rebels. The energy of the rebels and the imbecility of our Executive were alike marvelous. The nation looked on in agony, waiting for the slow weeks to glide away and close the administration, so ter- rible in its weakness. At length the long-looked- for hour of deliverance came, when Abraham Lin- coln was to receive the scepter. The administration of President Buchanan was certainly the most calamitous our country has ex- perienced. His best friends cannot recall it with pleasure. And still more deplorable it is for his fame, that in that dreadful conflict which rolled its billows of flame and blood over our whole land, no word came from his lips to indicate his wish that our country's banner should triumph over the flag of the Rebellion. He died at his Wheatland re- treat, June 1, 1868. '^, >-/^ G./'^^rb^^-'^'-r^ SIXTEENTH P RES/DENT. # A ABRAHAM 1> -^X^; - XB^ m LINCOLN, !> •;> "^^d !:^,j;^.j<:Ly^\^, 3 J -^E:7 '\ IXtL \HAM LINCOLN, the o I lilted States, was liorn in ^@)\v ¥ "'"''" *-"°-' Ky- F*-'^- ■^' - -^-5 )1/3 1809. About the year 1780, a Ml m by the name of Abraham '•^ Lincobi left Virginia with his family and moved into the then wilds of Kentucky. Only two years after this emigration, still a young man, while working one day in a field, was stealthily approached by an Indian and shot dead. His widow was left in extreme poverty witli five 'itlle children, three boys and two giiK Thomas, the youngest of the 1)0} s, was four years of age at his father's death. This Thomas was the father of .Abraham Lincoln, the ' Piesident of the United States whose name must henceforth fo^-ever be enrolled with the most prominent in the annals of our world. Of course no record has been kept of the life of one so lowly as Thomas Lincoln. He was among the poorest of the poor. His home was a wretched log-cabin; his food the coarsest and the meanest. Education he had none; he could never either read or write. As soon as he was able to do anything for himself, he was compelled to leave the cabin of his starving mother, and push out into the world, a fricnd- iess, wandering boy, seeking work. He hired him- self out, and thus silent the whole of his youth as a Ziborer in the fields of others. When twenty-eight years of age he buili a log- tabin of his own, and married Nancy Hanks, the daughter of another family of poor Kentucky emi- grants, who had also come from Virginia. Their second child was Abraham Lincoln, the subject of this sketch. The mother of Abraham was a noble woman, gentle, loving, ])ensive, created to adorn a palace, doomed to toil and pine, and die in a hovel. "All that I am, or hope to be," exclaims the grate- ful son " I owe to my angel-mother. When he was eight years of age, his father soUl his cabin and small farm, and moved to Indiana Whci-- two years later his motiier died. Abraham soon became the scribe of the uneducated community around him. He could not have had a better school than this to teach him to init thoughts into words. He also became an eager reader. 'I'he books he could obtain were few ; i)ut these he "eacJ and re-read until they were almost conimittc'^ tc memory. As the years rolled on, the lot of this lowly family was the usual lot of humanity. Thrre were joys and griefs, weddings and funerals. Abraham's sisto Sarah, to whom he was tenderly attached, was mai ried when a child of but fourteen years of age, and soon died. The family was gradually scattered. M-- Thomas Lincoln sold out his si[uatter's claim 'n 1830 and emigrated to Macon Co., 111. Abraham Lincoln was then twenty-one years of age+ With vigorous hands he aided his father in rearing another log-cabin. Abraham worked diligently at this until he saw the family comfortably settled, and theii small lot of enclosed prairie planted with corn, when he announced to his father his intention to leave home, and to go out into the world and seek his for- tune, little did he or his friends imagine how bril- liant that fortune was to be. He saw the value ol education and was intensely earnest to improve his mind to the utmost of his power. He saw the ruin which aident spirits were causing, and be( ame strictly temperate; refusing to allow a drop of intoxi- cating liquor to pass his lips. And he had read in God's word, "Thou shalt not take the name of th« Lord thy God in ■' a..;" and a profane expression ha was never heard to utter. Religion he revered. Hii morals were pure, and he was uncontaminated by a single vice. Young Abraham worked for a time as a hired lahora among the farmers. Then he went to Springfield where he was employed in building a large flat-boal In this he took a herd of swine, floated them dow^ the Sangamon to the Illinois, and thence by the Mis sissippi to New Orleans. Whati.-ver Abraham Lir coin undertook, he performed so faithfully as to giv» great satisfacticn to his employers. In this adven 1 ABRAlIAM LINCOLN. ture his employers were so well pleased, that upon his return tiiey placed a store and mill under his care. Ill 1832, at the outbreak of the Black Hawk war, he enlisted and was chosen captain of a company. He returned to Sangamon County, and although only 23 years of age, was a candidate for the Legislature, but was defeated. He soon after received from Andrew lackson the appointmentof Postmaster of New Salem, His only post-office was his hat. All the letters he received he carried there ready to deliver to those he chanced to meet. He studied surveying, and soon made this his business. In 1834 he again became a candidate for the Legislature, and was elected Mr. Stuart, of Springfield, advised him to study law. He walked from New Salem to Springfield, borrowed of Mr. Stuart a load of books, carried them back and began his legal studies. When' the Legislature as- sembled he trudged on foot with his pack on his back one hundred miles to Vandalia, then the capital. In 1836 he was re-elected to the Legislature. Here it was he first met Stephen A. Douglas. In 1839 he re- moved to Springfield and began the practice of law. His success with the jury was so great that he was coon engaged in almost every noted case in the circuit. In 1854 the great discussion began between Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Douglas, on the slavery question. In the organization of the Republican party in Illinois, in 1856, he took an active part, and at once became one of the leaders in that party. Mr. Lincoln's speeches in opposition to Senator Douglas in the con- test in iSsSforaseat in the Senate, form a most notable part of his history. The issue was on the slavery question, and he took the broad ground of he Declaration of Independence, that all men are created equal. Mr. Lincoln was defeated in this con- test, but won a far higher prize. The great Republican Convention met at Chicago on the i6th of June, i860. The delegates and strangers who crowded the city amounted to twenty- five thousand. An immense building called "The Wigwam," was reared to accommodate the Conven- tion. There were eleven candidates for whom votes were thrown. William H. Seward, a man whose fame as a statesman had long filled the land, was the most nrominent. It was generally supposed he would be the nominee. Abraham Lincoln, however, received the nomination on the third ballot. Little did he then dream of the weary years of toil and care, and the bloody death, to which that nomination doomed him: .uid aslittle did he dream that he was to vender services 10 his country, which would fi.K upon him the eyes of the whole civilized world, and which would give him a place in the affections of his countrymen, second (,nly, if second, to that of Washington. Election day came and Mr. Lincoln received 180 electoral votes out of 203 cast, and was, therefore, constitutionally elected President of the United States. The tirade of abuse that was poured upon this good and merciful man, especially by the slaveholders, was greater than upon any other man ever elected to this high position. In February, 1861, Mr. Lincoln started for Washington, stopping in all the large cities on his way making speeches. The whole journey was froughi with much danger. Many of the Southern States had already seceded, and several attempts at assassination were afterwards brought to light. A gang in Balti- more had arranged, upon his arrival to ''get up a row," and in the confusion to make sure of his death with revolvers and hand-grenades. A detective unravelled the plot. A secret and special train was p-ovided to take him from Harrisburg, through Baltimore, at ati unexpected hour of the night. The train sf^rted at half-past ten ; and to prevent ai;y possible communi- cation on the part ot the Secessionists with their Con- federate gang in Baltimore, as soon as the train haa started the telegraph-wires were cut. Mr. Lincoln reached Washington in safety and was inaugurated, although great an.xiety was felt by^ all loyal people. In the selection of his cabinet Mr. Lincoln gave to Mr, Seward the Department of State, and to other prominent opponents before the convention he gave important ix)sitions. During no other administration hav; the duties devolving upon the President been so manifold, and the responsibilities so great, as those which fell to the lot of President Lincoln. Knowing this, and feeling his own weakness and inability to meet, and in his own strength to cope with, the ditficnlties, he learned early to seek Divine wisdom and guidance in determining his plans, and Divine comfort in all his trials, both personal and national Contrary to his own estimate of himself, Mr. Lincoln was one of the most courageous of men. He went directly into the rebel capital just as the retreating foe was leaving, with no guard but a few sailors. From the time he had left Springfield, in 1861, however, plans had been made for his assassination, and he at last fell a victim to one of them. April 14, 1865, he, with Gen. Grant, was urgently invited to attend Fords' Theater. It was announced that they would be present. Gen. Grant, however, left the city. President Lincoln, feel- ing, wiiti his characteristic kindliness of heart, that it would be a disappointment if lie should fail them, very reluctantly consented to go. ^^'hile listening to the play an actor by the name of John ^Vilkes Booth entered the box where the President and family were seated, and fired a bullet into his brains. He died the next morning at seven o'clock. Never before, in the history of the world was a nation plunged into such deep grief by the death of its niler. Strong men met in the streets and wept in sfjeechless anguish. It is not too much to say that a nation was in tears. His was a life which will fitly become a model. His name as the savior of his country will live with that of Washington's, its father; hiscountry- mer. being unable to decide whic \\ is tl'^; sreater. <^ ^-^^^ ^^^-'^M^j^ SEVENTEENTH PRESIDEAT. NDREW JOHNSON, seven- teenth President of the United States. The early life of Andrew Johnson contains but the record of poverty, destitu- tion and friendlessness. He was born December 29, 180S, in Raleigh, N. C. His parents, belonging to the class of the "poor whites " of the South, were in such circumstances, that they could not cinhr ::/ei\ the slight- est advantages of education upon their child. When Andrew was five years of age, his father accidentally lost his life while hevorically endeavoring to save a friend from drowning. 'Jniil ten years of age, Andrew was a ragged boy abouf the streets, supported by the labor of his mother, who obtained her living with her own hands. He then, having never attended a school one day, and being unable either to read or write, was ap- prenticed to a tailor in his native town. A gentleman was in the habit of going to the tailor's shop occasion- ally, and reading to the boys at work there. He often read from the speeches of distinguished British states- men. .\ndrew, who was endowed with a mind of more than ordinary native ability, became much interested in these speeches ; his ambition was roused, and he was inspired with a strong desire to learn to read. He accordingly applied himself to the alphabet, and with the assistance of some of his fellow-workmen, learned his letters. He then called upon the gentle- man to borrow the book of sv^eeches. The owner. pleased with his zeal, not only gave him the 1x)ok but assisted him in learning to combine the letters into words. Under such difficulties he pressed o\. ward laboriously, spending usually ten or twelve hours at work in the sho]), and then robbing himself of rest and recreation to devote such time *s he could to reading. He went to Tennessee ni 1826, and located at Greenville, where he married a young lady who pos sessed some education. Under her instructions he learned to write and cipher. He became prominent in the village debating society, and a favorite with the students of Greenville College. In 1828, he or- ganized a working man's party, which elected him alderman, and in 1830 elected him mayor, which position he held three years. He now began to take a lively interest in political affairs; identifying himself with the working-classes, to which he belonged. In 1835, he was elected a member of the House of Representatives of Tennes- see. He was then just twenty-seven years of age. He became a very active member of the legislature gave his adhesion to the Democratic party, and in 1840 "stumped the State," advocating Martin '^-an Buren's claims to the Presidency, in opposition to thosv of Gen. Harrison. In this campaign he acquired much readiness as a speaker, and extended and increased his reputation. In 1841, he was elected State Senator; in 1843, he was elected a member of Congress, and by successive elections, held that important jwst for ten years. In 1853, he was elected Governor of Tennessee, and' was re-elected in 1855. In all these res])onbiblc ix)si- tions, he diichwged his duties with distinguished abf. ANDRE W JOHNSON. ity, and proved himself the warm friend of the work- ing classes. In 1857, Mr. Johnson was elected United States Senator. Years before, in 1S45, he had warmly advocated the annexation of Texas, stating however, as his reason, that he thought this annexation would prob- ably prove " to be the gateway out of which the sable sons of Afrifia are to pass from bondage to freedom, and become merged in a population congenial to themselves." In 1850, he also supported the com- promise measures, the two essential features of which vvere, that the white people of the Territories should oe permitted to decide for themselves whether they would enslave the colored people or not, and that the <'ree States of the North should return to the Soulh persons who attempted to escape from slavery. Mr. Johnson was neverashamedof his lowly origin: on the contrary, he often took pride in avowing that he owed his distinction to his own exertions. "Sir," said he on the floor of the Senate, " I do not forget that I am a mechanic ; neither do I forget that Adam was a tailor and sewed fig-leaves, and that our Sav- ior was the son of a carpenter." In the Charleston-Baltimore convention of i8bj, ne .was the choice of the Tennessee Democrats for the Presidency. In 1861, when the purpose of the South- jirn Democracy became apparent, he took a decided stand in favor of the Union, and held that " slavery must be held subordinate to the Union at whatever cost." He returned to Tennessee, and repeatedly imperiled his own life to protect the Unionists of Tennesee. Tennessee having seceded from the Union, President Lincoln, on March 4th, 1862, ap- pointed him Military Governor of the State, and he established the most stringent military rule. His numerous proclamations attracted wide attention. In 1864, he was elected Vice-President of the United States, and upon the death of Mr. Lincoln, April 15, 1865, became President. In a speech two days later he said, " The American people must be taught, if ?hey do not already feel, that treason is a crime and must be punished ; that the Government will not always beai with its enemies ; that it is strong not only to protect, but to punish. * * The people \nust understand that it (treason) is the blackest of crimes, and will surely be punished." Yet his whole administration, the history of which is so well known, was in utter inconsistency with, and the most violent opposition to, the principles laid down in that speech. In his loose policy of reconstruction and general amnesty, he was opposed by Congress ; and he char acterized Congress as a new rebellion, and lawlessly defied it, in everything possible, to the utmost. In the beginning of 1868, on account of "high crimes and misdemeanors," the principal of which was the removal of Secretary Stanton, in violation of the Ten- ure of Office Act, articles of impeachment were pre- ferred against him, and the trial began March 23. It was very tedious, continuing for nearly three months. A test article of the impeachment was at length submitted to the court for its action. It was certain that as the court voted ujwn that article so would it vote upon all. Thirty-four voices pronounced the President guilty. As a two-thirds vote was neces- sary to his condemnation, he was pronounced ac- quitted, notwithstanding the great majority against him. The change of one vote from the not guilty side would have sustained the impeachment. The President, for the remainder of his term, was but little regarded. He continued, though impotent!;-, his conflict with Congress. His own party did not think it expedient to renominate him for the Presi- dency. The Nation rallied, with enthusiasm unpar- alleled since the days of Washington, around the name of Gen. Grant. Andrew Johnson was forgotten. The bullet of the assassin introduced him to the President's chair. Notwithstanding this, never was there presented to a man a better opportunity to im- mortalize his name, and to win the gratitude of a nation. He failed utterly. He retired to his home in Greenville, Tenn., taking no very active part in politics until 1875. On Jan. 26, after an exciting struggle, he was chosen by the Legislature of Ten- nessee, United States Senator in the forty-fourth Con- gress, and took his seat in that body, at the special session convened by President Grant, on the 5th of March. On the 27th of July, 1875, the ex-President made a visit to his daughter's home, near Carter Station, Tenn. When he started on his journey, he was apparently in his usual vigorous healtli, 'jut on reach- ing the residence of his child the following day, was stricken with paralysis, rendering him unconscious. He rallied occasionally, but finally passed away at 2 A.M., July 31, aged sixty-seven years. His fun- eral was attended at Geenville, on the 3d of August, with every demonstration of respect. EIGHTEENTH PRESIDENT. L\SSES S. GRANT, the eij,hteenth President of the 'United States, was born on the 29th of April, 1822, of Christian parents, in a humble home, at Point Pleasant, on the banks of the Ohio. Shortly after his father moved to George- town, Brown Co., O. In this re- mote frontier hamlet, Ulysses received a common-school edu- cation. At the age of seven- teen, in the year 1839, he entered the Military Academy at West Point. Here he was regarded as a solid, sensible young man of fair abilities, and of sturdy, honest character. He took respectable rank as a scholar. In June, 1843, he graduated, about the middle in his class, and was sent as lieutenant of in- fantry to one of the distant military posts in the Mis- souri Territory. Two years he past in these dreary solitudes, watching the vagabond and exasperating Indians. The war with Mexico came. Lieut. Grant was sent with his regiment to Corpus Christi. His ■ first battle was at Palo Alto. There was no chance here for the exhibition of either skill or heroism, nor at Resaca de la Palma, his second battle. At the battle of Monterey, his third engagement, it is said that ne performed a signal service of daring and skillful horsemanship. His brigade had exhausted its am- munition. A messenger must be sent for more, along a route exposed to the bullets of the foe. Lieut. Grant, adopting an expedient learned of the Indians, grasped the mane of his horse, and hanging upon one side of the anin^al. ran the gauntlet in entire safety. From Monterey he was sent, with the fourth infantry, to aid Gen. Scott, at the siege of Vera Cruz. In preparation for the march to the city of Mexico, he was appointed quartermaster of his regiment. At the battle of Molino del Rey, he was promoted to a first lieutenancy, and was brevetted captain at Cha- pultepec. At the close of the Mexican War, Capt. tirant re- turned with his regiment to New York, and was again sent to one of the military posts on the frontier. The discovery of gold in California causing an immense tide of emigration to flow to the Pacific shores, Capt. Grant was sent with a battalion to Fort Dallas, in Oregon, for the protection of the interests of the im- migrants. Life was wearisome in those wilds. Capt. Grant resigned his commission and returned to the States; and having married, entered upon thecultiva- rion of a small farm near St. I^uis, Mo. He had but little skill as a farmer. Finding his toil not re- munerative, he turned to mercantile life, entering into the leather business, with a younger brother, at Ga- lena, 111. This was in the year i86o. As the tidings of the rebels firing on Fort Sumpter reached the ears of Capt. Grant in his counting-room, he said, — "Uncle Sam has educated me for the armv : though I have served him through one war, I do not feiel that I have yet repaid the debt. I am still ready to discharge my obligations. I shall therefore buckle on my tword and see Uncle Sam through this war too." He went into the streets, raised a csmpany of vol- unteers, and led them as their captain to Springfield, the capital of the State, where their services were offered to Gov. Yates. The Governor, impressed by the zeal and straightforward executive ability of Capt. ( Grant, gave him a desk in his office, to assist in thej volunteer organization that was being formed in the State in behalf of th« Government. On the iy''» o< UL YSSES S. GRA l^T. June, 1 86 1, Capt. Grant received a commission as Colonel of the Twenty-first Regiment of Illinois Vol- unteers. His merits as a West Point graduate, who had served for 15 years in the regular army, were such that he was soon promoted to the rank of Brigadier- General and was placed in command at Cairo. The Tebels raised their banner at Paducah, near the mouth of the Tennessee River. Scarcely had its folds ap- peared in the breeze ere Gen. Grant was there. The rebels fled. Their banner fell, and the star and stripes were unfurled in its stead. He entered the service with great determination and immediately began active duty. This was the be- ginning, and until the surrender of Lee at Richmond he was ever pushing tlie enemy with great vigor and effectiveness. At Belmont, a few days later, he sur- prised and routed the rebels, then at Fort Henry won another victory. Then came the brilliant fight at Fort Donelson. The nation was electrified by the victory, and the brave leader of the boys in blue was immediately made a M.ijor-General, and the military iistrict of Tennessee was assigned to him. Like all great captains. Gen. Grant knew well how to secure the results of victory. He immediately [pushed on to the enemies' lines. Then came the terrible battles of Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, and the siege of Vicksburg, where Gen. Pemberton made an unconditional surrender of the city with over thirty thousand men and one-hundred and seventy-two can- non. The fall of Vicksburg was by far the most severe blow which the rebels had thus far encountered, and opened up the Mississippi from Cairo to the Gulf. Gen. Grant was next ordered to co-operate with Gen. Banks in a movement upon Texas, and pro- ceeded to New Orleans, where he was thrown from his horse, and received severe injuries, from which he was laid up for months. He then rushed to the aid of Gens. Rosecrans and Thomas at Chattanooga, and by a wonderful series of strategic and technical meas- ures put tlie Union Army infighting condition. Then followed the bloody battles at Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, in which the rebels were routed with great loss. This won for him un- bounded praise in the North. On the 4th of Febru- ary, 1864, Congress revived the grade of lieutenant- general, and the rank was conferred on Gen. Grant. He repaired to Washington to receive his credentials and enter ufX)r. t'^p duties of his new office Gen. Grant decided as soon as he took charge ol the army to concentrate the widely-dispersed National troops for an attack upori Richmond, the nominal capital of the Rebellion, and endeavor there to de- stroy the rebel armies which would be promptly as- sembled from all quarters for its defence. The whole continent seemed to tremble under the tramp of these majestic armies, rushing to the decisive battle field. Steamers were crowded with troops. Railway trains were burdened with closely packed thousands. His plans were comprehensive and involved a series of campaigns, which were executed with remarkable en- ergy and ability, and were consummated at the sur- render of Lee, April 9, 1865. The war was ended. The Union was saved. The almost unanimous voice of the Nation declared Gen. Grant to be the most prominent instrument in its sal- vation. The eminent services he had thus rendered the country brought him conspicuously forward as the Republican candidate for the Presidential chair. At the Republican Convention held at Chicago. May 21, 1868, he was unanimously nominated for the Presidency, and at the autumn election received a majority of the popular vote, and 214 out of 294 electoral votes. The National Convention of the Republican party whichmet at Philadelphia on the 5th of June, rSya, placed Gen. Grant in nomination for a second tenn by a unanimous vote. The selection was emphati- cally indorsed by the people five months later, 292 electoral votes being cast for him. Soon after the close of his second term. Gen. Grant started upon his famous trip around the world. He visited almost every country of the civilized world, and was everywhere received with such ovations and demonstrations of respect and honor, private as well as public and official, as were never before bestowed upon any citizen of the United States. He was the most prominent candidate before the Re|jublican National Convention in 1880 for a re- nomination for President. He went to New York and embarked in the brokerage business under the firm nameof Grant & Ward. The latter proved a villain, wrecked Grant's fortune, and for larceny was sent to the penitentiary. The General was attacked with cancer in the throat, but suffered in his stoic-like manner, never complaining. He was re-instated as General of the Army and retired by Congress. The cancer soon finished its deadly work, and July 23, 1885, the nation went in mourning over the dea'th of the illustrious General. S^-^ v_^ NIAETEENTII TRESIDENT. | ^ti^^^l^^ga»l^s^.^:^tggliS.^^'li^^'Si'^'Vl■:.^•v• <;Q;^^^>^;^■^^•^'3^^^r>l^;^l^;' l^^ UTHERFORD B. HAYES, nineteenth President of the United States, was born in Delaware, O., Oct. 4, 1822, al- most three months after the death of his father, Rutherford Hayes. His ancestry on both the paternal and maternal sides, was of the most honorable char- acter. It can be traced, it is said, as far back as 1280, when Hayes and Rutherford were two Scottish chief- tains, fighting side by side with Baliol, William Wallace and Robert Bruce. Both families belonged to the nobility, owned extensive estates, ' and had a large following. Misfor- tane ovtrcaking the family, (ieorge Hayes left Scot- land in 1680, and settled in Windsor, Conn. His son George wai, born in Windsor, and remained there during his life. Daniel Hayes, son of the latter, mar- ried Sarah Lee, and lived from the time of his mar- riage until his death in Simsbury, Conn. Ezekiel, son of Daniel, was born in 1724. and was a manufac- turer of scythes at Bradford, Conn. Rutherford Hayes, son of Ezekiel and grandfather of President Hayes, was born in New Haven, in August, 1756. He was a farmer, blacksmith and tavern-keeper. He emigrated to Vermont at an unknown date, settling in BrattlelxDro, where he established a hotel. Here his son Ruth- erford Hayes the father of President Hayes, was born. He was married, in September, 1813, to Sophia Birchard, of Wilmington, Vt., whose ancestors emi- grated thither from Connecticut, they having been among the wealthiest and best famlies of Norwich. Her ancestry on the male side are traced back to 1635, to John Birchard, one of the principal founders of Norwich. Both of her grandfathers were soldiers in the Revolutionary War. The father of President Hayes was an industrious frugal and opened-hearted man. He was of a me- chanical turn, and could mend a plow, knit a stock- ing, or do almost anything else that he choose to undertake. He was a member of the Church, active in all the benevolent enterprises of the town, and con- ducted his business on Christian principles. After the close of the war of 181 2, for reasons inexplicable to his neighbors, he resolved to emigrate to Ohio. The journey from Vermont to Ohio in that day when there were no canals, steamers, nor railways, was a very serious affair. A tour of inspection was first made, occupying four months. Mr. Hayes deter mined to move to Delaware, where the family arrived in 1817. He died July 22, r822, a victim of malarial fever, less than three months before the birth of the son, of whom we now write. Mrs. Hayes, in her sore be- reavement, found the support she so much needed in her brother Sardis, who had been a member of the household from the day of its departure from Ver- mont, and in an orphan girl whom she had adopted some time before as an act of charity. Mrs. Hayes at this period wag very weak, and the RUTHERFORD B. HA YES. subject of this sketch was so fe^le at birth that he was not expected to live beyond a month or two at iBOSt. As the months went by he grew weaker and weaker, so that the neighbors were in the habit of in- quiring from time to time " if Mrs. Hayes' baby died iast night." On one occasion a neighbor, who was on if-imihar terms with the family, after alluding to the boy's big head, and the mother's assiduous care of him, said in a bantering way, " That's right! Stick to iiim. You have got him along so far, and I shouldn't wonder if he would really come to something yet." " You need not laugh," said Mrs. Hayes. "You vait and see. You can't tell but I shall make him President of the United States yet." The boy lived, in spite of the universal predictions of his speedy death; and when, in 1825, his older brother was drowned, he became, if possible, still dearer to his mother. The boy was seven years old before he w,;nt to school. His education, however, was not neglected. He probably learned as much from his mother and lister as he would have done at school. His sports were almost wholly within doors, his playmates being his sister and her associates. These circumstances tended, no doubt, to foster that gentleness of dispo- sition, and that delicate consideration for the feelings of others, which are marked traits of his character. His uncle Sardis Birchard took the deepest interest tan his education ; and as the boy's health had im- proved, and he was making good progress in his studies, he proposed to send him to college. His pre- paration commenced with a tutor at home; but he was afterwards sent for one year to a professor in the Wesleyan University, in Middletown, Conn. He en- tered Kenyon College in 1838,31 the age of sixteen, and was graduated at the head of his class in 1842. Innnediately after his graduation he began the study of law in the office of Thomas Sparrow, Esq., in Columbus. Finding his opportunities for study in Columbus somewhat limited, he determined to enter the Law School at Cambridge, Mass., where he re- mained two years. In 1845, after graduating at the Law School, he was admitted to the bar at Marietta, Ohio, and shortly afterward went into practice as an attorney-at-law with Ralph P. Buckland, of Fremont. Here he re- mained three years, acquiring but a limited practice, and apparently unambitious of distinction in his pro- Cession. ^41 1 849 he moved to Cincinnati, where his ambi- tion found a new stimulus. For several years, how- ever, his progress was slow. Two events, occurring at this period, had a powerful influence upon his subse- quent 'ife. One of these was his marrage with Miss Lucy Ware Webb, daughter of Dr. James Webb, of Chilicothe; the other was his introduction to the Cin- cinnati Literary Club, a body embracing among its members such men as'^hief Justice Salmon P^jj^|}a»e. Gen. John Pope, Gov. Edward F. Noyes, and many others hardly less distinguished in after life. The marriage was a fortunate one in every respect, as everybody knows. Not one of all the wives of our Presidents was more universally admired, reverenced and beloved than was Mrs. Hayes, and no one did more than she to reflect honor upon American woman- hood. The Literary Cluu brought Mr. Hayes into constant association with young men of high char- acter and noble aims, and lured him to display f\\f qualities so long hidden by his bashfulnejs and modesty. In 1856 he was nominated to the office of Judge of the Court of Common Pleas; but he declined to ac. cept the nomination. Two years later, the office o( city solicitor becoming vacant, the City Council elected him for the unexpired term. In 1861, when the Rebellion broke out, he was at tne zenith of his professional lif,. His rank at the bar was among the the first. But the news of the attack on Fort Sumpter found him eager to take -in arms for the defense of his country. His military record was bright and illustrious. In October, 1861, he was made Lieutenant-Colonel, and in August, 1862, promoted Colonel of the 79th Ohio regiment, but he refused to leave his old comrades and go among strangers. Subsequently, however, h» was made Colonel of his old regiment. At the battle of South Mountain he received a wound, and while faint and bleeding displayed courage and fortitude that won admiration from all. Col. Hayes was detached from his regiment, after his recovery, to act as Brigadier-General, and placed in command of the celebrated Kanawha division, and for gallant and meritorious services in the battles of Winchester, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek, he was promoted Brigadier-General. He was also brevetted Major-General, "forgallant and distinguished services during the campaigns of 1864, in West Virginia." In the course of his arduous services, four horses were shot from under him, and he was wounded four times In 1864, Gen. Hayes was elected to Congress, from the Second Ohio District, which had long been Dem- ocratic. He was not present during the campaign, and after his election was importuned to resign his commission in the army ; but he finally declared, " I shall never come to Washington until I can come by the way of Richmond." He was re-elected in 1866. In 1867, Gen Hayes was elected Governor of Ohio, over Hon. Allen G. Thurman, a popular Democrat. In r869 was re-elected over George H. Pendleton, He was elected Governor for the third term in 1875. Tn rSye he was the standard bearer of the Repub- lican Party in the Presidential contest, and after a hard long contest was chosen President, and was in augurated Monday, March 5, 1875. He served his full term, not, hcwever, with satisfaction to his party, but his administration was an average o!>» . i- U t-^/<^>^, Y' TiVEN'-flETH PRESIDENT. ■\MES A. GARFIELD, twen- tieth President of the United ^tites, was born Nov. 19, 1S31, in the woods of Orange, Cuyahoga Co., O His par- *" euts were Abram and Eliza (Ballou) Garfield, both of New England ancestry and from fami- lies well known in the early his- tory of that section of our coun- try, but had moved to the Western n Ohio, early in its settle- ment. The house in which James A. was born was not unlike the houses of poor Ohio farmers of that day. It ,ds about 20x30 feet, built of logs, with the spaces be- .veen the logs filled with clay. His father was a :iard working farmer, and he soon had his fields jleared, an orcliard planted, and a log barn built, i'he household comprised the father and mother and heir four ciiildren — Mehetal)el, Thomas, Mary and 'ames. In May, 1823^ the father, from a cold con- . .-acted in heljjing to put out a forest fire, died. At 'his time James was aljout eighteen months old, and Thomas about ten years old. No one, perhaps, can lell how much James was indebted to his brother's toil and self-sacrifice during the twenty years suc- ceeding his father's death, but undoubtedly very much. He now lives in Michigan, and the two sis- ters live in Solon, O., near their birthplace. The early educational advantages young Garfield enjoyed were very limited, yet he made the most of them. He labored at farm work for others, did car- penter work, chopped wood, or did anything that would bring in a few dollars to aid his widowed mother in he' -struggles to keep the little family to- gether. Nor was Gen. Garfield ever ashamed of his origin, and he never forgot the friends of his strug- gling childhood, youth and manhood, neither did they ever forget him. When in the highest seats of honor, the humblest fiiend of his boyhood was as kindly greeted as ever. The poorest laborer was sure of the sympathy of one who had known all the bitterness of want and the sweetness of bread earned by the sweat of the brow. He was ever the simple, plain, modest gentleman. The highest ambition of young Garfield until he was about sixteen years old was to be a captain of a vessel on Lake Erie. He was anxious to go aboard a vessel, which his mother strongly opposed. She finally consented to his going to Cleveland, with the understanding, however, that he should try to obtain some other kind of employment. He walked all the way to Cleveland. Tliis was his first visit to the city After making many applications for work, and trying to get aboard a lake vessel, and not meeting with success, he engaged as a driver for his cousin, Amos Letcher, on the Ohio <.'v' Pennsylvania Canal. He re- mained at this work but a short time when he wen': home, and attended the seminary at Chester for about three years, when he entered Hiram and the Eclectic Institute, teaching a few terms of school in the meantime, and doing other work. This school was started by the Disciples of Christ in 1850, of which church he was then a member. He became janitor and bell-ringer in order to help pay his way He then became both teacher and pupil. He soon " exhausted Hiram " and needed more ; hence, in the fall of i>S54, he entered Williams College, from which he graduated in 1856, taking one of the liighest ho..- ors of his class. He afterwards returned to Hiram ; College as its President. As above stated, he eady ' united with the Christian or Diciples Church at Hiram, and was ever after a devoted, zealous mem- ber, often preaching in its pulpit and places where he happened to be. Dr. Noah Porter, President of Yale College, says of him in reference to his religion : JAMES A. GARFIELD. " President Garfield was more than a man of strong moral and religious convictions. His whole history, from boyhood to the last, shows that duty to man and to God, and devotion to Christ and life and faith and spiritual commission were controlling springs of his being, and to a more than usual degree. In my judgment there is no more interesting feature of nis character than his loyal allegiance to the body of Christians in which he was trained, and the fervent sympathy which he ever showed in their Christian communion. Not many of the few 'wise and mighty and noble who are called ' show a similar loyalty to the less stately and cultured Christian comnmnions in which they have been reared. Too often it is true that as they step upward in social and political sig- nificance they step upward from one degree to another in some of the many types of fashionable Christianity. President Garfield adhered to the -hurch of his mother, the church in which he was trained, and in which he served as a pillar and an evangelist, and yet with the largest and most unsec- 'arian charity for all 'who loveour Lord in sincerity.'" Mr. Garfield was united in marriage with Miss Lucretia Rudolph, Nov. 1 1, 1858, who proved herself worthy as the wife of one whom all the world loved and mourned. To them were born seven children, five of whom are still living, four boys and one girl. Mr. Garfield made his first political speeches in 1856, ■jn Hiram and the neighboring villages, and three years later he began to speak at county mass-meet- ings, and became the favorite speaker wherever he was. During this year he was elected to the Ohio Senate. He also began to study law at Cleveland, and in 1861 was admitted to the bar. The great Rebellion broke out in the early part of this year, and Mr. Garfield at once resolved to fight as he had talked, and enlisted to defend the old flag. He re- ceived his commission as Lieut. -Colonel of the Forty- second Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Aug. 14, 1861. He was immediately put into active ser- vice, and before he had ever seen a gun fired in action, was placed in command of four regiments of infantry and eight companies of cavalry, charged with the work of driving out of his native State the officer 'Humphrey Marshall) reputed to be the ablest of those, not educated to war whom Kentucky had given to the Rebellion. This work was bravely and speed- ily accomplished, although against great odds. Pres- ident Lincoln, on his success commissioned him Brigadier-General, Jan. 10, 1862; and as "he had been the youngest man in the Ohio Senate two years before, so now he was the youngest General in the army." He was with Gen. Buell's army at Shiloh, in its operations around Corinth and its march through Alabama. He was then detailed as a memberof the General Couit-Martial for the trial of Gen. Fitz-John Porter. He was then ordered to report to Gen. Rose- crans, and was assigned to the "Chief of Staff." The military history of Gen. Garfield closed with his brilliant services at Chickamauga, where he woe the stars of the Major-General. Without an eflibrt on his part Geg Garfield wa» elected to Congress in the fall of 1862 from the Nineteenth District of Ohio. This section of Ohio had been represented in Congress for sixty year* mainly by two men — Elisha Whittlesey and Joshua R. Giddings. It was not without a struggle that he resigned his place in the army. At the time he en- tered Congress he was the youngest member in that body. There he remained by successive re- elections until he was elected President in 1880. Of his labors in Congress Senator Hoar says : " Since the year 1864 you cannot think of a question whicii has been debated in Congress, or discussed before & tribunel of the American people, in regard to whicl you will not find, if you wish mstruction, the argu, ment on one side stated, in almost every instance better than by anybody else, in some speech made in the House of Representatives or on the hustings by Mr. Garfield." Upon Jan. 14, 1880, Gen. Garfield was elected to the U. S. Senate, and on the eighth of June, of the same year, was nominated as the candidate of his party for President at the great Chicago Convention. He was elected in the following November, and on March 4, 18S1, was inaugurated. Probably no ad- ministration ever opened its existence under brighter auspices than that of President Garfield, and every day it grew in favor with the people, and by the first of July he had completed all the initiatory and pre- liminary work of his administration and was prepar- ing to leave the city to meet his friends at Williams College. While on his way and at the depot, in com- pany with Secretary Blaine, a man stepped behind him, drew a revolver, and fired directly at his back. The President tottered and fell, and as he did so the assassin fired a second shot, the bullet cutting the left coat sleeve of his victim, but inflicting no further injury. It has been very truthfully said that this was " the shot that was heard round the world " Never before in the history of the Narion had anything oc- curred which so nearly froze the blood of the people for the moment, as this awful deed. He was smit- ten on the brightest, gladdest day of all his life, and was at the summit of his power and hope. For eighty days, all during the hot months of Juiy and August, he lingered and suffered. He, however, remained master of himself till the last, and by his magnificent bearing was teaching the country and the world tlie noblest of human lessons — how to live grandly in the very clutch of death. Great in life, he was surpass- ingly great in death. He passed serenely away Sept. 19, 1883, at Elberon, N. J., on the very bank of the ocean, where he had been taken shortly previous. The world wept at his death, as it never had done on the death of any other man who had ever lived upon it. The murderer was duly tried, found guilty and exe- cuted, in one year after he committ^ the foui deed. ^^f\ TWEMTY. FIRST PRESIDENT. ^ a U ii^ .5'H H; !>' A, A 1>?M' ! IJi fi. HESTER A. ARTHUR, twenty-first Presi'^^m of the "United States was Ijorn in P lanklin Cour ty, \'erniont, on Ihefifthof Odober, 1830, and is the oldest of a family of two sons and five daughters. His father was the Rev. Dr. William Arthur, aBaptistcJlrgyman,who emigrated to tb'.s country from the county Antrim, Ireland, in his 18th year, and died in 1875, in Newtonville, neai Albany, after a long and successful ministry. Young Arthur was educated at Union College, S( henectady, where he excelled in all his studies. Af- ter his graduation he taught school in Vermont for two years, and at the expiration of that time came to New York, with $500 in his ixjcket, and e.Uered the office of ex-Judge E. D. Culver as student. After I being admitted to the bar he formed a partnership with his intimate friend and room-mate, Henry D. Gardiner, with the intention of practicing ui the West, and for three months they roamed about in the Western States in search of an eligible site, but in the end returned to New York, where they hung out their shingle, and entered upon a success^ ful career almost from the start. General Arthur «oon afterward na»rr'''d the daughter of Lieutenant Herndon, of the United States Navy, who was lost at sea. Congress voted a gold medal to his widow ir. recognition of the bravery he displayed on that occa- sion. Mrs. Arthur died shortly before Mr. Arthurs nomination to the Vice Presidency, leaving two children. Gen. Arthur obtained considerable legal celebrity in his first great case, the famous Lemmon suit, brought to recover possession of eight slaves who had been declared free by Judge Paine, of the Sujierioi Court of New York City. It was in 1852 that Jon. athan Lemmon, of Virginia, went to New York with his slaves, intending to ship them to Texas, when they were discovered and freed. The Judge decided that they could not be held by the owner under the Fugitive Slave Law. A howl of rage went up from the South, and the Virginia Legislature authorized the Attorney General of that State to assist in an appeal. Wm. M. Evarts and Chester A. Arthur were employed to represent the People, and they won their case, which then went to the Supreme Court of the United States. Charles O'Conor here espoused the cause of the slave-holders, but he too was beaten by Messrs Evarts and Arthur, and a long step was taken toward the emancipation of the black race. Another great service was rendered by General Arthur in the same cause in 1856. Lizzie Jennings. a respectable colored woman, was put off a Fourth Avenue car with violence after she had paid her fare. General Arthur sued on her behalf, and secured a verdict of $500 damages. The next day the compa- ny issued an order to admit colored persons to ride on their cars, and the other car companies quickly CHESTER A. ARTHUR. followed their example. Before that the Sixth Ave- nue Company ran a few special cars for colored per- sons and the other lines refused to let them ride at all. General Arthur was a delegate to the Convention at Saratoga that founded the Republican party. Previous to the war he was Judge-Advocate of the Second Brigade of the State of New York, and Gov- ernor Morgan, of that State, appointed hmi Engineer- in-Chief of his staff. In 1861, he was made Inspec- tor General, and soon afterward became Quartermas- ter-General. In each of these offices he rendered great service to the Government during the war. At the end of Governor Morgan's term he resumed the practice of the law, forming a partnership with Mr. Ransom, and then Mr. Phelps, the District Attorney of New York, was added to the firm. The legal prac- tice of this well-known firm was very large and lucra- tive, each of the gentlemen composing it were able lawyers, and possessed a splendid local reputation, if not indeed one of national extent. He always took a leading part in State and city politics. He was appointed Collector of the Port of New York by President Grant, Nov. 21 1872, to suc- ceed Thomas Murphy, and held the office until July, •30, 1878, when he was succeeded by Collector Merritt. Mr. Arthur was nominated on the Presidential ticket, with Gen. James A. Garfield, at the famous National Republican Convention held at Chicago in June, 1880. This was perhaps the greatest political convention that ever assembled on thecontinent. It was composed of the Jsading politicians of the Re- publican party, all able men, and each stood firm and fought vigorously and with signal tenacity for their respective candidates that were before the conven- tion for the nomination. Finally Gen. Garfield re- ceived the nomination for President and Gen. Arthur for Vice-President. The campaign which followed was one of the most animated known inthehistory of our country. Gen. Hancock, the standard-bearer of the Democratic party, was a popular man, and his party made a valiant fight for his election. Finally the election came and the country's choice .vas Garfield and Arthur. They were inaugurated .'^arch 4, i8St, as President and Vice-President. h. few months only had passed ere the newly chosen President was the victim of the assassin's bullet. Then came terrible weeks of suffering, — those moments of anxious suspense, wher the hearts of all civilized na- tions were throbbing in unison, longing for the re- covery of the noble, the good President. The remark- able patience that he manifested during those hours and weeks, and even months, of the most terrible suf- fering man has often been called upon to endure, was seemingly more than human. It was certainly God- like. During all this period of deepest anxiety Mr. Arthur's every move was watched, and be it said to his* credit that his every action displayed only an earnest desire that the suffering Garfield might recover, to serve the remainder of the term he had so auspi- ciously begun. Not a selfish feeling was manifested in deed or look of this man, even though the most honored position in the world was at any moment likely to fall to him. At last God in his mercy relieved President Gar. field from further suffering, and the world, as nevei before in its history over the death of any othei man, wept at his bier. Then it became the duty ol the Vice President to j.ssume the responsibilities ol the high office, and he took the oath in New York, Sept. 20, i88r. The position was an embarrassing one to him, made doubly so from the facts that all eyes were, on him, anxious to know what he would do, what policy he would pursue, and who he would se- lect as advisers. The duties of the office had been greatly neglected during the President's long illness, and many important measures were to be immediately decided by him ; and still farther to embarrass him he did not fail to realize under what circumstances he became President, and knew the feelings of many on this point. Under these trying circumstances President Arthur took the reins of the Government in Ms ow,. hands ; and, as embarrassing as were the condition of affair.-' he happily surprised the nation, acting so wisei". hat but few criticiseo lis administratiun- He served the nation well and faithfully, until the close of his administration, March 4, 1885, and was a popular candidate before his party for a second term. His name was ably presented before the con- vention at Chicago, and was received with great favor, and doubtless but for the personal popularity of one of the opposing candidates, he would have been selected as the standard-bearer of his party for another campaign. He retired to private life car- rying with him the best wishes of the American peo- ple, whom he had served in a manner satisfacwry tf- them and with credit to himself. 7 l^rt^;^ C/< i^rt£y;f L/C^ui^CCuLyXJ^A TWENTY-SECOND PRESIDFNT. ^^^'L~/^):^ii^ St.^«i>$"!S4>$;!g' TEPHEN GROVER CLEVE- LAND, the twenty- second Pres- ident of the United States, was born in 1837, in the obscure town of Caldwell, Essex Co., N. J., and in a little two-and-a- half-story white house which is still standing, characteristically to mark the humble birth-place of one of America's great men in striking con- trast with the Old World, where all men high in office must be high in origin and born in the cradle of wealth. When the subject of this sketch was three years of age, his father, who was a Presbyterian min- ister, with a large family and a small salary, moved, by way of the Hudson River and Erie Canal, to Fayetteville, in search of an increased income and a larger field of work. Fayetteville was then the most straggling of country villages, about five miles from Pompey Hill, where Governor Seymour was born. At the last mentioned place young Grover com- menced going to school in the "good, old-fashioned way," and presumably distinguished himself after the manner of all village boys, in doing the things he ought not to do. Such is the distinguishing trait of all geniuses and independent thinkers. When he arrived at the age of 14 years, he had outgrown the c^jMcity of the village school and expressed a most emphatic desire to be sent to an academy. To this his father decidedly objected, .\cademies in those days cost money; besides, his father wanted him to become self-supix)rting by the quickest possible means, and this at that time in Fayetteville seemed to be a position in a country store, where his father and the large family on his hands had considerable influence. GrQver was to be paid $50 for his services the first year, and if he proved trustworthy he was to receive $too the second year. Here the lad com- menced his career as salesman, and in two years he had earned so good a reputation for trustworthiness that his employers desired to retain him for an in- definite length of time. Otherwise he did not ex- hibit as yet any particular " flashes of genius " or eccentricities of talent. He was simply a good boy. But instead of remaining witli this firm in Fayette- ville, he went with the family in their removal to Clinton, where he had an opportunity of attending a high school. Here he industriously pursued his studies until the family removed with him to a point on Black River known as the " Holland Patent," a village of 500 or 600 people, 1 5 miles north of Utica, N. Y. At this place his father died, after preaching but three Sundays. This event broke up the family, and Grover set out for New York City to accept, at a small salary, the position of " under-teacher " in an asylum for the blind. He taught faithfully for two years, and althougii he obtained a good reputation in this capacity, he conclu< ^ ■»■ <» ■ ■ lENJAMIN HARRISON, «>• twenty-thinl President, is the descendant of one of the historical families of this country. The head of the family was a Major General Harrison, one of Oliver Cromwell's trusted follow- ers and fighters. In the zenith of Crom- well's power it became thv, duty of this Harrison to participate m tne trial of Charles I, and ?tfterward tc sign the death warrant of the king. He subse- quently paid for this with his life, being hung Oct. 13, 1660. His descendants came to America, and the next of the family that appears in history is Benja- niin Harrison, of Virginia, great-grand- father of the subject of this sketch, and after whom he was named. Benjamin Harrison was a member of the Continental Congress durmg the years 1774-5-6, and was one of the original signers of the Declaration of Independence. He wa three times elected GoTeruor of Virginia, '^n William Henry Harrison, the ton of ti»e dlstingnighed patriot of the Reyolntion, after a. sao. cessful career as a soldier durmg the War of 1812, and with -a clean record as Governor of the North- western Territory, was elected President of the United States in 1840. His saroer was cut short by death within one month ifter ais luroguration. President Harrison wa^ born st Md':'^ Bend, Hamilton Co., Ohio, Aug. '?0, 18»3 His life up to the time of his graduation by the Miami Univei-sity, at Oxford, Ohio, waa the uneventful one of a coun- try lad of a family of small means. His father was able to give him a gootl education, and nothing more. He became engaged while at college to tho daughter of Dr. Scott, Principal of a female schoo at Oxford. After graduating he determined to en- ter upon the study of the law. He went to Cin cinnati and then read law for two years. At the expiration of that time young Harrison received tfc-' only inheritance of his life; his aunt dying left hini a lot valued at $800. He regarded this legacy as i fortune, and decided to get married at once, take this money and go to flome Eastern town an ' be- gin the practice of law He sold his lot, and with the money in his pocket, be started out witD his young wife to fight for » pboe in Um world- Hs 108 BENJAMIN HARRISON. decided to go to Indianapolis, which was eren at U\a.t. time a town of promise. He met with sliglit encouragement at first, making scarcely anything llie first year. He worl;ILLIAM A. KITTINGER. Pei-liai)s to few \/y/l ^'^'"'''"o o"*- '" active life have come the W^ obstacles that the siihjcet of this sketch lie. He now oeeiipies a position of pioniineiice among the attorneys of Madison County, and is foremost at the Bar of the state. He lias an ofHce at Anderson, where he conducts an extensive and remunerative legal business, being especially successful in criminal cases. His residence is lo- cated at No. 49 East Eleventh Street, where he and his wife liosi)itably entertain their hosts of personal friends. Born in Wayne County, near Richmond, Ind.. on the 17th of October, 184U, our subject is the son of .lulin Smith, a native of Germany, and a shoemaker by trade, who emigrated to America in his early manhnnd. settling in Richmond, Ind. 'riune he was united in marriage with Miss Delilah 'ruik, a native of Virginia, whose father died in the Old Dominion. Her mother subsequently brought the family to Wayne County, where she was reared to womanhood. After the death of his wife, which occurred in l.s.'iO, .lohii Smith went back to (icrmany to secure an estate, but he was never heard of after leaving liidinna. His fate is uncertain. Our subject is one of two children, the ehU^r of William A. was left an orphan when a babe, and was taken into the home of William L. Kittinger, whose last name lie adopted. In IS.'),") Mr. Kitt- inger removed to Henry Cnuiity. settling near .Middletowii. where be operated a sawmill and also engaged in farming. The orphan boy en- joyed few advantages in his youth, and his time was devoted almost wholly to agricultural duties. However, by dint of lianl study and persevering appli<-;ili<)ii, he gained sullicieiil education to en- able him to te.ach school, and at the age of eigh- teen he taught in I'nion Township, Madison Coun- ty. Later, he was similarly employed in Lafay- ette and riiioii Townships, t hi- county, liuriiig two winter seasons, while lii> summers were s|ieiil in farm work and in reading law. In early manhood, Mr. Kittinger was licensed to preach in the Christian Church, ri'ceiving his lirst license in Darke County, Olii.i. .and his sec- ond at Richmond, liid. For two sunimers he was engaged in supplying vacant pulpits, and after- ward he commenced to study law under Judge K. B. Goodykoontz, of Anderson. Aui;ust 2, 1872, he w.as admitted h • 1" l!a e at th. mediately oix-ned an ollice at Boliv.ar. Roik Coun- ty, Mo. A short time after locating in that city, he was startled by a telegram announcing that the bank in which his money was dei)Osited had failed and was in the hands of receivers. He at once re- turned to .\nilerson. and here commenced the practice of his chosen profession. In October, 1880, Mr. Kittinger was elected Prosecuting Attorney for the Twenty-fourth .Ju- dicial Circuit, including Hamilton and Madison Counties. His s.^rvices while an incumbent of the i)ositions were so satisfactory that he was re- elected in 1882, and served four years altogether. At the expiration of his term of office, he formed :i partnership with .Imige R. I.;ikc. which was dis- sohed six months aftci ward. .Mr. Kittinger then PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. fitted up an elegant oHice on the south side of the S(|uare, but again misfortune overtook him, for, twenty-seven fia3s after moving into the office, it was burned to tlie ground, entailing a heavy loss. On the 1st of February, 1886, he became a part- ner of L. M. Schwinn, and the firm of Kittinger it Schwinn is now one of the foremost in this sec- tion of the state. At Columbus Grove, Ohio, September 9, 1874, Mr. Kittinger married Miss Martha E. Kunneke, who was born in Dayton, Ohio, and reared in Columbus Grove. They are the parents of three surviving children: Theo A., Leslie F. and Helen M. Socially, our subject is a member of Mt. Mo- riali Lodge No. 177, F. & A. M.; also of Anderson Ciiapter, of which he is Past High Priest; and Anderson Coramandery No. 32, K. T., of which he is Eminent Commander. The Ononga Tribe of Red Men, the Elks and the Daughters of Rebekah also number him among their active members. He is one of the prominent members of the Coun- ty Bar Association. In politics he was a Demo- crat until 1878, since which time he has been a Republican. In 1888 and 1890 he served as Sec- retary of tiie Republican County Central Com- mittee, and in 1888 he was nominated by the Re- publicans as Representative to the Legislature. He received about one hundred and twenty-five ballots more than any other candidate of his party, but on account of a Democratic majority in the county he suffered defeat. He is a man of great abilitj-, keen insight and shrewd discrimination, and both in a professional way and in social cir- cles has gained a high place in the regard of his fellow-citizens. JOHN H. McMILLEN. Twenty-five years have come and gone since, on the 12th of : February, 18G8, the subject of this sketch arrived in Anderson. During all this time he has been identified with the history of the cit}' as one of the foremost business men and citizens. His conduct, both in official affairs and in com- merce, has l)een sucli as to commend him to the confidence of the people, and he has gained the warm regard of all his associates. A man of strong convictions, energetic and active, he takes a deep interest in the welfare of the city and heartily endorses every enterprise inaugurated for its development. Of immediate Scotch descent, our subject was born in Cornwall, Province of Ontario, Canada. March 4, 1848. His father, Alexander McMillen. was a native of Scotland and in early life emi- grated to America, making settlement in Canada. A farmer by occupation, he entered upon agri- cultural pursuits immediately after locating in Cornwall, and through perseverance and economy became well-to-do. Now in his old age he still remains upon the old Cornwall homestead some- what retired from life's active duties. He mar- ried Miss Elizabeth Critse, who was born in the Mohawk Valley, N. Y., and died in Ontario in 1889. In the parental family there were thirteen chil- dren, twelve of whom attained mature jears, .John H., being the fiflh in order of birth. At the age of fourteen years he started out in life for himself, and proceeding to the town of Hermon, St. Law- rence County, learned the trade of a harness- maker in his brother's shop. After following this occupation for about three years in the Empire State, in the employ of several manufacturers and in the city of Buffalo, he removed to Titusville, Pa., where he sojourned for a few months. From there he went to Ohio and spent twelve months in Cincinnati. Next, proceeding to Kentucky, he remained about one and one-half years in the cities of Cynthiana, Mt. Sterling and Lexington, being engaged at the trade of a harness-maker. After locating in Anderson Mr. McMillen found employment with Dr. Pratt, a harness-maker, for whom he worked about six months. Later, enter- ing the employ of the firm of Hodson & Clark, he spent six years with them, and saving his wages was enabled at the expiration of the time men- tioned to enibark in business for himself. Under the firm name of Bowman & McMillen, he and his partner carried on a profitable trade for a time or, until, upon the election of Mr. McMillen to the position of City Clerk, he disposed of his business I PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. in order to give his exclusive attention to bis ! He next made lii- official duties. He served for two years as Clerk i settling upon tlie and then removed to Kansas, in 1886, remain in llic Sunflower State for eighteen num I'pon his return to Anderson lie purchast'd harness business of Alexander Clark and lias c diutod a nourishing trade here oversinct'. A DeiiMinat in polities. Sh: MeMilleii i> dee inlere.sled in the welfare of the parly, luit is im pdlilieian in the objectionable sense c.f thai \\< .Ma 111 1892 he was elected a ineinlier i>l' the City Council for a period of two years, I ml :\\ liie iii- devotioii 1(1 his |)arly has been reet.nni/.i'd, and Ins (idehly tn the interests of the city is eiiually pidininent. In Ins social relations he is ideiititied with tlie (n-df the sons and daughters are \et living and all un- 120 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. married, make their home together upon the old farm. James M. is the eldest born ; Moses A. is deceased; EMzabetli A., Sarali A., and our subject, Thomas, completes the list. James and his two sisters are valued members of the Carapbellite Church and take an active part in tlie social, re- ligious and benevolent work of the denomination. Thomas is not yet identified witli any cliurch, but is ever ready to lend a helping hand in all matters pertaining to mutual welfare or tiie public good. Politically a Democrat, and an earnest advocate of tlie party, lie has never desired to hold office, but intellectually does his duty as a true American citizen at the polls. The Moore brothei-s and sis- ters occupy a high position of useful influence and enjoy in their lifetime home the esteem and best wishes of many friends and neighbors with whom they grew up side by side, witnessing the marvelous growth and progress which converted the broad acres of wild land into productive farms and smiling villages. PALE J. CRITTENBERGER, Postmaster at Anderson, and formerly editor of the An- derson Daily Dernoci-at, was born in Har- risonburg, Rockingham County, Va., on the 31st of December, 1855. His father, Isaac, was a native of the same county, and was engaged in agricult- ural pursuits. In 1857 he brought his family, which consisted of his wife and four children, to Indiana, locating near Middletown. Henry County. Purchasing a farm there, he devoted his attention to the cultivation and improvement of the land, which he continued to operate for a number of years. He now (1893) lives in the village of Mid- dletown. at the age of sixty-nine, and has retired from the active business duties which engrossed his time in former years. A man of upright char- acter and noble disposition, he is also a devoted Christian and an earnest member of the German Reformed Church. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Kuntz and who was born in Virginia, died in 1859, after having become the mother of five children, three of whom are living. The pa- ternal grandfather of our subject, Jacob Critten- berger, was born in the Old Dominion, being the son of a Revolutionary soldier. The childhood years of Dale J. Crittenberger were passed in his father's home, and his time was divided between going to the district schools and working on the farm. When sixteen he was ad- vanced sufficiently in his studies to obtain a teacher's certificate, and entering that profession, he was thus engaged for a short time. In the autumn of 1873 he entered the State University of Indiana at Bloomington, where he pursued his studies for two years. Later he filled the position of Principal of the Middletown schools for one year, in order to replenish his |)urse and continue his collegiate course. Graduating from tli'e university in 1878 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, he afterward began the study of law In Anderson under Charles L. Henry, with whom he remained for four years. During this time he was admitted to the Bar, in 1880. When Capt. W. R. Myers was elected Sec- retary of State in 1882, he appointed Mr. Crit- tenberger Deputy, which position he filled satisfac- torily for one year. He then resigned in order to accept the position of Superintendent of Schools of Madison County, having been elected to that ortlce in the fall of 1883. In 1885 he was re-elected, his term of office extending from January 1, 1884, to January 1, 1888. Iji the meantime Captain Myers' term as Secre- tary of State expired, and he and IVL. Crittenberger purchased the Democrat on the 1st of January, 1887. After the expiration of his term as County Superintendent, our subject gave his undivided attention to his literary and editorial work, in which he has achieved an unusual degree of success. In June of 1887 J. J. Netterville was admitted into partnership, and this business con- nection has since continued. Upon assuming the management of the Democrat, Mr. Crittenberger found that the printing office contained few facili- ties for conducting a successful business, but through his energetic efforts the various modern conveniences were soon introduced and his office is now one of the best equipped in the county, if not in the state. Under his direct personal super- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 121 nsion the Democnd h; Ui'ii rank foremost of Indiana's paix-is and possesses an iii- tluence tliat is far-roacliing and permanent. In 1889 Mr. Crittenberger established the Daily Democrat, tiie first issue of wiiich appeared on the 23d of Maroli, and which was a six-column (jiiarto, devoted to topics of general interest as well as to local matters. Upon accepting the posi- tion of Postmaster at Anderson, he sold tlie paper to IJone & Campbell, who now issue a nine-coluinn fiilio. Mr. Crittenberger can take just pride in his success in the newspaper business, for he is s|)okeii of on every hand as having put iiis "shoulder to llie wheel" and by indomitable energy resuscitated a rundown paper and brought it to a foremost place among the successful journals of the state. lie is universally recognized as one of the al)lest writers conneole.l with the DiMiiocratic press of Indiana. The marriage of Mr. Crittenberger was cele- brated on the 2d of .Iiinc, 1884, in the city of .Vnderson, the bride being Miss Etlie, daughter of II. .1. Daniels, who is at the licad of the Anderson Banking Company, and wliose sketch will be found in another part of the Rkcohd. Mrs. Crittenberger is a native of Anderson, a lady of man}' fine qual- ities and universally esteemed by a large circle of acquaintances. To them have been born four children: John. Juliet, Willis and George. March 10, 1893, Mr. Crittenberger was appointed Post- master at Anderson under the administration of President Cleveland, his ai)i)ointnient being the first made in Indiana and the second in tlie I'nited States during that administration. The ollice is of the second class, with free delivery, and through tiie energy and executive ability of thegenial and popular Postmaster, is maintained and conducted in an efficient and satisfactory manner. Sc>cially lie is identified with Anderson Commandery, K. T. He stands out pre-eminently as one of the most .active workers in the Democratic parly, it being universally conceded that he and James .1. Netterville are the most influential Democrats in the county. By their tad. in organizing the campaign and energy in [Jioseculing the work, they almost invariably come out victorious. For j'ears Mr. Crittenberger w.as a member of the County Denioeralic Central ( 'onunitlcc. and lias occupied many other positions of trust and honor. He is an indefatigable party worker, and has a very extensive acquaintance with the stale Democracy, KNJAMLX V. MCCARTY, JusIkc of the Peace and an intlnential citizen of .Ander- son, is a native of Hancock County, which joins Madison County on the southwest. He w.as born in the village, of Warrington on the Clh of September, IHof!. His father, also iiamen, moving most of the machinery from Findlay to this place. He entered into a partnership with .lohn Adams .•md built the Krankton Window (;ia-- also a nati\«' of rcnnsylvania. .Six children were born unto them, but .Sylvester K., Charles and Ida May are now deceased. Florence is the wife of S. R. Wells, jjroprietor of the glass manufactory of Greenfield, Ohio; Will- iam M. is the manager of the I-anghlin factory, of Martin's Feriy, Ohio; Harry O. is manager of the Wetherald Rolling Mill Company, of Frankton, Ind., in which his father still owns an interest. This completes the family. Mr. Wetherald never went to school in his life, ac. At the present time he is officiating as Clerk of the :\Iadison Circuit Court, the only court of jurisdic- tion co-extensive with the county. Of Irish birth and parentage, our subject w;is born in the city of Dublin, February 7, 1849. IIis Internal ancestors were French people, his great- grandfather having been born in that country. The name was originally De Nettervilie, but after leaving France the prefix was dropped. Grand- father Nettervilie was a well-to-do farmer in County Mayo, Ireland. Our subject's father also engaged in farming in that country, and from there emigrated to America and settled in Pennsylvania, where he died in 1851. After his demise, his widow, whose maiden name was JIargaret Murphy, took her two children to Canada, in the fall of 1851, and made her home with lier brother, about sixty miles from Toronto. In 1887 siie came to Anderson, where she has since resided. Her chil- dren are: Frank, who died at the .age of four years; and James J., of this sketch. James J. Nettervilie lived in Canada until he was twelve years of ago, and then adopted the ad- vice of Horace Greeley to "(io west, young man," and started out to paddle his own canoe. His lirst sojourn was at Detroit, Mich., where he was em- in K II( til. lei. After remaiiiing Ihc to Chicago. Toward thee effort to enlist in the ariny Iml «:is not ncciplcd. However, iiaving resolved to enter m the aruiy. he went to Milwauliee and tcudcii'd his services. In October, I8fi4, he. was mustered in and w;vs sent to Governor's Island, where hi' was assigned to Com- pany K, Seventeenth New York Infantry. After serving on the i-l:ind a short time, he was trans- ferred to Te.xas, whilher he went on the ship -De S(,to," landing at fiMlvest,.)ii. Kroiri ( ial vest.ui he went with his commaiid to l'',! I'aso, which is on the Rio Crande, about four huiidivd miles from Austin. He s.M-ved in T.'Xas al^.u! .■iulileen months, and w.-is then t r.^insfcrred to i;icliin.>n(l, Va. Tliat state wn- then not r( nslruclcd am) the trooi)s were put in charge of tlie Howard (irove Hospital and assigned to the protection of property. At tlie end of a year Mi was sent to Ft. Cheyenne, there until October, 1k7(i, with the rank of Serge.aii Chicago, where he waseiii| . Xelterville-scommand D.ak., .an.l he remained wlieii he was discharged I le then returned to )lo\-eil as time-keeper in the North Chicago Rolling Mills. Tli.. works hav- ing been destroyed liy tire in ISTK.Mr. Netter- vilie went to Cincinnati, where he accepted a posi- tion in the wholesale and retail dry-goods house of H. B. Claflin & Co., of N.mv York. While so employed he was united in marri.-ige with Miss Amanda, daughter of .lames and luiiilN- (Ross) Smith. She was born in I'.oone Town>liip, Madi- son County, Ind., of which her parents were e.a.ly settlers, her father being a proinineiit farmer. .Mr. Nettervilie remained in Cincinnati until is;.-,, when, with liis wife, he located in Anderson and invested about §.3.500 in the grocery business. After following that business about one year he engaged in farming in Boone Township. Disliking this vocation, ]\Ir. Netlervilh' began the study of law under C. I). Thompson, now de- ceased. Within a year he was appointed deputy for County Cl.ak IJ. 11. Hannah, and w.as contin- uecd two hundred and twenty acres of land. tmniiiL; his at- tention to its cultivation, lie (IIimI of typhoid fever, November 19, 1891, and one of his sons died in Octolier of the same year. His wife passed away Jaiiuuiy ll!. l, licr discMsc being liiurippc. joined the ranks of the Repulilican party. Cen- erons and benevolent, he contributed liiierally to everything calculated to prf)mote the public wel- fare and was an IiohommI and rrspccted citi/.eii. The Kinnard family iiumlicriMl nine cliildri'ii: .lo- seph D., William i;., Mary K.; Owen II., of Mni- neaiiolis, Minn.; Charles S.. deceased; ( m'oiuc and Ellen D., twins; Jt)hn II.. who died at the age of one year; and Lewis D. The mother of this fam- ily was born in the Keystone St(in(', and her par- ents, Joseph and Eleanor (Brooke) Dunwoody, were also natives of Chester County, Pa. Her fa- ther followed farming throughout life. He held membership with the Society of Friends, and in political belief was a Whig and IJcpulilii'an. His death occurred in the state of his nativity, and his wife died in Indiana in 1876, in her eightieth year. Their children were: Jesse, Lewis, Joseph, Elizabeth, Mary, Rachel, Ellen and Martha J. In taking up the personal history of our subject, we present to our readers the life record of one who is widely and favorably known in this com- munity. In the usual manner of farmer l.xds the days of his boyhood and youth were i)assed. He received a high school education and at the age of twenty-three began farming for himself. He rented land until the fall of 1881, when he [lur- cliased one hundred and twenty : cres on section 16, Fall Creek Township, and liegan the develop- ment of what is now a line farm, highly improved and cultivated. He is considered one of the rep- resentative and enterprising agriculturists of the community. In politics lie is a Repul)lican, but has never been an office seeker, preferring to devote his .'ittention to his busine.«s interests. On the 2d of November, IS71. Mr. Kinnard was united in marriage with Sarah Hardy, who was born in Fall Creek Township, and is a daughter 134 PORTEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. of Neal and Elizabeth (Fussell) Hardy. They have tlireo children: P'lank. .lolin H. and Morris II. The Kinnard household is the abode of hos- pitality, and oursubject and his wife are highly re- s|)ected citizens of the ooninnniity in which they make their home. ^^'LBEKT H. SEARS, M. I)., a prominent (@^/j| practicing physician and surgeon of An- il li) derson, was born in Stony Creek Town- <^ ship, Madison County, near the village of Lapel, May 5, 1860, and is the son of George W. Sears, a native of Brown County, Ohio. His pa- ternal grandfather was born, it is supposed, in England. He came to New Yoik and there married. He engaged in farming in Canada, and while re- siding there was drafted into the Canadian army. His inclinations, however, were not on the side of England, although he traced his ancestry' to that country. During the battle of Lundy's Lane he deserted the army, and fleeing from Canada his immense possessions there were confiscated and entirely lost to the family. He came to the wilds of Ohio and engaged in tilling the soil of Brown County, whence in 1830 he ]eraoved to Henry County, I nd., and there followed Mgricultural pur- suits until his demise. George W. Sears was reared on a farm in Henry County until the age of twenty, when he was mar- ried and a few years afterward removed to Mad- ison County, locating near Stony Creek among the unbroken forests of that section, where his mother- in-law had entered a tract of land and where she resided with hiin until her death in 1885. He be- came the possessor of two hundred acres of fertile land, which he changed from the forest and swamp into rich, productive soil and upon which he placed all the improvements of a first-class farm. His death, which occurred April IJ, 18;)2, was universally mourned by the people among whom he had passed almost the entire period of his active life. For forty years or more he had been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and was one of its prominent Class-leaders. He was an earnest, zealous Christian and lived before I the world in his daily life the principles and tenets I of his faith with zeal and integrity. In politics he was a strong Republican, devoted to the inter- ests of his chosen party. During the early part of I tlie Civil War he enlisted in the service and j started with his company for headquarters, but upon reporting for duty he found that the desired quota had been filled, and accordingly returned home. The mother of our subject was Catherine, daughter of John Graham, who emigrated to America from Yorkshire, England, and settled in Henry County, Ind., where she was born in 1822. Her death occurred in Madison County in 1887, after forty-seven years of a useful and happy mar- ried life. Her mother's maiden name was Eliza- I betli Shetterly, who was born in Pennsj^lvania, I whither her father had emigrated from Germany. I In the family of George W. Sears there were nine I children, six of whom are now living, Albert H. j being the youngest of the number. He was reared I on the home farm and enjoyed such advantages as were afforded by the common schools, barred many times from that, meagre as it was, by neces- sary work on the farm. At the age of twenty-one ' he commenced to teach school in his home town- \ ship, where for seven winters he followed the pi-o- I fession, attending school during the summer sea- sons. In 1882 our subject entered the National Nor- j mal at Lebanon, Ohio, and was graduated from j that institution in 1886, with the degree of Bach- elor of Science. He then accepted the principal- ship of the Fishersburg school, where he remained for two years, meantime employing his leisure hours in the studj' of medicine. In 1888 he en- tered the Hahnemann Medical College .it Chicago, remaining there until his graduation in 1890 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Afterward he opened an office at No. \%h West Ninth Street, Anderson, where he has since conducted an exten- sive and profitable practice. The marriage of the Doctor occurred in Ander- son May 20, 1890, uniting him with Miss Olive Walter, who was born in Wayne County, Ind., I and was reared to womanhood in Madison County PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ISf) SluMs a cultured and accoinplislied lady and occu- pies a prominent |)osilion in the social circles of the city. She and tiie Doctor find a religious home in tlie Methodist Episcopal C'liurch,in wliicli they arc workers and generous contributors. Socially, the Doctor is identified with liie Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, being a member of tlie encampment at Anderson, lie :iImi allii- iates witli the Order of l\raccal)ees. .-niil Ihc .Aliiigo Tribe of Red Men. being the Past S.ichcm i.f liis tribe and having served as delegate to the Orand Lodge. He is a member of the State Homeopathic Association and alleiids its meetings whenever be lead with interest and (irohl, for it illustrates tlie power of self-help and untiring perseverance. His boyhood ambition was to gain knowledge and he followed teaching in order to obtain money with which to pay his tuition at college. Witliout the aid of inllnential friends he has worked his way to a fimii rank among the successful young physicians ,,f ihis section of the state and h.as g;iineii an enviable reputation as a skillful physi- cian and surgeon. ^EOlKiK W. VAN lUSK [ ^-_. in (ireen Townsliip, Hr.- 0[i tlie light of day in llarr IRK, who is living it opened his e\es to '^^JJ^ the light of day in Harrison Towiishi]). Del- aware County, Ind.. January 20, ls;57. The grandfather, Peter Van l!uskii-k, was a grandson of a Holland emigrant who became the founder of the family in America. Peter was bom in ^'irgill- ia and went to Pickaway County, Ohio, prior to the AVar of 1812. He raised the first house in iiis section, and in the Buckeye State spent his re- maining days. Ilis children were .)ohn, Lewis, Daniel, Isaac, Abbie and Polly. Daniel Van Buskirk, father of our subject, was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, in March. 1808, and in 183C> went to Delaware County, where he entered one liundreil and sixtj' acres of land and improved a farm, making his home thereon until his death in May, 186L In politics he was a Dem- ocrat and was an active and devoted member and •;ider in the CInistiau Churcli. A man of ig convictions, he expressed hi< views fear- ', regardless of consequences, and iii> ilu'i-cby the unbounded confidence and gucid will nf He married Nancy Funck, who sin vivcci him the spring of 1879. Of their nine children, 1 grew to mat.iire \ears. I'',lleii, .bniies ('. and Mas,, 11 W., A I ;, Saiah .1.. Nelsuii and .lolili. If.-ith.T ,,f ,nir suhjrcl. Conrad r of I'eiinsylvMiiia. followed ag- rii'ullural pursuits .■inil die. I in the liurkeye State. Ceorge W. \Mn liuskirk acpi ired his education in the old-time log sclioolhouse and remained with his father until twenty-four years of age. Having earned eiKiUgh to bu\- a ti'ani he spent six months wf)rkiiig on a faiiii in lllin<,is. He wed- ded Senith M. StoviT. daughter of .loM/ph and Su- san (Smith) Stover. They became parents <,f four children, .Joseph I).. Uilli.nn .1.. l-;ii/.a (wi.iowof j Charles Ogle) and Ceorgc W. ■jiic ther de- ' parted this life in .luiie, luT'.t. ami l inarching through Tennessee, Alabama and ( ieor- gia, participated in numerous skirmishes and took ! part in the fight at Mis-ion Kidge. wIkmc many a brave man yielded up his life. In the spring of 1861 the regiment engaged in the Atlanta cain- jiaign, and were in the thickest of the battle at Re- , saca, Ga., entering likewise into various fights near New Hope Church, (ia. Our suhjeet was wounded in the eye .-iiid sent to tlic field hoS|)ital, after which he was furlonghed home, and at the expiration of the furlough rep.jrting to Indianapo- lis it was renewed. Finally recuperated, Mr. Hunt again rejoined his command and passed the winter at Chattanooga. In .lune. 1865, our subject was mustered out of the service in Washington, D. C. He then located iiermane'nlly in Madison County, and has since devoted liiniself to agricultural i)ur- suits with success. In 186:i were united in maniage Nathan W. Hunt and Miss .Sarah Francis, daughter of .Micajah and Electa (Street) P'rancis. The Francis family were early settlers of Virginia, widely and highly respected in the Old Dominion. The Streets were Into the union of our subject and his worthy wife were born thirteen children, of whom the fol- lowing yet survive: Florc^nce, Millison, .lohn A., Micajah W.; Louisa M., wife of .loseph (Cochran; Clarence \., Herman L., Will.ur O. and Marvin K. Of the sons and daughters all with the exce|)tion of Clarence reside in Madison County. I'lie devoted mother entered into rest in I8;t0. In 18;t2 Mr. Hunt again marrieil, wedding Miss Laura Krat/.in- ger, of Waliash County, liid.. a lady . if culture and superior ability. Our subject is a wiliied member of the Metho- dist Kiii.scopal Church, and is fraternall}' associated 138 PORTRAIT AND ]5I0GRAPmCAL RECORD. with Lodge No. 428, I. O. O. F., and has been through all the chairs. He is a member of the encami)raeiit at Klwood and in the order numbers a host of friends. Politically, a Republican, Mr. Hunt has never aspired to office, but is content to do his duty at the polls, and. as so many years ago, he is to-day the same, a true and loyal Ameri- can citizen, ever ready to lend a helping iiand in matters of [iublic welfare. WILLIAM F.OLAXD, Treasurer of Madison County, was born in Middletown. Henry County, ln is the result of unremitting toil, together with many at- tractive qualities of both heart and mind. Never derelict in the performance of any duty, he was never known to forget a fuvor or a friend. Hon- orable and candid with all men, he is in c\ery sense a gentleman. 3^^ TICKK M. Audi mil II; uigeou of Cic ential citizen of Noblesvi prouiinence in the profes>io he served for one term as I ty Medical Society, for foui the I'nited States I'cM>ic,n !• Noblesvllle, and for foui tor of the Grand Aiuiy state of Indian;!. Horn in Marion Com our subject has from y< lied with the growth ai His father, Robert Tuckt was a pioneer of Indiansi boasted only five bund llif lirst cabinetmaker in the pl.icc. and, as the poimlation increased, found ready cniphiy uu'nt at his trade. His wife, whose niaidm name w.-is I'Mz- ahelh C. Reed, was born in \irgiiiia and a daugh- ter of Archibald Reed, who located in Indian- apolis in 1819. He served as Colonel in the War of 1812, and later represented his constituents in the State Legislature of Indiana. The Tucker family was of Irish origin and was early represented in Virginia, wli Tucker made liis home. A gall: listed in the Colonial army . lie was ere Crandfather .nt man, he en- ig the Revolu- \'irginian regi- participated wi 1812, and both led ,ictf Latei ipany U, nded liy \ Wibl.'r, a. .\fter rablv dis- Sevciitecnth Indiana Infantry, c Col. .lohn Haskell, later by Col. .b and assigned to the Army of \ serving for eleven moiillis, he was charged on account of disability. I'pou his lecuv- ery, he again enlisted, in the sumiiur of l.S(;2, be- coming a member of Company I). Seventy -si'cond Indiana Infantry, under Col. A.C. MiUer. assi-ned to the Army of the Cumberland. In the winter of 1802 the conimand was unlcd, .and our subject was detaih'd as scout in Wilder's Ihigade, serving in that capacit.y until the close of the Cliicka- mauga campaign. He was then promoted to Divi- sion scout, under the command of Ceneral (iar- rard, in the Atlanta campaign, after which he w.as promoted to corps scout, under command of Cvu. (icorge H. Thomas. After Hood's retreat, in the winter of 1864, he nas ir.ansrerred to ( U-maal Wil- son's corps of scouts. Among the engagements m which Dr. Tucker jiarticipated ma.y be nicntioned the following: (ireejibrier, Va., in 18(;i, Hoover's Gap, Manches- ter, siege of Chattanooga, Harrison's. Landing, lUtzzard's Roost, Kock Springs, Chickaniauga, Resaca, Oak Chuicii, D.iltoii. Altoona Pass, Big Shanty, Kenesaw Moimt.ain. siege and battle of .Vtlanta, Rome City, Franklin. Nashville, JObeu- ezer Church, Sclma, Ala., Wilson's raid to Ma- con (Ca.), participating in the capture of An- dersonville and Jefferson Davis in the sjiring of I860, besides numerous minor engagements on his raid through Kentucky. He also liore a part in the campaign after .John Morgan. Though constantly in danger of capture and death dur- 142 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ing his bazaidous experience as a scout, lie passed safely through the vicissitudes of war, and in July, 1865, after a period of almost continuous military duty from the firing of the first gun at Ft. Sumter to the close of the war, was honorably discharged. Returning to Indiana, our subject resided for a time in Colfax, Clinton County. At the age of twenty-one years he entered Bryant & Stratton's Commercial College in Indianapolis, and in the spring of 1866 was graduated with honors. Later he read medicine with Dr. Joseph E. Milburn, a prominent physician of Colfax, and in 1867 en- tered Rush Medical College, at Chicago, graduat- ing from that institution in 1869. For a time he engaged in practice at Colfax, from which place in March, 1871, he came to Hamilton County and located in Cicero. In a comparatively brief time he gained an enviable and widespread reputation as a successful medical practitioner and skillful surgeon. Politically a Republican, Dr. Tucker takes an active part in county, state and national political affairs. He has served as a delegate to numer- ous state and congressional conventions, and has stumped the adjoining counties during Presiden- tial campaigns. In the fall of 18;»2, as the candi- date of the Republican party for the position of Auditor, he was elected to that oHiee, and entered upon his duties in March, 1893. As before men- tioned, he is a member of the County, State and American Medical Associations. Socially, he af- filiates with Cicero Lodge No. 199, A. F. & A. M.; Noblesville Lodge, I. O O. F.; Bernice Lodge, K. P.; and Cicero Lodge No. 26, A. O. U. W. A valued member of the Grand Army of the Re- public, he has always enjoyed the reunions where, side by side, the veterans, tried and true, discuss the perils and sacrifices of long ago. Ju Clinton County, lud., in 1866, Dr. Tucker and Miss Anna C;. Benjamin, a native (jf Rockaway County, N. J., were un ited in marriage. Mrs. Tucker is a daughter of E. J. Benjamin, an early settler of Colfax, Clinton Count}', Ind. Three sons have blessed this union: Harry B., who is a dentist of Noblesville; Frank AV., who resides with his par- ents; and Fred A., who is employed in the Audi- tor's office. Dr. Tucker, his wife and their sons are all identified with the Christian Church, and assist in the benevolent enterprises of their de- nomination. Within their handsome residence on East Division .Street, Noblesville, they welcome a large number of friends and acquaintances, whom they h(jspitably entertain. It is safe to say that few residents of Hamilton County possess to so large a degree the esteem and regard of the com- munity as the subject of this sketch. 0-^- HARLES M. HARRIMAN. Among Ander- . son's many active and enterprising young _ business men is the junior member of the Arm of May & Harriman. Me is an Andersonian by birth, having been born here on the 29tli of November, 186.5. The father of Charles M. was Milton N. Harriman, a native of Darke County, Ohio. He located in Anderson with his parents when a young man. He was the first man chosen to fill the position of Marshal of the city of An- derson, and served in that capacity for two terms. He was then elected to the office of Justice of the Peace, which position he filled for several years. He died at the age of thirty-seven. The grand- father, Leonard Harriman, was a physician and an Ohio man, removing from that state to Anderson. He spent the latter years of his life in Kansas, where he died at the age of seventy-two. Mr. Harriman 's mother was Samantha Kindle, of An- derson, in which city she now resides. Charles M. Harriman has always resided in An- derson. Until fifteen years of age he attended the city schools and then began life for himself in the capacity of a clerk in stores, which continued for about five years, when he engaged in the real es- tate and insurance business. Soon after the inau- guration of Grover Cleveland as president in 1889, Mr. Harriman Was appointed a clerk in the railway mail service and held the position for three years. He resigned in order to engage in the plumbing and natural gas supply business with Isaac E. May, in which business and firm he has since remained, enploying constantly twelve PORTRAIT ASl) inOCiRAPIHCAL RFX'ORD. 143 men. Mr. Hariinian is unmanied. lie is an act- ive worker in politics and espouses the cniise of tlic l)cni(icr;aie [uiitv. lie is a mciiilicr of AndiTMin Lodge No. lOi;. ICiii-^'hts of I'vlliias, and Anderson l^odge No. "iOlt, Henevolent Pro- tective Order of Elivs. lie was one of the orga- nizers of the Anderson Social Club, of which he is still a Mieiiiher. TLLIS S. HLLIS, Deputy SeciPtary of State, was born in Monioe Township, Madison County, near the city of Alexandria, Au- gust 27 IHGl. lie traces his ancestry to Wales, wlicnce in an early (la\ in the lii>tory of our counti-y. three lirothers of this name finigr;ited to America and established honied one in North Car- olina, another in Philadelphia, I'a.. and the third ill Massachusetts. Grandfather .losoph P^llis, was horn in North Carolina, wiiere he was reared and married, and where also his death occurred when in the prime of vigorous manhood. Wiley Ellis, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in North Carolina and was a child of two years when he was orphaned bv his father's death. In his youth lie migrated to Indiana, and locating in P'ayette County, there married Sarah J. Oldfield, a native of Delaware. Later he came to Madison County and became an early settler of Monroe Township, where he purchased land and impioved a farm. He still resides on his old homestead, and is now (1893) seventy-two years of age, while his wife is sixty-three. Politically he is unswerving in his allegiance to the principles advocated l)y the Democratic party. In his religious connections, he is identified witli the Christian Church. The maternal giandi)arents of our subject were Will- iam and Celia (Williamson) Oldfield, the former a native of Delaware, who migrated to Fayette County, Ind.,and later settled in Madison County, dying here at the age of eighty-one. Ill the parental family there were six children, three of whom are living, our subject and two brothers in Nebraska. Willis S. was reared on the home farm, and much of his time wsis devoted to agricultural pursuits in his youth. However, he attended school sufficiently to enable him at the age of sixteen to secure a teaeher's eertilieate and he taught from that time until he was twenty. He then entered Danville Central Normal School, and conducted his literary studies there until his gradu- ation in l.S.SI. liisscl ling ended, he ivsumed his i.rofessional labors and engaged in teaching for one year. lie did not, however, feel satisfied with the extent of his knowledge and according- ly, in 1882, entered the State Normal at Terre Haute, Ind., where he remained for one year. After serving as Principal of ilie Alexandria schools for two years, Mr. Ellis, in 1885, entered the State University at Uloomington, and contin- ued there until the close of the junior year, leav- ing in June, 1887. About the same time he was elected Superintendent of the schools of Madison County and soon after entered upon the duties of his office. So satisfactory were his services, that at the expiration of his term of otJice he was unan- imously re-elected by the Trustees of the county. During his incumbency of the position, he took cliarge of normals each summer, devoted especial attention to secui-ing proper preparation on the part of teachers, encouraged reading associations for teachers, organized schools and perfected their management. It was universally conceded that no former Superintendent had been so successful in his efforts to promote the welfare of the schools and advance the standard of education. January 5, 18!i;i. Mr. I'llli^ resigned as Count v Superintendeiu ipoillt- nient of Deputy Secretary of State and is now serving in that responsible position, having head- quarters at Indianapolis. His natural talents and education admirably qualified him for the duties of his office, which he discharges in a manner em- inently satisfactory to his superior officer. He still regards Anderson as his home, although tem- porarily residing at No. 29 Hall Place, Indianap- olis, he is warmly interested in the (le\-elopment of the rich resources of Madison ('ounty. and maintains an especial interest in the progress of Anderson. For four years he was interested in the drug business at Alexandria together with his 14^ PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD, brother, but in December, 1891, disposed of the enterprise. In j\iexandria, Septemher 24, 1889, occurred the marriage of Mr. Ellis to Miss Gertrude Ilensbaw, who was born in Alexandria, being the daughter of Seth B. Henshaw, formerly a merchant of that place, now retired from business. One child has lilessed this union, George Dale. In regard to social connections, Mr. Ellis is identified with Alex- andria Lodge No. 235, F. & A. M. and Sigma Chi at Bloomington. In polities he is an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of the Democratic party, and is one of its leaders in this part of the state. J'l AMES M. REEVES is one of those thrifty and energetic farmers for which Madison County has become well known, and in ' the conduct of his affairs has shown good judgment and much ability. During the years that he has been a resident of this county, he has thoroughly identified himself with every interest of the same, and has been veiy public-spirited and progressive. He is a native of Tennessee, born in Campbell County, January 14, 1844,andtiie son of John and Ella (Longmyer) Reeves, natives of \h-- ginia and Tennessee respectively. Our subject's paternal grandparents, John and Hannah (Peliego) Reeves, were natives of that grand old mother of states, Virginia, and his maternal grandparents, John and Nancy Longmyer, were natives of Tenn- essee. Very little more is Iviiown of the grand- parents on either side, except that tliey lived to be quite old people, and were tillers of the soil. John Reeves, fatlier of our subject, left his na- tive state early in youth and made liis way to Tennessee, where for some time he worjced at a forge. Later lie learned blacksmitliing and fol- lowed this more or less during his entire life. While a resident of that state he married Miss Longmyer, and in 1861 he caine to Indiana and settled in Madison County, Monroe Township, where he purchased eighty acres of land. In the dense woods he erected a pole cabin and com- menced clearing the land. He prospered as the years passed along and became a ver^- suc- ccessful farmer. In connection with farming he had carried on his trade of blacksmith, and found it of much advantage and profit. He and his estimable wife were members of the Methodist I-piscopal Church and were active workers in the same. In polities he was a Republican. His death occurred in 1880 and he left the heritage of an unsullied name to his children, which was rather to be desired than great riches. James M. Reeves was among the 3'oungest of nine children born ■to his parents. He remained at home assisting in the work until twenty-four years of age, and on the 26th of March 1868, he was married to Miss Delia Davault, daughter of Abraham and Rhoda (Childs) Davault, both na- tives of Tennessee. Mr. and Mrs. Davault came to Indiana in 1850, and settled in Monroe Town- ship. Soon after they removed to Harrison Town- ship, Delaware County, and after remaining there two 3'ears, returned to Monroe Township, this county, where Mr. Davault, who is now seventy- four years old, is still living. His wife passed away on the 14th of April, 1879. Both were ex- emplary members of the ]\Iethodist Episcopal Church. Soon after his marriage, our subject located on the farm where he now resides, and in connection with farming has been engaged in the live stock business very extensively for the past twelve years or more. He has met with the best of success and is one of the most prosperous farmers of his section. He is broad and liberal in his views, is public-spir- ited and enterprising, and no man stands better in the community than he. He and Mrs. Reeves are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and deeply interested in all religious niatteis. Re- siding in a comfortable and happy home and sur- rounded by every comfort, they enjoy life in its fullest sense. I^+^I * ARROLL K. MiCULLOUGH, a member of '^ the Citizens' Banking firm, and a large real- ^' estate owner, is a native of Madison Conn- having been born on the 4th of September, ), on the farm near the city of Anderson, PORTRAIT AND IJKXiRAPIIICAL RECORD. 145 cimiiiiercial affa voni-s. He was 11 I'.iillrr Cmiily, Ohio, Dr- cemhcr 2,"), 1820. Tlu- ■ii.-iii.K.'illiri- was (,iie of live liroUicr.s who caiiic I'luiii Srulhiml and looalcd at Oxford, I'.iifl.T County. Oliio. Ncal C. McCiillouaii was oducafcd at IMianii I'liiversity, and was a cla.ssniate of ex-Prcsidciit Harrison. Ho learned the drnu' l.iisiness at Ox- ford, and Ml l.s.V.' opened a hardware stoiv in Munefe. In IS,", I he h.eate.l in Madis,,,! County, two miles southwest of .Vinha-on. on a small farm. lie was successful, ami eonlinued tii .add to his holdings until he (.wiied ei-lit hundred acres of iiiiiudved land. In the sprin-of IS.-,."! he estali- lislnal tlie Citizens- liaiik. in whieh en t,-riirise a.s- soeiati'd with him was I'.yron K. I'.lliott, ^iuro. Chief .lustiee of the Su|.reme Court of the state. When the National liaiik ,aet became a law, Mr. MeCnllough and J. G. .Stilwcll merged the Citizens' into the First National I'aidv of Anderson, of which the former was cashier. Later he resigned and withdrew from tiie institution, after which he w.as engaged first in the grocery, and then in the hard- ware business for several years. Selling his business to his brother in 1X71, Xeai C. McCuUougli re-organized tiie Citizens' Bank, which he managed alone until 1873, when the sub- ject of this sketch took an interest and the firm became N. C. McCuUough y the Democrats, he tlien became a Democrat, and was as active in the cause of that paity as he had been in the Uepnbliean harness. Oiir siibjeefs mot her. Marie Kdgerle, was born in Seheiieetady, N. ">'.. and was the daughter of (ieorge W. Kdgei'h^ who went from New Hampshire to New York, thence came to Montgomerj' County, Ohio. She was reared in Ohio and educated at Oxford Female College, being a schoolmate of Carrie ,S,a.tt. the late wife of ex-President Harri- son. Mis. McCullough occupies the old homestead Ml Anderson. She is a leading nieinber of the :\Ielliodist Church, and is beloved by all who know her. She is the mother of live children, three of whom are living: liertha M.. wife of Hon. W. T. Durbiii; M.aud. wife of Dr. C. N. I'.raneh. .Ir.. and Carroll K. The latter was reared in An- derson and attended the public schools. He spent one term at .\sbur\ I'liiversiiy (now DePanw) at (ireencastle. While attending school the First National IJank failed, which gave bis father an op- portunity to reorganize the Citizens' Pank. He was given his choice, to continue school, or to enter busine.ss with Ins father. Ik' chose the latter, and at the age of eighteen entered the banking busi- ness, and remained until 1«81. In that year he be- came manager of the artificial g.as plant and re- mained as such until 1887, when he engaged in real estate, loans and farming. At the beginning of Ander.-on's natural gas prosperity, Mr. McCullough laid out ninety-one lots in Park Place, and twenty -seven lots in Sec- ond Addition, and disposed of most of them. To start the addition he built fourteen houses, which were readily disposed of. In l.s7l. in (a)iineetion with W. T. Durbin and other members of his family, he built what is known as the PostoHice Block, which fronts seventy-two feet on Ninth Street. It is three stories high, the third fioor being occupied by the Anderson Club, the leading social organiza- tion of the cit\'. He man.ages the affairs of the McCullough estate, which includes several business blocks. He owns two hundred and forty acres two and a-half miles southwest of .Anderson on the Pendleton i)ike, on wliicli he has put good build- ings. He was largely instrumental in organizing the Anderson Driving Park Association. The park consists of eighty-four acres of level ground, and 146 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD now contains a splendid one mile track. He owns Riverside Park, a beautiful plat of ground between tlie cit3- and White River. In liis political belief Mr. McCiilloiigL is a Democrat, and has served as School Trustee and Cit}' Councilman. In 1888 he was nominated to represent Madison and Grant Counties in the .Sen- ate, but the district being largely Republican, he was defeated. Socially he is Past Commander of Anderson Comrnandery, K. T., Past ^Master and Past High Priest. He is also an Odd Fellow, and a member of the Royal Arcanum and the National Union. In 1877 C. K. McCullough and Miss Ilattie Black were united in marriage. She was born in Union County, Ind., and is the daughter of McFarland Black, one of tlie pioneer farmers of Richland Township. Mrs. McCullough was educated at the Anderson High .School. They have three children: Mildred, Neal and Mary. AVID B. ZIMMERMAN, a young and prosperous farmer and influential citizen of White River Township, Hamilton County, has ever since his residence here taken an active part in local affairs, and has held with ability the olflce of Township Trustee, dis- cliarging the duties of the responsible position to the great satisfaction of the general public. A man of energy and business ability, he has rapidly won his upward way, and, appreciated for his sterling integrity, has an apparently bright future before him as a private citizen and trusted official. Our subject is a native of Ohio, and was born in Williams County, January 9, 1859, and is the son of David and Sarah (Blue) Zimmerman, highly respected residents of the Buckeye State. The father of our subject was born in Frederick County, Md., February 14, 1831, and died Febru- ary 8, 1859, when our subject was only five weeks old, and passed away in Williams County regretted by all who knew him. Tiie paternal grandparents, Barney and Sarah (Sager) Zimmerman, cared ten- derly for the orphaned child of their deceased son. The grandfather was a native of Maryland, and the grandmotiier was born in Germany, emi- grating to this countiy when only a little girl. Thej' were Ohio pioneers and settled in Seneca County in Ma}', 1836, when the country round about was little more than a wilderness. Tiie grandfather entered into rest the 5th of March, 1888, at the age of eighty-four years, but the grandmother still survives, and now eighty-three years of age, is yet living on the old farm. The mother is a resident of Montpelier, Williams County, Ohio. Our subject, the youngest of three sons. "is the only one of the brothers who has not made his life-time home in Ohio. They are all farmers and have devoted themselves from their early youth to agricultural pursuits. Tiie grandfather, born No- vember 15, 1804, and the grandmotiier, born March 7, 1810, courageously shared the trials and privations of pioneer life in the early west, and upon their old home farm, our subject was reared from his tenth year up to nineteen years, receiv- ing his education in the little school of the dis- trict. In 1879 Mr. Zimmerman went to Illinois, where he worked by the month for two years, then returned to Ohio and worked by the month one summer in his native state, which held for him a strong attraction in the person of his future wife. Upon November 15, 1881, were united in mar- riage David B. Zimmerman and Miss Mary E. Rosenberger, who was born in Seneca County, Ohio, August 2, 1858. Mrs. Zimmerman is a daughter of Anthonj' D. and Jane (Michaels) Rosenberger. The former was born in the state of Virginia, but removing with his parents to Ohio when only four years old, spent the rest of his life in Seneca County, where he died aged fifty-one years. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Zimmerman, Henry and Jane (ShauU) Rosen- berger, were Virginians bj' birth, but in 1839 journeyed to the far off state of Ohio, and, set- tling upon land in Seneca County, continued there until their death, at a very advanced age, the grandfather surviving to four-score and six. The estimable wife of our subject was one of three children, all of whom are living. The mother of Mrs. Zimmerman is the daughter POETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. of .loliii an.l Kliza ( Al.l.ott ) Michaels. Mr. Michaels was a native of I'eiinsyl vania and Mi-s. J[ichaels was liorn in Cfin nodi cut. They came to Ohio when very young people and spent their entire married life in the Buckeye State. Mr. Rosenber- ger, the father ef Mrs. Zimmerman, was born June II, 1828, and died October 27, 1879. His wife was born October 3, 1833, and died May 22, 1862. The maternal grandmother of Mrs. Zimmerman was at the time of her death sevent_v-t\vo years, eleven months and thirteen days old, and passed away June 23. 1882. The maternal grandfather was seven years oliler than his wife. The uni(in (if Mi-, and Mrs. /imnierinan has been blessed by the birlli of fnur children, three of whom are imw deceased. Owen 1). was born in Seneca County. Ohio, -lanuary 12. 1885, and died February 1. 18!)1, Glenn G. was born in Seneca County. October 9, 1886, and died Decem- ber 15, 1890; Ethel K., was born September 15, 1889, in Hamilton County, and ilie(1 .Vpril 6, 1890; Otis A. was born in Hamilton County. Oc- tober 27, 1893. Immediately following his mar- riage, Mr. Zimmerman settled on a farm belonging tQ his father-in-law, and lived there six ^-ears. He then sold a one huMdrliip of William and .John Conner. The mother of our subject was a daughter of Solomon Finch, who traced his lineage to England, and according to tradition, was a remote descend- ant of Sir John Finch, once high in authority in Great Britain. Solomon Finch, accompanied by his family, including our subject's mother, came to the county of Hamilton for permanent settlement in April, 1819. The country was then new, set- tlers few and hardships innumerable. There were many obstacles to be surmounted, larse tracts of land to be cleared, and farms to be develoiied from the wilderness. The Shirts family was both large and poor. Augustus F. being the second child, was compelled to labor for the support of himself and the family until he attained the age of fifteen years. He re- ceived a limited education, the tuition and his board being paid for from his labor. At about this age his father died, leaving a widow with seven children and no property. A guardian was chosen for the children, and Augustus F. was ap- prenticed to a farmer to serve until he reached the age of twenty-one years. For this he was to re- ceive $100. board and clothing, and nine months' common school. His time was devoted to hard labor on a farm, and he received only aliout half the schooling promised him. When his apprenticeship expired, our subject took charge of and provided for his mother until she again married. Having in the meantime learned the trade of a tanner, in February 1847, he em- barked in the tanning business, and continued thus engaged for about six years. In January, 1849, Mr. Shirts married Nancy Baruhill. In 1854 he engaged in a small way in tiie cattle business, and continued in that enter- prise for two years, when he sold out and embarked in mercantile pursuits, conducting a store until 18()0. In 1858 he began the study of law, and in 1861 commenced the practice of his pnjfession, which, being more to his liking than his former business, he has conducted to the present time. In 1878, Mr. Shirts was nominated by the Re- publicans of Hamilton and Madison Counties as their candidate for Judge, but was defeated, Madi- son County giving about the same majority Demo- cratic that Hamilton gave Republican. He has three children living, two sons and one daughter, all of whom arc married. His oldest son is a fine law^-er, and his youngest son has for many jears been PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 151 cashier of the Citizens' State Bank of Noblesville. Mr. Shirts lias written many very readaijle ar- ticles iipcin the pioneer history and times of Hamil- ton County, and it may be said that he is an au- thority on this subject. In business he has been a success, having accumulated a competency for use in his old age. He proposes soon to retire from the practice and devote his attention to writing a pioneer liistory of his native county. Having risen from obscurity and poverty to his present position in society, his life will be an example for struggling young men in the condition in which he found himself in his youth, and they may, if they will, profit tiiereby. eALVIN H. ALLEN, Auditor of Madison County, and a prominent and enterprising citizen of Anderson, was born in Van Bu- ren Township, this county, on the 6th of Novem- ber, 1859. His father Harrison, and his grand- father, Richard, were both natives of North Caro- lina, and were of Welsh descent. The latter, who was a farmer by occupation, brought his family to Indiana in an early day, making the journey overland with team and wagon, and locating near Milton, Wayne County. Thence in 1845 he came to Van Ruren Township, Madison County, and settled on a new farm of eighty acres, which he improved and operated until his death. Harrison Allen was but twelve years old when his father removed to Wayne County, Ind. He assisted in maintaining his father's family by stripping tan bark at a salary of twenty-five cents a day. He was married in Wayne County to Jane Campbell in 1845, and shortly afterward re- moved to Van Bnren Township, Madison County, where he purchased a quarter-section of land in the unbroken forest, building a log cabin thereon, and began the battle of life. By his untiring in- dustry and frugal efforts he succeeded not only in causing the golden grain to grow where the prim- eval forest lately stood, but also in adding some land to the original three hundred acres mor< homestead. After liis lirst wifcdi,.,]. 11.,,,-rison Allen married again, and later located in SunimitviUe, where his death occurred in 1884. It was the result of an accident; having m.-islied one of his fingers in an old reaper, blood poison soon afterward set in and resulted in lockjaw, which terminated fatally. In his religious connections he was a (Jerm.an Baptist, and an active member of llmt den..inin:ilion. The mother of oui- ^ulijeet, .I:uie (.'anipbell. was a native of West Virginia, and died in 1«72. Her father, Abraham Campbell, was born in Ireland, whence he emigrated to America, settling in West Virginia, and removing from tliere lo Wavne County, Ind., where he remained until his death. In the family of Harrison Allen there were eleven children, seven of whom attained the age of maturity, and four are now living. Of these, Calvin II. was next to the youngest. He was reared on his father's farm, and in the district schools received the advantages of a common- school education. When eighteen years of age, he engaged as a clerk in Lowell, Ind., but after re- maining tliere for n short time returned to the old homestead. At White Pigeon, Mich., in 1879, he married Miss Addie Weaver, who was born in But- ler County, Ohio. The f.athcr of Mrs. Allen, Henry Weaver, of Pennsylvania, engaged in farm- ing in Ohio, and later removed to Vermilion County, 111., settling near Hoopeston,and remained there until his death in 1885. Mrs. Allen was very young when her mother, Mrs. Weaver, died. After his marriage, Mr. Allen became the pos- sessor of his paternal grandfather's farm of eighty acres, which is located adjoining the new corporate limits of Summitville. He engaged in farmino- until 1881, when, in partnership with his brother, J. O., he purchased a hardware store in Summit- ville and conducted a flourishing business for a few years. In 1884, on account of ill health, he sold his interest in the establishment and went on the road as a traveling salesman for the fiim of Aultman, Miller >t Co.. representing them in vari- ous ijarts of Indiana for three years or more. Re- turning to Summitville, he had cluarge of the ele- vator for Pierson it Co. for two years. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Mids. Mr. 152 ^ In 1888 Mr. Allen was a candidate for Sheriff, but was defeated, aiUiougli lie stood well, being the second among four candidates for the nomina- tion. In 1890 he was successful as the candi- date for the office of County Auditor on tlie Dem- ocratic ticlvet, running thirtj-eiglit votes ahead of the state ticket. In 1891 he worked for McCor- miek & Co., dealers in .agricultural implements, until he assumed the duties of his position, No- vember 1 of that year, to serve for a term of four years. He usually employs two or three assistants, and under his iiersonal supervision the large bus- iness connected with the office is systematically and efficiently conducted. Mr. and Mrs. Allen liave established a pleasant home in Anderson, where they hospitably wel- come and entertain their large circle of fi They are the parents of one child, Sarah F, Allen is one of the original stockholders of the Johnson Land Company, of Sumniitville, one of the flourishing towns of tlie county. He is well- to-do and has extensive and valuable property in- terests in Summitville, as well as in other parts of Madison County. Socially, be is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, being a Past Grand of Summitville Lodge No. 475, of Summitville, and also a member of Star Encamp- ment No. 84, of Anderson. lie is also a mem- ber of the Daughters of Kebekah, the Masonic fraternity and the Mingo Tribe of the Red Men. Politically, lie is active in the Democratic party, being one of its leaders in this section of the state. 3****1 li^i ICIIAEL BROMNENBERG, Jh. One of ///\V *''® finest farms of Madison County is I |V, owned and operated by the gentleman III with whose name we introduce this sketch and whose efforts have materially enhanced the progress of Union Township. This farm, which consists of two hundred and one and one-half acres, is located on section 1 1 , and is devoted to the raising of cereals, as well as the pasturage of stock. Mr. Bronnenbcrg has made a specialty of Stock-raising, in which lie has achieved success equal to, if not surpassing, that which has re- warded his general farming enterprises. Born in Delaware County, Ind.,on the 30th of March, 1843, our subject is the son' of John and Bethana (Nelson) Bronnenberg, natives respect- ively of Pennsylvania and Ohio. The fatlier when quite young accompanied his parents from Pennsylvania to Indiana, where he settled in Madison County, being reared to manhood there. In his youth he engaged in pioneer work, clear- ing land and tilling soil. He was accustomed to use a team of oxen and a wooden mold-board plow in breaking the land, and without the ad- vantage of any of the implements which have fa- cilitated modern farming, he worked patiently, untiringly, and with ultimate success. - Our subject is one of twelve children, of whom the following survive: Barbara, wife of Martin Campbell; Frederick; Hulda, wife of Joseph Pugs- ley; Michael, of this sketch; Harvey; John; Henry; Josephine, wife of Casper Campbell, and Peter. The three deceased are Franklin, Sarah and an infant. The father of this family, shortly after his marriage, removed to Delaware County, Ind., settling on a farm adjoining the Union Township, Madison County line. At the time he located on the place no improvements had been made in this vicinity, and on every side were dense forests. The log cabin which he erected and in which his family made their home for many years is still standing on the old home in Delaware County. He engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death, which occurred in 1873. He was survived for many years by his wife, who passed away May 5,1893. They were members of the sturdy race of pioneers now so rapidly passing from among us, .and their kindly deeds and unfailing hospital- ity made them very popular among the people of this section of the state. In politics he was a Democrat, alwa.ys voting the party ticket. A farmer from youth and a life long resident of Indiana, our subject thoroughly understands agri- culture in every detail, and, uses good judgment in his farming operations. In his boyhood he walked two miles to school each morning during the winter seasons, while his summers were de- voted to tilling the soil. His wife, likewise a ii.i- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 153 tive of Indiana, was Miss Martha E., daugliter of Andrew and Artemesia (White) Sheets. They are tlie parents of five cliiidren, as follows^ Clara, wife of Alexander (^iiinn; Maggie, deceased; FniiiUhii. Walter and Russell. In the spring of IK.si', Mr. IJrounenberg came to his present farm, which, as above stated, contains two hundred and one and one-half acres, and lie has since resided there. Although not an active partisan, he is firm in his allegiance to the principles of the Demo- criitic party, and gives Ins support to that [loliti- cal organization. ■g . ^ E£l^^ 1 ^ [^_, , -g. J I ONAS IIANP^Y. As a representative of the j progressive, enterprising citizens to whom Madison County is so largely indebted for its material progress, we take pleasure in presenting the name and a brief record of the life of Jonas Hauey, the owner of a farm on section 14, Richland Township. In connection with his farming operations he has for many years also en- gaged in stock-raising, in which he has met with more than ordinary success, being recognized as one of the most eflicient and cajjable agriculturists of his township. In referring to the history of our subject's pa- rents we find that he is a son of .Samuel and Cath- erine (Long) Ilaiiey, the former a native of Penn- sylvania and the latter of Maryland. In 1838 Samuel Ilaney accompanied by his family migrated to Indiana and made settlement in Delaware County, becoming a i)ioneer of Center Township. He settled a short distance from tlie village of Muncie, making his home for a time in a log cabin. As prosperity crowned liis exertions lie was en- abled to replace the jirimitive liouse with a sub- stantial structure, containing ail the comforts of life. There he spent liis declining years and there his life work ended. He passed away in 1865. He was qualified by nature for tiie task of clearing a home from the wildnerness, and through indus- try and perseverance gained a high place in the regard of his fellow-pioneers. In all matters of public importance he possessed the courage of his convictions, and was the unwavering champion of j right and justice. In the parental fainil3' there were four cliildron, Elizabeth, who is the wife of .\mos Yctter; Jonas, the subject of this liiographiral notice; S.-uiiiU'l and Eva. The elder >oii was boiii in Ohio July 2, 1832, and wns reared to manlioo. Cuy wciv born four children. James V. died at the age of thirteen; John F. died at the age of three; Lorenzo D. married Nora Chapman, and they iiave four children, Edna C, Orville D., Addie P. and Eleanor M. Martha J. is the wife of Charles F. Bundy, of Hancock County, by whom she has live children., Enid (i., May G., Connie 15., Pearl and Charles F. The parents have been life-long members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and take an active interest in all that pertains to its upbuilding. They are honored and respected citizens of the community, and it is with pleasure that we present to our readers this record of their lives. ERBDit'riI STANLEY, an honored pioneer of Madison County, Ind., and a well known and enterprising general agri- culturist and stock-raiser, long identified with the growing interests and rapid advancement of the state, has for many years been numbered among the substantial and pro.->|)erons residents of Anderson Township. Our subject, a native of Ohio, and born in Gallia County May 2.'), 1825, was the son of John and Mary (Perkins) Stanley, both natives of tiie Buck- eye State, and there carefully reared and educated. In the very early part of this century Grandfather Stanley, born in the sunny south, and a native of South Carolina, removed to the north and located in Ohio, then a wilderness with a few scattering towns, the entire state being sparsely settled. When our subject was only a little lad his parents journeyed to the adjoining state of Indiana, and with their family located in Wayne County. About IS,'?/ they removed to Madison County, from that time until their death their permanent home. For some length of time the father and mother continued their residence in Adams Township, but at the exi)iration of a number of years finally removed to Anderson Township, locating on the old iiomcstead, where our subject now resides. John Stanley, a life-long fanner, at first entered from the (iovernment forty acres at *l.2.'i per .■icre. and at once settled in the lu'art of the woods. around and through which roamiM! wolves and deer and a variety of game. After occupying for a luief period tliis land. and having already made a small ele:i)inL; in its center, the father disposed of it, and makin- a trade, received in exchange one hundred and three acres of land, the old farm now in the possession of Merideth Stanley, The land, situated in the dense woods, was entirely unimproved. 'I'hc father toiling early and late built a log cabin, cleared the land, and brought a good portion of it under cultivation before Heath claimed him. It is now forty years since the father, who had with a stout heart shared saeriliees and [iiix-ations, passed away, and in the changing seasons of the two-score years a wondrous liaiisformation has been wrought. The parents, hard-working, enterprising citizens, welcomed to their homes and hearts elex'en sons and daughters, of whom the following snivived to reach mature age: John II., .lohial, Elijah, Eliza- beth and Js'ancy. Politically a Democrat, the father was an ardent advocate of the party. Init never had any aspirations to occupy public olHee. Our subject, educated in the scho-^^f his life, has lieeii an imporlaiil factor in its progress. The Fodrea family was represented in North Carolina early in the present centuiy. In that state the father of our subject, David Fodrea, was born, and thence emigrated to Indiana, settling in the vicinity of Westfield, Hamilton County, iu 1810. A man of proinin he was known as a [iinno warm friend of the temp ligions convictions he w: 161 ed AlM,litil and :i lice cause. In his re- lentified with the So- , (laugii cietyof Friends. He mniried Miss ter of Benjamin and Ruth Davis, and a native of North Carolina. The Davis family originated in England. Mrs. Davis attained the .•idvanced .age of ninety-three years, d^ ing in Hamilton County. Levi P. Fodrea was born In Ilaniiltoii County, NovtMiilier II, l.si-1. nnd spent his youthful years upon a fanii licic. gainiiiL; a tlidrougli knowledge of agriculture in it> various branches. He was a mere lad when the Civil War l.roki' out, threaten- ing the disruption <4 the Nation and the ruin of the country. AIIIk.uuIi the S,,cict,y of Friends, in which faith he had been ivar.'d, (.pposed war- fare, his patriolisii! was liied to such au extent that he offered his services in the defense of the Lnion. In 1862, when only seventeen years of age, he enlisted a> a nieniber <>f C->, niif] ;i soil of Dr. Uo.-uell SI .■|.aid. The to farming and mill ni,,Mi„re, ected the lir.'^t waler f;ithLT NV!is.i well known |ili ysiriaii. : nd for many gristmill on White River, li politics he was a years practice() medicine in Ohio. 11 unlilin Shep- Whig. His children were Join , Ahrahatn, Xanev, aid e.Ktensively engaged in stock-dea ling, and all Isaac and Henry. 'I he fathei- Hed in 1811). The through the war made eonlraets witii the (ioveni- mother had died sev M-al years iri!vious,and he af- meiit for furnishing the ti oops with mules, horses, etc. lie was entirely a self-u-ade man. and through good business ahility, industry and perseverance won a coniforlalile conipeleiice, lie died Febru- ary 27, 18G7. .Mr. and Mrs. Shep^rd had f.Hir ehihiren. but only one is now living. Two died in infancy. Alma E., born September 0, 1856, was a beautiful and highly esteemed young lady, who died Octo- ber Iti, 1873; Eva H., who was born i\lay 7, 1802. liecame the wife' uf .loseplius S. KaUiii, who died Sei)tember 8, 1885. Two children graced this marriage, Grace and George llarnbliii. Mrs. Kakin and her children now live with Mrs. Shepard. The family occupy a iileasanl and comfortable home, where they are surrounded with all of the necessaries and many of the luxuries of life. They are widely known in the county, hold an enviable position in social circles, and have many warm friends, who esteem them highly for their worth and manv excellencies of character. -^^■>-^(e-<-^ AIT WIHT1.\(;1-:R, who carries on gen- 1 farming on seelion 8, Clay Town- ii) ship, Hamilton County, w.is born in Ma- rion County, Ind., in 1838. His grand- parents were .I.acoli and S;uali Whitinger, and the father of the former was a native of Germany, •lacob was boin in J'eniisylvania in I 784, and be- came a cooper. lie w.as entirely a self-made man. He began by lea.sing land, on which he worked in the day lime, while at night he worked at his tr.ade. He linally secured enough capital to purchase forty acres of wild land. This he afterwards sold and bought eighty acres of improved land. In 1822, he went with his family to Marion County, Ind., making the journey by wagon, and entered twelve hundred and eighty acres of land near where Indianapolis now stands. He gave his attention terwards married Mrs. ISarnliill. Henry Whiiiniicr, father of our subject, w.as born in Ohio in 17!H;, and acquired a good educa- tion. He married Susanna Ernest, whose grandfa- ther was of Scotch-Irish descent, and who at the age (■f sixteen entered the Colonial service, aiding in the struggle fears he depended U)ion wild game to supply meat for the family. From his cabin door he killed deer, and wolves and bear were so numerous that a calf or lamb could not be raised without protecting it at night. A drove of fifty hogs froze to death on his farm one wintei-. The Hinshaw family numliered ten children: Mil- licent, deceased; Andrew, Jolin S., Thomas, Enos; Alsinda, who died in infancy; William II.; Rebecca H., wife of George Truitt; Martha A., wife of Ste- lihen Rich; and Ira. The father w.as a Whig in politics, and in religious belief w.as a member of the F^riends' Church. He died September 25, 1854, aged fifty-one years. His wife passed away April 16, 1873, at the age of sixty-six years. Until twenty-one years of age, John S. Hinshaw remained at home, and began earning his liveli- hood by working in the harvest field at llO per month. He could cut forty shocks of wheat with a reef hook in one day. He worked four years, and during that time entered eighty acres of land in Iowa. On selling that he purchased one hun- dred and twenty acres elsewhere in Iowa, but he never lived in that state. He married Jemima Sanders, but her death occurred eighteen months later. In 1858 he wedded Mary J. Cruse, daugli- ter of Henry and Eliza ( Whitiiiger) Cruse, who were natives of Butler County. Ohio, while she w.as born in this county. Mr. Ilinshaw after his m.arriage located on a |)art of the old homestead, of which he now owns two hundred .acres. He also has one hundred acres in Boone County, Ind. F'or many years he engaged in stock-dealing, driving his stock to POETKAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Indianapolis. Upon his farm is a pear tree which is three feet in diameter and forty-five feet higli. It was planted sixt\' years ago and has borne for half a century. His place is one of the model farms iu the community, supplied with all modern accessories and conveniences. The Hinshaw home hsis been blessed with eleven children: Elizabeth A., who died at the Jige of four; Sarah E.; Mary E., wife of M. L. Vreeland; William H., who married EfHe Berry; Nancy, wife of Albert Mendenhall; .John C, who married Al- fretta Davis; Thom.as W., who married Belle Will- iams; Martha A.; Stephen S.; Lemuel A., who mar- ried Cora Conrad; and May. Mr. Hinshaw is a member of the Society of Friends, and his wife belongs to the Methodist Church. In politics he is a Republican. A self-made m.an, he deserves great credit for his success in life, which has all been acquired through his own well directed and enterprising efforts. He is numbered among the honored pioneers and is a highly esteemed citizen. ryi-^ ON. JOHN F. McCLURE, Secretary of the \\(jf< Irondale Real Estate Company, has at- J^^^ tained a prominence in the business and (^) social circles of Madison County equalled by few citizens, and surpassed by oone. Since lo- cating in Anderson, he has witnessed its growth from an unimportant hamlet to a foremost posi- tion among Indiana's cities, and to this happy con- summation he has himself largely contributed, his tact, business acumen and keen insight having been of great assistance to his fellow-citizens. The record of such a man will, therefore, possess for our readers the highest interest, and may with profit be thoughtfully perused by the 3'oung be- ginning in life with no capital save an abund- ance of hope, health and honor. The father of our subject, James, and his grand- father, James McClure, Sr., were natives of Coun- ty Sligo, Ireland, and the latter emigrated to America, accompanied by his wife and two of their three children. Coming to Indiana he purchased a tract of school land in the vicinity of Brookville, where he engaged in farming. It was about 1820 when he made a settlement on the land, and he was consequently one of the very first settlers of the county, where he remained until his death. His farm consisted of one hundred and thirty acres, upon which he conducted general agricultural operations. At the age of two years James McClure. Jr., was brought to the United States. He was 1 eared to manhood in Indiana, and now occupies his father's farm near Brookville, where he has for many years eng.aged in agricultural pursuits. The place con- sists of three hundred and eighty acres, in addition to which he is the owner of five hundred and sixty acres near El wood, this county. He is a consis- tent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is devoted to the welfare of that denomina- tion. His wife was Ann McCaw, a native of Col- lege Corner, Butler County, Ohio, and the daugh- ter of David McCaw, who was born in Ireland; he emigrated to America, first settling in Ohio, where he engaged in fanning, and afterward casting his lot with the pioneer farmers of Franklin County, Ind. The mother of our subject died in July, 1892. There were nine children in the parental family, of whom five are now living. The eldest of that number is the subject of this sketch, who was born near Brookville, Franklin County, Ind., December 24, 1852. After completing the course of study in the common schools, he entered Brookville Academy in the winter of 1872, and in the fall of 1873 became a student in DePauw Univcrsit}-, graduating with the Class of '79. He was the salutatorian of his class, which numbered thirty- three, and was awarded the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Upon the completion of his literary studies he commenced the reading of law with Berry & Berry, of Brookville, Ind., and was admitted to the Bar in 1880. He opened an office for the prac- tice of his profession in Brookville, but remained there only a short time, coming thence to Ander- son in July, 1881. Forming a [)artnership with a lawyer from Brookville under the firm name of Carter & Mc- Clure, our subject embarked upon the sea of pro- fessional life in Anderson. He has since continued PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 167 his practice uninterruptedly, with tiie exception of one year as Principal of the high scliool of Ander- son. Ho then resiiinc(l liis prdfessiimal Inlxirs, conducting Imsincss uuilcr tlic lirni litlo ( tlic city was trebled, the present system of water works was introduced, the tire department organized and electric lights put in. He also assisted in the location of a number of factories here. With an increased population, the real-estate business acquiied greater prominence in Anderson than before accorded it. Mr. McClure drifted into the business, and laid out Avenue Addition in pai tiiersliip with T. I!. ( »rr. The property, consisting of six acics, i^ now handsomely improved with substantial residences, tjuite recently Messrs. Mc- Clure and Orr sold sixty acres for Jackson Park. He was one of the organizers of the Irondale Real Estate Company, and has been its Secretary from the time of its organization. This compan}' has platted five hundred lots in Irondale and has con- ducted an extensive real-estate business in this part of the state. In .luly, l.s'.tl, Mr. McClure was appointed a member of the City Council from the First Ward to (ill a vacancy, and he served until May, 1892. During that time he was the author of the resolu- tion providing for the paving of the principal streets in 181)2. In other important w,avs he has promoted the upward growth of the city and en- hanced the prosperity of the citizens. A stanch Republican, he was Chairman of the County Cen- tral Republican Committee from 1888 until 18!)2, but resigned in order to accept the nomination for County Treasurer. He was defeated in the elec- tion, although by onl3- two hundred votes. From June, 1891, until June, 1892, Mr. McClure was one of the proprietors of the Anderson daily and weekly Herald, and was its editor. Socially he is a Knight of Pythias, and lias been Past Chancel- lor of the ITuiformed Rank, and Captain of the Anderson Division. He is also an Elk, and a member of the Mingo Tribe of Red Men. In 1889 he aided in the organization of the Anderson Club and w.as its (list President. He was married at Anderson in 18.SS, his bride being Aliss M;iry I";ilknor, who was born near Dayton. Ohio. .Mrs. McClure is the daughter of Elias Falknor, who .settled in Ander- son after the close of the Civil War and until recently vv.aseng.aged in the agricultural implement business. Mr. and Mrs. McClure are the parents of one sou, Horace. ^|]^I( T. KAUFMAN. Man .stly shapes his )wn destiny. He can make his life a suc- ■ess or he can make it a failure. The lo boy, now the head of a great Anderson rhosc to do the former thing. Dan T. Kaufiiiun, of the lirm of Kaufmrin .V Davis, pro- prietors of the Lion Store, has been the architect of his own fortune. He was born in Kokomo, Howard County, Ind., on the lltli of December, ISCO. :iiid is tlic s(ui of David Kaufman, a native of IVnnsylvauia, wlio was for many years an hon- ored citizen and liusiness man of Kokomo. The mother was Abigail iilock. Both i)arents died in Kokomo. Dan T. Kaufman is the youngest of four chil- dren. He was reared in Kokomo and educated in the common schools of the (jlai-e. He early devel- oped a penchant for business and at the age of eleven became a clerk in the store of Robert Haskett, one of Kokomo's oldest merchants. When fifteen years of age he went on the road selling goods to the dealers in the small neighboring towns. He represented the firm of Morris, Wild & Co., of New York, and gradually extended his trips to larger towns and more extensive territory until finally he traveled over Indiana, Ohio and Illinois. After traveling for three years. iSfr. Kaufman engaged ,as manager of the dress-goods dei)artment in the store of Block & Thalman, of Kokomo, where he remained until he went into business at Ander- son, in March, 1887. In partnership with George W. Davis, also a Kokomo man, the Lion Store was opened in a room 36x90 feet in dimensions. Sue- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIHCAL RECORD. cess seemed assured from the outset, and the busi- ness grew to sucli proportions that, in 1893, four floors, eompreliending 19,600 square feet of space, was occupied. The Lion Store has seveuteen dif- ferent departments in cliarge of thirty or forty people. Tliis is tlie oldest dry-goods firm in the city under continuous management without change. Mr. Kaufman is a Knight of Pythias and a Republican. In 1884, Mr. Kaufman was married in Kokomo to Miss Eva Turner, who was born in that city. She is the daughter of Rev. Jesse Turner, a minister of the Friends' Church. Their tliree children are named: Rex, Frank and Helen. the son of Hon. De Witt C. Chipman, one of the best-known men in the state, and a pioneer lawyer, who was born in Middlebury, Wyom- ing County, N. Y., September 21, 1824. The mother was Miss Cassandra Clark, who was born at Nobles- ville. She was the daughter of Dr. H. W. Clark, who was a native of Virginia. A detailed biography of .Judge Chipman's father and mother is given in another part of this volume, to which the attention of the reader is directed. Judge Chipman's early life was passed in Nobles- ville, where he attended the schools. He came to Anderson in 1870 with his parents and began the study of law with his father. In the fall of 1872 he entered the law department of -the Indiana University at Bloomington and was graduated in 1873 with the degree of LL. B. Upon returning from college he commenced the practice of law with his father, and after the latter removed to Richmond, he practiced alone until 1876. He then entered into partnership with H. C. Ryan, and the fii in of Chipman & Ryan existed until 1879, when it was disMilved. Later Hon. James W. Sansberry and Judge Chipman formed a partnership, which con- tinued until 1886, when Mr. Sansberry retired to become President of what is now the National Ex- change Bank. Our subject again entered into business with his father, and so continued until F^ebruary 22, 1889, when he was appointed Judge of the Fiftieth Ju- dicial Circuit by Gov. Alvin P. Hovey to fill a vacancy created by act of the Legislature in con- stituting Madison County a Judicial Circuit. He held this position until the 22d of November, 1890, when his successor by^ election qualified. He was nominated by the Republicans for re-election, but although the Democrats controlled the county by five hundred and ten majority, Judge Chip- man was defeated by only three hundrecf and forty votes. On the 1st of December, 1890, he entered into partnership with F. A. Walker, and the partnership continued until June 1, 1893, when the law firm of Chipman, Keltner & Hendee was formed, making altogether the most formida- ble legal combination in this part of the state. Mr. Keltner was formerl3' of the firm of Robinson, Lovett & Keltner, and Mr. Hendee was for many years the partner of Hon. Charles L. Henry. At the time of his appointment as Judge, Mr. Chipman was Secretary of the Board of School Trustees. For eight consecutive years he was Secretary of the Republican County Central Com- mittee. Socially he is a member of the Encamp- ment, I. O. O. F. and Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of Indiana. He is Past Chancellor of Ander- son Lodge No. 106, K. of P., and is likewise an Elk. He is a member of the State Bar Association. On the 22d of June, 1875, Judge Chipman and Miss Margaret P. Buskirk were married at Paoli, Orange County, Ind. She was born in Orange County, and was the daughter of John B. Buskirk, a prominent merchant of that place. They are the parents of two living children, Anna K. and Mai'y. They have an elegant home on Jackson Street, in the handsomest part of the residence section of Anderson. Judge Chipman is a man of ambition in his un- dertakings, and when a boy sought to obtain the means to enable him to procure a good education, beginning by selling newspapers, and undertaking more pretentious work as he grew older and stronger. The result has vindicated the wisdom of his early resolution. He is recognized as an able advocate, an influential attorney, and a man of sound legal attainments. ^ ^r^ W^ e^/^ PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RFXORD. 171 §YRON McMAHAN. There is a large number of professional men residing in Anderson to whose talents and services the city is indebted for miicii of its ma- terial progress. In this class conspicuous mention belongs to Mr. McMahan, who for a number of years has conducted an extensive legal practice at this place. Having passed his entire life in Madi- son County, he is well known among tiie promi- nent people residing here, and during the ten years spent in Anderson he has gained an enviable repu- tation for broad knowledge and legal skill. Now in i[innhood's prime, the success he has achieved is noteworthy and is doubtless the precursor of added honors in years to come. Horn near Alexandria, Madisim County. Ind.. .hily 28, 1850, the subject of this sketch is the j.on of James and .Sarah (Smith) McMahan, natives resi)ectively of Wayne County, Ind., and North Carolina. The paternal grandfather, Samuel Mc- Mahan, was born in North Carolina, where he married Miss Susan Ellis and afterward located on a farm in that state. During the territorial days of Indiana became liither and, settling in Wayne County', cleared and improved a rariii. Later he came to Madison County and purehused the farm where, many 3'ears subsequently, oiii- subject opened Ids eyes to the light of day. It was early in the '30s when he brought his family to this county, and here his remaining years were passed, his death occurring at the age of sixt^'- four. He was a man of influence among the piuiieers of this county and was a devoted mem- ber of the Methodist PIpiscopal Chuich. His father, wlui was a strict Presbyterian, emigrated to Aiiieriea from the North of Ireland and, settling in North Carolina, remained there until death teniiinated his career. .lames McMahan was reared in In: Xo. ■>. uliicli was erected in 1890, and No. C, in l.s;il, l,,,il, ,,r wliich arc elegant brick structiiivs luhl a ci'cdit to the town. In politics Mr. Morgan i< a I )<■ ■r.n. :ilw;iy< heartily interested in the p.-ni y :iiiil its pi inriplcs. He is respected for his hearty interest in .-ill IIimI contributes to the good of his towiiship. .\ ni:ni of sterling integrity of character, exccllful judg- ment, and withal a liberal-spirited citizen, he en- joys the esteem and conlidence of the entire community. •^#^-r — ANIEL M. HARE, one of the wealthy jj stockmen of .Sheridan, w.as born in High- land County, Ohio, September 1(1. \s',], ~ The first representative of this family in the United States was Jacob Hare, the groat-great- grandfather of our subject, and an Englishman by birth, who in early life came to America and set- tled in Virginia, there marrying a German lady. Jacob, the great-grandfather of Daniel M., was a soldier in the Revolutionary War; and his son Daniel was a soldier in the War of 1812, enlisting in Ohio, where he had made settlement several years prior to entering the army. It was during his servit^e that Philip Hare, father of our subject, was born near Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1812. A man of liberal education. Grandfather Hare was a preacher in the Methodist Church and was known as "Bishop" Hare. Whether or not he was ever in reality a bishop is uncertain, though it is possible that he received the title from his long and continuous service in the Methodist Church. As an orator, he w.as eloquent and interesting, and always held the close attention of his hear- ers. He died in Ohio, as did his father. He had a brother, Jacob, a very eccentric man, who accumulated a fortune in real estate in Columbus, and instead of willing it to his relatives, bequeathed 176 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. it to the city of Columbus for the term of ninety- nine years. Tliis property is now worth millions of dollars, yet it cannot be touched by any of his relatives. Philip Hare was the eldest of nine cliUdren, three daughters and six sons, and, receiving a fair education, followed the profession of a teacher for some time. His principal occupation in life, how(^ver, was that of a farmer, in which he was engaged until his death in Ohio in 1881, aged seventy-one j'ears. Like his father, he was identi- fied with the Methodist Church. He was a prom- inent man in local affairs and served for many years as .Justice of the Peace. One of his brothers, Joseph, is a well-to-do farmer residing in Ohio. Another brother, Huston, was a Methodist preacher, and in Iowa served for several years as Presiding Elder. In the Civil War he entered the army as Chaplain of an Iowa regiment, and being taken prisoner, gave up his life in Libby prison. His son, Wilbur, was an artist of some note, and entered the service as a member of the regiment to which his father belonged. He was taken prisoner at tiie same time, and, like his father, starved to death in Libby. Another brother of Philip Hare went to Mississippi, where he married tlie daughter of a wealthy planter and died soon afterward. John, also a brother of Philip Hare, was a farmer in Ohio and died there at the age of fifty. Marcus D. Lafayette served as Captain of Company A, Seventieth Oiiio Infantry, through the entire period of the war, and was killed by a sharpshoooter on the day Lee surrendered, after having participated in many of the most desperate engagements of the war and escaping without a wound from them all. A sister, Sarah, married Milton Robbins,and lives in Ohio. Mary married a Mr. Duffy, a soldier in the Civil War, and both are now deceased. The mother of our subject, whose maiden name was Martha Owens, was born at Tracy, near East St. Louis, 111., being a daughter of William Owens, a farmer and one of the pioneers of Illinois. Aside from this we know Init little of the family history. Mrs. Martha Hare still survives and makes her home in Brown County, Ohio. Our subject is the fifth in a family consisting of six sons and five daughters, all of whom with one exception arc now living. Eleanor died in infancy. Sarah married C. H. Boatman, an artist residing in Sher- idan. Mary married Richard Hilling, who died leaving one child; afterward she became the wife of Samuel Cowen, a resident of Brown County, Ohio. Ellen became the wife of William AVinteis, a stockman of Brown County, Ohio. William is a grocer at Sheridan. Perr}' follows farming pur- suits in Oliio. Kate married John Campbell, a hardware merchant at Sardinia, Ohio. Lewis is a barber in Cincinnati; and Frank is engaged in milling. Receiving a good education in youth, our sub- ject was a teacher in -the public schools before he was eighteen. P'or several years he taught in Ohio, and in 1875 came to Indiana, where for a number of terms he was instructor in the schools of Sheiidan and Boxley. He left the schoolroom to engage in farming and in the stock business, and in the pursuit of agricultui'al affairs has accu- mulated a competency, being now recognized as one of tlie most extensive stock dealers in the county. He is the owner of two fine farms, and all that he has and all that he is may be attributed to his unaided exertions. In 1877 Mr. Hare married Miss Edith, daughter of Eber Teter, one of the pioneers of Hamilton County, and a sister of Rev. Eber Teter, President of the Indiana Conference of the Wesleyan Meth- odist Church and Vice-President of the National Conference. She is also a sister of Ambrose Teter, a prominent farmer of Adams Township, of whom, as well as of Rev. Eber Teter, further mention is elsewhere made. Mr. and Mrs. Hare are the par- ents of four children, one of whom. Lulu, died in the summer of 1893, when in her fifteenth year. The others are, Philip, a boy of twelve years (1893); Sidney, who is nine years old; and an in- fant named John II. In political opinions, Mr. Hare is a Prohibition- ist, with a tendency toward Democracy. He has never held, nor aspired to, any political office, pre- ferring to devote his attention exclusively to his private affairs. In his religious connections he is an earnest and active member of the Wesleyan Jlethodist Church, with which his wife is also PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 177 identified. They are numbered among the most proniinent residents of Slieridan and are well known in the social circles of the vilhige. ^^EORGK E. ADAMS. Of the young men III ,-— who have achieved success as agriculturists ^^j! of Madison County, few have displayed the energy, i)erseverance and enterprise which have characterized the subject of this sketch — one of Richland Township's most progressive and capa- ble farmers. He has acquired the ownership of two hundied and forty acres of finely improved land, located in the northern part of the town- ship on section 5. Upon his farm lie has placed fa\st-class improvements in the w.iy of buildings, farming implements, etc., and the place is consid- ered one of the best in the community. A native of the township in which he now re- sides, our subject was born February 11, 1862, be- ing a son of Robert and Angeline (Craycraft) Adams. His father was born in Scotland, and in his }'outh emigrated to the United States. After traveling extensively through the western states, he came to Indiana and became an early settler of M.idison County. For a time he worked in a wot)len factory at Pendleton, and finally settled in the southern portion of Richland Township. However, being a woolen manufacturer, he devot- ed the greater part of bis life to that business, conducting farming operations as a side issue, his work being done by hired employes on the farm. An extensive reader, a close observer of men and things, and a man of firm convictions upon all subjects of general importance, Robert Adams always aimed to keep well posted upon all the cur- rent topics, and was recognized as one of the best infoiraed men of the community. For many years he was the manager and proprietor of a woolen factory on Kilbuck Creek, in Richland Township, to the management of which he gave his personal attention, often having fifteen men in his employ. His death, which occurred about 1878, was mourned throughout the township and county as a public loss, and his memory is still re- vered in the hearts of his former associates. His widow survived him fur a nunilier of years, de- parting this life in 1880. Of the children born to Robert Adams and his good wife, the following survive: Robert, .lose- pliine, .lessie and George K. In politics, the futlier of this family was a Republican, and prior to the organization of that party identified him- self with the Wliigs. In his business, he was a suc- cessful financier, and a man of excellent judgment and sound common sense. While not a member of any religious organization, lie was a liberal con- tributor to church and benevolent projects, and was a man of large charit^y and generous disposi- tion. The subject of this sketch was reared to man- hood in this couiily. reeeuiiig in the pulilie schools of the hoine neighborhood an t'xeellent education, which prepared him for active partici- pation in the stern realities of life. He was united in marriage in October, 188G, with Miss Anna Schalk, and they are the parents of three children, Clara, Chester and Everett. The family occu- pies a position of social prominence in the town- ship, and both Mr. Adams and his accomplished wife are welcome guests in the best homes of the coiiutv. EDWARD I. ANDERSON. We look back over the vista of seventy years, when a young man and maiden unite their desti- nies and go forth to fight the battle of life. They pitched their tent in the then distant west, the wilds of Ohio, and later in the sister state, In- diana. We remember with a degree of pleasure the log cabin nestled away among the forest trees, whose wide-spread branches almost interlocked above its roof, as if their outstretched hands would shield it from the stormy blast, as well as shelter it from the blazing sun. The birds sang in tlie PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD branches, wild flowers bloomed, and altogether the landscape see.i.ed fairer than any of wliic-h paint- ers dream. But its priniitivp beauty soon vanislied. The forest was driven hack by the woodman's axe; in- stead of the oak the orchai'd tree Ijlossoraed and brought forth fruit in its season, (ireen fields and golden waving grain gladdened the eye, and the fragrance of clover blooms regaled tiie senses most exquisitely. The patter of bab\- feet upon the hearthstone, the [irattle of habv voices, and the merry laugli of childhood ivas a solace to pain and care. Earnest labor liad found its reward, as was attested by the comfortable farm house and well- filled barns. The busy hands of the house-wife plied skillfully and well the wlieel, the loom and the needle. Be it i-ememliered that the sewing ma- chine was then not in vogue, nor was there "In all the land, from zone to zone, A telegraph or tele|)hone." She wiio spun, wove, cut and made the fabric into garments was tiie maid of all work; mother, seamstress, cook and chambermaid; she churned the milk, made the cheese, and in addition to other duties watched and cared for ten cliildren, nine of whom still live to call her blessed. John Anderson, the father of the gentleman whose name heads this sketch (and the father of Samuel Stephenson and John N. Anderson, whose sketches ajipear elsewhere in these pages), was born in Huntington County, N. J., in 1803, and was there reared upon the farm beh)nging to his father. At the age of about twenty, he married and started westward. His first location was in Clermont County, Ohio, where he, one evening in the springtime, drew up to that which was to be for a time their home. Their belongings consisted of but one team of horses, a wagon and a few household articles. Upon that place they resided for seven years. In 1832 they removed to In- diana, and in Madison County entered two hun- dred and forty acres of Government land, eighty acres in Stony Creek Township, and one hundred and sixty in Wayne Township, Hamilton County. The land was wild and iiiitDuched b\- the furrow, and wild animals were plentiful. Our subject saw large herds of deer and other wild '^ame in his youth, and also saw the stakes upon which were hung the whites who murdered the Indians. The parental family consisted of nine children besides our subject. They are: Ambrose Frederick, now a resident of White Uiver Township, Hamil- ton County, Ind.; Sarah Ann, who is married and resides in Anderson; Mary, who is married and makes her home in Johnson County, Kan.; Rachel, who resides in Madison Count}'; .'^amuel Stephen- son; Nancy Delila, the wife of Andrew McClintoc; Lydia E., Mrs. Calvin Nicholson; John N., of Stony Creek Township; and James H., who was born June 1, 1845, and died in November follow- ing. The father of this family died April 8, 1881, his death resulting from a cancer. He was twice married, and died eighteen months after his second union. His first wij'e, our subject's mother, bore the maiden name of Nancy Stephenson, and became his wife on the 10th of July, 1824. Po- litically he was an old Jacksonian Democrat and a man of prominence in his community. The deed for the land which he entered was signed by Presi- dent Jackson, and is now in the possession of our subject. In Clermont County, Ohio, the subject of this notice was born May 17, 1825, and there he grew to manhood. His education was limited to such knowledge as could be acquired by attendance at Sunday-school several miles from his home, and also by his mother's instruction. She was a Quakeress and a woman of sweet and amiable dis- position, and trained her son, our subject, for a position of honor and usefulness in the world. He also for a short time attended a subscription school, where he gained a rudimentary knowledge of the "three R's." When about twenty years of age he attended school during the winter season, and learned more of arithmetic and "figuring." Much of his time was devoted to clearing and im- proving the home farm, and he has assisted in clearing farms from the time he was seven until quite recently. In January, 1849, when twenty-four years of age, our subject married Miss Henrietta, daughter of Rev. William Aldred, a prominent Methodist minister, who w.as born in Delaware in 1796, and was of English descent. At the age of forty he PORTRAIT AND BIOGEAPIIICAL RECORD 181 Idcated in Hamilton County, and there spent tlie remainder of liis life. lie married Eliza F. Denny, of Maryland, wliose fatlier was a slave owiior in that state. After coming to Hamilton County lie entered a section of land from the Govern men i, and there remained until his death about 1870. A kind man, well educated, possessing a retentive nicmory and jjleasing manneis. he won an extended reiaitation as a minister. The union of Mv. and Mrs. Anderson has re- sulted in 1. 1.' Iiiith of ten chilclrtMi, four of whom (lied in infancy, and one died altci- attaining mature years, the latter being Martha E., wife of Ikiiry Dunham. Those living are: John Fletcher, residing in Hamilton County, Ind.; George, who also makes his home in Hamilton County; .lames J., who lives in Fisherburgh and conducts a farm there; Nanc}', the wife of Henry Anderson, a resi- dent of Madison County; and Emily I., Mrs. Franklin Fasswater, who lives near Fishersburgh. The landed possessions of Mr. Anderson aggregate three hundred and fifty-seven acres, of which two hundred and fifty-seven lie in Hamilton County. Politically he is a Democrat, but is not active in liolitics. In religious convictions, he and his esti- mable wife are idenlilied with the Methodist Church. ,«^ ANFORD M. KELTNEK, a member of the ^^^ firm of Chipman, Keltner it Ilendee, at- (11/^) torneys at Anderson, was born in West ' '' Baltimore, Preble County, Ohio, July 10, 1856. He spent his childhood years prior to the age of nine in his native village, where he gained the rudiments of his education in a large frame building, originally used as a cooper shop, but afterward converted into asehoolhouse. In March, ISGf), he accompanied his parents to Darke County, Ohio, and settled on a farm two miles east of Greenville, where his mother died July 22, 18C7, leaving him an orphan at the age of eleven. After his mother's death, Mr. Keltner was taken into the family of James P. Burgess, one of nature's noblemen, who resided two miles south of Richmond, Wayne Comity. Ind. With liis kiuf five years. His education was limited to six months' attendance in the common schools, and his time in youth was mainly devoted to farming. At the age of twenty-two he com- menced to work at the trade of a carpenter and has followed that occupation ever since. In 1865 he went to Darke County, Ohio, and two years later he removed to Kosciusko County, Ind., where he engaged in contracting and building at Pierceton. On the 20th of February, 1875, he arrived in Anderson, where he was occupied as a contractor and builder until his retirement. The first marriage of Joseph C. Keltner occurred in Darke County, Ohio, his bride being Miss Dia- dama Eddington, who was born in Pennsylvania and died in Preble County, Ohio. There were eight children born of this union, three of whom are living, namely: Mary A., Mrs. J. W. Rhein- bort, of Preble County, Ohio; Levi P., a contrac- tor residing in Anderson; and Samuel C, a den- tist, of Muncie, Ind. The second marriage of Mr. Keltner took place in Preble County, Ohio, and united him with Miss Rachel Paulus, a native of Ohio, who died in Darke County, that state. She left two sons: Francis M., a dentist residing in Muncie; and Sanford M., the subject of this sketch. The third marriage of Mr. Keltner w.as to Miss Hester A. Mosior. Socially, he is identified PORTRAIT AND liIO(;RAPIllCAL RECORD. with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in vviiich he has been quite prominent. In his re- ligious belief he accepts the doctrines of tiie C'lnis- tian Church and is a consistent mcmher of tlie cliurch at Anderson. ll@^@l E.SSK L. VERMILLION. One of the sub- II stantial and reliable financial institutions of Madison County is the Anderson Banking Company, of wliich the subject of this sketcii is Cashier and one of the stockholders. From the inception of the enterprise, in February, 1889, until the present time, it has been uniformly suc- cessful, and business is now cnnducted with a paid-up capital of $125,(Hl(i. Dining the recent stringency of the money market, when in eveiy city and village banks weie sus|)ending opera- tions, this institution retained to the utmost the confidence of the depositors, and paid every obligation on demand. Mr. Vermillion is one of the native-born citizens of Madison County, Monroe Township being the place of his birth, and August 7, 1864, the date thereof. He is one of seven children (three of whom are living) born to the union of Uriah C.and Mary Vermillion, natives respectively of Madison Coun- ty, lud., and Ohio. The maternal grandfather of our subject, Samuel Luther Morrow, was a teacher by profession, and while engaged in his duties as instructor was killed by two of his pupils. The paternal grandfather of our subject, Jesse ^'ermillion, was born in Virginia, whence in early life lie removed to Ohio, and from there soon after- ward came to Indiana, settling in Madison County when it was a wilderness. Purchasing a tract of land from the Government, he erected a bark house and commenced the labor of clearing and improv- ing his property. He reared a large family of children, and passed away at the age of eight3'-six. A man of positive convictions, he adhered rigidly to the principles advocated by the Jacksonian Democrats, and was prominent in local affairs. la his boyhood Jesse L. Vermillion was a pupil in the district school near his home, and at the age of seventeen entered the Normal School at Val- ()araiso, Ind., where he conducted his studies for two terms. He then entered Butler Luiversity, at irvington. Iiid., and for three years was a student in that institution, leaving at the close of his sophomore year. Returning iiome, he spent two years beneath the parental roof, and then, proceeding to Alexandria, this state, he and his father founded the Alexandria Bank, the firm name being U. C. Vermillion & Co. Of this enter- prise, Jesse L. was the active manager and pro- moter, and to him its success w.as largely due. Mr. Vermillion continued in the banking business at Alexandria about three 3ears, when, having an excellent opportunity to dispose of the enterprise, he sold out. Anderson seeming to offer superior advantages for banking, he became one of the pro- moters of the AiKleisoii r.aiiking Comijany. with the history of which, from its organization until the present time, his name is inseparably associated. He and his father are both large stockiiolders in the concern, and in every way have contributed to its success. On Twelfth Street stands an elegant residence recently erected by Mr. Vermillion, and now occupied by himself and family. He was married, November 21, 1888, to Miss Carrie Swank, a popular and accomplished young lad}- of Ander- son. One child, a daughter, (icraldiue, has blessed this union. Mr. Vermillion is a Democrat in his political affiliations, but entertains no partisan preferences, recognizing the good in the op|)osing party, though not believing in its polic}'. Sociallj' he holds membership in Alexandria Lodge, F. A: A. M.; Anderson Chapter; and Anderson Com- mauderv, K. T. — ^^#fe®i^: i#|^^ ANFORD R. MOSS, a representative agri- ..^ culturist, prosperously handling a fine rade of stock upon liis large farm located on section 15, Anderson Townshi|), Madi- son County, has from his earliest years been identi- fied with the history and upward growth of this 184 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. county, where he was born March 12, 1846. He is a son of William J. and Elizabetli (Gordon) Moss, early settlers of Indiana, widely known and highly respected. The father, a native of the sunny south and born in Virginia, removed with his parents to Ohio wlien quite young. He was only in his youth when he made his permanent home in Bladison County, the family settling among the Indians when the state was but little more tiian a wilderness, and wild beasts and game were both abundant. AVilliam J. Moss, sharing the privations and hardships incidental to frontier Hfe, attained to mature age, married, and reared a family, who, trained into liabits of industrious thrift, grew to be earnest, intelligent, self-reliant men and women. The mother, a woman of cour- age and ability, aided her children in their up- ward progress in life, and was a devoted wife and parent. Slie was the descendant of an old and honored family whose Scotch ancestors had, genera- tion after generation, lived and died in old Scotia. Of the merry group of children who once gath- ered about the fireside of the parents, four now survive, two sons and two daughters. Margaret is tlie widow of Robert Wysong, a'jd makes her home in Anderson; Sanford R. is our subject; Samuel R. lives in Jefferson County, Neb.; Isabella is the wife of Frank M. Wertz, of Anderson Town- ship. Tlie father passed away April 15, 1869, and by his deatli the county lost a public-spirited man and a genuine pioneer, who possessed a valuable fund of reminiscence of the days of yore. He was politically a strong Democrat and an ardent advo- cate of the party. Our subject, the eldest surviving son, reared a farmer, lias devoted the labor of his life to general agriculture and stock-raising. Dur- ing his boyhood he assisted his father in the tilling of the soil, and learned the practical lessons which insured his future success. He gained his prepar- atory education in the public schools of his home district, and soon began life for himself. As he attained to mature age, Mr. Moss became an adept in raising and training fine trotting and pacing horses, making a specialty of this business in con- nection with farming pursuits. He enjoyed the benefit of instruction in the excellent Commercial College of Iron City, from which well-known in- stitution he graduated after a full course of studies adapted to business interests. Upon August 14, 1876, Sanford R. Moss and Miss Martha Thornburgh were united in marriage. The estimable wife of our subject, born and reared in Madison County, was the daughter of Thomas and Margaret Thornburgh, pioneer settlers of the county. Tiie father, now deceased, was a success- ful and energetic farmer of upright character and industry. Mr. Moss owns two hundred and eighty acres of valuable land, much of it brought up to a high state of cultivation, and finely improved with substantial and modern buildings, a resi- dence, barns and sheds. Politically a Democrat, and interested in local and national issues, our subject is not an office seeker, but, a man of liberal S))irit and a true American citizen, he is ever ready to aid in all matters of mutual welfare, and is known as one of the reliable and practical busi- ness men of Madison Countv. -^ 1^ ON. ARTHUR E. HARLAN, Vice-President Irijy of the Alexandria National Bank, and ex- iJ^y^ State Senator, was born near Wilmington, (^ Clinton County, Ohio, December 5, 1853. His father, whose name was Alexander B., was born October 8, 1817, upon the farm where years afterward his son opened his eyes upon the scenes of earth. Grandfather David Harlan was born in Randolph County, N. C, about 1779, and was a first cousin of the father of Chief-Justice Harlan. In his youth he learned the trade of a cooper, which he followed in early life. Later, he removed to Ohio, settling upon the farm in Clinton Coun- tj', where his son and grandson were born, and where his death occurred. He had several broth- ers who were somewhat noted as successful busi- ness men in the pioneer days of Ohio. Regarding the early history of the Harlan fam- ily, we have been able to obtain but little reliable information, and it is known that the progenitors came from England early in the sixteenth centuiy. Tradition says that two brothers emigrated to PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 185 America, one of wliom settled in New England, wiiile tlie otliei- drifted to the south. P'rom the last-named the immediate progenitors of our sub- ject were descended. Aside from these facts, we know but little concerning the genealogical his- tory. The father of Senator Harlan was an onl_v >()n, and was a man of liberal education, of broad views and great force of character. While not at any time of his life an aspirant for political honors, he was something of a political leader, being first a ^^'llig and later a Republican. He was a cham- pion of tlie poor and oppressed, and an advocate of the abolition of slavery, and is said to have been one of the Directors of tlie underground railroad in the days of slavery. Alexander 15. llailan'was united in marriage September 22, IMl, to Miss Eleanor Millikan, and September 22, 1891, was celebrated their golden wedding. Through the exercise of excellent judgment in his business transactions, Alexander H. Harlan ac- cumulated a fortune and was numbered among the |)rosperous farmers in Clinton County, Ohio, but later lost the greater portion of his property by going security for others. In 1870 lie removed with his family to Indiana, settling in New Castle, where he prospered to some extent, but never re- gained his former possessions. At the time of his death, September 22, 1892, he was what would be termed a poor man, although he left his widow in fair circumstances. The mother of Senator Har- lan bore the maiden name of Eleanor Millikan, and was born in Clinton County, Ohio, .lanuary 11), 1820. Her father. William Millikan, w.as a faiiiier by occupation, and was a native of New England, born November 12, 1789. Mrs. Harlan is a lady of fair education, and, like her late hus- band, possesses great force of character. She is now (1893) living at New Castle, at sevenly-four years of age. Our subject is tlie fifth of a family of four brothers and two sisters, the eldest of whom, Charles B., has never married and makes his home with the Senator. William Eilmore is the Super- intendent of a large commission house at Tacoma, Wash. The youngest brother, Calvin W., has for the jiast ten years been connected with the Big Four Railroad, with headquarters at Cincinnati, Ohio. There were two sisters in the family, one of whom died in infancy, and the other, Malinda, married James A. Berry, of New Castle, but now a resident of Chicago. It is doubtful if any young man ever started in life under more adverse circumstances than did Senator Harlan. In his boyhood days, his father was a rich man, and a life of ease and prosperity was before the lad, with a college course in con- templation, but when reverses came and the for- tune was swept away, all of the bright prospects of life were apparently swept away with it. He was compelled to aid in the support of the family, which he did with a determination to make his own mark in life. His education was completed in the High School of New Castle, after which he engaged in farming. At the age of twenty-three years Mr. Harlan commenced the study of dentistry in the office of Dr. W. F. Shelley, of New Castle, remaining with that gentleman for three years. He then passed an examination before the State Board of Dentist- ry and started out for him.self. In 1879 he came to Alexandria with less than $5 in his possession, and with a kit of tools, for wiiich he ran in debt. However, he went to work with a will, and it w.as not long until prosperit}' came to him. He invested his money in real estate, and contin- ued to practice dentistry until 1888. During that year our subject was brougiit to the front by the Republicans of his district as a candidate for the State Senate, and received the nomination. Although in a strongly Democratic district, he was elected by a large majority. He was pressed to accept it a second time, but posi- tively refused. He is popular with all classes, who have the utmost confidence in his honesty, integrity and abilit3', and his lecord in the .Sen- ate is a most creditable one. In 1889, Mr. Harlan became connected with the Alexandria Bank, and in January, 1893, when it was organized ,as a national bank, he was elected Vice-President. It is largely due to him that the Alexandria National Bank is one of the most solid financial institutions in the state. He is careful, conservative and far-seeing, and like all the men associated with him in the management of the PORTRAIT AKD BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. bank, guards well the interests of the stockholders and depositors, and to his and their credit be it said that during the great financial depression and stringency of the money market during 1893, when banks were failing by the hundreds, not a whisper of distrust was spoken about this institu- tion. There has been hardly an enterprise in Alex- andria since the great boom set in that he has not been connected witli. He has laid out several additions to the city that have made him a for- tune. He is one of the Directors in the Alexan- dria Mining and Exploring Company, President of the Alexandria Electric Light and Power Cora- liany, and has many other interests. He and his associates have built many of the large and sub- stantial business blocks in the city, and it is largely due to him that the place has grown from a little village to a large and prosperous city. Socially, Mr. Harlan is a prominent Knight Templar, being a member of the Blue Lodge, and Captain of tiie Chapter. In May, 1882, he married Miss Laura E. Sherman, sister of the present May- or of Alexandria, John E. Sherman. They have three children: Mildred G., who was born Febru- ary 14, 1883; Sherman B., born October 19, 1884; and Hugh, December 20, 1886. Mr. and Mrs. Har- lan, with their children, reside in their beautiful home, which is one of the finest in the city, and located in Harlan's Third Addition to Alexandria. Starling in life a poor man, Mr. Harlan has by his own exertions accumulated a fortune. Not only this, but he has also made for himself a good name, that will live long after his fortune has passed into other hands, and it will be with pride that those who will follow him will look back upon his record. -^#^- jiT-^ ARRISON CANADA V. In enumerating the \Y'j" t'lilciprises that have contributed to the k,y (li \ (N.pinent and progress of Madison (^ ( luinty, prominent mention is invariably made of tlie Anderson Dressed Beef Company. This flourishing industry was organized in 1891 bj' Silas R. Mosser, A. B. Rhoades, James Woods and Harrison Canaday, who erected a commodious packing house and embarked in business as whole- sale meat dealers. They now conduct a large and remunerative trade, supjjlying the markets at Anderson, Alexandria, Elwood, Plankton and neighboring towns. In addition to his interest in the Anderson Dressed Beef Company, Mr. Canaday is an exten- sive stock-dealer, and since 1866 has engaged in buying and shipping stock. In former years he was accustomed to feed from one hundred to one hundred and fifty head of cattle in one win- ter, and at the present time (1893) he keeps about two hundred head. He makes large shipments of cattle and hogs to the eastern markets and is rec- ognized as one of the most successful stock-raisers of the county. His property inteiests are large and valuable, including four hundred and four acres in Richland Township, adjoining North An- derson; four hundred acres in Lafayette Town- ship, near Florida, and an elegant brick residence in Anderson. In Rush County, Ind., on the 2d of May, 1830, the subject of this sketch opened his e3'es to the light of day. His ancestry is of Scotch-Irish or- igin, and his forefatliers for a number of genera- tions resided in South Carolina. His grandfather, David Canaday, was born in that state, and there engaged in buying and selling horses. In an early day he removed to Indiana and followed his cho- sen occupation in Rush County, removing thence to Boone County, where he engaged in farming pursuits until his death. He was a Colonel in the state militia. The father of our subject, Caleb Canaday, was a native of South Carolina, but was reared to manhood in Union County, Ind. After his marriage he removed to Rush County, whence he came to Madison County and settled between Fraiikton and P^lwood in 1836. He engaged in farming and stock-raising, and through his ener- getic efforts accumulated four hundred acres of fertile land. His death occurred in 1856, when he was about fifty-six years of age. He was a prominent Democrat of his community and one of the leading agriculturists of the county. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Martha Dwiggins and was born in South PORTRAIT AXn I5I0GRAPIIICAL RECORD. 187 Carolina. Her father, John Dwigglns, likewise a native of that state, removed to Union Count}-, Ind., at .in oaily day. As early as 1834 he came to Madison County and settled near the village of Franiiton, where lie engaged in farming. He was an industrious man, a progressive pioneer and kind husband and father, and as an early settler of this county his name is iield in grateful remembrance. He was of Scotch-Irish ancestry. His dauglitcr, our subject's mother, died on tiie old homestead December 22, 1888, at the age of .seventy-eight. She was a kind and loving motlicr, and a devoted member of the Christian Church. In the parental family Iheic were eleven chil- dren, of whom ten grew to maturity and nine are now living. Harrison, the second in respect to age, spent his childiiood years in Rush County prior to the age of nine, when he came to Madison County, the removal being made with wagons and teams. For a time he remained with his Grand- father Dwiggins, his father meanwhile erecting a log cabin, 18x20 feet in dimensions. The family was soon' domiciled in this primitive structure, which contained a large fireplace made of mud and sticks , with cloth for doors and a hole in the wall answering the purpose of a window. The bed- stead w.as constructed of poles resting on sticks; the tloor was first of dirt, and .afterward of pun- cheon. While the father was occupied in clearing the land, the mother was accustomed to spin and weave, making all the garments worn by the fam- ily. Though a mere boy at the time, our subject was ol)liged to labor from dawn of day until its close, and aided his father in grubbing, burning trees, etc. After the land was cleared, it was ploughed with a wooden mold-board plow and an ox-team. As might be imagined, the educational advantages enjoyed by this fanner bov were ex- ceedingly limited, clied a reputation as a conscien- tious, careful and intelligent legislator. In March, 1891, he was appointed by the late Alvin P. Hovey, Governor of Indiana, as one of the .ludges of the Appellate Court, which was cre- ated by the preceding Legislature, and served as Chief Justice of the Court up to the date of his death, which occurred at liis home in Anderson on the 2sth of .Tuly, 1892. He received the nomination for the office of Appellate Judge by the Republican State Convention, which was held at Ft. Wayne in June, 1892, but a few weeks pri(n- to his death. On the 1st of January, 1873, he formed a law partnership with the Hon. John W. Lovctt. The firm of Robinson & Lovett continued as one of the strongest firms in northern Indiana until the year 1888, when Sanford M. Keltner became the junior member of the firm, and from that time the firm was known as Robinson, Lovett A Kelt- ner, and continued until March, 1891, when "Colonel" Robinson, as he was familiarly known to his friends in Madison County, wa~ :ippoiiitn and conversation with bim. His library was ever at their disposal, and he was glad to see them gain a foothold and become honorable and useful members in his chosen profession. Colonel Robinson left but one child, a bright little boy, Milton Chester, who was but ten years old at the time of his father's death, but he will be blessed with a comfortable fortune. He has in- herited largely his father's clear and analytical mind and his indomitable pluci<. The death of Colonel Robinson removed from Madison County one of her most honored and beloved citizens, and his memory will ever remain a rich heirloom in the history of Madison County. EWIS S. KERCIIEVAL, one of the wealth- (^1 icst farmers in Adams Township, and for- merly Commissioner of Hamilton County, was born in Butler County, Ohio, August 5, 1842. The first record of the family in this country shows tliat two brothers, who were of Scottish an- cestry, came to this country on a British man-of- war, and when they landed on American soil the\' deserted and concealed themselves in Virginia. Thus was founded the now numerous Kercheval family in the United States. The grandfather of our subject, Reuben Ker- cheval, who was born in Kentucky, early removed to Ohio, and became a pioneer of the then almost unbroken wilderness. A man of broad and liberal views, he was bitterly opposed to slavery. One of his brotiiers, Samuel by name, was a large slave holder and merchant at Pulaski, Tenn., and when Robert O., our subject's father, was nineteen years old he entered the employ of his uncle as clerk, as did ins brother .lames, his principal business being to mark and bill cotton to be shipped south. With iiim he remained for six years, and while tiicre his father made him and his brother a visit. In conversing with liis brother Samuel regarding slavery, he voiced his opinions in no mild terms and reproved him for engaging in the buying and selling of human beings. Noticing that Reuben admired a bright little negro boy some two years of age, Samuel said: " I will free that boy if you will take him home with you and take care of him." This he did, and the child remained with him until the death of his benefactor, after whicli he lived with James Kercheval, our subject's uncle. After spending sis years in Tennessee, Robert G. Kercheval returned to Ohio, where he married Miss Angeline, daugiiter of .John Schooley. The grandfather of Mrs. Kercheval was born in New .Jersey, of English ancestry, and was an officer in the Revolutionary War. It is said that tliere is a large estate in England belonging to the Schooley family, but they have never been able to get the connecting links necessary to secure the property. John Schooley was born in what is now Spring- dale, Ohio, August 12, 1792, and was an early settler of the Bucljeye State. Some time after the marriage of Robert G. Kercheval, he made his way to the western fron- tier and settled in Missouri, but after seven years of hardships there he returned to Ohio, in 1849. Two years later he brought his family to Union County, Ind., where he resided until the winter of 18.57-58, removing thence to Hamilton County and settling on a farm in Adams Township, ad- joining the present home of our subject. Upon that place the father prospered in farming pur- suits, in which he was engaged until his death, August 22, 1881. He left a fortune of $23,000 to be divided among his children. During his residence in Union County he served as Post- master; he was also a Notary Public in Hamilton County for twenty-one years, and during that en- tire period he never charged a soldier a penny for making out a paper, and often paid the postage himself. While not an Abolitionist, he was a strong Union man, a friend to the negro and all poor ^nd distressed. July 24, 1876, some five years prior to his demise, his wife passed awaj'. The senior Reuben Kercheval had several brothers, of whom we note the following: Samuel has been mentioned above .as a wealthy slave- holder at Pulaski, Tenn.; William removed to PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 197 Indiana and settled on the Wabash River, north of Vineennes; John went to the Platte settlement in Missoiiii, .■mil lioth brothers, so far as we know, [)rospered in worldly matters and accumulated wealth. A son of John, Frank by name, was a steamboat captain, and became very wealthy, but lost his fortune. Subsequentl3- ''^ engaged as a wheat speculator on a large scale, and his wealth IS now estimated at a half-million. The family of which our subject is a member consists of eight sons and two daughters, he being the eldest. .John E. is a prosperous farmer in Adams Township. Reuben P., an attorney by profession, enlisted in the Eighteenth Indiana Infantry when only fifteen years of age, and later joined the First Indiana Cavalry. He was twice wounded and later was taken prisoner, spend- ing five months or more in a rebel prison. After the war he embarked in the legal profession at Tipton, Ind., and in 1882 removed to Coffeyville, Kan., where he became a prominent politician and a popular '•slump" speaker. In 1889 he was the Dcmociatic lumiiiiee for Congress, but was de- feated. Saiiuiel, the next in the order of birth, is a resident of Sheridan. Mary J. married Lewis Small, and died leaving three children. James W. follows agricultural pursuits in Adams Township. Uoliert G., Jr., lives in Sheridan. Sarah F. married Thomas Malott, a boot and shoe merchant at Sheri- dan. Francis McKinzie, the youngest, is engaged in the lumber business at Walla Walla, Wash. In his youth our subject had few educational advan- tages, and was obliged to walk two or three miles in order to secure such schooling as he did obtain. Nineteen years old when the war broke out, our subject enlisted, October 18, 1861, as a member of Company II, Fifty-seventh Indiana Infantry', and was Color-Sergeant of his regiment. Twice he was tendered promotions, but in both cases re- fused the honor. His first baptism of fire was at Shiloh. He also proudl}' carried the colors at Stone River, when he resigned as color-bearer, but continued as Sergeant at Mission Ridge, Tallahoma, Knoxville, Resaca, Big Shanty, Kenesaw Moun- tain, Dallas, New Hope Church, Peach Tree Creek, Lovejoy Station, Jonesboro and Franklin. The battle last named occurred twelve davs after his term of enlistment had expired, but he volun- tarily took part in the engagement. Among the six sergeants who went into that fight, all were killed but him. He was wounded twice, the most severe wound being in the right thigh. He also received a slight wound in the shoulder. Aside from this, his clothes were riddled by seven bullets. His wounds were received while rescuing the colors, that were about to be wrested from the color-bearer, he at that time not being bearer of the flag, but carrying a Henry rifle. He lav on the battlefield until he was removed in an ambu- lance to N.ashviile. For some time Mr. Kercheval was conlined in the hospital's at Nashville, jNIadison and Indian- apolis, and his injuries were so serious as to en- danger his life. A less patriotic man than he would not have gone into the thickest of a des- perate encounter when his period of enlistment had expired, and he might have been en route to his home, but such was his patriotism th;it he threw himself into the very front of the battle. For two 3'ears after his return to Indiana he was compelled to use crutches, and has never since had the full use of his limbs. As soon as he was able to work, he embarked in the trade of a cm penter, and later, with the money saved while in service, purchased forty acres of land, which is now a part of his fine farm of two hundred acres. He has been one of the most successful farmers and stock- raisers of Hamilton County, and has made for himself a fair fortune, having one of the finest rural homes in the county. September 20, 1866, Mr. Kercheval married .Miss Nellie Greathouse, who was born in Highland County, Ohio, and in 1864 accompanied her father, Thomas Greathouse, a Virginian b}- birth, to Indi- ana, where Mr. Greathouse engaged in farming and also gained a local reputation as a Methodist preacher. Mr. and Mrs. Kercheval are the parents of five children, namely: Susan M.. who is a teacher in the public schools and h.as the reputa- tion of being one of the best e2. He traces his ancestry to id and England, and in the latter country lis paternal grandfather, a siicressful manufact- urer, passed his entire life. His faihcr, .John A. Campbell, was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, and in 1842, at the age of eighteen, emigrated to America and for a time traveled in the "sunny south." Upon coming north, he lo- cated in Henry County, Ind.. and began the study of medicine in Rlountsville, but the opening of the war caused him to abandon his studies. At tlie time of the opening of the Civil War, Mr. Campbell was a valiant supporter of the I'nion cause, and his patriotic spirit was at once aroused in the defense of our country, which he loved with all the fei vor of a native-born American. In 1861 he entered the army as a member of Com- pany K, Thirty-sixth Indiana Infantry, and served for three years with the rank of Sergeant. At the battle of Shiloh he was wounded in the leg, but with that exception he fortunately escaped unin- jured. At the close of the war, he returned to Indiana, and located at Chesterfield, Madison County, where his father-in-law resided. At that place he operated a sawmill, later a gristmill, and followed milling and engineering until his death. Locating in Anderson in the spring of 1871, John A. Campbell followed his chosen occupation here until his deatii, ten years later. Wiiile work- ing as engineer for the Paxson Planing Mill, he was one any engaged in piling lumber, and some of the wood accidentally falling upfiii hiin he was at once killed. He was at that time lifty-seven years of age. A m:iii of dccisixc (•h.-irai-ter and great perseverance, be \v:i~ hrbl in jii^h csli'cm by all who knew him. and w.as .'i mciiiliiT of the Chris- tian Church. Politically, he adhcri'd U> the prin- ciples of the Democratic party. The mother of our subject l)orc the maiden name of Miriam i'lMwbridgc. and was Imrn m Hamilton County. ( )hi(., being the daughter of the Rev. Joseph R. Trowbridge, wlio was born in Vir- ginia. He was a pioneer member of the Christian Church and w.as a friend of the famous Alexander Cami)bell, one of the early preachers in tliat denomination. He aided in the organization of a number of churches and w.-is prdiiiiiuMit among the people of that faith in Ohio and Indiana. He resided successively at lUountsville, Chesterlield and Muncie, Ind., and died at the place last named in 1883, aged eighty-four years. The mother of our subject is still living, and makes her home in Anderson. Of a family of three sons and one daughter, the subject of this sketch was next to the youngest. He was reared in Anderson from the age of nine years, and was for some time a student in the public and high schools of this city, graduating in 1879. Afterward he followed the profession of a teacher until 1885, and meantime employed his leisure hours in the study of law, reading with Schwinn & McMahau. lie hecame First Assistant Postmaster under .1. \V. Pence, and held that position until November, 1888, when he resigned. Later he was appointed Deputy Sheriff under James Etchison and served in that capacity until the fall of 189-2. Meantime, Mr. Camiibell continued his legal studies, and in September, 1891, he was .-idmitted to })ractice at the Bar of the state of Indiana. In .June of 1892, he was nominated on the Demo- cratic ticket for the position of Pi-osecuting Attorney and was elected in lln' fall of the .same year. During the month of November, he assumed the duties of the oflice and located on tlie corner of Ninth and .Main Streets, Anderson, ' where he still has his ofliee. As may be inferred i from the above, he is a Democrat, and he labors uu- j tiringly for party interests. In 188fi he was elected 202 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. a member of the School Board and served until June, 1892, being for two .years President of the Hoard. In Anderson, .lul}' 7, 1883, Mr. Campbell married Miss Luella Wriglit, who was born in Brown County, Ind., being a daughter of James Wright, a soldier in the late war, who was killed during active service. Tlie union of Mr. and Mrs. Campbell lias resulted in the birth of four children: Dale J., Lena, Edith and Bartlett R. In his social connections, Mr. Campbell is identified with Mt. ISIoriah Lodge, F. & A. M., the Mingo Tribe of Red Men, the Royal Arcanum, and the Order of Foresters, of whicli he is Past Chief Ranger. 'S^ICHARD THORNBURGH, a representative Lsif and thoroughly practical agriculturist and 1E\ a successful stock-raiser desirably located ^ upon section 10, Anderson Township, Mad- ison County, is a native of the state, and, through- out iiis entire life intimately associated with the growth and upward progress of his county, is widely known as a substantial and liberal spirited citizen, ever ready to lend a helping hand in all matters of mutual welfare. Born in Madison County March 18, 1843, he was the son of Thomas and Margaret (Munden) Thornburgh, early resi- dents and prominent people of the county. The father was a native of North Carolina, and leaving his birthplace when only a little lad, accompanied the paternal grandparents to Ohio, where he was reared and educated in the primitive log school- houses of the early days. From Ohio some years later, Thomas Thornburgh, following the tide of emigration, took his way to Indiana and, arriving within the borders of the state in 1837, settled in Richland Township upon a new farm. Year after j-ear patiently cultivating the fertile soil, the father brought the acres of the old homestead up to a high state of cultivation and annually rea[)ed an abundant harvest, but finally, in the spring of 1889, he removed to Anderson 'i'ownship, where he died July 2, 1890, universally mourned as a man of sterling integrity of character, a true friend and upright citizen. The widow survives and now, seventy-three years of age, resides in Anderson. A pioneer of the state, she has been an e^^e-witness of the re- markable development of Madison County and possesses many old-time friends and well-wishers. Of the six children born unto the parents, five sur- vive: Richard; Martha, wife of S. B. Moss; Mary, wife of Benjamin Lukens; John; and Jane, widow of Oliver Davis, a public-spirited citizen and early settler of Madison County, whose death was mourned as a public loss. A devout Christian, he was a member of the Friends' Society and, thor- oughlj' upright, commanded the confidence of all who knew him. Politically a Whig in early life, Mr. Davis was later a stalwart Republican and was deeply interested ifl local and national issues. Richard Thornburgh, our subject, reared amid the pioneer scenes of his youth, received instruction in the district schools of the home neighborhood and, trained up to the routine of everyday duties of agricultural pursuits, made farming the avocation of his life. Mr. Thornburgh has been especially successful as a stock-raiser and dealer in cattle and horses, and, possessed of excellent judgment and fine business ability, has been financially- prospered. Supplementing the knowledge he gained at school by keen observation and reading, Mr. Thornburgh is a man of intelligent culture and hasself-rcliantl y gained an enviable position of influence. Upon May 28, 1867, Richard Thornburgh and Miss Arabella Thomas, a native of Ohio, and the daughter of Jacob S. Thomas, of Miami County, Ind., were united in marriage. The union of our subject and his worthy wife has been blessed by the birth of seven children, five of whom are yet surviving: Charles A., Raymond D., Bessie, Thomas R. and Nellie B. January 12, 1891, the belpved wife and mother entered into rest, leav- ing to her husband and children blessed memories of her love and tender kindness. Our subject is a valued member of the United Brethren Church, and politically is an ardent Republican. Mr. Thornburgh owns eighty acres of excellent land, under a highly profitable state of cultivation and well improved with substantial and commodious PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 203 buildings. The farm liouses some fine stock of su- perior grade, our subject profitabl)- handling the best varieties. Mr. Tliornburgh is a progressive man of liberal spirit, aii.d enjoys the high esteem of a host of life-time friends. y~,ILLIAM II. WILKINS. No state in the forty-four gives greater encouragement to „ ^ a man who desires to devote himself to agricultural pursuits than does Indiana. Its re- sources are almost inexhaustible, and its climate is adapted to the cultivation of varied crops. The energy and perseverance of a man's character have nowhere a better field for manifestation than in agricultural pursuits. This is found to be the case in the career of William II. Willcins, who is not only a most successful and progressive farmer, but a business man of more than ordinary acumen. He came originally from Yadkin County, N. C, his birth occurring in 1851 to the union of George and Elizabeth (Cranflll) Wilkins, both natives of Davie County, N. C. Tiie grandfather, George Wilkins, Sr., was of Diilcii descent, and tlie maternal grand- father, Joshua Cranfill, was boin in Davie County, N. C, and followed agrirultural pursuits there for a number of years. The father of our subject was reared in Yadkin County, and made his home there until his death, in April. 1893. lie was married in 1842 to Miss Cranfill, and started out to combat life with noth- ing, not even a few articles of household furniture. He followed the occupation of a farmer and black- smith, and his first liorse was bought with the money earned by splitting rails at fifteen cents i)er hundred. He was industrious and persevering, and at the time of his death was in very comforta- ble circumstances. In politics he was a Republi- can, and in religion a l!apti>t. A slrong temper- ance man, and an honorable, worthy citizen, lie was highly- regarded in the neighborhood. To his marriage were born twelve children. Joshua died when young; Sarah Ann and Ducky are deceased; Charles died when about thirty-three j-ears of age. He married Miss Barbara (Jross, who bore him one child, George. Lydia E. is the wife of L. C. Cran- fill; William II. is our subject; George married Miss Nettie Revis and has one child; Matthew died when young; John married Miss Bettie Hoots and has three children; Nancy Jane is deceased; Sarah Jane died when young; and one died in infancy. William H. Wilkins remained with his parents until 1871, and his time was passed in arduous work on the farm, for he had to help su|)port the family. lie received no education, and when nine- teen years of age was thrown on his own rcsouivrs. For nine months he worked as a farm h.aiid and then made his way to Hancock County, Ind., land- ing there with $2.50 in money and a valise full of clothes. Soon after he went to Madison County, settling in Pendleton, and later worked for Dauiiil Snyder shucking corn. After that he cut and handled cordwood until February, 1872, when he went to Van Biiren County to visit relatives. There he hired to .1. A. Allen and was engaged in general farm work for six months, onlj- losing six days during that time. After that he began work for Dan Webster, continued with him for a few months, and then ai)|)cared in Hancock Coun- ty, where he husked corn, cut cordwood and split rails for two years. Ditching then occupied his attention for some time and then he came to Madison County, where he was engaged in the same business, but only a short time, giving up the contract for ditching and engaging in merchan- dising. Mr. Wilkins was first in business as clerk with Roseborn & Howard, but only for a few months, after which he branched out for himself with a (■ai)ital of *.')00, although he had saved aliout ^()00. For three montlis he ran an oyster stand and for a short time was in partnershi)) with B. S. Payne. Later he engaged in business alone, buying out his partner, and has been without a part- ner ever since. In 1882 he moved to his present place of business. On the 9th of January, 1881, he was married to Miss Mary E. Spitzmesser, a na- tive of Boone Township, Madison County, born in 1861, and the daughter of Dennis and Betsey (Neltuer) Spitzmesser, natives of Germany and Ireland, respectively. Mr. Spitzmesser is now one of the foremost farmers of Boone Township. Mrs. 204 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Wilkins died on the Uth of December, 1892. She was a most worth)' Christian womay and was a member of tlie Methodist Episcopal Church, be- ing converted under the preaching of Dr. Wood- worth in 1885. Slie was quite an active woriter in the churcii, and was well thought of by all. Two children were born to this union, Maudie Blanclie and .Jolinny P'loyd. Mr. Williins is now tlie owner of one hundred and thirty-five acres of land, a part of which he worked on when lie came to Indiana, and he also owns a stock of goods valued at §7,000, and a very pleasant home. He is interested in the Fairview Addition and is a stock- holder and Treasurer of the Johnson Land Com- pany. He also owns an interest in tlie brick fac- tory. In politics Mr. Wilkins is a Proiiibitionist, and in religion a Methodist, lieing Steward and Treasurer of that cliuich. iN"i^li^#!#^^K /^EGRGEW. I5R0WN, a representative ag- f|[ (— -^ riculturist and prosperous stock-raiser suc- ^^(Jl cessfully conducting a fine farm desirably located upon section 19, Lafayette Townsliip, Madison Count}-, is a native of the state, and from liis earliest 3'outh has been identified with tiie progressive interests of Indiana. He was born in Rush County, .luly 6, 1843, and is tlie son of Hon. George W. and Elizabeth (Trees) Brown, both of the parents being natives of Oliio. Tlie paternal grandparents were numbered among the early pioneers of Indiana, removing hitlier from Ohio with their family in the early '20s. Grandmotlier Hannah Brown, a true pioneer of the west, named Richland Townsliip in Rush County, and was widely known for her courage and energetic en- terprise. The father of our subject, the Hon. George W. Brown, possessed executive ability of a high order, and, appreciated by his fellow-cit- izens, for two terms efticientiy represented Rush County in the State Legislature. Discharging the duties intrusted to his care to the great satisfac- tion of ills constituents, he achieved an enviable reputation as a public otlicial, and subsequently represented Shelby County twice in the State Leg- islature. Finally elected State Senator from the latter county, he was giving faithful and earnest consideration to state affairs when he was stricken with mortal illness and upon May 17, 1858, passed away, mourned as a public loss. He was politically a Democrat, and, an earnest advocate of the Party of tlie People, was eloquent in argument and log- ical in discussions. When a young man the father entered the min- istry of the Christian Church and although he afterward practically abandoned the pulpit, was ever a devout Christian and a man of sterling in- tegrity. He and liis excellent wife welcomed to their hearts and home a family of bright and in- telligent children, most of whom survived to use- ful manhood and womanhood. The living sons and daughters are: Mary A., wife of William Crail, of .Jasper County, 111.; Hannah E., wife of Gerard Burton, of Cherokee County, Kan.; John O., of Jasper County, 111.; Adam T., residing in Hancock County Ind.; Emiline, wife of J. J. Burton, of Jasper County, 111.; and George W. Our subject in 1847, then four years of age, re- moved from his birthplace with his father and mother, who then located in Shelby County. In this part of the state Mr. Brown was mainly I'eared and educated. His father died when he was only a bo)-, and shortly after that bereavement the eldest brother entered the Union army, and, en- gaging in ttie perils of the Civil War. left the care of the home farm and the widowed mother to our subject. That patriotic son and brother, constantly subject to the exposure and suffering of a soldier, was taken ill with typhoid fever at Pilot Knob, Mo., and died far from home and friends. Two of the other brothers who had likewise enlisted re- turned in safety at the close of the war. The first sciiool Mr. Brown ever attended was held in a little log cabin and w.as paid for by sub- scription. Later he enj03-ed the advantages of instruction in a more advanced district school and he well improved the golden opportunities for study which presented themselves in Shelby County. Arrived at manhood, energetic, ambi- tious and self reliant, our subject took unto him- self a wife. It was upon August 1, 1865, that George W. Brown and Miss Margaret L. McK.ay PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 205 were united in nianiage. Tlie estimable wife of our subject was a native of Jefferson County, Ind., and tlie daugbter of Samuel and Nanc_y McKa.y. Mrs. I'.iown removed witli ber parents to Slielby County wbeu a young girl, and tbere received her educa- tion in the district schools. Kigbt sons and daughters blessed the union of our subject and his worthy wife. .lane C, the eldest born, is now the wife of .John .1. Closser; Eliza .1. is the widow of Francis Ashton; the others are, SamucHl.. Will- iam II., George W., :\Iinerva H.. Klmer K. and Catherine A. From Shelby County Mr. Ur.iwM removed in the fall of 1HH4 to his present fine farm in .Madison County, which has since been his,[)erma- neiit home. He owns two hundred acres of choice land, now brought up to a high state of cultivation and well improved with modern and substantial buildings. Fraternally, in early years connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, our subject has not been an active member of the order for some time. Politieallj' a Democrat, Mr. IJrown is intelligently posted in both local and national affairs. He is a valued member of the Christian Church and a ready aid in all matters of benevo- lent enterprise. Financially prospered, and with unvarying industry making his upward way in life, our subject has likewise gained a position where, respected and'esteemed, his useful influence is a power for good. He and his devoted wife enjoy the confidence of all who know them, and ill the evening of their lives may rest content that in the battle of life they have fought a good fight. l^-h^i ANIEL M. SCOTT is one of the pioneers of Alexandria, and one of its wealthiest and most esteemed citizens. He was born near Morgantown, Monongalia County, \V. Va., June 17, 1828, a son of William T. and .luliet (Marchand) Scott, the former of whom was liorn in West Virginia in December, 1795, and the l.'itter in Westmoreland County, Pa., September 5, 18(11. The paternal grandfather, James Scott, was a Virginian, and at one time while helping to de- fend his father's home against an attack from the Indians be was woumlrd Miidonrof lii> >M,'is was killed. He was a phuilor, and at one time owned a large number of slaves, and belonged to oiu' of the most prominent of the old Colonial families of Virginia. He died m his native stale. William T. ScotI, .•lUbouob but a boy of seven- teen years at the time of the War of 1812, did good service as a recruit iiig ollicer, and became a man of more than ordinary intelligence in after yeais. lie followed the occupation of {eachiiig tor s.uiic lime, and alioi.t, I,s:;i started down the Ohio Kiver for 1 mliaiia, and lirst resided for some time in .leffersonville, where he supported himself for some time by teaching, as he had come to the slate a very poor man. From Jeffersonvillo he went to Henry Count.y, where for a time he was engaged in farming in a small way, then went to Delaware County and look up forty acres of land four miles west of Muncie, where he lived until 1847. He later bought property near Alexandria, his homestead being the place now owned by Rob- ert II. Hannah, who married his daughter and lo- cated on South Harrison Street, now in the heart of a bustling city. On this place he died in March, 1862. He had one brother, Dorsey, who was a Baptist preacher. Rolla, another brother, became a lawyer, was Clerk of the Circuit Court in Brown County, and was a man of some politi- cal note. Another brother, Sanford, was a farmer near Anderson, Ind., and died in that city about 1873. A sister was married to Alexander Men- efee, of Anderson, and died in the winter of 1893, at the age of seventy-five years. The ma- ternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch. Dr. James Marchand, was a prominent phj-sician of his day, and died in what is now Irvin Station, being a descendant of the French Huguenots. He was married twice, and by both wives became the father of sons who followed in his footsteps and became physicians. Tlie3- were members of the Presbyterian Church and devout Christians. Daniel M. Scott was the eldest of three brothers, and he had seven sisters, four of whom were older than himself. Eliza A. married Amos Collins, is a widow and resides in Anderson, Ind., with a daughter; Amelia married William Crim, and died in Anderson in the fall of 1892; Isabel mar- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ried Dr. John Home, of Yorktown, Ind.; Marie A. married Dr. Joseph Pugh, who was many years Treasurer of Madison County; Caroline married R. n. Hannah, who is one of the wealthiest men of Alexandria, and has been one of the principal promoters of the growth of the place; Matilda J. died at about the age of thirty years, unmarried; James is in the grocery business in Alexandria; and Rolla was for many years in the County Clerk's office in Anderson, and died when about forty years old, his wife also being dead. The early advantages of Daniel M. Scott were of a limited nature, from the fact that the country was new at the time his parents located here, and his services were required in assisting his father to gain the necessaries of life rather than in acquir- ing an education, although he did attend school for some time at the regulation log schoolhouse, being compelled to walk from two to three miles to do so. In the fall of 1846 he entered a store as a clerk at Yorktown, and in 1858 en- gaged in the mercantile business on his own ac- count at Independence, where he made consider- able money. In 1864 he came back to Alexan- dria, where he continued merchandising until 1883, then bought grain and dealt in stock, in all of which enterprises he showed good judgment and made money. In 1864 our subject bought forty-six acres of land adjoining the little village of Alexandria, to which he added from time to time until he had a large and valuable farm. This valuable property was greatly increased in value by the boom the place took about this time, and he, in company with Ijis brother-in-law, J. W. Parsons, and Dr. J. W. Pugh laid out the Riverside Addition to Alex- andria, which is a beautiful residence district. (A more complete notice of this place is given in the sketch of J. W. Parsons.) Mr. Scott also owns property in the main part of the city, and has one lot on Harrison Street for which he has refused $4,000, and which was bought by his father about forty years ago for an old shot-gun. Mr. Scott has done a great deal to make Alexandria the stir- ring and bustling cit}' that it is, and was instru- mental in securing the two railroads of the place, and helped to build the gravel roads. He has served as Township Trustee for six or eight years, but outside of that Jias never held any political office, nor has he desired to do so. All the mem- bers of his family have been Democrats from the cradle, and this party receives his support also. Mr. Scott was married July 6, 1859, to Miss Jennie E. Banks, who was born in Wayne County, Ind., February 28, 1839, a daughter of Adam Banks, a prominent farmer, and to them but one child was born, William T., who died at the age of two and a-half years. However, they have reared and educated three children: Flora B., the daughter of his brother-in-law, Jonathan W. Par- sons, and now the wife of Dr. J. W. Pugh; and her brother, Adolph N., who died at his home when twenty-six years of age. Mr. Parsons has been a Mason for forty years, and is a liberal supporter of the Christian Church, to which his wife belongs. His business career has been a most remarkable one, for he started in life with but little education, and is now one of the wealthiest self-made men of Madison County. At the present time he is liv- ing a quiet life in his beautiful home, surrounded by an abundance of this world's goods and a host of warm friends, wiiose respect, conBdence and affection he highly prizes. SYDNEY CROPPER is engaged extensively in general agricultural pursuits and is the ! owner of a fine farm located in Delaware Township, Hamilton County, in addition to which he owns one hundred and sixty .acres in Tipton County. His biography, which we will now briefly review, affords a good illustration of the fact that industry and good judgment will al- most invariably bring their possessor abundant material success, although at the beginning of his career he may have neither capital nor friends. In this connection a brief mention of the par- ents of our subject will not be amiss. His father, Leavin Cropper, was born in Hackensack County, Md., in 1781, and was reared upon a farm, receiv- ing but a limited education. His first marriage united _him with Miss Polly Selby, and they be- came the parents of four children: John, Peter PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 207 Nancy and Nathaniel, C)f whom Nancy is tlie sole survivor. In an early day Mr. Cropper removed to Kentucky, and there, after the death of bis first wife, he married Sopliia, daughter of Granville Reed, a native of "\'iruinia. Their union resulted in the birth of the following children: "William, deceased; Polly, wife of Robert Stoop; Edmund; Sydney; JMadisoii; Saumel; I.iutilia; Leavin, de- ceased; Solomon ; l).-i\iil, dc(ea>c(l; and .Joseph, de- ceased. Toward the latter pait of his life Leavin Croi)- per removed to Decatur County, Ind., and re- mained ujwn a farm live years, when he moved to Marion County, where he remained until his death, which occurred at the age of seventy-four. His wife had passed away many years prior to his de- mise, her death occurring when our subject was fourteen. The father, politically, was identified with the Whigs; in his religious convictions he was an earnest and faithful member of the Primi- tive liaptist Cluncli, in nhicli faith he died. A man of broad and generous .sympathies, fine sense of justice, one felt instinctively that he was a good man, lliat his judgiiient w.-is sound and liis motives exalted. From Bourbon County, Ky., where he was born in 1823, Sydney Cropper was taken by his parents to Scott County, the same state, and thence, at the age of eight years, went to Decatur, Ind., where he remained for live years. Later, he re- moved to Marion County, this state. At the age of nineteen, he left the parental home, and, pro- ceeding to Paris, III., started to learn the trade of a saddler. As that was not exactly suited to his tastes, he abandoned tiie trade in a few months, and going to Greensburg, Ind., learned the ti'ade of a blacksmith and manufacturer of plows. Me has followed his trade to some extent throughout his entire life, but for many years has given his attention principally to farming, and is now the owner of one hundred and sixteen acres in Ham- ilton County and one hundred and si.Kty acres in Tipton Count}', in addition to which he has given his two children forty acres each. In Valparaiso, Ind., on the 27thof May, 1857, Mr. Cropper married Miss Sarah A., daughter of Will- iam and Catherine (Van Dalsen) Mowery. Two children were born of this union: Catherine, wife of Clark Wall; and (leiieva, who married (ieorge A. Leatherman. Both .Mr. and Mrs. Cropper are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has served .as Class-leader for more than twenty years. Socially, he is a demitted memlier of the Masonic fraternity. While not ac- tive in politics, he is a stanch Kepublican, and has officiated as Justice of the Peace for eight years, in which position he has displ.ayed the possession of sound common sense, line judicial aliility and accurate judgment. The paternal grand|)arents of Mrs. Crojjper were Valentine and Susan Mowery, natives of \'ir- ginia, and the parents of eleven children, of whom the eldest and youngest were sons, the youngest being the father of Mrs. Cropiier. The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Cropper were Henry and Eunice (Zobeiska) Van Dalsen, natives of New York and New .Jersey, respectively, but of Holland and Polish descent. There were but two children m the family of William Mowery, Mrs. Cropper and a sister, Eu- nice, who married E. L. Whitcomb, by whom she had five children, but one now livinsj. W;i W. READ, a prominent business man and senior partner of the prosperous firm of W. W. Read & Co., wholesale grocers of Anderson, discovered some time since that his present localit}- offered great opportunities to men of enterprise, and with excellent judgment decided to establish himself here, and in the month of .September, 1889, opened his present commodious store. He was guided in his choice of business by the fact that Anderson pos.se.ssed no wholesale grocery house, and, observing the rapid growth of the town and the constantly- increasing need of such an establishment, at once resolved to become the pioneer in his especial line of trade. The ven- ture w.as from the first a pronounced success, the sales far exceeding the brightest anticipations of our subject. As yet the only house of its kind in the flourishing town of Anderson, the energetic 208 portrait: and biographical record. firm of W. W. Read & Co. commands an exten- sive trade, covering a large territory, and reach- ing far out into tlie surrounding country. Mr. Read liad for many years been engaged as a trusted employe in responsible positions in the dry-goods business, but, a man of executive ability, was not satisfied to longer remain in tlie service of others.and finally resolved to start out for him- self. His long experience of twenty-five years with the well known dry-goods firm of H. S. Pogue & Co., of Cincinnati, Ohio, was an invalu- able apprenticeship, thoroughly training him in tlie manner and method of conducting an immense business. The firm, appreciating his unquestion- able judgment and efficiency, placed Mr. Read in charge of the wholesale department of the busi- ness, which he successfully conducted for fifteen years, and during this entire length of time also held with ability tlie responsil)le position of buyer of goods. A man of close observation, our sub- ject in handling the interests of others acquired a knowledge and confidence which peculiarly adapted him to prosperously manage an extensive business of his own. During his long residence in the city of Cincin- nati, Mr. Read enjo.yed the pleasure of a wide ac- quaintance and possessed the confidence of many friends, who regretted his departure from the firm with whom he had so long sustained the most sat- isfactory business relations. In beginning busi- ness upon his own account, he saw that every de- partment of his store was furnished with a com- plete line of goods, and no wholesale grocery house in Madison County offers to its customers a finer stock or choicer variety of goods than W. W. Read &. Co., who are now numbered among the substantial business men of this locality. Mr. Read, devoting himself untiringly to the demands of commercial life, has no desire for political pre- ferment, but is nevertheless deeply interested' in both local and national issues, and, a public-spir- ited citizen, ardently advocates the development of local improvements and enterprise. In 1873, in Brookville, Ind., W. W. Read and Miss Carrie S. Speer were united in marriage. The estimable and accomplished wife of our subject was the daughter of Henry Speer, a manufacturer of paper in the town of Brookville for many years. He was a man of fine business attainments and was well known and highly regarded in Cin- cinnati, where he long conducted a salesroom. Mr. and Mrs. Read have been blessed b^^ the birth of three children: a daughter. Miss Carrie E. Read, a social favorite among her large circle of friends; and a boy and girl who died in infancy. ..^w^^^^-.-^ ^ <^ IJKilLLIAM E. JOHN, a successful fanner re- \rj/i siding upon section 4, Union Township^ ^^ is numbered among the representative residents of Madison County, wheie he was born on the 17th of January, 1844. He is the sou of William and Catherine (Glodfeit}-) John, natives respectively of Ohio and Pennsylvania. His pa- ternal ancestors were presumably of Welsh origin, while on his mother's side he is of Pennsylvania- Dutch descent. The father of our subject accom- panied his parents to Indiana during the early part of the present centuiy and, settling in the woods of Madison County on the White River, commenced the arduous task of clearing the land and improving a farm. By trade a blacksmith, AVilliam John followed that occupation throughout his entire active life, and in connection therewith engaged extensively in agricultural pursuits. During the early period of his residence in this county, he experienced all the hardships incident to existence on the fron- tier, but with undaunted courage and persever- ance he achieved success in spite of every obsta- cle. He made his home in this count}^ until called lience by death in 1889. Of the children born to his marriage, four survive, namely: Margaret J., the wife of Lewis Dilts; William E., of this sketch; Thomas A., a resident of Anderson; and Charlotte, who is the wife of John M. McGriff. In his polit- ical belief, Mr. John, Sr., was a Democrat, and was often elected upon the ticket of that party as the incumbent of local offices of trust. A stanch ad- vocate of the public schools, he frequently served as School Director, and was instrumental in pro- moting educational affairs. The subject of this notice was reared to man- «^ ^^M^^^t^ctyL ^^6^6/^ 'i- -^ m h :/V'/ o£.y/4^-^UL PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 213 hood in the county of his birth, receiving in the district schools such educational artviintages as were then offered to the young. Mucli of iiis' time was devoted to the task of removing tlie dense forest growth, and in other pioneer work. He was married in 18C6 to Miss Nancy E. Dunhani, a na- tive of Madison County, Ind., her fatlier. We-ley Dunham, liaving lieen an early settler of Inlon Township, and now a resident of Anderson. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. John, of whom the five following survive: William W., Thomas II., Ada T., Charles H. and Gideon E. Theodore K. is deceased. After his marriage, Mr. John located upon the farm wliere he has since resided. He is now the owner of one hundred and eighty acres, upon which he has placed all the improvements charac- teristic of a model estate. Here he conducts a general farming business, devoting his attention to planting and ploughing, and to other labors in- cident to rural life. In all his work he uses ex- cellent judgment, displaying the possession of abilities of a high order. Politically he is prom- inent in the councils of the Democratic party in this section, and gives his support to all me.asures of a public-spirited character. Socially, he and his family are iiighly regarded by all who enjoy the pleasure of their acquaintance. . J] AMES W. Mc;MAIIAN, who is engaged in general farming and stock-raising on section I 6, White River Township, Hamilton Coun- _ ' ty, was born in Marion County, Ind., De- cember 1, 1837. He traces his ancestry to James McMahan, a native of Scotland, who came to America in 1714, and died in 1797. His son John was born May 23, 1741. The grandparents of our subject, James and Letitia (Asbury) McJIahan, were natives of North Carolina, and in an early day removed to Kentucky. The}" were married December 3, 1797, and had a family of six sons and five daughters. The gieat-great-grandmother was a niece of Daniel Boone. The father of our subject at the age of eleven 10 3'ears began life for himself. About 1837, he married Priscilla Morrow. In 1833, lie came to Indiana, locating in Indianapolis and working at his trade of a plasterer until 1844, when lie re- moved to a farm twenty-nine miles west, where he kept a tavern for four years. Returning to the city, he engaged in dealing in stock, and bought hundreds of horses for the United States Govern- ment during the war. He was an old-time stage agent, and also collected the postage. After his return to Indianapolis, he bought a grist and saw mill at Plainfleld, and subsequently carried on a general store until 1801, when he sold out and removed to a farm in White County. Three years later he went to Noblesville, where for a time he conducted a mercantile business, and later engaged in farming and trading until his death. He was a prominent and successful business man and accumulated quite a fortune. He died Aug- ust 19, 1884; his widow is still living in Nobles- ville. The}' were the parents of ten children, four sons and six daughters. Under the parental roof, James W. McMahan was reared to manhood, no event of special im- portance occurring during his youth save his serv- ice in the late war. Prompted by patriotic impulses, he enlisted August 9, 1862, as a member of Company A, Fourth Indiana Cavalry. He went immediately to the front, and in Tennessee was taken prisoner, being paroled and kept in parol camp from February until June, 1863. He served as Quartermaster-Sergeant during the lat- ter part of the war, and after the cessation of hostilities was honorably discharged, June 28, 1865. For three years he faithfully defended the Old P'lag, which now floats so pndidly over the united nation. In 1869, Mr. McMahan was united in marriage with Susan F. Flanders, who was born September 11, 1848, and died September 18, 189U. Eight children were born of that union, of whom four aie still living: Sara M., John D., James A. and Susan J. All have been provided with good ed- ucational advantages. For three years, Mr. McMahan engaged in farm- ing in connection with his father-in-law and after- ward rented land for thirteen years. Meantime POilTRAlT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. lie purchased one hundred and sixty acres, to which he has since added, until the farm now com- prises four hundred and fifty acres of valuable land, under a high state of cultivation and well improved. He successfully carries on general farming and stock-raising, and has become one of the substantial citizens of the community. In pol- itics, he was formerly a Republican, then became a Democrat, but now is independent, voting for the man whom he thinks best qualified for the oflice. Favoring a revision of the tariff, and op- posed to protection, as we are not infants in any sense of the word at this day and time in the way of manufacturing, he voted for Cleveland. Mr. McMahan is a self-educated and self-made man, and his example may well serve to encourage oth- ers who, like himself, have to begin life's battles empty-handed. His career demonstrates the fact that success is the reward of earnest effort. J JOSEPH SHAFER, a progressive and pros- perous general farmer and stock-raiser of I Indiana, and a long time and highly re- ' spected resident of Duck Creek Township, Madison County, has from his earliest youth been associated with the leading interests of the state, and, born within the boundaries October 6, 1855, is a native of Franklin County. His father, James Shafer, was likewise a native of the same county, and was there reared. He was the son of early pioneers, who energetically aided in reclaiming the land from its unproductive condition and lived and died amid the changing scenes and growth of enterprise which transformed the wild prairies and timber land of the state into highly cultivated farms waving with grain. He received his edu- cation in the primitive log schoolhouse of the neighborhood, but early began the battle of life, assisting his parents in the agricultural duties of the old homestead, and self-reliantly winning his upward way to a position of comfortable inde- pendence. Attaining to mature age lie married, and, soon after the birth of our subject removed. in 1855, with his wife and family to Madison County. He settled upon another farm and for more 'than two-score years tilled the fertile soil of hi 5 broad acres, passing away upon his homestead April 23, 1889. The mother, Frances (Ward well) Shafer, was the daughter of Isaac Ward well and the descendant of a long line of intelligent and liighly respected Eng- lish ancestry. The Shafers were of German descent and possessed the thrifty industry and upright character bequeathed to them by their sturdy fore- fathers. Joseph Shafer was the j'oungest of the five children who blessed the home of the parents. Nancy, the eldest daughter, is the wife of a suc- cessful physician. Dr. J. D. Armfleld, who with his family makes his home in Elwood, where he enjoys a large practice; Abbie married James Hinds, now deceased, and is residing in Elwood; William E., a successful fanner, cultivates a fine homestead iu Duck Creek Township; Joseph attended the dis- trict schools of his home township and, reared in his present locality, is identified with the growth and progress of Duck Creek Township, which forty-five years ago was in a comparatively primi- tive condition, neighbors being few and far between. Removing hither when an infant, Mr. Shafer has, with the exception of a brief period, made this part of Indiana his lifetime home. He remained with his father, working industriously upon the old farm, until twenty-one years of age and then began life for himself. After fanning one year at New Lancaster, our subject returned again to the old farm, and prosperously continues in the till- ing of the soil of Duck Creek Township, where he raises fine crops of hay and grain and also profit- ably handles a high grade of cattle and horses. Upon December 22, 1878, were united in mar- riage Joseph Shafer and Miss AUie Stretchei, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Mack) Stretcher. The pleasant home of our subject and his estima- ble wife has been brightened by the birth of three children, two daughters and one son, Chloe, Ettie and James Arthur. They are all at home and are in- telligent young people, social favorites witli many friends. Mr. and Mrs. Shafer are valued members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Shafer is one of the Trustees of that religious organization PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 215 and is a liberal giver in belialf of its support. He is politically a Republican, hut lias no aspirations for office, and is content to do his duty as a kind neighbor, true friend and private citizen, ever ready to lend a helping iiand in all matters of local welfare and improvement. AMUEL EDCxAR BUSBY. In glancing over the biographies presenlcd upon llioc pages, the reader Las doulitlcs^ been im- pressed by the fact that by far the largest [)roportion of the representative men of this sec- tion of Indiana have commenced their business life without moneyed capital or influential friends, and have steadily worked their way upward un- til success has crowned their efforts. Such, in brief, is the record of the life of Samuel E. Busby, a prosperous agriculturist of Stony Creek Town- ship, Madison Country, and the owner of four hundred and forty-three acres of valuable land. Of this property one hundred acres are situated near Noblesville and are uuder excellent cultiva- tion. The successful career of Mr. Busl)y is es- pecially notovvorthy when we consider that at the time of his arrival in this county he was a poor man, witli only a small amount of money to in- vest in land. Before giving in detail the imi)ortant events in the life of our subject, some mention of his ances- tors will be appropriate. His grandfather, Isaac Busby, was of English descent, and was a mill- wright by trade. From North Carolina he re- moved to West Virginia, and thence came to In- diana, settling first in Wayne County, and remov- ing from there to Madison County, where he entered one hundred and sixty acres of Govern- ment land. A man of powerful physique, muscu- lar and well built, he was fitted for the pioneer task of developing a farm from the wilderness. In i)olitics he was a Whig, and in religious mat- ters affiliated with the Universalists. His death occurred in Madison County at the ripe old age of more than ninety years. He was the father of four sons and three daughters, all of whom are deceased. The father of our suhjpft. Thomas lUisbv. was born in North Carolina in ITSH.and came to In- diana about 1H.S2, locating on Kail Creek, whore he rented one hundred acres of .lonalhan Justis, a Quaker. He also entered oiu; half-section of land in Stony Creek Township, upon whicli he settled, spending the remaining years of his life at this pl.ace. His entire family aided him in the work of clearing .and improving the property, which be- came a valuable farm. Politically he was a Dem- ocrat until the Kansas War. after which he allili- ated with the Hepiiblieans. For many years he served as Justice of the Peace and occupied other positions of prominence. A man of excellent judgment, he was one of tiie first to take stock in the Big Four Railroad, and the events of i.ater years displayed his sound common sense in that regard. Careful in the investment of nu)ney, he was equally careful, though by no rne.ans frugal, in its expenditure. He inlierited one slave, liut gave him his liberty upon becoming of age. Fond of reading, he had an excellent memory and could relate in a most entertaining manner incidents in his career or events of which he had read. Prior to migrating to this state he resided in West Vir- ginia. The marri.age of Mr. I.usby, Sr., unite a native of An- derson and was born on the 8tli of Sep- ember, 1855, the son of (k-orge K. Diven, who was born in the state of Ohio and came to In- diana when a boy of fifteen. At the age of twenty-two he located at Muiicie, where he re- mained until 1850, when he removed to Anderson and resided until 1857. The same year he moved to 224 i'ORTEAlT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Pendleton and engaged in the hardware business. In 1874 he retired from business and removed to a farm near Pendleton, where he died in 1878, at the age of fift3--one years. He was of Scotch-Irish ancestry. During his residence in Madison County he was one of the most enterprising Ijusiness men. Mr. Diven's mother was Araminta W. Silver, daughter of William Silver, an early settler of Madison County. He died in 1888, at the age of eighty-flve, and Mr. Diven's mother died in 1879. She had seven children, of whom William S. was the third. The others are: Dr. Charles E., of Per- kinsville; Mrs. Mary Campbell, widow of the late D. W. Campbell; James R., in the drj'-goods busi- ness; Anderson; Martha L., wife of H. J. Thomp- son, of Ogden, Utah; and Alice B., wife of David K. Ooss, of Heidelberg, Germany. George R. is deceased. William S. Diven spent his boyhood in Pendle- ton and received his early education in the com- mon schools of that place and Anderson. He began the study of law in 1876 and toolc a course of stud\' in the Albany Law School, and was grad- uated from Union University in 1879. He then re- turned to Anderson and began the practice of law in partnership with Hon. Charles L. Henry. This arrangement continued until 1881, when he went west. Returning to Anderson, he resumed his practice until 1883, when he became editor and proprietor of the Anderson lieview. Devoting a year to the newspaper business, he relinquished it for the law, practicing alone until January 1, 1892, then becoming the senior partner in the firm of Diven ^r~ a leading merchant of Centreville; Hugh L. was a successful general agriculturist; Mary became the wife of Elisha Willets, a i)ros- perous farmei-, and had a large family who are now scattered, residing in various locations of the coun- try; Anna married in middle life, but had nochil- Tlie father of our subject was a man of liberal education, and taught school in his early life dur- ing the winter and fanned in summer. In 1837, he engaged in mercantile business at Milton, Ind., and later had branch stores in other places. In ISH), with the tide of westward emigration, the father crossed the plain.s, and for some time pros- pected and mined in California, but not meeting with great success, returned to Indiana. The growing gold excitement, however, tempted him again to the Pacific Coast, but finally he came back to Indiana, and in 1867 passed away at tlie home of our subject. The mother, Mary (Hayes) Han- nah, born in Wayne County, Ind., April 18, 1808, was the daughter of Robert Hayes, an Indiana pioneer, born March 20, 1776. She was united in marriage with the father March 6, 1828. January 2'.i, 1829, a son, James, was born, but died when aliout fifteen years old. Mrs. Mary (Hayes) Han- nah had but one other child, our subject, Robert, whose birth she s father married tw ond wife had twi daiiiihter and on vived only oi • after her dea ions and one son died vol aughtei a. Th brother, Josephus, attained to manhood, but en listing during the Civil War in the Nineteenth In- diana Regiment, died during the service. By the third marriage there were two half-sisters. (Jiie of whom died at twelve years of age. Sarah inanicii Mr. Willetts, and is now a resident (»f St. Louis. Mr. Hannah and this half-sister are the sole repre- sentatives of the father now living. After the death of the mother, our subject liv<'d with an uiu-le until his father manic! a.y.Min. .Ml. Hannah, remaining in boyliood on a farm, was educated in Milton and Dublin, Ind., and when he was fifteen years old began to learn the saddler's trade. In 18411, nineteen years of age, he located in Alexandria, and in company with another young man started a harness slio|). He remained in this business until lM.").s. In ij-ifjo were united in marriage Robert 11. Hannah and Miss Caroline Scott, daughter of \\'illiaiii T. Scott and sister of Daniel M. Scott, now (jnc of Ihc wealthiest men in Alexandria. Our sal)ject and his estimable wife were v^'eddcd on the same lot where they now live, and where the father of Mrs. Hannah had resided so many years before. After his marriage removing with his wife to Independ- ence, Mr. Hannah clerked in a store three years, and in 1863 again made his home in Alexandria, from that time until 1871 devoting himself to the mercantile business in the latter city. He was later, for a year and a-half, engaged in the mercan- tile business in ElwootL In 1874 elected Clerk of Madison County, our subject with aliilit\ dis- charged the duties of the office four years, and then, although urged to accept the position again, refused to do so, and for three years resided in Anderson to give his children the advantages of an education there attainable. He w.as the owner of a valuable farm near Alexandria, and profitably eng.aged in the stock business. Returning to .\lex- andria and the mercantile trade, Mr. Hannah was instrumental in putting down the first gas well in the county, and through his earnest efforts in securing the establishment of the first factory lo 228 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. cated in Alexandria, the earlj' boom of the city was in a great measure due. Our subject built the first brick block in the town after the discovery of gas, and lias been one of the prominent promoters of the vital interests of the city. All of the build- ings he has erected in Alexandria would do credit to a much larger place, and one block has seven capacious store rooms. Mr. Hannah is one of the owners of tlie Alex- andria National Bank Building, and is also one of the owners of the "3 H" Block, built by our sub- ject, Senator Harlan and C. F. Heratage, Cashier of tlie Alexandria National Bank. Mr. Hannah was one of four who erected the magnificent opera house, at a cost of §25,000, and was one of the parties who organized the Alexandria National Bank, of which he remains a valued Di- rector. He is one of the proprietors of the gas well which furnishes Alexandria with itslightand fuel, and there are few if any of the large enter- prises of the city with which our able subject has not been connected. Mr. Hannah, who is literally a self-made man, winning his own way upward to a high position of useful influence, is a financier of executive ability, and undoubtedly the wealth- iest capitalist now interested in the upward growth and extended progress of Alexandria. Possessing unlimited faith in the town, he has with judgment invested his money here, sure of an abundant return in the near future. Mr. Hannah is fraternally one of the prominent Masons of the state, and joined the order when twenty-two years of age. He assisted in organizing the lodge at Alexandria in 1856, and was its first, and is now its present. Master, and is also High Priest of the Chapter. He is a Knight Templar and a Scottish Bite M.ason, and is an enthusiastic and valued member of the honored order. Politically, early a Whig, he later voted for Douglas, and has ever since voted the Democratic state and national ticket, but IS independent in local politics. Mr. and Mrs. Hannah are the parents of six children. The eldest son, William S., a live-stock dealer of Kansas City, Kan., is married and has two children, Catherine and Robert. The eldest daughter, Minnie, married J. W. Malone, a con- tractor in Alexandria, and has two children, Rob- ert and Caroline. Vivia, married to J. B. Clark and residing in Anderson, has two children, Victor and Ruth. Etta, wife of S. G. Phillips. Assistant Cashier of the Alexandria National Bank and a large property owner, has one son, Robert. The other two children of our subject and his excel- lent wife died in childhood. Mr. Hannah with his wife resides in an elegant home on Harrison Street, where their many friends meet a cordial wel- come. Making excellent use of tlie fortune which he has gained, and ever ready to lend a helping hand in good work and matters of mutual wel- fare, our subject commands the esteem of all who know him, and in every duty of lifeas a neigiibor, citizen and man of wealth, has made an enviable record, of which his family aiul friends may well be proud. 1 y^, RS. REBECCA JOHNSTON, an honored pioneer settler of Indiana and a lady of high ability and worth, long a resident of section 9, Anderson Township, Madison County, -is the widow of Robert J. Johnston, a native of Indiana, widely known and highly esteemed, and from the early daj'S numbered among tlie successful agriculturists of the state. Mrs. Johnston, a native of Preble County, Ohio, was born December 31, 1832. Her parents, Ja- cob and Mary E. (Ilgen) Bower, were natives of tlie fartiier e.ast, Jacob Bower having been born in tlie state of Pennsylvania while tiie birthplace of tlie mother was in New Jersey. The maternal ancestors were of German origin an<| bequeathed to their various descendants the virtues of energy, thrift and industry which materially aided them up the pathway of life to assured success. When our subject was about nine months old, her father and mother with their family removed to Indiana, and located in Randolph County, their home for a number of years. They later came to Madison County and settled in Anderson Township, when Mrs. Johnston was a little girl ten years old. The father surviving his change of residence but a twelvemonth, the bereaved mother reiurned with our subject to her old friends in Randolph County, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RP:C0RD. wliere tl)e widow made her lionie and tenderly reared her daughter Rebecca. Our subject received lier education in tlie little lojj schoolhouse of those primitive days, and al- though she had only limited opportunities for gaining book knowledge, through her keen habits of observation and reading, materially added to her fund of valuable information. Trained by hi'r careful and prudent mother into the ways of the household, Mrs. .Toimston reached adult age capable, earnest and self-reliant and w:is well Htted to care for a home wlicu she (inally em- barked in matrimony. I'pon January 21, 1853, were united in mar- riage, Robert J. Johnston and Miss Rebecca Uower, the newly made husband and wife receiVing the hearty best wishes of many friends. Mr. John- ston, a native of Indiana and the .son of Isaac and Mary Johnston, located with his parents in Ander- son Township, Madison County, when only a small lad, his father and mother being numbered among the pioneers of the county. Unto our subject and her worthy husband were born two children: Mary E., wife of M. Iluntzinger; and Henjamin F. iMr. Johnston continued a resident of Madison County until his death, upon September 12, I8r)i». A liberal-spirited citizen and a Christian man of sterling integrity, he was deeply mourned by all who knew him. For many years a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and an earnest and conscientious Class-leader, he ever strove to do his duty as a loving husliand and father, a kind neighbor, sincere friend and upright citizen, and when he entered into rest was regretted as a public loss. Mrs. Johnston is a valued member of the Meth- odist Protestant Church, and during her entire life, since arriving at adult age, has been known as a Christian worker, active in benevolent enter- prises and deeds of charity. Leading a life of busy usefulness from her early years, and doing unto others as she would lie done by, our subject has niiiny sincere friends, and in the evening of her da^'s enjoys a well earned rest. She is the owner of seventy-six and two-thirds acres of highly cultivated land and continues her residence upon the old homestead endeared to her li\- manv memories of the past. A son, lienjainlii F., and a daughter, Mary E., make their home with their motlier and actively engage in the duties of the farm. .Mr. Johnston, a sturdy Democrat, together with his wife took a vital interest in both local and national issues, and few men are better posted in the current affairs of the day than our subject, who has endeavored all her life to keep fully abreast of the times in so far as was consistent with her home life and duties. ;ADE P. BUSBY. This descendant of one of the oldest as well as most proniiiient of Madison County's families, is an cnter- l)rising business man of Lapel, aiui the pro[jrietor of as complete a general store as has ever been the pleasure of the writer to inspect. The stock car- ried, the artistic display of the goods and the gen- eral air of thrift which surround.s it, and its genial proprietor, make clear the cause of the vast amount of business which is transacted within its walls. Through courtesy in dealings and reliability' in every transaction, Mr. Busby has gained the name of being an honorable and capable business man, and justly possesses the confidence of all with whom he is brought in contact. The father of our subject, Isaac A. Busby, was born and reariMl in \irginia, 1826 being the year of his birth. Ivirly in manhood he emigrated to Indiana and settled in Madison County, of which he remained a citizen during the balance of his life. As a 3'oung man he was in rather poor cir- cumstances financially, and entirely (h'pcndcnt upon his own resources. He was a f'Minier by oc- cupation, and during his brief career accumulated some property, although his liberality was so great that he never became wealthy, notwithstand- ing the fact that Dame Fortune was his friend. Politically he IS a Republican, faithful in his de- votion to his chosen parl\-. lie was an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at T>apel. His death occurred in 1878, when he was in life's prime, being fifty-two years of age. Sarah Conrad, as the mother of our subject was ■230 PORTRAIT AND BlOGRAPinCAL RECORD. known in maidenhood, is a sister of the well- known David Conrad, and a daughter of Charles Conrad, a sketch of whom appears within these pages. She still survives (1893), and is a resident of Lapel. In her home she was devoted to the welfare of her husband and children, there l)eing si.x of the latter, as follows: Missouria, the wife of Frank Woodward, a prominent resident of Lapel; JMary .1., who makes her home in Lapel; Ida, who is married and resides in Greenfield, Ind.; Milton, a druggist of Lapel; James A., a farmer residing in Stony Creek Township; and our subject. In .Stony Creek Township, Madison County, tlie subject of this notice was born on the 27th of January, 1861. He was reared on a farm, and was the recipient of such educational advantages as the really excellent schools of his community afforded. His boyhood was passed in a manner similar to that of farmer lads in comfortable homes, and included the superior physical and mental development so necessary in the successful pursuits of mankind. Having saved a small amount of money, lie embarked in the mercantile business in 1886. Beginning with a small capital, by careful management, honesty and energy, he soon enlarged his business, until to-day he con- ducts a large and successful establishment, as stated in the commencement of this sketch. He not only enjoys the confidence of his business and social ac- quaintances, but their respect and esteem as well. In politics he is a Republican. ELM ON (1 man nov '' running iLMON (1. VERNON, a prominent business low extensively handling grain and the City Elevator at Anderson, Madison County, is financiall3' interested in va- rious enterprises, and for two years has been oper- ating the stone quarry at Alexandria, the output averaging over one hundred yards, or about one hundred and fifty tons of stone per day. Mr. Vernon has spent his entire life in his present lo- cality, and was born in Anderson, October 24, 184 6. His father, Lewis R. Vernon, was a native of the old (Quaker State, but early in life emigrated from PennS3'lvania to Indiana, and settled in Anderson village. He engaged in mercantile pur- suits and, a man of upright character and enter- prise, for a number of terms ably discharged the duties of Deputy Sheriff. He died in Anderson, at about fifty years of age, regretted by all who knew him. His good wife, and mother i.f our sub- ject, Margaret (Parsons) Vernon, was a native of Pennsylvania and a woman of ability and worth. Elmon G. Vernon, the youngest of the six chil- dren who blessed the home of the parents, is the only one of the family now living. He received the advantages of a common-school education and attained to mature age manly and self-reliant. He first started in business for himself as a truck- man and continued in this occupation for two years. He then went into the lime business, which he has conducted prosperously for twenty-six 3'ears in connection with other lines of work. He has been interested in the purchase and sale of grain for seven years, and aside from the demands made upon his time b}^ the stone quarry and ele- vator, he gives his personal attention to the real- estate business. He owns a fine addition in Florida, where he is locating factories and has about five hundred lots, two and a-half miles from the city, the prospect of future development and advanced values now being excellent. In the month of November, 1870, Elmon G. Vernon and Miss Katie Clark, of Anderson, were united in marriage. Mrs. Katie Vernon was the adopted daughter of B. A. Clark, a grain merchant and later a railroad man. This excellent lady died in 1885, leaving to the care of her husband four young children: Charles W., Margaret May, Loretta R., Ethel Gale. A second time entering the bonds of wedlock, our subject in 1886 married Anna Sloan, of Bellefontaine, Ohio, an accom- plished lady and the youngest child of Dr. A. Sloan. Two children have been born unto this union; Ella Belle and Earle Lewis. Mr. Vernon is a life long Republican and an ardent advocate of his party principles. He has likewise been fraternally associated with the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows of Anderson for the past quarter of a century and was also one of the charter members in the organization of the Independent Order of x^' m^w^ "^ ^^ /ft^i^i^A^^u^^ POETRAJT AND I5I0GRAPHICAL RECORD. 231 Red Men, the Anderson Lodge being one of the strongest and most prosperous in tiie state. For many 3'ears a valued member of these so- cieties, our subject has gained numerous friends among tlie two orders and is universally recog- nized as a representative citizen and a man uf .su- perior ability. Mr. Vernon has unaided won ins way to an assured position of inHuence and pros- perity and ranks to-day as one the most successful and tiiorouglily practical business men of Ander- son. J'OIIN HINSHAW. Since 1851 this gentle- man has been numbered among the leading farmers and representative men of Hamil- ton County, where he owns one of the finest farms in Washington Townshi|). Beginning his career in this locality with but very little capi- tal, he lias with ability and energetic enterprise worked his way to assured success. IIo is a nutivo of the "sunny south," and was Ixirn in Kandolpli County, N. C, May 2, \»2A. His par- ents, Tristrum and Martha (Hinshaw) Hinsliaw, were natives of the Old Tar State and descend- ants of industrious and highly respected ancestors, wild earl}' made their home in North Carolina. 'I'lic paternal grandfather, Thomas Hinshaw, was born in Ireland, and in his youth learned tiie trade of a weaver. Wiien a young man lie crossed the ocean and established his home in the south, (nandfatlier .John Hinshaw was born and reared uiion the old Stokes County homestead, and in early life engaged in farming in North Carolina. Later he removed to Indiana, journeying by team to INIorgan County, of which lie was a jiioneer farmer. He entered with zeal upon the work df reclaiming the land from its wild comlitioii, and cleared, cultivated and improved his broad acreage. Surviving to an advanced age, he witnessed the wonderful development of the state from a com- parative wilderness to the abode of a contented and prosperous people. The father, also a life- long farmer, lived and died in Randolph County, N. C. He enjoyed few educational advantages, and was a diligent, industrious man, who left be- 11 hind him the record of an earnest and ui)riglit life. When about twenty-one years of age, Tristrum Hinshaw married RLartha, daughter of Thomas and Rebecca Hinshaw, natives respectively of Ireland and North Carolina, the latter having been about ten years old at the time the Revohitionar\- War was raging most lierceiy. I'nli) the miioii of the parents there were horn eleven children, all of whom survived to adult age. tlolin, our subject, was the eldest of the family. Then followed in order of birth, Mahala, Thomas, Isaac N., Stephen, Lydia, Rebecca, Jessie, Hannah, Martha ,1. and Nathan. John and Lydia are the only iiicinbers of the family who make their home in IndiaiiM, the other brothers and sisters having rciiKiincd in North Carolina. The father at one time owned over three hun- dred acres in Randolph County, N. ('., and was esteemed a man of substance. He was a devout member of the Friends' Church. He attained three-score years and ten, and then passed peace- fully away. The mother was fairly well educated, and was a woman of high principle and steadfast purpose, a devoted wife and mother, uniformly kind to neighbors and acquaintances, and univer- sally beloved. .She was almost seventy years old when she entered into rest. iJke her husband, she was a member of the Friends' Church, and was known for her good works and deeds of charity. Our subject remained with his parents until twenty-one, and in the meantime assisted his father in the conduct of the farm, and attended the little subscription school of the neighborhood. Soon after beginning life for himself he was united in marriage with Miss Sal lie. daughter of Isaac and Rebecca (Robbins) Commons, all natives of North Carolina. The home of our subject and his wife has been brightened by the birth of nine children, one of whom died in infancy. The eight surviving are, Isaac N., Thomas N., Martha J., Andrew T., Dougan C, Asenath, Lydia A. and William E., all of whom are married and have homes of their own. After his marriage our sub- ject spent about six years in North Carolina en- gaged in the pursuit of agriculture, and then removed to Indiana, locating in Hamilton County, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. in 1851. At first he cultivated rented land, buT; four years later bought eighty acres in AVashing- ton Township, where he now resides. To the original eighty, Mr. Hinshaw h.as since added, as his finances permitted, and finally accu- mulated one hundred and sevent}'-one acres of valuable land. He owns at present one hundred and twelve acres of as fertile land as can be found in Wasliington Township, his homestead being finely cultivated and well improved with sub- stantial and attractive buildings. The land is worth at least -$7.5 per acre. Like his forefathers, he is a valued member of the Society of Friends, and is known as a man of sterling integrity. Politic- ally, he is a Republican and a true American citi- zen. He is liberal spirited, yet earnest in the per- formance of every duty of life as a parent, hus- band, friend and neighbor. He and his excellent wife are highly esteemed and possess the confi- dence of all who know them. felLLIAM H. BARNES. The flourishing village of Florida contains among its rep- resentative business establishments the general store conducted by Mr. Barnes, which is stocked with a full and complete assortment of dry goods, notions, boots and shoes, hats and caps, groceries and hardware. As a business man, the proprietor has gained the confidence of the entire community, and occupies a prominent posi- tion among the successful merchants of Madison County. He carries a stock of general merchan- dise, valued at about 11700, and his sales aggre- gate about $6,000 annually. In addition to his mercantile interest, Mr. Barnes is serving as Postmaster at Florida, and is agent for the Pan Handle Railroad Company and the Adams Express Comjjany. He is a native of Madison County, and was born on the 13th of September, 1860. His parents, John and Ursilla Barnes, were natives of England, the former of ■whom emigrated to America about 1859, locating in New York State, and after a short sojourn there removed to Indiana. After a short residence in Fayette County, he came to Madison County, where for a number Of years he engaged in farm- ing and contracting. Through energy and indus- try, he was enabled to acquire a competency, and became recognized as one the public-spirited and progressive men of this county. Retiring from agricultural pursuits, Mr. Barnes embarked in the manufacture of tile, and con- ducted a large and profitable business in that line, his factory being located one .and one-half miles east of the village of Florida. He remained thus engaged for several years, gaining an enviable rep- utation as a successful and enterprising manu- facturer. When he departed this life, December 14, 1891, he was mourned by a large circle of ac- quaintances, to whom his manly qualities had en- deared him. Especially was his loss felt in the home circle and by his intimate friends and asso- ciates, to whom his deatli was a personal bereave- ment. In the public schools of Madison County, Will- iam H. Barnes received a practical education, which prepared him for an active business life. t)n at- taining manhood, he entered upon a mercantile career, and has since carried on an ever-increasing trade with the residents of Florida, as well as the farmers of the surrounding country. Under the administration of President Cleveland, he was ap- pointed Postmaster in 1893 and is at present the incumbent of that office. He is a stanch Demo- crat, and prominent in the political affairs of the village, being at present a member of the Demo- cratic Township Committee. In his social allilia- tions, he is identified with the Improved Order of Red Men. Upon embarking in business for himself in 1890, Mr. Barnes was for a time associated with S. G. Bevelhimer, with whom he was in partnership for two months. Mr. Bevelhimer disposing of his in- terest in the business, William Rank entered the firm, and for nine months the enterprise was con- ducted under the firm title of Barnes & Rank, since which time our subject has been the sole owner of the establishment. He is meeting with deserved success, and ranks among the most pro- gressive and popular .young men of the county. He has a comfortable residence in Florida, pre- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 233 sided over by the lady with whom lie was united in marriage April 26, 1883, and who was formerly f>mnia Lawrence, of El Dorado, Oliio. ILLIAM C. MORRIS, a native of Indiana, I a son and urandson of picneer settlers of w ^^ the state, is a man of fine business ability, widely known and highly respected. He now con- ducts a well improved farm of two hundred and forty acres in Washington Township, Hamilton County. His parents, .lohn and Mary (Miller) Morris, were both natives of Kentucky, and the paternal grandfather was born in Virginia. Great- grandfather Morris, an energetic and enterprising Irishman, emigrated when a young man to Americva, and located in the Old Dominion in a very early da3'. The grandfather, William Morris, married Miss Pollie Beecham, who became the mother of seven children, all of whom lived to old age. John, the father of our subject, was the eldest; then followed, William, Jessie, Jackson, Mary, Nancy, Hattie. The grandfather, removing from the south to Indiana, entered two hundred and forty acres in Kusli County, wliere part of the town of Rush- viUe now stands. He was an extensive proi)erty owner, holding over three thousand acres of land in Indiana and Illinois. Two years after the grandfather settled permanently in Rush County, the father also came to Indiana, and bought two hundred and forty acres near Rush- ville. After a time the grandfather moved with- in easy distance of Terre Haute, and passed away near Paris, 111., aged about seventy-five years. A man ol business sagacity and executive ability, he had acquired great wealth and was respected for his qualities of head and heart. The grand motiier, a genuine pioneer woman, lived to reach eighty- two years, and died near Rusliville, beloved by all wlu. knew her. The fallier c<();"), aged sixty-two. Mrs. Pollie (Miller) Morris was the devoted mother of nine children. The sons and daugh- ters who clustered about the family hearth were, Henry M., Mary A., Alfred T., Ellen E.. Malissa J., William C. (our subject), James 11., .lohn F. and Olivers. Mr. Morris was born June 21, 1831, in Rush County, and worked for his father until he reached his majority. He then married and be- gan life for himself. His excellent wife, Rebecca E. McMillen, was the daughter of John and Mary A. (Jennings) McMillen, both natives of Kentucky. The McMillens were of Irish ancestry, the Jen- nings of English descent. The pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Morris was blessed by the birth of seven children, one of whom died in infancy. The six surviving are, Claudius E., John C, Florence A., May B., Oscarand Ida. These sons and daugh- ters are all married and prosi)ering, occupying positions of usefulness, and respected l)y all who know them. Our subject immediately after his marriage bought one hundred and sixty acres of good land near Rusliville and farmed thereon for a number of years, but in 1883 sold out his interests in that localitj- and removed to Washington Township, and purchased the two hundred and forty well im- proved acres of valuble land where he now re- sides, beyond all doubt one of the best grain and stock farms in the county. Mr. Morris received onlv limited advantages for an educiition, but pos.sesses the family inheritance of excellent judg- I ment and business ability and is successful in his various undertakings, making money ra[iidly. He 234 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. and his wife are members of tlie Metliodist Episco- pal Church and liberal givers towards its support. In political affiliation a Democrat, life is in every respect a public spirited citizen and fully com- mands the esteem of the entire community among whom he lives and transacts business in a straight- forward and upright manner. j The family to which Mrs. Morris belongs is a no- ted one, from the fact of tlie immense inheritance awaiting the heirs in England. Her great-grand- father, Robert Jennings, was a native of London and a close connection of the Jenningses from whom the large estate was received in trust. Kane Jennings, the grandfather of Mrs. IMorris, was a native of Virginia and a man of worth and ability. AHLOM C. HA WORTH, M. D., an able practitioner and sliillful surgeon engaged in an extended round of professional du- ties in Noblesville, Ind., is a native of Hamilton County, and, born June 27, 1851, has from his early youth been associated with the pro- gressive interests of this part of the state. The father of our subject, George L. Haworth, was a native of Ohio, but early locating in the state of Indiana, became one of the pioneers of Hamilton County, settling within its borders in 1834, when the country round about was a comparative wil- derness. Wild game was abundant, and neighbors were few and far between. He entered with cour- age and enterprise into the development of a farm and reclaimed from its wild condition a valuable homestead. In 1892, after a life of usefulness, the father, respected b^' all who knew him, entered into rest. He was a man of more than ordin.ary ability and strength of character and was well fitted to endure the privations and sacrifices of pioneer life. His father, Jonathan Haworth, born in Virginia, was numbered among tlie very early settlers of Ohio, where he occupied a leading position and was known as a man of l)road intelligence. The an- cestors of the Haworth family were of English na- tivit}', the founder of the American branch emi- grating to America with William Penn, with whom he was associated in religious interests, both being Quakers. The mother of our subject. Ann Haworth, was born in Ohio. Sharing with her husband and children the pioneer experiences of Indiana, she passed away in Hamilton County universally mourned. Our subject was the youngest of the five chil- dren who blessed the home of the parents, and spending the days of boyhood upon the old farm, received the benefit of instruction in the district schools^, Assisting his father during the summer months, he at seventeen years of age liegan teach- ing school, and, self-rrliaiitly wiiiiiiiig his upward way, attained his majority, then enteiing Earlham College, at Richmond, Ind., where he pursued his studies for three succeeding years. At the expi- ration of this length of time, he decided to enter the medical profession, and in the winter of 1876 took a course of lectures at the Medical College of Indiana, located at Indianapolis, and the fol- lowing year, graduating with honor, received his diploma and degree of M. D. Dr. Haworth, at once establishing himself in Ko- blesville, and from the first meeting with encourag- ing success, has for sixteen years been identified with the social and business interests of the city and has but little time for rest or recreation, be- ing constantly occupied with the demands of a large and lucrative practice extending out into the surrounding country. Our subject, taking a leading position in the professional ranks, is a valued member of the County Medical Society, and is also connected with the State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He is identified with Bern ice Lodge No. 120, K. of P. and has many warm friends in the order. Dr. Haworth is politically a stalwart Republican and takes an active interest in both local and na- tional issues, being a public-spirited citizen and a liberal aid in matters of local enterprise and im- provements. May 15, 1878, Dr. Mahlon C. Haworth and Miss Celestia Dewey, were united in marriage, re- ceiving the lieart.y best wishes and congratu- lations of numerous friends. The accomplished PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 235 wife of our subject was the daughter of Dr. Dewey, a pioneer piiysician of Cicero, Hamilton Count}'. One son and two daughters liave bright- ened the pleasant home with their merry presence, lone, Elma and George D. Ilaworth, bright and intelligent young people, give promise of future usefulness. The attractive family residence, on South Anderson Street, the abode of hospitality, is woU known to tlie general public of Noblesville, Dr. and Mrs. Ilaworth enjoying the high regard and confidence of a host of old-time acquaintances. EDWARD B. CHAMxVESS, a prominent and influential citizen and leading attorney of ; Alexandria, Ind., has been identified from his earliest youth with tlie development and pro- gressive interests of his present locality, and was born within the limits of tlie county, in Monroe Townsliip, .Inly 22, IH.'SG. His father, AVilliam Chamness, a native of Nortli Carolina, was born m 1804, and the paternal grandfather, Mic.ajah Chamness, was likewise a native North Carolinian and the descendant of a family which, from the very earliest days of our country'* history, (Uvelt in the old Tar State. A tradition relates that many years ago a lad, stolen from the London Bridge, was taken on an English vessel on the North Coast and, sailing across the Atlantic, upon reaching the shores of North Carolina, made his escape from the boat. He being young (about four years old), it is supposed he could not spell the name correctly, and used the name Chamness, for upon inquiry no such name was found in Eng- land. Be this vei-sion correct or not, the family founded in North Carolina have, generation after generation, won their upward way to positions of influence, and many of the men and women have attained wealth and social distinction. The early members of the Chamness family were attendants of the Friends' Church. They were mainly small farmers, with energetic industiy cultivating the fertile soil of the sunny south, and were known as useful, law-abiding citizens of sterling integrity of character and native ability and intelligence. In 1816, Micajah Chamness, with his family and accompanied by other families of the same name, his relatives and connections, emigrated to Indi- ana from North Carolina, and settled in Wayne County. Micajah Chamness was the father of three sons and eight daughters, all f>f whom at- tained to mature age and married and liad homes and families of their own. The sons were .loiin, William and Micajah, .Jr. Tiie eldest, John, w.as a prosperous farmer, and late in life retiring from his farm, resided in Jonesboro, Grant County, wliere he died at a good old age in 187(J. Mica- jah, Jr., was a noted agriculturist and owned a valuable farm in West Alexandria, a part, of which is in the city limits, his farm being valued at $1,000 per acre. Micajah, Sr., gave his family a liberal education. In 1830 he located in Madison County, building the first house in Monroe Townshii). Having considerable means, he then entered several sections of Govern- ment land, on a part of which the city was later built. He afterward sold out in tliis imme- diate locality and moved three and a-half miles northwest of Alexandria, there improviflg a farm on Lilly Creek. He resided on this homestead at the lime of his deatii. His wife, in maidenhood Miss White, survived iiim more than thirty years, and passed away in 187(5, at the age of ninety-six years. Other members of the Chamness family came to Indiana in 181(1 and they and their de- scendants now residing in Wayne County are numbered among the respected i)ioneers of the state. William Chamness, the father of our subject, was in the early part of the present century united in marriage with Miss Mary Bray, known in later years to her many loving kins-people as "Aunt Polly." Born in Kentucky in 1808 she was of German and Scotch ancestry, and her father, Henry Bray, at one time oi)erated a saltiietre manufactory, the first established at :Mammoth Cave, Ky. Henry Bray finally removed to Hen- dricks County, Ind., his sons, John and Edward S., becoming well-to-do farmers. The former, remov- ing to Arkansas, died there. The latter passed 236 POETRAIT AND BIOGRArHICAL RECORD. away in Morgan County, Ind. In 1833, William Chamness, his wife and four ebildien, settled in Madison County, where the father entered a quar- ter section of land directly east of the present city of Alexandria, and proceeded to clear, culti- vate and improve a homestead in the wilderness. He often killed deer within sight of his cabin, and in time owned one of the best stock farms in the county. In 1852, the father, selling this valu- able property, removed to Grant County and, pur- chasing four hundred acres of land southeast of Jonesboro, resided there until his death in 1858. He had occupied with fidelity various positious of trust and served efflcientl}' as Township Trustee. After his demise the mother made her home in Jonesboro, where she entered into rest in 1869. be- loved by all who knew her. The parents were blessed by the birth of five children: .Jemima, Martha. Eunice, Eli and Edward B., all born in Wayne or Henry County, with the exception of our subject, who now enjoys the distinction of being the oldest living native-born citizen of JFonroe Township. His sisters all married and reared families of their own. Eli is a bachelor fifty-two years of age, a long-time resident of In- dianapolis, but the last two years of his life were spent in Chicago, where he died in 1891. The father and mother reared their family up to habits of industrious thrift and inculcated them with sterling integrity, bringing them up in the fear and admonition of the Lord. The parents also gave their children the advantage of a good education. Our subject, Edward B., attended col- lege at New Castle in 1849 and 1850, and in the spring of 1853 went to Marion, Grant County, to learn the tr.ade of a printer in the Marion Journal office. Mr. Chamness later removed to Hartford City, where he entered into the publica- tion of the Hartford City Register, being the first paper published in that locality. Upon October 21, 1856, Edward B. Chamness and Miss Clara K. Craw were united in marriage. In 1857 our subject made his home in Pana, 111., and later removed to Jefferson City. Mo. In 1859 he returned to Grant County, and in 1860 en- gaged in the slove and tui business at Jonesboro with his lirother, and learned the tinsmith trade. When the Civil War disturbed the land, Edward B. Chamness, leaving his business, home and family. enlisted in September, 1862, in Company I, One Hundred and First Indiana Infantry, and was Orderly-Sergeant of his company. He act- ivel}' engaged in important battles: Chickamau- ga, Chattanooga, Jonesboro (Ga.), Lookout Moun- tain, Mission Ridge, the siege and fall of At- lanta, and many others, and at the end of three years' faithful and courageous service, was dis- charged from the army at the close of the war. In 1883 he was granted a j)ension for disabilitj' brought on while in the service, and it was in- creased in 1885. Mr. Chamness conducted the stove and tin business in Alexandria for several years, and, l)eing a man of studious habits and ambition, read law, not at first with the intention of adopting the legal profession. People, how- ever, began to consult him on various matters connected with the practice of law, and, con- stantly asking his advice, finally induced him to try cases in the justice courts. This he did. and his marked success decided him to resign business and enter the professional ranks which he now so ably adorns. He was admitted to the Bar, after due preparation, in 1886, and, since then, prosper- ing as a lawyer, has served with ability as Assist- ant Cpunty Prosecutor. Politically, a lifetime Republican, and interested in local and national issues, our subject has, however, not aspired to political honors. An important factor in the building up of the City of Alexandria, Mr. Chamness has been financially prospered, and, a public-spirited citi- zen, was one of the first to encourage the sinking of a gas well, and his name was one of the first on the subscription list, giving 1100 for that purpose. He is a stockholder in the Alexandria National Bank, and has been connected with the Alexandria Mining and Exploring Company, the Alexandria Improvement Company and various building and loan associations, and, in fact, has been identified with the vital interests of Alexan- dria from its inception as a city. Our subject is fraternally associated with the Grand Arm\- of the Republic, and was the first Commander of the post of Alexandria. lie is also a leading member PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 237 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and has passed through the chairs, being District Deputy Grand Master of the state, and is likewise a member of the Rebeccas, as is his wife. The forefathers of tlie family were Friends in religious belief, but Mr. and Mrs. Chamness are ardent Spiritualists and intelligent observers of religious development. Unto the union of our suliject and his estimable wife were horn four children. The eldest, Arthur M., is a successful hardware merchant at Greenstown, Howard Coun- ty. Ind. He married Miss Retta Kerr and is the father of two children. Laura M. Chamness, the eldest daugliler of our subject, a charming and accomplished young lady, passed away deeply mourned at the age of twenty years. Alice C. married Eugene O. Clinton, and died in 1892, leaving two cliildren. Annetta M. married Charles W. Clnuvliill and lives in Alexandria, whei-e Mr. Churchill is engaged in the tin business. Mr. Cliamness, although but fifty-seven years old, and mentally and i)liysically vigorous, has hair and beard white and glossy, inheriting from his moth- er's side a tendency to become gray in very early youth. A courteous gentleman, of kindly man- ners, and recognized as a leading legal luminary of Madison County, he is widely respected, and he and his excellent wife, occupying a high position of social influence to Alexandria, together enjoy the fruition of lives of earnest purpose crowned with prosperous content. ^l^ AKVEY .1. BLACKLIDGE, a representative ifjl citizen and for many years a leading busi- /^^ ness man of Anderson, devotes himself ^; entirely to the care of his large landed interests, and has recently platted more than one hundred and twenty-four lots on thirty acres, called Blacklidge Park, adjoining the city of Anderson on the north. Born December 8, 1835, in Marion County, Ind., our subject was only two years of age when with his parents he made his home in Anderson. It has been his constant residence for liftv-f-ix changing years, during which period his present locality has developed from a small village of a few inhabitants into a thriving town in which every branch of commerce is worthily represented. The paternal grandfather, Jacob Black- lidge, removed from his native state. Virginia, with his family in a very early day, and located in In- diana, then literally a howling wilderness and the abode of an abundance of wild game. The grand- father, sharing the privations and sacrifices of pioneer days, survived to an advanced age 'and died in Indiana at about four-score years. The father, Joel Blacklidge, was born in N'irginia, but attained to mature age upon the old Indiana homestead. Arriving at manhood, he married, and in 18;57, with his wife and family, settled in Ander- son. He had from his earliest youth engaged in agricultural pursuits, but located in town with the intention of entering mercantile business, and from 1837 until April, 1847, when he passed away, pros- perously conducted a store on the corner now known as ISIcGraws' Corner. The mother, Mrs. Christiann (Newhouse)Blacklidge,was the daughter of John Newiiou>c. a native Xiiginian, and a pioneer of Indiana, removing hithei- from tiie Old Dominion with liis family in a very early day. Harvey J. Blacklidge was one of eleven children who clustered about the family hearth of the i)arenls. Of the large circle of sons and daughters, five have passed away, the six surviving vvortiiily occupying positions of useful influence. Our subject attended the schools of Anderson when a little boy, but his father dying when he was twelve years of age, he then began llie battle of life and for the succeeding five years worked ujion a farm. In 1852, Mr. Bl.acklidge entircd the employ of William Crim as clerk, and remained in this posi- tion for about one year and a-(iuarter, transacting business in a little frame building, where the When store now stands. Our subject next en- gaged in selling fruit-trees for S. S. Pierce ^'-V ^m< ffirf'i ^ I k:yci^^/c(^^f^'^'<"^'/' J^^^j^-^ PORTRAIT Al^D niOGR,VriIICAL UIX'ORD. In 1893 the firm established another store at the oonier of Truth and Meridian Streets, known as the I'ahicc I'h.'iriiiafy, over wliich Mr. iirickley presides. At l.oth slnres l.-ir-e slocks ,,f drui-s, druggists' sundries, \v;ili |i:i|ici's and nii~cellanc<)us goods are kei)t. On tiie ttli of ()ct..l)er, IssT, .Mr. ISiick and Miss Mattio r.liven weic iii:uiicd. She is llie dauglilcr (if K. C. and Caroline (.lacks,, n) I'.jiven, of .\ii be the ease in the life of Mr. Kinzer, who has made a specialty of fiuit-raising, and, as he is a man of fair judg- ment and good common sense, his undertakings have been more than ordinarily successful. lie has eight acres planted to apples and pears, and tinds a ready sale for his fruit at g 1 prices. The family of which Levi Kin/.er is a member is (uie of the best known in the county, and several of his brothers are represented elsewhere in this volume. His father, John Kinzer. was a native of either Pennsylvania or Ohio, and was b(.rn in l.sdl.- lie was reared to manhood in Highland County, Ohio, and received a limited education in the di.strict schools. In 1828 he came to 1 ndiana, and cntcicd one hundicd and sixt}' acres in Ham- ilton County, t(i which he added from time to time until he acijuired the ownership of eight hundred and eightyacres. The marriage of John Kinzer to .Miss Ruth, daughter of William and Mary (.Mollilt) Wilkin- son, occurred in 1830, and resulted in the birth of seven children, namely: William; .Mary, the wife of Sylvaniis Carey; David; Jacob; Levi, the sub- ject of this sketch; Sarah, who married Louis Met- sker; and Ira J., whose death occurr The mother of these children was reared in the Society of Friends, but after her marriage with a gentleman who was not a member, she w;is not identified with that religious organization. In politics the .senior Mr. Kinzer was a Whig. Hi- death occurred De('ember 31, 1850, and his widow afterward remained on the home f;irm with her children until_ M:ircli 12, l.S(;o, when slu> passed away. A native of the township where he now resides (Delaware Township), , in their old home in Ohio. Of the twelve children who blessed the union of the parents, eleven grew up to maturity and four are yet living, two sons and two daughters. Our subject, James Fisher, early began the bat- tle of life working upon his 'father's farm in boyhood. He attended the little subscription school of the home neighborhood and well im- proved every opportunity for study, being both ambitious and enterprising. When twenty- one years of age, he married Miss Susan McDole, born near Steubenville, Ohio. By this first wife .hunes Fisher became the father of live childien, two of whom survive. Addison married Miss l.ydia Stfni>. and i> the father of four children. W;uren tir.st iiuuried Sarah DeWitt, by whom he had two children; he married for a second wife Mrs. Chambers. The first wife of our subject was a daughter of .lolin and Susan McDole, well known residents in llie early days in Ohio. The}' came to Indiana about l.sKl.aiid here later Mr. McDole died at the age of seventy-four. His worthy wife survived to reach four-score years. They were the parents of eight children, most of whom lived to occupy positions of intluonce and usefulness. Wedded a second time, James Fisher was united in marriage with Miss Nancy Sterns, a native of Ohio, born on the -iOth of March, 183;5. The es- timable wife of our subject is the mother of six children, all living. Mary .1. married S. McDole, and has five children; Margaret married .lacob Mc- Donald and has two childreii: Saiah A. married Thomas McDon.ald ant rn in tlie county and is the daughter of Levi Cook, a i)rosperous fanner near Nobles- ville. Tliey have had four children. Luhi Lee, born .July 8, 1874,,jig,the wife of Lowell W. Cox, a rising young dry-goods merchant and son of ,1. H. Cox, President of the Sheridan State Bank. Freddie G., born December 12, 187G, died at the age of seven years. He was one of the most re- markable boys ever known. While but a child in years, he was a man, and far in advance of the average man, in intellect. When but six years of age, he gained great local celebrity by spelling down, on three successive occasions, a whole school of boys and girls much older tlian himself, many of them three times his age, and the teacher find- ing no words in the spelling book that would con- found him, finally was obliged to resort to the dic- tionary. A preacher wascalled to see him when it was known that the boy was on his death bed, and in talking of the future state, the boy delivered such a sermon on life and the hereafter as never came from the lips of child before, which brought tears to every eye and caused the preacher in his prayer by the bedside to pray (iod to give him the wisdom of the dying boy. Such was tlie bright light that was so early extinguished and gave to the Doctor the severest blow he was ever called upon to bear. Mary and Celia, the two remaining chikiren, are bright and attractive liulle girls. The Doctor is a IMasoii, an Odd Fellow, a member of the Kniglits of I'vlhias. a lied M:iii an.l a Chosen Friend; he is also a meuiber of the Stale Examining Board, is Surgeon for the L. A. A C. R. R., and is a member of the National Association of Railroad Surgeons. The Doctor finds recreation froui hi?- heavy labors in raising and driving fast lioi>e»; he keeps several blooded trotters in his stables, and is fine of the chief factors in the Hamilton Couiily Fair and Trotting Association, of Sheridan and has done much to make it a success. «^ IS agr llui >f In. ACOB KFFFKR, || and pioneer cii f^l Union County, \o\cinlicr 7. is I 7. Ii:i> for ^/' more than a half-century liecn a coiitinuous resident of his present locality in Wayne Town- ship, Hamilton County. His parents, George and Eva (Short) Keffer, by birth Virginians, were reared and educated in their native state. The father, born in Woodstock, when twenty-four years of age left the Old Dominion and set- tled upon a farm in Tennessee, but about 1807 came to Indiana, and located in Union County on wild land. Marrying, he remained there with his famil\' until 1828, then making his home in Mad- ison County for the five succeeding years. At the expiration of this time he lived with bis chil- dren and died at the residence of our subject, aged seventy-five years. George Kefifer was a succe.ssfiil farmer, devoting his entire life to the pursuit of agriculture. He was politically an Andrew Jackson Democrat and a strong believer in the principles of the party. The mother of our subject, a native of Roanoke County, Va., was a devoted Christian woman and entered into rest, beloved by all who knew her, upon the Madison County farm. Jacob Keffer was one of seven children w^ho gathered in the home of the parents. Of the four sons and three daughters, our subject and his brother Eli O. are now the only survivors. The Keffers and Shorts were both of German ancestry and the fam- ilies inherited the sturdv virtues of energetic thrift PORTRAIT AND UIOG UAPIIICAL RECORD. nini ii;UiiMil iiulustiy, and have ever been true and loyal cilizcus. The father of our subject served with courage in the War of If^lSami was stationed as a soldier at Connorsvillo. Jacob KcfTer, reared upon the old home farm, re- mained witii liis parents until sixteen years old. His advantages for an education were limited, but he well profited by every opportunity to gain in- struction, and arrived at mature age well able to care for himself. liciorc lie was seventeen he worked oul by the moiitli, and at twenty-two years entered the bonds of wedlock. September 12, 1839, Jacob Kefler and Miss Nancy Lennen were united in marriage. This estimable lad.t, born in Ohio. .laiiuary 11,1.^12, died in 1865, in the presciil liomc of our subject. She was the mother of two children, one of whom is yet living. Caroline C, born August 3, 1840, married .lames Nicholson and has two children. Mr. Keffer. marrying a second time, then wedded uptm September 2, 1865., Miss Annetta Stichter, boni ill Schuylkill County, I'a., in September. 1826, and a dauiililcr of Samuel and Magdalene (Medler) Stichter. ]\lr. Stichter spent his entire life in the Quaker State, but the widowed mother of Mrs. KelTer later journeyed to Indiana, and died in Hamilton County, aged seventy-seven years. She was the devoted mother of eight children, three of whom are vet living. The (irst wife of our subject, Mrs. Nancy (Lennen) KefTer, was one of a family of ten brothers and sisters. Mrs. Annetta Keffer h.as borne six children, five of whom are now surviving. Catherine, the eldest born, married Samuel Ileiney; she has eiglit children, two of wlunn are married, and one daughter has three children; Mary is the wife of II. Nicholson, and h.li()ws prudence and economy. He no doubt inherits much of his thrift and energy from his Teutonic ancestors, for the Howards came originally from Germany, and settled in the Old Doniiuion, where they became prominent people. Mr. Howard was born in Ross County, Ohio, in PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 1850, and is the son of John and Margaret E. (Jones) Howard, and the grandson of Adam How- arii,all natives of that grand old state, Virginia. (For furtlier particulars of parents, see sketch of William A. Howard.) The original of this notice received a limited education in his native county, and continued to make his home there until 1872, when ho wont tii Clark Cdutity, this stale, and pur- chased a farm. Later h(> sold out and moved to Hartford City, but after a short residence there, settled in Delaware County, where he conducted a general store for three years. From there lie moved •to Summitvillo, and has since made liis linme in this village. On August 2, 1871, Mr. Howard was married to Miss Earncstine Thomas, a native of the Buckeye State, and the daughter of Asa Thomas, of Frank- fort, Ohio. Mrs. Howard was a consistent and most worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Her deatii occurred July 2, 1875, and twociiildren, Ernest Homer and Edward R., were left without a mother's tender care. On August HI, 1880, Jlr. Howard was married to Miss Pandora Padon, a native of Illinois and the daughter of Elijah Padon, a native of North Carolina, and a farmer by occupation. Our subject's second marriage re- sulted in the birth of three children: Emniett, Hall)h and Charley. When our subject was twenty-one years of age, he rented his father's farm and started out to figlit life's battles with limited means. Being indus- trious and thoroughgoing, he managed toaccumu- lat<' considerable means, and when he came to In- diana from his native state, he had about *;i,()()() cash. This he invested judiciously, and aside from his fine farm of two hundred and eighty acres, he owns a good residence in the town, besides other property. At present he is Director of tlie biiek works, also a Director in tiie Johnson Land Com- pany, and President of Suminitville Land and Im- provement Company. In the fall of 1881 he was elected Treasurer of the School Board, which i)Osi- tion he still holds to the satisfaction of all. He is also a Trustee. In 1892 he was elected County Commissioner on the Democratic ticket. The po- litieal views of Mr. Howard are embodied in the platform of the Democratic party. He is a inera- iii ber of the Masonic fraternity, Lodge No. 175, at Suinmitville. The social circles of \'an Iluren Township are fortunate in having such worthy people as Mr. and Mrs. Howard, who are helpers in the promotion of intelligence and sociability. \l AMES T. LARMORE, senior member of the firm of Larmore Brothers, of Anderson, w.as born near Harrison County, Ohio, April 21, 1855. lie is the third in a family of nine children (all living) born to the union of Jauu-s and Catiiarine (Cann) Larmore. His father was born in Indiana in 1822, and in his childhood he accompanied the other members of the family to Ohio, where he made lii> homef..r a period of f.,rty- in the Buckeye .Slate he engaged in agricultural pursuits, meeting with fair success in his chosen oc- cupation. About twent,\-tive years ago James Larmore lo- cated in Rush County, hid., where he sojourned for four j-ears. From there he came to Anderson Township, Madison County, where he engaged in fanning for a number of years. At the urgent re- quest of his son, our subject, he linally entered the dairy business, forming a part iiei shi|i with .lames T., and meeting with unvarying success in that en- terprise. After seven years thus spent the senior member of the firm retired from active business, and has since lived upcm his homestead, wliere, at the age of seventy -one years, he is enjoying the fruits of former industry and energy. His wife, who is a native of Ohio, also survives, being now (1893) sixly-flve years of age. When the family came to Indiana, .lames T. ac- companied them liilher.aiid for a number of years thereafter was actively engaged in the cultivation of the farm. At the age of twenty-three he formed a partnership with his father in the dairy business, and seven years afterward, upon dissolving the connection, he removed to what is now known as Shadeland Addition to the city of Anderson. Here he established a dairy enterprise in company with his younger brother, Walter II., who had purchased 260 PORTRAIl AND BIOGRAPHICAL RPX'ORD. the inteiest of liis father. The brothers bought a |)ortion of wliat is known as the Cumbaek prop- erty, on which they erected a dairy barn, 56x122 feet in dimensions, with fine accommodations for sixty head of stock, and containing all the modern improvements. The firm condncts a large and satisfactory dairy Imsiness. Within the past two years they have made a specialty of the manufacture of ice-cream, bringin.g to the development of that branch of their business all the modern appliances for making a superior article of cream in great variety. The}' have secured the services of one of the most skillful ice-cream experts in the state a^ manufacturer, the work being done b}' iiiaihiMciy. 'I'his development has been fully ap- l>reciate(l by the citizens, and. as a result, their ca- p.acit}' is tested to the utmost during the season. The firm is one of the foremost in the develop- ment of their liraneh of business in this part of the state. JNIarch, i>, 1884, JIi-. Larmore married Miss Maude, daughter of John McKahan. of Anderson. They are the parents of two children: Fred G. and Kenneth. Socially, Mr. Larmore is a member of Anderson Lodge, K. of P., being a prominent worker in that fraternal organization. In his political belief, he advocates the men and meas- ures of the Republican party, but while defending its principles he is by no means a politician and has never sought political preferment. ETER P. ILLYES, one of the extensive land owners of Hamilton County, who has ^ six hundred acres of fine land, is now living \ on section 20, Noblesville Township. Ham- ilton County numbers him among her native sons, for he was here born August 13, 1842, his par- ents being George and Anna (Deal) lUyes. The former was born in Lancaster County, Pa., and at tlie age of ten years went to live with an uncle. When a youth of fourteen he returned home, where he remained until attaining his majority. His father then gave him $1,000, and walking! to Indiana, he entered land in Jackson Township, Hamilton County. He then left home, but in 1837 again came to the Hoosier State, living on his first farm until 1872, when he removed to Ar- cadia, and lived retired until his death at the age of s ixty-three. His wife was born in Ohio, and died on the old homestead at the age of fifty. Of their lour children two are yet living: Peter, and Elizabeth, wife of Marion A. Lynch. After the death of his first wife, Mr. lUyes was again mar- ried. The paternal grandparents of our subject were natives of Lancaster County, Pa., and there spent their entire lives. The maternal grandpar- ents were farming people of Ohio. Amid tiie wild scenes of frontier life our sub- ject was reared and early became inured to hard labor. He attended the district schools and gave his father the benefit of his services until twenty- three years of age, when he went to Tipton County and learned the trade of manufacturing grain cradles, at which he worked for five j^ears. He then returned home, and with the profits of his business during that period purchased a fine farm. Oa the 12th of January, 1871, Mr. Ill3'es married Emma Miesse, who was born October 24, 1847, in Pickaway County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Samuel K. and Phoebe (Bohner) Miesse. They were natives of Pennsylvania, in an early day went to Ohio, and later came to Indiana, where the father died at the age of sixty-five. His widow is still living on the old homestead. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Illyes have been born six children: Ada B., who was educated in the Greencastle Musical In- stitute, and IS also a graduate of the Noblesville high schools; George S. A., who was educated in the high school of Noblesville; Vesta Bertha, Samuel J., Theresa P. and Harrison H. Mr. Illyes lived upon the old homestead from his marriage until 1881, when he removed to his present fine farm. He now owns nearly six hun- dred acres of valuable land in this county. His commodious and elegant residence was erected in 1886, at a cost Qf more than $5,000. Mr. Illyes carries on genei'Sl farming and stock-raising and ships his own stock. He is also interested in other business. He is a stockholder in the water com- ^^^ M ^ \ •' RESIDENCE OF W". W. WEBSTER, SEC. 19. VAN BUREN TP, MADISON CO. iND RESIDENCEfe TILE WORKS OF D. B.DAVIS, SEC. 18.^ STONY CREEK TR. MAD I SON CO., IN PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 263 piuiy ill Noblesville, and owns a private gas well. Since casting his first Presidential vote for Abra- Ikimi Lincoln, he has been a stalwart supporter of tlic Republican party. Himself and wife and two cliildren are members of the Evangelical Church, and he belongs to the Odd Fellows' society of Xo- lik'sviilc. Mr. lUyes is recognized as one of Uie licst citizens of tliis community. He is pleasant and genial in manner, a true gentleman, and in his business dealings lias always been honorable and upright. S^^ B. DAVIS owns and operates a large tile II Jlj factory and sawmill, and also a valuable y^ farm, consisting of one hundred and sixt}'- three .Teres in Stony Creek Townshii), Madison Count V. The Imsiness in which he engages is one of the most extensive in the county, and steady employment is given to a force of lifteen men, the products of tiie factory being sold in the various markets at fair prices. Our subject is the son of Thomas .J. Davis, a native of North Carolina, who migrated to Indiana in 1815, ar- riving in Fayette County on the 1st of November of that year. He came to Madison County De- cember 8, 18,04, and purchased three hundred and twenty acres of land, where he remained until his career was terminated by death, m November, IHo.'-). Unto Thomas .T. Davis and liis wife, who was a native of Georgia, and bore the maiden name of Maria Ball, there were born nine children, namely: William, a resident of Fayette County, Ind.; .Ias|)er N., also residing in Fayette County; Eliza, whose home is in Nebraska; .lames H., of Madison County; I). B., of this sketch; Elizabeth M., a res- ident of Anderson, Ind.; Rachel Ann, who makes her home in Tipton County, Ind.; .lohn E., of Andeisou; and Sanih .1.. wlio lives in Jasper County, Ind. Tlic mother still survives and re- sides in Anderson. Politically-, the father was a Whig, and contributed not a little to the success of his chosen party in his community. In Fayette County, Ind., the eyes of our sub- ject opened to the world in 1840. He was reared on a farm in his native county, where he attended school for a sliortliine. His father'.s ilealh occur- ring when he was a youth of foui'teen, he was thrown upon his own resources early in life, and became self-supporting at a time when the major- ity of boys are devoting their energies to their studies or their boyish sports. Enlisting in 1861, he served with valor throughout the entire pe- riod of the Civil War as a member of Company G, Forty-seventh Indiana Infantry, Capt. .lack Robinson commanding. lie was engaged in many of the most fiercely contested and bloody bat- tles of the war, and suffered greatly from ex- posure, but fortunately escaped without injury, being the onlj- man in his company who was not wounded during the entire peiiod of seivice. lie is now identified with the (liand Aniiy of the Republic, being a member of the post at Anderson. In 1867 Mr. Davis and Miss Matilda E. Ends, daughter of Oscar Eads, were united in marriage, and they are the parents of six children: Brittle M., Arthur C, Jocelyn H, Bessie L., Roscoe C. and Weaver B. For some years after his marriage, Mr. Davis continued to give his attention exclu- sively to fanning, but in 1884 he embarked in the tile and sawmill business, which he still manages with success. He is not active in political affairs, and in voting his support is given to the best men and the best measures, irrespective of i)arty affiliations. (Tpy, EV. EBER TETER, President of the Indi- %iv ana Wesleyan Methodist Conference and iili \vi Vice-President of the General Conference, ^1^ was born in Adams Township, Hamilton County, Ind., January 28, 1846. His father, whose name was also Fiber, w.as born in Pendleton County, Va., April 13, 1806. The paternal grandfather, George Teter, was born in the same county in Virginia, September 9, 1784, and was a sou of George Teter, Sr., who removed to Virginia from North Carolina. The father of the last- named, also George, was a (ierman by birth, and upon emigration to the United States, first settled in North Carolina. As far back .as we have been able to trace the PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. family genealogy, they were Methodists in religi- ous belief and were opposed to slavery. The father of our subject and his father's family left the south on account of slaver^', and settled in Tipton County, Ind., where Grandfather Teter died many years ago. In October, 1834, Eber Teter, Sr., settled in Adams Township, east ol the present town of Sheridan. He was intensely op- posed to slavery, and when, in 1843, the Metho- dist Church was divided on the slavery question, he went witii the Wesleyan branch of the church. A iran of libeial education, he taught school for many years and was a local preacher in the Metho- dist Church, and later in the Wesleyan Methodist Churcli. During the days of slavery he was one of the most prominent men in Hamilton County, and was OJie of the proprietors of the under- ground railroad, one of the largest stations on the line being at his place. Many a poor runaway negro found a safe haven in his home. Coming to this country poor in purse, Mr. Teter accumulated one thousand acres of land, which he divided among his children prior to his death. He was quite prominent in local politics, and served in a number of official capacities, including that of Township Trustee. His death, August 20, 1878, was widely mourned as a public loss. His brothers were, Eli, George, Jacob, Ebal, Asa and Mahlon. Eli, a farmer by occupation, died in Tiplon County; George and .Jacob owned a tan- iier}' at Boxley, Hamilton County, where both died; Ebal, Asa and Mahlon are now living in Tipton County; the first-named is a miller, and the others are engaged in farming. The mother of our subject, whose maiden name was Margaret Phares, was born in Pendleton County, Va., September 18, 1813. Her father, Johnson Phares, was an Irishman by birth and came to this country when a boy. A farmer by occupa- tion, he engaged in liis chosen occupation in Vir- ginia, where he died at ninety years of age. His wife, Catherine (Wymer) Phares, was born in Pendleton County, Va., of German parentage. Mrs. Margaret Teter was quite active in religious work and, having lived a faithful Christian life, died in the hope of immortality, December 22, 1889. The gentleman whose name appears at the head of this sketch is the eighth of a family of twelve children. Mahala, the eldest, was born April 20, 1832, married John Higbey and removed to Nebraska, where she died in 1889. Boyd, whose birth occurred December 1, 1834, removed to Kan- sas, and from there to Bridgeport, W.ish., where he is Postmaster and also engages in mercantile pur- suits. George, who was born August 25, 1836, served as Captain of a militia company and en- tered the army as Fourth Sergeant of Company H, Fifty-seventh Indiana Infantry. He was slightly wounded at the battle of Shiloh and was dis- charged for disability. Again chosen Captain of the militia, he served in that capacity until the close of the Civil War. While at San Antonio. Tex., Februaiy 8, 1891, he was .accidentally killed. Ambrose, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this volume, served in Company A, One Hundred and Ninth Indiana Infantry, and participated in the Morgan raid during the Civil War. He is now a tile manufacturer and farmer on a part of the old homestead. Catherine was three times mar- ried, her second husband having been Dr. A. S. Hetherington, a Captain in the Civil War. After his death she married D. L. Overholser, and at present resides in Logansport, Ind. Isaac and Sarah died, in infancy. Margaret, who was born April 2, 1848, married .lusepli Harman and lives in Noblesville. Solinda, who was born December 7, 1851, married AVesley Isgrig and removed to Mis- souri, where she died. Jacob P., was born March 10, 1854, and died January 16, 1861. Edith, who was born Januaiy 8, 1856, is the wife of 1). ^I. Hare, the stockman of Sheridan. Upon his father's farm our subject grew to man- hood. July 1, 1863, he entered Company A, One Hundred and Seventeenth Indiana Infantry, in which he served until February 24, 1864, being on guard duty most of the time. He participated in several minor engagements, but was in no large battle. He prosecuted his studies in Wlieaton, 111., in 1864-65, and later, from the year 1866 to 1867, he attended a Wesleyan College in Adrian, Mich. During a portion of this time he taught school. After his education was com- pleted he taught for several years. He had ever been active in Christian work, and in 1870 he PORTRAIT AND BIOORAPHICAL RECORD. was ordained ;i iiiiiiistcr in tlie Wesleyan Metlio- disl Churcli. In 1«72 he went to Tennessee as a missionary, remaining lliere for two years. In addition to his duties as u minister of tiie Gosjjel, l\e tauglif school there for one ycai-. Returning to Sheridan in ISTI. l!e\-. :\Ii-. 'I'cter has since been a resident of this plnce. In recog- nition of his ability and iiis devotion to the cause of Christianity, he was, in 188(>, elected President of tlic Indiana Wesleyan Conference, and in 18i>l was eliosen \ice-I're,Mdent (if the (Jenernl Con- ference, l)Otli of wliich l)o>itloiis lie holds at the present time, 1893. As an orator, he has few equals in his locality; and as a i)reacher, he is car- nest, fearless and untiring. Ciitil 1884 he was a Kepulilican, since wliicli lime he has been identified with the Prohiliilion pMrty. lie has twice been a candidate for the Leiii>latui-e on this ticket, but it beiiiu' in the iiiiiiurity lie was defeated. In addition to his work in the Christian field, Mr. Teter has been eng.iged in business pursuits, lie aided in organizing the Sheridan Building & Loan Association, of which he was President for eight years, and is now one of the largest stock- holders. He is also a stockholde'- in the Sheridan Building, Investment A Savings Company, and h.as been interested in other enterprises. His home is on a fort3-acre farm just outside the cor- porate limits of Sheridan. He has been twice married. December 24, 1867, he was united with Miss Susan Hetherington, who was born in High- land County, Ohio, October KS, 1843, and died February 9, 1872. I'lie father of Mrs. Teler, Christopher Hetherington, was born in Ireland in 1794 and emigrated lo the I'liitcd Stales, settling in Ohio. The first marriage of Mr. Teter resulted in the birth of two daughters: \iigliiia Mary, who was born October 20, ISOS. and is now the wife of Euos Pickett, of Adams Townshii); and Mary Margaret, whose birth occurred March 13, 1871. She married Wiiliam Rawlings. a fanner of Adams Township. On the :U\ of November, 1872. Mr. Teter and .Mi» l-;ii/,alietli llow.ard were united in marriage. Mrs. Teter w.as born in Pulaski, Tenn., and is the daughter of William Howard, a native of Kentucky, and a cabinetmaker by trade. The Howard family is of Knglish ancotry. iVIrs. Teter was one of seven children, the iithers be- ing John, William, David, Mary, .Sarah, Annah, and two half-brothers, George and I.eander. She is the mother of live children, namely: .lohn iv W., who was born September 12, 1873; An vie I*",., Decembers, 1874; Matlie Annah. April 2, 187<;: Grace E.. January 1, 1883; and (ieorge, born October 20, 1878. The children have been the recipients of excellent educational arlvantages in the .schools of Sheridan, and John and Auvie arc now teachers in the public schools. ^'OHN N. ANDERSON. Closely connected with the growth of Madison County along ^^l|. the lines of material and moral progress ^5^^' stands the name of .Mr. Anderson, who is a resident of Stony Creek Townsliiii. He is especi- ally prominent in agricultural circles and is the owner of one hundred and sixty .acres, u|iini which he has placed improvements of a most sub- stantial character. Both as a farmer and as a citizen, he has become well and favoi.ably known, and his undertakings have been so wisely planned and executed that he has attained success. His dealings witli men have been of a most varied char.acter, but, notwitlistandinghis diverse business relations, his name has remained untouched by the slightest reproach. Born in Hamilton County., hid.. .lune 10. 1846. the subject of this biographical notice spent his boyhood upon the farm belonging to his father, .John Anderson. For a time in his boyhood years he attended school, but his attendance was ab- ruptly terminated by illnes.s. The other sons and daughters in the family left the old homestead, establishing domestic ties of their own, but he re- mained with his father until after his marriage. He was then given an eighty-acre tract of land by his father, and, settling upon that pl.ace, he at once commenced its improvement. Much of his suc- cess he owes to the counsel and assistance of his father, of whom further mention is made in the 206 POUTRAIT AND BKX^RAPHICAL RECORD biographical sketch of Ed I. Anderson, presented elsewliere in this volume. When prepared to establish a home of liis own, the subject of this sketch was united in man iage, July 23, 1880, with Miss Lyda F., daughter of James Dewitt and a native of Madison County. Five children blessed the union, two of whom are deceased, the survivors being Vesta Pearl, Cela and Virgil, bright and intelligent children, who are receiving the best educational advantages afforded by the schools of the neighborhood. While he is not a politician in the usual acceptation of that term, Mr. Anderson takes an interest in political matters and casts his ballot for the candidates and measures advocated by the Democratic party. With his wife, he holds membership in the Metho- dist Church and contributes generously to relig- ious and charitable projects. EVI A. HAINES, one of the self-made men of Hamilton County, now living in Nobles- ville Township, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, January 16, 1826, and is a son of Levi and Sarah (Hatchee) Haines. The father was a native of New Jersey, and when a young man went to Ohio, where he cleared and improved a farm. He first settled in Columbiana County, and in 1830 went to Stark County. Six years later he came to Indiana, looating in Washington Township, Hamilton County," where he bought eighty acres of partially improved land. In 1858 he went to northern Iowa, where he lived upon a farm until his death, at the age of seventy-five years. His wife died when our subject was a lad of only seven summers. There were eleven chil- dren, all of whom reached adult age, while seven are yet living. Both the paternal and maternal grandparents were New Jersey people and died in Ohio. No event of special importance occurred during the childhood and youth of our subject, which were quietly passed upon the home farm. The only educational privileges he received were those afforded by the district schools, but he possesses an observing eye and retentive memory, and through m observation and experience he has become a well informed man. At the age of seventeen he learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed as a means of livelihood for ten years. In 1848 Mr. Haines was united in mariiage with Miss Rebecca Puckett, who was born near Teire Haute, Ind., and is a daughter of Daniel and Re- becca (Cook) Puckett. By their union have been born seven children, five of whom are yet living. Sarah H. is the wife of William Starn, by whom she has had three children, two yet living. Oliver M., who is a groceryman of Noblesville, is married and has two children. John F. is Superin- tendent of the public schools of Noblesville. Edwin A. is also married. Frank A. is married and car- ries on a drug store in Noblesville. For some years Mr. Haines worked at his trade of carpentering in Carmel and then removed to his present home, in 1858. He has followed farming for many years, placed his land in a high state of cultivation and made many improvements thereon. He also worked at his trade, and in 1882 opened a general store. He has led a busy and useful life and by his well directed efforts, enterprise and perseverance he has accumulated a handsome com- petence. During President Harrison's administration, Mr. Haines was appointed Postmaster of Gray's post- offlce and still holds the position. He has held other local oflices and in all has promptly and faithfully performed eveiy duty. He cast his first Presidential vote for Scott in 1856, supported Fremont, and has since been a Republican. He and his wife are members of the Friends' Church and lake an active part in religious work. He is truly a self-made man and has led an exemplary life. PIRANK K. PEIRCE, prominently con- J nected with the Alexandiia Land and Gas Companj', and a leading citizen, thorough- ly devoted to the development of the interests of Alexandria, Madison County, is favorably known throughout the state of which he has been a life- time resident, and was born in Hagerstown, Wayne Count}', September 18, 1857. His father, Isaac A. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RF.CORD. Peirce, a native of Tennessee, and the youngest of a family of seven children, was the son of An- drew Peirce. Tlie paternal grandfather was a Aiiginian by birth and of remote Irish descent, but tlie Peirce family was numbered among the F. F. V's long before the Revolutionary War, in which many of tlie forefathers took an active part. They were all bitterly opposed to slavery, and as they occupied positions of influence in the soutli, it was undoubtedly owing to their abolition sentiments that tl)ey finally located in Indiana. Andrew Peirce was among the very early pioneers of VV^ayne County, settling on a tract of wild land near llagerstown, where many years after he died. He bequeatlied to his youngest son, Isaac A., the old homestead and deeded him the property, liav- ing himself received the original deed from the Government of the United States. The eldest sou of the grandfather, named in his honor Andrew, is now a wealthy land owner at Blountsville, Henr.y Countj', andlias held a high official posi- tion in his home locality. The other sous, with tlie exception of Isnac A., went to the farther west and but liltle is known of their late history. Thomas located in Mu.xico, Mo., and was account- ed a shrewd, far-seeing man. A politician of note, he was at one time connected with theUni- telry. and in time thus p;ii serve in a number of positions of a rcsponsiljle and honorable character, in all of which his discharge of duties and obligations has proved his tact, accurate judg- 274 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ment and high talents. He has conducted several prominent law suits in the county, and has been successful in ever}- case under his charge. Born in Preble County, Ohio, in 1834, our sub- ject is tiie son of .John and Eliza (Wilson) Patty. He traces his ancestry to Thomas Patty, a native of London, P^ngland, whose parents had removed to that city from France. The family is of Irish origin, being refugees from that country to France. Prior to tlie War of the Revolution, Thomas Patty emigrated to America in company with a brother and settled in Virginia, where his son .lames was born about 1776. The latter removed to South Carolina, where he married Mary Cook. He followed the trade of a gunsmith in both the Carolinas and in Preble County, Ohio, removing from the latter place to Carroll County, Ind., in 1830. At the age of about seventy he died in Carroll County. During the War of 1812 Grandfather Wilson enlisted in the United States arm}'. In political matters he affiliated with the Whigs. Grandfather Patty and his wife reared a family consisting of the following children: Jesse, Eli, John, Isaac, Charles, James, Nathan, Robert, Mary, Delilah and Pha3be. The father of our subject, John Patty, was born in South Carolina in 1805, and spent his boyhood years in the parental home. In Preble County, Oliio, at the age of about twenty-one, he married VAiza, daughter of Thomas and Jane (Pierce) Wil- son, natives respectively of Ireland and Pennsyl- vania, the latter being of German descent. Grand- father Wilson was a soldier in the War of 1812 and the Black Hawk War. John Patty learned the trade of a gunsmith and also that of a black- smith, and after coming to Marion County, Ind., in 1834. he conducted a sliop for eighteen years. In 1852 he moved to Hamilton County, and at Carmel became the owner of a blacksmith shop and carriage shop. He was one of the prominent men of this flourishing village, and his death in 1883 was regarded as a public loss. His wife departed this life in 1875. He was a generous man, kind and thoughtful in his intercourse with others, and especially active in the work of the United Breth- ren Church, of which he was a member. Politi- callj', he was first a Democrat, but after 1856 affili- ated with the Republicans. When about seventeen years of age our subject began as a clerk in a general store in Hendricks County, after which he was employed on the rail- road for one summer. Lat.er he was employed on a farm, and then coming to Carmel, he learned the trade of a wagonmaker, which he followed at various places for about twenty years. In July, 1862, he enlisted in the service of the Union army, becoming a member of Company A, Fifth Indiana Cavalry, Twenty-third Corps. He participated in a number of engagements with his regiment, and was a member of the company' that captured the command of Gen. Morgan. Among the engage- ments in which he took a prominent part may be mentioned the battles of Brownsville, Walker's Fort, Bear Station, Tunnel Hill, Resaca, Dalton, Adairsville, Cassville, Jlarietta, Kenesaw Moun- tain, Cross Roads, Peach Tree Creek, Bacon, (Ga.) and Sunshine Church. During the last-named engagement Mr. Patty was taken prisoner and removed to Andersonville, where he remained one month and four days. Thence he was taken to Savannah, later to Charles- ton, and from there to Florence,, where he was paroled in December, 1864. At the time he was in Andersonville there were about thirty-flve thousand prisoners. He was paroled and sent to Camp Chase, Ohio, and on the 17th of January, 1865, received his discharge, after which he re- turned home and resumed work at his trade. He receives a pension of $17 per month. In 1868 Mr. Patty married Margaret J., daugh- ter of Daniel and Sarah (Haworth) Fisher. Seven children were born to this union, two of whom died in infancy. The others were, Vern, a print- er residing at Westfleld; Hubert, Thomas, Daniel and Roscoe. After the marriage of our subject, he continued to work at his trade until 1870, when he was elected Sheriff of the county by the unani- mous choice of the people, without opposition. He served in that office for two years, and then, returning to Carmel, soon commenced to study law. He was admitted to the Bar in 1879 and has engaged in practice ever since. He has occupied a number of positions, among which may be men- POETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. tioned that of Justice of the Peace in 1875 in Del- aware Township, and was elected Prosecuting At- torney for the Twenty-fourtii Judicial Circuit in 1888. Socially he is identified with Carinel Lodge No. 121, F. (t A. M. and the William Smith Post, G. A. R., at Slieridan. ^ RESIDENCE OF MRS. E. S H E PARD , SEC. 1., VVH 1 TE RIVER TP, H AM I ETON CO . 1 ND. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 28:3 April "iH. IT'J'.I. The pntci-iial uramlfatlier, whose and was tlio son of a I'oiinsN Ivaniaii. In tracing tlic genealogy of the Lindley family, we find that lliicc hrolliors, William, Thomas and .lames, emi- grated from Kngland to tliis i-ountry in an early (lay an and fonr daughters. His sister .Mary w.-iji for twenty years a paralytic and died in .Morgan County, Ind. William and Thomas died in North Carolina. Plnehe, Mary and Edward passed away in Morgan County, .lohn died in Howard County, 1 nd. David, our Mihject 's twin hroMier, went to Jowa in 1><70 and died in that state. In 1838 Aaron Lindley caine to Hamilton County and settled in Washington Township, wliere he remained until his death. May 18. 18.ifi. In early life he learned the trade of a gnnsmith, which he followed the greater jiart of his life, even after he located upon a farm in this county, lieing a man of some means when he came to Indiana, Aaron I.iiidley inncliaMMl thre(M|narter- large tracts in Washington Township, and at the lime of his death owned about one thousand acres. Some years jjrioi' to his demise he withdrew from the Society of I-'riends and joined the Wesleyan Methodist Church. A strong Abolitionist, he was prominent in the construction of the underground railroad and had a station on his farm. His place being in the midst of a large marsh it was called the "Dismal Swamp," and could be ti-avcrsed on foot, but not by horses. When the negroes th.at made his station were overtaken, all he had to do was to start them into that swamp, and in that way he helped many a jjoor negro to escape. The mother of our subject, whose maiden name was Ann Justice, was born in North Carolina .Tanuary 17, 1797. Her father, Henry .lustice, pre- sumably a native of that state, was born Septem- ber 20, 1708, and was iJiominenl among the I Quakers of his comnuiuity. lie died in 1812, when his daughter Ann was lifieeii. The grand- mother of our subject, Hannah, daughter of Na- thaniel and Ann Carter, was born in I'ennsylvania September 12, 1757, and was within hearing of the guns at the battle of Brandy wine. She and a sister were compelled by some British soldiers to guide them to the home of a certain man, which they did, and the soldiers calling him out of the house, shot him dead before their eyes. She at- tained a good old age and died M.iy 2, 18 1. '5. Our subject is one of si.x children, concerning whom we note the following: William, who was bom March C 182;t, is a well-to-do fanner in Adams Township; Henry .lustice, whose birth oc- curred March 18, 182r), has been a book-keeper in Indianapolis, St. Louis .and Chicago, and now makes his home in the city last named. David was born October :!(i. 1827, and is a successful agriculturist of Adams Townshii), residing upon one of the quarter-sections of land purchased by his father in 1838. Rebecca Carter was born May 12, 1835, and died at the age of four years. Aaron was born March 17, 1839, and died April 17, 181(1. The mother died at the birth of the last-named child. The second marriage of our subject's f.athor united him with Elizabeth li. Carey, and six children were born of this union, vi/..: Whoda Ann, wife of George Stalker; Thomas .1., who re- sides upon the old homestead in Washington Township; Phd-be L., wife of Able Doan, Presi- dent of the Westtield Bank; .lohii P.. who w.as drowned in the AVhite River several years ago; Emily and Gula Elma (Mrs. Thomas), both of whom are deceased. Mrs. Elizabeth Lindley isstill living and makes her home in Washington Township, Hamilton County. .\t the time of the removal to Indiana, the sub- ject of this sketch was seven years old. He grew to manhood on his father's farm and received or- dinary educational advantages in the district schools. At the age of tw(^nty he entered the Michigan Union College, of Leoni, Mich., from which he was graduated ,Iune 15, 1858. In the meantime he taught school in Michigan, and after returning to Indiana, followed that profession in Belleville, Hendricks County, and in Monrovia, Morgan County, for a number of years. His 284 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. health failing him, he retired from the schoolroom to his farm, where he has since resided. In 1867-68 Mr. Lindley served as Township Trustee. Aside from this he has held no impor- tant ofHce, nor h.-is he aspired to political honors. P'ormcrl.y he was a Rejjublican, but now is identi- fied witli the Prohibition party, and is a worker in the temperance cause. In 1860 he married Miss Charlotte M. Morton, who was born in Onon- daga County, N. Y., July 6, 1834. Her father, AVilliam E. Morton, was born in Quincy, Mass., April 25, 1804, and was a cousin of J. Sterling Morion, Secretary of Agriculture in President Cleveland's cabinet. Her motlier, C.vnthia(Dodge) Morton, was born March 6, 1809, being a daughter of Thomas and Experience (Crosby) Dodge, one of the foremost families of New York State. Mr. and Mrs. Morton upon removing west located in Toledo, Ohio, and removed thence to Adrian, Mich., going from there to Washtenaw County, Mich. Mr. Morton died in 1887, in Jackson County, and Mrs. Morton in February, 1877, in Jackson. Mrs. Lindley was one of a faniil\- of two sons and four daughters. David N., w.as born April 24, 1830, and died October 29, 1854. Harriett S., who was born May 23, 1832, married Samuel S. Chappell and lives near Jackson, Mich. Jeannotte, who wfis born June 23, 1838, is the wife of Chap- man Jewell, of Flint, Ala. Barry O., born Janu,ary 19. 1843, was a soldier in the Ninth Michigan Infantry, enlisting at the opening of the war in 1861; he was wounded, though not seriouslj', at the battle of Murfreesboro, and served until the close of the war. His death occurred in Jackson County, Mich., in 1884. Addie was born No- vember 22, 1848, and married Ames AVorcester, of .lackson County, Mich. A lady of fine educa- tion, Mrs. Lindley was for several years a teacher in the college at Adrian, Mich., and afterward .assisted her husband in that profession until they retired to the farm. The only son born to the union of Mr. and Mrs. Lindley was Oliver Morton, whose birth occurred October 19, 1861. PMucated in the Westfield High School, he was only thirteen years old when he began reading books and jjapers that boys do not generally comprehend. He mastered works far in advance of his years, in fact he always had a good book before him. It was not permitted, however, that he should be spared to his parents, and lie was called from earth October 19, 1891. This bereavement has been almost the only sorrow in the otherwise unclouded married life of Mr. and Mrs. Lindley. They are both identified with the Wesleyan Methodist Church and are popular in the social circles of the community. ==^=l#^^i-^"t^il®^€ "^T? LBERT C. CARVER, who is well known (@/l-1 | tliroughout Madison County, makes his /// Ia home in Alexandria, where he occupies a (^ prominent place in business and social circles. He w.as born in Henry County, Ind., March 27, 1848. His grandfather, Eliazer Carver, was born in Putnam County, N. Y., about 1788, and was a soldier in the War of 1812. The Car- vers trace their ancestry back to the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers. John Carver, the explorer, belonged to a branch of this family. The grand- father was one of six brothers: John, Jonathan, Lewis, Henry, Eliazer and Barnabus. The Last- named remained in New York, but the other five came to Indiana in 1830. all settling in Fayette County except John, who became one of the pioneers of Madison County, locating in the un- broken wilderness. All were farmers except Henry, who practiced medicine. About 1855, Eliazer Carver and his immediate family came to Madisfm County, locating on land which is now a part of Alexandria. He died in 1873. Ira K. Carver, father of our subject, was born in New York, and was one of six brothers: Levi, John, Ira, Bloomer, David K. and William. Levi is a carpenter of Grant County, Ind.; John died in 1840; Bloomer is a farmer near Alexandria; David K., who was Sheriff of Madison County, re- sides in Irvingtou, a suburb of Indianapolis, and owns several farms and other valuable property; and William is living near Alexandria. Ira Carver w.as an attorney and farmer, and died in 1875. He married Esther J. Caldwell, a native of Fay- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 283 elto County, liul. IIpi- l;itlicr, .Maiilovo Caldwell, was horn in Norlli Ciuolina. Iicranu; one of llie pioneers of Fa3ette County, and died in Clinton (,'ounty, Ind., iiaving held many public olliees. lie was a man of prominence iind was a cousin of John Cnlhoun. the great southern statesman, with wlnjni ho corresponded up to the time of liis death. Mrs. Carver is now living with her daughter in ("hicago. She had four children: Mary, wife of A. Perry, a telegraph operator on the Board f>f Trade in Chicago; Emma, the wife of l)i-. .leflCrson R. Ilill- demp, of Windfall, Jnd.; Olive, the w.fe of Amos Ilallard, a Baptist preacher of Windfall; and Albert. Ouv subject spent Ins early life on his father's farm, and was educated in the Normal School of Lebanon, Ohio, from which he was graduated in 1871. He then studied law with his fatiier, and was admitted to the Bar at .Vnderson in 1877. After the deatli of his father, in l.s7i), it was found that there w.as a flaw in the lilli^ to the old liomestead, and that the widowed mother and children were without a home, so he took upon himself their support and at the same time com- menced a fight to recover the farm from those who unjustly claimed it. He pressed liis claims year after year against great ditJiculties, and at the same time struggled to maintain the family. After eighteen years of contest in all the courts. Mr. Carver won his suit, and his mother was re- instated in her old home, which is now almost in the heart of Alexandria. Ill 18!)0, our sulijcct was elected rroseciiling Attorney- for Madison County on the promise th:it he would do all in his power to break up tlie saloon and gambling dens wiiich were then a blight on the otherwise fair county. After liis election, he was informed that a fight on three dis- reputable places could not be successfully made and that he had better not undertake it, in fact he was offered bribes, but this only enraged him and made him more determined to prosecute to the full extent of the law. Accordingly, he com- menced to issue warrants for their arrest, and this created such an excitement that the Sheriff and Constables refused to run the risk of losing their lives in serving the papers, so Mr. Carver took the papers himself, and with a shotgun on his shoulder went into the most desperate dons in the county. This work he fearlessly carried out, until one dark night, when he was set upon by a band of ruffians, who intended to take his life, and not until one of the villians lay dead on the ground did the other take to his hoels. Mr. Cacvor cuiiUnued to keep ■o St oloii oiit of society l.l cxpir. d, and he was t (• law- iioakcrs of the until his term of o looked upon with toi community. Mr. Carver is now engaged in the prosecution of his profession, with an oflicc^ in Anderson. In 1878, he married Marguerite li. Metcalf, a native of Ohio, and a daughter of David Metcalf. With their seven children, Kippie Leone, (Henna ])., Doxie, Ruth, Thcric, Albert and Alfred, they occu|jy a pleasant home in the addition which Mr. Carver has laid out to Alexandria. The adversity which overtook him in his early years developed aself-reliance and strength of character which have made of our subject one of the best and most prominent of Alexandria's citizens. Unfaltering in support of what he believes to be right, he will stand in defense of his position and convictions while life lasts. =^ yplLLlAM A. HOWARD. Rrominont in ag- ricultural circles is the gontlomaii of whom we write, who was born in Ross County, Ohio, February 22, 18-12, and who is the son of .John and Margaret E. (Jones) Howard, tho fornior born in Rockingham County, \'a.. in 18f)2, and the latter in the same state in 1814. When about ten or twelve years of age, the father of our subject came with his parents to Ohio and settled in Ross County. He was a farmer by oc- cupation, and was unusually successful. In poli- tics he was a Democrat, and in religious views a Dunkard. He was highly resjiected for his many estimable qualities, and died in Ro.ss County in 1870, honored and esteemed by all. His father, Adam Howard, was a native of the Old Dominion, and, in connection with farming, was a .saddler by i trade. He was quite ingenious and was handy at I almost anything he undertook. The Howard PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. family came originally from Germany, and settled in Virginia, where they were prominent people. The raotiier of our subject is still living, and resides in Summitville, Ind. Althougli well along in years, she enjoys comparatively good health, and is a good and noble woman. She was the daughter of Isaiah and P^lizabeth (Hatton) Jones, natives of Virginia, wiio moved to Oliio and settled in Koss County near the Howards. The Jones family is of Scotch descent. Tiie parents of our subject were married about 1830, and thirteen children were the fruits of this union. Isaiah J., a farmer residing in Delaware County, Ind., is also a preacher in the Dunkard Church; Mary married James L. Farrell, but is now a widow, and resides in Sumraitville; John re- sides in Summitville; James S. resides in Summit- ville, and is a veterinary surgeon; Catherine is the wife of Samuel P. Kerr, a farmer of Illinois; Martlia A. is the wife of Thomas J. Gerrard, who is a broker of Indianapolis; William A. is our subject; Charles B. is deceased; Margaret, deceased, was the wife of Absalom Ilyer, of Springfield, Ohio; Sarah J. is the widow of Alexander Kerr, who was formerly of Summitville; Robert C. is next; Joseph F. is deceased; and Dora E. is the wife of J. F. Fulton, of Summitville. Our subject, who is sixth in order of birtii of the above mentioned children, remained in his native county nntil the breaking out of war, and in Au- gust, 1862, enlisted in Company G, Seventy- nintii Ohio Infantry, and served most of the time in the culinary department. He served one year and was then discharged for disability. Return- ing to Ross Count3', Ohio, he remained on the farm until 1870, and with his parents until 1868, the parents moving to town at that date. Previous to eutering the army, young Howard started to study medicine, but subsequently gave that up. In 1870 he married Miss Susan Hyer, a native of Ross County, Ohio, born in 184'2, and a schoolmate of her liusbaud. Her parents, John and Elizabeth (Straley) Hyer, were natives of the Keystone State. After his marriage Mr. Howard resided in Ross County for two years and then moved to Delaware County', Ind., where he made his home for three years. Later he came to Madison County, and has been engaged in various enter- prises — lumber, gristmill, hotel, dry-goods and livery business, and he built all the roads from Summitville. Since 1890 he has given all his at- tention to farming and trading in lands. When Mr. Howard began for himself he had about 121, and he has' since paid about $20,000 security money. At the present time he is the owner of two hundred and forty acres, all under a good state of cultivation, except eight acres, which are in timber. He is interested in town property, Fairview Addition, and is President of the brick company, and holds that position in the Fairview Land Company. To Mr. and Mrs. Howard were born five chil- dren: Blanche, now the wife of Richard Fau- cett; Frank, who died when sixteen years of age; Bertha and Grace, at home; and Floyd, wlio died when sixteen months old. In politics Mr. Howard supports the principles of the Prohibition party, although at one time he was a Republican, but was born a Democrat. Socially, he is a mem- ber of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, being Chaplain in the same, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which he joined in 1867. When he first came to Summitville there was no Sunday-school, and our subject, with two other men, organized one, which has continued ever since. He has been Class-leader, Steward, Superintendent of Sunda.y-school, and exhorter for years. His entire family are church members. ON. DEWITT C. CHIPMAN is a pioneer lawyer of central Indiana, where he has practiced his profession since 1849, with ^) the exception of a few years when he was Collector of Internal Revenue for the Government under Lincoln's administration. Mr. Chipman is a native of New York, having been born at Mid- dlebury, in what was Genesee, but now AVyoming County, September 21, 1824. He was the son of Horace D. Chipman, who was born at Rutland, Vt. The grandfather was named Darius, and PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ■287 was a native of Vermont, being born at Tin- mouth, where he entered the practice of law and became State's Attorney, and for twentj'-four con- secutive years served in the Legislature. After- ward he became a resident of Middlebury, N. Y. His Ijrother, Nathaniel, was Judge of the Supreme Court of Vermont, United States Circuit .Judge and a Senator of the United States. There were live l)rothers. Nathaniel was a Captain at Valley Forge. The grandfather was at Ticonderoga and at the battle of Henniiiglon, and at that time was only sixteen 3'ears of age. The father of these bo3's was Samuel Cliipman, who was born at Salisbury, Conn., and removed to Vermoat, where tiiis family was born. John Chipman, the founder of the family, came from England and settled at Barnsta- ble, Mass. He married Hope Howland, daughter of the commander of the " Mayflower." The father of Mr. Chipman was a merchant at Middlebury, N. Y., but in 1832 located at Brock. port. In 1842 lie located permanently at Cincin- nati, Ohio, and engaged in merchandising until he wliolly retired from active business. lie died in (hat city in 1886, at the age of eighty years. He was a Whig in i)olitics and a Presbyterian in faith. Mr. Cliipman's mother was Catharine E. Gregory, born in Franklin, Ohio. She was a first cousin of Hon. Robert C.JSchenck, of Ohio. Horace D. Chip- man married in Oliio in 1812, traversing the river from Pittsburg, in a canoe. He bought a tract of land at Oxford, but did not permanently locate at Cincinnati until 1842. The parents of Mr. Chip- man had nine children, only two of wliom are living, although five grew to their majority. Two of tliem tcidk up arms in the service of their oonntry: W. I), was in an Ohio regiment in the war for the I nion, and Horace was through the Mexican War as a private. He was in a body of men who had to cut Uieir way out from an attack, and was wounded with swords and lances. The sul)ject of tills sketcii was reared in New York, Illi- nois, Indiana and Ohio, and attended the common schools and Betliany and Wyoming Academies in New York. In 1840 he went with his father to Tazewell Countv, 111., where the family located. Here he helped on tlie farm and enjoyed great ex- perience in hunting, for the country abounded in all kinds of game. In 1842 he went to Cincinnati and began to study law witli Judge Storer. He graduated from the National Law School at Bal- ston Spa, N. Y., witii tlic degree of LL.D., and was admitted to the B;ir at Albany, N. Y. In 1848 he came to Noblesvillc, Ind., and entered into a law partnership witli Judge Stone and after- ward witli Hon. Will Evans. For two years he was Prosecuting Attorney for the counties of Ham- ilton, Tipton, Howard, Madison, Hancock, Marion, Joluison find Hendricks, and for twelve years thereafter was deputy prosecutor. Soon after the internal revenue law was enacted, Mr. Cliipman was appointed collector of the Eleventh Indiana District by President Lincoln, which was the only thing that prevented him from entering the army. He was elected to the Legislature, soon after the war, was Mayor of Noblesvillc one term, and a School Commissioner. He laid out Chipman 's Ad- dition of one hundred and forty lots, which is now the best part of the city. In 1870 Mr. Chipman located in Anderson when it had about three thou- sand population. Anderson was enjoying an incipient boom caused by the contemplated construction of the iiydraulie canal, which was never accomplished. He remained there in prac- tice until 1875 and then went to Richmond, where he remained until 1879, returning to Anderson and locating permanently in the latter place. For the past several years he has made a specialty of practice in the patent laws, and has been eminently successful. Mr. Chipman 's first political affiliation w.as as a Whig, and was sulisequently with the Peo- ple's party, which was merged into the Republican party, and he went with it. His father's house in Illinois was a station on the underground rail- road for negroes who were escaping from slavery. He was a charter member of the Republican party, to which he has given much labor. Mr. Chipman was married to Miss Cassandra Clark in Noblesvillc in 1851. She was born in Noblesvillc, and was the daughter of Judge II. W. Clark, M. D., a native of Virginia, and an early settler in Hamilton County. He was n member of the Constitutional Convention of 1851, and served in both houses of the Legislature. Mrs. Chipman died in 1888. Their three children are Judge M. 288 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. A.; Catliarine A., at home; and Julia A., wife of S. P. Moore, an attorney of the firm of Chip- man & Moore. Mr. Chipman is a member of the Methodist Church. J.TjONATriAN R. LONGFELLOW, now re- I tired from the active duties of daily busi- |! ness, and enjoying the fruits of a successful .^_Jj career as an agriculturist and stock-raiser, has long been associated with the progressive in- terests of Indiana, and resides on section 9, An- derson Township, Madison County. Our subject, a native of tiie state of Delaware and born Sep- tember 30, 1811, was the son of William and Mary A. (Swift) Longfellow. His parents, both natives of Delaware,were the decendants of a worthy, intel- ligent ancestr}^, upright and law-abiding. The Longfellows are undoubtedly of sturdy Welsh descent, but various branches of the family have for generations been numbered among the best citizens of tlie United States. When Jonathan R. was a lad of about eleven years of age he accom- panied his parents to their new home in the state of Indiana, the father, mother, sons and daughters settling in the dense woods near Brookville. Gen- uine pioneers, the}- endured with courage the pri- vations and sacrifices incidental to frontier life, and, all lalioring in a common cause, aided with energetic enterprise in the development of the wild land into a productive and valuable farm, annual!}' returning a bounteous harvest. Later, the famil}' removed to Henry County, where the parents, after lives of cheerful care and usefulness, passed awaj', mourned l)y all who knew them. Nine children had gathered in the pioneer home, of whom tlie followingare surviving: Jonathan R.; Eliza A., making her home in Henry County; Mary A., a resident of Henry County; Thomas; and \'inccnt, in Missouri. Our subject, reared amid pioneer scenes, spent the days of bo3'hood in a comparative wilderness, in which deer and wild game were abundant. Roaming about the hum- ble cabin in the very early times, the wolves fre- quently made night hideous with their howling. Jonathan H. studied in the primitive log school- house, with clapboard roof, and rude benches and seats fashioned from logs and with greased paper for windows. Early beginning the battle of life, he reached adult age manlj', energetic and en- terprising, and while young taught school for a number of terms during the winter time, but has devoted the greater jjortion of his life to farming, and throughout his long career of busy usefulness has, until a comparatively recent period, been an active hard-working man. He now resides with his son, Joseph E., wlio now owns the old home. Many years ago were united in marriage Jona- than R. Longfellow and Miss Jemima E. Barn- ard. Unto our subject and his excellent wife were born eight sons and daughters, five of whom are yet living. James W. is a citizen of Nebraska; Joseph E. is on the home farm ; John M. lives in Iowa; Melissa is the wife of Monroe Ritchey and makes her home in Anderson Township; Marcus lives in Anderson. Mary A., Annie R. and Elizabeth E. are the three deceased. The beloved wife, who was a true helfimate, a de- voted friend and counselor for nearly half a cen- tury, departed this life, mourned by all who knew her, June 10, 1887. She was a woman of superior ability, a devout Christian and an active member of the Baptist Church. For a number of years Mr. Longfellow resided continuously in Henry County, but in the spring of 1883 removed to his present valuable homestead, on section 9, Anderson Town- siiip. Here our subject enjoys the prosperity which has crowned his later efforts and is taking a well earned rest after a career of toil. For over lift}' years a member of the Baptist Church, he has been a liberal supporter of the denominational work and benevolent enterprises. A strong Dem- ocrat and a local leader in his younger days, Mr. Longfellow occupied with ability official positions of trust, and while a resident of Henry County served with efficiency as Justice of the Peace, his decisions being in full accord with law and ev- idence and fully sustained by the upper courts. Joseph E. Longfellow is the owner of one hun- dred and twenty acres of land, a portion of which is devoted to fruit and ranked among the best fruit farms of the county. A practical horticul- turist, this son of our subject is especially success- PORTRAIT AND 1510GKAP1IICAL RECORD. ful in the culture of small fruits, strawberries, raspberries and blackberries; and also markets (luantilics nf lino jieacbes. Joseph E. Longfellow was luiitcd in marriage with Miss Mary E. Hell, a native of Decatur County, Ind.,aiul a daughter of Iliram and Mary J. (Clark) Bell. Mrs. Longfellow was reared in her native county and there re- ceived her education. She is the mother of four children: Bertha, the wife of Porter Pennisten; Lee, Marcus and Frank. Chester A., the intelligent grandchild of Joseph E., and the great-grand- child of our subject, is a promising lad and a great pel of the family at home. Joseph E., like his fallier, is a Democrat, and both he and his estimable wife are valued members of the United Brethren Church. Our subjciit has now reached the advanced age of more than four-score years, and in his long career has ever been known as a public-spirited citizen and a man of sterling integrity, deserving the high regard universally accorded him l»y a host of old-time friends and acquaintances. 280 ]fe^®! <| WILLIAM T. JOHNS, the able Secretary and \r\J// Superintendent of the Noblesville Electric \^ Light and Ice Company, and also the elHcient Treasurer of the Noblesville Water Works Company, has long been identified with the promi- nent interests of his present localitj' and, a native of Hamilton County, was born July 3, 1847. His father, Henry Johns, was born in Hardin County, Ky., but in early life became a pioneer of Boone County, Ind., settling in that part of the stale in 1821, when the country was an unbroken wilderness traversed mainly by the bear, deer, wdlvcs and wild game with which the woods alioiuulcd. In 1 83.3 the father made his home in Ilniiiilldii Cduniy, where he entered land and with anil)iti(>n cleared, cultivated and improved llie broad acres. Henry Johns was a man of courage and enter- prise, well tilted to endure and overcome the pri- vations and experiences of pioneer life. He sur- vived to reach seventy-four years of age, and [lassed away in 1871, mourned as a public loss. He was politically in early youth a Whig, and later became a stalwart Kepniilican. The pater- nal grandfather, (;eorm' .lolms. likewise a native Kentuckian, was a pronounced Whig and actively participated in the public affairs of the day. A man of resolute will and eanuest purpose, he was adapted to cope with the dangers and emergencies which constantly uienaeed the different sections of our country in its early history. The Johns are of English ancestry, a forefather of this branch of the family settling in Tennessee during the Colonial rlays. The mother of our subject, Mrs. .Alary (Jolin>) .lohns, was born in Jennings County. Ind., and was the daiightei- of John Johns, a pioneer of that part of the state, and a man who fully commanded the high regard of all with whom he came in contact. He was a brave soldier of the War of 1812. Our subject, William T., was the sixtli of the nine children who gathered in the home of the parents. At- tending the district school throughout his boy- hood, he well improved every opportunity to gain an education, and later taught school for five terms in the winter months, assisting upon the home farm during the summer months. Mr. Johns finally began the pursuit of agiicult- ure upon his own account, and latei-, a popular man, genial and courteous, was, in 1888, elected upon the Republican ticket Auditor of Hamilton Count3% serving with fidelitj' to the interests of the general public four years. Previous to this time our subject had conducted for four years a merchandising business in Jolietville. Ind. Since making his residence in Noblesville, Mr. .lolnis has aided in the promotion of various local enter- prises and been an important factor in developing the leading interests of the city. Upon December 16, 1891, he assisted in the organization of the Noblesville Electric Light and Ice Company, and was made Secretary, an ofliice which he yet holds. The electric light and ice plant is a neat brick structure, equipped with the latest machinery, and the ice plant is one of the most simple and eco- nomical in the state and has a capacity of nine tons per day. The light plant is equipped with three dynamos and has a capacit\- of one hundred arc lights. Seven men are constantly employed in 290 jeORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. the power building, a good brick structure, (56x132 feet. In 1891 Mr. Johns became one of the promotei's of the Noblesville Water Works, of which enterprise he is a stockholder, also faithfully discharging the duties of Treasurer. Our subject is likewise a stockholder of the First National Bank of Noblesville, and, financially prospered, is numbered among the substantial citizens and prominent financiers of Hamilton County. Mr. Johns is fraternally associated with Westfield Lodge, A. F. & A. M., is connected with Ber- n ice Lodge No. 120, K. of P., and likewise affili- ates with Jolietville Lodge, K. of H. In 1874 William T. Johns and Miss Phwbe Paddack were united in marriage. The cultured and estimable wife of our subject is a native of Indiana and, born in Johnson County, was the daughter of William Paddack, a pioneer of John- son Count}'. One daughter, Bessie E., an attrac- tive young girl, makes glad the pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Johns, who are identified with the social life and charitable work of Noblesville, and are ever ready to do their part in the duties of the hour. EDGAR E. HENDEE, of the law firm of Chip- man, Keltner & Heudee, is the youngest of five children, and was born at Warsaw, Ind., March 6, 1861, just when the country was verging on the Civil War, which soon burst in all its fury. Ilis father was Caleb Hendee, who was born at W.ayland, Steuben County, N. Y., in 1827. He came west when the country was comparatively new and settled with his family in Indiana. He died at Warsaw in September, 1892. In politics he was a Republican. By trade he was a boot and slioe m.aker, and opened the first shop in Warsaw. Mr. Hendee's mother was Abagail Bush, a native of Canada, and of French and German ancestry. She still resides at the old homestead in Warsaw. The grandfather, George Hendee, was of Scotch- Iiish descent and was an early settler of Steuben Count}', N. y. Edgar E. Ileudce spent his boyhood days in Warsaw, where he obtained a rudimentary educa- tion in the common schools, and where he gradu- ated from the high schools in 1879. In the same year he entered the freshman class in Asbuiy (now DuPauw) University, at Greencastle, going through the full four-year course and graduating in June, 1883. Following this he was Superintend- ent for one year of tiie schools of Winamac, Pu- laski County. In 1878 he began the study of law in the office of Robert B. Encell, and later in the office of Frazer & Frazer, at Warsaw. The senior member of the firm had been one of the Judges of the Suj)reme Court of Indiana, and was selected by President Grant to arbitrate on tlie Alabama claims. He was one of Indiana's best jurists, and his opinions were considei-ed among the clearest and purest ever handed down. Mr. Hendee is pardoned for the pride he manifests for having such a preceptor. In January, 1886, Mr. Hendee located in Anderson to engage in the practice of his profession, entering into partnership, which lasted one year, with Albert A. Small. He then continued the practice independently until 1890, when he formed a partnership with the Hon. Charles L. Henry. At tlie end of a year Mr. Hendee bought the Inisiness of tlie firm, and Mr. Henry retired in order to devote his attention to the various properties which he controlled, including the Anderson I]lectric Street Railway. Mr. Hendee "went it alone" again until June 1, 1893, when the law firm of Chipman, Keltner & Hendee was organized, forming an exceptionally strong com- bination, particularl}' so far as corporation and commercial business is concerned. One of tlie tilings Mr. Hendee remembers pleasantly is secur- ing the Kinnear-Monett prize as the best debater in college. In April, 1886, Mr. Hendee and Miss Mattie O. Thayer, of Wai'saw, were married. Mrs. Hendee is the daugliter of Hon. J. D. Thayer, State Senator for Kosciusko and Wabash Counties. Her grand- father, George H. Thayer, of Plymouth, Ind., a clergyman for many years, is still living, at the age of eightj'-six. Mr. and Mrs. Hendee have two cliildren, named June Marie and John C. In politics Mr. Hendee has always been identi- fied with the Republican party, and has regularly PORTRAIT AND BJAiHAPHICAL KI-XOUI). 293 in campaign years advocated the principles of tliat l):irty from the stump. Ilis counsels are sought by the leading men of this section of tiie state in shaping its policy. As a law3er, Mr. Ilendee is thoroughly read in the law. He is an able coun- selor and advocate, especialh' strong before a jury and in the examination of witnesses, and is pains- taking and careful in the preparation of his cases. He and his wife are both members of the Meth- odist Episcopal Cliurch. ^^iJf' counties >IUS QUICK. Probably there is not resident of Madison or the adjoining ities better known than this gentle- man. He is a Hoosier by birth, having been born in Henry County, September II, 1831, and is a descendant of sturdy German stock. His parents, John and Nancy (Clary) Quick, were natives re- spectively of Ohio and Kentucky, and his grand- jiarents, Cornelius and Hannah (Cox) Quick, were natives of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, respect- ively. The Quick family is noted for its longevity, and Grandfather Quick attained to the age of ninety years. The maternal grandfather qf our subject was Vachel Clary, a native of Kentucky. .lohn Quick, the father of our subject, moved to Henry County, Ind., in 1826, and entered land two miles east of Middleton, becoming one of tiie pioneers of that section. After remaining there until about ISOii, he sold liis farm and moved to Pipe Creek Township, where he purchased five hundred acres, on a part of which is now lo- cated the town of Frankton. He was a prosper- ous and enterprising citizen and was successful in all his undertakings. For many years he was identified with the growth and prosperity of the Christian Church; his heart and purse were always oiicii to its interests, and in his will he bequeathed * 1,(100 to that denomination. His death occurred in 1881, at the age of nearly eighty years. No man in the county was more highly esteemed than Mr. Quick, and in his death the community lost one of its best citizens. Of the six children born to his parents, our sub- 14 ject was the eldest. Four of these arc now living. By the second marriage of Mr. (^uick live chil- dren were born, three of whom survive. At tiie age of eighteen years, Cornelius (Juick commenced to teach school and continued thus engaged every winter until twenty-seven years old, the time be- tween the different school terms being given to farming. During this interval lie bouulit, eighty acres of land in Delaware Count), and resided thereon for five years, meantime adding to his possessions until he was the owner of two hun- dred acres. In 1859 he came to Frankton, Madi- son County, Ind., and engaged in merchandis- ing. He retained his farm in Delaware County for five years, when he traded it for property near Frankton, aud this he still owns. In connection with his mercantile interests, he engaged in the grain and stock business, in which he met with success. He continued in business for several 3'ears with a few changes in the (irni name, but through all these changes he had the controlling interest. Throughout his entire life, Mr. Quick has main- tained a deep interest in religious and scientific research, and has given much of his time aside from business to the study of these subjects. Since 1868 he has devoted almost his entire time to the study of the Scriptures and in preaching the doctrines of the Christian Church. He is a careful student, a keen observer, and a gifted aud powerful debater. In 1870 he had a discussion with William Anderson which lasted two days and attracted much attention. In 1888 he held a discussion with Dr. Puckett in the town of El- wood, which continued for four days and was largel}- attended. In both of these debates it was generally conceded that i\Ir. tjuick won the su- premacy, always proving his position by clear and forcible argument. He has lectured and preached in many different places in Indiana and through Illinois and Nebraska, and has sustained the rep- utation of being thoroughly competent at all times and in all places to defend the iniuciples he maintains. Mr. (Juick is the author of ".Mysticism I'n- masked, or Ministration of the Holy Spirit," a book of two hundred and eighty -six pages, pub- 29-4 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. lisbed by the Standard Publishing Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio. In this work he discusses the many mystical theories taught as to the immediate work of the Holy Spirit on the heart of man in order to prove his salvation and the claim by many Christian people as to what is the actual work of the Spirit in man's redemption and final salvation. He has devoted much earnest thought to this sub- ject, questioning many teachers of theologj^ as to what they understood to be the teaching of the Scriptures on tiiis important matter. Failing to get a satisfactory explanation, he determined to go directly to the inspired teachers themselves. When he had gathered all the facts on the subject he divined that there were many promises made by Jesus Christ and the prophets in reference to the Holy Spirit that were special and belonged exclusively to the apostles and the apostolic age; also that the apostles in addressing the Christians of the primitive church often used language in- tended especially for them, and not for univer- sal ai)plication. For the ]jast ten years Mr. Quick has been con- nected with the banking business which is now conducted under the name of C. Quick ary u>u.-illy fur the llhy^it■i:l^ to furni>h the needed drugs and physic, and in tlie preparing of the mixtures and medicines administered by our subject, lie was more tlian ordinarily skillful and won an enviable reputation as a doctor, his services being in constant demand. His daily round was wearing, but he had been in early life inured to hardships and sacrifice, being only fifteen years of age when he was obliged to take tlie en- tire management of his father's farm. From his boyhood animated with a spirit of i<'S(>lutf self- reliance, he won his upward way iinaidnl to a po- sition of useful influence, commanding both re- spect and honor. In 184;(, Dr. Miesse removed to Marion, Grant County, Ind., wliere he continued the practice of medicine until 1860, then settling permanently in Noblesville, and, here acquiring an extensive i)rac- tice, took a high place among the medical frater- nity of the city. In the year 1848, Dr. D. D. Miesse and Miss Margaret Bretz, were united in marriage. Mrs. Miesse, a native of Ohio, was the daughter of Henry Bretz, a Penusylvanian liy birth. Our subject and his excellent wife are tiie liarents of nine children, five of whom are now living. Jonathan resides in 'Noblesville; Amanda is the wife of Augustus Jump; Adam is a pros- perous physician of Noblesville; Cornelius also makes his home in Noblesville; Mary is the wife of Mack Hines, of Noblesville. The beloved wife and mother, Margaret (Bretz) Miesse, entered into rest, mourned by all who knew her, July 30, 1893. She was a devout Chris- tian woman and a valued member of the Metho- dist F^piscopal Church. Dr. Miesse has alwaj-s been known as an active churchman and liberal giver in behalf of religious work. He contributed handsomely to the building of the Methodist Episcopal Church and assisted in the erection of the German Church. He likewise built a small church out of his own funds for the Germans, and for many years was both a .Steward and Trustee of tlie Methodist Episcopal Church. lie is frater- nally associated with Lodge No. 56, -V. V. A- A. M., and, politically a Democrat, is intelligently posted in local and national issues, and especially interested in school affairs aud matters of oduca- nounccd abolitionist and an ardent advocalf of the freedom of the slaves. The medical profession has been sut'ci',--sfully adopted by the Miesse family generation after generation, no less tlian eight pniminent ph3-si- cians of that name having acquired a large prac- tice within tiie memory of our subject. A sincere friend, kind neighbor and devoted family |jhysi- cian, Dr. Miesse has likewisr been tliidughout his long career a thoroughly loyal and public-spirited citizen, worthy of the universal respect and confi- dence he has received during his three-score years of residence in the state of Indiana. Dr. Aliesse was one of the liist men to ori^auize a coinpany at Noblesville to bore for natural gas. lie has always been liberal and |)ublic-spirite(l in promoting en- terprises for the benefit of tlie surrouning country. His pleasant home on Conner Street, attractively located, is well known to the general pulilic, aud there in the evening of his days our subject now enjoys a rest earned by years <.)f unvarying de- votion to the duties of his profession. iiaiiie IS more lison County ^^NTIIOXV MINXICK. No mp l familiarly known in M; ini tlian tiiat of Minnick, and it is so thor- l^ oughly interwoven with the history of this community that a work of this character would be incomplete without frequent reference to some member of the family. The Virginian has always been a potential element in the civili- zation and development of Indiana. No better blood ever infused pioneer life; no sturdier arm ever set about the task of subduing the wilderness and no less vigorous mental activity could have raised a great commonwealth. Mr. Minnick \vas born in Rockingham County, Va.. December 12, 1827, and is the son of 'Williara 296 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. and Nancj- (Good) Minnick, natives of the Old Dominion. The parents removed to Wayne County, Ind., in 1830, and settled on eighty acres of land which they purchased near what was known as Greens Fork. This was then an unbroken | wilderness, and the work of clearing the land and developing a farm from the forest was an under- taking that can be but little understood or ap- preciated by the present generation. For twent3--three years this worthy couple re- sided on their farm, and they were years not only of labor, but of prosperity, that added to their material wealth. During that time they witnessed many changes in the country around them and contributed their share towards its improvement and development. In 1853 Mr. Minnick disposed of his farm in Wayne County and removed to Wa- bash County, where he purchased a large farm and made a permanent settlement. He was a success- ful farmer and a public-spirited citizen. He took a deep interest in ail religious matters and finall}^ became a minister in the Dunkard Church, having ciiarge of two churches, both of large congrega- tions. Politically, he voted the Republican ticket from Lincoln's time, and was alwa3's interested in and identified with any enterprise of political or jMiblic good. Possessing a sound judgment, a (juick insigiit into any business or social affair, he was often consulted both in regard to public and private concerns. His advice was ever acted upon, and his children always souglit and relied on his judgment in matters of importance. A man of very fixed principles, but broad and lilieral in his views and dealings with liumanity, lie was one of tlie most influential citizens of every community in which he made his lionie. After a long and use- ful career, his death occurred when he was seven- ty-two years of age. Of tlic seven children born to his marriage, five are now living, tliree in Wa- bash County, one in Missouri, and our subject, in Madison County. Tlie latter was the eldest of the above mentioned cliil(ben. He secured fair educational advantages for Ills day, and when twenty-three years of age, in 1853, he started out to find a location suitable for a home. Finally he selected land in what is now Duck Creek Township, Madison County, near Elwood, and purchased one hundred and sixty acres from the Government at $2.00 per acre. The land was covered with heavy forest, and having erected a log house, the work of clearing commen- ced. Tlie first year saw ten acres ready for corn planting between the stumps, and a few years later this narrow space bad widened into broad and fertile fields. In 1882, Mr. Minuick purchased a residence in Frankton, and there he now resides, practically retired from the active pursuits and duties of farm life. February 3, 1850, Mr. Minnick married Miss Phoebe, daughter of Joel and Susan (Weaver) Richwine, natives of the Shenandoah Valley, Rock- ingham County, Va., whocame tolndianain 1829 and located near Wasliington, in Wayne County, on the celebrated AValnut Level. There, in con- nection with farming, Mr. Richwine engaged in teaming, hauling flour and other commodities to Cincinnati, which was the nearest market. Not having real estate enough to meet his wants, he moved two and a-half miles southwest of Frank- ton, Ind., in 1848 and, engaged in farming until his death, in May, 1870. He was a local New Light preacher, and was esteemed b}' all acquainted with him. His wife is now living, and, although eighty-five years of age, is hale and hearty for her years. She is a most agreeable and cheerful old lady, and for many years was a consistent member of the New Light Church. At present, she is identified with the Christian Church at Frankton, as there is no church of her denomination near. She is in good financial circumstances, and entire- ly independent if she wishes to be so, but slie pre- fers to make her home with her daughters. To our subject and wife four children were born, three of whom are living: James Alonzo, who resides in Anderson; Joel Monroe, who makes his home in Elwood; and William Rathburn, who resides in Sterling, Rice County, Kan. Mr. Min- nick was one of the first organizers of Duck Creek Township, and has been Supervisor and Assessor. He has given each of his children eighty acres of land, but still owns one hundred and sixty acres of the old homestead. He is very fond of fishing and passes many pleasant hours along the banks of streams, and is very successful in capturing the PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RFX'ORD. 295 finny tribe. He and his estimable wife reside in their cozy home, surrounded by ever3' comfort, wliich is in thorough contrast to the old pioneer (lays, liut in looking back over the lapse of years, they realize that there was much to live for and iinicli pure enjoyment in those old pioneer days. At the log rollings, the house raisings and the neighborhood gatherings, all met upon the broad and common level of social enualitv. lt^^.1^1^-^ JfOIIN W. PERRY, M. I). Great progress has been made in medical and surgical skill in the past few years, and among those who have devoted their lives to the alleviation of suffering no one in Madison County is better known than Dr. .lohn W. Perry, who was born in Logan County, W. Va., November 29, l^ll*, a son of Henry and .lane (Busl)y) Perry, natives of the Old l>bminion. The paternal grandfather, John I'crrv, was Ijorn in Ireland and came to America during the Revolutionary Wai. in which he served as a soldier under (ieneral Washington. His early scholastic training was in preparation for the priest- hood, but upon uearing maturity he renounced the Catholic faith and became a Protestant. At the close of the war he located in West Virginia, and possessing superior educational attainments, he became a private tutor in some of the wealthy and prominent families of that state. His death occurred at about the beginning of the present century. The maternal grandfather, Isaac Busb}', was a skillful millwright, which business he fol- lowed until his removal from his native state, West \irginia, to Indiana in 1828. He located in Madison Count}' at that time, on a woodland farm, and here he continued to reside until his death, in 1835, at the extreme old age of ninety years. .lohn W. Periy was a lad when his parents moved to Indiana, and he remained with them until he attained his majoiity. The father de- veloped the laud from a heavy timbered tract? into a finely improved farm. In 18.52 he sold his farm in Kail Creek Township and moved to Marion, l.mn County, Iowa, where he spent the remainder of his days. He was a man of fixed principles, and ver}' bitter in his opposition to slavery, as was also his father before him in fact none of the Perry ancestiy were ever slaveholders, lie was a member of the .Methodist Kpiscopal Church, and was a true Christian, a man of the utmost in- tegrity, and was held in the lii;.;lu-st esteem by all who knew him. Of a family of nin<> eliiblren. (.ur subject is the lifth in (U'.ler of birth. lie i<'iii:iiiie(l ;,l home until eighteen years of age, prior to wliich time he had attended the common schools and one select school. At the above-mentioned age he was chosen district teacher, and taught li\-e con- tinuous terms, which afforded liim his fust oppor- tunit}' to gratify his earliest ambition to study medicine, and having secured the best works of physical anatomy, he devoterl all his sjiare mo- tnents to the study of this science. .\1 the clo.se of his career as a pedagogue, he spent two years in the study of medicine, and then engaged in regular practice. After twenty-five years of active service in the profession he entered the Indiana Medical College at Indianapolis and was the first graduate of that institution, reeeivi iig Ins diploma in 1870', which bears the name of the noted phy- sician. Dr. John S. Bobbs. He is now in the fifty- first year of his medical iiractice, and during this time he has traveled many weniy miles, at all hours of the day and night, over h b3'-paths, in storm and sunshine, to to which the human family is heir. life at best embraces maii\ liaid- times without recom|)ense or appi services, and although the Doctor I a very remunerative practice, yet I who have been benefited by his generosity in bestowing his skill whom he never received a penny, lie is a mem- ber of the American Medical Assected in the Blue Grass State. The father was a native Virginian, but when only six years of age accompanied his widowed mother to Kentucky. He was reared to manhood in Kentuck}', and, trained to the prac- tical knowledge of agricultural pursuits, attained to mature age thoroughly self-reliant. The father of our subject fought with courage in the War of 1812, as did also eight of his brothers. Of the family who once gathered about the fireside of the parents' home, four are now surviving: Rufus, Hardin, Fannie and Lenex. Our subject received a rudimentary education in the little subscription school held in the small and rudely furnished log house, with its desks made of planks resting on pegs in the wall, and slab seats supported by wooden legs. His oppor- tunities for study and instruction were limited, as he early began the work of life, but with reading and observation he added year after 3'ear to his stock of knowledge and, mainly self educated, has won his upward way to a position of financial suc- cess and useful influence. Upon September 11, 1850, were united in mar- riage Lenex Gooding and Miss Martha A. Calla- han, born in Fleming County, Ky., April 2, 1838. Unto this union were born three children: John D.; Margaret, wife of Isaac Bronnenberg and James R. In 1853 our subject with his wife and one child emigrated from Kentucky to Indiana, and, locating in Madison County, cultivated a rented farm for three years, later settling upon his pres- ent valuable homestead. The family made the journey from Kentucky to Indiana with a covered wagon and two horses, and, camping out wherever night overtook them, was two weeks on the way. The farm which Mr. Gooding purchased was liter- ally in the heart of the woods, and was unculti- vated land, thickly timbered. Patient and unvary- ing toil was required to clear and improve the homestead, whose fertile soil now returns an abun- dant harvest. Aside from the arduous work he did upon his own land, our subject cut and split rails for others at fifty cents per hundred. The humble log cabin which sheltered the fami- ly for many years was built entirely by Mr. Good- ing, and until he erected the present modern resi- dence was his continuous abode. The woods at PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 299 the time he took possession of his land were the re- sort of deer, pole-cats, raccoons, wild turke^-s, and an abundance of small game. Our subject, finan- c-ially prospered, now owns two hundred and seven- ty-two acres of land, and has given each of his children an eighty-acre tract. Beginning with very little capital save liis stout heart and willing hands, he has achieved success, and has gained an envi- able position among his fellow-citizens. He has •served with ability as Supervisor of the road dis- trict, and as a School Director has materially aided in the promotion of higher grades of scholarship and instruction. As Superintendent of the Flat- bar Turnpike Road, he gave general satisfaction to the public, and in the discharge of every duty of life has ever been upright, faithful and con- scientious. He has long been a valued member of the Methodist Protestant Church, and is a liberal giver in behalf of religious work and influence. Politically' a Democrat, Mr. Gooding casts his vote with the party of the people. He is intelligently posted in local and national affairs, and takes a leading place in the home councils of his party. A man of executive ability and enterprise, he en- joys the confidence of a host of friends, and to- gether with his wife and famil}^ receives the high esteem of the community among whom his peace- ful years are passed. i)-^~r>G J' OHX B. HUFF came to Hamilton County in j Januar}', 1867, and has since been a promi- j nent resident and prosperous farmer of Fall Creek Township. He is a native of Ohio, having been born in Rushville, Fairfield County, August 18, 1833. His parents, David and Hannah (Turner) Huff, had a family of eleven children, of wliom the following seven now survive: John B., of this sketch; Elizabeth L., widow of John W. 15owles, of Marion County, Ind.; Joseph T., a resi- dent of Millersville, Marion County; Ruth L., who for thirty years has followed the profession of a sfhool teacher; Andrew M., who resides in Oak- land, Maiion County; William H., whose home is in Malott Park, Marion Count}'; and Josephine v., wife of John Noble, of ]\Iontezuma, Parke Count3% Ind. The father of these children. l)Mviw is still liv- ing, and is now (1893) seventy-eight years of age. The Huff ancestors, as we learn from the tradi- tions of the family, were of English birth, and in their religious views were Se|>aiatists. Being driv- en into Holland on account of their religion, they emigrated from that country to America in com- pany with the Puritans many ^ears prior to the Revolutionary War. Tliey were numbered among the very first English families who adopted this country as their home. Their sturdy traits of character and earnest Christian lives made them prominent in every community in which they re- sided, and to their descendants they bequeathed the highest principles of morality and u()right- ness, as well as the heritage of an lionored name. The subject of this sketch spent Jiis early life mostly in Malott Park, where he attended school m his boyhood and worked on the farm in the inter- vals of study. He contributed tothe sui)|)orl of the family until he was twenty-eight, when, in .Janu- ary, 1863, he was united in mariiage with Miss Margaret E., the eldest of nine children born to the union of Robert and Elizabeth (Moore) Roe, of Marion County. They are the parents of three children, Dora, Eilla and David, all of whom make their home on the farm where the father now re- sides. In 1867, Mr. Huff came to Fall Creek Township and settled on the farm where he now lives. Ipon its one hundred and twent3'-five acres he engages in general farming pursuits, and also conducts a large business as a stock-raiser, having about twenty head of cattle, and from twenty-five to 300 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. forty hogs. The first stationary threshing ma- chine introduced into central Indiana came to the farm of David Huff, our subject's father, about tlie year 1845, liaving been brought liither from the vicinity of Lancaster, Ohio. Our subject inherits the progressive qualities of his father, and having been engaged in farming during his entire life, has been uniformly successful in this occupation. A Democrat in politics, Mr. Huff in early life took a deep interest in the success of the party. In 1878 he was a candidate for County Commis- sioner again>>t a popular opponent and a custom- ary Republican majoi'ity of thirteen hundred. Notwitiistanding these facts, lie was defeated by only two hundred and ninety votes, which indi- cates his popularity in the county which has be- come his home. [f^ ANIEL WERTZ, a practical agriculturist, ))] who has successfully won his way to a po- sition of honored usefulness, has for many years been prominently associated with the rapid growth and development of the vital in- terests of Anderson Township, Madison County. His fine farm, now under a high state of cultiva- tion, is located upon section 21, and is well known to his wide circle of acquaintances and long-time friends as the abode of hospitality. A native of Montgomery County, Ohio, born February 14, 1827, he is the son of Daniel and Sarah (Wimer) Wertz. The parents were descendants of honest, hard- working German ancestors, and trained their sons and daughters to habits of thrifty prudence, giving them as good opportunities for an educa- tion as the schools of the early days afforded, and carefully instructing them in the duties of the farm and household. The father and mother were numbered among the pioneers of Montgomery County, where they settled in 1808, when the Buckeye State was comparatively a wilderness. Game of every variety was abundant, and the facil- ities for travel into the interior were confined mainly to bridle paths and a few verj- rough roads. Upon the old homestead Daniel Wertz spent the days of his boyhood and attained to man's es- tate. He enjoyed only the most limited opportu- nities for an education, but was a student in the primitive log schoolhouse, and through the sub- scription of the various families received occa- sional instruction. In that way he gained a small store of book knowledge, to which he later added by keen observation and reading, being in fact mainly self educated. Upon his father's farm he was thoroughly trained into the practical every- day work of rural life, and attained to manhood well fitted to make his own way in the world. In the month of November, 1845, Daniel Wertz married Miss Elizabeth Kunts, who became the mother of two sons, Frank and George W. Some- time after the death of this estimable lady Mr. Wertz married Miss Maria Kunts, who bore her husband two children and then passed away. Her daughter Sarah is yet living. Afterward Mr. Wertz married Miss Sallie McKinnon, his present excellent wife. This union has been blessed by nine sons and daughters, eight yet surviving, as follows: Rosaline, the wife of AVilliam Jarrett; .Joseph; Ella; Hattie, the wife of Arthur Davis; Harry; Alonzo; Addie, the wife of Albert Swin- ford; and Gertrude. In 1860, Mr. Wertz removed to Madison County, and settled upon his present farm. For some- time he lived in a log cabin, which in 1883 gave place to an attractive and commodious residence, one of the finest in this part of the county. The highly cultivated home farm, containing one hun- dred and fifty-nine and a-half acres, is known to be one of the most valuable and productive in Anderson Township and presents to the passers-by a scene of thrift and plenty, attesting the pros- perity of the owner of the fertile acres. In relig- ious belief a Lutheran, Mr. Wertz with his wife is an active aid in good work. Politically, he is a member of the People's Party, and, a liberal-spir- ited and progressive citizen, is intelligently posted upon the vital issues of the day. A man of sterl- ing integrity, he has in his thirty-three j'ears' resi- dence in Madison County gained the respect of his fellow-citizens, and is numbered among the substantial agriculturists of Anderson Township. ".^^^ i RESIDENCE OF J H D U _, a N C ^ECll U N ION TP MADISON CO J N D ■^^^-^ -^« ^2fi »»*«; ._i.=-:t..;^..i^^-^- -•'" sf #'•■■<"''- \A ■^^ %:^, KMffiL J f..i. ,i,L]l,^"'l,^1 «ya RESIDENCE OF JOSiAH CANADAY, SEC 2.,PiPE CFFL^-- ^^ /l/^DI^OrJ C0,1ND PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 303 OA felLLIAM E. DUNN, president of the Citi- \/\/// zens' State P.ank of Nohlesville. and one W of tlu. iiir.minrnt and proi-rcssi v.- lu.sinoss men, was horn in I'.oone C'ounly, Ind., .Inly 7, 1>S.")5, and is a son of Natlianiel F. and Anna (IIo- t^rui) Dnnu, the former a native of .lessaminc C'onnly, Ky., and tlie latter of BryanLsvilio, Ivy. The father was reared on tlie home farm, l)nl l)c- cM me a cabinetmaker. After coniintr to I ndiana, he followed his trade for awhile, and then tnrned his attention to agricultural pursuits. Otic of the hiiys in blue of the late war, he enlisted on the 1 llh of August, 1862, in Company A, One ilun- (lied and First Indiana Infantry, and served until F(^l)ruary 24, 1864. He was partiality paralyzed, and was in the hospital for some time. He was detailed to serve in the pioneer corps, and was superintendent of Inidge huildinu. Alter the war he returned to his home in Wasl,in,ut,,n Town- ship, Hamilton County, and wms elected and served as Trustee for three terms, in ISH.S, he was elected Treasurer of the county for a term of two years. In December, 1868, he removed to Nobles- ville, wiiere he spent his remaining days, dying September 13, 1876. He was one of the original [iroraoters and a Director of the Chicago & South- eastern Railroad. In politics he was a stalwart supporter of the Republican party. One diild of the Dunn family died in infancy, another at the age of four, and William E. is now the only survivor. He attended the district school and lived on the home farm until thirteen years of age, when lie accompanied his parents on their iinnoval to Noblesville. He aided his father in tlie County Treasurer's office and attended the high school, acquiring a good education through his study and business experience. He then entered the Citizens' State Bank as book-keeper, subse- quently being made Teller and Cashier. F(n- many years he served merely as a clerk, hut merit and ability won him promotion. With the exception of a short time spent in Kentucky, he has remained here continuously since. He has few equals in this section as a hank expert, and is recognized as the head of finance in No- lilesville. In 1878, he entered upon a short career in the hardware business. In 1883, his health failed him and for a year he traveled, but on the 1st of February, 1884, we again find him in the bank, and in February, 1888, lie was made Vice- President, and in August, 18!):5, riesi(U'iit. On the 18th of January, 1888, Mr. Dunn was united in marriage with Miss Fanny Ross, who was born in .Tackson Township October 2'.l, 1«66, and is a daughter of George W. and Kli/.alictli Ross. They have two children: Mabel, horn August 15, 1880, and Frank II., born October 18, 18!U. The parents are leading members of the Presbyterian Church, in which Mr. Dunn is serving as Deacon. He is also an active member and trustee in the Knights of Pythi.as lodge, and in [lolitics is a Re- publican, but has never been an asjiirant for po- litical preferment. He has recently erected a hand- some residence, where he and his family are sur- rounded with all the comforts of life. Their home is the abode of hospitality, and is a favorite resort with their many friends. That Mr. Dunn is a wide-awake and enterprising business man is shown by his standing in (inancifil circles. -->-®#^- \T/ l^ONIDAS A. RIZKR, the enterprising jun- || (fjy ior partner of the well known firm of ]l;- ^ , Chamness & Rizer. the leading and suc- cessful attorneys of Alexandria, has throughout his entire life been associated with the changing scenes^ the rapid growth and ui)ward progress of the state, and was born in I'.urnettsville, White County. May 22, 1862. Of the four sons who blessed the home of the parents, Leoiiidas was the second in order of birth. The father, Charles Rizer, was a native of Maryland and, born about 1829, passed the early years of his life in his birthplace, and there received his youthful train- ing and education. Later, removing to the state of Indiana, he located in Indianapolis, where for two years he was busily engaged in contracting and building. He is an excellent mechanic and a business man of more than ordinary ability. In 1855, he made his home in White Count}", and still resides in Burnettsville, Ind. The pa- 1 ternal grandfather, CTCorge Rizer, was a native of 304 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Hancock County, Md.,and was of German ancestry. Althougli the Rizer family located in the south long before the Revolutionary War, the paternal gi-eat-grandfatlier, Martin Rizer, with two of his brothers, activelj' participated in the scenes of those troublous times, and as soldiers did heroic service in behalf of "God and liberty." One of the brothers of Martin Rizer held a Captain's commission, and the family were celebrated for their sturdy courage and lo3'alty to the Federal cause. Grandfather George Rizer was at one time an extensive cotton-planter and slave-holder, and a man of note in his locality. The mother, Caro- line .1. (Weaver) Rizer, born in Washington Coun- ty, Pa., was likewise of German descent, her fam- ily early locating in the state of New York. Her father, Jacob Weaver, was a millwright by occu- pation and a man of intelligence and worth. Three brothers loj'ally participated in tiie defense of the Union during the late Civil War. John was killed on the field of battle. Jehu and Thomas survived the perils of those terrible days. The eldest brother of our subject, now a successful teaclier, was in the mail service under Cleveland's first administration. Eldridge B. is a graduate of Purdue University, of Lafayette, Ind., and is the Principal of the schools in Chalmers, Ind.; Orestes L. is likewise a successful teacher; Leon- idas A. received his earl^' education in the schools of Burnettsville, Ind., later attending the High School of Monticello, and finally completing his studies in the Terre Haute Normal School. He then taught the succeeding eight years with excel- lent results, and during this time also reading law, was admitted to the Bar at Frankfort, Ind., and opened an office at Mulberry, Ind., where he practiced until 1892, when he came to Alexandria and formed a partnership with E. B. Chamness, which yet prosperously continues. Politically a strong Democrat, Mr. Rizer has gained a wide popularity as a campaign speaker, lie is fraternally connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and has passed through all the chairs. He is also a member of the Knights of P3'thias, and has a host of friends in the order. October IG, IS'.tl, were united in marriage Leonidas Rizer and Miss Dora Petitgean, who was born in Indiana and was the daughter of Nicholas Petitgean, a native of France. The father of Mrs. Rizer was a soldier in the late Civil War, and served courageously as a private. He is now a large fanner near Lafayette, Ind. The accom- plished wife of our subject is a graduate of the Northern Indiana Normal School of Valparaiso. She taught school for two years, and has enjoyed the benefit of a fine musical education. One child, a bright little daughter, Josephine, has blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Rizer, and was born March 4, 1892. Residing in a pleasant home in River- side Addition, our subject has attained to an en- viable position as a citizen and professional man, and, financially prospered, likewise fully com- mands the confidence and high esteem of a host of friends. !>-^<^^- ^Trj\)ARNHART GINTERT, who carries on [Lii\ general farming on section 32, AVhite River r/M)l! Township, is of German birth. He was ^SS^ born in Baden, on the 15tb of February, 1824, and is a son of Barnhart and Margaret Gintert. When our subject was a lad of six summers his parents bade adieu to their old home and sailed for America. After forty-eight da3s spent upon the bosom of the Atlantic, they landed in New York, and thence went to Ohio. The father had learned the trade of shoemaking in Paris, France, and was an expert workman. He followed that business in the Buckeye State for about five years, and then came to Indiana. The first three months after his arrival were spent in Anderson, after which he came to Hamilton County and purchased forty acres of land, almost entirely unimproved. Upon the farm which he there developed he died, at the age of seventy-three years. His wife died about a week after their arrival in this county. This worthy couple had three children: Barnhart W., Fred and Barbara. Mr. Gintert, whose name heads this record, came with his parents to America when quite young, and upon the home farm in Indiana was reared to PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 305 manhood. He there remained until tliirty-six years of age, and for some time carried on the farm himself. He tiien went to Cuiuicil TJlufTs, Iowa, where he engaged in llie hotel l)iisiness for a time, and subsequently operated a sawmill. After two years spent beyond tiie Mississippi, he returned to the old home and was married three years later, the lady of his choice being Miss Mary Beard, a native of Hamilton County and a daughter of Martin and Hettie Beard. Her father was bt)rn in (iermany,and died in this community at tiie age of sixty-six. Iler mother was a native of I'cniisy IvMiiiii, ;uid is also luiw deceased. Tliiee children were born unto Mr. and Mrs. (Hiitert,of whom one is living, Ida C, who is now li\ iiig witli an aunt. The mother of this family (lied at the age of twenty-three years, and Mr. (iintert has been again married, his second union being with Mrs. Lydia Dick, the widow of Abraham Dick. They had three cliildren, two now living: Elizabeth, wife of James Carey, and Edwaid. at home. Both Mr. and Mrs. Oiuteit are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Cicero, and are highly resfiected people, who have many warm friends throughout the comniunit3-. In politics, he is a stalwart Democrat, and has supported that party since casting his first Presidential vote for .lames Buchanan. He is a man of generous im- pulses, upright and honorable, and has given to each of his children a farm. His business deal- ings have been crowned with the prosjierify wiiich comes from well directed efforts, industry, economy and perseverance. — .--^~-©#@- ^^EORGE NAG LE, one of the p: 'if ^f> P"'^'''' spirited citizens of H: ^^^l ty, who is residing in Nobl lEORGE NAGLE, one of the progressive and amilton Coun- s^oblesville Town- ship, his residence being Fair \iew, claims Penn- sylv.ania as the state of his nativity. He was born in Lancaster County, January 3, 1846. His father, .John Nagle, was born in Pennsylvania, and was a forger in iron. Later in life he retired to a small farm, where he died at the age of eighty-one. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Martha Shoaff, was a native of the same community, and died at the home of a daughter at the age of four-score years or more. (Tcorge was the Iciilli in their family of eleven children, nine of whom grew to mature years, while two sons and three daughters are yet living. His brother Henry is a farmei, and his sisters have all married agriculturists. Mr. Nagle of this sketch remained on the home farm until sixteen j'ears of age, and then went to the war. He enlisted in Comi)aiiy E, Seventy- ninth Pennsylvania iHfantry, under Capt. M. D. Wickersham, and re-enlisted under Capt. S. L. Ilartmaii. Uis first enlistment was Sepl,cmber 30, l,s(;i,;ind his second, February :i, istil. He was honorably discharged at the close of tiie war, July 12, 1865. At the battle of Mission Ridge he was wounded, but was not forced to go to the hospital, and was with liis regiment in nearly all of its en- gagements. When the country no longer needed his services, Jlr. N.agle returned to his Pennsylvania home. He there married Miss Emma M. .Smith, who died twelve weeks later. In June, 1867, lie came to Ar- cadia, Ind., where he engaged in general labor, aud on the 15th of March, 1870, he wedded Miss Mary Correll, who w.as born in Wayne County, and is a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Stoffer) Correll, who were natives of Lancaster County, Pa., and came to Indiana in 1837, locating in Wayne County. Two years later they settled in Jackson Township, this county, wiiere the father j died at the age of eighty-five, while his wife passed [ away at the age of sixty-one. The family num- j bered fifteen children, of whom thirteen grew to mature years, while twelve are yel living. They were of French descent, and were highl}' respected people. After some time sjieiif at licneral work, .Mr. Nagle engaged in clerking, and tlien carried on a meat market for seven 3'ears. In 181t0, he w.as elected Sheriff of the county, and removed to Noblesville. On the expiration of his term, he re- tired and built his fine country residence, one of tlie most palatial homes in the county. On the place is a gas engine and water works and a gas well, and the house is lightefl iiy natural g!»s. Neatly and tastefully furnished, it is complete in POSTRAIT AND BIO(iUAPIlJCAL RECORD all its appointments, and the outward surround- ings are in keeping witli tlie borne. Mr. and Mrs. Nagle are hospitable people, and their friends throughout the community are many. They at- tend the Christian Church. Mr. Nagle belongs to the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Encampment and Grand Lodge of his state, and has filled all the chairs. He is also a member of the Grand Army of the Repub- lic. As a valiant defender of his country in her hour of peril, and as a faithful citizen in days of peace, we present him to our readers. it-^-i^l 1^^^- J^/OHN SCIIOOLEY KERCHEVAL. Promi- nent among the extensive farmers and stockmen of Hamilton County is the gen- ' tleman whose name introduces this sketch. nVwas born in Butler County, Ohio, August 10, 1842, and is a son of James Kercheval, likewise a native of that county and born October 10, 1810. The first records obtainable of the family state that two brothers, who were of Scotch ancestry, came to this country on a British man-of-war, and upon reaching America deserted the British army and located in Virginia. From them are de- scended all of the name in the United States. The grandfather of our subject, Reuben Kerche- val, was born in Kentucky and became a pioneer of Ohio, where he was a well known Methodist preacher, liis home being headquarters for the Methodists of that section. His wife's father, Mason Grume, was a circuit preacher and traveled on horseback over a large part of that state. Reu- ben Kercheval was bitterly opposed to slavery. His brother Samuel was an extensive slave owner at Paducah, Tenn., and while visiting him at one time Reuben said much to him against slavery, in consequence of which Samuel said,"l will free this negro boy," pointing to a bright little fellow near him, "if you will take him home with you." This Reuben did and kept the boy until he died, after which the negro made liis home with our subject's father. In his boyhood, James Kercheval went to Pa- ducah, Tenn., where he lillod the position of clerk in the store of his uncle, Samuel Kercheval. It was while there that his father made him a visit and the incident of the negro boy above related took place. Later he was a farmer and an exten- sive hog raiser and dealer in Ohio. He sold a large lot of hogs to a packer, who failed before payment had been made, so that in effecting a set- tlement, James Kercheval received a tract of land in Indiana, which he accepted as he could secure nothing else. That tract is now included in the large farm belonging to our subject. In the fall of 1844 James Kercheval came to his new purchase, which was then and ever after- ward known by the name of the "pretty place," a name given it by the hunters of the early days, all of whom made it a stamping ground on account of the beautiful lay of the land. In 1846, Mr. Kercheval was crippled by falling from a load of hay, which partially paralyzed him. He then took his family back to Ohio, but three years afterward again came to Indiana and remained here until May 30, 1868, the date of his death. A man of many good qualities of heart and mind, he was a life-long Methodist. Politically, he was first a Whig and later a Republican. Our subject's mother, who has been a member of his household since the death of her husband, more than a quarter of a century ago, was Mary Ann Schoolc}'. She was born in Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, April 30,1816. Her father, John Schooley, was born in Springfield (now Spring- dale) August 21, 1792, and was a tanner by trade, owning a large tannery at Hamilton, Oliio. In addition to that business he engaged in merchan- dising for some time. Great-grandfather John Schooley, was born in New Jersey and was a de- scendant of English ancestors. The mother of Mrs. Mary A. Kercheval was Jane, daughter of John Withrow, who early removed from Kentucky to Ohio. The subject of this sketch was the only son in a family of five children. His eldest sister, Mary Jane, was born April 30, 1836, and died at tlie age of five years. Sarah Ann, who was born February 11, 1839, married Caswell Boxley, now deceased, and resides in Sheridan. Angeline, who was born March 23, 1845, became the wife of F. M. McKin- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RFX'ORD. 307 zie, who was a soldier in the Civil War and a brother of our subject's wife. Ellen P. was born August 6, 1849, and is the wife of James M. Spen- cer, whose father, Thomas Spencer, was one of llie first settlers in Adams Township. AVhen the Kerclieval famil_y entered the wilder- ness of Hamilton County, our subject was only two years of age. His Ixiyliood days were spent in helping to make a lionu- for his parents, and his advantages for education were limited to the pioneer schools of the da}'. October 19, 1861, he enlisted as a i)rivate in Conii)any II, Fifty-seventh Indinn.-a Infantry, and scrvi'd for three years, lie lalfd if Ft. Donelson, the siege of Corinth and the battle of Shiloli, also followed General Bragg to Pcrryville and througii Cumberland (iap, enduring many hardships .and long marches. Having been taken ill at Nashville, he was compelled to go inti) a hospital, and while there he was three times examined and ordered discharged, and three times refused to accept a discharge. However, lie was never again able to do field service. He acted as hospital steward when able, and at the expiration of his term of service was discliaiged, November 18, 18()4. Dur- ing the time he was in hospital, he made several attempts to get to his regiment, but was refused permission to join it. as it was known to the surgeon that he could never do active lieldservice again. Returning to his lionic, Mr. Kercheval invested the >!;iOO which he had saved during service in young stock, and from that small beginning grew the large business he has since conducted in the slock trade. He also went to school for one term in Sheridan, but, like other boys who entered the army, he was no longer a boy when he entered the service, but a man, and thought himself too old to attend school longer. It may, however, be said to his credit that he has been a student through his entire iife, and is now one of the best read men in this locality. December 1, ISflT, Mr. Kerclieval married Miss Martha .lane .McKinzie, who was born in Adams Township in 18.50, being a daughter of Washing- ton and Susan (Spencer) McKinzie. Her father was a member of an old Virginia family of Revo- utionary fame and of Scotch ancestry. He was born in Jackson County, Ohio, September 22, 1804, and becoming an early settler of Hamilton County, died in Adams Township, October 30, 1873. Mrs. McKinzie, who w.as known in maiden- hood as Susan Spencer, was born in Greenbrier County, Va., Septemlier 30, 1810, and is of Eng- lish descent. She is now (1893) eighty-three years of age, and with the exception of a slight deafness is as bright and active as a half century ago. She makes her home with a daughter, Mary A., the widow of C. F. Dragoo. Jlrs. Kercheval had six brothers, but at present only three are living. .loliii R. resides in Adams Township. Thomas S. was a soldier in the (Mvil War and resides in Sheridan. F. M. enlisted in Company H, Fifty-seventh Indiana Infantry, in which he served until the close of the war; he is now a prosperous farmer residing in Adams Town- ship. A sister of Mrs. Kercheval, Mary Ann, mar- ried Frank Dragoo, a soldier in the late war; she is now a widow and resides upon a farm in Adams Township. A lad\' of good education and high talents, our subject's wife is an enthusiastic worker in the Woman's Relief Corps, being the President of that order at Sheridan, and for years having served as delegate to the National Encampment. She is a devoted member of the Methodist Church. A life-long Republican, Mr. Kercheval is not a prominent worker in the party, having always refused official honors. He is identified with the Methodist Church. Socially, he holds fraternal relations with the Knights of Pythias and is es- pecially prominent in the (irand Army of the Re- public, having officiated as Commander of his post. He is the owner of a large and finely im- proved farm, consisting of nearly four hundred acres, and conceded to be one of the most attrac- tive homesteads in the county. There with his wife and two children, who still remain with lliem, he is living in the enjoyment of every pleasure and comfort which money can secure. The eldestchild of Mr. Kercheval is Minnie, who was born September 1, 1868; she married Frank Griffith and resides in Adams Townshi|). James W. was born June 15, 1870, and is now engaged I in the livery business at F"alcon, Colo. Lemuel 308 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. C. who was born August 20, 1872, and Emma C, whose birth occurred June 30, 1880, reside with their parents and are completing- their studies in the district. schools. ffU^ OWELL D. THOMPSON is one of the old- \Y]i] est attorneys-at-law in continuous practice /^^' in Madison County and first hung out (^) his shingle in Anderson in 1862. He was born at Bellefonte, Centre County, Pa., on the 6th of May, 1822. His father was John L. Thompson, a native 6t Huntingdon County, of the same state. Howell, the grandfather, was a native of County Antrim. Ireland, and was by occupation a linen manufacturer. He came to America a single man and located in Pennsylvania, where he married and engaged in farming. Although a cripple, he was a successful farmer and lived to the ripe age of ninety-tliree j'ears. Mr. Thompson 's father was an expert mechanic in iron, making all iiinds of essential novelties, and his wares became quite popular. He had a shop at Stormstown. In 1829 he moved to Ohio, where he engaged in farming in Clinton County. After retiring from business, he came to Indiana and re- sided with his children until lie died, at the age of eighty-six 3'ears. He was an Elder in the-Presby- terian Cliurch, and an active Democrat. The mother of our subject was Sarah John, who was born in Northampton Count}', Pa. She died in Ohio in 1837. There were nine children, eigiil of whom reached their majorit}', but at the time of this writing but five survive: Samuel, a farmer of Grant Count}'; Anna, who resides at Dells, Ore- gon; Hannah, a resident of Grant County; Jane, of Franklin County, Kan.; and Howell D., the third oldest of tiie living. The latter spent his first seven years in Pennsylvania and came west with his parents in wagons in 1829, landing in Clinton County, Ohio, after a trip of twenty-two da,vs. The first house was made of rude logs. Young Thompson helped to improve the farm, and attended a subscription school a few months in the winter until he was seventeen years of age, when he began teaching school. He remained with his parents until past twenty-one years of age. Those weie days preceding railroad trans- portation, and farm products had to be wagoned to Cincinnati, it requiring five days to make tiie trip. When in his twenty-second year Mr. Thomp- son engaged in carpentering. In 1845 Mr. Thompson went to Winchester, Ind., and attended school during the summer, and In the following winter taught school in Grant County. In 1846 he taught in Muncie in the academy, but an epidemic of small-pox broke up the scliool. After teaching in Randoli)h County in the winter of 1847, Mr. Thompson entered the Farmers' College, at Cincinnati, from whicli he graduated in 1849. He then came to Madison County and taught school, and read law under the late Judge Harvey Craven, at Pendleton. He was admitted to the Madison County Bar in March, 1851, to the Supreme Court in May, and the Fed- eral Court in November of the same year. He began practicing at .Marion, Grant County, in partnership with the late Judge Winburn R. Pierse. He continued the practice until the spring of 1861, wlien he became Captain of Com- pany I, Twelfth Indiana Volunteers. He was mus- tered in and went south. In Julj', 1861, he re- signed on account of hemorrhage of the lungs. Returning to Marion, he remained there until 1862, when he located at Anderson, whicii then had about one thousand population. The partnership with Mr. Pierse was renewed in the new location, and it continued until 1873, when that gentleman went on the Bench as Judge of the Circuit Court. Since that time Mr. Thompson lias continued the practice of law alone. One of Mr. Thompson's earl}' business combinations was with Asbury Steele, of Marion, who was afterwards Colonel of the Thirty-fourth Indiana Volunteers. Early in his career Mr. Thompson discovered the force of the axiom, "Honesty is the best policy," and has always rigidly adhered to it. He has the ini[)licit confidence of the people among whom he lives. Mr. Thompson has always taken great pride in Ins library and has probably the finest individual POiiTKAlT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 309 collection of books in the stale, outside of the largest cities. On the 5tii of December, 1852, Howell D. Thomp- son was united in marriage with Miss Eliza J. Butler, who was born in Randolph Count}', Ind., the daughter of Curtis H. Butler, who came from Georgia. She was reared and educated in Miami and Grant Counties. The result of this marriage was two daughters: Mrs. Mary E. Newton and Mrs. Nellie T. Sherman, both residents of Ander- son. Both daughters have interesting families. Mr. Thompson never sought office, although he has held the olfiee of Councilman two terms. He is a Democrat and served four years as Chairman of the County Committee. He is an Elder in the l^rcsliyteiian (liiirch, and is an active Sunday- sciiuol worker. For seven years he served as .Superintendent of the Sunday-school. He is a member of the Knights Templar, State Bar Asso- ciation and is Chairman of the Madison County Bar AssociatiiiM. ^=^EORGE L. CUNNINGHAM. It has III ,— ^ quently been said that any one can ^^^ farmer, and while it is true that any one fre- be a lecan till the soil after a fashion, it is only the man who possesses certain attributes, among which may be mentioned thrift, energy- and intelligence, who can make the ground yield the richest har- vests and thoroughly compensate him for the labor bestowed. Mr. Cunningham is a member of one of the most progressive of families and in other respects, as well as a tiller of the soil, he has en- deavored to keep out of the grooves and has always favored the adoption of new and improved methods in conducting his operations, one of the secrets, no doubt, of his success. In Davie County, N.C.,he first saw the light of day on the .')th of May, 1847, of which state his wortliy parents. William and Jane (Inglis) Cun- ningham, were also natives, and where they were reared, married and resided some years after the celebration of their nuptials. In order to im- inove their financial condition and provide a competency for their children, tlicy (Ict'iiicd it ad- visable to remove westward, and on the l«th of December, 18.52, they found tiiemselves in Madi- son County, Ind., and here the father tilled the soil of a farm in an intelligent and (jrolltable man- ner up to the d.ay of his death. He w.as well known for his shrewd and practical views on all matters of general interest, and from early man- hood the principles of the Republican party recom- mended themselves to his excellent judgment and he gave them his support at the polls. He was a worthy member of the German Baptist Church, and his walk through life was marked by the strictest honor and integrity. He was married three times. His father, William Cunningham, came to Madison County in 1818, and here made his home until his death in 1850, at the advanced age of eighty-live years. George L. Cunningiiani was the eldest of three children born to his parents, and having received good educational opportunities in his youth, which he wisely improved to the utmost, he began his career as a pedagogue at the age of twenty-one years, and this occupation he continued to follow during the winter months for six years, the warmer seasons being spent in tilling the soil and harvest- ing his crops. In this manner he obtained a good start in life, and upon deciding to settle down he had some means with which to commence bis mar- ried life. His marriage occurred February 11, 18fi8, Miss Elizabeth Dilts, a daughter of Richard and Mary Dilts, becoming his wife, but their wedded life w.as of short duration, as he was called upon to mourn her death soon after their union. Octo- ber 22, 1871, he was united in marriage with Mrs. Druzilla Moore, a daughter of . I. IVI. Zedeker. She died December 28, 1872, and in 187C Mr. Cun- ningham's third marriage was celebrated, Mi.ss Mary .Jane Moss becoming his wife and eventually the mother of his eight children: Carrie, born Oc- tober 27, 1878; Arthur Roscoe, August 22, 1880; Stella May, July 13, 1882; Grace Ethel, April 19, 1884; Albert, December 19, 1885; Carl, August 11, 1888; Homer Ray, Eebruary 19, 1890; and Edna Fay, September 26, 1892. Mr. Cunningham has always been a wide-awake citizen, is well known for his strict probity, and as a man of his word is 310 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. loyal to bis countr^'^, home and friends and his genial and agreeable ways have won him a host of friends. Politically, he is a Republican. (AJl\ ORTIMKU ATIIERTON. All the legends /// l\\ '■^^ ^'^'^ *'■'•'>' ^^*^" Anderson was being trans- f l^ formed from an Indian village to a set- * tlement of white men are familiar to Mr. Atherton, who came here with his parents as early as 1832, wiien the events were yet fresh in the minds of the people. Schoppendausia Village, near Frankton, was yet in existence. Stockades near Anderson were occupied by soldiers. The first removal of Indians was made in 1830. Mr. Atherton was a veritable pioneer, being perhaps the oldest continuous resident. He was born in Indianapolis on tiie 24th of March, 1827. His father was W. G. Atherton, who was born near Lexington, Ky., and was the son of Benjamin Atlierton, who came from the east to one of Dan- iel Boone's stockades. He was Captain of one of the company of rangers organized to subdue the Indians. After this was accomplished he located at Harrison, on the dividing line between Indi- ana and Oliio. In 1819 he removed to Indian- apolis, before it was the capital, and settled at the mouth of Fall Creek, which ground was known as Camj) Morton during the war. He was a Captain in the War of 1812. He was a successful farmer on the ground on which the eastern part of In- dianapolis is now built. He died in 1843, in his eightieth year. The father of jMr. Atherton was a successful farmer. After his marriage to a Miss Lake he bought and improved a farm on Pleasant Run. In 1831 he moved to Anderson and started a gen- eral dry -goods store. Grandfather Lake located at the mouth of F'all Creek at the same time. The articles of traffic consisted principally of coffee, tea, powder, lead, tobacco and flints. Mr. Ather- ton has a flint-lock gun which his father gave him when nine years of age. The father continued merchandising until 1860. He was also a stock- dealer. In 1860 he located at Albion, Iowa, and engaged in the hardware and stove trade, at which he continued until 1872, when he died at the age of seventy-three years. During his residence in Madison Count}' he was a member of tlie Legisla- ture for two terms. Mr. Athorton's mother was Hannah Lake, who was born near Trenton, N. J. She was the daugh- ter of Isaac Lake, who came from England to New Jersey, from there to Harrison, Oliio, .and in 1819 he settled on Fall Creek, where he devoted his time to the raising of horses. He died at the age of eighty-six years. The mother died in 1872, aged seventy-two. Of her seven children, four are living. Marcellus, the youngest boy, served through the late war, first in an Iowa regiment and later in the Mississippi squadron. He died in California. Mortimer was the third eldest of the family. He was born in a log frame house, where is now the corner of Meridian and Wash- ington Streets, in the very heart of Indian- apolis. He remained there until his [jarents moved to Anderson in the year 1832. At that time there were but two brick houses in Indian- apolis. The first location in Anderson was where the Eagle Block now stands. Mr. Atherton occa- sionally attended a school taught by Colonel Berry in a log house. He many times drove hogs to Cincinnati, consuming from eighteen to twenty- one days in making the trip. He would paj' his fa- ther's bills and bring back the balance of the pro- ceeds of the sale of hogs. He remained at home until nineteen years old. In 1845 he helped survey the Bellefontaine (now Big Four) Railroad. He built the first steam sawmill in the country- and sawed ties and timber for the railroad. In com- pany with his father and brothers in 1855, he built a warehouse and engaged in the grain busi- ness until 1860, when he engaged in the lumber business, in which he has continued to the pres- ent time. His was the first, and for many j-ears the only lumber yard in Anderson. In 1888 he built the planing mill which he now operates, 40x60 feet, and two stories high. Mr. Atherton has been a member of Mt. Moriah Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of which he is Past Master, ever since he was twenty-one years of age, and is a Scottish Rite t^^ il^-^UL^ /%). Jll^r^i^ PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 313 Mason. He is a cliiirler member of the Republican party. In IS III :\lr. Atlicrtoii wns married to IMiss Ma- tilda \':aniorl. wlio wa^ born in West \'irginia. She was the daughter of Thomas \'annort, of Vir- ginia, who settled in Madison County in 1840. Mr. and Mrs. Atherton have had five children, four of whom arc living. Samuel .M., who resides in Chicago, is with tlie Chicago. Milwaukee A- St. Paul Railroad. He was a conductor and was in- jured in an accident, since which time he has been Chief Clerk in the distributing office. A. C. resides in Lewistown, III., and is Superintendent of the Fulton County Narrow (iauge Railway; Rome M. is a partner in the business and Director of the Citizens' Gas Company; and William W. is also a partner. Lawrence, died when young. m Ti" ESSE II. HALL. Among the highly honored pioneers of Madison County is .Jesse II. Hall, whose tine farm is one of tlie orna- ments of jMonroe Tovvnship. Born in Highland County, Ohio, November 22, 1823, he is the son of Joseph and Catherine (Hook) Hall. His father was born in X'irginia in 1801, and at ;iu early age removed with his parents to Highland County, Ohio. Grandfather Hall dying shortly afterward, the responsibility of supporting the family fell on Joseph, who had a hard struggle from boyhood to manhood. He undertook the hard task of clearing the land of the heavy timber with which it was covered. Ill 1822 Mr. Hall married IMiss Catherine Hook, and afterward made his home in Highland County, Ohio, until 1836, \vhen he decided to remove farther westward. Settling in Jladison County, Ind., he entered eighty acres of Government land and again undertook the task of developing a farm from an unbroken wilderness. He was very successful in his farming operations, and gradually added to his possessions until he became the owner of many fertile acres. He lived to see all his children reach mature years, except one, who died when about eleven years old. In politics he ad- 15 vocated the principles of the Republican party, and at one time was a candidate for Representative. He was a man of t-lio strictest integrity, outspoken ill all hi- views, and possessed very fixed principles. His death occurred in 1869. Our subject's maternal grandmother was a Poe and a niece of Adam and Andrew Poe, who were strength. It was about the close of the Revolution, while in pursuit of a part3' of Wyandotte Indians, that the famous light occurred between Adam Poe and the Indian, Big Foot. Adam and his brother Andrew were among the parts' of pursueis. They had followed u[) the chase all night, and in the morning found themselves uiion the light track. The Indians could be easily followed by the dew brushed from the grass and shrubs. The |)riiit of one very large foot was seen and it thus became known that a famous Indian of uncommon size and strength must be of the party. The whites decided to follow the tracks which led to the river, liut Adam Poe objected, fearing that they might be taken by surprise, and took a different route from the rest. His intention was to creep along the edge of the bank under cover of the trees and bushes, and to fall upon the savages so suddenly that he might gel them between his own liie and that of his companions. At the point where he expected to find them, he saw the rafts which they were accustomed to iiush before them when they swam the river, and on them were [ilaced their blankets, tomahawks and guns. The Indians them- selves he could not see and he was obliged logo partly down the bank to get a shot at them. As he descended with his rifle cocked, he discovered two, the celel)iated large Indian and a smaller one, seiiarated from the others and holding their rifles, also cocked, in their hands. Mr. Poe took aim at the large Indian, l)ut his rifle missed fire, and the savages, turning at the sound, saw him liof'ore he had time to shoot. Suddenly he jumped down upon Ihem and caught the larger Indian by the clothes and threw .aii arm around the neck of the smaller man. They fell to the ground together, but Poe was uppermost. While he was struggling to keep down the larger 314 PORTEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Indian, the smaller one, at a word spoken from his companion, slipped his neck out of Poe's grasp and ran to the raft for a tomahawk. At that moment Big Foot threw his arms around Poe's body and held him in a powerful embrace in order that tiie other Indian might come up and kill him. Poe watched the advance of iiis treacherous foe and the descending arm of tiie Indian so closely tliat at the instant of the intended stroke he raised liis foot and b}' a vigorous and skillful kick, knocked the tomahawk from his assailant's hand. Tlie Indian quickly recovered his weapon and again ajjproached, but more cautiously, waving his arm up and down with mock blows to deceive Poe as to the stroke which was intended to be real and fatal. Poe, however, was so vigilant and active that he averted the tomahawk from his head, but received it upon his wrist, resulting in a wound deep enough to cripple, but not destroy entirely, tiie use of his hand. In this crisis Poe made a violent effort and broke loose from Big Foot. Snatching a rifle, he shot tiie small Indian as he ran up a third time with the uplifted tomahawk, but before he could turn his attention to Big Foot, tlie latter was upon him. Grasping Poe by the shoulder and one leg, he hurled him into the aii', heels over head. Almost as soon as he touched the ground, Poe was on his feet and a still more desperate struggle took place. The bank was slippery and they fell into the water, where each strove to drown the other. Long and desperately they struggled, each alternately under water and half strangled, until Poe fortunately grasped with his uninjured hand the tuft of hair upon the scalp of the Indian and forced his head under the water, holding it there until the Indian appeared to be dead. Relaxing his hold, he dis- covered to&late the stratagem. Big Foot was in- stantly upon his feet and engaged again in the fierce contest for life and victory. They were naturally carried deeper into the water, and the current becoming stronger, bore them beyond their depth. They were now compelled to loosen their hold upon each other and to swim for mutual safety. Both strove to reach the shore first in order to get the guns, but the Indian, being the better swimmer, reached tlie land (irst. Seeins Elizabeth S., daiiyhlcr of 1 van and Tem|»eraiice (Smith) Ellis. Ivan Ellis was one of the early settlers of Madison County', Ind., and was elected State Representative on the Democratic ticket in 1810. Our subject's family consisted of thirteen children, as follows: Catherine E., Amanda M., Louisa and .lohii W. (all of whom are deceased); Nathan A.; Sara E., now Mrs. Alexander Peck, of Monroe Township; Joseph E., a physician of Alexandria; William I., a real-estate and loan liroker at Alexandria; Marj' E., the wife of William May, Deputy Postmaster at Alexandria; Charles M., who lives in Alexandria; Jesse E., a graduate of the law department of the Michigan State Univer- sity and now a practicing attornej' at Alexandria; Margaret T., decea.sed; and Henry II., who is at home. Mr. Hall is a self-made man and has led a very busy and useful life, being foremost in all movements of public interest. He is a firm be- liever and true defender of Republican principles. The securing of the Lake Erie & Western Railroad at Alexandria was due largely to his efforts. He was the first Secretary and Treasurer of the Farmers' Insurance Company of Madison County, and after serving threes years in that capacity, was elected President, which position he now holds. Mr. Hall has divided a large portion of his possessions among his children and has the satisfaction of witnessing their success in business and social life. ^4^^ AMUEL HEINY, a successful agriculturist ^^^ and highly respected citizen of Indiana, a V^3' ''fS"'''™^ resident of Hamilton County, ' who was born August 3, 1840, in Wayne Township, has fidiii his early youth been intimate- ly associated with tlie [irogressive interests of his locality and, widely known, enjoys the confidence of a host of old-time friends and acquaintances. His father and raotlier, Samuel and Anna (Schuck) Heiny, were born, reared and maiiied in Pennsyl- vania, and in the spring of 18 Id aceompaiiiod the paternal grandparents of our subject to the then far off state of Indiana. Here they bought and located upon eighty acres of land near the present farm of Samuel Heiny. .Ir. I'lie old homestead was then mostly wild land, :ind the lirst care of the settlers was to build a log-cabin, in which the two fMmilies found shelter until a better house could lie erected. In time the eighty acres yielded to eultivalion and became one of the finest farms in the county. The grandparents, beloved by all who knew Ihcm, survived to an advanced age, then peacefully en- tered into rest. The father, one of five childrcu who gathered in the home of the grandparents, was a man universally esteemed for his sterling quali- ties of head and heart. He was a thorough Jack- son inn Democrat, and ardentl3' devoted to the in- terests of the party. He survived to witness the marvelous development of his adopted state, and passed away at eighty-one years of age. The mother, who was one of a large family* of sons and daughters, bore her husband nine chil- dren, seven of whom are yet living, and most of whom are by occupation farmers. Mrs. Anna Heiny died upon the homestead at sevent3'-two years of age. A true wife and tender mother, her record was one of unselfishness and untiring in- dustry. Samuel Heiny, Jr., during his childhood attended the little school of the district, and as he grew older was an able aid in the work of his fa- ther's farm. When twenty years of age, he began the battle of life by working out on adjoining farms by the month. Slun-tly after the breaking out of the Civil War. he engaged with courage in the conflict and was absent from his home for four years, during this entire time being constantly on duty and exposed to the perils and privations of the field. Soon after his return to Indiana. Samuel Heiny was in 1866 united in marriage with Miss Cather- ine Heiny, born in Wayne Township in 1843, and a daughter of Heniy and Annetta (Stichter) Heiny. Mr. Ilein.v, a farmer and also a merchant of Clarks- ville, died at foity-four years of age. His father, 3H PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Jacob Heiny, emigrated with his wife and chil- dren from Pennsylvania to Indiana in pioneer days, and passed away in Hamilton County. The Stichters were a highly respected family of the Quaker State, where their sons and daughters were reared to usefulness. Mrs. Annetta (Stichter) Heiny early located in Indiana, and here her widowed mother died at an advanced age. The union of our subject and iiis estimable wife lias been blessed by the birth of eight children. The sons and daughters in the order of their birth are: Cora, wlio married George Keesling, and has three children; Albert, at home; Lizzie, wife of Charles Ebbert; Barbara E., Laura B., Edgar, Mary Alice and Effie, the five youngest, all at home. After tiie war was ended Mr. Heiny worited b^' the month on a farm for a year, then rented land near Noblesville and cnltivated the same, two years later removing a little to tiie east and tilling this farm two j'ears. He finally' worked upon the old home farm another two years, when he bought a sawmill at Clarksville, ran it sixteen months, and then sold out. Our subject again rented land, and at the expiration of some length of time bought his present valuable farm of one hundred and twenty acres, now highly cultivated and well im- proved with excellent and attractive buildings. Two years ago, in company with his brother George, Mr. Heiny bought the tile works, and has since engaged in tiie manufacture of tiling, also conducting mixed farming with success. Politically a Republican, our subject cast his first Presidential vote for General Grant, and throughout the changing years has over been true to the interests of tlie party. He is fraternally as- .sociated with the Grand Army of the Republic, and, a valued member of Lookout Post, at No- blesville, much enjoys the re-unions of the order. Many years Iiave passed since, in 1861, answering to the appeals of the Government, Samuel Heiny, in the dawn of manhood, enlisted in Company E, Thirty-ninth Indiana Infantry. After serving bravely three years, he was transferred on account of re-organization to the Eighth Indiana Cavalry, in which he remained with fidelity until the close of tiie war. Twenty-eight years have come and gone since he returned in safety to his home, and to-day, as long ago upon the field of battle, our subject is a true and loyal American citizen, es- teemed and honored by all who know him. RS. MELISSA A. MALLERY, a noble Christian woman of high abilitj' and ear- nest character, is widely known throughout Wayne Township, Hamilton County, as the widow of Calvin Malleiy, a highly esteemed citizen and upright man, who entered into rest, mourned as a public loss, January 12, 1891. Our subject, a native of Noblesville Township, and born August 5, 1840, was tlie daughter of Chester and Johanna (Heaton) Granger, pioneer settlers of Hamilton County. Chester Granger, who was born January 29, 1811, was a man of energy and enterprise, and after a life of busy usefulness passed away July 18, 1874, in the city of Nobles- ville. He was a brother of L. N. Granger, also a prominent citizen of Hamilton Count}-. The mother, j-et surviving, makes her home in Nobles- ville. Mrs. Mallery was one of three children born to her parents, two of whom are now living. Reared and educated in her birthplace, she arrived at attractive womanhood well fitted to assume the coming responsibilities of life. March 10, 1859, were united in marriage Calvin Mallery and Me- lissa A. Granger. The husband of our subject was, like his wife, a native of Noblesville Town- ship, Hamilton County, where he was born July 12, 1838, and had from his early childhood been the associate and friend of his future life-companion. His father, Horace C. Mallery, was born in New York, April 6, 1815, and accompanied his parents to the west when about six years of age. Iden- tified with the rapid growth and upward progress of Indiana, he survived to see the wilderness transformed, into cultivated fields and died in Wayne Township November 11, 1879. The paternal grandfather, Curtis Mallery, a prominent pioneer of Indiana, who was born April 8, 1774, died October 1, 1851, respected by all who knew him. Ilis worthy wife, Nancy Mallery, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPmCAL RECORD. born June 16, 1782, shared the privations and sacrifices of frontier life with her family for many years, and dyinaf wilii cholera in Noblesville Au- gust 19, 1850, preceded lier husband to tlie better world. A devoted wife and mother, she tenderly cared for tlie ten children who blessed her home. Horace C. Mallery wedded early in life Miss Mary Fugh, who was born September 19, 1817, in Oliio. She passed away March 31, 1875, beloved by all who knew her. She was the mother of six cliil- (Iren, two of wiiom are yet living. Immediately succeeding tlieir marriage, Mr. and ISIrs. Calvin Mallery settled upon tlie iiomestead whore t)ur subject now resides. Mr. Mallery as a farmer boy had l)een thorougli- ly trained from his childhood into the round of agricultural duties, and under his management tlie broad acres became highly productive, annually yielding an abundant harvest. Agriculture, how- ever, was not the only ))ursuit of his life. Me was an eloquent preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church; self educated, and an able minister of tiie Word, lie did faithful service for tlie Master through many changing seasons. Rev. Calvin Mal- loiy was long an efficient Sunday-school Superin- tendent, and together with his wife and family, all active members of the Methodist Episcopal Cliurch, hugely promoted the cause of Christianity and liberally aided in the extension of religious in- fluence. Tlie beloved luisband of our subject was active in local affairs, and, early a Republican, was later a stanch Prohibitionist. He was Township Tru.stee, and also discharged with fidelity the du- ties of other offices of trust. Mrs. Melissa JIallery welcomed U> her heart and home a family of eleven children, of whom five daughters and three sons are yet surviving. Lucy A., the wife of Frank Bradley, is the mother of four chiUlreii. Hlta, wife of Eli Fisher, had one child, Eli, who died February 12, 1891). Garrick I^. is on the old farm, where he has a fine residence; he was married September 27, 1893, to Miss Irnea Morrow. Orindorio married George Marshall, and has three children. Mary, Jennie, Ingram W. and Alfred H. are all with their mother. Our subject and her eldest son together manage the fine old honieslead, whose three hundred and twenty acres. highly cultivated, render the Mallery farm one of the most valuable pieces of agricultural prop- erty in Wayne Townsliip. The Imiiroveiiients are all of a substantial charaelt'r. the uiodeiii and com- modious residence having been erecfed xmie twelve years ago. Passing her entire lifetime amid the familiar scenes and associations of youth, oui- sulijeel pos- sesses a wide circle of ac(iuaint:uiri's, to whom she has ever been a. kind friend and neighbor, re- joicing with them in their joys and sympathizing with them in their hours of sorrow. The great bei-eaveinent of her life bereaved the entire com- munity among whom Calvin Mallery live(i and labored, and his memoir will long be cherished in Wayne Township, where his children, reared to usefulness, will worthily occupy positions of lion- orcd influence. M. JENKINS, a successful business man and a prominent lumberman of Nobles- ville, is also well known throughout Ham- ilton County and the state of Indiana as a breeder of fine trotting horses, principally hand- ling the Wilkes stock, and has at present upon liis extensive farm a choice variety of colts. Mr. Jenkins is a native of Ohio, and was born in Day- ton, June 9, 1838. His [laternal grandfather, David Jenkins, born in North Carolina, emigrated in an early day to Miami County, Ohio, and there prosperously engaged in the pursuit of agricul- ture. The father, Robert Jenkins, likewise a na- tive of the old Tar State, accompanied his parents to Ohio, and as a boy exiierienced the privations of pioneer life. He was a noted Abolitionist, and later a Republican. The Jenkins ancestry were of Welsh and Eng- lish origin, one branch of the family establishing itself in North Carolina, where they flourished in Colonial days and were known as upright and pa- triotic citizens, devout members of the C^uaker sect. The mother, Ann (Pearson) Jenkins, was likewise born in North Carolina, the Pearsons being numbered among the highly respected and 318 PORTRAIT AKD BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. early residents of the state. Our subject spent the days of liis hoyliood upon the old farm, near Dayton, and received instruction in tlie common branches of study in tlie district school, later in life attending for one term Earlham College, in Richmond, Ir.d. Trained from his youth up to a practical knowledge of agricultural duties, Mr. Jenkins began farming upon his own account at twenty-two years of age. Having devoted some six or seven years to the cultivation of the soil of Ohio, our subject decided to try his fortunes in a newer field, and in 1867 removed to Wayne County, Ind., where he en- gaged as a dealer in agricultural implements for ten years. At the expiration of this time Mr. Jenkins made his home in Noblesville, and en- gaging in the lumber business soon commanded an extensive trade, second to none in his locality. For the past few years he has profitably devoted a large portion of his time and attention to the su- perior horses bred upon his extensive stock farm, where a number of promising young trotters ex- hibit tiiemselves to groujis of admiring visitors and attract numerous would-be purchasers. In 1862, A. M. Jenkins and Miss Frances Rus- sell, daughter of Squire Russell, a prominent citi- zen and Justice of the Peace, were united in marriage. This estimable lady died in Richmond, Ind., in 1871, leaving to the care of her husband three children, two daughters and one son. Martha J. is the wife of Louis Morris, of Richmond, Ind. Emma Florence is the wife of John Horton, of Richmond. Robert F. is a resident of Richmond. In 1872 our subject wedded his present wife. Miss AcUa George, daugliter of .Jesse George, a pioneer settler of Hamilton County. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins has been blessed with the birth of two sons: Earl George and Ileeber A. The handsome family residence, situated upon the cor- ner of Anderson and Emnas Streets, is located among attractive surroundings and is widely known as the abode of hospitality. Mr. Jenkins is especially interested in church work, and when, in 1891, the Friends erected their house of worship, at a cost of §10,000, he was a liberal giver and was a valued member'of the board of financiers, through whose excellent man- agement the fine structure was artistically de- signed and completed. Our subject has long been a member of the Indiana Lumbermen's Associa- tion and finds much pleasure and profit in the re- unions of the leading businesF men of the state. Politically a strong Republican, and an earnest advocate of the party, he takes an abiding interest in all matters of mutual welfare and is widely known and highly respected as an enterpiising business man and progressive citizen. ^^ ILAS JONES. A volume dedicated to the ^^^ public-spirited and pioneer citizens of (^/_1J) Madison County' would be incomplete were no mention made of the subject of this sketch, who resides on section 7, Richland Town- ship, a leading resident and a prosperous farmer and stock-buyer, who also raises thorough-bred and high grade road and draft horses. Though commencing in business without capital or friends he has worked his way upward, and by the exercise of economy, industry and perseverance, has be- come well-to-do. The record of his life is inter- esting, not only for the perusal by friends, but also for the emulation of the young, who might well imitate the sturdy virtues characteristic of this brave pioneer. Before mentioning in detail the principal events in the life of our subject, it will be appro- priate in this connection to give his paternal his- tory. He is the ^on of John D. and Laodicea (Lay- man) Jones, the former probably a native of Ohio, and of Pennsylvania ancestry, while it is known that the latter was born in Tennessee. Early in the '30s John D. Jones emigrated to Indiana, ac- companied by his family, and after a short resi- dence in Madison County, went to Delaware County, settling in Mt. Pleasant Township. There he entered land from the Government and settled in a round-log cabin, which, though by no means artistic, was a comfortable dwelling. In politics a Democrat, John D.Jones was prom- inently connected with public affairs of the town- ship and cciunty until his death, which occurred in PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 319 Jamiai-y, 1870. In his religious belief, he was a Mclliodist, and was identified with the church of tliat denomination in Mt. Pleasant Township. The inotluT of our subject, who still survives, is now ( l.siCi) in her eighty-sixth year, and is one of the representative pioneers of Delaware County. She enjoys excellent health, considering her advanced years. A devoted member of the Methodist Epis- copal Ciiurch, she has always been interested in religious matters, and aids, so far as possible, every liliilanthropic and benevolent enterprise. There are four surviving children in the jta- rental family, namely: Savnh, wife of W. II. Lee; Silas; Cliai-ily. who niMrned Isaac Wright; and .Jacob \\'., who married Nannie Woodring. The maternal grandfather of these children was a min- ister in the Baptist Church and a pioneer preacher of Ohio. I'xirn in I )elaware ( 'ouiity, Ind., .January 19, l.s.'id. our suhj.'rt was in his youth a student in the pioneer schools of the neighborhood, where, in spite of obstacles, he acquired a practical knowledge of the three R's. In his youth lie as- sisted his father in clearing land, and has acconi- |)lished a large amount of pioneer work. November 15, 1855, Mr. .Tones married Miss Ivulli .1. McNeer, who was born in Madison County, ind., .lanuary 11, 1835. She is a sister of Mrs. Kli/.abelh Tappan. of Anderson, Ind., and a daugh- ter of Andrew 11. and Catherine McNeer, who early in the '.ills emigrated to Madison County, and established a permanent home in Monroe Township. Their first home was in a log cabin, and they were identified with the history of their community during theentiie period of its growth. Mr. McNeer was a member of the Methodist Epi.s- copal Church and a Class-leader in that denomi- nation. His death occurred at the home of Mr. .tones in 1883. The wife preceded him, dying in 1873 at the same place. Mr. and Mrs. .lones are the parents of three children: Arminda M., An- drew D. and Mary A. The daughters remain at home, but Andrew D. married C'elia A. Kirk, and lives on a farm near his father, but owns an eighty- acre tract of his own. After his marriage Mr. Jones resided for one year upon his father's farm in Delaware County, making his home in a log cabin which he had erected. In the f;dl (if is.'ji; he came to Madison County, and purchased eighty acres in Monroe Township, for which he paid $50 in cash and the remainder 1750, in three years. For a time he lived with his father-in-law, but afterward erected a log house on his eighty-acre tract, and, moving into his house, made his home there for nearl3' one year. He afterward sold the property for $1,375 cash, in the fall of 1801. I'rior i.) selling the place, he bought eighty acres adjoining, for which he paid $640, making the payments upon the installment plan. From Madison Mr. Jones returned to Delaware County, where he resided about two years. In the spring of 1864 he again came to Madison County, and settled upon his present farm in Richland Township, where he owns three hundred and ninety-four acres. In the accumulation of his property he li;vs been alily assisted hy his wife, who is a lady of more than ordinary ability and en- ergy. The^' are lioth earnest members of the Methodist Epi-scopal Church, in which j\Ir. .lones has served as Steward for two .years. ;ind liolds that position at present. In his politic;il belief he is an ardent champion of Republican principles, and favors everything calculated to promote the welfare of his fellow-citizens. ■^m®' Vtp^lf^ENE T. BRICKLEV of the drug lirm of lU) Buck, Brickley A- Co., and manager of the /I' — --^ Palace Pharmacy, was born at Winchester, Randolph County, Ind., on the 28tli of .Inly, IS;")!!. He is the son of Williard P. lirickley, for many years a practicing physician of Anderson. His fa- ther was born in Ohio, to which state the grand- father, John F. Brickley, removed in an early day from Pennsylvania. The father came to Indiima when a young man, and his success in life proves that he literally "grew up with the country." On the 9th of June, 1893, he was sixt^'-nine j-ears of age, and has practiced medicine since 1848. Mr. Brickley 's mother was Julia Hull, a native of Cin- cinnati, and a daughter of Jehiel Hull, who emi- grated from New Jersey to Ohio. Eugene T. Brickley remained in Winchester un- til four years of age, when his parents removed to 320 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Huntsville, Madison County, wliere they remained until 1872, when they removed to Anderson. For one and one-half years Mr. Brickley read medicine and then, in 1874, he went to Winchester and en- gaged in book-keeping in a produce house for five years. In 1881 he returned to Anderson and en- tered the drug store of Dr. ,1. F. Brandon as sales- man. In the spring of 1882 he entered the store of Brown & Buck in the same capacity. He remained witli the house after the death of Mr. Brown, and while tiie firm was Buck, Forkner* Co. In 1888 he bought Mr. Forkner's interest, and the firm became Buck, Brickley & Co., the "Co." being W. T. Dur- bin, of the Citizens' Bank. In 1893 the firm opened the Palace Pharmacy in tlie new Lieb Block, at the corner of Tenth and Meridian Streets, and it is pronounced tlie finest equii)ped establishment of the kind in the state. Mr. Brickley is the man- ager of the Palace Pharmacy, while Mr. Buck exer- cises like prerogatives over the parent house at the corner of Ninth and Meridian Streets. Mr. Brick- le\' is one of the promoters of the Anderson Driv- ing Association, of which he is Secretary. Mr. Brickley belongs to several secret orders, in which he takes much interest. He was made a Mason at Pendleton in 1871, and now belongs to Anderson Lodge No. 77, and to Anderson Commandery No. 32. He has been a member of Anderson Lodge, I. O. O. F., for twelve years, is a charter member of the Elks, and belongs to the Knights of the Maccabees and tiie Ancient Order of Ihiitcd Workmen . ylLLIAM W. WEBSTER, one of the fore- most agriculturists of Madison County, comes of good old Revolutionary stock, for his paternal great-grandfather, who was the first branch of the family tree to take root on American soil, served bravely as a Colonel in that war. The Colonel was a native of England and was married in that country. Daniel Webster, grandfather of our subject, was born in England, and was quite small when he came with his par- ents to America. His wife was a native of Ire- land, and Robert W. Webster, father of our subject, was one of the children born of this union. The father of our subject first saw the light of day in Kent County Del., January 14, 1814, and in that state made his home until 1836, when he moved to Fayette County, Ind. There lie tarried for three years, and then moved to Madison Coun- ty' and settled in Boone Township. Later he re- moved to Van Buren Township, this count_v, and here his death occurred January 7, 1892. By oc- cupation he was a farmer. He was a self-made man, for he started out to make his way in life witli limited means, having only about |!125 when he first landed in Indiana. At the time of his death he was the owner of a large tract of land, all well cultivated and in good condition. Although a man of limited education, he was well informed on all the current topics of the day, and was an interesting and pleasant conversationalist. In politics, he supported the principles and policy of the Republican party. In early manhood he was a member of the Methf)dist Episcopal Church, and he was ever a liberal contributor to all worthy movements. Moral and upright in every respect, no man in the county was more universally re- spected. Robert W. Webster was married in 1834 to Miss Rebecca Fisher, who was born in Kent Coun- ty, Del., in 1817, and was the daughter of Henry and Celia (Williamson) Fisher, natives of Dela- ware. Mrs. Webster is now living in Van Buren Township, and, althouojh seventy-six years of age (1893), is spry and active for her years and a most pleasant, sociable old lad}'. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Ten children were born unto Mr. and Mrs. Webster. Daniel W. resides on the old farm with his mother; Henry F. died at the age of seventeen; James E. married Miss Frances Noble, and both he and his wife are deceased, being survived by their two children; William W. is our subject; Robert B.,a resident of Van Buren Township, married Miss IVLartha Baker and became the father of four children, three now living; Celia Ann is the wife of Elijah W. Beck and the mother of four children, one deceased; Eliza Jane, deceased, was forinerlv the wife of Alonzo Allen, wlio, witli their two ciiildren, now PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RHC'OIID. 323 survives her; George W.'s sketch is presented else- where; Noah is deceased; and Rebecca, wife of .1. V. A'inson, was the mother of six cliihlren, five (if wliom are now living. Tlie subject of this brief notice was born in itoone Township, Madison County, Ind., in 1841, and remained with his parents until twenty-eight yi'.'irs of age. lie then started out for liiinsclf and settled upon eighty acres of timbcrland in the nortliern part of Van Buren Township, wliere he made his home until 1892. He then moved to Ills present home, one and one-half miles west of Suinmilvilk'. A i)rogressive, representative farmer, he is now the owner of one liundred and sixty acres, on wliieli is a beautiful and charming resi- dence. He also owns an interest in a tract of land near Summitville. For strict integrity and up- rightness he stands second to un man in the coun- ty. Politically, he is a Kepulilican. In his re- ligious views lie is a free tliinlver. He selected Ills wife in the person of MissSamantha C, daugh- ter of Alexander and Catherine (Baker) Inglis, natives of North Carolina (see sketch of T. N. Inglis). The only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Web- ster is Amanda Kllen, who is the wife of Josepli Ilimelick, and lias one child. Klva. ^/OIIN W. APPLi:(i.\ l^leasant and comfo blesville, is one of tli of Hamilton County, =^> ivho occupies a home near No- known citizens £■ has lieie made m his home for many years. He was born February 16, 1S2;). and is a son of Daniel and JNIargaret (Wire) Applegate. His father was born and reared on a faun in New .Jersey, and remained at home until thirty years of age, when he went to Ohio. In 1825, he came to Indiana, locating in Indianapolis, where he followed fanning. The following year he arrived in Hamilton County, where he sjient his remaining days. He was accidentally killed at I lie age of forty years. His wife was born near I'rbana, Ohio, and is now living in Noblesville, at the home of lier daughter. Six children were born unto Mr. and Mrs. Applegate, and all are yet liv- ing. The grandfather, John Applegate, was also a native of New .lersey, and was killed near No- blesville by a log falling upon him when eighty- three years of age. He served in the Kexclulion- aryWar, and was also in the War of LSI 2. His family numbered seven children, of wiioin two arc yet living. educMtioii, and upon the home farm spent lhc(l:i\> of his boyhood and yoiilh. lie was married on tlie Dth of October, 1853, to Miss Mary M., daugh- ter of George .and Catiierine Ingerinann, who were natives of (iermany, and crossed the Atlantic to America when their daughter was about five months old. They settled in Pennsylvania, and in 1841) came to this county. Four years pre- vious they had taken up their residence in Wayne County. Here tlie father passed away at the age of seventy-two, and the mother de|iarled this life at the age of eighty-two. In. their family were ten children, six of whom are yet living. I'nto Mr. and Mrs. Applegate has been born a family of children. George D., who was born Feliruary 14, 1854, wedded Mary Rockcy, and has live children; Margaret, who was born May 19, 1862, is the wife of Henry .Sapper, a farmer, by whom she has three children; Charles F., wiio w.as born February 11, 1865. was educated in the finest medical colleges of the land, and is now a physi- cian of Indianapolis; David S., who was born .ian- uary 25, 1867, is at home; Mary M., who was born June 29, 1869, is the wife of Charles Mitchell, a millwright, by whom >he has a sou mid daughter; and Harry R., was born S(.|)teuiber 10. 1873. Val- entine, William II.. Andr.'w J. and Theodore R. are deceased. After his marriage, Mr. Apph^gate located upon the farm where he now lives. Only a small tract had been cleared, and for eight years he lived in a rude log cabin. He then built a hewed log house, which continued to be his home until 1875, when he erected a commodious and substantial residence at a cost of ><5.(»-^^<: W EVI CONNER. Tl ll /^ any community is 1 J^— ^ which come the st lie agricultural part of the bone and sinew from strength and vigor neces- sary' to carry on the affairs of manufactures, com- merce and the state. AVhen the farming people are composed of men and women of courage, en- terprise, intelligence and integrity, prosperity will attend all departments of activity. This is pre- eminently the case in Madison County, Ind. and among those who hold high r.ank as a tiller of the soil is Mr. Conner, who is one of the pioneers of Madison Count}'. This representative citizen came originally from the Buckeye State, born in Meigs Coimty, February 29, 1832, and his parents. John and Ada (Ogden) Conner, were nativits also of Ohio. Grandfather Ogden served in one of the Indian wars of his time. In the fall of 1832 John Conner emigrated to PORTRAIT AND BlOGRAPmCAL RECORD. 327 Madison County, and entered two hundred acres in Richland Townsiiip. Tiiis tract of land was covered witU a dense growth of timber but he cleared a small portion and erected a log cabin. As there wei'c no \v;iL,''i>n loudsat tiiat early period lie had to cut a ni;i(l Ihrough the woods. He was among the earliest settlers, and with the ambi- tion, courage and sturdy manhood which have al- ways been distinguishing characteristics of Ameri- can pioneers, he began clearing and improving his tract of Iriiid. lliswife ums a most ca|)able help- mate and gradually they gathered around them man}' of the comforts and conveniences of life. Of the children born to their union only three survive: Annis, widow of Levi Keirlier; Kliza, widow of Ilirani Sn-.iin, and Levi, inn- subject. For many years the father served as .lustice of the Peace, and was a man noted for his industry and uprightness. lie and his worthy companion passed away in 18.58. Levi Conner was reared on his father's farm in Madison Count}', Jnd., amid rude surroundings, and his early educational advantages were received in the subscription schools taught in the primitive log schoolhousc of those days. The chimney of this structure was made of mud and slicks, the floor of puncheons, greased paper served for the window lights, a slab board for a seat, and a slab board resting on sticks driven into the wall served a> a desk. His schooling did not amount to much and being a great reader and a careful observer, he is principally a self-educated man. lie has seen the countr}' grow from a wilderness to its present prosperous condition and h.as contributed his share tovvarils its advancement. He was in- itialed into lln' duties of farm life at an early age, and like a true son of his father l)ecame a tiller of the soil when thrown upon his own resources. Our subject's first marriage was with Miss Lydia A. Keicher, and after her death he married Miss Marietta Tuttle who bore him five children, three living: .lohn; Catherine, wife of Charles Hurley; and Rosa Bell; and the two deceased were Levi Thomas and William Allen. Mr. Conner is the owner of over nine hundred acres of good land, the ni'n IJIOGRAPHICAL RPX'ORD. 329 Mrs. Nancy (Lee) Pfirv bad enjoyed in }'outli only limited advantages, but, a woman of bright in- telligence and a devoted member of the Methodist K|Mscopal Church, was highly esteemed. She died October 27, 1862, and passing awa3' at lliirty- seven years of age, was deeply mourned. Oursuli- ject again marrying was then wedded to Cath- erine Bray, September 10, 1863. Mrs. Perry was t\n: daughter of Ilcnry and Hannah Bray, and, like the first wife, liad but little opportunity to gain an education. She is. however, a woman of ability and worth and also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and tbrmighmit lier life has been a Christian worker. Of the four children who blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Pen v, only one now survives, a daughter, Al- uieda, single. Our subject, although be immediately settled on a farm as soon as he arrived in Indiana, has given his personal attention almost exclusively to his trade of gunsmith, hiring help to do the clearing and cultivating of the one hundred and one fer- tile acres, now well improved with excellent and commodious buildings. Mr. Perrj-, nearly four- score 3'cars of age, and a life-time member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, is an eloquent ex- liorter. He hassupplemented his youthful educa- tion with a store of knowledge gained by reading, and while a close student of the Bible also pays great attention to the current affairs of the daj', and with the newspapers keeps himself intelli- gently posted. He is politically a Republican and from its formation an ardent advocate of the party. The useful inlluenee of his unselfish and Christian life has been widely felt and apjueciated b\- a host of friends. \i>^OAH RICHWIIS jlj Jfj expected, ment: \\:^ work of many ,OAH RICH WINE. As might naturally be ition is made in the present citizens of Madison Coun- ty now prominent in their different callings, but none more so than the successful agriculturist, Noah Richwine, who, although comparatively young in years, is old in experience, and pos- sesses more good sound judgment on matters per- taining to the farm tlian many men nim-b older. Not onl^' is he interested in tilling tfie soil, but bi^ has engaged in other occupations, all of wlnrh nourished in his hands. Mr. Richwine owes liis nativity to Wayne County, Ind., born .January 11, 1841, and is a son of Gideon and Elizabeth (Hay- der) Richwine (see sketch of Gideon Richwine). Until nearly twenty-one years of age, our sub- ject remained under the parental roof, and se- emed a good practical education in the common schools. He then began farming on his own ac- count, and this he continued until 1876, when he bought a stock of drugs at Frankton, and in part- nership with his brother Allen, continued this very successfully for about three years. After this, he sold his interest in the drug trade, and again turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. In conducting and managing his large farm, Jlr. Richwine does not lose sight of the stock-raising industry, and is engaged in buying and selling much of the time. Besides a fine farm of two hundred and twenty acres, he owns considerable town property in Frankton, and is a wide-awake, thoioughgoing rn.an, in whatever he undertakes. The same systematic condition of affairs about his home is apparent in his course as a man. Thor- ough in all that he does, he allows no worthy movepient to drag for want of support, if in his power to help it. Mr. Richwine selected his wife in the person of Miss Elizabeth Shell, daughter of Isaac Shell, and grand-daughter of John Shell, who was one of the pioneers of the Iloosier State. Mr. and Mrs. Rich- wine's nuptials were celebrated November 2, 1861, and two children were born to this union: Mar- sailles Allen, residing in Jackson Township, and Maurice Elmer, also a resident of Jackson Town- ship, this county. The mother of these children died, and on the 23d of November, 1869, Mr. Richwine married Miss Sarah Etchcson, daughter of Douglas and Mary (Poland) F^tcheson, pioneers of this country. Three children were the fruits of this union, two of whom are now living, viz.: Luella Frances, now Mrs. Charles M. McCord, re- siding in Lafayette Township, and Cora May, at I home. Charles M. is deceased. For several years ^[r. Richwine has been the PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. owner of a steam thresher, and with this he does a thriving business in the neighborhood. He is a great lover of hunting, and spends a certain por- tion of each season in some wild section of the country hunting large game. At his home a rare and beautiful specimen of a deer's head adorns the wall, one of the trophies of a hunt he engaged in the south. The head is perfectly)' preserved, and the life-like appearance sliows well the skill of the taxidermist. A large fur rug in his house origi- nally covered a black bear which he killed on the peninsula of northern Michigan. This animal weighed eight hundred pounds, and measured nearly eigiit feet in length. Socially, Mr. Rich- wine is a member of the Masonic order, and he and his family are members of the Methodist Protes- tant Church. He votes the Democratic ticket, and held the office of Township Trustee one term. He is a successful farmer and business man, and an influential and enterprising citizen. J] L. RINGO, M. D., the talented medical j practitioner and able surgeon, known as one of the brilliant young professional men of ' P^lwood, lud., is a native of the state, and was born in Fall Creek Township, Henr}' County, November 22, 1866. He located in El wood in 1891 and entering upon the duties of a physician has for two years enjoyed an excellent practice and, thoroughly devoted to his profession, has before him a future bright with promise. Our subject w.as the oldest of six children, live sons and one daughter, who blessed the home of John W. and P^sta (Crittenberger) Ringo. The father was a native of Wayne County, in which part of the state the paternal grandparents made their home in the pioneer days when Indiana was a compara- tive wilderness, over which roamed freelythe In- dians and wild game of a large variety. The father removed to Henry County when nineteen years of age and settled on a farm which he brought up to a high state of cultivation, and was numbered among the substantial and leading general agri- culturists of his locality. Now retired from active farming duties he is quietly spending the latter years of his life in Middletown. Possessing an ex- cellent niemoiy and being a man of observation, his reminiscences of pioneer days are full of inter- est, and vividly portray the wonderful changes of the last half-century. The mother of our subject is a native of Vir- ginia, and a daughter of Isaac Crittenberger, like- wise born in the Old Dominion, but who in middle life emigrated to Indiana and engaged in the till- ing of the soil. An experienced farmer, he suc- cessfully improved a valuable homestead which annually yielded an abundant harvest, but is now spending the evening of his days in Middletown. The Crittenbergers are remotely descended from a long line of sturdy German ancestry and possess the patient industry and thrift bequeathed as a precious legacy by their forefathers. Dr. Ringo received his preparatory education in Henry Count3' and remained in Fall Creek Township until seventeen years of age. At this period he went to Lebanon, Ohio, and there enjoyed the benefit of instruction in the National Normal University, where he continued to study for two years. Upon the completion of his course in this excellent institution our subject engaged in teach- ing, and for the following five years was account- ed one of the most successful instructors of Madi- son County, Ind. Dr. Ringo had some time be- fore decided to enter the ranks of the medical pro- fession, but it was not until he had long been a teacher that he finally began the study of medicine in Elwood. Our subject later attended lectures at the Physio-Medical College of Indiana, located at Indianapolis, and afterward entered the Medical College of Louisville, Ky., from which he gradu- ated with honor, receiving his degree. Establish- ing himself in an office at Elwood, Dr. Ringo has already won an enviable reputation as a family physician and surgeon. In the first j'ear of his residence in Elwood our subject was appointed Secretary of the City Board of Health, in which capacity, serving one year, he gained many new friends and well-wishers. He is politically an ardent advocate of the Democratic party, and is ^'^-'^ALy{^eA,n^y-\^ yC^xyi^, ^yuy^ PORTRAIT ANT BIOGRAPIUCAL RECORD. fraternally a member of El wood Lodge No. 166, K. of P. On the 1st of Ajiril, 1888. woie united in marri.ige J. S. niiijro and Miss Addir M-aU-au. -a native of Rush Counlv, and one of tlie four t'hil- drcn of James Malian, a citizen well and favoiably known in Rush County. The home of our subject and his accomplished wife has been brightened by the birth of two little daughters, Maud and Nell. Dr. and Mrs. Ringo occupy a high social position, and enjoy the confidence of a host of friends, tlieir attractive home being the abode of hospi- tality. y |>ILLIAM KJiN/.KR. In calling of farming a la ■suit of the mber of the progressive citizens of lianiilton County have accumulated wealth; others, while not gain- ing fortunes, have become vvell-to-do, and amonii: this latter class we mention the name of William Kinzer, the owner and occupant of a farm in Del- aware Township. Tlic nwst of Ins |)roperty he has 'aecnmulated through his unaided exertions, although at the death of his father he I'eceived eight}' acres of the estate and thirty-four acres of the home farm. At tiie present time (1893) his landed possessions aggregate three hundred and sixty-nine acres, which he has embellished with first-class improvements and buildings of a suli- stantial character. Concerning the liislor\ of the Kinzer family little is definitely known. It is supposed that the grandfather of our subject, .lolm Kinzer. was born in Pennsylvania, lie w.as there reared to man- hood and there married Mary DeerdofT, after which he removed to Ohio and located in High- land County, and followed the calling of a farm- er. He and his wife reared seven children, as follows: Jacob, David, Daniel; John, father of our subject; ]Margaret, wife of David Ockerman; .Sarah, wife of John Bailey: and Catherine, wife of Daniel Davis. Thegrandparents were members of the Dunkard Chuich. John Kinzer, father of our subject, was born in 1804, and was reared on a farm, remaining with his parents until he was twenty-one. In 1828 he 16 I came to Indiana, locatinLC in Hamilton County. where he commenced without money or fiicnds. lie entered a small tiart of land from the Covern- for the property. Alwut 18;i() he married K'uth, daughter of William and Mary (A[olIitt) Wdkin- son, and a native of Randolph County, N. C. Her parents were natives of Ireland and KuiiL-ind. ri - spectively, and came t,o tlie I'nited States whcMi ' chil'dren, paying for their pas.sage on the ship by work after they reached this country. After his marriage. John Kinzer eleaied and im- proved the farm upefoi-c him a short time previous to his untimely death. To the ef- forts of those who, like Josepli \V. Kenton, le- deemed the land from its unculLured condition and made the ])rairie blossom like the rose, the people of to-day owe their prosperity and grate- fully render to the early pioneers the tribute of high respect and honor. The worthy widow of our subject and her entire family occupy a leading position in the county, and command the esteem of many sincere friends. J'~|0I1NII. BRANDOM. Hamilton County is conspicuous for its ferl ile farms, which are ' faultless in the way of management and the ' order in which they .are kept. Those in Fall Creek Township arc especially advantageous- ly located and the land is fertile and productive. No one is more to he comiilimented upon the ex- cellent system witli which his agricultuial affairs are conducted tlian the successful faimer whose name introduces this sketch, and who was born in Fall Creek Township January 30, 1852. The dairy interests of the county have in Mr. Brandom an able and worthy representative. He owns from live to ten milch cows, and in the summer sells milk to tlie,cieamerv at Fortville, of 338 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRARHICAL RECORD. wliich enterprise lie was one of the promoters at the time of its inception, in 1890, and is now a member of the Board of Managers. He usually keeps on the faiin ten head of horses and a num- ber of cows and hogs. He is regarded as one of the most energetic and enterprising residents of the county, and is especially prominent in the lo- cal affairs of the townshii), in which lie is a well known resident. Our subject is the eldest of tweh^e children, six of whom are now living. His father, O. H. P. Erandom, was a native of Greenfield, Hancock County, but in boyhood came to Fall Creek Town- ship, where he has since been successfully con-, ducting farming operations. He is now (1893) sixty-seven j'ears of age. The mother of our sub- ject bore the maiden name of Susan Ragers, and was born in Fall Creek Township, being a daugh- ter of John and Polly Ragers, natives of Pennsyl- vania, who emigrated to Indiana in an earl3' day, and there spent t!ie remainder of their days. Mr. Ragers passed awa3^ at the great age of one hun- dred and eight years. Mrs. Susan Brandom is still living, and makes her home in this township. Grandfather William Brandom spent his life most- ly in Hamilton County, where he died at the age of eighty-five. Remaining at home until he was twenty-one, our subject assisted in the maintenance of the fam- ily, and early became familiar with agriculture. After starting out for himself, he worked out for a season by the month, and afterward operated a threshing machine. Later he went into a sawmill, where he worked for eighteen months, and then worked at farming by the month until he was twenty -seven. On the 31st of December, 1878, he was united in marriage with Miss Mary E. Lutz, who was one of five children born to Levi and Elizabeth (Helms) Lutz. Mr. Lutz was born in Ohio, and came to Fall Creek Township at the age of ten. He engaged in farming until about fifty-five jears old, when he died. His father, John Lutz, was a native of Pennsylvania, and a son of a Ger- man, who emigrated to the United States in an eaily da}-. The mother of Mrs. Brandom was horn in Ham- ilton County, and was one of five children in the family of Abraham Helms, a native of Tennessee, who early in life emigrated to Kentucky. Later he came to Hamilton County, about 1820, and was one of the pioneer .settlers of this part of the county. He assisted in clearing four farms, and did much toward making [lossible the development of this section. His death occurred at the age of about eighty-seven. Mr. and Mrs. Brandom have five children: Fred K., Maud V., Bessie B., John D. and Nellie B., all of whom are at home. After his marriage, our subject settled upon the farm where his wife was born, and where they have since resided. One of the prominent men of the county, he is at present Supervisor of District No. 1, and is always interesied in every measure that will advance the welfare of the Democratic party. Socially, he is identified with Edwards Lodge, I. O. O. F., at Fortville, and is a member of the encampment. For seven years he was a mem- ber of Bethlehem Church, of which he was Trustee for five years. He has recently transferred his membership to the Christian Church in his own part of the township. In addition to farming pur- suits, he has acted as auctioneer in Hamilton and adjoining counties for a nuniber of \ears. |t_ ON. JOHN E. SHERMAN, the present pop- ilfjii ular and enterprising Mayor of Alexan- %^ dria, Madison County, Ind., giving to the i^ duties of his responsible position faithful and efficient service, is but adding to his already enviable record as a man and citizen of sterling iutegrit3' and undoubted executive ability. The entire life of our subject is interwoven with the growth and prosperity of his home city. He was born on the 18th of June, 1858, in Alexandria, and here was reared to a self-reliant and hon- ored manhood. His father, Thomas Sherman, born in Oneida Countj-, N. Y., was the seventh son of Samuel Sherman, also the seventh son of the pater- nal great-grandfather. Grandfather Sherman was a cousin of the father of Gen. William T. and Senator John Sherman. Thomas Sherman, the father, emi- grated from New York to Indiana in 1847, and be- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. .•i;i!» gan the manufacture of the Endless Chain Pump, locatinsj in Winche.ster. He liad invented tlie |)iuiip himself, .-iiid later manufactured it in An- dt'rsijii, liiit liiKilly permanently settled in Alex- andria, at (irst manufacturing pumjjs, but in a sliort time engaging in the mercantile business. Owning the second store opened in the town, the father made a fortune in that line of trade. He was just |)re|ianng to conduct a bank in Ander- son when he was taken ill, and died in the 3'ear 18C.5. He was one of the prominent and success- ful men of his day, and, occupying a leading po- sition in Madison County, left a large property to his heirs. Of the seven sons who blessed the paternal grandfatlier, Samuel and William participated in the struggles of the Civil War, the former .as a Captain, and the latter .as a private, lioth were killed upon the battle-field while heroic- ally making a charge upon the enemy. Two of the brothers p.assed their entire lives in New York State. .Vnother made his home in Iowa un- til his death. .Vnother passed away in the eastern part of Indiana, and only one of the eight sons of (Grandfather Sherman now survives. The mother, Mary (Fit/.gerald) Sherman, was the daughter of William Fit/.gerald, an Irishman by birtii and a shoemaker by trade. The maternal grandfather, steadily winning his way upward, became a prom- inent man and an ofllcial of his locality. \t the time of his death he w.as Superintendent of the County Poor Farm, and continued to reside in the l^iaker State until the close of Ins life. Tlu- mother, niariying a second time, was vvedded to W. (i. Kelly, Postmaster of Alexandria under Cleveland's first administration. Mrs. Kelly, youth- ful in appearance and manners, and a charming l.ady, full of hope and clieer, occupies a high social position in the society of Alexandria, and, although sixty-four years of age, has not a single gray hair in her abundant tresses. The parental famil}- con- sisted of three sons and one daughter. Charles L. Sherman is married and has two chil- dren. He IS connected with the Exchange National liank of Anderson. Laura is tiie wife of the lion. A. E. Harlan, ex-State .Senator and Vice- President of the .\lexandria National Hank, of Alexandria. Our subject received liis primary I education in the home schools of .\lexandria, and completed his studies at the Normal School of , Anderson. At sixteen years of age he taught school, and when twenty-one came into the hand- some inheritance bequeathed him by his father. j Soon after attaining to his m.ajority. Mr. Sher- man took a position as traveling s.alcsman for a Chicago wholesale je\velr\- house, and for- the fol- lowing six years journeyed from the latter city to the Pacific Coast and through the south. In 1885 he embarked in the mercantile liusiness in .Mex- andria, but sudden reverses in the year IS'.io caused him to lose the greater part of hi.s fortune. He then resumed iiis travels on the roaci. being employed by a wholesale boot and shoe house in Hoston, l)Ut continued to make his home in Alex- andria. When Alexandria w.as organized into a city, .John E. Sheriiiau was the unanimous choice of the Democratic party for iMa_\-or, and was pop- ular with the entire community. Not seeking the position of honor, he acce|)ted it with the under- standing that he should serve only a short term, or until the sin-ing of 181)3. The Legislature of the winter of 181)2-93, however, pas?ed a law to the effect that all the city oflices should hold for four years and present officers until September, 18:il. :\Ir. Sheniiaii will llierefor,' ivtain hisofttce as .Alayor until .September, 1 .s'.) I . ;.ud through his eflicient service will undoubtedly advance the pro- gressive interests of the city. He still holds his po.si- tion with the wholesale house and sends a man out on the road, making Alexandria a distrii)uting point. March 19, 18i)2, were united in marriage .loiin E. Sherman and Miss Bertha Shirk, a native of Newcastle, Ind., and the daughter of Christian Shirk, now a successful jeweler of Alexandria. Our subject and his accomplished wife, who re- ceived the congratulations of many friends upon their wedding day, are now the happy parents of a little son, Tiiomas Christian, four months old. Mayor Sherniaii. devoted to the duties of his official position, is even a more jiopular man to-day than when he accepted the reins of city Government and first seated himself in the May- or's chair. His administration, wise and econom- 340 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ical, will establish a precedent certain to insure the best good and promote the vital welfare of Alexandria. Fraternally a Royal Arch Mason, and politically a life-louj^ Democrat, as was his revered father, no man in Madison County stands higher in public estimation, or is more secure in tlie good-will of his fellow-townsmen, than our honored subject, wiio in hours of adversity or prosperity is ever the same, manly, upright and courageous. , 1786, and remained in his earlj' home two-score years, having been from his youth a hard-working, industi-ious man. By trade a carpenter and builder, he devoted a great portion of his lime to that occupation but also engaged in the steamboat business for some years, running between Eliza- betli City, Va., and Norfolk, N. C. In 1826, Thomas Cartwright emigrated to Wayne County, Ind., and settled in the town of INIilton, where he engaged in farming. At the ex- piration of ten years he removed with his family to Madison Count}', and investing in lands, again entered into agricultural pursuits and remained a tiller of the soil up to the time of his death, in the month of October, 1865. The paternal grand- fatlier was born in England and was the descen- dant of a long line of enterprising and intelligent ancestry; he emigrated to North Carolina in an early day in the history of our country. The mother of our subject, Bathsheba (Smitson) Cart- wright, was born in North Carolina March 4, 1797, and was the daughter of old and highly respected residents of the Tar State. She traced her ances- try to Turkey, in Europe. Our subject was the youngest of the ten children who clustered in the old home. Five are deceased, Charles, Spencer, Miles, Matilda and Susan. Five are still living. Mary, residing in Nebraska, mar- ried James Eaton, now deceased; Lucinda, the widow of Isaac Frazier, removed to California in 1856, and still makes her home in tiiat state; Fred was the eldest son and possessing abilit3\ readily made his way to a position of influence; Emeline married Edward Christopher and resides in Sum- mitville, Ind.; William T. attended the common schools of Madison County and at the age of eighteen began to learn the trade of a carpenter and joiner, which he followed almost continuously for twenty-six years. After a time journeying to Iowa, Mv. Cart- wright was engaged for two years in the carpen- tering business in Iowa City and Des Moines. For twenty-four years he worked at the bench in vari- ous parts of his native state. In the year 1872, he entered into agricultural pursuits on tiie land which he now cultivates. He has brought his two hundred acres to a high state of cultivation and every year reaps an abundant harvest, [irlncipally of grain and hay. He also successfully handles a limited amount of fine stock, owning some horses and cattle of high grade. The handsome farm is further improved witli excellent and commodious buildings, including an attractive modern resi- dence and roomy barns and granary. In May, 1858, Mr. Cartwright married Miss Rebecca, daughter of Basil and Sarah ^Willis) Thomas, natives of Pennsylvania and Virginia re- spectively. They were married February 22, 1826, in Clermont County, Ohio; the father died August 14, 1887, aged eighty-three years, and the mother passed away February 7, 1867, aged sixty years. The Thomas family is of Welsh ancestry. The great-great-grandfather, John Thomas, came to America in 1680, and settled in Kings County, Md., where he served as High Sheriff. The great- grandfather, William Thomas, served as Captain in the Revolutionary War. The grandfather, James Thomas, a native of Kings County, Md., re- moved to Clermont County, Ohio, and died there in 1852, aged eighty years. The maternal grand- mother of Mrs. Thomas was Mary Taylor, who was of Scotch descent, being a member of a prominent family related to Zachary Taylor. Mrs. Cartwright was born June 8, 1836, and of ' i, Mtv I E|j €rp^^ ,^jLli i ^ . i_^^ L 41.1^,4^^1 _U=-li- ^^4^ RESIDENCE OF r/^'^S. AD Al_l \ :: BEESON , 5EC. 23., BOONE TR, MADISON 1 U'-L.^ ' *1 T /.'iWrnry wo.iir,; .;' Af lllllllllililll DlUim g%4 ^: ^.^X residence: or geo. g. whitney , sec a., van buren tr, mad (son co., ind. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIIICAI. RKCoKI). 343 tlie children born of her marriage, we note tlie following: Charles S., died in infancy. Edgar married Lillie Kaufman and resides on a farm in Madison County. Thomas leaches school and jirosperously conducts a farm. Miles F. married Miss Anna Rogers, of California, and lias charge of his father's homestead. Arden II. married Car- rie liacr and follows the tiadc uf a carpen- ter in :\Iadison Cdiinty. .\ithiir married Ida Siiit/.messer and make.s his home on a farm near !-uiiinut\ille. S.uali H. and Gertrude are at home. Mrs. Cartwright and her daughters are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and are foremost in good work and benevolent enterprises of their locality, whire they occupy a position of influence. Politically a Democrat and an ardent advocate of the party, Mr. Cartwright is a well read man and thoroughly informed as to local and national issues. He takes an active interest in all matters pertaining to public welfare but is content to do his duty as a private citizen and has never sought office. Possessed of an excellent memory he has an interesting fund of reminiscences of his boyhood days, when the primitive methods and manners [irevailed and the schoolhouses were not the con- venient and well arranged buildings in which the children of to-day stud^y. From his youth inti- mately associated with the growth and prosperity of his native state, he enjoys a wide acquaintance and the confidence of man\- friends. He has self- reliantly won his way to assured success, and with his sons and daughters well established in life may with pleasure review his career of honored and useful industry. ^»'UD(;E THEODORE p. I)A\TS. Among the most prominent citizens of this county is the gentleman whose name heads this record. Throughout Noblesville and the surrounding country he is held in the highest re- gard, for his life has been an honorable and up- right one, and by true merit he has risen to a position of prominence among his fellow-men. He is now Chief .Judge of the Ajipellate Court of Indiana. He was born .l;iuuary ;'>, 1H5.'), in West- field, Hamilton County, Ind. His great-grandfather, Paul Davis, was a native of Mecklenburgh County, N. C, was of Welsh descent, and was reared on a farm. He married Margaret Alexander, who was born in the same state, and they removed to a farm in South Carolina. About 1812 they went to Kentucky, but after a year removed to Rush County, Ind, Their last days vvere spent near Connersville, Wilhurn Davis, grandfather of the .ludge, was born in South Carol iiia, and wedded Miss Nanc3' Dale, who was l)orn in Kentucky, was of English descent, and the youngest of twelve children. They had seven children, two yet living. With their family, they came to Indiana about 1823, locating in Noblesville. Mr. Davis was a Captain in the state militia. County Commissioner of schools and Count}' Agent. He also carried on a hotel in an early day. In 1835, he removed to Adams Township, but subsequently returned to Noblesville, where his death occurred at the age of tliirtj'-nine years. His wife died when about fiftj-flve years of age. Their son, Newton J., the father of our subject, was born in Rush County, Ind., November 23, 1823, and throughout his life followed farming. After his father's death he took charge of the family affairs and operated the home farm. He was also a tanner and saddler. In July, 18.53, he married Louisa Pearson, a native of Brown County, Ohio, and a daughter of Her- man and Tokez (Teller) Pearson, who were among the early settlers in this section of the county. Mrs. Davis was a noble, ambitious woman, of lov- ing character, and the Judge attributes much of his success in life to her example and teachings. She died at the old home at the age of thirty- five. The family numbered five children, four yet living: Theodore, Luella, Wilburn and Jasper P. Our subject remained on the farm until seven- teen years of age, attending the district schools in the winter and aiding in clearing and developing the fields through the siunm.'r. In the fall of 1871 his health failed him. and he was forced to quit the arduous work. Having some little pro))- erty, he sold this in 1872, and, borrowing some money, entered the National Normal School at 344 PORTRAIT A^D BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Lebanon, Ohio, where he studied three months; He then returned home and taugiit in the old schoolhouse, wliere he began his education. He then became a teaclier in the graded schools of Noblesville. During all this time he was devot- ing every spare moment to Ihe studj- of law. From the age of ten lie was a great reader and student of law and historical works, and delighted in the biographies of prominent men. From that time he has ever been abreast with the times in all (piestions of interest and importance to the coun- try. In November, 1873, he entered the law office of Moss ife Trissal, where he studied until 1876, when, at the age of twenty-one, he entered into partnershii) with T. J. Kane, which connection continued until his election to the bench. In March, 1877, Judge Davis wedded Miss Anna F. Gray, who was teaching in Noblesville at the same time he was there employed. She is a daughter of Jacob C. and Catherine (Houser) Gray, and was born in 1853, in Piqua, Ohio, where their marriage w.as celebrated. Three children bless the union: Helen, born July 23, 1879; Gray, born January 11, 188;'); and Paul, born January 10, 1887. Mrs. Davis is a member of the Presbyterian Church, of which the Judge is serving as Trustee. Socially, he is a Mason, having attained the thirty- second degree, is also connected with the Knights of Pythias and the Odd Fellows' lodge. Since casting his first vote for Tilden, he has been a stanch Democrat, and in 1890 was nominated for Judge of the Circuit Court of Hamiltou Count}' on the Democratic ticket. So great was his popu- larity that ho reduced a Republican majority from twelve hundred to less than two hundred votes. As the nominee on the Democratic state ticket, he was elected Judge of the Appellate Court in 1892. When nominated for this important office, the evening before the convention, he was returning from Cincinnati to Indianapolis and did not know that he was being talked of as a candidate until his return. In the caucus of the district conven- tion in the evening, he arose and declined the honor, but his friends were so persistent that he finally accepted, and was nominated by a hand- some majority. It would Ih^ hard to (ind among the public men of Indiana a more popular young man than Judge Davis, and he is truly a self-made man. He is steadily climbing the ladder of fame and he will continue liis progress throughout his earthly career. He is ambitious, but in no case does the ambition of Judge Davis overste)) the bounds of honor. His name is synonymous with uprightness and purity. Genuine merit and true worth have placed him in the enviable position which he to-day occupies. /^ ASPER HARTMAN, a highly esteemed and [|( representative German-American citizen of ^^/ Lafaj-ette Township, Madison County, is a thoroughly practical agriculturist and successful stock-raiser, owning a valuable and finely culti- vated farm situated upon section 60. He is a na- tive of Germany and, born in the far-off Father- land, May 14th, 1833, was the son of Conrad and Catherine Hartman, also natives of German}- and descendants of a long line of energetic and indus- trious ancestors, who with ability and integrity won their upward way in life. In 1852 the father, mother and their three children, one son and two daughters, embarked for America. They took passage for the United States in a sail-boat, and aftej- a long voyage of six weeks safely reached their destined port on this side of the broad At- lantic. They landed in Baltimore, where the par- ents made their permanent home. The father was a tailor and easily found employment at his trade, receiving sufficient remuneration to care for his wife and family and put aside a little for a rainy day. After a career of usefulness he died in the year 1879. mourned by all who knew him. An up- right man and a devoted husband and father, Conrad Hartman received the respect of a wide circle of acquaintances. The venerable mother continues to make her residence in Baltimore. She is now niiiety-one years of age and is passing the evening of her life in peaceful tranquillity. Nineteen years old when he arrived in Mary- land, and trained from his earliest days up to habits of thrifty industry, Mr. Hartman was even PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RKCORD. 34; tlien a capable and self-reliant man of ambitious liiiipose and excellent judgment. After a few iiiiinths' residence in Ballimoie he determined to tiv liis fortunes in the farther north, and jour- neyed to Pcnnsylvauin. where he obtained wiiric as a farm hand. Doing whatever his hands could (ind to cr month and board, sometimes $10 and board, and occasionally worked for fifty cents a day. He ri- maincd in Pennsylvania for six years, and at the cxpiiatiiiii (if that length of time had by prudent economy amassed a capital of ^.500. He llien married Catherine Dockter, born in Franklin County, Pa., and a lady of wtirtli and intelligence. Four children blessed the union: .lulm C; Jacob F'., deceased; George W. and Emma L. Mr. llarlinan suliserpient to his marriage con- tinued tn make his li,,nie in rcniisy 1 vania for many years, hut linally cmimatrd lu the farther west of Indiana, locating in rmon Tuwnsliip, ISIadison County. After some tiuic lie I'hanged his residence to Anderson Township, and later re- moved to Richland Township, linally. in the fall of 1873, permanently settling upon his present farm. Entering with zeal into tlie cultivation i>f the fertile acres, he as soon as possible made vari- ous substantial and attractive improvements. In KS.SO Mr. Ilaitinaii built liis line brick dwell- ing, one of the best in the locality. Of the one hundred and forty-four acres owned by our sub- ject, one hundred, which annually return a boun- teous harvest, arc in the home farm. This land when iteame into the possession of its present owner was in a wild condition and has been brought up to its highly profitable state solely by the skillful labor and excellent management of Mr. Hartman, who is considered authority on agricultural pur- suits. As Road Supervisor of District No. 7 he gave great satisfaction to all interested parties and has ever been ready to assist in matters pertaining to public improvements. Mr. and Mrs. Hartman and their children are valued members of the (liiirch of God, and our subject is a Trustee and Elder of the church. Well educated in his native language and a man of ability and broad intelli- gence, Mr. llartinan is a friend to educational ad- vanceincnl and has malerially assisted in tlic pro- motion of higher u'lades of scholarsliip and in- struction in the schools of his district. He is politically a Prohibitionist and a strong advo- cate of temperance, giving determined effort in the elevation of fallen hiinianity. Leaving his home in lialtimore more than two-score years ago. well dressed, with a suit of good clothes and twenty-li\e cents in his pocket, our subject has by his st'lf-rcliaiit and persistent industr}' gained a comfort.able coiiipetence and tiie thorough re- spect of all who know him. During the war he w:is drafted on tliicc diflcrent occasions. F'irst drarted for nine months, he was exempted for dis- ability. The second time he paid f 300 to the Gov- ernment, which furnished a substitute. The ex- penses of this draft all told cot him aboiit*400. The third and last dr.-ift was .■mnullrd before he was called upon, having been made about the time of the close of the war. Throughout his career of useful effort as a man and citizen, Mr. Hartman has ever been distinguished for his sterling integ- rity, and commands the conlidence of the entire commiinitv by which he is surrounded. 1^+- ■^P= OHN E. WILEY. Indiana has given to the United Stales some of her most illustrious presidents, statesmen and jurists; in the '/ realm of literature Indiana's poets and prose writers stand foremost, having gained a reputation extending far beyond the artificial boundaries of tlie state; in the domain of com- merce, her sons are energetic, enterprising and progressive. Nor are her professional men less successful in their line than are her politicians, literary and business men. In each and all of these departments of the world's activit}', the thriving city of Anderson is well represented, and among her prominent citizens ma}^ be mentioned John E. Wiley, who has achieved success in the egal pro- fession and as an author and lecturer of note. Born in Waverly, Morgan County, Ind., April 17, 1856, our subject is the son of Aaron T. and Martha (Mitchell) Wiley, natives respectively of Kentucky and Tennessee, the former of Scotch 346 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAIHICAL RECORD. descent, while the mother was of Irish lineage. The father was a farmer by occupation, and came to Indiana in an early day, settling in Morgan County in 1843, and becoming closely identified with the progress of that section of the state. In religious circles he was influential as an active member of the Methodist p:piscopal Church, in which faith he died in 1882. His wife passed away in Morgan County in 18,59. They were the parents of Ave sons and one daughter, of whom four sons are now living. On his father's farm in Morgan County, tlie subject of tills sketch was reared to manhood, meantime receiving the advantages of the district school and also for a time attending the Franklin Uio-h Sciiool. At the age of twenty he commenced to teach in Johnson County, and for two years tilled the position of Superintendent of the Green- wood (Johnson County) schools, in which place iiis work was highly satisfactory. Feeling, how- ever, the need of a higher education than had hitherto been his privilege to acquire, he entered the University of Indiana at Bloomington. By industry and economy he worked his own way through college, and was graduated in 1885 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He was the class poet, and also served as editor-in-cliief of the Indiana Student. After graduating from the university, Mr. Wiley (Hied tlie position of Superintendent of the Moores- ville school for one year, after which he taugiit Latin for three years in the state university', at the same time taking a post-graduate course in political science, and receiving the degree of Master of Arts in the spring of 1888. Meanwhile he had pursued the study of law during his leisure hours, and had also read during the summers in the law office of Jordan & Matthews, at Martins- ville, Ind. He resigned his position as instructor in Latin in the spring of 1889, and devoted his time exclusively to the study of law. In 1891 the degree of Bachelor of Laws was conferred upon him by the Indiana University. In the autumn of 1891 he came to Anderson and opened an office, forming a partnership with M. M. Dunlap under the firm name of Wiley & Dunlap. Tiiese gentle- men conducted an excellent practice and were counsel for a number of corporations. Although their residence in Anderson covers a comparatively' brief period, thoj' are well known as able and well informed lawyers. In September, 1893, the partner- sliip was dissolved, and Mr. Wiley is now iiracticing alone. In his social connections, Mr. Wiley is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Phi Gama Delta, a college Greek letter fraternity. In politics lie is a stanch Republican and has ably aided the party on tlie stump, and while residing in IMorgan Count}' was several times delegate, to county and state conventions. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and a generous contributor to the cause. As a lecturer, he has gained considerable fame and has acquired an extended reputation He is a member of the Western Association of Writers, and is the author of two publications, and as a lawyer he brings to the practice a well trained and disciplined mind, a varied knowledge and a ripe scholarship. OHN GASCHO, deceased, was one of the prominent and influential citizens of Hamil- ton County, and on account of the active part which he took in the upbuilding of the community, this work would be incomplete without a sketch of his life. He was born in Lan- caster County, Pa., was reared to manhood upon a farm, and became a weaver. For many years he followed that business. His father, Henry Gascho, was a native of German}', and at the age of four- teen years left that land, and crossed the briny deep to the New World. He settled in Pennsyl- vania, and his death occurred in Lancaster Count}-, at the age of eighty-eight years. lie married Barbara Shenk, who was born in the Keystone State, and there died at the age of eighty-four. Their family numbered three children. At the age of twenty-eight years, John Gascho was united in marriage with Catharine, daughter of Henry and Barbara (Zimmerman) Siiellenberger, who were born in Lancaster Count\-, Pa., and PORTRAIT AND BI X.ItAWilCAL RKCORD. 347 there died wlieii well advanced in years. They liad live children, one son and four daughters. Mrs. Gascho v^fas al.so born in Lancaster County, and by her marriage became the mother of the fol- lowing children: Menry who was born .January 16, IHlCt; Tobias, born September 27, 1819; Elias,born born ,Tuly 29, 1828; . I.s;i(i. There were .lanunry 22, and Daniel, also four ehi 82.S; Cal lorn ()el( (Iren who After his marriage, Jli-. ( work at the weaver's trade uni his old home and drove to lln locating upon the farm which iM-ho continued to 1 I .s I 7, when he left iiilton County, Ind., 3 now owned by his children, Daniel, Henry and Catherine. He began its devck)[)niciit immediately and soon transformed tlu^ timl)ei into rich and fertile fields. He led a busy and useful life and as the result of his labors and well directed efforts, he accumulated a hand- some competenc3', and became the owner of over seven hundred acres of laud. His career was an ui)right and honorable one and he had the con- fi(h>nce and high regard of all with whom he came in contact. He passed away at the age of eiglity- threc years, in 1867, respected by all who knew him. His wife died on the old homestead in her ninety-fifth year. The members of the Gascho family who still survive are yet living on the old home farm and are |n'ominent people of the community. They have always been identified with the agricultural interests of the community but arc^ now living retired. ']U, ON. ROBERT GRAHAM is one of the well IKjV; known citizens of Noblesville, and, indeed, /^^^ one of the prominent men of the state, and i^i we therefore feel assured that this record will prove of interest to many and gladly present it to our readers. Ho was born in Butler County, Pa., and is a descendant of the old .Scottish family of that name. The great-grandfather was a Revolu- tionary hero, and hisson William served in the AVar of 1812. He married .lane McElvain, and they ha.l five children: Thomas; William M.; Mary; Edward and Robert. William M., at the .age of twcntyyears, wedded Amanda .1. K'eir, and located on .-i farm in lintler (duniy, I'a.. beroming a prominent and inlluenli.-il citizen of that com- munity. He was honored by several elections to the Legislature and by other positions of trust. The family numbered eight children : William I!.; Amanda .J.; Erastus; Anna E.; Joseph K.; Ma\ II.; Robert and one who died in infancy. The subject of this sketch, at the age of seven- teen, became a student in the academ_v at West Sunbury, Pa., where he pursued a three j'ears' course. The expenses he met b^y his own labor. In 1866, we find him in Illinois, where lie engaged in leaching one year. He then came to Nobles- ville, and entered the office of Hon. .lames and Col. Wm. O'Brien, where for the nest three years he was engaged in legal studies, and as clerk for that firm. In 1869, he was admitted to the Bar, and in 1870 formed a partnership with Col. Wm. O'Brien, Hon. James O'Brien withdrawing from the firm. This connection was continued until 1873, when his partner removed to California. Mr. Graham was then alone in business until 1877, when he became a piutner of .ludge William Carver. In his profession, iMr. Graham ranks high. He is a good orator, a tluent speaker, a clear and logical reasoner and his arguments carry weight with the jury. On the Istof August, 1872, Mr. Graham wedded Miss Elizabeth S., daughter of Richard and Sarah A. George, of Hamilton County, Ind. They have one son, George M. He and his wife are faithful and consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and are people whose many exeollencies of character have gained llieui many warm friends and secured them the high regard of all. Mr. Graham is a stalwart Republican, and the party finds in him a stanch advocate of its prin- ciples. In 1880, he was elected to the .State .Senate for a term of four years, and served on the .Judiciary Committee, was Chairman of the Com- mittee on Railroads, and member of the Corpoia- tions and Insurance Committees. He was also active in revising the Code of 1881. Working for the best interests of the people, he jirovcd an able member of the .Senate. Sociallv. he is a member 348 PURTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ofijthe Masonic fiateinity and the Order of Red l\Ieii. Mr. Graliain is a popular gentleman, genial and pleasant in manner and lias led an exemplary life. R. EBENEZEK T. AUSTIN, an honored ) pioneer physician of Indiana, now re- tired from the active duties of profes- sional life, began his successful career as a general medical practitioner and surgeon in Preble County, Ohio, in 1839. From 1858 until 1887, he was constantly occupied with the de- mands of the large practice he then enjoyed in Noblesville, where now, in the evening of his age, he is taking a well earned rest among the scenes and associations of the past thirt^y-five years. Our subject is a native of Chester County, Pa., and was born November 11, 1807. His father, John Austin, likewise a native of the Quaker State, was reared and educated in his birthplace, and, attain- ing to manhood, married Miss Mary Pyle, also a native of Pennsylvania and the daughter of Elizabeth Pyle. The parents, after spending many years of their married life in Pennsylvania, removed to Indiana and settled in AVayne County in 1826. Both the paternal and maternal ancestry were of Pjnglish nativity, energetic and industrious people, winning their upward way with intelligent industry and earnest purpose. Ebenezer Austin received his preparatory education in the sciiools of Chester County, .and was a youth of nineteen when he accompanied his father and mother to Indiana. The father, a mechanic by occupation, desired his son to learn a trade, and Dr. Austin, selecting that of a plasterer, continued in that line of work until 1836. He was not, however, satisfied with that vocation, and determined, although then twenty-nine years of age, to adopt a profession. Our subject began the study of medicine with Dr. P. A. Whitridge, of New Paris, Preble County, Oliio, and having read with him two years, com- pleted his course, of instruction with Dr. Peck, al.so of New Palis. In 1839. Dr. Austin estab- lished himself in practice in Camden, Preble County, Ohio, and continued in that locality two years, then removed to Jacksonburg, W.ayne Count}^ where he was located for the succeeding five j'ears. His next field of professional duty was Spiceland, Henry County, Ind., in wliicli part of the state he was also occupied busily for five years. In 1858, Dr. Austin settled permanently in Noblesville, and j-ear after j-ear, alike in stormy or pleasant weather, went his daily rounds, until, at an advanced age, he i-etired from professional cares in 1887, having been for almost a half-cen- tury one of the leading physicians of the state. Before entering upon his practice Dr. Austin had received the benefit of a course of lectures in an Ohio medical college, and throughout his long and prosperous career as a physician and surgeon lost no oppoi'tunity for improvement, and with reading and close research kept himself fully abreast of the times. In the early days our sub- ject was a noted Abolitionist, and ever since the formation of the party has been a stalwarl Re- publican, taking an abiding interest in both local and national issues. In 1828, having just attained his majority, Ebenezer Austin was united in mar- riage with Miss Margaret Alexander, a native of North Carolina. This estimable lady, the daughter of a pioneer of Wayne County, Ind., passed away April 17, 1834, leaving three daugh- ters, all of whom are now deceased. In 1838, Dr. Austin was wedded to Mrs. Ellen (Eliason) Smith, daughter of .lohn Eliason, a na- tive of Delaware, and a very early settler of Ken- tucky, later becoming a pioneer of Pieble County, Ohio. Mrs. Eliason was in maidenhood Miss Nancy Dickey, a lady of worth and intelligence. The excellent wife of our subject received her education in the primitive schools of Ohio and. well versed in dointstic knowledge, was ably fitted to assume the rer-pmisiliilities of a wife and mother when she first entered the marriage relation. The pleasant home of Dr. and Mrs. Austin was blessed with the birth of eight children, four of whom are living, two sons and two daughters. Emma is the wife of II. Conner, of Hamilton County; Josie is at home; C. B. D. Austin is a sculptor and marble dealer residing in Unionville, Mo.; Isaac B. is a PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 349 prosperous druggist of Noblesville. Tlie others are deceased. Mis. Austin liail one son liy lier first marriage, l<:iij:ili Ik'ctdr Smith, luiw a liigliiy res|)ected citi- zen of Morrislovvn, Henry County, 111. Dr. and Mrs. Austin have been valued members of the Clirislian Church for over half a century, and liu\e throughout their lives been foremost in good work and benevolent enterprises. In all the varied duties of life, faithful to the work set be- fore them, our subject and his worthy wife may with pleasure review their careers of useful in- tlnenee and rejoice in their well spent years, crowned with many blessings. f THOMAS SHANNON" SPKNCKR, P.isiniaster ^\ at Sheridan, was born in Adains Township, / Hamilton County, Ind., Marcli 13, 1849. The history of the Spencer family in this country dales back to three or four brothers who came to the United States from England, one of whom settled in New York, anotiier in Virginia, and the other in the Carolinas. From the brother who settled in Virginia the present generation of the Spencer family sprang. Aside from these facts, but little is known concerning the early liistory of the family. 'I'he grandfather of our suliject. 'i'lionias Spencer, was born in Greenbrier County, \'a., in 17()2, and in an early day in the settlement of Ohio removed thither, where his death occurred in 1845. At one time an e.Ktensive .slave-owner and planter, he later in life decided that human slavery was a crime, and, selling his property in the Old Domin- ion, removed to Ohio in order to take his family from among the contaminating influences of an in- stitution tiiat he had learned to abhor. Settling near (xallipolis. he followed the occup.-itioii of a farmer until death. Thomas B. Spencer, father of our sulijcit. was born in Greenbrier County, \'a., November (>. 1806, and was the fourth among eight children. Of the others we note the following: James died in Virginia at the age of ninety-four; Abrain died in the Old Dominion during the Civil War. in I which one of his sons served as a member of the I Confederate army; Andrew, who came to Indiana I in 1829, settled in Adams Township and there died in 1887, aged eighty 3-ears; Nancy died in Ohio in 1828; Samuel caine to Indiana some time dur- ing the ';50's and, settling in Adams Township, re- mained there until his death in 1844; Susan, who was born in Greenbrier County, ^'a.. September 30, I 1810, caine to Indiana in 1832, and married Wash- ' ington McKinzie. She is now living (1893) at the age of eighty-three and makes her home with a daughter in Adams Township. Catherine married a Blr. McCauley and lives in Ohio. In 1829 Thomas 11. Spencer came to Adams Township, Hamilton County, and three years later settled on the farm where he now lives and which has been his home for more than sixty years. The mother of our subject, whose maiden name was Olivia Shannon, was born' in Ohio in 1811, and her parents dying when she was but a child, she w-as reared b.y her grandmother. She is now ( 1893) eighty-two years of age. Her niairiage resulted in the birth of ten children, of whom our subject was next to the youngest. His oldest brother, Vinton, went to Kansas in 1857, daring the border troubles, but returned to Indiana in 18G2. Enter- ing the Union army, he did valiant service for his country until the close of the war. He tlien removed to Oregon, and remained in that state until 1887, when he returned to Indiana and died in Adams Township, Hamilton County, August 22, 1893. Henry L., the second meinlun- of tlie family in order of birth, accompanied Vinton to Kansas and with him returned to Indiana. In : 862 he became a member of the Tenth Indiana Infantry and served for three years. He is now a |)rosperous farmer residing near the Boone County line, not far from Sheridan. Olivia married Isaac Kimball, who served for three years in the Tenth Indiana Infantry during the Civil War, and they now live in Boone County. Mary married James Beard and resided in Boone County until her death in 1887. John W. served tVu four vears in the Civil War as 350 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD a member of the Fiftj'-seventh Indiana Infantry. He was taken prisoner by Morgan's band, but was soon released. At present bo is ^irosperously con- ducting agricultural pursuits in Adams Township. .Tames JL, when but fifteen years old, became a drummei' in the Fifty-seventh Indiana Infantry, serving for four years. He is also a farmer and resides near the Boone Count}- line. The young- est brother, Jacob, is a successful farmer residing near Indianapolis, in Marion County. From the above it will be seen that three of the brothers served their country during the war, and also one of the sisters married a veteran of the war. The onl.y reason that our subject and his other brother were not in the army was that they were mere children at the time. Thomas S. spent his early life on his father's farm, and re- ceived but the regulation " log schoolhouse " education of the day, attending school only about three months in the year. He remained on the farm until he was twenty-tliree years of age, after which he managed a drug store in Sheridan for two years. Upon disposing of that establishment, he was for three years following a clerk in the same store. Later he spent lliree years on a farm, and afterward conducted a livery stable in Sheridan for one year. Upon disposing of the livery business Mr. Spen- cer spent six years on his farm, after which, in 1888, he n^ain engaged in the livery business at Sheridan, and has since retained his interest in that enterprise. In connection with this, he h.as super- intended his farm and retained a general oversight of various other interests. In June, 1893, he was appointed by President Cleveland Postmaster at Sheridan, and still officiates in that capacity. He has been cjuite a power in local politics, and has a large personal following. Until a few years ago, he was a Republican, but for good reasons cast his lot with the Democratic party. In 1873 Mr. Spencer married Miss Hannah E., daughter of Cosvvell Bo.x;ley, a pioneer of Adams 'I'ownship and a member of the family' in whose honor the once tliriving town of Boxley was named, Addison Boxley, of Boxley, being his uncle. He w.as at one time a member of the In- diana Legislature. His grandfather, George Box- ley, was a Brigadier-General in the War of 1812, as well as an able attorney and a very wealth}' slaveowner in Virginia. Becoming di.sgusted with human slavery, he freed his negroes. Had he been satisfied with this, it would have been all right with him, but he unfortunately set about freeing all the slaves in the south. He was detected in creating dissatisfaction among the slaves and also caught in helping them to run away from their masters. For this he was arrested and thrown in jail, the penalty for the offense being death. But while in prison, awaiting his doom, his wife visited him, and in the folds of her skirt concealed a file that she gave to him. With this he filed off the iron bars and, making his escape, fled to Ohio and finally came to Indiana, where for many years he led a secluded life, being the first settler in Adams Township. For years a reward of several thousand dollars was offered for the fugitive, dead or alive, but in the wilderness of Indiana he was never detected. His was a unique character. Possessing broad views and liberal education, he was far above the average of men in his day, but during the latter part of his life he did many strange things. He positively refused to pay his taxes, and the tax collector would seize his stock and drive them off to Noblesville. Upon one occasion he followed the stock and released them from the pound and took them home. For this he was arrested and fined, but refused to p.ay his fine. With all his eccentricities he had a big heart, and when a poor man would go to him to buy a cow he would not sell it, but would give iiiin one, telling him to return a calf at some future time in full payment. Thus he lived and died. Mr. and Mrs. Spencer are the parents vi two children, Claude B., wlio was educated in tlie schools of Sheridan and is now a mechanic in In- dianapolis; and Leonidas, who is a student in the Sheridan schools. Socially Mr. Spencer is a Mason and a member of the Knights of Honor, of which he was Secretary and Treasurer for about eight years. Starting in life a poor boy, he has worked his own way upward and has accumulated a fortune by his own exertions, receiving only $500 from his father's estate. He is now numbered among the ^' ' h Mml^Joie/U lUC PORTRAIT AND BIOr4RAFHlCAL liKCORD. 353 leading residents of Sliciida shrewdest business nu'ii ;uh1 IS well as one of its liliciniis. (^f LFREl) J. SOUL, :ui enlerprisini> business @£i|! man of Noblesville, and favorably known II li to the people of Ilaniillon County, is an ^ especial favorite in Wayne Township, witii the growth and progress of which he has been intimately associated for tliirty yv:\v<. A native of Heidelberg, Berks County. I'a., he was born April 27, 1832, being a son of John and Ellen (l<'ishcr) Sohl, also natives of Berks County. He is of German descent, and upon referring to the genealogical record of the family, we find tlic fol- lowing items of interest: .lolin Sohl was born in Ilesse-Cassel, Germany, ill the borough of Ilerold, two hours' ride from Klingelliach, on the 2yth of September, 1737. He died April :>, 1 7i)(), and was buried in Daniel's Churchyard (usuall}' known as the Corner Church- yard), in Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pa. Rosina Meiser, his wife, was born September 30, 1746, and died Octobers, 1799, and is buried in the same place where the remains of her husband lie. They had been married for tweiit3'-five j^ears, and left one son, .Tolin. Their graves are indi- cated by two red sruidstonc slabs on the left of their son's tomb. The son of this worthy coupli', wlmse iiaiiie was also .Tohn, was born .lanuary 11, 17i;7, and ilicd at the age of seventy-one, leaving two sons and one daughter, as follows: Catharine, who was born .Inly 18, 1791; John, who was born March 29, 1793, and died December 8, 1876, at the age of eighty-three j'ears, eight months and ten da\'s; and Daniel, who was born July 12, 1799, and died De- cember 2, 1880, aged eight^'-one years, four months j and twenty-one days. Daniel's wife, whose family i name was Filbert, was born February' 9, 1802, and died at the age of ninety-one years and twenty- | nine days; their union was a childless one. The father of our subject engaged as a tiller of the soil upon his small farm, and also successfully | 17 conducted a lloiiring mill. I.ate in life he re- moved to Heading, Pa., wlicre he died of i)neumo- nia. A valued member of tlie Lutheran Church, he was popular not only in that denomination, but among the people of the county, irrespective of religious belief. Originally a Democrat, he voted for Abraham Lincoln for the Presidency in 1861, and afterward adhered to the principles of the Republican party. The mother of our subject was Ixnii .liiiic 2. 1797. and became the wife of John Sohl in .March, 1S16. She died Ajiril 13, 1837, aged thirty-nine years, leu iiioiilhs and eleven days. At her fiiiit'i:il the discourse was delivered from the text: ••II is the Lord; h't Him do what secnielh Him good." — I S;uiiucl, iii: l.s. Her union resulted in the birth of eight sons and one daughter, as fol- lows: .lohn, who was born December 25, 1816, and died August 31, 1892; Samuel, who was born February 14, 1819, and died October 27, 1858; Isaac, who was born December 1, 1820, and at his demise left three sons; Nathan, whose birth oc- curred February 2, 1823; Jeremiah, ulio \v:is born March 13, 1825; Elvina, who was born .luly 8, 1827, and departed this life June 12, 1892; .lames, whose birth occurred December 15,1829; Alfred J., who was born April 27, 1832; and Levi, .Lanu- ary 20, 1835. The mother of this family was a devoted Christian woman, and highly esteemed by all who knew her; she died when our suliject was only five years of age. In the common .schools of the home neighbor- lioo(L "Fred" Sohl (as our subject is familiarly known) received his education. He remained at home until he was twenty-two, meantime aiding in the work of the (lourmill and in agricultural duties. April 12, 1852, he was united in marriage with Miss Hannah Kl6pp, who was born iu Heidel- berg, Pa., and died at the present home of Mr. Sohl at the age of fifty-four years. She was one of five sons and six daughters (three of whom are now living) who were born to John Klo))p and his good wife. They were natives of Berks County, Pa., where they made their home upon a farm until they died, at advanced ages. T'he only child born to the union of our sub- ject and his first wife was .\aron J., who was born 354 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. in Reading, Pa., December 7, 1852, and is now one of tlie business men of Hamilton County. In youth lie enjoyed tlie advantages of an excellent education, receiving tlie benefits of instruction in the best scliools of Long Island, Boston and Indi- anapolis. At present he is engaged with his father in the grain elevator business at Westfield. He married Miss Lydia (iascbo, who was born in Noblesville Township, the daughter of Elias Gascho, a pioneer settler of this county. Aaron J. and his wife are the parents of one child, Wal- ter E. The second marriage of our subject occurred April 10, 1875, at which time he was united in marriage to Miss Amanda Fisher, a native of Ash- land County, Ohio. Her parents, Daniel and Har- riet (Serby) Fisher, were natives of Berks County, Pa., and died in Ashland County, Obio; the father at the age of sixty, and tlie mother when forty- two years old. They were the parents of fourteen children. After his first marriage Mr. Sohl worked in the employ of his father for two j^ears, after which he removed to Ashland, Ohio, and there worked by the day for a time, but later rented a tlourinill at Mifflin Township, Richland County, Ohio. For nine and one-half years he operated the Oiiio mill, when, with his family, he removed to Noblesville, and in 1863 bought an interest in a flounnill in partnership ■ with two brothers, re- maining with the firm for one year. In 1864 Mr. Sohl located in Indianapolis, where he conducted a mill with three brothers for several years. Upon disposing of that concern, he re- moved to his present farm of two hundred and four acres of good land. For many years he was also connected with a large mill operated under the firm name of Sohl, Gibson ifr Co.; and in addi- tion to his other interests he built an elevator in Noblesville a number of years ago. His farm, upon which he settled in 1867, is now one of the most highly cultivated estates of the county. A handsome residence, large barns and granaries at- test to the thrift and excellent management of the owner. The farm, with its substantial rock walls and valuable improvements, is worth at least >'25,()Oit. ;uh] the residence is conceded to be one of the most elegant country abodes in the township. His son, Aaron J., also has a comfort- able home in Noblesville. Casting his first ballot for President Buchanan, Mr. Sohl has since been a strong advocate of the Democratic party. He and his wife are prominent and consistent members of the Methodist Episco- pal Church, to the support of which they are gen- erous contributors; they also contribute liberally to other religious and benevolent enterprises. As a citizen, Mr. Sohl is noted for his sterling integ- rity and has the confidence of » host of warm per- sonal friends. JONAH FERTIG, a retired agriculturist, now enjoying the evening of his days in No- blesville, was from 1853 to 1891 numbered among the leading farmers of Hamilton Count}', and, possessing the esteem and confidence of his friends and neighbors, also occupied for twelve years the official position of Justice of the Peace. During his term of office discharging the duties intrusted to his care with able fidelity, he gave entire satisfaction to the community by which he was surrounded, and won the high es- teem of all with whom he came in contact. Our subject is a native of Ohio, and was born near Dayton October 24, 1821. ^ John Fertig, the father, born in Pennsylvania, T when a young man emigrated to Montgomery j County, Ohio, but after sojourning some length of i time in the Buckeye State, returned to his early home. Still determined to try his fortunes in the farther west, he, with his wife and family, again left Pennsylvania, in 1832, removing to Indiana. Many years before the great-grandfather of our subject, born and reared in Germany, ambitiously de- termined to make his home in the United States, and crossing the broad Atlantic, located near Phil- adelphia and there reared an intelligent family, of whom the paternal grandfather, also John Fer- tig, was a member. Bringing with him to this country habits of industrious thrift, the great- grandfather lived to see his sons and daughters worthily occupy positions of usefulness, and then PORTRMT AND BIOGRAPHICjVJL RECORD. 855 entered into rest, respected by all who knew him. The mother, Mary (Savage) Fertig. w.as born and reared near Reading, Pa., was of English de- : scent and a lady of worth and intelligence. Shar- ing with her iuisband the privations of pioneer life in (Jhio, she tenderly cared for the little ones of her honsehold, but when our subject was only an infant the parents returned again to their na- tive state, where they located until 18;i2, then permanently settling in Wayne County. Ind. Here Jonah attended the common schools of the luigli- lH)rhood, and, well improving the advantages of instruction, fitted himself for a teacher, and for several terms had charge of the winter schools, and thus self-reliantly attained to manhood. The father was a shoemaker, and desiring that his son should also possess a trade, our subject learned to handle the carpenter's tools, and for a number of years found readj' occupation as a builder. Mr. Fertig later engaged profitably in the pur- suits of agriculture and stock-raising, and con- tinued a tiller of the soil until November, 1891, in Clay Township, then removing to Noblesville, where he has since resided in a pleasant home on Anderson Street. His fine farm of one hundred ■and twenty acres, containing some of the best land in the state, now highly cultivated and improved with excellent buildings, attractive and commodi- ous, is a monument to the hard work and patient toil of our subject, who transformed a wilderness into a garden spot, annually yielding an abun- dant harvest. In 1847, Jonah Fertig and Miss Malinda McGrew, a nativeof Indiana and a daugh- ter of William McGrew, a pioneer of Wayne Coun- ty, were united in marriage. The union of our subject and liis estimable wife was blessed by the birth of six children, only one of whom now survives, Walter R., an attorney- at-law and a successful practitioner of Noblesville. ISIr. and Mrs. Fertig earlj' became members of the Christian Church, and were ever active in good work. Our subject was an Elder of tliat denomin- ation in Williams Creek Township, and has al- w.iys been known as a promoter of religious in- tiuence and enterprise. A true wife, loving moth- er and sincere Christian woman, Mrs. Fertig de- parted this life u|)on November 8. 1891, beloved by all who knew her, and mourned by a wide cir- cle of relatives and friends. Throughout his career of seventy-two years al- ways temperate in his habits, our suliject has at- taiiKMl to three-score and twelve a hale and hearty mail, vigorous, mentally anur subject passed the (lays (if boyhdod in the lovel}' Shenandoah \'alley, and. trained from his very early years into the daily round of duty de- manded by agiicnltural pursuits, attained to ma- ture age manly an('l self-reliant. He enjoyed the benefit of instruction in the little home schools of the neighborhood, both common and |iriv;\te, and was given every possible opportuii it \- for iinprove- nicnt. In 1856, an ambitious young man just entering with ardor into the work of life. Mr. Paulsel came to Indiana, and locating in Wayne Township, engaged prosperously in the occupation of general agriculture and stock-raising. His valu- able two hundred acre farm, highly cultivated and improved with commodious and substantial build- ings, is one of the best in Hamilton County. In 1H59, Peter Paulsel was united in niariiagc and a daughter of Roswell Burroughs, born in Kentucky, but a pioneer settler of Indiana. Mr. Burroughs, a large stock-dealer and a leading man of Hamilton County in the early history of that part of the state, w.as identified with the pionio- tion of numerous interests of the county. Mr. and .Mrs. Paulsel are valued members of the Christian Church, and are liberal givers in behall of i-eligious work and benevolent enterprise. In 187.'?, our subject with his family located in Noblcsville, but continued the management and oversight of his extensive homestead, accounted one of the model farms of the county. Politically a Democrat and an advocate of the |n'ineipli'S of the good (jld party. :\Ir. Paulsel is intelligently |)osted on Ixjth loc.'il and national isMies. and. a pulilic-spirited citi- zen, generously aiding in hjcal improvements and enterprise, fully enjoys the liigli regard of the com- munities of Ilaiiiilton County. r RLANDO 1!. PKITMOIIN. M. ediy no family now rcsidinii; within the _ limits of Hamilton C(.uiilv has coiitribiilcd to the prosperity and development of this pail of the state to a greater extent than has that of which Dr. Pettijohn is an honored and able repre- sentative. Coming hither during the early part of the nineteenth century, they labored, not alone for personal aggrandizement, but also for the wel- fare of the community, and their services entitle them to honorable mention among other pioneers. The subject of this sketch is worthy of the name he bears. He has spent his entire life in this coun- ty, and is now numbered among the most success- ful of Noblesville's citizen.s. His paternal ances- tors were of Welsh origin, and the family has been represented in America for a number of generations. His grandfather. James Pettijohn, was born in Virginia and became an early settler of Ohio, the native slate of Dr. Absalom L. Petti- john, father of our subject. The latter grew to manhood in the Buckeye State. He married at Edinburg, Ind., Miss Louisa J., daughter of Dr. .lolin and .Susan DeHart, the former a native of New .Jersey, and the latter of Ohio. .Mrs. Petti- john was born in Ohio, and on her father's side tr.aced her lineage to Ei'ance. I'.orii in llainilloii County. Ind.. August 22. 1. SI'.), Orlando I'.. Pettijohn w;is there reared to manhood, ac(|uiring in the comiiion schools a broad fund of information, which fitted him for a professional career and laid the foundation of future success. At the age of twenty he entered his father's office, and commenced the study of medicine. In the fall of 1871 he entered the In- diana j\[edical College at Indianapolis, from which institutit)!! he was graduated in thespringof 1874. At once after completing his studies, he opened an office for the practice of his profession, and for one vear resided near Deming, Hamilton Countv, 358 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Ind. Ele then removed to Joliet, Ind., where he conducted an extensive practice for three .years. Returning to Deming, the Doctor resided there for fourteen years, after which, in May, 1892, he came to Noblesville, and has since conducted a lucrative practice in medicine and surgery at this place, lie keeps abreast of the times in every ad- vancement made in the medical world, and is identified with the Hamilton County Medical As- sociation and the State Medical Society. The Doc- tor belongs to the regular allopathic school of medicine, and is a successful practitioner. He is the present physician of Noblesville Township, having been appointed to that position in 1893, and has the supervision and medical care of the in- mates of the County Poor House. Socially, Dr. Pettijohn is a member of Bernice Lodge No. 120, K. of P., and Cherokee Tribe No. 63, Red Men. Politically he is a Republican, and is active in the local councils of the' party. In July, 1874, he married Miss Mary J. Fraze, who was born in Hancock County, Ind., being a daugh- ter of A. .]. and Susan (Price) Fraze, natives of Ohio. Pour sons and one daughter were born of this marriage: Claudius B.; Pearl Juliette, de- ceased; Herbert A. and Lewis D.; Orlando Blanch- ard, deceased. Dr. and Mrs. Pettijohn are mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. \l^,HOF. THORNTON M. NUZUM, the efti- Ijjj cient Superintendent of the Alexandria *Ml^ schools, is an instructor whose merit and ]1^ ability are well known. He was born in the Monongahela Valley, six miles from Fairmont, Marion County, W. Va., October 7, 1858; and his father, Thornton Nuzum, Sr., was born on the same estate in 1819, where was also the home of the grandfather, George Nuzum. The great- grandfather was of Irish birth. He came to America and settled on the old homestead, where his remaining days were passed, and where four generations of his descendants were born. His son, George, there passed liis entire life, and the Professor's father is still living on a portion of the estate where were passed the boyhood days of our subject. The grandfather was an extensive slaveholder and planter. He kept the property intact, but as he died without leaving a will, it was divided by the court. The members of this family were all Whigs, but later became Demo- crats, except our subject's father, who was a Dem- ocrat until 1860, when he cast his lot with the party of libeity and freedom, although at that daj' it was perilous to be an outspoken Repub- lican in old Virginia. He has never regretted the step taken, and his cliildren follow in his political footsteps. He is a Methodist in leligious faith. The mother of our subject whose maiden name was Mercia Carpenter, was born in Virginia, but after six months of age was reared in Ohio. She was a daughter of John Carpenter, a small farmer and shoemaker. The family was of English line- age. Mrs. Nuzum is still living. The Professor is liie fifth in a family of seven sons. The eldest, Wintlold Scott, is now a farmer of the Old Dominion. Warrick H. is a blacksmith of Anderson, Ind. Thomas A., a school teacher, died in 1880, at the early age of twenty-five. John N. is said to have been the finest shoemaker in the United States. He is now located in that business in Elwood, Ind. When a boy, he would sit for hours watching his grandfather make shoes, and with a last and hammer he woulil pound away as though he was doing the same work which liis grandfather did. When the boy grew older, the grandfather taught him the business, and he has followed it throughout life. Richard F. is a black- smith of Virginia. David O. was a teacher, and. like his brother, died at the age of tvventy-five. Professor Nuzum was reared as other farmer boys in the mountainous country of West Vir- ginia, and attended the common schools of the neighborhood. At the age of twenty-, he entered the State Normal School, and for six years he there pursued his studies at intervals. In order to meet the tuition, he had to teach during part of the time. For his first school he received lilO per month, and out of this he had to pay his own board. Aftei- leaving the State Normal, he came to Indiana to visit his brothers and uncle at An- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 359 derson, and by them and tlie County Superintend- ent of Sehools he was induced to accept a school. For tlnee years he taugliL school in that locality, for two years in the northern i)art of the county, and one year at .Summitville. In October, 1891, he was engaged as Superintendent of the Alexan- dria schools, having the high school and four ward schools during his charge. In 1891, Professor Nuzuni married Miss .Julia Metts, daughter of Rev. M. S. Melts, a Methodist minister of Muncie, Ind. Throughout the com- munity the young couple are held in the highest esteem, and move in the best circles of society. The Professor is a member of the Odd Fellows' lodge, has served as Noble Grand, and is a mem- ber of the (4rand Lodge. In politics, he is a Re- publican, and, like all of his family, is a devout and consistent Methodist. He has been a thor- ough student, is a good disciplinarian, and is con- sidered one of the most competent teachers of the county. Everything that tends to upbuild the social, educational or moral interests of the com- munity finds in him a fricuil. and he is recognized as a valued citizen. IL_^0N. WILLIAM A. DE IIOKITV. the lir>t W)Wj Mayor of Elwood, Madison County, liid., JW^ and the youngest man to occup3' that p(.)^i- (^' tiou in the state, is a native of thecity and has been idenlilicd with the progressive interests and worth, and is now residing on the ''' farm whicli she assisted her husband in locating and clearing in 1840. She was born in Warren County, Ohio, February 2, 1813, and is a daughter of Francis and Mary Eyre. Her father was a native of Germany, and her motlier's birth- place was V'irginia. They were early settlers of Warren County, Ohio, and the father entered there a large tract of land, which he converted into a farm. There the youthful days of Mrs. Gustin were spent, her rudimentary education being ob- tained in the district sciiools in vogue at that time. In Ohio, on tlie 28th of June, 1828, our subject was married to Amos Gustin, who was born on the 29th of April, 1803, in Warren County, Ohio. His parents were Jeremiah and Sarah (Betz) Gus- tin, the former of whom was born in New Jersey and reared in Pennsylvania, the latter having been born in the last-mentioned state. A brother of Jeremiah Dustin was a soldier in the War of 1812. To Mr. and Mrs. Gustin tlie following children were born: Henr3', Elias, Jacob; Catherine, the wife of Jordan Fuqua; Clara, the wife of Nathan Stai'r; Jeremiah O., Joseph, Sarah and William J. In 1839, Amos Gustiil, with his family, emi- grated to Delaware County, Ind., and after a resi- dence of about one year tiiere he came to Union Township, Madison County, and located on the farm on which his widow now resides. Their first house here was the primitive log cabin in the woods, but as they were healthy and busy their home was a liappy one. Slowly but surely they accumulated means, and gathered about them many comforts and conveniences. As their means improved they from time to time made many im- provements in their mode of living, putting up better buildings, substantial fences, etc., and Mr. Gustin also cleared a large amount of land. He was a strong advocate of public schools, was a stanch Republican in politics, though formerly a Whig, and was very enterprising and public- spirited, a man whom to iinow was to honor. In his death, August 10, 1872, the county lost one of its representative citizens, and the Christian Church one of its inost devout members and active workers. Mrs. Gustin, who is familiarly known to a wide circle of friends as "Grandma" Gustin, resides on tlie old home farm where she settled on coming to the county, and is now enjoying a serene and contented old age and the fruits of a life spent in usefulness and well-doing. Although she has reached the advanced age of eighty years her mind is as clear and her memoiy as good as of yore, and, surrounded by the love of her family and friends, her "days are days of pleasantness, and her paths are paths of peace." Like her husband, she is an earnest member of the Christian Church, and all her long life she has endeavored to follow the teachings of the Golden Rule. The Gustin estate comprises one hundred and i' ■ ■ RESIDENCE OF M R5 MARGARET GUSTIN , SEC 2.^., UNION TP.,MADrSOM CO IND. I S "B^^ ^ ^ ^-"X.^-^^- ^h^ H;^-^^^.it^i KEilDEuCt ur DANIL,_ W L «T i , o EL . ^ 1 , AIJ U ER5 (4 TR, MADISO fJ PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. sixty acres of land, which is well improved and is he passed away respected bv all who knew h iin. considered n model and valuable farm. Elias The father, Harvey J.-ickson Ividwell, « as born on (Justin, (Mir suhjcct's son, was born in Oliio and the Wayne Connly farm, but acconii )anyinj; his canii' with his parents to Madison County, Ind., when a child of seven years, and in this section has iiiaih' his home ever since, i)roving himself a uscl'iil, public-spirited and enterprisiiiij citizen, as (lid his father before him. In IHOO, he married Mary MeWilliams, who bore him live children, th.cc of whom arc livin-: David W.: Klizabcth. uilc of Aiiil.r(.sc Kink; and .lolin A. hi his political views, lOlias (iusliii is a Kc|)ublican. He has liccii oliservant of all the amenities consistent with his sphere and position in life, and has always been noted for his oenerosily and largeness of heart, havin.i; always been prudent, and wisely economical, although never niggardly. He resides at present with liis iiiotlier, liis wife having died many years ago. -^^^1 vrRA A. KIDWELL, the senior partner of the 11 enterprising firm of Kidwell it Goode, proprie- |ii tors of the Elwood City Roller Mills and deal- ers in flour, meal and gram of all kinds, is a native of Madison County, Indiana, and was born in Pipe Creek Township April 4, 1850. Our subject is the descendant of very early and honored pio- neer settlers, his paternal great-grandfather, .Jona- than Kidwell, a man of note in his day, locating in Wayne County, Ind., when that country was literally a wilderness. The Rev. Jonathan Kid- well was an elo(pient I'niversalist preacher, and was also the author of several books which en- joyed a wide ciicnialion. He was likewise a thoroughly practical farmer, and possessing clear judgment, courage and su[)erior ability was adajjted to cope successfully with the privations and trials of frontier life. The paternal grandfather, Star- ling T. Kidwell, made his home iu Madison County in 1835, and with his wife and children located in the woods and entered from the Gov- ernment the old homestead, where he spent many years of usefulness, clearing, cultivating and ini- jM'oving the farm upon wliich at a good old age [larents to Madison County passed the greater part of his life in Pi|)e Creek Township. Arriving at mature years the father was united in marriage with Miss Mahala Quick, of Pipe (heek Township, and daughter of James t^uick, an enterprising cit- izen of Indiana, but a native of Kentucky. The union of the parents was blessed with the biiih of sons and daughters, four of whom are yet surviving. William K. Kidwell resides in Elwood; Louisa is the wife of Thomas Reed, of Elwood; Margaret Kidwell is the youngest daughter; our subject, Ira A., completes the list. The devoted wife and mother entered into rest in 1860, and the succeeding year the father, at the early age of thirty-two, likewise passed away. When Ira A. was about two years of age the first lots of Quincy village, then Duck Creek postoftice, were laid out. Our subject received his education in the district schools of the home neighborhood and was from his youth trained into the routine of agricultural pursuits. At the time of the father's death he was, with his brothers, part owner of some six hundred acres in Madison County, and, financially pros- pered, left his family well provided for. Wiien our subject attained his majorityjlie bought a farm which he industriously cultivated for seven years. He was at that time wedded to Miss Anne Lorali, of Duck Creek Township, one of the four children who brightened the home of Andrew and Jane (O'Byrn) Lorah, who are esteemed and prosperous residents of P^lwood. The two children born unto Mr. and Mrs. Kidwell are twins, Edward Elbert and Edna, bright and intelligent young people. In 1878 selling his farm, our subject removed to Elwood and engaged profitably in milling, and was in partnership with a stock company of four, each owning a quarter-interest. The |)artnersliip lasted a twelvemonth, Ira A. Kidwell and Martin E. Goode then purchasing the interest of the other two and since conducting an extensive and pros- perous business, and from 1881 have been located in the present fine mill built by the firm. The mill has a capacity of seventy-live barrels jjer d.ay and enjoys a large and rapidly increasing trade 364 PORTRAIT AND ]5I0GRAPHICAL RECORD. throughout the county, the firm also buying and celling wlieat by the load and car lot. Straight- forward, energetic and enterprising,and possessed of executive ability, Mr. Kidwell has self-reliantly won his upward way to assured success and aided in building up a business second to none in his lo- cality. Politically a strong Republican, he was elected April 4, 1893, an Alderman, and as a val- ued member of the Elwood City Council is now giving faithful and efficient service in behalf of his constituents and the general public. Our subject is fraternally associated with Quincy Lodge No. 230, A. F. & A. M., and as one of the early mem- bers of the lodge has taken a vital interest in its prosperity. lie was in 1892 Master of the lodge and is nt)w .Senior Deacon of the same, one of the finest lodges of tiiis section of the counti-y. Mr. Kidwell is likewise a member of Elwood Chapter (under dispensation) and joined Alexandria Chap- ter No. 99, October 16, 1889. He retained his membership in this latter chapter until Elwood Chapter received its charter in October, 1893. A man prominent among the local fraternity of the ancient order, a representative citizen and ener- getic man of business, our subject is popular with his fellow-townsmen and commands the esteem of a host of sincere friends. ^ILLIAM S. SHELTON, LL.B.,of Anderson, is descended from an ancient and distin- guished French family, whose members for several generations were wealth}^ wine manu- facturers, but lost their valuable possessions in the French Revolution. The name Shelton is Anglo- Saxon, and the family is represented in England, one of our subject's cousins being editor of the London Society, a London journal. Grandfather Sylvester Shelton was born near Paris, France, and there engaged in the manufacture of wine. After his marriage to a Scotch lady, he accompanied the F'reneh colony to America and settled near Syra- cuse, N. Y. Later he removed to the salt regions of Virginia, where he engaged in farming; from there he proceeded to r>rown County. Ohio, and thence to Henry County, Ind., settling on Blue Creek, where he followed agricultural pursuits un- til his death. The father of our subject, Sylvester R. Shelton, was born in the salt regions of the western part of Virginia, and when seven years old accompanied his father to Brown County, Ohio. Subsequently he became an early settler of Henry County, Ind., locating near Knightstown, where he engaged at the trade of a joiner. In 1842 he went to Black- ford County, Ind., and settled in Hartford City, where he aided in the erection of the court-house, and also had other valuable contracts. Later he removed to Matamoras, where he was proprietor of the largest store between Ft. Wa3'ne and Mun- cie. Afterward he returned to Hartford City. The marriage of S3'lvester R. Shelton united him with Miss Hannah Dragoo, who was born in Brown County, Ohio, being the daughter of William Dragoo, of Welsh and Scotch descent. His broth- ers founded the famous Shaker Society, at Lebanon, Ohio, and donated all their possessions to that or- ganization, giving it about -$50,000. William Dragoo died in Henry County, Ind. His daugh- ter, our subject's mother, is now a resident of Hartford Citj^ and enjoys the distinction of occu- pying the oldest house in that place, it having been built in 1842. In 1866, under the administration of President Lincoln, .Sylvester R. Shelton was appointed Post- master of Hartford City, which position he held for almost twenty years. He was a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, and was one of the organizers of the Ma- sonic lodge at Hartford Cit3'. In his enterprises he was quite successful, and became tlie owner of large landed interests. He was also promi- nent in politics as a member of the Republican part}-. He was in religious belief a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His death oc- curred in December, 1889, at the age of sixty- nine years. In the parental family there were nine children, eight of whom grew to maturity, our subject be- ing the youngest. Thomas B. was a soldier in the late war, enlisting in the Thirty-fourth Indi- ana Infantry, and participating in all the engage- POxiTRAlT AND BIOGRAPHICAL KECORD. SG.-i ments of bis regiment until tbe close of the war, when he was discharged. He died two months after his return home. At the lialtle of Chtitla- luioga lie was strucli by a miiiie-ball, which lodged in a testament over his heart; bis mother still has the bible in her possession. He was a valiant soldier and was offered promotion from the ranks, but refused to accept the commissions tendered him, although he acted in various oflicial |)ositions up to the rank of Major-(ieneral. The subject of this sketch was reared in Hartford City, and graduated from the school there at the age of nineteen years. He then became traveling salesiiuui for the .1. it W. Walker Company, deal- ers in paints and oils, at Cincinnati, and afterward traveled for a boot and shoe hoiL'^e. He engaged as clerk with a Cincinnati firm, later resided in Davtim for a time, and afterwards went to Pitls- huigli. where he liaar, Mr. Kane was united in marriage with Sciphia W. Smith. She was the daugiitcr of Rev. David and . Catharine W. Smith. Rev. Mr. Smith was a minister of the lAangelical Lutheran Church. I'nto Mr.and Mvs. Kane were born the following children: Ral[)li K., Thomas K., Allen D. (who died at the age of two years), Sophia, Grace and Di.n.-iid S. After his marriage, Mr. Kane entered upon the |iractice of law alone, but subseijuently formed a |iartnersliip with Judge iMoss, and afterward with .Indge Davis. The latter partnership continued until the election of the Judge to the Hench in 18'.t2. The linn is now Kane ct Kane, composed (if two of the sons, Ralph K. and Thomas PI Since his admission to the Bar, in 1856, Mr. Kane li.'is been successful as an attorney. He is a logical tliinker, a clear reasoner, and his enviable reputa- tion has been won by skill and ability. He has (larlicipated in many of the most important cawsM.s- ri'lebra which have shed lustre on the jurispru- ilence of the state. We is especially renowned as a forceful lawyer before a jury. Mr. Kane ca.st his first Presidential vote for .1. C. Frciriont, and has since been a stalwart advocate of Reiiubliean principles and has canvassed in every campaign. He and his wife hold membership with the Pres- byterian Church. Our sul)ject is a popular, genial gentleman, and his many excellencies of character have gainefl him the esteem of all with whom he h.as been brought in contact. A.I. WILLIAM A. WAINWRKJH Noblesville, an honored veteran of the III Lft) late war, is known throughout Indiana as ell as his immediate county, for he has been a prominent citizen and is a popular gentle- man, who wins friends wherever he goes. He may also be called a self-made man, for since a very early age he has been dependent upon his own efforts. When a lad of twelve summers, he began clerking for \'ice-Presidcnt Levi T. Morton, with whom he remained for about einht years, lie then went to Concord, N. H., and secured a position as salesman in the dry-goods house of Abel llutchins, where he remained for one year. Sub- on the hardware, tin and stove business until 1861. Major Wainwright had watched with interest the condition of affairs brought about by slavery, and resolved that if the south attempted secession he would strike a lilow in defense of the Inion. Hardly had the smoke from Ft. .Sumter's guns cleared aw.ay when he joined the boys in blue, and for ten years was in the Fnited States' service. He became Major, and proved a valiant and faithful officer, his own bravery and courage inspiring his men to put forth their best efforts. After his service he was for two years eng.aged in the hard- ware business, and then entered upon his present line of business, purchasing the establishment of Boyd it Butler. For several years he was also en- gaged in raising blooded horses and was a suc- cessful breeder, for he is a lover of tine horses, and upon the turf had some of the finest in Indiana. On the 20th of Octolier. 185;i, Major Wainwright wedded Hannah (L Pontius, who was liorn in 368 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Toledo, Ohio, November 29, 1835, and is a daughter of John and Maria' (Guy) PoiJtius. Unto them have been born three children. Lucius M. was educated in Noblesville, and remained at lionie un- til twenty-five years of age. He was married April 24, 1888, to Victoria H. Grey, who was born Jauu- uary 20, 1867, and is a daughter of Dr. J. M. Grey. They have one son, Guy A., who was born November 29, 1889, in Noblesville. Lucius is President of tlie Central Cycle Company. In politics, Major Wainwright has been a stalwart Republican since voting for J. C. Fremont, first Presidential candidate of the party. He is a member of Lookout Post, G. A. R.; the Free & Ac- cepted iMasons, and the Odd Fellows' society; and botli he and his wife are members of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church. The AVainwright home is known far and near for its hospitality. The Major is a princely entertainer, and he and his accomplished wife have many, manj^ friends. Tliey own a handsome country seat, about one mile from Noblesville, on the principal boulevard drive. -—— ~®#©~— — SAMUEL G. PHILLIPS, the popular As- sistant Cashier of the Alexandria National Bank, and one of the large property owners of the city, claims Indiana as the state of his nativity, his birtii having occurred in Ran- dolph County September 9, 1857. His father, Ancel B. Phillips, was also a native of that coun- ty; and the grandfather, Thomas Phillips, a na- tive of Pennsylvania, became one of its pioneers. The progenitors of the family were Scotch. When a child, Thomas was bound out to a Mr. Haines, and so became separated from his relatives. He came to this state a poor man, but by diligence and care- ful management accumulated quite a fortune. He was very liberal to the poor, and no worthy person or deserving object sought his aid in vain. His home was the headquarters for all Methodists in pioneer days, for he was a devout member of that church. He died on the farm in Randolph County, where he first settled in 1874, at the age of eighty-four. His wife passed away in 1886, at the age of ninety-five. Ancel Phillips is the youngest of five brothers. He has been a merchant nearly all liis life, first carrying on a little country store in Randolph County. However, for many years past he has been a prominent merchant of Muncie. His eld- est brother, the Rev. N. Haines Phillips, has been a Methodist minister throughout his life, and is a very eloquent and able preacher. For many years he was Presiding Elder of the Warsaw and Ft. Wayne districts. One of the most prominent members of the Northern Indiana Conference, he was tendered, but declined, the honors and duties of a Bishop, and is now living a (piiet life in Mun- cie. Wesley, who was a well-to-do farmer, was returning from a rally in 1886, when the train was stoned b}' a gang of roughs. A missile hit him on the back, and he died from the result of the injuries. Miles H. is a prosperous shoe mer- chant of Warsaw. W. F., who served in the Sixty- ninth Indiana Infantry, is now a carpenter of northern Indiana. The mother of our subject was in her maidenhood Elizabeth A. Adainson, daughter of Simon Adamson, one of the pioneers of Wayne County, Ind., where she was born. Her grandmother lived within a few days of her one hundredth birthday, and she has an aunt in Hart- ford City who has now reached a very advanced age. Her brother, Spencer Adamson, died from the effects of wounds received in battle during the late war. The subject of this sketch is the only son of the Phillips family, but he has a sister, Luella C, wife of .Jehu J. Johnson, a cabinetmaker of Mun- cie. Mr. Phillips was educated in the common schools, and received his business training in his father's store. At the age of twenty he accepted a position in a wholesale grocery house in Indian- apolis, with which he remained for six years, when he went to Omaha, where he engaged in the mer- cantile brokerage business for a short time. Tiien, returning to Indianapolis, he continued in the brokerage business in that city for two years, and during the succeeding two and a-lialf years was a traveling salesman for a clothing house in Cincin- nati. While traveling to Alexandria, Mr. Phillips made the acquaintance of Etta Hannah, the cul- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. .■U-)9 turetl daughter of Robert H. Hannah, one of the wealthy and prominent citizens of lliis place, '"riendship ripened into love, and November If), 1.S88, they were married. They have one child, a bright boy, Robert Beach. Having accumulated ^ome capital, Mr. Phillips invested in Alexandria property, and in 1891, in connection with his father-in-law, built the Hannah and Phillips Block, consisting of seven stores; and also tiie block where tiie National Bank is located. In Ma}', 18:»1, he resigned his position as traveling sales- man to enter the banking business, and in Janu- ary, 1893, when the Alexandria National Bank was incorporated, be took stock in the same and was elected Assistant Cashier. Mr. Phillips is a good type of tiie self-made man. By his own ex- ertions and business foresight he has made an ajn|ih' fortmu'. He is a pleasant and agreeable geiiMcinau, anil a general favorite with all classes. Politically, be is a Republican, and socially is an Odd I'ollow. While in Indianapolis he was made an lioiiorary member of the Board of Trade by the business men of that city in recogniti(jii of his liusiness ability and integrity. UDOE IJICHAUl) LAKE. The oldest at- torney in cdntiiUKuis practice at the Madi- son County liar is .h.dge Richard Lake. '■)J Ho was born at Mt. Vernon, Knox County. Ohio, on the 15th of March, 1826. He is tiie son of Lewis Lake, who was born in Ca^'uga County, N. Y.,and Cornelius, the grandfather, was a native of the same county and state. Tiie Lakes origin- ally sprang from England, two brothers coming from there and settling in New York. The grand- father, who was a farmer in New York, removed to Knox County. Oliio, at an early day, and died tliere at seventy years of age. The father, after remaining in Knox County many y(!ars, came to Anderson, where ho died at sixty years of age. The mother was Rosanna Swope, who was born in Maryland. ( iiaiidfather Swope was a native of (Jeniiany, ulio located in Washingtiin County, Md., and became a farmer and miller at Clear Sjiriiigs, and grew (luitc wi'althy. The inotlier died in Anders„ii attheageof seyenty-t wo. There were five children, two of whom arc liying, the subject of this sketch, and A. ■\. L;ike, who resides in Omaha. He was in the Mexican War at the age of sixteen, and in the Ciyil War was a Lieutenant in an Illinfiis regiment. .lud^c Lal^, C%;., ^^1 J PORTRAIT AND BTOORAPinCAL RP:C()RD. 375 Methodist Episcopal Cliuroli, in which lip is serv- ing as Steward. lie lias a laiye circle of ac- quaintances in Madison County, and enjoys the confidence of the business comnninit\-. -@#@- /ORRIS L. SAN1)1;KS, |i^g\ owner of Hamilton County, aii(] the occu- iL, pant of a finely' improved farm in Dela- ware Township, was born in Hendricks County, December ll, 1836, and lias spent his entire life within the limits of the state where he still resides. He is the son of Joseph and Clarissa (McVay) Sanders, and the grandson of Jain(!S and I'luebe { P.eason) Sanders. His grandfather was born in ^'irginia in 1724, and was there reared to man- hood. After his marriage he removed to North Carolina, where he conducted farming pursuits for a number of years. Early in life he followed the profession of a school teaclier. A noted sports- man, he engaged often in hunting, and m the same fall in which his death occurred he killed lifty deer. Al)OUt 1800 Crandfather Sanders emigrated with his family to Fayette County, Oliio, where he set- tled in the woods among the Indians, remaining there until his death, at the age of about fifty. His wife was reared in the Soeiet}' of Fiiends; she survived him many years, attaining the age of nearly eight}-. The father of our subject grew to manhood m Ohio, where, at the age of twenty-two, he married Clarissa, daughter of Isaac and Kancj^ (Rude) McVay,all of whom were natives of Penn- sylvania and of Irish descent. About 1833, Joseph Sanders, accompanied by his family, emigrated to Hendricks County, Ind., where he entered a tract of eighty acres from the Covernment, and also purchased a farm which had been partly improved. Coming to the northern l>art of Hamilton Countj', he bought one hundred and sixty acres, and later added another one hun- dred and sixty acres, which he improved into a magnificent farm. Cpoii (lis|iosing <>( that prop- erty he moved to .Maiimi ('(innty. ind., where he remained until his death. His wife passed away about twelve months prior to his demise. They were devoted members of the Methodist P^piscopal 18 Church, in which faith they reared their children. These were ten in number, and were named: Her- bert H. and Isaac (both deceased); Albert, Forris L., Martha A., John W., Lydia E., Benjamin F. (deceased). Sarah .1. and Joseph. In politics, the fntlier was lirst a Whig .and later a Republican. His lirst vote was cast for Andrew Jackson for President. At the age (if Iweiily-one our subject com- menced for himself, and for about six years there- after rented land belonging to his father. He then married Mary M., daughter of David and Rachel (Eller) Wilkerson, and afterward rented land from Mr. Wilkerson for a few years. His first purchase consisted of one hundred and six acres located southeast of C;iniiel. and upiin that place he re- mained for twenty-three years. At the time of lo- cating there the land was unimproved, and it re- quired the most arduous exertions on his part to put it under cultivation. He and his wife are the owners of three hundred and fifteen acres of as fine land as is to be found in Hamilton County, and he is one of the most progressive, practical farmers of the county. He rents his farm and de- votes his attention exclusively to buying and ship- ping stock, in which he has met with succes.s. Mr. and Mrs. Sanders have reared two daughters of his brother John, whose names are Dora and Lillian. They also reared to womanhood a daugh- ter of Noah Day, Rosa, now the wife of F. Ran- dell. In his political opinions, Mr. Sanders has ad- hered to the principles and jilatform of the Repub- lican party from the time when he cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln until the last Presiden- tial campaign, when he voted for Benjamin F. Harrison. Upon every topic of importance, whether local oi national, he possesses considerable information, and is a man of liroad and liberal ideas. J^l S. HOLLOWELL, proprietor of the No- I blesville Flourinii Mills, was born in Or- i ange County, Ind.. November 2G, 181!). He is the youngest of five children com- prising the family of James and Celia (Thomas) IloUowell, natives of New England and early setr 376 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. tiers of Orange County, Ind. His youthful clays were passed in a comparatively uneventful man- ner, and he alternated attendance in the common scliools with work on the home farm. After com- pleting the course of study in the district schools, he entered Blue River Academy, in Washington County, and there prosecuted his literary studies with diligence and success. The business career of Mr. HoUowell commenced in 1870. when he became a clerk in a store at Sa- lem. Ind., and after a short time there he went to Cincinnati, where he secured a position as travel- ing salesman for a wholesale dealer in hats and caps. He was engaged in that capacity for two and one-half years, and resigned the position in order to enter the employ of the Nordyke & Mormon Company, manufacturers of and dealers in milling machinery. For a time he traveled for the firm, and in 1885 assumed the management of their flouring mills in Wayne County, Ind., a position which he filled with the utmost efiiciency for a period of four years. Coming to Noblesville during 1889, Mr. Hollo- well embarked in the sale of mill machinery for tiie Nordyke & Mormon Company at this place, and at once secured the trade of the business men of this section. In July, 1891, forming a partner- ship with D. W. Mormon, he erected the substan- tial and finely equipped mill which is conducted under the firm name of the Noblesville Milling Company. The mill is a fine brick structure, and contains all the latest machinery and every im- provement of modern times. Fourteen men are furnished steady employment, and the mill has a daily capacity of three hundred and sixty barrels of wheal, fifty barrels of rye and one hundred bar- rels of corn, being recognized as one of the finest mills in the entire state. The flour which is man- uf.actured is of a ver^' superior quality, "Diadem Patent" and "Our Manna" being two of the best grades. The products of the mill find a ready sale, both in western and eastern markets, and wherever known, their value is readily appre- ciated. A very important event in the life of Mr. Hol- lowell was his marri.age, which was solemnized on the 23d of June, 1880, the bride being Miss Sara E., daughter of R. M. Engle, of Indianapolis. Two children, Mabel and Herbert H., have been born of the union, and are n6w being educated in the schools of Noblesville. While not a politician, Mr. HoUowell is a loyal adherent to Republican principles, and his vote may always be relied upon to promote party interests. As a citizen, he main- tains a constant interest in the progress of the city and in the development of its resources, be- ing a generous contributor to many of its most progressive enterprises. He and his wife are de- voted members of tlie Society of Friends, and are among the most prominent and influential work- ers in that religious organization. \l.^^ ON. A. J. BEHYMER, elected November 8, f)ii 1892, as joint Representative for the counties of Madison, Tipton and Clinton, to the State Legislature of Indiana, has since 1877 been a continuous resident and promi- nent citizen of Elwood, where he has proven an important factor in the development of enterprise and ably assisted in all matters of mutual welfare. Our subject was born in Mount Holly, Clermont County, Ohio. Marcii 1, 1850, and was the third of a family of ten children, all of whom lived to adult age. His father, William Behymer, was born ill Lincoln County, Ky., April 5, 1823. The paternal grandfather, Solomon Behymer, was a na- tive Kentuckian, whose near ancestors were Penn- sylvanians. Emigrating to Ohio when his son William was a little boy. Grandfather Behymer spent the remainder of his useful life in the Buck- eye State, and p.assed awaj' mourned as a sincere friend and good citizen. The father, after living in Ohio about a quarter of a century, moved to Rush County, Ind. William Behymer was by trade a. cooper, but while residing in Ohio, com- bined the occupation of a farmer with rafting wood to Cincinnati, likewise for ten years eng.ag- iug in his trade. He arrived in Rush Count}', Ind., in 1851, and for the succeeding ten years devoted himself mainly to the pursuit of agriculture. Fi- PORTRAIT AN1.1 BIOGRArillCAL RECORD. nancially prospered lie became a leadino: farmer of I his township, and for a luiniher of years served with efHcienc}' as constal)i('. [ In ISO I the father made his hniiic in Rigdon, Grant t'ouiity, on the cdiie of M:uliMin County, and continurd to reside in lliis loealitv until his deatli, many years later. A |)atriotie citizen and man of earnest character, he actively participated in the stirring scenes of the Civil War, and in ltS62 enlisted in Company E, 101 Indiana Infan- try, and as a Sergeant courageously sei\ ed three years, remaining at his [jost of duty until the close of the contlict. Constantly surrounded by 1 danger. Sergeant Behymer was severely wounded and never entirely recovered luit survived to ' reach sixty-eigiit years, four nionilis and twenty days, entering into rest August 25, ltears of age. In the mean- time our subject enjoyed the benefit of instruc- tion in the National Normal School, located in Lebanon, Ohio, and later taught school in Koko- mo, Ind., for thirteen mouths. At the expiration of this length of time Mr. Behymer returned to the home farm and engaged in agricultuial pur- suits for a year. In September, lH7t), our suliject entered upon the duties of a teacher in a school ueai Windfall, and continued there for six months, in the sprini^ of 1877 removing to Elvvood, then a town of about five hundred poinilation. Here teaching school for about two years, our subject completed his nineteenth term as instructor and became wid(!- 1}- known as a successful teacher of more than or- dinary ability^ and experience. In 1879, Mr. Be- hymer settled in Rigdon, Madison County, and in 1887 removed to the city of Tipton, where lie prosperously engaged in the practice of law and the real-estate business. Two years after, in .Jan- uary, 188"), our sul)jeet purchased and consoli- dated the JClwood Free Press and KIwood Review, and in the spring of the year removed his family to their present home m KIwood, where they have since prosperously resided. Natural gas had been struck in this region of the country but a short time before and Mr. Behymer used the Free Press as an organ to advance the enterprise and stimulate interest in all matters of local wel- fare. ( )ur suliject was recognized as an elo(|ucnt pioneer worker in the rapid progress and upward growth of KIwood, and to his earnest efforts her position of to-day is mainly due. After about twelve months Mr. Behymer sold out the Free Press to Mr. Mellette, and then having been ad- mitted to the Bar of Madison. .Marion and Tipton Counties in 1882, again profitably devoted him- self to the practice of law and the real-estate business, and prosperously continues in the same line of work. He w.ms a i)roiiiinent factor in the subdivision and laying out of Call's Addition, and has built about twenty hou.ses in the city. In March, 1871, A. J. Behymer and Miss Mary K. Thrasher wore united in marriage. The esti- mable wife of our subject is the daughter of .lo- siah and Amanda Thrasher, well known and high- ly respected residents of Rigdon. Mr. and Mrs. Behymer have been blessed with children, three of whom survive: Grace, Linnie and Hazel. The oldest child, Clarence A., a youth of great promise, died March 31, 1893, passing away at seventeen years of age. In this terrible bereavement the family received the sincere sympathy of the entire conimunitv. Politically a stiong Democrat and a faithful adherent of the party of the people, our subject has licen a local leader, and in 1892 elected to his present responsible position as a Representative is faithfully carrying out the wishes of his constituents and laboring in behalf of the general good. As a member of important committees last session he did excellent .service and won the heartv commendation of a wide ac- 378 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. quaintance. A man of public spirit, energetic, upriglit and possessing clear judgment, be is emi- nentlj' qualified for public work and fully enjoys the confidence of his fellow-townsmen and tiie general public. JAMES MADISON FAKLOW, who is en- gaged in the practice of law and the real-estate business, is recognized as one _ of the leading and influential citizens of Frankton. He was born in Pipe Creek Township, and is the youngest in a family of nine children whose parents were Reuben and Elizabeth (Odell) Farlow. The grandparents, William and Nancy Farlow, were natives of North Carolina, and were of English descent. Tliey came to Madison Coun- ty at a very early day, and are numbered among its pioneer settlers. The parents of our .subject were also born in North Carolina. The father came to Indiana in November, 1811, and settled in Wayne County. He aided in the organization of that count}', and for some j^ears served as Justice of the Peace. By occupation he was a farmer, and in the heavy forest made a claim, from which he developed a good farm that continued to be bis home for seven years. He then removed to Rush County, where he resided until 1831, when be came to Madison County, locating in Pipe Creek Township. Here he made bis home until his death in 1854, at the age of sixty-nine years. In politics, he was a sup- porter of the Democratic party, and was a member of the Friends' Church. The birth of James M. Farlow occurred .luly 21, 1839. He remained at home until twenty- two years of age. He was a youth of only fifteen when his father died, and from that time assisted bis mother in taking care of the family. At the age of nineteen be commenced teaching school, which he followed for about nine 3'ears. The re- sponsibility and care which devolved upon the young shoulders made bis life an arduous one in early years, yet thereby was developed a manliness and force of character which have been of incalcu- lable benefit to him in after years. On the 26tb of January, 1861, Mr. Farlow mar- ried Melinda E. Haskctt, daughter of Ryburn and Salvina (Irwin) Haskett, natives of Virginia. They came to Madison County about 1840. Six chil- dren have been born unto our subject and bis wife, but only three are now living, viz.: Viola F., now the wife of William L. Poland, of this county; Kate, wife of Charles Whitehead; and Luolla, at home. Mr. Farlow follows in the political footsteps of his father and is a stanch advocate of the Democ- racy. He served as Township Trustee during his residence in Jackson Township, and in 1890 was elected Representative on tlie Democratic ticket, and re-elected in 1892, proving a competent and faithful ollicer. To some extent be is still inter- ested in fanning, but, aside from bis official du- ties, be devotes bis time to his real-estate and law business. He is a man of liberal and progres- sive views, public-spirited and enterprising, and always does bis part in promoting those interests which are calculated to prove of public benefit. 1^^ >f^ OBERT C. GLASSCO. The real-estate in- IWr terests of Anderson have been largely dc- ili A\ veloped and greatly enhanced in value ^^ through the persevering labors of the sub- ject of this biographical notice. He conducts an extensive real-estate, insurance and loan business, and also represents the State Building & Loan As- sociation of Indiana, and the Fraternal Building & Loan Association of Indiana. In addition to these interests, he was on.e of the organizers, and is the present Secretary and Treasurer, of the Anderson Manufacturing Company, which engages extensively in the manufacture of the Diamond bed springs. Born in Charleston, Coles County-, 111., April 17, 1853, our subject is the son of Kimball and Mar- garet (Reat) Glassco, natives respectively of Ken- tucky and Circleville, Ohio. The paternal grand- father, Hiram Glassco, was a farmer in Kentucky, PORTEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 379 whence in an early day be migrated to Illinois and settled in Coles County. He engaged in farming operations there until his death. When a resident of Kentucky, he and the family of which Abra- ham Lincoln was a member were neighl)ors, and later tiiey resided near each other in Illinois. The fatlier of our subject was early initiated into the mysteries of farming, but upon attaining manhood's years he embarked in the mercantile business at Charlestdu. III., and ihonee in 1861 removed to Green Castk', Ind., when' he engaged in the furniture business for four years. In 186.5 he returned to Illinois, and for a time resided in Tuscola, removing thence to Douglass, wliere he eng;nj:ed in merchandising, and also worked as a contractor. He became the owner of a number of well improved and valuable farms, from the rental of which he received a liandsome amount. In his old age he removed to Charleston, where he re- mained, retired from life's active labors. During the Black Hawk War he enlisted for active service, and was a participant in several important engage- ments. Politically a Democrat, he served as a member of the Constitutional Convention, and also officiated as County Commissioner. The maternal grandfather of our subject was James Reat, who was born in the east and was an early settler of Coles County, where he engaged in farming pursuits. He was a soldier in the P.l.ick Ihiwk War and an officer in the War of 1812. The muUier of oui sultject died in 1880. leaving seven children, all of whom grew to ma- ture years. Of these; the fourth is the subject of this sketch. He was the recipient of common- school advantages in his youth, and also carried on his studies in the academy at Blooralngdalc, Ind., finishing the course there at the age of eigh- teen. He then entered the University of Mich- igan, and was graduated from the law department iu 1871 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Opening an office at Newman, III., our sulyect conducted a good legal practice there for one year, after which he went to Texas with the inten- tion of following his profession, instead of which, however, he traveled on the frontier, joining a state company that was authorized to hunt for .Sam n.ass. a train robber, and his party. Special Company C, as it was called, rode from Ft. Worth to Ft. Uma, Cal., a distance of fourteen hundred miles, and succeeded in capturing several of the gang and dispersing the remainder. Tlie^' also captured Captain Bass at Round b'ock. This work required about four months, and aftci- the expedi- tion finished its task, our subject with eight others went to California; but he soon returned to Texas, thence proceeded to New Orleans, and from there across the gulf lo Mexico and Central America. In partnership with (i. ( ». CofFman. Mr. Glassco engaged in merchandising in Mexico and Central America for three years, meantime becom- ing familiar with the Spanish language, which he" still si^eaks fluently. Leaving the far south, Mr. (ihissco embarked on a steamer bound for New York, and after arriving in that city proceeded to South America by way of water, touching port at Buenos Ayres and other prominent cities of that country. Subscipicntly he made five voyages between New Voik and Mexico, coasting along the sliore of the latter country. Once more returning to the land of his birth, he traveled for a time .as a representative of the firm of C. Heard it Co.. of Peoria. III., manu- facturers of ivory button goods. While thus engaged, he was married in Anderson, in 1882, to Miss Belle, daughter of Jacob Bronnenberg. of whom further mention is made in the sketch of H. J. IJronnenberg, presented elsewhere in this vol- ume. Mrs. Glassco was born in Kicliland Town- ship, Madison County, and is a letined and ami- able young lady. She is the mother of one child, Edith Fern. After his marriage, Mr. Glassco purchased the Democrat and Keviev!. consolidating the two papers and publishing the journal in connection with his brother, C. .S. In 188.J, the lieciew-Dmvxrat was sold to D. J. Crittenberger and William R. Meyer, and our subject afterward engaged in the grain business at Chesterfield, Ind., where he al.so served as Postmaster, Justice of the Peace, and agent for the Big Four Railroad. He purchased an interest in the Anderson Iron ct Bolt Company, and was in the shipping department nulil the spring of 1892, when he disjjosed of his interests in the con- cern and embarked in the real-estate business. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. He was one of the organize! s of the Anderson Manufacturing Conipan.y, of which he is now Sec- retary and Treasurer. He represents some of the leading fire insurance companies of tlie country, including the German, of Indianapolis, and the (ilens I'alls, of New York. Socially, he affiliates with Mt. Moriah Lodge, F. & A. M., and the Order of Red Men. In politics a Democrat, he has served as a member of tlie County Central Com- mittee for several times, and has also occupied other local positions of importance. II^_^^ENRY P. COBURN, senior partner of the \\f}j^ well known and prosperous firm of Cohurn lA)^^ At Springer, conducting an extensive lum- (^ ber and planing-niill business in Anderson, Madison County, Ind.. is a native of Michigan, and was born in Ontonagon, December 15, 1854. His father, Augustus Coburii, born in Indianapolis, Ind., was reared and educated in his birthplace. He went to Michigan an energetic young man, and soon displayed business ability of a high order, and became the purchaser of large tracts of Government lands in the Northern Peninsula. Valuable mines were later developed on a number of the properties located by him. The father was also connected with various business houses at Ontonagon and interested in several freighting vessels upon the lakes. He had only reached mid- dle age and had apparently many 3-ears of useful- ness before him, when he was drowned while voyaging upon Lake Superior. Grandfather Henry P. Coburn, a native of Mas- sachusetts, was an early pioneer of the west, and, settling in Indiana, assisted to lay out the city of Indianapolis, where he spent the remainder of his life. He died at lift}' years of age, and, a man of enterprise, was mourned as a public loss. The mother of our subject, Mary A. (Beaser) Coburn, was a native of the Empire State, and born m Buffalo, N. Y., the long-time residence of her parents, with whom she afterward removed to Michigan, where siie met and married Augustus Coburn. Our subject, Henry P., was one of five children who blessed the home of the parents. He passed the days of his cliildhood in Ontonagon and attended the common schools of Michigan. When fourteen years of age, removing to Indiana, he entered the high school of Indianapolis, and later enjoyed a three years' course of study in the Northwestern Christian University, thus thor- oughly preparing himself for the' business of life. Having completed his studies, Mr. Coburn, witli characteristic enterprise, went to work in the lum- ber 3ard of his uncle at Indianapolis. After handling lumber for two and a-half years lie was employed by Niblock & Merrifield, and remained with that coal firm three years. In 1880, in com- pany with an uncle, our subject located in Michi- gan City, and for four years engaged in the whole- sale lumber business. He next entered the employ of .Jonathan Boyee, also in the lumber business, and continued in the service of the latter gentle- man until 1890. Mr. Coburn then came to An dcrson and formed his present partnership with George E. Springer, under the firm name of Coburn & Springer, the company doing a large and successful business in both the lumber yards and mill, and carrying a complete stock of every- tliing in the line of building material. Upon December 3, 1884, Henry P. Coburn and Miss Mary E. Burkit, of Michigan City, were united in marriage. The accomplished wife of our subject was a native of Indianapolis, and the daughter of John W. Burkit. Her paternal grand- father, Martin Burkit, an eal-ly settler, arrived in Indianapolis at the same time as Grandfather Coburn, and is now living and nearly ninety years of age. A man of vigor .and physical endurance, he courageously sliared the privations of pioneer life in the west, and h.as for three-score years been an observer of the wonderful progress of Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Coburn are the parents of three bright little ones, two sons and one daughter, Mary Augusta, Percy Burkit and John. Mr. Coburn is politically a Republican, and deeply interested in the success of his party. He is fra- ternally associated with the Patriotic Order Sons of America, a social and beneficiary society, in whose reunions he finds much pleasure. Finan- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD .•581 ciall}' prospered, our subject is numbered among the >ubstaiitial and leading inisiness men of An- y^I LLI AM ALLEN SWINDELL.a successful Attorney and etlicient Justice of the Peace, ^ ,, ably discharging the complex duties of his judicial (losition, is a prominent citizen of Alex- andria, iVIadisort County, Ind., and a native of tiie state, who was born in IIenr_y County, October 3, 1842. Our subject was one of a family of nine chil- dren, seven brothers and two sisters, and was the fourth in order t)f birth. Ilis fatiier, Ashley Swin- dell, was born in Hyde County, N. C, May 6, 1809, and was the son of Willis Swindell, and the young- est of two brothers. The paternal grandfather, likewise a native of North Carolina, served with faithful courage in the Revolutionary War, and as a private shared in the privations and sacrifices of those troublous days. His brother John held a commission, and did meritorious service as an offi- cer of the army, aiding in the struggle for inde- pendence. In 18,'5.3, Ashley Swindell, following tlie tide of emigration to the farther west, jour- neyed to Indiana, and settled in Wayne County. The father, by occupation a farmer, was respected by all who knew liiin, and surviving until 1891, passed away at eighty-two years of age. Grand- fatlier Swindell and hi- son Allen came to In. liana 111 about lH,-,:5, and in l.s,-„s, Allen, a |.ioiiiising young man, died. The inotlier of our subject, Anna (Hendricks) Swindell, born in Noith Caro- lina in October, 1814. emigrated tolndianain 1833. The Hendricks, of remote (ierman ancestry, were numbered among the vei\ early and prominent sfitlers of North Carolina. The mother enjoyed extended opportunities for an education, and, a woman of superior ability and character, is yet surviving at the age of seventy- nine years. She had two brothers and one sister. One brother, W. C. Hendricks, an able attorney and politician, was likewise a successful agricul- turist, owning an extensive farm. He served with ability as Trustee of liis tf)wnship for nine years. and was likewise for a lengthy period of lime .lus- tice of the Peace. The sons and daughters who blessed the home of the parents were .John A., a successful farmer, living three miles from Alex- andria; Henry J., a prosperous lumberman of Ran- dolph Count3', residing in Lyon; Sarah F., mar- lied to Mason Allen, a succe.ssful general agricul- turist, located near Hagerstown, Ind.; David A., Postmaster at Summitville, under Cleveland's first administration, now a citizen of AlcxMiidiia; Col- lins H., a stone mason of Alexandria; Cli.'ules R., a carpenter by trade, making his home in Alex- andria; W. A., our subject, grew up to adult age on the Madison County farm, to which he had removed from Henry County wlien three years of age. Having received a fair education in the com- mon schools, Mr. Swindell, when only seventeen years old, began life for liimscir, luil, later enjoyed twelve months of instruction. He worked for his uncle W. A. Hendricks for some time at $14 per month, and then engaged in the lightning rod business. He finally clerked in his uncle's dry goods store, and there coniiniicd to handle mer- chandise for five jears. December 1, 1864, were unitctl in luariiage W. A. Swindell and Miss Malissa E. Norris. the daugh- ter of Thomas Norris, a prosperous grocer of Madi- son County. The good wife of our subject died in October, 1889, leaving to the care of her hus- band six children. Norris A., an engineer by trade, residing in Alexandria, married Mollie Hughes, and lias one child, a son. Clay; Thomas E., a tele- giapli operator, married Miss Viva Buck, of Alex- andria, and has one child, Lillian: Willis W. is a clerk in Alexandria; EmmaF. i^ the wife of W. M. Beck, a railroad man of Ehvooil, Ind.; Maltie R. and Alfred are at home. In l.sCs, Mr. Swindell engaged in the saw-mill and liiinlu'r business, which he conducted successfully for the seven ensu- ing ye.ars in Alexandria. In 187;'), elected Justice of the Peace, he discharged the duties of the judicial office with ability. Our subject later, for four years, was in the liiiiiber bu>iiH'ss in .Mitrliell, liici., and for two years was the efficient proprietor of the Oregon Hotel of that place, and was likewise Justice of the Peace in Mitchell. In 188(i, return- in;; to Alexandria, Mr. Swindell again entered into PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. the lumber business, but in 1887, re-elected Justice of the Peace, began the stud^- of law, was admitted to the Bar, and l)ecarae Deputy Prosecutor in 1887, and likewise has continued to occupy the position of Justice of the Peace. In May, 1880, Mr. vSwin- dell was united in wedlock with his present wife, Mrs. Betty (Baker) Mannington, born in Zanes- ville, Ohio, and tiie daughter of a prominent mer- chant of the latter place. Our subject, formerly an active member of the Ancient Free & Accepted Masons, lias not affiliated with the society for some years. He is politically a life long Democrat and an ardent advocate of the party. His decisions as a Justice, given in accord witli law and evidence, are seldom appealed to a higlier court, and have never been reversed, clearly imlicating him as be- ing especially adapted to the responsible duties of his office. Mr. Swindell enjoys remarkable health, having never been sick in his life, and for tlurty- five years there was not even one death in the Swindell familj', one of the most highly respected in the state of Indiana. ^p\\ HARLES IIERSIIMAN, a farmer of Hamil- [l[ 1-^ ton County and a well known resident of ^^5'' Jackson Towhship, was born on section 33, of this township, November 8, 1837. His father, James Hershman, was one of the pioneers of tins county, to whose industr}^ and patient persever- ance the present generation is so greatly indebted. A native of Coshocton County, Ohio, born in 1809, lie removed from the Buckeye State in 1832, and coming from Hamilton County, settled on section 33, Jackson Township. Thenceforward until the time of his death, in January, 1870, his name was inseparably connected with tlie develop- ment of his adopted home. At the time of coming hither James Hershman had about $100, and from that small beginning he worked his way to prosperity. He settled on a farm consisting of one hundred and sixty acres, where lie built a small log cabin, with punclieon lloor and primitive furnishings. In 1837 he re- placed tliat structure with a substantial frame residence, in which lie continued to live until his demise. He was a man of broad information and politically affiliates with the Democrats, but voted for Abraham Lincoln for President. Of a mild and peaceable disposition, generous to worthy causes and kind toward all, lie was popular in liis community, and was espeeiallj' prominent in the Protestant Methodist Church, in wiiicli he served as Deacon for a number of years. In addition to farming, he also settled up a number of estates. With the aid of his two sons he accumulated three hundred and thirty acres, all of which remain in possession of the family excepting about ninety acres. The motlier of our subject was Susanna, daugh- ter of Charles and Martlia Baker, and a native of Ohio, where she married. She died in 1891. Both the Baker and Hershman familes are of German descent. The parents of our subject were married in 1830, and of their union three children were born. The eldest, Martha, married Joliii William Chew, and they resided in Iowa until their death. Of eight children born to their union six survive, namely: William, James, John, Martha, Thomas and Elizabeth. James K., the youngest member of the family circle, resides in Arcadia. In his youth tiie subject of this sket<;h attended school during the winter seasons, and in the sum- mer was employed in farm work. Some years after his marriage he located on section 28, but later returned to the old homestead and cared for his father until his death, after which he continued to superintend the farm until 1881. Since that year he has occupied his present farm. In 1855 he married Miss Jane, daughter of Z. A. Roadruck, and six children were born of the union, namely: Hiram, Martha, John and Albert, all of whom are deceased; P^mma, wife of William Johnson, of Jackson Township, and Everett, who married Birdie Nicholas and lives in Cicero. The farm belonging to Mr. Hershman consists of two liundred and forty acres, finely improved and well stocked. In addition to this, he has given twenty acres to his daughter. Of his prop- erty two hundred acres have been placed under cultivation. Politically. Mr. Hershman is a Dem- s / . ':Mmm.. m^. RESIDENCE OF J, W. WILkl hJSON , SECT., DELAWARE TP, HAMILTON CO., IND, ^^^ '^^:>^*~- %* w.. 1 . 11 L> ' 4^ "^^r RESIDENCE OF CHARLES H ERSH MAN , SEC.28. .JACKSON TP, HAM I LTON CO , I ND. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ■Mr <^ LEXAXDF.l! j -> eiity-tlirce f (ine o f tlic wdi-thy State las fnniishc.l l)orii I 11 tl.c Hill of Count y, aii.l is a ,m,ii tv Dt nv, livla.nl. ocrat. In the Master Mason Lodge No. 310, F. & A. M., he has serverl as .Tunior Warden, .Jun- ior Deacon and Treasurer. He contributes liber- I'lally to the benevolent and charitable projects of ^€^MI-^i"t^li^^i Mill, who cairic-s on -cn- .n one hundred and sev- e acres on section 2'.t, White lip, Hamiltfin County', is itizens that the Keystone this community. He was cbruary. 1822, in Lebanon I' .laiiu's and Margaret (Me- atlicr was a native of Coun- 1(1 wlicii a young man of twenty years left llie l'',iiierald Isle for the New Worhl. He settled in riiiladclphia. wiiere he worked in the marble works for a short time, and then went to Lebanon Coiinly. where lie was employed in the iron works, lie li\ed in erne house for six- teen years and then went to Huntingdon County, where he spent two years. In 1835 he came to hidiana, and after two months spent in Wayne County purcha,sed five hundred and twent\- acres of wild land in llaniilt..ii County, upon whicli he bnilt a log cabin .and liegan life in true pio- neer style. Later lie erected a hewed log cabin. His death there occurred in 18.55, at the age of seventy-five years. ]\Irs. Karr was also born on ried in Philadelphia, and she died in this county at the advanced age of ninety-three 3'ears. Mr. Karr of this sketch is the \'oungest and only surviving cliihl in a family of nine i-liildren. six sons and three daughters. At a very tender age he began work in the lields, and (piite early in life was inured to hard labor. He chopped cordwood at the age of eight and also worked in an iron fouiiu- tine of farm life, and attained to nKuihuod am- bitious and enterprising. were conlined to the district seluiols of llaniilton County, but he well improved every offered ad- vantage of instruction, and to his early knowledge has added liberally by close observation and rend- ing. Our subject, since locating permanently in Xoblesville, has actively participated in the pro- niotiou of the vital interests of the city, and in thi' fall of 1892 assisted in the organization of the Xoblesville Electric Light and Ice Company, with which enter|)rise lie is still prominently (•(Jiinectcd .as a stockholder and ollicer. In 1pci(uis resident of Hamilton County. The pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Brehm has been blessed by the tiirtli of two children, sons: CJeoigi^ W. and James Kllswortli. briglit :iiid ambitious hoys now attend- ing scliool. Mrs. nivlim is a valued iiuMiibcr of tlie Christian Church, and takes a leading place in the religious, social and benevolent enterprises of that denomination. Our subject is fraternally associated willi tlic Cherokee Tribe, Xo. t»6, Red Men of .\iiiciica, and h;is many friends among the order. Politically a strong Democrat, Mr. P.rehm takes an active part in local [lolitics. and, a friend to ed- ucational advancement, is esiiecially interested in school matters. lie is intelligently posted in the questions of the day, and is an ever-ready aid in subject is a man of libcr.-il spirit, and has long been niiinlicrcil with the leading and substantial citizens of 1 l.-unilloii County, his lifetime home. Here his interests all center, and in one of the pleasant localities of X'^oblcsville he and his family make their lumie, esteemed bv all who know them. =l>3-^(f-' of the most enterprising residents of Hamilton County have here spent the greater part of their lives. In them we find men of true loyalty to the interests of this part of the state, who understand as it were by instinct the needs, social and industrial, of this vicinity and who have a thorough knowledge of its resources. They are, therefore, better adapted to succeed here than a stranger could be, and are probably without ex- ception warmly deveted to tbe prosperity of the county. .Such a man we find in Mr. Rooker. In tracing the genealogy of our subject, we note the fact that his i)ateriial great-grandfiither wa> a silversmith in London, and in that occupa- tion reared his only son. The latter, William by name, wjis taken in company with twelve other gentlemen by the British officers while he was in a ballroom and was brought to America as a sol- dier. The entire twelve soon deserted. He pro- ceeded to KnoxviUe, Tenn., where he remained until the close of the war. Later he came to what was then the territory of Indiana, and, settling 111 Morgan County, there followed farming pur- suits until his death about 1835, at a ripe old age. When a mere child, William D. Rooker, father of our subject, became self-supporting, and, learn- iiiiT the trade of a wheelwright, engaged in the manufacture of spinning-wheels, etc. In his boy- hood he went to Ohio, and locating near Dayton, resided there for a number of vears. There he 388 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. was united in marriage with Phojbe, daugliter of Benjamin Iddings, and after tliat important event he moved across the state line into Wayne Count}', Ind., where he sojourned for several yeai'S. In 1819 he removed to Indianapolis, accompanied by his wife and four children, the removal being made with an ox-team and wagon. He opened a road from Indianapolis to the place where he set- tled, four miles above the city on a creeii. Dur- ing the early period of his residence there, he kepi the family larder supplied with an abun- dance of meat, secured during his hunting expedi- tions. He finally acquired the ownership of about one thousand acres of land, to the improvement of which he devoted considerable attention. Coming to Hamilton County in 1830, William D. Rooker built a small gristmill on Cool Creek, and later erected a sawmill, which he operated for many years. He purchased three hundred acres, the most of which, assisted by his two eldest sons, he placed under cultivation. He was a sincere and devoted Christian, and for many years la- bored as a local preacher in the Methodist Episco- pal Church, preaching in houses or in the open air, wherever the people would congregate. lie united with tlie Masonic order at Indianapolis, and later transferred his membership to Westfleld. In politics he was originally a Whig and afterward a Republican. For a number of years he filled tiie position of Associate Judge, and about 1840 was elected to represent his district in the State Legislature. In the parental family there were eight chil- dren, one of whom died in infancy. The others were as follows: Samuel P., James I.; Cynthia, the wife of Thomas Lankford; EUzn, who married Thomas West; Elizabeth, Mrs. Absalom Eller; Ce- linda, the wife of John Eller; and William W., our subject. The parents are both deceased, the mother having died in 1852 at the age of seventy- two, and the father in 1866, when eight3'-four years of age. William W. was born in Marion County, Ind., April 14, 1825, and accompanied his parents to Hamilton County at the age of eleven. His schooling was limited to a three months' attendance in an old log schoolhouse, but through self-culture he has supplemented the lim- ited knowledge there gained. When about twenty-two years old, Mr. Rooker went to Westfield, and in partnership with a Mr. Templin, embarked in the mercantile business. After continuing for eleven months, he disposed of his interest in the enterprise and commenced agricultural pursuits upon his father's farm. A few years later he bought two hundred and forty acres, where he now lives, having pre- viously disposed of a farm of two hundred and twenty-five acres. He retired from the mercantile business without a dollar, and in order to purchase his farm incurred a large indebtedness. For a number of years he was in partnership with Absa- lom Eller, during which time he bought and sold stock, meeting with success in that venture. Dur- ing one very severe winter he drove hogs to Law- renceburg, spending twenty days upon the way thither and camping out every night, which, as may be imagined, was not conducive to his per- sonal comfort. He netted §l.37|^ in the sale, but upon his return home had only |6 left of his share. Notwithstanding occasional losses, he was usually fortunate and became well-to-do, being at one time the owner of seven hundred acres, the most of which he has deeded to his children. In Hamilton County, in 1848, Mr. Rooker mar- ried Miss Arzela Lanliam, who was born in Ken- tucky, and accompanied her parents. Green and Grace (Greening) Lanham, to Indiana in her girlhood. Mrs. Rooker died in 1875, mourned by all who knew iier. P>specialiy did her death fall with crushing severity upon the members of the family, whose welfare she had always made her own. and to whose interests she was unselfishly devoted. Her children were: John, who married Malinda Heady and died at the age of thirt}-; Ma- linda, the wife of Charles Wilkinson; Cynthia, who married George Farley; and Louisa. During the War with Mexico, Mr. Rooker en- listed as a member of an Indiana regiment, and started to the front, but upon reaching Indianap- olis received the news that peace was declared. He was therefore discharged without seeing active service. Politically, he is a strong supporter of Democratic principles, although in former years PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 38!» he Tvas first a Wliig and later a Republican. He is public spirited, and, with reason, is consid- ered one of the most sub^staiitial citizens of the couiit\' ill which he now makes his home. -^==^=^>^^5. Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Vinson. Cannon, deceased, married Miss Catherine Walker and left one child; Elizabeth, widow of John Dobson, has five living children; William, deceased, married Miss Mary Jane Robinson, who bore him five children, three now living; Lcving, deceased, married Anna Deadniaii :iiid seven children were born to them, three now lixiiii^: .l;iiiies, deceased, married Eliza- beth Perry, who bore him six children, four now living; (ieorge M. married Nancy .lane Dobson and they have four children; John M., deceased. [ married Miss Mary Ann lI(M-itage, and of the siiven > children born to tlieiii four are now lixing; Hay. ard, deceased, first married Miss Martha Davis, who bore him two children, one now living. His second marriage was to Mary Ann Hudson, who is now deceased; and Francis Henry is our subject. The last-named child is a native of Wayne Coiiiity, hid., born in 1 S.'ii;, and when two years old was liroiight by his pMiTiits 1,, .M;iilis,,ii (', unity, this stale. He continued to make his home with his jiarents until twenty-seven years of age, or until 1863, when lie married Miss Hannah Eliza- beth Inglis, a native of North Carolina, who re- moved with her parents to Indiana about \H[,() and settled with them in Madison County. Her parents, Alexander and Mary C. (Baker) Inglis, were natives also of the Old North State. Eight children have been l.orn t,) Mr. and Mrs. \-inson. Alexander Oseai- married Miss Caroline Lytic, and they have one child, Ava Belle; Oeorge B. is at home; Arella M. is deceased; Cora Belle is at home; Ada Catherine died March 16, 1883; William P. is at home; and Austin died November 2. 1S87. Jm- niediately after his marri.age, Mr. \'iiison lioni,'ht a farm of one hundred and twenty acres, but later sold that and removed to Monroe Township, Madison County, in 1875. A year later he re- moved to Van Buren Township and settled on or near where he now lives. He has a good farm of one hundred and twenty acres, ninety acres under cultivation. Both Mr. and Mrs. Vinson are mem- bers of the Christian Churcii, and he was Elder for sixteen years, resigning in 18',ll. Ho is a Hepnli- lican in politics, and an Odd Fellow, a member of Summitville Lodiic No. 475. jICHARD POWER, a farmer of Cl.ay Town- ship, Hamilton County, residing on section i\'as born in this township December 7, I, and was a representative of one of its honored |iioiieer families. His grandfatiier, .loseph Power, was a native of Kentucky and was a life- long farmer. He .served in the War of 1812, and ill an early day emigrated to Rush County. Ind.. 300 PORTRAIT AND BICGRAPHJCAL RECORD. where he entered land from the Government, and upon the farm which he developed spent his re- maining dajs. His children were Richard, Durius, Stephen, Charles, Joseph and a daughter. Durius Power was born near Elizabeth town, K3'., in 1803, and when a youth accompanied his parents to the Hoosier State. In Rush County he married Catherine Jepson and soon after came to Hamilton County, where he secured eighty acres of Government land, and in the midst of the for- est made a home and developed a farm. For some years he lived in a log cabin. In his business dealings he was quite successful, and at the time of his death owned four hundred and forty acres of valuable land. Politically, Mr. Power was a Democrat, was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and served as Trustee. He died December 12, 18G3, and his wife was called to her final rest in October, 1878. Their family numbered eleven children: Thomas, who died at the age of eight; Wilson, who . His grandfather, Amos ( larictson, a native of Maryland, removed to Pennsylvania, thence to Belmont County, Ohio, and in 1 850 came to In- diana, living with Ins .son Joel until his death, in 1864, at the age of eighty-eight years. In poli- tics he was a Whig and afterwards a Hrpiililican. He wedded IMary, daughter of .lohn and Jlary Elizabeth Talbott, and unto them were born live daughters and two sons: Eliza, Mary A., Ange- line, Martha, Peggy, .loel and Talbott. For his second wife Mr. Garretson chose Hannah Field. Joel Garretson, the father of oursubject,was born in Belmont County, Ohio, February 6, 1818, and throughout life followed farming. In 1847 ho went to Henry County, I ml., where he partially cleared three farms. In 18;il he purchased ime hundred and sixty acres of land in iMadison County, which he improved and cultivated until 1879, when he sold out to his son Nathan, remov- ing to Pendleton, where he lived retired iiiilil liis death, which occurred July 8. 18'J2. He was a self-made man and became quite w^ealthy, owning three hundred and eighty-six acres of land. In politics he was a Whig, Republican and Prohibi- tionist. By his marriage with Sarah Harvey Ik! had live children: Mary, who died at the age of eleven; Amos, Caroline, Harvey and Nathan II. The mother died January 14, 1874, and Mr. (iar- retson afterwards wedded Mary A., daughter of Enos liond, a farmer of Henry County, Iml. Our subject passed his boyhood days (|uielly ui»on his father's farm, and at the age of eighteen began to earn his own livelihood. In 1879 he purchased the home farm of one hundred and 392 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD sixty acres, and has since resided thereon. Two years previous he purchased a herd of fine Jerseys, and since that time has been successfully engaged in breeding cattle. He now has eighteen head of tine stock, which he has exhibited at various fairs, receiving first premiums upon the same. For the past seven years he has also engaged in breeding Hambletonian horses. His farm is largely planted with wheat, and a golden tribute rewards his la- bors. On the 2(ith of August, 1880, Mr. Garretson was united in marriage with Miss Mary E. Tyson, who was born in Cedar County, Iowa, and is a daughter of Chalkley and Margaret (Rogers) Ty- son, natives of Chester County, Pa. In the spring of 1834 they came to this county, locating on section 5, Fall Creek Township. In 1853 they removed to Iowa, but after ten years returned to Indiana, where the father died January 14, 1892. In politics he was a Republican. His wife was a daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Rees) Rogers, natives of Ciiester Count3', Pa. In the fall of 1834 they came to Madison County, and the father purchased four hundred and forty acres of land on section 23, Fall Creek Township. His death occurred about 1838. In the Tyson family were two sons and four daughters, and unto Mr. and Mrs. Garretson have been born four children: Margaret E., Davis R., Joel C. and Lester E. The parents are both members of the Friends' Church. In politics Mr. Garretson was a Repub- lican until 1888, since which time he has been a member of the Prohibition party. He is also by birth a member of the Friends' Church. lie is a man of firm convictions, fearless in the defense of what he believes to be right, and his upright, hon- orable character has won him high regard. BRAM FREE, an honored citizer ind ^1 1 worthy representative of the pioneers of /// is the west, and well known as one of the <^ oldest living settlers of Lafayette Town- ship, Madison County, Ind., was long one of the leading general agriculturists of the state, and now resides upon his finely cultivated farm, desir- ably located upon section 14. Our venerable sub- ject is a native of Ross County, Ohio, and was born October 15, 1817. His parents, George and Hannah Free, were numbered among Uie pioneers of Ross County, which at the date of their settle- ment in Ohio was a comparative wilderness. The father, George Free, was born in Virginia, but the mother was a native of Pennsylvania. The pater- nal grandfather was a courageous Revolution- ary soldier and fought for national independence. Abram Free was reared in his native county, and received a limited education in the little subscrip- tion school of the neighborhood. From his ear- liest youth trained up to the daily routine of farming duties, he grew up energetic and self- reliant, and, beginning life for himself, removed to Pike County, Ohio, and tiiere, upon January 31, 1837, Abram Free and Miss Cynthia VanMeter were united in marriage. Mrs. Free was born in Pike County, Ohio, where her parents were widely known and highly respected. The nine surviving children who blessed the union of our subject and his estimable wife are, Hannah M., Susan, wife of James McAlester; Ellen J., wife of George W. Bevelhimer; George, Na- thaniel A., Jesse, Isaac N. and Sarah E., wife of L. M. Raines. In 1852, our subject, accompanied by his family, removed to Madison County and settled on his present farm, in Lafaj'ette Township, where he has since continued to reside. When tiie fam- ily located upon the homestead it was partially cleared, and improved with a log cabin, which they made their dwelling place for some length of time. The acres required much hard work to bring them up to their present high state of culti- vation, and industriously Mr. Free devoted him- self to the daily round of wearing toil. The land, now 3'ielding an abundant harvest, has repaid the time and care involved, and with its substantial improvements, attractive residence, commodious barns and sheds, presents a scene of thrift and plenty, and takes a leading place witli the best farms of the township. During the first year of his residence in Madison Count}', Sir. Free at- tended numerous log-rollings and assisted in rais- ing many cabins, the surrounding country gradu- ^^■\- .-^^s .^u^^ c- /c* vr-i. jj 0'^'. oOt iA^n. rUL^ PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ally filling up with settlers from other states and territories. Aside from tiie arduous labor involv- ed in the cultivation of his farm, our subject made for others in:in\- thousand fence rails, sometimes as cheaply as llurty-sevcu and oii('-h:ilf cents per hundred. The lieloved wife and hiving- enMipanion for over a half-century departed this life. niDurncd by all who knew her, Sepleinliei- 7, isiu. In the death (if ;\Irs. Free, the husband, children and coiiiinunity met with an irreparable loss. She was a noble woman, active in good work and benevo- lent enterprise. A self-made ni;in, Mr. Free won linancial success and aided all his children to a start in life. He yet owns one huudrfd and fif- teen acres of valuable land, and is accounted one of the substantial men of the township. Politi- cally a Democrat and a stanch believer in the jirinciples upon which his jiarty i,-. founded, he gives earnest consideration to the questions of the day. "rncle Abram," as he is familiarly termed b}' a wide ac(iuaintance, is a typical pioneer and po- sesses an inexhaustible fund of reminiscences of early times. Commanding the thorough respectand eoulidence of the entire community of the town- ship, he is in the evening of his age enjoying the fruits of a well spent life, amid the genial compan- ionship of old-time friends and neighbors. WJLLIAM SOWERWINE is the owner of a farm consisting of two hundred and lifty- , „ five acres located in Jackson Township, Hamilton County. At the time of locating here, in 18.')6, there was only a small portion of the farm cleared, but now. as a result of the energy of the present owner, one hundred and sixty acres have been cleared and placed under cultivation. In addition to general farming, he has engaged ex- l<'nsively in stock-raising, and also for a number of years has conducted a large business as a tile manufacturer. The father of our suliject, .lohn Sowerwine, was born in Rockingiiam County, \'a., in 17U6, and grew to manhood in the liome of his birth. In ly 1834 he came to Indi sided in Wayne (' Hamilton County in Township, one and Cicero. There hc' re occurred June II, is: to this township he twent}' acres, of whie cleared, and to the eu voted his attention i In addition to farnu •iKie to t. .-uid settling in Jackson ;--(|uarler miles west of -d until his death, w^iiich At the time of coming chased one hundred and lirly-live acres had been ation of this tract he de- 1 the time of his death, pursuits, he also follow- ed the trades of cabinet-maker and (•arpeiiter. Though having but a limited education, he was well informed, especially in politics, and was first a Whig and later an advocate of Republican prin- ciples. He was a iiiemlx'r of the Lutheran Chui'ch of Cicero. The paternal grandparents of our subject, Peter and Haibara (Bowers) Sowerwine, were natives of Germany. Grandfather Sowerwine came to America in order to avoid serving in the German army. In company with his cousin he crossed the Atlantic about the time of the Revolution, and after landing in New York, proceeded thence to Virginia, where he followed the occupation of a farmer, as well as the trade of a tanner, until the time of his death. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Fli/.abeth Bowman, and was born in Rockingham County, \'a., November 25, 1805, being of German descent. Her parents were George and Margaret (Miller) Bowman, who were born in the Old Dominion, the father in 1780, and the mother in 178;5. Mrs. Kliz.abeth Sowerwine died about the time of her husband's decease, June 11, 187G. She was one of fifteen children, all of whom attained mature years, the youngest being twenty-nine at death. The parents of our subject were married in 1825, and three children were born to their union, the eldest being William, of this sketch. Mary, the second in order of birth, is the wife of Gary Hall, of Hamilton County. George died when four years old. P.orn in Rockingham County, Va., June 17, l.s2(;. William Sowerwine resided there until nine >'ears old. He moved to his ])resent farm in 1856, and h.as since made his home in Jackson Township. He is a man who takes an 396 FOKTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. intelligent interest in local affairs, as well as in matters of general interest, and politically advo- cates the principles of tlie Democratic party. He is a member of the Lutheran Church, in wliich lie is now officiating as Trustee and Elder. In 1850 Mr. Sowerwine married Miss Elizabeth Gentry, who was born in Wayne County, Ind., and resided tliere until the time of her marriage. She is a daugiiter of Ephraim and Elizabeth (Poland) Gentry, natives respectively of Virginia and Tennessee, and pioneers of Wayne County, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Sowerwine are the parents of nine childicn, namely: George W., a grain merch- ant and farmer residing in Hancock County, Ind.; Amanda, wife of John L. Good, a farmer of Hamilton County; Noah W., who is engaged in the machine business at Noblesville; John W., who died, leaving two children, one of whom is now living; Mary E., wife of ex-Deputy Sheriff Ben Nagle, of Noblesville; Lillie E., wife of Alfred W. Orr, who resides on a farm belonging to our sub- ject; Carrie B., who resides with her parents; and Laura E. and Dora E., deceased. Pi^INLEY B. PFAEF. As a representative of j( a well known pioneer family of Hamilton County, Mr. Tfaff has added lustre to the honored name he bears. His eminent abilities and accurate judgment are constantly displayed in the domain of jurisprudence, and he is recognized as one of the most prominent members of the No- blesville Bar. Throughout this section of the state he is regarded with the highest respect and confi- dence as a man of good judgment and unim- Ijeachable integrity, and the events of his life will, therefore, possess more than ordinary interest to our readers. On the 16th of February, 1855, the subject of this notice was born in Hamilton County, Ind. His fatlier, the late Dr. Jacob L. Pfaff, was born in North Carolina, and becauie a pioneer of Hamilton County, where he followed the profession of a physician, in Westfield. During the early period of the history of this county he was accustomed to travel many miles on horseback, over lonely roads and across unfrequented prairies, for the purpose of visiting his patients. He was regarded with confidence by all who knew him, and when, in 1857, he was called from earth, it was felt that a good man had been removed from the scenes of his usefulness. In politics a Whig, he was a strong Abolitionist, and at all times possessed the cour- age of his convictions. The Pfaff family origin- ally came from Wurtemberg, Germany. Tiie mother of our subject liore the maiden name of Jane Wall, and was a native of Hamil- ton County, of which her father, Gerritt Wall, was a pioneer and a prominent man in public af- fairs. Finley B. Pfaff attended the schools of Ham- ilton County in his boyhood, acquiring there the foundation of the broad knowledge he now pos- sesses. At the age of twenty-two, having re- solved to enter upon the profession of an attorney, he entered the office of Kane & Davis, prominent lawyers of Noblesville, under whose preceptorship he conducted his legal studies for a period of three years. In 1881 he was admitted to the Bar at No- blesville, where he has since conducted a general law practice. A prominent member of the Republican party, Mr. Pfaff takes an active part in local, state and national politics, and has served as delegate to various important conventions. From 1888 to 1892 he was Secretary of the County Central Committee. In every position to which he has been called he has been faithful to the trusts re- posed in hira. and has honored the office to which he was elected. Socially, he affiliates with Ber- nice Lodge No. 120, K. of P. The marriage of Mr. Pfaff occurred in Septem- ber, 1883, and united him with Miss Alice S. Al- len, of Richmond, Ind., daughter of John P.Allen, a prominent manxifacturer of that cit}'. Mrs. Pfaff is a direct descendant of the famous Daniel Boone, who was her mother's great-grandfather. She is also a niece of Prof. R. G. Boone, formerly of the State University of Indiana and a well known educator. Mr. and Mrs. Pfaff are devoted members of the Presbyterian Church at Nobles- PORTRAIT AND BIOORAPIIICAL RECORD. ville, and are generous conlii olent enterprises originated tion. i>is to the benev- tliat denomina- m>^r<^ ^^, LIVKR M. 150YD. the son of i)i.)iicci- sct- {|| ||] tiers of Indirnm, and a lilo-linie n'sidnit .,f ^\^' the state, lias for more than two-score j-ears been intimately associated witii the progressive interests of Washington Township, Hamilton County, wliciv h.' is well known and hii^hiy re- spected foi his business .■ittuiii rnents and steiiin^' integrity of character. Our subject is a thoroughly self-made man and, left an orphan at the early age of fifteen years, with resolute courage and un- llagging industry won his u|iw;ird way to assured success. His parents, Adam and Kiizabetli (Haw- kins) Boyd, were both natives of South Carolina, and the descendants of useful and highly respected ancestors. The maternal grandfather, Amos Hawkins, was also born in Soutli Carolina, and was a farmer by occupation, but tiie Koyds were of Scotch ances- liy. The mother, daughter of Amos and Eliza- Iteth Hawkins, w.as reared and educated in her na- tive state. She was a member <>( the Friends' Church, and a most worthy Christian woman. She bore her husband eight children, and pa.s'sed away at tifty-two years of age. One little one died in infancy; the surviving sons and daughters are Alexander H., .John ('.. Henry W., .lon.athan D., Martlia A. and Oliver AI. The father of our sub- ject received a good common education, and, a man of note, was universally esteemed. He combined the occupations of a carpentei-, mdl-wright and fanner, and was one of the lirst .lustii'cs of the Peace in Wayne County, lud. The first couple whom the father joined in wed- U)ck were colored people. His duties as Justice of tlie Peace were varied, and his decisions in court were ever given in accord with law and evidence, riie parents, together sharing privations, did not survive to reacli advanced age, the father dying when only forty years old. He had been politi- cally a Whig, and was a man of deep feeling and earnest convictions. Our subject, born in the lit- tle pioneer home in W.ayne County, Inti., on the death of ]i:iienlal cai'e and affection, and when only a young lad began life for himself. Willing to do anything his liands could find to do, the orphaned boy worked by the day, and, aside from cents, sometimes twenty-live and MHiictimes tliiity- seven and a-half cents. With courage, Mr. I'.oyd s.uiuht to lit himself for the battle of life by attcndini; the schools dnr- inii the winter months. an suniniei' lalioivd with renewed coura-e. He was linally able to teach, and for four terms had charge of a school. After a time, financially prospered, the young man, not yet out of his teens, resolved to have a home of lii> own. ami in IS|S Oliv.T ,M. P.oydand Aliss Mary Osborne were united in marriage. Th.' esti- mable wifeof oursubject is the daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Reynard) Osborne, both natives of North Carolin.a. Mrs. P>oyd received in her early youth good educational advantages, and is like- wise a devout member of the .Methodist lOpiseojial Church and a sincere and un.sellishChristian woman, liberally aiding the unfortunate. Nine sons and daughters gathered in the pleas- ant h.mie, and are in order of birth: Th as K., ,l,,hn W., Henry L.. Almira .M., .loel II.. Mary A., Oliver F., Elizabeth .1. and Walter A. Mr. Boyd came to Washington Township, Hamilton County, in 18.')1, and buying land in the dense timber, set- tled with his wife upon the farm, where they now reside. During these changing forty-two years, the homestead has been brought up to a high state of cultivation, and well improved with commodi- ous and substantial buildings, the eighty acres now annually yielding an abundant harvest and excel- lent income. Our subject is a member and tUass- leader of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in political affiliation is a strong Republican, deeply interested in local and national issues. Mr. I'.oyd recalls many experiences of pioneer life amid the wilderness of the early days, when deer, small game, bears and wolves roamed unre- strained through the woods and across the broad prairie. He and his brother Jonathan D. once 398 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. got lost in the thick woods of Hancock County, dining the year 1844, and, wandering aimlessly about, were finally chased b}' a big black bear. At last escaping, although sorely' I'lightened, they found their way iionie the next morning. Our subject, surviving the perils, sacrifices and priva- tions of the early days, now enjoys in the ap- proaching evening of liis life the comforts and luxuries denied iiim when a boy and can appreci- ate them fully, inasmuch as his worldly goods and present prosperity are the direct result of his per- sonal effort and excellent judgment. ^pp BRAIIAM RICHWINP:, who is now living IMOi a retired life near Noblesville, was born Ipl on the 26th of November, 1818, in Rock- 1^.1 ingliam County, Va. His father, Jacob Richwine, a native of Pennsylvania, was a slioe- maker by trade, but in later life followed farm- ing. In 1832 he emigrated with his family to Indiana and died in Wayne County at the age of sixty-two years. In politics he was a Democrat. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Mary Smith, was born in Maryland, and her parents were natives of Germany. She died on the old farm in Rockingham County, Va., at the age of fifty- four. The family numbered five children, two of whom are yet living. Abraham Richwine was reared in the usual manner of farmer lads and remained with iiis fa- ther until the latter's deatli. He chose as a com- panion and helpmate on life's journey Miss Eliza- beth Crim, their union being celebrated in 1845. She'was a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Copp) Crim, who were natives of Virginia and died in Wayne and Henry Counties, Ind., at the ages of sixty and seventy years respectively. Mrs. Rieii- wme was born in the Old Dominion, and died at her home in this county at the age of seventy- five years. Slie became tiie mother of four chil- dren, tiiree of whom are ^vet living: Mary, wlio is tlie widow of W. M. Essington and the mother of one daughter; Martha, at home; and George C, who is married, has three children, and resides in Noblesville. After his marriage, Mr. Richwine located in Wayne County, where lie lived for three years, and then came to Hamilton County. He purchased eight}- acres of land and took up his residence thereon, but afterward removed to a place near his present home, where he purchased two hundred and twenty acres of good land. To its cultiva- tion and development he devoted his energies, and as the result of his labors the farm yielded to biin a good income. About eight years ago he bought a country-seat near Noblesville, and has since oc- cupied his present residence. He is now prac- tically living retired, but still superintends his business interests. In early life Mr. Richwine was a Whig and cast his first Presidential vote for Gen. William Henry Harrison. At the organization of the Republican party he joined its ranks and has since fought under its banner. He attends the United Breth- ren Church, of which his wife was a member. He is a prominent citizen, whose upright life and sterling worth have gained for him high regard and won him the confidence and good-will of all witii whom business or social relations have brought liiin in contact. '^j^ixri^' RS. MARY DE HART, who resides on a farm in Noblesville Township, was born in .Shelby County, Ind., April 5, 1830, and is a daughter of Alfred and Mary (Gibbs) Phelps. Her father was born and reared in Salem, Mass., and came to Indiana on attaining his ma- jority. Here he entered land, and his children were all born in a little log cabin which he built and which was his first home in this community. Later he erected a fine frame residence, in which he made his home until his death, which occurred at the advanced age of eighty-six 3'ears. He was a Class-leader and minister of the Methodist Epis- copal Church. He was recognized as one of na- ture's noblemen, and throughout the community in wiiieh he lived w.as held in the highest regard PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 399 His wife, who was born in Ohio, passed away on j tlie old homestead at tlie age of seventy-eight. Mary Phelps was educated in the district schools, but though her advantages in youth were limited she is now a highly educated, cultured j and refined lady. The days of her maidenhood weie spent under the parental roof, and in Sep- tember, 1848, she l)ecame the wife of .John DcIIait, who was born in Butler County, Ohio, September 24, 1823. He was reared upon a farm until sev- | entecn years of age, and then with his widowed Muitlicr reinoM'd to Johnson County, Ind., where 111- livf(l until his marriage. He then went to Kdinluug and became railroad agent at that place, holding the position for fourteen years, a trusted and faithful employe. On the expiration of that jjcriod he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land and took up his residence on the farm which is now the home of his widow. He lived on this farm for thirty-two years. Five children, three sons and two daughters,were born to Mr. and Mrs. De Hart, and two sons and one daughter are yet living, namely: Milford L., who married Miss Lizzie Hutchins, by whom he has one son; Juliet, wife of E. N. Bales, by whom she has three children; and Otto L, a photographer of Nobles vi lie. Mr. Delhut built a handsome country residence about eighteen years ago and made of his farm one of the best in the neighborhood. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and w.as a progressive and public-spirited citizen, who manifested a commendable interest in everything l)ertaining to the general welfare. His death oc- curred on the home farm October 20. 1892. "God in His wisdom has recalled The boon His love had given ; And though the body slumbers here, The soul is safe in Heaven." Mr. De Hart possessed many excellencies of char- acter. He was upright and honorable in all things and had the entire confidence of the community, lie is not only sadly missed in the home circle, hut the loss is mourned by a large circle of warm friends and acquaintances. Mrs. De Hart is also a member of the Metliodist Episcoi)al Chuioli. She expects soon to leave the farm and remove to Noblesville. The family is one of prominence in the eommunity, and its members are leaders in business and social circles. Their names well deserve a jilace on the pages of Hamilton Couiitv. \I/,-^ ENRY J. liUoNNENBEKG. Among the jljij men wlio have devoted their energies to ijW^ the occupation of agriculture, prominent (^}} mention belongs to the gentleman whose name introduces this brief life sketch. A repre- sentative of a well known and honored pioneer family, his successful life throws an added lustre upon the name he bears. Now in the prime of his Useful exislciu'c, he lias acliicvcd a success wliicli does not always reward the efforts of those far older than he. Thoroughly ellicient in every department of farm work, he has made of his chosen occupation a science, and tlirough tlie proper rotation of crops and fertilization of the soil has been enabled to secure the very greatest results from every acre of the property. The ancestry and parentage of our subject are given in the biographical sketch of Micliael Bi'onnenherg, which appears clsewheie in this volume. A native of Madison County. Ind., he was born June 29, 1849, and passed his childhood years in his father's home, becoming at an early age familiar with the details of farm work. In the eoninion schools of the district he received the rudiments of his education, and the knowledge he there obtained has been subseepientlv extended through observation and experience. Having be- come familiar m youth with agriculture, it was natural that upon choosing an oecu|iation he de- cided to enter upon the career of a farmer. Mr. Bronnenberg remained in the parental home and aided his father in clearing and im- proving the farm until his marriage. This im- portant event took place on the 9th of M.ay, 1871, and united him with Miss Augusta Wolf, a native of Indiana. Nine children have been born of the union, .as follows: Harry \'., Thurlow W., Herman, .lesse K.. Ernest. Lillian, lieba, Mildred 400 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. and Lawrence. Upon commencing in business for himself, Mr. Bronnenberg received eighty acres from liis father and $4,000 in cash, and from that beginning he lias worked his wa3' to prosperity and success, being at the present time the owner of two hundred and thirty-two acres of highly cultivated hmd. While Mv. Uronnenberg is not actively con- nected with the political affairs of his community, he takes an intelligent interest in both local and national issues, and favors the principles advo- cated by the Republican party, giving his support to the candidates of that political organization. In social and business circles he is highly re- garded by all with whom he has been brought in contact, and his friends are as numerous as his ac- quaintances. AVID W. KINZER, who is engaged in general merchandising in Carmel. was (Q^^ born a mile east of this village, in Dela- ware Township, in 1835. His grand- father, ,Iohn Kinzer, emigrated to Ohio in quite an early day, locating in Clinton County, and became an extensive farmer. He wedded Mary Deerdoff, and their children were .Jacob, David, John; Sarah, wife of John Bailey, and Margaret, wife of David Ockerman. The grandfather died about 184,5, and his wife died about 1«68, when nearly one hundred years of age. They were members of the Dunkard Church. John Kinzer, Jr., father of our subject, was born in 1804, educated in the district schools, and in 1828 came to Hamilton County, where he worked as a farm hand for two years, when he en- tered land from the Government. In 1830 ho married Ruth, daughter of William and Mary (Moffit) Wilkinson. He always followed farming and accumulated about eight hundred and eighty acres of land. His death occurred when about fifty years of age. He voted with the Whig part_y. The children of the Kinzer family are William; Mary, wife of Sylvanus Carey; David. Jacob, Levi; Sarah A., wife of Lewis Metsker; and Ira John. The mother of this family was born in Randolph County, Ind., and her parents were natives of Ire- land and England, respectively. They came to America when young, working their passage on the vessel. Mr. Kinzer of this sketch was educated in the district schools, and remained with his mother until he had reached manhood. He then received eighty acres from his father's estate and began farming. At the age of twenty-three, he was united in marriage with Miss Miriam Phelps, daughter of Eli and Lottie (Carey) Phelps. She was born in Delaware Township, and her parents were natives of Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Kinzer have two children, Willie A. and Jessie E., who were students in the high school of Carmel, while the former attended the business college of Danville. For eleven years after his marriage, Mr. Kinzer engaged in farming, and then went to Westfleld, where he carried on a drug store for a year. On coming to Carmel, he had a drug store for a year, and then embarked in general merchandis- ing. For a few years he was in partnership, after which he purchased his partner's interest, and has since been alone. He occupies a store room 22x40 feet, and carries a stock worth about 12,000. From the beginning his trade has constantly in- creased, and he is now doing a good business. In connection with his store he owns one hundred and sixty acres of fine farming land in Delaware Townsliip. In politics, he is a supporter of the Prohibition party. jlL ON. WILLIAM C. FLEMING is one of |r jil the oldest surviving pif)neers of Madison ^Vj^ County. He is a native of Virginia, hav- (^, ing been born at Fairmont, that state, on the 18th of January, 1825, of which place his father was also a native. The grandfather, Booz Fleming, was born in Delaware, and served in the Revolutionary War from 1778 until its close; his parents came from the North of Ireland and were PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. of Scotcli-Irisb descent. They settled in Delaware before the Revolutionary AVar. . In 177'.) llic j;randfather located and laid out the town of Fair- mont, Monongahela Count}', now Marion County, W. Va. Brooks Fleming, the late Governor of A'irginia, belonged to the same family. The grand- father died in l.S.iO. The father was reared a fanner, and ciinic In Indiana in 1881. It was a nieniorablu tri|), full of hardships. Building a llatboat, it was Inuiii'hed in the Monongahela River and floated dnwn llic Oliio River to Boone County, Ky., opposite Rising Sun, Ind., where his wife's father lived. From there they traveled in wagons hauled by oxen to Middlctown, Henry County, where one hundred and sixty acres of land weie purchased, and on which he resided until 18;i(). when he bought three hundred and twenty .icrcs in the northeast corner of Adams Township, Madison County, which he cleared and improved. In 1858 he sold his property and removed to Rich- ardson County, Neb., where he resided until 1866, when he returned to Indiana and resided on a farm in Lafayette Township, Madison County, for many years. He died at the home of a daughter in Henry County, at the age of eighty-seven years. He was born Mavch 7, 1796, and while in Virginia. as well as Indiana, was a captain of militia. He was a member of the Presbyterian Chuich. Mr. Fleming's mother was Sarah Fox, who was born in Loudoun County, \'a. She was the daughter of Amos Fox, who was a First Sergeant in the War of 1812. From F'airmont, Va., he came down the Ohio River to Boone County, Ky., and from there to Henry County, Ind., where he died. The mother died at Mr. Fleming's home at the age of eighty-three years. She was born in 180 Land w.a» the mother of fourteen children. William C. Fleming remained in \irginia until six years of ago. He came from the picturesque val- ley of the Monongahela with his parents, down the river in a boat and across the country in a wagon. In 1836 he located in Madison County. He had learned to read and spell in Virginia and attended the common schools, which in Indiana in those days were held in log houses which were furnished with log benches to sit on, and later attended the County Seminary at New Castle. At the age of 401 I twenty Mr. Fleming taught four- or live terms of three-months school in the piimitive country school houses. In l.s.")ii he was the Democratic candidate to the convention to revise the State Constitution, but was defeated; and in 1852 was elected as a member of the Legislature of Indiana. At the age o^ twenty-six he engaged in merchan- dising at Chesterfield, which he continued until I 1851, when he returned to the Adams Township farm, and resumed farming for fom uais, when he removed to Richardson County, Neb. lie pre- empted one hundred and sixty acres of land, and subsequently bought twenty acres more. He erected a farm house of cotton wood. In 1858 he was elected on the Democratic lirkct to the Legis- lature, polling a larger vote tli:iii any other man on the ticket. He was a candidate for Speaker of the House, but was defeated by Bennett, Repub- lican, by only three votes. Two Democratic mem- bers were absent, and two Whigs did not vote, else the result would have been different. About the middle of the session Bennett was called to Nebraska City, and Mr. Fleming was elected Speaker, pro to».. and served as such the remainder of the session. At this time Ihrrc existed great rivalry between the si'clions (if the territory di- vided by the Platte River, .•ind this culniiiiated in breaking up the pi>eceding .-(•>>ioii. In I.SGO Mr. Fleming was a candidate for mfuilicr of the Terri- torial Council, but he was counted out by throw- ing out two precincts in the Indian Reservation. Had they been counted his majority would have been fift^'-five. While in the Legislature he intro- duced the bill which chartered the first raili(jad in Nebraska. In 1861 Mr. Fleming returned to Indiana and located in Union Township, Madison County, where he engaged in the grain business, at Ches- terfield, until 1865, when he Vas appointed Clerk of the Court. In the same year he was nominated by the Democrats for that office, was elected and performed the duties until vl870. He was re-nom- inated, but declined. He exchanged a farm for the Moss Island Mills near Anderson, which he operated for a time, and then removed to one of his farms in Fall Creek Township. In 1888 he returned to Anderson and was a|)p(>int('d to the 402 POETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. office of Justice of the Peace. In 1890 he was continued in office by election. Mr. Fleming is peculiarly fitter! for the office, having read law under Judge Kilgore, of Delaware County. He was admitted to the Bar at Omaha, and obtained much practical knowledge while Clerk of the Courts. He has always been a Democrat, and has taken an active part in politics. He has been Cliairman of the County Committee, a member at different times, and frequently a delegate to county and state conventions. He was also a delegate to the New York Convention that nominated Sey- mour and Blair. Mr. Fleming was married in Madison County in 1855 to Miss Catharine Thumma, who was born in Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Chris- topher Tliumma, a Madison County farmer. She died January 1 1 , 1892. They had three children, all residents of Anderson : A. Willard, deputy assessor of Anderson Township; Ida M., wife of Dr. Bal- lenger; and John C, a printer. Mr. Fleming is a Past Master of the Free & Accepted Masons, and Past High Priest of the Royal Arch Masons. He has always been a prom- inent factoi- in the affairs of Anderson, and has lived to see it grow from a struggling village of a hundred to a bustling city of twenty-five tliousand people. ^^*HOMAS HIDAY, who follows farming on //!^s\ section 4, Green Township, Madison Coun- \^J ty, was born on the farm which is still his home November 28, 1829. His grandfather, John J. Hiday, was born in Germany and settled in Franklin County, Ind., when the state was yet a territory. About? 1818 he came to Madison County and located on the old homestead. He served as a ranger in the War of 1812. His fam- ily numbered one son and three daughters: Henry, Catherine, Susan and Polly. Henry Hida}', father of our subject, was born in Kentucky in 1797, and with his father came to the Hoosier State. He cut and blazed a road to the farm and liere entered eighty acres of raw land, which he transformed into a very produc- tive and valuable tract. When the land came into market he purchased an additional eighty acres and soon had a good home. He was united in marriage with Mary Winn, and they had five sons and four daughters, their sons being Jacob, John, Thomas, Joseph and Archibald. All served for three years or more in the array, the first three in the Twelfth Indiana, Joseph in tlie Thirty-sec- ond Iowa, and Archibald in the Eleventh Indiana Infantry. All were married and reared families. The daughters were Nancy, Margaret, Betsy J. and Jlaiy L. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Iliday married Polly Burdett. He was a strong Whig and afterward a Republican. At the age of seventy-six he was called to his final rest. Our subject has always resided upon the old homestead, of which he now owns one iiundred and forty-six acres. It is improved with a good brick residence and all the accessories of a model farm, and the owner ranks among the leading ag- riculturists of the community. His education was acquired in the [)rimitive log schoolhouse. In August, 1862, he joined the boys in blue of Com- pany G, Twelfth Indiana Infantrj^ and partici- pated in tw^enty-two engagements, including the battles of Richmond, Vicksburg, Jackson, Mission Ridge, Resaca, Peach Tree Creek, Buzzard's Ruost, Ringgold, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Savannah. Dallas and Bentonville. He was with his regiment in every engagement and was always found at his post of duty faithfully defending the Old Flag. He several times refused promo- tion, being content to serve as a private. While in front of Atl.anta, he remarked to his Colonel one day that he did not come south to stay in the trenches, but to shoot rebels, and was given permis- sion by his officer to leave the trenches, a privi- lege allowed no others. He was with Sherman in the famous march to the sea, and also took part in the Grand Review at Washington in June, 1865, his regiment leading. In 1850 Mr. Ilid.-^y was united in marriage with Sarah J., daughter of John and Jane (Passles) Doty. Their union has been blessed with two children: Charles, and Angeline, wife of John Cottrell. The family is one of prominence in the &\n g #. i ! ■^ / V ¥ RESIDENCE OF THOMAS H 1 DAY , 5EC. 4., GREEN TP,tvlADI30N CO.JND ^h^ 11 c^^ NORTH 5UMM1TV1LLE (IND^TILEYVORKS- 5 . C. COWGl LL,PROPR. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. community, and its members ranli liigli in social circles. Since iiis return from tiie war, Mr. Huiay has devoted himself untirinj^ly lo his farm labors. Ill politics lie is a stalwart Republican. Socially' he is a inemlK'r of the Masonic fraternity and the (Irand Ariiiv of the Reiiulilic. •^ =-.f^|i#.i.:^ ■#> OLOMON PKRRY. rty owners and ig the large prop- ;e and respected \/_j'! citizens of Alexandria there is none who ~' is more prominent than he whose name heads this sketch. He was born in Monroe Town- ship, of the county in which lie now resides, October '.I. ls:!ll, his father, Allan Perry, hav- ing been born in the Old North Slate in 1790, and was a paiticipaiit in the War of 1,S12. lie ua,- one of a large family, the members of which moved to different portions of the country, w in many states Allan Perry, upon ) Ohio and then to I «:!(!, lo Madison I on which the sub- aiid their descendants ai and territories of the l"ni leaving his native state, w .Milb.ii, Ind., and later. County and ■settle.] on tin jcct of this sketch was bt)rn three years later, and where the father died in 1860. On this farm, which is now a part of Alexandria, the father suc- cessfully followed the plow, and at the time of his death lefta goodly estate. His wife was Elizabeth Griffin, a Virginia lady, whose parents were both born in Ireland, and upon coming to this country settled in the Old Dominion. In an early day the father entered land in that stale and became a well-to-do farmer. His wife died in 18G8, at the age of seventy-six years, and up to the d.ay of her death she possessed a remarkable memory; she could tell the date of birth of each of her large family of children and about fifty grandchildren, and could tell the date of the death of those who had "gone before." In fact.it is said that she could give the date of the birth of all her neigh- bors' children as well. Solomon Perry was the youngest of eight sons and two daughters, eight of whom are still living. His eldest brother, Andrew, went to Mi.ssouri a quarter of a century ago and is William was a farmer all his lif age of seventy years; San famous "Forty-niners" ilia California, and there diecl; Amos is an old bach- elor, is well to do and is a resident of Alexandria; Allan is a miller of Indianapolis; Morris went to Missouri many years ago, became a .ludge and eventually one of the wealthiest farmers of the state; Daniel was a blacksmith, and died in Alex- andria in 1878; Elizabeth married James Vinson, a farmer, and is now a widow residing in Alexan- dria; Ruth Ann ni.irrieil I leiiiy ( leary, and after his death married .lohn Smitson, her present and third husband being Frank .Sigler, of Franklin, Ind. Solomon Perry spent his early days on his father's farm, and was given the advantages of the common pioneer schools of his day. At the age of eigh- teen he began learning the caipentcr's trade, and after becoming proficient followed this occupa- tion for about a quarter of a century, and for some time operated a planing mill on his farm, three miles from Alexandria. For about .seven years thereafter be was in the hardware business in Alexandria, but sold out in 1891. Besides this, he was connected with many other enterprises of the city, and when the town began to boom it made him a rich man. He built and owns the Temple Hotel and brick buildings adjoining it on Washington Street; he built and owns the brick block on Harrison Street, and aside from this has several small houses in the south part of the town and a good deal of vacant propert3', his rents alone bringing him in from .^300 to I^-IOO per month. In 18(J2 Mr. Perry was man led lo Jliss Sarah Elizabeth Free, who was born in Anderson, Ind.. and came to Alexandria with liei' parents when twelve years of age. Of ten children born to them, seven are now living. Nora married Harmon Mar- cle, who is in the livery business at Frankton, Ind.; Randolph died in infancy; William is married and resides in Alexandria; Melville died at the age of seventeen years; Emeline still makes her home with her parents; the others are Daisy D., Ed- ward, Clyde (who died when four years and a half old), Solomon, .Jr., and Ethel. All the members of 406 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. the Perry family have been Democrats, and he has ever pinned his faith to that party, by which he was at one time elected a Justice of tiie Peace of his township, but he has never desired or accepted any other official position, his large business in- terests completely occupying his time and atten- tion to the exclusion of all others. In 1862 he Ijec.ime a member ol the Masonic fraternity, and has held various positions in his lodge. He has been a member of tlie Christian Church since he was seventeen years old, and he has ever been an active worker in the church and Sunday- school, as he has also been in the cause of temper- ance, in which he is a devout believer. Of late years he has given much thought and time to the study of spiritual life, and has some original and intelligent ideas on the subject. Mr. Perry has passed a useful life, and the high position he holds in the estimation of all who know him is well deserved. He is one of the prominent men of Alexandria, and his social ciiaraeter and pleas- ant ways predispose every one in his f.ivor, and make him a man among men. "T^ OBERT W. McFARLAND, an enterprising lU/ citizen and practical general agriculturist IK'^ and stock-raiser of Anderson Township, ^j Madison County, Ind., is numbered among the worthy [lioneers of the state, and arriving in Indiana in the early days, has actively partici- pated in the changing scenes of the last half-cen- tury. Sharing in tlie privations and sacrifices of long ago, he has lived to witness the wonderful progress and unvarying prosperity of to-day. Our subject, a native of East Tennessee, was born in Greene County, February 9, 1827. His par- ents, James and Cecelia (Mitchell) McFarland, were old-time and highly respected residents of Tennessee. The father and mother were natives of Virginia, and descendants of a line of upright and honored ancestors, energetic and industrious. Tlie paternal ancestors, of Scotch-Irish descent,have given to America some of iier most useful sons and daugliters, the McFarlands being known from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast as bright, intelli- gent and sturdy citizens, winning their upward way to positions of useful influence. James H. McFarland, the father, in about 1835, in company with his wife and family, emigrated from Tennes- see to the state of Indiana, and for a short time located in Rush County. The McFarlands finally made tlieir permanent home in Madison County, about three miles west of Alexandria, where the father, purchasing from the Government one hundred and sixty acres of land at $1.25 per acre, immediately settled upon the same. The new homestead was in the dense woods, and at night the howling of the wolves was disagreeably near. Undismayed, the father built a log cabin, and for three years devoted himself to the clearing of the land. At the ex- piration of this time, the wife and mother sick- ened and died, leaving to her husband's care eight motherless sons. Having now to look after his household in addition to his other cares, the fatlier proceeded more slowly and sadly with the improvement of the old farm. Of the brothers who gathered in the home, the following are yet living: James M., Robert W., Harvey F. and Har- rison C. In the latter years of the father's life he removed to Page County, Iowa, where at a good old age he passed away, mourned by many friends. Our subject was reared to man's estate in Madison County, and enjoyed the benefit of in- struction in the public schools of his home local- ity. At seventeen years of age, apprenticed to learn the harness and saddlery trade with George Millspaugh, he served faithfully four years, and subsequently worked for Mr. Millspaugh two years as journeyman, receiving as wages 1200 per year, and board. Later Mr. McFarland was re- ceived into partnership by Mr. Millspaugh, an ar- rangement which endured some length of time. Finally our subject became sole proiuietor of the profitable business, and ran it entirely upon his own account for a number of years. Mr. McFarland, in time deciding to engage in the pursuit of agriculture, resigned the active du- ties of his trade. He owns one hundred and nine- 1 ty-seven acres of valuable land, undei a higii state PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPmCAL RECORD. 407 of cultivation, and well improved with excellent ;ii;d commodious buildings. Upon October 6, l.s,')0, Robert W. McFarland and Miss Marietta I'liillips were united in marriage. The estimable wife of (lur sul)ject was a native of Kentucky and ■A l;ul\ III' worth and intelligence; eight children lilessed the union: Lydia A., wife of Albert Harri- son; Frances, wife of F. M. Morrison; Nancy A., wife of .Tesse Free; James il.; Marietta, wife of Ahmzo Slan-; Robert M.; Sarah, wife (,f William Slarr; and llanison M. A eonslanf n'Mileiit of Ills present locality throughout tlic^c changing years, Mr. McFarland has materially aidiMJ in the upward i)rogress of tlie county, .•uid is widely known as a public-spirited citizen of sterling integ- lity of character. A strong Democrat and an cainest advocate of the party of the people, he is intelligently posted in matters of mutual welfare, and is ever ready to do his share in local improve- fcE^^ J'OIIN P. CONDO, an enterprising pioneer j business man of Madison Couuly, Ind., I and an honored citizen of Alexandria, ' owning large property interests within the corporate limits, has long been identified with the progressof the state. Arriving thii-ty-seven years ago in Alexandria, then a small country village, our subject, a young man full of hope and am- bition, embarked in the furniture and cabinet- making business, and, continuously devoting him- self to the demands of a large and rapidly increasing trade, to-day conducts the oldest and largest furniture house in Madison County. The career of jNIr. Condo, a veteran of the late Civil War, has been distinguished by loyally tn his have made his word as good as his bond. Our sub- ject, a native of Aaronsburgh, Centre County. Pa., w.as born April 26, 1830. His father, Joseph Condo, likewise a native of Pennsylvania, was born in York County in l.so:!. The paternal grandfather, .hu-oli Condo. liorn m the same state and county, was the son of an liislimaii, who in very early life emigrated to the United Stales, locating in Pennsylvania, and gave to the old Quaker State a line of descendants, true and patri- otic citizens and brave defenders of the Hag of ourCnion. This Irish foivfather n.airie.l a lady from Holland, \vho>e family were tillei> of the soil and all in comfortable circumstances. In re- ligious belief they were Lutherans, politically old- line Democrats, and reared up to usefulness nine children, seven sons and two daughters. The eldest lirolln'r of the father, John Condo, located in Wayne County, Ind. His son John had two sons who were preachers. One went to Missouri and was killed in a cyclone. The other, Samuel by name, was a minister of Toledo, Ohio. Byron, the son of .lohn Condo, was a professoi of music, and journeyed to Italy to complete his studies. The second brother of the father, Daniel, was a farmei', who lived and died in Penn.sylvania. The third bi-other wa> a >ucce,->ful farmer of Lima, Ohio. ,Iacob lived in Ohio; Nicholas passed away in Pennsylvania, his lifetime home; Samuel was a blacksmith and remained until his death in the (Quaker State. The two sisters married, and later dieiie(l by "Haw Patch," and which bids fair to be a horse of more than ordinary speed. Among his other colts may be mentioned "Oak- wood," a two-year-old colt, sired by "Leckwood," "American .Star." He owns a yearling filly, "Nancy Wood," sired by"Leckwood" which already proves the possession of great speed and endurance. All of the horses owned by Mr. Oursler wonderful powers of endurance and srood speed, and his stud is one of the lliiest in the country. Although not actively connected with the pub- lic affairs of the city, Mr. Oursler never fails to deposit a straight Republican vote at every elec- tion. Socially he affiliates with Nol)lesville r.odge. I. 0.0. F. In the winter of 1802 he mar- ried Miss Fannie .1.. daughter of J. G. and Percilia McMahan, of Hamilton County, Ind., and they are the parents of two sons, Frank I), and A'oss ii. ■ ILLIAM H. BEAUCHAMP, a prominent citizen and life-time resident of Indiana, has long been identified with the various interests of Washington Township, Hamilton County, and is well known as a self-made man of business ability and enterprise. A little more than a half-century ago, in a pioneer home in Wayne County, upon December 28, 1840, was born our subject, the son and grandson of very early set- tlers of the state. His parents, .Tesse and Nancy (Dickover) Beauchamp, were widely known and highly respected, and tog(!ther shared the struggles and trials incident to life in a comparatively new country. Jesse Beauchamp, however, was inured to hardships and privations by many years of pioneer experience. Born in the state of South Carolina, the father was only two years of age when with his ))arents he took the long journey from his birthplace to far off Indiana. The i)aternal grandfather, a native of sunny France, was a man of resolution and great personal courage. He was likewise ambi- tious, and when only a lad decided to make his fu- ture home in America. Safely crossing the ocean he reached his longed for destination and located in South Carolina, where he remained for some length of time. It was in 1814 that Grandfather and Grandmother Beauchamp, with their family, traveled by team to Indiana, then literally a wilder- ness inhabited only by Indians and wild animals, which roamed at their ])lejisure through the woods- and across the broad prairies. Settling in AVayne County, the grandfather en PORTRAIT A:ND biographical RECORD. tered with zeal into tlie adventures and everyday toil common to those days, and sturdily cleared, cultivated and improved a farm witli rude log buildings. He was a vigorous man, of wonderful physical endurance. He died in middle life. .Jesse remained with his parents until about 1 twentj'-eight j'ears old. He received instruction in the common branches of study in the little subscription school of the neighborhood, and, a great reader and close observer, constantly added to his fund of information. Trained from his youth into a practical knowledge of agriculture he worked out by the day upon adjacent farms for a number of years, at the same time rendering an}' needed assistance in the care of the old homestead. In tlie early part of 1839 Jesse Beaucliamp wedded Miss Nancy Dickover, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Dickover. The home of the par- ents was blessed with seven children, all of whom lived to adult age and were in the order of their birth, William H., Ira W., Mary J., Lovina A., Lydia E., Louisa E. and Levi E. The mother of these brothers and sisters, still living and seventy- three years of age, is in excellent health, mind and body. She is a valued member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, beloved b}' all who know her. The father, after or about the time of his mar- riage, entered one hundred and sixty acres of land in Washington Township and cleared and tilled the fertile soil of the old farm, on which our sub- ject resides, until within a year of his demise. Father Beauchamp was a man of note, popular with his friends and neighbors, and for many years served with great acceptability to the gen- eral public as Justice of the Peace. He was a highly esteemed member of the Wesleyan Method- ist Church and was a liberal giver to the poor and needy. Politically in early life a Whig, he was later a Republican and devoted to the inter- ests of his party. He died upon the 8th of Au- gust, 1893, aged eighty years and seven months, surviving to witness the wonderful growth and progress of Indiana, his constant home for almost seventy-nine changing years. Our subject re- maining with his parents until twenty years of age, received an excellent education for those days and could, if he had desired, have taught school, but preferred to devote his time to agricultural pursuits. In the year 18C0, William II. Beauchamp was united in marriage with Miss Lydia Roberts, daughter of John and Sarah (Bottleman) Roberts. The Robertses were descendants of English ances- try, but the Bottlemans were originally from Ger- many. Unto the union of our subject and his ac- complished wife have been born five children: Florence A., married ; Etta J.; Charles W., deceased ; Frank D. and Lawrence O. Mrs. Beauchamp is a devout member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church and active in good works. Mr. Beauchamp is not connected with any denomination, but is politi- cally a strong Republican, taking a deep interest in all matters of local and national welfare. When beginning life for himself our subject re- ceived from his father forty acres of land, to which he added from time to time and now owns one hundred and seven acres, highly cul- tivated and well improved with attractive and commodious buildings. Always a hard working man, industriously winning his way upward, Mr. Beauchamp has been distinguished by the broad intelligence and liberal spirit as a man and citizen, which have endeared him to many friends and gained him universal esteem. \fS*s AVID CONRAD, a prosperous farmer of Mad- County, and the owner of one hundred and fourteen acres in Stony Creek Town- ship, was born in Huntington County, N. J., De- cember 19, 1829. His father, Charles, was born in eastern Pennsylvania in 1803, and was reared in a small town, where his father followed the trade of a moulder, and afterward engaged in agricultural pursuits. In his youth he received a common school education, and after starting out in active life for himself, saved his earnings and with these and his household effects, crossed the mountains to Ohio, locating in Clermont County. The jour- ney was made in wagons, which contained the fam- ily, as well as provisions, bedding and other nee- PORTEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. their long ovoii.iiul trip. The e momitnins was iiindc on the Piku, running from Indiana to 411 <]., and W: It was during llie year 1833 that settlement was made in Clermont County, hut after a short sojourn there tlie family removed to Warren CouMly, t^'ii iiuh's friim I.elianiin. In September, 1S:!'.», they (ince more took up their westward jour- ney, and, eoming to Indiana, purchased one hun- dred and sixty acres of wholly unimproved land in Madison County. In 1845 the father returned and soon afterwarf trust and respdiisiliility. For many years lie tilled the pcisitioii of Trustee of Lafayette Township, in which he served with elliciency and fidelity to tlie interests of his fellow-citizens. He also filled the position of County Commissioner for three years, and has occu|)icd other posts of honor. Mr. .lones at one lime owned li\e liundred and sixty-five acres, l>ut has conveyed to his chil- dren all Init two hundred and eighteen acres. -^^+^^ ^REMILIUS BEESON. It (^;\ gratification that tiie hio: ith [icere ""Its ^^^' the history of a brave pioneer who has as- sisted in transforming the wilderness into the beautiful and prosperous state which Indiana is to- day. Thomas Beeson, the father of our, subject, was one of the large number of men of sterling worth wlio in ISU!, came from the east or south- east to Indiana prior to its assuming the dignity of a state, and who by their wisdom, enterprise and energy, developed its wonderful natural re- sources, until to-d.a.v it ranks with the proudest slates of the Union. These brave men cauie to Indiana willi nothing to aid them in their conquest of tlie wilderness gave courageous hearts and strong, willing hands. They gloriously conquered, however, and to them is due all honor for the labors so nobly performed and for the solid and sure foundation which they laid of a great commonwealth. Thomas Beeson was born in Guilford County, N. C, and remained there until 1816, when he made his way to the lloosier State, and settled in tlie wilds of Wayne County. He followed agrieultural pursuits, and after residing there for six years, bought one hun- dred and sixtj' acres, for which he paid 1360. Twelve acres of this tr.act were cultivated. He was verj' successful in his chosen occupation, and in the course of time became the owner of nine hundred acres. In politics he supiiorted the prineii)les of 20 the Democratic party. He passed away in 1882, when seventy-live years of age. He married Miss Emie Starbeck, a native of Guilford County, N. C, who died in 1887. Benjamin Beeson, grand- father of our subject, was a native of the Old ^'orlll Stale and of Irish descent. Reuben Star- beck, the maternal grandfather of our subject, was also tiorn in North Carolina. Of the ten children born to his parents, three of wnoin are now iivmii. oiir siuijeci wa> loiuiii in order of birth, lie lirst saw the li.nht of day in Wayne County, Ind., October 12, 1822, and his early life was ^)assed amid the rude surioundings of pioneer life. His scholastic training was re- ceived ill the siiliscription schools of those d.ays, the log schoolhon^r which lie attended being two miles from his home. Tntil twenty-eight years of age he remained with his parents and then com- menced farming for himself. On the 20th of De- cember. 1818, he married Miss Katherine, daughter of William Frundrau, who was a native of the Keystone State but removed to AVayne County, Ind., at an early date. After Ins marriage our subject brought his bride to Madison County, Ind. This was on the loth of January, 18-19, and they .settled in I'ipe Creek Township, on the farm of one hundred and eighty acres that he now owns. The original purchase was only one hundred and tweiit}' acres, however, and for this he paid x7..")0 per acre. This was nearly all heavy timber with but few improve- ments, but after many years of industry and perse- verance they saw the heavy forest gradually change into fertile fields and the log cabin and other primitive structures into commodious buildings. All his life thus far h.as been passed in tilling the soil, aixl he h.is prospered and made money. Until the 30th of May, 1888, Mr. Bee.son made his home on this farm, but at that date he purchased a com- fortable residence in the town of Fiankton, where he has resided since, practically retiicd from farm duties. Mr. and Mrs. Bee.son lia\e no children of their own, but have been foster-parents to seven, as fol- lows: Malinda Haskett, now Mrs. Fallow; Henry Ferguson, residing at Elwood: .lane lY'iguson, now ]SIrs'. Wright, of Hamilton County; Matilda Alice PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Bennerfield, whose death occurred at the age of Iwentj'-five; Nora Kauffman, living at home; Ed Fundrau, residing at Frankton; and Joseph Has- liett, now of liie stale of Ohio. Mr. Beeson has been guardian of several children and executor of a number of estates. He votes the Democratic ticket and is a man of generous impulses, giving freely of his means to all worthy enterprises. He has a host of warm personal friends and is a most wortiiv citizen. ps^ AMUEL CAvSSELL. There are favorable ^^^ opportunities in men's lives which, if taken (ll^Jl) advantage of, will take them far along the road 'toward the consummation of their ideals, and, too, there are those who have a strange intuition of that time and avail themselves of it. But never does this mysterious aid come to those without ambition and fixed purpose. Determined effort invites success. Included in the narrow cir- cle of men who have fought the battle successfully is Samuel Cassell, who is the proprietor of Cassell Park and Fairview Addition to Alexandria. He was born in Fayette County, Ind., August 22, 1829, his parents, Jacob and Eleanor (Allen) Cas- sell, having both been born in Tennessee. His pa- ternal grandparents were both native Germans and came to this country about 1800. Here they spent the rest of their days, being for many years connected with the Ciiristian Church. They lived for some time in Tennessee, and in 1827 came with their family to Rush County, Ind., where they became prominently connected with the agricultural interests. The grandfather died in Rush County at the age of seventy-five years. He was the only one of his family to come to America, therefore but little is known of his ancestors. Jacob Cassell was the fourth child in his fa- ther's family. Mary married, lived and died in Tennessee; Susan married a Mr. Carter, moved to Iowa and died there; Peter settled on Pike Creek near Alexandria, in Madison County, Ind., became quite wealthy and died there; Jennie married Beniamin Walker, and settled on a farm between Alexandria and Anderson, but died in Anderson; Thena married a Mr. Hale, and went to Iowa, where she died; Barbara married John Chitwood, moved to Wisconsin and there died; Malinda married John Turner, of Rush County, went to Missouri and there spent the rest of her days; John lived for a time on the old homestead in Rush County, then sold it and went to Iowa and later to Cali- fornia, where he was lost sight of; another sister, Sarah, married a man by the name of Holt, in Rush County, and died there. Jacob Cassell was married in Tennessee to Miss Eleanor Allen, the daughter of Samuel Allen, who was an Irishman by birth and who married an English lady. They died in Tennessee. Besides Mrs. Cassell they, had four sons: Andrew, John, William and Jackson, Soon after Mr. Cassell 's marriage thej' started on horseback with all their earthly possessions for In- diana and for a time resided in Fayette County, but afterwards went to Rush County, and in 1834 went to Madison County and in the vicinity of Alexan- dria they accumulated quite a fortune. In 1871 Mr. Cassell sold his four hundred acre farm and moved to Vincennes, Ind., where he ac(iuired a large property, and there he died in 1884, leaving a fortune of $50,000. His widow survived him until 1891, dying at the age of eighty-three years. Samuel Cassell was one of the six children in the parental family. James C, born in Februaiv, 1828, was a man of good education; he taught school for twenty years, and was a prosperous farm- er one mile south of Alexandria, where he died in 1871. His three sons are now in the drug busi- ness in Anderson. Elizabeth J. married Lewis Hinchman, a son of one of the early pioneers of Madison County; she was left a widow in Vin- cennes and afterwards married Oliver Cadwalder, and died in that city; Oliver II. P. lived in Madison County until 1870, then went to Vincennes and died a wealthy man. Saloma E. married Robert Langsdale and died in Vincennes. J. W. had quite a remarkable career. He was a graduate of the College of Pittsburgh, Pa., of the In- diana State University, and for many years there- after he was a teacher and one of Indiana's most noted scholars. He saved a snug sura of money out of his earnings as a teacher and later went PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. into the wholesale grocery business in Vincennes. He is now the proprietor of one of the largest establishments in the state and in this and in real- estate speculations he has made a fortune, owning largo tracts of land in the heart of tiie great phos- phate fields of Florida, as well as extensive orange groves in tliat state, his fortune being estimated to amount to from §5,000,000 to * 10,000,000. Samuel Cassell was about five years old when hi.s parents came to the vicinity of Alexandria and there he grew up on a farm, receiving but the common education which seemed to be the lot of the ordinary pioneer farmer's boy. He .seemed a natural mechanic, and picked up the trade of a car- penter, at which lie worked for some years. He bought his first piece of land three miles soutii- east of Alexandria in 1851, which he afterwards sold, and bought the farm adjoining the little vil- lage of Alexandria, uhichhe laid out in three ad- ditions to the town. The first he called Samuel Cassell Addition, all of which he sold off, then put the balance on the market and called it Ciis- sell's Park Addition, retaining a tract on which he eventually intends to erect a college or some edu- cational institution lo be dedicated as Cassell's T'niversity. He retired from his farm in 1874, and since that time has resided in his beautiful home in Alexandria or at his summer home at wliat is known as AVest Saratoga Springs, in Pike Count}', twenty-one miles from Vincennes, which place he has owned for several years. Some of the most valuable mineral springs in the west are lo- cated on this properly. He also owns a tine farm in Jasper County, 111. Mr. Cassell was married January 1, 1852, lo Miss Sarah F. McNeer, who was born in Fall Creek, Ind., April 9, 1833, a daughter of Valentine C. JlcXeer, who was a native of Greenbrier County, A'a., and of Scotch ancestry, his wife having been of (ierman descent. They had four sons: Kizer W. who died in Kan,sas in 1881; Valentine C, who is a wealthy resident of Tuscola, III., and quite a factor in society; Andrew D., who is well-to-do and is an implement dealer of Hastings, Neb.; and Oliver P., who died in -Nebraska several years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Cassell have had five children born to them, onl}' one of whom survives. Mary A. died January 22, 1874, at the age of twenty- one years; Oliver W. died February 1, 1874, at the age of sixteen years and eleven months; Laura F. died January 19, 1874; Charles E. was born in 1878 and died in 1880; and Emma K. is a graduate of Vincennes University. She is an artist and mu.si- cian of considerable ability, and is now the wife of Harry G. Hays, a large lumber merchant of Alex- andria. .Mr. and Mrs. Cassell were exemplar}- members of the Christian Ciiurch, and he has been a life-long Democrat in politics but has never been an office-holder, except from the year 1874 to 1879, when he held the position of Justice of the Peace. He is a noble and useful citizen, and his tastes are decidedl}' domestic, much of his time be- ing spent at his beautiful home. He has been ex- ceptionally prosperous, and when it is said that he fully deserves his good luck all is told. Mrs. Cassell, after a lingering illness of six months, de- parted this life at iicr home September 26, 1893, aged sixty years, live months and seventeen daj's. -^\ JfH> 3M^ J ALTER N. EVANS, a capitalist and promi- nent citizen of Noblesville, is widely , ^ known as a public-spirited man of execu- tive ability and enterprise. A constant resident of his present locality for many years, he has suc- cessfully promoted various leading interests of the cit}', and. intimately associated with the up- ward progress of Hamilton County, has likewise held with fidelity a responsible official [)osition. Mr. Evans is a native of Kentucky, anans reside on Conner Street, in a massive brick residence built bj' our subject in 1854. The home is pleasantly located amid beautiful sur- roundings, and within its hospitable walls gather many old-time friends and acquaintances, and here return the sons and daughters, frequent visitors to the scenes of their childhood. ji OSEPH N. FUNK, an enterprising and thor- I oughly practical general agriculturist, own- valuable and highly cultivated farm fJ located upon section 13, Lafayette Town- ship, Madison County, Ind., is a son of worthy pioneer settlers and was born in Henry County December 2G, 1843. His parents, Joseph and Sarah (Rader) F'uuk, were both native Virginians and were born in Rockingham County. The pa- ternal grandfather, a man of courage and patriot- ism, participated bravely in the War of 1812 and was known as a man of sterling integrity and strong character. Joseph Funk, the father of oui subject, in company with his excellent wife, emigrated from Virginia to Indiana and located in Wayne County in 1831, when the surrounding country was sparsely settled. In 1833 the parents made their home in Henry County, and settled in the woods of Jefferson Township in a little log cabin, where they shared the ditHculties and privations endured by the early residents of a new country. In 1866 the parents finally removed to Madison County, and located in Richland Township near the home of our subject. Upon January 24, 1877, the be- loved wife and mother passed away. The husband and father, surviving eleven years, was more than PORTRAIT AND EIOGRAPIIICAL RECORD. eighty-two years of age when, upon March 30, 1888, he entered into rest. Of the hirge family who blessed the parental home, five now survive. The eldest, Pamelia K., wife of Js'ewton Jones, resides in Grant County, Ind.: .Inlin .1. is a citizen of Richland Township; William II. lives in Gage County, Neb.; Joseph N. is our subject; Nancy J. is the wife of Henry Jones, of fJrant County, Ind. Our subject was reared in Henry County amid the priiiiitive scenes of the early days and ably aided in the clearini:- and cultivating of the old family homestead. He received his education in tlie sub- scription and public schools of Henry Count}', first attending when a very little lad the humble log-cabin schoolhouse witli its slali seats and desks of rough boards, supported from beneath by wooden pegs driven into the walls. He was well advanced in his teens before he enjoyed the bene- fit of instruction in the public schools, l)ut he glad- ly availed himself of tlieii- extended opportuni- ties. A man of broad intelligence and a reader, he has materially added to his stock of knowledge obtained when young and is mainly self educated. l'|)ou March 2, 1876, were united in marriage Josei)li N. Funk and Miss Virginia C. Kesler, a na- tive of Virginia, who was bom in Shenandoah County, November 27, 1856. The estimable wife of our subject, a lady of worth and intelligence, was the daughter of John and Rose A. Kesler, the father being a native of Pennsylvania, and the mother of Virginia. AVhen Mrs. Funk was only a little girl she was deprived by death of both parents, and at about fifteen j'ears of age accompanied her aunt, Mrs. Helsley, to Henry County, Ind., later removing to Madison County, where she married. Into their pleasant home our subject and his good wife wel- comed five children: Robert, Lee, Josie, Callie and Everet. Mr. Funk settled on his present farm in 1879 and has resided here continuously^ ever since. He owns one hundred and sixt}- acres of land, some of the best in the state. Energetic, enter- prising and possessed of excellent business ability, he has been financially prospered and occupies a position of useful influence. He is fraternally as- sociated with the Ancient, Free & Accepted Ma- sons and has a host of friends amona' the order. Politically a strong Democrat and an ardent ad- vocate of the principles of the party, he gives earnest consideration to the questions of the hour anidinir interest in PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 421 governmental affairs, and long ago a Whig, has been from the formation of the party a steadfast l\0|Hihlic:ui. OSCAR ARDERY, M. D., an able physician ami surjjfeon now successfully engaged in tlic pinciicc of the medical profession in AiukMSdii. Iii'l.. i- a native of the state and was boni in 1 )fi;il ui- County, January 5, 1859. Dr. Ardoi V >ot.tU'il in his present locality September 111. l.ss'.i. ;uid in tlie comparatively brief time wliioh h:l^s since elapsed has gained an extended liclH of practice and enjoys the confidence of the general public, as well .as possessing the high esteem of a wide acquaintance. The fatiier of our subject, born February 3, 18.34, was also a native of Indiana and spent his entire life witliin the borders of the state, passing away at the early age of forty-two years, Januar3' 16, 1876. A farmer and stock-raiser by occupation, he had lived a life of usefulness, and being a man of upright ch.Tracter, his death was deeply mourned. The paternal grandfather, James Ardery, was numbered amOng the very early settlers of Indi- ana and was a man of unusual enterprise and spirit. Born February 14, 1793, he was a coura- geous soldier of the War of 1812 and fought un- der (icn. William Henry Harrison at Ft. Meigs, Lake Erie. The great-grandfather, John Ardery, a weaver by trade, emigrated from C'ounty Ty- rone, Ireland, to tiie United States and settled in Kentucky in tlie jnoneer d.ays. The paternal great-giandinollu'r was a Scotch lady of excellent education and superior abilitj', and trained her children to habits of thrifty industry. Great- grandfather Ardery for seven years served with distinction .as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. During this length of time, uncomplainingly bear- ing privations and suffering with heroic endur- ance, he lived to witness the firm estal)lishment of a national existence, for which he had iieriled his life. The imithcr of our suliject, Elizabeth Catherine (Kemper) Arderv. was lM>rn in Rush Coiintv. Iiid.. it Dr. Ai- .1 entered <\v<\ wife, nuaiv 1.3, til onlv a January 24, 1838, and was one cif the eleven chil- dren of Arthur Smith and Patience (Bryant) Kemper, natives of Kentucky. Mr. and Mr?. Kemper were united in marriage January 21. I«l',». and journeying by wagon, came to Rush County, Ind., October 10, 1834. Sharing the [)ioiieer ex- periences of their new home, they eared tenderly for their large family of sens luid (laughters and reared them to self-reliant indu-liy. 'flic [latei- nal grandfather and grandmnlliei- of the mother were John and Judith Kemper, of ( Jarraiil County. Ky. This maternal great-grandfa dery was born November 27, 17."i into rest January 22, 1833. His born August 3, 1760, passed a\v;i 1834, the two being separated by twelvemonth. Dr. Ardery remained iii his hiithplace until seventeen 3'ears of age, and attended the common schools of Decatur County during his boyhood. He later enjoyed more extended oijportuuities for study, and finally deciding to adopt a profession, first lead law. He, iiowever, soon abandoned his legal studies and entered the department of med- icine in the State University of Michigan, from which he was graduated on tlie completion of his course in 1883. From September, 1885, to 1889, our subject was actively engaged in the practice of his profession in New Cumberland, Ind., and from that part of the state removed during the latter year to Anderson, where he is now perma- nently located and numbered among the skillful surgeons and representative young piiysicians of the city. Dr. Ardery is, as were his ancestors l)e- fore lum, both progressive and liberal, and by study and reading keeps himself fully posted in scientific advancement and research. (^ur subject is a valued member of the Indiana State Medical and the Madison County Medical Societies, and is fraternally associated witli the Knights of the M.accabees. He is politically a Re- publican .and devoted to the interests of the party, but. engrossed by the demands of professional life, li.as no desire for public office. His career and profession offer liim many opportunities to benefit others, and his benevolence and kindliness are iiroverbial. Dr. Ardery. who has already attained PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIITCAL RECORD. to an enviable position as a piiysician and sur- geon, lias apparently a yet brighter future before him, and into the we.iring round of a doctor's life carries with him the hearty good wishes of a host of friends. J I OIIN W. WILKINSON. It IS doubtless ow- I ing to tlie industrious and persevering manner with which Mr. Wilkinson has ad- ' hered to the pursuits of agriculture that he has risen to such a substantial position in the farming affairs of Hamilton County. His life has been spent within the confines of Delaware ToM'n- ship, and, as a natural result, he is much interested in the progress and development of the section, and has done his full share in making it the mag- nificent farming region that it now is. Born December 15, 1839, in Delaware Town- ship, Hamilton County, our subject is the son of David and Rachel (KUer) Wilkinson. His pater- ternal grandfather, William Wilkinson, was born in Ireland, and, emigrating to the United States, located in North Carolina, where he followed the trades of a tanner and blacksmith, and also devoted considerable attention to carpentry and farming pursuits. One of the wealthiest and most promi- ment men of his community, he became the owner of a large tract of land and many slaves, but, as the results of slavery became more apparent year by 3'ear, he advocated abolition, and determined to remove from North Carolina. Coming to Hamilton County, Ind.. about 1822, Grandfather Wilkinson entered about sixteen hun- dred acres, after which he returned to North Car- olina in order to bring his family to the new home, but, being taken ill, he died befoie they started northward. His widow, who.se maiden name was Mary Moffltl, afterward came to this state with her children, and settled upon what is now known as the W. W. Rooker farm. She built the first brick house in the township, and became widely known as one of the pioneer women of the coun- ty. Her children were as follows: Margaret: Han- nah, Mrs. Silas Molfitt, deceased; Ruth, wife of John Kinzer; Elizabeth, who died at the age of seventeen; William and David. David Wilkinson was born in North Carolina in 1807, and in his youth accompanied his mother to Indiana, remaining with her until his marriage. That important event was solemnized in Delaware Township and united him with Rachel, daughter of Joseph Eller. They became the parents of six children, two of whom died in infancy, the others being: Maigaret, the wife of Forris Sanders; John W., David E. and Charles I. When the estate was divided he received his share of the propert}'. and devoted considerable attention to cultivat- ing the farm, in connection with which he also followed the occupation of a general machinist and cabinet-maker. In his political principles he was a Democrat, linn in his allegiance to his chosen party. His wife died in May, 1886. and he passed away February 22, 1888. Upon starting out as an independent farmer, our subject received one hundred and six .acres from his father, and here he has since resided. Coming into possession of more land from his fa- ther at a later date, he held the title to three hun- dred and forty-one acres, of which he has given his daughter seventy-five acres. In this county he married Miss Nancy Hartman, the ceremony being performed March 9, 1864. Mrs. Wilkinson is the daughter of Zebulon and Eliza (Britton) Hartman. who were early settlers of Hamilton County. Unto this union there have been born four children, one of whom died in infancy. The otheis are: Edisto, who was a student in the State Normal School at Terre Haute and married Maggie Cole; Eliza A., wife of William W. War- ren; and Elmer, who is attending sciiool at Rush- ville, Ind. Having been identified with the [H'Ogress of Hamilton County for many years, Mr. Wilkinson is one of its most influential citizens, and, as a farmer, is recognized as one of the most success- ful in the township. While not an active worker in politics, he is firm in his allegiance to Repub- lican principles. He and his wife hold member- ship in the Methodist Episcopal Church, to the support of which they are liberal contributors. "^t?^^- ^ . /p PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. i'2i: Irr^i tlie farmers of Madison County, Ind., lead jt, feueli modest and quiet lives as to be sel- dom heard of outside of their own townsiiip. They are doing fine work in their own commu- nity but do not care to mingle in the more public matters of political life, and devote all their time and energies to the cultivation of their farms and the development of the resources of their vicinity'. Such men deserve more mention than they ordi- narily' receive, and we are glad to here present one of them in the person of Francis M. Hoppes, who resides on section 29, Anderson Towushii). lie is prominent in social, agricultural and church iireles, and has long been identified with all move- ments of importance in this part of the county. Here he was born December 18, 1850, to the mnr- ringe of Alfred and Mahala ,). Hoppes. Alfred Ilopijes came with his parents to INIadi- soii County, Inil., when a youth, was one of the earl\ >ettlers. and did a great deal of pioneer work, lie settled in the wilds of Anderson Town- ship in a log cabin and there passed the remain- der of his days. His marriage resulted in the birth of the following children: .John H., Jacob, Isaac, Francis M.; Annie, wife of William Davis; ,l:uie, wife of Phineas Kindle; Nancy, wife of Christian Lout; Rhoda, wife of George Stanley; and Sarah, wife of James Stinson. The father w'as a hard-working man, and in his death, which oc- curred July 20, 1892, the county not only lost one of its esteemed and worthy pioneers, but one of its honored and esteemed citizens. He was a mem- ber of the Church of God and took a deep interest ill religious matters, as he did with all other laud- alile enterprises. He was a .lefFersonian Democrat in politics. Francis M. Hoppes. the original of this notice, was reared amid rude surroundings and was early trained to the duties of farm life. He remembers pioneer days, has attended many log rollings and cabin raisings, and has contributed his share to- wards the improvement and progress of the county. He assisted his father in clearing the farm, and his first scholastic training was received in a log-cabin schoolhouse wiili the old-fashioned furniture. Later a frame scliool house was erected. but the educational facilities were not of the best, and our subject is mainly self educated. In the month of April, 1873, he was married to Miss Mary L. Brown, daughter of William Lrown, for- merly of this county. Ten children were born to our subject's union and are named ;is fol- lows: Emma F. (deceased) Cary A., Minnie .1., Ollie G., Charles C, Thomas (';., Myrtle M.. .\cy R., Lizzie J. and Edward L. Mr. Hoppes is the owner of one liundred and four acres of valuable land and has it under a good state of cultivation. In carrying on his line farm he does not lose sight of the stock-raising industry, as the fine animals on his |)lace abun- dantly testify. He settled on his present property in 1881 and is one of the prosperous and progress- ive men of his section. He has held a number of local oHices; he was Road Supervisor two 3'ears, and has been faithful to eveiy trust reposed in him. He is clerk in the Church of God, to which hecon- tributes liberally of his means. In politics he is a Democrat. ,^s^ OLOMON C. CALL, a thoroughly practi- ^!^^ cal general agriculturist and successful \J-ll) s^ock-raiser of Boone Township, Madison County, Ind., who is a native of his present locality, and was born January 19, 1841, has from his earliest youth been identilied with the rapid growth and progressive interests of his birthplace. The Call family is of sturdy German ancestry, an enterprising forefather emigrating to America in an early day, and in the United States founding the branch of the Calls from which our subject is descended. The paternal grandparents, making their home in North Carolina, there reared to u.seful industry a family of sous and daugh- ters. The father. .lolin Call, born in North Caro- lina, ambitiously journeyed to the farther west when n young man, and became one of the pioneer settlers of Madison County, Ind. Clearing, culti- vating and improving his homestead, he shared in the sacrifices and privations of the early days, and after a life of busv usefulness, passed awav in 426 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 1874, mourned by all who knew him. A kind neighbor, sincere friend, and an excellent husband and father, he commanded the esteem of the entire comnninity by which he was surrounded, and with wliicli lie had rejoiced in the wonderful develop- ment and transformation of the prairieland into fertile farms and flourishing villages. The mother, Mary (Chaplin) Call, was tlie daughter of a sailor, the family residing on Albe- marle Sound. Our subject attended the district school of his neighboriiood,and received his entire education in Boone Township. From his early boyiiood, he assisted in the work of the farm, and attained to manhood energetic and self-reliant. .Shortly after reaching his majority, Solomon C. Call, answering to the appeals of the Government, in the month of August, 1862, enlisted in 'Com- pany G, Seventy-fifth Indiana Infantry, being mustered into the service of the Union at Indian- apolis a few days later, August 6, 1862. Our sub- ject enlisted for a term of three years, and, for- warded to the front, participated in numerous skirmishes, likewise engaging in many of the de- cisive battles of the long campaign. Constantly exposed to the vicissitudes of war, and daily in peril of capture and death, Mr. Call bore liimself with courage on the field, and passed faithfully through a long period of active service without being absent from dut^', until he was wounded at Chickamauga. The war ending, our subject was mustered out in June, 186.5, and after an absence from home of two years and ten months, with a happy heart sought the old farm where the father and mother anxiously awaited his coining. After his return to Madison County, our sub- ject for three years worked at his trade of a car- penter, but at the exjjiration of this length of time removing to a farm in Boone Townshij), he has ever since devoted his time to the pursuit of agri- culture, and is numbered among the prosperous and substantial tillers of the soil in Madison County. In 1868 Solomon C. Call and Miss Caro- line Ball were united in marriage. The estimable wife of our subject was the daughter of William Ball, an early settler and well known resident of Madison County. The union of Mr. and IMrs. Call has been blessed by the birth of five chil- dren, one of whom died at the age of three years. The surviving are: William, Everett, Elsie and Mary, all at home with their i)arents, bright and intelligent young people, favorites with a wide acquaintance. Fraternally our subject is a valued member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and affiliates with Howard Post at Summitville, Ind. Politically, Mr. Call is a strong Republican, but has never aspired to hold political office, be- ing satisfied to do his duty as a private citiz^i. Intelligently posted in matters of mutual welfare, he is ever ready to assist in local enterprises, and as a business man and neighbor commands the high regard of a host of life-time friends. /^, APT. JAMES W. BOONE owns and occu- (li ^^ pies a handsome country-seat near Nobles- ^^^ ville. He was one of the honored veterans of the late war, and well deserves representation in this history. Indiana numbers him among her na- tive sons. He was born December 8, 1828, in Wayne County, and tradition says that his ancestors were also those of Daniel Boone. His father, Ovid Boone, was a native of Kentucky, wiio followed farming and died at the age of thirty-three, when the Captain was a lad of five summers. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Ruth Baltimore, was born in Kentucky, and died in Madison Coun- ty, Ind., at the age of sixt3'-three. Her people were pioneers of Wayne County. James W. Boone lived at home until thirteen years of age, and then worked on neighboring farms through the summer, while in the winter he attended the district schools. He was married De- cember 11,1851, to Paulina Keefer, who w.as born in Wayne Township, Hamilton County, April 21, 1833. She died at the age of fifty years. Twelve children were born of that marriage, of whom the following are still living: Virgil J., who is married and h.as four children; ,Ruth A., who is married and hjis two children; Philip F., who is married and has two children; Jennie, who is married and has one child; Lena V., who is also married; Frank, Arley .and Mark M. On the lOth of August, POxiTRAlT AND BIOGRAPinCAL RECORD. 427 1892, Capt. Boone was united in marriage with Mis. Jennie Watt, wlio was born in this county, ! ;ui.. who died at the age of ten. In the old log schoolhoiise, with its puncheon floor, immense fireplace, wood and stick chimney and greased paper windows, .S>'lvanus Carey began his education, which was completed in a select school. In his youth he learned the carpenter's trade with his father. At the age of tweutj^-two he wedded Mary Kinzer, daughter of John and Ruth Kinzer, and they became the parents of four children: Rhoda, wife of Joseph A. Roberts; Ettie, who died at the age of nine years; Clinton II. and Lizzie S. After his marriage Mr. Carey began farming on forty acres of land, and a year later embarked in general merchandising with ^lijah King, with whom he continued six years. He then resumed farming and stock-raising, and accumulated over five hundred acres, but in 1873 lost over $25,000 by going security. In 1872 he was chosen Count}- Commissioner, and for six years held tliat office, I during which time the court house and jail were built, and an addition made to the county poor- house. Since casting his first Presidential vote for 430 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. John C. Fremont, he has been a stalwart Republi- can. Socially, he is a Royal Arch Mason, and be- longs to the Odd Fellows' lodge atCarmeland the encampment of Nobles ville. The name of Carey is inse|)arably connected with the history of Ham- ilton County, and our subject, like his father, has been prominently identified with the upbuilding of the community in which lie resides. lit^gl^M-^ Jl^ARVEY HALLKNBECK, who was a lead- jfjV ing citizen of enterprise and executive /^^ ability, long known as one of tlie promi- (^ nent business men of Lafayette Township, Madison County, Ind., was a native of the state of New York, and was born in Schenectady No- vember 17, 1842. His parents, Jeremiah and Eliza Hallenbeck, early and influential settlers of the Empire State, were the descendants of indus- tuious and energetic ancestors, intimately associated with tlie early history of our country. Our sub- ject remained in his native state until sixteen j'cars of age, and then determined to try his fortunes in the farther west, and journeying to Michigan, for a number of years was there variously engaged, making his home in and about Jackson. Ambitious to acquire an extended education, he studied and improved every available opportunity to make his upward way, and although mainly self-educated, enjoyed the benefit of a limited attendance at the State University at Ann Arbor. He subsequently became a scliool teacher, and taught several terms during the winter seasons in Michigan, and in 1863, removing to Madison County, Ind., here year after year successfully continued in his voca- tion of an instructor, combining with his duties as a teacher the pursuit of agriculture. After a time. Mr. Hallenbeck engaged in the hardware business at Wilkinson, Ind., with P. K. May, the firm name being Hallenbeck & Ma_v. For two years the partnership prosperously continued, and then our subject sold out liis interest to Mr. May and returned to Madison County. Mr. Hal- lenbeck now made a new departure, devoting his efforts to the general mercantile business in Lin- wood, and from the first met with gratifying suc- cess, his sales rapidlj' increasing and liis trade extending over a large territory. He later took a partner, John U. Tliomas, the firm name being Hallenbeck & Thomas. Owing to his f.iiling health, our subject afterward sold out his interest in this business to Peter McGill, the present part- ner of Mr. Thomas. While in the mercantile line Mr. Hallenbeck received the appointment of Post- master of Linwood, and was also agent for the Big Four Railroad Company. Yet in the fuHl strength of an ambitious and capable manhood, and with an apparently long career of usefulness before him. Harvey Hallenbeck was stricken with mortal illness, and upon May 4, 1893, passed away mourned as a public loss. A man of earnest pur- pose, excellent judgment and business methods, he was recognized as a citizen of broad intelligence and sterling integrity, and commanded the confi- dence of all who knew him. Upon December 25, 1865, Harvey Hallenbeck and Miss Mary M. Gilmore were united in mar- riage. Tlie estimable wife of our subject was a native of Madison Count}', Ind., and tlie daughter of Morris and Elizabeth (Blazer) Gilmore, pioneer settlers of Adams Township. They began their residence in Fall Creek in a humble little log cabin in the heart of the woods, and later Mr. Gilmore built the first brick house in Adams Town- ship. The father of Mr. Hallenbeck was a native Virginian and the mother was born in Ohio. They both passed away in Adams Township and entered into rest mourned by all who knew them. A happy family had gathered in the little home in the woods, some of whom have since "gone be- fore." The surviving brothers and sisters are George, Roman, Van, John, Mary M. (Mrs. Hallen- beck), and Evaline L. The parents were repre- sentative pioneers, meeting privations and sacri- fices with cheerful courage, and through industrious effort making their way steadily upward to a com- fortable competence and assured success. They were valued members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, active in good work and ready aids in benevolent enterprise. Eight children, six of whom are yet surviving, blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Hallenbeck: Nellie, wife of P. K. May; PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 431 Kvaline L., wife of Frank Garriott; William O.; Elizabeth, tiie wife of Dr. J. P. Julian, of Wil- liinsoti, liid.: MdiTLs and Cclia E. Mr. Ilallcn- l)ccl< was a duvoted husband and father, a kind noiglibor and true friend, and in every walii of life sought to do his duly. lie was identified H-ith the Kniglits of Honor, and enjoyed pleasant fraternal relations with tlie local oider. Mrs. Hal- lenbeck resides in the lionie in Lafayette 'I'own- ship and owns one liundred and twenty-four acres of valuable land, highly cultivated and finely imjiroved with an attractive residence, coinuiodi- ous and substantial barns and sheds. She is a devout nie.iiber of tiie Christian Cliurrb, and foremost in matters of benevolence. Mr. and Mrs. Ilallenbeck were a unit in their advanced and liberal ideas. Tlie\' botli advocated educa- tional extension, and gave to their sous and daugliters good opportunities to worlliily lit them- selves for any position of useful inlluenieto which they might he called. I^Sv^-Si^,l«^^=^ \I/,_ ORTON .1. D()F,S(_)N. a successful general jlljl! agriculturist and stock-raiser located in /iW^' Boone Township, Madison County, Ind., (^) is a native of the state and county, and, born in May, 1845, in Van Buren Township, has long been associated with the upward growtii and leading interests of his present locality. His fa- tiier, John Dobson, was a native of the sunny south and was l)orn in Nortli Carolina, wliere tlm paternal grandparents liad early made their home. The grandfather and grandmother enterprisingly emigrated to the farther west when John was onl}- a little lad. and settled in the state of Indiana while yet the Indians were not infrequent visitors to the settlements of the wliite brethren. The fa- ther gained a limited education in the [jioneer schools of Hush County, and also assisted in the clearing, cult! v.ating and improving of the old honnstead. lie made farming the pursuit of his lite and was highly respected by a wide accpiaint- ance, and passed away in the year 1807. The Dobson family were of industrious, hard-working Irish ancestry. Grandfather .lehu Dobson was born in North Carolina, and the forefather who founded the branch from which our subject is de- scended emigrated from the ICmerald Isle in a very earlj- day in tlie history of our country. The good mother, Elizabeth (^'inson) Dobson, was the daughter of Joshua and Mary (.Smith) Vinson, the N'insons being of an old M:uyl;nid family bighl\ esteemed for their worth •■uid ability. Horton J. Dobson was the third of six .sons and daughters who blessed the home of the parents, John and Elizabeth Dobson. AVliile a young l)oy lie enjoyed the benefits of instruction in the dis- trict school of the home neighborhood, and reared m .Madison County, energetically engaged in ag- ricultural pursuits upon his father's farm until the Civil War disturbed the land. Answering to the call of the (Jovernuient for more troops, our suli- ject. then only a youtli of .sevenleeii. enlisted in the service of the Union, and entering Company K, One Hundred and Thirtieth Indiana Infantry, under Col. Charles Parrish, was mustered in at Ko- koino, Ind., in the month of March. ISfU. Imme- diately forwarded to the front and assigned to the Twenty-third Corps under General Schofield, the regiment actively partici|)ated in the Georgia cam- paign. Mr. Dobson, alwa3^s on duty and in the thickest of numerous skimishes and decisive bat- tles, escaped the perils of capture and death and l)assed through the many dangers incidental to war without a wound. After long and faitliful .service our subject was mustered out at Charlotte, X. C, December 2, 18(;,'). and returned at once to his Indiana home. In a brief lime he again en- tered upon the round of agricultural duties and has since continuously and profitably followed the avocation of a farmer. In the month of December,! 867, were united mar- riage Horton J. Dobson and Miss Nancy .\. .Morris, a daughter of Nicholas and Elizabeth (Ringer) Mor- ris. The Morris family were long time residents of Indiana, and the father w.as a native of the state. The mother was the descendant of early set- tlers of Ohio, the Ringers being numbered among the substantial citizens of the Buckeye State. The pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Dolison was brigiit- ened by the birth of seven intelligent children, six 432 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. of whom yet survive, and they have self-reliantly fitted themselves to occupy with honor any posi- sion of trust to which they may be called. The eldest born, .Tohn F., married Elizabeth Wilson and lives in Fairmount, Ind.; George M. died at the age of seven years; Harvey, Mar}', Effle, Bertha and Olive A. are all at home. The entire family are members of the German Baptist (Dunkard) Church. Mr. Dobson is a Deacon of the church and all are valued aids in the religious and benev- olent enterprises of the denomination. Our sub- ject is politically a Republican and an ardent ad- vocate of the party. A true American citizen, he is ever ready to do his share in local improvements and, deeply interested in matters of mutual wel- fare, is numbered among the substantial citizens of Madison County. C^^HOMAS WHITMORE, a loyal citizen and m^i\ brave veteran of the late Civil War, a well V^^^ known and long tune resident of Hamilton County, Ind., holds the responsible position of Road Supervisor of Washington Township, and gives to the duties of office the careful attention and unvaiying fidelity which have distinguished him in all the work of his life. Our subject is a na- tive of Indiana, and was born in Dearborn Coun- ty on the 14th of April, 1821; he is the son of pioneer settlers, Henry and Elizabeth (Foster) Whitmore. The father was born in Virginia, the Whitmores having made their home in the Old Dominion in a very early day. The mother was a native of Pennsylvania and the descendant of a useful and honored ancestry, possessing habits of sturdy thrift and industry. Grandfather James Foster, also born in the Quaker State, removed with his family to Indiana when the state was a wilderness. He was a farmer by occupation and, a man of physical endurance and temperate living, survived to a good old age. His daughter, Elizabeth, mother of our subject, was reared among pioneer scenes and was well fitted to bear the privations and sacrifices inciden- tal to life in a new country. The union of the parents was blessed b}' the birth of two children, William, and Thomas our subject. Mr. Whitmore remained with his mother until nineteen years of age; he was married very early in life, before at- taining his majority. His first wife, Sarah E. flat- ten, daughter of .Jacob and Nancy Hatten. lived to bear her husband twelve children, two of whom died in infancy. The sons and daughters who survived to mature age were in order of their birth: Henry, Maiy A., Cyrus, Sarah A., Nancy, Elizabeth, Catherine, lilien, Thomas J. and Samuel A. The five eldest are all deceased. The mother of these brothers and sisters possessed only a limited education, but a devoted wife and parent, a kind friend and neigh- bor, was deeply mourned when at forty-nine years age she passed away. Thomas Whitmore was later united in marriage with Miss Charity Jessup, daughter of Enoch and Anna Jessup. Four children blessed the second marriage: Han- nah v., Ada A., Isaac M. and Elmer O. Mrs. Whit- more, a lady of intelligent ability, received only limited advantages for an education but has well improved her opportunities for instruction. In earlier years she was a member of the Friends' Church. Our subject began life for himself working by the day and month. He received on an average thirty-seven and a-half cents per day for farm labor. He was forty 3'ears of age when, answering to the call of the Government, he enlisted in Com- pany H, Fifty-seventh Indiana Infantry, and in the fall of 1861, entered the service of his coun- try. The first battle in which he actively partici- pated was Shiloii, then followed the engagement at Perrysville, the fights at Stone River and Mis- sion Ridge, and the continuous battle from Ring- gold to Atlanta. Upon the 22d of -June, 1864, Mr. Whitmore was severely wounded at the engagement of Kenesaw, and from that time was never able to do active duty. He was shot in the hip and crippled for life, now receiving $12 iien- sion, one-third of the sum to which he is justly en- titled. Our subject was honorably discharged from the service in May, 1865, and after he returned home from the arm}- was long unable to do any kind of V \ /(^Uiai^ PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICA I. RKCORD. work and has lU'vci' ncdvcrcd his strength. lie has, liowcvcr, liy pruclcnl meiit hcconu' the invni'i- ot' lurly acres County. As Road Supervisor of Washington Township lie lias served tlie ])ublic efficiently, and a prominent man of his home locality, is recf)Siiizod neighbor and a thoroughly h.ynl citizen. .Mr. Wliitmore is fratern;illy a.ssociated with the An- cient Free & Accepted Masons, and is connected with the Grand Army of the Republic, being an honored member of P'airfax Post, and he much enjoys the reunions ,,r the oidei-. lie is politically a Kepubliean, and a faithful adherent of the party of progress and reform, taking an active interest in the local and national issues of the Government, in whose jusl cause he saeriliced so much. or consisted of Se- scriptit)!! scl oly Themuilu struction in the nearest sub- f>^^.hi'cl. '^i ^^ I ETON .1. r.LOIXiKTT is President of tlie \ Clyde Window ( llass Company, one of the leading industries of Frankton, Ind. He was born in Clyde, Wayne County. N. Y., Jlarch 26, 1852, and is a .son of .lohn M. and Per- melia (Tuttle) Blodgett. Ho came from an old Massachusetts family, and the ancesti y is noted for longevity. The father was a siioemaker. He died February 23. 1888, at the age of seventy- five years. He was twice married, and had in all twelve children. The mother of our subject died April 4, 1872. The grandfather. Nathan Blodgett, was a native of Stoningtoii, Conn., and in 1820 went to New York. He was -a. inaiuifacturer of potassium. Milton .1. Blodgett is the youngest of eight children born of his f.atlier's lirst marriage. At the age of fourteen lie went to work in a glass factory, and learned the trade, lieiiig there employed until 1880. He was pro|)rietor of a glazing establislimenl from 1879 to 1890. He built up a fine trade, and was very successful. 442 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. In 1889, he was elected Supervisor of Wayne County, N. Y., on the Democratic ticket. Wliile holding that ottice, he went to Miincie, Ind., where, in company with .lohn Luciv and Fred Dossier, both of Cl3'de, N. Y., he organized the Clyde Window Glass Company. Inducements were offered to tlie company to locate in Frank- ton, and Ihey came to this place May 23, 1890. They have prospered in their business interests, and from the public receive a liberal i)alronage, which yields them a good income. The company was incorporated under the laws of Indiana in the spring of I8S9. Tiiey have just completed a new factory, and will double their capacity, making sixteen .pots in both factories. On the 3d of January, 1876, Mr. Blodgett mar- ried Josephine Van Amburg, daughter of John and Louisa (Clapper) Van Amburg, natives of (xalen, N. Y. They have two children, Gertrude II. and Harry C. In social circles, the family holds an enviable position, and the household is the abode of hospitality. Mr. Blodgett is a supporter of the Democratic party, and while serving on the Board of Super- visors, proved a capable and efficient member. He takes considerable interest in civic societies, is a Knigiit Templar Mason, and belongs to the An- cient Order of United Workmen. He is a man of broad and liberal views, progressive and public spirited, a very courteous and genial gentleman, and makes friends wherever he goes. Although his residence in this community is of comparatively short duration, he is recognized as one of the rep- resentative and popular citizens, and it is with pleasure that we present to our readers this record of his life. ilE' ^rS^HKD A. HOUSE, who engages in general j( J) farming on section 20, has the honor of be- ^^ ing a native of White River Township, Hamilton County, his birth having- occurred here April 15, 1852. His father, George House, was born in Virginia, and married Lucy King, a native of Ohio. Afterward he came to this countj-, lo- cating on wild land in White River Townslii|), where he built a log cabin and spent his entire life. He died at the age of about fifty-five, and his wife passed away when fifty-seven years old. In the district schools our subject acquired his education, and upon the farm was reared to man- hood. At the age of twenty-two he began trav- eling, and for two years was thus employed, after which he returned to the old homestead, in the fall of 187(), and began farming in his own inter- est. January 17, 1878, he married Miss Lovenia Armstrong, who was born in Hamilton County, Ind., and is a daughter of A. F. and Harriet E. Arm- strong. The father was a native of Kentucky and was of Irish descent. His death occurred in this county. His widow is still living, and makes her home with Mr. House. She had four children, a son and three daughters. Four children have graced the union of our subject and his wife, all boys, namely: Zadie O., Cal E., Chancy C. and Ber- lie B. After his marriage, Mr. House located upon the farm which is now his home and here lived until going to Perkinsville, where be embarked in gen- eral merchandising. For eight years he carried on business along that line, enjoying a good trade. At the expiration of that period he returned to his farm, and for the past three years has devoted his time and attention exclusively to its cultiv.a- tion. In 1882 he built the fine residence, sup- planting the log cabin in which he had previously lived. He has also made other good improve- ments upon the first place, in fact the farm is com- plete in all its appointments. He now has six hundred and forty acres of land in Stanton Count}', Kan., besides village property in Perkins- ville, his home farm of one hundred and sixty acres, and a half-interest in an eighty-acre tract. Mr. and Mrs. House hold membership with the Methodist Episcopal Church and are active work- ers in its interests. For eight years he has served as Superintendent of the Sunday-school and has also oliiciated as Class-leader and Steward of the church. Charitable and benevolent, he takes an active part in religious Work, and the educational and moral interests of the communitj' find in him a friend. He is a man of progressive ideas, and his enterprise and well directed efforts have .-w.. J- ,. UTT J-F-F n \ '\ '^XJie "^^f^ hL>j ^i 1 L ( F OLO yv H LI II t 1 I t J vyAi U L IP HAMl LTON lO IND RFblDLIICL Of O A HUUbL SEC 20 .WHITE U v[R LJ IfJD PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 44;-) brought him a handsome competence. He is also interested in North Carolina mining property and is a slocliiiolder in tlie gas company of Perkins- vil.le.^His entire life has been passed in this ooni- niunity,andiu tiie history of his native (•(iiinly he will deserves represeiitatiim. In pulitics lie li;is been a life-long Republican. iiitluen- HKNSIIAW. ()MC( il pi.ineers ,,f AlcxMudiiM is Soth I!. iMishaw, who is MOW a retired incrcliant id is living in the enjoyment of abund- ant means and in the friendship of a host of friends whom his correct mode of living has gathr ered about hiiri. lie was born near < ireensboro, Henry County. Ind., May :^, l.s:!7. a son of .labe/. Ilenshaw, who was born in the Old .North State about 1812 and was the only son of Scth lleiislnnv, who was born on Nantucket Island, during (jr not far from the close of the great American Revolu- tion. Although but little is known of the early proiicnilorsof tlie family, tradition has it that they were Irish Mud were very early settlers of Nan- tucUel Island. It is also known, as far b.aek as can be traced, that they were members of the Quaker Church, and were quite prominent in the councils of that church. Karly in life the grandfather, Seth Ilenshaw, went to North Carolina, in which state he followed the occupation of merchandising, in wliich he accumulated a large fortune for that day. In its early history he became a member of the Free Soil party, and was one of the very first to advocate the immediate and unconditional abo- lition of human slavery, an institution he abhorred from the depth of his kind, humane and honest (Juaker heart. Whether he left the state that countenanced as lawful the traffic in human beings for that cause, or for the purpose of bettering his financial condition in a free state, is unknown, but it is more than likely that the former reason had much to do with his coming to Indiana in 1834. He brought with him a fortune of about 115,000, which was considered ample at that time, and com- menced merehandisina; in (Treensboro. continuin\ raiser of Madison County, Ind., is a lead. ^ ing citizen of Anderson Township, and aside from the cultivation of an extensive and val- uable farm profitably engages iu the dairy busi- ness, and is widely known as one of the progress- ive and substantial men of the count\-. The home of our subject, upon section 5, is located most de- sirably, and witii the fine improvements, commo- dious and substantial, presents a scene of thrift and plenty, the Shepherd farm being one of the best in the township. Mr. Shepherd, a man of abilit3' and bright intelligence, is a native of the sunny south and was born in Maryland, Caroline County, August 24, 1841. His father and mother, H. and Jane Shepherd, were likewise natives of Maryland, and were the descendants of a long line of worthy ancestois whose interests were associated with the progress and rapid advancement of the United States. The father passed away when our subject was but a little boy, and he had scarcely arrived at fifteen years of age when he was doubly orphaned by the death of his excellent mother. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. He had received but limited advantages for an education in tiie district sciiool, hut had been trained to habits of thrifty industry ;iiid, only a youth wlien cast upon liis own resources, was man- ly and self-reliant. In the spring of 1«(!;!, Mr. Slu'pliord. uiio Iiad then attained to man's estate, deiermiiKMl U> try his fortunes at the nortli and journeyed lo Indi- ana, locating in Delaware County. lie reniained in tliat part of the state but a brief time, in the fol- lowing fall removing to Madison County, and here receiving employment in a sawmill, contin- ued as a hand in the mill for eighteen months. He subsequently obtained more remunerative work as a cari)enter, in which occupation he was en- gaged for three summers, and working at (irst as a journeyman, liecame well known as a contractor and builder. In I he year l«7(l he piactically aliandoued liis li;ide for tlie pursuit of agricul- lure, settling upon the farm where he now resides and which he has conducted prosperously for twenty-three years. Upon April 10, 1870, were united in marriage Robert C. Shepherd and Miss Leauah Treadway, a native of Madison County and the daughter of Moses C. and Martha M. Treadwa}', who were among the first settlers of Madison County, locating in the woods in the very early days and for many years residing in a log cabin, about which many a night the , wolves howled. Game of every description was plentiful and venison could be procured witliin a short dis- tance of the home. Unto our subject and his estimable wife was born a family of eight sons and daughters, seven of wlioin are now living: James AV., Thomas C, Charles W.. Alzora V., Leanali M., Jessie A. and Bertha A. One little one died in infancy. The old farm, improved with modern buildings, sub- stautial and commodious, contains three hundred and fifty-flve acres of highly cultivated land, some of the best in the state. A man of energy, Mr. Shepherd energetically aided in the improvement of the roads and helped to lay many thousand rods of tile upon his valuable farm. He built his handsome residence in 1883 and furnished it tastefully, and in their later years Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd enjoy both comforts and luxuries denied them in early life. Our subject was formerly identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, but is not now actively connected with the order. Politically a Republican and deeply interested in all tlu^ vital issues of the day, Mr. Shei)lierd is a true American citizen, loyal and en- terprising, and commands the high esteem and confidence of a large circle of old-time friends and neighbors. ^^ URBAN BKALL. The philosophy of snc- (l( ^, cess in life is an interesting study and af- ^^^' fords a lesson from which others can profit. In choosing a pursuit in life, taste, mental gifts, op- portunity and disposition to labor should be con- sidered, as any young man who has a disposi- tion to become a resjiectable and useful citizen desires to succeed therein. On the 30th of July, 1826, a boy^ was born in Wayne County, Ind., who grew up to sturdy manhood, ambi- tious to excel and possessing much energy and determination, attributes which are essential to success in any calling. This boy was Curran Beall, whose parents were William and Susan (Cornelius) Beall, the former of whom was born in Kentucky, and the latter in Virginia. The pa- ternal ancestors are said to be of .Scotch-Irish birth, and the mother's people are of English lineage. The subject of this sketch comes of good old fighting stock, for his (ireat-grandfather Beall was a soldier of the Revolution, and the paternal grandfather took an active part in the War of 1812. William Beall came from his native state to Wayne County, Ind., in 1816, when a single man, and was among the pioneer settlers of this section. He was Industrious and ambitious and succeeded in making a good home for his family before his death occurred. Of the family of chil- dren born to himself and wife, four survive: Cur- ran, Hannah N., Brutus and Susan. Those deceased are William, Marian, Amanda and one who died in infancy. Up to the age of twenty-one years Curran Beall was a resident of his native county and was reared 448 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. amid the rude and wild siuTOimdings of pioneer life. His time was occupied in discluirging tlie numerous duties of tlie farm and in attending the primitive schools of his day, which occupation not only developed him mentally, but also phy- sically, and started him on his career througii life with a well balanced organization. Many a time he lias followed the old wooden mold-board plow behind a team of oxen, breaking up new land, and that his life was a busy one, can be in- feri'ed from the fact that he assisted his father to improve two farms. The schoolhouse where he received his first start in the paths of learning was a log structure; the window lights consisted of greased paper, and the floor was made of puncheons. The last schoolhouse he attended, however, was an improvement on this one, although the old slab benches were still used. The greater part of his education has been acquired through self ap- plication, for he has alwaj'S been a great reader, and has remembered what he has read. In 1847 Mr. Beall came to Madison Count3', Ind., and soon after settled on the farm on which lie is now residing, which at that time was heavily covered with timber, and on which a little log cabin had been erected. In this primitive struc- ture he lived for many years industriously tilling his land, which he converted from a forest into a a well cultivated tract of land. As his means in- creased he improved his farm in the way of build- ings, and now has a good and comfortable home and is surrounded by all that goes to make life en- joyable. He was first married May .31, 18.53, to Miss Jane Gunder, who bore him six children, two of whom are living, Archibald and Curran. On the 7tli (if .January, 1880, he took for his second wife Mrs. Mary E. Coburn, who was born in Mad- ison County, Ind., August 20, 1843, a daughter of Henry and Sidney (Purget) Mustard, the father born in Ohio, and the mother in Virginia. The fa- ther oame to Madison County, Ind.. in 1832 and was an early settler in Richland Township, where Mrs. Beall was reared. She was first married to Joseph Coburn, by whom she had a daughter, Laura, wife of Archibald Beall. Mr. Beall has alwaj's mani- fested much interest in the affairs of his county and has served in the caiiacity of Justice of the Peace, but aside from this never filled an official posi- tion, although he has often been urged to do so by his numerous friends, the quiet and peace of home being preferred by him to the turmoil and strife of political life. He has always been a stanch Democrat and has ever favored all movements tending to benefit or elevate hislocalitj' or society generally. He recalls many stirring incidents of his youth, for the country was at that time not only wild, but was full of wild game; and deer frequently fell a victim to his skill with the rifle. He is the owner of a fine farm of two hundred and thirteen acres and has one hundred and sixty acres in a good state of cultivation. He is a use- ful and law-abiding citizen and one who has the respect of all. '^v^\ ATHIAS B. HUGHEL, an extensive gen- eral agriculturist and successful stock- raiser, prosperously conducting a highly improved farm located in Anderson Township, Madison County, Ind., has for three- score and three years been a residentof the county, and was reared amid the pioneer scenes of the frontier days. A prominent citizen, winning his upward way to a position of useful influence, Mr. Hughel is essentially a self-made man, and com- mands the high regard of all who know him. A na- tive of Clarke County, Ohio, he was born December 20, 1826. His parents, Ephraim and Susan (Low- man) Hughel, were the children of Ohio pioneers, the father being a native of the Buckeye State, while the mother was but a very little girl when her parents, coming from Pennsylvania, where she was born, made that jiart of the then far west their home. Growing up amid the rugged experi- ences of those early days in Ohio, the father and mother received some education in the little sub- scription schools of their home neighborhoods, and arriving at mature age hopeful, energetic and self-reliant, united their fortunes, at first set- tling down to married life among old friends and associations. In 1830 they determined to remove to the adjacent state of Indiana, and with tli'eir POHTRAIT AND BlX.K APlllCAL EIX'OHD family peniia way to Madison County, their Both tlie patfiiKil mihI iiiahTiial anrcsioi^ pos- sessed tlie resoliilidii ami eiiiliiraiici' \vhi<-h well titled tlieni for their residence in a new and unset- tled country, wiiere privations and sacrifices were their daily pf)rtion. A maternal uncle of Malhias n. fought iHMVrly in llie War of 1SI2, en-raginj;: in Ontario in the hattle of the Thames, under the renowned (ieneral Harrison. Mathias 15. remained in Imliana until six- teen years of atre, when he jouriicM'd to Clarke County. Ohio, and couliiiued there until is:,!, then reluriiinii to .Madison County. Ind.. since then his permanent home. He attended the log schoolhouse of the district during his boyhood, and well improved the limited opportunities for an edue.'ition in the ruch- i>aliiii. with t Ih" pun<-heon its quaint old fireplace, oc('upying almost the en- tire side of the building. Attaining to a self- leliant and enterprising manhood, our subject de- cided to take unto himself a wife, and upon Sep- tember 2:>, IS.-,,-,, Malhias 1!. liughel and Miss Me- h.itabel Stephenson were united in marriage. The estimable wife of our subject, a native of Madison Count}', was the daughter of Samuel and Rebecca Stephenson, old pioneers and highly respected citi- zens. Twelve children, eight of the .sons and daughters yet surviving, blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Hughel: Rebecca J., wife of A. H. Ma- lone; Alonzo, .Samuel, Klmer; Helle, wife of As- buiy Moore; l'. Grant, Clarence and Lydia. The devoted wife and mother passed awaj- June 12, ]f<80, deeply mourned by all who knew her. She was a devout member of tiie Christian Church and a woman of noble character. In her death the frieixis and relatives met with an iirepiualile loss. In 18.57, Mr. Hughel settled on his present val- uable homestead, section 17, Anderson Townsiiip, and with energetic enterprise entered into the clearing, cultivation and improvement of the broad and fertile acres. His first purchase w.as one hundred and sixteen acres, fifty of which were partially cleared, and to this land he h,-is since added until lie now owns three hundred and ninety acres, three hundred and nine of wliieh are under a high state of cultivalion. With the ex- ception of a few years spent in painting, our sub- ject lias been an agriculturist all his life, and has been more than ordinarily successful, winning his way upward unaided to an .assured financial success and ;i position of useful influence, com- manding the .-stcem .and eonlid.Mico of the en- lire eommiini ty ill which his busy life has been mostly pas.sed. Politically a Democrat, Mr. Hughel desires the public welfare, and, being a good citi- zen with a liberal spirit, aids in all matters lend- ing to Ihe promotion of mutual enterprise and in pr.ivements. The grundf.ather of our subject, Richard Hughel, was a native of Kentucky, and came to Ohio in 1806; his wife, Jane Baker, came from New Jersey, and going to Ohio in her child- hood, settled in Butler Counlv. iiy^ ADISON ISHOOKS. T ograi)hies of f 111 •■''"^■'■■'■^•''''"' 'uen who without the influence * li\ of wealth or the prestige of family have '■'J attained to positions of usefulness and honor, serve the two-fold i)urpose of encourag- ing the young and paying a well merited compli- ment to the man himself. Not only has .Mr. Brooks gained tin: confidence of his acquaintances, but he has also been a very successful business man, having at one time been the owner of moie than twenty-five hundred acres of land. He lia.s given to his children and grandchildren about fourteen hundred acres and still retains in his pos- session about ten hundred and fifty acres, all of which, with the exception of three hundred acres in Hancock and Madison Counties, is located in Hamilton County. In tracing the family history, we find that the grandfather of our subject, Williain Brooks, was born in England and emigrated to this country in early life, sojourning for a tinu in M.aryl.and and from there moving to North Carolina, lie was a soldier in the Revolutionar}- War and a man of prominence in his community. t)ur subjecfs father, John Brooks, was born in Norih ( .iroiina 450 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. and married Elizabeth Heath, a native of that state. In the fall of 1814 he brought his family to Indiana, and for a short time resided in Frank- lin County, removing thence to Jefferson County. In 1832 he cast in his lot with the pioneers of Han- cock County, where he Entered land near the Ham- ilton County line. He gave his attention to clear- ing and cultivating the farm until, at the age of sixty-five, he departed this life. His wife died at the age of eighty-two. Born in North Carolina September 5, 1814, our subject was only two months old when he was brought by his parents to Indiana. His boyhood days were spent in Jefferson County, where he continued to reside until March, 18.53, moving at that time to Fall Creek Township, Hamilton County. In January, 1853, he purchased the farm where he has since resided, and which at the time of purchase consisted of one hundred and forty- nine acres. Of this property only fifty acres had been cleared, and the farm was destitute of build- ings save an old log cabin. As time passed by Mr. Brooks erected suitable buildings and placed the soil under excellent cultivation. In addition to what he now owns, he has aided his children financially, and it has been his pride to give each of his sons a substantial start in life, which they have fully justified. Tlie first marriage of Mr. Brooks occurred Aug- ust 8, 1833, and united him with Miss Nancy Brooks, a native of North Carolina, but at the time of her marriage a resident of Jefferson County. Mrs. Nancy Brooks died in August, 1854, leaving nine children, as follows: Elizabeth, wife of A.J. Myers, of Fall Creek Township; S. M., also a resident of Fall Creek Township; Eli, whose home is in Noblesville Township; Clarinda, who resides with her father; Robert, a prisoner at Andersonville during^the late war, who died at Anna])olis, Md., while en route home; Christie Ann, the wife of William Virgen, of Delaware Township; Melvin, a soldier in the Civil War, who soon after returning home from the army was accidentall}^ killed in a gravel pit; Emily, de- ceased, formerly the wife of Samuel Myers; and Jasper N., of Marion County. One child died in infancy. December 20,1855, ^.v. Brooks married Mrs. Mary J. Hare, of Noblesville, daughter of Isaac Hurlick. She died in 1873, after having become the mother of four children. Melancthon resides with his father; Joseph Augustus lives in Fall Creek Town- ship, and Albert in Indianapolis; one died un- named. March 20, 1877, Mr. Brooks and Miss Elizabeth Jane Barnard were uiiitiMl in mnniMgc. Mrs. Brooks is a native of Noitii C iirulina niid a daughter of Jesse Barnard, who, ujion migrating north, settled in Hancock County, Ind. A Whig during the existence of that party. Mr. Brooks cast his ballot for William Henry Harrison for President, and has always been a Republican since the formation of the party. In liis religious belief he is a Methodist, and supports that denom- ination in all its enterprises. He willingly aids every project calculated to advance the interests of the community, and is regarded as one of the most prominent citizens of Hamilton County, as well as one of its honored pioneers. \'f^HILIP A. CHILDERS, a representative gen- eral agriculturist and stock-raiser of La- ^ fayette Township; is a native of Madison [ County, and from his earliest youth has been associated with the history and upward growth of this part of the state, and, widely known, possesses the higii regard of all his fellow- townsmen. The son of the pioneer settlers, Alfred and Mary (Keller) Childers, our subject was born December 8, 1844. His father was a native of Ohio, but the mother was of soutiiern birth and by nativity a Virginian. The paterniil gnind|)areiits emigrated with their family from Ohio to Indiana in a very early day, and entered with courage and ambition into the development of their new home in Madison County. The father of our subject, then a young man begin- ning life for himself, resided for a time in Adams Township, then removed to Iowa, where lie mar- ried. Not long after entering into the bonds of matrimony, Alfred Childers with his young wife returned to Indiana and settled in the woods of PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 451 Adams Township in a primitive log cabin. There the parents together spent many happy years, sharing many trials and |)rivations which they bore with cheerful and liopcfiil ])aticnct'. The father died in the iiriiiic of life, passing away in IM-IH. Tiie mother survived thirty-five years, and en- tered into rest in July, 1883. Of the family who once gathered about the fireside of the iiarents hut tliree are now living. Jane is the widow of Rile Surlu'r; Mary is the wife of Edward Bevelhimer; and Pliilip A. The widowed mother subsequently remarried, wedding C. A. Betterton, by wlioni she had one daughter, Eliza, deceased. Philip A., our subject, was a little only lad four years of age when death deprived him of a father's care. Not long after this bereavement, the motiicr with her family removed to Lafayette Township, where Mr. C'hilders attained to mature age. Reared amid the scenes of pioneer life, be resided upon a. farm in the heart of the woods, througii which then roamed deer, wild turkeys and other game. Trained from liis earliest youth up to liabils of self-reliance, and thoroughly grounded in the daily round of agricultural life, our subject grew up manly, intelligent and energetic, and was well fitted to make his own way in life. He had re- ceived the advantages for instruction offered by the schools of tlie home neighborhood, and profited bv the same, reading and studying in all avail- able moments. His life has been mainly devoted to the cultivation of the soil, Mr. Childers fioiiig a thoroughly practical agriculturist and authority on all matters connected with farming. He was, however, for some years engaged upon two different lines of railway as freight brakes- man. Owing to the untimely demise of his father, our subject shouldered heavy responsibilities in his youth, having to aid in the care and support of the other members of the family. In time he desired to make a home of his own. and upon January 23, 1874, Philii. A. Childers and Miss Elizabeth Hannah were united in marriage. The accomplished wife of our subject, a lady of intel- ligent ability, w.as the daughter of James Hannah, now deceased. The pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Childers was blessed by the birth of five children, four of whom arc now living. They are in the order of their liirtli: Nettie E., Mary C, Chloe E., James C.. and I'.ertlia, deceased. Our subject owns eighty acres of valuable land, which he has brought up fi'om a wild state to high cultivation and improved with excellent and substantial buildings. I'olitically a Democrat, and deeply mleiested in both local and national issues, he has never been desirous of public office, but does his duty intelligently at the polls, and, a public-spirited man, is ever ready to lend a help- ing hand in all matters of mutual welfare. Asso- ciated from boyhood with the changing scenes of Indiana's progress, Mr. Childers enjoys a wide acquaintance in Madison County and possesses a host of long time friends. The wife of our sub- ject departed this life some years ago. OIIN R. COLLINS, who is engaged in gen- eral farming on section 27, Clay Township, Hamilton County, was born in New York, ^^ifj August 7, 1 83 1 , and traces his ancestry back to Jedediah Collins, whose father was of Irish de- scent and emigrated to America in 1610. In the line of direct descent are: Jedediah, born in 1(560; John, in 1685; Hezekiah, in September, 1715; Jedediah, December 24, 1751; and Solomon, born THarch 17, 1766, in Rhode Island; the latter being the grandfather of our subject. Throughout his life he followed farming, and was a member of the Friends' Church. His children were: Eliza- beth, wife of Jonathan Teft; Solomon, Hezekiah, Stephen P., Mrs. Sarah West, Nathan; Emma, wife of James K. Larkin; Martha and Anna. Several members of the family removed to where Elgin, III., now stands long before the (iovern- ment survey was made. Solomon Collins emi- grated to New York about 1808, and spent his entire life near Utica. Hezekiah Collins, father of our subject, was born in 1798, and at the age of twenty-eight mar- ried Rhoda Kinyon. For many years he success- fully engaged in teaching. He followed farming PORTRAIT AND BIOCiRAPHICAL RECORD after his maii-iage until 1836, when he embarked in niercliandising. Several _years later he went to Cayuga County, N. Y., where he carried on farm- ing until coming to Indiana in 1850. He liere bought one hundred and sixty acres of land, which he owned until selling to our subject in 1870. Tliree children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Collins: Susan, wife of Judge David Moss; Mar- tlia, wlio died at the age of sixteen; and John R. The mother died in 1831, and in 1835 the fatlier married Jerusha Bowne. After her deatli he wedded Mary Underbill, l\y whom he had seven children: Hannah J. and .Saral), twins; Anna M.; Jerusha; J^lizalteth, wife of l^r. J. D. Garner; Edward H., of C^armel; and Robert, of Fortville. Only the last two are living. Sarali, Anna and Hannah were for many years prominent teachers. The father was an active member of tiie Friends' Cliurcli, and in politics was a Whig and Republi- can. Prior to the war his home was a station on the famous underground railroad. He died Feb- ruary 27, 1877, and his last wife made her home witli our subject until her death, October 23, John R. Collins at the age of twenty-one rented his father's farm and began life for himself. He was educated in a high school in New York, and the Poughkeepsie Quaker School, and for sev- eral terms was engaged in teaching. At the age of thirty-two, in this county, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Alfred T. and Henrietta (Todd) Jes- sup, who was born in Hamilton County, while her parents were natives of Wayne and Marion Coun- ties, Ind., respectively. Her grandfather was an American sea captain, and wliile smuggling sugar into France during the French Revolution was captured and held a prisoner two years. He served in tlie War of 1812, and while he was in the ti-enclies before Baltimore the British landed on his farm and destroyed all his property. To Mr. and Mrs. Collins were born six children: •leruslia, wife of Albert Carey; Robert H., Rhoda, and three wiio died in infancy. Rlioda is a grad- uate of the Carmel High Scliool, is a highly ac- complished young lady, and keeps house for lier fatlier. The mother died January 20, 1875. Mr. Collins is a member of the Friends' Church, and in politics is a Republican. In 1870 lie was elected Justice of the Peace, and held the oflice four terms. He has been Chairman of tlie Clay- Township Republican Committee. He i)re|)ared the papers for the eight-mile pike road which passes his house, and in company witli Mr. Jeffries got up the papers for tlie C. it P. gravel road, He owns a tine farm of one hundred and sixty acres, and is a representative farmer and leading citizen of the community, who takes an active in- terest in everything pertaining to the [lublic wel- fare. c HARLES I). SMITH, is tlie genial pm- prietor of the Altoona Hotel of Frank- ton, of which he has been in charge since the 11th of January, 1893. As he is widely and favorably known in this community we feel assured that the record of his life will prove of interest to many of our readers. A native of Massachusetts, lie was born in Cheshire, February 22, 1853, and is a son of Charles D. and Eliza (Wilson) Smith. The parents were natives of New Jersey, and from Massachusetts removed to Pittsburg, Pa., in 1860. There the succeeding five years were passed, after which the father engaged in keeping hotel in Cin- cinnati for six years. He was also connected with the stock yards of that place. Returning to New Jersey on the expiration of that period, he has since there made bis Home. In early life he be- came a glass blower and still follows that business, being now the oldest glass blower in the factory. Although he has reached his sixty-seventh year, he is still hale and hearty. The paternal grandparents of our subject were Joseph D. and Mary (Mossbrook) Smith, and the former was a sea captain. The maternal grand- parents were Sooy and Julia Wilson, the former also a sea captain. On retiring from that life he engaged in the hotel business in Pleasant Mills. N. J., for thirty years. The family is of English origin and its members' were connected witli the Society of Friends. Charles D. Smith, whose name heads this record, was the eldest of a family of three children. No f^>^ eyr^e^i^ PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAl'IIICAL RECORD. 455 event of special importance occurred during his childlaood and youtli, whieli were quietly passed in his parents' home. Wiien a youtii of sixteen, he began learning tlie trade of glass l)lovving, which lie followed in New Jersey and I'ittsburg, I'a. Wiien a young man of twenty-two, lie left tlie parental roof. The year 1887 witnessed his arrival in Indiana, lie spent three years in Muncic, and on the ex|iirati if that jieriod came U> l^'raiikhm. ill .June, 1890, a;ul engaged with tiie Clyde Glass Works as foreman, where he continued until em- barking in tlie hotel business, as before stated. Mr. Smith was united in marriage in April. 1887, with Mrs. Kizzie E. Dix, a daughter of William Ruck and Jt^niima (Morgan) Ruck, who were natives of Millville, N. J., and still reside in that place. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have a daughter, Edna. They are highly respected people, well known throughout this community. Socially, Mr. Smith is connected with the Knights of Pythias, the Order of Red Men and the Knights of Labor. He votes the Democratic ticket. ^8=^ OLOMON MYERS. During the year 181G, ^^^ at an cai-Iy period in the history of Madi- \\l£_^' **-'" County, Mr. Myers settled upon sec- tion 2, liiion Township, where he has since resided. Al that time tiie land was covered with a deiisi' foiest growth, and it was his task to clear the land and turn the lust furrows in tlie virgin soil. Tlie work of iinpioving the farni was a ditlicult task, but with undaunted perseverance !u' labored until he achieved success. He is a man of |irogressive spirit and excellent judgment, and in his farming operations displays tact, energy and capabilities of a high order. Mr. Myers is a member of a family whose rep- resentatives have for generations been well known in their various communities, being men of patri- otic spirit and keen discrimination. Both his pa- ternal and maternal grandfathers were Revolu- tionary soldiers, lie was born in Wayne County, hid., on tlie 17th of February, 1824, to the union of (iideon and Catherine (Crull) Myers, natives 22 of Pennsylvania and Ohio, respectively. In 1820, when a young maii. Gideon Myers niigral(Ml to In- diana, settling ill Wayne County, where lie was married. For a tiim- he lesided iii a block house built by the white settlers to iiroteet themselves from the Indians, and there he followed his trade of a tanner. Later he located one and one-fourth miles due south of Caiiibrid.ue. where he eondueled a tannery for over a ([uarler of a century, bei.ii;- the (list tanner residing in Wayne County. In connection with his extensive operations as a tanner, Gideon Myers also engaged in farming pursuits, meeting with -ood sueress as a tiller of the soil. In his old age. he removed to .Milton. where his death occurred in 18()8. Two of his children survive: Michael, who is a resident of Kansas; and Solomon, of this sketch. The latter was reared to manhood in Wayne County, Iiid., amid scenes of pioneer life, and he fri'(|nently saw- bears, deer and other wild animals. He i-eceived a rudimentary education in a log caliin. which was utilized for a schoolhouse, and which, with its puncheon floors, slab scats and greased paper for windows, was in harmony with its ininiitive en- vironments. When a child six years old, Mr. Myers began grinding bark in the tannery, and four years later he commenced to learn the regular tr.'ide in the shop, being thus engaged for six years. After- ward he was employed in farming pursuits, and occasionally worked in a tannery. He was lirst married to Miss Louisa Reagan, who became the mother of six children, three of whom are now living. They are: Laura, wife of Henry Sclilegel; Emma, who married John Hupp; and Mary, the wife of Meredith Stanley, Jr. Mrs. Loui.sa Myers died in 1872, and our subject w.as married again, on the 1st of March, 1873, choosing as his wife Mrs. Sarah E. Martin, the widow of Henry Martin. Mrs. Myers was born in Wayne County, Ind., June 28, 1837, being a daughter of William and Olive (Smith) White. Her parents, who were na- tives of Tennessee and South Carolina, respective- ly, were early settlers of Wayne County. Ind., and afterward resided in Hancock County, coming thence to Madison County about 1848. By her first marriage Mrs. Myers has three chil- 456 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. dren, Marion, Charles and Florence, the latter be- ing the wife of Joseph Wampler. Her union with Mr. Myers has resulted in the birth of three chil- dren, namely: George M., Ida M. and Maud. Mrs. Myers is one of eleven children, the others being: Hiram, Silas, Frankhn (deceased), Henry; Martha, wife of Adam Feighner; Macey; Rachel, who mar- ried Monroe Cunningiiam; John; Samuel; and Lizzie, who is the wife of John Johnson. The landed possessions of Mr. Myers consist of three hundred and fifty-five acres of well improved land, which lie has gained by industry and per- severance. One eighty-acre tract which he now owns was entered from the Government in 1834, under the administi-ation of President Jackson, the deed having been secured by the father of our subject. Mr. Myers settled upon his present farm in 1846. His first home was a log cabin, rudely constructed, and containing very few articles of furniture. As time passed by, he was rewarded by a Large measure of success. The land was cleared, the soil tilled, orchards planted, substan- tial outbuildings erected, modern farming ma- chinery introduced, and a comfortable residence erected. Public-spirited and progressive, Mr. Myers fa- vors all measures which tend to promote tlie wel- fare of the community, and gives his support to the principles advocated by the Democratic party. He served as Trustee of Union Township for one term, and has filled other positions of local promi- nence, in all of which he has labored indefatigablj'^ in the interests of his fellow-citizens. He is a man who enjoys to a rare extent the confidence of his associates, and his position is among the most substantial farmers of Union Township. J(0NATI1AN CAREY, wlio is engaged in general farming and stock-raising on section 2.5, owns one of the fine farms of White ^^^_^ River Township, and throughout tlie com- munity lie is recognized as one of the leading and influential agriculturists. He was born May 29, 1840, in this township, and is a worthy represen- tative of an honored pioneer family. His father. Joshua H. Carey, was born in Maryland, and when a boy came to Indiana with his parents, Jon- athan and Rebecca Carey, who were also natives of Maryland. The grandfather of our subject died at the age of seventy-three, and his wife in her seventy-first year. Joshua was one of a large family, of whom two are yet living. At the age of twenty-four he married Delilah Hire, and located upon a farm, which he continued to cultivate until his death at the age of seventy-two years. His wife passed away at the age of thirty-six. They were the parents of seven children, of whom Jonathan and three sisters are yet living. Our subject was reared upon the home farm, and in the district schools acquired his education. He remained under the parental roof until after the breaking out of the late war, when, on the 18th of August, 1862, he enlisted in the service as a member of Company D, One Hundred and First Indiana Infantry. He continued with his regi- ment for eighteen months, and was in fifteen bat- tles. He was wounded by a stray shot, which caused him the loss of his left arm, and he re- mained in the hospital from July 20, 1864, until March 7, 1865. He now draws a pension of -SSG per month. Mr. Carey then returned to his father's house and engaged in horse-breeding. He was married on Christmas Day of 1865 to Miss Isabel A., daugh- ter of George and Lucy House. The young couple began their domestic life upon a rented farm in this locality, but after six months returned to the old homestead. Subsequently Mr. Carey purchas- ed sixty acres of land, at his father's death in- hetited eighteen acres and bought out the interest of the other heirs, amounting to one hundred acres. Since that time he has extended the bound- aries of his farm by additional purchases, until it now comprises two hundred and forty acres, under a high state of cultivation and well improved, besides eighty acres belonging to his wife. In connection with general fanning, he is engaged in importing and breeding Clyde horses. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Carey have been born six children: George S., who married Lizzie Downham; Lucv K., wife of William Gunn. by whom she has PORTRAIT AND BIOORAPIIICAL RECORD. one daughter; Rosa R., wife of John Wise; Joshua G., Bessie K. and Ellis Larue. The Cavoy family is one of the most prt a I Iciiiociat, then a Whig and afterwards :i Ki'publican. Of the I'rrs- byteiian Churcli he too was a faithful member, and died in that failli in Si'ptcmbcr, is.s'.). p,y his marriage to Mary lirown. he hail nine children, six of whom reached matmo yeai>: Robert .M., James B., Robert li., Cyrn> R., Adolplius F.. Sam- uel, Ira, Sidney and Lot V.. All are now deceased with the exceptiou of our subject; James 15., a physician of Hartford, Ind.; and Adolphus F., a Presbyterian minister of Pennsylvania. The mother of this family was born in Jlifflin County, Pa., in February, 1814, and was a daughter of Thomas Brown, a Pentrsylvania farmer of Scotch origin, who served as an ollicer in the Revolution- ary War. Dr. Alexander, whose name heads this record, was educated in Washington and Jefferson Col- leges, graduating from the latter institution af- ter completing the classical course, in the Class of '70. Taking up the study of medicine, he pursued two courses of lectures in the t'ni versify of Pennsylvania, and w.as graduated in 187L In the spring of that year he located in Pittsburg, spending one year in the Western Pennsylvania Hospital. In 1875 he w.as in the Phil.adelphia Dispensary, and while there passed the examina- tion for the I'nited States Navy service. In 1876 he was appointed and served six months in quar- antine duty on the western coast of Florida, after which he was stationed on board the receiving ship, "Portsmouth." In the spring of 1877, he re- signed and went to Fayette County, Ind.. where he practiced until February. 187;>. since which time he has been a member of the Tuedical fiater- nity of Pendleton. On the 5th of November of that same year, the Doctor married Carrie B., daughter of Evan and Samantha (Boyd) Hughes, of Cambridge, Ind. They have a pleasant home in this city, where they are both widely and favorably known. The Doctor is a prominent and active Odd Fellow. He belongs to the Madison County Medical So- ciety, the Indiana State Medical Society and the 458 POETEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Mississippi Valley Medical Society, and has made some valuable contributions to medical journals. He keeps well abreast of everything connected with ills profession, and the large and lucrative practice which he enjoys is a just tribute to his merit. J^OHN H. HESTER, an lionored veteran of the late war, now follows farming on sec- ! tion 9, Pipe Creek Township, Madison __ ' County. He was born in North Carolina, December 16, 1843, and his parents, John and Melinda (Crews) Hester, were natives of the same state. They came to Indiana in 1845, and located in Shelby County on Christmas Day. The father is a successful farmer and owns two hundred and thirty-five acres of good land. He first purchased forty acres, an unbroken tract, and transformed it into rich and fertile fields. He was a member of the Christian Church, and a prominent citizen. His death occurred January 25, 1891, and his wife died during the early childhood of our subject, who was the second in a family of six children. John H. Hester began life for himself at the age of nineteen, and has always followed farming. On the 14th of August, 1862, he enlisted in Com- pany H, Sixteenth Indiana Infantry, Third Divi- sion, Thirteenth Army Corps, was mustered in at Indianapolis and went immediately to Richmond, Ky. At the battle at that place his regiment suf- fered severely. Thej' were sent to Memphis, then to Arkansas Post, and participated in the entire siege of Vicksburg, took part in the battle of Jack- son, then returned to Vicksburg, and on transports went to New Oileans, where they were put in the cavalry department under General Banks. Then came the Red River expedition, and the battle of Pleasant Hill and all the engagements of that campaign. Returning to New Orleans, the troops were sent to Donaldsville, where they did guard duty and fought the guerrillas. Mr. Hester was discharged June :U), 1865, after three years' faith- ful service. On the 7th of .lanuary, 1866, our subject wedded Nancy L., daughter of John W. and Eliza (Golden) Brown, natives of Hamilton County, Ohio, the former born October 30, 1818, and the latter Sep- tember 20, 1826. They were married March 31. 1842, and had nine children, of whom Mrs. Hester is the eldest. All are living. Robert Brown, the grandfather, was one of the first settlers of Shelby County. He there spent his last days and died at the advanced age of ninety-seven. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hester were born seven children: James Edward, born February 10, 1867; George Wash- ington, September 17, 1868; Mary L., May 30, 1870; Eliza E., born April 18, 1872; Sarah C, September 22, 1876; Jasper Newton, January 3, 1870; and Gertrude Melinda Josephine, born July 19, 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Hester hold membership with the Baptist Church, and are prominent and worthy people, who have many warm friends throughout the community. In' politics, he is a Democrat. He is a prosperous agriculturist and has owned and operated his present farm since 1888. One of the valiant defenders of his country during the late war, he is alike true in times of peace, and the community finds in him one of its best citizens. M>-^<1 ^Tr^^ICHARD C. MENDENHALL, of Carmel, \hgif was born in Delaware Township, Hamilton liim County, on the bank of Cool Creek, Oc- \^ tober 7, 1831, and is a son of Benjamin and Mary (Cam])bell) Mendenhali. The great- grandfather, John Mendenhali, was a resident of Wales, and had three sons who emigrated to North Carolina before the Revolution, John, William and Richard. The last-named, the grandfather of our subject, married Sarah E., daughter of Obe- diah Harris, and soon after went to Greene County, Ohio, where he entered Government land on the reservation, clearing and improving one hundred and sixty acres. Later, he came to Hamilton Countj', and improved a fine farm of two hun- dred and forty acres, here making his home until his death, at the age of eighty-four. He was a member of the Friends' Church, and a Whig in PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 469 politics. His wife survived hira a few months, and passed away at the age of eighty-lhiee. Their children were Henjamin, Ohediah. Ira, David and James. lienjaniin Mendenliall in his youth made a study of surveying, and afterwards carried on a linseed oil mill in Ohio. In that state he wedded Mary Campbell, a native of South Carolina, and a daughter of Raliih C. and Sarali (Ilaskett) Camp- bell, who were natives of Scotland and members of tlie Friends' Churcii. After living for iwenty years in Greene County, Ohio, the}' came to Ham- ilton County, where the father died at the age of eighty-two, and his wife at the age of eigiity- fotir. In 1826 Mr. Mendenhall made tlie first set- tlement on Cool Creek. He had entered two hun- dred and forty acres of land and i)lanted an or- chard. He built the first sawmill in Delaware Township, and for some time the lumber to build Noblesville and Indianapolis was obtained from liis mill. He was the organizer of the Richland Friends' Church, and was a Whig in politics. He had made arrangements to build a linseed oil mill, but died in Sejiteinber, 183;3, before its completion. His wife passed away in KSdS, at the age of sev- enty-two. Their children were: Zebula; Ira, de- ceased; Lydia, wife of Thom.as Hazel; Rebecca, wife of Ilinchman Haines; Sarah, wife of William Haines; Carrie, deceased; Elizabeth, wife of I. W. Stanton; and our subject. R. C. Mendenhall was educated in a log school- house, and when but a child began life for him- self. He never had a store-bought suit until eigh- teen _years of age. For a number of years he worked in a distillery, and drove cattle to Indian- apolis when there were only two butcher shops in the city. Before his marriage he accumulated con- siderable money. At the age of twenty-five Mr. Mendenhall wed- ded Moris, daughter of William and Elizabeth (West) Wilkinson. Her parents were natives of Noitli Carolina, and early settlers of this county, where the daughter was born. Mr. and Mrs. Men- denhall had three children: Sarah, wife of Ed. Cooper, of San Diego, Cal.; Cliarles, who wedded Mary Edson; and .Mliert, who married .lennie Ilinshaw. The mother died in 18G3. and Mr. Men- denhall afterward married Mrs. Eliza J. (Clayton) Wies. They are both members of the White Chapel Methodist Church. Mr. Mendenhall was a charter meniber of Pon- tius Lodge No. 6;5, I. O. O. F., and is now the ol.l- est member of Carmel Lodge No. 101, I.O. O. F., in which he has held all the otlires. During the war he was a stanch Aliolitimiist. and is now a Pro- hibitionist. '":=^5Q)x ^t^LIAS STFAirr. an honored citi/.en owii- IjU ing a highly cultivated farm in Washing- / j L-^ ton Township, Hamilton County, Ind., is numbered among the representative general agri- culturists and ])rosperous business men of his lo- cality. Our subject was born in Chatham Cnunty, N.C.,on tiie 12thof September, 1830, and was the descendant of very early residents of the old Tar State. The paternal great-grandfather, Alexander Stuart, of famous English ancestry, was a native of Pennsylvania, and removed in a very early day from the Quaker Slate to North Carolina, where he passed away. His sun. the [laternal grandfather of Elias, was born in North Carolina, and through- out his life was eng.aged in tlic pursuit of general agriculture. Grandfather .lohn Stuart married Miss Elizalieth Dixon, who bore him these eight sons and daugh- ters: Naomi, Dinah, Solomon, Alexander, Elizabeth, Simon, Benjamin (the father of our subject), and Hannah. Grandmother Stuart was a woman of superior ability and fair education. She was a devoted Christian, a noble character, and a devout member of the Friends' Church, and died in North Carolina .at the age of forty years, deeply mourned. The grandfather wedded a second time, mar- rying Miss Mary Stout, a most estimable lady, who became the mother of one son, Charles, who is married and living in Iowa. The paternal grand- father was an ardent Whig and a member of the Friends' Church. He was well educated and was a prominent man of his day, and. possessed of a wonderfully vigorous constitution, survived to reach ninety-one years. The father, like his ancestors a farmer, spent 460 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. his entire life in North Carolina. He received in ciiildhood the benefit of instruction in the home schools, and attaining to manhood, ambitious and self-reliant, began life for himself. He married' Miss Sarah Newlin, daughter of Jacob and Ruth (Vestal) Newlin, both natives of North Carolina. The parents were blessed by the birth of seven sons and daughters, of whom the eldest was Alfred. The second son was Elias, our subject; then fol- lowed -Jolin, Ruth, Ann, Emma and David N. The mother was, like her iuisband, a member of the Friends' Churcli, and was prominent in the good works and social and benevolent enterprises of her home locality. She died at the age of sixty-five years, beloved by all who knew her. The father, politically a Whig, took an active part in public affairs and survived to the age of seventy-two years. In the fall of 1851, our subject, who had then just reached his majority, went to Hendricks County, Ind., and two years later entered into matiimony, in 1853 being wedded to Miss Adaline W. Kendall, daughter of James G. and .Sallie D. (Reals) Kendall, both natives of North Carolina. Into the pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart came nine children, of whom Newton G., deceased, was the eldest. Ellis R., deceased, -was the second born. The seven surviving are, .John K., Aaron J., Newlin B., Laura M., Julia E., Milo H. and Ella J. Mr. Stuart removed with his family to Washing- ton Township, Hamilton County, in 1854, and bought tiie farm on which he lives. He dili- gently improved his land and added to the origi- nal homestead until he now owns two hundred and forty acres, finely cultivated and among the best farms of the township, being worth at present fully $75 per acre. Mr. and Mrs. Stuart occupy a high position in their home community, are valued members in the Friends' Church, and active aids in religious work and charitable enterprises. Mr. Stuart holds a birthright in the Societ}' of Friends, to which his forefathers belonged from the early daj'S. He is politicallj' a stanch Republican, a man of broad intelligence and liberal spirit, and is a true Ameri- can cilizen, thoroughly ])osted in both local and national issues. lie and his worthy wife pos- fl sess a wide acquaintance and many friends, and enjoy the esteem of the general public of Wash- ington Township. I RS. MARTHA STEPHENS, widow of Al- (\ fred Stephens, is a lady of far more than the ordinary executive ability, and has become widely known for the push and enterprise she has shown, for her interest in agri- cultural pursuits, for the deep interest she mani- fests in the welfare of the Christian Church, of which she has long been a member and to which she is a most liberal contributor, and for her natu- ral kindness of heart and numerous noble impulses. She is a native of RushCounty. lud., born May 3, 1835, and the daughter of Andrew and Siua (Gar- ten) Hinchman, natives of the Old Dominion. The parents were reared in their nati\ie state, and after their marriage they removed to Rush County, Ind., where Xhey were among the pioneer settlers. There they remained until 1839, when the father removed with his family to Madison County, this state, and settled in Richland Town- ship, where he was again among the pioneers. He purchased land, improved it, and there passed the remainder of his days, his death occurring on the 24th of October, 1851. His first home was a log cabin in Madison Countj"^, but after many hard- ships and privations he became one of the substan- tial farmers of his neighborhood. All his property was the accumulations of years of hard work, for he was a self-made man and started with limited means. Mrs. Martha Stephens was reared amid scenes of pioneer life and she attended the subscription schools held in the old log-cabin schoolhouse of early days. On the 9th of November, 1853, she was married to Alfred Stephens, a native of Fayette County, Ind., and the son of Samuel and Mary Stephens. When but a small boy Mr. Stephens removed with his parents to Madison County, Ind., and settled with them in Richland Township, where he grew to mature years. He as- sisted his father in clearing and improving the PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. home place and subsequently married our subject. P'our children were born of this union, tliree of wlioin survive: .lohn. Lewis and .losephine, llie latter the wife of Brazelton Kindle. For ;i number of years after their marriage Mr. :uhI .Mrs. Stephens resided in Richland Townsiiip. til is county, and there the former's death occurred and re- jrarck'd bin] with ruspLTt and t-.-Un'm. Mrs. IWllard belongs to the Wesleyan Church, and, ac-tive in yood works, is a leader in the social and benevo- lent enterprises of tliat denomination. A ready aid to tiie unfortunate, her inllucncf tor i^ood is \\\(U'.\y felt in the outside woild, and in tlie home circle she is a devoted mother, earing tenderly for her fatherless children. ~-~^@#@- KACK E. MAKER. Of many of the pio- ) neers of Hamilton County it may be said that though "they rest from tlnur labors their works do follow tln'TM.'" Afterstrug- gles innumerable, after hardship-, and t,oil, they have entered into rest. "After life's fitful fever, they sleep well." Few residents of the county were so closely identified with its progress during a period covering more than half a century as was the subject of this sketch. At a ripe old age, when full of years and honors, lie closed his eyes upon the scenes of time, and his mortal remains were laid away in the cemetery at Noblesville. [n Onondaga County, N. Y., in 1801, the family of Archilus Maker was increased by the birth of a son, who was named Peace E. As the years passed by the child grew to man's stature, and gained a common-school education in the Empire State, which was his father's home until death. In 1833, attracted to the west by glowing rejjorts of its soil and climate, he journeyed hither and settled in Hamilton County, where he entered and cleared a tract of land. Upon this place he conducted farm- ing and stock-raising until the time of his demise. A man of accurate judgment and firm convictions, his prosperity was acquired, not through the aid of extraneous circumstances, but as a result of en- ergy, industry and discretion. In politics, he was a Whig until the organization of the Republican party, after which he afliliated with that organixa- lion. The marriage of Mr. Maker occurred November 15, 1833, at which time he was united with Miss Rebecca Richey, who vvas born in Huron County, Ohio, December 2(j. 181(1. She was the daughter of William and the urandd.anuhter of .lohn Itichcy, liolh of whom were natives of rcnnsy I vania, and of Irish descent. Her mother bori; the niai(ien name of Margaret Burdue, and was born in Pennsylvania, being of Welsh descent. In an early day Mr. Richey migrated to Huron County, Ohio, and thence, when his daughter Kt'lieeea was eleven years old, lie removed to Indiana, settling in Ham- ilton County. Mrs. Maker was. therefore, idenlilied with the early history of this county, where she acquired her education in the primitive temples of learn- ing, and seated on a split log bench she endeav- ored to gain a knowledge of the three R's from the criule text-hooks of that time. She was married in Hamilton County, and here were born her three children: Mary, wife of Samuel Purcell, a resident of Marion County, Ind.; Seth R., who is engaged in farming in Hamilton County; and Horace, a farmer residing in Noblesville Townsliip, this county. In her religious belief, Mrs. .Maker is a devoted mem- ber of the Presbyterian Chinch, and is a geiicioiis contributor to church and benevolent enterprises. She is the owner of two valuable pieces of prop- erty, including her residence on Logan Street. OIIARLES F. IIENX, a prominent Ccrman- . American citizen, and a man of broad in- ,^ telligence and executive ability, now con- ducting a farm located upon section 18, Lafay- ette Township, is numbered among the leading and progressive general agriculturists of Madison County. Mr. Henn is a native of Raden, (!er- many, and was born November '26, 1824. His father, Jacob Henn, a man of learning and scien- tific research, was an iron ore expert aud Director of the iron ore mines in Switzerland for a pri- vate corporation. When fourteen years of age, our subject went to Switzerland, where he re- mained a number of years. He had previously at- tended the excellent schools of the Fatherland, 4t)G PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. but after making his home in Switzerland for three j'ears, enjoyed the benefit of extended in- struction in Delemont College, from which cele- brated institution of learning he graduated with honor. iMr. Ilenn has constantly added to his early stock of knowledge by reading, study and observation, and is well posted in the current affairs of the day, local and foreign. From the time he attained his majority, he determined to make his future residence in America, but it was not until 1851 that our subject finally set sail for the United States, embarking on a vessel at Havre. Mr. Henn was three weeks crossing the broad At- lantic, and landed safe and sound in the city of New York. Not tarrying long in the eastern metropolis, lie journeyed to the farther west, and remained for a time in Dayton, Ohio, where he followed his trade of a tailor, which lie had learned in the Old Country. Later locating in Indianapolis, Ind., he engaged in this latter cit_y in the pursuit of his trade for a short time, but in 1853 settled in Perkinsviile, Mad- ison County, and there followed the business of a tailor for a number of years. In 1882, Mr. Henn re- moved to his present farm, and has since devoted himself to the cultivation and improvement of his ninety-four fertile acres, now annually yielding an abundant harvest. Upon May 18, 1853, were united in marriage Charles F. Henn and Miss Mary L. (hardener, who was born in Switzerland, De- cember 13, 1835. The estimable and accomplished wife of our subject emigrated to America with her widowed mother when onl.y four years of age. They kept a store in Buffalo, N. Y., for a number of years, and later journeying to the south, spent about two years in Tennessee. They subsequently made their home in D.ayton, Oliio, in wliicli city Mrs. Henn met and married her liii.sliainl. Of the four children who have blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Henn, two are living, Ernestine and Albert. Our subject is a stalwart Republican and an ardent advocate of the principles of the party of reform and progress. During the German Revo- lution of 1849, he was a member of the Baden artillery, and actively participated in several bat- tles, taking sides with the Revolutionists He was captured and made a prisoner for many weeks, but escaped from his dangerous position. From his youth, Mr. Henn has been most favor- able to a Republican government, and thus, with thousands of others, became identified with the German Revolution of 1849, which through over- whelming force of numbers and candid expression of opinion wrought the great change involving larger freedom of thought and action in the Father- land. Our subject, a man of broad intelligence and liberal education, has financially prospered in his adopted coiintiy, with whose form of govern- ment and free institutions he is in full and gener- ous accord. He and his wife and family, possess- ing a wide acquaintance and many friends, occupy with honor positions of useful intluence, and com- mand the high regard of all who know them. EM. GULP, a civil engineer, of Anderson^ was born at Wellsville, Ohio, on the 20th of March, 1859. He is the son of Adam and Maggie (Mitchell) Gulp. His father, a native of Ohio, was well known as a teacher of vocal and instrumental music, and was a dealer in all kinds of musical instruments, having an extensive trade throughout his section of Ohio until his death, in 1883, at forty-four years of age. The mother was a native of Jefferson County, and was the daugh- ter of James Mitchell, a prominent citizen of the county in early days, who served the people for fifteen years in the State Legislature. Grand- father Adam Culp was a Pennsylvanian, who moved to Ohio, and there continued to make his home until death. The rudimentary education of Mr. Culp was ob- tained in the common schools of AVellsville, Ohio, his native town. Later he took a technical course at the state school in Richmond, from which he was graduated in engineering in 1879. During the following year he was appointed one of the assistant engineers of the Chicago, Pittsburg, Youngstown and Cleveland Railroad in the con- struction department, and was located at Alliance, Ohio. In 1881 he went with the Pennsylvania PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Company to Erie, Pa., and took charge of the con- struction of the dock at that place, the work re- quiring eight moutlis. From there he entered tlie engineering department of tlie Cliicago & North- western Raih-oad. Later lie engaged as transit mail for the Chicago, Milwaukee A' St. I'aui, and was located at Aberdeen, Dak., until .laiuiary, ISSl. We iie.vl lind iNIr. Culp Division Engineer of tlie Chicago, Iiurlington A- Ndillicin K'aih-oad, with headquarters at Piniric Du Chicn. Wis. I'pon severing his eonuection willi thai company he went to East Liverpool, Ohio, and spent a year (■(instructing sewers. Later removing to Toledo, he became Division Engineer of the Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City Railroad, remaining there for nlidut two years. He then went witli the I'liiled States Government Survey of Red l.iiUc in the Chippewa reservation in Minnesi)l:i. In Septem- ber, 1891, he came to Anderson :iiid took part in organizing the Anderson I'lcll i.'ailu.'iy, a laiUoad built around the city with ramilicaLions to e:ieh of the niaiiy factories, and acted as engineer of the same. In 1892 the common council aiipointed him civil engineer of Mie city of .\iidersoii, which posii,i,,n he now liolds. The rapid growth and development of the city makes the position a par- ticularly arduous and important one. Politically Mr. Culp is a Democrat, and an ac- tive worker for his (larty. He is a member in good standing of Ml. Moriah Masonic lodge. In Sep- leniber, 1883, he was united in marriage with Miss Claudia M. Perdue, of Minerva, Ohio, the daugli- ter of F. A. and .Tulia (Emkefer) Perdue. Tliey have two children: .Tulia Maruaret and Pauline. named Henry. The latter w;is bor minion, and was mariied in tli: Eleanor Barrett, who wa- .-iImi :i ginia. About lisdl ihis worthy ■ri -^^^mi^^ a AMUEL C. COWGILL. In tracing the ?^ genealogy of the Cowgill family we find J) that it originated in the Highlands of Scotland, and was represented in America period long antedating the Revolutionary Henry Cowgill, the great-grandfather of -ubject, wa.s one of eight generations of Hen- Ihe grandfather of our subject being also native state and made their way to Ohio, settling in Highland County, near Hillsboro, where (Jrandfather Cowgill followed blacksmithing. He was a (Quaker in religion and a. Whig in politics. The parents of our subject, .loliii and l.ydia (Coflin) Cowgill, were natives of the Buckeye slate, both born in Highland County, and there resided until death. The father was a farmer by occupation, and becune tlie owner of about seven hundred acres of l.-ind, allhough when he first started he had only aliout forty acres. He was fairly well educated and was a (Juaker in his re- ligious views. In politics he aflilial-ed with the Republican party. He passed .iwny in l.ssc, ;ind his wife received her final summons m IS'.Mi. She was the daughter of Samuel and Din.a (Kenwor- thy) Coffin, natives of North Carolin.a. Mr. and Mrs. Coffin moved to Ohio aboiil 1^1 1, and in that state pa.ssed the closing years of their lives. Mr. and Mrs. Cowgill were married in l)(>cem- ber, 18.39, and five children were given them, viz.: Samuel C, our subject; Mary, wife of Samuel Ew- ing, now residing on the old homestead in High- land County, Ohio; Dinah, widow of William Un- thank, residing with her two children in Ohio; Edwin, who lives in Alexandria, Ind.; and David, in Ohio. The original of this notice was born in Highland County, Ohio, in 1840, and remained at home until 18(;9. He secured a good practical education in the common schools and took a pre- paratory course to enter college. In 18.')8 he en- I tered Earlham College, at Richmond, Ind., and was graduated from that institution in 18G4, sub- sequently taking a position in Spiceland Academy in Henry County. There he remained until the spring of 1869, occupying the chair of mathemat- ics and sciences, and then returned to Ohio, where he engaged in farming on part of the old home- stead in Highland Township. In 1872 Mr. Cowgill eng.-iged in the tile busi- ness in Ohio and continued this for three years, when he removed to Cadiz, Henry County, Ind., and thence to Summitville in 1880. He bought 468 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. out William Robb, and has since carried on the business, einployioj^ about seventy men. He now lias about $25,000, besides a good farm of one hundred and thirty-five acres. In polities he is a Republican, and socially is a Master Mason. In 1869 he married Miss Caroline Macy, a native of Spiceland, Henr}- Count}', and the daughter of .Solomon Maey, a native of North Carolina. Seven cliildren have blessed their union: Luzena T., S. Macy, Mary, Josie, Clarkson, Anna and Paul. Our subject and his wife are worthy members of the Fairmount Quaker Church. (^^IIOMAS C. ALLEN, a prosperous general ffl^^ agriculturist, and a carpenter by trade, is ^^^ now a leading citizen of Washington Town- ship, Hamilton County, Ind., and, widely known, is universally respected as a man of excellent bus- iness ability and sterling integrity. Born in North Carolina, Randolph County, May 13, 1830, our subject is the son of John and Martha (Clark) Allen, likewise natives of North Carolina. The l)aternal great-grandfather, an energetic and en- terprising native of Ireland, early emigrated to the United States, and locating in Pennsylvania, passed the remainder of his days in the Quaker State. The grandfather, Samuel Allen, born in Pennsylvania, removed with his mother to North Carolina while young, and received a fair educa- tion in the school of his home neighborhood. Later a tool-maker and also a manufacturer of coffins, guns and a variety of articles, Samuel Al- len was also a successful tiller of the soil and owned over eight hundred acres of land in the old Tar State. He was a natural genius in the liandling of tools, and built his own cellar walls for a house, burned the brick and laid them, and in short, he erected the entire dwelling. He ar- ranged a secret place in the cellar wall where he concealed his gold, and also made an aperture in liie heartli, so that by the removal of a few bricks he pould iiide there a little walnut box filled with gold. His remarkable skill as an artificer in metals is to be seen in a pair of cufif buttons man- ufactured from silver and carefully preserved by his descendants as a precious heirloom. He set out a peach orchard and lived to make peach brandy from a portion of the crop. Samuel Allen was a man of high princiiiles and possessed strong convictions of right and wrong. Although dwelling in a slave-holding community he never owned but two negroes in his life. He was a prominent member of the Quaker Church, and was politically a Whig. He lived to wit- ness many of the stirring scenes of the early days, and after a life of usefulness passed away at four- score years of age. The father of our subject, like the paternal grandfather, was an expert in the use of tools and made nearly all the implements he used in farming, and also manufactured barrels. He owned over thirteen hundred acres of valuable land in North Carolina, and was numbered among the substantial citizens of Randolph County. Like his father, he was politically a Whig, and was in religious affiliation a member of the Friends' Church. The parents were l)Oth well educated for the day and times of their birth. The father was an especially fine penman, his skill in handling a quill being on a par with the other work of his hands. His wife and the mother of our sub- ject, Martha (Clark) Allen, was the daughter of Daniel and Martha Clark. The maternal grand- father was born in Virginia, the maternal grand- mother being a native of North Carolina and the daughter of Hezekiah and Martha (Ellmore) San- ders. The great-grandmother, Martha Ellmore, was a Cherokee Indian. The mother, like her hus- band a member of the P'riends' Church, was a friend indeed to the poor and needy. She was an excellent nurse and doctored many who would otherwise have been uncared for. A truly noble woman, beloved by all who knew her, she entered into rest in 1866, aged about seventy-four years. Tiie father had preceded his wife to the better land ten years, passing away in 1856, about sev- enty-four years of age. ' After the war the wid- owed mother came to Washington Township and resided with her son until her death. Of the eleven children who blessed the home of the par- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 46!) eiits, four are now siuviving. They are in the or- der of birth, Samuel C. Hannah J., H. P. and Thom- as ('.. our suhjoc't. Tlie latter luivinu- remained Willi lii.s fatlier until twenty-one years of aji;e- he then received as a start in life tlie gift of a good hdise and one iuindred and thirty-six acres of laud. He improved liis farm with excellent build- ings and sold it for i|il,:300. This property is now wortli at least 1400 per acre. Later disposing of all his real estate in North Carolina, Mr. Allen, then about twenty-seven years of .age, journeyed to Indiana and located in Hamilton County with a l)ri)thci- about one year oldei'. After a short time our subject went Id Kansas and bought one hundred and eighty acres of land ill Lyons County, and then returned to Lidiana. He soon traveled back to North Carolina to settle up some money mailers, and while there the war broke out. Fiually, ui October. IStii. .Mr. Allen located permanently in Washington Township, and worked al his trade of a carpenter. He later exchanged his Kansas farm for >!400 and a forty-acre tract in Washington Township, where he then settled aiial information. Mild in disposition, temperate in habits and char- itable to all, in his death the county lost one of its best citizens. lu politics he was a Democrat, and for many years he was Trustee, .lustice of the Peace, and a member of the School Board in Frank- lin County. The Christian Church found in him one of its most earnest workers, and he engaged in the ministry as an Elder for some time. .lanuary 9, 1838, Benjamin Whitney married Miss Rebecca J. .Jones, who was born in Lancaster PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. County, Pa., October 22, 1816. Her parents, James and Mary Jones, were also natives of the Keystone Slate, the former being of Welsli de- scent, lie became a prosperous farmer and gAvo. all his cliildren good educational advantages. The following children were boru to Mr. and Mrs. Whitney: William W., who died in infancy; Ann Maria, who died when twenty-one years of age; Benjamin D., a real-estate dealer in Elwood, Ind., who married Miss Rosa Knote, and has one child, Maude; and George G., the subject of this sketch. The last-named was born in Franklin County, Ind., February 8, 1840, and there resided with his parents until 1860. The incidents of his early life were not materiall}' different from those of other boys living on farjns. He was taught to work at anything necessary for him to do, and his scholas- tic training was received in the district school, where he gained a fair knowledge of the common branches. When twenty years of age, on the 21st of March, 1860, he married Miss Eliza A. Cottrell, who was born in Indiana January 22, 1840. Mrs. Whitney is the daughter of Bradbury and Mary (Douglas) Cottrell, natives of Boone County, N. Y., and Franklin County, Pa., respectively. Mr. Cottrell was a graduate of Yale College, and was a man of retiring disposition, but of fine mind. He was an attorney in the court of Franklin County, Ind., and died May 12, 1881, aged eighty-six. After his marriage, our subject rented a farm of his lather and continued to till the soil for ten years, when his health broke down and he was obliged to abandon farming. Later he engaged in handling stock, grain and implements at Cedar (irove, Ind., and in the year 1880 came to Madi- son County, where he first rented forty acres near his present home. In the year 1881 he bought the adjoining forty acres, and cleared the entire tract in four years. Soon afterward he bought thirty acres where he now lives, and since then he has bought twenty' acres, making ninety acres that he has cleared. Aside from this he has an undivided interest in his father's estate and property in Fairmount. He is a member of the C^hristian Church. Socially he is connected with the Masonic order, and has taken the third de- gree. In politics he is a Prohibitionist. He is a Notary Public, and for some time has been a mem- ber of the School Board. Five children have been born of this marriage. LaodeciaMay, a graduate of Brookville College, and the wife of John L. Arm- strong, has five children: Lena, Bertha, Pearl, Wil- ber and Gladys; Lee Rolland, who married Miss Jennie Phillips, was educated in Fairmount Acad- emy and the Indianapolis Business College, and is Principal of the Fairmount schools; Adriene Au- gusta, a graduate of Fairmount Academy and the Indianapolis Business College, is the wife of J.-N. Johnson, Cashier of the Citizens' Bank of Upland. Ind.; and Harry O., a graduate of Indianapolis Business College, is book-keeper for S. C. Cowgill, of Summitville. One child died in infancy. JOHN 11. DUSANG. This enterprising and well known resident of Madison County, is successfully conducting agricultural pur- suits in Union Township, where he owns one hundred and eighty-six acres. He is a native of Indiana, Clark County being the place of his birth, and July 14, 1834, the date thereof. His father. Samuel Dusang, a native of Maryland, traces his ancestry to France and Germany, while his mother whose maiden name was Mary Clark, was of Irish descent. Grandfather Dusang was one of those patriotic men who enlisted in the defense of the Colonies and succeeded in securing their liberty. Under the command of General Washington, he rendered faithful and efficient service in the Revolutionary War. In the fall of 1844, Samuel Dusang emigrated, in company with his parents, from Ohio to Dela- ware County, Ind., settling in the woods of Salem Township. There he built a log house, in whicli, destitute as it was of a tli)or, he lived for a time, later putting in a puncheon floor. He endured many hardships and obstacles in the prosecution of his labors, but was finally rewarded by securing a competency. During the early days of his set- tlement there, he was obliged to go to Brookville for grist, as well as for his household necessities. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. In his community lie was a man of considerable iiifluonce, and bis standing was among tlie fore- most citizens of tiie county, i'or m |)eriod of tliii'ly-five years, he servoil ;is .h|^li(■(■ of the Peace, and in politics always alliliatcil with tlie Republi- cans. His death, which took place November 2(i, IS,s(;,:U the age of eighty-nine years, deprived the Christi;in Chiircli of one of its foremost niem- bcrs, and the county of one of its most jn'Ogressive In the p.-)icnlal f.'Unily. thr followinu-n.-inuMl children .survive: Amanda, wife of .1. K. Trimble; Loietta, the widow of Lewis tSmitli; Mary, wife of Klijah Stevens; John H.; Melissa, who married Wesley Herman, and Joseph. John IL, of this sketch, was reared to manhood amid pioneer scenes, and in boyhood was a student in the subscription schools of the townsliii). These were of a crude nature, offering meagre advantages to the ambi- tious bo3's and girls of that period, who sat upon uncomfortable ))cnches, and endeavored, witli tiie aid of a few text books, to gain a practical knowl- edge of the three R'.s. During the great gold excitement in California. Mr. Dusang journeyed thither in IM.'iK, and for ten years engaged in mining gold, while for one year he was occu])ied as a farmer. He traveled to the Pacific Coast, and also returned to New York, via the Isthmus route. Shortly after his return, on the ISth of Pebruaiy, l.sTI, he was united in mar- riage with Miss Elizabeth . I. ( iodn in, who was born in Delaware County, Ind., on the 11th of April, is.jd. Mrs. Dusang is the daughter of Dr. George \V. and Margaret (Dilts) Godwin, natives of Mary- land and Indiana respectively. Her fatlier was a pioneer physician and prominent citizen of In- diana, and for many 3'ears resided in Delaware County. He had two children by his first mar- riage, both deceased. By his second marriage there were five childreii. two of whom survive: Melvina, the widow of W. Makepeace, aiul Mrs. Dusang. By his third marriage, which united him with Mrs. Ransom Scott, he became the father of one daughter, Nettie. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Dusang have been born eight children, six living: Olho S.. Helena, Vernon L., Clay W., John G. and Cora M. Joseph B. and an infant unnamed are de- ceased. Successful in his business affairs, Mr. Dusang has accumulated one hundred and eighty-six acres of highly cultivated land, upon which he makes his home. He devotes his attention principally to the details of farming, although he also llnds time for local and township affairs of importance. He is a Republican in his political relations, believing the |)rinciples of that party best calculated to pro- mote the welfare of our country. In his religious belief, he is identified with the Christian Church, and contributes generously of his time and means to promote its good works. er of on County. Jl'OSIAH CANADAY is tl the finest farms of M:i embraces two hundred and eight acres of valuable land in I'ipe (Ireek Township, and he has there made his home for over twenty years. The residence is one of the iiandsomest in the lo- cality, and IS pleasantly silualccl witliiu a mile of Erankton. The large li;uu :ind 3- her marriage, slie has become the mother of two children: Emma, who was born April 22, 1864, and is the wife of Daniel Stout, a dealer in men's furnishing goods in Elwood; and Edwin 0., who was bora December 4, 1870, and now has charge of the farm. Botli Mr. and Mrs. Canaday are members of the Metliodist Episcopal Churcli. He may truly be called a self-made man, for he commenced life with a capital of only $300, and on that small foundation his fortune has been built. By deter- mination and perseverance he overcame the obstacles m lus path, and step by step worked his way upward to success. His life, indeed, has been an exemplary one. ^!^,EORGE W. HEINY, a prominent young ill <^ agriculturist and enterprising citizen, pros- ^^Jl perously conducting a large farm, a saw- mill and a tile factory, all located in Wayne Town- ship, Hamilton Count}', Ind., is a native of his present locality, and was born on Cliristmas Day, 1848, on the old Heiny homestead. His father, Henry, and his paternal grandfather, Jacob, were l)ioneer settlers of Hamilton County. The grand- father survived to an advanced age, but the father entered into rest when twenty-four years old. A busy man, lie had combined the occupa- tions of a farmer and general merchant, and suc- cessfully managed a store at Clarksville. The motiier, who in maidenhood was Annetta Stichter, was a native of Schuylkill County, Pa., and was born in 1826, being the daughter of Samuel and ]\Iagdalene (Medler) Stichter. The maternal grand- father of our subject spent his entire life in Pennsylvania. After his death the widowed grandmother removed to Indiana, aud passed away in Hamilton County, aged seventy-seven years. George W. Heiny was one of five children who blessed the home of the parents, two brothers and two sisters yet surviving. The youngest, Alice, is deceased. He was reared upon the old farm and educated in the schools of the district. When fourteen years of age his father died, after wliich he began the battle of life b}' working at general labor and doing whatever his hands could find to do.' An ambitious lad, he lost no opportunity of gaining knowledge, and attained to mature years self-reliant and industrious. August 15, 1872, he was united in marriage with Miss Lu- cinda, the daughter of Charles and Catherine E. (Creiger) Boden, who located in Hamilton County, in 1856. Charles Boden was born in Saxony, Germany, February 16, 1816, and emigrated to this country when a young man. His wife, whom he married in C)hio, was a native of Montgomery County, and died at the home of Mrs. Heiny, aged sixty-six years. Mr. Boden still survives, and is numbered among tne substantial citizens and prominent agriculturists of Noblesville Town- ship, Hamilton County. Mrs. Heiny was one of ten children, six of whom are yet living. Our subject and his excellent wife have wel- comed to their hearts and home seven children, one of whom is deceased. Gracie Alice was born September 4, 1891, and died at birth. The surviv- ing sons and daughters, all yet at home with their father and mother, are in the order of their birth: Charles H., who was boru .January 9, 1873; Harry E., November 22, 1874; Leander, Novem- ber 17, 1876; Franklin G., March 27, 1879; Min- nie May, .June 27, 1881, and Flora C, February 27, 1884. Mr. and Mrs. Heiny are valued mem- bers of the Christian Church, and actively aid in the promotion and extension of religious influ- ences and enterprises. Immediately after his mar- riage our subject with his wife settled in Clarks- ville, where he was occupied variously for the succeeding six years. He then bought ninety acres of land and successfully engaged in the pur- i^^"^^- IP% ^^m-1 ^a^j^^ PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECOUn. 475 suit of general agriculture. lie had previously owned forty acres, which he sold. Later he formed a partnership with Samuel Ileiny in the manufac- ture of tile, and also profitably runs a sawmill, being, in fact, one of Mie busiest and most success- ful men in Hamilton County. Politically, Mr. Ileiny is a Republican and takes an active interest in local and national issues. Fraternally, he is associated with the Masonic (iiiler, beinji' a member of Lodge No. liO, at Clarksville, and he is also connected with tiie order of Red Men, No. 90, at Noblesville. He is a raember of the Countj' Detective Horse Thief Association, and throughout his life has ever been ready to lend a helping hand in all matters of impoitance. He and his worthy wilV and family occupy a liigh social ))osition and jiosscss ;i host of friends, tiie(l and true. ^ANIEL (4C)KHLER, a leading business IJ)) man and prominent merchant tailor, en- and abilities. He PORTKAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. has served as Trustee of Richland Township for one term, and also filled the position of Clerk of the township. Publie-s])irited and enterprising, he is a typical representative of the thrifty, intel- ligent and successful Scotch-American citizen, and worthily enjoys the confidence of his community. 1/ AMES W. SULLIVAN, a leading citizen and I prosperous agriculturist of Boone Town- ^^1: ship, Madison County, Ind., has for nearly ^^-' two-score years been associated with the growth and upward progress of his present local- ity. Aside from his duties as a tiller of the soil, he has long been known as one of the successful teachers of the state, ;ind, a friend to educational advancement, has aided in the promotion of a higher grade of sciiolarship and instruction. Mr. Sullivan is a native of Indiana, and was born in Boone Township, Madison County, in the year 1854. His father, Thomas Sullivan, born, reared and educated in West Virginia, there attained to manhood, but, following the tide of emigra- tion, later removed to tiie state of Indiana, wlieie, with his family, he made his permanent home. He was a man of upright character, hard-working and industrious, and by occupation was a farmer. In 1850, upon leaving Virginia, he journeyed to Madison County and located in Boone Township; lie here- continued to reside until his death in 1887. The mother of our subject, in her maiden- hood Miss Hannah Sayre, a native of the Old Do- minion, was the daughter of an old and highly respected Virginia family, and, early trained into habits of thrifty industry, was well fitted to as- sume the responsibilities of a wife and mother. Mrs. Hannah (Sayre) Sullivan, yetsurviving her husband, has now reached the advanced age of eighty-two, and after a long life of busy useful- ness is passing her^last days in peaceful rest, be- loved by all who know her. .lames W. Sulli- van was the seventh of the eight children who blessed the home'of the parents. To each of the sons and daughters the father and mother gave every possible advantage for an education their means afforded, and trained them up ^to self-reli- ant manhood and womanhood. Our subject reg- ularly attended the common schools of his home neighborhood, and completed a course of instuc- tion in Lebanon, Ohio, where he fitted himself for the avocation of a teacher. During his youth he was likewise trained into a full knowledge of agricultural duties, and reached mature age fully qualified to make his upward way in life. After returning from his course of study in Ohio, Mr. Sullivan taught school in the districts of Indiana for eight consecutive j^ears, and with this em- ployment profitably combined the pursuit of agri- culture. In 1878 he finally determined to try the farther west, and emigrated to Kansas, where he successfully taught for two years and likewise con- ducted a farm. Our subject, however, preferred his native state to Kansas, and in 1880 returned to Indiana, locat- ing upon the farm where he now resides. In 1878 James Sullivan and Miss Eunice Hiatt were united in marriage. The estimable wife of our subject is the daughter of William and Rachael (Hodgson) Hiatt, pioneer settlers and highly re- spected citizens of Indiana, where Mrs. Sullivan was educated and grew up to womanhood. The six intelligent children who have brightened the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan are in order of their birth: Paul, Ruel, Oraa; Thomas, deceased; Nellie and .John. The five surviving eliildren are all at home with their parents. Fraternally, our subject is a valued member of Independence Lodge No. 404, I. O. O. P., and politically is a strong Democrat, taking a prominent place in the local councils of the party. Elected as Trustee of his township, Mr. Sullivan has with ability, and to the universal satisfaction of the entire commu- nity, discharged the duties of his office, and he com- mands the sincere esteem of a wide circle of old acquaintances and life-time fiiends. eYRUS CAREY, long a prominent business man and representative general agricul- turist of Washington Township, Hamilton County, Ind., came to the Hoosicr State with his parents in a very early day, and, participating in the privations and struggles of pioneer times, has PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 479 survived to enjoy the later prosperit^y which has blessed this part of the great west. Mr. Carey was born in Highland County, Ohio, October 13, 1829. His parents, Zenas and Lj-dia (Haines) Carey, were long-time residents of the Buckeye State and well known in Highland County. Grand- father Carry made his home in Virginia in the cuily yvrus >,( liis married life, and there his son Zcna^ n:is Ikjiii. 1 he grandfather witli his fam- ily removed ler acre. The land, just outside the corpor;itc locations to be found. Mr. Carey had .as a capi- tal in life a fairly good education, but his years have been occui)ied with hard work, until now, re- tired from active duty, he enjo\ s in the evening of Ins days a well ciiiied rest, lie is, ;is have been the majority of his family, a member of the Friends' Cliurch, and is politically a stalwart Re- publican, intelligently jiosted in both local and national affairs. Mr. Carey is a genuine pliihiiitliropi>t. with uii- ostentation doing a very grand and noble work. He, assisted by both his first and liis present wife,, has given homes to and cared for thirty-live children, now all well provided for and scattered in various parts of the west, a number being in Texas. Some of these bovs and yirls. to-dav men 480 PORTEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD and women, are occupying high positions of honor, and the good accomplished by our subject and. the two excellent women who lent their aid in the work can never be estimated until the final day. In various parts of our land grateful hearts re- member their kind acts, and to our subject no memories of the past can be more blessed. y.^ILLIAM MILTON KING. It is doubtless entirely owing to the industrious and per- '^^ severing manner witii which Mr. King has adhered to the pursuits of farming that he has arisen to such a substantial position in agricul- tural affairs in his section. The most of bis life has been spent within the confines of Madison County, and as a natural result he is much inter- ested in the progress and development of the section and has done his full share in making it the magnificent farming region that it now is. He was born in Wayne County, August 10, 1830, but his father, Daniel King, was a Virginian by birth, who spent a considerable portion of his boy- hood and early manhood in Kentucky, to which state lie was taken by his parents. At the age of twenty-one years he again made a change of loca- tion with his parents, this time locating in AVayne C;ount3', Ind., of which region they were among the very first settlers, and where they purchased a tract of Government land, cleared the same of the heavy timber witli which it was covered, and converted it, after many years of arduous labor, into a fine farm. The paternal grandfather, Jesse King, leared a familj^ of sixteen children, and at the time of his deatli was over eighty years of age. He was of English descent, and came of a long- lived family. Daniel King was united in marriage with Miss Maria McAlister, a daughter of Alexander and ■Mary (Plackard) McAlister, both of whom were of Irish descent and natives of Pennsylvania. They were among the early settlers of Wayne County, and also of Madison County, whither they removed in 18.50, and here made their home from that time on ward. Of the seven.children born to Daniel King and wife, the subject of .this sketch was the seventh in order of birth and is one of the five surviving members, three of whom still reside in Wayne County, and one in Missouri. Upon arriving at years of maturity William M. King left home and commenced farming on his own responsibility, a calling to which he had been reared, but in 1860 purchased a sawmill in Monroe Township and conducted a very successful business for about four years. About one year after giving up this business he engaged in the manufacture of til- ing, but as this was the first factor3' in Madison Count}', the people at that time were not awake to the immense advantages derived from tiling their land, therefore his enterprise was not patronized sufficiently to induce him to continue in the busi- ness, and he therefore flnaily gave it up and once more turned his attention to tilling the soil, which business he has successfully followed up to the present time. Through his own energy and per- severance he has become the owner of a farm of two hundred and eighty acres, which he first com- menced clearing in 1856, it being at that time heavily covered with timber and underbrush, an arduous task, but which he succeeded in accom- plishing after a time. His home is one of the most commodious and elegant farm residences in the county, is conveniently and tastefully ar- ranged and pleasantly situated on the pike, three and one-half miles from the city of Alexandria. In the year 1867 Mr. King came to the conclu- sion that it was not good for man to live alone, and wooed and won for his bride Miss Cynthia Ann Norris, a daughter of Stephen and Eleanor (Noble) Norris, natives of the Hoosier State and early pi- oneers of Madison County. This worthy couple also developed a fine farm from the wilderness of woods and here made their permanent home, be- coming well and favorably known to the residents of this section. The union of Mr. and Mrs. King resulted in the birth of four children, whom they named as follows: Wilder P., born November 30, 1867; Daniel S., born November 30, 1869, and Maria and Eleanor (twins), born December 2, 1871. Mr. King has ever exercised his right of franchise in the interests of the Democratic [lart}', but has i-ORTRAlT AND mOGRArillCAL RECORD. never been particularly active in political affairs, and in no sense of the word is an otHce seeker. He and his intelligent wife are very pdpnhu- in the social circles of their section. r^^lIOMAS A. S'rp:PnENS, a prosperous gen- 1 (■~\ eial agriculturist and enterprising citizen \_/ of Washington Township, Hamilton Coun- ty, Ind., is a native of ()hi(j. and was born in Cler- mont County .January ;'), 1832. His parents, Will- iam and Catherine (Lever) Stepiiens, were Lwtii natives of Pennsylvania, in which state the pater- nal grandfather was likewise born, reared and married, there passing away alter a long life of luisy usefulness. A farmer liy oicupation, he had devoted himself for many years to tiie tilling of the soil, and was numbered among tiie influential men and leading farmers of the (Quaker State. He gave his children excellent educational advan- tages, and his son William, the father of our sub- ject, was a superior scholar, and taught school successfulh^ several winters. The father remained with the gr.andparents un- til twenty-six years of age, wlien he n»um('d matrimonial bonds and began life foi- himself. Wedding Miss Catherine Lever, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. (leorge Lever, natives of Pennsylvania, William Stephens, with his wife, soon after re- moved to the farther west and located in Hamil- ton County, Ind., where he bonglil a farm. u|n)n which he constantly resided until his death many years after. He was tinancially successful and aside from the pursuit of agriculture, profitably ran a sawmill. He owned atone time over eight hundred acres of valuable land, but before his death divided his real estate among his eleven children, who were in the order of birth, Philip I,., Thomas A. (our subject), Mary J., Hester A., (ieorge L., Martha M., Harbara K., Catherine E., William, Sarah Emaline and .Tames E. The mother, an intelligent woman of education and culture, has been a valued member of the Methodist Epi.scopal Church from her youth and. 481 highly respected by old time friends and acquainl- 1 ances, has now reached the advanced age of four- score and two years. The father, who entere Trustee, and in the discharge of duties involved, alily promoted the best interests of his home locality. He was a c(jnsistent mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in po- litical afliliation was a steadfast Republican, giv- ing earnest heed to all nialtcrs connected with local and national go\ einnient. (Jur subject, until he had attained his majority, assisted his father on the old farm, and during the winter months attended school. When twenty- two years of ag<' lie tl,is were .Martha. deceased; Lydia A., deceased; Kli/.aheth, and Mar- garet. Mr. Stephens began his married life upon an eighty-acre farm in the nortliwest.Tii part of Wash- ington Township, Hamilton County, the land, heavily timbered, being a gift from his father. After residing thereon eight years and improving the acreage, he sold the farm and then piiichaM'd the valuable homestead where he now lives. He owns one hundred and twenty highly cultivated acres, imiiroved with modern and substantial build- ings, and, financially prospered, possesses a com- petence. Having received a good coninion-sehool education Mr. Stephens when young taught >eliohii n'. Newljy. of Pulaski County. Ky.. horn ill 1.S(I2, who removed from the lilue ( irass Slate to Indiana in 182G, and with his wife and two children settled upon an eighty-acre farm in Owen C(uiiitv. Twelve months later, however, he re- turned to Kentucky, where he bought property and remained for three years. Again disposing of his laud, he once more sought a home in Hidiana, and in 1830 located in Marion County, nine miles iiutli of Indianapolis, where he purch.ased an un- improved farm of twenty acres. About 1832 our subject's father, iu partnership with a half-brother, Eldmund Newby, built a grist- mill on Williams' Creek, manufacturing all the material used in tlie construction of the building, with the exception of the balance wheel and spindle, which were of iron. After operating the mill for four years they sold it, and in the follow- ing year ( 183C) .lohn W. Newby came to Hamil- ton County and settled iu White River Townshi]). Here lie erected a round log cabin for the reception of his wife and six children, and in the second y(>ar of his residence in this township, built an ad- dition to his pioneer home, in whicii he lived until 1812. Subseqiu^ntly he erected the substantial frame hou>|.. in which he resided until his death in 18H1. The huihling, now one of the oldest in tiie county, still stiuids on the southeast ipiarter of section 22. Although his educational advantages were lim- ited (consisting of a luief attendance at the pioneer schools in youth, and seventeen days' attendance after his marriage), .lohn \V. NCwhy was a man of broad information, po.-tcd upon all topics of current and general history, aiul especi- ally well informed in political matters. A Wliig in early life, he became a Republican upon the or- ganization of that party and always afterward ad- hered to its princiijlcs. He served as Assessor in White River Township, and in other positions of |irominence. He was a member of the Christian Church, in which he officiated as an Elder for years. The paternal grand|iarcnts of our suliject were .John and Amy (Newby) Newby, natives of \'u- ginia, who removed from the Old Dominion to Kentucky after the close of the Revolutionary War, and settled on military hind in that state. His four-horse team was the first to cross the P.lue Ridge Mountains to Kentucky. By occupation a farmer, he followed that calling together with the trade of a car})entcr. When young he enlisted in the service of the Colonies during the Revolution- ary War, and was afterward a [lensioner of the (Tovernment. Politically a Whig, he was a man of prominence in the public affairs of his com- munity, and for a period of forty years served as .Justice of the Peace and Probate Judge of Pulaski County, Ky. He was an active member of the Baptist Church. Born about 17;30, he attained an advanced age and died when ninety-six. He was the son of a well kiK)wu English jockey, whose weight, with saddle, wa^ one hundred and forty pounds, and who, upon eiiiiurating to America, settled in Virginia. The mother of our suliject, Margaret (Iloltz- claw) Newby, was born in Rockingham County, Va., about 1801, being a daughter of .lacob Holtz- claw, a native of Pennsylvani.a and of (Jerman descent. At the age of about eight, she accom- panied her parents to Kentucky, riding on a pony across the mountains. In 1822 she became the wife of John W. Newby, whose death she sur- vived a number of 3ears. passing aw.ay in 1890 at the age of eighty-nine. j Our subject is the third of a family of ten. Eliz- abeth, the eldest, is the widow of John Kerr, by 486 rORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. whom sbe has two children, James and Peter. John, William and Franklin live in White River Township. Sarah married George Grisson and they became the parents of two children, Mar- garet and MoUie. She is now the wife of Rich- ard Jacobs, of Tipton County, Ind. Martha mar- ried Joseph Billheimer, of White River Township. Jane, the wife of Uarbon Hobbs, li.as four children, Cleminie, John, Abbie and William; she resides in White River Township. Jacob and Nancy died in childhood. In his infancy our subject was taken l)y liis par- ents to Marion County, where he remained until 1.S36. He then settled upon an eighty-acre farm given him by his father. He afterward purchased eighty acres in White River Township and de- voted his attention to cultivating the property un- til 1870, when he sold it. Meantime, in 1867, he became a resident of Jackson Township, and after- ward engaged in fanning pursuits here until 1893, when he removed to Arcadia. He is the owner of one hundred acres of well improved land, in addition to village property. Politicall}- a Repub- lican, he served as County Commissioner, but has usually refused official honors. He is a member of the Christian Church, in which he formerl}' served as Deacon, and later as Trustee and Elder- In 1848 Mr. Newby married Mary J. Colip, a native of Hamilton County, Ind. Her parents, Jolin and Susan (Heer) Colip, natives of Virginia, removed from there to Ohio, and later came to Hamilton County, where they entered a tract of Governmen' land. Mrs. Mary J. Newby was a member of the Christian Church, in wiiich faith she died in December, 1874. She was the mother of nine children. John C, a resident of Sheridan, Hamilton County, married Mary Cluckner, and they have four children, Howard IL, Edward E., Carrie and Clark. He is a graduate of the Indian- apolis Medical Institute and a practicing physi- cian of Sheridan. Sarah E., a teacher by profession, married Eli 11. Roudebushand became the mother of two children, Blanche and Clyde; she is now deceased. Margaret J. married William H. Hines, a lumberman, residing in Cincinnati, Ohio, and they have three children, Bertha, Harry and Earl Garfield. William A. died when \oung, Nancy A. died at the age of eleven years, and Luella at the age of one. Julius S., a resident of Oklahoma, married Hester Miller, and has a family of seven children, Roah, Oran, Ernest, Lenna, Kittle, Ruth and Mary J. Mary A., deceased, was the wife of James M. Driver, of Arcadia; her four chil- dren are named, James T., Carrie B., Squire Frank- lin and Hazel Lee. Amanda D., wife of John S. Eiler, of Arcadia, has had four children, Lena E., Edna, Ruth and Arthur (deceased.) In 1887 Mr. Newby married Mrs. Mary E. Yan- ce}', a native of Marion Count3% Ind. Her par- ents, James and Nancy E. (Williams) Overb}', were natives of Kentucky, and removed from that state to Indiana. Their daughter, Mary E., first mar- ried Robert A. Yancey, by whom she had six chil- dren. Two died in infancy; Ora Ellen and Robert M. are also deceased. The surviving members of the familjf are: John E., who married Mary Gai- ser, of Tipton County, Ind., and Alliert M., a resi- dent of Warren County, Ind. (S^^HOMAS J. HARMESON, an influential citi- ijhf^^ i^en of Madison County, Ind., has held V^<' with marked ability various important po- sitions of local trust, and a long-time resident of Anderson Township, is numbered with the represen- tative and prosperous general agriculturists of this locality. Ml-. Harmeson is a native of Belmont County, Ohio, and was born August 26, 1832. He was the son of John and Parley A. (Miner) Harmeson, early and well known residents of Bel- mont County, Ohio. The father was born in Mar^iand, and the mother in Canada, and both were descendants of reputable and industrious an- cestors, who by earnest effort and upright lives won their way to usefulness and assured success. The parents were both ambitious and enterprising, and not long after the birth of their son Thomas J. decided to try their fortunes in a newer country and followed the increasing tide of emigration to the state of Indiana. They located at once in An- derson Township, i\Iadison County, where the PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 487 father, buying a forty-acre tract of land, elected a loil cabin and entered witli eneriry into clcarins;, (•ultivatiniiich;isc(i from the (iov- eniinent. Tlie country was very sparsely settled, educational opportunities were limited, and par- ents and children shared in the many privations incidental to pioneer life. Eight sons and daughters clustered in the old home, . if whom the follow! iil; survive: William, .1., Na .■i A., . (wi .M( farmi (I .Mln( plough and a sickle — and had hut little coiK'cp- tuin of the modern machiues which ha\'e re- duced agricultural pursuits to a science. It is now a number of years since the good father entered into rest, mourned as a public loss. He was a typical pioneer, resolute, enterprising and hard-working, and was withal a man of sterling character and bright intelligence. Thomas, our subject, attained to man's estate upon the old farm in Anderson Township, and reared among the scenes of early days, grew up mnuly. earnest and energetic, well fitted to perfoiin his part in life worthily. During his boyhood Air. llarmeson walked three miles to tlielog .schoolhouse, where he received instruction in the ordinary branches of study, but his early education, necessarily limit- ed, was afterward increased by observation and reading. In the month of February, 1865, Thomas.!, llarmeson and Miss Mariah Whetstone were united in marriage. The estimable wife of our subject is a native of Ripley County, Ind., and the daugh- ter of Jonas and Jane Whetstone. The pleasant home has been brightened by the presence of merry sons and daughters, seven of whom yet survive. Alonzo is the eldest born; Sarah is the wife of II. A'anderveiier; the oth- ers are Tunnis F., Jonas E., Florence W. (wife of 15. Orebaugh), Clark M. and Chester R. In Mie year ISiu Mr. llarmeson settled willi his wife and family on his present v.-dualile farm, which he has developed from a wild condition to highly cultivated fields annually yielding an abundant harvest. The homestead, containing two , hundred and eiirhty-one aiTcs of land, is one of the best in its locality, an.'ortli Carolina, Chatham Count}', spent his early life there, and at twenty-four years of age emigrated to the farther west, and arrived in Indiana in 1830. Settling in AVayne County, he remained in that locality eigh- teen years, and during this tiiiie was an active par- ticipant in the changing scenes which transformed the wild prairie and timberland of Indiana into farms blossoming with bounteoul harvests. F'or some 3'ears he devoted himself to the occupation of a carpenter, and with the Incoming tide of 488 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. population found ready employment at his trade. After a time, however, he engaged in farming, and in 1848, removing to Tipton County, entered upon the cultivation of the valuable farm wliere he yet resides. The Harmon family are descendants of Saxon ancestry, but the paternal grandfather, George Harmon, was a native Virginian, removing in an early day to North Carolina. The mother of our subject, Mary (Leeson) Har- mon, was the daughter of Richard L. and Jane (Dooley) Leeson, the Leesons being of French an- cestry, although for many generations excellent and highly respected residents of the United States. The Dooleys are descendants of a long line of Irish forefathers who lived and died in Erin's Isle, and who, hard-working, enterprising men and women, won their upward way to positions of use- ful influence. Moses D. Harmon was the ninth child of the large family of sixteen sons and daughters born unto the parents. Of the circle of lirothers and sisters who once gathered about the family fireside, but four now survive. Our subjects attended the district schools of Elwood, and as- sisted his father in tlie daily round of agricultural work incidental to farming life, but intelligent and ambitious, desired more extended opportuni- ties of instruction. Finally, when nineteen years of age, Mr. Harmon entered Butler Universit3' at Indianapolis, and devoted himself to faithful study for twelve months. He afterward went to Minneapolis, where he taughtschool one term. Our subject then returning to Tipton County continued in his avocation as an instructor for a year, and subsequently located in Elwood, Ind., and taught there four consecutive years. With the exception of one year, during which time Mr. Harmon clerked in the grocery store of Ross & Co., at p]l- wood, he successfully taught for fifteen successive terms in Tipton and Madison Counties, Ind. Since 1880, devoting himself exclusively to the tilling of the soil and stock-raising, Mr. Harmon has prosperously won a comfortable competence, and is numbered among the substantial farmers of the county. He raises principally grain and hay, and handles some of the finest horses and cattle of his locality. During his residence in Elwood he was Treasurer of the School Board of that city, and was also Town Clerk for some time A friend to educational advancement, he aided in the pro- motion of higher grades of scholarship a'jd instruc- tion, and since liis election as Trustee of Duck Creek Township, has superintended the building of a new schoolhouse of modern design and con- veniently arranged, and managed the financial in- terests of the township in a manner most satis- factory to the general public. In April, 1870, Moses D. Harmon and Miss Inez Clendenen were united in marriage. The estimable wife of our sub- ject was the daughter of Huston and Elizabeth (Thompson) Clendenen, well known and highly re- spected residents of Indiana. Unto the union of Mr. and Mrs. Harmon have been born two bright and intelligent children, a son and a daughter, Jennie and William H., both at home. Our sub- ject and his excellent wife are valued members of the Christian (Disciples) Church, and Mr. Harmon is an Eider of the denomination. Fraternally as- sociated with Quincy Lodge No. 200, I. O. O. F., our subject has i)assed all the chairs, and is likewise a member of the Elwood P^ncampment, Politically a stalwart Republican and an ardent advocate of the party, he occupies a leading po- sition in the local councils, and is one of the most popular men of the township, where he possesses a host of sincere friends. hON. GEORGE F. CHITTENDEN points ] with pardonable pride to a long list of dis- tinguished ancestors whose worth will be ¥ considered in the narrative to follow. Dr. Chittenden's residence in Anderson dates from 1859. He was born December 25, 1830, near Vevay, Switzerland County, Ind., a county abound- ing in natural scenery so nearly like that of the country of the Alps that its name is quite ajipro- priate. His father was John H. Chittenden, who was born in the state df New York, in Canan- daigua County. His grandfather was Lyman Chittenden, of Greenbush, N. Y. The first Chit- tenden to settle in this country was Lieuten- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 189 ant William, of the royal navy. He located at Guilford, Conn., on Long Island Sound, in l(!;i'.1, and the .^ainc farm lias ever since been <)C(mi- [lied liy Cliittendens. This grandfather with his family came from Ontario, Canandaigua County to Buflahi in l.si:! by teams and sleighs. Then he went to Olcan Piiint, a pinery, where he >|ient a year in logging. lie got out Inmher wiih which to make rafts and tliese he floated down tlie Allegheny and Ohio l\ivers to Cincinnati. The first raft, which was sent down in charge of a friend, was never heard of after its departure. From Cincinnati the joui'- ney was continued down the river to what is now Switzerland County, at the site of Vevay. Here he engaged in building grist and saw mills, in con- nection with the maternal grandfather, Mitchell, l)y iiaine. Those were the rugged da3'S in southein Indiana, and nany hardshii)S were endured, but the wilderness was finally conquered by the hard}' pioneers. The grandfather later moved to Green- field, where he bought a large farm on which he resided nntil his death in 1842. The Doctor's fa- ther was reared in Vevay, where he married and operated a farm for many years. He subse- quently located at Ravenna, Ohio, where he died in 1889, at the age of eighty-nine. Dr. Chitten- den's mother was Mary A. Mitchell, who was born at Kingston, R. I. She was the daughter of Will- iam and Abagail (Worden) Mitchell, who settled at Vevay in 1814. Her father and two of his sons were in the War of 1812. He died at Madison, and the mother died at Vevay, Ind. Two of the relatives of Dr. Chittenden bearing that name were of the committee of six appointed to meet and confer with General Burgoyne at Benning- ton, Vt., during the Revolutionary War. Of the eminent Chittendens there may be named one who was Governor of Vermont for twent3'-one years, and his son Martin was a Governor three years .and a member of Congress thirteen years. .S. P. Chittenden, of New York, was a member of Con- gress and owned the old homestead, which is now occupied by his sisters. Dr. Chittenden's parents had ten children, six of whom grew to maturity. Lyman S. was a United Bretliren bishop, and Chaplain of the Twenty-fourth Indiana, the late Covernor llo- vey's regiment, and died in 1892. Willi.am II. died of cholera at Natchez, m l.sii). .I,,||„ \V.. is a farmer of Switzerland County. Arthur T.. deceased, was a farmer in .leffersoii County; James T., w.asan attorne^'-at-law. He and the late Hon George Friedly were children together, and went wc.-t .'ind entered the army togcthn-: he nilered w.as killed at the battle of Pea Ridge. Dr. Chit- tenden went after the remains, and to secure them had to go two hundred miles into the enemy's country. Dr. Chittenden was reared on a farm near Ve- vay, and his early education was obtained in one of those typical schoolhouses so simply described by Edward Egglestou in '-The Iloosier Schoolmas- ter," with hewed log slab benches to sit on, puncheon tloors and greased paper windows. After advancing as far as the "rule of three," a new teacher made his advent, who took such interest in him that an advancement resulted. At the age of fifteen years he entered the academy at Corydon, Ind., through which he worked his way. At this time, a brother, an educated man, assisted him by furnishing a man to help saw- tight barrel staves, for which there was a good de- mand on the river. In this manner he made money enough lo pay his way at Corydon. Here he formed friendships with Walter (J. Gresham and Judge LaFoUette, which were always cherished. After attending the academy for two years he taught school, during which time he met Dr. Levett, who persuaded him to stud\- medicine, and he began his tutelage under him, devoting his evenings to that work. In 1852 he entered the medical department of the University of Michi- gan, where he took one course, then practiced a year and entered the medical department of the Louisville University, where he was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1855. He practiced at Milford, Dearborn County, until 1858, when he located in Madison County, at Chesterfield. In 1859 he located in Anderson, which then had a po])ulation of about eight hundred people. lie entered into ])artnership with Dr. Hunt. At the breaking out of the war Dr. Chittenden 4iiO PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. was among the first to respond, and in May, 1861, lie volunteered in tlie Sixteen tii Indiana Regi- ment, and was made Assistant Surgeon by Gov. Oliver P. Morton. His was the first appointment to tiiat position made in tlie state. His first ap- pointment was for the Eiglitli Regiment, but lie could not arrange his affairs to go with that com- mand and was assigned to the Sixteenth. He went to Washington and was on duty at Harper's Ferry, Ball's Bluff, Edward's Ferry, and was then sent down the Mississippi River. The regiment was engaged at Richmond, Kj'., against Kirby Smith and Br.agg, who had twent}' thousand men. All were captured, and when exchanged were sent to Memphis, from which place they went to Viclcs- burg, where they participated in the engagement and the siege which resulted in the surrender of that stronghold on the 4th of July, 1863, the en- gagements being Arkansas Post, Port Gibson, Ray- mond, Jackson, Champion Hill and Black River Bridge. During the siege he had the opportunity to make and cultivate the acquaintance of Gen- eral Grant. Later the command was sent into the Teche country, in Louisiana, to dislodge Gen. Dick Taylor. After serving as Assistant Surgeon for one year he was appointed Surgeon of the First Brigade, Fourth Division, Thirtieth Army Corps, commanded iiy General Burbridge, of Ken- tucky. In April, 1863, he was appointed Medical Director of the Fourth Division, but during the siege he was Surgeon of the Thirteenth Corps, and part of the time Inspector, with only one surgeon in the United States army over him. After the siege he returned to his division and there remained until his resignation in February, 1864, on account of ill health. Then he was ap- pointed Fixamining Surgeon of the State Enroll- ment Bureau, which place he filled until the close of the war. Of Dr. Chittenden's war experiences, the battle of Arkansas Post was the most trying. He liad fifteen hundred wounded men to look after, and not until every surgeon had stopped for lack of subjects was there any rest taken. In May, 1865, Dr. Chittenden returned to An- derson and resumed the practice of medicine, which he has ever since continued: two years with Dr. Hunt, four years witii Dr. C. S. Burr, and twenty years with Dr. H. E. Jones. He is now practicing independent of partnership. He is the President of the Board of Examining Surgeons for pensions. Dr. Chittenden has participated somewhat in public affairs. In 1868 he was elected to the Leg- islature by the Republicans of Madison and Henry Counties, and served two sessions. He was as- signed to the following committees: Benevolent Institutions, Corporations (Chairman) and Insur- ance. He represented the Third Ward of Ander- son two terms in the City Council, and for eight years was one of the Commissioners of the State Insane Hospital. In 1874 he was ex-officio Building Commissioner in the erection of a new addition to the women's building. In 1856, Dr. Chittenden was married to Miss Amanda Brauham, who was tjorn in Vernon, Ind. They had three children: Carrie G. Cronyn, of Indianapolis; Edgar W., a medical student who will graduate from the Northwestern Uni- versity in the year 1894; Mattie, a musician and artist, at home. For thirty-six years Dr. Chittenden has been a member of the encamp- ment of Odd Fellows. He also belongs to the Grand Array, Knights of Honor, Anderson, Madi- son Count3% and the State and American Medical Associations, and in 1893, he was a delegate to the latter. In politics. Dr. Chittenden is a Republican. Al- though not a politician, he h.as never been de- feated for any office for which he ran. He was a fellow-delegate of Benjamin Harrison in the Na- lonal Convention of 1880, which nominated Gar- field. He was Chairman of the Republican County Committee for six years, and is a member of the Executive Committee. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Through his efforts the Pension Examining Board was located at Ander- son. Besides looking after his professional duties, Dr. Chittenden has engaged in successful real-estate operations, and the records show Chittenden's first, second and third additions. One of the handsomest business blocks in Anderson is the Chittenden-Netterville structure. He is a Direc- tor in the Anderson Loan Association, which has a PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAnilCAL RECORD. 491 81,000,000 capital. Di-. Chittenden is universally esteemed for his professional ability and sterling qualities as a citizen. ji^TERNANDO C. KLI>KR was \Hm> in IKl.l. iJ-Wg)) three miles from the site of liis present Ij^ residence, on section 35, Delaware Tovvn- sliip, Hamilton County. He is a son of Absalom and Elizabeth (Rooker) Elier, of whom extended men- tion is made elsevvliere in tins volume (see sketch of .lames W. Eller). He is of German descent, and the family was first represented in America by his great-grandfather, Leonard Eller. who was born in Cermany March 20. 17.54. Upon emigrating to the United Sl:iti's. he sdjonrned for a time in North Carolina, lenniving thence to the vicinity of Dayton, Ohio, and from there, coming to Ham- ilton County, Ind., in l.S2;5. Here he resided until his death in 1840. The grandparents of our sulijcct, -loseph and Rachel Eller, came to llamiltim County in an early day and located in Delaware Township, where, through industry and economy, they be- came the owners of about twelve hundred acres- of land. They had a family of twelve children, .Vbsalom, the father of our subject, being the second in order of birth. He was born near Daj-- ton, Ohio, April 3, 1815, and remained with his parents until his niariiage at the age of twenty- three. His wife was Ellizabeth, daughter of Will- iam D. and Ph(i>be (Iddings) Rooker, and a native of this stale. In the parental fam.ly lliere were eight children, Kernando C. being the third in respect to .age. He was reared to manhood on the home farm and received a common-school education, which fitted him for the accurate discharge of the duties inci- dent to a business career. At the age of twenty- seven he was united in marriage with Miss Lydia, daughter of .Joseph and Clarissa (McVay) Sanders, natives respectively of Ohio and Pennsylvania, and early pioneers of Jackson Township, Hamil- ton County, where she was born in 1811. At the time of his marriage, Mr Eller received from his father one hundred and thirteen acres of partly improved land, on which there was a rudely constructed log cabin. In spite of adverse surroundings and liardsliips, he w.-is enabled lo bring the propertj' to a high state of cultivation, and has added to the value of the i)lace by the erection of a commodious and neatly furnished biiek residence. He makes a speeiMlly of stock- laisiim, and breeds Ilaniblet.mian horses, .lersey catMc and Poland-C4iina hogs. During the Civil War Mr. Eller entered the liiion army, in 18(;4, enlisting as a ineml)er of Coiripnny A, One Hundred and Thirty-second In- diana Infantry, and engaging in guard duty until the expiration of his period of service. He was mustered out in September, 1864, at Indianapolis, and returned to his farm, where he has since re- sided. He is prominently connected with Ihirnt Hickory Post, C. A. R., at FishcrV Switch. In his political belief he is a Republican, and al- ways supports with his influence and ballot the principles of his chosen i)arty. He and his wife are devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They are the i)areiits of one son, luiiiam, who is at present a student in the high school at Fisher's Switch. INFIELD T. DURBIX. the linancial. \/\//l commercial and manufacturing affairs of ^^ Anderson no man li.as occupied a larger part than the subject of this sketch, and yet his transactions have been so quietly and modestly carried on that the public generally does not realize their magnitude. Resides his active membership in the Citizens' Banking firm, Mr. Durbin is the President of the Anderson Foundry and Machine Works and gives the affairs of the concern his per- sonal attention. He is Vice-President of the J.W. Sefton Manuf.actunng Company; Vice-President of the State Bank of Indianapolis, and is interested in many minor enterprises and firms. With his multitudinous business cares he finds time to de- vote to church and political affairs. He' is one of the Trustees of the First Methodist Church and injects his correct business methods into the man- 492 PORTRAIT AXD BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. agement. At the convention held at Minneapolis which re-nominatcd President Han-ison, he was a deleoate, and was honored by the convention with the Chairmanship of the committee which was sent to White Plains to notify Whitelaw Reid ofBcially of his nomination for the Vice-Presidency. Although in close personal relations with President Harrison during his incumbency, he declined to accept any office, preferring to pursue his business career and assist his friends in political preferment. Mr. Durbin was born at Lawrenceburg, Dear- born County, on the 4th of May, 1847. He is the son of William S. Durbin, who was a native of Kentucky. His father's brother was the celebrated Methodist minister, John P. Durbin, who was for so many years Secretary of Foreign Missions. Mr. Durbin's father was a tanner by occupation, who operated at Brookville and New Philadelphia, Washington County. In 1850 he located at New Albany, where he died in 1891, aged eighty-tive years. He was a devout member of the Methodist Church. In the Durbin family there were seven boys, six of whom served in the Union army. Winfield T. was the youngest of the family; John W. was a Lieutenant through the war in the One Hundred and Eighty-third Ohio Infantry, and was wounded through both thighs at Franklin, Tenn.; he resides in New Albany. W. N. was in the One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Indiana Infantry, and resides in New Philadelphia; D. S. enlisted in the Thirteenth Indiana in April, 1861, and was a member of Gen. R. S. Foster's staff, and is a resident of Indianapolis; H. H., of the Eighteenth Indiana Battery, is a contractor at Omaha; H. C. was first in the Kixteentii and then in the One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Ind- iana, and resides at Indianapolis; and S. W., the eldest son, resides in Cliicago. W. T. Durbin was reared at New Philadelphia, Ind., and was educated in the common schools. In 1862 lie enlisted in Company B, Sixteenth Ind- iana Infantry, and joined his regiment at Camp Morton after the battle at Richmond, K,y. The regiment was dispatched to Memphis and Vicks- burg and was in the battle of Arkansas Post. In the expedition up the Yazoo River Mr. Durbin contracted sickness and was compelled to return home. He was discharged for physical disability in 1863. The next spring he assisted in organiz- ing Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Indiana Infantry, but refused a commission, pre- ferring to serve in the ranks. The regiment was assigned to guard duty along the Nashville Rail- road in Tennessee. In the fall of. 1864 the regi- ment was mustered out and Mr. Durbin returned to New Philadelphia and there engaged in teach- ing school, and, like most teachers of those days, he had to board around among the scholars. In October, 1869, he went to Indianapolis and en- tered the emplo.y of Murphy, .Johnson & Co., wholesale dry-goods dealers. He was in charge of the firm's office for eight years out of ten of his employment. In 1879 Mr. Durbin came to Anderson and became a member of the firm of N. C. McCuUough & Co., operating tlie Citizen's Bank, which was organized in 1855 by N. C. McCuUough under its present name, and conducted by him until 1879. when Mr. Durbin and C. K. McCuUough were ad- mitted as partners. In 1881 C. K. McCuUough retired and D. F. Mustard took his place. Later Mr. Mustard and A. J. Brunt bought the Madison County Bank, and C. K. McCuUough returned to the Citizens' Bank, and later H. J. Daniels was admitted. Then occurred a consolidation of the Citizens' and Madison County Banks, the former name being retained, and N. C. McCuUough, W. T. Durbin, and H.J. Daniels being the owners — C. K. McCuUough dropping out — in connection with Mr. Brunt and Mr. Mustard of the absorbed Madi- son County Bank. The capital was increased to $50,000. Subsequently Mr. Daniels was appointed Postmaster and retired, and N. C. McCuUough died. The McCuUough estate retained the Mc- CuUough interest. In 1892 F. R.Brown took a partnership and tiie owners then were, besides Mr. Brown, Mr. Durbin, the McCuUough estate, Mr. Mustard and Mr. Brunt. The capital was increased to $150,000 with the ac- cumulated surplus added. The Citizens' Bank does a regular banking business in every respect. Mr. Durbin's other business connections are with the J. W. Sefton Manufacturing Company, makers of wooden ware and paper novelties; it lias a [ciid up iJ^>^- 'C^^^ PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 495 capital of 1200,000; he ovvnsa one-fourth interest in the Anderson Foundry and JIacliine Works, cap- ital $50,000; is V' ice-President of the State Bank of Indianapolis, capital -$200,000; is Treasurer of the Anderson Fuel and Supply Company, capital |i25,000; and is a member of the firm of Buck, Brickley & Co., and of the Palace Pharmacy. He has been a member and Treasurer of the Anderson School Board several years, during wliicli time the high school, Fletciier Place, Hazel Wood, and the Columbia school buildings have been erected, and they are creditable to liie city. In l.S'.Ki he platted ten acres in Fletcher Place .Addition, ivhich he sold at good prices. Mr. Durbin's order connections are: Comman- der of Major Ma3' Post, G. A. R.; Past Commander of Anderson Commandery No. 32, K. T; is Grand Captain General Knigiit Templar of Indiana; is a Thirty-second Degree Mason, and has been a mem- ber of the (ji-and Lodge, I. O. O. F. He is a member of the Metliodist Episcopal Church. Politically, Mr. Durbin is a straight Republican, in which parly he has achieved prominence, as indicated at the opening of the sketch. He has been a mem- ber of the State Central Committee and State Executive Committee, and was a Presidential Elector in 1888, and a delegate to the National Convention in 1892. On the 6th of Octolier, 1875, in Anderson, Mr. Durbin and Miss Bertha M. McCullough, daugh- ter of N. C. McCullough, were united in marriage. She was born and reared in Madison County, and was educated in and graduated from tiie Ox- ford (Ohio) Female College. Two children were born to their union, Fletcher M. and Marie, the latter dying in 189;{ at the age of eleven years. JJOHN DONNELLY. During the year 1877 I Mr. Donnelly located in the city of Ander- I son, where he has since made his home, and of which he is one of the most influential and progressive citizens. Having engaged in various lines of business during tlie period of his residence here, lie has become insoiiarably con- nected with the progress of the city, and has 2-4 contributed to its material advancement, at the same time promoting his individual interests. At tlie present time lie is perhaps tlie most extensive real-estate operator and .agent of tlie plac(>, and is also the jiroprietor of one of the leading livery stables of the town. Mr. Donnelly has spent his entire life within the county of Madison, where he was born on the 28th of September, 1865. He and his brother. James, now a resident of Anderson, are the only children of John and Julia Donnelly, natives of Ireland. Tlie fatJier settled in Madison County when about thirty-five years of age, and engaged in farming pursuits in Anderson and l?iehland Townships until his death, which occurred at the age of fifty-six years. His wife smvived him only about twelve months, passing away in 1872. They were worthy members of the farming com- munity, to whose intelligent efforts must be at- tributed much of the growth of the county. In his childhood the subject of this sketch ac- couipanied his parents from Anderson to Rich- land Tovvnship, where his education was acquired in the district schools! In the pursuit of knowl- edge, however, his progress was impeded by the lack of facilities, and also by the necessity of aiding in the farm work. At the age of twelve he came to the cit>- of Anderson, where lie lias since made his home. From _youth his commer- cial ability has been apparent, and he was a mere child when he engaged in buying produce and poultry, thus laying the foundation for future prosperity. Continuing that business succe.ssfully for a period of three 3'ears, or until he was fifteen, our subject then embarked in the grocery business in partnership with Oliver Davis, and, notwith- standing his youth, his venture proved a financial success. After spending one and one-half years in the grocery business, he disposed of his inter- ests, and opened a restaurant and also conducted a flourishing hotel business for two years and a- half. Again selling out, he went into the flour, feed and e.xchange business, conductinga flourish- ing trade for two years. His next enterprise was .IS a contractor, in which occupation lie continued for about three years. Closing out his interests 496 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. in that line of work, lie opened an office on East Ten til Street an ft has since conducted a large and profitable real-estate business. He also, as above stated, is proprietor of a livery stable at Anderson, whicli he purchased recently from Sell Brothers. Keen in business, Mr. Donnelly is also diplomat- ic in public affairs, and as a Democrat takes a deep interest in the success of his chosen party, in which he is an untiring worker and of which he is a prominent member. J-n every measure calculated to promote the welfare of the people he takes an intelligent interest, and is thoroughly posted upon all topics of interest, both in national and local affairs. f^^ ARY J. HAINES, a lady of worth and ex- cellent business ability, and a life-time resident of the state of Indiana, now pros- perously conducting the Locust Hill Farm, a valuable piece of agricultural property pleas- antly located in Clay Township, Hamilton County, Ind., was born upon this old iiomestead, one of the landmarks of the state, on the 28th of May, 1839. Our subject was the daughter of James F. and Margaret H. (Ruddell) Haines, natives of the south, and descendants of upright and honored ancestors. The father was by birth a Virgin- ian, but the mother was born in the good old state of Kentucky, and each had been carefully reared to habits of useful tlirift and sturdy in- dustry. The paternal grandfather, Henry Haines, was a native of Germany, and a man of good judgment and enterprise, early resolved to try his fortune in the United States, where he arrived safe and sound after a long and wearisome journey across the broad Atlantic. He located in the sunny south, and he and his estimable wife, Han- nah (Blankenbigger) Haines, there welcomed to their hearts and homes a family of four sons and one daughter. James F., the father of our subject, was the eldest-born; then followed in order of birth Eliza, Robert, Henry and Marshall. The paternal grandmother, also a native horn in (M'cenbrier County, W. Va., and on horseback made the trip to this county, where he i)urcliased and improved two hundred and forty acres of Innd. He was a self-made man and accumulated a conii)etence. In politics he was a Whig and Republican. He died in March, 18.55, at the age of forty-five, leaving a widow and six children: Adeline Ward, of Boone County; .)ohn C; James L.. who en- listed in Company E, Thirty-ninth Indiana In- fantry, and died near Nashville, Tenn., in No- vember, 1862, after being sick for nine months, during which time John served in his place; Alex. Oliver H. and Dysey Alfnnt. The mother of this family was born in Ohio, and after Mr. Burdett's death became the wife of Henry Hiday. Upon the home farm our subject was born and reared, and in the district schools was educated. He was numbered among the boys in blue, enlist- ing August 2.5, 1863, in Company E, Thirty-ninth Indiana Infantry. He participated in the battles of Sparta, Spencer, Ringgold and Mission Ridge, the Alabama raid and the battles of Newnan and Cambleton. The regiment was re-organized in 1864 as the Eighth Indiana Cavalry, after which he was with Sherman on his march to the sea and at Johnston's surrender near Durham Station, N. C, April 26, 1865. On the 25th of July, I860, he was mustered out at Lexington, N. C, and received his discharge in Indianapolis August 8, 1865. In the fall of 1864 he was sick in camji for a short time. An important event in the life of Mr. Burdett occurred October 14, 1869, when was celebrated his marriage "with Nancy K. Day, who was born in Clinton County, lnd.,and is a daughter of Syl- vanus and Jane (Ferguson) Day. Her father was a pioneer farmer of Clinton County, Ind., where he and his wife died, both being members of the Christian Church. They reared a family of three sons and nine daughters. The union of our subject and his wife has been blessed with two children, Fielden C. and Lula M. On his return from the war, Mr. Burdett de- voted his energies to agricultural pursuits, and in 1870 began farming for himself on the old home- stead, where he lived until 1873. He then rented land until 1878. when he bought eighty acres of 498 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. his present farm, the boundaries of which lie has extended until it now comprises one hundred and thirteen acres. In politics he has been a life-long Republican, but has never been an aspirant for official honors. Socially, he is a member of the Knights of Pythias and Grand Army of the Re- public. His wife holds membership with tlieMetli- odist Episcopal Church, and both are people of sterling worth, whose many excellencies of char- acter have gained them high respect. AMES W. DAVIS, a prominent citizen and prosperous general agriculturist and stock- jj^lj raiser, residing upon section 30, Lafayette ^^^^' Township, Madison County, Ind., has from his earliest boyhood been intimately associated witli the changing scenes in the growth and pros- perity of the state, in which he has dwelt continu- ously for over two-score years. Our subject, a native of Kentucky, and born in Fleming Coun- ty in 1847, was a son of Houston and Melinda Davis, both natives of Kentucky-, the paternal and maternal ancestors having settled in the Blue Grass State in a very early da_y. Houston Davis, reared and educated in the little subscription schools of his birthplace, and trained up to habits of useful industry, attained to manhood and mar- ried. I^nergetic and enterprising, be soon deter- mined to try his fortune in the farther west, and in 1854, with his wife and children, emigrated from Kentucky to Madison County, Ind., travel- ing hither in a covered wagon, and camping wherever night overtook them. Arriving safely at their destination, they settled in the eastern part of Lafayette Township, making their home in a little log cabin surrounded by dense woods. The country round about was almost a wilderness, hut the father, entering with zeal into the clearing, cultivating and improving of the broad acres of iiis homestead, soon wrought a transformation in the appearance of the locality. Tlie beloved mother did not survive her change of residence long, but ji.assed away on the Indiana farm, mourned by all who knew her. In the j year 1891 the father removed to the city of Muncie, Ind. He is now seventy-two years of age, I but hale and hearty, and throughout his long career of usefulness has alw.ays been known as a public-spirited citizen. Of the children who clus- tered about the fireside of the parents, five sur- vive: Polly A., wife of Solomon Tolbert; James W.; Charlotte, wife of Germon Reeves; Mary, wife of James Reeves; and Alice. Our subject was reared to man's estate in Madison County, and long be- fore reaching mature age, was thoroughly versed in the daily round of farming life, and was in fact a practical general agiiculturist, well fitted through the routine work of his youth to begin life for himself. He had received limited advantages in the school of the home district, and carefullj' im- proved every opportunitj- to gain instruction, but I through reading and observation is mainly self- educated. Upon the 13th of May, 1869, were united in ! marriage James W. Davis and Miss Olive Little, a i native of Rush County, Ind., and a daughter of John and Ruhama Little. Mr. Little was a native of Butler County, Ohio, but the mother of Mrs. Davis was born in Rush County, Ind. AVlien thir- teen years of age, the estimable wife of our sub- ject removed with her parents to Madison County, then locating upon section 29, Lafa3'ette Town- ship, where the father still resides. Mrs. Little, a ! lady of worth and intelligence, passed away deep- ly mourned, August 20, 1893. Of the children who gathered in the early home ! of Mrs. Davis, with the exception of herself, one j child only now survives, a sister, Mary, wife of William Wilson. Mr. Little and Houston Davis, the father of our subject, are both valued mem- bers of the Christian Church, as were also their ex- cellent wives. The pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. ' Davis has been blessed by the birth of three children: John A., William J. and Mary F. In about 1875, locating upon his piesent farm, our subject has since resided here continuously. He j owns ninety-five acres of valuable land under a high state of cultivation and well improved with substantial and commodious buildings. He and his wife, like their parents, are members of the Christian Church, and are foremost in good works. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 499 Mr. Davis officiates as a Deacon of tlieciuircli,an(] an ostcomed ofncial, is also a liberal giver in the support nnd extension of religious influence. Po- lilic;illv :ui Independent, he casts his vote without fear or favor, and intelligently posted, takes a deep interest in both local and national issues. A self-made man, lie has won his upward way to a high position of usefulness, and possessed of ster- ling integrity, commands the regard of all his fel- JlOHN ALLMAN. The farming community I of Madison County, Ind., has no better I representative than Mr. AUman, and his fine farm of one hundred and twenty-eight acres, on which he has resided since 1865, is one of the best kept and most productive of any through- out his section of the county. Not only is the land fertile, but it is also intelligently tilled, and every nook and cranny of it is in a high state of cultivation and shows without the shadow of a doubt that the proprietor is a man of i)rogressive and intelligent views, especially upon matters per- taining to his line of endeavor. Our subject is a native of Hamilton County, Ind., his birth occurring there on the •idtli of .lune, l,s:!7. his i)arents being Levi and Catherine (Mur- ray) Allinan, both of whom were born in the Old Dominion. Very little is known of the paternal grandparents, for Levi AUman loft home at a very early day in search of Dame Fortune, and never returned. Like the majority of eastern youths, he luished westward, knowing full well that in the fertile farming regions of that section he stood a better chance of ac(piiring a competency than in the east, and he eventually made a .settlement on a tr.act of land in Hamilton Count}-, Ind., which at that time was heavily covered with timber, and he at once set about 'he arduous labor of clearing this land and putting it in a good farming condi- tion. A few yiars later he chose from among the settlers' daughters Miss Murrav. and with his young bride began ln)usekee|)ing on the land on which he first settled, and tin's they made their per- manent home until IKd:!, when tlicy sold this farm and purchased the land on whicli thfir s(.n .John, the subject of this sketch, is now living, with the expectation of moving there the following year, and while making arrangements for this change Mr. AUman w.is taken suddenly ill. and died on the !»tli of ,luly, 1864, at the age of fifty-two years. Of him it may with truth be said that he was a man of p.arts, a faithful friend, a loyal citizen and kind and considerate in his family. He was one of the pioneers of Hamilton County, and for many years had been connected with the I niird Hreth- ren Church. His widow survived him until IHHl. and died at the age of fifty-seven years. John Allman was the eldest of eight children born to this worthy couplr, and until he attained his majority remained witli ami assisted his par- ents in the duties of the laiin. He then com- menced the battle of life I'lu himself as an employe on the farm of Thoin.-is Moore, with whom he re- mained until he attained his twenty-fifth year, at which time, December 2.'), 1863, he was united in marriage with Miss I'luebe Arni(ield, a daugh- ter of Tilman and Mary .\nii ( I'ickard) Armfield. Their wedded life only lasted until May 19, 18i;4, when he was called upon to mourn his wife's death. November 10, 186.5, he took for his second wife Miss Maranda Moore, a daughter of Thomas and Jane Moore, native Virginians, but about one year later, December 5, 1866, his second wife died. On the 9th of October of the following year he was married to his present wife, Miss Leaner Perry, whose parents. William and .Margaret (Marsh) Perry, were Ohioans. but who removed to Indiana and were among the early settlers of Madison County. To this union ten children have been given: Phoebe Jane, who was born July .30, 1869, now the wife of Irvin Bear, of Monroe Township; David .Vsbery, who was born Oct obci- ■>\. IsTo.and is a resident of Van Buren Townshiii; Margaret, born April 2, 1872; Edna, who was born Septem- ber 12, 1874, and is the wife of Osrow Tomlinson, of Van Buren Township; William, who was born April 9. 187.5; Cora, August 25r 1877: John, Jannarv 27. 1879; Lorenzo, December 10. 1880; 500 K)RTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Charles, September 16, 1883; arTd Myrtle, Aui^ust 15, 1885. Mr. Allraan is one of the very pros|>eroiis agri- culturists of his seetion, has man}' warm friends • whom his correct mode of living has gathered aliout him, and is a law-abiding and public-spir- ited citizen, lie has always voted the Democratic ticlvet, and is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Alexandria Lodge No. 235. He and his wife are worthy members of the Christian Church, and move in the liest social circles of their seetion. ^^^^^m^ JOHN PERKINvS, a prominent citizen and leading general agriculturist, is a life-time resident of Madison County', Ind., and born October 17, 1838, has. long been identified with the histor3% upward growth and progressive interests of Anderson Township, his present lo- cality. His parents, George and Agnes (Allen) Perkins, were widely known and higlily respected for tlicir upriglit lives and genuine kindliness. The fatlier was a native of Knox County, Ohio, and had been reared and educated in his home state. A man of abilit}' and enterprise, lie deter- mined to try his fortunes in the newer field of Indiana, and removing hither with liis wife and family, settled in Adams Township, Madison Coun- ty, and remained there for a number of years. Later the family made tiieir home in Anderson Townsliip, a little southeast of tlie present site of Anderson City. Locating in the woods, the first care of the father was to erect a log cabin, in which, together with his wife and children, he found a comfortable shelter for many changing seasons. He afterward built a more commodious log house, and in the year 1856 constructed a substantial brick residence upon the old home- stead. During the Civil AVar the father removed to Illinois, and resided there a short time, then re- turned to Indiana and again made liis home in Madison Count}'. George Perkins finally went again to Illinois and settled once more In Claik County, where he died in September. 1889. A man of fine natural ability and excellent attainments, he had acquired many friends in his journey through life, and was mourned as a public loss when he entered into rest. A genuine pioneer, he had shared cheerfully in hardships and privations, and aided in the development of the great west. The union of the parents was blessed by the birth of twelve sons and daughters, of whom there are now surviving: Ma- tilda, Jane, Lucin da, Susan, John, William B., Henry and Frank. A public-spirited man, interested in both local and national issues, the father was also a devout Christian and a valued mem ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Our subject, reared to manhood in Madison County, has been a life- long farmer, and was onl}^ a boy when he self- reliantly began the battle of life. He received his education in the primitive school of the home dis- trict, and when he could be spared, attended the little log schoolhouse, a landmark of the past. Upon May 29, 1856, John Perkins and Miss Cath- erine Hicks were united in marriage. The esti- mable wife of our subject was born April 16, 1835, and was the daughter of Samuel and Sophia (Shafer) Hicks. Mr. and Mrs. Hicks were both na- tives of Pennsylvania, and spent the early part of their married life in the Quaker State. When Mrs. Perkins was about one year old, her parents re- moved to Ohio, and three years subsequently made their home in Adams Township, Madison County, Ind., settling in the dense woods, their dwelling a humble log cabin, where not long after the beloved father died, mourned by all who knew him. Of the intelligent family who once clustered about the fireside of Mr. and Mrs. Hicks, the fol- lowing are yet surviving: Catherine (Mrs.Pcrkins). John, Samuel and Angeline. Mr. and Mrs. Per- kins have welcomed to their hearts and liome ten sons and daughters, of whom nine are living: Eliza, the wife of George Ilartzell; Sylvester; Alonzo, Oliver C, Matilda; Nora, wife of Zaclia- ria Clevenger; Melissa, wife of James Clevenger; Dellie and Cora M. These brothers and sisters, who have enjoyed good educational advantages, worthily occupy positions of usefulness, and are universally respected. Our subject has brought his farm of eighty acres up to high cultivation, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 501 and well improved the homestead with excellent and commodious buildings. Mrs. Perkins, a true hflpmate, has ably aided her husband in his life work, and together they share prosperity. The old log cabin wliere they passed many happy years has given place to a modern residence, commodi- ous and convenient. Tranquilly entering the evening of their age, our subject and his devoted wife may with pleasure recall the early years in which with energy, amiiition and enterprise, they won their upward way to assured success. WILLIAM (4. FKSLKR. The American peo- ple not only travel more extensively than any other nation, but they patronize to a greater extent the numerous establishments for ' tiie hire of horses and carriages. There are few enterprises that contribute a larger quota to the convenience of the residential and transient pub- lic than the wi'U appointed livery stable, and one of tlie niosl prominent in \'an Buren Township is that conducted by William G. Fesler. He carries a large assortment of carriages, buggies, phictons, etc.. in the newest and most fashionable styles, and these are constantly on hand for the use of the general public. Mr. Fesler is the son of David Fesler, and the grandson of George Fes- ler, who inherited sturdy German blood from his Teutonic ancestors. The latter was a native of the Keystone State, and was a mechanic by trade. David P'esler, father of our subject, was also a na- tive of Pennsylvania, born in Lebanffn County, in 1813, and there resided until about 18.32. From there he went to West Virginia, thence to Indiana, and finally located in Pipe Creek Township, this county, where he now resides. He is a stonemason by trade, but since 1864 he has been engaged in agricultural pursuits. Mr. P'esler has accumulated a fair share of this world's goods, and although he lost heavily at times and met with many dis- couragements, he persevered, and by industry and good management has now sufficient to enable him to pass his declining years in comfort. He has held many of the township and county offices, be- ing Assessor of Adams Township for many years, later County Assessor, and during the war times he was Deputy Sheriff. In politics he is a worthy Democrat, and in religion a Dunkard. Socially ho is a Mason. In the year 18:53 or '34. David Foler was mar- ried to Miss Elizabeth Landis. a natiyc of Penn- sylvania, born in ISl.'i. nnil the rl.-iughtei- of Ren Landis, who was born in the same state, and of (4erman extraction. Mrs. Fesler died in 1888. She was an excellent woman and a most worthy member of the Dunkard Church. Their children were named in the order of their births as follows: Abraham, who died in infancy; Re- becca, wife of George W. Abbott, of Elwood, a lihicksmitli; Sarah, who died when two years of age; John A., who married Nancy Stanley; Will- iam (L; Mary C, wile of Anthony Silve^-, who re- sides in Frank ton, Ind. (Her first husband was Jacob Fox); Ben l■'.^ of Pi|)e Creek Township, who married Miss Ida Campbell; and Arabella, deceased, who was the wife of Frank F]tchison. William G. Fesler is a wide-awake young busi- iness man of Summitville, Ind., and as he has resided here ever since his birth, which occurred August 19, 1847, the people have had every op- portunity to judge of his character and (pialifica- tions as a man of affairs, and naught has ever been said derogatory to his honor. In the common schools of his native county he received a fair ed- ucation, and until 1872 made his home with his parents, working on the farm. He selected his wife in the person of Miss Emma Judd,a native of Madison County, Indiana, and the daughter of James and Margaret (Young) Judd. natives of the Iloosier State, and of Scotch descent. Mr. and Mrs. Fesler are the parents of five children, as fol- lows: Charley, a student at Angola, Ind.; F]v- eret, at home; one who died in infancy; and Ethel and Emmett, at home. In August, 1883, Mr. Fesler engaged in the liv- ery business in Summitville, and from that date until 1889 he increased his stock from |!80() to *2,000. Besides, he owns property in the towns of Elwood and Summitville, and a good farm in the township. He and JNIrs. Fesler attend the Chris- tian Church, in which they hold membership, and 502 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Mr. B'esler is a Democrat in politics. He is now serving Ids third terra as a member of the city council. He shows his appreciation of secret or- ganizations by becoming a member of tlie Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. ]J^R. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN COFFIN, a I JJD retired jih^'sician of Westfleld, was born ^1^ in Hamilton County, Ohio, August 10, 1817. His father, whose name was also Benjamin Franklin, was a native of the island of Nantucket, having been born tiiere in about the year 1790, and was a son of Isaiah, who was born on the same island; his father, Micajah, was an Eng- lishman by birth, but early in. life removed to the island of Nantucket and engaged in maritime per- suits, and left this occupation as a legacy to the next two generations. The Doctor's father was both a sailor and a cooper in his youth, but about the year 1814 came to Ohio, settled in Cincin- nati, and died some four years later, in 1818. The mother of our subject, Hepsabah Paddack, was born in 1790, on the island of Nantucket, and was the daughter of Joseph Paddack, also a native of Nantucket, a seafaring man and a chairmaker by trade, who removed to Indiana when that state was on the frontier, and died in Union County. After the death of the Doctor's father, his mother married for her second husband Jacob Gumery, who also died, and she married Z. B. Webb. Tlie Doctor had two own brothers and one sister; tl)e brothers died young, one at the age of three, the other at the age of fifteen years. His sister, Sarah, married Harvey Moss, a plasterer and merchant residing in Dearborn County, Ind., where slie died many years ago. The Doctor passed his early years upon the faims of Ohio, and obtained such education from the pioneer schools as circumstances permitted. In 1843 he took up the study of medicine in Darke County, and in 1844 was admitted to the Botani- co-Medical College of Ohio, where he completed his studies in 1845. Early in that same year he commenced the practit;e of his profession at Salem, in Union County, remaining tiiere until 1847, when he moved to Brownsville, in tlie same coun- ty, and in the year following located atStrawtown, Hamilton County. For nine years, from 1851 to 1860, he practiced in Indianapolis, then came to Westfleld, and continued up to 1889 the active and successful practice of his profession. Williin the past four years he has gradually withdrawn from active practice and devoted himself to his home. Our subject has been twice married, tlie first time November 23, 1837, to Miss Charity R. Bennett, a native of Hamilton County, Ohio, and the daugii- ter of one of the pioneers of the county. She died May 23, 1845, leaving no children. He married his present wife, Emily J. Harlan, May 25, 1849. She was born in Indiana August 7, 1830, and was the daughter of Nathan Harlan, a native of Ken- tucky, but of old Virginia stock. Nathan Harlan died in 1840; his brother George was for many years Justice of the Peace, and his brother Aaron was Recorder of Deeds. Mrs. Coffin had eight brothers, of whom four are living. George W., who was a soldier in tlie Civil War, is now a commission merchant in Illinois; Austin resides on the old homestead; John Milton is a veterinary surgeon and lives in Iowa; Martin V. was a soldier in the late war, was wounded at Big Shanty, and died in Chattanooga from the effects of his wounds. Doctor and Mrs. Coffin have been the parents of children named as follows: C. G., born January 14, 1850, at Straw- ton, Ind., died at Indianapolis November 26, 1853; Martha IL, born April 8, 1852, at Indianapolis, is now the wife of Leonard Wilde of Noblesville; Lucretia IM?, born at the same place December 7, 1853, died March 2, 1855; Charles F., born in Marion County, Ind., June 2, 1866, is a graduate of DePauw University, and was a teacher at sixteen years of age; he was for one year the Principal of the Counersville schools and Superintendent of schools for three years in New Albany, and is now an Attorney in Indianapolis and Dean of the law department of DePauw University; Katie C, born August 30, 1868, is now the wife of C. F. Lufkin, of the Standard Oil Company, with headquarters at Lima, Olao. In the days of slavery Doctor Cotlin was a Free ^Jyi^i^^d. ^ _ a^ PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. o05 .Soiler Abolitionist; after tlie war he identified him- . self with the Greenback party, and is a strong Pro- liil)itionist. lie has never aspired to i)olitical posi- tions, but was at one time a candidate for County Commissioner. For twenty years lie has been con- nected with the Methodist Church. Mrs. Coflin is a memlM'r of tlie Friends' Churcli. .i^^HOMAS S. EAST, a successful agriculturist 7^^i of Union Township, is well known Ihrough- V^ out the length and lircridtli ot .Madison County, and his high reputation and material prosperity are tlie reward of unusual natural abilities, industriously applied. He is a native of Delaware County, Ind., and was born June 8, 184'J, being a son of Anderson K. and Mary (Go- ings) East, natives of Virginia. His father taught school for a short time in the Buckeye State, whence he removed with his family to Delaware County, Ind., in 1833. Settling in Liberty Town- ship, of which he was a pioneer, he entered one liiindrcd and sixty acres of timberland. Shortly after locatiiig in Liberty Townsh An- derson R. East erected a log house, which w.as of a more substantial character than most pioneer homes. lie devoted his attention to the clearing and improving of his farm, which he brought under excellent tillage. .\ man of progressive spirit, he was interested in every measure for the promotion of the material welfare of the county, which in his death lol prominent citizens. For a number ol years he lilli-.l the po- sition of .School Examiner of Delaware County, and throughout his entire life was interested in educational matters, having taught his first school at the age of thirteen. He was a graduate of a medical college and was prominently known as an expert shorthand writer and a fine penman. As an evidence of his skill, it may be mentioned that lie wrote the Lord's prayer on a five-cent l.)f the familv if .\nderson H. vU\ C; -Vdaline the fol low- is the wife of B. C. Harter; William; Mrs. Caroline Spaar, a widow; Thomas S. and Is.aac. Tlio.se deceased are: Martha and John, who died in infancy; James; Elizabeth, Mrs. E. McCall; Crockett, who was killed in the liattle of (jeltyshurg; and Anderson. The father of this family was a .lack- sonian Democrat in politics and was public spir- ited and enterprising, favoring ;ill movements for the improvement of the county. Thomas S. East jiassed his boyhood and youth in Delaware Country, ind., and has devoted his life tlius far to agricultural pursuits. He re- ceived his scholastic training in the public schools, of his native county, and, being a great reader and a close observer, he is now considered one of the best informed men of his section. On the 3d of December, 1876, he married Miss Barbara J., daughter of Jacob Bronnenberg, who was one of the pioneers of Madison County. Five children were born to this union: Grace, Lena, Ernest, Raymond and Bessie. Mr. East owns two hun- dred and sixty acres of excellent land and has been iinusuallj- successful in his career as an agri- culturist. In December, 1877, he came to INLadi- son County and settled on the farm where he now lives. Industrious, enterprising and progressive, he has made a success of his calling and is a valued and influential citizen. In politics, Mr. East is identified with the People's party, the principles of which he advo- cates with fidelity. He has been (piite prominent in this movement, and in the fall of 1892 was the candidate of the People's party for Lieutenant- Governor of the state of Indiana. He is con- nected liiianci:ill\' with tlic American. Noncon- formist, a journal publi>lied at Indianapolis, and which is virtually the national organ of the People's party. He holds membership in the Christian Church, and is an active worker in that organization. Soci;illy he is a .Alnson and was formerly identified with the Odd Fellows. He was a charter meml)er of the Grange in Liberty Townsiiip, Delaware County, and for three years was State Organizer of the Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union in Indiana. A man of self- respecting, energetic character, well dowered with firmness and decision, his conduct in all the rela- 506 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. lions of life has been sucli as to inspire the es- teem of all with whom he comes in contact, either in business or social circles. 1@@©IE ^Ps.. ANIEL COOK, M. D. Aside from being the I j] oldest physician of the locality in which he Ij!!!^ resides, Dr. Cook is one of the most prom- inent of the many well known gentlemen located in Fishersburgh. He is the son of Joel Cook, who was born in Virginia in 1792, and was there reared to manhood under the careful supervision of his (ierman progenitors. His early education was limited, although not from inclination, for he at- tended such schools as the jteriod afforded, and was an apt pupil. Upon attaining manhood, Joel Cook married Miss Nancy Farley, a native of Delaware and of Irish parentage. Mrs. Cook's mother, whose fam- ily name was McMullin, was born and reared in the city of Dublin, and emigrated to America at a very early dale. Of her it is said she spun, wove and made her own wedding gown, the warp of which was so fine that the entire suit could he with ease passed through a small gold ring; this was accomplished with absolutely no machinery other than that given by Dame Nature. The ven- erable Rev. John McMullin, who is rememberer! l\y many of the older residents as a pioneer Meth- odist minister, having charge of the circuit of which the then village of Anderson was a part, was a relative of the maternal grandsire of our subject. The paternal grandfather of Dr. Cook was a participant in both tlie Indian "Wars and the Rev- olution. In the latter war, it so happened that he was a Colonel in the army of America, while a brother was of the same rank in the British army. At the battle of the Horse Shoe, after the surrender of the British, it became the duty of the English lirother to surrender his sword to the other. He tendered it point first, and for this unsoldierly action received a blow from his brother's sword, and a command to reverse the article tendered. Witli cheeks aflame with luiinilialion. and with all his English spirit afire, he thrust his sword deep into the earth, and with a mighty blow with his foot broke the blade in twain. In years after, when the cause of liberty was fully sustained and our nation was at peace, these brothers became firm friends, and many an hour, seated by the old, broad fireplace, they spent in recalling the incident which in the glow of the fitful flickerings of the back log. arose, truly Ph(enix-like, in their mem- ories. The father of our subject migrated in 1!S34 to the then wilds of Hancock County, Ind. The land which he entered, a tract of one hundred acres, was, like its vast surroundings, a green forest, the abode of savage Indians and beasts. When he entered upon the perilous task of making a home for his family, his entire cash in hand consisted of two shillings, or twenty-five cents. To pay the amount necessary upon entering the land, every resource was called to hand, even the selling of the well known and loved Virginia bed clothing, the handiwork of his wife. With the co-operation of his entire family, space was soon cleared upon which to erect the log cabin and other necessary buildings. The crops were then sown, and while the grain was growing more lumber was felled. Time passed, and as Ihc le- sult of many years of toil, he could, as his life's sun was still lingering, look about him upon as well improved and comfortable a home as the great state of Indiana afforded. His entire active life was spent upon the home of his cieation, and though in years he added many additional acres, the best loved spot was that upon which he had tolled day and nighl in weary, though happy, times gone by. Politically, Joel Cook was a Democrat of the Jefferson school, and though his counsel and ad- vice were sought upon political matters, he was never an aspirant for office. An earnest Christian, he was for manj' years a member of the Baptist Church, which at his death, in 1871, lost one of its pillars and stanchest upholders. His wife died on the 2d of June, 1834, when only thirty-one years of age. Their living children are: Matthew F., a prominent farmer of Hancock County; Ada- line, Mrs. Benjamin ISIcCarthy, who resides in PORTRAIT AND BIOHRAFHICAL RIX'CJRD. North Anderson; John F., a wealthy and intluen- tial agriculturist of Hancock County. \'a., Mrs. Vclton, who resides in Ilcnry tOiinly. Ind.; ;ui(l Daniel, of this sketcii. Prior to the age of eigliteen, our subject was em- ployed upon his fatlier's farms, and attended sucli schools as the neighborhood afforded. Attheageof only twelve he commenced tiie stud}- of his chosen piofcssion, and when eigliteen began its practice. Wlicn a boy lie remornbcrs li;i ving attended twenty- seven log rollings in ms iniiiiy days, the Sabbath not being excepted. It was not until 1855 that the Doctor gave his entire attention to his profes- sion, he having occupied some time in buying, selling and exchanging various properties, which came into his possession. In tliis he was very siiccessful, and became quite wealthy, but through the betrayal of supposed fi lends, he at one time lost *105,000. This loss might have been averted had he preferred to choose dishonest means of self-preservation, which he wns urged to do liy his intimate associates. He, however, became penni- less, sacrificing wealth instead of honor. In 1875 our subject's reversed fortunes came to an end, and he again began ascen^;' born in Bascomb County, N. C, in 1805, and removed thence to the territory of Indiana with his paients at the age of eleven years, set- tling near Aurora, in Ohio County. From there he went to Decatur County, and when a young man he located in Ft. Wayne, at the time when that now prosperous citj' was an Indian trading post. There he engaged as a drover. Re- turning to Decatur County, he continued to make it his home until about 18.35, when he removed to Rush County. In 1850, Mr. Driver, Sr., came to Hamilton County and settled iii Jackson Township, where he was engaged in farming pursuits until his death. Although a man of limited education, he was well informed upon all topics of general in- formation, and in his political beliefs identified himself with the Democratic party. In the United Presbyterian Church, of which he was an active member, he served as Trustee, and was regarded as a consistent Christian and upright man. He was the son of Mr. and .^Mrs. John Driver, natives of North Carolina. Grandfather Driver was a farmer by occupation and served iu the War of 1812. About 1827 John Driver married Elizabeth, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. daughter of Nathan Frakes, and a native of Ohio* She was reared in Indiana, having accompanied lier parents thither in lier girlhood. She i)ecanie tho mother of five children, our subject being-the third in order of birtli. Martha E. is the widow of James Wilson, and resides in ,)acI a prominent oHleer and liberal sup- |)orter of that religious body. Politically a Re- publican, he lias never sought oflice, but was made a candidate for Trustee by his friends, and was de- feated only by a ver3' small majni-ity. A man of sterling integrity' of character and cxcclicnt busi- ness ability, he and his good wife and family oc- cui)y a iiigh place in the home community, and enjoy the confidence and sincere esteem of a host of long time friends. -■M ^^^^^^^.^ jfr^RANKLIN NEWBY, an influential citizen, |p(g)^ prosperous agriculturist and stock-raiser, /ill is favorably known throughout Hamilton Couniy as an enterprising man, progressive in his ideas and liberal in sentiment. For fully two-score years he has been identified with the leading inter- ests of White River Township, his present home. He is a native of Indiana, and was born in Marion County, September 18, 1831, the son of verj' early ])ioneers of the state. His father, John W. Newby, locating in Marion Count}' in the frontier days, experienced the privations and sacrifices inciden- tal to life in a new and unsettled country. He was, however, well fitted to meet and overcome the dithculties which beset his path, aud, a man of courageous resolution, won his way to success. Reared upon the farm of his father, Franklin Xewbv participated in the rugged scenes of pio- neer life and, early inured to hard work, assisted in the daily round of agricultural toil, beginning the battle of life when a mere boy. He enjoyed instructions at the nearest school, which was held in a little log cabin in the home district. He improved his meagre 0()portunities to gain an education and has since added to his stock of early knowledge by reading and study. He remained with his parents until twenty-one years of age and shortly afterward assumed the cares and obli- gations of married life. Upon November 1.5, 1852, he was united in marriage with Miss Margaret Peck, who was born in White River Township, Hamilton Couiily, .Inly 111. l«:i;!. This estimable lady passed away upon the old home farm Sep- tember 24, 1891. After his marriage Mr. Newby with his young wife settled on one hundred and twenty acres of land, all wild with the exce|)tioii of twenty-two acres under partial cultivation, lie stiirled with eighty acres and to that amount added from year to year until he has accumulated one thousand acres of valuable land. His home farm, one of the finest in the county, is under a high state of culti- vation and improved with liandsoiiic .Miid com- modious buildings. Making general :it;ri(ulture the main pursuit of his life, he has been finan- cially successful and is to-day numbered among the leading and substantial citizens of Hamilton Coun- ty. The first house in which he made liis home after his marriage was a log structuic, 18x22 feet, and the counterpart of in.any then found within the borders of the state, irntil 18()() he resided in that humble log house, and then moved to the dwelling in which ho made his liome till l,Si»2. Five children blessed the union of .Mr. Newby and his first wife, Margaret. Three daughters and one son yet survive. Catherine E., the first born, married H. C. Lower, and has two children; Mar- garet V. married W. I*. Parker, and has tliii'e chil- dren; Martha is the wife of Ccorge W. Uulou, and is the mother of three children; .lolin ^V. married Anna Harvey, and they have two children; .lane C, now deceased, married C. C. .lack and left two children. The niothei- of this f:iiiiil\ was a devoted member of thi' Christinn Churc'h and an active worker in religious and benevolent enter- prises. Her parents were among the early settlers of White River Townshipand werehighly respect- ed liy their friends and neighbors, (irowing to womanhood in her birthplace, she was wedded at nineteen years of age. A second time enterin;;- the niMtriinonial bonds, Mr. Newby wedded, .September i;i, l.sii.'i. Mis. .Me- linda A. Mock, a native of White River Township and a lady of culture and broad intelligence. She received an excellent education in the home schools 516 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. and was trained in housewifely arts in lier girl- hood. Her father and mother were intimately a.-sociated witii the upward growth of the town- sliip and are numbered with the honored pioneers (if Hamilton County. Our subjectand his accom- plished wife received upon their wedding the con- gratulations of a host of friends. P^ssentially a self-made man, Mr. Newby has entirely by his own efforts gained a handsomecompetence and won au eviable position among his fellow-citizens. Polit- ically he is a Republican and, a loyal man, is in- terested in all matters of local welfare, and thor- oughly posted in home and national issues. ^-^-^ ^ \B^W ^ ¥^^^ ^^P LP'RKD FORKNER, the efficient and popu- ^yt-Jl j lar Trustee of Union Township, and one ij 14) of the foremost agriculturists of Madi- i^ son County, is the owner of a fine farm consisting of one hundred and forty acres, pleas- antly located on section 22. In his farming operations he combines energy with excellent judgment, and as a result of good management he has gained success financially and the name of being one of the most capable agriculturists of the county. He has passed his entire life in the Iloosier State, having been born in Henry County on the 30tU of October, 18.35. The parents of our subject, James and Lydia (Eliason) Forkner, were natives respectively of North Carolina and Kentucky, who, however, spent the greater portion of their lives in Indi- ana. In 1856, accompanied by their children, they removed fron Henry to Madison Count}', and settled on the farm now occupied by our subject. Here llie father engaged as a tiller of the soil until his death, which occurred in 1871. The wife and mother still survives (1893), having al- tauied to the advanced age of eighty-six. Of her cliildrcu, there are now three survivors, namely: Mrs. Henry Bronnenberg, Alfred and William A. Amid scenes of pioneer life in Indiana, Alfred Forkner grew to a stalwart manhood, and from boyhood he has been familiar with agricultural pursuits. In the schools of Ilenr}' County he gained the rudiments of his education, which, through reading and observation, has subsequently been extended. However, he was so busily em- ployed at home that he was unable to attend school regularly, and the average number of days that he attended each term was only twenty, fift}' days being the highest number. However, he is now a well informed and well read man, with firm convictions and opinions upon every matter of general interest. When ready to establish a liome of his own, Mr. Forkner was married, in 1865, to Miss Nancy .T. Thumma, a native of Indiana, and their union has resulted in the birth of three chifdren : Ella, Charles A. and Carey. Aside from his farming interests, Mr. F^orkner is prominent in public affairs, and is now serving his second term as Trustee of Union Township, a position in which he has rendered satisfactory service in behalf of his constituents. A Democrat in politics, he is however not partisan in his preferences, and is a man whose popularity is not limited to those whose opinions coincide with his own. Having witnessed the growth of Madison County from a sparsely settled community to a foremost place among the counties of Indiana, Mr. Fork- ner feels a deep interest in everything pertaining to the development of the county and the welfare of his fellow-citizens. He has gained material success, and that which is far better, an honored position among the successful farmers and public- spirited citizens of his locality. He enjoys the confidence of the people, and in business circles his name is the synonym of lionor and probity. ICAJAH SMITH, an enterprising and ex- tensive general agriculturist, owning a magnificent farm of four hundred and thirty-nine acres of some of the best land in Madison County, Ind., is a long-time resident of Boone Township, and for twenty years has been a noted stock-raiser, successfully handling blooded hogs, cattle and horses, and this fail will hold his seventh annual stock sale of thoroughbreds and PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. high grades of a choice variety. Our subject, a native of the state and county, was born in Mon- roe Townsliip, and was the son of James Smith, by hirth a Nortli Carolinian. The paternal grand- parents, Wright and Lydia Smith, were genuine soutlierners, tlie grandfather having been born in Virginia, and tlie grandmother in North Carolina. Tlie grandfather was among the first settlers of Rush County, Ind., and .lames, the second child, received his education in the common schools of that locality. Trained into agricultural duties, he worked a farm for his father until he began life for himself. The grandfather sold out his inter- ests in Rush County in a very early day, tlien set- tled on Lily Creek, Madison County, becoming one of the pioneers. James Smith, arriving at ma- ture age, married Miss Cynthia Chamness, daugh- ter of Micajah Chamness, Sr. Our subject, born July 10, 1846. was the second child who blessed the union of the parents, and was but tliree years of age when his mother passed away. Then removed to the home of the paternal ■grandparents, Mr. Smith remained there until the close of the war. The grandfather entered into rest in 1863, but the grandmother, for a time sur- viving, our subject continued on the old home- stead. Mr. Smith attended the common schools of Hoone Township, and in the meantime worked in- dustriously upon the farm. During his childhood the country was but little more than a wilderness, but as our subject advanced in years, he became an important factor in the growth and upward progress of his native state. When an uiicle of Mr. Smith returned liome after the close of the war, he and our subject engaged in the stock busi- ness, but the next year dissolved the partnership, and Micajah selling iiis stock, went to Iowa to visit. After a few months in the Ha wkeye State, he came back to Indiana and settled in Roone Township, Madison County, since then his permanent home. For one season he worked for an uncle at II per day, then leased some ground and farmed and teamed for a twelvemonth. His uncle removed December I, 1867, to Anderson, Ind., when Mr. Smith, marrying, moved on his own farm. Our subject iiad fallen heir to forty acres of land and now bought his brother's interest in tiie home farm, and his grandfather gave him twenty acres. JSIaking various trades and purchases, Mr. Smith has acquired an extensive landed property, now owning the four hundred and thirty-nine valuable acres before mentioned. For some score of years engaged in buying and selling stock, he has achieved financial success. He is numbere'd among the substantial business men of Madison County, and is known as a leading stock-dealer of Indiana. He is a member of the Ohio Poland- China Record C(jmpany, and his si.x previous an- nual sales have been largely attended b\- promi- nent buyers of various portions of the >l:iti'. who find at these sales a choice variety of blooded hogs, cattle and horses. He is specially interested in Short-horn cattle, and his tine horse, " Non Plus," is among the best bred animals of America. He has a blooded mare," Daiihne," in Kentucky, breeding to" Lord Russell," owned by A. .1. Alex- ander, who stables a number of horses with unsur- passed records. In March 1891, our subject pur- chased " Daphne " for 1775, and in the same year bought at a large price four tliorouu;hbred mares. In January, 1886, he embarked with excellent financial results in the breeding of Poland-China hogs, and in handling a variety of stock has met with unprecedented success. In December, 1867, were united in mairi.age, Mi- cajah Smith and Miss Ann E. Sullivan, daughter of Thomas and Hannah (Sayre) Sullivan, natives of Virginia, and descendants of a family widely and favorably known. Three children blessed the union (ft our subject and his estimable wife. Thomas, the eldest born, is now attending his third term at Valparaiso College; Cora A. died Decem- ber 27, 1887; John F. is at home, but will enjoy the advantage of a course at Valparaiso College, entering next year. Mrs. Smith is a valued mem- ber of the Baptist Church and is prominent in the social, religious and benevolent work of the de- nomination. Our subject is a [ironounced Demo- crat and a firm supporter of the party of the people. He is absorbed in the affaiis of his ex- tensive business interests and has no desire to oc- cupy public office, but, intelligently posted in the affairs of the day, is ever ready to assist on local improvements and enterprises. Financiiilly pros- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. pered, he has made many valuable improvements upon his farm, the stables being roomy, substan- tial and conveniently arranged. The handsome residence is lighted by gas supplied from the well located witliin the boundaries of ilie Smith Stock Farm, now conceded to bo one of the most at- tractive in tills part of Madison County. f?01IN II. DAVIS, a pioneer settler and IMominent citizen of Madison County, and til for the last score of years a constant resi- // dent of Lafayette Township, has since 1838 been intimately associated with matters of public welfare, and held with marked ability- various im- portant positions of official trust. As Deputy Sheriff and Sheriff, and as the popular Deputy Treasurer of Madison County, Mr. Davis was prompt and efHcient in the discharge of duties in- volved, and made a record of faithful service un- surpassed for conscientious fidelity to the interests of the general public. Devoting his latter years mainly to the pursuit of agriculture, he cultivates a line farm, located upon section .30, the valuable Davis homestead being the abode of hospitality and one of the well known landmarks of the past. Our subject is a native of Montgomery County, Ohio, and, born May 30, ISl,"), is the son of Jesse and Sarah (Pegg) Davis. His parents were natives of North Carolina, and both were descendants of English ancestors, the maternal forefathers were, generation after generation, Quakers, people of intelligence and enterprise. While .John H. was yet an infant his father pur- chased a farm in Preble County, Ohio, and thither the family at once removed, settling permanentlj' in that part of the Buckeye State. Our subject, trained from his earliest childhood into the daily round of agricultural duties, attained to man- hood energetic, industrious and thoroughly self- reliant. Mr. Davis received his education in the httle subscription schools of the pioneer days in Ohio, the houses of instruction being fashioned out of rough logs and furnished with slabs for seats and desks. An ambitious young man, our subject while in his teens taught for a time, and later decided to emigrated to the adjoining state of Indiana. In 1838 he came to Madison County, and for a brief period clerked in Anderson, then a small village. He was employed in mercantile business, and through that channel made a wide acquaintance and gained many friends. Mr. Davis subsequentl}' was appointed Deputy Sheriff under B. Allen, the Sheriff of the county, and when Mr. Allen's term of office bad expired, was elected Sheriff, which responsible position he continued to hold the two succeeding terms, to the great satis- faction of the citizens of Madison County. Later, when B. Noland was County Treasurer, our sub- ject was appointed Deputy Treasurer, and again made for himself an enviable rciuitation as a re- liable and trustworthy official. He next settled on a farm in Anderson Township, and lived there for a number of years, after some time engaging in the milling business. In 1872, lie settled in Lafayette Township, upon the farm where he now resides, and which he has brought up from a wild condition to a highly prolitable state and well un- proved witli excellent .iiid commodious buildings. The one hundred and sii.ty .acre tract is among the best in the township, and annually yields an . abundant harvest. Soon after the expiration of his second term as Sheriff, Mr. Davis conducted a grocery store in Anderson, and continued in the business for about three years, and was also Postmaster of the village during this time. The grocery store was built on ■ the same site now occupied by the White House dry-goods store. Upon .luly 5, 1846, were united in marriage John H. Davis and Miss Sarah Pugh. The union was blessed by the birth of two chil- dren, both sons. Franklin P. is deceased; Alvin IL, surviving, has a daughter, Carrie L. Decembers, 1892, the beloved wife and devoted mother, who had been to her husband a true helpmate com- panion and counselor, passed away mourned by all who knew her. She was, a sincere Cliristian, foremost in good works and benevolent enterprises. Our subject is a valued member of the Methodist Protestant Church, and liberal in his support of religious influence. Me was fornierlv connected PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. oi; with the Ancient Free & Accepted Masons, and was active in the order. Throughout iiis long carcur of busy and iionored usefulness as a citizen and official, tlie course of Mr. Davis has ever been distinguished by energetic enterprise and sterling integrity of character, and now in the evening of his days he may witli pleasure review a life of earnest purpose crowned with success, and rest secure in tiie confidence of a host of friends. \&^M AVID TRANBARGEK, an etlicienl .lustice of the Peace located in Duck Creek Town- ship, Madison County-, Ind., is a citizen of excellent business ability, lie conducts witli profitable results a bi'ooni factory, and is likewise a successful and leading general agriculturist, owning a finely improved farm which annually yields ail abundant harvest. A man of tnlci piisc and an old-time resident of iiis present locality, our subject lias been intimately associated with the prominent interests of the county, and at one time ran a saw- mill. Mr. Tranbarger is a native of Virginia and was born in Washington County November 22, 1826. His father, .lacob Tranbarger, born also in the Old Dominion in 1833, removed to Rush County. Ind.,. wlii'ie he lived for four years, and then permanently located in .Madison County, heie eontinuing t„ rc>i(le ujitil his death in ISlt). The paternal grandfather, David Tranbarger, in whose honor our subject was named, was born in (ierniany. but emigrating to America in an early day, made his home in A'irginia. The niother of our subject, Sarah (Conley) Tranbarger, was a descendant of highly respected ancestors and was a woman of worth and ability. David, the eldest child born unto the parents, accompanied them to Indiana when but six years of age. There were then no schools in the near neighborhood and our subject enjoyed only the opportunities of instruc- tion he received at home, his father employing >oine one especially to teach him. His education, therefore, was limited, but by close observation he supplied his deficiencies in book knowledge. Studying at home at night by the light of a hickory-bark fire, and through the day assisting his father in clearing the land of the forest growth, Mr. Tranbarger attained to eighteen years of age, and taught school in Tipton County, Ind. From Jarvis Brown, a tcai'lier of a select s,-|io,_,l, our subject received fiirlher inslruc-lion after the term of his school had closed. Diligently .Mr. Tranbar- ger applied himself in tiie golden moments, which increased his store of leaiiiing.aiid afterward, pass- ing a creditable examination, he rt'ceivcd a certif- icate to teach in Tipt.on County, and taught two more terms. He then engaged in sawmilling for a twelvemonth, and afterward devoted himself continuously to farming- until 18,')7, when he re- moved to Quincy (now Kiwood) and cnterefl into buying and shipping pork. In tin- occupation our subject profitably continued until \W>1, when he made his home in Duck Creek Township and again engaged in the sawmill business, remaining in the latter occupation foi- the succeeding three years. .4t the expiration of this period of time Mr. Tranbarger engaged prosperously in iiis pres- ent agricultural work, and in 18()8 beginning the manufacture of brooms, still conducts his factory. In the montli of April, 18.50. were united ill mar- riage David Tranbarger and Miss Ivmice Cook, daughter of Nathan Cook, a highly respected resident of Hamilton County, liid. Unto this union were born seven cliildien. ( )liver N. mar- ried Miss Josie Young and resides in .Aladison County; Miranda 10. is the wife of Williani Stret- cher and makes her home in Madison County; ].. A. married Miss Ann Lora, and lives in Clin- ton County; .lohii H. married Miss Emma Russ- ler. and is a citizen of Tipton Ciuinty. Ind.; Sarah O. is the wile of (ieorge liicker, of Tipton County; Seymour married Eva B. Rich- ard and lives in Delaware County; Mary E. died in infancy. The mother of these sons and daughters passed away in October, 1 8()(;. ( )iir subject wedded in 1867 Miss Mahala Lane, who survived until September 19, 1881, and upon May 17, 188.5, Mr. Tranbarger for the third time entered matrimonial bonds, then being united with JMiss Jemima Hickman, who is a most excellent lady of worth and intelliijence. 'The sons and dauehlers are •red and wi ft led Olivt \. 520 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPinCAL RECORD. a successful teaclier and has followed the avo- cation of an instructor for twenty years. He lias likewise gained an extended reputation as a fine elocutionist. L. A. taught for a number of years and is now Deputy Auditor of Clinton County, Iiid. John ably served as Justice of the Peace and is Do|iuty Treasurer of Tipton County, lud. X. S. is a preacher of the United Breth- ren Church, and is located at Greentown, Howard County. Our subject is a valued member of the Ciiristian Church, and his good wife belongs to the Society of Friends, or Quakers. Mr. Tranbarger IS fraternally a member of Quincy Lodge No. 130, A. F. & A. M. Politically a strong Democrat, a leader in the local councils of the party and ably discharging the duties of his office as Justice of the Peace, he commands the esteem and high regard of a host of old-time acquaintances and the general public. (ip^i LIAS STOUT, who was for many changing l^ 3ears a representative general agriculturist lA^^i of Washington Township, Hamilton County, Ind., is now retired from the active duties of life and is a highly esteemed resident of Eagletown, Ind. Mr. Stout is a native of tlie state and was born in Randolph County, April 17, 1822. His parents were Ephraini and Ruth (Howell) .Stout, pioneer settlers of Indiana. The father, a man of energy and enterprise, was a native of North Carolina, his father also being a native of the old Tar State, and a direct descendant of good old English stock. The father received a good com- mon-school education and was intelligently posted on the matters of the day. He was a cooper by trade, l)ut, arriving in Indiana, settled upon a farm in Howard County and followed the pursuit of agriculture until his death. Ephraim Stout was a member of the Friends' Church, and an able aid in all matters of benevo- lent enterprise. He was politically a Whig, and later a Republican, and was deeply interested in local and national issues. The mother, a most worthy woman, beloved by nil who knew liei, was of Irish descent. She was a sincere Christian and reared her family in the fear and admonition of the Loid. At the age of eighteen, variously employed, our subject began life for himself. Working at anything his hands could find to do, sometimes clearing up timber, Mr. Stout toiled in- dustriously until twenty-five years old in this miscellaneous occupation. He had in the mean- time really cleared all the ground where Russia- ville now stands. When twenty-five years of age Elias Stout was united in marriage with Miss Mary Chance, daughter of Jonathan and Hannah (Clearwater) Chance, natives of Ohio. Unto this union were born four children, but one of whom is now living, Luther L., who married Mary Fisher, now deceased. Some time after the death of his estimable first wife Mr. Stout again married, his second wife being Mary Ellen Symons, who bore her husband two children, but one of whom survives, Clara Jane, wife of John Slater and re- siding in Westfield. The second wife was a valued member of the Friends' Church, and was deeply mourned when she passed away earl}' in life. Our subject a third time entering marriage relations was wedded to Mrs. Sarah Cameron, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Arthur) Dixon, of French descent. The third wife was connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and held a life mem- bership at the time of her death. Immediately succeeding his first marriage, Mr. Stout located on a forty-acre tract, which he had owned for some time. This land he cultivated patiently year after .year, bringing the fertile soil up to a high state of cultivation and well im- proving the homestead with good and substantial buildings. Working hard all his life, and sorely bereaved by death, our subject met all the re- verses and trials with resolute courage, and has now arrived at seventy-one years of age a hale and hearty man, and in the evening of his daj's is enjoying a well earned rest among old friends and acquaintances. He was reared a Quaker, having a birthright in that chiu'ch, and in political affiliation is a stalwart Republican, devoted to the interests of the party. A constant resident of the state, and intimately associated with its progressive PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 521 history, Mr. Stout a fund of interesting it'iTiiniscences gai'iiereii from the experience of tliree-score and ten years within the Ijorders of Indiana. OALVIN NICHOLSON. The a.i,Micn;tiiral in- terests of Madison County have an honor- __ ' able and successful representative in the subject of this sketch, who is conducting farming pursuits upon his finely improved estate in Stony Creek Township. Now in the prime of his useful career, the success he has attained is attributable to the possession of an evenly balanced mind and indomitable perseverance. The most remarkable tiaits of his character are the wisdom and foresight with which he formulates his plans, and the energy and decision with which be executes them. He has met with many obstacles in the course of his busy life, but in every difficulty he has remained calm and resolute, proving that he possesses moral courage as well as physical. Our subject traces his ancestry to William Nicholson, a brave soldier in the War of 1812. During the opening year of that war, his son, Samuel, was born in New Jersey, and there he was reared on a farm, coming thence with his parents to Rush County, Ind., in 1822. In his youth he learned the trade of a blacksmith, which he fol- lowed for a time, but afterward embarked in farm- ing pursuits and continued thus engaged until the lime of his death, working his way from poverty to opulence solely through his unaided individual exertions. He had received hut little schooling, but through observation and reading became a well informed man, and iiis death, in October of 1877, was a loss to bis community, whose interests were ever uppermost in his mind. Politically he was n Deiiiuerat, and always upheld party prin- ciples. In Madison County, Ind.. the subject of this sketch was born .laniiary 20. 1841. With but meagre educational advantages lie has worked his own way to a foremost position among the agri- culturists of this county. In October, 1863, he established a home of his own. beino; at that time united in marriage with Miss Lyda, daughter of John Anderson, of whom further mention is made in the biography of Edward J. Anderson, of Stony Creek Township. They were the parents of ten children, three of whom are deceased. ihfoilici> being: Nancy Ann, Sarah E., Orra I-:.. I.ydia M.. Chrity E., Bertha I. and Iva (i. The farming possessions of .Mr. .Xieholson ag- gregate one hundred acres of fertile and well im- proved land, upon which he engages in raising the various cereals. As lie thoroughly understands the proper rotation of crops and fertilization of the soil, he Las been enabled to secure the very best results from every acre of ground, lie is a man who is strictly temperate in his habits and he advocates the cause of Prohibition with fidelity and enthusiasm. In his religious belief, he and his wife are Methodists, being members of the church of that denomination in Lapel. jj| RS. MARY WALTERS. Women are often \\\ called the "weaker .sex," and although this is undeniably true as regards their physical make-up, yet intellectually and morally they are as strong as the "lords of creation." This is especially the case as regards Mrs. Mary Walters, for she has shown a degree of intelligence, shrewdness and good judgment in the management of her eiijlity-acic farm that would do credit to any man. Her farm i> locateci on section 2G, Richland Township, and although it is not as large as many, every portion of it is so carefully tilled and looked after that it yields a larger income than many more pretenticuis farms. She owes her nativity to Delaware County, Ind., where she was born on the 27th of February, 18.'5(). her parents being James and Susan (Drybread) Chambers, the former of whom immigrated willi his family to Delaware County, Ind., ;it an early day and settled in a little log lioiise on a wood- land farm, where for a number of ^ears they toiled incessantly to keep the wolf from the door, clear and improve their farm and lay by something for a rainy day. In time their expectations and hopes 522 PORTEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. were realized, but the father did not live long to enjoy his prosperity, for he died on the farm where he had toiled so faithfully and earnestly, on the 9th of April, 1843. Of the children born to him- self and wife the following survive: George, Mary (Mrs. Walters), Smith, and Julia, wife of Miles Walters. Elizabetli, now deceased, was the wife of Samuel Ricker. Mr. Chambers was a local minister of the Cliristian Cliurch, was a devout and earnest expounder of the Gospel, and his many noble attributes of heart and head won him a host of friends, whom he retained to the day of his death. On tlie old liorae farm amid the wild scenes of pioneer life in Delaware County, Mrs. Walters spent her childhood, girlhood and early woman- hood. She received such educational advantages as could be had at that time, which were by no means of the best, for the schools at that time were conducted almost exclusively in log cabins, and were presided over by teachers whose learning extended but little be3^ond the three R's. Mrs. Walters, however, was bright and intelligent and made the most of her opportunities. On the 30th of January, 1856, she was united in marriage to Daniel Walters, a native of the Old Dominion' who had come to Indiana with his parents when a boy, and, like his wife, was reared ou a pioneer farm. Soon after their marriage they set up an establishment of their own in Richland Township, Madison County, Ind., and there lived a com- fortable, happy and busy life until the untinielj- and lamented death of the head of the house, November 21, 1866. Their farm was a woodland one and required a great deal of hard work to clear it and get it in good farming condition, but Mr. Walters was industrious, pushing and enter- prising, and prior to his death succeeded in greatly improving it in various ways. He erected a good hewed log house and good outbuildings for his stock, and without doubt had he lived would have become a wealthy man. In the domestic circle he was kind, considerate and affectionate, and as a neighbor he was accommodating, as a friend faith- ful, and as a citizen loyal and public spirited. He endeavored to follow the teachings of the Golden Kule, and was an earnest and devoted member of the Christian Church, in which he officiated as Deacon. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Walters a daughter was given, Rosetta, who became the wife of Isaac Cummins, by whom she has three children, Joseph S., William C. and Walter S. Mrs. Walters has resided on and continued to look after the interests of her farm ever since the death of her husband, and has done well flnancially. She is a membei of the Christian Ciuirch and has many friends in the section in which she resides. ^s^ AMUEL M. HANGEK, a well-to-do farmer ^^^ and stock-raiser of Stony Creek Township^ i^/^l Madison County, was born in this town- ship, near the village of Fishersburgh, in 1841, and has passed his entire life in the commu- nity where be now resides. He is the son of the well known pioneer, William Hanger, to whom be- longs the distinction of being the oldest resident of tliis township, and who now survives, though in feeble health. Amid the wild scenes of fron- tier life, with deer and wolves running at will through the dense forests and Indians peopling the little hamlets, Samuel M. grew to a sturdy manhood, gaining in his youth such training as admirably fitted him for the battle of life. Be- tween fifty and sixty days he spent in the primi- tive log schoolhouse, two and one-half miles from his father's home, and in that little room, with its slab benches and puncheon floor, he laid the foun- dation of his subsequent knowledge. As years passed by. better facilities were provided for the acquirement of a practical education, and of these he availed himself to the utmost. It was his de- sire upon completing the studies of the common schools to enter college and obtain a classical edu- cation, but his father dissuaded him from attempt- ing the project. The only son in a family of seven children, the services of our subject were called into requisition early in life, and he was thoroughly drilled in eveiy line of agricultural work. His mother died when he was seventeen, since which time he and PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RFX'ORl). 525 hisfallicr have lived together upon the old home- stead engaged in fanning. He assisted in clear- ing tlie land, and through careful management and diligent efforts he has acquired a competency, and is one of the successful agriculturists of the county. He is the owner of three hundred and I went^'-seven acres of land, which is devoted to the raising of cereals. The marri.agc of IMr. Hanger occurred in 1H73, uniting him with Miss Elizabeth O., daughter of Sihis r.usliy, a resident of Jackson Township. Mad- ison County. They are the parents of three sons and three daughters: Onier W., Laura E., Bessie A., Grace J., Ethel lona and Ervin. Politically a Republican, Mr. Hanger has never been an office- seeker, preferring to devote his attention exclu- sively to agriculture. At the age of fifteen years he united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, (if which he lias since been an active member. Physically, he is delicate and has never entirely recovered from the effects of an attack of spinal fever some years ago. The nobility of character he has ever displayed, and the wisdom governing his conduct, have inspired unbounded confidence in his disposition .-ind lidiior un the part of his fiieiids, ;uid his cnlirc cin-le of acquaintances con- cede to him ahilitics of the highest order, unim- peachalile integrity and intlexilile firmness of pur- pose. ^.XRY .1. r.K()NXENBER(;. T nenbergs aie among the oldest known citizens of Madison Coi the subject of this sketch is on id best ly. and of the most successful of those bearing that name. A native of Madison County, he was born on the 28th of December. 18 17. He is the son of Jacob Bronnenberg, who was born in Madison County, Ohio, and the grandson of Frederick Bronnenberg, a native of Germany, who came to America at the age of fourteen to escape the tyranny of seven years' service in the army. In coming to this country he was assisted by his grandmother. lie located in Pennsylvania and worked as a tanner. After his marriage in that state he settled in Ohio. and later removed still further west. While en route from Ohio to Illinois one of the oxen gave out, and while waiting for it to recover the family becanii' sick and coiitinucd ill. Mr. Bronnenberg then coiicliidcd to lake a chiini whcic they were stopi)iiig, on White River, near what is now Chesterfield. He built a tannery, a mill and a distillery, improved five hundred acres of land, county, ;ind was one of the (irst commissluners. lie lived to be ninety years of age. Our subject's father was reaied upon a farm, and in order to attend school w.'is obliged to walk eight miles. When he reached mnnluiod he cle.-ired a farm in Richland Township, where he owned four hundred acres. He became a i>roiuinent man in the county, and was a Comini.ssioner for two terms. In 1H85 he moved to Anderson. Five years after- ward he died, in the faith of the Churcli of (uid. with which he was identified. He was always a Democrat. Mr. Bronnenberg's mother was Nancy, the daughter of Samuel Cobruii, a native of Ohio. Her grandfather was a native of Iri'land. who llrst located in Ohio and later in Kicliland Town^hi|), where he followed farming. In early days he en- gaged in dealing in hogs and sold thousands of them in Cincinnati. The mother died in 1891. She had eight children, all of whom are living. Henry J., the oldest of the family, was reared on the Richland farm which he assisted in improv- ing. He attended the district schools and later was a student in the Anderson High School. In 18fi;) he came to Anderson and became Deputy Recorder under James Mohan. Later he bought the Boston shoe store and a livery stable on Main Street. After engaging in various enterprises he bought the Doxey heading factorv. at Anderson, and later built factories at Marion. Sunimitville and (ireenflcld. The capacity of the mills was two million five hundred thousand, and the entire product was sold to the Standard Oil Company. After conducting this business seven years he sold it to J. L. Kilgoe. Later Mr. Bronnenberg sujierintended the build- ing of the Doxey Oi)era House, the most imposing 526 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. building of the kind in tlie state outbide of Indian- apolis. It was destroyed by fire in 1893. In 1«86 lie built the Bionnenberg Block on Main Street, ninety feet front, and two stories high. In 1887 he was a stockholder in the company for the first gas well, and was also an organizer of the Board of Trade and an officer of the Board of Directors. Afterward he was an organizer and Director of the Citizens' Gas Company and its superintendent and general manager. On the 22d of August, 1888, Mr. Bronnenberg was injured at the strawboard gas well by being struck by a piece of pipe, which threw him thirty feet. His right arm was broken and his side badly bruised, and he has been incapacitated for man- ual labor ever since. His injuries were received while working as a representative of the Board of Trade, and although disabled, lie continued to serve as a Director for several years. He has been energetic in assisting in the erection of factories. He has served the people as a member of the Council, being elected to that position on the Democratic ticket. Socially, he is a Master Mason, identified with the Royal Arch and the Knights Templar. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Order of Red Men. In 1875 Mr. Bronnenberg married Miss Anna B. Gregory, who was born in Rising Sun, Ind. She is the daughter of Hon. W. H. Gregory, a newspaper publisher of that place, and at one time a member of the Legislature. They have three children. Pearl, Stella and Hugh. JAMES G. MoSHANE, a self-made man and enterprising farmer of Clay Township, Ilainilton County, was born in the year 1819, in Harrison County, Ky. His grand- father, Edward McShane, was of Scotch parentage, and had several sons in the Revolutionary War, aud once, while taking provisions to the sol- diers at camp, reached there just before a battle, and shouldering a gun, helped defeat the British. Robert McShane, a brother of the grandfather of our subject, was a sea captain and was captured by the Algerians. With his family, Edward Mc- Shane removed to Virginia and later to Harrison County, Ky., where his death occurred. Francis McShane, father of our subject, was born in New Jersey in 1782. After his father's death, he went to live with an uncle in Pennsyl- vania, where he remained until he had attained his majority. He then returned to Kentucky, and married Theodosia, daughter of Joseph and Margaret (Pouge) Graj'. For a few 3'eais he rented, and in 1825 brought his family to Hamil- ton County, Ind., locating on the farm which is now the home of his son James G. He built a log cabin, 16x18 feet, with a puncheon floor, and began the development of the one hundred and sixty acres which he had entered from the Govern- ment. There he made a good farm. Later he entered one hundred and sixty acres in Boone County. In early life, Mr. McShane was a Baptist but afterwards became a Presbyterian. His vote supported the Whig party. He died in 1842, and his wife was called to her final rest in 1866, at the age of eighty-four. They had three children: James G.; Edward, deceased; and Sarah, wife of Riley Bond. In the district schools of the neighborhood, James G. McShane was educated, and upon the home farm remained until his marriage, at the age of twenty-two, to Martha J. vSilvey, daughter of William and Nancy (Mosley) Silvey. She was born in MarionCounty inl824, and her parents were natives of Virginia and Kentucky, respectively. In an early day they came to Indiana and entered land on the outskirts of Indianapolis, where the father now lies buried. His children were: Thomas, deceased; Martha; and Anna, wife of John B. Stevens. Mr. and Mrs. McShane have a family of four children: Nancy E., who became the wife of Joseph Power, and after his death married Lewis O. Miller; William Francis, who married Sarah A. Fouike, and was a soldier of the late war, enlist- ing when only seventeen years of age; Dr. John T., of Indianapolis, who married Alice Cole; and Jennie, who became the wife of Jacob Vert, and since his death has married William Strickland. Mr. McShane first rented a part of the old home- stead and then came into possession of a portion PORTRAIT AND BK)GRAPHICAL RECORD. 527 of it on liis father's death. Subsequently he bought out the other licirs, and has made addi- iiiiiial purchases until he now owns over four luindred acres in tiiis country, besides some property ill Iowa. He has always followed farming and stDck-raising, and has been very successful in his undertakings. Politically, he was a Wliig until tliii organization of the Republican party, <>! wliich lie has since been an advocate. Iliiiisi'lf and wife liold membership with the JNIelhodist Episcopal (Imrch, and are highly respected people, whose fiicnda throughout the cfiniinuiiity are many. ERRY T. HOUSE foliluii. Her fatiier was killed by a train in the Union depot in Indiana- polis, but the mother still survives. Unto Mr. and Mrs. House were born the following children: Dr. George II. E., of Indianapolis; Samuel C, of St. Louis; Mrs. Martha E. Graham and Sarah J., lioth deceased; Charles E., a merchant of Spring- lield. 111.; Perry T.. of this sketch; Mrs. Susan R. Pierce, of Indianapolis; Mrs. Laura Nicholson, of Falrmount; Jefferson C, a teacher; and Mrs. Addie Raymer. The parents of this family have been life members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics, Mr. House was a Whig, but since the organization of the Republican party has been one of its supporters. He is a self-educated and self- made man, who started out in life empty handed and has worked his w;iy upward iiuaidcd. In the district schools of Ihi^ ncighliurhood Per- ry T. House acquired his education. Midst play and work his boyhood days were passed, no event of special importance occurring during his youth. As a companion and helpmate on life's journey he chose Miss Louella I. Davis, daughter of Colum- bus and Clarinda (Scott) Davis. Her father is a farmer of Wayne Township. Their union was cel- ebrated October 28, 1880, and has been blessed with two children: Inez L. and Willard C. Since his nineteenth year, Mr. House has earned his own livelihood, and the means used to accom- plish that end have been agricultural pursuits. He is a wide-awake and progressive farmer, and the neat appearance of his place attests his enterprise. He takes quite an interest in political affairs and keeps well informed on all the issues of the day. He votes the Republican ticket, and in April, 181)0, was elected by tiiat party as Trustee, proving a capable and efficient officer. Himself and wife hold membership with the Methodist Episcopal Church and do all in their power to promote its growth and upbuilding. ^^IDEON RICHWINE. This representative (tl _-, farmer of Pipe Creek Township, Madison ^\^(|) County, Ind., comes from good old Ger- man stock, his Grandfather Richwine having emi- grated from that country to this at an early date and settled in Pennsylvania. The latter was three times married, and many of his descendants are now scattered over the United States. His son, Jacob Richwine, father of our subject, was born in tlie Keystone State, and after reaching mature years was married there to Miss Phoebe Dietz, also a native of Pennsylvania. Nine children were born to this 528 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. union, our subject being next to the youngest in order of biitli. The father followed the trade of a shoemaker in his early days, and after many years engaged in farming, which he followed until his death, which oecurred in November, 1836, when seventy years of age. He was an industrious, hard- working man, and one whose career was without repro.ach. The original of this brief sketch first saw the light of day in Rockingham County, Va., May 13, 1809, and for many years has been a resident of Mtidison County. He is an honored representa- tive of one of the best old eastern families, and is a time-honored citizen of this locality. When twelve years of age our subject left home and began working for a man by the name of Peter Knop. He remained with him for four years and then served four years as an apprentice with Absalom Painter, a cabinet-maker, with whom he continued one year after serving the term of apprenticeship. In the fall of 1830 he came to Indiana, and on the 28th of July of the following year was married to Miss Elizabeth Rader. During the first year after learning his trade he had accumulated out of a salary of ^12 per mouth the sum of $95, and this he paid for a set of tools and made the first payment on a piece of land in Henry County, Ind. The year following his advent into Indiana, young Rich wine worked at his trade, and has never received any remuneration for this. The year after that he worked with his brotlier at the carpenter's trade, and continued this until the spring of 1848, when he traded seventy-five acres of land, which he had purchased in Wayne County, for one hundred and sixty acres in Jackson Town- ship, Madison County. Very few improve- ments were made on the land and but little was cleared. Mr. Richwine continued farming until 1876, when he put the farm in charge of his son and purchased a home in Frankton, where he. and his estimable wife now reside and enjoy the re- wiirds of labor and industry. The married life of this worthy couple extends over a period of sixty- two years, and their union was blessed by the birth of eight children, four of whom are now living. Tiiese children were named in the order of their liirth as follows: Amanda, deceased, was born September 28, 1832, and died February 21, 1873; George was born March 2, 1834, and died June 27, 1840; David was born February 9, 1836, and died January 5, 1848; Martha was born November 23, 1838, and died June 30, 1840; Noah H. was born January 14, 1841; Allen, .January 28, 1843; Absalom. July 16, 1845; and Mary Ellen, July 24, 1849. Noah resides in Jackson Township, this count3'; Allen, in Anderson Township; Absalom, in Lafayette Township, and Mary Ellen, now Mrs. Erastus Stefy, makes her home in Frankton. For sixty years Mr. and Mrs. Richwine have been members of the church. In politics he is a Demo- crat. ,^^ ETII R. MAKER. On section 27, Dela- ^^^^ ware Township, lies one of the finest |I\/_j| farms of Hamilton County. It consists of one hundred and seventy-eight acres, and is the property of Mr. Maker, who located here in March, 1887. The improvements now noticeable are the result of his untiring labor, with the assistance of his son, Hugh. He has em- bellished the place with first-class buildings, in- cluding the commodious residence, and has made a splendid farm out of a wilderness and swamp- land that were formerly supposed to be worthless. (On another page of this volume will be found a sketch of the late Peace E. Maker, father of our subject.) His grandfather, Archelaus Maker, was born in Rhode Island, July 14, 1773; and in his old age was wont to narrate events of the Revo- lutionary War which he had witnessed in child- hood. One of his brothers, Solomon, served for seven years in the Colonial army during that memorable struggle. A carpenter and joiner by trade, he was thus engaged throughout his life, and became the owner of large tracts of land in the various places where he resided. In Rhode Island, Archelaus married Miss Sus- sanna Havens, who was born in that state Novem- ber 22, 1774. Her fatiier was one of three brother? who emigrated to America from Wales. He pur- chased a tract of land from the Indians, and. ac- cording to the bartjain made witii the chief. POETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 329 received all tlie land within the range of his vision. Grandfather Maker removed to New Yoik about 1790, and it is suppo.sed that he en- tered Government laud in that state. About 1818 lie traveled down the Alleghen}' and Ohio Rivers on a raft, and, reaching Cincinnati, proceeded llicnce to Brookville, Franklin County, Ind. lie puichased land in that county and made his home there until his death, wliicli occurred about 1845. Cnmdfatlior .Maker had three brdlhcis: WilHain r., Thomas and David, and also one lialf-brother, Solomon, mentioned al)ove. His marriage re- sulted in the birth of eleven children, as follows: Selii, Desdemonia, Abigail, Peace E., Susan, Mary, Candace, David C, Marilda, Soloition and Free- dom W. The eldest son, Seth, was a soldier in the War of 1812. In his social relations Seth .Maker was an active Mason, and in 1824 was in the same lodge with the famous (ieneral LaFay- etle, who at that time was the honorecf guest of tlie United -States. Politically, he was a Whig, lie was a man of broad information upon all sub- jects, and in religion was a Swedenborgian. The father of our subject, Peace E. Maker, was born in New York, November 25, 1801, and was reared upon a farm, remaining with his father until he attained manhood. Altliough he learned the trade of a carpenter, he engaged principally in farming pursuits and made that his life occupa- tion, lie accomiianied his father to Indiana, and in Franklin County married Miss Jane Ro.ss, who lieearae the motlier of two children, both of whom died in childhood. The wife and mother passed from earth a few years after her marriage, and al)oiit 183:5 Jlr. Maker w.as united witli Hebecca, daughter of William and Margaret (Ihirdue) Richey. Unto them were born three children: Mary, wife of Samuel Purcel; Seth I!., of this sketch; and Horace P. About 1825 Peace E. Maker came to Hamilton County, but soon afterward returned to Franklin County, where he remained until 183(1. He then returned to Hamilton County and located upon the tract of land entered from tlie (iovernment. lie liecame the ownei of two hiuidri'd acres, but disposed of one hundred and twenty acres of liis original imrchase. lu 183.S he removed to Illinois. and remained on a farm in LaSalle County until 1842, when he returned to Hamilton County and settled upon his eighty-acre farm. In 1869, he moved to Noblesville, and made liis home in that city until iiis death in l.ST'.l. His widow, who was lx>rii on Cliristmas Day, \x\tK is Mill living in Noblesville, and is one of the oldest residents of the county. The subject of this sketch was born in Nobles- ville Township, Hamilton County, November 6, 18;')(). .\fter completing his studies in the district schools, he engaged in teaching for one term. He then operated as a renter for a time. At the age of twenty-four he was united in marriage with Miss Nancy .)., daughter of Anthony and Eliza- beth (McPeak) Ilamble, natives resi)ectively of New Jersey and Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Ilamble were married in Ohio, and in 1831 removed to Indiana and settled in Noblesville Township, Hamilton County, where Nancy .1. was born. She was one of ten children, who were named: Robert, William, Ebenezer. Margaret, Enfield, Mar3', Cl.arissa, Philip, Elizabeth and Nancy. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Maker has resulted in the birth of five childien, .as follows: Rebecca A., the wife of William A. Hummer: lliey have two children, Mary A. and .lohn L.; Hugh A., who was educated in the high school at Noblesville and also in Danville, Ind.; Peace E.; Elizabeth B., the wife of Willi;im A. Ilensel; they have two children, Seth W. and (ieorge I).; ;ind -lerome Dean. Hugh has been a teacher in Hamilton County, and in 1892 was chosen Supervisor of the township. He takes a great interest in local polit- ical affairs and is a strong supporter of the Democratic party, having served on the County Central Committee. After his marriage our subject occupied a rented farm for four years, and then i)urchased land three miles northwest of the city of Noblesville. The property consisted of one hundred and nine acres, wholly destitute of improvements, and which after clearing, he sold. As above stated, he came to his present farm in March, 1887, ami has since resided here. He is a man who has gained prominence in his community, and is one of the most progressive farmers of the townshii). 530 il^ORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. In his political views he is independent, giving his support to the best men and the best measures, irrespective of political ties. /^^ HRISTIAX BODEMHORN. The citizens r^ of Fishersburgh, a ^^Jlj throughout the sui i well as the farmers throughout the surrounding country, trade extensively with the mercantile firm of Christian Bodenhorn h Son, who conduct a large general store in that village. Having been in business there since June 29, 1882, our subject has gained tlie confidence of the people through his accuracy in business transactions and his genial courtesy to all. He carries a complete assortment of staple groceries, dry goods, hardware, tinware, and, in- deed, everything that will be found in any first- class country store. A brief mention of the ancestors of our sub- ject will not be amiss before considering further tlie details of his life. His grandfather, Henry Bodenhorn, was born in Lebanon County, Pa., in 1767, and early in life learned the trade of a weaver, which he followed throughout his entire subsequent career. He passed his days in the state of his nativity, where, at a good old age, bis eyes closed in death. He and his good wife were the parents of a large faniil\- of children, as fol- lows: John, Jacob, Henry, David, Daniel, George, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, and one that died in infancy. All these children are now deceased. George survived the other members of the family, passing away at the age of sixty-seven. Grand- father Bodenhorn was a man of powerful physique, well built and muscular. He was a Presbyterian and active in religious affairs. The father of our sul)ject, David Bodenhorn, was born in Lebanon County, Pa., and was there roared to manhood. In early life he was a day- laborer, and was hampered greatly by poverty. In Pennsylvania he married Miss Elizabeth Riehm, whose parents were n.atives of Germany, although she was a Pennsylvanian by birth. On the 10th of April, 18.54, the couple arrived in the woods of Indiana and settled at New Columbia, Adams Township, Madison County. Mr. Bodenhorn had owned three acres in the Keystone State, which he had accumulated by hard work and which he dis- posed of for $1,300. July 27. lK.i4, he came to Stony Creek Townslii|i. Madixm County, where he purchased two hundred acirs of wholly unim- proved land. Upon the new place he erected a rude log structure for a dwelling, and, with the assistance of his family, cleared and developed the land. He gradually reaped the reward of his self-denying exertions, and at the time of his death, March 21, 1878, was the owner of four hundred and seven acres. In politics, the senior Mr. Bodenhorn was a Democrat, but 'not partisan in his preferences. He was a devoted member of the Presbyterian Church, and a man whose upright life proved far better than words the sincerity of his religious belief. Physically he was unusually strong and well built, and in his social intercourse with others he was kind and considerate. His wife, who was born in the same year as he, is now a hale, well preserved lady of eighty-four years. Their children were: Christian, our subject; Jacob, deceased; Samuel, who resides in Stony Creek Township; Frances, Mrs. Faust, deceased; and Mary, the wife of James A. Dewitt, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work. The subject of this sketch was born in Lebanon County, Pa., December 27, 1834, and was reared on a farm, much of his time being spent in chop- ping wood. He attended school only upon days when he could do nothing else, and his education was necessarily limited. After coming with his father to Madison County, he worked on the home farm until he was twent3'-six, when, with no other capital than willing hands and a brave heart, he commenced the battle of life for himself. He has met with success, and also had his share of mis- fortune. February 6, 1868, his limb was crushed beneath rolling logs, and the wound has never healed, being still very painful. December 2, 1858, Mr. Bodeniiorn married Miss Elizabeth Ann, daughter of James L. Listen, an old settler of Stony Creek Township, Madison County, who came here in 1855 and now lives in Fishersburgh. Unto our subject and his wife PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. i31 ■ tlieie have been born five children, namely: Alfred, who is Ills father's partner; John Henry, who re- sides on his father's farm and is engaged in tilling the soil; P^dward O., wlio is at home; and David F., who died April 19, 1879, at the age of two years, live months and nineteen days. On the 29th of June, 1882, Mr. Ikidonliorn em- barked in business at Fishersl)iirgh, and tlucc years later George Dunham became his partner. ( »ii the 17th of August, 1889, Alfied I'.odciihoni pur- chased Mr. Dunham's interest, and llie linn has since done business under the name of Christian Hodenhorn & Son. Politically, our subject aflili- ates with the Democrats in national issues, al- though in local affairs he votes for the best man .■uid the best principles, irrespective of party, lie is a member of the' Methodist Church, U> wliu-h his wife and family also lich.iug. ELIIir HIATT, a representative general ag- riculturist successfully raising a good qual- ity of live stock upon his extensive farm in Boone Township, Madison County, Ind., has fol* forty-one years been an eye-witness of the rapid and wonderful development of the state, now one of the foremost in the galaxy of the I iiioii. Our subject, a native of Highland County, Ohio, and born April 28, 1830, was but five years of age when he accompanied his parents to his long time home in Henry County, Ind., vvhere the father and mother as pioneer settlers shared in the sacrifices and privations incidental to the early history of a state. In the country, yet new, the means of con- veyance were mostly confined to stage and wagon, and villages were few and far between. The fer- tile soil, however, yielding to cultivation readily, afforded an abundant harvest and thus the simple wants of the early settlers were satisfied. The father, William Hiatt, .Sr., after a life of busy in- dustry as a tiller of the soil, passed away, mourned by many fneuds. in 1859. His excellent wife, .lemima (Luiidv) lliall, survived her husband nearly a quarter of a century, entering into rest in 1883. She was a woman of devoted piety and high character, and reared to usefulness her large family of sons and daughters, who with their cheerful presence brightened the [)ioneer home. Our subject was the fifteenth child in a family of sixteen who blessed the union of the parents. An intelligent little lad, he accoin|)anied his father and mother in their journey to the west, locat- ing in Henry County, Ind., and there as soon as old enough he attended the primitive school of the home district. Indians were yet plentiful, wild game abounded and neighbors were few and far between. Remaining in Henry County throughout the days of lioyhood, Mr. Hiatt worked on a farm until past his majority, but in 1852 made a change of residence, then removing to Madison County and settling on a homestead near where he now lives. Our subject has made general agriculture the busi- ness of his life, and, a thoroughly prsictical farmer, versed in the cultivation of crops and the successful handling of stock, has achieved financial prosperity. He has brought under a high and most i>rofital)le state of cultivation a large farm, and well improved the land with excellent and commodious buildings, a comfortable and attractive residence, roomy barns and outbuildings. Mr. Hiatt is well known in Elwood, where year after year he markets his produce. In the year 1849 were united in marriage l-^liliu Hiatt and Miss Louisa Hunt, daughter of Wilson I Hunt, formerly of North Carolina, but later a highly respected citizen of Indiana. I'nto the 1 union of our subject and his estimable wife I were born ten .sons and daughters, six of whom are yet surviving. These biothers and sisters are: Lozetta A., who married William May and now resides in Nebrjiska; Lydia, who married Thomas Riley, her home being in Iowa; L. Alineda, the I wife of Daniel 15. Hainiltoii, a citizen of Grant County, Ind.; Adaliiie, wife of Samuel Brown, residing in Nebraska: Nathan ('., wlio mai-ried Miss I Sarah C. Raughlon and lives in Oklahoma; Will- iam C, who married Mar\' E. Coran, and shares the home of our subject. Mr. and .Mis. Hiatt are membersof the (iermaii I'.aptisl ( Duiikard jChurch and our subject is a preacher of the same, ever 632 POriTRAlT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. m giving his earnest efforts in behalf of the exten- sion of religious influence. A man of upright character and sterling integrity, he is a true friend and faithful citizen, possessing the confidence of all who know him. Politically a Republican and deep]}' interested in local and national issues, he has no aspiration to occupy public office, but is foremost in the promotion of matters of mutual welfare, and devotes his busy life to his home in- terests and the betterment of liis fellow-men. ~ AMES H. IIOCKENBERRY, a farmer of Jackson Township, Hamilton County, was born in Franklin County, Ind., March 8, fJ 1829. The family of which he is a mem- ber originated in Holland, whence Henry Hocken- berry emigrated to America, making a settlement in New Jersey. His son, John, was born in that state and there married Miss Lizzie Hance. A far- mer by occupation, he continued to reside in his native state until his death. Among his children was Peter, who was born in Warren County, N. J., in 1789. Upon attaining manhood, he removed to Cincinnati and engaged at the carpenter's trade in that city. During his residence there he visted Indiana and pui'chased land in P'ranklin County, upon which after his marriage in New Jersey, he located and commenced agricultural pursuits. A man of limited education, Peter Hockenber- ry was nevertheless well informed and intelligent, and his good judgment brought him success. By trade a carpenter, he was principally engaged in farming pursuits, and continued as an agricultur- ist in Franklin County until his death, which oc- curred in 1866. In politics he was a Democrat. Me was one of a company who enlisted in the War of 1812, but was not mustered into the service. He was a man of good habits and mild, peaceable disposition. Though not identified with any cliurch, liis Ijelief was that of the Presbyterian faith. The mollier uf our subject bore the maiden name of .\nn Thomas and was born in New Jer- sey in 1784. She died about 1864. Her parents were natives of New Jersey, and the Thomas fam- ily was represented in America prior to the Revo- lutionary War. Of the union of the parents ,of our subject, which took place in December, 1818, five intelligent children were born: John 11., who was killed on a railroad in soutliern Indiana: he married Lydia White and they had three cliil- d4'en, Ann, Robert J. and Jennie. Job and Lot were twins; the former resides in Adams Town- ship, Hamilton County, and by his marriage with Emily McGuire has seven children; Lot, who lives in Franklin County, married Mary A. Wynn, and they have two children. Noah N., wiio re- sides on the old homestead, married Lydia Ann Hayes and they have two children. The youngest member of the family circle is the subject of this sketch. He remained with his par- ents until 1851, meantime working on the farm and attending school. Removing to Johnson County, he rented a farm for two years, and from there went to Bartholomew County, where he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of timber land. Upon this land he cut tlie first tree and succeeded in clearing about seventy-five acres, on which he planted an orchard and built a cabin. In 1864 became to his present home in Hamilton County, where he has since lived, with the e:?cep- tion of four years spent in Arcadia. In 1850 Mr. Ilockenberry married Miss Mary Milton, a native of Fayette County, Ind., and a daughter of William Milton. She was a lady of kind disposition and amiable character. It was her intention to unite with the Dunkard Church, but her death occurred before she did so. At her demise in 1856, she left three children. vSarali Ann married Jacob Murray, a merchant of Iowa, and they have three children, Monroe, Marj- and Bcitha. Peter, a farmer in Arkansas, married Ella Callaway and they have four children, James, Sam B., Bessie and a baby. John died at the age of live months. About 1858 our subject married Mary Muir, who died soon afterward. His third marriage united him with Susanna Berkman, who was born in Oxford, Ohio. The following chil- dren have resulted from this union: Mary J., who married George Fenner, of Noblesville, and is the dju^<^^ PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 535 mother of four children, one that died in infancy, Lulu, Eail and Fred; (Jeorgc and (Mara arc at home. Upon startinji' out in life for himself, iMr. IIoclc- cnlierry winked for a time on a farm, receiving his board in cxcliani^e for lii.s services. He is now tlie owner of about one hundred and sixty acres, of which one hundred are under cultivation. He also owns propeity in Arcadia, and has money loaned at interesl, having also given his children about ^3,0(10. A Democrat in politics, lie served as Township Trustee during iiis resilience in Bartlio- lomew County and has occupied other local offices. He is a prominent member of the Dunkard ChurcMi, in which he has served as a preacher for a number of years. ® W ESSE DEVANEY, a farmer residing in Jackson Township, Hamilton Count\', has spent his entire life within the limits of i^/J this count}', having been born in 1850 in the township where he now resides. He is a son of Thomas Devaney, a native of North Carolina, who was born in Randolph County about 1817, and there grew to manhooil. After his marriage he came to Indiana, and in 1814 located on Cicero Creek. He cleared a farm on section 10, whence in 1848 he removed to section 24, from there lo section 16, and later located on section 8, Jackson Township, where he now resides. When Thomas Devaney and his wife arrived in Indiana, they were accompanied by their two sons, and their sole earthly effects consisted of a few household essentials and a blind horse. Mr. Devaney had but a limited education. However, he was intelligent, enterprising and industrious, and through the exercise of these qualities, com- bined with good judgment, has attained success. He is a man of good habits, charitable towards worthy ol)jects, and, while not a member of any church, is generous in his contributions to the support of religious enterprises. The Devaney family is of English and French descent. The grandfather of our subject, Jesse Devaney, was a 2C native of North Carolina, and tlicro resided until his death. The mother of our subject, Sarah (Farmer) De- vaney, w:is born in North Carolina about 1821, and there married. Of the eight children born of this union, we note the following: Samuel, a resi- dent of Jackson Townshij), Hamilton County, mar- ried Melissa Wells, and they have three children: Benjamin, Layton and ()ri)lia. Henry, the pres- ent Trustee of Adams Towiisliip. Haiiiilton Coun- ty, married Olive Small, and tln>y have ten chil- dren; Nancy died at the age of eighteen; Mary, wife of John E. Driver, of Hamilton County, has five children; Sai'ah married Lloyd Harnett, of Ilamilt. u County; William married l.i/.zie Ed- wards, anil they h.ive two children. The youngest child died in infancy. The fourth in respect to age is the subject of this sketch, who s])ent his boyhood years in Jack- son Township and remained with his parents until September, 1873, in the meantime working on a farm. At the age of twenty-three he purchased sixty acres on section 3, where he resided for two years. Disposing of that property, he purchased a farm in Adams Township, where he was em- plo^^ed as a tiller of the soil for four years. FYom there he removed to Jackson Township, where he now resides. In 1880 he located in the village of Arcadia, where for one year he was engaged in the livery business, and for two years conducted an extensive stock business. In 1873 i\Ir. Devanej' married Martha M. Loucks. a native of Jackson Township, and a daughter of Samuel and Jane (Hunter) Loucks, who were born in Ohio. They are the parents of eight chil- dren: Alsie, who died at the age of four years; Estella, the wife of James Gwinn, roiding in Jackson Township; Thomas, who died in child- hood; Gracie, Samuel, Lettie, Charles and one that died in infanc}'. Mrs. Devaney is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Salem, and is one of the active workers in that denomination. The farm owned and occuiiied liy Mr. Devaney is located on section 9, and consists of one hun- dred and sixty .acres, of which one hundred and twenty have been i)laced under cultivation. The place is stocked with Short-horn cattle of a good 536 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. grade. With the exception of $1,000 received from his father's estate and $1,000 received from his wife, Mr. Devaney has made his way un- aided. In addition to his farm, he owns some town lots in Arcadia and Atlanta, and is a stockholder in the Land Improvement Company of Atlanta and the First National Bank of Noblesville. Po- litically a Republican, he is now ( 1893) serving as Trustee of the township, having been elected to that position in 1890. Socially, he is a mem- ber of Arcadia Lodge No. 367, I. O. O. F., with wliich lie has been connected since 1871. \f^ I CHARD S. RUSSELL, a farmer of Clay |L^' Township, Hamilton County, residing on ^ fll section 8, is a native of the Buckeye State. He was born in Hardin County April 22, 1841, and is a son of Solomon and Elizabeth (Brown) Russell. His grandparents were natives of Virginia and were of .Scotch descent. The grandfather served in the Revolutionary War and in the War of 1812. Solomon Russell was born in Virginia in 1793, and when a young man went to Fairfield County, Ohio, where he married Eliz- abeth, daughter of Richard Brown. She was born near Baltimore, Md., about 1804. Her father was a hero of the Revolution, and also served in the second war with England. During the War of 1812 the Indians made a raid on the settlement, and his wife took her eight children to the moun- tains, keeping them in caves until the spring. They lived on paiched corn and acorns, and in tlie spring returned to find their place almost to- tally destroyed. After his marriage, Solomon Russell entered one hundred and sixty acres of land in Hardin County, Ohio, where he lived until his death. He and his wife were both faithful members of the Methodist Church. They had seven children: Sarah, Phoebe, Mary J., Martha, Gilbert, Joel and Richard. The father died two months before our subject was born. The mother afterward mar- ried John Carter, who served in the War of 1812, and was well acquainted . with Washington. He' reached tlie advanced age of one iiundred and ten years. At the early age of nine ^ears Mr. Russell was thrown upon his own resources, and worked on a farm at $5 per month. In the winter he worked for his board and the privilege of attending school. He afterward earned the money which paid his tuition in a school at Canton, Ohio, and at the age of twenty he began teaching, which lie fol- lowed for four terms. He had previously enlisted for the late war, but served only for a few weeks, and the greater part of the time was spent in a hospital. He was then discharged on account of disability. Subsequently he went to central Ohio, where he engaged in teaching for five terms dur- ing the winter, while in the summer months he followed farming. In Iowa, Mr. Russell married Josephine, daugh- ter of James and Louisa (Eberhart) McHone. She is a native of Iowa. Twelve children were born unto them: Medaline, wife of L. Hill; Joel K., who was killed by falling into a well at the age of two years; Elmer Lincoln, Elton M., Nellie Grant, Josephine H.; Richard, who died in child- hood; Ada May, Maud Garfield, G. Cleveland, Leila Harrison and Pridalia. Three of the chil- dren have attended the high school in Carmel, and all are musicians. In their home can be found almost all kinds of musical instruments. In 1873 Mr. Russell traded his Iowa farm for the one on which he now resides, and has two hun- dred acres of land highly cultivated and im- proved. He is extensively engaged in stock-rais- ing, making a specialty of the breeding of Chester- White hogs and Jersey cattle. He has sold both in nearly every state in the Union. In 1882 he placed his hogs on exhibition at Pittsburgh, Co- lumbus (Ohio), Indianapolis and St. Louis, and received the higliest premiums at each place. He is a member of the Standard Chester- White Hog Association. In 1885 he began raising bees with a wild swarm, and now has one hundred and fifty stands. In 1891 he made over four tons of honey, for which he received $1,600. He is President of the State Bee Keepers' Association. In politics lie is a Populist, and while in Iowa served as Town- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 537 ship Clerk for many years. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church. iMr. Kiis.sell keeps abreast with the times, is |iuMic .^iiinlcd and progressive, and has one of the niu.st hi>iliiy im- proved modern farms of this localitj-. His career lias been a successful one, and of it he may be ju.stl}- proud. J [/AMES J. RING, one of tlie enterprising citizens of Frankton, who is engaged in I the real-estate and loan business, is a native ^ / of Madison County. He was born in Pipe Creek Township, December 21, 1853, and is a son of Elijah, Jr., and Sophia (Keeder) Ring, wiio were natives of Kentucky and Indiana, respective!}'. The father came to this state and settled on a farm two miles north of Frankton. His deatii occurred December 2, 1890, at the age of seventy-three years. Elijaii Ring, Sr., the grandfather of our subject, came to Indiana at a very early day, locating first in Union County. After a few years he came to Madison County, and is numbered among its pioneers.. The great-grandfather was a native of England, and crossing the Atlantic to America, he located in Kentucky in Colonial daj's. The maternal grandparents were Jonathan and Cynthia (Hancock) Reeder. In a family of eight ciiildren, James J. Ring is the fifth in order of birth. Four of the number are now living. He remained at home until seven- teen years of age, spending his time in attendance on the common schools and in farm work. He then engaged in painting for himself, which he followed until 1882. Wishing to embark in some other pursuit than that to which he had been reared, in that year he removed to Frankton and opened a grocery store, continuing the same until 1886. After he was burnt out, he went into the general merchandise business, carrying dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes, hats and caps, etc., and continued in this business until 1891. Carrying a good stock, and earnestly desiring to i)lease his customers, he soon built up an excellent trade, and the liberal patronage which he received yielded him a good income. For eight years he continued in that line of business. On the ITth of October. 1878, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Ring and Miss Martha A. Little, daughter of John and Elizabet h (Stanly) Little, who were natives of the Hoosier State. Six chil- dren have been born of their union, and the f .mily circle yet remains unbroken. They are as follows: Claude E., born January 1, 1880; Howard Wood, born January 7, 1882; Stella 15., born February 2, 1884; GroverCleveland, born May 7, 188(5; Bessie, born July 21, 1889; and Gertrude, born Septem- ber 19, 1893. On disposing of his general store in 1890, Mr. Ring took up the real-estate business, and in 1893 he became associated with the Oak Park Land Com pan 3'. By judicious investments and well directed efforts, he has accumulated a considerable competency, and is now numbered among the sub- stantial citizens of the community. He is diligent and enterprising and his business success is the result of his own labors. Socially, he is a member of the Order of Red Men, and in politics is a supporter of Democratic principles. RANCIS M. JONES. Having resided in ^ the Hoosier State during the eight and thirty years of his life, Mr. Jones has been a witness of much of its material developmenti and as one of the enterprising farmers of Madison County has contributed his ([uota to the progress of this section of the state. Upon section 15, Richland Township, he engages in the cultivation of two hundred acres of land, the larger portion of which is under excellent cultivation, and upon which he has erected a set of substantial farm buildings. In addition to this he raises thorough- bred Jersey cattle, having twenty-five head. Prominent among the herd we mention "Chemical Test," Register No. 25,151, which is noted as the best bred butter bull in the sfate. His cattle find a ready market, and his herd is well known in dif- ferent states. He has one cow, "Cordelia Signal," Register No. 33,452, with a butter record of 538 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. eighteen pounds and fifteen and one-half ounces; "Cordelia Signal 2d," No. 44,489, with a butter record of seventeen pounds and six ounces. In ad- dition to these he has other cows capable of making fine records, but not yet tested. Born in Delaware County, Ind., June 30, 1855, our subject is the son of Oliver P. and Jane C. (McNeer) Jones. His father, who was a native of Ohio, accompanied Grandfather Jones to In- diana in his youth, and settled in Madison County, becoming a pioneer of Richmond Township, and opening up a farm in the woods of section 11. As might be expected, his surroundings were such that he was the recipient of meagre educational advantages, and the extensive information of wiiieh he became the possessor was obtained through self culture. Subsequently he removed to Delaware County, Ind., and entered an eighty- acre farm in Harrison Township, the deed bearing the signature of President Jackson. From the wilderness he improved a fine farm, and there made his home until September 22, 1887, when he passed away. A quiet, painstaking and indus- trious man, he was universally esteemed in life and deeply mourned in death. Of the brothers and sisters of our subject the following survive : Isaac N.; Valentine C; Sarah L, wife of T. F. Lee ; Angeline E., who married J. M. Walker ; George M. and Oliver P. The fourth in order of birth is the subject of this sketch. He was reared to manhood in Delaware County, Ind., and remained beneath the parental roof until he was eighteen years of age, mean- while receiving such advantages as were afforded by the public schools of the neighborhood. He also had the privilege of attending the Danville (Ind.) Normal School, where he completed his literary studies. Subsequently he devoted forty- one months to public-school work, and met with success in that profession, for which he was ad- mirably qualified, both as an instructor and disci- plinarian. June 22, 1882, occurred the marriage of Francis M. Jones and Mary E. Hancock. The bride was born and reared in Delaware County, this state, and is a daughter of Joseph T. Hancock, who is at present a resident of Anderson, Ind. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Jones there have been born four children : Jennie J., Claude O., Joseph P. and Omy A. Mr. Jones settled upon his pres- ent farm in 1882, and has since resided thereon, devoting his attention to the cultivation of the place. In his political opinions he is firm in his adherence to the principles of the Democratic party, and gives his influence to all public-spirited measures. ^' AMES M. JONES, M. D., a resident physi- cian of Lapel, was born in Green Town- ship, Madison County, February 18, 1838. f^^' The family of which he is an honored mem- ber has resided in Indiana since 1819, and has been inseparably connected with its history, both .as a weak and sparsely settled state and as a great and influential commonwealth. His childhood days were spent and his character formed amid the hardships and dangers ever incident to a frontier life. In youth he had few advantages, but his inflexibility of purpose, decision, foresight and energy, bore him triumphantly through difficul- ties before which others less determined would have shrunk in despair. The paternal grandfather of our subject, P^dward Jones, presumably a native of Virginia, removed from that state to Tennessee in 1807, and thence in 1819 came to Indiana. He made settlement in Wayne County, where he purchased one hundred and sixty acres on the state line near Union County. His marriage united him with Miss Margaret Peak, and the^' became the parents of the following-named children: Betsy, Smith, Mary, Margaret, Nancy, Sarah, Maria, John and Wesley, all of whom are deceased. Grandfather Jones re- sided in Wayne County until his death, which oc- curred in 1836. The father of our subject was Wesley Jones, a native of Geenbrier County, Va. At the age of fourteen he accompanied his father to Indiana, where he acquired a good education and also gained considerable local fame as a singer, his ser- vices being in frequent demand as a teacher of PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. siugiiig schools. In 1828 he was united in mar- riage with Jane, daughter of Isaac Dungan, a na- tive of Pennsylvania, who emigrated to Fayette County, Ind., in early life. He there engaged in fanning, and acquired the ownership of a first-class estate. Upon coining to Madison County the fa- tlicr of our subject purchased a farm and here spent the balance of his days, his death occurring in February, 1868. His wife survived him for a number of years, passing away in 1877. They were active members of the Metliodist Episcopal Church, in which he was a Class-leader. Politi- cally, he was first a Whig, and afterward a stanch advocate of Kepublican principles. In the parental family there were twelve chil- dren, one of whom died in infancy. The others ;ux': Sylvester, a resident of (ireentield; E. JI., wliose home is in Hamilton County, Ind.; James M., of tins sketch; J. W.; William L., residing near Anderson; 11. K., who lives on the old homestead; Margaret E., wlio married but is now deceased; Mary J., deceased; Edith L., Mrs. William Kiggs, of Pendleton; Sarah E., deceased; and Nancy M., the wife of J. J. Van Winkle. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm, and after completing his studies in the common schools entered the medical department of the State Uni- vcisit}- of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, in 1864. Some years subsequent to this, he took a course of lectures in the Medical College of Indianapolis, from which he was graduated in 1879. Opening an office at Fortville, Hancock Coun- l}-, Ind., in 1872, the Doctor conducted an exten- sive practice there until 1881, when he removed to Lebanon, III., making his home in that city for seven years. In September, 1888, he came to Lapel, where he now conducts a large practice, ex- Vending throughout the surrounding country. He also takes considerable interest in political affairs, and is a stanch advocate of Republican principles. He takes a deep interest in the welfare and suc- cess of religious enterprises, and holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church. In all his labors he has received the co-operation and active aid of his accomplished wife, Louisa R., daughter t)f H. L. Moore, a retired citizen of Greenfield, Ind. They are the parents of three children: Horace R., who is eng.aged in merchan- dising at Greenfield; Catherine, l!ie wife of Jesse Gwinn; and .\nnie, who resides with her parents. J/OSEPH I). STILTZ, a thoroughly practical ] general agriculturist and successful stock- ' raiser, widely and favorably known in Hani- ' ilton County, is a native of Washington Township, and was born February' 16, 1839. Our subject was the son of Francis and Mary (Petrie) Stultz, natives of North Carolina. I'lie paternal great-grandfather, Philip StuUz. wa? born in (ier- many, and located in Pennsylvania in a very early day. He afterward removed to Stokes County, N. C, and there eng,aged in the pursuit of agri- culture, passing away many years later, at a very advanced age. His son, the paternal grandfather, Philip Stultz, Jr., was born in Pennsylvania, and accompanied his parents to the North Carolina home when a very little lad. He attended the common schools of Stokes County, and was like- wise well educated in Germany. Grandfather Stultz was a man of energy and, a life-time farmer, also followed teaming profitably, hauling whisky and dry-goods. He jouineyed to and fro between Lynchburg, Va., and his home, be- ing sometimes two and three months making the trip. He married early in life Catherine Ketner, a native of North Carolina. (Jrandfather and Grandmotlier Stultz became the parents of eleven children, one of whom died in infancy. Those who survived toadult age are: lielzie; Francis, the father of our subject; Rebecca, Thomas, Phillip, Joseph, .Sarah, Anna, William, and Fiza. Francis, the second-born, received a fair education, and when he arrived at mature .age married Miss Mary Petrie, daughter of Daniel and Hannah (Krouse) Petrie, natives of North Carolina. Of the fourteen children who gathered in the home of tlic parents two died in infancy. The twelve sons and daughters who attained to manhood and womanhood were: Margaret E., deccaseil; Charity, .lulia A., Nancy; Joseph I)., our 540 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. subject; William F. and Mary J., twins; Miner- va, Martha A., Emily, George and Selatlieal D. Immediately following his marriage, tlic father with his wife, came to Putnam County, Ind., and worked on a farm. In 1834 he entered one hun- dred and sixty acres of land in Washington Town- ship, near where our subject now lives. Upon this old farm all the children save Margaret E. were born. The parents set a bountiful table and were extremely hospitable, but trained their children up to habits of industrious thrift and thus prepared tliem for their future duties of life. The father, a sincere Christian man, was a worthy member of the Cliristian Church, and politically affiliated with the Democrats. He survived until March, 1885, and entered into rest respected by all who knew iuin. The mother is now eighty-one years of age and furnishes many of the particulars of this sketch. She is, as was her husband, a valued member of the Christian Cliurch, and, a charitable woman, was ever foremost in good works. In the evening of her days, beloved by all who know her, she is en- joying a well earned rest. Joseph D. remained upon tlie old homestead, until twenty years of age. He attended a little logschoolhouse of the district eight months all told, and tlierefore had little op- portunity to gain an education, but later supple- mented the book knowledge of his youth with reading and observation. When only a little boy he began the work of life, assisting his father upon the home farm. Before attaining his majority he entered into the bonds of matrimony, and upon April 14, 1859, was married to Miss Rebecca A. Elston. Mrs. Stultz was the daughter of Micajah and Elsie (Tanner) Elston, the father having been born in Kentucky, and the mother in Oliio. Unto the union of our subject and his estimable wife were born nine ciiildren, four of whom died young. Tlie survivors are: Nora L., AVilliam P., Klma M., Esta W. and Edna M.; Nora L., who mar- ried Noah Harvey, is now the mother of three chil- dren and resides in Whitestown, Boone County, lud. William F. married Miss Alpha O. Cruse, and has no children; lie lives in North Indianapolis. The Elston family are of German ancestry, and the Tanners are of Irish descent. Mrs. Stultz has a fair education, received in the primitive log schoolhouse near her early home. She is a mem- ber of the Christian Church and is ever ready to lend a helping hand in good works and benevo- lent enterprises. A lady of intelligent ability, she is respected by all who know her. After his mar- riage Mr. Stultz, with his wife, settled in Carroll County, 510., and lived with Mr. Elston, his fa- ther-in-law, until the fall of 1860. During this latter year our subject and his fam- ily returned to Washington Township, and rented a farm near his present homestead. In the follow- ing spring he bought forty-two acres where he re- sides, and now owns twenty-two acres near the home farm. Mr. Stultz has devoted his entire life to the pursuit of general agriculture, and, a man of energetic industry, has won a comfor- table competence. He was at one time fra- ternally' connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, but is not now active in the order. Politically a Democrat, and an ardent advocate of the party, he takes a deep interest in both local and national issues, and is known as a iiublic- s|)irited citizen, aiding generouslyiin all matters of mutual welfare. An extended sketch of the Stultz family will be found in another part of this volume. ^s^ EORGE C. NOLAND. Few men have lived jll (= more quietly and unostentatiously than ^^4! George C. Noland, and yet few have ex- erted a more salutary influence upon the imme- diate society in which the}' move, or impressed a community with a more profound reliance on their honor, ability and sterling worth. His life has not been illustrious with startling or striking con- trast; but it has shown how a laudable ambition may be gratified when accompanied with pure motives, perseverance, industry and steadfastness of purpose. George C. Noland is a self-made man in every sense of that term, and what he has accumulated in the way of this world's goods is the result of energ}' and perseverance on his part. He is a native of Indiana soil, born January' 9, PORTRAIT AND lilOGRAPIHCAL RECORD, 541 1858, in Delaware County, and is the son of Abra- ham and Klizabetli (Dipboye) Noland, also natives uf llie Uoosier State, as were also the grandpar- ents, Stephen and Nancy (Adams) Noland, born in Wayne and Madison Counties, respectively. Tlius it may be seen that the Noland family is one of the pioneer families of the state. Tlie great- giandfatlier, IJrazelton Nola7id,'was a native of tlial grand old state, Virginia, and came to Indiana ill 1800, settling near Chesterfield, lie was one (if the first to settler in the state. Abraham Noland, father of our subject, was Ixirn in 1832, and all his life followed the occu- pation of a farmer. His death occurred in 1860. {See sketch of David Noland, of Anderson Town- ship.) George C. Noland, the third in the family of four children born to his parents, remained ai home until twenty-eight years of age, and after receiving all the advantages afforded by the com- mon schools, he attended the Indiana Normal, taking all the scientific courses of study except surveying. Completing his studies at the age of twenty-six years, he then engaged in farming, and in addition taught school. He was a very suc- cessful educator, and for twelve years taught dur- ing Che winter season. He is the owner of one of the best farms in Madison County, one hundred and five acres, and has excellent improvements upon it. His barn which was cmnpleted in the year 1892, is one (if the liiiesl in the (■(luiily: it is covered with a handsome slate roof, and is very commodious and well arranged. All of Mr. Noland 's farm- ing operations are conducted in a manner re- flecting great eiedit npcni liis nianagemciil, and everything aliciul his pbn-e iiidiciUes t.i Ihe i)e- hdlder that an e'xiierienecd and trained hand IS at the helm. On the ritli of March. 1884, Mr. Ndland was married td Miss Malinda C. Smith, (laughter of Jesse and Rachel (Harvey) Smitli, the father a native of the Buckeye Slate, and the mother of Indiana. One child has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Noland, Dale .1., born Janu- ary 29, 1886. His property has been accumulated by industrj- and good management had attained to liis majority, shorlly after taking unto himself a wife. The lady with whom William C. Kendall was united in marriage was iVIiss Lizzie Moore, daiigliter of I'.arclay and Phnbe (iiaiker) Moore, by birth Noitli Carnlinians. Mr. and Mrs. Ken- dall botii enjoyed excellent educational advan- tages, and were in early youth well grounded in the common branches of study. Our subject also receiving more extended instruction, attended college at Riehiiioiid. Ind., for two years, and, a great reader, is thorouglily posted in the affairs of the day. The pleasant home of Mr. Kendall and his ac- complished wife lias been blessed by tlu' biilh of two children, a son and daughter: lona. an intelli- gent young girl of fifteen; and Otto (i., a manly lad of eleven. Our subject is a valued member of the Friends' Church, and is politically a stalwart Re- puliliean. He owns two hundred acres of highly cultivated land, annually yielding a large harvest, and has in his various undertakings of life been prospered. He is numbered among the progress- ive farmers and substantial citizens of Hamilton County, and. together with his wife and family, occuiiies a high soei.al position in Washington Township. «^, I.BEHT HARPER, President of The BuUe- ( jPtlJI ; tin Printing Company, and business man- /Tll ager of that establishment, was born in t^J Michigan City, Ind., April 22, 1846. His paternal ancestors, who were of Irish extraction, were for several generations residents of the south, and his father, Archibsild Reed Harper, was born in Pendleton County, 8. C, January 7, 181.5. When the latter was ipiite young, the family removed to Fayette County, Ind., where our snl)jecfs father lived nntil 18.S3. in that year he and an elder brother went to Michigan City, La Porte County, Ind., which at that time seemed destined to be the leading point of the southern shore of l>ake Mich- igan. Having established a home there, the broth- ers sent for their parents and the rest of the family, who soon after joined them. There the gr.and- |)arents lived the remainder of their li\es, and both died in 18;)1. Archibald Harper and his brother Asa were car- penters and cabinet-makers, and workeil at this trade together until IS.'ii), when the former re- moved to Porter Counly, Ind., where he engaged in farming nntil 1880, when he retired from active business life, and is now living at Chesterton, an honored pioneer of iKn'thern Indiana. He was twice married, his first wife being Miss Foster, who died leaving one cliild, ( ). E. Harper, now a resi- dent of Danville, III. The second wife, mother of our subject, was Miss Emil^' A. Atwater, who was born Sc|)teinher 4, 1824, in New York, whence her parents removed lirst, to Pennsylvania, and later to Mieliigan City. She is living with her husband in Chesterton. This second union was blessed by the birth of eight children. Two died m infaiicv, and one, Margaret, after reaching wom- anhood. The survivors are: Albert, who i~ tlie eldest; Aimer, a merchant of Chesterton; L;iura, wife of Irving Brush, a farmer near th.at place, died in 1889; Homer S. a painter, living in Pierre, Dak.; and Samuel A., a druggist in Chesterton. The subject of this sketch spent his boyhood on the farm, receiving his education in the district schools. When fifteen years of age he began learning the trade of a i^rinter in Valparaiso, Ind., where, witli the exceiilion of one year spent in Willianisport. Ind.. he remained until 18(111, when he went to Danville, 111., which was his home until April, 1892, when he removed with his family to Anderson, Madison County, this state, purchasing an interest in tlie Anderson Daily Bulletin, which interest he now holds, and is the business manager of that institution. He began life in Danville, 111., as a compositor on the Cnnttiiercial , and was identified with that journal until his removal to Anderson. May 29, 187;5, Mr. Harper w.as united in mar- riage with Julia E. Paytoii, who was born in \ance Township, Vermilion County, III., February 8, 548 i-ORTEAlT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 1847. Her parents were John M. and Sarah (Fraz- ier) Payton, and her grandfatlier, Peter Frazier, was one of the first pioneers of the county, where he entered Government land at a very early day. He lived to an advanced age, dying in 1881, aged ninety-seven years, one of the oldest white men who ever lived in Vermilion County. The mother of Mrs. Harper died August 28, 1878, in Danville, and since then her father has made his home with his daughter and our subject. He is now in his seventy-first year. Some eleven years ago he gave up his farm and is now living a re- tired life. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Harper has been blessed to them by the birth of two children, Katie Payton and Ernest Herbert, both attending scliool at Anderson. The parents are both mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr Harper belongs to the order of the Royal Templars of Temperance, the National Union and the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Har[)er is widely known and highly respected. A gentleman of modest and unassuming deportment, of genial manners and of real merit, he has the confidence and es- teem of the entire community. ' OSEPH W. HIDAY, who devotes his ener- ergies to agricultural pursuits and makes ^^1, his home on section 3, Green Township, '5^// Madison County, has the honor of being a native of this county, for he was born on section 4, .January 9, 1830, his parents being John H. and Mary (Wynn) Hiday, honored pioneersof the coun- ty'. His grandfather, Jacob Hiday, was a native of Germany, and emigrated to America in Colonial days, settling in Kentucky. About 1818 he came to Madison County and built the first log cabin within its borders. On a farm which he there improved, he spent his remaining days. He mar- ried Sarah Fruit, and they became the parents of four cliildren: John, Katie, Polly and Susie. The son was born in Kentucky Januai-y 11, 1796, re- moved to Ohio, and in 1824 came to Madison County, where he entered one hundred and sixty acres of land and began the development of a farm. He was a prominent and influential citizen of the community, and served as a Constable. In politics he was a Whig in early life, but joined the Republican party on its organization. Joseph W. Hiday is one of a family of five sons and four daughters. He was reared amid the wild scenes of the frontier, and experienced all the hardships and privations of pioneer life. On at- taining his majority, he began earning his own livelihood, working as a farm hand by the month. As a companion and helpmate on life's journey, he chose Miriam Shortridge, a native of Wayne County, Ind., and a daughter of William and Jane (Jerrett) Shortridge. Three children graced the union: Mary J., wife of Richard Bendle, of AVash- ington Countv, Neb.; Rebecca A., who became the wife of Henry Willett and died in Iowa; and Arch- ibald M., of Wright County, Iowa. The mother, who was a member of the Christian Church, died May 16, 1852. For his second wife Mr. Hiday chose Catherine, daughter of John and Susan Har- tinger, and a native of Ohio. Of their four chil- dren, three grew to mature years: William H., of Iowa; John T., of Hardin County, Iowa; and Nancy E.. wife of John Doty. In 1868 Mrs. Hiday was called to her final rest. She was a member of the Lutheran Church. For his third wife our subject wedded Mrs. Sarah Huston, widow of Joseph M. Huston and a daughter of William S. and Catherine (Snider) Jones, natives of Tennessee and Pennsylvania, re- spectively'. The grandfather, Edward Jones, was a pioneer of Pendleton, and died in 1834. With him William Jones came to Madison County. He married Miss Snider, daughter of Thomas and P^lizabeth (Bloom) Snider, who were numbered among the early settlers of Pendleton of 1822. They were members of the Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Snider was a farmer. Mrs. Hiday was born in Pendleton in 1833. By her first marriage she had three children: Maliuda C, wife of Dave Jerrett; Mary C, wife of Dave Cottrell; and Nancy M., who died at the age of eleven. After his first marriage, Mr. Hiday began farm- ing for himself on rented land, and removed to PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 549 Hancock County, Ind. In 1855 he went to Hardin County, Iowa, where he lived until the spring of 18G2. In 1866 he took up his residence upon the farm which is still his home, and has since de- voted his energies to the cultivation of his fifty acres of land. He proved a true and loyal citi- zen during the late war, and in August, 1862, j( lined the boys of Company F, Thirty -second Idwa Infantry, participating in the battles of Cape (Jirardeau, Little Rock, Pleasant Hill, Tupelo, Nashville, Spanish Fort, Ft. Blakely and others. He participated altogether in eighteen engage- ments, and was honorably discharged at Clinton, Iowa, in August, 1865, after three years of faith- ful and valiant service, during which lime lie was always found at his post, defendin.L; the Old Flag tliat now tloats triumphantly over the united nation. When he entered the army he was a Democrat, but during the service his political views changed, and he has since been a Repub- lican. He was formerly a member of the Chris- tian Church, but himself and wife now hold mem- bership with the Methodist Episcopal Church. His career has been an honorable and upright one, and is well worthy of emulation. •r^m-r^ »^ ^^ LFRED W. MORRIS. The mercantile in- ^0| terests of Madison County have a worthy jj It representative in the subject of this ^^ sketch, who for a number of years has prosperously conducted a general store in the vil- lage of Moonsville. Through the uniform reli- ability of his dealings and his unfailing courtesy, lie has gained the confidence of the people of the surrounding country who invariably in making purchases patronize his establishment. He car- ries a stock valued at about §800, and his sales ag- gregate an annual average of $4,000. His store is 36x18 feet in dimensions and is supplied with a large and well assorted stock of dry goods and groceries. .\ native of North Carolina, our subject was born on the 22d of January, 1836, and is the son of McCristy and Susan (Lane) Morris. He passed the vears of his b<)vhood and voutli in tiie state of his birth, and received a practical education in the schools of the home neighborhood. At the age of seventeen he left North Carolina, and coming to Indiana resided for a period of about five years in this state, being at different times in var- ious counties. Then returning to North Carolina, he made his home in that state during the entire period of the Civil War, being a witness of the destruction and horrors of that conflict, although not an active participant therein. The lady who became the wife of our subject in 1859, in North Carolina, bore the maiden name of Nancy White, and their union res^llted in the birth of eight children, three of whom are now living: Alfred; Gabrillia, who is the wife of Elijah Reeves; and Ferdinand. The present wife of our subject, who is a lady of most estimable character and no- ble disposition, was formerly Miss Sarah Mitt, and their union has been blessed by the birth of one child, a daughter, Leola. iJuiing the year 1865 Mr. Morris came Lo Indi- ana, and for a short time .sojourned in Henry County. From there he came to Madison County and made his home here for about three years. La- ter he resided for three years in Delaware County, .and subsequently located in Hamilton County, where he remained until 1885, the date of his lo- cation in Moonsville. At once after settling here he embarked in the mercantile business, in which he has since been engaged. He is a man who gives his assistance and co-operation to every im- portant enterprise. He adheres to the'principles of the Republican party, of which he is a prom- inent member. He is numbered among the repre- sentative merchants and aggressive citizens of Ricli- land Township, and possesses the confidence of the business community. m>^^^E mj^ Wi ULIUS L. BENSON, M. D., one of the old- est medical practitioners of Hamilton. County, now resides in Noblesville Town- ship. A native of North Carolina, he was born in Guilford County on the 27tli of June, 1818, und is a son of Robert and Mary (Lane) Benson, both of whom were also born in Guilford County, the former in I7'J2, and tiie latter in 17i»3. 560 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. The grandfat'.ier of the Doctor was in the Revolu- tionar}' War. and the father served in the War of 1812. He emigrated to Ohio about 1824, and in 1836 went to Shelby' County, Ind., where he died at the age of eightj-six years, in 1878. His wife passed away in 1879. This worth}' couple had a family of ten children, six sons and four daugh- ters. All grew to manhood and womanhood, while three sons and two daughters are yet living. One brother, Jesse L., is also a physician. The family was founded in America by the great-grandfather of our subject, who came from England to the United States in early Colonial days. Dr. Benson, of this sketch, spent his youth upon tlie home farmland began his education in the dis- trict schools, wliich he attended until eighteen years of age. He then became a student in Miami University, of (Jhio, and in order to meet the expenses of his education he engaged in teach- ing. His professional education was acquired in the Indiana Medical College; he attended one course of lectures at the Transylvania University, of Lexington, Ky., and at Butler University, from both of which institutions he was graduated. In 1842, Dr. Benson was united in marriage with Miss Margaret M. Glave, and unto them were born nine children, four of whom are j-et living. After the death of his first wife he was again married, in 1879, his second union being with Miss Mary E. Arnett, who was born in West- field, Ind.. on the 11th of September, 1855, and is a daughter of Valentine and Elizabeth (Johns) Arnett. Her father, a native of North Carolina, is still living in this county, but her mother died at the age of twenty-three years. By the second union have been born five children. During tlie late war Dr. Benson served as assist- ant surgeon of the Seventh Indiana Cavalry. He is a member of the Indiana State Medical Society, and is the oldest Master Mason in the county. In [lolitics, he has long been a prominent Democrat, .and is active and untiring in the promotion of the principles of the party. His business career has been a successful one, and his labors have brought him well merited prosperity. Throughout the community he is held in the highest regard, and it is with pleasure that we present to our readers the life record of so prominent a man as Dr. Julius Benson. The Doctor and his wife are prominent members of the Presbyterian Church of Nobles- viUe, and are always active in its good work. f Ambrose F. ANDERSON resides on sec- tion 8, White River Townsliip and has here i made his home since 1857. He is one of the well known and prominent citizens of the community and deserves representation in the history of his adopted county. He claims Ohio as the state of his nativity, his birth having occurred in Clermont County June 26, 1827, near where Gen- eral Grant was born. His parents were John and Nancy Anderson, and by them he was brought to Madi'son County, Ind., when five years old. Reared under t!ie parental roof, he aided in clearing tiie farm and experienced all the privations and hard- ships of pioneer life. At the age of twenty-two he left home and began working at the carpenter's trade. He also operated a sawmill which was run by water. In 1852 Mr. Anderson was united in mairi.age with Miss F^liza D. Aldred, but she died eighteen months later. On the 1st of October, 1857, he wedded Miss Micha McClintock, a native of this county. Seven children grace their union, and all are yet living with the exception of Orville M., who died in 1892 at the age of thirty-four, leav- ing a wife and four children. John, the eldest married Lydia Gibbs, and has one son; Nancy is the wife of J. W.Wright; Sarah, Florence, Samuel and Anna are still under the parental roof. The children have been provided with good educa- tional privileges and are thus fitted for the prac- tical and responsible duties of life. After his first marriage Mr. Anderson settled on forty acres of land in Wayne Townshij), but after the death of his wife he returned home. Having married the second time he removed to his present farm, on which he has since made his home. In 1869 he erected the plea.sant and commodious residence in which they now live. He has made otlier good improvements on the place; his barns PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. and outbuildings are models of convenience, and all tiie accessories of a model farm are there found. He and his son Samuel together own two hundred acres of rich, valual)le land, and in return for their cultivation tiu^ well tilled fields yield to them a golden ti'iluite. Mr. Anderson is regarded as one of the leading and successful agriculturists of the comnuinity. In politics (lur subject is a Democrat and has supported that party since casting his first Presi- dential vote for Franklin Pierce. Ho has, how- ever, never sought public office. Himself, wife and children are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and take an active part in church and Sundaj'-school work, doing everything in tlieir power for its advancement. The family is a well known and popular one, and its members rank hii;li in the social circles m which they move. ft ILTUN l>IHIJ>lPS,oneof the wealthy citi- \y, zens of Alexandria, owned a large farm li adjoining the town which was platted b}' the Phillips Land Company. He is ex- tensively engaged in the real-estate business, and his efforts iiave been crowned with a high degree of prosperity. He was born in West Virginia, on Big Sandy River, in 1826. His father was born in Pennsylvania, and at one time was quite a wealthy planter in Virginia, but through litigation he lost nearly his entire property. His death occurred when our subject was only six years old. His wife, Mrs. Anna (Runyan) Phillips, came from one of the old Virginian families, and after the death of lier first husband she became the wife of Mr. Work- man. Since that time our subject has never seen his mother. The two cliildren of the first mar- riage, Milton and Marietta, found homes with strangers, living in the familv of Lewis Maynard, »ho brought them to Indiana, and located six miles cast of Anderson. Mrs. Maynard did not treat the little boy and girl very kindly, and they were about to be bound out when relief came to them through Robert Rediford, wlio had kixjwn Mr. I'liillips in his prosperous days and had been asked V)y him to look after his children and see tliat they did not come to want. Mr. Rediford was now a poor man liiiiisclf, luit he determined to share all he had willi the cliildren of his old friend, and accordingly made arrangements for them to live at his home. Subsequently he went back to Virginia, and later removed to Kentucky. He was too i)oor to give them any education, but he did all in his power for the fatherless little ones. Our subject, however, had to endure many hard- ships and privations in those early days, and often knew what it was to hunger for food, which could not be given him. He remained under the care of Mr. Rediford until fifteen years of age, and then started out to fight the battle of life for himself and it was a battle. He worked in Virginia for Ben Williamson for ^5 yicr month, clothing him- self, and ins labors were from dawn until dark. In 18(7, on attaining his majority, he returned to In- diana without a dollar in his [lockct, and foi- a long time worked for Ihiity-scvcu and a-lialf cents per day. in 181!t. Mr. Phillips chose as a helpmate Ma- tilda, daughter of .lames lleldstraw, who was a soldier in the War of 1812, and a pioneer of In- diana. Unto them were born five children, but only two reached mature years. Robert M. went to Iowa, where he died at the age of twenty-two. He was then brought back and buried in Alex- andria. Louisa Jane is now the wife of .lames Henry Tilman, a farmer residing nortii of this place. The mother died in August, 18.')8. At tlie time of his marri.age, Mr. Phillips was too poor to furnish his home, and supplied his house witli the broken furniture and dishes wliicli he could pick up. He continued to work for forty or fifty cents per day for some time, until at length he w.as able to purchase twenty acres of land six miles southeast of Alexandria, for wiiich he gave a cow and his note for $100. For some years he struggled along and finally purchased an addi- tional twenty acres, but he found that his title was not good and had to make another |)ayment. In 1859, he married Sarah Bowers. His wife had $.500, and with that and the money he obtained from the sale of his forty acres lie bouglit a por- tion of the farm which lie h.as since platted. Two 552 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. years afterwards he had paid off an indebtedness of 81,800. In December, 1861, his second wife died, .ind in 1862 lie married Minerva (David- scai) Finch, wliose fatlier was a piuneer of this state. Unto them have been born four children: Jubal M., who is in the livery business in Alex- andria; Marietta, wife of Jordan Revins, a farmer of Monroe Township; Caroline, wife of Frank Brown, who is in the livery business in Alex- andria; and Ernest, a druggist of Frankton. In his early days, Mr. Phillips' life was a hard one, but industry and perseverance overcame the obstacles in his way, and lie has worked his way upward to success. He accumulated three hundred acres of land, the greater part of which has since been added to the city, but he still retains seventy acres for his own home. To each of his children he has given $4,000, and still his private fortune is estimated at about 130,000. His success is cer- tainly well deserved, and Mr. Phillips may truly be called a self-made man. Strict honesty has characterized his business career, and has won him the confidence and good will of all. •?;^ 'm^ OHN MIKELS, a leading general agricultur- ist and successful stock-raiser of Madison County, Ind., now cultivating a fine farm, // desirably located upon section 35, Lafayette Township, is a pioneer citizen of the county and has from his earliest youtli been closely identified with the progressive interests and upward progress of this part of the great west. A native of In- diana, and born in Delaware County February 8, 1841, our subject is the son of Christopher and Nancy (Fosnot) Mikels, old-time residents of the state, widely known and highly respected. The paternal ancestors were sturdy Germans, who made their home in America in an early da3', locating in the east. The paternal grandfather and grand- mother reared their children in Ohio, whence Christoplier Mikels emigrated to Indiana, settling in Delaware County, where he entered with enter- prise into the pursuit of agriculture. When our subject was about eight years of age, the famil3' removed to Madison County and located in Union Township, then almost a wilderness. During his boyhood Mr. Mikels assisted in the work of the farm and became an adept in clearing the land and cultivating the fertile soil. The first school he at- tended in Madison County was held in a little log cabin with seats of slabs supported by wooden legs. The desk upon which he carefully formed his letters in learning to write was a plank upheld by pegs driven into the outer wall. A huge fire- place extended across one side of the room, and the scholars took their turns chopping the wood to replenish the fire. Although his advantages for study were limited, our subject laid a broad foundation for the stock of valuable knowledge which he afterward gained by experience and reading. Reaching mature age ambitious and self-reliant, he began life for himself, and upon June 4, 1863, John Mikels and Miss Julia Chambers were united in marriage. The ex- cellent and accomplished wife of our subject is a native of Richland Township, Madison County, and was born March 22, 1 842. Mrs. Mikels is a sister of Joseph H. Chambers, a well known and esteemed resident of Madison County. Her parents, Franklin and Mary (Drybread) Chambers, were pioneer settlers of Richland Township, but when their daughter Julia was only a little girl, the father and mother removed to Bartholomew County, where they resided with their family for a time, finally returning to Madison County and settling in Lafayette Township upon a farm now owned by J. H. Chambers. The parents of Mrs. Mikels both passed away in this countj-, and were deeply mourned by the friends and neighbors with whom they had shared the privations and sacrifices incidental to a new country. But two of their children now survive: Mrs. Mikels and J. H. Chambers. Five children have blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Mikels: Joseph F., Benjamin A., Cora B., William O. and Grover B. For a number of years our subject with his family made his home upon section 34, Lafayette Township, but in 1891 removed to his present farm of one hundred and sixt}' acres, finely culti- vated, and well improved with commodious and substantial buildinsjs. Politicallv a Democrat and m ,^ nM. /" PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 555 an earnest advocate of the principles of his party, Mr. Miliels takes a deep interest in all matters of public welfare. He and his good wife are repre- sentative pioneers, energetic, enterprising and courageous. Possessed of sterling integrity and strength of character, they have overcome early difticulties and made their upward way tolinancial j success. Genial and kindly, their lioine is the abode of hospitality and is widely known to a large circle of old-time friends and neighbors. Our subject, a | close observer, has a fund of interesting reinin- ! iscences of other days which foi-cibly illusii:iic the rapid advance of the state (luring the p:i>t half-centuiy. His wife remains closely at home, and with the exception of a brief ride on the first train running from Anderson to Pendleton, Ind., had never journeyed by railway in lior life until August 2, 1893. -^^^#^^^%^ JW. CRISMOND, M. D., a prominent physi- cian of Elvvood, and widely known in con- nection w'ith his Elwood Institute for the scientific cure of dipsomania, has also estab- lished a sanitarium for the intelligent treatment of all forms of disease. Both as a physician of ex- tended and successful experience and as a sur- geon, he enjoys the confidence of the general |nib- lic, and receives a large patronage from the people of Indiana and other states. A native of Fredericksburg, Va., our sub- ject was born February 1, 1847, being a son o( Horace and Ellen (Mitchell) Crismond. His father, a lawj^er by profession, w.is the son of an eminent advocate of Virginia, and the descendant of a long line of enterprising ancestry. The ma- ternal grandfather of our subject, John W. Mitch- ell, was born and reared in Glasgow, Scotland. Emigrating to the United States, he settled in Vir- ginia, where he conducted an extensive legal piactice, and also superintended the management of his large plantation. However, being opposed to slavery, he liberated his slaves and removed to Massachusetts, where he made his home in New 27 Bedford. He continued to reside in the Bay State until his death. In 185(!, when our subject was a lad nine years old, he accompanied his parents to Cincinnati, where he conducted his studies in the public schools, and also enjo3-ed the bcuelit ol' insli-uetion in Ilerron's Academy. In 1«<;2 he enlist,ed in Comp.any I, One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Ohio Infantry, and served wit.h that regiment un- til .Tune, 1863. when he was discharged by Gen. Roseerans. He re-enlisted -Tune 26, 1863, entering tlic I'durth l'.,ittali(>n. called Todd's scouts, and served for six uioiitlis under the comtnand of Col. Joe Wheeler. At the expiration of the half-year, he enlisted for three years as Sergeant of Com- pany II, Thirteenth Ohio Cavalry, and was dis- charged from the army at .Amelia Court House, Va., July 1, 1865. During the last battle that Lee fought, at Appomattox, Dr. Crismond was in command of the regiment. Returning in August, 1865, to Cinciimati, our subject commenced the stiuly of medicine, which he continued in Milton and Dublin after hU re- moval to Wayne County, Ind., in 186H. Later, he returned to Cincinnati and entered the Physio- Medical College, graduating with the Class of '73. In 1874 he began the practice of medicine in Chesterfield. Madisim County, Ind.. and con- tinued there for two years, when he removed to Middletown, and for four years engaged in pro- fessional duties. He afterward practiced medicine successively in Tipton, Richmond. Abington and Billingsville. Ind. Removing further west, he de- voted himself for two years to the practice of his profession in Valparaiso, Neb. Subsequently Dr. Crismond entered a homestead in eastern Colorado, and at the expiration of two years returned to Nebraska, settling in llaiiiilton County, where he engaged in the drug business, and also conducted a general practice. In 1889 he journeyed to Oklahoma Territory and established his hoin(^ in (iulhrie. where he met with financial success, and for three years was a prominent phy- sician. Meantime he perfected the tri-chloride of gold cure for the liquor habit, and through ex- tended experiments, and as the result of his indi- vidual discoverv, has made a scientific formula, 556 PORTKAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. practically infallible, and has met with unqualified success in liis treatment of even the most appar- entl3' hopeless cases. In November, 1892, he opened liis in.stitute in Elwood, and has within the twelve months successfully treated a large number of patients. His sanitarium has likewise received many persons afflicted with chronic com- plaints, and has acquired an enviable reputation as a retreat for all desiring the best of care and medical treatment for the numerous ills to which tlesh is heir. Dr. Crismond is a well read and ex- perienced physician, and enjoys the confidence of the general public. His success, especially in dip- somania, has secured him patients from every part of Indiana, as well as the surrounding states. ^^EORGE W. WEB.STEH. Many of the most (II _^ prominent citizens of Madison County have "^^1 spent their entire lives within its borders, and from the cultivation of the soil have accumu- lated a competency. One of this number is George W. Webster, an influential citizen and capable far- mer residing in Van Buren Township. The farm of which he is owner, has been brought to its pres- ent high cultivation through his untiring efforts and is deservedly classed among the finest estates in the township. It is embellished with a set of buildings, each of which is adapted to its special purpose; the most approved farming machinery- has been introduced, and agricultural operations are conducted upon the basis of modern appliances and improvements. The parents of our subject are Kobert and Re- becca Welister, of whom further mention is made in the sketch of W. W. Webster, presented on an- other page in this vohinip. (icorge W. was born in Madison County in 1.S51 and was reared be- neath the parental roof, gaining a practical edu- cation in the schools of the district. Having been reared to the pursuit of agriculture, it was natural that upon selecting an occupation he should choose that of a farmer. In 1877 he located upon the farm in Van Buren Townshi]) where he has since resided. After settling here, he lived for a short time in a log house, but this primitive struc- ture was afterward replaced by a spacious brick residence, erected in 1883. A very important event in the life of our sub- ject was his marriage, which was solemnized March 16, 1876. The bride wasOlive A. Vinson, a native of Madison County, and the daughter of George M. and Nancy Jane (Dobson) Vinson. She is one of four children, the others being Joshua, Edgar and Charles. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Webster has resulted in the birth of five children, as fol- lows: Gertrude, Arvin C, Delia L., Charlie and Hattie Josephine. Charlie is deceased. Mis. Web- ster is prominently connected with the German Baptist Church, in which she is an earnest and de- voted worker. While not a member of any de- nomination, Mr. Webster contributes liberally to religious and benevolent enterprises, and his sym- pathies are with Christians. The political issues of the day receive the ear- nest attention of Mr. Webster, who is a thought- ful reader and student of current events. Having made a stud}' of politics, he has given his prefer- erence to the Republican part}', the principles of which are, in his opinion, best calculated to pro- mote the welfare of the people of the United States. He has attained prosperity solely through his unaided exertions, having been obliged to earn his own living from an early age. s^AVID CAN AD AY. The business interests of Frankton are well represented in the gentleman whose name heads this record, for he Is a prominent and enterprising man. He was born in Rush County, In d., February 11, 1833, and is a son of Caleb and Martha (Dwiggins) Can- ada}'. The grandfather, David Canady, was a native of South Carolina, and. emigrating west- ward at an early day, became one of the pioneers of Union County, Ind. He served as Colonel in the War of 1812, and his death occurred when past ninety years old. The maternal grandparents, John and Margaret Dwiggins, were born in North PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 557 Carolina and also became early settlers of Union Count3\ whence they came to JMnrlison County. On both sides the ancestors were long lived. Caleb Canaday accoini)aniod his paients to Union County, where he grew to manhood and was married. He afterward removed to Rush County, where he remained for eight ye.Trs and then came to Madison County, settling in Pi[)e Creek Township to the north of Frankton. Upon the farm which he there improved, he remained until his death, which occurred in Xovenibcr. 18(i(), at the age of firty-f-^e given name was also .lesse. was boin in bonnie Scotla]id. his ances- tors having for numberless generations made their home in that part of the Queen's dominions. The paternal grandfather was botli ambitious and en- terprising, and with <-o\ir:ige bade adieu t(i his early home and family, and, crossing the bioad Atlantic located in the sonlh, long being a resi- dent of North Carolina. There he married and reared to usefulness a family, and was known as a man of business ability and integrity of character. The parents removing from their na- tive slate journeyed sb)wly to Indiana at an early period in the historj' of the country, and found not only an abundance of game, but were soon made aware of the presence of numerous Indians and beasts of prey. Entering from the Government one hundred and si.xty acres of land in Randolph County, the father set himself resolutely to work clearing the wooded acres, later bringing them up to a high state of cultivation and im])rove!nent. The father, twice wedded, was first married to Miss 560 PORTEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Elizabeth Chamness, also a native of North Caro- lina, and a lady of excellent family and Christian worth. She lived to bear her husband ten children, two of whom died in infancy. The father assisted all his sons and daughters to a home and start in life. The second wife and mother of our subject, Rhoda (Worth) Swain, was a widow. The two children who blessed the union of the father and mother were Lydia, and Cyrus, our subject. The former married Erastus Hodgiu, now deceased, and became the mother of nine children. Mr. .Johnson married before he was quite nine- teen years of age, upon the 23d of October, 1850, wedding Miss Asenath Hodgin, daughter of Elias and Matilda (Perkins) Hodgin, both natives of North Carolina. Our subject and his excellent wife were blessed by the birth of the following children: Henry A., deceased; William J., .John W., Elias F., deceased; Moiton D., Robert E., and Vannate H. The living are all married but one, and all are do- ing well. Mrs. .Johnson received a limited educa- tion in the scliools of her home neighborhood, and in youth was trained up to careful housewifely duties. She is a member of the Friends' Church. A devoted wife and mother, a kind friend and neighbor, siie possesses the high regard of all who know her. Immediately after his marriage Mr. .Johnson moved onto his present farm. His father had given him eighty acres of timberland, and this he cleared, cultivated and improved. Financially prospered, he added to his real estate, until now he owns two hundred and forty valuable acres of land. He and his good wife together shared many hardships in the early days of their married life, and now together enjoy the sunshine of prosperity. Desiring at various times to attend the distant church, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson rode tlirough the woods three miles, both seated on the same horse, the wife behind the husband. This and other pioneer experiences, humorous in the retrospect, were far from being so at the time, but it is a remarkable fact, .and one worthy of note, that the pioneer fathers and motiicrs met priva- tions and sacrifices with iioljle endurance almost beyond belief. Our subject attiliates with the Friends' Society, holding a birthright in the church. He is politi- cally a Republican, and is deeply interested in both the local and national government. Active in matters of home improvements and enterprise, and ever ready to lend a helping hand in anything con- ducive to the mutual welfare, Cyrus Johnson is esteemed a substantial business man and a liberal- spirited citizen. ^*vHARLES WAYMIRE, an enterprising and tl( ^1 leading citizen and a native of Duck Creek ^^7 Township, Madison County', Ind., where he successfully conducts a valuable farm, has since his birth, December 24, 1845, been intimately as- sociated with the history, upward growth and rapid development of his present locality. The father of our subject, Jacob E. Wayinire, was like- wise a native of the state and, born in Wayne Count}', Ind., was the son of early pioneer settlers who made their home within the borders of Ind- iana when it was literally a wilderness. The pa- ternal grandfather, Jacob Waymire, born in North Carolina, and a man of energy and enterprise, was well fitted to cope with the privations of frontier life, and with stout hearts he and his good wife journeyed by wagon from the Tar State to far off Indiana. The paternal great-grandfather, likewise named Jacob Waymire, was born in Hanover, German^', and emigrated to North Carolina in 1750. The father of our subject spent the days of boyiiood in Wayne County, Ind.. and in the spring of 1845, with his wife, made his home in Madison County, Ind., where he continued to re- side until his death. He was a practical agricul- turist, but during the Civil War forsook the till- ing of the soil, and, enlisting in Company G, Forty-seventh Indiana, w.as killed while off duty in New Madrid, Mo., in March, 1862. The mother, Mrs. Rachel (Howard) W.aymire, was the daughter of John Howard, a pioneer set- tler of Wayne County, Ind. Charles attended the schools of Duck Creek Township when a young lad, and also worked on his father's farm until 1864, when he enlisted in Coni|)any F, One Hun- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 561 fired and Twenty- fourth Indiana, and, mustered in at Centerville, vvas forwarded at once to the front :ui(I ;icc(iiii|iriiiiril Sherman on liis famous march to the sen. lie also eoiirajjcdusly participated in tlie following Ijattlcs: Atlanta (Ga.), Columbia, Franklin, Nashville, and Wise Fork (N. C). Es- caping the dangers of the battlfield and prison pen, Mv. Waymire was never wounded nor capt- ured and was honorably mustered out at (ireen- lioro, N. C, August 3, 186r). Returning at once to Duck Creek Township, he settled upon the old farm where he was born and at once resumed his farming duties. Oursulijeet is accounted an authority upon agri- cultural matters, and possessing excellent judg- ment, is doubtless in everj- sense of the word a model farmer, devoting himself mainly to raising giain.liMy and stock, and likewise sheltering upon his lii'oad acres some of the best grades of cattle and horses. Charles Waymire was united in mar- riage August 12, 1866, with Miss Talitha .1. Jack- son, daughter of Presley E. and Nancy (.Spann) .lackson. Presley .Jackson was a native of Ripley County, Ind., .ind removed to Tipton County in 185;}. He passed away in .March, 1870, mourned by all who knew him. The Jacksons were of French ancestry, their forefathers emigrating to America from France in a very early day. Nancy Spann was the daughter of Solomon Spann, of Kentucky. I'nto the union of our subject and his estimable wife were born ten sons and daughters, all now living: .Jacob M.; Orestes W., at home; Minerva E., who is married to Lemuel Lynas and resides in (irant County, Ind.; Montezuma J., Sarah E., Charles E., Albert M., Presley C, Howard Spann and Hettie Jackson, who are all living at home, are bright and intelli- gent young people and social favorites. .Mr. and Mrs. Waymire are members of the Methodist I^ipiscopal Church and aie active in good works. Our subject is fraternally associated with t^uincy Lodge, A. F. &. A. M.,and is likewi.se a member of P^lwood Post, G. A. R. He is polit- ically a Republican, and has been Township Com- mitteeman for a number of years. In 1884, Mr. Waymire was the Republican candidate for Trustee of his township, which is largely Democratic, and ilv. was elected by a clear majority of seventeen votes but was counted out. He is, however, one of the most popular men in the township, and Straightftirw.'ird aii' and friends, he resides upon his homestead in Union Township. Beginning his farming pursuits with- out capital, he worked his way industriously and perseveringly to a foremost i)Osition among Madi- son County's agriculturists, and his farm on sec- tion 16 is conceded to be one of the best in Union Township. In Franklin County, Ind.. the subject of this sketch was born on the Uth of May, 182;}, and is a son of Esau and Priscilla ((ireene) Lartnore, na- tives of Maryland. The Larmore family is said to have' originated in France, while the (ireenes have for centuries been foremost m the public affairs of England and America. Nathaniel (ireeiie. who gained und\ing fame during the Revolutionary War, was a first cousin of our subject's mother. Esau Larmore, in company with his family- .and others, emigrated to Indiana in the fall of 1816 and settled in Franklin County, where he cleared a tract in the midst of the woods. At that early period Indiana was inhabited prineipally by wild animals, including turkeys, deer and bears. Set- tlers were widely removed from one another, and the nearest neighbors were miles apart. About 1837 Esau Larmore removed to Ohio, where he resided for a few years in Hamilton County, removing thence to Butler County, where he remained until his death in 18.56. He and his wife had a large family, of whom six now survive. PORTRAIT AND BIOGEAPHICAL RECORD. namely: Joseph; Mary, who is the wife of James T. Wilson; Leah J., who niarned John R. Sim- mons; James, the subject of this sketch; Harriet, the widow of Caleb Russell; and Matthew T. When the British attt'niiited to take Baltimore, the sen- ior Mr. Larniore was in tliat city in the capacity of an emergency man. Born in Indiana, our subject was reared to manhood in Ohio, where he assisted in the task of clearing and improving a farm. During one spring he attended thirty-two log rollings. He also chopi)ed wood, receiving twenty-eight cents per cord and boarding himself. He was a pupil in the only sidjsciiption school in Ohio. This was held in a log cabin, primitive in its construction, having a [xinclieon floor, slab seats and greased paper instead of window panes. While these ad- vantages were meagre, yet Mr. Larmore, through diligent self-culture, has become well informed. On the 22d of March, 1850, Mr. Larmore was united in marriage with Catherine Cann, a native of Montgomery County, Pa., born there April 16, 1828. Mrs. Larmore is a daughter of Amos and Elizabeth (Biddinger) Cann, the former a native of Pennsylvania, of Scotch origin, and the lat- ter born in the Keystone State, of German de- scent. At the age of two years she was brought by her parents to Ohio, the journey being made on a flatboat down the Ohio River, and settlement being made in the woods of Butler County. Mrs. Larmore is one of a large family of children, the following of whom survive: William, Catherine, George, James, John, Amos, Frederick, Solomon, and Eliza, the wife of John Wood. The union Mr. and of Mrs. Larmore has resulted in the birth of nine children: William D., Lewis A., James T.; Mattie E., wife of A. J. Malone; Wal- ter D.; Ella, who married W. J. Blacklidge; Mag- gie, Mrs. M. F. Cooper; George T.;and Bertha M., wife of A. II. Biddle. From Ohio in 1868, Mr. Larmore came to Rush County, Ind., where he ac- complished considerable pioneer work. Thence, four years later, he removed to Madison County, and for a time resided north of the city of Ander- son, removing to his present farm in 1876. He is the owner of one hundred acres of well improved land, which represents his untiring labors, assisted by his wife, who has been his helpmate and coun- selor during tlie entire period of their wedded life. Mr. Larmore cast his first ballot for Henry Clay in 1844 and continued afterward to adhere to the principles of the Whig party until the organiza- tion of the Republican party, of whicii he has since been a member. During the Civil War his sj'mpathies were given to the cause of the Union. On the 1.3th of July, 1863, he was robbed of two fine iiorses during Gen. John Morgan's celebrated raid through Ohio. Two of Mr. Larmore's sons, James T. and Walter H., are conducting a flour- ishing dairy and ice cream business in Anderson under the firm name of Larmore Brothers, and are well and favorablv known in financial circles. J'^OHN BRODERICK. a prominent and in- I fluential Irish-American citizen of Lafay- ' ette Township, and a well known farmer of _^ ' Madison County, is a native of Ireland, having been born there on the 12th of Ma}', 1838. He is the son of Patrick and Mary Broderick, na- tives of the Emerald Isle, the former of wliom died in that country when John was a lad of ten years. The years of his childhood were passed amid the scenes of his native land, from which in 1850 he emigrated to the United States, seeking a home in tlie land of the free. Taking |)assage on a sailing-vessel at Liverpool, Mr. Broderick voyaged across the Atlantic, spend- ing three months upon the deep. Off the coast of the Bahama Islands the ship was wrecked, and the crew and passengers were obliged to spend a few days on the Islands, whence they were conveyed to the West Indies. After spending several weeks there, they finally took passage for New Or- leans, arriving in that city without further mis- hap. Mr. Broderick proceeded northward, and lo- cating in Ohio, conducted farming operations for a time in that state. In 1853 he located permanently in Indiana, and for many years made his home in Fayette Count}', where lie was occupied as a tiller of the soil, ac- cumulating a competency through his energetic efforts. In 1871 he came to Madison County, and jAJyrya jqi4^ PORTRAIT AND liKKiRAl'IIICAL RI'X'ORD. 5f)i settled in Lafayette Township, upon tlie farm where lie has since resided. At tlie time of his lo- cation at this place, the prospects seemed very un- inviting to the ordinary observer, but the intelli- gent farmer discerned favorable indications even in the woods and swamps of the vicinit}'. At first after coming to this farm Mr. Broderick made his home in a rudely constructed log house, containing few of those things which the i)resent generation considers necessities. However, even amid adverse circumstances, Mr. Hroderick lal)ored liravely to clear the land and improve a farm, and such has been his success that he is now the owner of two luindred acres of land, mostly under excel- lent cultivation. lie has also raised a good grade of stock, including horses, cattle, sheep and hogs. In addition to agricultural pursuits, he has been in- terested in the various pike roads, and is at pres- ent serving as Ditch Commissioner of Madison County. In this position, as in all others to which he has been chosen, he has served with elHciency and (idelity, displaying the good judgment and >lirejyd acumen which have characterized tlie con- duct of his private affairs, rolitically he is a Democrat, and may always be relied ui)on to give hi:^ support to Ills chosen party. Tlie lady who on the 2d of .June, IH(]8, became the wife of .lohn I'.roderick was formerly Ann Scully, and was horn in Ireland, being a daughter of James and Bridget Scully. Of the children born of this union, the following survive: iVIary, .lames V., Agnes T., Thomas M., William P., Julia M., Nora B., John, Hugh, Cecelia A., Clara A., Walter D., Leo and INIabel A. Bessie and Joseph are deceased. i>^(f- Ji'KHEMIAH WHlTIN(iER is a highly rc- I spected citizen, a long-time resident of An- I derson Townsiiip, IMadison Conntj', and is ^ ' located upon section 2, where he owns a fine farm of two hundred and forty acres. He is widely known as one of the substantial business men and leading agriculturists of the county. A native of Indiana, he was born in Union County, .March 8, 1821. and is the son of John and Kliza- beth (Abraham) Whiliiiger, pioneer settlers of the state. The father was a native of Ohio; tlu- mother was born in Indiana in the early part of of the present century, and during her youth there occurred many of the terrible contests be- tween the Indians and the first white settlers. Orandfather Whitinger served bravely as a sol- dier in the War of 1812, and was a man of cour- age and resolution. The father of our subject en- toicd land in riiioii County, and, settling in the woods ill a little log cabin, became one of the pio- neers of that part of the state. In this frontier home Jeremiah Whitinger was born and reared. As soon as he w.as olfi. 1H12. His father, Jacob, likewise a native of that county and state, was born about 1774, and prior to the AVar of 1812 removed to New York, where he was for two years engaged in running a ferry across the river below the falls of Niagara. On account of the English insurrectionists, he was compelled to flee, and returning to Lancaster County, soon afterward came to Indiana and remained a resi- dent of Wayne County until his death in 1826. By occupation he was a miller. The Whisler fam- ily came to America from Germany. The marriage of Jacob Whisler united hiin with Miss Barbara, daughter of John AVhitmer, both natives of Pennsylvania. They were married about the year 1800, and became the parents of seven children, as follows: Hetty, deceased; John, who lives in Wayne County; the subject of this sketch; Elizabeth, wife of Othniel Beeson, of Wayne County, this state; Naiicy, deceased; Ben- jamin, who lives in Jasper County, Iowa; and Bar- l)ara, wife of Edward Nudd, of Kansas. The par- ents were worthy and industrious people, and were highly esteemed in cveiy community in which they made their liome. When the family came to Indiana in 1824, the subject of this sketch accompanied them. He re- mained for a time in Wayne County, but in the spring of 1842 removed tlience tollamilton Coun- ty, settling in Jackson. Township. At the age of nineteen he was apprenticed to the trade of a car- penter, which he followed prior to coming to this county. After settling in Jackson Township he bought a farm consisting of one hundred and sixty acres, which he now owns, and of which one hun- dred and forty-five acres have been cleared and placed under excellent drainage. In 1872 he moved to his present home, and for several ^-ears was engaged in dealing in cattle in connection with general farming. A man of broad information, Mr. Whisler was educated in the school of experience through his own efforts, and in his youth had few of the ad- vantages now offered to the young. His boyhood was one of toil. After his father's deatli he as- sisted his mother in clearing land and in making a home for the family. The boyish sports of to- day were unknown to him, but notwithstanding this, he was a cheerful, contented and industrious lad, and these qualities which characterized him in bo3'hood, continued to aid him through his en- tire active life. He has witnessed almost the en- tire development of Jackson Township, and few now living have been residents of the county' for a longer period of time than has he. He is a Democrat in his political belief, and has always been in hearty sympathy with the principles of the party. While not a member of any cliurch, he contributes to the support of the various de- nominations and believes in the beneficial influ- ences of religion. In 1841 Mr. Whisler married Miss Sarah Jack- son, a native of Wayne County, Ind., born April 26, 1823, and the daughter of James and Martha (Chambers) Jackson, who were born in North Car- olina, removed thence to Kentucky, and from that state came to Indiana in 1806, being among tlie very earliest settlers of Wayne County. Mr. and Mrs. Wiiisler are the parents of four children. Martha Victoria, who married Calvin Goodpasture (now deceased), has one child, Hudson, and re- sides in Atlanta, this state. James M. married Sus- anna Flemming, and they have three children, Grace, Azie and Glenn; he resides in Atlanta, this state, and is engaged in the milling and mer- cantile business in partnership with Asher G. Wal- Portrait and biograpihcal record. 509 ton. Barbara D., the wife of Gideon .Sowers, re- .sirlcs in Missouri, and is tlie motlier of six cliildren, Klnier, Orplia, Ossic, .Sadie, Franliie and Elsie. Monford N., a merchant a t Indianapolis, married Martha Dunn, and tliey have two children, Rus- sell and Reid. Vf^DMUM) II. PETERS, an onterprisinu- ajr- fe ricultnrist who is prosjjeronslv conducting /I --y one of the finest and most productive corn farms of Madison County, is pleasantly located in Boone Township. He has been a resident here for more than thirty years and has held with etHciency \arious important offices of trust, and from 1868 until 1886 served as Justice of the Peace. Aside from the pursuit of agriculture, our subject raises large numbers of a superior grade of Poland-China hogs, and has sold as high as *1,.500 worth at once. Mr. Peters is a native of Brown County Ohio, and w.as born June 27, 1835. The father, Jacob Peters, born in Pennsylvania, came to Ohio in pioneer da3'S with the paternal grandfather, Jacob Peters, Sr. The Peters family belonged to the old Pennsylvania Dutcli stock, riie paternal grandfather, a sturdy' man of U[)right character, was born in the (Juaker State, and lived to be ninety years old. lie died in Boone Town- ship, Madison County, and was there interred. The father attended the common s(;hools of Ohio, and in youth was trained to farming duties, also learned the trade of a cooper, and after arriving at ma- ture age, combined the two pursuits. In 1862 he enlisted in Companj' K, Seventy-Fifth Ohio In- fantry, and engaging in numerous decisive battles, was killed while courageously fighting upon the field at Mission Ridge. He was buried near the spot where he fell, and was mourned by all who knew him as a brave defender of the Union. The mother of our subject, Alary (Penii}') I'e- ters. was the daughter of Isaac Penny, who, a n.a- tive of the farther west, later made his home in Oliio. Edmund II. Peters was the eldest of the live children born unto the parents. Willian Hen- ry died at the age of two years; the eldest daugh- ter. Comfort, married Cieorge W. Custer, and re- sides in Madison County'; Isaac F.nos, the third child, is deceased; Mary Fllen nianied .(ohii II;iu- sencuster, and makes her liomc in .Madison County. j home in Indiana, removing hither with liis par- ents. He was anxious to icreivc an exicnded course of study, and pored over his books many a night by the light of hickory bark. lie enjoyed the benefit of added instruction in his new home, but as the terras of school were seldom loui^ci- than thirty days, the parents united and einploycd ;i teacher for another month. At the age of nine- teen years Mr. Peters began life for himself, work- ing through the summer months on farms, and in the winter returning to the homestead and assist- ing in clearing the land. When twenty-one years of age, iMr. Peters went to Anderson, Ind., and learned the trade of a painter under William E. Gossett. This was in 1856, and the next year our subject located in Illi- nois, where he worked at his trade until l.sOd. He had in the meantime .saved from his earnings enough to buy eighty acres of land, and invested his money in Madison County, Ind., where he now lives. In 1860 he built a house on his homestead, where he has since resided. He has one of the most productive farms in Madison County. December 20, 1860, Mr. Peters niarrie(i Miss Eliza Hull, daughter of Jesse and Su.san (Evans) Hull, of Ohio, but originally from Pennsylvania. The union of our subject and his estimable wife liiis been blessed by the birth of fifteen children, ten of whom are now deceased. The five surviv- ing are as follows: Allen, a merchant of Summit- ville; P^inma E., married to Elijah Chaplin, and re- siding in Madison County, Ind.; Cora, James E. and Ethel, who are at home. The family occupies a position of useful influence and enjoys the confi- dence and esteem of a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. Fruternall}', Mr. Peters is a member of In- dependence Lodge No. 128, I. O. O. F., as is also his son Allen. Our subject has been through the chairs of the lodge and has been District Deputy for twelve years. He is likewise a val- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ueil member of the encampment. Politicall)^ a strong Democrat, Mr. Peters has been promi- nent in the local councils of the party, and aside from his position as Justice of the Peace, for six years discharged with ability the duties of County Coroner, his term of office expiring in De- cember, 1892. For a portion of the time he offi- ciated as Chairman of the Board and gave excel- lent service to his fellow-citizens and the general public. As a friend, neighbor and public otticer, faithful to every duty of life, and through untir- ing industry financially i)rospered,our subject has self-reliantly won his upward way and is number- ed among the leading men of his locality. ■^^l m "^ ANDALL BROTHERS. The gentlemen com- L^if posing this firm, William P. and Philip A. RANDAL! ilkf posing iii \\\ Randall are ranked among the leading ^^business men of Madison County and have been important factors in its growth and develop- ment. They are among the most influential citi- zens of Alfonte, where they operate a saw and planing mill. In addition to this enterprise, they own a lumber yard in Ingalls, and deal in build- ing material and hardware at that place. Their landed possessions include two hundred and twen- ty-nine acres in Hancock County, Ind., two farms, consisting of eighty and one hundred and twenty acres, respectively, in Green Township, Madison County, and a flftcen-acre tract and considerable property in Alfonte and Ingalls. The success which lias rewarded the efforts of the firm of Randall Brothers is especially noteworthy when we consider the fact that they began in luisiness with a cai)ital of only $40. Partners since boyhood, their enterprise and perseverance, combined with good business ability and excellent judgment, have gained for them a handsome com- petence. In tracing the genealogy of the Randall family we find that their first representatives in America emigrated from Germany and made set- tlement in Connecticut, but afterward removed to tlie state of New York. Tlic grandfather, .Tolin |{:\n(lail, was born in New York, and inuncdiatelv after the War of 1812 settled on a military tract in Clermont County, Ohio, where he improved a farm of five hundred acres. For many years he served as Justice of the Peace, and was drill mas- ter in militia days. In politics, he voted with the Wliig party. He was an influential and devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. By his marriage with Miss Bronson, John Ran- dall had the following children: John D., who served in the Civil War; William S. B., a captain in the Second Ohio Infantry, who aided in digging the tunnel through which the prisoners escaped from Libby prison; Pervise, Aaron K., Joseph, Elbridge, Job, Hester, J.ane and Hannali. Aaron K. Randall, father of our suljjects, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, and was a brickmason by trade. In 1852 he went to Noblesville, Ind., where he engaged in the grain trade. His death occurred in October, 1856, at the age of thirty. His wife died on the 15th of December, the same year, at the age of twenty-five. They were members of the Methodist Church. Socially, he belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Masonic fraternity, and in politics he was a Whig. His two children were William P. and Philip A. The motlier of our subjects, Mrs. Eva M. Ran- dall, was born in Clermont County, Ohio. Her father, Joseph A. Hall, was a Pennsylvania farmer, who in an early day became a trader on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, running keel boats and trading boats in the early days (about 1820 and 1830). Afterward, for about fifteen years, he oper.ated a sawmill at Symmes Station, which was one of the first sawmills in Hamilton County, where his father, Robert Hall, had settled about 1811. The maternal grandfather of our subjecLs died in Clermont County, Ohio, in 1888, at the age of eiglity-five; his wife passed away in 1890. They were members of the first Methodist Church organized in their community. They were the parents of two children, Philip and Eva M. The senior member of the firm of Randall Broth- ers was born in Clermont County, Ohio, June 13, 1852, and after his father's death at Noblesville he returned to Ohio and lived with his maternal grandfather. He received a lilicral education in I an academy, and in 1868 was graduated from PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Goshen Seminary, of Clermont County. The junior member graduiited from the Lebanon Normal (niversity of Lebanon, Ohio. In the fall of IHT."?, he came to Madison Count}', and he and his ler I'hili taught twenty-one terms inity, being successful and ot school m tins ( |»opular instructors. About 1884, the lir ( U-.uvhiW P.rolhers, in connection with Woodwind brothers, began slii|)- jiing grain at Andcrxm. which they continued for two ycai's. Later they ran an elevator at Alfonte, and since that time they have engaged in buying and shipping grain. In 1886, in partnership with Woodward Ihothers, they bought a large tract of timhcrland near Morehead, Ky., where they oper- ated a sawmill for two years. In 1889 they removed the mill to Alfonte, and liave since con- ducted a tiourishing business at this place. William P. Randall is still a bachelor. Philip A. married Miss Lizzie Meyer, and they are the parents of one child, Minnie. The elder brother is in politics a stanch Republican, and advocates the principles of that parly by his ballot and his influence. Socially, he affiliates with the Inde- jiendent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a man of energy and good judgment, and has contributed his quota to the success attained by the lirm. The younger brother is also a stanch Republican, and never fails to cast his vote in defense of the principles and noiiiinees of his chosen iiartw W;ILS()N T. TKMF.I'.LOOI). To its m.ble, pushing, hard-working business men is due , „ the great prosperity, wealth and advance- ment of the northern tier of states in commercial importance. To their zeal, energy' and integrity will its future greatness be indebted, as it li.as been in the past, and among the names prom- inent in the promotion of solid trade in Chester- field, lud.. none will stand higher or occupy the position more justly than does that of the subject of this sketch. A man's lifework is the measure of his success, and he is the most success- ful man who, turning his powers into the channel of an honorable purpose, aeconiplishes the .ibject of his endeavor. Fie who weds himself to a great principle lays the foundation of a successful life. In the study of every man's life we find some mainspring of action, something that he lives for. In Mr. Trueblood it seems to have hcen an ambi- tion to make the best use of his native and ac- quired powers, and to develop in himself a true manhood. A native of Indiana, born in Madison County, Adams Township, December is. iwil. he is the son of Wilson and Milicent Triiehlood. The parents of our subject were natives of North Carolina, .and there grew to mature years and married. About 18.'!r) they came to Madison County, Ind., and were among the pioneers. They settled in Fall Creek, in Adams Township, in the woods and in a primitive log cabin. All the pri- vations and haniships incident to pioneer life met them, but with the courage and determination so characteristic of the early settlers they perse- vered and became prominent and substantial cit- izens. The early life of our subject was pa.ssed amid these rude surroundings, and he there learned habits of industry and perseverance that have re- mained with him through life. When about twelve \-ears of ai^e he began clerking in a store owned l)v Allen Makepeace, of New Columbus, who at that time was one of the oldest merchants in the county and one of the wealthiest citizens. After clerking for Mr. Allen for about fourteen years, seven years of that time in Chesterfield, our subject engaged in business with J. H. Dusang, in Chesterfield, the firm name being Trueblood & Dusang, and they continued in business together for four years. After that our subject was out of business for several years. In 188;') he re-engaged in merchandising, and has continued this up to date. His store is fifty-four feet in length by eigh- teen feet wide, and he carries a stock of goods v.alued at about l«2,()00. His annual sales amount to about $6,500 per year. Our subject received his education in the common schools of the county, and seldom entered the schoolroom aft«r he was twelve years of age. In the year 1871, on the lltli of Februaiy, he was married to Mi.ss Sarah E. Snyder, and they are the happy jjarents of two livin? children, Fernando and Charles. During 572 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. the Civil War our subject enlisted in tlie One Hun- dred and Fift3--fourth Indiana Infantry, and served about six montlis, principally in Virginia. Most of tbat time he was clerk of a hospital, but the balance of the time was on general duty. He was formerly a member of the Masonic fraternity. For a number of years he served as Postmaster of Chesterfield, and also for a number of years as Trustee and Assessor of Union Townsliip. A Re- publican, he is aiecognized local politician of note and influence, and a representative citizen both in business and social circles. ^<^EORGE D. THOMPSON, a prominent citi- lil ^— , zen of Madison County, and Trustee of ^V^J Lafayette Township, is the owner of eighty acres located on section 34, and is recognized as one of the most progressive men of his community. He was born in the southeastern portion of Vir- ginia, February 8, 18.30, and is a sou of William A. and Mary (Burger) Thompson. Three of his brothers were valiant soldiers. Thomas, who en- listed during the Mexican War, died of measles at Vera Cruz, Mexico; David and John fought for tlie Union during the late war. In 1832, our subject was brought by his parents to Indiana and spent his childhood days in Henry Count}'. In 1841 he accompanied the family to Madison County, where tor several years he re- sided in Fall Creek Township, removing thence to Anderson Township, adjoining the present site of the city of Anderson. They removed to Lafay- ette Township in 1853, and subsequently located in Richland Township, whei-e the mother died in 1863. The father survived her for a long time, passing away in Vigo County, Ind., in June, 1885. He had been a man of great prominence in this state, and was an influential Democrat. While a resident of Madison County he served as Commis- sioner and represented his district for one term in the state Legislature. An earnest Christian, he was a loyal adherent to tlie Baptist Church and a preacher in tiiat denomination. In addition to his ministerial labors, he engaged in agricultural pursuits. Of the children born to the parents of our sub- ject, five survive, Geoi-ge D., William A., James A., Mary E. and John. The only daughter is the wife of Harrison Peniston, and a resident of Vigo County, Ind. The subject of this notice was reared to manhood in this state during the early days of the history of this great commonwealth. He gained a limited education in the log cabins used for temples of learning, a few of which were then to be found scattered throughout the county, no better educational advantages having at that time been introduced. Agriculture was also con- ducted after a primitive fashion, and land was broken with a wooden mold-board plow. February 17, 1850, Mr. Thompson married Ann E. Kindle, who was born in Warren County, Ohio, November 14, 1833. Her parents, Wilford and Jeannette (Turpin) Kindle, were natives of Vir- ginia and New York, respectively. In her girlhood she accompanied her parents to Indiana and set- tled in the southern part of Anderson Township, Madison County, where her home for a time was a log cabin in the woods. Her parents subsequently removed to Lafayette Township, and remained there until death. Six of their children survive, namely: Mrs. Thompson, Phineas, John; INIary, who IS the wife of John P. Davis; William, and Nancy J., who married William Rank. Mr. and Mrs. Kindle were earnest members of the New Light Church and were highly esteemed in this county. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Thompson has resulted in the birth of five children, of whom the following survive: Maiy N., who is the wife of Sylvester Kirk; Adelia and John C. In the fall of 1853 Mr. Thompson located upon the farm where he has since made his home. For a time he lived in a log cabin, and later, when cir- cumstances permitted, he erected the substantial residence which he now occupies. As a citizen, he takes an intelligent interest in all the public issues of the day, and is a Democrat in politics. He has been chosen by the people of the township to represent them in numerous positions of honor, and has served for three terms as Trustee of La- fayette Township, and for two terms as Justice of ^kM^ PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RKCOHI). the Peace. In educational matters, be is well in- formed, and has contributed largely to advance the grade of scholarship in the schools of this dis- trict. In his youth he taught a district school for four terms, m.iking a success of that profession. The success whirh li.'is rewarded his efforts may he attributed t Cerald) are all deceased. The subject of this sketch was born in Butler County, Ohio, October 12, 1827, and resided with his parents until he attained manhood. His schooling was limiled lo about one year's attend- ance in the pioneer -'teiiiijles of learning," but being [lossesscd of a tenacious memory, he became well informed upon general topics of the times, and was especially conversant with history. At the age of about eighteen he wa- apprenticed to learn the trade of a blacksmith, which, however, he followed but a short time. He married Miss Martha .lane Spurgeon in 1851, and three years later moved to Livingston County, III,, where he located upon a farm consisting of one hundred and sixty acres. There he remained for live years. After the death of his wife, he came with his three children to Hamilton County .and bought a gristmill at Cicero, residing in that village for two years, and then, in 1 8(')2, locating npt)n the farm where his widow now resides. The three children born of J\Ir. Carson's first marriage are: Melissa, who was killed by the fall- ing of a tree; Viola, the wife of Frank R. Arm- strong, of Indi.-inapolis; and Kmiiy \'., who mar- ried Joseph Hackney, a resident of I ndianaiiolis. In March, ISfiO, Mr. Carson married Orrenda Willes, a native of St. Lawrence County, N. Y., who came to Indiana in 1856. She was gradu- ated from the Newberry Collegiate Institute with the Class of '55, and prior to her marriage fol- 1 lowed the profession of a teacher. Her parents 576 f'ORTRAIT AND BIOGKAPHICAL RECORD. were Wilder and Orrenda (Kimball) Willes, the former of whom died in 1882, and the latter on the 23d of October, 1893. Mr. and Mrs. Carson became the parents of eight children, namely: Delia, wife of James Allen, of Oklahoma; Edward W., deceased; 15en W., who lives in Oklahoma; Ralston and Jessie M., who live with their mother; Sam W., residing in Oklahoma; Fred C. and Grace, who are with their mother. In politics, Mr. Carson was a Democrat until 1856, after which he affiliated with the Republi- cans. He served as a Trustee in Cicero. In 1876 he was elected to the Legislature, and took an active part in the affairs of state at the time when the appropriation was made for the Capitol. He represented his constituents in an eminently satis- factory manner, and by his honorable and faitliful service reflected great credit upon himself. In his religious belief he was identified with tlie Methodist Episcopal Church. Socially he was a demitted Master Mason. JOHN R. BOSTON, one of the enterprising and prominent citizens of Madison County, residing on section 36, Fall Creek Township. ,^_^ was formerly engaged in the sawmill busi- ness. He lias been connected with many of the leading industries of the community, and the neighborhood in which he resides owes much of its prosperity to him. He was born in Baltimore, Md., October 4, 1821. and is a son of Jesse and Cris- sandra (Stewart) Boston. His father was born in Somerset County, Md., was a shoemaker by trade, and carried on business in Baltimore for some time. He was twice married, having three ciiil- dren by each union. In 1831 he went to Wheel- ing, W. Va., thence by boat to Cincinnati, Ohio, continuing his journey thence across the country to Pendleton, Ind., where he arrived on the 1st of May. Here he engaged in hotel keeping and in shoe-making and farming. He served his country during the War of 1812, and died in 1838. Mr. Boston wiiose name heads this record re- ceived such educational advantages as the common schools afforded, and at the age of fourteen, began carrying mail from Noblesville to Centerville, Ind., on horseback. After his father's death he became clerk in the store of James Gray, in Pendle- ton, where he remained for twelve years. He then spent a short time in farming, after which he was made one of the executors of the Gray estate. About 1852 he bought the store, but in 1855 sold out and removed to a farm of eighty acres which he had purchased in 1849. In the spring of 1857 he returned to the village and engaged in mercan- tile pursuits and in trading in stocks and lands, but in 1860 once more resumed farming. He ac- cumulated considerable land, owning at one time twelve hundred acres. About 1864 he purchased a farm about three and a-half miles east of Pendle- ton, and engaged in its cultivation until the spring of 1867, when he removed to Pendleton, and with others erected a brick block. There he engaged in merchandising until 1871, since which time he has resided upon his farm. For ten years he was engaged in the manufacture of tile and in the sawmill business, but is now doing nothing in those enterprises. Mr. Boston has been three times married. He wedded Margaret A., daughter of Benjamin Rdg- ers, and unto them were born six cliihhtMi: Will- iam S., a Methodist Elpiscopal minister; James G., a farmer; Benjamin AV., Charles E., Margaret, and one who died in infancy. The mother died in 1866. The lady who now bears the name of Mrs. Boston was in her maidenhood Fiances M. Law- rence. Mr. and Mrs. Boston and their family are highly respected citizens, and in social circles they hold an enviable position. He has given to his children liberal educations, Charles having gradu- ated from the law school at Ann Arbor, while three of the sons graduated from Asbury College. He has divided among them one thousand .acres of land, and his generosity has tiius enabled them to start out in life well etpiipped for its battles. Since the boom in this communitj', Mr. Boston has been speculating in Pendleton and Anderson real estate with good success. He has' been an industrious and hard-working man, and the architect of his own fortunes. His success in life has been achieved PORTRAIT AND BlOGRAPIIICiNX RECORD. through his own efforts, and the prosperity that lias come to hira is the just reward of liis labors. Mr. Boston is a member of the Methodist P^pisco- jial Church. In politics he is a Republican. JOHN E. CANADAY, M. D., deulcr in pianos and organs, and a prominent business man of Anderson, was born in Pipe Creek ^^_^ Township, Madison County, March 22, 1847. For particulars concerning his ancestry tlie reader is referred to the biographical sketch of Harrison Canaday, presented on another page of this volume. John E., the next to the youngest of eleven children, was reared on a farm in Pipe Creek Township, where he remained until attain- ing his majority. For two years he was a student in the Northwestern Christian University (now Butler University,) at Indianapolis, Ind., after which he taught two terras of school. From a child the highest ambition of our sub- ject was to become a physician, and as soon as practicable, he proceeded to work out the realiza- tion of his boyhood's dream. He studied medi- cine under the preceptorship of Dr. Hockett, of An- derson, and in 1871 entered the Physio-Medical College of Cincinnati, where he conducted his studies for one term. Thence he proceeded to Indianapolis and studied in the Physio-Medical College, graduating in 1873 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He located at Mechanicsburg, Henry County, this state, where for eighteen months he practiced his profession. After the death of his wife the Doctor located in Frankton, where he followed his profession for al)out eight years. During that time he became an advocate of liomeo|)athy, and has since contin- ued a follower of that school. He became well known in Frankton as a skillful physician, and in partnership with his brother, W. O., conducted the most extensive practice of any professional firm of that place. His attention, however, was taken from liis medical labors by tlu' demands of public life. In 1882 he was nominaU'd on the Demo- cratic ticket for the position of County Auditor. and was elected by a llattcnng majority, notwith- standing the fact that the party was divided. In November, 1883, he took the oath of oflice, and served with the highest credit to himself and to the satisfaction of his constituents. In l.S8(5 he was re-nominated for the posiiion liy a majority of over eight hundred, and was again successful in the election. He officiated .as County .\uditor from 1883 until 1891, his services being eminently satisfactory to all concerned. When he was elected the court house was in |)rocess of erection, and during his first year of oflice he moved into it. Upon retiring from ollice the Doctor had no de- sire to return to his profession, and chose the bus- iness of a music dealer, establishing the first music house in the city. This store is located at No. 15 North Meridian Street, and is 20x100 feet in di- mensions, containing a complete assortment of pianos, organs, sheet music, song books, and in- deed everything to be found iira first-class music house. He is agent for the A. B. Chase pianos and organs, the Story & Clarke organs, and others of equal quality. He has a number of representa- tives on the road, and does an extensive business in this section. The Doctor's residence is on the corner of Del- aware anti Eleventh Streets, and is one of the most ple.asant homes in the city. He was married in Frankton to Miss Amelia Quick, who w.as born in Henry County, and died in Mechanicsburg. this state. The union resulted in the liii-tli of two children, Ollie K. and Harry B., both of whom are at home with their father. His second marriage took place in Tipton County, and united him with Mrs. Alcie (Blount) I!oys. who by her former marriage has one daughter. VU>y. Mrs. Canaday is the daughter of Dr. Blount, a successful physi- cian of Tipton County, and a prominent minister of the Christian Church. She is an accomplished lady and a graduate of the .Voithwestern Chris- tian University. While a resident of Frankton, the Doctor served as City Treasurer for a number of years. He is a Democrat in his party alHIiations, and has fre- quently servedj.as a member <>l the Common Coun- cil, as well as in other positions of lru>t and honor, in all of. which, as above staled, his work PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. has been profitable to the town and county. A member of the Christian Ciiurch, lie has officiated as Deacon, and for a number of j'ears has been .Superintendent of the Sundaj'-school, first at Frankton and later at Andersun. ^m NTHONY SNYDER. Biographical sketches (©Y/j| | of upright, honorable and useful men not m ifc only perpetuate for posterity the events '^ of their lives, but also are most instruc- tive as incentives to otiiers. The pages of this volume are studded with examples of integrity and persistence, proving better than mere words could do what is within tlie power Oi' eacii one to accomplish for himself, even though he begins the battle of life liandicapped by poverty. Nor does the biography of Mr. Snyder present in this respect an example less to be emulated and ad- mired b3' his fellow-citizens. It is therefore with pleasure that we invite the reader's attention to the following outline of a life that has been spent in llie honorable discharge of public and personal obligations and duties. But little is known concerning the ancestors of Mr. Snyder. It is believed that his paternal grandparents were born in Germany; certain it is that the family originated in tliat country. Tlie father of our subject, Simon Snyder, was born in Lancaster County, Pa., in 1812. and passed his boyhood da\s upon a farm, meantime receiving tlie advantages of a common-school education. At the age of si-xteen he was apprenticed to learn the trade of a carpenter under the supervision of a brother of the lady he afterward married. At the expiration of three years he entered actively upon the occupation of a carpenter, which he fol- lowed for a time, but later gave his attention to farming. In Pennsylvania Mr. Snyder married Miss Eliz- abeth Klepfer, a native of the Keystone State. In 1834 they migrated to Indiana and located in Wayne Count}', where he followed his trade for a number of years. In 1842 he came to Hamilton County, thence to Marion Count*-, afterward set- tling upon forty acres in Fall Creek Township, Law- rence County. Later he removed to Marshall County, and now resides upon his farm of one hundred and twenty acres there. His first wife died in 1862, and he afterward married again, his second union resulting in the birtii of two chil- dren. Of his lii'st marriage ten cliildren were born, three of whom died in childliood. The oth- ers are: The sulijcctof tliis sketch: Saraii A., who married .1. Dick, and alter his death became the wife aurel, where he learned the trade of a cabinet-maker. His primary educa- tion w.as carried on in the schools of Laurel, and he afterward took a course in Nelson's Business College. His father had a general store, in addi- tion to the furniture and undertaking business, and our subject and his brother took cli.-irge of the undertaking estalilishment. At (Cambridge City, Wayne County, Ind., in 1884, Mr. Munclihof was united in marriage with Miss Tillie Frohnapfel, a native of (Jermany. After his marriage he located in Cambridge City, where for a time he conducted a furniture and undertaking establishment, in .March. 1S86. he came to Anderson and enibniUed in the furniture business on the northwest corner of the public square, and two ^'cars later he removed to the building he still occupies. In 1890 his brother Frank became a partner in tln' undeitaking lin-i- ness, of which he now has cutiic roiiti-ol. This is the largest concern of the kind in the city, and contains a complete equipment of everything in that line, including three elegant funeral cars. Our subject is a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, and is generous in his contributions to its support. In his political belief he aililiates with the Democrats. He and his wife are the parents of three children: Bertha, Helene and Theodore. The junior member of the firm is I'rank Muncli- hof. wlio was born in Spades, Ripley County, Ind., December 30, 18()4. He remained until early manhood with his father, meantime taking entire charge of the undertaking department at Laurel. In l.s.ST he came to Anderson, where he took 580 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. charge of his brother's undertaking rooms. In 1890 he purchased a one-half interest in the busi- ness, in whidi he takes an active interest and to the success of which he has largely contributed. In liis religious connections he is a communicant of the St. Mary's Catholic Church, and takes an active interest in its progress. Politically, he is a Democrat, and is an enthusisistic and faitliful sup- porter of party principles and candidates. (i^^)HOMA.S F. LEE, a prosperous general agri- (/^S^. culturist and most successful stock-raiser, ^V^hical and theological course, remaining in the institution for a period of four and one-half years. On the 8th of March, 1883, he was ordained to the priesthood of the Catholic Church, the ordi- nation being solemnized in Ft. Wayne by the late Bishop Dwenger. The first charge of the youthful priest was as Assistant Pastor of St. Mary's Church, in Lafayette, where he remained for six months. He then accepted the pastorate of St. Charles Church at Lebanon, Ind., where he resided for two years, meantime clearing the church of a heavy indebtedness. His next charge was at Grass Creek, Fulton Count3', Ind., where he remained for four and one-half years. His ser- vices there were iieculiarlv successful, and during his pastorate a new parsonage and an elegant edi- fice for worship were erected. On the 7th of May, 18i)l. F.illici Mulcahy was appointed to St. Mary's Chui-cli. nt Ainlcisdii. :iih1 here he has since resided. I'lic ((m^rcL;.'!! i.m \v:is organized about 1858, and in I.s7(l llicy crci-inl a brick church, which they occupied until lecciitly. It is now utilized for a parochial school, and luii- tains an average of one liundred and >cvcniy-li\ c to two hundred pupils. As >o(in as the old cl.nirh is remodeled, the nuinber of Icaclicrs will be in- creased and better accommodations alTorded. The new church when completed will be cathedral style, cruciform, with transepts sixty-six feet in length. The main body of llic buildin- is lilly feet, and the whole one hundred and twenly-li\(' feet long. The front will be of blue sandstone, and the remainder brick with sandstone. The work is designed and superintended by an archi- tect in Union City The edifice when completed will cost 135,000 and will be twice as large as any other church in the city, having a seating capacity of over eight hundred. At the time the priest came here there was a nieinbership of less than eight hundred, but at thi' presei;! time tlieie are over one thousand comuiunicanls. The i)arsonage, in the rear of the eliurch, is 72x144 feet in dimensions, and is coniniodious and conveniently arranged. The school at present has four school rooms and five teachers, one of the latter being a professor of music. The course of study is thorough and systematic, and includes a business and commercial, as well .as a literary course. When remodeled, the school will have six rooms, with eight teachers. The congregation is composed principally of Americans, who have a devoted appreciation of the .services of the Father, lie hiis formed the temperance society and the Ancient Order of Hibernians since locating in An- derson, and has aided in promoting the welfare of the Catholic Knights of America, which was organ- ized before his arrival in the city. While not aetivelj' interested in politics, he is a lo^-al sup- porter of Demcratic principles and candidates. Among the members of his church Father Mul- cahy occupies a position of great prominence. 'I'liroughoiit the community and by all. irrespecl- PORTEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ive of religious preferences, lie is held in liigh re- gard. His all-comprehending sympathy and tre- mendous force are as a shield and buckler to those in distress, and the great number whom he has helped onward, the rich and poor, the unbelieving and skeptical, the bafHed and despairing, the young and old, alike feel the power of his sympathy and advice, lie is a man of intense patriotism, who regards his citizenship as a trust. It may be said of him that he is a complete man, all his powers making up so noble and harmonious a whole that by the very law of his being he inspires and up- lifts men. RLANDO W. BROWN BACK, M. D., a prac- I ticing physician of Pendleton, was born in West Vincent, Chester County, Pa., March 23, 1846, and is a son of William and Frances M. (Burgoyne) Brownback. He traces his ancestry to Gerhard Brumback, who came from Germany in 1724 and settled in East Vincent, Pa., where he took up one thousand acres of land. He was one of the first of his nationality to settle in that locality. His death occurred In 1758. He had two sons, William and Henrj^, and five daugh- ters. Henry Brownback was born in Chester County, was a farmer and served as an officer in the War for Independence. He was burred in the churchyard laid out by his father. The family were all members of the Reformed Church. Col. John Brownback, grandfather of our sub- ject, was born in Chester County, was a Militia Colonel and served in the War of 1812. He, too, followed fnriiiingand lived and died inWest^'in- cent Towiishii). He wedded Margaret De Fraine, and they had ten children. All were married and had families. One of the number, William Brown- back, was b(jrn on the same farm as our subject, September 20, I80G. lie married Elizabeth Wilson, who was his lirsl wife, and unto them were born five children, of whom two are living, Mary M. and .Tames. After her death he married Miss Burgoyne, and they became the ))aients of four children, two of whom are still livinu;: Levi, who resides on the old homestead, and the Doctor. Mr. Brown- back was a Democrat until 1860, when he became an ardent Republican. He was prominent in church work and served both as Deacon and Elder. His death occurred July 29, 1889. Doctor Brown- back's mother was born in Baltimore County, Md. In the common schools our subject began his education, which was completed by a two years' attendance in Franklin and Marshall College, at Lancaster, Pa. In 1865, he began the study of medicine with Dr. Morris Fussell, and was gradu- ated from the Pennsylvania University, March 14, 1867, with the degree of M. D. Since that time he has taken a post-graduate course. In Septem- ber following his graduation he located in Pen- dleton, where he has since been engaged in the prosecution of his profession, enjoying a large and lucrative practice. On the 15th of September, 1869, the Doctor chose as a companion nnd helpmate on life's jour- ney Miss Kate K. liaird, who was born in Phila- delphia, and is a daughter of Alex and Mary A. (King) Baird. the former a native of Chester County, Pa., and the latter of the Quaker Cily. Her father is a piiiiter and is still living at the age of eighty-nine. Ilis wife passed away in No- vember, 1886, at the age of eighty years, leaving four daughters, all of whom are married. The family are members of the Universalist Church, and Mr. Baird is a Republican in politics. His father, John Baird, was of Scotch origin. Unto the Doctor and his wife were born tliiee children: Fannie; Baird, who died at the age of fifteen, and Kate. The two daughters have been given the benefits of good educational advantages. Fan- nie is a graduate of the Pendleton High School and has also attended two years at the Cincinnati Aft School. Kate is now a student in the high school. Dr. Brownback served as School Trustee, and in 1880 was elected Township Trustee and served four years. He is nn active and honored member of the Masonic fraternity, being now Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Ma- sons of the state of Indiana. He is also Past Il- lustrious Grand Master of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters. His wife is a member fH^U^fy (p/fTi- al hrelhren, and liis skill and ahllity as a physician liavc gained liim a good practice. He is a public-spirited and pro- gressive citizen, in whom the best interests of the coinnninity find a friend; and it is with pleasure that we present this record of his life to our \li^IIIl,lP P. WIIITKSKI.L, M, )j cessfully engaged in the practice of medi- cine in Clarksville, is a native of the Buck- eye State. He was born in Cincinnati, December 1, 182;!, and is a son of Philip and Sarah (Cubbage) Whitesell. His father was a steamboat captain lor many years, and built tlie first boat that ever landed at Cincinnati. He died in Vicksburg, Tenn. His wife was born in Ireland, an(l when two years old came to America with her parents, who located in Pittsburgh, Pa.; she died at the home of her daughter in Marion County. The family numbered nine children, and with the exception of one who died in infancy all grew to mature years, while four sons and a daughter are yet living. With the exception of our subject all are farmers. When the Doctor was a lad of eight summers, the family, on account of cholera, removed from Cincinnati to Brookville, and he entered a cotton factory, where he worked until l.sio. llu then ac- companied his parents to Indianapolis and lentcd a woolen mill, which he operated until IHK!. During that year he entered the oHice of Drs. Bul- lard and iMears, and later piu'sued a two-years course in the Central Medical College of Indian- apolis. In March, 1850, he came to his present home with %1 and a suit of clothes, and began jn-actice, which he has since continued. In DecemlHM-. lH,-)2. Dr. Whitesell wedded Miss Mary IC. Ileiny, who was born in Fiancaster County, Pa.. October 1. 183:i, and is a dauLrhtcr of llcnrv and Elizabeth (Wild) Ileiny, natives of Pennsyl- vania. The father was a taUor by trade. With his faiiily he went to Ohio, and thence came to Indiana in 1850, settling in this county. He was killed at the battle of Stone River, durinu" the late war. at the age of tifty-six. He had eidi.-t.Ml in tJK'siiring of 18(J2 as a meml)or of Company E, Thirty-ninth Indiana Infantry. His widow, who is still living, now receives a jjcnsion. Two of his sons were also in the service. I'nto the Doctor and his wife were liorn six children, but two died in infancy. .Sarah E., who was born in August, 1853, is the wife of (ieorge C. Ricliwine, sou of Abraham Richwine, and they have two children. Nellie A., who was born in November, 1S5(;. is the wife .if Charles Harris, a grocer, and they have two children. Philip Byron was born November 1, 181)0, and wedded Miss Mollie Vanwinkle Edith May was born April 11, 1870, and is at home with her par- ents. In Jlay, 18(il, the Doctor organized the (irst company from this county, Company E, of the Thirty-ninth Regiment. They went to Cam)) Morton, Indianapolis, and in August marched to the front. The Doctor was made Capt.ain and re- mained with his company until October, when he was detailed as Assistant Surgeon, and had charge of a hospital at Upton Station until December. He then rejoined his troops, and went to (ireen River, whence he was sent b.aek to N(.>blesville to recruit, and there he cstMblished barracks in .lanu- ary, 18G2. On the 1st of April, he joined his command at Pittsburg Landing and proceeded to Corinth. In .June, he resigned and returned home, anil on the Clli of S.>|)teniber following was ap- pointed Surgeon of the One Hundred and First Regiment. On account of his professional knowl- edge, he was often detailed for medical assistance on the battlefield. A noble and brave soldier, he was alw.ays found at his jiost and was loved and esteemed by his men. After the war, the Doctor spent one year in practice in Noblcsville, and also in the stock busi- ness, having two partners. Barr Butler and Dr. S. Lofton. In 1'8r,l, he went to Indiana|)olis. and with Dr. Van Buskirk opened a drug store. In 18(;7, he returned to Clarksville. where he has ;)86 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. since engaged in practice, making a specialty of surgery. At different times he has received ap- pointments as Medical Examiner. He is a charter inemher of the Hamilton County Medical Society, of which he has been President since its organiza- tion. He is also a member of the State Medical Society, the American Medical Association and the Mississippi Valley Association. He was a mem- l>er of the Pan-American Medical Congress, which met in Washington, D. C, September 5-8, 1893. The Doctor is prominent among his professional lirethren, and his skill and ability have won for him a large and lucrative practice. Socially, he is a member of Clarksville Lodge No. 118, F. & A. M., and belongs to the chapter at Noblesville. His first Presidential vote supported Henry Claj-, and he was a Whig until 1856, since which time he has been a stalwart Republican. He is a friend to all educational and moral interests and is Steward of the Methodist Church, of which he and his wife are faithful members. \p^ AVID WARRKN WOOD, attorney-at law, |l ])] with office and residence in Anderson, {i^f^ was born in Adams Township, Madison County, Ind., November 7, 1849. He is of English descent, his paternal grandfather, Joshua Wood, having been born in England, whence he accompanied his parents to America in an early day and settled with them in Pennsylvania. After engaging as a farmer there for some time, lie re- moved to Ohio, and settled among the pioneer ag- riculturists of Wood County. Later he removed to Wajne Count}', Ind., where he died at the age of seventy. During the War of 1812 he served in the American army. He married Miss Caldwell, a Scotch lady, and among tiieir children was .Joshua, father of our subject, who was born near Philadelphia, Pa. In the Buckeye State .Joshua Wood, .Jr., jiassed his j-outhful years and learned the trade of a blacksmitli, at the same time working on a farm. At the age of twenty-five, he removed to Centre- villc, Wayne County, liid., where lie married and worked" at his trade. About 1846, he came to Madison County, and located on a farm five miles south of Anderson. In 1854 he removed to War- ren County, and there operated extensively as a tiller of the soil. He enlisted in the fall of 1861 as a member of the Seventy-second Indiana In- fantry, from which he was discharged on account of disability. Returning to Warren Count}^ he disposed of liis property and returned to Madison County. In 1863 he became a member of the One Hundred and Thirtieth Indiana Infantry, enlisting for three years. He participated in all the engage- ments of his regiment until the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, where he was. wounded in the shoulder. He was taken to Chattanooga, where he died in July, 1864, and his mortal remains now lie buried in the National Cemetery at Chattanooga, Tenn. He was a devout Methodist, and a Class-leader in his church. The mother of our subject was Charity Way- mire, a native of North Carolina, who died in 1867. Her father, David Waymire, was also a na- tive of North Carolina, whither her grandfather, Rudolph, emigrated from Germany and founded the large family of Waymires, now scattered throughout the United States. Afterward David Waymire removed to Indiana, and spent the clos- ing years of his life in Wayne County. Our sub- ject is the second of four children, the others be- ing: Isaac, a mechanic residing in Anderson; Joshua, a contractor and builder of Elwood; and William, a farmer. Until the deatli of his mother, our subject re- mained at liome, after which he worked in the employ of others. Prior to his father's death iiis school advantages were few, but afterward he at- tended school at Frankton, Madison County, and also carried on his literary studies in Lebanon, Ohio, for three years. Thence returning to Madi- son County, he taught school at Perkinsville for three years. In 1876 he came to Anderson, and commenced the study of law under the preceptor- ship of C. D. Thompson, continuing thus engaged until June, 1878, when he was admitted to the Bar. He commenced the active practice of his profes- sion in Anderson, forming a partnership with Capt. W. K. Meyers, wiiich continued until the latter PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIUCAL RECORD gentleman was elected Secretary of State in 1882. In 1884 Mv. Wood was elected Prosecuting At- tdiney of the Twenty-fourtii Indiana Judicial Dis- trict, comprising the counties of llaniillon and Madison. He was nominated liy the Rciiulilicans and was tlie only man on their ticio't who was ilocled. After iiaving served with distinction and clliciency for two years, he resumed his practice in .\nderson. In 1889 he was appointed by Governor Ilovey as Prosecuting Attorney for the new .ludi- cial District, the Fiftietli, embracing Madison Coun- ty. Since the expiration of his term of office, he has given his attention to his legal i)ractice, and may usually be found in his oIKce at the corner of Kighth and Main Streets. While Mr. Wood was Prosecuting Attorney, he liad cliarge of tlie case, Indiana vs. Lutlier T. r.rown, for the murder of Eli Cummin.s. Mr. Wood managed tiiis case witli every evidence of the pro- found erudition and skill wiiich lie possesses, and tlie result was that Brown was convicted of murder ill tlie first degree, and in the fall of 1885 was sen- tenced to imprisonment for life, being the first man in the county on whom that sentence was pronounced. The trial lasted eight days, and was one of the most important ever held in the state, exciting the attention of the people througliout the entire nation. Mr. Wood has had charge of a large number of important civil and real-estate cases, and secured the largest civil judgment ever obtained for the county, viz., the recovery of *?45,000 from the defaulting County Treasurer Koss in September, 1886. While serving as Prose- cuting Attorney, he convicted more men than any other occupant of tiiat position lias ever done in tlie same length of lime. The lady who presides over the pleasant family residence at jSo. 78 AVest Ninth Street, and who became the wife of Mr. Wood in 1879, was former- ly Mrs. Augusta S. Harriman, and was born in Massachusetts. His father, Jose[)h R. Illsley, died ill Anderson, and here she was residing at the time of her marriage to Mr. Wood. Socially our sub- ject is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and has passed all the chairs. He is a member of the Encampment, the Grand Lodge and the 1\0\ al Arcanum. He was a charter mem- ))er of VanDevender Camp, Sons of Veterans, of which he was the first Captain, and has always been a most influential memlier, attending all its .assemblies and working arduously in its behalf. In 1891 he was the chief of staff uiuler ( leiienil Webb, with the rank of Colonel. In his reli-ious connections, he is an .active member of tlio Chris- tian Church. Asa Republican, Colonel Wood has alw.ays born a conspicuous part in the campaigns ill his county and state, being recognized as an in- lluential member of the party in Indiana. EANDEK M. SCll WINN, a prosperous and (?§) capable attorney of Anderson, was born in ^ Alexandria, Madison County, on Christmas Day, 1847. His father, .lacob Schwinn, who was born in Baden Kirchen, Province of Hesse-Darm- stadt, Germany, followed the trade of a tailor in his native land, whence at the age of twenty-two he emigrated to America and settled in Pennsyl- vania. Soon after he went to Kentucky, thence to Cincinnati, where he worked !it his trade, and finally he drifted to Madison County, Ind. Locating at Alexandria, he worked at his trade until 1854, when he became the owner of eighty acres of unimproved land near Alexandria, and there he located, afterward engaging in agricul- tural pursuits until his death in November, 1874. His death was accidental, he being thrown from a buggy attached to a runaw.ay horse and instantly killed. A proniinent man in public affairs, .lacob Schwinn was honored by his fellow-citizens. In 1852 he was nominated on the temperance ticket for the Legislature, but suffered defeat with the remainder of the ticket. After 1854 he affiliated with the Republican party, advocating its princi- ples with fidelity. In his religious belief he was a njember of the Methodist Epi.scopal Church. His wife, whom he married at Alexandriain 184.3. bore the maiden name of Emily F. Ellis and was born in Davie County, N. C, being the daughter of Hon. Evan Ellis, .an early settler of Madison County. He entered one hundred and sixty acres 588 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. of land immediately after locating here, and afterward entered other land in Monroe Township. As early as 1835 he was filling the position of Justice of tlie Peace. He served for two term§ in the State Legislature— 1845-46 and 1849-50. He was a prominent anti-slavery man, and was firm in his support of the Union cause. During the War of 181*2 he served with valor, although a mere lad at the time. His death occurred in August, 1860, wiien he was sixty-seven years of age. His daugli- ter, the mother of our subject, died in 1883. She was a good wife and mother, thoughtful and con- siderate in her association with others, and devoted to the Methodist Episcopal Church, of whicli she was a member. In the family of which our subject is a member, there were nine children, all of whom attained mature years, and eight are still living, he being the next to the oldest. The others are: Sophronia, Mrs. C. G. Forrest, of Barnard, Kan.; Margaret T., the wife of L. Robinson, of Alexandria; Dr. Evan E., who is a practicing physician of Kirkiin, Ind.; W. W., an attorney of Wellington, Kan.: C. AV., a druggist residing at Wellington, Kan.; Mary J., wlio also makes her home in Wellington, Kan.; G. M., who died in 1885 at the age of twentv-three; and Cora I., the wife of E. A. P. Haynes, of Indianapolis, Ind. The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm near Alexandria, and at the age of nineteen com- menced to teach school, following that profession in .lersey County, 111., in the winters of 18C9 and 1870, and spending his summers on the farm. In 1871 lie went to Sumner County, Kan., where he pre- empted a claim and remained for four years, mean- time teaching school. In 1875 lie returned to In- diana, where he taught in Madison County for one winter. During the summer of 1876 he followed the profession in Marshall County, Iowa, thence going to Hancock County, Ohio, where he taught during the winter of 1876-77. He then returned to Indiana and took charge of his mother's farm during the summer seasons, spending his winters in the schoolroom. His last experience as a teacher was in 1880, when he served as Principal of the Alexandria schools. While teaching school, Mr. Schwinn employed his leisure hours in reading law, and in the spring of 1880 entered tlie Northwestern Normal at Val- paraiso, Ind., and in the spring of 1881 was grad- uated from the law department. Locating in Alexandria, he formed a legal partnership witli E. M. McMahan, the firm being known as Schwinn & McMahan. In the spring of 1883 he located in Anderson, where he continued in part- nership with Mr. McMahan until issf!, when the latter gentleman retired and Mr. Kittiii!j;i'i- became a partner, the firm name being Kittinger & Schwinn. They conduct a large business in the courts, and have met with especial success in the conduct of criminal cases. Thej' are attorney's for the American Wire Nail Company', the Victor Window Glass Company, the North Anderson Window Glass Company, the Pennsylvania Win- dow Glass Company, the American Straw Board Compan}', the Anderson Electric Street Railwaj- Company, and other prominent firms of the county. In March, 1865, Mr. Schwinn enlisted in Com- pany I, One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Infantiy, and was mustered into the service at Indianapolis, Ind., proceeding from there to the Shenandoah Valley and returning to Indianapolis in Augustof the same year, at the close of the war. In politics Mr. Schwinn is a Republican. Socially, he is identified with the Knights of Pythias. His mar- riage was solemnized at Anderson in .Tune, 1889, and united him with Mrs. Etta C. Hunt, who was born in Union County, Ind. Mrs. Schwinn is the daughter of James M. Cockafair, formerly a resi- dent of Union County, afterward a manufacturer of furniture at Cambridge City, this state. He is now deceased. Mrs. Schwinn's father was a soldier in the late war from Indiana, being a captain of a battery. Mrs. Schwinn is a member of the Presbyterian Cliunh. ERRIN P. PAINTER, one of the most ) prominent of Alexandria's business men, was born in Monroe Township, Madison County, July 8, 1853, to George Wash- ington and Keziah (Marsh) Painter, who had a family of twelve children. The family was PORTRAIT AND BKJORAPHICAL RECORD. 589 founded by a German emigrant who settled tirst in Pennsylvania, and then removed to Virginia, wlicie the grandfather, Alexander Painter, was lidin. The father's birth occurred in that state July 23, 1811. The family never owned negroes, iK'ing always opposed to slavery. They were n;eniliers of the Methodist Church. About 18-2;"), till' grandfather removed with liis wife and chil- dren to Henry County, Ind., where his death oc- curred when almost one hundred years of age. G. W. Painter became one of the pioneers of Madison County, and suffered all the hardships of frontier life. In 1840 he purchased for .$4()() one hundred and sixty acres of land near Alexan- dria. At the time of his death, in 1885, he had become quite a wealthy man. His wife passed away in 1861. But little is known of her family, save that the parents removed to Illinois and there spent their last days. In the usual manner of farmer lads, Perrin Painter was reared to manhood, and the public schools afforded him his educational privileges. At the age of seventeen he began learning the carpenter's trade in Alexandria, and in 187:3 he attended the State Normal School, at Tiebanon, Ohio, after which he continued carpentering. In 1876 Mr. Painter purchased a third interest in a furniture factor}' in Alexandria, and also carried on a retail store, in which he was interested for four years. During two 3'ears of the time he also worked at carpentering and contracting. After retiring from the furniture business, his whole time was devoted to his work of contract- ing until 1892, when he abandoned it in order to live retired. He has erected man}' of the leading buildings of the city, including the Odd Fellows' P.loek, the Henry Heer Block and the Three II r.lock. He also built and owns the brick block on llnrrison .Street, in which his oftlce is located. Through close attention to business and judicious investments in real estate, he has acquired a hand- some competence. Some years ago he bought five acres of land adjoining the little village of Alex- andria, for which he [)aid #500. When the boom came he platted it and from its sale realized a handsome fortune. One corner comprising two lots sold for ^7,00". His beautiful home is built on this tract and is located on I'.roadway, one of the finest resident streets in the city. He also has other valuable property, a fine farm in Madison County, and three hundred and twenty acres of land in Kansas. Me was a stockholder in the gas company which sank the first well at this place, was one of the incorporators of the building and loan association and served as one of its oflicers. In politics, he is a Republican and for one year was a member of the City Council. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias and is a Knight Templar Mason. On the 30th of March. IMTil. Mr. Painter wed- ded Mary Keefer, daughter of (iideon and Rebecca Keefer. She died April 23, 1887, and on the 1st of .Tanuary, 1893, he was united in marriage with Miss Minnie Willey, of Farmland, Ind. They are both members of the Methodist Church, in which Mr. Painter is a Trustee, Steward and Recording Secretaiy. Although a comparatively young man, as the result of his own well directed efforts and business ability, he h.as become possessed of an ample fortune, and is highly esteemed by all who know him. EVI ROGERS, a substantial farmer and early y, settler of Madison County, residing on sec- tion 32, Fall Creek Township, claims Penn- sylvania as the state of his nativity, his birth oc- curring in Chester County, January 17, 1831. His grandfather was Jonathan Rogers, whose father came from Wales and founded the family in Amer- ica. The father of Levi also bore the name of Jonathan. He was born in the Keystone State, and was a miller by trade. On the 8th of May, 1834, in a one-horse wagon, he left his old home, and on the 4th of June reached Pendleton. He located on a forty-acre farm southeast of the vil- lage, and afterwards entered one hundred and sixty acres in Tipton County. His death occurred July 12, 1840, at the age of forty-eight. In politics, he was a Whig, and was a member of the .Society of Friends. He married Elizabeth Thomas, a na- tive of Pennsylvania, and a daughter of .Jonathan 590 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Thomas, a farmer, of English descent. They be- came the parents of seven children: Joseph N., wiio died in the year 1851; Charles, deceased; AVilliam, who died in Tipton County, leaving a wife and son; Levi; Jonathan T.; Henry, who enlisted in the Thirty-fourtli Indiana Infantr}-, and died at Chattanooga in the year 1864, leav- ing a wife and two children; and Benjamin F., who was also a member of the Thirty-fourth In- diana. He passed awaj' in 1878, leaving a widow and five children. After the death of her first husband, Mrs. Rogers became the wife of James Dawson, and tiiej' had two children, both now de- ceased. The mother died March 26, 1867, at the .age of sixty-one. In the primitive log schoolhouse, with its pun- cheon floor and greased paper windows, Levi Rogers acquired his education. At the age of eighteen he began working as a farm hand for $3 per month. The next year he worked at carpenter work at $5 per month, and in the following season received §9 per month. To tiiat trade he devoted his energies for fifteen years. In 1862 he purchased the old homestead, upon which he lived until February, 1883, when he sold out and bought his present farm, upon which he has made many good improvements. The marriage of Mr. Rogers and Emma A. Dob- son was celebrated November 18, 1862. She was born near Pendleton, March 1, 1834, and is a daughter of Adam and Mary (vSinger) Dobson. They have had three children: Fannie, wife of George Booram; Mary, wife of Edwin Lukens, of Anderson; and Edwin, who died at the age of sixteen. The father of Mrs. Rogers was a son of George Dobson, who came of English ancestry, and removed from Culpeper County, Va., to Har- rison County, W. Va., where he died. By his mar- riage with Mary Anderson he had six sons and a daughter. Adam Dobson was born in Culpeper County December 27, 1795, and in 1828 came by wagon to Indiana. He bought seventy-five acres of land west of Pendleton, and entered eighty acres east of the town. He now owns one hun- dred and seventy-four and a-half acres, all of which he has cleared and improved. In politics, he was first a AVhig, and then joined the Repub- lican party. In his business afi'airs he met with prosperity as a reward of his earnest labors. He was three times married, and b3' the first union had eight children, seven of whom grew to mature years. Two sons are yet living: Sumner, of Iowa; and Miflin, of Indiana. Tlie daughters are all now married. The mother was born in Virginia December 19, 1797, and died August 19,1864. For his second wife, Mr. Dodson married Mrs. Sarah (Rogers) Snider, and for his third wife Mrs. Mary (Wright) Cook. He has been a life-long member of the Methodist Church, and was one of tlie mem- bers in Pendleton. He is still living at a very ad- vanced age (ninety-eight), and is one of tlie hon- ored citizens of the community. Mr. Rogers votes with tlie Repulilican party and is a stalwart advocate of its priiiciiiles. His wife is a member of the Methodist I'.piscopal Cliurch. Since an early age he has made his own way in the world, and m.aj' truly be called a self-made man, for unaided he has worked his way upward to success. L^^HOMAS S. DEHORITY, the enterprising r(^^ and efficient City Treasurer of Elwood, A^^ Madison County, has long been known as a prosperous business man of his present lo- cality, and from his earliest youth identified with the progressive interests of Madison County, has material!}' aided in the promotion of local im- provements and mutual welfare. Possessed of sterling integrity of character, executive ability, and excellent judgment, our subject is especiallj- adapted to discharge the duties of his responsible position and liandle the public funds to the uni- versal satisfaction of his fellow-citizens. j\Ir. Dehority, a native of the state and county was born in Perkinsville March 7, 1858. He was the young- est of the three children of George L. and Anna A. (Warren) Dehority. His brothers, for long a time leading citizens of Elwood, were James M. and David C. Dehoritv. The father, George L. Dehori- ty, a man of earnest purpose and upright character, was a native of the state of Delaware, who, arriv- ing in the farther west in about 1850, made his PORTRAIT AND JJIOGRAIHICAL RFX'ORD. home in Perkinsville. He was a miller by occupa- tion and came to Indiana an energetic young man, but only survived liis settlement in tiie state eight years, passing away in 1858, at the earl}^ age of thiity-one years. His excellent wife, surviving liiin a score of years, entered into rest in 1878. Thomas S. lived in Pipe Creek Township from the time he was four years of age until he was twenty years old. Having received a good common education in the public scliools of the li(ime district, our subject wiien quite young began to read medicine. Before attaining his majority Mr. Dehority removed to Elwood, and later at- tended the Detroit Medical College, enjoying the iHMietit of two terms of instruction. He next went to Cincinnati and entered the Miami College of Medicine and Surgery, and graduating in tiie spring of 1883, received his diploma and imme- diately engaged in tiie practice of his profession, continuing in the same for two years in Frankton, Iml. Dr. Dehority then came to Elwood and en- tered successfully into the drug business, in which he remained until January 1, 1893, when he was obliged to give his entire attention to the cares of his office as City Treasurer. March 15, 1892, were married Thomas S. Dehor- ity and Miss Carrie H. Ferguson, they receiving the congratulations and best wishes of a host of friends. The estimable and accoinplislied wife of our subject is a native of Odin, III., and is the daugliter of William Ferguson, a native of Ohio, but an early settler of the farther west, and a man of fine attainments, universally respected by a wide acipiaintance. Always a stanch Republican and deeply inter- ested in both local and national issues, Mr. Dehority has been a worker and leader of the party and has gained a wide-spread popularity, as is evidenced bj' liis election to the office of CUtv Treasurer, which position he will continue to hold for the succeed- ing four j'ears. Fraternally, a member of Quiucy Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and also affiliating with (Juincy Lodge No. 200, 1. O. O. F., our subject en- joys the high regard of his brother Masons and Odd Fellows, with whom he is associated in good wOBEHT CRIDGE, a well known citizen IWr and prosperous general agriculturist and ii A\ stock-raiser, cultivating a fine farm located ^^in Anderson Township, Madison County, Ind., is a long time resident of the state,and, a man of enterprise, has been closely identified with the upward progress and growing interests of his present locality. Born in Somersetshire, England, .Tune 27, 18,50, our subject arrived in this country when only a little lad three years of age, and from his earliest childhood has been associated with the changing scenes of the west. His parents, Samuel and Sarah (Marks) Cridge, natives of England and descendants of long lines of English ancestry, were energetic and ainliitious and, desiring to better themselves, resolved to cross the broad Atlantic and try their fortunes in America. To- gether, the father with his f.'iiiiily in IS.'i.'i em- barked for the I'nited States, and reaching our shores in safety at once journeyed to the state of Indiana, locating in Fayette County, their per- manent home for many years. They later removed to Clinton County, and in IsC", Samuel Cridge, his wife and cliihlren settled upon a farm in M.adi- son County. 'I'lie father, upri;;hl and industrious, faithfully devoted himself to the eullivation of the fertile soil, and ever ready to niil in loi'al im- provements, and entering with interest into all matters of mutual welfare, was regarded with esteem by the community and deeply mourned when, after a life of busy usefulness, he entered into rest, November 19, 1890. The old homestead at first contained eighty acres, about twenty of which were cleared, the remainder being in its wild state. The fa''m now contains one hundred and sixty valuable acres highly cultivated and improved with execMeiit but very limited opportunities for study in his youth, as he early engaged in the arduous work of life. He gained the greater part of h's book knovi'ledge in the night school, and Iieing an ex- tensive reader, has constantly added to his store of learning, and is in fact mainly self educated. A man of clear judgment and broad intelligence, his habits of close observation have been a leading factor in his mental development and strength of mind. By a first marriage our subject became the father of four children, two of whom are now living: Mary E., the wife of Thomas C. Langiey; and Robert. The two deceased are Charles and Sarah E. On the nth of March, 187.J, Robert Cridge and Miss Annie Binns were united in marriage. Mrs. Cridge was the daughter of .lonathan anil Mary A. Binns, natives of England, Init old-time residents of Indiana. When the estimable wife of our subject was sixteen years of age her parents emigrated to America and settled in Anderson. The i)leasant home of Mr. and Jlrs. Cridge has been blessed by the birth of seven children: Mary E., Ada F., Samuel J., Mabel S., Annie B. "O^Li Q^^c-Z^^^njy^n^^u^ "^V_ PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 595 and Cleveland; one child is deceased. One sub- ject, flnancially iinispcrcd. nwns a (Icsiiaiily located quarter-secti f valualilc laud, all in a high state of cultivation and well improved with a fine lot of buildings. Mr. Cridge has only a few relatives in the United States, but a sister of his father, Mrs. lietscy Trask, is now an houori d resident of Clinton County, Ind. Kobert .Marks, an enterprising citizen living in Fayette County, is a brother of the mother. The various members of the family are noted for their thrift and in- dustry, and all occupy positions of useful iiilluence. Mr. and Mrs. Cridge are foremost in good works and benevolent enterprises, and worthily possess the high regard of all who know Iheiii. ^ ILTON TOMLINSON. For fifty-sis iV resident of W.aslunglon Township X years a Hamil- ton County, and a prominent citizen of his locality, Mr. Tomlinson has devoted him- self to the occupation of an agriculturist, in which he has attained well merited success. In the even- ing of his life he still resides upon the old home- stead, but, having retired from active business cares, is enjoying a well earned rest. His parents, Robert and Lydia (Kellum) Tomlinson, were both born in North Carolina. The paternal grandfa- ther, William Tomlinson. a native of Ireland, emigrated to this country in the lalter pari of the eighteenth century, and settled in (;uiir(ird Coun- ly, N. C, while the Indians were abiding there in large numbers. His wife, Martha (Kopick) Tom- linson, was captured by the Indians and rescued some time before her marriage. The grandfather, a saddler by trade, was a man of ability and enterprise, and was iinancially pro.s- pered. Four of his sons, Joseph, Robert, .losiah and Allen, survived to reach mature years. The grandmother was well educated and a consistent member of the Friends' Church, as was the grand- father. A close observer and a man of broad in- telligence, William Tomlinson took an active in- terest in the political affairs of his adopted coun- try, and was an ardent Whig. He lived far be- 29 prosper! t, Koljert Tomliu sou til about ried l.vd t wenty M Kelh ni. yond the allotted years of man, and survived to witness the clnse of the struggle for iudependene<^ and the sine loiindation of our present national led with hisiuotlier uu- of age. when he mar- I the union g cabin, but with persevering industry and enterprise winning their upward way the husband and wife were financially prospered, and in time erected an attractive and commodious dwelling, a happy home, in which Henry Leonard passed years of peace and comfort ere he finally departed this life, regretted by all who knew him. He was a man of judgment and sterling integrity of character, and his word w.asas good as his bond. A valued member of the Lutheran Church, he was a liberal giver in behalf of religious work. Po- litically a Democrat, he was interested in both local and national issues, and was intelligently posted on the questions of the day. As a friend, neighbor and citizen, he did his duty faithfully, and a lov- ing father and husband, cared tenderly for his wife and little ones. The union of our subject and her luisliand was blessed by the birth of twclvi^ children, and of the sons and daughters who once gathered about the family hearth, seven are yet surviving. Will- iam is married; John is married and has four liv- ing children; Henry W. is also married and has one child; George W. is married and has two chil- dren living; Amanda M. is the widow of William 598 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Cline, and has two children; Fred is married and has three children; and Emma J. married Samuel H. Hill, and has one child. Mr. Leonard, who earned every dollar he had in the world, left at his death a fine proijerty, the homestead of one hundred and ten acres all being under a high state of cultivation and improved with excellent and commodious buildings, evidencing the thrift and good management of the fertile acres. Since the death of her husband, Mrs. Leonard has superintended the work of the farm, and in her conduct of business has displayed ability of a high order, and is known throughout the town- ship as a superior manager. Fully competent to assume the burden of care, she has proven herself a practical agriculturist, her fields annually yield- ing an abundant harvest. As was her husband, she is a devout member of tlie Lutlieran Church, and has ever extended ready aid to the social and benevolent enterprises of that denomination. For over a half-century a constant resident of her present locality, our subject is universally honored by the community where the greater part of her useful career has been passed. ^^HEODORE H. WHETSEL. If to one class Hf^^ of people more than another the United *5^^ States owes a debt of gratitude, it is to the diligent, persevering farmers, on whom our pros- perity as a nation so largely depends. Among those who for a long time have followed agricul- tural pursuits in Hamilton County may be men- tioned the name of Mr. Whetsel, who now in the twilight of his useful existence lives somewhat re- tired from active business cares, although he still retains a general oversight of liis valuable prop- erty. Coming to Hamilton County in 1850, Mr. Whetsel has since made his home in Fall Creek Township. He is the owner of two farms, the one in Fall Creek Township comprising two hun- dred and forty acres, while the other, near Pendle- ton, consists of one hundred acres. Of tiie entire acreage, about two hundred have been placed un- der cultivation as a result of Mr. Whetsel's en- ergy and industry. In former 3'ears he engaged in stock-raising on an extensive scale, but since retiring from active life he has given little atten- tion to that branch of agriculture. He raises the various cereals, making a specialty of corn and wheat. In 1890 he erected upon the home farm a fine windmill, which is especially noticeable on account of tiiere being but one other in the town- ship. A native of Indiana, our subject was born in Union County December 3, 1822, and is the sixth among twelve children born to the union of Dan- iel and Jane (Davis) Whetsel. His father, a na- tive of New Jersey, removed to Pennsylvania in boyhood and there married Jane Davis, whose na- tive home was in the Kej-stone State. A few years later he brought his wife to Indiana, and set- tling in Union Countj' engaged in farming there until his death. Upon coming to this state he journeyed down the Ohio on a- flatboat from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati, which at that time was simplj' a settlement with three cabins. Daniel Whetsel died at the age of seventy-seven, and his wife passed away when seventy-five. The Whet- sel famil}^ originated in Germany. Grandfather Daniel Whetsel was a native of New Jersej' and died in Penns^-lvania at an advanced age. In early life Theodore H. Whetsel lived upon a farm in Union County. In 1850 he came to Ham- ilton County and settled in Fall Creek Township, where he has since resided. In 1849 he married Miss Alzina Lurch, a native of Cayuga County, N. Y., and a resident of the state of Ohio at the time of her marriage. She is a daughter of Alfred and Cynthia (Reed) Burch, who re- moved from New York to Ohio and resided in that state until their deaths. Mr. and Mr. Whetsel are the parents of seven living children, namely: Cynthia, wife of B. Smith, of Pendleton, this state; Cornelia J., who married John Sylvester, of Mad- ison County; Martha, Mrs. David Adams, of Mad- ison Count}-; Daniel, of Fall Creek Township; George M., a resident of Noblesville; Leander F., who resides on the home farm; and Alfred O., who is also assisting in operating the homestead. Three sons are deceased, one of whom died unnamed in PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 099 infancy. The others are Wilbur, who died at the age of twenty-eight; and Piersoii. wlio passed away in childhood. A Democrat politically, .Mr. Whctsel ha.s ahvay.s supported the principles of this party and advo- cated its platform. Socially, he is identified with the Improved Order of Red Men, being a member of Manitou Tribe No. 53, at Fortville. As one of the early settlers of Fall Creek Township and as an active, enterprising farmer of Hamilton County, he is justly respected and honored wherever known, lie and his family are highly esteemed in social curies :in:]. he celebrated his marriage with Miss Eliza- beth Taylor, who was born in Ohio, and died in Indiana in 18,')7, leaving two children, Riley and Mary. In 18.5H, Mr. IMorris wedded Miss Sarah Cruzan, who was born in Rush County, Ind., and died in 1,S73. They had tlire<' cliildren : Samuel, who is married and has one child; William A., a merchant of Strawtown; and Edward II., who is married and has one son. In 1874, Mr. Morris was a third time married, the lady of his choice being Susan Warnica, who was born in Strawtown, Hamilton County, and passed away in 1891, at the age of forty years. They also had three childi-en: Dora D., Rosa A. and Charles J. Mr. Morris manifested his loyalty to Uie (iov- ernnicnt during the late w;ii iiy donning the blue in .Inly, ISC,^, and joining Coni|iany I), (.)ne Hun- dred and First Indiana. After two years he was transferred to the Nineteenth Battery, with which he served until the close of the war, when he was honorably discharged In Louisville, June 21, 186;'). lie was wounded at Chickaraauga. A faithful soldier, always found at his post, he proved one of the valiant defenders of the Stars and Stripes that now float over a united nation. On returning home, Mr. Morris spent about two years on a farm two miles east of Cicero, and rented land until 1875. He then bought one hun- dred acres on vvhicli was a log house, but lived in Strawtown until 1880, when he removed to his farm. Its boundaries have been extended until it now comprises three hundred acres of valuable land, which has been made to bloom and blossom as the rose. In connection with general farm- ing, he also makes aspecialty of shipping stock. In politics he was a Republican until 1873, since which lime he has voted the Democratic ticket. lie IS numbered among the charter members of Cicero I'ostiNo. 2()7.(!. A. R. Although ,|uiet and unassuming in manner, he has nevertheless won the highest regard of all with whom he hfis come in contact, and no man in the community has more friends than .lames Morris. ■r^^'f- SAAC J. W. LEE. The subject of this bio- graphical notice is an honorable and progress- ive farmer and stock-dealer, and as such no name in the memorial department of this work is more worthy of mention. Mr. Lee was born in Davie County, N. C., June 7, 1H3II, a son of Ilillier and Elsie (Garner) Lee, also natives of the old North State. They came to Rush County, Ind., with their children in 1832, at which time their sole possessions were a team and wagon, together with the sum of tliii't\-scven cents in monev. After remaining in Rush Counl\- four years, they came to Madison County, but during their sta^- in the former county they had .saved enough money to enable them to purchase forty acres of land, which is now a part of the faiiii owned and occu- pied by the suliject of this skctcli. It was at that time covered by an unbroken forest, through which Mr. Lee had to cut a road by felling trees and clearing away the heavy, entangled under- growth to the place where he desired to erect his cabin. After several years of laborious toil, and after enduring many hardships and the privations incident to pioneer life, he succeeded in clearing his land and in developing a rich and productive farm. He was very .active in the affairs of his section in early days, and was one of the pioneers who laid the foundations for the m.agnificentcom- monwealth which Indiana is to-day. For many years he held the position of Supervisor and Assessor, and was a respected and influential citi- zen is honored alike by friend and foe, although the latter, if any, were few and far between. He 602 PORTEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. came of long-lived people and attained the advanced age of eighty-four years, dying January 9, 1892. His father, Hillier Lee, was an English- man by birth and a soldier of the Revolution. Isaac J. W. Lee was six ^ears old at the time of his parents' removal to Madison County, and, owing to llie newness of the country, the scarcity of schools and to the fact that his services were in demand in assisting in the clearing of the home farm, his early school days were limited. In fact, he was eleven years of age before there was any school established in his neigliborhood, and this was not con(|uet,ed in a very satisfactory or able manner. He was a sturdy lad from his birth and possessed a constitution capable of great endur- ance, and at the log rollings in the neighborhood took considerable youthful pride in testing his strength. On tliese occasions his services were al- ways in demand, and he well remembers at- tending twenty-five log rollings in one spring. He was the first white boy in this part of the county, and his fatlier w.as the first settler in that ueighborliood. He was the second eldest of his father's eleven children, four of whom still sur- vive. On June 2, 1856, he was united in marriage to Miss Nancy Bro3ies, a daughter of Anderson Broyles, a native Virginian, who was one of the early settlers of Madison County. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Lee seven childien were born: Arenna, deceased; William N., living in Monroe Township; Sarah Ann, wife of Curtis P. Dilts, of Monroe Townsuip; Salina V., now Mrs. Sylvester Jarvis, of Muncie, Ind.; Alviia Jane, deceased; Anderson B., who is a real-estate agent of Sumrnit- ville, Ind.; and Emma R., who is the wife of Will- iam Perry, of Alexandria. The mother of these children died in February, 1872. In August, 1872, Mr. Lee took for his second wife Mi,ss Ella Taylor, a daughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Lee) Taylor, Virginians by birth and early settlers of this state. Mr. Lee is a success- ful farmer, and is the possessor of three hundred and twenty acres of laud, wiiich is well improved with good buildings of allkinds. lie has a comfort- able and commodious home and is surrounded bj- all the comforls that go to make life enjoyable. He is a meinl)er of the Masonic fraternity, belons- _ to Alexandria Lodge No. 225, and is a Demo- crat in politics. He and his wife are active and nflueutial members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and ore highly respected in the locality n which they reside. EDMOND NEWBY, who carries on general farming on section 11, Clay Township. i i Hamilton County, where he owns one hun- dred and sixtj'-five acres of fine farming land, was born in Marion Count}', Ind., in 18.37, and comes of an old Virginia family. His grandfather, Ed- mond Newby, was born in the Old Dominion, and throughout life followed farming. In politics lie was a Whig and afterward a Republican. His children were, Hardin, Granville, Wilson, Mont- gomery, Luvisee, Sallie A., Alice, Mary, Amanda and Louisa. All grew to mature years, but only the last three are living. In 1822, the grandfather emigrated to Indiana, settling near Indianapolis. He afterward came to the northern part of this county and secured one hundred and twenty acres of Government land, to which he afterward added eighty acres, while in another county he owned a quarter-section. He placed his farm under a high state of cultivation, and made it his home until his death, in 1872, at the age of eighty-four. His wife passed away in 1862. Hardin Newby, father of our subject, began earning his own livelihood at the .age of nineteen, and the following year was joined in wedlock with Mary Whitinger, a daughter of Henry and Susanna (Ernest) Whitinger. They became the parents , of five children: Jacob, Edmond; Henry, who died in infancy; Luvisee A., who married James Passley, and after his death Daniel St. John; and Elizabeth, who died in childhood. The father of this family' was a member of the Masonic fra- ternity, and by his ballot supported the Republi- can party. After renting land for a few years, he went to Missouri, but about 1846 returned to Hamilton County, and purchased sixty acres of land in Clay Township. This he later traded for a farm in Marion County, fnd., of one hundred PORTRAIT AM) BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 603 jind seventy-five acres. He died in 1871, after which his wife made her home witli iier son Ed- iiKiiiil until hur death. Aiioust 2.S. I8".)3. at tlie age of sevciity-f.uir. Mr. Kewby of this slcetcli was educated in the old-time log sciioolliouse, wliere lie conned his les- sons throuoh tiie winter season, while in the sum- mer lie aided in the lal)ors of the field. At the age of twenty-one, he began farming for himself on land which he rented from his father. After eight years he received from his father's estate the eighty-acre farm on which he now resides, although its boundaries have been extended until it com- prises at this writing one hundred and sixty-five acres. It is under a high state of cultivation and he has placed many improvements upon it, so that he h.as now one of the finest farms of the neigh- borhood. In politics he is a Republican, but has never been an aspirant for otiicial iireferment. In 1861, Mr. Newby was united in marriage with Clarissa Wells, daughter of Edmond Wells. At a very earlj' age she was left an orphan and was reared by strangers. Mr. and Mrs. Newby now have three children. Ellen is the wife of Peter Cruse and has four children), Dovie, George, Farre and Chalmer; Melvin and Minnie are the other members of the family. The household is noted for its hospitality, and its members rank high in the social circles in which they move. $<,R. .1. W. PUGH. The older members of a community are doulily entitled to the respect and esteem of their neighbors when their long lives have been replete with acts of kindness, and their whole career marked by integrity and uprightness. .Such is the case with Dr. Joseph Pugh, father of our subject. A young practitioner, he came to Alexandria in 1846, and for nearly half a century has practiced his profession here. He always has applied him- self conscientiously to his profession, and is a man of studious though active habits, cultivated taste and pleasing address. He was born in Licking County, Ohio, .lanuarv 10. 1820, but immigrated to Indiana in the year 1816, settling in Alexandria, which was then but a little hamlet with a. few scattering houses and a store or two. He has been a prominent man in the county and quite a factor in local politics. For a number of years he served as Trustee of Monroe Township, and in IMdT he was elected County Treasurer. So ably and satis- factorily did he discharge the duties of this responsible position that he was re-elected in 186i> and served until 1871. He comes of good old Revolutionary stock; and his father, Evan Pugh, who was a native of Virginia, born in 1770, was a soldier in the War of 1812. The latter came to Ohio in 1800 and was one of the early settlers of Licking County. In 182(). when the father of our subject was a lad of six years, Evan Pugh came to Indiana and settled near Anderson, where he became a large and pros- perous fanner. There his death occurred in 1816. He was the son of Bethel Pugh, who was a native of Wales, and who came to this country at a period long antedating the Revolution. The latter fought brav.ely in defense of his adopted country, from first to last, in the Revolutionary War. Dr. Joseph Pugh's mother, whose maiden name was Sarah Cloud, was born in Pennsylvania in 17'J4 and was the second wife of Evan Pugh. Hut little is known of her ancestors. She was the mother of eight children, four sons and four daughters, of whom the Doctor was fourth in order of l)iith. Only the Doctor, his brother Robert and his sisters Anna and Merea are living. The mother of these children died in ISCO. Dr. I'ugh, Sr., has been a man of wonderful endurance; standing fully six feet high, he is of fine personal appearance, and is a notable figure on the streets to-da}'. It is true his ste]) h.as not the spring it had half a century ago, when he commenced practicing in Alexandria, for at this writing he has passed the .allotted age of man, three-score years and ten, but time h.as dealt leniently with him and he would hardly be taken for a man over sixty years of age. He has been twice married, first to Miss Mary M. Mc.M lister, who died leaving no children, and again m 18.J0, to Miss Maria Antoinette Swjtt, daughter of William T. Scott and sister of Daniel M. .Scott, of PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD, Alexandria. Nine children were born to the last union, lliree of wliom died in infancy. The eldest daughter, Minnie, is the wife of W. C. Lamb, an attorney of Indianapolis; Matilda is the wife of Dr. M. A. Bird, a dentist of Anderson; Juliette is single and at home; Dr. J. W., our subject, is the eldest of the three sons; Willard S. is a druggist in Indianapolis; and James M. is with Armstrong k Co., of Indianapolis. The original of this notice first saw the light of day in Alexandria, Ind., April 1.5, 1857, and was ten years of age when his father was elected County Treasurer. He then moved with his parents to Anderson to live, and his early educa- tion was received in the schools of that city, prin- cipally in the private academy of Joseph Franklin, who was a preacher in the Christian Church, and also under Capt. Myers, now Secretary of State for Indiana. At the age of seventeen, young Pugh began teaching school, and after following this for four years took up the study of medicine in the office of Drs. Chittenden & Jones, of Anderson. Following this he took a course of lectures at the Ohio Medical College and also at the Indiana Medical College, but graduated at the Kentucky Medical College at Louisville. He started out as a in-actitioner of the healing art at Marketville, in Madison County, and remained there one anda- half years, after which, in 1883, he came to Alex- andria, the place of his birth, where he has been in practice ever since. In 1889 he was also engaged in the drug business, and in 1892 he went to Bellevue Hospital New York, where he took a special course in diseases of women. He has made a special study of this and has already won quite a reputation in that line. _ In his practice he has been satisfactorily successful, and among his pro- fessional compeers is highly respected. In 1892, in company with his father-in-law, J. W. Parsons, and I). M. Scott, the Doctor bought a one-fourth interest in the tract of land on which this beautiful addition of Riverside is laid out. In tills transaction alone the Doctor has made a for- tune, and at this writing is building one of the finest residences in the town. This company also owns the gas well that supplies the town with light and fuel. Our subject is interested in all enter- prises for the advancement of the city, and is not only one of the leading business men, but one of the wealthiest citizens of this section. In May, 1885, he married Miss Flora B. Parsons, daughter of J. W. Parsons. She was left motherless when but a little child, and was taken and reared by her uncle, D. M. Scott. She received good educa- tional advantages, and being a natural artist, this taste was cultivated, and many of her paintings will class with those of the leading artists of the countr}'. She drew the plans for their beautiful new house, which is a source of pleasure to the owners and of pride to Alexandria, a city already rich in the possession of beautiful and commodious dwellings. Dr. Pugh is a member of the Knights of Pythias and was the original Chancellor-Com- mander. Like his father, he is a member of the Grand Lodge, and, like all his ancestors, is a Democrat, but is not active in politics. '•'•■^m^-r •^ OIIN P. FOUCH, a brave soldier of the late Civil War, and a leading citizeu and ^-.1 representative general farmer of Washing- >^^J ton Township, Hamilton County, Ind., is a native Kentuckian and was born in Fleming County, April 5, 1826. Our subject was the son of Daniel and Catherine (Wilson) Fouch, both natives of Kentucky. The ancestois of the Fouch family were French; the Wilsons being of Irish descent. The mother, who enjoyed but very lim- ited advantages for an education, was a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and was highly respected. She died in 1850, at the age of about fifty years, beloved by all who knew her and universally mourned. Of the seven children who brightened the home of the father and mother, one died in infancy. Those who survived to adult age were: Charlotte; John P., our subject; Monroe, deceased; Garland INL; William M., de- ceased; and Daniel. The paternal grandfather was a native of Ten- nessee, but with his good wife, was residing in Kentucky when the father, Daniel Fouch, was born. The father, like the mother, received only PORTRAIT AND BIOORAnilCAL RF.CORD. 605 very little schooling, but was early trained to a knovvledtre of farmiii Improved land. This property he later sdld. and pnicliased one liundred and sixty acres in Tipton County, where the family resided for a time. This homestead Daniel Fonch al>o disposed of. and in IS.VJ married a sec.,nd time, then wcddin- Kein'cca Smith, a widow. Unto the sec(jnd union were born live children, of whom our subject has no personal knowledge, as he never saw them. The father was a valued resolute man. wa~ esteemed for his native worlli. lie p.is-cd aw.ay at the advanced age of eighly- foui yeais, and left to his sons and daughters an unliloiiished record of Christian usefulness. .lohn \\ worked for his father until twenty-one years of age, then began life for himself, laboring by the day. He also cut wooons ;ni(l (Laughters was a scholar, an intelligent woman and a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. At thirty-nine years of age she entered into rest, esteemed by all who knew her, and de.'ply mourned by relatives and friends. Our subject remained a widower for about one \ear, then married Miss Mary A. Knight, daughter of Ezekiel and Ruth (Warren) Knight, both natives of North Carolina. Unto this second union were born two children, George K. and Charley A., deceased. The mother of these two sons, a well educated woman, and a devout member of the Methodist Epi-scopal Chuich, passed away in 1871, being at tlie time of her death only tliirly-three years of age. In I.S72, -lohn 1'. I'ouch was united in marriage with Mrs. .Mary A. Tr.-iverse, daughter of Arthur and Patient (.Scotlen) Clawson. The Clawsons were natives of Delaware and the Seottens were Marylanders. The third wife is a cultured lady, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and an evei- leady aid in benevolent enterprises. ■Mr. Fouch rented land for about four years in Marion Comity, and in |s.V.» bought one liundred .and sixty acres, but s after sold his personal proiierty and with his family removed to Moors- ville. Here he engaged in the grocery business for a year, then traded off his giocer}' and one hundred and sixty acres of Land in Tipton County for proi)erty and a livery in Alooisville. Our subject sold out again and re-inirchased the one hundred and sixty acres in Tipton County, and removed thitln hovvev( has brought up improved witl ith his f.amily in I8.')(;. He, ly tradecl Ins farm for the eighty-live wh.^re Uv now resides, ami which he J a high stale of cultivation and ixcellent buildings. This land, among the most fertile in the state, is worth fully *75 per acre, and annually yields an aluindanl harvest. In August, 18(;2, .lohn P. I-'ouch enlisted in Company K., Sixty-third Indiana liegiincnt. and went into camp in Indianapolis on Chiistmas Day, 1862. The regiment was forwarded to Shepardsville, Ky., and from there in 18(J3 went to Ft. Nelson. The principal duty of the regiment was to guard the railroad and jirevent the advance of Morgan. In the spring of I8G1, the Sixty-third was ordered to Knoxville, 'I'enn., and from there proceeded to Hull's (^aj), thence marching towai-d .lonesbiirgh and destroying twenty-live miles of railway. 'I'he regiment, returning to IJull's (iap, was the next morning loaded onto the cars and shipped to Red Clay, joining Sherman's army and actively participa- ting in the (ieorgia campaign, lighting all the way. After capturing Atlanl.a, the troops fell back to Decatur, Ga., and there Mr. Fouch was taken very ill. Subse(iuent to a raid made by General Hood our subject was left lying on the 606 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ground, but was afterward picked up and taken to the hospital at Atlanta. Mr. Fouch at the expiration of four or five weeks returned home on a furlough. He started back to rejoin his regiment in the fall of 1864, but, again taken ill at Louisville, was sent to the hospital, where he remained eleven months, finally receiving his discharge July 29, 1866. He draws a pension of $17 per month, his health having been permanently impaired. Our subject is a member of Fairfax Post, No. 240, G. A. R., at Westfield, Ind. He is also connected with the Knights of Honor, Lodge 91. He has long been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is politically a strong Republican, and, widely known as a loyal citizen and as a man of upright character, commands the regard of many friends. \1^ OBERT A. KIRKMAN, a farmer residing lU/ on section S, Fall Creek Township, was 1K% born in Guilford County, N. C, November ^p23, 1852, and is a son of Elisha and Bulah W. (Parker) Kirkman. The family is of Scotch origin. The grandfather, John Kirkman, was born in Guilford County, June 3, 1793, and was a farmer. He was married February 24, 1813, to Nancy McGee, and they had nine children: Alva E.; Andrew, who died in North Carolina; Elisha, John and Daniel M., of North Carolina; William W. and Esther A., both deceased; Mary J. and Virgil N., who have also passed away. The parents were faithful and consistent members of the Reformed Methodist Church. The father died No- vember 17, 1853, and his wife died November 12, 1846. Elisha Kirkman was born in Guilford County, February 9, 1820, and was a farmer and miner of North Carolina, where he worked in the gold mines. During the war he was a stanch supporter of the Union. In 1858 he removed to Missouri, where he purchased a farm, making his home thereon for three years. While in that state he served as Justice of the Peace. In the spring of 1873 he went to California, locating near San Francisco, where he had a four-acre farm. He now makes his home with our subject. His wife died September 18, 1890. She was the mother of eleven children, of whom six reached mature years: Jabez L., who served under General Price during the late war; Mary A.; Sarah E.,Mrs. Dalis McKinney, who died leaving two sons; Robert A.; Susan E., Mrs. James McKinne^y, who is living in Missouri; nnd William C, a resident of Berkley. Cal. In his youth Robert Kirkman acquired a good education. He accompanied liis parents on their various removals, and went witli them to Cali- fornia. At the age of twent3'-one he began earn- ing his own livelihood. He was connected with a local express between San Leandro and San Fran- cisco fftr seven years, being a partner the first two years. He purchased two hundred and forty acres of land in Tulare County, and for three years engaged in farming. He then carried on general merchandising, and was agent for the Wells-Fargo Express Company, the Western Union Telegraph Company, and for the South- ern Pacific while engaged in merchandising. At length he disposed of his business interests in the west, and on the 17th of October, 1892, came to Indiana. Mr. Kirkman was united in marriage, Novem- iier 24, 1878, with Mary F. Carter, a native of El Dorado Count}^, Cal., and a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Carlock) Carter, natives of Ken- tucky and Ohio, respectively. They were married in Missouri, and in 1852 went to California, where Mr. Carter worked in the mines. In 1861 he re- moved to San Joaquin County, where he has since engaged in farming. In politics, he is a Democrat, and has served as Justice of the Peace. Socially, lie is a Mason. The grandfather, Jacob Carlock, was born and reared in Ohio and is still living in the state of Washington. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Kirkman have been born six children: Walter A., Dora F., Lester W., Merritt Isham, Ella L. and Rita May. Both Mr. and Mrs. Kirkman are faithful mem- bers and active workers in the Methodist Episco- pal Church, and are highly esteemed for their PORTRAIT AND BlOGRAl'IlICAL RECORD. good works. On coming to Indiana, he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of valuable land and is now sucfi'ssfuUy engaged in general farming and stock-raising. He began life with a capital of only $40, but by patient industry and persistent effort he has gained a (■(inirdrtaMc competence. While in California he served as Postmaster. Socially, he is a member of the Odd Fellow.s' so- ciety. He was formerly a Republican in politics, but is now a I'roliiliitionist. ^ - ^=1 <.„jL->, r=' s I'.lizaheth Snieltz, a native of Pennsylvania. Tlicy becanie llie parents of six children, viz.: Mary, wife of P.enjaniiii Whisler, a resident of Iowa; -lacoli, of this sketch; John, who lives on the old lionieslead; Elizabeth, wife of .lacob Urxne, re:-idiiig on apart of the home farm; Fannie, deceased, formerly the wife of Levi Whisler, of Jackson Township; and Henr3-, who died in childhood. The subject of this notice resided witli liis parents until ISCG, meantime working on tlie home farm, lie then married Miss Rachel, dangliter of Daniel Whet- stone, and a native of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Stokes are the parents of four children, namely: Munford, a young in.ui of great promise, who was accidentally kille< 1 0,000 each. In his boyhood Daniel Whetstone enjoyed few educational advantages, butsuch was his determina- tion and force of character that some years after his marriage he attended school, and with the help of his children gained a good education. How- ever, his broad information was ac(iuired prin- cipally in the school of expeiience, by actual con- tact with business men. He was interested in both local and national political affairs and was a 608 POETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Democrat in his party atBiiations. In his religious connections he was a ' Dunkard and did much toward promoting the interests of his chosen denomination. In disposition kind and charitable, in character upright and honorable, possessing good habits and sound judgment, his friends were as many as his acquaintances. The Whetstone family is of German origin and was represented in the United States by Mrs. Stokes' grandfather, John Whetstone, who, after emigrating from the Fatherland, settled in Penn- sylvania and removed thence to Indiana. His wife bore the maiden name of Susan Raymer, and was also a native of Germany. The mother of jNIrs. Stokes, Mary (Martin) Whetstone, was born in Pennsylvania, being a daughter of William Martin. She came to Ripley County, Ind., in an early day, and now makes her home with her daughter Elizabeth, near Indianapolis. The marriage of Daniel Whetstone and Mary Martin took place about 1833, and resulted in the birth of eight children. Elizabeth, the widow of Elijah Morris, lives at Broad Ripple, Marion County, Ind.; limily, Mrs. Pleasant Morris, is a widow and resides in Huntington, this state; John is the third in order of birth; William is engaged in the shingle business in California; Rachel, wife of Jacob Stokes, is the fifth member of the family; Daniel, Mary and Cynthia (Mrs. D. Carothers) are deceased. ■^^#@- DR. C. B. MECKEl., a prosperous dentist, ) who is enjoying an extensive patronage in Anderson, is a native of the state, and was born in Henry County November 21, 1854. His father, Jacob Meckel, was a native of Germany and, born in the year 1810, was only eighteen years of age when he crossed the broad Atlantic, emi- grating to America, where he arrived safe and sound, and was soon after located in the city of Cincinnati, his home for the succeeding fourteen years. He was a shoe dealer, and engaged with success in tiiis business until his removal to Henry County, where he settled on a farm and entered with energy into agi'icultural pursuits. He spent the remainder of his life upon the old homestead and there passed many useful years in the cultiva- tion of the soil. Respected by all who knew liim, the father entered into rest in 1891, at the ad- vanced age of eighty-two 3-ears. The mother, Catherine (Eckhart) Meckel, was a native of Loraine, France, now under German do- minion. She arrived in this country when seven- teen years of age, and settling in Cincinnati, Ohio, there met and was married to Jacob Meckel. Seven children, five sons and two daughters, were born unto the parents. Dr. Meckel attended the common schools of his native county during his boyhood, and early laid the broad foundation for the more extended study of later 3'ears. He re- ceived a year's instruction in the Hartsville Uni- versity of Bartholomew County, and afterward took a two years' course in Spiceland Academy. An ambitious and self-reliant young man, he then engaged in teaching, and for seven years was known as one of the successful instructors of In- diana. Determined to acquire a profession, he finally decided to study dentistry, and to tliisertd he entered the Ohio Dental College in Cincinnati and graduated with honor March 5, 1886. Upon June 23, 1886, Dr. C. B. Meckel and Miss Sylva Compton, of Spiceland, were united in marriage. Mrs. Meckel is the daughter of Phares and Delitha (Bailey) Compton. The Comptons were originally from Ohio, the family long being respected residents of the Buckeye State. Three days subsequent to the marriage of our subject, he located in Anderson, and successfully engaging in the practice of dentistry has remained here since. His prospects for the future are excellent, and he and his estimable wife occupy a high social posi- tion and possess the confidence of many friends. Mrs. Meckel is a lady of culture, and for fifteen years was one of the valued instructors of the state, and taught four years in the city schools. Dr. Meckel is a popular member of the Anderson Club, and is also fraternally associated with the Knights of Pythias, having joined the order in Anderson in 1892. Numbered among the representative young pro- fessional men of Anderson, and esteemed for his PORTRMT AND BIOGRAPIUCAL RECORD. sterling qualities of mind and lieart, our subject is tliorouglily devoted to the demands of his busi- ness and takes no especiiill}' active part in politics, lie is, however, a strong Democrat and a firm be- liever m the principles of his party. A man of education and broad intelligence, lie is vvell posted ill the current affairs of the day. and is known as a pwl)lic-spirited citizen, ever ready to aid in all matters of mutual welfaie. •^1^1*^^ lUSI'.V. A resident of tlio loosier State during the greater i>or- of the [)reseiit century, and a con- itor to its highest material progress, Mr. Busby has become well known througliout Madison Countv, and is especially prominent and popular in the immediate locality of his home, in Stony Creek Townsliip. Notwithstanding delicate liealth, he is energetic and industrious, and sn|)er- intends the management of his valuable farm. The popularity he has gained was riclily won by liis good deeds and upright life, and is the only favor which is prized by the great and bestowed b\- the good. In reviewing the iiistory of our subject, we find that he is the son of Thomas Busby, and was born twent3'-five miles east of Charlestown, W. Va., being reared on a farm in that state. In his youth he assisted in clearing land and improv- ing a farm, having little leisure time for the prosecution of liis studies. At the age of about twelve he came to Indiana, and settled in Madison County in 1833, purchasing a tract of land, which lie cleared and improved. In 1847 he was united in marriage with Miss Catlierine, daughter of Henry Anderson, wlio was born in New Jersey and came from there to Indiana in 1835, locating in the miilst of tlie dense forests. With the pioneer Iiistory of Madison County, Mr. Busby was closely and prominently connected, being one of its foremost agriculturists in early days. The first cook stove ever in this county was purchased bv him in Cincinnati and brouijht hither in a wagon. During the early half of this century he frequently drove hogs to Cincinnati, receiving as his compensation thirty-seven and one-half cents per day, without dinner. His first home, ill Stony Creek Township, was a rude log structure, destitute of any conveniences save his cook stove. Tliere. surrounded by evidences of frontier life and remote from neighbors, he and his good wife reared their children, of whom there are eight: Elizabetli, who lives in Lapel; Sarah, Isabelle; AVilliam Monroe, who assists in the culti- vation of the home farm; John, Catherine; Jen- nie, the wife of George W. Mott; and Henry Fremont, a resident of Stony Creek Township. In everything pertaining to the welfare and best interests of the township and county, Mr. Busby takes an intelligent and active part, and while by no means a politician, he nevertheless adheres with fervor to the Republican party. Possessing broad information upon every subject of general interest, he is a pleasant conversation- alist and an entertaining companion, and his ad- vice is frequentl}' sought by his fellow-citizens. In his religious convictions lie is identified with the Methodist Episcopal Churcli. and so far as possible, gives his active sii[)poit to all worthy benevolent enterprises. C^ ^^LFREl) LEHMAN, who is widely and (^0| favorably- known in Hamilton County, II II resides on section 12, White River Town- 1^ ship. He is a worthy representative of an honored pioneer family, for he was born in this community April 2.5, 1811. His parents were among the first settlers of the county, and are still living near his home. The subject of this sketch was reared to man- hood in the usual manner of farmer lads, remain- ing under the parental roof until his marriage, at the age of twenty years. He then wedded Miss M.ary Eller, daughter of Andrew Kller. who. with his family, is also living near the home of .Mr. Lceman. Seven children graced the union of our 610 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. subject and liis wife, of whom five are still living: Louisa J.; AVilliam, who married Lillie Harvey, by whom he has one daughter; Sarah, wife of Herman Harvey; and Viola and Ollie, who are still at home. After his marriage, Mr. Leeman settled upon a forty-acre tract of land, and in his first residence lived until about eight years ago, when he erected his present commodious and comfortable dwell- ing. He now has a good farm of two hundred and twenty-three acres, which is under a high state of cultivation and well improved. The ])lace is neat and thrifty in appearance and indi- cates the supervision of a careful and painstaking owner. Everything about the place is well kept and the improvements of a model farm are there found. Mr. Leeman exercises his right of franchise in support of the Republican party, with which he has affiliated since casting his first Presidential vote for General Grant in 1868. He has never sought or desired office, preferring to devote his time and attention to his business interests. He and his wife attend the Christian Church, and are well known people of the community. Mr. Lee- man has always lived in this county, and that his warmest friends are those who have known him from boyhood is a fact which attests an honorable and well spent life. AFE .J. BIJIIK, a pioneer citizen of Ander- son, has for twenty-two years or more been closely identified with the growth of the city, and his name is inseparablj' connected with its material and moral progress. He is a native of this state, having been born in Henry County, December 15, 1845, the eldest of ten children born to the union of .Squire Chauncey H. and Jane (Williams) Burr. His father, who was born in Oneid.a County, N. Y., in March, 1806, came to Oliio in his earl >■ maniiood, and from there soon afterward removed to Jjiberty, Ind. Thence, in 1829, he went to Henry County, where he carried on agricultural pursuits, and also conducted a har- ness shop and a tannery. " Squire" Burr, as he was f familiarly called throughout Henry County, was very pronounced in his views and was an ardent advocate of Whig and Republican principles. He was an influential man in bis section, and served as Justice of the Peace for fifty years. In 1891, at the age of eighty-five, he departed this life, leaving to his posterity the memory of an honor- able life and the heritage of an untarnished name. The mother of our subject was born in Liberty, Ind., and is now deceased. Her father, Mr. Will- iams, was an Ohioan by birth, but passed the greater part of his active life in Indiana. The paternal grandfather of our subject, Bissell Burr, was a native of Oneida County, N. Y., whence he removed to Indiana and passed his declining years in Henry County. The biographer finds nothing of especial interest to record concerning the life of the subject of our sketch. His boyhood years were uneventfully- passed upon his father's farm, and early in life he gained a practical knowledge of farming pursuits, but never was so fascinated bj- the occupation as to desire to devote his life to agriculture. During the latter part of the Civil War Mr. Burr enlisted as a member of the One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Ohio Infantry, and marched from Cincinnati to the front, but did not become an active participant in any engagement. At the close of the war, he became a traveling salesman for a tobacco firm, and remained thus engaged for five years. Later he came to Anderson, where he has since made his home. His first business here was that of a hub and spoke manufacturer and as a dealer in lumber, and he still engages in the latter business, although not actively. About the 1st of January, 1892, he purchased the interest of Mr. Owens in the firm of Owens & Jackson, the lead- ing' insurance agents of Anderson, .tiuI to this work he devotes his attention principally. In the organization of the Madison County Na- tional Bank, Mr. Burr was a prominent factor, and retained his interest in that financial institution for a number of j'cars, but has recently disposed of it. He has been a Trustee of the Waterworks Board since the inception of that enterprise (about 1886) and has been repeatedly re-elected to the Presidency of the Board. His first ballot was cast > , ^/ PORTRAIT A^'I:) BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 613 for Republican candidates, and lie still maintains tlie principles of that partly with all the ardor he displayed in youth. In local affairs, however, he casts his vote for the man whom he deems best qiialitied for the position, ii ivs|),'i-tivi' of party af- filiations. Ill- is very prominent in both city ami county affairs and has held a number of local posi- tions of honor and trust. Socially, Mr. Burr is a member of Mt. Moriah Lodijc No. 77; Anderson Chapter No. .')2, and Anderson Commandery No. 32. He is also a member of the order of Knights of Honor. His marriage occurred on tlie 11th of January, 1870, and united him with Miss Laura .S. Sonnefield, of Indianapolis, the daughter of Henry and JLary (Anderson) Sonnefield. The former came to Mad- ison County in boyhood, and the latter was a resident of Cla}- County, Ind. Two children have been born to the union of Mr. and Mrs. Burr, Claude S. and Kenneth ^I. (i^^ILGHMAN H. HUNTER, a farmer residing /(^\ in Hamilton County, owns two hundred V_^' and forty acres on section 5, Jackson Town shii), where he has conducted general agricultural pursuits for man3- years. He also deals largely in buying and selling stock, having headquarters at Atlanta, Ind. From a record of his life may be gleaned many lessons worthy of the emulation of the young. At the age of fourteen he became self supporting, and from that time until the pres- ent has been industrious, persevering and enter- prising. As a tiller of the soil, he displays excel- lent judgment in the fertilization of the ground and rotation of crops, and as a stock-raiser his sound common sense is noticeable in the selection of good grades of cattle, horses and hogs with which his farm is stocked. The father of our subject. Matthew U. Hunter, was born in AVa.shington County, Ohio, in LSIH, and when a young man removed to Indiana, set- tling in .Marion County, and making his home there until his death in 18(i.'>. lieginning his ca- 30 rcer as a farmer with little money or land, he ac- cumulated valuable possessions, and at the time of his demise was well-to-do. Politically a DemoiMat, he served for one term as Commissioner of Marion County, and occupied other positions of import- business acquaintances, and the regard of [leojile in every walk of life. The Hunter family is of Irish origin, and its first representatives in the I'nited St.-it.es settled in Ohio. The grandfather of our subject, IJobert Hunter, died in Indianapolis during the '30s, I)eing a victim of that dread disease, cholera, then raging throughout the entire country. Our subjeefs mother, .Mary Ann Shaw, was born m Ohio, and there married in 1817. She (lied in 185."). Her lather, John Shaw, was also a native of Ohio, and traced his ancestry to Ireland. Matthew R. Hunter and Mary A., his wife, became the par- ents of four cbildi-en. of whom our subjeef is the only siu-vivor. The others were: Oscar, who died at the age of twelve; iMary A., who died when six months old; and an infant that died unnamed. The second marriage of JSIatthcw R. Hunter united him with Mrs. Mary Ann (Cottonhani) Ilen(lersuntry when he fell mortally wounded at the bat- tle of Hunker Hill. The paternal great-grandfath- er, Anthonv llaskett. Sr.. an Englishman l>v birth, emigiated to North Carolina in a very carl_\ day. In prosperous Colonial limes the paternal great- grandfather, crossing the broad Atlantic, settled on Sutton's Creek, Perquimans Countv. N. C, and laid out a large tract of lane' to which the (iovernment afterwards gave him a deed. Re- maining constantly in his adopted country until his death, he survived to reach four-score and four years, and a man respected for his ability and en- terprise, was a devout Christian, a mcnilitT of the Friends' Church, and in political alliliatjun was a pronounced Whig. The paternal grandfather, John llaskett, born u])on the old Perquimans County homestead, was a man of earnest pur|)ose owned an extensive plantation and gave to each of his children a tine farm. He w.as a large slave owner, but being a member of the Friends' Church he afterwards set them free. (liandfather llaskett was well educated for those da^'S, and an ambitious man, kept himself thoroughly posted in the momentous affairs of the times. He was politically a Whig and was deeply interested in national Lssues. Preserving his fac- ulties to a remarkable degree, he lived to be eighty-five years old. His good wife, the paternal graudmother, Elizabeth (Woodly) llaskett, also a native of Perquimans County, was a lady of cul- ture and broad intelligence. She was a valued member of the Friends' Church, esteemed by all who knew her, and surrounded by friends and rel- atives passed away at seventy-four years of age. The nine sons and daughters of John llaskett and his worthy wife were. William. .lessie, Thomas. Anthony (the father of our subject). -lohn, Ann, Elizabeth, Hannah and Pleasant. .\nthony be- came a popular man of Perquimans County, and finely educated, was noted as an ex|)ert mathema- tician. In early manhood the father was wedded to Mrs. Mary A. (St. Clair) Scott, a widow. The union was blessed by the birth of eiglit children, two of whom died in infancy. Those living are, John S., Martha A., .Alargaret, Daniel Y. (our sub- ject), Willi.am W.. Anthony. Klizabcth and Caro- line. The mother, an excellent scholar, was edu- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. cated in Baliimore. She was a practicing physi- cian and excelled in her profession. She be- longed to the Friends' Church, and after a career of domestic and professional usefulness, passed away at tiie advanced age of eighty-five years. The father, an extensive farmer, combined with agricultural pursuits the occupations of a plasterer and bricklayer. He owned a valuable farm of one hundred and twenty acres in North Carolina, upon which he died when onlj- fiftj^-two years of age. He was a Whig and was devoted to the interests of the party. Our subject, accompanied by his widowed moth- er, removed from North Carolina to Indiana in 1835 and then, about fwenty years of age, settled in Wayne County and worked as a carpenter for eighteen months. Upon the 8th of August, 1836, Mr. Haskett, in company with John W. Wilson, journeyed with a drove of horses toward North Carolina, and after some length of time safely reached his native state, where he then worked for his cousin on a farm. The following year, in Oc- tober, 1837, he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Godfrey, daughter of Tully and Ann (Bateman) Godfrey, natives of North Carolina. The Batemans and Godfreys are lineal descen- dants of Dr. Bateman and Dr. Godfrey of Eng- land. Unto this first marriage of our subject were born Malissa A., Thomas, Albert A., Caswell W., James A., Mary E. and Alice J. The first wife, an excellent and intelligent woman, was well educated in the common branch- es of study, and, a sincere Christian woman, was a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She died in 18.53, aged thirty-seven years. A second time wedding, Daniel Y. Haskett was uni- ted in marriage with Miss Hannah J. Lower, daughter of Dr. .lohn and Ann Lower, both na- tives of Indiana. Unto this second union were born three children: Juliet L., Martha F. and Henry W. The second wife was a fine penman and had enjoyed the benefit of instruction in the high .school at Cincinnati. She was a valued member of the Presbyterian Church and passed away at about the age of thirty-eight years. A third time entering into matrimonial bonds, Mr. Haskett niarrird Jlrs. Hannah Bray, a widow, and the daughter of William and Ann (Dixon) Day. natives of North Carolina. Three children blessed the third union: Eva M., Orlando D. and Osweld T. The third wife had a superior education and was a very prominent lady in church work and the social life of the neigh- borhood. She was a member of the Friends' Church, and, beloved by all who knew her, enter- ed into rest in 1892, about fifty-nine years of age. Our subject remained'in North Carolina about six years subsequent to his first marriage, and in 1842 returned to Wayne County with his wife and two children. In 1848 he bought his first farm of eighty acres in Tipton County, Ind., the land be- ing situated in the dense woods. He paid St400 for his purchase, and was known as one of the pioneer settlers of Tipton County. He was also one of the first Free Soilers locating in that count}'. He voted for the first Presidential candidate upon a Free Soil ticket, James G. Burney. Mr. Haskett lived on the line of the under- ground railroad, and was always ready to help the fugitive black slave fleeing from bondage to the land of liberty. The nights were never too dark, or his fund of money too low to assist the unfortunates on their way to freedom. After buying and selling a number of farms in Tipton and Hamilton Counties, Mr. Haskett finally, in 1858, purchased a small farm of sixty-eight acres in Hamilton County, Ind., and resided three years on his new homestead. At the expiration of this length of time he again sold out and moved to Deining, Ind., and there built a grist and saw mill. He also bought one hundred and twenty acres in Washington Township and later sold this last farm and bought town property in Deming. Our subject ran his mill during the war and then sold out, losing $2,800 on the mill property. Mr. Haskett next invested in a drug store, which he ran successfully for three years, then traded the same for one hundred and sixtj'-six acres of land in Lyons County, Kan. In 1866 he, witii his third wife, located on a small farm south of Dem- ing, this property belonging to Mrs. Haskett. Our subject and his worthy wife remained there twenty-two years and received a handsome in- come from the [iruductive place. Finally they PORTRAIT AKD BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. settled in Westfield, Ind., and bought the property upon which Mr. Ilaskett now resides. At one time in his life worth a huu-c .■uiiomil fif property, lie has yet an alnindanl (■(Miipotcnfe, and now sevcnty- eiglit years ohi, will ncvi'r want for comforts or luxuries. A valued mernl)Pr of the Friends' Chureh, Mr. Ilaskett is likewise fraternally associated witli the Ancient Free A Accepted Masons, and is also con- nected with the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows. He is politically a Republi(^au, and cast his first vote for William II. Harrison, and his last one for I5enjaniin Harrison. Our subject was repre- sented in the Federal army during the Civil War liy two sons, who l)orc themselves gallantly upon the field of battle. Albert Ilaskett, the eldest son of our subject, was County Treasnier of Hamilton County, Ind.. from 1880 to 1891, and transacted llie duties of his r('s|ionsible oflice in a manner which gave great satisfaction to the general pub- lic. Thoughout his long career of usefulness Mr. Ilaskett has, as a friend, neighbor and citizen, been distinguished by the faithful observance of duty, and fully commands the esteein of a wide circle of old-time friends and acquaintances. With thir- teen children as direct descendants, thirty living grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren, our subject may hope to be worthily- represented in Indiana for many future generations. Mr. Has- kett's daughter, Mrs. Eva Perry, is his [jresent housekeeDcr. ►^^i^lH.^S|^|S--^. n <|p>^OAH Kl'I'ARI), a well known pioneer of Madison County, is the owner of a finely improved farm lying in the northeastern part of Richland Township, which with its splen- did improvements and substantial buildings is numbered among the finest estates of the county. .Since he came to his present farm, about the year 1816, he has witnessed the gradual development of the county, and has aided in the material prog- ress of his community. He is the owner of one hundred and ten acres, and through good manage- ment in his business affairs has .accumulated a com- petency. A native of Virginia, our subject was born in Page County on the 23d of .hily. 182;!, an.l is a son of Philip and Margaret Kppar(l,both of whom are supposed to have been born in the state of Virginia. At the age of eleven years he accom- panied his'parents to Ohio, and for .several years resided in Champaign Count\, removing thence to Madison County, Ind., when about fifteen years years old. With his parents, lie .settled in Rich- land Township, on the eastern part of the farm new owned by Dr. Saunders, being early settlers in that locality, where the father and mother passed their closing years. The early years of our subject were s|ieut in Ohio, as above stated, and he grew to manhood amid scenes of pioneer life In Madison County. In that e.arly day wolves, deer and other wild animals abounded, and evidences of pioneer life were on every hand. Mr. Fp()ard engaged fre- quently in rail s|)litting and log rolling, and also aided in raising cabins for other pioneers. For a time he attended school, which was held in a log cabin near his father's home, and although his opportunities for obtaining knowledge were the most meagre, yet he has become well informed. On the 2(tlh of .lune, 1812, Mr. Eppard was united in marriage with Miss liebecca A. Moon, who was born in Clinton County, Ohio, Novem- ber .'50, 1827. She is the daughter of Kenjamin Moon, a native of Ohio, who was orphaned by his father's death when he was only three months old. A short lime afterward he was brought by his mother to Indiana, and settled with her in Richland Township, Madison County. His mother, whose maiden name was Sallie Hudson, died in Kokomo, this state. Mr. and Mrs. Eppard had eleven children, seven of whom are living, as fol- lows: Margaret, the wife of William Relerford: Samuel; Mary, who married John A. Fuller; Ma- rion; .John W.; Clarissa, the wife of La Fayette Millspaugh; and Alonzo. Those deceased are Eliza- beth, Sarah Jane, Eliza and Amanda. Having resided in Madison County for a period of three-score years, Mr. F>ppard has witnessed its growth from a struggling sparsely settled coinmu- 620 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. nity to one of the most prosperous portions of the state. In his political opinions he is identified with the Democratic party, and believes its prin- ciples are best adapted to the success and devel- opment of his locality. He has, however, not been an otfice-seeker, but has preferred the quiet of domestic life to the excitement of public af- fairs. His integrity and unquestioned probity liave won for him the confidence of his fellow- citizens, and he has a high place in the regard of the people. More than half a century has passed since he and his wife united their destinies, and their marriage has been one of mutual happiness and helpfulness. In his wife he has found a true helpmate, one who has divided his sorrows and doubled his joys, and who is now the comfort of his declining years. ^^BSAI.OM HICIIWINE, a prominent gen- ^ 0/Lil eral agriculturist, lesiding upon section j/nii 30, Lafayette Township, Madison County, ;®? Ind., is one of the leading stock-raisers of the state, handling with success high-bred and registered stock, horses, cattle and hogs. Upon the Richwine farm may be found the celebrated "American Boy" roadsters, widely known and noted for their speed and fine action. Our sub- ject is also interested in the English Shire horses. The cattle raised by him are mainly of the red .Short-horn variety, and the hogs are pedigreed Poland-Chinas. Mr. Richwine is a native of the state and was born in Wayne County, July 16, 1848. He is the son of Gideon and Elizabeth (Rader) Richwine, both natives of the south and born in Virginia. The father, reared and edu- cated in the Old Dominion, grew up to an intelli- gent and enterprising manhood, and immediately after reaching his majority emigrated to Wayne County, Ind., where, locating in 1830, he partici- pated in the struggles and diflficulties experienced by the pioneer settlers of the state. At the expi- ration of a score of years he removed with his family to Madison County, in 18,50 mnking his home in a little log cabin in the woods of Jackson Township, where he industriously entered into the clearing and cultivation of his wild land. For twentj-three changing years the father and mother continued their residence upon the old homestead, but in 1873 removed to Frankton, since their per- manent abiding place. The father, born in 1809, and the mother Janu- ary' 14, 1812, have been for over three-score 3ears intelligent observers of the wondrous changes and rapid advanceriient of Indiana, and have actively participated in the promotion of the vital inter- ests of their locality. Of the family of sons and daughters, who once gathered in a merry group about the family fireside, four now survive: Noah, Allen, Absalom, and Mary E., wife of Erastus Stef- fey. United in the bonds of matrimony over a half- century ago, the venerable parents are the oldest living pioneers of Madison County, and are pos- sessed of a valuable fund of reminiscences of fron- tier days. Faithful companions, energetic and enterprising, they have both aided in the educa- tional advancement of their locality, and as valued members of the Methodist Protestant Church have been foremost in good works. The father is a Trustee of the church and one of its most valued officers. Our subject, a life-long farmer, received his early training in agricultural pursuits upon the Jackson County farm of his father. In boyhood he attended the little subscription school of the township, and later enjoyed the advantage of instruction in Frankton. Arrived at mature age. ambitious and self-reliant, he began to make his way in life, and soon after took unto himself a wife. Upon May 4, 1873, were united in marriage Ab- salom Richwine and Miss Maiy C. Hartman. The latter was born in Wayne County, August 1, 1846, and is a daughter of John audLucinda (Clevinger) Hartman. The father, a native of Pennsylvania, and a man of abilit3' and sterling integrit3', is de- ceased. The mother, born in Indiana, died at sev- enty-three years of age, in Richland Township. Mrs. Richwine came to Madison County with her parents when seven years old, and there the be- loved father passed away, the family not long af- ter removing to Richland Townshij). Of the cliil- POKTRAir AND BIOGRAl'lIICAL RIXOUD. fi21 dien boni unto Mr. and Mrs. Il.-irtman, five now survive: Jolin D., Mnry C. (Mrs. Rioiivvine) Sii- siiii .1. (wife of Isaac Peniston), .lacob M. and diaries F. Mrs. Ilartnian was a valued niemlicr of the Metlio(iist Episcopal C'liurcli, and is one of tlie representative pioneer women of Maili- son County. The home of our sul)ject and liis estimable wife has been blessed by the birth of six children, three of whom have passed away. The three surviving are: Ceorge W., Dora X. and Kttie N., all of whom have received excellent educational advantages, worthily fitting them for a future of usefulness. Remaining with his family on the old farm of his father in .lackson Townshi|i from the date of his mar- riage until the year IH'.M), our subject then later removed to his present valuable home- stead of one hundred and sixty-eight acres, fine- ly cultivated and well improved with modern and attractive buildings. A11hoUL;li a prosperous general agr-icultiirist, raising a vaiicty of produce, Mr. Riclnvine now devotes the most of his per- sonal attention to the fine stock for which the faim is famous. Our subject is politically a Dem- ocrat, and a film believer in the principles of the party of tlu^ people. He and his excellent wife are valued members of the Methodist Protestant Church, and Mr. Richwine is the efficient Secre- tary of the (Juarterly Conference in the Elwood Circuit. Occupying high positions in lioth church and social relations, Mr. and Mrs. Richwine pos- sess the esteem of all who know them, .•ind are numbered among the substantial and prosperous residents of Madison County. IhttM OSES MARTS, of Arcadia, is numbered among the venerable residents of ILimilton Count}', toward the progress of which he has so greatly contributed. lioru in Piqua, Ohio, in 1812, he is a son of Peter Marts, a native of Lancaster County, Pa., whose birth oc- curred in 1789. From the Keystone State he re- moved at the age of twenty to Piqua, Ohio, and thence to Indiana in 1816, where he bousihl a tract of land in what was known as the twelve-mile I strip. Later he located on a farm ccjnsisting of one hundred and sixty acres, three miles from Cambridge City, where he built a log cabin and lived the busy life of a typical frontiersman. In 1858 he retired from active business and settled in Arcadia, where his death occurred. In addi- tion to farming he was extensively engaged in milling, and built the first gristmill in the then j territory of Jnfliana. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and a Whig in his political belief. In re- I ligious connections he was identified with the Lu- theran Church. The paternal grandf.-ithcr of our subject was Nicholas Marts, a native of Lancaster County. Pa.. born about 1762. 15y occu|iation lie was acabinet- niaker. A man of rather eccentric habits, he man- ufactured his coflin several years before his death. At the time of his demise he weighed over four hundred pounds. The INIarts family is of Ger- man descent, and was first represented in America about 1700. The mother of our subject, Christina Myers, was born in Penn.sylvania in 1790, and re- moved with her parents to Ohio, where her father died, her mother (lassing ;iway at a later date in Indiana. The parents of our subject were married about 1808, and thcfoUowingchildren were born to them: Henry married Barbara Gaylor, and they died, leaving two children: Edwanl and Sarah. Charles j married Betsey McGill, and at their death they left j six children, Peter, Catherine, Lydia .1., Andrew, I John and Christiana. Moses and Isaac were twins. Sarah married Andrew Doyle, and they with their seven children now reside in Wisconsin. Miuy was the wife of Jacob Reams, whom she bore five children: Elizabeth, William II., Letta E., John Wesley and Lydia J.; she is now deceased. Cathe- rine is the widow of Wesley Swafford; she lias five childien: .Mary. Peny, llaniet, Christiana and Martha Ann. Samuel, deceased, married Mary J. Horry, and they were the i)arents of live children: Emma and Lenville (deceased), Lewis, Edward and Anna. Eliza, deceased, was the wife of Eli McKonky, and the mother of nine children: Peter, John, Reuben, Jlary .1.. Angelina. Prudie. Rose Ann, Emma V,. and Cynthia. Jacob married Re- 622 POETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. becca Ann Price, and they died, leaving thi-ee cliildren: George, Sarah Ann and Jennie. Barbara became the wile of Edward Rogerson, and both are now deceased. They were tlie parents of five children: Eddie, Delvina, Eliza, Frank and Jennie. At the age of four years our subject accom- panied his parents to Wayne County, Ind., where he grew to manhood, and where, in 1835, he mar- ried Tabitha McCormick. Afterward he worked on his father's farm for three years, after which he came to Hamilton Count}' and settled where Ar- cadia now stands. He cleared about one hundred acres of land, which he still owns. He built the first saw and grist mill in the county, and this he continued to operate for about twelve years. In 1860, many years before the village of Arcadia was platted, became to his present home. In the early days of their housekeeping, our subject's wife manufactured the fabric for cloth- ing, while he tilled the soil witii the rude imple- ments of pioneer days. The Indians still occupied the reserve a few miles north, while wolves and other wild animals roved through the forest. Mr. Marts was compelled to cut a road through to the land upon which he settled, and experienced all the hardships of life on the frontier. He built the first log liut erected in Hamilton County, and while it was being constructed Mrs. Marts pro- vided for her eight-weeks old baby under tempo- rary shelter and b}' a burning log heap. Having experienced the inconveniences of the bad roads of Indiana, Mr. Marts was one of the most enthusiastic advocates of gravel roads, which have been the greatest means of development to central Indiana. Toward this enterprise he con- tributed *400 in addition to the taxes he has paid for the same purpose. All projects for public benefit have been heartily encouraged b}' him, both by word and works. Few of the citi- zens of the county have been so closely identified with its progress as he, and there is no one who occupies a higher place in the esteem of his ac- quaintances. At the present tune he owns one hundred and sixty acres, of which six acres are lo- cated in the village of Arcadia. All his posses- sions, both of money and land, have been accum- ulated through his own exertions, excepting $1,000 received from his father. In politics, he is a Republican. He and his wife are members of the Christian Church. It is worthy of note that our subject and his twin brother married twin sisters. Taliitha ]\Ic- Cormick was born in Fayette County, Ind., in 1816, and was there married. Her parents, John and Bethia (Case) McCormick, were natives re- spectively of Fayette County, Ind., and Butler County, Ky. In 1820 they removed to Marion County, accompanied by eleven men who assisted them in erecting a cabin. This being done the men returned, leaving Mr. and Mrs. McCormick alone in the forest with the Indians for their sole companions. They there cleared a farm and kept an hotel, boarding the men that platted the city of Indianapolis. After two years they removed about five miles up the White River, where Mr. McCormick died. His widow then returned to Connersville, and the children were taken by rel- atives. Mr. and Mrs. McCormick are the parents of the following children, the two eldest of whom, John and Conrelius, are deceased. Catherine married Henry Ilackley, of Kokomo. Eliza Ann is the wife ofStillman Montgomery, of Tipton; they had five children: Rosa, Minnie, Nola, EtHe and Bertha. Nicholas married Emma Walker; they have three children: Charles, Minnie ;iu(l M:uy; he is proprie- tor of the Tipton CaimiuL: I .iriMiy. Emma is the wife of Samuel Dickovcr, [ii(i[iriitor of an hotel in Missouri; they have six children: Clark, Elmer, Minnie, Daisy, Grace and Frank. Peter and Chris- tiana, deceased, were twins. Peter married Mag- gie Gray, of Wayne County; they have two chil- dren, Golda and Bertha; he is the present Treas- urer of Hamilton Country. Arminda is the wife of Cyrus Harbaugh, a practicing physician of La- fayette; they have three children: Jewel, Merl and Nina. Moses C. and Isaac C. are twins. Moses married Clara Phyllis; they have four children: Ray, Edith, Mildred and Harry. Moses C. is a fanner and also follows the profession of a teaciier. Isaac C. married Alice AVright, deceased, bj' whom he became the father of one child, Neva; by his second marriage he has one child, Karl. Mr. and Mrs. Marts have thirty grandchildren and fifteen PORTRAIT AXI) BlU(iR.VPIlK'AL KECORD 62;^ great-giaiulcliildren. They arc an honored and worthy Couple, and are highly esteemed wherever known. AMKS II. HILL, who is engaged in general farming on section 27, White River Town- has the honor of being a native of Hamilton County, for he was here born on 1th of .January, 1840. He is a representa- ive of .f tl anner of V aided i rtliy pioneer families, and n the old homestead in the usual mci- lads. During the summer months ihe labors of the field, and in Mie winter season attended the subscription and the public schools, w'here he acquired a good educa- tion. Thus his boyhood and youth were pa.ssed. At the age of twenty-three, Mr. Hill was united ill marriage with Miss Ann I'.. Suinni-r, a native of Wayne County, Ind., and one of eight chil- dren, whose parents were Klliott and Eliza (Al- bertson) Sumner. From VV^aync County they came to this county, and here spent their last days, the fatiier dying at the age of eighty, while the mother was called to her final rest at the age of sixty-eight. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hill were born two daughters: Letta .L, who is married to John Carraway and has one son; and Eliza E., at home. The mother died October 20, 1878, and in 1885 JMr. Hill was again married, his second union being with Miss Zeruah Tomlinson. a native of this county. A daughter graces this marriage. .Sar.ah A., at home. Our subject began life for himself upon a part of the old homestead, which Ik- rented, ami then purchased a portion of that farm. He now owns two hundred acres of good land, which is under a high state of cultivation and well improved. Xo accessory of a model farm is lacking, and the well tilled fields yield a golden tribute in return for the care bestowed upon them. In his busi- ness dealings our subject has been (juite success- ful, and his prosperity is well merited. Mr. Hill cast his first Presidential vote at the lime of the second election of Abraham Lincoln, and has since sui)i)orted the men and measures of the Republican party. He is a local minister of the Dunkard Church, and h.as been very prom- inent in church work. His family all attend that church, and he does everything in his power to l)romote its growth and upbuilding and aid in its development. He is also recognized as a lead- ing citizen of the c unity, .and the best inler- ■*)E0R<;E .M. VIN.SON. a prominent agricul- (II {=«^ turist and highly respected pioneer settler \l of the state of Indiana, is a native of Delaware, and was born August 4, 1830. His father, .Joshua Vinson, likewi,se born in Delaware, where the paternal grandparents settled in an early day, was reared and educated in his birth- |)lace, there marrying and continuing to reside for a time, but when his son (^eorge w.as about one year old he decided to try his fortunes in the farther west. Emigrating from Delaware to the state of Indiana in 1831, the f.ather and mother with their family slowly journeyed to Fayette Count}', where they settled upon wild land, which .Joshua Vinson industriously cultivated for nine years, then re- moved to Madison County, which part of the state he continued to make his home until the time of his death, in 1881. For over a half-cen- tury a continuous resident of Madison County, he was intimately associated with the upward growth and wonderful development of the state, and made a wide and intimate acquaintance, by whom he was honored for his qualities .as a man and citizen. The Vinsons, of English descent, were early numbered among the self-reliant and ener- getic residents of the east, where they won their upward wa}- to positions of useful influence. The mother of our subject, Mary (Smith) Vin- son, born, educated and married in Delaware, was the daughter of an old Delaware family. George M. was the seventh of the ten children who l)lessed the union of the parents. With the ex- ception of our subject, one brother and sister, the .sons and daughters who once gathered about the lireside so many years ago are now all deceased. 624 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. George attended the primitive schools of Fayette Count}' until he was ten years of age, about which period of time the father and mother removed with their family to Madison Count}'. Our sub- ject assisted in the clearing, cultivating and im- provement of the homestead until he arrived at the age of eighteen, when, having served a faith- ful apprenticeship in farming duties, he self re- liantly began life for himself. Working out month after month for six years, Mr. Vinson, with unremitting toil and prudent thrift, acquired a modest capital, which he invested in lands, an(J locating upon the wild acres, gave his entire time and attention to the tilling of the fertile soil. Since 1854 a constant resident of the well known Mnson farm, our subject has been prospered, and for nearly two-score years has dwell among old- time friends and neighbors esteemed by all his fellow-citizens. In the month of September, 1854, were united in marriage George M. Vinson and Miss Nanc.y J. Dobson, daughter of well known residents of Indiana. IMr. and Mis. Vinson have welcomed to their pleasant home four children. Joshua C, the eldest born, married Miss Rebecca Webster, and is a progressive general agriculturist of Madison County; Edgar B. married Ethel Thomas and resides in Frankton, Ind.; Olive A. is the wife of George Webster and lives in Madison County; Charles C. makes his home with his father. Mrs. Vinson is a valued member of the German Baptist (Dunkard) Church, and is active in good work. Mr. Vinson is politically a Republican, and with- out aspiring to hold public office is well posted on local and national affairs. .loshua C. Vinson is a leading citizen of his home locality, taking an active part in the prominent interests and im- provements of his township, and being widely known as a man of ability and business enter- jjrise. lie and his estimable wife are the parents of five children. The eldest of the intelligent sons and daughters is Efiie May; then follow in the order of their birth, Bertha J., Robert Dale, George E., and Carrie, ail of whom, at home with their parents, will enjoy excellent educational ad- vantages and be given every opportunity to worthily fit themselves to occup}' with honor any | position of trust to which in the future they may be called. JAMES W. ELLER, a prominent citizen of Hamilton County, and one of the well known farmers of Delaware Township, was born in this township and county January 26, 1841. He traces his ancestr}' to Germany, where his paternal great-grandfather, Leonard EUer, was born on the 20th of March, 1754. Emigrating to the United States, he settled in North Carolina, and from there removed to Ohio, settling near Dayton. In 1823 he came to In- diana and made his home in Hamilton County until his death, which occurred in the year 1840. Joseph, the sou of Leonard and Elizabeth Eller, was born in North Carolina October 25, 1788, and in his youth made his homo upon his father's farm, where he gained a thorough knowledge of agri- culture. He married Rachel Eller, whose birth oc- curred February 19, 1791, and after their union they commenced in life with little or none of this world's goods. In 1822 he came to Hamilton County and entered a tract of Government land, upon which he built a small cabin. He brought his family here in 1823, and at once began opera- tions as a farmer and stock-raiser. An energetic, industrious man, he never went in debt for any purchase, waiting until he had sufficient ready money with which to secure the article or property desired. He accumulated about twelve hundred acres, upon which he conducted stock-raising and general farming with great success. The grandparents of our subject reared a famil}' of twelve children, of whom we note the following: Matilda is the wife of David Allison; Rachel, de- ceased, was formerly the wife of David AVilkinson; Elizabeth, who married Francis Beck, resides in Indianapolis; Salinda, deceased, was the wife of F. Farley; Absalom, father of our subject, is de- ceased; Harvey is also deceased ; Henry is a resi- dent of the Indian Territory; George lives in Noblesville, this state; Jacob resides in the Indian Territory; William died when a young man, as PORTRAIT AxND 1J1')GRAPIIICAL RECORD. 02.5 did the youngest son, Joseph. Politically Grand- father Eller was a Whig. lie was a man of quiet, reseived disposition, and was invariably honorable and upright in iiis business transactions. His (h'utli occurred about IH.Vl; liis wife had pas.scd away several years before his (h-niise. Near Ua.yton, Ohio, the father of our subject, Absalom Eller, was born on tiie 3d of April, 181.'). He was reared on a farm and received a practical education in the common schools. He remained witli his parents until he was twenty-three, and then married Elizabeth, daughtei- of William 1). and Pluebe (Iddings) Rooker, and a native of In- diana. A farmer by occupation, he succeeded in clearing eighty acres received from his father, and also improved forty acres in addition, becoming (in |)artnersbip with W. W. Rooker) the owner of two bundled acres. As a stock-raiser and general fanner, he was successful and became prosperous. A Whig in early life, Absalom Eller adopted the principles of the Republican party upon its organization. In his religious convictions he was a Methodist. His death occurred in 1871; his wife survived him for a short time, passing awa^' in 1881. They were tlie parents of eight children, as follows: .Joseph, a resident of Noblesvillc; James, of this sketch; Fernando C; Marion, who died in 1892; Elizabeth, who is the wife of Asa Williamson; Phicbe, who is deceased; .lohn, a resi- dent of Delaware Townshii), this county; and Alonzo, who lives in Missouri. I n his father's home our subject grew to a sturdy manhood, remaining there until he was twenty- two, when he commenced to work on a farm. In 18(;o he was seized with a severe attack of hay fever, from which he was ill for six months, suffer- ing excruciating pain. Upon his recovery he resumed farming operations, having received eight}' acres of partly Improved land from his father. He also devoted considerable attention to stock-raising, and for six years engaged in buying and shipping stock. He has lost considerable property as the result of signing security notes, and is now the owner of tifty-seven aci-es. The marriage of Mr. Eller occurred in 18(!7 and united him with Miss Martha, daughter of Ebenezer and Rachel Applegate. She was born in Ohio in 1846, and at the age of one year was brought by her parents to Delaware Townshi)), Hamilton County, where she has since resided. .She is the mother of four children, namely: Frank, who married Grace IJlack; Maud; Hervey and Chauncey M. Mr. Eller united with the Methodist Fpiscoi)al Church at the age of sixteen and has been identi- fied with that denomination ever since. Politically he is a Republican. . ALPH i;. CLARK, the poi ing jc 'V^ elerand prominent business man of Ander- /.A.v\V son, has spent his entire life in this city, \i^ having been born here on the 21th of May, 1866. lie is the son of Halph N. Clark, a native of Virginia, who came to Indiana in his boyhood and settled in Pendleton, removing thence to Anderson in his early manhood. For a time he followed the occupation of a house and sign painter, but afterward devoted his attention exclusively to the duties of the office of Inter- nal Revenue Collector at Anderson. Retiring from Government service, Mr. Clark, Sr., embarked in the mercantile business, and continued thus engaged for a number of years. A man of strict integrity, his reliable dealings and genial courtesj- won for him the confidence and es- teem of all with whom business or social relations brought him in contact. Upon disposing of his dry-goods establishment, h.e entered into the men's furnishing business, which he conducted until the time of his demise. When he pa.ssed away, in .hine, 1873, his death was mourned .as a [uiblic loss. His widow, who survives him, was Mary A., daughter of the late Hon. Andrew .lackson, for- merly a prominent citizen of Anderson. The third in a family of five children, the sub- ject of this notice was reared to manhood in the home of his birth, receiving a good education in the schools of Anderson. After completing the studies of the common schools, he entered the high school and spent three years there. Upon starting out in his business career, he entered the employ of George Woerner, a dealer in men's 626 POKTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. furnishing goods, and remained in that position for one year. He then entered tlie Rose Poly- technic Institute, at Terre Haute, Ind., adopting the trade of a watchmaker, and studying in that scliool for one term. Returning to Anderson, Mr. Clark became an employe of William Rotli, a jeweler of this citj', with whom he remained for three years, gaining a thorough knowledge of the trade. At the expi- ration of that time, he was enabled to invest his earnings in a practical manner, establishing him- self in the jewelry business at that place. Being a young man of enterprise and pluck, he has gained a foremost position among the successful business men of the city, and his store receives a large share of the patronage of the people. In his fraternal relations, Mr. Clark is identified with Anderson Lodge, No. 106, K. of P., being a member of the Uniformed Rank, Anderson Divi- sion, No. .57. He also belongs to Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 77, F. & A. M.; Anderson Chapter No. 52, and Anderson Commander^' No. 32. He is one of the Knights of the Maccabees, belonging to Tent No. 39. A gifted musician, he has made a special study of the violin, and at the present time i.s Director of the Anderson Philharmonic Club. He was married October 13, 1889, to Miss Olive Burnett, an accomplished young lady, who was born in (ireencastle, Ind., and for several \'ears prior to her marriage resided in Anderson. She is a daughter of W. G. Burnett, a resident of Oreencastle. For several years prior to her mar- riage she followed the profession of a music teacher, and is especially talented in that art. They are the parents of one child, George L., a bright boy, born September 6, 1892. ^^j SA WILLIAMSON was born in 1842 upon ^1 \ \ ^'^® ^^rm where he now lives in Delaware II Is Township, Hamilton County. The fam- 1^/ ily of which he is a member originated in France, and, so far as is known, his grandfather, Joseph Williamson, was a native of New Jerse}'. Little, however, is known of his history except that he was reared to manhood in that state and there spent the greater part of his active life. He became a pioneer of the Scioto Valley, in Ohio, where he accumulated large and valuable landed posssesions. Among the nine children born to the marriage of Grandfather Williamson was James, whose birth occurred in Ohio about 1804. In the early part of the j-ear 1820 he journeyed on horseback to Indiana and entered eighty acres in Hamilton Countj', remaining here for a few years. About 1829 he returned to Ohio, and there married Miss Christena Shaffer, with whom he returned to his Indiana home, making the trip in a one-horse wagon and bringing with him all his earthly ef- fects. After reaching this place, he and his wife lived in the wagon until their log cabin was fin- ished. That primitive structure was soon replaced by a house constructed of hewed logs, and this in turn was superseded by a commodious brick resi- dence. During the early j^ears of Mr. Williamson's resi- dence here his time was devoted principally to clearing the farm of its dense timber growth, and as a result of his exertions he succeeded in plac- ing the larger portion of his eighty-acre trjict under excellent cultivation. His landed possessions ag- gregated three hundred and eight}' acres, upon whiuh he conducted general farming pursuits until 1852, when he was accidentally killed by the fall- ing of a tree which he was chopping. In politics he was a stanch Republican. He and his wife were members of the Methodist E[)iscopal Church, she having been identified with that denomination from girlhood. Her death occurred in February, 1893, at the age of eighty-six. Concerning the members of the parental family we note the following: Peter is proprietor of a ranch in Texas; Enoch conducts farming pursuits in Glasgow, Kan.; Rosanna is the widow of Mar- tin Phelps; Barbara married J. J. Sharp, of Illi- nois; Wesley died December 1, 1882; Asa, of this sketch, is the next in order of birth; Frank re- sides upon the old homestead; John lives in the Lidian Territory; and Margaret married R.Power. Asa, who was a child of ten j'ears when his father ' died, continued to reside with his mother for PORTRAir AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 027 ni.'uiy years afterward, engaging pursuits on the old homestead. At the age of nineteen, iu June, ianison entered tiie Union army Company A, Seventieth Iiuliana Ii Harrison commanding. With li .Mr. Will- MOuil)er or i', (Tcneral 'imenl lie p.'uticipated in a number of engagements, includ- ini; Russellville and Nashville, and, although at tilt' front in every battle, fortunately escaped without Iieing wounded or taken prisoner. On the I2tli (if .lune, 180."), he was mustered out at Indian- apolis, and was (tresent at the (Irand Review in Washington, after which he returned home. Ill 1870, Mr. Williamson married Mis.s Lucinda I'fotonliauer, and some time after her death he was again married, choosing as his \vife Miss Han- nah Klizabeth, daughter of Alosalom and Eliza- beth (Rooker) Eller, natives respectively of Ohio and Wayne County, Ind., and early pioneers pf Ilamiltiiii Countv, where Mrs. Williamson was iMirii. ( liir subject and his wife weie married in 18S2, and are the parents of three children: Mary A., .1. Fred and .Jean nettle. When the estate was divided, otir subject received twenty-two acres, and to this he has added until he is now the owner of iwd iiundred and seventeen acres, the greater part of which is under cultivation. For several years he has rented his farm to tenants, and re- ceives a good income from the place. In their religious connections, Mr. and Mrs. Williamson are identified with the Methodist Epis- copal Church, of which they are prominent mem- bers. Socially, he is connected with the Masonic fraternity, holding membership in Carmel Lodge No. 121. Ue is also identilied with the (irand Army of the Republic, belonging to Perrjville Post. In politics he is a Republican in national ipicstions, but in local affairs gives his supjiort to the best man, irrespective of party atliliations. The success which has crowned Mr. William- son's efforts is a just reward for his tireless labors. I'pon commencing for himself, he had no moneyed capital, and it was almost solely through his un- aided exertions that he achieved success. As has already been noted, his paternal ancestors were poor, and the same was true of his mother's fore- fathers. She was born in Wittenberg, (Jermanv. and at the age of thirteen years came to the I'liited States with her parents. Being left in I'lallimore to pay for her passage to this country, she re- remained there until twenty-one, when she came to Ohio. Her mother had died some time jirevioiisly. Her father had been a gardener in the Old Coun- try, and followed farming in the United States. While not a rich man, he was fairly successful, and through frugality and industry was enabled to surround his laniilv with the comforts of life. ries on farming on nsliip, is one of the J'ERRY KLOTZ. who c section 11, Wayne Ti well known and prominent agriculturists of _ Hamilton County. A native of liedford County, Pa., he was born December 1, 1856, unto Martin and Elizabeth Klotz. His father was a na- tive of Blair County, Pa., and a cabinet-maker and a carpenter by trade. In his later 3'ears he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, which he still follows. His wife was born (m the home farm where he is still living, and there her death occurred some fifteen years ago. The Klotz fam- il}- is of German origin, and its members are highl}- respected. Midst play and work the boyhood days of our subject were passed upon the old home farm. He remained under the parental roof until he had at- tained his majority, and then went to Ohio, locat- ing in Sandusky County, where he worked as a farm hand by the year. On the 2d of January, 1879, he was joined in wedlock with Miss Mary A. Wagner, who was born in Sandusky County, De- cember 6, 1856, and is a daughter of Jonathan and Margaret (Myers) Wagner, both of whom were natives of Ohio, and there spent their entire lives. They had a family of seven children, all of whom are yet living. Four children grace the union of our subject and his wife, three sons and a daughter: Myrl J., Elva E., Mervil F. and Harry M. The farail}' circle yet remains unbroken, and all are itill under the paternal roof. Mr. and Mrs. Klotz besjan their domestic life 628 yOETEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. upon a rented farm in Sandusky County, Ohio, and there lived for twelve years, after which he removed onto a place purchased by his father-in- law. He has a fine eighty-acre tract almost join- ing on the northeast, and devotes his energies to general farming. His fields are well tilled, every- thing at)out the place is l^ept in good order, and the thrifty appearance indicates the careful super- vision of the owner. Mr. Klotzhas been a stalwart Republican since casting his first Presidential vote for Gen. James A. Garfield. He and his wife at- tend the Methodist Episcopal Church, and are numbered among its faithful members. He is ac- tive in all good works, and the educational and moral interests find in him a friend. His support IS never withheld from any enterprise calculated to prove of public benefit. Jl AMES A. DEWITT. Beginning inactive business life with little to call his own, save I a good physique and habits of industry, en- ergy and perseverance, Mr. Dcwitt has conquered adverse circumstances and gained an in- fluential place among the agriculturists of Madison County. His farm consists of one hundred and sixty-one acres of arable land, and he is numbered among the best and most progressive agriculturists of Stony Creek Township. The soil of his farm has been placed under good cultivation, while a cozy residence and neat outbuildings increase the value of the property. A man of excellent judg- ment, unyielding integrity and remarkable firm- ness, he has labored unweariedly and has lived to enjoy the rich fruition of his labors. The father of our subject, Spencer W. Dewitt, was l)orn in Pennsylvania, and from that state re- moved to Ohio, wliere he located in Belmont County. He there married Miss Lucinda, daugh- ter of .James Milburn, a native of Ohio. He fol- lowed for a time the trade of a blacksmith, and was also engaged as a wagon-maker and cabinet- maker, but at the time of his death was following farming pursuits. Two years after his marriage he removed from Belmont to Tuscarawas County, Ohio, where he entered forty acres of land and re- mained for twelve years. From there he removed to Hamilton County, Ohio, and thence about 1847 came to Indiana and located in Hamilton County, north of the village of Fishersburgh, where he remained until his death in 1868. Politically, Mr. Dewitt, Sr., was first a Jackson- ian Democrat, and afterward a Whig. A man of peaceable and quiet nature, he always favored the settlement of matters of a civil character by arbi- tration rather than by law. In religious connec- tions he affiliated witii tlie Methodists and was prominent in cluircli affairs. At the tune of his death he was tlie owner of one hundred and twenty acres, which he had gained by economy and industry. His wife died in February, 1868, and of their eight children only three are now living, namely: Margaret Ann Perkins, Lucinda Price and our subject. Mrs. Perkins resides in Kansas, and Mrs. Price in the Indian Territory. In Belmont County, Ohio, our subject was born March 22, 1834. At the age of fourteen he ac- companied his parents to Hamilton County, Ind., making the trip overland with three horses and a wagon. The journey was rendered more disagree- able than it would have otherwise have been, on account of the fact that for twenty-one d.ays the rain fell unceasingly, and the sun never shone during the entire time. In boyhood .Tames A. as- sisted his father in clearing the land, and for seven years did little besides splitting rails, of wliich he cut sixty -seven thousand. When oppor- tunity was offered, he attended the pioneer log schoolhouse, where, seated on tlie slab benches, he endeavored to gain some idea of the alphaliet from conning the pages of a testament. He still has in his possession the book from which he learned his A B C's. September 11, 1859, occurred the marriage of Mr. Dewitt to Miss Mary Ann Bodenhoron, and unto them were born fivechildien, namely: Lydia Frances, wife of John Anderson; Heniy A., a resi- dent of Stony Creek Township; Anna Elizabeth; John W., and Emory Edward, who reside with their parents. In former years Mr. Dewitt was a Know Nothing, and is now a Republican, casting his first vote for General Fremont. In religious i<3^ 9/^^t^^^^i^ /y^-^^-^^ ^/.^—/^•^n. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. G31 connections, lie and his wife are niemliers of the Methodist Church at Lapel. &ON. ADDISON NKWI.IN. i;c|Mcsentative 1 of Ilaiiiilton County in the Slate Legis- lature, justly occu[)ies a place among the eminent men of Indiana, and is especially prominent in the village of Carmel, to the mate- rial development of whicii he has largely contrib- uted. A Republican in politics, he receives the unqualified support of his chosen party, and is also favored l>y numy prominent members of the ojiposiuu parly, liecause of liis soundness on na- tidiial and cix ic (piestions, his well known high standing as a business man and his championship in the past of every progressive measure. The Newlin family was first represented in America by Nicholas Newlin, a native of Ireland, who emigrated to America and settled in Pennsyl- v.ania during the earU' days of the settlement of that state. One of the members of the family, Nathaniel Newlin, was a very prominent man in the history of Pennsylvania. Grandfather John Newlin was born in North Carolina, and was there reared to manhood. Removing to Clinton County, Ohio, he there married Esther Stubbs, a native of Georgia, who accompanied iier parents to tiie Buckeye State when slie was eighteen years of age. A farmer by occupation. Grandfather Newlin acfpiired the ownership of a large tract of land, and was successful in his bu.siness pursuits. At his death he left his widow with twelve children, of whom our subject's father was the youngest. The widowed mother with her family removed to Hendricks County, Ind., about 1825, and entered a tract of Government land, where she remained until her death, at the advanced age of eiglit3-- live years. The father of our subject, Joel New- lin, remained with his mother until her death, and early in life became familiar with farming pursuits, although for a time ho followed the trade of a shoemaker. 31 At the age of about twenty-three, in Hendricks County, Ind., Joel Newlin married .Mary, daugh- ter of David and Anna (Stanley) ( Jsbo'rii, natives of North Carolina. They came to Indiana about 1825, and entered land in Hendricks County, where their daughter Mary w.as born. She be- came the mother of sLk children: Anna, who is the wife of I!. H. Albertson; Addison, of this sketch; Ellas; David; Martha, who is the wife of C. E. Harvey; and Calvin, all of whom are living. The father of this family owned a farm consisting of one iiundred and sixty ;icros, upon which he conducted farming pursuits. In his religious be- lief, he was a member of the Society of Friends. In Hendricks County, Ind., the subject of this sketch was born November 20, 1818. His educa- tion was acquired at the district scliool on iii.s father's farm and in tlie Farmers' Institute in Tippecanoe Count.y, Ind., and at Spieeiand Acad- emy. At the age of twenty-two years he bought thirty-eight acres of land, upon which he engaged in farming for a number of years, and later con- ducted an extensive sawmill and threshing busi- ness. After disposing of his interest in that en- terprise, in 1880 he bought eighty acres of unim- proved land in Hamilton County. Later, he sold the farm and came to the village of Carmel, where he has since engaged in the hardware and agricul- tural implement business. He also owns an eighty- acre farm near the vill.age. In 1870, Mr. Newlin married iVIiss Aseneth J., daughter of Pearson and Lydia (Ncwby) Palmer, and a native of Henry County, Ind. They are the parents of four children: Irvin W., who mar- ried Pluebe Henley; lOrnest, JMary L. and Estella. In their religious belief, Mr. and Mrs. Newlin are identified with the Society of Friends. A Repub- lican in politics, Mr. Newlin has been very prom- inent in the local councils of his party, and in 1892 was elected upon his party ticket Representative of Hamilton County in the State Legislature. His services in this position have been eminently sat- isfactory to his constituents, and he has taken an active part in fighting the repeal of the law for a])propriating money to the Farmers" Institute work and the needless extravagant expenses of the state. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. G EORGE W. CATTERSON, now retired from the active duties of life and an honored _ i( resident of Westfield, Hamilton County, Ind., was long numbered among the prominent business men of Washington Township, and iiere successfully followed the occupation of a plasterer for moretlian a quarter of a century, being in fact the pioneer of his trade in this locality. Born in Owen County, Ky., upon New Year's Day, 1831, our subject was the son of James and Sarah (Wyant) Catterson, well known in the Blue Grass State, the home of the Wyants for a num- ber of generations. The Cattersons were Fenn- sylvanians and highly respected citizens of the Quaker State, to which part of our country the paternal grandfather, .lames Catterson, Sr., emi- grated from Ireland in a very early day. Grandmother Catterson, an intelligent woman of native abilit\-, was hkewise born in the Emer- ald Isle and was a distant relative of Patrick Henr}'. The eight children who received her motherly love and care were: Robert, Patrick, Elizabeth, Margaret, Sarah, William, Jennie, and James, the youngest, and the father of our subject. Grandfather Catterson devoted himself to farming in Pennsylvania, and later removing to Kentucky, there continued the pursuit of agriculture. Both the paternal grandparents had received good com- mon educations and were great readers, improving themselves by observation and study. They were members of the Baptist Church, and the grandfather was a prominent and influential man of his time and locality. He died aged about three-score years, and was mourned as a public loss. His excellent wife survived to reach seventy-four years. The father remained with liis parents until he had attained his majority, and afterward, having liegun life for liimself, was united in marriage with .Mit^^ Saiah Wyant, daughter of James and Mary (While) Wyant, natives of Kentucky. The union of the father and mother was blessed by the birth of eleven children, two of whom died in infancy. Those wlio survived to mature age were: Cyrus W., Zerelda, Emma, James I'., George W. (our sub- ject), Elizabeth, Maiy, Uobcit and Margaret. Tlie parents were fairly well educated, and kept them- selves intelligently posted in the current affairs of the day. They were both valued members of the Baptist Church, and the father was politically a Whig. James Catterson removed with his family from Kentucky to Marion County, Ind., in 1832, and entered one hundred and sixt}' acres of land, upon which he remained for about two years. He then sold out and bought another one hundred and sixty acres in the same township, working hard and improving his farm until his death in 1841, at the age of forty -seven years. The mother, surviving to reach seventy-foui years, our subject continued to make his home with her until he was about seventeen, when he went to Indianapolis and learned the trade of a plasterer, working in that locality until 1852, when he came to Washington Township, Hamilton County, and located in Westfield, where he has since continuously resided. Mr. Catterson, twice married, was first united in wedlock with Miss Sarah Pfafif, when he was about twenty-three years old. Mrs. .Sarah Catterson was the daughter of Thomas and Nancy (Inman) Pfaff, both natives of North Carolina. She survived many years, be- coming the mother of ten children, three of whom died in infancy. Those who lived to adult age were: Genevieve, Arthur 0., William E., Robert S., Oscar B., Colver E. and Mary E. The estima- ble first wife of our subject was a lady of worth and a member of the Baptist Church. A true wife, devoted mother and sincere Christian, she was highly respected, and was deeply mourned when she passed away at the age of forty-four years. The present wife, Mrs. Lydia A. (Baker) Catter- son, was the daughter of George H. and Margaret (Hand) Baker. This excellent lady possesses su- perior ability, and received the benefit of several terms' instruction in the college at Richmond, Foremost in good works, she is a valued meral)er of the Friends' Church, and enjoys the esteem of a wide acquaintance. Mr. Catterson is fraternally associated with the Ancient Free n children, of whom four arc now living: William Benton, who was born August 12, 1858, and wlio owns a highly improved farm in Okla- homa; Walter Columbus, who was born Oetoiier 28, 18{i(l, and also resides in Okl.ahoma. where he has a (luarter-section of land; Albert Newton, born March 18, 1869, and living in Cherokee C\ votes his energies to agricultural pursuits, |/|lj))ll! and makes his home on section 21. Pipe ^>^:^ Creek Township, Madison County, is still living in the county of his nativity. His birth occurred on the 22d of August, 1853, and he is a son of David and Elizabeth Feslcr, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work. No event of special importance occurred during his child- hood and youth, which were (piietlj' passed upon the home farm midst play and work. After arriv- ing at man's estate he left the parental roof and went to Illinois, where he spent about a year, after which he returned home and resumed farming. An important event in the life of Mr. Fesler occurred February 14, 1879, when was celebrated his marriage with Miss Ida Campbell, daughter of Thomas .letTerson and Sarah (Thurston) Campbell, 634 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD both of wliom were natives of Ohio. Seven chil- dren have been born of the union of our subject and iiis wife, and the family circle yet remains uu- brolcen. They are as follows: Dora Belle, born June 5, 1881; Ludella, born February 8, 1883; William L., born September 8, 1884; Bertan A., born August 8, 1886; John W., born January 16, 1888; Elmer F., born July 21, 1890; and Raymond C, born on the 2-2d of January, 1893. Mr. P'esler is a member of the Farmers" Mutual Benefit Association, and he and his wife hold membership with the Christian Church. He exer- cises his right of franchise in support of Demo- cratic principles, and keeps well informed on the issues of the day, but has never been an otiice seeker, preferring to devote his time and attention to his business interests, in which he has met with signal success. He is diligent, enterprising and persevering, and his good management has there- fore brought him a comfortable competence. His life has been well and worthily spent, and he is highlv esteemed by all who know him. (^$)HEODORE JOHNSON, an extensive gen- |^\^ oral agriculturist, successful stock-raiser, vi-/ dealer and breeder of thoroughbred Ham- bietonian horses, Poland-China, Jersey-Red and Chester- White hogs, is a native of Indiana and widely known as a leading citizen and prominent business man of Washington Township, Hamilton County, I nd. Oursubject, born in Bartholomew County, September 29, 1844, was the son of Phineas W. and Sarah A. (Lewis) Johnson. Tiie father was born and reared in Ohio, and the mother was a native of ^'irginia. The paternal grandfather, William Johnson, was likewise a native of the Buckeye State, and was occupied with farming duties from his early youth. He married Miss Susan Mercer, and yet in the dawn of manhood, l)assed away mourned by all who knew him, aged twenty-two. Botli the paternal graiidp.'irents were well edu- cated for those limes, and. the descendants of in- telligent ancestors, occupied prominent positions in their home locality. The grandmother, a de- voted Christian woman and life-time member of the Presbyterian Church, survived her husband many years, living to the age of seventy-six. The union of the grandparents was blessed by the birth of one child, Phineas W., the father of our subject. To her son the widowed mother gave every possible opportunity for an educa- tion in the common branches, and well improv- ing the offered instruction, he later taught school. Finally the mother and son removed to Barthol- omew County, Ind., and located on a small farm, where they experienced struggles and privations incidental to the pioneer days. Phineas W. at times worked for thirty-seven and a-half cents per day, but with unceasing cour- age persevered in the daily round of toil and gradually made his upward way to a position of comfortable independence. When about twenty- six 3'ears old he married Miss Sarah A. Lewis, daughter of John and Sarah A. (Wilson) Lewis. The Wilsons were Kentuckians and descendants of highly respected ancestors. The happy home of the parents was made glad by the birth of nine children, the eldest being Theodore, our subject; then follow in order: Harvey, Lucinda, Juliett L., Susan C, Mary F., Cyrus W., Mayo L. and Minnie L. With the exception of Theodore, Susan C. and Cyrus W., the brothers and sisters who clustered in the old home have entered into rest. The mother possessed a good practical education, and was from early youth a member of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church. She was a devoted wife and parent and a kind neighbor, and died beloved by all who knew her in 1883, aged sixty years. The father, with his family, located in Wash- ington Township in 1850, and bought ninety acres of partly improved land. He cultivated the farm and added to his real estate until he owned about six hundred and forty acres of valuable land. Always a hard-working and industrious man, he was a sincere Christian and a valued member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He watched the building of the first railroad in Indi- ana, and identified with the pioneer history of the state, survived to witness its wonderful de- velopment. Respected by his wide circle of ac- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIUCAL RECORD. fi3,=i quaintances and the general public of the county, lifi died, at the home of his onl^' daughter, Auj^ust 1, 1892, agtdseventy-five years. He was essentially a self-made man and in every sense of the word a true American citizen. Our subject made liis honie with his pariMits until twenty-four years old, and worked some of his father's farm upon his own account. In 18G8 Theodore Johnson and Jliss Alphia D. Walker wore united in niurriauc. Mrs. .lohiison is the daugh- ter of Hich.ird II. and Klizahelh .1. (llayden) Walk- 01-. natives of Kentucky. She received an excel- lent preparatory education in the common schools, ;ind also attended the college at Ilnrrodshurgh, Ky., one term, and hitci' received instruction in the Indianapolis (hid.) Female Institute. She is a valued member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and is an active aid in the work of the Foreign Missionary Society. Mr. and Mrs. .lohn- son are the parents of nine children, one of whom died in infancw The eight who survived the perils of childhood are: Horace W., Ilulieit H.. Bessie W., Homer 1?., I'aul S., Cecil I)., Theodore L. and Harrison H. Our subject and his estim:djle wife commenced housokee|nng in a little log cabin upon the land where they now live. The father of Mrs. John- son gave him one hundred acres of the homestead, to which he has since added two hundred and thirty, his valuable farm of three hundred and thirty acres being an g the best in the county, highly cultivated, and imi)roved with commodious buildings, dwelling, l)arns and granary. Our sub- ject, like his wife, enjoyed the benefits of a good education, attending school in both 'Westlicld and Ediuburg. He is politically a Repulilicaii, and in religious affiliation is connected with the Metho- dist Episcopal Church, and is Steward in the same. He is also fraternally associated with the Knights of Honor, and is a member of Lodge No. 91, at Joliet- ville, Ind. .Mr. .lohnson possesses a valuable store of reminiscences of early days, and relates an ex- perience of the war times in which his father actively })articipated. Tlu' father while iiiaikel ing a load of wheat drove to /.loiisville lu the winter of l.SOU, and it l)eing a arrested at once as a deserter .-ind was obliged to idcntif}^ himself before he w.as released. This inci- dent happening to a loyal and law-abiding citizen was temporarily embarrassing, but was later re- membered onlv as a huge mistake. ^^f%E()RC,E X. (!AKI)NEI{, an enterprising cil- It "^ '^''"' prosiierous agriculturalist and a life- ^^S time resident of Indiana, now residing in W,asliington Township, Hamilton County, began life for himself at seventeen years of age. then enlisting in the Union army and bia\ely lighting for national existence. Our subject, born in Whitley County, Ind., May :5, 1842, was the son of Benjamin and Jane (Hull) (lardner. His father was a native of Nevv York, but the mother was born in Virginia. The paternal (iieat-grandfatlier (iardner was born in England, and early located in Dutchess County, N. Y., where later the paternal grandfather, Benjamin fiardner, was born. He was a resolute man and fought with courage in the War of 1812, and, possessed of judicial ability, served efficiently as a justice of the ])eace for a full score of 3'ears. Sturdy, and of fine physique, he survived to the advanced age of ninety-one, and died near Muskegon, Mich., in 18.H1. (Jrandfather Gardner was politically a strong Republican, and both he and Grandmother (iard- ner were for fift}' years consistent members of the Methodist F^piscopal Church. The grandmother passed away in Pulaski County, Ind., also far ad- vanced in age. The maternal (Jrandfather Hull, a Virginian by birth, was the first white man who came to F't. Wayne, and, a favorite of the Indians, was freiiuently appointed to arbitrate cases in dis- pute. The Hulls, earl^' settlers of the I'nited States, were of German descent. (irandfather Hull was a genial man, and when he died in Whitley County was mourned by all who knew him as a public loss. Benjamin (jardiier, the father of our subject, was born in Dutchess Ccninty, N. Y., and removed with his parents to Whitley County, Ind., in 1826. In 18:!.") the (iardners lo- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. cated in Pulaski County, and in 1865 made their permanent liorae in Hamilton County. The father remained with his parents until of age, and in 184C entered from the Government one liundred and sixty acres of land in Pulaslii County. He continued upon that homestead until his removal to Hamilton County, where, in 1865, he settled on one hundred and twenty acres near wliere our subject lives. Later he sold out and went to Marion County, and in 1868 bought eighty acres near Traitor's Point, wiiere, aged seventy-nine, he is spending the evening of his days. Unto the union of the parents were born five sons and five daughters: Phoebe, George N., Emily; Henry, deceased; Franklin, Louisa; Will- iam A., deceased; Emelia. deceased; Mary and Alonzo. The mother, a woman of ability and well educated, yet survives and has reached the age of seventy-two ^eais. The father is a valued member of the Christian Church and politically is a strong Democrat. Answering the appeals of the Government George N. Gardner enlisted August 7, 1861, in the Third Indiana Battery, Light Artillery, and in the following September the battery was sent to St. Louis, thence to .Jefferson City, and later, under the command of General Fremont, to southwestern Missouri. It remained for a time in Tipton, and then went to Cantonment, continuing there until the spring of 1862, wlien it returned to Jefferson City. In the summer andfall of 1862 the battery was divided into sections and ordered into differ- ent parts of Missouri, where it was engaged in what is known as "guerrilla warfare." After marching all over Missouri and being separated nine months, tiie battery was re-united the fol- lowing winter at Springfield. They then moved forward to Rolla, and thence to St. Louis, its abiding place until the winter of 1863. The bat- tery next moved to Columbus, Ky., and accompa- nied General Smitii on his Tennessee campaign. In tlie winter of 18G3-64 it marched to Vicksburg, and up the Red River in General Banks' expedi- tion. The battery checked the advance of the rebels at Pleasant Hill, and covered the retreat of the army across the Atchafalya, and moved on to Round Lake, Ark., and on to Memphis, then to Tupelo and back to Mempliis. In this latter city the battery was newl}' equipped with guns and liorses, and was soon after sent to Oxford, Miss.. but in a brief time again returned to Memphis- and with the Sixteenth Army Corps, under Gen- eral Rosecrans, joined in the expedition pursuing General Price. In the fall of 1864,' after march- ing nearly eight hundred miles in twent3'-four da3'S, the battery returned to St. Louis in order to report to General Tiiomas at Nashville, Tenn. Forwarded to Eastport the battery was then or- dered to report to General Canby at New Orleans) and from that city proceeded to Dauphin, Ala., afterward marching on to Fish River and taking an active part in the capture of Mobile, later proceeding to Montgomery, and thence to Salem- Remaining there until July 30, it was ordered to Indianapolis to be mustered out of service. The battery engaged constantly in duty for nearly four years, and in its long marches had passed through the following states: Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Flor- ida, Texas, Kentucky, Georgia and Alabama. It actively participated in the following battlo: Moore's Mills, Kirksville, Lone Jack, Mo.; Ft. Rus- sey. Pleasant Hill, Concherville, Cane Run, Alex- andria, Old Oaks, La.; Round Lake, Ark.; Tupelo, Tallahatcha, Jackson, Clinton, Miss.; Nashville, Overton Hill, Mobile, Ft. Blakely, and the List fight, on the 9th of April, 1865. The battery was from its organization commanded variousl}^ by Captain W. W. Frybergh, James M. Cockefair, Thomas J. Ginn, Richard Burns, and the loss in wounded anil killed was one officer and sixty-three men. The Third Indiana Battery was the first or- ganized in the state, the first ordered to tlie front the last ordered home. Its motto was, "First in the field, last in the fight." Its record for effi- ciency was second to none. It returned with three officers and eighty-two men; its equipments, horses and guns being turned over at Mt. Vernon. Ala. The war ended, our subject returned to his home and located on a farm near his present homestead, and lias since engaged in the pursuit of aorriculture. He contracted disease while in PORTRAIT AND J5lOGRAriIlCAL RECORD. 637 the service and draws |!10 per month pension. On the 20th of February, 1868, George N. Gard- ner and Miss Martlia .Stultz were united in mar- riage. Mrs. Gardner was the daughter of Francis and Mary (Petrie) Stult./., natives of Noitli Caro- Hna. Unto our subject and his estimable wife were horn six chiUlren, two of wlioni died in in- fancy. The surviving arc Cora K., Ora K., Ho- zelia, married; and Albert N. Rozella, the mother of one child, is tlie wife of Ellsworth Conrad, and resides near her parents. The record of the Stultz family will l>e found in another part of this work. INIr. and Mrs. Gardner are valued members of tiie Christian Church, and are liberal givers in behalf of religious enterprises. ( )ui- subject is politically an ardent Republican, and lias held with ability the ollice of Road Supervisor. Receiving but limited advantages of education Mr. (Gardner is mainly a self-made man, and pos- sessed of stur()y energy has won a competence, now owning one hundred and thirty-four acres of valuable land, highly cultivated and well im- proved with substantial buildings. In 1891 our subject, in connection with about forty well-to-do farmers, organized a stock company called the Little Eagle Gas Company, with a capital stock of 110,000. The company was organized f m- the benefit of the farmers, and has proved a financial success. They own three wells and the first one dug, in Washington Townsliip, is the best. Our subject, i-ecognized as jjossessing executive ability, w.as elected President of thecompanv the first \ear. vILLlAM .1. .lACKSON, senior member of Ijl the firm of Jackson iV: IJurr, is a Can.adiun *S^ by birth, having first opened iiis eyes upon the scenes of earth in Toronto. Tie was born October 2, 184,S, and received an excellent education in the schools of Toronto, under tlie tut- orage of G. R. R. Cockburn, late of the Upper Can- ada College. In 1862, when less than twenty years of ago, he left Canada for the oil regions of Pennsyl- vania, and engaged in the mercantile and oil business, and later in banking in Titusville, where he resided forabout twcniy-five years. He gained a thorough knowledge of the oil business, and was one of the pioneers in the North lialtimore (Ohio) oil fields. In 188'.) he removed from Pennsylvania to Indiana, attracted to Andeison hy the devel- opment of natural gas in this region. Since locating in this city. Mr. .l.ackson h;is he- come closely identified with the best interests of the community. In ISS'.lh,. purchased the intei'- est (if Mr. Part.m, in the firm of Owens .V- llart.in. and the style became Owens A- .lackson. On the 1st of January, 1892, Lafe J. Burr bought Mr. Owens' interest, and the firm nanu; was changed to Jackson A'^ Piurr. In his socia"! rclatidii-. our sub- ject is a member of the Independent Oidei- of Odd Fellows and the Masonic fraternity, being identi- fied with Shepard Lodge in Pennsylvania. Polit- ically a Republican, he was an active and tireless worker in the intei-ests of the |i:irty while a resi- dent of the Keystone State, and since coming to Anderson has done some good service for party principles and candidates. 'll? EMUEL CAREY, who owns and operates I (CS- two hundred acres of good land in Clay j |LA\^ Township, was born in Delaware Township, Hamilton County, in 1840. His great-grandfather, Samuel Carey, who w.as probably born in New Yoik, was of English descent, and was a farmer by oc- cupation. He belonged to the Friends' Church, and voted with the AVhig party, lie and his wife. Mary Carey, died in 1829. Their cliildien were John, Elias, Samuel, Jonathan. Kaclicl. Cynthia and Sarah. .lonathan Carey was Ikjiii in Pennsylvania, and about the time he attained to man's estate went to Virginia, where he married Uutli P.ond. \Vhen his parents went to Ohio, he and his wife Joined them. He had no educational privileges, but through his own efforts became well informed and acquired a knowledge of the Iiigher mathematics and medicine. He was a cabinet-maker by trade, and for many years taught school. He afterward practiced medicine, and no matter how busy he w.as 638 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. in the shop, if his services were needed in a sick- room he never hesitated to go. His wife, an in- telligent and refined lady, was Secretary of the Friends' meetings for years. They long lived on a farm in Ohio, but in 1833 settled in the midst of the forest, about two miles west of Carmel. The nearest trading post was then Indianapolis. Mr. Carey also had the first wagon and repair shop in til is neighborhood. His wife was a daugh- ter of Edward and Mary (Fox) Bond, and a di- rect descendant of George Fox, the founder of the Friends' Church in England. Of their family of twelve children two died in childhood. The others were Zenus, Samuel, Benjamin, Mary, Char- lotte, Sylvanus, Hannah, Cyrus, Lemuel and Isaac. With the exception of Isaac all are now deceased. Samuel Carey, father of our subject, was born in Virginia, and when a child went with his par- ents to Ohio, and there was joined in wedlock with Sarah, daughter of John and Mary Phelps. Her grandfather and uncle were Revolutionary sol- diers. The former never returned home, but after serving for seven years the son returned and his own mother did not know him. Mrs. Carey and her parents were natives of Virginia. She became the mother of nine children: John F., of Arizona; Ruth, wife of William Warren; Sylvanus; Mana, deceased wife of Joel Day; Martin F., deceased; Mrs. Martha Dixon; Lemuel; Sarah J., deceased; wife of Dr. D. Plarold; and Samuel B., who died at the age of ten. The father was a great worker in the P^riends' Church, and was a Whig in pol- itics. He died about 1867. Wiien this country was an almost unbroken wilderness he located within its borders and bore all the experiences and hardships of frontier life. His name is insepara- l)ly connected with its early history. His wife passed away in August, 1892, at the age of eighty- four. Mr. Carey of this sketch was reared in tlie usual manner of farmer lads and educated in the dis- trict schools. As a companion and helpmate on life's journey he chose Rosanna Coffin, daughter of Stephen and Charity (Coats) Cofflh and a native of Randolph County, Ind. Unto them were born five children: Lenora, who died at the age of seventeen; Gertrude and Everett, liolli deceased; Frank, who married Hattie Osborn; and Clif- ford C. Mr. Carey's father gave him forty acres of land, partly improved. This he soon sold, and pur- chased his present farm, of which he has given eighty acres to his son. Throughout his life he has followed farming and stock-raising and has been very successful. He and his wife belong to the Friends' Church. The Republican party re- ceives his political support. /^) HARLES FISHER. As the founder of the (l( ^_, now flourishing village of Fisherburgli ^^(7 the name of our subject will be perpetu- ated in the annals of Madison County. He was prominently connected with the early history of the town, being its first Postmaster, and also en- gaging in the mercantile business here for ten years. At the present time (1893) he is prosper- ously conducting farming pursuits in Stony Creek Township, Madison Count}-, where he owns one hundred and twenty acres of fertile land. The paternal grandfather of our subject, Benja- min P'isher, Sr., was born in Pennsylvania, and spent his entire life in that state engaged in agri- cultural pursuits. Benjamin Fisher, Jr., father of our subject, was born in the Keystone State, and some years after his marriage migrated to Ohio, in 1800, locating on thirty-three acres in Clermont County. In 1819 he came to Hamilton Counl\. Ind., and settled in what is now Jackson Town- ship during June of that year. At that early d.iv there were thousands of Indians here, but very few white settlers. There was but one road from Ohio to Indiana, and it was very rude. Anderson was then an Indian village, the chief of which was named Anderson. There was not a single white family' in this now flourishing city, nor, in- deed, had the pale faces ventured into the sur- rounding country. About four miles from the Fisher abode lived a white settler named Shintapper, who had a grind- stone, the only one for miles around. Our sub- ject's father and many others were accustomed to PORTRAIT AND HlOGRAPIIIC.iL RECORD. 639 go there for the purpose of grinding tlieir axes. Dm-ing the Marcli following the arrival of Mr. Kislier In Madison County he started for Mr. Sliiutapper's place, as also did a number of others, Miiiong them Jacob Hiers and .lacob Cullop. Mr. Shintapper was in the habit of selling whiskey to thi' Indians, who when under the influence of the li(luor were fierce and dangerous. At one time :\Ir. Shintap|)er threw one of the savages into the (ill', where he was burned to death. This so en- raged the red men that they determined to avenge the murder, and accordingly, armed with weapons, they made their way to the house of the [lioneer. A terrible struggle ensued, the whites and red men engaging in a hand to hand fight. l)ut the Imlians were unable to conquer their foes. I'hcy there- fore procured clubs and renewed the light. One man knocked Mr. Shintapper down, and was in turn felled b3' a blow from Jacob Iliers. The In- dians started to flee, but when some distance anay charged again, and Mr. l-'isher fell, his body 1 being slabbed with knives and torn in iiieces- Some of his bones, as large as a silver dollar, are ill the possession of his family. This sad catastrophe left lli»^ little family de. fenseless and orphaned. The brave mother, how- ever, kept her children in the little log cabin, and together the}' labored for their support. After making their home on that place for twelve years they removed to Stony Creek Township, where the mother died about 1833. She had been in maidenhood Miss Hannah Atlierton, and w.as a native of Vermont, although her marriage took place in Pennsylvania. Her union resulted m the birth of three children: .John and Mary, deceased, and Charles, of this sketch. The latter was born ill Ohio December 14, 1819, and was but one year old when brought to Indiana. At the age of thirteen he was thrown upon his own resources without a dollar to call his own. His brother and sister were married, and about the 1st of Novem- ber, 1833, he went to the home of the former, where he spent the ensuing winter. He attended school in a rude structure, built of logs, with doors of clapboards and windows of greased pa- per, while the interior furnishings were of an equally primitive nature. In the spring of the following year he assisted in making sugar, receiv- ing in return his board and clothes. After learning the trade of a briekm.ason our subject went to Noblesville, where he worked in a brick yard for two years. At the age of fifteen years he rented an eighty-acre farm in Stony (reek Township, Madison County, being one of the earliest farmers to locate in that section. He owned one horse, and two others were furnished by the owners of the propeity. As the result of his year's labors he received one-fourtli of the crop, clearing ^aOO by the transaction. He sold wheat to Charles Conrad and corn to John Hamil- ton, each of wiiorn paid him in silver one-half 111 company with his brother and si^ter our sub- ject went back to Ohio to see some land their father had left. This they sold for #300 — ?:200 down and the balance to he paid in three years. The brother and brother-in-law took the cash |iav- inent for their own use, leaving the \-ouiig lad to wait three years for his portion. At the expir.a- tion of that time he purch.ased some property in Noblesville from his brother for ¥100, which he afterward sold for *^l()(i. He also bought an eighty-acre farm, which he sold for •■:!()()() ;ind an- other eighty -acre tract. In this way, by making good investments and speculating in land, our subject became wealthy, and was numbered among the mimeyed men of the county. In 1810 Jlr. Fisher married Miss Lucy Jane, daughter of Thomas Busby, an old settler of Mad- ison County. Seven children were born of the union, four of whom attained to manhofid and womanhood, namely: 'I'homas S., deceased; John Madison, a physician, residing in Middletown, Ind.; Malinda S., the wife of Dr. Jacob Ilarter, of Anderson; and William Lewis, deceased. The widow of the last-named son resides with our j subject and ministers to his comfort in his declin- ing years. He was bereaved by the death of his wife September 26, 1886. She had been through all the years of their married life a true helpmate to him, aiding him in all his undertakings, and by economy and good management assisting him in the accumulation of wealth. Politically a Demo- crat, Mr. Fisher has held a luimber of local ollices. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. including that of Township Trustee and otlier im- portant positions, in wliich he has served with lidelity. Since a lad of sixteen years he has been identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he is still a prominent member. EORGE AV. RULON, a well known citizen, ^— , a representative general agriculturist and JJi stock-raiser, is numbered among the ener- getic and progressive young farmers of White River Township, Hamilton County, Ind. A na- tive of the state, and born in Tipton County Sep- tember 4, 1858, our subject has through his entire life been identified with the vital interests and rapid advancement of this part of the great west, and from his earliest youth has aided in the pro- motion of all matters pertaining to the public welfare. George W. Rulon is the son of earlj' and highly respected residents of Wayne County, where the parents, locating many years ago, took an active part in reclaiming the fertile soil from its wild condition. George and Ilulda (Gilbert) Rulon, were well and favorably known in Wayne County, where they reared their family and shared in the joys and sorrows of their neighbors. The father was a native of New Jersey, in which state the pa- ternal grandparents made their home in early times. A practical agriculturist, George Rulon, Sr., was also a cooper, and devoted himself almost en- tirely to this latter employment until his removal to Wayne County, Ind., where he engaged with untiring industry in the tilling of the soil at forty years of age. He cleared and improved a valuable homestead, upon which our subject was born and si)enl the days of boyhood. Reared upon his father's farm, Mr. Rulon was only a little lad when he first entered into the dailj- round of agricultural duties, and was well fitted by prac- tical experience to begin life for himself long be- fore he attained to his majority. The mother of our subject, Mrs. Ilulda (Gil- bert) Rulon, IS a lady of ability and bright in- telligence. She is the descendant of highly re- spected and enterprising ancestors, who are num- bered among the prominent and influential citi- zens of the United States. Our subject, edu- cated in the little district schools of Wayne Coun- ty, improved every advantage for study and laid with care the broad foundation of knowledge later gained by reading and observation. Attaining to self-reliant manhood, George W. Rulon shortly after reaching his majority was united in mar- riage, October 1, 1879, with Miss Martha A. Newby. The estimable wife of our subject is a native of Wayne Township, Hamilton County, Ind., and was born ,7une 27, 1859, upon the home- stead of her parents, Frank and Margaret (Peck) Newby. The father of Mrs. Rulon, born in Marion County, Ind., September 18, 1831, was the son of very earl}' pioneers of the state, John W. Newby, the paternal grandfather, with his worthy wife, sharing the hardships and privations of early days. The parents of Mrs. Rulon were united in marriage November 15, 1852, the be- loved mother passing away upon the old home- stead September 2, 1891. A member of the Chris- tian Church and a woman of lovely character, she was deeply mourned by all who knew her. Mrs. Rulon was one of five children, four of whom are now surviving, three daughters and one son. The pleasant home of our subject and his capable wife has been blessed by the birth of three promising little ones, who have an apparently bright future before thein. liia was born May 25, 1881; Roy, March 25, 1888; and Iva, March 3, 1893. Mr. and Mrs. Rulon are both valued members of the Christian Church, and are ready aids in re- ligious and benevolent enterprises. Socially, they occupy a high place among their friends and neighbors, commanding the esteem and genuine regard of all who know them. Our subject is po- litically a Republican and a strong adherent of the party. He cast his first Presidential vote for James A. Garfield, and has ever been true to the principles and platform of the grand old party. He is active in local affairs and well posted in national issues. Devoting the labor of his life to PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. the pursuit of agriculture, lie has prospered, and -owns one of the most liiglily improved and at- tractive pieces of farming property- in the town- ship. Mr. Rulon built his present handsome and ciiiiiniodioushonie in 1886, and in every part of the farm may be seen tlie evidences of thrift and good iiiangement which stamp our subject as one of tlie :il]U" business men of the townsliip, wide-awaiie, enterprising and fully abreast of the times. IIL^ON. SIMKON C. MARTIXDALU This KjV: successful attorney now residing in AntJer- /4W^ son, was born in Wayne County, Ind., No- (^ vember 17, 1829. He is of English descent, his paternal great-great-grandfatiier having eii'.i- grated from (ireat Britain to America and made settlement in Philadelphia. In that city the eyes of our subject's great-grandfather first opened to the light of da3'. His death occurred at the ad- vanced age of one hundred years and ten months. The paternal grandfather of our subject, .John Martindale, was born in South Carolina, and was a Revolutionary hero. After his marriage he l)rought his family to Indiana and located in Wayne County. Later he removed to Michigan, settling near lUichanan. From there he went to Delaware County, Iowa, where he followed ag- ricultural pursuits until his death. The father of our subject. Rev. P^lijah Martindale, was horn in South Carolina, and when a lad came with his par- ents to Indiana, settling in Wayne County. After his marriage he located on F'lat Rock, near the city of New Castle, where he was a pioneer minis- ter in the Christian Church. His services were donated, and without thought or expectation of remuneration he labored untiringly in the inter- ests of the church. Meanwhile his wife and sons cleared and improved the home farm of one hun- dred andsixty acres, where they engaged in till- ing the soil. About 1837 liev. Elijah Martindale preached in the first court house ever erected in Anderson. He slopped at the old hotel managed by Hon. Andrew .lackson, a kind-hearted pioneer, who said to him: "If you can preach for nothing I can board for nothing." He preached in Wayne, Henry, Hush and Fayette Counties, riding on horseback to fill his appointments, and organizing a large number of churches. After a long and useful life, de- voted to the spiritual welfare of others, he ijassed from earth at the age of eighty-two years, and was buried at New Castle. His wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Boyd, waj born in Kentucky, being the daughter of Samuel Boyd, likewise a native of the Blue {4rass State, and of V'irginian descent. He was an early settler in Wayne Coun- ty, Ind., where he followed farming pursuits, and also served as a preacher in the New Light Church. He was a soldier in the War of the Revolution, and lost an eye in the struggle. The mother of our subject died at the age of ninety-three years. In the family of Rev. Elijah Martindale there were tifteen children, nine sons and six daughters all of wliom, with one exception, grew to man- luiod and womanhood. Seven .sons and three daughters arc now living. Our subject, the sixth son and eleventh child, was reared in Henry County, where he received a common-school edu- cation in the primitive structure used for a tem- ple of learning, but as his attendance there was necessarily limited he attend(;d the New Castle Academy for about two years, to better prepare himself for the battle of life. At the age of twenty he engaged in teaching, and followed that profession for two or three years, after wliich he began to read law under his brother E. B. and .Judge John.son,at New Castle, and he was admit- ted to the Bar in Henry County in 1851. In 1857 Mr. Martindale removed to Delaware County, Iowa, where lie engaged in farming for a time. In the spring of 18fi() he located in Ander- son, where he commenced the practice of his pro- fession. During the following year he formed a partnership with John A. Harrison and continued in that connection about five years, after which lie practiced alone. He was Prosecuting Attorney for six years, and has occupied other positions of prominence in the community. In 1868 he was elected Ma3or of Anderson, and served in that capacity for two years, since which time he has given his attention to his ])ractice and his real-es- 642 POKTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. tate interests. His office is on the corner of Ninth .and Main Streets, in the Eagle Block, Anderson. In Henry County, Ind., in 185.5, occurred the marriage of Mr. Martindale to Miss Eliza J. Ben- l)0w, a native of that county. Seven cliildren have been born of the union, five of whom are now living. Lillie A., Mrs. Joseph A. Robinson, resides in Anderson; Edward B. is a machinist and manufacturer of electric belts in Atlanta, Ga.; (ieorgia is with her parents; Charles is a machinist in the employ of the American Wire Nail Com- pany, and Loring B., the youngest, resides at home with his parents. Mr. Martindale enjoys the dis- tinction of being one of the oldest practicing at- torneys in Madison County. In politics he is a Republican and an earnest advocate of party prin- ciples. ASIL P.. TILLSON, a representative farmer of Fall (Jreek Township, claims Indiana as the state of his nativity, in fact he has the honor of being one of Madison County's He was born in Huntsville, September 25, to .Tuhu and Harriet (Lawrence) Tillson. grandfather, Luther Tillson, removed from \'crmont to Darke County, Ohio, where he entered and improved an eighty-acre farm upon which he spent his remaining days. In politics he was a Whig. The family is of Englisii descent. The father of our subject was one of eight chil- dren. He was born in Vermont November 9, 1803, went with his parents to the Buckeye State, and in 1841 became a resident of Huntsville, Ind., where he carried on merchandising until his death in .June, 1864. In politics he supported the "Whig and then the Republican party, and in religious belief he was a Universalist. He married Harriet Lawrence and they had nine children, seven of whom reached mature years. Norman died at the age of nineteen. Eveline died leaving a family of three children. Hiram died in 1864, leaving three children, two yet living. Eliza A. died leav- ing four children. Gustavus A. at his death left three children. Mary died in infanc\-. ISIclvina and Basil complete the family. The mother, who was born August 31, 1807, died in Huntsville, May 22, 1860. For his second wife the father married Mariam J., daughter of AVilliam Williams. The boyhood days of our subject were quietly passed under the paternal roof. In August, 1862, he joined the boys in blue of the Eighteenth Indi- ana Battery, and participated in the engagements at Smilhsville, Hoover's Gap, Chattanooga, Harri- son Landing, Ringgold, Chickamauga, F'arming- ton, Newmarket, Williams' Plantation, Mossy Creek, Fair Garden, Potato Hill, Big Spring, Rc- saca, Stillboro, Brownlow Hill, Lost Mountain, Sweetwater, Ebenezer Church, Cassville, Ilopkins- ville, Scottsville, Selraa, West Point and Macon. He received his discharge at Indianapolis June 30, 1865, after three j^ears of faithful and valiant service. When the war was over Mr. Tillson went to Anderson, where he worked at the trade of tan- ning for two years and then purchased eighty acres in Lafayette Township. A year later la- sold and returned to Anderson, where he engaged in teaming until October, 1870, when he purchas- ed one hundred and three acres on section 16, Fall Creek Township. His farm now comprises one hundred and eighty acres, is highly improved and cultivated, and is supplied with good barns and outbuildings and a fine residence. In politics he is a supporter of Republican principles, and soci- ally is a member of the Odd Fellows' society. Knights of Honor and Major Henry Post No. 230, G. A. R., of Pendleton. His many excellencies of character and sterling worth have gained him confidence and esteem. Mr. Tillson was married, September 24, 1865, to Mary .L, daughter of Will- iam I), and Ethelinda (Floak) Miller, the former a native of York, Pa., and the latter of Virginia. The father was a cabinet-maker. Removing to Montgomery County, Ohio, he was there married, February 13, 1840, to Miss Fleak. He died in Eupheniia, Ohio, May 3, 1849, leaving three chil- dren, George W., Catherine E. and Mary J. His widow afterwards became the wife of Ruster C. Kline, and died in Anderson. Her father, William Fleak, was of Dutch descent. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Tillson were born four children, Ruster C. and rORTKAlT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 113 Edward W., who died in infancy', William L. and Carrie E. The parents are members of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church. R. .JOllX .1. liAKKi;, on ■ nent iih^ysicinns oC llanii a resident of Westlield. <>1 the promi- I'li County, and is horn in' Rush County, hid., M.iy 2'.i. l.s.M. His early an- cestors came from England and settled in Virginia. The family has long Ijeen noted for its connection with the Baptist Cliurch, and particularly for the long line of preaclu'is il luis fiirnishcd to that de- nomination. The Docliii's father, .John H.Baker, was born in Virginia .lune 1'.), 1821, and his father, William Raker, in the same state in 1795, while the originator of the fnmily in this country, whose iiaiiie was also William Baker, was born in Eng- land but early in life settled in Virginia, where lie was a prominent liaptist preacher and bitterly oliposed the institution of slavery. The grand- father of our subject, as well as all his brothers, preached the doctrines of the Baptist f.aitli and opposed human slavery. It is related of the grand- father that upon one occasion when witnessing the abuse of a slave by his driver he so far forgot the dignity of his calling as to administer to the brutal slave driver a severe thrashing. In 1830 he removed to Indiana, settling first in Fayette County and later in Boone County, where he died in 1875 at the age of eighty years. Two of his brothers, .lames and Andrew Baker, were also Baptist preachers. They both removed to Missouri and died in that state. Eli, a son of William Baker, was prominent in politics, served as Deput}" Warden of the Indiana State Prison, as Sui)erintendent of the Indiana State Deaf and Dumb Asylum, and was a man of large means. Three other sons were William. Andrew and Noah. The Doctor's father was ten years of age when his (larents came to Indiana, and was the eldest of the sons. He became a farmer and trader, and was a life-long member of the Baiitist Church, and was for man}' years Clerk of the Eagle Creek Church. He died at Lebanon, in IJoone Count\ , .laniiarv '2(), 1890, leaving a good name and a considerable for- tune earned by his own exertions. The Doctor's mother, Jane Wood, daughter of James Wood, one of the pioneers of Indiami, was born in Fayette Count\'. Her father and ;ill her brothers were Baptist preachers; one of them Aaron, is now a resident of Iowa, wlieie he is dis- tinguished for his eloquence and ability. The grandmother of the Doctor, whose name was Sa- r.ah Bryant, was a relative of Willi:iiii Cullen Bry- ant and came from old Xautuckel slock. Mercy W.agoner, the Doctor's great-aunt, was a writer of some note for the leading periodicals of her day. The Doctor's mother died .June 2:5, 1855. Dr. Baker was ne.vt to the yuuiigcst of four chii- dren. His sister Sarah EIUmi married .lonatlian Hichardson, a farmer living lu^ar l-ebanon, Boone County; his brother, James W., is a farmer also living in Boone County; Amanda Jane married Jasper Jones, a farmer near l.cbMiion, in the same county. Dr. John J. liakcr passed his boyhood days in Zionsville, where his father was at the time in trade. He helped his father in the stoi-e and attended school, completing his education at the Zionsville Academy. At the age of eighteen he read medicine. In 1872 he took his first course of lectures, and in the winter of 1871-75 was grad- uated from the Physio-Medical College of Ind- ianapolis. Prior to this in 1873, he began tiie practice of his profession in Carmel, removing after two years to Big Springs, Boone County, where he remained for seven years. In May, 1882, he located in Westfield and has since then been continuously in successful practice. October 2G, 187(1. our sMbjcct married Amanda F. Frost.a native of Howard County and a daugh- ter of William Frost, who was a dentist by pro- fession and directly descended from the Frost of Revolutionary fame. William Frost's mother was a descendant of an old <^)uaker family ;ind was re- lated to Charity Cook, the f.anious (^)u.iker preacher who spent six years in England. Mrs. I'.aker's mother was Mary Jane Jackson, a descendant of General Jackson. She conii)leteen years of age he became a member of a neighborhood class in astronomy and another in botany, both of which were conducted for two years or more. In the winter of lSll-1.-^ he explored the slate of Indiana on foot with Howell D. riionipsoii, visit- ing relatives and friends in the counties of Han- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. dolpli, Grant, Madison, Heni-y and Fa3'ette, and re- turning to Ohio in the early spring. During- the winter of 1845-46 our subject tauglit school in the eastern part of Grant County, Ind., and was similarity engaged there in the fol- lowing winter, meantime having tauglit a summer school at Liberty schoolhouse. During the spring and summer of 1847 he was a student in Muncie Seminary, and in" the fall of the same year he en- gaged in teaching at Farinington, Grant County. In the winter of 1847-48 he taught in eastern Grant County. Again entering Muncie Seminary, he prosecuted his studies in that institution in the spring and summer of 1848, and followed the pro- fession of a teacher in the fall of that year, and in the winter of 1848-49, at Hageistown, Wayne C'oiinly, Ind. In the summer and fall of 1849 and the winter of 1849-;J0 he taught school in Rush County. During 1850 our subject conducted the study of medicine in Clinton County, Oliio, boarding with his sister and using the medical books of Dr. A. Brooks. He taught school at AVickersham's schoolhouse in the winter of 1850-51, and in the spring of the last-named year commenced the reg- ular study of medicine in the office of Dr. William I>oinax, with whom he continued until March, 18,')2. In the spring and summer of that year he engaged in the practice of his profession in the eastern part of Grant County, and in September made a contract to practice medicine with Dr. Lo- max in Marion, Ind., with a student's privileges. In .lune, 1853, the Doctor left Marion and re- moved to Mt. Etna, Huntington County, Ind., arriving there on the 5th of that month. He gradually acquired an extensive practice, which demanded a great superfluity of night riding over corduroy roads, pig and cow paths, by-roads, and in all kinds of weather. He made a specialty of malarial diseases and tlie practice of obstetrics. During the winter of 1856-57 he attended lectures at the Miami Medical College, in Cincinnati, from which institution he was graduated. In the spring of 1862, he left Mt. Etna, and on March 12, of that year he located in Anderson, where he has since remained. He still follows his i)rofession, but no longer engages in country practice. In addition to the degree of Doctor of Medicine received from the Miami Medical College tiie same degi'ee was conferred upon him in 1858 from the Ohio State Medical College. The Doctor has been connected with the fol- lowing-named medical societies: Grant, Hunting- ton and Madison County Medical Societies, Dela- ware District Medical Society and the Indiana State Medical Society, and for two terms served as President of the Madison County Meilical Society. For more than thirty j^ears he has been an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has served as Steward and as a teacher in the Sunday-school. Socially he has been identified with the Washingtonians, the Sons of Temperance, the Good Templars and the Masonic fraternity. Strictly temperate in his habits, he has always been a total abstainer, both in the use of tobacco and intoxicants. P'rom the date of the organiza- tion of the Republican party until the present, he has been actively connected therewith, and during the war times was a strong advocate of anti-slavery. A man of progressive sympatliies, he has during the more than forty j^ears of his active practice ever endeavored to keep pace with the advancement of his profession. The family residence is located at No. 13 South Delaware Street, and in addition to this valuable property the Doctor owns an elegant house and a number of desirable lots in Anderson. He has materially aided in promoting the best interests of the place, and in every way possible has contrib- uted to its progress. In 1891 he platted on Nichol Avenue N. L. Wickersham's Addition to the city of Anderson, consisting of eighteen lots. He is a member of the Citizens' Gas Company, and some twenty-eight years ago was interested in the building of the Anderson and Lafayette Turn i>ike Road. Since he located in this state he has wit- nessed many changes, and during the early years of his professional practice he rode on horseback over very rough roads and through the mud, swimming creeks and rivers, and exposing him- self to the severest weather. The Doctor's marriage occurred in Grant Coun- ty, Ind., September 18, 1851, his bride being Miss Mary .1., daughter of Jeremiah Ward, a blacksmith 6^Iy POETRAJT AAD BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 619 and farmer residing in Grant County. Mrs. AVick- ersham was born in Wayne County, tliis state, and hy lier marriage has become the mother of five chil(h-en: Turner A., who is engaged in the real- estate business atSalt Lake City; Enoch C, a dni<>-- gist at Sterling, Kan.; Margaret E., the wife of George E. Simon, of Anderson; Minerva 15., who married G. I). Slianklin, and makes lier home in Anderson; and Naomi A., the wife of Miles Smith, residing at Anderson. ^ APT. BEN.JAMIN B. CAMPBELL, of An- ((( III ''®''*°"' ""^^^ '^°''" '" Sharpsburgh (a suburb ^^ of Pittsburgh), Allegheny County, Pa., Oc- tober 3, 1838. He traces liis ancestry to Scotland, his paternal great-grandfather having been born in that countr;^, a descendant of the house of Ar- gyle. Upon locating in Pennsylvania, he en- gaged in farming in PYanklin County, and both as a private citizen and in public affairs was al- ways loyal, energetic and ctHcient. During tiie Hevolutionnry War he was one of the valiant men who, leaving h.iine and loved ones, fought in the defense of the Colonies. The father of our subject. Rev. James Camp- bell, was born in Franklin County, Pa., near Mer- cersl)urg. lie received in youth an excellent education and was graduated from Princeton Col- lege. Entering the ministry of the Presbyterian Church, he held pastorates at Sharpsburgh and Cannonsburg. For a time he resided in Ohio, and after his return to Pennsylvania had charge of a Young Ladies' Seminary at Shirleysburgh for sev- eral years. He then removed to Alliens, Ohio, in order that his sons might have the advantage of attending the Ohio UniversitJ^ While a resident of Athens, Rev. Mr. Campbell fre(|ueiitly visited other sections of the United States. From that city he came to Anderson, where the subject of this sketch then resided. Soon after the war he accompanied Captain Camp- Ih'II to New Orleans, and remained in that city until his death, which occurred at the .age of sev- enty-nine. His first wife died in Sharpsburgh. Pa. 32 passing away in 1842. She bore the maiden name of Sarah Campbell, and was also of Scotch descent, but although bearing the same name, she was not related to the family of which her liiisljand was a member. The first union of Kev. .lames ('Mnipbell ivsuHcd in the birth of three children, two of whom are living: Benjamin B. and Ilijgh .1. The latter re- sides dn South Dakota, where he has served as Prosecuting Attorney and United States District Attorney. During the war he was a mem lier of the First Iowa, and later of the Eighteenth l.,wa Regiments, and was wounded at Wilson Creek, .Mo. At the expiration of service, he was honorably mustered out with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. The subject of this sketch gained the rudiments of his education in the common schools, and after- ward attended the Ohio University af .AHiens and the Juniata Academy at Shirleysburgh, Fa. His first employment was in a general store at Fan- nettsburgh, Franklin County, Pa., where he re- ceived the munificent .salary of ¥100 per vcar to- gether with his board and clotlios, with an incr(;ase of $50 in cash for the second je.-ir. In 1856, Mr. Campbell came west and secured employment in the ticket office of the old Belle- fontaine (now Bee Line) Railroad, when it was under the m.anagement of Gov. John Bidui^ri,. j,] the fall of 1857, he was made station agent at Anderson, and was the third man to hold the po- sition. Having learned telegraphy at Indianapo- lis, he also handled the instrument. In 1860, he resigned that position and entered the employ of Samuel Walden & Son, grain dealers, where he re- mained until the outbreak of the war. In August, 1861, he enlisted in the Thirty-fourth Indiana Infantry, which was organized at Ander.son. Soon afterward he was appointed <^iarterm.aster-Ser- geant, and when a vacancy occurred was pro- moted to liuartermaster of the regiment. At A'icksburg he was made Quarterm.aster of (ieneral Hovey's division of the Thirteenth Army Corps. For meritorious services during the Vickslmn' campaign, our subject was promoted to the Cap- taincy of Company G, Thirty-fourth Indiana Infan- try, and was commi.ssioned by (iov. O. R. Morton. He participated in the actions at Island No. 10, 650 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD, New Madrid, Yazoo Pass, Port Gibson, Cliampion Hill, Black River Bridge, Jackson and Vicksburg. After the return of tlie expedition to Jackson, the regiment was sent into the Teche country in western Louisiana, and Colonel Cameron, of the Tliirty-fourth, was promoted to Brigadier-General and appointed to the command of the District of the La Fourche. Captain Campbell was commis- sioned by President Lincoln Assistant Adjutant- General United States Volunteers, in which capa- city he served until General Cameron went out of the service, when he was assigned to duty on the staff of Gen. AV. T. Sherman at New Orleans and was his Adjutant in 1865. He was also Adjutant for General Doolittle, now of Michigan. He re- mained in the army until P^ebruary, 1866, having served four years and six months. Upon again entering civil life. Captain Camp- bell engaged in merchandising at Anderson. The firm of Campbell & Hellwig bought their goods at war prices, which shrank so rapidly as to make their investment an unfortunate one. In the year 1870 Captain Campbell went to New Orleans, where he secured employment in the United States Custom House. He remained in this office as long as General Longstreet held it, and then went into service in the office of the Collector of the Port at New Orleans, and later in the Land Office. In 1878 he was attacked by the southern scourge, yellow fever, but tiianks to the good nursing of a faithful servant, Hannah, he came out all right. In 1880 he returned to Anderson and engaged in business as a book-keeper for Edgar Henderson, later in the employ of E. J. Walden and then for a number of years in the wholesale Hour and feed business. In the early movements to secure the location of factories Captain Camjjbell was an energetic worker and a liberal contributor. He has been Township Trustee four terms. County Assessor, Deputy Re- corder, Deputy County Clerk, City Councilman and City Clerk. Socially he is a Master Mason, and has attained the Royal Arch and Council De- grees. He is a Past Sachem of Ononga Tribe of the Improved Order of Red Men. He is an active comrade of Major May Post No. 244, G. A. R., of which he was Commander for two terms. He is Past Junior Vice Department Commander and was ; an Aide-de-camp on the staff of National Com- manders Veazey and Weissert. He has attended several National Encampments as a delegate. In politics Captain Campbell is Democratic, and has 1 served as delegate to many county and state con- ventions. At one time his acquaintance was so general he could call the name of nearly every man in the county. In 1860, Captain Campbell married Miss Jennie, i daugliter of William Roach (lately deceased), a pioneer settler of the county, who held the office I of Justice of the Peace for many years, and served a term as Sheriff. The result of tiie union was three I children, namely: Albert A., now a mail carrier; Thomas B., who is engaged in the grocery business; ! and Hugh J., who is a book-keeper for I. D. Bos- ; worth ife Co. Albert A. married Edna Mc^Kinley and they have one child, Alice Ruth. The other two sons are single and resicle at home.^ In addition to their own children, Captain and Mrs. Campbell have a niece, Ada Paris, who has long made her home with them and is considered as one of the family. Just before leaving the service. Captain Campbell received autograph letters from Generals Cameron, Sherman and Banks, complimenting him very highl}' for his soldierly qualities, efficiency and high character as an officer. These letters the Captain prizes highly, and shows with pardonable pride. EV. FATHER B. BIKGEL, first resident pastor of St. Joseph's Church at Elwood, Madison County, is a cultured man of P broad intelligence and fine attainments. Successful in the religious field of work to which he is ardently devoted, he enjo3^s the respect of the entire communit}' by which he is surrounded, and ! commands the confidence of all the members of his parish. Our honored subject is a native of this state, and was born in Lake County, Ind., August 6. 1866. His parents, Peter and Theresa Biegel, were natives of Germany and descendants of sturd}' and industrious ancestors who in the Fatherland obtained high place among the upright PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 651 and intelligent subjects of tlie Empire. They joined their fortunes in early youth, and soon after embarked for America. Safely crossing the broad Atlantic the father and mother made for themselves a permanent home in Lake County, lud., where the}' 3'et reside, and are widely known and regarded with esteem. Father Biegel spent the days of childhood upon the old homestead, but while yet a boy entered Calvary College, in Fond du Lac County, Wis., and after completing a course of studies there went to St. Francis' Semin- ary, near Milwaukee, where he became a close stu- dent of philosopliy and theology. Our reverend subject graduated with honor from St. Francis in 1889, and was then appointed by Bishop Dwenger as Pastor of the parish at El- wood. Father Biegel also served with faithful efficiency until June, 1893, as mission pastor in Nobtesville and Alexandria, both of these mis- sions at that lime being under the exclusive charge of our subject. The church edifice of the Roman Catholic congregation of Eiwood was first built in 1881, under the supervision of Father Crowley. The parish then being a mission was placed under tilt' spiritual care of Father Crowley, who for six \t-ii- L;ave most faithful ministrations and accora- pli>lu(l much of good. Father Weichman suc- ceeded to the charge of the parish at Eiwood and remained in pastoral charge until 1889. At this latter date the mission became a regular parish and received Father Biegel as resident pastor. Ministering with zeal to a rapidly increasing par- ish, our subject is present in scenes of rejoicing, suffering and death, througli untiring patience and cheering hope aiding his flock to bear the burdens of life with resignation and thus prepare them for the world beyond. Father Biegel is not only a successful spiritual adviser, but is likewise a practical man of superior business ability. Since his arrival in Eiwood he has increased tiie capacity of the church edifice by making a large addition to the original building, the house of worship now being equal to the pres- ent demands of a rapidly increasing congregation, j On taking charge of the parish the first care of ! Father Biegel was to provide a much needed par- ochial school, and this he organized and equipped with excellent teachers in 1889. The school was an assured success from the first, and as the par- ish is gaining in numbers and financial strength, it is now the purpose of the congregation to build in the near future a large and commodious church edifice, using the present one for a scliool building. The enthusiastic enm-gy, scholarly attainments and clear judgment of Father Biegel combine to par- ticularly adapt him for the arduous and trying duties of his present responsible position, the work which lie has already accomplished in El- wood being an eloiiucnt tribute to his worth as a spiritual director and his qualities as a nmu and citizen. jf^ENRY W. IIEXLEYis a farmer of Ilamil- W))} ^on County, on section 21, Clay Township, iiW^ and numbered among the native citizens of (^ the Hoosier State. He was born in Rush County January 30, 1830. His great-grandfather, John Henley, was born in Virginia, and was a de. scendant of Patrick Henley, who emigrated from Ireland to America in the early part of the seven- teenth centurj', locating in Virginia. He was a well- to-do man, and his will is yet in existence in the historic record of Philadelphia. In it he gives two slaves their freedom, and to a man who owes him he gives the amount of his indebtedness. He was a farmer, and a member of the Friends' Church. Joseph Henley, grandfather of our subject, was born in North Carolina, and followed farming in Randolph County of that state. He married Penina Moigan, and unto them were born the following children: Susanna, deceased, wife of Jonathan Phelps; Saralr, deceased, wife of Thomas Thornburg; Thomas; Henry; Mary, wife of Will- iam Benford; Lucretia, wife of H. B. Hill; Micajah; Charles; Nancy, wife of Wvatt Stanley : Jesse and Robert, both deceased. The grandfather spent the last years of his life in Rush County, Ind. Thomas Ilenlej-, father of Henry W., was a native of Randolph County, N. C, and in 1829 came to Indiana. By his economy he saved enough to paj' his tuition in the schools in Richmond for 652 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. two years. He was a shoemaker by trade. With his own earnings he purciiased one hundred and sixty acres of land in Rush County, and then re- turned to North Carolina, where he married Abigail Starbuek, who was of Scotch descent. Her- fatlier, Thomas Starbuek, had three children, Tliomas, Abigail and Eunice. AVith his bride he returned to his new home, making the trip with a two-horse wagon, and clearing the road as he went. He added to his farm until he owned four hundred and eighty-eight acres in Indiana, and also had six hundred and foity acres in Iowa. Charitable and benevolent, he gave freely to all worthy en- terprises, was a generous, noble hearted man, and an official member of the Friends' Church. His death occurred at the age of eighty-four. Mr. Henley of this sketch completed the col- lege course of the Friends' Boarding School in Richmond, Ind., and at the age of twenty-two be- gan learning the carpenter's trade and the sawmill business. In 1865, he came to Hamilton County, and bought eighty acres of his present farm, which now comprises one hundred and twenty acres. There was on it a log house and barn, and thirty acres had been improved. For twelve years he also carried on a sawmill, and has since run a thresh- ing machine in connection with the operation of his farm. In 1856, Mr. Henley was united in marriage with Avis J. Maey, daughter of .lames and Anna (Mendenhall) Macy, the former a native of North Carolina, and the latter of Ohio. They became pi- oneers of Henry County, Ind., where their daugh- ter was born. Seven children graced the union of Mr. and Mrs. Henley, but they lost three in infancy. Lillie E. is the wife of William Small, and has three sons, Frank, Clyde and Girney; Nettie is the wife of Franklin P. Hinshaw, and has four sons, Thomas, Earl, .lett and Rew; Oliver T. married Effie J. Kane, and they have two daugh- ters, Elsie and a babe unnamed; Laura J. is the wife of Joseph I,. Lee, by whom siie has a son, ! Ralph H. The parents are members of the Friends' Church j of Poi>lar Ridge, and Mrs. Henley belongs to the Ladies' Foreign Missionary Society. Mr. Henley has held different positions in the church and is an earnest worker in its interests. In politics he is a Republican. His life has been well and worthily spent, and he is held in universal esteem. His friends throughout the community are man}', and it is with pleasure we present his life record to our readers. W J. WEICHMANN, Principal and proprietor I (^ of the Anderson Business College, was j|L-^Vi born in Baltimore, Md., September 29, 1842, and is the son of John C. and Mary Ann Weichmann. At an earl}' age he accompanied his parents in their removal to Philadelphia, Pa., where he received an excellent education in the public schools, graduating from the high school in Feb- ruary of 1859. While a student in that institu- tion he received his first instruction in phonogra- phy under the tuition of the able and genial Pro- fessor Kirkpatrick. The system used was the Benn Pitman, to which Mr. Weichmann has always since adhered, finding it suflScient for all purposes. After leaving the high school, our subject entered a classical college at Carrollton, Md., where he prosecuted his studies for almost four years, meanwhile gaining a good knowledge of the modern and ancient languages. He is a good linguist, speaking French and German, and be- ing conversant with the Spanish and Italian lan- guages. In 1864-65 he held a position in the war department at Washington, D. C, after which for eighteen successive years he occupied a very re- sponsible post in the custom house at Philadel- phia, resigning the latter position on the 1st of October, 1886. During the same year iSIr. Weichmann removed to Indiana and settled in Anderson, where foi a period of two or three years he was actively en- gaged in stenographic work. In 1888 he was the stenographer and private secretary of J. N. Hus- ton, Chairman of the Republican State Central Committee of Indiana. When the campaign was over, he opened the first shorthand and commer- cial school at Anderson. He has met with con- siderable success in his undertaking and has been PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 653 the means of helping numbers of young people to good positions. The school is a success both in numbers and the character of the instruction im- parted. Being an expert stenographer and ac- countant, Mr. ■yVeichraann is admirably qualified to successfully impart instruction, and makes :i specialty of shorthand and book-keeping. Uov. F. C. Weiclimann, brother of our subject, was for eight years stationed at Anderson as pas- tor of the Catholic Church. Ilis ministrations gave great satisfaction, and he was recognized as the most eloquent and popular pastor ever located in this city, as well as one of the finest orators in the state. A thoughtful and kind man, earnest and faithful in his relations with his parishioners and a firm advocate of temperance, he gained the affectionate esteem of all with whom he was asso- ciated. USTIX F. BRADLKY, a successful and proniiin'nt real-estate man and senior j 1) partner of the well known firm of Bradley & Martin, now engaged in handling extensive property interests in Anderson, Madison County, Ind., is a native of the state and has during his entire lifetime bsen associated vvith the upward growth and development of this part of the great west. Our subject was born in Marion County, near Indianapolis, February 1.3, 185.3, and was the son of William and Sarah (Roberts) Brad- ley. The mother was a native of Indiana, but the father was born in Kentucky, as was also the paternal grandfather, who removed to Indiana with his family when William was about eighteen years of age. The grandfather, a man of energetic enterprise, settled in Marion County, and, taking up land from the Government, engaged in the pursuit of general agriculture, a vocation to which the father also devoted himself his entire life. The grandfather and father passed the remainder of their busy days upon the old Marion County farm, where they finally entered into rest, respected by all who knew them. Our subject w.is one of the large family of ten children who blessed the home of the parents. Of the merry band of sons and daughters who once clustered about the old fireside, eight yet survive, and all are occupying positions of usefiilness. A. F. Bradley during his boyhood attended the common schools of Marion Couuu, mikI latLT enjoyed the benefit of a course of iiistnutidii in the National Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio. When twenty-one years of age he began teaching school and continued as an instructor for the nine ensuing years, thu> making a wide actiuaintance throughout Marion Count \. At the ex|)iralion of that length of time, our subject (U'cidcil to I'litcr the mercantile business, which he |)rosp('ioMsly conducted in Indianapolis until April I, 1881). lie then removed to Anderson, and here engaged profitably in the real-estate business, in which he has since continuously remained. Mr. Bradley was the chief promoter of the enterprise known as the Englowood Addition, containing when platted about two hundred .'ind fifty-seven lots^ and accounted one of the most prosperous real- estate ventures of Anderson. Thoroughly posted in the value of property, our subject has devoted- himself to the general real-estate business with the best results, and is quoted as authority on all matters connected with the landed interests of Anderson and vicinity. In December, 1879, A. F. Bradley and .Miss Laura Butsch were married. The estimable wife of our subject spent the days of her girlhood in Indianapolis and is the daughter of Jose[)h Butsch, for many years a representative business man of the latter city, but now retired from the active duties of mercantile life. Mrs. Bradley is an accomplished lady, and in her youth enjoved excellent educational advantages. The pleasant home has been brightened by the birth of two intelligent sons and one daughter. William Fred and Joseph A. are now attending the e.xcellent schools of Anderson and ambitiously preparing themselves for still more extended opportunities of instruction; and Stella, a bright girl, was taken from the parents at the age of nine years. Mr. Bradley is fraternally associated with the Odd Fellows and affiliates with a lodge in Marion County, near Indianapolis. He is a valued mom- 654 PORTEAIT AND BIOGRAPmCAL RECORD. ber of the ancient order, among whom he has many sincere friends. Politically a stalwart Republican and intelligently posted in local and national issues, our subject has, however, never been an ofHce-seeker, preferring to devote himself to the interests of his daily business. He is known as a liberal-spirited citizen, entering with zeal into the promotion of all matters connected with the public welfare, and is ever ready to assist in local im- provements. He and his wife occupy positions of social influence and command the esteem of a wide circle of acquaintances. I>'OR WEBB, who is now living a retired life in Frankton, has the honor of being a native of the Hoosier State. His birth occuired in Fayette County on the •29th of June, 1821. The family was founded in Amer- ica by Jesse Webb, the grandfather of our sub- ject, who was born on the Emerald Isle and came to America at an early age. He became one of the pioneers of Franklin County. His death occurred at the advanced age of ninety-three. Jesse Webb., Jr., the father of our subject, was born in Kentucky and was a farmer b}' occupation. For many years he resided in Fayette County, and then earae to Madison County, where he spent his remaining days. He voted the Republican ticket, was a member of the Baptist Church, and was a highly respected citizen. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Fannie Acklcraan, was born in North Carolina, but her parents were natives of Germany and in childhood came to this country. Our subject is the fourth in order of birth in a family of eleven children, but he and his Ijrother Edward, who resides in Fountain County, are now the only survivors. Under the parental roof Minor remained until twenty-two j'ears of age, when he commenced learning the carpenter's trade, which he successfully followed for twelve years. In 1855 he began farming, and after a year he engaged in the sawmill business in connection with agricul- tural pursuits and for seventeen years continued the dual occupation. In 1875 he sold tlie mill and purchased the flouring mill of Frankton, which he operated for ten years and then sold to Venwell & Urmston. Since that time he has practically lived a retired life, although he has occasionally been employed as engineer in a mill. Mr. Webb has been twice married. In 1849 he was joined in wedlock with Mary Smeltzer, a daughter of Adam and Sarah (Banks) Smeltzer. Three children were born unto them: Elmer, who resides in Lafayette County, Ind.; Marshall, now living in Nebraska: and Ella, wife of Isaac Ncece, a resident of Kansas. The mother of this famil3' died in 1855, and in 1861 Mr. Webb was again married, his second union being with Sarah Ann Moore, daughter of William and Anna Moore, early settlers of Madison County. Four children graced this marriage: Lewis, at home; Jesse, de- ceased; William and jNIyrlie, who are still with their parent*. Mr. Webb exercises his right of franchise in support of the Republican party, but has never been an office-seeker, preferring to devote his time and attention to his business interests, in which he has met with signal success. He is a member of the Christian Church, and is a highly esteemed cit- izen. Mr. Webb is genial and pleasant in manner and a popular gentleman. He delights in fishing, and, as he is now living retired, has ample time to indulge his taste in that direction. •r^^-j- ,^^ RIFFIN BROTHERS. Noblesvillc contains [If g—, a large number of successful business men, %=^\ prominent among whom may be mentioned the firm of Griffin Brothers, dealers in hardware, farming implements, grates and mantels, paints, etc. The establishment, which they are managing with rare skill and efficiency, is located on the north side of the public square, and is a two-story structure, 24x132 feet in dimensions, the firm occupying tiie first floor and the basement. A visitor to the store will note with interest the varied assortment of walking and riding plows, wheat drills, corn planters, cultivators, hay rakes, McCormick self-binders and mowers, several PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 655 grades of binding twine, steam threshers, washing maeiiines, refrigerators, barbed wire (both gal- vanized and painted), lawn mowers, a full line of edged tools, saws, screen doors, rope, paints and oils, axle grease, implement lixtures and wheel- barrows. Here may also be found all the best varieties of cook stoves, including the "Garland," "Keystone," '■Kitchen Queen," "Dexter" and "Comet." Among heating stoves the firm carries a full line of wood, soft and hard coal heaters, making a specialty of the "Orient" and the "Economy." Both in quantity and quality the stock carried by Grittin Brothers surpasses many, and is conceded to be C(iual to the best establishments in the county. The store is a favorite trading place for farmers, who realize that here they receive the full value of tlieir money. jRi. AVID VANNATTER. The occupation of || Jl farming is one that has received attention ^^^ fiom the eailiest ages, and it is not to be wondered at that it has become the art it is at the present time. Among those who have shown a satisfactory knowledge of this calling, and whose operations are conducted in a very pro- gressive manner, may be mentioned David Van- natter, who is the owner of a valuable farm in Monroe Township. Like many of the settlers in this section of the country, he is a native of the Buckeye State, born in Tuscarawas County, March 24, 1837, and the sou of Christopher and Maria A. (Ilerron) Vannatter, natives of Ohio and Pennsylvania, respectively-. The paternal grand- parents, .John and Sarah Vannatter, were natives of the Keystone Stale, and the maternal grand- parents, Richard and Elizabeth (Skeels) Herron, wore natives of Mary Land. The parents of our subject moved to Noble County Ind.. in 1852, and in the following spring to Delaware County, that state, where they made a permanent settlement. The mother passed away in 1865, and the father survived her until 1888, dying at the age of seventy-six years. Seven children \ver(> born to this worthy couple, and four are nuw living. David \;inn:i1tcr, the sec- ond in order of birth of these children, continued under the parental roof until twenty-one years of age and then commenced life on his own responsi- bility. On the 6th of November, 1860, he was mar- ried to Miss Nancy M. Burgess, daughter of David and Elizabeth (Bryan) Burgess, natives of \'irginia, who came to Delaware County Ind., at an early date. To Mr. and Mrs. Vannatter were born six children, two only surviving. .lulm, burn Ocldber 9, 1861, died on the .".th of December, l.ssi, from malarial fever, all the family being sick and the mother unconscious at the time; Eldora Jane, born April 26, 1869, died August 21, 1872; Charles Wesley died February 14, 1865, aged four months and one day; Samuel died Septembers, 1863, aged one month and three days; George Franklin was born July 14, 1870; and William Archie was born November 7, 1875. IMrs. Vannatter's aunt, Mrs. Nancy Ward, who is hale and hearty at eighty- eight years, makes her home with the \'annattcrs at present. In December, 1864, Mr. Xannalter enlisted in Company 15, Thirty-eighth Regiment Indiana Infantry, under Captain Shaw, and was discharged at Moore's hospital. Chestnut Hill, Pa., in June. 1865. He first left Indianapolis and went to Louisville, Ky., thence to Nashville, Tenu., from there to Chattanooga and back to Nashville to in- tercept General Hood. He was then sent to Jef- ferson Barracks, Mo., where he was taken sick. Af- terward he was sentas guard to a number of bounty jumpers through to New York. From there he was sent to Hilton Head, thence to Wilmington, S. C; he marched through Raleigh, and was there at the time of the surrender of General Lee. From there he was sent to New Berne, N. C, and was there at the time of President Lincoln's assassin- ation. He sailed from that point to Philadelphia, and arrived at home June 22, 1865. He now draws a pension of %% per month. Previous to enlisting in the army he had been engaged in farming, and upon his return resumed his former occupation. In 1885 he removed to Marion Township, Madison County, Ind., and purchased a farm, his present home. Socially, Mr. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Vannatter is a member of Gaston Lodge No. 425, I. O. O. F., and Lookout Mountain Post No. 140, G. A. R., at Gaston. He and his family are members of tlie Metliodist Episcopal Clnircii, and lie is a Democrat in politics. He has never been well since his service in the army. I A'. RS. ANNA BALLARD, a lady of worth and superior business ability, and the widow of Absalom Ballard, an honored pio- neer of Washington Township, Hamilton County, Ind., is widely known and universally re- spected in her home locality, where she occupies a social position of useful influence. Our subject, born in Preble County, Ohio, November 14, 1821, was the daughter of John and Anna (Davis) McClain, both natives of South Carolina. Grand- father George McClain was born in bonnie Scot- land and was the descendant of Scotch-Welsh an- cestors. He emigrated to the United States in the latter part of the eighteenth century, and locating in South Carolina there survived to a good old age. Grandfather Tollaver Davis was born in P^ng- land, and crossing the broad Atlantic made South Carolina his home in the Colonial days. He was a soldier of the Revolution, and was drafted into the American array. The father, John McClain, received a fair education in his childhood, and, a farmer by occupation, was a self-reliant and enter- prising man. Arrived at mature years, be mar- ried Anna Davis, daughter of Tollaver and Mary L. Davis. The Davis family were originally from England, but the Lees were of Welsh de- scent, grandmother Mary (Lee) Davis having been born in Wales. The union of the parents was blessed by the birth of thirteen children, eleven of whom survived to adult age, two little ones dying in infancy'. The sons and daughters were in order of age: Mar3', Benjamin, David, Susannah, John, Davis, Anna (our subject), Samuel, Hugh, Elizabeth and Lee Roy. The mother received only brief schooling, but she was a lady of intelligence and ability. Slie was a valued member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and lived to an extreme old age, surviv- ing to reach one hundred and three years. Pass- ing into the evening of her days, with a faithful memory and long retaining her bright faculties, she was a most remarkable woman and was well known for her strength of character and kindli- ness to all the country round about. The father. politically a Whig, was actively interested in gov- ernmental affairs and was a leader in the local progress of his home neighborhood. An upright man, he died at seventy-five j'ears of age, mourned by a large circle of old-time friends. Upon December 12, 1839, in Preble County, Ohio, were united in marriage Absalom Ballard and Miss Anna McClain. The beloved husband of our subject was the son of Nathan Ballard, a native of Virginia, who removed to North Caro- lina at a very early day. The father was a man of fine attainments and possessed a fair education. In religious aflSliation a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, he was in political sentiment a Whig. He survived to the age of seventy-two years and passed away esteemed by all who knew him. Father Ballard married when young Miss Sarah, daughter of Jesse and Nancy (Os- borne) Lane, both natives of North Carolina. Unto the union of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Ballard were born many sons and daughters, several of whom died in infanc}'. Nine of the children sur- vived to adult age, and were Abner, Nancy, Jesse, Joab, Sarah, Absalom (the husband of our subject), Samuel, James and Temple. The mother received the usual advantages of her day, and a good and useful woman, was spared toiler family until sev- enty-three years of age. After his marriage, Absalom Ballard with his wife removed to Hamilton Countj^, Ind., in 1841, and settled on a forty-acre farm, all timber. In 1867 he located on'' the homestead where our sub- ject now lives, ffid purchased eighty acres of good land, then partly imjjroved, and which lie after- terward brought up to a high state of cultivation. Mr. Ballard, an honest and hard-working man, toiled diligently to provide for the twelve chil- dren who brightened the pioneer home with their cheerful presence. lie had never enjoyed the ad- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RF.CORD. 65< vaiitaifes of an odiK'ation, Imt was a self-made man wlio won his way upward to liuancial prosperity' and an assured position of useful influence, lie was a devout member of tiie Friends' Cliureli, and politically was a Republican. lie was sixty-eight years old at the time of his death, and entered into rest mourned by many friends, in whose hearts his memory is yet green. He never belonged to a secret society, being opposed to such organizations. Ten of the family whom Mrs. Hallaid nursed and reared with the devotion of a true mother lived to adult age; the sons and daughters who clustered about her hearth being in order of birth: Kinily, Elizabeth, Nancy, Rebecca. Levi, Esther, (harles, Hugli, Jonathan and Elvvood. JM is. Bal- lard is, as was her husband, a member of the Friends' Church, and has alwaj's been a cheerful giver to the poor and needy. Now arrived at seventy-two years of age, hale and hearty, she may congratu- late herself ui)on her well spent life, mainly de- voted to the unselfish care of others. Beloved by all who know her, and surrounded by sincere friends and relatives, she is passing her latter years in calm content, only waiting the bidding of the Master. ^^'NTIIONY MABIUTJ'. In the death of (^yjj this gentleman, winch occurred May 4, /// It 1888, Madison County lost a public-spir- '0J ited citizen and typical pioneer, one who had ever maintained a deep interest in the wel- fare of the county, and especially in the progress of the township of Richland. He was born in Union County, Ind., Decembei- I'l. I.s24. and was a son of Thornberry and Sus;ui (Smitli) Mabbitt, with whom in his youth he migrated to Madison County, settling in Monroe Township and being numbered among the earliest settlers of this part of the state. In the log cabin erected by his futhcr, and upon the home farm, our subject grew to manhood, well fitted to bear his part in the battle of life. In contrast to the boys of the present time, he had few educational advantages, his schooling Ijeing limited to a brief attendances in the pioneer tem- ple of learning situated near his father's home. From childhood his life has been a busy one, and in his youth he accomplished considerable pioneer work, aiding in cutting down trees cU'uriiig land and planting grain. Mr. Mabbitt chose as his helpmate Miss .Sarah .1. Colgan, with whom he was united in marriage May G, 1847. This estimable lady was born in Henry County, Ind., December 18, 1827, and is a daughter of William and Nancy (Hatlen) Colgan, who are said to have been natives of Kentucky- Re- moving in an early day to Indiana, Ihe^- made set- tlement in Henry County, their home being a log cabin in the woods. Before building the log house they resided for a short time in a tent. They were identified with the early history and growth of lleury County, and Mrs. Mabbitt in her child- hood frequently heard the wolves howling around the cabin door. When eight years old she accom- panied her parents to Madison County, and set- tled in Monroe Township, where she grew to womanhood. Her brothers and sisters are: Ellen, Lucinda, Minerva, Daniel, AVilliam and Abigail. After their marriage, Mr. and i\Irs. Mabbitt set- tled upon the farm where they made their home until the death of the former. They began house- keeping in a log cabin in the woods, and devoted their energies to the securing of better advantages and comforts. Being excellent managers— he upon his farm, and she in the home — they accum- ulated a competency and became well-to-do. They were prominent in the community, and their circle of friends was an extensive one. A Demo- crat iu politics, he served for several years as Jus- tice of the Peace and occupied other local posi- tions. He was a kind husband and father and an obliging neighbor, and his death was mourned not only by the immediate relatives of his family, but also by all with whom he was brought into busi- ness or social relations. At his death, Mr. Mabbitt left an estate of two hundred and sixty-two acres, of which his widow- now owns seventy-four acres, the balance being divided among his children, six of whom survive. They are: Granville; Angeline, wife of Ambrose 658 yOETRAlT AND BIt)GRAPHICAL RECORD. Manring; Amanda; Rebecca A., who is the wife of Davis Vermillion; Caroline, a teacher in the public schools; and William E. Mrs. Mabbitt resides upon the home farm and superintends the management of the estate. She is one of the representative and venerable pioneer women of Richland Town- ship, and is popular, not alone in the Methodist Episcopal Ciiurch, of which she is a member, but also throughout the entire communit3-. y ILLIAM CUNNINGHAM. This gentle- man, who is the efficient servant of Uncle Sam in the postoffice at Alexandria, Ind., has beeu a resident of this county since his birth, therefore has been deeply interested in its prog- ress and welfare, and has been one of its law-abid- ing and public-spirited citizens. IIi§ long resi- dence here has made him well known to the \\\ih- lic, and that he is highly regarded cannot be doubted when tiie large number of his warm friends are taken into consideration. His birth occurred six miles north of Alexandria, January !•'?, 1859, a son of Joseph Cunningliam, who was lioru in North Carolina in 1827. His father was William Cunningham, who was born in the same state as his son in the latter part of the eighteenth century. He was of Scotch and Irish descent, an early member of his family having been a learned writer of his da}' during the religious troubles in Scotland, it is supposed. Members of this family afterwards went to Ireland and from there came to America, the first trace of them in this country being found in the old North State, but the name of the original settler is unfortunately unknown. William Cunningham, who was the grandfather of tiie present AVilliam, was a farmer by occupa- tion and died in his native state, North Caro- ! lina, at an advanced age. Five of the nine chil- , (hen born to him and his wife were sons, and Jo- seph was the youngest. All the brothers came to Indiana about 1845 and settled in Madison County, where they became reasonably successful as farmers and accumulated a competence. The eldest, William, died in 1801 at about eighty-five years of age; John died near Anderson in 1872; George died in 1879; Samuel died in 1891. Jo- seph, the only survivor of this family, resided in Monroe Township, this county, until 1882, then went to southwestern Missouri and resided in Ver- mont County, near Nevada. The maiden name of his wife was Ellen James, who was born four miles west of Alexander, her parents being among the earl}- settlers of that section. They removed to Iowa many years ago and but little has since been known of them. The mother died in Madison County, Ind., in 1880. William Cunningham, whose name heads this sketch, was the third of five children born to his parents, a sister and a brother being older than himself. Nathan H., the eldest brother, died when he was twenty years of age. Rebecca married John F. Stewart, a farmer of this count}'. J. D. L. Cun- ningham was for many years a teacher in the pub- lic schools; he went to Missouri when his father moved there, and served as Deputy Clerk of Ver- non County; he is now First Assistant Postmaster of Nevada, Mo. George M. is the Postmaster of Gil- man, Ind. William had but limited opportunities for obtaining an education in his youth, and con- tinued to reside on the home farm up to the time of his mother's death, then began the hard task of making his own way in the world with but little means or education. The clothes he had on his back were all he possessed in the world, and his sole monetary capital consisted of fifty cents, but he soon found employment on a farm and worked by the month during the following summer. This money he spent the next winter in attending school; he continuing for some time, and so studi- ous and earnest was he, that at about twenty-one years of age he was eminently capable of teach- ing the young idea. This occupation he followed for the next thirteen years, during which time be won a reputation for ability, thoroughness and method that placed him among the leaders of the educators in his section. He has been a life-long Democrat, is quite a worker for his party, but has never sought political honors for himself. How- ever, he was brought to the fi'ont by his many ad- mirers for the position of Postmaster of Alex- andria after the election of Mr. Cleveland to his PORTRAIT AND PIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 059 present term as President of the riiited States. After receiving the appointment lie entered upon diilics of tlie otlice. .lime 1(1. l.s;(;',, a position lie has proven hiiiisclf r.^niarkal.ly well qualified to nil. In 1SS2 ^^'' Ji OIIN IL POORK,a native of Madison Coun- ' ty, Ind., born October 12, 1827, Las through. j out a long career of usefulness devoted ^ himself mainly to the pursuit of agri- culture and stock-raising. When the storms of Civil War disturbed the land, our subject was among the army of courageous and noble men who, answering to the appeals of the Government, gave themselves heroically to the preservation of the national existence and became volunteer sol- diers, bearing themselves with gallantry upon the fields of war. His parents, George and Catherine (llopps) Poore,were both natives of Ohio, and were there reared and educated, studying in the com- mon schools of their birthplace. Trained up to haliits of industrious thrift and early engaging in the work of life, they arrived at mature years earnest, energetic and self reliant, and were well fitted to care for a home and family of their own when they entered into marriage. They settled lirst among the scenes and associations of their early days, spending a number of years in the state of Oliio, but the}' finally followed the increasing tide of emigration to the state of Indiana, where the father, a man of ambitious enterprise, entered one hundred and sixty acres of land from the Gov- ernment, paying therefor -^1.25 per acre. The fami- ly, pioneers of their locality, settled in the dense woods of Indiana, and ut once entered upon the experiences incidental to residence in a new coun- try. Our subject, attending the district school of the ln)me neighborhood when he could be spare(L dili- gently improved the precious moments, and, well versed in the practical every day duties of farm- ing life, reached adult age manly, icsolutc and enterprising. The implements he used in l)reak- ing the land and cultivating tlic fields were of the most primitive character, and the [lursuit of agri- culture was then accompanied with more dillicul- ties than are thought of to-day. Not hmg after attaining his majority, John Poore was united in marriage with Miss Pluebc Ellswortii, a native of Madison Count}', Ind., and born April 11,1831. The estimable wife of our subject was the daugh- ter of Andrew and Susan Ellsworth, early and highly respected pioneer settlers of Fall Creek Township. Mrs. Poore is the only survivor of the family of Andrew and Sarah Ellsworth, who passed awa}' while j'et comparatively young, leaving their daughter Plusbe an orphan at a very tender age. Possessing marked ability, she arrived at womanhood energetic and capable, and has i)roven to her husband a iielpmatc indeed. Mr. and Mrs. Poore have been blessed by the l)irtii of a large family of sons and daughters of whom six 3'et survive: Rosetta, who is the wife of John Stanley; George R.; Catherine, deceased; Nancy J., wife of J. R. Brown; William H.; Sarah, wife of Benjamin R. Blake; and Phoebe, wife of .loseph Blake. Mr. Poore enlisted during the early part of the Civil AVar in Company D, Thirty-fourth Indiana Infantry, and participating in numerous decisive battles and skirmishes, fought with courage at Vicksburg, Champion Hills, and in the adjacent fields of war. For nearly three years constantly suffering exposures and privations, our subject lost his health and was incapacitated for duty, and his malady affecting his eyes, he became totally blind. He now receives a pension of 172 per month from the Government of the United States. After the war Mr. Poore returned to Madison County, where he has continued since to make his permanent residence. The valuable home farm comprises one hundred and ninety-five and three-fourth acres of excellent land, finely cultivated, and improved with attractive and substantial buildings, a mod- ern residence, roomy barns and granary. Politi- cally a Republican and an ardent believer in the principles of his party, Mr. I'oore is deeply inter- ested in both local and national government. He 664 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. is in religious affiliation a member of the Society of Friends and a sincere Christian man. A liberal spirited citizen, he fully possesses the confidence of a wide circle of old time friends and well-wishers. ' OSEPH JARRETT, who was a man of ster- ling integrity of character and fine business ^-.|j ability, formerly a leading general agricul- (^^ turist and stock-raiser of Lafayette Town- ship, Madison County, Ind., entered into rest in 1884, mourned by all who knew him. He was a devout Christian man, a friend to educational ad- vancement, and in his death Madison County suf- fered the loss of a public-spirited, pioneer citizen. Our subject, a native of Virginia and born in (ireen brier in .June, 1823, was a son of William and Barbara (Smith) Jarrett, both of whom were also natives of the Old Dominion. The father and mother, energetic and enterprising, early de- termined to try their fortunes in the farther west and when .Joseph was only a little lad he emigrated with his parents toOhio,where the family remained but tone year, thence removing to Madison County, Ind., and settling on Lick Creek, three miles south of Columbus. There in a little log cabin in the midst of dense woods the father, mother and their family, with stout hearts and steady industry, made their home for many changing years. With the land to clear, the fields to cultivate and the im- ))rovements, which gradually were made, leisure time was unknown, and from his earliest youth our subject entered into the pursuit of agriculture, and when he could be spared attended the little subscription school of the home neighborhood. To the brief schooling gained in his youth Mr. •Jarrett added in later years by reading and observa- tion, and, an intelligent and earnest man, was a close observer, gleaning knowledge by the wayside and constantly improving himself through association with books and the society of others. He attained to manhood thoroughly self-reliant and with zeal and courage won his upward way in life. Upon April 2, 1863, Joseph Jarrett and Miss Angeline Nibarger were united in marriage. Tlie estimable wife of our subject, a faithful companion and a true helpmate, was born in Rush County, Ind., April 19, 1841. Mrs. Jarrett was the daughter of Jacob and Lncinda (Harris) Nibarger. Her father was a native of Virginia, and her mother was born in Ohio. They came to Indiana in a very early day and for some time made their home in Rush County, but when Mrs. Jarrett was only a little girl removed to Hancock County, where their daughter Angeline received her education in the district school and was trained into the wa3'S of the household. The little log cabin where she received her primary instruction was rudely furnished and offered only limited opportunities for an education, but she there laid the broad foundations for a knowledge which she later re- ceived as she progressed in life. Nine children blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Jarrett, seven of whom are now living. Lucretia, Mrs. Calder Hiday, is deceased; Emma is the wife of James Fowler; Ida is the wife of Sigel Riger; Anna is deceased; I^ucy, Benjamin, Virginia, Allen .and Dora complete the family list. For sixteen years subsequent to his marriage our subject and his good wife remained upon the old Jarrett homestead upon Lick Creek, but in the spring of 1879 removed to section 32, Lafayette Township, where Mr. Jarrett continued in the pursuit of agriculture until his demise. He left to his bereaved widow and children a fine estate of two hundred acres of highly improved and valuable land, upon which Mrs. Jarrett yet resides. Our subject and his wife, long-time and valued members of the United Brethren Church, were ever foremost in good work and benevolent enterprises, and in their various home localities held high posi- tions of useful influence. Mr. Jarrett was politically a Republican and ardently interested in both local and national issues. A man of broad and liberal views, he was a promoter of enterprise, ever ready to do his full share in all matters of mutual wel- fare. True to every dutj' of life as a man, hus- band and father, he possessed a wide circle of friends, and his memory is yet green in the hearts of the many who knew and loved him for his ex- cellent qualities and genuine kindliness. Mrs. f^^f^. %nxd\^(^ Zm^uM PORTRAIT AND JilOCiRAPllICAL RECORD. 667 Jai-rett, a lad}' of woitli and l)iisiness ability, liad in her bereavement the syiiiijatliy uf many true friends and is highly regarded in tlic edniuiunily of Lafayette Township. C^^r^,-— :^>& i#i= roce il( K CAKIWlilGIIT. andria. was horn in Kli/.al>rth City. N. C.. uary 1, 1826. His father. Thomas Cartwright, so far as known, was born in the same state in 1790, of English ancestry. Durinsr his early life he was a seafaring man. and in l.s:i:) rame ti) In- diana, settling at Jliltun, W.tynf ( 'ounl-y. where he was employed on the national road. On the 12th of August, 1816, he brought his fanjily to Madison County, and located on a farm four miles north of Alexandria. There his death oc- curred in 1865. Early in life he was a Whig in politics, but later advocated the principles of the Democratic party, with which he voted during the balance of his life. Our subject's mother, Sarah B. Smithson, was a native of North Carolina and a descendant of English ancestors. Her death oc- curred when about eighty-flve 3'ears of age. Nine children were born to Thom.is and Sarah B. Cartwright, of whom one son and two daugh- ters are now living. Charles, the eldest child, went to Iowa and engaged in farming, and also followed the trade of a carpenter until his death, which occurred in Marengo, that state, when six- ty-eight years of age. Spencer was also a farmer and carpenter, and died four miles north of Alex- andria in 1855, being killed by the accidental dis- charge of a gun which he was cleaning. Miles, who was also a farmer and carpenter, died in 1862. William is a farmer, residing five miles north of Alexandria. Emaline married E^dward Christo- pher, a farmer, and resides at Suminitville, this county. Mary first married .lames White, and is now the wife of .lames Iviton. a farmer in Wis- consin. The original of this notice wa> three years of age when his i)areiits left the Old North State and located in Indiana, and seven years afterward he 33 came with them to Madison County. When a lad he was employed for some time in carrying water and whiskey for the men at work on the White Water canal, but the principal part of his time up to eighteen years of age was spent in as>isting in the work of clearing his father's farm, lie re- ceived but limited advantages for an education, and when eighteen years of age f)egan to learn the carp("nter's trade at Cambridge City. This occu- he spent one year on a farm. Later he joined a traveling show, acting as second clown in the light comedy. .Subsequently he owned a minstrel- show, with which he traveled for two years. Later oiu- subject embarked in the mereanlile business at the Crossroads, fi>nr miles iioilhwest of Alexandria, and was engaged in l)usincss there for five years. Afterward he opened the first hotel in Alexandria. During the summer of 1862 he or- ganized Company !•;, One Iluiubed an.l First, Indi- ana Infantry, of whii'h lie was eoinmissioned Cap- tain. He i)articipated m the battles of Hoover".- Gap, Chickamauga and Chattanooga. On account of failing health he resigned, November 7. LSli.'J, but as he begau«improving immediately after leav- ing the arm}', he re-enlisted, in March, 1864, as a member of Company K, One Hundred and Tiiir- tieth Indnma Infantry, and w.as promoted to the rank of Sergeantand later became Lieutenant. He took part in the battles of Peach Tree Creek, Snake Gap, Resaca, also in the fall of Atlanta, and went as far as Rome, Ga., on the famous march to the sea. Marching to Nashville, he participated in the last battle of that plaice, and was also present at El. Fisher, Wilmington, Kingston, Raleigh and Charleston. There he remained, looking after Con- federate property, until December, 1865, when he was discharged. After leaving the army, Capt. Cartwright en- gaged in the hotel business for one _year in Alex- andria, and for the following five 3-ears was pro- prietor of tlie United States Hotel at .Vnderson. For some years afterward he was engaged in the hotel business in different places. In 1891 he re- turned to Alexandria, and was engaged in the ci- gar and tobacco business at the time of the great fire in 1892, when his store was destroyed by fire. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. He has since engaged in the grain and provision business in his substantial briclc building on Canal Street, where he is now located. Capt. Cartwright has been twice married. In 1857 he married Mrs. Jane (Fulton) Cartwright, the widow of his brother Spencer. She died, leaving two children, Thorras and Lucinda E. Thomas died a number of years ago, and his widow, and daughter, Blanche, make their home with our sub- ject. The daughter, Lucinda E., has been twice married, first to D. S. Elliott, and afterward to Charles Sherman. She has one child, Fredrick, and now resides in Indianapolis. Capt. Cart- wright's second marriage occurred at Summitville, and united him with Mrs. Christina Silcott, who died September 15, 1889. Socially, Capt. Cart- wright is identified with the Grand Army of the Republic and has served as Commander of How- ard Post, at Summitville, and is now a member of the post at Alexandria, lie is a charter mem- ber of the Order of Red Men, in which he is now officiating as Past Prophet. He is a member of the Grand Council of Indianapolis. In politics he is a Republican. J"' ONATH^ general fine far acres of ' ONATHAN W. MOFFITT, who carries on farming and stock-raising on his farm of three hundred and eighty land on section 31, Delaware Town- ship, Hamilton County, was born on section 34 of the same township in 1841. and is a representative of an honored pioneer family. His grandfather, Charles Motfltt, was born in Ireland, and when a young man came to the United States and became a planter of North Carolina, where he spent his remaining d.ays. Silas Moffltt, father of our subject, was the youngest son in his family of nine sons and five daughters. He was born in 1794 and was educated in the common schools. At the age of twenty-six, in North Carolina, he married Hannah, daughter of AVilliam and Mary (MofHtt) Wilkinson, and in 1823 emigrated with his family to Indiana, locat- ing on the farm where our subject was born. He came with a four-horse team and brought his household effects in a wagon. He had previously entered land, but settled on a farm which had been entered by his father-in-law. Unto Mr. and Mrs. MolHtt were born four sons and five daugh- ters: Mary, widow of Joseph White, of Indianapo- lis; Charles W., deceased; Rhoda,of Carmel; Will- iam C, deceased; Hannah, of Carmel; Margaret, deceased, who was first the wife of Isaac Burrouglis, and after his death married Cyrus Hunt; Tacy, deceased, was the wife of Allen Myers; Silas H., on the home farm; and Jonathan. The father was an old-lin€ Whig, and afterward a Republican. He served as County Commissioner in a very early day, and was an influential citizen. He accumu- lated several hundred acres of land and placed large tracts under cultivation. In the primitive schools our subject was edu- cated, and amid the wild scenes of the frontier was reared to manhood. When he was twenty- two years of age his father gave him one hundred and sixty-six acres of land, mostly timber, and he rented another farm of his father. As a com- panion and helpmate on life's journey, he wedded Mary Roberts, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Bond) Roberts, who were natives of Wayne County. Ind., as was also the daughter. Both her paternal and maternal grandfathers were ninety years of age at the time of their deaths. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Moffltt have been born seven chil- dren: Rhoda, the wife of Artliiu;^P. Stanley^ Frank; Olive, the wife of Charles Brown ; Emma, the wife of Otis Roberts; Nellie, who died at the age of seven years; Oscar and Carrie. The children have been educated in the high school of Carmel, and Frank was also a student of Bloomington, Ind. He followed teaching *for four years, and Rhoda was also a school teacher. Mr. MofHtt still owns the farm given him by his father, and its boundaries have been extended until it now comprises three hundred and eighty acres. In connection with general farming, lie carries on stock-raising, making a s|)ecialty of Short-horn cattle and fine hogs. He is a charter member of Carmel Lodge No. 401, I. O. O. P., and in politics is a Republican. In 1888 he was chosen Township Trustee, and has since filled that PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL Rp:CORD 669 office. He has been instrumental in liuilding tliree new selioolliouses, and talics an active interest in everytliiny: that tends tiiwani |ii-(imotini; the cause of education and the ui)buihliiio; of tiie eoni- niunit\-. ji^.jj-^;^- >^=>3 |I/_^ KNHY KRONNENBKRO, t'liairman of the Ir jl' Board of Commissioners of Madison County, /IW^ and an influential and prominent citizen (^ of Union Townshij), is one of the best- known residents of his locality. His life lias been a pre-eminently successful one, and now in his de- clining years, he enjoys the fruits of the labor of former years. He is the owner of six hundred and six acres, of wiiicli his home farm on section lo, comprises nearly five hundred. At one time his landed possessions aggregated fourteen hundred acres, the greater portion of which he lias divided among his children. The life of Mr. r.ronnenberg has been closely identified with the history of Madison County dining a large part of the present century. This county was his birthplace, and it has been the scene of his life's activities. He was boru here on the 4th of December, 1824, being a son of Fred- erick and Barbara (Easter) Bronnenberg, natives respectively of (Germany and Pennsylvania. His father emigrated to the United States probably in 1818 or 1819, and in 1821, accompanied by his family, came west to Madison County, Ind., the removal being made with an ox-team ahd wagon. As the country was new and no roads had as yet been opened, he was obliged to cut his way through the brusii and timber, and the journey from Ohio (his former 'home) to Indiana was therefore a tedious one. When Government land came into tiie market, Frederick Bronnenberg entered one hundred and sixty acres, and subsequently, from time to time, entered other tracts of land, until his landed pos- sessions were large and valuable. His first home was in a log cabin on section 16, erected by him- self, and located in the midst of the woods. Neighbors were few, bvit wolves were numerous and all kinds of wild game abounded. As time passed by, people flocked hither, attracted by the superior advantages of climate and soil, and Mr. ics- til.. .IrvclopMUMit of In his death, which county lost one of its nilar citizens. I<'ort I'.ronnenbcig livcil t, the county, liiiiisclf terially and morally, red July 5, 18;j:5, the less pioneers and pi, Ikiv.' .•on,e and -..n,- filial rest, hut lii.s ii;iiiie is still iciiicinbcrcd with gr.atitude by all who cherish an affection f(jr this county and state. He had been promiiiciif in pnli- lic affairs, and held a number of township ollices, being for two terms Count v Commissioner and al- so serving in other capacities. In his youth, the subject of this sketch engaged in clearing land and tilling the soil, and accom- plished considerable pioneer work. His education was limited to such infoiiiiatioii asrould be trained in the primitive schools, held in log buildings of a rude construction, but as he is a thoughtful man, a close observer and a systematic I'eader, he has become well informed. His life occupation has been that of a farmer and stock-raiser, and he makes a specialty of raising, buying and selling horses, in which he has engaged with success for a number of years. On the 17th of November, 1847, occurred the marriage of Henry Bronnenberg to Miss Maria Forkner, a native of Henry County, Ind., and the daughter of James and L3'dia Forkner, of whom further mention is made in the sketch of Alfred Forkner, elsewhere presented. Of this union, the following named children (eight in number) sur- vive: Sanford. a farmer by occupation, and the owner of two hundred acres on section 14, Union Township; William B., who owns and operates one hundred and sixty acres on section 3 of Union Township; John M., residing on section 1.5, Union Township, where he owns one hundred acres of finely improved land; Thomas, whose farm on sec- tion 15, Union Township, comprises one hundred and thirty-two acres; Lucinda, the wife of John Noland, a resident of Richland Township, Madi- son County; Jane, wife of James Hancock, resid- ing in Richland Township; Alfred, who makes his home with his parents; and Susan, wife of Frank Pence, of Richland Township. These children 670 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. were given every advantage, and each, upon start- ing out in life for liimself, was given a tract of land by Mr. Bronnenberg. A Democi-at in his political belief, Mr. Bronnen- berg was for twent3'-two years Trustee of Union Township. In November, 1890, he was elected County Commissioner for a term of tliree years, and in November of 1893, he was re-elected for a further term of three years, the latter term begin- ning in December, 1893. As Chairman of the Board, he has rendered efficient service to his fel- low-citizens, and has justly gained their confi- dence. In former years lie was prominently iden- tified with the Masonic fraternity, and still retains an interest in that social order. '®M@- |r^-jEV. CURTIS H. iMALLERY, the son and lU^ grandson of lionored pioneer settlers of In- (!^ fli diana, and an eloquent and highly esteemed preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church, is a native of Hamilton County and was born in Noblesviile Townsliip August 13, 1840. Aside from the sacred avocation of a minister of the Gospel, our subiect is a representative agriculturist, prosperously conducting one of the finest farms in Hamilton County. His father, Horace C. Mallery, born in the state of New York, April 6, 1815, emi- grated with his parents to the wilds of Indiana when only sis years of age. Reared and educated amid the primitive scenes of earlj- days, he attain- ed to manhood and wedded Miss Mary Pugh, born September 19, 1813. in Ohio. The mother, a woman of lovely Christian char- acter, passed away March 31, 1875. The father, identified from childliood with the advancement of Indiana, outlived his wife four years, and, re- gretted by ail who knew him, died November 11, 1879. The paternal grandfather, Curtis Mallery, in wliose iionor our subject was named, was a man of sterling integrity and ambitious enter- prise, and w.as peculiarily adapted to make his up- ward way in a new country. Born April 8, 1774, he lived to reach seventy-seven years of age, and entered into rest October 1, 1851, mourned as a public loss. The paternal grandmother, Nancy Mallery, a worthy pioneer, bravely shared with her husband and family the rude experiences of life on the borders of civilization and lived to en- joy many comforts and luxuries in Noblesviile, where she died of cholera, August 19, 1850. Our subject was educated in the common schools of the home district, and, reared as a firmer, re- mained with his parents until his marriage. Upon April 25, 1860, Curtis H. Mallery and Miss Lydia R. Richmond were united in marriage. The esti- mable wife of our subject, a native of Indiana, was born in Madison Countj- and is the daughter of Francis M. and Sarah (Holiday) Richmond, pioneer settlers of Madison County, widely known and highly respected. Rev. Francis M. Richmond, a native of New York, died in 1853. His excel- lent life companion was born in Kentucky and ])assed away in 1851. The union of Rev. Curtis H. and Mrs. Mallery was blessed by the birth of three children, two surviving. Arza V., born Oc- tober 18, 1867, married Maggie Passwater. and has one son; H. Frank, born January 6, 1874, Is at home. Immediately succeeding iiis marriage, our sub- ject settled with his young wife in a log cabin near his present comfortable residence and lived in the humble little home five happ}' years, then he built the house in which the family have dwelt so many changing seasons. Mr. Mallery is now erecting a fine residence for his son, and the country round about presents a striking contrast to the wilderness m which the grandparents, locat- ing and taking up a large tract of land three- score and twelve 3'ears ago, became genuine pio- neers of Noblesviile Township. Tiien, suffering and privations were the portion of the settlers, and wild game roamed through the woods and across the broad prairies. To-day, comfort and plentj' abound and an abundant harvest yearly yields a handsome revenue to the tiller of the soil. The ancestors of our subject, together with the majority of the honored pioneers who redeemed the land from its primitive condition, and who with courageous hearts bore uncomplainingly the heat and burden of the day, have gone before, but their memory will ever be preserved in the an- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RFX'ORD. 671 nals of the west, the record of their unselfish lives hfiooming a part of our national history. Our .suhjoct received from his frood old fatlier a start in life, but he has added thereto by his own efforts until he now owns two hundred acres of valu- able hind uudtT a liiyli state of cultivation and well inipniMMl with nmdern and commodious liuildiiiL;.-. Tlic <>\i] Mallery homestead of the |Kiroiits is a laiidin.-nk of the long ago and is well known to ni()>t of llio dwellers in lianiilton County. The father early in life was a i)ronounced Whig, liul was later a stalwart Republican, to which parly our subject has always belonged. Mr. JMal- lery as a farmer, preacher and loyal citizen has ever been actively interested in local and national issues and, a strong friend to educational advance- ment, has liberally aided in the promotion of the welfare of his home locality. Known as a man of rectitude and public spirit, Rev. Curtis Mallery is numbered among the substantial and influential citizens of Hamilton County, and commands the thorough confidence of the community where he has lived and toiled for so many years. 'T^iHOMAS .1. WILSON, a representative Indi- /^JN ana pioneer and a citizen of ability and \^iy enterprise, located in Lafayette Township, Madison County, has devoted his entire life to the pursuit of agriculture and stock-raising, and is widely known as one of the leading farmers of his township. A native of the state, our subject was born in Fayette County .January 2<), 1824. His parents, Jacob and Jane (Brooks) Wilson, were both born in the sunny south, the father be- ing a Virginian, while the mother was from Ten- nessee. The early death of his father and mother left Mr. Wilson an orphan at a very youthful age, and when but thirteen years old he was obliged to begin life for himself. A young lad, he found his way to Madison County and worked about among the farmers, generally by the month. Toiling often far lievond hisstrenoth. our subject arrived at nine- teen years of age and then determined to try his fortunes in Wab.ash Countv. where be spent the next two years, also einploycil as a farm laborer. With great prudence and careful thrift he w.-is enabled to gather together a small capital for future investment. In 184;j, having self-reliantly attained to his majority, he desiied to lake unto himself a life companion, and upon March 1(1. were united in marriage Thoiiia> .1. Wilson .aiid Miss Maria Smith, a lady of intelligence and worth. rntolhe union of our subject and bis estimable wife were born seven .■liildrcn. four of whom are now living: Coluinbu>; Margaret .1.. the wife of William Jones; John R., and Mary N'., the wife of R. U. Austin. Some time subsequent to the loss of his first wife Mr. WMlsoii married. April 12, 1884, Mrs. Pamelia I'rather. the widow of W. I'rather, of Madison County. .\li>. Wilson had by her first husband. I'. C. Cumin.-, five children, two now living, John S. and Charles !•'. The accom- plished present wife of our subject, bom February 7, 1832, was the daughter of William and l.uciiula (Pearson) McCarty. Her lather was a native Kentuckian, and her mother was born in South Carolina. Mr. McCarty, emigrating to Indiana in 1820, became an early settler of (ircene Count>-, locating in the dense woods and living in an iium- ble little log cabin. Immediately succeeding his marri.age Mr. Wilson located on land in i;i<'hl.and Township, but after remaining there four \ears removed to Lafayette Township, and later settled permanently on Ins farm desirably situated on sections 11 and 12, Lafayette Town.sliip. His residence was at first the customary log cabin, I deep in the centre of the woods, but as the farm under his skillful guidance rapidly developed into cleared and cultivated land, 3ielding an abundant harvest, all the surroundings underwent a trans- formation, the result of hard and i)atient toil. To-day our subject owns one hundred and twenty j acres of valuable land, which he has cleared, brought up to a high state of cultivation, and im- 1 proved with attractive and substantial buildings, plainly attesting the jirosperity of the owner. Politically a Republican, Mr. Wilson is likewise a strong temperance man and a firm Prohibition- 672 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ist, advocating the reform and uplifting of tlie masses to a liigher moral plane. Our subject and his excellent wife are botli valued members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and widely known throughout Madison County for their sterling traits of character and genuine kindliness, have a wide circle of old-time friends in Lenwood, and in tliat village as well as the surrounding com- munities of their home, enjoy the higliest respect and thorough confidence. ^^ EORGE B. EPPJ;RSON,a prominent and suc- cessful business man of Anderson, was born II in Auglaize County, Ohio, Julj' 6, 1864, and is tlie younger of two children in the family of John B. and Margaret (Bortz) Epperson. His father, wlio w.as a native of Kentucky, crossed the Ohio River when a young man, and made settlement in Ohio, where he followed the occupation of an engineer. Early in the progress of the Civil War, he entered the Union army and occupied tlie posi- tion of Assistant Quartermaster. While in active service at the front his death occurred, April 7, 1864. A man of kindly disposition and lofty patriotism, his memory is revered as one of the martyrs of the Rebellion. His widow, who is now (1893) sixty-six years of age, was born in Holmes County, Ohio, her ancestors having been Pennsyl- vanians of German origin. The biograjjher in reviewing the childhood years of the subject of tliis sketch finds little of especial interest to narrate concerning his youth- ful days, which were uneventfully passed in the Buckeye State. In April, 1888, he came to Ander- son, at a time when the second factory was being built in the city. By trade a house painter, he was attracted here by the advantages the city offered for business, and followed his chosen occupation for a time after locating in Anderson. He then embarked in business as a contractor, and remained thus occupied for a period of nearly three years. In June of 1891, Mr. Epperson purchased the business of J. E. Daniels, a dealer in paints, oils, varnishes and asphalt roofing. He conducted this enterprise for a short time, and subsequently added to it the business of sidewalk paving, making the latter the leading feature. He has been very suc- cessful, and conducts a large and increasing busi- ness, having several important contracts at the present time. His prosperity is the result of in- domitable perseverance and good judgment, and he is recognized as one of the energetic young men of Anderson. The marriage of Mr. Epperson occurred on the 10th of May, 1892, at which time he' was united with Miss Nettie Macartney, a popular young lady of Anderson. Mrs. Epperson is the daughtei- of the late John E. Macartney, a native of Baltimore, Md., who spent the latter years of his life in An- derson, dying here in 1852. Socially Mr. Epper- son is a member of Mt. Moriah Lodge, F. & A. M. In his political connections, he ad^heres in princi- ple to the Democratic party, and is interested in public affairs, though not a politician. \I? EWIS U. HOAGLAND, one of the promis- I 1^ ing and enterprising young business men /J'-^Yn of Clarksville, was here born April 19, 18t)0. His parents were Alex C. and Matilda A. (Passwater) Hoagland. The father was born in Lebanon, Ohio, January 16, 1826, enlisted July 21, 1861, in Company E, Thirty-ninth Indiana Infantry, and died in Andersonvilie prison, in No- vember, 1864, after ten months' captivity. His parents were natives of Germany, and early in this century came to the United States, locating in Ohio, where they spent their remaining days. The mother of our subject was born in Kent County, Del., December 26, 1826, and is now living with our subject. She was one of eight children, of whom two are yet living, herself and a brother, M. Passwater. The parents, Manlove and Mary Passwater, were natives of Delaware, who came to Indiana in 1837, and settled in Wayne Township, Hamilton County. Mr. Hoagland whose name heads this record was reared to manhood in Clarksville, and acquired PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 673 bis education in its public schools. He remained at iiome until twenty years of age and then began teacliing, after wbicii he ojiened a store in this place and has since hi'en niinihei-ed among the leading business men of the communit\'. He is wide awake and enlerpiising, sagacious and far- sighted, and his well directed efforts have brought him success. Mr. IloaglandV mother is a member of tiie Methodist Episco|)al Church, and is an active worker in its interests, doing all in her i)Ower to l)romote its growth and upbuilding. In politics he is a supporter of Reiiuhlicaii principles, and was appointed by President Ilariison as Postmas- ter of Clarksville. Tiie duties of the |)osition he discharged with a promptness and lidelity that won him the commendation of all concerned. yilLLIAM KELLY, a prominent business , man and practical agriculturist and stock- ^J^ raiser of Hamilton County, Ind., prosper- ously conducts a large and highly cultivated farm in Wayne Township, and also devotes a portion of his time to various interests in Noblesville. lie is a native of Ilamilt.ui County, and was born in Wayne Township, .May 2-2, IK.". 1. His paternal grandparents, .lonallian Kelly and his good wife, were natives of Penn.sylvania and later removed to Carroll County, Ohio, settling on a farm tliere. They afterward made their home in Adams Coun- ty. Ind., and here passed away at an advanced age. The father, Aaron Kellv, born and reared on his father's farm, remained with his parents until he had attained to his majority. When about twenty-two years of age, Aaron Kelly married Susanna Stern, a native of Penn- sylvania, who resides in Hamilton County, near the home of our subject. The mother was a daughter of Christopher and .Susanna Roudebush Stern, t)ld-time citizens of the Quaker State, where they were widely known and highly respected. Our subject, one of twelve children, was trained upon the home farm into the daily round of agri- cultural duties, and was well fitted bv practical experience to begin life for himself long before reaching his twenty-first year. He attended the district school of his home neighborhood, likewise improved himsell by obscrxatiou ;ui(i leading. and constantl}' adding to his stock of knowledge, was mainly self-educated, and a man of to-day, lias kept himself fully abreast of the times. Upon September 29, 1875, William Kelly and Miss Emma A. Brooks were united in marriage, receiving the congratulations of many mutual friends. The accomplished wife of our subject was born in Wayne County, Ind., and was a daughter of John and Maliiida ( Keever) Brooks, who came to Indiana m a very e uiy day. Pio- neer settlers of the state, Mr. and Mrs. Brooks shared in the .sacrifices and privations incidental to a new country, and are now living on their farm m Henry County. Mrs. Kelly w.as one of eight children who gathered on the old homestead many 3'ears ago. She received her education mainly in the public schools of Wayne County, and thoroughly trained by her excellent mother in housewifely arts, was (pialified to assume the responsibilities of a household when she became a wife. The pleasant home of Mi-, and .Mrs. Kelly has been brightened liy the birth of three children. two daughters .and a son. I.ula May was liorn Oc- tober 29, 1876, and, an attractive young girl, is now budding into a gracious womanhood. Oraer V. was born February 1, 1878; Mary C. was born November 10, 1879. The thiee children have passed with honor through the graded school, and are excellent scholars and promising young people, with an apparently bright future before them. Immediately after his marriage Mr. Kelly bought a farm of eighty acres, to which he later added sixty- five acres. He also i)urchased forty acres of the old home and likewise invested in seventy other acres near his homestead and fort} acres near Noblesville. These various tracts of land are mostly under high cultivation and annually in- creasing in value. Financially prospered, our subject owns some choice property in Noblesville. and, a man of bus- iness enterprise, has industriously won his upward wa3'. Engaged principall}' in mixed farming, he 674 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. also buj'S and sells stock, and for six years has likewise furnished ties to the Lake Erie Railroad. Mr. Kelly is a charter member of the order of Red Men. and is also a Knight of Honor, and has a host of friends among these societies. -A strong Democrat, as was liis father before him, our sub- ject cast his first Presidential vote for Samuel J. Tilden. Mr. Kelly is highly respected for his in- tegrity of character and public spirit, and is widely known as a man liberally aiding in the promotion of local enterprises and iniiirovements. .@#®- bINN.i:U.S S. P.ALI ^ has gained a reput ^ ited to the bound LDWIN as an attorney itation which is not lim- idaries of iN'oblesville or Hamilton County; and as a man, he is recognized as energetic, u))right and thoroughly efficient in everything he undertakes. A native of Hamilton County, the subject of this sketch was born in the village of Westfield, December 28, 1867. He traces his ancestry to England, whence in an early day in the history of this country, representatives of the Baldwin family emigrated hither and made settlement in North Carolina, with the develop- ment of wliich tliey were afterward closely con- nected. In their religious belief, they were identi- fied with the Society of Friends, and politically they atliliated with the AVhig party, and were stanch Abolitionists. The paternal grandfather of our subject, David Baldwin, was a pioneer of Hamilton County, and upon coming thitlicr, entered land in the vicinity of Westfield. Both in educational and religious affairs he maintained a deep interest, and was one of the foremost men of the county. The father of our subject. Rev. N. D. Baldwin, is a minister in the Friends' Church, and is now a resident of West- field. A man of strong personality and accurate judgment, he is conceded to be one of the most l)rogressive citizens of Westfield, and the schools and cburciies of that place owe much to his ener- getic exertions. He married Miss Susan Sherrick, a native of Indiana, and a daughter of .Jacob Sher- rick, who was born of (iermaii descent in the Key- stone State. In tiie common and liigli schools of Westfield, the subject of this sketch received a practical edu- cation, and the knowledge there acquired was af- terward supplemented by a course of studj- at Earl- ham College, Richmond, Ind. In the fall of 1889, after having engaged for a lime in teaching, he entered the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, from which he was gradu- ated in 1891 with the honors of class orator, se- cured by contests. He was admitted to the Bar at Noblesville, and immediately afterward opened an office at this place. His practice has increased and is profitable, and his reputation as a thoroughly informed attorney and general practitioner is rapidly extending. The political questions and issues of the present age receive from Mr. Baldwin the same earnest at- tention which he gives to his private affairs, and his sympathies are given to the principles of the Republican party. Socially he is identified with the Masonic fraternity, and has attained the Thir- ty-second Degree, and is also a Knight of Pythias. On the 20th of September, 1892, he married Miss Hattie O. Witt, who was born in Pontiac, 111. She is a daughter of Capt. S. M. and Maria (Landon) Witt, of Pontiac, III., the latter being a cousin of the renowned FAi Perkins. Captain Witt is also a relative of Joaquin Miller, the noted poet of the Sierra Madre. Captain Witt gained his title through his brave service in the Civil War, and is now actively cf)nnected with the Grand Army of tlie Republic. He is an active politician, belong- ing to the Republican party, and is one of the solid and substantial business men of Pontiac. 1***-{-'i *.{"{"5-F ANIEL E. R. THOMAS. Although not one of the earliest settlers of Madison County, Mr. Thomas has resided here fur ^ a period suflScientl}- long to justly entitle him to the honored title of pioneer. The farm which he owns and cultivates is located on sec- tion 11 of Lafayette Township, and has been brought to its present highly imi)roved condition through the unwearied efforts of the proprietor. In years gone by his home was a log cabin, sur- rounded by land only partially cleared. Now he PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. occupies an elegant residence, containing every evidence of tlie I'eiined tastes of the inmates and sunounded by fertile acres. .V native of Lewis County, Ky., and l)iirn Feli- ruary 20. 1828, our subject is Ihe mui of Daniel and Mary (Mc(iueen) Tlioiiias, ImiIU (,f wlioni were h.iru in the Old Dominion. lii> father was a sol- dier in the War of LSI 2, and his. maternal grand- father (!\Ic<^)ueen) was a Revolutionary hero, so th,-it he inlierits fi-oni both parents the spirit of palriolic fci'vor and mipuNes. Wlu'ii six years old he accdiiipauuMl Ins paieiits to liiu the Ith of Noveml)er, I.S48, in Rush County, Ind., Mr. Thoni.as was united in marriage with Miss Josephine Ililligoss, wlio bore him eight children. Seven of the num- ber are now living, namely: William: Alonzo; Austin; Laura, wife of C.C.Wilson; Mary, who married S. D. Montgomery; Amanda, who is the wife of William Lowe; and Ella, Mrs. Stephen Doiiohoo. Clement V. is deceased. Mrs. Joseph- ine Thomas died in the spring of l.s.s'.l. Our sub- ject was again m.-irried, in IIS'.M, chousing as his wife Miss Jane May, daughter of the late Samuel May, formerly of Lafayette Township. iSIr. and Mrs. Thomas are the parents 1 .■I 11 i 1 lege of the ;• Id. i.s. .f Delaware d lUI vn idr u and sixty idred and one of the lari Township, where he owns ftnir acres included in one farm, and lifty acres in another estate. Referring to the ancestral history of our subject. we find that he is the grandson of Charles MollitI, a native of Ireland, wlio emigrated to the I'liited States in his youth, and locating in North Caro- lina, there married and reared his family. The father of our subject, Silas MollitI, was b(u-n in Randolph County, N. C, in 17'JLand was reared upon his father's farm, where he actjuired a thorough knowledge of agricultural pursuits. In his native state, he was united in marii;ige with Miss Hannah, daughter of William and Mary (Mollitt) Wilkinson, and a native of North Carolina. In 1822 Silas Jlollitt came to ibimillon County and, purchasing a large tract of land in Delaware Township, liuiit a cabin and commenced the arduous t.ask of iminoving a farm. He then returned to his home in Nortli Carolina, and in 1823 migrated to Indiana, .accompanied by his PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD wife and two childien. The removal was made with a four-horse team, and all the earthly effects of the family were conveyed in this primitive manner to tlie new home. Upon arriving here Mr. MofBtt settled in the log cabin which he had previously erected and where he made his home for tliree years. He then erected the present resi- dence of our subject, which was the second brick house in the. township and was constructed with brick of his own manufacture. Devoting his attention strictly to farming, Mr. Moffltt was unusually successful in developing a farm and cultivating his land. He became the owner of several hundred acres, and made his home liere until his death, which occurred in 1872. Politically he affiliated with the Whigs until the organization of the Republican party, after which he^identiflcd himself with that political organiza- tion. In an early day he served as Commissioner of Hamilton County, and was Trustee under the old law, being one of the prominent men of his community. He and his wife were the parents of nine children, namely: Charles, deceased; Mary, who is the wife of Joseph White; Rhoda; Hannah; William, deceased; Margaret, who married Isaac Burroughs, and after his death was united with Cyrus Hunt, and is now deceased; Taca, formerly tlie wife of Allen Myers, and now deceased; Silas II., of this sketch; and Jonathan W. At the age of twenty-seven, our subject was united in marriage with Miss Melissa J., daughter of Charles aud Isabella (McGrew) Myers, and a native of Hamilton County, Ind. Unto them were born six children, as follows: Nettie; Naomi; May, who was a student in Irving College tliree terms, and was formerly engaged in teaching; Cas- sius, deceased; Alice and Effle, deceased. The wife and mother passed away on August 31, 1885, mourned by a wide circle of acquaintances, and especially by her immediate family, to whose wel- fare she had ever been devoted. The success which has attended Mr. Moffltt's efforts is the result of untiring perseverance and energy. He received one hundred and sixty acres from his father, while the rest of his posses- sions have been acquired through his unaided exertions. In his social relations he is identified with Carmel Lodge No. 421, F. & A. M., with which he is prominently connected. He is one of the progressive citizens to whose efforts the pros- perity of Delaware Township is so largely due, and as a representative man of the county, he is entitled to prominent mention in this volume. J'ACOB EILAR, a leading citizen and suc- cessful general agriculturist, is a native of the state of Indiana, and a son of pioneer settlers, was born in Wayne County Feb- ruary 13, 1829. For a number of years past our subject has been prominently identified with the progressive interests of White River Township, Hamilton County, where he is widely known and highly' respected as a man of business ability and sterling integrity of character. His father, Samuel Eilar, was a native of Essex County, Canada, and remained upon the home farm until twenty-one years of age, when he married the mother. Miss Susanna Snyder. The husband and wife removed immediately after their marriage to Dayton, Ohio, and settled on wild land, which the father culti- vated until he later journeyed with his wife and family to Wayne County, Ind. Here the father entered a half-section of land and built the log cabin in which his son Jacob was afterward born. For nearl}' a score of years the parents with their family continued to dwell within the humble home first erected, but in time, as they prospered, the father finally built a sub- stantial brick house, in which he later died, aged eighty-four years, his life having been one of use- fulness and industry. The paternal grandparents were Valentine and Susanna (Cullipp) Eilar. The grandfather, a native of Germany, died near Day- ton, Ohio, aged sixty-eight years. Grandmother Eilar, born in Philadelphia, survived to reach ninety years and died in Wayne County, Ind. The father of our subject was one of four chil- dren. The mother, one of seven children, and like her husband born in Essex County, Canada, PORTRAIT AND TilOH RAPIITCAL RECORD. 677 died in Wayne County, Ind., aged four-score and 'four years. Tlie maternal grandparents were .John and Eliza- lu'lli Snyder, wliose people were nearly all farmers, .lulin Snyder was a skillful mechanic — a hlack- STiiilli, a silversmith, a gunsmith, and at times a licUsmith, manufacturing little hells with vvliich the Iiidiuns tiiiiimcd their leggins. TIr- father of our subject look an active part in the War (.>f 1SI2. He w.as drafted and hired a sul)stitute, but served as teamster during the entire period of the coutlict and proved a brave and able soldier. He liad several rehitives engaged in the late Civil \\':\r. Mr. llil.ir was reared from his childhood to liard work, and assisted in the clearing and culti- vating of the old farm. He attended the little sul)scription school held in a cabin with slabs for seats and rough planks for desks, spaces about fif- teen inches square a(imitting light tiirough greased 'I'he early education of Mr. Kil.'ir was necessarily limited, liut he afterward added to his stock of knowledge by reading and stud.\, being in fact mainly self taught, lie was one of twelve children, tliree sons and three daughters yet surviving, and all living upon farms. From the time he was ten years old Mr. Hilar worked hard, and beginning the battle of life when only :i eluld h;is resolutely won his upward way to a position of eomfoit and usefulness. I'pon April (i, 18.50, .lacol) Hilar was united in marriage with Miss Pha'be Crull, boin September i). l.S2i1, in Wayne County, near the early home of our subject. Mrs. Hilar was the daughter of .biliii li. and Margaret (Fetters) Crull, who emigr.ated from Pennsylvania to Ohio, thence to Indiana in a very early day. They took up a tract of land in Wayne County, and later removed to Henry County, where Ihey died, Mr. Crull aged eighty-one. and his good wife at ,seventy-tive years of age. Mrs. Hilar was one of twelve children, ten girls and tvvo boys. Eight daughters and the two sons are yet living, and all are engaged in agricultural pursuits. The paternal grandparents, John and Margaret (Bocher) Crull, died near D.ayton, Ohio, the grandfather aged sixty-seven, and the grand- mother at seventy-five years of .age. The father of Mrs. Hilar was one of eight children, four sons and four daughters, all Pennsylvanians. The maternal grandparents of l\Irs. Hilar were Peter and Eva Fetters, also natives of the (ifuaker State and later residents of Indiana, where Grandfather Fetters died at sixt\'-eight years of age, and grandmother Fetters at seventy. The estimable wife of our siibjeet was enrlv inured to hard work and lias Two children bU^ssed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Eilar, and both are surviving. Mary E. S. B., born February 2, 18r)l,is the wife of Philip .Sheets, and has no children; .John S.. bom May ■2:i, Ls,')!!, mar- ried Amanda Newby, and has four children, one deceased, three daughters surviving. After his marriage our subject settled near his old home, and at the expiration of eighteen months rented huiil, wliieh he ciillivMted six years. He then sold two horses for >!l."i() and bought forty acres of land for «;!2(), paying down the ^loO, all he had in the world but *!.')0. With energy redoubling his efforts, Mr. Hilar worked at his trade of carpenter as well as cultivated and cleared his fnriii. He later sold and bought an eighty- acre tract near where he now resides. He built a fine house and barn in 1880; he later sold out, and bought one hundred acres also near his present locality, and six years ago settled on his valuable homestead. Our subject, the .son and grandson of very early western pioneers, relates the following interesting reminiscence of early days: His father and mother removing from Canada to < )hio. j(iuriieyeil on two pack ponies, and carried with them all their worldly possessions. During their trip they were overtaken by a mail-carrier, an old Frenchman, who had to cross a creek. He undertook to swim over with a heavy overcoat on and the hor.se swam out and left him. He pas.«ed the father of our subject about a mile below on some driftwood. Father Eilar went back to two Indian huts, and, an expert talker in both the French and the In- dian tongues, induced them to go to the rescue. He walked back fifteen miles and found his wife all alone, a panther right above her. The father killed the fierce animal. The mother carried the money, and had 1600 in her pocket at the PORTEAIT AKD BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. time. The night was one never to be forgotten and alwoys remembered witli horror. Old times have passed awa}', and now our subject and his estimable wife enjoy peace and plenty, where three-score years ago (trivations and sacrifices were the portion of the early settlers. Mr. and Mrs. Eilar and their children are all devout members of the German Baptist Church and active in good work. Our subject is politically a Republican, and cast his first Presidential vote for .John C. Fremont. He takes an abiding interest in gov- ernmental issues, and, a liberal aid in all matters pertaining to mutual welfare, is numbered among the substantial farmers and public-spirited men of Hamilton Conntv. ••^( ■m and nieaiis. J^ DAM FOKXKY. The success wliicli lias (@^[ j attended tiie efforts of i\Ir. Forney en- I w titles iiim to more than passing nienlion ^J in this volume. As a farmer, he has been progressive and enterprising, and as a citizen, he lias long been ranked among the most public spirited of Madison County's residents. Tiie farm of wliich he has been the owner for about fifteen .years consists of eightv acres, and is pleasantly located on section 19, Adams Townshi)). The ancestors of our subject were for many generations residents of Germany, wlience in an early da}- in the history of the United States, (irandfatlier Forney emigrated to the New World and settled in Lebanon County, Pa. In that county, the father of our sutijecl, .lacob Forney, was born on Christmas Day, lS(i:t, and upon a farm tliere he grew to a sturdy manhood, having but few educational advantages. In his youth lie learned the trade of a distiller, but did not. how- ever, follow that oeeupatiun tlirdiiglioiit his active life. He was united in marriage with Miss Mar- garet Shaffer, who was born in IJerks County, Pa., and died in .January, 188i). In the fall of I860, aecoiupauied by his family, .lacob Forney came west and settleil in Madison County, where he has since engaged in agricultural pursuits in Adams Township. Through the exer- cise of economy and industry, combined with excellent m.anagemeut, be h:is beeome well-to-do, ;ind is recognized as one ss of his life the s ncerity of his religious belief. Of a family of se\ en children, f.,u • were reared to maturity, iiai lely: .loiiat lian .1.. Adam, Harriet and Rosaua, the aller being now d( ceased. Jonathan served duiing flie Civil War as I ni.Mii- ber of a Pennsylvania lattery. The sub ..,-t of this sketch was born n Lebanon Count V, Pa.. November 13, 1842. He received such educa- tional advantages as were available in the common schools of the neighborhood, and at the age of thirteen began to learn the ti'ade of a shoeuKiker, which he followed until the (ipcning of the Civil War. In the fall of 18(10 Adam Forney arcouipaiiied his father to Indiana, and in .\pril of the ensuing year he enlisted as a ineinlier of the Inion army, his name being enrolled in Company .'\, Kightli Indiana Infantry. The company, however, was not called into active service, and accordingly he again enlisted. .lune lo, I.SGI, as a member of Company A, Tliirteentli Indiana Infantry. On of Rich 18(;i-(12 K'ailniad. the 11th of July, about a month at listment, he participated in the b.att Mountain, and during the winter < served as guard on the Baltimore d' Oh He was present at the second battle of I'.ull Run, and under the command of General McClellan took an active part in the engagement at Gettj's- burg, the Battle of the Wilderness, and about thirty minor engagements. In the seven days liuht at Harrison Landing he was wounded in" the left hand, and in the Battle of llu^ Wilderness received a wound in the left side. At the expiration of his period of service, June •20, 18GL Mr. Forney w.as !i. ably diM-harged. with the rank of Cor|)oral. lie returiieil lo In- diana and for three years afterward followed the trade of a shoemaker in this state as well as in Illinois. Later he operated as a renter for nine tion lit, that township, which he has since [ilaced under excellent cultivation. He is a man who has made a success of his chosen occupation, and PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. as a result of his well directed efforts he has ac- quired a competency. With the public life of the township Mr. Forney lias been more or less connected since coming to Madison County. A Democrat in his political opinions, he has been chosen by his fellow-citizens to occupy various positions of responsibility. In 1888 he was elected Trustee, and two years later was re-elected to that office, in which he rendered efficient service. He also served as Township Assessor for three years and is a frequent at- tendant of the county and state conventions of his party. Socially he is a member of the Masonic f ratern ity. The marriage of Mr. Forney occurred April 5, 1869, and united him with Miss Catherine Stohler, a native of Lebanon County, Pa. The parents of Mrs. Forney were Michael and Mary (Swanger) Stohler, who migrated from Pennsylvania to In- diana about 1852, and made their home in Adams Township until their deaths. A lady of culture and refinement, Mrs. Forney is highly esteemed. by all who enjoy her acquaintance, and is especial- ly popular in the Lutheran Church, of which she has been a member since girlhood. ?ILLIAM F. STULTZ, a prominent citizen of Washington Township, Hamilton Coun- ty, Ind., is widely known as an excellent businessman and prosperous general agriculturist, upon whose fine farm have been discovered two gas wells. Mr. Stultz, a native of his present lo- cality, was born in Washington Township Septem- ber 6, 18i;3, and is the sou of the pioneer settlers, Francis and Mary (Petrie) Stultz. The paternal grandfather, Philip Stultz, born in Pennsylvania, removed when quite young with his parents to Stokes County, N. C. Grandfather Stultz attended the common schools of the old Tar State, and re- ceived a fair education in German. He married Catherine Ketner, the daughter of highly respected citizens and natives of North Carolina. Grandfather and Grandmother Stultz were blessed with the birth of eleven children, one of whom died when an infant. Those who lived to adult age were: Betzie; Francis, the father of our subject; Rebecca, Thomas, Philip, Joseph, Sarah, Anna, William and Fiza. Philip Stultz, Sr., the grandfather of these brothers and sisters, and the great-grandfather of our subject, emigrated from Germany to Pennsylvania in a very early day, and later was numbered among the substantial citizens of Stokes County, N. C. He was a farmer by oc- cupation, and after a life of unvarying industry passed away in North Carolina. Francis Stultz, the father, had a fair education, and combined the occupations of farming and teaming, making long trips with whisky and dry goods, which often oc- cupied him for weeks at a time. He had arrived at twenty-eight years when he married jMiss Mary Petrie, daughter of Daniel and Hannah Petrie, natives of North Carolina. Fourteen children clustered about the hearth of the parents, two only dying in infancy. The twelve surviving to manhood and womanhood were: Margaret E., deceased; Charity, Julia A., Nancy, Joseph; William F. and Mary J., twins; Minerva; Martha A., Emily, George and Salathiel D. Immediately after his marriage Francis Stultz, with his wife, removed to Putnam County, Ind., where he located with his father about 1832, and worked upon a farm. In 1834 the father made his home in Washington Township, Hamil- ton County, and entered from the Government one hundred and sixty acres of land near the pres- ent residence of our subject. On the old home- stead the fourteen sons and daughters were born, and there all those who arrived at adult age were married. The father, devoting himself unwear- iedly to the pursuit of general agriculture, was prospered and reared his children u|) to habits of thrifty industry. The family table was always loaded with the best of everything to eat, and everyone was made welcome who happened in, the Stultz homestead being noted far and wide for its hospitality. The parents were both devout members of the Chris- tian Cluirch and active in good work. Francis Stultz was politically a Democrat, and an ardent believer in the principles of the i)arty. lie died in March, 1885, at the age of eighty-one years, re- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. spected by all who knew him, and left to his sons and daughters the unblemished record of an up- right life. The mother, yet surviving, and aged eiglity-lcri-j--^ PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 685 all the .appiirte- e and tist Cluircli in which he and his wife held membersliip. He w;is one of the early settlers of Indiana, and bought Government land. Grandfather Flint was a na- tive of ^Maryland and a member of the Baptist Church. He was a seaman. 11 is son, Joseph Flint, brother of Mrs. Thurston, was a Baptist minister, and also served as Judge of the Circuit Court. He was a self-educated man, having attended school only three weeks. The father of our subject was born October 21, 1802, and when but fourteen years of age came with his parents to Indiana and located in Frank- lin County, where he followed farming until his death, in I860. He was a self-educated man and a fine mathematician, solving the most intricate piob- lems with ease and accuracy. He was also a self- made man, and secured his start in life by working with teams for sixty-two and one-half cents per day. At his death he was worth about -s 12,000. In religious connections, he was a member of the old-school Baptist Church, in which he ollieiated as Clerk, Treasurer and Elder for many years. He was an active worker in the church and a lib- eral contributor to all its movements. In politi- cal views he was Democratic. The lady who on the 11th of November, 1821, became the wife of Oliver Perry Thurston, bore the maiden name of Maria L. Flint. .She died June 18, 1870, after having become the mother of eleven children, two of whom died in infancy. Those who attained years of maturity were as follows: j Sarah, deceased, formerly the wife of the Rev. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Robert Spiers; John F., our subject; Elizabeth Mrs. Walter Brady, deceased; Samuel, who resides in Madison County, Ind., and is engaged in farming; AVilliam and Dorcas, deceased; Joseph H., now residing in this county; George R., a far- mer of VanBuren Township, this county; and Oliver P., deceased. The original of this notice remained on the farm assisting his father until twenty-one years of age, when he received a horse, bridle and saddle. Afterward he engaged in farming on shares, con- tinuing the same until 1852. At that date he bought a farm of eight}^ acres, for which he paid 11,100, his father giving him $550, but he going in debt for the remainder. Six 3'ears later he sold this for §3,600, and then came to Madison County, where he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land, adding to the same from time to time until he owned six hundred and forty acres. In 1852 be married Miss Margaret Morris, a native of Union County, Ind., and the daughter of Enoch Morris, of Indiana. Seven children were born to this union. Mary M., deceased, was the wife of James II. Woollen, who is a farmer, stockman and grain-dealer of Clay County, Neb. Mr. and Mrs. AVoollen were the parents of four children: Belle, Maggie V., John William and Enoch Gil- bert. The next in order of birtii of i\Ir. Thurs- ton's children is Enoch Palmer, who married Miss Johanna Runyan, and engaged in farming in Col- orado. They have five children: Dora B., Henry C, Maggie M., Georgette and John. Oliver P. married Miss Mollie Stanley, and has three chil- dren: Chester, Edgar and Nellie. George married Miss Ella Elsworthand they have one child, Alva. Ora Walter is at home. Nannie B. married Joseph Howard (deceased), and now resides in Indianap- olis; she has one child, Mable Howard. Clement died in infancy. Our subject gave two hundred and eighty acres to his children and has since sold all his property but ninety acres. After residing in Boone Town- ship until 1885, lie moved to his present home. He now owns about twenty lots in Summitville and valuable property in Alexandria. He has met with reverses, having lost about 13,000. He is in- terested in the Johnson Land C'oini)any and is a stockholder in the Citizens' Bank. In politics he is a Democrat and has filled various official posi- tions, being a member of the Council at the pres- ent time. In 1880 he was elected County Com- missioner and served for six years, the second time being cliosen without opposition. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he is Trustee. In his community he is a man of great popularity and is an honored repre- sentative of one of Madison County's most highly respected families. J "I. OHN S. SHANNON, the energetic and effi- I cient City Attorney of Alexandria, Madi- 1 son County, Ind., is a man of ability and culture, and, enjoying the contidence and esteem of his fellow-townsmen, is also a general favorite throughout the county. Our subject is a native Indianian, and was born March 6, 1866, in Decatur County, being the ninth in a family of six sons and four daughters who blessed the home of the parents. The father, Thomas C. Shannon, born in Shelbyville, Ky., in 1821, was the son of James Shannon, a native of Lovington, Ya. The Shannons originally settled in Harrisburg, Pa., but later i-emoved to Kentucky. A great uncle, a man of courage and high character, served with bravery as a Colonel in the Mexican War. He was a noted Whig and a leader in the politics of Kentucky, and as a member of the State Senate distinguished himself by his executive ability, and, faithful to the interests of his constituents, was universally esteemed. While making a can- vass for a re-election he engaged in a dispute with his opponent, a hot-headed Democrat, who attempted to kill him, and in self-defense lie picked up a stone, and, hurling it at the attacking party, received a deadly blow and both contestants expired on the spot. Thomas C. Shannon, the father, a life-long farmer and a pioneer agricult- urist of Indiana, was prospered, and at three- score years and ten passed peacefully away, dying in Springhill, Ind. A man of liberal education PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. and wealth, he aided tlie Union cause during the war and cared irenoroiii^iy fur the families of sev- eral of the men wlio slionldcred a mn.-kcl and went to tiie front. The mother of our subject, Mary (JIaync) Shan- non, a native of Fk'niini^sburuck- eye fState, where Mr. Penisten was born, his wife being a native of Pennsylvania. .Mrs. Hannah, reared in her native county and state, received instruction in the schools of tliose pioneer days in the west, when the schoolhouses were mostly constructed of logs and furnished with slabs. The union of our subject and his esti- mable wife was blessed by the birth of two chil- dren, Elizabeth C, deceased, and Lewis A. In the fall of 18r)3, Mr. and Mrs. Hannah emigrated from Ohio to the neighboring state of Indiana, and located in Madison County. The family made the journey in a big covered wagon drawn by a good team of horses, and camping out wherever niglit overlook them were seven days on their way. At the close of a 3'ear's residence in Madison County, Mr. and Mrs. Hannah settled on the valua- ble farm where the widow of our subject now makes her home. The homestead was partially cleared when il came into the possession of our subject, who entered with ambitious enlerpri.se into the cultivation of the fertile soil, and who later improved the broad acres with attractive and commodious buildings. For nearly two-score years Mr. Hannah reaped annually an abundant harvest from the old farm, which thus made excellent re- turns for time and labor invested. The patient in- dustr3' and tireless perseverance of our subject were the marked characteristics of his life, and combined with his natural ability, gave liiin an inijietus upward to assured financial success. During the last twenty-live years prior to the death of Mr. Hannah, his health was not firm, and he was frequentl}' a sufferer, but he bore with resignation ill-health and physical discomfort. He was an exemplary Christian, and was a devout member and otlicial of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and as a Class-leader was especially suc- cessful in winning many to a higher life. Politi- cally a Republican, he was often solicited to ac- cept public office but always declined, preferring private life and home duties to official position. The widow residing on the eighty-.acre home- stead, containing some of the best land in the county, is a lady of worth and intelligence, and likewise possesses business ability of a high order. She is a member of the .Methodist Episcopal Church, and .active in good work. .lames Hannah passed away, regretted by all who knew liim. He was a man ot upright character and a kind neigh- bor, sincere friend, devoted liusl)and and father, and a true American citi/.cn, patriotic and loyal, and throughout las entire cait'cr of bu^y useful- ness was ever faithful to each duty of life. -^-^1 1^^^' jf SAAC W. HAROLD. In the perusal of this I volume the reader is doubtless impressed with the fact that it is not .-iccident that helps a man in the world, Imt pei,-i>tcut energy and un- ceasing industry. The life of l,-:iac W. Harold af- fords an illustration of tlie fact that he who is shrewd to discern oi)portunities and quick to grasp them will attain a high place in the regard of his fellow-men. A laborious, painstaking man, his was a life of diligence, honor and success, and when the sun of time .sank below the horizon of eter- nity it was felt by all who know him that a good man had gone to his final reward. At an ad- vanced age he passed away, in 1887, at his home in Carmel. A brief reference to our subject's parents will be of interest to our readers. His father, Benja- min, was a son of Richard Harokl, and was a na- tive of North Carolina, wlicncc he removed to Hamilton County. Ind., in 18 in. He w.-is a virtu- ous, upright man and an honored citizen in his community. Among the children born to himself and his wife, whose maiden name was Rachel Stanley, was one whom they named Isaac ^., antt whose birth occurred in Guilford, N. C, in 1828. In his boyhood he was a student in the district schools for three mouths, and after he became self- supporting, at the age of sixteen, he conducted his studies in different schools. He prepared him- self for the profession of a teacher, which he fol- lowed for many years, mostly in Hamilton Count3'. In Ohio in 1874 Mr. Harold married Miss Han- nah, daughter of John and Sarah (Kinzer) Bailey". Tracing the genealogy of Mrs. Harold we find that her father was a son of Thomas and Elizabeth 692 POETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL EECORD. (Timberlake) Bailey; Thomas was a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Parker) Bailej'; Jacob was a son of Moses and Judith (Buinard) Bailey, and Moses was born in 1682 to the union of Joseph and Eliz- abeth (Hoops) Bailey. Thomas Bailey was born in Virginia August 4, 1777, and followed the oc- cupation of a farmer, also engaging at the trade of a blacksmith. About 1809 he migrated to Ohio and enteied a tract of land from the Govern- ment in Highland County. The father of Mrs. Harold, John Bailey, was born in the Old Dominion in 1806, and was a child of three years when he was brought by his parents to Ohio, receiving his education in the common schools of the Buckeye State. A farmer by oc.cupation, he accumulated large landed pos- sessions, and after his marriage made his home upon one farm until his death. His first wife bore the maiden name of Mary A. Baker, and they had three children, William, Lydia A. and Thomas. His second marriage united him with Miss Sarah, daughter of John and Mary (Deerdorff ) Kinzer. There are six children living, MaryE., Hannah J., •lohn H., Joseph, David and Sarah C. (grand- father Kinzer was a native of Pennsylvania, and in an early day removed to Highland County, Ohio, where he engaged in farming. His wife made the long journey from Virginia to Ohio on horseback. They were the parents of seven chil- dren, namely: Margaret, the wife of David Oeker- man; Jacob, John, Daniel, David; Sarah, who mar- ried John Bailey; and Catherine, the wife of Daniel Davis. Immediately following his marriage our subject located in Carmel, where for a number of years he followed merchandising. Later he purchased forty acres near the city, but never removed to that place. lie was a man whose high attributes of character won the admiration of his acquaintances. In youth he was identified with the Society of Friends, but in later life was an attendant upon the services of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically he was a pronounced Republican, and gave to the affairs of the day his earnest consid- eration. He and his wife had a family of three children, one of whom died in infancy. The others are Elbert W. and Carrie B., both of whom are well educated, the son being a graduate of the Carmel High School, and the daughter hav- ing finished the studies of the common school at this place. ELIAS FINK, a retired farmer living in Alexandria, was born in Rockingham Coun- ty, Va., May 18,1822. Tradition tells us that two brothers, William and Valentine Fink, came to this county in Colonial days and served in that conflict that made America an independent nation. It is said that during the war they were separated and never again met. One of the brothers was the grandfather of our subject, but he died when the father of Elias was only seven years old. In his family were three sons: William, Jacob and John. The mother afterwards became the wife of Henry Wagner. John Fink, father of our subject, was bound out in his boyhood to Mr. Kepplingler, a farmer, and never saw his people again. He cleared a ti-act of ten acres while with that gentleman, and the field to-day is known as John's field. He married Christina Smith, who was born near Waterloo, Loudoun County, Va., April 20, 1797, and was of German descent. Mr. Fink's educa- tional privileges were very limited, and it is said that at his first attendance at school the only book he had was an almanac. During the infancy of our subject, his parents removed to Hardy County, Va., in 1837 went to Greene County. Ohio, and in February, 1841, to Delaware County, Ind., where John Fink purch.ased eighty acres of land, twelve miles from Muncie. In 1858 he sold it for $2,500, and went to Marshall County, where he died in 1863, leaving a good estate. In early life he was a Democrat, but joined the Republican party on its organization. Although reared in the Lutheran Church, he afterwards joined the United Brethren Cliuich. His wife survived him two years, passing away in January, 1865. Elias F'ink is one of eleven children. The eldest, Jacob, died in infancy. William, who was born in 1817, was a blacksmith, and died in December, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 1857. Catherine Ann, born August 30,1820, is the wife of Hiram jMongold, of Shawnee County. K;in. Margaret, born Noveuiber 2, 1824, married .Icihn Good, and died in Marshall County, I nd.. in May. 188."). .loiin I)., born December 9, 1827, .served for a short time in thi' late war, married Sarah liristol, and i.s a well-to-do farmer in Mar- shall County. Ambrose N., born July 28, 18:50, was twice married, and is now a farmer of Potta- watomie County, Kan. Mary Melinda, born De- cember 23, 1832, is the wife of James Cvimmin.s, a merchant of Jlissouri. Isaac H., born A|)ril 21, 18;i(), entered the army at the call for tiiree months' troops as a member of the Ninth Indiana Infantry, and was in the service until the last gun bad been (ired. While serving on the staff of General Grose, he was wounded at Resaca. He participated in many hard-fought battles of the war. He married Mary Cummins, and when last heard of was living in Arkansas. Sarah F^lizabeth, born November 12, 1838, became the wife of .lacob Suuam, and she died near Anderson, Ind. The educational advantages of our subject were very limited. He remained willi his father until nineteen years of age, and then began working by the mouth on a farm. He was married March 23, 1844, to Harriet Frances Stoops, who was born in Ross County, Ohio, February 21, 1823. She is of German and Irish descent. Her grandfather was a pioneer of Ross Count}', and her father, Adam Stoops, was there born. She died June 28, 1881. Five children were born of that marriage. Sarah J., born May 7, 184.5, became the wife of William Hughes, and after his death wedded William Beti- more, of Nebraska. John Adam, born April 27, 1817, was married August 29, 1872, to Belie, daughter of Nathan O'Brien, of Alexandria, and was killed by a brick wall falling upon him after a fire in Alexandria, December 10, 1892. William, born January 1, 1850, married Delilali J. Perr3',by wliom he has six children, and lives on a farm in !Sh)nroe Township, given him by his father. James Franklin, born November 9, 1852, married Eliza- beth J. King, daughter of Tiiomas King, a pioneer of Madison County, and he also lives on a farm given him by his father. Mary Emil^-, born Oc- tober 22, 1860, is the wife of John A. Betimorc, and their home also was a iMcsent from her father. Mr. Fink was married to .Iiiliet Feigns October 3, 1883. She was born in (irant County, Ind., and her father, Sawyer Baxter Fergus, was born in Rockingham County, A'a., and became a pioneer of Grant County. He served as Township Trustee for several years, and there died many years ago. He married .Julia McFadden, a native of Pennsyl- vania. Mrs. Fink was one of five sisters and five brotiiers, who are all yet living, while two mem- bers of the family died in childhood. Her twin sister, Harriet, is now living in Hartford City, Ind. After bis first marriage, Mr. Fink operated rented land for some years. In 1849 became to this state and purchased eighty acres near Frank- ton. In 1856 he removed to Monroe Township, where he carried -on farming until 1881, since which time he has lived a retired life in Alexan- dria. In the spring of 1893 he erected his line, palatial residence, vijherc he and his wife expect to spend their remaining days, surrounded by all the comforts that go to make life worth the living. In politics he was a Democrat until the organization of the Republican party, which he has since sup- ported. At the age of twenty years he joined the Methodist Church, and has been one of its faith- ful members, having served as Trustee, Steward and Class-leader. He has been a life-long temper- ance man. His career has been an honorable and upright one and is well worthy of emulation. '^T^ AVID D. TAPPAN. There is no iuher tance so rich as the records of the worthy lives of those who have departed from this I world and have gone to receive the reward which awaits them in heaven. We all have strivings after a high ideal, but an ideal alone is of little value if not re-enforced by the example of those ' who, like ourselves, have human frailties, 3'et I have been enabled to so overcome them as to i lead lives of usefulness, integrity and true God- liness. That death loves a shining mark was pain- fully illustrated when it became known that David D. Tappan, one of Madison County's best known 694 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. citizens and most successful fanners had passed to that bourne whence no traveler returns. He was born in Union Count}', Ind., October 19, 1821, and passed aw.ay on the 28th of April, 1890. Isaac and Eleanor (Dunham) Tappan, the p.ar- ents of our subject, were natives of Indiana, and the father was a plasterer by trade. Our subject began working at that trade with his father wlien a young man, and followed the same for several years. Afterward he drifted naturally into agri- cultural pursuits, and this continued to be bis chosen occupation until his death. His early edu- cation was received in the schools of Union Coun- ty, and, although his advantages were not of the best, he improved his spare moments and became one of the well posted men of his section. About the year 1846 he came to Madison County, Ind., and settled in the wilds of Richland Township in a log cabin. He purchased a good farm, be- gan improving and clearing it, and on this passed tlie remainder of his days, honored and respected by all who knew him. He was a wortiiy and exemplary member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he had served .as Class-leader and Steward for many years. Mr. Tappan was successful in life and left a val- uable estate to his heirs. Although frequently solicited to fill important offices, he preferred the quiet of home life, but at the same time was pub- lic spirited and progressive. He was married on the 19th of December, 1850, to Miss Elizabeth I. McNeer, a native of Monroe County, Va., born August 24, 1832, and the daughter of Andrew and Catherine (Roach) McNeer. To Mr. and Mrs. Tappan were born ten children, eight of whom are living: Eleanor, wife of James M. Forkner; llezekiali C; Mary M., wife of Joseph Watkins; Emma, wife of the Rev. J. II. Jackson, of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Elkhart, Ind.; Nora, wife of (^eoige Kirk; Jennie, wife of C. F. Heri- tage; William A. and Edward A. Mrs. Tappan's parents were natives of \'irginia. and she is of Scotch descent. In 1834 Jlrs. Tappan came with her parents to Madison County, Ind., and settled in Monroe Township, two miles south of Alexandria, where they were among the early settlers. Mrs. Tapjian has one surviving sister, Ruth, wife of Silas Jones. Her parents were members of the Methodist Epis- copal Churcli. Mrs. Tappan at present resides in North Anderson, but she owns eighty acres of land in Richland Township. She is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and a representative pioneer woman, possessing pluck, energy and perseverance. She remembers many interesting incidents of pioneer days, and relates tbem in a telling manner. On one occasion Mr. McNeer was out hunting with a party and got lost in the woods east of Alexandria. He was out four days and four nights, and b}' accident came out of the forest about three miles north ot Anderson. He was all right, but during that time he suffered both physically and mentally. He was a self-made m.an, all his property' being the re- sult of much hard labor on his part, and was one who had the confidence of all, his word being con- sidered as good as his bond. *^ ^i" '*■ ' •'■ ^^^^ *'• • —' "r ^' 'jflOSEPH H. THURSTON. The agricultural I part of the community is its bone and sinew, -^li from which come the strength and vigor ^^f/ necessary to carry on the afi'airs of manu- facture, commerce and the state. When the farm- ing people are composed of men and women of courage, enterprise, intelligence and integrity, prosperit}' will attend all departments of activity, and this is pre-eminently the case in Madison County. The prominent farmer and stock-raiser of whom we now write has a fine farm of three hundred and twenty acres in Van Buren and Mon- roe Townships, and in everything relating to the management of it is thoroughly posted. He was born October 22, 1838, in Franklin County, Ind., to the union of Oliver and Maria (Flint) Thurs- ton, mention of whom is made in the sketch of John F. Thurston. The incidents of the early life of our subject were not materially different from those of other boys living on the farms. He was trained to work at anything necessary for him to do, and his schol- astic advantages were received in the common POKTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RFX'ORD. schools, where he was well drilled in the common branches. When twenty-two years of age, he was UKirricd to :\Iiss Mary K. Welsii. a native of Frank- lin Coiitity, IimI.. horn March 24, 1811, and the daughter of .loseph and Mary (Allen) Welsh, na- tives of Pennsylvania. Air. Welsh resided in his native state for many years after his marriage, and then removed to Franklin County, Ind., where he l)e(;anie the owner (.)f a line farm, whifli he eon- ducted successfully until his death in 1890, when seventy-nine years of age. lie was a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church, and contribu- ted liberally of his means to its sup|(ort, as he did to all other worthy movements. Mr. Welsh was the son of .lames and Hannah (Graham) Welsh, natives of Ireland and pioneer settlers of Pennsylvania He was married August •22, 18;]3, to Miss Allen, who bore him six chil- dren, as follows: llann:ili K., (lecc:isi-d; .losiah Al- len, now a resident of Butler, Ind., married Mi.ss Catherine Moreland, and they have three chil- dren, John G., Grace E. and Laura B.; James II. now resides in Middleton; his first wife was Ann Diplioye, and his second Ann Barbar, who bore him one child, Marj- C. ilary E., wife of Mr. Thurston; Susannah Martha, deceased, was the wife of John Miles, of Franklin County; and John F., deceased. The father of these children was Justice of the Peace and Assessor of his county for a num- ber of years, and a [jrogressive and honorable citi- zen. Aftei- bis marriage oui- svibject lived on a rented farm in Franklin County foi- r.uir years, and then moved to .Madixm County, Ni-tlling on the farm where he now lives. He has been successful as a farmer, and his understanding of agriculture in its various departments is broad and deep. As be- fore .stated, he is the owner of three hundred and twenty acres of land, and has it well improved and well cultivated. In politics he advocates the prin- ciples of the Deniocratic party. He is a member of the Baptist Church, and has held the ollice of Trus- tee for four years, and in his religious faith and pr.actiee has the close sympathy of his wife, who belongs to the same society. Eight children have blessed their union. Martha Alice, wife of Cieorge Bookout, of Van Buren Township, h.as had three children; Gertrude, dece.ased, Pearl and Clarence; John F. P. married Miss Flora Heritage, and has had two children. IlormMu W.. deceased, and Her- bert; Joseph K. married Miss Annie Wbitely. who bore him one child, Robert W.; Walter Scott mar- ried Miss Bertha Tomlinson; Harvey A. is at home; Orous Kdmond is deceased; Mary (4. and Bertha May are at home. ENRY W. HEKH, head of the Alexandria ' AVindow (;iass Factory and one of the large property owners of the city of Alexandria, was originally from the Buckeye State, PortsiiKiuth June 7, 18Gfi. He is the son luel and Catherine (Wilhelm) lleer, both natives of (iermany. Samuel Hecr came to Amer- ica when a young man, and in the same vessel with his future wife, .\fler reaching this coun- try they were married, and the father folk)wed the trade of a boiler-maker for some time. Later he embarked in the grocery business, and after the death of his wife, in 1871, he retired to his farm near Portsmouth, Ohio, where his death occurred five years later. He possessed all the energy. perseverance and frugality of the native (;erinan, and was universally respected. The original of this notice was the seventh in order of birth of nine children, six sons and three daughters, lie was but live years of age when he lost his mother, ;ind but, ten years of age when his father died. The latter left a good estate, and the family was kept together by the elder children until all had reached mature years, when the sis- ters married and the family liecame scattered. In 1880 our subject went to Covington to live. His brother .lohn w.as a traveling salesmnn for several years, but is now a clothing merchant at Ports- mouth, (Jhio. Uavid, another brother, is travel- ing salesman for a wholesale boot and shoe house. Anna, a sister, married Frank Adams, and resides at Ilartwell, Ohio, where her husband is engaged in the manufacture of candy. Lizzie married George Dohrmann, an architect at Covington, Ky. 696 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRArHICAL RECORD. Samuel was a traveling man for a number of years, and is now a clothing merchant at Ports- mouth, Oliio; Kate married William Buck, a trav- eling man, and resides in Covington, Ky.; Chris- tian is a member of the firm of Titus, Ileer & Co., shoe manufacturers of Portsmoutii, Ohio; and the youngest member of the family, F. Charles, is a traveling salesman with headquarters at Coving- ton, Ky. Henry Heer received but an ordinary common- school education in his boyhood days, and when quite a young man entered the wholesale boot and shoe house of J. & A. Sirapkinson & Co., of Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained for three years. During this time he took a course in a business college, and this completed Ins educa- tional attainments. After leaving the boot and shoe house above mentioned he became, like his brothers, a traveling salesman, and was on the road for the same house for two years. Later he was with a Boston house for six years. In the yeai- 1888 he married Miss Juliet Scott, of Alex- andria, daughter of James P. Scott, a grocery mer- chant of that city, and niece of D. M. Scott, one of Alexandria's wealthy and prominent men. After his marriage 3'oung Heer continued on the road until 1892, and then invested his means in Alexandria real estate. This proved a good in- vestment, and on the 15th of July, 1892, he bought a half-interest in the Alexandria Window Glass Factory, of which he is the head. This is one of the largest enterprises in the town, and he left the road to take charge of it. Aside from his large business interests, Mr. Heer has other interests in tiie city, being the owner of several buildings, among them the Ileer Block, one of the first in the city. It is said of him that during the financial depression and stagna- tion of business in 1893 he went to all of his ten- ants and said: "These are hard times, and you can't afford to pay the rent you are paying,"- and of his own accord reduced their rent. This little incident but illustrates the true character of this prominent young business man. Mr. Heer is a true friend to the less fortunate, and his work- men speak in the highest praise of his upright and honorable conduct. In his ixilitical views he supports the principles of the Republican party and is a strong Protectionist, not for his own in- terests, but for the interests of those in his em- ploy. He has never aspired to political honors, but his friends elected him to the City Council. Mr. Heer Las shown his appreciation of secret or- ganizations by becoming a Royal Arch Jlason, and he is also a member of the Knights of Pythias. Two children have blessed his marriage, William Scott and Benjamin Lewis. Mr. Heer is an excel- lent example of a self-made man, for he started out to fight life's battles for himself with no capital, and although he was poor, he was rich in integrity, industr3^ and resolution. ^^ NTHONY BERTSCHE. It is a matter of ^0| the greatest importance to turfmen and ]/rii horse owners to find out the most reliable (^ and honorable houses engaged in the pro- duction of harness and turf goods, and thus ensure getting the worth of their money in what will be of the most benefit to them. Anthony Bertsche has been continuousl.y engaged in the manufacture of harness in Alexandria since 1856, and there is not a single detail of the harness and saddlery business that he does not understand. He belongs to that class of people that has done so much to build up the interests and contribute to the commer- cial prosperity and importance of this countr}' — the Germans — and since coming to this country has enjoyed that freedom of thought and inde- pendence of action which have ever been denied the residents of the Fatherland. He first saw the light in Wurtemberg, Germany, February 15, 1831, a sou of Johanas Bertsche, who was a stone mason by trade. He died when the subject of this sketch was six years old, and the latter was left motherless at the age of ten jears. He was an only son, but iiad two sisters, both of whom lived and died in the Old Countiy. After the death of his mother young Anthony went to live with an uncle, by whom he was kept in school until he was fourteen years of age. At the age of fifteen he began learning the PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 697 trade of a harness-maker in Schweiningen, near his native town, at whicii he served an appren- ticesliii) of tla-ee years, continuing to remain witii his former master one year longer as an em- ploye, at the end of whicii time he went to Switzerland, where he worked as a journeyman for about a year and a-lialf. Upon his return to Germany he became sul)ject to military service and was drafted into the (ierraan army, but he hired asulwtituteandsetsail for America, landing on the shores of this country in 1852. He worked at his trade in Pittsburg and otlier cities of Pennsylvania and Oliio until lia, (Wash.) State House, showing that he is known awav from home as well as here. EORGE A. PIHPPS, one of the enterprising . and progressive business men (jf Madison County, is proprietor of a saw and grist mill at Huntsville. He is doing a good business and is an important factor in the progress and prosperity of the town. A native of Pennsylva- nia, he was born in Montgomery County on the 4th of .January, 1842. His paternal grandfather, William Phipps, was of German descent. The father of our subject, William Phipps, was born near Philadelphia, Pa., and throughout his life followed the occupation of farming. He died in November, 1880, at the age of sevent3'-six j'ears. In politics he was a supporter of Democratic prin- ciples. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Margaret Aiman, still survives him. They had a family of three children, George A., Mary J. and Arnold A. The father of Mrs. Phipps, Arnold Aiman, was born and reared in Montgomery County, Pa., and there followed agricultural pur- suits. He married Sarah Redheiffer, who was also born in the Keystone State and was of Gorman origin. 'I'hoy held mombei-ship in the Episcopal Church. No event of special importance occurred during the boyhood and youth of our subject, which were quietly passed upon the home farm. During the Slimmer months he aided in the labors of the field, and in the winter attended the district schools. PORTRAIT AND lUOGRAPH'CAL RECORD. After arriving at mature years he chose as a com- panion and helpmate on life's journey Miss Ar- minta Alfont, daughter of Robert Alfont, of Phil- adelphia. By tlieir union has been born a family of six children, Margaret E., Benjamin F., Claude A., Harry E., Sallie and Hazel N. Mr. Phipps began life for himself at the age of twenty-five, and in 1869 came to Huntsville, lud., where lie entered the gristmill operated by B. F. Aiman. There he laliored until 1882, when he rented the mill, and in 1891, by purcli.ase, he be- came owner of the same. It has a capacity of seventy-five barrels per day. He also bought a sawmill, one of the oldest in the county, and this he now operates. Mr. Phipps is a large stockholder in and President of the Pendleton Window Glass Company, with which he has been connected since August, 1889. It has a capital of $30,000 and is a paying enterprise. In his social relations our subject is a Mason, and in political belief he is a Democrat. He and his wife liold membership with the Methodist Episcopal Church and are widely and favorably known in this community. He possesses those qualities which enable him to carry forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes, and as the' result of his diligence and enterprise has become quite well-to-do. ANIEL M. HARE, one of the wealthy I jl stockmen of Sheridan, was born in Iligh- '^ land County, Ohio, September 16, 1851. The first representative of this family in the United States was one Jacob Hare, the great- gieat-graiidfather of our subject, and an English- man bj' birth, who in early life came to America and settled in Virginia, there marrying a German lad}'. .Jacob, the great-grandfather of Daniel, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and his son, Daniel, was a soldier in the War of 1812, enlisting in Ohio, where he had made settlement several j'cars prior to entering the army. It was during his service that Philip Hare, father of our suliject, was born near Cbillicothe, Ohio, in 1812. A man of liberal education, Grandfather Hare P was a preacher in the Methodist Church, and was known as "Bishop" Hare. Whether or not he was ever in reality a bishop is uncertain, though it is possible that he received the title from his long and continuous service in the Methodist Church. As an orator he was eloquent and interesting, and always held the close attention of his hearers. He died in Ohio," as did his father. He had a brother, Jacob, a very eccentric man, who accumulated a fortune in real estate in Columbus, .and instead of willing it to his relatives, bequeathed it to the city of Columbus for the term of ninet3--nine years. This property is now worth millions of dollars, yet it cannot be touched by any of his relatives. Philip Hare was the eldest of nine children (three daughters and six sons) and receiving a fair education, followed the profession of a teacher for some time. His principal occupation in life, however, was that of a farmer, in which he was engaged until his death in Ohio, in 1881, aged seventy-one years. Like his father, he was identi- fied with the Methodist Church. He was a prom- inent man in local affairs, and served for many 3ears as Justice of the Peace. One of his brothers, Joseph, is a well-to-do farmer in Oiiio. Another brother, Huston, was a Methodist preacher, and in Iowa served for several jears as Presiding Elder. In the Civil AVar he entered the army as Chaplain of an Iowa regiment, and being taken prisoner, gave up his life in Libby Prison. His son, Wilbur, was an artist of some note, and entered the service as a member of the regiment to which his father belonged. He was taken pris- oner at the same time, and like his father, starved to death in Libby. Another brother of Philip Hare went to Mississippi, where he married the daughter of a wealth}' planter and died soon af- terward. John, also a brother of Philip Hare, was a farmer in Ohio, and died there at the age of fifty. Marcus D. Lafayette, served as Captain of Company A, Seventieth Ohio Infantry, through- out the entire period of the war, and was killed by a sharpshooter on the day Lee surrendered, after having participated in many of the most desperate engagements of the war and escaping without a wound from them all. A sister, Sarah, married Milton Robbins and lives in Ohio. Mary PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Wa married a Mr. Duff.y, a soldier in tlu •■iiul botli are now deceased. The mother of our subject, wliose maiden name was Martha Owens, was born at Tracy, near East St. Louis, 111., being a daughter of William Ow- ens, a farmer and one of the pioneers of Illinois. Aside from this we know but little of the family history. Mrs. Martha Hare still survives and inalves her home in Brown County, Ohio. Our suliject is the fifth of a family consisting of six sons and five daughters, all of whom with one ex- Cf|jtiou are now living. Eleanor died in infancy. Sarah married C. R. Boatman, an artist residing in Sheridan. Mary married Richard Hilling, who died leaving one child; afterward she became the wife of Samuel Cowen, a resident of Brown County, Ohio. Ellen became the wife of William Winters, a stockman of ]>ro-.vn County, Ohio. William is a grocer at Sheridan. IVrry follows farming pursuits in Ohio. Kate luariicd John Campbell, a hardware merchant at Sardinia, Ohio. Lewis is a barber in Cincinnati; Eiaiik is engaged Receiving a good cduc'dion in youth, our sub- ject was a teacher in the public schools before he was eighteen. For several years he taught in Oliio, and in 1875 came to Indiana, where for a number of years he was instructor i,n the schools of Sheridan and Boxley. He left the schoolroom to engage in farming and the stock business, and in the pursuit of agricultural affairs has accumu- lated a corapeteucy, being now recognized as one of the most extensive stock-dealers in the county. He is the owner of two fine farms, and all that he has and all that he is may bo attributed to his un- aided exertions. In 1877 Mr. Hare married Miss Edith, daughter of Eber Teter, one of the pioneers of Hamilton County, and a sister of the Rev. Eber Teter, Presi- dent of the Indiana Conference of the Wesleyan Metliodist Church and Vice-President of the Na- tional Conference. She is also a sister of Ambrose Teter. a lu-orainent farmer of Adams Township, of whom, as well as of Rev. Eber Teter, further mention is made elsewhere. Mr. and Mrs. Hare are the parents of four children, one of whom, Lulu, died in the summer of 1893, when in her fifteenth year. The others are: I'hilip, a boy of twelve years (18'J3); Sidney, who is iiiiie years old, and an infant named .lohn H. In political opinions Mr. Ilaie is a I'rohiliiti8,000, besides landed property. He is also a stockholder in the First National Bank of Noblesville. Politically a Republican, Mr. Walton served as Postmaster at Atlanta from the administration of President Johnson until President Cleveland's first term of oHice. So- cially he is a member of Atlanta Lodge, I. O.O. P., of which he is permanent secretary. In religious POETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. connections, both Mr. and Mrs. Walton are mem- bers of the Christian Church, in which he is an Elder. EDWARD E. FITTSFORD. To place on rec- ord the principal events in the life of an honored and honorable man, to perpetu- ate his memory in the hearts of posterity, and wreathe around his name the halo of virtue and valor, is the pleasant privile<>e of the biograph- ical writer. The name of the subject of this sketch is one which will live for years to come in the memory of his associates and the affection of his descendants. He was born in Licking County, Ohio, on tlie 28th of December, 1838, and departed tins life on the 28th of March, 1890, at his home in Richland Township, Madison County. I Our subject was the son of Isaac and Sarah (Gljnn) Pittsford, whom in liis boyhood he ac- companied to Indiana, settling in Madison County, upon the farm now owned by James Larmore, in Union Township. The surroundings were prime- val, and the farmer bo.y had few advantages for acquiring a good education. However, he availed himself to the utmost of such opportunities as were offered him, and through self-culture and systematic reading became well informed. His time was devoted principally to the work of clear- ing and improving the home farm, and earl^' in life he gained a practical knowledge of agricul- tural pursuits. On the 17th of April, 1862, Mr. Pittsford was united in marriage with Miss Caroline M. Cham- bers, who was born in Madison County, Ind., Feb- ruary 16, 1840. Her parents, Hiram and Hannah (Thompson) Chambers, were both in North Caro- lina, whence in an early day they removed to Indiana and settled in Madison County. Of their children three survive: Melinda, the widow of .loshua Betterton; Emily, the wife of Peter Fosnot; and Caroline, Mrs. Pittsford. Upon coming to Madison County Mr. Chambers settled in the woods of Richland Township, wliere he endured all the hardsliips of frontier life. He and his wife resided in this county until their death. Mr. Pittsford and his estimable wife became the parents of one son, Oscar Isaac, who resides with his mother upon the old homestead. He married Ida Heagy,' and they have two children, Blanche P. and George H. Some two years after his marriage Mr. Pittsford settled upon the farm in Richland Township, where he resided until his death, meanwhile en- gaging in agricultural pursuits. A Democrat in politics, he served as Supervisor of Richland Town- ship and in numerous other positions of trust and responsibility. In his religious connections he was identified witli the Christian Church, of which he was a prominent member. In his death the county lost one of its most able and enterprising citizens and farmers. With the assistance of his wife he became well-to-do, and acquired tlie ownership of eight}' acres, upon which Mrs. Pittsford now re- sides. She is a lady of kindly disposition and phil.anthropie spirit, and an earnest worker in the Christian Church. ;^p*)lMOTHY METCALF, a prosperous gen- li^^ eral agriculturist and successful stock-raiser ^^^^ residing upon one of the best farms in his locality, Boone Township, Madison County, Ind., has for two-score years been identified with the advancement of his present home interests and, widely known, is highly esteemed for his business ability and sterling integrity of character. Our subject is a native of Wayne Count}', Ohio, and was born in August, 1843, upon the old home- stead. The father, David Metcalf, was likewise born in the same jtlace, and the paternal grand- parents were among the pioneer settlers of the Buckeye State, where they spent their useful lives and enjoyed the respect of many friends. Tiie mother, Catherine (.Jewell) Metcalf, was the de- scendant of a long line of industrious and upright ancestors, true and loyal citizens of the United States. When our subject was a lad of ten years the parents removed from Ohio, emigrating to the neighboring state of Indiana and settling in Mad- son County, which the}' made their permanent PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. home. The father here profitably engaged in farm- | iiig and followed the avocation of a tiller of the 1 soil until his death in LSCl. Mr. Metcalf, then eighteen years of age and a self-reliant youth of earnest purpose and intelli- gent ability, had worked for his father upon the faiin, an wife is also an active niciii- ICIIAEL CAV!.()l;,a hi.yhly esteemed eiti- \| zen of Nolilesville, pioneer of the slate, and for more than two-score years num- bered aiii()n<> its leading agriculturists, has ivsidcd in llamillon County since 1851. Ilav- iiijj retired fidiii act i\c fnrming duties, he is quiet- I3' passing the twilight of his life in a jjleasaiit home in Noblesvillc. Here, surrounded by ohJ friends and acquaintances, he recalls many remin- iscences of the past, and in memory frequently dwells upon the scenes of l.s.'iO. A native of Ohio, lie was born in iMontgomery County, near Daj'- tuii, .luly 28, 18i;5. His father, John Caylor, ,an enterprising (4erman. crossed the Atlantic in a very early day and settled in Monlgomery C.mn- ty. Ohio, wiien the lUickeye State was little more than a wilderness. There w.as in fact only one cabin in Dayton wiien he courageousl_y set himself to work reelaiming the land from its wild condi- tion. The mother of our subject was Salome, daugh- ter of Henry A. Kinsey, both natives of the Old Dominion. Michael Caylor spent his boyhood days on the old Ohio homestead, meantime aiding ill the work of the farm and also attriiding the lit- tle log schoolhouse of the district. In l.s;)(i,an ani- liitious young man of twenty-three, he determined to try life for liimself in Indiana, and journeying hither, settled in Henry County, where he success- fully engaged in agricultural pursuits for sixteen years. In 1851 he made liis In. me in Hamilton County, and, as before, devoted himself mainly to the tilling of the fertil,' soil ,,f Indiana. In 1,S81 he located permanently in >;oblesville and relin- quished business cares, but still retains the owner- ship of his fine farm of eighty acres, higlily cul- tivated and unproved witli substantial and mod- el 11 buildings. In Ohio, ill l«:il, Michael Caylor married Miss 36 pass,.,! aw, .piaintaiic. lull >{ Maryland, who by her circle of ac- aiid two S..11S were only one is tiow living: Kliza, the widow of W. C. Burcliam. A second time entering the bonds of matrimony, our suliject in 1871 married .Mrs. Mary Schuck, daughter of Henry Crull. ;i well known pioneer of Hamilton County. This excel- lent lady entered into rest, beloved by all who knew her, .Inly 28, 18'.H1. Mr. Caylor is a valued member of the ( lerman IJaptist Ciiuivh and is a sincere Christian, a liber.al supporter of religious work and active In the du- ties of the church. .\ Kepuhlii'aii from the forma- tion of the party, and po,-led in local .•iiid ii:itional issues, he has taken an especial iiilenM 111 m-IkjoI and home matter-, and has. without ostentation, been an importanl f.-ictur in tlu^ progress and de- vekipment of various interests of Ilamiltnn Coun- ty. He and his daughter, Mrs. Bureham, reside in an attractive but modest home in iS'obles\ille. and liurcham. a l.-idy of intelligence and worth, was greatly bereaved by the death of her husb,-ind, who w.as a man of ability and eiitei prise. W. C. 15urcham was born in Hamilton County, Ind.. being the son of Henry and Amelia (Sliuler) liurcham, natives of North Carolina, but very early settlers of Indiana. 'J'he parents had been located for some years in Hamilton County, when, in 18.'?0, their son Wyles was born. As soon as he was old enough he assisted in the work of culti- vating the Ihhiic farm, and likewise eiijoyeil the benelit of instruction in the i)riinitive school of the district. lie was a life-long .agriculturist, and w.as prosperously conducting a farm when, in 1803, he was suddenly killed by the falling of a tree. A young man of enterprise, he had cU^ared, cultivated and improved a large tract ..f land, and was aecouiilcd one of the prominent farmcis of Hamilton County. In 1854 Jlr. Bureham and Aliss Kliza Caylor were united in marriage, and of the union were born three children: Mary A., deceased; .M.aggie S., wife of B. M. Wood, of Anderson. Ind.; and Wyo- tuto Belle, wife of James A. Downing. Valued J-2-2 PORTRAIT AKD BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD members of the German Baptist Church, Mr. and Mrs. Burcham aided in the extension of religious work and influence. Mr. Burcham. was an up- right and conscientious man, and endeavored to be true to every obligation of life as a hush.ind, father, citizen and friend, and in iiis untimely death Ilamiltun Count)' sustained a public loss. Many years have passed sincf! he was laid away to rest, but in the hearts of all who knew and loved him his memory is ytt green. -^¥r uniformly met with my approbation, as well as that of all other officers who had an opportunity to know him. "Corporal Thompson was employed in recon- noitering the Indian country and paths leading to and from their several towns and villages, as well as being constantly in advance of the army during the campaign. While thus engaged, he assisted in taking seven Indian prisoners — all warriors except one^frora their towns and vil- lages, in order to gain information for our army. In accomplishing this great object, several skir- mishes ensued, in which he behaved in a brave and soldier-like manner, and when the garrison of Ft. Recovery, which I had the honor to com- mand, was attacked and surrounded by nearly two thousand savages, this Corporal Thompson made an escape through them, with intelligence to the Commander-in-Chief, who was twenty-four miles distant from the place. For this service, I now beg leave to return him my sincere thanks, and hope that all good people who are friends to their country may receive and treat with respect the said David Thompson, .i reward which he has merited. "Certified under my hand and seal at Staunton, in the state of Virginia, the 29111 day of October, 1795. "Ai.EXAXDER Gibson, "Captain in the Tenth Legion." At the expiration of his period of service, David Thompson was honorably discharged by Maj.-Gen. Anthony Wayne, Commander-in-Chief of the Legion of the United States. After the treat}' of Greenville, August 8, 1795, when the troops were disbanded, he settled in what is now West Virginia, and there formed the acquaint- ance of Mary Swope, whom he soon afterward married. She was born September 21, 1775, in the old fort in Monroe County, Ind. In 1817 he removed with his wife and ten children to Butler County, Ohio, and in 1823 to Henry County Ind. About 1842 they settled in Salem Township. Delaware County, where both Mr. Thonijison and his wife died. The father of our subject was born in 1801 and PORI'KAIT AND P,U)(!KA1>1IIC'AL RECORD. 7-2S grew to manliooc) in Wayne Counly. After his marriage he renuived with his hride In Delaware County, wliere lie heennie a very siieeessful farmer and hirge properly owner, lie was als,. a l)roni- ineiil citizen and was deeply interested in public affairs. In 1854, at the age of (ifty-three. he died of typhoid fever. I n the family of thirteen chil- dren, eight ,.f wh are now living. ..ur snIOeetis ninth in order of birth. In l.SCO he left his home in Delaware County and came to Frankton. where he clerked in the store of J. & C. (^uick until the spring of 18(12, and then returned home. On the 10th of August, I SC,-.', .Mr. Sharp enlisted in ('(jmpany 11, Sixty-ninth Indiana Infantry, and w.as sent directly to the front. He took part in the battle of Richmond, Ky., where bis legi- ment suffered very .severely, being almost totally destroyed and captured. 'I'he Iriiops ri4.nrned to Richmond, Ind., and remained there until an exchange was made in October. They then went to Memphis, where they were .attached to Sherm.an 's Thirteenth Army Corps, which sailed down the river to attack Vicksburg and then up the Yaz(Kj River, i)articipaling in the battle of Chickasaw Bluffs. They then proceeded up the Mississippi River and took part in the capture of Arkansas Post, after which they returned and assisted in building the canal across Young's Point. In March, 1863, the regiment went to .Milliken "s Bend, where Grant organized his Mcksburg cam- paign, and the Sixty-ninth Indiana was in advance of Grant's forces on the m.'irch across Louisiana to the vieinity of Carthage. On tlie 30th of April they crossed the river, and on the 1st of May participated in the battle of Ft. (Jib- son. On May IGtli occurred the battle of Cham- pion Hills; on the 17th the battle of Black River Bridge, and on the lOtli the investment of Vicks- burg. After the charge of May 22, the division was sent to Bl.ack River Bridge to guard the rear. During the siege, Mr. Sharp was taken sick, pros- trated by sunstroke, and on July 1 was transferred to Memphis and afterward to the A'cteran Reserve Corps. He was at Washington during the Grand Review and received his discharge .hine 2ii, 18(),"). He w.as exempt from duty only thirty days during the entire service. Petuining home after a few months Mr. Sharp went to .Missouri, where he remained but a short time. Il(^ then laiiie to Fr.ankton and on Novem- ber ;», 18t;.-|. married .Miss ,lane, d.-iiight,ei- of ,Iohn and l.avina (Heath) (^lick, natives of Ohio .and North Carolina, respectively. They remained upon the home farm for a year, and then Mr. Sharp engaged in farming near Klwood iinlil the fall of l,S70, when he eame to Franktcm and embarkeil in merchandising under the linn name of ('. (^iiiek .V- Co. He continued a member of that lirm until September, 187«, after which he engaged in grain dealing for Ihrt'e y<-ars, in Frankton and Flw(,od. lie next pnrt'hased from .lohn (»uirk a farm con- sisting of two hundred acres, and engaged in the breeding of Short-horn cattle until the spring of ' lS'.);i, when lie sold his farm and stock and i>iir- ehased an interest in the Frankton Land ,V Iin- pn,ven,enl Company, of whi<'li he is now Presi- dent. Socially. Mr. Sh.arp is a .Mason. In polities he is a stalwart advocate of the Republiean party. His career has been a siieei's>fiil one. .■mil his enter- prise, good managi'iiient .and |ier>e\'ei.anee have won him prosperity. He is one of the most p(>[>iilar citizens of Madison. County, and i> kind- hearted, generous and benevolent. He is .a man and is a citizen whom Frankton could ill afford to lose. iT^ A.MIKL rRITTIPO. Of the citizens who ^^^ have added to the prosperity of the vil- '|L/j| hige of Fisher's .Switch, perhaps no one has "^'' gained a reputation more en viable or a po- sition more notable than has the gentleman of whom we write. Coming to this place in Novem- ber, 1886, he has since engaged in the mercantile business here, and now carries a large and varied assortment of dry goods, the value of which is es- timated at *.'),()()0. The store building is 24x62 feet in dimensions, and is conveniently located for the purposes of trade. In noting the parental history of oiir subject, we find that he is the son of Samuel Trittipo, who 724 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. was born in Morgan County, Va., in 1790, and was reared on- a farm, making the occupation of an agriculturist liislife calling. In the Old Dominion he married Miss Phd'be Brooks, and they reared a family of nine cliildren to manhood and woman- hood, two having died in childhood. The otiiers are: Mary E., John W. and Andrew J., all of whom are deceased; Margaret, the wife of A. W. Craig; Samuel, of this sketch; Daniel, Sarah E.; Matilda, who married William Fertig, and Thomas E., de- ceased. Politically, tiie senior Mr. Trittipo was a Jacksonian Democrat. Removing to Ohio in 1834, he settled in Miami County, and from there went to Hamilton County, Ind., where he remained un- til his death in 1844. His wife passed away sev- eral years prior to liis demise. Born in Morgan County, Va., in 1831), tiie sub- ject of this sketch was a lad of fourteen when he commenced to earn his own living and for a time thereafter he was employed upon a farm, re- ceiving a monthly salary, which, though small, enabled iiim to lay by a little for the future. After continuing thus engaged for about four years he went to California, making the journey by water and across the Isthmus to Panama. Upon reach- ing the Golden State he worked for a time in the gold fields at Weavcrvilie, on the Trinity River. Continuing in that wa.>- for a year and a-half, lie was quite successful in his efforts and secured a considerable amount of gold. Later he prospected in the northern part of California, .and then re- turned via the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans to New York, and from iiiere to Indiana b}' rail. ■ Upon his return to Hamilton County, Mr. Trit- tipo resumed farming operations, and for a time operated a farm in Fall Creek Townsiiip. In Feb- ruary, 18.') I, he embarked in the mercantile busi- iness, in which he has since engaged. In 1852 he was chosen Postmaster at Fall Creek, and has offi- ciated in tliat capacity at various places ever since. In addition to merchandising lie superintends the management of several farms, and is the owner of about eight hundred acres in Fall Creek and Dela- ware Townships. In his political belief he is a Democrat, and socially affiliates with Hamilton Lodge No. 535, F. & A. M. The first marriage of Mr. Trittipo occurred in Hamilton County in 1853, uniting him with Miss Nancy, daughter of Absalom andPoll3- (Humbles) Setters. They became the parents of one son, Albert AV., who is now in business with our subject, and who married Margaret Ringer. Mrs. Nancj' Trit- tipo died in 1864, and our subject afterward mar- ried Miss Celinda J., daughter of Dr. Robert P. and Susan Kimberlin. Their union has resulted in the birth of the following children: Robert S., Voorhees E., Ethel, Grace, Fletcher and Ray Dell. Mr. Trittipo is very popular wherever known, and makes a friend of every man he meets. One of his most prominent qualities is his sterling business character. In his work he is methodical, and hi* sagacity in business matters has won for him the admiration of all with whom he has deal- ANIEL SIGLER, M. D.,isa successful gen- )) eral medical practitioner and skillful sur- geon who since 1874 has prosperously engaged in professional dut}' in El wood, Madison County. In 1889 he erected on the beauti- ful grounds of his family residence an elegant office building, especially arranged to meet the demands of his extensive practice. The spacious building contains six rooms, the upper floor being used as a library, while the main floor is divided into re- ception and operating rooms and a laboratory. Our subject is a native of Lafayette Township, and was born about six miles from Elwood in May, 1843. He was the fourth of the seven children of Daniel and Elizabeth (Shank) Sigler. The father, a na- tive of Page County, Va., emigrated to the north in 1835 and settled in Pipe Creek Township with his wife and family. He engaged successfully in fanning and followed the pursuit of agricult- ure all his life. He died at sixty-one years of age upon his Indiana homestead, passing away in tiie year ISGl. His good wife, also a native of Vir- ginia, survived liim many years, entering into rest in 1890, at about eighty-two years of age. Dr. Sigler remained upon the old farm until eighteen years old, and attended the common schools of PORTRAIT AND P.KKiRArilJCAL RF.CORD r25 Madison County, later entering Butler rniveisily. wiiieli lie .attended one year. Oursul.jcct for llie four succecdiii- ycnrs eii- gjiged in ^cll.>ol teaehiiiL; in .M;i
  • (m ('(Minty. and at the .same time i)ursiied the study of medicine. In 180;) abandoning the role of instructor, he went to Detroit and attended the lectures of tlie Detroit INIcdicMl tulicge. after which lie sctllcl in Tiiitoii County; he (•ngagcd in llic iiracticc of medicine in tii.at locality until February •20, 1.S7(). when he established hiin.self in Elwood. In 1873, tempo- rarily relinquisliing liis practice, lie journeyed to from which well known iiislitulioii our suhjec't graduated with high honor March 1, 1871. Dr. .Sigler then returned to Elwood and once again successfully resumed a practice second to none in fine residence whicii he built on .South Anderson Street in 1881, and which, surrounded by ^louuds kept in perfect order and shaded by handsome trees, is one of the most attractive spots in the city. The otlice building, erected at a lavish ex- penditure, adds to the a[)pearance of the home !-es- idenee anil is a monument to the success and en- terprise of the owner, who has acquired an envia- ble reputation as a citizen and professional man of a high order of ability. December .'U. 18(;8, were united in inarri'ige Daniel .Sigler and Miss Minerva Tierce, of Frank- toii, daughter of Francis Pierce, a prosperous and energetic Madison County farmer, and an early settler and enterprising ijioiicer in the cnltnic of the fertile soil of the state. Into th.- union of our subject and his estimable wife were born two children, a son and daughter. The son, B. V. j Sigler, a young man of great promise, died De- cember 23, 1892, aged twenty years. In this ter- rible bereavement, Dr. and Mrs. Sigler received the sympathy of many friends. Lelia \ivia Sighr, four years of age, survives. Dr. Sigler is fraternally a member of Quiiicy Lodge, A. F. A- A. M. A representative citi- zen and a man of the people, he is heartily in- terested in all matters of mutual welfare, and as a friend to educational advancement, he has served with abilitv as a member of the Board of School Trustees, and with excellent judgment and keen perception h.as materially aided in the citizen and honored physician commands the en- tire eonlidence of his fellow-townsmen and the general public. lie liasa large practice, wliich ex- tends far bevond the corporate limits of the city. K 1 1 is said that I man to commemor.ate th neighbors but soon the ) use. Mr. Edwards Iwca land-owner and during of land to each one of h esent spelling i^ame into le a large merchant and is life gave eighty acres > eiuliteen children.' •losepli Ilerit.age, the father of our subject, was born in Wayne County in 1837, and vvasonei)f four brothcis. William E., Henry and Ferry, the oth- ers, are thrifty farmers of this neighborhood. In 18a8 Joseph came to Madison 'County a poor young man and settled six miles south of Alexandria, but his industry and enterprise have brought him one of liu' largest and finesl, farms in Ricli- laiid Township, where he is numbered among its wealthiest agriculturists, lie married .Sarah A. Hughes, a native of Franklin County, Ind., and a daughter of AVilliam Hughes, who was born in Ire- land, and l)ecame one of the pioneers and highly respected citizens of the Iloosier State. Into ,'\Ir. and Mrs. Heritage were born nine children. Will- iam, Joseph and Emory are successful farmers liv- ing north of Anderson; INIarv E. is the wife of Lee 726 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. T. Waterman, editor and proprietor of the Ander- son Bulletin, a daily and vveekl}- newspaper of that city; Susan B. is the wife of Daniel F. Doan, who is connected with the Lippineott Glass Works of Alexandria. The subject of this sketch remained njjon his father's farm until a youtli of sixteen. He re- ceived only the ordinary educational privileges of the public schools, but was an apt scholar and far in advance of other boys of his age. In his six- teenth year he was himself a teacher in the pub- lic schools. Soon after he entered tlie Northern Indiana State Normal School at Valparaiso, from which he was giaduated befoie iiis twentieth birth- day. He then [lurchased a farm south of Alexan- dria, which for several years he operated through the summer, while in tiie winter he again taught school. He was for three years one of the most successful teachers that Alexandria has ever known. In 1884 Mr. Heritage was joined in wedlock with Jennie, daughter of the late David Tappan, who was one of the most prominent farmers in the county, and died worth 150,000. Mr. Heritage was a far-seeing young business man and years ago made investments in Alexandria property. In 1890 he became connected with the Alexandria bank, and in .January, 1893, when it was organized as a National bank vvas elected cashier. He was one of the party that purchased fifty-five acres of land and laid out the Southside Addition and lo- cated Alexandria's first glass factoi-y. He was Sec- retary of the Alexandria Improvement Company from its organization until .January, 1893, when he resigned. He laid out an addition to the town, helped tooi-ganize the Building and Loan Associa- tion and was its Secretary until his duties in the bank comiielled his resignation. He is a third owner in the block known as the Three H Block, owned by llarlan, Hannah & Heritage, three of the most solid financial men in the town. He is one of four who have just completed the new opera house at a cost of '$2r),000. This build- ing is on-e of the finest in the state, and would do credit to a much larger city than Alexandria. Mr. Heritage has aided in the u|)huildiiigof many other enterprises, but the above will indicate some- thing of the energetic and progressive spirit which have made him a valued factor in this community. Be it said to his credit that although his father was a wealthy man he never accepted financial aid from him, preferring to make his own way in life, and although he is but little more than thirty years of age he is a wealthy man. He may also truly be called a self-made man with all the praise that the term involves. In politics he is a stanch Republican, and although he has never sought official honors, he has served on the County Cen- tral Committee, and is a member of the City Council. He is a Knight Templar Mason, has been Secretary of the Blue Lodge, and is now Secretary of the Chapter. He has a beautiful home in Har- lan's second addition, where with his wife and their four interesting children, Bessie, Vera, David and Byron, he spends his leisure hours in the en- joyment of the fireside. KTER FOSNOT, who is a noted reprc- I sentative citizen and one of the old pioneers of Richland Township, Madison County, Ind., is a native of this county, his natal day being .January 30, 1830, and has passed nearly all his long and honored life here. He is a member of a family whose history was identified with the state in daj'S of an earlier and a simpler style of living. His parents, ,lohn and Elizabeth (Michaels) Fosnot, were both natives of Maryland, but at an early date moved to Ohio. From there in the '20s they removed to Madison County, Ind., and settled in Union Township, a short distance west of Chesterfield, on the state road. The country was then a hunter's paradise, and here the early settler found food for his family in addition to the pleasures of the chase. The tract of land on which Mr. Fosnot settled vvas all in the woods but a small garden spot, and he erected a round log cabin and began to make improvements and clear his land. He and his ambitious wife ar- ranged their limited household goods in this primi- tive house, and in a very frugal manner began PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RKCOKD. tlifir career as pioneers. Tliere tliis worthy con- pli' passed their last days, tlic father dying about KSKi. Of the c'hihlrcu bdru to Ihciii hut tliree survive: Peter, Wilhuiii uud ThmiiMs. Tlie father was a man possessed of an unlimited amount of en- ergy, and beint;; frugal and persevering, he accum- of Joshua Relterton; IMrs. I'^osnol widow of IMr. Pittsford. Mi>. I^o- ill tlie county and ha-^ uilne.-scd tli of the wihlerncss to its pivscnt iir. sp.T ulated : ■\-pei )f t life, ai 1 1 1 tid tl vaneen it i U \ 1 i i The 1) \ hood d i\ I between is i'?linj; i tl the log cibin &ciio( lii i Id's goods, r esteemed for his I liis e.^timable wife vations of pioneer H lov^ ud II I 1 th nt\ lion. She remembers when the woods abouii with game; when wolves howled so that it stroyed her sleep at night, and when the table seldom without, wild meat of some kind. Slie [ile.asant eonvei sation.-ilist, and ran relate in wherein ncci\e(1 i ludinu ntii \ tduc i sehooUu u c> (f th( ( du dltTw yc:n> returned to Tennessee. Ill the tall of ISIS he a-ain eaiiie to Pendleton and lioiiijlil one hundred and twenty acres of land a mile and a-half west of the village. On that farm he died in J8(!;). In i)olilios he was a Dem- ueratiiiitil ISlWl.wheii lie liecanie a Pepulilicaii. He wedded Mary Crumhand reared the rollowiii Coiiioial in the l-;ii;lity-niii tli Indiana Infantry and is now liviuu' in PeiHlleton; and Mrs. Nancy Welty, of Kansas. Philip Sniethers, a native of Tennessee, came to Indiana with his parents in the early settlement of the ( nty. and in IS-IS l,,cal,.d in Green Township, wliere he died in ISCl. at the age of forty-four years. His widow still survives, at the age of seventy-five. She ua> horn in Tennessee and is a daughter of .lolm \\'(|i\. a farmer and cooper. liy her niarri.agc she lua-ame the mother of three rliildren. .lolm A.: William K.. of Colo- rado, who served in the Thirty-ninth Indiana In- fantry during the late war; and Parliara K. Steele, of Kansas. Ppon the home farm the suliject of this sketch was reared to manhood, and at the age of eighteen he began to earn his own livelihood by working as a farm hand by the month. The country found in him a valiant defender during the late war. lie enlisted in August, 1862, as a member of Com- pany B, Eighty-ninth Indiana Infantry. IIi! was taken prisoner at Munfordsville, but was soon parolled, and, after being exchanged, went to Memphis, continuing with his regiment until dis- charged in August, 18()1, after the Red Hiver ex- pedition. Returning to his home he resumed farming, which he has since followed. In March, 1869, Mr. Smethers married Lydia, daughter of Wesley White, a pioneer farmer of Madison County, who died about fifteen years ago. His widow still survives him at the age of eighty- nine years. They reared a large family of nine children. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Smethers have been born seven children, Willard E.; Edgar, who died at the age of six; Lecta, who died at the age of four; Leroy, who di(^d at the age of a ,\car and a- half; May A., Kliior.a aii been identified with the delopment of this state during his entire life, having aided in the growth of its material interests and the progress of its prominent indus- tries. The father of our subject, .loseph Bandall, was born ill South Carolina in l.SO:!, and was reared to manhood in the stati' of his birth, receiving a somewhat limited education in the common schools. Early in life he began to earn his living, and from youth was self-suii|iortiiig. For a tinu; he worked by the month on a farm, and later was employed in a distillery. Coining north he located in Pre- ble County, Ohio, and there married Sarah, daugh- ter of Jonathan Roberts. After his marriage, about Ls.i 1. .losciih Randall migrated to Indiana, and emliarked in farming pursuits in Wayne County, where he sojourned for a number of years. In 1841) he came to Ham- ilton County and purchased one hundred and sixty .acres of land, which had been partly im- proved. -Unto this, as time passed by, ho added until he became the owner of two hundred and twenty-three acres, comprising one farm. He and POxiTRAlT AND BlOGRAPmCAL RECORD. Lis wife became the parents of the following chil- (iren, namely: Mary, deceased, formerl3' the wife of A. Jcffi-ies; Elihu, deceased; Enos; Albert, our sub- ject; Louisa, the wife of Isaac Bond; Jonathan, Walter; Gulie; Elnia, who married William Jeff- ries, and Elam, deceased. The mother of these children died in Hamilton County, about 1856. By his second marriage, which united him with Mis. Sarah Mendenhall, Joseph Randall had a familj' of four children, one of wliom died in in- fancy. The others were: Elmiia, Melvina and Lincoln W. In politics Mr. Randall was promi- nently identified with the Whig party, and was a friend to all public and progressive measures. In liis religious belief he was a Quaker. His death removed from the community one of its most en- terprising and affable residents and honored pio- neers. At the age of nineteen our subject rented a farm and commenced the work of tilling the soil, lie continued as a renter until 1864, when, having saved his earnings, lie purchased eighty acres (a portion of his present farm) and has since added to the original purchase, until he is now the owner of one hundred and ten acres. The improvements and substantial buildings which now adorn the place are the result of his efforts, and stand as monuments to his thrift. At the time of purchas- ing this property, he did not have sufficient cash to pa}' the entire amount, and had to incur an in- debtedness of more than S.3,000. However, he has been so prospered that he now owns a good home and owes no man. The marriage of our subject, which occurred when he was nineteen years old, united him with Miss Mary E., daughter of John and Eliza (Keeler) Applegate. Mrs. Randall was born in 18;i.'j, upon the farm where she now resides. She is the mother of ten children, as follows: Clara, who married H. Lloyd; Fremont; Mary, the wife of Charles Fisher; Ellen, who married Thomas Woolman; Layton W.; Frank; Charles; Amanda, Mrs. Luther Wise; Harmon and Claude. The children have been given excellent educational advantages, and are prominent in tlie various communities where they reside. Mr. and Mrs. Randall are earnest Christians, and are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In his youth Mr. Randall was a Whig, and since the organization of the Reiuiblican party has advo- cated its platform and principles. E. JESSUP, who resides on section 3, Oj Clay Township, Hamilton County, was li here born May 6, 1858. His grandfather. Abraham Jessup, was born in Guilford County, N. C, in 1773, and came of an old Mas- sachusetts family. When a young man he emi- grated to Wayne County, Ind., making the trip on foot with an elder brother. He entered land near Richmond, and in 1832 emigrated with his family to Hamilton Count}-, where he entered one hundred and .eixty acres of land, and afterward purchased an additional eighty acres. Near Rich- mond, he was married to Hannah Wright, and they had the following children: Polly, Jane, Hannah, John C, Elizabeth, Rachel, Alfred and IJllis. The father was a member of the Friends' Church, and voted the Whig ticket. lie died in 1852. John C. Jessup, father of our subject, was h(irn in Wayne County in 1817. Ho received a limited education in the common schools, and at the age of twenty-five was married in this county to Maria, daughter of Isaac and Nancy (Lyon) Sharp. She was born in Rush County, Ind., in 1825, and her parents were natives of Kentucky. Her father served in the War of 1812, and in an earl}' day came to Indiana. When Mrs. Jessup was ten years old he removed from Rush to Hamilton County, and for six weeks lived in a camp while the log cabin was being built. On his marriage Mr. Jessup received eighty acres of land from his father, then built his log house and began life in true pioneer style. Five children came to bless the home: Selvester, who was killed in battle at New Hope Church, Ga., May 10, 1863; Hannah, the wife of William Ilussey; Nanc}', the deceased wife of Martin Carey, and twin sister of Hannah; John W. and Alfred E. The father of this familv PORTRAIT AND RIOORAPIIICA I. RIX'ORI). ;!:i was a failliful iikmiiIu.t <>{ the Frii-iuls' Cluiivh. and in politics was a Wliii,' and Kei)ulilii'an. lie owiiod and improved one hiindicd and uiglity acres of land, besides giving some to Lis ciiildien, and was a snccessfnl stoci<- raiser. Ho passed away September 18, \»\H. U\- wife still survives him and makes her home with hei- youngest son. A. K. .h'ssup remained under the pareTital roof aginy; the home, lie receivehip with his father, he purchased eighty acres of uniini)roved land, which he cleared and improved. His next purchase consistcil of the forty acres upon which he now resides. In Noblesville Township he mar- rieii :Mi>s Susan, daugliter of Conrad and Susan (Hinbaugh) Weaver, and they were the parents of eight children, one <»f whom died in infancy. The Others are William, John Weslev, Andrew Jaekisoii, 734 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Amanda, wife of David Ringer; Sarah; Rachel, who inanied R. Law; and Susanna, wife of John Fisiier. Mrs. C'rossley died at her home on the 25th of December, 187L A Democrat in politics, Mr. Crossle3' served as Township Trustee for tliree j-ears under the old law. He has also rendered . efficient service as School Director for a long period, and drew the first money ever used for school purposes in Dela- ware Township. He is known for his sturdy championship in the past of every measure calcu- lated to benefit the community, and has always been progressive, fearless and honest. To him and such as he is due the material advancement of the village of New Britton, and he is recognized as one of the foremost citizens of this place. -^ -^=m>-^^• enterpri.se to lint.ains a deep s elTorts have laterial welfare if t;eor yKKMS HEA(;V. Tliroii with public alTairs as N ,, „ son County, and .also association with the agriciill ura land Township as the owner of farm on section 4, the subject become widely and favor.ably 1, this section of country. In e which he gives his support In and unwavering interest, and resulted in the promotion of th of the township. Born in Cumberland County of October, 1818, our subject is and Elizabeth (Black) Heagy, both of whom were natives of Adams County, Pa. Crandfatlier lilack enlisted as a soldier during the War of the Revo- lution, and for gallantry and distinguished bravery was promoted from the ranks to the position of Captain. The ancestors on the paternal side were ecpially patriotic and loyal. Weems Heagy was reared to in.anhood upon a farm, receiving only a limited education. At the age of seventeen vcars he commenced to learn the trade of a carpenter and joiner, .at which lie >ei ved an apprenticeship of three years and afterward was engaged for many years as a contractor. Mi- grating to Indiana in 1839, and locating in Wayne County, Mr. Heagy was there married in February, 1845. The lady who became his wife was Miss .Jane K. Ib.ilmes, who was born in Del.a- ware, July 1, 1822. She was a child of three years when brought by her parents, Robert and Eliz.abeth (Ellsberry) Holmes, to Wayne County, Ind., where amid pioneer environments she was reared to womanhood. Jlr. and .Mr.s. Heagy are the parents of seven children, six of whom are now living, viz.: George, a resident of'Richland Township; Caroline U., the wife of Jasper Nelson, (36 PORTRAIT AND BlOGRArHICAL RECORD. of Peoria, 111.; Marj' J., who married Henry Burk, and makes her home in Anderson, Ind.; .Josephine, the wife of R. A. F. Miller; Wilson M. and Fran- cena. Elizabeth is deceased. In the siiring of 1848, Mr. Ileagjcame to Madi- son Count}-, and in 18.53 located upon the farm where he has since resided. His first purchase consisted of eighty acres, to which he has added by subsequent purchase until at one time Lis landed possessions aggregated two hundred and eighty acres. He is now the owner of one hun- dred and ninctj'-eight acres, mostly under good cultivation and embellished with first-class im- provements and suitable buildings. For a num- ber of years after coming here he made his home in a log house, and in 1863 moved into his pres- ent residence, which is a comfortable and con- veniently arranged abode. With no moneyed capital, but with an abundance of industry and patience, he and his wife have accumulated their present property, and have become well-to-do. As a Democrat, Mr. Heag.y has been inseparably' .associated with the political affairs of his town- ship and count}' for a number of years, and has filled many of the most important positions with- in the gift of his fellow-citizens. For several years he served as Trustee of Richland Township, and also rendered efficient service as Treasurer of Madison County. In his social relations he is identilied with the Masonic fraternity, being a member of the lodge at Anderson. In former years he belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, but is not now actively connected with that organization. -^^>^^^ ^ ^^^e^^-c^ PORTRAIT AND BIOGRArHICAL RECORD. 739 other positions of public trust. In 1892 he was a candidate for the office of County Commissioner on the ticket of the Republican parly, but was de- feated by his opponent, Henry Brounenberg, wiio had a majority of one hundred and sixty-two votes. As the county is sti-(.)ngly Democratic, the fact that he was defeated by so small a majority proves tiiat he lias the friendship, not only of his chosen party, but also of the opposing i)olitical organization. -.>-w.-— ®#^- ■JllrDGK WILLIAM GARVKH. II of the l',ar of NoblesviUe, a ntate Senator, (^> an>ong the n.« NoblesviUe, vvliere for ducted a large general Known throughout II: and succc-sful legal ' tidence of numerous c: Nestor formerly St iullueulial citizens of a iialf-century he has con- practice in all the courts. milton County as an able idvocate, he has enjoyed the iiigh regard a;id con- lents and the general pub- lic, and is to-day one of the most popular men in his locality. Born in Butler County, Ohio, July 1'.), ISIO, be is the son of Leonard and Catherine (Fisher) Carver, natives of North Carolina and eai'ly settlers of the Buckeye State. Leonard Oarver emigrated from his native state to Oliio in 1790, and entered with the enlliusiasm of youth into the experiences of life u|)on the frontier of civilization. He spent the remainder of his days in Butler County, where he passed away at the advanced age of eighty-seven 3'ears. The lemote ancestors of the Garver family were sturdy Germans. The paternal grandfather was a native of North Carolina and was a man of in- dustry, highly respected bj' his friends and neigh- bors. He was a Democrat politically, and a firm advocate of the principles of tlie party. The mother of our subject, who was born in North Carolina, was the daughter of Jacob Fisher, a hero of the Revolutionary War and later a pioneer settler of Butler County, Ohio, removing tliither in company with Leonard Garver, the two men being life-long friends and associates. In Butler County, Ohio, our subject spent the dajs of his boyhood, and received his education 37 in the common branches of study in the little subscription school of the home neighborliood. An ambitious yoiitii, he d(!termined to acquire a profession, and u|)oii attaining to his majorit,y, entered the law ollice of .ludge i'.lackroid, in Indianapolis. The .ludge, nlio |.icMde(l in the Supreme Court, also at one tune instructed a class of law students, and under liis able advice Mr. I Garver prosecuted his studies for two years. In ISII.lic was :idniiltcd to the I'.arnt I ndiaiKi p„lis, and iluiiiig the same year located in Ni)bl(.>ville, and, o|.H'ning an otlice, soon enjoyed an cxlcnded clientage and successful practice in all the courts. In 18().'), Mr. (Carver was appointed .ludge to lill a vacancy, and di>elia]ged the responsibilities intrusted to his care with lidelily. In IStifi. he was elected Judge of the Common I'leas Court, and at the clo.se of his four-year term of judicial olUce was re-elected, and again in 1874. Not long afterward the Legislatuie aliolisbeil the C.iurt of ' Common I'leas. Many years before, in 1.S47, be was elected to the State Senate, representing Ham- ilton, Tipton and Boone Counties, and served a term C)f three years to the great satisfaction of his constituents. In 1876, he i<>pie>entet Indiana Regi- ments, and took command of the latter, which was incorporated with the Fourteenth Army Corps of the Army of the Cumberland. As Colonel of the One Hundred and First, he actively participated in the battle of Stone River, and later was engaged at Vaught's Hill, where he aided in repulsing i^lor- 740 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. wan and compelling him to flee from the countiy. Afterward, on account of severe sickness, lie was obliged to resign. In September, 1842, William Garver and iMiss Eliza J. Stephenson were united in marriage. The estim.able wife of our subject was the daughter of .lohn B. Stephenson, a pioneer settler of Hamilton County and a man universall}^ respected for his ability and sterling integrity. The companion of Mr. Garver's early life passed away in the year 1852, beloved by all who knew her. Afterward our subject was united in marriage with Miss Eliza .T. Ray, an accomplished lady, and daugh- ter of Ex-Governor Ray, a pioneer governor of Indiana, a genial and courteous gentleman, of fine attainments. Mrs. Garver died in 1870, mourned by a large circle of friends and relatives. She had borne her husband eight children, of whom six sons are surviving, two daughters being deceased. William is a prosperous physician of Anderson, Ind.; Frank successfully conducts a fine farm in Hamilton County; -Jesse resides in Montana; Rev. Leonard J. is a Congregational minister, holding a pastorate in California; Albert is a skillful medi- cal practitioner of Cicero, Ind. The present wife of our subject was formerly Mrs. Talitha Pierce, widow of the late Henry Pierce, a merchant at Marion, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. (larver are devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and are liberal givers in behalf of good works and benevolent enterprises. They occupy a high social position and receive the con- fidence and sincere regard of a wide circle of friends. Few men can show a longer or more enviable record of public work than our honored subject, whose course in life has ever been dis- tinguished by courage, rectitude and the unfail- ing enterprise characteristic of a true American citizen. FNOS KUTLKDOK. There is no greater pleasure for the hand and pen of the his- /l' — '^ torian or biographer to perforin than to record the life and achievements of a man who be- gan life's battles under adverse circumstances and who through his unaided efforts has secured the ; general acknowledgment of being an honest man, a worthy citizen and a prosperous farmer. Such 1 a man is Enos Rutledge, one of the leading agri- culturists of Madison County. A native of the I old North State, born February 18, 1844, he is the son of William and Susan (Phillips) Rutledge, ; both natives of North Carolina and of English descent. Our subject's paternal grandfather was a prom- inent citizen, and for several years was Sheriff of I Surry County. He was also a heavy manufact- j urer and carried on an extensive business in the I iron trade. The maternal grandfather, William L. Phillips, was a man of much prominence, and a prosperous planter of North Carolina. When ; our subject was sixteen years of age he was left fatherless, and he being the eldest of seven chil- dren, all the responsibility and care of the family devolved on his brother William and himself. On July 14. 1864, when twenty years of age, he left home, and turning his face towards the setting sun landed in Indiana. He first settled in .Jefferson, but later went to Indianapolis, and from there to Winchester in 1872, making the distance on foot. F'or some time he was engaged as a farm laborer, and then came to Delaware County, where he rented a sawmill, which he conducted veiy successfully until October, 1874. At the last-mentioned date he came to Madison County and took charge of a mercantile store at Gilraan, continuing there for two years, when he engaged in the sawmill business in partnership with J. W. Miller. His principal business interests have been at Oilman, and he owns a fine farm of two hundred and twelve acres near that place, be- sides his mill and other property. He is one of the live, wide-awake, enterprising citizens, and is [ worth at least $20,000. He is endeavoring to make his town a manufacturing center, for it h.as the location of natural gas and other advantages to offer the manufacturer. With the push and energy of a few such men as Mr. Rutledge there is I no reason why this little town should not become a very important place. On August 31, 1875, Mr. IJutledge was married ) to Miss Emma J. Miller, daughter of .Jacob W. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. and Harriet (Wooley) Miller, liolli natives of Camden, Oliio. (See sl«'tch of .l.-ic<,l, IMiller in tlic Delaware Counly liistoiv.) i-'oui- cliildren have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hulledjre, but only two are now living: Hattie, born January 6, 1880, and Ruby Agues, Itorn February ;{, 1890. Our siilijeet lias slniwn bis apprecialion of seerct organizations by lieconiing .'i niemlier of the Masonic fraternity, Alexandria Lodge, No. 2.'5.5. In politics he is a Democrat. As a business man Mr. Hutledge has been unusually successful. He is broad and liberal in all his dealings, and aside from his fanning and milling operations, he engages extensively in the live-stock business. ^M LFRHD U. PAINTER, of the Phillips Land ^/ l l ^ *^''*^ Company, and proprietor of the III It Alfred M. Painter Addition to Alexan- ^jj dria, is one of the pushing, energetic and thorough-going business men. It is the men of broad and comprehensive views who give life to coininunities and build cities — men who in the darkness of adverse circumstances, as well as in nioie favorable periods, look beyond the clouds and have the pluck-, energy anil foresight to push forward their enler|)rises, extend speculation and fairly wrest success from calamity. Just such a man is Alfred M. Painter, one of Madison County's best business men. He was born in Monroe Township, Madison County, Ind., Sep- tember 20, 1841, to the mai'riage of (Jeorge Washington and Keziali (Marsh) Painter. lie comes of good old Virginia stock, for his father was a native of that state, as was also the grand- father, Alexander Painter. The great-grandfather was a native of Germany, who first settled in I'ennsylvania when coming to this country, and later in the Old Dominion. Althougii Alexander Painter was a Virginian, he never owned slaves, in fact was greall}' opposed to slavery. He brought his family to the Hoosier State as early as 1825, and settled in Henry Count}', where he lived to be nearly one hundred years old. He had four sons. The eldest, David, ■Jl County, continued on the old lioniestead in lb' where he die father, he used the prim- itive wible. 'I'lic interior of the primitive house of iiislniclion was of the rudest character, the seats and desks being made of sl.abs. March -MK is.'il. Samuel Ilughel and Miss Lean- na Louthain weic united in marriage. The estim- able wife of our subjc(M was a native of Ohio and ter of James and l^'rances (Dye) i.outli.'im, both descendants of .sturdy Dutch ancestors. When liveyear.sof age, Mrs. Hnghel removed with her parents to Indiana and settled near Logansport, in which locality she was re.ired to womanhood. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Ilughel was blessed by the birth of eleven sons and daughters, of whom six survive. Kstlier is the wife of Lewis A. Larmore: Arthur. Herman. Frank, Benjamin and Xettic complete the list of living brothers and sisters. After the marriage of our subject he entered with zeal into the clearing, cultivating and im- proving of Ills present farm, which, possessing an extended area of fertile land, annually yields an abundant harvest and is widely known as one of the most prolitable farms in this section of the country. Mr. and .Mr.s. Ilughel an I' valued mem- bers of the Christian Church and arc' active in good woiks and benevolent enter] nises. I',,liti- cally astning Democrat, onrsubjeel is intelligellliy posted on the affairs of the ei-t and lioiiov. (ieorgeAV^. Tucker's birth occurred .Vugust ■2:>. |,S2:i, and he was the son of .lohn and Sar.ali Tucker. The i)arents (^amc to Madis(ui County. Ind., al an early date and settled right in the woods of riii.Mi Township. There our subject urcw to ma- tur.' years and learned those liabits of industry and per.severancc which characterized his sub,se- quent career. He secured a fair education, but was mainly self-editcated, much of his spare time be- ing devoted to strfdy. Like his father, our sub- ject selected agricultural pursuits as his chosen oc- cupation, and followed that very successfully all his life. He married Miss Rebecca Coo|)er, a na- tive of Mrginia, born August 6, 1842. but at the time of her marriage a resident of Henry County, Ind. Her parents, Wilson and Elizabeth A. Cooper, were both natives of Virginia, but when .Mrs. Tucker w.as about twelve years of age they left their native state and came to Indiana, locating in 744 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Henry County. There she grew up and married Mr. Tucker. It can be truly said that Mr. Tucker was a self- made man. Beginnini^ life without capital or in- fluence, he fought his way to an honorable position and acquired a comfortable competency. His death, which occurred on the 25th of October, 1879, was the occasion of universal sorrow, for all felt the loss to be sustained by the departure of such a man. He was a kind husband and oblig- ing neighbor. The utmost confidence was reposed in him, and his word was ever considered as good as his bond. So passed away from earth a good man. He was a worthy member of the Christian Church, and in that his wife still holds member- ship. She resides on tlie home farm of eighty acres left by her husband, and is deeply interested in all worthy movements, contributing liberall}- to theii- support. Mrs. Tucker was one of twelve children born to her parents, onl}^ five of whom are now living: Emily, Eliza, Martha, Charles and Mrs. Tucker. Eliza makes her home with her sister, Mrs. Tuck- er, and botii are respected and esteemed mem- bers of society. For many years Mrs. Tucker has made her home in this county, and on the farm which she assisted her husband in locating and clearing, she expects to pass the remainder of her days. She has proved herself a good manager, and as a friend and neighbor is considered gener- ous, kind and accommodating. R. W. Z. KING, the leading dentist of '' Alexandria, was born in Raleigh, N. C, *^^ May 21, 1862, and comes from an old (Juaker famil}^ His father, William King, was a member of the Societ3' of Friends. He was born in Greenboro, N. C, in 1804, and was at one time a wealthy jalanter and cotton raiser, but the late Civil War swept away the most of his fortune. He died in Raleigh, N. C, in 1864. The mother of our subject, who bore the maiden name of Emma Jones, was also a member of an old Quaker family. After the death of her husband, she con- tinued to live in the south until 1871, when she changed her place of residence, removing to Spiceland, Ind., for the purpose of educating her children. She died at that place two years later, passing away at the age of sixty-three. The King family numbered seven children, our subject being the youngest of four brothers and three sisters. His eldest brother, Rufus, is a prominent preacher of the Societ.y of Friends in Bush Hill, N. C, a man of rare attainments. lie is considered one of the most eloquent and able preachers in the state. He has traveled in man\' foreign countries in the interest of his church, be- ing selected by his people on account of his espe- cial fitness for the important work. One sister, Gizella, became the wife of Gaston Smith, a m.as- ter mechanic and railroad engineer, and died at the age of thirty-three years. Mamie became the wife of Rudolph Miller, a real-estate dealer of Indianapolis, Ind., where her death occurred in 1888. Benjamin F. and Nelson M. are engaged in merchandising in Baltimore, Md. Emma, who completes the family, died in infancy. The Doctor spent the first nine years of his life in the state of his nativity, and then accompanied his mother to Indiana, where he attended the Spiceland Academy until fourteen years of age. He then went to Carthage, Ind., where he lived with a Quaker preacher, Amos H. Hill, five years, working on the farm in the summer months and attending school in the winter season. On the expiration of that period he entered the Earlham Quaker College, at Richmond, where he pursued his studies one year, and then worked one year for the Western Electric Company, at Chicago. The succeeding five years were passed on the south- western frontier in Texas, Louisiana and Indian Territory, after which he again returned to Spice- land and married Ole F. Chamness, daughter of William S. Chamness, a prominent Quaker mer- chant of that place. Unto them were born two children, Cecil and (4uy, but both are now de- ceased. After his marriage, Mr. King took up the study of dentistry with Drs. Pepper & Lamb, of New Castle, Ind., and a year later entered the Dental College of Indianapolis, from which he was gradu- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ur, ated in Marcli, 1891. He at once commenced practice at Spiceland, and when the boom began at Alexandria he came to this place, where he has since met with a high degree of prosperity. Ho has won an excellent patronage, now enjoying a good business. The Doctor is the inventor of a new process for putting in teeth without a plate, and makes a specialty of thai kind of work. He is considered the leading dentist m this part of llie stale, and wf>rk comes to liini from far and near. He is a member of the Red Men, the Knights of l'ythias,(Jdd Fellows, Encampmentand the Masonic fraternity, and in politics is a Demo- crat. Wherever he goes the Doctor wins friends, and he holdsa deservedly high reputation through- out the community and among his professional ^|p\. AZEL NEELV. More than four-score years iL^ have come and gone since tlie subject of this /(?M) 1/ sketch opened his eyes upon the scenes of ^S^' earth. Time, that has transformed the child into the venerable man, has also wrought wondrous changes in the a'^pect of the state where for years be has made his home. I-'orests have been removed, large tracts liave been placed under cultivation, houses have been erected and large cities have risen where once the wild animals roamed. In the transtVirmation and improve- ments thus etl'ectcd he has been no unimportant factor, and now in his declining years lie can re- lied with a fe<-liiig of natural pride upon his life work. On the 16th of August, 1810, the subject of this sketch was born in Ohio County, Va., being the son of Thomas and Elizalieth (Simons) Neely. (Jiand- father Simons w.as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, where he rendered etticient set vice as a Cap- tain. At the age of about eighteen months Hazel was taken by his parents to Wayne County, Ind., and shoi-tly afterward to Fayette County, the same slate, removing thence to Franklin County. From there the father of our subject returned to Virgin- ia, where he remained until hi-< death. 1 he three surviving children aiv l!.-i/.el. .Mr-. Itachel Hall and Mrs. Eliza Nordyke. Aftei the death of the f:ither tlic family re- turned to Indiana, again m.-ikiiig sctllcmeiit in Fayette Comity. Iiil.s27. -riK Ic" i'.a/.c! ( as he ty, and in 18;it came to Madison Coiiiitw sitiling in the northeastern corner of Inion low n-hip. The farm he purchased was eiiil>clli>h((l li\ a log cabin and about nine acres had been clnircil. the remainder being covered by a dense finest growth. Deer, wolves, bears and other wild animals abound- ed, and Mr. Neely, being an expert sportsman, was accustomed to limit frei|uently and with good success. At one time he kilh'dabear weighing two hundred and lilly or three hundred pounds. His attention was devoted priiu-ipally to tlie work of clearing his farm, and he suceeeih'd in placing sixty-four acres under cultivation. .Mr. Neely has led an adventurous and indus- trious existence, and has endured all the hardships incident to life upon tiie frontier. When he located in Delaware County, he w:i~ penniless and worked there for ^3 per month, usinu in his faiining op- erations four yoke of o\en .•ind an old wooden mold-board plow, eommonlv known as the bull plow. He eng.aged- in splitting rails at twenty- five cents per hundred, being thus employed dur- ing the winter seasons, lie is truly a typical pi- oneer, resolute, dauntle.ss, persevering and ener- gatic, a man peculiarly suited to the pioneer's ar- In his boyliood. Mr. Neely had few opportunities for the ac N. Jones, continuing in that con- nection for nine years, when the partnership was dissolved, lie tlien continne of the >trcaiii. In lliiswayhis health is invigorated and the winter seasons are jjassed pleasantl}-. .Sociallv he is a member of the Order of Red Men and the iMajoi' May Post No. 211,0. A. R. He was married at Rising Svin.lnd., in June, 1860. to Miss Helle Morgan, an accomplished young lady residing in that city, her n.ative town. wife are members of the Mclliodisl l-;pisciipal Church. In politicsa Democrat, the Doctor was in former years active in the ranks of his cho.'-en party, and is still interested in its success. He served for one term as a member of the City Council, represent- ing the First Ward, and in 1884 was one of the State Electors. In state and county conventions he has always maintained a warm interest, and has frequently canvassed the country in behalf of Dem- ocratic principles and candidates. In 1868 he was a candidate for the State Legislature, but his op- ponent defeated him on the temperance question. As one of the infiuential citizens of Anderson he will ever occu] fellow-citizens in the annals t f('„ OX. TIIO.M.VS i;. r.OYD. StHte !■ of Indiana Roone, is ;i nal born in Rush Cniinty .liily 1, 181'.). liis paternal ancestors were originally from Scotland, and his father, Oliver M., the son of Adam Boyd, was born in Wayne County. Ind., whence he after- ward removed to Rush ('ininty. tins state, lie married Mary Osborne, .a iiati\e of Wilmington, Ohio, and a daugliter of William Osborne. X Re- publican m his political belief, he w.as prominentl}' connected with the development of Rush County, and was recognized asoiic of its must progressive citizens. In 18r)l he came to Hamilton County, engaged in farming, and still resides on his farm in AV.ashington Township. After completing his studies in the common schools of Hamilton County, the subject of this sketch, at the .age of twenty, commenced to read law in the office of Moss ct Trissal, and continued thus occupied for three years. Meantime he also filled the position of clerk in the ollice of the County Auditor, and was employed in the Re- corder's office. In 1872 he was admitted to the Bar of the state, and at once opened an otHce for the practice of his profession. In 1876 he formed a jiartnership with Joel Stafford under the firm name of Stafford k Boyd, which continued until 1882, when by mutual consent it was dissolved. .\fteiward the lirni of Roberts it Boyd was es- tablished, the senior member being Joseph Rob- erts, and the connection lasted for a period of two years. Later Mr. Boyd and Joel Stafford con- ducted an extensive pr.actice together until 18;»1, when the latter was elected County Clerk. At the I present time Mr. Boyd and Hon. William (iarver I are in partnership under the linn name of Boyd & Garver, and they conduct a profitable and I widely extended practice in all the courts. In PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Lis political opinions Mr. Boyd has always been a stanch adherent of Republican principles, and is recognized among the influential members of his party in the state. In October, 1863, he enlisted as a member of Company- I, Tliirt\-nintii Indiana Infantry, and later served in tlie One Hundred and Fifty-third Indiana Infantry, commanded by Colonel Carey, of Grant County, Ind. With his regiment he engaged in fighting the guerrillas in Tennessee and Alabama, and was a valiant soldier in the defense of the Union. In 1872 Mr. Boyd was appointed Recorder of Hamilton County, vice Mr. Wilson, resigned. Two years later he was elected County Recorder for a term of four years, and while filling that position he made out tlie abstract books of the county, which he completed and perfected, and which are said to be the most accurate and complete set of abstract books in the state. In 1884 he was elected Representative to the Legislature from Hamilton County, serving for one term. While filling that position he was active in securing the establish- ment of the Soldiers" and Sailors' Orphans' Home, at Knightstown, Ind. Mr. Boyd was elected in 1888 to the Slate Sen- ate, representing Tipton and Hamilton Counties, and after the district was changed he was elected in 1892 to represent the counties of Hamilton and Boone in the State Senate. He has been active in the investigation and projecting of the benevolent in- stitutions of the state. It was largely through his instrumentality that the appropriation was secured for tlie completion of the Home for Feeble Minded Children at Ft. Wayne. While in the Senate, he has served as a member of the Committee on Benev- olent Institutions, and also the .Judiciary Com- mittee. In the session of 1891 he introduced a bill to re-district the counties of Hamilton and Madison for judicial purposes, and was successful in securing the passage of tlie bill. He is also the author of the Boyd Ditch Law, which was passed by the Legislature in 188.5. For the past eigUt years the Senator has been a member of the Visiting Committee of the (4iand Army of the Republic to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home. Upon several occasions he has visited the Reform School for Boys at Plain field. Hendricks County, Ind.; the insane as^'lums of Indiana; Purdue College, at Laf.ayette, Ind.; the State Normal, at Terre Haute, and the State Uni- versity at Bloomington. He introduced a bill in the Legislature providing for an appropriation for the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, and the Blind As}- lum at Indianapolis. While a member of the Leg- islature he was never absent at roll call. Asa member of the Educational Committee he ren- dered eflicient service, being instrumental in pro- moting the standard of scholarship throughout the state. Although appointed a member of the Committee on Penitentiaries, he has always le- fused to serve in that capacity. In his social connections Senator Boyd is iden- tified with Noblesville Lodge, I. O. O. F.; Chero- kee Tribe of the Red Men of America; Lookout Post No. 133, G. A. R., and other fraternal organ- izations. On the 27th of March, 1872, he married Miss Mary A. Stalker, a native of Indiana, and a daughter of Thomas Stalker. The latter, who was born in North Carolina, became an early settler of Plainfield, Ind., and afterward removed to Ham- ilton County, where his death occurred in 1870. His wife passed away in 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Bo^d are the parents of two children: Aura A., wlio was born December 28, 1872, and Locke, whose birth occurred September 22, 1877. The family occupies a handsome residence of modern architecture, which is beautifully located im Wiltshire Street, in Noblesville. 'S^, HILO P. MIOSES. The American Carbon I J' Company, one of the most flourishing 'Mi?^ industries of Noblesville, was organized )1\ in September, 1892, with the following officers: President, J. H. Vail, of Dayton, Ohio; Vice-President, Dr. G. A. Gesiier, of Fremont; Treasurer, W. W. Smith, of Dayton, and Sec- retary, Edmund Dickey, of Fremont. At the in- ception of the enterprise, Mr. Moses was ap- pointed manager, and still retains this position. PORTRAIT AND BIOCRAnilCAL lUX'ORIX Imviiig Lad eliai'ge of I ho ((nislrnct khi .■iihI ciiuii)- ment of the presont |ihinl. whidi i> Uiciled iicur the L;ik(' Kric A- W.->tiMn IJ.-iilro:!.! li;u-k*,in S,,ulh Nol.lcsviUc. A f.'w words in lefiToiiw lu thf Amcricnn C'ar- hon Works will be of interest to om- irMders. The phuit is .■;-_'iix272 feet, of whicl. ;ii"'iti">i i'^ three stoiirs ii, hciuht. .-md ihr remain. K',- one works in tlie world, is .,,nin|„.d with the latest im- plant is two hnndred thousand earlions per day. Sliipments are made to every point in the lidted Stales, and also to Central and Sonth Anieriea, the .Sandwieh Islands, Australia, .lapan, China and iMirope. The present system usod in the nianu- faetnre of carbon was perfected by Mr. Moses, and is one of the best that has been developed in modern tunes. Steady- eini)loyment is furnislind to tory is one of the most important industries of Noblesville. The building is eonslrueted of brick and iron, and is practically lire proof. A private railroad track runs directly to the plant, so that the goods can be loaded directly into the ears, ready for shipment without nnneeessary delay. A man of great inventive genius, Mr. Moses has |)atented several important inventions, among which may be mentioned a molding machine that turns out live hundred thousand carbons per day. assorting machine, a scraping machine, for the (jurpose of scraping the carbons, and an automatic mixing niacliine, for the mixing of material. These various inventions are all in use at the American Carbon Works, lie has built and equiiiped four diflerenl |)lants, namely: The Cleveland Carbon Company, at Cleveland, Oliio, in 1«.S4; the Richmond Carbon Company, at North Adams, Mass., in the latter part of 1886; the Thompson-Houston Carbon Company, at Fre- mont, Ohio, in 1887; and the American Carbon Company, at Noblesville, Ind., in 1892. Three of those are in active operation, the fourth (the Kiehmoiid Carbon Company) Imving been ab- sorbed by the Thompson-Houston Comiiany. Philo P. Moses was Ixjrn in Cuyahoga County. Ohio, September 21), 1818. Ilisfatlicr, Pliilip P., was wasa native of New York State and an early settloi of Cuyahoga Connly, Ohio, haxini; located there about 18;i0. In politics, he advocated the tenets of the Republican party. The motlicr of our sub- ject, who bore the maiden name of .Mary M.lll- rath, was a native of Ohio, and traced her ances- try to Scotland. Her lather, Samuel McIUrath, was a noted hunter and Indian lightei', and was pr1 ilcd cili/cn and ever read.y to aid in tlic pnmio- ti(Hi of nintual wolfare. Me made a succi'>-; of ini- lii-os|HTcd. is nuiiilii-rcil arnuni,^ t lie .substantial men of Madison County. OAII TOMLINSOX, who has been a con- ,,, stant i-esidoiit of Washington Township, llaniillon County, Ind.,fi-oin thirteen ycais of age, was reared among tlie pioneer scenes inci- dental to tlie settlement of a new conntry, seem- ingly on the frontier of civilization. Now ad- vanced in years, our subject has long lieen num- bererecioiis bequest the memory of his honorable career, unstained by word or deed of dislionesty. Our subject remained upon the old farm until twenty-one years of .age. I5y studying during the winter months in the little district school and dur- ing the summers working for his father, he grew up well versed in the daily round of agricidluial life. Upon the 17th of July, 184,'), Noah Tomlinson and Miss Abigail Davis were united in marriag(^ The estimable wife of our subject, the second daughter of Benjamin and Ruth (I'.arker) Davis, was from her eav\y .years a valued member of the P'riends" Church. Eight sons and daughters blessed the pleasant home of Mr. and JNIrs. Tomliiismi. Two are now dece.ased; the six surviving are: Ruth, Robert, Zeruah, Asher, Morton and Finley. l.ydia and Zeno, the two eldest, have jjassed awa.\. Immediately after his marriage .Mr. romliiison settled upon forty acres of land which his father gave him. He remained upon that farm until 18(j8, then removing to his present homestead of one hundred and two acres. He owns in all one hundred and forty-two acres of valuable and high- ly cultivated laud, improved with commodious and substantial buildings. Our subject has held with elticient discharge of duties several inipor- I (52 PORTEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. tant township offices, and is a prominent member of tiie Friends' Ch\ircb, and a liberal giver in be- half of good works and benevolent enterprises. Politically a Republican, Mr. Tomlinson takes an active interest in the issues of the da)', and is known as a public-spirited citizen, willingly aid- ina: in all matters of local welfare. J I AMES M. GRAY, a prominent business man I of Anderson, was born in Knoxville, Tenn., j December 16, 1828, and is the son of Joseph ' and Mary (Sullivan) Gray, natives respect- ively of Tennessee and North Carolina, the former being of Scotch-Irish descent. After the death of the father, the mother brought her family to Ohio and located near Troy with her brother Samuel, in Miami County. She married for her second hus- band Thomas Brevard, and had one child by each union, our subject being the only child born of the first marriage. His step-brother, Abner Bre- vard, served in a Michigan regiment during the late war, and is at present a resident of Coloma, IMich. At the age often years the subject of this sketch came to Indiana, and for the six 3'ears following made his home with an uncle, John Saunders, a farmer residing near Daleville. His school advan- tages were exceedingly limited, and his education has been acquired principally through observation and self-culture. When sixteen years old he re- turned to ISIiami County, and resided there until he attained his majority, returning thence to Dale- ville, Ind. There in 1851 he was united in mar- liage with Miss Elizabeth Shoemaker, a native of Pennsylvania, her father, John Shoemaker, having been a pioneer farmer of Delaware County, Ind. After his marriage Mr. Gray engaged in farming for six years, meantime becoming the owner of a tract of one hundred and sixty acres in Delaware County, three miles from Daleville. In 1863 he embarked in the mercantile business with E. Mc- Call under the firm name of McCall & Gray, but after conducting the business for six months, our subject's father-in-law purchased Mr. McCall's in- terest and the firm title was changed to Gray & Shoemaker. The active management of the enter- prise was given to our subject, through whose ability and efficiency an extensive and lucrative trade was established. In 1865, Mr. Shoemaker retired and his son entered the firm, the firm name remaining unchanged. While Mr. Gray's mercan- tile interests demanded a large share of his atten- tion, he also conducted a large stock and grain business, and during the administrations of Presi- dents Grant, Hayes, Garfield and Arthur he served as Postmaster at Daleville, resigning in 1884. From 1863 until 1883 Mr. Gray was railroad agent for the Big Four at Daleville. During the year 1884, Mr. Gray sold out his business to his partner, J. R. Shoemaker, and went to Riverside, C'al., in quest of health, spend- ing six months in the enjoyment of the fruits and flowers of the Golden State, as well as the balmy breezes of the Pacific Coast. On his return to Daleville, he bought a half-interest in the busi- ness of his former partner, J. R. Shoemaker, and was thus engaged for two years, then buying out his partner's interest. In the year 1885 he and his partner erected a substantial brick store building, two stories in height, where he conducted a large general mercantile business until 1890. He was also interested in the grain and stock business and had the largest elevator in the village. In 1889 he was again appointed Postmaster at Daleville, under the administration of President Harrison. Disposing of his property in Daleville in 1890, Mr. Gray located in Anderson, where he embarked in business as a dealer in carriages and vehicles of every description. At Nos. 105 and 107 Main Street, he occupies a two-story building, 36x140 feet in dimensions. The basement has been ar- ranged so as to be used for storage and salesroom for carts and road wagons, while the first floor is a sales and display room for all grades and styles of buggies. This establishment is the largest of its kind in the state outside of Indianai)olis, and its genial proprietor has a reputation for business abilit3' and excellent judgment which he justly merits. The first wife of Mr. Gray died in 1867, after ■PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 763 having become the mother of seven children, six of whom are living. Tliey are: John, who resides in Riverside, C'al.; Louisa, wlio dieci in girliiood; Milton J., manufaeturor of caslicls and a prominent l)u,siness man of Muniic Lid.; I'.elle, wife of C. L. P.ender, wlio is a clothiiiy uicrcliant of Miincie; Lydia, wiio married .\. .1. Meelis. an extensive inaniifactinvr of iNhiiicic; Nell, who is the wife of Linn Stone, of Indianapolis, Ind.; and Josephine, who resides with her father. In 1808 JMr. (h-ay married l\Irs. Mary A. McClannaiian, who was born near Anderson, Jladison County, Ind., and was the daughter of John Suraan, a pioneer farmer of this locality. Two children were born to bless the union of Mr. and .Mrs. (iray, only one of whom is liviiiu, William K.. who is in bu-iness with his father. While .Mr. (iray lias never lieen prominent in polities, he has neverllieless been unswerving in his allegiance to the Re[)ublican party and invari- ably casts his ballot for its princifiles. Socially he is a prominent member of the Masonic frater- nity. Ills religious belief is in sympathy with the doetrines of the Christian Church, in which he olliciates as an Elder. For a number of vears he served as Superintendent of the Sunday-school at Daleville. and aided materially in increasing the membershii) of the church. \li^ INCIIMAN U.MMOS, residing upon an at- ir]\' tracti\e and valuable homestead which is %^' located ill Wa.-hington Township, and now (^) a prosperous general agriculturist, is one of the pioneers of the state, and when a youth of eighteen, aecom|)anied his father, in the fall of 18:](;, to Hamilton County. \\ that time, bears, wolves, deer and .a variety hv- sician and citizen, has spent an unuMially Inisy life and passed through many peculiar experiences incidental to his various vocations. P 38 and energy, in in the county more thoroughly enjoys the con- fidence of a wide acqiiaint.ance than does he. A native of Ohio, he was born in Fairfieh) County, Sei)tembei 18, 1826. Ilis father, Massa F. Clymer, a native of MarylMiid. emigr.ated to Ohio with his parents when quite young, and not long afterward but tilt' most limited opportunities for an educa- tion. At the age of forty-two he established his home in Indiana, and settling in Duck Creek Town.shi|), followed tlic puiMiil ol agnculture until his death. The Clymer family is of English ancestry, but was represented in America in a very early day. The paternal great-grandfather, Francis Clymer, was a brother of George Clymer, who signed the Declaration of Independence. The paternal grand- father. Massa Clymer, Sr., was well known in the south and was regarded as a man of ability :ni(l intelligence. The mother of our >ubji(l. Mrs. Mary (Christ) Clymer, was the daughter of Abraham and Sarah (Queen) Christ, the fallu'r being of German descent, and tlie mother of lri>h ancestry. Daniel was the eldcsi, b family, and in childhood attend Township, Franklin County, Oli times schools were comparatix between, and the manners and n tion were exceedingly primitive. When a bt)y Mr. Clymer assisted liis father during the winters in a shoe shop and in the summer worked upon the home farm. In the spring of 1852 he located in Indiana and began clearing ground for the planting of corn. He continued the preparation of his land for cultiva- tion and had brought a large number of acres into a highly profitable state when the breaking out of the Civil War called him from his |)eaccful pur- suits. In August, 1862, he enlisteil in Company G. Seventy-fifth Indiana Infantry; and was mustered into service in Wabash, Ind. During the first year he was engaged principally in the pursuit of ^lorgan through Kentucky, and afterward served as teamster for two and a-half years. During that time he drove to Washington City and was released from duty on the lield and ap|>oiiited judge to IS p:, few ; h\^ of far 758 POrtTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. select mules for the standing army. Discharged | in June, 1865, from the Federal service he at once ] returned home and found his crops in need of im- j mediate attention. Resuming agricultural labor, our subject has continued the tilling of the soil ever since. In j 1865, he joined the Methodist Church, and later was licensed to preach and had charge of a circuit for three years, but is now settled permanently on Ihs farm, although he continues to preach by appointment. He has natural ability as a physician and some years ago began treating rheumatism and other diseases, which he has continued with great success. When the stale law was passed requi a license to practice, he became a physician under the experience act, having practiced more than ten 3'ears. and is now legally' entitled to the pro- fessional prefix of Doctor, by which he is familiarly known. He continues to treat many of the neigh- bors' families but lias no established office. The first marriage of Daniel H. Clymer united him with Miss Isabella, daughter of James and Mary (Scott) Gray, natives of North Carolina, who removed to Indiana in pioneer days. The union of our subject and his excellent wife was blessed by the birth of four children: Viola, who married Samuel Cochran and resides in Elwood, Ind.; James F., who married Emma Frazer and lives in Duck Creek Township; Jefferson C, a clerk in Elwood, who married Miss Flora Kiter; and Mary, Mrs. Luther Dodge, who passed away in 1890. Mrs. Isabella Clymer died eight years after her marriage. Afterward our subject married Mrs. Annie (Rader) Hart, who bore her husband two children: Martha, the wife of Elwood Frazier, who resides near the village of Elwood; and Royal, who married Miss Lou Bagley. After twelve years of wedded life Mrs. Annie Clymer passed away. On the 19th of July, 1872, Mr. Clymer married Miss Rachwl Ann Craighead. James F., his eldest son, is an eloquent minister in the New Light Church and is regularly ordained. The Clymers are noted for their temperate habits, no one of the name being addicted to the use of intoxicants. A lifelong and ardent Democrat, our subject never votes any other ticket, but, although often solicited to accept office, has invariably refused to do so, his duties as a physician, minister and farmer fully occupying his time. Passing his days in his quiet home neighborhood, bis life is filled with good deeds, the memory of which will long endure and become a lasting monument when he shall have entered into rest. /... LEXANDER WISE, who throughout his ' &'iu\ i entire life has followed farming, and since 1869 has resided ui)on the farm which is now his home, claims Madison County as the place of his nativity. He was born August 2, 1838, and is a son of John and Harriet (McClin- tock) Wise, who were natives of Ohio and Indiana, respectively, and he came to Indiana in 1824. In the familj' were seven children, of whom Alexander is the fourth in order of birth. The mother died, after which the father was again married, and by the second unior had two sons and two daughters. Mr. Wise whose name heads this record re- mained upon the home farm until he had attained to man's estate, and was then married, November 24, 1859, to Hannah, daughter of John and Sarah (Bowers) Moore. Her parents were natives of the Old Dominion, and on emigrating westward c;ist their lot among the first settlers of White River Township, Hamilton County, Ind. Mrs. Wise is next to the youngest of their seven children, of whom four are now living, namely: Jonathan, a resident of Frankton; Mrs. Rebecca Klepfer, who resides in Pipe Creek Township; and Mrs. Leana Kem)), of Madison County. Throughout his entire life, Mr. Wise has fol- lowed farming, and in 1869 came to the farm which he now occupies. It embraces more than four hundred acres of arable land, and is pleasantly and conveniently located near the town of Frank- ton. Its rich and fertile fields yield a golden tribute to the owner, and the many improvements upon the place attest his diligence and enteri)rise. He IS also an extensive stock-raiser and has some fine cattle and horses upon his place. Mr. Wise manifested his loyalty to the Union during the late war by enlisting October 28, 1864, in Company I, One Hundred and Forty-second PORTRAIT AND BIOCiKArillCAL RFX'ORD 759 Indiana Infantry, which was drilled in Indianapo- lis and assigned to the Fourth Division, Fourth Armj'- Corps. The regiment was Hrstsent to Louis- ville and then to Nashville, and Mr. Wise re- mained m the service until tiie close of the war, when he was mustered out in July, I860. Eii;ht cliildrcn have been horn unto our subject and his wife. William Harrison, who w.as horn January ."), 18(;i, is a sciiool teacher and resides on a farm near the old homestead; Barbara Jane, born August 30, 1863, is teaching school in Anderson; John N., born September 24, 1866. is Superinten- dent of the Methodist SundaA'-sclnMil m l-'rankhm; Sarah Harriet, born March 20, 186S; Martin Lu- ther, December 5, 1870; Rosa May, September 27, 1873; Grace M., November 27, 1876, and Flor- ence Myrtle, born October 24, 1880, are all at home. In connection with his other interests, Mr. Wise owns property in Frankton, and is a stockholder in the Frankton Land Improvement Company. He may truly be called a self-made man, for his i)rop- erty lias all been acquired through his own ef- forts, and lie is now a prosperous farmer. He and his family are members of the Methodist F|)iscopal Church, and take an active jjart in religious and benevolent work, doing all in their power to pro- mote the sirowth and unbuilding of the church. ^-^^>-^o their mill at Deeilield. The Anderson mill is located on six .acres of l:i iid belonging to the linn in the eastern part of Anderson between the Pan Handle and Big Four roads. The machin- ery part is llOx.iO feet, kiln 3(;x75 feet, and the engine and boiler r i .■iL'xIO feet. The ollice, located near the mill, is of cottage style ans Ell.a Schimer were married in ,lune, Lssi!. She was born at Chesterfield and is the daughter of a grain mer- chant. Terrell .S. is the name of their onlv child. ^^^m^^ AMES E. INLOW. M. D.. the eflieient Secre- tary of the Board of lle.-dlh and the oldest physician of Alexamlria. Madis Al- font, and James, who enlisted in Coiniiany l^.Tliirty- ninth Indiana Infantry, was taken sick, but after the illness above mentioned returned to the field and died near Nasliville November 28, 18C2. After the death of lier liist, husliaiid Airs. Burdett became the wife (jf Ileuiy lliday. and died April 13, 1873. Her father, Solomon Sliaul, was born in A'irginia in January, 178'J. His father came to the United States with (Jeneial LaKayette, and after the war remained in this country. His wid- ow, with her eleven children, removed to Clarke County, Ohio, after the War of 1812. In the spring of 1819 Solomon Shaul came with his family to Indiana and entered eighty acres of land on section l',». Fall Creek Township, where he built a cabin and l)cgan life in true pioneer style. He cleared and improved one hundred and sixty- acres of land and gave to each of his children eighty acres. He assisted in the organization of the township aiicl county, and w.as one of the jury who convicted lliidge Sawyer for killing the In- dians in 1831. He also served as County Com- missioner and was one of the organizers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, being active in church work. His death ur.-niTed in November. liSOI. His wife was born in Maryland in May, 17111. Her father. William Ward, was a Revolu- tionary soldier for seven Ncars and came from England to America. His wife was born in Ire- land. After his death she came lo I ndiana and was the lirst |)erson buried in rciHllcton Cemetery. Mrs. Elizabeth Shaul died |),aa-nibcr 12. 1.H73. Ilerdiildren were William .losiah. M.ary A.. Cal- vin F. and Alison C. The district schools of the neighboiliood afford- ed our subject his cdueation.al pri\ilet;es. His youth was quietly passed, .and at tin' .age of twenty he began farming for himself on the old home- stead, where he now owns eighty-one acres of land, and his mot lua- owns the remaining eighty acres. On the lllh of November. 1873, he mar- ried Margaret .\lfont, who w.as born in Green Township, this (amnly, and is a ^je<-^^ ^r^EORGE W. SIGLER. It is impo.ssible to III ^— , place too high an estimate on the importance ^>^i^ of the real-estate business in comparison with the various other elements of commercial and financial value. Certainly none other rests upon a more conservative and highly honorable basis as regards methods and trans.actions. There are nu- merous persons who pursue the occupation of real- estate agents with credit and success and earn a well merited reputation for the conscientious and efficient manner with which they conduct affairs 764 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. entrusted to their charge. Among those of this class may be mentioned George W. Sigler, who is identified with the Oak Park Land Company, of Frank ton. Mr. Sigler was born in Madison County, Ind., January 28, 1858, to the marriage of Francis and Amanda (Richwine) Sigler. (See sketch of Fran- cis Sigler.) Our subject was eighteen years of age when he commenced life for himself, and his edu- cation in the common schools was supplemented by a course of study in the normal schools of the county. When nineteen j'ears of age he started out as an educator and continued this for four years, meeting with fair success. In 1881 he en- gaged with L. M. Kimerling in the drug business and continued with him until September. 1882, when he engaged in the same business with E. Steffy. One year later he was appointed ciiief en- rolling clerk in the general assembly; he filled that jjosition one year and then engaged again as drug clerk with L. M. Kimerling. In December, 1883, he formed a partnership with his employer, Mr. Kimerling, when they purcliascd the stock of tlieir competitor, Mr. Stefly. hi 188.5 Mr. Kim- erling sold his interest in Frankton to our subject's brother and established a store at Elwood with our subject. In 1887 Mr. Sigler acted as Deputy Auditor for J. E. Canaday. and filled that position in a very creditable manner for two years, or until 1889, when he again engaged in the drug business. Later he became associated with his brother In business, the firm being known as Sigler Brothers. In Feb- ruary, 1893, he sold his interest in tiie drug trade and engaged in the real-estate business, being identified with the Oak Park Land Company. Tills was first organized August 8, 1892, as Sigler & (Juick. l)ut tliere are six different members in the organization at the present time. J. J. Ring is President and our subject is Secretary. They own nearly thirty-eight acres laid out in lots, and in one of the most desirable residence portions of the town of Frankton. This company have an excel- lent clientage and amply sustain a higlil}' honor- :ible business record, brougiit about by straight- forward methods of conducting business. On the 23d of October, 1887, Mr. Sigler was married to Miss Xantippe Smithson, daughter of John W. and Ruth (Perry) Simthson. (See sketch of Solomon Perry.) He and his wife have a pleas- ant and comfortable home in Frankton and take a prominent place in society. Mr. Sigler has shown his appreciation of secret organizations by becom- ing a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Improved Order of Red Men. In politics he votes the Democratic ticket. He is the owner of considerable town propertj' and is one of the live, wide-awake citizens whose push and energy are fully appreciated by all who are interested in the town's growth and progress. •?,^ -i'^m-r ^S' J"' OHN C. NEWBY, one of the most successful I physicians of Hamilton County, traces his I lineage to one of the heroes of the Revolu- ' tionary War. His great-grandfather, John Newbj', w.as born in Pennsylvania in 1756, and served under General Marion in the struggle for liberty, spurred not only by patriotic impulses, but also by the inemory of his father's wrongs when fleeing an exile from England on account of his adherence to the Quaker faith. At the close of the war John Newby settled upon his land grant in Kentucky, where he remained until death. When more than ninety years old he rode on horseback, accompanied by a sister of about seventy years, from the southern part of Kentucky to Hamilton Comity, Ind., on a visit to his son, John W., who long before had settled there. When about to mount his horse at his son's residence, he disdained the offered assistance and remarking, "See what a man ninety years old can do," swung himself into his saddle and rode away. His visit in Indiana cov- ered a period of some two or three weeks, and the entire distance traveled was more than one thou- sand miles. His brother William was also a soldier in the War of the Revolution. The grandfather of our subject, John W. Newby, was born in Kentucky, and first came to Indiana in 1824, spending a year in Owen County. In 1832 he brought his family to Marion County, this state, whence, after a residence of about four years, he removed to the almost unbroken wilder- PORTRAIT AND BIOCRAPIIICAL RECORD. ncss of Il;iniilt(.ii Coimlv niid siMIIimI oii Oovoni- niciil land in Wliil.' Rivei- Township. Cluariiig and improving a farm, lie m.ide his home there until his death. One of the reasons for his re- moval to Indiana was his iiatred of the instilulion of slavery. IIis only hrolhei . Sutton, inherited and resided upuntheold h.>me.|ead. whirl, was given to their father for serviees rendered in the Revolutionary War. Squire Newby, father of our subjeL-t, was horn in Kenlucky .\[areh 1. 1.S2S. and was one in a family y birth, and mechanic and a farmer by occupation. The name was formerly Glochner. Dr. and Mrs. Newby are the parents of four children: Howard II., Everett E., Phoebe C. and .\lonzo. The family residence is one of the most attractive abodes in Sheridan. ,r__ ON. JAME.S L. EVANS, who has been prom- jT jl] inenliy identified with the business and _L^ politii-al interests of this community, makes ((^ his home in Noblesville. A native of Ken- tucky, he was born in Claysville, Harrison County, March 21, 182.'>. His grandfallier, Walter Evans, was a native of Wales and came to the United States in 1779, locating in Washington, Pa., whence he went to Harrison County, Ky., where he followed farming. He was a ])rosperous and .suc- cessful man. He married Ursula Haniott, a native of Pennsylvania. The father of our subject, .Jonathan Evans, was r66 PORTRAIT AND BIGGKAPHICAL RECORD. born in Harrison County, remained upon the home farm until eighteen years of age and then learned the cooper's trade, wJiieh he followed for many years. He afterward carried on a general store until 1837, when he removed to Hancock County, Ind. In 1852 he settled on a farm in Hamilton County, where he lived retired until his death at the age of seventy-nine years. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Susanna Baronett, was born in Bourbon County, Ky., and was a daugh- ter of James and Sarah (Snodgrass) Baionett, who were of Irish descent. Mrs. Evans died on the liomc farm near Nublcsville at tlie age of eighty- one years. .Tames L., of this slvetch, is the second in a fam- ily of ten children, but only three aie now living. The first thirteen years of his life were spent upon the farm, and he then began clerking in his fath- er's general store. Ou the 20tli of February, 1845, he married Miss Sarah A. Murman, who was born in Rush County, Ind., and is a daughter of Will- iam and Agnes. (Cowes) Murman. Her grandpar- ents came from Scotland and were among the first settlers of eastern Indiana. Her parents spent their last days in Hancock County, and were highly respected farming peoi>le. After his marriage Mr. Evans opened a country store in Marion, Ind., where he did business for five years, and in 1850 came to Noblesville, where he carried on a general merchandise establishment alone for several years and was then joined by liis brother, the partnersliip continuing until 1866. In 1854 he built a mill and elevator, which were burned in 1856, and which were rebuilt by the brothers. Our subject also engaged in the pork- packing business. He has been very successful in his dealings, and his good management and well directed efforts have brought him prosperity. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Evans have been born five children: Melinda .1., wife of 11. A. Clark, by whom she has three children; Clarinda II., wife of Maj. M. II. Floyd, by whom she has two sons; Frank, who died at the age of forty, leaving a wife and three children; Laurinda B., wife of Dr. A. D. Booth, by whom she had two children; and Sal- lie, who died, leaving one child. The family occu- pies an enviable position in social circles. Mr. Evans cast his first Presidential vote for General Taylor. In 1856 he supported Fremont, in 1860 voted for Douglas, and is now a Repub- lican. He entered into politics quite early. He has filled various local offices, was the first Trustee under tlie trustee law, and aided in the organiza- tion of the district and township. In 1874 he was elected to Congress and served for two terms, prov- ing a prominent and active member. During the time of the controversy concerning the election of President Hayes he never removed his clothes for sleep for thirt}' days. He has always worked for the interests of the community at large, and his constituents have ever found in him an able pro- moter of their interests. His public and private life are alike above reproach and have won him high regard. -^:S ) i>-^\^{ French and /i"-^V-. Irish ancestry. He was born on the 7th of November, 1851, near the village of Tra- der's Point, in Marion County, Ind. He is a son of John and F^liza E (Wilson) Patty .nnd the youngest member of the family. On his paternal side the family is said to have originated in the North of Ireland and emigrated to France, but there is now no data at command to either con- firm or disprove this opinion. The name, however, indicates that the family is of French origin. The authentic history of the family begins at about the time of the mass.acre of the French Huguenots, toward the latter part of the fifteenth century. It is well established that the ancestors of our subject fled from France to F^ngland to avoid religious !6S PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. persecution, and that such ancestors resided in London for many years, where Thomas Patty, the great-grandfatlier of our subject, was born. On arriving at man's estate, Tliomas Patty left his native country, came to America in company with a brother and settled in Virginia some titue prior to the Revolutionary War. He was a planter by occupation and also a recommended minister in the Friends' Church. He reared a family, and one of them, James Patty, was born in the Old Dominion about the year 1777. From Virginia he migrated with his family to South Carolina, where James learned the trade of a gun- smith, which occupation he followed in the city of Charlestown for many years. James was our subject's grandfather. He married Mary Cook in South Carolina about the year 1796, and they reared a large family, namely: Jesse, Eli, John, Isaac, James, Nathan, Robert, Mary, Delia and Phebc. About the year 1811 James Patty left South Caro- lina and moved to Preble County, Ohio, where he continued to reside until the year 1830, when he again clianged his residence, coming to Indiana and entering land in Carroll County. At that time Carroll County was little more than an un- trodden wilderness, and many were the hardships he endured in establishing a home. Sixty-three years have elapsed, but the farm is still occupied by some of liis grandcliildren. The old farm house erected by his own hands still remains, but has long since ceased to be used as a dwelling. He was, like his father, a minister in the Friends' Church, but on account of his services as a soldier in the War of 1812 w.as for a time forbidden fellowship with that religious organization, for the Friends were opposed to war. Afterward he was .again taken into full fellowship and continued a member of tlie society until death. In politics he was a Whig, and always bitterly opposed slavery. He died at the advanced age of seventy years. John was the third son, and was born in Charlestown, S. C, on the Cth of January, 1806. lie remained wilh his parents until he attained to manhood, and in the spring of 1827 was united in marriage with Eliza E. Wilson, daughter of Thomas and Jane (Pierce) Wilson. Eliza Wilson was born on the 1st of February, 1809, in Tioga County, Pa. Her father, Tliom.as Wilson, was a native of Ireland, and was born about the 3'ear 1778. He remained in Ireland for several years, but afterward emigrated to America and settled in Pennsylvania. From the latter state he moved to Ohio, where he resided until his death. He was a soldier in both the War of 1812 and the Black Hawk War. His wife was born in Pennsylvania about the year 1780 and was ol Geiman origin. She survived her husband several years. Under instruction from his father, John Patty learned the trade of a gunsmith and also en- gaged to some extent as a blacksmith. In 1834 he moved with his family from Preble County, Ohio, to Marion County, Ind., and located near Trader's Point, on what is now known as the Watts farm. At this place he conducted tiie busi- ness of smithing for eighteen years, and during the same period engaged to some extent in farm- ing. In the year 1852 he sold his farm in Marion Count3', and moved to C'armel, Hamilton County, where he opened up shops and engaged in the manufacture of wagons and carriages. He continued in this business for about fifteen years, when he sold the shops to his son, Isaac Patty, who conducted the business for some years after. In politics John Patty was a Democrat until 1856, when he united with the Republican party and affiliated therewith until his death, which oc- curred on the 20th of November, 1883. P>arly in life he embraced Christianity, and uniting with the United Brethren Cluirch, .showed the sincerity of his profession by an honoralile, upright life. In his intercourse with the world he made the Golden Rule his guide, and it may be truthfully said that in all his dealings he was fair, honest and just. For many years his home in Carmel was a stopping place for travelers, and during that time he never charged anj- person for a meal or a night's lodging. The pioneers of Ohio and Indiana had few advantages for obtaining an education, and John Patty was no exception to the rule. He was a great reader, however, and in this wav obtained PORTRAIT AND BIOCiRAPHICAL RECORD. reo a fair education for tlie times ia which he lived. Ill the neighboring churches of his religious creed lie (iflcii held public services and was regarded as ri .speaker of considerable force and ability. He never sought political preferment. His wife, Kliza E. Patty, was a woman of kind and gentle disposition and noted for her good deeds. She was a member of the Baptist Chiircli. On the ulh of May, 1875, she peacefully passed to her rest and now sleeps by the side of her husband in the Friends' Cemetery at Carniel, Ind. Tlie education of our subject was obtained in tiie coMunon scliools, the high schools of Galveston and Carmel, and the commercial school of Bryant and Stratton at IndiaiiapoUs. He studied law for some time in the office of William Evans and afterward continued his readings under tiie snper- visilwood Chapter. He is like- wise connected with Quincy Lodge No. 200, I. O. O. F., is a Knight of Pythias and belongs to the Independent Order of Red Men. Among the members of these societies our subject is a general favorite and numbers a host of friends. He is politicall.y interested in both local and national government and is well posted in the vital ques- tions of the day. In the month of April, 1886, Mr. Greenlee was united in marriage with Miss Anna Knowles, of Marietta, Ohio. This estimable lady died in Sep- tember of the same year, sincerely mourned by many friends. April ID, 1889, our subject was again married, to Miss Hermima Bresler, of Franklin County. Mr. and Mrs. Greenlee are the parents of a bright little daughter, Grace Greenlee. He and his accomplished wife occupy a position of useful influence and enjoy the high esteem of a wide acquaintance in their native state. Q >SV\ A. FREE, who has been successful as an agriculturist of Madison County, and is widely known as a prosperous contractor and real-estate man of Anderson, owns large beds of gravel and sand near the city, and has been shipping the same extensively for the past three years. Mr. Free has long been numbered among the prominent business men of his present localit3'. He is a native of Ohio, and was born in Ross County, February 11, 1849. His father, Abram Free, was likewise a native of the Buckeye Stale, and was born October 6, 1817. He was a farmer by occupation and has been a life-long tiller of the soil. In 1852, removing with his wife and children to Indiana, he became a pioneer settler of Madison County, and bought the farm on whi<;h he has con- tinued to live to this day. Grandfather George Free, a Virginian by birth, and a man of great enterprise and superior busi- ness ability, emigrated from his native state to Ohio in the early part of this century. He em- barked in various ventures, and possessed of excel- lent judgment, prospered and became a man of note in his locality. He was connected with the iron manufactories of his part of the state and was likewise a farmer and stock-raiser, and surviv- ing to the remarkably advanced age of ninety-six years, entered into rest respected by all who knew him. The mother of our subject, C3'ntliia (Van- PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. meter) Free, was a daughter of Joseph Vanineter, a native of Pennsylvania. Tlie nmtpfnal irrand- fatiier removed in early il:iys t'idiu the t)nMkci State to Ohio, and settled iipdu the hdinestead, where his daugliter Cynthia was later horn. Our subject is the fiftii of the nine cliiidrcn 11 v- iu'j: of the family, and \vasonl_\- a little hoy tliiee yeais (if M!^i' when lie .'leconipanied his father and mother to Indiana. He attended the eomni(rii schools of Madison County when a youiiLr lad. but as he grew older, aided in the care of the lidnie farm. When twenty-three years old .Mr. Free went to California to aet'ept the ie>|ioiisible posi- tion of overseer of a raneli of six Ihous:ind acres, lie remained for five years in the Colden State, iind then returned to the east and settknl perma- nently in I ndiana. May 2(1. 1S77. X. A. Free and Miss l.avinia F. Kirk were united in marriage. The aeeomplislied wife of our subject was the daughter of \\'illi:iiii .■md Amanda Kirk, the former a native of ]\en- tucky and an early settler of Indiana, where he located in 1852 and is yet living, having spent two-score u.seful yeais within the borders of his adopted state. The mother of Mrs. Free, Mrs. Aiiianda Kirk, was, like the father, born in Ken- tucky, where she was reared to womanhood. A lady of worth and intelligence, she, with her hus- band, is residing upon their old homestead en- The pleasant home of Mr. and .Mis. Free has been hlossed by the birth of eight children: Wade Hampton, Lula, Amanda, Herman, Harry, Chester, Nellie and Bessie. Harry and Bessie died March 4, is:iii. of diphtheria, both dying on__the same day, and being bulled m onegiave. After his marriage, our subject engaged in farming, and devoted him- self continuously to agricultural pursuits until 1889, when he went into the real-estate business and contracting in Anderson. The gravel beds fidin which he is now shipping comprise about lif- tcon acres of the valuable deposit, both the gravel and sand finding a ready and prolitable market. Closely occupied with the demands of his various lines of work, Mi-. Free is ampls' rep.aid by tinan- cial prosperity for the time and Labor iii\-ol\od. Our subject is fraternally associated with the Ancient Free & Accepted .Masriah I.o.Ige. and is also connected with Ainlerson Chapter No. :,■>. and .\nderson Conniiandeiy. I le is deeply inl,. rested in Masonry, and is at [.resent S.'nior Warden of the lodge. Politically a thorough DeiiKK-ral and a sincere lie- lie\er in the principles and platform of the party of the people, he is a close observer of govern- irent affairs, and without being in any sense of the word a politician, is w.'ll posted in local and na- tional issues. He is known as .a public-spirited man, ever ready to do Ins part in needed im[irove- ments or local enter[)risps, and fully possesses the esteem and confidence of a host of friends. AMES C. WEBB is one of Hamilton County's most extensive land owners, his possessions ^=. 11 now aggregating thirteen hundred and for- 'J^f/ ty-five .acres. He resides on section 33, White River Township, where in a pleasant home Ite is surrounded by all the comforts of life. He' was born August 31 , 1 81«, in Pickaway County, Ohio, and is one of a family of ten children. His parents, William and Nancy Webb, were both na- tives of Delaware and came to Indiana about 1845, locating upon the farm where tlie son now re- sides. Here the father died ;it the age of sixty, and his wife at the age of fifty-five. Of their fam- ily, three sons and three daughters are yet living. Our subject remained upon the home farm un- til his m.arriage. The year 18 11 witnesse.l his ar- rival in Indiana, and he i)urcliased c\int('cn years of age. In politics he alliliatcs with the Demo- cratic party. Mr. 'I'liarp is :i most wurlhy citizen of t!ie coniniunitv in uliidi he lives, his integrity and uprightness arc iimpioliuned, and lie enjoy.s the respectand cdnlidcncc of all who know him. jl(_^^ ENR Y DEVA NEY, Trustee of Adams Town- W)j) shi]), a prominent farmer and stock-raiser, 1^^' and a Director of the Sheridan State Hank, y^) was born near CJr-eenshurg, N. C, October 15, 1844. Referring to his ancestral historj', we find that his grandfather was born in North Caro- lina in 1 7S2 and followed tlie occupation of farm- ing and stock-raising. Tiie family is of Frencli origin and was represented in North Carolina in an early da^v. The fatiier of our subject was one of a family of three sons and three daughters. His elder brother still remains in his native state and follows the calling of a farmer. John, tlie younger brother, came to Indiana in 1845, and at tlie time of his death, in 18G!), was an extensive stockman, ills sister, Kizza, married Riley Wilson ill Norlh Caioliiia. and afterward came to Indiana. Her death occurred in 1874. When Thomas Devaney came to this state, in 1845, he was a poor man, and with his wife and two children made the Hip in a one-horse wagon, which, together with about '<'i() in money, consti- tuted all his worldly possessions. For a time he re- sided upon leased land in Jackson Township, but soon |)uicli.ased jnoperty, and for years engaged in farming, to which he later added the business of siderable valuable property, but still owns and controls a fine farm and other important interests in .lackson Tijwnship, where he resides. The mother of our subject, Sarah (Farmer) De- vaney, was born in North Carolina and was a daughter of Henry Farmer, himself a native of that state but of German extraction. He settled in Morgan County, Ind., and became a wealthy man. Of his sons we note the following: Jacob 39 was a soldier in the Civil War am the army. David, .■iftcr speiidiiiL;- Morgan County. r.Miiove.i 1,, low breaking out of the w:ir, enlisted from ihul, stale and serve.l until the ch.s,. of the l.'el.ellion ; he then returned to Iowa, \vher<- lie now resides. I'eter is a farmer r.-idin- in Moiuan ( ounly. Our subject w.as the s,'cond ainoii^ six i-hildreli. His eldest brother. Samuel, was a soldier in the Civil W;ir, ill the One Hundred and Sixteenth Indiana Infantry, and Later b.'eame a Sei-eaiit in the One Hundred aed Fifty-third, seivini: until the close of \Uv war. lb' is now a pio>perou.^ farmer and stockman in .lackson 'I'ownship. .lesse is a farmer and stock-trader in .l.aekson 4'owiislii|>, of which lie is now Trustee. Willi.am is also a farmer and sliM-k-lrader in Mie same loun-hip. Mary married .loliu l'.. Driver, a fanner in .lackson Township. I<;iizabcth married Lloyd Uariietl .'ind lives on the iionie pl.ace with her parents. Mr. Devaney grew to manhood on his father's farm in Jaeksiui Township, where he assisted, with hisehier brother, in eleaiing and improving tli(^ home farm. He received a common-school education, .and .at the opening of the war enlisted in Company I, One IJuiuired and Fifty-third Indi- ana Inf.aiitry, parlicfipaling in sevei-.al small engage- ments and serving whieli he continues t(.> this d.ay and from which he has accumulated a com- fortable fortune. In 1870 he purchased a farm of two hundred ac^res in the northeastern part of Adams Township and devoted his attention to raising graded stock, in addition to his regular business of stock- trading. September 19, 1867, Mr. Devaney married Miss Marinda O. Small, of Tipton County, daughter of Archie Sm.all. a prospi-rous farmer. They have seven children li\ing and have lost three. I.ui'lla M., who died at the age of twenty-two. was .i graduate of the Westfield High .School and a teacher for throe years prior to her demise. Will- iam F. is a graduate of the law and commercial 776 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. departments of the Valparaiso school and is now with his father. Bertha E., a graduate of the AVestfield Union School, is the wife of ,7. F. Kasse- baum, a merchant of Ekin, Ind. Thomas C*. is a graduate of the school at Atlanta, Ind., and a stu- dent at Valparaiso, where he is preparing for a teacher. Jolin D. is a graduate of the local schools and resides with his father. Mitehel O. was grad- uated from the local schools at twelve years of age. Fred C. is ten years old (l.syS) and is well advanced in his studies. llattie Maude, the youngest, is eight years of age. The other chil- dren died in infancy. iMi-. Devaney has been closely identified with public affairs and has settled many estates in the Probate Court, llis natural ability as a business man is widely recognized and he has the un- bounded confidence of the people of his locality. In 1887 he was first elected Trustee of Adams Township, and was re-elected in 1891 for a term of four years. He is one of the most poi)ular and efficient of Hamilton County's officials, and has contributed materially to the advancement of the best interests of his community. Socially, he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Grand Army of the Republic. As a partial compensation for his services during the war, he is in receipt of a ]iension. ^EV. WILLIAM HENRY ZIEGLKR, one of theactive real estate men of Anderson, and of the brick manufacturing firm of Brad- bury & Co., was born in f!arlisle, Cumber- land County, Pa., on the 3d of October, 1852. His father was Jonathan Ziegler, who was a native of the same countj'. The grandfather was named .John Ziegler, was born in Franklin County and settled in Cumberland Count}' at an earl}- day. The great-grandfather came from Germany daring the Revolutionary AVar. Mr. Ziegler's father was by occupation a farmer and contractor. He was an old settler in Pennsylvania, where he died in 1881 at sixty-nine years of age. He was an Elder in the English Lutheran Church. The name of the mother was Eliza Jacobs. Born in Cumberland Count}-, Pa., she was the daughter of Henry Ja- cobs, likewise a native of that county, who lived and died there. The grandfather on the maternal side came from Switzerland. The mother was reared in Carlisle, Pa., and had five children, four of whom grew up: Rev. John, chairman of the state committee of the Prohibition party, residing in Wingate, Centre County, Pa.; Mary, wife of John Ziegler, of Middlesex, Cumberland County, Pa.; and George, a farmer near Carlisle Springs, Pa. The subject of this sketch lived on a farm near Carlisle, Pa., until seventeen years of age, in the meantime attending the common schools. At that age he engaged in teaching until 1873, when he went to Ohio and taught school at Urbana, at the same time pursuing the theological studies he had previously taken up. In 1874 he entered Heidel- berg College, at TitHn, Ohio, where he remained until 1876 when he graduated. He was ordained a minister in the Reformed Church in May, 1876, and at once entered upon his work at Goshen, Ind. It was a mission field, the congregation con- sisting of but twelve members and they without a house of worship. He also had a small congrega- tion at Millersburg. For the first three years, be- side conducting Sunday-school, he preached three times on Sunday, driving twenty miles each day to accomplish the task and only missing two ap- pointments during the time. The last three years he omitted one service each Sunday. Within three years the Goshen charge had a fine brick building and had grown to a membership of one hundred, and the other congregations for which he labored grew larger. In 1881 he received a call from the Presbyterian Church at LTnion City, Ind., which was accepted, and he soon made that mis- sion church a self-sustaining body. Increasing the membership from forty to two hundred in 1885. He resigned this charge to take a mission at South Chicago, but, owing to misrepresentations regard- ing the work, refused to accept it, and at once ac- cepted the call which had been extended him from Anderson in 1886. The membership of the church was sixty and the organization was in debt. He re- mained three years, when he resigned on .account PORTRAIT AND BIOGRArillCAL RECORD. of ill bealt'j, for the benefit of which lie went cast. provements upon the place were made at a cost of At the end of three months, at tiie urgent request more than * 10,000. of the cluu'cli, he resumed his work in Anderson Mr. Newhy was horn in l'nla>ki Countv. Kv., again, continuing three years. Tiie cliui'cli grew February 17, 182.''), and is a sliip to two hundred. Mr. Ziegler's health again becoiniug ini- liaired he .again resigned and tf)ok up t)ther pur- suits. He took charge of the business atfaiis of the late Winburn R. Pierse and engaged in the gen- eral real estate and loan business. Mr. Ziegler is a Mason, a Master and a Kniglit Templar. For eight j-ears he has been airaid on tiie staff of Ma- jor-General Cornahan, Commander of Uniformed Rank Knights of Pythias of the World, and is Past Grand Prelate of the Grand Lodge of the state. He was lecturer on the objects and aims of that order. Having literary tastes, he contributes largely to religious and secular newspapers. On tke Ith of May, 1893, Mr. Ziegler was mar- ried m Ncu Vnrk City to Miss Hortense Pierse, who was boni in Anderson. .Slie is the daughter of the late Judge Winburn R. Pierse, who w.as a prominent man in Anderson for many years. Her mother was Maiy A. (Bell) Pierse, a native of Vir- ginia. Mrs. Ziegler is a lady of whom Anderson citizens have a right to be proud, for as a singer she has earned a national reputation. mi ^IJOHN NEWBY is one of tlie prominent and enterprising farmers of White River Town- shii), Hamilton County, where he owns and operates a tine farm of eighty acres. The entire amount has been placed under cultivation by liis own hands, with the exception of a twenty- acre tract. The rich and fertile fields now yield a golden tribute to the owner, and the thrifty ap- pearance of the place indicates his t'aieful super- vision. His first home was a log cabin 16.x 18 feet. Tliree years later he built a small frame dwelling, and in 18()6 he erected his fine and commodious residence at a t■o^t of over >:.'i,Oll(l. There are also good barns and other outbuildings, which are models of convenience, and altogether the im- The gr.-indfnthci-, .lolm N.-«l,y. Sr., was a farmer, and iciiiovcd from N'ii^iiii.-i to Kentucky, where he spent his remaining days, dying at the advanced age of ninety-two. His wife. Amy Newby, died in Kentucky, at the age of eighty. John W. Newby was one of live cliildren who grew to mature ye.ars. 'He was reared on a f:iriii, and at the age of twenty married Miss Margaret Holsclaw, who was born in Greenbrier Cfiunty, \'a.. .■md was one of seven children whose |iareiits were .lolm and Elizabeth Holsclaw. In IS:(1, in an old cart. Mr. Newby made the journey to Indiana, leaching Marion County after four weeks of travel. He there built a gristmill, which he operated four years, and then came to this county, where he entered one hundred and sixty acres of land from lh<- (Joverii- ment. He built a log house, ISxl.s iVct. in which he lived eight years, when he moved into a frame dwelling. To his possessions he added frf)in time to time until he had nine hundred acres. He also before his death gave e.-icli of his children $900, and left $9,000 in notCN to be collected. In poli- tics, he was a Whig, and afterward a Rejiublican. Fie .served as Trustee, and was a iirominent and in- Huential citizen. Both he and his wife were active members of the Christian Church. He died in 1882, in his eightieth year, and his wife passed away at the advanced age of ninety years. Of their eleven children, eight are still living. Our subject was a lad of eleven summers when he came with his parents to this county. He was the eldest of the family, and was given an ax, with which he began work, aiding in the develop- ment of the new farm. His educational privileges were meagre. For a short time he attended the subscription schools, which convened in a log schoolhouse with slab seats and greased papev window.s. He was married August 23, 1849, to Miss Beulah Harvey, who was born in Wayne County, Ind., and died on the home farm in her fifty -ninth year. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Newby were born seven chil- dren. One, Alnieda, is now deceased; she was PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD married, and died at the age of twentj-three, leav- ing a daughter, who died the same j'ear. Those living are: Louisa, wife of James C. Lawler, by whom she has a son and daughter, the latter now the wife of Charles Caylor; Rachel became the wife of S. Porter, by whom she had one son, and since his death has married Jolin Coffey; Margaret is the wife of Sylvester Bragg, by whom she has Ave children; Nana .lane is the wife of A. Lacey, and they have two children; Emitiu A. is the wife of William Hill, by whom she has one son; Charles O., who operates the home farm, married Lillie Cor- nelius. They have two sons, and lojt one child in infancy. Mr. Newby lias given each of his children a fine home, in the immediate neighborhood of his own residence. Himself and wife are members of the Christian Cliiuclugive liberally to its support, and taiie an active interest in religious and benevolent work. Tlieir lives have been well and worthily spent, and their many excellencies of character have gained them a wide circle of friends and ac- quaintances. Mr. Ncwby was formerly an old line Whig, but since the organization of the Republican party has been one of its advocates. In connec- tion with his other interests, he is part owner in a o'as well. #r R. CHARLES N. BRANCH. For third of a century the subject of this sketch has been a citizen of Madison County, iiaving settled herein 1857, and has been an interested witness of the wonderful developments of that period. He was born on the HJth of September, 1820, in the county of Cayuga, state of New Yoik. His father, Joseph liiancli, was a native of Connecti- cut, where his grandfather, Joseph, Sr., was like- wise born. His grandparents came from England on the ship "Castle." John and Peter, the founders of the family, located on Branch Island, off the coast of Connecticut two centuries ago, and after- ward settled in Connecticut. Dr. Branch's family descended from l^eter. The father was in the Revolutionary War and fought at Monmouth, and afterward became one of the first settlers in western New York. He helped to organize Cayuga County, and was the first sheriff, owning and- operating two hundred acres four miles from Cayuga Lake. In 1812 he purchased one thousand two hundred acres in the Little Miami Reserve, in Cler- mont County, Ohio, and moved his family there in 1833. He died of cholera in 183+. When he came west he brought with him the first trotting horse that trotted in a race in Ohio. He was a messenger and on the Carthage track made his mile in 2:40 under saddle, there being no sul- kies in those days. The name of the horse was Old Count Piper. Dr. Branch rode him when a boy from New York when the father brought the family to Ohio in a wagon. On this trip the father brought a liarrel three-quarters filled with silver dollars which was covered with straw and rags and left out of doors for some time. Dr. Branch's mother, Anna Buell, was born in Vermont and was the daughter of Israel Buell, a native of the same state, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and a pioneer farmer in New Y'ork. The mother died in 1867 at the age of eighty-eight. She h;ul twelve children, eight of whom grew to years of maturity and of whom two are living. Joseph died at the age of ninety-one on Branch Hill, Ohio. Dr. George, who is a retired physician at eighty-five years of age, resides in Livingston County, N. Y. Dr. C. N. Branch was the youngest child of the family. He was reared in New York State, where he attended the common schools until he was twelve years of age. He came with his parents to Ohio in 1833. In 1835 he returned to New York, and two years later entered Woodward College at Cincinnati, graduating in 1843 from the classical department. Then he returned to New York to study medicine with his brother, and in 1843-44 at- tended medical lectures at the college located at Geneva. Later he was a student in a medical col- lege at Castleton, Yt., and in 1845 entered the medical department of the University of New York, New York City, and was graduated in 1846 with the degree of M. D. Being thoroughly equipped to enter upon a professional career he PORTKAIT AM) I'.IOdRAl'lUCAL KIXORD. went to Cincinnati and oi)ened an ofllce on Hroad- wa,y, where lie remained until 1852. CoMiing t(i IiKii.-uiu tlie Ddclor located at Straw- town, llaniillon Coiiiily. 'I'li.' piactice vf niedi- cine in those days meant tlie ii;oing over of a im. Dr. V. N. Unnich, .Ir.. who graduated from the Ohio Medical foihue in 1891. In 1884 Dr. Branch was nominated by the Democratic party for the Legislature ami w:is elected by a majority of over eight hundred. In the session of 1885 he was assigned to service on several important committees, lie was one of the organizers of the Madison County .Mi'dical Society, of which lie was Mcc-President. Dr. P.ranch and Miss Mary St. Clair were mar- ried in Cincinnati in l.^.".7. She was a native of Butler County, Oliio. ami was the d,-nighler of William St. Clair, of Pennsylvania, one of the first settlers of Butler County. They have had three children: Lillian, Mrs. C. E. Diven, died in An- derson; .John is also deceased; Dr. C. X.. .Ir.. is the onlv survi\er. ■^#^- Pip. Creek rri in PAVID FESLKK. a re-ide Township, Madison C(u: Lancaster County, Pa., December 'J. l.si.i. and is a son of George and Eli/.al)etli (Siler) Fes- ler, likewise ualives of the Keystone State. The father, who was a stonemason by trade and a farniei- by occupation, came to Indiana in an early day and settled in the soulhern part of Madison County, near a [ihice then kuns were not in great demand in Indiana, and f.u- a few W'ars Mr. Feeler found very little to do in that line, and money was very scarce. He followed farming for a time, but as the country became more developed his trade was in on, where his brother F. 1). had bought a uiill. In September, l.s.S.l. he l,..ik charge of Ibis mill, which he i-emodclcd throughout, and which is the oldest maiiuracluring pl.aut in the city. A(hims Ih-others were slockliolders in the company which put down the tir-t natural gas well and uUo in the ('it/ens' <;as Company, the second eom|iany or- ganized. Mr. Adams, as a Republican, was elected to tlie City Council in lHi)2. Socially he is a member of the Iniformed Rank. Knights of Py- thias. in 18H9 Henry S. Adams was married to Miss Ktta FkUeman, who was born in New Castle, Henry County, She is the daughter of R, ,1, Fdleman, ex-I{ecordcr of Henry Comity, and ;in Indiana soldierin the war of 1 SC l-f;,",. Tlcy bavetwo ehildren. Hazel Rhea and Onain. The family re- sides in a comfortable residence wliicli Mr. Adams has erected at No. 15 Soutii Noble Street. J'AMKS M. MILLFR, a promin I enterprising general agiiiMillui j tensive stock-raiser prosperous ' inga valuable farm located in Townsliii), Madison County, is :> u: home state and county. He was bom 185.'), and has from his youth been idi the progressive interests and ra|)id adv this part (.f the great west. His fa Millei. a natixc of the sunny south North Carolina, there received his e; and education and later emigrated t< state of Indiana, and one of the earl\ lied ' r. .lo: • -22, it of ■ off rs of lant harve.-l. il and upon the Sab- cighborsand Ihe eoni- Miller m.ade a wide •ere friends. bv whom lied when in the year The moll, cr. Sarah 182(;, shared in the pnvation-and severe experi- ences incidental to life on the frontier. There were in those early days iu the history of the state but few good pid)lic loads and the popular mode of travel was by horscbacU oi- wagon, (iaine was abundant and the red brcthicn fiequenlly vis- ited the rude cabins of ihe wlulc' m111ci>. terrifying the defenseless women and children, but after the year 1821) .seldom committed any an^ bath days preaching to hi-n munity in general, .loseph acquaintance and man}' sin his death was sincerely mon 1872 he entered into rest. (Howard) Miller, a true helpmale and dev.,ted companion, was the daughter of .loseph llow.aid. of Kentucky. The three children who blessed Ihe home of the parents wvn' Anna, who died In IMU: Francis 15., who married Miss .Mary Hall, and now resides in Henry Count v; .lames, luii subject, In- diana had made rapid advaiu ement for the last few years prior to the birth of our subject, and when he was old enough to attend school he enjoyed excellent educat ioii.al advantages in his lionie dis- tiict. receiving instruction in both Madison and Henry Counties, lie remained with his parents until about seventeen years of age. .and then for four years worked out as a farm laborer. .\l the expiration of this length of time he entered upon the pursuit of agriculture on his own account. aniii - ti) devote himself to agricultural life than diHN Indiana. Its resources are almost inex- haustible and its climate is adapted to the cultiva- tion oT varied crops. Among the enterprising and successful farmers of Madison County stands the name of Elias Robinson, who has been identified with the best interests of the county since 1852. He is a native of the lioosier State, and was born in Fayette County April 9, 1825, and in that county learned the lessons of industry and per- severance, which have characterized his career thus far through life. His father, Lewis Robinson, was a native of western New York; he emigrated to the Buckeye State, and settled on the old Ben Harrison planta- tion, sixteen miles below Cincinnati. He was a shoemaker by occuiiation, and for several years was foreman in the shop of William Henry Harri- son. While holding that position he was married to Miss Mehetable Ellis, a native of New York, who had removed with her parents to this part of Ohio. A year after his marriage Mr. Robinson with his wife and baby started for western Indiana. They got as far as Fayette County, Ind., but the roads being bad they were obliged to stop and rest there. During this time they got acquainted with Minor Thomas, a Baptist minister, who flnalh' persuaded them to locate at this place and traded them some farm land. On this they located permanently and passed the remainder of their days. The father's death occurred May 13, 1842, when fift3'-two years of age. and the mother lived to be seventy-five years of age, dying in 1873. Mr. Robinson led a very busy life, w.as well respected, and was a man of fixed principles. Of the seven children born to his parents, our subject was second in order of birth. Until twen- ty-one jears of age he remained under the paren- tal roof, and then, as he had been trained to the arduous duties of the farm, it was but natural that when starting out for himself that he should choose agricultural pursuits as his life occupation. Eight years later he came to and located in Madi- son County on the farm which he now occupies. This now embraces two hundred acres, and is one of the finest farms in the county^ He has been unusually successful as a farmer and his good for- tune is due to his integrity, honesty, good manage- ment, and the push which is lacking in so many men. In 1852, I^lias Robinson and Miss Sily, daughter of Artemus and Priscilla (Leffengwell) Ward, were united in marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Ward are na- tives of the state of New Y'ork, and came to In- diana at a very early date. To Mr. and Mrs. Robinson were born seven children, three of whom died in infancy: Lewis, a farmer, residing in Mon- roe Township, near his father; Irving, engaged in the grain trade at West Alexandria; Melvin T., a farmer residing in Monroe Township, and Erastus C, engaged in the drug business at Alexandria. In his political views our subject is a true-blue Republican and his first Presidential vote was cast for John C. Fremont. He is one of the most ml .u,l pul ;ri;Aii' and t.kx .11 CuUlltV, .-Ml.l (1110 HAI'IIIC AL liKCOIM). fiiUior of Dr. lUn\'^i-~ w 783 of activity, and nun-, ulu-i vcai.s and with his rliil.flvi ddin;: ncll. lu- can pa^s i|„. iluiiMl.v and liraccfiilly. Ih cess ill life lu his happy di years he and his wife have I C'hi-isliaii Chni-eh. liKl) .IKNXKR UOIHJKS. M. I)., now ac- jl, in Andeisun, Madis,,n (uniily. Iiid., eaily enjoyed !>iipei-ioi- ediieational ad\aiila;:es. Com- pleting a course of study in the i;i- unnnii- and pre- paratory schools lie entered the Stale liiivei^ity of Michigan. and at eighteen >eais of age received dented result at that well known in-lit iil ion. lie was for a twelveniontli an instindoi of cluMnistry at the University and gave uni\er>al saiisf.-iction as a teacher, lie later took a post-giadiiate course at Ann .\rlior, afterwards niati icul.-iting at the Chicago Medical College, from whi<-!i iiislilutiou at the close of a course of i)rofessioiial stu lies he gradnalecl with honor in IHM. Dr. Il. (Juivt-r is a graduate of (ilendalo Female ('(illcoe in uliicli she was (ifl'ered a chair Inil deelined it. She is VI TV inueh dcMitcd to art and lias executed a MUinlier of |i:iinl in,i>s whicli stamp her an artist of al.ility. Three children have heen horn to them, Martha K.. Irwin ami Detelion. NYK |-|;i;N(1I. a retired news- ni anil one <,( the capitalists of Alexandria, was horn Aii,i;-n-.t 1 1, IS:?7,. at ,11, .-ix mile, from llie city of li...t,in. nd Iheie his father. -loliii Freneli, and his lohn French, Sr., also were horn, diie.'llv descended fnm, the I'lluriin or many generations hack the ineni- hers were hoot and shoe manufacturers. The father of our suhject was also a manufacturer of l)oots and >lioes, hut lost heavily during the early part of the Civil War and died in 1«(;2 a poor man. His wife, the mother of our suhject, bore the maiden name of Fallen M. (iorh.im. She was the daughter of David Oorham, wh.. w.as a promi- nent sea ciptain and ran a na\al cutter during the Revolutionary War. Mr. (iorliam on his mother's side was a descendant in the fourth gen- eration of an Indian squaw. Mrs. French is now a resident of Indiana and part of the lime makes her home with her son, our subjeet. Thomas Xye French wasseeoml in order of bit lli of six sons. His eldest brother, Charles, enlisted in the service at tiie breaking out of the Civil War and was killed at the bloody Battle of the Wilderness, lie was a commissioned otlicer. The next child, David Gorham French, followed the trade his an- cestors had followed successfully for many gener- ations, shoe manufacturing, and was a iirominent man of Boston. fJcorge French, another son, en- listed when the lirst tocsin of war soun.led in 1M|'>1, and served until the cessation ol hostilitie.-. lie was taken prisoner at Fredericksburg and spent nearly two years in Libby prison. He is now following liis ancestors' trade in Randolph, Mass. IIenr.\, who was also a shoe numufactiirer, came to Indi- ana and died at Colfax, this state, in 1.SS0. An- ll< lan at Roekford, III. •niber of the Frencl 1 family. shoemaker-s lra' Ikalr.,; of Lafayette, a small weekly ii.aper. This he later merged into the Lafayette (Jomini-rrid/ Ailcertiser, which lie carried on until 188;'), when he shipped his outlil to Alex- andria and establislied the Weeklj/ Tlmos in the then little village of four hundred people. lie arrived in Alexanilna with about seventy- live cents in moiu^v, but hiscuitlit wasal the depot and he had not the means to (lay the freight. Some of the leading citizens look an interest in him and had unbounded conlidenee in his ability and inlegrity. for they not only paid his freight, but advanced him money to start on his career as a journalist. Among those who befriended him at the time was CJene Hall, a wealthy farmer living east of Alexandria. Xo one has ever had occasion to regret putting this poor printer on his feet, for he kept faith with them from first to last and has a warm place for them in his heart. At one lime, not long after coining to Alexandria, he look a note to the bank of Klwood for .lier, of Fishers- l)urg. 'I'lieir only daughter. Dora F., married Dr. A. I,. Leathcrman, who is now engaged in practice in Indianapolis, where they are locaU'd at No. 118 North Meridian Street. He is a graduate .,f the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York Citv. -.:^^ y W. KNKAI.K, M. I)., a talented .M;i In. I., lias in tlu. c..n;p.-iiatively l.rief p.^rhul ,.f his resi- lience in the city acphred a wi.le and rapidly ex- lending practice in both medicine anil surgery. He enj.iyed excepti.mal educational advant.age.s, which he n.>w siipph'tiients by seicntilic research and sliidy. aiming t.) keep fully abreast of the times ill e\-ery de|iartinent of his [irofcssional work. Dr. Kne.-ilc, a native of Indiana, wa.s liorn in Attiia October :>, ISIiO. His father, Henry Kneale, was born in the Isle of M;in and emigrated from his birthplace to this country when only six- teen years of age. lie settled in Ohio and made the IJuckeye State his continuous residence until 18<;il. At this latter date the father removed to Indiana, and, a carpenter by trade, found rea.Iy employment as a contractor and builder. I'or the past ten years he h.as profitably engaged in the manufacture f drain tile and owns a large plant in Colburn, Ind., of which city lie is a prominent business man. The mother of our subject. .Mrs. Mary .Vnn (Lee) Kneale, is a native of Ohio, but her father, Pienjamin Lee, and her excellent mother were both born in Kngland. When Dr. Kneale was an in- fant his parents removed from Indiana to Ohio, whicli latter state they made their home until our subject was about nine years of age, when the family returning to the IIoo.sier Stale then located permanently in Colburn. a desirable site for the development of enterprise. Our subject attended the puhlic schools of Col- r88 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. burn in boyhood and enjoyed one term of instruc- tion in Battle Ground Seminary, and at nineteen years of age taught sehool. He continued in the avocation of an instructor for three years and then entered Purdue University at La Fayette, Ind. In the fall of 1883 Dr. Kneale matriculated at DePauw University, and after completing with honor the full classical course, was graduated in the spring of 1888, the degree of Bachelor of Arts then being conferred upon him. He also studied medicine while in college and later, in 1889, took a degree in medicine in the University of Virginia. Our subject likewise received the benefit of a post- graduate course in Chicago at the Polyclinics and during the same year read medicine under the instruction of his preceptor Dr. G. W. Beree, of Grcencastle, remaining in the latter town until Blay, 1890, then establishing himself in Anderson. Upon the 14th of June, 1893, Dr. W. W. Kneale and Miss Mattie E. Thomas were united in mar- riage at the residence of the bride's parents in Anderson, receiving the best wishes and hearty congratulations of numerous friends. The ac- complished wife of our sul)ject, a favorite in the society of her home city, is a native of Greens- burgh, and is a daughter of William and Jane (Benson) Thomas. The mother of Mrs. Kneale was the daughter of the late Judge Benson, of Greensburgh. Dr. Kneale is a member of the State Medical Society and is likewise connected by membership with the Madison County Medical Society, and in the gatherings of these profes- sional associations receives and contributes to the instruction furnished by experience and research. Our subject is a member of the Sons of St. George and also affiliates with the Knights of Maccabees. He is connnected witli the Order of Elks of Ander- son and is a member of the Ancient Order of For- esters. Dr. Kneale already commands a large and rap- idly increasing field of practice in his section of the city, and skillfully handling the cases intrusted to his care, has a bright future before him. De- voted to professional duties, he has no desire to enter the arena of political life, but a public- spirited citizen, is well posted and deeply interested in local and national issues. lie actively partici- pates in all matters of home enterprise and mutual advancement and is recognized as a man of pro- gressive views and liberal sentiment. e :i nicnilMT of the •I'iplon Lod^'e tlie dangliter of .losliua Pielcering, a native of K. of P., and alHliates with .\ncient Order of .South Easton, Ohio, where the maternal ^reat- I'niled Workmen. He is a Knii^lit of Maceahecs, srrandparents of our sul)jeet early settle.). (Jrand- and a member of the Red .Men of l-;iw.H,d. P..}il- fatherand (;randmotlier Pickering with their f.-ini- icnlly a Uepiihliean. he i- an ardent .'idvoeate of ily emigrated to Indiana in l.s:i2. and hicaledin the parly ..f reform, and formerly holding th.- ilenry County when tlieir .laughter .Mary .\. w.i^ po>iti,,n of Secretary of the I'.oard of Health of about twelve years old. Now arrived at seventy- Tipton, w.-h in 1S!»2 elected to his picsent po.-ition three years of age Mrs. Mary A. (Pickering) Arm- as Secretary of the I'.oard of Health of Klwood. field possesM'> a store of valuable reminis.-ence> of and in the discharge of public duty is faithful to the pioneer t imes. 1 Ik'I r >acrifices. pi ivations and every lru>t iiivolve.l. Dr. Armludd ha-^ with abil- triumphs. Dr. Armtiehl. one of four children who ity served a term as Presicleiit of IheTiploii with their cheerful presence brightened the home County Medical Societ\, and is also a \aiued inem- of the parents, remained upioii the old homestead ber of the State Medical .Society. Thoroughly de- until twenty-CMie years of age. and assisting in the voted to the (iemands of his practice, oursubject is rounil of agricultural dutie-, also gained a good numbered among the representative professional common education in the district si-hools of Pipe men of Klwood, and enjoys the conlidenee of :i Creek Townshii). wide acpiaintance. .\bout the time he attained his maioritv our ^■l E^g^ ii <^ [\ ^ \(3^EJ3 National Xorm.al .School studied ambitiou>ly for three summers, during the winters teachingsehool. I IRAM J. DANHOI.S. The history of bank- tlie last season being one of the instruetiMs of the f) i",ii ''i -ViKlerson and a biography of Hiram graded school in Elwood. During tliis latter period 1,^/ ,1. Daniels for a rpiartcrof a century would Dr. .Vrmtield began the study of medicine with (C) be identical,for he is a memlier of tiie Ander- Dr. Daniel Sigler, a prominent physician of El- son lianking Company. He i> a native of Ohio, liav- wood. After reading in the oUice for a year and ing lieen born near Somerset. Perry County, on the a half, oursubject attended the Detroit Medical 2l)tii of November. IK:!.'^. His father, Hiram Dan- College, Mich., for a year and a iialf, and gradu- iels, was born in Rockingham County. Va., and came ating March Id, l.s.si . ri'ccived his diploma, and in of an old \'irginia family. He was an early . -et- a brief time entered upon the duties of his profes- |er in Perry and Muskingum Counties. Ohio, sion in Tipton County, Ind., where ftn- ten vears where he engaged in farming until LSI I, when he engaged in the wearing round of |)rofessional by wagon he emigrated to Wayne County, hid., work, his practice extending its limits tluoughout and located one mile .south of Richmond. The the surrounding country of his home locality. In farm he tisere bought was later sold lo.Iolin tlic year 1881 were united in marriage T. O. .\rin- llaynes, who erected on it a private .school build- lield and Miss Ella Cook, a daughter of .lohii W. ing, now used as an orphans' home. In 18.')2 he and Loui.sn (Ilobbs) Cook, of ^Madison Countv. located in Monroe Township. Madison County, Our .subject and his estimable wife are the parents and bought a farm, which he operated until 18.-)8. of fourchildien: 1 va \.. .lose Tilmon. Ed ward P.. He then located on a farm north of Anderson, and Clarcnc E.. bright .and intelligent young pco- which is now occupied by the thriving suburb. pie. At the expiration of his fir.-t ten years of North Anderson, and some of the largest factories, practice. Dr. Armlield made hi.s permanent home lie died there m 187.'). at the age of seventy-live in Elwood, and here has met with success in his years. chosen profession. He is fraternally a member of Mr. Daniel> mother was Maria l'o(t<. a native the Ancient Free A- Accepted Masons an. I is c.n- of Shenandoah C.-unly. Va.. and the daughter of . liodeii set- tled in Woodburn, Ohio, aniig tlie leading lights in the Frien(l>' Society in In- diana, Iowa and Kansas, and it may .safely be as- serted that Lewis and Ilulda Kstes left an impres- sion not onl}' on the Society of Friends, but upon the intellectual development of the state of In- diana that will continue to receive recognition for generations to come. After leaving that school, he taught public and private schools in Richmond, and in 18C0 assumed charge of the Friends' school at London, Howard County, Ind.. where after re- maining three years, at the uri;enl rc(|uest of friends in Weslfield,he .accepted a call to the West- field Union High School. In I.STO he was called by the Friends to become the Principal of the new- ly established Wilmington College, where he re- mained for three jears, and thence returned to his home in Westfield to give his attention to other fields of usefulness. For .several years he was a Di- rector in the Merchants' National P.-iiik of Indian- apolis, the" Citizens' Bank of Nolilcsvillc, and President of the Bank of Westlield. and up to the last year of his life continued an acti\(t business man. lie died November Id, ISDl. Ilulda C. lloag, the daughter of Nathan lloag. a |)rominent (,)u;ilonic and KniLilit- of pytl fraternities, and is ;i member in the l-iiun Church. R. A. S. HUSTON has been a practicing phy- j|; sician in Anderson since the 1st of October, 1889, and prior to that time was located at l)eii lW( places for seventeen years. He was l)orn at College Corner, Henry County. Xoveniber 211. l.sLS, and is the son of Rev. Asa Huston, who is living ( l«i»;i) I at the age of seventy-two years. The niolher was I Lenorah Wilhoit. of Henry County. The father came to Indiana from Ohio about IH:!."., and has devoted his life to farming, also .serving as a local preacher. Samuel Huston, the grandfalher, was a Penn-sylvanian and was one of the very lirst set- tlers of .Madison County and was a neiglilior and contemporary of Colonel Bell of pioneer memory. Tiie maternal grandparents were Ohioans, and the grandfather. Moses Wilhoit. was tuie of the lirst white men to .settle in Ihalstale after the departure of the Indians. Dr. Huston remained at the place of his l)irtli. College Corner, until twenty-four years of age, during which time he attended the common schools as well as the academies at New Castle and Spice- land. He obtained his professional education largely at the Pliysio-Medical College at Indian- apolis, from which he was graduated in I.HTfi after an attendance of three years. He then concluded to adopt homeopathy, and going to Chicago, look special courses of study under Prof. Pratt, which con.sisted largely of a surgical character. Dr. Huston has devoted much time atid research to the study of chronic di.l, of ( iuv.Miior Morton, at the time of the l.att !.• of St I.'ivcr. having been directed to take charge of a h..s|,ital at Nash- ville. .\fterwai() Dr. Kelley a>kcd him if he would prefer to go home or to the front. Dr. Spann said !:<■ was ready to g,, wherever sent. He was sent north with a boatload of sick and wounded men to bo distributed among the hos- pitals. (Governor Morton issued Dr. Spann a com- mission as Assistant Surgeon of the One Hundred and Second l.'egiincnt, but he never received it until thirty years after the close of the war. It four years ago, when it was discovered and f(n- warded by the Colonel with a suital)le apology. Dr. Spann has always enjoyed a large practice, which has never been interferecl with excepting in I8.S!l, when he met with an accident which dis- abled him for :i year or more. He has held sev- eral otH(«s of trust and honor. For four years he was Trustee of the Hospital for Ihc Insane at Iii- In 1884 he was appointed one of the Trustees of the Indiana Normal School at Terre Haute, and has lieeii reappointed by every succeeding iJovernor, each a|)poinlinent being mad.' without solicitation. For twenty ye.ars he has been an Klder in the rresbyterian Church. He is a member of the State .Medical Association and was its representative to the national meeting at St. I'anl. Ht' was I'resi- dent of the Ma.lisou County Association and the district association, compos<'d of six counties. For four years he was IV'usion l'',\.aminer with head- (piarters at Muncie. rolitically. he h.as always been a Democrat. In ISfW;, Dr. Spann and Miss Margaret OMIara were married in .Vnderson. She is the daughter of Daniel O'llara and was born in Toronto, Canada, and reared in Richmond, Ind. No eliildren iiavc been born to them, but they assumed the care of rearing three. Mary A. OMIara, si.-ter of .Mrs. Spann, is the wife of Mr. Knglish, of the Danville (111.) National IJank; tleoivre S. (Cllaia. of Har- vey, HI., is a traveling salesman, and Thomas \. Alfc in Ind- ianapolis. -0£Ji '^mm^^mM^^< II. .MASON V0I,.\I:Y hint. -Like father, like son" is „p||y illu>tiate.l in the subject of this sketch .mimI his father, for both devoted their lives to the practice .if medicine. Dr. Mason \dlmy Hunt was born in Darke County, Ohio, on the 27th of .lime. isls. and was brought to Madixm Comity in ls.-,iiat the age of two years, when \\\r family changed it,> residence from Ohio to Indiana. He is a son of Dr. \V. A. Hunt, a native of Wayne C.iunly, who began the study of medicine under Dr. I'.randon, and attended lectures at Starling Meilical College in 1.S17-1.S. During his roidence in Madison County he was recognized as one of its leading physicians. He died at .-ixty-seven years of age on the 2()lh of February, 18,s;). William Hunt the grandfather, was born in North Carolina, of (,»ii,aker |)arentage, on the 12th of October. 1771. llec.ame north to Clinton County. ( )hio. .and after- wards settled in Wayne County, Ind. He died in Madi.son County aged eiglily-six years. Dr. Hunt's mother was Sarah C. daughter of William Wright, of the eastern shore ..f Maryland, who came west and settled in Wayne County, Ind. Her two children were M. Volney an >ketcli is the eldest lif- teenthyear.when he entered Leavenworth institute, from whicli he graduated at the age of nineteen. lie then spent one year in Cornell University, after which he look up the study of law with C. .1. Viele. a leading attorney of Wolcotl. and in IsTC. was graduated fr..ni the law de|iarlnient of the I'nion University of Alliau\. N. V. Opening an olHee in Woleott, he was for tlncc years a |)artner of Col. Anson S. Wood, then l)epul\ Secretary of State, after which he went t,o l'h(eiiix, Oswego County, N. V.. where he jnacticed his profession until I.SHI). In 1.S7(I. Mr. Walker iiianied Delia .1. Hall, of Onondaga County, N. Y., a graduate of Leaven- worth Institute, ami a teacher for some ^ears. They had tw(^ daughters. Lena S. and Addie 1). The former graduated from thi^ Leavenworth In- stitute and the normal school of Albany, N. Y., and is now a successful teacher in Orange Valley, N. .1. The latter has just graduated from the Leavenworth Institute, and is teaching in Wayne County. The mother died in 187."), and in 18!l(i Mr. Walker wedded Mary E., daughter of Peter and Nancy Little, of Alexandria. Her grandfather, Frederick Black, was oik^ of t.lu^ (^arliot settlers of Madison County. In 18,S',t, oui- subject went to Chicago, where he engaged in the real-estate business until a boom was started in .Mexandria. Coming to this place, he formed a p.artnorship with .lohn M. Williams, which continued until 1892, ivhen it was dissolved and he formed a i)artnersiiip with A. C. Brink, who had formerly been a student in Mr. Walker's law office in New York. Since coming to this plac(^ our subject has lieen extensively engaged in the ! additions, including Evergreen Heights, in the northern part of town, and River \'iew, in thesonlh- west. He h.as under contract Hurlan-,s Third Addi- tion and Frank Jil.ack's Fir-l Addition. Mr. Walker has taken an active part in all th.il lias goiie lo make a large city out of the dead village in wU'wU much valuable properly. He has ju>t built. e(piippcil and put ill operation the .Mex.andria nataloiiiiiii, (uie of the finest and most complete balhiiig insti- tutions in the state. It is a great credit to the t.ivvn. as well as to its fouii.lcr. In polities, our sub- jr,t is .a i;,-publican. in .New York lie served for two years as Su|>ervisor, was l'oli( e .ludge of Wol- e<)tt for live years and was candidate for Mayor of .Alexandria at the lirst city election, and was defeaird by only seven votes. He is a prominent membrr of th- Odd Fellows' and .Ma-ouic fra- ternities and one of the valued and inllueiitial citizens of the connimnity in which he iv-ides. -^-=^^^-^^'^m^- •5-- .\.MKS i;. ( lIUlsriAN.a w.ll known citi- zen of Nobh-svillc. was born in Washington County. Ind.. .Maivli ■>, LSIC. He traces his lineage to Wales, wlience his ancestors emigrated to America and settled in \irginia dur- ing the latter part of the seventeenth century. They were known as the McChristians in Wales. but upon coming to America dropped the .Me. and the family name then became Christi.an. About the middle of the eighteenth century three broth- ers, Elijah, (ieorge and Turner Christian, and .lames Christian, a ciuisin. left \'irginia anl wile, Rebecca Christian (ne" 800 PORTRAIT Ax\D BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Turnei) was born in March prior to 1800, and died in Aufiust, 1827. He was married again, liis second wife surviving liini, and slie was living near At- lanta in tlie spring of 1861. The father of our subject, Daniel R. Ciiristian, was born at the old Georgia homestead, November I'J, 1821, and when seventeen years old came north and settled in Indiana, engaging in 'aruiing and teaching school in Washington County. In 1843 he was united in marriage with Miss Eliza A. Click, and soon afterward removed to Hamilton County, settling on a small farm in Clay Town- sliip ;iiiil again engaging in teaching, as well as in agricultural pursuits. In 1859 he located in ^'oblesville and .studied law with Dewitt C. Chip- man, being admitted to the Bar, but on account of ill health in his family, he remained in the city only about one year, when he settled upon a farm purchased bj' him from Il.aymind W. Clark, two and a-half miles southeast of Noblesville. It was about that time, that the political hori- zon of the great Republic became overcast with the dark clouds of secession, and the southern slaveholders, with their friends in the north, openly threatened war. Although of southern birth and parentage, Daniel R. Christian was pronouncedly opposed to the institution of slavery and advo- cated its abolishment by every word and act of his life. When the dark days of rebellious war- fare commenced, he and hiseldest son both desired to enlist in the service of the Union, and after some discussion it was finally decided that the father should go and our subject remain in charge of the farm and the family until his father should return, and then he would be at liberty to go. In 1862 Daniel R. Christian enlisted as a mem- ber of Company A, Fifth Cavalry, Ninetieth In- diana, and took an active part in all the battles and skirmishes in which his regiment participated in Tennessee and Georgia. Under the command of General Stoneman, he took part in a sharp encounter at the south of Atlanta, in which the Union cavalry were overpowered by an over- whelming force of the enemy, and a large number were captured, including Mr. Christian. They were sent to the noted prison at Andersonville, where for two months they suffered slow starvation. Later they were taken to Charleston, and from there to Florence, where their condition was worse, if possible, than at Andersonville. When in prison at Florence, Mr. Christian unceasingly and eloquently appealed to his fellow-prisoners to cast their votes for Abraham Lincoln, saying that the Rebellion would soon be crushed out, and this they did, notwithstanding offers of liberty made to them if thej' would do otherwise. At the ap- proach of Sherman's arinj-, they were transferred to Goldsboro, and there, unable to endure any longer the fiendish treatment to which he was sub- jected, he died, a martyr to the caiise of union and liberty he held so dear and a victim to the curse of slavery. The subject of this sketch is the eldest of eight children, the others being, Mary A., John W.. Frank P., Ira W., William S., Jennie and George S. James R. spent his boyhood years in the usual manner of farmer lads, alternating attendance at the common schools with work on the home farm. In youth he contributed to the support of the family, and aided in clearing the farm of a heavy debt. February 8, 1872, he was united in mar- riage with Miss Maria Hurlock, daughter of Eben- ezer and Sarah Hurlock. After his marriage he located on a portion of the old homestead. This marriage was blessed with the following children, namely: Gerald H., Ernest G., Daniel L., Wal- ter M. (who died in infancy), Walton G. and Mary (twins) and Charles F. On April 20, 1883, after an illness of some three weeks, the good wife and mother, Maria H. Christian, died, leaving her dear children and husband to mourn her loss. Lottie Mary, the only daughter, who was sick at the time of her mother's death, soon followed the mother to the haven of rest, and for awhile the grandnKjther, Eliza A. Christian, took care of the motherless and cheer- less home. On February 5, 1885, J. R. Christian and Sarah Conner were united in marriage. Two children blessed this union, namely: Eliza, who lived but one day, and John C. In April, 1891, Mr. Chiistian traded his farm southeast of Noblesville to Leander Giger for lands adjoining the city of Noblesville, and is at this time living upon the same. In his farming PORTRAIT AND BIOOILVPIIICAL KIX'ORl). liuisinls lie Ii;ls Imun energetic; and ijHlu.slriuus, :nii! throuuli liis lirole.ss exertions lias acriunulaU'd aeonipciencc. In addition U, i;oneral farming lie devoted e<>nsideral)Ie atl ehn-led ClerU of the Hamilton Ciieuit (oiirt in November. 1.S7.S, wlii,-li po>ilioii he filled with ei-e. 111. iMMii-an ollie- ieiitand p..piilai olIi,-er. lie is ..n-a-.M! at this lime (l.S'.Ci) in the re.al-estate, loan and iiiMiranee lHi>i- nessin the eit.\ of NoM.-sv ilie. and is a progressive and wide-awake eil i/.en. heini; a promoter of all iiity. lie wa> I'lvMdenl of the NoMesville Water and Liuht Coiniiany until the works wire con- I'lesideiit of the Li-ht and Ire Coiiipany of No- l)le>ville. He has the eonlideiiee of the peo|,le. Ji'OHX 11. COX. President of iIk' Slate I'.ank I of Sheridan, at Sheridan, liid.. and tlielea.l- I iiig eiti/.en of thi-^ t lirn ini;' town, was born .at _ ' College Hill, in Lancaster Townslii|>, .letTer- son County, Ind., .laniiary lit, l.sl.'j. He Iraees liis aneestry to Kngland, wlieiie<' his grent-gr.andfalher emiguited early in lifr. to .Vii;erica. settling in Pennsylvania. The paternal grandparents. .loliii and Klizabelli (Marlow) Cox, were natives respeel- ively of Pennsylvania and Maryland, in tin- year l»l)2 they left lirownsvilh-, I'a.. in the row- boat '-Prerogne" and sailed d.,wn the Ohio. 'I'liey were aeeomp.aiiied liy a brother of ( ;randfallier Cox, William, who with his faniily .settled in Wheeling. \V. \a.. and another brother, Samuel, wlio left the boat at Zanesville. Ohio. Crandfather Cox and his f.aiiiily proceeded down the Oiiio to the Kentueky Hiver. then journeyed up that .slreani to Franklin County, and settled near Frankfort, Ky. There he remained until his death, .about ISi'S. His wife died of the cholera in 1832. I'.oth lie buried in the lirattan Ceme- tery, one and one-half miles north of the forks of Elkhorn Creek. ( iiandfalher Cox w.is Captain of a eompany in the lievolutionary War. later was jironioted to .Major, and was pioeiil at the sur- render of Lord Coriiwallis at Vorklown. He and his wife reared a large family of children, whose names were: .(acob M., P.enjaniiii. William. Thomas, Nancy, Polly, Mary, Pnseilla. Lelitia and Kliza- belli. Jacob M. served as lifer duiing the War of iM12, enlisting at the age of thirteen. William, after moving to Missouri, became Circuit .Indiic inas.saered at the battle of River Raisin by the In- dians, in the War of 18P2. Priseilla married ,Iolm Wallace; she had a son, Ceorge W., who was a iironi- incnl physician; her daughter, I'riscilla, married .hidgc William Allen. of (Jreen viUc. Darke County, Ohio, who represented his district in Congress for several terms during the War of tiie Hel)ellion, and was a strong advocate of measures to sup- press slavery. Henry Wallace, another member of that family, served as Auditor of IJnller County, Ohio. Letilia Cox married Aaron Townsend,and had a daughter, Harriet, who was very prominent, and a son, Amos, a wholesale business man of Cleveland, Ohio, and Congressman from that dis- trict for several terms. In the early days Grana r,>u>\u n( tlic illuMii,.n.s llrinv Clav. „f Krulucky. Il.-r.l.atl, u.Tiniv.l in the fall of 1,S2;5. Uvv l,u>l,;nMl l,avii,-Hi,Ml ul.uul ISCd. In l.Sl'O CiUuin IIihK.mi lii,.no|il his family to Indiana and selllcd in .Ifffcix.n County, wliero, in later years, he gained e..ii>i(leial.le' Ideal fame on aeeount of his haired of slaveiy. His death oe- nanie was Mary .lones. was horn in ('ulpc|ier (onnty. \'a., Decemher .s, IT.s:;, heing of HngU.-h descent. She died A|>ril :,. ISdl. 'I'lieir family e7. He was a student in Franklin County fiom is.'il untd IS,")7, and in early life engaged m teaching. During the Civil War he served as a member of the One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Indiana Infantry. After coming to Madison, in 1»();5, he secured a position as book-keeper for the dry -goods merchant, Charles C. Cornett, with whom he remained fin- more than twenty years. He was for a time Identitied with the (H-aham F.aptist Church, but afterward united with the Vine Street liaplisl Clmreli in 1S(;3, and .served as Deacon in that religious or-anizalion foi- not only by the nuunbers of that congre-.nitioii, but throughout the entire community. Hi. widow, Mrs. Kmma (Simmons) Cox. and one daui.diter. Ella, survive liim; his onl.\ son. CharU-. incoi-iiorators of the Shoridaii f!:is. Coal A- Oil Coiiiiiaiiv. iH-inga niembor of tlic Hoard of Dii-fctois. lie i- also scM'vmg as rrcsidoiit of the Shcndan Real Install' .V iiiipKivcinont Comiiany, and contributes lili>Tnlly lo rvciytliing that iin- pi-ovcs the town. Socially, lie is Rast Chancellor of the Kni-hts ,.f I'yihias. a |,nm,incnl niniihor of the liiil.'iicnd.'nl ( )i-dcr of Odd Kcllows (hchi^ identified with the Grand Lodge), and is also con- nected with the Knights of Honor and Ihe Crand .Vriny of the Republic. In Oclober. ISCS, Air. Cox joined the (irahain r.aptisl Church, but is not identilied with any de- nomination 111 Sheridan, there beiiiL: no r>aptist Church here, lie is generous in his contributions to religious enterprises and charil.able institutions, ami is a man of strong temperance principles and moral character, his daily walk in life being such as to commend him to the esteem of his associates. Politically', he is a Republican, but is somewhat conservative iii his views. Mrs. Cox is a lad}' of eral |iieces of poetiy composed by her have been extensively copied by newspapers throughout the country, among which may be mentioned, '• The Lilies of a !\Iother," written after the death of her b:iby. I'.yron. These verses are full of pathos, and show the true character of the heart and mind that dictated them. Jlrs. Cox is a very promi- nent member of the Woman's Relief Corps, having served as President and filled other positions in the order. 81ie is also identified with the Order of Chosen Friends, and is a member of the I'lxecu- tive Hoard of the Woman's Relief Corps of the State. Mr. and ^L■s. Cox are parents of eight children. Oilondo .\., who w.as born November l.j, 1868, is a graduate of the high school of Sheridan and X'alparaiso liusincss College. When thirteen years old he became an em|iloye in the Tieasurer's otlice, and filled an important position during his father's tenure of oflice. Afterward he became connected with the bank, and was associated with the new institution. When the State r.anU was organized he was elected cashier, and now tills that position with credit to himself. .SiU'ially, he IS identified with the Knights of Rythias. The second son. -lacob Dorval. was born August 28, 187(1, and is a young man of siipciior education, Iteing at present the paying teller of the State Bank. An extensive traveler and a writer of more than ordinary ability, his articles, descriptive of scenery and life on the I'acili,' C,,.-.st, are especially cnteitainiiig. and h.avc been widely pub- lished, lie is also a member of the order of the Knights of Pythias. The third son, Lowell W.. was born February if,. lS7-_'. lie is a graduate of the Sheridan High Scliool and Valparaiso I'.usiness College, .•lud is a member of the mercantile firm of Couch A' Cox, at Sheridan. He is identified with the Knights of Pythias. August 17. lSil2. he married Miss Lulu, daughter of Dr. II. K. D.-ivenp.iit. of Sheridan, and they have one child. Au.'islalia, born October 1.5, 18;)3. John ]'.. who w.-is born January 11), 1874, died September l."i, issl. Leland D., whose birth occurred October 11, 1870, is now being educated in the schools of Sheridan. Byron was born March 29, 1879, and died January 10, 1880. Harold Baily (usually called Ilallie) was bom October 2'.», 1884; and the youngest son. Howard Hudson, was born December 15, 1880. VILLIAM IIFXRY WOLF. Ilaviniv passed the greater part of his active life in Madi- ^ ., son County, Mr. Wolf is closely identilied with its progress, and as one of its most sucecssf\il agriculturists, he has contributed his quota to its material advancement. At present he is engaged in cultivating his eighty-acre farm in Stony Creek Tovvnship, upon which he h.as made valuable im- provements, erecting substantial buildings, and in- troducing first-class farming machinery. The father of our subject, James C, was the son of David and Mary (Stucker) Wolf, who died in PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Fayette County, Ind., at advanced ages. He was born in Scott County, Ky., in 1811, and accompa- nied his parents to Indiana about 1820, driving a team to this state, and passing through Cincinnati when it was a mere village. He settled with his parents upon forty acres in Fa3'ette County, where he resided until the fall of 1854, meantime re- ceiving a limited education in the subscription schools of the township. Upon coming to Madi- son County, he purchased one hundred and twen- ty acres, of which about six had been cleared. Upon selecting a wife, James G. Wolf chose Miss Icitia, daughter of Samuel DeHaven, a na- tive of Pennsylvania, who became an early settler of Indiana, locating in Faj^ette County in 1814. The deed to his projjerty was signed by James Monroe and is still in existence. The parents of our subject had a family of four children: AVilliam Henry; Samuel D., of Anderson; David, who died at the age of three years; and Betsy Ann, wife of James Gwinn, of Stony Creek Township. The fa- ther has resided upon the same farm ever since locating in Madison County forty 3ears ago. In former years he was a Whig, and is now a Repub- lican, having east his ballot for sixteen successive Republican Presidential candidates. In his inter- course with others, business or social, he has ever lived up to the lofty principles of honor which he holds, and now in his old age, he can look back upon years of usefulness and honest toil. William Henry Wolf was born in Fayette Coun- ty, Ind., October 22, 1839, and at the age of fifteen 3'ears accompanied his parents to Madison Count}', the removal being made with wagons, and tliree days being spent en route. He was reared on a farm, and the education gained in the common schools lias been supplemented by self-culture and systematic reading of current literature and historical themes. On the 24th of October, 1861, he was united in marriage with Miss Isabel J., daughter of John Gwinn, and a native of West Virginia. In her girlhood she caine to Indiana, and later removed to Missouri, where she resided for a few years. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Wolf consists of the following-named children: Viola; Sarah Avaline, the wife of James M. Anderson, Township Trustee of Stony Creek Township; James G., Jr., William H., Jr.; Florence, deceased; Charles and Vernon L. In politics Mr. Wolf is a stanch Republi- can, and has alw.ays maintained party principles since he cast his first ballot for Abraham Lincoln in 1860. In religious matters he is a Methodist, and his wife and daughters and eldest son are also identified with that denomination. ■-^l l^^^ ,^^RRIN R. MUNGER, an enterprising citizen, I Ij liberally aiding in the rapid development ^^^^ of the flourishing city of Anderson, Madi- son County, is a man of executive ability, who, since March, 1887, has been intimately asso- ciated with the progressive interests of his pres- ' ent locality, where he arrived about one month ! after the first gas was struck. Mr. Muiiger. a na- tive of Ohio, was born in Ashtabula County, Oc- tober 18, 1853. His father, George Munger, was also born and reared in Ashtabula County, and I there spent his entire life, passing away at sixtv- j seven years of age. He was an energetic man of abilitj', and prominently identified with various mercantile enterprises amassed a fortune, and dur- ing the latter years of ins life occupied an envi- able position of social and business influence. The paternal grandfather, Ruf us B. Munger, was a native of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, N. Y. He was married in his birthi)lace to Miss Mary Wilson, also born in Saratoga Springs, and one week after the wedding started with his bride for tiie then far distant west. Grandfather and Grandmother IMunger crossed the mountains, and on arriving in the wilderness inhabited by the In- dians, settled where Geneva, Ohio, is now located, three log houses comprising the nucleus of the future city. The grandfather and his worthy wife had journeyed hither by the slow conveyance of a yoke of oxen and a wagon, which had safely transported a few household possessions and their clothing from their far-ofif homes in New York. As a capital upon which to begin life Grandfather PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RFX'ORD. 809 INIunger had $32 in inoiiev :iii() mii iiiiincnse reserve fund of courage and enoiiiv. The p:Ucrn;il i;i:ni(ir:il licr Mt once inc-eniptcd a piece of land, uimiu whirh a i.ait chool> district, and later entered the Norin;iL ( oil. , I'.ainesville, Ohio. His studies completed, he went to Washiugton Court House, where he learned the tailor '.s trade. Afterward, locating for three years in New York City, Mr. Munger became an expert at his trade, and as a journeym.an tailor visited nearly every important city in the LniI.ed States. He concluded his travels with a trip to Mexico and South America, and then returned to Wash- ington Coiu-t House. Ohio, where he engaged in liu>iness with the man in whose .s|io]) he began to learn the trade of a tailor. Having remained in business for six years in that city, our subject then removed to Huntington, W. Va.. and einl)arked in the mercantiU' business. Mr. .Mun-cr became a member of the Mctliodist ■episcopal Church and preached for a time, ac- complishing much good by his work in the pul- pit. In 188;') he journe\ed to Europe and spent seven months on tlie continent, then returning home. The succeeding year, I.S.sc. in. went abroad again, and uiion his return to America made his home in Chicago, where he engaged in the tailor- ing business for about a twelvemonth, thence coming to Anderson. Mr. ^Lini;rr continued in the tailoring business here for four years, and then began investing and specul.'iting in real estate with most profitable results. In connection with Major Doxey, he bought land .-uid donated the ground to the Pan Handle Railroad i)eople, who ill return are to furnish a fine depot to meet the present needs of the city of .Aiulerson. Our sub- ject, as one of tlic public-spirited citizens of An- derson, has niaterinlly aided in the development of local enterprise, and is now erecting at the corner of Eighth antr .bickson Streets a building 34x111 feet and two stories high, especially de- siiiiied for a first-class liverv barn. \1,'AC0BAVICKI1A:M DAVIS. M. D., a success ful general piactitioner and surgeon of Anderson, enjoys an extended round of rofessiiuial duty and also |)rosi)erously i a sanitarium, which he est:il)lislied in le is a native of Ohio, and was born in Adams County April l.'i. IH.".;;, being the only child of John and Sar:di ( Wirkerham) Davis. 15ut little is known of the liistory of the Davis family prior to their settlement in Ohio. The paternal grand[)arents remoxed from I'eiinyslvania to Ohio in the early part of the present century, the grandfather settling with his jiarents on Brush Creek, near Jaek.son ville, and the grand- mother locating at Palestine. ( irandfatlier Davis w.as in the army near the chise of the War of 1812, and a few years afterward (presumably in 1814), married and settled on Brush Creek. Thence he removed to the farm, where he died at the age of seventy-one. His wife sur\ived to the age of eighty-four years. Their son, .lohii, father of cur subject, was born, lived, and at three-score years and ten passed peacefully away, upon the old homestead which his enterpris- ing grandfather had located so many >ears before. In boyhood Dr. Davis, who was likewise reared upon the old Adams County farm, assisted his father in the daily round of agricultural pursuits, and during the winter months attended the nearest !10 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. district school. When eighteen years of age he self-reliantly started out to make his fortune, and found employment as a salesman in a mercantile establishment. After handling merchandise for about two years lie determined to avail himself of more extended instruction than he had previously enjoyed, and shortly afterward entered Geneva Commercial College, in Logan County, Ohio. Graduating from this institution with honor, in 1874 he resolved to acquire a profession and be- gan reading medicine in the office of Dr. J. L. Wright, of Bellefontaine, Ohio. Subsequently he attended lectures at the Indianapolis Medical Col- lege and later entered the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati. He graduated February 21, 1876, and then received his professional title and degree. Beginning his practice in Carey, the Doctor was afterward engaged in the duties of his profession in Upper Sandusky, the county seat of Wyandot County, from 1881 to 1887, and established an en- viable reputation as a physician and surgeon. Dur- ing the latter j^ear he removed to Indianapolis and attended the Physio-Medical College, at the same time practicing his profession for eighteen months. While taking the lectures in the spring of 1889, he entered upon the practice of medicine and sur- gery in Anderson, and from the first met with en- couraging success. In the conduct of his sani- tarium he is assisted by Dr. J. Q. Morrison and others. Desiring to keep himself fully abreast of the times socially and professionally, he connected himself with the First District Physio-Medical Association, whicli meets quarterly. He is also a member of the Indiana Physio-Medical Associa- tion of Physicians and Surgeons and likewise be- longs to the American Physio-Medical Association of Physicians and Surgeons. He is a member of the Foresters, and for some time has been Exam- ining Physician of the order, where he enjoj's a wide acquaintance and possesses many sincere friends. Upon June 5, 1877, .J. W. Davis and Miss Laura A. Meckley were united in marriage, receiving the congratulations and best wishes of all who knew them. Mrs. Davis, a lady of culture and worth, was the daughter of Andrew and Mary (Hosier) Mecklej-, long-lime and liighly respected residents of Troy Township, Morrow County, Ohio. Our subject and his estimable wife have no children. Dr. Davis has with earnest and persistent effort suc- cessfully won his upward way to a high place in the ranks of his profession and is well worthy of t!ie prosperity and public appreciation awarded him as a physician and surgeon. He and his ex- cellent wife occupy a position of social influence and are ever ready aids in benevolent work and enterprises. Wl jfclLLIAM WOODWARD. Near the village Lapel, in the township of Stony Creek, Madison County, lies a finely improved farm, whose broad acres yield a golden tribute to the care and cultivation of the owner. A first- class set of buildings adorns the farm, prominent among which is noticeable the family residence, a commodious structure, erected in 1885, and remod- eled in 1893. This property is owned and occu- pied by William Woodward, one of Madison County's foremost farmers. His landed posses- sions aggregate four hundred and thirty acres of valuable land, a portion of which is located near Lapel. For the family history of the subject of this sketch the reader is referred to the biographical notice of James Woodward, which is presented elsewhere in this volume. William was born in Belmont County, Ohio, near the village of Goshen, January 14, 1848, and was there reared until the age of seventeen years, when he removed to In- diana. In his boyhood he was the recipient of or- dinary common-school advantages, and his time was devoted principally to the work of cultivating the farm. At the age of twenty-one, his father gave him a small tract of land near the home farm, and removing to that place he continued in agricultural pursuits for about three years. Returning to the old homestead, our suljject, in partnership with a brother, engaged in tilling the soil there. Subsequently' he embarked in business at Lapel, where he operated a Hourinill and eleva- tor. He has met with serious financial reverses, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 811 hut hns bravely snniinniitcd all (.l.-laclo. and is now in the enjoyment of a eoniiieU'ncy, the lesult of his indet'aligaljle oxeilioiis. lie maintains an interest ii] pulilical affairs, and advocates the jirin- eiples of the Repvdjliean party, being one of its prominent members in this scriion. In his religious connections, he is a Metho(Iist, and is idenlilied with th.> church of that denomination in Lapel. The marriage of Mr. Woodward occurred in March of 18(;i>, at which time he was united with Miss Margaret II.. daughter of Wesley Wright, a resident of Xoblesville and a member of a promi- nent old family of Hamilton County, Ind. Mrs. Woodward received in Noblesville the best educa- tional advantages obtainable, and is an accom- plislied lady. Ten ehihhen were born to bless the \\., who is married and makes his home in Lapel; Amy, the wife of William Fisher, residing in Clyde, Ind.; ClifTord, Raymond, Lawrence II. and Pau- lina, all of whom are at home with their parents. J I OIIX .IKFFKIKS. The business interests of I Carmel have a worthy repiesentative in the ' subject of this notice, who conducts a large and profitable trade here as a dealer in sta- ple and fanc3' groceries and meats. He is also the proprietor of one of the finest livcrj- stables in this part of the county, and in both lines of busi- ness has gained an enviable reputation for the fair- ness of his dealings with all, and the invariable courtesy of his manners .-ind aceiiiacy of his judg- ment. The first representative of the Jeffries family in I his country was William, a native of Ireland, who emigrated to the I'nited States in childhood, and came west to Ohio when quite small. In that state he was married and his wife after his death came to Indiana with hcrchildren. Isaac Jeffries, father of our subject, was one of seven children, the others being John, Alexander, Jones, Rebecca, Hannah and vSarah J. He was born, reared and married in Ohio, and later came to Indiana, where 41 he entered a tract of (iovernment land in Wash- ington Township, Ilaliiilton County. Isaac Jeffries and his wife, whose maiden name I was -Sarah Brown, became the parents of seven ! children, as follows: William; Caroline, the de- ceased wife of William Pierce; Mary, who married Samuel Keyii.jlds; .lohii, of this sketch; Isaac. Hannah, the wife of Albert lU'Vvy; and Kunice, who married Kmory Bradshaw. The [)arents of these children were devoted members of the .Meth- odist ICpisi-opal Church. The father is deeeased and the mother is still living on tlieoidlidnie farm with her youngest daughter. Politically Mr. Jeffries was a Whig in earlier life .and later a Republican. Born in Washington Township. 1 laniilton Coun- ty, in LSI f, the subject of this sketch received a limited education in the district schools. He re- mained at home until his marriage at the age of about twenty-one, when he w;is united with Caro- line, daughter of Kli and Sarah .lohnson, natives of North Carolina. Mrs. .leffries was come the mother of eight children, as follows: Charles; Klsie, the wife of Calvin Brown; Leota, who married Ch.'uies Newby; Wallie E., Pearl, Fred, Dot and l.ula May. Leota is a graduate of the Carmel High School and the other children have carried on their studies hero. One year after his marriage Mr. Jeffries pur- chased thirty acres where he now lives, and from tiuu' to time has added to his original |)urchase until he now inclurles in his landed possessions one hundred and fifteen acres, the larger portion of which he has placed under cultivation. He en- gages to a large extent in the business of raising and selling stock, in which he has met with suc- cess. For about seven years he was interested in the sawmill business, and in this, as in all his en- terprises, was more than ordinarily prosperous. The i)ublic affairs of the township and county receive a due share of the attention of .Mr. JelT- riss, and as a Republican he takes an intelligent and active part in local matters. Socially he is identified with Carmel Lodge No. ;5.5o, K. of P., and is one of the prominent members of that organiza- tion. Both he and his wife are active and sincere PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPPIICAL RECORD. Christians, the former being a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, while the latter is connected with the Society of Friends. -^^Sil-»i-<^iai*£i %3 Boo. lEORGE C. WIIITEI.EY, a leading citizen enterprising general agriculturist of Township, Madison County, Ind., has foi many years been an important factor in the development of his present home locality, but is a native of Wayne County, and, born Septem- ber 9, 1841, was the son of one of the energetic pioneer settlers of the slate of Indiana. His father, Robert H. Whiteley, born in the eastern part of :Maryland, resided in his birthplace until arriving at manhood. lie had received a common educa- tion in the schools of Maryland, and been trained to self-reliant industry when, a young man full of hope and ambition, he removed to the farther west and engaged in the pursuit of agriculture in Wayne County, Ind. During his early life he embarked as a sailor, and made several trips upon the ocean, but after his location in Indiana, de- voted himself exclusively to the tilling of the soil. He now lives in Henry County, and seventy- eight years of age, is well-stored with reminiscences of the past, and commands the esteem of all his old friends and neighbors. The paternal grand- father, William Whiteley, was like his son a native Marylander, but the great-grandfather Whiteley was born in England, and emigrating in an early daj' founded in the United States a family, who by sterling integrity and unceasing industry have won their upward way to positions of useful in- fluence. The mother of our subject, Jane (Woollen) Whiteley, was the daughter of Jacob and Xancy Woollen, natives of Maryland. The Woollens re- moving to Indiana in an ear!}- day have been prominently identified with the histor3' of the state. W. W. Woollen, of Indianapolis, a cousin of our subject, has served with distinction as At- torney-General of the state, and has occupied with honor various other oflices of trust. George W. is the third of the large family of twelve children who blessed the union of the parents. Eleven of the sons and daughtersare yet surviving. Frances, the eldest-born, married Michael Runyan, and re- sides in Henry County; Mary E. is the wife of Ezekiel Runyan, of Platte County, Kan.; George C. is our subject; Laura, an intelligent young woman, died at the age of twenty; William mar- ried Miss Edwards, and resides in Cambridge City; Jacob W. is a successful farmer of Jay County; Alexander C. is employed as a carpenter in Rich- mond, Ind.; Rutli married Charles Gorman, and makes her honis in Henry County, Ind.; Alice is the wife of John McDonald, and resides in Terre Haute; and Mattie married John Elliott, of Henry County, Ind. George C. attended the district school of his home neighborhood in Henry Countj^ and in early youth aided his father in the work of the farm. Arrived at twenty-one years of age he be- gan life for himself by working out by the month and for one year gave faithful service as a farm laborer, then entering upon the tilling of the soil upon his own account. Devoting his life to agri- cultural pursuits, he removed in 1875 to Howard County, where he industriously farmed until 1887, when he settled upon the land in Boone Town- ship which he now profitably cultivates. August 11, 1864, George C. Whiteley and Miss Lydia A. Weeks were united in marriage. The estimable wife of our subject is the daughter of Thomas and Lydia (Griffin) Weeks, both Mr. and Mrs. Weeks being the descendants of widely known and highly respected North Carolina families. The seven children who have clustered in the pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Whiteley are as follows: Laura J., who is married to George W. Allison, of Newton County, Ind.; Isadora, the wife of Amos Ball, a prosperous fanner of Howard County; Josiah B., who married Dora Smith, and lives in Boone Township; Annie, the wife of El- mer Thurston, residing in Boone Township; Ida, living at home with her parents; and Jehu H. and George, who both died in infancy. Our subject, his good wife and family, valued members of the church of Friends, are foremost in good works and benevolent enterprises of the denomination. 5Ir. Whiteley is in political affiliations a Republican, PORTRAIT ANL; BIOGRAPHICAL RKCORD. and is well posted in local and national issues. A lifetime resident of tlie state, he lia> been associa- ted with its upward pi ii<.rc>s. mid been an eye- (liana a high [ilace aiiionn' her sister states. As a friend, neighbor and law-abiding, upright and hard-working citizen, Mr. Wliiteiey has encouraged and ai(h'(l in all iiialtcis nf mutual welfare in his township, and cmninands the high regard of all who knovv him. w »; J. WOOLLEY. The iron industry has rown to be one of the heaviest and most ''^^fi' important of Anderson's energies since the utili/ation of natural gas as a fuel was begun. 'I'he Mibjeit of this sketch began operations in l«',Hi with the Woolley Foundry and Machine Works and has been wonderfully successful. Mr. Woolley was born near Logan, in Ilocking County, Ohio. .July 10, 1M.")4. llis father, William W. Woolley, was a native of Perry County, Ohio. His grandfather, Isaac Woolley, was born in New .leisey and was a contractor and bridge builder. In the construction of the great inter-state high- way known as the National Road, he built the He was a pioneer fanner in Perry and Hocking Counties, Oiiio, and died in Franklin County, that state. He participated in the War of 1812 and also in the Mexican War. lie was an old-line Whig and then a Rei.ublican. Mr. WooUey's father was reared and married in Ohio, where he engaged in farming. lie died when twenty-four years of age. The mother, who in maidenhood was JIary Daily, was born near Logan and is the daughter of .lames Daily, a na- tive of Ireland, who came to Ohio and engaged in farming. The mother died at the age of twenty- three. She had but tvvo children. Emma (Mrs. Rose) was killed by a runaway horse on the 31st of May, 1891, at Springfield, Mo., where she re- sided. W. J. Woolley was an orphan at three years of age and was reared by Orandfather Woolley on a farm in Union County, Ohio. The 1 gre; t n an\ ■ me I ace ss. He tool .■ ag( of ten lie 1 vhich Ik su ■ecei nities fo neat ge ot fo irte en h old gentir to which t ly, and at the age of ten he luiill a 1 lulling beans. His opportunities for education were very imited,and at the tieed to Reters A- Firestone, earriage-inak(M-s at Columbus, Ohi.) ( now i)roprietors of the Cohim- bus liuggy Comiiany). He remaiiuMl there eight- een months when he secured a place in the ma- chine shop and began laying the foundalion for the success he has achieved as a inacbinisi. Dur- ing this time he attended night school. In ISTI, when seventeen years old, he obtained work in the Toledo, Peoria A' Warsaw Railway shops at Reo- ria. III., where he remained for four years. During that time he availed himself of night school ad- vantages and also engaged in leclmical studies. In 187.') he went into the employ of the I'aii Han- dle Railw.ay Company at Logansiiort, Ind., later with Tucker A- Howe as assistant foreman. He opened a shop at Young America, Ind.. which he improved tools and engaged in the maiiufaetuie of general machinery and agricultural work. Soon after .S. .1. Woolley, of Columbus, Ohio, offered Mr. Woolley a half-iiilerest in the man nracture of drain tile and brick at Hilliaid. Ohio. While in charge of this business lie invented the New De- |iarture tile machine, and had it patented. He built and put up in these yards the lirst- machine, and it was sui'h a success that tlie Anderson Foundry and M.'icliine Works negotiatni with him for the right to nninufacture the machine, and were successful, Mr. Woolley being employed as the superintendent in 188.'). The works have since been closed down, Imt during the second year of Mr. WooUey's superiiiteiidency forty men were employed. About this time he invented a new machine, retaining the best features of the old, which was on the 12th of .\pril. 1887, patented as "W. .1. WooUey's Improved Tile Machine." The machine makes tile from three to twenty-four inches. On the same date he also patented the "Invincible Brick Machine." On the 9th of Febru- ary, 1892, he patented a pottery machine for PORTRAIT AND B10GRAPH3CAL RECORD. makinif ela}' retorts, six feet long by eighteen, and twenty iuelies round, and also a pug mill for pug- ging stiff Are clay. In Marcli, 1889, he resigned his superintendency and took an interest with E. C. Ward in tlie brick business at Alexandria. In the fall of 1889 our subject formed a partner- ship with A. B. Kenyon and built a foundry and machine shop which went into operation in Janu- ary, 1890. At the end of six montlis a company known as the WooUey Foundry and Machine Works was incorporated. He started with one shoi) and one apprentice, but the business has in- creased until the services of forty-five men are re- quired, and it is the largest machine shop in the city. The brick machines invented by Mr. Wool- ley have revolutionized tlie manufacture of brick, and he is constantly making improvements. Mr. WooUey is a Free iMason, a Knight of the Golden Eagle, and a member of the National Association of Brick Makers, whose meetings he always at- tends. In 187G Mr. Woolley was married to Miss Lizzie Lux, at Logansport, in which cit}' she was born. Her father is Jacob Lux, a retired business man and an old settler. Mr. and Mrs. Woolley are most comfortably domiciled in their own home at No. 36, South Brown Street. *— f^-^-»ii >^ TIS P. CRBL The subject of this sketch has (( 1) '^'''^" '"'"^ ""^' ''^■^' '" Anderson, having %Jf' been born in the house in which he lives on the 25th of Jannary, 1865. He is the son of late Hon. William Crim, who was born in Rocking- ham County, Va., Nov. 30, 1822. Grandfather Peter Crim, was a member of an old Virginia family, which was of German descent. The father was reared in Virginia, where, when a boy, be hauled flour over the mountains to Baltimore with a six- horse team. In 1843, when twenty-one 3'ears of .age, he came west on horseback and located at Middleton, Henry County, where he engaged in merchandising. Later removing to Yorktown, he remained for three years there, and then, in 1849, located at Anderson, and engaged in merciiandis- ing and dealing in grain, part of the time alone, and for a time with James Hozlett. I About the close of the war Mr. Crim organized the Exchange Bank in connection with Joseph Fulton and II. J. Daniels. He sold the bank in ! 1880, and engaged in the quarry and grain busi- ness, his quarries being located one and one-fourth miles west of Anderson. He erected an elevator j on Eighth Street and accommodated the grain ] trade. He assisted in developing natural gas, and was a heavy stockholder in the companj'. Polit- i ically he was a Democrat, and served the people as councilman, county commissioner, and member of the Legislature from Madison and Henry Counties. In early days he was a captain of militia. He was a member of the Methodist Church. After a well-rounded life he died Oct. 14, 1891. The mother ot our subject bore the maiden natne of Amelia Scott, and was born in Mononge- hala County, Va. She was the daughter of William T. Scott, a captain in the War of 1812, and a farmer and merchant in the latter part of his life. He came west at an early day, floating down the Ohio river on a flat boat to Jefferson ville, where he stopped and taught school for one year. He made money enough to bring him north, and locating at Alexandria engaged in merchandising and the hotel business. The mother died Nov. 1, 1892, aged seventy years. There were three children.- Juliet, wife of II. J. Daniels; Nowal D., who died in 1889, aged twenty-eight, and Otis P., who is the youngest. He was reared in Anderson and received a good education in the high school and Miami Commercial College of Dayton, Ohio. When sixteen Mr. Crim entered his father's grain office. In 1882 he opened a grocery- on Eighth Street, which he conducted eighteen months. He engaged in raising stock, in the gro- cery business and other enterprises, until he pur- chased the Crim quarries, which he lias continued since to operate. By sinking deeper, he finds a much better quality of stone. The quany consists of forty-four acres, adjoining the city. Pumps and derricks have been erected, and tlie product is the finest quality of blue limestone suitable for building. He owns one hundred and fifteen acres of the old farm, all of which is inside the city PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. liniils excepting tliirtj'-nine acres, lie aLso owns 1 wo good business blocks, and lias remodeled liis residence at No. 117 West Eiglitli Street. Socially ho belongs to the Independent OnK-r of Odd Fel- lows and Knights of Pythi:is. In ISHT Mr. Crini and Miss Minnie li:iker were nian-ied. She is the dMU-htei- of .luhn I'.aUer. agent of the Adaiii.s Kxpres> Conipany. and was Vl'OlIN COSFKUJ). who dcvole.- altention to agricull ural pin> tion 11, Fall Creek Township, the line farms of III.' eoinmni M'l" dr<-d and twenty .acres He also owns one bund near Anderson, besides ■h he cleared and unprises two hnn- md valnable land, thirty-eight acres aliie other prop- lack to The ancestry of the family is ti (u-neral Costcllo, of Normandy. France, who emi- grated to Ireland after William the ( omiueior in- v.aded England. The grandfather. Michael Cos- tcllo. who was born in that counliy. followed farming and lived 1o the age of emhiy. He mar- ried Margaret Whealan and had a family of eight- een children, fourteen of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. James Costello, father of our sub- ject, wa^ born in Ireland about 18()'2, and died in 1.SI7. lie wedded Maiy Fogarty, who was born in County 'I'ipperaiy, Ireland, and was a daughter uf .leri-miah and Margaret (Williams) Fogarty. The family springs from King Furgus,of Munster, as did also the house of Stuart, of Scotland. Her father was a farmer, an to Indiana. Thence he returned to Kentucky and made his home witli a bachelor uncle until 1835, when he went to Indiana. Tpon comini; to Kentucky ho learned tiic trade of a tailor at ('hn.and afterward Meantime he study of the la insj his readii February, 181 •up; i-ed h ilone. lhroui;liout tlie state, is leisure hours in the own books and conduct- lis first law suit was in luue Kvans. and soon afterward he abandoned tailorint;- aiid ticcame a partner in a grist and saw mill with Squue Evans. A few years later he disposed of his interest to his partner, and engaged in farming upon the land whicli he received for his interest in the mill. In a number of local positions Mr. Neal served with ability and efliciency. lie served as Recorder for one year, and in 1850 was chosen Associate .Judge, whicli position he filled with J. Smith as .hidge and .1. Wilson as Associate. In 1859 he was elected Treasurer of the county, but resigned in August, 18(>l. Trior to his resignation he raised a company, of which he was appointed Captain by (;f)veiiipirilcd fariiici> of Madi-son County, and a leading resident of Pipe Creek Township, was born in Butler County, Ohio, .fanuary 31, 18,31, and is a son of Jonathan and Margaret (Cowrly) iriii>ton. The maternal grandlather, .lohii (iowdy, was born in Scotland, and at an early date emigrated to Ohio. The father of our subject was born in 171)0, and died in Butler Counlv in 1810. His son, at if n maiiied foi- eight years, after which he s|)ent sev- eral years working as a farm hand by the month. He then purchased a threshing machine which he ran for a few years. In ISC.-, Mr. I'nnstoii came to Indiana, locating on a farm southeast of I''ranklon, where lie lived until 1883 when he purchased the farm which he now occupies. It comprises two hundred and forty acres and is under a high stale of cnltiv.a- tion, and well imiiroved with all modern accesso- ries and conveniences. He also owns forty acres near Frankton, which will soon be included in the syndicate and divided into town lots. In com- 818 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RhX'ORD. pany witb liis son, Leroy, he is owner of the flour mill of Franktoii, and also the largest gas plant at that place. On the lUh of March, 1861, Mr. Urmston mar- ried Rachel Montgomery, daughter of Andrew and Lydia (Quagmire) Montgomery, natives of Ohio. Two children were born unto them, Jonathan Ellsworth, at home, and Leroy, who is his father's partner. IMrs. Urmston 's death occurred Septem- ber 6, 181)3, after a severe illness of about a year. She was then fifty-one years of age. An earnest Christian woman, beloved by all, the Presbyterian Church found in her a faithful member, lier neigh- bors a true friend, and her familj' a loving and thougiitful wife and mother. On the 1st of March, 1859, Mr. Urmston started on a trip to Pike's Peak, making the journey of seven liundred miles with an ox team, but he was too early to find gold, and on the 1st of Septem- ber returned home. lie is a representative citizen who takes a commendalile interest in everything pertaining to the welfare of tlie community, and is a prosi)erous farmer, liighl}' esteemed b_v all who know him. Leroy Urmston, was born in Madison County, March 27, 1865, attended the common schools, and spent some tune in study in a business col- lege. He remained at home until twenty-two years of age. In 1887 he entered into partner- ship with K. W. Fennell, in the grain and milling business, which he continued until 1889, when, in company with his father, he purchased the entire business which they liave successfully conducted since. He is one of tiie wide-awake, enterprising men of Frankton. He is now President of the Fiankton School Board, with which he has been connected for two years, and in other wa^'s he is aiding in the upbuilding of the town. The firm owns the largest gas plant in Frankton, and has done much to benefit the consumers. On the 6th of March, 1885, was celebrated the marriage of Leroy Urmston and Maimee L. Clark, (laughter of Alfred II. Clark, a native of Indiana. They have three children, Esic, Lulu and Zeline, and have lost one, Chesell. In politics Mr. Urmston is a Democrat, and so- cially is a member of the Order of Red Men. He has passed all the chairs, and for one term was a member of the Grand Council of Indiana. At present he is deputy Great Sachem of his tribe. He also belongs to Frankton Lodge No. 315, K. of P. The firm of Urmston & Son is composed of two of the most enterprising business men of the county, and the part which the}' have taken in the upbuilding of Frankton and community has ma- terially advanced its interests and prosperity. They well deserve representation in the history of the county. ^^=^^il-^"i^il^^i^ J I AMES R. WOODWARD. The village of I Lapel contains few citizens possessing in so ■ high a degree the enterprise and progressive spirit chai-acteristic of the subject of this sketch, whose energy and indomitable perseverance have resulted in the accumulation of wealth. He j is the proprietor of the elevator and the planing I mill at this place, and in partnership with his brothers, William and Frank E.,and James M. Wil- liams, conducts an extensive grain and lumber business. His residence at Lapel, erected in 1891, is one of the most elegant in Madison Count}', and contains every convenience. In addition to this property, he is the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of farming land, from the lental of which he receives a handsome sum, and also has a one-third I interest in thirteen acres adjoining Lapel. The father of our subject was William Wood- j ward, a native of Wiltshire, England, who learned I the trade of a carpenter in London. Ilebegan in I life poor in purse, but steadily worked his way upward, undaunted by the many obstacles that presented themselves. He made his home in Great Britain until thirty-six years of age, and meantime, in 1844, he was married to Miss Ann Huggins. During the year of his marriage became to America, accompanied by his young wife, and settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, where for two years he followed the trade of a carpenter. Thence he went to a farm in Ripley County, Ind., but soon dispos- ing of that place, he purchased one hundred acres PORTRAIT AND HlOGJv'ArHICAL RECORD. 819 lu'.'ir (;(K. built the elevator which lie now manages, and four years later erected a planing mill of which he is the ))resent proprietor. In 1891 he built the elegant residence which he now occu- pies and which is one of the best to be seen for many miles around. 'Hie political atlilialioiis ,,f Mr. Woo.lw;ird led him into active ideiilili.-:ition with the Republican party, of which he is ;i promiiicul member in this community. He is intere-ted in educational mat- ters, and at the age of nineteen conimenced to teach school, following that profession forsixco!)- secutive winters, and teaching his last term in 1878. At tlic age of seventeen he united uith the .Methodist Church, of which he has since been a consistent member, and for a number of years has been a member of the choir. He also takes an active interest in the F^pworth I>eague and the temperance cause finds in him a warm friend auci he is identified with the Inde])endent (Jrder of (Jood Templars. F^very measure which tends to uplift the moral or social condition of the community meets with h.is hearty supp(ut. and he .served one term as Township Trustee. •^^^l@^f]^M^ \Ti O H N MARSHALL W A LI^ KM. .Madison I County is an l'>den of fine farms and agri- ^1' cultural tracts. There are comparatively '^^l' very few small tracts, and each farmer tries to outdo his neighbor in the cultivation and im- provement of his land. Of the many line, attrac- tive places, none are more conspicuous than that belonging to our subject and situated in Jloiuoe Township. He has one hundred and twenty acres of land iiractically all under a high state of culti- vation, and everything about the pl.ace indicates to tlie beholder that an experienced hand is at the helm. Mr. Walker was born in Hancock Count}-, liid., December 22, 1847, to tiie marriage of Win- fred and Maiy Jane (Carpenter) Walker, natives respectively of 2sorth Carolina and West ^"il■ginia. The grandparents of our subject came taura C. Wells, daughter of John A. and Rosanna Wells, of Delaware, Ohio, in which city Mr. Wells is a leading citizen and prominent contractor. Oui subject was wedded to his cstimalile wife immediately after completing his college course, and with his chosen life com- panion received tlie congratulations of scores of friends. Mr. drowning is fraternally associated with the AncientOrder<.f I'liitcd Workmen, and is likewi-e a member of the Kniglils of the .M.-iccabees and is a prominent man in the two order.s. Valued as a friend and citizen, and .as an editor occupy- ing an extended tield of far-reaching intluence, oui- subject enjoys a high social and business posi- tion, and worthily commands the sincere regard and confidence of his fellow-citi/.en.s. KRPYIIKlUr.V men. iM-o fought the nenee and bono stamped upon th the .section, thui thus ijiven iierm: Ml th.' prominent ui.'ii ;i tier ..f states arc sclf-m.-i.le i.>veity ami .)bs.-urity they i^ay in life's liatlle t;o emi- Not only this; they have istitutions and industries of wn characteristics, and have icv to everv enterprise. In their lives and success is found demonstrated: "The gowd is but the guinea's stamp, \ man's a man for a' that." .\ volume of the bi, .graphics of self-made men of Indiana, would be inc.implete without mention of our worthy subject. Perry Heritage, whose present prosperous condition is the result of indus- try and good man.ageinenl. He is a Iloosier by birth, born in Wayne County. February 1(1, 1844, and the son of. Samuel II. and Klizabeth (Kdwards) 822 POKTRAIT AND BIO(tKAPI1ICAL RECORD Heritage, natives of New Jersey and Maine, re- spectively. Tlie paternal grandparents, William and Mary Heritage, were of Irish origin, and at an early date removed to the old North Slate, where they [lassed the remainder of their da3's. The mater- nal grandparents were early settlers of Madison County, Ind. (See sketeii of William Heritage, of VanBuren Township.) Samuel II. Heritage, father of our subject, came to Indiana in 1839 and settled in Madison County, where he pur- chased eightj' acres of land. This has remained a part of the estate ever since. Mr. Heritage was a good, practical farmer, and one possessed of many sterling qualities. When fifteen years of age the original of this sketch began fighting his own way in life and for a few months worked on a farm, receiving as com- pensation twenty-five cents per day. His inten- tion was to earn enough money to bu3' a horse, but when he received his pay in wild cat money he was obliged to give up his long cherished plan, for the money was worthless. Later he engaged with his grandfather and remained with lum two years, receiving ^26 per month for his second jear, and during that time never losing a single day. The grandfather died and our subject pur- chased eighty acres of land from his mother and commenced farming for himself. He also rented one hundred and sixty acres and worked this in addition to his own land. Farming has been his life's occupation, and the wide-awake manner in which he has taken hold of all ideas tending to the enhanced value of his property has had much to do with his success in life. At the present time he is 1jie owner of one hundred and sixty acres of excellent land in Mon- roe Township, a beautiful iTsidence, and every- thing necessary to make a comfortable and attract- ive rural home. He selected his life companion in the person of Miss Pllizabeth Hughes, daughter of .James Hughes, now the oldest man in the town- ship. Their nuptials were celebrated in 1866, and three children were the result of this union: John, born May 17, 1868; Dorcas, born February 1, 1871; and Eddie, born September 17, 1874. Mr. Heritage is a stalwart Republican in politics, and is a public-spirited and most worthj- citizen. He is a self-made man in every sense of that term and all his property is the accumulation of years of hard work. No better man finds his home in the county. -^^ ^[ s ■ ■"— S]< L^^.-HOMAS A. WHITE, M. D., a skillful i)hysi- /t^, cian and surgeon residing in Noblesville, V^ was born in Madison County, this state, on the 29th of May, 1849. On the paternal side he traces his ancestry to England, but the family has long been represented in the United States. His grandfather, Joel White, was a pioneer of Ohio, and in that state engaged as a tiller of the soil, remaining there until his demise. Joel White, Jr., was born in Ohio,_his parents removing to Fay- ette County, Ind., when he was a babe, and he thus became one of the early settlers of that county. When about twenty-one he moved to Madison County. Here he secured land and entered upon farming pursuits, in which he was engaged until the time of his death, May 22, 1874. He was numbered among the foremost men of the count}', and was especially prominent in the ranks of the Democratic party. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Garretson, and was born in Knox County, Tenn., whence she removed with her parents to Indiana, settling in Fayette Coun- ty, and it was in that county she was married. The subject of this biographical sketch spent the years of childhood and youth in the county of his birth, where he was a pupil in the common schools. His literary advantages were limited, but having an inclination to read and being a close observer of passing events, he gained a wide fund of know- ledge and in his youth became well-informed con- cerning the current topics of the d.ay. In early manhood, our subject commenced the study of medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. J. M. Garretson, a prominent practitioner of Per- kinsville, Madison County, this state, with whom he continued for a period of two years. Later, he took a course of lectures at the Indiana Medical College, in Indianapolis, graduating from that in- I'ORTHAIT AND P.KXJUAPIIICAL RI-XOIM) slitulion in 1««1. After com plot iiiij his studies, he began practice in tlic vicinity of IS'evv Burton, Ind.. and loriuiiued theio for four years. In the spriii- of lSS-1 he h.catcd in Xoliiesviik'. wlierc lie liMs conducted a jicncr.-il practice to the present time. He is well known as one of the most suc- cessful practitioners of the .School of Homeopathy, and has an extensive ijracticc throughout Madi- son and llainiltoii C, unties. Ill his political altiliatidiis. the Di.ctor is an ad- vocate of Democratic principles, and is one of the most prominent local workers of the party. So- cially he "afh'liates with Cherokee Tribe No. Ufa'. Ked .Men of America. He ua> lir-t uiarried in IS7.). his wife being Mi>s .Maiy A. I.ayne, a na- tive of Hancock County, Ind. She died in 1884, leaving three children, Cora. Dora (deceased) .and Robert H. Four years afterward the Doctor was uiiiti'd with :\Iiss Annie .M. Rowe, a native of Madis.m Couiily, ind., and ;i well-educated and accompli>lieil lady. The family residence is lo- cated on Hast ('(inner Street. li'ONATHAX \V. I'ARSOXS. The entire life of this gentleman has been |)a^sed in cease- less activity, and has not been without sub- >slH'. home, learning upon h > nliini tl al his former mas- ter had in the ineantim Mlied. He remained ill Halli- more with his father i ntil 182(1 wheii he acconi- panied him to Oxford. Ohio, h 1837 he took u\> his residence in Creeiisl iiruii.Dee itnr County. Ind.. and resided there uiil 1 IS 11. u hen h( moved tw and res ide> in Xebraski; Jonathan W. is our sul ijeel: .\ .■ntha was twice married, first to 1. C. Ki ig, a M ■thodist minister. and afterwarc s t o I) . 1.. Mi ler, I'athiT until l.Hlil, learned the two trades. Upon tlie liivakmu out of the Civil War, the father, who was a stanch Inioii man, advised his Arriving in Indiana in ISCl, .M r. Oversliiner worki'd as a wag.m maker in Kranktnn and I'll- wo(.d until August l.l. I.Sdi'. when he enlisted in Compan\ <;. Seventy-lil'lh iiuliana I n fantry, and served until the close (if the war, being honor- ably discharged May 8, l.s('>.'). ( liii- subject courage- ously participating in the battle of Chattanooga antl the famous charge of Missionary Ridge, also took an active jjart in the campaign of Atlanl.a, and marched with Sherman to the sea, proceeding thenre to N'orlli ( 'arnlina and then to Washington, wlu-re he was one of the brave soldiers who shared in thi'loand l\e\iew. Mr. Oversliiner was ap- pointed by (Jeiieral Thomas master mechanic of Ueard'^ Division, Fourteenth Army Corp.s, and served as such until the close of the wai. In Octo- tober, 1866; he came to Quincy, now Klvvood. and opened a wagon .and caiii:ige shop. In November, 1865, were united in marriage J. M. Overshiner and Jliss I>ouisa I'yies. the wedding taking place in (lallipolis. Ohio. The estimable wife of our subject is a nali\e of Sweet S|)rings, Monroe County. W. \'a. Three children blessed the union. Cora ilied at nine months of age; Ellsworth I!., the oldest son, now twenty -six years of age and a young man of [)romise, resides in Logansporl, Ind.. and there married Miss Relle Lowe, a native of named .lames W. Oversliiner, of whom the paternal grandfather, our subject, is very proud, lie is a railroad contractor, and a practical and enterpris- ing young man, is one of the most cfticient men connected in this locality with the Pennsylvania The second and younger son, .Vrthur V., now twenty-two years of age, married Miss Carrie Call, of Anderson, in 1892, and resides with his wife in Klwood. When a lad of eighteen he became deputy po^tulastel■, and served under his father for four years, lie took charge of the books and did the work in a most etlicient manner, and when his father resigned June 1. \X'Xi. at once left the po- sition he had occupied with so much credit to liiinself, and became the superintendent of the telephone .system of the city, and, continuing in his position as superintendent, is building up a line and rapidly increasing business. Our subject remained in the wagon and carriage business until l.S7:i. when he retired from active duties and spent iiig business, he openeil a hardware store in the' old carriage shop, and this venture was from the lirst an assured financial success and rapidly in- creased in its volume of trade. Our subject, in 1S77, erected a line brick structure, of three lloors, 4 1 .\ 10(1 feet, and located upon Anderson Street. This establishment is to-day considered one of the best retail hardware stores in the state of Indiana, and commands a trade second to none in Madi.son County. Mr. Oversliiner, in February, 1889, sold out the hardware business to John Frith, and de- voted his energies to the development of lOlwood. lie secured options on one thousand acres of land and then interviewed the I'an-IIandle corporation, and their aceeplance of the proposition he pre- sented lo their notice made sure the prosperous future of Klwood. Our subject becoming the local agent for the railro.ad company, worked untir- ingly in behalf of the interests of the city, which he has had the satisfaction of seeing increase to a ten thousand population. The location of the Raube Locomotive Works now being sissured, with a prospective population at an early day of twen- ty thousand, it will be readily seen that our sub- ject grasped the situation, and worked out the details of an enterprise of magnitude of v.ast im- porttuice to the people of Elwood and near vi vinity. In all the various positions of trust which Mr. Overshiner is at present holding with rare ability, he displays the characteristic judgment and energy which liiis distinguished liira throughout his entire career as a business man and citizen. Fraternally a.ssociated with the Ancient Free A- Accej)ted j\la- sons, our subject is a Knight Temjilarand isalsoa memiicr of the Knights of Pythias. Kn joying the reuiii(uis of the veterans of the late war. he is a member of Post No. C.l.t;. A. R..and was President 826 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. in 1892 of the association of the Seventy-fifth and One Hundred and First Regiments, who meet an- nually to recall the scenes of the past, and thus retain tlie comradeship of other and more troublous days. Mr. Overshiner is now building a handsome residence, which, when completed, modern in de- sign and finish, will be one of the finest in the city. He presented each of his sons furnished homes, and aided them on their upward way. A self-reliant and self-made man he early overcame obstacles to success, and winning his wa}" to wealth and influence, he has, as a citizen, materially bene- fitted the general public and gained the high regard and confidence of all his fellow-townsmen. AMES WELLINGTON. It is written that "bread is the staff of life." The man who -j|J! has devoted a lifetime to producing the ^/ best and most wholesome material from which to make this staff, is surely a benefactor. Such is James Wellington, proprietor of Welling- ton Mills, of Anderson. This gentleman is a na- tive of Maryland, having been born near Port Deposit, that state, on the 18th day of July, 1839. His father was Robert Wellington, who was born in Cecil Count3', Md, and was of Scotch- Irish origin, the grandfatiier having come from the north of Ireland. Mr Wellington's father was a farmer near Port Deposit, but by trade was a miller. In 184.5 he located at Baltimore and worked at his trade, and died there in 1881, at the age of sevent3'-eight. The mother was Eliza Todd, who was born in Cecil County, and she died in 1889, at the age of eighty-six years. These venerable people had seven children, of whom four are living. Jarnes is the third oldest. He was reared in Baltimore and attended the com- mon schools there. At the age of seventeen he was apprenticed to the proprietor of a large water and steam mill for two years, which he served and then worked at other mills. In 1852 he engaged as miller in the Girard Mill in Philadelphia, and remained there until 18G3, when he came west, working at Chicago, Galveston, Indiana, Cincin- nati, Middletown and other points. At the latter place he became acquainted with his wife, whom he married in Anderson on the 24th of January, 1865. Mrs. Wellington was Miss Elizabeth .Sharp, wlio was born in Anderson. She was a daughter of Townsend Sharp, an old school pharmacist; he was an early settler, and was Sheriff of Jladison County at an early date. He died in Anderson in 1853. In the .year 1865 Mr. Wellington went to Quincy, Mich., to work at his trade. Returning to Anderson in 1866 he went to work in the Kill- buck mills for Emory Clifford and remained theie until the spring of 1867. In tlie fall he helped to build and put in the machinery for P. Carle (fe Son's mill, which is now the AVellington Mill, and has remained^ there since. When started it only had a capacity of sixty barrels and the old buhr system was used. He began as head miller then, and has been in charge ever since. In 1869, G. D. Schalk bought the property, for whom Mr. Well- ington ran it until 1874, when he became a part- ner. In 1876 a buhr exploded, which killed Mr. Schalk and destro3'ed one side of the building. Mr. AVellington managed the mill for years for the estate, and then purchased it. He immediately made many changes and improvements, putting in rolls in 1882, and in 1884 adopting the full roller system. In 1888 he admitted J. T. Schalk as partner, and in 1889 tlioroughl}' remodeled the mill, putting in everything new at a cost of 810- 000. The mill is ninetj'-one feet long, forty feet wide and four stories high, the additions being 30x40 and two stories. A brick engine room 20x28 feet was erected. Two new one hundred and twent3' horse-power engines were put in, and a gas well was drilled on the premises, whieli furnishes unlimited fuel. Before utilizing gas the coal fuel expense, counting coal at 12.00 per ton, was $17.00 per day. Mr. AVellington was the first manufacturer in the city and county to adopt natural gas as fuel. By using the Pickering-Ew- ing patent burner, he is able to save fifty per cent, of his gas. The mill now has seventeen rollers. The brands of flour produced are: Wel- lington's "Superior," "White Frost," "Champion" PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RKCOKL 827 uiid ••C'liciicc."' The |)riiihicls of tlic mill iiol only liiid a rc:uly iiitukel in Mu' surrouiidi ii<; lowiis Iml at, the Hour centres as well. iSIr. Wi'lliiigtoii is a stock-holder in tlie Anderson Fuel Conii)an\', and a director in the Anderson Buildiiiij; and I-oan Association. Mr. Wellington has served as a uieni- ber of the City Council, is a nieniher of Ml. Moiiah Lodge F. & A. i\L, is a Royal -Vrch Mnson, is Past Priest of the Anderson Cliaptcr, and Past Kniinenl Commander of Anderson Chapter No. ^i'2. lleisaniemlier <<( the While Wheat .Miller>' League of Indiana. Ohio. Michigan ami Illinois, and of the Northern Millers' Association. He was reared a Democrat, but never voted for that party. In l.SCO he voted foi P.ell and Everett, and in 1864 for Abraham Lincoln, and has lemained a Repub- lican, lie has fre(|ueutly served as county com- niitteinaii. In his dome>lic relations Mr. Welling- ton is happily silu.-itcd. His family consists of two children. Arthur M., who has been in the mill olliee since ISSt;, is a born bn>iiic.-s man. lie is an Kllv. a Knight of Pythias an.l a Knight Templar, and in each of these orders takes much interest. Emma ()., has grown to womanhood and lives at home with her parents. yf^^TCORGE A.LEATHER.MAN. In enumcrat- jlj ,— , ing the successful farmers of Hamilton %=s4 County, mention should be made of the subject of this sketch, who conduct~s farming op- erations in Delaware Township. At, the time of coming to this place, he purchased forty-live acres of partly-improved land, to which he has since added as prosperity has crowned his etTorts, until he is now the owner of one hundred and forty acres of arable and finely-improved land, forty acres having been a present from his father- in-law. A prominent factor in the history of his community for a number of years, he has always, as au upright man and loyal citizen, received the high regard of his fellow-men. The father of our subject, Daniel Leatherman, was born in Frederick County, Md.. in Isis, and was reared upon a farm there, from which place 42 1 Conntv, purchased he removed with his patents to M this state. A few ,\-ears afterward forty acres of uinm|)roved land, to which he added until he is now the owner of two hundred and ten acr(!s, situated eight miles northeast of Indianapo- lis. The land i- well draihed b\- an excellent s\s- phiced u|)on tli(> farm which can add to its con- venience and value. In addition to farming, Daniel Leatherman has also engaged to some ex- fair success. .Vt the age of twenty-four, in Maritn; County, Ind., Daniel Leatherman married Mi.ss May J. Shields, and they became the parents of live chil- dren, namely: Ceoiue A. of this >ketrli; Marion, who married Miss Maggie Rinkaid; llaUie L., the wife of William II. HufT; Sarah .1. who married Eli Marquott; and Aaron, who married Emma Styrcs. The mother of this family th("r veral lir( thers. all (II wuoiu engaged iii larmiiig and slock-raising. One lirolher, .Milton Armstrong, was a .soldier in the Civil War and served for three years, partici- pating in many desperate engagements. Mrs. Margaret McNutt still survives, at the age of seventy-live, and makes her home in Indianapolis She was the mother of four sons and three daugh- ters, all of whom are living, with the exception of Klla. Lizzie, who was educated at the Oxford i-Vmule Seminary, married Prof. 1,. S. lUirdiek, principal of the franklin sclumls: Charles, who was a soldier in the Civil War, is a farmer by occupation, and occupies a part (if the old home- stead near In,dianapolis; Klla, who man icd Dr. W. O. Overstreet. of CreencMstle. Ind.. died in IS'.IO; Kmina is the wife of .b.liii K. r.n.wiiing. a fanner residing near Indianapolis; William is a graduate of the Indiana .Medical College and a prominent physician. Prior to the age of thirteen, our subject resided on tlu! home farm. He was then sent to Hopewell Academy, a Presbyterian school near Franklin, Ind., and at the age of sixteen entered Franklin College, where he spent two years. Later he taught one term of school, and Ihen cdiiimenced the study of medicine with Dr. i:. li. Kvar, of Green(-astle. He was graduated from the old Indiana Medical College in 1879, and opened an office for the practice of medicine at Putnamville. In 188() he took a post-graduate course at Belle vue Hospital, New York, and soon afterward settled in Elwood. wiiere he has since been in practice. On November 18, 1879, the Doctor was united in marriage with Olive L. Stilwell, of Putnam County, Ind. She died in November, 1889, leaving one child. (Jail II. Dr. .McNutt was united in marriage with Mrs. Anna .\. Dugan, of Cincinnati, Ohio, on the Tith of .Iiily. 1893. Socially he has been identified with the Knights of Pythias since 1879. He organized the lodge at Elwood and was its tirst Chancellor Counselor. 830 POETEAIT AND BICGKAPIUCAL RECORD. He is also a prominent Mason. He is now serving as President of the Elwood Board of Health. In politics he is a Republican. ^l BSALOM J. BARRACKS, a leading gen- (@/u li eral agriculturist and stock-raiser, suc- ill It) cessfuH}' conducting a fine farm located ^ on section S), Lafayette Township, Madi- son County, Ind., is a native of the state, and long associated with the progressive interests of tills part of the great west, lias held with ability various local positions of trust, and fully com- mands tlie confidence of a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. Our subject, born in Dela- w.nre Country December 15, 1838, is a son of -Jacob and Rebecca (Sheets) Barracks, botli na- tives of the sunny south and born in Rocking- liam County, Va. The father, born November 5, 1803, when about twenty-three years of age, in company with several others, emigrated from the Old Dominion to Delaware County, Ind., locating on what was then called the Indian Reserve. Mar- rying in this localit^y, the father and mother con- tinued their residence there for some time, but later removed to Madison Count}' and made their home in Richland Township, where the father passed away in 1866, mourned as a public loss. An early pioneer of the state, he had aided in the forwarding of local improvements, and with am- bitious enterprise had encouraged and stimulated educational advancement. Of the children who clustered in the home of the i)arents, the foUow- ingyet survive: Jacob, residing in Missouri; Eliza- beth, wife of Reuben Byxbe, of Lafayette Town- ship; Absalom .)., our subject; William, a citizen of Douglas County, 111.; and Margaret, wife of John Clark, living in Richardson County, Neb. The mother of our subject resides at present in Richardson County, Neb., at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clark. She was born June 16, 1816, and, now advanced in years, is passing the evening of life in peaceful tranquillity. Mr. Bar- racks was reared in Madison County, and was early trained to a knowledge of agricultural pur- suits. He attended the home school for a short time during the winter seasons, thirty-six days being considered a long term. Ambitious and enterprising, he determined to secure a more ex- tended education, and by hard work and excellent management saved money enough to defray his expenses for fifteen months in Marion Academy, a Quaker institution at Marion, Ind. There our subject received a diploma attesting to his superior scholarship, and he subsequently taught a number of terms of school in Madison County, Ind., and later became a successful instructor of Sangamon County, 111. In the spring of 1864 he began his career as a teacher in the latter locality, and after- ward settled on a farm about fourteen miles east of Springfield, making his home upon one hun- dred and seventy acres of swamp land, which he improved and sold in 1892 for 181.25 per acre, realizing a handsome profit upon the investment. On November 28, 1867, were united in maniage Absalom J. Barracks and Miss Alice E. Huckel- berry, a native of Sangamon County, 111., and daughter of John and Barbara (Derry) Iluckel- berry. Unto the union of our subject and Ins worthy wife were born ten children, and of the sons and daughters who clustered about the famil\- hearth nine now survive. Josie is the wife of William Kinnehan, of Sangamon Countj', 111.; James M. resides in the same county; Charles is also a citizen of Sangamon Count}', 111. Reuben, William, Grace, Crelle, John, Jessie and Bonheur (deceased) complete the family list. While in Illinois Mr. Barracks profitably made a specialty of breeding Poland-China hogs and Percheron horses, as well as engaging in the pursuit of gen- eral agriculture. He occupied with able fidelity various local positions of trust in Sangamon County, and served as School Treasurer and High- way Commissioner of Lanesville Township. He took an active part in political matters, and was also the chief organizer in the County Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company, and, recognized as possessing superior financial ability, was unani- mously selected as Treasurer of the company. Fra- ternally associated with the Ancient Free & Ac- cepted Masons, Mr. Barracks has many warm friends in the order, and esteemed as a public-spirited PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RPX'ORI). H;ii citizen enjoys the confidence of tlie general pub- lic, and sinci; retaining from Illinois to tiie scenes of his youth has renewed many pleasant associa- tions of the past. IIL^ORACE E. JONIvS, M. IX. a physician and i| jl"l surgeon of Anderson, waslmrn near Lewis- Uk^ ville, Henry County, Ind., .July 2, 181;'). i^j He is the son of Dr. Thomas N. Jones, who was a native of Henry County. The grandfather. Smith Jones, was also a nativi' of Henry Connt^-, and the great-grandfather was an Indiana pioneer, who at an early day opened a faiiii in Henry County. The father <>( the suliject of this sketch was orphaned when a buy, and through his own efforts su()ported himself and his only sister, Mrs. .lames W. Sansbciry. who died some years ago. He was >elf ediirated. and became one of the best histoiians of the riiunty. He learned the trade of a tanner, bnl when a \-oung man devoted himself to the study of medicine, and finally was gradu- ated from the Ohio Medical College, in Cincinnati. He began iiiacticing his profession at Lewisville, and later at Pendleton, Kortville and Anderson. In 1801 Dr. T. N.Jones recruited Company 1?, Second Indiana Cavalry, of which John Uridge- land was Colonel. Upon being mustered in, he was commissioned Captain of Company B, and later was made Assistant Surgeon of the regiment, and still later was transferred to the One Hundred and Thirtieth Regiment, of which ho was made Sur- geon with the rank of Major. He olHciated in that capacity until disabled by lung trouble, which ultimatel}- culminated in his death. After leaving the service he returned to Anderson, where he died in 187;'). He was an active member of the Democratie parly, and was sent by that party to re[)resent IMadison County in the Legislature in 1872-73. Although differing in politics, he was a fast friend and a great admirer of Gov. Oliver P. Morton. The mother of the subjei^t of this sketch, Mary C. Coiiwell, was born in Union Cmnty. and was the dau-hler of Isaac Cniiwell. a native of I'lnladelphia. who was a ship-builder originally, but came west and engaged in mill- ing and farming for many years at Lilierty nnd Laurel, Jnd. He died at the residence of his daugh- ter, at Greencastle, at the age of eighty years. Dr. and Mrs. T. N.Jones had three ehildr<'n : Abce, wife of Dr. K. C. Loehr. of Nol.l..>Nille: \V. P. Jones, I). 1). S., at Portland. Ind.; and llur;iee K. Dr. Horace E. .lones was reaied in Indiana. In the fall uf IMCl, at the .-ige of >i\teen, lu'V.ilini- teeied in Company 11. Seeoud Indiana (■.-ivalry, under his father. He was in the ball le of Shilnh and the siege of Corinth, after which he uas-.ei/,ed with sickness and sent home. I'lion reco\-ering he was transferred to the iia\y, and tlirough Con- gressman McDowell's inlluenee was appointed a midshipman in the Inited Slates Naval Academy, at Xew|ioit, U. L.and ua, suhse.|ucii1 ly for two years at Annapolis. His first salt water service was on the cruise after the '-Tallahassi'e." He was graduated in 18()7, and went to se.a for \ears and soon attained the ran eluded the iMeditcri Islands, West Indies, tralia, off Cape Horn close of this eruiM' "Water Eel," in whi America. The vessel the C e lu- ll a ry ■. .\us- .\t the to the .Ml ipi oilier vessels in iiie narnoi- wei Afterward Di-. .bmcs was famous warship ••Kearsarge." ' memorable record in war lini "Alabama." He was on a cruise to the South Sea Islands and Australia, returning to Peru via Val- paraiso, South America. He was then transferred to the "Resaca," in which he cruised to Auckland, New Zealand, and returned across the South Pacific, during which time there wasa continuous gale for sixty d.ays; he thence went to Valparaiso and Pana- ma, where he was attached to the Panama Canal sur- vey service. At that time he had gained the rank of Lieutenant, and in 1871 resigned his commis- sion, I'etnrned home and entered the Ohio Medical College with a view of (pialifying himself for adopting his father's profession. In l.s7:i he w.as PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. graduated with honors and the degree of M. D. He then entered into partnership with his father, with whom he remained until the latter's death. Then he formed a ))artnersliip vvitli tlie veteran practitioner, Dr. G. F. Chittenden, and they re- mained associated for twenty years. Prosperit3r crowned Dr. Jones' efforts, and he is an investor in the Anderson Fuel Supply Company. In connec- tion with Joliu W. Lovett, he built the Hotel An- derson, a commodious structure, and was inter- ested in the South Park Addition to Anderson. They also built a three-story block in Gas City. At Cambridge City, m the fall of 1873, Dr. .Tones married Miss Mary C, daughter of Capt. Monroe Cokefair, of the Third Indiana Battery during the war. They have been blessed with two children: Thomas N. and Nellie D. Dr. Jones is a member of the Odd Fellows' Encampment, tlie Elks, Grand Array of the Republic, Knights of Honor, and the County and State Medical Soci- eties. Politically, lie is a Democrat, but does not take an active interest in politics. He is thor- oughly wedded to his profession. AMU EL P. MOORE. Of those who are assuming enviable positions as attor- neys-at-law, is Samuel P. Bloore, of the lirm of Ciiipman A' Moore. He isa na- tive of Ohii>, having been born in Licking Coun- ty, that state, on tlie 5th of June, 1859. His fa- ther was Jacob H. Moore, a native of Virginia, who was during his life a merchant, farmer, civil engineer and school teacher. He died in 18G4. The motlicr, Susanna Harris, was born in Ohio, and was the daughter of William Harris, a native of Pennsyl- vania, who settled in Ohio when tiiat state was in comparative infancy. He was in tlie War of 1812, and fought under Gen. William Henry Harrison. The mother resides in the old home in Licking County, Ohio. The grandfather was David Moore, who was a farmer in Virginia and removed to Ohio at an early day and engaged in raising fine horses. Samuel P. Moore is the youngest of six living children. He was reared on a farm in Licking County, Ohio, and attended the common schools. After passing througli Hanover Academy, he en- gaged in teaching until he began the study of law. In 1877 he was admitted to practice in the courts, and in 1888 he located in Anderson and began the practice of law. In 1890 he formed a partnership with his father-in-law, Hon. D. C. Chipman, and they have worked together since. Mr. Moore is a member in good standing of the Madison County Bar Association. His political tenets are those of the Democratic party. In October 1890, Mr. Moore was united in mar- riage with Miss Julia A. Chipman, daughter of Hon. D. C. Chipman. She was born at Noblesville, Hamilton County, Ind. The name of their only child is Belle Chipman Moore. ALZEL MAN IS, an old and prominent 1 citizen of Madison County, Ind., came i^^ originally from Tennessee where his birth occurred in 1813. He needs no introduc- tion to the people of this county, for a long resi- dence here, and above all, a career of usefulness and prominence has given him a very extensive acquaintance. As a farmer he has attained an en- viable reputation, for in conducting his operations he has brought his good sense and practical views to bear, and as a result has accumulated a fair share of this world's goods. His parents, William and Lydia (Lauson) Manis, were natives of the Old North State, but after their marriage moved to Tennessee, where the father died in 1842, when sixt}' years of age. Later the mother moved to Indiana and was a resident of that state until her death in 1862, when eighty years of age. The grandfather, Seth Manis, was ninety years of age at the time of his death, and his wife died at the age of ninety. Very little is known of the grandparents on either side; but the Manis family was of P^nglish and the Lauson family of Ger- man ancestry, and both come of long-lived races Dalzel Manis was fifth in order of birth of eleven children, and remained under the parental roof POiri'RAIT AND BIOGRAFHICAL Ul-LCOKD. 83:! until I'iiihtcen ycnr.-; of nj^c. He liiid very limited 1 tM)ur:ili(iiial aihuiit.ij^os but posscssiMJ much natural | ability and an nuliniilcd amount of nood, practical [ common sense. When eighteen years of age he | married Miss Marena Lauson, daughter of Clem | and Mecca Lauson, natives of North Carolina. Mr. and >Irs. l.ausdu came to Indian.-i in l.s;;:! and settled near Kuighlstovvn. Henry County, where the remainder of their days was pas>c(l. Immc- ! diately after his marriage our subject came wit h | his bride to Ilcnr) County. I ml., .■nid cngriucd in farming, following that occup.'ilion in Ihalc.unly for twelve years. Fiom there he moved to Kusli j Cuunty, where anollicr Iwchc \ear> weie spent, and then located in l)<.u-la^ ( ounl,\. 111. 'I'liere the owner of several difrcrenl farms iu that and adjoining counties. Ill l.SOo Mr. Manissol(la|iorlion of hi> property in Illinois and returned to ludian.-i, locating in Madison ('(umty. He has one hundred and lifty- i eight acres in the home place, .adjoining the towns of (^lick City and Fraiiktoii, and the corpora- tion lines will no doubt soon inclose a portion of his property. Mr. Manis owns two gcjod farms in (ireeuwood County, Kan., both including two hundred and sixty acr.^s, and he has inves- ted over >!8,(l()0 in Kan.sas for the bcnelit of his children. Of the eleven children born to his union, six are now living Klizabeth, now .Mrs. .lames Reason, resihip, .Aladisou County: Ccorge re- sides in Orange County.. Ind.; l.ydi.-i .\nn is deceased; Maria, wife of .lacob llyncr. resides on a farm in Stony Crci k 'rown>liip, 1 his coun- ty: William is deceased: I'.-ifsey, n,,w Mrs. Lu- cian Pugh, resides m (ireenwood County. Kan.; Amanda is deceased; Curtis resides in (ireenwood County, Kan.; Andrew is deceased; Mahala, resides at home and .lames is deceased. Altlumgh Mr. Mauisis now eighty years of age, time has dealt leniently with him and he has the .appearance of a man about si.\iy-tive years of age. lie is hale and hearty and his genial, plea.sant face impresses one most favorably and inspires conlidenee and respect. A man of the stri( test integrity and uprightness, Mr. .Mani>' word i.- as [ good as his bond, liroad-miudcd, libeial heart(Ml and trustworthy, no one Ici^' other than a kind word for I'licle Dan Man i^. In politics he voles the Republican ticket. ,,, *lEOROK W. DAVIS. One of Ihe eminently ''< ,^^ successful men of AinIcr>on i-Ccoigv W. invi>. of the lirm of Kaufman A- Davis. .{ the I. ion Store, an cMahli^hin.Mil whose las been gradual, yet phcnonienal, until the largest general dry-go. mI> >l.)re in Mr. Da iiig (C.-nlishO 1). M to Ohio an 1 t the seventh of ten eh ,,f .Nathan .1. and Am komo. 'I'lie father ' who in early lif.- nu lowed the occupali.iu of a contractor and builder, in which business he displayed gr.'at energy and enterprise. He died at the age of forty years. The mother was a native of < Hiio, her lather. .John Carli-sle, being of Scotch-Iii-h ilocent. Sh.> is still living at Kokomo, Ind. ( Haudf.ather Davis was a Maryland man, whose ancestors came from Wales. (George W. Davis was reared at Kokomo, where he attended lhec(.mmou schools. When a mere boy he beg.an clerking in a dry-goods store, anil the commei'cial knowledge he gained then and Iheie has been of inestimable value to him since engag- ing in business for himself. In 1.^87 he came to Anderson, and in connection with Daniel T. Kauf- man engaged in tlu' gener.al dry-goods and de- partment store business under the lirm name of Kaufman k Davis, conferring upon their place of biKsiness the distinctive title of The Lion Store. In 1888 in order to accommodate! their large and increasing business, they built an .addition to their store. In 1 8'.i:'. they also cnlcrcil inlos and is worth fromxui.imo to >< l;"),tK)(l; Mary married a man by the name of Cates, of Cate.s' Station. Ind.; Alma married Isaiah Easter, and died in I.S7.S; Martlia Ellen married .losepli Kel- loiji:, who went to Denver. Col., and there died; she now resides at Iloopeston, 111.; (ieorge T. is a well-to-do farmer in Illinois; and Anna, who mar- ried George Kellogg, at last accounts resided at Coxville, Ind. The early life of our subject was passed in .school and in his father's wagon and blacksmith shop, and just as he was preparing to secure a good education the ( ivil War broke out. In 18(!2, when but lifleen years of age. he wa> tilled with p.atri.it- isiii and enlisted in the army, joining Conipan_\' I), (Jne Hundred and Fifteenth Indiana Infantry, and rendered good service in the Army of the Cumberland. For six weeks he lived almost wholly on |)arehed corn, endured man}' hardships, and was in several important engagements, among them Cumberland tiap. Returning from the army, he worked in the coal mines or at any honorable employment he could find. He found his ideal wife in the peisim of .Miss Nancy .lane Moore, whom he niairied on the 14lli of May. IHCH. She was born in Wayne County. Ind., and in the same house where her father's birth occurred in 1816, and where he still lives. The father, Sam- uel Moore, received this place from his father, Joel Moore, as a gift at his marriage. Joel Moore came to this stale from North Carolina at an early date. The latter was the son of a Revolu- tionary soldier who fought bravely for indepen- dence. Mrs. Nicoson's mother, whose maiilen name was M.argaret Matilda Jones, was born in Madison County, Ind., but was reared in Wayne County. .She was the daughter of Smith Jones, an early pioneer in ISIadison County, Ind., and her death occurred in 18.') I. Mrs. Nicoson had Iwhj brothers and three sisters, when twenty-fi\ age of eleven y( now flecease( irs of age, an One of her s . .lames ^ 1 Thoiiia- sters. Mai y Eliz- abeth, married Matthew Arbuckle, of Indianapolis, where he is engaged in the real-estate business; Margaret Leoureigney married .1. W. San>b('rry. President of the Fii>t National I'.ank. of An- derson. Ind.; and Sarah C., who married a Mr. Johnson, now resides in Benton Harbor, Mich. There is a little romance connected with the courtship and marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Nicoson. When he beg.an paying attention to Mis> Nancy .lane Moore he was a poor laborer in the coal mines. She was a young lady of culture and oc- cupied a rather higher station in life than did the sturdy yoiiiiu miner. The thought never en- tered her head that tliey might some day become husband and wif(^ It happened that .Miss Moore had occasion to visit the homestead of the Nieo- son family, and she there saw the true character of the man who a-pired to her li.aiid. Siie saw the six-foot, coal liegrimed miner com.' home, kiss and caress his aged mother, and she said in her heart "A man so good to his mother would make a good husband, and I will accept if he asks nie to marry him." On the 1 Itli of May, 1 8(;8. commenced for both a new and happy life, and not only was it happy, but prosperous as well. Whether it was in their early married life when struggling for their daily bread, or later while occupying their raansidii in Alexandria, they have shared each other's >orrow> and eacli other's joys iis but few do. Mr.s. Nicoson found she had made no mistake in the estimation she had [ilaced upon Mr. Nicoson during that brief visit made at his home. Ten years of this worthy couple's married life were passed in Clay County with indifferent suc- cess, and in 1878 they moved to Anderson, where Mr. Nicoson became interested in a stone quarry. There he made money, and in connection with operating this quarry he carried on a three hun- dred acre farm, and remained there until 1887. At that date he bought the stone quarry at Alex- andria when no boom was thought of in connec- tion with the little town. His extensive operations I gave it its first new life, and now the .Vlexandria 836 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. quarry is one of the largest and best in the state. It embraces one hundred acres of line stone, the quarry is equipped with more than $10,000 of machinery and gives constant employment to a large force of men. Mr. Nicoson has the credit of patting down the first individual gas well in the state, and has taken a very active part in making a large and flourishing city out of a strug- gling little town. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Nico- cosou. EfHe Pearl, born April 5, 1869, died in in- fancy; Mattie Ethel, born April 26, 1870, died July 28, 1870; Mary Leoureigney, born July 5, 1874, is a young lady with a fine musical educa- tion; Alexandria Catherine, born September 25, 1877, is attending school; and Lemuel C, Jr., was born July 9, 1886. Mr. Nicoson, while being a very busy business man, finds some time to enjoy domestic life, and in his fine iiome on Harrison Street enjoys many comforts and luxuries. JOHN MILTON BRAY. Tiiis popular Trus- tee of Washington Township, Hamilton County, was born in the northeastern part of the township, three miles from the vil- lage of Westfield, September 17, 1844. The Bray family, as the name plainly indicates, is of Scotch origin, but the names of the immediate ancestors of John Milton Bray are lost to us through the insulficieut records of the early days following the removal to this country. We know only tliat two brothers settled in North or South Carolina at a very earlj' date, and from their descendants the family has spread throughout the United States. Occupying several generations in the distribution, and always producing men of prominence in their communities, for the most part they followed the Quaker faith, and without a known exception led exemplary lives, were kind to the poor and op- pressed and generous to a fault. John II. Bray, the grandfatlier of our subject, was born in Scjulh Carolina about the beo;inninu; of the Revolutionary War, whence he soon removed to Kentucky, and about the year 1811 came to Indiana. During the War of 1812 he aided in raising a company of soldiers and was appointed one of the company's officers, but before he saw any active service the war was brought to a close and he retired to private life, settling for a time in Vermillion County. He then removed to Orange County, and later located in Morgan County, where he died, a leading member of the Friends' Church, a well-to-do farmer and a highly esteemed citizen. Henry Bray, the father of John Milton Bray, was born in Kentucky in 1810, and was about a 3'ear old when his parents removed to Indiana. He was the eldest of four brothers. John S., a carpenter by trade, and for some years quite prom- inent in Indianapolis politics held for many years a position on the police force; he died in Indian- apolis about 1873. Asa, who amassed a considera- ble property, although suffering for many years with a serious affection of tiie head, died at about the age of fifty years. Edward 8., a farmer, was an extremely large man, weighing nearly three hun- dred pounds; he was quite a figure in the local politics of Morgan County, and died about 1866. Henry Bray, the father of our subject, had but limited opportunities for school education, but was, however, a great reader, and possessing a reten- tive memory became one of the best informed men on all subjects m his locality. In 1842 he removed to and settled upon the farm in Wash- ington Township, Hamilton County, where he has resided for more than half a century, in which time he has accumulated a handsome property; he served as Justice of the Peace, Assessor, Tovvnship Trustee, County Commissioner, and held a leading position in the local politics of his community. He married Miss Metsy Jane Mills, who was born near Murfreesboro, Tenn., in 1815, and died in Hamilton County in 1877. Her father was a lead- ing Quaker and one of the pioneers of Morgan County, where he died. AVilliam l\Iills, a successful farmer in the southern part of Hendricks County, Ind., is prominent in local politics and in the Friends' Church; Josiah, who was also a farmer and Quaker, died in Hendricks County in 1864; and PORTRAl'I' AM) I'.IOClJAr AT. RKCOHl). 837 a siicccsN Clnucli ('.. Ilr Tlu! gcnlleiniin uiiosc iiani(> lic.-uis lliis skelt-l next to the eldest of a family of eight childi-eii. son;, and three daughters. His hiolher, Williai lives upon M f:inn in Washing!. m 'I'. nnh married .Inhn II. Cox in 1«7() and lives in th>' noilheastern part of the same township; Anna .lane married .Jonathan Stalker, a farmer in the same tovvnsliip; Aaron M., who is a i)reaeher in the Friends' ("hureh, a man of lilieral education and an e.xteusive fruit-raiser, removi-d li> Kansas in 1880, and ill ISST 1,, Oregon; All.eil 1 1, is a weallliy fanner in Washiiiulon Town-hip; I'eriy A. still resides with the father on the old lioniesteail ; aii do his duty in niattei-s of loc:il improvumonls and niulual vvel- faic. m^-= \f^KANKi.lX M. WAUFOUI). M. I ).,of ( iwro, %%; was born in rnlnani County. Ind.. I'-cbrn- ilis paternal giandlatluT. Jom'I.Ii Wai foiil, was a native of DelaAvai-e County. N. ,1., whence he re- moved to Kentucky, and frnni theie to Indiana, where his death oeeuri'ed in l.sil. lie was a farmer by .leenpalion. and wa> prorniiu-nt in the early histoiy of tlie .\letlHidi>t Church in this state. The father of our >nbiect, Wilson 1.. War- ford, was born in Shelby County. Ky., Anuust I. ISOn, and ijrew to nianh.Mid m the county of his birth. In 1,S2I he came t.. Indiana and located in I'ntnani County, whence in IS.Vihe removed to Iowa, where he died in l«(;i. By oecnpalion a fanner. Wilson I.. Warford was thus engaged until his denii.se. Throuiiih in- dustry, integrity and |iersevorance he bocanu! well- to-do, and was numbered among the successful men of his community. In politics lie was (hst a Whig and .ifterward a Republican. He was iivonii- nenfly connected with the Methodist Kpiscopal Church, in which he w:is an exhorter, and was re- garded by all who knew him as a sincere Christian and upright man. He marrieil Miss Nancy Jlon- ett, a native of Kentucky, and a daughter of I.>aac Monett, of New .lersey. Mrs. Nancy War- ford survived her husband for a number of years, pa.ssing a way in 188-2. The parents of our subjccl were married about 1S2:', and had a family of nine children, our sub- ject being the lifth in respect to age. I)eliali,wife of Mr. Folkner, resides in Benton County, Mo., where he is engaged in farming; Joseph and Jler- lil are deceased: llannnh .1. married William Gun- tcr. and both :ire now deceased, being survived by three childivn; Kmeline is the wife of Mr. Lcgg, a larnier in .Missouri; Albert follows agricultural pursuits in Iowa; Isaac and Emily .lane died in In Putnam County our sub ided w,tli h fai parents until 1 S.VJ, meantime workiii during the Mimmer and attending school in the winter seasons. Removing to Iowa, he began the study of law, which he prosecuted for about one year in Wayne County. He then commenced the >tudy of medicine under Dr. Thompson, and con- tinned his readings for three years, teaching school in the meantime, lie then attended lec- tures in the Iowa .Slate I'niversity at Keokuk, and was graduated from that institution in IMot;. At once after completing his studies the voung Doctor began the practice of his profe>sioii at Hoi.evi Osceola, and thence to Minnoota, re-idiiig near .M- bert Lea. At the opening of the Civil War he en- listcil in Company F, Fortieth Indiana Infantry, ill which he served for two iiK.nths. He was then Iowa Cavalry, in which he serve] FORCE W. CI.AK'K. Ited iTecls ived the service of his country, was long numbered among the prominent general agriculturists of Lafavette Township. Afadison Coiintv. Our sub- pi( set- tleis, was born October -.'2, ISl;). His parents, Silbia and Sarah (Davis) Clark, were widely known and highly respected by the old residents with whom they shared the privations and dangers in- cidental to life on the fioiitieis of civilization. Mr. Clark was reared and educated in Adams Townshij), and w.as trained up to a knowledge of the daily routine of farming labor, being thus admirably fitted for his future work of life. He attended the district schools of Adams Township and although his advanlagivs for study were limited, well iinijroved the ofTered oppintunilies for instruction and later added to his slock of knowledge by reading and observation. Intel- ligent and enterprising he alw.ays kept liiinseif posted in the current affairs of the day and was a man of the times, participating with zeal in the promotion of all matters of public welfare. FTpon November 1. I8()8, were united In marriage George W. Clark and Mi.ss Permelia E. Comer, a native of Warren County, Ohio, born February 28, 1818. The estimable wife of our subject was the daughter of Christian and .Sarah ((!ustin) Comer both natives of Warren County. Ohio. The father is deceased but Mrs. Comer, born February 16, 1827, is now sixty-six years of age and resides w itli Mrs. 842 PORTRAIT AXD BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Clark. The latter when seventeen years old ac- companied her parents to Madison Count}', Ind., the family settling in Adams Township where the father passed away in 1866. The mother in 1870 married John Norris, who died in August 1878. Unto the father and mother of Mrs. Clark were born five children, three of whom are living: Jasper, Permelia and James. The happy home of Mr. and Mrs. Clark was blessed by the birth of three children: Viola, wife of Edward Taylor; Martha O.; and Harriet J. Devoting the labor of his life to agricultural pursuits, our subject was prospered and left to his widow a valuable estate consisting of one hundred and seventeen highly cultivated acres, finely improved with commodious buildings. Mrs. Norris, who for some length of time has resided with Mrs. Clark, is a devout mem- ber of the Church of God. Our subject was polit- ically a strong Democrat and deeply interested in both local and national issues. Mr. Clark had no aspirations for public office but was faithful to every duty of life as a true and loyal citizen. Answering to the appeals of the Government during the Civil War, he enlisted in the Union army and for eighteen months gave continuous and gallant service. Severely wounded in the forefinger of his right hand, he was finally discharged for disabilitj', his disabilities later caus- ing lung trouble which was the cause of his death. Our subject as a husband, father, neighbor and friend was kind, loving and generous. In the aflfairs of business and in the daily walk of life he was upright and conscientious, his word as good as his bond. A man of principle and earnest nature, he was a friend to educational advance- ment and gave serious consideration to the up- lifting of humanity. In iiis death, which occurred February 6, 1885, Madison County sustained a public loss, and the memory of George W. Clark will long be fragrant in the hearts of all who knew him. His widow, making her home among old friends and associations, is widely known as a lady of worth and business ability. She is a ready aid in good works and liberally assists in benevolent enterprises, being a leading factor in the social life of her neighborhood, and enjoying the regard and confidence of a host of friends. The widow receives a pension of 112 yer month, the pension having been raised since the death of her husband from 88 to *12. /^ OL. D. L. IIARDESTY. This iiislory of (if ^ Alexandria is best told in the lives of its ^^^ prominent citizens, and among these is numbered the gentleman whose name heads this sketch. He is President of the Indiana Land and Gas Company, and one of the best known business men in the gas belt. Born in Lexington, Ky., November 2.3, 1854, he comes from genuine Ken- tucky, blue blood stock. His father, Ileiu'v Har- dest}', was born at Barnes Station, Ivy., and was a son of Commander Harry Mardesty of Revolu- tionary fame. The latter commanded Bryan Sta- tion Fort as early as 1774. He was born in Nor- thumberland County, England, and when a boy, came to America with his parents, locating in Tal- bot County, Md. He was a man of broad views and high literary attainments, and a true type of the genuine southern gentleman. The father of our subject was a large slave- holder and wealthy planter near Lexington before the war, and his plantation is now known as the great Kingston Stud Farm. After the war, he engaged in the wholesale grocery business until his death in 1886. He married Sarah Ann Slieley, a native of Kentucky and a daughter of John Sheley, who came of a prominent Virginia family, and was one of the largest planters and land own- ers in Fayette County, Ky. Mrs. Ilardesty was a lady of high literary attainments, and one of the society leaders of the South. She is now living on an ample fortune in Lexington. She has thiee sons, George A., a banker of Cincinnati, Ohio; D. L., of this sketch; and J. Bruce, who is living with his mother. Our subject was educated in Transbury Uni- versity, where Henry Clay was educated, and at the College of Arts in Lexington. He then be- came connected with the wholesale grocery house of Bryant, Ilardesty & Co., and later traveled as salesman for the great wholesale house of Austin, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 843 Nichols n County, making his home on eighty acres of wild land and living in another man's caliin for two years, tlien build- ing a better house of his own. Two oliildren were added to tlie family in Wayne CoMiity, making seven in all. In 1.S40 tlie father Imilt a hewed log house, larger and better than the first one. In this dwelling they lived until it was burned. The father sold his farm and later erected a smHllframc house. His good wife died aged seventy-seven years. The mother of our subject was Miss Eliza- beth N. ((Tyer), born in Cerniany and a daughter of Harmon and Christina (Smith) (Iyer. They later came to Slater and died at the home of .Mr. Keck, the maternal grandfather aged ninety-two. and the grandmother, seventy -eight. The mother of our subject, was one of eight children, six of wIkhii lived to adult age, and three are surviving. The father passed away at the house of his daughter Catherine, in iiis ninety- first year. He was a self-made man, of sterling in- tegrity, and an Elder for many years in the Luth- eran Church. He left a fine property, accumu- lated entirely by his personal efforts. Mr. Keck remained with his parents until twenty-one j-ears of age, but from the time lie was thirteen worked out by the month. When he had arrived at his majority he hired out to Henry (iasho at ^i lo per vear, and at the expiration of thirteen months went to work by the job, clearing ground and si>litting rails. In his twenty-fourth year our subject rented his father's farm and cultivated the same two years, then buying one hundred and twenty acres of wild land, to which he added dur- ing the succeeding twelve months forty more. Upon April 29, 1855. were united in marriage Valentine Keck and Miss Letitia .1. Hill, born in Virginia, July 15, 1828. She entered into rest where Mr. Keek now lives, .January 22, 1868. Our subject and his estinial)le wife were blessed bv the birth of three children. Cieorge W. 844 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. married first Miss A. Newby, and had one child, now deceased; his second wife, Hattie Jack, has borne him two children. Sarah E. married Elmer E. Myers and has one daughter. James V.. the eldest born, married Minnie Landig and has three ciiildren. Mr. Keck, marrying a second time, wed- ded July 31, 1873, Mrs. Delilah E. Dienst, daugh- ter of William and Gula (Beeson) Dick. Mr. Dick was born in Lancaster County, Pa., and came to Indiana at the age of fourteen, in 1837, and lo- cated in Wayne County. He later removed to Hamilton County, making his home on wild land. Some time afterward he emigrated to Kansas, where he died, aged seventy-three. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Keck, William P. Dick, born in Bavaria, Germany, emigrated to. America when a young man, and married in Penn- sylvania Catherine Fundereau, a native of Vir- ginia, who came to Hamilton County in 1837 with her family. (Tiandfather Dick died at sixty- four years of age. (Grandmother Dick survived to reach seventy-six years. The father of Mrs. Keck was one of three sons. The mother was a daugh- ter of Benjamin and Dorcas (Starbuck) Beeson. Richard Beeson, the great-grandfather of Mrs. Keck, was of English nativity. The estimable wife of our subject, born April 30, 1849, remained with her parents until 1869, when, upon January 3d, she was united in marriage with John L. Dienst, who was born in Wayne County, Ind., January 22, 184G, and died in Kansas March 7, 1872. Mr. and Mrs. Dienst were the parents of one daughter, Cora E., born April 6, 1871. John L. Dienst was the son of Henry and Hen- rietta (Gales) Dienst. He was by trade a carpen- ter and was also a farmer and a man of energy, and was the descendant of an excellent family'. Immediately after his first marriage Mr. Keck with liis wife settled in a little log cabin, where Ihey lived for three years, then removing to their present home. When our subject located here there were no roads, except bridle patlis and wagon trails. Mr. Keck owns four hundred and sixty acres of valuable and highly cultivated land, which he has accumulated entireh' by his own hard work, as- sisted by his faithful companion and wife. Mr. and Mrs. Keck and Miss Coia are all devout members of the Christian Church, and are active in good work. Our subject has held with ability official positions of trust and efficiently served as Township Trustee two terms, also occupying with honor the responsible position of Supervisor. Mr. Keck cast his first Presidential vote in 1852. He is deeply interested in governmental affairs and is a public-spirited citizen, and is a stanch Democrat. He has liberally aided in building churches and schools, and appreciates the advan- tage of an education, as he never enjoyed but a few weeks of study. He went to school to one man twenty-six days and attended at other times when lie could scarcely be spared from work. Our subject has been financially successful, and a man of upright character, commands universal confi- dence and has assisted in settling several estates. Ambitious and enterprising, Mr. Keck not only conducts one of the finest farms in the township, but likewise aids in the management of the flour- mill at Arcadia, and is first in the promotion of all the vital interests of Hamilton County. ii^^pi! ^ Bi ^ i'l^^ai EORGE SHIRTS. At the Bar of the state of Indiana no attorney of Hamilton County has gained greater prominence than the subject of this sketch, who conducts an extensive and lucrative practice in Noblesville. Though young in years, he has already achieved a success and gained an eminence to which few attain, and it is safe to saj^ that no lawj-er of Noblesville com- bines in so high a degree the qualities of energy, discretion and judgment necessary to the highest success. Born on the 20th of August, 1853, our subject has spent his^entire life within the city of Nobles- viUe, where his birth occurred. He is the son of A. F. Shirts, an early settler of Hamilton County and a prominent attorney of Noblesville, of whom fur- ther mention is made elsewhere in this volume. He conducted his literary studies in the Nobles- ville High School and was graduated from that institution in 1870, after which he entered his PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 84 1 father's law ollice and prosc^cuted liis legal studies for two 3ears. Entering the law dc|)artincnt of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1872, Mr. Shirts spent two years in that famous institution, graduating therefrom in 1S74. I'lKin liis return to Noblesville, he was admitted to tiie I'.iir at tiie age of twenty- one, and immediatel3' entered upon the practice of his profession. His extensive practice is not lim- ited to the county courts, but he has also had a number of important cases in tin- Supreme Court, and IS now engaged as attorney in the f:imons McDonald case. In politics a ijrouounced Ivcpuliiiean, Mr. Siiirts takes a prominent part in loc'il and state jiublic affairs, and is one of the leaders of Ids party in Hamilton County. In 18:)() he was nonjinated foi- the [tosition of Circuit Judge, but was defeated by Mr. Stepiienson. .Socially lie is one of the most inllu- ential members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and for nine successive years has been a memljcr of the Committee on Grievances and A|)- peals in tiic (hand Lodge, being tiie youngest on the committee as well as the ohlest member of the same. He is identified with Bernice I^odge No. 120, K. of P., and is a member of tlie Cliip. Hamilton C.,unty. was for many years has been identilied with the upbuilding and development of the community. His parents, Franklin and Eliza (Sharp) Hall, were pioneer settler.-. The f;itlier w:is born in 1817, was reared on a farm and educated in the district .schools. For a short time he followed teaching. In 1810 he came to Hamilton County, where he entered one hundred and sixty acres of twenty acres. In politics he was a Re|niblican and served as Townslii|) As.sessor. Socially he was a member of the Masoni(^ fraternity and belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was married 111 this county to Eliza, daughter of Isaac and Nancy (Lyon) Sharp, natives of Kentucky. Her father served in the War of 1812, in a very early day emigrated to Rush County, Ind., and in KS.'j;') brought his family to Hamilton ('(umty. He was ()iiite well-to-d... .Mrs. Hall died wlien our sub- ject was only a year old, leaving a family of nine children, and several year,- later the father re- moved to the city. At the age of sixteen our subject began to earn his own livelihood ani7..50 per month. He was thus em- ployed for about five years. As a companion and helpmate on life's journey he chose Miss Sarah Frazier, daughter of John and R.achel (Beard) Frazier, natives of North Carolina; the former was born in 179G and the latter in 1799. The grand- parents, Samuel :uid .lane (Heard) Frazier, were natives of Scotland and Ireland respectively. Mrs. Hiissey was born in Wayne County in 1820, and their marriage was celebrated in Fayette County in 1838. The young couple l)egan their domestic life upon a farm of one hundred and three acres in that county, where they lived until their removal to their present farm in 18.58. It was then but slightly cleared, but Mr. llussey at once began its further development and llic greater part of it is now tinder a high stale of cultivation. He has erected good -buildings and it has many tasty im- provements which add to its value and conven- ience, as well as to its attractive appearance. The home farm comprises two hundred and three .acres and he has given land to each of his children. Ten children were born unto .Mr. and Mrs. llussey: John, who was killed at Chickamauga during the late war; William; Martha, wife of Oliver Elliott; Mary, deceased wife of Martin Carey; Elizabeth, wife of William Clark; Harriet, wife of Lewis Sabern; Thom.as; Rachel, wife of John Jessup; Franklin, who died in childhood, and Milton. The parents are members of the POETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Christian Claurch and are higlily respected people possessed of many excellencies of character. In politics Mr. Hussey was formerly a Whig but is now an advocate of Republican principles. \'\i , W. TAYLOR, one of the most successful r jV and influential attorneys of Anderson, was '^)^ born in Augusta Countj', Va., December (^ 2&, 1843. lie is one of four ciiildren com- posing the family of Dr. G. W. Taylor, a native of Virginia, who, at the age of seventy-three years, (1893,) is still practicing his profession at Lewis- burg. Our subject's mother, JMar}- -J. (Lynn) Tay- lor, who was born in the Old Dominion, was also a phj-sician and'a writer of considerable note. The family ancestry dates back to Colonial times in Virginia. Soon after tlie close of the war, M. W. Taylor came nortii and, locating in Cliicago, worked at his trade (that of pressed bricklaying), at the same time pursuing his literary studies. Later he entered tlie Eclectic Medical College at Cincinnati, and after pursuing his professional studies there for a lime, he established himself as a general practi- tioner at Crawfordsville. For about twelve years he conducted an active practice, and then, having resolved to enter the legal profession, he began the study of law in the office of T. E. Ballard, and later conducted his readings under the preceptor- ship of Judge McNutt, at Terre Haute. Admitted in 1879 to practice law at the Bar, our subject followed that profession at Terre Haute and Crawfordsville for about six years. In 1890 he removed from Terre Haute and estab- lished himself at Anderson, where he now makes his home. As an attorney he has become well and favorabl}' known through this part of Indi- ana, and enjoys the confidence of his clients and the regard of the people in general. Inherit- ing literary tastes that have been generously cul- tivated, he has written extensively for various journals and is also the author of several novels that have a large sale throughout the United States. He has been a contributor to seventeen journals, and at one time served as editor of the American OSserrer, the -oldest homeopathic paper of the time. Not only in literary, but also in musical circl*, the name of H. W. Taylor is well known, he hav- inherited musical talents of an high order. He has turned his attention to the stud}' of the old fiddle tunes and is now engaged in writing for publication a treatise on the subject, having in his library a collection of about two hundred and fifty old tunes. In this branch of music he is recognized as an autliority. Politically, he was a Democrat until about 1891, when he espoused the Populist cause. He is active in the support of his convictions, and at every campaign his ser- vices are in constant demand, his ability as an orator being universally recognized. In 1869 our subject was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Judge Farley, of Putnam County, and a successful practicing phy- sician of Anderson. They are the parents of four surviving children: Grace, wife of D. A. Stevens, of Greencastle; Ruth, Inez and Lynn. BI0GI^fI©l7lGfILiV Adams. F.P Ailanis, G.E Adams, H.S Adams, John Adams, John Q Alexander, L. E.,51. D. Allen, U. H Allen, T. U Allman, John Anderson, A. F Anderson. E. I Anderson, J. N Anderson, y. S Applegate, J. W Ardery, Oscar, M. D.... ArnifieUUO. A Armfield.T. O., M. D... ArniinKlon.C. L., M. D Arthur, Chester A .... Athertou, Mortimer .. Ai.stin.br. E.l' Baker.J. J., J Baldwin, L. S Ball.ar.l, Mrs. Ballard, Mrs. Ban eks, i Beall, Cnrran Beaiichamp, \V. H. . Beeson, J. E Beeson, Martin Beeson, Tremilius. . . Behymer, Hon. A.J, Bennett, Alfred Benson, J. L., M. D. Bentley, Nimrod. . . . Benzenbower, Christ Bertsche, .\nthony. . 327 Browiiback, O, W., M. D. Browning, G.R Buchanan. 4ames Buck, A. B.! Burdett, Alexander Burdett, O. H Burk,G. W Burr, L.J Busby, A. G Busby, I. V Busby, !S. E Busby. W.P Call, 8. C Campbell, Capt. B. Campbell. B, H.... C'anaday. David.. . E.B 2.1.-, Cliilders.P.A l.'iO Cliipman.Hon. D. C 5,s() Chipman, Judye M. A I(JS Chittenden, G. F., M. D (! Evans, W.N 417 Fadely.J.F 437 Farlow,J. M 378 Fenley, Mrs. C. J Stli Fernandes, D. H CG2 Ferlig, Jonah 3.il Fesler, B. F 633 Fesler, David 779 Fesler, W.G 501 Fillmore, Millard 67 rink,Elias 692 Fisher, Charles 638 Fisber, Henry 708 Fisher, James 248 Fleming,HoQ. W. C 400 Fodrea, L. P 161 Foland, J. W 482 Forkner, Alfred 516 Forney, Adam 679 Fosnot. Peter 726 Fouch, J. P 604 Free, Abram 392 Free, N. A 770 rren'-h,T.N 785 Funk, J, N 418 Gardner, G.N 635 Garfield, James A 95 Garretson,N. H 391 Garver, W. R.,M. D 7*1 Carver, Hon. William 739 Gascho, John 34K Gintert, Barnhart 304 Glassco, R. U 378 Goehler, Daniel 475 Gooding, Lenex 298 Gorden, Albert 729 Graham, Hon. Robert 347 Granger, L. N 257 Grant, Ulysses S 87 Gray, J. M 752 Greenlee, CM 769 Griflan Brothers 654 Grimes, R. P 697 Groves, G.J 334 Glistiu. Mrs. Margaret 360 Guy, John 156 Gwin n, Sylvester 706 Haines, Hinchnian 753 Haines, 1... A 2«6 Haines, M.J 496 Hall.B.D 845 Hall , J. H 313 Hallenbeck, Har.vey 430 Haney, Jonas 153 Hanger, S. M i 522 Hannah, James ., 690 Hannah, R. H 22fi Hannah, S. E 736 Hardesty, Col. D. L .842 Hare,D.M; ,-.12 Hare, Wesley 276 Harlan, Hon. A. E 1M4 Harmeson, T. J 486 Harmon, M. D 487 Harold, I. W 691 Harper, Albert ii47 Harriman,C. M 142 Harrison, Benjamin 107 Harrison, John 1.55 Harrison, William Henry.... 51 Harter, Dr. J. H 786 Hartraan, Casper 344 Hartzell, Mrs. Harriet 279 Haskett, D. Y 617 Haworth, M.C.,M. D 234 Hayes, Rutherford B 91 Heagy , Weems 7.35 Heer, H. W 695 Heiny, G. W 472 Heiny, Samuel 315 Heinzman,G. W 591 Hendee, E. E 290 Henley, H. W mi Henn,C.F 46.5 Henshaw.S. B 445 Heritage, C. F 725 Heritage, Perry 821 Hershman, Charles 382 Hester, J. H 458 Hiatt, Elihu 531 Hiday,J. W 548J Hiday, Thomas 402) Hill, J. H 623 Hill,W.O 688 Hilligoss, E. C 438 Hinshaw, John 231 Hinshaw, J. S 165 Hoagland, L. M 672 Hockenberry , J. H 532 Hodges, F. J., M. D 783 Hollowell, J. S 375 Hoppes, F. M 425 House, O. A 442 House, P. T .527 Howard, R. C 258 Howard, W. A 285 Huff, J. B..f..... 299 t J) - 107 Hughel.M.B 448 Hughel, Samuel 742 Hunt, M. v., M. D 797 Hunt,N. W 137 Hunter, T. H 613 Hurst, A. D 644 Hussey, Joseph 847 Hussey , William 250 Huston, A. S., M. D 795 Hlyes, P. P 260 Inglis,T.N 278 Inlow.J. E.,M, D 761 Isanogel, Solomon .334 Jackson, Andrew 43 Jac kson, W. J 637 Jarr'ett, Joseph €64 Jellerson, Thomas 27 Jeffrifls, John 811 Jenkins, A. M 317 Jessup, A. E 732 John, \V. E 208 Johns, W. T 288 Johnson , Andrew 83 Johnson, Cyrus .559 Johnson, Edmund 188 Johnson, LAwrence 678 Johnson, Tfaeodore 634 Johnston, Mrs. Rebecca 228 Jones, F. M 537 Jones, H.E., M. D 831 Jones, J. L. 412 Jones,J. M., M. D 638 Jones, Silas 318 Kane, T.J 366 Karr, Alexander 385 Kaufman, D. T 167 Keaton , J. W 336 Keck, V.alentine 843 Keffer.Jacob 255 Kelly, William 673 Keltner, S. M 181 Kemery , Charles 837 Kendall, W.C 546 Kopner, H. A 217 Kercheval, J. S 306 Kercheval, L.S 196 KidwelM. A ,303 King, W.M 480 King, Dr. W. Z iu Kinnard, J. D Kinzer, D. W Kinzer, Jacob Kinzer, Levi Kinzer, William Kirkman,R. A Kirkpatrick, J E Kitohell, J.S.,M.D... Kittinger, W. A Klotz, Jerry Kneale, W. W., M. D.. LaBelle, Peter 710 Lake, Judge Richard 369 Larmore, J. T 259 Larmore, James 56] Laws, James 682 Leatherman, G. A 827 Lee, Francis 558 Lee, I. J. W eOl Lee.T. F 580 Leeman, Alfred 609 Leonard, Mrs. Raohiel .597 Likins, Jacob 828 Lincoln, Abraham 79 Lindley, O. C 280 Longfellow, J. R 288 Lovett, J. W 428 Mabbitt, Anthony 657 Madison, James 31 Mam, O. W 707 Maker, Peace E 465 Maker, S. R »28 Mallery, Rev. C. H 670 Mallery, Mrs. Melissa A 316 Malott, J. B 508 Manis, Dalzel S32 Manlove, Miss O. C 2S0 MarkIes,H. H 846 Martindale, Hon. S. C 641 Marts, Moses 621 Matthew, John 477 May, I.E 700 McCarty , B. F 121 McClure, Hon. J. F 166 McCullough,C.K 141 McDonald, Thomas 276 McFarland ,R.W 406 McGlone, Rev. J. A 355 McLead,C. A 218 McMahan, Byron 171 McMahan, J." W 213 McMilIen,J.H 118 McNutt, G. T., M. D 828 McShane, J. G 526 Meckel, Dr. C. B 608 Mendenhall, R. C 458 INDEX. Patterson, T.J Patty,!). W Patty, T,. J Paul'si-I. l',.l,.r Peiice, K K 173 273 ....7fi7 3.58 ....•im Russell, R.S Rutlcdgc, F.nos s Sanders, F. L. . . .5:m; Teter. Ambrose Teter. Kev. F.ber •riiarp.P.S Thomas, D. E. R '. . Thnma.s.J. C Thompson, G. D Thomp.son, H. D Mi.-sse, D. D., M. D Miki-ls, Jolin ....W2 Mi„i,iek,Antlion.v ...WH ...m ...ey.T MotUtt S H .. .. Perry, J. W., M. l> Perry, .Solomon ....207 . . 405 Monroe, Jaine.s ...35 ...832 ....119 . . ..MO ....COO ...233 ...183 J.. 581 Moore, S.P Perrv.Wyatt Thurston, J. F Thurston. J. H Tillson.H, B Tomlinsou. Milton Tomlius,,,,. N.,ah.. Ti-anhai ■ Iiivul Tritti|.o.Sarnu,.l... ■.■.■.;; Trucblood. W. T Tucker, A. R., M. D Tucker, 0. W Moore, T.W Morgan, W.A Morris, A. W Morris, James Morris, W.C Moses.'P.P Moss,S.K Mulcah.v, Rev. Father I). Peters. K. 11 Pettijohn.O. B.,M.D... Pfair, F.B Phillips, Milton Phillips, S.G I'l'ilM's.fi. A Pierce, Mrs. Catherine.. Pierce, Franklin Pittsford, E. E Plummer.J.M Polk, James K. . . .569 ....3.57 ....SOfi ....551 . . ...•i(i8 ....711 . . . .124 .... 71 ....71fi ....730 Schwinn.L. M Scott, D.M Scars, A. H.,M. D Se.vhert, Harvey Shafer, Joseph Shannon, J. S ... ..5.S7 192 205 ....131 61li 211 IW6 . ... ....1 . ..i7!l . . . 12.5 Shelton.W.s ....3'M ....7 Muuger, 0. R Myers A J Shepard, .Mrs. Hambliii. Shepherd, U.C Sherni,an,Hoii.J. E ....162 ....3:iS r Poore.J. H Power, Richard . . .663 Myers, Solomon ...155 ...305 .815 Preston, Dr. L.F Push. J. W., M. D Q Quick, Cornelius Quick. W. 11. 11 R ....1.53 ....603 . ..293 ..247 N Shirt.s,A. F Shirts, George .Sliock, Noah Sigler, Daniel, M.D Simmermon,J.S Smethers,J. A Smith, C. D Smith, H.B, M. D Smith, Micaj,ali Smilh, W.T Smith, W W. ....221 ....516 Nagle, George Neal William \- Netterville, J. J Newby, EdmoncI ..131 ..(i02 Snively,H.,JI Snyder, Anthony Sohl,A. J Sowerwine, William Spann, B. F., M. D Spencer, T.S Sperry, .Samuel Spitzmesser, Dennis Stanford, Mrs. M. J "^Stanley, J. 11 -Stanley, Meridelh Stephens, Mrs. Martha.. Stephens. T. A ...8:» .....578 ....:i.53 ...3115 ...796 . . .MB ...273 ...219 ....727 ....7.50 ...1.57 ...481 Newby,J.C Newby, Squire Newlin, Hon. Addison.... ..4S5 ...U31 ..831 . .;«8 ..714 .408 .567 .741 ..588 .fifil .410 .823 Noland.G. C VanBuskirk.G. W i; Vance, W.C 38 Vannatter, David M Williams, Elijah Wilhams, Silas Williamson, Asa iiH 122 626 White,D.K White.T. A.,M. D Whitelev, G. C Whitesell, P. P., M. D Whitinger, Albert Whitin=-er, Jeremiah ...766 ..822 ..812 ...58.5 ..163 am Y Young, S.E z Ziegler, Rev. W. H. . . . Zimmerman, D.B . . . .f«2 ....820 Weichmann.L. J Wellin'-ton,. lames .. Wise, Alexander Wise, J. W Wolf, W.H Wood,D. W Wood,M. F Woodward, J. R Woodward, William..., Woolley, W.J 7.58 689 807 586 704 818 ....810 813 325 Westerfleki, J. W., M. D Wetherald. A. L Wheeler, P. S Whetsel.E.J Whetsel, T.H ....660 ....120 . . . .33.1 ....280 Whitney, G.G Wicltersham,N.L.,M.D. Wiley, J. E Wilkins, W.H Wilkinson, J. W ..4611 ..645 ..203 ...422 776 1-16 I^OI^TI^JLITS. Adams, John Adams, John Q Allen C.H Arthur, Chester A Beeson , Tremilius Bennett, Alfred Boden, Charles, Sr Boland, William Bronuenberg, H. J Buchanan, James Busby,I.V Campbell, Capt. B. B Campbell, B.H Cannaday.C. R Carson, Hon. J. R Cartwright, Capt. Fredrick. Cay lor, Michael Cleveland. B. Grover Clymer, D. H.,M. D Co.x,J.H Crismond. J. W., M. D 5.54 Gulp, E. M 423 Devaney , Henr^' 774 Devaney, Jesse 534 Donnelly, .John 404 East,T. S 504 Fillmore, Millard 00 Fodrea, L. P Garfield, James A HI Garver, Hon. William 738 Goehler, Daniel 474 Grant, U.S 80 HalhJ.H 312 Harrison, Benjamm 100 Harrison, W.H SO Hayes, R. B no Hinshaw, John 231 Hunter, T. H B12 Jackson, Andrew 42 Jefferson, Thomas 20 Johnson, Andrew Keltner, S. M Kinzer, Levi Kinzer, Mrs. Levi Kinzer, William Kinzer. Mrs. William. Kittinger, W. A Lincoln, Abraham Madison, James Maker, Mrs. Rebecca. McMahan, Byron McMahan.J. W McMahan, Mrs. J. W., Minnick, Anthony Monroe. James Myers, Solomon Netlerville, J. J Newby, Franklin Newby, Squire Newlin.Hon. Addison. 110 Pierce, Franklin 70 Polk, J. K .58 Quick, Cornelius 292 Robbins, Joel 434 Sanders, F. L 372 Sanders, Mrs. F. L 373 Sohl, A.J 352 Sowerwine, William 394 Sperry, Samuel 272 Taylor, Zachary 62 Thurston, J. F 684 Tomlinson, Milton .594 Tucker, A. R., M. D 140 Tyler, John 54 Van Buren, Martin 46 Washington, George 18 Whitesell, P, P., M. D 584 Whitinger, Jeremiah 564 Wright,*W. T 252 ^^TIETTV^S Beeson, Mrs. Adaline 341 Canaday, Josiah .301 Cartwright, W. T 341 Cowgill.S.C 403 Davis, D. B 202 Dusang, J. H 301 House, O. A Gustin, Mrs. Margaret 361 Noland, G. C Heiny, (J. W 443 Sheiiard, Mrs. E Hershman,Ch.arles 383 Welwter. W. W, Hiday , Thomas 103 Wertz, Daniel.. , Whetsel.E.J.... Whitney, G.G... Wilkinson, J. W. ^^: "-./ <.. ''■"' j'^ •^.-o^ ,/x^^w^' .N^'^-f-. A^^ m^m. .^'\ ^/#^ ^^. ''^' ■.\/ :>¥-■•'- '*<.^...*' ••%^--/%/ ■'Mk''\y ■'^■-\-/^ ^^r. °'° i '^,.*^ :0^< ^' L^^X ^ii ^'<^' o "5 VU ' ^ %> '^^ -111'' '^ '^ ^'^^"X ^ , .^" ... ^^imC\y^&:\/^ ~ " ,0- ^'V> ,v ^^..x 1* ^0 -r. ..^\. * .;^. ■ //•"" "^ .^^ o, '> ''a^^/K': ■^^'X ^ISP-" '^ K>^- ,..v- -^ .--^.L>7?- 4 0^. :Otif^u-- ,0...-,