LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN 920.07725 P838 The person charging this material is re- sponsible for its return to the library from which it was withdrawn on or before the Latest Date stamped below. Theft, mutilation, and underlining of books are reasons for disciplinary action and may Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2017 with funding from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Alternates https://archive.org/details/portraitbiograph00unse_4 I I A PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL re:cori3 OF BOONE AND CLINTON OOTLJISlTriES, IISIID., CONTAINING BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MANY Prominent and Representative Citizens, TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHIES AND PORTRAITS OF ALL THE t^’RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND BIOGRAPHIES OF THE GOVERNORS OF INDIANA. CHICAGO: A. W. BOWEN & CO. 1895 , LOGANSPORT, IND. FROM THE PRESS OF WILSON, HUMPHREYS & CO. PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS. 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Differences in the spelling of surnames of members of the same family are due to the mutations of time, or residence in dif- ferent locations, and in some instances these discrepancies have been explained — in others, no explanation has been made. The publishers would here avail them- selves of the opportunity to thank the citizens of the two counties for the uniform kindness with which they have regarded this undertaking, and for the many services rendered in assisting in the gaining of necessary information. Confident that our efforts to please will fully meet the approbation of the public, we are. Respectfully, A. W. BOWEN cfe CO., Publishers. February, 18h5. ! 0 S 425c IISIIDE^X. PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. Adatns, J 29 Adams, J. Q 45 Arthur, C. A 117 Buchanan, J 80 Cleveland, S. G. . . . 121 Fillmore, M 72 Garfield,. J. A 113 Grant, U. S 102 Harrison, B 125 Harrison, W. H. . . . 57 Hayes, R. B 106 Jackson, A 49 Jefferson, T 33 Johnson, A 98 Lincoln, A 84 Madison, J 37 Monroe, J 41 Pierce, F 76 Polk, J. K 64 Taylor, Z 68 Tyler, J 60 Van Buren, M 53 Washington, G . . . . 25 PRESIDENTIAL PORTRAITS. Adams, J 28 Adams, J. Q 44 Arthur, C. A 116 Buchanan, J 81 Cleveland, S. G.... 120 Fillmore, M 73 Garfield, J. A 112 Grant, U. S 103 Harrison, B 124 Harrison, W. H.... 56 Hayes, R. B 107 Jackson, A 48 Jefferson, T 32 Johnson, A 99 Lincoln, A 85 Madison, J. ...... . 36 Monroe, J 40 Pierce, F 77 Polk, J. K 65 Taylor, Z 69 Tyler, J. . 61 Van Buren, M 52 Washington, G . . . . 24 GOVERNORS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF INDIANA. Baker, C 150 Bigger, S 142 Boon, R 139 Bright, J. D 164 Cathcart, C. W . . . . 166 Chase, I. J 157 Colfax, S 174 Collett, J 171 Davis, J. W 181 Dunning, P. C 143 Fitch, G. N 166 Gray, I. P 154 Hammond, A. A... 145 Hanna, R 161 Hannegan, E. A . . . 163 Harrrson, W. H. . . . 137 Hendricks, T. A... . 150 Hendricks, W 139 Hovey,.A. P 156 Jennings, J 138 Jordan, D. J l7l Lane, H. S 146 McDonald, J. E. . . . 168 Matthews, C 158 Morton, O. P 146 Noble, J 159 Noble, N 140 Owen, R. D 179 Pettit, J 165 Porter, A. G 154 Posey, T 137 Pratt, D. D 167 Ray, J. B 140 Riley, J. W 172 St. Clair, A 137 Smith, O. H 161 Taylor, W 159 Thompson, M 172 Thompson, R. W. . . 180 i Tipton, J 160 Turpie, D. S 167 Vigo, F 181 Voorhees, D. W. . . . 170 Wallace, D 141 Wallace, L 173 Whitcomb, J 142 White, A. S 162 Willard, A. P 144 Williams, J. D 153 Wright, J. A 144 BOOxNE COUNTY BIOGRAPHIES, Abbott, 1 193 Abbott, J. A 193 Abbott, S 193 Adams, H 195 Adams, J. G 196 Adams, S 199 Airliart,J 51^ Alexander, J. T . . . . 2()3 Alexander, W. W . . 20 ^ Alexander, W 20l Armstrong, I. N... 203 Artman,A 2()4 Artman, S. R 204 Baird, G.W 205 Baird, S. D 205 Baird, W. A 228 Baldwin, 1 424 Barker, I, N 206 Beach, C 4S2 Beasley, J. R 209 Beck A 211 Beck, A, D 210 Bell, W 530 Belles, I. H 211 Belt, J 212 Benetiel, J. H 212 Bennett, N 481 Bennett, W 481 Best, S. M 213 Best, V 213 Bishop, W 2'^0 Black, J 214 Black, J, S 214 Black, W. ,J 215 Bohannon, W. H., 216 Booher, B 221 Booher. J 221 Bounell, M 217 Bounell, M. H 217 Bowen, F . . . . Bowen, S, S. . Boyd, C. H.. . Bradshaw, D. Bradshaw, H. A... 227 Bradshaw, S. N... . 224 Bradshaw, T. E 224 Brafff,r, J 228 Bratton, C. A 210 Breedlove, J. M. . , . 231 Brown, A 232 Brown, C. 0 236 Brown, E 234 Brown, G. B 235 Brown, G. W; 235 Brown, J, A 232 Brown, E. A 233 Brown, S 234 Brush, H. C 236 Brush, J 237 Burk, S. M 239 Burk. W. C 239 Burnham, 1 238 Burnham, J 238 Burnham, d. H 238 Davis, d. M 281 Burns, A 240 Davis, W 237 Burns, I). M 240 Devol, E 285 Burns, d 240 Devol, W. d 285 Burris, d. E 242 Dickerson, C 284 Burris, R. Me 242 Dickerson, W. H. . . 541 Busbv, d 244 Dinsmore, J 287 Busbv, G. W 243 Dinsmore, d. T 286 Dinsmore, P. !.... 287 Dinsmore, T 287 Caldwell, D. A 244 Dinsmore, W. F . . . . 288 Caldwell, d. A 246 Dodson, T 289 Caldwell, d. \V 246 Dodson,. H. T 289 Caldwell, N. S 247 Dodson. G 289 Caldwell, T 245 -246 Downing, .1 290 249 Downing, d. F 290 Canada. D 249 Doval, D. D 292 Carey, Z 492 Doyal, d. M 202 Carriger, G. M 250 Doyle, W. G 295 Carriger M. M 250 Duniiingtoii, A 296 Carroll, d 251 Dunnington, W. . . . 296 Carty, d. T 307 Dutch, E. d 297 Caster, I. N 253 Dutch, P. H 297 Caster, d 253 Chambers, ,1. C. . . . 253 Chambers, W 254 Eaton, E. M 298 Clark, d 254 Eaton, W 298 Clarkson. J 256 Elder, S 474 Cleaver, d 255 Elliott, M 299 Cleaver, E 255 Elliott, P 299 Cobb, T. A 2,56 Epperson, B 300 Cobb, W 256 Eiiperson, F 300 Cogle, B. F 357 Evans, E .301 Cogle, d. C .357 Evans, T. B 301 Cole, G 263 Cole, M. W 262 Colgrove. R 265 Featlier. A ,305 Con vers, d. M 263 Feather, W. P ,30,5 Conyers, d. K 264 Ferguson, D .302 Cook, G 266 Ferguson, R. d .302 Cook, d 266 Ferrec, d 3' '3 Cook. T. d 266 Ferrec. d. C ,303 Cook, Z ,318 Flinn. R. H .304 Copeland, M 268 Flinn, V .304 Copeland,, S 268 Forbes, d. W ,306 Copi'land, T 268 Forbes. W. A ,306 Corv, W. G 270 Fraser, d ,307 Cox, A.. . 269 Fraser W . 307 Cox, ,S ,382 Frazec, A Cox.S. F ,382 Frazee, A, M., Mrs. .308 Cox, Z 270 Cragun, H 27.3 Cragun, ,S. N 273 Garrett, B. F .501 Crist, E. M 275 (Jault, C ,308 Crose, B 276 Gill Family .362 Crose, D 276 Gillaspie, C 309 Gillaspie, W. A . , . . .309 Goldsberry, J'. d . . . .310 Daily, A. C 279 Goldsbcrry, T 311 Daily, D . 279 (ioofi Dale, d ... 4.35 Good, d .312 Davis, I. d 28.3 Gratton, d 230 Davis, d 281 28.3 Graybill, D ,3 18 Davis, d. C 282 Gray bill, N 313 Gregory, B. M 314 Groves, G. W 315 Groves, J 315 Gumery, B. M 316 Hadley, M 317 Hadley, Z 317 Hamilton, G. H ... . 318 Hamilton,! 318 Harmon, A 322 Harmon, J. B 322 Harrison, G 326 Harrison, J 323 Harrison, J. H 324 Harrison,!. S 326 Harrison, K. W . . 323 Hawk, C 327 Hawk, !. R 327 Hedge, D 460 Henry,!. K 328 Henry, M 329 Henry, M. M 328 Henry, W. N 329 Higbee, E 330 Higbee, ! 330 Hoffman. F 331 Hollingsworth,!... 332 Holling-sworth, S.. 332 Holloman, D 333 Holloman, W 333 Holloway, A. N. . . . 334 Holloway, M 339 Holloway, W 334 Hook, N. M 341 Hook, S. T 341 Hostetter, D 340 Hostetter, W. H.... 340 Howard, A. E 342 Howard, ! 342 Hysong, !. A 343 Hysong, P 343 Irick, !. R 345 Irick, T. H 345 Isenhour, I 347-348 I.senhour, I. ! 347 . Isenhour, ! 348 Isenhour, M. A. Mrs 346 Isenhour, N 346 dailies,! 3,50 !:imes, !. W 350 !ett, M, C., Mrs. . . . 3,50 !ctt, S ,3,50 !ett, W. vS 349 dohnson, G. H . . . 351 ,Tohnson, !. C 353 dones,! ,353 dones, !. G 354 dones, d. M 355 dones, W. A 354 dones, \V. H 358 INDEX. 7 BOONE COUNTY BIOGRAPHIES. Kern, J. J 359 Kern, W 359 Kernodle, J 229 Kersey, J 360 Kibbey, J. H 361 Kibbey, M 361 Kuser, W. A 363 Lafollette, C. C. . . . 364 Lane, J 365 Lane, L 365 Lane, W 365 Lanhani, J. M 366 Lewis, B 250 Lewis, C 249 Lewis, F 368 Lewis, G. W 368 Log'an, J 432 Lyster, G 367 Lyster, P. B 367 McDaniel, J 511 McKey, B. F 371 McKey, J. C 371 McKinley, J. F 372 McMurray, T. J 374 Mace, F 375 Mace, S 375 Mahoney, B. P .... 377 Mahoney, H 377 Manner, D 380 Manner, M. M 380 Martin, J 378 Martin, T. H 378 Martin, W. L 305 Masters, J. S 385 Masters, S. K 379 Maxwell, H 416 Mayes, J. H 386 Mescheter, C 380 Meyer, H 387 Meyer, K. H 387 Miller, A 391 Miller, C. M 390 Miller, G. D 391 Miller, G. E 388 Miller, R. S 385 Miller, W 390 Moffit, A 392 Moffit, E. E 393 Moore, J. F 393 Moore, N 331 Moore, P 393 Moulton, S 394 Nave, C. C 396 Neal, C. F. S 468 Neal, J 467 Neal, S 467 Neese, A 400 Neese, G 399 Neese, M 399 Nel¥, A 399 Neff, J 396 Neidling-er, J. M. . . 395 Noe, R. B 399 Osborn, C 403 Osborn, D. W 403 Ottinger, J 400 Ottinger, M 400 Palmer, J 404 Palmer, N. J 404 Parr. J 405 Parr, T. J 405 Pedigo, J 407 Pedigo, J. 0 407 Phillips, W 283 Phillips, W. A 415 Pinnell, H 215 Pittenger, H. M. . . . 408 Pittenger, N 409 Porter, F. K 375 Potinger, R 268 Randall, O. E 461 Ray, C 410 Ray, J 410 Rees, E 410 Rees, M. A., Mrs. . . 416 Rees, 0 419 Rees, W 410 Richardson, G. B.. 420 Richardson, J 420 Rickards, N 421 Rickards, W. T.... 421 Riley, E 422 Riley, J 422 Riley, W. G 424 Roark, J.W 424 Robbins, J. F 428 Robbins, M 428 Robbins, M. L 427 Roberts, W. R 429 Robertson, B 430 Robertson, S. H... 429 Ronk, D. W 431 Ronk, S 431 Rose, C 433 Rose, M. H 433 Ross, J 434 Ross, W. M 434 Runion, S 435 Sandy, J. A 437 Sandy, \V. H 438 Sandford, G 436 Sandford, R. W. . . . 436 Saunders, J. M.... 438 Saunders, J. R 438 Schultz, J. C 444 Schultz, M. C 443 Schultz, W. H 443 Scott. C. W 449 Scott, G. W 445 Scott, J. M 450 Scott, N. N 445 Scott, S 449 Shaw,J 450 Shaw, N 450 Shelby, A 454 Shelby, A. J 451 Shelby, B. F 451 Shell, L 306 Shelley, I 454 Shepherd, H. J 455 Shepherd, T. H 455 Shera, C 456 Shera, J 456 Sherrill, H. Z 453 Shirley, D 458 Shirley, E 457 Shirley, H 457 Shirley, J 457 Shirlev, J. S 460 Shirley, J. W 458 Shirley, L. T 460 461 1 Shoemaker, G 462 Shoemaker. L. P. . . 462 Shumate, F 465 Shumate, J 465 Shumate, W 465 Sicks, P 474 Sicks, T. O 474 Sims, G. W 476 Sims, J. A. J 476 Sims, W. A 475 Slagle, J. W 478 Slayback, E. J.,Mrs 478 Slavback, VV 479 Sla'yback, W. E.... 478 Slocum, J 48) Slocum, R 480 Smith, A. H 485 Smith, G. W 483 Smith, J 483 Smith, J. P 480 Smith, P 486 Smith, P., Mr.s 490 Smith, S 485 Smith, V. E 480 Smith, W. J., Sr.... 489 Smith, W. W 489 Srite, A 490 Srite, R 490 Steed, H. C 491 Stephenson, A 541 Stephenson, O. B. . 541 Stephenson, R 542 Stevenson, G 492 Stoker, J. W 494 Stoker, T 494 Storm, S. M 493 Stuckey, J 499 Stuckey, J. C 499 Summers, A. B 390 Sutton, W 243 Swails, N 502 Swope, E. H 499 Swope, J. M 499 Threlkeld, D. M.... 502 Threlkeld, G 502 Todd, J 508 Todd, J. S 508 Troutman, B 503 Troutman, J. W. .. . 503 Turner, J. M 504 Turner, J. W 507 Turner, S 507 Turner, T. S 507 Van Arsdall, S. E., Van Arsdall, W. H. 508 Vandever, J 509 Vandev'er, S. D. . . . 510 Vandever, W. G. . . . 509 Waddle, 1 510 Waddle, M 510 West, J. E 528 West, S 540 West, S. A 512 West, W 540 Wheeler, B.F 513 Wheeler, J 513 Whetsell,!. N 513 Whet.sell, W. W. . . . 514 Whitely, E 516 Whitely, F 515 Whitely, W 515 Whitlow, B. C 517 Whitlow, P 517 Wile, J. E 520 Wiley, H 519 Wiley, W. H 518 Wiley, W. S 519 Wilharn, G 261 Williamson, T. B.. 520 Williajnson, W. H. . 520 Witham, F. J 521 Withani, W 522 Witt, D 527 Witt, J. B 527 Witt, J. W 527 Witt, W. W 527 Worley, J. W 529 Worley, S 529 Worrell, J. D 530 Worrell, F. N 530 Wrennick, G. T... . 531 Wrennick, W 531 Wynkoop, 1 533 Wynkoop, J. W. . . . 533 Young, F 309 Young, J. V 534 Young, W 534 Zion, A., Mrs .539 Zion, C. M 534 Zion,J 534 Zion, W 534 s INDEX. BOONE COUNTY PORTRAITS. Adams, J. G . 197 Barker, I. N . 207 Booher, B . 220 Bradshaw, T. E. • . 225 Cobb, T . A 258 Cobb, T 5 A., Mrs.. . 259 Cox, S. F . 383 Cragun, , S. N . 272 Dailey, A. C . 278 Doyal, D. D 293 Hamilton, G. H, . . . 319 Hamilton, G. H., Mrs 319 Holloway, A. N. . , . 336 Holloway, A. N., Mr.s 337 McKev, B. F 370 Neal, C. F. S 470 Neal, C. F. S., Mrs. 471 0.sborn, U. W 402 Rees, K 412 Rees, E., Mrs 413 Rees, 0 417 Riley, W. G 425 Schultz, W. H 442 Scott, C. W 448 Shumate, F 464 Smith, W. J 488 Swope, J. M 496 Swope, J. M., Mrs.. 497 Turner, T. S 506 Witt, J. B 524 Witt. J. B., Mrs. ... 525 Zion, C. M 535 CLINTON COUNTY BIOURAPHIES. Allen, 1 567 Allen, J 565 Allen, M 566 Allen, M. R 565 Allen, S 568 Allen, S. B 568 Allen, T 568 Alter, D 560 Alter, J 560 Anderson, D. W. . . . 570 Anderson, E 570 Anderson Family.. 569 Anderson, J 569 Anderson, S 569 Bailey, S 768 Bailey, T 571 Bailey, W 571 Baker, A 557 Baker, D 591 Baker, G. W 572 Baker, W 572 Ball, D. M 573 Ball, J 572 Ball, M 574 Barner, D. B 576 Barner, H 574 Barner, J 574 Bavless, J. M 579 Bavless, S. G 579 Beaver, E. C 581 Beaver, J. M. F. . . . .581 Beehout, P , 5,82 Beebout, W .582 Ber«-en, E. I) 5-8 Berg-en, 1 588 Berryman. C. E. . .. .589 Berryman, W. N. . ,589 Bewsey, A. W .588 Bewsey, S .588 Bird. (■;. W .590 Black, L) .587 Bliss, S. E ,591 Blystone, M .591 Blystone, S. M .591 Bonham, I). M .... 593 Bonham, J .593 Bond, E. J .5<)2 Bond, M. U ,592 Boomer, H A 900 Boulden, A. H 594 Boulden, J. M 594 Brand, S. A 901 Brand, W 901 Brandon, A 903 Brandon, S 903 Bridgford, C. M.... 595 Bridgford, W. B. . . 595 Bristow, J 902 i Bristow. M 902 Brock, A. D 596 ' Brock. E 596 Brookie. J. A .599 B rookie. W .599 Brooks, R., .Tr.,. . . . .599 1 Brooks, W. W .599 Brown. J 600 J Brown, L 600 Burget, E 601 Burget, W 601 Burget, W. M 602 Burns, E. H 870 Cadle, J 739 Caldwell, J. J (>02 Caldwell, J. W 602 ' Calloway. J. H 7,37 Cammack, N. H. . . . 603 i Cammack, S 603 ' Canlield, B. N 605 I Canfield, M. S 604 j Carter, E ... <>06 j Carter, M. A (>(>9 Carter, R (>06 Carter, R. ,I 845 Carver, J 75.3 Carver, M. A (>09 Carver, 1’ ()09 Cast, H 610 Cast. J. R 610 Catterlin, N. T . . . . 904 Chapman, S 64(, Cheadle, .T, B Chitliek, A (.11 Chittick, (' (.11 Clapper, 1) 612 Clapper, 11 612 Ch(p|.er, .1. E 617 Clapper, ,1. K (.12 1 Clark, A. F (.17-822 Clark, C 905 Clark, D. C 618 Clark, J 619 Clark, J. 1 619 Clark, M 620 Clark, M. L 621 Clark, R. C (i04 Clark, W 621 Clark, W. N 621 Coapstick, J. H . . . 622 Coapstick, S 622 Cohee, A ()23 Cohee, H. M (>22 Cohee, S 623 Cohee, S. C 623 Collins, G. W 624 Collins, J. W 624 Cooper, A. E 626 Cooper, J 625-626 Cooper, J. N 625 Cosner, J 627 Cosner, N. W (.27 Cosner, W 627 Covely. D (.28 Covel'y, F. G 628 Cox T. B 903 Cox, W 822 Coyner, J 629 Coyner. M 629 Cripe, I). E 6.30 Cripe, I (..30 Cripe, J 630 Cripe, L. E 841 Crull. W 567 Cunningham, W. R. 6.3.3 t'urrv, .1 ()3.5 Curtis. C. P 8,50 l).(ily, .T. W 634 Daily, P (.34 Dalbey, .1 (..35 Dalbey.R 6.35 Dalhey, T. C (.:{,5 Daniels, Iv. H Ok. Daniels, T. S 6.36 Davis, .T (.41 Davis, H (.42 Davis, M P (.42 Davis, N. C 640 Davis, S. M 645 I Davis, W 641 ; Davis, W. B 640 I Davison, S. N 645 Davison, W 645 1 Deal, D 646 i Deal, W. H 646 Detrick, J. S 647 Detrick, P 647 Dorner, P 656 Doty, G 654 Doty, W 654 I Doval, J 652 Doyal, J. W 6.52 Doval, R. N 654 ' Doyal, S. H 651 ! Douglass, F 657 Dougl.ass, I. W 658 Douglass, J 6.56-658 I Douglass, S 656 Dow, E 903 Drumheller, C. K.. 663 Drumheller, G. N.. 663 Dunn. A. Z 662 Dunn, G. W 661 Dunn, J 661 Dunn, J. G 662 Dunn, W. L 662 Dunn, Z 662 Dunnington, E. M. 669 Dunnington, H. D. 664 ! Dunnington, W. . . . 664 Earhart, A. L. S. . . 670 Earhart,G 6(.9 ; Earhart, S. S 669 Edmonds, A 673 Edmonds, O. W. . . . 673 Edmonds, R. J 673 Ely. J 571 Engle, S. S 674 Engle, W 674 Farber, B. F 679 Farber, C. S 679 F:(rber, J. C 679 Feescr, H 675 Feeser, J (.75 Fennell, C. E (>75 Fennell, Shaw & Co 675 Fisher, J 675 INDEX. 9 CLINTON COUNTY BIOGRAPHIES. Fisher, S. B 675 Floyd, E. K 677 Fowler, G. Y 678 Freas, J 628 Friend, J.S 677 Friend, P. 1 677 Fudge, D 798 Gangwer, M 680 Gangwer, T 680 Gard, J 681 Gard,0 682 Gard, P. W 681 Gard, W 682 Gard, W. S 682 Gaskill, N. J 687 Gaskill, S 687 Gaskill, W. F. P.... 688 Gay lor, E 688 Gaylor, E. H 688 Geiger, F 689 Geiger, J 689 Ghere, W. H 690 Gilbert, D 690 Goar, E. J 691 Goar, J 691 Goar, J. M 692 Gochenauer, D 693 Gochenauer, L. . . 69+ Gochenauer, W.... 693 Gochenour, H 69+ Gochenour, J 69+ Goff, A 69S Goff, A. P 695 Goldsberry, F. M.. 696 Goldsberry, M. B. . . 696 Goodnight, R 697 Goodnight, W 697 Gorham, B. H 699 Gorham, G. L 698 Gorham, P. T 698 Gregg, C 863 Gregg, J 700 Gregg, J. T 700 Guenther, C. G 701 Guenther, C. H. W.. 701 Hall, J. B 705 Hall, N 705 Halstead, G. W 702 Halstead, H 702 Hamilton, A 706 Hamilton, A. H, . . . 707 Hamilton, H. R. . . . 706 Hamilton, S 706 Hamilton, T. M ... 707 Harbaugh, G. C... 702 Harbaugh, W. G.. . 702 Hardesty, 0 655 Haywood, J 797 Heaton, A. J 901 Heavilon, J 708 Heavilon, T 708 Hedgcock, J. A.... 710 Hedgcock, J. S 710 Hedgcock, J. W. . . . 713 Hiatt, A. E 71+ Hiatt, C 714 Hiatt, C. T 71+ Hill, D. T 718 Hill, J 717 Hill, T 717 Hill, W. C 718 Hillis, A 723 Hillis, B. F 723 Hinds, J 723 Hinds, S 723 Hines, W 724 Hines, W. R 724 Hodgeii, J 728 Hodgen, W 728 Hollcratt, A 730 Hollcratt, J 730 Holmes, H. D 729 Holmes, J. M 729 Hoover, S. A 731 Horlacher, D 745 Horlacher, E 745 Hood, J 559 Horn, F 732 Horn, I 732 Humble, P 733 Humble, W. A 733 Irby, S. P 734 Irby, W. R 734 Irwin, R. S 735 Irwin, R. W 736 Irwin, S 735 Jackson. W 736 Jackson, W. E 736 January, E 897 Jenkins, H 738 Jenkins, W. G 738 Johnson, H. C 738 Johnson, J 739 Johnson, W. F 739 Johnson & Kerrick. 739 Jones, A. E 860 Kainath, J 629 Keed}’, H 740 Keedy, H. J 740 Keedy, W. H 741 Kelly, D 741 Kelly, J 741 Kelly, \V 742 Kempf, A 742 Kempf, A. B 743 Kempf, G. E 742 Kempf, W. E Kent, A 744 Kent, G. A 744 Kent, J. V 744 Kerrick, E. H 740 Keyes, J 746 Keyes, J. W 751 Keyes, J. S 746 Keyes, T. P 751 Keyes, W. E 751 Kimmel, C 752 Kinimel, D. J 752 King, W 692 Klopfer, A. J 753 Knapp, S. 0 753 Kramer, W. B., Sr.. 754 Kressel, H 755 Kressel, J 755 Kressley, H 756 Kressley, 0 756 Kuhns, H 758 Kuhns, S 758 Kyger, G 757 Kyger, S 757 Eackey, E 763 Eackey, I. H 764 Eatnphier, F. A. . . . 763 Eamphier, R 763 Eanam, J 764 Eanam, W 764 Eane, B. W 766 Eane, J 767 Eane, W. A 766 Earkin, J 708 Eee, G. R 7J>2 Eeisure, A 768 Eong, D 770 Eong, S. K 770 Eudington, J. F. . . . 769 Eudington, S 769 Eutz, J 651 Eydick, G 710 Eyon, S 775 Eyon, S. W 775 McClamroch, R.... 776 McClamroch, T.... 776 McConnell, A 897 McConnell, A I ... . 777 McConnell. J. E. . . . 777 McDavis, J, 778 McDavis, W 778 McDonald, J. H. ,. 791 McGuire, J 781 McGuire, W. H 781 McKenzie, A 784 McKenzie, D 783 McKenzie, R 783 McKinsey, N 782 McKinsey, M. B... . 782 McOuinn, E 785 McQuinn, J 786 McQuinn, J. T 785 Madison, C 786 Madi.son, C. T 786 Maish,D 789 I Maish,D.,Sr 789 [ Mai.«h, D. F 793 Maish, H 792 Maisli, J 791 Maish, M 791 j Maish, W. H 792 1 Maish, W. P 794 Martz, J 756 Masters, C 794 Masters, J 797 Masters, T. W 794 Meifeld, J. B 798 Meifeld, J. G 798 Mendenhall, A. E. . 799 Mendenhall, C 799 Meridith, J. W 800 Meridith, W. R 800 Merrill, G 801 Merrill, S. W 801 Merritt, A 798 Merritt, J 800 Merritt, J. H 798 Merritt, E. C 800 Michael, W 802 Milani, G. A 807 Miller, C 808 Miller, E 803 Miller, J 803 Miller, J. S 804 Miller, E 809 Miller, O. S 808 Miller, S 804 Mohler, A 809 Mohler, H 809 Mohler, S 809 Moore, G. E 810 Moore, J 810 Moore, J. W . 810 Moore, J. Z 813 Morris, J 604 Morrison, H. Y.... 811 Morrison, I 811 Morrison, M. A. . . . 813 Morrison, O. A. J. . 814 Murphy, A 817 Murphy, J 817 Muse, F. C 818 Mushlitz, F. A 818 Mushlitz, M 818 Neyhard, J 617 Orr, C.. 819 Orr, J. S 820 Orr, M 819 Osborne, D. W 820 0.sterday, B 821 Osterday, H. W. . . . 821 Painter, E. B.,Mrs. 822 Painter, I. N 822 Palmer, R. F 826 Palmer, T. H 825 Palmer, W 825 Parker, A 826 Parker, A. P 826 Parker, R 582 Parsons, O. C 827 Parsons, P 827 Partridge, E 829 Partridge, T. J 829 Patrick, J 829 10 INDEX. CLINTON COUNTY BIOGRAPHIES. Patrick, R 830 atrick, W 829 atrick, W. T 830 anl, P 831 Paul, S. F 831 Pay, W. E 840 Payne, E 832 Payne, W 832 Pence, C. P 833 Pence, J 833 Pence, M. C 565 Perrin, H. C 834 Perrin, S 834 Peter, E. E 839 Peter, R 839 Peter, W 839 Peters, C 839 Peters, F. T 839 Peters, H 890 Petre, D 840 Petre, J 840 Petty, J. A 841 Piner, G 842 Finer, T. C 842 Powers, W 842 Pruitt, J 843 Revis, D 845 Revis, E 844 Revis, J. G 844 Rice, J 846 Rice, J. A 846 Robbins, J 884 Rodenbarg-er, H . . . 845 Ross, A 849 Ro.ss, J. A 849 Roush, W. J 850 Ruch, P 758 Russell, J 851 Russell, T. D 851 Scroggy, J. E 852 Sellers, A 852 Sellers, J. H 852 Shav/, C. E 675 Shearer, H 853 Shearer, J. A 853 vSheridan, D. F .... 853 Sheridan, H. C. . . . 853 Silpher, S 669 Sims, C 856 Sims, J. N 854 Sirns, E 857 Sims, S 854 Sims, W. S 857 Slipher, D 858 Slipher, S 858 Smith, H. E 860 Smith, J. H 870 Smith, J. W 859 Smith, M. J., Mrs. . 860 Smith. R 863 Smith, R. E. C 862 Smith,- T 859 Smith, T. J 862 Smith, W 859 Smith, W. T 853 Smock, J 865 Smock, M. M 865 Snodgrass, G 864 Snodgrass, R 864 Snyder, J 866 Snvder, W. V 866 Sparks, J 866 Sparks, J. A 866 Sparks, T 866 Spitznagle, A 867 Spitznagle, J. N . . . 867 Spray, A 868 Spray, H. N 868 Spray, W 868 Stafford, E 560 Staley, A 869 Staley, E. H 869 Staley, W. H 870 Staley & Burns 870 Starkey, B. F 872 Starkey, J 764 Starkey, T. G 871 Stinson, H Strange, H 871 Strange, S 871 Stroup, J 872 Stultz, P 873 Stultz, W. A 873 Teeguarden, F. M . 874 Teeguarden, W. H. 874 Temple, E. V 876 Temple, G. W 875 Temple, J 875 Thomas, H. H . . . . 876 Thomas, E. E 878 Thomas, M. E 876 Thomas, P. K 878 Thompson, C. C . .. 879 Thompson, J. C. F. 878 Thompson, G. E. . . 879 Thompson, T 879 Ticen, P 880 Toops, J 881 Toops, T 881 Trask, E 882 Trout, A 883 Trout, D 883 Trout, I 883 Trout, J 883 Van Ausdell, H.... 588 Wagner, B. D 663 Walker, C. E 884 Walker,! 884 Watt, J 887 Weidener, D 891 Weaver, O. P 887 Weaver, W. V 888 IVest, A 697 Wharry, J. A 888 Wharry. J. S 888 White, G. W 889 White, H 889 Whiteman, J 890 Whiteman, W 890 Winship, J 693 Wi.se, J. B 891 Wolf, A., Mrs 813 Wratten, E 892 Wratten, E 892 Wright, A 895 Wright, N. W 895 Young, J. E 895 Young, G. T 897 Young, R 898 Young, R. 0 898 Yundt, 1) 899 Yundt, G 899 CLINTON COUNTY PORTRAITS. Allen, M R 562 Allen, Mrs. M. R. . . 563 Baker, Abner 554 Cripe, D. E Davis, M. P 631 643 Hedgcock, J. A 711 Hill, J . 716 Eamphier, Mrs. F. R 761 Davis, Mrs. M. P . . 643 Hinds,! 720 Evons, S. W 772 Baker, Mrs. Abner. 555 Douglass, I. W 659 Hinds, Mrs. H. E. . 721 Ivyons, Mr.s. S. W. . 773 Bayless, S. O 578 Doyal, S. H 650 Hines, W. R 725 McGuire, W. H 780 Beebout, P 584 Earhart, S. S 666 Hollcratt, A., be- Maish, D 788 Beebout, Mrs. A.... 585 Earhart, Mr.s. E. . . . 667 tween 730 and... 731 I^ainter, I. N 823 Berryman, W. N... 588 Earhart, A. E. S . . . 671 Hollcratt, Mrs. A., Petre, D 841 Brock, A T) .597 Gard, Dr. O 683 between 730 and.. 731 Ross, !. A Watt, ! Wratten, E 848 Carver, M. A 608 Clapper, J. K 614 Groups of Old Set- tlers, 796, 797, 836, Harbaugh, G. C. . . . , 837 Horlacher, 1) 748 Ilorlaclier, Mrs. I),. 749 886 893 Clapper, Mrs. J. K.. 615 703 L/aniphier, F. K. . . . 760 PRESIDENTS OF THE UTNITlSrO library r,a,«o. GEORGE WASHINGTON PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, EORGE WASHINGTON was born in Westmoreland county, Va. , Febru- ary 22, 1732. His parents were Augustine and Mary (Ball) Washing- ton. His great-grandfather, John Washing- ton, came from England 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. Augustine, the father of George, 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, Sam- uel, John Augustine, Charles and Mildred. Augustine Washington, the father of George, died in 1743, leaving a large landed property. To his eldest son, Lawrence, he bequeathed an estate on the Potomac, afterward 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 instructions in mathematics. He was an acknowledged leader among his companions, and was early noted for that nobleness of character, fairness and veracity which characterized his whole life. When George was fourteen years old he had a desire to go to sea, and a midshipman’s warrant was secured for him, but through the opposi- tion of his mother the idea was abandoned. Two years later he was appointed surveyor to the estate of Lord Fairfax. In this business he spent three years. In 1751, though only nineteen years of age, he was appointed ad- jutant 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 the estate of Mount Vernon was given to George. Upon the arrival of Robert Dinwiddle, as lieutenant-governor of Virginia, in 1752, the militia was reorganized, and the province divided into four military districts, of which the northern was assigned to Washington as adjutant-general. Shortly after this a very perilous mission was assigned him. This was to proceed to the French post near Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania. The distance to be traversed was between 500 and 600 miles. Winter was at hand, and the journey was to be made without military escort, through a territory occupied by Indians. The trip was a perilous one, and several times he came near PRESIDENTS OE THE UNITED STATES. 2 () losinj^ his life, yet he returned in safety and furnished a full and useful repoi't of his exj)e- dition. A regiment of 300 men was raised in Virginia and put in command of Col. Joshua h'ry, 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 Braddock’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 dis- abled 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 leveling my companions on every side.” A.n Indian sharpshooter said he was not born to be killed by a bullet, for he had taken direct aim at him several times, and failed to hit him. After having been five years in the military service, he took advantage of the fall of Fort Duquesne and the e.xpulsion of the b'rench from the valley of the Ohio, to resign his commission. Soon after he entered the legislature, where, although not a leader, he took an active and important part. January > 7 . 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 np through- out the provinces that “The cause of Boston is the cause of us all.” It was then, at the suggestion of Virginia, that a congress of Jtll the colonies was called to meet at Philadel- phia, September 5, 1774, to secure their com- mon liberties, peaceably if possible. To this congress Col. Washington was sent as a dele- gate. On May 10, 1775, the congress re- assembled, when the hostile intentions of Eng- land were plainly apparent. The battles of Concord and Lexington had been fought. Among the first acts of this congress was the election of a commander-in-chief of the colo- nial forces. This high and responsible office was conferred upon Washington, who was still a member of the congress. He accepted it on June 19, but upon the express condition that he receive no salary. He would keep an exact account of expenses and expect congress to jiay them and nothing more. The war was conducted by him under every possible disad- vantage, and while his forces often met with reverses, yet he overcame every obstacle, and after seven years of heroic devotion and match- less skill, he gained liberty for the greatest nation of earth. On December 23, 1783, Washington resigned his commission as com- mander-in-chief of the army to the continental congress sitting at Annapolis, and retired im- medjqtely to Mount Vernon. In February, 1789, Washington was unani- mously elected president. In his presidential career he was subject to the peculiar trials in- cidental to a new government; trials from lack of confidence on the part of other govern- ments; trials for the want of harmony between the different sections of our own country ; trials from the imjioverished condition of the coun- try, owing to the war and want of credit; trials from the beginnings of party strife. At the expiration of his first term he was unanimously re-elected. At the end of this term many were anxious that he be re-clecteor- tunity 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 adorn- MILLARD FILLMORE. LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IILINOIE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. 75 ing any station she might be called to fill — Miss Abigail Powers. His elevation of character, his untiring in- dustry, 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 sympa- thies were with the whig party. The state was then democratic, and he found him- self in a helpless minority in the legislature, still the testimony comes from all parties, that his courtesy, ability, and integrity, won, to a very unusual degree, the respect of his asso- ciates. In the autumn of 1832, he was elected to a seat in the United States congress. He en- tered 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 re- turned to his profession, which he pursued with increasing reputation and success. After a lapse of two years he again became a candi- date for congress; was re-elected, and took his seat in 1837. His past experience as a repre- sentative gave him. strength and confidence. The first term of service in congress to any man can be but little more than an introduc- tion. He was now prepared for active duty. 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. 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 considerable fame. The whigs were casting about to find suitable can- didates for president and vice president at the approaching election. Far away, on the waters of the Rio Grande, there was a rough old soldier, who had fought successful battles with the Mexicans, which had caused his name to be proclaimed in trumpet-tones all over the land. But it was necessary to asso- ciate 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 candi- dates for president and vice president. The whig ticket was signally triumphant. On the 4th of March, 1849, Gen. Taylor was inaugu- rated president, and Millard Fillmore vice president, of the United States. On the''''^h of July, 1850, Pres. Taylor, but one year anH' four months after his inaugura- tion, '*Was''simderiTy taken sick and died. By the constitution. Vice Pres. Fillmore thus be- came president. He appointed a very able cabinet, of which the illustrious Daniel Web- ster was secretary of state. Fillmore had very serious difficulties to contend with, since the opposition had a ma- jorty in both house. He did everything in his power to conciliate the south; but the pro- slavery party in the south felt the inadequacy of all measures of transient conciliation. The population of the free states was so rapidly in- creasing over that of the slave states that it was inevitable that the power of the govern- ment should soon pass into the hands of the free states. The famous compromise meas- ures were adopted under Fillmore’s administra- tion, and the Japan expedition was sent out. On the 4th of March, 1853, Fillmore, having served one term, retired. In 1856, Fillmore was nominated for the presidency by the “know nothing” party, but 70 PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. was beaten by Mr. Buchanan. After that Fillmore lived in retirement. During the ter- rible conllict of civil war he was mostly silent. It was generally supposed that his sympathies wei'e rather with those who were endeavoring to overthrow our institutions. He lived to a ripe old age, and died in Buffalo, N. Y., Marchs, 1874. B RANKLIN pierce, the fourteenth president of the United States, was born in Hillsborough, N. H. , November 23, 1804. Franklin was a very bright and handsome boy, generous, 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 neigh- bors looked upon him with pride and affection. He was by instinct a gentleman; always speak- ing kind words, doing kind deeds, with a peculiar unstudied tact which taught him what was agreeable. Without developing any pre- cocity of genius, or any unnatural devotion to books, he was a good scholar; in body, in mind, in affections, a finely developed boy. When si.xteen years of age, in the year 1820, he entered Bowdoin college at Bruns- wick, Maine. He was one of the most popu- lar young men in the college. The purity of his moral character, the unvarying courtesy of his demeanor, his rank as a scholar, and genial nature, rendered him a universal favorite. There was something very peculiarly winning in his address, and it was evidently not in the slightest degree studied; it was the simple out- gushing of his own magnanimous and loving nature. Uj>on graduating, in the year 1824, Frank- lin Pierce commenced the study of law in the office of Judge Woodbury, one of the most distinguish(ul lawyers of the state, and a miin of great private worth. The eminent social qualities of the young lawyer, his father’s promince as a public man, and the brilliant political career into which Judge Woodbury was entering, all tended to entice Mr. Pierce into the fascinating, yet perilous, path of po- litical 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 years. The last two years he w'as chosen speaker of the house by a very large vote. In 1833, at the age of twenty-nine, he was elected a member of congress. Without tak- ing an active part in debates, he was faithful and laborious in duty, and ever rising in the estimation of those with whom he was associ- ated. In 1837, being then but thirty-three years of age, he was elected to the senate of the United States, taking his seat just as Mr. Van Buren commenced his administration. He was the youngest member in the senate. In the year 1834 he married Miss Jane Means Appleton, a lady of rare beauty and accom- plishments, and one admirably fitted to adorn every station with which her husband was honored. Of the three sons who were born to them, all now sleep with their parents in the grave. In the year 1838, Mr. Pierce, with growing fame and increasing business as a lawyer, took up his residence in Concord, the capital of New Hampshire. President Polk, upon his accession to office, ajipointed Mr. Pierce at- torney-general of the United States; but the offer was declined in consequence of numerous professional engagements at home and the precarious state of Mrs. Pierce's health. He also about the same time declined the nomina- tion for governor by the democratic party. The war with Mexico called Mr. Pierce to the army. Receiving the a{)pointment of briga- FRANKLIN PIERCE PRESIDKNI'S OF THE UNITED STATES 7(j dier-general, he embarked with a portion of his troojis at Newport, R. L, on the 27th of May, 1847. took an important ‘part in this war, proving himself a brave and true soldier. When Gen. Pierce reached his home in his native state he was received enthusiastically by the advocates of the Mexican war, and coldly by its opponents. He resumed the practice of his profession, very frequently tak- ing an active part in political questions, giving his cordial support to the pro-slavery wing of the democratic party. The compromise meas- ures met cordially with his approval; and he strenuously advocated the enforcement of the infamous fugitive-slave law, which so shocked the religious sensibilities of the north. He thus became distinguished as a “northern man with southern principles.” The strong partisans of slavery in the south consequently regarded him as a man whom they could safely trust in office to carry out their plans. On the I 2th of June, 1852, the democratic convention met in Baltimore to nominate a candidate for the presidency. For four days they continued in session, and in thirty-five ballotings no one had obtained a two-thirds vote. Not a vote thus far had been thrown for Gen. Pierce. Then the Virginia delega- tion brought forward his name. There were fourteen more ballotings, during which Gen. Pierce constantly gained strength, until, at the forty-ninth ballot, he received 282 votes, and 1 all other candidates eleven. Gen. Winfield Scott was the whig candidate. Gen. Pierce was chosen with great unanimity. Only four states — Vermont, Massachusetts, Kentucky and Tennessee — cast their electoral votes against him. Gen. Franklin Pierce was there- fore inaugurated president of the United States on the 4th of March, 1853. His administration proved one of the most stormy our country had ever experienced. The controversy between slavery and freedom was then approaching its culminating ])oint. It became evident that there was an “irrepress- ible conflict” between them, and that the nation could not long exist “half slave and half free.” President Pierce, during the wliole of his administration, did everything he could to conciliate the south; but it was all in vain. The conflict every year grew more and more violent, and threats of the dissolution of the Union were borne to the north on every southern breeze. On the 4th of March, 1857, President Pierce retired to his home in Concord. Of three children, two had died, and his only sur- viving child had been killed before his eyes by a railroad accident; and his wife, one of the most estimable and accomplished of ladies, was rapidly sinking in consumption. The hour of dreadful gloom soon came, and he was left alone in the world without wife or child. Such was the condition of affairs when Pres. Pierce approached the close of his four years’ term of office. The north had become thoroughly alienated from him. The anti- slavery sentiment, goaded by great outrages, had been rapidly increasing; all the intellectual ability and social worth of Pres. Pierce were forgotten in deep reprehension of his adminis- trative acts. The slaveholders of the south, also, unmindful of the fidelity with which he had advocated those measures of government which they approved, and perhaps, also, feel- ing that he had rendered himself so unpopular as no longer to be able acceptably to serve them, ungratefully dropped him, and nomi- nated James Buchanan to succeed him. When the terrible rebellion broke forth, which divided our country into two parties, Mr. Pierce remained steadfast in the principles which he had always cherished and gave his sympathies to that pro-slavery party with which he had ever been allied. He declined 80 PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. to do anything, either by voice or pen, to strengthen the hand of the national govern- ment. He continued to reside in Concord until the time of his death, which occurred in October, 1869. He was one of the most genial and social of men, an honored communicant of the Episcopal church, and one of the kind- est of neighbors. Generous to a fault, he con- tributed liberally for the alleviation of suffer- ing and want, and many of his townspeople were often gladdened by his material bounty. AMES BUCHANAN, the fifteenth presi- dent of the United States, was born in Franklin county. Pa., on the 23d of April, 1791. His father was a native of the north of Ireland; a poor man, who had emigrated in 1783, with little property save his own strong arms. Five years afterward he married Elizabeth Spear, the daughter of a respectable farmer, and, with his young bride, plunged into the wilderness, staked his claim, reared his log hut, opened a clearing with his ax, and settled down to perform his obscure part in the drama of life. In this secluded home, where James was born, he remained for eight years, enjoying but few social or intel- lectual 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 progress was rapid, and at the age of fourteen he entered Dickenson college at Carlisle. Here he de- veloped remarkable talent, and took his stand among the first scholars of the institution. His application to study was intense, and yet his native powers enabled him to master the most abstruse subjects with facility. In the year 1809, he graduated with the highest honors of his class. He was then eighteen years of 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 city of Lancaster, and was admitted to the bar in 1812, when he was but twenty-one years of age. Very rapidly he rose in his pro- fession, and at once took undisputed stand with the ablest lawyers of the state. When but twenty-six years of age, unaided by coun- sel, he successfully defended before the state senate one of the judges of the state, who was tried upon articles of impeachment. At the age of thirty it was generally admitted that he stood at the head of the bar. In 1820 he reluctantly consented to run as a candidate for congress. He was elected, and for ten years he remained a member of the lower house. During the vacations of congress, he occasionaily tried some important case. In 1831 he retired altogether from the toils of his profession, having acquired an ample fortune. Gen. Jackson, upon his elevation to the presidency, appointed Mr. Buchanan minister to Russia. The duties of his mission he per- formed with ability which gave satisfaction to all parties. Upon his return, in 1833, he was elected to a seat in the United States senate. He there met, as his associates, Webster, Clay, Wright and Calhoun. He advocated the measures proposed by Pres. Jackson, of making rejuisals 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 supporters of his administration. Upon this question he was brought into direct collision with Henry Clay. He also, with voice and vote, advocated ex- punging from the journal of the senate the vote of censure against Gen. Jackson for re- moving the deposits. Earnestly he opposed JAMES BUCHANAN. LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. 83 the abolition of slavery in the District of Co- lumbia, and urged the prohibition of the circu- lation of anti-slavery documents by the United States mail. Upon Mr. Polk’s accession to the presi- dency, Mr. Buchanan became secretary of state, and as such took his share of the respon- sibility in the conduct of the Mexican war. Mr. Polk assumed that crossing the Nueces by the American troops into the disputed territory was not wrong, but for the Mexicans to cross the Rio Grande into that territory was a declara- tion of war. Mr. Buchanan identified himself thoroughly with the party devoted to the per- petuation and extension of slavery, and brought all the energies of his mind to bear against the Wilmot Proviso. He gave his approval of the compromise measures of 1850, which in- cluded the fugitive slave law. Mr. Pierce, upon his election to the presidency, honored Mr. Buchanan with the mission to England. In the year 1856, a national democratic convention 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 one side; all the advocates of its restriction and final abolition on the other. Mr. Fre- mont, the candidate of the enemies of slavery, received 114 electoral votes. Mr. Buchanan received 174, and was elected. The popular vote stood 1,341,264 for Fremont, 1,838,160 for Buchanan. On March 4, 1857, Mr. Bu- chanan 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 years — were seeking the destruction of the government, that they might rear upon the ruins of our free institutions a nation whose corner stone should be human slavery. In this emergency, Mr. Buchanan was hope- lessly bewildered. He could not, with his long avowed principles, consistently oppose the 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. Mr. Buchanan’s sympathy with the pro-slavery party was such, that he had been willing to offer them far more than they had ventured to claim. All the south had professed to ask of the north was non-interference with the sub- ject of slavery. Mr. Buchanan had been ready to offer them the active co-operation of the government to defend and extend the in- stitution. As the storm increased in violence, the slave holders claiming the right to secede, and Mr. Buchanan avowing that congress had no power to prevent it, one of the most piti- able 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 Andrew Jackson, when, with his hand upon his sword hilt, he exclaimed: “The Union must and shall be preserved.” South Carolina seceded in December, i860, nearly three months before the inauguration of Pres. Lincoln. Mr. Buchanan looked on in listless despair. The rebel flag was raised in Charleston; Fort Sumter was besieged; our forts, navy yards 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 terrible in its weakness. At length the long looked PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATED. S4 lor hour of deliverance came, when Abraham Lincoln was to receive the scepter. The administration of President Buchanan was certainly the most calamitous our country has experienced. His best friends cannot re- call it with pleasure. And still more deplor- able 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 retreat, June i, 1868. H BRAHAM LINCOLN, the sixteeeth president of the United States, was born in Hardin county, Ky., Febru- ary 12, 1809. About the year 1780, a man by the name of Abraham Lincoln left Virginia with his family and moved into the then wilds of Kentucky. Only two years after this emigration, still a young man, while work- ing one day in a field, he was stealthily ap- proached by an Indian and shot dead. His widow was left in extreme poverty with five little children, three boys and two girls, Thomas, the youngest of the boys, was four years of age at his father’s death. This Thomas was the father of Abraham Lincoln, the president of the United States, whose name must henceforth forever be enrolled with the most prominent in the annals of our world. When twenty-eight years of age Thomas Lincoln built a log cabin of his own, and mar- ried Nancy Hanks, the daughter of another family of poor Kentucky emigrants, who had also come from Virginia. Their second child was Abraham Lincoln. The mother of Abra- ham was a noble woman, gentle, loving, pen- sive; 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 grateful son, “I owe to my angel mother.” When Abraham was eight years of age, his father sold his cabin and farm, and moved to Harrison county, Ind, where two years later his mother 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 put thoughts into words. He also became an eager reader. The books he could obtain were few; but these he read and re-read until they were almost com- mitted to memory. As the years rolled on, the lot of this lowly family was the usual lot of humanity. There were joys and griefs, wed- dings and funerals. Abraham’s sister, Sarah, to whom he was tenderly attached, was mar- ried when a child of but fourteen years of age, and soon died. The family was gradually scattered. Thomas Lincoln sold out his squatter’s claim in 1830, and emigrated to Macon county. 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 their small lot of inclosed 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 fortune. Little did he or his friends imagine how brilliant that fortune was to be. He saw the value of educa- tion and was intensely earnest to improve his mind to the utmost of his power. He saw the ruin which ardent spirits were causing, and became strictly temperate; refusing to allow a droj) of intoxicating licpior to pass his lips. And he had read in God’s word, “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain;” and a profane expression he was never heard to utter. Religion he revered. His morals were juire, and he was uncontamiuated by a single vice. ABRAHAM LINCOLN UBRA.RV PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. 97 Young Abraham worked for a time as a hired laborer among the farmers. Then he went to Springfield, where he was employed in building a large fiat-boat. In this he took a herd of swine, floated them down the Sanga- mon to the Illinois, and thence by the Missis- sippi to New Orleans. In this adventure his employers were so well pleased, that upon his return they placed a store and mill under his care. In 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 twenty-three years of age, was a candidate for the legislature, but was defeated. He soon afterward received from Andrew Jackson the appointment of post- master of New Salem. His only postoffice 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, ad- vised 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 assem- bled he trudged on foot with his pack on his back 100 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 removed to Springfield and began the practice of law. His success with the jury was so great that he was soon engaged in al- most every noted case in the circuit. In 1854 the great discussion began between j Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Douglas, on the slavery question. In the organization of the republi- can 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 opposi- tion to Senator Douglas in the contest in 1858 for a seat 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 the Declaration of Independence, that all men are created equal. Mr. Lincoln was de- feated in this contest, but won a far higher prize — the presidency. The great republican convention met at Chicago on the i6th of June, i860. The del- egates and strangers who crowded the city amounted to 25,000. An immense building, called “The Wigwam,” was reared to accom- modate the convention. There were eleven candidates for whom votes were cast. William H. Seward, a man whose fame as a statesman had long filled the land, was the most prom- inent. 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; and as little did he dream that he was to render services to his country which would fix upon him the eyes of the whole civilized world, and which would give him a place in the affections of his coun- trymen, second only, if second, to that of Washington. Election day came and Mr. Lincoln re- ceived 180 electoral votes out of 203 cast, and was, therefore, constitutionally elected presi- dent 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 fraught with much danger. Many of the southern states had already seceded, and sev- eral attempts at assassination were afterward brought to light. A gang in Baltimore had arranged, upon his arrival, to ‘ ‘ get up a row, ” 08 PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. and in the confusion to make sure of his death with revolvers and hand grenades. A detect- ive unraveled the plot. A secret and special train was provided to take him from Harris- burg, through Baltimore, at an unexpected hour of the night. The train started at half- past ten; and to prevent any possible com- munication on the part of the secessionists with their confederate gang in Baltimore, as soon as the train had started the telegraph wires were cut. Mr. Lincoln reached Wash- ington in safety and was inaugurated, although great anxiety 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 positions. During no other administration have 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 difficulties, he early learned to seek Divine wisdom and guidance in deter- mining 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 i86i, however, plans had been made for his assassination, and he at last fell a victim to one of them. April 14, 1865, he, with General Grant, was urgently invited to attend Ford’s theater. It was announced that they would be present. Gen. Grant, however, left the city. Pres. Lincoln, feeling, with his characteristic kindliness of heart, that it would be a disappointment if he should fail them, very reluctantly consented to go. While listening to the play an actor by the name of John Wilkes Booth entered the box where the president and family were seated, and fired a bullet into his brains. He died the next morn- ing at seven o’clock, and now, if never before, the nation was plunged into the deepest mourning, and truly mourned the “country’s loss. ” H NDREW JOHNSON, the seventeenth president of the United States, was born December 29, 1808, in Raleigh, N. C. When Andrew was five years of age, his father accidentally lost his life while heroically endeavoring to save a friend from drowning. Until ten years of age, An- drew was a ragged boy about the streets, sup- ported by the labor of his mother, who ob- tained her living with her own hands. He then, having never attended a school one day, and being unable either to read or write, was apprenticed to a tailor in his native town. A gentleman was in the habit of going to the tailor’s shop occasionally and reading to the boys at work there. He often read from the speeches of distinguished British statesmen. Andrew, who was endowed with a mind of more than ordinary native ability, became much interested in these speeches; his ambi- tion was roused, and he was inspired with a strong desire to learn to read. He according- ly applied himself to the alphabet, and, with the assistance of some of his fellow-workmen, learned his letters. He then called upon the gentleman to borrow the book of speeches. The owner, pleased with his zeal, not only gave him the book, but assisted him in learn- ing to combine the letters into words. Under such difficulties he pressed onward laboriously, spending usually ten or twelve hours at work in the shop, and then robbing himself of rest and recreation to devote such time as he could to reading. ANDREW JOHNSON. LIBRARY OF THE afHVERSlTY OF lUINOlS PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. 101 He went to Tennessee in 1 826 and located at Greenville, where he married a young lady who possessed 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 organized a workingman’s party, which elected him aider- man, 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 Tennessee. He was then just twenty-seven years of age. He became a very active mem- ber of the legislature, gave his adhesion to the democratic party, and in 1840 “stumped the state,” advocating Martin Van Buren’s claims to the presidency in opposition to those of Gen. Harrison. In this campaign he ac- quired much readiness as a speaker, and ex- tended 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 post for ten years. In 1853 he was elected governor of Tennessee, and was re-elected in 1855. In all these responsible positions he discharged his duties with distinguished ability and proved himself the friend of the working classes. In 1857 Mr. Johnson was elected a United States senator. Years before, in 1845, he had warmly ad- vocated the annexation of Texas, stating however, as his reason, that he thought this annexation would probably prove ‘ ‘to be the gateway out of which the sable sons of Africa are to pass from bondage to freedom, and be- come merged in a population congenial to themselves.” In 1850 he also supported the compromise measures, the two essential fea- tures of which were, that the white people of the territories should be permitted to de- cide for themselves whether they would en- slave the colored people or not, and that the free states of the north should return to the south persons who attempted to escape from slavery. Mr. Johnson was never ashamed of 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 Savior was the son of a carpenter.” In the Charleston-Baltimore convention of i860, he was the choice of the Tennessee democrats for the presidency. In 1861, when the purpose of the southern democracy became apparent, he took a decided stand in favor of the Union, and held “slavery must be held subordinate to the Union at whatever cost.” He returned to Tennessee, and repeatedly im- periled his own life to protect the Unionists of Tennessee. Tennessee having seceded from the Union, President Lincoln, on March 4, 1862, appointed 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 they do not already feel, that trea- son is a crime and must be punished; that the government will not always bear with its ene- mies; that it is strong not only to protect, but to punish. * * The people must under- stand that it (treason) is the blackest of crimes and will surely be punished.” Yet his whole administration, the history of which is so well 102 PRESIDENTS OE THE UNITED STATES. known, was in niter 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 characterized congress as a new rebel- lion, and lawlessly dehed it in everything pos- sible to the utmost. In the beginning of 1868, on account of “high crimes and misdemean- ors,” the principal of which was the removal of Secretary Stanton, in violation of the Ten- ure of Office act, articles of impeachment were preferred against him, and the trial began March 23. It was very tedious, continuing for nearly three months. A test article of the impeach- ment was at length submitted to the court for its action. It was certain that as the court voted upon that article, so would it vote upon all. Thirty-four voices pronounced the presi- dent guilty. As a two-thirds vote was neces- sary to his condemnation, he was pronounced acquitted, 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 impotently, his conflict wdth congress. His owm party did not think it expedient to renominate him for the presidency. The bul- let of the assassin introduced him to the presi- dent's chair. Notwithstanding this, never was there presented to a man a better oppor- tunity to immortalize his name and win the gratitude of a nation. He failed utterly. He retired to his home in Greenville, Tenm, tak- ing no very active part in politics until 1875. On January 26, after an exciting struggle, he was chosed by the legislature of Tennessee 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 appar- ently in his usual vigorous health, but on reaching the residence of his child the follow- ing 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. He was buried at Green- ville, on the 3d of August, 1875. a LYSSES S. GRANT, the eighteenth president of the United States, was born on the 29th of April, 1822, of Christian parents, in a humble home, at Point Pleasant, Va. ,011 the banks of theOhio. Shortly after his father moved to Georgetown, Brown county, Ohio. In this remote frontier hamlet, Ulysses received a common school education. At the age of seventeen, in the year 1839, he entered the Military academy at West Point. Here he w'as regarded as a solid, sensible young man of fair abilities, and of sturdy, honest character. He took respect- able rank as a scholar. In June, 1843, he graduated, about the middle in his class, and was sent as lieutenant of infantry to one of the distant military posts in the Missouri terri- tory. Two years he passed in these dreary solitudes, watching the vagabond and exasper- ating 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, Ins second battle. At the battle of Monterey, his third engagement, it is said that he per- formed a signal service of daring and skillful horsemanship. His brigade had exhausted its ammunition. A messenger must be sent for ULYSSES S. GRANT. LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IWNOIS PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. 105 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 animal, 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 quarter- master of his regiment. At the battle of Molino del Key, he was promoted to a first lieutenancy, and was brevetted captain at Chapultepec. At the close of the Mexican war, Capt. Grant returned with his regiment to New York, and was again sent to one of the mili- tary 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 emigrants. Life was weari- some in those wilds. Capt. Grant resigned his commission and returned to the states; and having married, entered upon the cultiva- tion of a small farm near St. Louis, Mo. He had but little skill as a farmer. Finding his toil not remunerative, he turned to mercantile life, entering into the leather business, with a younger brother at Galena, 111 . This was in the year i860. As the tidings of the rebels firing on Fort Sumter reached the ears of Capt. Grant in his counting room, he said — “Uncle Sam has educated me for the army; though I have served him through one war, I do not feel that I have yet repaid the debt. I am still ready to discharge my obligations. I shall therefore buckle on my sword and see Uncle Sam through this war, too.” He went into the streets, raised a company of volunteers, 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 straight- forward executive ability of Capt. Grant, gave him a desk in his office, to assist in the volun- teer organization that was being formed in the state in behalf of the government. On the 1 5th of June, 1861, Capt. Grant received a commission as colonel of the Twenty-first regiment of Illinois volunteers. His merits as a West Point graduate, who had served for fifteen 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 rebels raised their flag at Pa- ducah, near the mouth of the Tennessee river. Scarcely had its folds appeared ere Gen. Grant was there. The rebels fled. Their banner fell, and the stars and stripes were unfurled in its stead. 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 major general, and the military district of Tennessee was assigned to him. Like all great captains, Gen. Grant knew well how to secure the results of a victory. He immediately pushed on to the enemy’s 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 30,000 men and 172 cannon. The fall of Vicksburg was by far the most severe blow which the rebels had thus far encountered, and opened up the Mississippi from Cario to the gulf. Gen. Grant was next ordered to co-operate with Gen. Banks in a movement upon Texas, and proceeded to New Orleans, where he was thrown from his horse and received severe in- juries, from which he was laid up for months. He then rushed to the aid of Gens. Rosecrans PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. and Thomas at Chattanooga, and by a won- derful series of strategtic and technical measures put the Union army in fighting condition. Then followed the bloody battles of Chatta- nooga, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, in which the rebels were routed with great loss. This won for him unbounded praise in the north. On the 4th of February, 1 864, 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 upon the duties of his new office. Gen. Grant decided as soon as he took charge of the army to concentrate the widely dispersed national troops for an attack on Richmond, the nominal capital of the rebel- lion, and endeavor there to destroy the rebel armies which would be promptly assembled from all quarters for its defense. The whole continent seemed to tremble under the tramp of these majestic armies, rushing to the deci- sive battle-field. Steamers were crowded with troops; railway trains were burdened with closely packed thousands. His plans were comprehensive and involved a series of cam- paigns, which were executed with remarkable energy and ability, and wei'e consummated at the surrender of Lee, April 9, 1865. The war was ended The Union was saved. The almost unanimous voice of the nation de- clared Gen. Grant to be the most prominent instrument in its salvation. The eminent services he had thus rendered the country brought him conspicuously forward as the re- publican 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 elec- tion received a majority of the popular vote, and 214 out of 294 electoral votes. The national convention of the republican party which met at Philadelphia on the 5th of June, 1872, placed Gen. Grant in nomination fora second term by a unanimous vote. The selec- tion was emphatically endorsed 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 every- where received with such ovations and demon- strations 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 republican national convention in 1 880 for a renomination for president. But he went to New York and embarked in the brokerage business under the firm name of 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 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 death of the illus- trious general. UTHERFORD B. HAYES, the nine- teenth president of the United States, was born in Delaware, Ohio, October 4, 1852, almost three months after the death of his father, Rutherford Hayes. His ancestry, an both the paternal and mater- nal sides, was of the most honorable character. It can be traced, it is said, as far back as 1280, when Hayes and Rutherford were two Scottish chieftains, fighting side by side with Baliol, William Wallace and Robert Bruce. Both families belonged to the nohility, owned extensive estates, and had a large following. RUTHERFORD B. HAYES, LIBRARY Of THB UWVERSITY Of ILLINQfi PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. 109 Misfortune overtaking the family, George Hayes left Scotland in 1680, and settled in Windsor, Conn. His son George was born in Windsor, and remained there during his life. Daniel Hayes, son of the latter, married Sarah Lee, and lived from the time of his marriage until his death in Simsbury, Conn. Ezekiel, son of Daniel, was born in 1724, and was a manufacturer 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 Brattleboro, where he established a hotel. Here his son, Rutherford Hayes, the father of President Hayes, was born. He was married, in September, 1813, to Sophia Bir- chard, of Wilmington, Vt., whose ancestors emigrated thither from Connecticut, they hav- ing been among the wealthiest and best fami- lies of Norwich. Her ancestry on the male side are traced back to 1635, to John Bir- chard, one of the principal founders of Nor- wich. Both of her grandfathers were soldiers in the Revolutionary war. The father of President Hayes was an in- dustrious, frugal and open-hearted man. He was of a mechanical turn, and could mend a plow, knit a stocking, or do almost any- thing else that he chose 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 1812, 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 determined to move to Delaware, where the family arrived in 1817. He died July 22, 1822, 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 bereavement, found the support she so much needed in her brother Sardis, who had been a member of the house- hold 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 was very weak, and the subject of this sketch was so feeble at birth that he was not expected to live beyond a month or two at most. As the months went by he grew weaker and weaker, so that the neighbors were in the habit of inquiring from time to time “if Mrs. Hayes’ baby died last night.” On one occasion a neighbor, who was on familiar terms with the family, after alluding to the boy’s big head, and the moth- er’s assiduous care of him, said in a bantering way, “That’s right! Stick to him. 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 wait and see. You can’t tell but I shall make him president of the United Statec yet.” The boy lived in spite of the universal predictions of his speedy death; and when, in 1825, his older brother was drowned, he be- came, if possible, still dearer to his mother. The boy was seven years old before he went to school. His education, however, was not neglected. He probably learned as much from his mother and sister as he would have done at school. His sports were almost wholly within doors, his playmates being his sis<-er and her associates. His uncle Sardis Birchard took the deepest interest in his education; and as the boy’s health had improved, and he was making good progress in his studies, he pro- posed to send him to college. His preparation commenced with a tutor at home; but he was afterward sent for one year to a professor in no PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. the Wesleyan university, in Middletown, Conn. He entered Kenyon college in 1838, at the age of sixteen, and was graduated at the head of his class in 1 842. Immediately after his graduation he began the study of law in the office of Thomas Spar- row, Esq., in Columbus. Finding his oppor- tunities for study in Columbus somewhat limited, he determined to enter the law school at Cambridge, Mass., where he remained 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. Buck- land, of Fremont. Here he remained three years, acquiring but a limited practice, and apparently unambitious of distinction in his profession. In 1849 he moved to Cincinnati, where his ambition found a new stimulus. Two events, occurring at this period, had a powerful influ- ence upon his subsequent life. One of these was his marriage with Miss Fucy Ware Webb, daughter of Dr. James Webb, of Chillicothe; the other was his introduction to the Cincin- nati Fiterary club, a body embracing among its members such men as Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, Gen. John Pope, Gov. Edward F Noyes, and many others hardly less distin- guished in after life. The marriage was a fortunate one in every respect, as everybody knows. Not one of all the wives of our presi- dents was more universally admired, rever- enced and beloved than was Mrs. Hayes, and no one did more than she to reflect honor upon American womanhood. The Fiterary club brought Mr. Hayes into constant associa- tion with young men of high character and noble aims, and lured him to display the qualities so long hidden by his bashfulness and extreme modesty. In 1856 he was nominated to the office of judge of the court of common pleas; but he declined to accept the nomination. Two years later, the office of city solicitor becoming vacant, the city council elected him for the un- expired term. In 1861, when the rebellion broke out, he was at the zenith of his professional life. His rank at the bar was among the first. But the news of the attack on Fort Sumter found him eager to take up arms for the defense of his beloved country. His military record was bright and illus- trious. In October, 1861, he was made lieutenant-colonel, and August, 1862, promoted colonel of the Seventy-ninth Ohio regiment, but he refused to leave his old comrades and go among strangers. Subsequently, however, he 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 Kana- wha division, and for gallant and meritorious services in the battles of Winchester, Fisher’s Hill and Cedar Creek, he was promoted briga- dier-general. He was also brevetted major- general "for gallant and distinguished services during the campaigns of 1864 in West Vir- ginia. ” 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 con- gress, from the Second Ohio district, which had long been democratic. He was not pres- ent during the canqiaign, 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 LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS JAMES A. GARFIELD. PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. 118 of Ohio over Hon. Allen G. Thurman, a popu- lar democrat. In 1869 'was re-elected over George H. Pendleton. He was elected gov- ernor for the third term in 1875. In 1876 he was the standard-bearer of the republican party in the presidential contest, and, after a hard, long contest, was chosen president, and was inaugurated Monday, March 5 . 1875. He served one full term of four years, then retired to his peaceful home, where he expired January 17, 1893. AMES A. GARFIELD, twentieth pres- ident of the United States, was born November 19, 1831, in the woods of Orange, Cuyahoga county, Ohio. His parents were Abram and Eliza (Ballou) Gar- field, both of New England ancestry, and from families well known in the early history of that | section of our country, but had moved to the Western Reserve, in Ohio, early in its settle- ment. The house in which James A. was born was about 20x30 feet, built of logs, with the spaces between the logs filled with clay. His father was a hard-working farmer, and he soon . had his fields cleared, an orchard planted, and a log barn built. The household comprised the father and mother and their four children — Mehetabel, Thomas, Mary and James. In May, 1823, the father, Jrom a cold contracted in helping to put out a forest fire, died. At this time James was about eighteen months old, and Thomas about ten years old. He now lives in Michigan, and the two sisters live in Solon, Ohio, near their birth-place. 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 carpenter work, chopped wood, or did anything that would bring in a few dollars. Nor was Gen. Garfield ever j ashamed of his origin, and he never forgot the friends of his struggling childhood, youth and manhood, neither did they ever forget him. When in the highest seats of honor, the humblest friend of his boyhood was as kindly greeted as ever. 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 con- sented 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. After making many applications for work, and try- ing to get aboard a lake vessel, and not meet- ing with success, he engaged as a driver for his cousin, Amos Letcher, on the Ohio & Penn- sylvania canal. He remained at this work but a short time when he went 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 be- came both teacher and pupil. In the fall of 1854, he entered Williams college, from which he graduated in 1856, taking one of the high- est honors of his class. He afterward re- turned to Hiram college as its president. Dr. Noah Porter, president of Yale college, says of him in reference to his religion: “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 de- votion to Christ and life and faith and spiritual 114 PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. commission were controlling springs of his being, and to a more than usual degree.” Mr. Garfield was united in marriage with Miss Lucretia Rudolph, November ii, 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, in Hiram and the neighbor- ing villages, and three years later he began to speak at county mass meetings, and became the favorite speaker wherever he was. Dur- ing this year he was elected to the Ohio senate. He also began to study law at Cleve- land, 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 de- fend the old flag. He received his commission as lieutenant-colonel of the Forty-second reg- iment of Ohio volunteer infantry, August 14, 1861. He was immediately put into active service, 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 Mar- shall) reputed to be the ablest of those, not educated to war, whom Kentucky had given to the rebellion. This work was bravely and speedily accomplished, although against great odds. President Lincoln, on his success, com- missioned him brigadier general, January 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 member of the general court-martial for the trial of Fitz-John Porter. He was then or- dered to report to Gen. Rosecrans, and was assigned to the chief of staff. The military history of Gen. Garfield closed with his brill- iant services at Chickamauga, where he won the stars of the major-general. Without an effort on his part Gen. Garfield was elected to congress m the fall of 1862 from the Nineteenth district of Ohio. This section of Ohio had been represented in con- gress for sixty years 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 entered congress he was the youngest member in that body. Here he remained by successive re- elections until he was elected president in 1 880. Of his labors in congress Senator Hoar says: “Since the year 1864 you cannot think of a question which has been debated in congress, or discussed before a tribunal of the American people, in regard to which you will not find, if you wish instruction, the argument on one side stated, in almost every instance, better than by anybod}’ else, in some speech made in the house of representatives or on the hustings by Mr. Garfield.” Upon January 14, 1880, Gen. Garfield was elected to the United States senate, and on the 8th of June, of the same year, was nom- inated as the candidate of his party for presi- dent at the great Chicago convention. He was elected in the following November, and on March 4, 1881, was inaugurated. Probably no administration 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 preliminary work of his administration and was preparing to leave the city to meet his friends at Will- iams college. While on his way and at the depot, in company with Secretary Blaine, a man stepped behind him, drew a revolver, and fired directly at his back. The president UBRARY OF THE miVERSlIY OF lltmol? CHESTER A. ARTHUR, PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. 117 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. For eighty days all during the hot months of July 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 the noblest of human lessons — how to live grandly in the very clutch of death. He passed serenely away September 19, 1881, at Elberon, N. J., on the seashore, where he had been taken shortly previous. The murderer was tried, found guilty and executed, in one year after he committed the foul deed. a HESTER A. ARTHUR, twenty-first president of the United States, was born in Franklin county, Vermont, on the fifth of October, 1830, and is the eldest of a family of two sons and five daughters. His father was the Rev. Dr. William Arthur, a Baptist clergyman, who emigrated to this country from the county Antrim, Ireland, in his eighteenth year, and died in 1875, in Newtonville, near Albany, N. Y., after a long and successful ministry. Young Arthur was educated at Union col- lege, Schenectady, N. Y. , where he excelled in all his studies. After his graduation, he taught school in Vermont for two years, and at the expiration of that time went to New York, with $500 in his pocket, and entered the office of ex-Judge E. D. Culver, as student. After being admited to the bar he formed a partnership with his intimate friend and room- mate, Henry D. Gardiner, with the intention of practicing in the west, and for three months they roamed about in the western states in search of an eligible site, but in the end re- turned to New York, where they entered upon a successful career almost from the start. Gen. Arthur soon afterward married the daugh- ter of Lieut. Herndon, of the United States navy, who was lost at sea. Congress voted a gold medal to his widow in recognition of the bravery he displayed on that occasion. Mrs. Arthur died shortly before Mr. Arthur’s nomi- nation 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 superior court of New York city. It was in 1852 that Jonathan 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. William 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 emanicipation of the black race. Another great service was rendered by Gen. Arthur in the same cause in 1856. Liz- zie Jennings, a respectable colored woman, was put off a Fourth avenue car with violence after she had paid her fare. Gen. Arthur sued on her behalf, and secured a verdict of $500 damages. The next day the company issued an order to admit colored persons to ride on their cars, and the other car companies quickly followed their example. Before that the Sixth avenue company ran a few special cars for col- ored persons and the other lines refused to let them ride at all. 118 PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. Gen. Arthur was a delegate to the conven- tion at Saratoga that founded the republican party. Previous to the war he was judge-ad- vocate of the Second brigade of the state of New York, and Governor Morgan, of that state, appointed him engineer-in-chief of his staff. In 1 86 1, he was made inspector gen- eral, and soon afterward became quartermas- ter general. In each of these offices he ren- dered great service to the government during the war. At the end of Gov. 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 practice of this well known firm was very large and lucra- tive; each of the gentlemen composing it was an able lawyer, and possessed a splendid local reputation, if not indeed one of national extent. Arthur was appointed collector of the port of New York by President Grant, November 2 1, 1873, to succeed Thomas Murphy, and held the office until July 20, 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 assem- bled on the continent. It was composed of the leading politicians of the republican party, all able men, and all stood firm and fought vigorously and with signal tenacity for their respective candidates that were before the con- vention for the nomination. Finally Gen. Garfield received the nomination for president and Gen. Arthur for vice president. The cam- paign which followed was one of the most animated known in the history of our country. Gen. Hancock, the standard-bearer of the democratic party, was a po])ular man, and his party made a valiant fight tor his election. Finally the election came and the country’s choice was Garfield and Arthur. They were inaugurated March 4, 1881, as president and vice-president. A few months only had passed ere the newly chosen president was the victim of the assassin’s bullet. The remarka- ble patience that Garfield manifested during those hours and weeks, and even months, of the most terrible suffeidng 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 dis- played only an earnest desire that the suffer- ing Garfield might recover, to serve the re- mainder of the term he had so auspiciously 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 Garfield from further suffering. Then it be- came the duty of the vice president to assume the responsibilities of the high office, and he took the oath in New York, September 20, 1881. 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 whom he would select as advisers. The duties of the office had been greatly neglected during the president’s long illness, and many import- ant 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 ])oint. Under these trying cir- cumstances President Arthur took the reins of the government in his own hands; and as em- barrassing as was the condition of affairs, he haj)pily surprised the nation, actign so wisely that but few criticised his administration. He f-lBRARY STEPHEN GROVER CLEVELAND, PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. 121 served 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 convention 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 carrying with him the best wishes of the American people, whom he had served in a manner satisfactory to them and with credit to himself. Although not a man of the transcendent ability possessed by the lamented Garfield, Mr. Arthur was able for the emergency he was so unexpectedly called to fill, and was a worthy successor to his chief. TEPHEN GROVER CLEVELAND, the twenty-second and twenty-fourth president of the United States, was born in 1837, in the town of Cald- well, Essex county, N. J., and in a little two- and-a-half story w'hite house which is still standing, characteristically to mark the hum- ble birth-place of one of America’s great men in striking contrast with the old world, where all men high in office must be high in origin, and born in the cradle of wealth. When three years of age, his father, who was a Presbyte- rian minister with a large family, and a small salary, moved by the 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 Gov. Seymour was born. At the last mentioned place young Grover commenced 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 village geniuses and independent thinkers. When he arrived at the age of fourteen years he had outgrown the capacity of the village school and expressed a most emphatic desire to be sent to an acad- emy. To this his father decidedly objected. Academies in those days cost money; besides, his father wanted him to become self-support- ing by the quickest possible means, and this at that time in Fayetteville seemed to be a position in a country store, where his father, with the large family on his hands, had con- siderable influence. Grover was to be paid $50 for his services the first year, and if he proved trustworthy he was to receive $100 the second year. Here the lad commenced his career as a salesman, and in two years he had earned so good a reputation for trustworthi- ness that his employers desired to retain him longer. But instead of remaining with this firm in Fayetteville, he went with the family in their removal to Clinton, where he had an oppor- tunity 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, fifteen 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 although he obtained a good repu- tation in this capacity, he concluded that teaching was not his calling for life, and, re- versing the traditional order, he left the city to seek his fortune, instead of going to a city. He first thought of going to Cleveland, Ohio, as there was some charm in that name for him; but before proceeding to that place he went to 122 PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. Buffalo to ask advice of his uncle, Lewis F. Allan, a noted stock breeder of that place. After a long consultation, his uncle offered him a place temporarily as assistant herdkeeper at $50 a year, while he could “look around.” One day afterward he boldly walked into the office of Rogers, Bowers & Rogers, of Buffalo, and told them what he wanted. A number of young men were already engaged m the office, but Grover’s persistency won, and he was fin- ally permitted to come as an office boy and have the use of the law library for the nomi- nal sum of $3 or $4 a week. Out of this he had to pay for his board and washing. The walk to and from his uncle’s was a long and rugged one; and, although the first winter was a memorably severe one, yet he was neverthe- less prompt and regular. On the first day of his service there, his senior employer threw down a copy of Blackstone before him with a bang that made the dust fly, saying, “That’s where they all begin.” A titter ran around the little circle of clerks and students, as they thought that was enough to scare young Grover out of his plans; but in due time he mastered that cumbersome volume. Then, as ever afterward, however, Mr. Cleveland exhib- ited a talent for executiveness rather than for chasing principles through all their metaphys- ical possibilities. “Let us quit talking and go and do it,” was practically his motto. The first public office to which Mr. Cleve- land was elected was that of sheriff of Erie county, N. Y., in which Buffalo is situated; and in such capacity it fell to his duty to in- flict capital punishment upon two criminals. In 1881 he was elected mayor of the city of Buffalo on the democratic ticket, with especial reference to the bringing about certain reforms in the administration of the municipal affairs of that city. In this office, as well as that of sheriff, his performance of duty has generally been considered fair, with possibly a few ex- ceptions, which were ferreted out and magni- fied during his last presidential campaign. The editorial manager or the New York Sun afterward very highly commended Mr. Cleve- land’s administration as mayor of Buffalo, and thereupon recommended him for governor of the Empire state. To the latter office he was elected in 1882, and his administration of the affairs of state was generally satisfactory. The mistakes he made, if any, were made very public throughout the nation after he was nom- inated for president of the United States. For this high office he was nominated July ii, 1884, by the national democratic convention at Chicago, when other competitors were Thomas F. Bayard, Roswell P. Flower, Thomas A. Hendricks, Benjamin F'. Butler, Allen G. Thurman, etc. ; and he was elected by the people by a majority of about a thousand over the brilliant and long-tried James G. Blaine. President Cleveland resigned his office as gov- erner of New York in January, 1885, in order to prepare for his duties as the chief executive of the United States, in which capacity his term commenced at noon on the 4th of March, 1885. In November, 1892, Mr. Cleveland was re- elected to the presidency by the democratic party, the candidate of the republican party being their ex-chief, Benjamin Harrison, a sketch of whom follows this. The popular vote on this occasion stood; Cleveland, 5,556- 562; Harrison, 5,162,874; the electoral vote was 277 for Cleveland, and 145 for Harrison. During the early part of his first administra- tion, Mr. Cleveland was married to Miss Frances Folsonq of Buffalo, N. Y. , and in Oc- tober, 1891, a daughter, Ruth, came to bless the union, and a second daughter, Esther, was born in July, 1893. The first act of Mr. Cleveland, on taking his seat for his second term, was to convene congress in extra session for the j^urpose of rej)ealing the Sherman sil- ver bill, and accordingly that body met Sep- ] BENJAMIN HARRISON, PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. teniber 4, 1893, and both houses being demo- cratic, the bill, in accordance with the recom- mendation ot the president, was uncondition- ally repealed. The special feature, however, ot the second administration of Grover Cleve- land was the repeal of the McKinley tariff bill by congress and the substitution of the bill re- ported by William L. Wilson, of West Vir- ginia, as chairman of the ways and means com- mittee of the house of representatives, which bill, being concurred in, with sundry amend- ments, by the senate, was finally passed and went into effect in the latter part of 1894, materially reducing the duties on imports. ENJAMIN HARRISON, the twenty- third 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 followers and fighters. In the zenith of Cromwell’s power it became the duty of this Harrison to participate in the trial of Charles I, and afterward to sign the death warrant of the king. He subsequently paid for this with his life, being hung October 13, 1660. His descendants came to America, and the next of the family that appears in his- tory is Benjamin Harrison, of Virginia, great- grandfather of the subject of this sketch, and after whom he was named. Benjamin Har- rison was a member of the continental con- gress during the years 1774-5-6, and was one of the original signers of the Declaration of Independence. He was three times elected governor of Virginia. Gen. William Henry Harrison, the son of the distinguished patriot of the Revolution, after a successsul career as a soldier during the war of 1812, and with a clean record as gov- ernor of the Northwestern territory, was elected president of the United States in 1840. His career was cut short by death in one month after his inauguration. President Benjamin Harrison was born at North Bend, Hamilton county, Ohio, August 20, 1833. His life up to the time of his grad- uation by the Miami university, at Oxford, Ohio, was the uneventful one of a country lad of a family of small means. His father was able to give him a good education, and nothing more. He became engaged while at college to the daughter of Dr. Scott, principal of a female school at Oxford. After graduating, he determined to enter upon the study of the law. He went to Cincinnati and there read law for two years. At the expiration of that time young Harrison received the only inher- itance of his life; his aunt, dying, left him a lot valued at $800. He regarded this legacy as a fortune, and decided to get married at once, take this money and go to some eastern town and begin the practice of law. He sold his lot, and with the money in his pocket, he started out with his young wife to fight for a place in the world. He decided to go to Indianapolis, which was even at that time a town of promise. He met with slight encour- agement at first, making scarcely anything the first year. He worked diligently, applying himself closely to his calling, built up an ex- tensive practice and took a leading rank in the legal profession. He is the father of two children. In i860 Mr. Harrison was nominated for the position of supreme court reporter, and then began his experience as a stump speaker. He canvassed the state thoroughly, and was elected by a handsome majority. In 1862 he raised the Seventeenth Indiana infantry, and was chosen its colonel. His regiment was composed of the rawest of material, but Col. Harrison employed all his time at first master- ing military tactics and drilling his men; when he therefore came to move toward the east PR 1 -:S 11 )ENTS OF THE UNITED STATE.S. l!>() with Slierman his re^^iinent was one of the best drilled and organized in the army. At Kesaca he especially distinguished himself, and for his hraveiy at Peachtree Creek he was made a brigadier general, Gen. Hooker speak- ing of him in the most complimentary terms. During the absence of Gen. Harrison in the field the supreme court declared the office of the supreme court reporter vacant, and another person was elected to the position. P'rom the time of leaving Indiana with his regiment until the fall of 1864 he had taken no leave of absence, but having been nomi- nated that year for the same office, he got a thirty-day leave of absence, and during that time made a brilliant canvass of the state, and was elected for another term. He then started to rejoin Sherman, but on the way was stricken down with scarlet fever, and after a most trying siege made his way to the front in time to participate in the closing incidents of the war. In 1868 Gen. Harrison declined a re-elec- tion as reporter, and resumed the practice of law. In 1 876 he was a candidate for governor. Although defeated, the brilliant campaign he made won for him a national reputation, and he was much sought, especially in the east, to make speeches. In 1880, as usual, he took an active part in the campaign, and was elected to the United States senate. Here he served six years, and was known as one of the ablest men, best lawyers and strongest debaters in that body. With the expiration of his sena- torial term he returned to the practice of his profession, becoming the head of one of the strongest firms in the state of Indiana. The political campaign of 1888 was one of the most memorable in the history of our coun- try. The convention, which assembled in Chicago in June and named Mr. Harrison as the chief standard bearer of the republican party, was great in every particular, and on this account, and the attitude it assumed upon the vital questions of the day, chief among which was the tariff, awoke a deep interest in the campaign throughout the nation. Shortly after the nomination delegations began to visit Mr. Harrison at Indianapolis, his home. This movement became popular, and from all sec- tions of the country societies, clubs and dele- gations journeyed thither to pay their respects to the distinguished statesman. The popu- larity of these was greatly increased on ac- count of the remarkable speeches made by Mr. Harrison. He spoke daily all through the summer and autumn to these visiting delega- tions, and so varied, masterly and eloquent were his speeches that they at once placed him in the foremost rank of Ameiican orators and statesmen. On account of his eloquence as a speaker and his power as a debater, he was called upon at an uncommonly early age to take part in the discussion of the great questions that then began to agitate the coun- try. He was an uncompromising anti-slavery man, and was matched against some of the most eminent democratic speakers of his state. No man who felt the touch of his blade de- sired to be putted with him again. With all his eloquence as an orator he never spoke for oratorical effect, but his words always went like bullets to the mark. He is purely Ameri- can in his ideas and is a splendid type of the American statesman. Gifted with quick per- ception, a logical mind and a ready tongue, he is one of the most distinguished impromptu speakers in the nation. Original in thought, jirecise in logic, terse in statement, yet withal faultless in eloquence, he is recognized as the sound statesman and brilliant orator of the day. His term of office as president ol the United States expired on March 4, 1893, when he surrendered the high position to Stephen Grover Cleveland, allusion to which fact is made on a preceding page. PRESIDENTS OE THE UNITED STATES. ional Memoranda for Presidents of the United States. 128 PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES. Additional Memoranda for President.s of the Pdiited States. GOVERNORS OF INDIANA . . . AND . . . REPRESENTATIV§ MEN. MEN. COfEltSORS OE ISDUNi ANII BEPItESENTlTHE H RTHUR ST. CLAIR, one of the most noted characters of our early colonial days, was a native of Scotland, being born at Edinburg, in 1735 Becom- ing a surgeon in the British army, he subse- quently crossed the Atlantic with his regiment and thenceforward was identified with the history of this country until the day of his death. Serving as a lieutenant with Wolfe in the memorable campaign against Quebec, St. Clair won sufficient reputation to obtain ap- pointment ascommander of Fort Ligonier, Pa., where a large tract of land was granted to him. During the Revolutionary war he espoused the colonial cause, and before its close had risen to the rank of major general. In 1785 he was elected a delegate to the Continental congress and afterward became its president. After the passage of the ordinance of 1 787, St. Clair was appointed first military governor of the Northwest territory, with headquarters at Fort Washington, now Cincinnati. In 1791 he undertook an expedition against the north- western Indians, which resulted in the great disaster known in western history as “St. Clair’s defeat.” On November 4 the Indians surprised and routed his whole force of about 1,400 regulars and militia, in what is now Darke county, Ohio, killing over 900 men and capturing his artillery and camp equipage. Gen. St. Clair held the office of territorial governor until 1802, when he was removed by President Jefferson. He returned to Ligonier, Pa. , poor, aged and infirm. The state granted him an annuity which enabled him to pass the last years of his life in comfort. He died near Greensburgh, Pa., August 31, 1818, leaving a family of one son and three daughters. ILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, first (territorial) governor of Indiana, and ninth president of the United States, was a native of Virginia, born in the town of Berkeley, Charles City county, February 9, 1773. [See presidential sketch.] HOMAS POSEY, the second and last governor of Indiana territory, was born near Alexandria, Va. , on July 9, 1750. His educational training was limited, being confined to the branches taught in the different schools of those days. In 1774 he took part in the expedition originated by Gov. Dunmore, of Virginia, against the Indians, and was present at the battle of Mount Pleasant. At the close of the war Mr. (JOVERNORS OF INDIANA RW Rosey went back to his home in Virginia, but did not long pursue his peaceful vocations, being called upon, the following year, to take the part of the colonies in their struggle for liberty against the mother country. He par- ticipated in the battle of Bemis Heights, as captain in Col. Morgan’s command; in 1779 was colonel of the Eleventh Virginia regiment, and afterward commanded a battery under Gen. Wayne. He bore a gallant part in the storming of Stony Point, was at the capitula- tion of Cornwallis at Yorktown, and continued in the service some time after peace was de- clared. In 1793, he was appointed brigadier general in the army of the Northwest, and being pdeased with the appearance of the country, settled in Kentucky hot long after. In that state he was a member of the state senate, being president of the body from November 4, 1805, to November 3, 1806, per- forming the duties of lieutenant governor at the same time. He removed to Louisiana in 1812, and afterward represented the state in the senate of the United States. While a resident of Louisiana he was appointed gov- ernor of Indiana territory, by President Mad- ison, and in May, 1813, he moved to Vin- cennes, and entered upon the discharge of his official duties. When his term as governor expired by reason of the admission of Indiana into the Union, in 1816, Col. Posey was appointed Indian agent for Illinois territory, with headquarters at Shawneetown, where his death occurred March 19, 1818. >^ONATHAN JENNINGS, the first gov- ^ ernor of Indiana, was born in Hunter- y don county, N. J., in the year 1784. His father, a Presbyterian clergyman, moved to Pennsylvania shortly after Jona- than’s birth, in which state the future gov- ernor received his early educational training and grew to manhood. He early began train- ing himself for the legal profession, but before his admission to the bar he left Pennsylvania and located at Jeffersonville, Ind. , where he completed his preparatory study of the law, and became a practitioner in the courts of that and other towns in the territory. He was subsequently made clerk in the territorial legislature, and while discharging the duties of that position became a candidate for con- gress, against Thomas Randolph, attorney general of the territory. The contest between the two was exciting and bitter, the principal question at issue being slavery, which Mr. Randolph opposed, while his competitor was a firm believer in the divine right of the insti- tution. Jennings was elected by a small majority. He was re-elected in 1811, over Walter Taylor, and in 1813 was chosen the third time, his competitor in the last race being Judge Sparks, a very worthy and popular man. Early in 1816, Mr. Jennings reported a bill to congress, enabling the people of the territory to take the necessary steps to convert it into a state. Delegates to a convention to form a state constitution were elected in May, 1816, Mr. Jennings being chosen one from the County of Clark. He was honored by being chosen to preside over this convention, and in the election which followed he was elected governor of the new state by a majority of i, 277 votes over his competitor. Gov. Posey. In this office he sei'ved six years, also acting as Indian commissioner in 1818 by appoint- ment of President Monroe. At tlie close of his term as governor, he was elected as repre- sentative in congress, and was chosen for four terms in succession. He was nearly always in ]ud)lic life and filled his jdaces accci)tably. He died near Charlestown, July 26, 1834. AND REPRESENT 7 \TIVP: men. 1 ) ATLIFF BOON, who became gov- ernor of Indiana upon the resignation of Jonathan Jennings, September 12, 1 822, was born in the state of Georgia January 18, 1781. When he was young his father emigrated to Kentucky, settling in War- ren county. Ratliff Boon learned the gun- smith trade in Danville, Ky., and in 1809 came to Indiana and settled on the present site of Boonville, in what is now Warrick county. In the organization of this county he took a prominent part, was elected its first treasurer, in the session of 1816-17 he was a member of the house of representatives, and in 1818 was elected to the state senate. In 1819 he was elected lieutenant governor on the ticket with Jonathan Jennings, whom he succeeded, as stated above. He was re-elected to the office of lieutenant governor in 1822, but resigned that office, in 1824, to become a candidate for congress, to which he was elected in August of the same year. He was re-elected in 1829-1831-1833-1835 and 1837, serving most of the time as chairman of the com- mittee of public lands. In 1836 he was a c.-udidate for United States senator, but was defeated by Oliver H. Smith. His congres- sional career ended March, 1839, ^ few months afterward he removed to Missouri, settling in Pike county. In that state Gov. Boon became active in public affairs, and was one of the leading men of the state. Placing himself in antagonism to Col. Thomas H. Benton, who then controlled the politics of Missouri, he incurred the latter’s deadly enmity. He again became a candidate for congress in 1844, but his death on November 20th of that year put an end to his earthly career. Mr. Boon was a pioneer of two states and left the impress of his character upon both of them. ILLIAM HENDRICKS, governor of Indiana from 1822 to 1825, was born at Ligonier, Westmoreland county. Pa., in 1783. His parents were Abraham and Ann (Jamison) Hendricks, descendants from old families of New Jersey. William Hendricks was educated at Cannons- burg. Pa., and shortly after his graduation, in 1810, went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he studied law in the office of Mr. Carry, sup- porting himself in the meantime by teaching school. In 1814 he removed to Indiana, and located at Madison, which continued to be his home during the rest of his life. He began the practice of law at Madison, where he was also identified with journalism for some time, and shortly after his removal to the state he was made secretary of the territorial legisla- ture at Vincennes. In June, 1816, he was appointed secretary of the constitutional con- vention, and in August of the same year was elected as the first and sole representative to congress from the newly created state, serving three successive terms. He discharged the duties of his high position with so much acceptability that at the end of his third term, 1822, he was elected governor of the state without opposition. Before the expiration of his term as governor, the legislature elected him a senator of the United States, and on February 12, 1825, he filed his resignation as governor. In 1831 he was re-elected, and at the expiration of this term, in 1837, he retired to private life and never afterward took upon himself the cares of public office. In 1840 he was one of the state electors on the Van Buren ticket, and it was during the campaign of that year that he contracted a disease from which he suffered the remainder of his life. Gov. Hendricks was a man of imposing ap- pearance. He was six feet in height, hand- GOVERNORS OF INDIANA I K) some in face and figure, and had a ruddy com- plexion. He was easy in manner, genial and kind in disposition, and was a man who at- tracted the attention of all and won the warm friendship of many. He was brought up in the Presbyterian faith, early united with that church, and lived a consistent, earnest, Chris- tian life. The Indiana Gazette of 1850 has the following mention of him: “Gov. Hen- dricks was for many years by far the most popular man in the state. He had been its sole representative in congress for six years, elected on each occasion by large majorities, and no member of that body, probably, was more attentive to the interests of the state he represented, or more industrious in arranging all the private or local business intrusted to him. He left no letter unanswered, no public office or document did he fail to visit or examine on request; with personal manners very engaging, he long retained his popular- ity.” He died May 16, 1850. AMES BROWN RAY, governor of Indi- ana, was born in Jefferson county, Ky. , February 19, 1794. Early in life he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, and after studying law in that city he was admitted to the bar. He began the practice at Brookville, Ind., where he soon ranked among the ablest and most influential of an able and ambi- tious bar. In 1822 he was elected to the legislature. On the 30th of January, 1824, Lieut. Gov. Ratliff Boon resigned his office, and Mr. Ray was elected president pro tern, of the senate, and presided during the remainder of the ses- sion. He was governor of the state from 1825 to 1831, and during this time was appointed United States 'commissioner with Lewis Gass and John Tipton, to negotiate a treaty with the Miami and Pottawatomie Indians. The constitution of the state prevented the gov- ernor from holding an office under the United States government, in consequence of which he became involved in a controversy. He remembered the difficulty Jonathan Jennings had encountered under like circumstances, and sought to avoid trouble by acting without a regular commission, but his precaution did not save him from trouble. Through his exertions the Indians gave land to aid in building a road from Lake Michigan to the Ohio river. Gov. Ray was active in promoting railroad concen- tration in Indianapolis, and took an active part in the internal improvement of the state. At the expiration of his term of office he resumed the practice of law, and in 1837 was candiate for congress in the Indianapolis dis- trict, but was defeated by a large majority. This want of appreciation by the public soured him, and in later years he became very eccen- tric. In 1848, while at Cincinnati, he was taken with the cholera, which terminated in his death, August 4th of that year. In person Gov. Ray, in his younger days, was very pre- possessing. He was tall and straight, with a body well proportioned. He wore his hair long and tied in a queue. His forehead was broad and high, and his features denoted intel- ligence of high order. For many years he was a leading man of Indiana, and no full history of the state can be written without a mention of his name. OAH NOBLE, the fifth governor of Indiana, was born in Clark county, Va., January 15, 1794. When a small boy he was taken by his parents to Kentucky in which state he grew to man- hood. About the time Indiana was admitted into the Union, Mr. Noble came to the state AND REPRESENTATIVE VrEN. Ml and located at Brookville, where a few'years later, he was elected sheriff of Franklin county. In 1824 he was chosen a representative to the state legislature from Franklin county, in which body he soon became quite popular and gained a state reputation. In 1826 he was appointed receiver of public moneys to suc- ceed his brother, Lazarus Noble, who died while moving the office from Brookville to Indianapolis, in which capacity he continued with great acceptability until his removal, in 1829, by President Jackson, In 1830 he was appointed one of the commissioners to locate and lay out the Michigan road. In 1831 he was candidate for governor, and although a whig, and the democracy had a large majority in the state, he was elected by a majority of 2,791. This was remarkable, for Milton Stapp, also a whig, was a candidate, and polled 4,422 votes. In 1834 Gov. Noble was a candidate for re-election, when he was also successful, defeating his competitor, James G. Reed, by 7,662 votes. In 1839, after his gubernatorial term had expired, he was elected a member of the board of internal improvements. In 1841 he was chosen a fund commissioner, and the same year was offered by the president of the United States the office of general land com- missioner, which he declined. Gov. Noble died at his home, near Indianapolis, February 8, 1844. Gov. Noble had a laudable ambition to go to the United States senate, and in 1836 was a candidate to succeed William Hen- dricks, but was defeated by Oliver H. Smith. In 1839 he was again a candidate to succeed Gen. John Tipton, but was defeated by Albert S. White on the thirty-sixth ballot. Oliver H. Smith says that Gov. Noble “was one of the most popular men with the masses of the state. His person was tall and slim, and his consti- tution delicate, his smile wftining, his voice feeble, and the pressure of his hand irresisti- ble. He spoke plainly and well, but made no pretense to oratory. As governor he was very popular, and his social entertainments will long be remembered. AVID WALLACE, governor of Indi- ana from 1837 to 1840, was a native of Mifflin county. Pa. , born April 24, 1799. He removed with his father to Brookville, Ind., when quite young, and in early manhood began the study of law in the office of Miles Eggleston, a distinguished jurist of that day. In 1823 he was admitted to the bar and soon obtained a large practice. He served in the legislature from 1828 to 1830, and in 1831 was elected lieutenant governor of Indiana, and re-elected in 1834. In 1837 he was elected governor over John Dumont, an able and distinguished lawyer, who lived at Vevay, on the southern border of the state. During his periods of service as legislator and lieutenant governor, he was active as an advo- cate of internal improvements and in estab- lishing a school system, and he was elected governor upon those issues. In 1841 he was elected to congress from the Indianapolis district, defeating Col. Nathan B. Palmer. As a member of the committee on commerce, he gave the casting vote in favor an appropriation to develop Col. S. F. B. Morse’s magnetic telegraph, which vote had great weight in defeating him for re-election in 1843. At the expiration of his term in con- gress he resumed the practice of law, which he continued uninterruptedly until 1850, when he was elected a delegate to the constitutional convention from the county of Marion. In 1856 he was elected judge of the court of com- mon pleas, which position he held until his death, on the 4th of September, 1859. Gov. Wallace was twice married. His first wife was a daughter of John Test, and his second a 142 GOVERNORS OF INDIANA daughter of John H. Sanders. The latter was active and prominent in reformatory and religious work. When a young man, Governor Wallace had a well proportioned body, but in his later years its symmetry was marred by an undue amount of flesh. He had black hair, dark eyes, and a ruddy complexion. He was cultured and well bred, his address was good and his manners unexceptionable. He was a laborious and impartial jurist, a painstaking executive, and as an orator had few equals in the nation. AMUEL BIGGER, who succeeded David Wallace as governor of Indi- ana, was born in Warren county, Ohio, March 20, 1802, and was the eldest son of John Bigger, a western pioneer, and for many years a member of the Ohio leg- islature. He was prepared for college in his own neighborhood, graduated with honors from the university at Athens, and afterward began the study of law. In 1829 he removed to Lib- erty, Ind. , where he was duly admitted to the bar, and soon secured a lucrative practice. He remained at Liberty but a short time, remov- ing thence to Rushville, where his public life began in 1834 as representative of Rush coun- ty in the state legislature. He was re-elected in 1835, and shortly after the expiration of his term was chosen judge of the eastern circuit, a position for which he proved himself ably qualified, and which he held in an acceptable manner for many years. In 1840 he was nom- inated for governor by the whig state conven- tion, and after an exciting race was elected, defeating Gen. Tilghman A. Howard. He was a candidate for re-election in 1843, but was defeated by James Whitcomb. After the ex- piration of his gubernatorial term. Gov. Big- ger moved to Fort Wayne, Ind., and resumed the practice of law, which he continued until his death, September 9, 1845. “Gov. Bigger possessed talents of a high order, rather sub- stantial than brilliant. His judgment was remarkably sound, dispassionate and discrimi- nating, and it was this chiefly that made him eminently a leader in every circle in which he moved, whether in political life, at the bar, or society at large. ” He was a man of fine form and presence. He was six feet two inches in height and weighed 240 pounds. His hair was black, his eyes a blue hazel, and his complex- ion dark. The expression of his face was kind and benignant, and denoted goodness of heart. He was a patriotic citizen, an incorruptible judge, and an executive officer of very respec- table ability. AMES WHITCOMB was born near Windsor, Vt., December i, 1795. His father removed to Ohio, and settled near Cincinnati, when James was quite young, and it was there upon a farm that the youthful years of the future governor and senator were passed. He received a classical eductaion at Transylvania university, subse- quently studied law, and in March, 1822, was admitted to the bar in Lexington, Fayette county, Ky. Two years later he came to Indi- ana and located at Bloomington, where he soon became known as an able advocate and suc- cessful practitioner. In 1 826 he was appointed prosecuting attorney of his circuit, and in the discharge of the duties of this office traveled over a large scope of country and became acquainted with many leading men of the state. El 1830 and 1836 he was elected to the state senate, where he did much to stay the progress of the internal improvement fever which was then at its highest point. In October. 1836, President jackson appointed Mr. Whitcomb commissioner of the general land office, to AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN. 148 which he was reappointed by President Van Buren, and served as such until the expiration of the latter’s term of office. Early in 1841 he returned to Indiana and resumed the prac- tice of law in Terre Haute, where he soon acquired a large and lucrative business. He was at that time one of the best known and most popular members of his party, and at the democratic state convention of 1843, he was nominated for governor of the state. His op- ponent was Samuel Bigger, whom he defeated by a majority of 2,013 votes. Three years afterward he was re-elected, beating Joseph G. Marshall, the whig candidate, by 3,958 votes. When he became governor he found the state loaded down with debt, upon which no inter- est had been paid for years, but when he left the office the debt was adjusted and the state’s credit restored. He also, by his efforts, crea- ted a public sentiment that demanded the establishment of benevolent and reformatory institutions, and he awakened the people to the importance of establishing common schools and providing a fund for their maintenance. During his term of office he raised five reg- iments of infantry that represented the state in the war with Mexico. The legislature of 1849 elected Gov. Whitcomb to the senate of the United States, for which high position he was well qualified by talent, by education and by experience. Owing to feeble health he was unable to discharge his senatorial duties as he wished, and he died from a painful dis- ease when he had served little more than half the term. In 1843 he wrote a pamphlet entitled, “Facts for the People,” the most effective treatise against protective tariff ever known. As a lawyer, Mr. Whitcomb ranked among the ablest in the country, and as gov- ernor will always be remembered as one of the ablest of the distinguished men who have occupied that position. Gov. Whitcomb was compactly and strongly built; he Vv^as some- what above the average size of man; he had a dark complexion and black hair. His features were good and expressive, and his manners the most elegant. He was a talented and an honest man, and when the roll of Indiana’s gi'eat men is made up, among the first m the list will be the name of Whitcomb. ARIS C. DUNNING was born in Guil- ford county, N. C., in March, 1806, but emigrated to Indiana with his mother and elder brother, and located at Bloomington in 1823. He studied law and was admitted to practice about 1830. In 1833 he was elected to represent Monroe county in the state legislature, and was three times re-elected. In 1836 he was elected to the state senate from Monroe and Brown counties, and remained there until 1840, when he vol- untarily retired. He was chosen as a demo- cratic presidential elector in 1844, and during the campaign exhibited extraordinary energy and ability as a public speaker. In 1846 he was elected lieutenant governor on the demo- cratic ticket, and when Gov. Whitcomb was elected to the United States senate, Mr. Dun- ning succeeded him as governor. After his retirement in 1850, he practiced his profession for many years, having meantime declined a nomination for congress. In i860 he was a delegate to the Charleston and Baltimore national conventions, where he distinguished himself as an earnest advocate of Stephen A. Douglas, and subsequently worked assiduously for that statesman’s election to the presidency. At the breaking out of the rebellion in 1861, Mr. Dunning identified himself with the Union cause, and throughout the war rendered val- iant aid to the country. In 1861 he was elected to the state senate without distinction of party. Subsequently he was elected twice as president of the senate. Govenor Dunning 144 GOVERNORS OF INDIANA was twice married, first to Miss Sarah Alex- ander, and the second time to Mrs. Ellen D. Ashford. Ex-Gov. Dunning took high rank as one of the self-made men of Indiana, and he filled the many positions of honor and trust conferred upon him with great credit to him- self and to the entire satisfaction of the cit- izens of the State. OSEPH A. WRIGHT, for seven years governor of Indiana, was born in Wash- ington, Pa., April 17, 1810. In 1819 his family moved to Bloomington, Ind., where he and his two brothers assisted their father at work in a brickyard, and in the brick business generally. In 1822 his father died and he, then fourteen years of age, hav- ing but little if any aid from others, was left entirely npon his own resources. He attended school, and college about two years, and while at college was janitor, rang the bell and took care of the buildings. It is said that what little pocket money he had was made by gath- ering walnuts and hickory nuts in the fall and selling them to students in the winter. He subsequently studied law with Craven P. Hes- ter, of Bloomington, and began the practice of his profession, in 1829, at Rockville, Parke county, where he met with good success from the start. In 1833 he was elected to the state legislature, and in 1840, the year of the Har- rison political tornado, was chosen a member of the state senate. He was also elected dis- trict attorney for two terms in 1836 and 1837, and later was appointed by President Polk United States commissioner to Texas. In 1843 he was elected to congress from the Seventh district, over Edward McGaughey, by three majority, and served until Polk was in- augurated, March 4, 1845. hi 1849 he was elected governor of Indiana, under the old constitution, and in 1852 was re-elected by 1 over 20,000 majority, and served until 1857. In the summer of the latter year he was appointed minister to Prussia by James Buchanan, and as such served until 1861. In 1862 he was appointed by Gov. Morton United States senator, and sat in the senate until the next January. He was appointed commis- sioner to the Hamburg exposition in 1863, and in 1865 went again to Prussia as United States minister, and remained there until his death, which occurred at Berlin, March ii, 1867. Gov. Wright will be best remembered as governor of Indiana, his services in the general assembly, senate and congress being too brief for him to make much impression in any of those bodies. As governor, he was an important factor in shaping legislation and molding public opinion. He was an orthodox democrat of the straightest sect, stood high in the councils of his party, and contested with Jesse D. Bright for the leadership, but without success. He was strong with the people but weak with I the leaders. In personal appearance Gov. Wright was tall and raw-boned. He had a large head and an unusually high forehead. His hair was light and thin, his eyes blue, and his nose and mouth large and prominent. He was an effective speaker, mainly on account I of his earnestness and simplicity. While not I the greatest man in the state, he was one of the most influential; and to his honor be it said, his inlluence was exercised for the public good. Economy and honesty in public life, and morality and religion in private station, had in him an advocate and an exemplar. SHBEL PARSONS WILEARD was born October 31, 1820, at Vernon, Oneida county, N. Y., the son of Col. Erast us Willard, at one time sheriff of Oneida county. He pursued his pre- AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN. 145 parator}' studies in the Oneida Liberal insti- tute, and when eighteen years of age entered Hamilton college in the class of 1842. After graduating from that institution he studied law for some time with Judge Baker, of his native county, and later emigrated to Michi- gan, locating in the town of Marshall, where he remained for over a year. He then made a trip to Texas on horseback, and on his return stopped at Carrollton, Ky. , and there taught school. After this he taught for some time at Louisville, but subsequently left the school room for the political arena. In the contest for the presidency in 1844, between Clay and Polk, young Willard began stump- ing for the latter, and during the campaign made a speech in New Albany, Ind. , which made such a favorable impression that many of the first men of the town solicited him to come and settle among them. He soon afterward located in New Albany, which place remained his home until his death. He at once opened a law office, but was compelled to encounter a very able bar, in consequence of which his practice for some time was by no means lucra- tive. The first office he held was that of com- mon councilman. He took pride in the place and won the good opinion of the people irre- spective of party. In 1850 he was elected to the state legislature, and from that time until his death he occupied a conspicuous place in the public mind. Such was his career in the legislature that when the democratic conven- tion of 1852 convened the delegates were met by an everwhelming public sentiment demand- ing the nomination of Willard for lieutenant governor. The demand was recognized and the nomination made. He filled this office until 1856, when he was elected governor, after a very bitter and exciting political con- test. In the summer of i860 his health gave way, and he went to Minnesota in quest of health, which he did not find, but died there on October 4th of that year. Gov. Willard was the first governor of Indiana to die in office. The people, without respect to party, paid homage to his remains, and a general feeling of the most profound sorrow was felt at his untimely taking off. “In person Gov. Willard was very preposessing. His head and face were cast in finest molds, his eyes were blue, his hair auburn, and his complexion florid. A more magnetic and attractive man could nowhere be found, and had he lived to the allotted age of mankind he must have reached still higher honors. ” H BRAM ADAMS HAMMOND, who succeeded to the governorship on the death of A. P. Willard, by virtue of his office of lieutenant governor, was a n8.tive of Vermont, born in the town of Brattleboro, March 21, 1814. He came to Indiana when six years of age, and was reared near Brookville, where he began the study of law in the office of John Ryman, a lawyer of note in that town. He was admitted to the bar in 1835, moved to Columbus, Bartholomew county, in 1840, where he was afterward chosen prosecuting attorney, an office which he filled with more than ordinary ability. In 1846 he became a resident of Indianapolis, and the following year removed to Cincinnati, Ohio. He returned to Indianapolis in 1849, and in 1850 was chosen first judge of the com- mon pleas court of Marion county. In 1852 he emigrated to California, and for some time practiced his profession in San Francisco. He soon returned to his adopted state, loca- ting in Terre Haute, where he resided until his election as lieutenant governor in 1852. He made a most excellent presiding officer of the senate, his rulings being so fair and his decisions so just that even his political oppo-_^ COVERNORS Ol'' INDLVNA 1 IC) nents bestowed encomiums upon him. On the death of Gov. Willard, in i860, Mr. Ham- mond became governor, and as such served with dignity until the inauguration of Gov. Lane, in January, 1861. Gov. A. A. Hammond was not a showy man, but he was an able one. He possessed an analytic and logical mind, and was remarkably clear in stating his positions when drawing conclusions. When in his prime he was a fine specimen of physi- cal manhood. He was of medium height, compacrly built, and of dark complexion. His head was large and well shaped, while the expression of his countenance was mild and gentle. Frank in manners, honorable in his dealings, and dignified in his deportment, he commanded the esteem of all with whom he came in contact. ENRY SMITH LANE, for two days governor of Indiana, was born Feb- ruary 24, 1 8 1 1 , in Montgomery county, Ky. He secured a good practical education, and at the age of eighteen com- menced the study of law. Soon after attain- ing his majority he was admitted to the bar, and in 1835 came to Indiana and located at Crawfordsville, where he soon obtained a good legal practice. His winning manners made him very popular with the people, and in 1837 he was elected to represent Montgomery county in the state legislature. In 1840 he was a candidate for congress against Edward A. Han- negan, whom he defeated by 1,500 votes. He was re-elected the next year over John Eryce, and as a national representative ranked with the ablest of his colleagues. He took an active part in the presidential campaign of 1844, and made a brilliant canvass throughout Indiana for his favorite candidate, Henry Clay. On the breaking out of the Mexican war, Mr. Lane at once organised a company, was chosen captain, and later became a major and lieutenant colonel of the regiment, and fol- lowed its fortunes until mustered out of the service. In 1858, Col. Lane was elected to the United States senate, but, owing to opposition on the part of democratic senators, he did not take his seat. Eebruary 27, i860, he was nominated by acclamation for governor, and was elected over Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks by a majority of about 10,000 votes. Two days after the delivery of his first message. Gov. Lane was elected to the senate of the United States. He at once resigned the gov- ernorship, the shortest term in that office on record in Indiana. In the senate, Mr. Lane did not attain any great distinction, as it was not the place for the exercise of his peculiar talents as an orator, which were better suited to the hustings than to a dignified legislative body. When Col. Lane’s senatorial term ex- pired, he returned to his home in Crawfords- ville, and never afterward held public office except the appointment of Indian commis- sioner, by President Grant. He was chosen president of the first national convention that assembled in 1856, and nominated John C. Fremont. It is worthy of note that every nomi- nation ever conferred upon him was by accla- mation and without opposition in his party. In person. Col. Lane was tall, slender and somewhat stoop-shonldered. His face was thin and wore a kindly expression. In his later days, the long beard he wore was white as snow. He moved quickly, and his bearing was that of a cultured man. He departetl this life at his home in Crawfordsville, on the 1 8th day of June, 1881. O LIVER PIHxRV MORTON, Indiana’s great war governor and United States senator, was born in Saulsbtiry, Wayne county, I nd., August 4, 1823. The family name was originally Throckmorton, AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN. 147 and was so written by the grandfather, who emigrated from England about the beginning of the Revolutionary war and settled in New Jersey. Gov. Morton’s father was James T. Morton, a native of New Jersey, who moved in an early day to Wayne county, Ind., where he married the mother of Oliver P. , whose maiden name was Sarah Miller. Of the early live of Gov. Morton but little is known. When a boy he attended the academy of Prof. Hoshour, at Centerville, but owing to the poverty of the family, he was taken from school, and at the age of fifteen, with an older brother, began learning the hatter's trade. After working at his trade a few years, he de- termined to fit himself for the legal profession, and with this object in view he entered the Miami university in 1843, where he pursued his studies vigorously for a period of two years. While in college he earned the repu- tation of being the best debater in the institu- tion, and it was here that he developed those powers of ready analysis and argument which made him so celebrated in after life. He be- gan his professional reading in the office of Judge Newman, of Centerville, and after his admission to the bar was not long in rising to an eminent place among the successful law- yers of Indiana. In 1852 he was elected cir- cuit judge, but resigned at the end of one year and afterward increased his knowledge j of the profession by an attendance at a Cin- cinnati law school. On resuming the prac- tice the number of his friends and legal cases rapidly increased, and his reputation soon ex- tended beyond the limits of his own state. As a lawyer he possessed the faculty of selecting the salient points of a case and getting at the heart of a legal question. His mind was massive and logical, and he could apply great principles to given cases, discard non-essen- tials and reach decisive points. Mr. Morton’s political career was of such a brilliant char- acter that his great achievements in the arena of statesmanship, his wonderful j)ower as an organizer, won for him a recognition from the strongest opponents, and faith in his powers, and the lasting fealty and admiration of thous- ands of friends until he reached the highesi point among the great American statesmen. Up to his thirty-first year, Mr. Morton I was a democrat. The county in which he 1 lived was largely whig, thus virtually preclud- ing him from holding elective offices. He was opposed to the extension of slavery, how- ever, and upon the organization of the repub- lican party he entered the movement, and in 1856 was one of the three delegates from Indiana to the Pittsburgh convention. His prominence was such that in 1856 he was unanimously nominated by the new party for governor of Indiana, against Ashbel P. Wil- lard, an able and brilliant speaker, the superior of Mr. Morton as an orator, but his inferior as a logician and debater. These two distin- j guished men canvassed the state together, and drew immense crowds. The speeches of Wil- lard were florid, eloquent and spirit-stirring, while Mr. Morton’s style was earnest, convinc- ing and forcible. He never appealed to men’s passions, but always to their intellect and rea- son, and whether in attack or defense, proved himself a ready, powerful debater. Although beaten at the polls, he came out of the contest with his popularity increased, and with the reputation of being one of the ablest public men in the state. In i860 he was nominated for lieutenant governor on the ticket with Hon. Henry S. Lane, with the understanding that if successful he should go to the senate, and Mr. Morton become governor. He made a vigor- ous canvass, and the result of the election was a republican success, which placed Mr. Lane in the senate and Mr. Morton in the guberna*- torial chair. From the day of his inauguration Mr. Morton gave evidence of possessing extra- 148 GOVERNORS OF INDIANA ordinary executive ability. It was while filling this term of governor that he did his best pub- lic work and created for him a fame as lasting as that of his state. A great civil war was breaking out when he became governor, and few so well comjirehendcd what would be its magnitude as he. He was one of the first to forsee the coming storm of battle and most active in his preparations to meet it. Perceiv- ing the danger of a dilatory policy, he visited Washington soon after the inauguration of President Lincoln, to advise vigorous action ami to give assurance of Indiana’s support to such a policy. He commenced preparing for the forthcoming conflict, and when Sumter was fired on, April 12, 1861, he was neither surprised nor appalled. Three days after the attack. President Lincoln called for 75,000 men to put down the rebellion, and the same day Governor Morton sent him the following telegram : “iNDiANAPoniS, April IS, 1861. “To Abkaham Lincoln, President of the United States: On behalf of the State of Indiana, I tender you, for the defense of the nation, and to uphold the authority of the government, 10,000 men. “Oliver P. Morton, “Governor of Indiana.” In seven days from the date of this offer over three times the number of men required to fill Indiana’s quota of the president’s call offered their services to the country. Never in the world’s history did the people of a state respond more cheerfully and more enthusias- tically to the call of duty, than did the pieople of Indiana in 1861. This record of the state, which Mr. Morton was instrumental in plan- ning, reflects imperishable honor on his name, and from that time forth he was known through- out the nation as the “Great War Governor.” During the entire period of the war he per- formed an incredible amount of labor, coun- seling the ]iresident, encour.iging the jieojile, organizing regiments, hurrying tro )['■; 1 > Ihe field, forwarding stores, and inspiring all with the enthusiasm of his own earnestness. His labors for the relief of the soldiers and their dependent and needy families- were held up as matters of emulation by the governors of other states, and the result of his efforts seconded by the people was that during the war over $600,000 of moneys and supplies were col- lected and conveyed to Indiana soldiers in camp, field, hospital and prison. The limits of a sketch like this forbid a detailed account of Gov. Morton’s public acts. He displayed extraordinary industry and ability, and in his efforts in behalf of the soldier justly earned the title of “The Soldiers’ Friend.” The legislature of 1862 was not in accord with the political views of Gov. Morton, and it refused to receive his message, and in other ways treated him with want of consideration and respect. It was on the point of taking from him the command of the militia, when the republican members withdrew, leaving both houses without a quorum. In order to carry on the state government and pay the state bonds he obtained advances from banks and county boards, and appointed a bureau of finance, which for two years made all dis- bursements of the state, amounting to more than $1,000,000. During this period he refused to summon the legislature, and the supreme court condemned his arbitrary course, but the people subsequently applauded his action. By assuminggreat responsibilities he kept the ma- chinery of the state in motion and preserved the financial credit of the commonwealth by securing ailvances through an eastern banking house to pay the interest on tlie public debt. In 1864 he was again nominated for governor against Hon. Joseph K. McDonald, whom he defeated by an overwhelming majority. These two distinguished men made a joint canvass of the state, and jiassed through it with the inmost good feeling. AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN. 140 In 1865 Gov. Morton received a partial paralytic stroke, affecting the lower part of the body, so that he never walked afterward without the use of canes. His mind, how- ever, was in no wise affected by the shock, but continued to grow stronger while he lived. In January, 1 867, he was elected to the United States senate, and immediately thereafter re- signed the governorship to Conrad Baker, who served the remainder of the gubernatorial term. In 1873 he was re-elected to the senate and continued a leading member of that body while he lived. In the senate he ranked among the ablest members, was chairman of the committee on privileges and elections, was the acknowledged leader of the republi- cans, and for several years exercised a deter- mining influence over the course of the party. He labored zealously to secure the passage of the fifteenth amendment, was active in the impeachment proceedings against Andrew Johnson, and was the trusted adviser of the republicans of the south. In the national republican convention of 1876 he received next to the highest number of ballots for the presidential nomination, and in 1877 was a member of the celebrated electoral commis- sion. In 1870 President Grant offered Sena- tor Morton the English mission, which was declined. After visiting Oregon in the spring of 1877, as chairman of a committee to inves- tigate the election of Senator Grover, of that state, he suffered another stroke of paralysis, which terminated in his death, November ist, of the same year. The death of no man, with the exception of President Lincoln, ever cre- ated so much grief in Indiana as did that of Senator Morton, and he was mourned almost as much throughout the entire nation. On the 17th of the next January, Mr. McDonald offered in the senate a series of resolutions in relation to Senator Morton's death, which were unanimously adopted. In speaking on these resolutions, Mr. McDonald said: “Naturally combative and aggressive, intensely in earnest in his undertakings, and intolerant in regard to those who differed with him, it is not strange that while he held together his friends and followers with hooks of steel, he caused many, whose patriotism and love of country were as sincere and unquestioned as his own, to place themselves in political hostility to him. That Oliver P. Morton was a great man is conceded by all. In regard to his qualities as a statesman, men do differ now and always will. But that he was a great partisan leader — the greatest of his day and generation — will hardly be questioned, and his place in that particular field will not, perhaps, be soon sup- plied.” Senator Burnside said: “Morton was a great man. His judgment was good, his power of research was great, his integrity was high, his patriotism was lofty, his love of family and friends unlimited; his courage indomitable.” The following is from Senator Edmonds: “He was a man of strong passions and great talents, and as a consequence a devoted partisan. In the field in which his patriotism was exerted it may be said of him, as it was of the Knights of St. John, in the holy wars: ‘In the fore front of every battle was seen his burnished mail and in the gloomy rear of every retreat was heard his voice of constancy and courage.’ ” The closing speech upon the adoption of the resolutions was made by his successor, D. W. Voorhees, who used the following: “Senator Morton was without doubt a very remarkable man. His force of character cannot be over-estimated. His will power was simply tremendous. He threw himself into all his undertakings with that fixedness of purpose and disregard of obstacles which are always the best guarantees of success. This was true of him whether en- gaged in a lawsuit, organizing troops during I the war, conducting a political campaign, or a 150 GOVERNORS OF INDIANA debate in the senate. The same daring, aggressive policy characterized his conduct everyw'here. ” a ONRAD BAKER, governor of Indiana from 1867 to 1873, was born in Franklin county, Penn., February 12, 1817. He was educated at the Penn- sylvania college, Gettysburg, and read law at the office of Stevens & Smyser, and was ad- mitted to the bar in the spring of 1839, at Gettysburg, where he had a lucrative practice for two years. He came to Indiana in 1841, and settled at Evansville, where he practiced his profession until after the commencement of the rebellion. He was elected to the lower house of the general assembly of Indiana in 1845, served one session; elected judge of the district composed of the counties of Van- d^rburg and Warrick, in 1852, in which capac- ity he served about one year, when he re- signed. In 1856 he was nominated for lieutenant governor by the republican party, without his knowledge, on the ticket with Oliver P. Morton. They were defeated by Willard and Hammond. In 1861 Mr. Baker was commissioned colonel of the First cavalry regiment of Indiana volunteers, which he or- ganized, and with which he served until Sep- tember, 1864, in which year he was elected lieutenant governor. In 1865 Gov. Morton convened the general assembly in special ses- sion, and immediately after delivering his mes- sage, started for Europe in quest of health, leaving Col. Baker in charge of the executive department of the state government. Gov. Morton was absent five months, during which time the duties of the executive office were performed by Fieut. Gov. Baker. In Febru- ary, 1867, Gov. Morton was elected to the senate of the United States, in consequence of which the duties of governor devolved upon Mr. Baker. He was unanimously nominated by the republican convention of 1868, for governor, and was elected over Thomas A. Hendricks, by a majority of 961 votes. He served as governor with ability and dignity, until the inauguratioa of Mr. Hendricks in 1873, since which time he has been engaged in the practice of law in Indianapolis, being a member of one of the strongest and most widely known firms in the state. HOMAS A. HENDRICKS was the son of Maj. John Hendricks, and the grandson of Abraham Hendricks, a descendant of the Huguenots, who emigrated to New Jersey and thence to Penn- sylvania prior to the Revolution. Abraham Hendricks was a man of remarkable force of character. He was elected to the Pennsyl- vania assembly first in 1792, and served four terms, the last ending in 1798. William Hen- dricks, second governor of Indiana, preceded his brother John in moving to this state from Ohio, and had gained much notoriety as a tal- ented and public man when Major John finally concluded to risk his fortunes in the wilds of the new west. John Hendricks, prior to 1829, resided with his family at Zanesville, Ohio. His wife, whose maiden name was Jane Thompson, and a niece, were the only mem- bers of the Thompson family who emigrated west, the others remaining in Pennsylvania and other eastern states, where some of them gained enviable reputations in law, medicine, politics ‘ and ministry. Shortly after their marriage John Hendricks and wife moved to Muskingum, (^hio, where they lived for some time in a rude log house — one story, one room, AM) REPRESENTATIVE MEN. 151 one door and two windows — built of round logs and chinked and daubed after the pioneer fashion. In this little domicile were born two sons, Abraham and Thomas A. The last named, Thomas A., was born September 7, 1819. The next year, 1820, lured by the brilliant career of William Hendricks, hereto- fore spoken of, Maj. John Hendricks, with his little family, removed to Madison, Ind., then the metropolis of the state. Two years later the family removed to Shelby county, at that time a wilderness, and settled on the present site of Shelbyville. Here the father com- menced to erect a house and carve a career for their hopeful son, then scarcely three years of age. A dwelling was soon constructed, trees felled, and a farm opened, and the Hendricks house early became a favorite stop- ping place for all who saw fit to accept its hos- pitalities. The future vice president received his early educational training in the schools of Shelbyville, and among his first teachers was the wife of Rev. Eliphalet Kent, a lady of ex- cellent culture, fine education, graceful, and nobly consecrated to the Master, to whom Mr. Hendricks was largely indebted for much of his training and success. Having completed his course in the common schools, he entered Hanover college in 1836, where he remained for the greater part of the time until 1841. On leaving college he returned to Shelbyville, and commenced the study of law in the office of Stephen Major, then a young lawyer of brilliant attainments and considerable tact and experience. In 1843 Mr. Hendricks went to Chambersburg, Penn., where he entered the law school, in which he had for an instructor a man of distinguished ability, extensive learn- ing, and much experience as judge o^ the six- teenth judicial district of that state. After eight months’ arduous work in this institution, he returned to Shelbyville, passed an exam- ination, and was the same year admitted to the bar. His first case was before Squire Lee, his opponent being Nathan Powell, a young acqaintance, who had opened up an office about the same time. The case was a trivial one, yet the young attorneys worked hard and with the vim of old practitioners for their re- spective clients. Mr. Hendricks won, and after complimenting Mr. Powell upon his ef- fort, he gracefully served the apples which had been generously furnished by an enthusiastic spectator. Thus started the young advocate who was destined to become one of the na- tion’s greatest and most beloved statesmen. In 1843, he formed the acquaintance of Miss Eliza Morgan, who was tlie daughter of a widow, living at North Bend, and two years later, September 26, 1845, the two were united in the bonds of wedlock. So soon as Mr. Hendricks emerged from boyhood, his success as a lawyer and public man was assured. Having established an office in Shelbyville, he gained in a short time a fair competence, and soon became one of the leading attorneys of the place. As an advocate he had few equals, and as a safe counselor none surpassed him at the Shelby county bar. In the year [848 Mr. Hendricks was nominated for the lower house of the gen- eral assembly, was elected after a brilliant canvass, and served his term with marked dis- tinction. In 1850 he was chosen a delegate to the state constitutional convention, in the deliberations of which he took an active part, having served on two very important commit- tees, and won distinction by a brilliant speech upon the resolution relative to the abolition of the grand jury system. The following year was the beginning of Mr. Hendricks’ career in national politics. He was nominated for con- gress at Indianapolis, May 16, 1851, over several other candidates, made a vigorous canvass, and was elected by a decided majority over Col. James P. Rush, the whig candidate. 152 GOVERNORS OF INDIANA In congress he progressed with signal ability, and was called to act on some of the most important committees, and soon won a national reputation. Scarce had congress adjourned when he was required to make another cam- paign, for the constitution had transferred the congressional elections to even years, and the month to October. The whig candidate, John H. Bradley, of Indianapolis, was a brilliant man and a public speaker of rare attainments, whom Mr. Hendricks defeated by a largely increased majority. In 1854, when the north- ern whigs were in a chaotic condition, pro- slavery, anti-slavery, free-soilers, abolitionists, know-nothings and democrats commingling in a storm of confusion, a “ fusion ” state and congressional ticket was formed for the oc- casion. Opposed to Mr. Hendricks was Lucian Barbour, a talented lawyer of Indianapolis, who exerted himself to combine all the oppo- nents of democracy. Mr. Hendricks made a vigorous and manly contest, but was defeated, after which he retired to his profession and his home at Shelby ville. In 1855 he was ap- pointed by President Pierce general land com- missioner, in which capacity he served nearly four years, and i860 was nominated for gov- ernor of Indiana against Henry S. Lane. After a brilliant and able canvass, during which the two competitors spoke together in nearly every county in the state, defeat again came to Mr. Hendricks. In the same year he moved to Indianapolis, where he lived until his death. In January, 1863, he was elected to the United States senate, which position he held for six years. In 1872 he was again nominated for governor, his opponent being Gen. Thomas Brown, a man of ability and enviable reputation. This campaign was peculiar in one particular. The republicans had infused the crusaders with the idea that they were the salvation of their cause, while the democracy opposed all sumptuary laws. Yet Mr. Hendricks went before the people as a temperance man — opposed to prohibition, but willing to sign any constitutional legisla- tion looking toward the amelioration of crime and the advancement of temperance. He was elected and kept his pledges to the letter. He always kept his pledges inviolate, and ever remained true to his friends. He had a high sense of duty, and a spirit of philanthropy pervaded his whole nature. In 1876 he was nominated for, the vice presidency on the dem- ocratic ticket with Samuel J. Tilden, of New York, and of this election it was claimed they were flagrantly defrauded by returning boards and the electoral commission. In 1880 the name of Thomas A. Hendricks was placed in nomination for the presidency at Cincinnati, by Indiana, and his nomination was strongly urged in the convention. In 1884 he was a delegate to the Chicago convention, and as chairman of the Indiana delegation presented in fitting terms and masterly manner the name of Joseph E. McDonald for the presidency. After the latter had positively refused to accept the second place on tlie ticket, Mr. Hendricks was unanimously chosen, and the successful ticket for 1884, the first in twenty- five years, became Grover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks. But few greater calam- ities ever befell the people than the death of Vice President Hendricks, which occurred on the 25th day of November, 1885, at his home in Indianapolis, of heart disease. Mr. Hen- dricks was one of the nation’s greatest men; deep, broad-minded, diplomatic and, above all, a true man. His acts and speeches in con- gress, both in the house and senate, his defense of what he conceived to be right, his labors for the poor, the oppressed and the wronged of every class in this and other countries, were of great interest to his jieojile and worthy of emulation by all. His devotion to his party, his candor and honesty of purpose, his noble AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN. 153 ambition to serve the people faithfully, his philanthropy and universal love of mankind, all combined to make him one of the noblest of men. Strong in his convictions, yet court- eous to opponents; great in intellect, yet approachable by the humblest of men; high in position, he met every man as his equal; independent in thought, self-reliant in prin- ciple, and rich in pleasant greeting to all whom he met; though dead, he yet lives in the hearts of the people, and his noble characteristics stand out in bold relief as beacon lights to guide and direct generations yet to be. AMES D. WILLIAMS was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, January i6, 1808, and moved with his parents to Indiana in 1818, settling near the town of Vincennes, Knox county. He grew to manhood there, and upon the death of his father, in 1828, the support of the family de- volved on him. He received a limited educa- tion in the pioneer log school-house, but, by mingling with the best people in the neighbor- hood, he obtained a sound practical knowledge of men and things, which, in a great measure, compensated for his early deficiency in liter- ary studies, so that when, on reaching his ma- jority, he was unusually well versed for one in his circumstances. He was rearbd a farmer, and naturally chose agriculture for his life work, and followed it with much more than ordinary success, until the close of his long and useful life. Gov. Williams entered public life, in 1839, as justice of the peace, the duties of which he discharged in an eminently satis- factory manner for a period of four years, re- signing in 1843. In the latter year he was elected to the lower house of the state legisla- ture, and from that time until his election to the national congress, in 1874, he was almost continuously identified v ith the legislative service of the state. Few men in Indiana have been so long in the public service, and few have been identified with more popular legislative measures than he. It is to him that the widows of Indiana are indebted for the law which allows them to hold, without administration, the estates of their deceased husbands, when they do not exceed $300 in value. He was the author of the law which distributed the sinking fund among the coun- ties of the state, and to him are the people largely indebted for the establishment of the state board of agriculture, an institution that has done much to foster and develop the agri- cultural interests of Indiana. He was a dele- gate to the national democratic convention at Baltimore in 1872, and in 1873 was the nomi- nee for United States senator against Oliver P. Morton, but the party being in the minor- ity, he was defeated. He served in the national house of representatives from Decem- ber, 1875, till December, 1876. when he re- signed, having been elected governor in the latter year. The campaign of 1876 was a memorable one, during which the opposition, both speakers and press, ridiculed the demo- cratic nominee for governor, making sport of his homespun clothes and plain appearance, but the democracy seized upon his peculiari- ties and made them the watchwords of victory. Gov. Williams, or “ Blue Jeans,” as his friends were pleased to call him, was a man of the strictest integrity, and was known as a careful, painstaking executive, entering into the minut- est details of his office. He was self-willed and self-reliant, and probably consulted fewer persons about his official duties than any of his predecessors. In personal appearance, Gov. Williams was over six feet high, remark- ably straight, had large hands and feet, high cheek bones, long sharp nose, gray eyes, and a well formed head, covered profusely with GOVERNORS OF INDIANA ir>i black hair. He was courteous in his inter- course with others, a good conversationalist, and possessed in a very marked degree shrewd- ness and force of character. He died in the year 1880. H LBERT G. porter.— A mong the self-made men of Indiana, none stand higher or have a more noteworthy career than the distinguished gentle- man whose name heads this sketch. Alberc G. Porter was born in Lawrenceburg, Ind., April 20, 1824. He graduated at Asbury uni- versity in 1843, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1845 and began to practice in Indianapolis, where he was councilman and corporation attorney. In 1853 he was ap- pointed reporter of the supreme court of Indi- ana, and was subsequently elected to the same position by a very large majority of the voters of the state. He was elected to congress from the Indianapolis district in 1858, on the republican ticket, overcoming an adverse democratic majority of 800, which he con- verted into a majority for himself of 1,000. Two years subsequently, he was re-elected by a smaller majority. On March 5, 1878, he was appointed first comptroller of the United States treasury, which position he filled with distinguished ability until called therefrom to become a candidate for governor of Indiana on the republican ticket. He resigned, and en- tered into the campaign of 1880, which will ever be memorable in the history of the state. After a canvass of remarkable bitterness and excitement, in which every inch of ground was stubbornly contested, Mr. Porter was elected governor by a handsome majority. He held the office from 1881 to 1884, his administra- tion being regarded by friend and foe, alike, as cuic of the ablest in the history of the state. Mr. Porter has for many years ranked as one of the ablest and most successful lawyers in Indiana, and his “Decisions of the Supreme Court of Indiana” (5 vols., 1853-6), are re- garded as among the best of their kind in the state. Besides his talent in politics and law Mr. Porter enjoys a literary reputation of no mean rank, attained chiefly from his law writ- tings and lectures. He is especially good authority on matters relating to pioneer his- tory in the west, and has in preparation a history of Indiana, which will undoubtedly rank as a classic in that line of literature. Mr. Porter also filled the position of United States minister to Rome, which high honor was conferred upon him by his friend. Presi- dent Benjamin Harrison. I SAAC P. GRAY is a native of Pennsyl- vania, having been born near Downing- town, in Chester county, October 18, 1828. His father, John Gray, moved to Ohio and settled near Urbana, when Isaac was almost eight years old. Within a short time thereafter his parents removed to near Dayton, Ohio, but did not long remain there, when they moved to New Madison, Darke county, Ohio, where young Gray grew to man- hood and became proprietor of a dry goods store. He married Eliza Jaqua, a few years his junior, and the daughter of Judson and Jaqua, who resided about two miles from New Madison, in a neighborhood (which had a postoffice) called Yankee Town. Gray’s parents are of Quaker descent, but they never adhered to the society. Their ancestors came over with William Penn and took a prominent part in early colonial times. On November 30, 1855, Isaac P. located at Union City, Ind., his family then consisting of his wife and two baby boys, Pierre and Bayard S. From the AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN. 155 time of his arrival he became one of the lead- ing citizens of the then small town. He was always active, energetic and progressive, and no work or enterprise in the town was consid- ered without his advice and counsel, and in many cases financial co-operation. He always bore a prominent part in all public matters and was depended upon to speak for the interests of the place. He was engagrd in the dry goods business for a while after he came to Union City, then in the banking business, finally drifting into the law, where by reason of his pleasant speech, excellent judgment of human nature and the happy faculty of condensing and mak- ing plain his thought, he became a successful advocate. After a few years of practice in the law, however, the civil war came on, and Gray, being a strong unionist, was appointed colonel of the Fourth Indiana cavalry, which position he held from September 4, 1862, to February II, 1864. He also raised and organized the 147th regiment Indiana volunteers, mustered in March 13, 1865, Col. Peden; mustered out August 4, 1865. He was also colonel of the 105th Indiana (minute men). Served five days — July 12-17, 1863. At the close of the war he became a banker, organizing with Hon. N. Cadwallader, the Citizen’s bank, of which he is a prominent stockholder and vice presi- dent. In 1866 he was a candidate of the anti- Julian wing of the republican party for con- gress. Entered the law in 1868, and, was state senator of Randolph county in 1868-72, on the republican ticket, of which body he took position as a leading member. In 1870, he was appointed by President Grant consul to St. Thomas, West Indies, and confirmed by the senate, but declined. In 1872 he was ap- pointed a delegate at large for the state of Indiana to the national liberal republican con- vention at Cincinnati, and, by that conven- tion, w'as made the member, for the state of Indiana, of the liberal republican national ex- ecutive committee. Dissatisfied with the administration of Gen. Grant, he joined the Greeley liberal move- ment in 1872, and from that time on acted with the democrats. In 1 876 the democratic state convention nominated him by acclama- tion for lieutenant governor, and he was elected to that office in October, 1876. In 1880 he was a candidate for governor before the demo- cratic state convention, and lost the nomina- tion by four votes, but was named by accla- mation a second time for lieutenant governor. In the general democratic defeat incurred in October, 1880, Col. Gray shared the catas- trophe. But, by the death of Gov. J. D. Wil- liams, in November, 1880, Lieut. Gov. Gray was promoted to the position of governor of Indiana, which honor he sustained with appro- priate dignity, addressing the legislature in perhaps the most voluminous message ever presented by any occupant of the gubernatorial chair to any legislative body. In 1884 he received the democratic nomination for gov- ernor, to which position he was triumphantly elected in the fall of that year, and for four years served in a manner so satisfactory to his partisan friends that he became the recognized leader of the democratic party in Indiana, and it has always been insisted by his supporters that his name, on the ticket with Cleveland, in 1888, would have that year secured the presidency of the United States to the dem- ocratic party. In the spring of 1894 Mr. Gray was appointed by the Cleveland admin- istration United States minister to the republic of Mexico. Isaac Pusey Gray is a man about five feet ten inches high, well proportioned, and stands erect, with a semi-military carriage, and weighs about 180 pounds; his hair was black and curly, but is now somewhat tinged wdth 15 G GOVERNORS OF INDIANA gra) ; bold, prominent forehead; a full, frank, ])luinp and florid face, strongly indicative of a l.igh order of intelligence, and light blue eyes, beaming with good nature. His face is un- adorned, except with small chin whiskers. Suave of address and of kind disposition, he is always cordial and pleasant with strangers and extremely sociable among his friends and acquaintances. He enjoys the society of his friends. Perhaps one of the elements of his great popularity and steadfast hold upon his friends, is his freedom from any aristocratic reserve, and yet no one has a keener sense of the demands of true dignity; a man of great decision and firmness, yet always respectful of others’ feelings. The home Gray left in Union City was and is to-day one of its finest resi- dences, a spacious brick dwelling located on a large plat of ground. He has built and owned some of the best residence properties in the city. He took great pride in his house, which was nicely furnished and supplied with a fine library, where he and his wufe, v.'ho were great readers, gratified their literary tastes. Mrs. Gray is a blonde of medium height, with gray eyes, well defined features, clear complexion, good figure, easy and graceful carriage. She is regarded as a fine looking lady, whose years rest upon her with becom- ing grace and dignity. By descent she comes from an honorable French family, whose an- cestors at an early date settled in New Eng- land and New York. His son Pierre, the elder, graduated at the Indiana State university in 1874, and his y(junger son, Bayaril S., graduated at DePauw university in 1876. Pierre followed his grad- uation by a course of law, and has ever since practiced his chosen profession, except while he acted as private secretary to his father as governor, 1885-1889. He is now associ- ated w'ith his father, in the practice, at Indi- anapolis. Pierre was married, about the year 1883, to Miss Kate Alma McDonald of Union City; they have no children. Bayard S., after returning from his alma mater, studied in his father’s law office, but soon thereafter took up journalism, in which he made a brill- iant success. He has however abandoned that field and located in Chicago, where he is again at the law. Like his father, Bayard S. has a taste for politics, and being a fluent speaker, with an unlimited vocabulary, he has taken a more or less active part in politics since his majority. Since his removal to Chi- cago he has achieved considerable prominence and IS now regarded as one of their public speakers. H LVIN P. HOVEY.— This gentleman, who was elected governor of Indiana in 1888, has had a notable career, both civil and military. He was born in 1821, in Posey county, Ind. , where he has spent his whole life. After a common school education, he studied law and was ad- mitted to the Mt. Vernon bar in 1843, where he has practiced with success. The civil posi- tions he held previous to the war were those of delegate to the constitutional convention of 1850; judge of the third judicial circuit of Indi- ana from 1851 to 1854, and judge of the su- preme court of Indiana. From 185610 1858 he served as United States district attorney for the state During the civil war he entered the national service as colonel of the Twenty- fourth Indiana volunteers, in July, 1861. He was promoted brigadier general of volunteers on April 28, 1862, and brevetted major general for meritorious and distinguished services iu July, 1864. He was in command of the east- ern district of Arkansas in 1863, and of the district of Indiana in 1864-1865. Gen. Grant, in his official reports, awards to Gen. Hovey AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN. 157 the honor of the key battle of the Vicksburg campaign, that of Champion’s Hill. This is no small prize; also, it is remembered that military critics, in view of the vast conse- quences that flowed therefrom, have ranked Champion’s Hill as one of the five decisive battles of the civil war, and second in impor- tance to Gettysburg alone. Gen. Hovey re- signed his commission on October i8, 1865, and was appointed minister to Peru, which office he held until 1870. In 1886 he was nominated for congress by the republicans in the Evansville district, which heretofore had steadily given a large democratic majority. Gen. Hovey’s personal popularity and military prestige overcame this, and he was elected by a small majority. In congress, he attracted attention by his earnestness in advocating more liberal pension laws, and every measure for the benefit of the ex-Union soldiers. Largely to this fact was due his nomination for the governorship of Indiana, by the repub- lican party in 1888, the soldier element of the state being a very important factor in securing his nomination, and his subsequent election. In his social relations. Gov. Hovey has always been very popular, and his family circle is one of the happiest in the state. Though a strong partisan, he is never abusive or vindictive, and at every trial of strength at the polls he has received strong support from many personal friends in the ranks of the opposite party. I RA. J. CHASE was born in Clarkson, Monroe county, N. Y. , December 7, 1834. His father, Benjamin Chase, moved into Orleans county, where most of Ira’s years were spent up to the age twenty. After leaving the public school of that day, he attended the Milan (Ohio) seminary and Medina academy. At twenty he accompanied his father to Illinois, driving a team much of the time alone through Michigan and Indiana, landing in Chicago in the spring of 1855. Farming, merchandising and school teaching filled up the time until the war broke out. In 1857 he united with the Christian church. March 24, 1859, he married Miss Rhoda J. Castle, of Cook county. In 1861 he was the first man to enlist in the town of Barrington, 111 . He assisted in raising a company of men and was unanimously elected first lieutenant. The enlistments were so numerous that the government could not accept them all, and the organization disbanded, a part going into company C, Nineteenth Illinois, June 17, 1861, of which Chase was made sergeant. This regiment saw hard and continuous service from the start, being always on the move, serving in Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee the first year of the war. While in camp at Elizabeth- town, Ky., he heard the news of the birth of his second child. He was appointed drill ser- geant and placed on special duty, owing to poor health. In this capacity the Eighteenth O. V. I. officers invited him to aid in drilling their men, as they were fresh from the farms of their state. A petition, signed by Col. Stanle3^ Lieut. Col. Grim, for years chief justice of Iowa, and Major C. H. Grosvenor, famous as a soldier and statesman, was pre- sented to the field officers of the Nineteenth Illinois, asking for his transfer to a lieutenancy in the Eighteenth Ohio. This was endorsed by Gen. J. B. Turchin, brigade commander, and by Maj. Gen. O. M. Mitchell, division commander, but denied by Maj. Gen. Buell, department commander. Our soldier was in the siege of Nashville, 1862; was discharged and returned home from Nashville in 1863, and entered into business, but sold out, owing to a long and very serious illness of his wife, that left her blind and lame for years. He prepared himself for the ministry and became 158 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY [lastor of the Christian church in Mishawaka in 1867, and has served at La Porte, Wabash and Danville. For a period of time he la- bored in Pittsburg and Peoria. He has been prominent in G. A. R. circles, was twice de- partment chaplain and once department com- mander. In 1886, while in California, he was nominated for congress by the fifth district. Upon his return he accepted and made his first political campaign. Col. C. C. Matson had received his fourth nomination. His average majority for the three terms previous had been about 1,800. In 1886 it, was 532. In 1888 Mr. Chase was spoken of for governor, and though there was no activity manifested, re- ceived a handsome vote. Gen. Hovey was nominated and private Chase was nominated for lieutanant governor by acclamation. He served two terms as presiding officer of the senate. On the death of Gen. Hovey he served the state as governor from November 24, 1891, to January 8, 1893. At the state convention called by the republicans to nominate state officers. Gov. Chase was nominated by accla- mation to succeed himself. He entered into the campaign with all the earnestness of his nature, and everywhere it has been said that no man ever fought a harder fight. a LAUDE MATTHEWS, who at this time fills most acceptably the office of governor of Indiana, was born in Bethel, Bath county, Ky., December 14, 1845. father, 'riiomas A. Matthews, was a farmer, and also f(jr a time a commis- sion merchant at Maysville. His ])aternal grandfather, Capt. George Matthews, com- manded a company of soldiers at the battle of the River 'I'liames, in the war of 1812. Through his mother, Eliza (b'lctcher) Mat- thews, Mr. Matthews traces his origin to one of the most worthy names in the common- wealth, and his maternal grandfather, Jefferson Fletcher, represented the Bath district in the national house of representatives in the days of Henry Clay. Young Matthews attended such schools as the county of his nativity afforded until his fifteenth year, then removed to Mason county, Ry., his father having purchased a farm near Maysville. Here the schools were of a better class, and he availed himself of their advantage by riding six miles each way daily. In 1863 he entered Center college, Danville, Ky., where he graduated in June, 1867. January i, 1868, he married Miss Martha Renick Whitcomb, only daughter of James Y’hitcomb, one of the honored govern- ors of this state, from 1843 to 1849. The marriage took place in Ross county, Ohio, where Mrs. Matthews is connected on her mother’s side with the Renicks, well known for their wealth and public spirit. The young people moved to \"ermillion county, Ind., in 1869, where Mr. Matthews settled down to the occupation he had chosen for his life work, the useful and honest calling of farming. His capacity for public affairs, aiul the evidence he gave of sensible ideas as to public needs, led to his selection by the democrats of Vermillion county, in 1877, as their candidate for repre- tentative in the legislature. That he was well aiipreciated by his neighbors was shown by some five hundred republicans of his county voting for him, and he had the honor of being the first democrat elected from that county of heavy adverse majorities. His record in the legislature is a tine one, and in 1880 he had a strong following for lieutenant governor. In 1882 Mr. Matthews was a candidate for state scMiator in his district, and cut down the republican majority of 900 to 300. In August, 1890, he was nominated b}’ the democrats for secretary of the state and triumphantly elected OF BOONE COUNTY. 159 at the ensuing;- election, his plurality reaching the astonishing and almost nnparalled ligure of 20,000, in round mnnbers. His conduct of the office of secretary of state was so satisfac- tory to the people, that he was called upon to head the democratic state ticket in 1892. Although being a candidate before the state convention for renomination as secretary of state, he was nominated candidate for gov- ernor, and in the following November elected to that office by a plurality of nearly 7,000, leading the state ticket by several hundred votes, and higher than the average upon the electoral vote. He was inaugurated governor January 9, 1893, and is now, with the same earnestness and conscientious regard of public duty, performing the work of that office. Gov. Matthews, while faithfully attending to his duties as a state officer, still keeps up his interest in farming and the class of workers to which he belongs. He has done much in the way of improving the breeds of cattle and domestic animals by importing valuable speci- mens, and was the founder of the Short Horn Breeders’ association of Indiana, the first asso- ciation of the kind ever organized in the United States. He was also originator of the American Short Horn association of the United States and Canada. While his business is that of farming, he is, nevertheless, a fluent * speaker, and withal a man of fine address and genial manners. Mr. Matthews has three children; the eldest, Mary, is the wife of Sen- ator Cortez Ewing, of Greensburg; Renick Seymour Matthews, who, after a course in the Rose Polytechnic institute, is fitting himself in electrical engineering, and Miss Helen, an accomplished young lady. Mr. Matthews is a man of positive character and strong intellect, and no man is more loyal in his citizenship, more faithful in his friendship, more devoted in his home life, or more worthy the regard of his fellow men. ALLER TAYECR, one of the first senators from Indiana, after her admission as a state, was born in Eunenburg county, Va., before 1786, and died there before 1826. He re- ceived a common school education, studied law, and served one or two terms in the Virginia legislature as a representative from Eunenburg county. In 1805 he settled in Vincennes, Ind, having been appointetl a township judge. He served as aid de camp to Gen. ^^ulliam H. Harrison at the battle of Tippecanoe, and in the war of 1812-15. On the admission of In- diana as a state, he was elected United States senator, and at the close of his term was re- elected, serving from December 12, 1816, un- til March 3, 1825. He w'as a man of fine lit- erary attainments and a prominent political leader of his day. AMES NOBLE was the son of Thomas T. Noble, who moved from Virginia to Kentucky, near the close of the eight- eenth century. James Noble grew to manhood in Kentucky, and after his marriage, which was consummated before he had at- tained his majority, began the study of law in the office of Mr. Southgate, of Covington. After finishing his legal studies and being ad- mitted to the bar, he removed to Brookville, Ind., and commenced the practice of his pro- fession, and soon became known as one of the mose successful lawyers and most eloquent ad- vocates of the Whitewater country. When Indiana became a state Mr. Noble I'epresented Eranklin county in the constitutional conven- tion, in which he was chairman of the legisla- tive and judiciary committees. In August, 1810, he was elected a member of the first legislature under the state government, which met at Corydon, November, 1816, and ad- ir.o niOGRAPinCAL HISTORY journed Januar}-, 1817. November 8, 1816, the general assembly, by a joint vote, elected |anies Noble and Waller Taylor to represent Indiana in the senate of the United States. “In the senate Gen. Noble had for associates the ablest men the country has yet produced. He was not dwarfed by their stature, but maintained a respectable standing among them.” He remained in the senate until his death, which occurred I'ebruary 26, 1831. Mr. Noble was a large, well proportioned man of fine address and bearing. He was a good lawyer and as a speaker was ver}' effective be- fore a jury or promiscuous assembly. Person- all}’ he was quite popular and his warm heart and generous nature made him the idol of the people of his section of the state. EN. JOHN TIPTON was born in Sevier county, Tenn., August 14, 1786, and was the son of Joshua Tipton, a native of Maryland, a man who possessed great positiveness of character, with keen preceptions and uncommon execu- tive ability. These peculiarities induced him to remove from his native state and settle in a home further west, where he afterward became a leader in the defense of the frontier against the hostile Indians. He was murdered by the savages on the i8th of April, 1793. Left thus early in life in the midst of a frontier settle- ment, surrounded by the perils incident there- to, the son, inheriting the sagacity and self-re- liance of his father, soon began to develop that positive energy of ch:iractcr which dis- tinguished his after life. In the fall of 1807, with his mother and two sisters and a half- brother, he removed to Indiana territory and settled near Hringley’s h'erry, on the Ohio river, where he purchased a homestead of fifty acres, which he paid for out of his scanty earnings. making rails at fifty cents a hundred. These early experiences laid the foundation of his future success in life. June, 1809, he en- listed in a company recruited in his neighbor- hood, which was soon afterward ordered to the frontier for the protection of the settle- ments. September, 1811, the company en- tered the campaign which terminated in the battle of Tippecanoe. Early in that memor- able engagement all his superior officers were killed, and he was promoted to the captaincy, when the conflict was at its height. Subse- quently he rose, by regular gradation, to the rank of brigadier general. At the first elec- tion under the state constitution he was chosen sheriff of Harrison county, which posi- tion he filled two terms, and in 1819 was elected to represent this county in the state legislature. While a member of that body he served on the committe to select a site for the location of the state capital, which selec- tion was made in June, 1820, and approved January, 1821. He was re-elected in 1821, and at the following session was chosen one of the commissioners to locate the boundary line between the states of Indiana and Illinois. In March, 1823, he was appointed by Pres. Mon- roe general agent for the Pottawatamie and Miami Indians on the upi)er Wabash and Tip- pecanoe rivers, and immediately thereafter moved to Port Wayne, the seat of the agency. At his instance the agency was removed from Et. Wayne to Logansport, in the spring of 1828, where he continuetl to discharge the functions of his trust with fidelity and success. At the session of the legislature, December, 1831, he was elected United States senator from Indiana, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Hon. James Noble, and was re-elected at the session of 1832-33, fora full term (E six years. While a member of that distinguished body, he was noted for the soundness of his judgment and the independ- OF BOONE COUNTY. 161 ence of his actions on all questions involving the interests of the state or general govern- ment. He opposed the views of President Jackson in reference to the re-charter of the United States bank, and recognized no party- in determining the line of duty, always acting from motives of public right. As a civilian and citizen, he was alike successful in direct- ing and executing, to the extent of his power, whatever purpose his conscience approved or his judgment dictated. After locating in Logansport he directed his energies toward the development of the natural resources of that town and surrounding country, and to him more than to any other man is due the credit of supplying the settlements with grist and saw-mills and other improvements, and for taking the initial step which led to the or- ganization of the Eel river seminary, at that time one of the best known educational insti- tutions of northern Indiana. He was also pro- prietor of four additions to the town of Lo- gansport and was interested with Mr. Carter in the plan and location of the original plat thereof. Mr. Tipton was twice married, the first time to Miss Shields, who died within two years after their marriage. ► The second time was in April, 1825, to Matilda, daughter of Capt. Spier Spencer, who was killed at the battle of Tippecanoe. The second Mrs. dip- ton died in the spring of 1839, about the close of her husband’s senatorial career. Gen. Tip- ton closed an honorable life on the morning of April 5, 1839, in the full meridian of his usefulness, and received the last sad honors of his masonic brethern on Sunday, April 7, 1839. OBEKT HANNA was born in Laur- ens district, S. C. , April 6, 1786, and removed with his parents to Indiana in an early day, setting in Brookville as long ago as 1802. He was elected sheriff of the eastern district of Indiana in 1809, and held the position until the organ- ization of the state government. He was afterward appointed register of the land office, and ren-ioved to Indianapolis in 1825. In 1831 he was appointed United States senator, to fill the unexpired term caused by the'death of James Noble, and served with credit in that capacity from December, of the above year, until January 3, 1832. when his successor took his seat. He was afterward elected a member of the state senate, but suffered defeat, when making the race for re-election. He was acci- dentally killed by a railroad train while walk- ing on the track at Indianapolis, November 19, 1859. O LIVER HAMPTON SMITH, congress- man and senator, was born on Smith’s island, near Trenton, N. J., October 23, 1794. He attended school near his home at intervals until 1813, at which time, owing to the death of his father, he was thrown upon his own resources. He afterward found employment in a woolen mill in Pennsylvania, and on attaining his majority, received $1,500 from his father’s estate, which he soon lost in an unfortunate business investment. Mr. Smith came to In- diana in 1817, and settled at Rising Sun, Ohio county, but, in a short time, moved to Lawrenceburg, and began the stud}^ of law. In March, 1820, he was licensed to practice, and soon afterward removed to Versailles, Ripley county, where he opened an office, but, be- coming dissatisfied with the location, in a few months he located at Connersville, thence in 1839 moved to the state caj)ital. In August, 1822, he was elected to the legislature from Layette county, and while a member of that body served as chairman of the judiciary com- mitttee, an important position, and one usually V, I OG R A PI I IC A L 1 1 1 STORY 11)2 f^iven to the ablest lawyer of the body. In 1824 he was aj)])ointed ])rosecutor of tlie third judicial district, and in 1 82C, became a candi- date for congress against Hon. John Test, who had rejn'esented the district for three full terms. He made a vigorous canvass, and defeated his popular competitor by 1,500 majority. Mr. Smith served with distinction in congress, and was ever attentive and industrious in his pub- lic duties. In December, 1836, he was a can- didate for United States senator, his cempeti- tors being Noah Noble, \\'illiam Hendricks and Ratliff Boon. He was elected on the ninth ballot. In the senate, Mr. Smith was chair- man of the committee on jinblic lands, and took great pride in the place, which he lilletl with distinguished ability. In 1842 he was a canditlate for re-election, but was defeated by Hdward A. Hannegan; in March, 1843, his senatorial services terminated. Soon after his return ho'.ne, his attention was directed to railroads, and Indianapolis is mainly indebted to him for the building of the Indianapolis N Bellfonte road, now known as the “Bee Line.” In 1857 he commenced writing a series of sketches for the Indianai)olis Journal on early times in Indiana, which attracted much atten- tion, and which were afterward brought out in book form. This volume is valuable as a rec- ord of early Indiana times, and contains much information not otherwise noted. Mr. Smith died \farch 19, 1859. As a political speaker, he e.xhibited much the same (jualities and ])owers of mastery that he did as a forensic sjieaker, but he was less successful on the stump, because argument and close reasoning, which were his mode of dealing with ])olitical questions, were not as popular as anecdotal and declamatory style. “As a lawyer, Mr. Smith was ever true to tlu' iuterc^sts ol his client, and in the prosecution of his cases in court, he disiilayed much ^'eal and earnestness. I h' was an honest oppoiumt, and \'ery liberal in his practice, and yet very capable, and sometimes ready to seize upon the weakness or oversight on an adversary. His career at the bar was a successful one, and he \vell merited the high tribute paid to his memory at the time of his death; “In person, Mr. Smith was five feet ten inches in height and weighed about 180 pounds. He was broad chested, and large from the waist up His eyes were dark, his hair was black and stood up upon his head. He had large shaggy eyebrows, and the general contour of his features denoted energy, pluck and endurance. His place is in the front rank of the great men of Indiana.” H LBERT S. WHITE, one of the most scholarly of Indiana’s distinguished men, was born in Blooming Grove, N. Y. , October 24, 1803. He gradu- ated from Union college, that state, in 1822, in the same class with Hon. William H. Sew- ard, and after studying law for some time at Newburg, was licensed to practice his pro- fession in 1825. Soon after this, he came to Indiana and located at Rushville, thence one year later, moved to Paoli and subsequently took uj;) his permanent abode in Lafayette. In 1830 and 1831 he was assistant clerk of the Indiana house of representatives, and served as clerk of the same from 183210 1835. In 1833 he was a candidate for congress against Edward H. Hannegan, by whom he was de- feated. “He had m'ither the brilliancy nor the elotpience of Mr. Hannegan, but was the sui)erior of that erratic man in education, cul- ture and in most of the (pialities which go to mak(' Uj) the successful man.” In 1837 he was more successful. Inn ing been elected to congress bv an overwhelming majority over Nathan Jackson. The year j)revious, he was on tlu' whig electoral ticket, and in the elec- AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN. 103 tonil collef;e cast his vote for Villiain Henry Harrison. In i 839 he was elected to succeed (fen. John Tipton in the United States sen- ate, the struggle having been an animated one, requiring thirty-si.x ballots divided among Mr. V'hite, Noah Noble and Col. Thomas H. Blake. He entered the senate a young man, but his training eminently fitted him for the duties of that distinguished body, in the delib- erations of which he bore an active part. He strenuously opposed the annexation of Texas, as he did every measnre which w’as calculated to extend the area of slavery. “ He was of a conservative temperament, and usually voted with the moderate men of his party, but he was conscientiously an anti-slavery man and always acted with those who strove to confine slavery to the territory it then polluted.” He was active in securing grants of land to aid in the extension of the Wabash & Erie canal, and took a prominent part in shaping legislation to promote other internal improvements. On the expiration of his term, Mr. White resumed the practice of law, but soon abandoned the profession and entered actively into the busi- ness of railroad building. He was president of the Indianapolis & Lafayette railroad from its organization until 1856, and during a part of that time was at the head of the Wabash & Western railway. In i860 he was again called into public life as a member of congress, where his thorough knowledge of political and state affairs soon enabled him to take high rank. He was made chairman of a select com- mittee, raised to consider the question of com- pensated emancipation, and also reported a bill appropriating $180,000,000 to pay loyal men for their slaves, and $20,000,000 to aid in the colonization of freedmen. His con- gressional career was eminently honorable, but he failed of a renomination, mainly on account of his action in regard to the emancipation question. In January, 1 864, he was appointed by President Lincoln United States judge for the district of Indiana, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hon. Caleb B. Smith. He soon adapted himself to his new position, and had he lived, would have proved a worthy successor of his eminent predecessor. His term was cut short by his death, w'hich oc- curred on the 4th day of September, 1864. “ Mr. \Vhite had but little in common with the typical rvestern pioneer, and it is therefore somewhat strange that he should have reached the eminence he did. He never sunk his man- hood nor lowered his self-respect, by trying to get down to the level of every man that ap- proached him. He was in no sense a dema- gogue, and never sought to curry favor by pretending to be what he was not. He was always dignified and always a gentleman.” In personal appearance, Mr. White was below the medium height, quite spare and had a nar- row visage with a prominent Roman nose. Physically he was weak, but intellectually ranked with the strong men of the state and nation. “He was one of the first men of the Wabash country, and of the state, and his name will not be forgotten while learning and scholarship are cherished and honor and pat- riotism revered.” e DWARD A. HANNEGAN was a na- tive of Ohio, but in early life moved to Kentucky, and settled at Lexing- I ton, where he grew to manhood. He ! received a liberal education, and after several I years spent in the study of law, was admitted to practice at the Lexington bar at the early ! age of twenty-three. Not long after this he settled a*- Covington, Ind., where he opened an office and practiced his profession with flat- tering success for a number of years. He soon entered the political arena and ere long (K)VERN()RS OF INDIANA i(;4 was honored by an election to the state legis- lature, in the deliberations of which he soon took an active and brilliant part. His career in the legislature brought him into prominent notice, and in January, 1833, he was elected to the congress of the United States, defeating Albert S. White, afterward his colleague in the senate. In i S40 he was again a candidate for congress, but after a very e.xciting contest was defeated by Hon. Henry S. Lane, afterward governor and United States senator. In 1842, much to the surprise of every one, Mr. Han- negan was elected United States senator, de- feating Oliver H. Smith and Tilghman A. Howard on the sixth ballot. He took his seat in the senate on the 4th of December, 1843, and served until March 4, 1849, during which time he made several speeches which attracted the attention of the country. While a mem- ber of that body his votes were always in accord with his party. In March, 1849, Pres- ident Polk nominated him for minister to Prus- sia, but being unfit for diplomacy by nature and habit it is no wonder that his career at Berlin added nothing to the character of the government he represented. He was recalled the next January, and with that recall the pub- lic life of the brilliant but erratic statesman ended. He returned to his home at Coving- ton, and the next year was defeated in a race for the legislature, which he took much to heart and which served to drive him further into the convivial habits which ultimately ])roved his ruin. The habit of drink con- tinued to grow uj)on him until in a fit of drunken frenzy he took the life of one whom he dearly loved his hrother-in-law, Cai)t. Duncan. The two had been drinking deeply and angry words passed between them. Mr. Hannegan finally went into a separate ai)art- nient, but was followed by Capt. Duncan, who applied some bitter e])ithets to him and slapped him in the face. Upon this Mr. Han- negan seized a dagger and buried it to the hilt in Duncan's body, the effect of which was death the following day. He was not indicted and tried for this killing, the universal senti- ment of the people being in his favor. He re- moved to St. Louis, in 1857, and on the 25th of January, 1859, he died in that city. Mr. Hannegan was warm in his friendships and had a large personal following. His manners were elegant, and he was ardent, impulsive and undaunted, thinking, acting and speaking with the utmost freedom. In person he was beknv the medium height, firmly and compact- ly built, but in after years became quite cor- pulent. He was a charming companion, and as an orator was more eloquent than logical. “He was not a profound man nor a great scholar, but what he lacked in profundity he made up in brilliancy, and his deficiency in scholarship was largely compensated for by his (]uick wit and fertile imagination, and his power to express himself in the choicest lan- guage. He was of Irish descent, and inherited many of the characteristics of that warm- hearted, impulsive race." ESSE I). BRIGHT, for twenty years a leading politician of Indiana, was horn in Norwich, N. Y., December 18, 1812, and came to this state when a boy, lo- cating with his parents at Madison, where he grew to manhood's estate. He received an academic education, and after a |u‘eparatory course of reading was admitted to the har, where his talents soon won for him a cons])ic- uous place among the successful lawyers of Indiana. He was not profound in the philos- o])hy of jurisju'iidence, but, being a fluent sj)eakcr and cpiite popular with the people, he succeeded iu gaining a lucrative practice, which extended throughout the counties of the lower AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN. 105 Vahasli and elsewhere. He was elected judf,'e of probate in Jefferson county, and sub- sequently received the appointment of United States marshal for Indiana, and it was while holding the latter office that he laid the found- ation of his political career. In the 'forties, he made the race for the state senate against Villiamson Dunn and Shadrack Wilber, whom he defeated, and in that body was soon recog- nized as the leader of the party. In fact, he was a born leader of men, and always stood at the fore-front of the line. In 1843 he was lieutenant governor on the ticket ivith James Whitcomb, and such was the ability he dis- played in the discharge of the duties of that position that the senators and representatives, with all of whom he sustained relations of the warmest friendship, afterward elected him to the senate of the United States. At this time he was barely eligible to a seat in the senate, on account of his age, being the youngest man ever elected to that distinguished body. In 1850, he was a candidate for re-election against Hon. Robert Dale Owen, who subse- quently withdrew from the contest, thus mak- ing Mr. Bright’s election without opposition. In 1856, his term having e.xpired, he again sought a re-election, which was granted him after a memorable contest which was decided by the United States senate, in a strictly party vote. In the senate, Mr. Bright ranked high as a committee worker, and enjoyed a great per- sonal popularity. Such was his standing that on the death of Vice President King, in 1853, he was elected president pro tempore of the senate, which he filled with ability untd the inauguration of John C. Breckinridge, in 1857. In the latter year, when forming his cabinet. President Buchanan offered Mr. Bright the secretaiyship of state, which position he saw fit to decline. He continued a senator until 1862, when he was expelled for disloyalty, by a vote of thirty-two to fourteen. The princi- pal proof of his crime was in recommending to Jefferson Davis, in March, i86r, Thomas Lin- coln, of Texas, a person desirous of furnishing arms to the confederacy. Mr. Bright oi'ganized and led the Breckinridge party in Indiana in i860, and in stumping for the brilliant young Kentuckian gave the movement all the force and vitality it had in this state. He left Indi- ana soon after the legislature of 1863 refused to return him to the United States senate, and took up his residence in Kentucky, in the legis- lature of which state he subsequently served two terms. In 1874 he removed to Balti- more, in which city he died on the 20th of May, 1875, of organic disease of the heart. Mr. Bright had a splendid physique, and weighed about 200 pounds. He had a good head and a good face, but was imperious in manner and brooked no opposition from either friend or foe. “He was the Danton of Indiana democracy, and was both loved and feared by his followers.” OHN PETTIT was born at Sackett’s Harbor, N. Y. , July 24, 1807, and died in Lafayette, Ind., June 17, 1877. After receiving a classical education and studying law, he was admitted to the bar in 1838, and commenced the practice of his profession at Lafayette, Ind. He soon became active in state politics, was in the legislature two terms ami served as United States district attorney. He was elected to congress as a democrat in 1842, re-elected to the next con- gress and served with distinguished ability in that body from December 4, 1843, to March 3, 1849. was a democratic elector in 1852, and in January, 1853, was chosen United States senator to fill the unexpired term occasioned by the death of James Whit- comb, serving as such until March 3, 181;; 100 GOX^EKNOKS OF INDIANA duriiif;' which time he earned the reputation of an able and painstakinj^ legislator. In 1859 he was appointed, by James Buchanan, chief justice of Kansas, and in 1870 was elected supreme judge of Indiana. He was a delegate to the Chicago democratic convention in 1864, and as a political leader wdelded a strong in- lluence in Indiana in a number of state and national contests. He was renominated for supreme judge in 1876, hut owing to scandals connected with the court, which excited popu- lar indignation, he was forced off the ticket, and the name of Judge Perkins substituted. a HARLES W. CATHCART, of whose public and private history but little is now known, was born on the island of Madeira, in 1809. He received a liberal education and early in life shipped as a sailor, and after a number of years spent on the sea, located, in 1831, at LaPorte, Ind., where he engaged in farming. He served sev- eral years as land surveyor, was a representa- tive in the legislature, and in 1845 was an elector on the democratic ticket. He was elected to the congress of the United States in 1845-47, re-electetl the latter year to serve until 1849, and was afterward appointed to fill the unexpired term occasioned by the death of James Wdiitcomb. He served as senator from December 6, 1852, to March 3, 1853, and at the expiration of his term re- turned to LaPorte county, where his death subsequently occurred. RAHAM N. h'lTCH was born in Le Roy, (lenesee county, N. Y'., on the 5th of December, 1810, and is said to have been the first white child born in that town. His grandfather was a soldier in the revolutionary war, and his father, a soldier in the war of 1812, was wounded in the battle of Queenstown. Mr. Fitch received a liberal education, and in early life chose the medical ])rofession for a life work, and completed a course of study in the same in the college of jihysicians and sur- geons of western New York. He came to Indiana in 1834, and settled at Logansport, where his successful career soon won for him the reputation of one of the most skillful sur- geons and thorough practitioners in the west. In 1844 he accepted a professorship in Rush Medical college, at Chicago, and occupied the chair of theory and practice during the years 1844-47. Though not naturally a politician, Dr. I'itch, from force of circumstances, was drawn into the arena of politics, where his commanding talents and energy marked him as the people’s choice. In 1836 and again in 1839, he was chosen to represent Cass county in the state legislature. Subsequently, at the election in August, 1847, he was chosen to represent his district in the lower house of congress, holding that responsible position until 1852. During his membership he was active and efficient in the discharge of his duties, earning the reputation of a good legis- lator. His legislative capacity was further tested by an experience in the senate of the United States, commencing in 1860-61. The honorable distinction accpiired in subordinate legislative positions was not dimmed by his senatorial experience, and he left that distin- guished body with a record of which posterity need not be .ashamed. Although a democrat in political affiliations, he always esteemed principle abovi' mere partisanshi]) and was not slow to manifest disapprobation when his party seemed disposed to pursue a course of policy in antagonism to his better judgment. In the triangular contest for the iiresidency, between Mr. Lincoln, Mr. Douglas and Mr. AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN. Breckinridge, he gave his undivided support to the last named gentleman, influenced there- to by a belief that his election would prevent the threatening civil war. Again, when his jiarty rallied to the support of Mr. Greeley, he manifested his dissent by supporting Mr. O'Conor for the presidency. M’hen the war came on, he raised a regiment, the Forty-sixth Indiana, and at its head entered the federal service. He did brilliant service in several campaigns, but owing to an injury received by the falling of his horse, was compelled to leave the service before the expiration of the war. After the close of the war, he still continued to practice his profession, not interfering in political affairs except to preserve the integ- rity of his inherent ideas with the vigor of his palmier days, opposing whatever he conceived to be wrong in civil and political affairs. _ In personal appearance. Dr. Fitch was an unusual specimen of physical manhood, having a well knit frame and a couidly dignity which bespoke the polished gentleman. In his prime he appeared a knight among men, and while a member of the United States senate is said to have been the finest looking man in that body. The death of Ur. Fitch took place November 29, 1892. AVID S. TUKPIE, born in Hamil- ton county, Ohio, in i 829, graduated at Kenyon college, studied law, and began practice at Logansport, Ind., in 1849. He was a member of the legislature in 1852, was appointed judge of the court of common pleas in 1854, and of thecircu’t court in 1856, which post he resigned. He was again a member of the state house of repre- sentatives in 1856, and was elected to the United States senate from Indiana, as a dem- ocrat, in place of Jesse D. Bright, who had been expelled, serving from January 22 to 107 March 3, 1863. Nearly twenty-four years afterward he was again called on by his party to represent them in the senate, to which body he was elected by the Indiana legislature, at the session of 1886-7, after a memorable struggle. His opponent was Benjamin Harri- son, afterward elected president, and he was defeated by the votes of one or two independ- ents in the legislature who held the balance of power between the two great parties, which were almost equally divided in voting sti'ength among the members. Mr. Turpie enjoys the reputation of being one of the ablest constitu- tional lawyers in Indiana, and is also graded high as a man of literary attainments. ANIEL D. PRATT was born at Pal- ermo, Maine, October 24, 1813, and died at Logansport, Ind., June 17, 1877. His father was a physicain and the son of David Pratt, a revolutionary soldier, of Berkshire county. Mass. Mr. Pratt’s early years were years of excessive toil, necessitated by the circumstances of his fath- er’s family. His early education was acquired in the district schools of Madison county, N. Y. , and in 1825 he entered the seminary at Cazenovia, that state, and two years later cntei'ed Hamilton college, from which he graduated in 1831. He was a natural orator, and as a classical scholar was rarely excelled. Immediately after graduating he accepted a professorship in Madison university, and with the means thus earned began the study of law. In the spring of 1832, he decided to move west. Accordingly he set out for Cincinnati, making a part of the journey on foot, and later made his way to Rising Sun, Ind., where he taught a term of school. Subsequently he en- tered the law office of Calvin I'letcher, at Indianapolis, and in 1836 located in Logans- port, at that time a mere opening in the (JOVERNOKS OF INDLXXA wilderness. The brij^dit {)roinises of his early youth were soon fully realized, for no sooner was he admitted to the bar than he rapidly rose in his profession, and in a few years the fame of the eloquent youii" advocate resounded throuj.;hout northern Indiana. He was one who never courted notoriety, but he made himself a necessity in the field of action, and it was often a race between htii;ants to see who could reach his office first. At the time of his election to the United States senate in 1869, he was recof.^nized as the ablest lawyer in northern Indiana, and his fame was not confined to this state alone, but extended throughout the western country. For twenty- five years he was without a rival in northern Indiana, before a jury. Gov. Hendricks and Sec. Thompson divided the palm with him in the south and west parts of the state. His eminent merits were recoj^nized, and in 1847 he was nominated for congress, but was de- feated by Charles Cathcart. In 1848, he was one of the presidential electors, and in 1851- 53 was elected to the legislature, and soon be- came the leader in the house. In i860 he was secretary of the national convention at Chicago, which nominated Abraham Lincoln for the presidency, and attracted great atten- tion by his eloquence and commanding pres- ence. During the war Mr. Pratt was a zeal- ous and patriotic advocate of the Union cause. In 1863 he received the unanimous vote of his party, then in the minority, for United States senator, and in 1 868 was elected to congress by a handsome majority. In 1868 the legisla- ture, without solicitation on his part, iiromoted him to the United States senate. It was un- fortunate that he entered that body so late in life, as he was then fifty-six years of age, and with the exception of two terms in the state legislature was without public training. 'I'lie artificial rc!straint thrown around him in the national ca])ital disgusted him, and interfered with his sjdendid oratorical powers. As it was, however, he was recognized as one of the ablest men of that body during the period of his service, and although he made but few speeches, those he delivered were sound, log- ical and comprehensive. For six years he was a member of both claim and pension com- mittees, and for two years was chairman of the pension committee. Millions of dollars were allowed and dis-allowed on his recom- mendation. So conscientious was he that Wendell Phillijis once remarked that “Pratt is the most absolutely honest man I ever knew.” Upon the expiration of his term as senator, at the solicitation of Pres. Grant he took charge of the internal revenue department. In 1 876, the republicans urged Mr. Pratt to become a candidate for governor of the state, but he de- clined. Personally Mr. Pratt was one of the most cheerful and genial of men, and in his social life, and all his associations, shed an in- finence around him which was like sunshine. Although he never sought literary honors, his talents could not be unappreciated, and in 1872 Hamilton college conferred upon him the honorary degree of LL. D. In appear- ance he was above the average height, being over six feet and corresjiondingly portly. His presence was dignified and he moved among men as one born to command. In his death the nation lost one of its faithful public serv- ants, the state a great man, the legal jirofes- sion one of its ablest members and the com- munity one of its best citizens. OSFPH E. McDonald was born in Butler county, Ohio, August 29, 1819, the son of |ohn McDonald, a native of Pensylvania, and of Scotch tlcsccnt. Matcunally, Mr. McDonald is descended from I'rench Huguenot ancestry. His mother, AM) REPRESENTATIVE MEN. IGI) Ellcanor (Piatt) McDonald, was a native of Pennsylvania, and a woman of snj)erior order of intellect. Seven years after the death of John McDonald she married John Kerr, who moved with his family to Montgomery count}", Ind., in the fall of 1826. Joseph McDonald was seven years of age when the family moved to Indiana, and until his twelfth year he lived upon the home farm. In his twelfth year he became an apprentice to the saddler’s trade in Lafayette, in which capacity he served out five years, studying law in the meantime, for which he early manifested a decided taste. At the age of eighteen he entered VMbash col- lege, began the study of the higher branches, supporting himself mainly by plying at his trade when it was possible for him to do so. He afterward became a student in the Asbury university, and in 1842 began the systematic study of law at Lafayette, Ind., in the office of Zebulon Beard, one of the leading lawyers of the state. He was nominated for the office of prosecuting attorney before his admission to the bar, and was elected to that position over one of the prominent lawyers of Lafayette. He was re-elected prosecutor, and discharged the duties of the office for a period of four years. In the fall of 1847, he moved to Crawfordsville, which place was his home until 1859. In 1 849 he was elected from the old eighth district and to the twenty-first con- gress, and served one term, and in 1856 was elected attorney general of Indiana, being the first chosen to this office by the people. He was re-elected in 1858, and served two terms. In 1864 he was nominated for governor of Indiana by the democratic state convention, and made a joint canvass with Oliver P. Mor- ton, the republican nominee. At the election he received 6,000 more votes for governor than the state ticket did in 1862, but Mr. Morton was elected by nearly 20,000 votes. Throughout his entire life he has strictly adhered to his resolution to follow the law and make a success of the profession, and as a lawyer he has for years ranked among the most successful and profound in the nation. He was elected to the United States senate for si.x years, to succeed Daniel D. Pratt, and entered upon the duties of that position March 5, 1875. While a member of that body he was chairman of the committee on public lands, a member of the judiciary committee, took a conspicuous part in the debates on finance, and ranked as one of the ablest law- yers in that body of distinguished men. He served with distinction until 1881, since which time he has given his attention principally to the practice of his profession, though taking an active part in political affairs, being one of the recognized leaders of the democracy in the United States. He made the principal argu- ment for the objectors in the count of the electoral vote of Louisiana before the electoral commission appointed to determine the result of the presidential election in 1876. In the national democratic convention, held in Chi- cago, in 1884, Mr. McDonald’s name was pre- sented as a candidate for the presidential nomination, and he had a strong following in the delegation from a number of states. He is and always has been a representative demo- crat of the Jeffersonian school, and believes that the true idea of democracy is to preserve, unimpaired, all the rights reserved to the states respectively, and to the people, without infringing upon any of the powers delegated to the general government by the constitution. “He believes in the virtue of the people, and in their ability and purpose to maintain their institutions inviolate against the assaults of designing men. ” “As an orator, both at the bar and on the hustings, he is cool, logical and forcible, and, as a citizen, he has the confi- dence and respect of all who know him, re- gardless of political creeds.” “His views are 170 (lOVERNOKS OF INDIANA broad and coni])rc‘hensive on all questions of public interest, and his steadfastness of pur- pose, his honest (.lesire of accoinplishinj:;' what is best for the jieople, have j^iven him a home in their hearts, and won for him the j^o'eatest honors they had to bestow.” ANIEL W. VOORHEES was born in Eutler county, Ohio, September 26, 1827, and was brought to Indiana by his parents when two months old. The family settled in Fountain county, where Mr. \'oorhees grew to manhood on a farm about ten miles from the town of Covington. His father, Stephen Voorhees, was a native of Mercer county, Ky. , and a descendant of an old Holland famil}’, many representatives of which were among the early settlers of the eastern states in the time of the colonies. His mother was Rachel (Elliot) Voorhees, born in Maryland of Irish ancestry, and married Stephen \"oorhecs in the year 1821. The early farm e.xperience of Mr. Voorhees pnjved of great value to him in after life, and served to bind him in ties of sympathy with the com- mon people. He graduated from the Asbury, now DePauw, university, at Greencastle, in 1849, and soon afterward entered the law office of Lane & Wilson, Crawfordsville, and on his admission to the bar, began the practice of his profession at Covington, Fountain county, where he soon effected a co-partnership with Hon. E. A. Hannegan in 1852. In June, 1853, Mr. \'oorhees was appointed by Cov. Wright prosecuting attorney of the circuit court, in which ))osition he soon established a fine repu- tation as a criminal lawyer. In 1856 he was nominated by acclamation democratic candi- date fer congress, but was defeated by 230 majority in a district ])reviously republican by 2,600. In 1857 he removed to Teria' Haute, and the following year was a])pointed United States district attorney for the state of Indi- ana by President Puchanan. He was elected to congress in i860 and 1862, and in 1864 was again a successful candidate, but in the last election his majority of 634 votes was contested by his competitor, Henry D. Washburn, who obtained the seat. He was again elected in 1868, re-elected in 1870, but in 1872 was de- feated by Hon. Morton C. Hunter. In 1859 Voorhees was retained as counsel to defend Col. Cook, arrested with John Brown as an accomplice of the latter in the celebrated Harper’s Ferry raid, and his speech at the trial was one of the greatest ever delivered before an American jury, and it gained him a national reputation. It was listened to with rapt attention by a vast audience, and was afterward published all over the country, and in Europe in several different languages. Mr. Voorhees was appointed November 6, 1877, to succeed Cov. Morton in the United States Senate, and has served by successive re-elec- tions in that distinguished body until the pres- ent time. From his entrance into public life he has occupied a conspicuous place in the eyes of the public, and at the bar, on the stump or in the halls of national legislation, he has been a man of mark. His powers as a parlia- mentary orator and a statesman are a jxirtion of the histor}- of the nation, and as a ])arty leader few if any have e.xercised as great an influence upon the people of Iiuliana as he. “From the sobriijuet of the Tall Sycamore of the Wabash, so often applied to him, it will be inferred that he is of tall stature, which is the case, as he is o\ cr six feet in height and weighs over 200 pounds. He carries himself erect, and his commanding presence and dignified bearing make him a conspicuious figure in the senate chambc'r. ” 1 luring his term of service in the senate he has hecn assiduous in his attention to the i)ublic needs. He is always AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN. 171 present and allows no measure of his political opponents to pass without the severest scru- tiny, and with him vigilance is the price of liberty. K. DAVID J. JORDAN. — The above named gentleman is one of the most prominent of that coterie of scientific writers who have done so much to attract the attention to the physical resourses of Indiana. For many years Prof. Jordan has been president of the state university. He was educated at Cornell university, and after- wards tudied biology under the famous Agassiz, in his celebrated summer school, Penikese is- land. Coming west, Jordan taught his spec- ialty in the university of Wisconsin, Indianapo- lis high school, Butler university, and then at the Indiana university, of which his talents even- tually made him president. Prof. Jordan de- voted most of his attention for many years to the study of the habits and classification of the fishes of North America. On this subject he has published over 200 papers, besides a large work which has become a standard authority on ichthyology, In enthusiastic pursuit of his favorite study, Dr, Jordan made a fine and extensive collection of nearly ten thousand specimens of fishes, reptiles and birds, but un- fortunately these were all destroyed hy a dis- astrous fire in 1883. With characteristic energy he set to work to repair the damage, and soon had a better collection than ever. He has been a voluminous writer on scientific subjects; the greater part being devoted to his specialty, the fishes of the western states. He gathered around him, at Bloomington, a school of students who grew up under his care, imbibed his tastes, and greatly a.ssisted him in his scientific researches. The re- sult of their conjoint labors and writings was to make the state university the center and authority on subjects relating to biological work. In the fall of 1892, Dr. Jordan was transferred to the presidency of the Stanford university of California. ROF. JOHN COLLETT, the most distinguished of Indiana geologists, is a native of this state, having been born in Vermillion county in 1828 and graduated at Wabash college in 1847. He has taken an active part in politics, having been state senator, state-house commissioner, state statistician and state geologist. But his chief fame and his chief claim upon the grati- tude of his state, are based upon his work as a scientist. Prof. Collett’s life has been studi- ous, useful to the geology of Indiana, and has done more than any other person to make known the natural resources of the state, es- pecially to advertise to the world the value ..f its coal measures and stone quarries. Clnefiy through his efforts, the building stone of In- diana has been introduced to commerce, and is now used extensively for the construction of public buildings in all parts of the Union. He proved its superiority by a series of tests. From 1880 to 1884, he was state geologist, and for many years previously had served as an assistant in that office, to which he contri- buted his most earnest labor and the riches of his well stored mind. In 1884, he published the first and best geological map of the state ever issued, and has written voluminously on all subjects relating to the geology of the state. There is not a county he has not visited and studied, nor one with whose geological history, dating far back into the dim twilight of the pre-historic periods, he is not so familiar as to be able to trace and read like an open book. Prof. Collett belongs to that useful class of citizens which, while not obtaining the passing applause and glittering fame that is conferred upon the politician in high office, confer more lasting benefits upon mankind and are of more GOVERNORS OF INDIANA I 72 actual value to the state than all its politicians [uit tof^ether. Indiana needs more John Col- letts and fewer “statesmen” of the Col, Mul- berry Sellers and Senator Dillworthy type. (D AURICE THOMPSON.— There is no more jricturespue personality in the Hoosier state than the poet, naturalist, essayist, story writer and publicist, whose name heads this sketch. A native of the south, he possesses the frank- ness, ardor, f^eniality of disposition and fervent feelings so characteristic of the warm latitudes. H is home, however, since the war has been in Indiana, with whose institutions and people he has become thoroughly identified. Mr. Thompson’s tastes are literary and his occupa- tion and fame lie in that direction, but occa- sionally he takes an excursive flight into poli- tics, more by way of diversion than otherwise. He has served one or two terms as member of the lower house of the legislature, and one term also as state geologist by appointment of Gov. Gray. He prefers, however, to wander over the fields and woodlands, watching the habits of birds, and studying nature in all her vaiying moods. On these subjects he writes most entertainingly in stories, in jroems, and in magazine essays. He is a born naturalist and is never so hap])y as when study ing the in- teresting flora and fauna of his adopted state. He views nature with the eye of an artist, and describes her charms with the heart of a poet. ()ne(T liis books covering these subjects, en- titled “Sylvan Secrets,” is as charming as an Arabian tale. “The Red-head P'amily” is a bird sketch of the most delightful description, in which the imaginings ol a |)oet, and the word painting of an artist are mingled with, and give color to, ornithological information of the most exact kind because gathered by a student of nature in actual contact with what he describes. Bird song, nest building, bird anatomy, the loves, hates, trials and habits of the songsters of the grove, are themes which the poet-naturalist has enriched with the ap- preciation of a Thoreau, and the descriptive powers of a Goldsmith. One of his articles, a gem of its kind, describes the habits of the mocking-bird in his native southern haunts. Mr. Thompson says, what is not generally known, that the mocker sometimes sings as it flies, after the manner of the skylark, and he dwells at length on one of these “descending songs,” which the mocker poured forth as he fluttered on ecstatic wing from branch to branch, and finally, by slow degrees, to the earth, where he fell exhausted with the efforts to produce his own exquisite melody. Mr. Thompson is a voluminous magazine writer and covers a wide variety of topics with un- flagging ability. He is a conspicuous member of that galaxy of literary stars w’ho have shed such luster upon Indiana, since the war period, and contributed so much to give her high rank in the world of letters. >^AMES WHITCOMB RIEIvY.— Some f fifteen or twenty years ago there A 1 commenced to tipjiear in various pa- pers of Indiana poems in dialect, re- lating to homely phases of human life and touching on those domestic topics that are common to every fireside. At first they only attracted the attention of a few, but by de- grees their fame spread as they were more and more appreciated, and people began to en- (|uire the author of such jiieces as “The Old Swimmin' Hole,” “Wdien the b'rost is on the Punkin and the Eodder’s in the Shock,” “The b'lyiug Islands” and other gems, the charac- teristicsof which were a gentle humor, always AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN. m accompanied by a rich vein of tenderest pathos. Usually these poems purported to be written by “ Mr. Johnson, of Boone,” or some other bucolic individual unknown to fame. Most of them were published in the various newspapers edited by the late George C. Harding, himself a universal genius of the first water, and always in sympathy with ris- ing literary talent, which he did more than any other newspaper proprietor of the state to foster and develop. By degrees it leaked out that the author of the popular dialect poems was none other than James Whitcomb Riley, a young man of Hancock county, who from the rude life of a farmer boy found him- self drifting irresistibly into rhyme, like the noted Mr. Wegg. In the course of time, Mr. Riley’s fugitive pieces were collected and pub- lished in a volume, which was succeeded, at intervals, by others of a similar tenor, all of which were warmly welcomed and gen- erally read by lovers of that kind of verse which deals with lowly human nature, and as it comes from the heart of the writer, goes di- rectly to the hearts of the readers. Soon Mr. Riley had a state reputation and was wel- comed everywhere with affection as the typi- cal “Hoosier Poet.” It was not until the national meeting of authors in New York, in the winter of 1886-87, that Riley’s fame spread across the state lines and extended to boundaries that are touched by the two great oceans. The select critics of literature in the east fell easy victims to his genial personal address and platform ability, and when the meeting adjourned, Mr. Riley was, by general consent, placed high up on the temple of fame alongside of the most popular American poets. After that, he figured conspicuously on the lecture platform as a reciter of his poems, and has been much sought after for concert and lyceum work. Mr. Riley is a distinctive Hoosier product and his poems are rich with the flavor of the soil from which their author sprang. He has done much to give Indiana high rank in the literary world, and for this, as well as for the intrinsic merits of his compo- sitions, enjoys a warm place in the hearts of his fellow citizens in the Hoosier state. In the fall of 1894 he issued “Anna Zindy. ” EWIS WALLACE.— Though a sol- dier of distinction in two wars, it is not as a military man that Gen. Wal- lace has achieved his principal fame. It has been rather with the pen than the sword he has conquered, and no Indianian has carved his name so high on the literary temple as the distinguished subject of this sketch. A son of Gov. David Wallace, he was born in Brookville, Ind., on the lOth of April, 1827. He received a common school education and was studying law when the Mexican war roused him from his reveries. He served in that war with credit as a first lieutenant, and at its close resumed iiis profession, which he practiced chiefly in the cities of Covington and Craw- fordsville, Ind. He served a term of four years in the state senate, but never took kindly t*^^" polities. At the breaking out of the civil war, he was appointed adjutant general of Indiana, soon after becoming colonel of the Eleventh Indiana volunteers, with which he served in West Virginia, participating in the capture of Romney and the ejection of the enemy from Harper’s Ferry. He became a brigadier general of volunteers in the fall of 1861, led a division at the capture of Fort Uonelson, and displayed such ability as to receive a major general’s commission in the following spring. He participated conspicu- ously in the fated field of Shiloh. In 1864 he was assigned to the command of the middle department, with headquarters at Baltimore, Md. With 5,800 men, he marched to the 174 GOVERNORS OF INDIANA hanks of the Monocacy, and there offered bat- tle to tlie overwhelming forces of Gen, Jubal A. Early, who, with 28,000 men, was march- ing trinmphantly npon the national capital. On the afternoon of the 9th of Jnly hard by the railroad bridge that spans the Monocacy, near Frederick, Md., was fought one of the bloodiest engagements of the war, in propor- tion to the number engaged. Gen. Wallace was entrenched behind stone fences that stretched along the heights near the bridge and at right angles with the river. McCausland’s cavalry, which led the vanguard of Early’s army, crossed the stream and made a vigorous assault upon Wallace’s lines, but, after a very spirited and bloody engagement, they were forced to retreat, but took up and held a posi- tion in the rear. Soon thereafter a long line of infantry were seen fording the >fonocacy, and filing right under cover of hills and trees to a position in front of Gen. Wallace’s center. These troops were the famous “Stonewall brigade,” formerly made immortal by Jackson, but now consolidated with other seasoned vet- erans into a division commanded by Major Gen. John C. Breckinridge. They deployetl and were ordered to advance directly to the assault of Gen. V’allace’s main jiosition. The onset was furious and the fatalities on both sides many hundreds in a few minutes. The Union troops resisted stubbornly, but were finally forced to give way, and the hundreds of dead bodies observable on the field after the fight showed how bravely they had endeavored to stem the tide of invasion. Though defeated, Gen. Wallace and his troojis had accomplished the important duty of delaying Ifarly until reinforcements could reach Washington. ( 7 en. Wallace was second member of the court that tried the assassins of Eincoln and j)resident of that which convicted Wir/ of the Anderson vide |)risoTi horrors. In 1878 Gen. Wallace was govcjrnor of Utah and served from 1881 to ’85 as minister to Turkey. He has lectured e.xtensively and is one of the most popular of the platform speakers of the day. His chief fame, however, rests npon his anthorshi]) of the religio-historical novel, “Ben Hnr; a Tale of the Christ,” of which over 290,000 have beeir sold without diminu- tion in the demand. It has already become an American classic, and takes front rank among the imaginative works of the world. Other popular works by Gen. M’allace are, “The I'air God,” a story of the conquest of Mexico, “ Fife of Benjamin Harrison” “The Boyhood of Christ” and “ The Prince of India.” No other Indianian has done so much to give his state high rank in the field of polite liter- ature. CHUYEER COEFAX, statesman, and vice president of the United States, was born in the city of New York, March 23, 1823. His grandfather, Gen. William Colfax, was a native of Con- necticut, and served with distinction in the war of American independence. His father died before his son’s birth, as did also a sister, and thus he became the oidy child of his wid- owed mother. The early years of Mr. Colfax were spent in his n itive city, where he attend- ed the ])ubhc schools and afterward became clerk in a store. In 1836 he came to Indiana, and located at New Carlisle, St. Joseph coun- ty, where he again entered a store as clerk, and in 1841 he became a resident of South Bend, in which cit)' he snbse(]uently received the appointment of deputy auditor. In 1842 he was active in organizing a temperance soci- ety at South Bend, and continued a total abstainer throughout his life. At this time he reported the proceedings of the state senate for the Indianapolis Journal, and in 1844 entered the i)ohtical arena as a public speaker AND representativp: men. 170 for Henry Clay. In 1845 became editor and proprietor of the St. Joseph Valley Reg- ister, of which he was also founder, and he continued its jniblication for a period of eight- een years. He was secretary of the Chicago harbor and river convention in 1847, and in 1848 was elected secretary of the national whig convention, at Baltimore, which nomin- ated Gen. Zachary Taylor for the presidency. He was a member of the Indiana constitution- al convention in 1850, and in 1851 received the whig nomination for congress. His oppo- nent was Hon. Graham N. Fitch, an able pol- itician and a fine speaker, with whom he engaged in a joint canvass, during which the two men traveled over 1,000 miles, and held over seventy discussions. The district was strongly democratic, yet Mr. Colfax was defeated by only 200 votes. In 1852 he w'as a delegate to the national convention which nominated Gen. Scott for the presidency, and in 1854 was elected to the Thirty-fourth con- gress by the memorable majority of 1,776 votes, although the same district in previous years gave a democratic majority of 1,200. In 1858 he was again triumphantly elected to congress, and served as a member of that body by successive elections until 1869. He was elected speaker of the house in December, 1863, and on April 8th, of the following year, he descended from the chair to move the expulsion of Mr. Long, of Ohio, who had made a speach favoring the recognition of the southern confederacy. The resolution was afterward changed to one of censure, and Mr. Colfax’s action was generally sustained by Union men. On the convening of the Thirty- ninth congress, Mr. Colfax was again elected speaker by 139 votes, his opponent, Mr. Brooks, of New York,- receiving but thirty-six. March 4, 1867, he was for the third time chosen speaker, and his skill as a presiding officer, often shown under very trying circum- stances, gained the applause of both friends and political opponents. In May, 1868, the republican national convention at Chicago nominated him on the first ballot for vice pres- ident, Gen. Grant being the presidential nom- inee, and the ticket having been successful, he took his seat as president of the senate March 4, 1869. In August, 1871, the president offered him the position of secretary of state for the remainder of his term, but he declined. In 1872 he was prominently mentioned as a presidential candidate, and the same year he refused the editorship of the New York Trib- une. “In 1873, Mr. Colfax was implicated in the charges of corruption brought against members of congress who had received shares in the credit mobilier of America. The house committee reported that there was no ground for his impeachment, as the alleged offense, if committed at all, was committed before he became vice president.” “He denied the truth of the charges, and his friends have al- ways regarded his character as irreproach- able.” His latter years were spent mostly in retirement at his home in South Bend, and in delivering public lectures, which he frequently did, before large audiences. The most popu- lar of his lectures was that on “Lincoln and Garfield.” He died at Mankota, Minn , Jan- uary 13, 1885. OBERT DALE OWEN was the son of Robert J. Owen, a celebrated English reformer, who was born in 1771 and died 1858. He was born near Glasgow, Scotland, November 7, 1801, and after receiving a liberal education in his native country, came to the United States in 1823 and settled at New Harmony, Posey county, Ind. In 1828, in partnership with Mrs. Frances Wright, he began the publica- ISO GOVERXOHS OF INDIANA tion of a ])apor called the Free iMujuirer, which made its periodical visits al)out three years. He was tliree times elected tcj tlie Indiana le|:;islature, and in 1843 was elected to con<,n-ess, in which body he served until 1847, having;' been re-elected in 1845. When in congress lie took a prominent part in the set- tlement of the northwestern boundary dispute, and was largely instrumental in establishing the Smithsonian institute at Washington, of which he became one of the regents, and served on the building committee. He was a delegate to the constitutional con.vention in 1850, and no one bore a more prominent part in the deliberations of that body than he. In 1853 he was appointed charge d' affaires at Naples, and in 1855 was minister at Naples, holding the position until 1858. During the civil war he was a firm sipiporter of the Union, and one of the first to advocate the emancipation of the slaves. Hr. Owen was a firm believer in the doctrines of spiritualism, and was fearless in his advocac}' of the same. He inherited the communistic notions of his father, who had failed in numerous attempts to carry the system into practical operation, and he also signall}' failed in his attempts to accomplish a similar purpose. His scholastic attainments were of the highest order, and he possessed a mind well stored with general knowledge. He was indeed a man of tran- scendent ability and may justly be regarded as one of the greatest, as well as one of the best, men Indiana has ever claimed. He contrib- uted largely to the literature of his day, and the following is a partial list of his best known W(jrks: “Moral Physiology,” “Discussion with (Original Pachelor on the Personality of Hod, and tlu' Authenticity of the lUble,” “Hints on Public Architecture,” “I'ootfalls on the Ponndaries of Another World,” “The Wrong of Slavery and the Right ol Fmancipa- tion, ” “Beyond the Bi'eakers, ” a no\’el. “The Debatable Land Between This World and the Ne.xt,” “Treading My WMy,” an au- tcjbiography. Mr. Owen departed this life at Lake George, N. Y., January 24, 1877, aged seventy-si.x years. ICHARI) W. THOMPSON, ex-sec- retary of the navy, is a native of Vir- ginia, born in Cmlpeper county, June 9, 1809. In the fall of 1831 he emi- grated to Indiana, and taught school in the town of Bedford, afterward establishing the Lawrence county seminary, which he con- tlucted about one year. Abandoning school work he embarked in the mercantile business in Lawrence county, and while thus engaged began the study of law. He was admitted to the bar in 1834, and the same year he was elected a member of the Indiana legislature, in which body he not only displayed great ability and foresight, but was also instrument- al in shaping much important legislation. In 1838 he was returned to the house and the following year was chosen state senator, of which he was jnesident pro tempore on the occasion of the resignation of Lieutenant Gov. Wallace. In 1841 he was elected to the United States congress over Hon. John W. Davis, but declineil a renomination to the same position, and in 1843 removed to Terre Haute, in which city he has since resided. He was a presidential elector on the Harrison ticket in 1840, zealously supporting Gen. Har- rison in j)ublic sjieeches, and by his ])en, and was a defeated candidate for elector on the (day ticket in 1844. In 1847 he was again elected to congress by the whig party, and be- came prominent in national legislation during Ins term, but at the expiration retired from public life. In 1849 he was appointed United States minister to Austria, by Gen. Taylor, AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN. 181 but declined to accept the honor, and was also tendered several other appointments hy the general government, all of which he saw ht to refuse. During the war for the Union he was active and rendered valuable service to his country, was commandant of Camp Dick Thompson, near Terre Haute, and also served as provost marshal of the district. He was again a presidential elector on the republican ticket in 1864, and a delegate to the national conventions of that party in 1872, and 1876, in the latter of which he nominated Oliver P. Morton for the presidency. In 1867-69 he was judge of the eighteenth circuit of the state, and on March 12, 1877, he entered Pres. Hayes’ cabinet, as secretary of the nav.y. He served nearly through the administration, but resigned the position in 1881, to become chair- man of the American committee of the Pana- ma Canal company. Mr. Thompson has written many political platforms, and obtained a reputation for his ability in formulating party principles. He is an eloquent and effec- tive speaker, and a man of benevolence and unassuming manners. a OL. FRANCIS VIGO, whose name is prominently identified with the early history of Indiana, was born in the kingdom of Sardinia in 1 740, and died at Vincennes, Ind., in 1836. Until 1778 he was a resident of the Spanish port of St. Louis, where, as an Indian trader, he acquired the title of the “ Spanish Merchant.” He re- moved to Vincennes a short time previous to its capture by Gen. George Rogers Clark, whom he was instrumental in assisting, for which he was afterward arrested by the British as a spy. In the Illinois campaigns of 1778 and 1779, Col. Vigo rendered valuable service to the army of Clark by advancing large sums of money for food and clothing. Through his patriotism and self-sacrifice, he served the army and gave victory to the cause of the col- onies of the west. He was made commandant of the militia of Vincennes in 1790, and in 1810 was one of Gen. Harrison’s confidential messengers to the Indians. His name will not only ever be associated with the early history of the Wabash valley, but is perpetu- ated in the name of Vigo county, Ind., for the capital city of which, Terre Haute, he be- queathed a bell for the court house. OHN W. DAVIS, one of Indiana’s most noted men, was born in Cumberland county, Penn., July 17, 1799, and died in 1859. He was well educated and graduated in medicine at Baltimore in 1821, shortly afterward removing to Carlisle, Ind. He was soon embarked on a political career and graduated for the purpose in that universal and popular school the state legis- lature. He served several years in that body, and was chosen speaker of the house in 1832. In 1834 he was appointed a commissioner to negotiate a treaty with the Indians. He was elected to congress by the democrats, and served from December 7, 1835, until March 3, 1837, was re-elected, and again served from 1839 until 1841, and from 1843 till 1847. During his last term he was speaker of the house of representatives, having been elected on December 1, 1845. He was United States commissioner to China in 1843 50, and gov- ernor of Oregon in 185 3-54. He presided over the convention held at Baltimore in 1852, that nominated Franklin Pierce for the presidency. Mr. Davis was a strong man and a party leader of long continued popularity and well recog- nized ability. He was also a decided feature of the list of self-made Indiana publicists. 182 CJOVERNORS OF INDIANA Additional Memoranda for Governors of Indiana and Representative Men. AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN. 18B Additional Memoranda for C'lovernors of Indiana and Representative Men. 184 COVERNOHS OF INDIANA Additional Memoranda for Governors of Indiana and Representative Men. AM) REPRESENTATIVE MEN. 185 Additional Memoranda for (Governors of Indiana and Representative Men. GOVERNORS OF INDIANA Additional Memoranda for Governors of Indiana and Kepiesentative Men ► AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN. 187 Additional Memoranda for Governors of Indiana and Representative Men. 188 GOVERNORS OF INDIANA Additional Memoranda for Governors of Indiana and Representative Men. AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN. 180 Additional Memoranda for Governors of Indiana and Representative Men. ]00 GOVERNORS OF INDIANA, Additional Memoranda for Governors of Indiana and Representative Men. BOONE COUNTY, BOONE COUNTY, INDlANi. UDGE JOHN A. ABBOTT, one of Boone county’s eminent lawyers and ex-judge of the circuit court, comes from an old colonial family of sturdy English stock. George Abbott was the founder of the family in America, and came over with the Puritans, who settled Massachu- setts, The American branch has always been famous, and included many renowned clergy- men and distinguished authors, such as Jacob Abbott, the writer for the young, and John S. C. Abbott, the author of the life of Napoleon. Samuel Abbott, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in New Hampshire April 8, 1771, and early settled in Concord; he was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was shot by an Indian at the burning of Buffalo, N. Y. ; he was married at Concord, N. H., to Mary Currier, daughter of William C. Currier, and to this union were born eleven children, eight of whom lived to manhood and woman- hood, namely: Betsey, Hiram, Harriet, Mary, Belinda, Isaac, Edward and Samuel. In 1816 or 1817, Mr. Abbott relinquished his trade of chair making and removed to New York state, where he engaged in farming until 1818, when he came to Indiana, and settled at Vevay, in Switzerland county, in January, 1819, where he and wife both died the follow- ing year — 1820. Isaac Abbott, son of the above and father of John A., was born in New Hampshire, Feb- ruary 22, 1805, and was but thirteen years of age when he was brought by his parents to Indiana, and left an orphan at the age of fif- teen. He was retired in Switzerland and Dearborn counties, living in the latter county with a farmer named Burgess until he was old enough to take care of himself. He learned the trade of a millwright and was, in fact, a natural born mechanic. He married in Dear- born county, at the age of twenty-three, Betsey Faulkner, daughter of Cornelius and Lucinda (Halsted) Faulkner — the former a substantial farmer, who came to Indiana from Rochester, N. Y., in 1819, and whose mother was a Schumacher, of Holland-Dutch descent. To Isaac Abbott and wife were born fourteen children, viz; Mary, Hiram, Martha, Cornelius S., Lewis C., William M., John A., Lydia A., Isaac M., Rebecca J., and Elizabeth C., and Sarah J. (the last two being twins), Marilla M. and Levi E. Of these children eleven grew to maturity and became heads of families, Sarah, Marilla, and Levi dying in infancy. Mr. Abbott remained in Dearborn county. I <)1 P.KXiK APIIICAL inSTORV workiiij^ at his trade, until 1S65, when he came to lUrone county and bought a tract of land one mile northwest of Lebanon, and ei^^hteen months later entered land in Meeker county, Minn. His wife died at Wilmington, fnd., in 1854, and he next married Rebecca G. I'lem- ing, who bore two children, now living — Ella i\r. and Robert L, , and one child, Franklin H., who died at about fourteen years of age. Mr. Abbott died in ^feeker county, Minn., May 4, 1872, at the age of 67. Mr. and Mrs. xVbbott were members of the Free Wall Baptist church. In politics he was a free soiler and an abolitionist. I'or three years his house was a station on the “Underground railroad,” which in that time safely landed thirty-eight dusky passengers in Canada. Fraternally he was a Freemason, a member of Boone lodge, Xo. 9, and was one of the charter members of Allen lodge, Xhj. 165, at Moore's Hill, Dear- born county, Ind. He was greatly beloved by all who knew him; was a true patriot and sent four of his sons to the front to assist in the preservation of the Union, vi/: John .V., whose military record will be found below; Hiram, who served three years in an Iowa regiment; William M. and Isaac M., both of whom were three years in company K, Sixty- eighth Indiana infantry, in which William was severely wounded at the battle of Missionary Ridge. Mr. Abbott was an inti'lligent man, and a very extensive reader, and gave all his children the best education his means afforded. John A. Abbott was born Novembc;r 5, 1839, in Dearborn county, Ind. He was edu- cated in the common schools, in the county academy at Wilmington and at Moore’s Hill college, and taught two terms of school. On June 5, 1861, he enlisted in com])any I, d'hir- teenth Indiana iidantry, Capt. B. b'. Myers, with Col. J. C. Sullivan commanding the regi- ment. The regiment left Indianai)olis Jul}' 4, 1861, and joiiu!d McClelland’s forces in West I Virginia on the loth, and on the i ith engaged I in the battle of Rich Mountain; October 3d, in the battle of Greenbriar; in November went j on a scout of nine days through the mountains, : carrying their sn]:)plies on pack-horses, break- I ing up the guerrilla band led by McCool and I Bennett, and greatly encouragingthe Unionists I of that section; December 13 it was in the battle of Allegheny Summit, under Gen. Mil- roy; transferred to the valle}^ of Virginia, it took part in the first battle of Winchester, March 23, 1861, and followed Jackson’s forces up the valley as far as New Market; from here they marched into the Luray valley, and in May marched through to Fredericksburg and joined McDowell’s army; but the second day after started on the return to the valley, on account of Stonewall Jackson’s having driven Gen. Banks down the valley and across the Potomac. After the battle of Port Repub- lic, the regiment was taken by transports from Alexandria, down the Potomac and Chesa- peake and up the James, to Harrison’s Land- ing, where it joined McClelland’s army after the seven days’ fight. After the evacuation of of the Peninsnla, it went to Suffolk, August 30, where it remained till the last of June, 1863, taking i)art in numerous scouts and skir- mishes in the vicinity, and in the siege of that place by Longstreet. In July, 18C3, it embarked I at Portsmouth for Charleston, S. C., where it remained till February, 1864, taking an active part in the siege of b'ort Wagner and Fort Sumter. In b'ebruary, 1864, it went to Jack- sonville, Pda., and from there to Gloucester Point, opposite Yorktown, in April. Here it was attached to Butler’s command; went to Bermuda Huudreds, where it took part in every engagement j)rior to May 26th, at which time it was again sent to the arm3’of the Poto- mac at Cold Harbor, where it took part in the unsuccessful assault on Lee’s works; June 13th it again ascended the james river, landed at OF liOONE COUNTY. 195 City Point, and, on the 15th, assisted in taking the outer works at Petersburg. All this time Mr. Abbott was with the regiment, except from May 30 to June ii, 1864, and was in every expedition and engagement in which the regiment took part, except the battle of Cold Harbor. He was promoted to second lieuten- ant June I, 1863, and was discharged with his regiment at Indianapolis, June i, 1864. On the 26th of December following, he re-enlisted at Washington, D. C. , in company B, First U. S. veteran volunteers (Hancock’s corps), was on detached duty in Washington city from January 1 1 to April 21, 1865, and witnessed the demonstrations of joy over the fall of Richmond and surrender of Lee, and of sorrow over the assassination of Mr. Lincoln. June 12, his regiment was a part of the guard at the hang- ing of Mrs. Surratt, and he was the sentinel immediately in fi'ont of the scaffold. The regiment was sent to Baltimore to relieve the Eleventh Indiana regiment in July, and com- pany B went on duty as provost guards, at the old slave market; and here Mr. Abbott was discharged, at the expiration of his term, January 26, 1865. Returning to Indiana, he came to Lebanon and attended the Presbyterian academy six months, and then studied law with Messrs. Cason & Harrison and Boone & Harrison, of which latter firm he became a member in 1871; but retired in 1873 to engage in the newspaper business, purchasing an interest in the Leban- on Patriot, the county organ of the republican party, of which party he was a zealous mem- ber. Five years of newspaper experience, covered the panic period from 1873 to 1878, served to bankrupt him, and he returned to the law practice in 1879. In 1888 he became a democrat, and in November of that year was appointed judge of the Boone circuit court, to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Hon. T. J. Terhune. Mr. Abbott was mar- ried, March 22, 1868, to Miss Laura Williams, daughter of Eliphalet and Mary (Harding) Williams, at Lancaster, Jefferson county, Ind. To them have been born five children, viz: Edgar W., Mabel, Grade, Walter A. and Edith. Gracie died in infancy. The others are living, and, with their parents, are mem- bers of the Missionary Baptist church at Leb- anon, of which Mr. and ISIrs. Abbott are con- sistent members, he having been its first clerk, and now being one of its trustees. Edgar W. and Mabel are engaged in teaching in the graded schools. ENRY ADAMS, a substantial farmer of Center township, Boone county, Ind., is a veteran of the Civil war, and almost totally disabled through service in defense of his country. He is of English extraction, but comes directly from a long line of Kentuckians, his grandfather, Gowan Adams, having been a pioneer of Old- ham county, that state. Absalom, father of Henry, was born in Kentucky in 1801, and married Sallie, daughler of Henry and Polly A. (Beasley) Varble, the former a German and an old settler of Kentucky, and to Absalom and Sallie were born ten children, viz. : Reu- ben, ArmildaJ., John, Henry, William, Har- rison, Polly A., Willis, Eliza and Absalom. The father of this family was a much respected farmer, a member of the Baptist church and a strong Union man, which latter fact caused him a great deal of trouble with his neighbors, who persecuted him and at times caused him to sleep out at night to avoid annoyance at their hands. Although too old to take an act- ive part in the conflict himself, he gave to the Union cause two sons, both of whom, Henry and Willis, served in company F, Ninth Ken- tucky cavalry. Henry Adams was born on the Kentucky P. I ( )( ; R A PI 1 1 C x\ L 1 1 rST( ) R Y p.)() homestead, December 19, 1S37, was educated ' in tile subscription schools of bis neighborhood, and in 1861 enlisted in the Home guards at C'ovington church, Oldham county, under Capt. Morris, in an independent company, and i was principally on guard duty, although he took part in a skirmish near Campbellsburg, and another near New Castle, hie next enlisted August I, 1862, at Eminence, Henry count}', Ky., in company F, Ninth Kentucky cavalry, alluded to above, in which his brother Willis also served twelve months. With this regi- ment Henry took part in the battle at Crab Orchard and a skirmish at Cumberland Gap. The last of August, 1862, at 12 o’clock at night, Mr. Adams and his brother were guard- ing prisoners, and, their company being at a distance on picket duty, the brothers joined Capt. Lucket's company of the same regiment and engaged in the two days’ fight at Rich- mond, Ky., and here Mr. Adams was struck by a piece of shell in the side and his horse killed under him. Mr. Adams had the ribs of his right side crushed, was paralyzed, placed on horse-back and ridden 185 miles to Louisville, unconscious of his condition or his actions, and did not recover his senses until the lapse of a month, when he found himself in the hospital, in which he was confined from September 1, 1862, until February, 1863. He was dis- charged for disability in January, however, and sent home in February. He was granted a pension, at first of $18 a month, with a little over $ 1 ,000 back pay; in 1887 it was increascnl to $30, and in 1890 to -$72 per month; he also received $200 on account of total disability of right leg, with $100 to be alk)wed every three' years. The marri:igc of Mr. Adams took ))lace July 25, 1858, to Louisa F., daughter of James and Nancy (’. Padgc'tt. Mr. Padgett was a highly resjiected farmer of 'rrimble count}', Ky., and tlu' father of nine children, who were named as follows; Louisa F., Mary J., |ohn W. , Julia A., Mildred, Sally, James H., Thomas and Mitchel. He died at the age of sixty-five years in Kentucky, a member of the BajTist church. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Adams have also been born eleven chil- dren, who are named James W., Thomas, Willis, Nancy J., George, Joel, Sarah E, John, Vdna, Agnes, and an infant, deceased. In 1886 Mr. Adams came to Boone county, Ind., where he owns a snug farm of fifty-six acres and a neat home. He and wife are members of the Christian church, and in politics he is a stanch republican. He is a member, also, of the Silas J. Long post, G. A. R., of Elizaville, Boone county, Ind., and is a man of sterling worth and a good citizen. EDGE JOSHUA G. ADAMS.— One generation has passed away since the young men of the nation were aroused to action by the outbreak of the rebell- ion. At that time, the subject of this sketch was a boy at school, with as little thought of becoming a soldier as any little boy of to-day. Possessed of a strong frame, sturdy limbs and an intelligent mind, he was of good material for a soldier, and he promptly 'volunteered his service in behalf of his country, and on serving out his first term he re-enlisted and served to the close of the war. His battles, skirmishes and marches are the best evidences of his valor as a soldier, and his jiatient endurance of prison life his most noble tribute of love to his country. A boy thrown at so early an ag(' nnder the rough inlluence of army life either developes and strengthens character or takes the downward course. Young Adams, after his long service of four years and four months as a soldier, came out of military life with his ambition strengthened and a deternh- nation to make his life a success and become a useful citizen. How well he has fulfilled his LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILtlNOIS OF HOONE COUNTY. lUl) resolution, will be attested by every citizen of In- diana who is familiar with his record as a man, a lawyer and a jurist. Judge Adams is of English stock and an old American family. His grandfather was one of the pioneers of Kentucky, contemporaneous with Daniel Boone. He settled in Bath county, where he reared four sons — James, Aaron, Thomas and Solomon the father of our subject, who was born in Bath county, Ky. , in 1803 and was reared a farmer. Solomon Adams married Nancy, daughter of William J. and Catharine (Sequist) Griffiths, and a large family, consisting of eleven chil- dren resulted from this marriage; John, IMary, Catharine, William J., Thomas J., James M., Gabriel H., Joshua G., Hiram F. , Caleb F. and Solomon T. This is the proper order of birth and all were born in Indiana — the first two in Switzerland county, but reared in Hen- dricks county. Mr. Adams came to Indiana and settled in Switzerland county about 1825- 30, and moved, after thirty-five years of age, to Hendricks county, where he made his home, clearing up a farm from the wilderness and be- coming a substantial farmer. He was a well- known pioneer citizen, much respected by the old settlers, and was justice of the peace, and held other township offices. He was an officer in the Christian church, of which his wife was also a member. He was an old-line whig, afterward a republican and a strong Union man during the war, in which he had four sons — Thomas J., Gabriel H., Joshua G., and Hiram F. The two latter were in company I, Ninth regiment, Indiana volunteer cavalry. Thomas J. served through the war and Vvas in all the battles of his regiment; Hiram F. was taken prisoner at Florence, Ala., and was never after heard from; Gabriel H. was in company C, Fifty-first regiment, Indiana volunteer infantry as a private, but was promoted through the grades to captain. He was wounded at the battle of Nashville, and he was a prisoner, be- ing ca})tured at Rome, Ga., in Gen. Straight’s raid, and was confined at Belle Isle. Solo- mon Adams died on his farm in Hendricks county, aged sixty-three years. He was one of those American patriots who sent an unus- ual number of sons to fight for the Union. Joshua G. Adams, our subject, was born in ^Hendricks county, Ind., February 19, 1845, on his father’s farm. He first attended the district school, and at the age of sixteen years enlisted at Lizton, Hendricks county, Septem- ber 10, 1861, in company C, Fifty-first regi- ment Indiana volunteer infantry, for three years. He was honorably discharged at Louden, Tenn., where he re-enlisted as a vet- eran on Januar}'! , 1864, and was honorably discharged January 10, 1866, at Indianapolis, as a corporal, serving in all four years and four months. He was in the battles of Shiloh, the two days’ battle with Buell, andi;i the cam- paign from Pittsburg Landing to the siege of Corinth. This campaign was almost one con- tinued battle until the evacuation of Corinth. He was also in the battle of Stone River from beginning to end. Missionary Ridge, Dalton and Nashville. He was in Gen. Straight’s raid, his regiment being mounted, the horses having been captured from the surrounding farmers. On this raid he was in the battles of Day’s Gap and Crooked Creek, the fighting continuing five days and nights, during which time the command marched a great distance, from Decatur, Ala., to Rome, Ga. , and des- troyed a great amount of Confederate property and railroad communications. The brigade lost one-fourth of their men in killed and wounded. They had no sleep during the night except such as they could get upon their horses. This brigade consisted of 1,300 select men from different commands. They were vigorously pursued by Confederate forces of 8,000 cavalry under Gen. Forrest from the p>i()(;rai>iiicat> history L>()() Ix'jj^iniiing to the end of the raid. At Rome, (hi., the hridf^e was destro3-ed, and on Ma}' 3, i(Sr)3, C'ol. Strai^dit was obliged to surrender the brigade near Rome, Ga., and our subject found himself a prisoner, his brother — Ca])t. Adams — being with him. They were taken in cattle cars to Atlanta, thence to Danville junction, V'a., and from there to Richmond, and confined at Belle Isle four months. Gen. Straight and his officers were confined in Libby prison, and he planned and successfully carried out, with the help of his fellow-officers, by means of a tunnel, their famous escape from that den of misery. During Mr. Adams four months’ confinment he had barely enough corn bread and rotten bacon, filled with ashes and maggots, to subsist upon. This bacon, with nigger peas, was often made into soup, from which the soldiers would skim the maggots before eati ng. The island was a sand bar, and there was no shelter of tents or shade, and the camp had been used so long as to be alive with vermin. Mr. Adams was young and had a powerful constitution, and endured the terrible ordeal with little sickness. He was paroled and marched to City Point, Va., where they embarked on a vessel and went to Baltimore, thence to Columbus, Ohio, and Camp Chase. The regiment reached Colnmbus about 350 strong, ragged, filthy, bare-footed and bare- headed. Here they received supplies and went to Indianapolis on a furlough, where they were e.xchanged, and in the fall of 1H63 went to Chattanooga. As the officers were in Libby prison, the ri'giment for awhile worked in the National cemeterv. Receiving officers, the regiment was assigned to Wood’s division, h'ourth corps, army of the Cumberland, and was in the battle of Nashville and down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to Cairo, and were at New Orleans on july 4, il()(JHAPinCAL HISTORY ■ 2\4 session of. Capt. Best also fought at Grand Gulf, I’ort Gibson, Raymond, and Champion Hills, and was at Jackson when Gen. John- ston's train pulled out in full view. His next engagement was at Black river, where took place the hardest light in the Yicksbnrg siege; after the surrender of the city, Capt. Best’s regiment was ordered to Jackson and Meridian to destroy shops and railroads, etc. ; on his return to \dcksburg he was honorably dis- charged, August 27, 1863, with the rank of captain. Within a week, Capt. Best shipped on board the United States steamer Brilliant, and was appointed paymaster's clerk. The vessel soon steamed past Fort Henry, and took part in the fight at Nashville, after which the P>rilliant was transferred from the Tennessee to the Cumberland river, where Capt. Best distinguished himself as bearer of dispatches from Commodore Fitch to the commander of the upper Tennessee, through a country thronged with the enemy. He was later sent down the river to intercept [eff. Davis, and received his final discharge August 27, 1865. On his return t(j civil life, Ca])t. Best was married, February 8, 1866, to Melissa J. Al- kire, daughter of James and Sarah (Cutches) Alkire — the father a farmer of large means, then residing near Columbus, Ohio, but now in New Ross, Inch The children born to this happy union have been named, in order of birth, as follows; Ida May, Elnora, James, Alice and hidgar. In 1884 Capt. Best came to Jamestown, Boone county, where he has ever since been. In politics, he is a stanch republican, and in religion he and wife are de- voted Methodists, in which church he has offi- ciated as steward and trustee several years, and has long been snperint('ndent of the Sabbath- school. At |)resent he is president of the Kp- woiih league, aiul treasurer of the school board. He is past chancellor of Venus lodge. No. 43, K. of P. , and has been appointed dele- gate to the grand lodge; he is likewise a mem- ber of Luther lodge, No. 227, I. O. O. F. , which he has represented in the grand lodge; and is also a member of the Odd Fellows’ en- campment; he organized the Henry Howard post, G. A. R., New Ross, and was a charter member thereof ; for six years he has been com- mander of Antietam post. No. 162, G. A. R , and he has been a leading spirit in every or- ganization with which he has ever fraternized. OHN S. BLACK, an enterprising and successful farmer of Harrison township, Boone county, Ind., came of English- Irish stock, and was born in Henry county, Ky., March 11, 1831. His great-grand- father on the paternal side came from Ireland and settled in Culpeper county, Va. ,in the colon- ial days, and took an active part in the war for the release of the colonies from the tyranny of British rule, and the establishment of the American union of indepemlent states. James Black, his son, was born in Culpeper county, \'a. , shortly after the Revolutionary war, and and was reared a farmer, and followed this vocation all his life. He was married in Vir- ginia, but at an early day, however, contem- poraneously with Daniel Boone, he moved to Bourbon count\> Ky., where he reared a family and passed the remainder of his days, dying a devout member of the Christian church. Of his six children, James, the father of jedm S., our subject, was born in Culpeper county, \'a., in 1798, and moved with his father to Ken- tucky, where he was reared on the home farm and educated in the common schools, such as they were. He was an energetic leader in the Christian church, and was an associate of the renowned Rt'v. Campbell, the founder of the faith. Mr, )ames Black movi'd from Bourbon to Henry county when he was about forty years ol age, and settled on 1 40 acres of OF BOONE COUNTY. 215 government land, to which he afterward added ninety acres. He was quite intlnential in both Bourbon and Henry counties, and died universally respected. John S. Black, the gentleman whose name opens this sketch, was reared a farmer and was educated in one of the old-fashioned log school- houses of his youthful days. He resided on the home farm until the death of his father, when he hired out for a year to superintend the farm of his brother-in-law, and for four years following was engaged in merchandizing with his brother’s widow in Trimble county. In i860 he married Sally, daughter of William and Cordelia Foree. The Civil war now breaking out, he joined the Confederate army, and fought until the close of the struggle. He enlisted at Bedford, Trimble county, Ky., September ii, 1862, in company G, Ninth Kentucky cavalry, and went from Lexington to the Cumberland mountains, to intercept Gen. Morgan, of the Union forces, and then fought for seven days and nights without sleep- ing or eating. He was then in the raid through Tennessee and back into Kentucky, tearing up the tracks of the Louisville and Nashville railroad, taking 10,000 prisoners and reaching within ten miles of the city of Louis- ville; he was next ordered to Murfreesboro; but reached that point too late for the fight; was next in the battle at Snow Hill, which ex- tended in a running fight to Milton, where within forty yards of the breast works he was shot through the thigh and left on the field, his companions running out of ammunition He was made prisoner and confined four weeks in the prison hospital, whence he was removed to Nashville, thence to Louisville, and one week later to Baltimore, Md., where he was exchanged the following week, and rejoined his command at Ringgold, Ga. His next fight was at Missionary Ridge, where the first day the battle lasted from early morn until four o’clock in the afternoon, and the next day four hours. At Taylor’s Ridge the strug- gle was very heavy; Grant charging the works four times without success. Mr. Black next saw service at Atlanta, where he was a courier, an office incurring great risk and a very great responsibility as bearer of dispatches. Here he succeeded in conveying orders to burn the Confederate arsenal and two long trains of railroad cars, to prevent them from falling into the hands of the enemy. After the fall of Atlanta, Mr. Black was sent with a brigade of cavalry to escort Pres. Davis to the trans- Mississippi. Gen. Breckinridge, in command of the escort, accompanied Davis from North Carolina to Washington, Ga., and here they parted. After the close of the war Mr. Black passed a year in Henry county on a farm, and here his wife died, leaving two children, Sammy G. and Lizzie H. Mr. Black then came to Boone county, Ind., and here married, December 2, 1866, Betta Black, widow of his brother Wil- liam, and daughter of James Henry and Nancy Pinnell. Willie J. Black was a lieutenant in the Confederate army, was a brave officer and beloved by his men, and died of typhoid pneu- monia, March 26, 1864, at Talledega, Ala., where he was buried with the honors of war. To this union have been born four children, viz.: John K. , a daughter; Henry Utz, daugh- ter; Charles and Custis; the last named died at the age of two years. Mrs. Nancy Pinnell departed this life when her daughter (Mrs. Black) was quite small, and the following obituary notice, taken from the Lebanon Pio- neer of April 21, 1892, gives a succinct ac- count of the life of Mrs. Black’s father: “James Henry Pinnell was born in Virginia, May 16, 1816, and died at his home in this city on Monday, April 18, 1892. From Virginia the deceased moved to Henry county Ky. , here he grew to manhood’s estate, and married a Miss 210 BTOGRAPIITCAL IILSTORY Wilhite, who bore him five children ; John W. Pinnell, of Somerset, Ky. ; K. I. and James E. Pinnell, Mrs. John S. Black and Katy, the first wife of onr townsman, Henry C. Ulin. His first wife died in 1885 and Mr. Pinnell came to this county the following year, locat- ing in Harrison township. kiere he married Mrs. William Higgins, mother of Borton S. and Whlliam Higgins, and, by her last mar- riage, of Julius W. Pinnell, who still survives. When Mr. Pinnell first came to Boone county, Harrison township was almost a wild waste of untillable swamp land. With that indomita- ble energy which has always characterized the man, he set about to improve it. It was al- most a life work, but he accomplished the task, and recently turned over to his children about 800 acres of the finest farming land in Boone county, retaining for his own use some 200 acres. “ Mr. Pinnell, in politics, was an ardent ad- vocate of the principles of democracy, believ- ing that those principles stood for the greatest good to the greatest number of people. He never served the people in public office except as trustee of Harrison township. Religiously he was a member of the Christian church and supported heartily the faith of that denomina- tion. In the death of Mr. Pinnell the com- munity loses a good man — a man of strong principles and noble impulses — an honest and ujmight citizen. Mr. Pinnell's illness dates back to last Thursday, when he caught a se- vere cold attending the funeral of his little grandchild, Ruth Pinnell. He was in feeble condition and rapidly grew worse until the end came, Monday forenoon, at 10 o’clock. The funeral was conducted Wednesday A. M., at 10 (/clock, by Elder E. L. Eane, after which the burial took place at Rodafer cemetery [Eebanon]. On Mr. Pinnell’s first coming to Boone cemnty, he ])urchased 240 acres of wild land, which he increased by his own efforts to 1,250 acres. He was a most successful farmer, owing to his profound knowledge of practical agriculture, gaining the respect of his neigh- bors, not only for this, but for his upright con- duct in all his business transactions and his strictly moral walk through life.” Mr. and Mrs. Black are devoted members of the Christian church, whose interests they have always sustained by every means in their power, financially and otherwise. In politics Mr. Black is democratic; he has filled the office of township trustee, but has declined to as- sume the duties of other civil offices, having already performed his duty in full for his fel- low citizens of Boone county. His first pur- chase of land in Boone county was a tract of 120 acres, but now, by hard work and the ex- ercise of the sound judgment for which he is noted, he owns 200 acres. ILEY H. BOHANNON, a worthy resident and well known old citizen of Worth township, Boone county, Ind., is a native of Stokes county, N. C., where his birth occurred upon the thir- teith day of September, 1814. Hisfatherwas Elliott Bohannon, also a native of North Caro- lina, and his mother, Sarah Yates, was born in the same state, and they married there and reared a family. Subsecpiently they emigrated to Indiana, locating in the county of Eranklin, where they jiassed the remainderof their days. The following are the names of their seven children: Erances, Richard, William, Wiley IP, Mary, Elizabeth and Elliott S. Wiley H. Bohannon spent the first seven- teen years of his life in the state of his nativity and about 1831 came with his parents to Eranklin county, Ind. He grew to manhood on a farm, attended, at intervals during his minority, such schools as the country afforded, and has always devoted his energies to the OF BOONE COUNTY. 217 pursuit of agriculture. Miss Letty Yates, to whom he was united in marriage on the ninth day of July, 1837, was br.rn January, 1815, in North Carolina, the daughter of William and Martha (Durham) Yates, who came from the above state to Indiana as early as the year 1831. After his marriage, Mr. Bohannon settled in Franklin county, where he lived un- til 1852, in the spring of which year he changed his residence to the county of Boone, purchasing his present .farm in Worth town- ship, where he has since made his home. In his chosen calling, Mr. Bohannon has display- ed most excellent judgment, and he believes that agriculture is one of the most honorable as well as most satisfactory occupations in which a man can engage. His farm is well improved, containing good buildings, and a greater part of his 106 acres is under a success- ful state of cultivation. Socially he commands the esteem of his fellow-citizens or Worth and belongs to that large and eminently respectable class of people whose virtues and intelligence add luster to a community. By his first mar- riage he had seven children, only one of whom — James G. — is living at this time. Mrs. Bo- hannon was called from the scenes of her earthly trials on the twenty-third day of April, 1873, and August 10 of the same year Mr. Bo- hannon was united in marriage with Mr§. Phebe F. Smail, widow of Andrew J. Smail; to this marriage were born five children: Daniel W., Thomas W., Willis H., Martha J., and Wilburn R. In 1891 Mr. Bohannon’s home was again visited by the death angel, on November 4 of which year his wife died. R. MATTHEW H. BOUNELL, the oldest medical practitioner of Boone county, is descended paternally from French ancestry, and on the mother’s side is of English lineage. His grandfather Bounell came to the United States at a period antedating the war of Independence, in which struggle he took part, and settled at Elizabeth, N. J., where he married a Miss Hughes, and afterward moved to Kentucky. After a resi- dence of one year in that state he emigrated to Ohio, thence returned to New Jersey for the purpose of procuring money, and while on his way back to his new home in Ohio was mur- dered by either white men or Indians. Matthew Bounell, father of the doctor, was born in New Jersey, but went to Ohio with his father when a small boy. After the latter’s death he learned the blacksmith’s trade, which, however, he did not follow, but chose ins+ead the life of a farmer. He married in Butler county, Ohio, Ruth Flover, and to them were born nine children — John, Abigail, Daniel, Amy, Mary, Sarah, Matthew H., Jesse and Aaron. In October, 1828, Matthew Bounell moved to Clinton county, Ind., and entered a tract of wild land before the county was organ- ized. He was one of the original pioneers of Clinton, when there were but five white fami- lies in the county, namely: John Douglass, William Clark, David Kilgore, David Young and a Mr. Kirk. The country at that time was a primitive wilderness, Indians were numerous and the forests abounded in wild game. The early settlers had to depend largely for meat on wild turkey, deer, prairie chickens and wild hogs, while the nearest market was Lafayette, twenty-five miles away. Mr. Bounell entered nine lots of eighty acres each, and became a substantial farmer, with his residence on “Twelve Mile Prairie.” He and his wife were members of the Methodist church, and it was at his house, in an early day, services and quarterly meetings were held. The noted Meth- odist itinerant divines often preached in Mr. Bounell’s residence. Mr. Bounell was a soldier in the war of 1812. He was one of the founders and organ- B I O G R A P ri I C A L I T r STO R Y L>IS izers of ('lint on county, and at his house, which was of hewed lo"s two stories hij^h, the first political convention was held to nominate county officers. lie was a hard-working, pru- dent, man, universally respected for his integ- rity, and died in 1863', aged seventy-seven years. His wife lived to he eighty-three years old, and like her husband was a true type of the pioneer of sixty years ago. i)r. Matthew H. Bounell was bom on a farm in Bntler county, Ohio, November 12, 1822, and was but six years of age when brought by his parents to Indiana. The jour- ney to the new home in the wilds of Clinton county was made with a large wagon drawn by four yoke of oxen, and a small two-horse wagon and it is a fact worthy of note that but two houses were passed by the little company after leaving Indianapolis until they reached the log cabin which Mr. Bounell had erected the previous siiring. The doctor well remembers the early pioneer settlers and the- times in which they lived, and his reminiscences of the pioneer period are numerous and very interest- ing. The doctor’s early education was ac- cpiired in the old-fashioned log school-house; later he attended school at Frankfort for a limited period and for one year pursued his studies at .\sbury university, Greencastle, Ind. Having decided to adopt the medical profession for his life work, the doctor, after some pre- liminary study, entered, in 1846, the Rush Medical college, Chicago, and in 1847 em- barked upon his ])rofessional career at Leba- non, Ind., where in due season he built uji a large practice, which, owing to the poverty of the majority of the jteoide, was not very re- numerative. In 1851 he located at Younts- \'ilk‘, Montgomery county, where he practiced 1 snccessfnlly for ten years, and in the mean- time, 1836, he again entered Kush Medical | college, from which he was graduated the fol- | lowing year. In 1861 he retui iied to Lebanon | and resumed the practice, and was thus en- gaged until 1863, at which time he raised company G, One-Hundred and Sixteenth In- diana infantry, being elected and commission- ed captain when the company was organized. Later he was made major-surgeon of the regi- ment, and for some time acted as post-surgeon at Tazewell, Tenn. ; and was also for a limited period surgeon of the brigade. He acted as surgeon at the battles of Blue Springs and Walker’s Ford, and on returnig home again resumed the practice at Lebanon, whicli was continued then very successfully until 1872, when he moved to his present farm of 440 acres, not far from the county seat. Dr. Bounell still continues in active practice, and his professional services are in great demand throughout Boone and counties adjoining. He has been an enthusiastic student of his profes- sion, keeps fully abreast of the times and is a patron and deep reader of the leading medical journals of the day of both Europe and the United States, possessing a valuable and exten- sive library, collected with great care during his long practice of forty-seven years. Dr. Bounell married in September, 1844, Mary Louisa Kilgore, daughter of David and Elizabeth (Clark) Kilgore — the father of Mrs. Bounell being one of the early pioneers of Clinton county, Ind. Mrs. Bounell died in the spring of 1862, leaving two children — Thomas A., a practicing physician for twenty- two years at New Brunswick, Boone county, and India J. , at home. In i 863 the doctor was united in marriage to Elizabeth Heath, daugh- ter of Joshua Heath, a jirominent merchant of Lafayette; and to this union have been born two children Dr. Harry M , of Jamestown, I and Dr. h'. Guy, at this time a medical stu- dent at Indianapolis. Joshua Heath was a I very prominent man of Scotch lineage, and I was a republican, and a class leader in the I Methodist church. At the time of his death library OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IkWNOK BENJAMIN BOOMER. OF BOONE COUNTY. 221 he was retired from active labor, his life hav- ing been principally engaged in mercantile pur- suits. The doctor is a republican and is, with his wife, a member of the M. E. church. So- cially the doctor and his family are great fa- vorites in the social circle and are greatl}' re- specfed by the community at large. ENJAMIN BOOHER, one of the wealthiest residents of Boone county, and one of the most energetic and bnsiness-like farmers of his township, intelligent and self-made, descends from good old Pennsylvania- German stock, and is well worthy of a prominent place in this vol- ume of biographical records. His grandfather, John Booher, on coming from Germany to America, first located in the Keystone state, and there married a native of Ciermany, and to this union were born the following-named children: Jacob, Mar}', William, Benjamin, John, Frederick, Isaac, Henry and Elizabeth All of them, imbued with the stamina of their origin, grew to maturity, emigrated to the farming lands of Virginia and Tennessee, and reared families to add to the wealth of the nation through their incessant toil. John Booher, the grandfather, finally found a home in Sidlivan county, Tenn., in the early settle- ment of that section, but still retained his farm in Washington county, Va. He was a slave owner, and a well-to-do planter of consider- able infiuence in both states. His son, Jacob, the lather of Benjamin, our subject, was born in Pennsylvania, March 3, 1777, and when a boy of twelve, in 1789, found himself a resi- dent of Tennessee. He there learned the blacksmith’s trade, and there married Cathe- rine Barnett, a daughter of Nicholas and Barbara Barnett, and to this, his first mar- riage, were born five children, named Wdlliam. Mary, Elizabeth, Gurdianas and John M. 10 This lady was called away in due course of time, and Mr. Booher married her sister, Eli- zabeth Barnett, and to this union were born seven children, viz: Catherine, Jonathan, Jacob, Ambrose, Lucinda, Benjamin and Leander. December 8, 1834, Jacob Booher left Tennessee and came to InEana and set- tled on 160 acres of entered land in Mont- gomery county, to which he subsequently add- ed by purchase 240 acres, Imt not immediately adjoining his entered property. He became a man of much wealth aud infiuence and a repre- sentative citizen. He and wife were faithful members of the Lutheran church, and in poli- tics he was a Jacksonian democrat. He lived to be si.xty-eight years of age, and died July 29, 1845, on his farm in Montgomery county, Ind., mourned by all who knew him. Benjamin Booher, of Lebanon, Ind. , wdth whom this particular sketch has most to do, was born on his father's farm in Sullivan county, Tenn., September 5, 1821. He re- ceived the education usually accorded in the common schools of his early days, but was an apt scholar and quick to learn through self- application to the books that came within his command. He was thirteen years of age when he came to Indiana with his parents, and here he was invigorated both in body and mind through the severe discipline of farm labor. He was married in Boone county Oc- tober 20, 1842, to Margaret, daughter of Wd- liam and Margaret (Hughes) Beeler, and of the twelve children born to this genial union eleven are still living, one son having died when an infant. The order of birth is: Mar- tha, Margaret E. , William J., Albert L., Ben- jamin G., Sylvester C., Vando L. , Adelaide M., Mark A., Emma K., Daniel B. and Min- nie I". Benjamin Booher had been but three years married when he located in what is now Whitestown, Boone county, where he bought mOGRAPIIICAL HISTORY ninety acres in dense wilderness. He cleared it of its heavy timber, and by hard work and thrift increased his possessions to 1,700 acres, alnujst all of which is in one body, and all of this lai'f^e property, with the exception of 320 acres, he has "iven to his children, donating to each of the eleven a comfortable-sized farm. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Booher married Mrs. Mary Smith, who had borne the maiden name of Ross. He then moved to Lebanon, and here i)urchased his substantial and elegant brick residence, retir- ing from the more active duties of business, but still following his restless activity in giving his attention to the details of some of the more important business of his life. Mr. Booher is a man of remarkable physi- cal strength as well as intellectual superiority and force of character, and it is stated that at the age of hfty-five years he could easily spring over the back of a high horse. His stupendous labor in the field and untiring industry have given full evidence of his physi- cal endurance. He is entirely self-made as to pecuniary affairs, but his position as an intelli- gent citizen of high standing before his fellow- men has come through nature alone. He takes but little interest in politics, and thinks for himself on all matters pertaining to politi- cal economy and party affairs, but yet, on one occasion, withdrew from his personal business to become trustee of Worth township, as a self-imposed duty. He is a thoroughly self- made man, and has won his present high posi- tion l)efore his fellow-citizens entirely through his personal exertions. Mr. Booher’s mother, Llizabcth Barnett, was born h'ebruary 3, 1779, a daughter of Nicholas and Barbara Barnett; they were natives of Penns}'l\'ania; and later they moved to West Virginia, where they remained until death. They were farmers and very devoted Christian j)eoide. and were the parents of the following named children; George, Gatherine, John, Adam, Jacob, Peter, Elizabeth, Mary, Margaret, Sarah and Nicho- las. The father of this family was a man of ordinary means, but much resj)ected. AMSON S. BOWEN, one of the oldest and most honoretl pioneers of Boone county, Iml., and now a resident of Jefferson township, was born in Harrison county, Ky., August 19, 1818. His parents were Francis and Sarah G. (Turley) Bowen, who died, respectively, August 20, 1866, and July 19, 1874. Sarah G. Bowen was a daughter of William Turley, a native of Virginia. She bore her husband twelve children, all of whom lived to manhood and womanhood. Francis Bowen was of Welsh extraction and by trade was a tanner. Samson Bowen, when he became old enough for manual labor, was hired out to a planter until he reached the age of eighteen, when, in November, 1836, he came to Boone county, Ind., worked industriously, and in August, 1838, purchased a farm of forty acres; in I 840 he bought forty acres additional, and eventually increased it to 280 acres, on which he has his present home. Aj)ril 11, 1844, Mr. Bowen was joined in wetllock with Miss Mary .V Burke, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Basket) Burke, who had born to them a family of thirteen children, of whom Dr. George L. Burke of Jamestown is one. Samuel Burke died September 24, 1839, and Mrs. Elizabetb Burke was called from earth h'ebruary 27, 1865 the remains of both being interred in Erskine cemetery, Boone county. Tbo children born to Mr. and Mrs. Samson Bowen were named in order of birth as follows; George E., born Marcb 7, 1846; Elbert G., born December 7, 1847; Armilda M., born July 2, 1849, and died September OF BOONE COUNTY. 22B 15, 1858; Emily J., born January 19, 1851 — (lied September 21, 1853; James C., born May (j, 1853 — died September 27, 1853, and Marietta, born July 25, 1858. Mr. and Mrs. Bowen are pious members of the Christian church, and stand deservedly hi<;h in the esti- mation of the community in which they have for so many years resided and in the improve- ment of which they have been no small factors. In politics, Mr. Bowen has always been a faithful adherent of the democratic party. a HAKLES H. BOYD, a thrifty and respected farmer of Harrison town- ship, Boone county, Ind., springs from sturdy Irish stock. His great- grandfather, the first of the family to come to America, settled in Maryland; his grandfather settled in Franklin county, V'a., and was a patriot of the Mexican war; William Boyd, the grandfather of Charles H. was born on his father’s farm in Mar_\ land, married in Frank- lin county, Va. , accumulated a handsome es- tate, and died a highly respected citizen. Henry Boyd, son of William, and the father of our subject, was also a native of Virginia, in which state he passed his entire life. Charles H. Bo\ d was born in Carroll county, Va. , May 22, 1843, grew u]) a poor boy and secured his education at home. He lived on his birthplace until the commence- ment of the Civil war, when he enlisted in Floyd county, Va. , in March, 1862, in com- pany B, Fifty-fourth regiment of Confederate volunteers, Capt. Dobbins, Col. Wade and Gen. Trigg being his officers. From Floyd county the regiment went to Montgomery county, Va. , to drill for active service, and in Russell county was further prepared for war. His first experience on the field of battle was in a skirmish at Princeton, whence his regi- ment pursued the Federal cavalry to Kentucky. The next engagement was at Richmond, Ky., wdiere sixty Federals and fifteen Confederates were killed — the fight lasting about three hours and the Federals being driven l)ack. The regiment then went to Camp Dick Robinson and joined the army of Braxton Bragg, the Confederate commander-in-chief. Here it was engaged in a twenty-four-hour fight with Gen. Buell. Although the Confederates had the better of this batle, they were the next day ordered to fall back, and finally w'ent to Black- water, near Suffolk, Va. , and there had an- other battle in which the F'ederals were worsted. The next engagement was at Straw- beny plains and lasted seven hours; the next was at Cumberland Gap, from which the Con- federates withdrew and went to Knoxville, Tenn., and then to Bridgeport; they next took part in the great battle of Chickamauga, which lasted four days. Mr. Boyd was in the thick- est of the battle and his regiment was in the last skirmish, in which it captured 700 prison- ers. The Confederates also captured eighty pieces of ordnance, many hundred small arms and many prisoners in addition to those men- tioned above. The regiment was next marched to Missionary Ridge, and after fight- ing a day and a half, Mr. Bo}'d was captured and taken to Nashville, where he was plun- dered of all his possessions by convict soldiers. Here, also, a Confederate killed a convict for robbing him of his clothing and blankets. From Nashville the Confederate j)risoners of war were transferred to Rock Island and were detained for over fifteen months, suffering se- verely from cold a portion of the time, and often, too, for want of full rations. When exchanged, Mr. Boyd went to his home in Virginia, where he remained until 1866, when he came to Boone county, Ind., engaged in farming on rented land, and has been a tenant of the same family for over twenty-five years. BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY' 2iH February 28, 1869, he married Miss Luviiiia (Boyd) Boyd, and has had born to him the following children: Tillman A., Floyd F'., and Emma E. Mrs. Susanna Dickerson, grand- mother of Mrs. Boyd, when thirteen years of age, had the honor of meeting George Wash- ington. She was born and reared in Tenn- essee, but was visiting in Virginia when this gratifying event took place. Mr. Boyd has a vivid recollection of the famons Humphrey Mar- shall, under whom he also fought, and whom he describes as having been a Kentucky gentle- tnan of fine apjiearance. Mr. Boyd is an active supporter of public education, and has given his children every opportunity he could for at- tending the schools of his district. He is pub- lic spirited and has won the esteem of his fel- low citizens and is recognized as a gentleman of integrity and worth; is the support of his aged mother, seventy-nine years old, belongs to the Missionary Baptist church and believes in experimental religion. HOMASE. BRADSHAW, the popular druggist of Thorntown, Ind., was born near Saxapahaw, N. C., November 27, 1851, a son of Samuel N. and Ruth E. (Woody) Itradshaw. Samuel N. Bradshaw was a native of Orange county, N. C., born December 20, 1824, a son of James and Eliza- beth (Allen) Bradshaw, also natives of North Carolina, but of English parentage. Thomas Bradshaw, the great-grandfather of Thomas K. Bradshaw, was born in Ireland in 1750, as near as can be ascertained, ami died in North Carolina in 1834, at the advanced age ol eighty- four years. He was married to Eutitia Wil- liams, who lived to reach the wonderful age of one hundred and ten years. Thomas and Eutitia Biaulshaw weic the parents of three sons — William, Thomas and James. Thomas, the father of these three sons, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and is supposed to have fought Cornwallis under Gen. Greene. James Bradshaw, son of this Revolutionary hero, Thomas, married Elizabeth Allen, and to this union were born live children, viz. : Thomas Histon, William Nelson, James Logan, Samuel Newton and Theodore Fletcher; of these, Sam- uel Newton Bradshaw married Ruth E. Woody in February, 1851, and this happy marriage was blessed with two sons and four daughters, as follows; Thomas E., the subject proper of this sketch; Mary E., Sarah J., William J., Margaret N. and Abigail L. The grandfather of our subject, James Bradshaw, was accidently shot while scpiirrel hunting, it was supposed, as his dead body was found in the woods; and Elizabeth Bradshaw, his wife, died in 1869, Both were members of the Methodist Episco- pal church. Samuel N. Bradshaw, their fourth son, and father of Thomas E., was in his early' days a school teacher. Of his children, Mary E. is the wife of W. J. Riddle, a farmer of North Carolina; Sarah J. is the wife of James D. W'illiams, a farmer; William J. is superin- tendent of coin ict labor in eastern North Car- olina; Margaret N. is the wife of P. W. Cates, a carpenter of the same state, and Abigail E. is now Mrs. Crawford. April i, 1861, Mrs. Ruth E. Bradshaw was called away from earth, and Samuel N., in 1862, married Nancy A. Edwards, who has borne bim six children. Samuel N. Bradshaw is a democrat, is (juite prominent in local })olitics, and has served for many years as justice of the peace; in 1865 he was elected captain of the home guards. Thomas Fk Itradshaw remained on the parental farm until twenty years of age, when he came to I'horntown, Ind. , engaged in general laborer farm work until 1876; then, as clerk for James Hanna inadrug store for a year; then for another year, at various occupations; then as clerk for W. C. Burk for three \ ears; then, in company with Mr. Nathaniel Krauss, engaged » / LIBRARY Of THE UNIVERSITY OF ILtTNOI^ OF BOONE COUNTY. 227 in the drug- business from i88i to 1884, when Mr. Kranss retired, and liis son William assumed his interest until 1886, when Mr. lUadshaw secured active control of the estab- lishment, and now carries a stock of fresh druf,^s and all articles pertaining to a Hrst-class drug store, valued at $4,000. The marriage of Mr. Bradshaw was solemnized March 17, 1880, with Elizabeth A. Lang.-ton, and this marriage has been favored with seven children, as follows: A. W., deceased; Jessie May, deceased; Edith E, Eeo H.,; Thomas L, and \\hlliam E (deceased), twins, and Ken- neth W. Mr. Bradshaw is a republican in his politics, and has served for the past two years as president of the school board, and is the present incumbent of saidofhee; he is a thirty- second degree Freemason, a member of the Mystic Shrine, and master of the blue lodge; also past grand master in the I. O. O. F. and member of the grand lodge; is past chief patriarch of the encampment, and a member of of the grand encampment; also, is a Knight of Pythias; he likewise was a charter member of the Indiana Pharmaceutical association, organized at Indianapolis May 9, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Bradshaw are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and Mr, Brad- shaw has been a trustee in the church for a number of years. The family stand very high in the esteem of their neighbors, and Mr. Bradshaw is regarded as one of the most sub- stantial business men of Thorntown. IRAM AEEEN BRADSHAW, a prominent citizen of Clinton town- ship, Boone county, Ind., and the present efficient post-master of Ivliza- ville, is a native of Indiana, born in the coun- ty of Boone, one mile north of Lebanon, on the 26th day of May, 1857. His father, David Bradshaw, was born Octolier 15, 1802, in Kentucky, and died in the state of Arkansas on the first day of Jidy, 1876. David Bradshaw was one of the early pioneers of Boone coun- ty, moving to that part of Indiana from Ohio, in company with his father, when the country was in a wilderness state, and afterward pur- chased eighty acres of government land near the town of Lebanon, which he subsequently sold and purchased other lands — first a farm of eighty acres on Brown’s Wonder, and, later, a fine piece of 160 acres on Eagle Creek in the township of Marion. He was married November 12, 1835, to Rebecca Sims, daugh- ter of Stephen and Elizabeth Sims, and reared a family of eleven children, whose names and dates of birth are as follows: Eliza- beth A., August 8, 1839; Robert A., August 19; 1841; Minerva C., August 15, 1843; Stephen S., January 3, 1845; MaryE., July 21, 1847; Martha L, A., January, 1849; John L. , June 17, 1851; Charlotte L. , December 10, i855;'Jan&es N., November 27, 1855, and Hiram A. and’ Horace G., twins. May 26, 1857. Hiram Allen Bradshaw was reared to agri- cultural pursuits and spent his youth and early manhood on a farm near Elizaville, to which part of the county he was taken when nine years of age. Later, he went to Arkansas, in which state he resided until 1877, in the spring of which year he returned to Indiana and ac- cepted a position in the goods business with L, P. Hopkins of Ivlizaville, in whose employ he continued until 1883, at which time he be- came clerk in the grocery house of R. M. Richey & Co. , continuing in the latter capac- ity for a period of about six and a half years. In June, 1889, he effected a co-partnership in the mercantile business at Elizaville with F. T. Carr, with whom he is still associated, and the firm thus constituted does a large and prosperous business,, being one of the best- known establishments of the kind in the 228 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY county. Mr. IP'adshaw is an energetic man and progressive in all the term implies. As a linancicr he has disi)layed ability of a high order, and his judgment on matters of busi- ness policy is frequently consulted and seldom found to be in error. Like man}’ of the suc- cessful self-made men of the time, Mr. Brad- shaw’s early life was beset with numerous diffi- culties, not the least of which was the respon- sibility thrown upon him while a mere youth, owing to a serious accident which rendered his father a cripple. His life has been one of great activity’, and in many’ respects he has solved the j-iroblem of success and is entitled to mention in these pages as one of B(Jone county’s most intelligent and enterprising busi- ness men. Politically’ he wields an inliuence for the republican party, and while not a par- tisan in the sense of seeking official prefer- ment, he has been complimented with positions of honor and trust at different times by his fellow-citizens. On the second day of \fay’, 1880, at Eliza- ville, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Brad- shaw and Louisa J. Beard — the latter a native of Boone county’, where her birth occurred on the 5th day of May, 1855. This union has been blessed by the birth of the following children, namely — Adrian E., born August 29, 1881, died March 4, 1882; Addison S., born January 4, 1882; Nora A., born Sej)tember 28, 1883; Grace B.,born January 28, 1886; Noble, born January 10, 1889; Kalj)!!, boru March 16, 1892, and Alfie, born April 6, 1894. William A. Beard, father of Mrs. Bradshaw, was born in Boone county’, fnd., Eebruary 22, 1830, and for a number of years was engaged in the manufacture and sale c)f lumber. He married Margaret Payton, whose birth oc- curred November 16, 1841, emigrated to Mis- souri prior to the late Civil war, in which strug- gle he bore a part iu defense of the national Union, and sub.se(|u iiitly returned to Indiana, where the remaining years of his life were passed, dying at Elizaville in 1874. a APT. JAMES BRAGG.— The Ameri- can citizen, following the ordinary jmrsuits of daily life, is occupied principally with his own affairs and is a quiet and peaceable man, with no thought of military glory, and possessing no intimation that he has within him the instincts of a sol- dier. Let the liberties of the country become endangered and this every-day business man is the first to spring to arms, and, often rising rapidly from the ranks, will be found able to fill almost any office. Capt. James Bragg, the subject of this sketch, at the breaking out of the Civil war, was a prominent business man of Lebanon, engaged in contracting and build- ing. Being naturally’ patriotic and believing that the country demanded the services of every able-bodied man who could be spared from home, to defend the Union, he promptly' enlisted, and by gallant and meritorious service rose from the ranks to be a captain. He is a descendant of an old colonial Virginia family of English stock, his great-grandfather having been a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Moore Bragg, the grandfather of the caj)tain, was a Virginian who married Mary York, the daughter of a Revolutionary soldier, so that the captain descended in two distinct lines from Revolutionary ancestors. Moore Bragg and wife w'ere the parents of live children — Wilson, Nancy, Henderson, William and Mary. Mr. Bragg was a farmer and a tv[ucal American pioneer. His wife lived to the great age of eighty-five years. Whlliam lhagg, the father of James, was born near Richmond, Ky. , became a farmer, and when young went to h'ayette county, Ind., where he married I'rances ('ook, daughter of a Scotchman who was killed iu the war of 1812, OF BOONE COUNTY. 229 and they were the parents of tliree children — John W., James and Henderson. About 1S39, Mr. Bragg, the father of the captain moved to Boone county, where he settled on Eagle creek and there passed nearly the remainder of his life. He was a substan- tial farmer and honorable citizen. In political opini'^ns he was an old-line whig and one of the original republicans of Boone county, and a strong Union man during tb.e war, in which he had two sons — John and James. Mr. and Mrs. Bragg were ardent supporters of the Methodist church, of which they were mem- bers, and he contributed liberally toward build- ing the first frame Methodist church in Boone county, which was on his farm and known as Sugar Grove church, and in which he held the offices of class leader and steward. His home was the home of the itinerant Methodist preacher of those early times. Capt. Bragg was born in Fayette county, Ind., February 10, 1830, and was about nine years of age when he came with his parents to Boone county, Ind., in 1839. He can well remember the scenes attending the popular demonstrations of the great political rally of 1840, which was held on the famous battle field of Tippecanoe, and the processions pass- ing his father’s biOuse. He received a limited pioneer education in an old log cabin school- house and attended the Febanon seminary in 1849. He learned the brick-maker’s business and became a contractor. The marriage of Capt. Bragg took place Ai)ril 24, 1851, to Margaret J., who was born Ajiril 27, 1832, and is a daughter of Jacob and Sarah (WittJ Ker- nodle. Jacob Kernodle was a prominent pio- neer of Boone county, having settled in Center township, one and one-fourth miles east of Febanon. He became wealthy and owned a large tract of land in Boone county. He built the first brick house in the county for his resi- dence, which is still standing. He was a model farmer and successful in his undertak- ings. He was very liberal in his opinions, and a Universalist in religion. Politically he voted the old whig ticket. Mr. Kernodle reared a family of ten children — Elizabeth, Annie, George, John, Harriet, David, Sarah, Sophro- nia, Jacob and Margaret J. After marriage, Capt. and Mrs. Bragg lo- cated at Noblesville, Ind., and then returned to Febanon. Their union was blessed with one son, Joseph G., November ii, 1855 — now of Petoskey, Mich., where he located in 1888, and has prospered since. Up to the war, Capt. Bragg was a contractor and builder in Leba- non and the surrounding country, and erected many of the older buildings. He was one of the contractors who built the present court house at Lebanon, in 1856-7. He also built several business houses, still standing. He was prospering in business when the Civil war engaged his attention, and he enlisted at Leb- anon, September 15, 1 861 , and was elected and commissioned second lieutenant, October 8, 1861, in company F, P'ortieth regiment, Indi- ana volunteer infantry. He was commissioned first lieutenant April i, 1862. He was in the battle of Shilob, Tenn., April 6 and 7, 1862, siege of Corinth April and May, 1862, which occupied nearly two months, and in which the I'ortieth was almost continually under fire. He was in Buell’s campaign against Bragg, in which there were many skirmishes and much hard marching, and, supplies being cut off, much suffering. He was in the battle of Perryville, Ky., Octobers, 1862, when Capt. Bragg’s com- pany attacked the rebel column, leaving their regiment on the double-quick. He was also in skirmishes at Crab Orchard, Ky. , and Sil- ver Springs near Nashville, Tenn., and took part in the bloody battle of Stone River and a campaign against Tullahoma and Chattanooga. He participated in the battle of Mission Ridge, was in Sherman’s Atlanta campaign, and was BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY 2:10 engaged in the battles of Dalton, New Hope Church, Rocky Faced Ridge, Resaca, Ring- gokl, Dallas, Pine Mountain, Calhoun, Burnt Hickory, Kenesavv Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Jonesboro, ami was present at the sur- render of Atlanta, Ga. After the Atlanta campaign the P'ortieth returned with “Paji Thomas” to Chattanooga, thence to Athens, Ala., and Columhus, Tenn. They fell hack with Thomas to SjM'ing Hill, where a hard bat- tle was fought. They were then in the battle of P'ranklin, Tenm, November 30, i H64, and the battle of Nashville, Tenm, December 15- 16, 1864. They then crossed the Gulf of Me.xico in July, 1865, and w'ere mustered out at Texarkana, Texas, December 21, 1865, and honorably discharged at Indianapolis Januaiy 23, 1866. Capt. Bragg served from September 15, 1861, to January 23, 1866, nearly four and one-lialf years. Beside the above battles he was in many skirmishes, that earlier in the war would be called battles notably, and was severly injured at the battle of Resaca, Ga., by the concussion of a shell May 14, 1864. He was slightly injured in his right arm, the sash supporting his overcoat being cut in two by a bidlet at the battle of Franklin. C'ajit. Bragg was an active, gallant and efficient offi- cer, and was always promjtt, fearless and cheerful in the discharge of his duty. He has a hospital record of but thirteen days, which occurred after the battle of Atlanta. He was never a ])risoner and was in all the battles of his regiment. When he was first lieutenant, he was frequently in command of his comj)any in the absence of his su])t'rior officer. The first sword carried by him in the war was presented to Ih'n hy his brother-in-law, judge Beach, now of Providence, R. I., and who married Sarah. Rernodle, his wife’s sister. His company ju'esented him with another sword at Nashville, Tenm, which he still retains as a precious relic of the war. When the captain enlisted he was of slender build and he has been obliged to greatly lengthen his sword belt in order to wear it at the reunions of his regiment, and other military occasions. The captain has been a powerful man throughout his life, possessing an iron constitution and being fully capable of enduring the hardships of army life. After the war he returned to Lebamm and attempted to engage in his usual business, but his constitution had been greatly shattered by the exposure of army life, his nerv'^us system being severely impaired by the effects of the shell concussion, and he has, while engaged in various kinds of business, not been very active and is now retired. Capt. Bragg is in prosperous circumstances and owns valuable real estate in Lebanon, on whose streets his dignified form is frequently seen. Fraternally he was one of the original Odd Fellows of Lebanon, but is now non- affiliating, also a charter member of the Rich Mountain post, G. A. R. He was a Douglas or war democrat, and has never deviated from the principles promulgated by Andrew Jack- son. HARLILS A. BRATTON is one of the Boone county veterans of the Civil war and a respected farmer of Jefferson township. He decends from an old colonial Virginia family. His grand- father, Lewis Bratton, was a soldier in the war of the Revolution and died in Virginia. John Bratton, a son of Lewis Bratton and father of our subject, was born in Bath county, Virginia, and married there Polly Berry, and a large family of eleven children resulted from this union, all of whom are now living except two The\' are as follows — James, Becky L., joint, Mtirgarct, Robert, Nancy J., Mary, y\d;dine, William, Charles A. and Samuel, all OF BOONE COUNTY. 281 born in \’irginia except Samuel, who was born in Indiana, Montf^omery county, where the family moved in the fall of ICS39, when our subject was but an infant of six months. Here Mr. Bratton cleared up a f^ood farm and passed all the remainder of his days, reachinj^ the age of seventy-two years, and died in February, 1866. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, and an old-time whig in politics until the formation of the republican party, after which he was an adherent to that party. He was a substantial farmer, respected by all. He had two sons in the Civil war — Charles and Samuel — both in the same com- pany and regiment. Samuel was in Missouri and forced to join the Confederate army, but deserted at the battle of Pea Ridge and joined the Union troops, serving until the close of the war, and was in several battles. Charles A. Bratton, our subject, was born in Bath county, Virginia, P'ebruary 4, 1839, and was brought to Indiana when six months of age. He received a common education and was reared a farmer. At the age of twenty- one he enlisted, September i, 1861, at Lafay- ette, Ind., in company B, Tenth regiment Indiana volunteer infantry, for three years or during the war, and was honorably discharged at Evansville, Ind., in July, 1862. He was in the battle of Mill Spring and was struck by a spent ball but not injured. He was on several hard marches to get to the battle of Shiloh, his company and regiment marching three days and nights without rest, and arrived one-half day too late for the battle. Mr. Bratton suf- fered greatly from exposure and fatigue and was taken sick with rheumatism and chronic diarrhcea in March, 1862. He was taken to a hospital at Evansville, but was found to be in such a bad condition that he was immediately sent home. He had previously been sick in camp four weeks. He did not recover suffi- ciently to work for two years. His wife. Dorothy A., to whom he was married in 1864, is the daughter of Thomas and Ann fHill) Burris. Mr. Burris was an old settler and pio- neer of Boone county. He made a good home and reared eight children: Albert, Catherine, Mary, Alice and Dorothy, John, Robert and Wesley. IMr. Burris lived to be about seven- ty-five years of age. In political opinions he was a republican and had three sons in the Civil war — John, Robert and Wesley — all in an Indiana regiment. Robert and Wesley were in several battles. Mr. Burris was a re- spected member of the Presbyterian church. After marriage Mr. Bratton and wife set- tled down to farm life in Boone county and bought his present farm of forty acres of good land, and their family fireside was made com- plete by the birth of six children — Martin S., Nora M., Alonzo, Cden, Homer and Ella. Mr. Bratton is as steadfast in his political principles now, as when, in his youth, he offered himself to his country in her time of need and cheer- fully and bravely faced rebel bullets, and un- complainingly endured the hardships and ex- posure of army life, and votes the straight re- publican ticket. Mr. Bratton receives a pen- sion of seventeen dollars per month. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Bratton’s constitution was badly shat- tered by exposure, especiall}' in the hard march to the field of Shiloh, and since the war has been much enfeebled. He stands deservedly high among his neighbors and friends as a good citizen and an honest man. OHN M. BREEDLOVE.— Among the reptesentative citizens of Eagle town- ship who have successfully overcome opposing ciivumstances and acquired for themselves a financial standing in the com- munity, the gentleman whose name introduces this biography is deserving of special mention. 1 U ( )G R A PI I IC A L III STO R Y 2:52 John M. Ih'eedlove's ancestors came originally from Scotland, and his jiarents, David and Maria (McKin/ie) Dreedlove, natives respect- ively of \’irginia and Ohio, were married in the latter state, w'here they resided for a num- ber of years, Mrs. Dreedhwe dying about the year 1830. Sul)se(]uently David Dreedlove married Amanda Strain, by whom he had eight children, and by his first wife he had a family consisting of the same number — sixteen in all. John M. Dreedlove was born in Ross county, Ohio, January 20, 1820, received his educational training in the old log school- house, in wdiich he acquired a fair knowledge of the English bra' dies, and w'as reared to agricultural pursuits on his father's farm. He j has always been a farmer, and began life upon I his OW'D rcsjionsibility in his native county and state, wdiere, in the year 1848, he was united in marriage to Miss Ruth Anderson, daughter j of Samuel Anderson, Es(]., a union w’hich was terminated by the death of Mrs. Breedlove about the year 1865. This marriage w'as wdth- out issue, and subsequently Mr. Breedlove married his present wife, Mar\' Cox, who has borne him two children-- David C. and John C. Mr. Breedlove remained in Ross county, Ohio, until about 1868, at which time, for the purpose of bettering his condition financially, he disposed of his interests there and emigrated to Boone county, Ind., locating in Ivagle towm- shi]), w'here he purchased real estate, upon which he has since resided. In the accumula- tion of lands Mr. Breedlove has been espec- ially fortunate, his holdings at the ju’esent time representing 800 acres in Boone county and over 246 acres in Ross county, Ohio, both of wdnch tracts are highly improved and very valuable. Mr. Breedlove is a self-madc' man, and his judgment in business affairs, particu- larly in those pertaining to real estate, is fre- quently consulted and seldom found to be at fault. 1 le has met w'itb success such as few agriculturists attain, and no one in the com- munity where he resides is more highly honored by the general public. Although having passed the allotted three-score and ten years, he still possesses in a marked degree his faculties, both physical and mental, and bids fair to live many years longer to a serene and happy old age. In matters political betakes a lively interest, and for a number of years has been a supporter of the republican party, though never a partisan in the sense of seeking official position. APT. JOHN AEEISON BROWN, one of the honored citizens' of Boone county, Ind., is of that stanch race of men called Scotch Presbyterian Cove- nanters. Archibald Brown, the grandfather of our subject, was born in county Connaught, and there married Jane Earris, and directly after marriage they came to America with his two brothers. Mr. Brown settled in York district, S. C., one of the brothers settling in the same district, and the other in Tennessee. A son of the latter was a member of congress before the war. Archibald Brown moved to Bourbon county, Ry., in 1805, and took up government land, ami after about fifteen years he sold out and moved to Nicholas county, Ry., where he became the owner of a good farm of 160 acres. During the war he was loyal to the government, and several of his grandsons fought for the Union. He and wife w'crc the parents of the following children — William, deceased, agml thirty; Milton, de- ceasc'd, aged cighty-two; Danville, deceased, aged eighty-three; John, deceased, aged twenty- one; Charles, deceased, aged seventeen years. Mr. Brown lived to be ninety-six years of age and died on his farm about the close of the war. Lanville Ale.xander Brown, his son OF BOONE COUNTY. and father of our subject, was born in York district, South Carolina, Novetnber 2, 1800. He was reared a farmer and received the com- mon education of bis day. He was taken by his parents to Kentucky in 1806 and to J^ourbon county, Ky. , when about twenty-two years of age. He had previously married in Montgomery county, Ky., Margaret, daughter of John and Ruth (Ralston) Allison, in 1822. John Allison was a Virginian, a soldier in the war of the Revolution and in the battle of King’s Mountain. He was of English descent and was a prominent farmer of Montgomery county. He afterward moved to Nicholas county, Ky. , and bought a farm on which stood a brick house — one of the first in that part of the state — of David Caldwell, a rela- tive of the venerable pioneer — David A. Caldwell of this county. Mr. Allison died aged seventy-seven years. He was a devout Presbyterian, a man of e.xcellent character and highly respected. He had but one wife, who was the mother of James, John, Andrew, Anna, Margaret, Mariah, Elizabeth, Mary, Nancy and Eleanor. After marriage, Mr. Brown settled in Nicholas county, Ky., on land and became a substantial farmer. In 1846 he moved to Bath county, where he gained wealth, owning about 400 acres of land. Like his father, he was opposed to slavery, being a “Henry Clay Emancipa- tionist.” In his later life he placed his money at interest, having loaned $40,000 at one time. His first wife died in Nicholas county, Ky. , about 1725. She was the mother of two children — John A. and Nancy J. Mr. Brown re-married in Nicholas county, Ky. , about June 15, 1830, Elizabeth Hudelson. To Mr. Brown and his second wife were born nine children — Margaret, Almira, William, Archi- bald, James, Charles, Mary, Harriet and Angy. Mr. Brown lived to be eighty-three years of age and died in Bath county, Ky. , 288 June 25, 1883, at Sharpsburg. He had accumulated, by his own efforts, about $90,000 and left his children a handsome estate of about $8,000 each. He was uncompromising in his loyalty to the Union and had three sons in the Civil war — Capt. John A., our subject, William H., who was in a Kentucky infantry regiment, James, who served in a Kentucky cavalry regiment, and was in many battles. John Allison Brown, our subject, was born January 15, 1823, in Nicholas county, Ky. , received a common English education and was brought up a farmer. He married in Bath county, Ky. , September i, 1846, Mary Jane, daughter of James and Nancy (Ratliff) Moffett; the latter born March 10, 1791, died February 22, 1864. James Moffett was born October i, 1787. He was born in Kentucky, to which state his father came from Virginia, and was here known as a pioneer. Mr. Moffett was a substantial farmer; also followed school teach- ing in his early days. He accumulated during his life a handsome property, but, like the Browns, was faithful to the Union cause. He was an elder in the Presbyterian church for fifty years and was noted for his religious char- acter. To Mr. and Mrs. Moffett were born the following children: William, Caroline, Henry, Harriet, Philadelphia, James, Coleman and Thomas. John A. Brown, our subject, settled after marriage in Bath county, Ky., on a farm where he remained some sixteen years. In 1861 Mr. Brown was sent to Frankfort by his Union neighbors for troops to protect them. Acting Governor Robinson told him that he had no soldiers, but that if he would raise a company of soldiers he would furnish one hundred mus- kets and ammunition and they could protect themselves. The muskets were forwarded and Capt. Brown and others raised about one hun- dred men in his county for home guard service, and shouldered his musket himself in his com- 2:54 lUOGRAPIIICAL HISTORY ])aiiy, which kept the peace for a long time in this vicinity. In the sninmer of 1862, Capt. Hrown raised a comjiany in Hath and Morgan comities, Ky., and commanded his company from May to Sejitember, 1862. They were in battle at Cythiana, Ky., in Angnst, 1862, with the rebel Gen. John Morgan, and the whole command was captured Morgan put 400 prisoners, among them Capt. Hrown, in a court house at Cythiana, and they were so crowded they were obliged to stand all night, and, as the heat was very intense, great suffer- ing was endured. In the morning they were marched si.\ miles into the country and com- niamled to disperse to their homes. Capt. Hrown, from this exposure, was stricken with pneumonia and lay sick at an hotel at Fal- mouth, Ky., two weeks, narrowly escajiing death. He returned home and has never seen a well day since. He never received a dollar for his services, and lost two good horses in this campaign. Heing disabled from acting longer as a sol- dier, and his Union sentiments being well known, he was forced to leave Kentucky, and in March, 1863, he went to Pntnam county, Ind., where he settled on a farm of 220 acres, aliout twelve miles north of Grecncastle, on the New Alliany road, where Mr. Hrown has been very successful in his farming and ac- cumulated a goodly property. Mr. and Mrs. Hrown are the parents of ten children; James C. ; Lanville, deceased, aged two and one-half years; Henry; Alice C. ; Cordelia F. ; Nancy M. ; Lanville A. and Elizabeth (twins), Eliza- beth died young; Mary E. and Harriet E. , all born in Hath county, Ky. , except Harriet L., who was born in Hutnam comity, fnd Mr. Hrown came to Hoone comity, Ind., Oct. 6, 1881, and settled in Lebanon, and is now retired from active life. Hoth he and wife are devout membc'rs of the Hresbyteriau church, in which he has been a deacon for many years. Mr. Hrown lived in the days when the difference between a democrat and a republican was as wide as the poles, and he saw enough during the Civil war to make him a life-long republican. He owned a few slaves in Kentuck}’, but when it came to the issue whether he should give up his slaves or his government, he promptly decided in favor of his country. Mr. Hrown is a very respected citizen of Lebanon and was one of the city councilmen. Fraternally he is a Mason, a member of Hoone lodge, M. G., of Lebanon. Throughout his life he has adhered to the princi])les of his ancestors and is noted for his integrity of character. 41 is sons are among the most successful business men of Lebanon and his entire family above reproach. The family is noted and always has been for love of temperance, and no member of this family was ever known to be an intemperate man. LI HKOWN, M. D., now standing at the head of the surgical and medical profession in Hoone county, Ind., with his residence at Thorntown, was born in Sugar Creek townshiji, in the same county, April 9, 1846. His parents were Seth and Alice (Rich) Hrown, the former of whom w’as born in Guilford county, N. C., March 28, 1815, and was a son of james and Mary (Hud- dleston) Hrown, who were also natives of North Carolina and the former a planter. James and Mary had born to them the follow- ing children; John, Israel, James and Mary, all now deceased, and Seth. The family were all members of the h'riends’ chnrch. James Ih'own came to Indiana in 1829 and located in Wayne county, resided there until 1840, and then came to Hoone county, and bought 160 acres in Sugar Creek township, where his death occurred in 1845, his wife surviving un- til 1851. Seth Hrown, father of Eli, our sub- OF l?OONE COUNTY. 285 ject, was twenty-one years of age when he came to Boone county, and here married Alice Rich and had born to him the following named children: Cyrena A., wife of I. N. Barker; Sarah, wife of W’illiam J. McBain; Deborah, married A. A. Macy; Martha, Asenath, James F., and Whlliam A. The father of this family died, a member of the Friends’ church, De- cember 3, 1887. Eli Brown was physically strengthened by work on the home farm and intellectually by attendence at the common school until 1867, when he became a teacher in the schools of Tippecanoe county for a year, following with tliree years in McDonald county, 111 ., and then at different places until he had run the circle of ten years as teacher, reading medicine dur- ing the decade. In 1877 he attended the medical department of the university at Ann Arbor, Mich., and this was followed by attend- ance at the Eclectic school of medicine at Cincinnati, Ohio, until graduation in June, 1879, when he began practice in Thorntown, where his skill and ability were at once recogniz- ed. May I 5, 1478, the doctor married, at Leba- non, Ind., Mary C. Burns, who was born in Boone county July 27, 1854, a daughter of David M. and Eliza (Clark) Burns, natives of Kentucky. While this lady is a Presbyterian in her religion, Mr. Brown is a Quaker or Friend in his mode of worship. In his politics Mr. Brown is republican, and in 1888 was elected township trustee and was re-elected in 1890. His farm of 100 acres is a model of neatness, and his residence in town is a delight to the eye. FORCE B. BROWN is one of the en- terprising younger business men of Lebanon and the proprietor of the “Elite Steam” laundry. He is a native of Boone county and descends from an old American family. Thomas Brown, the grandfather of our subject, was one of the pioneers of Owen county, Ky. He died in that state, a wealthy farmer and slave owner. George W. Brown, the father of onr subject, was born in Owen county, Ky. , April 5, 1820, received the usual pioneer education and mar- ried, in Kentucky, Martha E. Toon, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Toon. George \V. Brown and wife had born to them fourteen children, all of whom lived to be grown except one who died an infant. Their names are: Mary, Charles, Edward, Al- bert, Lizzie, Cassie, James, Cora, Mattie, George B., Lida, Fannie and John. Mr. Brown came to Boone county in 1843 and settled on land in Center townshij^ consisting of 320 acres which were covered with very heavy timber. This he cleared up and made into a fine farm. He engaged in the saw-mill busi- ness, })rospered, and finally owned about 700 acres, of land. P'raterally Mr. Brown was a Mason, member of Boone lodge. No. 9, of Lebanon. In religion he was a member of the Christian church, of which Mrs. Brown is a member. He lived to be sixty-eight years old and died Nov. 13, 1888, in Lel)anon; he was a very successful, energetic business man, noted for his honorable character. He reared one of the respected families of Boone county, to whom he left a handsome property. George B. Brown, son of above, was born on his father’s farm in Center township, April 18, 1865. He was early taught to work on the farm, attended the public school and ac- quired a practical education. He became a collector for the Singer Sewing Machine com- pany, and continued this vocation successfully during the years 1890-1-2. In 1893 he bought the Lebanon laundry property, greatly improv- ing the building and putting in six complete steam baths, fitted with all modern conven- iences, dressing rooms and parlors. The lilOORAPIIICAL HISTORY waters of these baths have decided mineral properties, which are medicinally beneficial and have a ^reat tendency to relieve rhemna- tism. They are kept in a clean, orderly man- ner, and the attendance is ample. They are well patronized In’ the best people in Lebanon. The “ IHite Steam Laundry" is well equipped with the latest machinery, with modern appli- ances, and turns out laundry work in a highly satisfactory manner, doing a large and pros- perous business. Mr. Brown votes with that great j)arty founded by Jefferson and Jackson, and is a stanch democrat. Fraternally he is a K. P., Lebanon lodge, No. 45. \Miile young, Mr. Brown is an excellent business man, fpiiet and pleasing in his demeanor, and is very popular. He owns the building and lots occupied by his steam laundry, which is valualde property, the lots hying 60x120 feet. a ALEB (). BROWN, a thriving young farmer aiul stock raiser of Jefferson township, Boone county, Ind., was born in Montgomery county, Ind., May 28, i860, and is a son of John S. and Eliza A. (Osborn) Brown, also natives of the Hoosier state and of English descent. They were the parents of four children, viz; Sara ]., wife of W'illiam B. Denny; Dicey O., wife of Parson B. Chambers; Caleb O., and George E., the latter of whom died in January, 1886. The mother of these children died in 1886, and the father in June, 1890. The family settled in Boone county in the year in which Caleb O. was born (i860), and here the latter was reared on his father’s farm, receiving a good education in the schools of his neighborhood. He is now the jiroprietor of a fine farm, and makes a specialty of feeding stock for market, and in this industry is regarded as the most enterprising man of his age in Boone county. His marriage took place I'ebruary 5, 1885, to Miss Rebecca Todd, daughter of Joseph and Ann R. (Pinkerton) Todd, natives of New Jer- sey and of English descent. It is said that “Death loveth a shining mark,” and mythology informs us that “whom the gods love die young.” It was so in this case. After giving her young husband a pledge of her blissful love — whom they named Hazel — she was stricken by the “insatiate archer” April 20, 1887 — her mortal remains being now in re- pose in the cemetery, near Dover, a village of Boone county. But time cures all, and Mr. Brown married Miss Clara B. Edwards March 13, 1889, daughter of David and Elizabeth (Dice) Edwards, both the parents being of En- glish descent and natives, respectively, of Ohio and \'irginia. To this second marriage of Mr. Brown have been born two children, Helen and Ruby. The parents are both mem- bers of the Presbyterian church, and their standing in social circles is as desirable as it is deserving. In politics Mr. Brown is a re- publican, and in his fraternal relations is a member of the Masonic lodge at Thorntown — its charter number being i 13. ENRY C. BRUSH is an old soldier, and a substantial farmer and honored citizen of Lebanon, Boone county, Ind. He springs from sterling Scotch and old colonial New Jersey stock. John Brush, the great-grandfather of our subject, was a soldier in the Revolution, in which two of his brothers were also soldiers, and were killed at the battle of Cowpens. They all came from Sc,>tland. John Brush, the son of the above and grandfather of our subject, settled at an early jieriod in Shelby county, Ky., where he married Miss Elizabeth Todd, and to them were born seven children, viz.: (h'orge, Blakely, David, James, Jane, Nancy and Mary. Mr. Ifrush moved to Indiana and OF ROONE COUNTY. 287 settled in Montgomery county, near Wave- land, as a pioneer', and here passed the re- mainder of his days. He became a prosperous farmer and gave to each of his children i6o acres of land. He was a typical old-time pio- neer settler and a whig in politics. James Brush, the father of onr subject, was born in Shelby comity, Ky. , on a farm, in i8ii, and came with his parents, when bnt nine years of age, to Indiana. He was reared a farmer and married Elizabeth McCormick, after which they settled in Montgomery county, Ind., near Ladoga, and remained there until he retired from active life, at which time he located in Jamestown. James Brush and his wife Eliza- beth were the parents of seven children, as fol- lows: John A., Ann, Elizabeth, Jennie, Sallie, Eliza and Henry Brush, all born on the farm in Montgomery county, Ind. Both Mr. and Mrs. Brush were members of the Metho- dist church, in which he was a class leader and steward. He was a Henry Clay whig in poli- tics; afterw'ard a republican and a strong Union man. During the war, in which he had two sons — John A., in the Eleventh regiment, In- diana volunteer infantry, under Col. Lew Wal- lace; he was later in the Second Indiana cav- alry, and served through the remainder of the war, during which time he was in many hard battles; Henry Brush’s military history will be given below in this sketch. Mr. Brush died at the age of seventy years, an honored and re- spected man. Henry C. Brush was born January 15, 1847. He received a common school educa- tion, was reared a farmer’s boy, and enlisted at the early age of sixteen, August 10, 1863, in company G, One Hundred and Sixteenth regiment, Indiana volunteer infantry, in answer to a call for six-month men, under Capt. Rob- ert W. Harrison and Col. William C. Rise. He served seven months and was honorably discharged at LaEayette, Ind., March i, 1864. His service was in eastern Tennessee, during which time he ]:)articipated in the battles of Blue Springs, Greenville, Knoxville, Walker’s Ford and Tazewell. He saw a great deal of hard marching and was in several hard skir- mishes, doing active service all the time of his enlistment except one week, when he was in hospital at Knoxville. He was in all the bat- tles, marches and skirmishes of his regiment, and was but little over seventeen years of age when he returned home. He then attended the high school at Ladoga, Ind. , and at Greencastle, Ind., one term. Mr. Brush was married June 24, 1869, in Hendricks county, Ind., to Fanny A., daughter of Walter and Mary M. (Spears) Davis, ^^"alter Davis was born in Montgomery county, Ky. , December 12, 1823, and was a pioneer and wealthy farmer of Hendricks county, Ind. He was of Welsh descent, while the Spears were of Scotch descent. They reared the following children — John S., Quincy A., Martha E., Nancy A., Robert F., Fanny A. and Charles E. Airs. Davis having died. Mr. Davis mar- ried Alary A. Scott, who bore him five chil- dren, viz; Walter S., Lorenzo D., Thomas, Alyrtle and Edgar L. Air. Davis was a repub- lican and a member of the AI. E. church, in which he took great interest, having become a member at the early age of nineteen years. In 1835 he moved with his father to Eel River township, Hendricks county, Ind., where he lived the remainder of his days, and died Janu- ary I I, 1893. Two of his sons are graduates of DePauw university, one of whoin, Walter S., has taken a post-graduate course at Cornell university and in Germany, and has lately won high -honors in the Chicago university. John S. was a soldier in the Fifty-first regiment Indiana volunteer infantry, and was in Gen. Straight’s raid. He died of sickness during his service, and was buried in the National cemetery at Nashville, Tenn. He was but 2«8 inOGRAPIIICAL IITSTORY twenty-one years of age and was a devout Cdiristian. (jnincy y\. was also a soldier in an Indiana regiment. Mr. and Mrs. Rrnsh soon after their mar- riage located on a farm near Jamestown, on which they resided for three years, and then resided in Jamestown for eight years. In 1879 they removed to Lebanon, Ind., where they still reside. Mr. Brush engaged in the livery business, also in buying and shipping horses, in which line he did a large business for several years. Since that time he has been engaged in stock dealing' and farming. He is a stanch repulican in politics, a member of the Masonic fraternity, Boone lodge. No. 9, is also a non- affiliating Odd Fellow and a K. of P. He is, beside, a member of the G. A. R. , Rich Moun- tain post. Both Mr. and Mrs. Brush are members of the Methodist church. They are the parents of six children, three now living: Ada M., Forest G. and Eva L; those de- ceased are Laura, aged six years, Otto T. aged seven years, and Jewel, an infant. Mr. Brush is one of the substantial citizens of Leb- anon, where he owns \-aluable real estate, beside a good farm in the country. He is well known for his integrity of character and he has one of the most pleasant homes in Lebanon and an interesting and highly respected family, Mrs. Brush is a lady of high character, of cultivated and cordial manners, and a true helpmate in all that term implies. AMES H. Bl'RNHAM is a juatical agriculturist of Sugar Greek township and a well known citizen of Boone county. He descends from an old colonial Anu'rican family of Irish descent, his grt.'at-grandfather having come from Ireland and settling in \’irginia, and having fought as a soldier in our war of indei)endence, and finally becoming a farmer. Joshua Burnham, his son and grandfather of our subject, was born in Virginia, married a Miss Elliot and settled in Sugar Creek townshij), Boone coun- ty, Ind., in 1828-29. He had probably first settled at an earlier period on the Blue river in Indiana. After a short residence in Sugar Creek township, he moved to Washington township, where he entered a farm now' known as the Close farm and owned by Gabriel Ginn. He afterw ard moved to Michigan, but returned and settled in Clinton county, where he died aged seventy years. His children are — Ivy, James, Abraham, Myer, Harvey, Matthew, William, Perry C., Sarah, Ira, and Orpha. Mr. Burn- ham was a substantial farmer and highly thought of by the old settlers, to w'hom he was well knowm. Ivy Burnham, father of our sub- ject, was probably born on the Blue river in Indiana, and was brought up among the In- diana pioneers, while the Indians were still scattered throughout the state. He had the usual limited education of the pioneer, and married, in Washington township, this county, Maria L. , daughter of Benjamin Sweeney. Benjamin Sweeney w'as a soldier in the war of 1812, and marrieil, in Rentucky, a Miss Smith. He entered his land in Washington tow'iiship in 1828, lived to the age of ninety years and died in Houston, Texas. After mar- riage, Ivy Burnham settled in Michigan, but afterward moved to Clinton county, Ind , where he died in 1847. He was the father of nine children — Miles, Mary E., Abraham, Sarah, Benjamin, James H., Matthew, Martha and Susan Pb He was an old-time w hig poli- tically, and two of his sons fought as soUliers in (he Cavil war— Benjamin I', in company G, 'rwenty-sixth regiment Indiana volunteer in- fantry, served four years, six months, and w'as in many battles. Matthew was in comiiany K, Fortieth regiment Indiana volunteer infan- try, and died tw’o months after enlistment. Mr. Buridiam was a man of integrity of char- OF BOONE COUNTY. acter, a practical fanner and a good citizen. He and Ids wife were members of the Cliris- tian church. James H. Burnham, our subject, was born in Clinton county, Ind., October 2, 1842. He gained his education in the public schools and was reared a farmer. He was united in mar- riage to Amne L., daughter of Robert and Nancy (Evans) Hebb, of Taylor county, W. \’a., which was their native state and where they married and began domestic life on a farm in the county of Taylor. They there re- mained until their deaths in the years 1852 and 1882 respectively. They were for many years members of the Methodist church, and were much respected in the locality in which they lived for their many excellent traits of character. Their family were as follows: William, Jehu, Sarah, Martha, Anna and Vir- ginia, living; Joseph, John, David and Josina deceased, and Sybrant. William Hebb, one of the sons, is now living in Albany, Delaware county, Ind., an honored citizen. The mar- riage of Mr. and l\Irs. James H. Burnham has been blessed with seven children: Myrtle E., Minnie O., Lillian L. , Mary E., Josina, Rob- ert, and Bennie S. (dead). After marriage Mr. Burnham settled on the Ross farm in Washington township, which he afterward hought. He now resides in Sugar Creek township on a farm of ninety acres, which is ; one of the best farms in Boone comity. The children are all w'ell educated, and the dangh- H ter, Mary E., graduated at the Thorntown high school. Mr. and Mrs. B>urnham are de- j vout members of the Christian church, all the i family being members of the same church, ex- cept two of the younger children. Mr. I 3 nrn- I ham is a church trustee and politically he is a ^ “dyed-in-the-wool” republican. He is one of '■ the older members of Thorntown lodge. No. j) 113, A. & E. M., in wdiich he has filled nearly ), all the offices and has been an official ten years. Mr. Ihirnham stands high among the iieople of Boone county as a man of great intelligence, integrity and good judgment. He is a practi- cal business man, capable of holding any office in the country. ILLL^M C. BURK, the old-estab- lished druggist of Thorntown, Boone county, Ind., w'as here born Octo- ber 29, 1851, a son of Samuel M. and Adeline R. (Landon) Burk. Samuel M. Burk was a native of Calhoun county, Ky., and W'as reared on the farm until sixteen years of age, when he w'as employed as a clerk in a dry-goods store in Terre Haute, Ind., until 1850, when he came to Boone county and taught school for eight consecutive 3'ears and then engaged in the practice of law', which he followed until his death, Eebruary 2, 1892. Eor three years he was a valiant soldier in the late war as member of company K, Eprtieth Indiana volunteer infantry, in which he w-as assistant cpiartermaster until the close of hos- tilities, when his term expired. His marriage took place, at Terre Haute, in 1850, to Miss Landon, a native of Connecticut, and to the union four children were born, viz: William C. ; Abbie, wdfe of J. R. Rickoff, coffee and tea merchant of Lima, Ohio; KateM., wife of William I'ncker, merchiant of Boone county, Ind., and Alene, w'ife of Samuel Decker, a farmer of Montgomery county, Ind. Mrs. Adeline R. Burk still resides in Thorntown. The deceased Mr. Burk was a member of the I. O. R. M., was a democrat, and for tw'o years served as post-master; he was every where regarded as an n])right and w'orthy gen- tleman. William C. Burk was reared in Thorntow'u, Ind , and attended the graded schools until sixteen years of age; he was then employed for tw’o years as a clerk in a poultry and produce 210 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY market, and tlien for two years served as deputy post-master under his father, and, for the followin'^ two years, under Israel Curry, in the same jiositiou ; then for two years, under George Coulsou; for the next three years he was deputy under L. M. Cox; he was then appointed postal clerk on the Big Four and ran between Cincinnati and Chicago for a year, resigned, and engaged in the drug busi- ness in Thorntown in partnership with T. C. Laughlin. At the close of two years, Mr. Laughlin withdrew from the firm and Mr. Burk has since conducted the business on his own account solely, carrying a stock valued at $4,500, consisting of fancy drugs and medi- cines and all such goods as are usually dealt in by first-class druggists. William C. Burk was most happily married at Frankfort, Ind., January 12, 1876, to Orlena M. Green, who was born at Zionsville, Boone county, Ind., February 14, 1858, a daughter of John I), and Zerelda (Gill) Green, natives of Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Burk are consistent members of the Presbyterian church, in which Mr. Burk is trustee and treasurer. Since 1891 he has been vice president of the Thorntown bank and is also a stockholder in the Lebanon National bank; he is a thirty-second degree Freemason, Scottish rite; is a Knight of Pythias, and in politics is a republican. He is attentive to his business, and in social circles he and wife occupy an enviable po- sition. AVID M. BURNS.— There is no pro- fession in life of more im|K)rtancc and usefulness than that of surveyor and civil engineer. Until a country is surveyed, anl\ BKXiRAPIIlCAL HISTORY war of I S 1 3 and was killed by the Indians. To |ohn llnsby and wife were born six chil- dren; Nancy [., Francis M., Ainexette, George \\b, Mary E., and one who died in infancy, all born in Hourbon county, Ky., except the tw(j youngest, wluj were born in Lebanon, to which place Mr. Busby moved in 1837, and entered eighty acres of land in the south part of the corporation, being one of the first set- tlers of the town. He was a carpenter by trade, also a farmer. He was a member of the Presbyterian church and in politics an old- line whig, afterward a republican. He lived to l)e fifty-six years old and died in Lebanon in August, 1864. He was a strong Union man and an honest, hard-working citizen. Mr. Busby erected many of the early buiUlings in Lebanon, among them the old brick seminary and a brick house for Mr. Zion. The glass for both these buildings was hauled through by wagon from Madison, Ind. The inside of these walls was laid up with mnd; the founda- tion for the old seminary was made of nigger heads or small bowlders picked up from the fields. George W. Busby was born in Lebanon, May 14, 1842, and had good opportunities for an education. He attended the old seminary until sixteen years of age, next attended the Presbyterian academy until ninetec]i years of age, and then his parents sent him to the country to keep him from enlisting in the war. He worked at farm work for one season, but was determined to become a soldier, and in |une, 1862, enlisted at Lebanon, for ninety days, in company G, p'ifty-fifth regiment Indi- ana volunteer infantry, under ('apt. Henry Hamilton and Col. Mahan of Terre Haute-. He was in the battle; of Richme)nd, ky , and was taken i^risoner, but was parole-d alter twee weeks, anel was e)blige‘d to go to Ceelumbus, Ohio, to be exchangeel. He serve-el out his time as an active soldier and eliel gooel service, and was in several skirmishes with John Mor- gan. He was inustereel out anel honorably dischargeel at Indianapolis in 1862, when he returned to Lebanon. Before enlistment he hael partly learned the carpenter’s trade, which work he resumed and soon became a fine work- man. W’hen at school he had a taste for mathematics, anel this science became very useful to him in business. ( 3 n December 12, 1865, he was united in marriage to Mary, daughter e)f J. C. Daily. After her death, Mr. Busby married Cannie, daughter of William and Jane (McIntosh) Williams. Mr. Whlliams is a reliable farmer of Fleming county, Ky. He is a Union man, was a soldier in a Ken- tucky regiment, served three years, and was in several battles. It is greatly to his credit that, surrounded by Confederates, he fought for the Union. Mr. Busby has erected many of the most important buildings in Lebanon — the DuVal block, the Neal block. Brown's Grand opera house, the fine residences of Mr. Cragun, Charles C. King 'and Mr. Becktell and many others, besides many other business buildings. He is now building a new brick block of three stories for J. C. Brown. Both Mr. and Mrs. Busby are members of the Methodist church. He is a member of Boone lodge. No. 9, F. & A. M., also a member of the Red Men and Rich Mountain post, G. A. R. He has erected for himself and wife a very tasteful residence. He has a practical knowledge of architecture and excellent taste and skill in this line. He is noted for his reliability and integrity of character. A\dD A. C.ALDWELL. This aged gcnlleman is, with the exception of I.evi L.ine, the oldest resident of Boone county, Ind., and the oklcst man in Boone county, with the exception of Nathan Cory. He springs from the old colo- OF BOOXF COUNTY. 245 nial American stock. His paternal grandfather was Willkun Caldwell, and, as his father mar- ried a full cousin, his grandfather on his ma- ternal side was Ale.xander Caldwell. They were both of Scotch-lrish descent and both moved to Kentucky in 1784 and settled at Mays\ille, Mason county, at the mouth of Limestone creek, on the Ohio river. William Caldwell built the second cabin in the place. He had a family in Pennsylvania. His wife was Mary McClellan, and his children were: Robert, William, David, Thomas, Polly, Sally, Mattie, Susan, iNfargaret, and Elizabeth . The wife of Alexander Caldwell was Betsy Ste- phenson, who was the mother of Sarah, Betsy, Martha, Patsy, Polly, David, Robert and Alex- ander All of them were born in Pennsylva- nia, and most of them were married and had families when they settled in Kentucky. Rob- ert Caldwell, son of William, was a soldier in the Revolution. The family had a great deal of trouble in the early day in Penn.sylvania, and were both early settlers of M'estmoreland county, that state, and both were contempo- raneous with Daniel Boone in Kentucky, and fought in the old Indian wars. Thomas Cald- well, father of our subject, was born in West- moreland county. Pa , in 1778, and was six years of age when brought to Kentucky with his father’s family, the journey being made by boat down the Ohio river. He grew up a farmer anti learned to read and write, and mar- ried his cousin, Sarah Caldwell, and to them were born eight children, who lived to matu- rity — David, Nathan, W'illiam, Alexander, Elizabeth, Maiy, Martha and Sarah. Our sub- ject alone survives, and has reached a greater age than any of his ancestors. The father of Thomas moved to Bourbon county, Ky. , about one year after the settlement at Maysville, and shortly after settled in Nicholas county, Ky. , and entered land. Here Thomas Caldwell settled after marriage, and in 1834 moved to Montgomery county, Ind., all of his family, except David A., coming with him. David A. , being married, remained in Nicholas county, Ky., nine years. Thomas Caldwell became a substantial farmer of Montgomery county, owning 200 acres of land at the time of his death, at the age of seventy-three years. He was a deacon in the Presbyterian church, of w'hich his wdfe was also a member. In politics he was an old-time whig, afterward a repub- lican. He was an industrious, hard-working, honorable pioneer citizen. David A. Caldwell was born in 1804, March 21st, in Nicholas county, Ky. , learned to read, write a good hand, and figure well, and by reading at home gained a good common education Possessing an intelligent mind, he was a good mathematician, and wdien a young man of twenty-t\, o years, made a copy of the arithmetical examples that he studied in Guthrie’s arithmetic, in a neat old-fashioned hand, which is an excellent example of pen- manship. This record, presented by Mr. Cald- well, begins with simple fractions, then the rule of three and the universal rule of propor- tion and many examples of practice. This record would do credit to the modern school- teacher, and the editor doubts if many of the school-teachers of Boone county could make a neater record. Mr. Caldwell was brought up a pioneer farmer and married in Nicholas coun- ty, Ky. , at the age of twenty-five, March 19, 1829, Martha, daughter of Edward and Mary (Stephenson) Cresswell, and they were the par- ents of four children, all born in Kentucky, as follows ; Elmira A., who married Samuel Bee- man and bore nine children; Edward T. , mar- ried Elizabeth Padget, six children; Mary, married William Powell, no children; Martha, married William Partner, three children. After marriage, Mr. Caldwell settled on a farm in Nicholas county, and resided there fourteen years, and in 1843 moved to Indiana 210 MKXIKAPIIIC’AL IIISTOK V and settled in lloone county, where he had entered 480 acres of land, November 2, 1833, and where his pjesent farm is located, and most of wliicli is now occu])ied by his descend- ants. Mr. Caldwell paid $1.25 per acre for this land, and about fifteen years since he sold a black walnut tree which paid for forty acres of land. At one time he owned 720 acres, and after dividinj^ about 500 acres among his grandchildren, he still retains 100 acres as the home farm. Mr. Caldwell cleared up his farm from the ’'eavy timber covering it by hard work and great industry, making a fine farm, which he improved, and on which he built a substantial, commodious residence and other farm buildings, and prosperity attended his efforts. In political opinions, Mr. Cald- well is a republican, and in religious belief a Presbyterian; in which church he was a deacon for several years. Mrs. Caldwell was als(3 a member of the same church. Mr.* Caldwell has now about sixteen grandchildren, thirty great-grandchildren, and one great-great- grand child. He held a family reunion at his residence on Wednesday, March 21, 1894, and many of his descendants attended on this enjoyable cjccasion. John A. Caldwell, grandson of above, is a practical and j)rogressive farmer of Center townshij), and son of Edward T. He was born June 18, i860, on the farm adjoining the corporation of Lebanon, and part of the old homestead. He received a common school education in the public schools of Lebanon, and married Cornelia Waugh, Sejitember 19, 1882, daughter of Daniel and Jfmily (Deasley) Waugh. To Mr. Caldwell and wife one child, Clyde i)., was born August 4, [886. Mr. C-ald- well owns 98 55-100 acres of fertile farming land adjoining Lebanon, on which he has made' fine improvements. Doth Mr. and Mrs. Cald- W(.'ll are mcndx'is of the Presbyterian church. Politically he is a rejiublican; fraternally, a K. of P. , Lebanon lodge. No. 45, and has filled the chair of vice-chancellor. He is also a member of the A. O. U. W. , Lebanon lodge. No. III. His father, Edward T. , was a sub- stantial farmer and member of the Presbyterian church. He is recently deceased, leaving six children — John A., Albert M., Annie M., Martha}., David A. , Jr. , and Eddie M. Samuel Waugh, the father of Mrs. Caldwell, is a ma- chinist now in the Brightwood shops, Ind. He is a man of excellent character, and was at one time justice of the peace. John A. Cald- well is an extensive breeder of fine Poland China hogs, and is widely known in this busi- ness in Boone county. He is a practical and straightforwartl man. OHN W. CALDWELL, a leading farmer, and also an old soldier of Har- rison township, Boone county, Ind., is of Irish-Eiench de.sccnt, but traces his antecedents in America anterior to the Revo- lutionary war. His great-grandfather on the paternal side was a settler in the Old Dominion long prior to that struggle, and his maternal grandfather (Samuel Scott) took actual part in several battles during the heroic and sanguin- ary conflict. His paternal grandfather, John Caldwell, was born in \'irginia, was reared to agriculture, and married Miss Clayboiirne, and to their union were born the following children: 'riiomas, Henry, Seth, John, Sarah E. and Levicia. The first named of these, Thomas, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in \'irginia in October, 1799, and came to Indiana in 1834, settling three miles north of jamestown, Jackson township, in Boone county. He married Rachel Scott, daughter of Samuel and Alice (Muncie) Scott, a bio- graghical notice of whom is given iii the sketch of Ccorge Mk Scott, to lu' found on another page, to which the attention of the reader is OF HOONE COUNTY. 247 W' respectfully called. The children born to Thomas and Rachel Caldwell were named Nancy, Mary, Nathaniel S., Ruth, John , Reuben, Jane, Elizabeth and Alice. Thomas Caldwell owned a well-improved farm of i i i acres, and was a solid and respected citizen. He and wife were worthy members of the Methodist church, in which he was for many years a class-leader, and they died in 1875 and 1877, respectively. John W. Caldwell was born in Boone county, Ind., Maixh 23. 1835, o” the home farm. He received a very good common En- gli^ih education and learned the carpenter’s trade, at which he became an expert, and fol- lowed it as a vocation for four years, when he married, March 2, 1856, Miss Martha J. Moore, daughter of Robert and Margaret (Jen- kins) Moore. Robert Moore was a farmer and : accumulated a handsome property; in politics I he was first an old-line whig, but later became ' a republican. Both Mr. and Mrs. Moore were I devout Presbyterians. To Mr. and Ivfrs. Caldwell have been born the following chil- i dren, in the order named: Ira, James, Oliver, Charles, Rachel, Thomas E., Mattie, Eliza- beth and Robert L. From 1862 to 1865 Mr. Caldwell was a member of the Home guard : and was twice called out — once to drive out John Morgan’s raiders, and once to suppress a i riot in Jackson township, in which six men were captured and taken to Indianapolis. He f enlisted in defense of the Union at Indiana- : polis, March i, 1865, in company G, Eleventh I Indiana volunteer infantry. Two months were j passed in Fort Marshall in drilling and doing S camp and guard duty, and the next four months at Fort McHenry in similar exercises ij and discipline. At the latter fort, however, he ; was confined to the hospital by sickness for a j month, having first had a severe sunstroke, ! which was followed by an attack of remittent , fever. He was still at the hospital, suffering from the last-named illness, when, peace hav- ing been declared in the interval, his regiment returned home and left him there to be nursed back to health. He eventually recovered and was sent home; he was allowed a pension of $4 per month, which has never been increased. In 1866, Mr. Caldwell bought eighty acres of his present farm, and by judicious management and properly applied industry soon transformed the wilderness and frog pond into blooming and fertile fields and the log cabins into hand- some farm buildings. He has added to his original tract of eighty acres, until he now owns 125 acres, all well drained and tilled. Politically, Mr. Caldwell is a republican, and fraternally is a member of Rich Mountain post. No. 42, G. A. R., at Lebanon, Ind. He and wife are members of the Methodist church, which they support liberally by their influence and generally aid with their means, and both stand deservedly high with their neighbors as descendants of old American families, valuable citizens and Christian people. S. CALDWELL, the efficient trust- ee of Jackson township, is a native of Lee county, Va., where his birth occurred on the third day of April, 1832. His grandfather, William Caldwell, also a native of the Old Dominion, emigrated to Kentucky a number of years ago and died there at a ripe old age. Thomas Caldwell, father of N. S., was born in Giles county, Va., October 12, 1799, emigrated westward in 1834, and settled in Boone county, Ind., lo- cating in Jackson township, where he pur- chased land and engaged in farming. Later he disposed of his original purchase and bought other lands, which he improved, and at the time of his death, July 13, 1873, was the owner of i i i acres, the greater part under I^> I ( )( J R A PI 1 1 C AL III STORY IMS cultivation. Rachel Scott, wife of Thomas ('aldvvell, was born June 22, 1799, in Virginia, and was the daughter of Samuel and Alice (Muncie) Scott, natives of the same state, where the ancestors of the family settled at a a period antedating the war of Independence, in which struggle Samuel Scott bore a con- spicuous part. To Thomas and Rachel Cald- well were horn the following children in the order named: Nancy, Mary A., Nathaidel S., Ruth, John \\ 7 , Reuben, Jane, Elizabeth, and Alice. In an early day the home of Thomas Caldwell was a favorite stopjung place for all itinerant Methodist preachers of central Indiana, and it was at his house that some of the first religious meetings ever held in Jackson township were conducted. Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell were devoted Christians, and in the original organization of the old Ebenezer M. E. church their names appear as charter members. They were both very j'op- ular among the neighbors, and few citizens of Jackson township were held in as high esteem by the general public as they. Mrs. Caldwell was called from the scene of her earthl}' labors in the month of November, 1H75. Nathaniel S. Caldwell was brought to Boone county when quite young. His early educational advantages were such as the in- different country schools at that time affcualed, but such was his diligence and ap])lication that within a few years he had made sufficient j)rogress to enable him to teach, which calling he followed for some time in Jackson town- ship, where he earned the reputation of a very careful and j)ainstaking instructor. Actuatc'd by a laudable desire' to increase his scholastic knowledge, Mr. Caldwell snbseipu'iitly |)ursued his studies for a limited period i:i Wabash col- lege, Crawfordsville, Ind., and aftc-rward, about the year 1S59, was appointed a member of the board of examiners, whose duty it was to license teachers for the schools of Boone county, the duties of which position he dis- charged very satisfactorily until 1861. In matters educational Mr. Caldwell has always manifested great interest, and to him, as much as to any other man, are the schools of Boone county indebted for much of the efficiency for which they have been noted in past years. In addition to the official position mentioned, Mr. Caldwell at different times has been called to fill other places of trust, among which were those of justice of the peace ainl trustee, being the present incumbent of the latter office. As a public servant he has alwav'S been noted for fideilty, and against his official record no breath of suspicion was ever knowm to have been uttered. Mr. Caldwell is a self- made man in all the term implies, and the beautiful farm he now owns, supplied with all modern improvements and the latest agricul- tural appliances, represents the fruits of his unaided industry and well-directed business thrift. He began life for himself with little or no financial assistance, working as a common laborer for the insignificant sum of fifty cents a day, yet from this scanty remuneration he laid by sufficient to enable him to accpiire a good education, beside laying the corner- stone of his present position as a leading farmer and successful man of affairs. His farm, a model in many respects, consists of 1 20 acres of very valuable and highly im- proved land; he believes in maintaining the dignity of his calling, and it is with pleasure that his name is presented to the readers of this volume as one of the representative men (d the county of Boone. He is a democrat in polities, and as such wields a I'otent inihiencc tor his parlv, for the success of which he has labon'd earnestly in many camiiaigns, both local and national. Mr. Caldwell wuis mar- ried in I'ebruary, 1857, to Miss I'ranccs Canada, daughter of David and Atartha (Ringj Cana HISTORY for some years in the Linden Hill academy, where he obtained a knowledge of the higher branches of learning untler the instruction of Prof. Thomas Harrison, A. M., 1 ) I)., a noted educator of Ohio, formerly assistant editor of the W'estern C'hristian Advocate, and subse- quently president of Moore's Hill college. The following notice of Mr. Daily, given without solicitation by Professor Harrison, is indeed a most flattering testimonial to the young man’s assiduity and worth as a student: “Over thirty years ago, while I was principal of Lin- den Hill academy in Ohio, Mr. A. C. Daily was a student of the institution. His parents were upright and industrious citizens and he early learned from them the importance and advantage of a correct life. Too much cannot be said of his many e.xcellent qualities. As a student he had a strong, clear and vigorous intellect, and he readily grasped the various branches of knowledge he studied. His indus- try and perseverance were unceasing. His moral character was without a blemish. He was always respectful to his instructors and obedient to the regulations of the institution. He was kind and obliging to his fellow-stu- dents, and among them was a universal favor- ite. His parents assisted him in obtaining an education and he faithfully co-operated with them in the great work.” In 1855, when twenty years of age, Mr. Daily came to Boone county, Ind., and ac- cepted the pcxsition of deputy county treasurer under his uncle, John C. Daily, in which ca- pacity he continued until the e.xpiration of the latter's term of office, when he became clerk | in the auditor's office, discharging the duties j of the same until i860. fu that year he was ajipointed ch'rk of the Boone county circuit court to fill a vacancy occasioned by the death of Henry Shannon, and in 1861 was elected trustee of ('enter townshij). In 1862 Mr. Daily was conqilimented by being elected to j the office of county auditor, the duties of which position he dischargeil in a manner highly creditable to himself and satisfactory to his [ constituency for one term, and in 1867, in partnership with Judge L. C. Dougherty and Maj. Harvey G. Hazelrigg, organized the Leb- anon Bank, a private institution, which from the beginning had the confidence of the peo- ple and proved highly successful. In 1882 the bank was reorganized as the Lebanon National baid<, with A. C. Daily as president; Levi Lane, vice president, and Samuel S. Daily cashier; the capital stock at that time being $60,000. This bank has a large line of de- posits, and under its most excellent and suc- cessful business management has become one of the best known and popular institutions of the kind in central Indiana. Mr. Daily is public spirited in all the term implies, and has been untiring in his efforts toward building’ up the city of Lebanon and developing the re- sources of Boone county. For six consecu- tive years he was secretary of the Boone County Agricultural society, much of the suc- cess of which is due to his executive ability, and he has always been liberal with his means in the promotion of any and all enterprises having for their object the moral and material well-being of the community. For some years he was treasurer of the Indiana Trotting and Pacing Horse Dealers’ association, a state or- ganization. P'raternally Mr. Daily is a Mason of the thirty-second degree, and also belongs to the 1. (). (). 1'., both subordinate lodge and en- cauqiment, in the former of which he has held every official ])osition. He is a member of the grand lodge of the state and was honored by being chosen to re[)resenl Indiana in the Sov- ereign grand lodge at Topeka, Kans. , in 1890, and in St. Louis in 1891. It will thus be seen that Mr. Daily’s life has been one of great ac- tivity; his official and business career is without OF BOONE COUNTY. 281 the taint of suspicion, and he stands deservedly high among the people of Boone county, who have long since learned to re- spect him for his integrity and other excellent traits of character. Mr. Daily is a republican in politics, and as such has been untiring in his efforts to promote the interests of his party in Boone county and throughout the state. In April, 1894, he was nominated for the office of auditor of the state, and in the November following was triumphantly elected by a state plurality of 44,773, his majority in his own county of Boone being 158 ahead of his ticket, showing him to be a prime favorite. For this position his abilities eminently fit him, and in this connection it is proper to quote from the note of Prof. Harrison, to which reference was made in a preceding paragraph, relative to his ability to fill positions of trust, in the event of his election; “That he has succeeded so ad- mirably as a noble American citizen is only what may be expected. To whatever position the votes of the people may elevate him he will most assuredly fill with the highest credit.” Mr. Daily has a beautiful home in Lebanon and an interesting family consisting of a wife and two children. He married Maggie F. Mc- Corkle, daughter of Solomon and Ruth Culver McCorkle, of Champaign county, Ohio, and the names of their children are Charles E. and Blanche. Mrs. Dail,y is a member of the Methodist church, and Mr. Daily holds the po- sition of trustee in the Lebanon congregation. AMES M. DAVIS is a native of Boone county, Ind., and was born in the village of Thorntown, March 22, 1838. He is a son of Joseph and Hannah B (Moore) Davis, natives of New Jersey and Ohio respectively, and of English and Irish ex- traction. Joseph Davis was a son of England, who came to the United States in a very early day, settling in New jersey. Being of a speculative turn of mind, he went to New Orleans, La., with a fiat-boat of flour and pork, and while there was taken sick and died. His widow afterward moved to Troy, Ohio, and later to Thorntown, Ind., where she died at the home of one of her sons. They were the parents of eight children, viz ; William, George, Eliza, John, Ephraim, James, Joseph and Charles. Joseph, the father of our sub- ject, the next to the youngest member of the family, was born at Trenton, N. J., February 26, 1796, and went with his mother to Troy, Ohio, when a small boy. He learned the tailor’s trade, which occupation he followed for a number of years. He was married at Circleville, Ohio, March 2, 1820, to Hannah B. Moore, who was born at that place January 14, 1802. In the spring of 1832 or 1833 he moved to Thorntown, Ind., and engaged in tailoring until 1853, when he purchased land in Washington township, on which he settled and engaged in farming until his death, which occurred February 23, 1877, his wife having died August 31, 1876. They were the parents of twelve children, viz ; Eliza, Catherine, Amanda, Melvina, Elizabeth A., Carolina, Henry C., William S., James M., Edwin, Alethia E. and Elizabeth E. James M. Davis was married in Clinton county, Ind., January 10, 1861, to Sarah A., daughter of Dr. Isaac T. and Louisa C. (Canby) Wilds, who were among the first settlers of Clinton comity, Ind. Dr. Wilds was the first physician to locate in Clinton county, and his oldest son was the first male child born in Frankfort. They were the par- ents of nine children, viz: George M., Mary E., Sarah A., William W., Frances C., James W., John R., Edward T. and Francis S. Mr. Davis now lives on the old home farm and owns 140 acres of fine land well improved. Five children were born to him, viz : Lillian BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY 282 L., born October 5, 1861. now Mrs. George \V. Sims, and residing in Kansas; George M., born April 13, 1863, married to Ary E. Bren- ton, and residing in Kansas; Minnie, born July 19, 1866, died Jnly 20, 1866; Frank W., born September 15, 1 868, married to Viola B. Lnse, and living in Kansas; and Clint B., born March 10, 1872, at home. Mr. Davis is a fine man in the true sense of the word and he and family have ever enjoyed the full esteem of their neighbors, wherever it may have been their lot to be located. In Boone county, especially, are the residing members of the family held in the highest regard. OHX C. DA\TS. — The great rebellion left its scorching name, not only in the shajie of a great debt to Inirden the American people, but it filled the country with the maimed, sick and helpless, and these disabled soldiers made the noblest sacrifices for their country, as throughout these long years the blighting hand of war has been laid heavily upon them, and there is no soldier in Boone county, who is more entitled to the sympathies and respect of his fellow-citizens, than John C. Davis. His grandfather was a farmer of Ohio in the Miami valley. His son John was the father of our subject, was born in Ohio, and reared near Cincinnati. He re- ceived a good English education, and came to Indiana when a young man, settling in Frank- lin county, where he married Elizalteth A , daughter of Andy Caldwell, and they were the parents of eight children —John C., Nancy J., Andrew J., Sarah, Mary A., Samuel, Nelson and h'ranklin. In the fall of 1832, Mr. Davis came to Boone county and settU'd in the woods on Eagle creek, one-half mile east of Ralston, where he entered eighty acres of land, cleared u]) a farm and made a good home. H(? at one time taught school in LInion town- ship. Mr. and Mrs. Davis were both devout members of the Methodist church. In politi- cal opinions he was first an old-time whig and afterward an original republican and a stanch adherent to the Union cause, having three sons in the Civil war: John C. ; Andrew J., in company E., Fortieth regiment, Indiana volunteer infantry, who was in several battles, in one of which he was wounded; and Samuel S., who was in an Indiana infantry regiment, ioo-da}’'s service, and was in battle. John Davis, father of these soldier sons, was a man of high character, honored and respected by all who knew him. He brought up an ex- cellent family of children, all of whom are of temperate and moral character. He lived to be seventy-two years of age. John C. Davis was born in I'ranklin county, Ind., September 28, 1832, was two years old when brought to Boone county, and early learned to work at clearing land. His educa- tion consisted of what he could learn in our pio- neer schools. He enlisted April 23, 1861. This was the first call made by Father Abra- ham for three-months’ men, which roused the patriotism of the Hoosier boys to the fullest extent, and he enlisted at Lebanon, company I, Tenth regiment, Indiana volunteer infantiy, under Capt. Kise. This was the first company that enlisted at Lebanon to go to the front. He served out this enlistment and was honora- bly discharged at Indinapolis, Ind., August 6, 1861; re-eidisted in company I', I'ortieth reg- iment, Indiana volunteer infantry, for three years or during the war, servetl until the close, and was honorably dischargetl at Indinapolis, August 28, 1865. His battles were at Rich Mountain, Shiloh, Kenesaw Mountain, and Beach d'ree creek. He was under the artillery fire in a skirmish in front of .\tlanta and was stunned by a shell. He fell senseless on the fu'ld and was carried to the rear for dead. His mind was affected by the concussion, and he OF BOONE COUNTY. 28 B was taken to the held liosjiital. Imagining them to be rebels, he escaped from his guards and ran directly into the rebel lines, thinking he was rejoining his regiment. He was cap- tured by them and taken to Andersonville a prisoner, and was conhned in this celebrated stockade until the close of the war. Being in this demented condition, he suffered terribly from thirst, starvation and e.xposure, and when released was a mere skeleton and could hardly walk. Being still shattered in mind, he in some manner, while being conveyed home, left the train and found himself in Ken- tucky among strangers. He recovered his mind sufficiently to write home to his brother, Samuel, who was a farmer in Boone county, who immediately went to Kentucky, and brought him home. With careful nursing, he partially improved, but still remains in a de- bilitated condition, and to this da}^ can remem- ber but little of his terrible e.xperience in Andersonville. On December 19, 1867, he mar- ried Angelina A., daughter of Washington and Dorcas J. (Russell) Phillips. Mr. Phillips was an old pioneer in Boone county, living many years in Washington township, where he entered his land and cleared up his farm of 160 acres from the woods. To Mr. and Mrs. Phillips were born seven children — Oscar; Fraid HISTORY ins been in constant use ever since construction. Mr. Hadley and his family are greatl}' re- sj)ected in the comrnnnity in which they live, and he is recognized as being a most useful citizen. Cynthia Ann (Cook-Moffitt) Woody was born in Wayne comity, Ind., December 4, 1814, a daughter of Zimri and Lydia P. (Pegg) Cook. Mr. Cook was born in Guilford county, N. C., February 13, 1789, and was a son of Thomas and Mary (Wilkes) Cook. Zimri died February 23, 1805, and in 1 806 Lydia married Valentine Pegg. She died January 16, 1820, and he died in April, 1828, both Friends. Zimri and Lydia Cook were parents of seven children, as follows; Cynthia Ann; Cyrus, born Sep- tember 4, 1818, died July 8, 1873; Clarkson T., born May 17, 1821; Jessie, born August 24, 1824, died July 7, 1863; Cyrena, born July 26, 1826, died January 9, 1857; Joseph, born October 13, 1828, now in Idaho, and Calvin, born August 5, 1832, now a physician of Hamilton county, Ind. Cynthia Ann was married at Wdiitewater, Wayne county, Ind., January 4, 1832, to Jeremiah Moffitt, who was born in Randolph county, N. C., August 16, 1808, a son of Charles and Elizabeth (Cox) Moffitt, natives, also, of North Carolina and members of Friends’ church. They were the parents of twelve children, named Hugh, Jeremiah, Tacy, Eunice, Hannah, ]ohn, | Nathan, Ruth, Elizabeth, Abijah, Anna, Mary and an infant deceased. Jeremiah Moffitt was reared a farmer and received a common school education. He located in Wayne county, Ind., when a young man, and remained there until 1832, when he came to Hoone county, which was then a wilderness, filled with wild game, and entered 160 acres of land, which he improved, and on which Cynthia Ann W'oody now lives, and (jii which he passed away August 10, 1852. He was a whig in his politics and a successful nurseryman and general farmer. He and wife were parents of two children — Sarah J. (see biography of Mr. Hadley), and Robert, deceased. May 9, 1855, Mrs. Cynthia Moffitt was married to James Woody, who was born in Alamance county, N. C., and was a farmer, blacksmith and wagonmaker; was a republican, and a good humored, prosperous, steady-going citizen, but he, too, was called to his last rest December 2, i 884. ILBERT H. HAMILTON, editor and proprietor of the Thorntown Argus, one of the leading republican news- papers of central Indiana, is a native of the Hoosier state, born on the ninth day of February, i860, in the county of Montgomery, son of John and Matilda (Kendall) Hamilton. The Hamiltons are of German-English lineage and the family name is traceable to the East- ern states, where it is still common and where the remote ancestors settled at a very early period in the country’s histoiy. John Hamil- ton, the subject’s father, whose birth occurred in Ohio in the year 1823, was a son of Henry Hamilton, a native of that state, and a farmer by occupation. Henry Hamilton was twice married, reared a family of five children, and is remembered as a man of most exemplary character, an old line whig in politics, and a strict Methodist in his religious belief and affiliations. John Hamilton was reared on the home farm until his majority and began the battle of life upon his own responsibility as a tiller of the soil in the vicinity of Thorn- town, Boone county, to which part of the state his jiarents removed when he was a mere child. In early life he manifested un- usual ajilitude as a successful argiculturist and manager, became the jiossessor of a valu- able estate, and earned the reputation of a first-class busine.ss man and valuable citizen, having always been highly esteemed in the G. H. HAMILTON MRS. G. H. HAMILTON. OF BOONE COUNTY. 821 communities where he resided for his many estimable qualities, not the least of which was the inviolability with which he ever kept his word. He was reared in the religious faith of the Methodist church. He was a rejiubli- can in politics and wielded an influence for his party throughout the community where he lived. Mr. Hamilton was married three times, his last union being solemnized, in 1857, with Matilda Kendall, who bore him ten children, namely: Elizabeth, deceased; Gilbert H , whose name heads this mention; Edward E., Mrs. Mattie J. Allen, Mrs. Kittie Sidenstick, Charles H , Mrs. Tinnie Eittle, Josephine, Sylvia and John, the last three residing with their widowed mother at their home in the county of Mont- gomery. Mr. Hamilton passed the greater part of his married life in Montgomery county on a beautiful and well cultivated farm of 160 acres, where on the sixth day of January, 1892, his death occurred — an event deeply lamented by all who had the good fortune of his personal acquaintance. Gilbert H. Hamilton received his early parental training on the home farm, and while still young was given the advantages of the best schools the county at that time afforded, his advancement being such that, at the age of seventeen, he was sufficiently qualified to teach, which profession he followed with the most gratifying success until attaining his ma- jority, pursuing his duties assiduously under the direction of competent instructors at inter- vals. On reaching his twenty-first year, Mr. Hamilton yielded to a strong inclination to enter the field of journalism, and made his first venture in the profession by purchasing, without personal inspection, the Colfax Chron- icle, in the office of which, without any pre- vious knowledge in the line of newspaper work, he began his career as editor and manager. The young editor at first was harassed by many embarrassments, but a determined will enabled him to triumph over every obstacle, and he soon had the satisfaction of seeing the enterprise placed upon a substantial and re- munerative basis, and himself launched upon the sea of successful journalism. After con- tinuing the Chronicle at Colfax from 1882 to 1885, Mr. Hamilton, thinking that the growing- city of Frankfort afforded a better field for the enterprise, moved the office to the latter place, where, in partnership with G. Y. Fowler, Esq., he established the Frankfort Times, which, although beset with numerous obstacles at the beginning, under his successful management as the executive head and editor, in the space of a little over two years arose to a circulation of . nearly 3,000 subscribers and enjoyed a very liberal advertising patronage, becoming, in- deed, one of the most successful local papers ever published in the county of Clinton. After living to see the enterprise, so inauspiciously begun in Frankfort, develop into one of the first printing establishments in central Indiana, Mr. Hamilton disposed of his interest in the office, and during the two succeeding years was engaged in mercantile pursuits in Cincinnati and Indianapolis, where for some time he gave his attention to the advertising and handling of specialties. After a brief business career in the latter city, Mr. Hamilton again embarked in the newspaper business in January, 1890, pur- chasing the Thorntown Argns,at that time a five- column folio, with a limited circulation, which he enlarged in 1891 to a six-column quarto, and again, in June, 1892, increased its size to a seven-column quarto, and the following year moved the office to the present commodious building, which, with all its fixtures, he now owns. The office of the Argus is thoroughly equipped with the latest improved machinery, including a fine power-press, job presses and other modern appliances, found in first-class printing establishments, and in its mechanical execution the paper is a model of neatness. BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY 822 comparing favorably in every respect with the best local papers of the state. In its make-up the Argus, while republican in politics, is de- signed to vibrate with the public ])ulse and be a reflex of the current thought of the age, and its columns have ever been a medium through which discussion of the leading questions of the day are give publicity. It has a large and constantly increasing circulation, a good ad- vertising patronage, enjoys a large measure of popularity, and is a credit to the energy and successful management of its editor, who has in this, as in similar ventures, proved himself to be one of the wide-awake newspaper men of the state. Of Mr. Hamilton personally, it is only neccessary to say that he is a typical young man of the times, a characteristic American, enterprising in all the term implies; and in all the attributes of honorable citizenship, honesty of purpose, and uprightness of character, he stands prominent in his community. Political- ly he is a republican, and as such has been a potent factor in his party’s success, both as a trenchant writer and a worker in the ranks. In 1890 he became a member of the Northern Indiana Republican Editorial association, by which body he has been chosen each year as a representative to the National Editoral asso- ciation held in the years 1891-92-93-94-95, in St. Paul, Minn., California, Chicago, Asbury Park, N. J. and Elorida, respectively. Era- ternally he is an active member of the Masonic order, in which he has risen to the Thirty- second degree Ancient Accepted Scottish rite. He is also a Noble of the Ancient Arabic Or- der, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Mr. Ham- ilton was married November 24, 1881, in Col- fax, Ind.,to Florence E. Graves, who was born July 24, 1862, in the city of Philadclj)hia, Pa., the daughter of R(jbert Graves, an oflicer in the United States naval service. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton were born two daughters. one dying in babyhood and the other in early infancy. They are each active working mem- bers of the Presbyterian church, with which denomination they have affiliated from their youth up. H BEL HARMOM is one of the oldest residents of Worth township, Boone county, Ind., and a representative of a well known pioneer family that came to Indiana at a very early period in the history of the state. His father, John B. Har- mon, a Virginian, was born March 3, 1795, of English parentage, and his mother, whose maiden name was Mary Findley, descended from Irish ancestry and was born February 7, 1798, in the state of Pennsylvania. John B. Harmon and wife moved with their respective parents to Indiana about the time of the or- ganization of the state, and were married December 23, 1818, in Jackson county. They resided in the county of Jackson until about 1820, in which year they removed to Marion county, thence, in 1837, to the county of Boone, where they resided until their respec- tive deaths — the father departing this life on the twelfth day of June, i860, and the mother in 1878. They reared eleven children, name- ly — William E., Hiram M., Rebecca A., John L., Abel, George I)., Isaac B., Emaline, Jane, Mary A. and one that died in infancy uunamcd. Abel Harmon is a native Indianian, born in Marion county, December 6, 1828, and since his tenth year has lived within the present limits of the county of Boone. Reared amid the scenes of farm life, his early years were marked by great activity; and industry, which he learned in the rugged school of experience, has ever since been one of his cardinal virtues. He early determiued to devote his life to agri- cultural pursuits, and how well he has succeed- eil is attested by the comfortable home which OF BOONE COUNTY. he now owns in W'orth township. Mr. Har- mon was married in Boone county, July 19, 1849, to Martha Jones, after which he located on a farm in Eagle township and there resided until his removal, in 1859, to the township of Worth, where he now lives. Mr. Harmon be- gan life for himself with but little if any finan- cial aid, and his present beautiful place, con- sisting of I 19 acres of well cultivated land and substantial improvements, represents the fruit of his own industry. He is a man highly re- garded in the community where he resides, and his life has been characterized by honor- able dealings with his fellows, and it is praise worthily bestowed to ascribe to him a popular- ity such as few citizens of Worth township en- joy. For a number of years, he and his faith- ful wife have been active members of the Methodist church, the pure teachings of which they exemplify in their daily lives. To Mr. and Mrs. Harmon have been born eleven chil- dren, names and dates of births as follows — JohnE., August 20, 1850; Mary, September 6, 1852; James H., January 18, 1855; Alice A., December 9, 1856; Abel, October 3, 1858; William L. , September 9, i860; Charles E., April 5, 1862; Elmer G., Septem- ber 26, 1864; Martha J., September 28, 1866; Matilda E., November ii, 1869, and Annina L. , April 2, 1871. Mrs. Harmon is the daugh- ter of Evan and Matilda (Dome) Jones, early pioneers of Boone county, and was born on the twenty-third day of May, 1828, in Harri- son county, Kentucky. W. HARRISON, who has been a resident of Lebanon for thirty-three years, and been actively engaged in the practice of the law for more than thirty-five years, descends from an old English family that came to this country over a hun- dred years before the Revolutionary war, sev- eral members of which settled in Maryland. Robert H. Harrison, General Washington’s private secretary in the war of the Revolution, and later one of the associate judges, of the supreme court of the United States, was of the same family. That the Virginia and Mary- land Harrisons are related is supported only by tradition. Certain Christian names among the men common to each seem to indicate that they were of the same origin. Joshua Harrison, great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in Maryland. He marri-ed Sarah Selman, and they reared a large family. He was a soldier in the Revo- lutionary war on the side of the patriots. In 1784 he removed to Hardin county, Ky., and resided in the neighborhood of the grandfather of President Lincoln, whose name was also Abraham Lincoln, then called “Linkhorn,” and often in after years related the incident of the murder of Mr. Lincoln by the Indians. He was a large man, six feet and two inches in height, and weighed two hundred pounds. His encounters with the savages in “the dark and bloody ground” were many. He subse- quently removed to Harrison county, Ind., where he died at the age of eighty years. His son Caleb was with General Harrison at the battle of Tippecanoe, and, it was said, fired the first gun in that memorable engagement. Joshua Harrison, son of the above, was born in Frederick county, Md., and at the age of four years was taken by his father to Hardin county, Ky. , where he grew to manhood among the pioneers and received the usual education for the times. He moved to Shelby county, Ky., and subsequently married Sarah Paris. He was a man of the most amiable tem- per, and was universally respected among his neighbors. Although born in a slave state, and a slave-holder, he was inflexibly opposed to slavery, and in 1829 sold his real property, left his slaves in Kentucky BTOGRAPIIICAL HISTORY ;521 and removed to Montf^omery county, Ind. d'he reason for the change was wholly on account of the existence of slavery in the former state. The law, at that date, prohib- ited a slave-holder from making his slaves free uidess he became security tor their good be- havior, l)ut his slaves remained practically free, receiving their earnings and making their own living, until the proclamation of Abraham Lin- j coin, in 1864, made them actually free, and j none rejoiced more than their old owner. He rejn'esented Montgomery county, Ind., in the legislature in 1841, being the only office he ever held, but disputes or questions to be set- tled by arbitration or compromise among his neighbors were generally submitted to him, and there was not much litigation from the community in which he lived. He died at his home in Ladoga, where he resided with his son-in-law. Judge James F. Harney, in 1870, at the advanced age of ninety years. James H. Harrison (commonly called Harvey Harrison), son of the above and father of Robert W. Harrison, was born December 7, 1807, in Shelby county, Kentucky. The schools in that day hardly deserve the name, consequently his school education was limited, 3’et he was well read, and for a man of his opportunity was unusually well iidormed. His memory was extraordinary, both of men and events. About the time he was twenty-two _\ears of age he removed from Shelby county, Ky., to Montgomery county, Ind., and mar- ried Elizabeth, daughter of George and Rebecca (Kelly) Watkins, whose parents w'ere of Welch and Scotch-Irish desccml. To |ames 11 . Harrison and wife were born elevim children, viz; Robert Wk , Gharles B., John K., Wdlliam C. , joshiia I’., jamesIL, I'homas H., Sarah R., Mary, Louisa J. and Garoline, all deceased except Joshua B., Sarah R , ( aroliiK! and the subject of this mention. Mr. Harrison was a substantial farmer of Mont- gomery county, Ind. He probably raised, bought and sold, covering a period of fifty years, more live stock than any other farmer in western-central Indiana. In 1883 he sold his farm in Montgomery county, and removed to Douglas county, Kan., w'here he died January 8, i 892, at the advanced age of eighty- four years. He was a man of strong con- victions, a whig until the dissolution of that party, then a republican, casting his first vote for president for John O. Adams, and his last for Benjamin Harrison, and never missing an election. He served in the general assembly of Indiana in the ’forties. He was a remark- able specimen of physical manhood, being six feet high, very compactly built and weighing about two hundred and twenty pounds. He was vigorous in both mind and body, and retained his memorv to his death. Robert W. Harrison was born May 4, 1833, near Ladoga, Montgomery county, Ind. He received an ordinary common-school education, and at the age of nineteen began teaching in the schools of his native county ; then for about two years he attended the Bloomingdale acad- em\', in Parke county, under the auspices of the Society of Friends, and at that time pre- sided over by the late Barnabas C. Hobbs. The latter part of 1856 he entered the law de- partment of Asbury (now DePauw) university, and completed the law course of that institu- tion under the instruction of Judge Alexander ('. Downey and the Hon. john A. Matson, and was, in October, 1858, elected prosecut- ing attorney for the Crawfordsville circuit, then composed of the countiesof Parke, Vermil- lion, I'oiintain, Montgomery, P)Oone, Clinton and Warren. He discharged the duties of the posit ion in a manner entirely satisfactory, never missing a term of the court in four years, and and was re-elected, and complimented by be- ing ahead of his ticket in each and every I county. OF BOONE COUNTY. 825 The first two years of his career as prose- cuting attorney he resided at Crawfordsville, and in January, i86i. after his re-election, he came to Lebanon. He first formed a partner- ship with the Hon Thomas J. Cason, who was afterwards judge of the common pleas court, and a member of congress. The firm thus constituted continued si.x and a half years. In January, 1867, he entered into a law partner- ship with the Hon. A. J. Boone, which con- tinued until the death of the latter, in 1885. He subsequently practiced with Judges Abbott, Terhune and B. S. Higgins. Mr. Harrison has always been a public-spirited man, and has assisted, to the extent of his ability, in every enterprise that tended to develop the country or improve the city in which he lived, and was active in assisting to secure an addi- tional railroad throughout the county. His brother. Dr. Thomas H. Handson, and he in- troduced the free gravel road system in this county. The brothers held the first public meetings, presented the first petitions to the county board of commissioners, and secured the first orders for the establishment of free gravel roads, and may be said to be the pio- neers in that important improvement, which has done so much for this county. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Repulic, a Mason, and a member of the Methodist Epis- copal church. He has always been a republi- can, and cast his first vote for president for Gen. John C. Fremont, and subsequently for Lincoln, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Blaine and Harrison. While he was a strong republican as between it and other parties, he yet claimed to be ready at any time to give up the party if a better organization should appear. With him, principle was everything and party noth- ing, but he regarded the republican the proper medium through which principle was to be maintained. He thought the republican vastly superior to any other party. In 1863, soon after the expiration of his office, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Sixteenth regiment of Indiana volunteers, and was made captain of company G, and served with said command during the service of the regiment. He led his company at the battles of Blue Springs, Tazewell and Walker's Ford. The service in which Capt. Harrison en- gaged was said to be very* severe, marching, starving and enduring privations equal to any other service of the great war for the suppres- sion of the rebellion. He at no time took special pride in his military record or military matters. He regarded the war as a terrible necessity, and only engaged in it from a sense of duty to the country. War, in his mind, was under all circumstances to be deprecated, and avoided if possible, and nothing but a war for the life of the nation would ever have en- listed him. He was never habitually called by his military title except by his old soldier boys; the rest of the world universally styled him “Bob” Harrison. He is genial in his nature, cheerful in disposition, forms strong personal attachments and is personally popular. Whilst it is true he has been active in politics, it has always been for the benefit of others and what he thought was the best for the country, never having held office other than that spoken of above. He was twice presidential elector, which could hardly be styled an office. He is a man of decided con- victions and a positive character. His law practice has been mostly on the civil side of the docket, involving almost every grade or character of civil practice; yet he has been counsel in many criminal cases of nearly all kinds of crime, including about thirty-five mur- der cases. He has always been inflexibly true to his clients, making their interest paramount to every other consideration. So far as in- tegrity and fair dealing are concerned, he has the confidence of the entire community. He BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY :I2() has had as much law business as any other resident attorney in the county. He advised no one to go into a law suit if it could be set- tled or coniproinised, and siudi advice was given regardless of how it might affect his per- sonal interest. It was his boast that he had settled and ccunpromised more cjuestions of contention that he. ever litigated. His opin- ion might he wrong, but no one doubted his honesty. His motive always stood un- questioned. He was married April 2, 1865. There is a daughter surviving, Hiss Mary Lou Harrison. >^OSIAH S. HARRISON, who has been 4 a resident of Lebanon, Ind., for eleven A ■ years, descends from an old English family that came to this country over a hundred years before the Revolutionary war, several members of which settled in Maryland. Robert H. Harrison, Gen. Amshington’s pri- vate secretary in the war of the Revolution, and later one of the associate judges of the supreme court of the United States, was one of the same family. Greenbery Harrison, great-grandfather of Josiah S., was born in Maryland. In 1784 he removed to Hardin county, Ky., and resided in the neighborhood of the grandfather of President Lincoln. josiah Harrison, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was also born in Maryland, and Simpson Harrison, the father, was born in Rentucky, and later came to Boone county, Ind., where he marric'’ Martha Roberts in May, 1837, and settled ii a farm on the north side of Sugar creek, in (dinton townshi)), wluu'e he remained until his death in 1876, at the age of si.\ty-three. d o Simpson and Martha Harrison were born seven children, vi/: jolm, Amy R., josiah S., Edward 1 )., Avis G., Sarah A. and b'lora, all of wlunn lived to years of maturity e.xcept John, who died at the age of three years. Politically he was a whig until the dissolution of that party, then a rej)ublican, and strong in his convictions. He was a Methodist, and his home was a favorite stopping place for the itinerant preachers, and a preaching point for many years. Josiah S. Harrison was born October 9, 1843, near Mechanicsburg, Boone county, Ind. He received an ordinary common school edu- cation. He has always been a republican, and cast his first presidential vote for Lincoln, and subsecpiently voted for Grant, Hayes, Gar- field, I'llaine and Harrison. With him princi- ple was everything, but he regarded the repub- lican party the proper medium through which principle was to be maintained. July 23, 1861, he enlisted in the Eleventh regiment of Indi- ana volunteers, called the Zouave regiment, and commanded by Lew MGllace, later Gen. Wallace. He was a true and faithful soldier until he was discharged at Crump's Landing, Tenm, March 31, 1862, on acce mt of general disability. August 20, 1 863, he married Caroline Riley, daughter of James and Matilda E. (Garret) Riley. To them were born three children, namely IraE., Edward J. and John B. Ed- ward j. died at the age of seven years; Ira E. was married in Lawrence, Douglas county, Rails., to Theodosia A. Bishoji, in 1884, and moved to Lebanon, Boone county, Ind., where he resides at this writing. April, 1878, the subject of this sketch was elected trustee of Washington township, and served two years, and afterward was appointed to fill the une.xpired term of George E. Con- rad, who had resigned. April, 1882, he was elected his own successor, which trust he held until Se|>tember 1 o, 1883, when he resigned and moved to Lebanon, and accepted a deputy- shij) under jolm W. Hawkins, county treas- urer. Ill I 886 Mr. Harrison was elected county OF BOONE COUNTY. 827 treasurer, and filled the office with so much ability and fidelity that, in 1888, he was re- elected with an increased majority. At the expiration of his office, he engaged in the abstract and loan business, at which he is still engaged. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, of the I. O. O. F. and of the Methodist church. After the death o*' Caro- line (Riley) Harrison, he married Elizabeth A. Keys, August 11, 1880, daughter of John and Frances (Hawkins) Keys. OSEPH R. HAWK, M. D., eminent as a specialist, at Thorntown, Boone coun- ty, Ind., was born in Mason county, Ky., October 15, 1833, a son of Charles and Araminta (Collins) Hawk. Charles Hawk, the father, was born on the ocean, October 14, 1790, in coming to America from Germany. His parents located at Little York, Pa., and there Charles grew to manhood, receiving a good education at Philadelphia, and there pre- paring himself for the practice of medicine, after graduating in which he immediately be- gan practice in the town of Dover, on the Ohio river, in Mason county, Ky., whence, in a short time, he moved to Carlisle, Ky., and from there, in 1841, removed to Midford, Decatur county, Ind., and eight- een months later to Cloverdale, Putnam county, Ind., where he practiced until 1845, when he settled in Mooresville, Morgan coun- ty, Ind., where his death occurred October 14, 1865. By his marriage in Dover, Ky., in 1821, to Araminta Collins, a daughter of Thomas Collins of Kentucky, he became the father of fourteen children, who w'ere named William, Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Rachel, Char- lotte an infant (deceased), John, Joseph R., Thomas, Chambers, Helen, Ina, Sarah and Robert D. O. The parents of these were Tiiembers of the Christian church, and in ]ioli- tics the father was a democrat. Joseph R. Hawk was but ten years of age \\'hen brought to Indiana. He was educated in the common school until fourteen years old, after which he worked at anything he was able to do until he was seventeen, when he began the study of medicine under his father, w'hich he assiduously pursued until twenty-one. He then passed thirteen months in Knoxville, Iowa, at bookkeeping; then returned to Moores- ville, Ind., and followed the same vocation in a general stor^ for three years, and for a year afterward had charge of the store, and then w'ent to Waverly, Morgan county, Ind., and for eighteen months practiced medicine; then re- turned to his father and practiced until the opening of the war. August 7, 1862, he en- listed in company E, Twelfth Indiana infantry, for three years. He faithfully and heroically served tw'o years and ten months, when he received an honorable discharge at Indian- apolis, and now receives a pension of $16 per month for his gallant behavior before Rich- mond, Va. In 1867 he made Indianapolis his headcpiarters, and traveled as a specialist until 1870, when he located at Beckville, Mont- gomery county, Ind., where he I'emained until •'^ 73 . when he came to Thorntown, where he has ever since remained, with the exception of five years passed in Colfax, enjoying a most excellent practice at both places. The marriage of the doctor was solemnized November 28, 1871, in Montgomery county, Ind., with Sarah E. Sharer, who was borrr irr Lodoga, Montgomery courrty, Ind., June 3, 1852, the daughter of David and Hettie ('Bruce) Sharer, and to this happy union four childrerr have beerr born, and named as fol- lows: Nellie R., Pearl, Rrrby Ray, and Ollie G. D. Mr. and Mr's. Hawk ar'e members of the I Presbyterian church, and in politics the doctor I is a democrat. He has won for himself an 828 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY enviable re])utation as a pliysician, and social- ly he stands with the best people of the town- ship and comity. [Since the above was jilaced in type, the sad news of the death of Dr. Hank has been received. — En. K. HENRY, the well known fanner and stock raiser of Jackson township, Boone county, Ind., with his post-office at New Ross, across the Montgomery county line, was born March 7, 1847, in Scott township, Montgomery comity, Ind., and was reared on a farm. His grandfather, David Henry, was one of the pioneers of that county, was the owner of 480 acres of good land, but died on his way to California during the early gold e.xcitement. His son, M. M. Henry, was born on the old homestead, be- came one of the largest land owners in west central Indiana, owning 1,180 acres of land, and was a most intfuential citizen. He mar- ried Nancy Lal'ollette, who bore him the fol- lowing children: J. K., Louisa C., Andrew L., Ciressa, John M., Miranda A. and M. M., Jr. His death took place in July, 1891, and he was buried under the auspices of the Knights of Pythias. |. K. Henry, Eebruary 4, 1869, married Miss Janetta Tague, daughter of John and Christina ( PefHey) Tague, the former a well- known farmer of Putnam county, Ind., and famous as a breeder of C'-hester White hogs. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Henry has been blessed by the birth of si.\ children, in the fol- lowing order; Arminnie, MaryL., Charles A., .Myrtle M., Pdoyd T., and Otto K. But, sad to relate, death invaded this happy domestic circle, January 6, 1892, and carried away, to a still hajipier home, the eldest child, Ar- minnie, in lu.'r twenty- third year. She was a refined and highly culturi'd young lady, was very popular with the 3'oung people of her neighborhood, who adored her for her many graces of mind and person, and was the idol of the household. Mr. Henry settled in Jack- son township in 1869 and purchased i 1 i acres ol good land, which he has converted into one of the best in the township. In 1880 he went to Rush county, Ind., and purchased for $i i i, at iniblic vendue, the yearling stallion, Poca- hontas Sam, now the most famous horse in Indiana as a getter of speedy foals, and still .stands on Mr. Henry's farm at $50 for a guar- antee. Of this great stallion the Western Horseman has the following to say: Pocahon- tas Sam was foaled in 1879, and is therefore coming fifteen years of age. In color he is a l)eautiful red chestnut, stands full sixteen hands, and possesses substance in keeping with his height; his bone and muscle are fault- less, being heavy, but free from bulkiness. He was sired b}’ that well known progenitor of trotting speed, Pocahontas Boy, sire of Buffalo Girl, 2 :\ 2 },, Raven Boy, 2:15}, and many others in the standartl list. Pocahontas Boy stands to-day the source of more extreme speed at the pacing gait than any other sire known in the history of Indiana stallions, and his blood, when combined with that of other great sires, is regarded by astute breeders as golden. Erom his blood have come such per- formers as Cambriilge Girl, 2:i2jj, Jessie L. (4), 2:i2;f, Touch-Me-Not, 2;i3j, and a multi- tude of others below 2;20, all of which secured records in hotly contested races. The Regis- ter tells us his dam was I'anny (dam of Low- land Girl, 2 :i 9.L Hero, 2:28, and Star Wb, trial 2;27,\), by Pdue Bull 73. Lowland Girl (lour years 2:17]) is the dam of Dancourt (3), 2:21.’,, and Gov. Alger, 2;24.L Pocahontas Sam, as his breeding would warrant, is an ex- ceptionally fast horse, although his record of 2:27] does not bear out the assertion. During his racing career he started in ten races, all over half-mile tracks, and in every instance OF BOONE COUNTY. 829 won either hrst or second money, He has gone full miles to an old style sulky in 2:18 over a half-mile track, and a half in i :04. At eight years of age he did not have, all told, over fifteen living foals, and from that number have come Pixley Boy, 2:12, and Poca Eagle, 2:21. U both over half mile tracks. His others are: Touch-Me-Not, 2:13^, Ziglar, 2:17! (half mile track), and the trotter, Billy E., 2:29^^. In speaking of his merits as a sire his owner makes this pointed observation; “Give Sam good mares and I don’t think that horse lives that can beat him siring a high rate of speed. Sam’s colts are a poor man’s horse — they come quickly. M’hen one shows you 2:40 you can bet it will soon beat 2:20. If anyone does not think Sam is a sire of speed, come to my place and I will convince him that he is.” Mr. Henry has refused $10,000 for this wonderful animal, but to part with him would be almost as bad as parting with one of the family. Pocahontas Sam has been spoken of very fa- vorably by all the sporting papers and live / stock journals of America. Besides being one of the leading farmers and stockmen of Boone county, Mr. Henry stands high as a progress- ive and public-spirited citizen. He is a mem- ber of the New Ross lodge. No. 294, K. of P. , and his integrity has never been touched by even a breath of suspicion. lEI.JAM N. HENRY, a prosperous farmer of Center township, Boone county. Inch, is a native of the county, and is a son of Martin Henry, a pioneer. Martin Henry was born in Kentucky, Eebruary 4, 1801, and betw’een 1830 and 1832, came to Boone county, Ind., and entered 276 acres of land, on part of which his son William now lives. Returning to Kentucky, he passed his time until between 1833 and 1834, when he returned to Indiana, and in Putnam county married Mary Stevens, born May 2, 1813, and at once settled on his Boone county property. Gn this land there were born the following children to Martin and Mary Henry: John S., December 12, 1834; Rebecca A., February 6, 1836; George, Sep- tember 28, 1837; David M., November 5, 1839; William N., October 4, 1841 ; Margaret I., Octo- ber 10, 1844; Thomas ]., December 6, 1846; James M., November 12, 1848; Charles A., June 23, 1850; Lydia O., February 7, 1853; and Mary E., October 10, 1856. Boone county, at the time Martin Henry made his settlement and broke land, was a wilderness in every sense of the word, but he bravely set to work and cleared away the heavy timber from his farm, built a log cabin and made for himself and young family a comfortable home. He gained the respect of all who knew him, was thrifty and industrious, and beside his 276 acres in Boone county, Ind., acquired a farm of 240 acres in Benton county, Iowa. His fellow-democrats made him township supervisor for one term and otherwise reposed their confidence in his integrity, and he died a strong Union man Au- gust 17, 1866, honored by all who knew him. \Villiam N. Henry, with whose name this biographical sketch opens, grew up among the pioneer scenes and experiences of Center town- ship on the farm on which he w'as born, and w'hich he still occupies, receiving his education in the rude school house of his then rude dis- trict. In 1864 he enlisted in company G, One Hundred and Sixteenth Indiana volunteer in- fantry, of which company Dr. Bounell of Boone county was captain, but was succeeded by Capt. Robert H. Harrison. The principal duty of the company was in Kentucky and Tennessee, including a skirmish at Briggs Springs, Ky., and after a service of seven months Mr. Henry was honorably discharged. Wdliam N. Henry first married Emily, the daughter of Jesse and Sarah (Click) Parey, and to this union w'ere BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY horn two children, ('haiies and David, both of I whom are still livinj^'. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Henry married Judie l'.,dangh- tcr of John F. and Kittie A. (Kersey) Heck, and to this marriage have been born four chil- dren, named Glenn, Otto, Calvin and Gladdy F. I'he grandfather of these, John F. Heck, is an old settler of Center townshi}\ Hoone County, and is a highly respected farmer, own- ing 127 acres of well cultivated land, on which he is passing his declining years in peace and comfort. Mr. Henry is in politics a democrat; fraternally, is a member of Hoone lodge. No. 9, A. F. A A. M., in which he has filled the office of deacon, and he is also a member of Rich Mountain post, G. A. R., at Lebanon. He has made the old homestead a model of neatness, as well as a source of profit, and is held in high esteem among his neighbors, both as a good farmer and as a gooil citizen. GHFRT HIGHEE is an honored resi- dent of Elizaville, Hoone county, Ind., and was born January 6, 1832, in Hrown county, Ohio; he is the son of jaines Higbee, born in 1798, and comes of German and Irish extraction. His mother was Sarah (Mann) Higbee, born in Hrown county, Ohio. She was a zealous Christian woman, and died before the family w'ere grown. Their children were William, John, Egbert, Elizabeth, Amanda, Eveline, Harriet, Harvey, lAlith, Helen. James Higbee was not favored with educational advantages, but being natur- ally (juick and smart he made his way success- fully through the world. He entered 160 acres in Adams township, Hamilton county, Ind., where he farmed and made cattle raising a specialty. Politically he was a (knnocrat, was a member of the t'hristian church, and died aged sixty-four years. Egbert Higbee was married May 7, 1861, to Annie Stratton, born October 2, 1840, in Preble county, Ohio. She was educated at the school managed by the Society of Friends, and is a highly cultured lady, has taught for a number of terms, and is the granddaughter of Eli Stratton, who is of English ancestors, his wile being Ennice Dallas, who sprang from Welch ancestors. He was a merchant and lived in Philadelphia. In 1822 they moved to Ohio, which was then a wilderness. His son, who was fourteen years of age, on seeing wolves, thought they were dogs and told his father he could not tell whose dogs they were. His father said, “don’t stop to look at dogs, for they are wolves. ” He opened a country store where were sold all kinds of merchandise. One day a woman who had failed to buy calico that was fast colors came to look at some dishes, of which they were all patterns and colors made in those days. Wdien asked which color she whould have, she repiled, “any color that will hide dirt.” He built a grist mill and moved near Richmond, Ind., and there died at the age of sixty-three. He was an old-line whig. They were members of the Society of Friends, and his widow died at Raysville, Ind., aged eighty-seven years. Their children were Sarah C., who died at Richmond; Johnathan D., died at New Lon- don, Howard county; Whlliam L. , died at Camden, Ohio; Joseph E., died at Carmel, Ind. William Stratton, born in 1808, was married in 1 832 to Hathsheba Hrown, of Preble countv, Ohio, on a farm, and there they lived for fifty-three years. They were conversant with the “Under Ground Railroad” system, and knew all the stations in their part of the country, as well as the others ol the Society of I'riends. 1 le was politically a repuhlican, then a prohibitionist. In 1885 he died aged si'\enty-seven years. Hathsheba Hrown's grandfathter was an Englishman, his wife OF BOONE COUNTY. 331 being \'irgin Gaskill, who lived in New Jerse}', to whom were born Joseph, Abraham and John (twins), Clayton, Mahlon, Samuel, Mary, Beulah and William. They were also Quakers, and he a whig. Grandmother Stratton’s maiden name was Eunice Dallas, who was one of the girls that strewed llowers in the pathway of Gen. George Washington when he entered Trenton, N. J. Grandfather John Brown married Sarah Moore in 1806, when in her twentieth year. From New Jersey they went to Miami county, Ohio, then to Preble county, where he died aged seventy- nine years. His wife, Sarah Moore, came of a sturdy Irish ancestor, Nathaniel Moore. His wife was Bathsheba Coleman, whose parents were English. Her father was a professional diver, and died, when his daughter was only four years old, of consumption, which was caused by an accident when he was delayed for along time under the water. Her mother died of the same disease. They were quite wealthy, but the guardian of the children managed to get their money for his own use. They had two children, named Sarah, who lived to be over loi years, and David, who was ninety- eight years of age. The grandmother of Mrs. Egbert Higbee was Sarah (Moore) Stratton, was endowed with a wonderfully bright intel- lect, and a woman of uncommon beauty; so pronounced was this that in the city of Tren- ton, N. J., she was known as the “Trenton Beauty,” and she was still handsome at the age of ninety. She saw Gen. George Wash- ington. In 1814 she and her husband, John Brown, came to Preble comity, Ohio, and in 1816 they entered 160 acres of land. He was a carpenter, but also a horticulturist, and engaged in the nursery business. They united with the Society of Friends. After the death of her husband she lived with her children, who were Nathaniel, Joseph, Bathsheba. All became good citizens of Preble county, and 16 were tillers of the soil. Mrs. Brown lived to be 1 01 years, one month and two days old, never became childish, nor was her wonderful intellect ever impared. On her one hundredth anniversary there was held a monster gather- ing, people coming from Virginia, Kansas, New Jersey and within sight of George Washington’s home. Mount Vernon, and over 500 people took supper. Mrs. Higbee has a large photo- graph, with the likenesses of her grandmother and five generations, all females, taken on that occasion. Egbert Higbee, the subject of our sketch, was reared in Hamilton county, Ind., where he lived till of age, when he went to Highland county, Ohio, where he labored as a carpen- ter. Not being satisfied, he came back to Hamilton county, Ind., where he purchased a saw-mill, which he operated. They moved to Elizaville in 1874, purchasing a grist-mill, saw-mill and the beautiful place which their large and commodious brick residence now occupies. This marriage was blessed with Charles E., born October 25, 1867, and Alfred E., born March 26, 1876, Mr. Higbee platted the village of Sheridan, Hamilton county, Ind., building the first house in what is now a large and prospei'ous town in the natural gas belt. He is a man of great energy and perseverance. Politically he is a prohi- bitionist, and he is a deacon in the Christian church. He owns lands in Kansas and other states amounting to 460 acres. B red HOFFMAN, one of the most skillful photographers in the state of Indiana and artist of exceptionally good taste, has his studio in Lebanon, in Boone county, and had won a fine reputa- tion before settling here. He springs from an old Pennsylvania family of German origin, his father, Christopher J. Hoffman, having emi- «82 RIOGRAPIIICAL HISTORY f^rated frcjin that state to Wisconsin in 1854. ('hristo])her is a cabinetmaker by trade and married Frances Hanson in Virginia, and they went to Wisconsin to live, settling in Pleasant IFancb, Dane county, where they still reside, honored and respected. Fred Hoffman, the artist, was born in Dane county. Whs, December i, 1S57, at Pleasant Ih'anch, was educated in the common schools, and learned the art of photography at the cap- ital city, Madison. In 1885 he came to Indi- ana and located at Thorntown, Hoone county, where for four years he conducted a first-class art gallery, doing a most successful business and confirming his reputation as an artist. In 1889 he left Thorntown and settled in Leba- non, opening his ])resent tasteful studio on the second floor of Dick's block. South Lebanon street. This gallery is ninety by eighteen feet and is elegantly fitted with all the appliances that modern science has brought to bear on the art, chemical and mechanical. One of his s})ecialties is the taking of life-size portraits, for which he is particularly well prepared, and for which he seems to have a peculiar and in- nate faculty. These portraits are truthful likenesses and never fail in giving satisfaction to the subject of them. Mr. Hoffman is also a fine crayon artist and has on e.xhibition a large assortment of his “counterfeit present- ments of nature ” in this branch of art, which are worthy a visit of inspection from the art- loving puldic. Taste, refinement and superb execution are manifest everywhere, and clear- ness and distinctness depicted in every linea- ment. Mr. Hoffman’s fame is not confined to the limits of Doone county, nor even to the borders of the state of Indiana, but has ex- tended to several of the surrounding states, where his master hand has been fully recog- nized. He is yet a young, unmarried man, with a bright future before him. He is a mem- ber of the Lutheran church, and in his poli- tics is a republican. Fraternally, he is a member of Thorntown lodge, Knights of Pythias, and socially, his friends and acquaint- ances are among the best families of Boone county, by whom, and likewise by the public generally, he is esteemed for his personal qual- ities as well as for his artistic taste. In the fall of 1894 Mr. Hoffman built a two-story building on East Main street, twenty by seventy feet, with an addition of twenty-eight by forty feet, the lower rooms of which will be used for studios and the upper rooms for fiats, etc. AMUEL HOLLINGSW^ORTH, one of the very early settlers of Jefferson township, Boone county, Indiana, is a native of the state and was born in Union county, February 6, 1816. Hisparents were Isaiah and Patience (Smith) Hollings- worth, natives of North Carolina and of En- glish descent. Isaiah came to Indiana in 1800, when the now state was a territory, and he may be fully termed a pioneer. In 1833 he came to Boone county, where he lived a pure and industrious existence until his final relief from earthly cares in 1873, his wife joining him in 1877 in that “undi.scovered country from whose bourne no traveler e’er yet returned. ” The lamented parents had born to them ten children, the names of the living being — Joseph, Newton, Eber, Samuel, Hannah, and Caroline, the names of the deceased were Smith, Anna, Sarah and Mary. Samuel Hollingsworth was reared by his father to a thorough knowledge of agriculture and has consccpiently made a success in life as a farmer. His marriage took place in January, 1841, to Miss b'anny Alexander, daughter of William and IClizabeth (Denny) Alexander. The two children born to Mr. and Mrs. Hol- lingsworth arc Mary )., wife of Ceorge Miller, and the mother of three children named as fol- OF BOONE COUNTY. 333 lows: Fanny M., Richard, and Florence P. The second child of Samuel Hollingsworth was named William W., who was married, January 14, 1879, to Mary Chambers of Kentucky. This union resulted in the birth of three chil- dren, James S., Olivet, and Rosco F. After the marriage of Mr. Hollingsworth he settled down to the solid life of a farmer in the wilder- ness of Indiana, where, at that time, Indians were about as numerous as the wild animals, and of the two infestments the latter were the more preferable, inasmuch as they afforded a source of food. From a small farm in the be- ginning, Mr. Hollingsworth has increased his holding to 300 acres, and is now one of the most prosperous farmers in the county and one of the most highly respected. His first presi- dential vote was for the old “hero of Tippe- canoe,” William H. Harrison, but, since the dissolution of the whig party he has been a stanch republican. The son, William W., has charge of the farm. AVID HOLLOMAN, a leading and progressive farmer of Center town- ship, Boone county, Ind., although born as far west as the state of Missouri, traces his descent to some of the early families as far east as North Carolina, and their lineage ultimately to Germany. The earliest ancestor in America of whom any de- tailed trace is had was Elisha Holloman, grand- father of David, the gentleman whose name stands at the head of this article. Elisha was a native of North Carolina, was married in that state to Rebecca Walsh, but early emi- grated to Kentucky, and thence moved, about 1819, to Crawford county in the southern part of the state of Missouri, where he passed an active and useful life until his decease, at an advanced age in 1863, a devout member of the Baptist church. William Holloman, son of Elisha, andfatherof David Holloman, our sub- ject, was born in Warren county, Ky., and was a mere lad when taken to Missouri by his parents. In that state he was reared to man- hood and was there married, in Crawford county, to Miss Margaret Thompson, daughter of Lovel and Mary (Sanders) Thompson, a well known family of Missouri. Mr. Thomp- son, the father, was also a Kentuckian by birth, and Joshua Sanders, the father of Mary (Sanders) Thompson, came from a Pennsyl- vania family that long ago settled in Kentucky. As early as 1818, however, Joshua Sanders emigrated to Washington county. Mo., and later to Crawford county. Mo., of which he was a pioneer, going there when Indians held possession of that county in companionship with animals, herbivorous and carnivorous. His daughter, Mary, the grandmother of our subject, lived to be eighty-three years of age. William Holloman and wife had born to them ten children, of w'hom seven lived to reach the age of manhood and womanhood, and were named Robert G., David, Rebecca, Lovell T. , Matilda, Sarah and William (Jr). William, the father of this family, was a promi- nent farmer and business man in Crawford county. Mo. , where he passed most of his life and was looked upon as one of its most sub- stantial citizens. He died in that county in 1851, a memberof the Baptist church, a demo- crat in politics, and honored by his fellow- citizens as one of the most useful and ener- getic inhabitants that Crawford county ever had within its borders. David Holloman, the principal of this bio- graphical notice, was born January 10, 1835, in Crawford county. Mo., as has already been intimated. He was quite well educated in the subscription schools of his district, then pioneer in their character, and at the age of eighteen, being well developed as to manhood, crossed the great plains to California, in search of gold, BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY n;u his brother, Robert G., bearing him company, 'I'he e.xpedition started March 24, 1853, and consisted of twelve wagons, of wliich the bi'oth- ers acted as teamsters, and a numerous ac- comj)animent of adventurers in search of the auriferous deposits. The party reached the iiorthern line of California August 5, in the same year, and the brothers at once engaged in placer mining. In 1863, Robert was seized with consumption, and the two brothers sought Santa Clara valley as a refuge for the recover}^ of his health, but this resort was of no avail, and Robert jiasscd away in 1864. In 1865 David sought his home via Panama and New York, and in Crawford county. Mo., August 16, 1866, married Elizabeth, a daughter of John Dunlap, a soldier of the war of 1812, and to this union were born four children, viz. : Robert G., Reed, William T., and one that died in infancy. After following farming for nearly eight years in Missouri after marriage, Mr. Holloman took his family to Santa Clara val- ley, Cal., in the latter part of 1873, and there farming engaged his attention until 1880, when he returned to and made his home in Boone county, Ind. In the meantime, March 31, 1877, he lost his wife, and Nt^vember 17, 1881, took for his second conjugal companion Miss Fannie, daughter of Mitchell M. and Eliza (Patterson) Henderson, and to this happy union have been born three children: Lila D., Newell T. and Alma M. In 1881, also, the year of his last marriage, he settled on his jiresent fine farm of 105 acres, on which he has made numerous improvements by erecting first-class farm buildings, and thoroughly drain- ing the land by putting in about 1,800 rods of tile, ;ind redeeming it from its |)revious swamj)y condition. b'orty acres have been thoroughly cleared, and ])ortions of this have |)roduced a croj) of fifty bushels to the acre. Mr. and Mrs. Holloman arc members of the Methodist church, in which he has been class leader. steward, and superintendent of the Sunday- school. In politics he is a democrat, but has never been an office seeker. He is progressive in all things, is public spirited and a strong ad- vocate of education, and his children are re- ceiving the full benefit of his proclivities in this direction. Center township has no citizen that is held in higher honor, and no citizen that is more sincerely devoted to the interests and progress of the township. His son, Robert Holloman, was married Februai'y 21, 1892, to Amelia, daughter of Thomas B. Evans, a prominent farmer of the township, whose sketch will be found elsewhere. H ebert N. HOLLOWAY, a promi- nent manufacturer of Lebanon, of the firm of Holloway A Turner, is also one of the old soldiers of the Civil war. His ancestors were of English stock and an old American family. Jacob Holloway, the grandfather of our subject, was a native of New jersey. He went to Pennsylvania, where he remained some years, and finally settled in Hamilton county, Ohio, and married there Hannah Cory, to which union six children were born, viz: Noah, Moses, David, Amos, Cephas and Elizabeth. Mr. Holloway was a prosperous farmer and owned a large body of land in Hamilton county, Ohio. He finally moved to W'arren county, Ohio, and with his wife became greatly interested in the doctrines taught by the Shakers at Shaker Village, three miles from Lebanon, in W'arren county. He finally took his wife and all his children, who were then small, and joined the Shaker community, and gave them all his property, which was then large. Here he passed the remainder of his days and died aged eighty- five years. His wife survived him and re- mained with the Shakers until her death, which occurred at the great age of ninety-one MRS. A. N. HOLLOWAY. OF BOONE COUNTY years. Tlie children gradually left the com- munity as they grew up, without any of the property e.xcept $130 each, which Mr. Hollo- way, on joining them, had arranged by con- tract for each one to have in case they left the community. Cephas alone remained and passed his life among them, and died, a few years since, aged eighty-two years, a firm be- liever in the doctrine of the Shaker church. Moses Holloway, the father of our subject, was born March 15, 1 / 97 ’ near Cincinnati, where his father was one of the very earliest pioneers. He received but a limited educa- ion, became a farmer, and was taken by his parents to live with the Shakers at the age of sixteen years. He remained with them until he was thirty-two years old, then became dis- satisfied and left the community, taking the $130. He married in Warren county, having taken as a wife one of the Shaker maidens. They ran away to get married, as marriage is strictly forbidden by this society. The name of this Shaker maiden was Kachael Johnson. They settled down in Warren county and two children were born to them ; Amos and Eliza- beth. In 1835 Mr. Holloway came to Boone county with John Higgins, afterward a promi- nent farmer and citizen of Washington town- ship. Mr. Holloway entered 120 acres of land and cleared it up from the woods, and by means of thrift he bought more until he owned 200 acres of good land. His wife died in the spring of 1837, and was the first person buried in Hopewell graveyard in Clinton township. Mr. Holloway afterward married Jeanette, daughter of John Buntin, who came to Clinton county from Kentucky in 1828 and was one of the very earliest pioneers. They were only five families living on Twelve Mile Prairie when he settled there. He soldiered in the war of 1812. To Mr. and Mrs. Holloway were born six children: Hannah, Amelia, John 889 W'., Albert N. and Jasper M. (twins), and David H. Mr. Holloway died on his farm Feb- ruary 2 i , 1878, aged nearly eighty-one years. He was an ohl-line whig, afterward a republi- can and a strong Union man, having four sons in the Civil war; John M., Albert N., Jasper M. and David H. John M was in company A, Tenth regiment, Indiana volunteer infantry, and served three years and was in several bat- tles. Jasper M. was a corporal in company C, One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Indiana vol- unteer infantry, and served four months, later enlisted with subject in company E, Eleventh Indiana volunteer infantry; David H. was in company E, Eleventh regiment Indiana volun- teer infantry, and served as a private six months at the age of sixteen years. Mr. and Mrs. Holloway were members of the Christian church. He was an honorable citizen, re- spected by all. Albert N. Holloway was born January 12, 1845, on his father’s farm in Washington town- ship. He received a common education and enlisted at the age of twenty years at Lebanon, in the spring of 1 864, in company C, One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Indiana volunteer infantry, for four months. He served out his enlistment and was honorably discharged at Indianapolis in July, 1864, and returned home. On the seventeenth day of February, 1865, he re-enlisted as a veteran in company E, Eleventh regiment Indiana volunteer infantry, under Capt. John T. McCauley. This was Gen. Lew Wallace's famous zouave regiment. This service was in the eastern army, and princi- pally around Baltimore. He served until the close of the war and was mustered out at Bal- timore, Md., July 26, 1865, and was honorably discharged at Indianapolis. Mr. Holloway was not sick in hospital, but served actively as a soldier with his regiment. After his return home he attended the high school at Frankfort and gained a good education. He engaged in BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY JI40 school-teaching, which he continued fifteen years, mostly in Boone county. He married, March 21, 1879, Flora, daughter of Leland M. Eaton, now a substantial farmer near Elizaville. Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hollow'ay — Jasper Cecil, Edith E., Everett J., Glenn and Jessie. In 1876 Mr. Holloway w'ent on the home farm and cared for his father and mother until the death of his father, when he moved to a farm one mile east of Lebanon. In 1 888 he engaged in the plow-handle business in Lebanon, the firm being Morris, Neff & Holloway, now Holloway & Turner. In political opinions Mr. Holloway is a stanch republican, socially a non-affiliating Odd Fellow and Knight of Maccabees, and he and wife are members of the Christian church, in which he has been deacon for several years. He has always taken an active interest in the cause of education and was president of the school board si.x years, and was one of the trustees at the time of the building of the new' West side school and the Center school build- ing. Mr. Hollow'ay is a self-made man. When he came out of the army he had but little education, but had the ambition to edu- cate himself, and became an efficient school- teacher, and is now a prosperous business man and representative citizen. ILLIAM H. HOSTETTER, a lead- ing farmer of Jackson township, Boone county, Ind., was born in Montgomery county, Ind., October 3, 1840. His great-grandfather, Henry Hos- tetter, was of German descent, and lived and died in York, Pa., where he had followed the vocation of a farmer. Great-grandfather Hos- tetter died at the age of seventy years, and his wife at eighty-eight. David Hostetter, son of the above, left his native state of lYnnsylvania when very young, and for a short time lived in Virginia, and in Pickaway county, Ohio, and then came to Indiana, and bought 240 acres of land in Montgomery county, which he improved to the fullest extent. He first mar- ried Polly Hicks, who died in Ohio, and after coming to Indiana married Mrs. Polly Boyer, a widow, whose maiden name was Wolfley. By the fir.st marriage he was the father of the following children: Sherman, James, Beniah, Serilda, David and Mary, and by his second marriage the father of Lucky W. and Lewis L. Sherman Hostetter, son of David and father of William H., was born in Rockbridge county, Va., September 23, 1809, and was quite young when he went to Ohio with his father. When twenty-four years of age he came to Montgomery county, Ind., and soon afterward married Courtney Harrison, daughter of Robert and Polly (Hammer) Harrison, and to this union was born one child, Mary L., the mother dying soon after its birth. His second marriage was to Mary A. Byrd, daughter of Abram and Jane (Randall) Byrd, and to this union have been born the following children: William H., John B., Melissa R., Phronissa C., Abram S., James D. , Margaret E., Lewis W. , Allen H. and Edgar C. Sherman Hos- tetter was a republican of much promi- nence in his day, as well as a farmer of most progressive spirit, and in the latter capacity had acquired a property of over 400 acres. He had been entrusted with many important offices of honor by the people of Montgomery county, ainl was also their representative in the lower house of the state legislature in 1846-48. In the year 1 859 he settled in Boone county, Jackson town- ship, where his abilities as a statesman were cpiickly recognized, and in the stirring times of 1862-64, was sent to the legislature to rejire- sent the strong Union feelings of the county, which he did most forcibly and successfully. His nerve was made manifest on one occasion. OF BOONE COUNTY. when a convention was held in the legislative hall, and military rnle threatened to override civil rule; a bolt was e.xpected, and he was appointed to keep the door open; he took his stand at the designated spot, and when the chair ordered the door closed, he simply thrust his cane in the aperture and held the door open for the bolt, and thus saved the state from absolute military control. This accom- lished gentleman died December 6, 1868, and his widow died December 25, 1892. William H. Hostetter was reared on his father’s farm and was inured to hardship suffi- ciently to strengthen his muscles. August 7, 1861, he enlisted at North Salem, Ind., in company A, Twenty-seventh Indiana volunteer infantry, in the three-year service. He was placed in the army of the Potomac, under Gen. Banks. He fought at Winchester, Va., and at Cedar Mountain; he was also at the second battle of Bull Run; was at Antietam, w'here his corps commander, Gen. Mansfield, lost his life, and Mr. Hostetter twice struck by bullets; was next at Chancellorsville, and at Gettys- burg. In July, 1863, his regiment assisted in subduing the New York draft riots, and in Sep- tember was sent back to the army of the Po- tomac at the river Rapidan. He w'as then sent west and was at Chattanooga, in the siege of Atlanta, and at the battle of Resaca, at New Hope church, and in skirmishes innumer- able. His war service lasted over three years, and his bravery has been recognized by the government with a pension of $8 per month; but the tardy recognition was not made until 1890. His comrades, however, since his re- turn home, have not failed to recall his meri- torious conduct in the field. By them he was elected the first commander of Antietam post. No. 524, G. A. R., at Jamestown, Ind., which membership was later transferred to Advance, where his worth was again acknowledged, and he was placed in the same position, which he still holds, an honor seldom granted by the G. A. R. The many battles in which Mr. Hos- tetter took part are matters of history, and the details of each heroic contest are too numer- ous to be related in the limited scope of the biographies intended to be given in this vol- ume. William H. Hostetter was married Oc- tober 19, 1870, to Miss Margaret A., daughter of Abram and Ann fSanderson) Nicely, and they at once went to housekeeping on their present farm of 240 acres in Boone county. They have had born to them a family of three children, named as follows: Neva E., Harry L. and Anita, who have all received an excel- lent education, Harry L. , especially, being in- tended for a college course. Mr. Hostetter is the only republican who ever held the office of trustee in his township, and has held that of- fice three terms. ^^AMUEL T. HOOK, farmer and ex- j soldierof Washington township, Boone I ^ y county, Ind. , was born in Bartholomew county, Ind., September 9, 1842. The parents were Matthias M. and Amanda M. (Ja- (]ues) Hook, who were among the early pioneers of Indiana The father died at Indianapolis, De- cember 9, 1880, at the age of seventy-two years; the mother still survives and resides at In- dianapolis, enjoying the ripe old age of eighty- three. They were the parents of eleven children, viz: Paulina, William H., John W., Eot E., Erancis M., Samuel T., Mary C., Martha A., Sarah E., Lousia J., and Lodoska, all deceased except Martha A., Samuel T. and Sarah E. Samuel T. Hook was married in Hancock county, Ind., October 13, 1864, to Sarah A., daughter of Louis and Phoebe (Bennett) Burke, both natives of Ohio and of English_and Irish extraction. Mr. and Mrs. Burke were among the early settlers of Hancock county, Ind., and were 842 BIOGRAPHICAL HLSTORY theparentsof twelve children, viz; Nancy, de- ceased; Rachael T., deceased; Sophia, de- ceased; Amanda, deceased; Samuel L. and Sarah A.; Phcebe E. , deceased; Lemmon O. ; Elizabeth A. (deceased) and Temperance V., twins; MaryL. , and John L., deceased. Mrs. Hook was born in Hancock comity, Ind., Oc- tober 13, 1844. In 1887 Mr. Hook settled on the farm on which he now lives, and where he has resided since. Mr. and Mrs. Hook are the parents of two children, viz; Frank M., born April ii, 1866, married Miss Nina J. Beck and resides in Indianapolis; he is' private secretary for Mr. VanWinkle, the general su- perintendent of the C., C., C. & St. L. R. R. ; Glenn H., born March 28, 1870, and married to J. Frank Daily, who is engaged in the Leb- anon National bank and resides in Lebanon. Mr. and Mr. Hook are members of the Church of God. On August 9, 1862, Mr. Hook enlisted in company B, Seventy-ninth Indiana volunteers, and served until the battle of Stone River, at which place he was shot, his wound being in the right thigh near the hip joint, which wound disabled him for further service. He was honorably discharged May 7, 1863, and now draws a pension of $24 per month. Mr. Hook is as good a citizen as he was a soldier, and his walk through life has given full evi- dence of this fact. His social standing is with the most respectable residents of the county, and there are but few people in the township who do not feel a jiride in being accpiainted with his family. DDISON L. HOWARD.— The veteran soldiers are well represented in Boone county, and we are pleased to give honorable mention of another of its members. Addison L. Howard is a promi- nent farmer and a respected citizen of Boone county. He springs from an old colonial Ameri- can family of Scotch descent. Twelve brothers came from Scotlapd to the United States, one of whom — John — settled in Pennsylvania and was a soldier in the war of the Revolution. He married in Pennsylvania, and was one of the early pioneers of Kentucky. His wife was Margaret, daughter of James A. Alexander, of Mason county, Ky., of which union there were eight children — Cynthia A. Mary J., John W., James A,, William J., Henry \V., Addison L. and Richard W. In in 1836 Mr. Howard moved to Boone county, Ind., and camped in the woods in Clinton township, six miles northeast of Lebanon. He entered 160 acres of land in the wilderness, cleared up a farm and became a substantial farmer and a thrifty and well-to-do man. Mr. and Mrs. Howard were members of the Christian church. In political opinions he was an old time whig until the war, when he became a republican and strong Union man, and had five sons in the Civil war; John W., was in company I, One Hundred and Twenty-fifth regiment Illinois volunteer infantry, served through the war, and was in all the battles of his regiment; James A., was in company F, Eighty-sixth regiment Indiana volunteer infantry. He was an orderly sergeant and was killed in the battle of Chickamauga and left on the field; William J., was in the Twentieth regiment Missouri volunteer infantry, was taken pris- oner at the battle of Lexington, Mo., when Mulligan made his famous defense of that city; Henry W., was in company I, Tenth regiment Indiana volunteer infantry. He was an ortlerly sergeant, served three years, and was in all the battles of his regiment. Lor military record of Addison L., see sketch below. John Howard, the father of this family of patriotic soldiers, lived to be seventy-four years of age and died on his farm in Boone county. He was a good business man, a hard- OF BOONE COUNTY. working, pioneer citizen, and very industrious. It is not too much to say of him that his word was as good as his bond. Addison L. Howard was born in Clinton township, Boone county, June 26, 1840. He received a good common, education and at the age of twenty-one years enlisted in company A, Eighty-sixth regiment Indiana volunteer infantry, at Lebanon, on August ii, 1862, under Capt. Aaron Frazee, for three years or during the war, and served until honorably dis- charged, June 15, 1865, at Nashville, Tenn. He was in the battles of Perryville, Nashville, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, and was in Sherman’s famous Atlanta campaign. (See sketch of Jesse Neff.) He was in the battles of Jonesboro, Spring Hill, Columbia and Nashville, Tenn. Mr. Howard was not in a hospital, was neither wounded nor a prisoner, but served actively with his company and was in all its battles and skirmishes. After the war he returned to Boone county. He had mar- ried, November 3, 1861, Sarah, daughter of Solomon and Elizabeth (Greenwell) Bartlett. To the union of Mr. and Mrs Howard were born six children — Mollie, Lizzie, Olive, Arthur and Luther (twins) and Lois. Luther died an infant. Mr. Howard settled on a farm in Center township and became a prosperous farmer, owning 220 acres of fine land and valuable real estate in Lebanon. He votes for the party who protected him as a soldier and who carried on the war — the republican party. He has always enjoyed the confidence of the peo- ple and has been held in high esteem by his neighbors. He is a member of the G. A. R. , Rich Mountain post, Lebanon, and also a mem- ber of the I. O. O. F. Mr. and Mrs. Howard are members of the Christian church. The Howards are truly one of the patriotic families of Boone county. It is seldom that five sons 848 of any one family are soldiers in the same war, and the record of their services should be handed down in the family from generation to generation as a lesson in patriotism to their descendants. There is no man in Boone coun- ty that is deservedly moi'e popular than Addi- son L.* Howard. He is a capable and straight- forward business man of an energetic and ac- tive disposition. He has accumulated a hand- some property by his own exertions, and his integrity is unimpeached. OHN a. HYSONG is one of the re- spected and prominent farmers of Jef- ferson township, Boone county, Ind., and a veteran soldier in the Civil war. His grandfather, Peter Hysong, came from Germany, bringing his wife and settling on land in Maryland. His children were John, Peter, Adam, Jacob, Kate and Polly, all born in America. At an early day Mr. Hysong moved to Kentucky and settled in Fleming county, where he became a prosperous farmer and miller; he lived to be an aged man and died in I'leming county. Peter Hysong, son of the above and father of our subject, was born in Maryland in 1799, and was brought by his parents, when young, to Fleming county, Ky. He learned the wheelwright and wagon- maker’s trade, and married, in Kentucky, Mary, daughter of Samuel and Margaret Burk. Mr. Burk was an old settler of Fleming county, Ky., and a prosperous man. To Mr. and Mrs. Hysong were born nine children: John, Aaron, Stephen, Samuel, Margaret, Sarah, Huldah, Elizabeth and Susan. Mr. Hysong moved to Indiana in 1828-9, and settled in Putnam county, and went from there to P'ountain county, about 1830. He afterward lived in Montgomery county. When he came to Boone county, about 1840, he lo- BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY nu cated on land in Center township, and finally settled on land in Harrison township, where he died, a^ed about sixty-one years. Mr. and Mrs. Hysong were members of the Methodist church. He voted the republican ticket and was justice of the peace, in Harrison township, rom eif^ht to twelve years. He was a very resjiectable man and brou>.(ht uj) a good family of children. Three of his sons were in the Civil war: John A., the subject of this sketch; Aaron H., in company A, Eighty-sixth regiment, Indiana volunteer infantry, was transferred to the marine brigade, served to the close of the war and was in many battles; Stephen C. was in company A, Eighty-sixth regiment, Indiana volunteer infantry, and died suddenly in camp, soon after the battle of Stone River. His company went into that battle with thirty men and lost all but three. John A. Hysong was born in Fountain county, Ind., July 14, 1831, and was about nine years of age when his father moved to Boone county. He received his edu- cation in the common district school and learned the wagon-maker’s trade at which he worked until the war broke out. Mr. Hysong was united in marriage, October 30, 1856, to Elenor, daughter of Robert and Nancy Burns. The Burns family are of Irisli descent and the Cnnninghams of Scotch descent. Robert Burns was a prominent farmer of Center township, where he settled in 1836. John and Elenor Hysong had born to them eight children: Charles P. , Albert R., John L., Harry H., Cora B.,Mary M., Dessie M. and Ered Grant. Mr. Hysong enlisted in company A, Eighty-sixth regiment Indiana volunteer infantry, August 1, 1862, at Lebanon, and served until honorably discharged July 2, 1865. He was in the battle of Perry\ille and many skirmishes. After the battle of Perryville he was taken sick and was in hosi)ital three months, after which ho was on detached duty. After the close of the war he returned to Center township, Boone county, Ind., where he bought a home in 1871. In 1881 he moved to Jefferson township, where he now owns a fine, fertile farm of 145 acres, beautifully situated close to Hazelrigg. He has drained this farm thoroughly, made good improvements, and now enjoys a pleas- ant, attractive home. Mr. Hysong takes an active interest in pol- itics, but would never hold office. He was an old-time whig and one of the original republi- cans of Boone county, to which political faith he still firmly adheres, voting with the same unswerving loyalty with which he served his country in time of need, during that greatest war in history, and he states with pride that he has reared no democrat. He is a practical, industrious farmer, respected citizen, and stands high for his integrity and other manly character- istics. Three of Mr. Hysong’s children are mar- ried. Charles P. is a member of Boone lodge. No. 9, Lebanon, F. and A. M. He married Bell, daughter of Noah Regan. He is a farmer of Harrison townshiji, and they are the parents of fourchildren: John P. , Pearl, Ruby and Fern Grace. Cora B. married John T. Abanathy, a farmer; now deceased and leaving two chil- dren as the fruit of this union, Mabel and Nel- lie. Mary M. married Abraham S. Taylor, a farmer of Jefferson township. The three chil- dren born to them were Fred, Earl and Ruth. Mr. and Mrs. Hysong are Presb3’terians, and their son Charles P. and wife are mem- bers of the Methodist church ; Mary M. is a Presbyterian, of which church Dessie M. is also a member and the organist. She is a fine and natural musician. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Hysong is brightened by the drphaned grandchildren, Mabel and Nellie, who, with their mother, reside with them. John Hy- song is a member of Boone lodge. No. 9, h'. and A. M., is also a member of Lebanon chapter. No. 39, Royal Arch. OF BOONE COUNTY. 845 HOMAS H. IRICK is a respected and well known citizen of Marion town- ship, Boone county, Ind. He came from a mixture of Irish and Dutch ancestors. His father was John R. Irick, who was born in Virginia, 1808. His brother’s name was David, and he had a sister Cather- ine who married a man named Rhodeheffer. John R. Irick settled in Muskingum county, Ohio, but moved in 1848 to Eagle town- ship, west of Zionsville, Boone county, Ind., where he bought 280 acres, adding to it till he had 355 acres. His first wife lived but about eleven months, and her name is not known. His second marriage was to Celia H. Scho- field, and the following children were born to them: Hannah F., married George Goodnight and lives in Kansas; Jane, married Elias Bishop; of Kansas; Thomas H. ; Elizabeth, died aged about thirty-five years; Sarah A., married Henry F. Goodby, who is now dead; Mary E. married S. B. Crane, a prominent farmer of Union township, Boone county, Ind. ; Catherine married, March 6, i860, Jesse Smith, an attorney of Zionsville, Ind. ; she died October 30, 1893; John W. married — Fore- man; he died in 1876; Isabel, married James S. Wood; David A., married Mary J. Wing; Amanda, died aged fourteen; William, died young. Mr. Irick’s second wife died Novem- ber 5, 1853. His third marriage was to Mrs. Mary J. (May) Miller, and this marriage was blessed by the following children: Allen W., Ida May, Silas J., Dora, Alvin, James, Nora, Alice and Claude. This Mrs. Irick, when left a widow, married a Mr. Vermillion and moved to Texas. John R. Irick was a man of energy, industrious, and quite a trader in land. He engaged extensively in stock raising. He formerly belonged to the Methodist church, but, on coming to Indiana, joined the Christian society. He was justice of the peace for four years, and at that time that officer had charge of overseeing the poor. He was a stanch old- line whig, afterward joining the republican party. He was noted for his punctuality and promptness, and his word was as good as his bond. He died November 18, 1877, and was buried in Salem cemetery. Union township. Thomas H. Irick, born November 20, 1834, in Perry county, Ohio, was reared a farmer’s boy, living at home till twenty years of age, when he went to Missouri, thence came to Indiana, making his trip in one year. February 8, 1855, he married Eliza A. Roberts, born October 25, 1834. Their children were Mary J., born January 5, 1856; JohnN., born November 19, 1857; Francis I., born August 29, 1859; William T. , born June 6, 1862; David W , born March 27, 1866. After mar- riage he farmed until 1862, when he erected a shingle factory south and west of Zionsville, which he operated for eight years. He then purchased his present farm of twenty acres. He went to Kansas in 1870, coming again to Indiana. His wife having died, he married, January 27, 1877, Mrs. Charlotte (Kimble) Cornell, born January 6, 1827, being the widow of Thomas Cornell, born in Butler county, Ohio. Their family consisted of William, born February 25, 1844; Mary A., born August 21, 1846; Sarah T., born March 30, 1850; Joseph, born September 21, 1852, died June, 1878; Isaac, born August 16, 1854, died June 12, 1880; James R., born June 30, 1861; Della W., born October ii, 1864, died September 27, 1868, and Susan M., born April 2, 1867. Mrs. (Cornell) Irick’s father was Joseph Kimble, born November 6, 1805, in Hamilton county, Ohio; he was a Methodist, a democrat, and a farmer owning 200 acres of land. He was a man of jovial disposition, of exceedingly fine appearance, and took delight in being well dressed and looking well. He was married March 20, 1 826, to Mary Boatman, born December 7, 1827, in Butler county, BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY 840 Ohio. He died August 37, 1864. Their desceudauts were Charlotte, boru January 6, 1827; Sarah A., born September 27, 1828; James IT, boru January 8, 1831. James Boatman’s wife was Ann Mills, daughter of Sarah Mills. She was a doctress, noted for her skill, considered a splendid shot with a rifle, and (juite a hunter. She came from Pennsylvania. T. H. Irick, for twenty years at odd times has worked at the carpenter’s hench; engaged for six years in keeping good horses and Jacks for stock purposes, but as that became unprofitable he returned to the carpenter’s trade. He erected his frame resi- dence, which is roomy and commodious, and makes a very tasty appearance. They use natural gas in their home. He is a man of social qualities and belongs to the Horse Thief Detective association, atTerhune, Ind. About 1872 he became a Mason and joined Fidelity lodge. No. 365, P'. & A. M., and filled for four years the office of treasurer. He has also belonged to the I. O. R. M. at Zionsville, Ind. Politically he is a people’s party man. ARY A. ISENHOUR. -This lady is H 1 I settlers of Boone ^ county, who managed the farm many years after the death of her hus- band -Noah Isenhour — who was horn March 19, 1821, in east Tennessee, Cocke county. He was the son of Martin Isenhour, who came from Germany, bringing his wife, Catherine, and several children. They were the parents of ten children — John, Elizabeth, George, Con- rad, Moses, Noah, Simeon, David, Helena, and one daughter who died young. Mr. Isen- hour had a good farm in Cocke county, Tenn., was an industrious, resi)ected citizen, and lived to be an aged man. He was a member of the Eutheran church, to which his wife also be- longed. Noah Isenhour, the husband of our subject, was reared a farmer, received a common edu- cation and married in Cocke county, Tenn., P'ebruary 14, 1843, Mary A. , daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Simmsj Boyer. Mr. Boyer was an old settler of Cocke county, Tenn., of Penn- sylvania Dutch stock, and the father of a regular pioneer family of fifteen children — William, Mary A., Charles — died at thirteen years of age — Peter — died at three years of age — James, Jane, Nelson, David, Jackson — died young — Creed, Sarah, Martha, Catherine, Jonah and Harriet. Mr. Boyer died in Cocke county, an old man. He was a very industri- ous, hard-working farmer of Tennessee, and of honorable Christian character, and an old-time whig in political opinions. After marriage, Mr. and Mrs, Isenhour settled on land in Cocke county, Tenn., and farmed there for about eleven years. August 31, 1853, they came to Indiana and settled on a farm of 160 acres one month later. This land was covered with heavy timber, with not a stick amiss. A clear- ing had to be made in which to build a log I cabin, and Mr. Isenhour, through hard work and unceasing perseverance, finally cleared up a good farm, which he continued to improve with vigorous industry, injuring himself there- by, and causing his death at the comparative early age of fifty-three years, January 26, 1874. He was a republican and a strong Union man during the war. He was a Eutheran in relig- ious convictions, of which church Mrs. Isen- hour is also a member. Mr. Isenhour was an honorable man, much respected, and he and Mrs. Isenhour were the parents of eleven chil- dren - W'illiam, Catherine, Isaac, George, EouisaJ., lUizabeth, Mary, David, Martha, Amanda and Josej)!!, who died at thirteen years of age. After the death of her hushand, our subject mauageil the farm with great in- dustry and worked hard to bring up her large family of children. She was verily a light to OF BOONE COUNTY. 347 their footsteps. Thirty-nine children have called her grandmother, thirty-three of whom are now living. Of the original homestead, Mrs. Isenhour has divided eighty acres among her children, and sold one acre, and still has a snug home of seventy-nine acres. She is now a member of the U. B. church. To such women as Mrs. Isenhour the community owes a deep debt of gratitude. She was a faithful mother, and spared no pains in impressing the principles of truth and honesty into the minds of her children, who are now numbered among our most respected citizens. Isaac Isenhour, son of above and a patron of this work, now manages the home farm. He was born December 27, 1847, o” his father’s farm in Cocke county, Tenn., and was si.x years of age when the family came to Boone county, in 1853. He received a com- mon education, was reared a farmer and mar- ried Margaret, daughter of Benjamin and Catherine (Immel) Hancock. Mr. Hancock was one of the pioneers and substantial farm- ers of Boone county. To Mr. and Mrs. Isen- hour have been born four children: Martha A., Rosa B., Mildred A. and George F. Martha married Ora Ottinger, a farmer of Worth township, this county. Rosa B. married John Laughner, a shipping clerk in a wholesale con- fectionery establishment in Indianapolis. Mildred A. married Isaac Rader, a farmer of this township. Mrs. Isaac Isenhour departed this life October 28, 1881. Both husband and wife were devout members of the U. B. church. Mr. Isenhour was one of the found- ers of the U. B. church in Center township. He attended the first meeting ever held in the township, by the Rev. Win. Forbes, a U. B. minister who preached for some time in the homes of the settlers. He has been a mem- ber of this church since he w'as eighteen, a period of nearly thirty years. He has always taken a great interest in the prosperity of his church and has been class leader for many years and steward for three terms. He is now Sunday-school superintendent and chorister, having a good voice for singing and a thor- ough knowledge of church music, and is now training a choir of children and young people in music, for children’s day, a beautiful celebration of the U. B. church. Mr. Isen- hour has lived to see his church grow strong from humble beginnings, and has the satisfac- tion of seeing all his children members of this church, which he has always liberally aided with his means, and assisted to build the pres- ent U. B. church in his neighborhood, and hewed the first stick of timber and put to- gether the entire frame of the edifice. For two years he has taught the young ladies’ class in Sunday-school. All of his children inherited, fi'om himself and his mother, musi- cal talent and fine voices. Politically he is a stanch republican; he is a practical farmer, and is highly esteemed for his Christian char- acter bv all who know' him. I SAAC J. ISENHOUR. — Worth township boasts, among its citizens, a number of the leading men of Boone county, with whom it is proper to class Isaac J. Is- enhour, a prominent farmer and stock raiser and a man of much popularity wherever known. Mr. Isenhour w'as born in Monroe county, Ind., on the fifth day of January, 1841, and is a descendant of an old and highly respectable North Carolina family, several members of which emigrated to Tennessee about the year 1816. His grandparents, John and Eive Isen- hour, left Tennessee a number of years ago, emigrating to Indiana and settling in Monroe county about 1832, and Mrs. Isenhour died there some years later; subsequently John Is- enhour came to Boone county and died at the residence of one of his sons. John and Eve BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY :h8 Iscphour luul a family of twelve children, namely: Lli/abetli, Peter, Catherine, Georget |olm, Polly, Philip, Caleb, Jonathan, Susan, Lavina and Martin. Jonathan Isenhour was born in North Car- olina, November 15, 1815, and was brought b\' his parents from Tennessee to Monroe county, Ind., in his boyhood. He married, in the county of Monroe, November 9, 1837, Margaret Whiesand, who was born December 22, 1818, in Virginia. Mrs. Isenhour's parents were pioneers of Indiana, moving to this state j when she was quite young. In the year 1848, | Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Isenhour moved to [ Boone county, since which date they have been j well known and honored residents of Worth township, in the growth and development of which they have borne no insignificant part. .Mr. Isenhour is a large land owner, having 250 acres in Worth township beside valuable prop- erty at Wdiitestown, where he now makes his home. The folhjwing are the names of their children; Rebecca L. , Isaac J., John E., George W. , James, William W., Irllen, Ma- tilda, Jonathan and Samuel, of whom three died in infancy. The father of this family, Jonathan, died at his home .\ugust 9, 1894, deeply lamented by his family and neighbors. Isaac J. Isenhour grew to manhood in In- diana, and his educational training embraced the curriculum of the common schools, which he attended during certain seasons previous to his twenty-first year. On the eighth day of August, 1861, he entered intc^ the marriage re- lation with Sallie C. Laiighner, who was born August 31, 1844, in Clinton county, Ind., the daughter of Whlliam J. and Catherine (Har- mon) Laughner. Mr. Isenhour, shortly after his marriage, engaged in farming on his father’s place for a part of the ju'oceeds, and, after re- siding updii the same about four years, juir- chased twenty acri;s adjoining, where he re- mained for a limiti'd period and then bought and settled upon his present home place in Worth township. Mrs. Isenhour died June 23, 1877, and on March 7 of the year following Mr. Isenhour was united in marriage to Mrs. Sarah E. Larimore, vvidow of Jeremiah Lari- j more and daughter of John and Priscilla (Du- lin) Earimore; Mrs. Isenhour is a native of Boone county, where she was born on the si.x- leenth day of August, 1843. i^y h’S first mar- riage Mr. Isenhour had one child, Zulia E., whose birth occurred October 24, 1869. As already stated, Mr. Isenhour is one of the leading farmers and stock raisers of Worth township, and his home farm, consisting of 123,^ acres, is highly improved and supplied with all the adjuncts necessary to render rural life agreeable. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and with his wife belongs to the reg- ular Baptist church, at Mounts Run. I RENEUS ISENHOUR, of Perry town- ship, Boone county, Ind., was born in Cocke county, Tenn., April ii, 1842, a son of Coonrad and Eva (Ot- tinger) Isenhour. Coonrad was born in North Carolina in 1818 and was a son of Martin and Catherine (Null) Isenhour, also natives of North Carolina, of German descent, and the parents of ten children, viz: Betsey, George, John, Coonrad, Moses, Noah, David, Lena, Simeon and Catherine. The father, Martin, lived to be ninety-throe years old, and his wife to be eighty. Both were members of the Eutheran church. Coonrad was about eight years old when taken to Tennessee by his par- ents, where he was reared and was married, and where he died in 1854, the father of eleven children, vi/: Martin, who died of fever while seizing in the Eoiirth 'rennessee infantry, at the age of twenty-eight ; Jacob, Ireneus, Paul, Erancis, Sarah, Harriet, I'ronie, Alice, Til- man and Rachel. The mother still resiiies on OF BOONE COUNTY. 840 the old homestead of 300 acres in Tennessee, at the age of seventy-six, and is a Lutheran, as was her husband. Coonrad was a republican, and prior to the formation of that party was a know-nothing. He was a strong Union man, and was robbed of over $7,000 worth of prop- erty during the late war by the rebels, who also captured himself, and were about to hang hinr for the reason that his sons had joined the Union forces, but he was saved by the intervention of friends, of whom he had a great number. There were nine of his chil- dren living at the time of his death, to each of whom he gave $1,200, and to his widow he bequeathed his 300-acre farm and $500 in cash. He was a man of considerable consequence in his time, as well as of versatility; was commis- sioner three different times, practiced dentistry and phlebotomy for his neighbors, was an elder in his church, and a liberal contributor to its support, as well as to the aid of every deserving enterprise. Ireneus Isenhour remained on his father’s farm until twenty years old, when he married, in Cocke county, Tenn., January i, 1862, Miss Caroline Easterly, who w'as born in that county June ii, 1841, a daughter of Philip and Elizabeth (Nease) Easterly. In Novem- ber of the same year Mr. Isenhour, in com- pany with his brother Jacob, enlisted in the Eighth Tennessee (Union) infantry, then at Camp Nelson, was sworn in as a recruiting officer, returned home and enlisted 110 men, whom he took to camp; he then returned to Cocke county, in company with another re- cruiting officer, James Kinser, and secured 140 more men. He remained with his regiment until September, 1863, as a recruiting officer, and then joined the Third Tennessee mounted infantry as a private and was elected first cor- poral; was afterward with the Eighth Tennes- see, taking part in all of the marches and en- gagements of both until the close of the winter of 1863, when he was mustered out of service and returned to his own county, but was in hiding in a cave near his own home for six months to avoid capture. Eventually escap- ing, he joined the Third Tennessee infantry and W'as on active duty until mustered out, November 22, 1864, at Knoxville. He then farmed in Cooke county, Tenn., until the fall of 1865, when he came to Boone county, Ind., and located in Worth tow'nship, w'here he w'orked by the day tw'o years, then bought forty acres in Center tow'nship and remained there one year; then came to Perry tow'nship and bought a saw-mill which he ran three months; then engaged in stave making in Worth tow'nship one year; then bought fifty acres east of Whitestow'ii; sold out tw'o years later and lived on rented land for a year; then built a mansion in Whitestown and re- mained there eighteen months, dealing in staves; then passed a year on a farm, and then bought sixty acres w'here he now lives, to which he added twenty acres, all now w'ell drained and otherwise improved. To Mr. and Mrs. Isenhour have been born nine children, viz : Emma, w-ife of James Eletcher; Mary, wife of P". Scott; Calvin; Ellen, married to Charles Burgess; Laura, now' Mrs. A. Jones; Minerva, Melvin, Della and Alineda. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and are greatly respected. Mr. Isenhour is township prosecu- tor of Worth tow'nship, and the G. A. R. claim him as a member. He never has ap- plied for a pension. II.LIAM S. JETT, a prominent farmer and stock raiser of Sugar Creek township, Boone county, Ind., of which he is a native, was born December 15, 1852. The Jett family, so far as known, were from Kentucky, in w'hich state BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY HfyO the subject’s grandfather, Stephen Jett, was horn and reared. Stephen Jett married, in his native state, Nancy Gipson, a Kentucky lady who, after lier husband’s death, came to Boone county about the year 1827 and with her son located not far from the place now occu- pied by the subject of this sketch. Preston Jett, father of William S. , was born February 6, 1S27, in Kentucky, and brought, when quite young, to Boone county, Imh, grew to man- hood on a farm and remained with his mother until her death, which occurred in the year 1870. He married, in Boone county, Mary C. Jessie, who was born November 27, 1829, the daughter of Samuel and Catherine (Porter) Je.ssie, natives of Virginia and early pioneers of the county of Boone. To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. jessie were born eleven children — John, Mary, Martha, Sarah, Jane, Francis, Flizabeth, David, Nancy, Eveline and Esteline. Eour children were born to the marriage of Preston and Mary C. Jett — William S , Margaret A. (deceased), Isaac N., and Samuel. William S. Jett rettiained with his parents, assisting with the labors of the farm until at- taining his majority, when he purchased a place within a short distance of the old home and engaged in the pursuit of agriculture upon his own responsibility. His life has been one of great activity, and his success in his chosen calling has been commensurate with the in- dustry and energy displayed by him since his early youth. He married, March 6, 1873, Hannah M. Blacker, who was born in Clinton county, Ind., October 20, 1853, the daughter of Green and Isabelle (Hinton) Blacker, to which union six children have been born, namely- Norvell, Curtis E., Nina M., Elorence, William E. and Ossie. Mr. Jett owns a fine farm of 209 acres, adorned with good improve- ments, and he is classed among the substantial citizens of Sugar Creek township. 11 is political belief is in harmony with the demo- cratic party and he is an active worker in the Odd I'ellows’ fraternity, belonging to both subordinate lodge and encampment. He and wife are members of the Methodist Protestant church, in which they are both highly esteem- ed for their good works. Mrs. Jett, mother of our subject, lives with her two younger sons on the home farm, and she is now sixty-six years of age, hale and hearty, and her hospitable ways have endeared her to the hearts of a host of friends. AMES W. JAMES, one of the respect- ed farmers of Center township, Boone county, Ind., comes from Scotch, German and Irish ancestry, is a native of the county in which he still resides, and was born November i, 1845. His paternal grandfather moved from Ahrginia to Nicholas county, Ky. , when quite young, and his maternal great-grandfather, Jackson Scott, came from Germany and settled in Virginia. The latter served seven years in the war of the Revolution under Washington, afterward located in Kentucky, and there died at the advanced age of no years. The maternal grandfather, John Scott, was a native of Kentucky and quite a prominent farmer of Montgomery county, in that state. John J. James, father of James W., our subject, was born in Nicholas county, Ky., moved thence to Putnam county, Ind , then to Boone county, and then, in 1830, to Pulaski county, Ind. At that time the country was filled with Indians and great droves of deer and wild turkeys; being a pioneer, he assisted in the organization of Boone. Ilis death took place March 29, 185C. David James, hrother of John J., was one of the early preachers of Boone county, and but seventeen years of age when he began his ministerial work; another brother. Elder Stafford, is still living. OF BOONE COUNTY. 351 James W. James was reared on his father’s farm and educated in the common schools of Boone county. At the youthful age of seven- teen he enlisted, July 27, 1863. in company G, One Hundred and Sixteenth regiment Indiana infantry, and did guard duty at Dearborn, Ind., thence went to Detroit, then to Cleveland, Ohio, Nicholasville, Ky, , and then made a long, dry and hot march of 1 50 miles to Granville, Tenn. ; then made a march of seventeen days to Cumberland Gap — the worst experience he had during the war — many of his comrades dying from starvation and fatigue; the next march was a double-quick through mud and water to Walker’s Ford, four miles distant, where they lay on their arms at night in their wet clothes. Numerous skirmishes were had about this time. After another march of 125 miles to Nicholasville, Ky. , and having been laid up with yellow jaundice for a time, Mr. James was honorably discharged at La Fayette, March i, 1864. He next en- listed May 2, 1864, and w'as placed on guard duty for three months at Bridgeport, Ala., and discharged September 22, 1864; his next enlistment, February 14, 1865, was in the One Hundred and Fiftieth regiment, and he saw service at Harper’s Ferry, Va. , and Stephen- son’s Station; w'as taken sick with catarrh, neuralgia, liver and kidney disorders and gen- eral debility; was sent to Cumberland, Md., and confined to hospital sixteen days, and w’as finally discharged at Wheeling, Va. , June 7, 1865, by general order No. 77, being con- sidered unfit for further duty, and returned to his home in Boone county. December 31, 1865, Mr. James married Miss Lizzie Robinson. He then bought forty- eight acres of his present farm, which he has highly improved with substantial buildings and first-class drainage. Mr. and Mrs. James are both devout members of the Methodist Episco- pal church and are liberal in their contribu- 17 tions to its support. He votes wdth the repub- licans and is a member of the G. A. R., Rich Mountain post. No. 42. In addition to his in- come from his farm, Mr. James is in receipt of a pension from the government he assisted to preserve, this pension now netting him $14 per month. He stands deservedly high in the estimation of the neighbors among whom he has resided so many years, wKo delight in do- ing him honor as a soldier and a citizen. To Mr. and Mrs. James have been born nine chil- dren, viz: William O., Mary J., Charles E., Belle, Henry H., Emma, Claudia, Minta E., and Carter S. EORGE H. JOHNSON.— Prominent among the successful farmers and stock raisers of Boone county, Ind., is George H. Johnson, who for many years has been one of the representative citi- zens of the township of Harrison. Mr. John- son’s ancestors belonged to that large and eminently respectable class of Scotch-Irish emigrants that sought homes on American soil in an early day and stamped their character so permanently in many communities of the east- ern and central states, and whose descendants are to-day among the most substantial and law- abiding citizens of the republic. Erom the most reliable information obtainable it appears that members of the Johnson family settled many years ago in Kentucky, in which state George H. Johnson, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, w'as born and reared. George H. Johnson, Sr., married Mary Walter, daugh- ter of George Walter, and became a resident of Boone county, Ind., as early as the year 1829, locating in Jackson towmship, wdien the few scattered settlements w'ere as niches in the surrounding forest. In the organization of Boone county he w'as a prominent factor, and he became a leading man of the community 8r)2 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY which he was instrumental in founding, and also did much for the moral well-being of the new country, having been an active member of the Baptist church, several congregations of which he assisted in constituting. Politi- cally he was a democrat of the old school, and it is a fact worthy of ncAe that his descend- ants have all taken considerable interest in matters political. Mr. Johnson was twice married, his second wife being Mrs. Mary Chenoweth. Patrick Johnson, son of the pre- ceding and father of the subject of this men- tion, was born in Knox county, Ky. , March 12, i8i8, and accompanied his parents to Boone county, Ind., when twelve years of age. He was reared a farmer, and in Septem- ber, 1842, was united in marriage to Hannah Clements, daughter of John C. and Nancy (Highland) Clements, early settlers of Jackson township, and became the father of the fol- lowing children: George H., Mary A., James F. , John C., Albert N., Martin L., Nancy E., Martha C. , William P., Wilson T., Herbert, Florence and Willard P., all living and heads of families. George H. Johnson, whose name appears at the head of this mention, is a native of Boone county, Ind,, and dates his birth from the twenty-ninth day of June, 1844. He passed his youthful days amid the routine of farm labor, and in the old-fashioned log school- house received the rudiments of an English education, which, supplemented by subsequent years of close and intelligent observation and ob- servation and business contact with his fellow- citizens, has made him a broad-minded and well informed man. He early chose agricul- ture for his life work, and after his marriage, which was solemnized on the twenty-second day of October, 1867, with Nancy J. Martin, daugliter of Elias and Mary JC Martin, began housekeeping in a little log cabin on his first farm, consisting at that time of forty acres j only, a small part of which was under cultiva- ! tion, the remainder being a dense woods and j quagmire. With the energy characteristic of the man, Mr. Johnson at once went to work, and in due season reclaimed his land, added j to his orginal purchase from time to time, un- [ til now he is the fortunate possessor of one of the best improved farms in his township. His place is supplied with all the modern con- veniences of agriculture, and, in addition to general farming, he gives considerable atten- tion to stock raising, which has yielded very satisfactory returns financially. In all that goes to make up the high- minded, honorable citizen, Mr. Johnson is not lacking, and it is safe to assert that no man in the community in which he resides com- mands in a more marked degree the esteem and confidence of the public than he. In politics a democrat, he has never sought nor desired official preferment at the hands of his fellow- citizens, and as a member of the Baptist church, with which he has been identified since 1879, his life has been a commendable example of the pure teachings of that faith. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Johnson: Wblliam P. , died at the age of seven years, December 10, 1876, and Carrie E., married Jordan Sutphin, lives at this time in Boone county. The grandparents of Mrs. Johnson were Benjnmin and Elizabeth Mar- tin, who resided for many years in Shelby county, Ky. , where their resjiective deaths oc- curred. Her parents, IClias and Mary Martin, also residents of the same county and state, came to Boone county, Ind., a number of years ago, and here the mother still resides, the father having departed this life on the twelfth day of March, 1856. Their children are as follows: Nancy J., Elizabeth M., Henry A., IL M., deceased. Elias Martin was a devoted member ol the Bajitist church, a democrat in his political faith, and is remcm- OF BOONE COUNTY. 353 berecl as a man of high sense of honor and sterling integrity hy all who knew him. ACOB JONES is one of the represent- ative farmers of Eagle township, l^oone county, Ind., and a man widely and favorably known. His native state is Ohio and his birth occurred in Morgan county on the eighteenth day of October, 1814. His father, Jacob Jones, was born October 18, 1794, in Pennsylvania, where he grew to manhood and where he married Elizabeth Calvert, a de- scendant of an old German family of the Key- stone state, by whom eight children were born to him, the subject of this sketch being the third in the order of birth. From Pennsyl- vania Jacob Jones and family emigrated to Morgan county, Ohio, where he remained until 1834, in the spring of which year he came to Boone county, Ind. , and purchased real estate in Union township, where he made his home until about 1852. In that year he emigrated westward to the far-off state of Oregon, where the remaining years of his life were spent. Jacob Jones, Sr., was four times married and reared twenty-three children, a number of whom became well known citizens of Indiana and other states. The immediate subject of this biography passed the years of youth and early manhood in his native state, where he received his edu- cational training in the common schools, and in the spring of 1834, accompanied his parents to Boone county, Ind., of which he has since been a well known and honored resident. He early chose agriculture for his life work, to which useful calling he has since devoted his energies, and is now the possessor of a tract of land in Eagle township consisting of 347 acres, nearly all of which is well improved and highly cultivated. Mr. Jones was married in Hamil- ton county, Ind., November 13, 1842, to Susan P. Miller, daughter of Louis and Polly (Mickey) Miller, to which union five children have been born, namely: Mary J., wife of Wrn. Hutton, residing in Union township; James N., who married Anna E. Hutton, a farmer of the town- ship of Union; Lizzie, wife of Albert Pitts, living in Eagle township; John, deceased; and an infant that died unnamed. Mrs. Jones was born in North Carolina February 8, 1822, and came with her parents to Boone county in 1833, and has been a resident of the same for a period of over sixty-one years. After his marriage Mr. Jones settled on his father’s old farm, where he lived until the spring of 1852, at which time he purchased land of his own in Union township, cultivating the same until his removal to the township of Eagle, where he now resides. Mr. Jones is a prominent citi- zen, has lived a life of great industry, and now, when the frosts of age are coming on, he finds himself fortunately situated with a comfortable competency of this world’s goods. His life has been one of great activity, and the man- ner in which he has met and overcome its many obstacles is sufficient proof that he has, in a great degree, solved the problem of success. OHN C. JOHNSON was bcrn in Boone county, Ind., October 8, 1849, and is a son of Patrick and Hannah (Clements) Johnson. Patrick Johnson was born in Knox county, Ky.. March 12, 1818, and Hannah Johnson was born in the same state in September, 1824. They were married in Boone county, Ind., September 15, 1842, bought forty acres of land in Jefferson town- ship, and entered eighty acres additional. They became the parents of thirteen children, born in the following order: George H., Mary A. (wife of J. Johnson), James F. , John C. , Albert N., Morton L., Nancy E. (wife of Charles Burke), Martha C. (wife of W. Cassi- BIOGRAPHICAL IILSTORY :5r)4 (lay), William P. , Wilson T. , Patrick, Florence (wife of S. Davis), and Herbert M. The par- ents now reside in Hendricks county, where the father owns a farm of i 8o acres. In reli- pdon he is a Baptist, and in politics is a stanch prohibitionist. John C. Johnson remained on the home farm until twenty-four years of af:^e, when he married and located on the forty-acre farm on which he now lives. The date of his wedding was March 24, 1874, and the name of his bride was Martha E. Bray; she was born in Hendricks county, Ind., November 24, 1852, daughter of Alfred and Margaret Bray, who were respectively born in Ohio and North Car- olina. John C. and wife became the parents of seven children, as follows: Alfred W. (de- ceased), Martin E. (deceased), Elorida E., Effie L., Mystel B., an infant that died un- named, and Ethel J. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are respected members of the Baptist church, and in politics he is a democrat. He is also an active member of the Horse Thief Detective association, a society that is of greatbene fit to horse owners throughout the country. Per- ry township contains no more useful citizen than Mr. Johnson. ILLIAM ALLEN JONES. —Boone county is noted for the number of well-to-do citizens who be- gan life here, after serving their country as soldiers, with small means, and, by practicing the virtues of industry and thrift, have become prosperous farmers. William A. Jones is an c.xcellent example (4 this fact. He descends from ]ohn C. Jones, a hardy })ioneer of Kentucky, who was his grandfather, and settled at an early period in b'lerning county in that state, where he married a Miss Swaim, became the father of three sons — James, John and Isaac, and three daughters, Hannah, Mary and Celie. Mr. Jones moved to Marion county, Ind., about the year 1828, settled eight miles northwest of Indianapolis, built a grist- mill on Big Eagle creek, and lived there until the end of the Black Hawk war, in 1834, when he moved with his family to Marshall county, where he was one of the original pio- neei'S among the Pottawattomie Indians, seven miles north of Plymouth. He was a mechanic and worked at various trades, lived to the great age of eighty years and died in Marshall county. James Jones, the father of William Allen Jones, was born in Kentucky in 1811 and came with his father, when young, to Marion county, Ind. He learned the cab- inet maker’s trade with one Andrew Reed in Franklin, Ind., in the year 1833, and was a soldier in the Black Hawk war. He mar- ried, December 25, 1834, Lydia, daughter of Allen and Sallie Brock, and soon afterward moved to Marshall county. To Mr. and Mrs. Jones were born two children — James M., born April 20, 1836, and William A. , March 22, 1838, both born in Marshall county. Mr. Jones died at the comparatively early age of twenty-seven years, in November, 1838. He was a man of excellent character, industrious and respected. Lydia Jones, at the death of her husband, returned to the home of her father, Allen Brock, in Boone county, where she lived with her two children until she was married, January 27, 1841, to John Lowe, with whom she lived happily until her death, July 17, 1885. Lydia Brock was born May 9, 1811, in Grainger county, Tenn., near Tazewell, and came to Indiana with her par- ents, who located in Putnam county, on the Walnut fork of the Eel river, where they re- sided until about 1830, when they removed to Boone county and settled about six miles east of Lebanon. y\llen and Sallie Brock, her par- ents, reared a family of ten children five sons and five daughters, viz : Jayhus, Nancy, OF BOONE COUNTY. S55 Lidd}', Allen, Sallie A., Khoda, Hiram, Prior, Louisa, and Campbell, all of whom married and reared respected families. John Lowe was born March 4, 1813, was brought to Indiana in November, 1816, while the state was yet a territory, and came to Boone in 1826, four years before the county was organized. Mhlliam A. Jones received the education of the district school and during the winter of 1860-61 attended Crawfordsville college. In August, 1862, he enlisted at Indianapolis, as a musician of the brass band, Thirty-ninth Ind- iana volunteer infantry. After a spell of pneumonia of about six weeks’ duration, Mr. Jones was ordered, with his company, to report to the regiment at Camp Nevin, Ky. , and Mr. Jones stayed with the company until January, 1863, when he was discharged at Mumfords- ville, Ky. , by general order, regimental bands having been discontinued. After the war Mr. Jones came to Boone county and engaged in the saw-mill business, which he followed suc- cessfully for years. In 1865 he engaged, in company with Jacob H. Laughner, under the firm name of Laughner & Jones, in Marion county, Ind., and continued three years. In 1870 he moved to Boone county and settled on his present farm of 148 acres. This land was covered with splendid timber of many varieties, and Mr. Jones put up a saw-mill on it, which he operated for two years, the hugh trees of oak, walnut, ash, popular and elm, making the best of timber. Mr. Jones gradually cleared up his farm, to which he turned his entire attention, and now has one of the best in Boone county, which he has improved and drained well, and on which he has erected good buildings. On November 22, 1865, he married, in Boone county, Allie C., daughter of William and Mary (Hamilton) Hunter. Mr. Hunter was a silversmith in Indianapolis and was from an old Kentucky family, who were of Pennsylvania-Dutch stock, first set- tling in Ohio, afterward Kentucky, and then Indiana. He and wife were the parents of three children — Walter H., Allie C. and one who died young. Walter PI. Hunter was in Col. Oyler’s regiment Indiana volunteer infantry. He enlisted at the breaking out of the war, and was among the missing at the bat- tle of Resaca. His body was never found. Mr. Hunter died at Greenwood, Ind., at the home of Henry Hunter, and Mrs. Jones was left an orphan at three years of age, her mother having died one year previously. She was brought up by her step-grandmother, the second wife of her grandfather — Henry Hunter — who came from Kentucky in 1835 and set- tled at Greenwood, where he died. Mrs. Jones came to Boone county at the age of seven- teen years and lived with her aunt, Jane Dooley, and was married at the age of twenty years, having been born in Indianapolis, December 27, 1847. She is a lady of refined, pleasant manners, and many virtues. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have four children living — Zula, Bessie, Gracie and William. Mr. Jones votes with the republican party; he has generally been successful in business, is a practical and pros- perous farmer and entirely self-made. He has one of the most intelligent and respected families in Boone county, and is giving his children good educations. Fraternally he is a non-affiliating Odd Fellow and has filled the office of vice-grand at Tipton, Ind. OHN MERRITT JONES, of Marion township, Boone county, Ind., was born in Mason county, Va., October 17, 1842, the son of John and Sarah (Knapp) Jones, natives, respectively, of Vir- ginia and Ohio. The subject’s grandfather, John Jones, was born of English parentage and early moved from Virginia to Kentucky, where he accumulated a large landed estate and be- BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY B 5 G came quite wealthy, owning at the time of his death, beside otlier jmoperty, quite a number of slaves. He served in the Indian wars under Gen. St. Clair and received a gun-shot wound in the knee, which necessitated the amputation of his leg. He was twice married, the first time to a Miss Caplinger, by whom he had one child, Elizabeth A., and his second marriage, which was solemized with a Miss Varble, re- sulted in the birth of a son, James Jones, father of the subject of this biography. John Jones died some time in the ’forties and was laid to rest at Westport, Ky., where his wife is also buried. James Jones was born July 20, 1806, in Oldham county, Ky. ; was reared a farmer, and afterward worked at the shoemaker’s trade. He was a mechanical genius, and a number of inventions of different kinds was the result of his skill in this direction. Beside manufacturing different kinds of tools, he built flouring-mills, carding machines, and for many years was a valuable member of the community where he resided. In early life he attended the schools of Louisville, Ky. , where he re- ceived a fine education, and he always took a lively interest in the intellectual, as well as material, development of his neighborhood. He became a resident of Boone county a num- ber of years ago, settling in Clinton township, where he resided until his death, which oc- curred at the age of fifty-seven years. James Jones was twice married, his first wife being a Miss Chambers of Westport, Ky. , who bore two children, John G., born in 1829, and Robert F. , whose birth occurred in the year 1832. By his second wife, whose maiden name was Cynthia Knapj:), daughter of John and Sarah Knapp, of Ohio, he reared a family of four children, namely: Joann, born 1838; John M., whose birth is mentioned above; Etta, born 1843; Harriet, born in the year 1845, whom grew to be men and women and reared families of their own. The early life of John Merritt Jones was passed upon a farm with the rugged duties of which he became familiar while quite young, and he followed agricultural pursuits, princi- pally in Boone county, until entering the service of the Union in 1861. In August of that year he enlisted in company F, Fortieth Indiana infantry, and was with his command in Kentucky and Ten- nessee, but owing to physical disability, did not participate in very much active military duty. On account of sickness he was dis- charged from the service June 10, 1862, but in March, 1864, he re-enlisted in company G, One Hundred and Sixteenth Indiana volunteers, with which he served for a limited period; sub- sequently he entered the army for the third time, enlisting in company C, One Hundred and Thirty-ninth regiment, with which he served in the capacity of sergeant until honorably dis- charged on the 29th day of September, 1864. After his discharge he returned to Boone county and for three years was engaged in the saw-milling business, at the end of which time he purchased forty acres of land and began farming. He has added to his original pur- chase and now owns a comfortable little home in Marion township, which contains many of the conveniences necessary to make it attract- ive and desirable. Mr. Jones is a man of re- fined tastes and conservative disposition, and belongs to that large and eminently respectable class of people who do so much in a quiet way for the well-being of a community. Political- ly he is a republican, and as such served four years as assessor of his township, refusing to accei)t a third election. He was married August 22, 1867, to Ann F., daughter of William and Mahala (Swain) Lane, a union blessed with the birth of four children - Addie L. , born November, 1871; Alforetta, born |uly 26, 1873; Nellie, born in 1881; W’ilbert, born 1885. OF BOONE COUNTY. 357 ENJAMIN F. and JOHN C. COGLE. These brothers are honored veter- an soldiers of the Civil war, both having risked their lives in some of its hardest-fonght battles, out of which neither came unscathed, or without sacrifice and suffer- ing. Benjamin F. Coglewas born in Frankfort, Ky. , in April, 1840, and gained a common school education. He was at New Castle, Ky. , when the war broke out, and came to Silver Creek, Camp Jo Holt, Ind., and on August 13th, 1861, enlisted in company C, Second regiment Kentucky cavalry, serving until July 17th, 1865, when he was honorably discharged, at Lexington, N. C., as corporal. During this long and gallant service he was in the follow- ing battles: Shiloh, Chattanooga, Perryville, Frankfort, Atlanta, Savannah, Munfordsville, Ky. , and in many skirmishes. He was also in ail the battles of the Atlanta campaign, and on Sherman’s march to the sea. While skir- mishing between Goldsboro and Lexington, Corporal Cogle was thrown from his horse, badly spraining his right ankle, injuring it so greatly that he was sent to the hospital at McDougal, sixteen miles from New York city, where he remained about two months, return- ing to his regiment at Lexington, N. C., where he was discharged on account of the closing of the war. After the war he returned to New Castle, remaining until he came to Boone county, Ind., about 1870, and engaged in farm work. He also receives $ 1 2 per month pension. In politics he is a republican. He is a hard-working man and respected citizen. John C. Coglewas born March 15, 1843, at Frankfort, Ky., received a common education, and learned the candy and bakery business, which he followed in New Castle, Ky. At the early age of nineteen years he enlisted at Emi- nence, Henry county, Ky. , in August, 1862, in company H, Ninth Kentucky cavalry, and served until discharged at Eminence, Ky. , Sep- tember, 1863, with rank of sergeant. He was in the battle of Perryville, Ky. , but was prin- cipally engaged against Morgan. He was in the famous chase after Morgan through Ken- tucky, Indiana and Ohio, and when Morgan made his famous invasion of the latter state Sergeant Cogle’s battalion captured the rebel general and his men on the Ohio river. At the battle of Perryville Seargeant Cogle was se- verely wounded and his horse was shot dead from under him. The corporal’s spine was in- jured and he lost the sight of his right eye. After the war he carried on a confectionery es- tablishment at New Castle, Ky., until he came to Boone county, Ind. , in i 876, and engaged in farm work. July 31, 1883, Mr. Cogle was united in marriage to Mary A., daughter of Elias and Susan (Mclntire) Garner. Mr. Gar- ner was a farmer and a native of Jefferson township, Boone county. He died at the age of about fifty-five years. He was a much re- spected citizen, and to him and wife were born six children — Samuel R., William, Albert, Charles, Mary A. and Eva. After marriage, Mr. Cogle and wife settled down to farm life. He bought his present farm of fifty acres in 1892, and has a comfortable and pleasant home and $16 per month pension. Mr. and Mrs. Cogle are the parents of four children — Stella M., Bessie E., Ula (died at three years of age) and Egbert. Mr. Cogle votes with the republican party. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. of New Castle, Ky. , and was treasurer of his lodge for several years. He is also a member of Thorn- town lodge, I', and A. M., and both of these brothers are members of the G. A. R. , of Ad- vance, Ind. They were both in a hostile state when the war broke out and were sur- rounded by rebels, when it was dangerous to express Union sentiments, but they loyally stood by their conscience and the country in the time of her greatest need, when it required 358 BIOGRAPIIICAT. HISTORY great courage both moral and physical. The father of these soldier boys was Benjamin F. Cogle, born in Pennsylvania, of ster- ling Dutch stock. He learned the baker and confectionery trade, and when young went to Kentucky, where he married Martha Kincaid of P'rankfort, and she became the mother of these two soldiers. Mrs. Cogle died, and Mr. Cogle married Amanda Brewer, who bore three children: Amanda, Mary and William. This wife also died, and Mr. Cogle married Jennie Suddith. Mr. Cogle died at fifty-six years of age. He was an industrious, upright man, and respected member of the Christian church, honorable in all his dealings. EV. WILLIAM H. JONES, of Le- banon, Boone county, Ind., is the popular minister of the United Breth- ren church and an old soldier. His great-grandfather came from Scotland before the war of the Revolution. His son, John, the grandfather of our subject, was born in Mary- land, was a farmer, and settled in Dearborn county, Ind., among the pioneers, where he married and reared a family of seven chil- dren. Their names are Parrnelia, Josiah, Will- iam, James, John, Amanda and Thomas. Mrs. Jones died, and, soon after, Mr. Jones moved to Decatur county, Ind., where he married a widow, Mrs. Phcebe Wilson, to whom were born four children, as follows — Nancy, Robert, Milton and Hiram. Mr. Jones passed the remainder of his days in Scott coun- ty, Ind., and was a substantial farmer. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and with Perry in the battle of Lake Erie on the brig Niagara and a messmate of the famous James Byrd, -who was wounded and transferred from the brig Niagara to the St. Lawrence without proper authority and tried and sho tas a desert- er, the vessel bearing his reprieve being in sight. Mr. Jones was a deacon in the Baptist church. All of his sons young enough were soldiers in the Civil war — William, John, James, Thomas, Robert, Milton and Hiram; two of them, John and William, died from sick- ness, and John was killed at the battle of Chickamauga. Mr. Jones also had two grand- sons in the war — William H. and John P'. He lived to the great age of ninety-one years and died in Scott county, Ind. William Jones, son of above and father of our subject, was born in Dearborn county, Ind., near Law- renceburg, July 24, 1824, received a limited education and learned farming. He married Sarah A. Mitchell, of Decatur county, Ind., who still survives him. To them were born five children — William H., George W., Joseph A., Priscilla J., and James. After marriage Mr. Jones settled in Decatur county, Ind., but in 1859 moved to Scott county, Ind., where he passed all the remainder of his days. He enlisted in 1864, November 30, at Indian- apolis, in company C, One Hundred and P'orty-fifth regiment Indiana volunteer infant- ry, for one year, and died in Cumberland hos- pital at Nashville, Tenn., June 30, 1865. He was a member of the Christian church, and an industrious man and respected citizen. He was a republican in politics and a member of the I. O. O. F. Rev. William H. Jones, our subject, was born July 29, 1847, in Westport, Decatur county, Ind. He received a common school education and was but seventeen years of age when he enlisted, November 30, 1864, at In- dianapolis, Ind., in company 1 ), Plighth regi- ment Indiana volunteer cavalry, under Ca[)t. Stanley and Col. P'. A. Jones. He served about nine months, when he was honorably discharged at Indianapolis, Ind., August 29, 1865, on account of the closing of the war. He was in the battles of Columbia, S. C., Black River, Bentonville, Durham Station OF BOONE COUNTY 359 and many skirmishes. He was in Sherman’s campaign through the Carolinas, starting from Savannah, Ga., and he was present with Sher- man when he held his armistice with the Con- federate general, Johnston. Mr. Jones was al- ways an active soldier and was never sick, wounded, nor taken prisoner. He was in all the battles, skirmishes and marches of his regiment. He took part in the battle of Nash- ville, although his company and regiment were not in it. He served his country faithfully and with credit to himself and family. After the war he attended high school at Austin, Ind. He was for several years an engineer, during which time he ran a railroad switch engine nine months. Rev. Jones was converted to the cause of Christ at the early age of fourteen years and joined the Methodist church. In 1872 he became a member of the Evangelical church and was licensed as a local minister the next year. In December, 1876, he be- came united with the church of the United Brethren in Christ and was regularly ordained as a minister, in Newton county, Ind., by Bishop Weaver, and immediately began preaching at Clark’s Hill, Tippecanoe county? Ind. Since that time he has had charges at Ash Grove, 111 ., Rossville, 111 ., Newport, Ind., Ambia, Ind., Stone Bluff, Ind., Wood- land, 111 ., St. Joseph, 111 ., and was trans- ferred to Longview, 111 ., whence he came to Thorntown, in 1892, where he remained one year, and came to Lebanon in 1893. Rev. Jones has been successful in his ministry. He organized the church near Alvin, 111 ., and has assisted in building several churches. He was married March 17, 1871, at Green- field, Ind., to Miss Mary C., daughter of Martin Lee; and to Mr. and Mrs. Jones three children have been born: Elmer E., deceased an infant, William O., and Sarah E. Socially Mr. Jones is an Odd Fellow and is chaplain of Ben Adhem lodge, Lebanon. He is one of those clergymen who work solely for the cause of Christ and the salvation of the people, and his unvarying success can be attrib- uted to his sincerity, unceasing diligence and a natural kindness of heart which attracts many people to him. His son, William O., is a young man of ability, of excellent morals and a vigorous mind, which enables him to readily grasp most branches of study. He is educating himself with a view to one of the learned professions. OHN J. KERN, one of the most pros- perous farmers of Center township, Boone county, Ind., and also a re- doubtable hunter of large game, de- scends from an old Pennsylvania-Dutch family, but was born in Lawrence county, Ind., December 25, 1828. His grandfather, Adam Kern, was the progenitor of the American family, having come from Holland in the colonial days and settled in Pennsylvania. He there reared a family and then went to Nicholas county, Ky., of which he was a pioneer, but finally settled in Monroe county, Ind., where he died at an advanced age. His son, William Kern, the father of John J., whose name opens this sketch, was born in Pennsylvania, and was twenty-one years of age when he went with his father to Kentucky. He there married Susan Sears, of that state but of Pennsylvania descent. To their union were born ten children, who lived to be grown and were named as follows : Ezra, Noah, Benjamin, Peter, John J., Adam C., Catherine, Louisa, Susan J. and Mary S. ; of these Ezra was born in Kentucky, but early in the century removed to Lawrence county, Ind., with his father, William, who became one of the fore- most farmers of that county, and was owner of one the best farms, 160 acres of which he 800 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY left his children at the time of his death at the age of hfty-six years. John J. Kern, whose nativity is given above, was born on his father’s farm and re- ceived a common school education. As a young man he took great delight in hunting and fishing, and, as game was abundant, killed many a deer and wild turkey, as well as bear, catamounts, wild cats and numerous coons, ’ possoms, pheasants and squirrels, keeping the family well supplied with provisions, as well as ridding the country of vicious beasts of prey. August 15, 1847, married Margaret E. Feely, daughter of William and Sarah (Alexander) Feely, which union was blessed with five children : Eliza J., Fois A., Marion, Susan R. and Mary E. In December, 1852, Mr. Kern came to Boone county and settled on his present farm of 160 acres, to which he added by industry and thrift until he owned 535 acres, and of this handsome estate he has given his children all but 295 acres. Mr. Kern has always been a thrifty and hard-work- ing man, and is entirely self-made. His course through life has been upright, winning the re- spect of his neighbors wherever he has resided. He and wife have long been members of the Christian church, in which he has been a dea- con for many years, and of which he is a trustee; he is also quite liberal in his contri- butions to its suppiort. In politics he is an earnest republican, and, fraternally, a non- affiliating Odd Fellow. Mr. Kern is among the best known hunters of large game in the state of Indiana, as intimated in the opening of this biograjdiy. He has in his possession a magnihcent head and antlers of a brown elk, which he shot in the Rocky Mountains in Wyoming in 1889, on the Co- lumbia line, and these have been mounted by Beasley, of Febaium, and are considered the finest in America. He has also many splendid specimens of skulls and antlers of deer which he has killed. His farm is well stocked with choice animals, and his is one of the best pasture farms of Center township. Mr. Kern’s daughter, Eliza J., is married to James H. Kersey, a thriving farmer of the township, and is the mother of two children — Stella M. and John J. ; his daughter, Lois A., is the wife of Solon M. Atkinson, also a prosperous farmer of the township, and has one daughter, Lillian L. None occupy a higher social posi- tion in Boone county than the family of Mr. Kern. AMES KERSEY is one of the original pioneers of Center township and a man who has reached the patriarchal age of eighty-five years. The founder of the family came to America before the war of the Revolution. He is descended from excellent Scotch-Irish ancestry. James Kersey, father of our subject, was born in Carolina. His par- ents died when he was young and James Ker- sey was reared by others. He became a farm- er and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He was also a pioneer in Kentucky, and was acquainted with the famous frontiersman, Daniel Boone, and was in several difficulties with the Indians. He married Susan Bell, a relative of Daniel Boone. The Bells were of English stock, but an old American family. To Mr. and Mrs. Kersey were born six chil- dren; Elisha, Vica, Elizabeth, John, James and Eliza. This is the proper order of birth and all are now deceased, except our subject. Mr. Kersey became a substantial farmer of Nicholas county, Ky., owning a good farm. He lived to tlie age of seventy-seven years. He was the t3'pical American i)ioneer farmer, straightforward in his dealings and in his younger days he was a great hunter, the state of Kentucky being a paradise lor game of all kinds. In political opinions he voted with the OF BOONE COUNTY. 301 old-line whigs. James Kersey, our subject, was born in Nicholas county, Ky. , November 9, 1809, on his father’s farm. He received but little education, but learned to read and write. He was taught to work as soon as his young arms could bear the burden, and at nine years of age he began to plow, and since that time has assisted to make a crop every year. He married at the age of twenty-one, in Bath county, Ky. , in October, 1830, Nancy, daugh- ter of John and Priscilla Neal, sister of Judge Stephen Neal of Lebanon. Mr. Kersey bought land and engaged in farming. In the fall of 1836, he came to Boone county, making the journey with a four-horse wagon, and settled on land which he had bought the August be- fore, which consisted of eighty acres. By hard labor and great industry, he cleared this land from the primeval forest and by thrift he grad- ually added to it until he owned 240 acres, which was an excellent farming property. Be- ing liberal to his children he gave them part of it and sold some of it, and now retains 1 20 acres for a homestead, which is well improved and drained. When he first settled on his land, it was* covered with large trees, except about five acres, which were partly cleared, and on which a log cabin stood, which had neither floor, chimney nor door. Part of this cabin is still standing, now used as an out- house. This hardy pioneer, assisted by his sturdy wife, made light of trifles and patiently endured the hardships of frontier life and soon made a good home. They became the parents of six children, John M., James W., Stephen J., Caroline, William A. and Armstead J. — their names being in the order of their birth. Mr. Kersey gave his children all good common educations and reared a respected family. He has always been one of the industrious and thrifty men of Boone county, and honored for his integrity. He was a strong Union man during the Civil war, in which he had one son, Stephen J., who served nine months. In po- litical opinions, Mr. Kersey was one of the or- ignal republicans of Boone county, and he at one time held the office of county supervisor. Armstead Jerome Kersey, son of above, was born October 28, 1850, on the old homestead, received a common education and was brought up a farmer. He is one of the practical farm- ers and stock raisers of Center township, and is straightforward in his business transactions, and is now managing the home farm. He voted with the republican party until recently, when he became a populist. His father, James Kersey, is the oldest man now living in Boone county, who came to this county with a wife, who is now living. He has been married the long period of sixty-four years. AMES H. KIBBEY, leading farmer and one of the old settlers of Jackson township, Boone county, Ind , was born in Carter county, Ky. , Sep- tember 8, 1825. His granilfather, Ephraim, and his father, Moses, were born in New Jer- sey, came to Ohio where Cincinnati now stands, and Moses was reared in Ohio. Moses Kibbey, when a young man, emigrated from Cincinnati to Carter county, Ky., where he engaged in the manufacture of salt, and where he married Sallie Everman, daughter of Michael Everman, a well-to-do farmer. To this marriage were born Jacob, Clarinda, David, Delilah, Jacinthia, Moses, William, Perry, Ephraim and* James H. — the last named the only one now living. Moses Kib- bey accumulated considerable property and was the owner of a large number of slaves. He and wife were members of the Christian church, in which he was an elder, and their house was often the place of worship in those early days. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was a very prominent citizen of his county. 362 BIOGRAPHICAL IILSTORY James H. Kibbey was instructed in the ru- diments of an English education in an old- fasliioned log school-house in Carter county. December 4, 1 849, he married Martha Ann Gill, daughter of Samuel C. and Sallie ( Ma- lone ) Gill, of Bath county, Ky., and to an interesting sketch of the Gill family, further on, the attention of the reader is invited. After his marriage, Mr. Kibbey purchased a 300-acre farm and engaged in farming and saw-milling, but this he sold and bought an- other tract, containing 500 acres, on which, also, was a saw-mill, grist-mill and carding fac- tory. This land he sold in due course of time, and came to Boone county, Ind. , arriving November 20, 1853, and here settled on an unimproved tract of 225 acres, which his wife’s father had entered some years pre- viously. This was an utter wildwood when Mr. Kibbey took possession, but is now one of the best improved farms in the county. Here were reared the children born to James H. and Martha Ann Kibbey; they are named as follows: Sarah T., Mary G., Ephraim, Ann Eliza, Moses, Emila E. (the last named three deceased), William P. , Clara H. and George. Mr. and Mrs. Kibbey have for many years been devout Christians, and Mr. Kibbey is the oldest living member of the old Union church. In politics Mr. Kibbey is a democrat, and was formerly very active in his support of the party. He has served as township trustee three terms, and has filled the position of jus- tice of the peace. I'raternally, he is a member of Luther lodge. No. 227, I. O. O. E., at James- town, and is the oldest in membership, having been a charter member in 1862; he passed all the chairs, united with the grand lodge, and then became a member of the encampment at |amestown. The standing of the Kibbey family in the township and county in which they have so long lived is a most enviat)le one, both so- cially and financially, and their walk through life well worthy of emulation. The follow- ing interesting notes are abridged from the HISTORY OF THE GILL FAMILY. About the year 1718, some peasants, or fishermen, found an infant lying upon the shores of one of those seas that lash the coast of Ireland. The child was wrapped in rags, had the gill of a fish in its mouth and was lying within easy reach of the rapidly approaching, resistless, and merciless tide. * * * * * Since the gill of a fish had been found between its lips, they at once called it Gill, to which the name of John was prefi.xed. The blood of this child has run in the veins of more than 10,000 Ameri- cans. Their number is beyond calculation, and the names of thousands of them beyond the reach of the historian. * * * * * This lad, John Gill, in 1732, was learning the weaver’s trade in Ireland, but on account of a quarrel betw'een himself and master, he fled from the Emerald isle, secreted himself on a boat bound for the new world, and landed in New York harbor. In 1748 he married a Miss Duncan, of Scotch descent. Thomas Gill, son of the above and grand- father of Mrs. Martha A. (Gill) Kibbey, was born in 1765. He was a captain in the Revo- lutionary w'ar and was noted for his bravery in battle. He married Hannah Criswell in 1785. They settled in South Carolina, but later moved to Kentucky. Thomas and Hannah (Criswell) Gill lived to a ripe old age and died in Crawford county. Ilk, in 1857. Samuel C. Gill, son of Capt. Thomas Gill, the Revolutionary soldier and grandson of the Irish waif, was born in the state of South Carolina November 22, 1783. The boy early became inured to farm labor. The j)low was made with the wooden mold board. He married Sarah Malone Septem- ber 23, 1807, daughter of Jonathan and Mary Malone. All their worldly possessions OF BOONE COUNTY. 363 they placed on a pony and emigrated to Bath county, Ky. , settling on Licking river. He bought the only mill in the vicinity for fifty dollars, made a good dam, and put in new and better machinery. Later he attached a saw-mill, and supplied the whole country, for a radius of fifty miles, with sawed timber. He made numerous trips into Indiana and entered large bodies of land in Boone, Put- nam, Montgomery and Hendricks counties, as well as in Douglas county. 111 ., thus lay- ing the foundation for a large fortune, especi- ally for his children. Samuel C. Gill was highly respected by the people of his county, and they often honored him with their confi- dence by electing him to some county office. He served as justice of the peace for nearly a quarter of a century. By virtue of the office and according to the law (he becoming the oldest justice) he also filled the office of sheriff. He lived an honest and upright life, and although he was not identified with any religious sect, he aided liberally in building churches and paying preachers. The wife was a consistent member of the old Iron- side Baptist church. She was loved for her many charities and her hospitable disposition. She died, as she had lived, December 22, 1847. On November i, 1849, he married Elizabeth Reed. The old people lived happily together for many years. About the year 1845 he sold the mill and farm, and died in Fleming county, Ky., November 23, 1854. ILLIAM A. KUSER.— Among the respected citizens of Boone county who served their country bravely and with credit during the great Civil war, and whose record well deserves preservation in history, is William A. Kuser, the subject of this sketch. The founders of his family in America were pioneers in the great Keystone state and descended from that race who are noted for their steadiness and in- dustry — the Germans. Daniel Kuser, the father of our subject, was one of the oldest railroad engineers in the United States. Be- fore steam was applied on the B. & O. rail- road, he hauled freight on this line with horses. He finally settled in Frederick county, Md., and in the fall of 1856 moved with his family to Indiana and settled on land in Marion coun- ty. He had married, in Maryland, Christina Fisher, and to them were born five children — Samuel, William A., Cornelia E., Rebecca and Mary C. Mr. Kuser passed all the re- mainder of his days in Marion county and died at the age of seventy years. In political opin- ions he was a stanch democrat. He was an industrious and honorable citizen. William A. Kuser was born in Frederick City, Md., February 5, 1840, received the edu- cation of the common schools and was about si.xteen years of age when he came with his father to Indiana. He worked with his father until 1862 on the farm, and on July 19, he of- fered his services to his country and enlisted at Indianapolis, Ind., in company G, Seven- tieth regiment, Indiana volunteer infantry, for three years or during the war, under Capt. Parker S. Carson. He was in the battle of Russellville, Ky. , September 30, 1 862 ; Resaca, Ga., May 15, 1864; Golgotha, Ga., June 15, 1864; Dallas, Ga. , in June, 1864; Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., July 3, 1864; Peach Tree Creek, Ga., July 20, 1864; siege of Atlanta, Ga., July — August, 1 864; Savannah, Ga. , December 21, 1864; Lottenville, N. C., February 6, 1865; Arrysboro, N. C. , March 16, 1865; Benton- ville, N. C. , 1865, and in many skirmishes, some of them so severe as to be really battles. He was in Sherman’s famous march to the sea, and endured all the hardships and vicissitudes in this greatest march in history. Mr. Kuser was neither sick in hospital nor wounded and 804 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY did not ride a day in an ambulance during the war. He was always on active duty and at his post, and took part in every battle and skirmish of his regiment. Ex-President Har- rison was the colonel of his regiment when it left Indianapolis, and while on Sherman’s march to the sea he was commissioned l)riga- dier-general. Mr. Kuser was on the return march and in the grand review at Washington. After the war he returned to Marion county, Ind., and resumed farming, and on December 6, 1865, married Rachael E., daughter of Richard and Erances (McLain) Hogland. To Mr. and Mrs. Hogland were born three chil- dren — James, Mary A., and Rachael E. Mr. Hogland moved to Boone county in 1870, and settled on eighty acres of land in Center town- ship. He died March 15, 1876, aged sixty- ihree years. In politics he voted the democratic ticket, and he was a member of the Baptist church. He was a man of good character and very industrious. After marriage Mr. Kuser resided in Marion county, until 1870, when he came to Boone county and settled on a farm of sixty-four acres where he still lives. He has always voted with the democrats. He and wife are members of the Christian church. Mr. Kuser is a veteran soldier, who has a splendid military record. He did his duty cheerfully and faithfully, and has faced rebel bullets in many a hard-fought battle field. Eew soldiers, if any, in this county have a better military record, than this cpiiet and respected citizen of Center township. a HAKI.ES CLAY LaFOLLETTE, one of the firm of Buckles Ik. LaEol- lette, undertakers and furniture deal- ers of Thorntown, Boone county, Ind., was born in Shaimondale, Ind., Septem- ber 19, 1867, and is a scm of Jacob and Sarah E. (Young) Eah'ollctte. Charles Clay Lah'ollette was reared on the home farm until eighteen years of age, receiv- ing, in the meantime, all the advantages that the country schools of his district afforded. At eighteen he entered Wabash college, where for one and one-half years he devoted his most assiduous attention to study, and then returned to the home farm. Being now past twenty- one years old, he entered the Commercial col- lege of Indianapolis, where he concluded his studies in June, 1890, and then again returned to the home farm, on which he remained until October, 1792, when he came to Thorntown to assume the responsibilities of business life. Here he followed the grocery trade until April, 1893, when he sold out and bought an interest in the furniture and undertaking establishment of Buckles & Binford, and, under the firm style of Buckles, Binford & LaFollette, the business was carried until Sepetmber, 1893, when the partnership was dissolved, and since then the firm has been known as Buckles & LaFollette. This enterprising firm carry a large and well selected stock of household furniture and of undertaking supplies; their stock is neatly arranged, and both members of the firm are gentlemanly and pleasant to deal with. Mr. LaFollette was happily married at Thorntown, September 17, 1893, to Miss Emma Campbell, a native of Boone county, Ind., born February 4, 1867, a daughter of Joseph and Cynthia (Ball) Campbell, who are now living in Thorntown, in retirement. Mr. LaFollette is a member of the blue lodge, F. A A. M., and of the grand lodge and encamp- ment of the I. (). (4. I'., and also of the grand lodge of the K. of P. Ile jias been preixared for his business by graduating from the Indiana Embalming college. He and wife are Presby- terians in their religious belief, and both enjoy an enviable position in society. 1 n his jiclitics he is an ardent democrat. OF BOONE COUNTY. 365 EVI LANE is one of the most hon- ored and respected citizens of Leb- anon. He has for many years been connected with the office of circuit clerk, holding this office personally for several years, and was deputy under the second clerk of the circuit court — Samuel S. Brown — the first clerk of this court for Boone county hav- ing been David Hoover. Mr. Lane descends from sterling English stock. His grandfather, James Lane, came from England at the age of fourteen years, having run away from his par- ents, who lived in the city of London. He shipped on board a vessel for America, and at New York was apprenticed to pay his passage money. At the age of eighteen he was drafted into the colonial army and served throughout the Revolutionary war. He married in Vir- ginia, and, with his wife, shortly after moved to Grainger county, Tenn., in which state Mr. Lane was one of the pioneers. He cleared up a good farm on Flat creek, and here passed the remainder of his days. To Mr. Lane and wife were born four children — William, James, Edward, and one daughter, whose name is not remembered. He was a member of the Bap- tist church, and well known throughout the county as a man of sterling worth. He reached the great age of eighty years. William Lane, his son, the father of our subject, was born in Virginia, December 2, 1787, was taken to Tennessee by his parents and grew up among the pioneers of that state. He became a farmer and married Sarah Haines, who was born February 14, 1782. She was the daugh- ter of David Haines, who was of Irish stock. To Mr. and Mrs. Lane were born the follow- ing children; Polly, Addison, Josiah C., Louis, John, Ruth, Levi. Ann, Rhoda, and one who died an infant. They are all deceased except our subject, and all left families. Wil- liam Lane was a substantial farmer, owning 200 acres of land. He was appointed by the state legislature justice of the peace, and served continuously for forty years, his judgment being respected by all who knew him. At an early day he served as a soldier in the Indian troubles. He died on his farm February 19, 1845, aged sixty-eight years. He was a man of honorable character and a typical American pioneer. Levi Lane, his son, was born July 9, 1815, on his father’s farm in Grainger county, Tenn., twenty-two miles north of Knoxville. He was reared a farmer and left home at the age of twenty-five years. He had received a good, common education for his day, and taught a subscription school two winters. In 1840, the day after the election of William H. Harrison tq the presidency, he left his old home for Boone county, Ind. His brother, Josiah, ac- companied him. He was a man of family and had already settled in Boone county, and had been home on a visit. Levi Lane had just taken an active part, for his age and position, in the famous “Log Cabin and Hai'd Cider” cam- paign, in which the excitement had run very high, the war cry being “Tippecanoe and Tyler, too.” On the first day of the journey, the brothers passed the famous chestnut tree where the three states — Tennessee, Virginia and Kentucky — meet. Here had been held a polit- ical rally and the flag still waved in shreds from the top of a tree. The woods near by were filled with cider barrels, from which the hard cider had freely flowed to quench the thirst and cause the enthusiasm in the celebrated campaign. Mr. Lane came directly to Leb- anon, making the journey of 400 miles on horseback, in three weeks, arriving here in November. P'orn' brothers of the Lane family settled in Boone county, three of them — Addi- son, Josiah C., and Lewis came from Putnam county, Ind., where they had settled between 1830 and 1832. They are now deceased. In the May following his arrival, in 1840, Levi BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY BIT) Lane and Ids brother Addison and family re- turned to the old home in Tennessee for a visit. Levi Lane returned to Lebanon in Septem- ber, 1841, and from that time remained per- manently. On the ne.xt day after his arrival in September, 1841, he entered the office of county clerk as deputy and continued in this position two and one-half years. Mr. Brown, the clerk, being succeeded by John Christman, who resigned his position, Mr. Lane was elected to fill his imexpired term and served by appointment and election six and one-half years. He was then deputy under subsequent clerks until the present time, with the excep- tion of eight years. During this long period of more than forty-five years, he has made more court records than any man in the state of Indiana; has issued more marriage licenses, as he has served in the clerk’s office for a longer period than any other man in the state. His recorcjs are accuiate and very legible and now of great value. Mr. Lane married August 23, 1842, Phe- riba Hayes, daughter of Charles Hayes, of Ill- inois. To Mr. and Mrs. Lane have been born ten children — Henry S., now of Chicago; Clara L. , Ernpson, Willard W., Samantha E., de- ceased; Joseph B., Nellie L. , Albert L. , Mor- ris E. and Georgianna, who died an infant, all born in Lebanon, and this is the proper order of their birth. Both Mr. and Mrs. Lane are members of the Methodist church, of which he is one of the trustees and also steward, and for forty years has been secretary of the (juar- terly conferences and board of stewards. Po- litically he is a stanch republican: he was a strong Union man during the war, in which he had two sons — Henry S. and Ernpson T. Henry S. was in an Indiana infantry regiment and served during the war. He was in the battle of Pittsburg Landing and in the gun- boat service, and hospital steward and pay- master’s clerk. Ernpson T. was in an Indiana regiment and in seven skirmishes. Mr. Eane is one of the best Union men in the county and is universally respected. He has been so long connected with the clerk’s office that the people of the county feel that his supervision of the records is almost necessary for their accuracy. OSEPH MALCOLM LANHAM, farmer of Marion township, Boone county, Ind., was born in Virginia, January i, 1 832, and was reared on the home farm. His great grandfather came from Ireland to America in colonial days and settled in Vir- ginia, where his son, \Villiam, was born. Pleasant, son of William, was born in Bote- tourt county, Va., and married Jane McCowen, daughter of James and Cynthia (Castor) Mc- Cowen, and to this union were born thirteen children, of whom Joseph M. was the sixth in order of birth. Joseph M. Lanham, at the age of twenty- three, came to Boone county, Ind., on a visit, and was so well pleased with the country that he decided to make it his home; but he re- turned to Virginia for a year, and then came back to Boone county, and Eebruary 3, 1857, married Mary E. Wright, who was born March 9, 1836, a daughter of John C. and Johanna (Norris) Wright. Mr. Lanham worked in a sawmill fora year after his marriage, and then cleared forty acres of heavily timbered land, taking in payment for his labor forty acres of similar land. This he later sold, and purchased forty acres in Marion township. To the mar- riage of Mr. Lanham have been born the fol- lowing children: William P., born December 31, 1857, and mari-ied to Alice Price; George H., born March 20, 1860, and died at eighteen; John b'. , born May 27, 1862, and died when young; |ohanna, born September 26, 1864, OF BOONE COUNTY. 367 and married to William Bush; Amanda, born January i8, 1867, and married to A. P. Pop- ino; Frederick, born August 23, 1869, and married to Cordie P. Jones; Mollie E., born January 7, 1872, and married to William Kin- cade; Copeland, born April 27, 1874; Pearl, born August 17, 1876, deceased; Cassius, born February 10, 1879; Empson, born Novem- ber 28, 1880, and died June 27, 1882; Olga, born June 27, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Lanham prospered in their farming, and when he had added twenty acres to his original forty, sold out, and bought sev- enty-nine acres on the east side of his present farm. About 1879 Mrs. Lanham’s father died, and the farm, by inheritance and purchase, was increased to i 59 acres. This farm is well tilled and has some 600 rods of tiling, and some fifteen acres reserved for timber. Mr. Lanham has some fine trotting horses and has made raising sheep a specialty, Shropshire strain being his favorite, it being short- legged, heavily-bodied, and the leading animal for mutton. His dwelling cost $1,000, and his out-buildings are substantial and commo- dious; he takes great interest in good roads and has contributed liberally toward their construc- tion, and has a splendid gravel road at his very door. He is a stockholder in the natural gas company, and uses the gas in his tasty dwell- ing. He and wife are members of the Method- ist Protestant church, and their upright walk in life proves the sincerity of their faith. In politics Mr. Lanham affiliates with the peo- ple’s party. He is much respected by his neighbors, and his family enjoy a large share of this respect. Mrs. Lanham has three brothers who served in the late war, as follows: Robert, was killed at Kenesaw Mountain; Will- iam, served without injury until the close of the war; Franklin, lost the fingers of his right hand. All three were in the Fortieth Indiana volunteer infantry. 18 EORGE LYSTER, insurance and real estate agent and general financier, at Thorntown, Boone county, Ind., was born in Johnson county, Ind., February 12, 1865, a son of Peter V. and Mary J. (Deer) Lyster, who were both born in Kentucky, but were married in Johnson county, Ind., of which county their parents were pioneers and their fathers farmers. Peter V. and Mary J. were members of the Christian church and were highly respected by their neighbors, and in politics Peter V. was a democrat. In 1873 this family came to Boone county and located in Sugar Creek township, where the father followed farming until his death, which occurred in January, 1887. Mrs. Mary J. Lyster is now residing in Thorntown. To this worthy couple five chil- dren W2re born, as follows: Alonzo, deceased; Riley, a stock dealer in Thorntown; Cornelius, Amanda and Ceorge. Ceorge Lyster was educated in the grad- ed schools of Thorntown, and he remained on the home farm until 1889, when he went to Anderson, Ind. , and for a year was engaged in the insurance business; then he returned to Thorntown and established an insurance and real estate agency, in which he has prospered most satisfactorily ever since. He is also secretary of the Thorntown Building and Loan association, and Business Men’s Protective and Savings association, and also does an in- dividual loan and collecting business. He was married, in Boone county, December 15, 1891, to Miss Myrtle Cox, who was born in this county August 12, 1868, a daughter of Ceorge and Melisia (Gregory) Cox, and to this congenial marriage one child has been born, named Lloyd. Mrs. Lyster is in religious faith a Methodist, while Mr. Lyster is a member of the Christian church; in his politics he is a democrat ; fraternally he is a Knight of Pythias, a Red Man, and an Odd Fellow, being in the 808 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY encampment and having taken the Rebecca degree of the last named order. He owns a neat and pleasant home, and his social and business standing is of the best in Thorntown. EORGE \V. LEWIS.— The grand- father of the gentleman for whom this sketch is prepared was Charles Lewis, a Virginian by birth and an early settler of ISIontgomery county, Ind., to which part of the state he moved from Ren- tucky in pioneer times. Later he became a resident of the county of Boone, and entered a large tract of government land in Jackson township, the greater part of which he cleared and brought into a successful state of cultiva- tion. He reared a family consisting of the following children: George W., Benjamin F., Fielding, Charles, John and Sallie, and de- parted this life in 1856. Fielding Lewis, father of the immediate subject, was born Oc- tober 23, 1807, in Rentucky, and came with his parents to Indiana when a young man. He married Tabitha Davis, daughter of John Davis, one of the pioneers of Boone county, and became the father of the following child- ren, namely: Charles L. , John W. , Priscilla, Nancy L., George W., Alfred, James, Thomas, Hubbard L. and Mary J. Shortly after his marriage Mr. Lewis settled on the farm in Jackson township where his son George W. now resides, and with the exception of about three years continued to live on the same until his death, which occurred on the ninth day of December, 1859. Mrs. Lewis survived her husband nearly twenty years, departing this life August 15, 1879. Fielding Lewis was widely and favorably known throughout Jack- son and adjoining townships, and occupied a conspicuous place in the estimation of his fel- low citizens. He was a man of many excel- lent (lualities, a good neighbor, and in his death, which was mourned by the entire com- munity, Boone county lost one of its substan- tial and well-to-do citizens. George W. Lewis was born in Missouri June 13, 1844, and while a mere boy was brought by his father to Indiana, since which time he has been an honored resident of Boone county. His youthful years were spent on the home farm, where he early beeame accustomed to hard work, and learned to appreciate the true dignity of the agriculturist’s vocation, and in such schools as the country afforded he ac- quired the rudiments of a practical English education. At the breaking out of the late war he tendered his services to his country, and during the dark days of the rebellion did valiant service in many campaigns as a mem- ber of the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Indi- ana volunteer infantry, with which he served until honorably discharged at the expiration of his term of enlistment, April 2, 1864. On leaving the army Mr. Lewis returned to Boone county, where he has since resided, actively engaged in agricultural pursuits, which he carries on successfully, being at this time one of the leading farmers and representative citi- zens of the community in which he lives. He is an ardent supported of the republican party, the principals of which he has always believed to be for the best interest of the country, and he is to be found working with might and main for the success of his ticket in every po- litical contest. Hubhard Lewis, brother of George W., is a native of Boone county, Ind., horn on the old home farm in Jackson town- ship, y\ugust 10, 1852. His early life, spent amid the rugged duties of the farm, was com- paratively uneventful, and he has passed his days in the peaceful luirsuit of agriculture. He is one of the substantial citizens of Jack- son, takes an active interest in everything per- taining to the good of the public, and is a LIBRARY OF THE tmivERsrn of tLUNor OF BOONE COUNTY. 871 recognized worker in the republican party, with which he has been affiliated ever since attaining his majority. EN. F. McKEY, the editor of the Pioneer, at Lebanon, Boone county, Ind., was born in Montgomery coun- ty, Iiid., December 5, 1857, and springs from an old colonial family of Scotch- Irish extraction. His father, Jefferson C. McKey, was a native of east Tennessee, born near Knoxville, and was quite young when he came to Indiana and located in Montgomery county, where he followed farming and also his vocation of carpenter and builder. In 1856 he married, in that county. Miss Sarah A. Sering, daughter of George A. and Nancy Sering, the former of whom came from a family of prominent farmers in Union county, but later became a citizen of Boone county, where he passed the last years of his life. Jefferson C. McKey is now a citizen of Boone, and resides in Lebanon. Ben. F. McKey, in 1865, came to Boone county with his father, who settled on a farm. He attended the district schools of the county and worked on the farm until March, 1870, when the family moved to Lebanon, where Ben. F. attended the public schools for three years, and in 1883 entered the Pioneer office, as an apprentice under Ben A. Smith, who paid him the munificent sum of one dollar per week. He then went to Covington, Ind., with a Mr. Smith, and for two years worked on the People’s Friend, and being attentive and industrious, had by this time become thoroughly acquainted with his trade. In 1876 he returned to Lebanon, worked for some time on the Democrat, a newspaper venture which found an early grave, and then went with Mr. Smith to Laurel, Franklin county, where he worked on the Review for a year. He next came back to Lebanon and here at- tended the public school under Prof. John W. Kise, a gentleman for whom he still entertains a high respect, and added considerably to his stock of general information. Mr. McKey then went to work on the Patriot for John A. Abbott, until January i, 1879, when he be- came foreman of the Lebanon Pioneer, under Dr. T. H. Harrison, took the management of the paper, became a local writer, and soon had thrust upon him the entire responsibility of the establishment. In 1889 he leased the office from Dr. Harrison for a year, and at the end of that time purchased the plant and has since been editor and proprietor, having large- ly increased the circulation of the journal and added to its advertising patronage. Mr. McKey began at the bottom of the ladder; by thorough ability, foresight and good manage- ment he has placed his journal in its present prosperous condition. He is an incisive writer, and the Pioneer is what every local pa- per should be — spicy, newsy and prompt in re- cording the events of the neighborhood. Its dress is neat and attractive, and its press work clean and clear. It is emphatically and pro- nouncedly democratic in its enunciations, and is the only sheet advocating democratic principles in the county. Attached to the Pioneer office is a job department, furnished with new type and modern machinery, with skillful and tasteful compositors ready for any class of work in their line. The marriage of Mr. McKey took place March 31, 1880, to Miss Jennie Dyson, of Lebanon. This lady lost her eyesight when a young girl, by an accident, and was carefully educated at the Indiana Institution for the Blind, becoming an accomplished scholar and musician. Her moral training has been of the strictest character, and her religious convic- tions reach a high spiritual plane. She is a member of the Methodist church, an active 372 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Sabbath-school worker, and is one of the most highly res})ected ladies of Lebanon. Mr. McKey is also a member of the Methodist church, and is a member of its board of stewards. Fraternally he is a member of Lebanon lodge. No. 45, Knights of Pythias, Winnebago tribe. No. 36, Improved Order of Red Men, and Sidney lodge. No. 1784, Knights of Honor. OHN FITZER McKINLEY, an hon- ored citizen of Clinton township, Boone county, Ind., and gallant ex-soldier, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Decem- ber 25, 1840. His father was William Mc- Kinley, a native of Ohio and of Irish descent, and his mother was Cynthia (Holmes) McKin- ley, daughter of Capt. Wilkes Holmes, for a number of years a commander of an Ohio river steamboat. William McKinley was a ship carpenter by occupation and he became the father of the following children: Zelotes A., William, John F. , Anderson and one daughter. John F. McKinley was six years old when his mother died, and when ten years of age was called upon to mourn the death of his father, who was killed by a fall while engaged in repairing a ship. After the latter event young John went to live with a man by the name of Jesse O’Neal, who proved anything but a kind task-master, in conse(iuence of which the boy started out for himself, work- ing at different places and at anything honorable which his hands could find to do until the breaking out of the great rebellion. He was one of the first to respond to the country’s call for defenders, being moved to enter the army, after listening to a patriotic speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln in Indianapolis in Octo- ber, 1 86 1. He soon afterward enlisted in company C. Fifty-first Indiana infantry, and accompanied his command to Louisville, thence to Bardstown, Ky., and later to Mill Springs, the brigade to which his regiment was assigned being commanded by Gen. James A. Garfield, afteward president of the United States. To narrate in detail the many army experiences of Mr. McKinley while battling for the national honor would far transcend the limits of a sketch of this character, accordingly but a brief epitome of the campaigns and battles in which he participated is herewith attempted. From Mill Springs the regiment proceeded to Bowling Green, and from that point marched over the greater part of the state of Kentucky and various parts of Ten- nessee, and was engaged in the last day’s fight at Pittsburg Landing. The next movement was to Corinth, Miss. , where Mr. McKinley bore a gallant part in the subjugation of that place and then joined in the pursuit of the rebel Gen. Bragg through Kentucky, being thus actively engaged for a period of thirty-three days, or until getting ahead of the enemy’s forces at Louisville, Ky. While at the latter place Mr. McKinley met with an accident which for some time incapacitated him for active service in the ranks, but he followed his regiment by railway overtaking the command at Bowling Green, and later participated in the bloody battle at Perryville. At Nashville the brigade was sent to Decatur, Ala. , to guard bridges and gather in the loyal residents hidden in the mountains to keep them from being conscripted into the service of the Confederaey. From Bridgport the command proceeded to Nash- ville, thence to Stone River, in the battle of which place it took part, and was also engaged in the bloody battle of Murfreesboro. At Day’s Gap the brigade had a hard fight, in which James W. Sheets, the first captain of Mr. McKinley’s comjiany, was killed, while act- ing in the cai)acity of lieutenant-colonel of the regiment. Hotly pressed by Gen. Forrest’s OF BOONE COUNTY. 87B cavalry, the brigade reached the Green Mount- ain iron works, where the enemy were casting cannon, which was captured and destroyed, as were also several important bridges in the vi- cinity, the loss being a severe blow to the Con- federacy. During the raid in which the above events took place, Mr. McKinley acted as brigade orderly, in which capacity he did val- iant service. The further particulars of this celebrated raid, which forms an interesting page in the history of the war, were as follows; The ammunition was carried on mules, as well as two twelve-pound cannon, and at the “Gap” a full battery with horses was captured, which was used until the ammunition was ex- hausted, when the guns were spiked, and for a number of miles the road was completely de- stroyed. After various engagements, hard marching, and other vicissitudes, the Federals, under Gen. A. D. Streight, were compelled to surrender, but not until after certain conditions had been agreed to, among which were that each soldier was to keep his own private prop- erty and that the force was to march out with colors flying. The regimental flag of the Fifty-first was taken in charge, but the boys soon succeeded in stealing the precious emblem, which they at once proceeded to cut in pieces, giving to each soldier a small fragment, which was presented as a memento. Mr. McKinley succeeded in secreting in the waistband of his trousers about $40 in greenbacks, which after- wards proved the means of procuring him many comforts while a prisoner. After great suffering of forty days’ duration, all, with the exception of the officers, were paroled, and Mr. McKinley, with others, went to Washing- ton city, thence to Columbus, Ohio, where he received new clothing. From the latter place Mr. McKinley returned to Indianapolis, and after his exchange, which was effected March 3, 1863, he again went to the front and took | part in the siege of Chattanooga, battles of 1 Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge and Chicka- mauga. He veteranized in January, 1864, and after a furlough of thirty days was again sent to Chattanooga, where for some time he did guard duty. Subsequently his regiment par- ticipated in the various battles of the Atlanta campaign, Franklin and Nashville, and later Mr. McKinley accompanied his command to Texas, where he did guard duty until mustered out of the service, at San Antonio, in Decem- ber, 1865. He was honorably discharged at Indianapolis, January 13, 1866, and on the thirteenth of the following month was united in marriage to Mrs. Lucy A. (Kelly) Harlan, whom he had previously met in a hospital, where she was attending her former husband, who received his death wound in one of the battles near Atlanta. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. McKinley have been born the follow- ing children: Marion E., Mary M., Levi L. , Attagara, wife of James Evans; Zelura N., Reona A. and Cynthia E. Mrs. McKinley was born in Marion county, Ind., August 22, 1840, the daughter of Joseph A. and Mary (Randall) Kelly, both parents natives of Ken- tucky. She was married October 28, 1857, to Martin M. Harlan, who died at Kenesaw Mountain, Ga. , July 4, 1864, and by him had two children; Pametta M. and John C. Har- lan. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Kinley went to house-keeping not far south- east of Indianapolis, at the home of the latter, where they lived until 1872, when they moved to their present in Clinton township, Boone county. In addition to farming, Mr. McKin- ley has for some years been engaged in con- tracting ditch work, and it is probable that no man in Boone county has laid more drain tile than he. Years ago he learned the trade of brick laying, to which he now devotes the greater part of his attention. In politics Mr. McKinley is an uncompromising republican, and at this time holds the office of justice of 374 BTOGRAPHTCAL HISTORY the peace in the township of Clinton. He is an ardent member of the G. A. R. and with his wife belongs to the Baptist church. HOMAS J.McMURRAY.— It is seldom that the biographical historian of these modern days records the services of a veteran of the Mexican war, which occupied the attention of the American people in 1847-8. Thomas J. McMurray, the subject of this sketch, is one of the few veterans of that war yet living in Boone county. He is a practical farmer, a respected citizen and a native Indianian. A few words in regard to his ancestry, placed in this record, would be valued by his descendants. He is the second generation from the founder of his family, in America, his grandfather having first emigrated from Scotland to Ireland, where he settled in Donegal county, and where he died. John McMurray, the father of our subject, was born in Donegal county, Ireland, and learned the weaver’s trade. He came to America in 1819, and married in Nelson county, Ky., Mary, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Scraggs) Carr. Mr. Carr was a pioneer in Nelson county, Ky., came from Ireland at the age of sixteen years, his parents having died on the passage. Mr. Carr and wife were the parents of Ruth, William, Lydia, Jane, Elizabeth, Joseph, John, Robert, James and Henry. Mr. Carr became a wealthy planter and slave owner. He lived to be seventy years of age and died in Nelson county, Ky. He was a devout member of the Presbyterian church, in which he was a leader. John McMurray settled in Owen county, Ind., in 1822, and entered 160 acres of land in the woods. He had just cut a set of house logs when he sick- ened and died. He left one son, Thomas J., our subject. After the death of her husband, Mrs. McMurray took her infant son in her lap, and rode through the woods, horseback, to Nelson county, Ky. , a distance of 140 miles. This sturdy pioneer woman was undeterred by hardshijis and fatigue, which would daunt the strongest man at the present day. “The mothers of our forest land. Stout hearted dames were they; With nerve to wield the battle-ax And join the border fray.” She afterward married, in Kentucky, Thomas R. Anderson, and they were the parents of Ruth A., William and Elizabeth, who are yet living, and James, Joseph, George, Sarah and Isaac, who are deceased. Mrs. Anderson was a member of the Presbyteiian church, a woman of great force of character and many virtues. Thomas j. McMurray, our subject, was born in Owen county, Ind., March 2, 1823, six weeks before the death of his father. He was reared by his mother and grandfather Carr, and was but two years and a half of age at the time of his mother’s second marriage, and was taken by his mother to Owen county, Ind., where Mr. Anderson settled. As he grew up, much of the support of the family devolved upon him, and he had no opportunity of gaining any education. He remained with his mother and cared for her until he was twenty-three years old, when he began to work for himself. While in his twenty-fourth year, on June 4, 1847, enlisted in comiiany B, Eourth regiment Indi- ana volunteer infantry, at Gosport, Owen county, under Capt. J. I. Alexander. The company went to Jeffersonville, Ind., in wag- ons, and thence down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers in a steamboat to New Orleans. They left that city on July 9, by steamer, and on the 12th of that month the steamer blew up in the Gulf of Mexico, but was oidy partially disabled, and ran into Galveston, Tex. The troops were embarked on a steamer, which sailed to the mouth of the Rio Grande river, OF BOONE COUNTY. 375 and landed them in Mexico. Our subject served under Gen. Taylor, then under Gen. Scott, and afterward under Gen. Lane. He was in the battles of Huamantla, Pueblo, At- lixco and other battles. He served thirteen months and returned home with the troops. He was neither sick nor wounded, but was always in active duty as a faithful soldier. After six months’ service with the infantry, he was transferred to the artillery, and was “right gunner and number one rammer.” During this service his right ear drum was burst by the discharge of the artillery, and he has ever ^ince been totally deaf in one ear. On his return to Owen county, Ind., he married Chris- tina, daughter of Francis K. and Presha (Hil- ton) Porter. Mr. Porter was a pioneer of Johnson county, Ind., born in New Hamp- shire, of English descent, and finally settled in Owen county, when he became a prosperous farmer. He and wife were the parents of four children: Christina, Lethanna, Verlinda and Presha E. Mr. Porter had been previously married to Margaret Glass. Their children Were Julia A., Hiram, Sarah, Rhoda and Mar- garet H. (twins). Mr. Porter lived to be seventy- nine years old, and died in Owen county, Ind He was a member of the Swedenborgian church. He was well educated and a promi- nent citizen. After marriage Mr. McMurray settled in Owen county, Ind., in 1850, and bought 250 acres of land in Illlinois. In i860 he moved to Johnson county, Ind., and in 1879 he came to Boone county, Ind. He now owns 160 acres of land, being equally divided in Center and Harrison township. He and wife are the parents of nine children: Letha, Charles H., Mary E., John K., James H., Thomas J., Willis, Sarah and Lillis A. Mr. and Mrs. McMurray are members of the Chris- tian church, in which he has been deacon many years. He votes the straight democratic ticket. Mr. McMurray has been a man of iron coiistitution, and worked with great industry to accumulate his property. He is an honest, straightforward man, with the bluff manners of the veteran soldier. Aided by his faithful wife, he has brought up a respectable family of children. Charles H. married Lovina Bur- ton. He is a farmer in Kansas. They have six children. Mary E. married Joseph L. Mitchell, a farmer of Johnson county, Ind. They have six children. Letha married R. W. Burris, a farmer of Boone county. They have five children. Thomas J. married Lou Doty. He is a farmer, and they have six children. John married Savannah Lipps. He is a farmer and they have two children. Willis A. mar- ried Lizzie Mitchell. He is a farmer and they have three children. James H. married Mary E. McEadden. They are farmers and have three children. Lillis A. married James F. Mullen, a farmer. B LEMING mace is descended from an old colonial Irish-American family and dates his birth from June 16, 1830. His grandfather. Job Mace, a native of Pennsylvania, married Nancy Heath, of the same state, and became the father of four children: Samuel, Job, Nancy and Naomi. Samuel Mace, father of Eleming, was born in the year 1792, married Martha McFarland, who bore him nine children — Eliza A., Wil- liam, Job, Isabell, P'leming, Samuel, Robert H., Jane and Betsey, all deceased except Wil- liam, Isabell, and the subject of this mention. Samuel Mace was drafted at the close of the war of 1812, but of course saw no service. He was also a native of Pennsylvania, and, al- though himself a Methodist, it was in his cabin that the early religious services of various denominations were held. He was a farmer by occupation, a man of deep piety and depart- ed this life November 13, 1852, lamented by 876 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY all who knew him. He was buried in Ripley county, Ind. His wife died in 1866, aged sixty-eight years, and is buried in Pennsylvania. Fleming Mace was reared to manhood in Pennsylvania, but, for many years, was a prominent resident of Ripley county, Ind., throughout which he is widely and favorably known for his many sterling traits of character. He was united in marriage March 13, 1853, in Ripley county, Ind., to Abigail Vergason, daughter of Jesse Vergason, which union was severed by the death of Mrs. Mace on the thirtieth day of March, 1857. August 31, 1759, Mr. Mace and Margaret Barickman were made man and wife, a union blessed with the following children — Martha E., born February 7, 1862, died December 25, 1882; Mary E. , born August 2, 1865; William F. , born May 10, 1867; Sarah S., born January 2, 1869; Gnimelb, born December 29, 1870; Francisco O., born July 9, 1872, and John W. , born February 7, 1876. At the breaking out of the rebellion Mr. Mace warmly espoused the cause of the Union and enlisted in July, 1862, in company F, Sixty-eighth Indiana volunteer infantry, with which he served until July of the following year, when he was discharged from the service on account of physical disability. While with his command, guarding a junction, he was taken very sick, from the effects of which he has never entirely recovered, suffering at this time from partial paralysis, which entitles him to a pension of thirty-six dollars per month. He entered the army a comparatively vigorous man, but returned almost a physical wreck, so much broken down, indeed, that he was compelled to go about with the aid of crutches, yet in this condition he traveled through the country in the interests of a publication, hiring his farm work done in the meantime. In 1866 he felt it his duty to engage in the ministry, and at once began preaching, even before he became identified with any church organiza- tion; subsequently he joined the Methodist church, in the ministry of which he continued for a period of four years, when he severed his connection with that denomination and for the two succeeding years was a minister for the United Brethern church. Later his relation was again terminated, and for the past four- teen years he has been an ordained minister of the Christian connection, commonly know as New Lights. During his ministry Mr. Mace has labored zealously, organizing several churches and receiving into their membership a great many people who have since become bright and shining lights in the Christian world. He manifested great interest in the Sunday- school work during his first ministry, which work he considers equal in importance to that of the church, and all other moral and religi- ous movements have ever found in him an earnest advocate and liberal patron. Owing to financial reverses, Mr. Mace at one time was compelled to give up his property, includ- ing his home, and for the support of his family began to sell tin and glass-ware, and this, at a time, when his physical condition was such that he was obliged to travel through the country with the aid of crutches. His pension, originally four dollars per month, was after- ward reduced, and this at a time when his financial reverses made such a reduction ex- ceedingly hard to bear. Subsequently his name was replaced on the rolls through the interposition of Senator, afterward President Harrison, when his claims were allow'ed, re- ceiving the sum of $1,145. With the assist- ance thus receivetl, he paid every dollar of his indebtedness, and in 1884 moved to Boone county and purchased a small farm in the township of Marion, where he has since resided. He now owns a well cultivated place of seventy acres, which is farmed by his children, and he is now passing his declining years in the enjoy- OF BOONE COUNTY. 377 ment of that quiet which only those who have battled so long with the obstacles of life know how to appreciate. Before the war he affili- ated with the democratic party, but since that time has been a stanch supporter of the princi- ples of the republican party. He is a man of character, well respected by all who know him, and is justly entitled to mention in this con- nection with the representative citizens of Marion township. ELFORD P. MAHONEY, a suc- cessful farmer of Jackson township, Boone county, Ind., is of good old Irish stock, as his name implies, his grandfather on the paternal side having been the first of the family to take up his residence in America. Henry Mahoney, father of Belford P., was born in Ken- tucky, where he married Polly A. Steele, and where he died before Belford P. , a posthumous child, saw the light of day, and where the mother died when Belford P. was three years of age. The latter was reared by his grandmother until eight years of age, and was by her educated. At this age he was placed with a stranger, for whom he worked until seventeen years old, when he came to Indiana and enlisted in defense of the Union, October 2, 1862, at Ladoga, in company G, Eleventh Indiana volunteer infantry, was sent to Helena, Ark., and from October, 1862, un- til January, 1863, was on guard and picket duty ; was then in the first battle of Port Gib- son, Miss., was next at Champion Hill; then at the siege of Vicksburg from June i until July 4, when the city surrendered, all the de- tails of which gallant siege are given in full in war dispatches and works of history. After the capture of Vicksburg Mr. Mahoney was taken sick, and was confined in hospital at St. Louis for three months ; after his recovery he rejoined his regiment at Tallapoosa Bay, and was in the fight near this point, was in several severe skirmishes, and here his regiment vet- eranized. After doing guard duty at New Or- leans, the regiment was sent up Red river as far as Shreveport, and then returned east as far as Washington, D. C. , via the ocean; hav- ing been on active duty the entire interval. Mr. Mahoney was then sent up the Shenan- doah valley and was in the historical Win- chester fight in 1864; was at Fisher’s Hill and up the valley to near Staunton, and back to Cedar Creek. It was at this fight that Phil Sheridan came to the rescue, it will be re- membered, after his famous ride of twenty miles from Winchester, and Mr. Mahoney was on the ground at the time. He also helped to capture the last cannon, and finally went to Baltimore, Md., where he was on guard duty until his honorable discharge, July 26, 1865, when he came back to Indiana. It is here im- possible to here relate all the many acts of daring performed in detail by Mr. Mahoney during his very effective war service. Suffice it to say that he was a brave and gallant sol- dier, and that his services have been recog- nized by the grant of a pension, first in 1888, of $12 per month, and since increased to $18 per month. Mr. Mahoney is married to Mar- garet C. , daughter of Isaiah and Nancy (Mc- Gill ) Slaven, and their only child, Lou Ann, died at the age of seventeen months. In 1876 he settled in Boone county, and bought a farm of forty acres, to which his industry has added until he now owns ninety-seven acres of .most fertile land, well ditched and improved with substantial farm buildings and nice barn and comfortable dwelling. He and wife are mem- bers of she Christian church, and are among the most highly respected residents of the community. He is a member of Advance post. No. 524, G. A. R. , and has served as 378 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY its senior vice-commander, and is recognized as a most useful factor in all departments of useful citizenship. APT. THOMAS H. MARTIN is one of the leading dentists of Lebanon, and a veteran of the late war. Pa- ternally he is descended from an old English family, representatives of which were living in Pennsylvania and other eastern states in colonial times, and on his mother’s side, also, he is of English lineage. His grand- father and his only brother Jacob, natives of Pennsylvania, came to Ohio with Wayne’s army. They purchased land near the Big Miami river and attempted to settle there, but were driven out by the Indians. They re- turned to Fort Washington, and while there, Joseph Martin purchased land in the Little Miami bottom. After the Indians were driven from that part of the state he married Miss Rebecca Gyrard and settled on the land near Newtown, in Hamilton county. He became a wealthy farmer and owned a fine place in the famed Miami bottoms, where he passed the re- mainder of his life, dying an aged man. The following are the names of twelve of his six- teen children: William, John, Levi, Jacob, Gano, Joseph, Patsy, Chloe, Jane, Susan, Rachael and Mehitable. Jacob Martin, son of Joseph, and father of Thomas H., was born near the town of Newtown, Hamilton county, Ohio, received a good English education for his day, taught school for some years, and for over a half century was an acceptable minister of the Baptist church. He left home while young to attend an academy at Alexandria, Ky., and while there married Miss Mariam Spilrnan. Mrs. Martin’s father was a Revolu- tionary soldier, became a man of prominence in Kentucky and held the office of high sheriff of his county; also, he was for many years jus- tice of the peace. He was proprietor of a tav- ern at the town of Alexandria and lived to be quite an old man. To the marriage of Jacob and Mariam Martin were born ten children, all of whom lived to maturity, viz. : Rev. Frank J., Rebecca A., James Wk, Sarah J., Capt. Thomas H., John S. (deceased). Dr. Jacob A. J., Margaret L., Martha M. and Nancy E. After his marriage Jacob Martin settled near Alexandria, taught school and preached in the states of Kentucky and Ohio. In 1838 he moved to Decatur county, Ind., locating near Greensburg, where the remaining years of his life were passed on a farm. He was a man well known and greatly respected as a minister of the Missionary Baptist church, and was instrumental in organizing many con- gregations of that denomination in Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana. Originally a free-soil dem- ocrat, he afterward became an earnest sup- porter of the republican party, and during the war was noted for his loyalty and out-spoken friendship for the Union. He had three sons in the Civil war — James W. , surgeon; Thomas H., captain, and Jacob A. J., hospital steward. He reached the advanced age of eighty-four years, but continued to preach the gospel until a very short time previous to his death. Thomas H. Martin was born in Campbell county, Ky. , vSeptember 30, 1836, and was about two years of age when brought by his parents to Indiana. He received a fair English education in the common schools and later obtained a knowledge of the higher branches of learning at Franklin college, which institu- tion he attended for a jieriod of two years, making commendable j)rogress in the meantime. Having decided to devote his life to the pro- fession of dentistry, he began the study of the same in Greensburg, and after acquiring pro- ficiency began the practice at Covington in the ye.'ir 1859. In August, 1862, he enlisted at Covington in company E, Sixty-third Indiana OF BOONE COUNTY 879 infantry, and upon the organization of the company was elected second lieutenant, and as such was mustered into the service, his commission hearing the signature of Gov. Morton. Mr. Martin served as lieutenant until March, 1864, at which time he was promoted captain of company H, One Hundred and Twenty-third Indiana infantry, and as such served with distinction until honorably dis- charged in December, 1865. He was in all the battles of the Atlanta campaign, led his company gallantly at Rocky Faced Ridge, Resaca, Kene- saw Mountain, and other engagements and skirmishes during the siege of Atlanta. Later he was in pursuit of Gen. Hood through Ten- nessee, Alabama and Georgia and back to Nash- ville, and took part in the battle of Franklin, where his regiment was cut off from the rest of the Union forces. After the battle of Nashville, in which he also participated, the regiment proceeded to Washington city, thence to North Carolina, near Fort Fisher, and he was with his command in a severe battle fought near Kingston, N. C. He was mus- tered out at Indianapolis and honorably dis- charged on the date above mentioned after having seen over three years of active service, during which period he achieved a reputation of which any soldier might be reasonably proud. He was never wounded nor in the hos- pital, and shirked from no duty, however irk- some or dangerous. After the war Capt. Martin resumed the prac- tice of dentistry at Greensburg, and in April, 1866, located at Lebanon, where he has si^ce resided, being the oldest practitioner in the city, his residence covering a period of twenty- eight years. Capt. Martin has been an enthu- siastic student of dentistry, keeps fully abreast of the times in the profession, and has a large and lucrative practice, which is not confined to Lebanon or Boone county. He served two terms as township trustee and in politics is a republican. Fraternally he is a member of Lebanon lodge. No. 45, K. of P. , and his name appears upon the charter of Rich Mount- ain post, G. A. R. , in which he has at differ- ent times held important official positions. Religiously he is a Baptist, as are also his wife and several members of his family. Capt. Martin was married in February, 1870, to Ella, daughter of John and Sarah (Blair) Jack- son. Mr. Jackson was a wealthy farmer of Westmoreland county. Pa., where he lived and died. To Mr. and Mrs. Martin were born three children — Frank F., a graduate of Frank- lin college; Harry J., editor of the Lebanon Daily Reporter, and Bertha, a graduate of the Lebanon high school. The mother of these children died in 1877, and afterward Capt. Martin married Emma Williams, daugh- ter of Rev. Eliphalet and Mary A. (Harding) Williams. Her father for many years was a well known Baptist minister. AMUEL K. MASTERS, a highly re- spected retired citizen of Thorntown, Boone county, Ind., was born in Franklin county of the same state October 2, 1823. His parents were John and Elizabeth (DeHaven) Masters, who were born in Berks county. Pa. , and were of German descent. John, born June 21, 1783, was a son of Christopher Meschter (as the name was originally spelled), who was a son of Gregori- ous and Maria (Krauss) Meschter, who were the founders of the family in America and settled in Pennsylvania in 1734. Their seven children were born in the following order : Christopher, on the Atlantic ocean, in June, 1734; Maria, December 21, 1 736; Melchoir, June 28, 1740; Susannah, September 25, 1742; Baltzer, October i, 1745; Anna, May 29, 1748; and George, April 18, 1750, The 380 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY mother of these children died November lo, 1756, and the father December 16, 1775, in the seventy-first year of his age- Christopher Meschter, May 7, 1766, mar- ried Christine Yeakel, and by her became the father of the following-named children ; Susannah, born February 20, 1767; Maria, March 10, 1768; David, September 13, 1769; Christina, December 24, 1771; George, in 1774; Regina, September 25, 1776; Chris- topher, March 13, 1778; Magdalena, June 17, 1780, John, June 21, 1783; Isaac, January 23, 1787. The family now lived in Chester coun- ty, near Pottstown, and here changed the spelling of the name. John Masters was born in this county, and February 21, 1804, mar- ried Elizabeth DeHaven, who bore the follow- ing children; Rachel, June 3, 1805; Isaac, July 23, 1807; David, April 20, 1809; Mary, April I, 1811; Elizabeth, May 20, 1813; Ann, February 25, 1816; Christopher, November 4, 1817; John, May 17, 1820; Samuel K. our subject and Jacob — the latter born December 6, 1825. The father, mother, and Pennsyl- vania-born children came to Indiana in 1819, and located in Franklin county, where the father died January 16, 1852, and the mother December 5, 1864 — both members of the Methodish Episcopal church. In fact, the family had for generations back been Prostest- ants and were compelled to leave Germany on account of their adherence to what was known as the Schwenkfelder doctrine. Samuel K. Masters was reared to farming, and from the date of the death of his mother was engaged in that occupation on his own ac- count in Franklin county until 1866, when he settled in Washington township, Boone coun- ty, buying a farm of 160 acres, for which he paid $7,300 On this farm he lived until 1886, when he came to Thorntown to seek retirement. Samuel K. Masters was married in Franklin county, Ind., January 25, 1855, to Nancy Burke, who was born in Lancaster county. Pa., March 5, 1836, a daughter of Hunter and Margaret (Kennedy) Burke, the former a native of Ireland and the latter born in Pennsylvania. To Samuel K. and Nancy Masters have been born four children, viz : Elizabeth J., William H., Mary L. , and Lewis W. The eldest, Elizabeth J., was born May 30, 1856; the second, William H., was born November i, 1858, and is a graduate of De Pauw university and now principal of the high school at Muncie, Ind.; Mary L. , the third child, was born April 21, 1862, was educated at the Frankfort (Ind.) high-school and grad- uated, also, from the high school at Ladoga, Ind. , whence she went to the medical college at Syracuse, N. Y., and prepared herself for a medical missionary, and in August, 1892, started for Foo Chow, China, where she ar- rived forty-seven days later and is now a resi- dent physician; Lewis W. , the youngest child, was born February 23, 1864, and now manages the home farm. Samuel K. Masters and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and strictly adheres to its teachings. In politics he is a republican. His farm comprises 160 acres, and his town house is the home of hos- pitality. ARION M. MANNER.— Eor nearly ■ ■Ha quarter of a century Mr. Manner ^ has been a business man of Leba- non, and connected with the print- ing and publishing business. He descends from good old Pennsylvania-Dutch ancestry on his father’s side, and on the maternal side from New England Green Mountain stock. David Manner, the father of our subject, was born in Pennsylvania and went to Ohio when young, settling in Ashland county, afterward moving to Putnam county, Ohio. He married a Miss Mowers, in Ohio, and they were the OF BOONE COUNTY. 881 parents of five children: Joseph H., David, Mary E., Sarah and Elizabeth. This wife died, and Mr. Manner married, in Ashland county, Ohio, Angelina, daughter of Harvey Hill, of Vermont. To them were born Ham- ilton, Abigail, Marion M., Elmina J. and Julia. Mr. Manner died in Allen county, Ohio, in 1851, aged fifty-one years. He was a man in comfortable circumstances, owning a farm, and was an excellent citizen. Marion M. Manner, our subject, was born August 24, 1845, Goben’s Hollow, Ashland county, Ohio, and was educated in the public schools and learned, when very young, the printing business at Kalida, Putnam county, Ohio, and gained, in the vocation of Franklin, the art preservative, a practical and excellent education. He worked in various towns in Ohio at his trade, and in the spring of 1864 he went up the Missouri river with John Buchanan, the editor of “The Kalida Sentinel,” to Vir- ginia City, now Montana, at that time Idaho territory. They tcok with them a hand print- ing press. The journey was made by steam- boat up the Missouri river to Cow Island, one hundred miles below Fort Benton, and, with an Indian for a guide, the press was hauled two hundred and eighty miles to Virginia City. In these early days the journey into this new country was a very eventful one; large herds of buffalo were frequently seen, and elk, black bear and other large game abounded. While on the way up the river the boat was landed to take on trees for fuel that had been cut down by beavers, and to bury a man who had died of the small-pox. Mr. Manner and two soldiers went out perhaps half a mile on the prairie and shot the first buffalo killed by the party, and wounding another that was prepar- ing for an attack upon the slayers of his mate. This was at the time of the great gold excite- ment and there was no law in the territory, except that of the vigilance committee, and border life was seen in its original wildness. The saloons and gambling houses were in full blast. American frontier civilization was in all its freedom, with no police or justice court, prison or jail, to hold in awe the lawless ele- ment. “The Montana Post” was the first newspaper published in the territory and Mr. Manner pulled the lever of the hand press which printed the first number of that paper. They soon tired of this rough state of soci- ety, and both Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Manner retured overland to Putnam county, Ohio, our subject riding an Indian pony fourteen hun- dred miles to the state of Iowa, and saw the great northern deserts and plains in their prim- itive grandeur. Numerous trains and cara- vans, both going west and returning, were scattered all along the route, and at night the blazing campfires of their bivouacs brightened like stars in the lonely desert. Frequent par- ties of Indians were seen, and many of them came freely about the camps and were gener- ally peaceable to large and armed parties, but would rob and steal from the defenseless. After this eventful experience, Mr. Manner arrived in Putnam county, Ohio, about the middle of November, 1864, having been gone since the first of April preceding. In January, 1865, he enlisted at Lima, Ohio, in company H, One Hundred and Ninety-First regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry, Capt. John E. Tracy. His service was in Virginia, at Harper’s Ferry and Winchester, and he was honorably dis- charged August 4, 1865, and came to La Fay- ette, Ind., and worked in various printing offices. In March, 1870, he came to Lebanon and bought a one-half interest in “The Pa- triot ” and was connected with this paper until 1872, when he bought the job department. Since that time he has been engaged in the job printing business. He has now the only exclusive job printing office in Boone county. This office is well equipped with excellent 382 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY presses and all varieties of type for the job printing business. Mr. Manner married, in April, 1872, Ella A., daughter of John and Ellen (Kirkpatrick) Bill. Mr. and Mrs. Manner have two chil- dren — Alva E. and Lyle R. Mr. Manner is one of the charter members of the G. A. R. Rich Mountain post, Lebanon, Ind. Frater- nally he is a member of the K. of P. , Leb- anon lodge. No. 42, and has passed all the chairs, and has been representative to the grand lodge. He is also a member of the Red Men, Winnebago tribe. No. 36, Lebanon, and has filled all the offices in his lodge, of which he has been representative to the grand lodge. Mr. Manner is entirely a self-made man and a very reliable citizen, who has had a varied ex- perience in life. He is skillful in his art and a practical business man, whose integrity is un- questioned. MITH FRY COX.— A good livery stable is of great ailvantage to any thriving town, and such a one is con- ducted by the subject of this sketch, his establishment being the largest and best e(inipped of any in Boone comity. Let us first, however, deal with the genealogy of Mr. Cox, and then trace his life career to the point where he entered upon his present prosperous business. His grandfather, Samuel Cox, was born in Virginia during the Revolutionary war, and went to Boyle county, Ky., when yonng, when that county was in a wild state. He was a typical pioneer and hunter, and many a deer and other game animal of the forest fell be- fore the unerring aim of his rille. He was twice married, and by his first wife became the father of several children, of whom the names of John and Samuel are rememhcred, and to his second marriage were born Archibald, George, Richard, Fannie, Melissa, Nannie and Sallie. Mr. Cox was a man of small stature, but possessed an iron constitution, lived to the truly patriarchal age of 103 years, and was one of the oldest Americans on rec- ord; his wife also lived to be of the remarka- ble age of ninety-five years. They were both members of the Christian church. George Cox, the father of our subject, was born in Boyle county, Ky., in 1832, attended the pio- neer school, became a farmer and married Mary, daughter of Cager and Malinda Good. To them were born six children — Narcissa, Smith F., Lizzie, Sallie, James H. and Nan- nie — all born in Boyle county, Ky. , on a farm. Mr. Cox passed nearly all his life in that county, and in 1878 moved to Boone county, Ind., and is now living in Milliageville, Hen- dricks county, Ind. His first wife died in Ken- tucky, and he next married, in that state, a Miss Johnson. This lady died in Hendricks county, Ind., and he then married Jane Cogshill, who has borne one daughter — Emma. Smith F. Cox, the subject of this sketch, was born in Boyle county, Ky., on his father’s farm, February 6, 1852. He attended the common school and also learned farming, but left home when twelve years of age, since which time he has made his own way in life. He first hired out at farming at twenty cents jier day, remaining with one employer for five years, his wages being increased as be became more able to work. He afterward worked for Judge Lee, of Danville, Ky., for three years. He married, P'ebruary 4, 1873, Mary J., daugh- ter of Ezekiel and Julia A. (Dale) Shirley, of Boone county. (P'or early history of Shirley family, see sketch.) Two chihiren have blessed this union — Claudio, who died aged seven years and six months, and Lola L. On October 8, 1871, Mr. Cox came to Lebanon and worked at farm work one winter, then worked one year as a carj)entcr, after which he farmed in Boone county, finally buying a small farm near Mill- SMITH F. COX, UBRARV OF amVERSllY Of OF BOONE COUNTY 385 edgeville. By hard work, thrift and good man- agement he added to his farm until he owned 102 acres of fertile land, some of which he has sold, until he now owns but forty acres. Mr. Cox was appointed ditch commissioner of Boone county a few years since and held this office three and one-half years. He then en- gaged in the buggy and implement business in Lebanon, and after this was engaged in the general mercantile business. On July 4, 1890, he engaged in the livery business in Lebanon, and one year, in com- pany with I. T. Davis, was engaged in buying horses for the shipping and livery trade, and they did a successful business. He now owns and conducts one of the best livery stables in Boone county. He has many fine livery horses, buggies and carriages, and his equi- pages are always in fine condition. Mr. Cox and wife are members of the Methodist church, and he is a member of the I. O. O. F, and has held all the offices of his lodge. He is a mem- ber of the Red Men, Winnebago tribe, of Leb- anon. Mr. Cox is also a member of the Boone county lodge of Masons, No. 9, of Lebanon, and is also a K. P. , Lebanon lodge. No. 45. In politics he is a democrat. Mr. Cox is an energetic and successful business man, genial and pleasant in his manners, accommodating and straightforward in his business methods. He is one of the most popular men in Lebanon, and is entirely self-made. , having accumulated all his property by his own unaided exertions. OHN S. MASTERS, recorder of Boone county, Ind. , is descended from an old colonial family that first settled in South Carolina, when Charleston was but a city in embryo, thence removed to Rich- mond, Va., and finally made settlement in Kentucky. The grandfather of our subject, John Masters, married Miss Holmes, who bore him a son named James, who became a planter near Nicholasville, Jessamine county, Ky. , and in that county married Elizabeth, daughter of John and Elizabeth Hambrick, and to this estimable couple were born ten children, named as follows; John S., Eliza- beth, William J., Madison (who died when a child), Jane, Sophina W. , Mary, Henry G., Marcus L. and Joseph H. (who died in in- fancy). About the year 1825 or 1828, the Masters family came to Indiana and settled in the then wilderness of Decatur county, but on account of sickness Mr. Masters was compelled to return to Kentucky; in the spring of 1850, however, he again came to Indiana, and this time rented a farm in Johnson county, on which the family resided until abont the year 1863, when they came to Boone county and settled in Washington township, where James Masters arose to prominence as a citizen and farmer, and a democratic politician of con- siderable note. His demise took place on his homestead in Washington township in 1871, at the age of sixty-five years. John S. Masters, the subject proper of this biographical notice, was born in Decatur county, Ind., July 19, 1830. He was early inured to the toughening processes of farm labor, through which his physical frame was strengthened and his mental faculties brighten- ed. His educational advantages were, how- ever, quite limited, as he had access only to the primitive schools of those pioneer days, and his father having met with business re- verses, he, at the early age of thirteen, with his brothers and sisters, manifested their filial affection by engaging at work in a woolen mill in Jessamine county, Ky., in order to add to the family income, and his time and attention were occupied by this humble but worthy em- ployment six long years. In the spring of 1850 the entire family returned to Indiana, and here John S. followed the woolen busi- 886 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY ness in Martinsville, Lebanon, and other towns for several years. January i, 1857, he mar- ried Amanda Gully, daughter of Willis and Eli- zabeth (Land) Gully, and to this marriage have been born eleven children, viz: twoinfants that died unnamed, William A., John A., James A., Willis E., Albert E., Oda W., Lora L., Ezra H. and Daisy E. Mr. Masters resided in Leb- anon from 1873 to 1875 and then moved to Thorntown, which place he made his home until elected county recorder in 1890, when he returned to Lebanon, which has since been his home. In politics Mr. Masters is a thoroughgo- ing democrat and w'as post-master at Thorn- town four years under Cleveland’s first admin- istration as president of the United States. He was elected to his present office as recorder by a very handsome majority, showing his great popularity with the people at large, of whom he is proud to rank himself as one — in sympa- thy, interest and action. He is assisted by his son, Lora L. , as deputy recorder, and Oda W. is Lora L. ’s clerk. Mr. Masters is a devout member of the Christian church, and for fif- teen years was deacon of the congregation of that denomination at Thorntown. He is an Odd Eellow in high standing, having passed all the chairs of Osceola lodge. No. 173, of Thorntown, and having represented his sub- ordinate lodge in the grand lodge. Mr. Masters is a gentleman of quiet demeanor, is honorable and upright; painstaking and industrious, and enjoys the affection and esteem of innumerable friends throughout Boone county. OSEPH H. MAYES, a prosperous and skillful farmer of Center township, Boone county, Ind., was born in Parke county of the same state August 31, 1846. His maternal grandfather, William Jackson, of Illinois, was a cousin of Gen. Andrew Jackson, the hero of 1812. William Jackson was the father of the following chil- dren: John, Joseph, James, Alfonsius, Lizzie, Minerva, Uphanda and Dorcas. Robert Mayes, father of Joseph H., was born in South Caro- lina, of which state his ancestors, who prob- ably came from Scotland, were early settlers. Robert Mayes was one of the early settlers of Parke county, Ind., and married Dorcas Jack- son, and to this union were born the following children: James, John, Leander, Albert, Joseph H., Elizabeth, Euphony, Mary and Sarah. Joseph H. Mayes was only nine years of age when he lost his father, and a few months later his mother was taken from him. Being thus early left an orphan, he went to live in Montgomery county, with a farmer named Fullinwider, with whom he remained until the Civil war burst forth, when he enlisted in com- pany C, Fortieth Indiana volunteer infantry, at the remarkably young age of fifteen years and two months — undoubtedly the youngest lad to enter the service. He was shortly after- ward taken with measles and came near dying in the hospital at Nashville, Term., but became convalescent and returned home to recuperate. He then enlisted in company H, Fortieth Indiana, and was sent to Chattanooga, Tenn., being engaged the following four months in constant skirmishing and fighting, and partici- pating in all of the following battles: Dalton, Resaca, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mount- ain, Peach Tree Creek and others, all of them very severe. He was sent, also, with Gen. Thomas, to harass the rebel Hood, and, beside several skirmishes, was in the terrific battle at P'ranklin, Tenn. Mr. Mayes was made pris- oner with a party of 600 men and sent to Cahaba, Ala., where they were confined six months, with rations too ])oor to be fed to swine. At Selma they found better quarters, and were finally sent to Vicksburg, where, after a detention of five or six weeks, they OF BOONE COUNTY. 887 were discharged September 19, 1865. Mr. Mayes, witli hundreds of others, was placed on board the ill-fated steamer Sultana for re- turn to his home, but the boiler of this boat soon exploded, and nearly all its living freight either scalded to death or drowned. The account of the escape of Mr. Mayes is here given in his own language: “I was on the cabin deck of the Sultana when the boiler exploded. One of the smoke stacks about six feet from me fell and broke the deck in and I went through onto the lower deck. I noticed that every man had to take care of himself. I could not swim, so I got four slats, one. inch thick, three inches wide, and about ten feet long, and took my tent rope and tied them together; then I was ready. I picked up the slats and jumped into the river and started to “paddle my own canoe;” I got along finely till a drowning man caught me by the ankle. I kicked him loose and then tried to pull for the shore; sometime I would get within fifty yards of the shore, and the current would carry me toward the other side of the river, and I would try for that side, but it would strike me again, so. I just kept floating back and forth across the river. I came across a man from a Michigan regiment. I said ‘Hello, comrade; advance and give the coun- tersign.’ I asked him if he could swim. He sain ‘No.’ Then I asked him what kind of a plank he had. He replied, ‘One three feet wide and ten feet long.’ We got together and tried to reach the shore, but the current wonld carry us back and forth across the river as be- fore, and by this time we were getting cold and somewhat discouraged. The man from Michigan said he would have to let go and drown, I told him that would never do, and encouraged him to hold on. By this time we were so cold that we stopped trying to get out. We could move neither hand nor foot, and the Michigan man swore that he could not 19 hold on any longer. I looked down the river and saw the headlight of a boat coming, and encouraged my comrade to hold on by saying it would probably take us in. This was about one hour before daylight. We became un- conscious and did not remember when we were picked up. We came to about 9 a. m. that day.” On his return home Mr. Mayes re- engaged in farming, and December 2, 1875, married Miss Mary (Stokes) Moza, daughter of Joseph and Nancy (Grimes) Moza, and in March, 1876, came to Boone county and bought 125 acres of land in Jefferson township, on which he resided twelve years, and then bought his present farm of seventy-four acres, which he has thoroughly cultivated and im- proved. To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Mayes have been born two children — Charley S. Mayes and Otto C. Mayes. Mr. Mayes, it will be seen, descends from a family of patriots, and the part he has acted shows that he is well worthy his ancestry, and it is needless to say that his fellow-citizens esteem him accordingly. E arl H. MEYER is a young farmer of progressive ideas and substantial means, residing in Jackson town- ship, Boone county, Ind. His father, Henry Meyer, was born in Detrnold, Germany, in the year 1836, but came to America in company with an uncle when only fourteen years of age and returned home on a visit in 1880. For some years his life was spent in Dayton and Cincinnati, Ohio, where he learned and worked at the shoemaker’s trade. Some years later he settled in Boone county, Ind., and bought a tract of unimproved land, finally adding to this until he owned 450 acres. At his death, he owned 420 acres, which he had improved, erecting a large, two- story, brick residence, beside a large barn and other farm buildings. He proved himself a BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY 1188 most \v(Mthy citizen, jnof^ressive in all his undertaking's. Coininf^' to America without education or capital, he made himself one of the wealthiest men of Jackson township by hard work and fruj.;al industry. In politics he was a member of the old independent party. Both he and wife were consistent and devout members of the New Lif^ht church, of which he was numbered amonj;' the strongest hnancial members, and of which he was trustee. He married Mary F. Pratt, which union was blessed with two children, namely: Charlotte and Dota, the former alone surviving. The second marriage of Mr. Meyer was to Elizabeth Islay, daughter of David and Mary (Murphy) Islay, who were natives of Tennessee and among the hrst settlers of Boone county. The children l)y this second union were born in the following order: David, Anderson, MalindaJ., and Karl H., our subject. The father and mother so lived that they had the confidence and esteem of all who enjoyed their acquaint- ance. He was killed (hetober rimaway team; the mother afterward Milton Young, who is also the father-in-law of our subject. Mr. Young owns a fine farm of over 200 acres and now lives a retired life in Lebanon. He and his wife are members of the New Light church and he affiliates with the democratic party. Karl H. Meyer was born in Jackson town- ship, Boone county, September 26, 1870, on the farm where he now resides and where he has always lived. He received a common school education and began life for himself upon arriving at his majority, and since has followed the life of an agiiculturist. He mar- ried Lila M. Yonug, the daughter of Milton and Susan (Parish) \'oung. 'I'lie ^'olmgs were among the first settlers of Montgomery county, Ind., and Mr. Young is now one of the gray- haired ])ioneer farmers of Boone county, who has lived to see these counties rescued from ' their jwimitive state. To Mr. and Mrs. Meyer has been born one child, namely: Sylva I., who is the idol of the home. Mr. Meyer owns [ the old homestead of i i 5 acres, a good farm j in every sense of the term, beautifully situated on the Lebanon and Jamestown pike, two ’ miles from Jamestown. He has a two-story, spacious, brick residence, and a large modern barn, windmill and other out-buildings. Mr. and Mrs. Meyer in religion belong to the New Light church, and Mr. Meyer is an active worker as well as teacher in the Sunday-school. He is the hajipv owner of a beautiful draft stallion of the Norman breed, named Duke. The horse is a beautiful dark bay of powerful build, five years of age, and is the pride of the country renmdabout. EORGE LRVIN MILLER, merchant of Terhune and gallant ex-soldier, was born in Brerwn count}', Ohio, November 2, 1844. His paternal grandparents were Robert and Mary (Wooster) Miller, who reared a family consisting of the following children — Robert S., )ohn G. , Bar- ton, Mary A., Julia A., and Nancy A. His j maternal grandfather was William Evans, born 1787 and married in 1813 to Mary Potter, who bore him ten children, namely — Ld P., Samuel J., Martha, W'illiam IL, Mary J., james K., Iflijah, Nathan, Louisa and Lu- cinda. His second marriage was consummated with Harriet Taylor, the result of which union I was four children — Mary J., Jemima, Taylor i and Amanda. William Evans was a soldier under Gen. Harrison in the war of 1812, was for a period of fort}-five years an ehler of the Presbyterian church and dic'd I'ebruary 1 6, I 873. Robert Scott Millei', father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Brown county, Ohio, November 22, 1817. He married Mary J. I'fvans, who was born |idy 12, 1821, and reared 5, 1890, by a narried © OF BOONE COUNTY. 389 a family consisting of the following children— George K., John \V. , Robert W., William W.,, Jane Belle. James E., Caroline, and Sarah F., all living except Caroline, who died at the age of twenty-two years. The mother of the above children died on the twenty-fourth day of January, 1875; the father is still living. George Ervin Miller was reared to man- hood in Brown county, Ohio, where he began life for himself as a farmer, owning, at one time there, a well improved place of i62.\ acres. He afterwards sold his farm and mov- ing to Indianapolis, Ind., engaged in carpen- tering, which he followed for a period of seven years, and then began huckstering, continuing the same about one year. His next move was to Terhune, Boone county, where he opened a general store, which he has since continued, and, at this time, carries a stock amounting to about $7,000, and is in the enjoyment of a large and lucrative patronage in the town and surrounding country. Mr. Miller is a careful business man, is well known in commercial circles and has a I'eputation for fair dealing much more than local. He served as trustee of Marion township for a jieriod of two years and discharged the duties of the position in a man- ner highly satisfactory to the public. Mr. Miller has traveled extensively, having visited twenty-one states and territories. Mr. Miller and Louisa T. Summers, daughter of Albert B. and Caroline (Trexler) Summers, were united in the bonds of wedlock May 18, 1865, the result of which union is the following chil- dren — Albert S., born April 6, 1867; Mary E., February 18, 1870; Katie B.. December 30, 1872; Tilla A., December 7, 1875; Ervin E., November 4, 1878; Chester L. , October 7, 1880; Blanch A., July i, 1882, and Frankie R., April II, 1888. Mr. Miller served with distinction in the late rebellion, enlisting at the early age of sev- enteen in company E, Eighty-ninth Ohio vol- unteer infantry, and saw his first active serv- ice in Kentucky, going thence through the Kanawha valley to Fayetteville, a distance of 125 miles, being under fire there for a number of days. From Fayetteville his command went to Chickamauga, Tenn., but owing to sickness, he did not accompany the regiment, but, instead, was sent to Charleston, and thence on a furlough returned home. On re- rejoining his command he was placed in com- pany G, Seventeenth invalid corps, and later transferred or detailed to Gen. Hovey’s body guard as one of the latter’s private escorts. He was one of the soldiers who assisted in the arrest of Horsey, Bowles and Milligan for trea- son, and at one time assisted in guarding the Confederate prisoners confined at Camp Mor- ton, Indianapolis. He was intrusted at differ- ent times with messages of much importance, and became pretty familiar with the inside workings of the conspiracy which, but for the timely discovery, would doubtless have re- sulted in much aid to the rebellion in the liber- ation of the Confederates held at Camp Mor- ton. At this camp there were 13,000 rebel prisoners guarded by fifty-one Eederals during the day, which number, however, was in- creased at night. Rebel sympathizers, or mem- bers of the Knights of the Golden Circle, who planned the release of these jirisoners, at- tached letters to rocks and threw them over the stockade, explaining the scheme to those inside. This scheme was to furnish them with arms, on their release, to enable them to give battle right in the streets of the city. Several boxes iharked “Sunday School Books,” were unloaded at the Sentinel building, and their great weight was the cause of the governor’s attention being called to them ; on being opened, the boxes were found to contain re- volvers. The governor, of course, notified the commander of the prison, at once, that there was to be a revolt at a set time, the guards HI()(;R AI’TIICAL HISTORY :!<)() were to l)e shot, and that the prisoners were to escape. George K. Miller was the trusty messenger to be called from his bed at mid- night to carry this dispatch from the private office of Gen. Hovey to the commandant of the camp and take his receipt therefor. As stated in the preceding paragraph, Mr. Miller has been an e.xtensive traveler, and he was one of the passengers on the ill-fated train wrecked on the Monon route January 27, 1890, in which six persons were killetl and a great many wounded. In that terrible accident he was severely injured in the shoulder, spine and lower limbs, the nature of which was such as to render him a physical wreck for life. He brought suit for damages against the railroad and received judgment to the amount of $10,- 000, which judgment has recently been con- firmed by the highest court of the state. Po- litically Mr. Miller is an earnest supporter of the republican party, and has been an active worker for upward of thirty years, and is con- sidered as one of the leaders. He is an active member of the G. A. R. , belonging to post No. 103, at Sheridan, Ind. Mrs. Miller was born in Philadelphia, Pa., October 8, 1848, and, at the age of ten years, came with her jiarents to Indianaj)ohs, where she grew to womanhood, was educated in the city schools, and was here when she was mar- ried. Mrs. Miller is a member of the Presby- terian church. Albert P. Summers was a carpenter b}- trade and an active citizen and became well to do. He met his death August 5, 1886, by falling from a ladder while working at his trade. He was a stanch republican and a member of the b'ifth Presbyterian church. He left a family of four children and a wife at his death, and Mrs. Sum- mers yet resides in Indiana))ohs, a mend)er of the Congregational church. I le and wile were j)arent.s of eight children -Mary, Louise, Gilbert Albert, I'homas, Sarah, Llizabeth and Caroline. ILLIAM MILLER, one of Boone county's substantial and representa- tive citizens, is a native of Cocke county, Tenn., where his birth oc- curred on the third day of January 1832. His father, Charles M. Miller, was a son of I'rederick Miller, the latter a native of France, who came to the Uirited States with Gen. La Fayette during the Revolution, in which struggle he served with distinction until inde- pendence had been achieved. Frederick Miller married, in North Carolina, a Miss Edwards, by whom he had three children — Andrew, Mary and Charles M. Charles M. Miller was born in Rowan county, N. C., in 1791, and there married Sarah Fries, whose birth occurred the same year. Her father, Jacob I'ries, emigrated to the United States from Germany in the time of the colonies, and, at the breaking out of the Revolutionary war, he espoused the cause of freedom and did valiant service in assisting his adopted country to throw off the British yoke. Charles M. Miller settled in east Tennessee in an early day, and made that his home until his death, which occurreil on the twenty-ninth day of May, 1876; his wife survived him until the following winter, dying on the twenty-third day of December of the same year. The fol- lowing are the names of the children born to Charles M. and Sarah Miller — I'rederick S., deceased; Mary, deceased; C'atherine, deceased; George W., deceased; Susan, Margaret, b'rances, Charles P., Andrew, William and Mahala A. William Miller grew to manhood in his nati\'e state, and in the fall of 1853 moved to Indiana, locating first in Clinton county, and later removing to the county' ol Howard, thence, after ashort ])i'riod of residence, moving to Worth township, Boone county. C)n arriv- ing in the townshi|»oi Worth, Mr. Miller leased a tract of land of Ambrose Neese and resided OF BOONE COUNTY. upon the same for a period of about seven years. In the meantime, he had been quite successful in his financial affairs — so much so, indeed, that he was enabled to purchase the farm on which he lived, and he has ever since continued to make it his home. To his original purchase he has, at different times, made ad- ditions, and he now owns 233 acres, 200 of which are under a high state of cultivation. Mr. Miller’s marriage with Rachel M. Ottinger, daughter of I^Iichael and Elizabeth (Winters) Ottinger, was solemnized in Cocke county, Tenn., on the twenty-fourth day of December, 1851. Mrs. Miller was born in Tennessee May 21, 1836, and departed this life on the fourteenth day of December, 1870; she was the mother of four children, namely : Sarah E. , born May 29, 1862; William H., born Eebruary 29, 1864; Mary J., born April 18, 1866, and Albert A., born July 12, 1869, died July 31 of the same year. On the thir- tieth day of November, 1871, Mr. Miller was united in marriage with Miss Eanra A. Ronk of North Carolina, daughter of John P. and Eve (Leinback) Ronk. Mr. and Mrs. Ronk came to Indiana from Tennessee in 1875, set- tling in Bcone county, where their deaths oc- curred— the mother dying December 3, 1887, and the father April 16, 1894. They were the parents of seven children: Eugene R.. Laura A , Permain, John B , Sybila C., Irvin S. and Amanda D. To Mr. Miller's second marriage eight children have been born, name- ly ; Charles I., whose birth occurred August 26, 1872, John M., January 5, 1874; Gilbert A., March 30, 1875; Leotis N , August 25, 1876, died March 24, 1893; Zerba C., born May 5, 1878, died July 19, 1878; LouadaE., March 27. 1880; Bessie E. , Eebruary i, 1883, and Elora J., November 21, 1885. Mrs. Miller was born in Eorsythe county, N. C., on the second day of April, 1843. Mr. Miller is highly esteemed in the community where he 891 resides and is a man who commands the re- spect of all who come in contact with him in social or business relations. His life has been singularly free from the slightest taint of sus- picion, and his excellent judgment and high sense of honor have always won for him a conspicuous place in the estimation of the public. ^ EORGE D. MILLER is a successful farmer of Jefferson township, Boone county, Ind. , and he springs from an old American family of Virginia. His father was Alexander Miller, who married Louisa Bell, of a Kentucky family, a family of nine children resnlting from the union: Eliza- beth, John G., Catherine, Mary, George D., Ellen, Julia, Martha and James. Mr. Miller moved to Indiana in 1816, bringing his family, and passed the remainder of his days in Deca- tur county, whei'e he was a substantial farmer. He lived to be sixty-five years of age, was a member of the Methodist church, and a repub- lican in political opinions, having been an old- time whig until that party became consolidated into the great republican party. He was re- spected by the people as an honorable man and an industrious and prosperous citizen. His son John C. was in the Civil war in the Sev- enth Indiana volunteer infantry, serving three years. George I). Miller, our subject and son of Alexander, was born in Decatur county, Ind., October 16, 1838, where he received a common education. He enlisted in Decatur county at the age of twenty-two, in company E, Seventh Indiana volunteer infantry, for three months, on April 12, 1861, at Clarksburg, under Capt. Joseph Beernisdoffer. He was in the battles of Philippi, Carmix Lord and a severe skirmish, serving out his enlistment. He then re-enlisted 1 at Greensburg, Decatur county, Ind., in 802 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY August, 1862, ill the Twenty-sixth Indiana battery, and served until the close of the war, in July of 1865. He was engaged in the siege of Knoxvillle, many skirmishes and other engagements. Mr. Miller was in the hospital but little, but was sick of typhoid fever in an ambulance for one month, and at a private house. This sickness greatly injuredjiis health, which he has never fully recovered. His wife was Mary J. Hollingsworth, daughter of Samuel and Fanny (Alexander) Hollingsworth. Mr. Hollingsworth is a venerable and much respected gentleman of eighty years, and an old settler of Boone county, coming here in 1833-4, from North Carolina — of English stock and an old Quaker family. He is a well-to-do farmer, owing 320 acres of land, and the father of but two children — Mary J. and M'ill- iam W. George D. and Mary J. Miller had born to them but two children — I'annie H. and Florence J. Politically, Mr. Miller is a republican, and fraternally he is a Mason of Thorntown lodge. He came to Boone county in 1867. There is no more industrious, straightforward and honorable citizen in Jefferson township than George L). Miller. Natuarally of a quite dis- position, he is a kind friend and accommodating neighbor. John Miller, the grandfather of George D., was born in Virginia, and moved to Decatur county, Ind., about 1816, coming down the Ohio river in a flat boat. He set- tled in the new country of Indiana. He was a backwoodsman and a hunter and the father of six children, as follows; Alexander H., John, George, Elizabeth, fane and Mary. John Miller was a tyjncal American ])ioneer, possessing the rugged virtues of the old settlers. George 1 ). Miller w’as one or those sturdy soldiers of the Civil war who served fnnn the beginning to the end. He was alwa3's ])rompt, faithful and reliable, and is deserving of a place in the record of Boone county, as a veteran who endured the hardships and fought the battles as one of the defenders of the Union. H BEL MOEEITT, of Thorntown, Boone county, Ind. , was born in Ran- dolph county, N. C., October 8, 1826, a son of David and Rachel (Cox) Moffitt. Both parents were born in Randolph county, and were there married and lived on their farm until 1840, when they came to Indiana, and for a year resided in Hamilton countyg whence they came to Boone county and settled down to farming, although Mr. Moffitt was also a wagonmaker. They were the parents of nine chihlren, named as follows: ISlary, William, Jane, Joshua, Rachel, David, Abel, Ruth and Silas, all deceased with the exception of Abel and Silas, the latter being a real estate agent in Minnesota. Both parents are also deceased, and their remains are at repose in Sugar Plains cemetery at Thorntown, David, the father, was a member of the I'riends' church, ami in politics was a republican. He was a very successful man, owned 1 60 acres at his death, and had given his two chihlren surviving him 160 acres each. He had been quite prominent in local affairs and his death was greatly lamented by the community. Abel Moffitt was but fourteen years of age when brought to Indiana by his parents. He was educated as farmers' lads usually are, and lived with his father and mother until they were called to their long home. At the age of twenty-seven he began the affairs of life on his own account, traveling, however, for three years in the states and Canada for pleasure and observation before permanently settling down to farming on his 1 60 acres in this township, on which he remained until 1872, when he went to Battle t'reek, Mich., for a year, and then went to Vermillion county. Ilk, where he OF BOONE COUNTY. 898 purchased i 14 acres and employed himself with farming for two years, when he came again to Thorntown and for a year carried on a meat market, and then engaged in the livery busi- ness, in I 887, which he has since followed with gratifying success. Mr. Moffitt was married in Montgomery county, Ind., March 13, 1858, to Asenath H. Clark, who was born in Ran- dolph county, N. C., in August, 1829, a daugh- ter of Samuel and Mary (Husseyj Clark, and to this union have been born eight children, viz: Rollin C., deceased; Elmer E. ; Orrin, de- ceased; Alvaretta, Eeora Electo, deceased; Walter, deceased; Josephine and Quincy A. The mother of this family died July 13, 1889, and lies buried in Sugar Plains cemetery. Elmer E. Moffitt, son of Abel and Asenath Moffitt, was born in Sugar Creek township, Boone county, Ind., March 23, 1861, and was reared a farmer. He received the ordinary education of the common school of his district, which was supplemented by a course in the city school of Battle Creek, Mich. October 13, 1887, he married in Sugar Creek township Miss E. May Wickersham, who was born here October 2, 1866, a daughter of George and Mary (Hadden) Wickersham of Kentucky. To Mr. and Mrs. Moffitt has been born one child, W’alter. Mrs. Moffitt is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in politics Mr. Moffitt is a republican. By trade he is a butcher, and also handles fine draft horses and trotters, owning, among the latter, Eittle Sam, with a record of 2:22.\. A more fitting close to the above biography cannot be made than the giving of the follow- ing short account of the ancestors of the Moffitt family in America; Robert Moffitt was born in Scotland, but emigrated to Ireland when young, and married there to Margaret Stewart of England, a near relative of King James H. Both died in Ireland. Their chil- dren were as follows: James, William, Adam, Margaret, Mary, Catherine, Robert, Hugh, John and Patrick. The latter never came to America. John came over, but went back, and married and died in Ireland. William came over first, alone, and went back. Being pleased with this country, he with five other brothers came to Philadelphia and remained there some time, then went to North Carolina, into Chat- ham or Randolph county. James went to Georgia or South Carolina about the year 1790. William, Adam and Charles died in North Carolina; Hugh emigrated to Ohio in 1798 or 1799, and settled near Chillicothe, and died about a year afterw'ard. Robert started back to Ireland and w'as never heard from by those that remained. They suppose he was lost at sea. At that time only sail ships were in use. Whlliam and Hugh married Charles Uavis’ daughters in North Carolina. Their father was from England and was a boy when his father died; his mother put him at the weaver’s trade, but not being pleased with his situation he left England without his mother’s knowledge and landed in Philadelphia, where he was sold to pay his passage. ACOB F. MOORE, a prosperous farmer and ex-soldier of Marion township, Boone county, Ind., was born in Dear- born county, same state, June 9. 1824, and is of English and German and Irish de- scent. Peter Moore, father of Jacob F. , was born June 17, 1797, married Rachael Norris for his first wife, and died in i860. To this union were born Jacob F., Joseph N., John S. , Mary A., James B., George W. , William W. and Peter R., the last named dying young. Mrs. Moore died when about forty-six years of age. Mr. Moore then married Sarah Amos, who bore one child, Martha R. Peter Moore, who was a native of Rowan county, N. C., moved to Boone county, Ky. , when fifteen 394 T^IOGR APIIICAL IIISl'ORY years of a^^e, and in iy his second wife, whose maiden name was Abigail Fritzinger, he had eight children, whose names in order of birth are as follows — Keul)en, Rebecca, James F. , Elizabeth, Jeremiah M , Ella, Andrew and Abigail. Jeremiah M. Neidlinger, whose name in- troduces this sketch, was born Eebruary 26, 1855, and spent his youth in Pennsylvania, in the schools of which state he received his educational training. He accompanied his par- ents to Indiana, for a number of years resided at Frankfort, and on the twentieth of August, 1876, at the town of New Augusta, was united in marriage to Eaura T. , daughter of Jeremiah and Susannah (Pitts) Coble. Mrs. Neidlinger is a native of Indiana, born at New Augusta on the twenty-first day of November, 1859. In the year 1880 Mr. Neidlinger purchased, of Isaac Dye, the W'hitestown I'louring mills, and operated the same with success and finan- cial profit until 1883, at which date he disposed of the same to Samuel Butnor, and for a limited period thereafter was engaged in agri- cultural pursuits. Subsequently, he exchanged his farm for a stock of goods at Whitestown, with the mercantile interest of which place he has since been actively identified, his business at this time representing annual sales of from $20,000 to $25,000. His stock, valued at about $ I 2,000, includes all articles of merchan- dise demanded by the general trade, and his business, l)y far the mos^ extensive in Whites- town, ranks with the best of the kind in Boone county. Mr. Neidlinger is a careful business man, strictly honorable in his dealings, and has more than a local re])utation in commercial circles. He and wife are iiKunbers of the Eutheran church and in politics he supports the democratic ]>arty. The names of the chil- dren of Mr. and Mrs. Neidlinger, together with their dates of birth, are herewith given; Abigail S. , July I, 1877; Laura P. , March 28, 1880; George M., September 23, 1883; Maggie B., December 8, 1885; Jeremiah F., April 3, 1888; Geraldine J., June 19, 1892. ESSE NEFF. — When the great Civil war swept over the country, and Abra- ham Lincoln made the first call for troops to defend the Union, the Ameri- can people were pursuing the arts of peace, and the farmer's son was holding the plow and assisting in the support of his father’s family. Jesse Neff, the subject of this sketch, was one of these farmer boys. He is a native In- dianian and descends from hardy Swiss stock — from those people who founded the first per- manent republic in the history of the world. Two brothers of the name were the founders of the family in America, in old colonial times. One settled in North Carolina and one came west. Col. C. C. Nave was a veteran of the Mexican war, was from east Tennessee, and descended from the brother who went to North Carolina. The colonel was well in- formed as to the family history, and stated that the name was originally spelled Nave, and that they were of Swiss ancestry. Col. Nave practiced law for many years in Hendricks county, Ind., and at the time of his death was the oldest practitioner at the bar in the state of Indiana. P'rom the brother who came west, or his descendants, came its name Neff. John Neff, the grandfather of the subject, was born near Ifaltimore, Md. He was a farmer and settled in Boyle county, Ky., near Danville, and reared a family consisting of the following children : )acob, Abraham, Margaret, Martha aiul Sarah. John Neff came to Hendricks county. Inch, in 1835, and settled in Eel river township, where he entered 160 acres of land, became a j)romincnt and substantial OF BOONE COUNTY. 397 farmer, and lived to the great age of eighty- eight years. Jacob Neff, father of Jesse, was born in Boyle county, Ky., February 22, 1804, received the common education of his day and became a farmer. He married in Boyle county, Ky., Gabriella Skinner, who bore him twelve children : John, William, Elizabeth, James B., Elias, Pantha J., Martha E., Jesse, Lucebra, Emily, Sarah F. and Albert ; the first four were born in Boyle county, Ky. ; the remainder in Hendricks county, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Neff were members ef the Christian church, in which he was deacon for some years. In 1863 Mr. Neff moved to Boone county, Ind., and settled near Lebanon on a farm. He died at the age of seventy-four years, an honored citizen. He was a stanch republican in politics, was strongly in favor of the Union, and had three sons in the Civil war. Jesse Neff was born in Eel River township, Hendricks county, Ind., March 17, 1843. He received the common school education of his native county and early learned to work on the farm. At the age of eighteen years he enlisted in company E, P'ortieth regiment Indiana vol- unteer infantry, at Lebanon, Ind., for three years, as a private under Col. W. C. Wilson, and Cap. Elias Neff, on October 7, 1861. He served until honorably discharged December 7, 1864, at Nashville, Tenn. He was in the battles of Shiloh, Tenn., fought April 6 and 7, 1862, when Grant, with 45,000 troops, was attacked by 40,000 Confederates under Gen- erals Johnston and Beauregard; the battle of Perryville, Ky. , October 8, 1862 — between 15,000 Federals under Col. Daniel McCook of Buell’s army and four divisions of the Confed- erate army under Lewis, Bragg, Polk and Hardee; Stone River, Term., December 31, 1862, and January i, 2 and 3, 1863, between 43,400 Unionists, under Gen. Rosecrans and 62,490 Confederates under Hardee, Polk and Kirby Smith; Missionary Ridge, Tenn., Novem- ber 24, 25 and 26, 18C3, between 80,000 Unionists under Gen. Grant and 50,000 Con- federates under Gen. Bragg, and in Sherman’s expedition from Chattanooga, Tenn., to Atlan- ta, Ga. He took part in the battles of Resaca, Ga. May 14, 1864, between Gen. Sherman and Johnston’s Confederate army. Rocky Faced Ridge, Pine Mountain, Ga., battle of Calhorn, battle of Burnt Hickory; battle of Kenesaw Mountain, June 27, 1864; battle of Peach Tree Creek, Ga. , July 20, 1864, between Gen. Sherman’s army and the Confederates under Gen. Johnston; Jonesboro, Ga. , August 31, 1864, under Gen. Sherman’s army and a heavy force of Confederates, who soon with- drew; then at Lovejoy Station, Ga. Mr. Neff took part in all the battles as above given of this memorable expedition, and after the Atlanta campaign, the Fortieth regi- ment returned with “Pap” Thomas to Chatta- nooga, and then went to Athens, Ala., and Columbus, Tenn. They fell back with Thomas to Spring Hill, where a hard battle was fought, considering the number of troops engaged. He took part in the battle of Frank- lin, Tenn., on November 30, 1864, between Gen. Schofield’s Union force, consisting of two army corps, commanded by Gens. Stanley and Cox, and two corps of Hood’s Confeder- ate army under Gens. Lee and Cheatham. This was Sergeant Neff’s last battle, and the terrible scenes of that day are vividly im- pressed upon his mind. He witnessed, as a combatant, the final charge of Gen. Hood’s Confederates, which is considered one of the most brilliant infantry charges during the war, attacking Gen. Schofield’s entire army. It was one of the most desperate. scenes ever witnessed on the field of battles. Sergeant Neff was wounded in the storming of Mission- ary Ridge, November 25, 1863. ,He charged up the ridge with his company and was shot through the right thigh by an ounce ball. He BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY :U)8 was taken tcj the held liosjhtal, where he re- mained for six weeks under a tent, and was then h(nne on a furlough for six weeks — the only furlough he received during the war. He then rejoined his regiment. He was the sec- ond time wounded in the charge np Kenesaw Mountain, June 2ull Run field to Richmond, and was there discharged. In October, 1862, he enlisted in company L, Second cavalry, Forty-second Indiana volunteers, at Indianapo- lis; they were sent to Louisville, Ky. , mounted, and dispatched to Nashville, Tenn. ; went to Murfreesboro; then were in the first fight at Lookout Mountain; then at Chattanooga, and would have been captured if not rescued by the Thirty-seventh Indiana infantry; were in front of Sherman, fighting more or less, as he marched and countermarched two or three months on his way to Atlanta; went with Thomas back to Nashville, and in the fight were dismounted, and for one day served wuth with the infantry; went with Wilson to Selma, Ala, and had his horse killed under him and was himself shot in the heel; then went on to Tallahassee, Fla., where he was honorably dis- charged and came home. In the fight at Selma, Mr. Phillips’ horse fell on that gentle- man’s leg, the result being a developement of varicose veins. On his return home he neg- lected to apply for a pension, although his health was very poor and he was unable to do farm labor — only a few chores — and his leg was considerably shrunk by the injured veins. Now all his old comrades are dead, or lost sight of, and he is unable to substantiate a claim to a pension, yet it is plainly appar- ent that he is entitled to cpiite a large one. Although Mr. Phillips is not alone in this un- fortunate predicament, his case is not the less to be deplored on that acconnt. RS. MARTHA A. RLICS, of Sugar Creek township, Poone comity, Ind., w'as born in Union county, in the same state, March 15, 1841, and is adaughtcrof Hugh and Anna (Talbert) Max- well. Mr. Maxwell was a native of Tennes- see, and was born in 1801, and Mrs. Anna OF mE OF BOONE COUNTY. 419 Maxwell had her nativity in North Carolina in 1806; they were united in matrimony in Union county, Ind., in 1825, and there lived on a farm until 1874, when they moved to Wayne county, Ind., and resided in Dublin until the death of Hugh Maxwell in 1884, when his widow returned to Union county, where her days were closed in 1885. They were the par- ents of ten children, as follows: Alphens, now of Kansas; Calvin, deceased; Moses, of Jef- ferson township; Aaron, deceased; Albert, of In- diana; Benjamin, of Missouri; Sarah T., wife of A. Williamson, of Kansas, Mrs. Martha M. Rees, whose name heads this biographical notice; Louisa, deceased; and Mary A., now Mrs. Nathan Brown, of Kansas. The parents of this family were members of the Society of Friends. Mr. Maxwell was a republican, and one of the most prominent men of Union county. Martha Maxwell, the lady with whom this sketch has most to do, received her prepara- tory education at the common schools, and this was supplemented by an attendance of one year at the Earlham college in Richmond, Wayne county, Ind.. September 24, 1864, she was united in marriage to Oliver Rees, who was born in Parke county, Ind., September 21, 1838, a son of William and Mary (Hunni- cutt) Rees, natives respectively of Virginia and Tennessee, and, like '^he Maxwell family, members of the Society of Friends. Oliver Rees w'as reared a farmer, and received the ordinary common school education, improved by an attendance at the Earlham college. He came to Boone county while still a yonngman, and employed himself in agriculture until his marriage, when he entered into the grocery business, and this occupied his attention for five years, when he sold out and bought an elevator in company with S. Robinson, and this was profitably carried on for five years longer, when he disposed of his interest in this business, and purchased a farm of 103 aci'es, and resumed the pursuit of his earlier manhood, which he continued to follow until death claimed him for his own, January 29, 1891. His remains now quietly rest in the cemetery of Sugar Plain. He had increased his acreage to 180, and had been strictly hon- orable in all his dealings; was a prohibitionist, although at first a republican in politics; was a useful citizen, and his death was mourned not only by his afflicted wife and children, but by the community at large, by whom he had been held in the highest esteem. The follow- ing obituary notice is extracted from the Chris- tian Worker of Chicago; “Died, in the tri- umph of faith, at the ‘Invalids’ Home,’ Ko- komo, Ind., 1st mo., 29, 1891, Oliver Rees, son of William and Mary Rees (deceased), a beloved member of Sugar Plain Monthly Meet- ing, Ind., born in Parke county, Ind., 9th mo., 19, 1837. He received injuries by being thrown from a mowing machine last summer, from which he did not fully recover, although able to attend meeting and to superintend his business. He was present at monthly meet- ing 1st mo., 3, but was taken sick with a chill that evening, and grew more feeble daily. At the end of two weeks he went to the Invalids’ Home for hygienic treatment; his disease proved to be a complicated case of typhoid fever. His wife, two oldest children and two brothers were with him at the close.” His children were seven in number, and named: Anna M., wife of Ludovic E. Ed- wards, now a druggist of Denver, Colo. ; Ros- coe W., a dentist of the same city ; Homer L. , Arthur H., Oris J., Mary A. and Ethel C. , all five living with their mother. At his death the bereaved widow took charge of the farm, which she has successfully managed. She is a member of the W. C. T. U. and of the mis- sionary society, and is honored by all who know her Christian humility and the modest P,IOGKAPIirCAL HISTORY denieaiior with which she pursues lier way through life. eorop: brown richardson.— Prouiiuent among the representative men of Marion township, Boone county, Ind., is George Brown Rich- ardson, a leading agriculturist and one of the honored old settlers. His grandfather was William Richardson, a Virginian, who married Mrs. Jane (Bobbett) Laws and became the father of the following children — Lettice, who married a Mr. Barnes; Nancy, whose first hus- band was C'^arles Rusk, and who afterward married a Mr. Leach; Joel, Jonathan, Caleb, Rebecca, Mary and James Richardson. Mhl- liam Richardson was a farmer by occupation and a life-long democrat. The following inci- dent is related by his descendants: At one time, in company with a neighbor by the name of Stephens, he went to procure a supply of salt from the salt works several miles from his home, and while on the way fell in company with a stranger who was sick, and of whom he at once took charge. At night they slept with the unknown stranger, and ujion their return home discovered that his ailment was nothing less than the small-pox, of which dread disease l\Ir. Richardson subseciuently died, but not until his whole family had been exposed and become infected. Jonathan Richardson, brother of George B. Richardson, was born january 13, 1797, in Virginia, moved with his i)arents, when five years of age, to Rentucky, and later, about 1815, came to Indiana, locating in the county of Decatur, where he entered and purchased a valuable tract of real estate. He married Anna Wheeler, who was born in 1807, which marriage is said to have been the first event of the kind solemnized in Rush county, Ind., after its organization. Their children were: John W., Mrs. Elizabeth J. Parr, William, George B., Mrs. Mary A. Parr, James P. , Mrs. Nancy E. Parr, Mrs. Hannah B. Wheeler, Benjamin M., Tillman H., Mrs. Rebecca E. Hooper, Jonathan, Anna, Sarah O., and Rachel. Mr. Richardson moved to Boone county in 1837, purchasing 240 acres of land, of which but eight acres at that time had been partially cleared. He was an honest and re- spected citizen, died at the age of fifty-nine years, and was buried on his farm at Big Springs. His wufe's grandfather served in the early Indian wars and participated in the bat- tle of Horse Shoe Bend in March, 1814, under Gen. Jackson. He had a profound regard for that general, and was frequently heard to say: “I love God Almighty first, and then Gen. Jackson. ” George B. Richardson was born in Decatur county, Ind., August 24, 1828, and came with his parents to Boone county when ten years of age. Reared a farmer, his early life was with- out event of any particular note, and on the seventh day of March, 1850, he entered into the marriage relation with Margaret E. Parr, who was born in 1832 in the state of Tennee- see. The result of this union was the follow- ing children: Sarah E., wife of John |. Rich- ardson; Elizabeth J., wife of Hopson M. Scott; john f. ; William ].; Mrs. Anna G, Maines; Mai-y, wife of Jacob Afaines; Mrs. Hannah ReynokE; George T. ; Mrs. Lucinda Stahl; Thomas H. ; Mrs. Margaret Mills and Glaude Richardson. The father of Mrs. Richardson was William Parr, one of the early settlers of Boone county, where he lived a number of years and afterward moved to Missouri, where his death tjccurred, about the age of sixty. His wife was a native of Tennessee and died at the early age of twenty-one years; Mr. Parr afterward married Elizabeth P'. Richardson, OF BOONE COUNTY. 421 who still survives him. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Richardson began housekeeping on his present farm, consisting originally of eighty acres, to which he has made additions from time to time until he is now the possessor of 124 acres, the greater part of which is well improved. In 1888 he suffered a serious loss in the destruction of two large barns by fire, aggregating fully $3,000, but a small portion of which was covered by insurance. Later he erected a large and commodious barn and other buildings, and has fully recovered from the loss, which might have discouraged a less energetic man. For nearly a half century he lived in a log dwelling, which has since been replaced by an elegant frame residence, which represents the value of over $2,000. His farm is one of the best in Marion township, thorougly drained by a thousand rods of tile- ing, and in all that goes to make a successful agriculturist he occupies a front rank. He was one of the leading promotors of the pres- ent gravel road system of Boone county and was a contractor on one of the highways which runs near his residence. He lives within six miles of nine railroad stations, thus being eas- ily accessible to good markets — a striking con- trast to the time -when he was compelled to drive his hogs and haul his grain to Cincinnati in order to find a sale. He is a stockholder in the Big Springs Natural Gas company and uses natural gas for light and fuel in his resi- dence. His political views are in harmony with the democratic party, and for a period of four years he served as justice of the peace of his township, the duties of which position he discharged in a manner highly creditable to himself and satisfactory to all concerned. He is held in the highest esteem by his neighbors and is indeed one of the leading citizens of the township of Marion. Mrs. Richardson is a consistent member of the Baptist church and a lady of many excellent traits of character. ILLIAM T. RICKARDS is a native of Ohio and dates his birth from the fifteenth day of August, 1838. He is a descendant of Scotch-Irish an- cestors, and although the family history is to a considerable extent vague, it is known that his grandparents, John and Mary (Hairis) Rick- ards, were natives of one of the eastern states and that his mother’s father was John Harris, an early resident, if not a native, of the state of Maryland. Nathan Rickards, father of Will- iam T., was born February 23, 1813, in Dela- ware, and by his marriage with Sarah A. Har- ris, which took place in the spring of 1834, he had a family of eleven children, whose names are as follows: John H., Mary H., William T. , Margaret J., Emily, Livia, Sarah, Nathan, Permelia, Jemima and Elizabeth, twins, all but two of whom grew to years of maturity. About the year 1835 Nathan Rickards emi- grated to Greene county, Ohio, thence, in 1841, to Boone county, Ind., where he purchased a farm not far from the place now occupied by William T. He added to his original purchase from time to time, and, though never becom- ing wealthy, he succeeded in accumulating a sufficiency of this world’s goods to place him- self and family in very comfortable circum- sj:ances. He was a man of great industry and determination, and during a long and useful life nothing reflecting on his business integrity or private character ever gained circulation. While still young he and wife united with the Methodist church, of which they remained faithful communicants until death, thus setting a godly example for their children, which, to their credit be it said, they all tried to imi- tate. Nathan Rickards died April 28, 1893, and was laid to rest in the Spencer cemetery by the side of his faithful companion, who pre- ceded him to the grave on the twenty-eighth day of January, 1879. Willliam T. Rickards was about three years 422 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY of age wlieii brought to Indiana by his parents, since which time, with the exception of the pe- riod sjiont in the army, he has been a well known and honored citizen of Boone county. His early educational advantages were by no means of a high order, but he obtained a fair knowledge of books in such schools as the country afforded, and, by coming in contact w'ith the world in after life, became the pos- sessor of a practical education, such as schools fail to impart. Bred a farmer, he early chose agriculture as a life-work, and he followed that calling with a fair degree of success until sum- moned to do battle in defense of the national honor in the days of i86i. In September of that 3'ear he was sworn into the United States’ service, entering camp first at La Fayette, thence to Indianapolis, from which city he ac- companied his command to Louisville, where his first active duty was guarding the several lines of railroad leading from that point to the south. Later he shared the vicissitudes of war in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama and North Carolina, assisted in caring for the wounded and burying the dead at Shiloh, and in many other ways proved himself a true and gallant defender of the national Union. While with his command and near Corinth, he used water from a jdan- tation well which was found to be poisoned, the result of which was a severe attack of ty- phoid fever, which brought him near death’s door, and left him but an insignificant re- mainder of his former health. This sickness necessitated an absence from his command of over ten months, during a part of which time he performed light duty in and about the hos- pital where he was being treated; but he after- wards rejoined his regiment, and participated in some active camiuaigns and bloody battles, in one of which, Cdnckamauga, he was se- verely injunul by a gun-shot wound in the left hand. Owing to disabilities occasioned by sick- ness and wounds, Mr. Rickards left the army a confirmed invalid, and since his discharge, September 19, 1864, he has not been able to perform any manual labor. The fever settling in his e3'es caused him much trouble, and for the past eleven years his sight has become so impaired that he has to be led from place to place, being totally blind at times, \\dnle not able to do much physical labor, he suc- cessfully manages his farm, and is remembered' by a grateful government with quite a liberal pension. Mr. Rickards was married November 4, 1858, in Hamilton county, Ind., to Miss Re- becca Emler, daughter of William and Clar- issa (Zaring) Emler, a union blessed with the birth of the following children : Mary E , born September 12, 1859; Leffel H., born October 16, 1865, died Eebruary 20, 1874; George E., born Eebruary 13, 1868 ; Clarence E., born June 12, 1871 ; Sarah E., October 22, 1874; \Villie, born April 10, 1877, died April 27, 1877; Lee O. E., May 14, 1881, and James S. , whose birth occurred July 26, 1883. The following are the names of the brothers and sisters of Mrs. Rickards : Mary Louis, Rebecca, Martha and Elizabeth. AMES RILEY, the well known fancier and live stock breeder of Sugar Creek township, Boone county, Ind., was born in Switzerland county, same state, De- cember 15, 1826, a son of Elias and Lucinda (Jennings) Riley. Elias Riley was born in Washington county. Pa., in 1817, and was a son of james, a farmer of that state and the father of five children, viz: b'lias, father of our subject ; James, Amy and Mary, all three deceased, and Ann. He and wife were mem- bers of the Methodist church, and in jiolitics he was a whig. lilias Riley, father of James, our subject, was reared a farmer, but wasedu- OF HOONE COUNTY. 428 cated for a teacher, and from the of twenty-one followed that vocation for six years during the winter seasons. He was mar- ried, in 1830, to Lucinda Jennings, who was born in Switzerland county, Ind., in 1815, a daughter of Joseph and Mary Jennings, natives of Kentucky, and distant relatives of Lord Jennings of England. Elias Riley came to Indiana when a boy and located in Switzerland county, where he remained until 1850, when he removed to Clinton county, Ind. , and thence to Montgomery county, Ind., where he died in 1880, having been preceded to the grave by his wife in 1852. This couple w^ere the parents of six children, viz: James; whose name heads this sketch; Elizabeth, deceased; Lavina, wife of Philip Miller, of Montgomery county, Ind.; Joseph, deceased; Anna, also of Montgomery county, and Amy, deceased. Mr. Riley was a good and honorable man and was one of the organizers of the republican party. James Riley, the subject proper of this sketch, was reared on the Switzerland county farm, received a good education, and in 1853 came to Boone county. Here he began busi- ness for himself in 1855, and here, also, in April, 1855, he married Eliza Hysinger, who was born in Maryland in 1840, a daughter of Christian Hysinger, aird this marriage was blessed by the birth of the followdng children: Mary, wife of Perry Rodgers, of Danville, 111 . ; Lucinda, deceased; Rosa, married to How'ard Meeks, of Montgomery county, Ind.; W. G., of whom notice is made elsewhere; Joseph, Howard J., Walter and Marley, all farmers of this towmship. The mother of these children died in 1865, and for his second wife Mr. Riley married, November 28, 1888, after a lapse of over twenty-three years, Mary E. Baldwin, who was born in Benton county, Ind., Sep- tember 10, 1853, a daughter of Ira and Phcebe (Atkinson) Baldwin, of w'hom, also, further mention wall be found in paragraph following. Mr. Riley has achieved a widespread reputation as a poultry fancier and breeder of sheep and swine. He began this industry in 1864, with Chester White swine and Cotswold sheep, which he successfully bred for six years, when he noticed that the breeders of Berkshire swine were quite limited in their number, and, attracted by the many fine qualities cf this family, began breeding them in connection with the Poland China family, w'hich he most successfully handled until 1884, when he dis- posed of his herd of Poland China and substi- tuted a more improved Berkshire breed, in- cluding Baron Lee, a W'orld's fair prize hog, and many other thoroughbreds. As far back as 1 860 he had begun handling fancy fowds, such as the Partridge Cochin and Plymouth Rock strains, and others, which he exhibited at fairs in many of the states, taking many valuable premiums, though he now breeds only the light Bramah, which he considers the best. His horses are of blooded stock and his cows are Jerseys. On his 108 acres of land he makes a specialt}' of growing a high quality of seeds, and at the World’s fair received the highest award for his corn — (a gold medal) — showdng ten points highest on yellow and eight points highest on white corn. He installed the Indiana agricultural exhibit at the fair and had entire control over arranging it. Mr. Riley is vice-president of the American Berk- shire Breeding association, and is also a faith- ful worker in the Purdue university experimental station, and is likewise prominently identified w'ith the work of the Earmers’ institute of the state of Indiana. Mr. Riley showed his patri- otism by volunteering in the late Civil war, and, although his service happened to be but short, it was willing. In 1864 he enlisted in company B, One Hundred and P'ifty-fourth In- diana volunteer infantry, for three years, but, the war coming to a close, he was honorably BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY \- 2 \ (liscliar^ed at the end of six months. He is a member of the Society of Friends, and in pol- itics is a re])nl)lican. Ira Baldwin, father of Mrs. Riley, was born in Clarke county, Ohio, in 1819; his wife was born in Greene county, Ohio, in 1828. They were married in the latter county and came to Indiana in 1848, locating in Benton comity on land entered by Thomas Atkinson, father of Mrs. Baldwin, who was a pioneer and one of the leading men of his day. He served two terms in the Indiana state legisla- ture, was a strong abolitionist and whig, and a leading member in the Society of Friends. He and wife lived for sixty-six years in con- nubial happiness, reared twelve children, and after death were laid to rest in the same grave. Mrs. Riley was educated in the schools of Oxford, Benton county, Ind., and at the age of sixteen was granted a license for two years to teach, and began this profession in the pri- mary department of the Oxford academy. She was first married, December 25, 1871, to Charles B. Conklin, a farmer of Benton county, by whom she had one child — Maud. Mr. Conklin died September 30, 1876, and after his death she followed dressmaking at Fowler, Benton county, until her marriage with Mr. Riley. Mrs. Riley is an expert but- ter-maker, and at the World's fair received the highest score and two premiums for her prod- ucts of August and September — the score for the two months being ninety-six and one-half percent., and for her exhibit for October was awarded twenty-four days and nights’ lodging at the ladies’ dormitory and a gold medal. Mrs. Riley is a lady of fine social as well as domestic accom])lishments, and is in full sym- l)athy with her husband, not oidy in the science of making choice butter, but in his raising fine seeds and in jioidtry raising, and, in fact, is a thorough hcli)matc in all branches (T his agricultural interests. r^ILLIAM GRANT RILEY, a native young farmer of Sugar Creek town- ship, Boone county, Ind., and son of Mr. James Riley, just mention- ed, was born May 20, 1865, and was reared on the home farm, attending the district school until seventeen years old. September 23, 1885, he married, in Sugar Creek township, Miss Mollie Morrison, a daughter of Robert and Percilla (Lovess) Morrison, and born in the same township, Seidember 30, 1864. To this union have been born four children, viz; Ethel P. , deceased, Flossie May, Elina Maria, and William G., deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Riley are members of the Methodist church, and in politics Mr. Riley is a republican. He is the owner of 135 acres of fine land, and is known far and wide as a breeder of fine Berk- shire swine. In 1886 he began breeding Poland China stock, but after five years’ ex- perience with this breed, gave it up and sub- stituted the Berkshire. He has owned some very valuable animals, among which were Columbus, Dickens, Maud S., Lucy No. 3, Topsy No. 3 and Victor, paying for the latter, in 1894, the sum of $250. He has also thir- teen high grade Holstein, Devonshire and Jer- sey cattle, and also raises poultry by the best strains; his. crops are composed chiefly of the small grains. Mr. Riley won seven prizes at the WYrkl's fair, in all getting over $500 for his premiums. The attention of the readers is called to the biography of Mr. James Riley, which precedes this brief sketch. V * AMES Wk ROARR, is a native of Boone M county, Ind., and is a prosperous farmer / *^*1 Jeffcrsmi townshi]). He served his country as a soldier in the war that threatened dishonor to the Hag of the Union and the disintegration of the states. He was born b'ebruary 1, 1844, and is of English de- W. G. RILEY. 0 ‘ OF BOONE COUNTY. 427 scent, coming in a direct line from the family that settled in Jamestown. \'a., in the early colonial days. His parents were William and Sarah (Hill) Roark, natives of Kentucky, who came to Indiana as far back as 1827, and made their first home here in Montgomery county, whence they came, in 1837, to Boone county. Here the father died in 1883, his wife having taken her departure in 1870. Of the nine children born to these parents, the following are still living; Elizabeth D., wife of Cornelius M. Riggins; John L. , of Thorntown, James W. , memioned above; Sarah, married to James Farlow; and Jackson A. The deceased were named Eliza J., Armilda, Mary and Nancy C. James W. Roark w’as reared to farming, but at the early age of eighteen, fired with the same spirit of patriotism that had inspired his progenitors, he enlisted, June i, 1862, in com- pany G, Fifty-fifth regiment Indiana volun- teers, under Capt. Henry Hamilton. His first regular action was at Richmond, Ky. , and after taking part in numerous skirmishes he was mustered out in September of the same year, his term of enlistment having expired. But he immediately re-enlisted, this time in the One Hundred and Sixteenth Indiana volun- teer infantry, and bore a gallant part in the battles of Blue Springs, Tenn, ; Walker’s Ford and the siege of Knoxville, Tenn., beside all the other engagements and skirmishes in which his regiment had a share. His final muster out was on August 6, 1865, when he returned to his home and resumed his vocation of farm- ing. December 7, 1865. he was united in matrimony with Amanda M. Hiestand, daugh- ter of Manuel and Mary (Shreve) Hiestand, natives of Ohio and of German descent. Mr. and Mrs. Hiestand were the parents of two other children beside Mrs. Roark, viz: Asa F., and Eliza, the wife of John F. Routh. Mr. M. Hiestand died November 3, 1888, but his wife still survives. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Roark have been born seven children, as fol- lows; Mary F., wife of William Garner; Sadie E. ; Manuel O., Jesse F., Burchard H., Ruth and Clarence E., all of whom, of proper age, have received a collegiate education. Mr. and Mrs. Roark are devout members of the United Brethren church, and their daily deportment shows the sincerity of their religious profes- sions. As a member of Advance post. No. 524, G. A. R. , Mr. Roark is much respected, as he is in his social affiliations. His political principles are those of the republican party. ARMADUKE F. ROBBINS is one of the most prominent stock dealers and farmers of Boone county, and owns one of the largest and finest farms in the county, excellently improved, up- on which stands a tasteful and substantial brick residence. The Robbins family is of good old stock, and descends from a colonial Virginia family, members of which were early settlers of North and South Carolina. William Robbins, the great-grandfather of our subject, was left an orphan at the age of eighteen years, with one younger brother, Absalom, and two sisters. During the Revolutionary war he was obliged to conceal himself on ac- count of the tories, who were a terror to the settlers. At one time they made a raid upon the house and seized his brother Absalom and spun him around on his heels on a sharpened stake and otherwise abused him. William re- turned home at night from his hiding place to obtain food and shelter, and seeing the condi- tion of his brother, wffio had been thus cruelly treated to make him divulge the hiding place of William, he made a vow that he would join the patriot force sunder Gen. Gates, and the next day he was in the battle of Cowpens, where he was captured by the British and con- fined in Salisbury jail. His sisters, hearing of BTOGR APIIICAT. HISTORY ■m his confinement, mounted liorseback and went to see him after he had been confined about four weeks. His elder sister changed clothes with him, and he went out with his younger sister disguised as a woman. The elder sis- ter was released as soon as the trick and her se.x were discovered. She soon found means to join her sister and they rode home, William walking the entire distance, being three days and nights on the way and nearly perishing for want of food and shelter. He died in De- catur county, Ind., aged eighty-one years. Absalom lived to be 104 years of age. His children were Abel and Nathaniel, the latter a physician of Decatur county, Ind., who owned 1,200 acres of land and was a prominent man. In 1852 he went with his family to Oregon and they suffered greatly from want of water and food while crossing the plains. He bur- ied two daughters in one grave on the way, and two miles further, on the Dig Sandy, he buried a son-in-law, all perishing from want and the terrible e.xposnre. He was a promi- nent pioneer of Oregon, and one of the framers of the constitution of the state. The remaining ♦children of Wm. Robbins were Marmaduke and Jacob, twins, John, William, Charlotte, Dosia and Elizabeth. Marmduke, the grandfather of our subject, was born in Kentucky, w'here his father had settled at an early day, and there married Elizabeth Kiser and emigrated to Bond county, 111 . After which, on January i, 1822, he set- tled in Decatur county, Ind., on wild land. Here he prospered, made a fine farm on Sand Creek, south of Greensburg, and here his brothers settled around him. His children were Jacob E. , Jolm I'., William R., Eaban, I'ountain, Pamelia, Dosia and Pcdly E. Mar- maduke Robbins passed all his remaining days on his farm and died at the age of forty-eight years from the effimts of the severe labor of clearing his farm and frontier life. He at one time served against the Indians in the Haw Patch in Bartholomew county, Ind. Jacob E. Robbins, his son, was the father of our subject. He was born in Henry county, Ky. , in May, 1817, and gained but a limited education. He married Catherine, daughter of George and Margaret (Harmin) Myers. Mr. Myers was an old settler of Decatur count3g Ind. , a prosperous farmer and lived to he eighty-nine years of age. Jacob E. Robbins was the father of thirteen children — Marmaduke L. , George H., Allen P., Sarah E., William R. , Merrit O. Robbins, deceased aged thirty- four years; and infant, deceased unnamed; Junietta, Margaret, Jeannette, Sophia, Arabella and Adolphus. After marriage, Mr. Robbins settled on Sand creek, Decatur county, Ind., where he became the owner of 400 acres of good land. He met with reverses in the panic of 1873, but is now retired and resides in Hartsvillc, Bartholomew county, Ind. He was always an industrious man highly respected in his neighborhood and of honorable character. Marmaduke L. Robbins, our subject, was born July 15, 1837, 'I'S father’s farm in De- catur county, Ind., in a log cabin at the forks of Sand creek. He received the limited pio- neer education of his day, but, by experience, has gained a practical business education. He married, at the age of twenty-six years, Mary C., daughter of Dennis and Rebecca (Benner) Marstella. Mrs. Robbins was born in Sharps- bnrg, Md,, and was reared at I Iari)er’s Eerry, Va. Her father died in Virginia, and she was left an orphan when young ami came to Decatur county, Ind., with her uncle, John Marstella, who was an honored ami res|)ected citizen. Mr. and Mrs. Robbins are the ])arents of eight children; Mary A., Ibnma J., John E., Annie B., Norah b'., Al|)ha K., I'orest G. and Ella E. Mr. Robbins resided in Decatur county, 1ml., where he owiied 1 10 acres of good land, until b'ebruary 23, 1875, when he came to OF BOONE COUNTY. 429 Boone county and engaged in fanning and stock raising. Two years later he became a partner with fl. T. Dodson, the well-known stock dealer, and continued in partnershiji for tifteen years, the him doing a successful busi- ness, and being the most extensive dealers in cattle in Boone county. Mr. Dodson has now retired from the hrm on account of his health, and Mr. Robbins conducts the business alone. He bought his present beautiful farm in January, 1888, and now carries on an exten- sive farming business. Mrs. Kofibins is a de- vout member of the Methodist church. He votes a straight democratic ticket and is a non-afhliating Odd Fellow. He is one of the best known men in Boone county, as he has bought stock in every neighborhood to the ex- tent of $100,000 per annum. He is a practi- cal and successful business man and self-made, as he has accumulated his property by his own exertions, and is known for his integrity and straightforward methods of dealing. ILLIAM K. ROBERTS, now of Jef- ferson township, Boone county, Ind., was born in Nicholas county, Ky. , March 13, 1825, and is a son of Reden and Isabella (Harney) Roberts, na- tives of the same state. The father of Reden was Henly Roberts, a native of Virginia and a pioneer of Kentucky; Reden was a tanner by trade. His death took place in 1826 and that of his wife in 1867, and of the three children, one, William R. , is still living, and two, Henly W. and Nancy, are deceased. William R. Roberts came to Boone county in 1855 and here lived on rented land until 1861, when he bought his present fine farm. He has been very successful, and although his house was destroyed by tire a few years ago, he immediately replaced it with a much finer one, and is now in most prosperous circum- 21 stances. His marriage took place, in 1846, to Miss Emcrinc Miller, daughter of James and Mary (Davidson) Miller, natives, respectively, of Kentucky and Pennsylvania. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Roberts has been blessed by the birth of seven children, of whom four are living, as follows: Robert Mb, a fire insurance agent of Eebanon; Millard W. , a farmer; Nannie, wife of Andrew B. Huck- step, and Permelia P"., wife of Thomas Mc- Kern. The three deceased children were Bur- ton L. , James R. and Andrew' D. Politically, Mr. Roberts is a democrat, and for thirteen years served his fellow-citizens as justice of the peace. With his wife he is a faithful member of the Baptist church, and is much respected for his steady-going and moral deportment. YEVESTER H. ROBERTSON, of New' tirnnswick, Boone county Ind , is one of the old settlers and ed- ucators of Harrison township, and is of Puritan descent. His forefathers came to America in the early history of the seventeenth century with the Pilgrim fathers and settled in Massachusetts. Eater the family name again appears in Virginia. His great-great-grand- father, Beverly Robertson, was speaker of the houses of burgesses of that state, and David, great-grandfather of our subject, was the son of Beverly; Ezra, grandfather, son of David, was born in Maryland, on his father’s farm, and w'as married to Elizabeth Trotter, and to this union the following children w'ere born: Elizabeth, David, John T., William, Hannah, Benjamin and Delilah, all of w'hom lived to rear families of their ow'n. The grandfather and grandmother were members of the Baptist church, and moved to Ohio in 1794, and set- tled in Warren county, where they owned a large farm, especially well improved, which was their homestead, and another farm of less BIOCiRArillCAL HISTORY •U50 (liiiiensions. Reside fanninj^', Ezra was eii- j^aj^cd in transporting' merchandise from ('in- cinnati for the nse of dealers. He died sud- denly. While at a su<;ar camp, in charge, he simt his hoys home, and when they returned to camp the}' found him sitting by a tree, with a bucket in his hand. He bail probably died of apoplexy. He was a jeffersonian democrat, took great interest in school work, and was much respected. His widow survived him several years and died at the ripe age of eighty- five. Benjamin Robertson, son of Ezra and father of Sylvester H., was horn in W'arren count}', Ohio, December lO, 1806, on his father’s farm, near Fort Ancient. He worked on this farm until his father’s death, and after that for his mother. He married Mary Mas- terson, a native of Kentucky, born December 10, i80(S, and of English parentage. Two of her uncles were in King Oeorge’s life guards. Her parents were named Moses and K}’sander (Villersj Masterson, he being a planter, hut not a slaveholder. The children of Benjamin and Mary Robertson were l)orn and named as follows: Sylvester H., September 26, 1830; John T., December 13, 1832; hdizaheth .\., December 16, 1834; Delilah E. , December 30, 1836; William j., Eehruai}' 2, 1839; Dnncas G., March 28, 1841; Susan C., jul}' 5. 1843, and Ara B. , Se])tember 2, 1845. Sylvester H Robertson lived on his grand- mother’s fartn in Ohio mitil he came to In- diana, March 17, 1840, where he lived in Bartholomew county on an uncle’s farm until his father bought fort}’ acn's for himself, about 1842, in the sanu' count}'. March, 1847, his mother was called from earth, and later on his father married Cathtn'ine ('ritser, of German desccmt atid daughter of William and Hannah Gritser, the former being a we.all by farmer, miller and millwright, and to Mr. and Mis. Robertson’s union wcu'c horn two children : Mary I', and ICmma. In 1866 Mr. Kohertson and family moved to Ste. Genevieve county. Mo., bought 270 acres of farming land, modestly improved,' and on this, farm both ended their days. The daughter Emma was burned to death by her clothes catching on fire, also on this farm. Mr. Benjamin Robertson was first a Jeffersonian and then a Douglas democrat; was a well-read man, although self-educated; was a plain but intelli- gent farmer and was honored and respected by all his neighbors as a man of worth and in- tegrity. Sylvester H. Robertson never attended school until he was ten years of age, and was mostly self-taught, studying by chip-light and hickory-bark light at night, and working by day at $8 jrer month, until he had saved suffi- cient money to go to high school to (pialify for teaching, in which he succeeded. He attend- ed the high school for two }ears, and then, when twenty years old, taught his first school and received $40 per term of sixtx -five days; for tlie next two sessions he received one dollar per clay; he then engaged in mill-build- ing and milling for two years, when he resumed teaching, which for twenty-one years he has followed without missing a }’ear, eleven of them in New Brunswick, where he now lives. Of course he has seen much difference in con- struction of school buildings since he began. His first school he taught, in Bartholomew count}', in a log cabin, lOhy 20 feet, with a log cut out of the side to admit light and gkiss inserted, ;ind when one of thc'se was broken greased ptijicr was glued in as a substitute; for seats, logs were split open, the Ihit side turned u|)’.varoone lodge. No. 9; Council Royal Arch chapter. Royal and Select Masters, and has filled all the offices in Boone lodge, and is now captain of the host in the chapter, and dejiuty illustrious of the council. The doctor is also a K. of P. , Boone lodge. No. 45, and has passed all the chairs. Ur. Schultz is one of one those men who succeed by their own efforts and abilities. He was a good soUlier, and by perseverance after the war, he gained a valuable profession, in which he ranks among the first. He is a man of broad and liberal views on all subjects, and as a citizen he is without reproach. EORGE W. SCOTT, one of the old- est and most experienced farmers and a leading citizen of Harrison town- ship, Boone county, Ind., descends from one of the old colonial families of Vir- ginia. His great-grandfather, John Scott, came from Scotland and settled in the Old Dominion, where his son, Samuel Scott, grand- father of the subject of this sketch, was born on a farm near Staunton, and grew up a true patriot, becoming a soldier under Gen. George Washington in the Revolutionary war. Samuel married Alice Muncie, was much respected as a model Christian, being a devout member of the Presbyterian church, which he aided liber- ally with his means and influence, and in the faith of which he died, in Lee county, Va., at the ripe age of eighty-three years. Nathaniel M. Scott, son of Samuel, was born in Giles county, Va., July 14, 1796, was reared on the home farm, and in 1824 married Miss Sarah E. Caldwell, daughter of William and Sarah Caldwell, and in 1831 brought his young family to Indiana; he first located in Morgan county, whence he moved to Hendricks inOCiRAPHICAL HISTORY IK) county, where he entered eighty acres of land, on which he resided six years, and then settled in Rooiu' county, where he entered 1 6o acres, on which his son, Georj^e \\'., now resides. Nathaniel, like his father, was a patriotic sol- dier, and assisted in re})ellin^ the vicious in- vasion ol the states hv the overhearing Ifritish in I Si 2, young as he was at the time. Return- | ing to the pursuit of agriculture with the re- turn of a time of peace, he accumulated 240 acres of land, and followed farming until the j day of his death, October 22, 187S. Me had | led a viituous life and did all in his power to advance the educational interests of his sec- tion and in building up the splendid school system of the present day. His charity was illimitable. At heart a Presbyterian, he ad- hered to the tenets of the church, but stdl was not a member, for the simple reason that there was no regularly organized society of that faith in his neighborhood. In the exercise of his practical acts of charity, hcwKnld often kill a hog, divide it into portions suited to the occa- sion, and bear them off to the poor who re- sided near him — give them bushels of apples, potatoes, and other provisions, with which to eke out an existence. No better man ever lived. His exemplary widow survived until April I, 1SS3, when passing from earth to a higher sphere, she left behind her a name endowed with the memory of charitable deeds. Her religious faith was within the jiale of the Methodist church, and her every step through life gave evidence of the purity of her belief in its teachings. Her five cliildren, whom she reareil in the way they shotdd go, were named Morinng K., Rachel S., George \\’., Reuben M. and John M. Gsorge W. Scott, whose name heads this biographical notice, was born in Lee county, Va., january 2, 1826; be received a fair edu- cation for his early day and grew up a iiracti- cal farmer, improving his literary knowledge by self-study as the years passed away. He early manifested a tendency toward religion and became a member of the Methodist church, of which he has since been a faithful adherent and is now a class leader. To this church he is a liberal contributor of his means and is one of its most substantial pillars. In politics he is a substantial democrat, with a lingering affection for the Jackson school, but following the party and aiding it in its modern progre.ss. Socially, he has been an Odd Fel- low since 1 870. October 6, 1865, Mr. Scott was married to Sarah Jane Lower, daughter of Andrew 1 . and IHizabeth (P>rown) Lower. This lady's grand- father, John Lower, was a German by birth, and on coming to the United States with his own father, settled in Claiborne county, Tenn. John Lower soon absorbed the Ameri- can view of the rights of Americans and will- ingly lent his aid in their support at the battle of New Orleans, under Jackson. He married Ollie DeHart, a lady of French extraction, and both lived to be aged in years and honored by all who knew them; they were leading members of the United Brethern church, and in the Masonic order Mr. Lower held a very high rank. He served his fellow-citizens as county commissioner for several years, and was never behindhaiul in yeilding up his serv- ices when the public good recpiired them. An- drevv T. Lower, son of John and father of Mrs. Scott, was born in Claiborne county, Tenn. , and after a married life of fifty years died February 22, 1876, at the age of sixty-eight years — his widow, lUizabeth, dying in 1878, at the age of sixty-inne years. Sarah Jane (Lower) Scott was born in Hendricks county, Ind., january 12, 1848, was reared to the wholesome life of the farm, and bore her hus- band the following children: Morning A., John 11 ., Nathaniel T., Adelia A., Liltie L. , Minnie O., Charles R., George W'., Guy B., UBRARY OF THE UWVERSITY OF^ IWNOIT OF BOONE COUNTY. 449 Eddie B. and Roy Clevelanc], These children have been carefnlly educated, Mr. and Mrs. Scott being strong advocates of mental prog- ress and hearty supporters of the educational system of Harrison township. Mr. Scott has done faithful service as school trustee time and time again, and never tires in his efforts to promote educational interests. He is a model farmer and has acquired a fine reputation throughout his township for his agricultural skill and thrift, and of his farm of 240 acres he has earned 200 acres by his own labor. a HARLES W. SCOTT, clerk of Boone circuit court, Indiana, and an enter- prising merchant of Lebanon, is of Scotch-Irish descent, was born in Bellefontaine, Ohio, January 25, 1847, and was about five years of age when brought by his parents to Lebanon, Boone county, Ind., where he attended the public schools until he reached the age of seventeen years, when, filled with patriotic ardor, he enlisted, to assist in the preservation of the integrity of his be- loved country, in company F, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Indiana volunteer infantry, for 100 days, under Capt. R. A. Williamson. He was seized with chronic diarrhoea, however, and for a time was confined in the hospital at Nashville, Tenn., but served out the full time of his enlistment, nevertheless, and on his re- turn home, enlisted April 1, 1865, in company G, One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Indiana in- fantry, for one year. He was assigned to duty in the Shenandoah valley, but was again at- j tacked by his old disorder, and was confined in the Federal hospital at Stephenson, Va., and then, again, at Cumberland, Md., and was sent thence to the general hospital at Clary- ville, Md., whence he went to Wheeling, W. Va., where he was discharged under general orders in the fall of 1865. He returned home 22 a constitutional wreck, and for several months was unable to attend to business, and even to this day his health is in a shattered condition. When he had sufficiently recuperated, he joined his father in the mercantile business, but in 1875 sold out his interest and engaged for one year in the jewelry trade, when he again sold out; for four years afterward he clerked for Wilson & Baker, merchants of Lebanon, and then for five years was in the grocery business on the north side. In the fall of 1890, he was elected, on the democratic ticket, clerk of the Boone county circuit court, and being a very popular man, received a very large majority and succeeded a republican in the office. Mr. Scott was married June 30, 1871, at Lima, Ohio, to Miss Lizzie Kiplinger, daughter of William S. and Mary (Thatcher) Kiplinger. This lady’s father was a contractor and builder and constructed many of the best edifices in Lima. Four children have been born to the union of Mr. and Mrs. Scott, and were named John William, Mary Lula, Wallace A. and May Queen, all of whom were born in Lebanon, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Scott were members of the Methodist church, and their daily walk through life shows the sincerity of their religi- ous faith. Mr. Scott is serving his second term as commander of Rich Mountain post. No. 42, G. A. R., and has held all the chairs in Ben Adhem lodge. No. 472, I. O. O. F. ; was also a member of the grand lodge, and grand senior warden of the grand encampment of the same order; he is a member of the I. O. R. M., Winnebago tribe. No. 36, and has filled all the offices in his tribe; likewise is a member of the grand council; as a K. of P. he is a member of Lebanon lodge. No. 45, and is, moreover, past chancellor of this order, and a member of the grand lodge. The remote ancestors of Charles W. Scott came to America in the colonial days and set- tled in Pennsylvania. Hisgrandfather, Samuel 450 B I O G R A PII I C A I. H r ST(4 R Y Scott, moved in his yoiin^' days to Licking- county, Ohio. He had married in Pennsylvania Sarah Moore, who hore him five children: | Elizaheth [..Joseph, [ohn M., James M and Sarah C. 4 'he third child in the above family, john M., was born in Licking county, Ohio, in 1S24, and married in Hardin, Ohio, A])ril 19, 1846, Mary A. IMue, daughter of Barna- bas and Mary (Hilliardj Blue, the result of which union was seven children, viz: Charles \V., whose name opens this sketch; Edward | L. ; Flora G. ; Amanda; Harry B., who died at j the age of fourteen years; Hattie, and Lizzie, j who died in infancy; of this family the three | first named were born in Ohio, and the remain- ing four in Lebanon, Ind. His great grand- father, Joseph Scott, was horn in Ireland, j coming to this country when a young man. j His great grandmother, (Curry) Scott, was horn in Scotland and also came to America in an early day and settled with her parents m Pennsylvaina, near her to-be future | husband. His grandfather, Samuel Scott, ' moved in his young days to Licking comity, | Ohio, having previously been married to J Sarah Moore in Pennsylvania. His grand- | father, Barnabas Blue, was born near Harper's Ferry, Va., and moved when a boy with his father to Miami county, Ohio, and settled near the present city of Piqua. Mary (Hill- iard) Blue was horn and reared in and near Cincinnati, Ohio, until fifteen years of age, when her father removed to what is the city of Pifjua, Ohio, but at that time the jiresent thriving city consisted of one log cabin, which was occupied by a French family. James M. Scott was ajiprenticed when fif- teen years of age to Mr. Knajip, of Bellefon- tain, Ohio, to learn the tailoring trade — his father's contract with Mr. Knapp being that he was to serve until twenty-one years of age and then he was to receive one good suit of jeans clothes and a Bible. After jiassing four or five years in Logan and Shelby counties, Ohio, he came to Lebanon, Ind., in 1852, and opened a dry goods store-, which he conducted for many y^ars and became one of the best known business men of Boone county. Be- tween 1854 and 1856 he was postmaster of the city, an office he filled to the entire satis- faction of the public. He took a leading part in the building of the Missionary Baptist church in the city, his wife being an ardent member of this denomination. In politics he was a Jacksonian democrat; but was a stanch supported of the Union cause during the late Civd war, giving his only son old enough to enlist, Charles W. , to the service of the Union cause. Mr. Scott was always active in the promotion of the best interests of the city of Lebanon, and erected some of its finest busi- ness blocks, among them, in company with G. W. Baird, the marble front on the corner of Lebanon and Main streets. He took an active interest in educational matters and in every- thing else that led to the juiblic welfare. The business firms with which he was connected w’ere Scott A McLaughlin, Scott c\: Baird, Scott (S: Daily and Scott lS; Son. His death took jilace Angnst 31, 1877, but his widow survived until August 2, 1887, and in their de- mise Lebanon sustained a severe loss. ELSON SHAW, a prominent farmer I a and stock raiser of Eagle township, B I Boone county, Ind., is a native of Livingston county, N. Y., and a son ol john and Clarissa Shaw, who were born re- specti\-(dy in the states of New \’ork and \’er- mont. 'Phe birth ol john Shaw occurred Sep- femher 17, 1792, and he was married in New York, in the year 1815, to Clarissa Stearns, who was horn on the eighteenth day of Octo- ber, 1792. Mr. and Mrs. Shaw resided in New 5 'ork until 1825, when they emigrated to OF BOONE COUNTY. 451 Clinton count}’, Ohio; tlience, five years later, to Boone county, Ind., where they settled on a tract of land in Eagle township, which Mr. Shaw purchased from the government. John Shaw was a man of local prominence, and his death, which occurred August ii, 1883, at an advanced age, was an event greatly deplored by a large circle of friends in Eagle and other townships. Mrs. Shaw preceded her husband to the silent land, departing this life in the month of May, 1863. The names of the four children of Mr. and Mrs. Shaw are John S., Nelson, Laura J. and Amanda. Nelson Shaw was born July ii, 1817, and came with his parents to Indiana in 1830, since which time he has made his home in Boone county. During the period intervening be- tween his arrival and the present time he has witnessed a scene of transformation such as is possible only in this western country, namely, the redemption of the county from a compara- tively primitive state to its present position of enlightenment among the most favored sec- tions of Indiana. Mr. Shaw was married in Marion county November 7, 1839, to Sarah Hartman, who was born in Stokes county, N. C., April 24, 1818, the daughter of John and Nancy (Markland) Hartman. These parents moved to Boone county, Ind., as early as the year 1830, and had a family of eleven children, namely: Temperance, Polly, .A.nnie, Sarah, JohnW., Matthew E., Daniel, Harvey (h, Nancy G., James T. and Silas Mk Mr. Shaw, after his marritige, began life for himself on the farm where he now lives, in Eagle town- ship, and has become one of the most success- ful agriculturists in his part of the county. He has succeeded in accumulating a handsome competence, including a valuable farm of 210 acres, and to him, as much as to anyone man, is Eagle township indebted for its material and moral development. Mr. Shaw is public spir- ited and enterprising, and occupies a prominent place in the confidence of his fellow-citi;^ens, who have learned to esteem him for his many sterling (jualities of manhood. Eor many years he has been a consistent member of the Methodist church, to which his wife also be- longs. Mr. Shaw and wife have had ten chil- dren, namely; John W., James, Louisa, David N., William M.. Thomas M., Sarah E., Annie, Albert M. , and one that died in infancy unnamed. H NDREW J. SHELBY is one of the leading lawyers of Boone county, Ind. Although he has numbered but a few years in the practice of his pro- fession, he has established a repatation as a successful and reliable attorney, having in so short a time built up a lucrative and e.xtensive practice. He springs from sterling Irish an- cestry, and from an old pioneer Kentucky fam- ily, one of his great uncles having been a com- panion of the famous Daniel Boone. His great-grandfather was born and reared in Ire- land, having come from the old country in the year 1753, and settled in New York, whence he moved to and settled in the state of Ken- tucky,- where he died in the year 1790. Joseph Shelby, grandfather of onr subject, was born in Kentucky in the year 1789, in Mason county, where he lived until the year 1812, when he moved to Union county, Ind. He served two years in the war of 1812. In the year 1829, he moved to Hancock county, Ind., and settled upon a farm, where he spent the remainder of his days. He became a promi- nent and successful farmer and died at the age of sixty-nine years. His son, Benjamin E. Shelby, the father of our subject, was born in Union county, Ind., in 1829, and with his par- ents and seven other children moved to Han- cock county, Ind., in 1829. He received his education in the district school, worked on B I O G R A P 1 1 1 C A L 1 1 1 S T O R Y 45L> his fatlier's farm until of age, and upon the death of his father, he, with Ins mother, took charge of the farm. At the age of twenty-si.x years he was married to Albertine, daughter j of John and Elizabeth (King) Parker. John Parker was born in the state of Ohio, and moved to Hancock comity, Ind., and was one of the early settlers of that county. He was of Welsh descent, Elizabeth (King) Parker [ was born in Ohio, and with her husliand moved i to Hancock county. She was of frish descent. ] Mr. Parker was an honest, Christian gen- tleman, and became a successful farmer. After his marriage, Benjamin E. Shelby re- mained upon the home farm, having purchased the interest of his brothers and sisters, and largely engaged in farming and stock dealing, and is now one of the prominent and prosper- ous farmers of Hancock county. To himself and wife were born twelve children; we give their nannes in proper order of birth: Joshua \\'., Clara L., Josiah H., Mary J., Cicorge W., Selodeous M., Andrew J., Minnie M., Benjamin E., John 15., Angie B. , and Noble W. Mr. Shelby gave all his children the bene- fit of the district schools, some receiving a collegiate education. The children are all j well settled in life and have become successful | men and women, depending entirely on their own efforts and not receiving aid from home. Mr. Shelby is a stanch democrat, and socially stands decidedly high for his sterling worth. Andrew |. Shell)y, our subject, was born ! on his father's farm in Hanco(d< countw Ind., | on the I/th day oi .Sei)tend)er, i Sbb, and re- ; mained with his father, working on the i.arm j until he was eighteen years old, and received j the benefit of the district school. At this time ! he decidt'd to secure for himsell an education; I he attended a business college at Eadoga, Ind., and next entered the State Normal at 'I'l'rre ^ Ilaute, Ind., and next attended the Central ! Normal c'ollege at I)anvilU‘, Ind. He was | a then a member of the Depauw university (law department) at Creencastle, Ind. While gain- ing his education he acquired accuracy and thoroughness, besides assisting himself finan- cially by teaching two terms of school. He pursued his legal studies under Hon. James L. Mason, a prominent and wealthy attorney of Greenfield, Ind., who was widely known for his legal attainments, and under whom a great number of young men gained their legal ac- (luirements. In 1891 , at the age of twenty- four, Mr. Shelby began the practice of his chosen profession at Lebanon, and from the first he was successful and gained a good standing, and soon possessed the largest prac- tice of any of the younger members of the Boone county bar, and now, by his industry, skill and ability, he has a lucrative practice, having the same self-reliance in his profession as he possessed in accpiiring his education, and keeping in view his favorite maxim, of doing unto others as he would have others do unto him, he has made himself to be what he is — an able and proficient lawyer. Eraternally he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Eellows, Ben Adhem lodge. No. 472 , and of the Improved Order of Red Men, Win- nebago tribe, No. 36 . In political opinion, he is a stanch democrat. Mr. Shelby, soon after entering upon the practice of law, was married to Pearl, daughter of Gyrus W. aud Sarah ( W'ilson) Ball, of Kush county, Ind Mr. Ball is a promiiunt and wealthy retired farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Shelby have two daughters, Joy and Madge; and both jiarents are devout members of the M. E. church. The legal pro- fession is ])erhaps the most difficult of any in which to gain a standing that will provide a lucrative practice; most lawyers think them- s(dves fortunate that, after years of diligent effort, tlu'y have attained this |)ositi(m. That Mr. Shelby should have immediately become successful demonstrates his natural ability for OF BOONE COUNTY. 458 his [)rofessi()n and the confidence of the people in his intej^rity and ability. ffe is a yonnj,>^ man of quick and active mentality, accurate in his judginent, and as a speaker is versatile and pleasant. ENRY Z. SHERRILL, an enterprising^ young farmer of Jackson township, Boone county, Ind., was born in Ire- dell county, N. C., November 6, 1854, and is of French extraction. His great-grand- father, Alford Sherrill, was a planter and slave- holder of considerable prominence in Alexan- der county, N. C., and his son Alford held a similar position, later on, in the same county. The younger Alford married Miss Moore, of an equally prominent family, which union re- sulted in the birth of the following children: Franklin, John, Hiram, James, Leander, Rufus, Phebe and Lou. Alford the younger was also the owner of a large plantation and a number of slaves, and was a gentleman of considerable consequence in his county. Franklin Sherrill, mentioned above and the father of Henry Z., our subject, was born in Alexander county, N. C., September 10, 1821, was married in his native state to Miss Eliza- beth Tucker, the accomplished daughter of Zacharich Tucker. This lady is a leading member of the Baptist chnrch and is active in church work. She and her husband now live in retirement on their estate in Iredell county, N. C., and are reverenced by a large circle of devoted friends. Henry Z. Sherrill remained on the lu)me place in Iredell countv, N. C., until seventeen years of age, when he came to Indiana and for one year stayed with some friends in Hamilton county: he then went to Augusta, Marion county, Ind., and passed two years with friends. In the spring of 1875 he came to Boone county, where he learned tile making, and for six years followed this for an occupation, and having become an expert, made money. He now married Miss Emma J. Armstrong, daugh- ter of David and Esther (Vail) Armstrong, of Jefferson township, both members of the United Brethren church. Mr. Armstrong owns a large farm, improved with modern, ornamental buildings, and well ditched, fenced and cultivated, and on this farm Mrs. Arm- strong still resides — a hale and healthy lady, with the promise of many years of usefulness still before her. For a year after marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Sherrill lived on the farm of the latter's grandfather in Montgomery county, and then Mr. Sherrill resumed the manufacture of tile at Bower’s Station, Montgomery county, for a year, after which he came to Boone county and built a tile factory in Max, which he operated five years, then sold and purchased his present farm of i 12 acres of as fertile land as there is in the county, and drained with over 1,000 rods of tile. He has erected modern, substantial, farm buildings, including a handsome residence and barn. The money to purchase this property and make these improvements has been earned through Mr. Sherrill’s energy and industry within the past twenty years, and his good management cannot be too highly commended. Mr. Sherrill had the misfortune to lose his wife January 27, 1889, through a sudden at- tack of acute pneumonia. She died in the United Brethren church, of which she was an active member, and her loss was mourned by a large circle of friends, but was most sadly felt in the home vvhich she had presided over with so much grace aud affection. She was the mother cf the following children: Mary A., Anna E., Lou. E., Grover and Jesse L. Of these Lou. E. was taken ill and died while Mr. Sherrill was absent at his old home in North Carolina, and through the negligence of the telegraph company to deliver a message on 451 BIOGRAPIIICAT. HISTORY time', he \v;is (leprive'd of the melancholy pleas- ure of being in her company during her last hours on earth. Mr. Sherrill is a member of the Christian church and is very liberal in his contributions to its support. He is also a member of the Thorntown lodge, No. i i 3, F. (N A. M., and of Advance lodge. No. 141, I. O. I'l. M.' In jiolitics he is a democrat. His social standing is very high as a citizen, a farmer and Christian gentleman. I SAAC SHELLEY, a leading farmer and old citizen of Jackson township, Hoone county, Ind., was born August 27, 1836, in Union county, Ind., and since his fifth year has been a resident of Looiu' county. His paternal grandfather was Adam Shelley, a native of Pennsylvania, and later a farmer (d' large means in the state of Yirginia. The w’ife of Adam Shelley was Malinda I^in- dermude, who lived and died in Virginia; after her death her husband married Eve Slagle, of that state. Adam Shelley is remembered as a man of character in his community, was a free soiler in his political belief, a leading member of the Lutheran church, and his death (jccurred in the year 1861. Abraham Shel- ley, son of the above, and father of the subject of this mention, w'as horn No- vember 14, 1811, in Pennsylvania, went to Virginia when a boy and wuis there married to Delilah Fleener, whose birth occurred on the twenty-second day of May, 1810. Mrs. Shel- ley was a daughter of D. and Mary fHun- sneker) Fleener, and became the mother of the follow'ing children; Darhara, Adam, Isaac, Elizabeth, Martha, James K., Harriet, John, Noah, Millie, Mar_\' and Cc.'orge. Abraham Shelley follow'ed the pursuit of agriculture in Virginia for sonu- years, and then emigrated westw'ard to Indiana, settling in Union eouidy; thence, in 1841, he; moved to the county of Hoone, and entered apart of the present farm in Jackson township, consisting at that time of 160 acres. Additions w'ere made to this place at different times, untd it amounted to 240 acres, and became one of the best improved faruis of the community. Mr. Shelley was a man of much more than ordinary energy, served as trustee of his township under the old law, and lived a sincere Christian life as a member of the old Christian church. He died August 3, 1872; his w'ife preceded him to the grave in August, 1853. An incident in the family history of Mrs. Delilah Shelley is worthy of note in this connection. In the early colo- nial history of the United States, during an Indian outbreak, a battle was fought not far from a village b\' the name of Hunsucker, in w'hich the savages were defeated. In their haste to escape they left behind them their camp and belongings, and the victors, coming up, found there a small white boy, wdro had been taken prisoner. They cared for the little stranger, and not being able to ascertain his name or the whereabouts of his people, called him Hunsucker from the village near by, hence the origin of the family name; this ladwasthe great-great-grandfather of Mrs. Shelley. Sev- eral of his descendants served with distinction in the war of 1812, and became prominent residents of a number of the western states. Isaac Shelley, as already stated, became a resident of hfoone county at a very early age and received the rudiments of an education in the |uimitive log school-house, a brief descrip- tion of which is here given: The building pro|)er, constructed of rough logs and covered with clapboards held to tlu'ir places by weight poles, was about si.xteen by twenty Iet;t in area, su|)idied with split pole benches without hacks, a writing-desk made ol a hoard resting on iH'gs driven into tlu' wall, while a large fire- place occupied nearly an entire end of the building, the whole lighted by a window made OF BOONE COUNTY. 455 l)y removing a log, into the opening of which greased paper was used in lieu of glass. When the family moved to Boone county, the coun- try was new and abounded in all kinds of game — deer, wild turkey and bear being especi- ally plentiful and serving the early settlers their chief supply of meat. Amid such scenes and surroundings were the early years of the sub- ject passed, and he grew up a strong vigorous boy, able, while still quite young, to do a man’s work with the a.\ or plough. On December 19, 1858, was solemnized his mar- riage to Malinda Booker, who was born Janu- ary 2, 1841, daughter of James and Jane (King) Booker, early settlers of Putnam coun- ty, Ind. To the marriage of Mr and Mrs. Shelley have been born the following children; James F , Delila J., and John A., all married and doing well for themselves. Mr. Shelley has a good farm, well improved and drained and supplied with buildings, which in their various appointments will compare favorably with improvements of the kind in the com- munity w'here he resides. He has been a man of wonderful vitality and preserved his physi- cal health until recently, when he sustained a serious injury while pulling up a heavy load of hay in the barn, the rope breaking, letting the pulley fall upon him. Politically .Mr. Shelley is a supporter of the populist partv, the princi- ples of which he believes to be for the best in- terests of the country. Fraternally he belongs to the F. & A. M. and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in both of which he is a valued member. The family of Mrs. Shelley were originally from Virginia, but came to Indiana from Kentucky, in which state her grandfather, John Booker, lived and died; he was a soldier in the war of 1812. The following are the names of the children born to James and Jane Booker, parents of Mrs. Shelley — Catherine, Elizabeth, P'rank, Malinda, Louise, and Samuel. By a subsequent marriage with Margaret Howard, James Booker had five chil- dren, namely: Melissa, Howard, Sarah A., Erasmus P. and Mary E. HOMAS H. SHEPHERD, of Perry township, Boone county, Ind., was born in Patrick county, Va., Decem- ber 20, 1849, and is a son of Huel J. and Leonea (Howell) Shepherd. The father was born in Bedford county, Va. , in 1822, and the mother in Floyd county, Va. , in 1823. They were married in Floyd county, located first in Patrick county, then, two years later, moved to the Blue Ridge mountains, where they lived ten years, and finally settled in Car- roll county, A’a. , where the father still resides, the mother having died January 5, 1894. There were born to them twelve children, viz: John W. (deceased), James I)., Joseph L., (deceased), Thomas H., Caleb A., Elizabeth (deceased), Artemissa, Mary (deceased), Robert H., P'rank I., Lenileoti (deceased). Huel J. is a Baptist in religion, a democrat in politics, and was a soldier in the Confederate army. He is a successful farmer and owns 180 acres of good land. Thomas H. Shepherd remained with his parents in Carroll county, Va. , until 1872, when he came to Indiana and settled in Ploone county, where he followed general labor for a year, then learned carpentering; in 1875 he bought his present farm, which he runs in con- nection with his trade. December 4, 1879, he married Mary A. Schenck, a native of Boone county, born October 7, 1858, and a daughter of Daniel Schenck of Perry township, Boone county, Ind., a pioneer and wealthy land owner. To this unioiYfive children have been born, viz: Zelma V., Leonea (de- ceased), Naomi (deceased), Homer and Daniel. Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd are members of the Baptist church, and in politics he is a people’s 456 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY party man. He is also a Freemason, and a member of lodge No. 9, at Lebanon. His farm comprises eighty and one-half acres, and is in a high state of cultivation. AMES SHERA, a leading farmer of Jack- son township, Boone county, Ind., is of Irish-German descent, but of Indiana birth. His father, Caleb Shera, was born in Rosscommon county, Ireland, Novem- ber 20, 1 808, and at the age of twenty-four came alone to America. He passed a short time in O.xford, Ohio, and then came to Indiana. In Franklin county, this state, December 21, 1837, hs married Elizabeth, daughter of john Shafer; Mr. Shera was a leading farmer of Decatur county, where he entered 160 acres of land near Sardinia. Here were born his family, who were named Catherine, William (who died in the army), Janies, Thomas M., Isaac, Wilson, Martha A., Sylvester C., and John, who is deceased. Caleb Shera passed the greater part of his life in Decatur county, was a pious Methodist, a noble man in all his impulses, and died near Sardinia, Decatur county, Ind., October 30, 1779. His widow is now a resident of Sardinia and is respected by all who know her. James Shera, the principal figure in this biography, was born in Decatur county, Ind., July 16, 1844, on his father's farm. He mar- ried in November, 1868, Sophia Small, a daughter of John Small, and of English de- scent. The children born to this union were named Charles E., who died in fancy, and Effie I., who died when twenty years old. In 1867 Mr. Shera came to Boone county, and settled on a forest farm, and here he lost his wife August, 1870. She was a member of the Baptist church, and was mourned by a large circle of sincere friends. The second marriage of Mr. Shera was to Margaret C. Heath, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Neal) Heath, both of Boone county and both now deceased, Mrs. Heath having died at the age of fifty-two years and Mr. Heath at sixty-nine, and both were leading members of the Methodist church. They were the parents of the following-named children; Whlliam P. , Margaret C., Sarah J., Louisa A., Samuel S., Emma E., Rosanna, Basshie M., and James M., all living. The children born to James and Margaret C. Shera are named; Lizzie M., Samuel M., James B., Arthur M., Benjamin and Hazel M. About August 12, 1862, James Shera enlist- ed in Decatur county, in company I, Sixty-eighth Indiana volunteer infantry, was mustered in August 19, equipped with Sj)ringfield rifles and sent to the front; September 15, the regiment went to Mumfordsville, where it surrendered on the seventeenth, and was exchanged December 26; January 8, 1863, he assisted in guarding a fleet from Louisville down the Ohio river and up the Cumberland river to Nashville; two steamers were burnt by the rebel cavalry below Nashville; Apri 1 2d, his regiment joined the main army under Rosecrans at Murfreesboro, and was assigned to the Second brigade. Fourth division. Fourteenth army corps, under General Thomas; April 17th, the regiment and a force of 6,000 infantry and cavalry went on a reconnaissance and destroyed the railroad between Manchester and McMinnville, captured a large (juantity of supplies, with 200 prisoners, horses, mules, etc.; June 24, the regiment started on the camj)aign for Chattanooga, was engaged at Hoover’s Gap, where it lost one man killed, and six wouiuU'tl, and was then continually on the march until Jul\' 29, when it went into camp at llni\ersity Heights; /Xugust 17, broke camp, and September i 1 crossed Lookout Mountain; September 19 and 20 they were in the battle of C'hickamauga, in which battle Mr. Shera's company went in with thirty-four OF BOONE COUNTY 457 men and came our with twelve — the balance being killed, wounded or missing — the regiment losing one-third of its members; October ii. the regiment was assigned to the Fourth army corjis; while camped at Chattanooga, rations ran very low, and the men were glad to get a fat dog or mnle to eat; November 23, they moved on Missionary Ridge; on the night of the twenty-fourth they witnessed the fight above the clouds with Hooker on Lookout Mountain, five miles distant; November 25, they engaged in assault on Missionary Ridge, losing five officers and seventy-seven men, killed and wounded; on the same night the corps was ordered on a forced march to Knox- ville, one hundred miles distant, to take part in the pursuit of Longstreet — marching day and night, getting such rest and sleep as they could by the roadside; they remained near Knoxville until April, 1864, when they return- ed to Chattanooga and did post duty the sum- mer of that year; August 14, they were ordered to Dalton, Ga., where the rebel Gen. Wheeler’s cavalry had driven the Union garrison into the fortifications and taken the town; August 15, at daylight, under Gen. Steedman, they charged the rebels, driving them through the place on the double-quick; from that time on, the regiment was on similar raids almost every week during the remainder of the summer; they were at Decatur, Ala., during Hood’s at- tack on that city, and on the 15th and i6th of December were engaged at Nashville, where Hood’s army was so disastrously defeated. On the twentieth of June, 1865, with his regi- ment, Mr. Shera was honorably discharged and returned home. It was not, however, until 1893, that he was allowed a pension, and that was for only twelve dollars per month. On his return, Mr. Shera settled down to farming and has one of the finest places in Jackson township, adorned with a large brick dwelling and farm buildings of all descriptions. His farm is well ditched and under a state of high cidtivation, and ranks favorably with any in the county. Mr. and Mrs. Shera are leading members of the Methodist church, of which he is a trustee, steward and recording steward. He is also a member of Advance post. No. 524, G. A. R. , and in politics is a stanch republican. Socially the family stand very high, and Mr. Shera is regarded as one of the most reliable and useful citi zens of Jackson township and is justly honored for his war record. AMES SHIRLEY, of Perry township, Boone county, Ind., was born in Scott county, Ky. , Eebruary 25, 1819, a son of Ezekiel and Della (Shirley) Shirley, both parents having been born in North Caro- lina, where they were married; thence they migrated to Scott county, Ky. , where Ezekiel engaged in farming fintil 1831, when he brought his family to Hendricks county, Ind., and rented land until 1838; then moved to Perry township, Boone county, where his son James, our subject, had entered land, on which he resided until his death in 1864, his wife surviv- ing him until the next year. They were the parents of six children, viz. : Dickerson, Elias, Benjamin, Maria, Amelia and James, all de- ceased with the exception of our subject. The remains of Mr. and Mrs. Shirley were interred in Mount Tabor cemetery, both having died in the Baptist faith. James Shirley worked on the home farm in Hendricks county, Ind., from 1831 until 1838, when he launched out on his own account, worked hard and earned the money to buy the fortv acres in Perry township on which his parents ended their days. He later sold this farm and bought the eighty acres on which he now lives. The first marriage of Mr. Shirley took place in Boone county, Ind., in 1839, to BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY .ir,8 Poiiier, ;i native of Putnam county, Ind., and daiiyditcu' of [osepfi Poiner, of North Carolina. Tliree childnui were born to this union, vi/. : Henry and Parmelia, deceased, and Edward. Mrs. Shirley died in 1866, and the second niarria^m of Mr. Shirley took j)lace March 25, 1867, to Mrs. Leaner Smith, who was b()rn in Owen county, Ky., January 9, 1830, a dauf^'hter of John and Betsey ( Roberts) Smith, natives of North Carolina, who both [ died when Leaner was a child. The first mar- ria,c(e of Leaner was with Daniel Smith, to wh(nn she bore nine children; Louisa (de- ceased), Albert, Henrietta, Hugh, Willis, George, Charles, Mary and Alice. Daniel Smith died in 1865, and bv her marriage with Mr. Shirley she is the mother of one child, Peter, who was born August 17, 1S68, and was mar- ried in Perry township, December 29, 1890, to Miss Lydia Stanfield, who was born in Jackson comity, Ind., and is a daughter of Samuel and Janie (Smith) Stanfield; one child. Pearly, blesses this union. AMLS W. SHIRI.EY.— Change is con- stant and general. Generations rise and ]iass unmarked away, and it is a duty to posterity, as well as a jiresent gratification, to place upon the printed ])age a true record of the lives of those sterling men who have done so nm(di toward establishing and making ])ermanent the ])resent advanced state of rivili/ation enjoycnl by the great com- monwealth ot Indiana. The name of Shirley I has been i)re-emincnt ly identified with the his- tory of Boone county for years, and it is with much satisfaction that the leading fads in the j lib' ol one of the most worthy members of the family are herewith pi'esi-nted to the readers of this N'ohnne. )ames W. Shiiley is descended, paternally, j from h'nglish ancestry, and traci's his ancestry I liack to his great-great-grandfather, James Shirley, who came to the United States in ante-revolutionary times, and settled in Vir- ginia, where he reared a family and became a jilanter of large means and a man of much more than local prominence. He died in the state of his adoption, and subsequently his son Ezekiel, great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, with other members of the family emigrated to Scott county, Ky., locating not tar from Georgetown. Ezekiel Shirley, at the early age of seventeen }ears, married Dulcina Shirley, a distant relative of about the same age, and reared a familv of seven children, nearly all of whom lived to the age of maturity and became the heads of families; but all of whom, excepting James, have long since passed from the scenes of their earthly labors. . A son of the foregoing, Dickinson Shirley, married Elizabeth Hamrick and reared a fam- ily of children, among whom was Caleb Shir- ley, father of the immediate subject of this mention, whose birth occurred in Scott county, Ky. , on the seventeenth day of July, 1817. Caleb, when a lad, moved with his parents to Hendricks county, Ind., where he grew to manhood; subsequently he moved to Boone county, Ind., married Mary (Dale) McRey- nolds jnly ' 7 - '<‘^ 37 , and located in Perry townshijy where he resided until his removal, in 1840, to the township of Harrison. Like his ancestors before bim, Caleb Shirley was a tiller of the soil, and on coming to Indiana piirchascal land in Harrison to\\nship, making a fiiK' farm, consisting of 160 acres, where he passed the remaining years of his life, dyingon the twenty-second day of March, 1876. His wif(', who had been a lailhinl com]>anion and true lu'lpmatc' lor a numbi'r or years, preceded her husband to the silent laud, having departed this life March 13, 1859. 'I'o Caleb and Mary Shirk;y were born tcm cdiildren, whose names are as follows: Janu'S \V., whose name intro- OF BOONE COUNTY. 459 duces tliis sketcli; Matthew E., Henry S., Jar- rett S., Emily E., wife of W. F". Proctor, now deceased; Eliza and Malinda, twins, the latter deceased; \\hlliain S., deceased; Jessie B., and Mary, wife of B. T. Bell. For genera- tions the Shirleys were Baptists, aiul of that church Caleb and his good wife were devout members. Mr. Shirley was a man of exem- plary habits, a model citizen, and ineveiT walk of life endeavored to adorn his Christian pro- fession by living up to the pure teachings of his church. Mrs. Mary Shirley was a native of Tennessee and daughter of Squire and Eliz- abeth Dale, who were born in the same state, the desendants of old and eminently respected pioneer families, ^^'hen eighteen years of age, Mary was united in marriage to Samuel McRey- nolds, a farmer of Putnam county, Ind., by whom she had two children: Marion, deceased, and Samuel, who resides at this time in the state of Kansas. Her marriage to Caleb Shir- ley was solemnized on the sixteenth day of July, 1837. Squire Dale was one of twelve children that grew to years of maturity, and he served, with distinction, in the last war with Great Britain. He was a man of many noble traits of character, and died at the age of fifty- five, leaving, as a precious heritage to his chil- dren, a name singularly free from the slightest taint of anything questionable or dishonorable. Hiw wife, a most excellent woman, bright and intelligent beyond the ordinary, remained true to her husband's memory, and died after a widowhood of over thirty years. J. W. Shirley, whose name opens this biography, is a native son of Boone county, and dates his birth from the eighteenth day of April, 1838. His educaticmal training, like that of the majority of country lads, was obtained in the old-fashioned log school-house common to the pioneer period of Indiana; and until his eighteenth year he assisted his father on the farm, thereby learning lessons of industry that proved so valuable to him in subsequent life. Having selected agriculture as his vocation, he began the same upon his own responsbility, at an early age, on the home farm, and in 1855 took unto himself a helpmate in the person of Sarah Bright, to whom he was united in mar- riage on March 25, of that year. In the mean time, he left the family homestead and bought a part of the place he now owns, in Harrison township, his first purchase consisting of forty acres, to which additions were made at inter- vals, until eventually he became the possessor 120 acres, a fine farm upon which he now re- sides. Mrs. Shirley was born March 22, 1830, the daughter of William R. and Annis (Hen- derson) Bright, and has borne her husband the following children; Jasper N., William H. (deceased), Rosella (deceased), Caleb E., John L. (deceased), James M., Theodosia E. and an infant son (deceased). Mr. Shirley has ever been noted as a warm-hearted, broad-minded man, upright in all his dealings, and a true lover of humanity, to the interests of which the best energies of his life have been nobly devoted. Reared a Baptist, he has never departed from the faith, and his religious experience dates from his fourteenth year, at which time he was convert- ed and became a member of the old Mt. Tabor church. Later he took membership with the Mt. Union church, with which he has been identified since 1862, and in 1864 yielded to an inclination of long standing, by entering upon the active work of the ministry. He was formally ordained to the sacred calling in that year, and at once became pastor of the Mt. Union church, the duties of which rela- tion, with the exception of one year, he nobly discharged until 1893; his pastorate covering a period of twenty-eight years of active service. He still preaches for neighboring churches, and with a spirit of true consecration, expects to devote the remaining years of his life to the UIOGRAPMICAL HISTORY ino nol)le work, whicli in his hands has been so greatly blessed in leading nian\’ to abandon tlie ways of sin, and seek the true way leading to peace and happiness here and j)ointing to a more blessed inheritance hereafter. He has also preached in the states of Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Ohio. He has (he believes) traveled more miles and preached more ser- mons, than any minister in Boone county, living or dead. His politics, like his religions belief, Mr. Shirley has never changed, and in the former he has been and remains a life-long democrat. At one time he held the office of justice of the peace of his township, aside from which he has never been called to till official positon. Thus, briefly, is epitomized the life work of one of Boone county’s most reputable citi- zens, and it is the wish of his many friends that many years may yet be spared him in which to accomplish still more good in the cause to which his life has been consecrated. >Y'ARRETT S. SHIRLEY.— Among the M substantial farmers of Boone county ^ J is the subject of this sketch, his farm being pleasantly situated within two miles of the court house. He was born on his father’s farm in Harrison town- ship, Boone county, June 2i, 1845, tle- scends from the pioneer Baptist family of that name. (See sketch of Rev. James \V. Shirley.) Jarrett S. Shirley received a com- mon education, became a farmer, and married, at the age of twenty-three years, March 21, 1866, Harriet J., daughter of David and Ka- turah (I’roctor; Hedge. Katnrah Hedge was the daughter of fames B. and Elizabeth Proc- tor, and was born near Ee.xington, Ky. Mr. Hedge; was from an old Virgiina family of Irish descent, and came with his parents to Hendricks county, Ind., when ahoy, settling near North Salem. He finally became a sub- stantial farmer, and, passing most of his life in Hendricks county, he came to Boone count}' about 1865, and settled on the farm now occu- pied by our subject. He cleared up this farm from the virgin forest, it being co\'ered origi- nally with very heavy timber. To Mr. and Mrs. Hedge were born thirteen children — George \V., James H., Harriet J., Paulina F., fohn H., Sarah E., William G., Samuel C., Davitl A., Oliver P., Charles E., Leroy E. (deceased young) and Cora E. (de- ceased 3'oung). Eight of these children are now living. They were all born in Hendricks county, except the youngest two, who were born in Boone county. Four of the sons be- came school-teachers — John H., Oliver P. , Charles E. and George \\k Mr. Hadge lived to be sixty-eight '(•ears of age, and died in 1879. In his younger days he was a tanner, but followed the pursuit of agriculture for many years, in which he was successful. He was a man of great industry, and possessed those virtues which are esteemed among our best citizens. In political opinions he affili- ated with the democratic party. After mar- riage Jarrett S. Shirley settled in Hendricks county on a farm, remained there one year, and since that time has been a resident of Boone county. In 1870 he bought a farm in Center township, this county, on which he lived for ten years. He then bought seventy- two acres of land in Harrison townsnip, in 1880, on which he lived until 1886, when he sohl this property and bought the Hedge homestead, on which he now resides. This fine farm consists of iio acres of fertile land, which is in a high state of cultivation and is wc'll drained and improved. Mr. and Mrs. Shirley are the parents of three children — Ettie V. (deceased an infant), Lora T. (^de- ceased) and Claude V, d'he death ol Lora T. Shirley was as sad as it was tragic: he had OF BOONE COUNTY. 4(51 been fishing off the coast of Oregon, on the Pacific Ocean, about six miles south of Nas- tncca bay, in company with his uncle, C. E. Hedge, on the seventh of August, 1894, and while driving homeward they were overtaken by the incoming tide, and so Lora T. lost his young life. The corpse was embalmed and brought to Lebanon, where it was interred in the “Old Union” cemetery, Wednesday, Aug- ust 22. He left a wife, Etta, daughter of Amos Huston, and a child, Mortimer six months old. He was a cousin of Ora E. Randall, who was drowned while bathing in the Wabash river, at Terre Haute, about tw'o years ago. Ora was a promising young man, who had taught two terms of school and was attending his second term in the state Normal. Lora T. attended the high school at Lebanon, and the normal school at Valparaiso, Ind., from which he graduated in 1891, and later taught school in this county, and afterwards became a mer- chant in Oregon. The Shirley family are noted for industry, for their excellent moral habits and strong religious principles. Jarrett S., our subject, is no exception to the rule. He is a self-made man, and, assisted by his faith- ful wife, has accumulated a competency. He and w'ife are members of the Christian church, and in politics he is a democrat. OLE SHOE, of Marion township, Boone county, Ind., is a native of North Car- olina and is descended from sturdy Gerrnan-Irish ancestry. His grand- father, John Shoe, was born in North Carolina, as was also his father, John William Shoe, whose birth occurred in the month of March, 1813. John Mhlliam Shoe married, in his native state. Miss Leah Ingold, who bore the follow’ing children: Rebecca, wife of William Shapley; Sarah, deceased; Catherine, deceased; Joel, Mrs. Mary Woodsworth, and Barbara, wife of William Omen. Mr. Shoe was by occujiation a distiller, which business he car- ried on the state of his nativity for some years. His death, at the early age of thirty-nine, threw his widow and children upon their owm resour- ces, and Mrs. Shoe came to Indiana in 1854, locating on a farm in Marion county, where, with the assistance of her children, she man- aged to rear her family respectably and place them in situations to make their own way in life. She is still living at the ripe old age of eighty years and makes her home with her son, Joel. Joel Shoe was born January 2, 1844, and was but six years of age when his father died, in consequence of which he was early obliged to contribute his full share toward the support of his mother and sisters. In consequence of being compelled to rely upon his own resources at such a tender age, he was deprived of the privileges of obtaining an education, and his schooling included but a few mcnths’ attend- ance, each year, in the indifferent log school- houses, at that time so common in various parts of Indiana. Posse.ssing a naturally bright mind, he was not altogether disheartened by unfavorable surroundings, but devoted every spare moment to his books, and in time became the possessor of a valuable fund of knowledge. When only ten years of age he began working away from home for the snrn of $6 per month, but at the age of nineteen took chai'ge of a stationary engine, which he operated for some time at fairly remunerative wages. On the twenty-second of February, 1867, he entered into the marriage relation with Julia A. Kling- ensmith, who was born January 9, 1847 — daughter of Samuel and Priscilla Klingensmith, natives of Pennsylvania, whose ancestors came to the United States from Holland at an early period in the history of the country. After his marriage, Mr. Shoe began farm- ing on 220 acres of land for a part of the pro- BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY W2 coeds, and was thus enj^aged for four years, when lie juirchased a place of his own consist- ing of eighty acres in Marion townshij), Boone county, the land at that time being covered with a tlense forest growth, and on which no imiirovernents of any kind had been made. Whth an energy born of determination to suc- ceed, Mr. Shoe at once went to work removing the forest, and, in due time, succeeded in put- ting a goodly jiortion of his land in cultivation. As the years went by the area of his farm con- stantly increased, and with the assistance of his good wife, who never knew what it was to eat the bread of idleness, he tinally had a home of which any one might well feel proud. The original buildings having served their pur- pose were, in due season, replaced by more comfortable and substantial structures of modern pattern, and his improvements in this line now comjiare favorably with any in the township, his residence costing the sum of $i,- 800. In March, 1892, his barn was totally destroyed by hre, entailing ujion him a heavy loss, but he has since replaced it by another building of larger dimensions and more con- venient in its appointments. On the first day of May, 1892, .\[r. Shoe’s faithful wife, who had been his devoted com- panion through many years of trial ami suc- cess, was called from the scene of her earthly labor, after which time his home was looked after by his son, Marion, and wife, who did all in their power to render his years comfortable until his second marriage. Mr. Shoe is a member of the F. A A. M., in which fraternity he has filled important official positions, in- cluding that of reiiresentive to the grand lodge of the state; he is also identified with the 1. O. K. M., and politically e.xercises the elective franchise for the democratic jiarty. Heisiiro- gressive, imblic spirited, and his life has beem characteri/:ed by strict adherence to the prin- ciples of probity, which have made him a most valuable factor in the community. The beau- tiful home where he lives, together with other property which he owns elsewhere, re])resents the fruit of his industry; and his life, measured by the usual standard, has been a most gratify- ing success. The following are the names of his children — John W'illiam, Samuel Harvey, James Marion, and Rebecca Alice, wife of james Abbot. Mr. Shoe was again married August 30, 1894, selecting, for his second wife, Mrs. Wil- liam Jones, //ir Flla Fitzsimmons, daughter of William and Sarah (McManey) Fitzsimmons, born June 1 6, 1861. EVI P. SHOEMAKER, one of the most prosperous farmers of Union township, Boone county, was born in Union county, Ind., .August 18, 1835, the son of George and .Martha M. (Harvey) Shoemaker -the father a native of Cfuilford county, N. C., of German descent, and the mother a native of Union county, Ind., of Irish e.xtraction. George Shoemaker came to Indi- ana in 1832, and for three years worked in a distillery in I’nion county, then came to Boone county and entered eighty acres in Genter township, which land he afterward sold, and entered another farm of eighty acres in Union township, where he died in 1888. He was twice married, and by his first wife, Martha M. Harvey, he was the father of seven chil- dren, viz. ; I.eviP., Betsey, Isaac M., Michael H., Malinda )., Eliza E., and Mary M. .Mrs. Martha .Shoemaker died December 24, 1848, and the second marriage was to Elizabeth Allen, daughter of John Allen. 'To this union wen' born the following childnui; John G. ; biaucc'S H., wife of Sauuud N. Good; James B. ; and Laura B., the wife of I'raucis Hutton. Mrs. Elizabeth Shoemaker still survives. Levi P. Shoemaker was reared to the life LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILUNOIS h.n nhii’.Mi^h-K sih. fSo.f. OF HOONE COUNTY. 465 of a fanner and was educated in the subscrip- tion schools. On starting in life for himself, at the age of twenty-one, he bought a farm of eighty acres in Union township, Boone county, which he afterward increased to 270 acres, the greater part of which he has himself improved. He has also rendered efficient aid in the build- ing of the gravel roads of Boone county, and is universally recognized as one of the most enterprising and industrious men of his part of the country. His farm is considered to be one of the finest in Union township, and his resi- dence is une.xcelled for comfort and convenience. Mr. Shoemaker was married October 16, 1856, to Mary A. Dulin, who was born in Boone county, January 31, 1838. Her parents, John and Priscilla (Boswell) Dulin, were horn in Virginia and Kentucky respectively, came to Boone county, fnd , in an early day, and were the parents of ten children, of whom seven are still living. To the union of Levi P. and Mary A. Shoemaker have been born six children, viz.: Erasmus T. , of Union township; Carval- laceW., a druggist of Whitestown; Clarinda R., who died May 30, 1864; Elizabeth E., who died May 26, 1877; Rhoda M., wife of Arme- nious E. Hine; and Willard P. , at home. Mr. and Mrs. Shoemaker ai'e consistent members of the Baptist church and they and their fam- ily are looked upon as being among the most respectable residents of the township. In poli- tics Mr. Shoemaker is a democrat, and has been entrusted by his fellow-townsmen with the responsible position of township trustee. APT. FELIX SHUMATE, now one of the most respected citizens of Lebanon, Boone county, fnd., was one of those patriots who were among the first to offer tlieir services to the country at the breaking out of the Civil war. He was the second man in Boone county to enroll his name at the call to arms, the Ifrst being Elisha Rise, son of Col. Rise. Capt. Shumate springs, on his paternal side, from an old Virgiina family of Cerman descent, and on the maternal side from an English family that settled in Maryland — both families coming to America before the Revo- lutionary period. William Shumate, the earli- est ancestor of Felix of whom he have any authentic record, was a wealthy planter and slave-holder in I'auquier county, Va. He there married Mary Miller, wdio bore him eight children, named John, Isaac, Peyton, William, Newton, James, Ruth and Adaline. Of these, John Shumate was born in Fauquier county, V'a., on his father’s farm, in 1808. He learned the trade of cotton and wool card- ing, which he followed both in Maryland and Kentucky. Eventually he settled in Jefferson county, Ky., and there married Mary Yates, daughter of Isaac and Lucy Yates, pioneers of Jefferson, and descendants of most excellent English families. Richard Yates, of Illinois, was a nephew of the said Isaac Yates. To Mr. and Mrs John Shumate were born nine children, named as follows: .Amanda, Wdlliam, Isaac, Eydia, P'elix, Lucy, John, Thomas and Columbus, all born in Shelby county, Ry., where the father, John, resided for many years and ran a cotton and woolen mill. In 1855 he came to Indiana and settled in Boone county on a farm, and in 1863, although fifty- six years of age, enlisted at Lebanon in the Eleventh Indiana volunteer cavalry, and in 1 8C4, was appointed from the ranks in the field to be hospital steward. He was in the battle at Nashville, and took part in a gallant charge on the rebel works, and was also in many skirmishes, serving continually until the close of the war. In 1866 he moved to Minnesota and opened up a new farm at Litchfield, in Meeker county, of which he was one of the earliest settlers. There he BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY ■RT. (lied laniiary 7, 1887, at tlie age of seventy- niiu' years — a stanch republican, though at first a democrat. h'our oi his sons were in the Civil war, viz; William, as orderly ser- geant in company I, Tenth Indiana volunteer infantry, having enlisted at Lebanon in April, 1861, and then re-enlisted in the Ninth volunteer regiment of United States troojrs; Isaac enlisted at Peoria, 111 ., in 1822, in com- pany H, Twenty-seventh Illinois, and died of wounds received in the battle of Resaca; Felix enlisted at Lebanon April 1 5, 1861, comjiany I, Tenth Indiana volunteer infantry, for the thiAe months’ service, and again enlisted, on the re- organization of the regiment, in the same com- pany, reaching the captaincy; Thomas also en- listed in company H, Eleventh regiment, in the fall of 1 862, and served until the close of the war. Capt. Felix Shumate was born February - 5 > 1839, on his father’s farm in Shelby coun- ty, Ky., and was fourteen years of age when he came with his father to Indiana. He was reared a farmer, but also learned the brick- making trade at Lebanon. When the war broke out, he, with Elisha K. Rise, David H., Oliver and George W. Smith, drew straws in order to decide which should have the honor of being the first t(; enroll, and the honor fell to Rise; the second place to Shumate. The company was placed under the command of Capt. William C. Rise, formerly a lieutenant in the Mexican war, and the enlistment was for three months. J. W. Perkins was elected first lieutenant, R. C. Rise second lieutenant, |ohn H. Dooley orderly sergeant, and Eelix Shumate second corporal. All these men served in re-organizations nearly throughout the war, and with higher rank. Capt. |. W. Perkins, however, was killed at the battle of Chattanooga; Capt. ]ohn H. Dooley lost an arm at Mission Ridge, and of an enrollment of sixty-one, forty per cent, died on the fudd of battle. d'he company fought at Rich Mountain, and was complimented for its vic- tory, and there Mr. Shumate served as corpor- al. He was commissioned first lieutenant on re-organization, September 2, 1861, and as such took part at Mill Spring, Ry. ; was at Shiloh, siege of Corinth (where he was wound- ed); was at Perryville, Ry., Boston, Hoover’s Gap, Tullahoma, Chickamauga, Chattanooga (where he was commissioned captain on the death of Capt. Perkins), Missionary Ridge, Winchester, Ringgold, Tunnel Hill, Resaca, in Sherman’s campaign; in all the battles under Gen. Thomas, except Lovejoy Station; was at Pendleton (ihurch, Renesaw Mountain, Lost Mountain, New Hope Church, Ringston, Adairsville, Atlanta, Chattahoochee Bridge, Peach Tree Creek and many others too nu- merous to make mention of. On his return to Lebanon, the captain engaged in the manufac- ture of brick, and erected some of the best buildings in the city, including, also, all of the block on the south end, except Zion’s corner; Iniilt the Cason block, and the marble front block; also many on Lebanon street; also the Methodist church, the Pi’esbyterian church, and the South-side school-house. Capt. Shumate was married, November 17, 1867, ter Amanda L. Perkins, daughter of jacob Perkins and Eliza (McLewain) Perkins. One son, ). \\k Shumate, has been born to this union. Mr. and Mrs. Shumate are mem- bers of the Methodist church, and in politics he is a rei)ublican. He has served as deputy county treasiircu' eight years, and has also filled several local offices, including that of common councilman lor three terms, and for four years was jiost-master under Ben Harrison. He is a Mason, a numiber of the G. A. R., and has had command of a militia com])anv organized b\' himself after llu' close' ol the war. He has a commission from Bhu' [cans Williams, while he was governor, as captain of the first militia organization the county ever had. OF BOONE COUNTY. 407 UIX'.E STEPHEN NEAL is one of tlie most prominent men of Lebanon, Ind., is a member of the legislature and is judge of Boone comity circuit court, Twentieth judicial circuit of the state. He springs from sterling English stock. His remote ancestors were an old colonial Virgin- ian family and substantial farmers and slave owners. Their children were; William, Sam- uel, Stephen, John and Poll}', and others not remembered. John Neal, father of the judge, was born in Halifa.x county, Va. , was reared a farmer and received a good education. He first married, in Halifax county, Va. , Priscilla Craddock, and to them were born ten chil- dren: Polly, Henry, Cicely, John, Nanc}', Maha, Stephen, Susan, Wellington and Orm- stead. After his marriage, Mr Neal moved to Pittsylvania county, Va., and there the first seven children were born. Having lost his first wife, John Neal married Eliza Fletcher, and to this union were born two sons; James and Thomas, both living in Missouri. In 1819, in the autumn, John Neal moved to the wilds of Kentucky and settled in Bath county, making this long journev with jiack horses. He cleared up a farm, then moved to Nicholas county, where he spent some years, and then returned to Bath county, where he died, aged 73. He was a devout member of the Baptist church, and in politics an old-line whig. Stephen Neal, our subject, was born June II, 1817, in Pittsylvania county, \'a., and was but two or three years old when he was taken to Kentucky. He was reared among the pio- neers and attended the old subscription school and then an academy at Mooretield, Ky., un- der a famous teacher, Henry T. Trimble, a graduate of Transylvania university, Ky. Soon after this, Stephen began reading law at the age of twenty years. His mother died when he was but fifteen years of age, and his father married, as stated above, about one year after, 23 giving young Stephen his time. The latter worked at farm work during the summer, and in winter devoted his time to studying various branches. He was a great lover of books and devoured greedily all that came his w^ay, hav- ing access to the extensive library of Thomas Nelson, an accomplished linguist and teacher, who took pains to direct his studies, and gave him a start in Latin and Greek, and young Neal became so perfect that he could and did teach them. Young Neal, indeed, at the age of twenty, became a teacher of a coun- try school and continued the work three win- ters, and also continued his legal studies in the office of the Hon. Joseph G. Marshall of Madison, Ind. He was admitted to the bar at Garlisle, Ky. , in 1841, and immediately began to practice. In 1843 he went to Lebanon, Ind. In 1839 he was married, in Nicholas county, Ky. , to Frances A. Atkinson, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Goshoe) Atkinson. Mr. Atkinson was from an old American family of Scotch and English stock, and he was a well-to-do farmer. His children were I'rances A., Elizabeth, Emily, Thomas, John, William and Mary Mr. Atkinson lived to be seventy- six years of age and died on his farm in Ken- tucky. To Judge and Mrs. Neal were born four children — Annette, Elizabeth, Mary P. and Daniel O’Gonnell, all born at Lebanon, Ind, In 1846-7 he was a member of the state legislature, elected as a Jeffersonian democrat, and continued with the party until he became one of the founders of the republican party in Boone county. Mr. Neal was a strong Union man during the war and took an active part in Boone county in sujiporting the Union cause. His son, Daniel O’Connell, enlisted in Lebanon in 1861, in company A, Tenth regiment of Indi- ana infantry, and was promoted to corporal. He was in the battle of Mills Springs, was taken sick there with typhoid fever and died at BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY i()8 Soim'rset, Ky., in 1862. On ccnnin^ to lk)one county, in 1843, judge Neal practiced law and resided on his farm, one mile east (d Lebanon, where he owned 100 acres. He was connected with many prominent cases, but in 1883, moved to Iowa and practiced two years at Washington; in 1885 returned to Lebanon and resumed his practice, in which he was very successful. In 1890 he was elected judge and took the office November 10, 1890, and is now filling that important position. judge Neal has always been a jniblic-spirited man, has bought many dwellings and improved them, has been an active real estate dealer and has taken an active part in the improvement of the roads. His first wife died in 1851, and he married Clara, daughter of Charles Davis. Mr. Davis was an old pioneer of Boone connt\’ and a merchant of Thorntown. He died, aged ninety-seven years, at Lebanon, a respected and honorable citizen. To Judge Neal and his second wife were born five chtldren— Charles V'on Humboldt, .-Mbert, Frank, Jen- nie and Richard F., all born in Lebanon, Boonecounty. This wife died in March, 1879, and Judge Neal married I.anra A. Kernodle [nre Carson), daughter (^f R(')bert Carson, an j old settler. Of this marriage were born two | children, Gertrude and Theodore. The judge j is politically a democrat. His religion is that | of the church of Christ, in which he has been 1 elder for many years. His reputation in office j is unsullied and his moral life has won for him the respect of every man and woman of Boone. HARLES b'. S. NEAL is one of the most enterprising and successful bus- iness men of Lebanon, and the head and founder of the real-estate firm of Neal A Co., and a i)rogressive, public-spirited citizen. 'I'here is ])robably no man in Boone county wlio, in the last fifteen yc.-ars, has been a more decided benefit to it. He was one of the chief promoters of the gravel road system, which, in point of utility, snr})asses all other improvements in the country except, [)erhaps, its large drainage system, with which Mr. Neal has also been identified. He was the prime mover in the erection of Castle Hall, the magnificent new home of the Rnights of Pythias, which is not only an addition to the business blocks of Lebanon but is an ornament to the town. Charles F. S. Neal is the son of Stejdien and Clara (Davis) Neal. Mrs. Clara Neal was a daughter of Charles Davis, an early pioneer of Boone county, and was born near Troy, Ohio, in January, 1835; her death took place near Lebanon, Ind., March 4, 1879 — a pious member of the Baptist church. Charles F. S. Neal was born in Lebanon, Ind., Aug. 24, 1858. His education was acquired in the public schools .of the city, he being a graduate of the high school. When quite Aaim^'lie had charge of his father’s farm near I^ebanon and engaged in school-teaching in the public schools of Boone county, Lebanon. In 1880 he was elected county surveyor of Boone county by a good majority, the election being hotly contested. He held this office for two years. From 1882 to 1887 he was super- intendent of construction of gravel roads in Boone county, during wdiich time he super- vised the construction of about 200 miles of solid gravel roadway. The gravel was diffi- cult to obtain, on account of being of consitl- I erable depth in the earth and frequently covered with water. These roads are a great credit to Boone countv, the system being one of the best in the state, more miles of gravel roads having been built in this county than in anv other, viz : Over six hundred miles. 'Idle roads are good examples of civil engineer- ing, are built high, and the streams are crossed by substantial bridges, and are all free. From 1884 to 1886 Mr. Neal was ileputy ■UBRARY OF THE 'JfHVERSlTY OF MAfm C. F. S. NEAL. MRS. C. F. S. NEAL. UB^A^ OF THE ^ URIVERSITY OF OF BOONE COUNTY 478 county surveyor, and while liolding this (jfhce was on every section of land in this count}' — and this before he was thirty }ears of age, and is well known throughout the country. While in this capacity, he surveyed 171 miles of open ditches in two \'ears, he being ex-ofhcio ditch connnissiouer. Me is well informed on these subjects. The cost of constructiem of these ditches was about $300,000. fu 1887 he built the Neal block, a substantial brick building, two stories and basement, in which he opened an office in 1887 in the real estate and loan business. He is also interested in five build- ing and loan associations. In 1891 he went into partnership with H. T. Thompscni in the same business. The firm conducts a large real estate and loan business and are e.xten- sively interested in insurance, representing five of the best companies — among which are the London, Liverpool, and Globe, Commercial Union, National, of Hartford, Fire Associa- k, tion, of Philadelphia, and Firemen's Fund, California. Mr. Neal is a public-spirited man and improves his properties. The firm handles about $80,000 yearly in building and loan money. They deal e.xtensively in farms and loan money on realty at reasonable rates. Po- litically Mr. Neal is a stanch democrat ; frater- nally he is a member of the K. P., and has held all the offices in his local lodge, is now treasurer, aud was treasurer of the grand lodge of Indiana in 1889-90, was eight years chair- man of the finance committee of the grand lodge, and in 1892 was elected grand master- at-arms; in 1893 he was elected grand prelate; 1894, was elected grand vice-chancellor. He is also a member ol Ben Adhem lodge. No, 472, I. O. O. F., and also a Mason of Boone lodge. No. 9, and was secretary two years. He is also a member of the chapter, royal arch, and a member of the Knights of Macca- bees, No. 24, Lebanon lodge, and has passed all the chairs. In Septemberof 1881, Mr. Neal was united in marriage to Mary E., youngest daughter of Martin Henry, of Boone county, and two children have been born to this union — Gracie ¥. and Thomas. Mrs. Mary E. Neal was born October 10, 1856, and her father was one of the earliest settlers of Boone county, having entered tracts of land on EaP'ayette road two miles from Lebanon. Her mother bore the maiden name of IMary Stephens, and was a native of Kentucky, of Scotch-Irish de- scent. Mrs. Neal was the youngest in a family of eleven children, and her father was a native of Maryland, of German descent. It was on the farm of Mr. Henry that commissioners to locate the county seat for Boone county first selected the site, but Mrs. Henry re- fused her consent. Mr. Henry died in 1866, and Mrs. Henry died in 1884. Mr. Neal is one of the most enterprising and able business iijiefl o,f_ Lebanon, and, although a young man, ranks among' thfe^leaders. He was one of the projectors of Castle Hall, the home of the Knights of Phythias, and was largely instru- mental in its erection and is secretary of the building committee. The capital stock is $25,000, and is handled by a stock company. The front of the building is of Bedford stone and is of graceful and imposing architecture. The main body is of substantial brick, of three stories and basement. This is the handsomest and most ornamental business block in the county. The Knights of Pythias occupy a Sjdendid hall 50 x 100 feet, and the remain- der of the building is used as business rooms and offices. In 1893, Mr. Neal, in company with John H. Perkins, purchased the electric light plant at Lebanon and organized a company with acapital stock of $30,000. This company also manufactures ice. Mr. Neal’s character as an honorable man and citizen is too well known to need any comment. He descends from an old colonial family. 474 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY IlOMAS O. SICKS is one of the de- scendants of an original and honored ])ioneer of Boone comity, Ind., and is one of the prominent farmers of Center townshi|). jacob Sicks, tlie grand- father of our subject, as well as his wife, de- scended from good old Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry. He became one of the pioneers of Kentucky, settling at a very early date, jirob- ahly, in Nicholas county. Philip Sicks, son of above and father of our subject, was born in Kentucky and there married Nancy Slaine, and they became the parents of nine children; Sarah }., Mary A., Mahala, Francis M., Thomas O., Jacob, Lucinda, Amanda and John M., the hrst four born in Kentucky, and the remainder in Indiana. In 1834, Mr. Sicks moved to Decatur county, Ind., and settled near Greensburg. In 1836 he came to Boone county and settled in the wilderness, and en- tered between 400 and 500 acres of land, which was covered with timber of the heaviest kind. By hard labor and }ierseverance he cleared up a good farm. He became a promi- nent man in his township, and held the office of township trustee and other offices of trust. He was a member of the C'hristian (dmrch and a jacksonian democrai. His first wife died and he married again, of which union there were no children. .Mr. Sicks lived to the patriarchal age of eighty-three years, being a man of iron constitution. He was a substan- tial and honored citi/en, aiul in his last days retired from active work and lived in Lebanon, where he died. He was known far and wide among the pioneers. When he first came to 'the county it was almost an entire wilderness and wild game of various kinds abounded. He went to Lawrenceburg and Ginciimat i to trade, freijuently taking with him the |)roduce ac- cumulated by the country store keepers and e.xchanging it for goods, which he returiu'd to the merchants. Thomas O. Sicks, our subject, was born in Decatur county, Ind., September 26, 1835, and was but six months of age when he was brought by his j)arents to Boone county, Ind., in the spring of 1836. He attended the old pioneer school in an old log cabin two miles from his father's house, passing through the woods by a hla.zed trail. This was a subscrip- tion school and he attended it two or three months during the winter until he was twenty- one years of age. He then went to school one winter at Milledgeville in a frame school- house. Having been reared a farmer, he nat- urally followed the pursuit of agriculture, and when young assisted in clearing many an acre of land. Huge black walnut and oak trees that would be very valuable were mercilessly hewed down by the backwoodsmen, rolled into heaps and burned, simply to clear the land. The lundrer on many of their farms would now he more valuable than the land. He married, at the age of twenty-one years, Susan A., daughter of Samuel and Sarah Ann (McDaniel) Elder. Mr. Elder was an old set- tler of Boone countx', member ol the Method- ist church, and died at the residence of our subject at the great age of over ninety years. After marriage, Mr. Sicks settled on his father’s farm, and in 1865 he bought eighty acres of this farm, which was nearly- all in timber and which he has cleared and improved, and added to until he now own 238 acres of fine farming land. Mr. Sicks is a well-to-do citizen, and beside his farm owns valuable real estate and improved property in Lebanon. Mr. and Mrs. Sicks are the parents of nine children — sevtm of w hom are men and v\'omen — as Icrl- low's: .Mary C., Vcrnelia |., Philiii H., John M., Maggie, Delly and Thomas S. He and wife are members of the Methodist Protest- ant church, of which he is a trustee. Ho is also a member of the Masonic Iratcrnity, Boone lodge. No. 9, Lebanon. Mr. Sicks is a he- OF BOONE COUNTY. 475 liever in schools and his children received good coniinon educations. His son, Philip H., at- tended the state university at P)looinington, Ind., and is now a successful school-teacher and fanner of Center township. Mr. Sicks is a public-spirited man and was one of the promoters of the first gravel road through his part of Center Township. He is a practical farmer and stands deservedly high for his correct and manly course through life. From 1888 to 1891 he resided in f^ebanon, where he erected three houses, two of which he still owns. There is no family in Boone county whose record for industry, integrity of character and real worth ranks higher. ILl.lAM A. SIMS, an influential citizen of Marion township, Boone county, Ind., and brave e.x-soldier, is a native of the Hoosier state, born December 15, 1844, 'n the county of Fayette. His early educational advantages embraced the branches usually taught in the common schools, and, like the majority of country boys, his youthful years were passed amid the peaceful scenes of the farm. In April, 1854, he accom- panied his parents to Hamilton county, Ind., where his father purchased 440 acres of land, on which he resided for some time, subsequently moving to Boone county, locating in Marion township, where he was living at the breaking out of the great rebellion. In 1863, with a spirit that animated the patriotic heart of the north, he exchanged the quiet of the farm for a military life, enlisting August 7 of that year in company H, Fifty-seventh Indiana in- fantry, with which he served until honor- ably discharged June 2, 1865. The mil- itary experience of Mr. Sims was exceedingly varied and embraced campaigns in Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and other southern states. During the battle of Chickamauga he was en- gaged in provost guard duty, and at Mission Ridge was refused permission, by his captain, to take part in the engagement on account of a severe sickness from which he was at that time suffering. After a short time spent at home on furlough, he rejoined his command at Chattanooga, Tenn., in season to take part with General Sherman in the Atlanta cam- paign, during which he participated in the bloody battles of Buzzard’s Roost, Resaca, New Hope Church, and other engagements, and, on the twenty-seventh of May, 1864, while on the skirmish line within a few rods of the enemv, was struck by a musket ball which entered the point of the left shoulder and came out at his belt on the right side, making a dan- gerous wound over* sixteen inches in length. In this condition he walked to the rear, where the surgeon cut off his clothes and dressed the wound by filling it with cotton. After this, on his way to the field hospital, the cotton worked itself out of the wound, and it was with diffi- culty that his life was saved on account of pro- fuse bleeding. He was in Marietta, Chatta- nooga and Nashville until July of the above vear, and while in the hospital suffered untold agonies from his wound, which was of such a nature as to necessitate the removal of his shoulder blade in order to save his life. When sufficiently recovered he was removed to Louis- ville, in which city he remained in the hospi- tal, suffering intensely until his discharge from the service at the date above mentioned. Ow- ing to his disability he was unable to do any- thing but the lightest kind of farm work after his return from the army, and later he assisted his father for about two years in a saw-mill, which the latter was at that time operating. Not being able to perform much manual labor, he began buying timber and was thus engaged for some time, when, owing to too much phys- ical exertion, he was compelled to secure some kind of lighter work, and in 1881, in partner- 470 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY ship with his brother and father, lie engaged in the mercantile trade at the town of Terhiine, when' he did a successful business for a period of two years. In June, i8oone county with his father when a young man. He had been a fireman and engineer on the I. P. cC C. R. R., for more than three years, beginning his work as a fireman when but fourteen jauirs of age. He worked on the farm with his father and clerked in his store until he enlisted at Leb- anon, August 12, 1862, for three years or dur- ing the war, and was immediately promoted to orderly sergeant, under Cai)t. Aaron h'razec' and Col. (). S. Hamilton. He served until honorably discharge at Gallatin, Tenm, on ac- count of sickness and disability. He was in the battles of Perryville, Crab Orchard, Ky., Wild Cat Mountain, Glasgow, Ky. , Laurel Hill, Tenm, Levern and many skirmishes. After his return home he remained working on the farm until P”ebruary i, 1865, when he re- enlisted at Lebanon in company I, One Hun- dred and I'iftieth Indiana volunteer infantry, and was promoted on the organization of the company to orderly sergeant and served until the close of the war. He was in the battles of Luray Cove, Berryville, Opequon Creek, Win- chester and many skirmishes, all in Virginia. He served in Hancock's veteran reserve corps, army of the Potomac. On June i, 1865, Ser- geant Smith was promoted to second lieuten- ant of company I. He was mustered out and honorably discharged at Stevenson Sta- tion, Va., August 12, 1865. Lieut. Smith was never sick, wounded nor in hosp)ital, nor taken prisoner, and was in all the battles and skir-- niishes of his regiment when he was with them. He was ruptured by an accident early in his enlistment, but it did not prevent him doing duty, yet his service and the e.xposure of army life completely disabled him, rendering him unable to work, for which he receives a pen- sion of thirty dollars per month. Lieut. Smith met his wife at Gallatin, Tenm, in 1862, while serving there as a soldier, and they were married at Le.xington, August 30, 1865. She was Mar\' daughter of James W. and Georgie T. (Cooper) Cryer. Mr. C'ryer was a pros))erons and lu'ominenl farmer and slave owner in Sumner county, 4 'enn., and father of a large family of children -Mary 1 C, \ 4 r- ginia C., Silencer C., james R., Mary \C, Sallie C., David IC, Llewellyn .S., Louisa C., AimaC'. and Martha H. Mr, Cryer had two sons in the Confeapti.st church Warren J. Smith, onr subject, was nominated liy the democracy fcrr township trustee in the fall of 1 894. H LI'RED SRITE, a respected citizen of Marion township, Hoone county, Ind., and a brave e.x-so'dier, \\'as born Felnuary 2, 1827, at Abbing- don, Va., the son of Isaac and Susan (Car- mack) Srite. Isaac Srite was born in 1800 in I.ouisiana, moved from there to Virginia, thence about 1852, to Missouri, where he owned a large plantation and a number of slaves which were set free liy the emancijia- tion proclamation of President Lincoln. Previous to his removal to Missouri, he came to Indiana and entered a tract of land where his son Alfred now livc's in Marion township, Boone county, hut afterward dis])osed ol the same and |)urchased 400 acres lying in the northern part of the township. 'I'he following are the names of the' children born to Isaac and Susan Srite: Alfred, Marshall, Calvin, Emanuel, I'irmen, Marion, Nelson, Caswell, Lilbern and Annina. The father of these children was a man of more than ordinary [)owers of mind, a Presbyterian in his religious belief, and an old-line whig in politics, and died in i 862. Alfred Srite lived on the farm until his seventeenth year, when he was bound an ap- prentice to learn the tanner’s trade, which he followed until attaining his majority. Not fancying the business, he abandoned it and engaged in carpentering, which, with little ex- ception, he has since continued. In 1852 he married Permelia McKinzie, daughter of John and Permelia McKinzie, the offspring of which union were James, Melissa, Idlbern, deceased, aiul Permelia. Mrs. Srite died |anuary 3, 1859, and in April, i860, Mr. Srite was united in marriage at Northheld, Boone county, to Miss Euphemia Clark, who was born October 2, 1840, a daughter of James V,’. and Rachel (Warren ) Clark, natives, respectively, of Ohio and New jersev. The following children were born to james W. and Rachel Clark: James N., john, Sarah J., who died in infancy, Eliza, joseph, Euphemia, Thomas, Henry who died in infancy, and Whlliam. Mrs. Srite’s father was a good financier and li\'ed to an advanced age; the mother died at the age of sixty-three ami was laid to rest in the Rosstown cemetery, Boone county. To the marriage of Mr. Srite and Euphemia Clark was born one cliild, Alza, whose birth occurred July 29, 1862, and who died P'ebruary 29, 1884. Mr. Srite hdt home at his country's call to enter the arm\', enlisting December 21, 1863, in company H, Eleventh Indiana cav- alr\’, under ("apt. |ohn N. Atkinson. This company went into cam|) at La Fayette, Ind., thence went to Indianaiiolis, where the men wc're drilled prejiaratory to active ser\'ice in the field. b'rom the last-named city, Mr. Srite accompanied his command to Nashville, renm, thence to Huntsville, Ala., from which OF BOONE COUNTY. 491 place they scouted to \’i('ksbur«'. Further act- j ive service was seen thr(ui”h the country from ! Raleigh to Atlanta, and November 30, 1864, Mr. Srite took part in the bloody battle of | Franklin, Teim, the only regular battle of note j in which he participated. He received a severe i injnrv hv the falling of his horse, which was shot under him, necessitating his remaining in the hospital for some weeks, and, upon re- joining his command, was sent to Fort Leav- enworth, Kans. , where he was honorably dis- charged September 19, 1865. Mr. Srite en- tered the army a stro. g and vigorous man, but returned broken in health, and is destined to he a sufferer the rem„inder of his life. Polit- ically, Mr. Srite is a republican. He is a stockholder in the Big Springs Natural Gas company and uses natural gas in his c /y home, which is located on the farm that be- longed to his father. He receives a pension of $12 per month, which is but a small return for the much suffering he was compelled to endure while fighting for the Union. May a grateful nation ever hold dear the memory of all brave defenders of the flag and strive to smooth the rough places of their lives. ENRY clay steed, farmer of Marion township, Boone county, Ind., ^ was born in North Carolina, January 25, 1842, and was reared on a farm. On the first day of Nfarch, 1 862, he entered company L, Twenty-second North Carolina volunteer infantry, • Confederate army, and fought at Seven Pines, Chancellorsville, the Seven Days' fight in front of Richmond, the Wilderness, Frederickburg, and at Petersburg. Leaving at the last named place he went to Washington and took the oath of allegiance. After the close of the war, Mr. Steed worked on a farm and in a brick-yard in Illinois eight- een months. In 1867 he returned to North i Carolina, and was emjdoyed in farming until 1870, when he came to Indiana and located at Carmel, where he married Lydia (Carey) Davis. Later, he went to Noblesville, Ind., where he accumulated a considerable snm of money in stock-dealing and farming, and then came to Boone county and purchased his present farm of seventy acres, the most of which is in a good state of cultivation. He has a good house with a slate roof, and luxu- riously furnished. His farm buildings are sub- stantial and commodious, and everything about the premises indicates the presence of a careful, industrious and thrifty owner. Prior to the war of the rebellion, Benjamin P'rankhn Steed, who married Nancy Lasiter, and became the father of Henry Clay Steed and seven other children, was a strong Union man. This love of country was imbibed by the son, who, in order to avoid the Confederate draft, enlisted, as related above, in a regiment in which he had relatives, but which he deserted at the first favorable opportunity, and fled to the headcpiarters of Gen. U. S. Grant, as the following will attest: “Headcpiarters Army of the Potomac, Office Provost-Marshal General, March 2, 1862. — Received of Private H. C. Steed, company L, Twenty-second North Carolina volunteers, de- serter from the enemy, one musket. — H. P. Clinton, Captain and A. A. Qr. M.” Another document in the possession of Mr. Steed reads as follows: “Headquarters Department of Washing- ton, Office of Provost- Marshal General, De- fenses, Mai'ch 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. — This is to certify that H C. Steed, in the Twenty-second North Carolina, having deserted and come within our lines, and having this day been examined by me, and it appearing that his intentions are honest in forever desert- ing the rebel cause, and having taken the am- nesty oath under the president’s proclamation R lOG R A PII I CAL 1 1 LSTOR Y 1<)2 of December , Hamilton eonnty, Ind., August 25, i860; learned the blacksmith trade but abandoned it at the age of twenty-one; was made a Mason; took service with W'abash railway as locomotive (ireman; married Sept- OF BOONE COUNTY. ember i6, 1885, to Dora A., daughter of FI. H. and Susan Bassett of Indianapolis; she died childle.ss, January 21, 1888. Henry then removed La F'ayette, Ind. ; June 10, 1891, he was married to Laura Lee Cowell of that city. A son, Dudley Monroe, was born to them August 5, 1893. Henry is now a passenger engineer on the L. , N. A. & C. railway. Julian Stuart was born at Ohio, Hamilton county, Ind., July 23, 1867; served in Indian- apolis post office from 1888 to 1891 ; by pro- fession he is a bookkeeper. Mahlon Everett was born at Ohio, Hamilton county, Ind., August 29, 1869, entered the railroad service as fire- man at the age of seventeen; was married to Nancy E. Murra}’ of Peru, Ind., August 23, 1891 ; now resides in Peru, employed by the L. E. N N. railway as passenger locomotive fire- man. B RANCIS WHITELY, farmer and ex- soldier, is a native of Jackson town- ship, Boone county, Ind., and was born October 14, 1835. His father, William Whitely, was born in Kentucky, but when very small lost his father, and was cared for by an uncle, Joshua Whitely, and the two came to Indiana while William was still small and located in Bartholomew county. At the age of eighteen William, accompanied by his mother and two brothers, came to Boone county, and in January, 1835, married, the result being the following children: Erancis, Isaac (who died young), Martin V., Enoch, John, James, Melvina, William, Sarah C. and Angeline. The father was a farmer all his life, and he and wife were sincere Christians. The father died April 24, 1874; the mother still lives in New Ross. Francis Whitely was educated in one of the old-fashioned log school-houses, and November 7, 1857, married Elizabeth Airhart, daughter r)15 of John and Catharine (Loup) Airhart. Mr. Airhart is a retired farmer, and owns a well improved farm of [30 acres; is a democrat in politics, and his wife is a member of the Chris- tian church. After his marriage, Mr. Whitely settled on a farm in Jackson township, and later bought a forty acre plat, which he im- proved through his own industry with every modern convenience, and by his thrift acquired some very nice property in the town of Ad- vance, where he resides in a very handsome residence, but still continues to operate the farm, of which he has retained forty acres. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Whitely are named as follows: Mary E., David B., Oliver F. , Charles M., Ellen R., Minnie L., Christian R., Hetty R. and Russia A. ; of these the eldest and youngest are deceased, and, strange coincidence, three of the children were born in the same month, and two on the same day, in different years. The military experience of Mr. Whitely was varied and exciting. He enlisted October 22, 1862, at Indianapolis, in company F, Fif- ty-fourth Indiana volunteer infantry, and was transferred to the vicinity of Vicksburg. His first fight was at Chickasaw Mountain under Capt. Neff; Col. Mansheld occupied the center and charged across an open field, met the enemy, but was compelled to return; there was some severe fighting, and company F lost several men, killed and wounded. His next battle was at Fort Jackson, Vicksburg, where he saw six rebel brothers, lying side by side, dead — a rnos'^ pitiful sight. He was also at Fort Jackson, Ark., where he was held in re- serve, and assisted in transferring a lai'ge num- ber of prisoners to Memphis, Tenn. ; thence was ordered back to Vicksburg, but when across the Ldlack river Vicksburg surrendered. (This was on July 4, 1863.) The march had originally been made against Vicksburg, but in the meanwhile there had been numerous epi- B[()GRAPinCAL HISTORY r)i() sodes — ainoiif^ them the battle of Chaiujhon Hill, in May. This was an all-day tiKht, in which his company suffered severely. At Jack- son, Miss., the lighting lasted several days, and while in a rille-pit Mr. Whitely saw, within a few yards of him, a cannon struck by a shell and blown into fragments, and ten men killed. After the investment of Vicksburg the Indiana troojis lay there until September I , when they were ordered to pursue the reb- els, whom they followed through Louisiana nearly to the Texas line, when they returned to New Orleans, where Mr. Whitely was hon- orably discharged December 8, 1863, returning home via the Mississippi river as far as Cairo. Mr. Whitely is a member of Advance post. No. 524, G. A.R., in which he has served as officer of the day. He receives a pension of eight dollars per month as a reward for his bravery, and enjoys the respect of his neigh- bors, not only as having been one of the sa- viors of his country but as a useful and pro- gressive citizen. NOCH WHITELY, a leading farmer of Jackson township, Boone county, Ind., and a veteran of the late war, was born in this township March 10, 1843. His great-grandfather, William Whitely, came to America from Scotland and died in Virginia; his grandfather, also named William, was born in one of the eastern states, but set- tled in Kentucky when a young man, was there married, and became the father of the follow- ing-named children: James, William, Joseph, and Alexander. He later came to Indiana, settled in Bartholomew county and followed farming until his death. His son, William, was born in Kentucky, reared to farming, and in 1831 came to Indiana and settled in Boone county- the year the county was organized — in Jackson townshij). He married Mary J. ! Coddington, who bore to him the following children: Francis, Isaac (died in infancy), j Martin, Enoch, John, James A., Amanda M., j Martha E., William N. and Angeline. The parents were ardent members of the Christian 1 church, in which the father was a deacon. The father was also an active member of the demo- ' cratic party. He died in Montgomery county, Ind., where his remains lie interred, and where his widow still has her residence. Enoch Whitelv lived on the old homestead until his enlistment, .'\ugust 12, 1862, in com- pany D, Sixty-eighth Indiana volunteer in- fantry. He was sent from Indianapolis to Louisville, Ky., and his first battle was at Munfordsville, K}., which battle lasted two days, and in which he was captured and held till the November following, when he w'as pa- roled. The winter following he was quartered in Nashville, Tenn. ; later was engaged in nu- merous raids; joined Kosecrans, and was in the two (lavs’ fight at Hoover’s Gap. His next experience was in the sanguinary conflict of Chickamauga, where the company lost twenty- four men out of the remnant of thirty-eight. Retreating to Chattanooga, his regiment was in several severe skirmishes, and after taking part in that historic battle, the Missionary Ridge and Lo(dh and Fdwin. .Mrs. W'ren- I nick died in 1880, and the doctor married, in 1 1889, Josephine F. Frtel. Mrs. 'A'rennick is a nuanber of the Christian church. In political oj)inions he is a rejtublican, and fraternally he OF BOONE COUNTY. 588 aTfiliates with the Masons, Ja\' lodf^e of Port- land, lnd.,andhas tilled the office of jnnireserved j)hysically and tnentally, but is now ])ractically retired from the active duties of the farm; his wife is hale and hearty at sixty-six years of age, and it is a compliment justly be- stowed in saying that she is one of the most highly respected and kind-hearted women of her neighborhood. Their children are as follows ; Levi L. , Julia A., Isaac, Rebecca, Perry, Henry G., David, Mary E. and Ora. Of the above, Isaac, Mary E., julia A. and Perry are dead; the others are all living and doing well for themselves. The parents of Mrs. Wyn- koop were early settlers of Boone county and highly respectable people. Her grandfather, W'illiam Shepard, was a jiatriot of the Revo- lution, in which struggle he served eight years and eight months, and took part in a number of leading battles under Gen. Washington. '^j'OHN \'. YOUNG, farmer of Jefferson 4 township, Boone county, Ind., is “ na- A y tive '‘ere," and was born Deceniber 17, 1836. Mhlliam and Mary (VanNice) ^’oung, who were his parents, were born in Tennessee and Kentucky. The father of John \’. 'S'onng located in Boone county December 17, 1829, and at one time owned 1,200 acres of good land. His death occurred in Novem- ber, 1870, and that of his wife in May, 1887. May II, 1857, Mr. ’S’oung married Miss Eliza- beth A. Caldwell, daughter of Robert and Sibba (Russell) ('aldwell, and of tlu' six chil- dren that blessed this hapj)y union four an' still living, \ iz; Alonzo A., Omer B., bhlward ( . and Lee. 'I'he two deceased were named I .oiiisa and Addison. Mr. \'oung has not only proved himsell to be an c'xcelh'iit larmer, but he has also shown himsedf to be an excellent raiser of livestock, some of his horses being recognized as among the best breeds in the county. In politics Mr. Young is a pronounced democrat, and has served as townshij) trustee and justice of the peace. He is well known as a free contributor of his means to every educational and church enter- prise, and no one in the township sustains a higher social position than his. He owns 260 acres of fine land, well improved, in Boone county, and forty acres in Montgomery county, Ind. a HARLES M. ZION. — Conspicuous among the successful attorneys of the Boone county bar is Charles M. Zion, who is descended from an old colonial Virginia family, the ancestors of which came originally from Scotland and Germany. Jacob Zion, his grandfather, was a native of Virginia, and there married and became the father of a large family of children, among whom were William, John, Jonathan, Alexander and Sarah. Jacob Zion was twice married, and emigrated to Rush county, Ind., as early as 1827; thence, sometime in the 'thirties, went to Iowa, locat- ing in the comity of Des Moines, where all of his children except William, the father of Charles M., eventually settled. Jacob Zion was a typical pioneer of his day, was an honorable, respected man, and prospered greatly in Iowa, of which state many of his descendants are now substantial citizens. He died in Iowa at the advanced age of eighty- five years William Zion, father of the sub- ject, was born in Washington comity, \'a., Jannarv 19th, 1812, received a common school education and early learned the black- smith's trade. He was about fifteen or eight- een years old when he went with his father to Rush county, Ind., and he there married, Decemher 13, 1832, Amelia, daughter of Stephen and I'dizabeth (Cheek) Sims. Mr. Sims was one of the pioneers of Rush county. UBRAR'^ OF THE ■ unwersitv of OF BOONE COUNTY, 539 served as justice of the peace many years, and was a member of the constitutional convention of Indiana in 1851-2. He became a resident of Lebanon in 1855, and after a few years moved to the county of Clinton, which he afterward represented in the general assembly of the state. He lived to be over seventy in which five of his sons served with distinc- 1 tion in the Union army. William Zion locat- ed at Lebanon in the fall of 1834 and engaged in business, which he pursued quite successfully for a number of years, accumulating consider- able property. For a period of more than twenty years he was prominently identified with the mercantile history of Lebanon, but disposed of his store during the war and be- came one of the leading promoters and large stockholders of the La Fayette & Indianapolis railroad, of which he was also a director until the road passed into the hands of the Cincin- nati & Indianapolis railroad company in 1867. He was the first railroad station agent at Lebanon, and, in addition to his other busi- ness, dealt extensively in buying and shipping hogs, and was also known far and wide as a successful dealer in horses. He ever had the welfare of Lebanon at heart and was untiring in his efforts toward building up and improv- ing the town. He erected the first brick house within the present limits of the city, put up the Zion block on the south side of the square, assisted liberally in building churches and school-houses, and was for many years presi- dent of the board of trustees of the Lebanon academy. He served as sheriff of Boone county from 1836 to 1838 inclusive, was an old-line whig in 1840, and assisted in the organization of the republican party in Leban- on, in the principles of which he remained firmly true until death He served as postmaster of Lebanon under President Lincoln and was one of the charter members of Boone lodge. No. 9, F. & A. M., in which he held important official positions. He was an energetic business man, one of the foremost in Boone county, and at one time was the possessor of a handsome property, but suffered severe financial losses during the latter part of his life through rail- road enterprises. Mrs. Amelia Zion was born in Brookville, Ind., May 28, 1814, and was married to Will- iam Zion December 13, 1832, in the town of Rushville. She was a prominent charter member of the Methodist church of Lebanon, organized in 1835, and for forty years, after moving to Boone county, was intensely inter- ested in everything that tended to advance the interests of the community. Her home was the stopping place for the early pioneer preach- ers; and governers, senators, congressmen, railroad officials and many dignitaries of less pr'«!)imijiience, found, beneath her roof, a free and open hearted hospitality. In caring for the sick of the town, her tender hands and sympathizing heart were ever ready to respond, and many persons in distress were consoled by her kind and loving ministrations. She died in Lebanon April 5, 1894, aged seventy-nine years, ten months and six days. The follow- ing are the names of the children born to Wil- liam and Amelia Zion; Charlotte, George, Elizabeth K., Parisade A., Mary L. . Theodore L. , Alonzo A., James M., William A. and Charles M. Charles M. Zion was born at the town of Lebanon September 7, 1854, and received his education at Asbury university (now DePauw), Greencastle, Ind., from which he was gradu- ated in 1876. He made a creditable record as a student, and, after completing his educa- tion, began the study of law in the office of Clements & Terhune, of Lebanon. After ac- quiring a thorough knowledge of the principles of the profession, he was admitted to the bar in 1878, and one year later began the practice BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY r)i() at Lebanon, where his tine abilities soon w'on for him a snccessfnl ])ractice and high reputa- tion as a careful and painstaking lawyer. He was prosecuting attorney of Boone county from irises 240 acres, w'l'll im|)roved. Tweh'e children have been born to Mr. and Mrs West, viz: Willis G., Jonathan E., Maltha |., Kosella, James Ik (dcct'ased), Sarah M., Mary Ik, Samuel .\., Charley ]., Susanna, Albert I', and Harvey \\'. They are OF BOONE COUNTY. 541 tlie graiulparents of thirty-eif.{;ht children, and great-j^randparents of three, all living. Since the biography of Jonathan E. West, son of the above, was printed on page 528, th dates of the birth of the children of the latter (and the grand-children of Samuel West) have come to hand, and are given herewith, as follows: Daniel J., November 21, 1874; Lillian E., August 30, 1876; Samuel March 17, 1878; Edgar S., December 17, 1 879; Nancy, Novem- ber 12, 1881; Florence, December 15, 1883; Joseph B., February 2, 1886; and Norah E., May 12, 1888 — all living. Mr. and Mrs. \\Yst are members of the Regular Baptist church, and with their large family enjoy the respect of all their neighbors. O KLLSTUS B. STEPHENSON, of Irish descent, was born in Clinton township, Boone county, Ind., Oc- tober 18, 1867, and was educated at the high school of Lebanon, which he at- tended four consecutive years, graduating May 22, 1891. September 9, of the same year, he married Gurtha Dickerson, w'ho was born in Jamestown, Ind., November 14, 1869 — the daughter of William H. and Trj phena ( Elrod) Dickerson, and also a graduate of the Lebanon high school. Tryphena Elrod w'as the daugh- ter of William and Lavina ( Henkle) Elrod, the former of whom was one of the first judges of Boone county. William H. Dickerson was formerly a merchant, and for many years a justice of the peace of Jamestown, and has taught more terms of school in the county named than any man yet engaged in the work, and still holds a state license. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Dickerson were named in the order of birth; Gurtha, Corinne, de- ceased; and Otto B. Jacob Dickerson, father of William H., was a native of Virginia, w'as an early settler of Putnam county, Ind., and was a noted local minister of the Predesti- narian Regular Baptist school of Boone county. He married Elizabeth Hinton. His father, John B. Dickerson, w'as also a native of Vir- ginia, was in the war of 1812, married Mary Grider, and died in Putnam county, Ind. Robert Stephenson, great-grandfather of our subject, was a native Pennsylvania and an early settler of Nicholas county, Ky. He mar- ried Martha McNulty, and became the father of the follow'ing children: William, wdio died an infant; Joseph, who died on a trip to New Orleans; James, Robert, and Jane. The mother of these children died, and for his sec- ond wife Mr. Stephenson married Sarah Mc- Daniel, who bore the following children: John A., William, Thomas M., Aris J., George W., Joseph S. and Margaret J. Of these, John married Mary Adams, and George was killed by a falling tree at the age of fourteen. Oc- tober 17, 1834, the family reached Boone county, Ind., coming from Kentuck}^ in wagons, in company with the families of Aleck Black and James Sample, and settling in Clin- ton township. Aris Stephenson, son of above and grandfather of our subject, was born in Nicholas county, Ky. , June 23, 1818, entered 160 acres of land in Clinton township and married Margaret Wiley, daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth (Stephenson) Wiley, Squire Wiley, as he was familiarly called, filled the office of justice of the peace many years in Clinton township, Boone comity, Ind., and w^as an ab- olitionist stump speaker of local note. He and wife were charter members of the Salem U. P. church, of which, for many years, he was an elder. Tw'o children were born to the grandfather of our subject — G. W. and Robert. The grandfather was a remarkably strong man, but died, at the early age of twenty-six years, from exposure to the hard- ships of pioneer life. His wife followed him Ill O G R A P n 1 C A L 1 1 1 S T ( ) R Y to the grave two j-'ears later, Robert Stephen- son, son of the above and father of our sub- ject, was born July 1 8, 1842. fde was a school-teacher, was a volunteer in the late C'ivil war and received an honorable discharge. and was married to Nancy T. Weed, daughter of John P. and Isabell (Mazej \Veed. The children born to Orlistus 11 Stephenson and wife are two in number and are named Lillian Hazel and Martha Corinne. OF HOONE COUNTY. 543 Additional Memoranda for Biographical History. 544 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Additional Memoranda for Biographical History. OF BOONE COUNTY 545 Additional Memoranda for Biographical History. 546 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Additional MeiTioranda for Biographical History. OF BOONE COUNTY. 547 Additional Memoranda for Biof^raphical History. 518 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Additional Memoranda lor ITographical History. OF BOONE COUNT^'. ional Memoraiuia for Hiofjraphical History. 550 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Additional Memoranda for Biographical History. GbINTON COUNTY, 27 f LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OP IkyNQI'., LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINO»' H HNER baker, retired fanner of section 12, Washington township, Clinton county, Ind., was born in W'ayne cownship, ffutler county, Ohio, April 14, 1808. His father, Thomas Baker, was born October 18, 1763; his mother, - Eydia (Hand) Baker, was born December 23, 1761, and they were married January 6, 1784. They had ten children, four girls and six boys, viz: Sarah, William, Rachel, Stephen, Thomas, Anna, James, John, Lucy and Abner — the last named being the onl}' survivor. The parents were married near Trenton, N. J., and when Washington fought the battle of Trenton the cannon were distinctly heard by Mrs. Baker. After marriage Mr. aTid Mrs. Thomas Baker moved to Redstone, Pa. , where they lived two or three years, then started for Ifutler county, Ohio, on the Big Miami river; but hearing of serious trouble with the Indians, they stopped one year on the Hockhocking river below Wheeling; then went through to Cincinnati. In the year 1800 they went to Monroe, Butler county, Ohio. After that, and to the present time, it has been called Baker’s Hill. The mother died in Preble county, Ohio, January 6, 1843, the father having died a few months previous, in the same county. Thomas was a family name. The great-grandfather’s name was Thomas, and several of his descendants were so named. Abner Baker has in his possession a letter writ- ten by his great-uncle, Nathan Baker, to his ^’g'reaf-grail'dfather, Thomas Baker, who died of small-pox in New Jersey. Thomas, the great-grandfather, born in 1707, was married in 1736, to Hannah Thompson, and settled on the Rahway river, in Essex county, N. J., then moved to the Passaic valley, bought a farm of forty acres of John Blanchard, of hdizabethtown, in March, 1738, and in 1761 bought of William Maxwell ninety-nine acres; he also bought a small tract of land from Joseph Rolph. He died of small-pox in 1767. William Baker, second son of above and grandfather of Abner Baker, was born in 1739 and died July 4, 1787. In 1762 he married Rachael Valentine, who was born in 17.42 and died in April, 1790; she had a twin sister, who died June 26, 1768. William and Rachael were parents of six chil- dren; Thomas, Abner, Nathan, John, Hannah, and Sarah. x\bner Baker, the subject of this sketch, passed his early life upon his father’s farm. When thirteen years of age he met with an lilOGRAPIIICAI. HISTORY accident that materially chanj^ed his life work. While seeking' shelter froir. a storm he made an unfortunate jump, which so crippled him that he did not recover for several years, and for one year could not talk. At the age of si.xteen he commenced clerking for one David Holloway, at Richmond. He remained with him one year, then entered the employ of Jon- nathan Martin, at Middletown, Ohio, with whom he remained a year, and so faithfully did he ])erform his duties that when Mr. Mar- tin learned that Abner wished to embark in the mercantile business on his own account he offered to purchase his goods for him, advance the money without security or interest, and wait si.\ months for his pay. This scheme was faithfully carried out, and in March, 1828, ■Abner loaded two wagons with merchandise and started for Lab'ayette, Ind., accompanied by two brothers, James and John, and a broth- er-in-law, John Cornthwait, the brothers driv- ing a four-horse team, and Mr. Cornthwait a three-horse team. After "wo days' drive the goods were loaded on a boat, and the brothers and brother-in-law returned home. Mr. Ba- ker pursued his way, stopping to trade at every Indian village. At night they would tie up the boat and sleep on the banks of the river. One night Mr. ICiker and Caj)t. Wright made their bed together of coverlids that Mr. Baker had carried from home. Mr. I faker arose at day- light, and turning around esj)ied a large tim- ber rattlesnake l}’ing between ('a|)t. Wright and the spot from which he had just risen. He shouted t<) the captain, inftu ining him of his dangerous bed-fellow, whereu])on the caj)- tain gave a sudden bound, and thus escajied from his deadly foe. Mr. Baker killed there[)- tile and preservi-d the ten rattles for sevi-ral yc'urs. It was Mr. Baker's plan to go directly to Lal'ayette, having visited that |)oint a year previous; but when he reacdied Logansport he was persuaded by Oen. 'ri])t()n to iiidoad his goods at that point and open his store. He was the first jierson that sold goods there. Cen. Tipton and his interpreter were the only settlers. After being there a few days he in- (piired of the intepreter what his board-bill would be, and upon being informed that it would be fourteen dollars per week, he shipped his goods to LaFayette by the first boat. He rented a store from William Digby, paying four dollars a month, and boarded with Col. johnson for one dollar and seventy-five cents per week. Here he remained during the sum- mer. In September he was taken very ill with fever, and as soon as he was sufficiently recov- ered he returned home to recruit his health. His brother William packed up his goods and kept them until his return. In February, 1829, he went to Cincinnati and purchased a bill of goods, taking them himself to LaFavette, During his journey he camped out for sleep and was surrounded by wolves every night. The first summer he was in Lab'ayette he jnirchased 132 feet frontage on Main street, and built a one-story frame house upon it. It was the first painted house in Lal'ayette. Into this house he juit his new goods and his old. About the time he was fairly settled in his new store, john Ross went to see him and induced him to come to the new town of jefferson. He at once purchased two lots of Da\’id Kilgore for $5 each, the chi)icest lots in the plat, one being a corner lot and the other adj(.)ining. He bought a third lot of Samuel (.Ilinger for $25, which was not as desirable as either one of the others. He had a house built, for which he paid $10, e.xclusive of tin; door, which Mr. Baker was to furnish himself. b'or two or three months he had no door except a blaid-:et which his mother had given him before he left home. He wishes to say for the Indians that he lived in this chinked, udaubed log house, 16x20, with his blanketed door, all summer without OF CLINTON COUNTY, 559 losiii^^ any of his goods or being robbed of his money. They would not enter after dark without being bidden to do so. They en- camped within ten rods of his store, armed with guns many nights, but he was never in- sulted or annoyed by them. Mr. P)aker did a very profitable business until Gen. Jackson re- moved the deposits. At this time he was in debt $9,000 for goods. His creditors were considerably frightened and came here to see him; but after examining the situation, they went back satisfied that Mr. Baker would pay his debts if not molested. After settling up his business he had $1,300 left, and bought four eighty-acre lots in Wabash county and nine in Kosciusko county, a part of which he still owns. He then went to farming, and has since followed that vocation. He now owns between 500 and 600 acres where he resides. His tw'o sons also reside upon this farm. The eighty acres upon which his barn stands was the first eighty entered in Clinton county, and is described as the west half of southwest quarter of section 12. Mr. Baker was the first man married in this county. In August, 1830, he was united with Catherine W. Hood, daughter of John and Nancy Hood. She was born in Westport, Ky. , in September, 1811. Her father pur- chased a farm in Indiana, opposite Westport, where he lived from 1810 to 1829, when he brought his family to this county, settling near Jefferson, where they remained until their death. They lie buried in Jefferson cemetery. Mr. Baker put the first headstone and the first monument in this cemetery, to the memory of his wife’s sister, who was the second person buried there. Mrs. Baker’s ancestors came from Scotland and settled in South Carolina before the Revolution. Mr. and Mrs. Baker had born to them the following children ; — Matilda died at the age of four weeks ; Dr. Robert Fulton is living at Davenport, la.. and was at one time a j)rofessor in a medical college; Hood S. lives in Warsaw. Ind. ; The- odore died when less than two years of age; Henry Clay died when about two years old; Caroline N. is wife of David Todd, who is be- lieved to be the oldest Presbyterian minister in Kansas; Lucy A., wife of Joseph Burroughs, a resident of Wabash, Ind. ; Catherine, wife of John Ray, now deceased; John O., living on a farm near his father’s; Knox, also a farmer; Linnaeus S., living in Jefferson. The death of Mrs. Baker occurred in April, 18^7. Mr. Baker is a liberal republican in politics. He has taken the Cincinnati Gazette sixty- three years wuthout intermission, and still con- tinues to take it. He was justice of the peace for many years, his jurisdiction extending over the whole county. In 1830 he ran for county clerk, and came within two votes of being elected. He took the first paper that was sent to this county by mail, which was the “Liberty Hall,” and also the Cincinnati “Gazette.” He was the first person to bring dry goods into the county, and he built the first house on a town lot, and when he built it Chicago was unknown. He says that ])eople came from Indianapolis to Jefferson to buy their salt, and for ten years Jefferson sold more dry goods than Indianapo- lis. In 1848 Mr. Baker took 300 barrels of pork to New York, that was packed at Jeffer- son, and cleared $500 on it over and above his expenses. He has heard many of the greatest orators of his day, among them being Henry Clay (who spoke to 50,000 people), John C. Calhoun, Tom Benton, Ben Butler, and also his father; General Houston of Texas, Butler of South Carolina, Jeff Davis, Tom Corwin, Gens. Scott and Cass, and in 1825 heard Lor- enzo Dow preach to a large audience. He is in the enjoyment of good health and, although eighty-seven years old, has in the past year visited eleven of the states and Canada, and is contemplating a visit to the Southern states. APIIICAL HISTORY r)()() Ilis si'cond inarria^^c occurred November 8, 1886, in I kittle Ro(d<, y\rk., to Mrs. Sarah E. Stafford, burn in Ibitlc-r county, Ohio, October 3, 1819, and daii^^litcu' of )ohn and Rachel (Shab’r) VanSickle, who were natives of New Jc'rsey and Kentucky. At the af;e of twenty- three slu' was married to Edward Stafford and located in Clarke county, Ohio, then later Mount Pleasant, Iowa, and then in Arkansas, where Mr. Stafford died, and she still remained with their only scm, A. \’. Stafford, until her marriaf.^e with Mr. Raker. AVID AETER, a prominent farmer and stock-raiser of Eorest township, was born in Westmoreland county. Pa. , the date of his birth being March 28, 1828. His parents, john and Charity (\'an Arsdel ) Alter, were also nati\’es of Pennsylva- nia, and of Cierman ancestry, the former a-Sbn of John .Alter, who served in the war of 1812, and the latter a daughter of Garnett \Ain Arsdel, upon \vhose farm the battle of Gettysburg was fought. Our subject’s parents, with their family, came to Indiana in 1836, and entered goveamment land in Hancock county, near Greenfield, where Airs. Alter died in 1841. Their family consisted of eight children: Hel- anor was for thirty years a minister in the Methodist Protestant church; John W. died from the effects of w'ounds received in the late Civil war; Isaac lives in Jasjier county, Ind. ; David and R. I', in Clinton county; Hester and Hannah in Kansas; Jacob, the seventh child, died b'ebruary 2, 1859. The father came to Cdinton county in 1849, locating in Warren township (of wddch l''orest is now a [)art), where he married l^ucinda Rlack, daugh- ter of Wdliiam Rla(d<. d'o this union w'cn' born two children Ibba [ane, wifi' of Ca|)t. E. Chand)erlain, of Kansas, and one who died in infancy, the mother dying shortly after. Mr. Alter then moved to Jasper county, where he was married to Mary Chamberlain, a native of Maryland, and of the eight children born to this union five are living. John Alter was one of the early abolitionists, and was twice mobbed in Indiana for expressing his views on the slav- ery question. He was a minister of the Meth- odist Protestant denomination, and was actively engaged in the work of the ministry for fifty- one years. He died in Jasjier county, Ind., in 1876. David Alter, whose name heads this sketch, was twelve years of age wdien he came with his parents to Indiana. After the death of his mother he served an apprenticeship of six years at the cabinet-maker’s trade, after which he worked two years as journeyman in Peru, Ind. With two brothers he came to Jasper county, Ind., where they took up a claim and made a home for their father. In 1848 David Alter came to Clinton county, where he mar- ried, December 25, of the same year. Miss Eavona Sims, by whom he had nine children; John T., Adola (deceased), Renjamin P". (deceased), Mary Alvernon, Louise Id., Sarah Id. (deceased). Perry F. , Martin Wd and Emma. Mrs. .Alter having died, Mr. Alter w'as next married, December 25, 1872, to Miss Rebecca Shoemaker, a daughter of Eli Shoe- maker, of Clinton county, and to this union were born three children; Christena Ala}', who died December 11, 1893; David I. (de- ceased), and Eeander C. Mr. Alter was again bereaved by the death of his wife, which oc- I curred November 18, 1881. For his present wife he married Mary Jane King, November ! 27, 1883, her father, James Ring, being a res- ident of Kirklin townsbip. d'o them w'ere I born two children (twins), both dying in infan- ! cy. Mr. Alter has, of late years, turned his attrition to agricultural jiiirsuits, and is now j the owner of a line farm of 186 acres of highly I cultivated land, on which arc substantial and UMW t. Slut/, Rev. S. lb Town, and Rev. Thomas Meridith, and the funeral cortege, which formed on I'uesday morning, at 9:30, procec'ded to the 1 . O. O. b'. cemetery. The attendance of the representative Odd I'ellows was the largest ever assembled to pay homage to tludr dead, and under the auspices of this noble order were the mortal remains of the lamented John Ifarner laid in their last resting l)lace. AVfl) PARRY EARNER, banker and broker, and second son of the late [ohn Earner and his wife, Mary E. Darnell, was born October 29, 1833, in Erankfort, Clinton county, fnd., which is still his place of residence. He ac- (piired a liberal education in the schords of his native citv, and passed his Satmjtla3’s. and . vjm cations in the offices of the Clintonian, Com- piler and Clinton News, acciniring a knowledge of typography, and in the winter of 1852 en- tered the office of the Sentinel at Indianapolis as a compositor, and so worked until the fol- lowing sj)ring, when he entered Asbury nni- versity, at Creencastle, Ind., and after a ])ar- tial course, returned to Erankfort and taught school during the winter of 1854. He ne.xt entered the office of his father, who was at that time clerk of Clinton county. He taught school in the country during the winter of 1855, and served as an assistant cderk in the lower house of the state legislature during the session of 1857. fie tlu.m returned to Eraid<- fort and resumed his duties in the clerk's office, and in 1859 was elected to succeed his father, who had retired after a faithful service ol fif- teen years. October 19, J858, at )elferson, Ind., Mr. Earner was united in marriage with Miss Mattie M. Hoj)kinson, daughter of Mrs. Lydia Ho])kinson, now' deceased. To this union have been born four children, viz : ]ohn H., deceased; Eird E. ; Mabel C., and Lee G., the latter also deceased. In October, 1863, Mr. Earner was re-elected county clerk. It is a matter of pride with Mr. Earner that he w'as the first native-born citizen in Clinton county elected to fill a county office. May i, 1868, he and his father engaged in the banking bus- iness, under the firm-name of U. P. Earner & Co. January 6, 1869, this firm consolitlated with Carter, Given A Go., proprietors of the International bank, of which Mr. Earner was elected cashier, which position he retained un- til july 22, 1871, when the International was convei'ted into the Eirst National Eank of P'rankfort, of which institution Mr. Earner W'as chosen cashier, and which office he accept- ed at the solicitation of Win. K. Garter, now deceased, who for some years ably filled the f.position of president. Mr. Earner honorably and efficiently discharged his responsible duties as cashier until September 25, 1893, having filled the position continuouslv for twenty-two years — a term of service not often ecpialed, and of which anyone might well be proud. Under his management the First National bank steadily advanced to a condition ol en- viable jrrosperity. Mr. Earner is generally ack 'owledged by men w'ho are versed in such matters as the best judge of cretlit in this count\', and as a safe and conservative banker. Unlike many men whose life w'ork consists in the management and control of money Mr. Earner has lU'ver bc-come its slave. The needy and suffering could not appeal to a more indulgent source of relief; nor could they who desired to engage in any legitimate enleri)rise find a more enthusiastic snpj)orter. In ]niug 1 879, Mr. Earner was elected to attend the democratic national convention at St. Louis, Mo., in the interest of Gov. Hen- LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OP ftWHOIS OF CLINTON COUNTY 579 (Iricks as a nominee for the i)residency. Mr. Harner is an earnest friend of public education, and durinfj his term as member of the school hoard of h'rankfort the handsome school edi- fice in the Second ward, was built in 1873. He is the onl}? survivor of the board of trustees with whom he was associated in that enter- prise — Messrs. James H. Paris and Samuel D. Ayers — who have since died. ^ ^ ON. SAMUEL O. BAYLESS, a prominent member of the Lrankfort ^ * bar and of the bar of the supreme court of the state, is a son of John N. and Christiana (Cosner) Bayless, and was born in Tippecanoe county, Ind., June 24, 1848. John M. Bayless was born in Butler county, Ohio, Januar}' 3, 1813, and was a son of Platt and L'annie (McGar}) Bayless, who were born and married in New jersey, where Platt Bayless was engaged in farming. In 1802 they moved to Butler county, Ohio, and and there remained until 1833, when they came to Indiana and settled in Tippecanoe county, in the eastern part of which Platt Bayless entered 160 acres of forest land, which he cleared and cultivated until his death, which occurred in 1856, his widow surviving until 1861. They were the parents of the follow- ing children: John M. ; Sarah Ann, wife of Ezra Bush, now decaased; Cyrus; Martha j., wife of William H. Sims, of Mulberry, Clinton county; Platt, of Lincoln, Neb. ; and Samuel, who went to Te.xas before the opening of the late war, and of whom all trace is lost. John M. Bayless was only twenty years of age when he came to Indiana with his parents. At the age of twenty-one he engaged in shoe- making, at which he worked in the village of Dayton, Tippecanoe county, until 1842, when he purchased land and engaged in farming in same county, which vocation he followed until March, i 879, when he moved to I'rankfort and retired from active labor. His first farm com- jirised eighty acres only, but before he retired he had increased it to 300 acres, and had erected one of the finest farm dwellings in the comity. During his residence in Tippecanoe county he assisted in the organization of the Tippecanoe & Clinton county L'anners’ Mutual Insurance company; was elected its first presi- dent and held this position until his retirement from the farm. He was also for a number of years president of the board of trustees of the Dayton seminary. The first marriage of John j\I. Bayless took place, in Tippecanoe county, August 25, 1839, to Harriet Isabella Paige, who was a member of the first white family that settled in that county, and was of English e.xtraction, and to this marriage were born three children — two sons who died in infancy, and a daughter, Sarah, who grew to maturity, but is now also deceased. The mother of these children died November 3, 1845. The second marriage of John M. Bayless took place, in Tippecanoe county, July 25, 1847, to Christi- ana Cosner, a native of Virginia, born July 6, 1826, and the daughter of Adam and Margaret (Michaels) Cosner. To this felicitous union were born eight children, all of whom are de- ceased save two — Samuel O. , the subject proper of this sketch, and John O., of Erank- fort. The greatly lamented John M. Bayless departed this life, at Frankfort, October 3d, 1892. In his religious belief he was a life-long and consistent Universalist; never bitter in the advocacy of his views, but broad and compre- hensive in his love for mankind, with charity and tolerance for all. He was a Mason, be- longing to the Dayton lodge, of which he was an active member at the time of his death. This lodge had charge of the burial ceremo- nies. In politics Mr. Bayless was a republican from the organization of that party. At the beginning of the war, having passed the age of 580 l?I()(iRAPlIICAL HISTORY arlivi- service, he was apjxjiiited and served as enrolliiifj^ oHicer in 'rijijiecanoe comity. He was an ardent union ami anti-slavery man and rcMuiered material assistance to tlie cause. Mr. Ihiyless was a kind, gentle and genial compan- ion, a true and steadfast friend, and an honest man free from deception of any kind. His in- tegrity was spotless and irreproacliable. Samuel (). Bayless, the subject of this bio- grajihy, was reared on the liome farm, alter- nating his labor with study. His preliminary education was received at the common schools of Tippecanoe county, snpjilemented by a course of one year in the high school of P'raidi- foot, Clinton county, and a year at Lombard university, ('lalesburg. Ilk, wliere he took a special course in political economy. In Octo- ber, I 868, at the age of twenty, he entered the law dejiartment of the Michigan university at Ann Arbor, and up to this time had never en- tered a court room nor even read a law book. After a course of two years, he graduated (March 27, 1870), and went to Selma, Ala., where he practiced until the fall of the same year, when he settled in Frankfort, Ind., where he has met with a success unrivaled. In 1871 he formed a co-partnership with Judge J. C. Suit. This jiartnership continued until January i, 1873, when the partnership was discontinued and he practiced alone until No- \ember, 1874. At that time he associated himself in practice with Hon. A. E. Paige, under the firm-name of Paige A I fayless. This jiartnership continued until the elec- tion of Mr. Paige to the position of judge of the (dinton circuit court, in Octolier, 1884. d'his linn did a large and lucrative business during the ten years of its ('xistence. In May, 1885, he associated with him W. H. Russell, Es(|., under the firm name of Bayless A Rus- sell. 'I'his partnership continued one year, and again, in )annary, 1889, ('haiU'sCi. (Iikmi- ther became the partner of Mr. Bayless, under the firm name of Bayless & Guenther. This relation still exists. To revert, however, to the initiatory practice of Mr. Bayless in I'rank- fort, it may be mentioned that it was soon made manifest that Mr. Bayless had a peculiar faculty for handling the legal affairs of c r})or- ations. He was selected as local attorney for the railroad companies then constructing their lines through the county, and his reputation was soon established on a ])ermanency, and his corporation business has steadily and ra[)- idly increased from year to year, until he now stands without a peer in Indiana in this par- ticular class of litigation. In 1884 he accepted the position of general attorney for the Indianapolis and Chicago di- vision of the Monon route, or Louisville, New Albany & Chicago railway companv, w'hich position he held two years; in 1886 he was ap- jiointed general attorney for the Toledo, St. Louis (S; Kansas City, or “Clover Leaf” railroad company, for Indiana, which of- fice he held until 1892, when he accepted tlie position of assistant general solici- tor for the same company, and had entire charge of the litigation of the company in In- diana and Illinois; in May, 1893, he was ap- pointed assistant general counsel for the receiver of this company, which position he still holds. Mr. Bayless is also special attorney for the Lo- gansj)ort and Terre Haute division of the \kin- dalia line, and also the local attorney with the Lake Erie N Western railroad company. Mr. Baylcss is also called upon (piite frecpiently to act as counsel for the “Big h'onr, " or Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago A St. Louis company, as well as for the Wabash com])any as local coun- sel. Beside his railroad connection, he is at- torney for the Central Union 'rdephone com- pany in Indiana, and has Ix'en the counsel for till' water-works, gas and other cori)orations at I'rankfort. In March, 1894, he was admitted to tlu' bar of the United States supreme court. OF CLINTON COUNTY. 581 Mr. Bayless was most happily united in rnarriaf^e, in Clinton county, November 21, 1872, to Miss Emma D. Clark, daughter of Dr. John M. and Sarah V. (Gilkerson) Clark, jirominent residents of the county. This lady was horn August 18, 1852, is highly ac- complished, and is a member of the Presby- terian church. Two children have blessed this union, and are named Coralyn C. and Florence G. Mr. Bayless is a thirty-second degree Mason, a K. of P. , a member of the I. O. R. M. and of the B. & P. O. E. In politics he is a republican, and in 1874 was elected mayor of Frankfort, and filled the office for three con- secutive terms of two years each. For a num- ber of years he was chairman of the republican county central committee, and a member of the republican state central committee. His name has frequently been mentioned as a can- didate for the position of congressman on the republican ticket in this congressional district. This, however, he has always declined on account of his e.xtensive law practice. It is needless here to comment upon the career or character of such a man as Samuel O. Bayless. DWARD C. BEA\'ER, agent of the Terre Haute & Indianapolis railway and for twenty-four years a promi- nent citizen of Frankfort, was born on the tenth day of January, 1848, in Mont- gomery county, Ohio. His father, John N. F. Beaver, for a number of years a business man of Dayton, Ohio, was born in Cumber- land county. Pa., the son of Nicholas Beaver, also a native of the Reystone state. John N. F. Beaver, married in Afontgomery comity, Ohio, Miss Caroline Snyder, who was born in 1821 and died in the city of Dayton in the year 1861. Mr. Beaver died in the same city, in 1856, at the age of thirty-seven years. The following are the names of their five children; P'rederick P. , Edward C., Harriet A., Charles and Alice Ida, all living with the exception of Charles. The subject of this sketch is in possession of some interesting facts relating to his paternal family history, which he traces back through many generations to the old coun- try, notably to the city of Strasburg, then be- longing to France but now subject to Germany. In that city were seven brothers, French Huguenots, who, by reason of religious perse- cution in France, during the latter part of the sixteenth century, were compelled to leave their native country and seek a home elsewhere, which they did by escaping to the United States. They settled in various parts of Pennsylvania and other eastern states, and left a number of descendants, who became prominently known in various sections of the Union. It is from one of the brothers referred to that the subject of this sketch is descended, and he has inherited in a marked degree many of the sterling traits which characterized his sturdy ancestors. Mr. Beaver’s maternal grandfather was of Pennsylvania birth and a descendant of an old and well known Holland family that came to America at a very early period in the history of the country. Edward C. Beaver received a good educa- tion in the public schools of Dayton, Ohio, but was compelled to lay aside his books at the early age of fifteen and rely upon his own ex- ertions for a livelihood. When sixteen years old, he accepted a clerkshij) in a dry-goods house at Ripley, Ohio, and after continuing in that capacity for a period of nearly five years, during which time he became familiar with every detail of the business, he accepted a sim- ilar place in the city of Portsmouth, where he re- mained for a limited period. He next moved to Liberty, Ind. , and learned telegraphy, and accepted his first position as an operator with the C. H. & D. railway at Oxford, Ohio, where he remained for six months as operator. BIOGRAPIITCAI. HISTORY r)SL> and for about one year in tlie double jiosition of operator and agent. Mr. Heaver next ac- cepted an offer from the old L. ('. A S. \V., now tlu' \'andalia com])anv, to take charge of tlu‘ telegraph office at Frankfort, Inch, and entered njion the disediarge of his duties in lannary, 1872, at which date the line had not completed telegraphic communications with this city; hence, for a short time his position was that of assistant agent. Mr. Heaver was the first operator at this point, and held the position until 1875, at which date he severed his ('onnec'tion with the road and embarked in the dry-goods bnsiiu.'ss, continuing the same for a jieriod of five years. In 1880, he again entered the employ of the Vandalia as agent as h'rankfort, and has since discharged the du- ties (.if the position in a manner highlv satis- factor\- to the company by which he is em- ployed. Mr. Heaver is an accomplished rail- road man, thoronghU' familia,r w’ith. bverv detail of his office, and is highly esteemed for his knowledge of the business in general and his unusual adaptability to its duties. Frater- nally he is a member of the 1. (). (). 1'. and politically affiliates with the rejiublican party. For two 3'ears he served the city of Fraid-;- fort as a member of the common council, aside from which he has hcdd no civil office nor has he been an aspirant for official honors, politi- cal (jr otherwise. In 1873 Mr. Heaver was united in marriage to one of Frankfort’s most estimable young ladies — Miss Amanda I), (fas- ter — a union blessed by the birth of one child, a daughter, Anna Pearl Heaver. Mr. Heaver and family are esteemed members of the Pres- byterian (dniK h of h'rankfort. 'Idle arduous duties pertaining to teleg- rai)h\’, as is well known, are exceedingly wear- ing upon the constitution, but Mr. Hcxiver has been able to bear the wear and tear, and at the same time maintain his impertur- bability. i!» FTER HFEHOU'F, oneof the foremost B, M farmers (^f Michigan township, Clin- M ton county, Ind., was born in Fay- county, Inch, September 22, 1830, and is of (herman extraction. Wdlliam Hee- liont, his father, was born and reared in Fay- ette county, Pa., from which state he moved t(j Ohio, and a few' years later came to Indiana, and juirchased and improved a farm in Fayette county. He married Catherine Walters, daughter of Michael Whdters, a noted Indian fighter. Mr. Walters was at one time cap- tured by the redskins, w'ho, admiring his brav- ery, did not burn him at the stake, and in about three years he made his escajie. Will- iam Heebout died while the younger children of his family were yet small, but the mother managed to keep the family together and to educate them and rear them to be an honor to her name. In her old days'she made her home with her son, our subject. Peter Heebout, whose name heads this biography, was reared a farmer and waseducat- ted in the old-fashioned log school-house. De- cember 15, 1852,110 married Miss Ann Parker, daughter of Richard aud Elizabeth (Benbow') Parker. Mr. Parker was a native of New Jer- sey, of Cierman descent; be farmed for some time in Henry comity, Ind., in 1852 came to Clinton county, and at his death was the own- er of 200 acres of land. He lost his w ife Sep- tember 7, 1870, and his own death occurred July 26, 1888. Mr. Heebout settled on his present farm in 1857. 1 1 then consisted of 110 acres and was but little improved; it was after- ward increast'd to 400 acres, but he has gen- (-roiisly given most of this to his married chil- dren, retaining for himself 1 80 acres only. (hi this he has a substantial but |)lain dwelling and a large bank barn, lie handles ri'gistered stock, including Polo-.\ngns cattle and Poland (diina hogs. In politics Mr. Hc'chout is a democrat, but, althongb lu' has been Inapiently fc't, ■ Iffy of PETER BEEBOUT. MRS. PETER BEEBOUT. LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY Of' !LUNO«S OF CLINTON COUNTY 587 urged to accept office, including that ot county commissioner, he has always declined. He is a Protestant in his religions predilections, but is connected with no church, although he con- tributes liberally to the aid of numerous de- nominations. His children are named Eliza- beth C. , wife of Robert Heaton; John, Will- iam, Warren, Howard, Hattie, Carrie and Elmer G. Mr. Beebout is an accomplised agriculturist, and was the first man in the county to introduce tile draining. Mr. Beebout has led an industrious and upright life, and his heart is filled with the sentiments of a true Christianity, notwithstand- ing the fact that he is not a member of any legitimately organized body of worshipers. Charitable in every impulse, the suffering poor have never appealed to him in vain, although his benefactions have ever been of an unosten- tatious and modest character. AVID BLACK, a substantial farmer of Michigan township, Clinton coun- ty, Ind., was born in Montgomery county, Ind., May 30, 1839, and de- scends from good old German stock, Schwartz being the original name in German. Daniel Black, the great-grandfather of our subject, was born on the ocean, while his parents were on their way to America. Growing up on the solid land, however, he entered 160 acres in Preble county, Ohio, where he passed his life. Daniel Black, his son, was born, was married, and died on his father's farm. He served in the war of 1812, was a strong Methodist, and was the father of the following children: David, Uri, and Thomas J. Uri Black, son of Daniel, was born on the old farm in Preble county, Ohio, November 6, 1806, was a blacksmith by trade, came to Indiana in 1833, and entei'ed 160 acres of land in Montgomery county, near the Boone county line; this farm he improved. hut later sold and bought one near Thorntown, on which he lived eleven years and then sold; in 1865 became to Clinton county and pur- chased 245 acres, on which he resided until his death in 1882. He married Mary Ann Wolf, daughter of John \Volf. Mr. Black was a stanch republican and served as justice of the peace many years; he was a devout Metho- dist, and was a class leader at Thorntown. His children w-ere born in the following order: George W. , William L. , Daniel, John, Henry H., David, fames E., Uri, Jesse L. , Mary E. , and Sarah C. David Black, son of the above and subject proper of this biographical sketch, was edu- cated in the old-time log school-house, com- mon in his early day. September 19, 1861, he enlisted for three 3^ears in company I, Tenth I. V. I., and took part in the following engagements: Mill Springs, Corinth, Perry- ville, Tnllahoiiia; Pittsburg Landing, Kesaca, Buzzard’s Roost, Kenesaw Mountain, Lost Mountain, Big Shanty, Missionary Ridge, Chickamahga, Hoover's Gap, Chattahoochee River, Rolling Fork, and others. At Rolling Fork he caught a bullet in his haversack; at Missionary Ridge his hat was blown off by concussion of a shell; at Chattanooga a sixty- two pound shell passed between his legs and buried itself in the ground, covering him all over with dirt. Notwithstanding all these “close calls,” Mr. Black escaped being- wounded, and was absent from duty onl\' a few days, while sick in the Kingston, Ga., hospital. At Tunnell Hill Mr. Black was of- fered a corporalship, bnt he refused to accept the position unless elected to it, and elected he was. He received an honorable discharge September 19, 1864, and now receives a pen- sion of eighteen dollars per month. Mr. Black is a member of the F. & A. M., and has passed all the chairs of Herman lodge. No. 184; he is now senior grand in the Michigan- BIOCiRAPIIICAL HISTORY ASS tcjvvii l()(if(e of the I. O. O. F. , and is a ineinber of Rubicon lodj^e, No, 340, K. of P. Mr. Black was married I)ec(Mni:)er 12, iiS65, to Miss Melissa E. Van Ansdall, daughter of Henry and Sarah A. (Deem) Van Ansdall. Mrs. Sarah A, (Deem) \'an Ansdall was a full cousin (jf Gov. C'ampbell, of Ohio. Mr. Van Ansdall is a highly educated gentleman and has long been a teacher in graded and high schools. The children horn to the marriage of Mr. Black are named Howard L. , Laurie E., John C. and Maud F. Mr. Black has a fine farm of ninety-nine acres, improved with every modern convenience. He and family hold the respect of all their neighbors. H BEL W. BIAVSEY, a progressive citizen of Perry township, Clinton county, Ind., was born here August 16, 1858, and is the son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Dukes) Bewsey, both parents of English descent. His grandfather was James Bewsey, who emigrated from England to the United States a number of years ago and settled in New York; thence, after his marriage, he moved to Indiana and located near the town of Hardensburg. His son, Samuel Bewsey, father of Abel \V., was born in the vicinity of Hardensburg and was by occupation a cooper, which trade he fol- lowed until his thirtieth year, when, on ac- count of declining health, he moved to the country and engaged in agriculture. In 1856 he moved to Clinton county and purchased a jdace (jf 160 acres, at the time but littk- im- proved, from which, by the e.xercise of great industry, lu' subse(| uently developed a very fine farm. He owned at one tinu' 320 acres of land, the gi'eater part of which was highly im])roved, and he becanu^one of the most suc- cessfid and |)rogressive citizens of the town- shij) where he lived. Samuel Ifewscy was one of the early settlers of Clinton county and a man of local prominence. He was originally a whig, afterward su])ported the re{)ublican party, and as such was elected to the position of trustee of the township. He lived to a ripe old age and died on the twenty-first day of August, 1893; Mrs. Bewsey ts still living. Abel W. Bewsey was reared a farmer and early chose agriculture for the work to which his life should be devoted. In his chosen call- ing he has met with the most encouraging suc- cess and now owns a well-stocked and well- tilled farm, with modern improvements, lying about one mile east of the thriving town of Colfax, thus being vvithin easy access of a good market. His place is considered one of the best in Clinton county, and as a farmer and stock raiser Mr. Bewsey takes a deservedly high rank among the successful agriculturists of the township of Perry. He is an enter- prising man, a close observer, and takes an active interest in public affairs, and is a poli- tician of the republican school; religiously he subscribes to the United Brethren creed, while his wife is a Methodist. Mr. Bewsey was married December 18, 1879, to Mary A. Bliss, to which union have been born the following children: Bertha, Roy, Flora, Orlando and I.ela. The father of Mrs. Bewsey was for a number of years a well-known farmer of Clinton county, and at one time was engaged in the mercantile trade at Logansport, where he did a very successful business. D. BhlRGlfN, M. 1 )., was born in Benton county, Iowa, December 2, I 866, and is a son of Isaac and Martha (Vorhis) Bergen. Isaac Bergim was born in the state of Rentucky September 3, 1829, married in |ohn.son county, Ind., in 1852, and was tliere engaged in farming until 1855, at which time he emigrated to Iowa, locating library OF CLINTON COUNTY. 589 in Benton county, where he followed the pur- suit of agriculture until his removal to the town of Vinton in 1886. Isaac Bergen is a success- ful man, a public-spirited citizen of the county where he resides, and by judicious manage- ment has become the possessor of ample means, owning at this time 975 acres of land in Benton county, low'a, and other property equally valuable. He is the father of eight children, namely: J. C., railroad agent at Liv- ermore, Iowa; Retta, deceased; Jennie, de- ceased; Matilda, wife of W. H. Hanna, of Iowa; Mattie, wife of Dr. J. D. George, of In- dianapolis; E. I)., the subject of this mention; James T., deceased, and G. L. Dr. Bergen remained with his parents until attaining his majority, received his early edu- cation in the country school, and in 1888 was graduated from the Tilford academy. On completing his literary education, he began reading medicine with Dr. C. C. Griffin, of Vinton, Iowa, under whose instructions he continued two years, and then attended a course of lectures in the university of Michigan, at Ann Arbor. Later, he prosecuted his pro- fessional studies under the able instruction of Dr. J. D. George, of Indianapolis, and in March, 1891, was graduated from the Chicago school of Homeopathy. After receiving his di- ploma, the doctor began the practice of his profession at Frankfort, Ind., where he has since remained, and where his well known abilities as a skillful and painstaking physician have won for him a large and lucrative busi- ness, which is constantly increasing. Dr. Ber- gen was married in Frankfort, August 30, 1892, to Mary D. Young, who was born in Clinton county, Ind., on the ninth day of April, 1871, daughter of John S. and Carrie fKernj Young. The doctor is a member of the I. O. O. F. and Maccabees fraternities; also a member of the Indiana institute of Homeopa- thy, and in religion subscribes to the creed of the Presbyterian church. He possesses natural abilities of a high order, that have been cpiick- ened by a thorough mental discipline, and he is universally recognized as one of the rising physicians of Clinton county. Of prepossess- ing presence and genial disposition, the doctor has won a prominent place in the regard of his fellow'-citizens, and the future has in store for him a career of great promise and usefulness. ILLIAM N. BERRY.MAN, the ac- commf)dating station agent at Scir- cleville, Clinton county, Ind., for the Lake Erie & Western Railroad company, was born in Madison county, Ind. , August 20, 1865. His father, Charles E. Berryman, descended from an old colonial family of North Carolina, and married Charity J. Worley, daughter of William and Nancy Worley, who were among the earliest settlers of Madison county. The father was engaged in merchandising for a number of years after marriage, and during the late war was a gov- ernment contractor for horses. He w’as a re- publican in politics, was of the New Light re- ligious faith, and a P'reemason, and died in May, 1881, and the mother now resides in Scircleville, a respectable member of the Chris- tian church. Their three surviving children are named William N., John E. and Mary E. William N. Berryman received a good edu- cation and began his business life as a clerk in a drug store, but before he was grown learned telegraphy and station work on the railroad, and for twelve years has discharged the duties of his position to the satisfaction of the com- pany and of the public. He is a thorough business man of large caliber, and enjoys the confidence of all who know him. He is a stanch democrat, and by that party has been unanimously selected as their nominee for the office of township trustee, his business qualifi- BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY cations and the esteem in which he is lield by the pnhlic pecnliarly fittiiif^ him for the race. Ill' is a mend)i‘r of the Sliield lodge, No. 71, K. of P. , at h'raidlodcd in 1825, causing his death. In 1833 the mother OF CLINTON COUNTY. G 03 of our subject came to Indiana with her father, with wliom she made her home until she died, in 1865, at the age of fifty-seven years. Mr. Caldwell was one of two children — the late Hon. Frank D. Caldwell being his brother. Mr. Caldwell was eight years of age when brought to this county, which has since been his home, with the e.xception of about one year spent in California. He grew to man- hood, making his home with his paternal grandfather until 1850, in which year he joined the crowd of gold-seekers making their wav to California, where he engaged in gold mining. One year later, he returned to his home in this county and took up the pursuit of farming. March 17, 1853, he married Miss Rebecca Price, the daughter of Daniel Price, a native of Butler county, Ohio, and an early settler in Clinton county. Mrs. Caldwell was born in Butler county, Ohio, January i, 1833. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell has been blessed by the birth of four children, namely: Alice, who became a teacher in the public schools and a young lady of great promise in her profession, but was called away by death in her seventeenth year; Horace Greeley, who died at the age of five yetrs; Laura E. , and Ida Victoria. After his marriage Mr. Caldwell settled down in life upon his present farm of 160 acres, and since that date has been actively and suc- cessfully engaged in farming. Mr. Caldwell has held several positions of honor and trust. In his early life he was a whig, but upon the organization of the republican party he became a republican and as such has continued an active worker. His first elective office was that of justice of the peace, to which he was chosen in 1856 and which office he filled for a period of four years. In 1865 he became the republican candidate for the state legislature, and notwithstanding the fact that the demo- cratic party was at that time in the majority in Clinton county, he made a successful race, being elected. He served one term in the leg- islature and became a candidate for re-elec- tion, but was unsuccessful in overcoming the majority of the opposing political party. ATHAN H. CAMMACK, owner of a saw-mill in Mulberry, Clinton county, Ind., and one of the enterprising business men of the town, has the honor of being a native of the Hoosier state, his birth having occurred in Richmond, Ind. , Atigust 19, 1821. His parents, Samuel and Hannah (Hollingsworth) Cammack, were both natives of South Carolina, and the former was of Scotch descent, while the latter was of En- glish lineage. The father was born in 1796, and in early life removed to Ohio, where he was married. Subsequently he removed to Richmond, Ind., where for a time he carried on a pottery, and then embarked in the lum- ber business. He established a woolen mill in Wayne county, and operated that until 1867, when he removed to a farm in Grant county, upon which he remained two years. His death occurred in 1874, at Arba, Ran- dolph county, Ind., and his wife, who was born in 1803, passed away in 1890, at the ad- vanced age of eighty-seven. Of their family of four children, only two are now living — Nathan H. and Rachel, wife of Plenry Robin- son. David and Eli have passed away. Nathan H. Cammack was reared in Wayne county, Ind., and on attaining his majority, entered into partnership with his father in the manufacture of woolen goods. This connec- tion continued until 1870, when he embarked in the saw-mill business, which he continued until 1882. In that year he removed to Cot- tage Home, 111 ., where he again engaged in the lumber trade. In July, 1887, he became a resident of Mulberry, and since that time GOl BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY has operated a saw-mill at this place. He is a mail of paiod business and e.xecntive ability, and is hi^ddy esteemed thronj.^hout this com- munity. On the 6th of May, 1841, Mr. Cam- mack was joined in wedlock with Miss Priscilla Morris, who was born December 6, 1821, and is a daughter of Joshua and Mary (Morgan) Morris, natives of North Carolina. Her father was a miller by trade and followed that busi- ness until his death, which occurred in 1 82 3. His wife jiassed away about 1854. In their family were eight children, namely: Charles, John, Jesse, Lydia, Susanna and Mary, all now deceased; Priscilla and Ruth. To Mr. and Mrs. Cammack were born four children — Adeline, who was born December 22, 1843, and is the wife of James Peelle; David, born January 25, 1845. Charles, born January 5, 1847; Laura, who was born March 9, 1851, and died August 10, 1890. They also have an adopted daughter, Emma J., who was born in Milton, Ind., October 27, 1862. She there remained until six years of age, when, with her parents, she removed to Cambridge, an old and quaint city of eastern Indiana. There she was educated under the supervision of Prof. James K. Hall, who was at the head of the Caml)ridge schools for twelve years. Her high school teachers were Mrs. Hall and Miss Hattie Beech, and their beautiful lives left an impress on their students for good. Miss Cammack graduated in a class of only four members, and then in 1884 began teach- ing in Mnncic, Ind., having charge of the sec- ond, third, fourth and sixth grades. She en- tered upcm the high school work in 1890, and and now' occujiies a merited position among the best teachers of the state. She always wins the love and coididence of her pupils and they are developed in other ways as well as intellectually. With the Ih'csbyterian church she holds memh('rshi|). Mr. Cammacd'C is a member of the Society of I'riemls, and in j)oli- tics he is a republican. The death of Mrs. Cammack occurred early in November, 1894, and during life she had also been a devout member of the Society of Friends. ICHARD C. CLARR, the circuit court clerk elect of Clinton count}', w'as born in WMrren county, Ind., May 28, 1840, and lived in his native county until fifteen years of age. Later, he moved to Minnesota, and w'as there in 1857, when the dreadful massacre of Inkpadudah took place, and W'as also a member of Capt. Dodd’s com- jiany, w'ho w'ent out to quell the outlawed In- dians in i860. He also enlisted in company I, Seventy-second Indiana volunteer infantry, un- der Capt. Jesse Hillis, in the late war, w'as soon promoted to he first lieutenant, and had a command in Mhlder’s scouts until the close of the struggle. lu 1873 he located in Frank- fort, Ind., and for a time w'as successfully en- gaged in the grocery business. About 1890 he engaged w'ith Dr. Card as de])uty clerk, and has met with the recognition of the Frankfort bar as an efficient deputy, and this efficiency has also been acknow’ledged by the republican party, who have re-elected him to succeed Dr. O. Card, his former principal, as clerk of Clinton county. OSES S. CANFIIHM), M. D.- An able and popular physician and sur- geon of Frankfort, is a native of Indiana, horn on the 13th day of June, 1852, iiTl'ipiiecanoe county. His pa- ti'rnal grandfatlu'r, Nathan C'anfield, was born in X'irginia, June I2, 1779, and there married, in 1805, Eli/aheth Royal, whose birth oc- curred on the 16th day of June, 1783, also in the Old Dominion. By occiqiation Nathan Canfield was a farmer and stock raiser, and he OF CLINTON COUNTY. 605 followed that useful calliuf:^ iu the state of his nativit)^ until his removal, in an early day, to Butler county, Ohio, where he was called from the scene of his earthly labor on the 25th day of December, 1813. Elizabeth Canfield became the mother of four children and sur- vived her husband a number of years, depart- ing this life in 1849. The following are their names; Hannah, Daniel, Vincent N. and Mary. Vincent N. Canfield, the doctor’s father, was born February 4, 1814, in Butler county, Ohio, and was reared to manhood in Clark county, Ind., having been taken to that part of the state by his mother when one year old. He was reared a farmer, and in early life united with the Christian church, into the active ministry of which he entered while still a mere boy. He preached accept- ably the remainder of his life and did much towards strengthening the cause of his church and disseminating its pure teachings in the different communities where he resided. He spent seven years of his life in Scott county, was a resident of Clark county six years, and about the year 1850 removed to the county of Tippecanoe, where he remained until 1857, when he moved to Coles county. 111 ., where he remained until 1863, when he moved back to Indiana. His death occurred on the 17th day of February, 1876. He was married in Clark county, Ind., to Miss Mary Hougland, who was born in Indiana, September 25, 1815, the daughter of Spencer and Jane (Myers) Hougland. To this union were born seven children, named respectively as follows: John M., a well-known minister of Indianap- olis: Mariah J. ; Elizabeth, Vincent N. (de- ceased); Moses S. ; Hannah (decased), and Margaret, wife of D. Thompson of Clayton county. The mother of these children is still living and makes her home at this time with the subject of this sketch. Dr. Moses Spencer Canfield spent the first fifteen years of his life on his father’s farm and then accompanied the family to Areola, 111 ., the schools of which place he attended for one year. Later he pursued his studies in the school of Attica, Ind., until seventeen years of age, at which time he entered the university of Kentucky at Lexington, of which institution he remained a student about one year. Re- turning to Attica, the doctor began the study of medicine under the instruction of Dr. Sam- uel Whitehall, with whom he remained three years, teaching school during the winter months in the meantime. The further to increase his professional knowledge he entered the Eclectic Medical college at Cincinnati, Ohio, from which he was graduated May 19, 1873, and immediatel}^ thereafter located in Frankfort, Ind., where for the last twenty-one years he has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession, being one of the old physicians in point of residence at this time in the city. The doctor was married November 16, 1876, at the town of Mullberry, Clinton county, to Sarah A. Waldron, daughter of Thomas and Emily (Slipher) Waldron, to which union the following children have been born: Burton E., James C., and John M. R. The career of Dr. Canfield in his profession has been of the most flattering character, not only from a financial standpoint, but from a scientific standpoint as well. His re))utation as an exponent of the particular school to which he belongs is widespread, and he may with complacency look upon the long list of patients his skill has brought him during his many years of active practice. A number of years ago he joined the Christian church, with which he is still identified, being at this time one of the prominent members of the congregation worshiping at Frankfort, in which body he holds the office of treasurer and is also the efficient superintendent of the large and flour- ishing Sunday-school. The doetor possesses BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY (iOG f^ood business tact, and his careful judgment and diligent and faithful application to his pro- fession have secured him not only a very ex- tensive practice throughout Clinton and adjoin- ing counties, but have resulted in the accumu- lation of a goodly share of worldly wealth, his possessions including valuable real estate in the county aiul an elegant residence and other property in the city of Frankfort. The doctor has taken great interest in the material devel- opment of the city and is president of four building and loan associations, which have been the means of adding many substantial improve- ments to Frankfort during-the last few years. He is president of the Indiana State Eclectic Medical association; also belongs to the Na- tional Eclectic Medical association, in the de- liberations of which body he takes an active part. He is a Mason of high standing, belong- ing to the blue lodge, chapter and command- ery, in all of which he has h'eld important official positions. PAMIXONUAS CARTER. - The gen- tleman for whom this biographical sketch is j^repared is a native-born son of Clinton county, Ind., and dates his birth from the first day of October, 1841. He is a son of Richard and Eleanor (Byers) Carter, and a grandson of Jesse Carter and Ephraim Byers, the former of English and the latter of Irish descent. His paternal great- grandfather, William Carter, was a pioneer of Clinton county and died at the advanced age of ninety-two years. His grandfather C.artcr died at the age of eighty-eight, and his maternal grandfather departed this life in Missouri at a good old age. It will thus be seen that IC. Carter is descended from long-lived ancestry, and, inherititig, as he does, many of their vir- tiires and charactc'ristics, he bids fair to live for many years to come. Mr. Carter was reared to manhood in his native county, became familiar with the rug- ged usages of the farm at an early age, and received a good etlucation, attending school at intervals until attaining his majority. He made substantial progress in his various studies, which he pursued assiduously, and for a period of about sixteen years was one of the successful teachers of Clinton county. On the first day of January, 1861, Sarah A. Hutchin- son, daughter of Robert M. and Elizabeth (Davis) Hutchinson, became his wife, and the marriage thus consummated resulted in the birth of three children — Geneva, born P'ebruary 8, 1861; William H., born August ii, 1862, and Julia E., born September 20, 1864. The mother of these children died October 24, 1865, and on the twenty-fifth of December, 1868, Mr. Carter was united in marriage to Amy A. Morris, daughter of G. W. and Abia Morris. To this marriage eight children were born, five of whom are deceased, all dying in infancy except Allie May, a very interesting- little girl, whose death occurred at the age of nine years. The following are the names of those living: Jennie, born June 15, 1870; Roy, born May 19, 1876, and Bert, born November 1, 1878. In 1882 Mr. Carter’s home was again visited by the death angel, Mrs. Carter dying September 1 1 of that year. Mr. Carter married his present wife, Retta C. Lipp, daughter of Andrew J. and Margaret A. Lipp, on the fourteenth day of May, 1889 — a union l)les.sed with the birth of two children: Ella, born March 10, 1890, and Levi, whose l)irth occurred on the fourteenth day of May, 1892. Mr. Carter is a successful farmer of W'ashington townshii) and a gentleman in whom his neighb(U-s and fellow-citizens reimse the utmost confidence. He subscribes to the creed of the United Brethren church, and in politics is an earnest suppoitc-r of the prohibi- tion party. LIBRARY OF THE tlHIVERSlTY OF OF CLINTON COUNTY. 009 ARION A. CARTLR is a native of Clinton county, Ind. , was born May 4, 1859, and is a son of Richard J. Carter, a })ioneer of the county, whose biography appears in the paragraph above. Marion A., when he became of age, was placed in charge of his father’s farm, which he now owns and which comprises 200 acres. On this farm he still lives, in the house in which he was born. Mr. Carter has, since the year 1892, carried on a dairy on his farm, keeping only Jersey cows and selling cream only. He has, also, large business in- terests elsewhere, being a heavy stockholder in the Frankfort Handle manufactory, of which he has been vice-president since its organization. The marriage of Mr. Carter took place May 20, 1880, to Miss Leonora B. Douglas, daughter of Thomas S. and Lucy (Hughes) Douglas. This lady w'as born July 28, i860, and has borne her husband eight children, in the following order: Walter R. , November 26, 1880; Lucy A., May 10, 1883; Frank M., May 10, 1885; Ella, March 28, 1887 (died August 9 of the same year); Richard, July 10. 1888 (died January i, 1892); Essa, Nov. 17, 1890 (died April 13, 1891); Etoyd R., April 27, 1892; Ross M. , September 20, 1894. Mr. Carter is a remarkably good business man, and besides holding a high position in the commer- cial world, is an honored member of the K, of P. lodge. No. 71, and of Dakota lodge of Red Men. In politics he is a republican, and, al though not an ofhce-seeker, gives his substan- tial support to his party. H^ES A. CARVER was born in Chenango county, N. Y. , Novem- ber 7, 1816, and is a lineal descend- ant of John M. Carver, first gov- ernor of Connecticut. His father. Perry Car- ver, moved from Connecticut many years ago to Chenango county, N. Y. , of which he w'as one of the pioneers. The wife of Perry Car- ver was Keziah Warner, who bore the following children: Shubael, /Minina Eliza, Matilda, Miles A., Justice, Elisha W. and Lyman, all of whom, w'ith the e.xception of Justice, who died in the army, lived to a good old age. The father of the above children reached his eighty-fourth year; Shubael is living yet. at eighty-four years of age; Almina Eliza’s age is eighty-two; Matilda is seventy, Elisha seventy- four; Lyman died at the age of seventy, and, by reference to date of birth, it will be found that the subject of this sketch has arrived at the ripe old age of seventy-eight — surely a remark- able record of longevity for the family. Shu- bael Carver was a graduate of a theological institution, and for a number of years was an acceptable minister of the Presbyterian church, occupying one pulpit for seven years. He served as county superintendent in two counties and achieved an enviable reputation as a teacher, having been identified with edu- cational work for a considerable period. He and wife had the honor of assisting in the or- ganization of the first Presbyterian church in Chenango county, N. Y. , and he took an act- ive part in the discussion of the leading theo- logical questions of his day. Politically, he was opposed to the institution of slavery and did all in his power, both with tongue and pen, to awaken a public sentiment against the sinful traffic in human beings. He and wife died in Monroe county, Ind., to which part of the state they emigrated in an early day. Miles A. Carver attended first the common schools of his native state, and at the age of nineteen entered an educational iiistitution at Oneida, N. Y. , in which he acquired a knowl- edge of the higher branches of learning, work- ing on the farm in the meantime. He pursued his studies for a period of four years, with the intention of preparing himself for teaching. 010 BI ( ) c; R A PI 1 1 C A I. H T STO R Y and, beinj^f fortiiied with the proper intellec- tual training;', he took charge of a school in New ^■()rk, where he taught two terms. Dur- ing the six succeeding years he followed the teacher’s profession in Ross connry, Ohio, where in the meantime he met and married Miss Margaret Kellenberger, daughter of Wil- liam and Mary fllaynes) Kellenberger. Shortly after his marriage, Mr. Carver emigrated to Indiana, and began teaching in Clinton county, and was thus engaged for a number of years, during which time he did much tcnvard laying the fomulation upon which the present excel- lent school S3’stem of the county is built. He introduced the first blackboard ever used in the county, and suggested many other improve- ments, the value and ntilitv of which have since been fully demonstrated. Mr. Car- ver, during his period of educational work, was untiring in his efforts to elevate the standaial of the teacher’s profession, and it is safe to say that no man in Clinton county has watched with keener interest or kejd in closer touch \\'ith the schools than he. He was actively engaged in the work of teaching for a period of thirty-five years, and in the meantime did much to awaken an interest in the cause of the Sabbath school, having been a superintendent both in this county and his native state. For some years Mr. Carver has been engaged in agricultural ])ursuits, (jwning at this time a fine farm in Perry townshij), upon which he is passing his declining years. He has practically retired from the active dntiesof lif(', but still ])o.ssesses iju a marked degree his faculties, both physical and mental. His life has been Iraught with much gocrd to his fellow-men, andtlu' inllnence which he has exerted morally and intellectually upon tlu' community is destined to be perma- nent. He is a member of the Methodist clmrch and jiolitically su|)|)orts the princijiles of the prohibition party. To Mr. Carver’s first marriage the follow- ing children were born; Mary E., Orlautha, AngclineS., P’rancis, Elizabeth, Albert and William. By his present wife, whose maiden name wa.3 Catherine Deal, he has four chil- dren: Ada, Rose, Dora and Lillian. Of these Ada was a successful teacher in the county of Clinton, is an accomplished musician, and is now the wife ef J. S. Frantz, a traveling salesman of Decatur, 111 ; Rose is married to W. N. Clark, editor of the Mulberry Reporter; Dora is a well-known teacher in the schools of Frankfort, Ind. AMES R. CAST, farmer and ex-sol- dier of Michigantown, Clinton county, Ind., is a native of Clinton county, Ohio, born December 2, 1840. His father, Horatio Cast, was born near Lexing- ton, Ky. , whence he moved to Clinton county, Ohio, where he was a school teacher by pro- fession for many years. He was married in Ohio to Jane Mount, who bore him the fol- lowing children; Amos, William, Hezekiah, Thomas, Alvin, George, John, Mary E., James R. and Elizabeth. In 1852 he and family came to Clinton county, Ind., and bought 160 acres of land in Kirklin township. He was a stanch republican, was elected justice of the peace in Ohi(r, and in Indiana was elected a township trustee, when the law re- (piired three. In February, 1865, Mrs. Jane Cast passed from earth and Horatio Cast died October 17, 1874 |ames R Cast was reared on a farm, and August 2, 1861, enlisted in comiiany C, Tenth Indiana vohmlec'r infantry, and served under Gens, riiomas, Halleck, Buell and Rosecrans. Beside the pursuit of Jolm Morgan and the Atlanta comiuiign, he took i)art in many skirmishes and the' following regular battles: Perry ville, Corinth, Tullahoma, Chickamauga, OF CLINTON COUNTY. 611 Missionary Kiclge, Ringgold, Ruzzard’s Roost, Big Shanty, Kenesaw Mountain, Resaca, Peach Tree Creek, Chattahoochee river and others. At Chickainauga a bullet passed bet- ween his fingers, indicting a slight wound; he was also dangerously sick at one time with typhoid jmeninonia, and at another with pneumonia uncomplicated. For his services the government now allows him a pension of seventeen dollars per month. Mr. Cast was married, December 25, 1866, to Miss Lydia E. Parker, who was born May 10, 1843. She is a daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Benbow) Parker, the former of whom was a blacksmith by trade, but is now a farmer. Mr. Parker was reared in Henry county, Ind. , came to Clinton county in 1852, and bought 200 acres of land. Plis children are named Ann, Eliza, Warren, Jackson, Lydia, Sarah and Marian. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Cast were named Hekla, Omer, both died in infancy; Oris, born July 17, 1873, and Bert, born November 5, 1876. Bert Cast is a natural draftsman, and has been able since childhood to draw accurately whatever he de- sired, and will doubtless, in course of time, make a famous name as an artist. Both Mr. and Mrs. Cast are members of the Christian church, of which he is an elder. Mr. Cast is also a dormant member of the G. A. R. at Eraimfort. His farm comprises forty acres of fertile land and is well improved. H ARLES CHITTICK, M. D., of Frankfort, was born in Clinton county, Ind., February 14, 1849, and is a son of Archibald and Hannah J. (Comp- ton) Chittick. Archibald Chittick is a native of the state of New York and was born Feb- ruary 19, 1812. His parents were Archibald and Rachel (Miller) Chittick. The elder Archibald was born in the south part of Ire- lajid, and in 1 806, when about twenty-one years of age, came alone to America. In the state of New York he resided until 1819, when he moved to Butler county, Ohio, and from there came to Indiana in 1834, and farmed in Carroll county until his death in 1855. He lost his wife in 1847. Archibald Chittick, the father of Dr. Charles Chittick, was reared on his father’s iarm, and resided on the home- stead until after he had passed his majority. In 1847 he married Miss Compton and settled in Warren township, Clinton county, where he died, July 2, 1894. In 1853, however, he made a trip to California, via the Isthmus of Panama, where he was seized with the yellow- fever, but recovered, finally reached his des- tination in the Golden state, and, being shrewd and energetic, made considerable money in mining. To the union of Archibald and Hannah Chittick have been born seven children, in the following order: Charles, whose name heads this paragraph; James, of Starke county, Ind. ; Rachael, wife of John Brookie, of Carroll county, Ind. ; Rebecca, de- ceased; Paulina, wife of S. Weida, of Green- castle; A. M., of Carroll county, and William, of Clinton county. The mother of this family was born in Wayne county, Ind. ; July 24, 1822, and is a daughter of Arthur and Susanna Compton, natives respectively of Ireland and Virginia. Arthur Compton first located in Virginia on his arrival in America, thence moved to Wayne county, Ind., and in 1833 came to Clinton county; he lost his wife in 1858, and in i860 removed to Delphi, Carroll county, Ind., where he was noted as a thriv- ing farmer and as a prominent Mason and politician. He died in 1865. Dr. Charles Chittick was reared on his father’s farm, received his preliminary educa- tion in the district school, and then for three years attended the Frankfort seminary; he next taught one year in the same school, and BIOGRAPIIICAT. HISTORY C>\-2 t!u' next year he passed in the hij^li school at Ann Arhor, Mich., also takinj; a partial course in medicine, preparatory to the study for his chosen professitm ; after six months of additional study at home, he entered the Ohio Medical collef;e at Cincinnati in 1873, gradu- ating;' therefrom March 2, 1876. He at once entered upon practice at Burlington, Carroll county, Ind., where his mark was soon made and his undoubted ability fully recognized. In November, 1890, he formed a partnership with Dr. Young, of Frankfort, making a specialty of surgery and treatment of women, and disorders of the eye and nose. The doc- tor was most happily married at Crestliiie, Ohio, July 3, 1878, to Miss Henrietta Thoman, who was born October 9, 1851, a daughter of John and Susan Thoman, and to this feli- citous union have been born three children, viz: William, deceased; Golding and Fred, at home. The doctor and Mrs. Chittick are consistent members of tlTfe" ‘Methodist Episco])al church, while fraternally the doctor is a third degree Mason and a Knight of Pythias. His skill in his profession has placed him is very comfortable circumstances, and he now owns a fertile farm in Carroll county. Inti., as well as a half incei'est in the Young & Chittick block, and other interests. OXATHAN K. ('LAPPFR, one of the old settlers of Ross townshi|\ Clinton county, Ind., and a prominent farmer, springs from sturdy German ancestors. His great-grandfather was horn in Germany, but was one of the pioneer settlei's in the wil- derness of Hundingdon county, Pa. d'he names of his children were John, Susan, Harvey, George, Daniel, |aci)b and 'Tobias. Mr. Cla])- pt.'r lived to be a very aged man, and was seen but once by our subject, when the laltei' was a small b(jy. He died in Huntingdon ctjuidy, Pa. Daniel Clajtper, grandfather of our sub- ject, was born in Huntingdon county. Pa., and married there a Miss Loner. To them were born the following children; Henry, Daniel, Jacob, George, Emanuel, Sallie, Katie, Susan, Betsy, Polly, Peggy. Mr. Clapper passed his earlier days in Huntingdon county, but finally settled near Altoona, where he had a good farm, and where he died when about seventy years of age. He and wife were members of the Lutheran church, were highly respected and reared a large family of children. The old h(.)mestead is still in the hands of his sons. Henry Clapper, son of above and father of our subject, was born in Huntingdon county. Pa., September 22, 1797, was reared a farmer and U'larried September 5, 1820, in that county, Catherine Kephart. To Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clapper were horn eleven children: Jonathan K., George, Henry, Samuel (died at ten years), Susan, Mary, Sarah, Rebecca, and three that d.ied as infants. Mr. Clapper lived in Hunt- ingdon county. Pa., some time after marriage, when, the county line being changed, his land fell to Blair, a new county. In 1851 he moved with his family to Tippecanoe county, Ind , settled on eighty acres, and here passed the remainder of his days, dying, aged seventy-six years, on his farm, Sejitemher 27, 1873. His wife died on the homestead July 8, 1882, aged sevent\'-nine years. Both were members of the Lutheran church, in which he was a dea- con many \ t'ars. He was industrious, liard- working and mu(di respected, and, like his father, reari'd a large family of chil'dren. jonathan K. (daj)per was born July 7, i82t, in Huntingdon count}’. Pa., received a common education and became a larmer. He married, in Pennsylvania. Susan, daughter ol Philip Tfvers, and to them was born one child - William 1 1 . Mr. Clap|>er came to Indiana with the family in 1851 and settled in Clinton comity, Ross townshii), where his wife died in OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ItMNOISi MRS. J K. CLAPPER. OF CIJNTON COUNTY. (>17 1856; he next married a widow, Matilda Peter, March 9, 1858. She was the daugliter of Ja- cob and Susannah (rj03'er) Nev'hard. Jacob Ne3diard was from Lehigh county, Pa., near Al- lentown, and was the father of twelve chil- dren, eleven of whom reached maturity: Han- nah, William, Mary, Moses, Edward, Levi, Owen, Magdalena, Elizabeth, Matilda and William. Mr. Neyhard was a prosperous farmer and came to Indiana in 1836, bringing his famil3’ and settling in Carroll county. Mr. Neyhard died aged seventy-three 3'ears, a mem- ber of the German Reformed church, in which he was an elder, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Clapper, who was first married to Joseph Peter, son of \Villiam and Julia (Kern) Peter. William Peter came from Butler county, Ohio, but was formerl3^ from Penns3dvania, and set- tled in Indiana in 1833. He entered a large tract of land — 3,880 acres — and was one of the original pioneers. In 183C he built a sub- stantial brick house where our subject lives, which was one of the first brick houses in Clinton county and was a fine residence for those days. Mrs. Clapper was born July 20, 1820, in Lehigh county. Pa., and was five years old when her father first settled in But- ler coimt3', Ohio, and in her sixteenth 3"ear when he came to Indiana (in 1836), and can well remember the journey through the wilder- ness, by means of horse and covered wagon, and also remembers that there were but few houses in LaEayette when she rode through. She was twenty-three years of age when she married Mr. Peter, and by him had two chil- dren, both of whom died in infanc3\ She can well remember the old pioneer days when the deer and wolves and wild turkey were plenLful and the streams were full of fine large fish. To Mr. and Mrs. Clapper has been born one son, Joseph E. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Clapper settled on the old Peter homestead and have since resided there. The farm now consists of 163 acres of fine fertile land, in a high state of cultivation, and the fine old homestead has been improved with a new roof in modern style, neat and substantial farm buildings have been erected and a large part of the farm cleared. Both Mr. and Mrs. Clapper are members of the Presbyterian church, of which he was a deacon for many years. Mr. Clapper was one of the original republicans of the county, but, having been previously a whig, cast his first vote for William H. Harri- son in the famous log-cabin hard-cider cam- paign. Mr. Clapper is one of the substantial farmers of Ross township, is well known for his integrity of character, and has frequently been on the grand jury. His son, Joseph E., married. Ma3" 12, 1886, Carrie J., daughter of JacoJ;) and Caroline (Kurtz) Bowers. Two children have blessed this union — Eugene E. and Mabel J. Joseph Clapper is a practical farmer and manages the home farm. As a republican he is active in politics, was a mem- ber of the republican central committee two terms, also a member of the election board of Ross township three terms, and in the fall of 1894 was elected assessor of Ross township. He is a K. of P. , Imperial lodge. No. 240, at Mulberry, and he and wife are members of the Presbyterian church. He graduated from Union Business college, LaEayette, attended Purdue Universit3', LaFay'ette, three years, and was superintendent of the shop in the mechanical department the last year. He is a young man of practical business experience, and is also a practical engineer. UGUSTUS E. CLARK is one of the most prominent farmers of Ross town- ship, Clinton county, Ind., and a highly honored citizen. On his father’s side he sprang from English stock and on the maternal side is of German ancestry. lilOGRAPIIICAL HISTORY (;i.s 11 is grcat-grcat-^a'aiulfather, Hlder john Clark, was horn on Lon^ Island, N. Y., in 1710, and was twice married. l>y his first wife, whose name is forgotten, he was the father of three (hildren: Jeremiah, Stephen and Ketnrah; hy Ids second wife, who hore the maiden name of .Sarah Hart, five children were born ; Sam- uel, John, Abigail, Snsannah and Sarah. He died aged eighty years. Samuel Clark, great- grandfather of iVngnstns F., was born in 1755 in New Jersey, married Jane Osborne, and was a merchant and justice of the peace. By his first wife were born five children: Samuel S., David C., Stephen, Polly and Sibyl, the last named of whom died an infant. For his second wife he married Damaris Day, to whom were born Abraham and Martha D. Mr. Clark li\'ed and died in the neighborhood of Trenton, N. J., aged seventy years. Stephen Clark, grandfather of Angnstns F. Clark, was born in Trenton, N. J., in i77d; was a justice of the peace, and married Johanna, daughter of jacob Miller. Mr. Clark moved to Ohio in 1804 and settled on the Miami river at Hickory I'lat, Bntler comity, near Trenton, where he entered 120 acres of land and cleared up a farm, the state at that time being an almost unbroken wilderness. His children were four in nnmber; Jonas P. , David C., Jane and one that died unnamed. Mr. Clark died on his farm at thirty-two years of age, in the faith of tile Christian church. David C. Clark, father of Angnstns F., was born January 15, 1804, in New Jersey, and was brought through the wil- derness to Ohio, when an infant, the journey being made by wagons. He was brought ii]) among tlu' pioneers and received the common education of his day, and became a farmer, brick-layer and jilasterer. He married Mary M., daughter of Stephen and Idizabeth ( I'lein- ard) .Stipher. Ste|)hen Stijilicr was of C.erman descent and settled in Bntler comity, Ohio, in 1804, where lie became a prosiierons farmer. His wife's parents were born in Ger- many and were also early settlers of Butler county, Ohio. To David C. Clark and wife were born ten children: Elizabeth, Augustus F., Stephen S., Isaac N., Eliza J., Jonas D., Tillman H., William A. and David A. (twins), and George W. This wife died, and he mar- ried Rebecca White, whose maiden name w'as Ivins. She is still living in Nebraska. He lived in Butler county, Ohio, until 1832, on his farm, and that year came to Indiana and settled on the farm now occupied by William Rose. He entered 400 acres in that neighbor- hood and his wife had 160 acres, which her father gave her. He had entered one-fourth section five miles east of his, making 1,280 acres in Madison township, to which he moved in 1854, and where he died in 1869, aged eighty-eight years. He was a member of the Euthern church, ami was a man of integrity and thrift. Mr. Clark cleared up his home farm and divided the land among his children; he gave them all a good education, and died at the age of seventy years, a member of the Missionaiy Baptist church, in which he was a deacon. He was trustee of Ross t(nvnshij) by appointment, and served as comity commis- sioner for nine years at an early date. He was a man of high character much respected by the people. Augustus 1 '. Clark was born December 26, 1828, in Butler county, Ohio, on the old home- stead, and was four years old when he came to Indiana with his jiarents; he received a com- mon education, and became a farmer, brick- layer and iilasterer. He married Mary E., daughter of David and Mary .A. 11 . (Whit) Ee- P'ever. David Eel'ever was from Pennsyl- vania and ol b'rench descent. 'fo Mr. and Mrs. Clark were born three children, all of whom died in infancy. Mrs. Clark died May I, 1857, and Mr. Clark married Catherine, daughter of Da\id and Mary ( 1 lines) .Swaid- OF CLINTON COUNTY. 019 ner. Mr. Swaidner was from Maryland, of Oerman descent, settled in Clinton comity, Ind., in 1S34, on a farm, and lived to be an old man. To Mr. Clark by this wife eight children were born; William N., Laura A., Mary J., George S. , Edwin A., Ida M. (died an infant), Rosa J. and Herbert R. Mrs. Clark died November 13, 1890, and for his third wife Mr. Clark married Mary E. Arm- strong, )icc Moore, daughter of Lytle and Des- demona (Pierce) Moore. Mr. Moore was of German descent and came from New York, was a farmer and the father of eight children: Sophronia, John, Adelia, Henry, Mary, Eran- cis, P'ranklin and Elmer. Mr. Moore moved to Licking county, Ohio, was a. pioneer, a sub- stantial farmer and a member of the Methodist church. He lived to be sixty-three years of age and died in Indiana. Mrs. Clark’s first husband was Robert Armstrong, who was a carpenter by trade, and moved to Indiana from Licking county, Ohio, and located in Ross- ville, but moved to Peru, where he died, aged fifty-eight years. He and wife had two sons — Edmond and Elmer. Mr. Clark settled on a farm three miles south of town, consisting of 172 acres, and by thrift anti industry pros- pered. He lived on this farm until he moved to Rossville in 1892, and built a substantial and tasteful residence. Mr. and Mrs. Clark are members of the Baptist church, of which he has been deacon six years; he is a demo- crat, and was township trustee one term, and is a man of more than ordinary ability; has always been hard-working and industrious, pos- sesses a i-emarkable memory, and is well known for his integrity of character and sterling worth, and has reared a highly respectable family. The Clark family have maintained their high character throughout their long residence in the township of Ross, and few families in Clinton county can excel it in the hold it has on the affections of the citizens in general. EROME CLARR, a farmer of more than local note in Johnson township, was born in Clinton comity, Ind., March 4, 1855, and still retains his resi- dence here, and has alwa3’s been engaged in farming. October 7, 1875, he married Miss Martha E. Jackson, who was born Eebruary 10, 1854, and who is the daughter of Henry and Mary E. (Stinson) Jackson. Henry Jack- son was an early settler of Johnson township, w'as a prominent farmer, owning 140 acres, was a leading member of the Baptist church, in politics was a stanch republican, and his death took place in the army in March, 1864. When married, Mr. and Mrs. Clark settled on their present farm, which now contains ninety acres of choice land, improved with one of the best barns in the county. The residence is modern in construction and convenient in all its details. His marriage has been blessed by the birth of one child — Herschel L. In poli- tics Mr. Clark is a democrat; fraternally, he is a member of Hillisburg lodge. No. 550, E. & A. M., and has passed all the chairs of his lodge; he is also a dormant member of the I. O. R. M., and his wife is a member of the New Light church. Mr. Clark takes great pride in the appearance of his farm and build- ings, and their tidiness and beauty are the ad- miration of all who view them — be the)" neigh- bors or strangers. OHN IRWIN CLARK, of Moran, is widely and favorably known in Clinton county, and in this volume well de- serves re])resentaiion. The record of his life is as follows : A native of the Key- stone state, he was born in Juniata county, March 8, 1830, and is of Irish and English de- scent. His grandfather, Robert Clark, was born in New York, and was a tai'or by trade. In those days, wl ea each family spun and BIO( 5 RAPIIICAL HISTORY wove its owTi clotli, he went from house to liouse making garments. When a young man he removern Aug- ust 31, 1847, in Berks comity. Pa., and is a son of David and Mary (Gery) Covely, both parents natives of the Key- stone state and of German descent. David C.ovely was the son of William Covely, who was also a native of Pennsylvania, where his ancestors settled in a very early day, mov- ing there from Germany. David Covely was born in the year of 1820 in Berks county, Pa., where all his life was passed and where his death occurred in 1892; his widow is still living. David and Mary Covely were the parents of sixteen children, the subject of this sketch being first in order of birth. The names of the others are as follows: David, Sarah, wife of Edwin Bower; William, de- ceased; Mary, w'ife of James Sallada; John, Michael, Joseph; Matilda, wife of James Grice; Henry, Caroline, deceased; Jerry, and four that died in infancy. Erancis G. Covely at the early age of fifteen years began life for himself, working at anything that his hands found to do, and after his tw'enty-first year turned his atten- tion to the carpenter’s trade, at wFich he became a skillful workman. In 1870 he be- came a resident of Clinton county, Ind., locating at the village of Mulberry, w’here he carried on his trade for eight years, after which he engaged in farming on rented land until 1880. In that year ''e purchased his present farm of eighty acres in Washington township, upon w’hich he has made many substantial improvements, including a good house and barn, and his place is under a very successful state of cultivation. Mr. Covely was married November 17, 1872, to Mary Freas, daughter of John and Rachel (Brown) Freas, the father a native of b'rance and the mother borii in Lehigh county. Pa. John Freas came to America w'hen eighteen years old in company with a brother and died in Clinton county, Ind., in the year 1888; his widow is still living and makes her home with the subject of this sketch. The following are the names of the nine children born to John and Rachel b'reas: Samnel, d'homas, W'illiam, John, Lary, Lena, wife of Henry Gri'en; Susan, wife of Henr\’ Gary; bhnma, wife' of ILhvard OF CLINTON COUNTY. 029 Lipp, and Ella, wife of Walter Suit. To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Covely have been born the following children: William, Gertie, Rachel and John. Mr. Covely affili- ates with the democratic party and belongs to the Improved Order of Red Men, holding membership with Dakota tribe. No. 42, of Frankfort. He is a man of character and high social standing in the comunity, popular with his neighbors and fellow-citizens, and for a number of years has been an active member of the German Reform church. Mrs. Covely belongs to the same denomination and is esteemed as a lady of intelligence and piety. ACOB COYNER, the subject of this sketch, one of the leading farmers and a well-known old settler of Pei'ry town- ship, Clinton county, Ind. , traces his ancestry back through several generations to Germany. His father, Michael Coyner, was the son of Jacob Coyner, whose father, also named Jacob, was born January 29, 1720, in Germany, where the family name was known as Kainath, and he became the progenitor of the family in America. In the records, which the pastor of the.state church at Wurtemburg, Germany, showed to Dr. A. J. Coyner in 1877, the family name was traced back to the reformation, a Jacob Kainath being discovered in the fifteenth century. A Michael Kainath was born in 1650, and Jacob Kainath, sup- posed to be his son, was married to Anna M — , November 7, 1708, Michael Kainath alluded to at the beginning of this sketch being their youngest son. The family was quite numerous in Europe; and tradition reports a number of them as having served in the thirty years’ war as Protestants in the armies of Gus- tavus Adolphus. On coming to America, the family settled in Virginia, where numerous de- scendants are still found. Michael Coyner, the the subject’s father, was born in Augusta county, Va., reared on a farm, and married Phoebe Peterson. He reared the following children: Jacob, John, David D., Martin, William, Mary, Elizabeth, Susan, Fanny, Jane and Melissa. He emigrated in company with his brother to Greene county, Ohio, where he followed agricultural pursuits until 1831, at which time he moved to Indiana, locating in the county of Clinton, where he purchased a tract of land consisting of 320 acres. He was one of the pioneers of Clinton, and became very successful financially, owning at one time over 400 aci-es of land, which became quite valuable. He was hard-working and indus- trious, a Methodist in his religious belief, and died in the year 1851; his wife survived him a number of years, departing this life in Sep- tember, 1877. Jacob Coyner, the leading facts of whose life are here set forth, was born in Greene county, Ohio, January 20, 1820, and since his eleventh year has been an honored resident of Clinton county, Ind., of the rapid growth and development of which he has been a living witness. He recalls the journey from the old Ohio home through an almost unbroken wil- derness to the new home in the forests of Clinton, and recounts with pleasure many of the stirring scenes and incidents of the early pioneer times. Game of all kinds was quite plentiful at that period, especially deer, bear, wild hogs and turkeys, upon which the family chiefly relied for a large portion of their pro- vision for several years following their first settlement. Like all the pioneer boys, the early life of Mr. Coyner was spent in clearing land, working in the field, hunting and other athletic sports common to that day. In the primitive log school-house, with the puncheon floor, large fire-place, mud and stick chimney, he acquired the rudiments of an education GBO BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY which, su))])leincnted by close observation and business contact with his fellows in after years, has made him an intelligent and well-informed man. Mr. Coyner was married in Montgom- ery county, Ind., October 1 8, 1842, to Han- nah Little, daughter of Ezra and Elizabeth (Martin) Eittle, early settlers in this county, and began housekeeping on a forty-acre tract of land, which he purchased from the govern- ment. This land was wholly unimproved at the time, and he was compelled to work hard for one year in order to obtain sufficient money to pay the entry price of the same. His first residence was a diminutive log cabin, in which some of the happiest days of his life were passed, and with the assistance of his good wife, who was indeed a true helpmate, he soon succeeded in improving his condition and in due season had a good farm in cultivation with an additional number of acres. Mr. Coyner proved a successful manager, and by judicious investments became the possessor of a large amount of land, aggregating 500 acres, the greater part of which he has since generously divided among his children, giving to each of them forty acres. The names of his children are as follows: William, Joseph, Pheebe, Al- pheus, john, Etta, Minnie, Orlando, and Mor- ton. Of the above, Alpheus is deceased, dy- ing at the age of twenty-one; he was an ex- emplary young man and consistent member of the Methodist church. Mr. Coyner has a beautiful home, his farm being supplied with a fine modern residence and other buildings in keeping, and for years he had been looked uiion as one of the success- ful agriculturists of Perry township. In the growth and development of the county he has been no unimi)ortant factor, and although not a seeker after official honors, he has fre(]ucntly been solicited b\' his fellow-citizens to accept positions of trust which, with the exception of trustee, he has steadily refused. He is a mem- ber of the Methodist church, to which he con- tributes liberally of his means, and in political matters is an earnest and outspoken supporter of the republican party. ANIEL E. CKIPE, M. I)., is a native of Indiana, born in the county of Howard on the fifth day of May, 1850. His grandfather, Joseph Cripe, a na- tive of Ohio, was one of the earliest pioneers of Clinton county, Ind.. moving here as long ago as 1824, and locating near the present site of Rossville, where he entered a large tract of land and became a farmer of much means. In early life he learned the cooper's trade, and worked at the same in connection with agri- cultural pursuits after becoming a resident of Clinton. He was a man of character and true worth, and died on the home place a number of years ago. His son, Isaac Cripe, the doc- tor’s father, was born in Darke county, Ohio, January 6, 1815, and at the age of nine years was brought by his parents to Clinton county, Ind., where he grew to manhood on a farm. He was married, in 1839, to Sarah M. Daniels, after which he moved to Howard county, where, until 1876, he worked at his trade, that of stone-mason. He was a member of the German Baptist church, and from the above year until his death, which occurred April 17, 1893, was an acceptable minister of the same, making his residence during that period in the county of ('arroll. Isaac Cripe was a man of much more than mental endowments, and he was (piite successful as a farmer, while his work in the* ministry bore gootl results in the strengthening of his church and in leading many people to the higher and better life. Isaac and Elizabeth Gripe were the parents of the following children: jonathan, who was a mem- ber of com|)any IC, One Hundred and Ninth Indiana volunteer infantry; George B., a resi- D. E. GRIPE, M. D. LIBRARY OF THE UKIVERSITY OF fLtINOI? OF CLINTON COUNTY. 633 dent of Carroll county, Ind. ; Lucy E. , wife of J. Wagoner, of Carroll county: and Daniel E., whose name introduces this notice. Daniel E. Cripe remained with his parents until his tenth year, after which he made his home with Dr. Crider, of Pyrmont, Ind., until nineteen years of age, and for some time thereafter lived at the same place with Dr. Hall, studying medicine in the meanwhile. He pursued his studies diligently until nearly twenty years of age, when he began the prac- tice at Pyrmont, Carroll county, Ind. , w'here he remained until 1872, movihg to the town of Lexington in that year. Subsequently he practiced at Kilmore, same county, until 1877, at which time he located at Hillisburg, Clin- ton county; thence, in 1884, he moved to P'rankfort, in which city he has since resided. The doctor traveled for two years in special work connected with his profession, and his success in the general practice and in surgery has been most gratifying. He was graduated from the Indiana Medical college in 1893, and the same year received his diploma from the Orificial college, Chicago, in both of which in- stitutions he made a creditable record as a student. Since locating in Frankfort, he has built up a large and lucrative practice througlf- out Clinton county, and his services are fre- quently sought in obstinate and critical cases at remote distances from where he is located. As a physician, he is careful, conscientious and capable, and he is characterized by integ- rity of purpose and kindness of heart, which, with his well known ability in his profession, have won a permanent place in the regard of his fellow-citizens. In August, 1894, he was elected dean of faculty of the American Med- ical college of Indianapolis, and also has two chairs, viz : pi'ofessor of general and clinical surgery and professor of orificial surgery. He is also vice-president of the board of trustees. The doctor was married April 7, 1872, to Sa- rah E. Mitchell of Tippecanoe county, daugh- ter of Joseph and Melinda Mitchell. Dr. Cripe is a Mason, a member of the I. O. R. M., and belongs to the Knights of Maccabees. ILLIAM ROSSER CUNNINGHAM — The success that has accompanied the career of the subject of this sketch is such as should encourage the youth whose outset in life may not be under the most favorable circumstances. Though of excellent parentage, Mr. Cunning- ham was not born nor reared in the luxuries of wealth. He was compelled to leave school at the age of ten years, to become the source of his own support, and in March of 1869, when just past the age of fifteen years, he began to serve an apprenticeship as a machinist, at La Fayette, Ind., his home and birth place. His birth took place January 4, 1854. His »parents were.^WjUiarn Rufus and Mary Ann (Rosser) Cunningham. The father was a native of Augusta county, Va. , having been born there October 8, 1818. He died in La Fayette, Ind., July 24, 1880. He was a son of William Cunningham, whose wife was Mary Doak. The Cunninghams are of Scotch- Irish lineage, and belong to one of the oldest families of Virginia. The mother of William R. was born at Springfield, Ohio, in the year 1822, and died at LaFayette, Ind., in 1855. She was of Welch origin. Of the five children she bore her husband two died in early life; those living are — William R., Ella J., and Fanny D. The father married the second time, wedding Elizabeth Jordan, who had by him four children, namely — Edward, Annie, Emma and Alice; she died in 1882. The sub- ject’s father, with his parents and family, emigrated to Ohio from Virginia at an early date; they were opjiosed to slavery, though Virginians, and aided in operating an under- BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY filil ground railroad in Ohio, from which tronble arose, and because of this trouble William K. Cumnngham, Sen., left Ohio for Indiana in 1833. He traveled on horseback from Cincin- nati to Logansport, and thence to LaFayette, where he married in 1842 and settled down in life to his occuj)ation of carpentering. He was a republican in politics, but but never sought office. After serving an apprenticeship of three and a half years in the Union Machine shops, at La Fayette, the subject of this sketch spent about one year in machine shops at Lima and Dayton, Ohio, and thereafter was employed at La I'ayette, till the year 1875, when he be- came an engineer in the fire department of the latter city, a position he held two years, and then for one year was engineer at the water- works of La Fayette. Thereafter he was foreman at the Union Machine shops at La Fayette till 1882. During the ne.xt four years he was a member of the firm of Cunningham & Temple in the general foundry and machine business in the same city. In July, 1886, Mr. Cunningham came to Frankfort and be- came superintendent for the Wallace Manu- facturing company. The Wallace Manufac- turing company manufactures a full line of hrick and tile machinery, including the “Lit- tle Wonder,” the “Big Wonder,” also “Cun- ningham's Automatic Cutting Table.” The machinery manufactured by this company has won a large patronage, and is shipped all over the world. The business of the comj)any is under the sole supervision and management of Mr. Cunningham, the secretary and superin- tendent of the company, which was organized and incorporated as a stock eompany in 1883. The other officers are K. P. Shanklin, presi- dent; 1 ). A. Coulter, vice-j)resident ; and Kolx'i't McC.lamrock, treasurer. Mr. Cunning- ham is a mechanical genius, and has invented much of the machinery manufactured by the company. He is very deservedly classed among the self-made men and representative citizens of the state. In politics he has always been a stanch republican, and fraternally a prominent member of the I. O. O. F. ; of the National Union; and of the Masonic order, being a knight templar Mason. His first marriage occurred in 1874, July 25, in La Fayette, Ind., to Mollie Grifton, a native of La P'ayette, by whom he had one child, Arthur Steele Cunningham; the mother died in August, 1876, then, in 1878 he married Miss Priscilla E. Moore of La Fayette. Two children, Mary E. and Auburn Smith, have been born unto the second marriage. OHN W. DAILY is one of the best known railroad men in the employ of the Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City company, and is equally as well known as a citizen and highly esteemed resident of the city of Frankfort. Mr. Dail}' was born in Tippecanoe county, Ind., April 19, 1850. His parents were farmers and their home was on the old battle ground of Tijqoecanoe, near the city of La P'ayette. Their names were Peter and Mary (Kenny) Daily, and both were natives of Massachusetts, where they were reared and married. Peter Daily was a son of John Daily, a native of Ireland, who emi- grated to America in an early day and settled in the old Bay state. Peter was an early pi- oneer of Tipi)ccanoe county, his settlement there being the result of an investigation of that fertile section of Indiana while engaged as a contractor in the construction of the old Wabash A Erie canal. He became a resident of Indiana about the time of the comi)letion of the canal, and located upon the farm near the old l)attle ground, u|)on which his remaining years were j)assed, dying in 1866, aged fifty- live. His widow is now seventy-six years old, and makes her home with her son and OF CTJNTON COUNTY. 635 daughter in Chicago. ' She bore her husband four children, whose names are as follows ; John iMary E., Edward and Catherine — the last named deceased. Up to the age of seventeen, the subject of this sketch assisted his father on the farm and then began his career of railroading, which he has since so successfully continued. His early education, obtained in the schools of La Layette, was supplement by a course in the Battle Ground collegiate institute, and his first work in railroading was in construct- ing telegraph lines. After a short time in that capacity, he accepted the position of brakeman, and, for efficiency in that line of service, was soon promoted and given charge of a train. Erom 1868 to 1870 he served as brakeman, and from the latter year till 1875 was a conductor in the employ of the Wabash company. In 1875 the Wabash railroad ceas- ed to control the Lake Erie & Western, and at that date Mr. Daily entered the employ of the latter company in the construction de- partment. Later, he became conductor for this road, but in 1 882 changed his employ- ment to the construction department of the Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City railroad, continuing in that position about one year. He then engaged with the Wheeling & Lake Erie company, with which he remained un- til 1883, in August of which year he ac- cepted the position as conductor on the “Clover Leaf,” and has since held the same. Upon accepting the above place Mr. Daily moved to Lrankfort, and has since made this city his home. Mr. Daily has been an active worker in the interest of his fellow- railroad men, being a prominent member of the order of Railway Conductors, in the de- liberations of which he takes an active part. He is also a knight templar Mason, and stands high in that fraternity. Politically Mr. Daily is a stanch democrat, and in June, 1894, was honored by his party with the nomi- nation for the office of sheriff of Clinton county. Mr. Daily enjoys great popularity in railroad circles and among the people generally, and a list of the representative citizens of Lrankfort would be incomplete without an appropriate mention of his name. In 1872 Mr. Daily and Miss Elizabeth Company, of Detroit, Mich., were made man and wife, and the result of the union is three children: Edward Bartholomew, Ella M. and Homer L. HOMAS C. DALBEY, ex-postmaster of Lrankfort, is a native of Greene county, Ohio, and dates his birth from the twenty-second day of Au- gust, 1837. The founder of the Dalbey family in America appears to have been one Richard Dalbey, a native of France, who emigrated to the United States sometime prior to the Rev- olutionary war, and settled in Frederick county, Va.' Among his children was Joel Dalbey, father of Thomas C., who w'ent in an early day to Greene county, Ohio, and there married Nancy Curry, daughter of John Curry, a Virginian and a pioneer of the county of Greene. John Curry was a son of Thomas Curry, who emigrated from his native country Ireland, to the United States many years ago and settled in Virginia. He was a soldier in the w'ar of 1812, and did yeoman service for his adopted country during that struggle. The following children were born to Joel and Nancy Dalbey; Ellen, deceased; Jane, de- ceased: Thomas C., John R., Daniel M. and Joseph I. They removed to Clinton county about the year 1850, and settled on a farm a short distance northeast of Frankfort. Here the death of Joel Dalbey occurred in 1859 at the advanced age of eighty-two years. He was a man of many excellent parts, a success- BrO(JRAPIITCA.L HISTORY (‘m fill fanner, and for over half a century was a faithful niinister of the f^osj)el. Thomas C. Dalbey, whose name introduces this sketch, was a youth of thirteen when his l)arents moved to Clinton county. ■ His early years were spent in work on the farm and in attending brief terms of school in the winter seasons, and he remained under the parental roof until entering the army in 1862. Mr. Dalbey entered the service as a private in com- pany I, One Hundreth Indiana infantry, and upon the organization of the company was elected second lieutenant of the same. On the twenty-third of November, 1863, for duty efficiently performed, he was promoted to the captaincy of the compan}' and served in that capacity until 1865, in March of which year he [ was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the I One Hundred and Fiftieth regiment. He was the trusted leader of company I, One Hun- dreth regiment, on many a bloody battle field, among which may be enumerated — Black River, Jackson, Miss., Missionary Ridge, and the numerous engagements of the'Atlanta cam- paign. He was with Gen. Sherman in the celebrated march to the sea, and from Golds- borough, N. C. , was sent to Virginia to become lieutenant-colonel of the One Hundreth Indi- ana, serving in that capacity until honoroably discharged on the fifth day of August, 1865. After the war Mr. Dalbey engaged in agri- cultural pursuits in Clinton county and con- tinued the same until 1878,111 which year he became a citizen of Frankfort. Since moving to the county seat Mr. Dalbey has devoted his attention to business affairs of diffei'ent kinds, and in October, 1889, was ajipointed post- master of Frankfort, the duties of which he dischai-ged until June i, 1894. As an official Mr. Dalbey was popular and efficient, and he retired from the office enjoying, in the highest degree, the esteem of his fellow-citizens of Frankfort and ('linton county, irrespective of party affiliations. He has always been a pro- nounced republican in politics, taking an active interest in behalf of his party, in the councils of which his advice and influence have contributed no little to its success in a number of hotly contested elections. He served as member of the common council of Frankfort, and while belonging to that body proved a true guardian of the interests of the municipality liy bringing about a number of important measures. At different times he has been called to fill other positions of trust, in all of which he acquited himself in a man- ner creditable to himself and satisfactorv to all concerned. Dr. Dalbey is a member of the G. A. R. and belongs to the Masonic order, and the Methodist church embodies his reli- gious creed. He was married, in 1869, to Harriet J. Trowbridge, a union severed by the death of Mrs. Dalbey in 1887. She was a de- vout member of the Methodist church, a faith- ful wife, a loving mother and a most devoted friend Her death was a sad blow to her hus- band and family and was felt as a personal loss by a large circle of friends in Frankfort and Clinton county. To Mr. and Mrs. Dalbey five children were born ; Lillie F. (deceased); Mary E. ; Paul C. ; Winifred (deceased); and Leonard (deceased). a APT. LEWIS H. DANIELS, of P'rankfort, Clinton county, Ind., was born in Indianajiolis, Ind., December 7, 1839, aiul is a son of Samuel P. and Barbara (Hiid^le) Daniels. Samuel P. was a native of Philadelphia, Pa., born in 1811, and a son of William, who came from Ireland when a young man and located first in Philadeli)hia, and later in Indianapolis. Sam- uel P. Daniels was reared to manhood in Philadeli)hia, learned tailoring there, was mar- ried in 1834, and in 1836 removed to Indian- OF CLINTON COUNTY. 639 apolis and opened a shop on the present site of the Bates House, and here died in 1885. His wife Barbara Hinkle, was born in Phila- delphia in 1807, and became the mother of three children, viz : Benton William, de- ceased; Lewis H., our subject, and Hannah H. ; wife of Leonard Fatont, a contractor of Indianapolis. Samuel P. was a Methodist in his religion and in his politics was a strong democrat. He was a prodigy of learning, was for four years connected with the Indianapolis Sentinel, and was the first postal clerk ever appointed in Indiana, serving in this capacity during the administrations of Pierce and Buchanan; he was state librarian one term, and city assessor. He was prominent as an Odd Fellow and was trustee of lodge No. 44 for several years, and was also a member of the encampment, and was strictly a self-made man. Lewis H. Daniels was educated in the schools of his native city, and there also learned the trade of carpenter, serving an ap- prenticeship of four years. He then worked as a journeyman until his enlistment, in April, 1861, in company H, Twelfth Indiana volun- teer infantry, but in June was transfered to company A, Thirteenth Indiana volunteer in- fantry, the first three-year regiment, with which he remained until July, 1864. In Octo- ber, 1861, he was promoted to be corporal; in December, 1861, he was made second duty sergeant; October 17, 1862, at Suffolk, Va., he was commissioned second lieutenant, and promoted to first lieutenant June 3, 1863, and at Cold Harbor was promoted to the cap- taincy, July, 1863, and held this position until his discharge, July i, 1864, at Indianapolis. The captain has never applied for a pension, although in his long and brilliant career he, like thousands of others, contracted some chronic trouble, while escaping without a wound. On his return to his home, the captain fol- lowed his trade two years, and then engaged in contracting until 1869; then passed two years as superintendent of bridge construction on the “Big Four” railroad between Indiana- polis and Lawrenceburg, and in 1 87 i came to Frankfort and resumed bis former business of contracting, which he continued until 1890, when he was elected township trustee. In the meantime, however, in 1876, he went to Mich- igantown, Clinton county, where he resided four years, and then returned to Frankfort and resumed contracting. Among the other edi- fices which he erected may be mentioned the Second Ward school-building, I. O. O. F. ball, the First Ward school-building, the present Masonic hall, a majority of the busi- ness blocks on the square, the residences of Alexander Given and James Coulter and others. The marriage of Capt. Daniels took place in Indianapolis December 28, 1866, to Miss Mary A. Beam, a native of Indianapolis, born May 13, 1842, and a daughter of David and Anna (Hopkins) Beam, natives, respectively, of Pennsylvania and Kentucky. David Beam, father of Mrs. Daniels, was an enterprising business man; and was the proprietor of the first f)laning-mill operated in Indianapolis; in politics he was a democrat, and in religion a Presbyterian. Mrs. Daniels is a Baptist and her husband a Methodist. In politics the cap- tain is a democrat, and was elected township trustee by a majority of thirty-eight votes, overcoming a prior republican majority of 300. P'raternally, he is a Free Mason; a past-grand of the Odd Fellow lodge, and a member of the encampment; a charter member of the 1 . O. R. M. tribe of Frankfort, and a member of the G. A. R. post. He is also president of the association formed from the Thirteenth regiment, Indiana volunteer infantry, a social organization. He has accumulated much val- uable real estate in Frankfort and he and family are highly respected by the entire com- munity. BIOGRAl’IIICAL HISTORY filO liW'TON C. DAVIS, M. 1 )., a i)rotni- nent physician of Frankfort and a man of national reputation as a man- ufacturer of proprietary medicines, was born October 20, 1856, in Knox county, Tenn. His father, William H. Davis, was born in .South Carolina, and his mother, whose maiden name was Caroline Hefflin, was horn in the year 1839. After his marriaj^e, William 1 >. Davis located in Smith county, Tenn., and became a jdanter of large means, owning at one time 330 acres of land and twenty-eight slaves. He resided in Smith county until 1855, thence moved to the county of Knox, and after a short residence there returned to his former home, where he lived until the emanci- pation of his slaves in 1861. In the latter year he emigrated to Fulton county. 111 ., where he followed agricultural pursuits until 1 866, at which date he moved to the city of Springfield, that state, where he still lives. Mrs. Davis died in October, 1859, and subsequently Mr. Davis took unto himself another wife. Three children were born to William B. and Caroline Davis, namely: Amanda L. , deceased, Louisa A., wife of E. W. Altland of South Bend, and Newton C., whose name appears at the begin- ning of this notice. William B. Davis served with distinction in the Mexican war as captain, and was wounded in one of the battles of that struggle. He is a man of marked intellectual- ity, a democrat in politics, and takes a ])romi- nent part in the affairs of Bie city where he resides. When five years of age the sidqect of this sketch went to live with John Lancaster, Es(]., of h'ulton county. Ilk, and remained under his roof until 1866, when he accompanied that gentleman to Kansas. Wliile in the west Mr. Lancaster engaged in farming where the city of Lawrence now stands, and after two years s])ent there changed his location to Kansas City, where he died in the s|)ring of 1871. His widow then returned to Fulton county. Ilk, throwing the subject of this sketch upon his own resources, and for the period of one year young Davis worked at any kind of honest em- ployment that his hands found to do. Deter- mined to adopt something definite as a means of support, the doctor learned the trade of car- riage painting at Astoria, Ilk, and continued the same there and at other places until his twenty-third year. He then began the study of medicine with Dr. J. A. McGill, of South Bend, Ind., where he remained three years, and on the nineteenth day of March, 1884, was graduated from the Cleveland Homeopathic college. After completing his professional education. Dr. Davis located in the practice of medicine at Frankfort, Ind., and has since made this city his home. He did a general practice until 1890, at which time he embarked in the manufacture of proprietary medicines, which he has since carried on very successfully, with a constantly increasing reputation. The medicines bearing his label are known all over the United States and parts of Europe. So rapidly have his remedies grown in popular fa- vor that the doctor has established an agency in the city of New York, and gives steady em- ployment to four traveling salesmen. Dr. Davis was married in the city of Erankfort June 30, 1886, to Miss Emma L. McCurdy, who was horn April 22, 1864, in the city of Indianapolis — the daughter of Hugh aud Martha J. (Walker) McCurdy. They have one child — Martha. Politically the doctoris a rei)ublican, and fraternally, belongs to the Masonic and Pythian orders. The doctor’s life is a com- numdable example of what may be accom- plished by i)erseverance, seconded by strong will j)()wer and marked intellectuality. That he has been successful is sufficiently attested by his [uesent conspicuous standing, at which he has arrixc'd without any assistance save the wt-11 formed determination to make the best ol OF CLINTON COUNTY very discouraging surroundings and to over- come obstacles that to the majority of men would have appeared practically insurmount- able. I'inanciall}’, as well as professionally, the doctor’s success has been assured, and he now owns valuable property and does an an- nual business of over $40,000. ILLIAM DAVIS, a prominent farmer and well-known old settler of Perry township, Clinton county, Ind., is a native of Ohio, born in Ross county, on the tw'elfth day of September, 1824. His ancestors were Germ.ans, and came to America a great many years ago, settling in Virginia, in which state his grandfather, William Davis, was born and rtared. John Davis, son of W’illiam and father of the subject, was a na- tive of Albemarle county, Va. , where he re- sided until his twenty-second year, and then moved to Ohio, settling in Ross county. He married Katharine Stucky, daughter of Abra- ham and Eva (Bush) Stucky, and about two years thereafter emigrated to Tippecanoe county, Ind., and settled not far from La Fayette, where he purchased eighty acres of government land. He shortly thereafter dis- posed of his interest in Tippecanoe, and moved to Clinton county, locating where his son now resides, and became the possessor of a large tract of land, including in all over 600 acres. He was one of the early luoneers of Clinton county, and at the time of his settlement the present flourishing city of F'rankfort was a mere backwoods hamlet of five or six cabins. The following are the names of the children born to John and Katherine Davis; William, Joel, Lorena, Abram, Oza, Avelina G., Isaac, John J.. Elam and Mary. Mr. Davis took great interest in religious matters, having for a number of years been an elder in the Christian church. Politically, he was a democrat of the 31 041 orthodox type, and is remembered as a man of many excellent qualities. The immediate sub ject of this sketch, Will- iam Davis, came to Clinton county, Ind., when quite young and passed the years of his youth and early manhood amid the stirring scenes of pioneer times, acquiring, thereby, a vigorous constitution which served him well in the work of assisting his father in clearing the farm. He has witnessed the many marvelous changes through which Clinton county has passed during the last half century and more, and recalls the time when the farmers were compelled to go to La Fayette for their family supplies, while the best market place, at that time, for the sale of their grain was the far-off town of Chicago, 111 . To make a tirp to the latter place required several days, and the loads, owing to the almost impassable condi- tion of the roads during certain seasons of the year, were of necessity very small. Mr. Davis early learned the lessons of industry, and his youth was without any striking incidents of note except as would naturally be met with at a time when everything, in a new country, would be of a somewhat exciting character. Mr. Davis attended, during certain seasons, when he could be spared from home, the old- fashioned country school, taught in an insig- nificant cabin constructed of logs, supplied with furniture of the simplest description, consist- ing of rough long-legged benches and a simple writing desk made of a single board resting upon long i)ins fastened in the wall; the floor of the building was made of split puncheons, and the apartment was heated by a large old- fashioned fire-place from ten to twelve feet wide, and the light was allowed to enter the room through an opening in the wall made by the removal of a log, into which oiled paper was fitted instead of glass. Mr. Davis was married June i, 1846, to Elizabeth 'I'hrope, daughther of James Thrope, Cy \2 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY after which he settled on his present farm in Perry township, which now embraces an area of 205 acres, which, under his successful man- af^ement, has been hij^hly improved. Mr. Davis is a successful farmer, an intelligent and upright citizen, ami has borne his full share toward the development of the community in which he has for so many jears resided. Since his twenty-first year he has voted the democratic ticket, and while not identified with any church organization is a believer in and liberal supporter of all moral and religious movements. The father of Mrs. Davis was a native of Ohio and an early resident of Tipton county, Ind. ; her mother was born in North Caiadina. The following are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Davis: Sarah, William, Joseph, Llsie, Zase, Polly and Mahalia. ORTON PERRY DAVIS, e.\-county auditor, and a representative citizen of Clinton county, Ind., of which he is a native, is a son of Hueston and |ane (Linch) Davis. Hueston Davis was born in Lehigh county. Pa., September 14, 1823, and married in Clinton ccnmty, Ind., .Vpril 10, 1845, fo which part of the state he came when a boy with his mother, and who settled in Warren township. He became a large land owner and successful farmer in the township of Johnson, where at one time he had an es- tate of over 800 acres. By his marriage with Jane Linch, he had a family of seven children, whose names are as follows; John A., de- ceased; Morton P ; Allen, deceased; Samuel M., an enterprising citizen of Clinton county, killed by a vicious horse a few days after his nomination for auditor; \V. H., trustee of Johnson townshi[), Martha E., wile of L. I'riend, and George Ic , of Rokomo, Ind. Alter the death of his first wifi', Hueston Davis married Marv Cowdry, a union bli'ssi'd by the ! birth of four children, of whom two are now- living: Laura B., wife of W.' Dunn, and Orris C. Hueston Davis w-as a democrat in politics, a member of the Masonic fraternity and an active worker in the Methodist church. His death occurred February 2, 1879, and his w'ife was called from the scene of her earthly labors on the eleventh day of May, 1894. 1 Morton Perry Davis was born January 16, 1849, and upon the farm where his youth was passed he learned the lessons of industry which have characterized his later years and laid the foundation of the success w'hich has crowned his subsequent life. In the common schools of the country he received a practical English education, and, having selected agriculture as his vocation, engaged in the same upon his own resposibility when tw'i^nty years of age, locating on a farm of ninety acres, given him by his father, to wdiich he has since made ad- ditions until his possessions at this time com- prise 389 acres of as fine land as is to be found w'ithin the limits of Clinton county. Mr. Davis has always had a proper conception of the true dignity of agriculture, and it is praise, honorably due, when he is classed with the most intelligent, enterprising, and progressive farmers of Clinton. Immediately after his re- tirement from office he resumed his residence on his fine estate in Forest township. By judicious management and the enqjloyment of correct business methods, he has succeeded in accumulating a competency, and a list of the county’s representative men w'ould be incom- plete without a mention of his name. Mr. Davis’s first marriage w-as solemnized December 24, 1869, with Sarah Middleton, of Illinois, a union blessed w'ith the birth of one child b'rances M. Mrs. Davis departed this lif(' in April, 1874, and subseipiently Mr. Davis was united in marriage to Anna Kathfon, wdio w'as born Ai)ril 14, 1850, in .Adams county. Pa. Mrs. Davis is the daughter of John and OF CLINTON COUNTY. 045 Lydia (Spangler) Rathfon, and she has borne lier husband tlie following children — Orrin, liarl, Cleveland, Clyde, Cohee, and two that died in infancy unnamed. Samuel M. Davis, brother of the subject, was the nominee for county auditor in 1890, and his death, which resulted fourteen days after his nomination, left that place upon the ticket vacant. At the earnest solicitation of the central committee, Morton P. Davis was induced to accept the nomination, anJ in the ensuing election he was triumphantly elected to the office, the duties of which he discharged in an able and satisfactory manner, being one of the most popular officials the county has ever had. He looked after the interests of the office, in which he was ably assisted by his deputies, Pierce Gaskill and L. A. Trambarger, and he also gave personal attention to his farming interests, dividing his time between the country and city. Since 1 86g Mr. Davis has been extensively engaged in handling live stock, principally cattle and hogs, which he ships to the Indianapolis and Buffalo markets, and for thirteen years he has operated a thresh- ing machine in Clinton and adjoining counties. Mr. Davis is one of the leading democrats of the county, and as such has contributed much to the success of his party. He is a member of the 1 . O. O. F., subordinate lodge and encampment, is a Knight Templar in the Ma- sonic fraternity, and belongs to the Methodist church, as does also his wife. AM UEL N. DAVISON, an enterpris- ing merchant of Jefferson, Clinton county, Ind., post-master, and a gallant ex-soldier, was born in Deca- tur county, Ind., October 28, 1839, the son of William and Clarissa (Cythens) Davison, the father a native of Pennsylvania and the mother of New Jersey, and of Irish and English lineage respectively. William Davi- son, grandfather of our subject, was born in Dublin, Ireland, married there and reared two children before emigrating to America. On reaching the United States, William Davi- son settled in Pennsylvania, thence, a num- ber of years later, moved to Butler county, Ohio, where his death occurred. The fol- lowing are the names of his six children: Samuel, Mary, Esther, Jane, Betsy and Wil- liam — the last named the father of the sub- ject of this sketch. William Davison, Jr., was ten years old when his father settled in Butler county, Ohio. He learned the cooper’s trade in Butler county, worked at the same there and in various places in Indiana, and for a couple of years followed farming in the state of Arkansas. Later he was a resident of Madison county, Ind., thence returned to Ohio and in 1852 came back to Indiana, locating on a farm in Clinton comity. In 1857 he moved to the town of Jefferson and resumed his trade, and, a few years later, embarked in the hotel business, which he followed with fair success until about 1871, when he retired from active life. His death occurred July 22, 1893; his wife died on the second of January preceding. They were the parents of twelve children: Elizabeth, wife of William Baker; Jane, Josiah, William, DeWitt C., Samuel, Clarissa, Marga- ret, wife of William Campbell; Charles C., Henry, John, and Esther, wife of Frank Doty. Samuel N. Davison, the subject, remained with his parents until attaining his majority, and when a young man learned the cooper's trade with his father, purchasing the shop at Jefferson when the latter engaged in the hotel business. He worked at the trade until the breaking out of the war, when, learning of the disastrous defeat at Bull Run, he decided at once to tender his services to his country and so notified his wife. He enlisted Septem- ber II, 1862, in company A, Twentieth Inch- BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY fiir, ana X’oluntcer infantry, and was witli tliat notc'd regiment in all its varied experiences in the; campaigns and bloody battles of Virginia. At the second battle of Bidl Run, he with others was detailed to hnry the dead; then went to Arlington Heights, near Washington, where the force was increased, after which, with his company, he took part in a forced march through \’irginia tw reache'd the patriare'hal age e)f ninety years. ('ajet. Je)hn S. Detrick was beun in Harri- son cejunty, Inel., I'ebruary 26, 1838. He re- ceived a commem education, learned farming, and when si.xteen years of age went to New Albany to learn the ship carpenter’s trade, at which he workeel for five months. He then ran e)n steamboats e)n the Ohio and Mississippi rivers four years. Whesi the war broke out in 1861, he was running a wood-yard about thirty miles above Memphis, Tenn., and came home with considerable difficulty, concealed on board a steamboat. He was offered $200 in gold to enlist in the rebel army. On April 16, 1861, he enlisted in company A, Twelfth Indiana in- fantry, for the three months’ service, at New Albany, Ind., under ('.apt. Thomas J. Morri- son, and Col. William W'allace. The state (piota being filled, his regiment was mustered inio the twelve months’ service, and did guard dut}’ in the southern part of this state. In July, 1861, the regiment was was assigned to the Ihiited States service for the remainder of their term; and arrived at Harper’s Ferry the 'day after the battle of Bull Run. He was in the battles of Dam No. 4, ^’a. , Winchester and several skirmishes; while in this service, his term expiring, he was honorably discharged May 19, 1862, at Washington city, and re- turned home. He then rcceix'ed a recruiting coTiimission as first lieutenant from Gov. Mor- ton under the state adjutant general, and re- cruited 400 men in Harrison, P'loyd, Craw- ford, Ciirauge, DuBois and Clark counties, Ind. He joined the Eighty-first Intliana infantry with 109 men as first lieutenant, and was in the battle of Richmond, his regiment arriving at the latter part of the engagement, having double-quicked the distance of fourteen miles from Bear Grass ('amp, K\’., man\’ men falling out of ranks exhausted on the wa\-, and only 1 1 2 of the regiment reaching the field. He wasalso in the batik' of I’erryville, J-fowling Green, Ky., Edgefic'ld, Tenn., Stone River, 'J'ullahoma, Tenn., in a sevt're skirmish at Winchester; was at (idiickamauga, and was under fire while LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILUNOIS OF CLINJON county. Of) 1 supi)orting' Hooker's corps at Lookout Moun- tain; he was at Missionary Ridge, Ringgold, Rocky-faced iMount; in the Atlanta campaign. Pumpkin \nne Creek, Hoover’s Gap, Resaca, ILirnt Hickory, Renesaw Mountain, Vining Station, Marietta, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesboro, and in pursuit of Hood; at Atlanta Pass, S])ring Hill, Franklin and Nashville, and was shot by a minie ball passing through his lelt hip and splintering off part of the bone just below the joint. He was in the Cumber- land hospital at Nashville about sixty-five days, and obtained leave of absence for ten days, which was extended ten days longer. After this visit home he reported to Gen. Palmer, Louisville, Ky., and was assigned to the charge of exchange barracks. No. 15, at Louisville, as not being able to march. He remained in this charge until the war closed, and he was honorably discharged at Indianapolis, June 9. i893. The son has also passed away. Of him it w'as written: “On the i6lh of June, 1894, the young, the promising, the heroic spirit of Allen Earhart saih'd out upon the bttsom of that great ocmin toward that peace- ful harhf)r which is the destiny of the race. His life was an exemplary one, though short. He was just (Mitering iqion }'oung manhood when called to his final rest, yet his (diaracti r had its inllnence on the commnnity, an I will long be felt. He was respected and loved by his associates of his own age, and his parents looked upon him with pride, for they could al- w'ays dejiend upon him, and the confidence they reposed on him w'as never betrayed. He was converted to Christianity, and on the 28th day of P'ebruary, 1882, joined the Methodist church, but his en'-ire life was that of a Chris- tian, and he was devoted to the interests of his church. He belonged to the Young Peo- ple’s society, and upon his death that organ- ization passed the following resolutions: " Ri'so/i'cd, That as a union we deeply feel our loss, for we ever found in him a willing worker. " Rcsoli'cd, That we cherish his memory and strive to emulate his virtues for church and temperance. ■' Resolved, That we tender to the family upon whom the shades have fallen so heavily, our sincere sympathy, and commend them to the All-wise I'ather, who doeth all things well. ” Both Mr. and Mrs. P'arhart are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and are act- ive and consistent workers therein. Mr. Ear- hart served as steward for about nine years, and has been class leader for a similar period. In politics he is a prohibitionist. All worthy interests and enterprises find in him a friend, and he is numbered among the best citizens of Madison township. Mr. Earhart held, on November 30, 1894, his sixth annual sale of fine Poland China swine, he owning the best strains that are produced. The attention of the reader is res])ectfully called to the life-like portraits accompanying this sketch, portraying the features of S. S. Pkirhart and wife Eliza, and those of their deceased son, Allen Ear- hart, all three works of art, being the produc- tions of lirst-cdass artists, and in every resiiect true to nature. 'I'he sad bereavement of the paiMMits is here somewhat compensated by the (U'eseiwation ol the likcmess of their son. LIBRARY OF THE UHIVERSITY QF \\Mm^ OF CLINTON COUNTY. 673 O SCAR WILLIAM EDMONDS, M. 1)., one of the prominent yonng phy- sicians of Frankfort, is a native of Montgomery county, Ohio, and son of Kheuden J. and Anna Edmonds. The doc- tor’s grandfather, Augustus Edmonds, was a native of Berkshire, England, in which coun- try he married Elizabeth Hines, and about the year i 789 immigrated to the United States, set- tling iii Bucks county, Pa. For valuable serv- ices rendered to the American cause in the war of the Revolution, he obtained, by the assistance of Gen. W^ashington, 500 acres of land near the present city of Mauch Chunk, which he subsequently sold for fifty cents an acre, and resided in the comity of Bucks until his death. By occupation he was a gunsmith, and for a number of years he followed civil engineering, in which he acquired great skill and proficiency, having been widely known as a profound mathematician. His wife died in 1869 and his death occurred in the year 1872 at an advanced age. Augustus and Elizabeth Edmonds were the parents of eleven children — nine sons and two daughters — and it is a fact worthy of note that the sons all grew to man- hood and took part in the late great rebellion. One of them, Capt. J. H. Edmonds, was killed at the battle of Parkersburg in 1864, and his brother, J. J., lost a leg on the nine- teenth of June of the same year. P'ive of the brothers held officers’ commissions while in the service, the rest being privates, and all, with the e.xception of the two mentioned, went through the war without receiving any injury. At this time Lewis and |ames Pldmonds are acceptable ministers of the Reform church and are recognized for their abilities in that sacred calling. R. J. Edmonds, the doctor’s father, was born in Bucks county. Pa., in the year 1812, and in early life learned the trade of cigarmaker, which he followed for a number of years, though now in the grocery trade. He married, in his native state, Anna L. Moore, who was born in the county of Bucks in 1830, the daughter of William and Anna Moore. The following children resulted from this union: Clara, wife of Dr. Beaver; Martha, wife of Oscar Ciabbs; Elizabeth B., wife of Lewis Crissman; Anna; Oscar W. ; Laura, wife of Paul Kochne; Joseph, deceased, and Phena, deceased. Mr. Edmonds has been successful financially and is a well known and highly re- spected citizen. He and wife have been, for many years, active member's of the Methodist church, and in politics he affiliates with the republican party. Mrs. Moore’s ancestry is traceable to Ireland, and the family connection with the old nobility of that counti'y is easily established. Dr. O. W. Edmonds was born Mai'ch 25, 1861 ' in Montgpmer-y county, Ohio, and spent his boyhood days at the towns of Germantown and West Carrollton, remaining at the latter place until his twentieth year. He was edu- cated in the schools of Carrollton, and, after de- ciding to adopt the medical profession, began his preparatory reading in the office of his bi'other-in-law. Dr. E. N. S. Beaver, of Al- bertus. Pa., under whose instruction he con- tinued for four years, making substantial prog- ress in the meantime. The further to increase his professional knowledge, the doctor entered Starling Medical college at Columbus, Ohio, from which he w'as graduated in 1886, and im- mediately thereafter began the practice in the city of Dayton, where he remained until his removal to Albertus, Pa., in 1888. He fol- lowed his profession successfully in the latter place for si.x months, and in September of the above year located at Frankfort, Ind., where he has since resided, actively engaged in the practice in that city and Clinton county. The doctor has filled the office of county coroner for the past two years, and at this time is city health officer, and also vice-president of the 071 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY C'oiinty Me lical society. In irn in the city of Frankfort, (diiiton county, Ind., August 16, 1849, and is a son of Aaron and Elizabeth (Lucas) Ghen*, being the eldest of a family of four children. He attended the district schools, but his present comprehensive education was acijuired by hard study at home. He was reared on the home farm, and until the age of tvvimty-three made his home with his jiarents, and then, October 17, 1872, married Miss ('yiithia, daughter of William and bdi/abeth Gaskill, and a native of Glinton county. The result of this hajipy marriage has bemi two children, named y\aron Roy and Perry ( )li\'er. |ust after his marriage, Mr. Gh ere settled on a farm about live miles north of Frankfort, which he has improved with good buildings and placed under a first- class state of cultivation, and, although he be- gan with nothing to speak of, in a financial sense, now owns 140 acres of unexcelled prop- erty. In the spring of 1890, Mr. Ghere took charge of the county farm, which he still man- ages with admirable judgment and with satis- faction to the public. Mr. Ghere is an ardent republican, is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men and of the Rnights of Mac- cabees. He and his family enjoy the esteem of the citizens of the city, township and county at large, being noted for their strict integrity and hospitable disposition. AVID GILBERT, a leading pho- tographer of Frankfort, is a natjve of Ohio, born in the county of Go- lurnbiana on the twentieth day of August, 1850. His father, David Gilbert, was born in the same county and state in the year 1812, and there married Catherine Crum- backer, who bore him the following children; Samuel, deceased; Sarah, deceased; Emanuel, deceased; Susan, wife of |ohn Lewis, of Toledo, Ohio; Elizabeth, wife of M. Jackson, j of Noble county, Ind.; Solomon, deceased; j David, the subject of this biograjiliy, and Eli, I a well known citizen of the county of Noble. David Gilbert, Sr., remained in his native j state engaged in farming until 1832, at which time he migrated to Indiana, settling in Noble county, where he continued to reside until his death, which occurred in the month of March, 1874. Mr. Gilbert was a man of much more than ordinary energy, possessed a well bal- anced mind, and by honorable and successful business management accumulated a handsome competence, owning, at the time of his death, a large and well improved farm of 300 acres lying in one of the finest agricultural districts OF CLINTON COUNTY. 691 of northern Indiana. A Methodist in his re- ligions belief, a republican from conscientious convictions, a kind father, an indulgent hus- band, and a representative citizen of his neigh- borhood — such in brief is the honorable tribute which the world pays to the memory of this most e.xcellent man. His widow, a woman in every resjtect worthy to be the companion of such a husband, is still living in Noble comity, beloved and honored by her descendants and respected by all who know her. David Gilbert, the subject, was reared on the home farm, received in the common schools a practical English education, and re- mained with his parents, looking after their interests, until twenty-four years of age. He then entered the photograph gallery of E. W. Poston at Eort Wayne, where he remained two years, devoting himself assiduously, in the meantime, to the study of photography, in which he became skillful and proficient. Shortly after leaving Eort Wayne, he located at Frankfort, Ind., in 1885, in which city he has since remained actively engaged in his chosen calling and meeting with success such as few attain in a much longer period of time. He is now proprietor of a gallery on West Clinton street, and his place is extensively patronized by the best people of I'rankfort and Clinton county. Mr. Gilbert is a true artist, keeps abreast of the times in all the latest im- proved appliances of photography, and is thoroughly familiar with every detail of the profession. Financially, he has met with most encouraging success, doing a large busi- ness, and socially enjoys great popularity in the city. He was married at Eort Wayne, Ind , May 7, 1885, to Anna Myer, who was born in that city on the fourteenth day of Oc- tober, 1864, the daughter of George and Anna Myer. One child has been born to this union — Catherine — a bright girl and the pride of the home. In politics Mr. Gilbert is a repub- lican, but has never sought for official honors at the hands of his fellow-citizens. Mrs. Gil- bert is a member of the Lutheran church, be- longing to the Eort Wayne congregation. LI JEFFERSON GOAR, the leading druggist of Kirklin and one of its most j)rominent citizens, comes from sturdy Irish and German stock. The first member of the family of whom we have any record is Henry Goar, who lived in Shenandoah county, Va. He was twice mar- ried and one of his sons for seventeen years represented his district in the state legislature. By his second wife, Catherine Kelley, he had five children: The eldest of these, Joseph, married Martha Pine, by whom he had eleven children; the remaining fonr were Robert, Nancy, James and Henry. The grandfather of our subject, Joseph Goar, was born in Aur- ginia, in 1810, and freeing his slaves removed to Pennsylvania, where he married Catherine Goar, a third cousin. They afterward emi- grated to Tipton county, Ind., and purchased 300 acres of land. Mr. Goar served as coun- ty judge, and was a prominent and influential citizen. The family numbered fifteen chil- dren, and with one exception all are living. They are James M ; Sallie, wife of John Epard; Jefferson; Martha, wife of Jeremiah Batterton, died at Bowling Green, Ky. , in 1862; Eli J., born March 20, 1839, married Emily Mott; Levi \k, born March 20, 1839, married Delilah Fisher; Nancy L. , born Jan- uary 25, 1841, married Isaac Paul, who died in 1893; Benjamin F., born April i, 1843, married Laura Thompson; Amanda J., born May 19, 1845, is the wife of Curt Parker; Louisa, C., born May 19, 1845, is the wife of John Kelley of Harrisburg, Ark. ; Emily M. , born September 22, 1847, is the wife of Aaron White; William H., born March 31; 1849; BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY r )<)2 Malt A., 1)0111 September i, i(S5i, married Ada b'lillertoii, and afti'r her death wedded Hattie Moses; Jolm Jessie, born November 15, 1854; and Catherine C. , married July 4, 1883; to Fred Mekiim. The father of this family was a democrat until 1856, when he became a whig, and later a rejniblican. He represent- ed his district for one term in the state legis- lature, and since [869 he has resided in Min- nesota. His wife died in 1886. james M. Goar, father of E. f., was born in Tijiton county, Ind., and lived at home un- til twenty-two }’ears of age, when he went to Iowa, and secured property with land warrants of the war of 1812. After locating 1 60 acres he returned to Indiana, and in 1858 married Priscilla Hatterton, who was born in Shelby county, in 1840. By their union they had two children : Joseiih W. , who was born Septem- ber 17, 1859, and married Emma Robbins; and Eli Jefferson. On the twenty-seventh of April, 1861, James M. Goar enlisted in com- pany B, Seventy-fifth Indiana infantry, and died at Murfreesboro, F'chruary 6, 1863. His remains were interred in Hill cemetery in this county. His brother-in-law, Jeremiah Bat- terton, also died in the army, and was buried at the same time. Mr. Goar belonged to the Baptist church, was a man of (juiet and gener- ous disposition, a good citizen, and had the respect and confidence of the entire communi- ty. In 1872, his wife wedded A. C. Littleton, by whom she had one son, Thaddeus S., who died at the age of four years. Her death oc- curred in October, 1887. The husband is still living in Sugar Creek township. Her brother, Jeremiah, served as a second lieuten- ant during the late war and was wounded at Mill .Springs, Ky., from the effects of which he afterward died. Her brother |ame.s enlist- ed as a juivate in 1861, served throughout the war, and was twice wounded in battle. I'di J. Goar, whose name heads this record. was born in Tipton county, Ind., April 27, 1861, and remained upon the farm until eight- een years of age. He attended the common schools and the high school at Frankfort, then entered the Danville Central Normal college, and at the age of eighteen began teaching, which he successfidly followed for a time. In connectiem with his brother he then embarked in general merchandising at Pickard’s Mill, where for three years they carried on a suc- cessful business. Mr. Goar was married March 12, 1882, to Orpha Louisa King, who was born July 23, 1861, and is a daughter of James and Polly (Mary Whnship) King. They have three children — James Vernon, born December 27, 1882; Everett Logan, born November 13, 1886; and Edith Lou, born December 2, 1891. In 1884, Mr. Goar sold his store and removed to the farm belonging to his father-in-law, which he continued to cultivate until 1891, when, on account of his wife's failing health, he left the farm. During the succeeding year he taught school at Forest, and in 1892 came to Kirklin. Being appointed deputy county treasurer, he then removed to Frankfort, where he remained until December, 1893, when we again find him in Kirklin. Here he formed a partnership with G. T. Williams, under the firm name of Goar & Whlliams, and purchased the drug stock of W. W. Wild. They have a tinely appointed store, handle everything found in a first-class establishment of the kind, and now have a large business. Mr. Goar also owns a farm of ninety-two acres, under a high state of cultivation and well improved with all modern conveniences. He is a member of the Masonic lodge, and of thi' camp of the Sous of Veterans, both of Kirklin. In politics he is a republican, and takes a deep interest in the success and growth of his party, but has never sought office. William King, grandfather of Mrs. Eli J. Goar, was born in Rockbridge county, \ a., OF CLINTON COUNTY, 693 October, i, 1777. He removed from \’irginia to Rock Castle county, Ky. , about 1795 and was married to Mary Evans in 1 799 He re- moved from Kentucky to Rush county, Ind., in 1 833' and died December 7, 1837. Mary, wife of Wdliam King, was born in North ('arolina April 16, 1785, removed to Kentucky when about twelve years old, there married, and removed from Kentucky to Rush county, Ind., in 1833, and in 1839 to Clinton county, Ind. . and died April 10, 1 847. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. William King were named as follows; James, born December 20, 1808, in Pulaski county, Ky. ; Mary, born in Fayette, Ind., January 17, 1817. James and Mary W'inship were married March 5, 1835; Thomas S. born January 25, 1836, and died .Ma}’ 4, 1859. William L. , born March 21, 1838, and married August 26, 1863. Jesse W., born June 10, 1841, married October ii, 1866. died December 16, 1890, Celia, born October 22, 1843, and was married May 4, 1869 Mary J., born January 16, 1847, mar- ried November 21 , 1883. Louisa, born De- cember 25, 1849, married October 4, 1874. Martha A., born Jmre 29, 1852, died Febru- ary I, 1853. John C. , born November 15, 1856, married November 9, 1879. Orpha L. is now Mrs. E. J. Goar. Jesse Winship, the maternal grandfather, was born in the state of New York, April 22, 1787, and moved to Br,)okville, Ind., when about twenty years of age and married Celia Leforge in 181 i, then moved to Connersville, Ind , and in 1821 he moved to Rush county, Ind.; died November 18, 1854. Celia (La- forge) Wmship, born in New Jersey, May 23, 1793, died August 12, 1854, was the mother of ten children, six sons and four daughters, who were living at her death, which was the first broken link of the family circle. The fam- ily always stood deservedly high in the com- munity. AVID GOCHENAUER, one of the prominent farmers of Owen town- ship, Clinton county, Ind., and a re- spected citizen, springs from sterling German and English stock. His ancestors were early settlers of Pennsylvania, and mem- bers of the German Baptist church. John Gochenauer, grandfather of our subject, was a f.irmer of Shenandoah county, Va. , his farm being on the banks of the Shenandoah river. His wife was Miss Fisher, and to them were horn Katie, Sallie, Betsey, Polly, Levi, |ohn, Benjamin and Whlliam. Mr. Gochenauer had a good farm of 160 acres, and was a sub- stantial farmer. William Gochenauer, fatljer of David, was born in Shenandoah county, Va , on his father's farm, and received a com- mon education. He married in Shenandoah county, Va., Mary A. Hoffmann, of English descent, and to them were born six children, who lived tomaturity: Harrison, Noah, David, Cyrus. Elizabeth and Polly. Mr. Gochenauer moved to Preble county, Ohio, in 1837, and resided on rented land until 1842, when he came to Indiana and settled in Clinton county, Ross township, where he bought eighty acres, all in the woods. He cleared this up, and by hard work and great industry, earned the means to buy forty acres more, thus owming 120 acres in all. He was a very honest man, and a consistent member of the German Bap- tist church. David Gochenauer was born January 26, 1832, on a farm on Cedar Creek, Shenandoah county, Va., and was but five years old when he first left Virginia, yet he can still remember the old homestead and the journey through the wilderness from Ohio to Indiana when ten years of age, the trip being made with horses and wagons — he driving the cattle. He was brought up a farmer, was a school-teacher when a young man, and married, at the age of twenty-three years, Mary Revis, daughter of RTOGRAPHICAT. HISTORY ()0 I I'-nocli Kcvis, of Ross tovvnsliip, and to Mr. and Mrs. Oot'henaner were born seven chil- dren, who lived to rea835; George W., born [anuary 11, 1838; Perry T., born August 17, 1840; Mary E., born March 8, 1843; Smiford d'., horn [uly 4, 1846; and George I,., born ( fctober 24, 1849. The mother of this family died |uly 6, 1851, and on the first of july, 1852, Mr. Gorham wedded Mary Cook, who was born October 5, 1813, and (lied December 24, 1887. The father was called to the home beyond, August 4, 1864. Perry T. Gorham, the gentleman whose name heads this record, is a native of Indi- anapolis. At the time of his mother’s death he was a lad of nine years. He then began earning his own livelihood, and when a youth of fifteen began learning the blacksmith’s trade, which he followed until August 2, 1862, when he entered his country’s service, being mustered in, at Indianapolis, on the fourth of Septem- ber as a member of company A, Eighty-sixth Indiana infantry. The regiment went to Ken- tucky, took part in the battle of Perryville and in others of that campaign, driving Gen. Bragg from the state. At the battle of Stone River Mr. Gorham acted as first sergeant and gave out rations for thirty-three, but in the evening had to supply only five men. He was wounded by a musket ball in the left thigh. At that place he was commissioned second lieutenant, but on account of his wound was forced to re- main in the hospital for eight months. With his regiment he then went to Chattanooga, where he continued six weeks, and was in the center of the charge at Missionary Ridge. With the command he went to the relief of Gen. Burnside, and afterward took part in the entire Atlanta camjtaign, including the battles of New Hope Cluirch, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree ('reek, I'ranklin, Nash- ville and Overton Hill. After the battle of Missionary Ridge he was made first lieutenant, and during the Atlanta campaign was commis- sioned captain. After a long march through Tennessee, he was musten'd out at Nashville, )une6, 1865, was paid off at that place, and his was the first regiment from Indianapolis to return home. Caj>tain Gorham at once came to Kirklin and purchased a blacksmith shop, which he carried on for five years. He was married OF CLINTON COUNTY. 099 August 7, 1865, to Parinelia Hazelrigg, who was born in Kentucky May 7, 1843, and is a daugli- ter of Eli and Nancy (Harney) Hazelrigg, of that state. Their children are Richard C., horn July 3, 1866; Bernard H., born January I, 1868; Nancy E., born September 15, 1872; Mary R., born in December, 1876, and Millie M., born October 12, 1883; Nancy and Mary are both now deceased. Selling his shop, Mr. Gorham purchased a farm of eighty acres, upon which he lived nine years. He then clerked nine months for W. A. Huffine, and was with C. H. Beach for three years. In September, 1884, he was appointed by Presi- dent Cleveland as postmaster, and served with much credit. In 1887 he bought the stock of C. H. Beach, entered into partnership with his sons Richard and Bernard, and has since successfully carried on business as a general merchant. He also organized the Kirklin bank, October 20, 1892, of which he is still president, bnt on account of failing eyesight he is now practically living retii'ed. In 1890 he was elected county commissioner, and served one term. He has a beautiful home, fitted up with all .modern conveniences and supplied with many of the luxuries of life. He has prospered in his undertakings and his success is well merited. ERNARD HAZELRIGG GORHAM, a banker and merchant of Kirklin, is a self-made man, whose success in life is due entirely to his own efforts, his perseverance and his enterprise. He has the honor of being a native of this city, his birth having here occurred January i, 1868. Bernard H. attended the public schools until seventeen years of age, from which he gradu- ated in 1885. He then became a student in Bryant & Stratton’s business college of Indi- anapolis, received his diploma, and then re- turned to Kirklin. Mr. Gorham entered upon his business career as a clerk for G. E. Miller, a general merchant of Terhune, Ind. He worked in the store and also looked after the stave and grain buying business. In the fall of 1886, his father, Perry T. Gorham, his brother, Richard C. , and himself entered into partnership in the sale of boots and shoes, dry goods, hats and caps, groceries and notions, buying ont C. H. Beach and putting in a stock of some $2,000. They began business on the same block where the bank and store are now located. In 1891, Mr. Gorham entered the First National bank of Frankfort, Ind., where he did general work, as he was desirous of learning the business, and was thus employed for six months. In February, 1892, the mer- cantile business had grown to such proportions that it became necessary to secure more com- modious quarters, so they went into the room on the south, putting in a hardware stock and also moving into it the grocery store, so that more space was thus secured for their shoe department. On the twentieth of October of the same year they opened the bank at Kirk- lin, and this business has developed until they now keep exchange in New York, Indianapo- lis and Frankfort. Its officers are P. T. Gor- ham, president; B. H. Gorham, cashier; and R. C. Gorham, assistant cashier. This is the only bank in the vicinity of Kirklin, and it re- ceives a large patronage from farmers of the community and has the confidence of all. Mr. Gorham was married June 21, 1893, to Mary Holmes, who was born in Sugar Creek township, and is a daughter of Dr. W. A. T. and Eliza (Boulden) Holmes of this county. The lady attended the common and high schools and graduated with honor from the latter. She possessed a bright and cheery disposition, an intellect of more than ordinary ability, and was an excellent musician, being a fine performer on the piano and having a 7()0 lilOGRAPlIICAL HISTORY voice of f^reut ])o\vcr and sweetness. She taught tliree terms of school and was very successful. After their marriage, they went to Chicago, visiting the World’s fair, and then returned to their pleasant home in Kirklin, which was sup])lied with all the comforts and many of the lu.xuries of life. On the twenty- second of March, 1894, their daughter, Mary Ruth, was born, and on the twenty-sixth the mother died. She was an active and earnest worker in the church and her loss was deef)ly mourned throughout the community. Mr. Gorham is also a faithful member of the Christian church of Kirklin, and from its or- ganization until the past year served as treas- urer and deacon. He was one of the building committee who erected the present hue l>yck edifice, which was dedicated in 1889, and for some three years has served as superintendent of the Sunday-school. In politics he is a democrat, and has filled the offices of town treasurer and clerk -now serving his third term in the latter office. He is one of the most valued citizens of this place and his honorable and well-spent life has won for him universal confidence and esteem. OHX TAYLOR GREGG, who devotes his time and energies to agricultural pursuits, his home being in Sugar Creek township, Clinton county, Ind., has the honor of being a native of the Hoosier state. He was born on the farm where he yet resides August 8, 1849. 'file family is of English origin. The grandfather, ]ohn Gregg, a na- tive of Kmitucky, served as a soldier in the war of 1812. He made farming his life occupation and bc'came the owner of 120 acres in Howard county, Ind. His wife, Mary Grc^gg, was a native of Kentucky, and to them were born six children Matthew, Nancy, Lucy, Sarah, Jane and James. The father died at the age of seventy; his wife at seventy-five years. James Gregg was a native of Kentucky, and a farmer by occupation. He married Miss Redwine, by whom he had a daughter, Elizabeth, and after her death wedded Eliza M. Thurman, who was born June 25, 1825, and was a daugh- ter of Elijah and Mary Thurman. Nine chil- dren, beside John E., graced their union — Joseph, Ruth, Viola, Alziua, James O., Zora E. , Lincoln H., Mary and Sarah A. James Gregg received from his father eighty acres of heavy timber land, which he cleared and im- proved, making it a valuable farm. He after- ward became owner of 210 acres. He and wife belonged to the Christian church, and in politics he was a republican. He died at the age of sixty-one, and his widow is still living. On the old homestead John T. Gregg was reared, and in the public schools his education was acquired. He remained with his parents until he had attained his majority, and then led to the marriage altar Miss Mary Scott, who was born I)ecend)er 26, 1853, and is a daugh- ter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Rector) Scott. Thev began their domestic life u]-)on the farm, Mr. Gregg purchasing forty acres of the old homestead, on which he erected a cabin. Six children came to bless their home; Heber, Vanrosco, James L. , Ethel M., Victor and Hern. The family now has a pleasant home on a good farm of fifty acres, on which is a thrifty young orchard. Mr. Gregg juays con- siderable attcuition to raising small fruits, and in this business is meeting with goc’id succexss. In politics he is a stalwart and active republi- can, and has served as delegate to the county conventions of his party. His industr)’ and enterprise are numbered among his chief char- acteristics, and have beiui the means of secur- ing for him the farm which he now occupies. His entire life has been passed in this com- munity, and all who know him esteem him OF CLINTON COUNTY. 701 hij;hly for liis sterling worth and strict integ- rit\-. lie well deserves mention among the leading farmers of this community. a HARLESG. GUENTHER, one of the prominent attorneys of Frankfort, was born in Jefferson City, Mo., February 3, 1853, and is a son of Charles H. W. and Anna (Kramer) Guenther. Charles H. W. Guenther was born in Dres- den, Saxony, Germany, in June, 1826, and ,at the age of twenty-two (or in 1848) came to the United States and first located in Madison, Wis., whence he went to Chicago, 111 ., then to St. Louis, Mo., and about 1850 settled in Jefferson City, where he engaged in contract- ing and building, although he had been a boot and shoe merchant previously. He was mar- ried in Jefferson City in 1852, his wife being a native of Ashendorf, then in the kingdom of Hanover, and a daughter of Gerhardt A. Kramer, who came to America in 1836, and located in Jefferson City, where he died. To the marriage of Charles H. W. and Anna Guenther five children were born, viz: Charles G., Theckla, Rosina, Ida, and Anna — the three last named being deceased. Mrs. Anna Guen- died January i, i860, and in 1863 Charles H. W. married Rosina Kramer, a sister of his first wife, and a nativg of Jefferson City. To this union were born four children, named Gerhardt A. ; Anna; Oscar, deceased, and Eu- gene. These children all reside in Jefferson City. Their father was a lieutenant in the Union army, and in politics was a republican. He was a great reader, was very popular, and died, most highly respected, at Jefferson City in 1883. Charles G. Guenther was reared to man- hood in his native city and was there educated. His first employment was in 1867 as page in the state senate, which position he filled for two years; he was then appointed senate mes- senger for two years; but after the expiration of the first year of this service was appointed assistant state librarian of Missouri, and after doing duty in this position for two years, he entered the law office of Lay & Belch, of Jef- ferson City, and read with that firm for three years — or from 1872 to 1875 — and in October of the latter year was appointed first deputy of the supreme court, which position he held until 1882, when he entered the law depart- ment of the Wabash Railroad company at St. Louis, with which he remained until 1885, and then accepted a position in the law department of the Monon road, located at Chicago; was its chief clerk until the latter part of 1886, and then came to Frankfort and engaged with S. O. Bayless until January, 1889, when he he- bame a partner and stdl so remains. The marriage of Mr. Guenther took place in Chi- cago, June II, 1887, to Miss Viola J. Derby, who was born in Eorreston, 111 ., June ii, i860, a daughter of Elmer and Laura (Ken- nedy) Derby. Two children have been born to Mr. Guenther and wife, viz: Carl and Helen Irene, who are still living. Mr. and Mrs. Guenther are members of the Presbyterian church and highly, tespected members of so- ciety. • Mr. Guenther is a stanch democrat, and during the time he was deputy clerk of the supreme court held the office of public admin- istrator of Cole county. Mo. (six years), and at one time was nominated by his party for mayor of Frankfort against James W. Collins, but the opposition party were in too great a majority for his success. Mr. Guenther has displayed ability in every position he has held, has been successful in his profession, and has accumulated some property. In his social and domestic relations Mr. Guenther has been mo.st fortunate, and he has no reason to complain of his business af- fairs. BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY 7()2 I'ORGIC ('. IIARISAL'GH, the gen- tlciiKuily postmaster at Colfax, Clin- ton comity, Ind , anti ex-soldier, was liorn in Covington, Miami comity, Oliio, Novemlier 24, 1H39, and is a son of Whishington G. and Sarah (Freeman) Har- haiigh, wild an' natives respectively of Mary- land and Ohio, and were married in Miami comity, ()hio, where the father followed his trade of harness maker until 1H47, when he moved to Harrisburg, Ohio, where he resided until 1851, and then lived in Dayton, Ohio, until 1^54, when he came to Indiana and lo- cated at P'rankfort, where he enlisted in the Fortieth Indiana volunteer infantry, and where he died, while at home on a furlough, in Feb- ruar\', 1863. He was the father of two chil- dren, George C. and Mary F., the latter of whom is deceased. The mother of George C. died when the latter was but four years of age, and he was reared by a stepmother, who had borne the maiden name of Rachael Lancaster, whom his father married in Harrisburg, Ohio. In I 860, our subject went to Livingston county. Ilk, and was there engaged in farm work until April, 1861, when he enlisted in comjiany D, Twentieth Illinois insantry, for three years or during the war, served, four years, three months and twenty-seven days in the same comjiany and regiment, took part in twenty- seven general engagements, was never wound- ed, but was once taken jirisoner and held at .Vndersonvilk' and Florence, S. C., nine months; he was discharged |nly 16, 1865, at Chicago, Ilk, w hence he returned to I'rank- fort, Ind., and engaged in harness making until 1874, when he moved to Colfax and re- entered the same business, which he followed live \-ears; then was employed in a saw-mill six ycuirs, and then re-eiigaged in the harness trade, which lu’ has since successfully con- ducted. d'he marriage ol Mr. Harbaugh took place in Glinton county, Ind., Nov. 23, 1865, to Miss Annie Benjamin, who was born in New Jersey in February, 1842, a daugnter of John and Eliza Benjamin, and to this union have been born nine children, viz: Fannie B , wife of George Musgrove, of Clinton county; Maggie, married to Elias Wagner, clerk in a general store; Ida May, deceased; W. B., John W., George C., Mary, Winfield H. and Ada, deceased. In religion, Mr. and Mrs. Harbaugh are members of the Methodist Epis- copal church. In politics, Mr. Harbaugh is a democrat, and was postmaster at Erankfort in 1867 and 1868, and has been justice of the peace in Colfax ten years and town clerk five years. December i, 1893, Nvas commis- sioned postmaster of Colfax, and has since filled the office to the entire satisfaction of the public. He is an Odd Eellow, and a member of the G. A. R., and he and family stand very high in the esteem of the ])eople of Colfax. EORGE W. HALSTEAD, proprietor of the Earhart hotel of Mulberry, Clinton county, Ind., has been a resident of this place but a short time, yet his progressive spirit has made him recognized as one of the leading citizens. He w'as born in Fayette county, hub, September 12, 1843, and is the son of Hickson and Eliza (}ones) Halstead, the former a native of New ^'ork, and the latter of this state. Hickson Halstead kvas born in 1803, and at the age of five years was brought by his ]5arents to In- diana, the family settling in I'ayette county. His father, Robert Halstead, there secured a farm, upon which Hickson was reared to man- hood. He, too, became a farmer and owned and oiterated 198 acres of highly im])roved land, in addition to which he carried on stock farming. Eliza (Jones) Halstead was born in 1814. Her father was also an Indiana farmer and had a valuable tract of land of 400 acres. library OF THE university of llrUfW^IS OF CLINTON COUNTY. 705 To Mr. and Mrs. Hickson Halstead were born ten cliililren, three of whom are yet living — Llizabeth, witlow of Jacob Stevens of Rush county, Ind. ; Louisa, wife of James Tate; and George \V. Those deceased are Delilah J., Thomas J., Lucinda, Mary P. , and Hickson. The father of the family died November 19, 1886, and the death of his wife occurred March 13, 1863. George W. Halstead was reared on his father’s farm in Fayette county, and received such educational privileges as the common schools of the neighborhood afforded. At the age of twenty-two he began life for himself. For three years he rented a farm and then purchased 160 acres of land in Benton county, Ind., which he owned and operated for eight years. On selling out he bought 170 acres in johnson county, 111. ; he made his home until 1894 in Benton county, Ind., when he again sold and embarked jn the lumber business in Talbot, where he continued until 1894, when he purchased his hotel and removed to Mul- berry. While engaged in the lumber business he also handled tile and coal. In Talbot. Benton county, Ind., he has four lots, upon which is a good house and barn. Hr. Hal- stead has been twice married. On the twen- ty-first of December, 1865, he wedded Susan E., daughter of John I. and Clarissa I). (Utter) Thomas. The father died in 1867, but the mother is still living. Mrs. Halstead passed away December 19, 1884, and was laid to rest in the cemetery in Oxford. Mr. Hal- stead was again married October 10, 1888, his second union being with Mary Stembel, daugh. ter of Theophilus and Martha (Justus) Stembel, the former a natiye of Maryland, ami the lat- ter of Ohio. They were of Scotch and Ger- man ancestry respectively. The father was born December ii, 1813, the mother July 3, 1828, and they still reside in Benton county. In their family were twelve children : Eleanor, 34 deceased; Jane, wife of Henry C. Harris; Aus- tin, deceased; Mary; Frank; Elbert of Maine; Isabel, wife of W. R. Phares; Jerome of Salt Lake City, Utah; Perry; Walter; Basil and Oliver. The father of this family is a physi- cian and in former years was one of the most prominent doctors in the state, but for some time he has lived retired. Mrs. Halstead was born May ii, 1853, and by her marriage has one son, Theophilus S., who was born Jan- uary 3, 1890. Our subject and his wife are both members of the Christian church, and in his political views Mr. Halstead is a democrat. AMES B. HALL, one of the old and honored citizens of Clinton county, who now resides near Mulberry, was born in Montgomery county, Ind., on the 28th co^-'.p'eeem.bej, ,48^3. His parents, Mat- thew and Barbara (Brown) Hall, w'ere both natives of North Carolina, and were of Irish descent. The grandparents on both sides were natives of the Emerald isle and crossed the Atlantic to America in an early day. Matthew Hall, who was born in 1806, emigrated west- ward, in 1828 located in Montgomery county, Ind., entered 160 acres of land, and improved it until 1839. In that year he sold out and came to Clinton county. Here he settled on the farm now owned by fosej)!! Heavilon, and at one time there owned 400 acres of rich and arable land. Both he and his wife are now deceased. A family of eight children graced their union, namely: James B., Margaret, Elizabeth, William, Jane and John, all of whom are yet living, and Mary and Nancy now deceased. James B. Hall, whose name heads this record, spent the days of his boyhood and youth upon his father’s farm. He was a child of only ten years w'hen he was brought by his parents to Clinton county, and here he was 7 (H) BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY reared and reci'i\'ed a very liniit('d education, lie attended the sul)script ioii schools, but nevc'r was a student in the ])ublic schools. After reacdiiiif^ his majority he purchased i6o acres ol land in White county, Ind., and upon that farm made his home for three years, de- votiiif( his time and attention to its cultivation. On the exi)iration of that period he returned to this county, where he and his wife own i6o acres of j.;o()d land. It is well improved, bein^^ sui)plied with all the accessories and conveni- ences of a model farm. The Helds are well tilled and Mr. Hall has put upon the place a large and comfortable brick residence and a good barn. The farm is neat and thrifty in appearance and indicates to the passer-by the enterprise of the owner. In 1866, Mr. Hall married iMiss Nancy, daughter of Isaac and jane (Miller) Fickle, and by their union have been born three children: Letta |., John C. and William I. Both parents hold membership with the United Presbyterian church, and Mr. Hall belongs to Stone River jinst, G. A. K. During the late war he eidisted in August, 1861, as a member of company C, Tenth Indi- ana infantry, under Captain Miller, but after ten months was honorably discluirged on ac- count of i)hysically disability. He e.xercises his right of franchise in support of the demo- cratic party. All who know him esteem him highly for his sterling worth and strict integ- rity, and he well deserves re})ia'sentation in this volume. UGH K. HAMILTON, prominent fai rner and stock raiser of Washing- ton township, Clinton county, was born in Preble county, Ohio, Septem- ber 8, 1824, the son of Ah'xander and Fli/a- beth Hamilton. Alextinder was the sou of Samuel Ibamiltou, whose father, Alexander, a native of tlu' north of Ireland, served seven years in the Revolutionary war. From the most reliable information obtainable the Ham- iltons appear to have been originally from Scotland, and it is learned that one Archibald Hamilton, father of the above-named Alexan- der, moved from Scotland to the north of Ire- land a number of years before the dawn of the present century. His son, Alexander, emi- grated to America in the time of the colonies and died a number of years ago in Preble county, Ohio. The subject’s grandfather, Samuel Hamilton, was born in South Caro- lina, later removed to Rentucky, thence moved to Ohio, where his death occurred. Alexander Hamilton, father of Hugh R., was a native of South Carolina, born November 8, 1796, and his wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Ramsey, was born September 19, 1793, in the state of Virginia. Mrs. Hamilton was the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Lackey) Ram- sey, natives of Virginia, and of Irish and Scotch descent, resj)ectively. John Ramsey was the son of William Ramsey, who was born in Ire- land. Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton died January 31, 1861, and her husbaml departed this life on the fourth day of March, 1879. They were the parents of ten children, only one of whom, the subject of this sketch, is now living. The names of the other members of the family are as follows: John L. , Samuel, Jauc, Eliza, James, I'raucis R,, Mary, David R. and George C. Hugh R. Hamiltou was reared on the farm and received what was termed in those days a fi'ood common-school education. He came to Clinton county, Ind., with his father in 1839, and remained under the parental roof until his twenty-seventh ycxir, at which time, on the eleventh day of December, 1845, he entered into the marriage relation with Mary B. Coul- ter, daughter of James and Mary (Brown) Coulter. 'I'lie father of Mrs. Hamilton was a native of Ireland and an early settlerof North OF CLINTON COUNTY. 707 Carolina. His wife was born in South Caro- lina, -and Mrs. Hamilton was their only child, the date of her birth beinj^- February 25, 1824. Seven children have blessed the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton, the following of whom are living; Martha E., wife of John J. Rich- ards, born August 22, 1853; Hugh A., born I'ebruary 21, 1856; Jessie, born November 1 i, 1861; Charles C., born September 15, 1863, and Marbara J., born September i, 1867. The following are the names of those deceased: Elizabeth, born September 15, 1846, died June 12, 1871; and James B., born November II, 1849, died April 26, 1850. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton have acquired a comfortable compe- tence of this world’s goods, owning a fine farm of 340 acres in W'ashington township, upon which Mr. Hamilton has erected a fine brick residence — one of the best farm dwell- ings in his part of the county. Politically, Mr. Hamilton is a republican, aiid as such was twice elected to the office of county com- 'inissioner, the duties of which responsible posi- tion he discharged with ability and commend- able fidelity. He is a member of the United Presbyterian church, in which, since 1852, he has been an elder. Mrs. Hamilton belongs to the same church, and is an earnest, active re- ligious worker. EV. THOMAS M. HAMILTON.— The paternal ancestors of the gentle- man whose name introduces this no- tice were Scotch, and his grandfather, John Hamilton, left the old country a number of years ago, immigrating to America in colonial times, and, after the Revolutionary war, set- tling in Kentucky, where his death occurred. He held a major’s commission in the American army during the war of independence and took a courageous part in that struggle from the be- ginning to the end, and distinguished himself on many a bloody battle-field. He was the father of nine children, named as follows — Abner, Alexander, Ferdinand, John, Archibald, Andrew, Peggy, Betsy and Catherine. Andrew Hamilton, father of Thomas M., was born in Virginia, and when young was taken by his parents to Kentucky, where he subsequently married Mary Miller. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, came to Boone county, Ind., in 1832, entered land and became a well-to-do farmer, and died November 23, 1855. His sec- ond wife was Betsy Randolph, who died in 1834, and in 1837 he was united in marriage to Jane Richardson, whose death occurred in the year 1878. Andrew Hamilton was the father of two children — John R., who died in Febru- ary, 1840, and Thomas M., the subject of this sketch, who first saw the light of day May i, 1822, in Montgomery county, Ky. Thomas M. Ha’milton was about ten years old when brought by his parents to Boone county, Ind., and he grew' to manhood on a farm, attending, in the meantime, the sub- scription schools of the country, in which he obtained a fair knowledge of the branches usually taught. On arriving at manhood’s es- tate he chose agriculture as a pursuit, and con- tinued the same about twelve years, purchas- ing his first land, consisting of seventy-five acres, in 1843. Subsequently he purchased additional land and now owns 120 acres in the township of Jackson, although for a number of years he has not been actively engaged in farming, merely giving his attention to the management of his place. From early life Mr. Hamilton took deep interest in religious matters, and in 1852 entered the ministry of the United Brethren church, with which he has since been prominently identified. His first circuit had twenty-one appointments, w'hich he filled once every three weeks, and it is a fact worthy of note that, the first year of his ministry, he was constantly on the go 708 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY and pri'achcd tna'i' 400 sermons. W'ithin the ciia nit to whieh he ministered as re^nlar pas- tor\V(;re tlu‘ following congregations: Lebanon, Ladoga, ('hamhersl)m<(, Green Hill, Concord and ('rawfordsx'ilh'. In 1857 Mr. Hamilton was elected ])residin4' elder, and he has held that important position for a period of twenty- S(‘ven years, ha\in;4' been re-elected eight dif- ferent times to the general conference. He is still actively engaged in the work of the min- istry, and bids fair to be of effective service hn- a number of years to come in the good work to which so many years of his life have been devoted. While not a politician in the sense in which that term is generally under- stood, Mr. Hamilton has ever manifested a dee]> interest in public affairs and has always maintained that politics should be made a careful study by every true .\merican citizen, fie is a republican and as such was elected a meinber of the state senate in 1868, serving four years, and in 1880 was elected to repre- sent B(jone county in the lower house of the general assembly. Mr. Hamilton was married, December 8, 1840, to Prudence Larkin, daughter of Jona- than and Keziah (Antrim) Larkin, natives of New Jersey and of Irish descent. The family of .Mrs. Hamilton can be traced back many generations in the old country to Lord Antrim, one of the old nobility of the Emerald isle. Her grandfather, John Larkin, came to Amer- ica a number of years ago and reared a family, anu)ng whom was Jonathan, father of Mrs. Hamilton. He died in 1830 and his wife in 185G. 'Idle following are the names’of thcnr (diildren; William, Elisha, Sarah, Mariah, Josejih, John and Prudence, the last named being the only member of the family living at this time. d'o the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton the following children liave been born: John R., born August 9, i8.|i, is a law- yer ol Norton, Kansas; Maria P. , born No\'em- ber 25, 1843, married Samuel West and died in the year 1883: George W., l)orn March 25, 1847, died August 22, 1849; Matilda, born August 24, 1849, died May 28, 1876; Larkin P. , born December 10, 1852; Andrew A., born September 8, 1857; Abraham L. , born Sep- tember 29, i860; RosellaM., born January 24, 1868. John R. Hamilton, the oldest son, served in the late war in company D, Seven- teenth Indiana infantry, and took part in a number of battles, including Greenbriar, Howes Gap, Chickamauga, and was discharged in June, 1864. He is now a prominent lawyer of Norton, Kan. OSEPH HEAVILON, a representative citizen of W'ashington township, Clin- ton county, Ind., was born in Wiscon- sin, when that state was a territory, on ' the twenty-ninth day of May, 1840, and is the son of Taylor and Sallie (Potter) Heavilon, Taylor Heavilou came to Clinton county, Ind., in the fall of 1829, in company with his brother- in-law, Samuel Young, and was joined the fol- lowing fall by his parents, from Butler county, Ohio, who settled on a farm now owned by the subject of this sketch. His first purchase of land consisted of 125 acres, and later, in part- nership with his brother, entered a tract of 320 acres about a mile and a half southeast of the present site of Jefferson village, all of which subsecpiently came to his possession. By oc- cupation Taylor Heavilon was a carpenter, and in 1832 he worked at liis trade in Chicago, in which city he erected the first Catholic church. In the fall of 1836 he went to Mil- waukee, Whs., where he worked at his trade one year, and Juik' 17, 1837, he was united in marriage to Sallie Potter, daughter of Abel and Cynthia (Lathro])) Potter, natives of Rutland conntv. Vt. Mrs. Ileavilon was born Ma}' 9, 1 8 I HISTORY H MOS LINCOLN HIATT, one of the inominent citizens nnd the principal of the liigh school of Kirklin, was born near I'rankfort on the fifteenth of Sejitcmber, 1861, and comes of sturdy b'rench and Scotch ancestry. His great-grand- father was Tennyson Hiatt, a farmer, who removed to Ohio from North Carolina with his famil}’ and died when less than forty years of age. The grandfather, Christopher Hiatt, was the youngest of the family and was born March j 27, 1805, in Crayson county, Va. He was married A]iril i, 1824, to Martha Stanley, whose birth occurred on the tenth of March, 1803, and they became the parents of seven children, namely; Amos, who was born June 8, 1825; Susan, born July i, 1826; Lydia, born October 15, I828; Emily, born Novem- ber 18, 1830; Samuel, born October 10, 1832; Priscilla, born March 17, 1836; and Christo- pher T., born Nov^ember 1 8,v,-'i838. Tlie' father of this family was a man of five feet and eleven inches in height, weighing 170 pounds. He was acti\’e, strong and agile, reached the age of seventy }’ears, and was a man of con- siderable learning, acquired by home reading. | His wife passed away at the age of six’ty-three. Loth were Friends in religious views. Christopher T. Hiatt was born in Henry county, Ind.,and eighteen when he removed to Center township, Clinton county, settled near I'rankfort. His educational privileges were quite limited, as during his early child- hood, he suffered much with his eyes, and therefore could not attend school, but in later years, by reading, experience and observation, has become well informed, and, seeing the advantages of a good education, he has pro- vided his childrmi with j)rivileges adapted to that (Mid. On the sixth of November, i860, he wedded Martha Pyatt who was born h'eb- ruar\' 20, 1842, and is the daughter of An- drew [. P\att, but whose mother died when she was quite a small child. To Mr. and Mrs. Hiatt have been born five children: Amos L. ; Ceorge A., who married Mary Moon; Edwin Ci ; Lydia J. : and Nellie F., who died at the age of five years. In the usual manner of farmer lads the subject of our sketch spent the days of his boyhood and youth, and to his father gave the benefit of his services until he had attained his majority. He worked at corn husking, hay making, harvesting and other farm pursuits, and spent about three months of each year I attending school. M'hen eighteen he spent ninety-one days in school and then received a license to teach. During the winter seasons he would follow this profession, and in the summer months would aid in the work of the farm. On the first of June, 1883, he entered the United States Military academy at M'est Point, having passed a competitive examina- ’tion and been appointed by Congressman G. S. Orth. Here he remained until January, 1884, when he returned home and resumed his work at farming and teaching. On the fourteenth of September of the same year, Mr. Hiatt wedded Zorodah C. Lucas, who was born April 22, 1862, and is a daughter of Will- iam and Mary (Dlackj Lucas. They had three children : Cassius E. , born July i o, 1885; Ormsby T. , who was born March 1, 1887; and Nellie O., who was born August 18, 1889, and died March 6, 1892. Mr. Hiatt came to Kirklin as teacher in the grammar depart ment, but for the last two jears has been principal of the schools of this place. He is an able educator, and his excellent success has won him a high reputation. His wife is a member of the United Drethnm church. In politics he is an active rcqaiblican, and has served as dele- gate to both the congressional and county co 1- ventions, but has never sought office for him- self. b'raternally he is a member of Kirklin lodge. No. 443, 1 '. N A. M. library OF THE wtos/tvofiw,*,,, /ft. 'J.'O . OF CLINTON COUNTY. 717 jKSSIC HILL. — Few men of cen- tral Indiana are as widely and favor- abh' known to both young and old as the subject of this sketch, whose venerable form for a number of years past has heen a familiar figure on the streets of Frank- fort. Rev. Jesse Hill was born in Randolph county, S. C., September 8, 1819, the son of Thomas and Sarah (Wright) Hill, both natives of the state named. The year that Mr. Hill first saw the light of day witnessed the emi- gration of his parents to Putnam county, Ind., where the father died a few years after locating his family in their new home, in what was then a comparatively unsettled country. The mother, a most excellent lady of much more than ordinary intellectuality, reared the seven dependent children to maturity, although some years after her husband’s death she became the wife of Judge John Sigley, of Greencastle. She departed this life in the year 1844, honored and lamented by all who knew her. Thomas Hill was a successful man for that day, and a most exemplary member of the old Christian church, of which his wife was also a communi- cant. The following are the names of the children of Thomas and Sarah Hill: Eliza- beth, Rebecca, Martha, Mary, Celia, Gillie and Jesse, the last named being the youngest mem- ber of the family, and all but him have long since been called from the scenes of their earthly life. The early years of Jesse Hill were spent in Putnam county, and while still quite young, owing to the death of his father, he was obliged to contribute of his small earnings, as a common laborer, to the support of his sis- ters and widowed mother. F'rom his youth he manifested a profound interest in religion, and early became identified with the Methodist church, the local ministry of which he entered before his twenty-first year, and shortly there- after engaged in the active work of the itiner- ancy in the Northwestern conference. His first regular work as an itinerant was on the old North Salem circuit, which he served one year, and from there he was transferred to the Vigo circuit, over which he exercised pastoral con- trol for the same length of time. Additional to the above, Mr. Hdl, during the course of his long and useful miinstry, extending over a period of fifty years, had charge of the fol- lowing circuits: Rock Creek, Burlington, Frankfort, Camden, Lebanon, Darlington and Dayton, in all of which his work was most ac- ceptable, resulting in the building up of local congregations, and in inducing hundreds of persons to abandon the ways of sin and seek the higher way leading to peace and holiness. Mr. Hill was married in Frankfort on the twenty-eighth of August, 1853, to Mary E. Earner, who was born in the county of Clin- ton in the year 1836, the daughter of John Earner — a union blessed with the birth of four children: Emma, Earl, Maria and William, all deceased but the last named, who is a boot and shoe merchant of Frankfort, and ex- county surveyor. While a resident of Pine Village, Warren county, Ind., when an order came from Gov. Morton to a couple of resi- dents of that place to recruit a company for the Union service, and whose efforts in that direction resulted in failure, Mr. Hill took charge of the matter, and within three days had one hundred men enrolled and in readiness to go forth and battle for the nation’s honor. These men were organized into a company at La P'ayette, and Mr. Hill was unanimously elected captain, a position he held a short time, being compelled to resign his commission in about two months by reason of an injury re- ceived by a fall. He was then chosen chap- lain of the regiment, and as such served about seven months, when he resigned and returned to his home, fn every relation of life. Rev. Hill has been characterized by integrity of pur- 718 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY pose and kindness of heart, thus chaining to him h\- his genial traits those witli whom he lias come in contact. His work in the minis- tr\' was marked by an enthusiasm which showed him to be fully alive to the resjionsibility of the sacred calling; his pulpit efforts were able and convincing, and the amount of good ac- complished during the years consecrated to the service of the Master will only be known in that Great Day when every man will be re- warded “according as his works shall be.” Mr. Hill was also a remarkable singer, and he at- tributes a portion of his success in the ministry to this fact. .WIl) T. HILL, the efficient sheriff of Clinton county, was born July 25, 1854, in Sbelby county, Ind., and is a son of William C. and and Erne- line Hill. His paternal ancestors Were of En- glish origin and settled many years ago in \''ir- ginia, from which state his grandfather, Philip Hill, came to Indiana in an earh’ day and lo- cated in Barthohnew county. Philij-) Hill re- mained in that county until 1857, at which time he emigrated to Kansas, where his death occurred the latter part of the same year. He was a man of means and an influential citizen where\’er his lot was cast. His son, William C'. Hill, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in \'irginia, accomjianied the family to Barthohnew county, Iiuk, \\here he lived under the parental roof until 1850, at which time he located at Norristown, Shelb\' county, and engaged in the blacksmithing trade. He married, in Shelby county, Emeline McCain, daughter of Absalom and Mary ( Winterowd) McCain, and became tin- fatlu'r of four chil- dren - Peter C. , merchant of I'rankfort, Ind.; Ifmeline, deceased; David T. , and one that died unnamed. 'I'he father died in the year 1855, and the mother’s death occurred on Oc- tober 18, of the year previous. I David T. Hill was but an infant when his parents died, ‘after which he w'as taken by his grandmother, Mary McCain, with whom he made his home until twenty years of age. He attended the common schools, in which he ob- tained a fair education, and, at the age of twenty-one, began life for himself as a farmer, renting land in Shelby county, where he lived until 1877. In February of the above year, Mr. Hill changed his residence to Clinton county, Washington township, where for three years he cultivated a farm for a part of the proceeds, and in 1879 opened a meat market in the city of Frankfort, which business proved highly satisfactory financially. He continued the butcher business until 1892, in November of which year he was elected by the republican party sheriff of Clinton county, after which he disposed of his meat market and gave his en- tire attention to the duties of his office. Mr. Hill was married in Shelby county, Ind., Oc- tober 16, 1875, to Mary Phillipp, the result of which union was one child; William C., whose ! death occurred February 16, 1879. Mrs. Hill died April 15, 1878, and on the twentieth of October, 1881, Mr. Hill entered into the mar- riage relation with Miss Alloda Phillipp, a sis- ter of his former wife. Mr. and Mrs. Hill are members of the U. B. church ami fraternally he belongs to the I.* O. O. 1 '., 1 . O. R. M. and the order of Maccabees. Politically he is a republican and takes an active interest in the ileliberations of his party in Clinton county. Mr. Hill's f)fficial record is without blemish, ami his [popularity is great with all classes of [People in Clinton county, irres[Pective of party atfiliaticpu. IF' has 1w(p dc[putics, viz: J. W. Burrough, and F. T. Michaels. Mr. Hill has removed to within one-half mile of tcpwn cpii a farm which he had [purchased, and is now act- ively engaged in making a comfortable and beautiful home fcpr the future. He is essen- tially a self-made man and had but little of LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IkUfWfg JESSE HINDS. HARRIET L, HINDS. LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILfeUWIS or CLINTON COUNTY. 728 tlie world’s floods with which to begin the struggle of life. His efforts have been very successfnl and he is now in comfortable finan- cial circumstances, with a promising future before him. ESilAMIN F. HILLIS, the wealthiest resident land owner in Johnson town- ship, Clinton county, Ind., his place of birth, was born December 26, 1857. His grandfather, John Hillis, was a resident of Fayeite county, Ind., and his son, .^nderville Hillis, the father of Benjamin F., was born in Fayette county, March 27, 1827. Anderville Hillis was educated in the old-fash- ioned log school-house, and in turn taught a year ni a house of the same description. He married Mary A. Frazier, a daughter of Will- iamson and Clarissa (Thatcher) Frazier. To this union the following children were born: John, Flizabeth, Benjamin F., George and Clara Belle, of whom, Benjamin F. and Clara Belle alone are living. Anderville Hillis was a member of Herman lodge, No. 184, F. & A. M., was a Methodist in religion and a demo- crat in politics. At the time of his death, which occurred in 1878, he was the owner of over 800 acres of land, which he had acquired with the aid of his industrous and economical helpmate, who is still living on the old farm. Benjamin F. Hillis has been closely identi- fied with the progress of Johnson township ever since he has been old enough to form a conception of the meaning of the word. He married Caroline McDora Pruitt, daughter of John and Nancy (Stewart) Pruitt, whose his- tory appears on another page, and this union has been made the happier by the birth of four childi'en, viz; Mabel D., Myrl A., Maud F. and Colonel. The farm of Mr. Hillis com- prises 670 acres of very fertile land, which is in a very high state of cultivation, and is im- proved with three good farm residences and ])roper outbuildings. He has made a specialty of breeding registered short-horned cattle, and during the past fifteen years has done more to elevate the grade of cattle in his township than any other breeder within its limits. He does not breed for mere pleasure or stock- show pride, but from a business point of view. Mr. Hillis is a stanch democrat, but is in no sense an office seeker. It may be incidentally remarked that Hillisburg is named for his uncle, John E. Hillis. The family is one of the oldest and most opulent in the township and is most highly respected. ESSE HINDS, one of Frankfort’s most popular citizens, and a representative gentleman of the old school, is an Ohio man, and a descendant of sturdy aiicestors who settled at a very early period in Vermont, of which state his parents, Solomon and Mary (Ward) Hinds, were both natives. Solomon Hinds and wife were married in Rut- ledge county, Vt., and later emigrated to Muskingum county, Ohio, where Mr. Hinds followed the blacksmith’s trade until he re- moved, in the year 1819, to Clark county, Ind. After settling in Indiana he purchased town property and engaged in various kinds of speculation, which he carried on until 1843, when he became a resident of the county of Jefferson, where his death occurred ten years later; his wife died at the same place in 1866. They were the parents of a large family, thir- teen children in all, only two of whom are liv- ing; Fovissa, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and Jesse, whose name appears at the head of this men- tion. The following are the names of those deceased; James W. , Elizabeth, William, Sarah J., Solomon, Hugh, Rufus, and four that died in infancy. 724 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY )c‘S.S(' Hinds was born No\’C!nl)er ly, 1817, in Lickinj;' count}', Ohio, and ^rcnv to inanliood in (dark ronnty, link, wliere liis parents mov- ed wlien lie was less than two years of age. lie remained on the home jilace until his eighteenth year, received an education such as was usual 1}' imparted 1)\' the common schools of that time, and began life upon his own re- sponsiblit}' as a brick-layer, which, with vari- ous other kinds of employment, he followed until 1865. In the meantime he turned his attention to the mercantile business for some wars, and dealt very e.xtensively in cooperage material, lumber, etc., in all of which his success was most gratifying, his earnings enabling him to retire from active life in the above year, and devote some time to leisure and travel. In 1892 he was elected justice of the peace in I'rankfort, of which city he became a resident in 1874, and has since filled the office in a manner most satisfactorv to the public and creditably to himself. Mr. Hinds possesses a well balanced miml, e.xcellent judg- ment, and by years of contact wdth all classes of men in business and other capacities, has become the possessor of a vast fund of practi- cal knowledge, which makes him one of the best informed and most intelligent men of the city where he resides. His political views are in harmony with the re])ublican party, and he stands high in Masonic circles, having been an active member of that order for a number of }cars. Mr. Hinds was finst married in 1843, in Zanesville, (dhio, to johanna ('o])e, a native of New York, who died in the }ear 1883. She bore tin; following children: Robert M., a con- tractor and builder of Nobh'sville, Ind. ; Trank K. , a builder of Trankfort; Sible\', wifo of II. II. I'reedly, of Indianapolis, and jesse, wife of James McNicde. In tlie year 1888, Mr. Hinds was muted in marriage t(; Mrs. Harried L. b'edter, who was born in March, 1830, in the city of Traidsfort, the daughter of John Pence, and the widow of the late Peter Fetter. Mr. and Mrs. Hinds are members of the Methodist church. ^^^ILLIAM R. HINES. —No more con- a a M spicuous or highly honored charac- ter ever formed a factor in the his- tory of Frankfort or Clinton county than the gentleman whose name introduces this biographical mention. William R. Hines was born in the city of New York, September 4, 1849, and is a son of William and Julia Hines, both parents natives of Ireland. The father came to the Lbiited States when about fifteen years of age, and met in the above city Miss Julia Redmond, who also came from the Emerald isle when young, and they were mar- ried in the year 1843. Soon after coming to the new world, Mrs. Hines when about sixteen years old became a member of the family of Cen. Winfield Scott, commander-in-chief of the Enited States army, as waiting maid to his daughter, which place she retained for three and a half years, and until her marriage to William Hines, the father of our subject, who was a ship carpenter of a packet line between New York and New (drleans, and in 1851 met with an accident. Mr. Hines, shortly after his injury, returned to Ireland, and died there among his friends in the year 1851. Mrs. Hines then made her home in New York. To Mr. and Mr. Hines were born four children, vi^: Daniel, killed in a railroad accident while acting as conductor on the Pennsylvania line; Thomas, William R., and Julia, deceased. Mrs. Hines, after three and one-half years of widowhood, married Janu'S Harrigan, of Phila- delphia, a well-known landscape gardener, w'ho in 1861 enlisted in a New 'N'ork regiment and i lost his life in the service of his adopted coun- try. Mrs. Harrigan, in the caiiacity of nurse, I accompanit'd the comj)any of which her hus- '7'h ^ UBRARY OF THE UNlVERSiTY OF lkUNOI'5 OF CLINTON COUNTY. 727 band was a member, and for one year devoted her attention to alleviating the sufferings of the sick and wounded soldiers. She remained in New York city until 1888, at which time she was brought to Frankfort by her son, the sub- ject of this sketch, and here her last years were sj)ent, surrounded by everything which loving hands could devise for her comfort, and laid to rest in the beautiful Green Lawn ceme- tery of Frankfort, of which the subject has been president since its organization. William K. Hines, at the tender age of two and one-half years, was placed under the charge of the aid society of New York city, then lo- cated on Randall's island, in the East river, near Long Island, and was thus cared for until i860, at which time, being then ten years of age, he w'as, with many others as unfortunate as himself, sent westward and found his home at Frankfort, Ind. ; where he secured a place with one Adam Blinn, with whom he remained until attaining his majority. Mr. Blinn did well by his young charge and gave him a good education, by means of which Mr. Hines was enabled to secure a license entitling him to teach in the common schools of Clinton county. He followed the teacher’s profession during winter seasons about four years, worked at anything to which he could turn his hand dur- ing the rest of the year, and at the age of twenty-five became a resident of Frankfort, of which city he was soon afterw'ard elected clerk by the republican party. He discharged the duties of his office very creditabl}^ for four years and four months, and in the meantime devoted his leisure to the study of law, with the princi- ples of which he soon became familiar. He was regularly admitted to the Clinton county bar during his official term, and immediately thereafter engaged in the practice of his profes- sion in partnership with O. E. Brumbaugh, which firm lasted for a period of five years. Mr. Hines’s next venture was contracting rail- roads, and street constructing, and gravel road building, to which he has since devoted the greater part of his attention, and in which his success has been most flattering, the reputa- tion being accorded him at this time as one of the most prominent contractors of the county. Since engaging in this line of work Mr. Hines has been interested in the construction of thirty- two miles of the Clover Leaf railroad in Indi- ana and Illinois, also ten miles of Iron Moun- tain system in Arkansas; the Frginkfort & Mid- dle Fork gravel road and other contracts in Indiana and other states. He has made over $100,000 worth of street improvements in the city of Frankfort; about $20,000 worth in Al- exandria, and $102,000 in Anderson, these last being brick pavement, and at this time he is engaged in constructing the sanitary sewerage system -at Indianapolis, which work represents a'Sa^r'i’ta'I of :;.Spia?ftf4i90,ooo. He also has on hand a number of other contracts in different places, both of a public and private nature, and keeps in daily communication with the leading cities of the countiy, in which such im- provements are likely to be needed. In 1884, in partnership with John L. Young, Esq., Mr. Hines opened a real estate, abstract and pro- bate office in Frankfort, a business which proved financially remunerative, and which is still continued, the business being very exten- sive, and not confined to the limits of Clinton county alone, but extends to other jiarts of the state as well. In the growth and develojiment of Frank- fort Mr. Hines has ever been prominently identified, and the city has no more energetic and public-spirited citizen than he. He is connected with the Frankfort Improvement company, of which he has been a director since its organization. Politically, Mr. Hines wields an influence for the republican part}', with which he has been connected ever since attain- ing his majority. He was the last nominee of 728 BIOGRAPPIICAL HISTORY tlic r('i)iil)Iic-:ui j)arty for prosecuting attorney of tlu' counties of Boone and Clinton while they yet comprised the Twenty-second judicial circuit, and was defeated with the remainder of the ticket. The following winter, when Clinton count)- was made a separate circuit by the legislature, he was appointed by Governor Porter prosecutor of Clinton comity, being the first to hold that office. He was a candidate for elector in the Ninth congressional district in 1892, but failed to secure the honor. In all business and professional relations, iMr. Hines has ever been actuated by motives of the highest integrity, and by strictly honor- able methods he has met with success such as few attain in a much longer life. P'inancially, he is (pioted as among the most substantial and reliable men of Clinton county; his accumula- tions of real estate and other property going- far up in the thousands in value. His business has freipiently called him to many and remote parts of the United States, having made si,\ trips to New York city, and at one time he went to California, and also spent nearly a year in the state of Kansas. Fraternally, Mr. Hines is a prominent member of the Masonic order, in which he has taken a number of de- grees, including that (jf Sir Knight. He ac- companied his commandery to Washington city in 1889, to Denver, Colo., in 1892, and his activity in behalf of the fraternity has brought him into favorable notice throughout the state of Indiana. The Presbyterian church, of which he has been an earnest member for some years, represents his religions creed, and at this time he holds the ofhee of deacon in the congregation worshi|)ing in I'rankfort. Ml', lliiu's was hajipily married in Clinton county (Jit the 4th day of September, 1877, to Miss Uliza |cnkins, the accomi)lished daughter of William and Clara (Pauley) Jenkins, a mnon blessed with the birth of three children, vi;^. ; Lilah L., b'rank j. and llarr\. Mrs. Hines was born June 24, 1854, in the county of Clin- ton, and is one of the ])opular ladies of Frank- fort. In his various relations of domestic, civil and professional life, Mr. Hines's actions have been characterized by the same intelli- gence and cordiality which have deservedly gained for him a high position in the regard of the community, and measured by the usual standard his life has indeed been a most grati- fying success. He is a true type of the pol- ished gentleman, and his career affords a strik- ing example of what a young and friendless boy, without means and surrounded by obstacles very discouraging in their nature, can accom- plish when endowed with the proper powers of mind and heart and actuated by pure and ex- cellent motives. ACOB HODGEN, retired farmer and highly respected old citizen of Frank- fort, was born July 9, 1831, in Clinton countv, Ind., of which he is now one of the oldest native residents. His father, William Hodgen, was of Scotch-Irish descent and grew to manhood in Kentucky, where he was married a number of years ago to Mary Magdalene. Whlliam Hodgen was a farmer and followed that uselul calling in Kentucky until his removal to Daviess county, Ind., of which he was one of the pioneers. In 1828, he be- came a resident of the county of Clinton and entered a trach of goverment land, from which he develoiied a farm and upon which he resid- ed until his death in 1831. His wife survi\'ed him a number of years, departing this life in 1864. William and Mary Hodgen had a familv of ten children, only two of whom are living at this time — Pleasant, who was born March 12, 1827, aiul Jacob, whose name ap- pears at the head of this sketch. 'I'he names of those deceased are as follows : James, OF CLINTON COUNTY. 720 john, Sarah, Harrison, Joseph, and Eliza; two also died that were unnamed. Jacob IIodj;en spent his boyhood days as- sisting- with the farm work, and his education, by no means elaborate, was obtained in the subscription schools of the township where he resided. He remained with his mother until after attaining his majority, and in 1853 went to California, making the trip to that far away country by water, the journey requiring twen- ty-seven days. While there he followed min- ing, a part of the time in the employ of other parties, and for two years operated a claim of his own with very successful results. After remaining in California for a period of three and one-half years, he returned to Clinton county and purchased a farm, which he made valuable by good improvements and upon which he resided until 1890, in which year he moved to Frankfort and purchased a grocery store and meat market. He continued in business for about eighteen months, disposing of his interest at the end of that time and re- tiring from the active duties of life. He sold his farm in 1 893 to his son and is now enjoy- ing that rest and quietude so nobly earned by a long life of activity. Mr. Hodgen, on the eighth of April, 1857, was united in marriage to Mary McKinzie, daughter of Mercer and Sarah (Elmore) McKin- zie, natives of Ohio and of Scotch lineage. The following are the names of the brothers and sis- ters of Mrs. Hodgen; Jacob, Mary, Catherine, Noah, Patrick, Hale, Juliana (deceased), Mel- vina. Job (deceased), Thomas, and Emeline. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Hodgen have been born six children, namely: Laban C., born June I, 1861; Henry H., October 3, I862; Oscar, July 9, 1864, died February 19, 1865; Josie, wife of D. V. Lucas, born January 18, 186 /; Anna E., born August 27, 1869, died February 14, 1892, and Magdalene, who was born July 27, 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Hodgen are faithful members of the old Christian church. Originally he was a republican and as such served one term as trustee of Jackson township. Of late years he has affiliated with the prohibition party, the principles of which he believes to be for the best interest to the country. By close ap- plication and successful management he has gained for himself and family a comfortable competence, and he deserves mention as one of the representative citizens of the county of Clinton. R. HORATIO L). HOLMES, of Scircleville, Clinton county, Ind., and the leading physician in the eastern part of the county, descends from good old Irish stock and a generation of American ancestors, his paternal grandparents coming from the Emerald isle in 1795. After residing twenty years in \'irginia they went to Pulaski county, Ky. , wher^ they both died. His grandfather was a school-teacher for thirty-five years after reaching America, and his ability is attested by the fact that he taught seven con- secutive 3ears in one district. Col. John M. Holmes, the father of our subject, was born in Virginia, November 4, 1796, and was reared on the home farm, and followed farm- ing all his life to a greater or less degree. His education was far beyond the average. He married, in Kentucky-, Jerusha Hill, daughter of Johii and Delilah (Cooper) Hill, the former of whom came from Kentucky to Clinton county, Ind., while it was yet a wil- derness. He was a minister of the Baptist church, and organized the Hill church, the first church of that denomination in the county. Before coming to Clinton county, he had rep- resented Pulaski county, in the legislature of Kentucky as a democrat. Col. John M. Holmes, after marriage, remainetl a few years BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY TJIo ill Kentucky and then came to Indiana, stop- ped a wliilo in J<>nninj,^s county, and tlien moved to Tipton county, wliere he entered | 103 acres in the “f^jreen” amoiif^ the Indians. He was an active democrat, and was the first ek'ction clerk of Tipton county; later, lie was elected comity commissioner, and at the ex- piration of his term w'as re-elected. Mrs. Holmes was a devout Baptist, and was very careful in rearing her children, of whom she had nine, viz: David, who died in Kentucky, an infant; Polly Ann, deceased; William; Amanda J. ; John H. ; James, deceased; Theo- dore; Telemachns Polk and Horatio 1 )., twins. Dr. Horatio D. Holmes was born in Tip- ton county. Inch, July 24, 1845. He remain- ed on the home farm in all twenty-two years, securing his education meantime. At the out- break of the Civil war he offered his seiadces to his countrw but on account of his youth, they were not accepted. The family was rep- resented, however, by his brother’^ohh, ‘who was wounded at Kenesaw Mountain and died from the effects of the injury ; his brother Will- iam also did gallant service in the field. Dr. Holmes commenced the practice of his profession, in 1872, at Hillisburgh, where he was very successful, but changed his location to Scircleville in 1887, where he has as large a jiractice as any physician in the county, out- side of I'rankfort. He has a most valuable medical library and is a close reader of all the medical journals of the United States, and keejis well abreast with the j)rogress of the jirofession. He is a man of generous im- pulses, and was never known to refuse aid or advice to a sick lamily or i)erson on account of ])overty. He is a mendier of the Masonic fraternitv at Kirklin, and of Sugar Creek lodge, No. 321, I. (). (). 1 '., in which he has filled all the chairs and which he has represented in tlu' grand lodgiv In jiolitics he is a stanch democrat, and is acti\'e in the support of his I party. The doctor w'as married January 5, 1877, '■o Miss Charlotta Neal, daughter of [ Thomas Neal. This lady was born April 19, 1862, and is a member of the Baptist church, which the doctor liberally aids, as well as all the local churches. Two children are the re- sult of this happy union, and are named Thomas and Iva. The doctor and his family stand deservedly high in the estimation of those who have the honor of being socially acquainted with them. H BRAHAM H 0 LLCR.\TT, a promi- nent farmer and one of the largest land owners of Kirklin township and of Clinton county, Ind., as well, is descended from sturdy Ivnglish and Irish an- cestry. His paternal grandfather emigrated from England, and was a resident of Washing- ton county. Pa., at the time of his death. The-.'father, James Hollcratt, w’as married in that county to Elizabeth Lyttle, and on a flat- boat he and his family went down the Ohio river to Warren county, Cfliio, where they lived for four years. Their next })lace of residence was Clinton county, Ohio. Mr. Hollcratt secured 160 acres of land from the government and purchased another quarter section. He went through all the hardships of pioneer life, but his earnest efforts were at length successful, and the land which he pur- chased at $1.25 jier acre is now valued at $60. He belongetl to the Christian church, and was a democrat in ])olitic.s. II is death occurred at the age of sixty years. B\' his first mar- riage were born eight children: Robert, who wedded Susan Kimbaiigh; John, who died at the age of tvvenly-oiu'; Abraham; Ann, wife of Abner Luddington ; Eli/a, wife of George Woodmansee; Lucinda, wife of Ambrose Whittaker; Melinda, wife of Seth Cook; and Ilarve}-, deceased. The mother died, and Mr. UBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LIBRARY OF THE URIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS OF CLINTON COUNTY. 781 Hollcratt afterward wedded Mrs. Rachel (Cook) Spaulding, by whom he became father of three children — William, Samuel and Mary. The record of Abraham Hollcratt will prove of interest to the readers of this volume, for he is both widely and favorably known in this county. He was born in Washington county, Pa., October 5, 1807, and in his younger years he \vorked at splitting rails for $8 per month. As a companion and helpmate on life’s journey he chose Polly McGill, whom he married November 12, 1832. He then traded his stock and his crops to a man who was to bring him to Indianapolis, and in No- j vember, 1833, arrived in this county, after a journey of eleven days. They had a four- horse team and Mrs. Hollcratt rode on horse- back. When the e.xpenses of the journey were met our subject had only $22. 50 remain- ing. The year previous he had here pur- chased 100 acres and entered forty acres ad- ditional, and on the second of December,*- 1833, moved into the little log cabin which he built upon his farm. His wife was taken sick and there were many hardships and trials to be borne. They also had two little children: Elizabeth Jane, now the wife of Robert Mc- Clamroch; and one wno died early in life. Deer and other wild game were plentiful, and wolves were frequently seen. Mr. Hollcratt at once began to clear and improve his land, and worked very hard during those days. At this time a rich firm was buying all the coon skins in the county, having a monopoly on the same, when a Mr. Fury made a contract with Nathan Kirk, telling him to buy all the skins he could possibly obtain, and get others to do the same. Mr. Hollcratt, who had sold a horse and saddle for $65, was advised by Mr. Kirk to buy coon skins with the cash, and this he did, purchasing them for fifteen cents each and selling for eighty-one cents each, thereby making a good profit. This proved of great 35 benefit to him and gave him a start in other directions. All other experiences of frontier life are known to Mr. Hollcratt, and he can relate many interesting incidents of those pioneer da3^s. In 1868, he was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who died in the month of Jan- uar}’. On the twelfth of November, following, he married Mrs, Harriet (Campbell) Kersey, who was born May 30, 1817, in Bath county, Ky., a daughter of Williamson and Nancy (Cashaw) Campbell. She is a member of the Christian church, to which Mr. Hollcratt for- merly belonged. In early life he was a Jack- son democrat, but subsequently became a re- publican. He has given to each of his seven grandchildren a good house and lot and owns fifteen houses and lots in Kirklin, and the same number in Frankfort, together with a number of welkirnproved farms, comprising 840 acres, on which are 1,200 rods of wire fence with Ttbh'posts aai'd' IfDany rods of tiling. He has $5,000 in stock in the Farmers’ bank at Frank- fort, and is now a wealthy man, owing to his own earnest labor, economy and perseverance. He has a very pleasant home, supplied with all modern improvements and lighted with natural gas, and there he is spending his remaining days, enjoying the rest which he has so truly earned and richly deserves. AMUEL A. HOOVER, deceased, was a native of Indiana, and was born in Fulton count}', near Rochester, March 16, 1848, a son of Enos and Rhu- anna (Shaw) Hoover, both of German parent- age. In his boyhood days Samuel A. was brought by his parents to Frankfort, where he was educated in the common schools, and wh ire he passed his vacations in the tin shop of his father, learning the trade. At the early age of fourteen he began clerking in the cloth- BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY iug liouse (jf Givens Bros., with whom he re- mained several years; later he clerked for sev- eral tirms, and linally, in the fall of 1869, he hej^an business on his own account, handling clothing and gents' furnishing goods, in which trade, ha\ ing become ver}' popular, he contin- ued until his untimely death, January 24, 1887. He was always courteous and obliging, made hosts of friends and customers, and rose from a jrosition comparatively at the bottom of the ladder to one of comfort and leadership among his fellow-merchants. He was fraternally an Odd Fellow and Red Man of Frankfort; in politics was a republican, and in religion was an adherent of the Methodist church. Mr. Hoover w'as married May 10, 1871, to Miss Mary Elizabeth Lee, daughter of George R. Lee and one of the able lady teachers in the county of Clinton. This lady was born April i, 1852, and is the eldest daugh- ter in the family of four children born to her parents. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Hoover was blessed by the birth of five children, as follows: josie Lee, mnv a teacher in mie of the city schools of Frankfort; Homer L., Li- bert L., Bertha R. and Helen |. Mrs. Hoo- ver, since the death of her husband, has reared her children in a most genteel manner, and is quite comf''rtably situated at her home on North Main strert, where she is surrounded by a large circle of devoted friends. She is a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and is also a mend)er of Rebecca lodge. No. 77, which is held under the aus- pices of the 1 . G. O. F. George R. Lee, father of Mrs. Hoover, and a retired merchant ol I'raid^fort, Ind , was born in Whirren county, Ohio, Scpt('nd)cr 29, 1835, and is the son of Robert and Marv (Jack) Lee, the former of Scotch-bhiglish descent and the latter of Scotch extraction. Mr. Lee at the age of thirteen years came to Indiana with his widowed mother and resided near Frankfort for three years, and then began learning the shoemaker’s trade in Frankfort where he has lived ever since. The marriage of Mr. Lee took place September 25, 1847, to Miss Nancy Aughe, daughter of John F. I. and Elizabeth (Bran- ard) Aughe. This lady was born in Montgom- ery county, Ohio, near Dayton, October 25. 1858, and came with her parents to Lrankfort, Ind., in 1831. To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Lee were born the following children ; John Wilson Lee, Mary Elizabeth, Eunice B., and Emma J. Mrs. Lee is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and has never missed a service for the last ten years; her husband, however, is not a communicant. In politics, Mr. Lee is a stanch republican. I SAAC HORN, one of the old soldiers of Rossville and a retired farmer, de- scends from an old American family. Jacob Horn, grandfather of Isaac Horn, was a farmer of Cumberland county. Pa. Lrederick Horn, father of Isaac, born in Penn- sylvania near Harrisburg, became a farmer and married, in Ohio, Debora Green, of Massillon. Frederick Horn moved to Elkhart county, Ind., about 1854, and settleil on a farm seven miles southeast of Goshen, where he passed the re- mainder of his tlays; he was a substantial farmer, owning 140 acres of land. To him and wife seven children were born: W'illiam, James, Isaac, Jacob, Jonas, IMneline and - - . Mr. and Mrs. Horn were members of the General Baptist church, in the faith of which Mr. I loin died on his farm at eighty-four years of age. Politically, he was a democrat and a strong Union man during the war, in which he had two sons — Isaac and lames- -both in company b'. Seventy-fourth regiment, Indiana volunteer infantry. [ames served more than three OF CLINTON COUNTY. 788 3e:irs, was in many battles named below, which were also participated in by his brother Isaac. Isaac Horn was born May 23, 1844, in Ashland county, Ohio, and was about ten years of age when he came with his parents to Elkhart county, Ind. He received a good common school education in the district schools and became a farmer. He enlisted at the age of nineteen years, August 8, 1862, in company E, Seventy-fourth regiment Indiana volunteer infantry, at Goshen, under Capt. William B. Jacob and Col. Myron H. Baker, and was in the following battles; Rolling Fork, Hoover's Gap, Dug Gap, Chickamauga, (ihattanooga (missed being in the battle of Missionary Ridge by being sick with small-pox), Buzzard’s Roost, Kingston, Kenesaw' Moun- tain, Lost Mountain, Dallas, Chattahoochee, Peach Tree Creek and Atlanta — where he was shot through the face by a minie ball, which came out under the left ear, destroying the roof of his mouth. He here fell on the held, was taken to the rear, and was in hospital from August 8, 1864, to February 27, 1865 — hrst in held hospital at Chattanooga and then at Nashville. He was at hrst reported to be mortally wounded, not being able to talk or get anyone to write a letter to his friends; he hnally returned home to Elkhart county, ar- riving in the dark, at two o’clock in the morn- ing, taking his people completely by surprise, as they had given him up for dead. He weighed but ninety-six pounds, and when w^ell had weighed 180 pounds. He was from nine o’clock p. m. until two o’clock a. m. walking home from Millersburg, a distance of three miles. It was one year before he recovered his speech. He took an active part in all the battles, skirmishes and marches of his regi- ment, except when sick with small-pox. Be- side the serious w'ound mentioned, he also re- ceived a slight scalp wound at the battle of Chattanooga, and in addition, from the ex- plosion of a cap on his gun, his sight was gradually destroyed. He married Sarah Simp- son, daughter of George and Margaret (Justice) Simpson. George Simpson was an old settler in Elkhart county, Benton township, where he entered his land, and where he lived until his death, which occurred in May, 1895, ^.t the age of seventy-five years. He was from Knox- ville, Tenn., and the father of ten children; Mary, Thomas, Lucinda and Matilda, twfins; Frank, Sarah, Ella, Edward, Achsa and Nor- man. Mr. Simpson was well known to all the old settlers and well respected. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Horn settled on a farm in Elkhart county, where they lived thirteen years, and in 1881 moved to Carroll county, Ind., remaining there until he retired from active farming, in 1884, to Rossville. Mr. and Mrs. Horn are members of the Methodist church, in which he has held the office of steward. He is a republican in poli- tics, is a member of the G. A. R., and has held the office of senior and junior vice-commander ; also a member of Bringhurst lodge, F. & A. M., Carroll county. Mr. Horn has a splendid soldier’s record — one of the best in the county — and stands high as a citizen. ILLIAM A. HUMBLE is one of the old soldiers of the Civil war, in which he lost his left leg, and is prominent as a liveryman of Ross- ville, Ind. Philip Humble, his father, was born in Indiana, where he married Sarah Mc- Farland, and by her became the father of seven children ; Malinda, Lucinda, Martha, Rebecca, James, John and William. Mr. Humble eventually moved to Vermillion coun- ty, Ills., where he died at sixty-three years of age. He was a Unionist and had three sons in the Civil war — James, John and W'illiam A. — all in company B, Twenty-fifth Illinois lilOGRAPIIICAL HISTORY volunteer infantry. |aines served one year and )ohn served from the beftinninj^' to the end of the war. Tlie military record of Will- iam , is given below. W’illiam A. Humble was born August 24, 1845, in Iowa. He received bnt liitle educa- tion, not having the (opportunity to attend school, and he early began to work at farming. He enlisted November 5, 1863, for three years or during the war, under Capt. Jeff. McGibben and Col. Houston. He was in the battle of Charleston, Tenn., on the Atlanta camjoaign, also in the battle of Kenesaw Mount- ain. He was taken sick with erysipelas be- fore Atlanta and was sent to hopsital No. 15, at Nashville, Tenn., thence, to Cairo, where he remained a month. He was then sent home on a furlough of fifty days, then re- turned to Nashville, thence was sent to Te.xas, where he served until honoraldy discharged at Victoria, September 21, 1865, on account of the close of the war. He returned home com- pletely disabled, and for years struggled ahuig without applying for a pension. He engaged in teaming and farming at Danville, 111 ., re- maining there until 1875, when he moved to Kossville, Ind. He married in Vermillion county. 111 ., February 1, 1866, Amy, daugh- ter of Abraham and Druscilla (Willisj Haney, and to him and wife were born three children : Ella (died aged thirteen years), Josie and Al- bert. Mr. Humble, having an independent character and feeling able to care for himself, made no application to the government for a pension up to that time. Hc' has been a con- tinual sufferer from the effects of army life, the erysii^elas settling in his Icdt leg on the At- lanta cam])aign troubling him ever after. In I 886 he became completely disabled, and his leg was amputated below the knee. He a])- plied for a pension this yc'ar, but it was not granted until 1888. He now receives thirty (hdlars jicr month, formerly receiving seven- teen dollars per month; he also received about $1,300 back pay, and is now in comfortable circumstances, owning a house and lot and livery stable. Politically he is a republican. Mr. and Mrs. Humble are members of the Church of God, and he is a member of Oliver Short post. No. 490, G. A R., of Kossville. Mr. Hnmble’s daughter married Albert Fife, and she is now the mother of. three children. Mr. Humble has always been an industrious man and only applied for his rightfully due pension when compelled to by disability. He is high- ly respected by his old comrades and likewise enjoys the full confidence and high respect of his neighbors. IMON P. IRBY, ex-soldier and fariner of P'orest township, Clinton county, Ind., is of sturdy Anglo-Saxon stock, his great-great-grandfather, Joseph Irby, having come from England in company with his brothers, and made his settlement in Virginia. Joshua Irby, his son, and great- grandfather of our subject, was born in Vir- ginia and was a planter and slave-owner. Charles Irby, grandfather of Simon P. , was born in Virginia May 10, 1770, married Re- becca Lewis, and emigrated to Tennessee, where he reared a part of his family, then moved to Switzerland county, Ind., in 1827, and thence to Tipton county in 1850. Wylie R. Irby, the father of our subject aud son of Charles Irby, was born in Tazewell county, Tenn., |anuary 24, 1 8 1 (j), and married Rebecca Smith, daughter of Peter and Susanna (Line- back) Smith, and to their marriage had born the following children ; Simon P., Eliza Ann,' ('.olumbns, Elizabeth J., Mary M. , Joseph W., Lucinda ('., Wylie R , Silas M., Rebecca S. and Matilda IF The parents of this large family aix' now seventy-live and seventy-three years of age respectively, d'he father has been OF CLINTON COUNTY. 785 ;i deacon in the New Light church for many years, and is well read in the Scriptures. It is worthy of remark, incidentally, that not a nail was used in the erection of the first log cabin that Mr. Irby built on his present farm. Simon P. Irby was born in Switzerland countv, Ind., December 2, 1842, and married Mary M. Suit, December 6, 1863. This lady is a daughter of Ale.xander and Abigail (Pike) Suit, the former of whom was an early settler and a renowned hunter of Clinton county; he was also apioneer school-teacher and a farmer ; he was twice elected township trustee on the democratic ticket, and w'as a deacon in the New Light church. After their marriage Simon P. Irby and wife lived for some time on a farm in Tipton county, and have been living twent}’ years on their present farm of eighty-two acres of very fertile land, which they have realized through their joint industry and economy — clearing and improving nearly the whole of it. To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Irby five children have been born, in the following order: Lewis S., John A , Lucinda A., Isaac M. and Harvey A. Mr. Irby enlisted Novem- ber 2, 1864, in company B, F'ortieth Indiana volunteer infantry, and fought in the cam- paigns of Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Alabama, the most prominent battles in which he took part having been those of Columbia, Spring Hill, Franklin, Nashville, and the seven days’ fighting in pursuit of Hood. He was honorably discharged November 13, 1864, and is now a member of H. C. Coulter post. No. 1 3 1, G. A. R. He and wife are members of the Christian church, in which he is a deacon. Lucinda A. Irby, the third child born to Simon P. and his wife, married James H. Jones, who is now deceised, and became the mother of the famous Jones twins. These children were united, like the renowned Siamese twins, Chang and Eng, by a cartilagenous tissue; they were strong and healthy, lived many months, but were attacked by the measles, then the bronchitis, and so perished. OBERT S. IRWIN, now living in re- tirement in Frankfort, Ind., was born in Ross county, Ohio, January 14, 1818, a son of Samuel and Esther (Dean) Irwin, of whom further details are given later on. Samuel Irwin was born in Maryland January i, 1782, and was but two years of age wh.en taken to Kentucky, and but a few years later to Ohio. He there grew to maturit}' and was married in Ross county to Esther Dean, who bore fourteen children, viz; Catherine, Abigail, Jessup, Mesner, Gustin, Jared, William, Samuel K., John, Robert S., Price, Asa, Nancy J.and James L. , all born in Ross county, Ohio. In 1829 the parents of Robert S Irwin came to Indiana and settled in Montgomery county, where the father died August 18, 1834, in the Presbyterian faith — the mother surviving until January 27, 1865. Robert S. Irwin was reared to manhood in Montgomery, county, Ind., and there made his home until he reached his majority; he then attended school in jefferson county, and taught for three years in Tippecanoe and Clinton counties and elsewhere; in 1843 he rented a farm in Clinton county, on which he resided as a tenant for six years, and then, 1850, he bought a farm of eighty acres, under a good state of cultivation, in Twelve Mile Prairie, on which he lived until 1892, when he came to the city to live, on account of the great con- venience of natural gas, although he is yet the owner of 240 acres of excellent land. The marriage of Mr. Irwin was solemnized in Clinton county, Ind., September 24, 1840, with Miss Rebecca Gray, who was born in Hamilton county, Ohio, a daughter of John and Sarah (Douglass) Gray. The unign of BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY 7n() Mr. iuul Mrs. Irwin was blessed with the fol- lowing children: Sarah M., wife of J. Boyd, a fanner of C'linton comity; John S., deceased; Isaac, of Kirklin; Simon of Clinton county; Rebecca, deceased; Jane, wife of |. E. Ball, a merchant; and Robert W. , an attorney. The inotherof these children died December 50 ^ 55 , a member of the Presbyterian church and greatly mourned by all who knew her. In 1856 Mr. Ir- win was remarried, choosing for his second help- meet Elizabeth M. Smiley, who became the inotherof the following children, viz; Mary, wife (jf James Waite; Elizabeth, deceased; Rosa, wife of J. Gentry; William, deceased; and Clara B., w'ife of Charles Ward, of Erankfort. Mrs. Elizabeth M. Irwin, also, w'as called away from earth, dying April 13, 1878. Robert S. Ir- win is a republican, politically, and has served as township trustee tw'o terms and as justice, of the peace four years, and has been a farmer since 1843. Robert W. Irwun, son of Robert S. and Rebecca (Gray) Irwin, was born November 15, 1853, and reared to manhood in Jackson town- ship, Clinton county, Ind., and aided his father on the farm until 1873, when he entered the Wabash college, where he studied three years, and then engaged in farming three years; he was next employed in traveling through Indi- ana for Wdiitely, Eoster A Kelly, of Spring- held, Ohio, five years, and then engaged in the manufacture of ax and jiick handles for three years in Erankfort. March 5, 1890, he com- menced reading law with ex-Senator Kent, W'as admitted to the bar in December, 1890, and has been a partner with his former pre- ceptor since January, 1892. The nuptials of Mr. Irw'in were celebrated in Jackson town- ship, Clinton county, September 7, 1876, with Miss Marietta Berry, who was born in Preble county, Ohio, July 29, 1854 — a daughter of James and Louisa Berry -and this union has been blessed with one child, named Vernie S. Mr and Mrs. Irwin are members of the Pres- b} terian church, and are prominent members of soe'ety. r’ I ELI AM L. JACKSON, one of the prominent business men of Rossville, Clinton county, Ind., is a skillful manufacturer of cairiages, and also an old soldier. William Jackson, his grand- fatlier, was born in London, Ping., came to America when a boy of fifteen, running aw'ay from home, having been apprenticed to a book- seller, but not liking the business. He gained a good education, however, and was for years a school-teacher in New York state and Penn- sylvania. He was a line penman and teacher of that art. He married a Miss Livingston, and there were born to him five children — Janms, David, William, Samuel undone daugh- ter, whose name is not remembered. Mr. Jackson finally moved to Pickaway county, Ohio, where his oldest son, James, was also one of the pioneers. James and his brother David built the locks on the Miami canal at Lockport. Mr. Jackson was an old man when he moved to Pickaw'ay county, and there he and his wife died. He probably came to Amer- ica right after the Revolutionary war. He w'as a school-teacher all of his active life, w’as suc- cessful and an honorable man. William Jack- son, son of above, and father of our subject, was born in Eraid-ilin county. Pa., in 1800. He received a good common education, was a stone-cutter by trade', and became a contractor early in life. He married in 1822, in Ean- nettsburg, I'ranklin county. Pa., Isabel, daugh- ter of Joseiih Witherow, and to them were born live cbildren John, Margaret J., James, Eveline' anel W’illiam L. He livcel at P'annetts- burg. Pa., until 1836, when he went to build the abutments for the elams freun No. 4 tei Ne). 9, on the Peitomac river feir the canal. He OF CLINTON COUNTY 7B7 sickened from exposure in this work aiul died at McConnellsburg. Pa., January 5, 1H39, at about thirty-nine years of aj^e. He was a man of integrity and great energy and perseverance and was well known. He was reared a mem- ber of the church of England, while his wife was a devout member of the Presbyterian church. She was left with a family of five children to rear, the eldest, John, being about sixteen years of age. At the age of fourteen, before the death of his father, John was sent to Harper’s Ferry with a cart and horse, for scrip, with which to pay the men at work on the dam. This money was paid out to the men, but the bank broke the day before and all was lost William L Jackson, son of above, was born at Fannettsburg, Pa., July 18, 1834, received a good common education and was but five years old when his father died. He moved with his mother and family to Carroll county, Ind., in 1846, and worked at his present trade. He enlisted at Delphi in August, 1862, at the age of twenty-six years, as a bugler in the Twenty-fourth Indiana battery light artillery, and was enrolled September 15, 1862, under Capt. Joseph A. Sims, being the first man to enlist in the battery. He was in the battle of Horse Shoe Bend., Ky. , May ii, 1863; Mar- row Bone, Ky, , July 2, 1863; they were after Morgan through Kentucky, then were engaged, October 24, 1863, at Sweet Water, Ky. He was then detailed and sent to Indianapolis to recruit soldiers to fill up the battery. He re- turned six months later and joined the battery at Red Clay, Tenn., May 2. on the eve of the Atlanta campaign. His battery was assigned to Gen. Hovey’s division. Twenty-third army corps, under Gen. Schofield, and marched with this division. May 3 i , to join Sherman’s army, and participated in the battle of Resaca, and was attached July i, to Gen. Stoneman’s coin- man I and engaged, July 1 1 - 1 2-1 3- 14 and 17, at Campbellstown, Moore’s bridge and Sun- tlown, on the Chattahoochee river. He left Atlanta November 5, in jiursuit of Hood, and was engaged at Columbia, Tenn., November 28, in the battle of Nashville; then returned to Louisville, Ky. , and saw no more fighting. He was honorably discharged at Indianapolis, .August 3, 1865, and returned home. He was always an active soldier. His position as bugler obliged him to be at the captain's or command- ing officer’s side, and he w'as under fire and ex- posed in every action. He was in all the actions of his battery and in all the marches and cam- paigns, except when on detail duty six months, during which time he recruited thirty-one men and w'as commissioned first lieutenant, but was not mustered, as there was no vacancy. He had both feet injured in a railroad collision. He served nearly three years and did his duty cheerfully and promptly. He had been in business for himself at Dephi for three years before his enlistment and came immediately after the war to Ross- ville and established his present business. He married one year later, July 4, 1866, Sarah M., daughter of John Harrison and Catherine (Dukes) Calloway. John Harrison Calloway was an old settler and farmer. He was the father of ten children: )ohn M., William, Leander, Benjamin D., Mary E , Isaac (died young), Martin, Sarah A., Delia C. and Laura V. Mr. Calloway was born in 1806, and died January 7, 1853, aged forty-seven years. He was a substantial farmer and reared a respected family of children. To Mr. and Mrs. Jackson have been born four children, now living, Frank W., M’alter G., Delbert O., and John Herbert. Mr. Jackson is well known for his skillful work in making all kinds of buggies, spring wagons, and carriages, for the surround- ing country, and for the wholesale trade. His carriages are made in the best style and con- tain the best of stock. Mr. Jackson is a mem- 7nH HIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY ber of th( (T A. K., Oliver Short i)Ost, No. 390, and has held the offices of senior and junior vice-commander, and acted for a long time as adjutant. lie is a member of 1 . O. (). 1 '. lodge, No. 183, Rossville, and had held all the offices, including noble grand, and has been representative to the grand lodge, of which he is also a member. He has taken an active interest in having good schools in Ross- ville and has been on the school board several years. His children are all well educated, and his son, Delbert O., is attending a busi- ness college at La Fayette. His son, John H. , is attending school at Rossville and assisting his father at carriage making. Mr. Jackson was a good soldier and is an excellent citizen, and stands high in the community. In poli- tics he is a democrat. OWARD JENKINS, a substantial farmer of Michigan township, Clin- ton county, Ind., was born here September 23, 1842. His grand- father, Benjamin Jenkins, was a native of \hr- ginia, and served in the Revolutionary army eight years. He was a leader and steward in the U. B. church, and died in Virginia at the remarkable age of one hundred years. His son, M'illiam G. Jeidedford county. Pa. After his mar- riage David Kimmell emigrated to Ohio and settled in Tuscarawas county, and his death snhscciuently occurred in Hancock county, Ohio. He a(xumulated a handsome compc'- tence, and gave his childi'en the advantages of a good education and liberally assisted them to start in life. He was a whig in politics and always entertained (Uxided o])nions ujion the leading ipiestions ol the day, whi(di he had the courage to express. He reared a family, of which the following arc the names: George W., Lucinda Iv., Catherine, Samuel B. , David J., Margaret J., Henrietta, Jacob A., -Saman- tha and Elizabeth. David J. Kimmell was born in Stark coun- ty, Ohio, May 22, 1838. His early educa- tional training embraced the common and high school courses in the city of Findlay, and after being sufficiently prepared, he engaged in teaching, which profession he followed with the most encouraging success for a period of seventeen years in his native state, earning, in the meantime, the reputation of a very careful and efficient instructor. He taught in both common and graded schools and his success is sufficiently attested by his frecpient retentions in the same localities, never having had to look far for good positions. He was married Octo- ber 29, 1863, to Elizabeth Carver, daughter of Joseph and Eliza (Cherry) Carver, and some- time thereafter engaged in agricultural pursuits in his native county, where he resided until his removal to Clinton county, Ind., in 1887. On coming to the county of Clinton, Mr. Kimmell bought his present farm of 265 acres in Perry township, beside which he owns other property being one of the well-to-do men of his community. His farm is a model in many repsects, the condition of his fencing, his fine and elegantly fuinishetl residence, and all other improvement indicating the presence of a man of industry, intelligence, and taste. Mr. Kimmell and family stand deservedly high socially and numher their friends by the score throughout ('linton county. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, in which he has taken a numher of degrees, including those of chapter and -Sir Knight, belonging to Vista lodge. No. 136, and b'ranlsfort commandery. No. 29, in both of which he has held import- ant official positions. Religiously he adheres to the Methodist church, of which his wife is OF CLINTON COUNTY 753 also an active member. The following are the names of the children horn to Mr, and Mrs. Kimmell : Laura E., Florence, deceased, Jesse M., Homer, Charles A. , Catherine, and Morton G. His eldest daughter, Lanra E., was educated at Findlay, Ohio, and has at- tained marked success as a teacher. Joseph Carver, father of Mrs. Kimmell, was a native Pennsylvanian and moved to Ohio in 1830, settling in Hancock county, of which he was one of the pioneers. Intellectually he was far above the ordinary, and he exerted a marked influence in various ways in his community. He was a strict member of the Friends’ church, a republican in politics, and his death, which occurred June, 1891, in his eighty-third year, was felt as a personal loss by his many friends and neighbors. His widow is still living in Hancock county, Ohio. BRAHAM J. KLOPFER, merchant tailor and well known citizen of Frankfort, is a native of Germany, born October 10, 1838, in the king- dom of Prussia. His parents. Max and Matilda (Levi) Klopfer, were both born in Prussia, where all their lives were passed and both are now deceased. They had three children: one son, the subject of this mention, and two daughters, one of whom is living in Germany; the other died a few years ago in the city of Cincinnati. Abraham J. Klopfer grew to manhood in his native country, was well educated in the schools of the same, and when fifteen years of age began learning the tailor’s trade, in which he soon became quite proficient. He followed his chosen calling in Prussia until his twenty- sixth year, at which time, in 1864, thinking that the new world afforded better advantages than the Fatherland, he came to the Lbrited States, and during the succeeding eight years worked at his trade in the city of Cincinnati, five years (rf which time he carried on business for himself. From Cincinnati, Mr. Klopfer moved to Thorntown, Boone county, Ind., thence in March, 1879, came to Frankfort, in which city he has since made his home and where he has established a very lucrative busi- ness and acquired the reputation of an honor- able and upright citizen. He was married in Germany July 20, 1864, to Miss Matilda Jacobs, and on the twelfth of August following brought his bride to the United States, and here his four children have been born, namely — Reuben, Jacob, Charles and Rachel. Mr. Klopfer is prominently identified with the Masonic fraternity, belonging to the blue lodge and chapter, and for some years has been equally prominent as an Odd Fellow, in which order he has held important official positions, in the subordinate lodge, encampment and canton. He also belongs to the Hebrew order of I. O. B. B., being one of the principal members of the organization in Frankfort. Personally Mr. Klopfer is a very pleasant gentleman, popular with all with whom he comes in contact in business or social relation, and he is justly esteemed one of the substan- tial citizens of P'rankfort. He has succeeded well in his business, has a pleasant home and enjoys the esteem and confidence of a large circle of friends in the city of his adoption. O. KNAPP, M. D., a jihysician and surgeon of P'rankfort, was born in Washington township, Clinton coun- ty, Ind , July 7, 1858, the son of H. G. and Martha (Mattix) Knapp. Dr. Knapp was reared on the farm and in the usual man- ner, and with honest labor he early became familiar. His early education embraced the curriculum of the common schools, and at the age of twenty he entered Wabash college at 751 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY C'rawfordsville, when' lie pursued the hi^lier branches of hairning for a jicriod of two years. While still youiif^, he decided to enter the medical profession; accordingly, having left college, he began the study of the same, at I'rankfort, in the office of Drs. Cox lX Adams, under whose direction he pursued a course of reading for two years, and then en- tered the Ohio Medical college at Cincinnati, from which he was graduated in March, 1884. Immediately after finishing his studies. Dr. Knapp began the practice of his profession at Frankfort. Believing that no pains should be spared in fitting him fru' the usefu] calling to which he now began devoting his life, the doc- tor, in 1885, took a polyclinic course at Philadelphia, after which, with a laudable am- bition still further to increase his knowledge of the healing art, he again spent four months at the college at Cincinnati. In 1887 he effected a co-partnership with Drs. Cox & Adams, and after the retirement of the former, the firm became known as Adams A Knai)p, and as such continued very successfully until the death of Dr. Adams, when the subject took sole charge of the practice, which at the time was ])erhaps the most extensive in the county of Clinton. He continued by himstdf until 1892, at which time he hecanu' associated with Dr. S. (). Sims, a firm which still con- tinues, ami which has a reputation second to none in central Indiana. Dr. Knapp is a republican, takes an active interest in the leading ipu^stions of the day, hut chooses to devote.' his entire attention to his profession rather than seek official preh.'r- numt at the hands of his fellow-citi/eiis. h'ra- ternally, he is a member of the Pythian order. Dr. Kna|)|) was united in marriage' March 29, 1888, in Marion county, Ind., to Miss ICstlu'r Harding, who was horn in Minnesota, the daughter of William and Charlotte (Duke,') Harding. Two ehildnm are' the Iruits eef this marriage, Esther and M a. Mrs. Knapp is a Presbyterian, and she is highly regarded as a faithful worker in the congregation wor- shiping in Frankfort. ILLIAMB. KRAMER, Sr. -Among the active and successful business men of Clinton county is W. B. Kramer, Sr., of the firm of Kramer Brothers, at Frankfe)rt. Mr. Kramer came to this county in 1873, and berught an interest in the firm of J. A. & J. A. Kramer, one of whom was a brother, the other a cousin — the cousin was the one who had established the first planing-mill in Frankfort. The firm of J. A., |. A. Kramer (A Co., lasted two years, when the cousin sold out to J. T. and F. B. Kramer, and the firm was known as Kramer Brothers. \\k B. Kramer was born in Frederick county, Md., on the thirty-first day of March, 1836. His parents were Frederick William and Margaret (Scholl) Kramer, natives of the same county and state . The father was born in the year 1809 and died in 1867. He lived and died in I'rederick county. He was a son of ]ohn Alexander Kramer, who was born in Berlin, Germany. |ohn Alexander Kramer and three brothers came to America in the year 1768. He was a colonial soldier in the Revolutionary war, and while serving as such received an honorable discharge because of failing health. After returning to his home in Maryland, he was made tax collector, and served as such until the close of the war. He married a Miss jacobs, w'ho was born near Philadelphia, Pa., of German ancestry. She bore her hushand the following children: Philip Kramer, who settled in Glinton county, in 1834; he was a soldier in the war of 1812, and in 1814 emigrated to Ohio, whence he re- moved to Indiana, locating at P'rankfort, where he lived many years; the second son was OF CLINTON COUNTY. 755 Adam A. Kramer; the third, Daniel; the fourth, I'redcrick and there were four daughter?. The subject of this notice is one of thirteen chddren, eleven of whom grew to maturity; they were — John A., above referred to; Sarah, William IL, Daniel, deceased; Anna, deceased; Philip E., James T. , deceased; Mary C., Alice, \'irginia, Lewis N., and Franklin B. The mo- ther, who is now (1894) in her eighty-seventh year, resides in P'rankfort, with her son, Frank- lin B. and daughters; neither Franklin B. nor the daughters were married. John A. Kramer was tl'ic first member of the family to settle in Fraid-;fort, the date being 1871. William B Kramer and Elizabeth (Rollings) Trundle were married in i860. They settled on a farm in P'rederick county, Md., w'here he farmed till he came to Indiana in 1873. Unto the above marriage were born six children, namely — John F"., Samuel B., Edeanor E., Wdliam B., Jr., Legal Rollin and Bertha Luella, the last named born in Indiana. Mr. Kramer received only a fair education; took np farming, at which he was fairly suc- cessful, and upon corning to Frankfort began what has been a prosperous business career. The firm of Kramer Brothers, which consists of himself, son and Lew is N. Kramer, has been for many years large dealers in lumber and builders’ material. They also operate a plan- ing-mill, and their enterprise is one of the most important indu.stries of the thriving city of Frankfort, to the growth and development of which Mr. Kramer has contributed material aid He was largely interested as a stock- holder in the Natural Gas company, of Frank- fort, and w’as treasurer of the company as long as it existed. He w'as also active as a mem- ber of the P'rankfort Improvement company, and is largely interested in the P'rankfort Elec- tric Light company. His success in business has been due to his own efforts. His plan has glways been to give all his time and attention to business, and hence he has never had much time for politics or to serve in public office. Mr. Kramer is a knight templar Mason and has he'd every office in the order, being now' a past eminent commander. ONAS KRESSEL is one of the enter- prising citizens of Madison township, Clinton county, Ind., who takes an active and commendable interest in every thing pertaining to its welfare. Pie was born in Lehigh county. Pa., October 25, 1830, and is a son of Henry and Catherine (Herber) Kressel. both of whom were natives of the same county, and w'ere of German lineage. The father was born in 1801, and during his youth started out in life for himself, scorning no labor which would afford him an honest livelihood. As soon as he had acquired a sufficient capital he purchased a small farm, which he would cultivate during the summer season, wdiile in the w'inter months he engaged in weaving. Pie lived in Lehigh county until his death, which occurred in 1876. His wdfe passed away at the advanced age of eighty-five. This worthy couple w'ere the parents of seven children, but only tw'o are now living; Jonas and Owen, the latter a farmer residing near Sedalia, Ind. Those deceased are: Caroline, Julia A., Daniel, Solomon and Joseph. Jonas Kressel continued on the old home- stead until eighteen years of age, when he left home to learn the trade of carpentering under his cousin, Nathan Kressel, wdth whom he continued fc/i' more than two years. In 1856, he began taki g contracts for himself. He has been a resident of Clinton county since April, 1854, and here he successfully carried on business as a contractor and builder until 1880. He made his first purchase of land in 1856. becoming owner of six acres. He now owns 160 acres of well improved land, the BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY f^rcatcr [):u t of which he has improved himself. He carried on farming and stock raising for some time, bnt is now living retired. On the eighteenth of May, 1H56, Mr. Kressel married Fianna Mart;^, daughter of John and Leah (Merkel) Martz. Her father came to this count}- in an early day and here remained until his death. His family num- bered si.x children. Mr. and Mrs. Kressel have one child, John hi., who was born June 16, 1869, and now operates his father's farm. The parents are both members of the Lutheran church. Mr. Kressel served as deacon for many years, and is now elder of the church in j Mulberry. In politics he is a democrat. In 1888, he was elected trustee, and in 1890, was re-elected, holding the office therefore for four years. He is true to every trust reposed in him, whether public or private; is an honor- able upright man, and his well spent lifo has gained him the confidence and regard of the entire community. It will be observed that these brothers, Jonas and Owen, spell their name differently, to-'v\’it, Kressel and Kressley. The surname of the mother is also spelled dif- ferently. O WEN KRESSLEY is successfully en- gaged in farming in Owen township, Clinton county, Ind. He is recog- nized as one of the leatling citizens of the community, and is an honored veteran of the late war. The family was founded in America by his grandfather, who emigrated from Germany to Lehigh county. Pa., where the father, Henry Kressley, was born, 'fhe lat- ter married Catherine Harper and they had six children Ckiroline, Jonas, Daniel, Julia A., Owen and Solomon. 'I'he parents belong to the Lntheixui church, and Mr. Kressley was a whig until tlu' breaking out of tin; late; war, when he became a democrat. His death oc- curred at the age of seventy-two, and his wife died at the age of eighty-three. Owen Kressley was born in the Keystone state. May 23, 1835, was reared in the usual manner of farm lads, and at the age of nine- teen left home to visit his brother in this count\-. In 1856, on attaining his majority, he led to the marriage altar Miss Sarah E. Mink, who was born November 23, 1840, and is a daughter of Joseph and Eeah (Smith) Mink. They began their domestic life upon her father's farm, where the}’ lived until 1864, when the}- came to their present place of resi- dence. Their home has been blessed wdth fifteen children — Henry J., Eevi E., Ben 1 "., Jonas \V., Jeremiah C., Irvin C., Monroe E., James M., Sarah Ann E., Amanda PL, Jo- siah I., Martha M., John xA., Charles M’., and Leah B. The family circle }et remains unbroken. In 1864 Mr. and Mrs. Kressley received from her father eighty acres of timber land, which the husband at once began to clear and improve. The fields are now well tilled an;l the place is neat and thrifty in appearance, in- dicating to the passer-by his careful super- vision. There is a good house, also barns, a thrifty orchard and much small fruit. The place is pleasantly located a mile and a half from Sedalia, and eleven miles from Sedalia, and eleven miles from Erankfort, so the com- forts and iirivilegcs of the town are easil}’ ob- tained. Both Mr. and Mrs. Kressleyare mem- bers of the Lutheran church, and in the com- munity where they li\'e they are held in high regard. Mr. Kressle}’ has served as supervisor. During the late war lu' manifested his loyalty to the government by enlisting, in 1865, as a mem- ber of company P', One Hundred and P'ifty- fcnirth Indiana infanti}’, under Captain Scott. They went to Virginia, where they did guard j and picket dut}', and in August, 1865, the}' I were mustered out, the war having closed. OF CLINTON COUNTY. 757 Mr. Kressley is a public-spirited citizen, who manifests the same fidelity in tlays of peace as when he joined the boys in blue. AMUEL KYGER, a well - known farmer and stock raiser of Union township, Clinton county, Ind., was born in Rockinf^ham county, \'a. - Ai)ril 21, 1824, and is a son of George and Sarah (Pence) Kyger. They, too, were na- ti\ es of \’irginia, and were of German descent. The father was born in 1799, and was a farmer by occupation. Emigrating westward in 1836. he located in Delaware county, Ind., where he purchased 160 acres of land, but was not long permitted to enjoy his new home, his death occurring in 1837. His wife, who was born in 1801, died in 1871. In 1839 she was married to Charles Pence, who died in 1870. By her first marriage she had three children — Margaret, wife of James Catterlin; Samuel; and Catherine, wife of Cyrus P. Pence. By the second union w'as born one child, Charles Pence. The Kyger family w’as founded in America by Christian Kyger, the great-grandfather of our subject, who emi- grated from Germany, his native land, and settled in Rockingham county, Va. His son, Frederick, was born in Virginia and learned the carpenter’s trade, which he followed throughout his entire life. He reared a family of ten children and died in 1827. The pa- ternal grandfather, George Pence, was also born in the Old Dominion, and there departed this life in 1 827. Samuel Kyger was only thirteen years of age at the time of his father’s death. He re- mained with his mother until the age of six- teen, when he began learning the tanner’s trade, at wdneh he served a five years’ appren- ticeship with Charles M. Petty. He then j worked as a journeyman tor three years, after 1 I which he went to Kilmore and established a i tannery, which he carried on for three years. In 1857 he purchased a farm of 211 acres anti thereon established a tannery, which he oper- ated for twelve years. He has since given his time and attention to farming and stock rais- ing. He imported the first Norman horse ever brought to the comity, and in connec- tion with the breeding of fine horses has been extensively engaged in the raising of Chester White hogs, of which he has made a specialty for thirty-seven years. On the twenty-sixth of November, 1847, Mr. Kyger wedded Nancy J., daughter of John and judith (Aughe) Pence. Her death oc- cuircd January 30, 1848, and on the eighth of April, 1851, he was again married, his second union being with Elizabeth A. Pence, a cousin of his first wife and a daughter of William and Sarah (Fudge) Pence. Her parents were both natives of Virginia, and came of old German families. On leaving his native state the father w'ent to Ohio, and thence came to Clin- ton county, where he was one of the early settlers. To Mr. and Mrs. Kyger have been born four children, three yet living — George , born January 16, 1852, married Alice Henderson and they became the parents of four children ; Anna B., Ida M., Charlie and one who died in infancy. Charles A., born January 10, 1854, died February 14, 1893; Mary 1 ., born November 20, 1857, is the wife of |ohn M. Moyer, and they have one son, Samuel E. ; Laura C., born August 5, i860, is the wife of Jacob Hill, and they have five children: Vessie S., deceased; Eunice C., Medora A., Bertha A. and Floyd K. In poli- tics, Mr. Kyger it a democrat, and in 1876 was elected county commissioner, serving two terms. He was filling that office at the time the present court house was built. Since the 1 age of seventeen years he has been a faithful 1 and consistent member of the Methodist BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY 7r,S l<'l)isc()])al cliurdi, and his wife is also a mem- ber. 'I'liey are highly respected throughout the community and their friends are many. Mr. Kyger is man of e.xcellent business ability and his perseverance and industry have brought success. ^"^AMUEL KUHNS, one of the soldier- citizens of Ross township, Clinton ^ y ccnmty, Ind., is a son of Henry, one of the original ])ioneers, and springs from sturdy German stock; his father, a farmer, settled in Pennsylvania at an early day. Henry Kuhns was born in Lehigh county. Pa., where he married Catherine Zimmerman, daughter of George Zimmerman, who was born in Ger- many and settled in Lehigh county. They were the parents of seven children — all born in Lehigh count}’. Pa. : Charles, Catherine, David, Jonas, Lucy, A., Caroline an^Sa.muel. In 1S39 Mr. Kuhns came to Clinton county and settled in Koss township, in the last of June, two miles north of Rossville, on 145 acres of land, which he bought, and only fif- teen acres of which was cleared. By hard work and thrift, he cleared up all his land, which was covered with hard oak timber, and made a good farm, on which he remained until his death, which occurred at the age of eighty- one years. He was a member of the Lutheran church and his wife was a member of the Re- formed church. He was a law-abiding citizen, noted for his integrity, was respected by all wluj knew him, and he reared a resjjcctahle family. Samuel Kuhns was born January 23, 1831, in Lehigh county, Pa., on his father’s farm, received a common education, and at the age of eight years came to Clinton ('ounty, Ind., with his parents, and well remembers the jour- ney through the wilderness, which was made in a two-horse wagon and occuj)ied six weeks. Mr. Kuhns grew nj) among the jfioneers, and remembers seeing v\ olves, and wild game, such as deer, turkey, etc. He became a carpenter by trade, married Susannah Ruch, daughter of Peter and Lucy .A. (Troxel) Ruch. Peter Ru(di was of sterling Dutch stock from Lehigh county. Pa , coming to Clinton county, Ind., and settling in Washington township, about 185401- I 85 5 ; he became a wealthy farmer, own- ing about 400 acre s of fine land. He reared a family of six thildren; Mhlliam, Maria, Susan- nah, George Joseph and Martin. Mr. Ruch died on his farm aged seventy-three years. He was a highly respected member of the community in which he lived and a devout member of the Lutheran church, in which he was an elder. He had one son in the Civil war — Joseph — in the P'ourth Indiana cavalry, who served one }-ear and was in several battles. After marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Kuhns set- tle.d.y^n their present farm of sixty-eight acres, which bv thrift and hard work they cleared up from the heavy timber (except fifteen acres), and by industry he added to this until he owned 144 acres, all well improved. He set out a fine orchard and made many other valu- able improvements. To Mr. and Mrs. Kuhns were born eight children; Peter J , Lucy A., Maria J. (died at the age of twenty-eight years), George IP, Albert D., Sarah C. , Mary A., and Ada A. Mr. Kuhns is a member of the Lutheran church and has been an elder many years. He is a believer in education and was school director, and has given his children all good educations in the district schools. In jiolitics he is a re]ud)lican. Mr. Kuhns has always been a temperate man of high moral character and has brought up a respectable family of children. He is one of the reliable men of the township, and throughout his life has been an honorable, ipuight man, alwa}S standing high in the I'steem ol his neighbors for his sterling worth. ’ library OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ItUNQIS LIBRARY Of THE UmVERSlTY OF or CLINTON COUNTY. 76B B R.\NK a. LAMPHIER. — Prominent among tlie successful self-made men of Washington township, Clinton count}’, Inch, is Frank A. Lamphier, who was born near the city of Rochester, N. V., on the 29th of Ajiril, 1850. He is the son of Richard and Anna (Koykendall) Lamphier, natives of New York, the father of German and the mother of Irish descent. Richard Lamphier moved from his native state in 1855 to Eaton county, Mich., where he followed the trade of carpentering, which he had learned when a young man in New York. He died in 1859 and was followed to the grave by his de- voted, wife, who was called to her final reward within five days after the death of her husband. They left a family of five small children, namely: Frank A., Richard M., Eugene, Edward, and an infant daughter that died without being named. Frank A. Lamphier was deprived of both his parents when but nine years old, at which'- early age he was thrown upon the world and compelled to fight life’s battles unaided. He first made his home with a man by the name of Ira Turner, with whom he remained until attaining his majority, after which he learned the carpenter's trade, in which he accjuired great skill and proficiency. He followed his chosen calling for a period of eight years, earn- ing, in the meantime, the reputation of a very successful builder, and in November, 1876, came to Tippecanoe county, Ind., and aban- doned mechanical pursuits for agriculture, pur- chasing originally a small farm consisting of twenty acres in Tippecanoe county. In 1880 he bought the present place; he has made ad- ditions from time to time and now owns ninety- one acres, upon which he has erected a fine residence, a good barn and other buildings, and all of his buildings are strictly first-class, the general appearance of his place bespeaking for its owner a thorough knowledge of every detail of agriculture. Mr. Lamphier is essentially a self-made man and he began life upon his own res])onsibili- ty without the aid of a single dollar and with but little encouragement from any one. In the practical school of experience he has learned valuable lessons, and his present position as a respectable member of society and trusted public servant, has been accomplished by his own unaided efforts. Financially he has ac- complished much, and his good management and thrift have served as a stimulus to those whose youth was fraught with as many dis- couragements as his own. He is a democrat in politics, and in 1890 was elected by his party for the office of trustee of Washington township, the duties of which he has since dis- charged most satisfactorily. Mr. Lamphier was married, in 1878, to Miss Phynett Grice, dauglvber, of Henry and Elizabeth (Hardwick) Gric'e,’- whose parents were natives of Ohio and ‘*^-l-'^German' - 4 e^G' 4 nt. Henry Grice died in 1888; his widow is still living. The following are the names of the children of Henry and Elizabeth Grice: Eli, Emily J., Mary A., Samantha, wife of H. H. Atkins, Angeline, Vienna, Sarah M., Fairfax, Phynett and Calista. They are both members of the Methodist Protestant church, in which they are highly respected for their good work and religious zeal. LI L.ACKEY. — The ancestors of Mr. Lackey were among the sterling Scotch-Irish settlers of Virginia in the Revolutionary times and he traces the family history back to his great-great- grandfather, a patriot of the war of independ- ence, who lived in Rockbridge county of the Old Dominion state. Isaac Lackey, Eli’s grandfather, was born and reared in the county of Rockbridge and there married a Miss Cun- ningham, who bore him a number of children. 761 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY sev(!ra! of whom became well known citizens of \arginia and other states. Isaac H. I.ackc-y, a son of the above-named Isaac and father of the subject of this sketch, was horn in Rockhridj^e comity, \'a. , June 29, I (Si 8, and at the aj^e of ten years went to Greene comity, Ohio, where he resided until his removal to Clinton countv, Ind., in 1S38. His wife, whose maiden name w'as Eliza Mc- Bride, and whom he married September 17, 1840, was the daughter of Thomas and Mary fRit(diie) McBride, her parents being among the earliest pioneers of Clinton county and moving to the same in 1829. Thomas Mc- Bride took part in the battle of Tippecanoe and otherwise served with credit in the w’ar of 1812. He became a large land owner in Clinton county, assisted in the county organ- ization, and is remembered as a very energetic and public-spirited man. Isaac H. Lackey settled on a farm of 160 acres, to wdiich he subsequently added adjoin- ing land, and in time became the possessor of a very comfortable home. He was a man of great industiy, a democrat in iiolitics, and a member of the Reform church. He died August 31, 1855, in Greene comity, Ohio, whither he had gone a short time previous, and W'as laid to rest among his kindred in the old home cemetery. His widow subseijiiently married Andrew J. McCarty, by whom she had one child —William G , who at this time is connected w'ith one of the largest wholesale jobbing houses in the world, in California. She dic'd |anuary 4, 1894. The following are the names of the children born to her first marriage Eli, Isabcll, ^^ary J., Martha E., and Thomas R. Eli I.ackey is a native of (diiiton county, Ind., and dates his birth from the twenty- fourth day of Eebruary, 1850. He w'as edu- cated in the common schools and began life as a farmer, and has since followc'd that useful call- ing W'ith success and financial profit in Clinton comity, and, at this time, ranks with the successful self-made men of the township of Perry. He was married October 13, 1872, to Amanda J. Starkey, daughter of John and Erances (Bashj Starkey, the names of the off- spring of which union are herewith given, together with the date of birth — Daisy, August 2, 1873; Icy, December 17, 1874; John R., March 3, 1876; Eliza F., July 2, 1879; Lillie A , August 20, 1880: Jessie E. , July 23, 1886; Gracie, August, 1891; of the above Daisy died August 30, 1874: John R. died October 15, 1877; Lillie, August 28, 1881, and Eliza, Sep- tember 7, 1889. John and Erances Starkey, parents of Mrs. Lackey, w'ere natives respectively of Maryland and Ohio and came to Clinton county, Ind., as early as 1830. Mr. Starkey moved to his home in the wilds of Indiana with all his earthly belongings on a one-horse sled, but he lived to see the country's wonderful develop- ment and he became a prosperous ancDvell-to- do farmer. He died in 1891 and his w'ife in the year 1856. Mr. and Mrs. Lackey are members of the Methodist church. Mr. Lackey is a ]iopulist and has been honored by his party with the nomination for the office of county treasurer. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to \dsta lodge. No. 136. ILEIAM EANAM.^Among the self- made men of Clinton comity w'ho have succeeded in overcoming many serious obstac'les, ac(|uiring a com- fortable comiietence and establishing for them- selves an uiudght character in the community, the name of M'illiam Eanam is justly entitled to s))ecific mention. Mr. Eanam is of Ger- man liiu'.age and inherits many of the charac- teristics and virtues of his worthy ancestors. His grandfather, d'homas Eanam, came to the OF CLINTON COUNTY. 765 tlie Unitetl States when a 3'oung man, settled in Pennsylvania, and thence, shortly' after his marriage, emigrated to Morgan comity, Ohio, where he purchased land and became a well- to-do farmer. He is remembered as a man of many excellent parts, a democrat of the Jack- son school, and he lived to a ripe old age. Jesse Lanam, son of the above and father of William, was born in Virginia and followed tilling the soil for a livelihood. In his native state he married Martha Steward, and shortly thereafter emigrated to Ohio, settling in Mor- gan county, where in time he became a farmer of large means. Like his father before him he was a strong supporter of the democratic party, and for many' years was a member of the old Christian church, in which he held various official positions and the teachings of which he endeavored to practice by a life de- voted to the good of his fellow-man. After the death of his wife, which occurred in Mor- gan county, Ohio, Mr. Lanam became a resi- dent of Clinton county, Ind., where he re- mained for but a limited period, then moved to Illinois, in Champaign county of which state he died two years later. William Lanam, whose name introduces this biography, was born at a romantic spot in a stone house in the Alleghany mountains, and at the age of three years was taken by his parents to Ohio, in which state he grew to manhood on a farm. What education he re- ceived was imparted to him in the old-fash- ioned log school-house, descriptions of which are found elsewhere in this volume, and he began life for himself as a common laborer at very small wages. He came to Clinton county, Ind., in 1850, and for some years there- after worked for the very modest compensa- tion of six dollars per month, later received twelve dollars per month, and from his earn- ing's succeeded in laying by sufficient means to enable him to furnish a home and prepare for housekeeping. After his marriage, which was solemnized wil h Mary J. Wyant, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Newhouse) Wyant, Mr. Lanam settled in Sugar Creek township, Montgomery county, where he lived for a short time, afterward purchasing an eighty'-acre tract of land m Clinton county', where he has since made his home. Beginning life with but little encouragement and no financial assist- ance, he has succeeded in surmounting the numerous difficulties which would have dis- couraged a man of less determination, and is now rewarded with a comfortable competence of this world’s goods, including a valuable farm of 1 70 acres in the township of Perry, Clinton county. His place is well stocked and well drained, the buildings are substantial, and he ranks with the best farmers of his neigh- borhood. He is a deacon in the Christian church, to which his wife also belongs. The following are the names of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Lanam; Jessie, Wesley, Eliza J., Mary, Martha, Thomas, Catherine Alice and Almedia, all of whom, with the exception of Almedia, who died at the age of nine years, are married and doing for themselves. Thomas Eanam married Lissie Vale, daughter of Lee and Rebecca (Coltram) Vale, and has two children — Lloyd and Ernest. The par- ents of Mrs. Mary J. Eanam emigrated from Virginia to Montgomery county, Ind., in 1831, making the trip to Cincinnati on a flat-boat and from that city by ox team to their new home in the Hoosier state. They were pio- neers in the true sense of the term, and the mother was accustomed to walk to Thorntown and back the same day in order to obtain gro- ceries for the family, the distance traversed being sixteen miles. Mr. Wyant entered 160 acres of land, and with the assistance of his wife, worked hard in order to bring it to a state of cultivation, but did not live to accom- plish his aim, dying three years after coming 706 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY to tlie coiiDtry. Dc^pi'ivc'd of her strong stay, Mrs. W'yant was coinpellc'd to sn])])ort her family by working on the farm, and right nobly did she jx'rform this duty. She snc- ceedc'd in keeping her family of seven children together, and lived to see them grow to man- hood’s and womanhood's estate and become heads of families. ILLIS A. LANE, brother of Bev- erly \\’. Lane, was born in Clinton county, Ind., on the twenty-fourth day of January, 1820, and grew to maidiood near v\here he is now living. His education, acquired in the common schools, is of a practical nature, and his contact with men in subsequent years, together with his business relations, has given him a practical knoA\ ledge such as schools and colleges fail to iniitart. His life work has been agriculture, in the true dignity and elevation of which he hrml}' believes, and in his chosen calling he is the peer of any resident of the community in which he lives. Mr. Lane has a well-improved and fertile farm of 110 acres, upon which are many \-aluable improvements, including a modern residence' and barn, complete in their api'x^intments, and the imju'oved condition of his ])remises bespeaks the successful farmer and gentleman of taste. Mr. Lane was united in marriage June 15, 1874, to Mary ('. Harlan, daughter of George ami Silence (Hamilton) Harlan, the father a farmer of Piatt county. 111 . This un'on lias been blessed with the birth of the following children, given in the order of their ages; Jes- sie, deceased at the age of six years; Walter H., Nellie' and ('leorge 11 . Mr. Lane is a ])ro- gressive citizen in all the' term implies; he stands unreservi'dly for public inqerovc'inents of all kinds, and takes more tban ordinary interest in the cause of education, the general dissemination of which he believes to be one of the effective means of arresting many of the evils extant and elevating the country to a higher plane of moral excellence. He is spar- ing no pains in the education of his children, all of whom will be given the advantages of full courses of study in higher institutions of learning, and, at the same time, he is by no means neglectful of their higher natures, the iniluence of his life being decidedly religious in .its tendency. He is an earnest worker in the Methodist church, holds the positions of steward, trustee and class leader, and, for some years, has been the efficient superintend- ent of the Sunday-school. Politically, he is a republican, but not an office-seeker, although he has frequently been solicited by his many friends and fellow-citizens to accept positions of trust. EVLRLY W. LANL, a younger brother of Mdllis A. Lane, and one of the progressive young farmers of Perry township, Clinton county, is a descendant of an early settler of Delaware, and in his veins flows the blood of Danish and Irish ancestors. His grandfather was Joseph Lane, who was born in Delaware March 10, 1800, and who married, in that state, Elizabeth H. whose birth occurred in the year 1799. Elizabeth Lane died December 21, 1824, leaving one son — William Lane. Joseph Lane’s second wife, whom he married in Dela- ware Lebruary 14, 1826, was Mary Parker, who was born June 5, 1798, and died April i, 1834; by a j)revion3 marriage Mrs. Mary Lane had two children, and her union with Mr. Lane resulted in the birth of three children : Jesse, John, and Solomon. Mr. Lane emigrat- ed to Ohio in an early day, and thence, about the year 1833, came to Clinton county, Ind. He married again. July 30, 1834, choosing, for 7 G 7 OF CI.TNTON COUNTY. his third wife, Mary Byers, who was born Au- gust 26, 1817, daughter of Jolin and Mary Ifyers, early settlers of Indiana, who located in Clinton county as long ago as 1833. The children of this marriage were: Samuel B., Jane, Joseph P. , Mary, and Elizabeth. Mr. Lane was one of the pioneers of Clinton, mov- ing to the same shortly after the county or- ganization and purchasing lands in various parts, until he became the possessor of over 1,000 acres. The first election ever held in Perry township was at his house, and he took a prominent part in public matters and was an old-line whig in politics. He provided liberal- ly for his children, giving to each $4,000, or its equivalent in land, and otherwise assisted them in life. He and wife were charter mem- bers of the old Shiloh church, and he ren- dered valuable financial assistance in the con- struction of the first house of worship, a log structure which, in due time, was replaced by a more modern edifice of enlarged capaci- ty. After the death of his third wife Mr. Lane married Amanda Broderick, daughter of An- thony and Rachel Broderick, a union severed by the death of Mrs. Lane in September, 1873; Mr. Lane died April 28, 1874, and was laid to rest in the old cemetery at Shiloh. Jesse Lane, son of the above and father of Beverly W., was born in Layette county, Ohio, November 26, 1821. When five years old he was brought by his parents to Clin- ton county, Ind., received his education in such schools as the country afforded, and on arriving at manhood’s estate was united in marriage, April 26, 1 849, to Prudence W'hite, daughter of Alexander and Margaret (Cloud) White, early settlers of the county of Clinton. The result of this union was the fol- lowing children; Willis A., Joseph (deceased), Edgar W., Ollie J. (deceased), Beverly W., Daniel H., Violet May (deceased), Judson (de- ceased), Mary, Nettie, Sarah, Ralph and Delie. After rearing her famil}^ the mother of these children passed to her final rest on the fifteenth day of August, 1875. She was sadly missed in the home and the church, of which she had been a consistent member for many years, and her many friends and neighbors mourned her death as a personal loss. On the twenty- third of January, 1877, Mr. Lane entered into the marriage relation with Rachel More- head daughter of William and Rachel (Balow) Moreliead, a union blessed by the birth of one child — Lottie. Mrs. Lane was in early life a Presbyterian, but later became identi- fied with the church to which her husband belonged. She lived the life of a true de- voted Christian, was beloved by all with whom she came in contact, and departed this life on the fifteenth day of March, 1894. Mr. Lane has been a successful farmer all his life, and, by skillful management and strictly honorable business methods, succeed- ed in accumulating a large amount of prop- erty, the major portion of which has been divided among his children. He has done much toward introducing a high grade of live stock in the township, and for many years dealt quite extensively in Clydesdale horses, short-horn cattle, Poland China hogs, Shropshire sheep and other fine breeds. He has always been a stanch republican, and as a farmer and in every other relation in life, is justly entitled to mention among the rep- resentative citizens of the township of Perry. Beverly W. Lane, whose name appears at the head of this sketch, was born in Clinton county, Ind., February 26, 1858. Like the majority of the sons of Clinton, his early years were passed on a farm, and the common schools, which he attended at intervals during his minority, were the means by which his educa- tion was imparted. On arriving at manhood’s estate he was united in marriage to Eva M. Bailey, daughter of Samuel and Evaline (Hin- 708 lUOGRAPIIICAL HISTORY tonj Railc'v, to wliicli union one child, Beulali May, was horn, Mr. Lane is a successful lariner and a leadidj,^ citizen of the commu- nity in which lu' resides. Politically he is a republican and the Methodist church re})re- sents his religious creed. Mrs. Lane is also a Methodist, and noted for her f^ood works both in the church and out. Samuel Bailey, Mrs. Lane's father, one of the leading old settlers and prominent farmers of Perry township, is descended from ('lerman- Irish ancestry and was born in Morgan county, \'a., December 31, 1825. When two years old he was taken by his parents to Ohio, thence, when fourteen years of age, came to C'linton county, Ind., where he grew to man- hood. He was married May 27, 1851, to hAaline Hinton, after which he settled on a farm of forty acres, where he lived si.\ years, when he disposed of the same and purchased other land, which he imjrroved. Eventually he became the possessor of handsome prop- ert}’, owning 360 acres of valuable land lying in one of the most fertile and best improved parts of Clintcm county. The names of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Bailey are as fol- lows — Paulina, Rachel, Morris, Eva, Whlliam, b'rank, Albert and Myrtle, all of whom are doing well for themselves in life. Mrs. Bailey is the daughter of Michael and Rachel hlinton, the father a native of Washington county, Ohio, and an early settler of ('linton county, lnd.,7noving to the latter about 1830. H DAM LIHSURh', an enterprising citi- zen of Erankfort, Ind., was born near Dayton, Ohio, August 9, 1830, and is the scm of Adam Leisure, who came from I'rance in 1825 and married, in Philadel- phia, Miss Rosanna Martin, a native of Phila- del|)hia, of (h-rman ancestry. To the elder /\dam and wife wi-re born ten children, of whom Adam, the subject of this sketch, is next to the eldest, and of whom four are still living. Adam Leisure moved from Pennsylvania to Montgomery county, Ohio, in 1830, and in 1846 brought his family to Indiana and located in Peru, Miami county. Here young Adam began life for himself at the age of sixteen, his parents moving west and his father dyiirg in Kansas in 1869 at the age of about seventy- five years; the mother, however, survived until 1878, when she died at the home of her daughter in Spencer, Mull county. 111 . July 5, 1847, Adam, our subject, located in Center township, Clinton county, Ind., and worked as a farm-hand until the spring of 1852; in March, 1853, he began carpentering, w'hich has been his business until the present day in the city of Frankfort, first having begun con- tracting in 1857. Mr. Leisure has been an active politician, having first been a whig, then a know-nothing, and finally a republican, and for seven years prior to the spring of 1894 was a most efficient and popular member of the city council of Erankfort. The marriage of Mr. Leisure took place. August 23, 1855, to Miss Nancy Isgrig, young- est daughter of William and Mary (Jones) Isgrig. Mrs. Nancy Leisure w'as born in Huntingdon county. Pa., August 14, 1836, and is of Dutch descent. In the fall of 1839 her parents and their ten children came to Clin- ton county, Ind., and here the father died the following spring, bnt the mother surviv- ed until 1878. d'he marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Leisure has been blessed with three children, viz: Charles Marion, Jacob Ells- worth and Ulysses Grant. I'or years the parents have bc'en members of the Methodist lipiscopal church, and since May, 1866, Mr. Leisure has been a I'reemason, being now a knight templar. His wife is a member of the lUistern Star lodge, an adjunct of the Masonic oi'der. Ulysses Grant Leisure is a worthy son of OF CLINTON COUNTY. TOO hi.s father, has graduated with credit from the I'rankfort schools, and has made (juite a repu- tation as a workman in wood. OHN U. LUDINCxTON, farmer of Jackson township, Clinton county, Ind., was born in Clinton county, Ohio, March 4, 1833, son of Stephen and Ann Ludington. Stephen Ludington was the son of Thomas, whose father came from Ire- land. Thomas Ludington was born in New York, and died in the state of Ohio. Stephen Ludington was born in New York, early accompanied his parents to Ohio, thence emigrated to Wisconsin, where he lived a short time, and in. 1850 became a resi- dent of Clinton county, Ind., where his death occurred in the month of October, 1857. His wife, whose maiden name was Anna Holdcraft, died in February, 1867. They were the par- ents of six children, namely: John F., Anna (deceased), Lucinda, wife of Joseph Haley, Harvey, Delilah, wife John W. Witt, and Ellen (deceased). John F. Ludington was reared to to a life of labor on his father's farm and was unfort- unate in not having the advantages of an edu- cation in his youth. He learned to read and write after reaching manhood, and early chose the machinist’s trade for his occupation. He first worked in the city of Chicago for one William Tuttle, in whose employ he remained about seven years, after which, for about four- teen years, he ran stationary engines at differ- ent places. He enlisted October 20, 1861, in company K, Fortieth Indiana infantry, Capt. A. E. Gordon, and went into camp at La Fayette, remaining there about a month. Later, his regiment went to Indianapolis, thence to Louisville, Ky., and Mr. Ludington saw his first active service in a forced march through Kentucky and a portion of Tennessee to Shiloh, in the bloody battle of which he took part. From Shiloh his command went to Holly Springs and luka, thence to Tuscum- bia, Ala., and various other places in that state. Later, after devious marching, the regiment reached Munfordsville, Ky., and thence marched back to the city of Louisville. He took part in the battle of Perryville, after which the regiment followed in pursuit of Gen. Bragg. It would be difficult, in a sketch of this kind, to narrate, in detail, all the marches, shirmishes, and battles in which Mr. Luding- ton took part, but suffice it to say that throughout his varied experience, covering a period of nearly four years, he earned a repu- tation for duty bravely and uncomplainingly performed, of which he feels deservedly proud. He took part in the battle of Murfreesboro and the Chattanooga campaign, and met the enemy in the bloody fights of Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain. From Chat- tanooga he accompanied his command to Knoxville, thence to Georgia under General Sherman, and participated in the battles around Atlanta, among which were Buz- zard's Roost, Ringgold Station, Big Shanty, Kenesaw Mountain, Dallas and New Hope Church. At Strawberry Plains his regiment veteranized, after which he went home on a furlough. At the expiration of thirty days he rejoined his command at Round Top, Ga., thence went to Atlanta in time to take part in the battle of Peach Tree Creek. His regiment assisted in the pursuit of Hood to Franklin, Tenm, and after taking part in the battle at that ]dace went to Nashville, where the army of Flood was almost annihilated. After vari- ous other movements in Tennessee, Arkansas, and Texas, Mr. Ludington was finally dis- charged at Indianapolis in 1865. He was wounded in the battle of Shiloh but refused to be taken to the hospital, and at Perryville he 770 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY also reccivt'd a severe wound in the arm. At ■Murfreesboro lie received a gun-shot wound in the thigh, and on the twenty-fifth of Septem- ber, I 863, was cajitured by the enemy and held until the twenty-eighth of December follov\ing. After leaving the army Mr. Ludington resumed his trade, but subsequently engaged in farm- ing, which he still carries on. He has been twice married — the first time on the twenty- eighth of August, 1857, to Susannah Daugherty, a union blessed with the birth of six children, four living — Mary J., wife of Frank Gunion; Minerva A., wife of Samuel West; James M. and Armetta M. The names of those deceased are Anna IL, born June i 1, 1857, died Febur- '‘^75; fiorn November, 1865, died December, 1865. The mother died August 28, 1887, and on the sixteenth day of March, i8yo, Mr. Ludington married his present wife, Mrs. Sarah A. Helmick, ucc Harbaugh. Mr. Ludington is a member (d' the .Alajfpgijc frater- nity, of the Odd Fellows' order, and of the G. A. R. Politically he is a republican and in religion a Methodist. AMUEL KYLE LONG, a leading farmer and influential citixen of Owen township, C'.hnton county, Ind., is descended from sturdy German an- cestry. His grandfather, Samuel Long, was a native of Virginia and a farmer by occupa- tion. He was a democrat in politics and served for a number of years as justice of the peace. In religious belief he was a Presby- terian, and his death occurred at the age of eighty years. His children were John, vSam, |ose])h, Maria and David. The last named was born in Virginia in 1793. and he, too, carried on agricultural |)ursuit.s. He was mar- ried lamiary 8, 1829, t(j Amne Harkrader, who w;is born ( )ctober b, 1809, and they be- came the parents of tlu' following children: George W., who married Sarah Striker; Catherine, wife of Wk L. Mabbitt; Elizabeth J., wife of Warren Adams; Martha A., wife of Mk H. Weaver; Margaret M., wife of John Lennon; Sarah E., wife of W. McClune; Matilda, wife of J. H. Fennell; Annie S., wife of Robert Young; Ifenjamin F., who served in the late war as a member of the Third Indiana cavalry and died in hospital; Samuel K., of this sketch; J. D., who married Hannah Her- ron; Mary, wife of Frank McCrary; and Amanda M., who died at the age of thirteen. The father, David Long, removed with his parents first to Butler county, Ohio, and in 1832 became a resident of Clinton county, Ind., where he entered 160 acres of farm land. This he cleared and improved, and to it added a tract of eighty acres. He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian church, and in politics he was a democrat and took an active .interest in the party. His life was one of in- diLstry and enterprise until his last ten years, when he suffered greatly from rheumatism. He died in 1871, at the age of seventy-two. Samuel K. Long, whose name heads this record, was born in the township which is still his home, December 14, 1844. was reared in the usual manner of farmer lads, and was edu- cated in the common schools. He remained at home until October 26, 1872, when was celebrated his marriage with Nancy A. Miller, who was born July 25, 1842, and is a daughter of Solomon and Eleanor (Logan) Miller, who were also natives of Indiana. Mrs. Long is a member of the Presb\ terian church. By their marriage they had one son, who was born De- cember 18, 1874, and died March 31. 1882. During the late war, Mr. Long, feeling that his services were more needed at home, sent a substitute to the field and entered upon his business career as a farniei'. He had but little capital, but has made the most of hisopportuni- ties, and now owns some 400 acres of rich LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILUNOiS UBRARY OF THE UNWERStTY OF OF CLINTON COUNTY. 775 land, comprised within three farms, which are sn|)plied with good huildings and all modern conveniences. That on which he resides com- prises 160 acres, and he devotes his time and energies to general farming and stockraising, in which he has met with good success. The home is a beautiful residence, surrounded by large evergreen trees, and is one of the model farms of the community. Mr. Long has led a busy life, yet finds time to devote to public in- terests. He supports the democracy, has at- tended its county conventions, and has served as the honored treasurer of Sedalia lodge, No. 508, F. & A. M. Having accumulated a comfortable competence, he enjoys it largely through travel, and has visited many of the points of interest throughout this country. AMUEL W. LYON, a leading farmer^ of Jackson township, Clinton county, ^ Ind. , was born on the farm where he now resides August 25, 1847, and is the only surviving child of Samuel Lyon. Samuel Lyon, Sr., was born in North Carolina in 1792, removed with his parents to South Carolina, where he lived until his fourteenth year, at which early age he entered the arm)^ under his father, and served his country as a soldier for some time. Later he engaged in farming, which he pur- sued until 1831, and then sold his property, including a number of slaves, and removed to Indiana, entering an eighty-aci'e tract of land in Clinton county. He afterward added 168 acres to the original purchase, and became a farmer of considerable means. When over forty years of age he married Mary Mundell, daughter of Isaiah Mundell, who bore him three children, only one of whom is now liv- ing, to-wit: the subject of this sketch; the other two, James and Mary, died at the ages of six and fourteen years respectively. Mrs. 37 Lyon died in 1854, and her husband dejtarted this life four years later. After the death of his father, Samuel Lyon, Jr., made his home for some time with his cousin, John Brown, and afterward, for five years, lived in the family of his guardian, Stewart Breckinridge. He had then reached an age when he was at liberty to choose his own guardian. Accordingly he selected Wil- liam Salesbury to look after his interests, and he made his home with that gentleman until he reached his majority. He then took pos- session of his own estate, and has since been engaged in agricultural pursuits, following the same with such success that he is now one of the most enterprising and progressive farmers of Jackson township, as well as one of the prominent citizens of Clinton county. On the twenty-seventh of August, 1872, Mr. Lyon and Miss Clarissa, daughter of Nicholas Strain, United- 'Trfrfljh'e bonds of wedlock. Mrs. Lyon was born in Montgomery county, Ind., October 14, 1855, and is the mother of four children — Rosa Ulla, born May 25, 1873, now the wife of N. Jett; Maggie E. , born July 18, 1875, a prominent teacher of the county; FleetaC., born March 12, 1880, and Verna Wilson, born March 4, 1886. Mr. Lyon, at this time, is the possessor of 300 acres of fine land in Jackson township, and in addition to general farming gives con- siderable attention to the breeding of fine live- stock, making a specialty of full-blooded short- horn Durham cattle, in which his success has been most encouraging. He takes much in- terest in educational matters, giving his chil- dren good advantages in this direction, and he is indeed one of the public-spirited men of the township in which his life has been passed. He is a member of the I. O. O. E. , belonging to lodge No. 413, and the Baptist church, with which both himself and wife are identi- fied, embodies his religious creed. BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY 77 () OBICRT Mc C'LAMROCH is a })rotni- lU'iit factor in the financial history of I'rankfort, and a citi/cni whose judg- ment in all matters pertaining to mon- etary transactions is seldom or ever at fault. Mr. McC'lamroch's ancestral record is traceable hack through several generations to Scotland, from which country his great-grandfather emi- grated to America many years ago and settled in North Carolina. His grandfather, James McClamroch, was a native of North Carolina, and there married Elizabeth Cornell, who be- came the mother of several children, the names of whom are as follows: Thomas, father of Robert; James, John, Mrs. Martha J. Longfel- low and Mrs. Sarah Beal. Thomas McClain- 1 roch was born in August, ir of vMfrcd and Sarah A. (Reese) McKensey. Mr. McConnell had sixt\--eif;ht acres of land given him by his father, and in 1S78 traded this for eighty acres in Marion township, which he made his home until i 8(S5, when he bought sixty-fonr acres on section 4, Kirklin township. He has drained the place, which is also well fenced and is snp- j)lied with all modern improvements and con- veniences, and throngh his earnest efforts his land is transformed into a very valuable tract. In 1893, Mr. McConnell was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who died on the twenty-ninth of September, at the age of forty-five. She was a member of the Chris- tian church of Cyclone, and an earnest Chris- tian, whose loss is felt throughout the com- munity. Mr. McConnell belongs to the same church. » In politics he is a rejnjblican, and has served as a delegate to the county con- ventions, but has never been a^ji^i^^ratit .tof'- office, perferring to devote his time and at- tention to his business interests, in which he has met with fair success. AMES McUAVBS, one of the mo.st prominent citizens and farmers of Madison township, Clinton county, Ind., was born in Liberty townshijg Butler county, Ohio, October 17, 1821, and is a S(m of Mdlliam and Elizabeth (Sweetj McDavis, natives resjrectively (jf Vermont and New York. William McDavis was born May 20, 1 799 > ‘>'*‘1 Elizabeth (Sweetj McDavis was horn June 28, 1798. When James was five years old his father moved into a hotel at Princeton, where the family lived three years, then removed co a hotel at Bethany, where the father died one }'ear lati'r at the early age of thirty-oiu: years, leaving a wife and four (diildren, of whom |ames was the eldest. 'I'he mother continuc'd in the hotel until her family were grown to maturity, when she died, in October, 1874. The father lived at his birth-place until nine- teen years old, then emigrated to Butler county, where he lived and died as before stated. The parents were of Scotch-English ancestry. Mr. McDavis served a few months at blacksmithing and carpentering, and was very skillful in the use of tools and made most of his own repairs. He at one time kept a general store and dealt in agricultural implements at Hamilton village. He also traveled over a great portion of the United States. James McDavis came to this county in 1 843 and settled in Madison township, about one mile north of Mnlberry, whei'e he leased some land of James R. Elliott, on which he lived eleven years. In 1854 he left the farm for two 3'ears and jnirchased forty acres of his present farm and soon afterward purchased '■stkly-two acres where he now lives, to which he has added from time to time until he now owns I 32 acres. He came to this county with only three dollars in money in his pocket, and all he owned, including horses and wagon, were not worth more than $150. He was first married August 20; 1843, in Butler county, Ohio, to Miss Martha Eleming, daughter of )ohn Fleming, who was born in said county December 14, 1822. Miss I'leming’s parents died when she was ten years of age, and she was left to care for herself when veiy \’oung. Her death occurred Se])tember 10, 1865, and she was buried at Dayton, Tippecanoe county, Ind. She left three children — Frances E., born April 21, 1847; Jessie A., born July, 24, i860; Elizabeth A. was horn September 14, 1851, and dietl at the age of six months. I'rances E. was married, and died July 14, 1874, leaving two children b'rank and Cal- vin. Jessie' A. was married to John Mattox and is living in l-ioss townshi|i. Mr. McDavis was married the second time March 26, 1867, mm §f iUf Wfefraf atwBi* OF CLINTON COUNTY. 781 to Martha L. Lindley, daughter of Dodd and Sarah (Skillinan) Lindley, the former born in the state of New York in 1796, and died in 1846 in Butler county, Ohio; the latter born in 1801 near Trenton, N. J., and died in the same county in 1856. Mrs. McDavis was born in Butler county, Ohio, August 25, 1833, where her parents were also married. Mr. and Mrs. McDavis have one child, namely, James, wlnj was born September 14, 1871, and is one of the representative young men of his township and has taken for his life partner Miss Leonora Jacoby. Mr. and Mrs. McDavis are rearing an orphan girl named Ella Hamilton, whose parents died when she was but eleven years of age. Mrs. McDavis was reared a Baptist. Mr. McDavis is a Uni- versalist and politically is a republican. He is president of the Dayton Gravel Road company and a director in the Farmers’ Fire Mutual in- surance company, of Clinton, Carroll and Tip- pecanoe counties. ILLIAM H. McGUIRE, M. D., one of the most prominent medical practitioners in the city of Frank- fort, was born in Carroll county, Ind., June ii, 1847, and is the son of John and Sarah (Michaels) McGuire, natives of North Carolina and Virginia respectively and of Scotch-Irish extraction. The birth of John McGuire, the father of the doctor, took place July 30, 1818, and the parents of John were Elias and Elizabeth (Crowlj McGuire, who were also natives of North Carolina, from which state they removed to Butler county, Ohio, and thence in 1837 to Carroll county, Ind., where they passed the remainder of their days. They were devout members of the Methodist Episcopal church and in this faith reared their family, who were born and named in the following order; Isaac C. , de- ceased; Daniel, deceased; William, of Cly- mers, Ind.; John, father of Dr. Win. H. ; Susan, Lavinia and Sarah, all three de- ceased; Elizabeth, wife of J. Tucker of Kansas. John McGuire came to Indiana with his parents and with them made his home, assisting in the care o.f the farm, un- til his marriage at the age of twenty-eight, when he engaged in farming on his own ac- count in Carroll county, and followed this honorable vocation until his death. May, 10, 1891. His marriage took place, however, in Clinton county, Ind., September 3, 1846. Mrs. Sarah (Michaels) McGuire is a daughter of William and Susanna (Neher) Michaels, who were both natives of Virginia and resided in Augusta county when their daughter was born. To the marriage of John and Sarah McGuire ten children were born, viz: William H., the subject of this sketch; John J., a stone cutter of Logansport, Ind. ; Elisha H. , farmer of Logansport; Samuel, deceased; Elias, farmer of Logansport; Susanna, wife of William Koble of Logansport; Sarah, deceased; E. Jasper, of Logansport; Mary, deceased, and Ella, wife of Charles Taylor, of Winamac, Ind. The mother of these children died Aug- ust 9, I 894. Dr. William H. McGuire received his pri- mary education in the district schools; this w'as supplemented by a course of study in \Vabash college for a year. ^ This was followed by a course of study in medicine under Dr. F. A. Schultz, at Delphi, Ind., beginning in 1870, and this in turn was followed by graduation from the Eclectic Medical institute of Cincin- nati, January 27, 1874. His first three years of practice were with his former preceptor. Dr. Schultz, and then in June, 1877, he set- tled in Frankfort. During his residence in Delphi the doctor became as popular as a democratic politician as he did as a physician, and in 1876 was elected coroner, the duties of lS-2 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY which office lu.‘ filled most satisfactorily to the public and with credit to himself until his re- moval to l'raid w ’ lLLIAM II. MAISH, of Center M H I fownsliip, Clinton county, InA\T II Sh KK I .S. I'l. John M()(irk. II). John Skai.kr 17, 'I'avi.or IIau.shman Martin IIicarh 21. - 27). John IIamii.ion. 211. John M Him, 27. (Ihari.ks Kuni/ 2 S. Wii.i.iAM S. McKinnkv 111. CicKRo Sims 2)7). Jamus N. Sims. :!(•) \. McCi.uri; H:. I C, Sum liH. |)r. N. I’. Dunn. 2)11 Kiciiarh J. Car I KK. Mi. JaMKS |•■KAZIKK. 17. U. M. IIurMiiNsoN. IS. John Whtikman. ■III. I'llOMAS I.I'-K. 7)11. Kmmkit Cushwa. 7 John Earner. •7 ) «. Abne r Baker 20 !). N. J. Gaskill. :i0 10 . Wm. C. Frazier. 81 11. jEiSE Ryan. 82 18, Jamison Rogers. 83 10. P. D AVIS. 10 20. W. H. H. Thompson 41 21. John Utz. 42 David Fisher. 48 Joe Ghere. 44 George Lee. 51 W. H. Wynkoop. 52 Adam Hoffman. 53 James Caster. 54 Mordecai McKinsey. 55 Urban C. McKinsei’. H, H Bradley. Charles Grover. Samuel Aughe. Nelson Loucks. Solomon Isgrigg. Benjamin Leach. Timothy Cornelison. OF CLINTON COUNTY. 797 sylvania, had been runninf^ a triji hammer and forging' iron. He was a prominent Methodist and died at about eighty years of age. John, his son, and father of our subject, was born August 5, 1805, received a common education, learned the blacksmith’s trade and was a maker of edged tools. He married in Lancaster coun- ty, Pa., Susannah Harris, and to them were born eight children: Mary, Jacob H., JohnQ., Jane, Thomas W., William C. , Samuel B., and Levi K. , the first four born in Lancaster county. Pa., and the last four born in Franklin county, Ind., where Mr. Masters moved in 1835 and bought 150 acres of land and fol- lowed his trade. By thrift he accumulated and added to his farm until he owned over 300 acres, two miles from Fairfield. Both he and wife were members of the Methodist church, in which he held the offices of steward and trustee, and was class leader for many years. He lived to the age of eighty-five years, and died on his farm January 22, i8gi, highly re- spected in his county. His wdfe was born in February, 1807, and died April i, 1887, aged eighty years. Thomas W. Masters was born June 26, 1838, in F'ranklin county, Ind., near Fairfield, on his father’s farm. He received a good com- mon education, and, w’hen the war broke out, enlisted at Connersville, Fayette county, Ind., in company L, Forty-first regiment Second Indiana cavalry, September 25, 1861, for three years, or during the war^under Col. Bridge- land, Capt. Isaiah Walker. He was twenty- three years of age and was in many battles and many skirmishes in Kentucky, Alabama, Geor- gia and Mississippi, and was in the battles of Shiloh and Corinth; his regiment was all cap- tured at Hartsville, Tenn., by Gen. John Mor- gan, except a lieutenant and six men, who were on detached service, our subject being one of them. Later, his regiment was paroled and sent back to Indianapolis and remounted 38 and armed. They were in many scouts and skirmishes about Gallatin, Tenn., and in the battle at Chattanooga, and in all that cam- paign; and then in the Atlanta campaign four months — in the battles of Dalton, Resaca, Kenesavv Mountain, Rocky Face Ridge, Chat- tahoochee River, and the battles in front and rear of Atlanta. Here his time expired and he returned with his regiment to Indianapolis. The regiment was ordered to turn over the horses and saddles and to draw sixty rounds of ammunition, as ti'ouble was expected in the southern counties of Indiana. The regiment was held at Indianapolis eight days, and was honorably discharged October 4, 1864, and Mr. Masters returned to Fairfield. On January 3, 1865, Mr. Masters married Susannah, daughter of Joseph and Ann (Cran- dell) Haywood. Joseph Haywood was a sub- stantial farmer and old settler near Fairfield, and was from an old family of Maryland, of English and German descent. He settled in Franklin when a young man, married there, and became the father of twelve children: Joseph, Mary, Margaret, Michael, Susannah, Ann, Elihu, Thomas. Jonathan, Elizabeth, Ruth and Joshua, of whom, three sons served in the Civil war: Elihu, Thomas and Jonathan. Elihu and Thomas were in the Sixty-eighth In- diana infantry, in which Thomas served three 3’ears and was in many battles; Elihu died in Indianapolis from the measels; Jonathan en- listed in the last call for troops. Mr. Hay- wood died during the war at the age of seven- ty-eight years. He was a man of high char- acter, and reared a good family, and was a member of the Eriends’ church. The month following his marriage Mr. Masters came to Rossville, and bought 160 acres of land, on w’hich he still lives, having built a substantial residence and otherwise improved it. He and wife are members of the Methodist church, in which he held office as steward, and is now 708 HTO( 7 RAPIIICAL HISTORY trustee. Politically he is a stanch republican, served as township trustee for two years, and was re-electi;d November 6, 1894, by a major- ity of live. Mr. Masters owns a tine farm and has been en<;aj;ed in stock raising and dealing, lie is one of the directors of the Rossville baid-c, and stands high as an honorable busi- ness man. He was an active soldier and in all the battles, skirmishes, marches, raids and campaigns in which his regiment particijiated, many of which he cannot now recall, but was never sick, wounded nor taken prisoner, yet had several close calls — his boot-heel having been shot off at the battle of Gallatin, Tenn., with John Morgan, and his horse wounded, and once was called to halt by the rebels at the battle of Chickamauga, but kept on. He al- ways did his duty, and served his country faithfully. OHN B. MEIFELD,— or Ben, as he is usually called— -the oldest merchant tailor, and a well known citizen of h'rankfort, Ind., was born in Cincin- nati, Ohio, March 10, 1851. He is a son of John G. and Josephine (Nortker) Meifeld. The former was born in Oldenberg, Germany; the latter in Hanover, Germany. The father came to this country in 1843, landing in New Orleans, and then went to Cincinnati, Ohio. The mother came by the same route to Cin- cinnati in 1844. They were married in the city named and had born to them the follow- ing children; Jo,se])hine, deceased; John B. ; Anthony, deceased, and Emma. The mother died in Cincinnati in 1871, at the age of tift}’- seven. d'he father and subject came together to Frankfort in 1873 and toga.'ther established the business whicdi the son, since 1891, has conducted alone. The business has been a very succerssful one, and while the father is now retired, he is still ac'tive at the agi' of seventy-nine years. He is a pions member of the Catholic church and is highly respected by all classes of Frankfort citizens. John B. Meifeld received an excellent education at the parochial schools, and at St. Francis Xavier college at Cincinnati; learned tailoring under his father, and learned it well, becoming an accomplished cutter as well as a successful salesman. The marriage of Mr. Meifeld took place, in 1874, to Alice Hill, of Frankfort, and the happy union has been blessed by the birth of three children, viz; Mabel, Frederick and Paul. Personally, Mr. Meifeld is a very affable gentleman, is quite popular, not only with his customers, but with the public in general, and is at the present time secretary of five local building and loan associations. He does an extensive tailoring business, unexcelled by any in the city, and guarantees all his work. He is a democrat. OHN H. MERRITT, a substantial young farmer, was born in Johnson township, Clinton county, Ind., June 4, 1854, and this has always been his place of residence. Aul)ry Merritt, his great- grandfather, a patriot of the Revolution and of English parentage, lived and died in Hardy county, \'a., where he owned a plantation and a number of slaves. Adam Merritt, son of Aubry, was born in Hardy county, Va. , and married Catherine Harris of the same state. They moved to Coshocton county, Ohio, reared a family, and then came to Indiana, and settled in Clinton county in 1845, entering a farm. He was an old-line whig, but lived to be a stanch supporter of the republican party. William Merritt, son of Adam and father of John 11 ., our subject, was born in C'oshocton county, Ohio, A])ril 2, 1824, and married Rachel Keever, daughter of [otm and Rachel (Drake) Kcever, of Warren county, Ohio. The chil- OF CLINTON COUNTY. 799 (ircn bom to this marrage were named, in order of birth, as follows: Mary E., Erasmus M., Margaret C., John H. and Clinton. The father of this family, William Merritt, has lived in Clinton county Ind., ever since his marriage, and is one of the most prominent citizens. His farm comprises 285 acres, and is improved with a substantial residence, barn, and all necessary farm buildings, and is in a fine state of cultivation. He is a strong republican in his politics, and in her religion his wife is a consistent Methodist. John H. Merritt was married February 3, 1881, to Miss Annie Lybrook, daughter of Philip and Lyda J. (Sutton) Lybrook, the former a resident and farmer of Howard county, Ind., and a member of the Society of Friends. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Merritt are named Fred L. , Iberna D., Clyde and Earl — the last named deceased at the age of two years. Mr. Merritt’s farm contains eighty acres, is improved with a substantial modern farm house and a spacious barn, with the necessary outbuildings. He has earned this property through his own thrift and industry, assisted by his prudent and pains- taking wife, and he is still progressing. He is regarded by the citizens of the township as a man of worth and intelligence, and his family is equally respected. H LPHEUS L. MENDENHALL, a sub- stantial farmer of P'orest township, Clinton county, Ind., springs from sterling English lineage. David Men- denhall, the grandfather of our subject, was a native of North Carolina, but moved through the wilderness and settled in Hamilton county, Ind., in its early history. He here entered a farm in the primitive wilderness, amid the brush and frog ponds, built a rude cabin of poles, afterward clearing the land and making a farm. He was an old-line whig in politics. Cary Mendenhall, son of the above and father of our subject, was born in Hamilton county, Ind., and was reared on his father’s farm and attended the old-fashioned log school-house, a rude, uncouth structure, as compared with the school-house and furniture of to-day. After reaching manhood’s years he married Abigail Dawson, the daughter of David and Eliza (Burroughs) Dawson. The following children in order of birth were born to this union : Wal- ter, Alpheus L. , Mary E. and Augustus. The father was a stanch republican in politics and had a birth-right in the Friends’ society. He died at the early age of twenty-seven years. He was a man that was highly respected by all who knew him intimately. His widow after- ward married James A. Stanley, and to this marriage Frank, Charles and P'lora were born. Mrs. Stanley is a devout member of the Chris- tian church and is now residing in Clinton county on the farm. Alpheus L. Mendenhall was born in Ham- ilton county, Ind., August 29, 1852. He has always been on the farm, but received a good common education. He married Laura Car- rick, daughter of William and Ann (Dow) Carrick, the former of whom was a farmer by occupation, and a mechanic. He was also a prominent man of the church and Sunday- school. \Vhen married, Alpheus L. and wife settled on a farm in Clinton county, where they now reside; they own a place of eighty acres, a good house and modern barn. The farm is well improved. He is a populist and the first one in the township. He and wife are members of the Christian church. He is a member of the Odd Fellows’ lodge. No. 593, at Scircleville, has passed all the chairs and attended the grand lodge. The children born to him were named : Bell, Edna (deceased), Maggie and Sarah F. Mr. and Mrs. Menden- hall, however, though sadly bereaved, have a BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY hir^e iiiuiibcr of friends and acfjiiaintances, wliosi' respect they enjoy to the full, and who in some measure hll the void occasioned by the loss of tlieir daughter. R. JAMES W. MEKIDITH, the most successful dental surf^'eon in Frankfort, Ind., was born near Flem- ingsburj;', Ky. , September i6, 1831. His parents were William R. and Harriet (Davis) Meridith, the former of whom was a native of Maryland and the latter of Kentucky. William R. Meridith was but a young man when he migrated from Maryland to Kentucky, engaged in farming, and in 1830 was married to Miss Davis, a native of Fleming county. In 1836 Mr. Meridith and his young wife went to Calloway ccnmty. Mo., where he superintended a farm until 1837, then came to Madison, Ind., where he lived a short time, and then moved to Morristown, Shelby county, Ind., where he died in 1839 — the father of five children, \\z. \ James Y’ayne, our subject; George D., de- ceased; Albert L. ; Fletcher, an editor of Hutch- inson, Kas. ; and Tabitha, deceased. Mrs. Harriet Meridith subseciuently married, in Mcjrristown, William Adair, a farmer, by whom she became the mother of one child, John T. , now deceased, the mother dying in 1853. Dr. |. W. Meridith remained on the farm until eight years of age, then worked out at chores, hel))ing to support the family until his mother’s second marriage. The family then located in Union county, Ind., for a year, then moved back t(j Shelby county, where he re- mained until sixteen, and then apprenticed himself at cabinet-making for four years with A. C. Cooly, of ('.onnersville, Ind. The last two years of his apprenticeship his mother, passed with him. lanuaiy ib, 1853, the (hec- tor was married, near Versailles, W'oodford count}', Ky., to Missouri J. Holing, a native of Woodford county, who bore one child, Jane (deceased), and she herself died June 16, 1855. The second marriage of Dr. Meridith took place at Frankfort, Ind., March 30, 1858, to Miss Eliza J. Armstrong, a native of Clinton county, and a daughter of Isaac Armstrong, of whom further mention will be found elsewhere in this volume. To this union have been born nine children, named as follows; Hettie, de- ceased; Jennie, wife of William T. Moore, merchant of Williamsport, Ind.; Georgie, a teacher in a city school of Frankfort; Lu A., jeweler; Carroll, Katie, W’att, Gus and Fletcher, at home. Dr. Meridith acejuired the science of dentistry under Dr. Martin, of Franklin, Ind., and began its practice in the city of Frankfort, May 3, 1856, and, with the excep- tion of nine years, when engaged in the dry goods trade, has been in active practice until the present time, standing at the head of the profession. As a member of the I. O. O. F., he represented his lodge in the grand lodge of the state in 1861, and has been honored with many other evidences of the high esteem in which he is held by his fellow-citizens. AWS(i)N C. MERRITT, a prominent farmer and citizen of Johnson town- ship, Clinton county, Ind., was born here February 11, 1854. His grand- father, Adam Merritt, was born and reared in Virginia, and came to Clinton county, Ind., after having lived a few years in Coshoc- ton county, Ohio, and entered part of the farm on which Lawson C. now resides. John Mer- ritt, father of Lawson C., was also a native of Virginia. He married Helen M. Williams of Ohio, who bore two children, |ulia, and an infant who was called away. The second mar- riage of [ohn Meiritt was to Harriet Ann Scott, daughter of James Scott, and to this union was born Lawson C. Merritt. On OF CLINTON COUNTY. 801 coining to Johnson to\vns|iip with the earlier settlers, John Merritt entered and purchased a (]iiantity of land, which he improved and increased until he owned 200 acres. He and wife were both members of the Baptist church, and both had the confidence and esteem of all that knew them. The mother passed from earth December i i, 1875, and the father died June 7, 1893. Lawson C. Merritt was reared on the home farm, and April 27, 1876, married Miss Dorcas Pruitt, daughter of John and Nancy J. (Stew- art) Pruitt, of whom further may be read on another page of this volume. The four chil- dren born to this union are named Elbert B., Walter S., John P. , and Hubert. At their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Merritt settled on their present farm, which now comprises 335 acres. It is very fertile land, and the farm is in an ex- cellent state of improvement and is highly cul- tivated. The dwelling is modern in construc- tion and the farm buildings commodious and substantial, and all this property, or nearly all, has been earned through the industry and good management of Mr. Merritt, with his amiable wife’s assistance. Mr. Merritt is very promi- nent as a republican and was elected township trustee in 1894, and fraternally he is a mem- ber of the Odd Fellows’ lodge. No. 593, at Scircleville, in which he has passed all the chairs, and which he has represented in the grand lodge. QUIRE W. MERRILL is a railroad man of many years’ experience. He was born in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw county, Mich., June 3, 1841. His father, Squire C. Merrill, a native of Pittsfield, Mass., was born in the year 1800, and died at Wayne, Mich., in 1884. He was a son of Gad Merrill, also, a native of Pittsfield, Mass., and a descendant of an early English emigrant to the Bay state. In the state of New York, the subject’s father married Mary Ann Wheeler, who bore him four children. For a second wife he married Harriet Hawkins, the subject of this mention being the only child by this wife, who died when her son was quite young. The father married for the third wife Cynthia Lynds, who bore one child. In 1825, Squire Merrill, Sr., with his first wife, set out by wagon for the west. They settled in Wash- tenaw county, Mich , where they lived the remainder of their lives. Farming was the occupation of Mr. Merrill. When he came to Michigan that state was a territory and its governor was Gen. Lewis Cass, under whom he served as United States marshal. He and Gen. Cass were intimate friends. His father and mother left Massachusetts in their latter days and joined him in Michigan, and made their home with him till death called them away. The subject of this mention was born and reared upon a farm, and attended a few short winter terms of school in the old log-house in his neigborhood. At the age of fourteen 3'ears he became self-supporting, and for three years thereafter accepted whatsoever work he could get to do. In November, 1859, Mr. Merrill began his railroad career. .A.t that date, he began breaking on the Dayton & Michigan R. R., with which company he remained till 1862, when he received a severe injury in the hip, for which, after considerable litigation, he obtained damages, the effect of which was a change of employers. He next entered the employ of the Detroit & Milwaukee R. R , in the latter part of 1862, with headquarters at Detroit. With this road Mr. Merrill remained for ten years, save one year in the meantime, when he was in the employ of the United States government. During that year, 1864- 5, he was yard-master at Nashville, Tenn. In 1872, Mr. Merrill engaged with the Canada 802 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Southern ruilroad and helped construct that line, and later he became a conductor on the C'hicago A W'est Michigan K. K. Afterward he held a similar position on the Flint ik Pere Marquette R. R. , then was in the same ca- jiacity on the Louisville, Paducuh & Southern, and subse(]uently ran on every branch of the Louisville cS; Nashville R. R. When S. R. Calloway, a personal friend of his, became re- ceiver of the Detroit cS: Bay City R. R. , Mr. Merrill became a conductor on that line, and he continued with Mr. Calloway during his superintendency. When Mr. Calloway received the management of the Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City R. R. , Mr. Merrill still remained with him, and since that date has either been train-master or conductor on this road, holding the latter position at the present time, ^^d^ile train-master he was stationed at Charleston, 111 .; in August, 1892, he moved to Frankfort, where he has since resided. Mr. Merrill was married August 18, 1868, to Miss Emily M. Evans, daughter of John and Katherine (Myers) Evans, who was born at McKeesport, Allegheny county. Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Merrill have two children, namely: Cad E., who is chief clerk for the St. Louis division of the “Clover Leaf” R. R., and Madge Emily. Mr. Merrill is a thirty-second degree Mason, belongs to the mystic shrine, and commandery. He is an experienced rail- road man, and during the long term of years spent in that capacity has had the unbounded conhdence of the large corporations by which he has been employed. Gentlemanly and obliging in his intercourse with all, he has much of the good will of the traveling public, and it is a compliment justly earned to ascribe to him a popularity such as few men in his arduous calling ever attain. The domestic re- lations of Mr. Merrill have been felicitous in all respects, and he may well be congratulated on this account, also. at ELIAM MICHAIvL, a retired farmer of Colfax, Clinton county, Ind , and a prominent democrat, was born in Montgomery county, I this state, March 12, 1835, and is of Pennsyl- vanian-German descent, his grandfather, also named Wdliam, having come from the Father- land prior to the Revolutionary war, in which i heroic struggle he took an active part, and finally settled in the Ke3'stone state. His son William, father of our subject, was born in Pennsylvania in 1800, was reared a farmer, ! and on first coming west located in Ohio, whence he came to Indiana, and settled in Montgomery county, and was still a compara- tively young man when he moved to Clinton county and entered eighty acres of land, to which he later added until he owned 240 acres. He had married, in Ohio, Margaret Stucky, a daughter of Jacob Stucky, also a farmer. William Michael, the subject proper of this sketch, was reared on his father’s farm near Colfax and was of material assistance in hew- ing it out of the wilderness as the years rolled on. But he was hardly of age when he mar- ried and settled on a farm of his own in Clin- ton county. This happy event took place October 15, 1854, the bride being Miss Sarah }., daughter of Henry J. and Nancy (Bailey) Reedy. In March, 1876, Mr. Michael, with his wife, moved to Tennessee, and bought a farm in Davidson county, eight miles from Nashville. On this farm Mrs. Michael died December 30, 1890, a devout member of the Methodist church, and an earnest Sabbath- school worker. At her own re<]uest her remains were interred in Clinton county, where she had had a host of sincere, loving and admiring friends. The second marriage of Mr. Michael was to Mrs. Mary C. Baker, a widow, and a daughter of George Isenberger, farmer of Clin- ton county. OF CLINTON COUNTY. 808 October i6, 1862, Mr. Micliael' was called to the defense of his country, and enlisted in company I, Eighty-si.xth Indiana volunteer in- fantry. He was transferred to Kentucky, and his first fight was at Perryville; he was next in a skirmish at Rural Hill; then in the battle of Stone River; was cajFured and sent to Mur- freesboro, Tenn., then to Montgomery, Ala., and then to Richmond, Va., and for thirty days was confined in Libby prison, and then e.xchanged at City Point and sent to Annapolis, Md, ; rejoined his regiment at Murfreesboro; was sent to McMinnville, and was in a skir- mish at Ringgold, Ga. ; fell back to Chicka- mauga and took part through all that terrific struggle; was on the skirmish line at Chatta- nooga and also in the thickest of the fight; was at Fort Wood and Orchard Knob; was in the dreadful engagement at Missionary Ridge; was all through the Atlanta campaign, and in the hard-fought battle of Resaca; was at Jones- boro; was with Gen. Thomas in the pursuit of Hood; was at Columbia, Nashville, and then back into Georgia, and thence back again into northern Tennessee, eastern Tennessee, and once more to Jonesboro, when the war was ended and Mr. Michael honorably discharged at Nashville, Tenn. , in June, 1865. He then returned, after this long perio 1 of faithful serv- ice and devotirn to his country’s cause, and resumed the occupations of peace. Both Mr. and Mrs. Michael are devout members of the Methodist church, in which he has filled the office of steward, and both stand deservedly high in the esteem of their friends and neighbors. In politics Mr. Michael is a democrat and takes much interest in the success of his party, by which he has been honored by a nomina- tion for the office of township trustee. Mr. Michael owns thirty-five acres of improved land in Perry township, also seven lots in Colfax, and is quite comfortably situated, as far as this world’s pelf is concerned. OHN MILLER, who carries on general farming and stock raising in Madison township, is one of the worthy citizens that Pennsylvania has furnished to this county. He was born in Lehigh county of the Keystone state on the sixteenth of November, 1834, and is a son of Elias and Maria (Rex) Miller, both of whom were natives of Lehigh county. Pa., and were of German descent. The father was born in 1812, and belonged to the third generation of the family in America. During his youth he learned the carpenter’s trade. He worked hard, and after a time had saved $200, and had purchased a team of horses. With his family in the wagon and with this small cash capital, he started across the country for the west, and in May, 1839, located in Clinton county, Ind. Here he pur- chased eighty acres of land, upon which was a small log cabin, and began the developement of a farm. He afterward added to this tract until 3 I 7 acres of rich land yielded to him a golden tribute in return for his care and culti- vation. His death occurred in 1876. His wife, who was born in 1811, died in 1874. The nnion of this worthy couple was blessed with fourteen children, of whom five died in infancy. The members of the family were John; Paul and Moses, both deceased; Edwin; Nathan; Abraham; Eliza, wife of Stephen S. Earhart; Sarah, wife of John Jacoby; Maria, wife of George Ikens. In the usual manner of farmer lads John Miller spent the days of his boyhood and youth. He was only five years of age when his par- ents came to Indiana. He received but limit- ed educational privileges, and when a young man learned the carpenter’s trade, which he followed for some time. As soon as possible he purchased fifty acres of land south of Mul- berry, and in 1882 purchased his present farm of 100 acres. This is now under a high state of cultivation and well improved with aoi BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY line l)uil(lin,i;s and all the accessories of a a model farm. On the twenty-sixth (jf Fef)ru- ary, i ved to Boone county, and settled near Middlefork, where he continued to reside. He died January 16, 1863. The parents were life-long members of the Methodist Episcopal church. The father held many positions of honor and trust. Like his father he was first a whig in politics and upon the organization of the republican party he became a republican. For years he was justice of the peace, and while residing in Boone county he served as property appraiser; for two years he was an associate justice of Boone county. He also served as a school commissioner of Rush county for five years, and in 1850 was a dele- gate to the Indiana constitutional convention. In all these positions he discharged his duties with fidelity and creditable ability. He was of ordinary education, but of general intelligence and unusual mental energy. He was a soldier of the war 1812, and in every sense of the term was one of the pioneers of Indiana. He was twice married and was the father of nine- teen children by both marriages. He began life as a mechanic, and having a large family to support, amidst the privations of a new country, he acquired only a limited estate; and his children, as they grew to maturity, were compelled to resort to their own resources; and such was the lot of his son James N., whose name heads this biographical mention. James N. Sims remained under the par- ental roof till he reached his majority, aiding his father with work on the farm. He gained a fair common school education, and for ten years was engaged in teaching and by means of earnings from teaching, was enabled to pre- pare for a professional life. His literary edu- cation was completed by a collegiate year at Asbury university. During the period he RIOGRAPIIICAL HISTORY huight sclionl he ai)plie(l liimself to the study of law, Ih' was liceiised to practice in No- vc'inber, i of Union. On the second day of ( Ictober, 1873, Mr. Sn\’der and Mi.ss Candace Shorlle were united in the Ixmds of wedlock, and to their union have been born three children b'rank J., whose birth occurred October 15, 1874, Homer V., born June 13, 1886, and an infant deceased. Mrs. Snyder was born June 10, 1851, and is the daughter of Samuel C. and Elizabeth (Teeters) Shortle, natives of Vir- ginia and of Irish and German lineage respect- ively. Mr. and Mrs. Shortle came to Clinton coindy, Ind., shortly after their marriage, and they had a family of twelve children, the fol- lowing being their names: Mary, Oma, Henry, Sarah, Matilda, Elizabeth H., George M., j Esther J., Martha V. (wife of John T. Sheff- I lerj, Julia E. (wife of D. P. Pence) and Can- I dace who married the subject of this mention. I Mr. Snyder has a comfortable home, a good j farm under a successful state of cultivation, I and belongs to that large and eminently re- spectable class of agriculturists to which the country is so much indebted for its present prosperous condition. He is a membei of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to blue lodge No. 54, of Frankfort, and has also taken the chapter and commandery degrees. Politically he wields an influence for the democratic party, and in religion his wife is a devout member of the Methodist church. >^AMES ALLEN SPARKS, farmer and g stockraiser of Perry township, was born ^ J in Clinton county, Ind., August 11, 1838. His paternal ancestors were among the early residents of Mainland, of which state his grandfather, james Sparks, was a native. From Maryland james Sparks emigrated to Pennsylvania, thence moved to Ashland countv, Ohio, and later came to Clin- ton county, Ind. lie married Margaret Ray and reared a famil}’, his descendants being among the snbstant ial residents of Clinton and other counties of Indiana. Thomas Sparks, father of james A., was born August 11. 1810, in Piumsylvania, from which state he went to Ohio when twelve OF 'CLINTON COUNTY. 867 years of age. When twenty-seven years old he became a resident of Clinton county, the date of his arrival being about 1837, I'e is classed among the pioneers of this section. He made the jonrney from Ohio to Indiana in a wagon, and moved to a place upon which no im})rovements of any hind had been made, but in time he cleared and developed a good farm of 140 acres and erected substantial build- ings. He was a piominent man of the com- munity in which he resided, a member of the Methodist church, and a whig in his political belief, later a republican. The following are the names of his children — James A. , Elizabeth, Mary A., Emmeline, Franklin, Margaret M., Joseph and John H. Thomas Sparks died April 3, 1879, and his wife was laid to her final rest on the twelfth day of September, 1856. James Allen Sparks was reared on the old home farm, was educated in the common schools, and has passed nearly all of his life within the present bounds of Clinton county, being one of the oldest native-born citizens at this time. Having decided to become a farmer, he has carried out his intention and to-day is one of the leading agriculturists of his township. He began life for himself on the place where he now resides, consisting originally of fifty acres, which through his in- dustry has been well improved, and he now owns seventy-two acres of well cultivated land, supplied with all the conveniences calculated to make him satisfied with his condition. Mr. Sparks was united in marriage, in 1864, to Mariah Waynscott, daughter of L. and Hulda (Bean) Waynscott. Mr. Waynscott was one of the early settlers of Clinton county, mov- ing here from Kentucky as long ago as 1832; he was a leading man of the community, a prominent member of the Baptist church, and died June 14, 1879; Mrs. W^aynscott is still living, having reached the rijie old age of of eighty-four years. Mr. Sparks takes an active part in politics, voting the republican ticket, and fraternally belongs to the Masonic order. He and wife are members of the U. B. church and are among the most highly respectable citizens of Perry township. Hav- ing no children of their own, they adopted a child of Samuel J. Ghere, when only eight months old, whom they have yet, and are still fondly caring for at the age of nine- teen years. OHN N. SPITZNAGEL is a native of Germany and inherits in a marked de- gress the characteristics of the sturdy race to which he belongs. He was born in the n:)rthern part of the dukedom of Baden, April 23, 1840, of which country his parents, Adam and Burga Spitznagel were also natives. They had the following children — Burga, de- ceased; P'rederick, living in La P'ayette; Mary, deceased; Theresa, deceased; Magdaline; Ur- ban, deceased; John N. and one that died in infancy without being named. The father of these cliildren died in Germany about 1848, at the age of forty-eight years. Frederick and Magdaline (now Mrs. Philip Donier of Frank- fort) came to the United States in 1852 and were joined the following year by John, LTban and the mother, all of whom settled in La Fayette, Ind., where Mrs. Spitznagel died in 1865, at the age of si.\ty-five years. John N. Spitznagel was thirteen years old when the family came to the United States. He then had a fair German education, and, after coming to this country, learned to read and write English by a course of private study. His first five years in America were spent as a cigar maker, and in 1858 he began the butcher- ing business at La Fayette, where he continued until 1870, becoming thoroughly familiar with every detail of the trade in the meantime. In 868 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY the year 1870, Mr, Si)itznagel opened a meat market in I'rankfort, where he has since car- ried on a very lar”;e and lucrative business, his success in a hnancial point cf view being of tlie most gratifying character. During the years 1861 62 he carried on the business in Canada, but, being better pleased with the United States, he has since made the latter country, his home, and proposes to do so the remainder of his days. Mr. Spitznagel was happily mar- ried in the city of La Fayette, Ind,, in 1868, to Lena Mans, who was born in Prussia, and who died in the month of March, 1891. Two children of this marriage are living at the present time — Mary and Charles. Mr. Spitz- nagel is a member of the Masonic order and in every respect a most estimable citizen. Measured by the usual standard, his life has been a successful one, and his business, always conducted in a most honorable manner, has yielded him a goodly portion of worldly wealth. Eminently social in his nature, Mr. Spitznagel has never lacked for friends, and with a l classes in Frankfort he enjoys a degree of popu- larity second to that of few people of the city. FNRY NELSON SPRAY, one of In- diana’s native scms, now living near Cyclone, Clinton county, was born near Jonesboro, Ind., March 21, 1831. His grandfather, Abner Spray, was an Indiana farmer, and was of Irish and English descent. He married Polly Little, and after her death wedded Naomi Underhill. The children of the hrst marriage were: George, Jonas, Mor- decai, James, William, Rachel, and Rebecca. Abner Sjrray servt'd in the war of 1812, and was taken prisoner. He voted with the whig party and died at the age of sixty-hve years. William Spray, father of Henry Nelson Spray, was a native of Kentucky, became a farmer and (nvned at his death 120 acres of tind)er and j)rairie land. He wedded Elizabeth, daughter of Josiah and Naomi Lamb, and they became the parents of nine children; Josiah, Lncrctia, Henry N., Louisa, Josiah, Elwood, John, Naomi and Mordecai. The father died at the age of forty-six, and his wife passed away at the age of sixty-seven. Henry N. Spray, subject of this sketch, was a youth of fifteen at his father’s death, and he then cared for his mother and was her chief support. As a companion and helpmate on life’s journey he chose Miss Keziah Young, and they were married in 1852. She was born in 1832, and is the daughter of Henry and Sarah (KarkerJ Young. The following children were born to them; Lonisa A., Sarah, Elizabeth and Thomas H. (both deceased), Mary B., P'lora, Frank and Edward (twins), Nellie, Jnlia, and Henry and Carrie (both deceased). Mr. and Mrs. Spray inherited about $1,200. They lived in Clinton county until 1853, and then removed to Dallas comity, Iowa, where they purchased 1 30 acres of land, but after four years they disposed of the farm and returned to this state. In 1862, Mr. Spray laid aside business cares, and on the twenty-ninth of August, joined company I, of the One Hundredth Indiana infantry. He went from Indianajiolis to Cairo, and thence to Memjihis, Tenn. The troops then started to Vicksburg, but returned to Grand junction and afterward went to Collierville, where comjianv 1 was sent to guard the rail- road, there remaining until I Line 8, 1863. They next went to Memjihis and then down the Mississijipi to Vicksburg, and nji the Yazoo river, after wliich they marched seven miles into the country. On the surrender of Vicks- burg they started after johnston’s army, driv- ing them across Big Black river, and tlien went to Jackson, Miss., where a seven days' engagement occurred. Later they went to Inka, Corinth, and marched through Alabama. OF CI.INTON COUNTY. 869 They took part in the hard-fought battle of Missionary Ridge and then followed the enemy two days to Knoxville. At Scottsburg, Ala., where th^y went into winter quarters, Mr. Spray was confined in the field hospital for several weeks and was then detailed as a mem- ber of battery C, First Missouri light artillery. He was discharged May 25. 1865, from the artillery, and then went to join his old regi- ment, and was finally discharged July 4, 1865. On his return, Mr. Spray operated a rent- ed farm for eight years, and then purchased eighty acres of timber land, which he has cleared and drained, making it a valuable and highly cultivated tract. He now superintends it, but it is operated by his son. His home is a tasty and comfortable residence, built in modern style, and all the accessories and con- veniences of a model farm are there found. He and his estimable wife belong to the Chris- tian church, and he is a member of Stone River Grand Army post. A public-spirited and progressive citizen, he still manifests the loyalty which caused him to join the boys in blue. ON. ERASTUS HARMAN STALEY, one of the best-known citizens of Clinton county, Ind., was born in Tippecanoe county, this state, Eebru- ary 6, 1830. His father, Aaron Staley, son of Martin Staley, was born near Guilford Court House, N. C., February 5, 1802, but was a resident of Carroll county, Ind., at the time of his death, November 4, 1854. The marriage of Aaron Staley took place April 30, 1829, to Catherine Parsons, and resulted in the birth of the following children: Erastus H., Catherine Ellen, Marietta and James Griffith, of whom the Hon. Erastus H. is the only survivor. Mrs. Catherine Staley was born in the state of New York, May 17, 1809, and died in Tippe- canoe county, Ind., May 5, 1843. The Staley family are of German origin, and the first of this particular family to come to America was Isaac Staley, who settled in North Carolina. A brother of Isaac also came from German}’ and settled in Virginia, and through marriage his descendants became connected with the family of Pres. John Tyler. Hon. E. H. Staley’s paternal grandmother, Mary Staley, belonged to the Virginia branch of the family, and was a cousin of her husband, Martin Staley, the son of Jacob, who was a son of the immigrant, Isaac. About 1 8 16, Martin Staley and family moved from North Carolina to Ohio, and thence came to Indiana in 1828, settling in Tippecanoe county. James G. Staley, brother of Erastus H., was killed in the battle of Franklin, Tenn., being then cap- tain of company P', One Hundred and Twen- ty-eighth Indiana infantry. Hon. E. H, Staley was educated at the district schools, but at the age of twelve lost his mother by death. His father being in re- duced circumstances, he cpjit school and lent his best aid toward the support of the family, but kept up his studies at home. At the age of nineteen he was granted a license to teach, a vocation which he followed until the winter of 1852-53, when, having saved fifty dollars, he entered Asbury (now DePauw) university, from which he graduated in 1858, at the head of his class, being its valedictorian. In April, 1858, by invitation, he opened the Battle Ground institute in Tippecanoe county and taught the spring term, although he had not yet graduated. P'or four years he held the principalship of the Battle Ground institute, and for the succeeding three years was presi- dent of the Valparaiso Male & Female college, which he endeavored to have converted into a normal school, but did not succeed. Having been ordained a deacon vvhile at Asbury uni- vergity, and later an elder, and being a mem- 870 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY her of the Northwest Methodist Episcopal coiifeia'iicj;, he was appointed pastor of the church at I'raiderty has all been gained by honest w'ork and good management, as the father luul but, OF CLINTON COUNTY. 883 $140 when he and his son settled here. In politics Mr. Trusk is a democrat, but has always declined to accept a nomination for office when offered to him; in religion he and wife are of the Missionary Baptist faith, and of this church Mr. Trask is a deacon. He contributes freely to its support, and is ardent in the cause of education. He and family .stand deservedly high in the esteem of the citizens of the township and county, for upon such as he does the prosperity of any com- munity depend. George Trask, the brother of our subject, also settled upon the home- stead, hut subsequently purchased an adjoin- ing farm, where he died in 1874. He married Jemima Snodgrass, who survives him. H DAM trout is one of the promi- nent retired farmers of Michigan town- ship, Clinton county, Ind., and is of German descent, his great-grand- father being the first of the family to come to this country, settling in Pennsylvania. James Trout, his son, was born, reared and married in York county, that state, was a farmer, and died there in the Lutheran faith. Isaac Trout, son of James and father of our subject, Adam Trout, was born in 1810, in York county. Pa., and came to Clinton county, Ind., in 1863, and bought a farm of 100 acres. He had mar- ried Sarah James, daughter of Isaac and Su- sanna James, in Pennsylvania; this lady bore her husband the following children: George, died while young; Abraham, Adam, Daniel, Mary J., Elizabeth A., Lubilla and Harriet. The mother died in Pennsylvania, the children being yet young, and the father died in Febru- ary, 1890, also in York, Pa. Adam Trout, whose name opens this biog- raphy, was born in York county. Pa., Novem- ber 4, 1837, and has always been a farmer. November 17, 1859, he married Sarah C. Fisher, daughter of David and Tennie (Shields) Fisher, the former an extensive farmer of York county and a leading Methodist. The children born to the marriage of Mr. Trout were David V., John H., and William, who died when nine months old. Mrs. Trout died June 25, 1865, while her husband was in the army. Adam Trout enlisted in August, 1864, in com- pany I, Fifty-first I. V. I., and was in the campaign under Gens. Thomas and Halleck in the pursuit of the rebel Hood, and was in the battles at Nashville and Franklin, and for two months was on skirmish duty. He was hon- orably discharged at Victoria, Texas, and now receives a pension of eight dollars per month. The second marriage of Mr. Trout took place December 28, 1870, to Louisa Pile, daughter of Isaac Pile, a substantial farmer of Clinton county. To this union have been born the fol- lowing children: Emma, wife of John Young; Orrin; Tennie, wife of Merritt Young; Urastus, Edith, Rossie, Sylvester, and Dorsie. Both parents are members of the Methodist church, in which church Mr. Trout has several times served as trustee and class leader. He owns a model farm of i 34 acres in Center township, with a nice frame residence and a large barn. This farm he rents out for $500 per annum, cash in advance, having now retired from farming, and residing in Michigan township. ANIEL TROUT, a prosperous farmer of Michigan township, Clinton coun- ty, Ind., was born in York county. Pa., January 2, 1840, and is a son of Isaac Trout, also a native of Pennsylvania, w'ho came to Clinton county, Ind., in 1856, and who is by occupation also a farmer. Daniel Trout, in August, 1862, enlisted in company I, One Hundredth volunteer infantry of Indiana, and took an active pan in about twenty-five engagements, including the Vicksburg siege. SS 4 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY the Atlanta caiiijiaij^n and the; famous march of Sherman to the sea, Pigeon Roost, Peach 'Free (hei'k, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Burnt Hickory, New Hope Cihurch, Dallas, Chat- tahoochee River, Black River, Jonesboro, Dal- ton, Missionary Ridge, and numerous smaller engagements. At Missionary Ridge, Mr. Trout was severely wounded by the explosion of a shell, a fragment of which struck him in the side; he also bears a scar on his forehead, caused by a minie ball. He was in the grand review at Washington, and was honorably dis- charged in 1865, within a month of having served three years. For his gallantry and bravery, he now receives a pension of eight dollars per month. October 24, 1875, Mr. Trout married Miss Mary, daughter of Henry and Margaret Ann (Carter) Painter. The parents were formei'Ly' of Ohio, but are now living in retirenrent in Mulberry, Clinton county, Ind. was also a soldier in the late war and was wounded in the leg — a wound from which he still suffers. The year Mr. Trout was married he settled on his present farm of sixty-five acres, not at that time much improved. He has now a modern house and barn, and his farm has been increased to eighty acres, with a fine young orchard, and windmill. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Trout,, two in number, are nam- ed Ida May and Carter LeRoy. Mrs. Trout is a Methodist in her religious faith, and in poli- tics Mr. Trout is a democrat. Mr. Trout is an energetic man in every respect, and by indus- trious habits and strict sobriety has won for himself his pleasant home. a HARLlfS EDWIN WAFKKR, who IS su|)erintendent of motive power for the Toledo, St. Louis A Kansas ('ity railroad conij)any, is a native of (ionnellsville, b'ayettc county. Pa., and was born September 22, 1859. His fatherwas Ja- cob Walker, and his mother Mary Elizabeth (Robbins) Walker, and both parents were na- tives of Connellsville. They had three chil- dren. The mother died when her son, Charles E., was a child of six years. His maternal grandmother took her grandson home, and under her kind and motherly care the youth grew up. He was fourteen years of age when his father died. His paternal grandfather was Noah Walker, who was a native of PennsyL vania, and the father of nine children — two daughters and seven sons — and of the sons six were soldiers in the Civil war. ' Our subject’s maternal grandfather was John Robbins, also a native of Pennsylvania, and the father of four daughter's and seven sons. Six of the sons were soldiers in the Civil war. Thus we observe that Mr. Walker had six males on his father’s side and six on his mother’s side, who ^'e^ participants in the war of the' rebellion. His father, also a soldier, after the war lived in Pittsburg, Pa., where his death took place. At the age of fourteen years his son joined him in Pittsburg, and in that city finished his education by attending night schools, while learning the trade of machinist. Mr. Walker also attended Huff's Business college, and gained a fair commercia,! education. Having learned his trade, Mr. Walker went to Chicago in 1879, where he worked in divers shops for a short time; then accepted a posi- tion with the C., B. N O. R. R. company, and remained on it’s road for about one year, his home during the tinu' being at Bi.'ardstown, Ills , where he formed an accpiaintance with Miss Mary Richards, and in 1879, he and that lady were united iii marriage. Mrs. M’alker is a daughter of the late Jacob Richards, a prominent farmer and citizen of Beardstown for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Walker have two children, William C. and C'.harles \'. In 1880, Mr. Walkin' embarked in the grocery UBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF \l\m\i JAMES WATT. DECEASED. OF CLINTON COUNTY. 887 business at Ueardstown and was thus engaged till August, 1882, when he sold out and en- tered the employ of the Peoria, Decatur & Evansville K. R. company at Mattoon, Tils, Shortly afterward he changed to Springheld, Ohio, and entered the employ of the Ohio Southern R. R. company. In 1883 he as- sumed charge of the shops of the Minneapolis cA St. Louis R. R. company at Minneapolis, thus again changing employers. From there he went into the employ of the Cincinnati Southern, then the C., H. tS: D. R. R. , taking- charge of its round house at Cincinnati. In 1885, Mr. M'alker accepted the position of general foreman for the Cincinnati Southern, for which road he ran an engine the next year. Then, Mr. Walker went to Lima, Ohio, as general foreman for the C. , H. & D. R. R. In August, 1890, he became division master mechanic for the “Clover Leaf” R. R., and in October, 1893, was promoted to his present position as superintendent of motive power, with residence at Frankfort, Ind. Mr. Walker is a thorough machinist and is recognized as one of the ablest of railroad men. Frater- nally, he is a member of the Knights of Pyth- ias and belongs to the uniform rank of the order. AMFS WATT, deceased, was born in Berwickshire, Scotland, March 18, 1797, a son of William and Sarah (Boyd) Watt, also natives of Scotland. Will- iam, father of James, was a stock raiser, and died in Scotland. After his death his wife started for America, after she had passed her eighty-sixth birthday, to spend the remainder of her days with her sons, James and Robert, but died while on .the ocean. James Watt went to the Shetland islands when he was sixteen years of age, remained there five years, and then went to the south of Fngland, where he was steward of a large es- tate of 900 acres. He was married May 24, 1829, while there, and remained until 1832, and had born to him one child, Mary Isabella, June 24, 1830. He then came to America, and settled in Canada, where were born — Elizabeth S., June 30, 1834; William A., March 4, 1836; JaneS., January 26, 1838; from Canada he came to Indiana, where were born Lavinia B., May 3, 1840; Robert B., December 21, 1842. James Watt left London June 20, 1832, and arrived in Quebec, Can- ada, ten weeks and four days later. He then went to Coburg, where he bought a farm, which he improved and sold three years later, and bought a farm in Ontario. November 5, 1838, he started for Clinton county, Ind., with his family, in a covered wagon, and bought 240 acres of land, which he improved. Here he dealt extensively in stock, and here died July i, 1878, from the result of an acci- dent. His wife had died January 4, 1848. His eldest daughter died September 6, 1832; William died October 20, 1872; Robert died April 20, 1875. James Watt was a man of more than ordinary force of character, and accumulated a handsome c'-'inpetence before his death, giving his children all good educa- tions. He was a strong believer in Chris- tianity, and was a liberal man, a strong abolitionist, took an active interest in all American industries, and was a liberal sup- porter of all benevolent institutions. O LIVER P. WEAVER, a substantial farnier of Johnson township, Clinton county, Ind. , was born in Rush county, same state, September 3, 1846, and remotely is of Cerman extraction. His grandfather, John Weaver, was a citizen of Virginia, but one of the earliest settlers of 888 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY K’lish county, Ind., where he owned 300 acres, and to winch h(' moved from the Old Domin- ion in a one-horse waj^on, which carried all he possessed in the way of worldly goods. He was a deacon in tne Baptist church, and he and wife ended their days in Kush count}’, j William V. Weaver, son of the above and father of Oliver P., was born in Kush county, Ind., February 16, 1822, ami was reared a fartner. He owned eighty acres, which he cultivated with much success. He first mar- ried Susan Williams, daughter of John and Jane Williams, and after her death, March 16, 1862, he chose for his second spouse Sarah Walker. The children born to the first mar- riage, were Oliver P. , John, Calvin, William, Isabel and James; those born to the second marriage were named Lydia, Martin, Eliza- beth and Jesse. Mr. Weaver was a democrat in politics, and died, in the faith of the Mis- sionary Baptist church, April 21, 1881. Oliver P. Weaver has lived on a farm ever since his birth. He received a good common- school education, to which he has added ma- terially by study at home. I'ebruary 15, 1872, he married Mi.ss Eva bluffer, daughter of Henry and Jane (Galbreth) Huffer, the former of whom is a retired farmer and is living at Hillis- bnrg. in Johnson township. In 1877 Mr. and Mrs. Weaver settled on their present farm of eighty acres of rich fertile land, well improved in all respects. They are ])arents of eight children, named as follows; LonaA., LulaJ., Lillie M., Tennie, Iva M., Koscoe, Cora, and the baby. Mrs. Weaver is a member of the Baptist church, which her husband liberally aids; Mr. Weaver is a democrat in politics, is a member of the Hillisburg lodge. No. 550, F. A A. M., in which he has ])as.scd all the chairs, is a dormaiit member of the 1 . (b K. M., and he and family are held in high respect by their neighbors. 'bhere is, indeed, no more highly respeett’d famil\' in Johnson township. OHN S. WHAKKY, a progressive farmer of Michigan township, Clin- ton county, Ind., son of James A. Wharry, is a native of the township, and was born on the home farm August 5, 1872. James A. Wharry, deceased, a native of Columbus, Ohio, was born January 24, 1820, son of James and Margaret (Crane) Wharry, of Scotch-Irish ancestry. He spent his early life in woolen mills as a weaver, and soon after attaining his majority came to Clin- ton county, where he followed the carpenter’s trade for several years. He married Miss Julia Ann Price, February 25, 1857, daughter of George and Mary Ann (Snuff) Price, who came from Ohio to this county, were among the early settlers, and he located in Michigan township, when all was a dense wilderness, and lived there many years. They died in Tippecanoe county at an advanced age. After marriage Mr. Wharry settled on the farm now owned and occupied by his son, Janies G. Wharry. They were the pareiits of seven children — Marcellus P. , James G., Margaret N., Cora L. , Martha A., John S. and F'rank E. Mr. Wharry was very successful in his chosen occupation, and at his death, which occurreil September 4, 1879, when he was nearly si.xty years of age, he owned 240 acres of land in a high state of cultivation. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, and affiliated with the democratic party. His wife was a Methodist. James G. \\'harry was born in Warren township, Clinton county, January 15, 1859, a son of the preceding. He was reared on a farm in Michigan township and received a common-school education. He resitled with his parents until their death, then succeeded them on the farm. He was mar- ried vSeptember 5, 1880, to Miss Matilda, a daughter of Barney and Elizabeth (Cook) Thompson. After his mother's de:ith he took charge of the homestead and assumed the care OF CLINTON COUNTY. of his brotliers and sisters. Mrs. Wharry is a [nember of the Protestant Methodist church; politically Mr. Wharry affiliates with the democratic party. John S. Wharry, the subject proper of this sketch, was married, November 23, 1892, to Miss Luella Brandon, a sketch of whose parents will be found on another page. On September 17, 1893, the idol of the home, Tressie L. , made her appearance. Mr. Wharry is not only a successful agriculturist, but is an equally successful stock raiser. He has ten head of horses, full-blooded Banquo, Hambletonian and Wilkes stock. He owns forty acres of good land, and farms, beside, 160 acres of rented land, and makes fine crops. In politics Mr. Wharry is a stanch democrat. His modest dwelling is a model of neatness and his barn is substantial and commodious, and every surrounding shows Mr. Wharry to be a progressive young man and a farmer that understands his business. EORGE W. WHITE, one of the leading farmers of Perry township, Clinton county, Ind., is descended from German ancestry and was born in Butler county, Ohio, April 2, 1841. His great-grandfather came from Germany and settled in Virginia in the time of the colonies, and later, about 1816, moved to Berks county. Pa. He fought in the war of the Revolution and did valiant service for his adopted coun- try. The subject’s grandfather, Jacob White, a native of Berks county. Pa., married a Miss P'iddler and reared the following children : Jacob, Benjamin, Mary, Henry, and Eliza- beth. Jacob White, Sr., left his native state a number of years ago and emigrated to But- ler county, Ohio, thence moved to Indiana, settling first in Wayne county and later in the county of Clinton. His son, Henry White, father of George W., was born September 23, 1818, went to Ohio when thirteen years of age, and, in Butler county, that state, married Mary Kauffman, daughter of Joseph and Chris- tena (Kayler) Kauffman, by whom he had the following children: George W., Catherine, Harriet, Jacob, and Joseph. Henry White resided near Dayton when that flourishing city was but a mere village, but, for a number of years has been a well known and popular citizen of Clinton county, residing at the pres- ent time in the township of Perry. Both he and his wife, though well advanced in age, are still quite active and bid fair to live many years longer. They are devout members of the Lutheran church, in which Mr. White has held the office of deacon. Joseph Kauffman, father of Mrs. White, served in the war of 1812 and became a citizen of Clinton county, Ind., in 1857. George W. White was reared to manhood on a farm, and after his marriage, which oc- curred October 19, 1862, with Hannah J., daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Nihard) Peters, engaged in agricultural pursuits in Carroll county, Ind., on a farm of 100 acres, where he lived for some years, and in 1883 came to the county of Clinton and purchased his present home in Perry township, owning, at this time, 176 acres of valuable and highly improved land. He is an enterprising and in- telligent man, a public-spirited citizen, and possesses the confidence of a large circle of friends in Clinton county, throughout which he is well and favorably known. He is a member of the United Brethren church, in which he holds the office of trustee, and is liberal of his means in the support of his home congregation, and also uses his influence toward the furtherance of all movements of a moral and religious character. Politically Mr. White is a democrat, and, as such takes an active interest in the leading S90 BIOCiKAPIIlCAI. HISTORY public (piestioiis of the day. Mr. and Mrs. W hite are the parents of the following- chil- dren : Ida A.; Perr}’, deceased; I'rank; Lenora; Sah'iia, deceased; C'harles; I'anny, deceased; Hlixa; and Zelplia, deceased. The father of Mrs. White was a fanner of C'dinton county and oiu' of its well known early settlers. He came to Indiana in i iS-3 i and developed a farm in Ross township, and died in 1880; his wife died in 1845. The following' are the names of his children : Daniel, Franklin, Eh, Susannah, Edward, Matilda, Owen, Leah and Hannah J. Henry Peters was an industrious, energetic man, and the greater part of his life was spent as a member (E the Lutheran church. His father was a native of Pennsyl- vania, married a Miss Kern, and came to In- diana short after its admission to the Phiion, haviTigheen a pioneer of the counties of Clin- ton and Tippecanoe. OHN WHITEMAN, one of the old sol- diers now living in Kossville, Clinton county, Ind. ,sjn'ings from an old Ameri- can family, his grandfather on the ma- ternal side having been a soldier in the war of 1812. John Wdnteman, grandfather of our subject, was a pioneer of Carroll county, Ind., and was the father of five children: William, Patterson, John, Lucinda and lilizaheth. Mr. Wdiiteman was a farmer and lived to he an old man, and died in C'arroll county. William W'hiteman, son of alanu' and father of our subject, John, was a farmer and married Par- hara, daughter of Daniel Leslie, also a soldier of the war of 18 i |. To Mr. and Mrs. W hite- man were horn three childiam; Amaretta, John and Llizahi'th. Mr. W'hiteman died when twenty-si.\ years of age. John Wdiiteman, whose name opens this sketch, was horn in 'rippecanoe county, Ind , Deccunber 25, 1843, rec'ei\ed a common edu- cation, and learned to work in the woolen mills when young. He enlisted, at the age of eighteen, at La P'ayette, Ind., and was en- rolled November 2, 1863, as a private in the Tenth Indiana battery light artillery, Capt. Cox, for three years, or during the war. He was at the battle of Lookout Mountain; at Missionary Ridge the battery was held in re- serve, hut was i)resent on the held. Whth the P'ifth Indiana battery, he was in the battles of Resaca, Buzzard's Roost, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek and the battle in which At- lanta fell, and in many skirmishes, and under lire for three months in this campaign. After this he returned to the Tenth Indiana battery, was on a gunboat on the Tennessee river, and was in a battle at Decatur. Ala., and many skirmishes on the river. He was taken sick while in this service, with rheumatism, and was at Bragg's hospital, Chattanooga, when the war closed, and he was honorably dis- charged July 10. 1865, at Indianapolis. He returned home, disabled from eximsure, and has never recovered his health, After the war he worked in the woolen mills a few years, aiul married inW'arren county, Ind., Catherine, daughter of Gideon Boohee, and to Mr. and Mrs. Whiteman were born three children, who lived to maturity: Edith, Elizabeth and Bruce. His first wife died in 1889, and he married, June 16, 1890, Emma A., daughterof Matthias and Bernice ( Mu.sgrove) Weidner. To Mr. and Mrs. Matthias Weidner were born seven chil- dren, six reaching mature years: Francis M., Ida B., Mary M., Samuel (deceased at eight vears), Martha jane, Emma and Retta B. Mr. Weidner was a soldier in the Civil war, is yet living on his farm near Monitor, Tippe- canoe county, Ind., and is aresi)ected citizen. Mr. and Mrs. W'eidner are members of the Baptist church, and Mr. Weidner is a member of Elliott ]>ost. No. 60, Cl. A. R., at Da>'ton, Ind. OF CLINTON COUNTY. 891 llernice Musgrove, mother of Mrs. White- man, is the (iauf;hter of John and Elizabeth (Kimey) Musgrove. John Musgrove, grand- father of Mrs. Whiteman, was the father of six children — Samuel, Seldon and Jacob, who were soldiers in the Civil war, and Artemesia, Milton and Bernice. The Weidner family spring from sterling German stock and were Scotch by inter-marriage. Lewis Weidner, great-grandfather of Mrs. Whiteman, came from Germany before the war of the Revolu- tion, settled in Virginia, and moved to Tennes- see. He married in America and was a slave- owner and farmer in Grainger county. A copy of his last will and testament is in the posses- sion of Daniel Weidner, of Ross township, Clinton county; it was executed in 1807 in Grainger county, Tenn. By this will it is shown that his name was Louis Whitner, the name having been corrupted to Weidner and Widner. It also shows that he had one son, Harvey, who was made executor of his will, and five daughters: Eve Miller, Barbara De- \’olt, Catherine Clark, Mary Cox, and Eliza- beth Roller. The name of his wife was Bar- bara. He left to his heirs 2,000 acres of land on the Tennessee river in Grainger county, Tenn., and he also left several negro slaves and a sum of money. He was a carpenter by trade and left his tools to his son Henry, who was the grandfather of Mrs. Whiteman, and w’as born in Tennessee, and married, in that state, Margaret Glick, and to them were born Matthias, Lewis, Henry, John, Roller and Michael. Henry Weidner remained in Tennes- see until he was an old man. In 1826 he sold his property and moved with three sons and one daughter — -John, Michael, Roller, and Barbara — to Indiana, and settled in Ross town- ship. There were probably three other fam- ilies living in the township at that time — the j families of Sol Miller, Daniel Underhill and | Peter Sink. The country was a howling wil- ’ 43 derness, with no roads, and the Weidners cut a trail from Dayton, Ind., five miles through the woods, and lived the first winter in a log shanty with no floor. Mr. Weidner entered 160 acres of land and all his children likewise made entries. He was too old to do much work after he came to the county, but hired his land partly cleared, and remained here un- til his death, which occurred at the age of eighty-seven years. He was a typical Amer- ican pioneer, and in his last days became a member of the German Baptist church. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and was wounded in the battle of Trenton and car- ried the scar on his face to his grave. Daniel Weidner, of Ross township, remembers him well. Erom Henry, by his son Roller, de- scends Mrs. Whiteman. AMES B. WISE, physician and sur- geon, was born in Auglaize county, Ohio, April 26, 1850, the son of J. M. and Nancy Wise. J. M. Wise was born in Cumberland county. Pa., Eebruary 20, 1820, and grew to maturity in Auglaize county, Ohio, accompanying his parents to their home there when sixteen years of age. He received i a good education, and after a course of pre- i liminary reading under the direction of a com- ! petent preceptor, entered the medical college j at Cleveland, Ohio, from which he was gradu- I ated in 1851. He entered upon the active duties of his profession that year at the town I of St. Marys, Ohio, and practiced there until 1 1880, when he came to P'rankfort, Ind., in ! which city he ceased from his earthly labors ! on the thirteenth da^^ of July, 1885. He married in St. Marys, Ohio, in the year 1848, Miss Nancy Moore, the results of which union were eight children, of whom the following survive: Dr. J. B., William A., Harriet M., Alphonso M., Ida R., and Charles M. 802 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Dr. )ainc.s 1 >. Wise spent the first thirty years of his life in his native county ami state, and received his educational training in the St. .Marys high school, the ])rcscrihed course of which he coinj)leted in 1870. His early inclinations leading him to choose the medical jirofession, he began the study of the same under the direction of his father, in whose office he remained until 1876, in which year he became a student in the Pulte medi- cal college, Cincinnati, from which he was graduated on the fourth of March, 1880. After receiving his diploma Dr. Wise became associated in the practice with his father at St. Marys, Ohio, where he continued until October, 1880, at which time he came to Frankfort, Ind., where he has since been ac- tively attending to the many tlntics of his calling. The doctor belongs to the homeo- pathic school of medicine, and by diligent application and zeal in his profession, has suc- ceeded in building up a large practice in Frank- fort and throughout the county of Clinton. While familiar with general practice, he makes a specialty of the diseases of women and children, and his success in these departments has been of the most gratifying nature. Dr. Wise is a member of the K. of P. , a democrat in ])ohtics, and, with his wife, be- longs to the Christian church. He was mar- ried April 22, 1884, to Marcella Hollowell, who was horn in Preble county, Ohio, in 1846. PA'l WRATTEN, an enterprising young farmer of Michigan township, was born in Clinton count}', Ind., September 14, 1858, and is of ster- ling English descent. His great-grandfather, Thomas Wratten, lived and died in .Marden, Kent county, England, was a cariienter hy trade, in religion a mend)er of the I ndependent C.hapel church, and a liberal in jiolitics. Edward Wratten, grandfather of Levi, was born August 17, 1809, in the same shire or county, was also a carpenter, and for some time plied his trade on the estate of Lord Cornwallis. Mary Ann Veril, his wife, died in England, and later he came to America and married Mary A. Parson; his death took place in Westfield, N. Y. Edward Wratten, son of the above named Edward, and father of Levi, was also born in Kent county, England, in 1833, attended the common schools, mostly at night, served an apprenticeship of three years at carpentering, and also worked on the Cornwallis estate. When eighteen years old he reached America, married in Jefferson county, Ind., Nancy J. Climer, daughter of Denison Climer, and be- came the father of two children: Levi and Ed- ward, the latter dying at the age of two years. He followed his trade and did some contract- ing the greater part of his early manhood, but now resides on a farm near that of his son, Levi. In politics he is a democrat, and he and wife are members of the Christian church, in which he has been an elder for a number of years. Levi Wratten received a good common- school education, and has always farmed, ex- cepting two years, when he was sheriff of Clinton county. October 28, 1879, he mar- ried Miss Delilah C. Cohee, daughter of Wil- son and Susanna (Douglass) Cohee, and the children born to this union are named Effie C., C.racie M., Harvey W., aiul Perry E. Mrs. Wratten’s grandfather, Benjamin Cohee, was a native of Delaware, hut a pioneerof Clinton county, Ind., where he died; her father was a prominent farmer of Michigan township, a strong republican and an active Methodist. His children were naired Eliza C., Martha A., John W., Henry M., Delilah C., Rebecca F. and Manda M. When first married, Mr. and Mrs. Wratten settled on a part of the farm belonging to Mrs. Wratten’s father, and this LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS OF CLINTON COUNTY. 895 parcel Mr. Wratteii has increased to eighty- four acres, and improved with a new modern farm residence and all the necessary farm buildings. Mr. Wratten is a democrat and was elected sheriff of Clinton county for two years, in a campaign in which most of the democratic ticket was defeated. Mr. Wratten rents land on a large scale, and this year has raised 2,416 bushels of wheat and 658 bushels of oats, and is altogether an energetic and en- terprising young farmer. EWTON W. WRIGHT, who owns and operates a good farm of 1 50 acres in Warren township, Clinton county, Ind., is one of the self-made men, who, by well directed and earnest efforts, has worked his way upward from a humble position to one of affluence. He was borp in Augusta county, Va., September 16, i848,^'cf' is a son of Absalom and Sophronia (Irwin) Wright, both of whom were also natives of Augusta county, and were of Scotch and Irish descent respectively. The father was born in 1793, and during his early manhood followed school-teaching. He afterward learned the carpenter’s trade, which he carried on during the greater part of his life. His death occur- red in 1862, and his wife passed away just two weeks previously, dying at the same hour. They were the parents of eleven children — Erasmus J. and James A., both deceased; Wil- liam A.; Caroline A.; John H., who was a captain in the Southern army and is now de- ceased; Eliza J., of Kansas; Elizabeth M. ; Marion A., deceased; Newton W. ; Maria J., and one who died in infancy. Mr. Wright remained at home until the death of his parents, but was left an orphan at the early age of thirteen years, and from that time was forced to make his own way in the world. He engaged in any labor which would yield him a livelihood, and in 1868 came to Indiana, locating in Boone county. In 1873, he came to Clinton county, where he purchas- ed a small tract of land with his hard-earned savings. In 1880, he bought forty acres of his present farm, to which he has since added until he now owns a valuable tract of 1 50 acres under a high state of cultivation and well improved. Mr. Wright was married Decem- ber 27, 1877, to Miss Amanda, daughter of Joseph S. and Clarissa A. (Taylor) Nunemak- er, both of whom were natives of Ohio, and were of German and Irish lineage. The father was born February 16, 1821, and on the 1st of October, 1846, married Miss Taylor. His death occurred January 28, 1874, but his wife still resides in Kansas. Ten children graced their union, namely: Lavina J. and Elizabeth, l/oth deceased; Clarissa A., wife of John M. CVark;. Daniel; John T., deceased; Mrs. ■'WhgKtrjbsejDE S. ; Rachel, deceased; George W. , and Martha A., wife of Michael Layman. To Mr. and Mrs. Wright were born four children — Cora A., born October 2, 1878; Augustus W. , born May 26, 1880; Orrill G., born December 24, 1881; and Russell D., born October 31, 1883. The mother of this family was born September 14, 1855. She is a member of the Methodist church, and a most estimable lady. Mr. Wright votes with the democracy, but has never been an office seek- er, preferring to give his entire time and atten- tion to his business interests, in which he has met with a good and well merited success. OHN L. YOUNG was born in Jessa- mine county, Ky., February 15, 1849, being one of the family of five children of George P. and Nancy Young, both of whom are now dead. The other children of the family are William H. Young of La Fayette, Decalvius K. Young, who lives on a BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY farm in Boone county, near Colfax, Georf^e IL Young, also a fanner near Colfax, and Mrs. I.. \V. Loveless of La l^'ayette. When he was only three years of age Mr. Young’s parents moved to Clinton county, Ind,, and located on a farm about two and one-half miles north- west of Colfax. Here he lived and worked on the farm, attended the district school until young manhood, when he attended the Frank- fort high school, which was then under the superintendency of Hon. E. H. Staley. July 19, 1871, Mr. Young was married to Miss Angeline S. Carver, of Perry townshiji, Clinton county, Ind. She is a daughter of Miles A. Carver, and was born in Ohio, Janu- ary 28, 1850. Her father was born November 7, 1816, in Chenango county, N. Y., and is de- scended from Gov. John Carver of Massachu- setts. After his marriage Mr. Young lived on the farm until he was twenty-eight years of age. During his residence on the farm he read law for years and formed that comprehen- sive idea of its practice he has found so useful since. To Mr. and Mrs. Young there have been born five children, Mary I)., Ida F., Nel- lie B. , Edith O. and George L. , all of whom are living except Ida F., who died when but six months old. In October, 1874, Mr. Young was elected trustee on the repul)lican ticket, and re-elect- ed on the same ticket in the fall of 1876, and served until the end of the term for which he was elected, two years. While trustee of his township he was instrumental in establishing the graded schocd in the town of Colfax, which school is the jnide of the community. He continued to live in Perry township until the summer of [879, when in July of that year he bought of Aaron II. Southard the five acre tract of land upon which he yet lives lying across Clinton and Walnut strec'ts, just cast of the city limits, l>aying therefor $700, and erected ther(!on a neat cottage, to which place he moved on the 9th day of October of that year. At that time it was “out in the country ’ so far that one could scarcely see the town. The streets and sidewalks now run to his home, which is situated in a beautiful sugar tree grove. In the spring of 1880 he formed a law partnership with W^illiam E. Ross, and opened an office on the south side of the scjuare, over the J. H. Paris dry-goods store. Their part- nership continued until February 18, 1881, when the firm was merged into the partnership of Hockman, Ross & Young, Messrs. Ross and Young having bought the two-thirds interest in the abstract of titles to the lands of Clinton county, then ownetl by Mr. Hockman. This partnership continued until the twenty-first day of October, 1882, when Mr. Hockman retired, leaving the business to Ross A Young. In the spring of 1884 Mr. Ross retired, and was suc- ceeded by Whlliam R. Hines in his interest in the firm, books and business, since which time this latter partnership has continued under the firm name of Young cY Hines, being conducted principally, however, by Mr. Young, Mr. Hines being one of the principal contractors in the country, and giving most of his attention thereto. The abstract record is kept in j^er- fect condition by Mr. Young, who einjiloys two lady clerks to assist him in his rapidly increas- ing business. This abstract of title is com- piled with all the care and skill known to that branch of the legal profession, Mr. Young giv- ing it his personal su{)ervision. Every deed, mortgage and other written evidence of title recorded in the Recorder’s office of Glinton county having been carefully co[)ied and trans- ferred to their abstract record, all the work is then verified. The abstracts of title })re- pared by Mr. Young are well known all over the county to be correct and reliable, no man ever having lost a cent or being misled in the least on account of inaccuracies. Socially, OF CLINTON COUNTY. 897 Mr. Young is a pleasant man to meet, but he is a firm believer in the old maxim, “Business first, j)leasure afterwards ” He is a fine ex- ample of what close application and indomi- table energy will bring — success. Hphraim Januar}', the father of Ann (Janu- ary) Young, who was the mother of George P. Young and the grandmother of John L. Young, was born in Pennsylvania, and was the grand- son of a French Huguenot. The persecution which drove the emigrant from his native land confiscated his estate, which was said to be very large. Ephraim January married Sarah McConnell, near McConnellstown, Pa., while they were both very young. In 1780 they emigrated to Kentucky, and, passing down the Ohio river with several other families, in small fiat boats fitted up to resist the attacks of the Indians, landed safely at Louisville in the spring. They took their little property to a small fort called Spring Station, six miles from Louisville, and rernained there six months. They then removed to the fort at Harrodsburg, Ky., where they lived twelve months, and afterward to the fort at Lexington, and re- mained there till the fall of 1783. Such was the unsettled condition of the country at that period, and the character of the savage war- fare waged by the Indians, that a family was only safe when inside of a fortification. Andrew McConnell, the grandfather of Ann (January) Young, was killed at the battle of the Blue Licks, which occurred in the summer of I7