Carroll County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1916 (part 12 of 12)

a native of Moline, Illinois, born on May 31, 1859, the son of Paul and Minnie (Rigger) Lohrman. Paul Lohrman was a native of Germany, who came to America when a young man and located in Moline, Illinois, where he grew up and where he was married to Minnie Rigger. She was born in Germany and came to America when a young woman, locating in Moline, Illinois. Her husband was a harness-maker and, after their marriage in 1859, moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he followed his trade for many years. He was first employed by a firm on East Washington street and had an interest in the business, but sold out and later established a store of his own on West Washington street, three squares west of the state house. He lived in Indianapolis until his death, becoming well-to-do. By his mar¬ riage to Minnie Rigger there were born eight children, five of whom, Paul, William, Minnie, Caroline and John G., are now living. After the death of his first wife, Paul Rigger was married to Louise Eckart, bv whom he had eight more children. Mrs. Louise (Eckart) Lohrman is still living in Indianapolis. Of* their children, Lena, Walter, Ernest, Carl and Robert, are living.

Reared principally in Indianapolis, Indiana, John G. Lohrman lived with his father and mother until eighteen years old and received the rudi¬ ments of an education in the German-English school on Maryland street. When he was eighteen years old he began working at the upholstering trade on North Delaware street in Indianapolis, but, on account of his health, moved to Hamilton county, Indiana, and worked on various farms for dif¬ ferent people. He was twenty-one years old when he moved to Clay town¬ ship, Carroll county, Indiana.

On February 16, 1888, when Mr. Lohrman was twenty-nine years old. he was married to Amanda Unger, and to them have been born four chil¬ dren, John L., who married Julia Mossburg; Bessie, Vernon and Floyd, all of whom are unmarried and live at home with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Lohrman also reared three children born to Mr. Lohrman's deceased sister.

It must be admitted that John G. Lohrman has enjoyed a most suc¬ cessful career, having begun at the age of eighteen years without a cent and now owns two hundred and thirty acres of land, one hundred and sixtytwo acres of which is situated in Carroll county and the balance of which, sixty-eight acres, is located in Clinton county, Indiana.

Fraternally, Mr. Lohrman is a member of Cutler Lodge No. 571, Inde¬ pendent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he is a past noble grand and a member of the grand lodge of Indiana. A Democrat in politics, he has served as supervisor in his home district.

Joseph Reinhart

The history outlined in the following pages is that of a self-made man, who has surmounted the obstacles that have arisen from time to time through his agricultural career, and today stands forth as a substantial and well-to-do farmer of Washington township. He is a creditable descendant of pioneer German stock, carrying out their reputation for thrift and indus¬ try. Mr. Reinhart has carried his agricultural prusuits beyond the anxious point, so nearly akin to worry, and is enjoying the fruits of his efforts on his farm at Clymers, Indiana.

Joseph Reinhart, farmer, Clymers, Washington township, Indiana, was born on February 13, 1865, in Marshall county, Illinois. His early youth was spent on a farm and attending the district schools. When he was twenty-one years of age he rented a portion of his father's farm, and was married at the age of twenty-four years. When he started out on his own responsibility he was very poor, but by honest industry and fortified with a commendable ambition, he soon saved enough to buy a farm of one hundred and sixty-seven acres, situated near Logansport, Indiana, where he lived for live years and then sold out, coming on Septemlier 6, 1906, to the farm where he now lives, and on which he has put extensive improvements. This place consists of eighty acres, and is situated one mile south of Cly¬ mers Indiana, on route No. 33. Mr. Reinhart is a son of Lewis and Mary (Istnmirgcr; Reinhart. Politically, he has always voted the Democratic ticket, but has never lieen active in local politics, although taking a deep interest in the advancement of his township. In religion, both Mr. Rein¬ hart and his wife are members of the Catholic church at Logansport, Indiana.

Lewis Reinhart, father of our subject, was born in France, and at the age of nine years came with his parents to the United States, locating at Peoria, Illinois, where he spent his early youth and lived until he was married. He was an excellent farm manager, and there made enough, entirely through his own efforts, to buy a tract of two hundred and forty acres, and was considered an eminently successful farmer. His wife was Mary (Tscnminger) Reinhart, who died in January, 1875. He died May 18, 1915. They were the parents of seven children - Kate, George, Ed., Lewis, Tillie, Joseph and Peter. Kate Reinhart became the wife of Richard Scott; George Reinhart, who lives in Paulding county, Illinois; Ed Reinhart, (\2) of Hayes, Illinois; Lewis, our subject; Tillie Reinhart was married to James Roe, of Hayes, Illinois. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Reinhart was again married, to which union five children were born - John, Fred, Clara, Emma and Agnes.

Joseph Reinhart was united in marriage in January, 1889, with Mar¬ garet Yager. She was born in Indiana, where she was reared. Mr. and Mrs. Reinhart have two children living - Adaline, who graduated from the Catholic school at Logansport, Indiana, and Caroline, a graduate from the same school, and has considerable talent as a vocal artist.

Mr. and Mrs. Reinhart are quiet, but energetic people, and their beauti¬ ful and well-improved farm is the admiration of the community in which they reside.

Reed Plank

Among the descendants of some of the very old pioneer families in Indiana is to be found the name of Reed Plank, an energetic and able agri¬ culturist. located on a comfortable farm in Carroll county, where he has carved out a good livelihood for himself and family, aild where he has con¬ tributed towards the substantial building of good citizenship. He has for many years been regarded by all who have had the pleasure of his acquaint¬ ance as a man of sound business judgment.

Reed Plank, farmer, Camden, Carroll county, was born on February 6, 1866. in Washington township, Carroll county, and is a son of William and Martha (Reed) Plank. He was reared on a farm and received a good public school education, all of which has had its part in the success achieved by him, giving him a nice, productive farm consisting of eighty acres of land. Politically, he has always been an enthusiastic advocate of the policies of the Republican party, while his religious membership is with the Luth¬ eran church. Fraternally, Mr. Plank belongs to the Masonic lodge at Young America, Indiana.

William Plank, father of Reed, was born in Adams county, Pennsyl¬ vania, and his wife, Martha (Reed) Plank, was born in Madison township, Carroll county. Indiana. Mr. Plank came from Pennsylvania to Carroll county, with his parents, who were natives of Germany. They returned to Pennsylvania and died there. Mr. Plank was a carpenter by trade, and through thrift and industry, was enabled to purchase a quarter section of land near Deer Creek, where he located and spent the remainder of his life. He was an excellent farmer, and made a great deal of money out of stock, in which he dealt extensively. In politics. Mr. Plank was a Republican, and his religious belief was with the Lutheran church, and was an elder in the church at Rock Creek, of which he was a charter member, and both he and his wife were prominent in the promotion of the church which was built at Deer Creek. They were the parents of eight children, only two of whom were living in 1915, Reed and Jennie, who became the wife of Leroy Landes, of Washington township.

Hunter F. Altare

Hunter F. Altare, a well-to-do and skillful farmer of Burlington township, living on route No. 2, out of Cutler, Indiana, is a native of Sum¬ mers county, West Virginia, born on May 3, 1881.

Mr. Altare's parents were M. M. and Mary (Hill) Altare, both of whom were natives of West Virginia. They grew up in the same neigh¬ borhood in West Virginia and were educated in the common schools. After their marriage, they engaged in farming, rearing a family of ten children, nine of whom are now living. G. C. Altare is a resident of Kansas City; J. A. Altare is a farmer of West Virginia; Lulu is the wife of Marion B. Thomas, of Burlington township; Anna is the wife of James Keller, of Frankfort, Indiana; T. L. Altare is a resident of Monroe, Virginia; Mattie is the wife of Opal Altie, of Cyclone, Indiana; Rose is the wife of G. PI. Hoover, of West Virginia; Hunter 1\ is the subject of this sketch.

Reared on a farm in West Virginia and educated in the public schools of that state, which he attended only during the winter months, working on the farm until sixteen years of age. Hunter V. Altare accepted a position with the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad.' first as a brakeman and later as a fire¬ man. He continued in the employ of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad for sixteen years. In 1914 Mr. Altare located in Burlington township, Carroll county, Indiana, on the farm of ninety acres two and one-half miles west and one-half mile north of Burlington. The farm is the result not only of Mr.

Altares industry, but also of his careful and systematic saving. He has had no assistance from family or powerful friends, but has built his com¬ petence in life unaided.

In 1905 Mr. Altare was married to Ida M. Holloway, a native of West Virginia and the widow of James Holloway, bv whom she had two chil¬ dren, Mabel, eleven years old, and W illie, thirteen years old. By her second marriage, Mrs. Altare has borne three children, Kellen, Mason and Thelma.

Mr. and Mrs. Altare are well-known citizens of Burlington township. Fraternally, he is a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge of Burlington. Politically. Mr. Altare is identified with the Democratic party.

Roscoe A. Campbell, who is a well-known farmer of Clay township and a man who is prominent in Masonic circles- and Republican politics in Clay township, is a native of the township in which he lives, having been born on January 16, 1879.

Mr. Campbell is the son of Albert M. and Marv J. (Smith) Campbell, the former of whom was born on September 14, 1837, in Clay township. He wa< the son of Moses and Rebecca { Mooney ) Campbell, both of whom died in Clay township, the former at the age of sixtv-three and the latter at the age of about fifty-five. Both were members of the Christian church. Mary J. (Smith) Campbell was a native of Romney, Indiana, born in 1843. She was the daughter of Richard Smith, a native of New Jersey, and who settled at Romney, Indiana, in pioneer times. He had five children. Lewis, who was killed at Haines Blufif during the Civil War; Rachel, who married John M. Beard; Marv ]., who was first married to Joseph Garst and later to Albert M. Campbell ; Louisa, who married Thomas Gwinn, and John M., of Joplin, Missouri.

The late Albert M. Campbell, who died on December 7, I914, was first married to Rebecca Shelley, by whom he had one daughter, the wife of John Hufford. After the death of Reliecca (Shelley) Campliell, he was married, the second time, to Mary J. (Smith) Garst, the widow of Joseph Garst. who herself died in 1901. She bore her husband three children: Addie, who died in infancy; Elizabeth, who married William FetterhofT, of Clay township; and Debbie, the wife of Matthew A. Clark, of Pratt, Kan¬ sas. She bore her second husband, Albert M. Campl>ell, three children.

Koscoe A. Campbell was educated in the district schools of Clay town¬ ship and lived at home with his parents until his marriage, on October n, 1899, to Maud M. Card, a daughter of Joshua and Lue (Manion) Card, the former of whom was born in Clay township and the latter near Lafay¬ ette. They were married in Carroll county, Indiana, and had twelve chil¬ dren, two of whom died in infancy. The other children were as follow7 : Lell is the wife of Edward Espv; Julia married Frank Smith, of Dayton; James lives at Rossville; Jennie is the wife of William Foster, of Rossville; Lula is the wife of L. D. Gray, of Clay township; Madeline is the wife of Thomas Ilooper, of Minot, North Dakota; Maud is the wife of Roscoe A. Campbell; Elizabeth died at the age of fourteen; Josephine lives at Rossville, Indiana; William lives with Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe A. Camp¬ bell Mrs. Campbell's father was a farmer and lived in Clay township until his death, in 1903. Mrs. Campbell's mother lives with L. D. Gray.

Roscoe A. Camplxdl has been a very successful farmer and now owns one hundred and seventy-four acres of well-improved land in Clay town¬ ship He is engaged in general farming and stock raising. Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe A. Campbell have had four children, all of whom are living, as fol¬ low* : Mary Helen, Glenn O., Russell A. and Josephine Elizabeth.

Fraternally, Mr. Campbell is a member of Masonic Lodge No. 318, at Rossville. He is a stanch Republican. Both Mr. and Mrs. Campbell are members of the Baptist church, and Mr. Campbell's parents wrere also all members of the same church.

Elijah C. Rice

Occupying a position of trust, Elijah C. Rice, whose history briefly sets forth the most important events of his life, is allied with one of the leading interests of Camden, Indiana, where he has long been a resident, and where his business dealings have always borne the searchlight of criticism of investigation. He is a man who ranks among the leading citizens, and whose influence for the advancement of his home town has been most helpful.

Eliza (Plank) Rice. His early youth was spent on a farm in his native state, where he attended the district schools until he was sixteen years of age, when he started out in life for himself. His first employment was as clerk in a dry-goods store. He came to Camden, Indiana, in 1864, engag¬ ing his services as clerk for a time, and then entered the public schools at Indianapolis, Indiana, after which he taught school in Jackson township, which vocation he discontinued in order that he might give his entire atten¬ tion to the lumber business, in which he had a half interest, and in which he became very successful. Politically, Mr. Rice was originally a Demo¬ crat. but changed his views in accordance with the Republican principles during the Civil War. Fraternally, he belongs to the Alt. Zion Lodge No. 21 1, Free and Accepted Alasons, of which he is a past master, and is the oldest member in the lodge.

In 1870 Thomas & Rice started a private bank and were also partners in the grain and lumber business for about nine years. In 1876 Mr. Rice formed a partnership with Philip Ray, and has been with him in the lumber business ever since. In 1895 the Camden Bank was organized, with a capital stock of ten thousand dollars, a surplus of four thousand dollars, and deposits amounting to fourteen thousand five hundred and twenty-one dollars and seventy-nine cents, and with the following officers: Philip Ray, president; E. C. Rice, cashier, and Miss Mabel Mayer, as assistant cashier.

Peter Rice, the father of Elijah C, was born in Adams county, Penn¬ sylvania, where he became a prosperous farmer, owning one hundred and sixty acres. He was originally a member of the Dutch Reformed church, but afterward became allied with the Lutheran church. His wife was Eliza¬ beth ( Plank) Rice, by whom he had eight children, only four of whom were living in 1915, William and David, retired farmers, living in Pennsyl¬ vania; Mildred, who became the wife of Peter Baker, of Camden, Indiana; and Elijah C. Rice. Peter Rice spent his entire life in Adams county, Pennsylvania, where he died and was buried. In early days there were a number of Rices in eastern Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, including five brothers, one of whom was the grandfather of Elijah C. He died and was buried in Pennsylvania.

Elijah C. Rice was united in marriage in September, 1876, to Hen¬ rietta Weiner. She was reared in Perry county, Ohio, coming to Carroll county, Indiana, after her marriage. No children have come to bless this union but Air. and Airs. Rice have an adopted daughter, who became the wife of Charles Harm, and is now living at Norfolk, Virginia.

Mr and Mrs. Rice are both members of the Lutheran church, in which the former is an active worker, contributing liberally of his worldly goods, and is a man who merits the high esteem in which he is held, both in the business and the social world.

James R. Maggart

James R. Maggart, a well-to-do farmer of Burlington township, Carroll county, Indiana, is well known as one of the alert, progressive and suc¬ cessful farmers of this great county. In his labors as a farmer, he has not permitted himself to follow obsolete methods, but has experimented for improved processes, and to his initiative, enterprise and investigative spirit, perhaps, is due a very large degree of his success. He commands the con¬ fidence and regard of the people of Burlington township and is a man of honorable business methods. He not only owns two hundred and five acres in Burlington township, but owns eighty acres in Democrat township. He lives on the home farm in Burlington township, which is situated a mile from the Clinton county line and a half mile from the Democrat- Burling¬ ton township line.

Mr. Maggart was born in Burlington township, Carroll county, Indiana, January 3. 1857. He is the son of Reuben and Sarah (Bell) Maggart. the former of whom emigrated from Ohio with his father. Reu¬ ben Maggart, Sr., when nine years old. Reuben Maggart. Sr., entered a large tract of land on his first visit to Carroll county and then returned to Ohio for the family. Reuben Maggart, Sr., spent the remainder of his life on the land which he had entered on coming to Carroll county. The land, however, was located on the Clinton-Carroll county line. He died at the age of sixtv-five years and, at the time of his death, was a fairly well-to-do man. Reuben Maggart lived partly in Clinton and partly in Carroll county. Bv his marriage to Sarah Bell there were born seven children, six of whom grew to maturity. An infant child died at birth. The living children nre Simeon, who lives in Sedalia, Clinton county; James' R., the subject of this sketch; D. B., who lives in Burlington township; Elias, who lives in Clinton county; Reuben, who left home some years ago, and Matilda, the wife of Joseph Thompson, of Burlington township.

James R. Maggart remained at home with his father and mother until twenty-two years old. He was married on April 23, 1879, to Cvnthia Ticen, the daughter of Perin Ticen, of Clinton county. Mrs. Maggart died on March 15. 1910. She was the mother of nine children, six of whom are now living: Nora, the wife of Ross Fellows; Kunice E., the wife of Tunie Spear, of Frankfort; Elga Opal, the wife of Ross Barnard, of Kokomo; James Orton, Dorothy and Veva, all of whom live at home.

Mr. Maggart is identified with the Democratic party in local, state and national politics. With little assistance from family or influential friends. Mr. Maggart has made a splendid success of his life. He has accumulated a large competence, but, not only that, he has won what is far more price¬ less, the esteem and confidence of his neighbors and fellow citizens.

Daniel B. Magart

Prominent in the agricultural, civic and political life of Burlington township, Carroll county, Indiana, Daniel B. Magart is a large landowner of Burlington township. He owns altogether two hundred thirty-nine and one-half acres, seventy-nine and one-half acres on the home farm and one hundred and sixty acres located one-half mile south and east in section No. 18. His parents were prominent in this section of the state, his iather having entered a large tract of land in this section of the state nearly threequarters of a century ago.

Daniel B. Magart was born in Burlington township, Carroll county, Indiana, near where he now lives on October 31, 1858. He is the son of Reuben and Sarah Ann (Bell) Magart, the former of whom was a native of Darke county, Ohio, who came with his parents when fourteen years old to Clinton county, Indiana. Reuben Magart was the son of Reuben Magart, Sr., and spent the rest of his life on the Clinton county farm. The family entered three hundred and twenty acres in 1843. Reuben Magart was at one time a wealthy man and assisted his children in getting a good start in life. When Reul>en Magart, Jr., was married, he was assisted by his father to buy a farm in Carroll county, the farm where Daniel B. now lives. He first purchased eighty acres and lived on the farm for forty-eight years, passing his last days here. He erected all the buildings and made practically all the improvements on the farm. He was a great worker in the Methodist Protestant church and a leader in the Sunday school. He was also a minister in the church and was known in this community as one of the most widely-informed Bible students of the time.

Reuben, Jr., and Sarah Ann (Bell) Magart had seven children, six of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. Simon lives in Sedalia; James R. is a resident of Burlington township; Daniel B. is the subject of this sketch; Elias lives in Clinton county; Matilda is the wife of James Thompson, of Burlington township, and Reuben.

Daniel B. Magart, the subject of this sketch, received a common-school education and lived at home with his parents until his marriage on Novem¬ ber 1, 1885, having previously settled on a farm which he owned. In 1885 Mr. Magart was married to Annie Brim, the daughter of Monroe Brim, a native of Virginia, who was killed in the Civil War. Annie (Brim) Magart came to Indiana with her grandparents.

The late Reuben Magart died in 1906. After his death Daniel B. pur¬ chased the home place from the heirs and moved to the farm in 1912. Mr. and Mrs. Magart have had two children, namely: Marva is the wife of William F. Ticen and lives on Mr. Magart's farm; Carl lives at home with his parents. To Mr. and Mrs. Marva F. Ticen have been born one child, Doan D.

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel B. Magart are members of the Methodist Protes¬ tant church. Mr. Magart is a Democrat in politics, but has devoted his energies and talents to farming rather than to politics.

Jesse Martin

Being descended from a family of farmers for generations back, the gentleman of whom specific mention is here made, has the instincts of a good farmer so well imbedded in his make-up that one could scarcely imagine him as accomplishing anything short of a highly successful agricul¬ tural business. Jesse Martin had the advantage of a good education, which is one of the most valuable aids in the achievement of things that count. Jesse Martin, a farmer near Camden, Indiana, was bom on February

I, 1864, on a farm in Jackson township, two and one-half miles east of Camden, and is a son of Andrew J. and Jane A. (Mabbitt) Martin. Andrew

J. Martin was the son of James Martin, who was a native of Maine and came with his parents to Butler county, Ohio, where he was married. He came with his family to Carroll county, Indiana, in 1832, and settled in Jackson township, where he lived the remainder of his life.

Jane A. (Mabbitt) Martin, was born in Carroll county, Indiana. He came to Carroll county with his father and was a resident of the old farm until his death, in 1906. Mr. Martin was a member of the Baptist church, in which he always took an active part, and his fraternal membership was with the Masonic order. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Martin, five of whom were living in 1915, Monroe, Mary E.; Charles, Jesse and Mrs. Belle Stambaugh.

John L. Quinn

A worthy example of the self-made man is shown in the life of John L. Quinn, farmer and stockman of Flora, Carrollton township, Carroll county, Indiana. He is the owner of one hundred and twenty acres of well-improved land, located five and one half miles directly east of Flora, Indiana, all of which he has accumulated entirely through his own consist¬ ent, well-directed efforts. The raising and breeding of full-blood Hereford cattle is a specialty on this farm, which has been the home of John L. Quinn since 1894.

John L. Quinn was born on November 24, 1864, and is the son of William and Mary E. (Dunkin) Quinn, both natives of Ireland but who immigrated to America, with their parents, when they were children of a tender age. William Quinn was born in Belfast, Ireland, and with his father, William Quinn, Sr., came to America when six years of age. Mary E. (Dunkin) Quinn was the daughter of Isaiah Dunkin and. with her par¬ ents, came to America when fourteen years of age. Both families settled in Union county, Ohio, and it was here that William Quinn and Mary Dunkin grew to maturity, and the romance, which culminated in their mar¬ riage, was begun. The old home place, purchased by William Quinn, Sr., is now owned by C. W. Quinn and has never been owned by anyone but a Quinn, since the original purchase. William Quinn, Sr., and his wife lived and died on this farm. He was a Republican in politics and a very good man, being a member and elder of the Presbyterian church.

William Quinn, Jr., when twenty-two years of age left the old home and, with his three brothers, James, Ed, and Josiah, came West, William, James and Ed purchasing farms of one hundred and sixty acres, in Carroll county, Indiana, while the other brother, Josiah, purchased land in Iowa. These four brothers are now dead. William Quinn and Mary (Dunkin) Quinn were the parents of fourteen children, eleven of these grew to maturity and six are now living, whose names are: Sallie, wife of Alex¬ ander Burk and now residing in Chicago; Julia Ann, wife of Thomas F. Lanmore, of Burlington, Indiana; David M., a farmer located on the Mich¬ igan road; W. J., of Carrollton township, Indiana; John L., also of Car¬ rollton township, and C. W., a farmer of Carroll county, Indiana.

John L. Quinn was educated in the district schools and remained at home until seven years after his marriage, when he removed to his present location. He was married to Ritta A. Ham, daughter of Lewis and Angelina Ham of Bringhurst, Indiana, on April 30, 1887, and they are the parents of six children: Charles M., a graduate of the schools at Flora and Wheeling, Indiana, and was a student at the universities of Valparaiso and Bloomington, Indiana; Emery, a high school graduate; Edith, also a graduate of high school; Gladys, a high school graduate, and Kenneth and Ralph who are now in school.

John L. Quinn is a member of the Flora Lodge No. 280, Knights of Pythias and an earnest, active member of the Presbyterian church at Wheel¬ ing, Indiana, in which church he has been a trustee for ten years. In poli¬ tics, he is a stanch Republican and his good judgment and opinions are held as authority on many questions, pertaining to party matters.

Mayhill Brothers

It is a well-recognized fact that the most powerful influence in shaping and controlling public life in the press. It reaches a greater number of people than any other agency, and as it has always been, and in hands of persons competent to direct it, always will remain the most important factor in molding public opinion and shaping the destiny of the nation.

The Mayhill Brothers, Noah E. and Bert B. Mayhill, proprietors of the Delphi Journal , of Delphi, Indiana, are prominently connected with jour¬ nalism of Carroll county and to some extent have been identified with news¬ papers practically all of their lives. The Delphi Journel is a weekly news¬ paper of wide circulation in Carroll county and a paper of large influence in the political and civic life of the county.

The publishers of the Delphi Journal, the official Republican organ of Carroll county, Noah E. and Bert B. Mayhill, are sons of John and Phoebe (Hendrix) Mayhill, natives of Ohio and Indiana, who were among the early settlers of Flora, Indiana. Previously they had lived at Bringhurst, Car- roll county, where John Mayhill operated a general store. They afterwards moved to Flora, where he was engaged in teaming. He died on June io, 1882, at the age of forty-four years, four months and sixteen days. His wife survives and is sixty-six years old. She is a member of the Baptist church. John and Phoebe (Hendrix) Mayhill had six children, three of whom survive, as follow: Newton, of Flora, Indiana; Noah E. and Bert B.f both of Delphi; the other three, Myrtle M., Andy Oliver and Charles Oscar, having passed to the Great Beyond.

The paternal grandparents were well advanced in years at the time of their death. They had a large family of children, James, Daniel, William, John, Jeff, Andrew, Mary, Jane and Alice, all deceased. The maternal grandparents also lived to advanced ages. Their children were Phoebe, Amy, Mary, Michael, Joshua, James and John.

Noah E. and Bert B. Mayhill were born and reared in Monroe town¬ ship, Carroll county, Indiana, and grew to manhood in Flora, where they attended the public schools. Both are Republicans, and believe in protection and prosperity. Noah E. Mayhill, who was born on September 26, 1876, had charge of a restaurant for two or three years and then learned the printer's trade, after which he purchased the Flora Hoosier Democrat. He was connected with the paper for about ten years, most of the time with his brother, Bert B. Mayhill.

On November 26, 1899, ^oah E. Mayhill was married to Minnie DeMar, the daughter of Marshall and Eliza (Lane) DeMar, who was bom in Carroll county, Indiana, on April 22, 1879. Mrs. Noah E. Mayhill was educated in the public schools of Flora, where her parents are still living. They have five children, Henry, William, Charles, Minnie and Mary. Mrs. Mayhills' paternal grandfather was Peter DeMar. He and his wife had six children, Dennis, Marshall, Peter, Mary, Matilda, Lizzie. Mrs. Mayhill's father was a native of Montreal, Canada, and her mother of Carroll county , Indiana. The maternal grandparents, John and Elizabeth (Lynch) Lane, were natives of Tennessee and Ohio, and they had five children, Richard, Henry, Isaac, Eliza and Charity. Mr. and Mrs. Noah E. Mayhill have two daughters, Mildred and Alma.

Bert B. Mayhill, after leaving school, began work in a department store owned by F. C. Horner, in Flora. After working there for some time, he purchased a half interest in the Hoosier Democrat. After he and his brother had sold that paper, in 1909, Mr. Mayhill went to Pasedena, California, where he spent one year. In 1910 he returned to Carroll county

On July 16, 1904, Bert B. Mayhill was married to Dora L. Thomas, the daughter of George S. and Elizabeth (Wold) Thomas, who was born in Ogle county, Illinois, near Mount Morris, on February 22, 1884. Mrs. Bert B. Mayhill's parents are natives of Illinois, her father of Ogle county and her mother of Carroll county. The paternal grandparents were Abram Thomas and wife, the latter of whom, before her marriage, was Miss Shouts. They had a large family, namely: William, James, Henrietta, Belle, Charlotte, George and Howard. Mrs. Bert B. Mayhill's maternal grandfather was Samuel Wolf, who married Louise Wallace. They were natives of Maryland and had a large family, Ella, Sarah, Elizabeth, Eulalie, Nettie, Catherine and Emery. Mrs. Bert B. Mayhill's parents lived in Ogle county, Illinois, until 1897, when they removed to Glendora, California, where they lived on a ranch. Mrs. Mayhill graduated from the high school and lived with her parents until her marriage. They now live at Pasadena, California. Mr. and Mrs. Mayhill have one son, George Roger.

Fraternally, Bert B. Mayhill is a member of Flora Lodge No. 280, Knighttf of Pythias. Noah E. Mayhill is a member of Flora Lodge No. 605, Free and Accepted Masons, Delphi Chapter No. 21, Royal Arch Masons, Delphi Commandery No. 40, Knights Templar, and Murat Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a past chancellor of Flora Lodge No. 280, Knights of Pythias, and also Tippecanoe Tribe No. 505, Improved Order of Red Men. Mr. and Mrs. Mayhill are members of the Christian church. Noah E. Mayhill is an elder in the church. The family is prominent in religious work in Delphi.

It would seem to the careful observer that those persons fortunate enough to come of a lineage of stanch old pioneers have in their own per¬ sonality the characteristics which make for success. This is exemplified in the life of Z. T. Stephen, a prominent farmer and stock raiser, who is a native of this county, having been born on the farm where Link, Stephen now lives on November 24, 1848. His present home is located on his farm of eighty acres, seven miles south of Logansport on rural route No. 2. It is called "Coon Hunter Stock Farm." His parents are Samuel and Malinda

(Smith) Stephen. Samuel Stephen was born in Bedford county Pennsyl¬ vania, growing up on a farm there. Inspired by the example of some of his friends he came West and located in Butler county, Ohio, where he met his wife. Here they were married and lived for a short time, traveling to Carrollville, Indiana, in 1837. The young farmer then settled on what is now called Buzzard place on the county line in Washington township, entering one hundred and sixty acres of land. After living here for some time, he entered into some trade whereby he and his wife became possessors of the old Stephen homestead, where they lived the rest of their lives. They were parents of a good pioneer family of ten children, seven of whom are living. John, the eldest son, went West in 1875; Ezra lives on the Michigan road in Washington township; Matilda, who married Austin Winegardner, lived in Washington township until her death; Samuel lived in the same township; Malinda became the wife of Perry Johnson of Decatur, Indiana; Z. G. Stephen, the subject of this sketch, was the fifth born. His younger brother, Lincoln, lives in Washington township. The father of this family was prominent in politics as a Republican. He established during his life¬ time a reputation as a speaker and debater.

Z. G. Stephen was educated in the local district schools and lived with his parents until his marriage in November, 1875. Mrs. Stephen was before her marriage, Rachel Downham, a daughter of John and Maria Downham. She passed away on October 23, i8qt, leaving six children, all of whom are grown. The eldest daughter is Mrs. Charles Kerns, of Cass county; Lettie is the wife of Billy Caldwell, of Washington township; Ida is Mrs. Ollie Quider; Frances is Mrs. Knight and lives on the home place; Sarah, who is the wife of Lon Pruitten, lives in Washington township; Myrtle mar¬ ried Frank Williams, of Martinsville. Indiana. Mr. Stephen has continued to live in this township since the death of his wife and has never married again. He has given his time to general farming and stock raising, and is considered by his associates an expert in his line.

Mr. Stephen from early boyhood has been ambitious and enterprising and has made his destiny out of the material at hand, which a less ambi¬ tious youth would have considered insufficient as a basis for his life work. The success which Mr. Stephen has attained is eloquent testimony to the fact that he did not overrate his ability. Where other youths fell by the wayside, he kept up his courage and continued the journey, overcoming all obstacles.

Hezekiah Ashba

Hezekiah Ashba, a pioneer citizen and farmer of Democrat township, Carroll county, Indiana, who received his education in the old-fashioned log school, containing the old-fashioned fireplace with the mud chimney, where the seats consisted of wooden slabs laid on pins driven in the wall, remem¬ bers distinctly of the times when deer were plentiful in the Carroll county woods, when there were no roads anywhere and only the faintest trail through the wilderness. In fact, it was in this environment that he grew to manhood more than three-quarters of a century ago. He now owns one hundred and twenty acres of land three-quarters of a mile southwest of Cutler.

Mr. Ashba was born in Ross township, Clinton county, Indiana, on the Carroll county line, June 8, 1838. He is the son of William and Martha (Bowen) Ashba, the former of whom was born in Hampshire county, Vir¬ ginia, and who immigrated to Ohio with his parents and there grew to manhood. He later accompanied his parents to Indiana and settled with them in Clinton county, still later going with them to Carroll county. The father of William Ashba was Benjamin Ashba, who also immigrated with the family from Virginia to Ohio and later to Indiana. Martha Bowen was a native of Ohio, who accompanied her parents to Indiana when a small girl. They settled near Rossville in Clinton county and it was near Rossville that William Ashba and Martha Bowen were married. Being renters, this young couple moved from place to place, but later in life, purchased land in Carroll county and died on the farm they owned. William and Martha (Bowen) Ashba were the parents of eight children, three of whom died in infancy. Hezekiah, the subject of this sketch; Margaret, the wife of Jonas Clark, of Kansas:; Benjamin, who died during his service in the Union army Shedrick, who lives in Kansas; Ephraim, who resides near Marion in Grant county, Indiana.

Having lived at home with his parents until twenty-six years old, Hezekiah Ashba was married in 1864 to Nancy Jane Black, the daughter of Samuel Black, one of the early residents of Carroll county. After Mr. and Mrs. Ashba were married, they lived with her parents for about one year and then moved to the farm which the husband had bought previously in i860, a tract of sixty acres covered with timber. During the early years of their married life, they lived in a log house but Mr. Ashba now occupies a commodious brick house. He has lived on this farm since his marriage and is now one of the oldest residents of Democrat township.

Mr. and Mrs. Ashba were the parents of four children, one of whom died in infancy, Mary, the wife of John Lowery, of Democrat township; Ella, the wife of Albert Akens, who lives one mile west of her father, and Joseph, who operates the home farm of eighty acres.

At one time, Mr. Ashba was a member of the Grange. He is a mem¬ ber of the Presbyterian church at Cutler and a Prohibitionist and Democrat in politics. Mr. Ashba cast his first vote for James Buchanan for President.

Not only does Mr. Ashba own a good farm of one hundred and twenty acres, but the farm is well improved and he has on it substantial buildings, including a good barn and house and attractive outbuildings. He is one of the best known and also one of the most highly-respected citizens of Demo¬ crat township.

David M. Wagoner

When a man chisels his fortune out of what other men would call an unfavorable environment, he gives evidence of a strength of character which merits recognition and praise. He to whom the reader's attention is now directed, was not the child of favored fortune, for he had neither inherited wealth nor the assistance of powerful friends, but bv determination, industry and economy, he has attained a competency, and has made his influence for good felt in the commonwealth which has been his home. David M. Wagoner was bom on the farm on which he now lives on April 29, 1849, and is a retired farmer well known in this locality. His present farm of one hundred and twenty acres is located four and one-half miles east of Flora on the Flora road and is the old Wagoner homestead where his par¬ ents Martin and Rose Ann (Martin) Wagoner lived.

Martin Wagoner was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and being ambitious, crossed the country to seek his fortune in 'Indiana, when he was a young man. He first worked as a millwright in Lafayette, being employed at various mills along Deer Creek. After a few years, he bought two hundred and forty acres just following his father's death and con¬ tinued to cultivate the soil. He was a Democrat. Rose Ann Martin his wife was born in Lafayette and where they were married. They were the parents of twelve children five of whom are living. J. John, a farmer citizen of Carrollton township is dead. Isaac N. lives at Wheeling, Henry and George live in Flora. David lives near Flora and William lives in

Flora. The following are also deceased : Mary Elizabeth, who married Adam Watlin; Nancy Ann, who died in infancy; Margaret, the wife of Samuel VVickard; Matilda, who was the wife of Andrew Thomas, and Amanda C., who also passed away while young.

David M. attended school and worked on the farm during his boyhood and youth. He was married in 1881 to Margaret M. Debold, who died in March, 1882, leaving two children, Gertrude, who became the wife of Justus Mussulman and Lester who died in infancy. Mr. Wagoner was again married in 1888, his wife being Susan Kirkpatrick, daughter of Elliott Kirkpatrick. To them were born the following children, Warren and Lloyd, who died in infancy; Opal, w^ho graduated from the high school and is now attending school in Indianapolis; Mabel and Clara who live at home; Foster and Lawrence who live at home.

Mr. Wagoner and his family are well-known members of the Presby¬ terian church at Wheeling. He has departed from the two old political parties and has cast his lot with the Prohibitionists. Mr. Wagoner and his family have been important factors in this community, although it has not always been their home. He is generous in his support of all enter¬ prises which he feels will in any way enhance the life of his neighbors and fellow* citizens.

Charles Robert Pollard

Charles Robert Pollard, a brilliant young attorney of Delphi, Indiana, has won for himself an influential place in the legal profession, not only of Carroll county, but of Arkansas City, Kansas, where he practiced law during the eight years prior to 1913. His life work has been one of unceas¬ ing industry. By honorable methods and capable and efficient service to his clients, he has won their confidence and the confidence of the community where he has practiced. Well grounded in the principles of jurisprudence, he has been admitted to practice in all of the courts of Indiana and Kansas and, on December 15, 1910, w^as admitted to the bar of the supreme court of the United States. He is a product of the Culver Military Academy, which he attended for two years, and professionally is a graduate of the law department of the University of Illinois, where he received the degTee of Bachelor of Laws.

Charles Robert Pollard, who was born at Delphi, Indiana, December 2, 1882, is the son of Robert Carter and Sallie Allen (Jackson) Pollard, natives of Mobile, Alabama, and Delphi, Indiana. Robert C. Pollard was born in 1855, in Alabama, and ten years later came to Delphi, Indiana, where he grew to manhood. He was educated in the public schools and in the law department o( the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, from which he graduated with the class of 1878. Beginning the practice of his profession shortly after graduation, he continued to practice until his death on June 3, 1913, when he was fifty-eight years old. His wife still sur¬ vives. Robert C. Pollard was a member of the Episcopal church but his widow is a member of the Methodist church. He belonged to the Knights of Pythias. Although a Democrat, nominally, he never sought office. Robert C. and Sallie A. (Jackson) Pollard were the parents of three chil¬ dren, Charles Robert, the subject of this sketch; Florence Lydia, who died on February 14, 1915, at the age of thirty years and Thomas Bracken, of Toledo, Ohio, who is superintendent of a foundry of the Railway Materials Company. He married Lottie Hawkins and they have two children, Robert and Richard.

Mr. Pollard's paternal grandparents were Robert, Sr., and Lydia (Gar¬ rett) Pollard, natives of Richmond, Virginia, and County Cork, Ireland. He died in the prime of life at Mobile, Alabama, just before the Civil War, while she lived to be eighty-four years old. The paternal grandfather was also a lawyer. By his marriage to Lydia Garrett, there were born five chil¬ dren, Charles Rowen, Mrs. Effie Lyon, Mrs. Sallie Case, Robert Carter and one who died in infancy. The maternal grandfather of Mr. Pollard mar¬ ried Hettie Bracken, a native of Wisconsin, while he was a native of Indi¬ ana. After having been engaged in the hardware business at Delphi for some time, he died in middle life, but his wife had passed the sixties at the time of her death. To them were born five daughters, Mrs. Fannie Parkin¬ son, Mrs. Jennie Smalley, Mrs. Sallie Pollard, Mrs. Nellie Murphy and Mate, who died when sixteen years old.

Charles Robert Pollard was reared in Delphi and attended the grade school from which he was graduated. He was a student at the Culver Mili¬ tary Academy for two years from 1897 t0 1899. He then entered the University of Illinois at Urbana, where he was a student for four years, being graduated from the law department in 1903.

Pollard & Son. This arrangement continued until January 1, 1905, when Charles Robert went to Arkansas City, Kansas, and there formed a partner¬ ship with Charles T. Atkinson. This partnership continued for three years or until Mr. Pollard withdrew and formed a partnership with Ed J. Fleming and Charles S. Beekman, under the firm name of Fleming, Pollard & Beekman. This firm continued until January, 1911, after which Mr. Pollard practiced alone until June 3, 1913. At this time he returned to Delphi and resumed the practice in Carroll county. During the eight years he was located in Arkansas City, Kansas, he was city attorney for five years and was also local counsel for the St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Company, the Kronert Brothers Wholesale Grocery Company, the Arkansas City Pro¬ duce Company, the New Era Milling Company, the Security State Bank and the Traders State Bank.

On account of his father's death, Mr. Pollard returned to Delphi. He is admitted to practice before the supreme and circuit courts of Indiana, the supreme and district courts of Kansas, the United States circuit and district courts of Indiana and Kansas, and the supreme court of the United States.

On December 19, 1906, Mr. Pollard was married to Addie Howard Pigman, the daughter of Admiral George W. Pigman, whose wife before her marriage was a Miss Howard. To this union has been born one daugh¬ ter, Lillie Howard, who was born on September 10, 1909.

Mrs. Pollard was born in Washington, D. C., April 6, 1884. Her father was born in Delphi, Indiana, and her mother in Washington, D. C. Her mother died in February, 1907, but her father is still living. They were the parents of four children, George, Isabel, Lillie and Addie. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Pollard were natives of Indiana and lived in Delphi. Her paternal grandfather was one of the early clerks of the court and was also engaged in mercantile business. He died in middle life, but his wife lived to be many years older. They were the parents of six children, James, George, Lucy, Belle, Lillie and Charles. Mrs. Pollard's maternal grandparents were natives of Maryland and died in that state.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Robert Pollard are members of the Episcopal church in which Mr. Pollard is a vestryman. Mr. Pollard is a member of Kappa Kappa Chapter, Sigma Chi Fraternity, at the University of Illinois. He is a member of Arkansas City Lodge No. 956, Benevolent and Pro¬ tective Order of Elks. Politically, he is a Democrat.

Alexander Rasler

Climbing up, step by step, and paying strict attention to all matters com¬ ing directly under his supervision, Alexander Rasler now represents one pf the leading business interests of Burrows, Indiana. Mr. Rasler has been a close student of every detail in connection with the mercantile business, in which he is successfully engaged, and his well-selected stock of goods attracts the best trade of the Burrows.

Alexander Rasler, merchant, Burrows, Indiana, was born on June 6, 1869, in Rock Creek township, Madison county, and is a son of William and Nancy (Scott) Rasler. He was educated in the public schools of the district and remained under his father's roof until he was seventeen years of age, when he began the vocation of farm life, and followed that business until he was twenty-one years of age, when he came to Burrows and engaged his services as clerk in the store of Henry Fitzer, remaining with him five or six years, at the end of which time he bought the entire stock and has continued in the mercantile business ever since, doing a large and profitable trade. Politically, Mr. Rasler is a Democrat, while his religious membership is with the Christian church at Burrows. He has been proprietor of his present general store for the past seventeen years, having built up a pros¬ perous trade during that time.

William Rasler, father of Alexander, was a son of John Rasler, and his wife was Mrs. Nancy (Scott) McCormick, daughter of John Scott. Mr. and Mrs. Rasler were early settlers in Rock Creek township, and were the parents of three children, all of whom grew to maturity : Anna became the wife of Edward Kennedy, and lives in Burrows; Sadie, deceased, was united in marriage with Hugh Kennedy, and Alexander. William Rasler was a widower when he was married to Mrs. Nancy (Scott) McCormick, a widow, who was the mother of two children by her first marriage, John McCormick, born at Delphi, and Charles McCormick, born at Logansport, Indiana. Mr. Rasler died when Alexander was about four years old, and his widow never married again. Politically, he was a stanch believer in the policies of the Republican party. He owned a good farm, consisting of a large number of acres.

John Rasler, the paternal grandfather, came to Indiana at an early date, and settled in Rock Creek township. John Scott, the maternal grand¬ father, came from Pennsylvania and was also one of the pioneer settlers of Carroll county.

Alexander Rasler was united in marriage to Bertha Friend, daughter of John Friend, of Clinton township, Cass county, Indiana. To this union were born two children, Hazel, a student at a public school, and Helen, three years of age.

Mr. Rasler has built up a name that stands for substantial citizenship, during the years in which he has been adding to his wealth and his popu¬ larity as a general merchant.

Grover C. Long

Grover C. Long, the surveyor of Carroll county, is the scion of an old family of the county, his father having been a native-born Hoosier, a farmer in Carroll county for forty years, a trustee of Democrat township for two terms and otherwise a prominent citizen of the county. Grover C. Long is one of the aggressive young citizens of the county, who, having obtained a good education in the common and high schools of Carroll county and at Purdue University, is already well started on a most successful career.

Mr. Long is a native of Cutler, Indiana, born on June 9, 1885. He is the son of James D. and Anna (Herron) Long, natives of Indiana. The father was engaged in farming and owns two hundred acres of land in Democrat township. He has served as township trustee of this township for two terms. Both he and his wife are prominent members of the Presby¬ terian church. To them have been born three children, Estella, the wife of Mansford Smith, of Cutler, Indiana; Carlos, who is a farmer of Cutler; and Grover C, the subject of this sketch.

The paternal grandparents of Mr. Long were David Long and wife, natives of Ohio, and pioneers in Clinton county, Indiana, where they died at advanced ages. Like most pioneers of the Hoosier state, they reared a rather large family of children, among whom were Catherine, Margaret, Martha, Elizabeth, Washington, Benjamin, Samuel, James and Mary. The maternal grandparents of Mr. Long were Mr. and Mrs. Herron, who were natives of Ohio and early settlers in Carroll county. The grandfather was a physician and practiced medicine for many years at Cutler, Indiana. Among his children were Mrs. Anna J. Douglas, Frank, Grace and Walter.

Reared on his father's farm, Grover C. Long received his elementary education in the country schools. He was graduated from the Culver high school with the class of 1902 and later took a mechanical engineering course at Purdue University. In the meantime, Mr. Long had learned the car¬ penter's trade and engaged in contracting and building for several years. In 1912 Mr. Long was a nominee of the Democratic party for surveyor of Carroll county and, having been elected in the fall of 1912, took the office in January, 1913. In 1914 he was elected to a second term in which he is now serving.

Mr. Long was married on January 14, 1914, to Olga Trobaugh, the daughter of George and Jennie (Furnish) Trobaugh, who was bom near Cutler, Indiana, October 5, 1892. Mrs. Long's father and mother were born in Indiana and have lived in Carroll county for many years. They now reside near Cutler. They have three children, Claude, Harry and Olga.

Mrs. Grover C. Long is an active member of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Long is a member of Wildcat Lodge No. 31 1, Free and Accepted Masons, at Cutler, and of Delphi Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. He is also a member of Cutler Lodge No. 571, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Delphi Lodge No. 80, Knights of Pythias, and of the uniform rank of the latter lodge.

John F. Lake

Since the subject of this brief record has become a representative among the men of his chosen calling in this county, it may be assumed that he early made plans for his life, and with undeviating determination carried them out from day to day until the present time.

John F. Lake, who has resided for upwards of six years in Camden, and who has been for eleven years assessor of Jackson township, was born on a farm in this township on September 30, 1852. He is the son of Isaac H. and Harriet E. (Buyram) Lake the former having been a prominent citizen in his day. He was born in New Jersey and was the son of Elijah Lake. When Isaac was a lad of eight years, he traveled overland with his parents who decided to make their western home in Whitewater, Indiana, but after a brief residence here they went to Marion county, where he became the owner of a large farm northwest of Indianapolis. On this farm con¬ sisting of one hundred and sixty acres with an adjoining property of eighty acres, Elijah and his faithful wife lived the remainder of their lives.

After entering and improving an eighty-acre farm in Jackson town¬ ship, Isaac Lake purchased two hundred and sixty acres in Iowa, later divid- ing the Iowa property among his children by his first wife. He died in this township. He was a member of Free and Accepted Masons, Mt. Zion Lodge No. 21 1, at Camden; a Democrat in politics and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he was trustee for many years. To him and his wife were born five children, one of whom died in infancy. These were, John F., Florence B., wife of George W. Jones, of Logansport; Orlando L., a resident of Logansport; Bettenia, who passed away in infancy and Lily M., wife of Jackson Hunter, of Annoka.

John F. lived under the parental roof until his twenty-fifth year, his father having died when John was eighteen years of age. After improving the home farm he sold it and moved to town where he bought property consisting of three houses and one vacant lot.

Mr. Lake was married on February 14, 1884, to Matilda Heiny at Idaville in Carroll county, Indiana. Mrs. Lake was the daughter of Jacob Heiny, and because of the previous death of her parents she was living at the time of her marriage with her sister in Rockfield. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Lake lived on the farm in Washington township, renting this for one year when they moved to their home place. They are the parents of Carl C., a graduate of the local high school and for one year a teacher in the Camden schools, and Clarence L., who married Catherine Weeds, daughter of Charles Wesley Weeds, who lived near Annoka, Cass county, Indiana.

Mr. Lake has been a valued member of the Camden Odd Fellows Lodge, No. 15 1, also of Encampment No. 135. He is past noble grand, having been representative to the state Encampment on two different occa¬ sions. His religious affiliations have been with the Camden Lutheran church and in politics he is a Democrat and has been township assessor for eleven years.

Because of his success in the material world, and his worthy character as a man, the record of John F. Lake is one that inspires esteem and admira¬ tion. It is the record of a man noted for unflinching loyalty to duty; for rugged honesty and for steadfastness of purpose.