Carroll County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1916 (part 3 of 12)

Born on the little farm of forty acres owned by his father near the town of Darwin, Edward E. Pruitt moved with his parents into the town of Darwin, where the father ran a small store for a time. Later, the father took up auctioneering. Edward E. Pruitt grew to manhood in Darwin, attending the country schools and the public schools at Burlington. He taught school for seven years and, during the last four years in the school room, studied law preparatory to attending law school. Subsequently, he was a student of law in the office of Odell & Ryan and graduated from the law department of Indiana University in 1893, but was admitted to the bar one year previously, in 1892. From 1893 to ^95 he practiced his profes¬ sion at Flora, but in February, 1895, be removed to Delphi and has prac¬ ticed here ever since.

Mr. Pruitt served two terms as prosecuting attorney in the thirty-ninth judicial district and was a member of the Indiana Legislature during the session of 1905. Two years later he was elected as city attorney of Delphi, an office which he still holds. During the past three years, he has also been attorney for the town of Camden.

been prominent in the councils of his party for many years. He is a mem¬ ber of Mount Olive Lodge No. 48, Free and Accepted Masons, Delphi Lodge No. 80, Knights of Pythias, and of the uniform rank, of the latter order. When Fountain City Lodge, Knights of Pythias, was organized at Flora, Mr. Pruitt was a charter member, but, after removing to Delphi, dimitted his membership to the county-seat lodge. Mr. Pruitt is well known in Carroll county, enjoys a good reputation as a lawyer and ranks high as a citizen and man.

Howard T. Landis

From the time of Tubal Cain, the artificer in iron has been one of the important factors in civilization. He it was who forged the first imple¬ ments for the field and the weapons of war. The iron worker made pos¬ sible the mail-clad knight of the Middle ages and, later, the cannon which changed the whole course of civilization. In all of the communities of Indiana, the blacksmith of the pioneer epoch made all of the tools the farmer used, the axes, the saws, the hoes and the horseshoes. Even to this day, no community can dispense with the blacksmith and the craft is an honored and respected one. Among the general blacksmiths of Delphi, is Howard T. Landis, who is also a dealer in buggies and wagons.

Mr. Landis is a native of the Shenandoah valley, of Virginia, born at Pleasant Valley, January 21, 1876. He is the son of George and Margaret (Messerly) Landis, natives of the Old Dominion state. George Landis was reared near Peach Grove, Rockingham county, Virginia, and was a black¬ smith by trade until he came to Indiana about 1895. Upon coming to the Hoosier state, he located at Rensselaer, where he bought a farm of one hundred and sixty acres. He moved from Rensselaer to Deer Creek town¬ ship, Carroll county, and six years later moved to near Monticello, his pres¬ ent home, where he and his wife live on a highly productive farm of one hundred and ninety-six acres. They are members of the Christian church. George Landis served for three years in the Civil War and, during this time, was in charge of a commissary wagon. He and his wife have been the parents of six children : Cora, the wife of Floyd Robinson, of Rensselaer; Gurney, the wife of Frank Woods, of Monroe township, Carroll county; Howard T., the subject of this sketch; Ollie, the wife of Harry Boothroyd, of Monticello, Indiana; Nora, the wife of Mell Abbott, of Rensselaer, and Arthur, of Monticello.

Both the paternal and maternal grandparents of Mr. Landis were natives of Virginia. The paternal grandfather was a farmer and the maternal grandfather, a carpenter.

Howard T. Landis lived in Virginia with his parents until thirteen years old, when the family came west, and he grew to manhood at Onarga, Iroquois county, Illinois, where he attended the public schools. Afterward he worked on his father's farm for several years and was then married and farmed for one year. He then learned the blacksmith trade and has fol¬ lowed this trade for the past eighteen years in Delphi, where he has built a splendid block and residence. Mr. Landis enjoys a large patronage and has a prosperous business.

On January 22, 1896, Howard T. Landis was married to Ala Potts, the daughter of Haines Potts. She was one of six children born to her parents, the others being Blanche. Pearl, Richard, Laura and Frank. Mrs. Landis died in 1900, at the age of twenty-four years, leaving one daughter, Verna, who is a student in the Tipton high school. In 1902 Mr. Landis married Nellie Foster, a native of one of the Southern states. She was one of six children, Susan, Cora, Samuel, William, Nellie and one who died in infancy.

William M. Bates

Few citizens now living in Madison township, Carroll county, Indiana, have had a larger part in the political and civic life of Carroll county than William M. Bates, assessor of Madison township for nine years, assessor of Carroll county for four years and township trustee for four years. These many honors not only indicate the high regard in which Mr. Bates is held by the people of Carroll county, but they also indicate somewhat the conscien¬ tious service he has performed in positions of public trust and responsi¬ bility. He owns the old Billy Maxwell farm, comprising one hundred and twenty-five acres of fine land in section No. 22, which he has repaired and put into modern conditions. His home is an elegant brick house, standing back from the road and somewhat hidden by a number of large trees. It is a beautiful country place and here the Bates family have lived for many years.

William M. Bates was born on March 18, 1848, in Butler county, Ohio. He is the son of Ozro and Mary ( Hartman) Bates, the former of whom was born in Vermont and who came with his parents to Cincinnati, where his father and mother died of the cholera. Ozro Bates had three brothers and two sisters: Nathaniel was at one time mayor of Council Bluffs, Iowa; Peter was killed at Pueblo in the Mexican War; the others were, Smith, Sarah and Ann. After the death of his father and mother, Ozro Bates was bound out until twenty-one years old, or until the time of his marriage, after which he came to Marion county, Indiana, and cleared one hundred and sixty acres of land north of Indianapolis. He lost this land as a conse¬ quence of having gone on another man's bond. He served as justice of the peace in Marion county for eight years and in 1872 came to Carroll county, where he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land west of Ockley, in Madison township. There he lived the remainder of his life. He was a Democrat in politics and a member of the Methodist church. By his mar¬ riage to Mary Hartman, in 1840, during the Harrison and Tyler campaign, there were born eight children, as follow: One died in infancy; Nathaniel, who is living at Rensselaer, served in the Civil War under Generals Thomas and Grant, and was postmaster of Rensselaer; David lives in Clay county, Texas; William M. was the fourth born; Dr. S. L. lives near Kansas City, Missouri; Dr. Joseph W. is deceased; Suzanna B. married J. H. Brown and died on May 20, 1915, in Terre Haute, Indiana; Mary, deceased, was the wife of George Rovabough. The mother of these children was a native of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio with her parents. They settled in Preble county, Ohio, where she was married to Ozro Bates.

William M. Bates received a good common-school education and, after finishing his education, went to Texas with his brother and entered land in that state. Upon selling out their holdings in Texas, they came back to Madison township. Mr. Bates farmed for his father until the latter's death and then purchased the land which his parents had owned. He farmed this for a short time, and then sold out and purchased the one-hundrecfand-twenty-five-acre farm where he now lives.

On November 23, 1887, William M. Bates was married to Alice Miller, a native of Madison township and the daughter of George and Mary (Abernapth) Miller, who were natives of Carroll county, Indiana. George Miller was a soldier in the Civil War, having enlisted voluntarily at a time when men were being drafted in this county. Mr. and Mrs. Bates have had two children, Eva and Ren, who are both single and live at home.

Mr. and Mrs. B^tes participate in the services of the Methodist Epis¬ copal and United Brethem churches. Mr. Bates has always been identified with the Democratic party and has been prominent in the councils of his party in Carroll county. He is a successful farmer, a good citizen and an upright man, one whom the people of Madison township have been pleased to honor.

Lebovics Marton

Lebovics Marton, a well-known citizen of Carroll county, and a pros¬ perous dealer in junk, poultry and produce, is a successful business man. Coming to Delphi in 1905, he has, by enterprise, good management and industry, built up a large and constantly-growing business, from a very humble beginning. Mr. Marton is prominent in the fraternal circles of Delphi just as he is successful in business.

Lebovics Marton is a native of Hungary, born at Kiralyhaza, July 25, 1873. He is the son of Lebi and Julia (Moses) Lebovics, the latter of whom died about 1883 and the former is still living in Kiralyhaza, Hungary. The family belongs to the Hebrew faith, the father having been a butcher by trade and having operated a meat market in Kiralyhaza. Lebi Lebovics' father was Lebovics Marton and his wife was Hermine Lebovics. They were farmers by occupation, the grandfather dying in the prime of life, but the grandmother lived to an advanced age. They were the parents of several children, among whom were Lebi, Gussie, of Sofalva, Hungary, and Goldie, who died at the age of sixty. The maternal grandparents of Mr. Marton were Abraham Moses and Rosa (Neiman) Moses, who died in Hungary. They had a family of three children, Franz Joseph, Jonas Benja¬ min and Julia.

Lebovics Marton was reared in Hungary and educated there. He served two years and thirty-three days in the Seventh Company, Eleventh Infantry, and was then promoted to corporal and mustered out as such. In 1900 Mr. Marton came to America and, after locating in Chicago, worked for the American Hide & Leather Company for two or three years. He then became a janitor in an apartment building and, later, the engineer in the apartment. In 1905 he moved to Delphi, where he established a junk business in a small way. This business has gradually enlarged until Mr. Marton now does a large business and is compelled to employ a number of people. Not very long ago, he added poultry, butter and eggs to his busi¬ ness and has a large trade with the farmers of Carroll county.

Hungary. Mrs. Marton's parents were natives of Hungary, her mother having died when she was a small child. Her father died in January, 1915. They were the parents of seven children, two of whom died early in life. Those who lived to maturity were Ganandel, Rosa, Ragina, Bertha and Linka.

Mr. and Mrs. Lebovics Marton are the parents of one daughter, Julia Sarina, who is attending high school and who plays the violin and the piano with considerable skill.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Lebovics Marton belong to the Hebrew faith. Mr. Marton is a member of Mount Olive Lodge No. 48, Free and Accepted Masons/ of Delphi Chapter No. 21, Royal Arch Masons, and of the Monticello Council, Royal and Select Masters. He was made a Mason in Palace Lodge No. 765, of Pullman, Chicago. He is also a member of the Inde¬ pendent Order of Odd Fellows, including the subordinate lodge, the encamp¬ ment, and the Rebekahs. He belongs to Delphi Lodge No. 80, Knights of Pythias, to Tippecanoe Tribe No. 505, Improved Order of Red Men, and to the Haymakers.

Samuel W. Ireland

The venerable Samuel W. Ireland, a prosperous farmer of Adams township, was born in Greene county, Ohio, February 19, 1832, and emi¬ grated with his parents, Thomas and Mary (Gates) Ireland, from Ohio to Indiana. Thomas Ireland and wife were natives of Pennsylvania and were married in that state. They first emigrated to Kentucky and later to Ohio. After coming to Indiana, Thomas Ireland followed the blacksmith trade in Adams township for about four years, when he retired. Thomas Ireland and wife were the parents of eight children, of whom all are deceased except Samuel W., the subject of this review, who was the youngest mem¬ ber of the family.

Mr. Ireland received the rudiments of an education in the pioneer schools of Adams township, and at the age of twenty-seven started in life for himself. Previously he had worked for his father on the farm, saving some money in the meantime, with which he purchased forty acres of land from his father. Since that time Mr. Ireland has accumulated sufficient land to make in all one hundred and seventeen acres, having sold three acres to his son. He has cleared this land and erected most of the buildings which now stand on the farm, and, taken altogether, Mr. Ireland has one of

Mr. Ireland's wife, before her marriage, was Elizabeth Herman, the daughter of John and Mary- (Burket) Herman, and who was bom in Ohio on October 9, 1836. To this union were born five children: Lennie, the wife of Adams Hanna; Myron, who is teaching in the high school at Iona, Indiana; Beswick, a resident of Cass county, Indiana; Thaddeus, living in White county, Indiana, and Bert, living on a farm adjoining that of his father. The mother of these children died on April 23, 1910.

Mr. Ireland is a stanch Democrat, but has never held public office. He is a devout member of the Presbyterian church and, throughout *his life, has been active not only in religious enterprises, but in all good works. Here in Adams township, where he is well known, he enjoys the universal confidence and esteem of the people and is rated as a good man and a good citizen. His children, who have been reared to honorable and useful lives, are likewise prominent citizens in the various communities where they live.

John R. Harness

The Harness family in America dates from the coming of William Penn, who was accompanied to America by Mitchell Harness, the greatgreat-grandfather of John R. Harness, the subject of this sketch. Prac¬ tically, every generation of the family since the time of Mitchell Harness have been large landowners in the respective communities where they have lived, Peter Harness, the son of Mitchell Harness and the great-grandfather of John R., having been a large landowner and slaveholder in Virginia. In the land sales of 1801, he acquired five thousand acres in the Scioto valley of Ohio. A man by the name of Turley, a son-in-law of Peter Harness, was the first member of the family to move from Virginia to Ohio. George W. Harness, the son of Peter, also came to Ohio, but did not remain long. He immigrated to Illinois and settled near Bloomington, but left that place on account of the Black Hawk War. Afterward he lived near Thorntown for two years and then moved to the farm where Ellsworth Harness now lives, entering one hundred and sixty acres of land in 1823. There he lived until 1849, when his son William was married. He then moved to the Indian reserve in Howard county, where he lived to be one hundred and eight years old.

Mu. And Mrs. John U. Harness

William and Mary Ann (Rodkey) Harness lived on the old home¬ stead farm until 1862, when he erected a large brick house, which is still standing and where he lived until 1884, when he moved to Cass county. He lived in Cass county for eight years and then moved back to the old homestead, where he lived until 1899, when he again moved to Cass county. He died six years later, in March, 1905. His wife had died previously, in 1899, at the time of their removal to Cass county. William Harness, at the time of his death, owned one thousand acres of land in Cass county and six hundred and fifty-two acres in Carroll county, practically all of which he made by his own efforts and good management. He was an influential citizen in the county and a man who did not permit his quest of a fortune to interfere with his public duties.

Thirteen children were born to William and Mary Ann (Rodkey) Harness, among whom were the following: George W., deceased; one who died in infancy; Hattie, the wife of David Shields, of Cass county; Jacob L., who lives at Burlington; Samuel C., who died in 1907; Lucinda J., who is the widow of James Patty, of Cass county; Elizabeth, the wife of John R., Benson, of Cass county; John R., the subject of this sketch; an infant who died at birth; Mary, deceased; William, deceased; Ellsworth, who lives on a farm in Burlington township, and Clara Belle, who is the wife of Charles Wagoner, of Cass county.

John R. Harness was born on February 13, 1870. He lived at home until eighteen years old and then entered Valparaiso University at Val¬ paraiso, Indiana, which he attended for two years. He then spent a summer at the Central Normal College at Danville, Indiana, and returned to Val¬ paraiso, where he spent the next year. In April, 1892, he went to Chicago and took a position as bookkeeper and cashier for the John W. Ulm real estate and rental agency, where he remained until August, 1894. At that time he moved to a rural district in Illinois, where he spent three months on a farm, after which he came back to Carroll county and purchased the George Rutter farm of one hundred and sixty acres. From this nucleus he has built up his present fortune. He is the proprietor of the Calyx farm and is a successful apple and peach grower. He owns three hundred and twenty acres of land on the Clinton-Carroll county line, three hundred and eighty acres in Burlington township, twenty-five acres in Madison township, besides town lots in Frankfort, and four hundred acres in Creek, Okmulgee and Muskogee counties in Oklahoma, which he purchased in 1911, part of this being valuable oil land.

Carr0Lt County, Indiana

Mr. Harness was married on November 24, 1903, to Emma E. Shaffer, the daughter of Abraham Shaffer, a resident of Madison township, Carroll county, Indiana, but a native of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Harness takes a commendable interest in politics, being identified with the Democratic party. He assists more or less in party organizations and has been responsible in a large measure for many of the Democratic victories in this township and county. He is highly respected in the com¬ munity where he lives and ig admired not only for his cordial manners, but for his large business abilities and his great success.

Capt. John Lathrope

No man in Carroll county is belter known to the world of music than Capt. John Lathrope, the veteran band master, who is considered the most expert cornetist in the United States for a man of his age. Some of the greatest cornet players of recent years drew their first inspiration from John Lathrope. A few years ago, John Philip Sousa was featuring Walter Rogers as the greatest cornetist of modern times. Yet there are many who can remember when Walter Rogers took his first lesson on a cornet from Capt. John Lathrope in Delphi, a little more than thirty-five years ago. The Captain has more than a state-wide reputation as a cornetist and band leader and has refused dazzling offers to conduct traveling and city organ¬ izations. He is intimately acquainted with Inness, Liberati, "Pat" Gilmore, Arbuckle, Albert Cook, leader of the Kilties (Canadian) Band, and with other leaders in the musical world. He knew Ole Bull, the celebrated violinist, and was intimately acquainted with C. G. Conn, the famous instru¬ ment manufacturer of Elkhart, Indiana. When a lad of ten, just after arriving from England, he played a trombone solo in Boston and received a flattering comment from well-known critics. Grey haired citizens of Delphi remember when, as lads, they followed "Johnny's" band through the streets of Delphi. He was the pride of grandfathers and is the pride of grandsons.

The venerable Capt. John Lathrope, who is still vigorous, at the advanced age of seventy-four years, was born at Penzance, Cornwall, Eng¬ land, on October 27, 1841. His parents, John and Phillippe Lathrope, were natives of England. John Lathrope was their only child. The father was a wool comber in England and came to America in 1849, locating in Benton county, near Oxford, where he worked for five dollars per month, his board and washing. In 1851, when he had saved money enough to send for his family, he did so. They landed in Boston in that year and immediately came West to Lafayette, where the father and son worked on the railroad. Later, John Lathrope, Sr., was leader of a band for some years. Subse¬ quently the family removed to a farm four miles east of Delphi, where they lived until 1858, when they moved to the north fork of Wild Cat and thence to Delphi, which has since been the Captain's home, with the exception of five years spent in Warsaw. Both the father and the mother have been dead many years. They were members of the Episcopal church.

John Lathrope, Sr., was mustered for service in the great Civil War in 1861, but, on account of having left his wife at home, was mustered out again. His son, John Lathrope, Jr., was mustered in as a leader of the Ninth Indiana Volunteer Regimental Band, and his bugle sounded many victorious charges. A few years ago he told the following story of an incident of the war:

"It was at the battle of Cheat Mountain," said Mr. Lathrope. "The Confederates seemed to be getting the best of us; the storm of bullets was slowly driving us back. On a smoke-enveloped knoll, the colonel ordered me to the rear to blow the retreat. I started to obey. A short distance from the spot, I was met by the battle-grimed figure of .Major John B. Milroy. He had a horse-pistol in each hand. 'What are you going to do, sir?' he snapped. I told him. Said he, Tf you touch your lips to that bugle, you're a dead man !' I did not blow the retreat. Our men rallied and the day ended in a victory for the Union." The Ninth Indiana Infantry was ordered into service in western Virginia, after having been recruited in 1861, and reported for duty at Camp Elk Water. It was in the engagement at Buffalo Mountain where the above incident took place.

It was nearly sixtv-five years ago that the Lathrope family, including John, shook the English soil from their shoes and voyaged westward for a new home in America. Practically ever since that time, and especially since the Civil War, John Lathrope has been identified with band music and, as a professor, for years has been engaged in band instruction. He has been the director of many fine bands. During his life in Delphi he has engaged in different occupations, the last of them being in the confectionery business, but commercial life has never claimed him. His ambition lay in his art.

who was born in Delphi, Indiana, on December 28, 1851, the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Assion. Mrs. Lathrope died on February 2, 1905, at the age of fifty- four years. She was a member of the Catholic church and a noble Christian woman, a faithful friend and companion to her children - one in whom all the unselfish attributes of love and affection predominated. As a girl, she was known and admired by all. As she grew up, she devel¬ oped into a splendid young womanhood. Her parents were natives of Germany, excellent people, and early settlers in Delphi. Her father had been a soldier in the German army before coming to America.

To Capt. John and Caroline C. (Assion) Lathrope were born eight children, Litta, Emma C., Joseph, Ada, Emerson, Lillian, Beatrice and Harry. Of these children, Litta died when a child; Emma C. took a course in the conservatory of music at DePauw University and is a fine musician, being organist in the Presbyterian church at Delphi ; Joseph, who is a mail carrier and lives in Delphi, married Josephine Mitchell and they have two children: Ada married Louis Inglee, of Denver, Colorado, and they have two children, Harry and Martha; Emerson has charge of a department store in Kansas City, Missouri; Lillian is at home; Beatrice married Roy O. Campbell, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and they have two children, John D. and Dorothy; Harry is head clerk in the postal service of the Santa Fe railroad and lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is married and has one child.

Professor Lathrope has in his possession a handsome badge presented by the Warsaw band and orchestra on the occasion of his fifty-sixth birth¬ day. He is very proud of the badge, and well he may be. It has a back¬ ground of black plush, and the badge proper is affixed to a dark blue ribbon. The top part, where the pin is affixed, is a music note book, wide open ; from this, a harp hangs, with a handsome brilliant setting, and to that is hung a miniature cornet. The bottom of the badge is trimmed with gold fringe. On the reverse side of the badge is the following legend : "Presented by the members of Lathrope's Cornet Band and Orchestra."

On his seventieth birthday, with the weight of his years resting no heavier than the figurative feather on his baton-arm, he directed his famous band in celebration of his birthday. The concert was enjoyed by hundreds of people from Delphi and vicinity. The old director led with the same snap and vigor that has distinguished him throughout his career, and his difficult, triple-tongued solos were played without a falter, a performance considered marvelous, because of the fact that he has not one of his natural

Captain Lathrope is ex-president of the Tri-state Musicians Associa¬ tion, composed of military and orchestra bands in the three states of Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. He is an honorary member of the American Federa¬ tion of Musicians, and belongs to the Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, the Grand Army of the Republic, and the Improved Order of Red Men. In the Masonic order, he is a Knight Templar and a member of the Indianapolis Consistory of the Scot¬ tish Rite. Captain Lathrope is justly proud of the esteem in which he is held by the people of Delphi. He is a gentleman of affability and fine address and one whom the citizens of Carroll county have been pleased to honor.

One of the able and honored physicians of Carroll county, Indiana, is Dr. Patrick W. Conway, former trustee of Madison township, who, for twenty-seven years, practiced medicine at Ockley, and, in 1907, came to Delphi, where he has since continued the active practice of his profession. He is a man of fine intellectual and professional attainments, of most grac¬ ious personality, of strong and noble character, and one who has labored with zeal and devotion to lift the load of human suffering. He has a high regard for the ethics of his profession and has exhibited marked skill in the treatment of diseases. Measured by the prevailing standard, his profess¬ ional career has been a financial success, and he is the owner of a fine farm of two hundred and forty-one acres of land, besides an attractive home in south Delphi and has other possessions in the way of stocks and bonds.

Dr. Patrick W. Conway is a native of Madison township, Carroll county, Indiana, born on February 3, 1853. He is a son of James and Johanna (McCormick) Conway, the former of whom was a native of County Limerick, Ireland, and the latter also a native of the Emerald Isle. They were married in Ireland and came to America in 1847. For some time James Conway worked in New York state, afterward coming west, where he worked on the Wabash canal. After the completion of the canal he came to Delphi and engaged in road work. In 1850 he purchased fifty acres of land in Madison township, where he lived until his death, in 1869, at the age of seventy years. Although James Conway was a modest, unas- suming man, he was a good citizen, faithful husband and a kind father. He had been favored with more than the average educational advantages, but, although he was importuned many times to accept public position, especially the office of township trustee, he always declined. His good wife died about twenty-two years ago, at the age of nearly eighty years. James and Johanna (McCormick) Conway were the parents of six children, of whom three, John, Johanna and James, Jr., are deceased. The living children are Mary, a resident of Denver, Colorado; Dr. Patrick W., with whom this narrative deals, and Margaret, the widow of Daniel Honan, who lives east of Ockley, in this county.

Born on the home farm, Dr. Patrick VW. Conway received his ele¬ mentary education in the public schools of his home township, afterwards becoming a student at the Battle Ground Collegiate Institute. After leaving school he engaged in the teaching profession for a number of years in Carroll and Tippecanoe counties, Indiana. In .the fall of 1877 he took up the study of medicine, entering Rush Medical College, of Chicago, from which institution he was graduated in the class of 1880. He immediately began the active practice of his profession at Aydelotte, Benton county, Indiana, where he remained for two years. He then came to Ockley, Carroll county, his old home, where he practiced continuously for twenty-seven years. In 1907 Doctor Conway removed to Delphi, where he has since lived. While living at Ockley in 1900 he was elected as trustee of Madison township, serving a term of four years, during which time he performed his duties conscientiously and faithfully.

On February 6, 1883, Doctor Conway was married to Ida Timmons, who was born and reared in Benton county, Indiana, the daughter of Robert Timmons, of Aydelotte. To this union have been born four children, all of whom are living with the exception of one daughter, Mary, who died in infancy. Bertha is a teacher in the schools of Carroll county, now teaching one and one-half miles from Delphi. Will R., who is twenty-four years of age, is a locomotive fireman at Lafayette, Indiana. Eva, the youngest of the family, is a student in the high school at Delphi.

Doctor Conway is actively interested in farming, owning a farm of two hundred and fortv-one acres, two hundred acres of which is in Madison township and forty-one acres in Clay township. It may be said of him that he has been a very successful man and, in all that goes to make true man¬ hood, Doctor Conway has measured up to the full standard. He and his family are earnest and devoted members of the Catholic church, in which he was reared. Doctor Conway is a member of the Carroll County Medical Society and the Indiana State Medical Association. Politically, he is identi¬ fied with the Democratic party.

John S. Armitage

The oldest man living- in Carroll county, Indiana, is the venerable John S. Armitage, a veteran of the Mexican War, a "Forty-niner" in the gold fields of California, a land dealer, a mill owner and druggist in this county. For some years, however, he has been living retired in the city near which his father was a canal contractor more than three-quarters of a century ago. Years ago, although he was not favored by inherited wealth or the assistance of powerful friends, he, by perseverance, industry and careful economy, attained to a comfortable station in life and is now well provided for in his declining years. There are very few veterans of the Mexican War now living in this country and fewer still living in the state of Indiana. It is an honor, therefore, that Carrpll county can count among its citizens this noble man, who served a year in that war.

John S. Armitage, a native of Pennsylvania, was born on September 19, 1825, and is the son of Valerius and Mary (Hewitt) Armitage. The latter died when John S. was a mere child and his father, who had made an initial trip to the Hoosier state in 1830, brought his family overland to Indiana in 1836, at the time when the contracts were being let for the con¬ struction of the canal at Ft. Wayne. The family made the trip from Johns¬ town, Pennsylvania, to Pittsburgh on a canal boat and from Pittsburgh, by boat, to Ft. Wayne. Valerius Armitage was a canal contractor and died while the canal was in progress of construction in 1838. He was an ardent Democrat, a disciple of Andrew Jackson and Thomas Jefferson. He was the father of five children, of whom, Theodore and George are deceased; Mary Jane was the wife of Robert H. Milroy, of Delphi, but both are deceased; John S., the subject of this sketch, and Valerius, Jr.

Prior to attaining his eighteenth birthday, John S. Armitage worked for D. B. Preston, of Logansport, learning the tailoring trade. At the out¬ break of the Mexican War, he joined the First Indiana Regiment and served one year under Col. James P. Drake. After being mustered out at New Orleans, he came by boat to Cincinnati and then to Logansport overland. He again took up the tailoring trade until 1849, when he was attracted by the rush to the gold fields of California. He made the journey overland by horseback and, during the five years that he prospected on the Pacific coast, was very successful. He then came back to Delphi and engaged in the land business. Subsequently, he operated a paper-mill and then bought a drug store, which he conducted for eight years. In all of these business ventures, he was more than ordinarily successful.

The venerable John S. Armitage was twice married, first to Emma J. Daubney, in 1855. She died one year later, leaving one child, Emma W., who died at the age of five months. He was subsequently married to Mrs. J. Burns, but no children were born to this union.

Mr. Armitage owns a great deal of town property in Delphi and is now living retired. He is well preserved for a man of ninety years and is thoroughly capable of participating in the business of the day. He is well informed upon all current questions and is an intelligent and interesting conversationalist. All of his life, John S. Armitage has been identified with the Democratic party.

Charles W. Moore

One of the desirable features of our government is that it acknowledges no hereditary rank or title, no patent of notability save that of nature, and leaves every man to establish his own position and fix his own rank inso¬ much as he is permitted to become the artificer of his own fortune. Places of honor and trust are happily placed before every individual, high or low, rich or poor, to be striven for by all, but earned alone by perseverance and sterling worth, and are almost always sure to be filled with deserving men. In any event, they are filled by those who possess energy and talent essential to success. In agriculture the same rule prevails. Men who succeed in a large way, are those who strive hardest for success. Charles W. Moore, a well-known farmer and stockman of Jefferson township, the pro¬ prietor of "Rose Bud Stock Farm, No. 1," of two hundred acres, and of "Rose Bud Stock Farm, No. 2," of one hundred and forty-four acres, in Tippecanoe township, eminently deserves the confidence reposed in him by his neighbors and fellow citizens. He is a man of strong mentality and vigorous mental fiber. These qualities have been his chief assets in his pursuit of a substantial fortune.

Mr. And Mrs. Charles W. Moore

Moore, the former of whom was born in Franklin county, Massachusetts, May 2, 1831, and the latter in Ohio, in November, 1832. William H. Moore was the son of William G. and Elizabeth (Handy) Moore, natives of Maine and Massachusetts, respectively. They came west from New Eng¬ land in 1840 and settled in Fulton county, Illinois, moving shortly afterward to Peoria county, Illinois, where they resided for thirty-five years. During their declining years, they crossed the "Father of Waters*' and William G. Moore died in Holt county, Nebraska. After his death, his wife returned east and spent her last days in her native state, passing away in 1880.

To William G. and Elizabeth (Handy) Moore were born seven children : William H., the father of Charles W., who now resides with his son in Jefferson township and has attained the advanced age of eighty-four years; John I., who lives in the Black hills of South Dakota; Mary J., who was the wife of Henry Sugart and died in March, 1907, at Peoria, Illinois; Sarah, who is the widow of John Dailey and lives with her daughter in Peoria, Illinois; Charles W., who lives with his daughter in Seattle, Wash¬ ington; Catherine, who is the wife of James Dodd, of Bradentown, Florida, and Ann, who was the wife of John S. Keller, both of whom died in Florida.

The venerable William H. Moore came with his parents from Massa¬ chusetts to the middle West when nine years old and has spent all of his life in Indiana and Illinois. Until 1907 he lived in Illinois, but since that date has lived with his son, Charles W. He was reared and educated in Peoria county, Illinois, and is a farmer by occupation. In 1855 William H. Moore was married to Mary E. Keyes and to them were born four children : John I., born on September 28, 1855, who lives in North Dakota; Fannie C., November 1, 1858, who was the wife of Jacob Teach and who died in May, 1896, at Chicago, Illinois; Alice I., July 10, 1862, who is the wife of Oliver Teach, of Montgomery, Michigan; and Charles W., the subject of this sketch.

Mrs. Mary E. (Keyes) Moore died on June 6, 1874, in Peoria county, Illinois, and on January 24, 1882, William H. Moore was married to Mrs. Winifred Handley, of Livingston county, Illinois, who had been born in Huntington county, Pennsylvania, April 11, 1843. She was the daughter of Charles and Eliza Duff. She died in June, 1889. Mr. Moore's mother was a member of ihe Presbyterian church and his stepmother a member of the Baptist church.

Charles W. Moore received his education principally in Livingstone county, Illinois, and later attended the high school at Pontiac, Illinois. He spent his boyhood days on the farm and, when twenty-one years old, was married, on November 18, 1891, to Mary A. Thomas, a daughter of J. S. and Martha (Howder) Thomas. J. S. Thomas was a native of Madi¬ son county, Ohio, born on August 14, 1831. He was the son of Rev. Joseph and Sarah Ann (Price) Thomas. Rev. Joseph Thomas was the son of Griffith and Mary (Williams) Thomas, the latter of whom was born in Grayson county, Virginia, and who was related to the family of Jeffer¬ son Davis. John Williams, the father of Mrs. Griffith Thomas, was a sol¬ dier in the Revolutionary War. He lived to be one hundred and nine years, nine months and seventeen days old and retained his mental faculties until the very last moment of his life. He stood six feet two inches tall and weighed two hundred and twenty-five pounds. He was of Welsh descent and was the father of a large family, the members of which averaged one hundred and three years old at the time of their deaths. All of the members of the Williams family were identified with the Society of Friends.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Moore have been the parents of three children, only two of whom are living, Charles Gordon, born on August 6, 1893, who is a graduate of the Yeoman schools and operates the home farm, and Joseph William, born November 3, 1905, and who lives at home. Mrs. Mary A. (Thomas) Moore died on June 26, 1907, and on February 14, 1909, Mr. Moore was married to Nora B. Steadman, the daughter of Nathaniel and Laura Steadman, both of whom were natives of Indiana and both of whom are living. To this second marriage have been born two chil¬ dren, William J., born on September 29, 1913, and Martha Belle, December 13, 1914.

Mr. Moore came from Peoria county, Illinois, when five years old, to Livingston county, where he lived until he was thirty years old. In 1900 he moved to a large swamp farm in Henry county, Illinois, and in 1902 took a trip to Carroll county, Indiana, purchasing one hundred and sixty acres of land. In 1903 he moved to this county and has since purchased more land. Mr. Moore now owns two hundred acres called "Rose Bud Stock Farm, No. 1" and one hundred and forty-four acres called "Rose Bud Stock Farm, No. 2." He makes a specialty of raising Ohio Improved Chester White hogs and Percheron horses. He has at the present time one hundred and fifty-five head of hogs and several head of high-grade Percheron horses. He also raises thoroughbred Polled Angus cattle, which are regis¬ tered. For four years Mr. Moore was an auctioneer, but abandoned the profession on account of the heavy demands of his farm, to which he now devotes most of his time.

Mr. Moore is a Democrat in politics. He and his first wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. They joined the church at McDowell, Illinois, in 1896, and when they moved to Carroll county brought their letters with them to the church at Yeoman. The present Mrs. Moore is also a member of the Methodist church at Yeoman.

John H. Shultheis

Perhaps the best-known and most influential citizen and business man of Clay township is John H. Shultheis, a prosperous farmer, who owns two hundred ninety-four and one-half acres of land in one body, compris¬ ing one of the most attractive farms in this section of Carroll county. Some years ago, he served a term as trustee of Clay township and is at present a member of the Carroll county council. He well deserves the high regard in which he is held by the people of Clay township and Carroll county. At the present time he is living in partial retirement.

Mr. Shultheis is a native of Butler county, Ohio, having been born on December 10, 1861. He is the son of David and Jane (Vought) Shultheis, the former of whom was born in Wittenberg, Germany. He came to America when a young man and, after landing in New York, went direct to Butler county, Ohio, where he worked by the day upon various farms in the county. After saving considerable money, he was married and then came to Indiana, purchasing eighty acres of land, a part of the farm now owned by his son, John H. He cleared the land and erected substantial buildings on the farm, owning, at the time of his death, one hundred and twenty acres. David Shultheis was drafted for service in the Civil War, but managed to remain with his family. He was a Democrat in politics and a member of the United Brethren church. Jane Vought was a native of Holland, having been born near Amsterdam. When a young woman, she came with her brother, Henry, to America. They landed in New Orleans and then settled in Butler county, Ohio, where she was married. She died on February 1, 1910. David Shultheis died many years ago, on April 16, 1881. They were the parents of five children: Mary, who married Allen Wagoner, of Clay township, and has six children; Emma, the wife of Daniel Campbell, of Ephrata, Washington, has four children; John H., the subject of this sketch; Nellie and Charles, both of whom are deceased.

settled with him on the homestead farm in Clay township. He received a very limited education and, after his father's death, farmed the land. Since that time he has added one hundred seventy-four and one-half acres to the old farm, and has made many modern improvements upon it.

Mr. Shultheis was married on July 26, 1891, to Minerva Shipley, a native of Tippecanoe county, whose parents were farmers by occupation. Mr. and Mrs. Shultheis were the parents of five children : Marvin, who lives at home and helps his father on the farm; Charles, who is deceased; Elbert, who also lives at home and helps with the work on the farm; Clar¬ ence and John, also both at home. The mother of these children died some years ago and, in 1911, Mr. Shultheis was married to Mrs. Carrie Vance, the widow of Ervin Vance, of Clinton county.

In the autumn of T900, Mr. Shultheis was elected trustee of Clay town¬ ship and served a term of four years. Mr. Shultheis is a member of the United Brethren church and Mrs. Shultheis, of the Lutheran church. Not only is the Shultheis family one of the well-to-do families of this section, but it is also one of the most popular families in Clay township. Mr. Shultheis has well earned the admiration and respect of his neighbors and fellow citizens.

Isaac Marquess

Among those men who are eminently entitled to representation in a work of this character is the venerable Isaac Marquess, a retired farmer of Jefferson township, Carroll county. He owns ninety acres of well-improved land in the home farm and is known in the township, where he resides, as a public-spirited citizen, one interested in all good works of whatever char¬ acter.

Mr. Marquess was born on October 23, 1835, *n Fountain county, Indiana. He is the son of Charles and Elizabeth Ann (Holmes) Marquess, the former of whom was born in old Virginia and who came to Ohio with his parents, where they remained for a short time and then moved to Foun¬ tain county. After coming to Carroll county, he accumulated one hundred and fifty-five acres of land in and near Delphi. He sold thirty acres of this land to his son, Isaac, and afterward disposed of the remainder. He lived to a very advanced age and throughout his life was identified with the Democratic party. Elizabeth Ann Holmes was also a native of old Virginia, who, with her parents, settled in Ohio, where she was married on October

16, 1832. From 1838 to 1854 they lived in Delphi. Charles and Elizabeth Ann (Holmes) Marquess were the parents of eleven children, of whom nine, William, Smith, Samuel, Benjamin Franklin, Orleans Ann, Rebecca, Sarah Jane, Mary Margaret and Martha Ann, are deceased. The living children are Isaac and James Alexander.

Isaac Marquess was educated in the common schools. He began life on his own responsibility when twenty-two years old and, for a time, worked for twenty-five cents a day. Later he was engaged in cutting corn by the month at fifteen dollars a month. After that he purchased thirty acres of land from his father, to which he has since added sixty acres.

On September 25, 1859, Mr. Marquess was married to Elizabeth Heiny, a daughter of Henry and Magdalena (Schock) Heiny, who was born on November 8, 1840, in Jefferson township. Mrs. Marquess's father, Henry Heiny, who was the eighth child bom to Samuel and Barbara (Stern) Heiny, was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, September 18, 1809, and died at the home of his son, Isaac Heiny, in Jefferson township, Carroll county, June 30, 1898. He was the last survivor of his father's family and lived to be the oldest in the family. Henry Heiny was married, April 21, 1832, to Magdalena Schock, the daughter of Jacob and Susan (Whistler) Schock. She was bom in I^ancaster county, Penn3ylvania, October 6, 1811, and died on April 10, 1892.

In 1837 Henry and Magdalena (Schock) Heiny moved from Wayne county, Indiana, to Carroll county. He was a blacksmith by trade, having served his apprenticeship under his brother, Abraham, in Wayne county.

born, five of whom died in infancy. The living children are Charles, Addie Ann, Oliver, Pearl and Emma. Mr. Marquess is a Democrat in politics, although he has never been active. Mrs. Marquess is a member of the New Dunkard church.

Shelby G. More

Shelby G. More, a prosperous farmer, now partially retired, of Clay township, where he owns one hundred and twenty-six acres of land, was born on the farm where he now lives, June 2, 1842. Mr. More is a son of the late Eli and Angelina E. (Jones) More, the former of whom was born in the Old Dominion state, September 3, 1803, and died in September, 1872. When three years of age he accompanied his parents to Ohio. They made the journey overland by wagon and settled near Tippecanoe, where they entered land. Eli later came on to the state of Indiana with his brother. They walked to the present site of the farm in Clay township, entering the land from the government. The deeds for the land were signed by Andrew Jackson in 1828 and 1832 and Shelby G. More, the subject of this sketch, is now in possession of these deeds. Eli More cleared one hundred acres of land and built a log home, a part of which his son still preserves as a part of his own home and which he prizes very highly. In addition to the eighty acres Eli More first purchased fifty-six acres and later thirty-five acres besides the land he had received from the government. At his death he owned one hundred and seventy-three acres. The late Eli More was mar¬ ried, after he had cleared his first ten acres of land, to Angelina E. Jones, who was born in 1815 at Rossville, Canada. She came to Indiana with her parents, who were farmers. She died in November, 1871. To them were born six children, of whom Alfred served in the Civil War and gave up his life in defense of his country; Lucy married James Shields and died in June, 1915; Sarah was first married to Robert Sheigley, who was killed when the prison boat. "Sultana, v was blown up by the Confederates, and she afterward married James Gray, a well-known* farmer and a veteran of the Civil War; Shelby G. is the subject of this sketch; Eli Clay died in the service of his country and was buried at Natchez, Mississippi, and Virgil died in infancy.

Shelby G. More received a common-school education and worked at home for his father until the latter's death. He then bought out the other heirs, one by one, and, after some exchanging of land, now owns one hun- dred and twenty-six acres in section 3, township 23 north, range 2 west. Some time ago he laid off five lots for a small town east of his farm.

On December 14, 1871, Shelby G. More was married to Mary S. Mur¬ phy, the daughter of Alexander and Mary Ann (Dunn) Murphy. Mrs. More was born in Clay township, November 20, 1850. Her parents, who were early settlers and farmers, were well known in this county. To Mr. and Mrs. More have been born six children: Arthur, who died in infancy; Ada, who married J. J. Hufford, of Rossville, and has two children; Mary Maude, who is the wife of Doctor Neher, of Castle Gate, Utah, and the mother of two children; Claude Clifton, who is a resident of Minot, North Dakota; Harry E., who died in the state of Washington, and Millard O., of Franklin, Indiana, who married Allah Mullendore and has one child.

Mrs. More is a member of the Baptist church. Shelby G. More is not only a stanch Republican,* but he has been active in the councils of his party. He served as a member of the county council for three years and was road supervisor for several terms. Fraternally, Mr. More belongs to the Knights of Pythias Lodge No. 285, at Rossville.

Jacob Miller, Jr

Jacob Miller, Jr., a prosperous farmer of Clay township, where he owns one hundred and twenty-six acres of land, is a native of Clinton county, Indiana. Mr. Miller was born on May 7, 1844, the son of Jacob, Sr., and Jane (Matticks) Miller, both of whom were born in Ohio. Jacob Miller, Sr., owned one hundred and twenty acres of land in Clinton county. Early in life he was identified with the Whig party, but later became a Republican. He died about sixty years ago. Nine children were born to Jacob, Sr., and Jane (Matticks) Miller: Joseph, John and Bashebian, all of whom are deceased; Rebecca, the wife of Henry Hammond; Elizabeth, the twin sister of Bashebian; Robert, who lives near Michigantown, Indiana; Jacob, Jr., the subject of this sketch; Martha Jane and Rachel Ruth, both of whom are deceased.

Jacob Miller, Jr., was educated in the common schools. He lived at home with his parents until the breaking out of the Civil War, when he enlisted in the Tenth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, serving under Generals Thomas, Rosecrans and Grant for three years. He participated in the battles of Pittsburg Landing and Chickamauga and received an honor-

After the war Mr. Miller worked by the day at Hamilton, Steuben county, Indiana. Later he rented his father's farm for sixteen years and then bought fifty-six acres of his present farm, to which he has since added seventy acres.

Mr. Miller was married in 1870 to Katherine M. Reavis, who was born on May 1, 1851, and is the daughter of Enoch and Lucy (Daniels) Reavis, who were farmers by occupation. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have been the parents of nine children, of whom the following are living: Lucy Jane, the wife of William Gillian, of Radnor; Ellen Alfretta, who married Clinton Colman, and lives east of Erankfort; Mary B., the wife of Henry Stong, of Frank¬ fort; James Daniel, of Sedalia, who married Bertha Parse; Alfred, who lives in Canada; and Charles Floyd, who lives at home with his father.

Mr. Miller is a Republican in politics and has served for ten years as a member of the Clay township advisory board. He is well known in the township and is rated as one of its well-to-do citizens. He has a host of friends in Clay and adjoining townships.

Abraham A. Schock

Among the citizens of sterling worth and strength of character who have impressed their personalities upon the committee where they live, no one has achieved a larger degree of popular respect than Abraham A. Schock, of Jefferson township, Carroll county, Indiana. His almost life¬ long residence in one locality has given the people an opportunity to become acquainted with every phase of his character. That he has been true to life in every respect is manifest by the esteem and regard in which he is held by his neighbors and fellow citizens. He has won their esteem by his own honest endeavor and indomitable energy. Not only does he own the old home farm of one hundred and sixty acres, but he owns altogether two hundred and forty acres of land in section 23, fifteen acres of which is covered with valuable timber. He is a successful farmer, a good man and a citizen of great value to the community where he lives.

Abraham A. Schock was born in Wayne county, Indiana, on February 2, 1852. His parents were Benjamin and Suzanna (Shobell) Schock, the former of whom was born in Pennsylvania and who, upon emigrating

Abraham A. Schock And Family

West, first settled in Wayne county, Indiana. Later he came to Carroll county and purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land, now included in his son's farm and where he spent the balance of his life. Benjamin and Suzanna (Shobell) Schock were married in Wayne county, Indiana. They had six sons and four daughters, all of whom grew to manhood. Abraham A. and his brother John, twins, were the fifth and sixth in order of birth. Benjamin Schock was identified with the Republican party.

Of Abraham A. Schock, it may be said that he received a good com¬ mon-school education and worked upon his father's farm until he attained his majority. After that he was in partnership with his father in the operation of the home farm until his father's death. The land was owned by his mother, but from time to time Abraham A. Schock purchased the interests of the other heirs and at present owns all the land. Aside from the general farming which he carries on, he is also interested in an elevator at Monticello.

On November 12, 1885, Abraham A. Schock was married to Della Scott, the daughter of Robert and Sophia (Ellis) Scott, the former of whom was born in Putnam county, Indiana, and the latter, in Tippecanoe county, Indiana. Robert Scott was the son of Joseph and Mary Scott, who were natives of Virginia and who, after their marriage in that state, emigrated to Putnam county, Indiana, and there lived for a number of years, or until their removal tp Carroll county, Indiana. Robert Scott accompanied his parents to Carroll county in 1837 and settled with them in Adams town¬ ship. Later he removed to White county with his parents, who remained a short time and then moved back to Carroll county. They then removed to Howard county in order to escape the ravages of the Indians. Joseph Scott died in Howard county in 1858 and his wife in Carroll county in 1883. Robert and Sophia (Ellis) Scott had eight children, seven of whom are living, namely: Barbara is the wife of Levi Greenwalt, of Jefferson township, Carroll county, Sarah is the wife of Marion Briney, of Delphi; Mordecai died at the age of forty-two; Silas A. is a farmer in Carroll county; Sylvanus lives in Jefferson township; Della is the wife of Mr. Schock ; Erastus is a resident of Jefferson township, and Frances is the wife of William Million, of Jefferson township. Robert Scott died in April, 1909, at an advanced age, and his widow died on September 22, 1915. She was a member of the Christian church. Her husband was an ardent Democrat.

of whom one, Ada, the first born, died in 1914; Ray, who married Flor¬ ence Sagers, lives west of Pittsburg, Indiana; Russell lives at home with his parents.

Not long ago Mr. Schock built a magnificent new country home in Jefferson township, where he and his wife and son, Russell, now live. Though nominally a Republican, he has never taken any particular part in politics, nor is he especially interested in political activity. He has been successful as a farmer and business man and is well respected as a citizen.

William J. Wakeland

William J. Wakeland, a prosperous farmer of Adams township, Carroll county, Indiana, who owns eighty acres of land in section 14, of Adams township, was born in Rock Creek township, Carroll county, January 8,

Mr. Wakeland is the son of Charles R. and Rebecca (Fry) Wakeland, the former of whom was born near Oxford, Ohio, March 7, 1830, and the latter born in Virginia and who came to Indiana with her parents when a young woman. Charles R. Wakefield emigrated to Carroll county, Indiana, and settled near Rossville with his father when fourteen years old. He worked with his father until eighteen years old, when he learned the wagonmaker's trade near Camden, Indiana, working at his trade for three years. He then took up the carpenter's trade, which he followed the remainder of his life. He then purchased sixty acres of land east of the farm which his son, William J., now owns, and lived there for some time. He was a Repub¬ lican, and his wife was a member of the Dunkard church. He died on March 15, 1904, and his wife on January 10, 1907.

To Charles R. and Rebecca (Fry) Wakeland were born eleven chil¬ dren, of whom William J. was the fourth. The others were: Nancy, who married Caleb Baer and lives near Idaville; Mary, the wife of Joseph Close, of near Chicago; Samantha Emma, who is the wife of John Ireland, of White county; Lurena, who married Henry Crowel, of Carroll county, died on September 8, 1915; James, of North Dakota, who married Sarah Stout; Julia, the wife of Frank Hunter, of Ohio; Lydia, the widow of Joseph Hanna; Taylor B., who died in the prime of life; Charles R., who is a resir dent of Illinois; and Frank, of Logansport, who married Myrl Woolcott.

working out on neighboring farms when Seventeen years old and, in the meantime, assisted his father. When twenty-one years old he began work¬ ing at the carpenter's trade and, after his marriage, acquired from Mrs. Wakeland forty acres of land, which he partially cleared. Later he added forty acres, which he completely cleared. Mr. Wakeland now owns eighty acres in Adams township.

On July 4, 1880, William J. Wakeland was married to Sarah Timmons, who was born in Adams township on January 7, 1847, the daughter of Perry S. and Isabella (Crowel) Timmons. Mr. Timmons was a native of Delaware and his wife of Ohio. Seven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. William J. Wakeland: Nellie, September 18, 1881, died on January 29, 1884; Nora, who lives in Adams township, married Ambrose Corn and has six children; Earl, who lives in Adams township, married Bessie Mummert and has one child; Mignon, who lives in White county, married Harry Weiderhaft; Wilber lives in Montana; Ina and Margaret live at home.

Mr. and Mrs. William J. Wakeland are active members of the Christian church. Mr. Wakefield votes the Prohibition ticket and, being an invincible foe of the liquor traffic, has for many years worked faithfully in the cause of temperance.

Martin G. Haun

Martin G. Haun, farmer, merchant, miller and banker, is one of the best-known citizens of Carroll county and a man who has, perhaps, been the recipient of more honors than any other citizen now living in the county. Many years ago he served for two terms as trustee of Burlington township. Later he served three years as county councilman, three years as county com¬ missioner and is now serving his second term of four years each as the auditor of Carroll county. He is an enthusiastic Republican and has been prominent in the councils of the party in this county for more than a quar¬ ter of a century. A veteran of the Civil War, there may be found in his career the elements of the large success which has crowned all of his efforts. He comes from a splendid - American family, one which has always been foremost in the moral and civic life of the community, one which has stood for loyalty to national government and for all that contributes to the wel¬ fare of a community. Because of his success in life and his high personal character, he is clearly entitled to the universal respect of his fellows.

1844, at Thorntown, Boone county, Indiana. He is the son of Shepherd B. and Thursa (McDaniel) Haun, natives of Carter county, Tennessee, and Greenbrier county, Virginia, respectively. Shepherd B. Haun came to Indiana when a young man with his parents, Abram H. and Nancy (Hyder) Haun, who settled Thorntown, Boone county. Abram H. Haun was a farmer by occupation and lived in Boone county until his death, in i860. Shepherd B. Haun also lived in Boone county until 1862, when he removed to Warren county, Indiana. After living there for three or four years, during which period he was engaged in the milling business, he died sud¬ denly, on March 24, 1864. His wife died in Kokomo, Indiana. They had nine children, of whom four, George W., the eldest, Caroline, Florence and Hallie, are deceased. The living children are: Martin G. ; Abram H., who lives in Williamsport, Warren county; Ella, the widow of T. T. Whitaker, of Kokomo; Katie, the wife of W. H. Swadley, of Warren county, and Mollie, the wife of John J. Sheffev, of Oakland, California.

Born and reared in Thorntown, Martin T. Haun was educated in the public schools of that town. He learned the miller's trade in his father's mill and has been engaged in this business most of the time since. Upon the outbreak of the Civil War, Mr. Haun enlisted in the Sixty-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry and served for three years in Company I. He partici¬ pated in all the engagements of the Atlanta campaign, the battles at Frank¬ lin and Nashville, Tennessee, and in many other skirmishes and minor encounters. After the war Mr. Haun returned to Indiana and engaged in the milling business in Warren county. Later he removed to Clinton county and, from Clinton county, to Howard county. Still later he settled in Carroll county and now owns the Star Roller Mill, at Burlington, which he has operated for forty years. During this time he has also been engaged in the mercantile business at Burlington and has farmed. Mr. Haun owns a farm of sixty acres within one mile of Burlington. In 1886 Mr. Haun was elected trustee of Burlington township and four years later was re-elected for a second term, serving in all eight years. In 1894 he was a nominee of the Republican party for county commissioner from the third district and, having been elected, served for three years in this office. He was appointed county councilman to a term of three years and in 1906 was elected auditor of Carroll county, taking the office in 1908. In 1910 he was re-elected to the second term, which began in 1912. His repeated elections to office of trust and responsibility in this county prove better than anything else, not only his fitness for public position, but also his uprightness in discharging the duties of the respective offices to which he has been elected and appointed. He has given efficient service in every position and this service, better than anything else, represents the measure of the man.

In January, 1873, Martin G.' Haun was married to Elizabeth McCul¬ lough, the daughter of Alexander McCullough, of Vevay, Indiana. Six children have been bom to this happy union, as follow: James P. is cashier of the Burlington Bank, of which his father is the president; Leslie D. is engaged in the mercantile business in Burlington ; Earl C. is the manager of the Star Rolling Mill at Burlington; Roy is a contractor; May is the wife of Samuel E. Rodkey, a farmer who lives east of Burlington, in Howard county; Charles G. is employed in the auditor's office.

When the Burlington Bank was organized, nine years ago, Martin G. Haun took a prominent part in launching this financial enterprise and, for the past four years, has been president of the institution. The Burlington mill is equipped with an electric light plant, which also supplies the town of Burlington with electric light.

The Haun family comes from Methodist stock and Mr. Haun is a large contributor, not only to the Methodist church, but to all churches. In fact, he is one of the most liberal and charitable citizens now living in Carroll county. Fraternally, Mr. Haun is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Grand Army of the Repub¬ lic.

James Gray

Whether the elements of success are innate attributes of the individual or whether they are acquired, it is impossible to determine absolutely. A study of successful careers, whatever the field of endeavor, is none the less interesting and profitable, given this uncertainty. In the career of the venerable James Gray, a retired farmer of Clay township, Carroll county, Indiana, and a veteran of the Civil War, are to be found these commendable qualities which go to make up our successful and honored citizens. He comes of a splendid American family, one which has always stood foremost for right living and industry, for education and morality, loyalty to the national government and for all that contributes to the welfare of the community. He himself gave a part of the best period of his life to the services of his country.

James Gray is the son of James, Sr., and Ruth (Barry) Gray, the former of whom was born in Pennsylvania and who, in 1866, came West with his wife and located in Butler county, Ohio, where they lived eight years. There they entered land from the government, cleared off the forest and built a home. Subsequently they sold out and moved to Indiana, entering land which their son, James, now owns. The father died on December 3, 1868. He was a Democrat and served several terms as township trustee. Ruth (Barry) Gray, who also was a native of Pennsylvania, bore her husband eleven children, of whom James, Jr., was the youngest.

Having received a common-school education, James Gray, Jr., was dependent upon his own resources after 1857, or Just about the time he was twenty-one years of age. Up to the time of the Civil War he was engaged in farming with his father. On March 20, 1865, he enlisted under Gen. "Pap" Thomas, and was mustered out of service on August 5, 1865, at the close of the war. At the death of his father, Mr. Gray inherited some land. He purchased the interest of the other heirs and accumulated altogether three hundred acres. Most of the land has been cleared and improved and most of the buildings have been erected on the farm by its present owner.

Mr. Gray's wife, before her marriage to him, was Mrs. Sarah (More) Sheighley, the widow of R. W. Sheighley and the daughter of Eli and Angelina E. (Jones) More. Eli More was born in Virginia and, when three years of age, was brought to Ohio by his parents, who settled near Tippe¬ canoe, Ohio, but subsequently removed to the state of Indiana. Eli More and his brother walked to the site of the farm in Clay township now owned by his son, Shelby G. More, and entered eighty acres from the government, the deeds for which were signed by President Andrew Jackson in 1828 and 1832. Eli More was born in Virginia on September 3, 1803, and died in 1871. At the time of his death he owned altogether one hundred and seventy-three acres of land. Eli and Angelina E. (Jones) More had six children, as follow: Alfred was killed in action during the Civil War; Lucy married a Mr. Shields and died in June, 1915; Sarah married, first, Robert Sheighley, who was killed by the blowing up of the "Sultana" in the Civil War, and she afterwards married James Gray, the subject of this sketch; Shelby G. is a farmer of Clay township; Eli Clay died during his service in the Civil War; Virgil died in infancy.

Mrs. Sarah Gray died on October 18, 1898, leaving three children, namely: Shelby G., of Walton, Cass county; L. D., who lives at home with his father, and Lizzie, who also lives at home.

Mr. Gray now owns two hundred and seventy acres of land in section 15 of Clay township. During the past fifteen years he has been living retired, his property being deeded to his children. As a Democrat he served one term as assessor of Clay township. He is a member of the Baptist church and of the Grand Army of the Republic.

William E. Barr

Mention is made in this volume of many worthy farmers of Carroll county, farmers who have figured in the growth and development of the agricultural life of the county, and whose interests have been identified with every phase of its progress. Among the successful farmers of Carroll county, who are now living retired is William E. Barr, of Flora, Indiana. He is the proprietor of "Hereford Stock Farm," consisting of one hundred and forty-five acres of land located nine and one-half miles northeast of Flora, in Carrollton township.

Bom on July 1, 1864, in Deer Creek township, Cass county, Indiana, William E. Barr is a son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Crider) Barr, the former of whom was born in Pennsylvania and reared in Ohio. The latter was born and reared in the Keystone state. After their marriage, in Ohio, they came to Indiana about i860, settling in the northern part of Carroll county, where Benjamin Barr lived until his death. He was a prosperous farmer and business man, and was the owner of more than three hundred acres of land. Both he and his wife were earnest and faithful members of the United Brethren church. They were the parents of five children, of whom two are living at the present time: Mary A., the wife of Levi Cripe, of Camden, Indiana, and William E. The deceased children are Ora, Jerry and Sarah.

Reared on a farm in Carrollton township, William E. Barr attended the common schools of his home neighborhood during the winter seasons, assisting his father on the home farm during the summers, until he was twenty years old. He remained at home, however, until he reached his majority, after which he rented his father's farm until 1914, at which time he built a modern home in Flora and removed to that city, where he has since lived.

daughter of George W. and Catherine (Cripe) Turley. Mrs. Barr's mother was born in Clinton county, and her father in Greene county, Indiana, the former being now deceased, while the latter is still living in Howard county, Indiana.

Altogether William E. Barr has one hundred and forty-five acres of land in Carroll county and eighty-six acres of land in Howard county, Indiana. He is a stockholder in the Farmers State Bank, of Camden, and interested in other enterprises. Mr. Barr is a member of the United Breth¬ ren church, while Mrs. Barr is an adherent of the Dunkard church. Politi¬ cally, Mr. Barr is a Democrat.

John N. Wolverton

One of the familiar personages to be seen on the streets of Delphi, Carroll county, Indiana, is the venerable John N. Wolverton, a retired farmer of Carroll county, who is also interested in the bank at Yeoman. During his long life, Mr. Wolverton has been well known for his cordial and agreeable personality and, although he has had time to acquire a substantial competence, he never lacks time to be considerate of the feelings of others. Heredity and environment have much to do in conditioning a man's character and power. Fortunate, indeed, is the individual who has been Ix>rn well and whose surroundings have counted for his best development. Mr. Wolverton's father was a most highly respected farmer and pioneer settler in this county and from him, no doubt, he has derived his kindly qualities of heart and head.

Born in White county, Indiana, October 26, 1838, the son of Philip Wolverton, John N. Wolverton has spent practically all of his life in this county. His father, who was a native of Pennsylvania and who married there, entered two hundred acres of land in White county, Indiana, and lived on this farm until his death. He was a progressive farmer, for his day and generation, and raised a great many sheep, hogs and cattle. He added to his land from time to time until, at the time of death, he owned fourteen hundred acres. He lived to an extremely ripe old age, passing away in 1901. His beloved wife, who had accompanied him from Pennsylvania to the West, died some years previously. They were the parents of a number of children: Lou, deceased; Levi, deceased; John N., the subject of this sketch; Mary, the wife of A. Fox, of Lafayette, and Maggie, the widow of Stein Orth.

John N. Wolvertox

John N. Wolverton, who had received a liberal education in the public schools, began life on his own responsibility after reaching his majority. After working on his father's farm for three years, he purchased eighty acres of land in Carroll county, which he later sold. He then bought two hundred and forty acres seven miles from Delphi, which has been greatly improved during his proprietorshop. He farmed this land actively until about 1910, and, in the meantime, had added seventy acres. He had become interested in the bank at Yeoman. At one time, Mr. Wolverton had inherited eighty acres, but he later sold this tract of land.

reared a family of five children, Doctor John, of Logansport, Indiana, deceased; Doctor Charles, of Chicago, deceased; Maggie, Susan and Ann.

To Mr. and Mrs. John N. Wolverton were born four children: Charles, who is married and a resident of Buffalo; Jennie, who married Judge McCommes, of Los Angeles, California, and has two children; Lloyd, who lives on the home farm, and Blanche, who is a graduate of the State Normal School at Terre Haute and a well-known teacher of Carroll county.

to that state on visits to his youngest daughter. He has enjoyed a most successful career and is a most worthy man and citiztn, one whom the people of Delphi and Carroll county respect and admire as they respect and admire few other citizens in the county.

William B. Kearns

William B. Kearns is a prosperous farmer of Monroe township, who is now serving his second term as a member of the board of commissioners of Carroll county, having been elected to the office as a Democrat. He is a native of the Hoosier state, his parents having immigrated from Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, to White county, Indiana, in pioneer times. On his paternal side, he is descended from Irish ancestors and on his maternal side, from Scotch ancestors.

William B. Kearns, who resides on a farm four miles south and west of Flora in Monroe township, Carroll county, was born near Burnettsville, in White county, Indiana, February 19, 1867. He is the son of Thomas and Mary Elizabeth (Lynch) Kearns, both of whom immigrated to White county, Indiana, from Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, after their marriage. The Kearns family had come from Scotland and the Lynch family from Ireland. Thomas and Mary Elizabeth (Lynch) Kearns purchased one hun¬ dred and twenty acres of land near Burnettsville and lived upon the farm for five years, when they moved to a farm of two hundred acres west of Monticello, where they lived for five years. They then traded for one hun¬ dred and sixty acres of land in Monroe township, Carroll county, where their son, William B. Kearns, now lives. They lived on this farm for ten years, until 1876, when Thomas Kearns was accidentally killed. At the time he was engaged in conducting a general store and elevator at Bringhurst. His widow lived on the farm until 1898, when all of the buildings burned. She then bought one hundred and eight acres in Clinton county, near Moran, where she now lives with, her daughter, Mary E.

Thomas and Mary Elizabeth (Lynch) Kearns were the parents of eight children, six of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. Fred H. and an infant are deceased. The living children are Berdelia Nelson, who mar¬ ried Oscar Williams, of Bloomington; William B., the subject of this sketch; Harry H., a farmer of Clinton county; Mary E., who lives with her mother; Grace C., the wife of Woodson Immel, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Thomas A., of Flora.

William B. Kearns received a good common-school education in the public schools and afterward attended a business college in Indianapolis, from which he was graduated. Upon graduating from business college, Mr. Kearns engaged in farming and now owns one hundred and thirty acres of land.

On September 8, 1891, William B. Kearns was married to Sadie F. Unroe, the daughter of Adam Unroe, who was born in Virginia and who accompanied her parents to Indiana when eighteen years old. Mr. and Mrs. Kearns have been the parents of eight children, five of whom are living. Two of the deceased children are Edna C. and Fred H. The living children are Alma A., Mable E., Hilda C. and Virginia M., all of whom are at home, and Robert D., who manages the home farm.

Mr. and Mrs. Kearns are members of the Presbyterian church at Flora. Fraternally, Mr. Kearns is a thirty-second-degree Scottish-rite Mason and a member of Murat Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Indianapolis. Mr. Kearns is a Democrat and has been active in the councils of his party all of his life. His election to the important office of county commissioner.

in one sense, is a reward for his faithful service as a worker in the ranks of his party. His election to a second term in this important office is a fitting tribute to the efficiency of his first administration and to the satisfaction which he gave to the people of Carroll county.

Joseph W. Foust

Joseph W. Foust, retired farmer of Rockfield, Indiana, was born on July 17, 1857, on a farm in Adams township, Carroll county, and is a son of William H., and Catherine (Rigle) Faust. His early youth was spent on a farm in Adams township, where He attended the district schools for a short period, being compelled to discontinue his studies that he might assist with the farm work. At the age of twenty-one years he started to earn his own living, working by the month on a farm, and being thrifty, he con¬ tinued to prosper until he was enabled to purchase his present farm, consist¬ ing of one hundred and eighty-two acres, located twelve miles northeast of Delphi, Indiana, all of which he acquired unaided. Being an observing man, Mr. Foust has gained a great deal of information which has partially made up for the education sacrificed in his earlier days. Politically, he gives his active interest in behalf of the Democratic party, having served as trustee of Adams township for a period of six years. Fraternally, he belongs to Rockfield Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the encampment. Mr. Foust moved to Rockfield on March 16, 1915. He is a stockholder in the Burnettsville State Bank, and a stockholder in the Rockfield Bank and the Co-operative Elevator Company of Rockfield, and also the Burlington State Bank.

William H. Foust, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Tennessee in 1820, where he spent his youth, coming to Carroll county in 1840, and settling on the banks of the Wabash river near Tipton, and later moved to Adams township, where he spent the remainder of his life. His wife, Catherine (Rigle) Foust, was bom in Ohio, and came to Indiana with her parents, who settled in Adams township, where she was married. She is now living in Cass county, Indiana. Mr. Foust had nothing when he started out for himself, but at the time of his death was fairly well-to-do, owning sixty acres of good farm land. Mr. and Mrs. Foust were devout members of the Dunkard church, and were the parents of ten children, four of whom are living in 1915: Joseph W., William H., a farmer, living in

Joseph W. Foust was united in marriage on October 24, 1880, with Isadore Burge, daughter of Washington and Rebecca (Jones) Burge. She was born on November 6, 1861, in Cass county, Indiana, where she obtained her education in the public schools. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Foust. Harry, born on November 14, 1882, was graduated from the public schools, and was united in marriage with Goldie Gates. They reside on a farm in Jefferson township. Fannie became the wife of Elias C. Patty. She was graduated from the public schools at Muncie, and is also a graduate in music from the Normal school at Marion. Nella was graduated from the high school, after which she spent three years at Normal school, and has been teaching for the past three years.

Mr. Foust is a member of Rockfield Lodge No. 301, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mrs. Foust and Fannie are members of the New Dunkard. Nella Foust is a Presbyterian.

Hezekiah Robison

The gradually decreasing list of Civil War veterans includes the name of Hezekiah Robison, who served his country well and faithfully, and whose many experiences in battle would make a story of great interest. Mr. Robison's soldierly qualities did not cease with the closing of the Civil War, for he returned home and bravely took up his life work with great energy.

Hezekiah Robison, farmer. Burrows, Indiana, was born on September 10, 1843, in Pennsylvania, and is a son of John P. and Sarah (McCrum) Robison. He grew to manhood on a farm in Rock Creek township, and received a good education at the public schools.

When the Civil War broke out, Mr. Robison enlisted in Company A, Forty-sixth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer -Infantry, October 5, 1861, with Judge Gould as captain, later lieutenant-colonel. At the time of his enlist¬ ment, his schoolmate, Alfred H. Hardy, also enlisted, and was killed on July 19, 1863, at Jackson, Mississippi. Mr. Robison was in the First Brigade, Twelfth Division, Thirteenth Corps, and participated in the Vicks¬ burg campaign. The services of his regiment commenced at Cairo, and extended to the Gulf of Mexico, being the first regiment in the city of Mem¬ phis, and taking part in the battle of White River, under the command of Colonel Fitch, and was present at the fall of Vicksburg, his services cover¬ ing from October 5, 1861, to December 1, 1864, during which time he never received a scratch, and was never home during that time. Mr. Robison s regiment was engaged in thirty-seven battles in all, and the remaining mem¬ bers still hold an annual reunion, of which the subject of this sketch was made permanent secretary in 1905. He is the best informed of any mem¬ ber in the regiment, having traveled extensively in thirty-seven states of the Union.

Mr. Robison has always been a stanch Republican, in the politics of which party he has been active. Fraternally, he belongs to Samuel H. Stewart Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of which post he has held the office of commander. He is a director of the Carroll County Loan and Trust Company at Delphi, Indiana, and also owns considerable stock in the Farmers and Merchants Bank, at Logansport, and the State Savings and Trust Company of Indianapolis, Indiana, and has made all he owns through his own efforts.

John P. Robison, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Pennsylvania, December 13. 1809. His wife, Sarah (McCrum) Robison, was born in October, 1811, and was a native of the same state, where they grew up and were united in marriage, coming to Carroll county, October 24, 1846, and driving all the way by wagon. In the spring of 1847, they settled on a farm in Rock Creek township, and lived there until their death. John P. Robison was an entergetic and prosperous man, and a good citizen. His religious membership was with the Presbyterian church, of which he was an elder. His death occurred on August 22, 1904, his wife having died on July 23, 1868. To this marriage were born ten children, seven of whom are living in 1915: Margaret, Joseph M., John L., Hezekiah, Catherine, William and Sarah. Margaret Robison became the wife of William W. Whorton, of Logansport, Indiana. Joseph M. Robison is single, and lives in the West; John L. Robison is a resident of Burbank, California. He went to the Civil War in Company F. Forty-sixth Indiana, enlisting on October 7, i86t, and serving until December 1, 1864. Catherine Robison is the widow of the Rev. F. McBurnev, of Mexico, Pennsylvania; William Robison lives near South Bend, Indiana. Sarah Robison is the wife of R. S. Miller, of Logansport.

was born on March 5, 1854, in Carroll county, Indiana, where she attended the public schools, and where their first housekeeping operations were com¬ menced. This union has been blest with two children, Nora, who became the wife of John E. Dixon, and who died, leaving one child, who is now the wife of James L. Sharp, of Alberta, Canada, and Maud, who was married to Earl Stewart, and is the mother of four children. Hazel, Everett, Mary and Helen.

Mr. Robison is the proprietor of "The Maples Farm/' consisting of one hundred and forty acres, situated a quarter of a mile east of Burrows, where he enjoys the friendship of, not only the immediate township, but of the entire county. He takes a personal pride in the management of his own farm.

William F. Wagoner

Among the strong and influential citizens of Carroll county, Indiana, the record of whose lives has become an essential part of the history of this section, William F. Wagoner occupies a prominent place. For many years he has exerted a beneficial influence on the locality where he resides. His chief characteristics are keenness of perception, a tireless energy, honesty of purpose and motive and everyday common sense. These qualities have enabled him not only to advance his own interests but also largely to con¬ tribute to the moral and material welfare of the community. Mr. Wagoner is now living retired.

William F. Wagoner, who was born in Carrollton township, Carroll county, Indiana, on April 16, 1851, is the son of Martin and Rosanna (Martin) Wagoner. The father was born in Lancaster county, Pennsyl¬ vania, in 1799 and was a mill-wright by trade. He emigrated from the Keystone state to Ohio, where he met Rosanna Martin, who was bom in 1811. After their marriage in Ohio, they moved to Lafayette, Indiana, and later moved from Lafayette to Jackson township, Carroll county. The journey was made with an ox team about 1832. Here Martin Wagoner entered one hundred and sixty acres of land in section 5, of Carrollton township and, after clearing away a spot, built a log cabin and later a frame dwelling, where he lived until his death. In later years, he added another eighty acres and had in all at the time of his death two hundred and forty acres. He lived to see the farm well cleared and improved, passing away on the old homestead on September 20, 1868. His wife died in July, 1881.

Not only was he a valuable citizen from the standpoint of having acquired by his own personal efforts all the property he had at the time of his death, but also as a mill-wright he was a valuable man in the community, and did a great deal of repair work. He was an elder in the Cumberland Presby¬ terian church and a liberal supporter. Politically, he was a Democrat.

Martin and Rosanna (Martin) Wagoner had twelve children, of whom five are now living, as follow : Isaac N., a retired farmer of Carrollton township, married Catherine Bone and they have two children; Henry mar¬ ried Rebecca Kirkpatrick and they live in Flora, Indiana; George Wagoner is a retired farmer of Flora; David M., a farmer of Carrollton township, married Susan Kirkpatrick; William F. is the subject of this sketch. Among the deceased children are Mary, who was the wife of Joseph Trent and who died in July, 1914; Nancy died in infancy; Elizabeth was the wife of Adam Bone; Margaret married Samuel Wickard; Matilda married Andy Thomas; Clementine died at the age of five years; John married Adaline Bryant and is deceased.

William F. Wagoner was reared on the farm and when old enough attended the district schools of the neighborhood, attending school in the winter and working on the farm in the summer, until he was twenty-one years old. Mr. Wagoner began life without a cent, first renting the home farm until he was twenty-five years old.

On January 27, 1876, William F. Wagoner was married to Mary E. Niccum, who was born in Clinton county, Indiana, on November 15, 1853, the daughter of Thomas and Mariah (Kingery) Niccum. Mrs. Wagoner was reared on the farm and educated in the district schools.

After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Wagoner rented land for three years more. Mr. Wagoner then bought sixty acres in Carrollton township in 1879, paying twenty-five dollars per acre for the land. He sold the farm in 1908 for one hundred and twenty dollars per acre. At the present time he owns one hundred and twenty-eight acres in Carroll county, and one hun¬ dred and eighty acres in Davies county, Indiana, besides eighteen acres at the edge of the corporation of Flora. Here he built a substantial dwelling and outbuildings and shortly afterward moved to the new home in 1910. Mr. Wagoner spends most of his time now in' looking after his farms.

Mr. and Mrs. William F. Wagoner have had five children, as follow: Emerson F., a graduate of the common schools, is a farmer and owns his own farm; Loren C. is a graduate of Valparaiso University and an instruc¬ tor in the manual training high school of Jersey City, New Jersey; Manford A. is a farmer in Carroll county; Lillie May, who was a student at

Valparaiso University and a student and teacher of music, is the wife of Taylor Fouts; Earl B., a graduate of the Flora high school, who spent two years in Purdue University, is a civil engineer in the employ of the Osborne Company of Cleveland, Ohio.

John William Pollard

About three-quarters of a century ago, the grandmother of John Will¬ iam Pollard, a successful farmer of Tippecanoe township, came from Ohio to White county, Indiana, and from there came with her eldest son and settled in Carroll county, Indiana, after the death of her husband.