Carroll County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1916 (part 4 of 12)

John William Pollard is a native of Tippecanoe township, Carroll county, born on August 26, 1854. He is the son of John Blackburn and Abbie (Ross) Pollard, the former of whom was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, near Circleville, and the latter, born near Circleville, in Pickaway county. They were married in that county and in 1849 came to White county, Indiana, remaining there until 1852, when they emigrated to Car¬ roll county and settled in Tippecanoe township. Here John Blackburn Pol¬ lard owned three hundred and fifty-four acres of well-improved land and followed farming and stockraising until his death, in 1890. His widow survived him nearly a quarter of a century, passing away in 1914. She was a member of the Methodist church. Abbie (Ross) Pollard was the daughter of Moses L. and Mary (Frazee) Ross, who were both natives of New Jersey and who emigrated early in life to Pickaway county, Ohio, and there spent the rest of their lives. The widow of Moses L. Ross, how¬ ever, died in Illinois. John Blackburn Pollard's father died in Ohio and after his death his widow, Rachel Pollard, came West with her son and settled in White county, Indiana. It was there that Rachel Pollard died. She bore Her husband four children, namely : Silas, who died in Pickaway county; William Ford, who died in Carroll county; Eveline, who died in White county, and John Blackburn, father of John William, of this sketch. Of the three children born to John Blackburn and Abbie (Ross) Pollard, only two are living, John William and Allie E. Mary died at the age of three years.

stead. They have made many substantial improvements on the home farm, which comprises one hundred and sixty acres and which is located in sec¬ tion 13. Aside from this old home farm, they own several hundred acres of land in Carroll county. Miss Allie E. Pollard is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, although her father was a member of the United Brethren church. Mr. Pollard is a member of the Horse-Thief Detective Association of Carroll county, and is a Democrat in politics.

Joseph W. Been

Descended from an early pioneer family of Carroll county, and with the combination of high ambition and a good start in life, Joseph W. Been has improved a good bargain, until he is now the prosperous owner of a large tract of land, consisting of one thousand acres, all located in Carroll county, all acquired from a nucleus of one hundred and sixty acres.

Joseph W. Been, farmer. Burrows, Indiana, was born on August 5, 1847, on the farm which he now owns, and is the son of Benjamin B. and Catherine (Wharton) Been. His youthful days were spent under his father's roof, and his education was obtained at the public schools of the district. After finishing his studies, he started out for himself, and one by one he bought out the interests of the heirs to his father's estate, giving him at present one thousand acres of fine farm land, located in Carroll county. Politically, Mr. Been gives his support to the Democratic party, although he has never been an office seeker. He is an earnest and attentive mem¬ ber of the Presbyterian church, serving as one of the trustees, and giving liberally towards the support of the church. He is vice-president of the A. T. Bowen banks, located at Logansport and Delphi, Indiana, and a branch at No. 11 Broadway, New York City, and owns considerable stock in the Farmers and Merchants Bank at Logansport, Indiana.

Benjamin B. Been, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Pennsylvania, where he was united in marriage with Catherine Wharton, after which they removed to Ohio, where they followed farming for fifteen years, and then sold out and came to Carroll county, purchasing a farm consisting of one hundred and sixty acres, to which Mr. Been continued to add, until he owned eight hundred acres, all earned through his own efforts and the assistance of his immediate family. Mr. and Mrs. Been were active members of the Presbyterian church, and were the parents of seven children, five of whom are living in 1915: Jacob, a retired farmer of Logansport, Indiana; Louise, the widow of John Cornell, lives at Camden, Indiana; Nancy is the widow of Pomeroy Beals, and lives at Logansport; Martha was married to William Gibson, who is deceased, and makes her home at Logans¬ port, and Joseph W.

Joseph W. Been was united in marriage with Amelia Martin. This union was blest with two children, one of whom is living in 1915, Josie, who was well educated, and is the widow of Lewis Porter. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Been was married to Alice Kinnamon, in 1889, by whom he has had four children : Jason, a graduate of the University of Michigan, and the present cashier of the A. T. Bowen Bank, at Logansport, of which he is a stockholder; Jane, a graduate of the high school, is at home; Ward was married to Mrs. Emma Emrich, and lives on the home farm; Benjamin, a graduate of the Delphi high school, is attending the Normal school at Danville, Indiana.

Mi:. Been has occupied a prominent place in the citizenship of the town¬ ship where he has long resided, and where he has become an important factor, entitling him to the undivided respect and esteem of all who have the pleasure of his acquaintance.

Lewis S. Myer

This veteran of the Civil War is to be counted among the progressive and influential farmers and business men of Carroll county, where he has lived for seventy years. He has figured as one of the builders of the com¬ munity and is especially worthy of consideration in this volume. By his industry, good management and foresight, he has been able to acquire a large competency for old age. Not only has he advanced his personal for¬ tunes, but he has materially assisted in promoting the welfare of the com¬ munity, having in many ways lent his valuable time and influence in behalf of worthy public movements. -

Lewis S. Myer, the proprietor of "Bachelor Run Stock Farm" of one hundred and thirty acres, situated northwest of Flora, adjoining the corpora¬ tion on the Delphi and Flora gravel road, was born in Carroll county, April 3, 1845. He is the son of John Myer, Jr., who married Lavina Shideler. John Mver, Jr., was a native of Union county, Indiana, born on March 26,

1814, and died on May 24, 1873, at Salem, Oregon. His wife, who was born on July 8, 1821. died on February 11, 1891. She also was a native of Union county, Indiana.

John Myer, Jr., and his wife grew up in Union county, Indiana, and were married in that county. After their marriage they came to Carroll county, Indiana, and settled on land which John Myer, Sr., had entered from the government. This tract of land was located in section 24, of Monroe township. There they built a cabin and passed through all of the pioneer experiences common to the day and generation. John Myer, Jr., owned a farm of one hundred and sixty acres near the present site of the town of Flora.

The paternal grandparents of Lewis S. Myer were John, Sr., and Eliza¬ beth Myer, the former of whom was born on January 2, 1785, and the lat¬ ter on October 17, 1784. Their children were Samuel, born on June 29, 1806; Mary, August 9, 1808; Sarah, August 17, 1810; Barbara, September 3, 1812, and John, Jr., March 26, 1814. John, Sr., and Elizabeth (Sloffel) Myer were married in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, September 13, 1802, and immigrated to Indiana in the fall of 1806. On September 17, 1882, Samuel Myer, the eldest son of John, Sr., and Elizabeth Myer, was mar¬ ried to Susan Kingerv.

John, Jr., and Lavina (Shideler) Myer were the parents of nine chil¬ dren, four of whom are now living, namely: Lewis S., the subject of this sketch; Elizabeth, the wife of Albert Holmes, of Camden, Indiana; David, a farmer near Flora, and Amanda, the wife of Elias Shiveley, of Bringhurst, Indiana. Ellis T., another son, was a member of Company H, Third Indiana Cavalry, and died in the army fighting in the defense of his country at Munfordville, Kentucky, in January, 1862.

Reared on a farm in Monroe township and educated in the district schools of the township, Lewis S. Mver was twenty years old when he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in 1865. After the war Mr. Myer came home and was married to Mrs. Margaret (Hunt) Bright, on January 23, 1868. She is a daughter of Edward Hunt, and had married Peachy Bright, a soldier in the Civil War, who was drowned on the steamer "Sultana," leaving one daughter, Estaline, the widow of D. S. Trent.

Mr. and Mrs. Myer were the parents of five children, namely: Laura, who married John M. Koonsman, died on August 9, 1894; Virgil, born on December 25, 1870, who was graduated from the Flora schools and for a time was a teacher, but is now a merchant in Flora and a member of the school board, married Jennie Snobarger, September 30, 1896; Dora B.t born on September 23, 1872, who is a graduate of the high school and an undertaker and furniture dealer, is unmarried and lives at home; Lena L., born on June 8, 1875, who is the widow of Elmer J. Todd and a graduate of the Flora high school, is now a teacher of music in the Flora schools; Dr. W. L., a graduate of the Flora high school and formerly a teacher in the Flora schools, is a dentist at Rensselaer and manages a farm of two hundred acres.

Lewis S. Myer was one of the organizers of the Bright National Bank and was a large stockholder. He also helped to organize the Carroll County Loan, Trust and Savings Company and is one of the large stockholders of the company. He has been active in farmers' institutes and has served as secretary of the Carroll County Farmers' Institute. He keeps a very high grade of stock on the farm where he lives and has been very successful in agriculture.

Mrs. Myer is an active worker in the Baptist church. Mr. Myer attends church regularly and is a liberal supporter of religious enterprises. He is a member of Samuel Stewart Post No. 557, Grand Army of the Republic. He is a past commander of the post and is the present quartermaster. He is also a member of Fountain City Lodge No. 280, Knights of Pythias, of which he is a past chancellor. He is also a member of the grand lodge of Indiana. Politically, Lewis S. Myer is identified with the Republican party.

Mrs. Elizabeth F. Guthrie

Mrs. Elizabeth F. Guthrie, widow of Thaddeus Guthrie, Rock Creek township, Carroll county, was born on March 13, 1857, in Adams township, this county, and is a daughter of Dr. Robert I. Wilson and Jane (Howell) Wilson. She grew to young womanhood at Lockport, Indiana, and at the proper age was sent to the public schools, after which she attended the school at Delphi, and later entered the State Normal School at Terre Haute. After finishing her education, Mrs. Guthrie became a teacher, in which capacity she was engaged for three years prior to her marriage. Mrs. Guthrie is one of the landowners in Rock Creek township, her farms total¬ ing about three hundred acres. The home farm is one of the best farms in the county, the management of which is entirely under her own supervision. Mrs. Guthrie is an attendant of the Presbyterian church at Burrows.

Dr. Robert I. Wilson, father of Mrs. Guthrie, was born on December 15, 1815, in Ross county, Ohio, and was a son of John and Lucy (Taylor) Wilson. His wife was Jane (Howell) Wilson, by whom he had eight children, namely: John W., deceased; Mary B., the wife of Lafayette McReynolds; Emily J., who was married to William Guthrie; Lucy C., who became the wife of Adam Gibson; Louise was united in marriage with Alfred Guthrie; Elizabeth Frances, the widow of Thaddeus Guthrie; James A. H., who was married to Dr. Mary Brown, and Clara M., who died in infancy. After the death of his wife, Dr. Robert L. Wilson was married, secondly, to Helen Parker, to which union were born two children, Minnie and Winnie, twins.

The Wilsons in America, from whom the subject of this sketch is descended, came from the North of Ireland to the United States, during very early times, the emigrant ancestor being John Wilson, who had five sons, James, the third son, was the father of nine children, of whom John was the fifth child: and the father of eleven children.

Elizabeth Frances Wilson was united in marriage on August 31, 1879, with Thaddeus Guthrie, son of John and Barbara (Foy) Guthrie. He was born on December 5, 1831, in Ross county, Ohio, and came to Carroll county in 1840. His education was obtained in the public schools of the district. To this union six children were born, Louise F., Winifred B., Lahre A., Mary W., Annie S. and Jane H. Louise F. was graduated from the public schools, and afterward became the wife of Christian Blankinship, and is teaching school in North Dakota; Winifred B. is a graduate of the Holy Angels Academy of Logansport, Indiana, and is now the wife of Adolph Erdman; Lahre A. was graduated from the public school, was united in marriage with Pearl Stuart, and they live in Rock Creek township; Mary W. was graduated from the public schools, after which she attended the Holy Angels Academy and the South Dakota Normal School, and is now a teacher in Washington; Annie S. is also a graduate of the public schools, the Holy Angels Academy, the South Dakota Normal School, and is a student at Indiana State University; Jane H. is a graduate from the Delphi high school, and is also a student at Indiana State University.

The prosperous and valuable farm on which Mrs. Guthrie resides and which she manages is known as "Brookside Farm," and is situated ten miles east of Delphi, Indiana, on rural route No. 1. Rockfield, where she has many warm and congenial friends and acquaintances.

Samuel A. Wasson

Unquestioned integrity and indefatigable industry have resulted in the well-improved farm owned by Samuel A. Wasson, the gentleman whose brief history follows. The major portion, if not the entire business life of Mr. Wasson has been devoted to the occupation of farming, which line his ancestors, who were honored pioneer citizens of Orange county, Indiana, always followed.

Samuel A. Wasson, farmer, Burrows, Indiana, was born on September 27, 1861, on the farm, a part of which he now owns, and is a son of Thomas L. and Mary (Johnson) Wasson. He grew to young manhood under his father's roof, attending the district schools during the winters and performed his share of the farm work during the summers, until he was nineteen years of age, when his father died, and he was called upon to take over the management of the farm. Mr. Wasson has always been a wide-awake man, having associated with men of progressive and up-to-date methods, and his name is well known as a man of advanced ideas in the various interests which he represents in and about Burrows. Politically, he is a stanch Republican, but has never been ambitious in the direction of office-holding. He and his family are members of the Presbyterian church at Burrows, of which he is one of the trustees. Mr. Wasson was originally the manager of the Burrows Telephone Company, and now holds the office of treasurer. He is a large stockholder and one of the directors of the Farmers State Bank of Burrows.

Thomas L. Wasson, father of the subject of this sketch, was born on March 4, 1822, in Orange county, Indiana, and was a son of John Wasson. His wife, Mary ( Johnson) Wasson, was born in Virginia, and came to Carroll county, Indiana, where they were united in marriage, and where they lived until their death, Mr. Wasson dying on April 4, 1880, and his wife, in May, 1894. They were both members of the Presbyterian church at Rock Creek, where Mr. Wasson took an active part in church work. They were the parents of four children, all of whom are living in 1915: Samuel A.; Susan, who is the wife of I,. Lesh, lives on the old home farm; Laura became the wife of John E. Dixon, and lives at Burrows, Indiana; Margaret Wasson is unmarried.

Minnie Groniger. Mrs. Wasson died in August, 1895. Mr. Wasson was married, secondly, to Susie Girton, in May, 1901. She was born in Cass county, Indiana, receiving her education at the public schools. This union has been blest with one child, Robert L., born on April 14, 1911.

Mr. Wasson is a gentleman of quiet and unassuming manners, and is duly deserving of being placed on record in this volume as a representative citizen of Rock Creek township.

Henry Wagoner

Physical infirmities in a large measure mar the usefulness of a man in a community, but a stroke of paralysis which the venerable Henry Wagoner, of Flora, Indiana, suffered in 1904, has hardly affected his buoyancy or enthusiasm, even though he is totally disabled. Altogether he served six years and one month as commissioner of Carroll county and gave to the people of this county most efficient and honorable service in the administra¬ tion of his duties.

Born in Carrollton township, this county, on April 28, 1844, Henry Wagoner is a son of Martin and Rosanna (Martin) Wagoner, and was the seventh in order of birth in a family of twelve. When old enough Henry Wagoner attended the district schools of his home township during the winter seasons, working on his father's farm during the summers. At the age of eighteen years he left school, and two years later was drafted for service in the Union army, but hired a substitute, and immediately there¬ after, in company with his brother, George, took the job of clearing twenty acres of land for his father, for which the sons were to receive the first four crops for their work. This was a prosperous venture and having turned out well, they took another twenty acres, and in this way were able to pay for eighty acres of land. Henry sold his share of the eighty acres to his brother, receiving in return George Wagoner's share in the old home farm, which consisted of two hundred and forty acres. Henry Wagoner now owns one hundred and twenty acres of this land.

. On August 2, 1873, Henry Wagoner was married to Rebecca Kirk¬ patrick, who is a native of Carroll county, receiving her education in the public schools of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Wagoner are the parents of four children: William H., a graduate of the local high school, afterward took the medical course in the college at Cincinnati, Ohio, and is now prac- ticing his profession at Peru, Indiana; Nellie, a graduate of the common schools, is the wife of F. F. Hunt, of Kokomo, Indiana; Hugh married Queen Woodington, and they live on his father's farm in Carrollton town¬ ship, and Chester, a graduate of the Flora high school, employed as a clerk in the Myer clothing store, married Delilah Brower, and they live in Flora.

Mr. and Mrs. Wagoner are faithful and earnest members of the Pres¬ byterian church. As a Democrat, Mr. Wagoner was elected as a member of the board of county commissioners in 1896. the year in which Bryan made his first race for the presidency. In 1898 Mr. Wagoner was renom¬ inated and re-elected, serving altogether six years and one month as com¬ missioner of the county.

In November, 1904, the Wagoner family moved to Flora, Mr. Wag¬ oner having suffered a stroke of paralysis in January previously. Although he has been totally disabled for a period of eleven years, he retains his early mental vigor and is in full possession of all his mental faculties. He has been an indulgent father and a kind and loving husband, as well as an upright and honorable citizen.

William H. Robinson

Students interested in the history of Carroll county do not have to make long and searching investigation to discover that William H. Robin¬ son, a prosperous farmer of Madison township, is one of the foremost citi¬ zens of the county. His labors have been a potent force in making this section a rich agricultural community. For many years he has carried on general farming and has gradually improved his magnificent farm of one hundred and fifty-three and one-half acres in section 20, of Madison town¬ ship, which he purchased from the McCord heirs. While he has prospered as a farmer, he has also found time and ample opportunities to assist in the material development of the county. His grandfather was the first white settler in Carroll county, Indiana, having come to the county on December 3L 1824.

William H. Robinson was born on April 22, 1848, in Deer Creek town¬ ship, Carroll county, Indiana. He is the son of Samuel H. and Agnes J. (McCord) Robinson, the former of whom was born near Dayton, Mont¬ gomery county, Ohio, November 24, 1816. and the latter, born in Carroll county, Indiana, on June 30, 1828. Samuel H. Robinson was the son of

Henry Robinson, a native of Kentucky who emigrated first to Montgomery county, Ohio, where he lived for a few years until coming to Carroll county, Indiana. Here he lived the remainder of his life, building and improving a pioneer grist-mill. Henry Robinson's wife, before her marriage, was Elizabeth Coleman, who bore her husband five children, Abner, Coleman, Samuel H., Sarah and Elizabeth. Henry Robinson died on July 4, 1845, and his remains are buried in the Baum cemetery.

Samuel H. Robinson and Agnes J. McCord were married on November 27, 1845. They had only one son, William H., the subject of this sketch. Mrs. Agnes J. (McCord) Robinson, who died on April 29, 1848, was a member of the Presbyterian church. Her husband, who had worked in his father's mill until he was about twenty-six years old, then engaged in farming. He died on February 13, 1888.

William H. Robinson was educated in the common schools of Carroll county, Indiana. He attended Indiana State University at Bloomington for one year and, after finishing his education, purchased one hundred and fifty-three and one-half acres from the McCord heirs. The farm had been already improved by a Mr. Conley. Mr. Robinson has further improved the farm by the erection of an addition to the barn and by clearing over one-half of the land, which was also drained and fenced. He is a general farmer and stockman and has been very successful in agriculture.

Mr. Robinson was* married on April 4, 1877, to Harriet E. Trobaugh, a daughter of William and Sarah Ann (Ferrier) Trobaugh, the former of whom was born in Tennessee and who came with his parents to Carroll county, Indiana, in pioneer times. By his first marriage, which was to Sarah Ann Ferrier, there were born five children, namely : Harriet E. ; Anna, unmarried, who lives in Delphi; Samuel F., of Chicago; Charles, of Indian¬ apolis; Laura, the wife of David Beard, of Indianapolis. By the second marriage of Mr. Trobaugh there were born two children, Roy, the night telegraph operator for the Monon railroad at Delphi, and Harry, assistant agent of the interurban railroad at Delphi. William Trobaugh now lives in south Delphi. His wife, the mother of Mrs. Robinson, died on June 13, x875. She was the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Tweed) Ferrier, who had eight children, as follow: 'Pauline, born on April 12, 1828; Caroline, March 17, 1831; Sarah Ann, August 18, 1833; George E., May 10, 1836; Samuel Tweed, January 30, 1839; Daniel F., November 26, 1840; Mary J., March 27, 1846; Elizabeth E., February 5, 1850.

enlisted in Company K, Second Indiana Cavalry, and was taken prisoner at the battle of Gainesville. He was confined in Andersonville prison for a time, but made his escape from prison when the prisoners were being moved from Andersonville to Florence, South Carolina. He was afterward cap¬ tured with two companions, but again escaped and rejoined his regiment. He received a medal for gallant conduct on the field of battle at Gainesville.

Mr. and Mrs. William FI. Robinson have had eight children, six of whom are living, F'annie, Kate, Stella, Ruth, Agnes, Charles, Mabel and Jessie. Fannie, born on June 13, 1880, and who is the wife of Dr. J. R. Carney, of Pyrmont, has borne her husband one child, Meredith. Kate, born on January 25, 1883, is the wife of Charles Weil, of Deer Creek township. Stella, born on August 6, 1884, is the wife of Renn Chapman, of Chenoa, McLean county, Illinois, and they have one son, Donald. Ruth, born on May 31, 1886, died on August 21, 1905. Agnes, born on August 28, 1887, is the wife of John McCouch, who lives north of Delphi in Deer Creek township. They have two children, Lucille and Dorothy Irene. Charles, born on October 19, 1892, died on February 16, 1893. Mabel, born on August 29, 1894, and Jessie, born on December 19, 1899, are at home.

Mrs. Robinson is a member of the Presbyterian church at Delphi. Mr. Robinson is a stanch Republican, although he has never taken an active part in politics. Nevertheless, he is a highly respected citizen in the county where he lives.

Elias E. Landis

There is no positive rule for achieving success, yet in the life of the successful man there are always lessons which may well be followed. The man who is successful is the pne who can foresee his opportunities. The essential conditions of life are ever the same, the surroundings of individ¬ uals differing in a minor degree. When one man passes another on the highway of life, reaching his goal before others, who perhaps started out before him, it is because he has the power to use advantages which come within the purview of those who compete against him. Today among the successful young business men of Flora, Indiana, is Elias E. Landis, a young man who is succeeding because he is using the native talents with which he was endowed.

was born on January 12, 1880, in Carroll county, Indiana. He is the son of David and Hannah E. (Eikenberry) Landis, the former of whom was born in Carroll county, Indiana, the son of Jacob Landis, who married a Miss Hamilton. Jacob Landis was a farmer and an active and devout mem¬ ber of the German Baptist church. By his marriage to Miss Hamilton there were seven children: Daniel, deceased; Henry, of Flora; Heil, of Monroe township: William, of Illinois; David, the father of Elias E. ; Ira, of North Dakota, and Emily, the wife of a Mr. Woods, of Indianapolis.

David Landis was reared in Carroll county, Indiana, and received his education here. He grew to manhood on his father's farm and was married to Hannah E. Eikenberry, also a native of Carroll county, and the daughter of Christopher and Susannah (Overholser) Eikenberry. The father of Mrs. David Landis was born in Virgihia and her mother in Preble county, Ohio. Not only is David Landis a successful farmer of this county, but he is also a well-known minister in the German Baptist church. By his mar¬ riage to Hannah E. Eikenberry there were twelve children born, of whom two died in infancy and a daughter died later in life. Nine are living at the present time. Golda, the wife of Grant Renicker; Ora G., who married Addie Duddleston; Elias E., the subject of this sketch; Harley, a graduate of the common schools, who married Bright Alberts; Ira C., a graduate of the common school and the Camden high school, who was a teacher in this county for some time and is now principal of one of the ward schools at Riverside, California; Susie and Lenna, who live at home; Howard, a grad¬ uate of the Camden high school, who married Stella Yerkes, and Eva, who is at home.

Reared on the farm and educated in the common schools of Carroll county, Elias E. Landis was later graduated from the Camden high school. He taught a district school for two years and then spent one year in Indiana State University at Bloomington, after which he taught for two more years in the district school. He was principal of the high school for two years at Culver, Indiana, after which he came to Flora, in 1906, and served for one year as assistant principal. During the next three years he was princi¬ pal of the Flora high school and for the next four years was superintendent of the schools of Flora.

Mr. Landis had an interest in the hardware business while he was superintendent of the local schools. He quit teaching in order to engage actively in the hardware business.

was a graduate of the Plymouth high school and was a teacher in the dis¬ trict schools of Marshall county and in the Culver school of Marshall county, as well as the grade school at Camden, Indiana.

Mr. and Mrs. Landis are the parents of three children, Leonore, born on March 30, 1909; Robert, December 25, 1911, and Richard D., July 25, I9I5-

The Landis family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Flora. Mr. Landis is a member of the official board of the church and is superintendent of the Sunday school.

Abram W. Eikenberry

Abram W. Eikenberry, a well-known retired farmer and merchant, of Flora, Indiana, is a native of Carroll county, born in Burlington township, July 12, 1849. Mr. Eikenberry is the son of Joel and Hannah (Overholser) Eikenberry, the former of whom was the son of John and Susan (Frantz) Eikenberry, both of whom came to Carroll county, Indiana, from Virginia, entering land in Monroe township as early as 1835. John Eikenberry and his wife lived in this county until their deaths.

Joel Eikenberry was a lad eight years old when he came to Carroll county. His father having entered a tract of land in Monroe township, now owned by Harvey Thomas, Joel assisted in clearing away a spot wTiere a log cabin was built and where the family was reared. The only surviving member of the family of John and Susan (Frantz) Eikenberry, who had six children, five sons and one daughter, is John F. Eikenberry, of Butler county, Iowa. Reared in a pioneer community, Joel Eikenberry attended the pioneer log cabin school and worked at home on the farm during the summer months. He was married to Hannah Overholser, September 22, 1843. To this union were born the following children: Daniel, Susan P., Abram W. and John, all of whom are deceased except Abram W.

Abram W. Eikenberry was also reared on the pioneer farm and received his education in the public schools of Burlington township. He attended school until he reached his majority and, on October 16, 1870, was married to Clarinda H. Gwinn, who was born on May 25, 1852, on an adjoining farm. During their childhood they had been playmates and had attended the same school. Clarinda H. Gwinn was the daughter of John C. and Martha J. (Runyon) Gwinn.

After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Eikenberry moved to a tract of land given to them by their parents. In February, 1873, Mr. Eikenberry traded this farm for one hundred and four acres in section 4, of Burlington township, which he owned for many years. After living on the farm for six years the family came to Flora, Indiana, and in December, 1878, Mr. Eikenberry engaged in the hardware and implement business with W. M. Landis, under the firm name of Landis & Eikenberry. After two years he sold out, but was, at various times, engaged in the hardware and imple¬ ment business until 1905, when he finally disposed of the business.

Mr. and Mrs. Eikenberry have been the parents of three children, two of whom died in infancy. The living child is Elmer M., born on December 9, 1872. He was educated in the Flora public schools and was graduated in the first class from the Flora high school. Afterward he attended school at the Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute. He married Mabel A. Wasson and has four daughters. Faun, Helen, Joyce and Brucell. Faun is a graduate of the high school and Helen is now a student in the high school. Abram W. Eikenberry is one of the directors in the Bright National Bank, at Flora, of which Elmer M. is a stockholder. Faun is assistant cashier of the bank.

Mr. and Mrs. Abram Eikenberry are active in church work. Mr. Eikenberry has served for many years as superintendent of the Sunday school and has seen it grow from a very small attendance to a very large one. Abram W. Eikenberry is a wide reader of good literature, an interest¬ ing conversationalist, a kind and considerate man. He is well known throughout Carroll county.

William F. Timmons

Inseparable from merit is the career of a man who has devoted so much of his life to the laying of the foundation for a useful future of so many individuals. The worth of William F. Timmons is better known in his home town than could possibly be set forth in the pages of this history.

William F. Timmons, farmer, Delphi, Indiana, was born on August 22, 1852, in Adams township, Carroll county, and is a son of Perry and Isabelle (Crowel) Timmons. He grew to man's estate under his father's roof on a farm in his native township, receiving his early education at the district schools, attending later Burnetts ville Academy and Valparaiso University, after which he taught fourteen terms of school in Adams and Rock Creek townships, which vocation he gave up in order that he might follow agri¬ culture, and is the present owner of a splendid tract of three hundred and nine acres, located in Rock Creek and Adams townships; where he gives his attention to the breeding of a good grade of stock of all kinds. Politically, Mr. Timmons has always been a loyal supporter of the Democratic party, taking an active interest in politics, serving as assessor of Adams township for two terms, and was the nominee for sheriff and county commissioner on two occasions. Fraternally, his membership is with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Rockfield, Indiana, of which he is past grand; he is a member of the encampment, and is past chief patriarch, and a member of the grand lodge, having joined in 1878. He is one of the directors of the Rockfield Bank, and a stockholder of the Rockfield Telephone Company.

Perry Timmons, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Ohio, and his wife, Isabelle (Crowel) Timmons, was born near Dayton, in Mont¬ gomery county, Ohio, each coming with their parents to Indiana about 1830, and locating in Adams township, this county, where they grew up together, and were married. They settled down to an agricultural life in Adams township, and became thrifty farmers. Mr. Timmons started without any worldly goods, beginning his career as a day laborer, and at the time of his death, owned two hundred and forty acres of good land. He was a Demo¬ crat in politics all his life, his death occurring on December 30, 1858. The children born to this union were as follow: Melissa; William F. ; Margaret J. ; Sarah E., who was married to William J. Wakeland, of Adams town¬ ship; Perry S., who died in March, 1915. The Timmons family, who emi¬ grated to Ohio, were natives of Delaware.

William F. Timmons was united in marriage on September 8, 1881, with Cora Lontz. daughter of Henry and Catherine Lontz. She was born on May 5, 1864, in Adams township, receiving her education at the district schools. To this union eight children have been born, as follow: Ruby is at home; Chloe is the wife of Albert Shaffer, and lives in Adams town¬ ship; Turpie was graduated from the Rockfield high school, and then taught three terms of school, after which she was married and became a resident of Rockfield; Don is single, and follows farming on the home place; Cath¬ erine was graduated from the Delphi high school, after which she took a business course, and is at present filling the position of stenographer and bookkeeper for the Voorhees Lumber Company, at Logansport. Indiana; Edith was graduated from the Delphi high school, was a student at the State Normal School and is now teaching in Rock Creek township; Ruth is also

Mr. Timmons is descended from an old family, who have long been residents of Carroll county. He possesses, to a marked degree the qualities which win and retain the friendship of a large number of people.

William M. Eckerle

The present age has seen a most wonderful transformation in industrial methods and processes. Many of the handicrafts have been abandoned and machines have been substituted to do the work formerly done by skilled hand labor. Some trades, however, are still necessary to every community, and one of them is that of the blacksmith and horseshoer. William M. Eckerle, a well-known citizen of Flora, Indiana, is a skilled blacksmith and a most highly-esteemed citizen of Flora and vicinity.

William M. Eckerle was born in Union county, Indiana, March 29, 1874, and is a son of Leopold and Nancy (Mallory) Eckerle, the former of whom was a native of Baden, Germany, who had two years' experience in his native land as a blacksmith and horseshoer. He came to America at the age of nineteen, landing in New York City. From there he made his way to Cincinnati, Ohio, where, for three years, he worked as a blacksmith, sav¬ ing his money in the meantime. Becoming dissatisfied with life in the Queen City, he worked at different places until he finally settled at Beechy Mire, near Richmond, Indiana, where, encouraged by responsible farmers, he established a blacksmith shop. After remaining in that community for nine years he had saved enough money to buy eighty acres of unimproved land in Cass county, Indiana, to which he subsequently removed. He died in Flora, Indiana, July 23, 1914. By his marriage to Nancy Mallory there were born eight children, six of whom are now living: P. F., a resident of Lanark, Carroll county, Illinois, where he is a banker and minister in the Conservative church; C. E., of Oak Park, Illinois, is in the employ of the Co-operative Company, of Chicago, Illinois; Anna, the wife of Allen Sny¬ der, of Cass county, Indiana; William M., the immediate subject of this review; Rose A.> the wife of E. L. Colvin, a clothing merchant of Flora, Indiana, and Marv. the wife of Dennis Murphy, of Cass county, Indiana.

Reared mostly in Cass county, Indiana, Mr. Eckerle attended the pub¬ lic schools in his neighborhood and received a good common-school educa- tion. At the age of twenty years he took up the work of blacksmithing, buying a half interest in his father's shop at the of twenty-five, and remain¬ ing in the partnership until he was thirty years old, at which time he bought out his father's interests in the shop, conducting the business alone.

In October, 1898, William W. Eckerle was- married to Lizzie E. Wit¬ ter, who was bom in Monroe township, Carroll county, Indiana, and edu¬ cated in the common schools. Mr. and Mrs. Eckerle are the parents of one son, George Leopold, born on November 4, 1911.

John T. Gee

There is no county in the state of Indiana which has not been honored in the characters and careers of her farmers. In every section of the state may be found men who have become leaders in agriculture, men who have succeeded in this vocation because of their superior intelligence, natural endowment and force of character. It is always profitable to study such lives, weigh their motives and hold up their achievements as incentives to greater activities and higher excellence on the part of others. These reflec¬ tions are suggested by the career of the venerable John T. Gee, retired farmer of Madison township, Carroll county, Indiana, who has forged to the front ranks of the farmers of Carroll county and who, by well-applied industry, intelligent management and careful saving, has accumulated a large competence in farm property.

Mr. Gee is a native of Carroll county, Indiana, born on December 21, 1834. He is the son of the late Andrew Gee, a native of Ohio, who immi¬ grated to Democrat township, Carroll county, Indiana, in 1829, making the trip overland in a covered wagon. Andrew Gee was one of the committee which gave Democrat township its name. After establishing a home in the wilderness here, he took up farming and owned a considerable body of land in the township. He was a Democrat in politics. The late Andrew Gee was the father of twelve children, Moses, Nancy, Andrew, John T., Benjamin, Alfred, Ellen, Amos, Elizabeth, William, James and Charles.

John T. Gee received a common-school education and, when a young man old enough to begin life on his own responsibilities, he engaged in making shingles and cutting hoop-poles. After making some money in this way, he went to California, where, for some time, he was engaged in mining. He also spent five years in* Oregon and then returned to Carroll county and purchased two hundred acres of land, which he cleared and upon which he erected farm buildings. Since that time, he has bought two hundred and forty acres more and now owns altogether four hundred and forty acres. Upon all of this land Mr. Gee has made substantial improvements.

Mr. Gee's first wife, Anna Martin, to whom he was married in 1879, was a native of White county, Indiana. She died the following year after marriage and he was next married to Isabelle Schnepp, who was born in Washington township, Tippecanoe county, the daughter of David and Susanne (Hughes) Schnepp. Mrs. Gee's parents were natives of Ohio, her father having come to Carroll county when a lad, accompanying his parents in a covered wagon to the great Hoosier state. Mrs. Gee's parents were married in Deer Creek township and were farmers all of their lives. Mrs. Gee was the fourth child in the family and is one of three children now living. Mr. and Mrs. John T. Gee were married on November 24, 1886, and to them have been born two children, Aouda and Oscar. By his first marriage, Mr. Gee had four children : One who died in infancy ; Edward, of Altoona. Pennsylvania: Samuel and Charles, both of Madison township.

Flavius J. Ayres

Flavius J. Ayres, a prosperous farmer of Democrat township, Carroll county, Indiana, who resides on rural route No. 2, out of Cutler. Indiana, and who owns eighty acres of land in Democrat township, was born on December 2, 1867, in the township where he lives.

Flavius J. Ayres is the son of John W. and Caroline (Tinkle) Ayres, the former of whom was born in the Old Dominion state, the son of Will¬ iam and Mary Ayres. William Ayres spent practically all of his life in his native state, but in his declining years came to Carroll county, where he lived until his death. John W. Ayres was reared on the farm in the Old Dominion state and, after having reached maturity, immigrated to Indiana and located in Carroll county. At the breaking out of the Civil War he enlisted in the Third Indiana Cavalry and served in Company H until the end of the war. At the close of the war he returned to Carroll county and took up farming.

John W. Ayres was married to Caroline Tinkle, who was born in Democrat township, Carroll county, in 1852, the daughter of Isaac Tinkle. Mrs. Ayres was reared on the farm. Her parents had come from Ohio to Indiana. Caroline Tinkle's paternal grandfather had come from Germany.

To John W. and Caroline (Tinkle) Avres were born nine children, seven of whom are now living, as follow : Flavius J., the subject of this sketch; O. R., of Flora, Indiana; Loretta, who married Charles Maggart, of Southport, Marion county, Indiana; Daisy, the wife of U. B. Thompson, an undertaker, of Burlington; Mildred; John G., a merchant of Russiaville, and Clayton F., who is unmarried and lives at home with his mother.

Flavius J. Ayres was reared on a farm in Democrat township and attended the district schools of the neighborhood, where he received a good common-school education. After attending school until nineteen years old he worked at home on the farm with his father until his marriage.

On April 17, 1890, Flavius J. Ayres was married to Ella F. Smith, the daughter of Jacob Smith, and a native of Democrat township. Mr. and Mrs. Ayres have been the parents of five children, four of whom are now living: Una, the wife of Cecil Thompson, a farmer of Democrat town¬ ship; William H., also a farmer; Verla, who is at home, and Lois, who is also at home.

Mr. and Mrs. Flavius J. Ayres are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Ball Hill. Mr. Ayres is a member of the offical board and a liberal supporter of the church. He has served as superintendent of the Sunday school. Although nominally a Democrat, Mr. Ayres has never been active in political affairs.

Joseph Green

Among the self-made men of Rock Creek township Joseph Green is one of the reliable, honest men of the community, who has progressed from an humble station in life to that of a successful agriculturist of Carroll county, where he has the reputation of being one of the most industrious farmers of his district, and one who has earned all he now .possesses entirely through his own efforts.

Joseph Green, farmer, Burrows, Indiana, was born on February 29, 1856, in Adams township, Carroll county, and is a son of Jesse and Lucinda (Redenhour) Green. At the age of nine years he was thrown upon his own resources and lived with a family named Mullendore until he was twenty-one years of age, during which time he received the magnificent sum of one dollar for his services. He was thoroughly instructed in farm work, and when he arrived at manhood he left home and worked by the month until he was thirty-two years of age, during which time he had saved up twelve hundred dollars, and now owns one hundred and sixty-five acres of fine farm land. Politically, Mr. Green is a Republican.

Joseph Green was united in marriage on September 5, 1877, with Laura Clark, daughter of Samuel and Virginia (Johns) Clark. She was born on February 22, 1866, in the same house in which Joseph Green was born. Her education was neglected, as she had but little opportunity to attend school. After their marriage, Mr. Green rented a farm in Adams township, where they lived three and one-half years and then bought thirty-six acres where he now lives, and as the result of deserved prosperity was enabled to increase his acreage until he became the owner of his present fine place, all of which he made without any outside assistance. Mr. and Mrs. Green have four children, Roy, aged twenty-one years; Mary, aged seventeen years; Russell, aged fourteen years, and Walter, aged six years.

Milroy Justice

Milrov Justice, farmer, Burrows, Indiana, was born on November 30, 1862, in Cass county, Indiana, and is a son of James and Mary (Shortridge) Justice. He was reared on a farm two and one-half miles north of Bur¬ rows, receiving his education at the public schools and remaining at home until he was twenty-two years old. He has been prosperous throughout his agricultural career, and is the present owner of eighty-five acres of fine farm land in Cass county, located one and one-half miles northeast of Burrows. Politically, Mr. Justice is a stanch Republican, but has never been active in local politics. Both Mr. Justice and his wife are members of the Christian church at Burrows, in which he fills the offices of elder and deacon. Fra¬ ternally, he belongs to Burrows Lodge No. 495, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is past grand, and a member of grand lodge. Mr. Justice owns stock in the Burrows State Bank.

James Justice, father of the subject of this sketch, was born on August 22, 1809, and died on August 11, 1893. His father was John Justice. James Justice was twice married, and by his first marriage was the father of ten children, Martha, John, Joseph, James, William, Joshua, Clara, Anna, Caroline and Bettie. By his marriage, secondly, to Mary (Shortridge) Justice, a native of White county, Indiana, he had the following children : Jerome, Frank, of Logansport, Indiana; Larinda, who became the wife of William Shaffer, of Burrows; Parker Justice, who lives in Winnepeg, Canada; Jessie, Harriet and Milroy.

John Justice, the paternal grandfather, was a son of James, whose father was Matthew Justice, a native of Ireland, and the emigrant ancestor of the Justice family of America. He came to the United States at a very early date. He had seven sons, all born in America and all of them were in the War of the Revolution.

Milroy Justice was united in marriage, April 8, 1885, with Mary E. Dixon, daughter of John and Drusilla (Brown) Dixon. She was born on November 18, 1864, in Rock Creek township, Carroll county, and was edu¬ cated in the district schools. Mr. and Mrs. Justice reared an adopted daughter, named Helen Black, who is now the wife of George Buck, and resides at Hoagland, Indiana.

John Dixon, father of Mrs. Milroy Justice, was a native of Indiana, where he died on November 26, 1865. His wife, Drusilla (Brown) Dixon, was born in Carroll county and died on January 26, 1907. They were farm¬ ers and were the parents of four children: Amy. born on August 8, 1863, became the wife of Parker Justice; John E., of Burrows; Mary E., and an infant.

Thomas L. Cooper, physician. Deer Creek, Indiana, was born on February 2, 1883, in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, and is a son of John W. and Lvda E. (Hamilton) Cooper. He was reared on a farm and received his early education in the district schools of Mercer county, Pennsylvania, after which he became a student in the Grove City College, and from there he entered the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he took the full four-year course in the medical department, graduating with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Through a competitive examination, he served for fourteen months as resident physician of the Presbyterian Hospital at Pitts-

On February 28, 1915, Doctor Cooper came to Carroll county and located at Deer Creek, where he has already established a very promising practice, and has associated himself with the County and State Medical Societies. Politically, Doctor Cooper is a Republican, but has never taken any part in local politics. Fraternally, he belongs to the Phi Rho Sigma society of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Thomas L. Cooper w;as united in marriage in 1912 writh Edith S. Dillon, daughter of Margaret E. Dillon, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She was born in Pittsburgh and received her early education in the common schools and later attended the state normal school, of which she is a graduate, and was a teacher for ten years in the public schools of Pennsylvania. Both Doctor Cooper and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church.

John Wilkinson

A man's reputation is the property of the wrorld, since the lawrs of nature have forbidden isolation. Every human being either submits to the controlling influence of others or wields an influence which touches, con¬ trols, guides and affects the actions of those with whom he comes into con¬ tact. The reputation of John Wilkinson, a well-known real estate and insurance dealer of Flora, Indiana, and the proprietor of a loan business, not only is unassailable, but his life is a model of uprightness and integrity.

Mr. Wilkinson is a native of Cass county, Indiana, born on September 14, 1852. His parents were Elias and Jane (Simmons) Wilkinson, the former of whom was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, November 9, 1811, and the latter in Ohio. When he was a young man. Elias Wilkinson immi¬ grated from Virginia to Ohio, where he was married. After his marriage he and his bride came to Carroll county, Indiana, settling here about 1830. He entered land in Rock Creek township and here he and his wife lived for many years. Subsequently, however, they moved to Cass county, Indiana, near Logansport, where he lived until the time of his death. He was a member of the Methodist church, a class leader and superintendent of the Sunday school. He was a Republican in politics. Elias Wilkinson died in

July, 1878, and his wife six years previously, in 1872. They were the par¬ ents of six children, of whom only two, Elizabeth, the wife of Joseph St. Clair, of Logansport, Indiana, and John, the subject of this sketch, are living. The deceased children are: Isaac, who gave up his life in defense of his country during the great Civil War; Nancy, the wife of Joseph McGuire; Mary, the wife of William McGuire, and Dama, the wife of William Howell.

John Wilkinson was reared on a farm and educated in the public schools of Cass county. He lived at home with his parents until attaining his majority. At that time he started in life without the aid of wealthy friends and without money of his own.

On September 21, 1876, when he was twenty-three years old, John Wilkinson was married to Lillie B. Moore, a native of Carroll county, Indiana, born on March 27, 1852, and the daughter of Alex Moore. After their marriage, Mr. Wilkinson rented his father's farm for some years. In 1896 he came to Flora. Indiana, and engaged in the real-estate and insur- v ance business. He has been very successful and enjoys a large patronage in Carroll county.

Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson have been the parents of two children, Zua M., the wife of Bern Gerard, of Deer Creek township, and Jesse L., a graduate of the Flora high school and of Drake University at Des Moines, Iowa. He is a minister in the Christian church and is now located at Glasgow, Montana.

John Wilkinson is a member of the Masonic lodge at Camden and a Republican in politics. He and his wife are members of the First Christian church at Flora. Both are regular attendants and liberal supporters of the Christian church.

Frank P. Groninger

The gentleman to whom the reader's attention is now directed has long been known, by the citizens of Rock Creek township, as a man of sound business principles and is well and favorably known throughout Carroll county, and especially in Rock Creek township, where he has delivered Uncle Sam's mail since 1902.

Frank P. Groninger, farmer and letter carrier on rural route No. 1, Burrows, Indiana, was born on October 20, 1861, in Rock Creek township, and is a son of George and Margaret (Martin) Groninger. He was reared on a farm and received his early education at the public schools of the dis¬ trict, after which he attended .Valparaiso University, at the end of which course he began teaching school and followed this vocation for seven years. Mr. Groninger is the owner of forty acres of land, where he lives, located two and one-half miles west of Burrows, Indiana. He took the civil service examination in 1902, when rural route No. 1 was established in his district, at which time he began carrying the mail, and is still in the service. Politi¬ cally, he is a stanch believer in the policies of the Republican party, while his religious membership is with the Presbyterian church of Burrows, of which he is one of the elders. He is a member of Rockfield Lodge No. 301, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is a past grand, and a member of the encampment, and is a past chief patriarch, and also a mem¬ ber of the grand lodge.

George Groninger was bom in Juniata county, Pennsylvania, as was also his wife, Margaret (Martin) Groninger. They both grew up and were married in that state, and came to Carroll county, Indiana, in 1848, via Evansville and Terre Haute, and thence up the Wabash and Erie canal to Lafayette, locating in Rock Creek township, Carroll county, where they bought land and spent the remainder of their lives, Mr. Groninger dying in 1868, and his wife, October 1, 1902. They were both earnest members of the Presbyterian church and were the parents of ten children, nine of whom are living in 1915, as follow: Elmira Groninger is unmarried; Irwin is married and follows farming in Rock Creek township; William A. is also a farmer of Rock Creek township; Priscilla became the wife of Aaron Gregg, of Lafayette, Indiana; Ella is the widow of Nelson Van Grundy, of Delphi, Indiana; John lives in Rock Creek towmship on a farm; Emma J. is the wife of Elmer Kilander, of Logansport; Belle became the wife of E. L. Goldsby, of Arkansas; Frank P. is the subject of this sketch.

Frank P. Groninger was united in marriage on April 24, 1894, with Addie McCain, daughter of Samuel and Amanda (McDonald) McCain. She was born on August 28, 1866, near Delphi, Indiana, and is a graduate of the teacher s course at Valparaiso University. Six children have come to bless this union : Florence, a graduate of the public school, and is now a student at high school; Charles, who graduated from the public school, and is also attending high school ; Margaret and Adaline ; one child died in infancy and Paul M. died at the age of nine years.

Mr. Groninger is a prompt, methodical man of business, and has always pursued a course of fearless honesty in his dealings with his fellow men.

Perry Johnson

Perry Johnson, farmer, Camden, Indiana, was born on March 28, 1849, m Carrollton township, Carroll county, and is a son of Allen and Susan (Sloan) Johnson. He grew up on a farm, deprived of the advantages of attending school, and at the age of sixteen years started out in the world, without a dollar, to earn his own living. His first employment was at wood cutting and ditching, which he worked at by the month, and at the age of twenty-one he made his home with Mahlon Robinson, remaining with him until twenty-eight years old, when he was married and moved to his own farm of forty acres in the woods, which he cleared, drained and improved, to which he has added, until he now owns one hundred and six acres of fine farm land. Politically, Mr. Johnson has been a life-long supporter of the Democratic party, and for many years took an active interest in politics, serving twice as trustee of Washington township, and was never defeated when running for office. Fraternally, he is a member of Morris Lodge No. 477, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is the oldest member, having joined on February 6, 1875. is past grand, and a member of the grand lodge, and both he and his wife are members of the Rebekah Lodge. Mr. Johnson is a large stockholder in the Deer Creek Co-operative Tele¬ phone Company, of which he held the office of treasurer for a number of years.

Allen and Susan (Sloan) Johnson, parents of the subject of this sketch, were natives of Virginia, where they grew up and were married prior to coming to Indiana. They located in Carroll county on a rented farm and cleared leased ground. Mr. Johnson was always a poor man, but a hard worker. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson were the parents of twelve children, only two of whom are living in 1015, Perry and Warren.

Perry Johnson was united in marriage on October 28, 1875, with Malinda Stephens, daughter of Samuel and Malinda ( Smith) Stephens. She was born on February 6, 1852, in Washington township, Carroll county. To Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have been born three children, only one of whom is living in 1915, Alice B., born on September 6, 1877. She was graduated from the public schools and afterward became the wife of Pearl Campbell, a farmer in Washington township. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell are the parents of six children, Elsie, Orvil, Leona, Dorothy, Opal and Lloyd.

where they were married, coming later to Indiana and locating in Wash¬ ington township, where they spent the remainder of their lives. They were the parents of four sons and four daughters.

Mahlon D. Robeson

Mahlon D. Robeson, retired farmer, Deer Creek, Indiana, was born on August 31, 1843, at Lafayette, Indiana, and is a son of Andrew and Nancy (Stambaugh) Robeson. He grew up on the farm and attended the district schools of Jackson township, attending only during the winter months, as his services were needed at home during the summer seasons. During the Civil War he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Regi¬ ment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served until the end of the war. At the close of the war he returned to Jackson township, this county, and resumed his agricultural vocation. He now owns two hundred and twelve acres of splendid farm land in Washington township and five acres in Deer Creek, Indiana. Mr. Robeson has always been a stanch supporter of Repub¬ lican principles and has been active in local politics, holding a membership on the Washington township advisory board. Both Mr. Robeson and his wife are members of the Lutheran church, of which he is one of the trus¬ tees. His fraternal alliance is with Mt. Zion Lodge No. 21 1, Free and Accepted Masons.

Andrew Robeson, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Blair county, Pennsylvania, as was also his wife, Nancy (Stambaugh) Robeson. They were married in their native state and came to Indiana in 1835. locating near Dayton, Indiana, where Mr. Robeson was employed in a woolen- factory for a number of years, at the end of which time he rented a factory building near Camden, Indiana, and conducted a factory of his own, which he afterward sold out and moved to a farm in Jackson town¬ ship, where he died. In politics, Mr. Robeson was a Republican, always taking an active interest in local politics, and served as trustee of his town¬ ship for two terms. His religious views were with the Evangelical Lutheran church. To Mr. and Mrs. Robeson were born eight children, only three of whom are living in 1915, Mahlon D., Pharis, a retired farmer, residing at Camden, and Plato, also a retired farmer of Camden.

Mahlon D. Robeson was united in marriage on September 13, 1866, with Minerva Edschker, daughter of William and Matilda Edschker. She was born in Carroll county, Indiana, and was educated at the district schools. This union has been blest with five children, only three of whom are living in 1915 : Alice, who was graduated from the public schools, and became the wife of John P. Hinkle, of Washington township; Alfaretta, graduated from the public schools, and became the wife of Charles E. Rice, of Wash¬ ington township, and Leroy, who also graduated from the public schools, and was later united in marriage with Anna Downham, and lives in Wash¬ ington township. Wade died aged ten years, and William A. died, aged thirty years.

Monroe Martin

Monroe Martin, farmer, Camden, Indiana, was born on August 1, 1858, in Jackson township, Carroll county, and is a son of Andrew J. and Jane A. (Mabbitt) Martin. His early youth was spent on his father's farm and his education was obtained by attending the district schools during the winter, his services being required in connection with the farm work during the summers. He was married at the age of twenty-three years and started out for himself on a rented farm, which he afterward bought. He was very poor at the beginning of his business career, but was a hard worker and a good manager, all of which has resulted in his present splendid home place, situated in Jackson township, three miles northeast of Camden, and consisting of one hundred and twenty-two acres of good farm land, known as "White Barn Farm." Mr. Martin owns altogether over two hundred acres. Politically, Mr. Martin has always voted the Democratic ticket, and has shown his public spirit by serving on the advisory board of the town¬ ship. He belongs to the Baptist church, of which he has always been an active member and a liberal supporter. He took a prominent part in the organization of the Co-operative Telephone Company, of which he is the manager, and owns considerable stock in the company.

Andrew J. Martin, father of the subject of this sketch, was born on March 10, 1828, in Butler county, Ohio, and came with his parents to Indiana in 1832, settling on the old Martin homestead, where he spent the remainder of his life. His wife, Jane A. (Mabbitt) Martin, still lives on the old home farm. Mr. Martin was reared to young manhood on the home farm, located east of Camden, which he afterward purchased. This farm consisted of one hundred and sixty acres, to which he added two acres, and was also the owner of other valuable property at the time of his death, which took place in 1906. Politically, he was a stanch Democrat, while his religious sympathies were with the Baptist church. Fraternally, he was allied with the Mt. Zion Lodge No. 21 1, Free and Accepted Masons. Mr. and Mrs. Martin were the parents of seven children, of whom those living in 1915 are: Monroe; Mary E., who is single; Charles, also single; Jesse, a retired farmer, living at Camden, Indiana, and Anna B., who is the wife of William Stumbaugh, of Camden.

Monroe Martin was united in marriage on August 10, 1881, with Martha Lennon, daughter of Robert S. and Sarah J. (Caldwell) Lennon. She was born on July 8, 1858, in Cass county, Indiana, and was reared in Carroll county, where she was educated. To this union have been born two children. John R., born on September 13, 1882, who was married to Anna Ringer, and now lives on his father's farm. They have two children, Julia and Ernest. Ellen J., born on October 24, 1884, is the wife of Harlin Fox, and lives on the old Robert Lennon homestead, where he is a successful agriculturist. They are the parents of two children, Mary Jane and Law¬ rence Benjamin.

The Lesh family have been prominent in the public life of Carroll county, Indiana, for almost a century, Jonathan Lesh having settled in Rock Creek township, Carroll county, Indiana, shortly after the state was admitted to the Union in 1816. W. H. Lesh is a man who, for nearly a half century, has been an honored and respected citizen of the county. Formerly a farmer, he engaged in the livery business in Flora some twenty years ago and continued in that business until he embarked in the real-estate and loan business, in which he was engaged at the time of his election as county treasurer in November, 1912. He is numbered among the enterprising and progressive citizens of Carroll county, and the definite recognition of his worth as a man and a citizen was fittingly bestowed in his triumphant elec¬ tion to one of the most responsible offices within the gift of his fellow citizens.

W. H. Lesh was born on November 4, 1857, in Rock Creek township, Carroll county, Indiana, on what is known as the old Lesh homestead, where his grandfather, Jonathan Lesh, had settled in early pioneer days. W. H. Lesh is a son of Baltzer Benjamin and Eliza A. (Clippinger) Lesh, natives of Pennsylvania, and of Cass county, Indiana, respectively. His paternal grandparents were Jonathan and Rachel Ellen Lesh, both of whom came to Indiana from Pennsylvania. Baltzer B. Lesh was a farmer by occupation, having come to this county with his parents from Pennsylvania, and settled with them on the Lesh homestead then situated on a prominent stage line. Baltzer B. Lesh subsequently located on a farm in Cass county, Indiana, about a mile and a half from the old homestead, and there he lived until his death in February, 1904. His widow is still living. They were the parents of nine children, of whom one, Rachel Ellen, the third born, who was the wife of John Hines, is deceased. Almeda is the wife of John Benner, of Clinton township. W. H. is the immediate subject of this review. Jennie M. is the wife of F. M. West, of Rock Creek township. Margaret A., is the wife of Samuel Stewart, a farmer of Rock Creek township. Nancy Madison is the wife of John McCormick, of the Carroll County Trust Com¬ pany. A. L. is a farmer living in Rock Creek township. J. H. is engaged in the livery business at Camden, Indiana. Ziba S. lives on the farm in Cass county.

Born and reared on the farm in Carroll county, W. H. Lesh is the only member of the family born on his grandfather's old homestead. Mr. Lesh lived on the farm until 1895, having in the meantime received a liberal education in the common schools and at Valparaiso University.

In December, 1883, W. H. Lesh was married to Susan C. Houston, the daughter of Benjamin F. Houston, and a native of Henry county, Missouri, her father having been a native of Ohio who emigrated to Missouri and there enlisted for service in the Union army. Of the three children born to Mr. and Mrs. Lesh, one child, Dwana May, is deceased; Bessie A. is the wife of Okall Vorhees, of Mishawaka, Indiana, and Benjamin B. is serving as deputy county treasurer.

Mr. Lesh has not been engaged in farming since 1895. After having taken up the livery business at Flora, Indiana, in which he remained until 1903, he took up the real-estate and loan business, serving in the meantime as justice of the peace. He continued at this business until his election as treasurer of Carroll county, November, 1912. He had been previously nominated in the Democratic county convention held in June of that year. Mr. Lesh took the office of county treasurer on January 1, 1913, for a term of two years.

W. H. Lesh is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and the Knights of Pythias. Mr. and Mrs. Lesh and family are members of the Presbyterian church.

Calvin C. Orahood

Calvin C. Orahood, the subject of the following biographical sketch, followed educational work for a number of years, and after a thorough investigation of the merits of the insurance business, decided upon that line for his vocational work, and is duly entitled to his successful achievement.

Calvin C. Orahood, general insurance man, Camden, Indiana, was born on January 17, 1857, in Logan county, Ohio, and is a son of Walter and Rebecca J. Orahood. His early youth was spent on his father's farm in Ohio, and he came with his parents to Camden in 1872, where he obtained his elementary education in the public schools, afterward attending Indiana State University. After completing his education, Mr. Orahood taught for seven years in the public schools of Carroll county, which work he discon¬ tinued in order that he might engage in the insurance business, in which he saw great possibilities.

The present successful business, which Mr. Orahood has built from the ground up, is a witness to the fact that he made no mistake in his judg¬ ment. Politically, Mr. Orahood is a strong believer in Republican policies, while his religious belief lies with the Lutheran church, in which he officiates as one of the deacons, and has been superintendent of the Sunday school for the past twenty years, contributing liberally to both church and Sunday school work. Fraternally, he belongs to Mt. Zion Lodge No. 21 1, Free and Accepted Masons. His present insurance business covers fire, live stock and general insurance.

Walter Orahood, father of the subject of this sketch, was born, reared, educated and married in Logan county, Ohio. His wife was Rebecca (Skid¬ more) Orahood. They came to Indiana in 1864, locating in Rock Creek township, this county, moving later to Jackson township. Mr. Orahood was connected with the Vandalia railroad for over twenty years, but gave this employment up in order that he might follow agricultural pursuits. He moved to a farm in Deer Creek township, and later to Jefferson township, Carroll county, where he and his wife spent the remainder of their lives. Mr. Orahood earned all he owned through hi^ own efforts. Politically, he was a loyal Democrat, and both he and his wife were members of the Bap¬ tist church. They were the parents of four children, two of whom are deceased. The two living in 1915 are Ira D. Orahood, who resides at Chicago, and Calvin C.

Calvin C. Orahood was united in marriage on March 6, 1879, with Anna E. Baker, daughter of Peter Baker. She was born in Pennsylvania and moved to Sterling, Illinois, from- where she moved to Camden, Indiana, in 1870, with her parents. This union has been blest with three children, Edwin W., born on March 6, 1881, and was graduated from the Camden high school, after which he was graduated in pharmacy at Purdue Univer¬ sity, and is now a successful druggist at Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He was married to Maude Fowler. The other two children were Marie and Floyd D., both of whom died in infancy.

Having spent so many years of his life in Carroll county, Mr. Orahood has so interwoven his life and business with the citizenship of Camden and the surrounding territory that he has become a leading and prominent factor.

John S. Armitage was born in Alexandria, Huntington County, Penn¬ sylvania, September 19, 1825, and moved to Logansport, Indiana, in iS 6, and from there to Delphi, in 1837. His father was a contractor on tne Wabash and Erie canal. In 1846 he enlisted in Company G, at Logans¬ port, in the First Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in the Mexican War. The company left for the seat of war, in April, 1846, went to Madi¬ son, and from there by steamer to New Orleans, where it crossed the Gulf to Mexico. At the close of the war, the company was discharged at New Orleans, and the soldiers paid their way home, after receiving seven dollars per month. Mr. Armitage was one of the men who went to the gold fields of California in 1849. After several years spent on the Pacific coast, he returned and was married to Mrs. Emaline (Connelly) Burns, who died on February 10, 1893. Mr. Armitage has been an active member of the Old Settlers' Society, and served as president two years. He is now eighty-nine years old, and enjoying good health.

Eli Beard

Representing one of the oldest and best-known families of Clay town¬ ship, and a man of enterprising spirit and sterling worth, the venerable Eli Beard is well entitled to notice among the substantial farmers of Carroll county. He has lived a long and useful life in this county, having been brought here when an infant bv his parents.

Eli Beard is a native of Darke county, Ohio, born on June 7, 1835. His parents were John and Sophia (Moore) Beard, who moved to Carroll county in 1835 and settled south of Pyrmont, in Clay township. They lived here for a short time, purchasing eighty acres of land from Mr. Murphy and eighty acres from Mr. Wagoner. A part of this land has been in the possession of the Beard family ever since. John and Sophia (Moore) Beard had nine children, namely: John M. is deceased; Permilla married John Welder, and both are deceased; Sarah was the wife of William Nice, but both are deceased; Mary Jane, who married Mr. Mooney, is deceased, as is her husband; Rachel and her husband, who was Mr. St. John, are deceased; Jermina and her husband, who was Mr. Bates, are also deceased; William is 'deceased; Alexander lives in Oklahoma, and Eli is the subject of this sketch. John Beard, the father of these children, was a farmer and passed away in the prime of life. His wife, however, lived to a ripe old age and died in Texas.

Eli Beard received only a common-school education in the public schools of Clay township. He lived at home with his parents until October 4, 1857, when he was married to Mary Jane Hughes, a daughter of John and Eliza¬ beth Hughes, the former of whom was born in Adams county, Ohio, and the latter in Carroll county, Indiana. John Hughes was the son of William Hughes, a native of Ohio, who served in the War of 1812. The family came to Carroll county at a very early date, when the county was still wild, the journey from Ohio to Indiana being made on horseback. William Hughes lived to become a very old man, dying at the age of past ninety years, near Delphi. John Hughes was a stanch Democrat. By his mar¬ riage to Elizabeth Rowabaugh there were born three children, namely: Mrs. Eli Beard ; John Wesley Hughes, who died in infancy, and William H., who lives in Clay township. Eli died in August, 1914. The mother of these children died in 1843, and, after her death, John Hughes married Eliza Bugher, who bore him several children as follow : Newton, George, Martin, Isabelle, Levina (deceased), Snyethance, Ida, Tabitha and John J. (deceased).

To Mr. and Mrs. Eli Beard have been born seven children, four of whom are living: Sophia is the wife of Joseph Bohm, of Flora, Indiana; John L. lives in Ockley; Minerva died at the age of three years; Edward T. is a farmer of Tippecanoe county and served as county recorder in Carroll county for eight years, being at the time a resident of Clay township, but later removing to Tippecanoe county; Russell died at the age of twentyfive years, being a school teacher by profession; David O. is a resident of Indianapolis; Florence married Jacob McManus and died on March 20, 1905.

Eli Beard owns two hundred acres of well-improved land, which includes the farm upon which he was reared. He has lived in Clay town¬ ship continuously since he was brought to the county in 1835, at which time he was only six months old. The house in which Mr. Beard and his family lived was erected in 1861 by himself. Since 1901 Mr. Beard has lived retired.

Fraternally, Eli Beard is a member of Mount Olive Lodge No. 48, Free and Accepted Masons at Delphi. He is a stanch Democrat and has been more or less active in politics all his life, although he has never filled office. Mr. and Mrs. Beard spent two winters in California and the last three winters in Florida.

William B. Coble

William B. Coble, who is one of the most extensive landowners of Adams township, Carroll county, Indiana, and who is now living retired after having spent a most active and useful life in agriculture, is one of the oldest citizens of the township and a native not only of Carroll county, but of Jefferson township, where he lives. Year by year he has added to his holdings in farm property until now, at the advanced age of eighty years, he owns, together with his wife, six hundred and seventy-two acres of fine farming land in this county.

Mr. Coble was born in Carroll county, Indiana, on July 19, 1835. and is the son of David and Mary (Brady) Coble, the former of whom was born near Dayton, Ohio, on September 10, 1810. and who died in Jeffer¬ son township, Carroll county, Indiana, in 1873, at the age of sixty-three years. Mary (Brady) Coble, to whom David Coble was married when twenty-five years old, was the daughter of William and Jane (Davis)

William B. Coblk And Family

Brady. The Bradys claimed relationship with Jefferson Davis, the president of the Southern Confederacy. Mary Brady was born in Tippecanoe county, Indiana, although her parents were natives of Maryland. She died on August 24, 1837, when still a young woman, leaving two children, William B., the subject of this sketch, and Jefferson R., who died in Missouri. After her death, David Coble married Deborah Hobson, the daughter of Benjamin Hobson, a native of North Carolina. She died on October 19, 1880, at the age of sixty-four years, having borne her husband seven children, Eliza, Nelson J., Sarah Jane, Daniel, John, Riley, and Manford. Eliza is the wife of Asbury Gosley. Nelson J., who served his country during the Civil War, died shortly thereafter. Sarah Jane, deceased, was the wife of Henry Heiny. Daniel married Louise Peterson and lives in Adams township. He has three children, Reilly, who married George Finley, lives in Indianapolis. Manford is deceased.

The late David Coble, who had farmed for his father when a boy, later bought one hundred and sixty acres of land in Jefferson township, Carroll county, to which he added until, at the time of his death in 1873, owned two hundred and forty acres. Before the organization of the Republican party, he was identified with the Whig party, but thereafter voted the Repub¬ lican ticket.

William B. Coble, having received a common-school education, began life on his own responsibility in 1857, at the time of his marriage. He first rented from his father a farm in Adams township, but during the fol¬ lowing years bought eighty acres of land in Adams township, which he leased. He then farmed his father-in-law's farm for five years and after that moved onto his own eighty acres of land, farming this for six years. Recently he purchased fifty-three acres, most of which he cleared and to which he made valuable improvements, including the erection of buildings, drainage and fencing. In the meantime he bought one hundred and twenty acres more land and afterward two tracts of eighty and eighty-nine acres, making in all four hundred and thirty-eight acres, which he himself owned. In addition, Mr. Coble's wife owns two hundred and thirty-four acres, so that together they own six hundred and seventy-two acres.

William B. Coble was married, on March 15, 1857, to Sarah Crowel, the daughter of Abraham and Catherine (Million) Crowel, natives of the Buckeye state. Mrs. Coble was born in Miami county, Ohio, on January 15, 1839. Her father, who was a farmer by occupation, a Democrat in politics and a member of the Dunkard church, emigrated from Ohio to Jefferson township, Carroll county, Indiana, where he spent the rest of his life. He was twice married, the first time to Catherine Million, by whom he had eight children, and the second time to Anna Newman, by whom he had seven children.

Mr. and Mrs. William B. Coble have had six children, namely : Lawson, who is a farmer in Adams township, married Tina Shawhan and they have one child; Mayard Harry was killed when sixteen years old; Arthur married Nettie Fidler and lives near Rockfield; they have three children; Martha Emma, who lives at home with her parents, married David Showhand and they have one child; Abraham, who married Grace Gibson and has five children, lives on a farm east of his father; Ella May, who married James Tyner, lives on her mother's farm, near Lockport.

Mr. and Mrs. Coble are members of the Christian church. Mr. Coble is a Prohibitionist in politics and served for several terms on the advisory board of Adams township. He is known throughout the community where he lives, not only as a successful farmer, but as an upright, honorable, highly respected man and citizen.

William M. Campbell

William M. Campbell, who is the scion of a pioneer family of Carroll county, a former teacher in the Carroll county public schools, a trustee of Clay township for four years, and who is now prominent in Masonic circles in Carroll county, is a native of the township where he lives, having been born on August 29, 1873.

Mr. Campbell is the son of Albert M. and Mary J. (Smith) (Garst) Campbell, the former of whom was born on September 14, 1837, in Clay township. He was the son of Moses and Rebecca (Mooney) Campbell, both of whom died in Clav township, the former at the age of sixty-three and the latter at the age of fifty-five. Both were members of the Christian church. Moses Campbell had immigrated to Carroll county, Indiana, from Ohio, and was among the early settlers of Clay township. By his marriage to Rebecca Mooney, there were born seven children, Albert M. ; James C.. who served three years and six months in the Forty-sixth Indiana Volunteer Infantry and died at the age of seventy years in 1905; Mary, who married Peter Herron and lives near Buck Creek in Tippecanoe county; Anna, the widow of John Smith of Frankfort; N. C., who resided in Madison town¬ ship until his death in 1908, served three years under General Sherman in

Company C, Seventy-second Indiana Volunteer Infantry; Martha, when last heard from was living in the West; Daniel, who lives in the state of Wash¬ ington.

William M. Campbell's mother was born at Romney, Indiana, in 1843, the daughter of Richard Smith, who was a native of New Jersey and who immigrated to Romney, Indiana, at a very early date. He had five children, only one of whom is living, Lewis, who was killed at Haines Bluff during the Civil War; Rachel, who married John M. Beard, both now deceased; Mary J., who was first married to Joseph Garst and, later, to Albert M. Campbell; Louisa, who married Thomas Gwinn, both now deceased, and John M., who lives in Joplin, Missouri.

The late Albert M. Campbell was twice married, first to Rebecca Shelley, and to them was born one daughter, who married John Hufford. After the death of Mrs. Rebecca Campbell, Albert Campbell was married to Mary J. (Smith) Garst, the widow of Joseph Garst. By her first marriage, she had three children, Addie, who died in infancy; Elizabeth, who married William Fetterhoff, of Clay township, and Deborah, who married Matthew A. Clark, of Pratt, Kansas. To the union of Albert M. Campbell and Mrs. Mary J. Garst, three children were born, George, who died at the age of eight years; William M.. the subject of this sketch, and Roscoe A., who lives at Pratt, Kansas.

William M. Campbell received the rudiments of an education in the common schools of Clay township. Later, he was a student at the Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute for six terms and then taught for seven years in the schools of Clay township.

On April 13, 1904, Mr. Campbell was married to Cora Burkhalter, the daughter of Paul and Mary (Gheres) Burkhalter, the former of whom was born in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, December 7, 1846, and who was married to Mary Gheres, June 3, 1873. To them were born four children, all of whom are living: Irvin, who lives on the home farm, married Cynthia Mellinger and has one daughter, Ruth; Cora, the wife of Mr. Camp¬ bell; Charles W., who lives near Frankfort, and Ida, the wife of William Snyder, of Indianapolis. Mrs. Paul Burkhalter died on May 29, 1915. She was a member of the Reformed church, as is also her husband who survives her. He is the son of William and Eliza (Fatzinger) Burkhalter, both of whom were natives of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania. Paul Burk¬ halter owns one hundred and sixty acres of well-improved land in Clay township, but has been living retired since 1907.

on August 31, 1898. Both were members of the Baptist church. At the time of their death, they left their two sons comfortably situated. William M. owns a large and fertile farm and is a well-known cattle feeder and shipper.

From 1904 until 1908, Mr. Campbell served as trustee of Clay town¬ ship, having been elected as a Republican. Mrs. Campbell is a member of the Reformed Lutheran church and Mr. Campbell is a member of the Baptist church. He is a member of the York Rite Masons of Delphi and belongs to the Blue lodge at Rossville, Indiana.

John J. Draper

It is eminently proper to determine the success of a man by the estima¬ tion in which he is held by his fellow citizens. They have an opportunity to know all about him and especially how he conducts himself in the rela¬ tions of society and are therefore competent to pass opinion upon the merits and demerits. In this connection it is not too much to say that John J. Draper, a former commissioner from the third district of Carroll county, has attained a career of unusual distinction in the political life of Carroll county. Moreover, he is a large landowner in Democrat township, popular, especially in the neighborhood where he lives.

John J. Draper is a native of Democrat township, born on April 25, 1855, the son of Stephen and Martha (Floyd) Draper, both of whom emi¬ grated from Ohio to Iowa, where in 1851 or 1852 they purchased a farm and stayed for three years. They then removed to the Hoosier state and lived for a time in Carroll county and Clinton county. Mrs. Martha (Floyd) Draper died when her son, John J., was only thirteen years old. A short time afterward he left home and worked out for neighboring farmers for a period of fifteen years. Subsequently, he went in partnership with his brother, William. This arrangement continued for eighteen years, during which time they were engaged in farming and stock raising.

Stephen and Martha (Floyd) Draper had seven children, four girls and three boys, four of whom are living. The names of the Draper chil¬ dren are as follow: Nancy married John Shank; Sarah Catherine, the wife of James Jackson; John J., the subject of this sketch; William; Hattie, who died in Cutler; Ellen, who married Oscar Rantschler, of Clinton county, and Charles, deceased.

On April 16, 1885, John J. Draper was married to Matilda Hinkle, the daughter of Joseph and Nancy (Cook) Hinkle, who had come to Indiana from Pennsylvania after their marriage, although they lived in Carroll county in their later years only. Joseph and Nancy (Cook) Hinkle had twelve children, three of whom are deceased. J. W. resides in South Bend; William E. is a prosperous farmer of Democrat township; Anna lives with her brother, William E. ; J. C. is a resident of Davenport, Iowa; Joseph M. died in Logansport; Matilda is the wife of John Draper, the subject of this sketch; Anderson B. died at Walkerton; Ida May is the wife of Dr. W. A. Trobaugh; Wilson B. lives in Davenport, Iowa; Elizabeth is the wife of William McCarty, of Frankfort; Sadie is the wife of Fletcher McDaniels, of Indianapolis ; Effie died at the age of twenty years.

After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Draper purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land covered with swamp and woods and added to this tract until, at the end of eighteen years, they had two hundred and forty acres apiece.

Mr. and Mrs. John J. Draper have had one child, Cecil Leo, born on August 2, 1887, who is a graduate of the local high school and who spent three years as a student of the law course at Bloomington and three years at Ann Arbor, Michigan.

In 1902 John J. Draper was elected commissioner of Carroll county and served altogether eight years, until 1910. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge at Delphi and has been prominent in fraternal circles in this section of Carroll county.

Isaac Heiny

Among the representative citizens of Jefferson township, Carroll county, Indiana, is Isaac Heinv, a retired farmer who enjoys the admiration and respect, in no small degree, of his neighbors and fellow citizens. As a selfmade man he is a splendid example of what may be accomplished by hard and conscientious work and strict attention to business. He owns one hun¬ dred and sixty-six acres of well-improved land and occupies a magnificent farm house, which he himself erected.

Mr. Heiny is a native of Jefferson township, Carroll county, Indiana, having been born on January 21, 1843. He is the son of Henry and Magda¬ lena (Schock) Heinv, the former, the eighth child of Samuel and Barbara

(Stern) Heiny, was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, on September 18, 1809, and who died on June 30, 1898, at the home of his son, Isaac, the subject of this sketch. Henry Heiny was the last survivor of his father's family and lived to be the eldest in the family. Magdalena Schock, the daughter of Jacob and Susan (Whistler) Schock, who was married to Henry Heiny, April 21, 1832, was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, October 6. 1811, and died on April 10, 1892.

Henry and Magdalena (Schock) Heiny had thirteen children, as fol¬ low: Anna, born on November 1, 1832, in Wayne county, Indiana, died on September 16, 1833; Susanna, November 1, 1833, m Wayne county, died on January 3, 1847; Barbara, July 13, 1836, in Wayne county, married James A. Pruitt on March 17, 1857; Magdalena, October 5, 1838, in Carroll county, died on October 17, 1838; Esther, October 31, 1839, in Carroll county, married John Patten on January 30, 1859, Mr. Patten dying March 12, 1909, and she died in 1915; Elizabeth, November 8, 1840, Carroll county, married Isaac Marquess on September 25, 1859; Isaac is the subject of this sketch; Benjamin, November 21, 1844, died on February 17, 1865; Abraham, June 9, 1847, in Carroll county, died on June 27, 1878; Mary Ann, January 25, 1849, in Carroll county, married, October 6, 1870, to John Million, who was born in Miami county, Ohio, on July 9, 1847; Henry, Jr., March 13, 1851, in Carroll county, married Sarah Fisher on June 7. 1877, in Delphi, Indiana; Jacob, September 12, 1852, died on August 30, 1853, and Samuel, November 5, 1854, in Carroll county, died on August 31, 1855.

The late Henry Heiny was a blacksmith bv trade, having served his apprenticeship under his brother, Abraham, in Wayne county, Indiana. After removing to Carroll cpunty, he divided his time between farming and blacksmithing.

Isaac Heiny was educated in the common schools of Jefferson town¬ ship and lived at home with his parents until November 28, 1869, when he was married to Mahala Gates, a daughter of Roderick and Sarah Gates, both of whom were devout members of the Brethren church. Mr. Gates was a Democrat in politics.

As the fruit of their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Heiny have had two chil¬ dren, Thvrza and Fannie Learn. Thyrza attended school at Angola, Indi¬ ana; she is a stenographer, and lives at home. Fannie Learn is the wife of Carl Metz and has borne him one daughter, Mary Isabelle.

he retired from active farming, but continued to live on the farm. He has a host of friends in Jefferson township, but is quite well known throughout Carroll county.