Carroll County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1916 (part 1 of 12)

Biographical sketches

In the largest , and best sense of the term, Charles R. Pollard is dis¬ tinctively one of the notable men of his day in Indiana, his reputation extending far beyond the bounds of his county and state; therefore his life record is entitled to a conspicuous place in the annals of his county. It is scarce less than supererogation in outlining the leading facts in his life to refer to him as a lawyer in the ordinary phraseology which meets require¬ ments when dealing with the average member of the legal profession. A master of his profession, he has for many years been a leader among men distinguished for the high order of their legal talent, and has been identified as counsel with many of the most important caees tried in the courts of the middle West.

Charles R. Pollard was born on August 9, 1845, m ^le city Mobile, Alabama, and is a son of Robert and Lydia (Garrett) Pollard, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Ireland. Robert Pollard died when the subject of this review was but twelve years old. Charles R. Pollard received his education in the common schools of Mobile and the State University of Alabama, at Tuscaloosa. In November, 1865, with his mother, two sisters and a brother, he came to Delphi, Indiana, where he entered the employ of his uncle, Dr. Anthony Garrett, in the county clerk's office. Soon afterward he took up the study of law and, in January, 1869, he was admitted to the Carroll county bar. For several years he was asso¬ ciated in the practice with Hon. Barnard B. Daily, and then maintained a partnership with Judson Applegate until the latter moved to the state of Washington, about twenty years ago, since which time Mr. Pollard has remained alone in the practice. For over two decades he has had his office in the Centennial block, Delphi, and possesses the largest and most com¬ plete law library in the city, numbering over three thousand volumes.

either the prosecution or defense in twenty-eight murder cases alone, besides many others of scarcely less importance. A few of the most im¬ portant of these cases are the following: Associated in the prosecution of W. H. Lee, charged with the murder of Benjamin Tea in Tippecanoe county, resulting in conviction and a life sentence for the defendant; defended Minnie Babbitt, of Marion county, on a charge of murdering her child, the trial resulting in acquittal ; her two brothers, charged as accomplices, took a change of venue to Boone county, where they were acquitted; assisted the state in the trial of Brooks and Carr, charged with, the murder of Slater in Cass county; the case was brought to Carroll county on a change of venue and the trial resulted in conviction. Brooks being hung and Carr receiving a life sentence; in this case, which occurred in 1871, Senator David Turpie was attorney for the defendants. Mr. Pollard was associated with Daniel W. Voorhees, at Annapolis, Maryland, in the defense of Johnson, charged with the killing of his wife, and secured an acquittal. In the case of Alex¬ ander Keys, charged with the killing of his father-in-law, Benjamin Stew¬ art, at Flora, and which case was venued to Tippecanoe county, Mr. Pollard assisted in the prosecution and secured a conviction, the defendant receiving a life sentence. Mr. Pollard defended Riley Mullendore, who was charged with the first degree murder of Grover C. Cook in Tippecanoe county in 1913. In the trial in that county, the jury disagreed and the case was sent to Carroll county on a change of venue and tried there in January, 1915. After a bitterly contested trial, which lasted six weeks, the defendant was acquitted. In his long and busy career as a lawyer, Mr. Pollard has exhib¬ ited a weight of character; a native sagacity, a far-seeing judgment and a fidelity of purpose that has commanded the respect of all. Indomitable perseverance has been one of the keynotes to his success, and yet, hard fighter as he has been, he has always adhered so closely to the professional code of ethics that he has enjoyed the fullest confidence of his brethren at the bar.

In 1873 Governor Thomas A. Hendricks appointed Mr. Pollard prose¬ cuting attorney for the eleventh judicial circuit, comprising Cass and Carroll counties, and in the following year he was elected to that office. During President Cleveland's first administration Mr. Pollard was appointed judge of the federal court of Montana. In 1888 he was the delegate from the ninth congressional district to the Democratic national convention, which renominated Mr. Cleveland for the presidency. Judge Pollard served a num¬ ber of years as county attorney and city attorney, and rendered efficient service to his community in these capacities.

In 1869 Judge Pollard married Lillie M. Pigman, the daughter of G. W. Pigman, and to them were born three children, two sons, George and William, deceased, and Mrs. Mabel Isherwood, of Lafayette.

Politically, Judge Pollard has given his earnest support to the Demo¬ cratic party and has been influential in the councils of that organization. Unostentatious, open-hearted and candid in manner, the judge has, never¬ theless, made a definite impress on the life of the community and has con¬ tributed to its progress and development.

Among the men who stand as distinguished types of the world's work¬ ers, Dr. Charles C. Crampton, a well-known physician of Delphi, Carroll county, Indiana, is a man of fine intellectual and professional attainment, of most gracious personality and a strong and noble character. He has labored with rare zeal in the practice of medicine and has lent honor and dignity to the profession. Now in the prime of life he enjoys a large prac¬ tice in Delphi and Carroll county. Dr. Crampton was born on June 15, 1872, in Logansport, Indiana, and is the son of the Hon. A. B. and Louvisia (Alford) Crampton, the former of whom was born in Elkhart, Indiana, and who was the editor of the Citizen's Times, of Delphi, and governor of the Marion Soldiers' Home.

Charles C. Crampton was educated in the Delphi high school and at Notre Dame Academy, from which he was graduated in 1889. Afterward he entered Purdue University and was graduated from the pharmaceutical course in 1891. He then spent two years at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Chicago, and afterward in the Kentucky School of Medicine at Louisville, graduating with the class of 1893. He began the practice of medicine immediately at Delphi and was first in partnership with Dr. W. Smith. Since the latter's death, Doctor Crampton has been in the practice alone.

In 1900 Dr. Charles C. Crampton was married to Flora B. Fisher, a native of the Hoosier state and a granddaughter of Robert Fisher, a promin¬ ent pioneer citizen of the Hoosier state. Doctor and Mrs. Crampton have one son, William, who is eleven years old.

ical Society and the Eleventh District of Indiana Counselor's Association of Railway Surgeons. He is prominent in Masonic circles and also belongs to the Knights of Pythias and the Elks. Politically, Doctor Crampton is a Democrat.

John A. Cartwright

Any history of Carroll county, embracing the political, business and financial phases of its record, would be incomplete were there failure to make specific mention of the gentleman whose name appears above. For half a century he has been a prominent figure in the life of the community and has had a large part in its progress and development.

John A. Cartwright was born on November 17, 1830, in Trumbull county, Ohio, the son of John and Margaret (McCorkle) 'Cartwright, who were natives of Virginia and Pennsylvania, respectively. John Cartwright, who followed the pursuit of farming throughout his active life, was a Demo¬ crat in politics and a man of local prominence, having held a number of township offices. To him and his wife were born ten children, of whom the subject of this sketch is now the only survivor.

John A. Cartwright, after completing the public school course in his native state, attended Mt. Union Seminary, at Mt. Union, Ohio, and in 1852 entered the University of Indiana, graduating therefrom in 1855. During the following three years he was at the head of Sugar Grove Institute, and then, for a like period, served as principal of the Delphi schools. Upon coming to Carroll county, Mr. Cartwright at once became closely identified with the varied interests of the community and during all the years since then he has been a prominent figure here. Soon after coming here he was appointed school examiner and also served as school trustee. In 1868 he was elected mayor of Delphi, being the second incum¬ bent of that office. In 1870 he was elected auditor of Carroll county, and in 1874 he was re-elected to that office by the largest majority ever received by a candidate for a county office in Carroll county, and this, too, in face of the fact that his opponent was a well-known and highly esteemed citizen. In 1884 Mr. Cartwright was elected representative to the state Legislature, serving one term with honor to himself and to the satisfaction of his con¬ stituents. Subsequently he served as a member of the county council. In all these positions of responsibility Mr. Cartwright ever kept the best inter¬ ests of the community uppermost and his official record was characterized by promptness, accuracy and sound business methods.

For many years Mr. Cartwright was engaged in the lime business, in which he met with success. In 1892 he became identified with the banking business, beginning his career in that line in the A. H. Bowen & Company bank. Subsequently, in company with Edward W. Bowen and others, he organized the bank of E. W. Bowen & Company. This institution was suc¬ cessful from the start and later was changed to a state bank, being now known as the Delphi State Bank. Mr. Cartwright has remained actively identified with this bank and is now its president. He is also the owner of several hundred acres of good Carroll county land, in the operation of which he has been successful, and during the past twenty-five years he has given considerable attention to stock raising. Mr. Cartwright is a very active man, finding the keenest pleasure in work, and the statement that he has never taken but one vacation is evidence of his determination to "work out, rather than rust out." He is deeply interested in all phases of the com¬ munity life and gives his unreserved support to every movement looking to the betterment of the people.

Politically, Mr. Cartwright has been prominent in the ranks of the Democratic party and, though wisely conservative, has taken a healthy inter¬ est in the success of that party. Fraternally, he has for many years been a member of the Masonic order and at the present time is probably the oldest living Mason in Carroll county.

In 1861 John A. Cartwright was married to Susannah Hiett, of Tippe¬ canoe county, and to them five children have been born, as follow : Jessie, deceased, was the wife of Dr. Wycliffe Smith, of Delphi; John H., an attorney in Delphi, married Stella McAfee; George, who is cashier of the Delphi State Bank, married Blanche Gilliland and they have two children, John A. and Willard; Mary is deceased; Josephine is the wife of George R. Ives and the mother of three children, Mary, Joseph T. and John H.

Russell D. Voorhees

It is the progressive, wide-awake young man who makes the real his¬ tory of a community. His influence as a potential factor in the community of his residence is hard to estimate. The examples successful young men furnish of patient purpose and steadfast integrity illustrate what every young man may accomplish. There is always a full measure of satisfaction in referring even in a casual way to the achievements of successful men, because they give strength and solidity to the institutions which reflect the prosperity of a community. Such a young man is Russell D. Voorhees, one of the proprietors of the Voorhees Lumber Company, of Flora, Indiana.

Mr. Voorhees, who is a young man of far more than average ability, has enjoyed rather exceptional educational advantages. He was bom on January 19, 1892, in Flora, and is the son of Charles and Addie (Roach) Voorhees. The late Charles Voorhees, who died on July 4, 1913, was a native of Monroe township, born in 1865. He was educated in the district schools and, at the age of nineteen, became interested in the lumber business and, for some time, was a partner in the firm of Voorhees Brothers. In 1893 he sold his interest and engaged in the livery business at Flora for a short time. He then moved to a farm in Monroe township, but, after living there for eighteen months, sold out and established a lumber yard at Monon, Indiana, in 1899. After selling the lumber yard at Monon, he purchased a yard at Gaston, Indiana, in 1901, but left Gaston to return to Flora, where, with his brother, R. D. Voorhees, he started the Voorhees Lumber Company. In 1907 he organized the Flora Saw-Mill Company and three years later engaged in the automobile business, with which he was connected at the time of his death.

In 1886 Charles Voorhees was married to Addie Roach, who was a native of Young America, Cass county, Indiana, and who died on August 18, 1915. To them were born two children, Mabel, who attended the high school in Monon and is the wife of Roy Good, of Flora, Indiana; and Russell D., the subject of this sketch.

Russell D. Voorhees has spent all of his life in Flora, with the excep¬ tion of two years, when he was a student at Indiana University at Bloom¬ ington. Previously, he had received a good common-school education and was graduated from the Flora high school. Mr. Voorhees was one of the most popular students at the state university during the period of his student¬ ship. He was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity at the university and, since leaving school, has taken a great interest in the affairs of this fraternity and generally is to be found at the fraternity banquets.

In 1912 Russell D. Voorhees engaged in the lumber business with his father. About one year later, on April 2, 1913, he was married to Pauline V. Wood, who was educated in the public schools of Montpelier, Indiana.

Mr. and Mrs. Voorhees are members of the Christian church and Mr. Voorhees is a trustee in the church. Among his other interests, Mr. Voor¬ hees is the organist in the Flora Christian church and he is also otherwise active in church affairs. Fraternally, Russell D. Voorhees is a member of Flora Lodge No. 605, Free and Accepted Masons. He is also a member of the thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Masons and a member of Murat Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Indianapolis. He is senior deacon in the Masonic lodge. Mr. Voorhees also belongs to Fountain City Lodge No. 280, Knights of Pythias. Although nominally identified with the Demo¬ cratic party, he has never taken a great interest in politics. He is energetic in business, personally cordial in his manners, respected and admired in the town where he resides.

Martin W. Eaton

Perhaps no man now active in business in Flora, Carroll county, Indi¬ ana, has enjoyed a more comprehensive experience in business than Martin W. Eaton, secretary and treasurer of the Carroll County Loan, Trust and Savings Company of Flora, Indiana, which Mr. Eaton helped to organize in 1910. The son of a patriotic father who gave four years of his life to the service of his country, Martin W. Eaton has successfully been engaged in farming, in teaching, in the mercantile business and in banking. The fact that stands out conspicuously in all of his commercial ventures is that he has experienced a uniform success in everything to which he has turned his hand.

Mr. Eaton is a native of Monroe township, this county, born east of Bringhurst on March 22, 1866. He is the son of Henry H. and Elizabeth (Witter) Eaton. The father was born in Union county, Indiana, on July 7, 1840, and there grew to manhood. His wife was a native of the same county. They were married in April, 1865, and came to Carroll county the next year. They located on the farm where they lived until the father's death in 1912. When he came to Carroll county, Indiana, he had no prop¬ erty and for several years was a renter. At the time of his death, how1- ever, he owned two hundred and twenty acres of land, practically all of which he had made from the toil of his own hands.

In September, 1861, Henry H. Eaton enlisted in Company G, Thirtysixth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served until September, 1864, when he was honorably discharged. He was wounded at the battle of Rocky Faced Ridge, May 10, 1864. Henry H. and Elizabeth (Witter) Eaton had six children, of whom Martin W., was the eldest; Emma R. is the wife of James McCarty, of Carroll county; Samuel G. is a resident of Fort Collins, Colorado; George E. is a farmer in Carroll county; Anna A. is the wife of J. M. Earley, of Nappannee, Indiana; Roxie B. is the wife of Earl Cleaver, of Isabelle, South Dakota.

Reared on the farm and educated in the district schools of Carroll county, Indiana, especially of Bringhurst, at Franklin College and the Indi¬ anapolis Business College, of Indianapolis, Indiana, Martin W. Eaton taught for some time in the Business College at Crawfordsville* Indiana, after finishing his education for business. Afterwards he went West and for five years was assistant cashier of the Citizen's Bank at McCook, Nebraska. Upon his return to Flora, Indiana, he engaged in the clothing business for twelve years, but sold out. For the next two years he was assistant cashier of the bank at Rossville, Indiana. On June 1, 1910, Mr. Eaton assisted in the incorporation of the Carroll County Loan, Trust and Savings Company, and for the first six months served as president of the institution. He was then elected as secretary and treasurer, which position he now holds.

The second annual report of the Carroll County Loan, Trust and Sav¬ ings Company, issued on March 30, 1912, shows that the deposits had increased from June 1, 1910, the opening day, when they were $38,841.59, to March 30, 1912, to $103,558.56. The total resources of the trust com¬ pany on March 30, 1912, were $130,547.61, and the total liabilities a like amount. The resources were itemized as follow: Loans and discounts, $86,940.43; overdrafts, $26.34; bonds and stocks, $228.67; company's build¬ ing, $11,500.00; furniture and fixtures, $2,500.00; due from banks and trust companies, $23,329.12; cash on hand, $5,866.53; cash items, $156.52. The liabilities are itemized as follow : Capital stock, $25,000.00 ; undivided profits, $736.56; interest, discount and other earnings, $759.24; deposits, $io3,558.56; reserved for street improvement, $493.25. At that time the officers were as follow: Charles E. Smith, president; Charles R. Reist, vice-president; U. D. Guth, vice-president; M. W. Eaton, secretary and treasurer; E. C. Metzger, assistant secretary and treasurer. The directors included, besides the first four officers named, Henry Rinehart, J. L. Acker¬ man and N. E. Knettle.

Mr. Eaton's wife before her marriage was Inez Smith, a native of Lafayette, Indiana,, who was graduated from the Rossville public schools. Mr. and Mrs. Eaton have had two children: Lois M., born on August 4, 1898, is a student in the high school; Henry S., born on November 4, 1899, is also a student in the high school.

Mr. Eaton, besides his interest in the Carroll County Loan, Trust and Savings Company, owns eighty acres of land in Monroe township. Mr. and Mrs. Eaton are members of the Christian church and Mr. Eaton is treasurer of the congregation and takes an active interest in church work.

Fraternally, he is a member of Flora Lodge No. 605, Free and Accepted Masons, and is the present master. He is also a member of Clinton Chap¬ ter, Royal Arch Masons and of Frankfort Council, Royal and Select Masters. He belongs to the Indiana Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Masons at Indianapolis, and to Murat Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is a member of Fountain City Lodge No. 280, Knights of Pythias, in which he is a past chancellor and a member of the grand lodge. Elected as a Republican, he served a term as treasurer of the corporation of Flora. Mr. Eaton is an honorable citizen, a man with generous impulses, con¬ servative in business but nevertheless aggressive where this quality is needed. He not only possesses the confidence of the officers and of the directors of the institution of which he is the executive head, but likewise the confidence of the public generally.

Ellis E. Shookman

In every community there are individuals of marked ability, and as the good standing of the citizenship of any location lies in the honesty, industry and progressiveness of its representative business men, it is a pleasure to briefly outline the career of Mr. Shookman, who is one of the prominent and best-known residents of Burrows. Although the youngest man in his particular line of business, he has shown an aptitude for executive business ability far beyond the average man of his age.

Ellis E. Shookman, cashier, the Farmers State Bank, Burrows, Indi¬ ana, was born on March 17, 1888, near New Hoagland, in Allen county, Indiana, and is a son of George and Lucretia (Merriam) Shookman. His youth was spent among farm scenes, and his education was obtained at the public schools, graduating from the Fort Wayne high school. A short time after completing his education, he was appointed cashier of the Farmers' State Bank, of which he is also a stockholder. Politically, Mr. Shookman is an ardent sympathizer with the principles of the Democratic party, while his religious belief lies with the Methodist Episcopal church. Fraternally, he belongs to Mt. Olive Lodge No. 48, Free and Accepted Masons, and the Burrows Lodge No. 495, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

George Shookman, father of the subject of this sketch, is an agricul¬ turist of Allen county, Indiana. He was united in marriage with Lucretia Merriam, by whom he has had five children : M. O. Shookman, a machinist of Fort Wayne, Indiana; C. O. Shookman, a farmer of Allen county; F. M.

Ellis E. Shookman was united in marriage on November 15, 1911, with Catherine L. Small, daughter of M. F. and Emma (Shaffer) Small. Her education was obtained at the public and high schools at Hoagland, Indiana.

Mr. Shookman is a young man to whom the business of making friends comes as a natural gift, which, combined with his advanced progressive ideas and sound business methods, have won for him the esteem of all who know him.

Reuben R. Bright

Reuben R. Bright, the president of the Bright National Bank, of Flora, Indiana, and a veteran of the Civil War, is to be numbered among the pro¬ gressive and influential citizens of Carroll county. He has figured as one of the builders in the community and is especially worthy of consideration in this connection. By his industry and sound judgment, he has not only built up a substantial fortune for his declining years, but has materially assisted in the general advancement of the community. At the first call to arms issued by President Lincoln he enlisted in Company K, Fifteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, June 8, 1861, and was mustered into service on June 14 of the same year. He spent the first three months of his service in West Virginia with General McClellan, but was subsequently transferred to the Army of the Cumberland, and on December 31, 1862, he was wounded at the battle of Stone's River, being disabled until March, 1863, when he rejoined his regiment. On November 25, 1863, at the battle of Missionary Ridge, he was wounded in his left hand and in the left thigh. These two wounds so disabled him that he was honorably discharged in June, 1864.

Mr. Bright was born near Dayton, Montgomery county, Ohio, April 19, 1839. He is the son of Joseph and Catherine (Hay) Bright, the former of whom was the son of Peter L. and Magdalene (Bowman) Bright. Peter L. Bright was the son of George Bright, a native of Rock¬ ingham county, Virginia. Peter L. Bright grew to manhood in that county and was there married to Magdalene Bowman. In 1828 they located in Montgomery county. Ohio, where they lived until their deaths. They were the parents of ten children, Joseph R.,. Samuel D., George (who died

In 1853 Joseph R. Bright, who had married Catherine Hay, came with his family to Howard county, Indiana, and located near Burlington, where he owned a small farm, and there reared a family of thirteen children. He was a member of the Church of the Brethren and an upright and honorable citizen, passing the remainder of his life in Howard county. Eight of the children are now living, namely: Reuben R., the subject of this sketch; Archie, who was a soldier in Company G, One Hundred and Forty-Seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and is now a resident of the Soldiers' Home at Marion, Indiana; Joseph G. T. ; Barbara M., the widow of James R. Cromer; Mary A., the widow of George Rice; Augusta V., the wife of Andrew Eikenberrv, of Oklahoma; Hannah C., the wife of M. L. Rowland, of Portland, Oregon; Rebecca A., the widow of James McClain, of Cass County. The deceased children are, Lewis and Isaac, who died in the defense of their country; Peachy H. ; Daniel A., a soldier in the Seventyfirst Ohio Volunteer Infantry, who was mustered out of service as an adju¬ tant with the rank of captain, and Jacob.

When Joseph and Catherine (Hay) Bright brought their family to Howard county, Indiana, Reuben R. was only fourteen years old. He had previously attended the public schools of Montgomery county, Ohio, and continued his education in the schools of Howard county. There he grew up on a farm, performing the usual labors which fall to the lot of the average country boy. Having served his country faithfully as a soldier in the Civil War, he returned to Howard county, Indiana, in 1864, and was employed in light farming for about four years thereafter. About this time Mr. Bright was married to Eliza J. Ewing and to them was bom one child, the wife and child both dying shortly after the birth. Mr. Bright was then, for some time, an inmate of the Soldiers' Home at Dayton. In 1873 he came to Flora, Indiana, and engaged in the drug business with Dr. James R. Cromer, an arrangement which continued about twenty-three years. About 1895 he sold out to his partner and moved to Georgia, having been one of the colonists who assisted in laying out the town of Fitzgerald, in that state. After living there for a short time, he sold out, and on July 24, 1897, came back to Flora and purchased the private bank here, which he operated until 1905, when it was reorganized as the Bright National Bank. Mr. Bright, who was the first president of the institution, is still serving in this capacity. The vice-president, at the organization of the bank, was F. C. Horner, and the cashier, Jesse V. Bright. The directors were, Reuben Bright, F. C. Horner, Jesse V. Bright, Van C. Blue, Janies Thompson, M. W. Eaton and George E. Voorhees. The present officers of the institution are, Reuben R. Bright, president; John F. Wickard, vicepresident, and Jesse V. Bright, cashier, The directors are, A. W. Eikenberry, George Wagoner, James Thompson and Warren Knapp. ,

Some time after the death of his first wife, Mr. Bright was married to her sister, Americus Ewing, and to them have been born two children, Jesse V. and Lola M. Jesse V. was educated in the public schools of Flora, Indiana, and the high schools at Frankfort, Indiana, and Chattanooga, Tennessee. He also took a commercial course at Fitzgerald, Georgia. He served as bookkeeper in the Colony Bank at Fitzgerald until he came to Flora, Indiana, and became cashier of the local bank. On November 19, 1901, he was married to Theresa Cloidt, who died on October 9, 1902. She was a graduate of the Valparaiso Normal School and also of the Con¬ servatory of Music at Chicago. She had a beautiful voice and was a popu¬ lar young woman in this community. Lola M. Bright married Warren Knapp, and is now deceased.

Mrs. Americus (Ewing) Bright died at Fitzgerald, Georgia, on June 9, 1898, and Mr. Bright was married to Mrs. Martha M. Webster. She was born in Carroll county, Indiana, July 8, 1855, and is the daughter of Rev. O. H. P. Hannah, a minister in the Methodist Episcopal church. Her mother, whose maiden name was Rachel Gillam, became the mother of fourteen children, of whom Mrs. Bright is the youngest. The latter was educated in the common schools and had married William H. Webster on June 11, 1884. Mr. Webster died on September 30, 1894, leaving no chil¬ dren. They had lived in Missouri for fifteen years and there Mr. Web¬ ster died.

Jesse V. Bright is a thirty-second-degree Mason, a member of the Knights Templar and of Fountain City Lodge No. 263, Knights of Pythias, in which he is a past chancellor and a member of the grand lodge. He is a Republican in politics and prominent in the affairs of the Presbyterian church. Reuben R. Bright is a member of Samuel Stewart Post No. 557, Grand Army of the Republic, and is past commander of the post. Mrs. Bright is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Flora. She is va member of the Woman's Relief Corps, being a charter member of the organization.

the other stockholders. Doctor Lyons is president and Warren Knapp is manager of this company. Notwithstanding his extensive commercial and financial interests, Reuben R. Bright is a modest and unassuming man, who lays no claim to greatness. He is a man of charitable impulses, and has gone about quietly doing good in the community where he lives.

Leander Davis Boyd

There are individuals in nearly every community who, by reason of their pronounced abilities and force of character, rise above the heads of the masses and win for themselves an unbounded measure of popular esteem. Such men always make their presence felt. The vigor of their strong per¬ sonalities serves as a stimulus and an incentive to young men who model their lives after them. To the energetic and enterprising class of self-made men, who have made the great Hoosier state what it is today, Leander Davis Boyd, a member of the firm of Boyd & Julien, lawyers of Delphi, Indiana, very properly belongs. Because of Mr. Boyd's personal worth and accom¬ plishments he is entitled to rank as one of the representative lawyers and citizens of Carroll county.

Leander Davis Boyd was born near Stilesville, Hendricks county, Indi¬ ana, June 12, 1853. His parents, William T. and Elizabeth A. (Boswell) Boyd, were natives of Ohio and North Carolina, respectively. Although William T. Boyd was engaged in dfiving a stage coach, when a young man, on the old National road from Indianapolis to Stilesville, he later settled in Morgan county, now a part of Hendricks county, purchasing a farm of eighty acres, where he died on January 2, 1865, at the age of forty-five years. His son, Leander D., who was then a lad of twelve years, grew up in the healthful and wholesome environment of the farm, sharing both the advan¬ tages and disadvantages of life in the country. The mother died on March 9, 1889, at the age of sixty-three years. Both William T. and Elizabeth A. (Boswell) Boyd were devout members of the Baptist church and Leander D. Boyd was fortunate in having been reared in a home of deeply religious parents.

Mr. Boyd's paternal grandfather, Thomas Boyd, was a native of Penn¬ sylvania and an early settler in Ohio. Both he and his wife died near Lewis Center, Ohio, comparatively early in life. The paternal grandmother, however, survived her husband for several years and married again, her second husband also being a Mr. Boyd. She had one child by the first union and five by the second. Those born to the second union were David, William, Luther, Margaret and Dyene.

The maternal grandparents of Mr. Boyd were Davis and Catherine (Westmoreland) Boswell, who immigrated from North Carolina to Salem, Washington county, Indiana, in pioneer times and from Washington county to Stilesville, Hendricks county, Iridiana, where they were early settlers. Davis Boswell was a blacksmith by trade but afterward engaged in the mer¬ cantile business. He died at Stileville in Hendricks county at an advanced age, after having reared a number of children, among whom were Elizabeth A., Catherine Cosner, William, Charity, Ellen, Davis, Margaret and several who died early in life. The maternal great-grandfather of Mr. Boyd, Will¬ iam Westmoreland, whose wife was Catherine Westmoreland, was a native of North Carolina and a farmer. He and his wife immigrated to Indiana and were pioneers in Morgan and Hendricks counties.

Reared on his father's farm in Hendricks county, Indiana, Leander D. Boyd was educated in the common schools of the county and in the Indiana State Normal, at Terre Haute, which he attended about two years. Mr. Boyd then taught school for about three years, when he took up the study of law, being admitted to the bar in 1880. He began practicing at Delphi in 1881 and, for three years, was engaged in the practice with N. J. Howe. The next seventeen years he practiced alone and, since 1901, Mr. Boyd has been associated with George W. Julien. They have a large legal business in the county court. In fact, their practice frequently extends to the state and federal courts.

On November 27, 1889, Leander D. Boyd was married to Josephine Lyon, the daughter of John L. and Sarah A. (Cox) Lyon, and who was born near Delphi, August 4, 1868. Mrs. Boyd's parents were early settlers in Carroll county and reared a family of four children, Lillie, Belle, Frank, and Josephine. Lillie married George Robbins. Belle married Dr. Stacey T. Nolan, and both are now deceased. Josephine is the wife of Mr. Boyd. Mrs. Boyd's maternal grandfather, Joseph Cox, was a native of Kentucky, who settled in Carroll county, Indiana, in 1829. He was a farmer by occu¬ pation and died well advanced in years.

To Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Boyd have been born two children, Mary Frances and Josephine. The former married Frederick C. Martin and now lives in Delphi, and the latter is a graduate of the Delphi high school as was also her sister, Mary Frances. Josephine enjoys the honor of having been the youngest member of the freshman class in Franklin College.

Mr. and Mrs. Boyd are members of the Baptist church, of which Mr. Boyd is a trustee. Fraternally, he is a member of Delphi Lodge No. 516, Free and Accepted Masons; of Delphi Chapter. Royal Arch Masons; and Delphi Commandery No. 40, Knights Templar. He is also a member of Carroll Lodge No. 174, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Politically, Mr. Boyd is a Republican. In addition to the practice of law, until a year ago, Mr. Boyd operated a farm in Carroll county.

William T. Hindman

There is no positive rule for achieving success, yet in the life of the successful man there may be found lessons which may serve as examples to others. The man who succeeds is the man who can foresee his opportunity, since the essential conditions of life are always the same. The surround¬ ings of individuals differ but little and, when one man passes another on the highway of life and reaches his goal before another, who perhaps started out before him, it is because he has the capacity for using the advantages which fall to his lot. Among the prominent citizens and successful busi¬ ness men of Carroll county, Indiana, is William T. Hindman, a prosperous merchant and the president of the Burlington State Bank. He is possessed of a keen discrimination, of sound judgment and of an extraordinary degree of executive ability, which have contributed to his large success in life.

William T. Hindman is a native of Butler county, Ohio, born on June 19, 1848, the son of John and Theodosia (Grant) Hindman, the former of whom was born and reared in Butler county, and the latter in the same neighborhood. After their marriage they came, with a small family, to Carroll county in 1865, and located in Burlington township. Later they purchased a farm in Carrollton township, where, for many years, they were engaged in farming. Subsequently, they moved to Burlington, where John Hindman died in April, 1911. He was a member of the One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil War and was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic . His wife had died previously in 1887. They were the parents of three children, all of whom are living, Sarah, the wife of F. W. Woodruff, of Burlington, Indiana; William T., the subject of this sketch; and Martha, the widow of Sampson Cassady, of Logansport, Indiana.

township and there attended the rural schools in the winter, working on his father's farm during the summer months. When Mr. Hindman had attained his majority, he went into business for himself. On June 19, 1869, when he was twenty-one years old, he was married to Margaret Smith, a daughter of the late James C. Smith. Mrs. Hindman was born on June 19, 1851, in Burlington township and was the only child born to her parents. She was educated in the common schools of Carroll county and is an active worker in the Methodist church. Both her father and mother were bom in Muskingum county, Ohio. They came with their respective parents to Indi¬ ana and located near Burlington. There they grew up in the same neigh¬ borhood. They were married on December 2, 1849. The late James C. Smith was a soldier in the Mexican War and was also a first lieutenant in the Twenty-fourth Indiana Battery during the Civil War. He enlisted in 1862 and served until the close of the war. He was captured at Macon, Georgia, in a severe engagement and was held a prisoner for seven months. He was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and a member of the Methodist church. The father of James C. Smith was William Smith, who served in the War of 1812, and the father of William Smith served in the War of the Revolution. James C. Smith died on July 5, 1904, and his wife about five years later on February 2, 1909.

After his marriage, William T. Hindman purchased a farm in Burling¬ ton township and there lived for several years. During that period Mr. Hindman bought live stock in connection with his farming. In 1885 he moved to Burlington, Indiana, and established a general store. On August 4, 1914, when the State Bank of Burlington was organized, Mr. Hindman was elected president. The other officers ^re, H. L. Huddleson, cashier; Nellie Everman, assistant cashier; and the directors, William T. Hindman, H. L. Huddleson, Daniel W. Rodkey, H. L. Summers, Willis Polk, Monroe Medsker and Elias Patty.

Mr. and Mrs. Hindman have been the parents of two sons, Ambrose C. and E. E. The former is a graduate of the Burlington high school and attended the normal school at Terre Haute, the literary course at Ann Arbor and is a graduate of the law department of the University of Mich¬ igan. He is an attorney at Grand Rapids, Michigan. E. E. Hindman is a graduate of the local high school and of the literary department of Indi¬ ana University, as well as the law department of the University of Michigan. He is an attorney at Jackson, Mississippi. Both sons are married.

Hindman is a member of Burlington Lodge No. hi, Free and Accepted Masons. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having joined the lodge on January 17, 1870, and now the oldest member of the lodge. He is a past grand of this order and a member of the grand lodge. He is also a member of Burlington lodge No. 179, Knights of Pythias, of which he is a past chancellor and a member of the grand lodge. Mr. Hindman is a Republican in politics, but has never been active in political affairs. Among his other financial interests he is president of the Burlington Telephone Company, an important local institution.

Professional success results wholly from merit. Although [in com¬ mercial life one may come into possession of a lucrative business through inheritance or gift, in the learned profession advancement is gained almost altogether through painstaking and uriceasing effort. Prestige in the med¬ ical profession is the outcome of a close application of native talents to the science of medicine and surgery. Splendid training, by means of which he has acquired a thorough professional knowledge, and native ability, have combined to make Dr. Marshall D. Callane one of the leading physicians of Flora and vicinity. He is a man who is well known in this part of Carroll county, not only as a successful physician but as a reputable and hon¬ orable citizen.

Born in Monroe township, Carroll county, Indiana, February 22, 1871, Marshall D. Callane is the son of Richard and Mary (Cunningham) Callane. Dr. Callane's mother has been dead for a number of years, but his father is still living and is a resident of Flora, now being a retired farmer.

Richard and Mary (Cunningham) Callane were the parents of five children, three of whom are now living, Dr. Waldo E., a graduate of a dental college, is now a manufacturer of cream separators at Lebanon, Indi¬ ana; Ida, the wife of Otto Sines, of Monroe township; Dr. Marshall D., the subject of this sketch.

Reared principally in Flora, Indiana, and educated in the public and high schools of Carroll county, the latter of which he is graduated from, Dr. Marshall D. Callane entered the Medical College of Indianapolis in 1898, and four years later was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. In the same year he began the practice of his profession in Flora and has been located here ever since. In the meantime, he has built up a prosperous and well-selected practice. He is widely known to the people of Flora and vicinity and is popular with all classes of people. Dr. Callane is a member of the Carroll County, the District, the Indiana State and American Medical Associations.

In September, 1909, Dr. Marshall D. Callane was married to Ora Myer, the daughter of Frank Myer. To them have been born one son, Richard, who was born in 1911.

As a Republican, Doctor Callane was elected as a member of the Flora school board and is now serving as president of the board. Fraternally, he is a member of Fountain City Lodge No. 280, Knights of Pythias.

Andrew W. Wolever

Forty-one years of continued success as the proprietor of Delphi's lead¬ ing photographic studio, is the record of Andrew W. Wolever, a native of Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, who learned photography at Lafayette, after coming to Indiana in 1867, and shortly thereafter, in 1874, established a gallery in the county seat of Carroll county. He has achieved eminent success as a photographer and has won for himself an enviable place among the leading professional and business men of the county honored by his residence.

Andrew W. Wolever was born in Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, on August 12, 1852, and is the son of Peter and Catharine (Weidel) Wolever, who were natives of the Keystone state. Peter Wolever was a butcher by trade. In 1873 he emigrated from Pennsylvania to Tippecanoe county, Indiana, and settled in Lafayette, where he died, at the age of seventy-three years. His wife had died several years previously, in 1859, at the age of forty-five. Both were members of the Lutheran church. They had a family of ten children, as follow: Andrew W., of Delphi; Peter, of Lafayette; Elias, of Brookston; Kate, deceased, who married William Wetzel, both of whom died in North Dakota; Susanna, deceased, who married Franklin Steiner; Mary, deceased, was the wife of Christopher Summerstadt; Lavina, deceased, was the wife of George Apple; Edward died in Macon county, Missouri; two died early in life.

The maternal grandparents reared a large family of children, Daniel, Cath¬ arine, William and others whose names are lost. The history of the maternal grandparents is also missing.

On November 16, 1880, Andrew W. Wolever was married to Mary A. Tutwiler, the daughter of John and Clarissa (Dewees) Tutwiler. Four children have been born to this union, Florence, Larrey, Lucy and Gertrude. Florence married John L. Dawson. They live in Peru and have one child, Mary Louise. Larrey is a fireman on the Wabash railroad and lives at Fort Wayne. He and his wife have one child, Marjorie. Lucy married J. R. Starks. They live in Taylor, Texas, and have one child, Mary Thelma. Gertrude married Stewart Walker. They live in White county, near Bernard's creek, and have five children, Harry, Emma, Catherine, Ruth and Mary Belle.

Mrs. Andrew W. Wolever was born in Delphi, Indiana, on February 2, 1851. Her father, John Tutwiler, was a native of Pennsylvania, born near Gettysburg, and died on October 6, i860. Mrs. Wolever's mother, Clarissa P. (Dewees) Tutwiler, died on Friday, November 11, 1892. In her death the community lost a noble woman, one who had spent almost sixty years in this county. She was bom in Guilford county, North Caro¬ lina, on January 1, 1829. When she was four years of age, her parents, Elijah and Elizabeth Dewees, moved to Marion county, Indiana. In April, 1834, they removed to Carroll county and settled at the mouth of Mitchell creek. Two years later her mother died, leaving seven children. The family scattered, the father going to Arkansas, where he died in 1846. Clarissa found a home with Dr. J. N. Ewing and here grew to womanhood. She was married to John Tutwiler on March 25, 1847, and eight children were born to this union, three boys and five girls, one boy dying in infancy. Three of the children survive, namely:* Mrs. Inglee, Mrs. Andrew W. Wolever and Mrs. John K. Kerlin. Shortly after her marriage, Mrs. Tut¬ wiler united with the Methodist Episcopal church. She was by nature timid and retiring in her disposition, but grace had wrought such a perfect work in her heart that she was bold for Christ. Her pastor, the Rev. John A. Maxwell, paid her this tribute: "I do not think it will detract from the faithfulness or usefulness of any member of the church to say that no one will be missed like Sister Tutwiler. If she was absent from the prayerservice, I always said to myself, 'Mrs. Tutwiler is either sick or absent from town or attending someone that is sick or needy.' Hers was a warm heart and a willing hand. For the first two years that I was her pastor she was seldom absent from any service. But during the past year she has been rapidly failing in health. Her last sickness has been long and severe. But one day before her death, as I stood by her bedside and as I knelt in prayer, she prayed for her children and grandchildren and quoted the scriptures and praised her Savior. We shall greatly miss her. While we mourn, she rejoices. God has taken His own. She fell quietly asleep on Friday, November n, 1892, at one o'clock a. m. She was the kindest of neighbors, the most helpful of friends, a faithful wife and a devoted mother. More and more will her children think of this - and withal an earnest Christian/'

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew W. Wolever are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Wolever is a trustee and has been a steward. Fra¬ ternally he is a member of Carroll Lodge No. 174, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, as well as the encampment and Rebekah branch of the Odd Fellows. He was made an Odd Fellow on January 7, 1875. Mr. Wolever is now district deputy grand master of district No. 8 of the Odd Fellows. He is also a member of Delphi Lodge No. 80, Knights of Pythias. A Republican in politics, Mr. Wolever served two terms as mayor of the city of Delphi, between 1887 an<l 1891. Few men are more widely known and certainly none is more highly respected in Delphi and Carroll county than Andrew W. Wolever.

William A. Roach

No man in the ninth congressional district is better known to the people of this district than William A. Roach, familiarly called "Deacon," and no man is more popular. A lawyer by profession and a native of Carroll county, he was scarcely out of his teens before he had turned his attention to politics. Having served as city attorney of Delphi for five years and as secretary of the Republican county central committee during the campaigns of 1902 and 1904, he was elected chairman of the committee in 1910 and served throughout the campaign of that year and in the campaign of 1912. In 1912 he was also elected Republican chairman of the ninth congressional district and still holds this position as the responsible head of the party in this district. Popular as he is with the people of the ninth district, especially the rank and file of the Republican party, honored and admired by men of all parties, he is looked upon as a logical candidate for one of the highest

The senior member of the firm of Roach & Roach, real estate and loan agents, William A. Roach was born in Delphi, Indiana, December 24, 1874. He is the son of William and Anna (Morgan) Roach, the former of whom was born in Canada, and the latter born in the West Indies, while her par¬ ents were en route from England to America. William Roach, Sr., was reared near Toronto, Canada, and, after having received a liberal education in the Dominion schools, came to the United States at the age of nineteen, in 1865, and located at Delphi, this county, where he has ever since resided. Soon after coming to Delphi he engaged in the ice business, in which he continued for fourteen years. Afterward he farmed for four years and then engaged in the milling business with the firm of Montman & Company, which is now Roach & Rothenberger. His wife died several years ago. To them were born four children, Lillie J., the wife of Edgar L. Cox, of Ockley, Indiana; William A., the subject of this sketch; and two who died in infancy.

The paternal grandparents of William A. Roach were natives of Scot¬ land. His paternal grandfather was Patrick Roach, who married a Miss Head, and immigrated to Canada in pioneer times. In 1865 he settled in Delphi, where both he and his wife died at advanced ages. He was a teamster and lived to rear a family of nine children, four others dying in infancy. Those who grew to maturity were, John, Mary Ann, William, Sarah, James, Elizabeth, Edmond, Robert C. and George A. The maternal grandparents of Mr. Roach were natives of England, who left London for America and who, after reaching America, settled in White county, Indiana. Later they moved to Delphi, the grandmother dying at the age of ninetynine years. The grandfather was killed when past sixty years old in a run¬ away. He was a farmer by occupation and had a large family of children, mong whom were William, Anna, Rachel, George, Allen, Thomas, Naomi and Mary.

William A. Roach was reared in the city where he now resides and which has always been his home. Having attended the public schools of Delphi, he entered the Indiana Law School and was graduated with the class of 1897, being admitted at once to the Carroll county bar, state and federal courts. For nine years Mr. Roach was engaged in the practice of law at Delphi in the office of Michael A. Ryan, now the senior member of the firm of Ryan & Ruckelshaus, of Indianapolis.

Mr. Roach was married on October 6, 1897, a short time after his graduation from the law school, to Georgia Newell, the daughter of Henry M. and Julia (Van Gundy) Newell, of Chicago, but formerly of Rockfield, Carroll county, Indiana. Georgia Newell was born at Rockfield, October 10, 1876. Her father was a native of Pennsylvania and her mother of Rockfield, Carroll county. Her mother is deceased but her father is still living. They were the parents of three children, Georgia, Homer M. and a daughter who died in infancy. Mrs. Roach's paternal grandparents were John and Phoebe Newell, who were the parents of three children, Mrs. Harriet E. Stansel, Henry M. and Dr. J. W., of Denver, Indiana. The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Roach was Adam Van Gundy, a very early settler in Carroll county, Indiana, and one of the prominent citizens of the county during his day and generation, and lived to be a very old man. Of his children, Nelson .W. served as sheriff of Carroll county for two terms. The other children were Willard and Julia. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Roach have no children.

A director of the Delphi State Bank, of Delphi, William A. Roach is also secretary and treasurer of the Ockley Lumber & Supply Company, of Ockley, Indiana. Fraternally, he is a member of Mt. Olive Lodge No. 48, Free and Accepted Masons; the Delphi Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; and Delphi Commandery No. 40, Knights Templar. He is also a member of Murat Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Indianapolis. Mr. Roach is now serving as chancellor commander of Delphi Lodge No. 80, Knights of Pythias, and is a member of the uniform rank of this lodge. He is a member of the State Bar Association. Mrs. Roach is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and Mr. Roach has served as president of the Methodist Brotherhood of Delphi.

Perry Rule

Wielding a force beyond the average in his community, the Hon. Perry Rule occupies a position of prominence, recognized beyond the county in which he resides. Having been elected to the Legislature, he represented Carroll, Howard and Miami counties, serving in the session of 1915. Mr. Rule is a man of more than ordinary ability, and one in whom his con¬ stituents have the utmost confidence, believing their interests well looked after in every case coming under his jurisdiction.

Perry Rule was born on January 21, 1873, *n Elkhart county, Indiana, and is a son of Harrison and Rebecca (Dumire) Rule. He was reared as a Dunkard, the faith of his father, who was blind for twenty years prior to his death. Mr. Rule cared for his father during his years of blindness, and educated himself by reading to him. At the age of twenty-one, March 4, 1894, he located in Deer Creek township, Carroll county, remaining there three years, when he came to Camden, this county, in 1897. When he began farming for himself he had sixty acres of land given to him and has since acquired and cleared one hundred and twenty acres, necessitating a great deal of hard labor. He now has a total of over three hundred acres. Politically, Mr. Rule has always been an ardent supporter of Democratic principles and has taken an active interest in politics. In the fall of 1907 he was elected trustee of Jackson township, and served until January 1, 1915, when he was elected to the Legislature from Carroll, Howard and Miami counties, Indiana. Religiously, although reared in the Dunkard faith, he has broken away from that belief, and has allied his membership with the Church of the Brethren.

Harrison Rule, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Seneca county, Ohio, and his wife, Rebecca (Dumire) Rule, was bom in Darke county, Ohio. They were united in marriage in Seneca county, Ohio, and moved to Elkhart, Indiana, some time between 1840 and 1850, residing there for a number of years, and in 1880 removed to Clinton county, where they spent the remainder of their lives. Mr. Rule died in 1894, and his wife died in 1875. They were the parents of eleven children, only five of whom are now living : Sarah, who was married to Christ Miller, of Clinton county, Indiana; Lena, who became the wife of Daniel Miller, of Carroll county; Thomas, of Goshen, Indiana; Perry; and Mary, who became the wife of Alfred Culp, of Elkhart county. Harrison Rule was married a second time, to which union two children were born, Rebecca, married Stephen Metzger; and Harrison.

Perry Rule was united in marriage on March 4, 1894, with Anna Wise, daughter of Isaac and Susan (Metzger) Wise. She was bom in Deer Creek township, where she spent her girlhood days and attended the district schools. To this union have been born seven children, all but one of whom are living in 1915: Monroe, who was graduated from the Camden high school; Alpha, who was graduated from the public school, and is in her third year at high school; Mabel; James, Whitcomb and Riley, two sons and a daughter, all of whom were born on November 4, 1907, and of whom Mr. Rule is duly proud.

. Mr. Rule is a citizen in whom his fellowmen may well take pride. He possesses a wonderful amount of foresight, and represents sound principles and straightforward methods.

The man who devotes his talents and his energies to the noble work of relieving the ills and sufferings of mankind, pursues a calling which in dignity, importance and beneficial results, is second to no other. If the physician is true to his profession and earnest in his efforts to relieve the sufferings of humanity, he is indeed a benefactor to all mankind. Belonging to this class of professional men in Delphi, is Dr. Calvin E. Carney, a wellknown physician and surgeon, who has perhaps no superior among the physicians and surgeons of Carroll county. Realizing early in his profes¬ sional career that those who attain success in the medical profession, must have not only technical ability but a broad human sympathy, he has digni¬ fied and honored his profession by noble services. In 1903 he visited Europe, attending the clinics in Berlin and Heidelberg, Germany; Edin¬ burgh, Scotland; and other places. No part of his training has been more helpful in the practice of his profession than the information, inspiration and insight he gained on this tour of study and investigation.

Calvin E. Carney is a native of Logansport, Cass county, Indiana, and was born on May 23, 1868. His parents, Robert M. and Lucy A. (Chap¬ man) Carney, were born in Indiana, the father in Logansport and the mother in Colburn, Tippecanoe county. Reared on his father's farm in Cass county, Robert M. Carney lived on the farm all of his life, but he was also a contractor and built many miles of gravel roads in this^ section of the state. He served as county commissioner by appointment and lived a most active life up until the time of his death in November, 1909, when he was sixty-nine years old. His wife still survives and is now sixty-eight years old. She is a member of the Lutheran church as was her husband also. They were the parents of four children, of whom two are physicians, Dr. Calvin E., the subject of this sketch; Dr. John R., a physician at Pyrmont, this county; Effie, the wife of William Beal, of Logansport; and Carrie, the wife of Henry Swier, of Logansport.

of Ohio. After coming to America at the age of nineteen, he settled in Delphi, where he owned the old carding-mill. Subsequently, he sold the Delphi mill and purchased the carding-mill on Deer Creek, which he traded finally for four hundred acres of land in Cass county. He was a thrifty citizen and a most enterprising farmer and, at the time of his death, his estate amounted to twenty-two thousand dollars. He died in middle life, but his wife lived to be seventy-seven years old. They were the parents of a number of children, among whom were Robert M., Henry, who was familiarly known as "Bruce"; Mrs. Elizabeth West, Mrs. Laura Nicodemus and Dr. Marietta Bradfield. The maternal grandparents of Dr. Carney were Jacob and Maria (Richardson) Chapman, who were natives of the Hoosier state and who lived at Chapmanville, a town named for the family. Jacob Chapman was a farmer. He and his wife had seven children, six of whom were Anthony, Lucy A., Albert, Bud, John and Effie.

Calvin E. Carney grew up on his father's farm in Washington town¬ ship, Cass county, Indiana, attending the district schools and finally the high school at Logansport. After finishing the high school course, he taught school for about three years in the old home school and, during this period, became interested in medicine and studied the subject at home. Later he entered the Indiana Medical College at Indianapolis, and was graduated in 1895. He immediately began the practice at Pyrmont, in Carroll county, and, for the past twenty years, has practiced medicine in the county. Dur¬ ing the past twelve years he has been located at Delphi.

On November io, 1898, Dr. Calvin E. Carney was married to Della Petitgean, the daughter of Nicholas and Catherine (Buck) Petitgean, who was born in Tippecanoe county, Indiana. Mrs. Carney's father was a native of France and her mother a native of near Dayton, Indiana. Both are now deceased. They were the parents of twelve children, only three of whom reached maturity, the others dying of smallpox. Nicholas Petitgean was a soldier in the Civil War and served his country for a little more than a year as a private. Three children have been bom to Dr. and Mrs. Carney, Ruth C., Paul E. and John R., all of whom are attending school.

Dr. and Mrs. Carney are members of the Presbyterian and Catholic churches, respectively. Dr. Carney belongs to Mt. Olive Lodge No. 48, Free and Accepted Masons; to Delphi Chapter No. 22, Royal Arch Masons; to Delphi Commandery No. 40, Knights Templar; and also to Murat Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Indianapolis. He is a thirtysecond degree Scottish Rite Mason, and a member of the Indianapolis Con- sistory. Dr. Carney belongs to Delphi Lodge No. 80, Knights of Pythias, and to the uniform rank of this lodge. He is the surgeon of the eighth regiment, uniform rank, Knights of Pythias. Having been elected on the Democratic ticket, Doctor Carney served for one term as coroner of Carroll county. He belongs to the Carroll County Medical Society and to the Indi¬ ana State Medical Association and to the American Medical Association.

James L. Willson

Prominent in the affairs of Carroll county and distinguished as a citizen whose influence extends beyond the limit of Flora and vicinity, James L. Willson stands out as a conspicuous figure among the earlier citizens of this county. All of his undertakings have been actuated by noble motives and high resolves and characterized by breadth of wisdom. His success in life clearly exemplifies the consequence of rightly applying the talents with which he was endowed. During the Civil War he was one of the organizers of the Home Guard and held a commission as first lieutenant, signed by Gov. Oliver P. Morton. Although he never saw active service, he was subject to call at any time. Mr. Willson is proud of this commis¬ sion, he has every right to be.

James L. Willson, a retired merchant of Flora, was born on Decem¬ ber 17, 1835, P^ble county, Ohio, the son of James and Sarah (Ault) Willson. James Willson was bom in Pennsylvania in 1792 and was the son of Joseph Willson. The genealogy of the Willson family dates back to the coming of three brothers to America from England. One located in the South, and it is supposed that the late Jason Willson, of Marion, Indiana, was a descendant of this brother. The other two brothers located in Pennsylvania and- James L. Willson belongs to one of these families.

James Willson, the father of James L., located with his family on Twin creek, near Alexandria, in Preble county, Ohio, in 1813, and lived on the same farm until 1856, when he died. His wife also passed away about the same time. At one time he served on the board of county com¬ missioners, being a member when the present court house in Eaton was built. Originally a Whig, he became a Republican upon the organization of the new party and was always active in local politics. He was also an active member of the Methodist church and died in this faith. A resource- ful business man, he was able to give each of his five children one hundred and sixty acres of land, most of which was situated in Indiana. James L. Willson still owns the farm received from his father. The six children were: Jesse A., who was a merchant and banker, but is now deceased; Joseph, who was a farmer near Mexico, Indiana, is also deceased; J. Wes¬ ley, deceased; (a son, E. L., residing near Galveston, Cass county, is the only living member of the Willson family of his generation bearing the name) ; Nancy is the widow of Alfred Neff, who lives near Mexico, Indi¬ ana; Sarah is the widow of Vincent Homan, of Mexico, Indiana; James L. is the subject of this sketch.

Reared on a farm in Preble county, Ohio, James L. Willson attended the pioneer schools of Preble county until he was seventeen years old, receiving a good common-school education. In 1858 he started in life for himself and for one year owned and operated a feed store at Eaton, Ohio. The next year he came to Mexico, Indiana, and established a grocery and hardware business, with a capital of five hundred dollars. He operated this store for twenty -three years, a part of the time in partnership with Mr. Homan Willson. When Mr. Willson sold out the stock invoiced for twentythree thousand dollars. The stock was traded for seven hundred acres of land at Medaryville, Indiana. After living on this land for three years, Mr. Willson came to Flora in 1888, having exchanged a part of the land for a general store in Flora. Here he continued in business under the firm name of Willson & Homer until 1905, when he retired from the firm. Since retiring, he has been engaged almost exclusively in looking after his various property interests.

Miss Lizzie Golliday, to whom Mr. Willson was married first, died within fifteen months after their marriage. At the same time an infant son also died. Mr. Willson was next married to Mary J. Beckwith, of Peru, Indiana, in 1864. She was born in Jackson county, Ohio, and bore her husband two daughters, Minnie I. and Jessie G. Minnie I. was edu¬ cated in the public schools of Peru, Indiana, and is now the wife of Frank C. Homer, of Flora. Jessie G. died at the age of twenty-three years.

Mr. and Mrs. Willson are members of the Methodist church. He is a member of the official board, of which he is president. For more than twenty years he served as superintendent of the Flora Sunday school and has been active in church work all his life.

Indiana, and is a past master of the lodge at Flora. A Republican in pol¬ itics, Mr. Willson served as postmaster of Mexico for seven years. He is a quiet man, of temperate habits, and is highly respected by all of the citizens of Flora and Vicinity.

Sell S. Doty

Farmer, county surveyor, civil engineer and postmaster of Delphi - such in brief is the record of Sell S. Doty, a native of Carroll county and one of the best-known citizens of the county. Before he engaged in farm¬ ing, however, he was engaged for some four years in educational work in Carroll county, having previously received a liberal education in one of the country's leading normal schools. As postmaster of Delphi since June I, 1915, he has given to the people of Delphi, the patrons of the Delphi public postoffice, a most capable and efficient administration and is popular not only in the rank of the Democratic party with which he is affiliated politic¬ ally but with all classes of people, regardless of parties.

Sell S. Doty was born in Clay township, Carroll county, Indiana, on April 6, 1867. Mr. Doty's parents, Robert and Louisa (Felthoff) Doty were natives of Ohio and of Pennsylvania, respectively. They were farm¬ ers by occupation. Robert Doty having come to Carroll county from the Buckeye state when he was a boy. Here he grew to manhood and, upon4, reaching maturity, engaged in farming. He died in 1879 at the age of fifty years. His wife had died about nine years previously at the age of thirtysix. They were devoted members of the New Light church. Of the ten children bom to Robert and Louisa (Felthoff) Doty, three died early in life. Joseph resides at Flora, Indiana; Sarah is the wife of George Harner, of Radnor; Robert died when a young man; Alvin lives in Boone county; Augustus lives at Flora; Sell S. is the subject of this sketch; Jennie is the wife of Frank Strange, of Frankfort, Indiana.

Reared on a farm and educated in the district schools of Clay town¬ ship, Sell S. Doty later became a student at the Northern Indiana Normal School, at Valparaiso, Indiana, and afterward taught school for four years. In the meantime, he purchased the farm of one hundred and ten acres which he still owns. In 1908 Mr. Doty, having been elected to the office of county sufveyor for a term of four years, removed from the farm to Delphi. Upon the expiration of his term in 1912 he was engaged in civil engineering for about two years* but- in 1914 received the appoinment from President Wil¬ son- as^ postmaster in Delphi. Mr. Doty took his office on June 1, 1915.

On October 31, 1894, Sell S. Doty was married to Emma B. Squire, 4he daughter of David and Huldah (Grant) Squire, who has borne him three children, Ruby, Russell and C. Clay. Ruby died at the age of seven¬ teen days and Russell at the age of eleven days.

Mrs. Doty is a native of Illinois, her father a native of Ohio, and her mother of Indiana. The mother died in 1895 and since this time her father has lived with the Doty family. David and Huldah (Grant) Squire had three children, Jolie, George G. and Emma. Mrs. Doty's paternal grand¬ father was Ezekiel Squire, a native of Ohio.

Mr. and Mrs. Doty are members of the New Light Christian church. Mr. Doty is a member of Mt. Olive Lodge No. 48, Free and Accepted Masons; of Delphi Chapter No. 22, Royal Arch Mason; and of Delphi Commandery No. 40, Knights Templar; and of Murat Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to Delphi Lodge No. 28, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of Delphi Lodge No. 80, Knights of Pythias. He belongs to the uniform rank Knights of Pythias, No. 86. Mrs. Doty is a member of the Daughters of Rebekah and the Order of the Eastern Star.

George M. Smith

For more than a decade George M. Smith has been identified with the legal profession of Carroll county, Indiana, and during the past four years has been a member of the Delphi bar, being at the present time the secre¬ tary of The Abstract Company, the leading title firm of Delphi and Carroll county. Not only is he one of the able and successful lawyers of Carroll county, but he is likewise one of its prominent citizens. As a citizen he is public-spirited and enterprising; as a friend and neighbor he combines the qualities of head and heart which have won for him the confidence and esteem of the people of this county. His success as a lawyer is only the result of using the talents with which he has been endowed, of directing his energies along well-defined paths, of fair dealing with the public.

George M. Smith is a native of Starke county, Indiana, born near Round Lake, May 16, 1873, his parents having been natives of the Buckeye and the Keystone states, respectively. His father, Truman M. Smith, was bom in Darke county, Ohio, and his mother, who, before her marriage, was

Almira Justice, was bom in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Truman M. Smith was a farmer by occupation, who emigrated to Indiana in 1838, and lived in Whitley county until 1854, when he removed to Starke county. He was a soldier in the Civil War and served throughout the war as a private in the One Hundred and Fifty-first Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. After the close of the war he resumed farming in Starke county, and in 1892 retired from the active work of the farm and removed to Knox, Indiana, where he and his good wife now live. They are the parents of six chil¬ dren, of whom Edward J., the eldest, is deceased; Hattie M., the wife of Howard Lee, lives in Bisbee, Arizona; George M., the immediate subject of this review; Frances M. is the wife of Elmer E. Rogers, the editor of the Warren County Republican , of Williamsport, Indiana; Oscar B., an attorney of Knox, Indiana; Ora D., a rural mail carrier out of North Judson, Indiana.

Born on a farm near Round Lake, Indiana, George M. Smith lived at home on the farm until he was twenty-eight years old, having in the mean¬ time received a liberal education in the public schools of Starke county, at Valparaiso University, and at Indiana University. He was graduated from Valparaiso University in 1892, and three years later from Indiana Uni¬ versity, receiving from Indiana the degree of Doctor of Laws. In the mean¬ time he had taught school for eight years in Starke and adjoining counties. The year after his graduation from Indiana University he was admitted to the bar at Knox, Indiana, and after practicing at the latter place for two years, removed to Indianapolis, where he was in the active practice of law for eight years. In 1904 Mr. Smith removed to Flora, Carroll county, Indi¬ ana, where he practiced until the spring of 1911, when he removed to Delphi, and here he has since been engaged in the active practice of his profession, being especially prominent as expert in titles and abstracts.

On June 9, 1896, George M. Smith was married to Sophia A. Sheibal, of Bass Lake, Starke county, Indiana, and to this union there have been born three children: Dean, who is sixteen years old, is a senior in the Delphi school and a member of the Delphi band; Ethel M., aged fourteen, is a junior in the high school, and Catherine Almira, the youngest of the family, aged six years.

Mr. Smith has always been more or less prominent in politics, and is identified with the Republican party. While a resident of Flora he served as a member of the school board. Fraternally, he is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, and has risen to the rank of Royal Arch Mason at Delphi. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Smith and

Mr. Smith lives in a picturesque home on the edge of the city of Delphi, where he entertains his many friends in a hospitable manner, he and his estimable wife being prominent in the social life of Delphi and Carroll county.

William Wiggs

Mr. Wiggs is a native of Clinton county, Indiana, having been bom on January 25, 1877. He is the son of James and Sarah (Cripe) Wiggs, the former of whom was born in the Buckeye state and the latter a native of Clinton county, Indiana. They were married in Clinton county and had five children, three of whom are living, Anna, who was the wife of H. L. Black, died at Delphi in July, 1906; William, the subject of this sketch; Lillie, the wife of Jesse Craig, of Bringhurst; Hester, the wife of Virgil Kingery, of Glendale, Arizona; and Effie, who was the wife of Junius Spurgeon, of Cambria, Clinton county, died there in 1910. James Wiggs, the father of these children, died in 1885 an<l his widow afterward married, in Clinton county, J. P. Ulery, and in 1891 moved to Clay township, Carroll county, Indiana. To this second union have been bom two sons, Harry, who is at home, and Walter, who lives in Arizona.

James Wiggs was a farmer by occupation and followed that vocation in Clinton county, Indiana. He was a member of the Christian church and a great worker in the church as was also his wife until her second marriage, when she became a member of the Dunkard church. James Wiggs was a stanch Republican. Mrs. Sarah (Cripe) Wiggs Ulery died on October 28, 1911.

William Wiggs was educated in the common schools of Clay township and at Pyrmont. He also attended the normal school at Danville, Indiana, and the Indiana Business College at Indianapolis. Since he. was eight years old Mr. Wiggs has been making his own way in the world. He worked in a store for two years in Indianapolis and for five years at Pyrmont. He also worked two years in a general store in Owen county and seven years in a general store at Clarks Hill, Tippecanoe county. He. owned a half interest in the store, which was operated under the name of Wiggs & Rusk.

After selling out at Clarks Hill in 1908, he operated a farm for two years in Clay township, but in 1911 established a general store at Owasco.

On April 10, 1905, William Wiggs was married to Clora J. Fetterhoff, the daughter of William and Hannah (Garsh) Fetterhoff, the former of whom was born on May 23, 1858, in Tippecanoe county, Indiana, and who was the son of Samuel N. and Sarah Ann (Steinbaugh) Fetterhoff, both of whom were natives of Preble county, Ohio. They were married in Carroll county and had three children, all of whom are living, John M., who lives at Mulberry; William, the father of Mrs. Wiggs, is a farmer; and Orlando, who lives in Clay township. Mr. FetterhofFs mother died on September 7, 1865, in Clay township, and his father on August 7, 1907, in Clay township. His father had married Barbara Ann Shaffer after the death of his first wife and to this second union were born three children, Ira E., of Madison township; Cynthia Ella, wrho died at the age of six years; and Etta, the wife of Henry Snvder, of Madison township. William Fetter¬ hoff, who w'as educated in the district schools of Clay township, was married on August 7, 1879, to Hannah Elizabeth Garsh, a daughter of Joseph and Mary Jane (Smith) Garsh, the former of wrhom wras born on the farm that William Fetterhoff now owns and w ho was the son of Nicholas and Hannah (Jack) Garsh. Nicholas Garsh entered this land from the government.

Joseph and Mary Jane (Smith) Garsh w^ere the parents of three daugh¬ ters, Hannah E., the wife of Mr. Fetterhoff; Devora C., the wife of Matt A. Clark, of Pratt, Kansas; and Ida, who died at the age of three years. Joseph Garsh died in 1864 and, after his death, his widow married Albert Campbell and to them were born three children.

William Fetterhoff and wife w7ere the parents of eight children as fol¬ lows: Clora J., the wife of William Wiggs; Ora Edgar, who died at the age of eight months; Glenn Irvin, w'ho died at the age of four years; Orpa Ann, who is the wife of Emerson Hufford, of Clay towmship: Lynn Vernon, who lives at home ; Georgie Edith, wLo married Benjamin Metzger, of Hunt¬ ington county, Indiana; Ren Williams and Rue Wilda, twdns.

Mr. FetterhofFs wife owns one hundred and two and ninety-sevenhundredths acres of the old homestead, entered by Nicholas Garsh from the government; also one hundred twenty-four and eighty-five-hundredths acres, owned jointly by Mr. and Mrs. Fetterhoff ; and ninety acres owned by Mr. Fetterhoff himself. Mr. and Mrs. Fetterhoff are members of the Missionary Baptist church. He is a stanch Republican and has served as justice of the peace of the township.

Mr. and Mrs. William Wiggs are members of the Baptist church. Mr. Wiggs is a Democrat and is the present trustee of Clay township, having been elected to the office in November, 1914. He is a member of the Mod¬ ern Woodmen of America at Ockley, and is postmaster at Owasco. In addition to his other interests Mr. Wiggs is station agent for the railroad at Owasco.

John B. Myers

John B. Myers, a prosperous farmer of Monroe township, Carroll county, Indiana, who occupies eighty acres of land, one-half mile from the Flora corporation line, on which he was born, March 8, 1843, *s the son of Samuel and Marv (Burkett) Myers.

Mr. Myers' parents were both born in Wayne county, Indiana. His father, Samuel Myers, entered the home farm in pioneer times and was com¬ pelled to walk sixty miles to Crawfordsville to the land office in order to lie ahead of other men, who also wanted to enter the land. In fact, all of the land in this neighborhood had been entered with the exception of this eighty-acre tract which Samuel Myers very much wanted. After entering the tract of land, he returned to Wayne county, was married and brought his wife with him to Carroll county. They cut a path from the crude road to the cabin and, from time to time, the acreage of the farm was increased until it comprised, at one time, two hundred and sixty acres. Here Samuel Myers spent the remainder of his life and died at the age of seventy-five. His wife died in 1864.

When John B. Myers was eighteen years old, in 1862, he enlisted in the Twenty- fourth Indiana Battery, under Captain Sims, and served until the close of the war in 1865. He was taken prisoner in one of the engage¬ ments near Atlanta, Georgia, and was for some time confined in the prison at Andersonville.

After the war Mr. Mvers returned to Carroll county and, for a num¬ ber of years, worked on his father's farm. In 1882 John B. Myers was married to Mary Eikenberry, the daughter of Isaac Eikenberry, of Monroe township. Of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Myers, all are living: Isaac, a resident of Baltimore, Maryland; Roy, Ora, Reuben, Vesta and Attie, all of whom are at home; Lettie, who is the wife of Nathan Pearson;

The Myers family are members of the Church of the Brethren at Flora. Mr. Myers votes the Republican ticket, and is more or less prominent in the councils of his party. He takes a worthy interest in all public enter¬ prises and movements.

Rev. John Ulery

One of the best-remembered ministers in the Brethren church during the past generation in Carroll county was the Rev. John Ulery, who was born near Dayton, Montgomery county, Ohio, and who moved with his parents to Tippecanoe county, Indiana, where he was educated and where he grew to manhood. This great state will never forget the services of its early ministers of the Gospel, and it is impossible to compensate them in any way for the noble sacrifices they made. This is especially true of those that are gone, and especially true of the Rev. John Ulery, who divided his time between farming and preaching, and who continued active in the min¬ istry of the Gospel until his death.

John Ulery was educated in the pioneer schools of Tippecanoe county, Indiana, and lived at home with his parents until his father's death. He then began working for himself, being at that time about twelve years old. On September 4, 1853, he was married to Esther Shively, a native of Tippe¬ canoe county, Indiana, born on January 1, 1839. To this happy union there were born four children, two of whom are still living. The names of the Ulery children in the order of their birth are as follow : Isaac, born on July 13, 1854, died at the age of four years; Susanna, born on October 13, 1856, married Solomon Ulery and they are now residents of Clay town¬ ship, Carroll county; Henry, born on August 9, 1859, died at the age of thirty years; Laura Ellen, born on January 12, 1876, married William C. Welever, and they are now residents of Pyrmont, Carroll county.

About 1870, Reverend Ulery retired from active farming and five years later, in 1875, the family moved to Pyrmont, but he did not live long after his removal to that town, passing away from the' scenes of his earthly labors when he was practically in the prime of his youthfulness.

Mrs. Laura Ellen Welever Mrs. Esther L. Felix. Mrs. Susanna Ulery

Leonard Wagoner, who died a few years later. She was subsequently mar¬ ried to Joseph Felix. Mrs. Felix owns a farm of one hundred and three acres of well-improved land in Tippecanoe county, Indiana, and also a farm of fifty-eight acres in Clay township. Besides these two farms, she owns a splendid home in Pyrmont. Mrs. Felix is a member of the Brethren church and one of the leading women in this part of Carroll county. She is a woman of generous and charitable impulses, who takes a most com¬ mendable part in all worthy public enterprises to which women are accus¬ tomed to turn their attention. She is highly respected by her neighbors and by those persons with whom she has been thrown into contact during her long and useful life.

Smith Wilson

Smith Wilson, a well-to-do retired farmer of Bringhurst, Monroe town¬ ship, Carroll county, Indiana, was born in Miami county, Ohio, on October 4, 1835, the son of John and Mary (Smith) Wilson.

Mr. Wilson's parents were both born near Gallipolis, Gallia county, Ohio. They were farmers by occupation. John Wilson moved to Pulaski county, Indiana, in 1851, and purchased eighty acres of land in Beaver Creek township. He returned to Ohio and a year later brought his family with him to Indiana. They settled in Pulaski county, where his wife, the mother of Smith Wilson, who has been sickly, recovered her health in the timber land. After clearing the farm in Pulaski county and living there for a few years, the Wilson family came to Carroll county, where John Wilson rented land in Monroe and Democrat township. He died in his eightv-ninth year and his wife in her seventy-seventh year. They had eleven children, four of whom are now living. Sarah Jane is deceased; Pierce is deceased; Eliza R. was a soldier in the One Hundred Fiftieth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and is deceased; Joseph, a soldier in the One Hundred Fiftieth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, is deceased; Peter is deceased; Matilda M. is the wife of James Harvey Hutcher, of Arkansas; Martha, the widow of Isaac Wavts had two children, William Andrew and John Morrison, both deceased, and her husband, who served three years in the Civil War as a member of Company A, Seventy-second Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, died in 1913; Mary is the widow of Phil Kingrey; John is deceased; and two others.

Having lived at home until the outbreak of the Civil War, Smith Wil¬ son enlisted in the One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry and served until the close of the war. Upon coming back home he worked at odd jobs until the spring of 1866, when he purchased fifty acres of land in Monroe township, one mile southeast of Bringhurst. The Wilsons lived upon this farm from 1866 until July, 1913, when they removed to Bringhurst.

Smith Wilson is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic at Delphi. He is a Republican in politics and from 1900 to 1902 served as supervisor in Monroe township. As a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows he represented the local lodge at the grand lodge at Indi¬ anapolis many years ago.

Samuel M. Kirkpatrick

Samuel M. Kirkpatrick, a former teacher of Carroll county, insurance agent, notary public and all-around man of affairs, was born in Burlington, Carroll county, Indiana, June 17, 1848. In addition to his other interests Mr. Kirkpatrick owns forty-five acres of land in Democrat township.

Mr. Kirkpatrick is a son of Elliott and Mary (Burns) Kirkpatrick, the former of whom was a native of Butler county, Ohio, the son of Samuel Kirkpatrick, who emigrated from Pennsylvania to Ohio. The Kirkpatricks are of Scotch-Irish descent and made Pennsylvania their home in this country. Mary (Burns) Kirkpatrick was born in Boone county, Indiana, and was a daughter of James Burns. She accompanied her father to But¬ ler county, Ohio, where she met Elliott Kirkpatrick, to whom she was mar¬ ried. After the marriage of Elliott Kirkpatrick and Mary Burns, they came to Burlington, Carroll county, Indiana, where he operated a grocery for twelve years. In i860 he bought a farm of eighty acres, to which he later added forty, eighty and one hundred and twenty acres. He was a man of large means and an honored and respected citizen in the county. During his entire life he was active in politics. After living on his farm of eighty acres for some time, he moved to his one hundred and twenty-acre farm, where his death occurred.

Elliott Kirkpatrick and wife were the parents of seven children, all of whom grew to maturity. Samuel M. Kirkpatrick is the twin of Barbara, who is the widow of Robert Robertson. Rebecca is the wife of Henry Wagoner, of Flora, Indiana. James lives on a farm near Darwin, Indiana.

Maria is the wife of Jacob Kirkpatrick, of Preble county, Ohio. Mary Jane, now deceased, was the wife of Charles Allen, of Logansport, Indi¬ ana. Susan is the wife of David Wagoner, of Carrollton, township.

Samuel M. Kirkpatrick remained at home on the farm until he was about twenty-four years of age, after which he became a student at the National Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio. Subsequently he taught school for eighteen terms in the district schools of Carroll county. He then engaged in the insurance business, which he had followed incidentally before he abandoned the school room, in Wheeling, Indiana.

On Sunday, October 24, 1882, Samuel M. Kirkpatrick was married in Wheeling, Indiana, to Ellen A. Ashby, the daughter of James and Sarah M. Ashbv, of Wheeling. Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick lived in Wheeling for three years and then moved to Cutler, in 1886, where he engaged in the insurance business and in teaching.

Mr. and Mrs. Kirkpatrick are the parents of four children : Cora May, the wife of Roy Thompson, of Radnor, Indiana, is the mother of three children, Ruth Lenore, Frank K. and Mary Belle; Laura Catherine, who died in infancy; James E., who married Leah Smith, has one son, Robert Lewis, a liveryman, of Butler; Leland Bryan, who lives on his father's farm, married Gladys Herron and they have one son, Samuel Elmo.

Mr. Kirkpatrick is a member of Wildcat Lodge No. 31 1, Free and Accepted Masons, and his wife is a member of lodge No. 353, Order of the Eastern Star.

The Kirkpatrick family are earnest and consistent members of the Presyterian church, and Mr. Kirkpatrick has served as trustee of this church during the past ten years. Politically, he is a an adherent of the Democratic party.

One of the well-known physicians of Carroll county, Indiana, is Dr. W. A. Trobaugh, of Cutler. A native of the great Hoosier state, it may be said of Dr. Trobaugh personally that he is a man of strong and active sympathies and possessed of a warm and ardent temperament. Not only is he well qualified professionally for the practice of medicine, but his native sympathies have made him loved as a man as well as admired as a physician.

Dr. W. A. Trobaugh, who has practiced medicine at Cutler, in Demo¬ crat township, Carroll county, Indiana, for the past thirty-five years, is a native of Howard county, this state, born near Fairfield, five miles south of Kokomo on his father's farm, December 25, 1852^ Dr. Trobaugh is the son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Bates) Trobaugh, the former of whom was born near Greeneville, Tennessee, and not far from Blue Springs. In 1832 Jacob Trobaugh removed with his parents to Clinton county, Indiana, and settled with them near Middle fork, when he was sixteen years of age. Subsequently, he left home and purchased land in the old Indian reserve. After selling out, he moved to a farm west of Fairfield, where he lived until 1856, when he moved to Missouri with his family. A little later, how¬ ever, he moved back to Indiana, on a part of his father's old home place two miles west of Middle fork. There he lived until 1878, when he moved to near Wichita, Kansas, with nearly all of the family. Seven years later he died in Kansas.

W. A. Trobaugh lived at home with his parents until they moved to Kansas, having received in the meantime the rudiments of a public-school education. He had already begun to read medicine with Dr. M. V. Ybung, of Geetingsville, Indiana, two miles west of the old home farm. A little later, Doctor Young moved away, whereupon W. A. Trobaugh entered Ohio Medical College, graduating with the class of 1880 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He came to Cutler, Indiana, on May 25, 1880, thirty-five years ago, and went into partnership with Doctor Herron, an arrangement which continued for one year. After that Doctor Trobaugh took charge of the office and has been engaged in the practice of his profes¬ sion continuously at Cutler ever since.

Two years after coming to Cutler, on October 19, 1882, Dr. W. A. Trobaugh was married to Ida Hinkle, a daughter of Joseph and Nancy (Cook) Hinkle, both of whom immigrated from Pennsylvania to Indiana in pioneer times. Some of their children were born in the Keystone state. They settled near Burlington upon arriving in Indiana and later moved to Cutler where they spent the balance of their lives.

Doctor and Mrs. Trobaugh have been the parents of two children, Bruce, who died at the age of three years; and Chalmer, who lives on his father's farm of sixty acres, two and one-half miles southwest of Cutler. He married Cassie Aten, the daughter of William Aten, of Texas, where, at one time, he spent five years.

Doctor and Mrs. Trobaugh are members of the Presbyterian church. He is a member of Wildcat Lodge No. 31 1, Free and Accepted Masons, of Cutler. Politically, Doctor Trobaugh is a Democrat.