Clark County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1909 (part 12 of 15)

For some years past Mr. Armstrong has also been associated with E. M. Frank in the real estate and insurance business, the firm under the name of Armstrong & Frank being widely and favorably known and commanding extensive and lucrative patronage in Jefifersonville, Louisville and other cities and also dealing quite largely in farm properties throughout Clark and neighboring counties and doing all the legal business in their line besides a successful and growing general office practice.

Mr. Armstrong in the year 1901 was married to Marion Barrett, of Jeffersonville, the accomplished and popular daughter of Capt. Addison Barrett, of the United States army, who had been connected with the Quarter Master's Department in this city. Mrs. Armstrong was educated in Jefifersonville and at Alameda, California, and is a lady of varied culture whose friends are as the number of her acquaintances and whose gracious presence and many social attractions have made their home a favorite resort for the best society circles of the community. She has borne her husband one child, James Barrett, and she belongs to the First Presbyterian church of Jefifersonville, in which Mr. Armstrong holds the position of elder.

John A. Mitchell

About one hundred years ago there came to Clark county, Indiana, Andrew Mitchell, grandfather of the subject of our sketch, being among the earliest settlers in this vicinity. Andrew Mitchell was born in Virginia, and after coming to Indiana was noted for his public spirit and energetic leadership. The old stone house on the Amos Martin farm was built by Mr. Mitchell in 1814, and the land occupied by the Salem church and cemetery' was donated by him for these purposes.

A. J. Mitchell, father of our subject, was born near the Salem church on July 15, 1815. He was married to Elnora Mitchell, and they became the parents of eight children, two of whom are still living, these being John A., of this review, and one brother, Filmore.

John A. Mitchell worked on the farm during his younger days and had but a limited opportunity for education. What he did learn, however, he has made good use of and he has demonstrated the value of a good practical judg-

Among other commendable traits of character, patriotism has been one of the most prominent in Mr. Mitchell's make-up. He enlisted in August, 1862, in Company I, of the Eighty-first Indiana Volunteer Infantry. In February, 1863, he was transferred to the First Battalion of Cavalry, Company B, of the Mississippi Marine Brigade, continuing with that company until June 2. 1863, when he was discharged from the service rm account of disabilities resulting from exposures and severe service. The meager pension of twelve dollars per month is but a slight recognition of the unselfish service which Air. Mitchell has rendered in defense of his country.

On March 25, 1868, Mr. Mitchell was joined in marriage to Margaret Martin, daughter of John Martin. She was born near Salem church, on the loth of June. 1843. and has become the mother of four children: William S. is deceased: Ida M., is the wife of John A. Noe. now a resident of Jeffersonville ; William E. married Virginia Crum. and they are now^ living in Charlestown township ; Marion M. was married to Cecil Alanix, now residing in this township.

Mr. ]\IitchelI and family are members of the Methodist church, and the religious training of the family has been one phase of the home life that has been strongly emphasized. Though a life-long Republican, Mr. Mitchell has not sought prominence in the party ranks and has been content to fill his station in the world by practicing the virtues of good citizenship in his daily walk. He practices not only those virtues bearing on the spiritual side i>f human character, but also the ones that make for a strong and robust i)hysical frame. He has passed his sixty-seventh milestone on the journey, but is still a vigorous man, is never sick, and is able to manage the affairs of his one-hundredtwo-acre farm in a mar\'elous manner. He is a close observer and is able to discuss the merits and failings of modern theories as to farming in a most intelligent and conclusive manner.

Walter S. Hikes

Walter S. Hikes, one of the leading business men of Charlestown, Indiana, is a Hoosier by birth, having first seen the light of day at Utica, Indiana, on the 25th of November. 1861. His father. George G. Hikes, was a native of Kentucky, having been born in that state in 1812. The grandfather was a native of Pennsylvania, and after coming west became an extensive land owner, a part of which reverted to George G. Hikes, as an heir. The latter was engaged for many years as a nursei"yman, having followed the business while still at the parental homestead. He was joined in marriage to Anna E. Putnam, and this union was graced with two children, one of whom, Edward B., died at the age nf five j^ears, leaving Walter S., of this review, as the sole heir to- the family estate.

Walter S. was reared on the farm and received in additimi tu the trainingafforded by this wholesome environment a good education. He completed the common school course and after that was for three years a student in the Sturgns Academy at CharlestDwn.

In 1876 death came to George G., father of our subject, and with this came the responsibility of managing the affairs of the estate; this Walter did in conjunction with his mother, and under the arrangement the business side of their home aft'airs was closely and carefully managed, so that growth and development were among the characteristics of the household history. This joint management continued until the mother was joined in marriage to James Howard.

On March 16. 1883, \\'alter S. Hikes was married to Mary Bowen, daughter of Festus and Elizabeth ( Lewman) Bowen, pioneer settlers of Clark county, Indiana. She was educated in the public schools of the county, and has been a most admirable help-mate and a competent and conscientious mother. Six children were born of this union, four of whom survive. The children in order of birth were: Edward, deceased; Olive, Ethel, Bessie, Dorothy and Mamie, the latter also deceased. Olive and Ethel are graduates of the Charlestown high school.

Mr. Hikes is engaged in the handling of lumber and real estate in Charlestown, but retains his management of his large farm in connection with his other duties. Although a Republican in politics he has never sought for political preferment, choosing rather to live his part as a conservative and upright citizen. He is a member of the Presbyterian denomination, acting in the capacity of an elder in the church. Mr. Hikes is also a member of the Odd Fellows, belonging to Charlestown Lodge, No. 94. His friends and neighbors are coming more and more to recognize his sterling worth and unwavering integrity.

Louis Badger

Louis Badger, of Charlestown, Clark county, has had a prosperous business career, and has been a successful holder of public offices entrusted to him at different times. He has fought and bled for his country. He is one of the older generation of men whose careers embraced many of the critical periods which this land of ours experienced, periods which were gloriously tided over by the self-reliance and undaunted courage of such men as he.

Mr. Badger was born in the vicinity of Charlestown. Clark county, on September lo. 1845. ^"d was the son of C. G. and Lourena (Green) Badger, the former a native of Germany, and the latter of Clark county. C. G. Badger was born in the "Fatherland," on June 30. 1819, and his wife on ]\Iarch 7. 1824. He came to this country at the age of seventeen and went from Charlestown to Xew Orleans, returning again to Charlestown, where on the edge of the city he operated a blacksmith shop, and at the same time engaged in farming pursuits. He was a Democrat and active in party work. About the year 1859 he was elected .\uditor of Clark county, and served for eight years. He was also Treasurer of his county, ser\-ing in that capacity when the county seat was located at Charlestown. His name was put forward for Auditor of State on one occasion, but was defeated for the nomination. He died on the 27th of January, 1887. He was a man of great attainments and his success in public life was acliieved over the obstacle of foreign birth and the difficulties of language. At his death he was reputed to be a man of some wealth.

To C. G. Badger and his wife were born thirteen children; eight boys and five girls. Eight are still living, five of the boys and three of the girls. They are: Emily, wife of William Masiner, of Charlestown: Belle, wife of Charles Reich, of Charlestown : Lucinde. wife of Harry Reil, of Alexandria, Indiana: Edward B. Badger, of \\'ichita. Kansas; Louis, of Charlestown: C. G., Jr., of Jeffersonville, Indiana; Charles, of Clinton county, Iowa; George, of Jefifersonville. Indiana.

In his young days Louis Badger assisted his parents in working the farm, and later hired out to neighboring farmers by the month. In winter time he went to school, attending Prof. Z. B. Sturgus' school in Charlestown, where he obtained a good education. In 1863 he enlisted in Company D, of the Fourth Indiana Cavalry, and the Seventy-seventh Regiment for seiwice in the Civil war. During the conflict he was wounded in the engagement at Dug Gap, Georgia, on ]\Iay 9, 1864. His wound proved to be of so serious a nature that he could no longer be of service, and was accordingly discharged July 28, 1865. He is now in receipt of thirty dollars a month pension money.

Shortly after the close of the war he was appointed Deputy Sheriff of Clark county, under Thomas Bellins, and served in that capacity for two years. In 1867 his marriage with Adora Grabe took place. Since that time nine children have been born to them, of whom there are seven living, five boys and two girls. Charles G. was born I^Iay 25, 1868: Nora B. on February 8, 1870; Oscar is deceased: Centennial J. was born Alay 27. 1876: Robert L. in Deceml^er, 1880: M. A. in 1884; Jesse E. April 14. 1886: Edith O. in 1887, and George L. on May 25, 1890.

In politics Mr. Badger is a Democrat and he has been an active worker in the interest of his party for a great many years. He served as postmaster in Otisco from 1883 to 1887, and was elected in 1890 Trustee of Oregon township and sen-ed in that office for four years. He was in business as a huckster for ten years, and spent five years in the business at Otisco. Seven years of his Hfe at a later pericjd were spent on a farm in Oregon township. In 1903 he sold his farm and returned to Charlestown and entered the harness business in Avhich he is now engaged.

Fraternally Louis Badger is an active member in many orders. He is a Mason of the Blazing Star Lodge, No. 226. He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge, No. 714 at !Marysville, and has of late become connected with the Banner Lodge, No. 15, in Jeffersonville, in which he carries two thousand dallars" wortii of insurance. He leads a quiet, domestic life.

Henry S. Lutz

Among the highh' respected citizens of Charlestown a few words are due the subject of this sketch, Henry S. Lutz, proprietor of the Interurban livery barn. He was born on December 6, 1845, in Charlestown township, Clark county, Indiana, the son of George and Sarah (Royer) Lutz, who were also natives of this county. Our subject's grandparents emigrated to Indiana from North Caolina as early as 1800. They followed farming and braved the dangers incident to pioneer life and carved a homestead out of the virgin wilderness. The hardships were such as were common to the life of the times, but they succeeded .in establishing themselves on a good farm and ended their days in their newly adopted state.

George Lutz, father of Henry S., was a man of modest and quiet demeanor, but was well liked by his neighbors, being ready at all times to accommodate his friends in ever}* possible way. He made no efforts to become prominent in any way and steadily refused to enter into the political arena, so free and open to all the people. He was the father of seven children, two sons and five daughters, as follows: Benjamin F., second lieutenant of the Twelfth Indiana Battery, who lost his life during the Civil war, on the field of battle, thus giving himself as a ransom for the preservation of the integrity of the flag ; Clara became the wife of Samuel Tolan, both of whom have now gone to their reward ; Laura is the wife of Alexander Young, of Jeffersonville, Indiana ; Ellen, widow of George Gibson, is now a resident of Jeffersonville, Indiana ; Sarah is the wife of James K. Bennett, of New Albany, Indiana : Anna is the widow of A. B. Bennett, of Jeff'ersonville, Indiana.

Henry S, Lutz was reared upon the home farm, which lies three miles from Charlestown. He received his education in the neighboring district schools, but the discipline of life on the farm was not lost upon him, for he appropriated to himself such a fund of experiences that he has had no dilTficuhy in going forward with his own business afifairs with the success that crowns loyal and untiring efforts.

On December 15, 1868, Air. Lutz was married to Sarah Sharp, daughter of James Sharp, of Charlestown. After their union the young couple made their home with Mr. Sharp's parents and continued so until the latter's death, after which Mr. Lutz sold his farm and removed to Charlestown. The children born to theme are Anna, wife of James W. Teeple, of Charlestown ; Benjamin, a railroad engineer at Spokane, Washington : James, a practicing physician at Louisville, Kentucky ; Mamie G. is at home.

Air. and Mrs. Lutz and family are members of the Christian denomination and they have been of inestimable service in the work of the church. Mr. Lutz is a member of Cement Lodge, No. 494, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Charlestown, Indiana. He has passed through all the chairs and has twice served his fellows at the grand lodge held at Indianapolis. He affiliates with the Republican party, but does not place party above principle, preferring to remain in the Ijackground when it comes to seeking for offices or honor. In 1903 he removed to Charlestown, beginning the livery business as stated above.

Carl Brayfield

Carl Brayfield is well known and respected throughout Clark county. For the space of thirty-six years he has been actively engaged in newspaper work ; one of the rank and file of that army whose business it is to sketch the history of current events, and whose arduous labors, ephemeral-like, find a resting place within the dusty files of the newspaper office. His early training- admirably fitted him for his life task, and a successful career as a writer, a traveling correspondent and as editor and publisher has been his. As may be surmised he is also well versed in the art of the practical printer, and is intimately acquainted with all the details of that trade. Carl Brayfield comes of families whose genealogical trees have their roots in the distant past.

ilr. Brayfield was bom in Daviess county, Indiana, on the lOth of October, 1850, and was the son of John and Sarah (Milholland) Brayfield. Both parents belonged to old and respected families. John Brayfield was originally a native of Mason county, Kentucky. He traced his descent from an English family who came to the United States as early as 1640, and settled in Virginia. Grandfather John Brayfield removed from Virginia to Maryland, and there married, coming to Kentucky in 1793. His son, John Brayfield, Jr., father of Carl, was bom in Kentucky about the year 1810, and moved into the state of Indiana about the year 1834. Of our subject's mother's family it may be mentioned that the maternal great-grandfather, Emanuel Van Trees, of Dutch extraction, settled in Daviess county, Indiana, about 1816, having come from New York. He was by profession a civil engineer.

Carl Brayfield received a good early training and was educated in the common and private schools. In the year 1872, at the age of twenty-two years, he entered the newspaper business, and since that time, for thirty-six years his pen has rarely been idle. He has been through all the phases of 'newspaper work and is a fluent and lucid writer. He has been most successful and in the executive position of editor and publisher he has full scope for his abilities.

His marriage took place at the age of twenty-three on July 12, 1873, when he took for his companion through life an accomplished young person, Kate Bower, a native of Washington county, Indiana. She was the daughter of George W. and Martha (Turner) Bower, well known people in their section of the countr\^ Mr. Brayfield's married life has been a very happy domestic one, although no children have been born to him. In religious life they belong to the church of Christ faith and are diligent and influential in the affairs of their church. In politics Carl Brayfield is a Democrat and an upholder of the best traditions of his party. In the newspaper field in his own county he has been of much assistance to his party,

Carl Brayfield is as yet a young man, comparatively speaking, and long years of activity in his chosen sphere are yet in store for him. He is a man respected and well thought of in township and county, and is acknowledged to be a keen-minded, energetic and far-seeing member of the community. His personality embraces all the attributes of the successful and aggressive business man. He is of a kindlv genial disposition and is a favorite with a large circle of friends and acquaintances.

Dr. Cadwallader Jones

Dr. Cadwallader Jones, of Charlestown, Clark county, is one of those professional men who have arrived at their present success solely through their own efforts. Energy and ambition characterized him from the time of his earliest school attendance in the district schools of his native township, and during his years at the Blue River Academy, when his enthusiasm and industr}' overcame every obstacle and brought him his well earned medical doctor degree. He has a reputation second to none as a professional man and citizen in Charlestown. where his professional and public services are in constant demand.

veins, was born in Bartliolomew county, Indiana, on the I2th of October, 1849. He was the son of William and Elizabeth (Stalker) Jones. His grandfather Jones, a native of North Carolina, came to Washington county, Indiana, in 181 1, and there entered forty acres, on which he farmed during the remainder of his life, dying late in life on his farm. William Jones, our subject's father, moved to a farm about a mile south of Jonesville, Bartholomew county. Jonesville received its name from a Ben Jones, an early settler, who was a relation of our subject's family. William Jones married, lived on a farm and died there in 1855. ]^Irs. Jones married secondly a Mr. Parker, also deceased, while she is still living, in Washington county, Indiana ; having arrived at the age of eighty in 1908. Mrs. Jones had five children, three girls and two boys, three are living: Anne, the wife of Calvin Hinkle, of Washington county ; E. E. Jones, a resident of Colorado ; and Cadwallader, of this review.

At the age of six years Doctor Jones was left fatherless and went six years later to live with his grandfather Jones, who arranged for his education at the district school. In the spring of 1871 he entered the Blue River Academy and remained there for two and a half years when, owing to his financial circumstances, he was obliged to supplement his income by teaching and other means, but still continuing his studies. In 1876 he entered the medical department of the University of Louisville and graduated two years later with the Doctor of Medicine degree. He then went into practice for four years at Borden and at New \\'ashington for five and a half. He located in Charlestown on November 2, 1887, where, for one year, he practiced with the late Dr. David H. Coombs, after which he entered practice for himself. When the building, which contained the oftice in which he had located for eighteen years, burned down he moved on October 5. 1907, in with Doctor ^^'ork. with whom he is located at present. Doctor Jones is a Republican in politics and served as a member of the Pension Board under the Harrison administration. In Cleveland's time he was out of oiifice, but was re-appointed under President ]\IcKinley, and still holds the ofiice (1908). In 1886 he was nominated for Auditor of Clark county by the Republican party, during his residence in Washington township. His popularity in his residential township may be gauged from the fact that the Democratic majority there which averaged one hundred five was reduced to fifteen votes.

On December 25, 1877, Doctor Jones married Laura Harned and has had six children born to him. all but two of whom are graduates of the local high school. They were named: Lunsford, Bessie, Mamie, Anna. Leslie and Flossie. The first Mrs. Jones died in August, 1893. Doctor Jones married secondly on October 12, 1894, Leah Lander.

Our subject is a prominent and popular Mason and a member of Blazing Star Lodge, No. 226, in which he has held every ofifice and of which he is a past master. He is an influential and practical member of the Presbyterian belief and holds the ofifrce of deacon in the local Presbyterian church.

Doctor Jones attended the National Republican Convention of 1892, in Minneapolis, as an alternate delegate. Outside of his professional duties the doctor is a sincere lover of outdoor sports, particularly in the art of the gun and rod. As a hunter and a fisherman he stands second to very few in the community. He is also a man who has traveled through the coiuitry extensively and has been within the borders of fourteen different states. He is a man of culture, with a high reputation for honesty as a citizen, and is acknowledged to be a skilled practitioner.

Joseph L. Carr

Joseph L. Carr. superintendent of the Clark county intinnary, is a figure well known in the civic life of the county. He comes of a military family, for the Carrs for many generations have been prominently identified with military history in the state of Indiana. They have also made a name for themselves in other walks of life. Gen. John Carr. a member of the family, represented the Charlestown district several terms in Congress. Andrew Jackson Carr, the father of Joseph L., was a veteran of the Mexican war and a citizen of worth and influence. Joseph L. Carr is a worthy scion of the familv. He is a man of probity and uprightness and in his sphere in public life he has won the confidence of all with whom he has come in contact. He has been Assessor of Charlestown township for six years, an oftice which he filled with credit to himself. He was appointed superintendent of the county infirmarv in 1905, and at the close of his term, owing to the skill he displayed in conducting his duties he was re-appointed. Two of his sons, in keeping with the traditions of the family, fought for their country in the Spanish- American war.

Joseph L. Carr was born in Charlestown township, Clark county, on the 6th of February, 1852, and was the son of Andrew Jackson Carr and Sarah Whiteman, his wife. Andrew Jackson Carr was also bom in Charlestown township, Clark county. He was a soldier of the ^Mexican war, who went through the most critical stages of that conflict. He was also a civic figure of importance and served as Treasurer of Clark county for the period of four years. He also served as private secretary to Governor W'hitcomb, and was later a representative of Clark county to the state Legislature. He was a farmer by occupation and a wealthy man. His death occurred in 1885. In his lifetime Andrew Jackson Carr was an influential man in the Masonic fraternity in his part of the county. He was a genial and kind-hearted man and was well known in his township for his liberality and charitable traits.

He and his wife had four children born to them, of whom Joseph L. was the eldest. The two other sons, Richard and George Dunlap, are deceased. Mary Neal, a daughter, resides in Denver, Colorado. The mother of these children died on the old homestead in Charlestown township in November, 1902.

Joseph L. Carr was reared in Charlestown township. He attended the district school in his youth and afterwards worked on the farm of his father. He is now in his fifty-sixth 3rear and has lived an industrious and active life. In politics he is an avowed Democrat and a loyal supporter of his party. For six years he was Assessor of Charlestown township, after which he was appointed superintendent of the county infirmary, in which capacity he served for nearly eight years. He married Ida E. Baldock, daughter of George W. Baldock, of Charlestown township. His marriage, which has proved a happy one. brought him seven children, namely: Emmett R., who served as a soldier in the Spanish-American war; Benjamin F., who also served three years in the army, taking part in the Spanish- American war; Josie E., who is the wife of \\'esley Buck, of Pomeroy, Ohio ; Bessie I. is the wife of Clyde Hawes, of Utica township; Sadie S., Georgia E., Ella D., all three are at home with their parents.

Joseph L. Carr and all the members of his family are members of the Christian church and are active and faithful in all things pertaining to the further success of the local congregation of their faith. Mr. Carr has now held his position as superintendent of the county infirmary for the period ot nearly twelve years.

Edwin B. Bentley

Edwin B. Bentley, of Charlestown township, Clark county, is a well known fanner in the township in which he lives, and is one of those men whose lives, placid and well-ordered, are an open book to their neighbors. He comes of an old and respected family, the Bentleys of Ashbourne. Derbyshire. England. He has lived the life of an honest, energetic and industrious farmer, one who has never looked for nor expected anything beyond the return which his labors justly merited.

He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on the 15th of July, i860, the son of Francis W. and Catherine (Taylor) Bentley. The former was born on the Solan Young farm, in Charlestown township, in 183 1. Our subject's grandfather, James T. Bentley, was born in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England, and came to this country in 1820. He lived in the South until 1829. when he came to Clark county, Indiana. In New Orleans he married Mary A. Johnson, of Boston, Massachusetts, in the year, 1826, and with the proceeds of both their savings they started a dairy farm and owned slaves, who after- wards came with them to Indiana. About the year 1833 they bought the farm which Edwin B. now owns. Here James T. Bentley remained until his death, which occurred in 1878. He was a man of pleasant disposition, and was well and favorably known. He and his wife had four children, namely : Mary Anna, Mary Elizabeth, Francis W'ilson and Sarah Mariah.

Francis W. Bentley was reared upon his father's farm and received his education in the Clark County Academy. In the year 1856 he married Catherine Taylor, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. Mrs. Bentley was born on the 24th of May, 1838, and was educated in Cincinnati, where she attended private school. She further pursued her studies at the Shelby ville (Kentucky) Female College, at which she graduated in the year 1855. She and her husband had four children, namely: John T., born March 4, 1857, who died March i, 1904: James T., born August 20. 1858, lives in Kansas: Edwin B., who is the subject of this sketch, and Frank T., a resident of Chicago, who was bora May 2, 1862. Francis W. Bentley died on the 3d of February, 1888, and was a man well liked. He belonged to the Presbyterian church and was a deacon of that church. He was politically a Republican, though he never took an active part in politics.

Edwin B. Bentley was reared upon the family farm in Charlestown township, and attended the schools of the district and the Barnett Academy at Charlestown. He married on December 29, 1891. Lena V. Reeves, a daughter of M. D. Reeves, of Charlestown. Mrs. Bentley went to school at Charlestown, and like her husband, attended the Barnett Academy Both she and her husband are members of the local Presbyterian church, in which he is an elder. They have no children.

Fraternally Mr. Bentley has interested himself in two organizations. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge, and of the Modern Woodmen of America. In politics he is a Republican. He owns a farm of one hundred and seventy acres which is worth sixty dollars an acre. He has an up-to-date dairv on his farm, the milk from which nets him a good revenue.

Joseph M. Haymaker

Toseph M. Haymaker, of Charlestown township, Clark county, is well known throusfhout his township and countv as a breeder of shorthorn cattle and as a large land owner. He is a prosperous member of the community and has been markedlv successful in all the ventures with which he has connected himself.

his parents eight cliildren were born, namely: John \\'., Ehza J., Katherine, George W., Isaac N., James M., Amanda, and the subject of our sketch. There are only three members of the family now living, namely : Isaac N., Amanda, and our subject, Joseph M. In the year 1874 Joseph M. Haymaker married Sallie Beggs, who was born in Charlestown township on the 17th of December, 1849. Six children have been born of their marriage. They are: Xettie B., William M., deceased; Anna F., Lulu M., John G., and Carrrie F.

Mrs. Haymaker comes of an old and honored family. She was the daughter of the late John Beggs, who father, James, was the son of Judge John Beggs, of Rockingham county, Virginia, and who came to Indiana in 1797. Her mother was Louisa Work, the daughter of Samuel Work, whose father, Henry Work, came to Indiana in 1804. ]\Irs. HaymaKer's ancestors were prominent in the public and private life of the country for over a century. Mrs. Haymaker and the members of her family are members of the Christian church and are all influential and practical church workers.

The subject of our sketch is a member of Blazing Star Lodge, No. 226, of the Free and Accepted Masons of Charlestown. In political afifairs he is a Democrat and a staunch upholder of his party. He is a successful breeder of shorthorn cattle and owns seven hundred acres of excellent farming land on a part of which stands a stone house still in a good state of preservation, which was built in 181 1 by its owner, the Hon. James Beggs, president of the Legislative branch of the territory, and a great-great uncle of Mrs. Haymaker. Joseph 'SI. Haymaker is a stockholder of the bank of Charlestown and is interested in that concern to a considerable extent. He also holds stock in the First National Bank of Jeffersonville, Indiana.

Joseph M. Haymaker and his wife live on section No. 57, on a bluff overlooking the classic Ohio river, seventeen miles above the Falls, and in the shadow of a monument erected to the memory of Col. John Armstrong, a hero of Revolutionary fame. They are now advanced in years and can well afford to enjoy the declining period of life surrounded by all the comforts of a prosperous home in that picturesque portion of Charlestown township. The Haymakers have made many staunch friends in the course of their long lives and have a host of acquaintances who sincerely wish them prolonged life.

James Carr

The name uf James Carr, pioneer resident and wealthy farmer of Charlestown township, is one that carries great weight and influence when mentioned in connection with the progress of Clark county. Beyond and above his material wealth, James Carr is entitled to the respect of his fellow citizens, for he is the descendant of an illustrious family, his grandfather, Thomas Carr, being one of the original framers of the constitution of Indiana, and a man who was a native of Pennsylvania and one of the first to note the possibilities of the Hoosier state.

James Carr was born on grant Xo. 154, Charlestown township, Clark county, October 18, 1827, and was the son of Joseph and Nancy (Drummond) Carr. Joseph Carr was a native of Pennsylvania, where he was born February 7, 1796, and his wife in Kentucky. Joseph Carr's father, the grandfather of our subject, came from Pennsylvania and arrived in Indiana in 1806 in Charlestown township. Here he lived until his death. He served one term in the Indiana Legislature. Joseph Carr married Xancy Drummond about the vear 1818. and they were the parents of twelve children, of whom there are four now living. James Carr was reared upon the grant above menti(3ned. He helped his parents and attended the district schools. His father died at the age of forty-eight, about the year 1844. and James had to lend his help in managing the farm, which he did until his thirty-fifth year, or some time near 1862. He then married Sarah ]\I. Strieker, daughter of \\'illiam Strieker, of Charlestown townsliip. Mrs. Carr was bom on July 9, 1842. Her father was born in Frederick county, Virginia, and came with his parents when he was but six years old to Clark county. Indiana. He married Phoebe A. Bower, and had nine children, three of whom are still living. Mrs. Carr worked during her youth as a country girl and many times worked in the fields for her father. She, however, got a good common school education. William Strieker as he advanced in life became a financier and the owner of two thousand acres of land. \\'hen he first started he bought one hundred one acres of land and even went in debt to obtain it. In his earlier years it was his custom to personally take his farm produce to X^ew Orleans via the river, and on arrival there he used to sell his boat as well as his farm produce, and walk back home. As time went on and as prosperity came to him he became of great benefit to the community. He helped the poor and needy and, though not a member of any church, was a liberal subscriber to those of all denominations. He was known to raise a large amount of stock. His death occurred in 1886: while his wife lived to a very old age. His estate at the time of his death was estimated to be worth something like one hundred thousand dollars.

James Carr and Sarah M. Strieker were the parents of the following children : Emma, the wife of Charles D. X^icholson. of X^ew Albany, Indiana ; Charles Carr, of Charlestown township; William J., also of Charlestown township; Nancy Ann, the wife of John P. Xicholson, of Oldham county, Kentucky; Mamie M., who died at the age of sixteen; John T. Carr, who is at home: Katie S., who became the wife of Frank Bottorfif. is deceased: and an infant that died at the age of fourteen months. They as well as their parents are members of the Christian church at Stony Point on Silver Creek.

In politics Mr. Carr is an ardent Democrat. He is the o\v-ner of sixteen hundred acres of land, one thousand of which lie within the borders of Clark county. In 1880 he built the fine residence in which he and his family reside. It consists of eleven large rooms firmly built upon a picturesque site on five hundred and twenty acres of land, three miles northwest of Charlestown, Indiana.

James Carr has many friends among all classes in the community. He has always possessed ilTany characteristics which have been known to engender mutual good will and fellowship, and this no doubt is the secret of much of his popularity. He is now leading a life of semi-retirement in keeping with his vears, although he is still hale and hearty and one in whose veins the fires of youth have not burned themselves out.

William J. Barnett

William J. Barnett, of Charlestown township, Clark county, is a well known and respected native born resident of the township in which he lives. He is now the prosperous owner of as fine a farm as there is in Charlestown township, the soil of which is estimated to be at least worth seventy dollars an acre, and the high state of perfection which the property has reached is due mainly to his own industrious efforts. William J. Barnett had the advantages of a first class education in his youth and was excellently fitted to meet the needs of life in his chosen avocation. He comes of a family, the meinbers of which always possessed the characteristics of industry and adaptability.

William J. Barnett was born near Charlestown. Indiana, on the ist of September, 1853, and was the son of Allen and Edith (Jacobs) Barnett, the former a native of Penns^dvania, and the latter of Clark county. Allen Barnett was a mechanic of more than ordinaiy skill. He patented the first cooking stoves of the fire above the oven variety. He made some money by this and came to Clark county from Louisville, Kentucky, and dealt in land. He entered much land from the government not only in Indiana, but in Illinois and Iowa. The time of his coming to Clark county was in the spring of 1840, when he located near Charlestown. He married Edith Jacobs in Clark county, his marriage with her being his second. Nine children were born to them, seven of whom are still living. At the time of his death Allen Barnett owned a large amount of land. During his life he was a member of the Presbyterian faith and was a trustee of the local Presbyterian church, of which he was ever a liberal financial supporter. At the close of the Civil war he became a Republican in politics. Allen Barnett's children were:

Samuel T-. Edward A.. William J., our subject; Clarence C. Barton A., Ella S., wife of J. L. Cole: and Edith R., the wife of Judge W. H. Watson. All are living.

William T- Barnett was reared upon the parental farm near Chailestown and helped on the farm, attending the common school in winter time. At the close of his common school education he entered DePauw University, at Greencastle, Indiana, but owing to ill health he had to retire. He afterwards married Sallie O. Swartz, who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on the nth of March, 1854. ^Irs. Barnett in addition to a common school education had the advantages of an academy training. Their married life was happy and they were blessed with three children. They were named : Nellie B., born March 30. 1879, who is the wife of H. B. Smith; Arthur S., born ]\Iarch 25, 1882, and died August 15, 1908: and Charles A., born June i. 1885, who is stenographer of a large concern in Kansas City, Missouri. Mrs. Barnett passed to her reward February 18, 1894.

Our subject and the members of the family belong to the Methodist Episcopal faith. He is steward and one of the trustees of the Charlestown Methodist Episcopal church and an influential and active church attendant.

In politics William J. Barnett has consistently stood for the Republican party, but he has taken no active interest in machine work. He lives quietly with his family in the substantial family residence and has a host of friends and well wishers.

Frank P. ]\IcCormick, of Charlestown township, Clark county, comes of a Virginian family of Irish extraction while from his mother he has inherited the rich red blood of old Kentucky. He is a believer in the strenuous life, and he is not one of those whose preachings belie their practice. Day in and dav out for many years he has led a life of energetic endeavor. He is now in a position to enjoy the full fruition of his labors and can leisurely spend the declining vears of his life in peacefulness, and without surrendering his independence or self-respect, upon his well stocked farm.

He was born in Charlestown township, Clark county, on grant No. JJ. He was the son of Joshua and Christina (Brentlinger) McCormick. Joshua< McCormick was also bom in Clark county and was of Irish extraction. Grandfather ^^IcCormick came here at a very early date, presumably from Virginia, and lived and died on the present McCormick land. Joshua Mc- Cormick married Christina Brentlinger, of Kentucky. They owned about five hundred acres of land and reared many children. Their names were: William E. McCormick, C. B. McCormick, Theodoscia, wife of Doctor Miller, of Princeton, Kentucky; J- B. McCormick, F. P. McCormick. and Willie, Stella and Millie IMcConnick, the last three dying when young. Frank P, McCormick is the only member of the family now left in Clark county. Here he grew up. obtaining his education at the district schools.

In after life he married Xannie Bowen, of Charlestown township, Clark county. Mrs. McCormick came of an old and respected Clark county family, and was bom in September of the year 1875. She obtained a good common school education and was well fitted to be the wife of a well-to-do farmer, and the mother of children. Two children were born to Frank McCormick and wife. They are H. L. McCormick. born in June, 1901. and Clifton K., born in November, 1907.

Frank P. McCormick resides on his father's farm, the Joshua McCormick estate, of which he is the superintendent. He owns forty acres of prime land. He has been quite a large raiser of mules, and has the distinction of having the finest span of mules to be seen in Clark county. He also raises large numbers of sheep, hogs and cattle.

In politics Mr. McCormick is a Republican, and though he has never taken an active part in the political doings of township or county, nevertheless he is an enthusiastic partisan of the party with which his sympathies lie.

Both Frank P. McCormick and his wife are considered first class neighbors and have many sincere friends in Charlestown township. They live an ideal home life, and they are good, religious, industrious and strictly honest members of the communitv.

Dr. Josiah L. Taggart

Dr. Josiah L. Taggart. late of Owen township, Clark county, was extensively engaged for over twenty years in breeding short-horn cattle, and he was most successful in raising stock of this description. His father, the late Dr. William Taggart, \-ery successfully combined the exacting duties of an extensive medical practice with farming and stock raising interests on a large scale. Both father and son enjoyed much confidence and friendship in public as well as private life: and the much lamented deaths of these noted doctors were serious losses both to their family and friends.

The subject of our sketch was Ix)rn in Owen township. Clark county, on the 27th of August. 1847. and was the son of Dr. William and Mar\^ (Crawford) Taggart. The Taggart family were natives of Ireland. Dr. William Taggart being born in the Emerald Isle. He came with his parents to America when about eight years old, and located with them in Tennessee, later coming to Indiana. Dr. William Taggart was a graduate of Louisville University, and a prominent medical practitioner. He lived on his farm and practiced, and in 1848 he removed to Cliarlestown in order to obtain better educational facilities for his children, remaining there until 1856, when he returned to his farm in Owen township. Here he had an extensive practice and became wealthy. To himself and his wife there were born six boys and three girls, of whom there are now living two boys and three girls.

Josiah L. lived on the fann and attended the common schools of the district and the Charlestown school. He became a teaclier and taught school for a period of ten years. In 1865 he entered the Indianapolis Medical College and graduated at that institution in 1869. He then went to Washington territory and practiced there for eighteen months. On Februar}- 11, 1886, he married Nannie Haymaker, a daughter of Dr. G. \\'. Haymaker, of Charlestown. Mrs. Taggart was born in New INIarket, Clark county, and was educated in the common schools. Doctor and Mrs. Taggart lived a very happy married life, and one child was born to them. Ethel, who is a student at Hanover College.

In politics the subject of our sketch was a Repuljlican and was elected Trustee of Owen township in 1904, an office which he held four years. He was a member of the Presbyterian faith and subscribed liberally towards the church. ]\Irs. Taggart is also a member of that church. Dr. J. L. Taggart had two hundred and fifty acres of choice land, on which he carried on his breeding and raising operations. In addition to the short-horn cattle which he raised, and of which he brought the first imported stock of that kind to Clark countv, he also interested himself extensively in the raising of sheep.

When Doctor Taggart came into the trusteeship the tax levy was one dollar and seven cents. This he succeeded in reducing to sixty-four cents, and during his term of office all indebtedness of the township was wiped out. Dr. J. L. Taggart died May 16, 1909. He was a man of irreproachable character and loved bv all.

John W. Botto.Rff

The subject of this sketch has passed more than half a century, or his entire life, in the community of which this histon,' treats and his habits have been such that during its entire span of years no one has spoken anything disparaging regarding them, and during this interval he has continued his efforts and labors in an untiring and well directed way, and is today carrying on general farming and stock raising in such a manner as to stamp him well abreast of the leading agriculturists of Clark county.

John W. Bottorff was born in \\'ashington township, Clark county, April 23, 1853, the son of Fletcher and :\Iary J. (Robinson) Bottorff, the former a native of Kentuckv. who came to Indiana when a Iwy and located in Wash- ington township where lie worked a farm and where he married Alary J. Rubinson, and to tliem were l)orn : Emma J., the wife of John AI. Bower, deceased: Orie B.. who is single: John W., our subject: Sudie E., who is single.

Fletcher Bottorfif was a prosperous farmer and the owner of one hundred and eighty-six acres here and one hundred and sixty acres in another section. These farms now belong to his heirs. He died March 19, 1887, and his wife passed away in February, 1901. They were people of many commendable traits, and lived honorable lives.

John W. Bottorff was reared on the farm where he now lives and attended the district schools of his own neighborhood and later entered a college at Eminence, Kentucky, wdiere he remained one year, when he returned to Clark county and began farming which he has since continued with uniform success.

Mr. BottorfY married Belle Bower, a sister of John AI. Bower, and a daughter of Tobias Bower. No children have been born to Air. and Mrs. Bottorff. The latter is a member of the Christian church.

Our subject manages a good farm in such an able manner as to gain a comfortable living from year to year, and he always keeps some good stock of various kinds. In politics he is a loyal Democrat and has loug taken considerable interest in the afifairs of his party, desiring to see the best men possible placed in the local offices. He was elected Commissioner from the Third district, November 3, 1908, and will take office January i, 1910. His election is regarded by his fellow citizens as a most fortunate one. He will succeed David Watson, of Oregon township, in this office.

Judge George H. D. Gibson

There is no more widely known or influential citizen in Charlestown than Judge George H. D. Gibson, ex-Judge ofthe Clark county Circuit Court. He is the scion of an old and highly respectable family, and the son of a father who achieved success in many diverse callings and who was also a lawyer of distinction. The subject of our sketch has undoubtedly inherited all the legal acumen and forensic ability of his honored parent, together with his characteristics of courage, self-reliance and self-control. During his term on the bench of the Circuit Court Judge Gibson gave every evidence of his fitness for the office which he held. A man in whom the judicial temperament is highly developed, his verdicts displayed a nicety of distinction, a clearness of thought, and an impartiality which dispelled all doubts and logically settled all difficulties. In private practice at the present time he enjoys a large and extensive clientele.

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1851, and was the son of Thomas W". and :Mary W. (Goodwin) Gibson. Thomas \\'. Gibson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was brought when but six years old to Lawrenceburg, Indiana. At the age of si.xteen he entered the United States Academy at West Point and at the expiration of three years he was appointed midshipman in the United States Xavy. He served three years on the United States sloop "Vandalia," cruising near the ^^ est Indies. After an active career in the navy he retired in 1836. and returned to Lawrenceliurg, wliere he studied law with George H. Dunn. In 1837 he moved to Charlestown, and in 1838 was united in marriage with Alarv W . Goodwin, the daughter of Col. Amos Goodwin. After his marriage Thomas W. Gibson practiced law at Charlestown until 1846, when in that stirringperiod he raised Company I. Third Indiana A'ounteers. He became captain of his company and participated in the battle of Buena Vista in the ^lexican war. In 1847 he returned to Charlestown, and in 1848 was elected to the Indiana Legislatiu'e on the Democratic ticket. He became a member of the Constitutional Committee in 1851, and afterwards seiwed as an Indiana Senator. In 1852 he moved his law office to Louisville, Kentucky, but continued to reside in Charlestown until his death, which occurred in 1876, on the 30th of November of that year. Thomas W. Gibson reached a high pinnacle of success as a lawyer. He was a man of remarkable attainments and was a well known writer, having written several novels which were widely read. During the war period he was brought into considerable prominence and served as provost marshal in Louisville during the most critical periods of the Civil war. He also commanded a regiment for a sliort time in the defense of that city, and in after times his prowess as a fighter threatened to eclipse his fame as an attorney.

Thomas \\ . Gibson liad a family cif three boys and three girls, of whom one girl and two of his sons are now deceased. They were: Lydia D. Gibson, who married B. F. \\'alter: Amelia A. Gibson died single: Lieutenant Thomas W. Gibson, of the Eighth L'nited States Cavalrj-, died single : Sarah G. is the wife of AIcDowell Reeves : Charles H. Gibson is an attorney-at-law in Louisville, and George H. D. Gibson, our subject.

Judge Gibson was reared in Charlestown and received his early education at the Barnett Academy in Charlestown. He spent four years in the Kentucky Military Institute and graduated in 1873. He then studied law at Louisville and graduated at the Louisville Law LTniversity in 1874. He immediately opened an office in Charlestown and was in 1876 elected Prosecuting Attorney. In 1877 he removed his law office to Louisville, Kentucky, but later returned to Charlestown, and in 1881 was elected to the Indiana Legislature. He was again returned by election to the session of 1883. In 1892 he was elected Judge of the Clark county Circuit Court, an honored office which he held with distinction until 1898. While still on th.e judicial bench he bought a farm to which he later retired and engaged extensively in stock fanning with niucn success until 1908, when he sold his farm and reopened his law iiractice in Charlestown.

He married in July, 1896, Virginia C. Van Hook, who came of a well known family. His matrimonial happiness was of brief duration, however, for Mrs. Gibson died in July. igoS, an occurrence which was a sad blow to her husband.

Judge Gibson, needless to say, is an influential and prosperous man. He is a large stock holder in and a director of the First National Bank, an institution whose destiu}' he has taken no small share in bringing to its present success.

Judge Gibson is yet but fifty-seven years old, and it is safe to say that his alreadv successful career is but a stepping stone to greater things.

John M. ]\IcMillin. of Charlestown township, Clark cciunty, is a prosperous and industrious farmer and an influential citizen, and there are a few men who are more prominently associated with the financial and business life of the community than he. He has shown himself to have inherited the dominant characteristics of the JMcMillin family, whose name has been associated with Charlestown township for nearly a hundred years. They were a Pennsylvania family of Scotch-Irish origin and were an industrious people, careful to husband their resources and endowed with a marked facility for successfully manipulating their financial affairs. The Indiana head of the family, William McMillin, fought in the War of 1812, at the close of which he settled in Kentucky and later moved to Charlestown, Clark cnunty. He was grandfather of the resident of Charlestown township whose name heads this sketch.

John M. McMillin was born in Charlestown township, Clark county, on the 9th of February, 1856. and was the son of ^^'illiam C. and Mary F. (Brentlinger) McMillin. Grandfather William McMillin, referred to above, was a native of Pennsylvania, of Scotch-Irish descent. He was by trade a cabinetmaker and served in the War of 1812, then settled in Kentucky, and later came to Indiana. He worked at his trade in Charlestown until 1841, at which time he bought a farm of one hundred and fifty acres in grant No. 99, on which he lived until 1880, when his death occurred. His wife had died previously, in 1854. They were the parents of five children, all boys, namely: William C, John M., Thomas, George and Robert. All the members of the family migrated to Illinois with the exception of \\'illiam C the father of our svibject, who remained on the old place in grant No. 99. until his death.

which occurred in 1897. His wife is still living, her seventy-seventh birthday taking place in 1908. William C. McMillin was a man with a great talent for making money and the owner of many acres of land. He was of much importance to the township financially and was known as a liberalhearted man. When the bank of Charlestown was organized in 1891 he became its second vice-president and an influential stockholder. Though he attended church and was a practical Christian he never belonged to any particular church, but was a liberal supporter of many. In politics he was a Republican. He and his wife were the parents of two children: John M. (our subject), and William E., who is now one of the instructors in the carpentry department of the Jeffersonville Reformatory.

John M. McAlillin was reared on the family homestead and in his youth was a regular school attendant and consequently got a good education. In after life he married Jennie B. Stierheim, born in the year 1859, whose father was a native of France. The couple have led a happy married life and one son has been born to them. H. R. McMillin, Deputy Sheriff of Clark county. Their son was reared on the family farm and received a good common school education. The ]\IcMillins belong to the Presbyterian church at Charlestown, in which our subject is a deacon.

In the fraternal world John M. McMillin is a memlier of the Modern Woodmen of America and carries insurance in that organization. In politics he is a Republican. His farm embraces some three hundred and sixty acres of choice land and is well cultivated and stocked. As was his father, he is also a stockholder of the bank of Charlestown. He has met with much success in his financial ventures and this, no doubt, is to be attributed to his powers of judgment and discrimination. He is a director of the well known Charlestown Canning Factor}-. He and his wife and son are popular in all circles in Charlestown township and have the reputation of being hospitable and kindly neighbors.

The Townsend Family

Among the early settlers of Union township was the family of Isaac Townsend, who came to Clark county in 1817. Isaac Townsend was born in Bradford county, Pennsylvania, October 10, 1790, and was the son of Uriah and Dorothy Townsend. Uriah Townsend was a son of Elijah Townsend and Dorothy, a daughter of Rudolph Fox, who was among the earliest pioneers of Bradford county, Mr. Fox having located there in 1770. In 1793 Uriah Townsend with his family moved to Yates county, New York, locating in the town of Jerusalem, near Pennyan. Here Isaac Townsend grew up and was married in 1810, to Meliscent Guernsey, daughter of Daniel Guernsey. They resided in Yates county until 1817, when Mr. Townsend resolved to secure a home in Indiana. Traveling overland to what was then known as Olean P'oint, they embarked and floated down the Alleghany and Ohio rivers to Utica, where they landed, and Clark county became their permanent home. They settled in the Blue Lick country, within the present limits of Union township. ^Nlr. and Mrs. Townsend were both Methodists and lived quiet and happy lives. Mrs. Townsend died May 8, 1871, and ]\Ir. Townsend June 17, 1875. They are buried with all their children except one, in Mountain Grove cemetery, three miles west of Henryville. The children of Isaac and Meliscent Townsend were : George Harmon, Elizabeth, Uriah, Julia, Isaac ^lonroe, Guernsey and Desire.

George Harmon Townsend was born in Yates county. New York, June II, 181 1, came with his parents to Clark county in 1817, and grew up in the Blue Lick ccunti'y. He became cjuite wealthy and was one of the first trustees of Union township. He was married September 13, 1832, to Sarah Maria Thompson. The children of George Harmon and Sarah Maria Townsend were: Phila Ann Townsend, born June 27, 1833; married to John S. Dunlevy February 9, 1857. They settled in INIonroe township and had three children - Ann Eliza, George Townsend, and Simeon Craw'ford Dunlevy. Burritt Leroy Townsend, born April 15, 1835: married to Hilary E. Biggs, March 22, i860. Their children are; Ida, Emma, Annie, Hobart, Robert, Franklin, Byron and Pauline. They live in Cumberland county, Illinois. Isaac Franklin Townsend was born January 31. 1837; married to Julia F. Hart, March, 1861. They live in Smith county, Kansas, and have four children: William B., Charles Hart, Lelah ^I., and George Franklin. Angeline Townsend was born May 31, 1842: married to John King, October 22, 1862. They located in Carr township and their children are : George Washington, John Franklin, Thomas Leroy, Lafayette Sampson, Charles Walter, Clela Dailey, Hamilton Ferguson, and Annie Ella.

Sarah Marie Townsend died June 10, 1845, and on August 31, 1847, George Harmon Townsend was again married, to Elizabeth Hart, of Bartholomew county. The children of George Hamion and Elizabeth Townsend are : Lenora Jane Townsend was born June 7, 1849: married to Henry H. Carr, November 3, 1866. He died and she was married a second time to John W. Batty. They live in the Blue Lick country and have four children - Ralph Covert, John Byron, Estelle Pink, and Helen Townsend. Thomas Matsnn Townsend was born March 7, 1851 ; married to ]\latilda Reed, September 30, 1869. They live in Silver Creek township and their children are - Henry Augustus, Annie Laura, Cora Alice, Thomas Lafayette, George Harmon, Ella Reed, Frank Smith, and Martha Rave. Lafayette Dem.arcus Townsend was born December 2j, 1852; married to Mary M. Buehler, September 9, 1875. They live in the Blue Lick country', and their children are - Nora Elizabeth, Annie Blanche, Lelah Belle, Paul Vernon, James Edwin, Charles

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B., Lucy Forest, Herman Ray. Ruth J-. Elmer L., and Hazel M. Sarah Addie Townsend was born August 30. 1859: married to James Frederick W'hitesides, September 14. 1876. They reside near Memphis and their children are - Nora America. Catherine Ella, Goldie Lillie, Homer Townsend, Pearl Indiana. Mabel Elizabeth. James Otto. Mary Addie. and Daisy Grace. Ella Elizabeth T(.i\vnsend was born September 2. 1861 : married to Edwin Onnlle Green. May 3. 1888. They reside in Cleveland. Ohio, and their children are - Florence Catherine. Bernice Edna, and Amos Townsend Green. Lillie Alice Townsend was bfirn November 24. 1863 ; married to James Madison Hawes. September 6. 1882. They live in Jeffersonville. and their children are - Bessie Beatrice. Edith Nathan. Blanche Townsend. ]\Iyrtle Foster, and Katharine Jeanette. Laura Pink Townsend was born February 23. 1868; married to Alarcellus Mayfield, July i. 1888. They live in Royal Center, Indiana, and their children are - Clyde Townsend. HoUis Earl, and Lecta Geneva. Daisy Forest Townsend, born June 19, 1870: married to Alvin E. Green, March 3, 1889. They reside in New Albany, Indiana, and have no children.

George Harmon Townsend died February 22. 1889, after a long and useful life. His wife, Elizabeth. ha\-ing preceded him. died April 23. 1879. They with the first wife are buried in Mountain Grove cemetery.

Of the other children of Isaac and Meliscent Townsend : Elizabeth Townsend married Almond Roberts and located in IMonroe township. Their children were - \^'esley. Millie. Emily. Julia. ]\Iarintha. Huldah, and Nancy.

Their children were - Nancv. Miner\-a, and Elizabeth. Julia Townsend married Joseph Johnson and lived in the Blue Lick country. They left no descendants. Isaac Monroe Townsend married Julia Ann Harris and lived in L'nion township. Their children were - James Allen. Huldah and Elam. Dr. Teriy Monroe Townsend. formerly of Jefi:ersonville. but now living in New York City, is a son of Elam Townsend. Desire Townsend married Joseph Biggs and lived in Monroe township. They left no descendants. Guernsey Townsend married and mo\-ed to Clinton count}'. Indiana, where he brought up a large family, and lived to a good, ripe old age. He is the only one of the children' not buried in Mountain Gro\'e cemetery.

Other members of the Townsend family in the Blue Lick country are of the same lineage, through John Townsend. a brother of Isaac Townsend. They are: Sophia Townsend. who married Parady Payne, and li\'ed in Monroe township. Their children are - \\'illiam. James. Lillie. George F., Blanche. Charles, Arthur, Kate, and John. James Townsend married Serena Trotter, and resided in Monroe township. Their children are - Albert. James, and Charles Townsend. Rexie Townsend married Thompson !\L Dietz. and lived in the Blue Lick country. Their children are - -Florence. Ruth. Grace. Fanny, Thompson M.. \\"alter. and Bryan Deitz.

Jacob P. Bare

Jacob P. Bare was for many years prior to his death a skilled agriculturist and a well-to-do resident of Charlestown township, Clark county. He was one of those unassuming men who find ample scope for their abilities in performing" industriously and consistently the duties which providence placed before them. He lived to a ripe age, conscious of a life well spent in an effort to rightly rear and to enrich his family, and enjojang the friendship and unfailing loyalty of a large circle of friends. He was bom on the 17th of September, 1823, near Washington, Indiana. His father was a Virginian. In his sixth year our subject came with his parents to Owen township, Clark county, in which county the remainder of his life was spent. He married Ann M. Baird on the 24th of December, 1846. She was the daughter of John and Sarah (Martin) Baird. Jacob and his wife were the parents of nine children. In regular order they were: John H., born on May 13, 184S; Almira M. on September 24, 1849; William H. on the 25th of May, 1851 ; H. T., born May 20, 1853 ; Sarah A. on the 13th of April, 1855 ; Robert A. and Charles (twins), born August 23, 1857; Ida V., born September 13, 1859, and Harriet E. December 27, 1862. Our subject and his wife on their marriage settled on the farm where Mrs. Bare still lives and where he afterwards died on the 4th of October, 1891. The farm contains two hundred acres of choice land. Jacob Bare was a deeply religious man through life and \vas a deacon of the local Presbyterian congregation ; his entire family also belong to that faith. In politics he was a Republican. His death was a loss to the community at large as well as to his family, and an overwhelming blow to his sorrowing wife, on whom the duty developed of caring for her children. From her husband's death in 1891 to the present day, Mrs. Anna M. Bare has admirably demonstrated her fitness as the head of the family. During that time she has shown herself to be possessed of a natural ability and talent to deal with all the problems which have faced her. She is now past the age of eighty-two years, and lives a life of much less strenuousness than was her custom hitherto. She was born near Lexington, Kentucky, on August 30, 1826, and was, as we have stated, the daughter of John and Sarah (Martin) Baird. Her father was born near Coleraine, Londonderry county, Ireland, in 1789. In the year 1810, at the age of twenty-one, he crossed the intervening ocean to the LTnited States and landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where for some time he worked in a factory, and in that city married Sarah Martin, a native of the place. They then came to Tennessee and later to Kentucky, resided for some time in Ohio and finally came to Clark county, where they settled in Owen township. Here he erected a building for a woolen factory, and was in his ninetythird year at the time of his death. John Baird and his wife were the parents of the following children : William, John, Henry, Sarah, Eliza, Ann M.,

George \\'., James A., Robert and ^^lartha H. The only survivors of the family in 1908 were Ann M. and Martha H. Ann i\I. was sixteen years old when she came to Owen township and she obtained a good common school education. On her marriage to Jacob P. Bare, the subject of our sketch, she went to live on her present farmstead. Here her family, whom we have already enumerated, grew up and here her husband died.

Mrs. Ann M. Bare is widely known and respected and lives peaceably in her advanced years with her son, Charles E., and her daughter, Elizabeth. Three of her children, Sarah, William H. and Harrison F., are deceased.

John M. Bower

It is a rare privilege to spend one's life in the house in which one was born. The subject of this sketch has lived under the same roof for a period of sixty-two years, and judging from the success he has made in his life work, he was wise in remaining at home, rather than seek uncertain fortune in other states as so many of his contemporaries did, many of them to their regret.

John M. Bower was born in Washington township, Clark county, Indiana, February 17, 1847, the son of Tobias and Mary A. (Piercy) Bower, the former a native of North Carolina, and the latter of Virginia. Tobias Bower came from the old Tar state with his father, and located in section i, Washington township, this county, in 1810, and here he was reared and worked on a farm attending such schools as there were in those pioneer days. The Piercy family came to this county in an early day, settling on Fourteen Mile creek. Tobias Bower and Maiy A. Piercy were married in Washington township, and here they lived and died, the fomrer at the age of sixty-eight years, the latter sun-iving until she was ninety-four. They were the parents of the following children : Edward T. was a soldier in Company I, Eighty-first Indiana Volunteer Infantry, having been wounded at the battle of Nashville, living only twenty-one days afterward when he died in the service of his country : Wdliam A. was in the same company and was wounded at the battle of Stone River, Tennessee, and also died in twenty-one days after, while in the service of the Union; James S. was the next in order of birth; Carrie is the wife of Benton Wilson; Julia became the wife of William Snider, of Utica; Jennie is the wife of J. C. Lewman, of Louisville, Kentucky; Belle is the wife of John W. Bottorfif ; Alice A. married P. F. Shilling and they live at New \\'ashington, Clark county.

John M. Bower, of this review, was born and reared upon the farm where he now lives, as already intimated. He worked about the place in his b<3yhood and attended the neighboring schools in the meantime, having remained with his parents until he married Emma J. Bottorff in 1878. She was called to her rest in May. 1903, after becoming the mother of three children, two of whom are living, namely: May died when ten years old; Jennie is the wife of Ed Patterson ; Sudie is single ; both she and Jennie graduated in the common schools.

Mr. Bower has been a successful farmer and is regarded as a very capable manager, and a good judge of live stock. He is the owner of a valuable landed estate consisting of three hundred acres. It is well improved and everything about the place shows careful management and thrift. The old home is beautifully located, surrounded by fine old trees, and everything to make home pleasant and attractive. Mr. Bower always keeps some good stock on the place, and he carries on a general farming with much satisfaction. He is fond of all kinds of stock and keeps good horses, cattle and sheep. Mr. Bower is a stockholder in the First National Bank of Charlestown. He has shipped many horses from time to time. He has found time to travel some and is a man of good judgment and well informed on general topics.

In his political relations Mr. Bower is a loyal Democrat and he very ably served his township as Trustee for a term of five years. He is one of the substantial and well known citizens of this part of the county.

Williaim H. Long

Among the representative citizens of Oregon township, Clark county, few have attained as distinctive prestige as Mr. Long, who is carrying on a general merchandise business at New Market, and in a perusal of the following biography it will be seen that he is a man of proper ideals regarding private, social and civic life, and that the esteem in which he is held and the success which he has won, are due rewards for the consistent life he has led.

William H. Long was born in Charlestown township, Clark county, September 15, 1847, the son of Morgan and Isabelle (^lartin) Long, the former having been born in Virginia, but was reared in Kentucky, his ancestors having come to America from Ireland.

\\'illiam H. Long was reared in Charlestown township, this county, where he worked on the farm and attended the common schools, receiving such education as was possible in these early days. When the dark clouds of Civil war darkened our national horizon, he was not satisfied to let his fellow countrymen alone defend the flag consequently in the spring of 1864, before he was eighteen years old, he enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Indiana Regiment, and did guard duty, never ha\-ing an occasion to engage in any of the great battles. He recei\-es a pension.

Mr. Long" married Samantha Cortner, the youngest of a family of thirteen children. She was born in Oregon township, where she received her earh' schooHng. To this union four children have been Ijorn. namely : Edmund E. is married and lives at Prather, Indiana, where he is clerking in the I'nion National Bank. He is a graduate of the Borden high school, and of a business college in Louisville. Kentucky ; Maggie is the wife of William Cartright. of Charlestown township; Ada, the third child,' who became the wife of Morgan Bower, is deceased; Harrison R., who was born in 1892, is living at home.

Mr. Long is a faithful member of the Presbyterian church at New Market, being one of the deacons in the same. Mrs. Long was also a member of this church. In politics he is a Republican, and in 1904 was elected Trustee of Oregon township, in a township that is about ninety Democratic. He took office January i. 1905. and he retired January i. 1909. He made one of the best local officials the township has ever had, according to his constituents. \Mren Mr. Long came into office the township was in debt seven hundred dollars. This has been paid and he built a good school-house at Nn. i. in the township, which is also paid for. and the rate is lower now than it has been.

Mr. Long has been a general merchant at New Market for the past thirteen years, during which time he has built up a good trade with the surrounding country, for he is honest in his dealings with his fellow men. and he keeps a good quality of goods. He has a fine home in New Market, well furnished and modern, where he lives with his boy, Mrs. Long having passed to her rest in February, 1908.

Benton B. Bower

The subject of this sketch has enjoyed the pri\-ilege of li\-ing nearly his entire life under the same roof, having devoted his life to agricultural pursuits, being the owner of a good farm in W'ashington township, while he is honored as one of the useful citizens of the same and as an able exponent of its farming interests.

Benton B. Bower was born in Washington township. Clark county. May 8. 1857. the son of John A. and Mary (Coombs) Bower, the former being the son of Col. Daniel W. Bov^'er, an officer in the Wav of 181 2. Col. Daniel W. Bower was a native of North Carolina, who came to Indiana and purchased one thousand acres of land when it was cheap, entering most of it from the government. He married Elizabeth Hostettler, who was a native of North Carolina.

A. Bower, fatlier of the subject, was reareil in Washington township, this county, where he married jMary J. Coombs, the daughter of William and ]Margaret (Myers) Coombs. They settled in Silver Creek township in which they lived until 1858, when they moved to Coles county, Illinois, in which place they lived the remainder of their lives.

John A. Bower attended the early schools in his boyhood days in his native vicinity. He married INIary Coombs, the daughter of a prosperous farmer, her parents being members of the Christian church, the former being an elder in the same. He was a strong Democrat. He died November 16, 1903. and she passed to her rest in October, 1903. Three children were born to them. Orrie D., who becariie the wife of F. J- Stutsman, is now deceased. They resided in Chicago. Benton B., our subject, was the second in order of birth, and Daniel W. was the youngest. Benton B. was reared on the old home place on which he worked when a boy attending the district schools in the meantime, later, took a course in the Charlestown Academy, where he received a sufficient education to enable him to teach, and he taught with success in this county for two years. He was in the merchandise business at New Washington for five years during which time he built up a good trade. Disposing of his goods here he was in the merchandise business at Indianapolis for two years, but tiring of the exacting life of a large city he preferred to live in the country and returned to his native community, buying a good farm of ninetyone acres, which he now owns and on which he carries on a general farming with much success, being the owner of the old homestead which he has greatly enhanced in value by is careful management and extensive improvemnts.

Mr. Bower was united in marriage in Alay, 1893, with Laura A. Jackson, and to this union one child, Harold M., was born in February, 1894. Mrs. Bower passed to her rest in 1897, and Mr. Bower was married a second time October 19, 1906, his last wife being Leora Blackford, who was born in Jefferson county, Missouri, December 9, 1870, the daughter of John W. Blackford. She was educated in the district schools and the normal school at Indianapolis, and also at Danville, Indiana. She was a teacher in the district schools and later in the primary schools at Hanover, Utica and New Washington. No children have been born to this union.

Mr. Bower is a member of the Christian church. In politics he is a Democrat, and has long taken considerable interest in his party's affairs. He was postmaster at New Washington during one of Cleveland's administrations, and he proved to be a very faithful public servant. He finds time to devote some attention to music, having been a student of this art while in Indianapolis, and he is regarded as an excellent performer on musical instruments, having- tausrht music with success. He has made several instruments. Both Mr. and Mrs. Bower are intelligent and friendly people, and they are highly respected by all who know them.

George W. Swengel

Among the representative citizens of Clark county. Indiana, the subject of this sketcli has long been prominent, being a well known and successful business man and a factor of value in the development of the section of the county in which he lives, having formerly been engaged in the mercantile business, but of late years he has devoted his energies to farming pursuits, but whatever he has turned his hand to he has made a marked success.

George W. Swengel was born in Jackson county, Indiana, March 19, 1850, the son of Charles and Catherine (Kiser) Swengel. Charles Swengel, grandfather of the subject, was a native of Mai-yland, having come from that state to Circleville, Ohio. He married Virginia Kensel. They were the parents of these children : Michael, John, Samuel. Charles, Elizabeth, Sophia and Catherine.

Charles Swengel, father of the subject, was reared on a farm in Pickawajr county, Ohio, where he grew to manhood, attending what schools there were in his neighborhood in that early day. He married Sarah Kiser in 1848. To that union three children were born. Charles Swengel was first married to Katherine Kiser, to which union five children were born. This wife died and he married her sister. One of Charles Swengel's children, Mary, is the wife of Joseph Ryan, a resident of Elizabethtown, Bartholomew county, Indiana.

George W. Swengel was born and reared in Jackson county, this state, having grown to manhood on the farm and he attended the district schools of that county, being enabled to teach at the age of seventeen. He successfully followed this line of work for four years. He then engaged in the mercantile business until 1901, building up an extensive trade in the same, but desiring to lead the freer life of the husbandman, he then went on a farm in Washington township, where he has since resided. He has a good farm which he manages with success, carrying on general farming and keeping about him some good stock.

Mr. Swengel was married to Rose I. Haymaker September 2^. 1879, who was born at New Market, Indiana, in 1857, the daughter of Dr. George W. Haymaker, brother of Capt. Isaac N., Joseph M. and J. W. Haymaker. Dr. George Haymaker married Foster Henley, daughter of Noah and Lousana (Munday) Henley. Noah was the son of Jesse Henley, who came to Indiana in 1806 from North Carolina. Jesse Henley married Catherine Fonts. He was the owner of twenty-eight hundred acres of land in Clark county. He died in 1829, his wife having died in 1806. He again married a Miss Bower.

The Kiser family emigrated to Indiana from Brownsville. Pennsylvania, where the subject's maternal grandfather was engaged in the mercantile business, having moved from there to Ohio. Grandmother Kiser, whose maiden name was Landis, was a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

]\Ir. and Mrs. Swengel are members of the Christian church. In politics Mr. Swenger is a Democrat, and has long taken considerable interest in the afifairs of his party. He at one time sen-ed as postmaster of Sellersburg, Indiana, during Cleveland's administration. His father was also interested in political afifairs and was Commissioner of Jackson county, Indiana. Our subject is known as a man of sound practical ideas, honest in his purpose and is regarded as an excellent neighbor and citizen.

The venerable and honored physician whose name initiates this review, is one of the best known and useful men in Oregon township, Clark count}', his practice having long ago pervaded the entire county, his fame having been augmented as the years increased until today his name is a household word throughout the locality.

Dr. F. M. Carr was born in Charlestnwn township, Clark county, Indiana, January- 3. 183 1, the son of Absalom and Jane (Weir) Carr. Thomas and Hannah (Coombs) Carr were the grandparents of the subject, Thomas Carr having come to this country from Fayette county, Pennsylvania in 1806, and settled on Sinking Fork of Silver creek, in Charlestown township. He was of Irish descent. The subject's great-grandfather came from Ireland and landed at Annapolis, Maryland, with one sister and one brother, this being the first advent of the Carr family in America : one of these brothers went to Tennessee and the other remained in Maryland. Doctor Carr is a' descendant of the Carr who settled in Pennsylvania. Jane Weir was born in Virginia May I, 1792, and was reared in Kentucky. She came to Indiana in 1810.

Absalom Carr and Jane ^^'eir were married in Union township in October, 1812, and they resided in Charlestown township until in the thirties, then moved to W'ashington county, Indiana, where they lived until about 1838, when they moved to Washington township, Clark county, where they remained the rest of their days, the father of the subject dying in 1876, and his wife preceded him to the silent land in 1862. They were the parents of ten children, namely : Thomas J. lived to be eighty-one years old and died in Missouri : Hulda, who became the wife of Felix Huston, died in Illinois in 1857: Julia married Thomas McClosky in 1836; Susan became the second wife of Phelix Huston; Martha died early in life, having remained single; Mary, who also remained single, is deceased ; A. W'., who died in Scipio, Indiana, married Martlia Goforth ; F. 'SI., our subject, was the next in order of birth : Joseph married Ehzabeth Gartner, Ijoth deceased; John married Nancy J. Amick, both deceased.

Dr. F. M. Garr was born in Charlestown township, and he went with his parents to Washington county, this state, and back to Glark county when they returned. He worked on his father's farm until 1852. He attended school at Gharlestown, read medicine in New Washington, Indiana, having early decided that his talents lay along the lines of medical science, and he made rapid progress in the same from the first. He attended a medical college at Louisville, Kentucky, graduating in 1855. In the same year he commenced pmctice in New Market, Glark county, and practiced continuously until 1906, when he retired. During those long years of faithful service, he built up an extensive patronage, as already indicated, and became known as one of the most successful practitioners in the county. .

Doctor Garr was united in marriage with ^lartha E. Cortner, December 25. 1854. They are the parents of seven sons, all living, namely: J. P., superintendent of schools at \'icksburg, Mississippi; J. W., who is a telegraph operator at Golwich. Kansas; ^I. W. lives in Gorydon. Indiana; S. E. is a drug clerk in Jeffersonville, this state; F. W. is a lawyer in Gharlestown, Indiana; G. L. lives at home ; Manton M. lives in Gorydon, this state.

Doctor Garr is a member of the Presbyterian church and has been an elder in the same for many years. In politics he has always been a Democrat, and he cast his first vote for President Franklin Pierce in 1852. He served as Trustee of Oregon township for five years. J. P. Garr served as Superintendent of county schools from 1883 to 1887. S. E. Garr served in the same capacity for four years. F. W. Garr also served as Glerk of Glark county for a period of four years.

Doctor Garr is a man of wonderful memory and it is interesting to hear his instructive and entertaining conversation on the development of this locality, and scenes and conditions as they existed in the early days and he is the historian of Oregon township. Doctor Garr has a comfortable home with beautiful surroundings.

Henry H. Ratts

Among the enterprising and progressive men of Washington township, Glark county, whose efforts have been lent to the prestige of the agricultural industry of this locality, is the subject of this review, whose long life has been passed within her borders.

Henrv H. Ratts was born in \\'ashington township, Glark county, Indiana, March 9, 1S42, the son of Jacob and Lucintha (Fonts) Ratts. the for- mer a native of North Carolina, who came with his father, Henr_v Ratts, when Jacob was eighteen years old. Jacob Ratts married Lucintha Fonts. Grandfather Fonts also came from North Carolina. Jacob Ratts and wife were the parents of seven children, three boys and three girls growing to maturity, namely: Thomas L., David F.. Mary A., Sarah J., Henry H. and Margaret E. The three living in 1909 are David F., Henry H. and Margaret E.

Our subject was reared on the fami on which he worked when a young man and attended the district schools in the meantime until he was eighteen years old, when he quit school, but remained at home until he was thirty.

He rented the farm and was married in 1872 to Anna Rodgers, who was born and reared in this county. They at once mo\-ed to where they now live, and have since remained in the same home, being the owners of a valuable fann consisting of two hundred and thirty acres of land, which is well improved. The land has always jdelded rich harvests of various kinds. Mr. Ratts has a substantial and comfortable dwelling and con\enient out buildings. He always keeps plenty of good stock on the place, and he is regarded by his neighbors as an up-to-date farmer in every respect.

The subject and wife are members of the Christian church at New \\'ashington, this county, and the former is one of the trustees of the same. They take considerable interest in church work. In politics Mr. Ratts is a Democrat, but he has never taken a very active part in political movements. He is a man of much force of personality and stability of character, and he has made a success as a result of his close application to his farm work.

Josiah C. Crawford

Among those of the farming element in Clark county whose labors have been rewarded with proportionate fruits is he whose name appears above, who is the owner of a well improved landed estate in Owen township.

Josiah C. Crawford was born in Owen township, Clark county, Indiana, January 26, 1861, the son of Josiah and Phoebe H. (Crosby) Crawford, the former a native of this county. William Crawford, grandfather of the subject, was a native of Virginia and one of the early settlers of Clark county, Indiana. He was the father of five children, all deceased. The Crosbys were natives of Massachusetts, from which state they emigrated to the \\'est. The family originated in England. Josiah Crawford, the subject's father, was a man of considerable prominence in his day. having been a graduate from Hanover College, and a Presbyterian preacher, traveling over a large circuit in Southern

Indiana. He passed to his rest in 1892. He and his noble wife were'the parents of seven children, all now deceased but the subject of this sketch, Josiah C, who was reared on grants Nos. 104 and 105, and he began working on the farm at an early age, in the meantime attending the district schools. Not being satisfied with a common school education, he entered Hanover College and graduated with the class of 1896, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts, having made a splendid record in that institution.

Our subject was united in marriage with Anna Bowyer, a native of this township, the date of their wedding occuring October 9, 1887. She is a graduate of the common schools. They have farmed continuously since their marriage, their fine farm of twc) hundred acres being located in Owen township, which is well managed and highly improved under the direction of our subject, who is one of the most progressive agriculturists of this locality, carrying on general fanning with that energy and sound judgment that always insures success.

To JMr. and Mrs. Crawford nine children have been born, one of whom is deceased, namely: Sophronia, Xellie, Mary, deceased: Alma and Alice are twins : Charles. Helen, Esther and Margaret. \

Mr. and Mrs. Crawford are faithful members of the Presbyterian church. In politics our subject is a loyal Republican, but he prefers to devote his attention to his farm rather than seek political preferment at the hands of his fellow citizens. He is a member of several college orders, and is known in his community as a man of excellent mental endowment, integrity and industry, and his nicely furnished home is a place of generous hospitality.

Edward I\I. Graves first saw the light of day February 5, 1865, on the fertile acres which he now owns in Owen township, Clark county, and he is regarded as one of the most progressive agriculturists in that community. He is a man of advanced ideas, and his farm is occupied with the most modern machinery. As a lad he showed a great aptitude for learning, and his advancement in such studies as he pursued in the township schools was rapid, although in connection with his studies he did much work upon the farm. He settled down in the old homestead, and as a result of his energy can today point with pride to a fine farm.

He is the son of Charles and Elvira A. (Rogers) Graves. Charles Graves was born in Washington township in 1821, while his wife came into the world in 1823. David Graves, the father of Charles, came to Indiana in the days when the southern portion of the Hnosier state was practically a wilderness.

Charles Graves and Eh'ira A. Rogers were married in Washington township. After a short residence in (Iregon they retumed to their old home, and purchased a farm in the west half of section 22. Here they lived happily until 1894, when Mrs. Graves died. Ten children were bom to them, six of whom are living, namely: James M., John O., \\'illie, Samuel D., Thomas, Cyrus, Lottie, Rhoda, Laura and Edward M.

Edward M. Graves was united in marriage July 24 1892, to Hattie L. Moore, the daughter of William Moore, who was a native of England. To them were born four children, three of whom survive, viz: Isoline. Alzena and Alberta.

Ever since he attained manhood's estate Mr. Graves has been a staunch adherent of the Republican party, but that he is popular with the voters of the community in which he has so long resided is evidenced by the substantial plurality that he received in the fall election of 1908, when he was the candidate of his party for the office of Township Trustee, and received several votes over the regular majorit\'. He entered upon the duties of this office January I, 1909.

Mr. Graves not only gives close attention to the cultivation of his land, producing some of the finest corn and wheat that is shipped out of Clark county, but is also extensively engaged in the stock business, which in the last few years he has found very profitable. He has made a close study of this line of business, and has the reputation of being one of the best judges of live stock in Owen township. Therefore Mr. Graves experiences no difficulty in finding a readv market for the products of his stock farm, which is well drained and consists of one hundred forty-eight acres.

John W. Clapp is a native of Clark county, Lidiana, where he first saw the light of day Alarch 7, 1849, the son of William and Catherine (Amick) Clapp, the former wh6 was a native of Indiana, was the son of Valentine Clapp, who emigrated to the Hoosier state from North Carolina, from which state the Amick family also came, being among the first settlers in this part of the state. William Clapp and Catharine Amick were married in Clark county, having lived and died on the farm where the subject now lives. They were the parents of the following children: J. W., Lois M., James V., \\'illiam W., L. M,, Henry P., Robert A., Sarah, the wife of J. D. Robinson: IMaggie A., the wife of O. G. Thomas ; Zella, the wife of :\I. Mosser, lives in Illinois.