Clark County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1909 (part 13 of 15)

John W. Clapp was reared on the farm adjoining the one on which he now lives, having been born there, and he early began working on the same, at- tending- the district schools in the meantime, for a few months each winter, having remained with his parents until lie was twenty-four years old. He was married February 27, 1873, to Margaret A. Searles, and five children were born to the subject and wife, namely: Lulu M., the wife of Fon Jones; Ira D. was killed; Clarence V. lives in Illinois; Julia F. is the wife of Ira Bowles, of Illinois. The subject's wife passed to her rest December 18, 1885, and Mr. Clapp was married again, his second wife having been known in her maidenhood as Emma J. Himnlhever, whom he married June 10, 1886. Three children have Ijeen born to this union, namely: Amza R., Clyde C, and Ine E., all single. This wife was called- to her rest September 18, 1906, and the subject was married to Lillie B. Sanders, widow of John M. Sanders. She was born in Clark county, November 29, 1861.

Mrs. Clapp is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, while the subject belongs to the United Brethren church. In politics he is a Democrat.

yir. Clapp is the owner of a fine farm of two hundred and seventeen acres of land in grant No. 213, which he has improved until it ranks with the best farms in the county. In fact he has devoted his life to the improvement and cultivation of this one farm and he has been amply repaid for his labor. He has a good old substantial dwelling and convenient barns, sheds, etc. Besides managing his farm he runs a threshing machine and busker with much success, and no man in Oregon township keeps better stock than he, especially cattle and hogs,' the latter being the Poland-China breed. In 1901 he met with an unfortunate accident which resulted in losing his left hand in a shredder. He is 'well known throughout this locality and is regarded as a man of excellent business abilitv.

Andrew 11. Fisher

The subject has spent his long life in Clark county, where he has labored for the o-eneral good of his community as well as for his own interests. He is the owner of a very valuable farm in Washington township, and is classed among the prosperous, self-made men of this county.

Andrew M. Fisher was born in Washington township, Clark county, this state, December 8, 1841, the son of John and Elizabeth (Fonts) Fisher. Jacob Fonts, the grandfather of the subject, came to Clark county prior to 1800, from North Carolina. He married Mary Dugan, and to that union four boys and five girls were born, Elizabeth being one of their number, she being the mother of our subject. John Fisher, father of Andrew M., was born in North Carolina in 1802. He was the son of George Fisher, who came to Clark county, Indiana, in 1813, settling in Washington township, living neighbors to the Fouts family. John Fisher and Elizabeth Fonts were married in 1828, and they became the parents of these children: William, Sarah J., James L., Isabell'e A., Jacob H., Allen, Andrew M. and Mary C. Five of these children are living in 1909.

Andrew M. Fisher was reared on the farm where he now lives in section 19, township 2, range 9 east, assisting with the work about the place in his youth and attending the district schools of Washington township during the winter months. He assisted in clearing the land and improving the home place until he was twenty years of age. He obtained a fairly good schooling for those early days.

Our subject was married to Ellen Taff, who was a daughter of James Taff. She was a native of Jefferson county, Indiana, and was educated in the common schools of that county, and to this union six children were born : Frank M., born November 9, 1884, a graduate of Hanover College: Emery L.. born in 1893, is a graduate of the common schools.

;\Ir. Fisher owns five hundred acres of land, all in Washington township, where he carries on farming and stock raising in a general way. He is regarded by his neighbors as one of the leading agriculturists of this localit)-, keeping his farm in splendid condition and stocked with various kinds of live stock of excellent grade. He has a beautiful home, an excellent barn, and in fact, everything about the place shows thrift. At the organization of the New Washington Bank in 1907, Mr. Fisher was made vice-president and one of the directors, and he is performing his duties with rare care and foresight. He is a fine type of the modern business man, alert, progressive and honorable.

The subject of this sketch, who has lived in Clark county ft)r more than half a century, in fact all his life, has l:)een a witness of the great development which has characterized this section, and indeed has borne his full part in making the community in which he resides one of the choice sections in this part of the state.

W. A. Britan first saw the light of day in Clark county, Indiana, May 15, 1853, the son of Dr. W. W. and Jane A. (Dickey) Britan. the latter a daughter of Rev. John M. Dickey, a pioneer preacher in the Presbyterian church of Indiana. Dr. W. W. Britan was a native of Massachusetts, having graduated from a medical school and he was also a student at Andover. He practiced medicine and also engaged in farming, owning the old Dickey farm of one hundred and ten acres. To the subject's parents eleven children were born, six of whom are now living, \\'. A., our subject, being the sixth in order of birth. Mr. and Mrs. Britan were people of much sterling worth.

Our subject was reared on the farm where he assisted with the work about the place and acquired many valuable attributes of mind and character, in the meantime attending the comon schools in that vicinity until he received enough education to enable him to begin teaching in the common schools, having taught several terms with much success.

In 1878 Mr. Britan was married to Emma Taylor, daughter of Simpson Taylor and six children have been born to this union, three of whom are living at this writing, 1909, namely: Charles D., Leroy T. and Elizabeth J., all single. Elizabeth J. is a student at Hanover Colleg-e, where she is making a splendid record.

Mr. Britan is the owner of a fine farm, which he has greatly improved by hard work and careful management, carrying on general farming in a most successful manner, keeping some good stock and poultry about the place from year to year. He has a commodious and comfortable residence, surrounded by an attractive lawn. He is regarded as a wide-awake farmer, a careful manager.

The subject's wife passed to her rest October 10, 1905. Mr. Britan takes quite an active part in religious movements, also educational, being a member and an elder of the New ^\'ashington Presbyterian church. He has long been an active worker in the Sunday school, and is now vice-president of the Clark County Sunday School Association, in which he does a commendable work, making his influence felt throughout the county. He is also active in the farmers' institute work, being regarded as one of the leading spirits in that plausible movement in the county. He is held in high esteem by all who know him, for his educational abilitv, his integritv and industry.

Thomas W. Sample

Among the honored veterans of the Civil war and the leading farmers of Washington township, Clark county, the subject of this sketch is numbered.

Thomas W. Sample was born in Jefferson county, Indiana, July 12, 1848, the son of John F. and Mary (Pender) Sample. Jacob Sample, grandfather of the subject, was a native of either Kentucky or Virginia, and he came to Jefferson count}-, Indiana, in an early day. He had married Rachael Harberson, and they were the parents of these children : Elizabeth, Mary, Nancy, John F. and Jacob. John F., the subject's father, was born and reared, married and died injefiferson county. He was a farmer, and married Mary Pender and lived on the same farm until his death. He was born November 19, 1818, and died January 16, 1902. His wife was born October 28, 1817, and died January "27. 1896. John F. Sample was a prosperous farmer and left some prop- ei'ty. His wife was a member of the ]\Ietlindist Episcopal church. He was a Whig- and later a Republican. He enlisted in Company K, Sixth Indiana Regiment, in 1861. and served for three years. Seven children were born to the subject's parents, namely: Alex, born February 23, 1841, died Februai-y 15, 1847; Jacob, born February 8, 1843, d'^d December 29, 1870, having sei-ved one hundred days in the One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Indiana Regiment in the Civil war, and he re-enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-sixth Indiana and seiwed until the close of the war; Martha J. was born December 15, 1845, 'I'ld died August 26, 1866 ; Thomas W., the subject of this sketch ; James O., born April 2, 1851, died December 21, 1872; Nancy A., born December I, 1853, died June 19, 1883 ; Jessie B., born October 13, 1857, died February 16, 1875. All these children are now deceased except Thomas W., who was reared on the old farm in Jefferson county, where he assisted with the work about the place, and where he attended the district schools, receiving as good an education as possible in those early days in the common schools. He was one of the patriotic men who followed the footsteps of his father and enlisted in Company E, Twenty-second Indiana Regiment, December 16. 1863, when only fifteen years and six months old and he served faithfully until the close of the war, having taken part in the following battles : Tunnel Hill, Georgia, May 7, 1864; Resaca, Georgia, May 14, 1864, where he was wounded in the right shoulder; Rome, Georgia, May 17, 1864; Dallas, Georgia, May 27 1864; Big Shanty, June 16, 1864; Kenesaw Mountain, June 27, 1864; Vining Hill, July 7, 1864; Chattahoochee River, July 12th; Peach Tree Creek, July 19th; Sandtown Road, August 7th and 8th: Jonesboro, September ist; Savannah, December 21st, all in 1864; Black River, North Carolina, May 10, 1865 ; Bentonville. May 19, 1865. He was with Sherman in his march to the sea. He receives a pension of twenty-four dollars.

At the close of the war the subject returned to Jefferson county and resumed farming, also worked as a carpenter, and he gained some notoriety as a violinist, having possessed natural talent from youth. Mr. Sample was married January i, 1874, to Delilah Montgomery, who was born in Clark county, Indiana. October 21, 1849, th^ daughter of Alexander and Catherine (Baker) Montgomery. The Montgomery people were pioneers of Washington township where the grandfather of the subject's wife entered a large tract of land. She attended graded schools after graduating from the common schools and followed teaching for some time with success. Part of her education was gained in the National Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio. Jacob Baker was the grandfather of Mrs. Sample. He came here from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. William MontgomeiT, her grandfather, was bom in Virginia. Alexander Montgomery was the son of William Montgomer}\ whose children are given as follows: John, born April 16, 1782: ]\Iay, born December 28, 1783; William, born September 5, 1785; James, born September i, 1787: Robert, bom July 23, 1789; Thomas, bom May 21. 1791 : Jane, born ^March 16, 1793 : Ag-

The following children were born to Alexander Montgomery and wife : Joseph, \^^illiam, Johnson, Jacob, Mary J., Nathaniel, Catherine, Alexander and Delilah.

^^'hen Mr. and Mrs. Sample were married they moved to \\'ashington township in March, 1875, locating on a part of the old Montgomery homestead, which was then in the woods. He has cleared and improved this land until he has one of the best farms in the neighborhood which yields good crops from year to year under Mr. Sample's skillful management. He has sixtythree acres. He is regarded as a first class mechanic and fixes all kinds of musical instruments, and is regarded by all who know him as a man of rare talent.

His children are: Sylvia B., who was born December 3, 1874. and who graduated in music, is the wife of Lambert E. Barnes, of Owensville, Indiana: Mary A., born July i, 1877, is a teacher in the Gibson county, Indiana schools at Owensville; James M., born December 4, 1880, graduated in medicine at the Medical College of Louisville, Kentucky, in June, 1907, and he is married to Pearl Reed, and is located at Austin, Scott county, Indiana.

Mr. and ]\Irs. Sample are members of the Universalist church. The former is a member of the New \\'ashington Lodge, No. 167, Free and Accepted Masons being past master of the same. He is also a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and Sons of Veterans. He was a social member of the Woodmen lodge. In politics he is a Republican and he served in a very able manner as postmaster of New Washington from 189S to 1904.

John L. Magruder

The subject of this sketch is now engaged in the banking business at New- Washington, Clark county, where he has maintained his home for some time. He has been prominently identified with industrial enterprises of importance and the name which he liears has long been one which has stood for progres-

John Magruder, cashier of the new Washington State Bank, was born in Bullitt county, Kentucky, August 2, 1868, the son of Levi and Mary (Straney) ]\Iagruder. He was reared on the farm in that state and received his early educational training in a log school-house near his home. Later he entered the Pitt's Point Academy, where he took an academic course and made a splendid record for scholarship. Believing that the profession of teaching held peculiar advantages for him, he left that institution in 1888 and began teaching, having taught one term of school in his own town and county, when he went to Louisville, Kentucky, where he worked for six months, then going to Pleasureville, Kentucky, and entered a normal school, remaining there for ten months, during a part of 1889 and 1890. In June, of the latter year, he began farming and in 1891 he entered the National Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio, where he remained for two years, having graduated from the scientific course with the degree of Bachelor of Science. He was then principal of the schools at Smithville, Kentucky, for two years, rendering high grade services, for which he was heartily thanked by the board. He then taught with equal success for two years in New Haven, Nelson county, Kentucky ; also for two years at Lotus, that state.

Our subject then turned his attention to farming, which he followed with great satisfaction for several years, and for three years engaged in trading on an extensive scale. In 1903 he sold his farm and moved to Grant county, Kentucky, and in 1904 he bought a hotel, which he ran in connection with the agency for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad and Adams Express Company for four years, when he sold out and moved to Clark county, Indiana, locating in New Washington, where he at once began making preparations for the organization of the New Washington State Bank, which he succeeded in organizing and forming a strong board of directors, August 17, 1907, with a capital stock of twenty-five thousand dollars, with the following officers as directors: H. F. Schowe, president; A. M. Fisher, vice president: John L. Magruder, the subject, cashier: Dr. R. S. Taggart, S. K. Pech, A. R. Miles, J. C. Bower, N. H. Linthicun, T. R. Stevens and T. N. Manaugh. Lender the direction of the subject this bank has become popular in the community of New Washington, and is regarded as one of the strongest institutions of its kind in the southern part of the state and it is well patronized.

The happy domestic life of Mr. Magruder began in 1900, when he married Minnie Powell, a native of Dry Ridge, Grant county, Kentucky, the representative 'of a well known family in that community. To this union one wdnsome daughter, Lucille, was born in 1902.

Mr. ]\Iagruder is a member of the Catholic church, while Mrs. Magruder attends the Methodist Episcopal church, of which she is a member. In his political relations Mr. ]\Iagruder affiliates with the Democratic party, however, he has not aspired to office nor taken a very active part in his party's affairs, but he is interested in the political, moral and material development of his comnninitv and lends wliat aid he can in movements looking to such ends.

Williaai P. Cortner

There is much that is commendable in the life record of Mr. Cortner, for he has been found true to duty in every relation, whether it was in following the stars and stripes on many a sanguinary battle field of the South ; or in the every day affairs of private life.

William P. Cortner was born in Oregiin township, Clark county, Indiana, February 24, 1842, the son of Elias and Lucy (Amick) Cortner, the former a native of Guilford. Xorth Carolina, where he was born in 1821. John Cortner, the grandfather of the subject, was also born in North Carolina. He came to Clark county, Indiana, in 1823, settling in Oregon township, where he farmed and spent the remainder of his days, and was buried at New Market. Elias Cortner was reared on the farm. When he reached his majority he married Lucy Amick, who was born in Oregon township, September 24, 1821, the daughter of Peter Amick, a native of North Carolina, and who married Margaret Black, also a native of the old Tar state, and to them the following children were born: Levi, Gideon, Riley, Alfred, Elizabeth, Polly, Peggy, Sarah, Catharine. Nancy and Lucy.

John Cortner married Elizabeth Amick and they were the parents of these children : Abraham, Daniel. George, Elias, Phama and Polly. To Elias and Lucy (Amick) Cortner the following children were born : \\'illiam P., our subject and John M., who died when a small boy.

The subject of this sketch was reared in Oregon township, working on the home place and attending the district schools during the winter months, having worked on the farm until he was twenty years old, when he felt the call to sen-e his country during the dark days of the sixties, and he enlisted in Company G. Ninety-third Indiana Regiment, August 28, 1862. His first battle of importance was the Siege and fall of Vicksburg, July 4, 1863. He was in the battle at Jackson, Mississippi, July 17, 1863. He was never wounded but suffered from being overheated. He gets a pension. On May 10, union five children were born, namely: William ]\I., born December i. 1867, died September 13, 1900, having been killed by an accident: Alonzo B. was

Mr. Cortner is a member of the Presbyterian church, being an elder in the same. In politics he is a Republican and sen-ed as Trustee of Oregon township from 1886 to 1890, having been elected when the township was seventy Democratic. This shows his unquestioned popularitv in his own community. The township was in debt when he assumed this office, but after four years and three months of service he turned the township over to his successor free from debt.

Mr. Cortner is the owner of one hundred and eighty acres of good land in grant No. 197 in Oregon township. It has been well improved by the subject who is regarded as one of the leading agriculturists of this communitv. He has a good dwelling house, barn and other buildings, and he always keeps good stock. He is well known in Oregon and adjoining townships as an industrious and straightforward citizen.

John V. Clapp

This representative citizen of Oregon township is a native of Clark county, Indiana, and has passed here his entire life, aiding in whatever way possible in the moral, civic and material development of this communitv. He is the owner of- a well improved farm, and he is one of the prominent man in this part of the county.

John V. Clapp was born in Oregon township, Clark county, near New Market, May 10, 1853, the son of Henry and Nancy J. (Smith) Clapp, the former a native of North Carolina, who came from that state to Oregon township, settling near New Market. The subject's parents had each been married before their wedding, Nancy Smith having been married to a Mr. Jerard, by whom she became the mother of two children. Henry Clapp had been married to a Miss Amick. two children having been born to this union. Fourteen children were born to the subject's parents which made them a family of eighteen children including those they had by former marriages. Daniel and Riley were the children of Henry Clapp by his first wife. Sarah and Tilford Jerard were the children born to Mrs. Clapp by her first husband. The following children were born to the subject's parents: James H., \\"illiam P., Elijah. Uriah, Alex, Alfred, deceased; John V., ;\Iary J., Elizabeth. Julia, Charity, Joseph. James F. and William L. were soldiers in the Union army, and Riley died in the service. The parents of the subject finally located near Marysville, where they both died.

John y., the subject of this sketch, was reared on a farm and assisted his father with the work about the place, attending the district schools of Oregon township.

Our subject was married to Mrs. Mattie \\'. Ramsey, of Lexington, Indiana, who was born near that city, the daughter of James Pattison, of near Lexington. She is a graduate of the State Normal of Indiana. She became a competent teacher and is still following this profession in the local schools, where she is regarded as a woman of excellent attainments, and she gives entire satisfaction to all concerned. One child was born to her by her first marriage, who is named Georgia Ramsey, who married Melville Rice.

John V. Clapp has been crippled for the past twenty-five years. Both he and his wife are members of the Christian church at Marysville, Indiana, the subject being one of the trustee of the same, and a member of the official board. He is a member of the Marysville Lodge No. 714, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, being the organizer of the lodge here, being past noble grand, having been the first in this lodge and also the first representative to the Grand Lodge. This lodge now has one hundred members. The members own the property in which the lodge is housed and it is in good condition. In his political relations Mr. Clapp is a Democrat, having long been interested in the success of his party and was twice County Recorder, having served in this capacity in a most able and praiseworthy manner. He was elected Trustee of Oregon township and sen-ed as such from 1884 to 1888. He was postmaster of Marysville during President Cleveland's administration.

Mr. Clapp has been a successful man financially. He served as agent for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad for nine years, having been agent at Nabb for a period of two years. This road regarded him as one of their most faithful and able employees. Tilr. Clapp is one of the well known men of this section of Clark countv.

Allen A. Hutsel

The subject of this review is a gentleman of high standing in Bethlehem township, Clark county, where he manages a well imi:in;)\-ed farm and to whom has not been denied a fair measure of success.

Allen A. Hutsel has spent his life in this communit)-. being a native of Bethlehem township. Clark county, where he was born, September 4, 1863, the son of Chesterfield and Sarilda ( Giltner) Hutsel. both natives of Bethlehem township. It is believed that Jacob Hutsel, grandfather of the subject, emigrated to Indiana from Virginia. The subject's parents were married in Bethlehem township, and they lived in this township until about 1878 when they moved to adjoining county of Floyd where they still reside*. To them eight children were born, six of whom are still living, Allen A. being the only one living in Clark county. Chesterfield Hutsel was in the saw-mill business for many years, finally his mill burnel and he lost all.

Allen A. remained with his father until he was twenty-one years of age, assisting him with his work and attending the common schools in the meantime until he receix'ed a fairly good education. When he was tw^entyone years old the wife of his uncle, Allen H. Giltner, died and the subject went to live with him where he remained for several years.

Allen A. Hutsel married Frances Burkett, a native of Harrison county, Indiana, who passed to her rest July 13, 1891. To this union one child was born who died in infancy. On November i, 1892, Mr. Hutsel was again married, his last wnfe being Lillian Taff, daughter of James S. and Ellen Taff, of Washington township. Xo children have been born to this union.

Mr. Hutsel bought the Bohney farm of one hundred acres, which was cunsiderably depleted when he took possession of it, but being an excellent manager and a hard worker he has built it up until the soil now produces excellent crops of all kinds and the place presents a fine appearance, showing that a man of excellent ability as an agriculturist has its management in hand. Mr. Hutsel is also a stock raiser, always keeping about him some excellent breeds, his short horn cattle being especially noted in this vicinity. He is also a breeder in Percheron horses and has an interest in a fine stallion. He also has charge of the Allan A. Giltner farm which he successfully manages.

Politically Mr. Hutsel is a strong Republican but he does not find time to take an active part in political afifairs very largely, being a very busy man with his land and stock. In religious matters he is a supporter of the Christian church, holding his membership at Bethel in the congregation of which he is held in high favor.

Mrs. Addie Bower

Mrs. Addie Bower, of Bethlehem township, Clark county, is a woman possessed of remarkable executive powers and this has been demonstrated by the w^ay she has handled the affairs of herself and family wdien the two life companions she had chosen at different times were taken from her. Mrs. Bower comes of an old family, the Mclntires, of Virginia, and, doubtless, many of the prominent traits of character she possesses are inherited from a sturdy Virginian source. ]\Irs. Bower manages her farm of one hundred and sixtyone acres with admirable skill. She has a very imposing home in which she lives as happily as her duties and the cares w'hich fall upon the head of a family will allow her. She is surrounded and helped by her children whose presence is a soflrce of much comfort to her.

Mrs. Addie Bower was born in Bethleliem township in 1856, and was a daughter of Shedrick and Nancy ( Brenton) Mclntire. Her father was born and reared in the township, his father having come from Virginia to Indiana in the earlv years of Clark county. The elder jMcIntire reared a large family. Shedrick Alclntire and Nancy Brenton married in Bethlehem township, and there they lived the greater part of their lives. Shedrick died at the age of seventy-two, and his wife at the age of seventy-four. Their marriage brought them twelve children. They were: Isabella, Harland W., Charles M., Addie, William A., Eliza, Luella, Alvira, Florence, Emma, Annie and Jesse. Nine are still living.

Addie Mclntire was born within two miles of where she now resides. In her young days she attended the district school, but her education was of a limited description, as she had been needed at home. On ^larch i, 1881, she married Jacob Schlichter and their union resulted in the birth of three children : Jacob, Lawrence and Edith, who married William Ross, and lives in this township. Jacob Schlichter died in the year 1887. Three years afterwards the subject of our sketch married secondly William A. Bower, the marriage ceremony taking place on August 2y, 1890. Her husband was born in New Washington township in 1861, and was educated in the district school of that township. Her second marriage brought her three more children : Vallie, born in 1891. Vada H., born in 1892, and Eva, in 1895.

All the members of Mrs. Addie Bower's family are members of some Protestant church, four Methodists and one a Presbyterian, and one a member of the Christian church. Her late husband was a trustee of the local church as well as a steward. William A. Bower's death occurred in Bethlehem on July 27, 1908, and was of a tragic nature, as he was killed by two men named Wilson. In politics,, Mrs. Bower's late husband was a Democrat. He was a popular member of the community and his death was lamented by a large number of friends and acquaintances

At the present time Mrs. Bower's three young daughters are at home with her. She is a hard-working woman and one who has earned the gotxl will of all with whom she has come in contact.

Thomas R. Stevens is a native born resident of Bethlehem township, Clark county. He has carried on farming operations on an extensive and modern scale for the last eleven years. To his avocation he brought natural talents of a high order which had been tested, developed, and fortified by a classical and scientific education obtained in some of the best institutions in the country.

At the time he started on his farm it was in a rather run-down condition and it owes its present high state of cultivation and improvement directly to his masterful and skilled super\'ision. Thomas R. Stevens raises much stock of a high quality and which it is his custom to ship, when they reach the proper state of perfection, direct to the markets in Louisville and Cincinnati.

He was born in Bethlehem township. Clark count)', Indiana, on the 23d of July, 1871, and was the son of A. T. and Mary (Ray) Stevens. A. T. Stevens was also a native of Bethlehem township. Thomas Stevens, the grandfather of our subject, was born and reared in London, England. He married Mary Stevens, a native of the same country and city, and he and his wife emigrated to the L'nited States about the year 1818. and in the course of a short time bought a farm in Bethlehem township, Clark county, Indiana. The remainder of his life was spent in different places in Clark county, and his death occurred in Louisville, Kentucky. His son, A. T. Stevens, married Mary Ray at Louisville, and afterwards came to Bethlehem township where he built a house on the land on which he still lives. Two children were born to A. T. Stevens; Alfred G., who died at the age of seven months, and Thomas R. Stevens, of this review.

Thomas R. Stevens was reared by a stepmother and grew to manhood on the family farm. He attended the district school and at the age of sixteen, entered Hanover College, graduating with the degree of A. B. in the classic course in the year 1893, being then in his twenty-second year. He thereupon entered the School of Pharmacy at Philidelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1894, and graduated in 1896; he held a position in a drug store while studying in Philadelphia. In ]\Iay, 1897, he retired from his position in Philadelphia and returned to his native township in Indiana. In the year 1899 he married Mattie \\'ilson, of Louisville. His wife, who was a daughter of James Buford Wilson, of Lebanon, Kentucky, was born on the i6th of October, 1880. Her father was for many years, after leaving Lebanon high school teacher in Louisville.

To Thomas R. Stevens and wife four children have been born. They are : Thomas R., Junior, born on the 12th of November, 1904: Dorothy E., born July 18, 1908: the two other children died in infancy.

Shortly after his marriage the subject of our notice moved to his farm which contained one hundred and eight3--five acres. He is a scientific farmer, modern and progressi\'e in every respect, who has concentrated and devoted all his energies to obtain the best results from his agricultural labors. He has accomplished this to his own satisfaction and profit.

Thomas R. Stevens is an important man in the affairs of the locality. He lias a large circle of friends whose confidences he has succeeded in winning. He is a Republican in his political sympathies though he has not been very active as a party man. He is a member of the Pythian and Red Men lodges, being a charter member of the Knights of Pythias fraternity. He is a member of the Xew Washington ^lasonic Lodge, No. 167. He is a deacon of the local Presbyterian church and a religious and moral man. In March. 1907, at the organization of the State Bank at Xew W^ashington he became a stock holder and a member of its directorate.

John A. Glass

John A. Glass, of Bethlehem township, Clark county, is a well educated and cultured citizen as well as a farmer of prominence in the community in which he resides. Jointly with his sister, Clara, he is the owner of five hundred and thirty acres of land as good as any in the township, and on which the paternal homestead stands. The Glass family were originally of North Carolina, and were for many generations prominently identified with that historic southern state. John A. Glass has the reputation in his native township of industriousness and temperate habits. Had he followed the teaching profession to which he devoted some years of his life, it is probable that he would have made a name for himself as an educator of note. As it is he is content to lead the life of a farmer.

John A. Glass was born in Bethlehem township and was the son of John A. and Eliza (Cortner) Glass. John A. Glass, senior, was born near New Washington, Clark county, Indiana, on the nth of January, 1827. His father, David Glass, was a settler in Clark count}-, having migrated to Indiana from North Carolina at an early date. Our subject's mother, Eliza (Cortner) Glass, was born August 11, 1837. The Cortners were also of North Carolina, and were neighbors of the Glass family in that state, who afterwards also migrated to Indiana. John A. Glass, senior, and Eliza Cortner married on May 31. 1857, at New Market, in Oregon township. They came to Bethlehem township about the year 1861, where they farmed. Thev moved to Charlestown in 1877, as they desired to have better educational advantages for their children. Five children were bom to them, two of whom are now living. Two. Edward and Alice, died in infancy : David died at the age of twenty years, and the two survivors are the subject of our review, and his sister, Clara. John A. Glass, senior, died on May 10, 1895, while his wife died previously on July 27, 1880. John A. Glass was known over Clark county in his lifetime as an excellent farmer. He was a Democrat in politics and belonged to the Christian church, of which he was an influential member. Altogether, he was an admirable citizen, an affectionate father and a man with a large number of friends.

schools together. John A. took the Bible course and graduated at the Kentucky University at Lexington. He was reared upon the family farm and attended the district schools. He studied at the Charlestown schools and then attended the Butler University for two years, at the end of which time he had to give up on account of a breakdown in his health. He afterwards taught school for two years in Bethlehem tovmship and attended the Lexington ( Kentucky) Bible College, graduating in 1897.

On April 12, 1899, Clara H. Glass married Dr. ^^'. H. Willyard, and has one daughter, Dorcas H. Willyard. Mrs. Willyard lives with her brother, the subject of our sketch, in the old homestead on the family acres. Dr. \\'. H. Willyard is now in Peru, Indiana, and engaged in the practice of medicine, where he expects to move his family.

John A. Glass is a Prohibitionist in politics and adheres to the tenets of his party in evei7day life and is a consistent voter on the ticket at election time. He is a member of the Christian churcli and is influential and active in relieious affairs.

John Byrn

John Byrn, well known farmer, of Bethlehem township. Clark county, is a man now well advanced in life wdio has ever been a valuable asset in the community in which he has resided. An industrious farmer, he has e^-er worked assiduously for the family wdiich has been his prix'ilege to raise. He has given his children a good education, and has brought them to maturity conscious of their duties in life and well equipped to take their part as citizens. John Byrn is a man of strong religious convictions and his activity in religious work has often been felt in the local Methodist Episcopal church of which he is a trustee. It has been his privilege, also, to fight for his countiy in the Civil war. In the fight at Vicksburg he was wounded. He is a Grand Army man.

Mr. Byrn was born in New Albany, Floyd county. Indiana, on January 2, 1844, and was the son of Michael and Amelia A. (Hay) Byrn. Michael Byrn was a native of Ireland who came to America when a boy and, when old enough, worked on a farm and learned the carpenter business in which he became proficient at an early age. Adaron Hay, the father of Mrs. Byrn, was an Englishman who came to this country and followed farming pursuits during his life. He owned a large tract of land in Floyd county, Indiana.

Michael Byrn and Amelia Hay were the parents of three children : John, of this review, Joseph H., and a child that died in infancy. Joseph H. Byrn enlisted as a soldier in the Thirteenth Cavalry in which he remained for two years. He is now dead.

John Byrn was reared on a farm in Floyd connty, Indiana, and on arriving at the proper age helped his parents. He attended school and at the age of eighteen he joined Company D of the Fifty-ninth Indiana Regiment on February 20, 1862. They camped at New Albany. Indiana, from where they were transported to New Madrid, Missouri, where the regiment engaged the enemy for the first time. From that time forth our subject participated in several of the big fights. He was at Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge, and was wounded at the siege of Vicksburg. He suffered from the effects of the injury for about five months, at the end of which time he rejoined his regiment. He was then detailed for special duty on the staff at General AlcPherson's headquarters and thus spent the remaining two years of his militarv life. At the close of the war he returned to Floyd county, Indiana, where he remained for a very short time coming to Clark county, Indiana, where his mother had located, and there he farmed for two years. He then married Susan M. Varble on the 22d of October, 1867. She was born in Clark county, Indiana, on the 29th of December, 1849, and was the daughter of George Varble. She spent all her life, with the exception of one year, in the county. She was educated in the district school and was left motherless at an earlv age.

John Byrn and his wife became the parents of five children : George D., born June 11, 1871, died November 26, 1903: Minnie, born May 22, 1875, is the wife of O. W. Simonton : Mary, born November 12, 1877, died July 30, 1901 ; she was the wife of George B. Headley and left one daughter, Edith, born November 20, 1882, is unmarried as is also Maime. born November 30, 1886. At his marriage, not being able to purchase a farm, John Byrn rented land for several years and then bought the farm owned by George Varble which consisted of one hundred and eighty-three acres, twenty acres of which has been sold. The Byrn farm lies in section No. 6. Our subject and his wife have been prosperous in their farming pursuits. In religion they are members of the [Methodist Episcopal church. The Byrn family attend the local New Hope church. Jnhn Byrn is a Repulalican in politics and has for many years followed the fortunes of his chosen party.

H. C. Forward

H. C. Forward, Civil war veteran and prosperous farmer, of Bethlehem township, Clark county, has been connected with the district in which he lives all through life. He has now reached the age of sixty-six years and is in a position to lead a life of leisure and enjoy the fruits of his labors. \Mien the spectre of war spread itself over the land H. C. Forward was among the first in his township to volunteer for action and passed through the thick of that dread conflict \aloroiisly briiiging credit on liimself. At the close of the war he returned to his native township and resumed his work, and his prospei-ity has increased with his years.

He was born in Bethlehem township, Clark county, on the 8th of February, 1842, and was the son of J. Nathan and Elizabeth (Long) Forward. His father was born in Trumbull county, Ohio, and came to Clark county in 1833, where he settled in Bethlehem township. He was a carpenter by trade and married Elizabeth Long, who was a native nf Kentucky. He was the father of the followdng children : H. C, Francis, Ellen, Chancy R., Urshel died August, 1908; Samuel, Abigail, Walter, Laura, Jane, Alwilta and Huldah ; one child died in infancy.

H. C. Forward was reared upon, the farm in Bethlehem township and when old enough helped on the farm. He had but little chance of education, and on the outbreak of the Civil war he enlisted in the Thirteenth Lidiana Cavalry on the 18th of November, 1863. The engagement at Nashville was the largest in which he took part though his term of service extended until the close of the war. His brother, Samuel, also took part in the conflict, as a soldier. He died in the Andersonville prison.

On his discharge from the army our subject returned home, and since that time has engaged in farming operations in his native township. On April 8, 1869, his marriage took place. He took for his wife Anna E. Allen, also a native of Clark county. They have not, however, had any children. H. C. Forward is a member of the local post, Grand Army of the Republic, in which he is a prominent member. In politics he is a Republican though not a strenuous party man. He receives a pension from the government for his war services. He ow-ns fifty-six acres of land, which he has brought to its present state of cultivation and improvement through his own efiforts.

The family of this name settled in Maryland at a very early date, the genealogv extending back to the middle of the eighteenth century. We first hear of Thomas Cole, w-ho was born in Baltimore county, ^klarydand, December 25, 1754, and died September 12, 1808. He married Aletha Ford, born February 15. 1768, in Maryland, and died March 16, 1848. By this union, which occurred in May, 1786, there were several children: Mordicai Cole, the oldest, end son, was born March 6, 1802, and died October 6, 1889; Thomas Cole, the third son, was born October 8, 1803, and died February 25, 1823. Christopher Cole married Mary Fonts, one of the twelve children of Lewis and Sa- rah (Doiigan) Fonts, the foriiier burn April lo. 1778, and died March 28, 1864. His wife was born July 25, 1783, and died August 12, 1852. Their children were : Thomas. Isabel. .Mary. Elizabeth, Eleanor, Jane, Sarah. Catherine, Andrew. Harriet. Thomas, Douglas and Rebecca. Their births occurred during the years 1801-27 and all of them have long since passed away. The marriage of Christopher Cole and Mary Fonts occurred in 1822, and they were the parents of Mordicai B. Cole, who was born after his fathe and mother had removed to Clark county. Christopher Cole was a native of Maryland, and removed with his parents to near Steubensville, Ohio, and later to Clark county, where he was married. He became a pioneer merchant at Mew Washington, engaging in this line of business for many years during the early history of Clark county. In 1841 he was appointed to the office of sergeant-at-arms at \\'ashington. D. C, and he served in that capacity until i860. He then returned to Charlestown, Indiana, where his family had resided during his absence at the national capital. He lived in retirement after this until his death in 1889.

Mordicai B. Cole was born in Xew \\'ashington. Indiana, July 7. 1825. the son of Christopher Cole. He was reared in that town and when young his parents located in Charlestown, where he received a common school education. \\'hen twenty years old he engaged in the mercantile business at Charlestown. He built up a large trade and in a few years became one of the leading merchants of Clark county, as well as one of the best known men in this locality. In later years he was associated with his sons and still later his son-in-law. G. T. Beeler, became a partner and after the death of Mr. Cole continued the business. Mr. Cole was continuously in business in Charlestown for fifty-nine years at the time of his death, July 7, 1904, probably the longest record of any man in die county in this respect. He was prominent in business circles, and his name was known to all classes throughout the county. He was one of the organizers of the Bank of Charlestown in 1891, and was elected as first president and he very ably served in the same capacity until his death. He was a public-spirited man and always contributed to the upbuilding of the town in any way possible. He was the most successful merchant Charlestown ever had. He started with a small capital and became wealthy through the skillful management of his business aflairs. He was a member of the Christian church and for many years an official in the same and one of its most liberal supporters. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at Charlestown, during his entire mature life, and was prominent in the same. In politics he was formerly a Whig, later a Republican. He never held office or aspired to positions of public trust, preferring to devote his time exclusively to his business affairs.

Mordicai B. Cole married Margaret E. Long, a native of Clark county. the accomplished, cultured daughter of John Long, and the representative of an old and influential family here. Mr. and Mrs. Cole were the parents of five children,- who g-rew to maturity, namely: John Christopher, Edward W., Eva, James L. and Albert M. Mrs. Cole, a very estimable lady, survives her husband, making her home at the old family residence at Charlestown.

Frank F. Dean

Frank F. Dean has been located on his present farm in Owen township since the vear 1900, coming from Bethlehem township, where he had been located since 1884. He is widely known throughout Clark county as an expert fruit grower and an agriculturist of merit. He passed through the Civil war and emerged unscathed from the conflict.

The subject of our sketch was born in Jefferson county, Indiana, on the 25th of April. 1843. He was the son of Argus and Abigail ( Stowe) Dean. Argus Dean, a man of broad culture and the writer of several books on river ancl harbor topics, was born in Ohio in 1810. He engaged in the quarry business and was later a large fruit grower. He was appointed at one time on the Harbor and Ri\'er Commission by Governor Porter, of Indiana, and according- Iv wrote upon the subject. Argus Dean and his wife were the parents of the following children: \\'i!liam S.. Frank F., Charles E.. Mary L.. Hiram P. and Abbie J.

Frank F. was raised on a farm in Jefl'erson and Clark counties, near Bethlehem, and at the proper age he attended school. He enlisted in Company H, Thirty-ninth Indiana Regiment, in October, 1861. This regiment was afterwards known as the Eighth Indiana Cavalry. Our subject served all through the Civil war and was mustered out in the year 1865, receiving a commission as second lieutenant. He participated in the following engagements: Middletown. Stone River. Shilnh, Cumberland Gap. Chickamauga, Jonesboro, Waynesboro, Averysboro, Brown's Cross Road, and a number of other battles of minor importance. At the close of the war he returned to Clark county and afterwards went to Missouri, where he engaged in the fruit business for fi\-e years. Idiere he married Eliza Zumault, of Missouri. He then moved to Cincinnati and engaged in selling peaches for his father and brother during the season, and there he obtained an appointment as postal clerk in the railway mail sen-ice on the road from Cincinnati. Ohio, to Grafton, West Virginia, on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, which he held for eleven years. He resigned in 1884 and located in Bethlehem township, and in 1900 moved to Owen township, where he has engaged in the fruit raising business, raising peaches and apples. He and his wife are the parents of two children. Thev are: Minnie A., the wife of Charles E. Pernett. of Bethlehem township, and

The subject of our sketch was a prominent member of the local Grand Army of the Republic Post at Otto, now disbanded. In politics he is a Republican, his earliest vote for the Presidency being cast for General Grant, and his latest for William Howard Taft. Frank F. Dean enjoys a peaceful domestic life, where he has all the comforts suitable to his advanced years. He was Justice of the Peace from 1886 to 1900. In 1900 he was nominated for Representative on the Republican ticket against Reuben Daily, and ran about two hundred ahead of most of the ticket. In 1892 he was a candidate for Joint Senator of Clark and Jefferson counties. In 1904 he was Republican candidate for County Commissioner. All these nominations came to him unsolicited.

Johx Christopher Cole

John Christopher Cole was born at Charlestown, Indiana, October 7, 1849. He was educated in the place of his nativity. His father conducted a dry goods store at Charlestown, and in this he got his business training as a clerk. He remained under the parental roof until February, 1882, when he removed to Bloomington. Illinois, in company with his brother, Edward W. Cole. In partnership they purchased the diy goods and carpet business of J. E. Houtz & Company, which they proceeded to enlarge and extend. The Cole brothers became well known as merchants throughout that part of Illinois, and for over twenty-seven years conducted a successful business. In January, 1909, the Cole brothers sold their stock of merchandise and retired from active business, but they continued to reside in Bloomington, Illinois.

On December 9, 1874, John Christopher Cole was married to Cora E. Bottorff, who was born March 9, 1855, in Clark county. Indiana. Her parents were John T. and IMargaret Bottorff, members of the old and well established families of this section. The four children of Mr. and Mrs. Cole are William Gordon, Margaret Thomas, Nina and Louise.

Frank W. Carr

In an analysis of the character of this well known citizen of Charlestown, Clark county. Indiana, who has for many years stood at the forefront of the legal profession, we find the qualities of reliability in business, and conscientiousness in the discharge of the duties of private and public life.

Frank W. Carr was born in Oregon townsliip, Clark county, July 17, 1866, the son of Dr. F. M. Carr, long a prominent physician of this locality. After practicing medicine in Oregon township for fifty years, he is now living in retirement. Frank W. Carr is a member of a family of seven living at this writing. J. P. was a student at Hanover College and the University of Indiana. He served for five years as superintendent of Clark county schools. He is at present superintendent of schools of Vicksburg, Mississippi. J. \\\ is a telegraph operator in Kansas. M. \Y. is a barber at Corydon, Indiana. S. E. was a student at Hartsville University and at the school at Danville. He served as county superintendent of schools of Clark county for two terms. He is now a druggist. C. L. is a resident of Oregon township. j\I. M. is a barber at Corydon. Frank W., our subject, attended the public schools and later attended the Danville (Indiana) Central Normal School, where he graduated from the teacher's course. He later took a partial course in the scientific department and later graduated from the law department with high honors.

Mr. Carr taught school in a very acceptable manner for several terms in a town school and began the practice of law in 1896 in Charlestown, Indiana, where he practiced with marked success for a period of two years, when he was elected Circuit Clerk of Clark county by the Democratic party and served one term from 1900 to 1904 in a manner that elicited nothing but words of commendation from everyone.

On October 11, 1904, the happy domestic life of ]Mr. Carr began, when he was united in marriage with Nevada Bottorff, who was a native of Clark county, having been born in Oregon township, the representative of an influential family. One child has brightened the home of the subject and wife, Marion B., who was born June 14, 1907.

Mr. Carr has made a pronounced success of his profession, his office is always a busy place and he is known as an able counselor and advisor, his name having become known throughout Southern Indiana as one that stands at the head of the legal profession.

Our subject is a member of the Presbyterian church, being one of the elders in the same. He served as a commissioner to the Presbyterian general assembly in 1909.

Mr. Carr is a member of the old and honored Masonic fraternity, the lodge at New Washington, Indiana. Also the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having passed the chairs of the same and represented his lodge in the Grand Lodge. He is also a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and has represented this district at the head camp, Dubuque, Iowa. He was made permanent chairman of the first state camp at Indianapolis. Shortly after the expiration of his term of office as Circuit Clerk, Mr. Carr removed to Charlestown where he resumed the practice of law, maintaining an office by himself. Alive to all that interests and benefits the public or makes for the benefit of his fellowmen. Mr. Carr's eft'orts have been strenuous and fruitful of happy results.

James Lee Cole

A well known and influential business man of Charlestown, Clark county, Indiana, is James Lee Cole, who was born here March i". 1861, the son of Mordicai B. Cole, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this \-i)lume. He was reared in Charlestown, his native town, educated in the public schools, and at Barnett Academy, one of the old and well known private educational institutions of Charlestown in the early days. After he finished school he purchased his father's farm adjoining Charlestown, and he has carried on general farming veiy successfully ever since. He owns two hundred and twenty acres under excellent improvements, and which has been so skillfully managed that it is just as productive as when he first took possession of it. He has a fine and commodious residence, good out buildings and he keeps some excellent stock of various kinds, dealing extensively in Jersey cattle, and no small part of his yearly income is derived from his successful handling of live stock, of which he is regarded by his neighbors as a splendid judge.

In 1885 Mr. Cole established a creamery on his farm and it soon grew into an extensive business. He purchased large quantities of cream in addition to that furnished by his own cattle. This was operated Cjuite successfully by Mr. Cole until 1900, when he closed his creamer}-. He also engaged in the farm implement business in Charlestown for a period of ten years, under the firm name of Cole & McAIillin.

In August, 1906, Mr. Cole was elected president of the Bank of Charlestown, and he continues in this position, ably managing the affairs of this, one of the soundest institutions of its kind in the state. He is also a director and stockholder in the same.

Mr. Cole's domestic life began March 20, 1883, when he married Ella S. Barnett, who was born in 1862, in Charlestown township, the daughter of Allen and Edith (Jacobs) Barnett, also natives of Clark county, and representatives of old and well established families. To Mr. and Mrs. Cole two daughters have been bom : Laura, the wife of Cortland S. Hughes, a well known and extensive contractor: Nita, the second child, a graduate of Butler University, Indianapolis, is still a member of the home circle.

In politics Mr. Cole is a Republican, but he has never taken much interest in party affairs, preferring to devote his time exclusively to business. In his fraternal relations he is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Woodmen of America, at Charlestown.

Personally Mr. Cole is a gentleman of unblemished reputation. He is essentially cosmopolitan in his ideas, a man of the people, and in the best sense of the word a representative type of the strong, virile American manhood, which commands and retains respect by reason of inherent merit, sound sense and correct conduct. He has so impressed his individuality upon the community where his life ha« been spent as to win the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens. Measured by the accepted standard of excellence, his career, though strenuous, has been eminently honorable and useful, and his life fraught with great good to the people of Clark county, according to those who know him best, although he is unconscious of this, being unostentatious and unassuming, at the same time courteous and kind, and always considerate of the welfare of others, and ever ready to aid in any manner possible the upbuilding of his native community.

More than eighty-five years have dissolved in the mists of the past since the well known and representative citizen whose name appears above, first saw the light, during all of which time he has lived in Clark county, and the greater part of the time figured pr(iminently in the afifairs of the community in which he resides. The BottorfTs were among the early pioneers of this part of the state, the subject's grandfather migrating from Pennsylvania to Jefferson county, Kentucky in the latter part of the eighteenth century. He was a Presbyterian minister, and settled near Louisville. It is supposed that he was killed by wild beasts while on a journey through the wilderness to perform a marriage ceremony, as his horse returned and portions of his clothing were afterward found. John Bottorff, the subject's father, a Pennsylvanian by birth, was seventeen years old when the family moved to Kentucky and in the year 1800 he came to Clark county, settling <in a farm in what is now Charlestown township, and from that time until his death, a number of years later, he was one of the leading fanners and influential citizens of Clark county. He was a true type of the sturdy pioneer of the period in which he spent his early manhood, strong, industrious and energetic, and took an active interest in the improvement of the country, and the development of its resources. To him belongs the credit of literally fulfilling the scriptural injunction to "multiply and replenish the earth," having been twice married, and the father of twentythree children, nine by the first and fourteen by the second wife.

John Bortorft with his two companions has long been sleeping the sleep of the just, and of the large and interesting family that fomierly gathered around the hearthstone, eight suiwive, all except one brother and two sisters living within two miles of Charlestown, and five of the number having passed the ripe old age of eighty years. This is certainly a remarkable record, and it is doubtful whether another family in the state can produce as many living representatives, ranging in age from seventy to ninety years.

The following are the names and dates of birth of the survi\-ing children of John BottortT: Louis, born in the year 1817: Gabriel, March 29, 1819; Sophia, November 5, 1820; William J., of this review, May 3, 1824; L. D., February 17, 1826; Joshua, January i-j, 1831 ; Lucinda A., August 20, 1833, and Alary A., who was born on June 21, of the year 1834.

William J. Bottorff whose birth is noted above is a son of his father's second wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Stonecipber. He was born on the family homestead in Charlestnwn township and like the majority of boys in a new and sparsely settled country was reared to habits of industry antl at an early age learned by practical experience the true meaning of hard work. When old enough to wield an axe he was assigned his task in the woods, and from early morn until late in the evening, labored at clearing away the forest and undergrowth and tilling the soil for cultivaticin. Blessed with strong, vigorous physical powers and splendid health he nobly did his share in clearing and developing the farm and being an adept with the axe he was enabled while still a youth to do a man's part at any kind of labor in which that implement was required. Owing to his laborious duties he had little leisure to attend school, nevertheless he made the most of his opportunities and in due time obtained the rudiments of an education which supplemented by reading and close observation in later years made him an intelligent and well informed man.

In addition to farming the subject's father operated for some years a combination saw and grist mill, in and about which young William was required to work during the wdnter months, devoting the rest of the year to labor in the clearing and cultivating of the fields. Although deprived of many privileges and obliged to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow, he grew up to strong and well developed young manhood. He not only passed his minority on the home farm assisting in its cultivation but remained with his father five years longer and it was not until he chose a wife and helpmeet and set up a domestic establishment of his own that he left the parental roof. This important event occurred in the spring of 1850, and the one who agreed to take his name, preside over his home, and share his life and fortune was a most estimable and popular young lady by the name of Eliza J. Nett, a native of Jefferson county, Kentucky, where she was born in the year 1834. ^Meantime Air. Bottorff had' entered a tract of land in Jackson county, Indiana, and some months previous to his marriage he erected a log cabin of the conventional type to W'hich in due time he brought his bride and began life for himself, his father assisting him in the momentous undertaking to the extent of one cow and four sheep. After clearing twenty acres of his land he sold it and purchased a place in Owen township, Clark county, where in due time he cleared about one hundred and fifty acres and developed one of the finest and most productive farms in the locahty. He not only cut the timber and spht the rails to enclose the three hundred and sixty acre tract which he now owns, but at odd times made rails for a number of his neighbors having become an expert in this particular kind of work as well as skilled in all lines of labor in which implements of woodcraft were required.

By industry and excellent management Mr. Bottorff succeeded in making his farm one of the best in the county and his reputation as a successful and enterprising agriculturist soon made his name widely and favorably known. In connection with tilling the soil he has devoted considerable attention to live stock and always made it a rule to keep on a sufficient number of cattle and hogs to consume the produce of his farm, besides buying and shipping from time to time to Cincinnati and other leading markets of the Middle ^^'est. He has worked hard in his time frequently form sixteen to eighteen hours a day. but of recent years has been in a situation to enjoy the fruits of his many years of toil and take life easy, being at this time not only in independent circumstances but the possessor of a handsome fortune which places him in the front ranks of the financially solid and well-to-do men of Clark county. His beautiful and attractive homestead in Owen township, one of the most valuable farms in the county, nearly all of which was cleared and made ready fol tillage by the labor of his own hands, represents a value considerably in excess of twenty thousand dollars in addition to which he owns a comfortable and commodious modern residence in Charlestown where he moved in 1897, and where he is now spending the evening of a long and useful life in honorable retirement.

On state and national issues he has always been an unwavering supporter of the Democratic party, but in local affairs he votes for the best qualified candidates irrespective of political ties.

Mr. Bottorff and his good wife are the parents of eight children, four of whom are living and whose names and dates of birth are as follows : Columbus, February 13, 1851 ; ^^'iIliam E., ]May 19, 1857: INIattie, April 19, 1865; Lettie, August 8, 1867.

Mr. Bottorff gave his children the best educational advantages the schools of the county afforded. Mr. and Mrs. Bottorff have lived to see their descendants to the fourth generation and now rejoice in a happy family circle of four children, thirteen grandchildren and their five great-grandchildren, in all of whom are reproduced many of the amiable qualities and sterling characteristics of the venerable old couple whom they delight to love and honor. Religiously Mr. Bottorff' and wife have been active members of the Methodist Episcopal church since the year 1865. He has held at intervals important official positions in the local church to which he belongs and for a number of years has been one of the pillars of the same.

Lewis C. Baird

Lewis C. Baird was born in Jeffersonville. Indiana, July 3, 1869. The Baird family is one of the older ones in the city of Jeffersonville, being residents here in 1837. The material side, the Howard family, were residents in Jeffersonville in 1835. The early youth of the subject of this sketch was passed in Louisville, Kentucky, Augusta, Georgia, in West Virginia, and in Dallas and Waxahatchie, Texas. He was educated in the public schools of Jeffersonville until the spring of 1887 when he withdrew, being a junior in the high school at the time, to prepare for admission to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. He entered the class of '92, U. S N. A., and remained a midshipman until June, 1891, when he resigned. In 1892 he was commissioned captain in the First Regiment Indiana National Guard, serving at such until 1895, commanding his company in the field during the miners' riots in Sullivan county in 1894. In 1898 he was commissioned captain in the One Hundred Sixty-first Indiana Volunteer Infantry, war with Spain, and served with his regiment in the Army of Occupation of the Province of Havana.

Captain Baird was made a Mason in Clark Lodge No. 40, Free and Accepted Masons, at Jeffersonville September 19, 1895, and was raised to the sublime degree of a ]\Iaster Mason November 21, 1895. He was master of Clark Lodge in 1900, igoi, and 1902. and is at present secretary. For thirteen years he was lay reader of St. Paul's Episcopal church, of which he is a member, and is at present a member of and the clerk of the vestry. For a number of years he has been engaged in the practice of his profession of civil and landscape engineering in Louisville, being the civil engineer at Cave Hill cemetery at the present time. On Jvme i, 1896, he was united in marriage with ]\Iiss Martha H. Johnson, the eldest daughter of the Hon. S. S. Johnson of the Clark County Bar.

The Sharpless Family

John Sharpless was baptized August 15, 1624: died April, 1685 : married April 27, 1662, to Jane Moor. He was the first of the Heaton ancestors in this country, and was the son of Jeffrey Sharpless. of Wybunbury, Chester, England. He died near Chester, Pennsylvania. He had a grant of land from William Penn on April 5, 1682, paying twenty pounds, or Sioo, for one thousand acres. John Sharpless, with a forethought unusual in American immigrants of that period, instead of disposing of all his posses- sioiis, reserved the lease of the house and lands which he held at Blakenhall, probably with the idea that, if dissatisfied with his new home he would have one to return to in England. He, therefore, made his will before emigrating and left it behind him in the custody of his executors. He was a tenant of Sir Thomas Delves, the lord of the manor, from whom he held a lease for ninety-nine years, and that he was able to retain this after the purchase he had made in Pennsylvania and the necessarily considerable expense of transporting so large a family there, speaks well for his thrift and proves conclusively that he was in comfortable circumstances. Although he called himself a "yeoman" he was entitled to a coat-of-arms and was born to command. His will, disposing of a large amount of property, is still extant.

James Sharpless, born in England, first month. 5th day, 1670-1, died in Chester, Pennsylvania, about 1746, married Mary Edge first montli. 3d day, 1697-8; then married ]\Iary Lewis twelfth month, 20th day, 1699-1700; died in 1753. The certificate of his marriage to Alary Lewis is still in existence - also his will. The ideas in those days of distributing much property does not accord with our times.

Rachael Sharpless, born the 9th day of the stii month, 1708, was married 8th month, 17th day, to James Dell. He also had much property, land and money. Her daughter, Sarah Dell, married Isaac Weaver 7th nidnth, 20th day, 1750. She died aged eighty-two years; he died aged eighty-nine years.

Isaac Weaver was assessed in Nether Providence, 1764, with one hundred ninety acres and buildings, seventy acres of uncultivated land, nine horses, six cattle and five sheep.

Isaac \\'eaver, Jr., born in Xether Providence, 3d month, ist day, 1756, died in Green county, Pennsylvania, 5th month, 22d day, 1830, and was buried upon his own farm upon Sactile Run. He married Abigail Price. Isaac Weaver, Jr., was educated in Philadelphia and while a young man taught school for several years. He also fought in the Revolutionary war. He received a good education for that day and was a very fine penman. In person he was large, being six feet four inches in height and weighing about two hundred forty pounds. He possessed great physical strength, was very erect and in appearance handsome, stately and dignified. He was a man of unswerving integrity and served in both houses of the State Legislature of Pennsylvania. In 1800 he was Speaker of the Assembly, in 1802 State Treasurer and carried money from Lancaster to Washington City on horseback, filling the office with credit to himself and honor to the state. He was four times elected Senator from the district composed of Washington and Green counties, in 1806, 1812, 1816, 1820 and in 1817 was Speaker of the Senate. His wife, Abigail Price, was the daughter of David Price and Ann Husband Price, of Cecil county, Alaryland, and was descended from Barnabas Wilcox, who gave three of his daughters to colonial mayors of Philadelphia.

Wyatt Emory Willey

Tlie family of which the suljject of this review is an honoraljle representative has figured for over a century in the annals of Clark county and before migrating to Indiana was well known in the colony of Connecticut where the original ancestors settled a number of years prior to the W'ar of Independence. Brazilla Willey, the first of the name to seek a home in the West was a native of Connecticut and when a young man served two terms of enlistment in the War of the Revolution, at the close of which he located in his native state where he remained until migrating to Southern Indiana nearly one hundred years ago. Arriving at his destination in 1811 he settled a short distance above Jefifersonville near the site now occupied by the Zulauf residence, but the following year moved to the tract of land northwest of ]\Iemphis where he built his cabin and stockade to which he Ijrought his family the same year. Air. Willey was a tine mechanic and made three trips to New Orleans making the return journey on foot and meeting with not a few thrilling experiences on the way. Owing to the failure of his partner, a Mr. Bowman of Jefifersonville, his last trip was far from being successful, but to reimburse him for the loss sustained that gentleman subsequently deeded him the two hundred acres northwest of Memphis referred to which at that time was valued at a little more than the government price per acre but which in the end proved fortunate indeed to the possessor. Southern Indiana being on the frontier and exposed to the depredations of hostile Indians, the settlers took the precaution to protect their cabins by surrounding them with well constructed stockades and well it was that they did so for it was not long after the completion of Mr. Willey's fortification that the terrible Pigeon Roost massacre occurred in which so many settlers and their families fell victims to the ruthless savages and which for a long time caused great uneasiness on the frontier. When Mr. Willey moved to his possession it was a wilderness but with the energy characteristic of the true pioneer he resolutely addressed himself to the task of its improvement and in the course of a few years had a goodly portion cleared and under cultivation. Meantime as opportunities permitted he continued his mechanical work which consisted principally of building Ijoats for the river trade, the material used in the construction of these crafts being whipsawed and but little iron required. In 1813 he built a l>oat sixty-feet in length on Silver creek which he floated to the river when the water rose, and sold at a good price. Several years later he constructed another boat near the mouth of the same creek which was propelled by steam forced through a pipe projecting from the stern into the water, this being one of the earHest attempts to utiHze steam as a motive power on water. In addition to boats, a number of which he constructed and disposed of Mr. Willey built a grist and saw mill combined on the Blue river which burned when nearing completion but he immediately rebuilt it which he operated about two years and then sold the same. He furnished the lumber for the Collins Mill on the Kentuckv side of the Falls. He was a man of great energy and ability and his mechanical skill proved of immense service to his own and other localities. When quite young he united with the Methodist Episcopal church and not long after moving to Indiana entered the ministry of the same and discharged the duties of his holy office for many years first as a local preacher and later on the regular work of the circuit.

Brazilla ^^'illey died in 185 1 and is buried in the cemetery at Bowery Chapel, a church about one mile west of Memphis which he organized and to which he ministered from time to time for a number of years besides erecting the building in which the society worships. The children of Mr. Willey were as follows: Allen, Brazilla, Elam, Dennis, John W., John F., Martha A., Clarissa Ann, who married James S. Tricker; Mary Elizabeth, wife of Lewis Tuttle ; and Damrus who died in childhood. At the breaking out of the War of 1812, Allen the oldest son, who was in Canada, was conscripted into the British army and for a time forced to serve against his own country. When a favorable opportunity presented itself, however, he deserted, crossing Lake Erie in a canoe, a hazardous trip of three days, and after a long journey and somewhat strenuous experience in the wilderness on foot finally arrived at the family home where a royal welcome awaited him. He was a well educated man for those days and was a rival for the nomination as first Governor of Indiana against Jonathan Jennings.

For many years the Willeys were quite numerous in Clark county and prominent in the afifairs of their respective communities, but some time prior to the War of the Rebellion all of the name except John Fletcher Willey moved to other parts and are now with their descendants scattered over various states.

John Fletcher Willey, who was the youngest son of Brazilla Willey, was born in Cincinnati in 1809 and was brought to Clark county when an infant two years old. Like his father he was a man of intelligence and great energ}\ a believer in progress and few citizens of Clark county have done so much as he to promote the material interest of their places of residence or been more influential in advancing the moral and social condition of the people. He was one of the first men in the county to engage in horticulture on more than a nominal scale and for a number of years he ranked among the largest and most successful fruit growers of Southern Indiana besides earning a wide repu- tatioii among horticulturists of his own and other states. He was a pubHc spirited man and a representative citizen and ever endeavored to keep bright and untarnished the escutcheon of the esteemed old family of which he was for many years the honored head. He died in \\'ocd township in 1899, at the age of ninety years.

This enterprising farmer and gallant ex-soldier of one of the great wars in the annals of time is a son of John F. and Pauline (Gamer) Willey, the latter a daughter of Shieveral Garner, whose antecedents came to America many years ago from France.

Wyatt Willey is a native of Clark county, Indiana, born March 2. 1841, in Utica township, and combines many of the estimable qualities and sterlingcharacteristics for wdiich his family for many generations have been distin- 2'uished. He was reared on the farm. In the fields in the summer seasons and attending the district schools in the winter he spent his time until the breaking out of the great rebellion, when with the spirit of patriotic zeal which characterized so many of the loyal young men throughout the north he laid aside his implements of husbandry for the death dealing weapons of war. In the month of December, 1861, when but a few months past his twentieth year he enlisted in Company H, Thirty-eighth Indiana Infantry, which in due time was attached to the Fourteenth Arm Corps and with his comrades he was soon experiencing all the realties of war on the march, in camp and on the field of battle. The first engagement in which he participated was fought near Louisville, Kentucky, following which he took part in some of the most noted battles which made his period of service historic including Perryville, Stone River, Hoover's Gap. Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, the various engagements of the Atlanta campaign following which he marched with Sherman to the sea, thence to Goldsboro, North Carolina, and on March 19 and 20, 1865, took part in the battle of Bentonville. After the surrender of Johnston's force at Raleigh he proceeded with his command to Washington. D. C, where in the presence of President and other high officials of the civil and military departments of the government, he took part in the grand review, the closing scene in the long and sanguinary struggle which it is hoped will make rebellion in the country hereafter forever impossible.

From the national capitol Mr. \\'illey was sent with his regiment to Louisville, Kentucky, where, on July 23, 1865, he received an honorable discharge after three vears, seven months and seventeen davs of strenuous and honorable service in defense of the National L'nion.

thereafter resumed the peaceful pursuits of civil life in Utica township where he has since lived and prospered devoting his attention the meanwhile to the ancient and honorable vocation of husbandry in which he has achieved most gratifying success. He has a beautiful and well improved farm of one hundred seventy-four acres, the greater part in a high state of cultivation and he also gives considerable time to horticulture which returns him no small part of his income. Mr. Willey cultivates the soil according to modern methods and is a man of practical ideas. He has broadened his mind and added very materially to his mental discipline by reading and intelligent observation in addition to which he has also traveled Cjuite extensively over various parts of the United States visiting many interesting places. In politics he is a Republican but has never asked for office, nevertheless he is well read on the questions of the day and keeps abreast of the times on all matters of public interest.

Mr. Willey on January 24, 1866, was united in the bonds of wedlock with Eleanora T. Steelman, the marriage resulting in the following children: Charles E., born May 5. 1868: Paulina, August 30, 1870, and James F.. who first saw the light of day on April 26. 1874: Charles E., the oldest of the family, married May Cooper and lives in Louisville, Kentucky. James F. chose a wife in the person of Sue Watts, and resides in the city of Jeffersonville. Paulina is now Mrs. John F. Crum, and makes her home in Utica township where she was born and reared. Mr. \\'illey is a Methodist in his religious faith and from early life has been an earnest and devout member of the church and a liberal contributor to its support. He has held the office of steward, class leader and trustee and for some years has been the superintendent of the Sunday school, besides being interested in various lines of relig-ious and charitable work. Mrs. \\'illev is also a member of the church and a leader in some of its departments.

Henry J. Lutz

Few families in Clark county can trace so old a genealog}^ as that of which the above named gentleman is descendant in the third generation. Henry Lutz, the original founder, was born in Germany, but came to America during the later part of the eighteenth century. He settled first in North Carolina, but before 1800 joined the tide then setting in toward the Northwest Territory, and reached Clark county in the vanguard of the early pioneers. He located in Utica township, entered a tract of wild land which by dint of hard work incident to settlers in the wilderness he eventually converted into a respectable farm. This property has ever since been in possession of his descendants, until recently, who by intermarriages with otlier offshoots of the first comers, now constitute a wide and influential family connection. Joseph A. Lutz, one of the sons of Henry, married Mary I., daughter of Jacob Daly, and niece of D. ^^'. Daly, of Charlestown. Henry J. Lutz, a child by this union, was born in Utica township, Clark county, Indiana, in 1847. As he grew up he attained an elementary education in the neighborhood schools, supplemented by courses at Hanover College and the Kentucky State University, in Lexington. The death of his parents compelled a shortening of his college career and a return home where he took charge of the farm. Li 1886 he bought a farm of two hundred twenty acres a mile northwest of Charlestown to which he moved after a commodious house and suitable out-buildings had been erected. To the cultivation and care of this place he gave his attention until 1908, when he retired from active work and located at Charlestown to spend the rest of his days in a beautiful concrete house, designed and constructed under his own directions. He is a member of the Christian church, and the Lidependent Order of Odd Fellows, being regarded as one of the county's substantial citizens in all the relations of life.

Li 1870 Mr. Lutz married Rhoda B., daughter of ^\'illiam and Mary Gibson, of LTica township, whose family history will be found in the sketch of Jacob Gibson. They have seven children ; Adella, Burdette C, Harry, Nora, Clarence P., Fred and Carl. Burdette. who is practicing law in Jeffersonville, was elected to the State Legislature in 1906 on the Democratic ticket. Harry, who married Pearl Huffstetter, lives on a farm in Charlestown township on the Bethlehem pike. He has three bright little daughters and is regarded as a progressive young farmer. Clarence married Mamie Harris and is traveling through the South for the Bell Telephone Company. Fred married Maggie, daughter of \\'illiam Duesser, and Carl took for his wife. Ma}', daughter of Alois Bastian. Fred and Carl are living on the farm northeast of Charlestown, which their father bought some years ago and recently turned over to their management.

George T. Jacobs

The present solid prosperity enjoyed by Clark county may be attributed largely to the early settlers, who became later the prosperous and honored citizens of this locality and prepared the way for those who should come after them, leaving a rich inheritance to their children. Among those who have continued the great work brought to a high state by these pioneers, those of the aftermath, is the subject of this sketch.

sentative uf an old and highly respected family who was identified with the pioneer work of this section. He received his education in the local schools after which he began farming and has continued this line of work up to the present in a most satisfactory manner. He is the owner of a fine farm of three hundred and ten acres, which he has improved until it ranks with any in the county. He has a good dwelling and outbuildings, and on his place may be found stock of various kinds, in fact, Mr. Jacobs is a modern farmer in every respect and he owes his success to his indomitaljle energy and close application to business.

Our subject was united in marriage to ^Irs. Kate H. Peet on September 21, 1876. She is a native of Silver Creek township, where she was born in 1853 and where she received her education in the common schools.

The home of Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs has been blessed by the birth of three children, namely : ]\Irs. Dr. E. O. Sage, of Louisville, Kentucky ; Ivan A., who lives in Jefferson township on a farm: Katie E.. who is still a member of the home circle.

Air. and 'Shs. Jacobs are ^Methodists in their religious affiliations. Fraternally the subject is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is independent in politics and has never aspired to public ofiice, although he takes a keen interest in all matters pertaining to the good of his community and county wdiether political, material, educational or moral, and he and his wife are regarded as people of excellent worth whom everybody properly respects.

James A. Johnson

The family of this name in Clark county is descended on the paternal side from old North Carolina stock, and like all true sons of the old Tar State, are justly proud of their lineage. We first hear of Baker Johnson, a native of Rowan county. North Carolina, who caught the western fever in early life and reached Southern Indiana in 1820. He first located in Utica township, but in 1828 moved to a place in grant /2)< ^ rni'^ ^"d a half south of Charlestown. Tilghman Johnson, his son, was born in Rowan county. North Carolina, and was but an infant when brought by his father to the wilds of lower Ohio. He became a man of prominence, accumulated property and owned the first government bond amounting to one thousand dollars ever purchased in Clark county. He was a first cousin of President Andrew Johnson, and a good type of the rugged characters who did the work of development in this state during the trying days of the pioneer period. He lived to an advanced age, his death occurring September 3. 1907, after a useful and strenuous life.

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In early manhood he married Mary Xeely. a woman of indivichiahty, and marked strengtli of character, whose career covered the period of early settlement, concerning which she talked most entertainingly. Her father was Alexander Xeely. a native of Maine, who made the long trip to the West at a time when it involved many hardships, as well as many dangers. His wife, Sarah Lanard, was horn in 1792, and was one of the first wdiite babies born in I'tica township. She was fond of telling how she w'ent over the Ohio Falls in a skiff when there was (inly one log hnuse to be seen on either side of the river.

James A. Johnson, a grandson of this worthy conple, was born on his father's farm in Charlestown township. Clark county, in October. 1846. He made his home with his parents until the completion of his twenty-fourth year, when he spent considerable time in traveling through the West and other parts of the country. Eventually he settled down in his native county as a farmer and he has devoted all of his adult life to agricultural pursuits. He has. howe\-er. figured considerably in local politics and the record he made is one to be proud of. In 1894 he was elected County Commissioner on the Republican ticket and served three years so acceptably that on his retirement in 1898. he received an unusual testimonial from his official associates. This was in the shape of a resolution passed by his fellow-ofticers in the court-house, commending Mr. Johnson for his honest and fearless devotion to the interests of the people. This was ordered to be spread of record in the Commissioners" Court and constitutes a personal tribute which falls to but few men, under similar subjects. It was. of course, a gratifying surprise to the recipient and \vi\\ be a proud inheritance for his descendants to the remotest generations. Mr. Johnson's party twice gave him the nomination of County Treasurer, and he has held several minor offices such as Justice of the Peace and others.

In 1872 Mr. Johnson married Alice, daughter of Felix C. and Sophia L. (Haas) Young. The grandparents were Alexander and Elizabeth (Blizzard) Young, being old residents of Utica township. 'Sir. and INIrs. Johnson have two children, Olive and Clare. The former is married to G. C. Martin, and lives in Charlestown, and has two children. Clare is a member of the home circle. Mr. Johnson is trustee of the Methodist church.

Hox. Louis Spriestersbach

The subject of this review enjoys distinctive prestige among the enterprising and public spirited citizens of Clark county. Indiana, and who has earned the right to be called one of the progressive men of this locality, is the gentleman whose name appears at the head of this sketch at this writing performing the duties of ^tlayor of Charlestown.

Louis Spriestersbach is a native of the town where he has spent liis Hfe, and where his useful talents have been employed, having been born in Charlestown, this county, December lo, 1864, the son of George and Catherine (Wagner) Spriestersbach. His father was born in Germany and immigrated to America in 1852. He first settled in Louisville. Kentucky, and two years later came to Charlestown, Lidiana. where he was married. He started a blacksmith shop, which he conducted in a very successful manner. He is living in Charlestown at this writing, retired from business. His wife was called to her reward in 1896. after a faithful and worthy career. They were the parents of ten children, six of whom are still living.

Our subject was reared in Charlestown, where he attended the public schools, later attending the Barnett Academy, where he applied himself in a manner that resulted in a fairly good education. After leaving school he decided to follow the footsteps of his father and become a blacksmith, consequently he set about learning this trade under his father's able instruction, and when his father retired Louis took over the shop and conducted it with marked success until 1897 when he associated with his brother, Julius, in the implement and hardware business. The store continued to grow in magnitude and was patronized from all parts of the county resulting in a very lucrative business. Our subject has made a financial success all unaided and in an honorable manner. He is a stockholder and one nf the directors of the Bank of Charlestown.

Our subject was married September 21, 1899, to Lottie Leonora Jacobs, of Jefifersonville. Lidiana, a native of Greencastle, this state. She is a graduate of the Jeffersonville high school. She was bom in 1876. One son has been born to this union. George Gordon, whose date of birth is recorded as ]\Iarch 22, 1908. Both our subject and wife are members of the Presbyterian church, and are liberal contributors to the same.

Mr. Spriestersbach in his fraternal relations is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Xo. 94. having passed the chairs of the same and represented this lodge in the Grand Lodge of Indiana.

In politics he is a Democrat and is well grounded in his convictions, being ever ready to further the interests of his party by lending his aid in placing the best possible men in local offices. He was elected Mayor of Charlestown in 1904, having taken charge of the office January i, 1905. He has done a very great deal in improving the town. Among the many things he secured for Charlestown was the building- of uniform sidewalks of the best cement for the principal streets.