Clark County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1909 (part 3 of 15)

The death nf John Borden on Xovember 7, 1824. caused a feeling of gloom throughout the little community, as he was a leader among his fellow men and greatly esteemed by all who knew him. He left a widow and one cliild. the subject of this review, to battle with the world : a second son by the name of John, being bom five months after his demise. \\'ith practical intelligence, sound judgment and rare tact the good woman took charge of the estate, and in addition to administering upon the same and attending to all her husband's unsettled business, also ran the hotel and so conducted her affairs as to add considerably to the value of her possessions. In his time Mr. Borden had conducted several lines of business, all of which his good wife assumed, and for a number of years she managed the interests of the estate in a safe and methodical manner, which gained for her a high reputation as a capable and farsighted business woman. She also looked carefully after the early training of her children and until William had reached the age of nine years, sent them to the subscription schools of the neighborhood and did everything within her power to arouse in their young minds an interests in books and study.

Entering the \\'ashingtnn County Seminary at Salem, at the ag-e indicated, young Borden took up the study of arithmetic, Latin, penmanship and several other branches and during the ensuing three years made such progress that at the expiration of that time he was able to matriculate at the Indiana State University, which institution he attended until finishing his scholastic course. Reared to agricultural pursuits he early manifested a liking for rural life and among the experiences of his youthful days, which he was often wont to recall, were the breaking of ground with a wooden plow% cutting grain with the hand-sickle and cradle, mowing the heavy hay crops with a scythe, then resting from his labors on a straw bed in an attic through the unplastered walls of which the breezes of summer fanned him to sleep and the snows of winter not infrequently covered his bed with a layer of virgin white. Under the direction of his mother who. as already stated, was a woman of uncommon energ}', well read and conversant with the questions of the da3^ his mind early took the proper bent, and while still a youth he became familiar with public matters and political issues, and in due time earned the reputation of being one of the most intelligent and studious boys of the neighborhood. When old enough he began to repay his mother for her useful devotion and as long as she lived he looked after her interests and comfort and ministered tenderly to her necessities, until her death, which occurred on the 2d of June, 1851.

It was in the year 1862 that an apparently trifling incident occurred which had a decided influence on the mind of Mr. Borden and very materially affected his subsec|uent career. \\'hile at New Providence on a professional visit Doctor Reid, of Salem, showed the young man several fcssils which he had found, and in expaining their stnicture. formation, etc., aroused a keen interest in the young man, which from that time until liis death increased to such an extent as to gain him a conspicuous place among the distinguished scientists of his day. At the doctor's suggestion the young man purchased a copy of Dana's Geology, the study of which, in connection with explorations in his own neighborhood, and later while guiding a number of professors of geology over various parts of the county, soon gave him a practical knowledge of this fascinating subject and gained him more than local repute as a critical and painstaking student and investigator. From the professors referred to he obtained many practical suggestions which proved of great value in his subsequent study and research, both of which he continued with unabated interest until' the knowledge of his ability coming to the attention of the leading scientists of Indiana led to his appointment in 1873 ''^ assistant to Professor Cox, the official geologist of the state.

During the three years spent in the above capacity Professor Borden assisted in making geological surveys of Clark county as well as numerous other counties, the published reports of which proved a valuable contribution to the scientific literature of the state, and in addition to his official wi irk lie also carried on investigations of his own in various parts of the country. In 1878 he was engaged in silver mining in Colorado with his brother and nephew and later became a member of the mining firm of Borden, Tabor & Company, the latter gentleman afterwards representing Colorado in the United States Senate, and a third partner, Marshall Field, becoming one of the merchant princes of Chicago.

Professor Borden's knowledge of geology proved of great advantage in the mining business and under his personal direction the company achieved great success and became one of the wealthiest corporations of the kind in the West. After obtaining a competency he disposed of his interest in the companv and in 1880 returned to the old home in Clark countv with the object in view of carr^-ing out certain ideas for the benefit of his fellow men. Believing a liberal education the best preparation for a successful life, he encouraged the erection of the necessary buildings for a college in his native town and until the dav of his death maintained the institution at his own expense and

Otherwise looked carefully after its welfare. The great value of this school to the community cannot be estiaiated and on one occasion when speaking of the hundreds of young men and women who had gone forth from its walls, equipped for the struggle of life. Professor Borden said, "\Mien I think of them as good, honest citizens, playing their parts resolutely in the affairs of life, this alone is sufficient to reward me for all I have done."

Besides founding the college the professor established a museum on the site of his old home, an account of which, with its rare collections of minerals, fossils, archffiological specimens, shells, bones of prehistoric animals, Indian relics and remnants of the handiwork of the Mound Builders, etc., is fullv set forth in another part of this volume.

Professor Borden was married November 13, 1884, to Emma Dunbar, of New Albany, Indiana, daughter of John and Margaret (Whitson) Dunbar, and a lady who proved not only a faithful and loving wife and helpmeet, but who encouraged him in his scientific labors and heartily endorsed all of his enterprises for the moral and intellectual advancement of his fellow men.

The career of Professor Borden was fraught with great and permanent good to his fellow men, and few people so stamped their individualitv on the mind and thought of the times. Few saw and took part in the great changes which so materially affected Indiana from the pioneer period to the present time as he did and among his contemporaries none contributed more to make such changes possible. He endured the hardships of the early settlers and lived to enjoy in full measure the great advantages of the present day civilization.

After traveling extensively over the greater part of his own countrv. including Alaska and other distant states and territories, he made tours through nearly all parts of Europe, visiting places of interest and making a careful study of the conditions of their peoples. In looking back over his varied e.xperience. he said: 'Tf a lesson can be drawn from my long life it is this: That all prosperity must rest upon an economical use of time and resources : that energy and perseverance, long continued, will eventually overcome all obstacles : that a poor boy or girl possessed of energ\', honesty and frugality, will be sure to win a way in life: that the farmer who looks into the future as he holds the handles of his plow may succeed within his own environment, but will never break down its walls nor be of very great service to his fellow men."

Professor Borden broke down the walls of his environment and through the medium his scientific achievements and the institutions and influence which he established demonstrated his worth to the world and paved the way for still greater good to his fellow men in future years. Humanit}' grows through such lives as his and the County of Clark and the State of Indiana will always be proud to number him among their most scholarly and distinguished sons. He died on the 19th day of December, 1906. but still lives in the love and veneration of a grateful and appreciati\-e public, which constitutes his enduring monument.

James S. Keigwin

This well known public official is a native of Clark county, Indiana, born in Jeffersonville, where he now resides, on January 5, 1865. His ancestors were among the early settlers of this part of the state and the name has long been identified with the history of the county, his grandfather, James Keigwin, having been a man of considerable prominence and the second warden of the state prison of Jeffersonville, where he was first to utilize the labor of convicts for the support of the institution. He established a large brick factory at Jeffersonville in an early day where were made the bricks of which the prison is constructed, and his establishment appears to have been extensively patronized for a number of years, proving the chief source of the considerable fortune which he amassed. Ephriam Keigwin, the subject's father, whose birth occurred in Clark county in the year 1831, was a fanner and merchant, and for a number of years a successful business man and prominent citizen of Jeffersonville. He was a man of strong character and strong judgment, ser\'ed as Justice for Jeffersonville township and departed this life in the year 1898. honored and respected by all with whom he came in contact. He was twice married, the first time to ^^larj^ Morgan, who bore him three daughters, namely : Mrs. Susie Padgett, of New Albany ; Mrs. Sallie Bishop, of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Mamie Dewees, of Jeffersonville. Some time after the death of the mother of these children, Mr. Keigwin married her sister, Josephine Morgan, which union resulted in the birth of James S., of this review, and Jessie, who died in infancy.

Ebenezer Morgan, the subject's great-grandfather, migrated from his native state of Connecticut to Clark county, Indiana, in an early pioneer day, and settled in Silver Creek township, where he developed a farm and became a successful agriculturist and influential man of affairs. Shortly after becoming settled in his new home in the forest he found it necessary to return to Connecticut, and in order to save expense made the trip there and back on foot, an experience fraught with many hardships and not a few dangers. This sturdy old pioneer took part in the various wars against the savages in an early day and later served as a soldier in the Black Hawk war. The old flint lock pistol which he carried during the border troubles has been handed down to his descendants, and is now in possession of James S. Keigwin, who prizes it greatly as a family relic. Sylvester Morgan, the maternal grandfather of Mr. Keigwin, came from Morgantown, Virginia, to Jeffersonville. Indiana, by flat boat, and in partnership with his father-in-law, kept one of the first taverns in the town which appears to have been quite extensively patronized. He also did a thriving business for a number of years, transferring people across the river to Louisville, and in connection with these two enterprises operated a

As already indicated the Morgans and Keigwins have long been identified with the histoiy of Jeffersonville and neighboring towns, and both names are closely interwoven with the rise and growth of various important local enterprises. The Keigwins were intensely loyal during the rebellion, two of the subject's uncles, James and Albert Keigwin, sen-ing from the beginning to the end of the war, the former as colonel of the Forty-ninth Infantry-, the latter as captain of his company. After the war Colonel Keigwin was a business man of Jeftersonville for about thirty years and later was appointed superintendent of the National cemetery at Louisville, in which capacity he served untl his death. Albert Keigwin was for many years a distinguished minister of the Presbvterian church, but is now living a retired life in the citv of New York.

James S. Keigwin, whose name introduces this article, was reared in Jeffersonville, enjoyed the best educational advantages the public schools of the city afforded, and when a youth in his teens began his career as driver for the Adams Express Company. This not being exactlv to his liking, he resigned his place at the end of four months, and accepted a better and more lucrative position with the Louis\-ille & Nashville Railroad with which he remained twenty-five years, his first post being that of mail boy. from which he rose bv successive promotions to revising clerk, abstract clerk and inter-change clerk, each position of much greater importance than the preceding, as well as commanding a corresponding increase of salaiy. During his long period of service wth the Louisville & Nashville, Mr. Keigwin filled his several posts with ability.

Mr. Keigwin's principal reason for leaving the railway sen-ice was his appointment in January, 1907, as Justice of the Peace for Jeftersonville township, the duties of which he discharged in connection with his clerical duties for a period of one year, when he severed his connection with the road to devote his entire time to the business of his office. Since his election as justice, he has earned an enviable reputation as a capable and reliable official. The dignity with wh.ich Mr. Keigwin ties the nuptial knot has made him veiy popular with those matrimonially inclined and he is now widely known as the "marrying squire." having united eiglit hundred and fifty-four couples in the bonds of wedlock from Januan.' 12. 1907. to January 20. 1908. a record perhaps without parallel in the state.

On the 29th of December. 1886. Mr. Keigwin was united in marriage with Anna Nixon, whose birth occurred in Jeffersonville, Lidiana, July 26, 1865. Her father. Benjamin T. Nixon, late of Jeft'erson\!lle. was born in Washington county, in the year 1826, and departed this life on the 2d day of July, 1908. The maiden name of Mrs. Nixon was Sarah Reese: she was born at Charlestown, Clark county. Xovember 26. 1835. liore her husband five children, and died on July 27th ni the year 1898. Of the five children who constituted the family of Benjamin T. and Sarah Xixon, Airs. Keigwin and Mrs. Louise Small, of Philadelphia, are the only survivors.

To 2\Ir. and Mrs. Keigwin seven children ha\e Ijeen ho-'n, to-v,it : Anna, Harold, Raymond, Homer, Nora, Warnock and Lillian, the last named dying in infancy.

Mr. Keigwin is a Democrat in his political affiliations and a leader of his party in Jeffersonville and Clark county. He is an active and influential member of the Lidependent Order of Odd Fellows, and Modern Woodmen of America fraternities and with his wife and family, except the two youngest children, belongs to the Presbyterian church. His attractive home, which he has occupied during the past fifteen years, is situated on a commanding eminence overlooking the Ohio river and portions of Louisville and Jefifersonville.

The gentleman wdiose name appears above is a wholesale and retail dealer in flour and feed at the corner of Seventh and Spring streets. Jefl:'ersonville, and is a native of Indiana, born in the town of Sellersburg, Clark county, jNIarch 9, 1856. His parents, Patrick and Elizabeth (Peters) Conroy, came from Queens county, Ireland, when young and married in X^ew Albany, Indiana. They subsequently moved to Clark county and settled at Sellersburg, where the father dieil in middle life, the mother surviving him a number of vears, dying in the city of Jefifersonville at the age of seventy-six. One son and two daughters constituted the family of this estimable couple, Martin A., of this review; Mary, who died in childhood, and Elizabeth, a Sister of Providence, under the church name of Mary Assumption, who met with a violent death some years ago in a street car accident in Indianapolis.

Martin A. Conroy was reared to habits of industry and received his educational discipline in the public schools and in the parochial schools of Jeft'ersonville, this training being afterwards supplemented by a course at an educational institution of higher grade by the name of St. Joseph's Hill. While still a mere youth he commenced working for himself in a brickyard, and after spending a few years in that capacity accepted a position in the Monon Railroad shops at New Albany, where he remained until taking service as a section hand sometime later. Severing his connection with that department of work he spent about seven years as a car builder, during which time he acquired great proficiency as a mechanic and earned the esteem and confidence of his employers. X'ot caring to make railroading his life work. Mr. Conroy. at the expiration of the period indicatecl, discontinued the service and dnring tlie ensuing year was engaged in the boot and shoe trade at Jeffersonville. doing a safe and satisfactory business. In 1892 he estabhshed the hne of business to wiiicii he has since devoted his attention, namely, the wholesale and retail flour and feed trade in which his advancement has been rapid and continuous, his store on the corner of Seventh and Spring streets consisting of a fine two-story brick building with a ware house fifty by seventy-two feet in dimensions, being the largest and best stocked establishment of the kind in the city. In addition to the lines of merchandise mentioned, he also carries a fine stock of salt, paint, painting supplies, hay and other commodities, and gives employment to an average of fi\'e men every working day in the year, his patronage taking a wide range and yielding him an income which long since placed him in independent circumstances.

The domestic life of ^Ir. Conroy dates from the year i88g, when he was united in marriage with Alary O. Ilerron, of Jefifersonville. th.e ceremony being solemnized according to the rites of the Roman Catholic faith in St. Augustine church in this city. The only pledge of this union is a daughter by the name of !\Iary, now a young lady of intelligence and refinement and her father's assistant and Ixjokkeeper. She was educated in the St. Augustine parochial schools and later finished a commercial course in the Spencerian Business College of Louisville.

Mr. and Mrs. Ciinroy were reared in the Cathijlic faith and ha\e ever Ijeen true to the mother church, belonging with their daughter to the St. Augustine congregation and are active in all of its various lines of religious and benevolent work. Mr. Conroy is one of the influential members of the Knights of Columbus and the Travelers' Protective Association, and in politics gives his allegiance to the Democratic party. He has never been a partisan in the sense of seeking office.

The manufacture of wagons, carriages and other wheeled vehicles has long been one of the important industries of Jeffersonville, and for some years the leading establishment of the kind has been the one at 133 East Chestnut street, conducted by the well known and enterprising business man whose name furnishes the caption of this article. Edwin Wilkes Hydron, a native of Xew Castle. Kentucky, was bom Xovember 23, 1867, and is a son of William and Mary^ Frances (Schermerhorn) Hydron. the father an Indianian by birth, the mother born about eight miles from Louisville, in JefYerson county. Kentucky. \\'illiam Hydron served with an honorable record in the Civil war and later engaged in business pursuits at Jeffersonville, establishing a number of years ago the wagon and carriage shops, now owned and operated by his son. the latter becoming a member of the firm of Hydron & Son in 1885. He also operated factories in Louisville and New Albany, and during the last thirty years of his life was one of the leading wagon and carriage makers of Jeffersonville. where he built uj) a large and lucrative patronage and earned an enviable reputation as a capable and skillful mechanic. He not only achieved marked success as a business man. but stood high as a citizen. After a strenuous and useful life he was called from the scenes of his activities and achievements on the /th day of December. 1902. since which time the business he built up and conducted with such signal results has been carried on by his son, Edwin W.

\\'illiam and Mary Frances Hydron reared a family of the following children, all lix'ing and well settled in life: Edwin \\'., the oldest of the numl^ier : Fred is engaged in tlie wholesale fruit business at Bakersfield. California; Harn-, a railway engineer on the Pan Handle line; \\'illiam, Jr., operates the Louisville & Jeffersonville Transfer Company, and is one of the well known citizens of the latter place : Belle married Charles Howard, a contractor of Louisville, and resides in Jeffersonville; Hattie is the wife of Frank Same, who is connected with the Louisville & Jeffersonville Transfer Company.

Edwin Wilkes Hydron spent his childhood and youth in Xew Albany, received his education in the public schools and high school of that city, and at the proper age he entered his father's factory to learn the wagon and carriage maker's trade. By diligent application and a determination to succeed, he made commendable progress and in due time became not only one of the most skilled mechanics in the establishment, but also his father's trusted assistant in conducting and managing the firm of Hydron & Son, which was carried on wnth signal success until the death of the father, since which time he has been sole proprietor of the establislnnent which is now one of the largest and best known in the city with inucli more than a local reputation in industrial circles.

In the management of his steadily increasing business. Mr. Hydron has displayed executive capacity of a high order; he oversees even,- detail of the establishment, doing nearly all of the finer painting himself and looking after the labors of his men. The products of his shops are of a high standard of excellence, and compare favorably with the best vehicles on the market. To supply the growing demand the factory is taxed to its utmost capacity, a number of mechanics being employed.

Although a Democrat in politics and interested in the success of his party, he is not an office seeker but keeps in close touch with the leading questions and issues before the people. Fraternally he holds membership with the Knights of Pythias and Knights and Ladies of Honor orders, and re!igi(nisly he belongs to the Christian church, with which his wife is also identified, both being zealous and influential workers in the congregation in Jeffersonville.

Mr. Hydron on January i6, 1893, entered the marriage relation with Louise Gruber, of Jeffersonville. whose parents were for many years respected residents of this city. The mother is still living. The father died some years ago from disease contracted while in the army, having been a soldier in the war between the North and South.

To Mr. and Mrs. Hydron three children have been bom : Edwin Stewart, who was born November 23, 1894, and died January 28, 1905, the other two being daughters, Helen Louise and Maxine.

Jaimes H. Beard

This well known business man is a native of Gallatin county, Kentucky, where his birth occurred in the year 1845. His father, John Beard, a native of Butler county, Pennsylvania, was of Dutch extraction and his mother, also born and reared in the same county and state, bore the maiden name of Emily J. Morris and was of Irish descent. These parents moved to Kentucky a number of years ago and settled in Gallatin county, where Mr. Beard resided until his removal to Jeffersonville, in 1892, dying in the city four years later. Mrs. Beard having departed this life some time ureviously in ^ladison, Jefferson county, Indiana.

James H. Beard grew to maturity in his native county and state, received his education in the public schools and later fitted himself for a business career by taking a course in a commercial school in Cincinnati. He remained in Gallatin county until 1868. when by reason of an injun,- he gave up farming and removed to Markland, Switzerland county, Indiana, and engaged in the mercantile business, which he conducted in that town for a period of fourteen years. At the expiration of that time he disposed of his stock and moved to Louisville, Kentucky, where he accepted a position with a wholesale grocery house, subsequently severing his connection with the firm to enter the employ of the Adams Express Company. In 1892 he resigned his position with the company and changed his residence to Jeft'ersonville, Indiana, where he has since been engaged in various enterprises, devoting the greater part of the time to his duties as secretary of the Falls City Savings and Loan Association, one of the oldest and best known organizations of the kind in the southern part of the state, also one of the most successful, being capitalized at one million dollars and conducted by some of the most reliable business men of the city. In connection with the secretaryship he also deals extensivelv in real estate and insurance, in both of which lines he has built up a large and continually growing patronage, his business comparing favorablv with that of any other man or firm in the city similarly engaged.

Mr. Beard was married in Gallatin county. Kentucky, in the year 1867, to Diana E. Satchvill. daughter of Joseph and Anna Satchvill. natives of that county, the union heing blessed with two children, John T. and Emma D., the former an engineer in the city of Louisville, the latter the wife of Charles Banks, a soldier in the Spanish-American war, at the end of which he was given a position in the government work on the Panama Canal. Mr. Beard has been active in pujjlic affairs since becoming a citizen of Jeffersonville and is deeply interested in whate\'er tends to the material advancement of the citv and the social and moral good of the populace. Previous to his removal to JetTersonville he served for a number of years as a Justice of the Peace at Markland and earned the reputation of an able public servant. He takes an active interest in secret bene^-olent work and belongs to a number of fraternal orders, including Clark Lodge, Xo. 40, Free and Accepted ^lasons, Horeb Chapter, No. 66, Royal Arch Masons, Jefifersonville Commandery, No. 22, Knights Templar, Council, No. 13, Royal and Select Masters, and Jeffersonville Chapter, No. t^2-], Order of Eastern Star. He is also identified with Clark Assembly, No. 43, Union Fraternal League. In religion he subscribes to the plain simple teachings of the Christian church, and in politics supports the principles of the Democratic party.

Peter F. Myers

One of the leading lumber dealers of Jeffersonville is Peter F. ]\Iyers, a creditable representative of one of the sturdy old families of Clark county, and who to a marked degree inherits the sterling characteri.stics and amiafile qualities of head and heart for which his antecedents were long distinguished. His father, Peter Myers, a native of Herkimer county, New York, came to Jeffersonville in an early day, figured prominently in the pioneer history of the city and over sixty years ago established the lumber business which has since been in the family name and which his son, Peter F. now owns and controls. About 1858 he discontinued business pursuits and from that time until his death at an advanced age, lived a life of honorable retirement, his sons, Peter F. and Charles H., being his successors, the latter dying in 1891, leaving the former sole proprietor.

Peter F. Myers was born in Jeffersonville. Indiana, June 21, 1846, .and his life has been very closely identified with the city and its interests. His mother dying when he was a child, he was reared by his step-mother. Mrs. Rachael Myers, and remained with his father until the latter's death. He owes his present influential position in the business world as w^ell as his earthly possessions, entirely to his persistent efforts to succeed. After he received an educaticm in tlie public scliools he underwent a practical training under the direction of his father, whose lumber business he entered at a comparatively early age and in due time became familiar w'ith the trade in all of its details. His long connection with the lumber interest has made him one of the best informed and most experienced business men in this line in the city and his success has been continuous. As already stated he became sole proprietor in the year 1891, since which time he has gradually enlarged the scope of his operations, adding considerably to his stock and doing an extensive business in Jeffersonville and other places. At the present time his stock represents a capital of about eighteen thousand dollars, but as he handles an immense amount of lumber during the year in order to supply the large and constantly growing demand on the part of builders, contractors and tradesmen, this cannot be taken as a fair estimate of the magnitude and success of his enterprise. In connection with lumber he handles all kinds of building material, including full lines of building hardware, etc., and affords steady employment to from five to seven men and several trains, supplving a large number of patrons in Jefifersonville, besides commanding a firm and growing trade in the neighboring cities of Louisville and New Albany.

Mr. Myers has been twice married, the first time to Jennie Barnaby, of Jefiferscnville, who bore him three children, viz., Alida, wife of ^^'illiam Harding, of Louisville; Nellie, now Mrs. Joseph Milheiser, of New Albany; and Claude, who is interested with his father in the lumber business. The last named is married and the father of one child, Sidney B., four years of age, whose mother was formerly Mattie Pottinger. The subject's second marriage was solemnized with Mrs. S. M. Cain, who became the mother of Dove, who is the wife of Doctor Varble, of Jeffersonville, and Daisy, who is still a member of the home circle, both lieing graduates of the city high school and otherwise well educated.

In politics Mr. Myers has been a life-long Republican. He was reared in the Methodist faith and subscribes to the creed of that church, to which religious body his wife also belongs and in the good work of which both manifest a livelv and abiding interest.

This successful doctor of medicine and trusted spiritual guide is a native of Prince William county, Virginia, and the son of George John and Margaret (House) Sheets, both parents born in Baden, Germany, the father on November ist of the year 1786, the mother a few years after that date. George J. Sheets and Margaret House were married in Diedersheim, Baden, in 1815 and two years later bade farewell to the land of their birth and sailed for the United States, landing at Baltimore after a long and arduous voyage of six months, during which tinie there was much suffering among the passengers by reason of the vessel being driven far from its course by tlie terrific storms which prevailed almost from the time of sailing until reaching port. Among the most poignant of the many sufferers during this strenuous and protracted voyage were Mr. and Mrs. Sheets, who lost sight of their own sad plight in trying to minister to the comfort of their sick child, but despite all of their efforts to relieve the little sufferer, it gradually grew worse until at last they were obliged to see its little body consigned to the waves of the mighty deep. The death of this, their only cliild, under peculiarly distressing circumstances had a very depressing effect upon the minds of the fond father and mother and finally when the vessel weathered the stonns and came to anchor, they landed on the shores of a new world with heavy hearts and no very bright prospects for the future.

Mr. and Mrs. Sheets settled in Prince William county. Virginia, where they secured a good home. They became the parents of nine children, eight of whom grew to maturity, namely: Margaret. George, John, Frederick, Daniel, Catherine, William H. and David P., William H. being the only survivor of the once large and happy household. Having an aversion to slavery and decided objections to rearing his family under its baneful influence, George J. Sheets moved to Morgan county, Indiana, where he spent the remainder of an active and useful life, dying December 14, 1877, at the' advanced age of ninety-one years, his wife preceding him to the eternal world in 1849, when fifty-six years old. The sons of this couple, with exception of William H., were tillers of the soil and business men and the majority of them spent their lives in Morgan county, George dying in the county of Hamilton. The parents were reared in the Lutheran faith in their native land, but after locating in Virginia and finding no society of that denomination near their place of residence, they united with the Presbyterian church. Later, on their removal to Indiana, where that church was not represented, their children united with the Methodist church, in which faith the familv was reared, the parents, however, remaining Presbyterians to the end of their days.

William H. Sheets was quite yoimg when his parents disposed of their interests in Virginia and moved to Morgan county, Indiana,' where the future physician and divine spent his early life on a farm. From childhood he appeared religiously inclined and while still a mere youth he united with the ]\Iethodist Episcopal church and began laying his plans for the future in which the ministry figured as a prominent and controlling factor. Having decided to devote his life to this holy calling, he was licensed in 1850 while yet in his teens by Rev. Joseph Tarkington, presiding elder, and the same year was admitted to the Indiana Conference. In those days the life of such a minister meant hard work and little or no remuneration, and in speaking of the character of some of his early appointments, he often said they were as good as he deserved and mnch better than those the fathers before him had served. At the time of his admission, fifteen composed the class of whom fourteen have exchanged the church militant for the church triumphant, he being the sole survivor of this little band of noble consecrated servants of the Most 'High.

Doctor Sheets was ordained deacon by Bishop Janes and elder by Bishop Scott, at Shelbyville, Indiana, and served in the active pastorate for a period of twelve years, during which time he was instrumental in strengthening the churches under his care and winning many souls to the higher life. The Conference, at his own request, granted him a supernumerary relation, following which he took up the study of medicine in the office of Dr. R. E. Curran, of Jetifersonville, later adding to his professional knowledge by a course of lectures in the Old Medical University of Louisville and two sessions in the College of Medicine and Surgery at Cincinnati, graduating with the honors of his class at the latter institution about the time of the breaking out of the Civil war. Soon after receiving his degree he was appointed surgeon in the hospital department of the army and held the position to the close of the war, discharging his duties with ability and satisfaction, meeting the approval of his officers and soldier patients and proving faithful to every trust reposed in him. Doctor Sheets left the service at the cessation of hostilities with the rank of assistant surgeon and in 1865 located at Jeffersonville, where he has since resided in the active practice of his profession, building up the meanwhile an extensive patronage. During this time he has sei"ved as examining surgeon for pensions from President Hayes' term to the second term of President Cleveland, and was also physician for six years at the Indiana State Prison, South. He has been connected more or less, since 1882, with the health department of Jeffers()r,ville and for the last eight years has been health officer of the city, in which capacity he has rendered valuable and effective service and added greatly to the efficiency of the department.

Ada M. Woodward, who became the wife of Doctor Sheets on the 12th day of November, 1868, was born at Hanover, Indiana, November 8th of the year 1844, and received a liberal education in Hanover College, one of the oldest and best known institutions of learning in the state. At the breaking out of the Civil war her parents moved from Hanover to Mooresville and it was at the latter place that she first met her future husband and it was there that the marriage was solemnized. Mrs. Sheets was reared a Presbyterian, but some time after her marriage she united with the Methodist Episcopal church and continued a faithful and zealous member of the same until called to the other world on October 31, 1906.

Ever since giving up the active pastorate Doctor Sheets has continued to preach when called upon, not only for his own denomination, but for others. His services are in frequent demand upon special occasions and it is stated with every semblance of truth that no man living or dead has conducted more funerals in Jeffersonville than he and he is also popular in the matter of solemnizing the marriage tie. In the year 1900 his conference granted Doctor Sheets a superannuated relation. He cast his first Presidential ballot in" 1856 for John C. Fremont, since which time he has been pronounced in his allegiance to the Republican party. His church membership at this time attaches to the Wall Street church, Jeffersonville. He stands third on the Conference roll by seniority and is one of the best known Methodist divines of his day and generation in Southern Indiana.

Charles C. Peel

At 117 Chestnut street in Jeffersonville, the \isitor will find a neat, well equipped, and carefully managed garage, owned by the gentleman whose name heads this biography. Mr. Peel was born at Wilmington, Dearborn county, Indiana, May 11, 1867. His father, Charles Peel, was a native of the Buckeye state, having been liorn in Cincinnati in 1846. His career was of short duration, having departed this life at the age of twenty-one years, having one son, Charles C. Martha (Bainum) Peel, mother of Charles C, remarried, her second husband being George Ward, a native of Dearborn county, Indiana. They removed to Jeffersonville in 1871, Mr. \\'ard finding here good opportunities for employment at his trade of car-building. He ended his days in this city in March, 1898. Since that time Mrs. Ward has made her home at St. Louis, Missouri. She became the mother of two children by her second husband, namely: Clarence, late of Lexington, Kentucky, died December 31, 1908, and Mrs. C. W. Williams, of St. Louis.

Mr. Peel was reared and educated in Jeffersonville and made that city his permanent home. After completing his common school education he felt that his life work would demand a greater knowledge of business methods than what he possessed and he therefore attended the New Albany Business College, continuing there until his graduation. For the ne.Kt ten years he worked at car-building and painting, having first served as an apprentice, but soon became proficient and was rated as a skillful workman and able mechanic. In 1894 he established his present business and has followed it ever since. He does general repairing of Ijicycles. automobiles, and fine machinery. His equipment is ample and his work thorough and skillful. As a result he does a thriving business, and enjoys the confidence and good will of a host of friends and acquaintances. On the 8th of October. 1890, ]\Ir. Peel was joined in marriage to Ophelia Masmer, daughter of Augustus Masmer, of Jeffersonville. Her parents were of English and German extraction, and constituted one of the oldest and best known families in the vicinity of Charlestown, this county, where Mrs. Peel was born and educated. She is a woman of refined demeanor and excellent tastes. She has become the mother of five children, only two of whom, however, are now living. These are Frank and Mary. The other three. Ward, Charles and Eva, died in early childhood, Mr. Peel and family are members of the Presbyterian church. They take an active interest in religious work and contribute liberally of their time and means to the support of the Gospel in their own community. Mr. Peel has for several years acted as deacon in the church, and has been of great service in promoting the splendid spirit and wholesome atmosphere that characterizes that organization. He affiliates with the Republican party, but has never sought political prominence, preferring rather to be satisfied with his business affairs.

Johx W. Hoover

It would appear that Mr. Hoover inherited a love for the business which is so closely allied with the profession of medical practitioner, for both his father and grandfather were engaged therein, and did much toward the alle^ viation of the sufferings of afflicted humanity. Mr. Hoover is one of the leading pharmacists of Southern Indiana, and his dru.g store at 731 East Chestnut street, Jeffersonville, Clark county, enjoys a liberal patronage. He has contributed not a little toward the material progress of Jeffersonville since he became a resident of the city about fifteen years ago.

Mr. Hoover is a native of Orange county, Indiana, having Ijeeen bom there July 22, 1851, the son of Charles Leonce Hoover, who first saw the light in Ohio county, Pennsylvania, November 30, 1823. He was a phvsician and came west in the forties, locating in ^\'ashington county, Indiana. He took a classical course at the State University of Indiana, and graduated honors. Later he entered the Louisville College of Medicine, and received a diploma. He located at New Albany in the spring of 1853, and engaged in the wholesale drug business, continuing in that line of business for fifty years, being the oldest druggist in the state of Indiana, when he died in May, 1904.

The paternal grandfather of the subject, Leonce Hoover, was a native of Switzerland, and he and his sister were known to be the only members of the familv that came to America. As a matter of fact the name of the subject was originally "Hulier." Leonce Huber, the grandfather, studied medicine at

Paris, France, and had tlie honor of being commissioned a surgeon in the army under Napoleon. After having served in that capacity for some years lie came to America and in 1849 went to California in search of gold, and was veiy successful in his quest therefor. He finally settled in Los Angeles and engaged in the manufacture of wines, having acquired a large and very productive vineyard. Later he engaged in the real estate business with his son, Vincent, dying when a very old man.

The mother of John W. Hoover was Alary Eliza Riley, born ALarch 3, 1827, at Hardinsburg, Kentucky. She became the wife of Mr. Hoover's father November 11, 1847, and was the mother of seven children, only one of whom, Charles V.. is dead, he having passed away in middle life. The others are John W., Mary Elizabeth Arnold, residing at Rockford, Illinois; Jarries A., Stanley S., Emma, and Arthur K., all of New Albany.

Mr. Hoover was educated at the Morse Academy, New Albany, and when eighteen years old engaged in the drug business with his father, where he remained until the fall of 1894, when he removed to Jeffersonville, where he embarked in business for himself. Mr. Hoover was twice married, the first time October 13, 1881, one son being the result of this alliance, Charles Leonce, who died at the age of twenty years. The wife died August 5, 1897. The second marriage of the subject was to Mrs. Minnie (Conway) McGrath, the bride being a widow. She is the daughter of Joseph and Alary Conway, and was educated in the schools of Jeffersonville. Her maternal grandfather was the first white child born in Jeffersonville. His mother once cooked dinner for the Gen. George Rogers Clark party, when on their tour of the western wilds. The maternal grandmother of Mrs. Hoover was Mary Cunningham, a native of New York, and a niece of Robert Alorris of Revolutionary war fame. The ancestors of Mrs. Hoover were closely identified with the Revolutionary period, and some of her family are connected with the Daughters of the American Revolution.

The Reily family, represented by the mother of John \V. Hoover, were of Scotch-Irish descent. John AI. Reily was a pioneer physician of Hardinsburg, Kentucky. He moved into Orange county in the early thirties, and died at New Albany at the age of seventy-eight. Mrs. Hoover has one daughter by her first husband, Helen Marguerite, who makes her home with her mother and step-father.

John F. Speith

The proprietor of one of the leading confectionary and bakery establishments in Southern Indiana, is a representative of an old and widely known pioneer family of Clark county. John F. Speith was born near the town of

;Meniphis, this county, on the i6th day of January, 1862. His father, Adam Speith, a native of Germany, came to the United States when a young- man and. procuring a tract of land not far from the al»ve town, cleared and improved a fine farm, and later in connection with agricultural pursuits, engaged in merchandising at Alemphis and in due time built up an extensive business and became one of the successful men and leading citizens of the community. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Amelia Xeumeister, was also a native of Germany, and like him came to America in her youth. This couple were married in Clark county, Indiana, and here reared their family, and achieved much more than ordinary success in their business affairs. ]\Ir. Speith accumulating a handsome competence, his fine fruit farm two miles west of Memphis ranking among the best improved and most valuable places as well as one of the most attractive rural homes in this part of the state. Mr. Speith was a man of progressive ideas and tendencies, and to him as much as to any other is the town of ]\Iemi)his indebted for its business and prosperity.

His death, which occurred on May 30th. of the year 1908, at an advanced age, was felt as a personal loss by the penple with whom he had so long been associated.

Mrs. Speith, wdio survives her husband, makes her home in Jeffersonville, where she is well known and highly esteemed for her many sterling qualities. She is the mother of a family of eight children, seven sons and one daughter, whose names are as follows: Charles, Frank, George, Adam A., John F., Joseph, William, and Mrs. Laura Schenck. all living and doing well in their respective spheres of endeavor.

John F. Speith was reared and educated in his native county, and since early manhood his life has been closely interwoven with commercial pursuits. His business career in Jeffersonville has been eminently progressive and satisfactory and as proprietor of one of the most successful bakery and confectionary establishments in the city he commands an extensive and lucrative trade, his patronage being not confined to local custom alone, but taking a wide range and including a number of other towns which depend upon him for their supplies in the confectionery line.

Mr. Speith is identified with several lodges, being a member of the Masonic orders, in which he has taken a number of degrees, including that of Sir Knight and is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Hope Lodge, Knights of Pythias, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Improved Order of Red Men, and the Knights of the Maccabees. In his political views he is a Democrat.

"Mr. Speith is a married man and the father of three children, whose names are William, a student at Purdue University, at Lafayette- Amelia, pursuing her studies in the Jeffersonville high school, and John P., a student in the grade schools of the city. The mother of these children was formerly Lillie Stauss. daughter of the late William Stauss, of Jeffersonville, and for a number of years proprietor of the hotel which bore his name.

John Heyn

The family of this name has been identified with Clark county from a very early period and its members have long been well known in railroad circles. The founder was Christopher Heyn, who came from Germany during the first half of the nineteenth century and when a young man found his way to Southern Indiana in search of a way to procure a living. He had learned carpentering and had little difliculty in obtaining work at his trade after he reached Jeft'ersonville. Railroads were then in their infancy and crude affairs compared to the splendid efficiency now seen on all the great lines reaching to every point of the country. Young Heyn applied for a job to the company having charge of the road that has since become the Pennsylvania, and sixty years ago built the frame work of the present freight depot in Jeft'ersonville. In early manhood he was married to Carolina Bowman, a native of Dayton. Ohio, and one of his children is the subject of this sketch. John Heyn was born in Clark coimty in 1S68 and as he grew up was taught a knowledge of mechanics, and learned not only how to work, but also to save his money. He attended the public schools of Jeffersonville and acquired the groundwork of an education which has served him well in his subsequent operations. Ambitious and industrious, he began work for himself before reaching his twentieth year and by diligence and close attention to business has made a success in life. His first railroad job was in 1887 when he secured employment as a repairer of freight cars at the car works in Jeffersonville. Proving apt in this line he had no trouble in securing further work and was engaged at different times by the Big Four, the \\'abash and the Pennsylvania Railroad companies. At first working in a subordinate capacity he soon obtained jiromotion to the position of foreman of car repairers and since then has always held that place. At present he is foreman of car repairers, inspector and wreck master for a south end of the Louisville division of the Pennsylvania, a position of importance and responsibility. He was appointed to the place in October. 1900. and consequently has held it over eight years to the entire satisfaction of his employers. He is a painstaking w(;rkman. attentive to duty and always on hand when wanted. Among the numerous railroad employes at this center of railroad acti\'it\'. none stand better in their respective roles than John Heyn.

ter of William and Mary Mallott, at Jeft'ersontown. Kentucky. They have one son whom they named John Geinger Heyn. and who is now attending the city schools. Mr. Heyn is a member of Clark Lodge, No. 40, Free and Accepted ]\Iasons and finds time from his business to indulge in social converse with his many friends. He has no political ambitions and gets his chief pleasure from his home and family, to whum he is warmly attached and for whose comfort he provides liberally and generously.

Frank R. Willey

The founder of the Clark county branch of the family of this name was Col. John F. W'illey. born at Cincinnati. June 15. 1809. He achieved prominence as a fruit grower and a worker in the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he was a minister. On January 14. 1828. he was commissioned as an ensign in the Twenty-second Reg'iment, Indiana Militia, by Governor Roy and the year afterward was promoted to a captaincy, which he resigned in 1834. During the Civil war he was colonel in the Indiana Legion, with headquarters at Jetfersonville. In 1830 he married Pauline Garner, who died in 1875. and one of the children of this uniim was Dennis F. \\'illey. born December 27, 1834, On December 22. 1857. the latter married Rosalie H.. daughter of Isaac Prather. a native of Clark county. Dennis F. \Mlley was commissioned captain in the Indiana Militia by Governor Morton. November 14. 1862. and captain of a company in the One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Regiment. Indiana Volunteer Infantiy. May 26, 1864. In 1878 he was appointed by Governor ^^'illiams. Surveyor of Clark county and served two years. He died November 10. 1906. at his home in Jeffersonville.

Frank R. Willey. son of Dennis F. and Rosalie (Prather) \Mlley. was born in L'tica township. Clark county. Indiana, in i860. He remained on the farm until the completion of his twentieth year, meantime attending the local schools, the business college at New Albany and for a while at Purdue University. After holding several mercantile positions in Jeffersonville. he formed a partnership in September. 1885. with E. M. Coots in the undertaking business. This connection continued until 1899. when Mr. Willey. after a year in the insurance business, took charge of the Electric Light, Gas. Heating & Coke Company's interests in Jeffersonville. Through various changes and court complications of the Jeft'ersonville Light & A\'ater Company, during which he acted for a while as receiver, the two concerns above referred to were finally purchased by and consolidated with the United Gas & Electric Company and in 1903 ]\Ir. \\"illey was placed in charge of the business and has continued in control up to the present time. Aside from this his only public service was rendered during his membership of the City Council for two years. October 20, 1876, he married EUa, daughter of Col. John Ingram. The family of this name included a number of members who became prominent in the various walks of life.

William Thomas Ingram was born in Charlestown, Clark county, Indiana, December 7, 1857, his parents being \\'illiam Austin and Nancy V. (Foutz) Ingram, who lived on Fourteen ^lile creek, near New \\'ashington. At the age of seven he was brought to Jefferson ville, which has ever since been his home. After a course in the public schools he studied law at the University of Louisville, but after leaving his studies engaged in the gravel business and farming. His brother. John Ellington Ingram, was at one time Clerk of Clark county. One of his sisters, who married Charles D. Armstrong, died in 1896. Julia Ingram, another sister, is a practicing physician in Louisville. In November, 1884, William T. Ingram married Anna L., daughter of Congressman Jonas G. Howard, and their children consisted of four sons, whose names are: Jonas Howard, Homer L., Warren T. and William A. The Ingrams have for years been regarded as among Clark county's best citizens. Whether holding civil or military positions and in the various lines of business to which they have turned their attention, their records have been good as men of efficiency and integrity.

Col. John Nelson Ingram

This family name was familiar during the pioneer period, both in Kentucky and Southern Indiana as far back as the first quarter of the last century. James Ingram, who was born in Pennsylvania, February 5, 1790, came West in his youth and was married in 181 5 in Oldham county, Kentucky, to Nancy, daughter of John and Eliza (Lindsay) Austin. John Austin served as a soldier of the patriot army during the entire period of the Revolutionary war. James Ingram fought under General Jackson at the battle of New Orleans. Later in life he removed to Jefferson county, Indiana, and died there, March 13, 1827, at the early age of thirty-seven. His children were Mary Elizabeth, William Austin, Malinda Jane, James Wesley, Julia Ann and John Nelson, of whom there are two survivors. Malinda J. is the wife of Alexander Chambers, of Danville, Indiana ; Julia A. married John Ritchie and resides at Indianapolis.

John Xelsun Ingram, the youngest of this family, was born in Jefferson county, Indiana, November 29, 1825, and died October 30, 1908. His early years were spent on a farm, with the usual attendance at the country schools during the winters. When about fourteen years old, he was apprenticed to Isom Ross, at Madison, to learn the tanner's trade. In 1846 he enlisted in Company G, Third Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, under command of Col. Hames H. Lane, for service in the ^lexican war. He was in the battle of Buena Vista and other affairs in the progress of the American army to the capital of the Montezumas. After the war. receiving an honorable discharge, he returned to his tanner's trade at Madison. In 1848 he came to Jefifersonville and established a tannery. Being fond of military tactics, he organized in 1859 an independent company of militia, of which he was made captain. In 1862 Governor Morton authorized him to raise a regiment to be known as the Independent Legion, of which he was appcnnted colonel. Through inability to get equipment it was impossible to carry out the original design and after a year Colonel Ingram resigned to devote his time to the large tanning business he had established, turning over his military command to Colonel Willey. After the CWW war he dismantled his old tannery and with the machinery established a new one at Claysburg. In 1856 he was elected to the City Council from the second ward and served two years. He was reelected in 1865. '~j and '79. In 1863 he was elected school trustee, which position he held for twenty-seven years. On Februaiy 14, 1848. he joined Monroe Lodge of Odd Fellows at Madison, and for some time he was the last surviving member of Tabor Lodge, No. 92, of the same order at Jefifersonville. He was a member of Wall Street Methodist church and was its Stewart for many years.

In 1859 Colonel Ingram married Margaret E. McGonnigal, of Clark county. She was the daughter of Daniel McGonnigal. who was born in Columbia county. Pennsylvania, November. 1800. of Irish parentage. February 22. 1824. he married Hannah Herrin and removed to Tiffin. Ohio, using a wagon to haul their iKaisehold goods and walking all the way. In 1833 he went to Jefiferson count}-. Indiana, and in 1848 came to Jefifersonville. He built the first car for the old road in a small shop back of where St. Augustine's Academy now stands. It was hauled on a dray to the railway bv Floyd Applegate. This venerable pioneer died in 1891 at the residence of Colonel Ingram. The latter had five children : Man,' Olive died in infancy ; James Austin, born December 2. 1853. died November 21. 1899: John, born November II, 1855, died July 25. 1908: Elizabeth, born March 2. 1859, married Jacob S. Fry. one time Treasurer of Clark county, now living in Pomona, California ; Ella, wife of Frank R. W'illey, was bom February 10, 1866. John D. Ingram was well known as district manager of the American Car & Foundry Company. He started as a water carrier and nail sorter and worked his way up step by step until he reached the position held at his death. His wonderful knowledge of every branch of car building made him a valuable man to his company. James Austin Ingram was educated at Greencastle, jMacticed law and was City Attorney in 1879 and 1881. Later he became a civil engineer in Texas, but afterwards returned to JeiTersonville, where he remained until his death. Mrs. Frank R. W'illey, the youngest child of Colonel Ingram, has four children : Frank Ingram, Rosalie, Margaret and Walter Watts \\'illey, these being the only grandchildren.

John L. Glaser

In 1865 a young German in his twenty-first year and full of the spirit of adventure decided that he would cross the ocean and help the Federal army crush out the Rebellion. He was enthusiastic over the cause of the Union, opposed slavery and anxious to see the great western Republic free to realize its own grand destiny. Feeling this way it was with high spirits that he stepped on the docks of New York after the tedious ocean voyage and hastened to St. Louis, where he was directed to Jefferson barracks. Making known his desires the ambitious soldier was much chagrined when informed after taking the oath of allegiance that the war was over and his services would not be needed. The incipient hero thus foiled of his object was John L. Glaser, whose birth occurred at Weimar, Sa.xony, in 1844, his parents being Gottlieb and Dorothea Maria (Scheller) Glaser. Fortunately he had learned the trade of carpenter and builder in Germany find was thus not without a means of making a living in the strange land. He had no difficulty in getting a job, as he was a sober, industrious and expert workman, and he worked at his trade in St. Louis for nearly three years. Here also he met his "fate" as the story-writers would express it, as he became acquainted with a fine German girl, who subsequently became his wife. It was in 1868 that he married Anna, daughter of William and Rosena Teich. Removing to Louisville Mr. Glaser spent the next four years at his trade in that city and from there crossed the Ohio to Jeffersonville. Here he continued carrying on the business of building and in 1892 put up a structure which was intended for his own individual use. In this building, situated at Court and Mechanic streets, he placed a stock of groceries and put out his sign for trade. The business thus begun has proved prosperous and to it Mr. Glaser has since devoted all his time.

His marriage was blessed by the birth of a family of seven children, thus descrited: Minnie, wife of Charles HoefTling, of Niles, Ohio; Amelia, wife of Edward Norton, of Jeffersonville; Max W., a carpenter and builder of the same city; Harry, a resident of Cincinnati : Rosa, wife of Fred Gepehart, likewise of Jeffersonville : Emma, who remains at home, and Ernest, who is employed in Cincinnati. ^Ir. Glaser is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Eagles. He at one time sen'ed in the City Council, and worships at the Lutheran church. Through his mother Mr. Glaser is an heir to the great Koller-Scheller estate at Bamberg, Bavaria, and the family have great expectations in this direction. It is often a topic of conversation at the family fireside and the children as well as the parents love to dwell on what they will do when this Bavarian money comes to enrich them. Ail of their friends, and they have many, hope to see them realize on this good fortune and feel sure that if it comes the Glasers will spend it with the prudence and wise frugality that is characteristic of people of the great German race.

Teftersonville has long been a producer of railroad men and many of them make their homes in this city. This sketch will tell something about one of the most popular of the you'iger generation in charge of the great transportation system of the country, carrying passengers and freight to every point and comer of the Union. The founder of the family here was Peter F. LeClare, a native of France, who came to this country many years ago. He married Susan Gardener. Their son, also named Peter F.. married Mary, daughter of Thomas D. and Margaret (Bell) Lindsay, a family of Scotch- Irish descent, who came here from Northern Ireland. Thomas D. Lindsay was in the employment of the old Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis Railroad during the Civil war. Peter F LeClare had four children, Thomas L., James N., Ida and Susie. Ida married Oscar Bateman, of Jeffersonville. The mother of this family had two sisters, one of whom married a Mr. Smith, an engineer, and the other a Mr. Harrod, who is a conductor, and both well known in railroad circles. Members of the Lindsay family have been in the employment of the local branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad ever since the beginning of the Civil war.

Thomas L. LeClare was born at Jeffersonville, October 28, 1870. After going through the public schools he learned the moulder's trade, but soon abandoned this to indulge in an inherited tendency for railroading. Ever since June, 1893, he has been with the Pennsylvania lines in one capacity and another until finally he reached the grade of conductor on the Louisville division. During the terrible floods of 1883, 1884, in the Ohio river he was newsboy and at considerable peril to his life courageously delivered his papers in a skiff. His father was a member of the police force and also street commissioner of Jeffersonville, in which positions he gained a wide acquaintand achieved popularity as an efficient official. Mr. LeClare belongs to Hope Lodge, Knights of P}'thias, and Division No. 303, Order of Railway Conductors.

June 8, 1892, Mr. LeClare was married to Nora, daughter of Thomas J. and Elizabeth fRobbins) Donahe\r, who brought Mrs. LeClare here from Scott county when she was eight years of age. They have one daughter, Liez. The parents are members of the Wall Street Methodist Episcopal church and popular figures in the younger social set.

Joseph C. Doubet

A number of French immigrants settled in the region around the Falls of the Ohio during the first half of the nineteenth century and their descendants may be found throughout Kentucky and Indiana. LTsually they seek the agricultural pursuits, especially fruit growing, though they are frequently found in connection with the mechanical arts, in which their nation is famous. They seem to have a special talent for engineering and France has produced some of the greatest engineers of the world, both in civil and militaiy life. Jeffersonville has been fortunate in her citizenship of French extraction and in none more so than the young man whose name heads this sketch. His ancestors were early domesticated in America, as it was as far back as 1827 that his grandfather. Peter Doubet, reached these frhores. He was a native of LeRoy, France, and a member of a social connection, widely known at that place in the older days. Peter settled in Portland. Kentucky, and it was at that place that his son, Joseph P. Doubet, was bom. \\'hen a boy he removed to New Albany, where eventuallv he learned his trade and in due time became master mechanic in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad. When the Civil war broke out he determined not to be out-done in patriotism by any of his neighbors, but to ofter his services in the cause of the L'nion. With this end in view he enlisted in the Twenty-third Regiment and went to the front and served faithfully for three years. Starting a private, he rose to the rank of first sergeant, and his comrades always spoke of him as a faithful soldier, who was always ready for his duty, however arduous it might be. He married Mary B., daughter of Perry Wilson, a native of Orange county. Indiana, but removed to Clark county and lived there for some thirtv years, north of Jeffersonville, engaged in farmmg. It was at this countrv home that his daughter was married and here he resided until the day of his death.

Joseph C. Doubet was born in New Albany, November 28, 1873. but was brought to Jefifersonville by his parents during infancy, and has remained here ever since. He was educated in the public schools but also took a course in the business college at New Albany. Having a natural turn for the mechanical arts, he cultivated that faculty diligently until he became a licensed steam and electrical engineer. In 1889 he helped wire Jeffersonville for the first electric lights and has ever since been engaged with citv lighting and contracting companies. He has built se\eral electric lighting plants, inckiding the one at Corydon. His brother, Morton Doubet, was killed on electric wires in Jeffersonville, August 17, 1903, the first accident of the kind in the city. On March 18, 1897, Mr. Doubet married Roberta, daughter of William and Henrietta Simms, of Corydon, Indiana.

Joseph G. Moore

Wherever found the Englishman is able to hold his own with the best and usually he makes a good citizen, a good worker, and a reliable employe. A fine sample of the English woiking class is aft'orded by Joseph G. Moore, who was born near Bristol, England, January 7, 1841. He was still under age when he reached the shores of America and during the Civil war was employed on a steamboat engaged in the Lake Erie trade. At a later period he went to the new state of Nebraska, which was then sparsely settled and still decidedly of the "wild and woolly \\'est." Omaha, however, already showed signs of becoming a city of importance and in this young town Mr. Moore secured work in the car shops of one of the railroads. He did not remain there long, however, but shortly after the close of the Civil war located at Jeft'ersonville, and was employed for a brief period for the American Car & Foundry Company. He then established a news agency and took charge of the circulation for the Indianapolis Journal, the Cincinnati Enquirer, Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville Times and Jeffersom-ille Times. He built up a business in this line which yielded him a fair livelihood, and continued the business until the time of his death, August 29, 1906. For several years, while a resident of Port Fulton, he was a member of the school board, and at one time acted as its treasurer. He was a member of the Alethodist Episcopal church at Port Fulton, and of Clark Lodge, No. 40, Free and Accepted Masons.

In 1883 Mr. ]\Ioore married Mrs. Mary E. Girdner. widow of John Girdner, of GreeuAille. She was the daughter of William and Thruza McClellan, of Memphis, Indiana, where the former ran a wool carding machine. Mr. and Mrs. Moore had two sons, Joseph Granville and Orville Frank, both quiet and unassuming boys of steady habits and excellent character. Joseph is a promising student at DePauw University, and Orville has charge of his father's business, which he is managing with good judgment and success. Granville McClehan, a brother of Airs. Moore, is conductor on the Bahimore & Ohio Raliroad. and resides in Jefifersonville. Mrs. Amanda Huckleberry, Mrs. Moore's only sister, is a resident of Newburg, Oregon. Mrs. Aloore's cozy little cottage shows by its neat appearance the presence of a good housekeeper and all the surroundings give indications of a happy and affectionate family.

Edgar Leon Creamer

The founder of this name in Clark county was James Creamer, a native of North Carolina, who came to Floyd county, Indiana, in the early days, making the long trip overland m a wagon. His son, Benjamin J., married Harriet Cox, a woman of an excellent family and many domestic virtues. Her parents came from Sunset. Kentucky, and most of her male relatives were connected in one way or another with the river service. James Phillips, her brother-in-law, was an inventor of useful appliances connected with steamboat engines. He and one of the Cox brothers lost their lives by the explosion of the steamboat "Missouri," on which they were employed.

Edgar L. Creamer, a son of Benjamin J. and Harriet (Cox) Creamer, was torn in Floyd county, Indiana. February 26, 1861. During his boyhood he resided in New Alijany, but came with his parents to Jeffersonville in 1875. His father was a ship carpenter and an employee in Howard's ship yards for many years, until his death in 1905. Mr. Creamer learned the stove moulder's trade and followed it for seven years and then devoted his time for four years to car building. From this he went into the bakery business, which he has carried on for some eighteen years with fair success and also conducts a grocery in connection with the former. In addition to his other lines of work, he has had experience in blacksmithing and painting. He is a member of Myrtle Lodge, Knights of Pythias, in Jeffersonville. His brother, Walter Cox Creamer, removed to Alaska and has charge of a large amusement place at Dawson City.

On October 26, 1890, Air. Creamer married Helena Marie F.. daughter of Charles and Katherine Seitz. The father was born in Germany in 1835, and the mother was a daughter of Joseph Schraffenberger. Charles Seitz served four years as a soldier during the Civil war, and made a good record in the Federal army. Mr. and Mrs. Creamer have three children : Charles Benjamin, Leta Lucile and Catherine Cox. It will be seen that the Creamers are of excellent stock on both sides of the house and their relatives have clone their full share in upbuilding the industries and transportation systems of the lower Ohi(5 vallev. As steamb(5at men, skilled mechanics, and in other lines of business the Creamers, Coxes and Seitzes have worked faithfully and successfully and have long been favorably known to those who do business on the great river and in the towns and cities along its banks. Edgar Leon Creamer has worked his way up through various useful employments until he is now able to live comfortably and independently on the resources he has earned as the result of a life of industry and saving. Still in the prime of life he may reasonably look forward to many years of happiness surrounded by a growing family and loving wife and a household possessed of all the comforts and many of the luxuries that make living enjovable.

It was during the Civil war that a German family by the name of Weber came over and settled in Louisville. Three sisters oi German birth by the name of Carl sought a h(jme in the same city, where one of them married John Troxler, another, John Decker, while the third became the wife of John Weber, a son of the first mentioned immigrants. After marriage the latter couple settled in Jeffersonville, where the husband became an undertaker in the employ of the government tn bury the soldier dead. They had eight children, all but one of whom are li\ing. Nellie, the one who died, was the wife of John Yonkers, an engineer on the Pennsylvania Railway. The sunivors are: Matilda, who married J. E. C. Eaken, of Jeffersonville: John, who .married a Miss Shaw, and has earned a competence in California, where he resides : Edward, who married Mary Pillion, and is engaged in the wholesale grocery business in Jeffersonville ; Anna, the wife of Thomas Gorman, resides in Borden, Indiana: William, onr subject; Nora, at Bedford, Indiana; Henry, also married, is a resident of Los Angeles, California.

William Weber, who is number five in the above list, was born at Jeffersonville, }ilarch 23, 1863. At fourteen years of age he obtained a unique employment, which amusingly illustrates the progress of events during the last thirty years. His duty was to ride a horse down the track in front of trains and flag the people to get out of the way at crossings. Safety gates, towers and automatic switches were wholly unknown in those days and the roads had not even adopteil the device of placing flagmen at the crossings. Young Weber got along very well as an outrider for trains until one day a team of mules, driven tandem and drawing a coal cart fa feature peculiar to Louisville), was ground up in the horrified presence of the boy. This was too much for his tender nerves so he threw up his job and quit the railroad life forever. After considerable experience in vari(ius mercantile lines and as traveling salesman for a wholesale grocerv, ^Ir. \A'eber went into the grocerv business for himself in 1886, and has prospered. His stand is on Spring street, and is now one of the best known business points in Jeffersonville. In addition to his regular line he does a large business as shipper of butter, eggs, poultiy and other produce. He is energetic and progressive, a good buyer as well as seller of popular address and understands bodi how to get and how to keep customers.

November 28, 1907, Mr. W'eber was married to Mrs. Theresa Laurie, an estimable and intelligent member of one of the city's substantial families. She was the widow of the late \\'illiam Laurie, superintendent of the foundry for the American Car &- Foundry Company of Jefferson\-i]le

William Quick

In brief space is to be here reviewed a sample of the self-made and well made man. William Quick was born in Jeffersonville, March 18, 1861, and is still in the prime of life. His parents were Warren Thomas and Henrietta (Hyman) Quick, who were unable to do much for their promising boy and at an early age be was compelled to shift for himself. During his youth he obtained some valuable experience as a clerk in the grocery line. He was fortvmate in securing the friendship of Eli Thompson, a well-to-do and methodical business man. whose advice and example proved valuable. After conducting concerns for two others successfully, Mr. Quick wisely determined to branch out for himself, realizing that no one ever gets rich v/orking on a small salary. He was unfortunate, however, in choosing a poor locality and the venture proved unprofitable. The next move turned out better. While working for the wages of a day laborer be had been saving and the proceeds of this thrift enabled him to make an investment that turned out prosperously. Disposing of this at the right time he found himself in possession of a snug sum which only needed prudent investment to yield fair results. In November, 1897, he bought the place where he is at present located and where he has built up an excellent business. The establishment includes a large stock of groceries, combined with dry goods and notions, and i:i conducted with the skill and good judgment acquired during a lifetime of training in practical affairs. In this same place two others before him had failed in the effort to build up in the same line of goods and there was a general prediction that he also would fall a victim to the "hoodoo." Nothing daunted, he took hold and in three years has not only established a thriving mercantile plant, but has also acquired seventeen pieces of real estate, which is productive of a reliable income. All of this has been accomplished by bard work on limited resources and in spite of the obstacles which beset every venture in the world of trade.

July I, 188(3, Mr. Quick was happily married tu Emma, daughter of Charles and Rosanna Schifler, of Jeffersonville. They have four children : Samuel H., Carrie B., Edwin !,., and ]\Iartha. They are all promising and show that they have inherited the qualities of their father. Mr. Quick is a member of the Kwasind Tribe of Red Men and affiliates with the Lutheran church. Though not a society man he has mingled much with those who carry on the business afifairs of the city and being a good mixer has acquired a large acquaintance and many warm friends who admire his many excellent traits of character. Those who find life hard and are struggling against the difficulties of a cold world may take courage and a new resolution by referring to the career and achievements of William Quick.

John B. Murphy

This sketch deals with one of the wealthiest as well as one of the most successful of the vast army of Irish who figured prominently in the development and progress of our transportation facilities.

John B. Murphy was born at Toledo, Ohio, June 29, 1852, his parents being Michael and Mary ^lurphy, who emigrated from Ireland a few years previously. Their son remained at the place of his birth until he reached the age of twenty-one, when he started out to seek his fortune. Coming first to Louisville he soon crossed over to the smaller town of Jeffersonville and succeeded in getting a job with the Pennsylvania Railroad on December 2, 1872. His first position was as night switchman in Louisville, and later in the same line of work at Jeffersonville. which was follow-ed by promotion to the yard foremanship, in daytime. In 1879 he was made yard master in Jeffersonville and two years later was given the place of yardmaster at the Tenth street transfer station in Louisville. In November of the same year he was transferred to Jeffersonville as yardmaster, which he held until July. 1891, when he was promoted to the general yard mastership in Louisville, which position he still holds, showing a continuous service with the Pennsylvania of over thirty-six years. Mr. Muiphy has been honored with various positions of trust both by election and appointment. He served in the Citv Council continuously from 1890 to 1900. In 1901 he was appointed a member of the Board of Metropolitan Police Commissioners by Governor Durbin, and was re-appointed on the expiration of his term in 1904. In 1907 Governor Hanly selected him as his own successor and he is now serving his third term in this important position.

Charles Kerrig-an ; James P.. a resident of Louisville; Genevieve, John B., Jr.. who is married and lives near his father's home, and Alary, the wife of Joseph Clem, of Jeffersonville. Mr. Murphy is a memher of the Catholic Knights of America, the Knights and Ladies of America, Knights of Columhus, and the Ancient Order of Hibernians. The family are members of the St. Augustine Catholic church and are numbered among the esteemed people of the city, both in their social circle and in the industrial world, where Mr. Murphy has so long borne his share in the duties and responsibilities.

Joseph Goodman

When Isaac Whiteside was just beginning his bakery in a simple way at Jeffersonville there came to him one day a young German seeking employment. The proprietor, who is a good judge of men, was pleased with the applicant and gave him a trial at moderate wages. This young man. like most of his countrvmen who come over here "made good." to use one of our American colloquial terms. Born in Germany in i860, son of Andreas and Mary Goodman, he had learned the baker's trade at an early age of fourteen years and soon began to long to try his fortune in the great Republic across the sea, of whose opportunities for gaining wealth he had often heard. He finallv succeeded in his ambition and in 1882 found himself on the docks of the great city of New York. Determining that he could do better inland he lost little time in the East, l:)Ut pushed resolutely toward the land of promise beyond the Alleghanies. It was in 1883 that young Goodman appeared before Mr. \\'hiteside, after a short service with whom he determined to branch out for himself. In the fall of 1884 he founded a partnership with Gottlieb Heilenman for the puipose of conducting a bakery, but this was soon dissolved and Mr. Goodman assumed sole charge of the business. In 1886 he moved to a more eligible situation, on Spring street near Court avenue, where he gradually added a stock of groceries and the two combined soon began to show signs of prosperity. After eleven years at this stand the store was established in a building across the street at the location which has become one of the well known features of the city. German thrift and industry ne\'er fail to produce results, and what was a very small affair at first has developed slowly and conservatively into a prosperous bakery and grocery in combination. Mr. Goodman, like all Germans, is sociable and companionable, with a fondness for fraternities and societies for improvement and recreation. He is a member of the Order of Modern Woodmen, treasurer of the German Aid Society and a devoted adherent of St. Anthony's Catholic church.

Rebecca (Nock) Kasper. and they have four children. The eldest took for his wife Lillie Belle INleisner and they have two children. Marvin Joseph and Emma Louise. The father is a plumber and dealer in plumbers' and pasfitters' supplies; Harr\-, Edward and Emma, the other three cliildren. reside with their parents. The Goodmans have their residence in the same building as the store, which is open all the time and presided over by a family that never forgets to be affable and courteous. As in the typical German household, the good wife is a large factor, and Mrs. Goodman is no exception to this rule.

The prospects were not pleasing when George and Katherine (Hoke) Howard moved from their Kentucky home to the wilds of Clark county, Indiana. Their land of five hundred acres, situated about two miles from Charlestown, where the count}' asylum now stands, was almost a virgin forest. Great has been the transformation as today it is triangulated with railroads, a trolley line and a turnpike. With this pioneer couple came \\'illiam Howard, a son, who was born in Jefferson county, Kentucky, and became a partner in a firm of contractors engaged in building Market street from the car works to the Howard Ship Yards. For two years he ran an omnibus line from the end of the Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis Railroad to New Albany, and served as City Marshal from 1857 to 1861. In the latter year he enlisted as a private in a company of the Fifty-third Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, but soon elected second lieutenant and at the uattle of Atlanta obtained promotion to the captaincy. He took part in the battle of Chattahoochee river, the siege of Corinth, the engagements at Grand Gulf and Jackson, Mississippi, and maneuvers which drove the Confederates behind the walls of Vicksburg. During the siege that followed the Fifty-third Indiana was under fire of the enemy's guns for thirty-seven days and Captain Howard shared fully in all his regiment's dangers. After the surrender he helped to drive Gen. Joe Johnston's forces from Jackson and was with the triumphant Sherman in all the fighting from Chattanooga to Atlanta, during the memorable campaign of 1864. \Miile at Chattanooga he was on detached service in command of a large force of men looking after the convalescents drafted and woimded. He was in the engagements of North Carolina, preceding the surrender of Joe Johnston and helped to give the final strokes to the dying Confederacy. After the war Captain Howard was employed for a while as a guard at the State Prison, South, and later was appointed Deputy A\'arden under Colonel Schuler. As a car]ienter and inspector of goods he was employed for thirty years in the (|uartermaster's department liut resigned in July, 1900, on account of ill health. The captain in retirement loves to talk of the older days, where liis grandfather Hoke raised tobacco on a large farm near Jeffersontown, in Kentucky. His aunts worked in the field and made cigars which were retailed for ten cents a hundred tied up in packages with a piece of bark. Captain Howard treasures as a curious heirloom two cigars \\hich his aunts made over a hundred years ago. He also cherishes a big key, which opened his father's mill at Fisherville, Kentucky. His father, who came from the eastern shore of Maryland to the woods of Kentucky was bound out and learned the trade of millwright.

Rose A., who died in 1904; Lydia C, who died in i860: Lucinda, who is her father's homekeeper, and Fannie Belle, wife of T. M. Dehoney, who resides in Chicago. The mother died in February, 1855, and when the father started to war it was with an aching heart that he left his four ch.ildren with his parents as he marched away to fight his country's battles. In October. 1869, Captain Howard married Laura A. Porter, a native of Breckenridge county, Kentucky, who died in September, 1903. The ceremony was notable, being the first marriage that took place in the Presbyterian church at Jeffersonville. In 1845 the captain became a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and is at present a member of the Wall Street church, for whose construction he carried the first brick. Formerly he was for a time a member of the Presbyterian church and served as elder. He is a member of the Golden Cross and has been a staunch Republican since the organization of that partv.

Hon. Reuben Dailey

A strong virile and picturesque personality, generous disposition and strong convictions on important questions, were the traits that made this veteran editor of Jeffersonville influential at home and widely known abroad. During the days of his activity his name was familiar all over the state and few of Indiana's newspaper men so impressed their individuality upon the public or were so frequently mentioned in the news columns. He was of foreign nativity of mixed English and Irish descent. Michael Dailey, the paternal grandfather, who was a native of Queen's county, Ireland, and a pronounced Roman Catholic, married a Miss Gibson, who was just as pronounced a Protestant, and reared all her sons in that faith. William Bird, the maternal grandfather, was an Englishman by birth and a shoemaker by trade, : was of very religious temperament, and composer of sacred music. He married Sarah Singleton, and Han- nah Bird, a daughter of this union, became tlie wife of Nicholas A., son of Michael Dailey, and this couple were the parents of the mited Indiana citizen, who constitutes the subject of this sketch.

Reuben Dailey was bom at Tottenham. Middlesex county, England, March 6, 1844, being the youngest of a family of nine children, of whom the only daughter and four sons reached maturity. Reuben was strongly inclined towards a ministerial career, but his father offered violent opposition to this choice, his argument being that preachers should not be educated in the ordinary way. but depend on supernatural influence for their accomplishments. When still quite young ]\Ir. Dailey came to the United States and spent some time at Pittsburg and Cincinnati, but was living at Newport, Kentuck\-. at the breaking out of the Civil war. He was eager to enlist, but met opposition on account of his youth, later, however, succeeding in enrolling himself as a member of Company F. Fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which in due time he joined the Army of the Potomac. An illustration of his youthful ambitiiin as well as the characteristic turn of his mind is found in the fact that in addition to his accoutrements he always carried with him a set of shorthand books. These he studied industriously in leisure moments, having made up his mind to become a reporter. Being religious and moral he avoided the ordinary dissipations of camp life, such as cards, profanity and drink and long before the end of his enlistment he Iiad mastered the intricacies of shorthand reporting. During his service of three years and two months he was frequentlv employed as clerk for the company and the brigade surgeon being wounded in the face in an engagement that took place at Culpeper Court House, August 9, 1862, he was shortly afterwards detailed as clerk to General Halleck. subsequently acting as shorthand reporter for several court martial and military commissions. In April, 1865, ^Ir. Dailey became river reporter for the Memphis Argus, and retained this place for three years and a half, during which time he held the offices of magistrate and United States Commissioner, the latter by appointment of Jndge Trigg.

By mere accident in January, 1869, he obtained a position as reporter on the Louisville Courier Joumal, and was assigned to Jeffersonville and New Albany. Later he bought the National Democrat, a weekly publication, and on November 18. 1872, began the publicatiiin of the Jeffersonville Evening News, in handbill form. From that time until the close of his career, he was editor and publisher of this sprightly sheet, which was the first daily paper ever published in Clark county. He steadily improved the quality, while increasing the size of his paper, and achieved a financial success, which was chiefly due to his versatility and enterprising methods. Originally Republican in politics. Mr. Dailey's views underwent a change as a result of what he saw of the working reconstruction in the South, and he returned to Indiana as a convert to Democracy. By liis personal activity and. strong editorial utterances he wielded a potential influence for his party in and around Jeffersonville, and was long regarded as one of the "wheel-horses." In 1892 Mr. Dailey was elected to the lower House of the State Legislature as Representative fnim Clark county and made a creditable record. For two years he served as chairman of the Democratic Central Committee of Clark county, and in this position exercised a large influence. Mr. Dailey was generous to a fault, never turning a deaf ear to any applicant, and though often imposed on readily forgave the impostor if occasion made it necessan-. He kept what he called his museum, which contained objects purchased from mendicants merely as an excuse for giving. His last illness, which began in January, terminated fatally on April 8, 1906, and during the time he .proved a very patient sufferer, never nnuTnuring. however great the pain. Mr. Dailey's funeral occurred April iith, and while his remains laid in state at the First Presbyterian church, of which he was a member at the time of his death, they were viewed by all the school children and nearly every man, woman and child in the city. Most of the leading business men at one time were carriers on his paper, the "News." His remains rest in the Eastern cemeten- at Jeffersonville, Indiana, where, ins:ribed on his tomb are the words, "He lived for others."