Clark County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1909 (part 6 of 15)

Oscar H. Duffy

The family of this name in Clark county are of Scotch ancestry, their forefather's migrating across the English channel and settling in the north of Ireland, where several of the name rose to positions of prominence. A branch of the family emigrated to America about the first decade of the last century and in 1828 Maj. Andrew Duffy removed from there to Indiana, settling at Hanover Landing and became one of the early pioneers of Jefferson county. He dealt extensively in real estate and his grandson has papers in his possession signed by President Madison and James Monroe, when the latter was Secretary of State. Two of Major Duffy's uncles rose to higher rank as statesmen, both living bachelor lives and leaving large estates. Major Duffy was influential in Clark county affairs and served for a while as County Commissioner. His son, Thomas Duffy, gave additional luster to the family name during his long and useful life. He was bom during his father's residence at Hanover Landing, but in childhood was brought to Clark county by his parents, Andrew and Kezziah Duffy, who settled at New W'ashington. After he reached maturity he engaged in farming for a while, but later removed to Jeffersonville and embarked in the grocery Ijusiness. He was the first in the city to start a delivery wagon and for many years his establishment was the leading" grocery of the county. For a long time he had charge of the poor of the township and established a reputation for charity, often giving out of his own store to relieve distress. During a small pox epidemic it was his duty to take provisions to the patients, which he performed bravely though daily exposed to infection. During the Civil war he remained a sturdy Democrat, though it cost something in those days, as men of that political faith were then rare in Southern Indiana. He and Jonas G. Howard voted together when the latter was threatened with violence for expressing his sentiment. While still a resident of New Washington, Thomas Duft'y married Jane, daughter of Allen and Rebecca Rogers, and to this union we are indebted for the worthy gentleman who constituted the subject of this sketch.

Oscar H. Duffy was born at Jeft'ersonville, Indiana, in i860, and six months later lost his mother by death. \\''esley Duft'y, an uncle, took charge of the babe and cared for him kindly at his home in Charlestown, until he reached the age of twenty-one. As he grew up he had the benefit of the public schools and during the intervals engaged in farming. \\'hen he became of age he located at Jeffersonville as a guest of his sister and for ten years was manager of a produce house in Louisville. In addition to being the purchasing agent and general superintendent of the business he also acted as traveling salesman for the firm. At later periods he engaged in various lines of work, being for three years with the T. J. Lindley hardware establishment in Jeft'ersonville. and the same length of time with the Belknap Hardware &

Manufacturing Company of Louisville. At present he is shipping clerk for the Indiana Chain \Vorks, a manufacturing company at the Indiana Refonnatory. Mr. DufTy began life at the foot of the ladder, always had t(j work his own \va_\- and rely on his own resources, but he has "made good' and proved a success in every line of business he has undertaken. He is a man of quick sympathies, of a kind and generous nature and enjoys a quiel life in a modest but comfortable cottage where his many friends are always welcome.

On October 25. 1905. Mr. Dufify married Mary Lucy Woodraff, a member of one of the old families and descendants of the early pioneers. Her father, James ^Voodrufif, was a Virginian and her m<5ther. Sarah Purdue, was a native i)f Scott county, Indiana. The hitter's father was Nathan Purdue, who settled in Charlestown township, Clark county, in the early days and did his share in the hard work and development of pioneer times. Mr. and Mrs. Duffy are members of the Wall Street Methodist Episcopal church and he belongs to Hoosier Camp, Modern Woodmen of America.

Few families in American can boast so proud and ancient a lineage as that of the Loomises. As far back as the fifteenth centuiy its members were famous both in England and Continental Europe. They were dissenters and the old records speak of a John Loomis who was burned for heresy at Canterbury, England, in 1856, for standing firmly by his religious convictions. Another, John Loomis, who was bom before 1570, was a man of distinction at Braintree, England. His son, Joseph Loomis, a Puritan, some years after the landing of the Mayflower, came from Braintree to what is now Windsor, Connecticut. Perigrine White, the great-great-grandmother of Doctor Loomis, was the first wdiite child born at Plymouth. Massachusetts, and the next child was Rebecca White. His grandfather and a number of others of the Loomis family b(_)re a conspicuous part in the American Revolution. The family had a cost-of-arms, which bore devices that stand for loyalty to the king and country, for devoted self-sacrifice and whose motto means, "Yield not to adversity." The family in the United States, who are descendants from Joseph Loomis, the Puritan pioneer, number over twenty-eight thousand, many of them distinguished as scientists, soldiers, statesmen and members of the learned professions. They ha\e endowed a college wdiich stands on ground never owned by anyone but a Loomis since it was acquired by Joseph Loomis. in 1639. At that school any member of the Loomis family may be educated free of charge. It is a family, taken in its entirety that exemplifies the noble art of "plain livino' and high think- ing," and seldom is one found who has not acquired a competency. Such is the noble Hneage of a family which includes a number of representatives in Clark county, well worthy of the name.

Dr. John Loomis. chief patriarch and "head of the house" in Indiana, was born at Russell, Massachusetts, ]May i8, 1820. He is a graduate of both the eclectic and the homeopathic schools, and the oldest practicing physician in Clark county. Though over eighty-nine years old he is still engaged in his profession at Jeffersonville, where he has practiced since i86t. He was married October 17, 1843. to Clarissa Robinson, who was born in Pembroke, New Hampshire, in 1819, and died in Jeffersonville, Indiana. March 22, 1897, and is buried in ^^'estfield, Massachusetts. He has reared an unusually interesting family, who have well sustained the proud escutcheon of the Loomises. John C. Loomis, the eldest son, was born at W'estfield, Massachusetts, January 25, 1845, and came west with his parents in 1861. He attended high school in his native place, worked in railroad positions for two years, during which time he was conductor on the steam road between Jeffersonville and New Albany, and on the line to Indianapolis. Resigning this, in spite of the earnest requests of the management to remain, he went into the drug business in 1876 at Chestnut and Watt streets in Jeffersonville. Two years later he bought its site across the street from the iirst locatitni and on that corner he still continues business. In 1906 he erected a fine new building which he now occupies, and enjoys the distinction of having the oldest continuing drug business and probably the oldest continuing mercantile business of any kind in the city. He is a graduate pharmacist and an analytical chemist of distinction. Twenty years ago he was appointed inspector of oils at the United States quartermaster's depot and now inspects everything there in the chemical line, which in an establishment of this kind are of great variety. In July, 1895, he married Mattie J., daughter of B. A. Johnson and wife, of Jeffersonville. He is a member of the Masonic lodge, of the Knights of Pythias. United Order of the Golden Cross, and elder in the Presbyterian church. His sister. Clara J. Loomis, conducts a private school in Jeffersonville and was one of the founders of the Jeft'ersonville Hospital, as well as the Old Ladies' Home. Jacob Loomis, the doctor's second son, is interested in the steel works at Wheeling, West Virginia: Herbert is associated with his brother in the drug business. Alice, the second daughter, is housekeeper for her father, elder sister and brother Herbert, who are still under the parental roof. Arthur Loomis, the youngest son and twin brother of Alice, is one of the best architects in Kentucky. In the line of his profession he designed the Todd building, the first sky-scraper in Louisville. He also designed the public library building and the beautiful new bank building at the corner of Spring and Court streets in Jeft'ersonville. The latter is the finest business building in the county. Kirke H.. who died in 1878, in \\'estfield. Massachusetts, was a graduate of

Eastman Business College, at Poughkeepsie, New York, and became C( inductor on the Pennsylvania and later Louisville & Nashville Railroad. At the time of his death he was on his way to Canada to attend the annual meeting of the railway order of the United States and Canada, of which he was vicepresident. Christia R., another daughter, married Homer Bush, and died in Westfield, Massachusetts.

Burdet Clifton Pile

The lineage of the family of this name is ancient and honorable. The men on both sides served their country well both in war and peace and whereever found were among the sturdy citizens of their respective communities. We first hear of Dr. Richard Pile, who lived in Virginia when she was a colony of Great Britain. His son and namesake was apprenticed to the saddler's trade but ran away to join the patriot army in the war of the Revolution. He served for a time in the Eighth Virginia Regiment under General Jonathan Clark, and this body of troops rendered valiant service at the storming of Stony Point. He was also with Washington as sergeant at Valley Forge. After the war he settled in Kentucky, where he married Rebecca Clifton, of the vicinity of Bardstown. Sometime before 1798 he moved to Springville, near Charlestown, but later he removed to Jeft'ersonville His wife was a famous cook and prepared the dinner for the surveyors who platteil the town. One of his sisters married Evan, brother of Isaac Shelly, the first Governor of Kentucky. Another sister married an ancestor of Gen. Jefferson C. Davis, of Civil war fame. Richard Pile died in 1816, and about 1820 his widow married Thomas Morgan, of Jeffersonville, by whom she had one daughter, Elizabeth, who subsequently became the wife of Samuel Athey, and removed with him to Missouri. Richard and Rebecca (Clifton) Pile had four children : IMarston Green Clark. Burdet Clifton, Mary and Margaret. The elder brother was the first white child born in Clark county, his native place being what was then called Fort Finney, but afterward Fort Steuben. Mary, the elder sister, married Moody Dustin, and Margaret became the wife of Thomas Powell, a native of New Jersey, who moved to Jeffersonville and made his home there until his death.

Burdet Clifton Pile, who enjoyed the pioneer honor of being Clark county's second white child, was born at Jeffersonville, Indiana. March 10, 1805. Early in life he became a brick manufacturer and later conducted a potter}' at Port Fulton. About 1853 he became a partner in the firm of Maybury, Pile & Company, proprietors of a hardware store, but several years later he purchased the senior partner's interest and substituted his son-in-law, J. J. Conway. He disposed of his mercantile interests in 1871. and two years later became [Mayor of Jeffersonville, succeeding- in tliat office. Levi Sparks, later brother-in-law to his daughter, Fannie Belle Sparks. Previous to his two years as Mayor Mr. Pile had served a number of terms in the city council and was trustee of the Wall Street Methodist church. He was director in the Ft. Wayne & Southern Railway Company, which projected a line through Clark county and built part of the road bed near Charlestown. In many ways Burdet Clifton Pile was a remarkable man. His early education was limited by lack of good schools, but he made up for this in after life by reading and observation. He was a close student of the Bible, had a retentive memory and C(iuld quote many fine passages from the good book. His vocabulary was extraordinary, his command of language never at fault and these qualifications made him an orator of ability. Above all he was a man of sterling character who earned and held the respect and high esteem of all who knew him. He was an active and enthusiastic member of the Alasonic Order for many years and from time to time occupied all the official stations in the Blue Lodge and Chapter. He died March 17, 1885. January 29, 1834, Pile married ]Mary Ann Cunningham, the ceremony being performed by the minister, who was afterwards well known as Bishop Ames. IMrs. Pile w-as a daughter of Da\id Cunningham and her birth occurred in Ontario county. New York, March 18, 181 2. Her father's removal here was due to the fact that he was a sub-contractor in building the Louisville and Portland canal. He had five sons, all of whom were engaged with him on this important line of transportation. His wife was Anna, daughter of Peter Jennison, a Revolutionary soldier who responded to the Lexington alarm call. Her grandfather, Amos Singletary, served for eight years as a representative in the Great and General Court of Massachusetts. Robert Cunningham, a brother of Mrs. Pile, was in the battle of the Alamo under David Crockett, and his name appears among the other heroes on the monument erected in the state capital grounds at Austin, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Pile liad ten children. Alaria T.. the eldest, married Oliver N. Thomas, and her only daughter, Ida T., is now the widow of John H. Hause, who died in Jefifersonville about 1902. Mrs. Thomas having lost her husband b}' death, contracted a second marriage with William H. Buckley, a man of remarkable vitality, who at the age of eighty-eight is a foreman at the Howard Shipyards. Mary Ann, the second daughter of Mr. Pile, married Joseph Conway and after his death removed, to St. Louis. They had eleven children, of whom three daughters and one son reside in Jeffersonville. Lucinda A., third daughter of Mr. Pile, married A. S. Gill^ert, of Massachusetts. She and her son, Clifton S., are residents of Jeffersonville. Rebecca \'irginia Pile, the fourth daughter, married \'alenline Rose and died in Louisville. Sarah Eliza Pile, the fifth daughter, married Capt. George W. Kingshairy, of the United States Army, and both died at Clifton Springs, New York, there being one surviving child, who resides in Philadelphia. Rufus Moody

Pile, the eldest son, has been quite successful in the railway world, and is now assistant general passenger agent of the Pennsylvania systems, with headquarters at Philadelphia. William Clifton Pile, the second son, married Lizzie Barringer, and resides at St. Louis. Charles tJurdet Pile, the third son, married Mary Durham, and lives at \\'ichita, Kansas. Fannie Belle, the youngest of the family, married Nathan Sparks, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this volume.

Nathan Sparks

The gentleman whose name appears above is the representative of an old and well known family, members of which have been prominent in the martial affairs of this country since the days of the Revolution, and the present representative, Nathan Sparks, is eminently worthy to bear such a name. He has lived in Clark county for nearly three score years and his mind links the formative era witli that of latter day progress in which he has taken a conspicuous part.

Nathan Sparks was born in Daviess county, Lidiana. He came to Jefferson ville in 1850, where he has since resided. He is the son of Levi and ^lary B. (Godwin) Sparks, both in Queen Ann's county. Maryland. They came overland to Daviess county, Indiana, about 1835, settling among the pioneers there. Soon after Nathan Sparks came to Jeffersonville, his sister, ]Mary Jane, and other members of the family also came for the purpose of attending the Jefferson\'ille schools, but, like the others, she remained to make her home here. About 1877 !^Iar)- Jane Sparks was married to Capt. James M. Phillips, of Jei¥ersonville, who was at that time stationed at Columbus, Indiana. Captain Phillips dieil in Texas in February, 1895, while superintendent of the Gulf. Ciiloradd «S: Santa Fe Railroad. He was a native of Clark county, and he had already made his mark in the railroad world ijefore going to Texas. ]\L-s. Phillips died in Jeffersonville July 17, 1897,

Nathan Sparks is one of six brothers, namely: George ^\^. Levi, Joseph, Thomas, Nathan and James A. Of these Thomas, Nathan and Levi came to Jeffersonville. George W. lived at Wilmington, Delaware, until his death. Joseph lived in Clinton count}-. Indiana, and James A. lives in Daviess county, this state. Levi came to Jeffersonville in 1836 and followed mercantile pursuits. He was postmaster of Jeffersonville under President Franklin Pierce, and in the early seventies he was mavnr of this citv. I'or a period of twenty-one years he was connected with the citv government, having been a rock-ribtel Democrat all his life. He took an active part in securing the government depot for Jeffersonville and he received well deserved credit for the part he took in the work. He died in 1875. Thomas Sparks came to Jeffersonville in 1847 to attend school, after which he remained. He ahvays engaged in the mercantile business. He was a member of the City Council for eight years. He was also nominated by his party as candidate for Mayor of Jeffersonville.

Nathan Sparks came here in 1850, as already indicated, and he has since followed mercantile pursuits for the most part. He was long a member of the City Council and was United States Inspector at the government depot for four years under Cleveland and for two years under Harrison. He was a member of the School Board, part of the time as secretary and the balance of the time as president.

Mrs. Sparks is descended from soldiers of the American Revolution, both through her mother and her father, and she has good reason to be proud of her parentage. A sketch of her father, Burdet Clifton Pile, appears in this volume. Mr. Pile was Mayor of Jeffersonville, having succeeded Mrs. Sparks' brother-in-law, Levi Sparks.

Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Sparks have lived in Jeffersonville continuously since their marriage. Three children have been bom to them, the first having died in infancy ; the second, Levi Clifton, married Mary Josephine Burke, and they are the parents of one child, Mary Lee. The third child c~if IMr. and Mrs. Sparks is Janibelle.

Mrs. Sparks is a prominent member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. For seven years she was a teacher in the public schools at Jeffersonville and has always manifested a deep interest in promoting the welfare of the schools.

The Sparks residence in Jeft'ersonville is a homelike, cozy and well furnished one, where friends of the family often gather and where hospitality always reigns.

Up-to-date and thoroughly reliable, Mr. Willacy J. Schwaninger has proved to the community his fitness for his chosen vocation - a pharmacist, and a call at his drug store at 458 Spring street, in Jeffersonville, will soon convince one of that fact. He has one of the best equipped and thoroughly stocked establishments in the city and is enjoying a flattering patronage.

Mr. Schwaninger was born in this city on the 7th of November, 1871, being the son of the late Judge Schwaninger, who filled the office of City Judge in Jeffersonville for many years, and was also ]\Iayor of the city for one term. Judge Schwaninger was a native of Switzerland, came to Charleston in this county in early manhood, where he was married in tiiis citv to Sarah Ann Carwardine, who was a native of England. She is still living and enjoying the ripening years of her life with a reasonable share of health and vigor. Six children were born to this union, namely : Aniena R., wife of Lewis Girdler, of Jeffersonville ; Willacy J., of this review; Mary Agnes, wife of Emil Keil, of New Albany, where he is engaged as a wholesale merchant ; Edith H. married Walter E. AlcCullough, a farmer of this vicinity ; Charles A., a druggist, being a former partner in business with our subject ; and Jacob J., an employe on the Pennsylvania Railroad, and husband of Louisa Mahaffv.

Air. Schwaninger recei\-ed his early education in the public schools of this city and made a good record as a student. In order to prepare himself for his vocation, he attended the Louisville School of Pharmacy, and graduated from that institution with honors in 1890. He has been in business for himself for the last six years, devoting his entire time to the sale of proprietary medicines, drugs, and the filling of physicians' prescriptions, etc. He has the confidence of the public and the medical profession of the city, and stands high among the leading business men of his community.

In 1892 Air. Schwaninger was married to Alartha Leeper, who was born in Jeffersonville, being the daughter of Capt. James Leeper, deceased, and Mary (Phillips) Leeper. Two children have graced this union, Jeanne, Vance and Joseph L., aged fourteen and seven years, respectively. The former is now a sophomore in the Jeffersonville high school.

Mr. Schwaninger has made it his business to participate in the social and political activities of the community. He is a member of the Jeffersonville Lodge No. 362, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and is past exalted ruler of the same. He wannly supplements the activities of this organization and is held in high esteem by his fellow members. His political affiliations have always been with the Republican party, and he is at the present time treasurer of the Clark County Republican Central Committee. In 1904, he was secretary of this organization. He also gives a share of his time and means to the discharging of the religious duties devolving upon him as a member of the St. Paul's Episcopal church, being one of the Board of Vestrymen.

John Joseph Casey

In a beautiful and comfortably furnished home on the banks of the Ohio overlooking the head of the Falls, will be found an interesting man to talk to. He belongs to the class of inventors, the men who, perhaps, have done more to advance the industrial interests of the United States than any others. Especially is this true of those who have invented something of use in the mechanical arts inventions that accelerate business, increase work and make life better.

They are seldom rewarded as tliey ought to be. the Ijenefits of their work usually going to others, who have the capital to manufacture them and promote their sale. The public, however, gets the benefit and it is to the inventors chiefly that the great republic owes its marx^elous advance in wealth and power and glory. When in 1850 Michael and ]\Iary (Nolan) Casey left their home at Galway, Ireland, for the land of promise across the sea, the}' brought along a baby who was destined to fill a useful role and make a name for himself in the country to which they were sailing. John J(iseph Casey, the child in (|uestion. had been born at Galway in 1849 and was less than a year old when his parents reached the shores of America. They located at Troy, New York, and it was in the schools of that city that the Irish lad got his first taste of education. A\'hen nine years of ag"e his parents removed to Louisville. Kentucky, and here John Joseph continued his studies in the public schools and one taught liy the Christian Brothers. He was not destined, howe\'er, to continue long at his books as the exigencies of the case compelled him to seek a means of livelihood at the early age of thirteen. His first employment was with the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company as a car-builder's apprentice and at the age of twenty he left home to take work at Huntsville. Alabama, with the Memphis & Charleston as car-builder, remaining one year and during that time acting as assistant foreman, .going to Chattanooga, he took service with the Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad as gang foreman, from which he was speedily promoted to the general foremanship and before the end of the year had reached the important post of master car-builder. The following year Mr. Casey returned to Huntsville as general car- inspector for the Memphis & Charleston Railway, but in 1873 left this to accept the position of master car-builder for the St. Louis & S< I'.theastern. now a part of the Louisville & Nashville System, with headquarters at Earlingtnn. In 1874 he returned to the Memphis & Charleston road as general foreman of bridges and buildings and in 1878 was promoted master car-builder of the same line at Memphis, Tennessee. In 18S2 he accepted a similar position with the Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railroad, with headquarters at Vicksburg, Mississippi, but resigned in 1887 and took service as superintendent with the Missouri Car & Foundry Company at Sv Louis, Missouri. In 1878 he resigned this place also to become superintendent of motive power for the Louisville, New Orleans & Texas at Vicksburg, and remained there until the road was absorl^ed by the Illinois Central, when he was transferred to Chicago as assistant superintendent of machinery of that system. In December, 1895. he resigned to accept the superintendency of the Haskell & Barker Car Company at Michigan City. Indiana, where he remained until July i. 1905. and a few weeks later came to Southern Indiana to accept employment as superintendent of the Jeffersonville plant of the American Car & Foundry Company. He has retained this position and made his home at Jeffersonville up to the present time.

Thougli a \ery Ixis)- man, Mr. Casey found sume time to de\ote to his inventions. One of tliese was a truck bolster that is now probably in use under more than two hundred thousand cars. It is known as the Pries & Casey bolster. Mr. Casey was also interested in another imention called the Williamson- Casey brake-beam, now used on hundreds of thousands of cars, besides many other useful in\-entions that are used on cars. He is recognized in the railroad world as a man of a high order of ability, with a genius for practical things.

He is of commanding presence and highly esteemed as an able and upright man, and in a remarkable degree the architect of his own fortunes. He is a member of the Elks in Michigan City, Knights of Columbus at New Albany and the St. Augustine Catholic church of Jefifersonville.

On November 5, 1873, Mr. Casey married Mary Agnes Rebman, of Huntsville, Alabama, and six children, four daughters and two sons, have been born to them. The latter are dead, and only three daughters survive.

William Sweeney

By dint of sheer industr}-. and the faithful performance of the duties that devolved upon him. William Sweeney deservedly stands high in the estimation of the firm by which he has been employed for a number of years in the capacity of a salesman.

His youthful days were spent upon the farm, and although it was the hope of his father that the boy W'ould follow in his footsteps and become an agriculturist, the lad entertained no such intentions, being filled w'ith an ambition to enter upon a business life, but no opportunity to realize this desire offered, until he had reached the years of maturity, and he labored on the farm of his grandfather up to the time that he reached the sixteenth year of his age and then secured a position on the lime kilns at Utica.

Mr. Sweeney was born at Utica, Clark count}-, in 1861, his parents being James and Sarah Jane (Hobson) Sweeney, while his grandfather, with whom he spent much time, was Jacob Hobson.

William Sweeney has been married twice, his first wife being Martha Canter, of Utica, to whom he was wedded in 1884. Four children were the fruits of this alliance, as follows ; Charles Oscar, Nellie, Arthur and William Earl. Nellie is the wife of Guy Daily, and they reside at the present time near Jeffersonville, while Charles wedded Agnes Elliott, daughter of William Elliott, of Jeffersonville. The death of Mrs. W'illiam Sweeney occurred December 22, 18Q4, immediately after the birth of her son, William Earl. Mr. Sweeney chose a second wife in March, 1897. when he espoused

Cora Howard, dauglitcr of Idiomas Jefferson Howard, generally known to his friends as "Jeff" Howard. He was a brother of Ex-Congressman Jonas Howard, a sketch of whose life appears elsewhere in this work. Mr. Sweeney has two danghters by adoption, Roberta Sweeney and May Howard Sweeney, both of whom live with their foster-parents.

^Ir. Sweeney is a man of religious convictions, being a member of the Christian church of this city. He belongs to the Jeft'ersonville Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Daughters of Rebekah. Besides this he is a Modern Woodman.

He has been in the employ of J. B. Speed & Company, Louisville, for many years, having commenced with this firm when he was thirty-three }ears of age. During the year 1892 his employers transferred him to their warehouse, Louisville, Kentucky, where he fills the position of salesman.

The domestic life of Mr. Sweeney is all that could be desired. The family live in a large house, comfortably and tastily furnished, and are highly respected by their neighbors. Both ^Ir. and Mrs. Sweeney are socially inclined, and have many warm friends in Jeffersonville and immediate vicinity.

J. Henry Meiboom

When Gregory H. Meiboom was united in marriage with Caroline Fuehrer there was a union l>etween representatives of two of the most distinctive and progressive nationalities in the history of the world. The former was a native of Emden Ost F'riesland. a province of Holland, and his wife was of German nativity, but came to America when a child of eight years. J. Henry Meiboom, their son, was born at Ironton, Ohio, January 2"/, 1872, and two years later was brought to Jeffersonville by his father, who received a call to the pastorate of the Evangelical Reformed church, of which he was a well known minister. Besides the usual course in the public schools of the city, Mr. Meilx)om attended college at Franklin. Wisconsin, and soon after finishing his studies obtained employment at the Reformatory at Jeffersonville. Two years later he became instructor in shorthand and typewriting at the Graham Business College in Louisville, from which he went into the quartermaster's depot at Jeffersonville to take a position which he held until June 30. 1898. This was the year that witnessed the opening of the war between Spain and the United States, and the event appealed io the patriotism of young Meiboom. He was not without military experience, as he had been a member of Company G, of the Lidiana National Guard, while employed at the Reformatory and took part in quelling the rioters in the strike of the miners of the blockcoal district. Promptly after the declaration of war he enlisted in Company

E, One Hundred and Sixty-first Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantr_v, and served as sergeant under the command of Capt. Lewis C. Baird. The regiment was located for several months at Havana, Cuba, and ditl its full share in the liberation of that unhappy isle. Returning from the front at the conclusion of hostilities. ]\Ir. Aleibiium became bookkeeper for the Reliance jManufacturing Company at the Reformatciry, but after ten months in this position he went into the employ of the Big Four Railroad Company and spent five years in their otifices at Louisville and Jefferson\'ille. He then re-entered the government service as an iitificial in the quartermaster's depot at Jeftersonville. where he has charge of the sample room. As a side line he conducts a grocery store in the city and is regarded as a young man of good lousiness ability. He was instrumental in organizing the third camp in the state of Spanish-American \var veterans, the same being called the W. T. Durbin Camp, Xo. t,j. This organization was succeeded b}- the Spanish V\'ar Veterans, which was later liy amalgamation with other organizations, changed to the Lnited Spanish War Veterans, of which M'r. ]\Iieboom is department senior vice-commander. His fraternal relations are confined to membership in the Woodmen oi the World and the Improved Order of Red Men.

Originating in Scotland the Hutchison family came to America in Colonial days and located in Pennsylvania. During the first quarter of the nineteenth century James and Ann Hutchison removed to Knox county, Ohio, where the)' ended their days as representatives of the early pioneers. Their son, Joseph Miller Hutchison, was born at Fredricksburg, Ohio, in 183 1, and in early boyhood decided to become a minister of the Gospel. .\t the age of sixteen he began teaching school near his native town and despite his youth was successful in his first venture into the field of pedagogics. When alx)ut eighteen years old he entered the United Presbyterian Seminary at Xenia, and later, after a term at Monmouth College in Illinois, was given the degree of Doctor of Divinity. Subsequently he had charge of a mission in West Philadelphia, but remained there only six months and then started on an extended trip to the Holy Land, which consumed over a year and proved of great educational benefit. While abroad he made the acquaintance of Mark Twain and formed a warm friendship for that celebrated author and humorist. After returning from Europe Dr. Hutchison spent a short time in Philadelphia and was invited to Jeffersonville to preach for the congregation of the First Presbyterian church. He gave such satisfaction that he received a call as the regular pastor and remained in that capacity for nearly twenty- five years. He was of charitable disposition, kind and lovable, and during his long residence in Jeffersonville was perhaps the most popular of the city's pastors, Ijeing revered by his congregation and highly respected liv all the citizens. For many years he was a trustee of Hanover College and exercised a strong influence in religious circles. His useful and blameless life was closed on April 2, 1896, and his funeral was the most largely attended of any ever held at Jeffersonville up to that time. August 21, 1883, Dr. Hutchison was united in marriage with Annie McCampbell, a lady of distinguished parentage and many graces of character. The only fruit of this union was a son. christened James Harvey Hutchison, who died when five years old. Mrs. Hutchison, who is spending the evening of life in a beautiful home in Jeffersonville, fronting the Ohio river, enjoys the love and respect of her husband's old friends and is admired by all who are permitted to share her gracious hospitality. Her parents were James Har\ey and Letitia ( Ivleriwether) Campbell, both names that recall many historic associations. Letitia was the daughter of Dr. Samuel Merriwether, a man of distinction, whose life left a strong impress upon the community in which he lived. He was the leader in founding the Presbyterian church, of which Dr. Hutchison became pastor, and for many years was its first and only elder and clerk. During the War of 18 12 he was a surgeon in the United States army and subsequently was receiver of moneys for public lands sold in Indiana, acting as sub-treasurer at Jeffersonville. He was a descendant of Nicholas Meriweather, who came from Wales six g-enerations ago and became the founder of one of the most distinguished families in America. Representatives of this name served as soldiers during the Revolutionary war, and one of them was with Washington at the time that young major of the Virginia militia endeavored to save General Braddock from his disastrous defeat on the bloody field near Pittsburg. Still others were with Gen. George Rogers Clark at Vincennes and Kaskasia, one served as Governor of Kentucky and they rose to places of distinction, both military and ci\-il, under the Federal government and various states. Merriwether Lewis, one of the leaders in the historic exploration of the Northwest in 1803-04, known as the Lewis and Clark expedition, was a member of this distinguished family. James Harvey McCampbell, father of Mrs. Hutchison, was born at Charlestown, Clark coimty, Indiana, in 1817. His parents being Samuel and Jane (Tilford) Mc- Campbell, both natives of Kentucky. He married Letitia Meriwether October 6, 1840. He came to Jeffersonville in bo}-hood and after growing up engaged in the dry goods business with John D. Woodburn. Shortly after his marriage he abandoned dry goods and joined Walter Meriwether in the retail drug business. In 1848 he was elected secretary and treasurer of the Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis Railroad and continued with the company until its lease to the Pennsylvania, when he assumed the position of cashier. At the organization of the First National Bank of Jeftersonville in 1865, Mr. McCampbeil was elected as the president. In 1880 he left the railroad service and from that time devoted his whole attention to supervising and directing the business of the bank. He served for a while as member of the city council and under all circumstances proved to be a largeminded, public spirited citizen. Througiiout life he was a devoted member of the First Presbyterian church, holding the position of elder from 1846 until the time of his death, which ocurred February 16, 1888.

Basil Robinson Holmes

Possessed of a strong individuality, endowed with an active brain, coupled with great energy, Basil Robinson Holmes, of Jef?ersonville, is a true tvpe of the successful business man of this day and age. He is an example well worthy of the emulation of the aspirant for honors in the world of commerce, who is now placing his foot on the first rung of the ladder that leads to fame and wealth, being identified with \'arious gigantic interests, throughout the state of his nativity.

Basil Robinson Holmes was born in Jeffersonville December 2. 1862, the son of Hamilton and Mary Elizabeth (Prather) Holmes. His mother is the daughter of William Prather and wife, who live between Jeffersonville and Utica. He received a good education in the pul)lic schools of Jeffersonville. but did not enter college, preferring to enter upon a business career at once, and he was well equipped therefor, when, at the age of twentyone years, he opened a grocery at the comer of Chestnut and Graham streets, Jeffersonville. Ambitious, and imbued with a desire to enlarge his scope he gave very close attention to his business from the very start and the rigid honesty which characterized his dealings with 'his customers, eventually brought its reward in the shape of a rapidly expanding patronage, with the result that the facilities of the little store were increased until it developed into one of the largest establishments of the character in the city. Alx>ut three 3"ears ago a disastrous fire completely wiped out Mr. Flolmes" place of business, and instead of sitting down and bemoaning his fate, as many of his weaker fellow-men would have done, he began to take the initial steps toward rebuilding before the smoking ruins had fairly cooled. This in itself marked him as a man of undaunted courage.

It was not long after the fire before a new structure, larger and more modern than its predecessor, stood upon the site of the old building, and the business that had been temporarily suspended, renewed with more vigor than ever. In this connection it mav not be amiss to state that ^Ir. Holmes has been in the grocery business, witliout a change of site, longer than any other grocer in Jefferson\'iIle. His store is very heavily stocked with commodities of a high grade, and he caters to the best class of people in Jeffersonville.

On May 12, 1887, Mr. Holmes wedded Emma Beck, daughter of Cornelius and Harriet Beck, of Jefifersonville. The father of Mrs. Holmes was always very active in politics, and held the (iffice of County Commissioner for several terms. He was acting in that capacity when the county seat was moved from Charleston to Jeffersonville. He has also been a member of the Jefifersonville City Council.

By his first wife, for he was married twice, Mr. Holmes had one son, Clyde Holmes, who is a traveling salesman for the Peaslee-Gaulbert Company, of Louisville, Kentucky. Mrs. Holmes died in July, 1889. Mr. Holmes, in 1891, married Ella Beck, a sister of his first wife, and to them were born two children, Richard, now aged nine years, and Entmogean, the latter being in the sixth year of her age. Mr. Holmes believes that secret orders exert a great influence for good, and he is an active member of the Odd Fellows. He also has firm religious convictions, and he and his wife are members of the Port Fulton Methodist Episcopal church. The interests of Mr. Holmes are by no means confined to the grocery business. He has funds invested in mines and stone quarries, is a shareholder in the Peyton Lumber & Realty Company, stock in the Princess Amusement Company, of Indianapolis, also in the Ben Harrison Gold & Copper Company, the Apex Mining Company, one-fourth interest in the U. S. T. Mining Company, and one-half interest in the Delmar Skating Rink. Some time ago he took stock in the Bloomington & Bedford Stone Company.

With these diversified interests it may well be imagined that Mr. Holmes is an unusually busy man. He has the reputation, however, of keeping a watchful eye on his business affairs, and his investments have usually been a source of revenue. Notwithstanding his close attention to the material things of life he is a man of social proclivities, and both he and his wife go much in societv, where thev are alwavs warmlv welcomed.

H. Monroe Frank

The study of such a life as Mr. Frank's cannot fail of interest as he is representative in his sphere of activity and has contributed in no small measure to the prosperity of the city in which he was born and reared and which alwavs has been his home and the scene of his operations. H. Monroe Frank was born September 11, 1852, and is a brother of Adolph Frank, whose sketch appears elsewhere in these pages in connection with which the reader will also find a brief general outline of the familv history.

As Stated above Mr. Frank first saw the light of day in Jeffersonville in the public schools of which he received his educational training. Actuated by a desire to devote his life to commercial pursuits, he entered at the age of seventeen upon an apprenticeship to learn the dry goods business and in due lime mastered the basic principles of the same, besides becoming a very efficient salesman. His ambition, however, was not to hold a subordinate position but to engage in business for himself and become an employer instead of an employee. Accordingly after acquiring a practical knowledge of the dry goods trade he started in March, iS88, an establishment of his own at his present location, 355 Spring street, beginning with limited capital and in a modest way, but it was not long until his patronage grew to such proportions as to enable him to increase his stock and enlarge the building in which he met his customers.

I\Ir. Frank has spared no pains or expense in his efforts to please his customers and make his store the leading one of its kind in the city, lioth of which desires have long since been realized, as bis present large and fully equipped establishment, the only exclusively dry goods house in the city, abundantly attests, carrying a stock co^lser^'atively estimated in excess of fifteen thousand dollars, and giving steady employment to five clerks, a force Avhich he is frequently obliged to increase during busy and special seasons. Mr. Frank's early training and subsecjuent careful study of the dry goods business ha\'e been greatly in his favor in Inu'lding up the large and lucrative trade which he now commands.

On the 22(\ day of October, 1885, Mr. Frank was united in marriage with Novella Fry, daughter of John F., and Mary E. Fry, of Utica township, representatives of two of the oldest and most respected pioneer families of Clark count}-. The Frys have been actively identified with this part of the state ever since its original settlement, where a number of them have become prominent in public affairs and acquired considerable wealth and a high social status. John F. Fry, father of Mrs. Frank, was for many years an enterprising and successful farmer of the above township, but is now living a retired life in Jefl^ersonville. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank, the older of whom. Homer M., after being graduated from the Jeffersonville high school, entered DePauw University, where he earned an honorable record as a student; Graham M'-. the second in order of birth, is pursuing his studies in the public schools of his native city, and, like his Ijrother, has a bright and promising future before him.

Mr. Frank and family are members of the Wall Street Methodist Episcopal church, and deeply interested in the success of the same, lieing among the most active and influential workers in the Sunday school, the Fpworth League and other lines of endeavor, Mr, Frank holding at this time the position of trustee in the organization. He is an ardent member of the ancient and honorable order ci Alasonry, belonging to Clark Lodge, No. 40, and is also identified with Myrtle Lodge of the Knights of Pythias, in which he holds the title of past commander. Li politics he has been a Hfe-long Democrat, as was also his father, and with a single exception all of his brothers are pronounced in their allegiance to the same party. He keeps well informed on the great questions and issues of the day, notwithstanding which he has never aspired to office, having no time to devote to such matters and little taste for public life. With the exception of serving a short time as Police Commissioner he has held no public position though well qualified by nature and training for any office within the power of his fellow citizens to bestow. He has been a member of the board of directors of the Carnegie Public Library of Jefifersonville ever since it was established.

Mr. Frank was among the first to urge the necessity of such an institution and from the time it was under the management of the township board to its present permanent standing he labored assiduously with others in its behalf, who communicated with Mr. Carnegie and induced great capitalists to contribute the liberal fund for the erection of the fine building in which it now has a home. He has always used his influence in many other ways to arouse and promote an interest in the enterprise of the city and anything for the conservation of the public good has met with his hearty co-operation and endorsement, giving freely of his time and means. He was one of the organizers of the Jefifersonville Commercial Club and has served as its president for the past five years, having been re-elected to that position four times.

Dr. Cohen is a native of the city in which he resides and an honorable representative of one of its prominent families. Louis Cohen, his father, was born in Germany, but came to the United States in early life and lived for some time at Newbern, North Carolina. Leaving that place a number of years ago he located at Jefifersonville, Indiana, where he worked for some time at his trade of cigar making, subsequently engaging in the real estate business, which he still carries on and in which he has achieved marked financial success. Jeanette Graumer, wife of Louis Cohen and mother of the doctor was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and departed this life in the city of Jefifersonville. She was an estimable lady of high social standing and sterling worth, and is affectionately remembered, not only by her immediate friends, but by all who came within the influence of her gracious personality. The family of Louis and Jeanette Cohen consisted of seven children, four sons and three daughters, the doctor being the third in order of birth. Maurice, the oldest son, is engaged in the shoe husiness in Jettersonville and is also secretary and treasurer of the Memphis & Sellersburg Canning Company, in which he owns a controlling interest; Herman is manager of a clothing store in Jefifersonville, and principal owner of the same, being one of the leading merchants of the city and widely known in business circles ; George, a lawyer by profession, is a resident of Chicago, where he has built up a large and lucrative practice; Hulda married Lesser Jacobs and lives in Versailles, Kentucky; Nannie, who is unmarried, is secretary of the canning company with which her brother is connected ; and Dollie, the youngest of the number, is still a member of the home circle. By a subsequent marriage with Anna Eppstein, Mr. Cohen is the father of four children, namely Blanche, Melvin. Sultan and Armond.

Dr. David Cohen was born December 3, 18S2. and grew to maturity in Jefifersonville, receiving his preliminary mental discipline in the public schools. Later he entered the Louisville L'niversity to prosecute his medical studies and in due time completed the prescribed course, graduating in the year 1903, with an horable record. Shortly after receiving his degree he effected a copartnership with Dr. E. N. Flyim, of Jeffersonville, with whom he practiced three years and at the expiration of that time was made assistant phvsician at the Indiana State Reformatory to the duties of which position he devoted one year. Since severing his connection with the latter institution the doctor has been alone in the practice, the meanwhile building up a large and eminently successful professional business and forging rapidly tcj the front among the leading physicians of the city.

Doctor Cohen keeps abreast of the times in all matters relating to his chosen calling. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the Indiana State Medical Society, the Third District ^Medical Society, in which he holds the office of secretary, and the Medical Society of Clark county, of which rie is now the secretary and treasurer, taking an active interest in the deliberations of these several bodies and keeping pace with the advanced professional thought they inculcate.

Doctor Cohen recently took a post-graduate course in the Bellevue ^ledical Hospital of New York City, where he made a specialty of genito and urinan,- diseases. He is a member and medical examiner of the Modern Woodmen of Jeffersonville, and holds a similar position with several other fraternal organizations, including the Pathfinders, Knights and Ladies of Honor and Knights and Ladies of Security.

Doctor Cohen maintains an abiding interest in all worthy enterprises for the material advancement of the city and is thoroughly informed on the leading questions of the times, being a Democrat in politics and an influential worker in the party, btit not a partisan, much less a seeker after the honors and emoluments of office or public place. With other members of his family he is connected with the Reformed Jewisli Synagogue in Louisville, and is not only one of the accomplished and popular leaders of his nationality in the city, but numbers his friends and admirers by the scores among all classes, irrespective of nationality or creed.

Eberts Brothers

This widely known and influential firm composed of Jacob and Conrad Eberts, operate the flouring mills at Hem'vville and Charleston and do a large ami continual!}- growing business, being among the most enterprising and progressive men of those places, besides holding worthy prestige in other lines of trade and enjoying an honorable reputation in commercial circles throughout Indiana and the neighboring state of Kentucky. As the name indicates, the Eberts family is of German origin, the father, Conrad Eberts. Sr.. having been liorn in Hesse, Darmstadt, of which Grand Duchy and two sons are also natives.

In the year 1853 the elder Eberts, with his two sons and widowed mother, immigrated to the United States, landing in May of that year at New Orleans and proceeded thence to St. Louis, Missouri, where Conrad, Jr.. remained during the ensuing thirteen years.

Conrad Eberts, Jr., was born on the 5th day of August, 1S44, and was nine years of age when he became a resident of the country with which his suljsequent life has been so closely identified and in which he has achieved such signal success as an enterprising, broad-minded man of afifairs. Leaving St. Louis in 1866, he went to Cincinnati, but after spending a brief time in that city, proceeded to Louisville, Kentucky, where he worked at his trade of currier and leather dresser for many years. At the breaking out of the Civil war he joined the First Missouri Infantry, with which he served for a period of thirteen months, at the expiration of which time he resumed his trade and continued the same at various places, until 1870, when, in partnership with his brother, Jacob, he engaged in the tannery business at Shepherdsville, Kentucky.

The firm of Eberts Brothers, after remaining three years at the latter place, purchased a plant at Henryville, Clark county, which they operated with gratifying success until its destruction by fire in 1884, when they erected a flouring mill in the same town, which also fell a victim of the flames within less than three years after its completion. Nothing daunted by these disasters, they located at Jefferson vi lie and immediately began rebuilding but upon a more extensive scale. In January, 1887, the new mill was finished and in operation since which time the business has grown rapidly in magnitude and importance, until their milling interests are now the largest of the kind in Clark county, the daily output of the plant at Jeffersonville averaging three hundred barrels of high-grade flour, for which there is a wide demand bv lioth the local and general trades. They also own and operate a second mill at Charlestown, with a daily capacity of one hundred barrels, both plants l>eing thoroughly equipped by the latest and most approved machinery for the manufacture of flour by the roller process, the two properties representing a capital considerably in excess of sixty-five thousand dollars, and affording steady employment to about twent}--four men e\'ery working day of the year.

In addition to the large and increasing business interests of the Eberts Brothers at Jeffersonville and Charlestown, they also own and operate a cue hundred barrel mill at North Vernon, Indiana, valued at twenty thousand dollars, and an ice plant at the same place, conservatively estimated at fifteen thousand dollars, besides doing a successful coal business with a stock ranging from three thousand dollars to five thousand dollars, their various enterprises being extensively patronized and giving them a reputation in business circles second to that of no other man or firm in Southern Indiana similarly engaged. To meet the steadily growing demand for their products the Eberts Brothers are obliged to operate their mills at their full capacity, the number of men employed in these and their other lines of effort averaging about fifty.

While maintaining somewhat of a conservative policy and making no special efforts to give their business undue publicity, the character of the output and honorable dealing on the part of the proprietors furnishing their be.st advertisement. The Eberts Brothers have contributed largely to the material advancement of Clark cnunty and td the upbuilding of the towns where their interests are located.

Conrad Eberts was married at St. Louis in the year 1875 to Margaret G. Lall. a native of that city, the union being blessed with four children, namely: Olga C. wife of Charles Gallrein. a shoe merchant of Jeffersonville: Edward C. : Minnie, wife of Horner F. McNaughton, manager of the business at North Vernon, and Otto J., a student in the manual training school of Louisville. Edward C, the elder son, is a young man of intelligence and business standing, being at this time general manager of the large and growing interests of the firm. He married Estella Schwaninger and has an interesting family of three children.

Jacnl) Eberts, whose life, like that of his brother, has been closely interwoven with the business and industrial interests of Clark county and who. as already indicated, is now associated in some of the largest business enterprises in this part of the state, was also a soldier in the Civil war. enlisting at St. Louis in 1861 and serving for a period of four years and five months: three months with the Fourth Missouri Infantry, thirteen months in the First Regiment, United States Reserve Corps, Missouri Volunteer, and three years and one month in the Second Missouri Battery, spending his last five months in the army on the frontier, guarding the settlers against the hostile Indians. He witnessed the construction of the first five miles of the Union Pacific Railroad, saw the building of the first locomotive on the Iron Mountain Railroad System, besides participating in many daring adventures and thrilling experiences during his long and strenuous period of service in behalf of his adopted country. He married Eliza Baumbarger, of Henry ville, and is the father of three living children, Carrie, wife of George B. Parks, County Attorney of Clark county ; John J., who is engaged in business at El Paso, Texas, and Edith, who is still with her parents.

Both Jacob and Conrad Eberts belong to the Free and Accepted Masons, the Knights of Pythias, and in religious matters are zealous and respected members of the German Reformed church, taking an active interest in the congregation to which they belong and contributing liberally to its material support. Politically they are Republicans, but not partisans, nor have they ever asked for office at the hands of their fellow citizens or aspired to leadership.

Conrad Eberts, Sr., spent the closing years of his life in Jeffersoiiville. where his death occurred at the ripe old age of eighty-one ; his mother, who accompanied him to the city, departed this life when eighty-four years old.

Charles F. Axtz

Like many of America's progressive men of affairs. Mr. Antz is of foreign birth, being a native of Oberdam \\'inesburg, W'urtemburg, Germany, where he first saw the light of day on December 2. 1850. His father, Charles F. Antz, was a man of high standing and wide influence in his town, having been a successful lawyer for a number of years and later a judge of the highest court of his province, which office he was holding at the time of his death in the year 1853. Subsequently in 1854 the widowed mother and her two children, a son and a daughter, came to the United States and located in Louisville, where for some years she was obliged to rely upon the hardest kind of manual labor in order to rear her children respectably and provide for their education. Later she became the wife of Charles Schifler, of Jeffersonville, a very worthy man who came to this city in i860 and made it his place of residence until his death in the year 1885, Mrs. Schifler departing this life on the 3d day of November, 1907. The two children born to her first marriage were Katie, who died in 1880, and Charles F., whose name introduces this sketch. By her marriage with Mr. Schifler she had three children, two daughters, the older being Mrs. Emma Quick, the younger Mrs.

Charles F. Antz was but four years of age when brought to tiie United States and from that time until attaining his majority he spent the greater part of his life in Jeffersonville, receiving the meanwhile a practical education in the city schools, though his opportunities in this direction were rather limited. In 1862 he engaged to drive a government train in conveying soldiers and war supplies to the scene of action and later drove an express wagon until the year 1867, when he resigned his position and entered the Ohio Falls Car Works to learn the moulder's trade. Applying himself closely to his work he made such rapid progress that at the age of twenty he was considered one of the most efficient moulders in the city, his wages at that time ranging from six to eight dollars per day. He continued his trade until the panic of 1873, when his trade was rendered no longer profitable and he accepted employment as a hod-carrier in the building of the quarter-master's department, United States Army, on the completion of which job he returned in 1883 to his work in the foundry, where he remained during the ensuing years commanding high wages the meantime and filling one of the most important positions in the moulding department. Severing his connection with the foundry in March, 1884, he made a trip to San Antonio, Texas, where he purchased two car loads of Texas ponies, which he bnuight to Jeffersonville and sold at a handsome profit, which marked the beginning of his career as an enterprising and successful trader and business man. During the several following years he traded and sold in various parts of Indiana, ^lissouri and Illinois, coming in contact with the people and acquiring a practical knowledge of business which proved valuable to him, not only at the time, but afterwards. On retiring permanently from his trade he melted his tools, declaring that never again would he enter a foundr}- as a workman, a resolution to which he has adhered strictly ever since.

Shortly after his business experience in the states above mentioned. Mr. Antz engaged in the saloon business in Jeffersonville and during the ensuing fifteen years devoted his attention to that line of trade, meeting with encouraging financial success and becoming known as a progressive man of affairs. In 1890 he was one of the nine men who incorporated the Jeffersonville Ice Company, an enterprise which continued under the original management until 1897, when he bought out the last of the stockholders' interests and became sole proprietor. Since taking possession of the plant he has added greatly to its capacity and built up a large and lucrative business, the present daily output being twenty-seven tons of excellent high grade ice, all of which finds ready sale in the city, the factory being taxed to the utmost to supply the constantly increasing demand. The improvement in the plant have kept pace with the steady growth of the business and under the judicious oversight of the present proprietor it has Ijecome a verj- valuable property, one of the largest and best of the kind in the southern part of the state, with encouraging prospects of still greater growth in the future.

Financially Mr. Antz's success has been commensurate with the energy and sound business ability displayed in the management of his affairs, being at this time one of the substantial and well-to-do men of the city, with a sufficiency of material wealth to place him in independent circumstances. In addition to his manufacturing plant and other business interests he owns a beautiful and commodious modern brick dwelling erected in 1902 on the lot adjoining the ice plant and is well situated to enjoy the results of his many years of well directed profit. The former presiding spirit of the comfortalile and luxurious home was the amiable lady to whom he was joined in the bonds of wedlock in the year 1872, and who previous to that time was Elizabeth Greenagle, a native of Wayne county. New York. To Mr. and Mrs. Antz were bom five children, namely: William C, who is engaged in the ice business in Jeffersonville; Anna M., her father's housekeqaer; Edith who has charge of the lx)oks in her father's establishment : George, who holds a position in the factory, and Walter, a student in the Manual Training School of Louisville. William C., the oldest of the family, is married and is the father of two children. Gertrude and Kennetli, his wife having formerly been Daisy Akers, daughter of Charles Akers, of Jeffersonville. Mrs. Antz, who was an e.xemplary wife and mother, and a devoted member of the German Lutheran church, departed this life on the 5th day of September, 1904, since which time the hfiusehold has been looked after and successfully managed by the daughter, Anna, a young lady of high social standing.

Politically Mr. Antz is a Democrat and as such has taken an active part in county and municipal affairs, representing the third ward four years in the City Council and proving an able and untiring worker while a member of that body. At the age of twenty-one he was initiated into the local lodge of the Knights of Pythias and has been an active member of the fraternity from that time to the present. He is also identified with the uniform rank of the order, besides holding membership with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in both of which societies he has been from time to time honored with important ofticial positions. He was one of the organizers of the society known as the Knights and Ladies of Washington, and has been prominent in the affairs of the same, holding at this time the office of treasurer of the supreme body in the L'nited States. In his religious belief he subscribes to the Lutheran creed, himself and family being members of the church of that name in Jeffersonville.

Mr. Antz is interested in various business enterprises in Jeffersonville and -elsewhere, being a stockholder in the New Albany Ice Company and in the American Machine Company of Louisville, besides owning considerable valu- able real estate in these cities to say nothing of his large private means, all of which bear witness to his mature judgment and sound financial ability. He is in the best sense of the term a self-made man as few started in life with poorer prospects.

The Meriwether Family

Those who read the history of the United States, including the period of discovery, the subsequent settlement, the colonial times and eventually the great work of development that followed the establishment of the Union, will frequently come across the name ^Meriwether. Sometimes it is a soldier fighting the battles of England against the French and Indians, then a patriot taking part in the struggle for independence; bleeding at the crossing of the Delaware, starving at Valley Forge, suffering the privations of the march through the western wilderness under the banner of George Rogers Clark. Then we find these heroic descendants of worthy sires, filling high places in the state, as representatives of the Federal government, members of the Legislature or Congress, governors, administrators and promoters of the great industrial enterprises. The Meriwethers were especially conspicuous during the formative period of the Republic, and we hear of them in Kentucky and Indiana, when the Indians were still on the war path, when the woodsman's ax awakened the echoes in the lonely glens, before the buffalo had crossed the ^lississippi, and while Daniel Baone was endeavoring to plant the white man's standard in the regions of the Blue Grass. It was one of this patriotic family that Jefferson selected to lead his celebrated exploring expeditions to the mouth of the Columbia river, an expedition that resulted in acquiring the Oregon country for the L'nited States, and which made possible that American possession of the Rocky Mountain regions, with its romantic and dramatic developments, that give such fascination to the era of discover^' and settlement in the times of Bonneville, Bridges, Sublette, and other heroic spirits. During ten generations of North American history there has not been a time when some man with Meriwether blood in his veins was not acting a conspicuous part in the great drama unfolded by the occurrences of the last three centuries.

It was Nicholas Meriwether, born in Wales, in 1678. to whom this country is indebted for the red blood that enriches so many men and women during the troublous years that succeeded the first settlements on the Atlantic. Nicholas, his namesake, and one of three sons, reared a family of children and became a man of vast wealth. He owned one tract of land near Charlottesville, Virginia, that included seventeen thousand nine hundred and fiftytwo hundred acres and manv other thousand acres in other sections, besides horses and immense numbers of cattle. This Nicholas, of the second generation, lived to the advanced age of ninety-seven years, was a figure of consequence during the period of his activities and left descendants well worthy of his name. One of his sons was Col. David Meriwether, who married Anne Holmes, and became the direct ancestor of the famous Meriwether Lewis, who went with Clark across the continent in 1803-4, on what was perhaps the most momentous exploring expeditions in the histon,' of the world.

Another of his descendants was Col. Nicholas Meriwether, who was one of four American soldiers that bore General Braddock from the fatal field at Fort DuOuesne. when \\'ashington was serving in his first important militarj- expedition, as a subordinate officer of the Virginia troops. Still another Meriwether was with George Rogers Clark in his daring campaigns against Vincennes and Kaskaskia. The roll of governors of Kentucky, filled with glorious and heroic names, shows a Meriwether as one of the earliest and most enterprising of the state's executives. William Meriwether, a son of Colonel David, married Martha Wood and died in lagoon a large farm near Louisville. His son, William, married Sarah Oldham and after making two or three trips from the Virginia home, finally settled near Louisville in 1784,

It was the son of the latter, Dr. Samuel Meriwether, who settled in Jeffersonville in 1813 and through his descendants became interwoven through all its subsequent local hisroiy. He served during the War of 181 2 as a surgeon in the Northwest Territory and subsequently became chief of the land ofifice at Jeffersonville and receiver of the public moneys. He was a leader in founding the Presbyterian church at Jeffersonville, buying ground for the site and otherwise contributing liberally to the enterprise. He was the first and for many years the only elder and clerk, holding the flock together in the face of many discouragements until it became a large and flourishing congregation. His sacrifices for the church and his stalwart Christian character are commemorated for a marble tablet in the edifice which he helped to build and to which he devoted so much of his time and energy.

In 1813 Doctor Meriwether married Mary Lewis, by whom he had five children, one son and four daughters. One daughter became Mrs. J. H. McCampbell and mother of Mrs. Joseph M. Hutchinson. The son. Waller, Lewis, was born at Jeffersonville, Indiana, April 23, 1824, and during a long life was actively and influentially connected with the development of that city. For thirty-five years he was engaged in business as a druggist, and became the owner of considerable real estate, including the beautiful homestead in Clarksville, fronting on the Falls of the Ohio, which he built for a family residence. He was a member of the Presbyterian church and respected by all who knew him as an upright citizen. On December 10, 1846, he married Rebecca Keigwin, member of a very prominent family. She was the daughter of James Keigwin, Sr., a sister of Col. James Keigwin, Jr., and an aunt of James S.

Keigrwin. Mr. Meriwether died November 17, 1905. Onl}' two children by this marriage are now living, Nora Elva, who married J. M. Glass, a former Mayor of Jeffersonville. is now a resident of Los Angeles, California.

Henry K. Meriwether, the surviving son, was born March 16, 1852, and grew up in Jeffersonville and after leaving school occupied a position in the First National Bank until his twenty-second j'ear, when he went to Cincinnati and engaged in the ice cream business, which he was compelled to abandon on account of ill health. In 1878 he settled on a farm at Olney, Illinois, where he has since spent most of his time, though he still retains his home at Jeffersonville. He devotes his Illinois farm to stock raising, making a specialty of Hereford cattle and finds his chief pleasure in agricultural pursuits. In 1877 he married Caroline, daughter of John C. Lewis, a county official at Cincinnati, and has three sons. Walter Lewis, who is married, lives on his father's farm at Olney: Samuel Eber is a resident of Los Angeles, and Henry Keigwin, familiarly called Harry, is also on the Illinois farm. The Jeft'ersonville branch of the Meriwether family has worthily sustained the reputation of an historic ancestrj', by bearing bravely their share of life's burdens. In whatever department their lot was cast, as farmers, business men, officials of the county, members of the church, as plain citizens or officers they have always been found equal to the requiremeiits and challenging both the respect and good will of the community in which they lived.

George W. Lusher was born in Floyd county, Indiana, near New Albany, August 27, 1846. being one of three children born to Michael and Mar}' (Knasel) Lusher. ^Michael Lusher, father of George \\'., was born in Switzerland in 1S12 and came to this country with his parents when he was five years old. He was active in the affairs of life, making' a success of whatever he attempted. His wife was born in Baden, Germany, on the Rhine river in 1832. She immigrated to America with her parents when seven years old. They attended the public schools of Floyd county and were married in 1844. The other children besides George W. born to them were Carrie and M. D. Lusher, the former being deceased, and the latter a farmer of Jefferson county, Kentucky.

George ^^'. Lusher attended the common schools in his native community until he was eighteen years old, receiving a good education, but being ambitious for higher learning he entered the Hartsville Academy where he remained until he was twenty-two years old and where he made a brilliant record for scholarship.

After leaving school he decided that his true calling nnd inclination layalong the peaceful lines of the husbandman, consequently lie at once began farming on the land where he has ever since resided, giving it his undivided care and attention with the result that he has today one of the finest and best improved farms to be found in Utica townsh.ip, highly improved in every respect, well drained and well fenced, and the soil produces as abundant crops as ever in the history of the place, which consists of one hundred and four acres, upon which general farming and truck growing are carried on with the care and skill that ever insures success and which yields the owner not only a comfortable living from year to year, but also enables him to lay up an ample competency for his declining years. The products raised here find a ready market near home, his vegetables especially being eagerly sought for, being always regarded as first class.

The residence of Mr. Lvisher is a large brick structure that is well arranged for comfort and convenience, being substantial and well equipped with modern appliances, also nicely furnished. The either buildings on the place are up-to-date in every respect, so that all in all, Mr. Lusher has one of the most desirable places to be found in this locality.

George W. Lusher was united in marriage on May 8, 1872, to Mildred A. Gilmore, a native of Floyd county, Indiana, a member of a fine old family. The following children have been born to this union : Laia Byron, wife of Fielding L. Wilson, of Jeffersonville ; Maud J., wife of E. M. Frank; Charles died when twenty years of age ; Edna is now living at home. Mrs. Lusher is a talented woman, and she was a student of DePauw L'niversity.

In his fraternal relations Mr. Lusher is a member of the ]\Iasonic Order, Clark Lodge Xo. 40. He is a member of the Christian church and a liberal subscriber of the same. In politics he is a Democrat.

Mr. Lusher has ever been known as a loyal citizen and has done his share in aiding the march of progress and development in this county, and surrounded by everything conducive to his comfort and happiness he has the unbounded esteem and confidence of a community for the material, social and moral advancement of which so much of his life and interest have been devoted and no man in Clark county is held in higher esteem than he.

William E. Collings

Originally from Ireland the ancestors of the Collings family were early emigrants to America and settlers in various other states, and when William E. Collings and his family floated down the Ohio river they found no town on either side of the Falls of the Ohio in Kentucky or Indiana. They had to stop at the Falls because the water was too low to get over and they made a settle- ment in Clark county, the lirst family to locate there. The head of this pioneer household had a son named Kearnes and he also left a son of the same name, who was born in Clark county in 1823, on a farm, a portion of which is where the town of Underwood now stands. He died ^Nlarch 3. 1894, in the same house where he first saw the light of day and in which he spent se\'enty-two years of his life. His father bought the one hundred sixty acres from the government at two dollars and twenty-five cents per acre, which is still in the possession of his grandson, and the latter has a valued souvenir in shape of the original sheepskin patent received from the government. Indians were still plentiful in Southern Indiana when the Collings settlers arrived and some of them were killed in the frequent fights that occurred. \A'illiam E. Collings was an Indian fighter of note and was engaged against the band that perpetrated the Pigeon Roost massacre. Everybody carried a gun in those days as a protection from wolves and other wild animals and one of these guns, handed down through three generations, is presened as a precious heirloom by the owner, William C. Collings, a cousin of our subject. Kearnes Collings the second, was a well known man in Clark county and a farmer and timber man by occupation and prominent as a member of the Baptist church. The Underwood branch of this denomination was organized in his house and he became a charter member both there and at Vienna. He was a great church worker and gave the ground on which two churches were built. He married Elizabeth Partin. who was bom in Tennessee in 1847. By this union there were eight children, but by two previous marriages eight other children were born to Kearnes Collings.

William E. Collings, eldest of the children by his father's last marriage, was born at Underwood, Indiana, July 24, 1871. He inherited a part of the old homestead entered by his grandfather and cleared and improved by his father. In addition to farming he learned the carpenter's trade and has divided his time between these two occupations. On July 31, 1892, he was married to Maggie M., daughter of \\'illiam H. and Cynthia (Mendenhall) Glessner, the former of Morgan and the latter of Marion counties, Indiana. Mrs. Collings is a native of the last named county, where her birth occurred July 20, 1873. Mr. and Mrs. Collings have three children, Charles W., born January 17, 1895, and died January 26th, in the same year; Ruth G., born January 21, 1897, and Cynthia E., born January 21, 1902. Mr. Collings is justly proud of the patriotic record of his ancestors, some of whom served in the War of the Revolution, also the War of 1812, and in the Civil war of 1861. He also has just reason for recalling with pride the services of his direct line as pioneers in settling and civilizing Clark county. The fami he owns has been in the family for nearly a hundred years and no name is more highly respected in Clark county than that of Collings. Mr. Collings inherited his politics as well as his religion, being the latest representative of a long line of Baptist church people, wliile his wife affiliates with the ^lethodists. They Hve in a comfortable home in Underwood and cordially entertain all the friends who visit them.

Samuel Noble Wood

Among the self-made men in Clark county whose efforts have been influential in promoting the welfare of the community in which he lives, is Samuel Noble Wood, who has won success in life because he has \\orked for it and has exercised those qualities that always win nut if properly and persistently applied, as has been done in his case.

Mr. \\'ood was born in Utica township, August 9, 1849. He is the son of Napoleon B. and Lucinda (Hay) Wood. They were natives also of Clark county, being among the pioneer families here.

Samuel Wnod recei\-ed his early erlucation in the common schools of his natix'e community, where he applied himself as best he C(juld and laid a good foundation for his subsequent mental development, which has been done by coming in contact with the business world and by home reading. After casting alxjut for some time during his boyhood days in an effort to find just what line of work was best suited to his tastes he eventually became a stone contractor, which line of business he is still conducting in a most satisfactory manner, having handled some big jobs in Clark county. He understands thoroughly this line of work and has been very successful owing to his close application to business and his desire to please his patrons which he invariably does, always turning out high class work at reasonable charges. He is kmnvn as one of the leading stone contractors in this locality.

Mr. Wood was married April 24, 1879, with Mary E. Todd. She was born at Paris Indiana, the daughter of \\'illiam Todd, a representative citizen of Jennings county, this state, the wedding occurring at Paris. ]\Irs. Wood's mother was known as Mary Cleland, a native of Madison, Indiana. Mrs. Wood was one of a family of the following children : Mary, Lizzie, deceased ; W'illiam, who married Florence \\'ells: Stella, who married a Mr. Carlock; Bertha is living at home : Fletcher is deceased.

Mr. Wood is a Socialist. He has never held political office, however, he takes considerable interest in local political affairs, and is liberal in his religious views, being a well read man and keeps abreast of the times and is an interesting conversationalist. In his fraternal relations he is a member of the Knights of Pythias. The Wood family is well and favorably known in Clark county, having always borne good reputations and taken an active part in local affairs for the general welfare of the cnmiuunitv

John Mackay

Death came to Mr. Mackay after lie had retired from active hfe and was Hving quietly amid tlie scenes of his early manhood, and was, in his declining years, enjoying the fruits of a career that was marked by few idle moments. Very peaceful indeed were the latter years of his long and honorable life, as he was absolutely free from the cares that overburden many men in their old age. It was a consolation to him to know that he had reared a family of children who had thrived and prospered and had been guilty of no act that might cast dishonor uixan the family name. This venerable man was one of the best known citizens of Utica, having made it his home for more than half a century.

John Mackay was born in Jefferson county, Kentucky, in 1831, and came to Utica seventeen years later, and engaged in farming with his cousin, M. P. Howes, working very hard and saving his money. He was inarried February 20, 186 1, to Julia Morrison, a native of Utica township, and daughter of William and Sarah Morrison, being one of a family of nine children, three of whom died in infancy. The survivors are Ephraim, who is married : John, who wedded Miss M. Gibson: Mrs. Samantha (Morrison) \\'orthington ; James married Ellen Goodwin : William remained single.

Mr. and Mrs. Macka}' were the parents of four children, namely: Mrs. Mollie Marsh: a son. William: Mrs. Cora Emmerich, and John Floyd ^ilackay. who married Nora Colvin.

Mr. Mackay died November 13, 1905. While a Democrat all his life he took no part in politics beyond casting his vote, and never held, or aspired to any public office, his interest being centered in his agricultural pursuits. He was not a member of any secret order, but attended church regularly, being a Methodist. There was a strong bond of affection between the deceased and his wife. He was a man of high character and sterling worth, and his demise was greatly deplored by the comniunity which looked upon him as a man it could ill nfford to lose.

Oscar Dix

To conduct successfully a mercantile business requires not only a knowledoe of articles handled, but a broad conception of human nature, and the skill so to manijnilate affairs as to bring about a satisfactory- relation between merchant and consumer. Prominent among the merchants of Utica. Indiana, is the firm of Dix Brothers, dealers in general merchandise, and now for many years rated as among the town's most progressive business men. The members of the firm are Oscar and George B. Dix.

Oscar Dix was born at Utica on the 5th of April, 1876. the son of James and ^Margaret (James) Dix, both of whom were born in Clark county. Samuel Dix, grandfather of Oscar Dix, was a native of Virginia, and after coming to Indiana was married to a Miss Swartz, of Utica.

Oscar was educated in the local school and after completing the work there decided laier to prepare himself thoroughly for business. He accordingly went to Louisville and completed the course at Bryant and Stratton's Business College. Following this he returned to Utica and soon entered into business, continuing therein up to the present time.

On September 6, 1900, Mr. Dix was united in marriage to Leanora Cleffmann, who was born at Florence, Indiana, on the 21st of November, 1875. She is the daughter of Henry Cleffman, a native of Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Dix are the parents of one child, Dorothy, born January 25, 1904. They are members of the Christian church and stand well in the community. Mr. Dix is a Democrat in politics, and has served his party as a member of the Township Advisory Board.

James W. Taylor, well known in Port Fulton and JefTersonville, and throughout Clark county in general, has arisen to his present high standing in the community through his own innate ability and personal worthiness. His career is a direct refutation of the charge made nowadays that men of worth and merit have not the scope and opportunity in our present complex business life to develop themselves without injury to their own individuality. While yet a comparatively young man, he is successful in business life and a factor in the political afifairs of his county. He is the present paymaster of the American Car & Foundry Company, an office which he fills with distinction and credit to himself. He has also for many years been proprietor of the Excelsior Laundry in Jeffersonville and has brought that concern to a high state of perfection. He is in addition treasurer of the town of Port Fulton, having held the office for four years.

James W. Taylor was born in Port Fulton on the 19th of December, 1870, and was the son of Thomas and Catherine (Sweeney) Taylor. Thomas Taylor was born in Wales, and in his boyhood lived near London, England. In 1837, having meanwhile emigrated, he settled in Jefifersonville, where he carried on a butchering trade for a great many years. He died in 1894. Mrs. Catherine Taylor was a sister of the Sweeney brothers, the shipyard and foundry men. To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Taylor four boys and two girls were born. They are all living with the exception of one boy. Benja- mill is in Mobile, Alabama, as representative of the American Car & Foundry Company. Thomas B. is at Thomasville. Georgia. iia\-ing previously resided at ]\Iobile and Birmingham for the past ten years. He is engaged in the lumber trade as a buyer for the Chicago Lumber and Coal Company. Catherine Taylor, one of the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Taylor, is secretary to the district manager of the car works in Jefifersonville. She has held her present position for about fifteen years and is said to be a woman of unusual business ability. Her sister, Mary C. Taylor, is a stenographer in the general offices of the Louisyille & Xaslnille Railroad at Louisyille. Kentucky.

James ^^'. Taylor was educated in the public schools and the high school at JefYersonyille. He also graduated at the Louisyille Br;siiiess College. L'pon leaving school he was for the period of eight years a clerk for the Penn- S}-lyania Railroad. He then changed to the American Car and Foundry Company, the firm with which he is now paymaster, a position which has been his since 1907. Prior to that time he was with the same company for about fi\e years as assistant auditor and paymaster.

In July, 1904. he succeeded Cheney and Williams in the proprietorship of the Excelsior Laundry, an industry which for the term of twenty years and up to quite recently was the only one of its kind in Clark county. Mr. Taylor has directed and concentrated all that business resourcefulness with which he is credited in an efl^ort to bring the Excelsior Lavmdry to a greater state of efficiency. In this he has admirably succeeded, and it is now well equipped to meet the competition of the most up-to-date concerns of its kind.

James \\\ Taylor has always been the friend of the fraternal societies. He belongs to the Elks and Red being a past exalted ruler of the former. In religious life he is a practical and influential member of St. Augustine's Catholic church. He is a Democrat, and he is looked upon by the party leaders as a coming power in county politics. He is an able accountant, a levelheaded, practical business man whose success has been due to his own efiforts, and a man who possesses amiable and kindly traits.

George B. Dix

The second member of the firm of Dix Brothers. George B. Dix. was born at Utica on the 21st of September, 1878. The facts regarding his parentage are given under the article headed Oscar Dix on another page of this work.

George received his early education in the L'tica public schools, and after reaching maturity entered into business as a partner with his brother Oscar. Much of the success of the firm is owing to his close attention to business and his ability to interpret the demands of the trade. He holds liberal views on religious questions and votes with the Democratic party. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and is a popular figure in the social life of the community.

The firm of Dix Brothers has now been duing business for twelve years. Their stock is complete, their prices popular and their equipment second to none. They are obliging to their trade and are able to meet all the demands made by the exactions of competition and progress. They enjoy a large patronage and hold a high place in the esteem of neighbors and friends.

Matthew Colvin

The family of Matthew Colvin, made up as it was of thirteen children, will stand as an example of plenitude both in numbers and in domestic spirit. After all there is a charm that gathers about the home life of a large family. There is a feeling of kinship and a spirit of fellowship that is not found elsewhere in life. The circle of children gathered about the evening fire awakens in the breast a bond of fellowship never to be broken and one that years may make dimmer but can never efface. The contest of mind with mind and the many calls for sympathy and brotherly kindnesses are not without their influence in shaping the disposition and temperament of boys and girls in the most impressionable period of their lives.

Matthew Colvin was born in Mercer county. Kentucky, on January 4, 1845. He was the son of Elisha and Margaret (Curry) Colvin, both natives of Kentucky, as were also the grandparents of our subject, Abraham J. and Sarah Colvin. Abraham Colvin reached the age of seventy-five years. The maternal grandparents of Mr. Colvin were James and Jane Curry, also natives of the Blue Grass state.

Mr. Colvin was educated in the district schools of Mercer county, Kentucky, and upon reaching maturity began life as a farmer. When about fortyfive years of age he came to Indiana and continued to fann after his arrival.

Matthew Colvin chose as his companion in life, Lorenda Tatum, who was born in Jessamine county, Kentucky. Their union took place in 1867 and as stated above, resulted in the birth of thirteen children, as given below : Elisha Thomas, husband of Mary Carmany ; Joseph, married to Ellen Driscol ; William Ivory, deceased; Ruth, wife of Granville Hooper; Georgia Ann, wife of \\'illiam Ross ; Lucy, wife of William Bruner ; Jennie, wife of John Mackay ; Maggie and Sarah, deceased ; Martha, living with her parents : Mary, wife of Edward Zable : Ophelia, deceased ; and Emma, at home all of tl:e children. The parents are held in high esteem, not only by their children, but by friends and neighbors as well. The home is often the scene of happy social gatherings and the spirit of welcome and genial hospitality is a strong characteristic known far and wide, and heartily appreciated.

William Goodwtn

Many of the early settlers of Clark county were descen.ded from ancestors that came to the Middle West from Maryland and Virginia. These made their way for the most part through the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky, branching later into the territory' north of the Ohio river, as opportunity afforded. Prominent among these families coming to Clark county is the one from whom our subject is descended.

\\'illiam Goodwin was born on the farm where he now lives, in Utica township, Clark county, on May 20, 1846. His father, Isaac Goodwin, was born in the county also in 1818, and died September ig, 1883. Amos Goodwin, William's grandfather, was born in Virginia, in 1789, and died in August, 1863, having attained the age of seventy-three years. His wife, Amelia (Dunn) Goodwin, grandmother of William, was born in lefferson county, Kentucky, in 1793, and died in 1885. having reached the age of ninety-two years.