Clark County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1909 (part 7 of 15)

William Goodwin was one of a family of seven children, as follows: Amelia Ann, deceased : William, of this review : Amos married Miss A. Sharp and is now deceased ; Beverly died at the age of thirteen years : Maria, wife of Dr. W. N. McCoy ; Charles died at the age of seventeen years, and ^lary Bell, wife of John D. Sharp.

Mr. Goodwin received his early education in the neighboring district school, but as he advanced toward maturity he was possessed with the ambition to acquire a more liberal training, and accordingly attended the Northwestern Christian University, at Indianapolis, later known as Butler College. He also took up a period of study at Kentucky University at Lexington. Kentucky. After these years of study he addressed himself to the wholesome task of running the farm, and his subsequent career demonstrated his ability to bring intelligent and scientific thought to bear upon the problems of the soil.

On the 15th of February, 1888, Mr. Goodwin was married to Lena Goodwin, to whom was born one child that died in infancy. She was the oldest daughter of Columbus C. -Goodwin, a native of Clark county, and was one of a family of thirteen children.

firm stand for thoroug"hness and a conscientious discharge of all public duties. From 1896 to 1900 he served as Clerk of the Circuit Court, giving general satisfaction to all with whom his duties involved connection. He has also sensed two terms as Township Trustee and was for seven years postmaster at Utica. In all of his public life he has made a clean record and has left the affairs of the several offices in excellent condition.

His farm of three hundred and fifty-six acres keeps Mr. Goodwin, for the most part, engaged. He has shown in its management the same business sagacity that characterized his public career, and has applied a most intelligent and sane judgment in its management. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and is a most worth}- exponent of the principles laid down by the order. The Goodwin home possesses a most wholesome atmosphere of social welcome and domestic happiness.

Charles Sharp Goodwtn

From 1900 to 1904 Utica township, Clark county, Indiana, was served in the official capacity of Assessor by the youngest incumbent to that office in the history of the township. This was none other than Charles Sharp Goodwin, who was nominated for the office before he was twenty-one years of age, reaching his majority in time to fulfill the requirements of the law. Although the office is one that is humble in its scope, yet it requires good judgment and close application to bring about satisfactory service and in this Mr. Goodwin was eminently successful.

Mr. Goodwin was born on the 21st of June, 1879, in Utica township, on the farm where he resides at the present time. He is the son of Amos and Alice (Sharp) Goodwin, who are among the highly respected citizens of the township. The family consisted of five children, viz : Maggie, wife of Charles Litzler ; Iva, deceased ; Lena, wife of Homer Holman ; Charles, of this review ; and Ella, who is unmarried.

Charles was educated in the neighboring district school and after completing the work of the grades took a two years' high school course. As a student he was apt and industrious and was generally well liked by companions and teachers. After leaving high school Mr. Goodwin began farming and has continued in that line up to the present time. In this he has achieved success, bringing to bear on his work the benefits of his training and experience. He does not waste time on day-dreams or theories, but drives steadily at the vital duties that come to hand and as a result is enabled to make a splendid showing without any waste of time or energy. He operates th.e farm on which he lives, consisting of fiftv-one acres, and also controls a farm of one

On April 29, 1903, Mr. Goodwin was united in marriage to JMaud Fry, an estimable young lady of good education and excellent tastes. This union has been .graced with one son. Charles, who was born on the 4th of June, 1905.

Mr. Goodwin votes with the Republican party antl advocates a strict observance of the principles of honesty and the fair discharge of all official duties and obligations. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, belonging to Utica Lodge. No. 112, and is a faithful exponent of the principles of that noble organization.

Peter H. Bottorff

Although bent with the weight of years the mind of Mr. Bottorft is as bright and active as that of many men still in the middle journey of life, and he relates with a keen relish incidents of the days when Indiana, and especially the southern section of the state, was practically a trackless forest. This venerable man's memory of the stirring events, and the hardships that confronted the men and women of those early times is ven,' vivid. He has seen a great commonwealth grow from an almost inpenetratable wilderness,, his family having been one of the eight original settlers of Utica township, Clark county, and it was there that Peter H. Bottorff first saw the light m.ore than eightyone years ago. having been born in Utica township, October 19, 1827. His parents were Peter and Sarah (Fry) Bottorff. the former a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter from the state of Kentucky. The date of the birth of the father was December 17, 1791. while the mother was born August 17. 1799. Peter H. Bottorff was one of a family of nine children, three of whom are living, Abraham, eighty-eight years old : Sarah Ann, eighty-six years old, and the subject of this review.

Mr. Bottorff secured little or no education, as schools were very scarce in the days of his boyhood, and such as did exist were decidedly crude, the course of study being confined to reading, writing and spelling, with a smattering of arithmetic. He began to work on his father's farm ver\- early in life, accumulating sufficient money to enable him to become a land owner himself after he had attained his majority. He is at the present time the possessor of one hundred and thirty acres of very productive soil. He was married three times, his first wife being Clarissa Ann Crump, by whom two children were born, namely: William Peter and ]\Iary Alice. His second marriage was with Hannah Carr, by whom one child was born, which died in infancy.

Later they adopted a son ten years old, Albert Carr Bottorff. He has reached manhood's estate, having been born December 25, 1879. He is married and the father of two children. His present wife was known as Eliza Crandall in her maindenhood and was the widow of James Bottorff.

Mr. Bottorff is a member of the Methodist church. He has been a deacon in this church for many years and is also an ordained elder of that body, having been a local preacher of that denomination and accomplishing much good. During early and mature years he was a hard worker. (5ne of the most active in the neighborhood and second to none in the township in skill and speed with a cradle. He does not Ijelong to any fraternal order. In politics he is a Democrat, and never held but one public office, that of Supervisor.

David Alden Spangler

Many of our families are constantly changing their place of residence and the family traditions and warm associations clinging about the old home are entirely wanting. Close observers think this is a serious defect in our modern life and should be met and adjusted as rapidly as possible in order to conseiwe the best interests of our community life. But we are already old enough as a nation to be as well provided with a stable population as are many other nations of today, and it is to be hoped that the keeping of the family homestead by members of the same family will be more common in the future that it has been in the past.

This thought leads us to mention the fact that the man whose name heads this review, was born on the farm where he now lives, having never left the old homestead. He was born on New Year's day in 185 1, and was the son of James and Clarissa (Smith) Spangler, the former having been born in Clark county, Indiana, and the latter in New York state.

David Alden Spangler received his early education in the district schools in the neighborhood, and showed many excellent traits as 1 student when a boy. As he grew to manhood he resolved to widen his general training as a preparation for life, and finally decided to go to Moore's Hill College. After returning from there he went back to the farm and later took up the study of law under Judge J. K. Marsh, of Jeft'ersonville, a leading authority on legal matters. He was admitted to the liar, liut never practiced, for, upon the death of his father, he was looked to as the proper one to manage the farm, which duty he assumed in 1882. This farm of one hundred acres bears the marks of thrift and good management. Mr. Spangler has given it his entire time and thought, with results that are noticeable to the most casual observer. :\Ir. Spangler is a member of the Methodist church and the Masonic fraternity.

Jacob Lextz

Jacob Lentz was born on May 12, i860, the son of Jacob and Mahala Lentz, the former being a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter of Clark county. Indiana. They were the parents of ten children, three of whom besides Jacob are still living. They are Frank, who was married to Amanda Oilman, of Kentucky; Fannie, who became the wife of Bruner Daily; and Mary, who was married to D. Tuttle.

Mr. Lentz's early days were spent upon the farm, where he acquired his habits of industry and steady application to work. His opportunities for education were limited both on account of the lack of good school facilities and also on account of the short periods of time that could be given over to the work of education and school training. However, he made the most of his common school course that he was privileged to obtain and has made the education thus acquired instrumental for self-culture and development after coming to maturity. As soon as he reached manhood he began farming on his own responsibility and has continued at that occupation ever since.

His domestic career began with his marriage to Emma Howes, an accomplished lady and daughter of Mitchell and Eliza (Parks) Howes, the former being a native of New York and the latter of Kentucky. Four children were born to this union, three of whom survive. They are, Bernice E., who has become the wife of Cornelius Kennedy ; Frank has become the husband of Carrie Ross ; the third child, Charles, married Ethel McCoy ; the fourth child. Bertha, being deceased.

Although a member of no particular church Mr. Lentz sees something of good in all churches and stands ready and willing to further the interests of righteousness and justice in his neighborhood in every way that he can. He is independent in his views in church questions of a doctrinal nature. In politics he adheres to the Republican party although he has always advocated the need of placing great emphasis on the sovereignty of the ballot, and makes of it an instrument for the advancement and uplifting of the cause of good government.

Walter J. Holman

W'alter J. Holman was born in Clark county, Indiana, near LTtica, September 29, 1870, and, unlike many of his contemporaries, never sought his fortune in other fields, but early in life concluded that the best opportunities for him were to be found right at his door, consequently he has remained in his native county, with the result that his labors have been crowned with success. He is the son of Andrew Jackson Holman, who was born and reared in this county, spending his life here in such a manner as to gain the respect and plaudits of his fellow men. The mother of the subject was known in her maidenhood as Rozella Worrall, who was born near Utica. Isaac Holman, '^ who was born in Virginia, was Walter J.'s paternal grandfather, and Thomas W^orrall, who was born in Kentucky, was his maternal grandfather, whose wife's name was Eliza, and who was also born in Kentucky.

Walter J. Holman lived at his birth place until he w^s five years old, when his parents moved, taking him to the farm four miles from Jeffersonville, where he now resides and where he and his brother, H. A. Holman, carry on the various departments of farming with that discretion and industry that insures them a comfortable living from year to year. The farm consists of eighty acres, well tilled and highly improved, and on which a comfortable dwelling and convenient out buildings stand.

Mr. Holman received a fairl}' good common school education at Utica. He was united in marriage on December 5. 1900, with Carrie Wright, who represented a well known and influential family, and to this union two children, one of whom is deceased, were born. The living child is named W. B. Holman, whose date of birth occurred September 22, 1901. Mrs. Carrie Holman was born in Jefferson county, Kentucky, in 1874, and came to Clark county, Indiana, with her parents after she had reached maturity, meeting Mr. Holman after coming to her new home, and her domestic life was harmonious and happy for a brief period of four years, when she was called to her reward on April 7, 1904. Mr. Holman was again married September 23, 1908, to Myrtle Swartz, a native of Utica township, and daughter of George W. Swartz, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this volume.

Fraternally Mr. Holman is a member of the Modern Woodmen, and in his church relations he subscribes to the Christian denomination. Politically he is a Democrat, and he has never aspired to public office, being contented to spend his time on his farm and to lead a quiet life at home.

Isaac N. Holman

Isaac N. Holman was born December 27, 1834, in Utica township, Clark county, and he died August 27, 1905. His education was obtained in the local schools after which he became a farmer, which work he followed in a successful manner for a period of six years. But believing that he was best suited to a business career he launched into general mercantile pursuits and followed this until his death, building up a good trade and maintaining a neat and well managed store at Utica.

Isaac N. Hohnan was married to Juha A. PoiUon on November 9, 1856. She was born July 21. 1835, in Utica township, Clark county, and she was educated in Louisville. They were married in Utica. Airs. Holman is one of two children, her brother, John Poillon, having married a Miss Snyder, and they are living in Jeffersonville.

Julia A. Poillon was the daughter of Alexander C. Poillon, who married Harriet A. Middlecoff. The former was bom in Utica, New York, in 1801 and died in 1890, and the latter was born in 181 1 and died in 1901, her birthplace being Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

To Mr. and Isaac N. Holman the following children were born : Nettie, who remained single, died at the age of twenty-three years; Richard married a Miss Howes; Annie married Alonzo Brindle.

In religious matters Air. Holman adhered to the beautiful principles of L^nitarianism, and in politics he was a Republican but never aspired to public office. In his fraternal relations he was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was a man whom everyone liked and respected for he was courteous and honorable in his dealings with his fellow men.

George Wiley Swartz

All classes recognize the fact that this venerable citizen of Clark county stands in the foremost rank of her worthy and substantial business men, being the owner of one of the finest landed estates in this county, and who, in the golden evening of his age can quietly enjoy his declining years, conscious that his life has not been spent in vain and that he has nothing to regret or retract.

George Wiley Swartz. as the name would indicate, is of German descent, and he was born in Utica township, this county, December 26, 1827. That was during the pioneer period when the beautiful banks of the Ohio were yet covered with giant trees of the primeval forest and the first settlers were combating the red men, the obstacles of a new soil, and it is interesting to hear Mr. Swartz recite the many stirring happenings of those early days. Believing that this was one of the best countries on earth, he preferred to risk his chances at home, and he has seen this locality develop through the various gradations from the wilderness to its present solid prosperity.

He is the son of George Swartz, a Methodist minister, who was also born in Utica township, spending his long and useful life in this locality, becoming known as one of the greatest pioneer defenders of the Gospel, having been born January 13, 1803, and called to his reward August 11, 1890, at the advanced age of eighty-seven years. His wife was known in her maidenhood as Nancy Fry, a native of Jefferson county, Kentucky, where she was bom March 29, 1804, and after a long and beautiful Christian life passed to her rest September 10. 1888.

George W. Swartz's paternal grandfather was John Swartz, who was born November i, 1767, and his grandmother, Elizabeth Swartz, was born January 20, 1775, in Pennsjdvania.

George W. Swartz was one of a family of twelve children, of which he is now (1909) the only surviving member. He received what education he could in the primitive schools of his native township. After spending his youth attending school and assisting in the work about the home place Mr. Swartz launched in the mercantile business in 1845, ''"^ Jeft'ersonville, Indiana, handling a stock of dry goods, but believing that a freer and more successful life existed for him in agricultural pursuits he moved to a farm in 1863 in Utica township, where he has since resided, developing it into one of the model farms of the southern part of the state. It consists of nearly two hundred acres of fertile land, and it is in a high state of improvement, and on it stand a beautiful residence and splendid out buildings and in its fields roam all kinds of carefully selected live stock.

Mr. Swartz has been twice married, his first wife having been Elizabeth Butler, whom he married March 29, 1853, and who bore him four children, named in order of birth as follows: Sally, who died February 18, 1894; Belle, Kate, Anna, who died in childhood. The subject's first wife was born December 25, 1828. and passed to her rest October 25, 1861. He was married to Maria Lentz on August 26, 1862. She was born in Utica township, Clark county, April 17, 1836, and she was called to the other shore July 8, 1902. Four children were also born to this second union, namely : Charles, who is a farmer living on a part of his father's land: William, who is a teamster; Ella, deceased, and IMyrtle.

Mr. Swartz is a member of the Masonic fraternity, also the Odd Fellows, having become a member of the former when a young man. In religious matters he subscribes to the Methodist creed, and in politics i« a Democrat.

Nicholas Lentz

Nicholas Lentz was born in Utica township, Clark county, Indiana, December 27, 1830, and he has preferred to spend his days in his native community. His birth occurred on the same farm where he is now (1909) living, having lived here until 1847, when he went into the harness and saddle business at Louisville, at which he made a success, but ga\'e it up when his mother died and returned to the farm, having iived with hi*; father and ministering to his wants in his old age for ten years prior to his death, having bought the home place and managed it on his own account. His father, a man of influence and high integrity, was Samuel Lentz. who was born in Philadelphia, in 1802, who came to Utica township, this county, when he was fifteen years old. The subject's mother, Eleanor Shafer, a kindly and industrious woman, was born in Germany and came to America when she was thirteen years old and married Samuel Lentz in Utica, this county. The father was called to his rest in 1875, having been preceded to the silent land by his wife in 1865. They were the parents of ten children, four of whom are living at this writing as follows : Katherine, Ellen, Christian and Nicholas.

Nicholas Lentz spent his early youth much in the same manner as other boys in his community, attending what schools the times afforded and in working on the old liomestead during the remainder of the year until he reached man's estate. He delights to tell of the early days, remembering the wild game which was in abundance and also most distinctly the Lulians but who were then fast passing away from this locality.

Mr. Lentz has always carried on general farming. His farming propertv consists of two hundred and twenty-five acres on the home place, another farm adjoining of two hundred and twenty-five acres, fifty-one acres in another farm and another farm two miles away of two hundred and seventy acres, all of the seven hundred and seventy acres under a high state of cultivation and well improved. The fields are well drained and well fenced, mostly with wire, in fact, everything atout these farms shows thrift, prosperity, and that a man of modern agricultural ability has managed them. i\Ir. Lentz has also always handled some live stock of an excellent quality, being a good judge of all kinds of stock, especially horses and cattle. Early in his business career he assumed a debt of fifteen thousand dollars, but that was lone ago paid, and he has been remarkably successful in his dealings in the business world. On his lands are to be found as substantial and modern buildings as anywhere in the county, and he lives in an up-to-date residence, ha\-ing every convenience. The grounds in which it is located are well kept.

The domestic life of Nicholas Lentz dates from 1862, when he was married to Margaret Carr, the representative of an influential family, and after a most congenial married life of forty-three years, passed to her rest in 1905.

Five children were born to Mr. and ]\Irs. Lentz, named in order of their birth as follows: Samuel, Oma, \\'alter and \\'ebster. Elden, the oldest of the family, died in infancy.

Mr. Lentz has never held pulilic ofiice, being content to devote his time and attention to home life and his pri\-ate business. He is a Democrat.

Capt. Henry Ormsby HoiTmau was born in .\llcgheny county. Pennsylvania, September 2, 1847, the son of George and Sarah (Hutchinson) Hofifman, both natives of Allegheny county, in the old Keystone state, where their successful and influential lives were spent, both reaching an advanced age, and rearing a family of five sons and one daughter, all living- at this w-riting except two of the sons. Their names follow: Samuel. William. John. George, Sarah and Henry.

Mr. Hoffman was educated in the public schools of his nalixe couiUw and he remained at home until he was twenty-one years of age, when he departed fr(jm his parental roof and entered river traffic, emigrating to Jeffersonville, Indiana, and becoming a river pilot, soon evincing an adaptability for this work that placed him in the front rank of pilots, even performing his duties with as much caution and discretion as the oldest men in this line of work on the Ohio, and he has been engaged in the navigation and coal business nearly all his life, having made a marked sucess of both, lie was a pilot around the Louisville harbor for twelve years.

Mr. HofYman is the owner of oik- hundred and ninety-seven acres of land at his homestead which are under a high state of cultivation. The improvements of the ]ilace are first class in every respect and a general air of thrift is plainly discernible. The Hoffman residence is oire of the most modern and elegantlv furnished of any farm house in this jiart of the state and surrounding it are elegant grounds well laid out and tastily maintained. ]\Ir. Hoffman also owns a valuable farm in Mercer county, Pennsylvania.

The domestic life of Mr. Hoffman dates from 1871, when he was united in the bonds of wedlock with Angeline Stewart, a native of Pennsylvania. She was a woman of gracious demeanor, who, after a happy wedded life of thirtyfour years, was called tr) her rest in October, 1905. To Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman three daughters were born, namely: Nellie, Irene and Ruth, all well educated, and of a charming personality.

In his fraternal relations Mr. Hoffman is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. His political affiliations are with the Democratic party, the principles of which he has ever sought to foster when an occasion demanded. However, he has never found much time nor inclination to tleal extensively in pcjlitics. Relig'imisly he snbscribes to the Christian faith and is a liberal snpporter of his local churcli.

Bexjamix 1-. Swartz

The emigrant ancestors of the large and well knnwn famil\- of this name in Clark county were members of the German yeomanry who did so much during the nineteenth century to populate and push forward the development of the United States. John and Elizabeth (Oldweider) Swartz, who were born in Germany shortly before the American revolution, emigrated in early life and located in Pennsylvania. From that commonwealth they came to Indiana in time to be numbered among the first settlers of Clark county, and from them have descended a long and constantly ramifying line which by its intermarriages, is connected with a wide social circle in Southern Indiana. The original arrivals were among the founders of the second Methodist church. South, in Indiana, known as the New Chapel Methodist Episcopal church of Utica circuit, Clark county. They were the parents of f(Dur sons: Jacob, John, George and Leonard, all of whom w ith the exception of the second became local Methodist preachers. Jacob was the father of A. A. Swartz, president of the First National Bank of Jeffersonville. Rev. George Swartz married Nanc\' Fry, of Jefferson county, Kentucky, daughter of George Fry, who was born in Virginia in 1796. A son by this marriage was John Franklin Swartz, who married Alice A Cole. Benjamin F. Swartz, a child of this union, was Iwrn in Clark county, Indiana, in May, 1865. He was reared on a farm and attended the old Fry school near Watson. He became a farmer after reaching maturity and w-as engaged in agricultural pursuits until the early nineties. About 1891 Mr. Swartz removed to Louisville and engaged in the wholesale commission business, dealing chietiy in fruits and vegetables. Subsequently he admitted C. L. Drane into partnership and the Inisiness was continued under the firm name of B. F. Swartz & Compan)-. Li 1905 Mr. Swartz brought his family to Jeffersonville and re-established himself in a large home on East Chestnut street. As previously stated the entire Swartz family of the older days were pioneer ^Methodists and to this religious faith most of the descendants have adhered. The subject of our sketch joined many years ago and has for a number of years been regarded as one of the pillars of Methodism. He is also a member of the Travelers' Protective Association, but beyond this has not extended his fraternal relations.

On February 3, 1884, Air. Swartz was married to Cora Charlton, daughter of Jeremiah and Lizzie (Charlton), the former of Scotland, the latter's parents were natives of Ireland and of Protestant faith. Mr. and ]\Irs. Swartz

John H. Hoffman

John H. Hoffman was born in Alleghany county, Pennsylvania, in 1844. His ancestors were Pennsylvania Germans, Scotch and Irish, who were established in America several generations ago. He was reared and educated in his native county. He came to Jeffersonville, Indiana, in 1859, but returned to Pittsburg in 1861, and feeling that her services were needed in the Union army, enlisted in Company I, Sixty-third Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, in which he served with distinction for a period of three years in the army of the Potomac, having taken part in all the engagements of that historic army. He was wounded in the second battle at Bull Run, but returned to the front in time to take part in the- first battle after the great engagement at Antietam. So gallant was his conduct that he was promoted to sergeant of his company. He was discharged at Pittsburg in 1864.

Air. Hoffman ran a steamboat between Pittsburg and Nashville for one year, after which he located again in Jeffersonville. He was in the coal landing business from 1868 to -1891, when he sold out to the combine, after having become known as one of the leading coal men in this locality. After selling out Mr. Hoft'man had charge of the business of the Monongahela Coal & Coke Company on the Indiana side of the river at Port Fulton. He became the owner of one of the finest farms in Clark county, comprising one hundred and twenty acres of well impro\-ed and highly productive land which under skillful management became a model twentieth century farm, on which stands one of the best residences in this part of the state, of beautiful architecture, convenient, and having all modern appliances and equipment. It is located about a mile and a half above Port Fulton, o\-erlooking the Ohio river.

Mr. Hoft'man's domestic life dated from 1874, when he was united in marriage with Mattie Cook, a lady of culture, who is a native of Clark county, and tlic scion of a well known and representative family, her parents being Mitchell and Elizabeth (Ballam) Cook. One son and two daughters were born to this union, namely : Bertha, who was called to her rest on March 29, 1896, at the early age of twenty-one )'ears, much to the profound sorrow of a host of friends and acquaintances who prized her talent and amiability; Bessie, the living daughter, a genteel young lady, is a member of the home circle, being much admired for her accomplishments- Samuel R., the son, is engaged in the automobile business at Denver, Colorado. He married Nellie Holmes, the representative of an aristocratic family of Indianapolis.

Mr. Hoffman was a Republican in his political views, and was well fortified in his opinions in the political world, however, he never spent much time in local conventions or elections, but preferred to merely cast his vote for the men whom he deemed would best serve the public good. He was liberal in his religious views, believing that to do good comprises all religion. His family are Episcopalians. Fraternally he was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Encampment, also the Masons, Royal Arch degree. Knights Templar and the thirty-second degree, and the Shriners. As might be expected from his war record he was a consistent member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He never held any ofificial position.

In ever}' relation of life Mr. Hoffman proved himself the possessor of such qualities as are bound to win in any line of effort and he won and retained the esteem of all who knew him as a result of his honesty of purpose, kindness of heart and courtesy of manner. His death occurred December 3, 1908.

The family of this name in Clark county feel a native pride in their genealogy, which is ancient and JKjnoralile. The name, spelled in \-arious ways, is constantly found in the old chronicles of England and Scotland and later in connection with the history of the New \\'orld. In the fifth ccnturv a noted warrior named Graeme fought so valiantly and effectively at the Roman wall in England that ever afterward it was called Graham's Wall, or Graham's Dyke. In the twelfth century. Sir William de Graham, of Scotland, ancestor of the great house of Montrose, in England, was a member of the Scotch nobility, and a close relative of King David I. His grandson. Sir John Graham, was called the "right hand" of ^^'allace, in whose arms he died at the battle of Falkirk. Many other illustrious Grahams, including lords, earles. marquis and finally the Duke of Montrose, most of them were soldiers for Scotland and later Scotch Covenanters. Under the Stuarts manv of them were driven out by religious persecution and settled in the northern part of Ireland. In 1812 Duncan and Margaret Graham, descendants from the Covenanters, came from Ireland to America while the war with England was in progress. They had fi\c sons: John, William. Duncan, James and .Vndrew. James was born in Ireland in 17S0, and in 18 15 married Sarah Cavan, who was born in Maryland in 1794. In 1822 James Graham and wife removed to Ohio and a year later to Madison, Indiana, settling ten miks west of that place, near Kent. Still later the\- established a home in Saluda township. Jefferson county, where thev ended their davs. They had seven children : WWliam, Margaret, Eliza, Andrew. Marv, lane and Susan. William married

Catlieriiie G. Patterson, whose lineage is traceable to a Revolutionary ancestry. Major Giles, a soldier of the patriot army under Washington, had a daughter named Mary, who married James Fisher, a soldier of the War of 1812. After his death she married Robert Patterson and b}- him became the mother of Catherine G., wife of William Graham. To the latter were born eight children, whose careers are thus briefly sketched in the family records: Margaret Jennie married Harvey C. Allison, editor of the Franklin (Indiana) Jeffersonian, and died in 1866; Robert L. married Julia M. Mitchell, of Decatur county, in 1872, and resides near Maxon, Kansas; Thomas A. became a physician at Jeffersonville, practicing medicine there for thirty-three years, probably visiting more homes in Clark county than any other man of his time. He was a member of the City Council, served two terms in the Indiana Legislature and took an active interest in public affairs until his death in 1901. He married Belle D. Haymaker, of Eminence, Kentucky. James M., the fourth child, married Anna O. Walker and lives near Mount Hope, Kansas. John A. was a druggist in Jefifersonville and a leading member of the Presbyterian church. He married Cora B. Fry and died June i, 1901, leaving one son, Roy Allen. Ella G. married Dr. J. L. Reeves, of Edwardsport, Indiana, a member of the Legislature and otherwise prominent. She died in 1884. Emma D. maried Frank R. Allen, member of the wholesale grocery firm of Boniface, Webber and Allen, at Jeffersonville. He has charge of the branch house of his firm at Bedford, Indiana, and makes his home at that place. He was the father of three children, two of whom are living.

Oliver P. Graham, the eighth and youngest of his father's children, was born at New Washington, Indiana, March 29, 1864. His father died in 1872, and about ten years later his mother mo\ed to Jeffersonville in company with her son. He attended school for awhile and took a course in Hanover College, and then entered the medical department of the University of Louis\'ille, from which he was graduated in February, 1890. Shortly thereafter he began practice in Jeffersonville and has continued without intermission until the present time. He has an extensive practice in the city and surrounding counti7 and is regarded as one of the ablest and most successful of Clark cijunty's physicians. He stands in the front rank in his profession and is popular with his fellow practitioners, taking an active part in anything that concerns the progress and growth of medicine as a science as well as the welfare of the institutions devoted to the protection of the public health. A close reader and student, he follows the latest discoveries, experiences and theories concerning sanitation, hospital work and other brandies of medical practice. Dr. Graham is a member of the State and County Medical societies, and the American Aledical Association. His fraternal relations are with the Clark Lodge, No. 40, Free and Accepted Masons, Horeb Chapter Royal Arch Masons and Jeffersonville Commandery, Knights Templar. He also belongs to the Elks,

Hope Lodge, No. 13, Knights of P}'thias, Jefferson Lodge. Independent Order 1)1 Odd Fellows, and Hoosier Camp Modern W'oodmen of .\merica, of which he is a charter member.

On- Decemlier ir, igo6. Doctor Graham married Julia B.. daughter of Thomas Paswater, a Justice of the Peace for Jeffersonville township. They ha\-e nne sun. Thomas Garland Graham, who was liorn October 29, 1908.

The name above is familiar to everyone in Clark county as that of one of Jeffersonville's best and most successful business men. Left an orphan at an early age, deprived of the ]jaternal advice so essential in boyhood, he overcame all obstacles and long before he had reached middle life had fully established himself in the commercial and financial world. In all of his undertakings, and they have been many, he has exhibited the same good judgment, the firm grasp on the laws of trade and fluctuations of the market, which are indispensable to the man who hopes to keep abreast with this progressive age. The result is that he has "made good" in every respect and enjoys high standing among those at the head of Jeffersonville's industrial development. Mr. Lindley was born in Lawrence county, Arkansas, in 1858. His parents were Abraham and Maria (Curtis) Lindley, the fonner of Quaker ancestry and both born in Illinois, of Pennsylvania parents. After marriage in their native state they removed to Xew Orleans and later to Arkansas, where the father established a large pork packing plant, occupying an entire block. This section was overrun during the Civil war by soldiers of both armies and business suffered much from these disttirbing factors. Abraham Lindley died in 1865, and his wife six years later, after which Thomas J., then thirteen years old. came to Jeffersonville to make his home with a sister.

After leaving school he entered the employment of ^^'illiam H. Lawrence in the hardware business and remained with him until 1882, Mr. Lawrence having failed in business. Mr. Lindley obtained a position with the Perrin & Gaff Manufacturing Company as assistant shipping clerk. This firm was contractors at the Indiana Prison. South, making and supplying builders" hardware. After remaining with them three months Mr. Lindley formed a partnership with A. F. IMcNaughton and purchased the business of Mr. Lawrence, the location of which was a few doors south of Chestnut on Spring street, in Jeffersonville. In August, 1883, Mr. Lindley bought the interest of his partner and continued the business at the former location until 1892. when he built the block at the northeast corner of Spring and Maple streets, to which he removed his plant. In 1894 he established a farm imple- ments and seeds business two doors from his hardware business and in 1896 added lumber to his other enterprises, the building for this trade being located on Maple street, east of the hardware store.

In 1884 Mr. Lindley married Estella M., daughter of William Thias, of Jeffersonville. They have four children, Claude, Frank. Clara and Grace. Mr. Lindley is a director of the First National Bank, trustee of Clark Lodge, No. 40, Free and Accepted Masons, and a member of Myrtle Lodge, No. 19, Knights of Pythias.

Epenetus Howes

An examination into the ancestral records of the residents of Southern Lidiana, or any other district contiguous to the Ohio river, reveals a very interesting intermingling of various streams of settlers during pioneer days. The movement of the emigrants from Virginia and the Carolinas was largely through the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky and Tennessee, spreading from there like a fan in the Middle West. Another stream crossed from Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Southern New York and descended the Ohio river, dropping off here and there to find themselves homes in the virgin wilderness. Still another stream moved from New England through the Mohawk Basin in New York state, traveling westward along the lake route to tiie agricultural regions farther on. Thus we find the Ohio Basin peopled with settlers who ranged from homes sometimes widely removed from one another. Clark county. Lidiana. received its major portion from the southern stream, but there have come into this section goodly numbers from the states farther north. ^Among others, we make mention of the parents of the subject of this review, Epenetus Howes, who was born in Utica township. Clark county, Lrdiana. in June, 1849. He was the son of M. P. and Eliza (Parks) Howes, the former a native of New York state and the latter of Kentucky. They joined the stream that flowed steadily to the west and made their way down the usual route, stopping at last in the promising district of Clark county.

Epenetus Howes received his education in the township schools of Utica township and as soon as opportunity afforded turned his attention to fruit growing, devoting considerable care to this industry and in the course of time became an expert in the business. He has decided views on the question relating to the culture, production and development of high grade fruit and is recognized as a standard of authority on many questions coming up at the present time. The fame of Southern Indiana as a fruit section has become a matter of more than liical importance and it is to such men as l\Ir. Howes that the credit for these praiseworthy achievements should be given.

mack, who was born in Louisville on Decemlier 2g. 1851. This union was blessed with the following children: Bettie, Fannie, deceased, and [ulian E. The last named holds an important appointment in the post-office of Louisville, and he is reflecting considerable credit upon his parents as a result of close applicatio^n to liusiness and a polite and pleasant demeanor.

Edgar Mitchell Lextz

In the southern part of Indiana we find natural scenery which, though not stupendous, is yet fascinating. It is in such a locality that we come upon the countrj' residence belonging to Edgar Alitchell Lentz, whose home lies high above the beautiful stream whose meanderings are \-isible for miles as it lapses peacefully on towards its destination.

Mr. Lentz was born at Utica, Indiana, October 4, i860. His father, Louis Lentz, who died in 1893, at the age of sixty-three years, was a farmer and was at one time a Justice of the Peace in Kentucky. The mother of our subject was Mary E. Parks, who was born in 1824 and passed to her reward in 1873, twenty years before the death of her husband. The other children of the family, besides Edgar M., were Samuel, deceased; Osa W., Mamie E., and Ella, the latter dying when a child.

On February 10, 1892. Mr. Lentz was joineil in marriage to Xannie Barbara Zinck. who was born at L'tica. Indiana, on the 19th day of June, 1862. She was the daughter of John C. and Xancy ( Summers ) Zinck. the former being a native of Germany, Ijorn in 1816, and the latter oi Clark county, Indiana, born in 1825. Her father was one of the industrious type so well known in this country as being among the best class of immigrants that have come to us from foreign lands. He was originally a cabinet-maker, but later turned his attention to farming. The other children of this family are : Marietta, now living in Chattanooga, Tennessee : George Leonard, who has a general store at Utica; Elizabeth Eleanor; Charles Henry, John Edward, Alice Alma and Ida Amnion.

John George Summers, grandfather of Mrs. Lentz, wife of our subject, is deserving of mention for his patriotic spirit and courageous conduct, having served as a drummer boy in the Continental Army during the Revolution. Later, on account of meritorious conduct, he was promoted to positions of greater responsibility, and fulfilled his obligations with praiseworthy integrity. He was a pioneer settler in this section of the county. Henry Summers. Airs. Lentz's uncle, was for many years a minister of the Atethodist Episcopal church.

The lollciwir.g ciiiklren have Ijeen born to y\v. and Airs. Lentz : .Vhna Lorean, born August 29, 1893: Ruth Ashmore, Octolier 12. 1895. and Allen Graham, Alarch 7, 1899.

William C. Pfau

Among the prosperous business houses of Jeffersonville, none is better known than Plan's Cut Rate Drug Store at 329 Spring street, owned and operated by William C. Pfau, one of the city's progressive citizens. Mr. Pfau born in this city on the 24th of March, 1868, being the second son of George and Barbara (Fuhrman) Pfau, both natives of Germany. The former was one of the early business men of the city, having emigrated hither in an early day and was one of the number that laid the foundation for the later growth and prosperity of this thriving community. He has now retired from active business and with his wife is spending his days surrounded by the scenes made familiar through many years of pleasant associations. His business interests are being taken care of by two of the sons, George. Jr.. and Alfred C. Pfau.

William C. Pfau was educated in the city schools, continuing in the regular vvork until he reached the junior year of the city high school. He then took up the study of pharmac}* tmder Prof. C. Lewis Diehl, at the College of Pharmacy at Louisville, Kentucky. This preceptor has the degree of blaster of Pharmacy, only three of which are extant in the United States. Mr. Pfau completed his course, graduating on March 7, 1890, and has since been in professional work. He started in business at his present location in January, 1893, and has continued there without interruption up to the present time.

His drug store is a model of its kind, being one of the best equipped in the southern part of the state. It stands for honest ])rices, being the pioneer institution in the city among what aie known as the "Cut Rate Stores." Mr. Pfau was the originator of the "cut rate" idea here and promoted the system in such a way as to enlist the co-operation of the local dealers, so that its inauguration was consummated without friction.

Turning to the domestic side of Mr. Pfau's biography, we find that he was first joined in marriage on October 4, 1893, to Xellie P)ly Russell, of Lebanon, Kentucky, daughter of A. Knox Russell and wife, who are now residents of Louisville. After three years of this hapi)y domestic union, death summoned Mrs. Pfau to her reward. She was the mother of one daughter. Madeline Charlotte. Mr. Pfau was married again on Xmemlier 16, 1898.

In political questions Air. Pfau usually espouses the Rei)ul)lican cause, l)ut he la}'s no claim to political aspirations. The religious element of the home, ciimnumity and personal life is n(.)t without attention on the part of our subject and his wife. They are affiliated with the German Lutheran and Episcopal churches respectively. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, being on the charter roll of the local lodge, X'o. 362. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, being past grand master of the Jeifersonville Lodge, Xo. 272. The lodge finds him a most excellent supporter and an enthusiastic exponent of all that these orders represent. The Pfau home is one of the most attractive ones in the city, and is known to intimate friends as a center of warm associations and uplifting influences.

Cornelius Beck

The ancestry of the Beck family is one of unusual interest and is deserving of conspicuous notice as the following random items from the various life records of the subject's forebears will show. Cornelius Beck, whose date of birth is given as March 17, 1826, having been born on what in now known as the \\'ormald place on the Charlestown Pike, near Jefifersonville, was the son of Daniel and Esther (Signiond) Beck. Felix Siginond, father of the latter, was an uncle of the famous Gen. Alarquis de I.nFayette, making the subject's mother a cousin of that distinguished Frenchman.

W^hen an infant Cornelius Beck was left an orphan, and after reaching th.e age of six years he was reared by Isaac Prather. a well known memljer of the numerous Prather family in L^tica township. Cornelius began to learn the blacksmith trade near the village of Prather when fifteen years of age. Possibly a year later, when about sixteen years old, he came to Jefferson- \-ille and went to work for his brother-in-law. Joshua Phipps, making edge tools. He assisted in forging the first iron used on the old Jeffersonville. Madison and Indianapolis Railroad, now a part of the Pennsylvania S}'Stem. Later he went into the c(;operage business and after a short time began clerking for Reuben Dedrick in a store, which position he resig'ned after two or three years, and went into partnership in a wholesale and retail grocery business with Dan Dedrick, a nephew of his former employer. In 1870 Air. Beck purchased the interest of his partner and continued the business alone until his death, which occurred July i, 1896. having died very smldenly. He made a pronounced success of his chosen hue uf work, building up a \'ery extensive trade and giving evei-y evidence of a thorough business man. His death was very much regretted by the entire community for his had been a Hfe of industry, integrity and resulted in good to the public. His store was located on Spring street.

Cornelius Beck was united in marriage with Harriett Christy in 1857. Her father was Francis M. Christy and her mother was known in her maidenhood as Rosalinda Burett, daughter of Solomon Burett, wh(3 enlisted in the Revolutionary cause, under General La Fayette at Valley Forge and served with distinction in his command. Long after this, in the year 1824, when La Fayette made an address at Jeffersonville, he recognized his old and dear fiiend, Solomon Burett, and embraced and kissed .him in the presence of a large audience, ]Mr. Burett being probably the only veteran of the Revolutionary war then living in Jeft'ersonville. He was buried in the old cemetery at the foot of Mulberry street in Jeffersonville. The Buretts were known as bright, highly educated people, William Burett,' of Massachusetts having been a very versatile and prolific author. Solomon Burett and Felix Sigmond, La Fayette's relative, were both natives of France.

Cornelius Beck had the distinction of serving as a soldier in the ^Mexican war, having enlisted in Company C, Fourth Lidiana Regiment, at Xew Albany, May 31, 1847, serving under Capt. Morgan L. Payne.

The family of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Beck consisted of the followingchildren : Hattie, Emma, Ella, Stephen A. Douglas, Esther Rosalind, Anna Cornelia, Eugenia and Irene Virginia.

Cornelius Beck was a man who ever availed himself of an opportunit\ to serve his fellow citizens. He was sevo^al times Councilman in Jeffersonville and always looked as carefully to the interests of the city as if he were managing his own private affairs; he also served as County Commissioner from 1872 to 1878, contributing to the removal of the court-house from Charlestown to Jeffersonville. He was one of the oldest members of Jefferson Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was a regular attendant on the services of the Maple Street Methodist Episcopal church. South, and a liberal supporter of the same financially, and left Ijehind him a noble heritage - a good name.

Mr. Coleman is a man of simple and unaffected tastes and has for many years been a trusted employe of the Walton boiler manufacturing concern. He is descended on his mother's side from one of Southern Indiana's most prominent pioneers, while his father's ancestry were staunch participants in the War of the Revolution.

Jesse E. Colenran was born in Leavenwortli. Crawford couniy, Indiana, on the 22d of December, 1866, and was the son of Charles W. Coleman and his wife, whose maiden name was Mary Gray. Mrs. Coleman was the daughter of Thomas Gray, who settled in Crawford county early in the nineteenth centuiT and was the prominent pioneer above referred to. A member of the Coleman family served through the Alexican war. and our subject'^ father was a member of Company E. First Indiana Cavalry, the first cavalry regiment to go to the fmnt from Indiana during the Civil war. While yet a boy Jesse E. Coleman's parents moved to Jefferscinville. Clark county, and here he availed of the opportunity of attending- the public schools. Before becoming of age he associated himself with the boiler manufacturing concern of C. J. Walton, now known as C. J. Walton & Son, and has continued ever since with the same firm. For nearly a quarter of a century his business ability and trustworthiness have been well tested and today he holds a high place among the older employes of the plant.

The ^^'alton Boiler ]^Ianufactory was first started in 1836 by Joseph Mitchell and was one of the first plants of its kind in the South. It made a specialty of steamboat boilers and furnished many for boats from the Howard shipyards. The Waltons control a widespread business extentling to lumber mills in Florida and sugar plantations in Louisiana. The steel trust recently bought thirty-five boilers from the firm for use in their Imsiness in Alabama.

In December, 1888, Mr. Coleman married Josephine M. Runyon, daughter of Joseph and Ann Runyon, of Jeffersonville. Airs. Runyon. whose maiden name was Ann Morgan, was the granddaughter of Ebenezer Morgan, one of Jeftersonville's early settlers. At the time of his arrival we are told that there were but three houses in the vicinity. He contemplated purchasing the tract of land on which the Gait house now stands on the Louisville side of the river, but owing to some unsatisfactory flaw in the title he contented himself by buying land on the Jefifersonville side. Ebenezer ]\Iorgan made his way from Connecticut, bis native state, all the way on foot. Mrs. Runyon's father, Sylvester P. Morgan, was a Virginian and came of the opposite side of the family from Ebenezer; the two Morgan families being onlv related by marriage. He was a prominent citizen of Jeffersonville, and was a relative of Daniel Morgan of Revolutionary fame. A sister of Airs. Coleman, Dr. SalHe Keller Runyon. is one of the best known lady dentists practicing in Southern Indiana. Her early life was spent on the family farm, and she attended the public schools in Jefliersonville and graduated from high school there. She then became a teacher for the space of eleven yars. until 1893. in the local public schools. At that time she resigned and entered the Ohio Dental College at Cincinnati. She graduated from the institution in 1896 and located in Louisville, where she has practiced with considerable success ever since. In September. 1897, she opened her present office at 723

Third avenue, Louis\'ille, which lias Ijeen her head(|uarters ever since. For about ten years she was the only woman practicing denistry in Louisville and deser\'es much credit for succeeding- so well in so large a city, where though practically unknown, she successfully overcame the Southern prejudice against women in public life.

Jesse E. Coleman and his wife have one son, Charles ^^'alton Coleman. Mr. Coleman was formerly one of the most acti\-e members of the local PresbA'terian church and when a few years ago he removed across to Louisville. he continued his religious acti\'ity in connection with tlie \\'arren ^Memorial church of which he is an officer.

A brilliant and varied career as an educator, and accomplished as a scholar in man}' branches of learning, have made Professor ^larble both a useful and interesting man. If it be true that the greatest benefactor is he who makes intelligent citizens by educating the people, he has strong claims to this high recognition. His whole adult life has been devoted to this high calling and the record will show that he has done his work well. The genealogy of this gentleman indicates a long line of worthy ancestors on both sides of the house. The paternal grandfather was Nathan Marble, one of the pioneer citizens of Ohio. His son, Ephraim P., married Elizabeth Mc- Henry, descended from a Scottish emigrant, who came to America at a very early day. Isaac McHenry moved to Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, shortly after marriage with his first wife, Maiy, who died after giving birth to an only son, named Joseph. The second wife of Isaac McHenry was Elizabeth O'Neal, who became the mother of twelve children, including one named James. The latter married Eliza S. W. Gard, wliose father served two terms in the Indiana Legislature. He took part in the \\''ar of 1812. being among the number sin-rendered to the British by General Hull at Detroit. James and Eliza (Gard) McHenry were the parents of Elizabeth, who afterwards became Mrs. Marble and the mother of our subject. In 1841 members of the McHenry family took the lead in rather a novel temperance movement which would hardly be possible in the changed conditions of modem times. The pastor of the Baptist church in Switzerland county was, it seems, an indulger in intoxicants to a degree that shocked the moral sentiment of some of his congregation. A faction of the church opposed going to extremes with their bibaceous pastor, liut the ?ilcHenrys, unable to get rid of the minister, boldly led the wav to the organization of another church, which stood for absolute temperance, and this was the last heard of the hard-drinking preacher in that section of the state.

Claytes ^IcHenry ?\Iarble was born at Rising Sun. Indiana. February 22, 1857. He passed through tlie common schools finishing in the high school at Rising Sun. and then entered the National Normal University, where he was graduated in 1885 with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. In 1900 the University of Chicago conferred on him the degree of Bachelor of Pedagogy and seven years later he received from Hanover College the degree of Master of Arts. Beginning in 1878 he taught for five years in the common schools of Ohio county, and for tw-o years held the office of County Superintendent of Schools. Later he was elected principal of the Poseyville (Indiana) schools and served in that capacity for one year. After his third term in college he served two years as principal of the Rising Sun high school. In 1887 he was chosen principal of the Jeft'ersonville high school, and after holding this office until February 2-/, 1904. was appointed superintendent of the city schools, which position he has held up to the present time. His long tenure of these important positions furnishes ample proof of Professor Marble's efificiency and popularity. He is a man of easy address, amiable manner and entertaining conversation.

In August, 1887 Professor Marble married Louise Haines, daughter of Hugh S. and Abigail (Haines) Espey, and by this union there are t\vo childien, Hugh McHenry and Abby May. The family are members of the Wall Street ]\Iethodist church, and Professor Marble's fraternal relations are with the Odd Fellow's, Clark Lodge 40. Free and Accepted Masons, the Gnklen Cross and Modern Woodmen.

Arthur Loomis

Though of New England origin, the Loomis family became identified with Southern Indiana before the Civil war and the name has been made famous by the genius of several of those who bore it. A talent for mathematics ran through the whole male line and it has been in the arts based on this noble science that they have achieved their best results. Dr. Jiihn Loomis, progenitor of the Clark county branch of this notable family, was born in Massachusetts, but came to Indiana nearly fifty years ago. He descended from a long line of ancestors, many of whom were prominent in the various walks of life, and few families have more just reason to boast of their genealogy. In the sketch of Doctor Loomis. appearing elsewhere in this volume, fuller particulars will be found in this subject. Arthiu" Loomis, son of the doctor, was born at Westfield. ^Massachusetts, and in youth was brought by his parents to Clark county. Indiana. After the usual routine in the public schools he learned engineering and architecture. His real career began when in 1876 he entered an architect's office in Lonisville to learn the details and technique of the profession to wliich he liad determined to devote his life. By 1 89 1 he was able to become a partner in this establishment under the firm name of Clark & Loomis. Since the death of the senior partner in 1908, Mr. Loomis has continued his business alone. Though his office is in Louisville, he makes his residence in Jefifersonville. and has an e.xhaustive accjuaintance in both cities. His achievements in architecture have not only been extensive but distinguished. In Jeffersonville he designed the Episcopal church, the public library, the Citizens" Bank, the Trust Building and the new cell-house at the Indiana Reformatory, this declared by experts to be the largest and most modern establishment of the kind in the United States. It contains si.x hundred cells, is original in design and embodies the very latest ideas and discoveries connected with prison architecture. To Mr. Loomis' skill and taste Jefifersonville is also indebted for the new school-house on Spring Hill and many of her finest residences. He also made the plans for some of the principal buildings in Louisville. Among them' are included the Louisville Medical College, Levi Brothers' store building. Bacon & Sons' large department store, St. Paul's Evangelical church, the German Reformed Evangelical church, St. Matthew's, St. Peter's, and the First Presbyterian church at Fourth and York streets. Mr. Loomis also designed the Todd building, the largest office building at the time of construction in Kentucky, and the first steel frame fire-proof structure in Louisville. The fire-proof storage building on Green street stands as a monument to Mr. Loomis's architectural ability, as it combines in a remarkable degree artistic excellence with utility of service. Perhaps, however, the most striking example of his achievements is the new Whiteside Bakery, which is a marvel of the ornamental combined with the useful, and of the beautiful in its adaption with the practical. It is indeed a wonderful plant, which must be seen to l)e appreciated, and if Mr. Loomis had done nothing else, this great building would be sufficient to perpetuate his name. The Armstrong residence, on Third avenue, is regarded as one of the best examples of Italian Renaissance in the city. Another gem in the architectural wreath that adorns the brow of Mr. Loomis is a beautiful stone structure, the Conrad residence, situated in St. James Court. Mr. Loomis was associated as architect with Carrere H. Hastings, of New York, in building the J. Ross Todd residence at Cherokee Park. The style is Italian Renaissance, and it is easily the finest residential establishment in the limits of the Kentucky metropolis. Mr, Loomis is erecting the residence for Capt. Clyde Howard, of Jeffersonville. on Third avenue, Louisville, which will be of unusual design and attraction.

On December 9, 1902, Mr. Loomis married Carrie B., daughter of Capt, J. C. Dorsey, for many years superintendent of the Jeffersonville and Louisville Ferr\- Companv. Mr. Lnomis is a member of the American Institute of Architects, president of the Louisville Chapter of American Architects, and was a delegate inigoS to their national convention at Washington. He stands high in the Masonic circles, having reached the thirty-second degree, heing past eminent commander of Jeffersonville Commandery, Knights Templar, and past high priest of Horeb Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. He is also an honorary member of Louisville Lodge, No. 400, Free and Accepted Masons.

Hiram E. Heaton

The Heatons can trace their genealogy into the far distant past and may justly boast of an ancestry which was honorable and distinguished in their respective callings. As early as the beginning of the eighteenth century they were domiciled in Pennsylvania, and several became leading men of affairs in their community. Isaac, son of Samuel Heaton, was born in 1731, and became the father of a son afterwards known as Col. John Heaton. The latter was born in 1760. accumulated wealth and laid ofif parts of the town of Jefferson in 1814. He married Sarah Morgan and to this union was born John Heaton, Jr., eventually to become the founder of the family name in the \\^est. He married Nancy, daughter of Isaac Weaver, who was born in 1756, became a man of wealth an.d held many high offices in Pennsylvania during the earlier decades of the nineteenth century. He and others of his name were honored by their neighborhood with official trusts of importance, fohn Heaton, Jr., of Sullivan county, where he was a miller and merchant, achieved high repute. His son, Hiram W. Heaton, removed to Jeffersonville in the early fifties and engaged in the mercantile business, which he followed with success for many years. He was noted for his honesty, his word being as good as his bond with all who knew him and was equally famed for his Christian morality, and liberal handed generosity. He gave at least a tenth of his income to the church and charitable causes, his whole life being such as to gain, him an unusual esteem and affection. He married Hulda, daughter of Thomas Jefferson Howard, a prominent and influential citizen of Clark county, whose wife, Elizabeth Helmer, \\-as descended from Revolutionaiy ancestry. She was the daughter of George Frederick and Elizabeth (Thum) Helm.er. laoth of Herkimer county. New York. Her paternal grandfather was Lieut. George Helmer, who _served through the Revolutionary war and was wounded at the battle of Oriskany. for which he received a pension for life. He served in the company of Captain Small, under Col. Peter Bellinger, commander of a regiment of New York state troops. His parents came from Holland long before 1740.

Hiram E. Heaton, son of Hiram ^^^, was born at Jeffersonville, Indiana, January i, 1858, and was educated in the local schools. Following the ex- ample of his father and grandfather, he had a \ earning for commercial pursuits and took a course calculated to equip him for success in that line. For seven years he was employed as bookkeeper and cashier for the Perrin, Gaff Manufacturing Company, contractors at the old Indiana State Prison, South, their specialty being the production of hollow-ware and hardware of various kinds. In 1882 he accepted a position as cashier of the First National Bank and has since continued in this employment. Mayor Burtt appointed him City Comptroller and he was for five years a member of the Clark County Council, holding the position of president of that body for some time and resigning in September, 1908. He is a member of the Democratic party and though not an extreme partisan always takes an active interest in public affairs. For at least thirty years Mr. Heaton has been a member of the Presbyterian church and is president of the board of deacons. For seventeen years he has been a member of Jefferson Lodge, No. 3, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and holds the office of trustee. He is also a member of ]\Iyrtle Lodge of the Knights of Pythias.

On April 5, 1881, ]\Ir. Heaton married ^linnie E., daughter of William and Esther Smart, the former a native of Kelso, near Edinburgh, Scotland. For a long time he was located at North Madison, Indiana, as master mechanic of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. j\Ir. and ]\Irs. Heaton have two daughters and a son : Jeanette F., the eldest, is the wife of William S Whiteside, manager of the ^^^^iteside bakery, of Louisville, and has two children, William S. and Hiram H. ]\Iinnie Hutchinson Heaton, the second daughter, is a teacher in the public schools of Jeffersonville. Hiram H. Heaton, the only son, is assistant bookkeeper and stenographer at the Howard shipyards.

The biographer is greatly pleased to give the life history of the well remembered pioneer citizen whose name appears at the head of this sketcli, than whom a more whole-souled, sterling and public-spirited man it would have been hard to find within the borders of Clark county, and whose friends were limited only by the circle of his acquaintance.

He was one of those far-seeing men who realized the great future of Clark county, and did what he could in its development. William Morrow, Sr., was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, February 8, 1794. He was the son of William Morrow, a native of Scotland, who emigrated to America when seventeen years of age, locating in Bourbon county, Kentucky. He married Sarah Patton, and they emigrated to Ohio in 1806, where he owned a farm in Highland county, on which he lived the remainder of his life, dying in 1846. While a resident of Kentucky he became the first

William Morrow, Sr., was reared in Highland county, Ohio, and came to Indiana in 1820, settled in Charlestown, where he resided during the remainder of his life. He was a successful business man and for several years was a magistrate. He left ample property for his children, his death having occurred in 1873. He was a devout member of the United Presbyterian church. In politics he was a Whig and later a Republican. He was an influential man in this community and had hosts of friends. Tn his first wife, Margaret Adair, seven children were born. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Wright is the only surviving child of her father's second marriage, with Jane Manley, who bore him four children. Mrs. W^right was born in Charlestown, Indiana, on the lot where she now resides. May 24, 1847. She was reared in Charlestown, where she received her education. She was united in marriage December 3, 1889, to John D. Wright, who was born in Highland county, Ohio, October 27, 183 1. He was reared in the Buckeye state. After his marriage he lived in Charlestown, Indiana, until his death. He farmed in Ohio on an excellent place which our subject now owns. He was successful as a business man and was known to be scrupulously honest, industrious and a man of pleasing address. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, having been an elder in the same. In politics he was a Republican and was always ready to lend his aid in furthering any movement looking to the advancement of his community, whether political, educational or moral. He was one of the organizers, a stockholder and president of the Charlestown Bank at the time of his death, which occurred September 6, 1904.

Mrs. Wright's beautiful, commodious and elegantly furnished home stands at Main and Cross streets, where her friends often gather and where true hospitality and good cheer are ever unstintingly dispensed. She is justly proud of the record of her ancestors who were true American patriots. William Morrow, her father, was a soldier in the War of 1812, and John Morrow, Mrs. Wright's brother, was a soldier in the Civil war. He died in 1907 in Charlestown, being survived by four children, three sons and one daughter.

Charles F. Swartz

The career of Charles F. Swartz is that of a man v.dio has depended largely upon his own personal efforts to attain that goal which most men are seeking, success. Possessed of a large fund of energy, and indomnitable will he has forged rapidly to the front in his avocation, that of an agriculturalist,

INIr. Swartz was born in Utica township, March 8. 1S65, being a sou of George \V. Swartz. a skelcli of whom appears elsewhere. Ht acquired a fair education in the local schools. Immediately after his graduation he began active work on the farm, and he has given his undivided attention to the cultivation of the soil ever since. He was twice married, his first wife being Mrs. Ellen \\'orral!, whom he espoused in 1887. This union was devoid of children, and Airs. Swartz died June 8. 1905. Nearly two years later, April 10. 1907, he wedded Mrs. D. V. Scott, who had two children by her first marriage. These children were Marvin and Catherine Scott. By her second marriage one child, Charles A\ ., was born to her.

Mr. Swartz is a Methodist and takes considerable interest in religious aiTairs, as does also his wife. He has always been a consistent Democrat, although he does not participate actively in politics. He joined the IMasons some years ago, and is also a member of the ]Modern Woodmen, being high in the councils of both organizations. Mr. Swartz has lhe reputation of being a public-spirited citizen in every sense of the word. He lias a very extensive acquaintance throughout Clark county.

Although modest and unassuming, with no disposition to boast of his attainments, Thomas J. Piers, through hard study has acquired a most complete knowledge of the profession upon which he launched at an early age, and his services have been sought by many big firms in different parts of the countrv. It is a profession that requires a steady hand and a clear brain. Mr. Piers has traveled extensively, and he is a man o{ broad ideas. The fact that he is the chief of an important department of a big manufacturing company is a sure indication that he is thoroughly competent and trustworthy. Although he is not a native of Jeffersonville he has spent a large portion of his life here.

Thomas J. Piers was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of Joseph and (Gregory) Piers. His mother was the daughter of Smith Gregory, of Louisville, who was a prominent Mason, having been one of the organizers and the first worshipful master of Preston lodge. Free and Accepted ]\Iasons, one of the oldest and largest ?kIasonic lodges in Louisville. He was generally known as a man of most loveal^le character, being generous and charitable almost to a fault. It was while the subject was an infant that his parents removed to Jeffersmn-ille. He attended the public schools and procured a fair educatiiin. He entered tlie employment of the Jeffersonville car works and learned pattern-making'. From there he went to the drafting room of the Henry Voigt Macliine Compan}-. of Lonisville, and took up the study of mechanical engineering. Desiring a wider experience, he remained there l)Ut a year, going east, where he secured employment with different large manufacturing' concerns. He spent five or six rears in that section, on steam pump and gas engine work, and at the end of that time returned to Jeffersonville a proficient designer of machinery which knowledge is of great use to him in the position that he now occupies, as chief draftsman of the B. F. Axery & Sons Plow Cnmpany. of Louisville. Mr. Piers devoted about two years to locomotive work in the shops of th.e Louisville & Nashville Railroad, and also traveled for an electrical house of Dayton. Ohio. Since he has been in the employ of the Avery company he has jjroduced a nuniber of very creditable designs, and is looked upon as a \'alual)le man bv his emplovers. He retained his residence in Jeffersonville, except while on his eastern tour.

Mr. Piers is a member of Clark Lodge, No. 40, Free and Accepted Masons, Horeb Chapter. No. 66, Royal Arch Masons : Jeffersonville Commandery, No. 27, Knight"^ Templar, also Kosair Temple of the Mystic Shrine, of Louisville. Besides this he belongs to the Jeffersonville lodge of Elks, serving as exalted ruler in 1908 and 1909, and representing his lodge at the session of the Grand Lodge, held at Los Angeles in July, 1909. As an evidence of his popularity in the last named organization Iie has prior to being elected exalted ruler, filled all of the cliairs in the lodge. ^Ir. Piers is an unmarried nian, with pronounced social proclivities.

Captain Addison Barrett

Although he practically spent the years of his manhood in high official positions in the service of the government, with a small army of subordinates subject to his orders, Captain Barrett was the true type of a modest and unostentatious man. He believed in discipline, but ne^'er abused his power by resorting to tyranny in the discharge of the functions of his office, and when all that was mortal of him was laid to rest the men who had worked under him joined with his loved ones in passing eulogies upon his high character. He was a descendant of old Puritan ancestors, and from tliem inherited the qualities that form the foundation of a noble life. In his early youth he showed a desire to follow the varying fortunes of a soldier's career, and no sooner had he attained his majority than he entered the arniy.

Capt. Addison Barrett was born at Cambridgeport, Massachusetts, May 5, 1841, the son of Samuel and Ann Juliet (Eddy) Barrett. His mother was the daughter of Zachariah and Sally (Edson) Eddy, ^^"hen Captain Barrett was twenty-one years of age, August i6, 1862, he was appointed sergeant in the general service of the United States army in the War Department at Washington, D. C. He served in this capacity until April i, 1863, when he was made a civilian clerk in the office of the adjutant-general. On December 21, 1864, he was appointed captain and commissary of subsistence of the volunteers. United States army. Further honors came to him September 14, 1865, when he was breveted major of volunteers. This promotion came to him as a fitting reward for meritorious services. He was mustered out the following year. His next appointmjent was that of captain and military storekeeper in the quartermaster's department, this appointment being dated back to July 28, 1866. In August of that year he was married to Marion Harrison, daughter of Lieutenant W. M. Harrison, a native of Georgia. Six children were born to them, of whom four are living. Horace, the first born, died in early manhood ; Harold E. lives at Silver Hills, New Albany, and is married to Corene G. McNaughton ; they have two children, Margaret and Annelle ; Mr. Barrett is manager of the Henry Voigt Machine Company, of Louisville. Addison Barrett, Jr., married Minnie Howes, and upon his death had one child, Addison Barrett. Miss Marion married James H. Armstrong, who is connected with the Howard Ship Building Company, and they have one child, James Barrett Armstrong. Ernest H. Barrett married Annie Zimmerman, daughter of the Reverend Zimmerman, a German minister, and they are the parents of a daughter, Corene. Samuel Barrett an^ wife, whose maiden name was Ethel Pern,', have a daughter, Helen. Both Ernest and Samuel are residents of San Diegb, California.

In 1872 Mr. Barrett was ordered to take charge of the militan,' stores of the quartennaster's department at Jeffersonville, and during his twenty-two years' service in that office he distinguished himself by his industry, and the skill that he displayed in conducting the operations of the department. His long seiwice in itself is mute testimony to his competency. In July, 1891, Captain Barrett sustained a great affliction in the death of his wife. On December 26, 1893, he was united in marriage to Mrs. Anna Laura Ferguson, widow of Walter Ferguson, a son of the eminent jurist. Judge C. P. Ferguson, In 1894 the subject was ordered to San Francisco, where he filled the same office that he had occupied in Jefifersonville. Two years later he was stricken with a severe attack of pneumonia, and died at his residence in Almeda. The esteem in which he was held in Almeda is indicated by the following from the Almeda press :

"Captain Barrett was a man of such noble character and sterling worth that more than a passing notice seems necessary'. During his residence here he became greatly endeared to all with whom he came in contact, and displayed such qualities of mind and heart that his example will serve as an inspiration to a noble life and character, to those with whom he was associated.

The Presbyterian church will keenly feel the loss of so valuable a member. He held the office of elder, besides being a trustee, the only one who held both of these positions. As president of the Boys' Brigade, his influence and example have been of benefit to the boys and young men whom he has met e\'ery week for instruction and counsel. Those who knew him best say that a more perfect example of a Christian gentleman is seldom met with."

In Jef¥ersonville, where Mr. Barrett lived much longer than at Almeda, he was no less esteemed. He was for many years an elder in the church in that citv. In view of the character of the position that he held with the government, he studiously avoided any political entanglements. Plix'sically he was a fine specimen of vigorous manhood. He was much beloved by his associates, and took a kindly interest in bis fellow men, more than one human being owing his rescue from a debased life to Captain Barrett. He was intensely religious, but for a long time refused the office of elder, fearing that he was not worthv of the honor.

Jacob S. Smith

The family name of the subject is certainly very closely associated with the pioneer history of Utica township, Clark county, since not only he, but his father and mother were both products thereof, and helped blaze the way for future generations. Mr. Smith, like his father before him, has devoted his life to farming, and has had a very large degree of success, for fertility and productive capacity the land he tills being unexcelled in Clark county. He is wamily attached to the place of his nativety, having never lived anywhere else in his sixty years of life, with the exception of two years spent in Illinois,

The date of the birth of Jacob S. Smith was March 9, 1849. He is one of a family of twelve children, of whom only seven are living. Including the subject they are: Ezra L., Simon L., Mrs. Sarah Spaulding, Mrs. Mary Mc- Farland, Mrs. Susan Gant, and Mrs. Rebecca Worman. Both Mrs. Gant Mrs. Worman reside in Missouri, while Mrs. McFarland is a resident of Illinois.

The parents of these children were James and Mary (Swartz) Smith, natives of Utica township. The grandfather and grandmother of the subject also lived here. Mr. Smith secured a limited education in the township schools at the end of which time he took up farming, and that has been his avocation ever since. He was married February 14, 1877, to Belle Young, of Charlestown, Indiana, and four children were born to them, Daisv. Ruby, Arthur and Earl.

Jefferson township, which each year yields binintiful harvests. He is very progressive, and his place is fitted with many moilern appliances in the way of agricultural implements of the latest design. He is a member of but one secret order, the Knights of Pythias, and belongs to the Methodist church. He has always voted the Republican ticket, but does not give a great deal of attention to politics, as he is a very busy man. Any project contemplating the advancement of the interests of his locality finds in Mr. Smith a hearty supporter, and that accounts for his great popularity in that section of Clark county.

William Oscar Sweeney

From a father who was one of the most prominent figures in the business circles of Jefifersonville William Oscar Sweeney inherited those traits that mark the character of the man who attains success in a wordly way. One of the secrets of his success lies in the fact that he gives close personal attention to his affairs, instead of leaving it to the supervision of others, as many men engaged in his line are often wont to do.

The birth of Mr. Sweeney occurred at Greencastle. Indiana, in 1859, his parents being Patrick H. and Amelia J. (Lane) Sweeney, who, when W'illiam O. was fourteen years of age, moved to Jefifersonville. His father immediately upon arriving there engaged in the contracting business, doing considerable municipal work. In 1870 he began contracting on a large scale, erecting a number of public buildings. His first venture in that line was in Johnson count)^, Indiana, where he built the court-hcjuse. It was not long before he had attained a wide reputation, and he took his son into his employ as superintendent of construction on his various public works. They built jails, court-houses, asylums and school-houses all over the state, the Rose Polytechnic at Terre Haute being among the buildings they erected. When the State-house at Indianapolis was in the course of construction Patrick H. Sweeney acted as stone inspector. He built altogether thirty-two court-houses in Indiana, besides many others outside of the state. From 1870 until 1890 they moved about to different parts of the country, where they had contracts. During five years of that period William O. Sweeney was in the South supervising the construction of government boats. In the winter of 1889 he returned to Jeffersonville, and a year later, January 2, 1890, he married Hettie Miner, of Lewisville, Henry county, Indiana. She is the descendant of pious Quaker stock. One son was born to Mr. Sweeney and his wife, namely, Patrick H. Shortly after his marriage Mr. Sweeney and his father resumed street contracting at Jeffersonville, and were kept busy up to the time of the latter's death, in 1900. After this sad event William O. continued the con- tracting business alone, huililing- macadam streets, sewers, bridges and turnpikes. It is his theory that in the C(jntracting lousiness time is money, and tlierefore he wastes very few of the precious moments. He has the credit of doing some remari<ably quick work, ha\-ing Iniilt ten squares, fifty-six feet wide, of street in fifty-six days. He sumetimes employes three hundred men. \\'hen he was engaged in government work on the Ohio Falls he used two hundred and ninety teams. He has recontracts of streets that his father built many years ago, and has constructed the masonry for practically all the first class bridges in Clark county, besides having put in nearly all the sewers that have been built in Jefifersonville in the last few years.

On November i, 190S, Mr. Sweeney and T. J- Lintlley. and their sons, organized a corporation under the name of the W. O. Sweeney Company for the purpose of enlarging the scope of the business. Mr. Sweeney is president of the organization.

Mr. Sweeney is equipped with a good education. He attended the public schools, and graduated after a four years course at St. Joseph's College, Bardstown, Kentucky. He is a member of the Elks lodge.

Mr. Hartwell has reas(in to be proud of his ancestr)-, l)eing descended from a very old English family. He is the son of Samuel Adams and Charlotte (Meldrum) Hartwell. He was born at Louisville, Kentucky, August 28, 1850. Through the veins of the Hartwells flows the blood of William Hartwell, who came to America from England in 1636, and settletl at Concord, Massachusetts. Through his father's maternal line he is descended from Capt. Seth Walker, who took part in the battle of Bunker Hill, and also distinguished himself in- an engagement in the harbor of P(irtsmouth, between an American vessel and a British armed ship, in which his superior officer was killed by a cannon ball. Lieutenant Walker assumeil command, and conducted the engagement to a successful termination, although he was seriously injured. He retired with the rank of captain. Samuel Adams Hartwell was the son of Jonathan and Elizabeth B. ( Walker) Hartwell. His mother was the daughter of Capt. Seth Walker.

Mr. Hartwell attended the public schools of Louisville, and after completing a course there he attended an academy at Lake Forest, Illinois. Samuel Adams Hartwell was largel_\- interested in the Ohio Falls Car and Locomotive Company of Jet¥erson\-ille, and here in July, 1868, Richard M. secured empkiyment in a clerical capacity, taking up his residence in Jeffersonville a year later. So satisfactorily and faithfully did he perform his duties that in

September, 1876, he was made secretary and treasurer of the company. He continued in tliat capacity until he became imbued with a desire to go into business for himself. Filled with this determination he resigned after a term of service covering a period of eighteen years. In 1887 he purchased an interest in the firm of H. Verhoef. one of the largest finns of grain dealers in Louisville, with which he is still identified. Mr. Verhoef, senior member of this firm, owned the first elevator south of the Ohio river.

On September 9, 1873, Richard M. Hartwell was married to Bettie Heaton, of Jefi^ersonville. who was the daughter of Hiram ^^'. and Huldah (Howard) Heaton. The latter is the daughter of Thomas Jefferson Howard, a former well known citizen of Clark county, and a member of the Indiana Legislature in the early days when he rode to Indianapolis on horseback. Through her maternal grandmother ^Irs. Hartwell traces her ancestry back to Revolutionary stock. Her grandmother was Elizabeth Helmer, daughter of George Frederick Helmer, of Herkimer county, Xew York. His father. George Helmer, was of Dutch parentage, and was a lieutenant in Captain Small's company in a New York regiment, commanded by Col. Peter Bellinger.

The first child bom to Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Hartwell, Charlotte Amelia, died in infancy. They have two daughters and one son, all of whom are married, Clara Hartwell became the wife of J. Halbert Lewman, of Jefifersonville, while Mary M. is the wife of Harry Bowden Warren, and lives in Louisville. The son, William Crichton Hartwell, married ]\Iadelaine Dunlop, of Louisville, and they are residents of that city.

Walter Irwin

There is no question that in the death of Walter Irwin the city of Jeffersonville lost one of its most valued citizens. In a residence in this community covering a period of nearly twenty years, Mr. Irwin greatly endeared himself to all with whom he came in contact. One of the beautiful traits of his character was his de\'otion to home ties.

Walter Irwin was bom at New ^Market, twenty miles north of Toronto, Canada, in 1843. His father was Jared Invin, who was prominent in ofificial life in Canada, The fomier received a thorough education, graduating from the Toronto University in 1865. After finishing his education he went to Columbus, Indiana, taking a position of ticket agent at that point for the Pennsylvania Railroad, and his advancement through various departments was rapid until 1875, when he was made paymaster of the Hne. His next step in the way of promotion was to the office of cashier of the road, which position he held until the offices of the company were removed to Pittsburg. He then was made secretar}^ and treasurer of the Louisville Bridge Company, which is operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad. He held this important office for the remainder of his life. On October 20, 1880, he was married to Annie M. Howell, of Jeffersonville. She was the daughter of Martin Howell, a well known business man. Her mother's maiden name was Eleanor Pearson, her parents having settled in Jefifersonville in 1845. The father was a veiy highly respected man in his home city. Mr. and Mrs. Irwin, who had no children of their own, adopted four little ones, who were the children of the latter's brother, and treated them with the most tender afifection. Two of them died in early childhood. The survivors are Annie Marshall Irwin and William Robert Irwin.

\\'hen quite a young man Mr. Irwin became a member of the Masonic lodge, and he always took an active interest in its afifairs. He belonged to the Presbyterian church, of which his parents before him were members. There were few men who had a greater love for their home and famJly. They held a place in his heart high above all other interests, being practically his world.

Death came to Walter Irwin February 15, 1899. Physically he was a man of handsome presence. His passing recalled no memories of an unpleasant nature, for his life had been honorable. He was descended from the Scotch Covenanters, who were driven into Ireland by religious persecution, and he had many of the traits of those fearless men and women. Despite his dignity he was possessed of a most sunny and genial disposition that seemed to make itself felt wherever he went.

Theodore S. Jennings. M. D.

In the noble profession that he has followed for more than two decades Doctor Jennings has done much toward alleviating the ills and suffering of his fellow men. and consequently holds a high place among the medical practitioners of the city of Louisville. Kentucky. Although his practice is confined to that city he retains his residence in Clark county, where, because of his many sterling qualities and his genial and kindly disposition he is greatly esteemed. The early years of Doctor Jennings" life were spent in mercantile pursuits, but his paramount desire was to become a physician, and that he was peculiarly adapted for that profession is apparent from the success that has attended his eft'orts. The city of Greencastle. Indiana, was his birthplace, and the date thereof. June 7. 1850. He was the son of Theodore C.

Jennings, wlio first started the Cataract Flouring and Wimlen Mills in Owen county. When seventeen years of age he left home with the intention of making his own way in the world. He came to Utica and secured a clerical position in the establishment of Theodore Rose, who was then the leading merchant of the little town. It was a busy place in those days, owing to the fact that a large force of men were employed in the quarries, getting stone for the big bridge being built by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Later he spent four years at the Indiana State University, at Bloomington. In the year of 1872 he returned to Utica, and purchased the establishment of his former emplover, continuing in this business until 1875. In 1876 he opened the first drug store in Utica, and remained there until 1881, when he sold out and went to Jeffersonville. He took charge of the drug store of Lewman Brothers, in that cit\% and was manager thereof until October, 1884. During that vear he removed to Louisville and attended medical college, graduating with high honors February 25, 1887. He has engaged in the practice of medicine in that city ever since, with remarkable success.

On Xovember 26, 1872, Dr. Theodore S. Jennings marrieil Maggie Summers, daughter of Charles Summers, who was, at that time, a well known lime burner at Utica. She tlied May 25, 1880, having become the mother of three children, Annie, James and Maggie. Doctor Jennings remained a widower until October 11, 1883, when he wedded ]\Iaud Fogle, of Penick. Kentucky. Three children were the fruit of this marriage, Xellie, Robert anil A\"illiam. Robert died in January, 1908.