Clark County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1909 (part 8 of 15)

Doctor Jennings is a member of the Masonic lodge at Louisville, and also of the Odd Fellows at Utica. He still has a warm spot in his heart for Utica, the place where he first entered upon the battle of life, and that is why he still retains his membership in the lodges at that place. He is an active member of the Ch.ristian church, and during his residence at Utica was superintendent of the Sunday school, also being at the head of the Christian Sunday School Association of Clark and Floyd counties.

Doctor Jennings has a most sympathetic nature and many unostentatious acts of charity may be placed to his credit. A little incident that thniws light on his high character is related of him. While engaged in the drug business at L'tica, he, like other pharmacists of that time, sold licjuor along with other drugs. One night a crowd of well known young men of the community purchased a cjuantity of whisky for consumption on a fishing trip. Some time after they had departed with the intoxicants the doctor's conscience began to trouble him, and late in the night he arose from a sleepless couch, and walking through the darkness two miles to where the party had pitched their tent, he refunded the amount of the purchase and compelled them to return the whiskv.

John F. Crum

Tlie family of this name originated in North Carohna, but by migration became identified with Clari< county, Indiana, in 1802. The first arrival was Mathias Crum, who, after tarrying a while in Kentucky, decided to cross the river for permanent residence. He brought with him a son. then only one year old, and a native of Kentucky, who grew up to be William Spangler Crum, and a farmer of some local pmnfinence. His mother's maiden name was Margaret Spangler, sister of David Spangler, grandfather of the gentleman of the same name whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume. William S. left a son named Andrew Jackson Cnnn, who married Mary E., sister of Abram Fry, whose sketch is given on another page. By this union there were eight children, five sons and three daughters, Oscar, Fannie (deceased) ; Sallie, wife of T. D. Jacobs, who died April 10, 1897; William A., John F., Abram L., Benjamin O., and Olive B., who married C. W. Baird.

John F. Crum, fifth m the above list, was born near Prather, in Clark county, Indiana, June 7, 1865. He grew up on his father's farm, attended the Charlestown high school and Central Nomial College, later completing a course in surveying and civil engineering. He had a natural talent for these studies and was a graduate with honors, January 12, 1886. After completing his education Mr. Crum took charge of a farm recently tought by his father a short distance east of New Chapel church. Mr. Crum now owns the one hundred and ten acres on which he resides, south of Watson, and two hundred and thirty-six acres on Silver creek, near Straw's mills, in Utica township. In 1894 and again in 1896 Mr. Crum was elected Surveyor of Clark county, being the only Republican ever so honored. He is well educated, progressive, public-spirited and hospitable. He is a member of the Farmers' Institute No. I, composed of the progressive agriculturists of his community.

On October 23, 1889, Mr. Crum was married to Paulina, daughter of WVatt E. Willey, whose sketch appears elsewhere. They have the following children : Elsie, Andrew Jackson, Wyatt Willey, Nelson and Harold.

Benjamin Oreo Crum, brother of John F., was born in Utica township, Clark county, Indiana, May 17, 1869. He remained on the home place until eighteen years old and then went to Jeffersonville to work in the Gathright flouring mill at the Falls of the Ohio. Some two and a half years later he returned to the home neighborhood. Previous to this experience he had educated himself in the high school at Charlestown and normal at Mitchell, taking a course in commercial work on the side. In 1904 Mr. Crum bought the Fox farm near Watson and some four years later removed his family to that place for permanent residence. He owns one hundred and ninety-five acres of good farming land, on which is a neat residence and necessaiy out buildings. He is a member of the Odd Fellows and the Union Chapel ^lethodist Episcopal church. On January 4, 1891, Mr. Crum married Clara, daughter of John and Cjmthia E. Peden. The former was a son of Joseph Peden, a prominent man at Memphis, where he ran a mill. He was a Quaker and lived to the remarkable age of ninety-four years. To Mr. and Mrs. Crum four children have been born : Alma Ruth, the eldest, died when two years old : the others are Oren Talmage, Dexter Huber, and Lucy Lorene. The mother, who was lioni January 17. 1867, died July 7. 1908.

Theodore J. Kiger

The family of this name is of German origin and has been identified with various states of the Union for more than a hundred years. Joseph Kiger. the emigrant founder, was a native of Germany and emigrated tO' this countrv before 1800. Settling in Kentucky he was there married to Alaria Barbara, daughter of Adam Calfhead and some years later determined to try his fortunes in Indiana. Crossing the Ohio ri\er he eventually landed in Clark county, where he entered land in the northern- part of Utica township. His son. John F. R. Kiger, inherited the estate and lived on his farm during his whole life, eventually dying peacefully on his homestead, north of Prather. In early manhood he married Rebecca, daughter of \\'illiam S. Crum, and sister of A. J. Crum. (Further particulars of this family will be found in the sketch of John Crum.) By this union there were seven children, of whom those living are as follows : James Marion, Joseph William. John Franklin: Anna, now Mrs. Anderson, and the subject of this sketch.

Theodore Kiger, youngest of this family, was bom near Prather. in Clark county, Indiana, in 1870. He owns about seventy acres of farming land, nearly all of which is under cultivation. Mr. Kiger's specialty is the breedmg of Jersey cattle and he takes great pride in his herd, all of which is registered stock. The fine butter made by his wife from the milk of these cows enjoys a great local reputation and much of it is sold in the nearby markets.

Mr. Kiger is hospitable at his home and loves to talk of current events, on which he keeps well informed. He is also able to impart much information about farming, especially the best methods of breeding and feeding live stock. The family are members of the ^Methodist Episcopal church, and much esteemed by their neighbors. E. O. Kiger, son of Joseph William Kiger, lives nearby with his mother. J. D. Kiger, who lives three and a half miles northeast of Charlestown. is a son of James Davis Kiger and grandson of Joseph, the first of the family who came from Germany. The connection possesses all the characteristics that cause the Germans to be so highly esteemed as citizens in this country. Frugality, intelligence in conducting their business and socialiilit}' with friends and neighb;:)rs are the good quahties seldom found lacking in the German-American citizen, whether he be on a farm, in a store, a restaurant, hotel-keeper or baker.

James Edgar Brown

Jonas Warren Brown, the founder of the family of this name in Clark county, was a native of Ohio and came to Indiana during the second quarter of the last century. He married Elvira Ann, daughter of James Collins, of Charlestown, and to this union we are indebted for the popular citizen whose life and career constitute the subject of this sketch. James Edward Brown was born near Charlestov.n, Clark county, Indiana, July i, 1848. Having lost his mother by death when four years old, he was taken in charge by Mrs. Sarah J. W. Sullivan, a maternal aunt, who reared him with tenderness and affection until he reached manhood's estate. This aunt was originally MisS Collins, who married Daniel McDonald, and after his death became the wife of a minister named Sullivan. James Edgar Brown was reared on the farm where he now lives and which he owns by inheritance and in youth went through the usual educational experiences of the district schools. Later he entered as a pupil in old Asbury, now DePauw University, at Greencastle, and remained there long enough to acquire a fair college education. After leaving college he engaged in farming and has devoted his whole life to agricultural pursuits. He is a Methodist and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

On March 3, 1870, Mr. Brown was married to Clara M. Bennett, a descendant of one of the old and highly respected pioneer families. Her father, Joshua Selvey Bennett, was born in Clark county, Indiana, of North Carolina parentage, married Indiana Davis, and was the chief factor in building the village of Prather, which was named after its first postmaster. To. Mr. and Mrs. Brown four children have been born, two sons and two daughters, all of whom are living, and well settled in life. Emmons Warren Brown, the eldest, removed to Boise, Idaho, w^here he married Edith Ellis, daughter of a prominent banker of that place. Four children have been born to them : George, Olive, Arnett, and Jonas, the latter deceased. Daisy W., the eldest daughter of James Edgar Brown, is the wife of W^innie C. Lewman, a contractor, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume. Samuel Edward Brown, the third child, still makes his home with his parents. Bessie Ann Brown, the youngest, was married August 5, 1903, to S. J. Swartz, who was for many years in the undertaking business at Jef^ersonville. The latter first married a Miss Conway, who died November 24, 1901, leaving two children, Bessie Alberta and Ralph C. The founders of this family were John and Elizaheth (Oldweiler) Swartz, who were horn in Germany before tlie American Revolution, and after coming to this country first settled in Pennsylvania, whence they removed to Indiana about the beginning of the nineteenth century. They located in Clark cnunty on a farm situated in Utica township and became leaders in founding the Xew Chapel Methodist Episcopal church, which is now the oldest existing congregation in Indiana Methodism. Jacob Swartz, son of this pioneer couple, was the father of Thomas J. and A. A. Swartz, the latter a well known banker of Jeffersonville. Thomas J. married Eleanor Lentz and their son became the husband of Bessie Brown, as recorded above. S. J. Swartz, like his ancestors before him for several generations, is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and also holds membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Masons. Knights of Pvthias and ^Modern \\'oodmen.

Emery Sylvester

Indiana was still a territory covered all over with virgin forest when Purdue Sylvester left Wilmington, Delaware, to seek a new home in the western wildemess. Following the usual route across the mountains and down the Ohio river, he eventually landed in Clark county, which at that time ]M-esented few attractions for the agriculturist. He entered a large tract of land in Jefifersonville township on what subsequently became known as the Hamburg Pike, and here he went through all the rugged experiences incident to pioneer life in that early day. He married Rachael Scott, whose parents moved in among the first settlers, and owned land on the Middle Road in Utica township. Emery Sylvester, a child by this union, was born on the paternal farm, about four miles north of Jeffersonville, January it, 18 16, which was the year of the state's admission into the Union. He worked on the farm as he grew up but had poor opportunities for education, as schools at that time were few and far between. However, he learned all about farmine, as it was carried on in those davs, acciuired industrious habits, and came to know the value of work as an element of success in life. He remained with his parents until the eighteenth year of his age when in language of the country, he "struck out for himself." Going up to Jeffersonville he learned the plasterer's trade and followed it for a livelihood for a few years, after which he returned to the farm and continued in agricultural pursuits during the rest of his life. Though he never sought office, his neighbors insisted on electing hnu a justice of the Peace and he discharged his official duties so well that he was kept in the same position for twent)- years. He was a good citizen who led a quiet, unobtrusive life, [laid his debts and enjoyed general esteem in the C( immunity where he resided. He died March 3. 1885. without an eneni}" in the world, anrl with a consciousness in his last hours that he had done his duty in all the relations of lite. In 1839 when twenty-three vears old, ^Ir. Sylvester married Caroline INIcClintock, member of one of the old, esteemed pioneer families of the county. Her grandfather, John McClintock, came fnim Ireland, when twelve years of age accompanied by two brothers, one of whom, named Samuel, settled near the Charlestown Pike, north of JetTersonville. John prospered after reaching manhood, and when he died was the owner of se\-eral hundred acres of farm land in Jeffersonville township. He left a son. known as John McClintock. Jr., who in 1809 married I\Iary Provine, a nati\-e of Tennessee, and became one of the county's substantial citizens. He owned a large farm, five miles north of Jefferson\-ille. on the road that runs from Utica township west to Blackstone's mill, near Cementville. It was his daughter who became the wife of Emery Sylvester and shared his joys as well as his sorrows, for nearly fifty years. She survived him about four years and passed away March 8. i88g. Six children were born of this union : Mary. Charlotte, Caroline. Emery. John and Commodore C. The last named died in childhood, and both of the other sons passed away in their twentieth years. The three daughters own the home place, consisting of two hundred and fifteen acres of land and have made their residence there since the death of their mother. The Sylvesters and McClintocks being among the earliest settlers, have been known in Clark county for over a hundred years, and no families have enjoyed greater esteem. One of the proud recollections cherished by the latest generation of Sylvesters is that the grandfather, John McClintock, Jr.. was a soldier with Gen. \\'il]iam Heniy Harrison at the celebrated battle of Tippecanoe.

William W. Smith

This family is of English origin and has had representatives in the United States for fully seventy years. Edward Smith came from England in 1840 and settled near INIemphis. \\"ith him was a son named Christopher, who on reaching maturity married Sarah, daughter of John Dietz, a soldier in the \\'ar of 1812. William W. Smith was a child by this union, and was born near Sellersburg, Clark county, in 1844. He remained on his father's farm until 1862, when he enlisted in Company .\. Eighty-fourth Regiment. Indiana Volunteer Infantry, which afterwards became a part of the Armv of the Cumberland. With his command he participated in the battle of Stone River, Chickamauga, Franklin, Xashville. Dallas, Georgia, and Resaca. besides many minor engagements. After his muster out, June 15. 1865. he returned to Sellersburg and engaged in farming, which he lias followed continuously until the present day. He has owned three farms, but disposed of all except one in Charleston township, and the one on which he resides in Utica township. His house deserves especial mention as one of the historic relics of the county and a curious reminder of pioneer days. It is a two-story brick, looking rather modern to the casual passer, but dating from 181 5, when it was erected by a man named Bowen. The rooms are imusually large and the wide fireplace with a crane is surmounted by a mantel nearly ten feet long. An old "Dutch oven" of ancient pattern, recalls the cooking devices of our great-grandmothers. About a mile north of Mr. Smith's place stood an old cabin, which was for a long time known as the last house from the river until the traveler reached Vincennes.

In 1867 Mr. Smith married Nancy Ann Bottorfif. whose genealogy^ is presented in the biography of her brother, Moses E. Bottorff, in this volume. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Smith, seven in number, are thus recorded in the family archives: Elmer D., a baker, at Riverside, California, is married and has four children; Lewis C. is a resident of New Albany; Christopher C. is a dentist at Riverside, California; Katie is the wife of Wallace Jacobs, has four children and resides on the Utica and Salem road; Jason C, next to the youngest, is unmarried; Nellie R., wife of Howard Fry, has one child, and resides at Port Fulton. One of the seven children of ^Ir. Smith died at an early age. The mother dying in 1901 Mr. Smith was married in 1904 to Julia A., daughter of Samuel and Susan (Beadels) Bottorfif. She is a granddaughter of Henry Bottorfif, a native of Germany, who founded the family of that name in Clark county. Mr. Smith is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and of the Methodist church, to which his wife also belongs.

Moses E. Bottorff

The family of this name is one of the oldest and most respected in Clark county, with which its members have been connected during the vicissitudes of a century. Henry Bottorfif, the founder, born in Germany, December 3, 1780, came to the United States before 1810. He owned a grist mill on Muddy Fork, where the Speed's Cement mill now stands, and which after his death in 1859, was continued by his sons, Samuel and Lewis. The latter was born in 1810 and became a w-ell known figure during his long and active life, which came to a close October 19, 1896. For some years he was engaged in the milling business, but afterwards ran flatboats down to New Orleans, selling cider and other farm products. Subsequently he abandoned this for farming and to this substantial occupation he devoted all of his later years. On July 16,

1842, he married Mary C. Congleton. by wliom he had six children : iNIarietta, Nancy Ann, wife of \\'ilhani Smith ; Peter, who died October 17, 1885 ; Irene R., wife of James W'ier, justice of the Peace at Sellersburg for thirty-five years; Lewis, who married Emma Kramer, resides at Speed. Moses E. Bottorff, the youngest child, was born on his father's farm in Charlestown township, Clark county, Indiana, in 1856, and remained under the parental roof until about twenty-two years old. On October 24, 1878, he married Amanda, daughter of John and Erthusa (Carr) Hill. The latter was a niece of Col. Joseph Carr, who was a colonel under General Harrison at the battle of Tippecanoe. Mr. and Mrs. BottorfT have five children : Elbert, v.dio married Clara Pass, lives on his father's farm in Charlestown township ; Lulu ; Myrtle Irene, who married Charles M. Sage, son of County Assessor, Erasmus T. Sage ; and James L., an unusually promising young man. He was appointed by Governor Hanly, Justice of the Peace, when only a little over twenty-one years old, and is entering on the practice nf law and holds the position of telegraph operator on the Louisville branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway, at Watson. Clarence C, the youngest son, is still at home with his parents. By a previous marriage of his father Mr. Bottorff has several half brothers and sisters. These were James, George, and Sarah Catherine, wife of Dr. Joseph ilcCormick. James was a soldier under Grant and present when the terms for surrendering Vicksburg were being arranged by the two commanding generals. Among the interesting landmarks in this. neighborhood is a stone house now owned by Calvin Bottorff, built in 1817, out of material of a still earlier structure, on a site about a quarter of a mile away. A short distance west is another stone house, said to have been built in 1800 by Ephraim Arnold, and sold by him later to a Scotchman named Purdy. There is a tradition that it was erected as a refuge from the Indians and wild beasts in the pioneer period and that at one time it sheltered sixteen families. Mrs. Rachael Bowen, of Charlestown, who is authority on things relating to the old days, talks interestingly concerning old houses and the people who occupied them in the distant past.

Thomas Doudex Jacobs

The reader of Clark county history will often find the names of Prather, Lentz and Jacobs and closer inspection in the biographical branch will disclose the fact that these families, by intermarriages for several generations, have left descendants that constitute some of the best citizenship of the various townships. Thus we find that Eliphalet Douden Jacobs married Catherine, daughter of Thomas W. and Elizabeth ( Lentz) Prather and all these recall names familiar in the pioneer period. Thomas Douden Jacobs, a son by this union, was born at Jeffersonville. Clark county. Indiana, March 29, 1857. \\ hen he was three years old his parents removed to their farm three miles from Jeftersonville on the Plank Road. After a residence there of eleven years, they changed locations by moving to the old Thomas W. Prather fanu, between \\'atsiin and Utica. which was the homestead of Air. Jacobs' mother. He remained there until Alarch 10, 1880, when he married Belle, daughter of Til ford Prather. The latter was a son of Samuel and grandson of Basil Prather, founder of the family in Clark county. Clarence Newton Jacobs, the only fruit of this union, married Bertha, daughter of Edwin LaDuke. of Utica township, and is a resident of Port Fulton. His mother died October 9, 1889. After his marriage in 1880, JNIr. Jacobs moved to the farm in Utica township now occupied by Isaac Jacobs. In December, 1890, he married Sallie, daughter of A. J. Crum. who lives in Utica township on the Charlestown Pike. Of the three children by this second marriage only one is living, her name being Minnie Olixe. The mother died April 10, 1897, and after this bereavement, Mr. Jacobs sold his farm above mentioned and built a residence on the other place at the crossing of the Plank and Sellersburg, Utica roads. This farm consists of one hundred and sixty -one acres of good soil which Mr. Jacobs has cultivated carefully and kept in excellent condition in e\"ery respect. The house is large and home-like, well furnished and possessing all the modern conveniences for comfort.

On September 20, 1898, Mr. Jacobs married Ethel, daughter of Abram Fry, of Utica township, a sketch of whose family appears elsewhere in this volume. Of their four children, one named Alary died in infancy, the others being Margaret, Elizabeth and Virginia. Air. and Mrs. Jacobs are members of the New Chapel Methodist church, and also belong to Farmers' Institute No. I, in Utica township. Mr. Jacobs is regarded as one of the county's progressive farmers and his heme is the abode of hospitality and cheerful greeting to friends.

Jefferson And David L. Prather

The family of this name has been identified with Clark county for more than a hundred years and borne a conspicuous part in its development. Devoted chiefly to farming, its members have found time for other activities and the countv histor)' will show them always ready to bear their full share of responsibilities in the civil, religious and political activities of their respective communities. Basiljr'ratjier, the founder of the family, came to the county about the beginning of the last century and was one of the sturdy old pioneers who left their impress upon this section of Southern Indiana during the formati\-e period of the state. He was one of the founders of New Chapel church.

the second ]\Iethodist meeting house estabhshed in Indiana and the oldest existing reHg'icus society in the state. He left a son who became well known in after life as Judge SaiBuelJ^rather, in his time one of the county's most substantial citizens. He married a Miss Holman, by whom he had a son named Sion, the latter married Catherine, daughter of David Lutz, who came from North Carolina before the year 1800. His father, Henry Lutz, a native of Germany, found his way north to the then Indiana Territory and established a home in the wild woods of Clark county, subsequently known as Charlestown township. A fuller sketch of this early pioneer appears on another page of this volume. Sion and Catherine (Lutz) Prather were the parents of four children: Jefferson, David. Alvin and Tilford. Alvin joined the Union army in the Civil war and was killed at the battle of Stone River. Tilford reached maturity, married Indiana Bennett and died in 1907. leaving one child.

Jefferson Prather, the third in order of birth of these four children, was born on the paternal farm in L'tica township, Clark county. Indiana, in 1840. In 1865 he married Annie, daughter of William and Mary (Hikes) Gibson, who came from Kentucky to Clark county in what the historians call an "early da}'." Mrs. Prather died September 26. 1906. after becoming the mother of two sons. Rolla and Morris : Rolla removed to California some years ago and settled in Fresno county, where he has a family consisting of a wife and four children. Morris was married in the fall of 1908 to a Missouri lady and makes his home with his parents. Mr. Prather's farm consists of one hundred and eighteen acres, a part of the old homestead which fell to him after his father's death. David L. Prather. his younger brother, was born in 1844, and remained on the home place until his marriage to Rebecca, daughter of John Glossbrenner, one of the early pioneers of L^tica township, now a resident of Jeffersonville. By this union there were seven children. Jesse R. married Hattie Pass, and lives with his uncle Jefferson. Elmer, Durward and Herbert still remain with their parents. Royd Alvin died December 17, 1908.

Mr. Prather was elected County Commissioner on the Democratic ticket in 1892. and made an excellent official during his term of service. At his father's death the north part of the old homestead, consisting of seventy-four acres, and the residence fell to his share and here he has since lived the simple and wholesome life that comes from agricultural pursuits. He and his brother Jefferson are members of the Cement Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Aside from its value as farmland, the old Prather homestead, now occupied by these worthy brothers, is of interest to archjeologists. The ground is thickly strewn with Indian arrowheads and other relics of the red men, skeletons having been found which are known to have belonged to the original occupants of this part of Indiana. Still earlier and more interesting relics are remains of the Mound builders, going back to pre-historic times. Three mounds, with indications of a fourth have been found on the Prather place.

They are arranged in a semi-circle, connected by a strip of black earth overlying the natural soil. Two burial mounds yielded potsherds, stone-pipes, boneneedles, pestles, axes, a color cup and stone from which red color was made, spear and arrow heads in great variety, besides skeletons of this vanished race, lying on a quantity of charcoal.

The family of this name in Clark county is of German origin. Peter Deibel, a native of Germany, emigrated from that country in the early forties, and, after spending a few years in Kentucky, crossed the Ohio river into Indiana. Early in the fifties he bought the first farm west of New Chapel church. He married IMagdalene Foreman, also a native of Germany, who came to this county about the time of his own arrival. Eight children were bom to them, of whom the five living are Henry, William H., Mary, wife of George Edward Crum, of Jeft'ersonville ; Katie, wife of George Sweeney, of the same city; Christina, wife of G. N. Prather, a resident of Johnson county, Indiana; John, died aged six years; ^linnie. wife of William Miller, died in Oldham county. Kentucky, leaving three children ; Peter died in Jeffersonville. leaving three children, Rudolph, Peter and Isabelle. . William H. Deibel, the fifth child of his parents, was born on his father's farm in Clark county, Indiana, December 24, 1862. He attended the public schools in his neighborhood and after reaching manhood became a farmer. He owns a place of fifty-one acres of the good farming land of Utica township, wdiere the soil is underlaid with limestone. He is enterprising as a manager, up-todate in his methods and aims to keep well informed in matters pertaining to agriculture. His home is the abode of hospitality and all who call either on business or pleasure are given a cheerful greeting. He joined the Masonic Order in 1896, and is also a member of the Odd Fellows and Modem Woodmen. On April 21, 1897, Mr. Deibel married Paulena, daughter of Charles and Mary (Fichter) Holzbog, of DuBois county, Indiana. They have three children : Marie Paulena, Lulu Loretta and Charles William. The family are members of the New Chapel Methodist Episcopal church and enjoy excellent standing in the community.

Henry Deibel, eldest son of Peter and Magdalena (Foreman) Deibel, was born on his father's farm in Clark county, Indiana, in 1854. As he grew up he attended the schools of his neighborhood and also those of Jei^ersonville. While a young man he spent a couple of years in Illinois, and then returned to Jeffersonville to take a job at the car works, where he remained about one year. On December 25, 1885, i\Ir. Deibel was married to Mary, daughter nf Michael and Alary ( Kansinger) Dietrich, the former one of the pioneers of tlie county and a resident of the community about four miles north oi Jeffersonville. Mr. and Mrs. Deibel are the parents of the following children : Otis married and settled at Franklin. Indiana, and has two children; Ida ]May, wife of James Stanforth, resides in Jeffersonville: ^^latilda married Rufus Rogers, of Jeffersonville, and has one daughter: Lora, also lives at the county seat, while \\'illiam, Magdalene, Eva Lee, Henrietta, Buford. Bertha and Louisa, are all at home with their parents. After his marriage Mr. Deibel lived two years on the old Falker farm, but in the fall of 1887 purchased thirty-three acres of land on the Plank Road, about five miles out from Jeffersonville, where he has since made his residence. Recently he bought the old \\'ormald tract of fifty-seven acres, adjoining his home place, and is comfortably fixed for farming on a large scale. Mr. and ]\Irs. Deibel are members of the Lutheran church at Jeffersonville, and he belongs to the Odd Fellows and Modern Woodmen.

Though Scotland has contributed much valuable material to the citizenship of America, she has sent o\er few worthier families than the Dunbars. The "Head of the House," as the term is used in old Scotia, was William Dunbar, who was born in 1806 and reared a family of lusty sons, destined at a later day to make their marks in the LInited States. John was born in Scotland in 1830, James in 1846 and William in 1848. John reached the United States in 1852, and five years later was joined by the family. Coming to New Albany, Indiana, about 1854, John Dunbar became .superintendent of the gas works, which position he held until his death, in 1870. In 1854 he returned to Scotland and married Margaret Whitson, liringing his bride to New Albany, where they made their home. Of their nine children five died in early childhood, the four still living being James W., Mrs. George \\'. Robb, Alexander and Lundy. James \\'. is superintendent of the gas department of the LTnited Gas and Electric Company of New Albany and Jeft'ersonville. He married Nannie, daughter of Morris McDonald, and is a resident of New Albany. Mrs. Robb was formerly the wife of Professor Borden, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume. Alexander and Lundy are both citizens of Indianapolis. William Dunbar, uncle of these children and one of the three brothers who came to this countn,' in the fifties, now a resident of California, was the father of Horace Dunbar, well known as a lawyer in Jeffersonville and now mining editor of the Salt Lake Tribune. James Dunbar, the second of the emigrant brothers, died without marrving. Though the Dunbars are rather of Floyd than Clark county, their business connections and social relations have brought them in touch with the affairs of both counties and made them well known throughout Southern Indiana. All of them developed an aptitude for business in the prosecution of which they displayed the Scotch skill, application and industry which are the chief factors in gaining success in any calling.

Floyd T. Redding

The family of this name is of Kentucky origin and its members have long' been identified with the farming interests of Clark county, though not figuring in public life, but pursuing the even tenor of their way, they have borne their full share of the burdens and responsibilities of developing the county and giving it its high standing in the state. John Redding, founder of the family in Clark county, was a native of Oldham county, Kentucky, but crossed the river in early manhood in search of an opportunity to better his fortunes. Securing employment with Abram Fry, he worked for him several years as a farm hand and during that time a romance such as we read about in the stoiy books, developed and had an important influence over his subsequent life. The yellow fever plague which devastated New Orleans shortly after the Civil war was of widespread damage to thousands of families and many persons came north to escape its fatal effects. Among those stricken was a family named McDonald, and as a result of the death of her parents, little Mary was left an orphan of tender years. Abram Fry knew them, and out of sympathy adopted this child, who in time became a permanent member of his household. As she grew up she became a good friend of John Redding; this friendship ripened into love and in due time they were married. Of the four children resulting from this union three are living: Emma is the wife of J. Ellis Potter, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this volume ; Ella L., another daughter, makes her home with her brother, who is the subject of this sketch. The father died in January, 1877, and the mother in Februar\% 1900.

Floyd J. Redding, the only surviving son, was born on his father's farm on the Plank Road, three miles from Jefifersonville, Indiana, July 22, 1874. He was but a little over two years old when he lost his father, but enjoyed the care of an affectionate mother until he reached manhood's estate. On March 11, 1903, he was married to Nellie, daughter of Edwin and Lauara (Swartz) Dunn, of Utica. Mrs. Redding's mother was a daughter of Franklin Swartz, whose father was the John Swartz that became so well known as a leader in the establishing of the New Chapel Methodist church in pioneer days. The Dunns have been well known residents of Utica tcnvnship for many years. Air. and Airs. Redding have two children, Ruth Alene and John Edwin. The family, like their ancestors before them for many decades, are members of the New Chapel church, which since the early settlement of the county has been one of the bulwarks of Alelhodism. Air. Redding is a quiet, unassuming man of frugal and industrious habits who enjoys the esteem of all his neighbors.

Jacob H. Gibson

It was while Kentucky was earning its name as the "Dark and Bloody Ground," that William Alac Gibson came in from Winchester, Virginia, and cast his lot with the western wilderness. He located in Nelson county, some thirty-five miles south of Louisville, in 1792, and there reared his family. His son, who was given the same name as himself, was b<irn at Bardstown, in 1810, and when seventeen years old he began teaching school on the pike about five miles from Louisville. In that neighborhood was a family whose members figured conspicuously in the early history of the locality. George Hikes, its founder, came from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1790, and settled at Gilman's Point, two miles from Louisville, wdien the latter was a village of log" cabins, and he became the owner of twelve hundred acres of land. He' had six children and left each of them two hundred acres, which eventually increased into landed estates of great extent and value. Jacob Hikes, one of the sons, was a child wdien his father moved in and after growing up, in connection with his brother, established large nurseries near Louisville. He owned hundreds of acres of land and many slaves, wdiich he freed and sent to Liberia, paying all their expenses and enough besides to support them for a year. Five hundred acres of his land was located near Charlestown, in Clark county, Indiana, and another tract of two hundred and fifty acres was situated near Alitchell. He also owned a fuller mill, a distillery on the Bear Grass creek and held ten thousand dollars" worth of stock in the Bardstown Pike Company. He made the first writing paper that was made in Louisville and altog'ether was one of the most important men in Northern Kentucky during the days of his activity. He married a daughter of Frederick Geiger, who was with General Harrison at the battle of Tippecanoe and received a slug bullet in his body which he carried to his dying day. John, a brother of Jacob Hikes, v.as also in this battle though he seems to have escaped without injury. While William AL Gibson was teaching in the neighborhood, he became accjuainted with Alary L. Hikes, a daughter of Jacob, to whom he was subsequently married, and to this union we are indebted for the subject of our sketch.

Jacob H. Gibson was born in 1841. on his father's farm four miles south of Charlestown, Indiana. His rearing and schooHng did not differ materially from the average country boy of that day. his training being such as to fit him for agricultural pursuits. The Civil war broke out when he was about twenty years old and being patriotic in impulse and filled with youth's natural ardor he was anxious to become a soldier in the army that was to fight for the restoration of the Union. With this end in view he enlisted in Company D, Fourth Regiment. Indiana Cavalry, and with his command became a part of the forces engaged in the great task of re-opening the Mississippi. The Fourth Regiment sen'ed under Wilson, Rosecrans and Thomas, took part in the campaigning from Chattanooga to Atlanta and later joined the great march to the sea under Sherman, winding up at jMacon, Georgia. Being discharged in July, 1865, Mr. Gibson returned to the old homestead to receive the plaudits of his friends and relatives. He engaged in farming, has met with success and at present owns one hundred acres of land, on which is located a comfortable farm home, surrounded by all that a reasonable man can desire.

In December, 1869, Mr. Gibson married Sallie, daughter of Adam and Mary (Lutz) Howard, representatives of old pioneer families. Her grandfather, George Howard, came to Kentucky in the latter part of the eighteenth century and as early as 1800 owned a flouring and saw mill at Fisherville. About the year 1832 he located in Charlestown township. Clark county, Indiana, where he owned a square mile of land. The Lutz family, from which Mrs. Gibson was descended on her mother's side, came from North Carolina about 1801 and were people of cnnse(|uence in their day. Mr. and Mrs. Gibson have two children, Mrs. Stella Dettmer and Mrs. Carrie Lawrence, the latter a resident of Utica township, south of Watson.

John Henry Goedeker

This representati\-e farmer lives in section 19, within a distance of six miles of Borden, Clark county. He has already reached his sixty-third year and his life ston,' tells of a career unremittingly spent in r.n effort to bring about the success which justly rewards his later years. His married life has brought him a large family, the greater portion of whom he has the pleasure of seeing prosperously settled in good circumstances. An early life not without its quota of vicissitudes and set-backs of a minor nature, from the experience of which he profited, enables him to appreciate the present years of tranquillity.

township, being- the son of John H. and IMary K. ( Richter) Goedeker. Both parents were natives of Hanover, Germany. John H. Goedeker, senior, came to America in the early thirties of the previous century He sojourned in Baltimore, Maryland : Cincinnati, Ohio, and Lexington, Kentucky. His marriage is supposed to have taken place in Cincinnati, and he ultimately settled in \^'ood township, Clark county, in the early days of that locality. The elder Goedeker settled down as a farmer at the time of his settling' in W'ood township, and his death, after an industrious life, occurred at the age of sixty-frve : his wife, our subject's mother, died about twenty years ago. Our subject is the second eldest of ten children, of whom he was the eldest boy. He became a shoemaker in his youth, learning the trade in Louisville about the time of the war. Sometime afterwards owing to ill health he quit his shoemaker's bench and embarked in general farming, which he has followed ever since. Li the year 1S70 his marriage with Mary J. Huber. the eldest daughter of Ignatius and ]Mary Huber, took place. Mrs. Goedeker wr..'^ born in \\'ood township and had two brothers and five sisters. Her father was an old resident of the township, and her grandfather Huber was one of its earliest settlers.

}klrs. Goedeker has borne her husband eleven children. In regular order they were : Ignatius, born April 9, 1871 : Francis, born May 27. 1873 : Katherine. born March 11. 1875: John H,, born August 18, 1877: Charles J., born October 26, 1879, died in infancy: Joseph H.. born Januan,' 20. 1881, died July 10. 1882; Hannah M., born April 13. 1883; Henry Ludwig, born February 13, 1885: Edward H., born November 14, 1S87: Florentine, born 27th of October, 1889, deceased: and Anna J., bom December 12. 1891, Ignatius married Gertrude Schaffer, has five children, and lives in Charlestown. Frances married William Shalk. has one child, and lives at Otisco. Katherine is the wife of Peter Missie, has two children, and lives at Otisco. John H. married Frances Tomling, deceased. His second wife, Frances Missie, has borne him two children : they live at Charlestown. Hannah M. married Theodore Trindeitmer; they live in Carr township and have two children. Henry Ludwig lives in Charlestown and both Edward H. and Anna Josephine are still at home.

John H. Goedeker and his family belong to the Catholic faith and are members of St. John's church, in Wood township. In politics he is an unswerving Democrat and a man who has never aspired for political office: he was once elected Justice of the Peace for his district, but did not serve. Part of the land he now owns is part of the old Goedeker homestead. In his boyhood days the place was mostly timber land and he took a prominent part in improving the place. He has a substantial and cheerful home and enjoys the friendship and good will of his neighbors.

Harry Dodsworth Feet

Among the emigrants who came over from England in the early forties was a yonng girl named Elizabeth Dodsworth. Her parents located at Cincinnati and there she subseqnently met her "fate" in the person of a young countryman who reached America from his native England about 1845 and took up his abode in Louisville. In due time they became ac(|uainted, learned to love each other and finally became man and wife. In 1853, "o'^ ^ great while after their union, John Peet, and wife crossed the river into Clark county, secured land in Silver Creek township, and in time had a good farm home, where they lived in comfort and reared their children in the paths of rectitude. They had five children in all, four of whom survive. One of them, Harry D., subject of this sketch, was born at Louisville, January 29, 1852, and he was still an infant when his parents decided to become residents of Indiana. He grew up on the farm in Silver Creek township and was taught by his father the value of industry as well as principles of morality, from which he has never departed during all the years of his subsequent life. After finishing in the local schools Mr. Peet became a pupil in the male school at Bardstown, Kentucky, where he spent two years in accjuiring the ground work of an academical education. From this seminary he went to the Indiana State University at Bloomington, where he spent two more years in earnest application to the higher branches taught at that famous seat of learning. Not as yet satisfied he took a finishing course of a more practical nature in a commercial college at Cincinnati. After completing his studies 'Sir. Peet returned to his Clark county home and entered upon the serious affairs of life. One year was spent on a farm in Wabash county, but soon deciding that the old place was the best he came back to Clark county and located on a tract of land half a mile north of New Chapel. During the next twenty years Mr. Peet met with the usual ups and downs of a farmer's life, but on the whole has prospered and has considerable to show as the result of his toil and good management. He now owns three tracts of land, one of ninety-two acres and others of fifty-two and twenty-six acres, all of which is the fine agricultural soil for which Clark county is noted. In the early part of 1907 Mr. Peet built a new residence, half a mile west of New Chapel, and here he has since made his home. It is situated in the border of a natural grove near Watson, and is one of the cosiest country homes imaginable. Everything indicates taste and love of the beautiful as well as the ornamental and an old hospitality and cordiality of greeting to friends are characteristic of tliis pleasant abode.

On September 26, 1876, ]Mr. Peet married Ella, daughter of William Lentz, and they have three children. Mary Edith, the eldest, married Herbert Fry and has four children ; she resides on a farm near New Chapel. John L., the eldest son, who recently married Mamie Childers, of \^'est Virginia, is a civil and mining engineer employed by the government in the Phillipines.

Hany D.. Jr.. the youngest son, is at home with his parents. Mr. Peet is a member of the New Chapel Methodist Episcopal church and holds the position of secretary of the board of trustees, which makes him custodian of the old records that date back to early pioneer days. He has been a lifelong abstainer and earnest advocate of temperance, which convictions naturally made him a member of the Prohibition party, to whose cause he has devoted his best energies for years, without hope of other reward than the plaudits of a good conscience.

Charles Edwin ^IcKinley is a well known member of the Indiana branch of the illustrious AIcKinley family, and a relation of our martyred President of that name. In common with the other members of his family he boasts a Scotch-Irish line of ancestry, in which the Scotch strain predominated. The family was of Scotch Covenanter origin and as the descendants of sturdy and religious men the family history in this country has upheld its ancient traditions. He is a business man of acknowledged ability and as a citizen he has not gone without recognition.

Charles Edwin McKinley was born at Pleasant Ridge. Wood township, four and a half miles south of Borden, in the vicinitv of the old burial ground, on Alay 7, 1862. He was the son of William McKinley, and his wife, whose maiden name was Nancy Bell. Our subject's grandfather, Th(imas ^IcKinley, was a son of the head of the Indiana branch of the McKinley family.

Charles Edwin was educated in the public schools of Wood township and on arrival at the proper age began life as a farmer. For eighteen years he farmed and marketed farm and dairy produce and had a large array of private customers in New Albany. In this line he was very successful and he still retains his farm at Pleasant Ridge. In October, 1906, he established himself as head of the well known ^McKinley Hotel, at Borden, which was started some years before by Edwin McKinley. He also opened an adjoining store and carried on -a general mercantile business. At the present time he conducts the McKinley Hotel, a livery stable, and a general store, on an extensive scale and in a first class manner. In addition he has been since 1907 president of the Borden State Bank.

Mr. ]\IcKinley married on the 17th of September, 1885. Jemima E. Bell, the daughter of well known townsfolk. Their marriage proved very happy and they have reared a family of four sons and four daughters, namely : Francis IM., Sarah F. (known to her friends as Fannie) : Jessie E., John H., Clarence D., Georgia E.. Harry Goebel, and Iva ^lildred McKinley. All are well educated and accomplished.

Our subject was a member of a family composed of one girl and ten bovs. In politics he is a Democrat. He is reckoned as one of the leading men of his party in Clark county. He was Trustee of \\'ood township from 1895 to 1900.

Edgar I. Coombs

As a successful agriculturist and trusted official Mr. Coombs has discharged ablv and conscientiously the duties devolving upon him, and his aim has ever been to measure up to the highest standard of excellence.

Edgar I. Coombs was born near his present place of residence on the ist day of January. 1852, and his entire life has been spent with.in the township over which he now exercises official jurisdiction. His childhood and youth were spent amid the peaceful rural scenes of his native place and as a farmer's boy he learned the lesson of industry and the respect for moral worth which had such jxitent influence in forming his character, and directing his life into proper channels. At the proper age he entered the public schools and after acquiring a knowledge of the branches taught therein, later he turned his attention to agricultural pursuits and in due time engaged in gardening, which he followed for several successive years. By industry, consecutive eff^ort and excellent management he early laid a solid foundation for the future and so conducted his affairs as to accumulate a handsome property, owning at this time considerable valuable real estate in Utica township, and occupying a conspicuous place among the well-to-do men of his own community. After acquiring a sufficiency of this world's goods to place him in independent circumstances, he discontinued active pursuits and for some time past has been living practically a retired life, although still interested in agriculture and keeping in touch with the affairs of the times.

Mr. Coombs is a Democrat in politics and one of the leaders of his party in Utica township, being an able and judicious adviser in its councils and an earnest and influential worker in the ranks. He has always taken a keen interest in public questions and the great issues on which men and parties divide, and his opinions concerning the same, which are intelligent and well founded, carry weight and command respect. As a reward for valuable services rendered his party as well as by reason of his fitness for the place, he was elected in 1904, Trustee of Utica township, the duties of which office he has since discharged in an able and business like manner, creditable to himself and satisfactory to the people of his jurisdiction. An indication of his popularity is afforded by the fact of his having carried the election in the above year by the largest majority ever given a candidate in the township of Utica.

five years has been a devoted member of the Christian chnrch and an active worker in the congregation at Utica. in which for some years he has held the office of trustee. In his fraternal relations he is an Odd Fellow.

The domestic life of Mr. Coombs dates from December 7, 1S80, when he was united in marriage with Catherine Oglesby, daughter of Thomas B. Oglesby, late of Jeffersonville township, the union being blessed with one child, a son by the name of Carl C. Coombs, a young man of high intellectual attainments. After completing the puljlic school course young Coombs entered the Kentucky University at Lexington, where he made an enviable record as a student. On leaving that institution he took up the legal profession, and after a course in the law school of Louisvile was admitted, in igo6, to the Clark Countv Bar.

It has been almost a century since the first member of the Dow family placed a foot upon the prolific soil of Wood township, Clark county. Daniel ]\I. Dow now lives within a half mile from the spot where his eyes first opened upon the world. He is justly proud of his ancestors, who had no little part in the making of the history of this Republic, and than whom none were more closely identified with that of Southern Indiana. The blood of one who helped wrest his native land from the grasp of an oppresser surges through the veins of our subject.

Air. Dow was born in Wood township, in 1854, his parents being Henry D. and Elizabeth (Beggerly) Dow. The former was born within the precincts of the same township in 1824, being the son of Henry and Mercy (Kinney) Dow, who came to Wood township in 18 18. The former was born in Connecticut, May 13, 1794, his wife in the same state June 24, 1791. The grandfather of the subject died November 3, 1873, and the grandmother July 22, 1874. The death of his father occurred October 27, 1898, while his mother passed away May 25, 1902, having been born in Kentucky, September 26, 1823.

The children born to Henry and Mercy (Kinney) Dow were as follows: Hannah, born in Plainfield, Connecticut; Martha, born February 5, 1817, also in that city; Lucy, born July 30, 1818, on the way to Clark county, Indiana: Sallie, born September 20, 1820, in Clark county; Henry D., born April 19, 1824, Clark county; Rhoda, born September 13, 1826, Clark county; Lydia, born July 14, 1829, Clark county; Rebecca, born May 24, 1832, Clark county.

The following children were those of H. D. and Elizabeth (Beggerly) Dow: Sallie Ann, born August 11, 1845, died May 30, 1849; Lydia A., bom January 10, 1848, died in infancy; Laura A., born January 22, 1850, mar- ried to Jolin B. Goss, living in the state of Washington, has five cliildren ; Henry E., born June 2, 1852, died JNIarch 29, 1853 ; Daniel M. (subject), born March I, 1854; George W.. born Jul}^ 17. 1856, married Anna Hurst, and lives in Da\-is county, has five children: Alice J., born Septanber 28, 1858, married James Pearce, and lives in Clark county; Mary A., born May 5, 1862, married to Willard Todd, and lives in W'ood township, has two children; Elizabeth C, born February 11, 1864, married N. S. Martin, of Washington county, and has five children.

H. D. Dow, father of these children, was a farmer and breeder of stock. He took an active part in politics and was a hard worker on election day, but never held or sought public office. He was an adherent of the Republican party, and he belonged to the Christian church, of which he was an elder for many years.

Daniel M. Dow was married to Philena B. Walker, of Washington county, November 9, 1876, the parents of the bride being James H and Phcebe Ann Walker. The following children were born to them : Stella B., born June 25, 1878. at home; Linna M., born April 30, 1881, and married James E. Cooley, had five children, and died in 1908: Mrs. Alice G. (Dow) Miller, living in Wood township; Mary B., born August 21, 1892. living at home.

Mr. Dow was educated in the common schools of Wood township. He is a Republican and a member of the Christian church. He spends very little time in politics, devoting his entire attention to farming and stock raising. He lives in the house that his grandfather built in 1838, and v>'hich was rebuilt by his father in 1S78. The grandfather manufactured the brick with which he built the structure, and at that time it was considered one of the finest dwellings in the county. Mr. Dow has cleared a great deal of land himself, and made many improvements on his farm, which is in section 12.

Elizabeth Beggerly was the daughter of Jonathan B. and Casender Bailey. The former was born in Kentucky, August 2, 1802. The same state was the birthplace of his wife, the date thereof being April 3, 1804. Her parents emigrated to Clark county when she was but two years old. They were the parents of the following children : Elizabeth Ann, born September 26, 1823; Susan and Nancy (twins), born July 10, 1825: William P., born August 9, 1827; Eliza, born October 25, 1829; James O., born May 12, 1832; Isaac J., born December 29, 1833; Lewis and Melvina (twins), born August 20, 1836; Clinton, born November 29, 1839; Benona G., born April 6, 1842.

In the parlor door of the Dow home there is a notch where grandfather Dow was hanged by the neck until nearly dead by four highwaymen to make him divulge the hiding place of his money. As it was they secured from him the sum of sixteen hundred dollars and four horses. This was during the days of the Civil war, and the robbers, supposed to be part of Morgan's band, were captured later, and five hundred dollars of the stolen money and the horses returned to the owner. The Dows had the first grist mill in that part of Indiana, and one of the first steam mills. In the early days all of the flour was bolted by hand. An uncle of the subject was the owner of one of the first saw mills in the state.

John Milton Hallet

The subject of this sketch lives upon the soil upon which he was born three quarters of a century ago. and in the house that his father built when John Milton Hallet was in the first year of his age. His parents penetrated the wilderness of Indiana when its trackless forests were filled with hostile Indians and when ferocious animals menaced them every step of the way, but with that dauntless courage which characterized the early settler, they had no thought of turning back, but pushed on to their journey's end.

John Milton Hallet, one of the oldest and most prosperous citizens of Wood township, Clark county, was born in Wood township. May 6, 1833, the son of Samuel and Cynthia (Geer) Hallet. His father was born August 6, 1790, in New London, Connecticut, and moved to Wood township in 1819, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was known as "Squire" Hallet, having served as Justice of the Peace for many years, and was very active in politics. He was the second postmaster of the little town of Borden, then known as New Providence. Like his father, who had fought in the \\'ar of the Revolution, he was a soldier, serving his country well throughout the War of 1812. He was a most pronounced Whig, and died in W^ood township in 1852. The mother of the suljject. like her husband, was a native of Connecticut, being the daughter of Israel and Mary (Newton) Geer. The year of her birth was 1794, and she was married in 18 14. The following children were born to the parents of the suljject: William S. B., boi^n in Connecticut, April 4, 1815, died in Borden, July 31, i860; Margaret Wood, his wife, died March 16, 1841 : George \\'., born in Connecticut, April 4, 18.1.0, died at Borden, September 25, 1841 ; Thomas B., born in Clark county. May 28, 1821, died in Morrilton, Arkansas, 1868; Rhoda M., his wife, died January 24, 1848; Emeline, who was born in Clark county, August 20, 1823. died in New Albany in 1885; Henry, born in Clark county, January 21, 1826, died in November, 1853; Mary Ann, born July 13, 1828, died April 28, 1855: Elizabeth, born in Clark county, is still living near Borden, and is the wife of Robert Huston; John Milton, born May 6, 1833, still living in Wood township; Norman, born May 9, 1837, died October 28, 1841. The parents on both sides of the house had members of their families in the War of the Revolution and the War of 1S12.

The father of the subject, in connection with his agricultural pursuits, engaged in the nurserv business and set out one of the first orchards in the county, two or three of the old trees still standing upon the land upon which the subject lives. He was always foremost in school and church work; being a public-spirited man, and naturally very popular. As stated in the introductory of this sketch, the house where his son, John IMilton Hallet, now resides, was built by him in 1834. He purchased the land in that year, cleared and improved it until it was considered one of the best pieces of farm land in the county. Mr. Hallet burned the brick to build his dwelling upon land close to where his son now lives.

John ]\Iilton Hallet was married to Cynthia Kelly June 14. 1855, and she died ]\Iarch 29, 1856, a little less than (nie year after she had become a bride. The result of this union was one child, who was born in 1856, and died in her infancy. On October 2, 1861, the'widower contracted a second alliance, marrying Louisa Martin. Their children were Edwin Stanton, born September 4, 1862, who married Emma K. Pierce and now lives in St Louis, where he is chief engineer in the government service; Linnie E., born October 19, 1864, is living at home; Thomas B., born September 2'y. 1866, who is also at home, is a school teacher at Henryville, ha\ing graduated from the Michigan University, and has taught school for thirteen years: John M., Jr., born June 22, 1874, lives at home. The mother of these children died March 16, 1904.

'Sir. Hallet started in life with a very scant education, but despite that handicap has been very successful. Besides being a farmer he is a breeder of fine Jersey cattle. He has a fine place, three miles and a half from Borden, and owns land in sections 5 and 7, living in the last named section. He is a member of the Christian church, and a Republican.

The career of the well remembered gentleman whose name forms the caption of this biographical memoir, was a strenuous and varied one, the distinction which he attained in different spheres of activity entitling him to hon-. orable mention among the leading men and representative citizens of his day and generation in the county with which his life was so closely identified, and to him is due the credit of giving prestige to the family name, an old and honored one in the Emerald Isle, and adding to the brightness of an escutcheon which shines with peculiar luster in communities long noted for the high standing and distinguished achievements of its business and public men, and although his life record has been brought to a close by the inevitable fate that awaits all mankind, his influence still pervades the lives of a wide circle of friends and acquaintances who reverence his memory.

Capt. James T. Duffy was born in Cootehill, County Cavan. Ireland, in 1844, the son of Thomas and Ellen (Clark) Duffy, both natives of Ireland, where they were reared and married, and in which country the latter died about 1846, after becoming the mother of five children, four boys and one girl, of whom James T. was the youngest. Thomas Duffy was a druggist in the northern part of Ireland, maintaining in connection with his brother, a drug store in Cootehill, County Cavan. The latter came to New York about 1845, and a year later, after the death of his wife, Thomas Duffy came to the United States bringing his children to join their relative in the new world. They landed in New Orleans and ascended the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, intending to go to New York, but Thomas Duffy was stricken with typhoid fever and died in Cincinnati, leaving five orphan children, practically penniless and among strangers. The oldest child, Michael, who was then nineteen years of age, finally located in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he secured work and became a very successful business man, eventually carrying on an extensive coal business. James T., the youngest of the children, lived in Cincinnati and later in Pittsburg with his brother, until he reached the age of sixteen years, having worked in the coal mines. When the war between the states came on he espoused the Union cause and showed his patriotism for his adopted country by enlisting in a Pennsylvania regiment, in which he faithfully served until the close of the war, proving himself a soldier of intrepid courage and gallantry although a mere youth. He was a bugler, but was found in the thickest of many sanguinary engagements, always ready to obey the orders of his commanding officer. He saved all his wages during these years, and appropriated the same to the laudable undertaking of securing an education to which he directed his attention after being mustered out of the army. That he possessed a great amount of fortitude and a spirit which no obstacle could daunt, is shown in his efforts to obtain a mental training that would guide him to subsequent success in later years. Devoting ten hours a day to the arduous duties that befall the lot of a miner, he gave but five hours to sleep, spending the remainder of the twenty-four in study. This careful application to miscellaneous subjects, coupled with an innate capacity for obersvation and assimilation, rendered him a well educated man. and his conversation was at once learned and interesting.

Having made trips to Jeffersonville on tow boats in connectioii with the movement of coal he observed the splendid advantages here of future business possibilities, and in 1866 in partnership with Patrick Bonner, he established a coal business in Jeffersonville. They engaged in shipping coal and holding quantities on the river for the local market. Being far-sighted, able to see with remarkable accuracy the outcome of commercial transactions, Mr. Duffy saw the advantages of obtaining possession of landings along the river and as soon as practicable bought different ones. The business of this firm grew to extensive proportions, owing principally to the careful management and wise discretion exercised bj- Mr. Duffy, this firm handling practically all the coal that came down the Ohio river for distribution in this locality. They also engaged in towing on the river, which necessitated the ownership of many boats, some of which they purchased, but constructed the major part themselves and became very wealthy in due course of time. In 1881 Mr. Duff}- purchased the landing knnwn as the "F'umi)kin Patch," which e.xtends quite a distance along the water front, about two miles above Port Fulton. At that time Mr Duffy also purchased about one hundred acres of land at this point, on which he made his home, later buying more land, developing a very fine farm of over two hundred acres. Everything about the place showed thrift and prosperity, being highly improved and under an excellent state of cultivation. Much stock of fine quality and variet)- was to be found here, and a magnificent dwelling was erected in the midst of attractive surroundings, one of the most attractive country homes in the state. It is modern in every detail, commodious, commanding a beautiful y'\e\\- of the Ohio vWev and it has always ijeen a place where the numerous friends of the family delighted to gather, where free hospitality and good cheer ever prevailed and culture and refinement ever centered.

Besides his extensive farming and coal interests Captain Duffy also managed other large enterprises with that soundness of judgment and wise foresight tliat stam])ed him as no mediocre man of affairs, but truly a wizard of finance, with remarkalile ability as an organizer and pronn.ter. In the year 190T he established the sand business at Louisville, now carried on by his sons in a manner which stamps them as worthy descendants of their father and men to whom the future augurs many nutable achievements in the world of business. This industry grew to extensive proportions, and Captain Duffy acquired considerable property in Louisville, owning a number of business blocks in connection with other property and becoming well known to business circles on both sides of the river, by whom he was regarded as a most extraordinary business man. very frugal, but generous toward his fellows. He extended a helping hand to many and had never a word of criticism for an}'- one, in fact, he often did favors for those who had shown him no quarter in his earlier years of business struggles. He was a great home man. During business hours the captain was deeply absorbed in whatever he had in hand, but he left his business cares and worries behind when he closed his office and after reaching his cozy home enjoyed to the utmost the seclusion and quiet of his family and home en^-ironment. which was always harmonious and congenial.

In later years Captain Duft'y became a large stockholder in the Louisville Ice Company and he established the ice plant in Jeff'ersonville. He at one time owned large interests in French Lick Springs. Indiana, but sold out to Thomas

Taggart. of Indianajxilis. He was regarded as one of the leading and best known river men in the country, at one time having control of the coal harbor business at this point and at the time of his death he had numerous interests, including the Cincinnati Packet Company, the Louisville & Evansville Packet Company, and the Louis\'ille & Jeffersonville Ferry Compan)-. He was also interested in the Jefifersonville City Railway.

Captain James T. Duffy was always a man of fine personal appearance, enjoying good health, principally due. no doubt, to his temperate habits, never using tobacco or liquors in any form, and his lamented death was untimely, having been sick but a short time. He was taken to the hospital at Rochester, Minnesota, where he died from the effects of an operation, November 24, 1905, his demise being a matter of keen regret thrnughout the countrv, newspapers all over the United States giving eulogistic and extended notices of his death. His funeral was from the St. Augustine church in Jeffersonville.

An interesting chapter in die history of Captain Duffy is that bearing on his happy domestic life, which began September 21, 1871, when he was united in the bonds of wedlock with Miss Nora V. Robinson, of Jeffersonville. the ceremony ha\-ing been performed in the rectory of the cathedral in Louisville, the Rev. Father Bouchet, subsequently vicar-general, officiating. Mrs. Duffy was the daughter of Hamiltf)n Robinson, a sketch of which well known pioneer appears in another part of this \< ilume. Eight children blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. James T. Duft'y, two of whom are deceased, Sarah and Mary; John Thomas and James Thomas are still members of the family circle; Nora is the wife of Dr. C. F. C. Hancock, of Jeffersonville, and Marguerite Fay is the wife of O. H. Wathen, of Louisville; James Hamilton married Miss Emma Howard: Leta married Dr. C. ^^^ Shropshire, of Birmingham. Alabama. Mrs. Duffy is a woman of gracious personalitv and has long been a leader in social circles in Jeffersonville. where she is held in high esteem as are also her children, whose daily lives reflect the wholesome home environment and uplifting influeuce in which they were reared. She always took a great interest in the affairs of her husband and much of his business prosperity was no doubt due to her encouragement and counsel. She took an especial interest in the development of their fine farm and presides with rare dignity over the attractive Duffy residence.

James T. Duff)- was a devout Catholic all his life, and in his political relations he supported the Democratic party, although he never sought public office, preferring to devote his entire attention to his private business affairs and to his home. Ho\\e\-er. his interest in the welfare of Jefferson\-ille and community was deep seated and abiding and he gave liberally toward the support of all movements calculated to improve the material, social and moral interests of the same.

to have been a very strenuous one. filled to repletion with duty ably and faithfully performed and characterized throughout by a devotion to principle, above reproach and a sense of honor defying adverse criticism. He has a capacity for large undertakings and his eminently interesting career not only commended him to the people of his own county and state, but gave him a reputation much more than state wide and an honorable name among the leading men of his day. He was a man of fine sensibilities and a high sense of justice and honor, it being his aim to be on the right side of every question with which he had anything to do and to lose sight of self or selfish interests in the noble endeavor of striving for the greater good of the greater number. Broad-minded, public-spirited, fer\'idly patriotic and taking liberal views of men and afiFairs he impressed his individuality upon the community and county as an enterprising, large-hearted, progressive American citizen of the best type, while among his immediate friends he will always be remembered as a man without pretense and a courteous gentleman whose integrity and loyalty would bear the closest scrutiny.

Columbus J. Bottorff

That he has attained a competency through his individual efforts is naturally a matter of pride with Mr. Bottorff. His opportunities to store his mind with knowledge were limited, but he procured a fair education in the township schools, and early in life began to perform the arduous duties that devolve upon the boy who is reared on a farm. Mr. Bottorff has been very successful in agricultural pursuits, his crops, as a rule, being abundant He is a native of Jackson county, where he was born February 13, 185 1, coming to Jeffersonville with his parents when but an infant. He was married long after he reached manhood's estate, taking unto himself a wife in May, 1893.

The father of the subject, William Jackson Bottorff, was born in Clark county, near Charlestown, while his mother was a native of Kentucky. There were four children besides himself, William E., Ida, who married David Hostetter, and is now dead; Samantha, wife of Wallace James, and Lily, wife of John Collins.

The land owned by C. J. Bottorff consists of one hundred and fifty acres, and he engages in general farming. He is a Seventh Day Adventist, and politically a Democrat. He never held office, and is not a member of any fraternal order.

Mr. Bottorff is a very genial man of sterling honesty, and in his dealings with his neighbors observes the golden rule. He is thoroughly practical and has broad views upon all subjects in which the people of today are interested.

Owing to the great number of changes that take place in tlie population of our counties it is now only occasionally that we come upon a person of advanced age that has been born upon native soil. One, however, is to be found in William Adams, who was born in Clark county, this state, on May 16. 1S36. Hisancestr}- includes in its roll some of the sturdy settlers of Kentucky, where were born his parents, Martin and Jane (Davis) Adams, who were among the earliest pioneers of Clark county. They were staunch Presbyterians and each lived to the advanced age of ninety-two years. Of this family there are still surviving besides William two brothers and one sister, the brothers living at this time in Indiana and the sister in Denver, Colorado.

The domestic life of Mr. Adams has not been one of the uninterrupted smoothness inasmuch as his home has been repeatedly invaded by visits from the death angel. His first wife, Charlotte Kisler, was not permitted to live to see her children grow to maturity, but five of these are still living. The three children of the second wife. Sarah S. Swartz. have also joined their mother in the great beyond. Following this Mr. Adams was married to a sister of his second wife, Eliza Swartz, after whose death he was joined in marriage to Sarah Heuser. The children now living refered to above are Anna Belle Scott. Jennie Gilmore. Elizabeth Ogg. Martin A. and Minnie Smith.

Mr. Adams is well known as a splendid business man and an aggressive, public-spirited citizen. He has been called upon by his fellow citizens to serve them in many public capacities. In 1880 he served as Township Assessor and filled the office in a praiseworthy manner. In 1895 he demonstrated his ability as a party figure, assisting to bring atout a complete change in the political complexion of county afifairs, the usual Democratic majorities being wiped out and the county offices placed into the hands of the Republicans. In waging this fight Mr. Adams used as his instrument the columns of the New Albany Tribune.

Mr. Adams is a loyal Methodist in his religious affiliations, as were also his wives. He has for a long term of years been a most faithful and helpful worker in promoting the growth and progress of church life in the community. He has been a member of the board of trustees of the New Chapel Methodist church since 1883, and served as president of the same for twenty years. He was also president of the building committee, which constructed one of the finest church edifices in Clark county in 1883. every dollar for the same passing through his hands, for which a strict and satisfactory account was given.

The farm now occupied by ^Ir. Adams consists of one hundred and thirty-one acres, and has been his home since 1857. Two of his children, Mrs. Gilmore and ]\Irs. Scott, occupy nearby farms to that of their father. In addi- tion to this farm Air. Adams owns tracts of land in Utica and Washington townships. He is a man well preserved, is keenly alert t(} the questions of the day. He has lived to see many changes in the community where he has maintained his residence for over fifty years. There are only two heads of families now occupying the same houses they did in 1857 in his neighborhood. He recalls the days before the use of coal for fuel on the river. Andrew Van Dike, a pioneer wood hauler, furnished the ferry with its fuel in those days, and in after years assisted Mr. Adams in threshing grain.

Amos B. Stacy

Among the well-to-do and progressive farmers of Clark county, Indiana, must be mentioned Amos B. Stacy, who operates a farm of two hundred and forty-two acres in Jeffersonville township. He was born in the city of JefTersonville in 1844, and received his early education in the public schools of that town. He is the son of Amos B. and Elizabeth N. Stacy, both born "on the banks." as they say, of Southern Indiana. The family consisted of thirteen children, a number which, whether "lucky" or not, is one that is rarely equalled by the families of the present day. .\mos B. was the second in the order of birth, and nine of the number are still living. The names of the children are herewith appended: Hulda, wife of John W. Crandall; Margaret, wife of David R. House; Jonas D., unmarried and now in Colorado; \\'illiam O. and John H.. the latter in Cripple Creek, Colorado; Edward D., living at Upper Sandusky, Ohio; Katie A., wife of James H. Walker, and both now deceased; Anna D., deceased, wife of John C. Enteman ; Emma R., deceased; Howard N., living in Albuquerque, Xew Alexico ; Augusta, deceased ; Gaudaloupe v., in Los Angeles, California.

Mr. Stacy after finishing his schooling in the Jeffersonville schools, decided to leave the city for life on the farm and brought with him the experience and training obtained through close contact witli business afifairs in the town. He made use of his training in broadening his outlook on life, and in fully preparing himself for the task of operating a farm in such a way as to bring about profitable results. In this he has demonstrated his ability to measure up to the requirements, for he has been eminently successful as a farmer. He has made a close study of the problems of the soil and understands fully how to manage the rotation of crops so that the best results may be obtained with the least exhaustion of the soil. In conjunction with this he has developed good judgment in the selection of seeds and their varieties, demonstrating that this is a very important factor in achieving successful production.

willingly to its support, maintaining at all times a <juiet and unassuming attitude. Prilitically he adheres to the tenets of the Democratic party, but does not place party above principle. From 1886 to 1888 he served as .Supervisor, but beyond this has not consented to run for public ol^ce of any kind, preferring rather to act his part as a citizen by ruling his life in harnmnv with the requirements of unimpeachable patriotism.

Fraxk Reiser

]\Ir. Keiser is now reaping the reward of a career of industry. ha\ing enibarked upon the battle of life with little or no capital, and now being the owner of one of the most productive truck farms in Clark county. Landing on the shores of America from a foreign country, without even a smattering of the English language lie was confronted with many difticulties. but he had come to the new world filled with a determination to better his condnion. and persevered until he had realized his ambition to become a land owner.

Frank Keiser was torn August 31. 1855, at Frankfort-on-the-]\Iain, Germany, and came to this country when in the twenty-fourth year of his age, after having served three years in the army of the Fatherland. He was the son of W'ilhelm and ]\Iarie (Hoch) Keiser. The former was also a native of Frankfort-on-the-Main. while the mother of the latter was born at Xaplestown, Germany Frank Keiser attended the schools of his native country for several years, and then learned the butcher's trade, at which he worked in Baltimore shortly after his arrival in the United States. He did not remain in the East long, however, but started lait in the direction of the setting sun, having been informed that there were great opportunities for energetic voung men in the Middle West, l-'or twemy years he lived in Louisville, being engaged in the meat business, but he never lost his desire to become a cultivator of the soil, and nine years ago he purchased his present place, which is located on the middle roafl. near Jeffersonville. and which consists of one hundred acres, and is very productive.

Frank Keiser was married in 1886, in Louisville, to Emma Foreman, of Jasper, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Keiser are the parents of six children. Charles, William, Maggie, Lily, Rose and Frank. The first named is a resident of Kansas, while the others make their home with their parents. The subject is a member of the German Lutheran church, and he is very faithful in his attenance upon religious services, as are also the members of his family. Politically he is a Democrat, but does not actively participate in politics, nor lias he ever filled any public office. Mr. Keiser and his wife are highly esteemed b_\' their neighlxirs.

Harvey Joiner

Lovers of art and readers of pages devoted to this subject in the press will readilv recognize in this name one of the best known painters of the INIiddle West. From earliest boyhood Harvey Joiner developed a taste for art and a most commendable ambition to succeed as a painter which no discipline could repress and no misfortune entirely check. By persistence and the exercise of his natural talent he not only achieved a fair measure of fame but success in a financial wav. though as usual with artists perhaps not equal to his deserts. He is a son of Oscar and Elizabeth (Tophouse) Joiner, the former of whom located in Charlestown in 1840 and engaged in the cooperage business. Harvey Joiner was born in Charlestown, Clark county. Indiana. April 8. 1852. and in due time beame a pupil at 'Possum Trot school near his native place. Even at this early period the innate inclination manifested itself in pictures drawn on the blackboard or any other receptive surface, the teacher being unable to curb the irrepressible instinct or interest the embryonic artist in routine studies.

As a boy he made his own colors from poke-bern,- juice, milkweed, wash bluing, pot-black and pounded grass, which combination he used like water colors. His first effort in oil was made at Artie Springs, of the Louisville water works, painted on a piece of pine board. This crude sketch he gave awav and lost track of, but he afterward regretted its loss, and would now prize it highly as a souvenir of his early days. About this time he held out between two opinions, being undecided between a theatrical and artistic career, though he had some ability in both lines. The love of drawing finally prevailed and he abandoned all ambition to shine in the Court of Thespis. His first serious efforts consisted in drawing sketches of negro characters dancing Jim Crow on the plantations of the South. Here he spent three years sketching and steamboating, the beautiful surroundings giving many ideas for the accumulations of material for subsequent landscape and woodland scenes. In 1873 'Sir. Joiner made his first serious sketch in oil and located the next year in St. Louis, where he began painting portraits with Hoffman, the noted German artist. Later he established a studio in the Courier-Journal building at Louisville, Kentucky, which, for twenty-seven years was a mecca for the art loving world. Visitors came for miles to attend his annual exhibitions which did much to cultivate a taste for art in the South. His methods are peculiar to himself. He paints most of his woodland scenes at a single sitting, first making a sketch in brown and laying all color upon another until the entire picture is completed. He has made a special study of sunlight effect and his beautiful beechwoods scenes give a distinction to ISIr. Joiner's work that is not equalled by the work of any other artist. The daily press of Louisville has teemed with praise of his contributions to the world of art and his worth as a leader in educating the public taste. His first figure picture, six by ten feet, was completed in 1877, the same being a life-size painting in oil and now hangs in the Christian church at Utica. Indiana, the subject presenting "Ruth Gleaning in the Field of Boaz." It was a very creditable effort though done in his early career. Since 1896, when he exhibited at the Nashville Centennial Exposition. Mr. Joiner has held annual exhibitions of his landscape paintings and of late has confined his attention exclusively to painting beechwood scenes in Kentucky and Indiana. After having resided in Jeffersonville since 1864, ]\Ir- Joiner located in Louisville in 1902. On August 29. 1907. his studio was entirely destroyed by fire and ninety-eight pictures were consumed in the flames, which, in part, consisted of an accumulation of thirty years. Practically all the sketches he had done from his boyhood, including newspaper and magazine notices, and a mailing list of five thousand names including patrons from San Francisco to Xew York, were irreparably lost. Among the paintings lost was a marine scene of compelling interest, showing a limp and lifeless figure of a beautiful girl in the semi-nude left bv the receding tide on the barren rocks. I\Ir. Joiner's studio is at present located in the Equitable Building. Louisville, Kentucky.

In 1878 j\Ir. Joiner married Nettie Kane, daughter of Capt. John W. Kane, both now deceased. Two children were born to this union. Mrs. Earl Lewman, a resident of Charlestown township. Clark county, and Harvev, an only son, being employed at Denver, with the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, also the Rocky Mountain Timber Company. He inherited his father's artistic temperament but has made no serious effort to develop his talents along that line. In the last fifteen years Mr. Joiner's paintings have become widely known and are owned by art patrons in all the principal cities of the L'nited States.

John Talley

John Talley was born in Columbia. South Carolina, February 14. 1833. His father, Stephen Talley, was bom in England, and came to America when still a young man. After arriving here he married Eliza Brown, who was boni in South Carolina, and was of German extraction.

Stephen Talley desenes mention as one of our countn,-'s patriotic sons, who, although English born, nevertheless took up arms in the American cause during the \\'ar of 1812, and fought nobly and well in behalf of the land of his adoption. He was a member of Company C. of the Second South Carolina Infantry, under the command of Captain Hancock.

\Mien John Talley was seven years old his parents removed to Georgia and there he grew to manhood. He received such education as the community afforded, being reared in Gordon countv. near the citv of Rome. After reach-

]Mr. Talley participated in the Civil war, and, being a resident of the South, his views were in harmony with the cause of the Confederacy. He became a member of the Sixty-fifth Georgia Infantry under the command of that intrepid and invincible hero of Southern soil, Stonewall Jackson. For some time also Mr. Talley was employed at Bragg's Arsenal No. 2, and gave to the cause he espoused the best service that he could command.

The war being concluded Mr. Talley removed from his Southern home and took up his quarters at Jeffersonville, Indiana. In 1858 he was joined in marriage to Emily Jane Conoly, who was a most estimalile companion and mother. She departed this life in April, igo8. To this union were born eight children, four of whom still sur\-ive. They are : John, who was married to Maggie Houston ; Eugene, being still at home : Dennis, who became the husband of a Miss Smith ; and Efifie, who is also at home.

Mr. Talley holds liberal views on all religi(_ius questions and believes in a large charity for all mankind. Politically his inclinations favor the Democratic cause, his convictions being at all times his guide. He holds no prejudice toward those whose opinions do not coincide with his own, but he adheres strictly to what seems to him to be the right attitude to take on all public questions. He has had no desire to fill public office of any kind. He is a Mason, having his membership in the Clark Lodge, No. 40, at Jeffersonville.

Daniel J. Bower

Upon a comfortable and well equipped farm in Jefferson township, Clark county, Indiana, lives the interesting character whose name forms the caption of this biography. Mr. Bower was born near New Washington on the 3d of January, 1830. He was the son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Hostetter) Bower, the former having been born in North Carolina, in 1800, and the latter in Kentucky, in 1802.

Our subject's father was a man of considerable daring and possessed great skill as a rifleman. The' exigencies of the times created a great demand for men of that type to oppose the hostilities of the Indians, and Mr. Bower took an active part in the Black Hawk war and after his death his widow, who sui"vived him. received a pension in recognition of Mr. Bower's services to the country. He was long connected with the militia.

Mr. Bower attended the district schools of the neighborhood and also the Charlestown school when conducted by Zebulon Sturgus. In addition to this he benefited by the rigid discipline and the stern duties of his daily life, and grew to manhood with a good educational equipment.

On Decenilser 22. 1859. Air." Bower was united in marriage to Elizabeth Walford. who was born on the 7th of June, 1834. The hou.se in which she was born stood upon the site of the present court-house in Louisville. She received a good general education in the district schools of Indiana and Kentucky and has proved to be a most estimable companion and competent mother. Her family of six children are : Minnie Alice, Annie Alene. Virginia EHzabeth, George Franklin (deceased), Catherine May and Cora Lee.

As a memlier of the community Mr. Bower has commanded the confidence and trust of his neighbors and friends. For many years he has been Justice of the Peace and filled the place with credit and with entire satisfaction to his constituents. He also served as Deputy Assessor for two terms. He and his family are members of the Christian church and are held in high esteem by the membership on account of their Iciyalty to their faith and the sincerity of their daily life. In politics Mr. Bower affiliates with the Democratic party. He takes great pride in his family and has given his children all the opportunities that could be afforded. Three of his daughters, Virginia, Catherine and Cora, graduated from the Jeffersonville high school and later taught school. They are now married and each is presiding over a comfortable home.

Aaron P. Scott

A five mile drive to the east from Jeffersonville brings the visitor to the well kept and attractive country residence of Aaron P. Scott, whose family is one of the best known in this secti<jn of the countv and is one that has been connected in a must intimate manner with the advancement and progress of the community along all important lines.

]\Ir. Scott was born in Utica township on the 22d day of Alarch, 1856, the son of William W'ascomb and Mary ( Seamster) Scott, tb.e former a native of Utica township anl the latter of Marion county, Kentucky. They were people whom everybody was glad to have for neighbors, being at once obliging and free, lending a helping hand without question or hesitancy whenever opportunity afforded.