Clinton County, Indiana - Chapter with an unread heading (no. 15 of those read), 1886 (part 1 of 3)

City Of Frankfort

From Small Beginnings. - Site Selected by a Commission. - Eaelt Sales of Lots. - Purchases and Prices. - First Boild- ING8, Hotels AND Stores. - Railroad Building and Recent Prosperity. - Incorporation. - City Officers and Counoilmbn for Each Year. - Description of City. - Frankfort Public Schools. - Chubohes. - Secret Orders. - Banks. - First National. - Farmers. - Business Directory. - Press. - Professional Men. - Biographical.

The same act of the Legislature which directed the organization of Clinton County (approved January 29, 1830) provided that the county seat should be selected b^^ a commission composed of Robert Taylor, Henry Restine, Hugh B. McKeen, John Cane and Jeremiah J.Corbaly. After due deliberation they decided to accept the proposition of John Pence, which was to donate sixty acres of land and $100 in money if they would locate the county seat on his land. Accordingly John Pence became the proprietor of the town of Frankfort, which was surveyed and laid out May 9, 1830.

In the chapter ou Early History of the county has been given the orders of the Board of Commissioners for clearing the public square and surrounding four streets, and the erection of the first court-house and jail, in 1831 and 1832. Before this, however, William Douglass, County Agent, had held several public sales of lots in the new town. The first of them was on Monday, July 12, 1830, when fifty five lots were sold. The following list shows the purchasers, the numbers of the lots and the amounts paid for them.

The terms of sale were: One-third in cash, one third in twelve months, and the final third in two years. The first building erected in the town of Frankfort was a log cabin built by Colonel Samuel D. Maxwell, on the lot now oecnpied by the Paris Block. Colonel N. T. Catterlin sold the first goods in the village. Other early merchants were John H. Dunn, John McLain and Isaac Claypool.

The first hotels were kept by Samuel E. Halliday, Samuel Mitchell and Thomas McClure. In this branch of business great improvement has been made. The Coulter House, finished in 1876, reflects much credit upon its owner and builder, J. H. Coulter, showing him to be a man of much enterprise. The building was erected at a cost of $15,000. It is complete in every department, having all the modern improvements.

The new county seat made very slow progress, and for quite a number of years Frankfort was almost at a standstill. There was little change in this respect - the population increasing very slowly until the j'ear 1870. At that time the population numbered 1,300.

As we have stated elsewhere, on the 14tb day of October, 1870, the first train of cars was run into Frankfort. This marked a new era in the history of the town. Soon her railroad connections were such as to enable her to compete favorably, in a business point of view, with the leading towns and cities throughout the State. The scene suddenly changed. Business in all departments revived, her population began rapidly to increase, and in the past sixteen years has swelled from 1,300 to nearly 5,000. A person acquainted with Frankfort twenty years ago, on visiting the thriving city of 1886, would scarcely recognize, in the staid old town of that date, the air of a city which she now justly assumes. The various branches of trade and the professions have been well represented, and have always shown a lively, enterprising spirit.

It is an old saying that the country makes the town. If this be true, then Frankfort has before her a brilliant future, and is destined to be a town of much importance, as it is in the center of one of the best agricultural regions in the State.

The spirit of public enterprise, which characterizes her citizens, is highly commendable. We are not indulging in idle remarks, but uttering a truth, when we say that in no city of the same size and age in Indiana can a better class of business houses and dwellings be found.

Owing to the fact that wood, coal and such material is easily reached from this point, manufactories thrive splendidly. From present indications we indulge in the assertion that at no distant day Frankfort will bo a manufacturing city of no little importance.

The town was incorporated at an early day, but the charter was , allowed to die ont for a number of years. In 1875 it was incor/ porated as a city, and at the first city election, held December 24, 1875, the following officers were elected, viz.: Mayor, P.nAV. Gard; Clerk, William M. Comley; Treasurer, James A. Seawright; Marshal, I. C. Hurst; Assessor, "William P. Ashley; Couucilmen, KobertP. Shanklin, T. J. Holdridge, John Thacher, BJF. Cohee, George A. Smith and E. G. Penefiel. /

The officers elect for the present year (1886) are: J. Q. Bayless, Mayor; J. M. Brafford, Clerk; A. H. Coble, Treasurer; B. H. Higginbotham. Attorney; J. E. Southard, Street Commissioner; Joseph Dunlap and J. S. Yan Arsdel elected to the council; A. A. Thompson, Assessor.

Frankfort is pleasantly laid out, and much good taste is shown by its citizens in the erection of their residences by the selection of modern and beautiful architectural designs. We here give the name of the streets which have, with hardly an exception, been beautifully adorned by the planting of a row of shade trees on either side, and which have been graded and graveled in an excel- lent manner. Those running east and west, south of the square, are Clinton, Walnut, Wabash, South, Boone and Armstrong; running south from Clinton are Webster, Clay, Harrison, Prairie, Jackson, South Main, Columbia, First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Doyal; those running east and west, north of the square, are Washington, Morrison, Jefferson, Monroe, Earner, Paris, Green, Palmer and Kyger; running north from Clinton are Clay, Harrison, Prairie, Jackson, North Main, Columbia, Gentry, John, Bunnell, Doyal and Brown.

Frankfort Public Schools By Prof. Eichakd G. Boonb

Prior to 1865 the public schools of th&'town were such as might then have been found in scores of/similiarly situated villages throughout Indiana. The accommodations were very meager, but, considering the limited populatioir," fully up to the wants of the time and place. A one-story brjck building, still standing on the corner of Columbia and; OhjO streets, and now used for a dwelling, furnished what was jthMi thought to be the needed public show of free education. SabSols were in session about four months of each year. Few taftchers were continued longer than one term, but the " village teacher " was the best to be had in the county.

, The school builded better than it knew. As the town grew in population, school interests gained in influence. Foung men and women from the rural districts began to look forward to a terra in the village. Soon the accommodations were found inadequate to the needs of the increasing number of pupils.

In 1865 the population was about 850. The place had no railroad connections with neighboring towns, however, and so moved slowly in matters of public enterprise. But with the growing prospect, educational interests were taking more definite shape, receiving more general support, and so re-acting favorably upon society and trade.

Mr. Enos Hoover, the efficient township trustee of the time, recognizing the urgent demands of the school population, prepared to erect a building that should afford ample room. For the ex- isting need, it was a stately structure. It was two stories, of brick, in fine location, and in four large rooms afforded abundant accommodations for the school population. The cost of the building was about $5,000. Mr. Hoover deserves honorable mention as a pioneer trustee who was too honest in his trust, too faithful to the future interests of his public charge, not to see the great reward of his educational service in a prosperous school system of the future, worthily built, and patronized by a people proud of its growth and its results.

In the autumn of 1865 Mr. E. H. Staley took charge of the schools in the new house, effected a partial grading and did a great work for the now growing town. Not the least valuable of the influences exerted by the schools under this administration was the strong and wholesome sympathy in educational progress diffused throughout the county. Boys and girls from the rural districts of Clinton County, and even from the adjoining counties, were induced to attend, and the higher departments in the ' ' town school " were known to all the people as the " academy." It sent out teachers, prepared young men for college, cultivated habits of good reading, and made Frankfort, in short, a kind of suburban center of more than average school culture.

All this was done, however, at much disadvantage. Frankfort stood alone. Industrially and socially she was isolated. The town had grown both in population and business enterprise, but not till 18Y0 was it given that one essential means to modern commercial fellowship with one's neighbor - the railroad. It was now connected with Logansport and near points on the north, and with Crawfordsville, Indianapolis and the central parts of the State, south. With these bonds of union with adjoining towns and cities, came an effort to do better for herself educationally. Knowledge of others' attainments is the source of much wholesome discontent. Not only were more children available, as shown by the census, but an increased per cent, of the school population coveted these school faailities. The school was popular. The once commodious brick " seminary," the pride of town and county, became too small. Something must be done to meet the demand.

The eight years from 1865 to 1873 had compassed a period of noticeable improvement. The city had doubled in population. The school census was correspondingly increased. The schools were running at a disadvantage. They were imperfectly classified, and so lacked uniformity in their discipline and instruction. The public funds were limited, and school was " free " for bnt six months annually, being extended, however, three months, occasionally, with private tuition. But from a want of a well-defined course of study the several departments were more or less disconnected, and the good results of the school were individual rather than general.

In 1873 a new School Board was appointed, consisting of Samuel Ayers, for one year; D P. Earner, for two years; Jas. H. Paris, for three years. Preparations were commenced at once for the erection of a new school building. The interests, both business and educational, of the now rapidly growing city demanded more and better school accommodations.

Neighboring cities were visited by members of the board and by citizens; school buildings were inspected ; architects were consulted; plans were drawn up and discussed; and no small care was taken, by the secretary especially (to whom was left in great measure the preparation for the coming work, and to whom much credit is due), to make and submit a structure that should serve the city fittingly.

The site chosen was the square south of Wabash and west of Third streets, occupied by the building erected in 1865. The grounds were admirably situated and handsomely arranged. The house was a stone-faced brick structure, three stories high, and erected at a cost of $30,000. Mr. Eppinghauser, of Terre Haute, was the architect and showed himself a master workman. The building contains ten school-rooms, with seating for 600 pupils, and an assembly-room with a capacity of 450. It is furnished throughout with single seats and the usual modern conveniences.

The readiness with which the citizens responded to the judgment of the trustees and acquiesced in the large outlay of funds for school purposes suggests their appreciation of educational privileges.

The establishment of a school is a turning point in a community's life. It marks an epoch of unusual growth. It forecasts progress. It is the exponent of a helpful unrest. In a sense every school is a college; it takes the first and most important step in higher culture. " The People's Colleges " is no mere name. It is a vigorous social' force. It is one of the moneyed institutions of American society. Frankfort had a profound respect for its influence in a community, and an unshaken confidence in its future. The new school was to be for the public, altogether free, and made

In the winter of 1873-'4, during the erection of the new house, uo public schools were maintained. The instruction of Frankfort children for the year was given in schools supported and managed by private enterprise. The public funds were allowed to accumulate preparatory to the formal opening of the new school the following year. No considerable number of children, however, were collected. The term was short. The work of different teachers was without uniformity; there was no central control and the school facilities were merely better than none.

The building liaving been completed during the summer of 1874, the school was thrown open to pupils and formally organized the 21st of the following September. Mr. J. E. Morton was the first superintendent. He was assisted by eight room teachers, as follows: Freeman Cooper, Mrs. F. R. Morton, Miss Mary Magee (now Brumbaugh), Miss Nannie I. Alley, Miss Alice Marsh, Miss Mattie Shortle, Miss Belle M. Montgomery (now Van Sickle) and Miss Linnie Slaj'back.

With admirable forethought on the part of the superintendent, the work of classification had been done before the opening day. The course of study was arranged to cover eight years in the grades and three years in the high school. Free tuition was afforded for nine months in the year. The beginning was fair and showed wise foresight. As might have been expected, however, the bringing together and working in harmony of iOO students, under an entirely new administration and new system, was not effected at once, nor easily. Nine months accomplished much. For the first year 345 pupils were in average daily attendance; 475 puf ils were enrolled. The school met with occasional opposition, but not such as to subject it to any considerable hindrance.

In June, 1875, Mr. D. P. Earner, whose term of office expired, was succeeded by Mr. S. H. Doyal. Mr. Earner had lent the school much personal as well as oflicial aid, and transmitted to his successor a record of integrity and devotion to his public charge. Samuel Ayers had been reappointed^'the previous year.

The accession of Mr. Doyal to t<4isteeship marked the beginning of a prosperity for tlie FranyCrt schools worthy of permanent note, and to which refer^ce \yfil again be made.

ganized, under the direction of Prof. C. S. Ludlam. This gentleman was a graduate of the Weslejan University, at Bloomington, Illinois, came highly recommended, and, under trying disadvantages, entered upon a period of labor, whose success in no wise lessened the estimation in which the people received him. Prof. Ludlam was a man of varied scholarship, of wide reading, of sterling integrity of character, and easily adaptable to any community. His four years of service in the high school marked him as an indefatigable worker, a careful student and kind friend to the young; his social relations were the most pleasant and will long be remembered by the writer as among the happiest and most profitable friendships of life. After a lengthened illness, Prof. Ludlam died in Omaha, Nebraska, February 19, 1S82, aged thirtytwo years.

The high school has done, and is destined to do, a valuable service in the Frankfort educational system. At the close of the second school year - June 1876 - six young ladies were graduated, the first fruits of the new organization.

From the published report for the school year, 1875-'6, it appears that 555 pupils were enrolled in the several departments, with an average daily attendance of 397.

For the school year beginning September, 1876, Superintendent J. E. Morton was succeeded by Mr. E. G. Boone, Prof. C. S. Ludlam being continued in the high school. Under the new administration the high-school course was extended to four years and the work of the grades revised. Text-books, except readers, were not put in the hands of the children before the fourth school year, and oral instruction made to take their place. A course of lectures by home and. foreign speakers was planned for the year, and with the funds thus obtained, together with voluntary donations of books and money from interested citizens, and substantial assistance from the Board of Trustees, steps were taken to supply the school with a reference library. The first books were put in January, 1877. To these were added others by donation and by purchase until, at the opening of the fourth school year, September, 1877, pupils had access to 300 volumes.

At present writing (July, 1886) the library numbers about 1,000 volumes; consists chiefly of books of reference (the school has nine sets of encyclopedias), and has proved an addition of incalculable worth to school appliances.

and in all work. Students soon become adepts in handling books, while the reference cultivates choice of expression in writing or speaking, guides the reasoning, appeals to the judgment, and, while it brightens the memory, destroys the tendency to rely upon it. This last is true in that if one have his information upon a topic from a half-dozen of authors, he will not easily recite from the text of any one. For this reason it seems that no kind or amount of investment has done so much to make thorough, original, diligent students as the money invested in cyclopedias, histories, atlases, compilations, and other books of reference and authority for the schools. During the same year (1877) was begun the collection of apparatus for the illustration of work in physical science.

In this connection reference may be made, appropriately, to the services of Mr. S. H. Doyal. To him largely belongs the credit of initiating and maintaining these supplementary means of general school culture. A citizen of generous social impulses, judiciously enterprising, possessed of a good private library, he readily saw the rich benefit of a school reference library. He made the organization of this library, the choice of books, and the raising of money a matter of personal concern. Through his influence, by a visit to Washington, D. C. (largely for this purpose), the school was (is) supplied with the Government (oflicial) History of the Rebellion - which, when completed, will consist of about 100 volumes and will possess incalculable value; and with the Smithsonian Reports, than which nothing more valuable of the kind is published.

Mr. Doyal was a member of the board for six years (three terms) and is one of the few trustees whose visits to his charge were .always profitable and always welcomed by pupils and teachers.

The high school is one of the commissioned high schools of the State. It has graduated sixty-eight pupils in ten classes, and has had five principals: Prof. C. S. Ludlam, 1875-9; Prof. J. F. Millspaugh, 1879-'81; Prof. A. W. Huycke, 1881-'3; Prof. J. F. Warfel, 1883-'4; Prof. C. E. Newlin, 1884^'6.

Already, because of over-crowding in primary departments, pupils of first year are admitted but half of each day. The " halfday system" has occasionally, also, been extended to second-year' pupils. It has been found beneficial in many respects. It efi'ects a considerable saving in expense, accommodates twice the number pupils, imposes shorter confinement upon the young, and se-

Oity Of Fkankfoet

In the ten years, 1876-'86, the schools have grown from an enrollment of 550 to 1,049, from an employment of seven teachers to twenty, and from the use of one school building to that of four.

Waed Buildings

The First "Ward was originally set off in the summer of 1882 and included that part of the city tlien lying north of Ohio street - the line of the L. E. & "W. K R. The house erected on the corner of Gentry and streets was a two-story brick structure, finished in stone and completed January 1, 1883. it consisted of four study-rooms, two teachers' rooms, and a large basement fitted up for play-room. The first principal was Miss Ella Dukes. She was succeeded, September, 1883, by Mr. W. P. Alexander. But six months of school had passed under his principalship when, on Monday morning, the 25th oi February, about one o'clock, the building was found completely wrapped in flames.

JSTothing could be done; everything was lost. No explanation was or has been given of the fire. By combining some grades and setting off the large school hall in main building into smaller rooms, provision was made for the several grades elsewhere, and the school work was completed as usual.

Steps were at once taken by the trustees to rebuild. The plan was changed. Every effort was made to meet hygienic requirements. Like the other, this building was two stories, of brick, with high, dry, basement, and consisted of four study-rooms. Unlike and superior to the other, it was constructed upon the best approved plans of ventilation, was heated by furnace (Ructan system) from basement, and provided that light in the schools should come only from the rear. To meet this last condition, the rooms were placed diagonally with the points of the compass. Pupils being seated diagonally in the room faced the west throughout the building, receiving the light over their shoulders. It is believed there are no rooms better lighted. Mr. Alexander 1-eraained in charge of this ward during the school year 1884-'5, and was succeeded by Mr. J.W. Hamilton, who was re-elected for the year following.

Branch). The building, erected in 1886, is on the same general plan as tiiat of Ward I, has eight rooms, and is one of tlie handsomest school-houses of the size in the State. When completed it will seat 400 pupils.

Frankfort has now school seating for about 1,300 pupils, in four comfortable buildings, representing, together with their lots and furnishing, a valuation of about $50,000. The general policy of the board has been progressive. Much care has been exercised in the selection of teachers, graduates of the Frankfort High School and of the Indiana State Normal School being given the preference. Annual reports have been published by order of the board since 1875, with full statistics and announcements, from which may be gathered a complete history of the schools.

Names Of Trustees

The heartiest sympathy exists between the city and county schools, officers and interests; and with the continued support of the public, and with usually prosperous timus, the Frankfort schools will be a means of much usefulness to the city.

The press and the school are two great civilizers of the age, and no community can afford to live without the highest possible development of their benign influences./

Methodist Episcopal GhurJh. - The first regular Methodist preaching in Frankfort v as hf Rov. Miles Huffaker, then in charge of what was known as tl e^untersville Circuit, about 1831. On this circuit Stephen R. 1 «il and Boyd Phelps were the ministers in lS32-'3, and James Armstrong was the presiding elder of the Lafayiitte District. lu the winter of 1832-'3 a movement was made to build a church, and in August, 1834, lot No. 77 (the present location) was conveyed to the trustees for a building site. During this and the following year a frame church 30 x 40 was built at a cost of about $400. In 1836 Frankfort became the head of a circuit witli twenty to thirty appointments.

the next year, and was formally dedicated Febrnary 20, 1853, Rev. J. M. Stallard and Rev. Luther Taylor officiating. In 1871 this house was refitted and an addition made thereto, at a cost of $3,600.

During the spring of 1883, while under the pastorate of Kev. W. H. Hickman, the enterprise of erecting the present building was projected, and at once entered upon. This church was dedicated March 30, 1884. The new building is in the decorated Gothic style of architecture, cjnstructed of brick, with stone foundations and trimmings; its dimensions are 72x96 feet. The cost of the building completed and furnished, including all incidental expenses, was about $18,000. The Sabbath- school bore the entire expense of the windows and assisted in other items of furnishing, amounting in all to about $800. The Ladies' Furnishing Society raised and expended for carpets, chandeliers, altar and pulpit about $1,100.

The first Sabbath-school was organized February 7, 1841, by Ancil Beech, and at the first session there were present about sixty in all. The first superintendent was Joseph Johnson. There has always been much interest shown in this organization and it now ranks foremost in the State under the superintendency of Dr. Oliver Gard.

In 1848 the bell was purchased and placed in position, and on the 7th of May, for the first time its clear, ringing tones denoted the hour of divine worship. Previous to this the Sunday-school had been called together by the blowing of a tin horn. The church at the present time is in a very flourishing condition and is made up of live and active Christians who are ever awake to the duties imposed upon them.

We give here a list of all its pastors from its organization down to the present time. They are as follows: James L. Beloat, Thomas J. Brown, Joseph White, Ancil Beech, William Wilson, Jacob Colclazer, Samuel Reed, Draper Chipman, B. Blowers, Enoch Wood, James Johnson, Allen Skillman, Brinton Webster, J. W. Parret, Luther Taylor, J. C. Reed, Francis Cox, P. I. Bis wick, Jesse Hill, Thomas Bartlett, G. W. Stafl"ord, G. W. Warner, Richard Hargrave, J. L. Thompson, W. S. Harker, C B. Mack, J. B. De Mott, E. H. Staley, Wilson Beckner, W. M. Darwood, T. C. Stringer, J. A. Clearwaters, N. L. Brakeman, William Graham, W. H. Hickman, J. N. Beard, and the present pastor, Rev. J. H. Hollingsworth.

Presbyterian Church. - The church was organized in July, 1831, at the residence of Mr. John Douglass, father of Jackson Douglass, by Kev. James A. Carnahan, now of Dayton, Indiana, and Kev. John Thompson, one of the professors at Crawfordsville. As far as can be learned in the absence of the first records, which are lost, there were sixteen members received into the organization, Tiz. : John Douglass, Susannah Douglass, Colonel William Douglass, Samuel Mitchel, Hope Mitchel, Joseph McClelland, Isabel McClelland, Samuel McQuern, Mrs. McQuern, David Barnes, Mrs. Barnes, Rachel Byres, John Gray, Sarah Gray, Samuel Douglass and Annie Douglass.

In 1833'or '34 the congregation built their first house of worship on the lot now occupied by them, at a cost of about $300. This was enlarged to about double its capacity in 1838, at a cost of about $1,000, including the finishing up of the older part, which had not before been either ceiled or plastered.

In 1859 was dedicated a brick edifice, which had now succeeded the old frame, at a cost of about $4,000. This has given place to the beautiful new house, built in 1876, at a cost of $19,000.

The growth of the congregation is marked by these repeated buildings, and their respective costs. The church has before it a very hopeful future of usefulness, numbering at this date about 300 members.

In the spring of 1832 was organized a Sabbath-school, which is believed to have been the first in the county. This beginning in the county with the church was transferred to the town, and has never been intermitted.

The average attendance for the past year has been about 200, with J. M. Cast for its superintendent. The church is without a pastor at the present writing. The church ofllcers are J. M.Cast, Thomas Lee, G. L. Kempf, A. Given, R. P. Shanklin, R. M. Sims, and J. A. Seawright, Elders ; Samuel Ayers, J. H. Coulter, W. H. Hart, Cyrus Clark and E. W. Paul, Deacons; J. A. Seawright, Clerk; Samuel Ayers, Treasurer.

TJie Christian Church \of P^nkfort was organized by Rev. Lewis Comer, at the house kf John Horland, south of town, iu the year 1830. The cougregationVoeld religious services at different places, frequently meeting at the court-house, until 1843, when a church building was erected at Frankfort. Notwithstanding the church has labored under adverse circumstances, they have held their organization in tact ever since. At the ^time the church was built here, the membership numbered about nfty, but soon swelled to 300. It is now about 175.

In 1872 the congregation erected a very neat frame building, fronting on Jackson street. The church is now in a growing and healthy condition, with one of the best Sunday-schools in the county of about 120 scholars, of which Frank McCowan is superintendent. The officers of the church are as follows: Q. A. Kennedy and U. C. McKinsey, Elders; Elwood Avery, John Lucas and WilliaiQ Kelly, Deacons; Dr. M. S. Canfield, Treasurer and Clerk.

Clinton Lodge, No. 64, F. dk A. M. - The Masonic fraternity of Frankfort formed their tirst lodge by a dispensation from the Grand Lodge of the State of Indiana, dated December 23, 1843, issued to Jacob D. Vandyke, as Worshipful Master; Win Winship, Senior Warden, and James G. Choat, Junior Warden, with their associates. A chapter was issued to the brethren on the 31st day of_ May, 1844, for the new lodge, to be called "Clinton Lodge, No. 64," with Jacob D. Vandyke as Worshipful Master; Lucien J. Griggs, Senior Warden, and James G. Choat, Junior Warden.

The first officers elected by the new lodge were: Lucien D. Griggs, Worshipful Master; Thomas W. Florer, Senior Warden; N. T. Catterlin, Junior Warden; Cyrus B. Pence, Secretary; Daniel Parker, Treasurer; Joseph W. Johnson, Senior Deacon; John A. Hoggart, Junior Deacon, and Robert M. Watt, Tyler.

"In the summer of 1873, the lodge built and handsomely furnished a large and well-arranged hall, at a cost of over $4,000. The new hall was publicly dedicated by Grand Master Lucien A. Foote, on the 24th day of June, 1874.

The present membership numbers 154, and the officers for 1886 are: P. W. Gard, Worshipful Master; W. F. Palmer, Senior "Warden; J. G. Snyder, Junior Warden; Enos Hoover, Treasurer;

Clinton Chapte)\ No. 82, R. A. M., was organized October 19, 1871, and has since had quite a rapid growth, its membership numbering at tlie present time about ninety-five. It is in a very flourishing condition and its present officers are: "W. B. Kramer, High Priest; Moses De Camp, King; Oliver Gard, Scribe; J. W. Morrison, 0. of H.; W. F. Palmer, Permanent Secretary; J. G. Snyder, R. A. C; F. M. Nixon, G. M. First Veil; L. H. Daniels, G. M. Second Veil; J. W. Collins, G. M. Third Veil; H. H. Bradley, Treasurer; E. Hoover, Secretary; "W. G. Park, Guard.

Frankfort Commandery , No. 29, K. T'.-Upon petition of J. C. Suit, M. M. Kyger, G. W. Aughe, James T. Hockman, Jesse W. Aughe, R. H. Clark, Jos. B. Cheadle and others, a dispensation for the organization of a commandery of Knights Templar was granted December 7, 1880, by Graud Commander Henry G. Thayer, to be known as Frankfort Commandery, and on the same evening its organization was effected. A charter was granted April 27, 1881, and the following named were the first officers elected : J. C. Suit, E. C. ; M. M. Kyger, G. ; Jesse W. Aughe, C. G.; J. S. McMurray, P.; James T. Hockman, S. W. ; N. J. Gaskill, J. W.; De "Witt C.Bryant, Treasurer; J. W. Morrison, Recorder; Moses De Camp, Standard Bearer; Samuel O. Bayless, Sword Bearer; Robert Sims, Sentinel. January 1, 1885, the membership numbered sixty-eight. Two knights have been created in 1886, and Rev. F. M. Leeson was admitted to membership June 22, 1886, and died July 9, being the only member lost to the commandery since its organization. It is composed of live and active members, and its present ofiicers are; N. J. Gaskill, E. C. ; P. W. Gard, G. ; W. B. Kramer, C. G.; Oliver Gard, P.; S. B. Fisher, S. W.; H. H. Bradley, J. W. ; De Witt C. Bryant, Treasurer; J. W. Morrison, Recorder; Moses De Camp, W.; D. M. Banes, Standard Bearer; F. M. Nixon, Sword Bearer; George Snyder, First Guard; James A. Hedgcock, Second Guard; "W". P. Ashley, Sentinel.

Frankfort Lodge, No. 108, 1. 0. 0. F.^w&s instituted February ]9, 1852, by D. D. G. M. W. K. Rochester. The charter members were Jacob S. Douglass, John W. Blake, J. A. Nunn, J. N. Irwin, S. P. Miller and J. N. Redman. Of the charter members only two were residents of Frankfort, viz., J. S. Douglass and John W. Blake, the others having deposited cards for the purpose of instituting the lodge, after which they withdrew and returned to the lodges to which they belonged. On the evening of instituting the lodge, the following were initiated: Jackson Douglass, I. D. Armstrong, John H. Dunn, James Gastor, John B. Douglass, W. P. Dunn and Norman Newton, and received all the degrees. The first elective officers were: Jacob S. Douglass, Noble Grand; J. W. Blake, Yice-Grand; Jackson Douglass, Secretary; I. D. Armstrong, Treasurer. In>ranuary,1857, the lodgeroom with all the records and fixtures was burned, and in this way early statistics were lost, and can never be regained. In the following summer the hall was rebuilt and occupied by them until 1873, when it was considered too small to accommodate the lodge any longer. The trustees sold it and bnilt a new one, which is admirably adapted to the work. The new hall is 48x56 feet, and contains two spacious ante-rooms. John Earner donated the privilege of building the hall on the second story of his spacious block, and the right of entrance. He also put the iron roof on which is to be kept in repair at the joint expense of both parties. The present membership numbers about eighty-nine, and its officers are: J. "W. Page, Noble Grand; A. A. Thompson, Yice- Grand; James Gastor, Recording Secretary; E. Hoover, Permanent Secretary; Daniel Delong, Treasurer.

Its financial condition is very good, owning its own hall and a fine collection of natural curiosities. The principles of this organization are of a benevolent and social character. The officers for 1886 are: W. H. Boyland, Prophet; J. A. Hedgcock, Sachem; Charles Comley, Senior Sag.; T. Cornelison, Junior Sag.; Charles Leisure, C. of R. ; J. W. Lee, K. of "W.

Stone River Post, Ifo. 65, O. A. B. - This post was organized May 9, 1882, with thirty-eight charter members. Its first officers were: John G. Clack, Commander; William Hart, Senior Vice- Commander; Cyrus Clark, Junior Vice-Commander; Joseph Suit, Adjutant; John Cook, Quartermaster; W. H. Hickman, Chaplain; Smith Forsythe, Officer of the Guard; James Southard, Oflicer of the Day; G. "W. Brown, Surgeon. The first and only death occurred May 12, 1886. The post is in a good condition financially and socially. The present membership numbers about 100, and its officers for 1886 are: Dr. Oliver Gard, Commander; Hugh Dunnington, Senior Vice-Commander; Edmond Leach, Junior Vice-Commander; J. W. Aughe, Surgeon; "W. H. Boyland, Adjutant; Pleasant Lough, Chaplain; J. W. Lee, Quartermaster; U. M. Palmer, Officer of tlie Day; J. W. Turney, Officer of the Guard; Joseph Steele, Sergeant-Major; Jacob Forsythe, Quartermaster Sergeant; William Hawkins, Inside Sentinel.

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Oood Shepherd Lodge, No. 22, /. 0. G. T., was organized December 16, 1876, with sixty charter members. The following were the first officers: I. Poison, "Worthy Chief Templar; M. L. Elston, "Worthy Vice-Templar; "W. E. Sims, Recording Secretary; Mollie Hoover, Assistant Secretary; J. S. Van Arsdel, Financial Secretary; George Lee, Treasurer; C. M. Leisure, Marshal; Emma Lee, Deputy Marshal; M. J. Campbell, Outside Guard; "William Colby, Chaplain; Bertie Shafer, Eight-hand Supporter; Nancy Lee, Left-hand Supporter; Joseph Dunlap, Past "Worthy Chief Templar. The membership of the lodge now numbers thirty-four, and the present officers are as follows: L Poison, "Worthy Chief Templar; Mrs. L. A. Miner, "Worthy Vice- Templar; Mrs. N. M. Piatt, Eecording Secretary; E. Carne, Assistant Secretary; Peter Fetter, Financial Secretary; Bertha Entrikan. Treasurer; "Willie Clark, Worthy Marshal; Harriet L. Fetter, "Worthy Deputy Marshal; Mamie Entrikan, Inside Guard; "William Peatt, Outside Guard; S. A. Eutrikan, Eight-hand Supporter; Ida Carne, Left-hand Supporter; Adam Gaddis, Past "Worthy Chief Templar.

May 1, 1868, D. P. Baraer, with his father, John Earner, engaged in the banking business under the firm name of D. P. Earner & Co., and the following January consolidated with the firm of Coulter, Given & Co., forming what was known as the International Bank.

The First National Bank was organized July 22, 1872, with a cash capital of $200,000, and they bought all the interests of the International Bank. The first president was W. R. Coulter, the second was A. Given, and the third and present incumbent of that office is J. H. Paris. At its organization D. P. Earner was appointed cashier, which position he has held ever since, performing the duties with much credit to himself and to the satisfaction of the Board of Directors, who, at present, are as follows: R. J. Coulter, A. Given, A. E. Given, N. J. Gaskill, D. P. Earner, J. W. Coulter, D. F. Allen, Dr. T. B. Cox and J. H. Paris.

Farmers' Bank. - This institution was organized in 1876, with Samuel Ayres as its president, and Jackson Douglas as cashier. It has a cash capital of $100,000, and receives a liberal patronage from the surrounding country. The officers at the present time (1886) are as follows: Robert McClamroch, President; D. A. Coulter, Cashier; W. H. Hart, Assistant Cashier; R. McClamroch, R. P. Shanklin, Moses De Camp, John Anderson, S. M. Davis, Elwood Avery and D. A. Coulter, Directors.

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The following is a summary of the present business men ol Frankfort: Agricultural implements and hardware, D. Bradley, Coulter & Dinwiddle, William Gangwer, Paris & Sharp and Sellers & Derrick; boots and shoes, Joseph Dunlap, G. W. Eaton, J. W. Guthridge, I. Israel, G. R. Lee & Son, Miner & Son, A. P. Potts and J. E. Underwood; blacksmiths, Baker Bros., Colby &

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David Friend Allen, senior member of the milling firm of D. F. Allen & Bro., at Frankfort, is a native citizen of the place where he is an important factor of its business connections. He was born March 15, 1843, and is the eldest of three sons of John and Martha (Runyon) Allen. The parents were natives of Ohio, and respectively of Irish and English extraction. The father was a pioneer of Clinton County, Indiana, where he located in 1828. He was a school-teacher by profession, and taught in the schools of Clinton County for some time. He then interested himself in farming and was occupied in that pursuit until 1855, when he began to operate as a keeper of a hotel in Frankfort, and continued to follow that line of business until his death in 1864. He died at the age of fifty-seven years. He was a member of the Christian chnrch, to which his wife also belonged. She was married to Mr. Allen in 1829 at which time she came to Clinton County. Her death transpired in 1865, when she was fifty-five years of age. Mr. Allen, of this sketch, was reared in Frankfort. When he was eighteen years old the country was in the throes of civil war, and he enlisted. He enrolled as a private in Company C, Tenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served three months. At the expiration of that time he re-enlisted in the same company and regiment for a period of three years. He received his discharge in September, 1864. He won deserved promotion through the, various grades to the rank of Second Lieutenant. Meanwhile his special service included the duties of Adjutant of the regiment. Division Quartermaster and aid on the personal staffs of Generals Steadman, Schoneld and Brannon. Rich Mountain, Mill Springs, Perryville, TiiUahoma, Chickamauga, Kingston, Chattahoochee River and the siege of Vicksburg make up the principal roster of the fields of battle where he served his country. He also participated in numerous skirmishes, and at Chickamauga was severely wounded. He was absent from duty from this cause from September, 1863, to January following. After receiving honorable discharo-e he returned to Frankfort. Not long after, he was commissioned Adjutant of the One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment, Indiana Volunteers. His father's death, just previous to the departure of the regiment for the field, necessitated the resignation of his commission, and for some time he was occupied in settling the aiFairs of the estate. His father had taken a contract to carry the United Stat^ mail between Frankfort and Colfax and he assumed the duties of that position, which he fulfilled until 1867, running a stage-line between the places named. From 1867 until 1873 he was engaged ilk the sale of groceries at Frankfort. His health becoming impaired he relinquished his business connections and passed the summer and autumn of the year last named in California. He returned to Frankfort and pursued the business of a broker until the fall of 1874, when he became interested in forwarding grain. He formed a partnership with his brother Edward, the firm relation being designated as above stated. Their business in grain was merged in the relations of a grocery establishment, in which they operated until 1877, when they erected what is known as the City Grain Elevator, at Frankfort. They transacted business as buyers and shippers of grain until 1882, when they purchased the Koller Mills at Frankfort, and have since carried on the business of general milling. The mills have a grinding capacity of 150 barrels of flour daily. In 1871, on the organization of the First National Bank at Frankfort, Mr. Allen was made a director and has discharged the duties of thaf position continuously since. He has been from first to last identified with the public welfare of Frankfort, and was one of the foremost and most active promoters of the railway connections of the city of his nativity. He is a director of the Frankfort & Kokomo Railroad and of the Logansport & Southwestern Koad, which is now a branch of the Vandalia Railway system. In political connection Mr. Allen is a Democrat. He is a member of the Masonic order and is connected with Lodge No. 54, at Frankfort. He was married at Frankfort, December 12, 1865, to Miss Clara Shipp, who died in December, 1873, leaving two children - Paul and John. May 12, 1875, Mr. Allen contracted a matrimonial alliance with Miss Josephine Alford at Thorntown, Boone County, Indiana. Their two younger children - Dick and Joe, are living. Clara, the first-born, died in 1883, December, aged three years.

Isaac D. Armstrong, Frankfort. - Among the early pioneers of Clinton County, the name of Isaac D. Armstrong occupies a prominent place. Many years have passed since he left his Eastern home to become associated with the development of the great West. Many who were associated with him in those early days have long since " slept the sleep which knows no waking.'

It has been his happy lot, however, to see the bright hopes of his youth realized; to see the vast growth of timber, which once covered the site of this beautiful little city, " vanish like fitful shadows," under the well-plied strokes of the pioneer's ax; to see the little log-cabins of earlier days replaced by handsome residences and business buildings. Such evidences of progress cannot fail to be deeply gratifying to the survivors of that noble class of adventurers who, many years ago, entered the wilderness of this State, and opened the way, as it were, for the improvements so universally apparent throughout the State, and nowhere more so than in Clinton County. Isaac D. Armstrong is a representative of the pioneers of this county. He was born in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, September 20, 1808. When three years of age he immigrated with relatives to Preble County, Ohio, where the days of his childhood and youth were passed. As an education, in those early days was obtained under diflBculties, his early education was quite limited. No public school offered its friendly benefits, and the little log school-house was only open for a short term in the winter, during which time he was a regular attendant; the remainder of his time was employed on the farm. Here he passed a quiet and uneventful life, until 1828, when, in April of that year, he came to Clinton County, with whose interests he has ever since been associated. Two years after his arrival Clinton County was organized, and he was appointed surveyor, by Governor James Brown Kay. His commission, which he still has in his possession, is perhaps the oldest document of that nature in the county. Under that commission, he served six years, when heresigned, and was succeeded in the office by Mr. S. B. Thompson. On the 7th day of September, 1837, Mr. Armstrong and Miss Nancy Moorehead were united in marriage. Mrs. Nancy Armstrong was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, and moved with her parents to this county in 1828. Their union has proved a happj- one, and, through a period of nearly fifty years they have traveled life's thorny pathway hand in hand, sharing mutually the joys and griefs of this world. Six children have blessed their union, named, respectively, Eliza J., Mary E., Caroline, William, Jackson D. and James 0. In August, 1839, Mr. Armstrong was called from the quiet pursuits of farm life to perform the duties of county recorder. He discharged the duties of this oflice faithfully for a period of fourteen years, when he again retired to his farm, where he remained six years. In 1867 he was elected treasurer of Clinton County, in which capacity he served four years. Since that time he has devoted his attention to farming. His farm is pleasantly located south of the city of Frankfort. A beautiful residence has succeeded the log house in which he began life, and finely cultivated fields have taken the place of the dense forest which formerly surrounded him. In all enterprises calculated to promote the interests of Clinton County he has been an active participant. Railroads and other public improvements have always received his cordial support, and have been materially assisted by donations from his purse. His religious convictions led him to unite with the Presbvterian 'church early in life. Soon after uniting with the church he was chosen trustee, and in that capacity he has continued to act ever since. Politically he has cast his lot with the Democratic party, and has always been an ardent supporter of Democratic principles.

"William P. Ashley, contractor and bricklayer, resident at Frankfort, Indiana, was born in Montgomery County, in the State of Ohio, September 3, 1826. He came to Indiana in June, 1842, and made his home in the Indian Reserve, in that part now known as Howard County. His father being a bricklayer, the son commenced to work at the trade before he was twelve years old, and at the early age of fifteen commenced journey work for himself. He made his home in Howard County and worked in difl'erent parts of the State at his trade until October, 1847, when he was married to Jemima Thatcher and made his home in Kokomo until May 6, 1863, when he decided to enter the army in the war of the Re- . bellion and accordingly enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and ' Eighteenth Indiana Infantry, and served until April 2, 1864, and" was discharged at Indianapolis. He returned to Kokomo and in the month of September following moved to Hampton, Franklin County, Iowa, where he farmed and worked at his trade until February, 1870, when he went to Warrensburg, Missouri, where ; he left his family and proceeded on a prospecting tour through - Arkansas, Texas, Indian Territory, Kansas, Nebraska and Dakota. : He returned from the West in August and settled in Frankfort in - October, where his wife had been brought up from infancy. He ' has continued to work at his trade as contractor and bricklayer ; ; ever since with the exception of one year that he followed brick- '. making. The days of his first political connection he was a ' ' Whig, and at the birth of the Republican party, being opposed to slavery, he joined that party, but is now a Prohibitionist. He was-i' the chairman of the first Prohibition Central Committee of Clin ton County. In 1875 he was elected the first assessor of the city of Frankfort, and in 1880 was elected justice of the peace for Center Township for a period of four j'ears. November 18, 1847, he was married, in Taylor Township, Howard County, to Miss Jemima Thatcher. They are the parents of eight children, seven of whom are living, and six are married. Eansom B. resides in Frankfort; Harles F. is a citizen of Boyleston, Clinton County; Mrs. Lucinda A. Jones lives in Frankfort; Myndus L. is a resident of Portland, Jay County, Indiana; Casvill M. lives at Frankfort; Miss Harriett E. lives with her parents; Mrs. Sarah E. Yesley lives in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana; Jesse D. died at the age of two years at Kokomo. The parents are members of the Christian church. Mr. Ashley is a member of the Masonic fraternity and belongs to the Blue Lodge, Eoyal Arch Chapter, Council and Commandery at Frankfort. He is also a member of Clinton Chapter, No. 6, order of the Eastern Star.

John Atkinson was born near Carlisle, Pennsylvania, April 13, 1844. He was reared in his native city, remaining there until after the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion. When seventeen years old he enlisted in defense of his country and was assigned to Company D, Twentieth Pennsylvania Cavalry, serving six months when, re-enlisting, he was assigned to Company D, Seventy-eighth Pennsylvania Infantry, to serve a year, and during his last term was in detached service as General Kosseau's orderly. He retui-ned to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, after his discharge, and began to work at the butcher's trade, which he had learned of his father in his youth, remaining tliere until 1866, when he moved to Frankfort, Indiana, and for a j-^ear wasin business for himself, and since then has been employed by various firms, at present being with Ball & Hill Brothers. Mr. Atkinson was married at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1867,5to Miss Rebecca Sheets, of that city. They have five children - Emma, Mary, William, Jennie and Mabel. One son, John, died aged two years. Mr. Atkinson is a member of Fidelity Lodge, No. 60, K. of H., and Dakota Tribe, No. 42, I. O. R. M.

William Andrew Ateey, retail grocer, Frankfort, Indiana, is a native of Clinton County, born in Michigan Township, March, 1858, a son of Jacob and Hannah (Ford) Avery. He was reared a farmer, receiving his education in the common schools. When twenty years of age he left home and for three years engaged in teaching school. In June, 1881, he was employed as clerk in the store of R. C. Shanklin &Co., at Michigan town, remaining with them a little over a year, when he came to Frankfort and was employed in the wholesale and retail grocery of Hillis & Shanklin until October, 1883, when he became associated with Jonas Byram, under the firm name of Avery & Byram. This partnership was dissolved in November, 1885, and Mr. Avery has since continued the business alone. He is a young man of fine ability and strict business integrity and deserves much credit for the success he has attained. He is classed among the first and most prominent business men of Frankfort, and has gained this positioi\ by hard work and close attention to his pursuits. In politics he affiliates with the Democratic party.

Captain Samuel Aters was born in Butler County, Ohio, November 14, 1816, and lived in his native county until 1831,^ when his parents moved to Clinton County, Indiana, and settled in Jefferson Township, where the father died in 18iL He remained at home until his father's death, and after reaching his majority had an interest in the proceeds of the farm. He continued agricultural pursuits until 1853, when he rented his farm and moved to Jefferson and engaged in the mercantile business, and also in poi'k-packing until 1859. In 1860 he was elected treasurer of Clinton County, and in June, 1861, disposed of his business at Jefferson and moved to Frankfort. He filled the office of treasurer two years, and in the summer of 1862, was appointed Sutler of the Seventy-second Indiana Mounted Infantry and remained with the regiment until it was mustered out in 1866. He accompanied it on all its campaigns in Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. He was elected Captain of a company of State militia in 1846, and has since been known by that title. In 1869 he was commissioned assistant revenue assessor of Clinton County, to which was afterward added the counties of Carroll and Boone, and served four years, also serving in the meantime as revenue collector. In the spring of 1871, being a stockholder and one of the incorporators of the Farmers' Bank, of Frankfort, he was elected its president, and filled this position until June, 1883. In 1873 he was elected a member of the School Board of Frankfort, a position he has since held by re-election. Politically he was originally a Whig, but since its organization has affiliated with the Republican party. He has been twice married. His first wife, to whom he was married in October, 1843, was Eliza Kirk, daughter of Judge Nathan Kirk, of Kirkland, Clinton County. She died October 24, 1844, leaving one child - Eliza, who man-ied Williani A. Ford, of Lafayette, and is now deceased. In August, 1851, Mr. Ayers married Susannah, daughter of Samuel A. Black, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. She died in March, 1861, leaving three children, one of whom is living - William E., of Frankfort. Two daughters are deceased - Virginia Alice, who was the wife of W. H. Hart, and Selina, wife of J. W. Morrison. Mr. Ayers is a member of the Presbyterian church, of which he is a deacon and treasurer. He is a member of Clinton Lodge, No. 54, and has held the office of worthy master.

David Paeey Barnee, second son of John Earner, Esq., was born in Frankfort, Clinton County, Indiana, October 29, 1833. He attended the public school of the town, where he received a liberal education. He employed his time on Saturdays and during vacation in the offices of the Ulintonian, Compiler and Clinton News, where he acquired a good knowledge of the art of typography. In the winter of 1852 lie filled a position in the Sentinel office, at Indianapolis, as a compositor, where he remained until the following spring. At the close of this engagement he entered Asbury University, at Greencastle, Indiana. After a partial course in that institution he returned to his home and took charge of a district school which he taught during the winter of 1854. At the close of his school term he entered upon the duties of deputy clerk with his father, who was then clerk of Clinton County. The duties of the office did not demand his entire attention, in consequence of which he taught school in the country during the winter of. 1855. and served as one of the assistant clerks in the House of Representatives of the Indiana Legislature during the session of 1857. At the close of the session he returned to Frankfort and resumed his duties in the clerk's office, where he remained until 1859, when he was elected to_succeed his father, who retired from the office, after a faithful service of fifteen years. On the 19th day of October, 1858, Mr. Earner was united in marriage with Miss Mattie M. Hopkinson, daughter of Mrs. Lydia Hopkinson (now deceased). The marriage ceremony was performed at Jeflereon, Indiana, by Rev. Chas. A. Munn. The attendants on that occasion were Robert F. Eraden, David E. Given, Miss Lou Ealdridge and Miss Mary M. Elake. By this union there were born four children - John H., Bird E., Mabel C. and Ln G., the first and last of whom have passed over the River of Death. In Oc- tober, 1S63, Mr. Earner was re-elected to the office of clerk, over Colonel A. O. Miller, his Republican opponent. For the honors conferred upon him the recipient has ever been grateful. It is a - matter ofj pride with him that he was the first native-born citizen of Clinton County elected to till a county office. On the 1st day of May, 1868, he engaged with his father in the banking business under the firm name of D. P. Earner & Co. On the 6th day of January, 1869, this firm was consolidated with the banking firm of Carter, Given & Co., proprietors of the International Eank of Frankfort, of which Mr. Earner was elected cashier, and held that position until the 22d day of July, 1871, when the above named bank was converted into the First National Eank of Frankfort, in which he has been continued cashier by successive elections to this date, a period of over filteen years. Mr. Earner was selected as one of the delegates, by the State Convention of his party, to attend the National Convention held at St. Louis in June, 1876. He attended this convention as an earnest advocate of the nomination of Governor Hendricks for the Presidency. He has been a zealous supporter of the Democratic pi-inciples and an active member of that party. Mr. Earner has ever been a zealous friend of public education, and has employed valuable time, with good results, in the educational interests of his count}'. He was a member of the School Eoard of Frankfort at the time when the increasing number of applicants for public instruction demanded increased accommodations. During his term of office was built the handsome edifice, a school which is justly a matter of pride to the citizens and which for a thorough course of instruction and efficient teachers stands second to none in the State.

Captain James A. Blake, of Frankfort, is a native citizen of the county and city in which he lives. His birth occurred February 16, 1839. He there obtained his early education and attended the Commercial College at Indianapolis, finishing his educational course before he was nineteen years of age. Two years previous to tlie attainment of his majority, he embarked in a commercial enterprise at Colfax in his native county, and while doing business there acted as postmaster. In the fall of 1859 he went thence to Michigan City, Indiana, to assume the duties of a position as guard in the Northern Indiana State Penitentiary. During his stay there he received an accidental injury. He had a fall and his pistol exploded, the bullet passing upward and lodging in the muscles of his right shoulder blade, from which position it was extracted.

Having fully recovered, in April, 1861, during the first mouth of the progress of the Rebellion he enlisted in Company 0, Tenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, enrolling at Indianapolis to serve three months. April 24, while the regiment was en route to Parkersburg, Virginia, he was made First Lieutenant, and commissioned by Governor Morton. At the expiration of the period of his enlistment he received discharge in common with the regiment and was authorized by the Adjutant-General of his native State to raise a company of volunteers for the Fortieth Regiment, then in rendezvous at Sample Barracks, Lafayette, Indiana. He found field for recruiting in the counties of Fountain and Warsaw, and in eleven days enlisted 132 men. Under the designation of Company D, the organization was assigned to the regiment, and when the officers were appointed, Mr. Elake was made its Captain. He served in that capacity more than two years when he resigned on account of disability. He was in the actions at Rich Mountain, Pittsburg Landing, and at Chattanooga, besides in numerous smaller afiairs of comparatively little importance as war emergencies are estimated. The illness which occasioned his withdrawal from military life was the 'result of the wound mentioned as being received at Michigan City. After leaving the army he went to Hey worth, Illinois, where he interested himself in the sale of groceries, associated with a nephew, the firm style being known as J. "W. Dunn & Co. Their relations as grocers were in existence three years, when, his health becoming impaired, he commenced life as a traveling salesman, and operated in that manner through three trips. He went South, and after reaching there in the autumn he engaged as a cotton clerk in the employ of the Iron Mountain Railroad Company, having headquarters at Hope, Arkansas. He returned to Frankfort in 1883, and since has been in no definite business on account of poor health. Mr. Blake is a Democrat in political connections and has served in several official positions, among which were clerk and treasurer of the city of Heyworth. He belongs to the orderof Good Templars, and is a man of decided character and ability.

Prof. Richakd Gadse Boone, ex-superintendent of the Frankfort schools, is a native of Indiana, born in Spiceland, Henry County, September 9, 1849, a son of Driver and Elizabeth (Cooper) Boone, the former a native of North Carolina, of English descent, and the latter born in the State of Ohio, of English and Irish ancestry. The father was one of three persons who first settled in Henry

County, this State, living there till his death, which occurred in 1880, at the advanced age of eighty-five years. The mother came to Henry County in 1842, shortly before her marriage. She is still living, and makes her home with her son, Jonathan Cooper Boone, the recorder of Henry County. The subject of this sketch received his education at the Spiceland Academy, an institution carried on under the auspices of the Friends' Society, from which he graduated in the class of 1871. He chose teaching as his profession, began his career at the age of seventeen years in a country school, in Rush County, Indiana, and afterward taught one term in Bartholomew County. In 1872 he became principal of the school at Yalley Miler, Miami County, filling that position three years. During 1875 he was obliged to rest from his labors on account of nervous prostration. In July, 1876, he accepted the position of superintendent of the public schools of Frankfort, which position he filled satisfactorily until June, 1886, a period of ten years. In 1884: he received the degree of Master of Arts from the De Pauw University at Greencastle. Indiana. In June, 1886, he was elected to tlie chair of Pedagogics by the trustees of the Indiana University at Bloomington, and assumed his duties the following August. Professor Boone was united in marriage at Amo, Hendricks County, July 23, 1874, to Miss Mary E. Stanley, a daughter of El wood and Martha (Butler) Stanley, of whom the latter is deceased." They have three children - Cheshire Lowton, Mabel Gertrude and Herbert Stanley. Professor Boone and his wife are members of the Friends' Society, to which the parents of both belonged.

Sanford Bowen is a resident of Frankfort, and has been|connected with the business of J. H. Miner & Son since April, 1869. He was born near Rossville, Clinton County, Indiana, December 21, 1842. He learned the trade of shoemaker with Jethro Wilson, of Kossville, serving an apprenticeship of three years' duration. Soon after the expiration of his indentures he enlisted. He enrolled June 14, 1861, as a private soldier in Company D, Fifteenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He enlisted^for three years, but was discharged at the end of eighteen months for disability caused by sickness. While in the service he was promoted from Eighth Corporal to the rank of Sergeant. He regained his health and re-enlisted July 25, 1863, in Company E, One Hundred and Sixteenth Indiana Infantry, for a service of six months, but remained another month before he was discharged. He acted as Sergeant of his company. In March, 1864, he veteranized with

Company K, Seventy-second Indiana Mounted Volunteers, to serve durinor the remainder of the war. He was in the actions at Shiloh, Dalton, Resaca and Kenesaw Mountain, besides other minor engagements. At the last-named encounter with the rebels he was wounded (June 19, 1861), and was again discharged for disability in January, 1865. He returned to Rossviile, and after regainitig bis health be engaged in sboemaking, which be pursued at various places in Indiana until the date of his entering the service of bis present employer, with whom be has been connected about eighteen years. March 19, 1867, Mr. Bowen was married to Miss Mary Gaddis, at Rossviile. Their children are - Cora, Ff ed and Nellie. Mr. Bowen is a member of the lodge and chapter in the Masonic order, at Frankfort. He is also acomradeiii Stone River Post, No. 65, G. A. R.

James Manson Bkaffoed, city clerk of Frankfort (1886), is the manager of the office of the Western Union Telegraph Company, at Frankfort. He is the son of James Milton and Isabella (Stephenson) Brafford. His parents are both deceased. His father was a native of Clinton County, and was of Scotch origin. He was, by calling, a farmer, and in 1862 he enlisted in Company I, Eighty-sixth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He died while in service, in the hospital at Louisville, Kentucky, in 1863. The mother was born in the State of Kentucky, and was of Irish parentage. She died at Frankfort in 1879. She was a member of the church of United Brethren. Mr. BraiFord was born in Washington Township, Clinton County, September 29, 1861. He was a pupil in the common school of his native township, and in. the schools of Frankfort. When he was seventeen years of age he went to Kansas and taught school in Lynn County. In the year following he taught in Bates County, Missouri, returning to Clinton County in 1880. He learned the art of telegraphy at Frankfort, and in the latter part of 1880 was the recipient of a position in the office of the L. E. & W. Railway Company, at Paxton, Illinois. He was employed by the C, C, C. & I. and the L., N. & A. companies at various places in Ohio and Indiana, until May, 1884. when he accepted the position be is now filling. He is a Republican in political opinion and connections. He was married at Frankfort, January 20, 1882, to Miss Lillian F. Hutchison, of that place. They have one child - Percy G. The mother is a member ot the Methodist church at Frankfort. Mr. Brafford was elected city clerk of Frankfort in May, 1886, to serve a term of

Hon. De "Witt Clinton Bryant, senior member of the drug firm of Bryant & Morris, Frankfort, Indiana, was born in Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, March 11, 1837, a son of James M. and Julia Ann (Lupton) Bryant, tlie former a native of Kentucky, of Dutch descent, and the latter of Ohio, of Scotch ancestry. When sixteen years of age he left home and went to Delphi, Indiana, to learn the printer's trade in the Times oflBce, remaining there two years. He was then employed as clerk in the store of J. E. Gridley, jeweler, of the same place, over a year, and in April, 1856, came to Frankfort and was employed as compositor in the Orescent office until the fall of 1857, when he entered the drug store of Dr. Byers as clerk, and was thus employed until April, 1860, when he engaged in business for himself, becoming associated with Dr. Leary, and forming the firm of Bryant <fe Leary. In 1863 Dr. Leai-y was succeeded by John Pence, changing the firm name to Bryant & Pence. In October, 1867, Mr. Bryant was elected clerk of the Circuit Court of Clinton County, and retired from business to assume the duties of his office. He was re elected in 1871, and held the office two terms of four years each. In November, 1875, he became associated with George B. Norris, forming the present firm of Bryant & Norris. In 1880 he was elected on the Democratic ticket to represent his district in the Lower House of the Indiana Legislature, and was re-elected in 1882, serving the latter term as chairman of the committee on counties and townships. In 188i he was elected Senator to represent the district composed of Boone, Clinton and Montgomery counties, his term expiring in 1888. He has also served his township and city as trustee and councilman several years each. Mr. Bryant was married December 20, 1859, to Miss Sarah I. Gaster, daughter of James and Sarah J. (Lee) Gaster, of Frankfort. They have three children - Lena May, James H. and Jennett F. James H. is a member of the drug firm of Thomas & Bryant, of Frankfort. Mr. and Mrs. Bryant are members of the Presbyterian church. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and has taken the Knight Templar degrees. He has served several years as treasurer of his lodge, and has been treasurer of the commandery since its organization in 1880.

and Hannah (Richards) Carter, also natives of Virginia. His grandfather, William Carter, was a native of Wales, and died in Clinton County, Indiana, at the age of ninety-eight years. His mother was a daughter of Richard Richards, a native of Virginia and of English ancestry. When Richard was five years of age, his parents removed to Butler County, Ohio, where he was reared on a farm. In 1828, when a little more than nineteen years of age, he came West on an exploring expedition. Being favorably impressed with the section of the country that is now Clinton County, Indiana, he returned to his home in Ohio, and the following January his father removed his family to that place and entered 240 acres of land in what is now Center Township. This land he cleared and improved and made a home for his family. In 1840 the mother died. Jesse'TUarter was the first representative elected to the Legislature from Clinton County. He also served as county agent, an office of early day. He resided in Clinton County until his death, which occurred in 1872, at the ripe old age of eighty-eight years. Of his five children, two are now living - Richard J., the subject of this sketch, and an older sister, Julia Carter. William Carter, who died in 1882, was one of the influential men of Clinton County. He was president of the First National Bank of Frankfort from the time of its organization until his death. Dr. Franklin M. Carter was a prominent physician of Frankfort, and died in 1856. Manly, the youngest son, died in 1840. Richard remained at home until his marriage, which occurred December 26, 1836, with Miss Eleanor Byers, a daughter of Ephraim and Catharine (White) Byers, who came to Juniata County, Pennsylvania, in 1833. After his marriage Mr. Carter settled upon a farm adjoiiyng the old homestead, which he had formerly purchased. He and his children own the land his father entered, and some that has since been added, making a body of 500 acres, most of which has been iu the family more than half a century. Mr. Carter was actively engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1882, when he retired from business and moved into the city of Frankfort, where he and his estimable wife are enjoying the fruits of their labor. Both are active and consistent members of the Presbyterian church. In politics he is a Republican. Although a resident of Center Township over fifty -six years, he never sought or accepted any public office, with but a single exception - he served as county commissioner three years. Six of their seven

Colonel N. T. Catterlin was born in Butler County, Ohio, September 20, 1806. In the spring of 1823 he and his father left Butler County and made their way, as best they could, to Montgomery County, Indiana, with the view of making it their future home. At that time there were but few roads in the country, and these consisted, principally, of " Indian traces." As a single illustration of the fare they met with on their route, it is worthy of remark that the night before they reached their destination they lodged in the woods, on the banks of Big Raccoon Creek, near an Indian village called " Cornstalk Town." There was, at that time, no house in which they could Und shelter, and no road, except a " trace," to direct their course. On tiieir arrival in Montgomery County they proceeded immediately to select a location and clear out a field, in which they planted a crop of corn, which they cultivated that summer. In the following autumn tliey returned to Ohio and brought out the remainder of the family, making a permanent settlement in Montgomery County. It will be observed that young Catterlin was then only seventeen years of age. He continued to work with and assist his father on the farm, working alternately at bricklaying, for two years, and then started in life for himself. During the time he remained with his father he attended all the log-rollings and house-raisings in the neighborhood, which usually occupied from twenty to thirty days each spring, thus relieving his father from much of the burden inseparable from the settlement of a timbered country. During this time he assisted in raising the first hewed log house in the present city of Crawfordsville - frame and brick residences being unknown in tiiat locality. After leaving his home, he engaged in chopping cord-wood at 20 cents per cord, during the winter, and in making, burning and laying brick in the summer and fall, at wages ranging from 25 cents to $1.00 per day. His career as a merchant has been one of the most successful and remarkable in the Wabash Yalley, which is doubtless, the development of an early conceived passion for trade. Becoming tired of so much labor at little compensation, in the fall of 1827 he determined to try his fortune at peddling. He accordingly procured a horse and spring wagon for the purpose, and loaded up with boots, shoes and other goods adapted to the season and the anticipated demand, and proceeded to " the country." His route lay through Tippecanoe County, upLauramle Creek, through the region where the village of Dayton was subsequently located, down "Wild Cat Creek to the Wabash, and, finally to Lafayette, which was then a very small village. On this route he met with a mixed population of whites and Indians, to whom he traded his goods for peltry and money, according to the circumstances of his respective customers. Ou his arrival at Lafayette, he traded for a store, and was engaged there in the retail business until the following spring. He then sold his store and proceeded up the "Wabash on a trading expedition, stopping at Longlois, where he traded for a large lot of furs. He extended his journey as far as Logansport, trading for furs along the way. He then loaded his furs on a pirogue, and sailed down the "Wabash as far as Terre Haute. There he sold out his entire cargo, taking the obligation of the purchaser, payable in ninety days. At the maturity of his note, he found the maker in failing circumstances, and the best he could do was to compromise with him; thus, out of a claim of about $1,000 he realized only $300. iSTothing daunted by this reverse, which, to him, was not trifling, he continued his trading operations, dealing in horses and peddling goods until the summer of 1828. At that time he located in Edinburgh, Indiana, where he opened a store in connection with Patrick Cowan. In the following spring he built two flat boats in Blue River, which he loaded with corn, purchased at 10 cents per bushel, lard and bacon, the latter purchased at 3i cents per hog, round. With these cargoes of provisions, he pushed out with his boats for New Orleans, trading along the coast wherever a favorable opportunity was presented. At New Orleans lie disposed of his cargoes, realizing in the whole transaction 50 cents per bushel for the corn, 10 cents per pound for his bacon and a corresponding advance for the lard, gaining a handsome fortune on his expedition. While at Edinburgh, he became acquainted with Miss Malinda Peoples, with whom he was united in marriage on the 27th day of August, 1829. Mrs. Catterlin was born in the State of Kentucky, on the 2Sth day of February, 1810. She is still surviving, and, through the years which followed her marriage she has ever stood by, aided and cheered her husband through all the vicissitudes of life. She is the beloved mother of a large family of children, universally respected, and the brightest ornament of their home. In the following winter Mr. Catterlin sold out at Edinburgh, and purchased an entirely new stock of goods at Cincinnati, and with them returned to Crawfordsville, where he opened a store in the spring of 1830. He remained there during the spring and summer and, in July of the same year, purchased lots in the then newly located town of Frankfort, with a view to making it his future home. On these lots, located on the west side of the public square, he erected a hewed log house, in two apartments, one of which was occupied by his family and the other by his store. Here he established himself in business in September, 1830, with his little family, consisting of himself, wife and one child. He has continued to reside and do business in Frankfort ever since. There were then but few families, and his was the tirst store in Frankfort. He sold goods without competition for a space of three months, after wh'ch competition sprang up and was very brisk for several years; but Mr. Catterlin continued to do a successful and profitable business, nevertheless. In the year 1833 he formed a partnership with his brother-in-law, Mr. Samuel Ship, which relation continued until the year 1836, at which time Mr. Ship retired and formed other business associations. Mr. Catterlin continued in business, and, although the financial panic which followed soon after resulted disastrously to many, he passed safely through the trying crisis. His business was not confined to selling goods. In 1837 he bought and transported horses, mules, flour, pork, etc., in which trade he continued until his operations were arrested by the breaking out of the civil war, in 1861. During fifteen years of this time he was engaged in an extensive pork-packing enterprise in Frankfort, whereby he was enabled to afford much needed employment to many laborers. Although the w^ar interfered with the trade formerly conducted with the South, it did not arrest his home business. Through those stormy days he continued to deal^in drygoods, groceries, hardware and real estate. In 1835 he erected the first grist and saw mill ever built in Frankfort, and otherwise contributed largely to the improvement of the city by the erection and maintenance of business houses and residences. In 1837 he erected the first brick building in Frankfort, which still stands on the north side of the public square, a monument to the enterprising builder. He contributed largely to the building of the several railroads now centering in Frankfort, and no beneficent enterprise has ever appealed to him in vain. Colonel Catterlin has not been without a due share of public honors. In the early history of the county he was honored with a commission as Colonel of a regiment of militia, which he organized; and afterward served successively as sherifi^ of the county, justice of the peace and probate judge, all of which positions he filled with ability and credit. He was for many years recognized as one of the ablest speakers of this county, and was a prominent leader in the Democratic party, and the temperance cause. During the late civil war he was an active Union man, and by his personal exertions and liberal contributions of his means, aided greatly in raising the large number of volunteers whose gallant deeds in the field reflected so much honor upon this county. For the large contributions made by him to defray the necessary expenses in procuring recruits he was too magnanimous and patriotic to make any charge against the Government. Among those who enlisted at that time were three of his own sons, all of whom served out the time of their respective enlistments. One of this number, Captain Noah Catterlin, Jr., served with distinction; first, as an enlisted man in the Tenth Indiana, and afterward as Captain in the One Hundredth Indiana Regiment of Yolunteers. Colonel Catterlin was, in all respects, a representative man, demonstrating in his career the importance of practical good sense, unyielding integrity and moral uprightness in grappling with the stern realities of life; and all who follow his example will be rewarded with corresponding success. He died September 6, 1883.

Oybus Clark, of Frankfort, has been a resident of Clinton County since he was a lad of twelve years and has been identified with the civil and political progress of the county since his arrival at an age to connect himself with active life among men. He was born in Juniata County, Pennsylvania, April 18, 1840, and at the age named his parents removed to the Hoosier State, settling in Owen Township,in Clinton County. Matthew Clark, his father, was of mixed English and Irish blood and was a native of Pennsylvania. By vocation he was a farmer. He died in Owen Township at the age of seventy years, in 1870. His wife, Elizabeth (McPheter) Clark, was born in the same State, of Irish parentage. She survived her husband four years, dying in 1874, aged seventy-six. Mr. Clark was reared in Owen Township and completed his minority about the time of the advent of civil war. He comes of valiant and patriotic stock, his paternal grandfather having been one of the martyrs of 1812, while his paternal great-grandfather was killed in the war of the Revolution. Early in the fall of 1861 Mr. Clark responded to the summons which appealed to every loyal heart within the borders of the country, and enlisted for three years. He enrolled in Company C, Tenth Indiana Yolunteer Infantry,and received honorable discharge at the expiration of his period of enlistment, September 19, 1864, at Indianapolis. He served the greater portion of the time in the capacity of Sergeant. His only absence from his regiment was in 1862, when he was detailed on recruiting service in Clinton County. He was under rebel fire at Mills Springs and in skirmishes before Corinth. He was in a fight with the guerrilla, Morgan, at Green River, and at Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Resaca and in others up'to the capture of Atlanta. In political connection Mr. Clark is a Democrat. From 1868 to 1871 he acted as deputy under Auditor James V. Knight and afterward under his successor, William H. Ghere. On the death of the latter, in 1S73, Mr. Clark was appointed to fill the residue of the unexpired term and in 1874 was made the incumbent of the oflBce by election. He filled the position four years. In 1884: he was made ditch commissioner by appointment of the circuit judge of Clinton County. In May, 1882, he was elected mayor of Frankfort for a term of two years. Mr. Clark was appointed assistant cashier of the Farmers' Bank of Frankfort in 1S84. He has filled the positions of secretary and treasurer of the Clinton County Agricultural Society. At present he is secretary of the Major Stacker Company and president of the Citizens' Electric Light Company. His marriage to Miss Laura J. Pierce in March, 1867, took place in Owen Township. She died at Frankfort, May 8, 1873. They were the parents of three children - Elgie, Miles and Laura. In December, 1874, Mr. Clark was married to Mrs. Julia A. (Steele) Jenkins, widow of George F. Jenkins, of Clinton County. The children of the second marrias;e are named Jason, Mabel and Elmer. Willie is the name of the child born to the wife by her first husband. Mr. and Mrs. Clark are members of the Presbyterian church, and he is one of its deacons. He belongs to the lodge, chapter and commandery in the Masonic order at Frankfort and is a comrade in Stone River Post, No. 65, G. A. R. Hezekiah Cohee, a retired farmer living at Frankfort, is a native of Ohio, born in Butler County, May 9, 1829. When an infant, in the year 1830, he was brought by his parents, Benjamin and Rebecca (Wilson) Cohee, to Clinton County, Indiana, they settling in Washington Township, where he grew to manhood. He was reared to the avocation of a farmer and has made that his life work. He remained with his parents till twenty-three years of age, when he was married in 1852 to Miss Maria Douglass, a daughter of Samuel and Anna (Potter) Douglass, and a sister of Mrs. Wilson Cohee, of Frankfort. To Mr. and Mrs. Cohee were born four children, three of whom are deceased - William Andrew died in'Michigan Township, August 17, 1878, aged twenty-five years ; Samuel William died in the same township, July 24, 1881, aged over twenty-five years; Harvey died at Frankfort, April 19, 1886, aged twenty-six years. Their only daughter, Mrs. Anna Caldwell, lives in Clinton County. For eight years after his marriage Mr. Cohee followed farming on his father's homestead, when, in 1861, he purchased a farm in Michigan Township where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1882, when he retired from active life, and has since made his home in Frankfort. Both Mr. and Mrs. Cohee are active members of the Metliodist Episcopal church, in which he has served for years in some official position, having filled all the offices of the church at various times. He has led an industrious life, and by his honorable and upright dealings he has won the respect of all who know him.

John Duebin Cohee, a carpenter in the city of Frankfort, was born in Butler County, Ohio, in 1834. His parents removed to Frankfort in the year 1849 and consequently he was brought up in the two States of Ohio and Indiana. He commenced work at his trade in his native State, in the town of Hamilton, at the age of eighteen. After serving a period of three years he returned to Frankfort, where he has prosecuted the business ever since with the exception of about six months, during which he was in the military service of the United States in the civil war. He enlisted in February, 1865, in Company F, One Hundred and Fiftieth Indiana Volunteers, to serve one year, but the war closing, he received honorable discharge in July following. In addition to his regular business he has devoted some time to that of cabinet-making. The first wife of Mr, Cohee was Rachel Thornington previous to the event of their marriage. Tliey were married at Logansport in 1856, and she died at Frankfort in 1868. Ida May, Elwood B., Leander S., Mary Isabel, Levi and Lydia A. are the names of their children. Ida May, Levi and Lydia A. are not living. Mr. Cohee was married again in 1870 to Mrs. Melinda (Hoc'kman) Irvan. Dolly, their first-born child, died in infancy, and Maggie died May 17, 1886. Samuel and Lydia (Willis) Cohee, the parents of the subject of this account, were natives i-espectively of Delaware and New Jersey. The mother died in Frankfort in 1870, aged sixty-eight years.

Wilson Cohee, a pioneer of Clinton County of 1830, was born in Butler County, Ohio, March 30, 1825, and when five years of mied his parents to Clinton County, Indiana. Be was reared a fanner and with his brothers assisted his father to clear and improve 100 acres of lieavily timbered land. His father, Benjamin Cohee, was a native of Delaware, and in 1815 moved to Butler County, Ohio, and from there to Clinton County in 1830. He died at the homestead, in Washington Township in January, 1863, aged nearly seventy-five j'ears. He was twice married, first in Kent County, Delaware, in 1811, to J^ancy Ann HoUen, who died in Hamilton, Ohio, Aug ist 2, 1820, aged tbirtythree years. She left three childi-en - Yincent D., deceased; Jonathan, of Frankfort, and Henry H ., a physician of Henry Cojinty, Iowa. In 1821 Mr. Cohee married Rebecca "Wilson, also a native of Delaware, and to them were born eight children - Mrs. Mary Ann Aitkin, deceased; Andrew, a farmer of Boone County, Indiana; Wilson, our subject; James L., of Lafayette, Indiana; Hezekiah, of Frankfort; Rachel C; Mrs. Harriet Crow, of Kansas; and Mrs. Eliza C. Thompson, of Clinton County. The mother died in 1868, aged sixty-five years. They were influential members of the Methodist Episcopal church, Mr. Coliee being instrumental in the organization of the church in Clinton County. When twenty-two years of age Wilson Cohee was married and began life for himself on a rented farm. In 1852 he bought a partially improved farm in Owen Township, where he lived two years and then sold it and bought 161 acres of land, also only partly improved, in Michigan Township, which he still owns, al. though by subsequent purchases he has increased his farm to 340 acres. In 1865, in connection with farming, he engaged in the mercantile business at Frankfort with his brother Jonathan, as Cohee & Brother, which continued until 1867, and from that time until 1878 was engaged in the grocery business. He then devoted his entire attention to his farm until 1883, when he retired from active life and became a resident of Frankfort. Mr. Cohee was married February 25, 1847, to Susannah Douglas, daughter of Samuel and Ann (Potter) Douglas, the former a native of Ohio, and the latter of Virginia. They were married in 1819, and in 1830 came to Clinton County, Indiana, and located on a farm near Frankfort, where Mr. Douglas died in 1883, aged ninety years. He was a prominent member of the Presbyterian church and for years served as ruling elder. Mrs. Douglas is still living and is eighty-seven years of age. She is the only one of the original members of the Presbyterian church at Frankfort now living. Mr. and Mrs. Cohee are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, which he has served in several official capacities. In his childhood Mr. Cohee was a member of the first Sunday-school organized in Clinton County. Mr. and Mrs. Cohee have five children - John Wesley, Henry Martin, Mrs. Delilah C. Eattan, Mrs. Eebecca F. Muslitz, and Amanda May, all living in Michigan Township except the latter, who lives at home.

William Alexander Colby, blacksmith and wagon-maker, Frankfort, Indiana, was born in Oowego County, New York, in 1820, a son of Samuel and Jemima Colby. When he was sixteen years of age he began to learn the blacksmith's trade, and when nineteen began to work as a journeyman, traveling over New York and Canada, working in St. Catherine's, Chippewa, Lundy's Lane, Niagara, Brantford, Hamilton, Toronto, and other small places. In 1843 he located at Boswell, Fairfield County, Ohio, and removed from there to Baltimore in the same county, in 1844. In 1846 he moved to Montgomery County, and two years later to Pleasant Hill, Miami County, where he lived three years. In 1851 he came to Indiana and located at Frankfort and has since worked at his trade. For ten years he carried on farming in Jackson Township in addition to working at his trade, but with that exception has combined wagon-making with tiie blacksmith's trade. Mr. Colby was married in 1843, at Newark, Licking County, Ohio, to Mary Ann Richardson. They have six children - Samuel Theodore, of Clinton County; Laura A., wife of Taylor. Frazier, of Frankfort; Ambrose, in business with his father; Alonzo Blair, William R. and Edward. Mr. and Mrs. Colby are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he has been class leader for several years. He is a member of Clinton Lodge, No. 54, A. F. & A. M. In politics he is a Republican, in early life affiliating with the Whig party.

William Millee Comly, contractor and builder, Frankfort, is native of Indiana, born in Madison, Jefferson County, April 8, 184y, a son of Joshua and Elizabeth (Steele) Comly, who are both now deceased. His father was a native of Indiana, and of German ancestry. Before the late war he \\as foreman in Clough's Car Factory, and after serving a short time as Captain of Company D, Fifty-fourth Indiana Infantry, and also as Captain in the Indiana State militia, he became foreman of the Ohio Falls Car Factory, at Jeffersonville, Indiana. The mother of our subject was born in Delaware, a daughter of James A. Steele, who came with his family to Indiana in an early day, and settled at Madison. The parents of our subject came to Frankfort, Clinton County, in 1878, where both died, the father October 11, 1880, and the mother December 24r, 1881. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal churcli. The grandfatlier, Joshua Comly, was a pioneer of Indiana, coming to this State as early as 1812. He was a Revolutionary soldier, and fought under General Harrison at the battle of Tippecanoe. When but twelve years of age, William M. Comly, our subject, served as a drummer boy in the Fifty-fourth Indiana Infantry for four months, and was on duty in Kentuck}'. He then remained on his father's farm about two years, when he was apprenticed to learn the carpenter's trade at Columbus, Indiana, at which he served three years, when he returned to Madison and worked at his trade. In February, 1870, he came to Frankfort, and soon after became associated with John Thatcher in contracting and building, under the firm name of Thatcher & Ccimly. In 1871 he began clerking in the furniture and undertaking establishment of I. N. Davis, and in 1875 succeeded Mr. Davis in the business. He was united in marriage at Frankfort, December 22, 1875, to Miss Eunice B. Lee, of that city. They have one child, a daughter - Pearl. Mr. Comly sold out his business, in 1878, when he formed a partnership with his brother, and carried on a furniture factory under the name of Comly Brothers until July, 1881, when they disposed of their business, since which Mr. Comly has been engaged in contracting and building. In politics Mr. Comly is a Republican. In 1875 he was elected the fij-st city clerk of Frank; fort. He has served as chief of the fire department of Frankfort for eight years. He is a member of Frankfort Lodge, No. 108, I. O. O. F., in which he has passed all the chairs and has twice represented his lodge in the Grand Lodge of the State. He is also a member of Dakota Tribe, No. 42, I. 0. R. M. , of which he is past sachem.