Clinton County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1913 (part 14 of 17)

Mr. Tavlor has always engaged in farming, first in Warren tovmship, where he lived until Februarv 17, 1880. when he removed across the line into Chven township, where he has since resided, owning a good home here and a farm of eightv acres. He also owns seventy-six acres in Warren township, not far from his other land. His son lives on the last named place. He has brought both his farms up to a high state of improvement and cultivation, and he built his own home. His place is known as the Hocum farm. All of Mr.

Taylor's land is tillable and well tiled but ten acres, which is in woods. In connection with general farming he raises Jersey cows, Duroc hogs and general purpose horses. He has been very successful as a farmer and stock raiser.

Politically. Mr. Taylor is a Democrat and has been faithful in his support of the party principles at all times, defeat or victory. Fraternally, he belongs to the Improved Order of Red Men: religiously, he- attends and assists in supporting the Universalist church. He was for some time supervisor of Warren township, filling the office to the satisfaction of all concerned.

One of the most enterprising of the younger business men of Rossville, Clinton county, is F. P. McComas, of the firm of McComas & Hornbeck, proprietors and operators of the large grain elevator and mill, one of the leading industries of this section of the county. Our subject has made himself 'familiar with every phase of this line of endeavor through several years of close study and persistent work in connection with the same, and. judging from his past record and taking his youth into account, it is not too much to predict for him a large business success in future vears.

Mr. McComas was born in Hancock county. Indiana. September 27. 1880. the son of a farmer. H. F. McComas. also of Hancock countv. where he formerly engaged in general farming and stock raising on a large scale, but he is now living retired. The family is of Scotch ancestry, and they came from Ohio to Hancock county. Indiana, in an early day. H. E. McComas was a son of Alfred McComas. who was a native of Pennsvl vania, from which state he moved to Ohio. The mother of our subject was known in her maidenhood as Hannah Tharp. Her parents lived near Marietta, Ohio.

prominent grain dealer of Fortville. Indiana: and F. P.. of this sketch. Politicallv. H. F. McComas is a Republican, and reh'giously he belongs to the Methodist church, as does also his wife. Fraternally, he is a member of the Masonic Order and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

F. P. McComas was reared on the home farm in Hancock countv and there he assisted his father during the crop seasons when he became of proper age. He received his education in the public schools of his neighborhood. Earlv in life he took up the grain business, and he took charge of the eleva- tor at Rossville in 1908 and lias made a great success of it and the mill here The elevator has a capacity of fifteen thousand bushels, one of the largest and best known in the county, and he does an extensive business over a wide territory. He is also one of the proprietors of the Midget mill, the only one of its kind in Indiana, and, like the elevator, it is modernly equipped and is being successfully managed, its products, ow ing to its superior quality, being eagerlv sought after: in fact, they have long enjoyed an excellent trade in flour, their many customers saying that no better flour is to be obtained than theirs.

Mr. McComas is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and he belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church. Politically, he is a Republican. He is a gentleman of pleasing personality and a ready friend-maker: and. it is also noticeable that he does not have to exert any special efforts to retain them.

John C. Rogers

One of the able and popular representatives of the bar of Clinton county is John C. Rogers, of Rossville. a man who has for a number of decades stood high among his professional hreathren. and w ho has honored the above named town with his residence for a period of over fifty-five years, during which his name has become a household word to the people of this part of the county, for it has stood for not only a high mark in legal affairs, but also for public spirit and wholesomeness in both private and public life: therefore, the high esteem in which he is universally held has been well merited.

Mr. Rogers was born in 1848 in Clinton county on the land where the village of Mulberry now stands, in a village called Glicksville, and is a scion of one of our sterling early families. He is a son of Elisha C. Rogers, a native of New Jersey, but it was from Ohio he emigrated to Clinton county in 1832. making the long overland journey from that state through the wilds of the intervening country. He had made this journey previously, in 1829, and looked the country over, and, being pleased with its future possibilities made up his mind then to return some time, which, however, he did not do until some three years later. Here he began work in true pioneer fashion and in due course of time developed a productive farm and established a good home. This family is of English ancestry, and some of them were killed in the old English wars. Elisha C. Rogers was reared in Warren county, Ohio, by his older brother, Robert Rogers, his parents having died when he was a child. He married in Ohio, Rebecca Parks, and to them eight children were born: Eleanor, who died at the advanced age of eighty-three; Jane, Harriet, Robert, who went to California with an ox team in 1851, died in Dayton, Indiana, his widow now living in Dayton; Ellen, Joseph, Rebecca and David, all deceased. The paternal grandfather of these children married a woman who was a native of Holland and of a good family. Elisha C. Rogers was twice married, his second wife being Hannah McCain, a native of South Carolina, of Scotch extraction. Her family lived for some years in Kentucky, but later moved to Indiana, where the father died. He was an owner of slaves, but finally set them free.

K, Sixtieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry: and John C., the subject of this sketch. The death of Elisha C. Rogers occurred at the age of fifty-six vears, and his last wife died at the age of fifty-six. He was a devout member of the Presbyterian church.

John C. Rogers spent his boyhood on the farm in Owen township and received his earl}' education in the public schools. Early in life he began studying law and was admitted to the bar, in 1875, at Frankfort, Indiana, and soon thereafter opened an office in Rossville. where he has remained to the present time, enjoying a large, lucrative and constantly growing practice, and figuring conspicuously in important cases in the local courts for considerably over a quarter of a century. He has been verv successful in the trial of cases, being profoundly versed in the law and an indefatigable worker and earnest pleader. He has kept well abreast of the times in his profession, remaining a close student all his life.

Mr. Rogers proved his courage and patriotism in July. 1862. by enlisting in the Seventy-second Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in which he served until December. 1862. In October, 1863, he re-entered in the Ninth Indiana Cavalry, under Colonel G. W. Jackson and General Wilson. He saw service in Tennessee and Mississippi, and was honorably discharged in March, 1865. after making an excellent record.

Mr. Rogers was married July 14, 1879. to Barbara Crawford, who was born in Clinton county, where she grew to womanhood and was educated. She was a daughter of George W. Crawford, now deceased. Her mother was known in her maidenhood as Brabara Fisher, a sister of Dr. Samuel Fisher, now deceased.

Politically, Mr. Rogers was a Republican, in former years, but he turned Progressive in 1912 and made the race for prosecuting attorney on that ticket. Fraternally, he belongs to the Masonic Order and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Dr. C. X. Wilson

Perhaps no profession has made greater strides during the past decade than dentistry. New inventions are constantly being added, until today it seems to be about at the zenith of its possibilities, hut who can tell what another decade will bring forth? It has not been so very many years ago when a doctor of dental surgery was to he found onlv in the large cities. The filling of decayed teeth, making gold crowns and bridge work, to sav nothing of the manufacture of sets of artificial teeth was unknown in the country districts of the United States, and the only dentistry practiced was when the old family doctor was called on to extract a throbbing molar. But today skilled men in this vocation are to be found in every city, town and village throughout the country. They have become as indispensible as the doctor of medicine.

One of the most successful and promising of the younger generation of dentists in Clinton county is Dr. C. X. Wilson, of Rossville. who was horn in Carroll county. Indiana. December 1 1. 1886. on a farm. He is a son of T. X". Wilson, also a native of Carroll county, where his parents located in an early day. T. XT. Wilson was reared and educated in his native county and there he married Lydia Wingard, also born, reared and educated in that county. To them four children were born, three sons and a daughter: T. J.. C. N.,

Russell (deceased). and Mary. The death of the father occurred at the age of fortv-nine years. He was a member of the Methodist church, and a good and useful man in his neighborhood. He devoted his life to farming.

Dr. C. XT. Wilson was reared on the home farm, and received his earlv education in the public schools. Early in life he decided to enter the dental profession, and with this end in view he took the prescribed course in the Indianapolis Dental College, where he made an excellent record and from which institution he was graduated with the class of tqii. Soon thereafter he located at Rossville. Clinton county, where he has already built up a large.

lucrative and rapidly growing practice. His work ranks with that of the leading dentists in this section of the state, and his office is well equipped with all modern appliances for rapid and high-grade work. He is located in a model and modern office building in the central portion of town.

Dr. Wilson was married on September 28. 1909, to Opal Flora, a daughter of Lewis Flora, who was a son of Jacob Flora, for whom the town of Flora, Carroll county, Indiana, was named, which family has been prominent in that locality for several generations. Mrs. Wilson is a lady of education and refinement. The Doctor and his wife have made a host of warm friends since coming to Rossville. and they are active in the best social circles of the city.

Frederick C. Locke. M. D.

Among the most promising of the younger generation of physicians and surgeons in Clinton county the name of Dr. Frederick C. Locke, of Rossville. must consistently be included, for he has been practicing in this locality long enough to prove himself to be a man of marked individual talent along the line of his chosen profession and also is well abreast of the times in point of education and training, besides being the possessor of those innate characteristics which any man must have to become a successful and popular doctor. He is a young man of exemplary habits and deems it a privilege to be able to carry help and comfort to the sick.

Dr. Locke was born at Vevay. Switzerland county, Indiana, January 24. 1884. anti is a son of William P. Locke, a coal operator and dealer and prominent citizen of the city of Vevay. He is also a native of Switzerland county, and is a son of Samuel Locke. He grew to manhood in his native county and was educated and married there. The year of his birth was 1847. The mother was a Van Briggle, whose ancestors came from Holland. Her father was a well known and influential minister in the Presbyterian church. John A. Locke, son of Samuel Locke, was a soldier for three years during the Civil war in the Union army, making a splendid record. The death of William C. Locke, father of our subject, occurred at the early age of thirty-five years. The mother also died in early life, leaving our subject an orphan, and he was reared by an uncle, John A. Locke, mentioned above. He received a good education in the public schools, as did also his brother. Karl Locke, of Vevay. Indiana. Frederick C. later attended the Central Xormal School at Danville.

Indiana, after which he engaged in teaching for a period of five years, giving eminent satisfaction to both pupils and patrons. He decided that his true bent lay along medical lines and while teaching began the study of medicine, later entering the University of Louisville, at Louisville, Kentucky, where he made an excellent record and from which he was graduated with the class of tqoq. He soon thereafter located at Hillsboro. Dearborn county. Indiana, where he remained one year and built up a good practice, then, seeking a larger field for the exercise of his talent, he came to Rossville in iQir. and here he has since remained. He was successful from the start and now enjovs a large and rapidly growing practice. Lie is a close student and gives his profession his undivided attention. He is not only a general practitioner but a surgeon of uncommon ability. Tie is a member of the C'inton County Medical Society, the Indiana State 'Medical Societv. and the National Medical Association. He belongs to the Masonic Order. Xo. 318. of Rossville. He is a genial, obliging gentleman whom it is a pleasure to meet: a clean-cut. manly, sane and broad-minded young man to whom the future undoubtedly has much of good to bestow. Dr. Locke has remained unmarried.

The medical profession of C'inton county has an able and very promising representative in the person of Dr. X. \Y. Clark, physician and surgeon, of Rossville. a man vet young in wars but who has practiced in this locality long enough to prove himself to be the possessor of the necessary qualifications to make a success in this particular field of endeavor. Xot only was he seemingly singled out by Mother Nature for this special vocation, but he has put forth every effort to advance himself, is a profound student and is enamored of his work, deeming it a privilege to bring succor to the diseased and the sick in general.

Dr. Clark was born August 29. 1870. in Carroll county. Indiana, a son of Joseph B. Clark, a well known citizen of that section of the Hoosier state, now living in retirement in the town of Flora. He was born in Union county, Indiana, where he was reared and educated. During the Civil war he served as a member of the One Hundred and Fifty- fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He married Mary Eikenbury, w ho is now deceased. To them four children were born, two sons and two daughters: Dr. X. \Y., of this sketch:

The Clark family came to Indiana in 1830 and entered government land in Union county, beginning life there like the other pioneers of the state. Joseph B. Clark went to Carroll county in early manhood and there became a highly respected and successful man. He belonged to the Grand Army of the Republic, and the United Brethren church.

Dr. Clark was reared on the farm in his native county and received a common school education, later attending the State Normal, after which he followed teaching for several years in Carroll county with much success, and also taught for some time in Clinton county. He began the study of medicine while still teaching, and in order to properlv qualify for practice he spent three years in the Indiana Medical College at Indianapolis, where he made an excellent record, and from which institution he was graduated in 1904. He had also spent one year in a medical college in Chicago. He located in Rossville in 1906 and has since been engaged here as a physician and surgeon, building up a large, lucrative and constantly growing practice and taking his place in the front rank of his professional brethren in this county. He is a dose student of new methods of treatment.

Dr. Clark was married December 25. 1909. at Flora. Indiana, to Rose Cline, of that city, where she grew to womanhood and was educated. She is a daughter of Henry Cline, a well known citizen there.

Dr. Clark is a Republican and has been active in party affairs. He is a member of the Maconic Order and the Knights of Pythias. He is a member of the Clinton County Medical Society and the Indiana State Medical Society.

Clinton county is the home of many valiant veterans of the great army that saved the disruption of the nation in the early sixties. Many of them lived here when the conflict began, while many others have moved within our borders since the close of the struggle. And we are proud of all of them and glad to accord them the honor that is justly due. One of this number is E. C. Cassel. of Rossville, who has lived here since 1892 and since his advent each successive year has gained for him more friends than the preceding knew. This is not hard to account for in view of his public spirit, industry and good character.

Mr. Cassel was born in Fountain county. Indiana, October 3, 1842. He is a son of Jacob Cassel. born near Dayton. Ohio, who was a son of Job Cassel. who lived to be eight}- years old. This family is of English ancestry. The first of the family to emigrate to the Xew World settled in Virginia, and took part in the earl}- wars of the nation. In the frontier days of Indiana. Job Cassel settled in Fountain county, established through hard work the future home of the familv there. There the father of our subject grew to manhood and learned the saddler's trade, which he followed for a number of years. Upon reaching manhood he married Mary Malinda Young, a daughter of Thomas Young, a native of Kentucky. Four children were born to the parents of our subject: One, who died in early life: Rev. H. Clay, of

Boswell. Indiana, a minister in the Christian church: F. C.. of this sketch: and J. M.. of Danville. Illinois. The father died at the age of eighty-four vears. and the mother died at the age of sixty-four years.

F. C. Cassel was reared on the farm and received a common school education. He also attended Butler College, graduating in 1867. When the Civil war broke out he enlisted in the One Hundred and Sixteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantrv. in which he served seven months. He was honorably discharged from the Army of the Cumberland, in which he had served in Tennessee. He began life for himself as a school teacher, which he followed with success for several years. He was a superintendent of schools in Benton county, and was school examiner for a period of thirteen years. He then became cashier of the Rossville Bank, serving in a manner that made him a host of friends in that community, his honesty, promptness and courtesy appealing to all who patronized the bank.

Mr. Cassel was married in 1869 to Barbara Blount, who was born in Tipton county, Indiana, a daughter of Silas and Barbara (Miller) Blount, who came to this state from Ohio. Mrs. Cassel was liberally educated and has proven to be a most faithful helpmeet. To this union five children have been born: Georgia C. married to Dale Smith: Miller Voting, living in Davton, Indiana: Kate, the wife of F. S. Krebs, of Frankfort. Indiana: Beulah, single: and Myrtle, of Lafayette, a stenographer, also single.

Politicallv. Mr. Cassel is a Republican. Fie is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. Post 390. He and his wife are members of the Christian church.

Mr. Cassel was engaged in the banking business in Monon, Indiana, for a number of years. His son. Miller Young Cassel, was also engaged in the banking business in Clark's Hill and Lafayette. He has been very successful in a business wav and is one of the substantial men of Rossville.

Samuel Kuhns

Most of the early pioneers of Clinton county, having blazed the path of civilization to this part of the state, have finished their labors and passed from the scene, leaving the country in the possession of their descendants and others who came at a later period and budded on the foundation which they laid so broad and deep. But here and there one of the former class remains to tell us of those interesting days on the frontier. One of this number is Samuel Kuhns, a venerable farmer of Ross township, where he has spent over three score and ten years of his long life, during which period he has noted wonderful changes and has taken part in many of them. His career here began in the early formative period, and he therefore has helped to develop and advertise to the world the wonderful resources of a county that now occupies a proud position among the most progressive and enlightened sections of the great Hoosier commonwealth.

Mr. Kuhns, whose valuable farm lies two and one-half miles south of Rossville. came to Clinton county in 1830. seventy-four years ago. He was born in Lehigh county. Penn., near Allentown. January 23. 1831. He is a son of Henry Kuhns, who was born in the same community in 1784. Pie was a carpenter by trade and was regarded as an excellent mechanic in his dav. His father emigrated from Germany, located in Lehigh county, Penn., and there spent the rest of his life. There Henry Kuhns grew to manhood and married Catherine Zimmerman, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1789. In 1839 they brought their family overland in wagons to Clinton county. Tnd.. and bought a farm in Ross township. The trip required thirty-one days. Thev found a state through which no railroad had been built and which was vet little improved in many counties. The elder Kuhns bought one hundred and sixtv acres of good land in Ross township and became a thriftv farmer. His family consisted of twelve children, seven of whom grew to maturitv : Charles. Catherine. David. Jonas. Lucy A.. Caroline. Samuel, and five who died in infancy.

Henry Kuhns, the father, died in 1866 at the advanced age of eightvtwo years. The mother lived to be sixtv-nine years old. They were members of the Lutheran church, in which he was an elder.

Samuel Kuhns grew up on the home farm and received his education in the district schools. He learned the carpenter's trade under his father and the two worked together at this for some time. He finally purchased sixtyeight acres of land, to which he later added, until he now owns a valuable farm of one hundred and seventy-four acres, which he has placed under a fine state of cultivation and improvement. He has a comfortable seven-roomed house and a large barn and keeps a good grade of livestock.

Mr. Kuhns was married in 1861 to Susan Ruch, who was born in Lehigh county. Penn. She came to Clinton county in 1852. She is a daughter of Peter and Lucy Ruch. and a sister of Joseph Ruch. whose sketch appears on another page of this book. Her great grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary war.

Eight children have been born to our subject and wife, ^even of whom are living at this writing: Peter J.. the oldest: Lucy, the wife of John

Crouse, of Ros^ township: George H.. living on the home farm: Albert D.. owns a good farm in Carroll county: Sarah C.. the wife of Charles S. Miller of Ross township: Mary Etta, single: Ada Alice the wife of Calvin Gable, living in this countv and Maria, who died at the age of twenty-eight years.

Samuel Kuhns is a member of the Lutheran church and has been an elder in the same for a number of years: bis wife also belongs to this church. They are a fine old couple noted for. their piety, hospitality and neighborliness.

Peter J. Kuhns

The Kuhns familv has long been noted for its thrift and courage and no better farmers are to be found in Clinton county, for they believe in doing well whatever they undertake, so we find their fields clean of weeds, sprouts and unnecessary trees, the same fields being well fenced, well tilled and in every wav strictly up-to-date, also their farming machinery is properly kept, housed in good shelters, and their barns keep out the cold and rain from their stock in winter. Their homes are models for cleanliness and wholesomeness.

Among the best known of the present generation of this highly respected familv is Peter L Kuhns, of Ross township. He was born on the old Kuhns homestead in the above named township and county, May 9, 1861, at the beginning of the fierce struggle between the North and South in the greatest civil war of history. He is a son of Samuel and Susan (Ruch) Kuhns, a complete sketch of whom appears on another page of this volume.

Peter J. Kuhns was reared on the home farm and educated in the rural schools, and he remained at home until he was twenty-one years of age. He worked for his father and others at farm work, saved his money and thereby got a start in life and was finally able to purchase the excellent farm of one hundred and forty acres in Ross township where he now lives. He has brought it up to a high state of improvement and cultivation. He remodeled the house, now having a conveniently arranged ten-roomed dwelling, as well as a good barn and other outbuildings. He carries on general farming and stock raising successfully.

Mr. Kuhns was married in 1890 to Martha J. Michael, a daughter of Jacob Michael, a native of Virginia and a soldier in the Civil war, having cast his fortunes with the Confederate army. His wife was Louise (Granger) Michael, a native of Germany. They are both deceased. The father devoted his life to farming. Politically he was a Democrat, and he belonged to the Lutheran church. His family consisted of three children, namely: George, Harrison and Martha J.

Two sons and five daughters have been born to Peter J. Kuhns and wife: Mabel G., Lena Irene and Hazel L., all graduates of the high school at Rossville: Russell 8. now a student in the high school: Lucile also attending the high school at Rossville : Frederick J. and Thelma G.

Stephen A. Bryan

One of the most prosperous general farmers, stock raisers and feeders of Ross township is Stephen A. Bryan, of an old Clinton county family. He is a man who has thrown the force of his sterling individuality into his vocation and into his efforts to assist in advancing the general public weal, and his efforts have not failed of appreciation by his neighbors and many friends. His name will ever be inseparably linked with that of the community so long honored bv his citizenship, whose interests has never had a more zealous promoter. He is one of those men, by no means numerous, who, not caring to be selfish and self-centered desires to exert an influence as they travel the rugged steeps to the end that the world may be made brighter and better by their presence, if only in a minor degree in their immediate vicinities.

Mr. Bryan was born in Madison township, a few miles north of Mulberry, December 13. 1S59. He is a son of John Bryan, a native of Butler county, O. His father came from Pennsylvania where this family settled in a very early day. They are of Scotch-Irish ancestry. John Bryan grew up in his native community and received his education in the old-time schools, and upon reaching manhood he married Elizabeth Leibenguth. a daughter of Peter Leibenguth, one of the well known early settlers of Madison township, Clinton county. The mother of our subject died in 1866. Four children were born to John Bryan and wife: Peter, Stephen A., L. D. Yoorhees. living in Mulberry, this county, and Mrs. Letitia Loveless, of Clarks Hill. Tnd. John Bryan married for his second wife Caroline Elliott who died leaving three children. Maud. Tbelle and Bessie, the last named being deceased. John Bryan spent his life engaged in farming. Politically he was a Democrat, and he belonged to the Lutheran church.

Stephen A. Bryan was reared on the home farm and he received his education in the common schools. He was voting when his mother died and he was reared mostly in the home of an uncle. Isaac Bryan. On September 5. 1888 he married Eunice B. Hamilton, daughter of Francis J. Hamilton, a well known Clinton countv citizen. He was horn in Butler countv. O.. September 2T, 1839. and in 1842 he was brought to Clinton county, by his parents and here he spent the rest of his life. He was a son of John Hamilton. Upon reaching maturity he married Emma Duke, who was born in Butler county, O. To John Hamilton and wife only one child was born, Francis J.. mentioned above. The latter was reared on his father's farm and received a common school education. He took up farming in early life and was successful. John Hamilton's death occurred at the age of seventy-seven rears. He and his wife were members of the Baptist church. She died at the advanced age of eighty-six years. He was one of the most extensive farmers in the township. Francis J. Hamilton married Mary Bell, a daughter of fames Bell. She was one of a familv of eight children, five of whom are still living. Mr. Bell died at the age of seventy-seven years in Frankfort. He was a member of the United Presbyterian church, as was his wife. His wife lived to be eighty-six years old. Three children were born to Francis J. Hamilton and wife: James A., of Frankfort: Mrs. Eunice B. Bryant, wife of our subject: and John who died at the age of twenty-four years. Francis J. Hamilton was an earnest Christian, and he was an elder in his church for thirty years. Mrs. Bryan grew to womanhood in her native community and received a good public school education, also attended college at Otterbein, O. Two children have been born to our subject and wife: Laura M.,

Stephen A. Bryan began farming when a young man and this has continued to be his life work. He has prospered with the advancing years until he is today one of the most substantial agriculturists and stock men of Ross township, and owns one of the largest and most valuable farms in the township, comprising three hundred and fifty acres, of well improved and well cultivated land. He carries on general farming and stock raising on a large scale. He built in 1907 one of the most modern and attractive rural homes in the countv at a cost of over six thousand dollars. Mr. Bryan planned the house himself and it is pronounced by all who have examined it a model of up-to-date architecture. It has a large basement in which a furnace has been installed, bath room, hot and cold water and is. in fact, modernlv appointed throughout. He also has a large barn and many other convenient outbuildings. including a substantial barn for cattle feeding. He feeds about one hundred and fifty head annually and large droves of hogs also. He is an excellent judge of all kinds of livestock, not only cattle and hogs, but horses as well, and keeps some fine ones. He and his wife are members of the Presbvterian church, in which he is a deacon. T T i s wife is interested in choir

Samuel M. Bailor

The life of Samuel M. Bailor, one of the venerable native born citizens of Madison township. Clinton county, has been such as to preserve the high standard maintained by his father, who was one of the early settlers of this section of the Hoosier state. The lives of both these men have been signally noble, upright and useful, with no shadow of wrong in word, thought or deed. Such was the tvpe of men who laid the foundation and aided in the development of this state, and to them will ever be paid a tribute of reverence and gratitude by those who have profited by their well-directed endeavors and appreciated the lessons of their lives.

Samuel M. Bailor was born in Madison township, Clinton county, Ind., June 7, 1838. He is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Brand) Bailor. The former was born in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, December 31, 1805, and there he resided until 1829, when he removed with his parents to Butler county, O., where he was married October 27, 1835. In 1837 he brought his wife to Clinton county, locating in Ross township, w here he purchased a farm, twenty acres of which had been partly improved, the larger trees being left. On the place there was a small log cabin which the family occupied until 1842. He had purchased one hundred and sixty acres before he moved here, which by hard work was developed into a good farm. In 1833 Jacob Bailor and six other men visited this county on horseback and entered eighty acres of land six miles north of Frankfort. Here he prospered through close application and good management and accumulated a large and valuable estate, leaving each of his children eighty acres, and he also left two hundred acres in Tippecanoe county for the benefit of his grandchildren. His death occurred February 1, 1884. His wife was born in Pennsylvania in 1809. June 18, and moved to Maryland, near Hagerstown, with her parents when a small child, and a few years later they came on to Butler county, O. Her death occurred August 23. 1877. The Bailors and Brands are of German origin. The Bailors came to America, some of them prior to the Revolutionary war, others during the struggle. Three of them were Hessian soldiers and fought for the British, but afterwards were taken prisoners and finally enlisted for service in the American armv, in which they served until the close of the war.

Samuel M. Bailor was married January 8, 1865 to Sarah A. McCoy, whose mother died when she was three years old. Her father w'as born in the state of Maine, March 23, 1814, and from there he moved with his parents to Miami county, O., when he w-as about seven years old. He settled on a farm in the woods, and there he grew to manhood and continued to live there several years after his marriage. He then moved to Howard county, this state, w'here the death of the mother occurred. A few years later the father married a widow, w hose maiden name was Rachael Henderson. She had first married John McCain, who died a few years after their marriage. Mrs. Sarah A. Bailor w-as born in Miami county, Ohio, Tune 6, 1844.

Ten children were born to Samuel M. Bailor and wfife: Marv Elizabeth, still at home: Samuel M., Jr., lives in Lake county, Michigan, married to Anna Peter, has seven children: Sarah Ellen, wife of Aaron Erdel, of Washington towmship, this county, has three children: Jacob C.. (deceased), mar- ried to Rosa Lapealle, she and a child living in Crawfordsville ; Lydia Ann, wife of John T. Buck, of Madison township, has five children; Rev. George W., a Methodist minister, pastor of a church at Forest, Ind. married to Fanny Mink, has two children: Albert P., single, living at home;

Alma A., was a successful teacher and trained nurse, now the wife of Wood Unger, of Sedalia; Charles O., who also taught successfully for some time, now at home, married to May Rutan ; Wilbur Grant, living in North Dakota, married Eva Emmert, has three children. Albert P. and Charles O., who are on the home place, operate a large dairy, keeping twenty cows of Holstein breed, and they have forty head of graded Holstein cattle on the farm, which is regarded as one of the best dairy farms in Clinton county. The Bailor residence, which is a large brick, is one of the most attractive and substantial rural homes in the township: the farm is well improved in every way and is as productive as it ever was. having been very carefully cultivated. It has a large bank barn and many good outbuildings, everything denoting prosperity and good management. Our subject and wife have been married fortv-nine years, and have been mutually happy and helpful. The family belongs to the Methodist church at Mulberry, in which our subject has served as trustee. Politically he is a Republican and was at one time candidate for county commissioner. He has always taken much interest in local public affairs and has done much to promote the general good of the county.

Moses Lecklitxer

The history of Clinton county reveals the handiwork of many a great and noble soul who wrought heroically and unselfishly. The smiling fields and splendid homes there, the high-grade institutions and happy prospering people speak volumes for someone's steadfastness of purpose, strength of arm, courage of heart and activity of brain; but Time, that grim obliterator, before whose destroying fingers even the stubborn granite must, in the end, succumb, is ever at his work of disintegration. Beneath his blighting touch even memory fails, and too often a life of glorious achievement is forgotten in a day. Lest we forget, then, this tribute to the Lecklitner family is penned. Pioneer's, brave, courageous, industrious, public-spirited, kindly, generous men; it is the desire of the biographer, as it must be of all their neighbors, that their deeds be recorded for the benefit of those who follow after.

Clixtox Couxty, Txdiaxa

One of the best known members of this old familv is Moses Leeklitner, a leading farmer of Madison township. He was born on the farm he now owns, October 20, 1840. During his residence here of seventy-three years he has noted wondrous changes in every way, and one may pass a verv interesting hour listening to his vivid reminiscences of the early days. He is a son of David Leeklitner. a native of Lehigh county. Penn., in which state the latter's father was also born. He was of German parentage, the first Lecklitner having come to the United States in a very early day and located in Lehigh county. Penn., where David Leeklitner grew to manhood and married Magdalena Wehr. also a native « - f that state. and of German ancestry. In 1828 the parents of our subject left their native state and came to P.utler countv. O.. locating near Oxford where they lived three years. Then tliev came overland in a wagon to Clinton county. Tnd.. 1 ringing with them their three children. Sallie. who married John Mart/, is now deceased : Polly, who married Job Martz. is deceased as is also Mr. Martz: and Paul who went to Washington county. Ta.. where he took up government land and there spent the rest of his life. The following children were born to David Lecklitner and wife after they came to Clinton county: Maria ( deceased ). married Samuel Miller and lived in Washington county, la... being among the early settler- there: David. Jr. (deceased), lived in Ross township. Clinton county: Lvdia Wehr. living in Washington county. Ta. : Moses, of this -ketch : Carrie, died in Madison township, this county: and Rebecca, married to .Mien Click, now living in Madison township.

The father of the above named children came to Clinton county, with the earlv pioneers, in 1831. developing the excellent farm where our subject now resides. He built a log cabin, cleared gradually the heavy timber and in due course of time wras very comfortably established. He prospered and bought much land in Washington county. Ta.. and was successful in all his undertakings, becoming one of the most substantial men of tbe township. His death occurred at the age of seventy-seven years. He was honored and respected hr- all who knew him. His wife died about tbe same age. They were active in the work of the Reformed church and did much toward its early growth here. They were charitable, neighborly, hospitable and helped all who came to them in need.

Moses Leeklitner grew up on the home farm and worked hard when a boy. He received his education in tbe early schools of his neighborhood, in the old log school house. When twenty-three years old he married Maria

Click, who was born, reared and educated in Tippecanoe county, Ind. She was a daughter of Joseph Glick. She was born in 1841 and her death occurred in 1910, having nearly attained her three score and ten years. She was a faithful helpmeet, a good mother, kind and generous, and devoted to the work of the church.

Four children were born to Moses Lecklitner and wife: Rado, a well known citizen and farmer of Madison township: Rosa (deceased); Alva, living in Tippecanoe county; Eliza, the wife of Wayne Peter.

Moses Lecklitner has devoted his life to farming and is the owner of two hundred and twenty-five acres which he has kept well improved and well cultivated, so that the old homestead has retained its original strength of soil. He also owns one hundred and forty-eight acres in Tippecanoe countv. He has kept the buildings carefully remodeled and has been very successful as a general farmer and stock raiser. He a'so owns a valuable house and lot in Mulberry, near the Reformed church, of which he is a member, and in which he was formerly an elder. Politically he is a Democrat, and, like his honored father he fore him. is regarded as a most excellent citizen in every respect.

Joseph S. D. Browx

Xo more up-to-date farmer could be found within the boundaries of Ross township. Clinton county than Joseph S. D. Brown, a man who has achieved the position in the communitv which he enjoys through his industry, neighborliness and honest dealings with those with whom he comes into contact. He has spent a half century on his fine farm here, and has accumulated a competenev sufficient to retire to the city, but he prefers to remain active and live amid rural scenes, remaining the rest of his life in his own beautiful country home.

Mr. Brown was born in Lehigh county. Penn., near Allentown. April ty, 1851, on a farm. He is a son of Solomon Brown, a native of the same countv and a son of David Brown, also a Pennsylvanian. The family is of German descent, and have always been noted for their thrift and courage. Solomon Brown married Elizabeth Woodring who was born in Lehigh county. Penn., also of an old family.

The Brown family left their ancestral hills in the Keystone state in iSfiy and came west to Clinton county and bought a farm here. The old log house in which they lived the first few years still stands. In fact, there were two log cabins. The father went to work with a will, cleared and improved his land into a good eighty acre farm, and here he spent the rest of his life, being an influential man in his neighborhood. He reached the advanced age of ninety years. He was a man of splendid constitution and well suited for the life of a frontiersman. His wife died at the age of sixty-eight years. He had a large family of fourteen children, seven of whom are still living: Susan, Lovina, Sarah, living in Pennsylvania: Joseph S. D., subject of this sketch; Mary, Emma and Catherine.

Joseph S. D. Brown was reared on the home farm where he worked when a voung man and he received a common school education. He was married in 1874 to Isabella Hannah Shaw, who was born in Clinton county and here she was reared and educated. She is a daughter of John F. Shaw who was born in 1836, his death occurring in 1884. The mother died in 1865.

Five children have been born to our subject and wife: Eliza Amanda, wife of Harry Snyder, of Ross township; Tames O. owner of a forty-seven acre farm in Washington township: Laura C. married to Ellis Jacobv. of Washington township: Harriet E. the wife of Albert Thrush, of Tippecanoe county; and William S.. living on the home farm, married to Flora Knappenberger, has three children, Nelson Joseph. Dorothy and Alberta.

Mr. Brown has devoted his life successfully to general farming, and is now owner of a finely improved place of one hundred and sixty acres, on which stand a commodious twelve-roomed house, a large barn and convenient sheds.

Clinton county, Indiana owes a debt of gratitude to the old Keystone state which it can never repay, for in going over the personal biographies of the residents of the county we note that the majority of our early settlers have come from Pennsylvania, many of them of the thrifty Dutch and German strains. It is useless to comment upon the industry, frugality and steady habits of these peoples, for such characteristics are well know to all. There-

One of the best examples of the above named class is Phaon Kuhns, prosperous farmer of Washington township, a man whom his neighbors will tell you lives by the Golden Rule. He was born in Lehigh county, Penn., October 18, 1S40. He is a son of Joseph Kuhns, a farmer, who was also noted for his thrift and honesty. The mother of our subject was known in her maidenhood as Julia Lichtenwalter, also a native of the above named county and state, and also of an old German family. These parents grew up, married and spent their lives on a farm in Lehigh county. To them twelve children were born.

Phaon Kuhns grew to manhood on the home farm where he was taught to work, effectively and systematically, and received his education in the old school house in his neighborhood. During the Civil war, when twenty-three years old he came to Clinton county. Liking the country and having the foresight to know that it would eventually develop into a great agricultural section, he decided to cast his lot permanently in Clinton county. He was married here on September 28, 1868 to Mary Rothenberger, who proved to be a most suitable and helpful companion. They worked hard, economized, planned well and soon had a comfortable home and a good farm. He thinks one-half of his property has been obtained through her assistance. She was born in Tippecanoe county, Inch, and is a daughter of George Rothenberger, who died at the age of seventy years. The mother died at the age of eightyfour years. Eight children were born to them, three sons and five daughters. The father was a trustee in the German Reformed church.

After his marriage Mr. Kuhns purchased eighty acres of land which he cleared and improved; then bought fifty acres more which he also cleared and improved, and after that purchased eighty-seven more. His present finely improved farm of two hundred and eighteen acres is one of the most productive and desirable in Washington township and here he carries on general farming and stock raising on an extensive scale, always keeping a good grade of live stock. He has a substantial eight-roomed house, surrounded by an abundance of shade trees. He has a large barn and other good outbuildings and everything in good shape about the place, which lies four miles from Frankfort.

Mr. Kuhns has one child, a daughter, Sunia C.. now the wife of W. II. Good who lives in Ross township. They have three children, Marvin. Ada

Politically, Mr. Kuhns is a Democrat, however he votes for the best man locally, and has supported Judge Claybaugh. who is a good friend of his. He and his wife are members of the Presbvterian church.

William Ii. Miller

Mr. Miller was born October 2. 1857. in Ross township, ("inton countv. on the old homestead. Lie is a son of FTederick Miller, who was born in Germany, where be grew to manhood and was educated. When a voung man he emigrated to tbe United States and settled in Butler county. ( ).. where he remained some time, then came on to Clinton county. Tnd., in 1854. locating on eighty acres of wild land. Fie began life here in a log cabin and worked hard developing a farm, hut by thrift, industry anti close application he forged ahead and in due course of time had one of the best farms and homes in Ross township. He married Catherine Reef, in Butler county. O.. who proved to be of much assistance to him in his efforts to build a good home in the New World. She was born in Holland. The father died at the advanced age of eightv-six years, having spent his active life on the farm. He belonged to the Lutheran church. The mother is still living, having reached the ripe old age of ninety-two years. Three children are also surviving, namely: William H., of this sketch: Mary J.. wife of George Erdel,

William H. Miller was reared on the home farm and there taught the methods of soil tillage and of industry in general, and tbe exercise of good judgment, by his father. He received a good practical education in the public schools. He remained at home until he was twenty-one years of age, when he married Alice C. Crouse, who came also from a good old family, being a daughter of H. B. Crouse.

Sugar Mound Stock Farm, which consists of three hundred and fifty acres is one of the show places of Clinton county. It lies partly in Ross and partly in Madison townships. It has been brought up to a high state of improvement and cultivation, scientific methods being employed by Mr. Miller, who has proven himself to be in the front rank of twentieth century tillers of the soil. He is also one of the best known and most successful stock men in the county. He has been a persistent and careful worker, using sound judgment and dealing honorably with his fellow men. His place is well tiled, well fenced ancl well improved in every respect. The Miller home is one of the most attractive and valuable in the county. It contains ten rooms, elegantly furnished and equipped with a modern heating plant, hot and cold water, and an up-to-date lighting system. Surrounding the house is a w ellkept lawn and inviting shade trees. He has also a large, substantial barn and many convenient outbuildings, and there is another splendid residence on the place which is occupied by his son. Xearby is a model stock barn, sixty by one hundred and eight feet. These gentlemen have been dealing extensive in live stock for some time, and they keep an excellent grade of all kinds. Their Polled Durham cattle are not surpassed by any in the state. Much time and money have been spent in securing the verv best grade of cattle for the farm, and fancy prices are always obtained when they offer any cattle for sale: and when they exhibit at fairs they always carry away the premiums.

To William H. Mi'ler and wife five children have been born: Daisy, wife of Rev. H. C. Johnson, of Rankin. 111., a well known and popular minister of the Presbyterian church, has two sons and two daughters: Marvin F., farmer and stockman, married and has one son and three daughters; Lawrence D. and Dallas L.. in partnership with their father in farming and stock raising: and Fern, living on the home place.

William H. Miller and wife belong to the Reformed church, in which he is an elder and active in the work and support of the church. Politically, he is a Democrat, has frequently been a delegate to conventions and is influential in local public matters. Personally he is genial, obliging and a man whose word is regarded as good as his bond.

George T. Simpson

In studying the interesting life histories of many of the better class of men, and the ones of unquestioned merit and honor, it will be found that they have been compelled, very largely, to map out their own careers and furnish their own motive force in scaling the heights of success, and it is such a one that the biographer is pleased to write of in the following paragraphs.

George T. Simpson, whose fine farm, known as Maple Lodge, lies where the three roads meet in Washington township. Clinton county, was born in this township and county on August 4. 1859. He is a son of George Simpson, also born in the same vicinity, whose father, M. Simpson, came from the East among the first pioneers of Clinton countv. Prom that early dav to the present the Simpsons have played well their parts as citizens here and have borne unblemished reputations. The elder Simpson located here in the days of the far-stretching wilderness, inhabited still by Indians and wild beasts. Pie worked hard to establish a home for his family and was known as a man of courage and thrift. His son. George Simpson, grew up amid pioneer conditions and found plenty of bard work to do assisting his father develop the home farm from the virgin soil. He devoted his life to general farming and was highly successful. His death occurred at the age of seventy years. To George Simpson and wife ten children were born, six of whom are still living: Henry, William. Jacob, Benjamin, George T. and Sarah. The mother of these children was a member of the Christian church.

George T. Simpson grew to manhood on the home farm and received a common school education. On October 11, 188", he married Rosa C. Sharp, a daughter of Andrew J. Sharp, now deceased, but for many years a well known citizen of Clinton county. He was born in Tennessee, and came of a Scotch family who had lived for some time in the South. He was born December 24, 1828. He married Margaret Patchett, a native of Ohio. She died in 1870, leaving two children. Charles and Rosa C., who married Mr. Simpson. The father was first a Methodist, later a Universalist. His wife was a Methodist.

George T. Simpson has been very successful as a general farmer and stock raiser and is now owner of one of the choice farms of the township, consisting of twenty-seven acres, which he has kept highly improved and well cultivated. It lies three miles northwest of Frankfort. Here stands an attractive and well furnished eight-roomed dwelling, equipped with all modern conveniences, such as bath, steam heat and acteylene lights. A wide lawn surrounds the house and nearby is a beautiful maple grove of two hundred trees, from which large quantities of fine syrup is made each year. A convenient and substantial set of outbuildings is also found on the place, and there is always to be seen here a good grade of live stock of all kinds.

Politically, Mr. Simpson is a Republican, and fraternally, a member of the Masonic Order, Hillisburg Lodge No. 550. His wife is a member of the Order of Eastern Star, No. 6, of which she is past matron, and has been one of the most active workers in the local W. C. T. U. She takes a leading part in social life here and is held in the highest esteem by all. She is well informed and a woman of strong mind.

The profession of dentistry has an able representative in Clinton county in the person of Dr. A. R. Killian, of Mulberry. He has, it seems, fully appreciated the value of thoroughness from the outset and has left no stone unturned whereby he might advance in this one important profession. The result has been that he has forged rapidly forward and ranks deservedly high among his professional brethren in this section of the state. Judging from his past success, his studious habits and inquiring mind, the future promises much greater things for him.

Dr. Killian was born in Greene county, Ind., December 17, 1887. He is a son of W. D. and Susan (Musselman) Killian. The father is a prominent lumber man of Arkadelphia, Ark., where he operates a large saw mill and deals extensively in lumber. Both parents were born in Indiana where thev grew to maturity, received common school educations and were married. To them two children were born: E. K., of Newberry, Green county, Ind., and Dr. A. R. ,of this sketch.

Dr. Killian was reared in his native county and there received a good common and high school education. Deciding early in life to devote his attention to dentistry he bent every effort in that direction and attended the Indiana Denal College at Indianapolis, where he made an excellent record, and from which institution he was graduated in the year 1909. He has,

While a student the Doctor took a great deal of interest in athletics, becoming a good football and baseball player, making an enviable record in these sports. He has remained an enthusiastic fan. He is an ardent advocate of healthy outdoor sports for the young.

He has a neat and well equipped office of three rooms in the Koons- Yundt building. High-grade and prompt service is his aim. Taste and system is to he quickly noted by the visitor in his reception, operating and work room. He located here on November to. tqoq. and has built up a large and constantly growing practice.

Dr. Killian was married in ioto to Clara Cook, a daughter of Jacob D. Cook, a well-known citizen of Mulberry, who was born near this town fiftvfour years ago. He is a son of Philip Cook, who was horn in Cermanv. as was also his wife. Their three sons were Jacob. Henrv and Tohn D.. and their two daughters. Elizabeth, who is single, and Christina, deceased wife of Dr. Koons. Two children were horn to Dr. Koons and wife. Mrs. P. V. Ruch and Carl.

Percy Ruch

The name of Percy Ruch is too well known to the readers of this volume to need any special introduction by the biographer, for he has. during a period of years been one of our progressive and public spirited citizens.. As a lawver he ranks among the best in the locality, and as postmaster at the town of Mulberry he is giving eminent satisfaction to the people and the department.

Mr. Ruch was born at Petit, Indiana, February 14, 1881. He is a son of Daniel L. Ruch. an honored veteran of the Union army, with an enviable war record. He was born in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, a ^on of Capt. Thomas Ruch, who was a native of the same county. He was a son of Peter Ruch, a general in the war of 1812. who made a fine record in the American army. The general's father was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. The father, Daniel Ruch, was a soldier in the Fourth Indiana Volunteer Cavalry, for a period of three years, and was in a number of the leading battles of the war. He was a young man when he came to Indiana, having spent his boyhood in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania. He married Cherilla E. Koons, who died at the age of forty-three years, leaving five sons and two daughters : Mrs. Mary J. Bieger, living in Montana; Harvey T., of South Dakota; Jerome J., of Grandfield, Oklahoma; Mittie M. and Earl, of South Dakota; Percy, of this review; and Raymond, of South Dakota. The father of these children is a Republican in politics, and he cast his first vote for Lincoln in i860. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, Dayton Post. He belongs to the Reformed church.

Percy V. Ruch was reared on the farm, and was educated in the common schools and the State University at Bloomington, where he made an excellent record, and was graduated from the law department with the class of 1906.

Mr. Ruch enlisted in Company G. Third Artillery of the United States armv, May 17, 1899. He was sent to San Francisco, later went to Manila, Philippine Islands, on the transport City of Pekin, the voyage requiring thirty days. He served two years in the Philippines. He was on guard at headquarters when Gen. Frederick Funston brought in the famous Aguinaldo. leader of the rebel aVmy. Our subject was honorably discharged May 16. 1902, as sergeant, and rated as a first class gunner, after an examination which lasted three days.

Mr. Ruch was married to Josie Koons. daughter of Dr. Koons, a well known physician of Mulberry, this countv, where Mrs. Ruch grew to womanhood and was educated, later attending the State Universtiy, from which she was graduated in 1906.

Our subject is a member of the Phi Delta Phi fraternity. He belongs to the Masonic Order. Lodge 618, Knights of Pythias, Lodge No. 240. the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, No. 359. He is a deacon in the Lutheran church and an active member of the same. He was at one time a candidate for prosecuting attorney of Clinton county on the Republican ticket, and although defeated carried his township by a majority of 85 votes, although it was normally Democratic by 35 votes. He finds time to deal some in real estate and has a good business.

Like most other branches of science, veterinary surgery lias made great strides during the past decade, and has proven itself a great blessing to the world. With the advance of the science more capable men are turning their attention to this field of endeavor. The saving in dollars and cents to a community annually through the efforts of a good veterinary cannot be adequately estimated, to say nothing of the alleviation of suffering in the brute world, and these men have come to be as indispensable a < the dentist and almost as the medical practitioner.

One of the best known and most capable veterinarv surgeons in Clinton county is Owen McDole. of the town of Mulberrv. Madison township. For many years he was a successful tiller of the soil, but is now retired from active farming. He has lived in this countv since 1 80) and his long residence has only served to increase the confidence and esteem of the people here in him, his life having been singularly industrious and free from blame. He was born in Tippecanoe county. Indiana, on June 25. in the vear 1846. He is a son of S. McDole. a native of Pennsvlvania. of Scotch-Trish ancestrv. The mother of our subject was known in her maidenhood as Elizabeth Whitberry. a native of Ohio, from which state she came to Tippecanoe county. Indiana, when voting and there she spent most of her life, drinking water from the same well for a period of si\tv vears. To S. McDole and wife ten children were born, six sons and four daughters; John. Morgan. Owen. Clinton. Pierce. Vitales. Alba. T'erton. and three daughters who died when voting. The death of the father occurred at the age of eightv-six vears. The mother lived to he eighty years old.

Owen McDole was reared on the home farm and received a common school education. He took his axe to school and cut part of the wood which was used to keep fire in the school room. When twentv-two vears old he engaged in the saw mill business, which he followed for three years, thereby getting a good start in life, operating in both Clinton and Carroll counties. He was known as a good sawver. Always interested in horses, by nature a good judge of them, and reading everything he could get bearing on horses, their care, anatomy, diseases, etc., he finally began the practice of veterinary surgerv, and met with success from the first. He has long enjoyed a large and lucrative practice, which extends over a wide territory, including Tippecanoe countv. He maintains a well equipped office and prompt and high- class service is his aim at all times. He keeps some good horses himself, and has one of the most desirable tracts of land in this township. He has an attractive residence and is one of the substantial citizens of his community.

When twenty- four years old Mr. McDole married Agnes Gougher, a native of Clinton county, Indiana. Of this union two children were born : Almond F., a successful physician in Wausau. Wisconsin; and Bertha, wife of R. Harshman, of Buck Creek. The death of Mrs. McDo'e occurred in November. 1910. at the age of sixty-four vears. On December 18, 1912, Mr. McDole was married to Mrs. Amelia Moore, a native of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, a daughter of John and Anna (Koder) Moore, of Mulberry, this county.

David Snelberger

One of the citizens most eligible for specific mention in a history of Clinton countv is David Snelberger. well known resident of Washington township: partly because he is one of the old soldierly ho went forth in that great crisis in the sixties to assist in saving the union of states, and partly becatte he ha' been one of our honorable and public-spirited citizens for manv tears, a plain unassuming gentleman who has sought to do his duty in all the relations of life.

Mr. Snelberger was born in Holmes county, Ohio, August 25, 1838. He is a son of George and Elizabeth Snelberger. both Pennsylvania Dutch, coming from that state to Holmes county. Ohio, in an early day and settling on a farm. The father died there and the mother came to Clay county, Indiana, where her death occurred. Nine children were born to them, seven sons and two daughters; one son. Fred, was captured and died in Andersonville prison, having been a member of the Fifteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

David Snelberger grew up on the home farm and was educated in the public schools. He married Sarah Welder, also a native of Holmes county. Ohio, and to them five children were born : David. Jr., Joseph. Rosa, Louie,

Mr. Snelberger has devoted his life to farming, and he has succeeded bv close application, being by nature, thrifty like his father before him. He is owner of a small but well-kept place in Washington township, and he has a comfortable home. He carries on general farming and stock raising and is well fortified against the wolf that sometimes visits the doors of the aged. He is not so active now as in former years, merely making an easy living.

Mr. Snelberger enlisted on June 7, 1861, in Company A. Fourteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, at Jeffersonville, Indiana, and served faiht fully for three years, seeing hard service on many Southern battlefields, including Winchester. Antietam and Gettysburg. He also fought in the sanguinary conflicts of the Wilderness and Spottsylvania Court blouse. Cold Harbor, and many of lesser note, including Blue Grass and Robinson's Tavern, being in all. in thirty battles and skirmishes. He received an honorable discharge on Tune 16, 1864. He was one of the surviving host that visited the battlefield at Gettysburg on the fiftieth anniversary of that titanic struggle, which was held the first three days of July, 1913. He. like the rest of bis comrades, enjoyed meeting with the men in gray who had opposed them there. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic post at Frankfort.

I. C. Lambert. M. D.

Few residents of Colfax, Clinton county, Indiana, have occupied during the past, decade as large a place in the public eye as Dr. I. C. Lambert, and no one has more worthily discharged his manifold duties or shown himself more worthy of the high esteem in which he is universallv held. His life has been filled with activity and usefulness while his untiring energy and eminent ability have gained for him a conspicuous and honorable plaec among the distinguished medical men of his day and generation. In every sphere of endeavor in which he has taken a part socially, politically or professionally, his unpretentious bearing and strict integrity have elevated him in the confidence of his fellow citizens, and his influence, always powerful and salutary, is destined to continue a potential factor for substantial good long after he retires from his labors and ceases from the busy life in the arena in which he has so long been a prominent and effective actor.

Dr. Lambert was born in Fayette county, Indiana, February 12. 1857, on a farm. He is a son of James H. Lambert, who was born in the state of Ohio. His father, William C., was born in Virginia. The Lamberts were among the sterling early Colonial families of the Old Dominion. Finally they removed from there to Ohio, and later came on to Indiana. The family is of English origin. James H. Lambert, the Doctor's father, married

Keziah Lee, a native of Virginia, and daughter of William Lee, who was a grandson of the famous Light Horse Harry Lee, that served as a general under Washington during the Revolutionary war. Mrs. Lambert was a niece of Gen. Robert E. Lee, commander-in-chief of the Confederate army. William Lee and General Lee were brothers. The Doctor's father died in middle life. The death of the mother occurred in 1905 at the age of seventyfour years. The father was a Baptist and the mother a Methodist. They were known for their scrupulous honesty, old-time Virginia hospitality and industry. Their family consisted of only two sons, Dr. I. C., of this review, and W. C., who resides in Alberta, Canada, where he is well established and regarded as an influential citizen.

Dr. Lambert worked hard on the home farm when a boy, and when only fourteen years of age he chopped, many a day, two cords of wood, and made a regular hand cradling wheat and cutting hay. He received his early education in the public schools of his home community, later attended college. Deciding to enter the medical profession he studied under Dr. Amos Pettijohn, of Arcadia, Indiana. He next entered the Physio-Medical School at Marion, Indiana, where he made a good record, graduating with the class of 1889, with honor to himself and the college. He then entered the Kentucky School of Medicine at Louisville, graduating with the class of 1899. He soon thereafter began practicing his profession in Colfax, Indiana, where he has continued to the present time with ever increasing success, now enjoying a large and lucrative practice. He has a modern and well equipped office and a good medical library, and has kept up with medical research work in every way.

Dr. Lambert was married when twenty-one years of age to Nancy Mundell, a lady of many commendable traits of character, and the representative of a highly respected family. Of this union three children have been born : Nora, died when nineteen vears of age: Hattie L., died at the age of fourteen months, and James O., residing in Ladysmith, Wisconsin. The wife and mother was called to her rest in 1883. and in t886 the Doctor was united in marriage with Jennie Shannon, a lady of culture, and a descendant of a fine old Kentucky' family.

Dr. Lambert is a member of the Masonic Order, Knights of Pythias and the Countv Medical Association. He is also a member of the Clinton Club. Personally, he is a man of splendid physique, impressive in manners, unassuming and obliging.

William A. Field

True biograph\ has a more noble purpose than mere fulsome eulogy. The historic spirit, faithful to the record: the discerning judgment, unmoved by prejudice and uncolored bv enthusiasm, are as essential in giving the life of the individual as in writing the history of a people. Indeed, the ingenuousness of the former picture is even more vital, because the individual is the national unit, and if the unit be justly estimated the complex organism will become correspondingly intelligible. The world today is what the leading men of the past generations have made it. and this rule must ever hold good. From the past comes the legacy of the present. Art. science, statesmanship and government are accumulations. They constitute an inheritance upon which the present generation have entered, and the advantages secured from so vast a bequeathment depend entivelv upon the fidelity with which is conducted the study of the lives of the principal actors who have transmitted the legacy. Although W illiam A. Field has long been sleeping the sleep of the just, his record should not lie permitted to perish, for he lived a helpful life, doing much in the earlier days of Frankfort and Clinton county to encourage general improvement, and he gave most gladly his services in defense of his country when its honor and verv life were at "take in the dark days of the early sixties.

Mr. Field was horn in Clinton county. Indiana, the son of 1 homas and Elizabeth (Hyde) Field, the father a native of the Xew England -tates. and his death occurred in Clinton county. His wife. Elizabeth Hyde, was born in Albany. Xew York. May iS. 1809. and her death occurred on May 10. 1897. To Thomas Field and wife seven children were born.

William A. Field was for many years successfully engaged in the livery business in Frankfort. Indiana. During the Civil war he served faithfully in the Union armv as a member of Company C. Fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry. Politicallv. he was a Republican, religiously, a member of the Methodist church, and fraternally, he belonged to the Masonic Order, the Improved Order of Red Men, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

On Mav 12. [872. Mr. Field married Annie E. Fudge, daughter of Henry C. and Sophia ( Thatcher) Fudge, and of this union one daughter was born. Mary S. Field, who has been for a period of twelve years bookkeeper at the store of Fred Coulter in Frankfort. She is an expert in her line of work and has given her employer eminent satisfaction, as might he surmised from her long retention. She makes her home with her mother.

Alfred Ayres Bayless

There have been comparatively few to sound the praise of the brave and sturdy pioneer, though he is certainly deserving of at least a little space in the chronicles of the noble. To him more than to any other is civilization indebted, for it was he that blazed the way and acted as vanguard for the mighty army of progress that within the last century has conquered Indiana's wilderness and transformed it into one of the fairest and most enlightened of the American commonwealths.

One of these sterling pioneers is Alfred Ayers Bay less, a venerable and honored citizen of Frankfort. Clinton county, who has passed his eightyeighth milepost and is yet hale and hearty because he has lived an active, conservative and even-tempered life, free from the usual vices that wreck so large a portion of mankind. He was for a long lapse of years one of the most widely known contractors and builders in this section of the Hosier state. He was born in Butler county, Ohio, February 17, 1825. He is a son of Platt and Frances (McGarv) Bavless, the father born in New Jersey in 1794, and the mother born in Kentucky in 1796. The paternal grandpar- ents were New Jersey farmers and on the mother's side were natives of Ireland. Platt Bayless was one of a family of nine children. He and Frances McGary were married on March 2, 1812, and to them seven children were born. Platt Bayless was a soldier in the war of 1812. After the war he followed farming in the summer time and the shoemaker's trade during the winter months. Major Platt Bayless, an officer in the Revolutionary war and an aide to George Washington, was the great-grandfather of Alfred A. Bayless, of this review. He mortgaged his farm at Baskingridge. New Jersey, in order to obtain means to help support the Patriot army in the field.

Alfred A. Bayless grew up amid early pioneer conditions, and he received only about six weeks' schooling in the winter, between corn husking and sugar making time. In 1833, when a small boy, he came with his parents overland from the old home in Ohio, to Tippecanoe county, Indiana, traveling by wagon to Cincinnati, thence bv boat down the Ohio river to the mouth of the Wabash, and up the latter stream to Vincennes, where the boat was burned. From there they proceeded by wagon to Tippecanoe county, the trip from Butler county. Ohio, requiring about six weeks. Upon their arrival in Tippecanoe county they had with them the only salt in the county, having brought two barrels with them. The wagons hauling grain to Chicago had gone on their regular trips and had not returned with supplies, about three weeks being required to go to the lake city and return. The family located on a farm about seven miles east of Lafayette, near the village of Dayton. Later the elder Lawless purchased a farm of eighty acres, for which he paid the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars. Tt lay on the line between Tippecanoe and Clinton counties, and this they developed from the woods into a productive farm in due course of time by hard work.

Alfred A. Bayless assisted with the hard work on the home place when a boy, remaining there until he was twenty years of age. He served as an apprentice in a carpenter shop for two years, for which he was paid five dollars a month and board, and the second year ten dollars a month and board. In 1843 he went to Lafayette, where he worked at his trade and received a dollar and twenty-five cents a day. He put in the first plate-glass windows ever used in Lafayette, making the sash for the whole front by hand. He also turned out the first machine-made sash used in that city, the machine having been run by horse-povTer.

New Jersey. Elizabeth Parke's maiden name was Anderson. Mrs. Harriett Bayless is one of a family of four children, all still living in 1913.

To Mr. and Mrs. Bayless six children have been born, four of whom are living at this writing: Mrs. C. B. Sine, of Indianapolis; Sylvester, of Memphis, Tennessee: William O., also of Memphis; and Laura E., of Frankfort. Mrs. Sine has two daughters, Mrs. Harry McLeland, who has two children, George Edward and Charles Alfred ; and Mrs. Edward Maurer, who also has two children, Russell and Frances. Sylvester had three children: Lenora, married to E. C. Bailey, of Tuscola, Illinois, has two children, twins, David Bayless and Edward Ozias ; and Eva, married to J. C. Carson, of Lafayette, who died, leaving one child, Olive Crooks Carson. John Alfred Bayless is a clerk in a wholesale grocery in Champaign, Illinois. W. O. Bayless and Laura E. Bavless have remained unmarried. The latter is reporter for the Clinton circuit court.

On Christmas day, 1847, Alfred A. Bayless was working in a pork house in Lafayette at one dollar a day and dinner, unheading barrels. He had his choice of either one hundred pounds of pork tenderloin or one dollar a day in cash. After living in Lafayette two years he removed to Dayton, where he remained until 1869. Then he went to Cass county and engaged in the saw mill business, operating a mill two years, when it was burned. He then moved to Logansport, where he did contracting until 1877', in which year he moved to Frankfort, Clinton county. His first contract work here was the Coulter House. He also built the Coulter opera house and many other large buildings in this city, which will long remain as monuments to his skill and honesty as a builder.. He built the third ward school building twice. He remained in the carpenter and contracting business with much success, his services being in great demand until 1897. "'hen he retired from contracting owing to advancing age. but retained a work shop in the basement of his home, where he still makes screens and ladders.

Mr. Bayless is a master Mason, being the oldest member of the Frankfort Lodge. He was reared in the Presbyterian faith, and he has attended Sunday school regularly, seldom missing a Sunday for the long period of seventv-seven years, starting when a barefoot boy of eleven years. He still has a testament which he received for memorizing verses when a little boy. In politics, he votes the Prohibition ticket. He is the oldest Bavles living.

Albert Cochran

It is fitting that the career of Albert Cochran, as representative of Clinton county's argicultural men. should find ample space in this volume for a detailed account. He has been a successful man in his chosen vocation, and his prosperity has been the logical consequence of straight and honest business methods. He has kept in touch with the times, has not hesitated to adopt new and labor-saving devices for the cultivation of his crops, and he bears a well-earned reputation for progressiveness in the community by reason of this spirit.

Mr. Cochran was born on W ashington's birthday, in the year of 1850. and was the son of Nathaniel and Harriet ( Jones) Cochran, the father being a native of Marion county, Indiana, and the mother of West Virginia. When our subject was two vears of age his father died with typhoid fever, the mother died in Howard countv in 1893. at l^ie ak'e °f seventy-two years. The father was a farmer all of his life and was one of nine children. The mother was the oldest of a large family of thirteen children. Our subject's grandfather on his father's side was one of the earliest settleiw in the IToosier state. The grandfather on his mother's side came from Wales, settled in West Virginia at an early day. and died in Madison county. Indiana.

Our subject received his each educatimi in a log cabin school that was built upon his grandfather's farm. He was prevented from attending regularly, for as soon as he was able he was compelled to aid his mother, as he w as the oldest of six children. When he was half way through his teens he served a two-year apprenticeship in the wagon-maker's trade, receiving his board and clothes as a compensation. In 1868 he went into the wagon-making business for himself at Markleville. Madison county, Indiana, and remained there for a long period of twenty years. He also did carpenter work for seven years, making a success of it. In the spring of 1885 he came to Clinton county, and took up farming, which he has followed ever since. For four years he farmed west of Russiaville. for two years west of Forest, and for thirteen years one mile south of present farm. Where he is at present located he owns sixty-two acres of excellent land, and raises corn. oats, wheat and hogs.

Politically, Mr. Cochran is a Republican, but has never been a seeker of public office, although he served for six years on the advisory board of Center

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On October 7, 1874 Mr. Cochran was married to Martha E. Cook, the daughter of Joel and Susan ( Rogers) Cook, farmers of Hancock county. Her mother was a native of Xorth Carolina and her father came from the Old Dominion. She was one of fifteen children, eleven of whom are living. Seven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Cochran: Charles Xathaniel (deceased). Maurice Edgar, farmer and school teacher of this county, has three children. Mural F.. Lloyd and Morris G. : Austin, a Clinton countv farmer, has one child. Mildred: Mrs. Arminta Cohee. wife of the city clerk of Frankfort, has one child, Dorothy E. ; Mrs. Ada Richards, has one child, William A. : and Arthur, a Clinton county farmer, has one child. Opal Pauline.

Ada Maish

It is interesting to note that among the prominent land ow ners and agriculturists in Clinton county i" a woman, Mrs. Ada Maish, who is the subject of this review. In company with her brother-in-law she manages her farm in latest approved fashion, employing all of the modern methods of cultivating the crops. Her dealings with her fellow citizens have been above reproach, and she has been successful and prosperous in everv undertaking which she has attempted. Mrs. Maish is a woman of charming personality who enjoys to the fullest the pleasures of life, particularly the pleasures of farming.

Mrs. Maish was born in Clinton county on June 6, 1875, and is the daughter of O. P. and Laura (Armantrout) Miller. Her parents now live in the city of Frankfort. Thev were both born in Clinton county, and the father was a farmer all of his life. He owned four hundred and eleven acres of excellent land, which he has divided up among his three daughters, retaining an interest in the same while living. Besides our subject there are two sisters, Mrs. James McIntyre, of Frankfort, Indiana, and Mrs. E. C. Fisher, of Clinton county.

Mrs. Maish, in her youth, received a good common school education, and on April 12, 1894, was united in marriage to William F. Maish, who is now employed as a guard at the Ohio state prison at Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Maish are the parents of five children: Ruby Inez, born July 30, 1895;

Chalmer Edward, November 2, 1897; Hazel Esther, September 23, 1899; Russell Paul, May 12, 1901, died August 29, 1901; and Floyd Miller, May 19, 1903- All of the children live at home with their mother, who is taking care that they receive an education, and all the motherly attention that a child should have. She bears the reputation of being a kind and devoted mother, and holds the respect and admiration of all of her acquaintances. Mrs. Maish is a member of the Antioch Christian church, and is a devout and industrious worker in that institution. Socially, she is a superior woman, and is deservedly popular among her friends.

Charles Edwin Fennell

In 1901 Frankfort and Clinton county lost one of their most prominent and useful citizens, a man comparatively young in public life, and one who gave promise of a great future. His untimelv death was a hard blow to the community, and an irreparable lo^s to his relatives, his wife and children. Mr. Fennell was a man who believed in honest principles in business conduct, and his dealings were ever in accord. Consequently, success atteded his efforts in all the years of his life.

Charles E. Fennell was born April 19, 1866. in Burlington, Carroll county, Indiana, and was the son of James H. and Matilda ( Long) Fennell, natives of Virginia. The father was a school teacher and grocery broker by

After a good common school education our subject went into business with his father in the grocery line. For five years he continued in this business. In partnership with Charles E. Shaw he organized the Clinton Cycle Company. In 1896 he, in company with B. H. Dorner, purchased the Crescent from the estate of Eli Brown. After one vear of experience in the newspaper business, Mr. Fennell disposed of his interests to Bayard Gray. From that time until his death he was associated with his father in the insurance business. In all his ventures he was successful. Socially he was genial. generous and kind-hearted and had a host of friends. He was a member of Clinton Chapter. Free and Accepted Masons: Frankfort Commandery No. 27, Knights Templar, and Shield Lodge No. 7T. Knights of Pythias. Mr. Fennell died January 1, 1901.

daughter of C. B. and Julia (Combs) Ruddell, natives of Clark county. Her father was in the dry goods business for twenty-seven years at Charleston, Indiana, for eight years was a farmer, owning one hundred and seventythree acres of land in Clinton county and two hundred and forty in Illinois. He was a graduate of the Louisville Medical College, hut only practiced four years, not liking the profession. He died February 16, 1905. The mother is now making her home with her widowed daughter. Mrs. Fennell's brothers and sisters are: Mrs. S. B. Sims, of Frankfort: C. M. Ruddell, of Jeffersonville; W. N., of Almeda, California; Albert, and Dr. Ren Ruddell, of Frankfort.

Jacob Shoemaker

If one wants to get an idea of how twentieth century farming is now successfully carried on in Forest township. Clinton county, one could do no better-than to visit the well kept and well tilled farm of Jacob Shoemaker, for he is a methodical, studious, persistent worker, believing in making the soil produce as much as it will without leaving the same depleted or robbing it of its natural elements, yet he makes everything count that he turns his attention to. and it is no wonder that he has succeeded admirably at his chosen vocation.

Mr. Shoemaker was born in the above named township and county on Februarv 15, 1852, and he has been contented to spend his life right here in his native locality. He is a son of Eleazor and Christina (Snider) Shoemaker. The father was born in Highland county, Ohio, May 26th in the year 1821, where he spent his earlier years and where he received a meager education in the sommon schools of the vicinity. When a young man he removed to Putnam county, Indiana, where be soon got a good start and where he was married September 14, 1842, to Christina Snider, soon afterwards removing to Clinton county, where he continued to reside until his death. Tanuarv 30. 1876. He was a hard-working man. very strong and rugged. He cleared the land on which he settled in Forest township and here developed an excellent farm through sheer hard labor. He was not only a shoemaker in name but also a shoemaker by trade as well, and spent such spare time as he could command in this work, although not professing to be a skilled workman. Politically, he was a Republican. The mother of our subject was born in the year 1826, June 10th, in the city of Knoxville, Tennessee, and there remained until she was about ten vears old. when she removed with the rest of the family to Putnam countv. Indiana. She had no chance to attend school and could not read or write but was a woman of rare common sense. Her death occurred September 4. 1904.

The family of Eleazor Shoemaker and wife was a large one. thirteen children having been born to them, named as follows: Elizabeth and Christiana (both deceased): Solomon. Rebecca ( deceased ) : Jacob, of this review; Mandy. Calvin. Allen, and Martin (all deceased) : T.ouK Enoch (deceased). Elija, and Rachel (deceased).

Jacob Shoemaker grew to manhood on the home farm and there did his full share of the work when a bov. he receiving a common school education. In an interesting sketch of his earlv home life he writes: "Mv father settled on the land on which the north half of the town of Eorest now stands, on the first day of Januarv. 1852. in a little log cabin on a half acre of cleared ground in the midst of a dense forest. The roof of this cabin was of clapboards. fastened down with weight poles. Xot a nail or piece of iron was in the whole building. The doors were swung on wooden hinges and the floor was made of split slabs. Our huge fireplace had a stick and clav chirnnev. and clav back jams and hearth furnished warmth and a cooking place for the familv. At this old fireplace, oft have 1 seen mv dear old sainted mother cooking 'hoe cakes and Johnnv cakes.' In early fall the meal from which our bread was made, was grated on a piece of tin through which holes had been made with a nail, the corn being gathered before it would shell and ofttimes our 'mush' was stirred with a large cornstalk.

"Our clothing consisted of home fabrics, made into our simple garments bv our mother. Our drinking water was provided by a hole eight or ten feet deep dug in one corner of our doorvard and into which a large hollow sycamore log had been placed on end for watering purposes. The water 1 eing drawn with the old well sweep. Our tillable field" were onlv the high knolls surrounded by swamps. We planted our corn on a ridge thrown up with a barshare plow, two furrows together to keep it out of the water. We neither hail drains nor roads excepting as we would 'blaze' them out through the woods, often having to change them on account of mud. All our crops had to be divided with the coons, srpiirrels. deer, foxes, wild turkevs and other animals and fowls that infested the then dense forests and ofttimes our father would send myself and a brother at night to our little fields to protect the crops and we would sometimes drive four or five coons to a single tree. Our forage for our little herd consisted of slough grass. Many times do 1 remember when sent to drive the cows in. that there would be more deer than cows in the herd, attracted, seemingly, by the cow bell."

On December 13, r88o. Mr. Shoemaker married Martha E. Fletcher, who was in this county and state January 3, 1S30. and she grew to womanhood here and received her education in the public schools. She is a daughter of William and Elizabeth Ann Fletcher.

born in 1883. married to Monroe I Differ, living near her father's farm; Christina Merle, born Julv 7. 1883. died March 1. 1902: Bert Monroe, the son and youngest child, born October 3. 1886. absent from his home after March 25. 1902. and his whereabouts are unknown to his parents.

Jacob Shoemaker has followed farming all his life with uninterrupted success. Tie is an owner of a valuable and well kept place of one hundred and fifteen acres, all tillable but about eight acres. It is fairly well tiled and otherwise properlv improved, lie built hi- own home and is comfortably situated in everv respect. He is now living retired, renting his farm. He formerh made a specialty of raising Jersey cows and Poland China and Duro.c hog-. 1 le -till raise< the latter, and a good general breed of horses.

Politicallv, Mr. Shoemaker i- a Prohibitionist, being bitter against the vile stuff which he has seen ruin so many of his acquaintances. He is a member of and a trustee and earnest worker in the Holiness Christian church.