Clinton County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1913 (part 3 of 17)

Our subject has one of the best farms in the township. On it stand an attractive ten-roomed residence and a good set of outbuildings. He has a large barn, forty-eight by eight feet. He handles a great deal of live stock from year to t ear and no small part of his income is derived from this source.

To our subject and wife these children have been born: Martha Tosephine, Helen, Ralph PI., Virginia and Joseph If., the last named dying when eighteen months old.

Politically, Mr. Knapp is a Republican. He was elected countv commissioner in 1910 and is discharging the duties of the office in a manner that reflects much credit upon himself and to the eminent satisfaction of all

James A. Stephenson

Among the best known and most progressive of our younger generation of farmers K James A. Stephenson of Owen township, a man who has had the privilege of spending his life on the old homestead. We say privilege advisedly, for the biographer is of the opinion that all who have been permitted to live under the roof that heard their earliest cry esteem it a rare privilege, for there is a certain "charm which hallows us there," that we never find under any other roof, although perchance better and more pretentious the environment in general. He has been glad to remain at home and has kept the house well repaired and the place well tilled and improved, so that it is today as valuable and productive as ever before since it was reclaimed from the virgin forest.

Mr. Stephenson was born in Owen township, Clinton county, on the farm where he now lives, as before intimated. He is a son of William and Emeline (Brown) Stephenson, a highly respected early family, a complete sketch of whom appears on another page of this work, hence need not be reported here.

the rural schools in his district, receiving a very practical education. On February 20, 1901, he was married to Pearl F.rb, who was born in Rossville, Ind., December 5, 1879. She is a daughter of John and Ida (Gehres) Erb, the latter being a native of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, and the former of Wabash county, Indiana.

They grew up, were educated in the old-time schools and were married here. John Erb died December 5, 1907, and Mrs. Erb still lives at Rossville. Mrs. Stephenson grew to womanhood and was educated in the common schools at Rossville, and graduated from the high school at Rossville with the class of 1898. Our subject and wife have had but one child, Russell J. Stephenson, born October 10, 1909.

Mr. Stephenson has always farmed and raised livestock of a general breed and he has met with a large measure of success with advancing years. He is a scientific farmer, having attended Miami University, at Oxford, O., taking a general course, which has made him of an investigating turn of mind, a close observer and a student of nature and science. He owns eighty acres of the old home place, where he lives, and he farms three hundred and fortyseven acres, all in one body.

He thus farms on a large scale and he raises large numbers of cattle which he feeds for the market. He also buys and feeds hogs. No small portion of his annual income is derived from his judicious handling of livestock.

Mr. Stephenson is a Republican in political matters, and fraternally he belongs to the Masonic Order and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, both at Rossville.

Spahr-Morrisox Abstract Co

Naturally a county rich in real estate values as Clinton county would also require of those engaged in the preparation of titles to its real estate a high standard of proficiency and a thorough knowledge of the business in which thev are engaged. Not a little of the intrinsic value of land depends on the accuracy and clearness used in setting out the history of its title, and for this careful and painstaking labor people have learned to seek the most experienced, capable and competent men. The firm of which we write in this sketch has won such a place in the estimation of the county and adjoining communities, and there is not a land owner or a farmer who would hesitate to place explicit confidence in the service rendered by this firm, the Spahr-Morrison Abstract Company.

The Spahr-Morrison Abstract Company was organized September 24, 1907, and is the successor to the late Union Title, Guaranty and Loan Company, which was organized November 1, 1902. The business of the com pany consists in the drawing of accurate abstracts of land titles in Clinton county, and the lending of money on farm and city property. When real estate is purchased, the buyer naturally should want to know the exact condition of the title, whether or not it is good and merchantable, and if not, the full nature of its defects. To inform the buyer of the exact condition of the property's title as the same appears in the public records of the county is the business of the Spahr-Morrison Abstract Company.

The members of this company are experts in their profession, and the abstracts furnished by them can be relied on implicity. The company possesses a library of realty records unsurpassed in any county in the state and equaled by very few. Their record is complete so far as land titles in Clinton county are concerned. They can show you the name of every entryman and the respective owners of every tract or lot of land in the county, from the date of entry down to the present time. If your tract of land is fractional, they have a copy of the original survey showing the number of acres it contains. They have in their office a copy of every will probated in Clinton county. They have a copy of every dedication and plat of every city and town in the county. Their records show the name of the mortgagor, the mortgagee, the amount of money borrowed, rate of interest and time when due of every unreleased mortgage in the county. Their records, comprising the abstract books formerly compiled by the firms of John L. Young, Card & Sheridan, William S. Sims, and the Morrison Abstract Company, all of whom sold their respective books to the late Union Title, Guaranty & Loan Company, constitute the original and only complete record system of the county. The members of the Spahr-Morrison Abstract Company are among the best known title men of the state; both are members of the Indiana Title Association and the American Association of Title Men.

Samuel A. Morrison, treasurer of the company, was born and reared in the city of Frankfort. He is a graduate of the local common and high schools. He is a son of James W. Morrison, in whose office he received the foundation for his education in the abstract of title profession.

George M. Spahr, president and secretary of the company, was born and reared in Marion county, Indiana, but has been a resident of Clinton county since May 24, 1897. During the past sixteen years he has been engaged in his present profession. He was among the first to change the manner and style of making abstracts from the brief and inaccurate chain of title method formerly adopted by the older members of the abstract profession to the present high standard of the work, which is an exact copy of every essential detail of the instrument abstracted, as now turned out in abstracts made by this company.

Harry Boyd Van Eaton

It is a well authenticated fact that success comes not as the caprice of chance, but as the legitimate result of well applied energy, unflagging determination and perseverance in a course of action once decided upon by the individual. Only those who diligently seek the goddess Fortuna find her - she never smiles upon the idler or dreamer. Harry Boyd Van Eaton, a man well known in Boone and Clinton counties, now the popular and efficient city treasurer of Frankfort, clearly understood this fact early in life, so he did not seek any royal road to success, but sought to direct his feet along the well-beaten paths of those who had won in the battle of life along legitimate lines. He had their careers in mind when casting about for a proper field of endeavor, and in tracing his life history it is plainly seen that the success which he has enjoyed was won by commendable qualities, and it is also his personal worth which has gained for him the good standing among his fellow citizens in this locality.

Mr. Van Eaton was born in Boone county, Indiana, September 17, 1872. He is a son of Valentine Harlan Van Eaton and Harriet Elizabeth (Shumway) Van Eaton, natives of Union county, Indiana, from which they removed to Boone county in 1865 and there they spent the rest of their lives. The father was born at Brookville, January 29, 1833, and his death occurred on April 30, 1873, near Thorntown. The mother of our subject was born at Dunlapsville, and her death occurred near Thorntown, April 20, 1906. Valentine H. Van Eaton was a school teacher by profession and United States Senator LaFollette went to school to him. The former devoted some of his time to farming, owning eighty-two acres in Union county. Politically, he was a Republican. He belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and to the Methodist church. His family consisted of seven children: Ludlow Harland, born October 28. 1855; Winchester Valentine. born July 18, 1857: Danforth Irving, born September 22, i860: Rosella Harriet, born March 4. 1863, died December 8, 1893; Ulysses Grant, born May 4, 1865, died October 14, 1867'; Theodore Potter, born

The subject of this sketch grew up on the home farm and he attended the public school three miles east of Thorntown. He remained on the home place until he was nineteen years old, then learned the barber trade at Thorntown, at which he worked for a period of seventeen years, becoming one of the most skilled barbers in the country. He came to Frankfort in 1905, and here has since resided. In November, 1909, he was elected city treasurer, and took office January 1. 1910. and he is still in the office, having discharged the duties of the same in a manner that has been entirely satisfactory to all concerned. Fie is a very careful, painstaking and courteous official, looking well to the interests of the count}'. At the primary of 1913 lie received the nomination for re-election, which fact proves that his fellow men place implicit confidence in him. Politically, he is a Republican and has been more or less active in the ranks. Fraternally, he belongs to the Masonic order, the Blue Lodge; the Improved Order of Red Men. and the Loyal Order of Moose. He belongs to the Methodist church.

Mr. Van Eaton owns property on Sims street. Plis wife was known in her maidenhood as Lena IT. Rathfon. a daughter of John and Lucinda I Norman ) Rathfon. an old family of F'rankfort, where Mrs. Van Eaton grew to womanhood and was educated. The father was killed about 1875 by a hayfork. The mother, with whom our subject and wife are making their home, still lives in Frankfort.

James W. Boyles

The student who is interested in the history of Clinton county does not have to carry his investigation far into its annals before learning that James W. Boyles has long been an active and leading representative of its agricultural interests and that his labors have proved a great force in the development of the resources of the county, and the upbuilding of her citizenship. Mr. Boyles is one of the early pioneers who are living today, and his recollections of the strenuous times when homes were being hewn from the native forest is interesting and vivid. In every enterprise with which he has been identified, Mr. Boyles has given it his whole-souled effort and all of his time.

James \Y. Boyles was born in Green county, Ohio, on a farm February 17, 1835, and 'vas the son of John and Catherine (Skinner) Boyles. John Boyles was born May 24, 1798, near Lexington, Kentucky, and spent the years of his youth in that state. Until 1839 he acted as an overseer on a tobacco plantation, then he moved to Clinton county, and bought one hundred and sixty acres in Union townhsip. Here he spent his entire life, farming until about four years prior to his death, which occurred January 26. 1875. He was married December 15, 1817, to Catherine Skinner, who was born in Kentucky on April 1. 1802, and who died November 16, 1870. Mr. Boyles was a Methodist in religion, and politically was a Republican.

Our subject, James \Y. Boyles, received a common school education in the limited pioneer schools, working on the farm during the time he was not in attendance at school. Mr. Boyles became an excellent agriculturist, having had his early training in that vocation under his father, who was considered one of the most successful and industrious farmers of the pioneer community. Our subject has followed this vocation more or less all of his life, and also raised live stock on a large scale, becoming the owner of the finest animals in the county, and doing an extensive shipping business. Today his land is in excellent condition, well tiled and fenced and covered with the latest improvements, including a large home, commodious and attractive, also a large barn and outbuildings. Mr. Boyles owns an automobile, a Cole "30," out of which he derives a great deal of pleasure. Mr. Boyles is a Republican politically, and has served as county commissioner three terms of three years each, leaving his farm during the period of service, but returning immediate- Iv after the expiration of his time in office. In religious affairs, Mr. Boyles has always been a Methodist, and is a deacon in that church.

April 27, 1857, marked the date of Mr. Boyles' marriage to Mary E. Bell, who was born in Butler county, Ohio, October 20, 1836, and was the daughter of William and Mary Ann I Hamilton) Bell. William Bell, a native of Pennsylvania, came to Clinton county in 1842 and lived here until his death, holding eighty acres of land entered by his father from the government and deeded to him when he came here. Mr. Bell, at different times in his life, was a Democrat and a Republican, but in church matters remained with one denomination, the Presbyterian. He served as squire of Union township, this county, for quite a number of years. Mrs. Bell was a native of Ohio.

To Air. and Airs. Boyles there were born eight children, five girls and three boys; the boys all died in infancy. The girls are: Delcina, wife of

Frank Wonders, of Frankfort; Carrie Bell, wife of Landa Elliott, a farmer near Michigantown : Fannie ATay, wife of William Price, of Union township; Anna Maude, wife of Parks Robinson, near Sedalia; and Bessie E., wife of Smith Salmon.

In 1864 he was drafted while threshing wheat, but bought his release, paying eight hundred dollars. At that time he was the father of three small children.

Jefferson Parker Holloway

Jefferson Parker Holloway, owner of Pleasant View Farm, consisting of two hundred and eighty acres in section 10, of Perry township, Clinton county, was born in Boone county. Indiana, October 8, 1850. He is a son of Thomas Holloway, a native of Montgomery county, this state. The family is of English ancestry, and have been in America for many generations, proving to be excellent and loyal citizens all the while. Thomas Holloway grew to manhood on the home farm, and, being a pioneer child, found plenty of hard work to do when a boy in the development of the farm from the wilds. He received a meager education in the old-time schools. In early manhood he married Sally AI. Truitt, a daughter of .Anderson Truitt, of English descent and an early settler in this part of Indiana, where he secured government land, the patent for the same being signed by Andrew Jackson. One hundred and twenty acres of this land is now owned by the subject of this sketch, constituting his home place. Anderson Truitt reared a large family, one son, Parker Truitt, is a prosperous farmer and well known citizen of this county. The mother of our subject died on the home farm at the early age of thirty-two years, leaving five children: Enoch, a soldier in the Civil war and now living in Minnesota: Jefferson Parker, of this review; John T., I. N. and Alahala. The father of these children was a soldier in the One Hundredth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Company G, and saw considerable hard service. He was with General Sherman on his march to the sea through Georgia. He was shot in the mouth and lost seven teeth and part of the jaw. He died at Danville, Illinois, at the age of seventy-two years. He was a member of the Methodist church.

the various phases of general agricultural pursuits. He had little opportunity to attend school, but. remaining a student all his life, he is a well educated man.

In 1870, when twenty years of age Mr. Holloway married Mary E. Dukes, a woman of fine attributes of head and heart, who has proven to be an excellent helpmeet. She was born January 12, 1853, and is a daughter of William S. Dukes, born in Ohio, from which state he came to Indiana and lived in Boone county for many years. He was born in 1825 and died in 1892 at the age of sixty-seven years. He was a leading farmer and extensive stock shipper of his community, a man highly respected by all. He was a member of the Methodist church and a trustee of the same for some time. The death of the mother occurred in 1912 at the advanced age of eighty-three years. She had remarried, her second husband being U. C. McKenzie, nowdeceased.

Our subject began life for himself by renting land. Managing well he soon w as enabled to purchase a farm of his own and each succeeding year has found him further advanced. He first purchased forty-five acres, then purchased the Truitt estate of one hundred and twenty acres, later adding to his holdings until he now has two hundred and eighty acres as stated above, constituting one of the most desirable and productive farms in the county, on which he carries on general farming and stock raising, reaping large annual rewards for his outlay of labor and good management. He has an attractive rural home in the midst of pleasant surroundings, and his outbuildings are large and convenient, everything about his place denoting thrift and prosperity. He always keeps an excellent grade of live stock, preparing large numbers for the market from time to time. His place is located three miles east of Colfax.

A., a graduate of Bellevue Medical College, Xew York City, and post graduate of the Polyclinic Institute of that city, now one of the leading physicians of Logansport, Inch; Thomas C., educated in the State university at Bloomington, Ind.. a successful farmer and stock man of Clinton county, owns a fine farm of one hundred acres, married, has two sons; Asher E., a graduate of electric engineering, from Purdue University, Lafayette, Inch, now married and living at San Diego, Cal.

Fraternally, Mr. Holloway is a member of the Masonic Order at Colfax. Politically, he is a staunch Republican and has long been active in the interest of his party, and regarded as a local leader. He was elected to the state legis-

Personally, Mr. Holloway is a man of fine presence, one whom it is a pleasure to meet. He is cordial, gentlemanly, obliging and a man of exemplary habits. P)Oth he and his wife are worthy members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Colfax, and they stand high in all circles in which they moved.

Whether the elements of success in this life are innate attributes of the individual, or whether they are quickened by a process of development, is impossible to clearly determine. Yet the study of a successful life, whatever the field of endeavor, is none the less interesting and profitable by reason of the existence of this same uncertainty. In studying the life history of Charles B. McClamroch, prominent business man and leading agriculturist of Kirklin township, Clinton county, and one of the substantial and enterprising citizens of this section of Indiana, we find many qualities in his makeup that would insure success in any career if properly directed. In his case, it has resulted in a life of good to the community, and to himself and family. The splendid success which has come to Mr. McClamroch is directly traceable to the salient points in his character. With a mind capable of planning he combined a will strong enough to execute his well-formulated purposes, and his great energy, sound judgment, keen discrimination and perseverance have resulted in the accumulation of a handsome property, and at the same time he has proven himself in every way to be a worthy son of a worthy sire.

Mr. McClamroch was born December 8, 1861, in Kirklin township, Clinton county. He is a son of Robert and Elizabeth J. (Hollcraft) Mc- Clamroch. Robert McClamroch was born in Butler county, Ohio, October 24, 1834. His ancestral record is traceable through several generations to Scotland, from which country his great grandfather emigrated to America in our Colonial days, and settled in North Carolina. In this state his son, James McClamroch, grandfather of Robert McClamroch, was born, grew to manhood, there married Elizabeth Cornell, and was the father of the following children: Thomas, father of Robert; James, John, Mrs. Martha J. Longfellow and Mrs. Sarah Beal. Thomas McClamroch was born in August, 1808, in North Carolina, but a year later the family removed from that state to Butler county, Ohio, settling on a farm. There he grew to manhood, and was united in marriage to Nancy Bildridge, who was born in Ohio, November 15, 1815. The parents of Mrs. McClamroch were Daniel and Sarah (Woods) Baldridge, both natives of Ohio and members of old and highly respected families of Butler county. After his marriage Thomas McClamroch engaged in farming, which he carried on in Ohio until 1838. Then he emigrated to Indiana, locating in Boone county, where he purchased a tract of wild land, which he afterward cleared and developed into a good farm. He possessed abilities as a trader, and during a residence in Boone county, covering a period of about eleven years, he became the possessor of over eleven hundred acres of land, besides other valuable property. In 1849 he moved to Indianapolis, from which time until his death, December 15, 1859, he lived a life of retirement. He was a man of excellent judgment and intelligence, an earnest member of the Christian church, which he assisted liberally with his means, and until 1854 he supported the Democratic party, but after that year was a strong adherent of the principles taught by the Republican party.

Robert McClamroch was four years old when brought by his parents to Boone county, Indiana. In his youth he assisted his father in the work on the farm, and such education as he gained was that afforded by the common schools, which he attended during the winter season until he was twentyone years of age, when he entered what is now Butler College, then known as the Northwestern Christian University, at Indianapolis. He then accepted a position with the old Idianapolis, Cincinnati & Lafayette Railroad Company, now the Big Four, as bridge repairer, holding the position four years. February 7, 1858, he married Elizabeth J. Hollcraft, daughter of Abraham Hollcraft and wife, and of this union seven children were born: Mary F., married to C. K. Smith; Charles B., the subject of this sketch; Thomas (dec.), Abraham A.. James, Nancy, married to Nathan Frith (dec.), then to H. C. McClamroch, and Grace, married to James Lucas. The mother of the above named children, passed to her rest on November 8, 1896.

For two years after his marriage Robert McClamroch engaged in farming on the old homestead, removing then to Indianapolis, but not being satisfied with his residence in the capital city, he moved to a farm in Kirklin townshin, Clinton county. This was in the early sixties, and here he continued to reside until the year 1891. Many years before this date, however, he had become an important factor in the business world. Flis mind had a financial trend and he gradually became interested in banking affairs. This interest took practical shape in 1874, when he was made director in the Farmers' Bank at Frankfort. In 1881 he was made president of the institution, a place which his integrity and ability retained for him continuously up to the time of his death. The demands of his business in the county seat became such that in 1891 he moved to Frankfort and retained his residence there up to the end, the final summons coming to him on January 22, 1900, at the family residence on South Jackson street.

In a business way he was eminently successful, and he left what was probably the largest estate in Clinton county, estimated at a fourth of a million dollars, his holdings consisting of several hundred acres of Clinton county real estate, city property, a large stock in the Farmers' Bank of F rankfort and valuable holdings of realty in Indianapolis and Marion county. He also carried heavy life insurance. In attaining to this high position in the business and financial world Mr. McClamroch retained to a remarkable degree the good will and confidence of those with whom he had transactions. Many indeed, are there now among Frankfort and Clinton county citizens who were materially helped by him. In judging human nature he had few superiors, having the rare faculty of closely estimating a man as to his business and personal integrity. This endowment stood well to his advantage and to that of the institution of which he was the head, but it can truthfully be said thaf he never used this faculty as an oppressor. He was of decisive character, open in his expression and tenacious in his purpose, and while never losing sight of a full and complete regard for the rights and privileges of others, he was unyielding in protecting that which he clearly thought his own. Personally he was unpretentious, unassuming and always courteous. He appeared to have no higher ambition than to be honest and successful, and none who knew him well ever questioned but that he was both. In a social way he was pleasant and generous to his friends.

At the time of Robert McClamroch's death lengthy tributes were paid hi mby the local press, which, to copy in full would far transcend the limits of the present article, so we quote only the following paragraph from The Frankfort Evening News, of January 22, 1900:

"In the death of Robert McClamroch Clinton county loses one of its most valued and beloved citizens. He was a man universally esteemed. While a man of great wealth his success never excited the envy of the people, as is so frequently the case, and the writer has the first time to hear an ill word spoken of him. His charities, while not paraded, were many. There are hosts uf people throughout this and adjoining couuties who have been recipients of financial assistance of a substantial kind from this great-hearted modest man who will bear witness to this statement. His interpretation of the word charity was not indiscriminate giving but to help those who were willing to help themselves. He was never known to force an honest debtor and there are many prosperous people today who owe their success to Mr. McClamroch's kindness in starting them in business. He was a splendid judge of human nature - could tell the worthy from the unworthy with wonderful accuracy, and a creditor was always safe in his hands. It was due to this rule which he adopted in early life, that he won the admiration (and held it) of all with whom he came in contact; due to this admirable trait of character that the genuine sorrow over his death exists today throughout the community."

Robert McClamroch was preceded to the grave by his estimable wife four years, she having passed to the silent land November 8, 1896, after a lingering illness at the family residence in Frankfort. She was born July 19, 1835, grew to womanhood and was educated at Ivirklin, Clinton county. She was a prominent member of the Christian church, and was always active in its work. She was universally loved and respected bv her large circle of acquaintances to whom she was endeared by her many virtues. Kind and charitable, she was always the friend of the needy and distressed, a comfort in the hour of sorrow to those about her. The memory of her good deeds will continue to live on in the hearts of those who knew her.

Charles B. McClamroch grew to manhood in Kirklin township, this county. His early education, which he received in the district schools there and in Frankfort, has been greatly supplemented hv wide study and actual contact with the business world until today he is an exceptionally well informed man.

On April 8, 1801. lie married Fffie Berry, who was born in the year 1871, in Jackson township, Clinton county, Indiana. She is a daughter of James and Louisa (Burchart) Berry, an influential and highly esteemed family of this county, and here Mrs. McClambroch grew to womanhood and received a common school education. She is a lady of many estimable attributes and is a favorite with a wide circle of friends.

Charles B. McClamroch began life for himself on the farm in Kirklin township soon after he had quit school. He had much natural ability as a judge of livestock and soon began buying and shipping on a large scale, being very successful from the start, and he won the sobriquet of "The Kid Stock Buyer." In this vocation he was nearly always thrown with much older men who marveled at his good judgment and tact. Although known widely as a business man and banker, he has always carried on a large live stock business, raising large numbers annually and preparing them for the market, and he has for many years ranked among the most extensive and progressive general agriculturists of Clinton county. He owns four hundred and fortyseven acres in Kirklin township individually, and in partnership with his brother owns three hundred and twenty acres in another part of the same township. He lives in a commodious, modernly furnished and attractive home on the former tract. His land is all under a high state of improvement and cultivation, a small portion being in timber and pasture.

In the year 1908 he and Eli J. Goar organized a state bank in the village of Kirklin, of which he has been president for some time, discharging the duties of the same in a manner as to reflect much credit upon himself and to the eminent satisfaction of the stockholders and patrons of the bank, which is regarded as one of the soundest and safest banks of this part of the state, and its prestige and large success has been due to the wise management, keen foresight and honest dealings of Mr. McClamroch.

Politically, he is a Progressive, and while he is deeply interested in all public matters as affecting the general upbuilding of his county, he has not cared for the emoluments of office, preferring to devote his exclusive attention to his large personal interests. Fraternally he belongs to the Masonic Order, Knights of Pythias, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, all of Kirklin. He seems to have inherited many of the sterling traits of character of his honored father, and is therefore popular with all classes and deserving of the high esteem in which he is universallv held.

Catharine Bewsey

The life of this estimable lady has been as an open book, and those who know her best find least to criticize, for she is the possessor of those praiseworthy characteristics of head and heart that never fail to win friends and retain them. She is industrious and a good manager. She always finds time to help others on the highway of life, and therefore knows that happiness which is truest and which can only come with unselfish service.

Mrs. Catharine Bewsey. widow of Manson A. Bewsey. of Colfax, Clinton county, was born in this locality, reared and educated here. She is a daughter of Isaac Goodnight, now deceased, for many years a prominent farmer of Perry township. He was a native of Virginia, of an excellent old family of that state, and here he grew to manhood and married Alvaline Davis on January 18, 1849, ?he being one of a family of ten children, born to John Davis. Sr., a sturdy pioneer, who lived to be eightv-five years old.

Alvaline Davis died May 17, 1904. She was one of two children, her brother, Joel Goodnight, lives in Colfax. Mrs. Bewsey's parents were both members of the Christian church, the father having been an elder in the same.

M. A. Bewsey was born on the old homestead in Perry township March 22, 1861. He was a son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Dukes) Bewsey, one of the best known of the early families of Clinton county, the Bewseys having come from Ohio to Indiana in an early day. The father of M. A. Bewsey died at the age of sixty-eight years, and the mother passed away at the age of sixty - eight years. They were married in 1849. They were both members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Their chlidren were Manson A., Favorite H. and Mrs. Elmedia Payne. The father was a soldier in the Union army during the Civil war, taking part in stopping Morgan's raid into Indiana. He was wounded in the foot.

M. A. Bewsey was reared on the home farm and there assisted with the work when a boy. He received a good common school education. On December 20. 1882. he and Catharine Goodnight were married. They spent about twenty years on the farm in Perry township, where Mr. Bewsey became noted for his fine stock, especially horses. He made a pronounced success also in general farming, his farm always being well improved and well tilled. His splendid road horses and other fine stock were greatly admired by all w ho saw them, and he was regarded as one of the best judges of horses in this section of the state. Pie finally removed to Colfax, where he had an attractive and modern bungalow, in which his widow still resides. It is located near the Christian church, of which Mr. Bewsey was a leading member and a liberal supporter. He was a member of the building committee for some time, and when he was summoned to his reward on April 1, 1912, his loss was greatly deplored by the community and the church, for he was a useful citizen and a man who was esteemed by all who knew him for his public spirit and exemplary personal habits.

To Mr. and Mrs. Bewsey one child was born, a daughter. Estella Edith, w ho married Jess Pollett on August 15. 1903. She passed to her rest at the age of twenty-three years and ten months. She was a young lady of many praiseworthy traits and a favorite with her many friends. She had united w ith the Christian church February 3. 1902. Father and daughter are now sleeping side by side in the cemetery at Colfax.

Fraternally Mr. Bew-sey was a charter member of the Knights of Pythias and was keeper of records and seal for alxrut seven years; also a member of the Modern Woodmen.

Foresight is one of the greatest assets of the individual. The average man has a good hindsight. We all know what we should have done yesterday, what investments ought to have been made last year. The real problem is to know what to do today. There have always been great opportunities in Clinton county for the young and middle-aged men who were not afraid to go into the fields and work and wait for time to bring them recompense for their years of toil. Yes, both in the country and in the town, there have been for a century, and are yet. great opportunities in Clinton county awaiting the man of foresight and industry.

One of the well known citizens of Washington township who has been alert to the present day opportunities in the locality of which this historytreats is Joseph A. McBride, who was born here on the old homestead October 27. 1863. He is a son of Thomas McBride, deceased, one of the pioneer settlers of this county, who was born in Butler county, Ohio, and was a son of William McBride, who was born in Ireland, of Scotch-Irish parentage. He emigrated to the United States when young and here spent the rest of his life. Both William McBride and his wife, Sarah, are deceased and are buried in this township. They were the parents of four sons and one daughter.

Thomas McBride was born in 1836. was reared amid pioneer conditions, and received a meager schooling in a log school house. He married Margaret J. Fickle, also of a fine old family, a daughter of Joseph Fickle, who was a son of William Fickle, the latter having been one of the largest landowners in Clinton county, owning at one time two thousand and five hundred acres, most of it having been bought of the government. He came to this county about 1832. Joseph Fickle's mother was known in her maidenhood as Elizabeth Brown, a daughter of Judge Brown, a leading citizen here in his day. The following children were born to Thomas McBride and wife: Joseph A., of this review: Frank A.. Ira, Charles and Alpv. Two

Joseph A. McBride was reared on the home farm and he received a common school education. He spent eleven years as a teacher, giving great satisfaction, his services being in much demand. He was married on March 10, 1886, to Hattie V. Harshman. a daughter of Martin V. Harshman, a well known resident of Washington township, a son of Henry Harshman, a pioneer of Clinton county, who came here from Butler county, Ohio, in an early clay. Mrs. McBride's mother was known in her maidenhood as Eliza Henderson. Her death occurred in^ 1875, leaving four children: Mamie O., Hattie V., Sylvester H., and Claude S. Her husband died in Frankfort at the age of seventy-seven years.

Mr. McBride owns the old Fickle homestead, one of the best farms in the township, and he has kept it well improved and well cultivated and the buildings carefully repaired. He carries on general farming and stock raising. He has a silo, ten by thirty feet. He is agent for a silo concern and has sold forty within the past four months. He is an enthusiast on the silo question and knows all about its value to the farmer.

William J. Crull

There is a great satisfaction to us, the younger generation, to know that our father, uncles, cousins, or any relation, enlisted in the armies that were formed in 1861 to expunge false aristocracy and slavery from the southern states. Just as the veterans of the Civil war boasted of the deeds their fathers accomplished in the Revolution or the War of 1812, just so will their sons boast of their fathers' services in the Rebellion, in reeking prisons, smoky battlefields, and restless held hospitals. It is a gratification to write of the subject of this biography, for he was one of the rank and hie that suffered through the four years in the early sixties.

William J. Crull was born in Scioto county, O., September 16, 1836, the son of John H. and Sally ( Squires) Crull. John Crull was a native of Ohio, and he remained there all of his life. Nine children completed his family, three of whom still survive.

William Crull spent the pleasant days of his youth in the common schools of the county of his birth, and afterward utilized the training in imparting the same knowledge to others as a teacher, lie ceased the pedagogic life soon, however, and entered the mercantile business, in which he remained until the southern states seceded.

West Virginia. under the command of General Crooks. Mr. Crull made an honorable and notable record while serving for the Federal cause, and in September. 1864. he was mustered out at Galipolis, O. During the course of the four years' conflict. Mr. Crull made his mark by clever and careful work in guard and scout duty, both probably the most hazardous undertakings in military science.

Mr. Crull came to this county in February. 1880, and took up the agricultural work. He continued successfully in this until he decided to retire in 1900. brankfort was chosen by Mr. Crull as a residence, and there he resides happily at this date.

In May. 1878. Mr. Crull married Emma 1). Allen, the daughter of Moses and Rachel Allen, early setCers of this county w ho came from Ohio in 1834 to go into the farming and stock raising business. Both of her parents are now dead. Two children have been born to William Crull and wife. Fenton A. and William J.

During his life. Mr. Crull has not cared to enter into public life, and so has held no public offices. He is loyal to the Republican party, however, in more ways than one. and always does his share of the work of the Grand Army of the Repul lie. to which organization he is intcnselv devoted.

James Gath Webster. M. D.

The man wdio devotes his talents and energies to the noble work of administering to the ills and alleviating the sufferings of humanity pursues a calling which, in dignity, importance and beneficial results is second to no other. If true to his profession and earnest in his efforts to enlarge his sphere of usefulness, he is indeed a benefactor of his kind, for to him more than to any other man are entrusted the safety, the comfort and in many instances the lives of those who place themselves under his care and profit bv his services. Of this class of professional men is Dr. James Gath Webster, of Colfax, one of the pioneer physicians of Clinton county, wThose name has long since become a household word throughout this locality, a man who has stood for a long lapse of years with few peers and no superiors among the medical men here, during wffich long period of practice he has not only gained wide fame in his chosen vocation, but also established a sound reputation for uprightness and noble character in all the relations of life. When but a vouth he realized that those who attained determinate serving even of greater respect than is shown them, for we of the present generation cannot fully realize what they had to go through with in order that the serried hosts of rebellion might be put down forever in this fair land of ours.

Mr. Gilmore was born near the village of Putnamville. Putnam county, Indiana, on August 2. 1842. He is a son of Eli and Ellen (Bradford) Gilmore, both natives of Virginia, of old Scotch-Irish families, members of which have lived in the Old Dominion during a number of generations. The maternal grandfather of our subject was James Brafford, who moved to Indiana in an early day and here spent the rest of his life. The parents of our subject grew up in their native community, were educated and married there, and to them twelve children were born, an equal number of sons and daughters, namely: James, a soldier during the Civil war in the Ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, went to Colorado after the wrar, where he died; William R., of this review; Thomas H., Samuel. Jehu, Nancy, Martha, Virginia. Ellen. Nancy (the second), and Mary Jane, (all eight deceased); Debby Ann Barker and John M., of Perry township. The parents of these children are both deceased, both having gotten well along in years before summoned to their rest.

W illiam R. Gilmore, of this sketch, was reared on the home farm and there he worked when a boy. receiving his education in the common schools of his community during the winter months, between crop seasons. When the Civil war came on he enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Sixteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, under Capt. Sylvester Lane and Colonel Cruse. He began his military career at Clark's Hill, July 4. 1863, just as the backbone of the Confederacy was being broken at Gettysburg and Vicksburg; but there remained, as it proved, plenty to do and our subject did his little part most faithfully, serving in several battles and skirmishes, such as Strawberry Plains and Tazewell, in Tennessee. He was honorably discharged after his term of enlistment expired and returned home.

Mr. Gilmore lived in turn in Mercer county. Illinois, near Aledo, Missouri. and near Ossawatomie. Kansas, finally returning to Indiana and locating in Clinton county, where he has a tine farm of seventy acres on which stands a good set of buildings and where he has made a comfortable living. He was married in 1875 to Bertie Alice Thompson, daughter of Joseph Thompson. Our subject has no children of his own, but is raising an adopted child. Claude Floyd, his sister's child. Politically, he is a Republican, but has never sought public honors, preferring to lead a quiet home life and attend strictlv to his own business.

Jesse B. Ghere

Prominent among the men of Perry township, Clinton county, who have attained a competence through their individual efforts is Jesse B. Ghere, owner of Timber View Farm, of one hundred and forty-three acres in section 12, four and one-half miles east of Colfax. Despite his years, for he has recently passed his sixtieth mile-stone. Mr. Ghere is an active man, and gives close personal attention to his business. He has spent his entire life in the locality where he now resides, having been content with the advantages that Clinton county had to offer, and he holds a high place in the estimation of his neighbors, who know him as a man of probity and integrity.

Mr. Ghere was horn on March 20. 1853. in Jackson township, Clinton county, on the old Ghere homestead. He is a son of Joseph Ghere, who was horn in Pennsylvania in 1824. and who spent his earlier years in the old Keystone state, and when he reached manhood he married Mary Jane Isgrigg. who was horn in 1831. He was a son of David and Sarah (Tyson) Ghere, both natives of Pennsylvania. Eleven children were born to David and Sarah Ghere, Mrs. Sarah Price. Hiram and Joseph, being all that now survive. Joseph Ghere was seven years old when he came with his parents to Jackson township, this county, and here he grew to maturity, received a common school education and was married, and lie and his wife became parents of six children: Mrs. Martha M'vley. Jesse B.. Mrs. Marv E. Cones.

Mrs. Sarah A. Hinton, of Frankfort: Samuel and Andrew A. The father of Joseph Ghere died at the advanced age of eighty-three years, in 1907, and the mother was seventy-nine years old when she passed away. They both belonged to the United Brethren chruch, and were known for their honesty and hospitality, liked by all.

Jesse B. Ghere was reared on the home farm and there he worked hard when a boy. By close application he received a good common school education in a log cabin school. When twenty-eight years old he married Mintie Long, daughter of Samuel and Catherine (Ball) Long, of an excellent old pioneer family, both now deceased. The father was a native of Ohio, but in an early day he came to this state and located in Boone county, where he engaged successfully in farming.

It was in 1906 that our subject came to his present farm, and since then he has made a number of good improvements. He has a neat home and go«d buildings in general, and on his place is always to be found an excellent grade of live stock.

Curtis C. Pendry. an express agent of Indianapolis; and Clifford Tyson, now twenty-three years old. who lives at home, assisting his father with the work on the farm, having, in fact, practical charge of the place. He received a good education in the common schools.

Nun Bailey

It is with a degree of satisfaction that the biographer has an opportunity at this juncture to write the following biographical memoir of the pioneer farmer and well known citizen whose name appears above, who has been for many decades active in the affairs of Clinton county. The readers of this book, especially the younger generation, will doubtless gain inspiration from perusing these paragraphs to lead more industrious, kindlier and worthier lives, seeing what the life of Mr. Bailey has accomplished, not only individually, but for the locality as well, affecting all with whom he has come into contact in an uplifting manner. He came with his parents to this section of the state in pioneer times and he assisted in bringing about the transformation of the locality in the wild condition in which it was found at the time of his arrival to its later day progress and improvement.

Nun Bailey, who has spent the major portion of his life in Perry township. he being now seventy-six years of age, was born 011 the old Bailey homestead in West Virginia in 1837. Pie is a son of Silas Bailey, and a grandson of Thomas Bailey, a soldier in the war of 1812, in which war, William Bailey, a son of the latter, also fought. Thomas Bailey was a son of Jonathan Bailey, a horse trader and dealer in old Virginia in the Colonial period and he bought and sold horses for the soldiers in the Revolutionary war. He was of Scotch-lrish ancestry. He got hold of a good deal of continental money, but by reason of its depreciation he lost most of his fortune. However, the government later redeemed this scrip or continental money.

Silas Bailey married Sarah Trotter, a native of West Virginia and a daughter of William Trotter, also a native of that state. Silas Bailev and family removed to Ross county, Ohio, in 1838, thence to Tippecanoe countv, Indiana, in 1839, and soon thereafter came on to Clinton county where tliev established their permanent home in Jackson township. Seven children were born to Silas Bailey and wife: Melinda, Jane, Nun (subject), William Thomas, a soldier in the Civil war; Dorothy, Barbara, M. Jehu and Henry E.

William Trotter, maternal grandfather of our subject, was a soldier in the war of 1812. Silas Bailey, mentioned above, started for the California gold fields, intending to go lw water, in 1852. but died of cholera at Cleveland, O.. and there he was buried. He left a widow and six children. The mother died at the age of sixty-three. The father of our subject was an exceptionally large man physically, being six feet and -fix inches in height. Our subject had an uncle Trotter who was over six feet and seven inches tall. He comes of a sturdy race on both sides of the house

Nun Bailey was reared on the home farm where he found plenty of hard work to do when a boy. He received a meager education in a log cabin school of the primitive type, the cabin being furnished with slab seats, sod floor, greased paper for window panes, and a large stove in one end. He was married on April 1, 1869 to Matilda Ely, who w as born in Montgomery county, Indiana, and there reared to womanhood, receiving a good common school education. She was a daughter of John Ely and wife, both natives of Ohio, from which state they came to Indiana in an early day and established the family home in Montgomery county where the}- spent the rest of their lives on a farm.

Mr. Bailey is owner of a valuable farm of one hundred and fifty-three acres which he has kept well improved and well cultivated, and which has retained its original fertility under hi' skillful management. He carries on general and mixed farming and stock raising. He has a comfortable home and such outbuildings and improved farming implements as his needs require. His family consists of five children: Laura, now living in this county; Guv, living in North Dakota: Jonah B., owns a good seventy acre farm in Perry township; Jesse C., lives in Colfax, and Bertha, married to Floyd Frederick. The death of the mother of the above named children occurred on March 30. 1909. She was a good Christian woman, kind and neighborly and raised her children well, proving to be a faithful helpmeet to her husband during their married career of forty years. She was optimistic, always seeing the silver lining in the dark clouds that overcast life's skies for everyone. She was a worthy member of the Christian church, to which Mr. Bailey also belongs. He is a staunch advocate of the church and school work and has encouraged both all his life. He has always been noted for his kindness, steady habits and spirit of helpfulness. His home is known far and near as a place of old-time hospitality.

The subject of this sketch is a native son of Clinton county and a representative of one of its sterling and honored families. He has shown himself to be a man of marked individuality and enterprise, ranking among the most successful and popular of our modern agriculturists, and he has labored not for himself alone, but has found time to assist such worthy movements as have had for their objects the general improvement of his locality, whether in a material, civ ic or moral way, and no man stands higher in his community than he.

Charles A. Davis, ow ner of The Oaks, a most desirable stock and grain farm of Section 7. Perry township, w hich place contains one hundred and seven acres, is the scion of one of our worthiest pioneer families, whose good reputation he has been careful in sustaining. He was bom on the old homestead December 5, 1862. He is a son of William Davis, an early settler here, who was born in Ross county, Ohio. He spent his earlier years in the Buckeye state and there received such education as the old-time schools of his day afforded. and married Edith Tharp, who was born in Gabon county, Ohio, on October 4. 1827. She was a daughter of James Tharp, a native of Pennsylvania. His wife was born near the city of Carlisle, that state. She was known in her maidenhood as Caroline Wicker, daughter of Thomas Wicker, who lived and died near Carlisle. James Tharp died in 1835. His family consisted of four sons and four daughters. The mother died at the age of sixty-five years.

William Davis married Elizabeth Tharp when she was nineteen years old in Ross county. Ohio. John Davis was born in Virginia of an old family of that state. The mother, Catherine Stuckey, was born in Ohio. Her parents came to this country from Germany. The death of William Davis occurred in 1896 at the age of seventy-two years. They were active workers in the Christian church of Colfax. Their children were Robert (deceased). Mrs. Mahala Holt, Elsberry, now at home: John, at home; Darius (deceased) ; Charles A., of this sketch; Noah, living at Clark's Hill, Tippecanoe county, and Mary Belle, married to William Hudson.

Charles A. Davis was reared on the home farm and there did his share of the work during crop seasons, and in the winter time he attended the district schools. He was married on October 13, 1892, to Eliza J. Arbegust. a daughter of Benjamin and Anne (Lindsay) Arbegust. Two children

About this period Mr. Davis was elected county recorder by a large majority and he served for four years in a manner that reflected much credit upon himself and to the eminent satisfaction of all concerned. His books were in fine shape when he turned them over to his successor, for he was accurate, methodical and painstaking. He always looked out for the best interests of the county. After the expiration of his term of office he was engaged successfully in the abstract real estate business in partnership with William Milroy. He sold out his interest to Mr. Milroy and has since engaged extensively in the live stock shipping business and farming, being an excellent judge of all kinds of live stock. He keeps his fine farm well stocked, often having as many as three hundred sheep at a time. Fraternally, he is a member of the Masonic Order, and politically, he is a loyal Democrat.

F. Emil Knabe

The great empire of Germany has contributed a most valuable element of our national social fabric, and, among the worthy sons of the Teutonic fatherland, who stand as reputable and honorable citizens of Frankfort, none occupy a more prominent place in the esteem and confidence of the public than the well known business man whose name appears above. Mr. Knabe will soon have resided in the city of Frankfort twenty years, and it is evident, from the well wishes of the people towards him that he has "made good," as they say in business parlance, and has established an honorable reputation.

F. Emil Knabe was born in Leipzig, Germany, November 12, 1861, and was descended from a family of florists. He spent his youth in the usual manner of the German youth, enjoying the benefits of the excellent primary educational system of his country. When he became of proper age, he entered the armv, as is required by law, and served out his full time of three years in the military service. In 1893 he crossed the Atlantic to America, settling first in the city of Washington, D. C. In 1895, he came to Frankfort and established his present business as a florist, the rudiments of this trade having been learned by him in Germany as an apprentice. His establishment now is the largest in the city, and in point of equipment and quick service is one of the best in the state. Mr. Knabe has twelve thousand square feet of space in his greenhouses, and grows the handsomest varieties of the common flowers, as well as various species of the more uncommon and expensive plants. He has made a specialty of handling large contracts, often taking over the entire responsibility for the floral decorations of weddings, receptions, and other entertainments. Also, so satisfactory has been his work, that his efforts are frequently desired by outside towns. Mr. Knabe is a member of the American Florists Association.

On January 7, 1904, Mr. Knabe was married to Augusta F. Kaiser, also a native of Germany, having been born in Urfurt, Germany, November 20, 1875, an(J coming to America in 1893. One child has been the result of this union, Frederick Otto, born March 17, 1908, and now in school.

In political matters, Mr. Knabe takes the cause of the Republicans as the best, and in religious affairs holds membership with the Methodist church. Fraternally, our subject belongs to the Masonic order, the York Rite, the Knights and Ladies of Security, and the Woodmen of the World.

Marion Anderson

The well known owner of Cherry Grove farm, Marion Anderson, has been contented to spend his life in Clinton county, and he has always had deeply at heart the well-being and improvement of this locality, using his influence whenever possible for the promotion of enterprises calculated to be of lasting benefit to his fellow men. besides taking a leading part in all movements for the advancement of the community along social, intellectual and moral lines.

Mr. Anderson, who is a representative of one of our sturdy pioneer families, was born on February 14. 1859, and is a son of James Anderson, Sr., who w as born in Butler county, Ohio and was a son of Samuel Anderson, also a native of Ohio. The family is of Scotch-Irish descent. Samuel Anderson's wife was of an old Southern family and she was born in Virginia. Samuel Anderson and wife came to Indiana when the state was little less than a wilderness and here he found many things to discourage, but being of the true pioneer type he went to work w ith a will and soon had a good home established, first erecting a cabin in the woods, then clearing a place for his crops. Here he spent the rest of his life, dying at the age of eighty years. His family consisted of ten children: Jeremiah, who was a soldier in the Civil war, deceased; James and Elijah, both deceased; John, Samuel, Jr., (30)

Janies Anderson grew to manhood on the old home place, and, being a pioneer child, he found plenty of hard work to do when a boy, helping to clear the land and develop a farm, build corduroy roads, log barns, etc. When twenty-one years old he married Catherine Young, daughter of David Young, a pioneer citizen, who married Anna Johnson. They are both 'long since deceased. The father lived in Frankfort thirteen years prior to his death. The following children were born to James Anderson and wife: Annie, Frank, deceased; Lloyd, Marion, of this sketch: William is deceased, Jeremiah, Jennie. Carrie. James, Jr.. Catherine, deceased. The death of the father occurred at the age of seventy-five years. He was a member of the Christian church and was a liberal supporter of the same, was a deacon for some time. His wife is still living and eighty years of. age.

Marion Anderson, of this review, was reared on the home farm and there worked hard when a boy. He received his education in the public schools of his native community. When twenty-seven years of age he married Mary Leary, of an old family, daughter of Ignatius Leary, for many years a well known citizen of Frankfort. He was a native of County Kerry, Ireland, from which country he emigrated to the United States when young. While living in Brooklvn. New York, he married Fllen Curtain, a native of the same county in Ireland. This couple came to Frankfort. Ind., in 1857. and here became well established through their industry. Here the father's death occurred at the advanced age of eighty-four years. His family consisted of four children, namely: Mary, who married Mr. Anderson: Margaret Devitt, of Frankfort: Mrs. Julia Berkmeyer. and William S.. who died at the age of fifty-three years.

Mr. Anderson is owner of a finely improved and productive farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Perry township, which he manages in an able manner and which is well adapted in every way to general agricultural pursuits. He has a good residence and substantial outbuildings, and he raises an excellent grade of live stock, feeding large numbers from time to time for the market. His residence is one of the most attractive in the township and it stands in the midst of beautiful surroundings, and his barn is also one of the most desirable in this part of the county.

He has two sons, Frank J., born May 30, 1887, received both a good high school and business education, and graduated from Purdue University; in February, 1909, he married Zula Price, daughter of U. S. Price, of Perry township, and here she was reared and educated. To this union one child, a son, has been born, Hubert, whose birth occurred on November 4, 1911. Our subject's other son, Charles N., was born January 7, 1890. He attended school at Frankfort and was later a student at Purdue Universitv. Lafayette, Ind. He married Olena Weaver, of Frankfort, Ind. She is a daughter of Samuel Weaver and wife.

Politically the subject of this sketch is a Republican, and he has been more or less active in public affairs for years. Fraternally, he belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a member of the Christian church and his wife is a member of the Catholic church. They stand high in all circles in which they move.

This is a time of progress and development. Old methods are being revised and old or previously accepted facts are being examined or questioned as never before. "Every man to his own business" no longer means that the knowledge of others is to be ignored by the successful business man or successful farmer. The successful business man, whether he be agriculturist or merchant knows more of the business in which he is engaged than any outsider can know: but this is no longer interpreted to mean that the successful business man may not learn many useful and profitable facts and principles from the outsider who has made a thorough study of a large number of business establishments and their methods.

One of the successful young farmers and stock men of Washington township, Clinton county, who is quick to adopt a new idea, if it be practicable, no matter where it is obtained, is W. J. Crull, Jr. System seems to be the watchword on his farm, and consequently everything runs smoothly.

Mr. Crull was born in this township and county on November 5, 1886. He is a son of W. J. Crull. Sr., a prominent and well-to-do retired farmer and business man and a veteran of the Civil war. Fie resides in an attractive home in the city of Frankfort, and is one of the most substantial citizens and large tax payers of the county. Fie owns two well improved and valuable farms in the western part of Washington township, aggregating four hundred and sixty-five acres, of as productive land as the township affords. The elder Crull was born in Ohio some seventy years ago, coming from a sterling old Buckeye family, noted for its industry and honesty. He was reared and educated in his native state, coming to Clinton countv when a young man and here soon got well established through his good management. He married Emma D. Allen, daughter of Moses Allen, also a fine old family.

W. T. Crull, Sr., is a strong Republican, and has been more or less influential in local party affairs in past years. lie is a member of the local post of the Grand Army of the Republic.

The immediate subject of this review was reared on the home place in this county and he was taught to work and to handle live stock when a boy. He obtained a good education in the common and high schools.

On March 4. 1908. he married Mamie Harshman, who was born, reared and educated in Clinton county. She is a daughter of Edward Harshman, a sketch of whom appears on another page in this work. The union of our subject and wife has resulted in the birth of one child, Emma Lucille.

Young Crull has charge of his father's large farm and he is making a pronounced success in the management of the same, carrying on general farming and stock raising on a large scale, feeding annually large numbers of cattle and hogs for the market. He has a beautiful rural home and everything about the place denotes thrift and good taste. He is a young man of pleasing address and is well liked by all who know him, and, judging from his past excellent record as a business man he gives every promise of eventually ranking among the leading argriculturists and stock men of the county.

John J. Kallner

The people of Perry township, Clinton county, point to John J. Kallner, the proprietor of the Tree Lawn Farm, as one of their most valued citizens, admiring him for his high moral character, for his life among them for many years has been as an open book. That they place implicit confidence in him is evidenced by the fact that they have selected him as their delegate to numerous conventions and to occupy several local offices in various lines of public service, the duties of which he has ever discharged with credit to himself and to the eminent satisfaction of all concerned.

Mr. Kallner was born in Beaver county, Pennsylvania, in the northwestern part, on April 14, i860. He is a son of Matthew and Rosa (Shafer) Kallner, an excellent and thrifty old German family, both parents having been born in Germany, in which country they spent their earlier years, and they became very comfortably established in the old Keystone state, the father toiling as a village blacksmith, having learned his trade in Germany. He became an expert iron and steel workman. His death occurred in 1871, at the age of sixty-five years. He was known for his sterling honesty in all relations of life, and was a faithful member of the German Lutheran church. The death of the mother occurred at Portsmouth at the advanced age of eighty-seven years. Six children were horn to these parents, four sons and two daughters; Jacob J., John J. (our sul>ject), William, Caroline, David (deceased), and Margaret (deceased).

The subject of this sketch grew to manhood in his native state and when a boy assisted his father with his blacksmithing. and he received his education in the common schools. Early in life he came to Indiana and worked five vears for W. J. Crull, of Frankfort, then rented a farm. He managed well and saved his earnings, and in due course of time purchased a good farm of one hundred and twenty acres in 1896. He is now the owner of a finelv improved and productive farms of one hundred and seventy-three acres in Perrv township, Clinton county, which is regarded as one of the best farms in the township. He has an attractive residence and substantial outbuildings, including a modern garage for his automobile, etc. Beautiful shade trees stand on the lawn and about the buildings, and an excellent grade of live stock is to be seen in bis fields. His place is pleasantly located two miles ea^t of Colfax.

Mr. Kallncr was married in 188;. when twenty-five years old. to Sophronia Cunningham, daughter of Nicholas Cunningham and wife, of Butler county. Ohio, and a prosperous and highly respected family, owning a good farm in Jackson township.

Four children, three sons and one daughter, have been born to our subject and wife: Clayton C. married and now living in Carroll county; A. B., at home, took a six months' course in the Marion Business College, now twentv-one vears old; A. Fleet, sixteen years old: Ruth, eighteen years old. was graduated from the Colfax high school with the class of 1913.

Mr. Kallner is one of the leaders in the ranks of the Democratic party in Perrv township, and his advice is always sought at elections. He has done much for the success of the party in Clinton county. In the year 1900 he was elected township trustee by a large majority, having been the first Democratic trustee Perry township had had for sixteen years. He proved to be a most efficient official. He has been chosen frequently as a delegate from his locality to township, county and state political and other conventions, and. being active, well read and a fluent talker he always makes his influence felt. He is a member of Masonic Lodge, No. 472, and has been treasurer of the same for many years. He is also a member of Mercy Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is a trustee and a liberal supporter. His wife and daughter are also members of this church.

Mr. Kallner is a stockholder in the Farmers' Elevator at Colfax and is a director in the same. Personally, he is a genial, friendly and helpful gentleman whom evervbody likes.

James Anderson

Perry township, Clinton county, has no more progressive farmer than James Anderson, although many may farm on a more extensive scale, yet he handles his place with such skill and sound judgment that he makes his acres produce more than is grown by some on much larger farms. He is a man of keen observation and is also a student of both nature and literature as they bear on the various phases of his vocation.

Mr. Anderson, owner of Maple Grove farm, was born on the old homestead in Perry township, this county, on September 25, 1S69. He is a son of James Anderson, Sr. This family was among the early settlers of the county, having located here in 1833 anc^ from that early day to the present they have performed well their part in the work of development, and no family has been held in higher regard here than they. The paternal grandfather. Samuel Anderson, found upon his arrival a vast wilderness, in which the cabins of first settlers were as yet few and far between. He was a man of courage and resource and he set to work with a will to clear a place for his cabin and put out a crop, and in due course of time he was very comfortably established. His son. James, father of our subject, was bom in 1830 and was therefore only three years old when he was brought to this locality. Here he grew to manhood and assisted in clearing and developing the home farm, growing up to know what hard work meant, and he had but meager opportunities to be educated. He devoted his life successfully to farming in Perry township. He -was one of a family of ten children, seven sons and three daughters. James Anderson, Sr., married, in early manhood. Catherine Young, who was born and reared in Clinton county. She was a daughter of David Young, also a pioneer settler. To James Anderson,

Sr., and wife ten children were born, six sons and four daughters, some of whom died in early life. Among the number were Lloyd. Marion. Jerry, Mrs. Jennie Sayers. Mrs. S. M. Philips, Catherine, died in 1887, and James, Jr. Frank and William both died early. The death of the father of these children occurred in 1905 at the age of seventy-five years. Politically, he was a Republican, and was a member of the Christian church, and was for many years an officer in the church. He was a good and useful man, liked by all who knew him.

James Anderson. Jr., was reared on the home farm and there worked hard when a boy. He received his education in the public schools and the Frankfort high school, attending the latter two terms. He began life for himself as a railroader, being employed by the Clover Leaf Route for a period of eight years, during which he gave them very faithful and satisfactory service. Finally tiring of this line of work he rented a farm, the old homestead of his uncle, Elijah Anderson, and soon had a good start farming. He is now owner of a well kept place of ninety-four acres of rich land, on which he carries on general farming and stock raising. He has a cozy residence and an excellent barn. He feeds considerable live stock from year to year.

Politically he is a Republican, and he affiliates with the Christian church. He does his part in supporting good public measures. Mr. Anderson was married June 25. 1913. to Miss Emily Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Johnson of Frankfort. He is a member of the K. of P. order.

Charles A. Ermentrout

One of the enterprising business men and public-spirited citizens of Mulberry, Clinton county, is Charles A. Ermentrout, a man who would have succeeded in any line of endeavor or under any environment for he seems to possesses by nature those attributes that make for success wherever found. Such men are a distinct asset to any community. He is proprietor of a popular livery and feed stable.

Mr. Ermentrout was born near Colfax, Montgomery county, Indiana, October 28, 1872. a representative of. an old family of that section of the Hoosier state. He is a son of Joseph H. Ermentrout. who is now making his home with our subject. His father was an early settler of Montgomery county, having come from Virginia to Indiana about the year 1832. The mother of our subject was known in her maidenhood as Marv Davis, and she was a native of Clinton county, of which section the Davises were early settlers. The mother of our subject is deceased. She left three children, Mrs. Clara Lanum. of Lafayette : Rena, who liv es in White county, this state ; and Charles A., of this sketch. Politically, the father is a Democrat, and a member of the Baptist church, of which his wife was also a member.

Charles A. Ermentrout was reared on the home farm, and he received his education in the public schools. Early in life he spent two vears on a farm in South Dakota, later returning to Clinton county, where he engaged in farming. For some time he has been proprietor of the livery and feed barn at Mulberry, which is located near the center of the town, and near the railroad and traction lines, tie has a large barn, seventy-five by one hundred feet, which is well arranged and well equipped for a general livery business. Eighty horses can be fed at a time. A good grade of horses is always kept and modern vehicles of all kinds, so that the traveling public is properly accommodated at all times. Most of the buggies are rubber tired. A good automobile is also kept, for those wishing to make long trips quickly. His rates are reasonable, and his barn is very popular and is known throughout the country. He keeps excellent help, his drivers being familiar with all the roads, nearby towns and even farms of this locality.

Mr. Ermentrout was married in White county, Indiana, in 1896, to Rosa Utley, who has proven to be a most faithful helpmeet. She was born in White county and there was educated and grew to womanhood. She is a daughter of John Utley, a soldier of the Civil war.

Samuel G. Fickle

It must be gratifying indeed, to know that our own family has been influential in the upbuilding of the locality in which we reside and that they have borne unstained reputations and that we have so ordered our daily lives before men in all vicissitudes of this none too pleasant world that our neighbors may conscientiously say of us that wTe have kept entirely untarnished the bright escutcheon of our family name. That is just what Samuel G. Fickle, successful farmer of Madison township, Clinton county, has done. Those who peruse the history of this locality are familiar with the facts of this fine old family which has honored Clinton county wfith their

Mr. Fickle, of this sketch, who seems to have inherited the thrift of his German ancestors and the wit of his Irish forebears, was born in Clinton county, on July n, i860. He is a son of Stewart G. Fickle and wife. William Fickle the first of the family born in America, first saw the light of day in Virginia in 1784. When ten years old he removed with his parents from the Old Dominion to Perry county, Ohio, which country was then practically a wilderness, and there he grew to manhood and married. He became His son, Isaac Fickle, was born in Perry county, Ohio, April 2, 1815. There he grew to manhood and on February 14, 1838, he married Jane M. Miller, daughter of Robert and Nancy (Bell) Miller, natives of South Carolina, where the daughter was also born, the date of her birth being September 24, 1816. Her father came to Clinton county, in 1829, locating in Madison township where he lived until 1841, then sold his property and moved to Mercer county, Illinois, where both parents died, her death occurring on December 22, 1863, leaving four children.

Stewart G. Fickle, mentioned above, was born in Perry county, Ohio, and there he grew to manhood and married Eliza Durham, daughter of Dennis Durham and wife. They came to Washington township, Clinton county, and here they both died.

Ten children were born to Stewart G. Fickle and wife: Dennis, a carpenter and contractor at Frankfort; Almeda, the widow of Andrew Ghere; Nancy, single, now living in Frankfort; and Samuel G., of this sketch. The death of the father of these children occurred in 1869 at the age of fifty-three rears. He devoted his life to farming. His wife died at the age of forty years.

Samuel G. Fickle grew to manhood on the farm and he received his education in the public schools. He was eight years old when his father died, and he went to live with Robert Fickle, a son of Isaac Fickle, and there grew to manhood. In 1879, when nineteen years old, he married Marinda McClary, who for a period of thirty-four years has proven to be a faithful helpmeet. She was born in Tippecanoe county, Indiana, and there reared and educated. She is a daughter of Harvey K. and Kate (Fink) McClary, natives of Ohio. The death of the father occurred at the age of seventytwo years, and the mother was sixty-two when summoned to her eternal rest. Eleven children were born to them: Eliza Jane, Marianda, who married Mr. Fickle ; Byron, and Mrs. Olive Beck.

here he has engaged in farming on different farms. He has improved places and sold for a profit. He now owns two good houses and lots in Mulberry, and formerly owned another which he sold. He has a substantial and modernly appointed large brick house in Mulberry. He has been very successful in his business life and can now live in comfort and without apprehension for the future.

To Mr. and Mrs. Fickle the following children were born: Minnie, who received a good education in Lafayette at a business college, now in Indianapolis; Nellie, married to John L. Davis, of Lafayette, parents of two children, Dorothy and Ruth; Alice M., at home, and Ida, attending school.

George H. Miller

The prosperity and substantial welfare of a town or community are in a large measure due to the enterprise and w ise foresight of its business men. It is progressive, wide-awake men of affairs that make the real history of a community, and their influence in shaping and directing its varied interests is difficult to estimate. George H. Miller, the present able and popular cashier of the Citizens National Bank of Mulberry, Clinton county, is one of the enterprising spirits to whom is due the recent substantial growth of the town whose interests he has at heart. With a mind capable of planning, he combines a will strong enough to execute his well-formulated purposes, and his great energy, keen discrimination and perseverance have resulted in material success.

Mr. Miller comes of an old and influential family. He was born in this county, June 23, 1868. He is a son of Aaron Miller, one of the highly esteemed pioneers of the town of Mulberry, who is still living, being nowr seventy-one years of age. He was born in the state of Indiana, the son of Elias Miller, a native of the old Keystone state. Aaron Miller's wife was Caroline Moore, a native of Ohio. To Aaron Miller and wife the following children were born: George H., of this review; Stanley A., of Mulberry, manager of the Jay Grain Company; Frank, a farmer, and Bertha, the wife of Dr. Martin, of Frankfort.

George H. Miller grew to manhood on the old homestead where he did his share of the chores when a boy. He received a good public school educa- tion. When a young man he started in life for himself by learning the bricklayer's trade, and then engaging in the hardware business which he followed successfully for a period of eighteen years, enjoing an extensive trade in this and and Tippecanoe counties. He carried a large and well selected stock of all kinds of hardware commonly used by the farmer, and he dealt honestly with his many customers so that he had no trouble in retaining them.

In July, 1912, he became cashier of the Citizens National Bank, of MuL berry, which position he has held ever since, to the eminent satisfaction of both patrons and officials. This is one of the sound and conservative institutions of the county of its kind and is rapidly growing. J. E. Combs is president and F. M. Goble, vice president. It occupies a substantial brick building, which cost five thousand dollars, and is well adapted to banking purposes. The upper story of the building is the Masonic hall.

Mr. Miller was married in 1890 to Addie Gangwer, a woman of education and refinement, a daughter of Monroe Gangwer. Of this union three children were born, namely: Ruth, Howard and Kenneth, the last named dying when fourteen years of age.

T1Lghmax Howard Allen

The true spirit of American progress and enterprise has been strikingly exemplified in the lives of such men as Tilghman Howard Allen, for many years one of the leading agriculturists of Clinton county, now living in honorable retirement in the town of Mulberry. A man whose energetic nature and laudable ambition enabled him to conquer many adverse circumstances and advance steadily. He has met and overcome obstacles that would have discouraged many men of less determination and won for himself one of the choice estates of this favored locality, and also a place among the enterprising men of the county. Such a man is a credit to any community and his life forcibly illustrates what energy and consecutive effort can accomplish when directed and controlled by correct principles and high moral resolves, and no man is worthier of conspicuous mention in a volume of this kind.

Mr. Allen was born in Clinton county October 19, 1840. He is a son of John and Cynthia (Rush) Allen, natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio, respectively; and of English and German-Welsh descent. John Allen was born in Greene county, Pennsylvania, May 5, 1805, and was the seventh son of a family of twelve children born to Isaac Allen and wife, the former's ancestors having settled in the Keystone state at a period antedating the war of the Revolution. When twelve years old John Allen was taken by his parents to Butler county. Ohio, where, owing to the reduced circumstances of his father, he was early thrown on his own resources and for some time he followed river, rafting logs and lumber and various kinds of merchandise, corn, flour, bacon, etc., to Xew Orleans. He was quite successful in this enterprise, but, while making what he proposed to he his last trip, suffered a severe financial loss by the sinking of his boat and all its contents while it was tied to the bank as he was securing fuel. The hank was undermined and a tree fell on the boat. In 1828 he located in Clinton county, Indiana, where a brother had previously entered land, and he worked for the early settlers there until 1 853. when he invested his savings in a tract of land which he cleared and placed under cultivation. He was married in Butler county. Ohio, to Cynthia Rush, and they lived in a log cabin for a period of thirteen years. Occasionally he was engaged in hauling goods from Cincinnati to the village of Jefferson, and once while making a trip to Chicago he narrow ly escaped death bv drowning in the Tippecanoe river, which he attempted to cross on horseback.

Moses R. Allen, brother of our subject, has a military record covering a period of three years in the Civ il war. He enlisted on September 16. 1862. in Company I. One Hundredth Indiana Volunteeer Infantry, under Capt. James N. Sims, and his first baptism of fire was at Vicksburg in the memorable seige, in which he took an active part. He later participated in the picturesque battles of Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain, and in the spring of 1864 he was with General Sherman's army and fought throughout the strenuous Atlanta campaign, during the progress of which he was under fire almost continuously for about one hundred days and nights. After a great deal of service in Georgia the regiment participated in a battle near the town of Griswold, and entered the city of Savannah. December 23, 1864, thence went to Beaufort, South Carolina, marched through the Carolinas. capturing Branchville, Columbia. Georgetown. Bentonville. and finally reached Goldsboro. March 26. 1865. after having marched thirteen hundred miles and fought seventeen battles. Moses R. Allen was honorably discharged on Tune 20, 1865, with a fine record as a soldier for the Stars and Stripes.

Tilghman Howard Allen, of this sketch, grew to manhood on the home farm and he received a common school education. He was one of a family of nine children. His father. John Allen, died September 28, 1876. and the mother passed away at the age of sixty-eight years.

On February 6, 1873. Howard Allen married Mary A. Old, who was born July 26, 1854, and was a daughter of Edward and Mary Ann (Rodocker) Ohl. The father was born June 26, 1835, 'n Ohio. He is living on a farm, but his wife died in 1892 at the age of fifty-nine years. Eight children were born to them: Mary Ann married Mr. Allen; Rachael Agnes died November 4, 1885, at the age of thirty years: Malinda Jane married Thomas Rush; Samuel, Jacob and Charles all dying in childhood; Levina, born March I, 1886, died November 10, 1881 ; and Ada, wife of Clinton Harshman, born August 28, 1872, now Ii\ ing on the old homestead.

Mr. Allen engaged successfully in general farming and stock raising on a large scale on his two fine farms of four hundred acres, two miles south and southeast of Mulberry. He remained there until 1909, when, having accumulated a competency, he retired from active duties of life and purchased ten acres in Mulberry, on which stand a modern ten-roomed house, and here he is spending his declining years in quiet and comfort. His family consisted of four children: Cora S.. John Edward, now in Shreveport, Louisiana: Moses

Politically. Mr. Allen is a Republican, and fraternally a Mason. He has always stood high among his many friends and acquaintances throughout the county.

Mrs. Laurinda Ohl Moore

Words of praise and periods of encomium could not clearly convey the personal characteristics of the noble woman of whom the biographer now essays to write in this connection, for only those who have had the good fortune to know her personally can see the true beauty and individual traits, which have been the resultant, very largely, of a long life of devotion to duty - a life filled with good deeds to others and led along worthy planes. She is one of those brave women who did so much to help their loved ones during the early days of the settling of our counties, and in the dread days of the Civil war when gloom and danger settled upon our fair land. Mrs. Moore lives in Washington township, Clinton county, where she has successfully managed a valuable landed estate of eighty acres, known as Oakwood, left bv her late husband, George W. Moore, farmer and veteran of the war between the states, and twenty acres more owned by Mrs. Moore. As a result

George \Y. Moore was born in Madison township, Clinton county, November 21, 1842. on the old Zebulon Moore farm near Mulberry, the old log house in which he opened his eyes to the light of day is still standing. His father, Zebulon Moore, was born July 19, 1814, in Virginia, of an old southern family. There he grew up and when a young man married Nancy Mitchell, who was born April 12. 1818. His death occurred on the old home place in Clinton county. October 2, 1846, his widow surviving thirty-five years, passing away October 2, 1881. Two sons were born to them, George Washington, of this sketch: and J. Smith.

George W. Moore was reared on the home farm and received his education in the common schools. In 1862 he enlisted in the One Hundred and Sixteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in which he served nine months, later serving six months in the Thirty-fifth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, proving to be a very faithful soldier for the Union.

January 2, 1873, he married Laurinda Old. who was born in Clinton county September 26. 1856. She is a daughter of David Ohl, who was born m Schuylkill county. Pennsylvania, a son of John and Lydia (Wehr) Ohl. of Pennsylvania. David Ohl grew up in his native community and married Sarah C. Peter, daughter of William and Laura fStinespring) Peter. The father was born in Pennsylvania and was a son of William Peter. Sr. To William and Laura Peter seven children were born, six of whom grew to maturity, namely: Henry, Julia. Adam, Sarah C., Gustavus and Laurinda.

The death of David Ohl occurred at the advanced age of sixty-eight years. His family consisted of three children: Mrs. Laurinda Moore, of this sketch; William, and Mrs. Elizabeth McNelley.

George W. Moore devoted his life successfully to general farming and stock raising. He owned a good farm in Washington township, on which his widow still resides. This' place was well improved by him and on it stand a pleasant home. Mr. Moore was killed by the interburabn cars August 17, 1903, at the age of sixty-two years. He was a hard working, honest, neighborlv man who had the respect of all who knew him. He was a member of the United Presbyterian church. Mrs. Moore is a member of the Methodist church at Mulberry.

married Charles W. Collins: Otto M. is operating the home farm; Giles S. is an inventor of considerable note, having a number of important inventions to his credit: Sarah Mildred died when nineteen years old.

Clinton Count V, Indiana

One of the owners of valuable farming interests in Clinton county is the gentleman whose name initiates this sketch, who resides in Perry township. His excellent property has been acquired through his own persistency of purpose and determination, and the prosperity which is the legitimate reward of all earnest effort is today his.