Clinton County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1913 (part 4 of 17)

John T. Payne, proprietor of Locust Grove Farm, in section 3 of the above named township, is a descendant from one of the old and well known early families of this locality. He was born on the old Payne homestead in Perry township on November 9, 1859. and he has been contented to spend his life in his native community. He is a son of Elijah and Nancy Heston Payne, both natives of Ohio, the father having been born in 1825, the son of William Payne, a soldier in the war of 1812. It was in the pioneer days that the father of our subject took up his residence in Clinton county and here he worked hard, lived honestly, developed a good farm and lived to see the country progress from a wilderness to one of the foremost counties in the state. His children are. John T.. of this sketch; Albert C., now living on the old home place: William F.. died February 1 1 , 1873; George W., died June 16, 1872: Charles F.. died October 6, 1805; Nancy T., born January 13. 1848, died in infancy; Sarah Ellen. Martha ].. Lydia C. and Mary E.

John T. Payne was reared on the home farm and there he did his full ''hare of the work when a boy. He received his education in local public schools, and he has made farming his life work.

He was married in 1890 to Elnieda Bewsey. She was born, reared and educated in Clinton county. She is a daughter of Samuel Bewsey, one of the well known and substantial residents of this county. Mrs. Payne has proven herself to be a faithful helpmeet. She has some valuable land, a part of the old home place.

Mr. Payne carries on general farming and stock raising, paying particular attention to the raising of draft horses. He sold one for which an offer of one 'thousand dollars w as made at the Chicago Stock Show . His fine stock is admired by all who see them, owing to their superior quality. He understands well the care and training of livestock as well as general and mixed farming, and his place ranks with the best in the township.

jovial and obliging gentleman whom everybody likes. He is a member of the Christian church, and was a member of the building committee that erected the fine edifice of this denomination in Colfax.

Mrs. Payne was born on the old home place in this county, August 17, 1865. Her mother's name was Elizabeth Dukes before her marriage. The Bewsey family came to Indiana in an early day. Mrs. Payne had three brothers; Manson A. (deceased) : A. \Y. and Favorite H.. of Frankfort. The former, an influential citizen of Clinton county, who died in 1912, was a large farmer and horse dealer, active in church work and was a liberal supporter of the church. The father of Mrs. Payne died at the age of sixtynine years. He was a member of the Methodist church. He was a soldier during the Civil war. and took part in repulsing Morgan's raid. Mrs. Pavne's mother died at the age of sixty-seven years. She was also a member of the Methodist church.

John E. Combs

Few can draw rules for their own guidance from the pages of Plutarch, but all are benefited by the delineation of those traits of character which find scope and exercise in the common walks of life. The unostentatious routine of private life, although in the aggregate more important to the welfare of the community than any meteoric public career, cannot, from its very nature, figure in the public annals, though each locality's history should contain the names of those individuals who contribute to the success of the material affairs of a community and to its public stability - men who lead wholesome and exemplary lives which might be profitably studied by the coming generation. In such a class must consistently appear the name of John E. Combs, one of the leading business men and public-spirited citizens of Clinton county, and president of the Citizens' National Bank of Mublerry, an honor which was conferred upon him by the votes of the stockholders of that sound and popular institution, and he is also largely interested in agricultural affairs and stock raising. He is a man who leads a plain, industrious life, always endeavoring to deal honestly with his fellow men and to contribute in every way possible to the general public good in an unobtrusive manner.

Mr. Combs was born March 24, 1853, in Madison township, near the town of Mulberry, Clinton county. He is a scion of one of our sterling old pioneer families, noted for its industry and honesty. He is a son of William B. and Susan Patterson (Richardson) Combs. The elder Combs who came to Clinton county in 1852, became one of the prominent citizens of this locality. He was born in Butler county, Ohio, and was a son of John Combs, a native of New Jersey, where the family had long been well established. Susan Patterson Richardson, mentioned above, was a native of Butler county, Pa., and was a daughter of M. C. Richardson, a well-known citizen there in his day and generation. The death of William B. Combs occurred at the age of fifty-five years. His widow survived to the advanced age of eighty-one years. They were the parents of five children: John E., of this review; Sarah Frances, who married a Mr. Elliott, living at Elwood, Ind. ; William B., an extensive farmer and stock man of Madison township, this county; Malachi and Charles N.

The father of the above named children owned a valuable farm of two hundred acres here and was a successful general farmer. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, and is an Odd Fellow and a Mason.

John E. Combs was reared on the home farm, leading a life during his boyhood days not unlike that of other boys on the farm of his time. He received his early education in the public schools, which has been greatly supplemented in after life bv wide home reading and by actual contact with the business world. He remained on the home farm until he was twenty-three years old, when he married Tillie Steckel, representative of an excellent family, and herself a young lady of much promise. She met an untimely death in 1880, when only twenty-one years of age, being accidentally burned. She left one child, Ollie, who died when two years old. She was a member of the Reformed church. She was a daughter of Joseph Steckel. Mr. Combs subsequently married Jennie Muse, a native of Lehigh county,' Pa., of a highly respected family, and she has proven to be a worthy helpmeet in every respect. She is a daughter of Charles Muse, deceased. Our subject's last union has been blessed by the birth of six children: two sons and four daughters: Cleveland, married to Bertha Kinney; Lulu, wife of E. Clapper of Lafayette, Ind. ; Mattie B., Elizabeth B., William and Emma, who died in infancy. These children were all given good educational advantages, attending the local schools and Purdue University, at Lafayette, Ind.

John E. Combs has devoted his life principally to general farming and stock raising and he has long ranked among the leading men in these lines in the county. He owns a finely improved and productive farm of four hundred acres in Madison township. He has an attractive, large and modernly furnished home, and substantial and convenient outbuildings. He is a stockholder in the Citizens' National Bank at Mulberry and has for some time been president of the same, doing much toward making this one of the leading banks of the county. Politically he is a Democrat and is a worker for the party. He takes a lead in all movements that are calculated to be of general good to the county in every way, and he is a man of exemplary habits, so that the high esteem in which he is universally held is well merited. Mr. Combs is a member of the Masons, I. O. Q. F. and the K. of P. He was postmaster at Mulberry for four years during Cleveland's administration.

John W. Timmons

One of the careful and up-to-date farmers of Perry township, Clinton county, and a man who has so ordered his course as to gain the respect and admiration of his fellow men is John W. Timmons. He has been a close student of the soil, noting its changes as well as the climate changes since he was a boy, and has farmed so skillfully and scientifically that his land has retained its original fertility and his outlay of labor is annually rewarded by handsome crops.

Mr. Timmons was born September 27, 1864. He is a son of John Timmons, Sr., who was a native of Fountain county. Ind. Our subject is descended from a thrifty pioneer family, who did their part in clearing the wilderness. His paternal grandfather came to Indiana from Ohio in a very early day. Our subject's mother was known in her maidenhood as Harriet Wvant, a native of Virginia, and was a daughter of William Wyant, a soldier under Gen. William Henry Harrison in the war of 1812, and who fought at the great Indian battle of Tippecanoe, November 7, 1811. After the war he returned to his home in Virginia, where he continued to reside until 1828, when he built a flat boat, in which he placed his household belongings and his familv and drifted down the Kanawha river to the Ohio, and down that stream to Cincinnati, where he sold his boat and purchased a wagon and an ox team and came overland to Indiana, locating in Clinton county, three miles northwest of Colfax. Here he established the future home of the family. William Wyant's wife was a native of Ireland and she always retained a strong love for the old sod.

To John Timmons, Sr., and wife was born the following children: Michael, Ezekiel, Elizabeth, David, Jane, Sophronia, John W., Jr., Alice and Della. The father of the above named children died at the age of fifty-one years. Politically he was a Democrat, and he and his wife were members of the Methodist church. The mother survived to the advanced age of

John W. Timmons, Jr., was reared on the old home farm and there he worked hard when a boy, and received his educational training in the common schools of his township. When twenty-two years old he married Ida Chenoweth, who was born and reared in Clinton county, and here she was educated in the public schools. She is a daughter of William N. Chenoweth, a respected farmer of Perry township. He was born on April 20, 1839, the son of Arthur Chenoweth, a native of Kentucky. William Chenoweth was married at the age of twenty-four years, while living in Montgomery county, Indiana, to Esther Dunbar, a widow. Of this union one child was born, Ida, wife of Mr. Timmons.

Mrs. Esther Chenoweth died at the age of twenty-six years, in 1866. Her mother's name was Bowers before her marriage. She was a daughter of Abner Bowers, an old soldier.

The subject of this sketch has a productive and w'ell improved farm of seventy-five acres, and here he carries on general farming and stock raising successfully. He has a pleasant dwelling and substantial outbuildings, including a garage. He owns a good forty horse power automobile.

The following children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Timmons: Lela, wife of Prof. J. Sarig, of Cass county; Walter, Russell, Carl and Eugene.

Mr. Timmons was president of the local telephone company for four years, and its large success was due to his able management. He brought it out of a debt of three hundred and fifty dollars, and soon had it on a money making basis. He is a member of Masonic Lodge, No. 473, of which he served as master four years. Mrs. Timmons is a member of the Eastern Star, of which she has been matron for two terms, discharging the duties of her position in a most commendable manner. They are both members of the Christian church of Colfax.

R. C. Carter

The subject of this sketch is one of the progressive agriculturists of Perry township, whose fine farm, known as Sunny Side, the name the great author, Washington Irving, gave his estate on the banks of the picturesque Hudson, ranks with the best in this locality, this attractive place having been improved by Mr. Carter to its present high state of excellency by years of patient toil and skillful management. His success has been won entirely along the lines of old and time-tried maxims, "honesty is the best policy," and "there is no excellence without labor," being among the ones he has sought to follow. His place consists of one hundred and twenty acres, well located in section 24, one of the best agricultural districts in Clinton county.

R. C. Carter was born in Franklin county, Indiana, May 31, 1868. He is a son of William Carter, who was born in England near the world's greatest city, London. He came of a sterling old Anglo-Saxon family, noted alike for its industry and honesty. The date of his birth was 1832, and his death occurred in 1897 at the age of sixty-five years. He emigrated to the United States in early life and here became w^ell established and wras respected by all who knew him, for he was industrious and honorable at all times. He was accompanied to this country by his parents, the family settling in Franklin county, Indiana, and there occurred the death of the grandfather of our subject. The mother of our subject was Rebecca Beasley before her marriage, and she, too, was a native of England, and her family brought her to Franklin county, Indiana, when she was a young girl and there established their new home, and there she grew to womanhood and received her education. Only her mother came to America, her father having died in England. Her mother lived to be sixty-three years of age. Eight children were born to William Carter and wife, five of whom are living, four sons and one daughter: John, Joseph of Perry township; Richard, of this review; Susanna, who lives in Jackson township, and Thomas, also of that township. The father of the above named children followed farming all his life. Politically he was a Republican, and he and his wife belonged to the United Brethren church.

Richard C. Carter grew to manhood on the home farm and there w orked w'hen a boy. He received a good common school education, and he has devoted his life to farming and raising live stock. His excellent farm lies three-quarters of a mile north of Manson. He keeps his place in a high state of improvement and cultivation. He has a cozy home in the midst of attractive surroundings and has substantial outbuildings. He handles at all seasons a good grade of live stock.

Mr. Carter was married when twenty-two years of age, in Jackson township, to Flora Goode, who was born in Boone county, this state, where she was reared and educated. She is a daughter of Philip Goode and wife, who finally removed to Jackson township, this county, and established a good home there. Mr. Goode was killed by accident at the age of fifty-three vears in 1896. Politically he was a Democrat, and he belonged to the United Brethren church, in which he was a deacon and a steward. His family consisted of the following children: Levina, Flora, who married Mr. Carter of this sketch; Lew Wallace. Lulu, Ora, who was a soldier in the Philippines; America, Birdie and Clifford. The mother of the above named children is still living, making her home in Jackson township, where she has a host of warm friends.

To our subject and wife one child, a son, Guy, has been born, his birth having occurred in 1894. He is attending school in Frankfort, taking a business course.

Samuel B. Smith

A well known and prosperous business man of Mulberry, Clinton county, is Samuel B. Smith, a man who has done a very great deal for his community, for he has always been more deeply interested in her welfare than in any other locality, and it is quite natural that he should have been, this being his native home, the scene of his parents' struggles to rear their children, the scene where many things have happened to make it hallowed. To him. as to most of us. ''there is no place like home."

Mr. Smith was born in October, 1855. on a farm near Mulberry. Fie is a son of Israel Smith, one of the old and honored citizens of this community, w ho was born in Lehigh county. Pennsylvania, September 24, 1829, a son of Christian Smith, also a native of Pennsylvania, and he in turn a son of Michael Smith, a native of Germany, from which country he emigrated to the United States in the old Colonial period and settled in Pennsvlvania. where he spent the rest of his life. Christian Smith married Elizabeth Miller, a sister of Eli Miller, an early settler of Madison towmship, Clinton county. Christian Smith and family came to this county in 1839, locating two miles west of Mulberry, and there he worked at farming and shoemaking. He was, like most of the pioneers, a hunter, there being at this time of his settlement here, bear, deer, turkey and many other denizens of the wild. He obtained plenty of honey from bee trees in the forest. His family consisted of four children, namely: Levi, Israel, Moses and Paul. His death occurred at the age of seventy-four years, and his wife lived to t>e seventy-six years of age. They were fine Christian characters, members of the Reformed church. Israel Smith, father of the subject of this sketch, grew up amid pioneer conditions and he worked hard assisting his father on the home place. He received a meager education in the old log cabin schools of his day. When a boy he learned the shoemaker's trade, which he followed in connection with farming. He became owner of some good property in Madison township. In 1852 he married Susan Clapper, who was a native of Pennsylvania, a daughter of Henry and Catherine (Kephart) Clapper, who emigrated to Randolph county in 1851, and here they spent the rest of their lives, the father dying at the age of seventy-four years and the mother at the age of seventy-eight. They were members of the Reformed church, and were the parents of ten children, six sons and four daughters. Israel Smith and wife have been married sixtv-one years, mutually happy and helpful. They are an old couple whom everybody admires for their honesty and charitableness. Only two children were born to them, Samuel B., of this review; and Catherine Elizabeth, who married William Bates, they living on the old Smith homestead. The parents are members of the Reformed church, the father being a deacon and formerly elder in the same.

Samuel B. Smith was reared on the home farm and he was educated in the district schools. On March 11. 1880. he married Jennie M. Nobes, a woman of educaton and a successful school teacher before her marriage. She is a daughter of Rev. W. B. Xobes, now deceased. He was a prominent minister in the Methodist church. He was a native of the Isle of Wight. The mother of Mrs. Smith was known in her maidenhood as Matilda Burchby, a native of Lancaster, England. The Xobes family emigrated to St. Louis, Missouri, later moved to Illinois, then to Cincinnati, Ohio, then to Jefferson county, thence to Tippecanoe county, near Lafayette. The father's death occurred at Flora, Indiana. He was a sincere minister of the gospel and a man greatly beloved by all who knew him. His wife died at the age of seventy-seven years. Three children were born to them, namely: C. E., of

Samuel B. Smith has been engaged in the grocery and hotel business for a period of twenty-three years. He has built up a large and lucrative trade with the surrounding country, always carrying a fresh and general stock of staple and fancy groceries, and his hotel is pupular with the traveling public. It contains twenty-three rooms, well furnished, and courteous treatment is given all guests. Cleanliness is the motto here. Excellent home cooking is found here and the hotel is known to all traveling men w'ho make this section of the state who are always glad to spend their time here when in Mulberry. Everyone is made to feel at home. As a musician and band leader Mr. Smith is well known, and he has been leader of the local band, one of the best in the county, for a quarter of a century. He is also a choir and orchestra leader of prominence and his services are in great demand. He has been connected with the choir of the local Reformed church for a period of thirtyfive years. He has also been superintendent of the Sunday school and his wife has been superintendent of the children's department for years. Jessie Smith, a daughter of S. B. Smith, is a teacher of music and has been in charge of the pipe organ at the church for three years. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are both prominent in churh and Sunday school work. They both belong to the Reformed church.

Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Smith: Perlin, married to Bert Seifert, of Chicago, has two children, Harold and Bertha; Jessie, at home; Violet Marie, born in 1900, died April i, 1912, was noted for her talent as an artist and musician, and gave every promise of a brilliant future: Samuel B.. Jr., the only son, died in early life.

Mrs. Frances Coin

This estimable lady is deserving of much credit for what she has accomplished in the face of obstacles and discouragements that would have thwarted the purposes of others of les> sterling fibre, and she has shown herself to be callable of managing success fullv a large and valuable farm, being the fortunate owner of The Oakland, one of the best stock and grain farms in Perry township. Clinton county, on which stands one of our most attractive rural homes. She is the possessor of many commendable attributes of head and heart and has long been a favorite w ith a wide circle of friends and acquaintances.

Martin Coin, deceased husband of Mrs. Frances Coin, of this review, was one of the prominent agriculturists and stock men of this county. He was born in Cass county, Indiana, May 1, 1854, and his death occurred on November 17. 1907. He came of a worthy old family, noted alike for their industry and honesty. He was a son of Randolph and Eleanor (Ryan) Coin, both born in Virginia, and each representatives of fine old Southern families. There they spent their earlier years, finally coming to Cass county, Indiana. They each received such educations as the old-time schools afforded. They became well established in Cass county and there spent the rest of their lives.

with the general work on the home farm, and he received a good common school education. In early manhood he was married to Frances Coyner, a representative of one of the sterling pioneer families, who early settled in Perry township, this county, where Mrs. Coin was born, reared and educated. She is a daughter of Jacob Coyner. who came of an old Maryland family, whose ancestors originally came from Germany, about the year 1700. The family became prominent in the old Oriole state, assisted in the development of the localities where they lived, fought in our early wars and encouraged the work of the school and the church. The family finally moved to Indiana and became well established in Clinton county, known here for their honesty and industry, and many noble qualities of head and heart. Jacob Coyner left a large and valuable estate for his children.

Mrs. Coin's valuable farm of one hundred and forty-seven acres lies three and one-half miles northeast of Colfax. It is well managed, well kept, everything denoting thrift and care.

Mrs. Coin has one daughter. Mrs. Goldie Gladen. who was given excellent educational advantages. She was married in 1908 to Walker Gladden. a young man of much promise and fine character. They have one child, a daughter. Frances Marguerite, horn February ti. K512. and a son, Raymond, horn July _?T». rc)OQ.

There could be no more comprehensive history written of a community or county or even of a state and its people than that w hich deals with the life work of those who, by their own endeavor and indomitable energy, have placed themselves wrhere they well deserve the title of "progressive." In this sketch will be found the record of one who has outstripped the less active and less able plodders on the highway of life, one who has been consistent in his life wTork and never permitted the "grass to grow under his feet," one who. while advancing his individual interests, has not neglected his full duties to the general public, at the same time upholding an honored family name.

Phaon Steckel. for many years a prominent farmer and surveyor, now livino- in retirement in Mulberrv, Clinton countv. was born near Ellentown,

Lehigh county, Pennsylvania. September 21, 1846. He is a son of Joseph Steckel, also a native of that county and state, his birth having occurred in 1811. He was a son of Peter Steckel, also born there. This was a sterling old Pennsylvania German family. Joseph Steckel grew to manhood in his native community and married Ann Maria Ludwig, who was born in his own county on September 28, 1827. In 1849 they left Pennsylvania with their two children and came in wagons to Tippecanoe county, Indiana. Their first home there was a log cabin. They worked hard and became well established, buying land which they sold for a profit after improving. The two children mentioned above were Phaon, our subject, and Mrs. Marv E. Bear. To Joseph Steckel and wife twelve children in all were born, an equal number of sons and daughters, namely: Lydia, Oliver, David, all died young; Phaon, Mrs. Mary E. Bear, Deborah (deceased) ; Joseph H., Mrs. A. Burkhalter (deceased) ; Ella J., married to Frank B. Elliott, whose sketch appears in this volume (deceased) ; Matilda, married to John E. Combs (deceased), Methusaleh. living in California, and Martin, living on a farm near Mulberry.

Phaon Steckel was reared on the home farm and was educated in the common schools. He took up farming when a boy, and this has been his life work. He engaged in general farming near Mulberry, and when a young man he took up surveying at which he became quite expert. His services were in great demand, and he became one of the best known surveyors in this section of the state. He has surveyed much land in Clinton county.

Mr. Steckel was married at Anamosa, Tones county. Iowa, to Frances Tuel. who was born in Dubuque, la., and was there reared and educated. She is a daughter of Tohn Tuel. who was a soldier in the ( ivil war, in which he saw much service. His wife. Martha Ellen (Kline) I uel, is still living, being now eighty-four years old. John Tuel and wife were the parents of twelve children, six boys and six girls, namely: Frances Virginia, wife of our subject; George William, Laura Ann, died in childhood; John Gilbert, Andrew Warren, Abraham Douglas. Charles. Benjamin Rupert, Susan Catherine, Clara Viola, Mattie Jane, Ida May.

Mr. and Mrs. Steckel are the parents of six children: Laura Ann, Mrs. Ida O. Kleinsmith, Clara B., married to David Ruch, of Clinton county: Christy Moleva. died young; Josephine May, married George Hacker, of this countv; Thomas Emanuel, a teacher in the University of Indiana, and Laura Ann, married to Preston Kurtz, and living at Treichlers, Pa.

Politically, Mr. Steckel is a Republican. His wife belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Steckel is a member of the Lutheran church.

Robert F. Braden

It is a mistake to farm on the theory that crop rotation is the only essential to soil fertility. It is true that an intelligent rotation of crops will generally result in increased yields, but unless the rotation includes one of the legumes or the land is heavily fertilized with manure, the rotation will really mean depletion. Rotation will have the effect of increasing the yields for a period of years and an increased yield naturally draws heavily upon the plant food element of the soil. Continued croping exposes the land to various weaknesses of the particular crop that is grown, and as no two crops extract the same proportion of plant food, the continually grown crop is bound to lessen the available fertility of one or more of the principal soil constituents. Rotation has the effect of making available all of the plant food element, and as the average soil is generally well supplied with fertile material, depletion will come that much sooner unless proper steps are taken to maintain the principal soil ingredients.

One of the most extensive and successful general farmers and stock men of Washington township, Clinton county, who has well understood the subjects of crop rotation and fertilization, so that the original fertility and strength of soil has been retained on his fine farm, widely known as "Blue Grass Stock Farm," is Robert F. Braden, whose attractive home is located three miles west of the town of Jefferson.

Mr. Braden was born on a farm in this locality on July 20, 1868. He is a son of William M. Braden, deceased, who was for many years one of Clinton county's leading citizens. He was born on the old Braden homestead in 1837, and here he spent his life engaged in farming and his father, Burr Braden, kept a store at Jefferson. He married Laura Watt daughter of Robert Watt, and here she was reared and educated.

Burr Braden, our subject's paternal grandfather, was a farmer in Virginia, and he emigrated to Clinton county, Indiana, when this country was a wilderness and settled in the woods, but being a hard worker and a rugged character he soon had a good home established. His wife was a Miss Tenners, of a prominent old family of Virginia. Their family consisted of nine children: Hector, Mrs. Sarah Clark, William M., father of our subject; Robert F., Sr., a soldier in the Civil war, died at Lafayette where he was a prominent citizen: Alba, Annie, Jennings, Addison, died in 1912 in Lafayette, and Mrs. Jeanette Garrett of Frankfort.

To William M. Braden and wife three children were born: Mary J., still living on the old home place: Robert F.. of this review, and Alba who died

The subject of this review was reared on the home place and he assisted with the general work there when a boy. He received a good education in the public schools. He was married in 1911 to Christine Dorner, who was born, reared and educated at Frankfort. She is a daughter of Philip and Magdalene Dorner. a well known family of Frankfort.

Mr. Braden has a well improved and valuable farm of over five hundred acres, and everything is under a superb system. On it stands an excellent set of outbuildings, and a good ten-roomed dwelling, neatly furnished. He is an excellent judge of live stock, and feeds large numbers of cattle and hogs annually for the market. He raises Perchcron horses and his fine draft horses find a very ready market owing 10 their superior quality. He is owner of some of the best horses in the state, which are greatly admired bv all who see them.

J. Frank Smith

The biographies of representative men of a county bring to light many hidden treasurers of mind, character and courage, well calculated to arouse the pride of their family and of the community, and it is a source of regret that the people are not more familiar with the personal history of such men. in the ranks of whom may be found tillers of the soil, merchants, mechanics, teachers, professional men, business men and those of varied vocations. J. Frank Smith, secretary and manager of the Clinton Lumber Company, of Mulberrv, is one of the creditable representative business men of Clinton county, and as such has made his influence felt for the general good of his community, and earned a name for enterprise, integrity and honor.

Mr. Smith was born near Delphi. Carroll county. Indiana, December 16, 1875. He is a son of Tames W. Smith, a native of this state, and a representative of an old pioneer family. He was a soldier in the Union army during the Civil war. He is still living and is an elder in the Christian church. He married Mary Jane Drummonds, who was called to eternal rest some five years ago. To this union six children were born.

Our subject was reared on the home place and received his education in the public schools, and the high school. When a young man he was connected with the Voorhees Lumber Company, at Flora, Indiana, with w hich he remained for seven years, in the meantime learning the ins and out of this line of business. He was engaged in the lumber business at Gaston, Indiana, for a period of four years. He then returned to Flora, Indiana, and was engaged in the retail hardware business in partnership with his brother. Chas. E. Smith, under the firm name of Smith Bros, for a period of four years.

Mr. Smith is secretary of the Mulberry Poultry Association. His hobby is the raising of fancy chickens, his specialty being White Orpingtons. He and his son. Don, devote a great deal of time to this and finding a ready sale over a wide territory for their chickens, which have taken many premiums at different poultry shows. He has for some time been secretary and manager of the Clinton Lumber Company, at Mulberry, and has done much toward increasing the prestige of this popular concern. This is one of the largest and most widely known lumber firms in Clinton county, and an extensive business is carried on over a wide territory. A twenty thousand dollar stock of lumber is carried, of all kinds, carefully selected and prices are always reasonable. Everything that is needed in the construction of all kinds of buildings may be obtained here - lumber, laths, shingles, doors and sash, lime, cement and plaster, builders' hardware. Royal field fence, white cedar, red cedar and locust fence posts, sewer tile, paints, varnish, and oils.

A planing mill is maintained in connection with the large yard, and all kinds of fixtures for stores are turned out, also for banks or special home furnishings. Cement blocks, po>ts, columns for buildings, etc., are also manufactured here. Their main building is fifty by seventy-five feet, two stories high, and the building is well adapted to the business. The office is neat and well arranged and tastily furnished.

J. Frank Smith was married in 1896 to Emma J. Metsker, a daughter of David Metsker. now deceased. He was a soldier in the Civil w ar and was for a number of years a prominent Carroll county citizen. His death occurred in 1906. His widow makes her home with our subject.

Mr. Smith is a Republican, and be belongs to the Masonic order, of which he is secretary; to the Knights of Pythias, and to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he has passed all the chairs. He belongs to the Christian church, as do also his wife and family. He has a large and beautiful home with all modern conveniences in [Mulberry.

John D. Cook

The firm of Cook Brothers, blacksmiths and wagon makers, of Mulberry, Clinton county, is one of the most popular and best known of its kind in this section of the state. It would be a credit to towns much larger than this. The firm has met with exceptional success, partly because these gentlemen have developed into experts in their line, and partly because they turn out honest work and never fail to deal with their fellow men as they would have them deal in return. The Cook brothers are also men of persistency and indomitable industry, and never let the grass grow under their feet. They are good citizens in every respect as all will gladly attest w ho know them well.

The firm is composed of Jacob Cook, the senior member of the firm, and John D. Cook our subject. They have two large shops, one for horseshoeing and general blacksmithing, and one for wagon making. A number of skilled artisans are employed in each. John D. is in charge of the blacksmith shop and Jacob superintends the wagon works. They both understand well all the ins and outs of the work that is constantly going on in both shops and each shop is under a superb system, and equipped in an up-to-date manner for prompt and high-grade work. They are kept busy, work coming to them from all parts of the county and there is a good demand for their wagons owing to their superior qualities of workmanship and material.

John D. Cook was born near Mulberry, Clinton county, March n, 1864. He is a son of Philip Cook or Koch, as it is spelt in German, this being a German family. The father was born at Ilesse-Darmstadt, and there he grew to manhood, was educated and learned the shoemaker's trade. He married Clara Heddrich, also a native of Germany. They remained in their native land until two daughters were born - Elizabeth, who lives in Mulberry, and Christina, w ho married Dr. Koons, who died, leaving tw o children, Mrs. P. V. Ruch and a son. After emigrating to America three sons were born to Philip Cook and wife: Jacob, member of the firm mentioned above; Henrv, who is a successful druggist, who married and has one child; and John D., of this review. The death of Philip Cook occurred at the age of sixty-one years, his widow surviving until she was eighty-one years old.

John D. Cook was reared on the farm and he received a common school education, besides attended the State Normal at Terre Haute. He began life for himself by teaching school two years, then entered the shop with his brother Jacob and learned the blacksmith's trade and wagon making and ne has continued in this line of endeavor to the present time with much success. He was married in 1894 to Margaret Peters, who was bcrn, reared and edu- cated in Clinton county. She is a daughter of R. H. Peters. To this union one child w as born, Lena M. His first wife died in March, 1895. Mr. Cook was married again on August 13, 1896, to Amanda Jacoby, daughter of Moses and Christina (Kauffman) Jacoby, there were two children bv the second wife: Lee, born May 20, 1898, and accidentally killed December 28,

John D. Cook was elected township trustee in 1895 and served five years, during which time he did much to encourage education in his vicinity; also in securing good gravel roads and in making many other lasting improvements. In fact, it may be said that he made Madison township famous for its good roads. Politically, he is a Democrat. He belongs to the Masonic order, and is a member of the Lutheran church, to which his family also belong.

William J. Leader

Although he himself would never admit such thing, being a modest man, William J. Leader is one of the best farmers in Washington township, and one of the most valuable citizens of the home-building class in Clinton county. He has sought to perform well the duties of good citizenship while laboring for his own advancement, and every movement which has had for its ultimate goal the bettering of local conditions, whether material, civic or moral has found in him an ardent advocate, for he has the best interests of the county at heart.

Mr. Leader was born September 26, 1878, in Washington township, Clinton county. He is a son of David F. Leader, who died in 1898. He was a native of Pennsylvania, as was also his father, Charles W. Leader, of German ancestry. David F. Leader grew to manhood in his native state and there received his education. On May 12, 1870, he married Sarah F. Beil. She was a daughter of Jonathan Beil, of Pennsylvania. He died at the age of seventy-five years. His wTife was Anna Fenstermaker before her marriage. She also died at the age of seventy-five years. The death of David F. Leader occurred in 1898 at the age of fifty-five years. For many years he operated a saw mill, sawing the material that went into the houses and barns of his localitv for miles around, doing an extensive business. He finally moved to Clinton county and became owner of a good farm of one hundred and fourteen acres four miles east of Mulberry.

received a common school education. When twenty-three years of age he married Margaret Ruch, a native of this township and a daughter of Martin Ruch, deceased, formerly a well known farmer here. Martin Ruch was a son of Peter Ruch. born on April 12, 1809. in Pennsylvania, and who died December 19. 1881. Peter Ruch married Lucy Troxall. who was born October 9. 1 8 1 1 , and died May 9, 1886.

To David F. Leader and wife five children were born: Anna, wife of Manson Hart, of Stockwell, Indiana: William J., subject of this sketch; Alva, living in California: Edna E., of Mulberry, and Robert, died when a child.

Martin Ruch was born January n, 1850. He married Amelia Bear, whose death occurred in 1877. To them four children were born, three of whom are deceased, the one living being Mrs. Flora Leibenguth. of Ross township. Clinton county. Mr. Ruch was married a second time, his last wife being Emma Deibert, who was born November 9, 1853. She is a daughter of Nathan and Lavina (Landis) Deibert. Bv this second union eight children were horn: Mrs. Margaret Leader, wife of our subject; Nathan, a soldier in the Philippine Islands; Lucy. Calvin. Mrs. Anna Burns, Thomas, Elma. Garrett, and Ella. The mother of these children died February 13, 1898. The father is a Republican and a member of the Reformed church.

Mr. Leader is a member of St. Luke's Reformed church, and is superintendent of the Sunday school there, and active in church work in general. In a business wav Mr. Leader is engaged in farming.

Frank Marion Hinds

One of the ablest and busiest contractors of Clinton county is the subject of this sketch, Frank M. Hinds, of Frankfort. His success is due to his uniform method of accomplishing his best in whatever he undertakes, proof of which is showrn in the many buildings in the city which are monuments of his ability in his chosen profession. Mr. Hinds' father followed the same vocation, and under him our subject received his earlv training, learning the technicalities and other points that otherwise would have been the result of only vears of patient and discouraging labor.

Mr. Hinds was horn in Madison, Indiana, March 10, 1846, and was the son of Jesse and Johanna (Jacax) Hinds. Jesse Hinds was a native of Zanesville, Ohio, and was a contractor by trade. His early work was in

Indianapolis, and there he built the first Union station, also a great many other blocks that are now replaced by new ones. He spent the latter years of his life in Frankfort. He died February 12, 1896.

Our subject, after a good common school education, took up work with his father. In 1877 he went to Frankfort and undertook contracting work for himself. Both opera houses, all of east side square except the I. O. O. F. hall and Cushwa block. Paris block, old first ward school building, old Baptist church, the addition to the Presbyterian church. Shanklin wholesale house, Fuller block, fire department. Wirt block, Frankfort, Kokomo & Western traction building, Young's block, the addition to Coulter hotel. Times building, telephone exchanges, and the township school houses in the county, all are the products of Mr. Hinds' building talents, and are among the finest structures of their kind in the state. Religiously, Mr. Hinds is a Presbyterian, and politically, is a Republican.

In April, 1872, Mr. Hinds was married to Frances Rose, who was born in Zionsville, Indiana, in November, 1851, being a daughter of Col. A. D. Rose, of Civil war fame. Two children have been born to the union, namely; Philip R., a Frankfort contractor, and Rasemarv, died Julv 22. 1894. Mrs. Hinds died May 20, 1908.

The estimable lady whose name forms the caption of this article is well known to the people of Washington township, Clinton county, where she has long maintained her home and where her reputation is such as to win and retain a host of warm personal friends. Mrs. Grice has proven herself to be a woman of fine business acumen, managing her finely improved and productive farm in Section 4 with that care, discretion and foresight that insures abundant returns annually for the care and labor expended.

Mrs. Emma McBride Grice is a native of this locality, and here she was reared to womanhood, received a good education, and has lived continuously to the present time. She is the widow of Eli M. Grice, for many years one of the best known and progressive general farmers and stockmen. He was born in Delaware county, Indiana, near the city of Muncie in 1852. and there he grew to manhood and received a good common school education. As boy and man he was always noted for his industry and honesty. He was a son of Henry and Elizabeth (Hardrick) Grice, natives of Ohio, in which state they grew up and married, finally removing to Delaware county, Indiana, where they established a home, but later removed to W ashington township, Clinton county, where they ended their days. Their family consisted of two sons and eight daughters.

Eli M. Grice grew to manhood on the home farm, and it was in 1877 that he and Emma McBride were married. She is a daughter of John Mc- Bride, a native of Butler county, Ohio, and a son of James McBride. The latter was a native of Ireland, of Scotch-Irish parents. He emigrated to America in an early day and settled in Ohio. John McBride married Mahala Wyant, a native of Virginia, she was a daughter of William Wyant, of an old Virginia family. He came to Montgomery county, Ind., when a young man and there settled. John McBride came here in the fall of 1857 and established the family home in the woods, and, being a hard worker, he soon had a good place developed from the wilds. His family consisted of eight children, three sons and five daughters: William, James, Thomas, all deceased; Louisa, Elizabeth, Martha, Amanda, and Emma, our subject, the youngest. Elizabeth is the wife of William Fickle, of Mulberry. The father of the above named children died at the age of fifty-six years, while the mother lived to be eighty-seven years old.

Mrs. Grice lives in a pleasant and attractive nine-room home, which has always been noted for its hospitality. Her valuable and well kept place is known as Woodland Park Farm, and it consists of one hundred and ninetyseven acres. Here general farming and stock raising are carried on successfull v, and the place is well improved in every way.

To Mr. and Mrs. Grice five sons were born: W illiam Henry, farmer, married to Laura Need, has two children, Alma Need and Marian Carroll; John Wilson, farmer, married to Rosa Ann Lachner; Albert Ross, at home.

Samuel P. Thomas

Among the venerable and highly honored citizens of Madison township, Clinton county, is Samuel P. Thomas, who has devoted his life to agricultural pursuits. He is a scion of a gallant old Southern family, of Welsh origin, manv of whose sterling traits seems to have been handed down to him. which caused him to succeed in his business life and at the same time win and retain a host of friends wherever he is known, and his career might well be emulated by the younger farmers of his vicinity, who are ambitious of making a success at farming and at the same time making good citizens.

Mr. Thomas was born June 30. 1839. in Jefferson. He is a son of Asahel \V. Thomas, a native of Virginia, his progenitors having come from Wales to the Old Dominion in Colonial days. The paternal grandfather of our subject was John Thomas, horn in Wales, from which country he emigrated to Virginia, and served under General Washington in the Revolutionary war. The powder horn he carried in that memorable struggle is in possession of the subject of this sketch. After the war he returned to Virginia. where he died. In that state Asahel W. Thomas grew to manhood and married Margaret Davis, who was a nativ e of Ohio, and a daughter of George Davis, horn in Ireland. He crossed the Atlantic ocean five times before finally settling down in the United States. He served as a soldier in the war of 1812. He eventually came to Madison township, Clinton countv. where he spent the rest of his life. Asahel W. Thomas was a cabinet maker by trade and he followed the same for some time when he and his wife lived in Frankfort. He made many of the old bureaus in the homes of this section of Indiana. He later lived at the village of Jefferson. His death occurred at the age of seventy-two years. He was first a Whig, later a Republican, and was a member of the United Brethren church. The mother of our subject was born in 1811 and her death occurred at the age of seventy-one years in Mulberry. Eight children w ere born to these parents, namelv : George W.. a soldier in the Civil war. died in Mulberry, leaving live children: John M. died in Butler countv. Kansas: Milton died in early childhood: Samuel P., subject of this sketch : Almira D. ('deceased ) : Demars. Mary. Almeda and Drusilla J., all deceased. The subject of this review is the only one of the family living.

The boyhood of Samuel P. Thomas was spent at Jefferson in this countv. where he received a public school education. On October 19, 1862, he married Susanah Buck, w ho was born, reared and educated in Madison township and married here. She was a daughter of Nicholas Buck, a native of Pennsylvania, born there June 4. 1 8 1 r . Plis grandfather Buck was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Nicholas Buck was a son of Andrew and Eve (Tox) Buck. Nicholas was three years old when his parents took him to Perry county. Ohio, in 1832. The family eventually came to Clinton county. Indiana, and entered eighty acres of government land in section 17. Madison township. Nicholas Buck married Catherine Burkhalter. a daughter of Peter and Catherine (Berry) Burkhalter, born in Lehigh county. Pennsylvania, in 1817. Nicholas Buck was a blacksmith by trade. His family consisted of six children: George W.. Mary C. James A., Susanah, Eliza Ann, and one who died in infancy.

Samuel P. Thomas has lived on his fine place of one hundred and ten acres, known as the Walnut Grove Farm, since 1870. and has been successful as a general farmer and stock raiser. He has a roomy, comfortable home, near a splendid walnut grove. He has paid considerable attention to stock raising, and now in his declining years, he having passed his seventy-fourth milestone, he finds himself very well fixed in every respect, surrounded with such luxuries as make a man of his simple tastes happy. He has three children : Zelda May, wife of Professor Kyger, of Frankfort, two children living; Lial Glen and Susan Jane; Nicholas A., engaged in insurance and light business in Mulberry, married to Nettie Shaffer, two children. Bessie and Park Thomas; and Dallas C.. who died leaving a wife and one child. Catherine Irene.

Politically. Samuel P. Thomas is a Republican, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist ' church. They are popular with all who know them, being friendly, neighborly and helpful.

Edgar Swackhamer

Among the men of influence in Clinton county who have interest of their localitv at heart and who have led consistent lives, thereby gaining definite success along their chosen lines, is the subject of this sketch. Mr. Swackhamer being regarded as one of the leading farmers of Perry township, owning an excellent farm in section 15. his highly productive landed estate being managed with that care and discretion that stamps him as a twentieth centurv agriculturist of the highest order, his place being known as Grand View Farm, which he has owned since coming here from the state of Iowa a number of vears ago. He was born in Athens county, Ohio, near the town of Nelsonville, January 8, 1853. He is a son of Elijah and Caroline (Bates) Swackhamer. who removed to Clinton county in an early day and spent the balance of their fixes here, becoming well established and well known. The father, who was a native of Muskingum county, Ohio, died at the advanced age of seventv-five vears. The mother, who was a native of Athens county. Ohio, is still living, making her home at Frankfort. Indiana, having attained the ripe old age of eighty-one years. Six sons were born to this couple; Edgar, of this review: Clarence. Frank, living in Elwood. Indiana: George. Morris, living in Jackson township, this county: and Charles.

worked hard when a boy. and during the winter months he attended the neighboring schools. When twenty-one years of age he went to western Iowa, locating near the Missouri river in Harrison county, near the town of Woodbine, that section then being a new country. There he engaged in farming and soon had a good start, and there he married in 1879 Mary Barnum, a woman who proved to be an excellent helpmeet. She was born near Woodbine, reared and educated there, and was a daughter of David Barnum and wife, pioneers in western Iowa, her mother having been known in her maidenhood as Lovina Palmer. Both these parents died at Woodbine. Our subject and wife continued to live in that vicinitv until 1905, having the meanwhile developed one of the finest farms in that locality, when he sold out and came to Perry township. Clinton count}', where he purchased an excellent farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which is well improved and well kept, and on which bands a comfortable residence and good outbuildings, surrounded by large shade trees, his place being well located two miles east of Colfax.

Cope'and. of Vernon county, Missouri: Charles, now at home: Daisy married to a Mr. Robinson, now living at Woodbine. Iowa, a teacher in the public schools before her marriage: Jessie, living in Frankfort. Indiana; Ruby, engaged in teaching; Lovina. at home; and Birdina. These children all received good educational advantages.

Politically, our subject is a Republican, and he and his wife are members of the Christian church of Colfax. Fraternally, he belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a strong advocate of education, religion and temperance. He is a man whose word is as good as his bond. He is hospitable, neighborly, and above criticism in all his relations with his fellow men.

Alonzo E. Timmons

The habit of self-help is what has determined the distinctive business success and prestige of the gentleman whose career we now take under consideration. and who stands at the head of one of the leading industrial enterprises of Clinton county, where, in the city of Colfax, he has built up one of the leading mercantile establishments in this locality, controlling a trade which ramifies throughout the county, and hav ing the high reputation which is ever signicant of personal integrity and honorable methods.

Mr. Timmons, who is proprietor of a dry goods and grocery store and who has been one of the prominent business men of Colfax for the past twenty-four years, was born in Clinton count}- April 3, 1859, on a farm. He is a son of Andrew J. and Susan ( Whitesell) Timmons, an industrious old family of this county. The father w as a gallant soldier in the Union army during the Civil war. serving in the Eighty-sixth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, having enlisted in 1861. He contracted a disease while in the army from which he finally died, when in the prime of life, at the age of thirty-five years. His widow is still liv ing, making her home at Frankfort, this county, being now advanced in years. Five children were born to Charles J. Timmons and wife: Mrs. Elizabeth Shepherd, of Logansport, Indiana: J. S., Alonzo E.. subject of this sketch: Mrs. Mary Tegener. and \V. T., of Colfax. The father was a Democrat in politics.

Alonzo E. Timmons was reared on the home farm and worked hard when a boy. He received his education in the public schools. For twelve \ ears he worked in Dawson's tile factory, one of the first concerns of its kind to be established in Indiana. Then for three years he traveled selling a patent tile machine, covering the states of Indiana. Ohio and Xew York, and was very successful in tin's work. He then took a clerkship for E. H. Johnson. which he held for a period of thirteen years, his long retention being an indication of the excellent and satisfactory service he rendered. He subsequently formed a partnership with Martin Dunbar, and for many years engaged successfully in the general mercantile business, building up a large trade with the surrounding country. He now has one of the largest and most popular stores in this locality, carrying a large and carefully selected line of drv goods, boots, shoes, staple and fancy groceries. His prices are alwavs right, according to his hundreds of regular customers and his trade is constantlv growing. He is scrupulously honest in his dealings with his fellow men. and is uniformly courteous. His store is neatly arranged with evervthing under a superb, system, and it is a favorite stopping place, winter and summer, for the country people from all over Clinton county when they come to Colfax.

Mr. Timmons was married in 1886 in Colfax to Junietta Swallow, a native of Indianapolis, where she was reared and educated. She is a daughter of Benjamin and Caroline (Milburn) Swallow. The father was one of the brave sons of the Xorth who fought against the hosts of rebellion in the sixties. The mother and father are both deceased.

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Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Knights of Pythias and is active in lodge work, being also a member of the Maccabees and the Woodmen of the World. Mrs. Timmons belongs to the Presbyterian church. They have both been laborers for the general good of Colfax and vicinity in every way, and are highly esteemed by a very wide circle of friends and acquaintances.

Frank L. Sunier

Those who have given the matter proper thought are unanimous in their opinion that there is no positive rule for achieving success, and yet in the life of the successful man there are always lessons which might well be followed by the youth whose fortunes are yet matters for future years to determine. The man who gains prosperity is he who can see and utilize the opportunities that are encountered in his pathway. The essential conditions of human life are ever the same, the surroundings of individuals differ but slightly, and when one individual passes another on the highway of life to reach the goal of prosperity before others who perhaps started out in their respective careers before him, it is because that individual has the power to use advantages which probably encompass the whole human race. Today among the progressive and well known business men of Frankfort. Clinton county, is Frank L. Sunier, proprietor of one of the largest and most up-todate laundries in the state, and a man who, by his ow n hands and sheer force of will has worked himself up from a modest beginning, almost entirely without aid from any one. The qualities of keen discernment, rare discrimination, sound judgment and executive ability enter very largely into his makeup and have been contributing elements to the material success which has come to him.

Mr. Sunier was born April 16, 1877, at Bluffton, Wells county, Indiana. He is a son of Jesse E. and Sarah ( Reef) Sunier. The father was also born in the same vicinity as was our subject, and there he grew up and was educated. He has followed the shoe business since early manhood and is now conducting a store in Bluffton, Indiana, enjoying a very extensive trade, owing to his wide acquaintance and his honesty and courteous treatment of his manv customers from all over Wells county, and he is rated as one of the successful business men of that city. He has long been one of the progressive men of Bluffton and has done much toward its general development. He served very acceptably as city councilman for a period of eight years.

He has for some time been a leader in political and public matters there, being a stanch supporter of the Democratic party. Religiously, he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His wife, who was also born reared and educated in Bluffton, is still living. The paternal grandparents of our subject were natives of Switzerland and Germany, and they emigrated to the United States in an early day.

Frank L. Sunier grew to manhood in Bluffton and there received a good common and high school education. When but a boy he turned his attention to the laundry business and this has continued to be his life work, until he has mastered the ins and outs of the same and is recognized as one of the leading laundrvmen of the state, having few peers and no superiors. When only seventeen years of age he began an apprenticeship in a laundry in his native city and continued working there until he was twenty-two years old, when he became foreman of the Eagle Laundry at Fort Wayne, Indiana, one of the largest laundries of that city, and this important position he continued to hold for a period of eight years, discharging his duties in an eminently satisfactory manner to his employers and learning the business thoroughly. He then went to Vanwert, Ohio, where he continued the laundry business, remaining there for a period of eighteen months. Then, in 1909, he came to Frankfort, Indiana, and established the American Laundry on East Clinton street, and here he has been continuously engaged in the business for which he is so well equipped by both nature and training. He was successful from the first and his business has steadily and rapidly grown until it has now assumed large proportions. He has added to and improved his plant from time to time until he now operates one of the best and most modernlv equipped laundries in the state. He has left no stone unturned whereby he might turn out better work and do it more promptly. He keeps a large force of experienced employes, and his business covers a wide territory. His fine plant is often visited by others in the same line of business who learn much from his methods.

Fraternally, Mr. Sunier is a member of the Masonic Order. Tribe of Ben Hur, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal church, and politically he is a Republican, but lie has never sought public honors, being contented to devote his time exclusively to his business and his home.

Mr. Sunier was married on September 29. 1901. to Telia DeLong, a native of Bluffton, where she was reared and educated. She is a daughter of J. S. and Mae (Brickley) DeLong. a highly respected family of Bluffton.

James C. B. Beatty

The making of pottery is one of the oldest trades of the world. From the collection of relics and other historical data, the first known living being with anything akin to human intelligence, acquired the art of pottery. The primeval man fashioned his bowls out of a stone or piece of wood, producing an utensil after much arduous work, which was crude, but in a measure effective. It was not long until mud and clay were used in the making of pottery, but the art of baking did not become known until the ancient Egyptians discovered the process bv mere accident. From then on, in all countries, among the American Indians. Aztecs. Greeks. Syrians and South Americans, the science of pottery developed until, in some places, it was an art, the quality of which we cannot reproduce in this enlightened twentieth century. The exquisite vases and utensils of the Greeks and Romans, also the Egyptians, were made by a process, the know ledge of w hich has been lost. We can imitate, it is true, but not reproduce. Commercialism has entered largely into the pottery trade by necessity, and the business is represented by many men of sterling character and high business ability. Mr. Beatty, of this sketch, is one of the most progressive of the pottery men of the state, and in Clinton county enjoys the esteem and respect of all of his fellow citizens.

James C. B. Beatty was 1x>rn at Fredericktown. Ohio, on April i. 1876, and was the son of Isaac and Amy Ann Beatty. Tsaac Beatty was horn in Fredericktown in 1836, was raised on a farm, following agriculture all of his life. Mr. Beatty was descended from good Irish stock. He was called to his rest in March. 1893, after a long life of usefulness and hard work. Mr. Beattv was a third degree Mason, a Democrat, and a Presbyterian, and at one time was township school director for a number of years. In 1850 he wTas united in marriage with Amy Ann Huston of Columbiana county, Ohio, and thev lived happily together for more than forty years, she dying in 1891. She wras the mother of twelve children, eleven of whom are living.

James C. B. Beatty went to the common schools until he was eleven years of age. when he quit, and l>egan to work on the home farm, continuing there until he was twenty-one. He then went to East Liverpool. Ohio, and took a two years' course in photography, but gave that up. and went to East Palestine. Ohio, and began traveling for a pottery company in Indiana. He soon made his mark in the pottery field and was given the position of manager of the sales department of the Sehring Pottery Company of Ohio, in which position he remained until 1908. when he came to Frankfort, Ind., and organized the Beatty Pottery Manufacturing Company, w ith a capital of forty thousand dollars. This was in December of 1908. He also organized in 1910, the Diamond Pottery Manufacturing Company, capitalized at twelve thousand dollars, and then the James C. Beatty and Son Manufacturing Company, capitalized at ten thousand dollars, and doing a mail order business strictly, being the only pottery conducting business in that way in the state. In 1 9 1 1 he went to East Palestine, Ohio, and organized the Consolidated Pottery Manufacturing Company, capitalized at one hundred thousand dollars, and now, Mr. Beatty is acting as secretary of this business firm. He also holds the position of general manager of the sales department of the H. R. W'yllie China Manufacturing Company of Hutington. \V. Va. All of these companies are in first-class order, which fact attests to the business ability of Mr. Beatty and his competence as an organizer.

On March 20, 1903. Air. Beatty was married to Gertrude K. Barner, a native and resident of Frankfort. One child has been born of this union, Xewton Gaskill, born in Frankfort, Ind., April 10, 1904, and who is now attending school in this city.

Fraternally, Mr. Beatty is a Mason, belonging to the York Rite. He also holds membership with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. Mr. Beattv lias been a great traveler all of his life, not only traveling for pleasure but in the pursuit of his business. He estimates that he has covered nearly six hundred and fifty thousand miles, and as he is yet a young man. his record when he quits may be a world-beater. His son. Gaskill, from the time he was a vear old until he was six years of age, accompanied his parents and traveled a total of 62.000 miles, visiting every city of 50.000 population and over between New York and Denver. Mr. Beatty is very gifted in language and mathematics, having cultivated a knowledge of these by self-training and reading.

David D. Kennedy

Success is only achieved by the exercise of certain distinguishing qualities and it connot be retained without effort. Those by whom great epoch changes have been made in the industrial and political world began early in life to prepare themselves for their peculiar duties and responsibilities, and it was only by the most persevering and continuous endeavor that they succeeded in rising superior to the obstacles in their way and reaching the goal of their ambitions. Such lives are an inspiration to others who are less courageous. While David D. Kennedy, the well known and popular tailor of Frankfort, Clinton county, has not become a great captain of industry, vet judging from the record he is making, he has carefully laid the foundattion for large future success, some of which he has already achieved.

y [j- Kennedy was born in Rush county, Indiana, on a farm, October ij, 1878. He is a son of William M. and Sarah A. (Powell) Kennedy. The father was born in 184^ in Rush county, this state, the Kenned} s ha\e been a well known and highly respected family there from the pioneer period to the present time. William M. Kennedy grew to manhood on the farm in his native community and received such education as the common schools of his day afforded. Early in life he took up farming for his vocation and continued that line of endeavor with successful results until a few years ago when he retired, having accumulated a competency, and is now spending his declining years in quiet in the town of Fairmount, Grant county. His wife was also a native of that county, born there in 1842. She was called to her eternal rest in 1912. Both the paternal and maternal grandparents of the subject of this sketch were pioneers of Rush county, becoming well known to the early residents there.

David D. Kennedy grew to manhood in his native community and assisted with the general work on the farm when he became of piopei age. He received a good common school education and spent two years in high school. He decided upon the tailoring business and at once, after leaving school, began learning the same, taking the course of instruction taught b_\ the noted J. J. Mitchell School of Cutting, in New York City. He made rapid progress in the same, and he began working at his trade at bairmount, Indiana, w here he continued with success for a period of four years as an employe of the leading tailor there. He then went in business for himself in the same town and continued for a period of six years, building up a very satisfactory trade. His ability w as recognized by all w'ho had occasion to learn of his fine work and pleasing personal address, and the mammoth tailoring concern of Kahn Brothers, of Louisville, wholesale tailors, offered him a lucrative position as traveling salesman which he accepted. Between season trips he worked in Indianapolis at his trade. He continued with this firm for a period of four years as salesman, giving eminent satisfaction in every respect, being regarded as one of the firm's most efficient and trustworthy employes. After severing his connection with Kahn Brothers, Mr. Kenned} spent two }eais in the South as a clothing salesman, meeting with his usual success. A few years ago while Mr. Kennedy was spending the winter in the South, three Confederate bills were given him, $5.00, $20.00 and $50.00, dated February 17, 1864, which are prized highly. In 1911 he came to Frankfort, Indiana, and established a tailoring shop in the Fitzinger Block. He was successful front the start and his place has become quite popular and widely known, many of his customers coming from remote parts of Clinton county and nearby towns. He maintains a neat and modernly equipped shop, carrying a very extensive line of samples, and high grade and prompt service is his aim. Only the most skilled workmen are employed. He has a strong personality and is regarded as one of the most progressive and popular of the younger business men of Frankfort.

Fraternally, Mr. Kennedy is a member of the Masonic order and the Knights of Pythias. Religiously, he holds membership with the Methodist Episcopal church. Politically, be is independent, voting for the candidate whom he regards as best suited for the various offices sought.

Mr. Kennedy was married on April 7. 1899, to Cornelia Rodman, of Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, and she was summoned to an untimely grave at Fairmount. Indiana, on June 18. 1809. She was a young lady of pleasing personality and the possessor of many estimable characteristics.

Johx David Miller

The age of the twentieth century is productive of men of quick action, high resolve, and untiring labor and perseverance in the pursuit of everyday affairs. Among the counties of Indiana. Clinton has come to occupy a prominent position by virtue of the quality of citizens identified with the business interests of the county. In the main lines of commercial intercourse Clinton has excelled, and at this writing there are even more and promising lines being developed, which all point to a brilliant and successful future for the section. John David Miller has helped not a little in this grow th, and he is todav numbered among the representative men of his township and countv. Fair and liberal in all his dealings with his fellows, he numbers his friends by the hundreds.

John David Miller was born in Madison township, this county, on December 10, 1865, and was the son of Joseph O. and Martha A. (Hammel) Miller. Joseph Miller was born on March 8, 1832. the son of Jacob anti Jane (Mattix) Miller.

Jacob Miller was a native of Ohio and came to Indiana in 1833 and entered eighty acres of land, later bought forty acres. He lived the usual life of the pioneer, clearing the land, building his home, and own improvements which, in those days, were very limited in number and character. The times were hard in Clinton county, for it was practically an uncultivated state, but the land was rich, as it is now. so the reward for the struggle was entirely adequate. Jacob Miller died in 1856. and his wife died in 1892.

Joseph Miller was a farmer during his life, and also an expert wheelwright and shingle-maker. He occupied the position of a successful merchant for a few years, and was very successful in that undertaking. In politics he was a Democrat, and was always active in the support of that party, although he nev er sought public office. Mr. Miller was a third degree Mason, and a charter member of the Jefferson lodge. In 1862 he was married to Martha A. Hammel, who was horn in Madison township, this county, on October 2. 1845. a daughter of John and Elizabeth Hammel. who were among the very early settlers of this section of the county. Mrs. Miller is still living, and enjoying the comforts of a healthy old age.

John David Miller obtained his education in the common schools, varying his attendance there with his work on the farm. In 1889 he opened a grocery and butcher shop in the village of Hamilton, but two years later, in 1891. sold out. moved to Kingman. Fountain county, and in partnership with S. D. Alexander, opened a general store there. During the second administration of Grover Cleveland. Mr. Miller was appointed assistant postmaster of Kingman, and filled the office to the satisfaction of the citizens of the town. At the expiration of his term he w ent to Alexandria. Ind.. and started in the grocery business: this was in 1897. However, his period of residence there was only for three months. His next move was to return to the old home farm in Madison township, where he remained until 1907. when he went into the grocery and butcher shop business again at Mulberry, and immediately made a success of this undertaking. On January 1, 1909 he was appointed deputy sheriff under John Matrix, a sketch of whom is on another page of this volume, and he served four years in a most commendable manner. The year 1912 marked Mr. Miller's election to the office of sheriff, and at the present time he is fulfilling the duties of that position.

On April 17. 1892. Mr. Miller was married to Lilly M. Jacoby, the daughter of John and Mary C. Jacoby, who was born on January 29, 1871, in Ross township, this county. Two children have been born of this union: Bernice E., now at home, and Troy E.. w ho is in school.

Mr. Miller places his political faith in the Democratic party, under whose banner he has often won honors and office. He is a very active campaign worker. Fraternally, he is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Religiously he belongs to the Christian church.

The world judges any new science by results. Theories look well on paper, hut unless they get us somewhere or do some definite, tangible thing we soon cast them aside. Judging from results, it would seem that the science of chiropractic is one of the most wonderful truths that has been discovered in the present age of man. For by its knowledge and application, it has been shown, man will be able to live long and be well. Chiropractic replaces all past theories of disease with a knowledge of the cause, and makes it possible for man to live much longer and be free from the multiform ills to which humanity is heir. For with the cause adjusted there can be no effect, the innate nature will be enabled to transmit and express life and health in all parts of the body, making it almost impossible for disease to exist. However, chiropractic is not related to the science of medicine, surgery, osteopathy, Christian Science, nor are chiropractors physicians, as they do not treat, heal or relieve diseases, and they do not pretend to do so. Their theory is that nature alone can treat, heal, relieve or cure, but must be unhindered. Chiropractic, it is claimed, makes it possible for nature to do this work. Chiropractic proves that the brain is the center of the nervous system and the spinal cord is the transmitter of impulses or nerve force from the brain to all parts of the body. Any interference with the spinal nerves transmitting these impulses, results in abnormal performance of the functions of that part of the body to which those nerves lead and this abnormal condition is called disease. The trained chiropractor is able to instantly locate the point of interference and by his art, quickly and scientifically, by the mere laying on of the hands, adjust the veterbrae involved, thereby removing the cause - pressure on the spinal nerves. Then nature restores normal conditions which we call health.

Clinton county, has within her border a worthy representative of this great science in the person of Xate Sit'ton, of Frankfort. He hails from the "north countree, " the land of the "Lady of the Snows," his birth having - occurred in the Province of Ontario, Canada. July 8, 1859. He is a son of John \Y. and Mary (Sweener) Sifton. The father was born in London, Ontario, and there he grew up and was educated. He devoted his life to farming and railroad contracting. Lie was widely known to the railroad world of Canada and was a man of ability. His death occurred in 1903. His wife, mother of our subject, w^as born at Catham, Ontario, and was reared and educated in her native province. Her death occurred in 1882. more than thirtv vears prior to that of her husband.

Xate Sifton grew to manhood in Ontario and received a good education. Early in life he took up gold mining and engaged in that line of endeavor with varying fortunes all over the Pacific coast country and in Alaska. Studying law he was admitted to the bar, and practiced with success in Colorado and Alaska. Seized with sciatic rheumatism, he was practically incapacitated for work for a period of six years. Finding relief through Chiropractic, after all known methods had failed, he decided to take up this science as a life work. After five years of investigation, study and practice, under the original methods, he entered the National School of Chiropractic at Chicago, 111., where he made a splendid record and from this institution he was graduated in 1912. Soon thereafter he came to Frankfort and established an office over the M. B. Thresher store, and here he has remained, enjoying a large and constantly growing practice, his patients coming from all over this section of the country.

Mr. Sifton was married in January. 1905. to Anna Kelley O'Neil, who was born in Tippecanoe county, Indiana, where she grew to womanhood and was educated. She is a daughter of Kelly O'Neill, who for many years figured prominently in the political affairs of Tippecanoe county. His death occurred there ten vears ago. The mother of Mrs. Sifton is living in Fafayette, Ind.

Pauf Pence

In placing the subject of this sketch in the front rank of Frankfort's business men, simple justice is done to a biographical fact, universally recognized throughout Clinton county by men at all familiar with his history. A man of judgment, sound discretion and business ability of a high order, he has managed with tactful success important enterprises and so impressed his individuality upon the community as to gain recognition among its leading citizens and public spirited men of affairs. Mr. Pence is young in the commercial life of Frankfort, but his efforts in his chosen occupation, that of stock buying, have been rewarded with unusual success, considering the time he has been active.

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to his friends, was one of the best known men in the county. He followed farming most of his life, but was in the milling and elevator business in Frankfort for about three years, and made a success of the enterprise. In time Mr. Pence became the owner of several hundred acres of fine farming land, and he tilled the acres in the most approved style, employing the latest and best farm machinery obtainable. Mr. Pence took a prominent part in the politics of his community and always preferred the Democratic ticket. In religious affairs he attended the Methodist church. In the summer of 1 86 1 Charles Pence was married to Martha J. Gaskill, and to them were born five children: Charles \V.. Paul, Della. May Thatcher and Frank Earnest. Charles was stricken with heart failure while working on his farm.

Paul Pence spent his early life on the farm of his father, and attended the common schools of his vicinity. In the year 1911 he came to Frankfort and entered upon the business of stock buying, which business he has gradually increased in scope every year, and now has a large trade with the farmers of Clinton county. His work aids the agricultural people, and he has earned a reputation for honest dealing and wise judgment. Mr. Pence learned the rudiments of stock selection from his father during the nine years be spent on the farm, and this early training was not in vain, for it enabled our subject to start early without the embarrassment of learning the pitfalls by hard and bitter experience.

In politics Mr. Pence has ever taken an active part, being affiliated with the Democratic party. He is chairman of the Democratic committee of Clinton county. Fraternally. Mr. Pence belongs to tbe Masonic Order, the Knights of Pythias and the Improved Order of Red Men.

Sadie E. Goldsberry

The part women played in assisting the early settlers can not be underestimated. By nature not as robust physically as their male companions, hardships and privations leaned more heavily upon them, but the women of that day who came with their husbands and families into the loneliness of what was then the wilderness were equal to the occasion. They not only did their full share of the hard manual toil, but helped to dispel the gloom, the sense of hopelessness which occassionally fell upon the setlters in their relentless labor. Women of such caliber were the antecedents of the estimable ladv whose name initiates this paragraph. The hardships and adventures of the careers of her mother and grandmothers would prove material for a volume. A study of her praiseworthy characteristics would indicate that Mrs. Goldsberry has inherited many of their sterling attributes of head and heart, and she is doing a great work for the general amelioration of humanity, and is therefore deserving of specific mention in the histories of her section of the state along with other unselfish and noble workers in life s \ ast arena.

Mrs. Saddie E. Goldsberry, well known president of the Relief Corps of Colfax, and esteemed as one of the most active and zealous women who is working for the moral and spiritual uplift of Clinton county, and who has long been a popular and efficient officer of the above named society, is a native of Boone county, Indiana, and there she was reared to womanhood. She received a good educational training in her native state, and, ha\ ing remained a student all her life, is an exceptionally well informed woman on current topics of the times.

She is a daughter of Thomas and Emma Herbin, natives of Monroe county, Indiana, where they followed farming. They were the parents of five children, three of whom survive: William and Sherman, farmers, o Colfax, and Sadie, subject of this sketch. Thomas Herbin, died in 1897 at the age of fifty years. Mrs. Herbin still survives. They were members ot

When nineteen years of age our subject was united m marriege to u - Goldsberry, for many years a leading criminal lawyer ot central Indiana, and who served the Union most gallantly in her struggle to suppress the rebellion of the sixties, serving three years. He was one of the most active and influential men of Colfax during a past generation and did much tor the material and civil progress of the town, ranking among her leading citizens and he ablv served the people of Clinton county in various official capacitie for manv vears, always giving the utmost satisfaction. He had few peers and no superiors in the profession of law in this section of the state, and when, on February 19. I9U- he was summoned to his eternal rest, at the ag of sixtv-nine vears, he having been born April 20, 1844. all realized that a good and useful man had gone whose place it would be exceeding y

The officers of the Relief Corps are, Mrs. Sadie Goldsberry president ; Mrs. Mary Roudebush, senior vice president; Mrs. Nancy Herbin, junior

Energy, sound judgment and persistency of effort, properly applied, will always win the goal sought in the sphere of human endeavor, no matter what the environment may be or what obstacles are met with, for they who are endowed with such characteristics, make stepping-stones of their adversities to higher things. These reflections are suggested by the career of C. F. Gery, manager of the Colfax Grain Company, who, while yet young in years has shown himself to be the possessor of many commendable traits that never fail to win no matter what the vocation in life may be. With but little assistance of any kind he has forged his way to the front ranks among the representative young business men of Clinton county.

Mr. Gery was born at Colfax. Indiana. December 10, 1888, and here he grew to manhood and received his education. He is a son of H. L. and Susan (Frees) Gerv, a prominent and well known family of Colfax for many years, where the father engaged successfully in the mercantile business for a number of decades, building up an etxensive trade through his able management and honest dealings with his many customers. To H. L. Gery and wife six children were born, five sons and one daughter. Two of the sons are well known merchants of Colfax. The subject of this sketch is the youngest of the family. He began clerking in a store at an early age and gave evidence of rare natural business ability from the start and finally launched out in the grain business, and. learning rapidly the ins and outs of the same eventually became manager of the Colfax Grain Company, one of the largest business firms of its kind in this part of the state, and, owing to our subject's able management and courteous and honest treatment of patrons it is rapidly growing. Of this firm, John Waugh is president, William Tyson, secretary, and H. R. Woodburn, treasurer, the two latter being also trustees. The elevator has a capacity of one thousand bushels per dav, or three hundred and fifty thousand bushels annually. The buildings are large, substantial, up-to-date and commodious, equipped with all modern machinery and appliances, everything denoting thrift and good management. Modem (33) mill machinery lias been installed for grinding feed and corn chops of all kinds. Standard brands of flour and all kinds of feed are kept on sale, and their operations cover a very large territory.

Mr. Grey w as married on July 19. 1910. to Adah Estelle Reeves, w ho was born, reared and educated in Craw ford Alle. Indiana, where her family has long been prominent, she being a daughter of William Reeves and wife.

Politically. Mr. Gery is a Democrat, but he has never been especially active in public affairs. Fraternally, he is a member of the Masonic Order, Xo. 417: also belongs to the Knights of Pythias, Mercy Lodge.

Henry Clay Jackson

Success has been worthily attained by Henry Clay Jackson, w ho is today accounted one of the prosperous farmers and business men of Clinton county. To his energy, enterprise, careful management and keen discernment his present station in life is attributed. He participated in that titanic struggle between the North and the South, and made a record for bravery and fortitude. A bullet wound stopped his martial career before the end of the war, but his patriotism lasted and he aided the Northern cause in every way possible. Mr. Jackson is admired and respected by everyone with whom he is acquainted, and indeed his life has ever been directed in the paths of righteousness. and his ideals have been high.

Henry Clay Jackson was born in Washington township, this county, June 7, 1846, and was the son of John and Margaret (McKy) Jackson. John Jackson came from the state of Maryland, being born there May 5, 1824, the son of Joseph and Anna (Lemar) Jackson. Joseph was also born in Maryland, was a farmer, and died about the year 1834. After his death his widow and children came overland to Clinton county, and entered land from the government in Perry township. John Jackson followed farming and carpentering together all of his life, and politically was a Whig. He died in 1854 in Tippecanoe county, Ind. His wife was Margaret McKy, and they were married in July, 1841. She was a native of the Buckeye state, and died in 1846.

As his mother died the same year as his birth, our subject was reared by his grandmother, who married a Hosea Baggs just before coming to Indiana. On February 21, 1862, Henry Jackson enlisted in Company A, Sixty-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and wTas assigned to the Army of the Potomac.

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After participating in the second battle of Bull Run. he was transferred to the Army of the Cumberland, remaining with this division until the battle of Resaca. Ga.. when he received a severe wound in the left shoulder which totallv disabled that arm. Further active service being impossible, he went to Madison, Ind., and there went to school though the expense was to him very heavy. On March 14, 1865. he was discharged honorably from the Union army. He then came back to the farm and stayed there until 1873, then moved to Hillisburg, where he went into the mercantile business, which he followed until 1883. He next came to Frankfort, and served as deputy sheriff under Jerome Clark from 1896 to 1900. During the term from 1904 to 1908 he again served in this office under John W. Haggert.

Mr. Jackson was married on December 28, 1865 to Mrs. Sarah A. Barnes, a widow of an old soldier. She was a native of Clinton county, born here February 24, 1844, and had two children, both of whom are deceased.

Politically. Mr. Jackson is a Democrat, and religiously is a member of the Methodist church. Fraternally, he is a Mason, third degree, and Past Worthy Master of the Order of the Eastern Star. He belongs also to the Grand Army of the Republic.