Daviess County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1886 (part 1 of 7)

Biographical sketches

JOHN C. ADAMS, attorney at law in Vincennes, Ind., was born on a farm, eleven miles from Terre Haute, Ind., April 30, 1850. He is a son of J. P. and Frances (Ivey) Adams. John C. was a bound boy from six to thirteen years of age. He continued farm work until about nineteen years old, and then entered the Ascension Seminary at Farmersburg, Sullivan Co., Ind., and remained there three years, when he went to Pittsburgh, Penn., and took a business course in the Iron City Commercial College, during the winter of 1872-73, and later taught school in the Sullivan public schools. In the summer of 1873 he began reading law in the office of Buff & Buff, of Sullivan, but taught school more or less until 1877. In the spring of that year he was admitted to the Knox County bar. In 1881 he took charge of the Vincennes Commercial, but is now engaged in the practice of his profession. He was married, in 1875, to Sarah, daughter of Col. J. L. Culbertson. She was born in Knox County in 1853, and has borne her husband these four children: Eloise, Beily, Emily and George. Mr. Adams is a Bepublican in politics, and is a worthy citizen of the town and county.

THEO. P. AGNEW, grocer, of Vincennes, Ind., was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, February 16, 1842, son of Martin and Frances (Phillips) Agnew, natives of New York and Ohio respectively. The family came to Knox County in 1841, and located on a farm in Decker Township, and later removed to the city, where the father followed bookkeeping a number of years, and later engaged in the dairy business, which he followed until his death in 1867. Theo. P. was reared in this city, and obtained a very good education in the public schools. In 18(32 he started out in the steamboat business, and engaged in the same rather extensively on the Wabash, Obio, Tennessee, Cumberland and Mississippi Rivers for twenty-four years. In 1870 he became financially interested in the line of steamboats on the Wabash River, which enterprise he conducted successfully until 1885. Among the boats he built and managed were the " Belgrade," " Vigo" and others. In November, 1885, Mr. Agnew quit the river, and engaged in the grocery business in this city, in which he is meeting with good success. In 1875 he married Ella Green, a native of Knox County. They have three children: William, George and Ray. He is a Republican and a K. of P., and is justly recognized as atnong the enterprising and successful business men of Vincennes.

CYRUS McCRACKEN ALLEN, of Vincennes. was born in Clark County, Ky., April 22, 1815, son of Thomas Allen, one of the early and highly-respected pioneers of Indiana. Cyrus M. secured such education as could be procured at that early day.* He followed mercantile pui suits a few years after attaining his majority, but soon dropped that and began the study of law, with the view to making it a profession, reading in Winchester, and later attending a course of lectures in the law department of the old Transylvania University, of Lexington, Ky. About this time he married Mary Lander, and in 1840 removed to Indiana and embarked in his profession at Paoli, Ind., but the following year located at Petersburg, where he practiced law four years, removing to Vincennes in 1844, where his legal ability soon placed him in the front rank of his profession. He took an active part in the political affairs of the county, and in 1859 was elected to the State Legislature by the old Whig party, and here his legislative ability was as marked as his knowledge of the law, gaining him a State reputation. Later he resumed the practice of law, and also engaged as contractor, and assisted in the construction of the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad (eastern division), and also built part of the Indianapolis & Vincennes Railroad, also Cairo & Vincennes and Illinois River Railroads. He was a great admirer of Lincoln, and was one of the first to present his name for the nomination to the presidency. In 1860 he was elected by the Republican party to the State Legislatiire, serving as speaker in that memorable session. He broke a quorum by leaving the capitol, thus thwarting the plans of the Democracy, who were leaguing against Gov. Morton and the Union. In 1863 he was candidate for Congress against W. E. Niblack, but was defeated, owing to the hopeless minority of his party. From that on he retired from public life, and devoted his attention to legal pursuits until he was disabled by disease and was compelled to retire from active work. His death, resulting from paralysis, occurred November 2, 1883. His first wife died, and he took for his second wife her sister, Sal lie Lander, who still survives him, also C. M. Allen, Jr., by his first wife. Mr. Allen had a State, if not a national reputation, as an eminent judge of law, a statesman of broad views, a public-spirited citizen, a man of marked literary ability, and in his death Knox County and the State suffered a loss not easy to replace.

JOHN ALLEN, grocer of Vincennes, Ind., is a native of Evansville, Ind., born June 16, 1863. His parents are John and Ellen (Vickery) Allen, natives, respectively, of England and Ireland, and are now residents of Fort Branch, Gibson Co.. Ind' John was raised in Evansville and attended the public schools of that city. In 1879 he came to this city and engaged as clerk in the grocery store of his uncle, John Vickery. In 1883 he purchased a one-half interest in the business, which he held until his uncle's death in August, 1885. Since that time he has assumed complete management and control of the business. He has an excellent stock of goods and is doing well financially. December 11, 1884, he wedded Sarah Callender, a native of Parke County, Ind., who died October ft, 1885; had one child, also deceased. In politics he is a Republican and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and although a young man is recognized as one among the successful business men of this city.

DR. GEORGE R. ALSOP, clerk of the Knox County Courts, was born in Sperryville, Rappahannock Co., Va., December 19, 1851; son of Dr. William S. and Lavinia H. (Amiss) Alsop, who were natives of Virginia, where they lived and died. George R. was reared in his native State and secured an ordinary education in the common branches. At the age of seventeen he left home, and in the summer of 1869 located in Sullivan County, Ind., where he worked at manual labor during the summer months and taught school during the winter seasons until April, 1873, when he began the study of medicine at New Lebanon, Ind., and afterward attended the Indiana Medical College at Indianapolis during 1873-74. He then spent the summer of 187-4 reading medicine in Yazoo County, Miss., and attended the medical department of the University at Louisville, Ky., graduating March 1, 1875.' He practiced his profession about six months in Sullivan County, Ind., when he came to Knox County and formed a partnership with Dr. M. M. McDowell, of Freelandsville, with whom he remained until 1S83, when he came to Vincennes to assume the duties of the clerk's office, which position he has filled with ability to the present time. He is a stanch Democrat in politics, and in 1878 was chosen by that party to the position of trustee of Widner Township, which he held until 1882, when he was elected to fill his present office in November of that year. April 20, 1875, he married Miss Jennie McClellan, of Sullivan, Ind. They have four children: Thomas B., William M., Eustis F. and Byi'die L. The Doctor is a member of the Masonic and I. O. O. F. fraternities, and he and wife are members of the Christian Church; he is considered a worthy and efficient office-holder.

JAMES S. BADOLLET. The great-grandparents of our subject came from France to America in 1777, and made their home in Pennsylvania until 1806, when they came to what is now Knox County, Ind. Here the great-grandfather died. His son, our subject's grandfather, was James P. Badollet. He was a graduate of West Point and was a lieutenant in the war of 1812. His death occurred in Knox County in 1873. James S. is a son of William and Amanda (Foulks) Badollet, who were born in the county in 1821 and 1827, respectively, and both died in 1865. James was born in the county November 20, 1854, and after his parents' death he made his home with his grandfather and was reared on a farm. He obtained a very good education in the district schools near home, and during the winters of 1874 - 75 he was a student in the Evansville Commercial College, from which institution he graduated in the spring of 1875. He subsequently engaged in farming and continued a tiller of the soil until 1882, when he was appointed deputy treasurer of the county. He is a Democrat and cast his first presidential vote for Hancock. He became a member of the I. O. O. F. in 1882, and is a representative of one of the pioneer families of the county and an enterprising young man.

WAEEEN WOKTH BAILEY, editor of the Vincennes News, is a native of Hendricks County, Ind., born near New Winchester, January 18, 1855, son of Elisha and Elizabeth (Faught) Bailey, both natives of Kentucky, the father born in Bourbon County in 1802, and the mother near Frankfort in 1824. The Bailey family, who are of Scotch-German descent, came to Vincennes in 1870, and here resided until the father's death, November 24, 1883. The mother now resides in this city. Warren W. is the eldest of four children born to his father's third marriage. He received a common school education, and worked on a farm in his boyhood days. He began the study of telegraphy in 1871 and soon mastered it. The following year he accepted the position as telegraph operator at Kansas, 111., for the Indianapolis & St. Louis Eailroad. He continued this work until 1874, when he began learning the printer's trade in the office of the Kansas (111.) News, and remained in said office until 1877. He then went to Carlisle, Ind., and became connected with the Carlisle Democrat, as editor and part owner. In 1879 that paper was consolidated with the Vincennes Reporter, and took the name of the Vincennes News. Subject removed to Vincennes at that time, and has continued the newspajjer work. He is an independent Democrat in politics, and is an able editor and popular man of southern Indiana.

THOMAS S. BAILEY, dealer in fancy and staple groceries, was born October 15, 1848, son of James and Caroline (Treadway) Bailey, and is of Irish descent. His father was born near the city of Belfast, Ireland, in County Down, in 1800, and the mother in Pennsylvania in 1808. The paternal grandfather was Jacob Bailey, a native born Irishman, and lived and died in the "Emerald Isle." In 1815 James Bailey came to America and settled in western Pennsylvania, and there resided until about 1830, when he emigrated to Lawrence County, 111., where he remained until 1873. The then went to Lamar County, Tex., where he died in 1877. His mother died in Illinois in 1858. In 1873 our subject went to Texas, and was there engaged in the real estate business until 1880, when he came to Vincennes. Since that time he has carried on the grocery business, and has been quite successful. He was married, in 1872, to Mary Stiles, a native of Ohio, born in 1851. They have four sons: Louis E., James E., Thomas S. and George S. Mr. Bailey is a member of the Democratic party, and joined the Masonic fraternity at Bridgeport, 111., in 1870. He enlisted in the Twenty-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry in 1865, and was at Lee's surrender. He was honorably discharged in August, 1865. His wife is a rnemmer of the Presbyterian Church.

HON. OELAN FEANKLIN BAKEE, attorney at law of Vincennes, Ind., was born in Paoli, Orange Co., Ind., August 4, 1843, son of John and Sarah (Delard) Baker. The father was born in Woodford County, Ky., in 1812, and the mother in Orange County, Ind., in 1819. Subject's paternal grandfather was James Baker, a native of Orange Co., Va., born in 1785. He moved to Kentucky in 1805, where he remained until 1814, when he moved to what is now Orange County, Ind., and died in 1816. The maternal grandfather, John Delard, was born in what is now Mercer County, Ky., in 1798, son of Ettienne Delard, native of South Carolina, born in 1767. He was a soldier in the Eevolutionary war, and can trace his ancestry back to Montpelier, France. They left their native country in 1685, upon the expulsion of the Huguenots. Our subject was educated by a private tutor, and attended the State University at Bloomington, Ind., and graduated from that institution in 1864. He began the study of law in 1860, in connection with his other studies, and was admitted to the bar at Jasper, Dubois Co., Ind., in January, 1863, before he was twenty years of age. In 1859 he came to Vincennes, and has here made his home ever since. In May, 1863, he was elected city attorney of Vincennes, and held the office two years. In 1866 he was chosen to represent Knox County in the General Assemby, but declined re-election in 1868. He has since practiced his profession in Knox County, with the exception of two years, 1869 and 1871, when he resided in Indianapolis, and practiced his profession there in partnership with

Judge Samuel E. Perkins. September 4, 1867, he took for his wife Miss Mary J. Faskington, daughter of Hon. William C. Faskington, of Indianapolis, Ind. Mrs. Baker died June 5, 1885, leaving a son named Frank T. In politics Mr. Baker is a Democrat, and is one of the best posted and most successful lawyers of Indiana. For a number of years he has been engaged in a literary work upon the races of men who have inhabited the West.

A. H. BARRETT & SON, the leading saw-mill and lumber firm of Vincennes, is composed of Allen H. Barrett and Bobert H. V. Barrett, his son. The firm built their mill and established their present lumber yards on the Wabash River, in North Vincennes, in September, 1883. They employ seventy-five men and ten teams at their mill, at their yards and up the river, cutting, hauling and rafting logs. They saw on an average 20,000 feet of lumber per day of ten hours, making a specialty of sycamore, which finds a ready market in St. Louis, with Leggett, Myers & Co., for tobacco boxes. They built and used the towboat "Experiment1' for towing barges and rafts of logs to the mill, but have recently sold the boat. Allen H. Barrett, senior member of the above firm, was born in Vermont August 28, 1825, and is a son of Reuben and Zilpha (Simons) Barrett, natives, respectively, of Massachusetts and New York. Reuben Barrett came West with his family in 1839, locating in Winnebago County, 111., where he engaged in farming until his death. The subject of this sketch was reared with his father until he was fifteen years old, when he became a clerk in a mercantile house. Later he began business for himself in Freeport, 111. In 1855 he went to California as a gold seeker, remaining there two and a-half years with poor success. He then returned to Illinois, and after working for two years, began the farming and timber business, at which he continued until 1864, when he dropped farming and continued in the timber business exclusively until 1878. He then removed to Lawrenceville, 111., and there was engaged in the same business until 1881, and from this time until 1883 he was in Tennessee. He then removed to Vincennes where he has since been successfully engaged in his present business. In 1849 he was married to Frances Ann Davis, a native of Illinois, who died in 1884 leaving six children: Allen H. ; Mary E., now the wife of the Rev. John English of Baltimore, Md. ; Virginia, now the wife of W. C. Headon of Shelbyville, 111. ; Zilpha, the widow of William Gerrard ; Robert H. V., and Martha M. Mr. Barrett is a Democrat, is an ancient Mason, and is recognized as being one of the most enterprising and successful business men of the city. Robert H. V. Barrett, junior member of the above firm, was born in Shelby County, 111., October 31, 1851. He was brought up with his parents and given a fair education. He began life as a clerk and in 1877 he became engaged in the lumber business with his father, and was made partner in 1880. He was married September 27, 1881, to Anna T. Gerrard, a native of Kentucky. They have one child, Montjoy G. Mr. Barrett is a Democrat and a member of the K. of H.

THOMAS P. BECKES, a very prominent citizen of Knox County, was born November 15, 1819, in Harrison Township, being the youngest of a family of four children born to Benjamin and Elizabeth (Frederick) Beckes. The father was born in Vincennes in 1786 and the mother was born in about 1783. Benjamin Beckes was reared in Vincennes and spoke French very readily, but was probably of Welsh descent. He was a farmer and stock dealer and also one of the most successful men of the county. He was sheriff of Knox County, having been appointed to fill a vacancy and afterward elected. He was in the battle of Tippecanoe and all through the Indian wars preceding the war of 1812. In the Black Hawk war he was captain of a company. He was familiarly known as Maj. Beckes, from the part he took in militia drills for defense against the Indians. He was a man of very decided character and wonderful energy. He served in the State Legislature several years during the early days. The mother was of a family of very early settlers and of Dutch descent. When she was but eleven years old she was taken prisoner by the Indians, but in a few days made her escape. She was brought up, lived and died in this county, her death occurring April 9, 185G, and the father's occurring December 3, 1859. When she was married to Mr. Beckes she was the widow of Mr. Rea, a very early settler. Such is the parentage of our subject, who is one of two surviving children. He was reared on a farm in this county, and received such education as was afforded by the primitive schools of the time. He remained with his parents until arriving at the age of twenty -three, when he married and moved upon the farm where he now resides, and where he has been one of the most successful farmers of the county. He was married November 15, 1842, to Margaret Emison, a daughter of Samuel Emison, who came from Kentucky at an early day. She was born August 15, 1824. To them were born twelve children, eleven of whom are now living: John H, Mary, Benjamin R., Samuel E., Elizabeth, Alice, Margaret. Anne, Martha, Eunice and Sarah. Five of them are married and live near home. The family are all members of the Catholic Church. Mr. Beckes has always been a Democrat, and is said to have been the first English child born in Vincennes. He has just retired from a three years' term as county commissioner. He is one of the prominent men of his county and is noted for his love of home and home surroundings, and is universally respected as a moral and upright man.

WILLIAM B. BEDELL, M. D., was born in Knox County, Ind., March 30, 1856, son of Clayborn and Mary (Smith) Bedell, and is of French and German descent. His father was born in Kentucky in 1825, and his mother in Knox County, Ind., in 1829. His boyhood days were spent in Johnson Township where his parents lived, working on the farm and attending district schools. In 1875 he began teaching school, and continued that vocation a few years. That same year he attended the Vincennes High School, and two years later attended school at what is now De Pauw University, in Indiana. He began the study of medicine in the summer of 1877, under the direction of Dr. A. J. Patton of Vincennes, and attended lectures at the Missouri Medical College at St. Louis, and from that school graduated March 4, 18S0, and the same year located at Sumner, 111., and after remaining there four years came to Vincennes and has here continued to reside since that time engaged in active practice. In 1884 he was appointed physician of the Knox County Asylum, and still retains that position. In June, 1885, he was appointed pension examiner, and in May of the same year was chosen secretary of the City Board of Health. He was married June 9, 1880, to Fannie M. Setzer, a native of Knox

County, born in 1856. They have two children, named Otto S. and Pansy E. Dr. Bedell is a Democrat, member of the Presbyterian Church, and one of the leading physicians of the county.

WILLIAM W. BEKRY, a retired farmer, and president of the Knox County Agricultural Society, is a native of said county, born near Wheatland June 15, 1823, son of Andrew and Mary (McDonald) Berry. He is the youngest of their four children, and is of Scotch-Irish descent. His parents were born in North Carolina and South Carolina in 1792 and 1790 respectively. The father came to Indiana in 1816, locating in Knox County, where he followed merchandising, and died in 1857. The mother died ten years later. William's paternal grandfather, John Berry, was a slaveholder in his native State of North Carolina. Subject's boyhood days were spent on the farm and in attending the subscription schools, where he received a good common school education. Since reaching man's estate his life has been devoted to farming. In this he has been very prosperous and now owns 450 acres of good land. The old homestead purchased by his father in 1821 is his. In 1870 he moved to Palmyra Township, three miles from Vincennes, and in September, 1885, moved to the city. In 1847 he was married to Miss Mary Lillie, who died in 1851, leaving one child, Nancy A. In 1865 Mr. Berry married Arabella Lillie, who was born in Knox County in 1844. To them were born eight children, five now living: Lillie M., Jessie B., Andrew, Anna and Ida M. Mr. Berry is a Democrat, and in 1862 was elected treasurer of Knox County, and re-elected in 1864. In March, 1884, he was chosen president of the Knox County Agricultural Society, and has since filled that position with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of the people.

JOHN C. BEVEK, M. D., of Vincennes, Ind., was born in Steubenville, Jefferson Co., Ohio, January 26, 1819, and is a son of David and Sarah (Clowes) Bever, who were natives respectively of the Emerald Isle and the State of Delaware. The father came to the United States in 1810, and engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods in Delaware and Ohio, but finally settled on a farm in Coshocton County, Ohio, where he died in 1849. Here our subject grew to manhood and secured a good literary education for that day. Early in life he manifested a desire to learn the medical profession, his mother being a skillful nurse and his maternal grandfather a successful practitioner. John C. began early in life to study medical works, and in 1848 entered the Physio-Medical College at Cincinnati, Ohio, and graduated from that institution in 1850. Later he entered the Cincinnati Medical College, but received no diploma front the latter institution. He first began the regular practice of his profession in Coshocton County, Ohio, in 1850, and four years later he removed to Martin County, Ind., where he practiced twelve years. In 1866 he removed to Vincennes, where he has since resided, engaged exclusively in attending to his medical duties, which occupy his entire time. He controls a large and remunerative practice, and merits the confidence reposed in him by the people. In 1845 he was married to Nancy A. Payne, of Lafayette, Ind., who died in 1878, having borne three sons, two of whom, James R. and Albert Curtis, lived to be men grown and engaged in the Rebellion. All are now deceased. In 1881 the Doctor married Almira C. Wood, a native of the State, who is an accomplished lady and a regular graduate in medicine. She was for many years a teacher, and is also a graduate of a literary college. She entered the Eclectic Medical College at Cincinnati, Ohio, September 1, 1877, and graduated in January, 1881, receiving her diploma. She is the only female medical graduate in Knox County. The Doctor is a member of the Mississippi Valley, Indiana, State, and Knox County Medical Societies, and also holds a certificate licensing him to practice in Illinois. He is a Democrat, and was a member of the City Council one year. He is a Mason of the Scottish Rite degree, and a member of the I. O. O. F.

EDWARD BIERHAUS was bom in Rhein, Prussia, city of Elberfield, August 4, 1832, and is a son of Frederick and Fredericka (Schulte) Bierhaus, who were born in the same country. They came to the United States in 1841), and located in Vincennes, Ind., where the father died the following year, and the mother in I860. In 1853 Edward engaged in the mercantile business in Freelandsville, continuing twelve years with good success, when he returned to this city and engaged in the grain, provision and pork-packing business on rather a limited scale, and also conducted a retail grocery store in connection until 1879, when he purchased Gimbel Bros.' wholesale grocery, which he has conducted very successfully, and controls the leading trade in the city. He has continued in the pork-packing business, and now has a slaughter and packing house in the city with a capacity of 500 hogs per day. In 1853 he was married to Louise Schukman, a native of Lippe, Germany. They have these eight children: Charles, Henry, Frederick, Edward, William, John, Emma and Anna. Charles and Frederick are partners with their father in the business. Mr. Bierhaus is a Democrat in politics, and he and family are members of the German Evangelical Church. Charles Bierhaus is a native of Knox County, born February 13, 1855. He was raised in his father's store, and in boyhood attended the Vincennes public schools. In 1877 he became a partner in the business with his father, and has continued with him to the present time. In 1877 he married Helen Busse, a native of Knox County. They have two children: Ida and Helen. Charles is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Evangelical Church.

THOMAS BOREOWMAN, grain dealer, and treasurer of the Vincennes School Board, is a native of Lanarkshire, Scotland, born January 19, 1824, and a son of John and Jean (Ormiston) Borrowman. His parents were born in Scotland in 1798 and 1800, respectively. The family came to America about 1S38, and settled in St. Louis, Mo., where the father died in 1849. The mother's death occurred in 1840. Instead of going to St. Louis with his parents our subject stopped in Cincinnati, and served an apprenticeship at the plumber's trade with Peter Gibson. After working for Mr. Gibson twelve years he engaged in the business for himself, which he continued ten years. In 1860 he left Cincinnati and engaged in farming in Richland County, 111., where he remained eight years. He then came to Vincennes and engaged in the grain business, and has since continued, meeting with considerable prosperity. In 1879 he became a member of the school board, acting in the capacity of treasurer. He was married in 1847 to Miss Isabella Wilson, a native of Edinburgh, Scotland, born in 1824. To them were born these children: Agnes, Jean, Archibald, John, Isabella, George, Catherine and Olla. Mr. Borrowman has been a Whig, but is now a Republican in politics.

EDWAED BEEIVOGEL, hatter, of Vincennes, Ind., was born at Mount Carmel, 111., September 29, 1847. His parents, John and Catherine (Bischoff ) Breivogel, were born in Germany. The father came to this city in March, 1864, and followed his trade of brick-masonry and building until his death, in 1872. Edward was reared in his native city, where he acquired a very good business education, and in early life began clerking in mercantile establishments, and in 1863 came to this city and engaged as clerk for Charles Graeter two and a half years, and then with J. B. La Plante & Bro., continuing with them seven years, when he was admitted as a partner, and remained such one year. He then went to Shawneetown, 111., and took charge of a branch store for B. Kuhn & Co., of this city. He conducted the business for them about six months, when he returned to this city, and in 1874 engaged in his present business with his brother, Julius A. They remained together until 1880, when our subject purchased his brother's interest, and has since conducted the business alone. He has an excellent stock of goods, and also has the up-town agency for the Adams Express Company. In 1873 he wedded Catherine Holland, a native of Toronto, Canada. To them have been born seven children - three sons and four daughters. He is a Democrat in politics, and he and family are members of the Catholic Church. He is a member of the C. K. of A.

JULIUS A. BEEIVOGEL. dealer in gents' furnishing goods, at Vincennes, was born in Mount Carmel, 111, April 11, 1852. He is a brother of Edward Breivogel. whose sketch is given above. Julius came to this city with his parents when twelve years old, and attended the high schools of this place, securing a very good education. At the age of sixteen he engaged as clerk for Charles Graeter, remaining with him four years. He then worked for J. B. La Plante & Bro. two years, and in 1874, in company with his brother Edward, engaged in the hat, cap and fur business in this city. In 1880 he sold out his interest and attended the Evansville Commercial College, from which he graduated in September of the same year. He then returned to Vincennes, and February of the next year engaged in his pres-

PIEKKE BEOUILLETTE, a prominent farmer of Knox County, born March 15, 1820, near Vincennes, is the third of a family of five children born to Pierre and Julia (Boucher) Brouillette. The father was born in this county in 1782, and was the son of Michael Brouillette, who came from France to Canada during the French and Indian war. He was in the battle at Brad dock's defeat, soon after which he came to Vincennes, and married into the family of Bono, an early French settler. He raised a family of five children, of whom the subject was one. He was reared in this family, and served as a captain in the war of 1812. He was a very intimate and trusted friend of Gen. Harrison, for whom he carried mail to the frontier settlements, and especially to the governor of Missouri. He was also a successful farmer, and ran transfer lines to the cities of his day from Vincennes. He owned over 1,000 acres of the best land of the county, and was a stockholder of the Wabash Navigation Company and the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad Company. The subject of this sketch was born in this county, and remained with his parents until he was twentysix years old, when he began farming where he now lives. His father gave him 170 acres of land, and he has been one of the most successful farmers of the times. He now owns 214 acres of very fine land, under good cultivation, upon which he has a fine two-story brick house in a splendid location. He was married, January 13, 1846, to Louise F. Bernard, who was born in France in 1826. They have had eight children: Julia M., Andrew H, Louis P. (deceased), J. Bernard, Maurice A., Louis F., Alphonse M. and Laurie M. The family are, as all their ancestors were, members of the Catholic Church. Before the time of the Knownothing party Mr. Brouillette was a Whig, but since then he has been a Democrat. The children are all unmarried. Julia M. is keeping house for her brother Alphonse M. and a cousin, who are in business. Andrew H. is manager of the West Baden Springs, Orange County. J. Bernard is at home, and managing the farm. Maurice A. is traveling for agricultural implement companies, and the other two children are both at home. The children were educated mostly in Vincennes. The mother of

Pierre Brouillette, Sr., was the first white child born in Vincennes, and the grandfather of Pierre Brouillette. Jr., along with another man, was taken prisoner by the Indians, taken by them to Mobile, Ala., and detained there eight years.

JOHN BKYAN was bom about 1763 in northeastern Maryland. He began business as a manufacturer of woolen goods in Beaver County, Penn. His son. John Bryan, Jr., was boru in that county in 1811. He obtained his education in the old Jefferson College, and became a graduate of that institution. He studied theology, and was licensed to preach in the Associate, afterward the United Presbyterian Church. He removed to Bloomington, Ind., in 1855, and became pastor of a church at that place. In that same year Enoch Albert Bryan was born. The latter entered the State University of Indiana in 1871, and subsequently taught three years during his college course. He graduated with the degree of A. B. in 1878, and in 1885 the degree of A. M. was conferred on him by his alma inciter. In 1878 he became superintendent of the graded schools of Grayville, 111., which position he held four years. He was married, May 12, 1881, to Miss Hattie E. Williams, of Grayville, 111. He was elected to the professorship of Latin, Greek and literature in the Vincennes University, in August, 1882. In August of the next year he was chosen president in place of President P. L. McCrary, resigned.

STEPHEN BUKNET (deceased) was the only son of Serenus and Jane (Burnside) Burnet. His ancestral history may be traced back as far as 16fi0, when three Burnet brothers came from Wales to the United States, one locating in New Jersey. Our subject is a descendant of this one, his grandfather, Edmund Burnet, having been born in New Jersey on January 1, 1755. Edmund married Sarah Smith in 1780, and the third child born to this union was Serenus Burnet, who was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, November, 13, 1787, and married our subject's mother, who was of Scotch and Irish parentage, November 10, 1794. In May, 1815, Serenus Burnet moved to Cuyahoga County, Ohio, where he and his wife lived and died. The immediate subject of this sketch was reared principally in Knox County, and received such education as the schools of that day afforded. January 5, 1832, he was married to Lamira Gardner, a native of

New York. To them were born eight children, these six now living: Stephen, in business >in Vincennes; Lydia J., wife of Thomas Eastham; Eosina E., wife of C. M. Griffith; Charles C, in business in Cleveland, Ohio; Emily L., wife of S. B. Judah, and Mary L. Mrs. Burnet died March 12, 1856, and February 16, 1857, he was married to Laura Bently, daughter of Elder Adamson Bently, of Ohio, who bore him four children, three living: Harry B., Percy B. and Grace. This wife died October 29, 1873, and his last marriage was solemnized November 12, 1874, uniting him to Mrs. Mary (Bently) Collins, sister of Mr. Burnet's first wife. She was the mother of two children by a former marriage, viz: Eugenie M., widow of A. G. Hinman, and Julia A., wife of D. C. Fellows, Lincoln, Neb. Mr. Burnet was a farmer and fruit-grower, and was very successftd in those callings. He owned a large tract of fine land, under good cultivation, adjacent to Vincennes. The farm residence is well located, and is one of the most beautiful houses in the county. Mr. Burnet was a Whig and Republican in politics, but did not take an active part in political affairs. In religion he was conservative, but was an elder in the Christian Church, and during the most of his religious life was urged to occupy the pulpit. His death, which occurred February 14, 1885, took frorn the community one of its most valued citizens.

STEPHEN S. BUBNET of Vincennes, Ind., was born near Cleveland, Ohio, April 8, 1834, and is a son of Stephen and Lamira Gardner Burnet. He came to this city with his parents in 1852 and remained here until 1858, when he went to Missouri, and was superintendent of lead mines in the southern part of the State two years. In 1862 he removed to Nashville, Tenn., and was engaged in furnishing sutlers' supplies to the army until 1865, when he engaged in the wholesale liquor business in Paducah, Ky., and finally returned to this city in 1868 and engaged in the tobacco bos factory and planing-mill business, continuing ever since with good success. In 1856 he led to Hymen's altar Kate Nauce, a native of Putnam County, Ind, Mr. Burnet is a Republican in politics, although formerly a Democrat. He was a warm admirer of Gen. Garfield, and after his nomination to the presidency he became a Republican, and has remained such to the

THOMAS EASTHAM, partner of Stephen S. Burnet, was born in Nelson County, Ky., February 25, 1835, and is a son of Isaac N. and Eliza (Sweets) Eastham, natives of Kentucky. The Eastham family came to Vincennes in 1851, and for a number of years the father was United States mail carrier from Louisville to St. Louis by stage coach, having in use 300 horses on the route, and later carried the mails from Cairo to New Orleans by steamboat. He died in Vincennes in 1873. Thomas was raised in Kentucky. At the age of eighteen years he began carrying the mails by stage from Vincennes to Orleans, Ind., and Shawneetown, 111., and then kept a livery stable in this city for about ten years. In 1869 he became a partner with Mr. Burnet in the present business. In 1860 he married Lydia J. Burnet, a native of Cleveland, Ohio. They have had five children, four now living: Stephen S., Kate B., Alice T. and Jesse L. Mr. Eastham is a Democrat in politics and a member of the K. of H. and Royal Arcanum. The building in which these gentlemen have their factory was erected about 1860 by Curry, Ackerly & Co. for a furniture manufactory, and was used as such until 1869, Mr. Burnet becoming a partner of Curry & Gardner, who succeeded Mr. Ackerly in his business in 1868. In 1869 Mr. Gardner withdrew from the firm, and Thomas Eastham purchased a one-half interest in the business. They conducted a planing-rnill and carried a general line of lumber and building material ; but in April, 1882. they began the exclusive manufacture of tobacco boxes, taking Henry Eberwine as partner the same year. October 1, 1885, he withdrew from the firm, and since that time the other two gentlemen have carried on the business very successfully alone. They manufacture about 1,000 boxes per day and send them to St. Louis, Mo., where they have a ready sale. They employ about fifteen hands.

EDWARD P. BUSSE, M. D., was born in Vincennes, Ind., June 6, 1862, son of William and Sophia (Hella) Busse, and is of German lineage. His parents were born in Germany in' 1829 and 1827 respectively. The father came to America when about sixteen years old, and he and the mother died in Vincennes. Ed- ward P. obtained his education in the public schools and the high school of Vincennes. He began the study of medicine in 1880, and that same year entered the Bellevue Hospital, New York, and remained there three years, graduating in September, 1883. He then located permanently in Vincennes, and has continued to make this his home ever since. He has practiced his profession very successfully and is also engaged in the drug business. He is one of the prominent young physicians of this city and is succeeding well in his profession. He is a member of the German Evangelical Church.

HON. HENEY S. CAUTHOEN was born in Vincennes, February 23, 1828. He is the son of Gabriel T. and Susan Sullivan (Stout) Cauthorn. His father was a native of Esses County, Va., and was educated at the university of that State, graduating from the literary and medical departments. He came West in 1823, locating at Lawrenceville, 111., where he practiced medicine until his death in 1831. The mother of Mr. Cauthorn was a daughter of Elihu Stout, who founded the Vincennes Western Sun newspaper in 1804, and continued its publication until 1815. After the death of his father Mr. Cauthorn, with his mother, resided with Mr. Stout, and soon after entered the printing office of his grandfather, where he acquired the art of a practical printer. In 1840 he entered St. Gabriel College at Vincennes, and remained a student in that school until 1845, when he matriculated at Asbury University, Greencastle, Ind., which graduated him in 1848. While a student at this institution he was distinguished as an essayist and orator, obtaining prizes in competition with many fellow-students who have since arisen to great distinction in the State. In 1851 he began the study of law at Vincennes, with Benjamin F. Thomas, at that time United States District Attorney for Indiana. He was admitted to the bar in 1853, and was the next year elected district attorney for the judicial district comprising the counties of Knox, Daviess, Pike and Martin. With the exception of the period covered by his services as clerk of the Knox Circuit Court, Mr. C. has continued ever since his call to the bar to engage in the practice of his profession. In the preparation of causes and the execution of pleadings and other papers, patience, care and exactness eminently characterize his work. As an advocate he is particularly distinguished. Always earnest, logical and serious in his manner, he possesses a luxuriant fancy which he uses often to emphasize skillful deductions from facts. In 1855, upon the organization of the city government, he was selected as its first law officer, and as city attorney, with the mayor, Judge John Moore, framed the series of ordinances. In 1859, in a spirited contest, Mr. Cauthorn was elected clerk of the circuit court of his county, and at once began to bring order out of chaos in that office. His system of keeping files and records soon made his the model office of the State, and the order into which he soon arranged a mass of confused papers, accumulations of half a century, was the marvel of every one familiar with the change. He continued in. the office of clerk for two terms of four years each, and in 1870 was elected a representative in the General Assembly of the State, and was again elected to the same position in 1872, 1878 and 1880. At the session of 1879 he was selected as speaker of the House, and discharged the duties of that office in a most creditable and acceptable manner. As a legislator, moderation and conservatism especially marked his course and regulated his conduct. He is a Jeffersonian Democrat, not alone in the partisan sense of the"term, but in that perfect confidence in the ability of the people to properly regulate their most important affairs without elaborate statutes to guide and control them. His liberality and fairness to political opponents has secxired him warm and deserved encomiums from his party adversaries, while his unflinching devotion to the principles of the party to which he belongs, in its days of misfortune, has made him strong in its ranks and marked by its leaders for further promotion. In 1868 Mr-. Cauthorn was happily married to Margaret C. Bayard, and is the father of seven children, six of whom are living - two sons and four daughters. He is a member of the Roman Catholic Church, and also of the organization of the C. K. of A., of which organization, in 1883, he was Supreme President for Indiana. In his social and domestic relations Mr. Cauthorn is exceptionally genial, indulgent and obliging.

OLIVEE W. CADWALLADER was bom March 5, 1836, and is the youngest of nine children born to the marriage of David Cad wall ader and Mary Jones. The parents were natives of

Wales, and in 1820 came to the United States and settled in Delaware County, Ohio, where they lived till about two or three years previous to their deaths, when they moved to Newark, Ohio. Here they died in 1855, only a month apart. The father was a Methodist Episcopal minister, and one of the prominent circuit riders. His home was in the wilderness, and was often visited by the Indians. Oliver W. was reared on an Ohio farm, and when seventeen years old, entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, which he attended until entering the sophomore year. He made his parents' house his home until they died. He worked at the carpenters' trade during tbe summer seasons, and taught school several years. In 1877 he came to Knox County, Ind., where he has since taught school, and ranks among the first educators of the county. He owns 200 acres of finely-cultivated farming land, and was married in 1801 to Martha Etlark, of Cardington, Ohio. They have one child, George S., now a resident of Delaware County, Ohio. Mrs. Cadwallader died in 1875, and a year later Mr. Cadwallader was married to Elizabeth Hinchman, who died in 1878. His third marriage was to Jennie Field, of Lawrence County, Ind.. in 1880. She died in 1882, and his last marriage was to Naomi Murphy, in 1883. The present wife is a member of the Christian Church. Mr. Cadwallader is a member of the I. O. O. F., and is a Republican, but liberal in his views. His son is a telegraph operator and assistant railroad agent at Delaware, Ohio; is unmarried and a graduate of the Delaware High School.

JACOB W. CASSELL, a prominent business man of Vincennes, Ind., was born in Madison County, Ind., December 23, 1840, and is a son of Jacob and Eleanor (Allen) Cassell, who were natives of Tennessee. Jacob W. was reared on a farm in his native county, and secured a good literary education. He graduated from the Commercial College of Pittsburgh, Penn., and completed the two years' course at the Northwestern Christian University at Indianapolis. In 1865 he came to Knox County, Ind., followed by his parents some six years later. The father died here December 8, 1884 In May, 1875, Mr.'Cassell moved from his farm in the country to the city, and engaged in the wholesale and retail grocery business, which business he carries on at the present time. He carries a large and select stock of pertaining to his line of business, and controls a large share of the trade in the city and county. December 1(3, 1874, he wedded Miss Alice Turner, a native of Illinois, who has borne him four children: Elizabeth E., Ernest M., Louana Verna Pearl and William C. Mr. Cassell is a Democrat in his political views, and is one of the wide-awake and enterprising business men of the city of Vincennes.

SMILEY NEWTON CHAMBERS was born in the village of Edwardsport, Knox Co., Ind., March 18, 1845. His father's family were among the pioneers of the county; his great-grandfather, Alexander Chambers, having moved into Knox County shortly after the close of the Revolutionary war. Of his family there were a number of children who settled in Knox and adjoining counties and became useful and influential citizens, one of the sons, Joseph Chambers, filling many offices of public trust. He was a strong, pure, intelligent man, whose influence is still felt in the county. Our subject's mother was of a family as strong, physically and mentally, as that of the father, and although not so early in the county, have aided largely in its development. Her name was Rachael Keith, and the family moved from Kentucy to this State about 1820. His parents were married in 1838 and soon after settled at Edwardsport, where the father, Alexander Chambers, engaged in the milling business. This venture proved disastrous, and soon after they moved upon a farm in Widner Township, which they developed and improved, and where they died in the year 1866, leaving behind these children: Nancy A., Elliott, Lottie O, Johnson and Smiley N. They received the best education afforded by the public schools of the county. Soon after the death of his parents Smiley N. entered the college at Alton, 111., where he graduated in June, 1870. In 1863, when scarcely eighteen years of age, he volunteered his services in the One Hundred and Fifteenth Indiana Regiment for six months, and afterward in the 100 days' service in the Twentyfifth Indiana Battery and took part in the battle of Nashville, December 15 and 16, 1864. He was discharged at Indianapolis in July, 1865, having attained the position of sergeant in the battery. Having read law one year in St. Louis, in 1871 he began the practice of that profession in Vincennes, where he has since continued, meeting with merited success. In 1872 he was candidate for the Legislature on the Republican ticket, and although defeated, received the full support of his party. He is a member and secretary of the board of trustees of the Vincennes University and a member of the Presbyterian Church. In 1870 he married Isadora McCord, daughter of AVilliam and Eliza (Caboru) McCord, a highly accomplished and intelligent lady. Their life has been happy and prosperous and their future promises to be exceptionally bright.

CLAEENCE N. CHEEVEE, union ticket agent at Vincennes, Ind., is a native of the eastern jmrt of the "Green Mountain State." born July 13, 1849, son of Nathan and Lydia Ann Cheever. The family are of English descent, and both parents were born in Vermont and still reside there. Our subject was educated in the schools of his native State, and at the age of sixteen he obtained a situation in the office of the Metropolitan Eailway Company, at Boston, Mass. In 1867 he went to Burlington, Iowa, and was in the employ of the Northwestern Eailway Company. He remained there two years and there had charge of the telegraph interests until 1873, when he came to Vincennes and was given the position of assistant ticket agent, which position he retained until 1880, when he was given the position he now holds. He is the agent for the Ohio & Mississippi, Evansville & Terre Haute, Indianapolis & Vincennes and the Cincinnati, Vincennes & Chicago Eailways. In 1871 he was married to Ida A. Woodward, born in Vermont in 1856. They are the parents of these three children: May F.. lima and Helen. Mr. Cheever is a Eepublican and became a member of the I. 0. O. F. in 1875. For twelve years he has been identified with the railway interests of the country and is an exceedingly popular and courteous official.

HON. THOMAS E. COBB, member of the national House of Eepresentatives, was born near the village of Springville, Ind., July 2, 1827, and is one of the children of Dickson and Merise (Shelby) Cobb, the former a native of South Carolina, born in 1798, and the latter born near Haysville, Ky, in 1800. His paternal grandfather was also a South Carolinian by birth, and the family is of Scotch-Welsh descent, their genealogy being traced back about 720 years. As early as 1813 the family of which Mr, Cobb is a representative moved from South Carolina to Ohio, and one year later settled in what is now Lawrence County, Ind. They there participated in all the hardships and inconveniences of pioneer life in the backwoods. The father of Mr. Cobb held the office of county sheriff, was one of the county's best citizens and died in 1878. The mother died at Bedford, Ind., in 1866. Thomas E. Cobb passed his youth in assisting his parents, attending school, and later teaching school and attending the State University. In 1853 he began the study of law at the State University at Bloomington, and the same year was admitted to the Lawrence County Bar. He practiced his profession at Bedford until 1867, when he moved to Vincennes, which has since been his home. Mr. Cobb is one of the leading Democrats of the State, and since manhood has figured prominently in public affairs. The following is his record in brief: In 1852 was appointed a commissioner of Indiana militia; was a member of the Indiana Legislature from 1858 to 1866; a Democratic candidate for elector in 1868 ; was president of the Indiana State Democratic Central Committee, in 1876; a delegate to the Democratic National Convention that nominated Tilden and Hendricks in 1876; was elected to the Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh sessions of Congress, and re-elected to the Fortyeighth and Forty-ninth sessions. Mr. Cobb has justly the reputation of being an economist, having faithfully worked for the saving of the people's money during his entire congressional career. He served on the Committee of Elections during the Forty-fifth Congress and on the Appropriation Committee during the Fortysixth. The Forty-seventh being a Bepublican Congress, he was placed on the Committee of Public Lands and the session following was made chairman of that committee. During the Fortyseventh he introduced a bill forfeiting the 'lands of railway corporations for non-fulfillment of contracts, thus saving to the people millions of money. In the Forty-fifth Congress he introduced a bill and caused it to be passed in the succeeding session, providing for the sale of a tract of land beginning at the Wabash Biver and extending to the city limits of Vincennes, thus securing to the city a most beautiful park. For many years Mr. Cobb has been in public life, and while perfection is one of the impossibilities of mortal man, his record has been s\ifficiently acceptable to his constituents that he has always been re-elected with an increased majority. In IS 50 Miss Caroline Anderson became his wife and by him the father of five children: Orlando H., Alice, Catharine, George B. and Arthur T. Mrs. Cobb was born in Lawrence County, Ind., in 1830; a daughter of Archibald and Catharine Anderson.

OBLANDO H. COBB, attorney at law of Vincennes, Ind., is a native of Lawrence County, Ind., where he was born November 18, 1852. He is a son of Hon. Thomas B. and Caroline (Anderson) Cobb, and is of Scotch- Welsh origin. His boyhood days were spent in Bedford, Lawrence Co., Ind., where he attended the public schools, and there laid the foundation of his present thorough education. In September, 1868, he entered the Indiana University at Bloomington, and graduated from that institution June 23, 1872, and the following year graduated in the law department of t,he same school. In 1874 he was admitted to the Knox County bar, and that same year he formed a partnership with his father in the practice of his profession, and continued thus until 1883, when John T. Goodman was taken into partnership, and the firm is now known as Cobb, Cobb & Goodman. This is one of the ablest and most sagacious law firms of southern Indiana, as their large and extended practice indicates. Subject was married, November 11, 1874, to Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas P. and Margaret Beckes. Mrs. Cobb was born in 1853. In politics Mr. Cobb is a Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote for Horace Greeley.

JAMES H. COCHBAN, proprietor of the La Plante Hotel at Vincennes, Ind., was born in Gibson County, Ind., April 12, 1819; son of William and Elizabeth (Colvin) Cochran; natives respectively of Tennessee and Kentucky. James H. grew "to manhood in his native county, and assisted his parents on the farm, but secured a limited education. His father died when he was thirteen years of age, and on him devolved the duty of assisting his mother in providing for the family. He learned the carpenter's trade, at which he worked for some time in Princeton, when his health failed him and he contemplated returning home, but was offered a position as clerk in a hotel in that city and accepted, continuing at that work in Princeton and Evansville until he was married. He then kept hotel in Mount Carmel, III., fifteen months, and at the end of that period returned to Evansville and owned and managed the railroad hotel of that city a year. His wife, Mary Anderson, died about this time, and he then returned to his first employer, who had charge of a hotel in Evansville, and managed the City Hotel until his marriage to his present wife, Margaret (Mouser) Deer in 1856. He became general traveling agent for the Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad, continuing in that capacity seven years, when he conducted the old Parke Hotel in Rockville, Ind., for six years. At the end of that time he engaged in the book and stationery business in Evansville. In 1873 he again engaged in the hotel business in Montezuma, Ind., and conducted the Cochran House of that city four or five years. He again kept hotel in Rockville, and then returned to Montezuma and remained in the hotel business there until September, 1885. Since that time he has had control of the La Plante House of Vincennes with the best of success, as his long and varied experience would insure. Mr. Cochran's last marriage was blessed with eight children, four now living: Laura B. (wife of John E. Johnson), Jennie (wife of George A. Smith), John W. (clerk of the hotel), and Charley F. He also has two living children by his first marriage: Alice A. (wife of Joseph Hunt) and Morris J., attorney at law in Buena Vista, Col. Mr. Cochran is a Republican and a member of the I. O. O. R, and he and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

WILLIAM A. CULLOP, prosecuting attorney for the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, is a native of Busseron Township, Knox Co., Ind., born March 28, 1853, son of William and Maria J. Cullop, who were born in Smith County, Va., and Vigo County, Ind., in 1829 and 1836 respectively. The mother, whose maiden name was Patterson, died in 1874. In 1843 the Cullop family came to Indiana and located on a farm in Knox County. Here our subject spent his boyhood days. He attended the common schools of his native township, and in 1874 entered the college at Hanover, Ind., and graduated from that institution in 1878, and later became the principal of the Sandborn public schools. In 1879 he was elected to the chair of mathematics and natural science in the Vincennes University, and also began the study of law in that year. Tn 1880 he entered the law office of Cobb & Cobb, and there continued his studies until 1881, when he practiced for about one year, and then formed a partnership with George W. Shaw, the firm being known as Cullop & Shaw. In July, 1884, the firm admitted as a partner Clarence B. Kessinger, and since then the firm is called Cullop, Shaw & Kessinger. Politically Mr. Cullop is a thorough Democrat, and cast his first presidential vote for S. J. Tilden. In 1882 he was appointed deputy prosecuting attorney for the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, and in 1885 was appointed prosecuting attorney of that circuit. His marriage occurred in 1879 to Miss Kate S. Cobb, daughter of Hon. T. E. Cobb. They have one child, named Caroline, born September 14, 1883. For quite a number of years Mr. Cullop has taken an active part in the political affairs of the State, and is one of the prominent and l-ising men of southern Indiana.

NATHAN F. DALTON, wholesale and retail dealer in lumber and building goods in Vincennes, was born in Walworth County, Wis., March 15, 1845. Here he was raised on a farm, and received a very good academic education. At the age of nineteen he left home and accepted a position as clerk in the commission business in Chicago, where, at a later period, he engaged in the lumber business. In 1877 he came to this city and followed the same occupation with T. U. Lamport as partner, remaining together until 1882, when the latter withdrew from the business. Mr. Dalton has very successfully carried on the business alone since that time. March 27, 1873, he took for his companion through life Mary E. Test, a daughter of Hon. C. H. Test, of Indianapolis. To their union these three children were born : Charles T., Elizabeth H. and Natalie F. In polities Mr. Dalton is a stanch Eepublican. He is a Mason, and has taken an active interest in all public and private enterprises in the city since his residence here, and was the first president of the Vincennes Board of Trade, and is at the present time president and stockholder of the Spring Lake Ice Company. He is also president of the Indiana Lumber Dealers' Association. He and wife are members of the Episcopal Church, of which Mr. Dalton is war-

DR. WILLIAM H. DAVENPORT is a native of Indianapolis, Ind., where he was born July 20, 1850, son of Henry and Eliza Ann (Townsend) Davenport. The family is of English descent, and the father was born in Ohio in 1822, and the mother in Maryland in 1824. The paternal grandfather, Martin Davenport, was born in Pennsylvania, and came to Indiana at a very «arly day, locating in Indianapolis, where our subject's father became a prominent contractor, and was given the building of the first theater. He died in that city July 22, 1851. The mother died ten years later. Subject first attended the public schools of his native city, and then spent one year at Notre Dame, at South Bend, and then two years in Bryant & Stratton's college at Indianapolis, and then a short time at the Northwestern Christian University of that city. He began the study of medicine in 1872, and attended lectures at Ann Arbor, Mich., and Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, graduating March 20, 1881. He then located in Vincennes, Ind., where he is one of the prominent and successful physicians. In 1883-84 he was secretary of the United States Board of Examining Surgeons at Vincennes. He was married, June 12, 1884, to Mrs. Ruth O'Boyle, formerly Miss Watson, born July 26, 1845. In politics the Doctor is a Republican, and cast his first vote for U. S. Grant.

COL. WILLIAM N. DENNY was born May 12, 1836, at Bruceville, Ind., the fourth of eleven children of William and Catharine (Cook) Denny. The father was born in Kentucky, in 1802, and came to Knox County, Ind., with his parents when but two years old. The grandparents, James and Catharine Denny, were early settlers of the county. The father was reared in this county, and when young joined the Presbyterian Church, and for forty years previous to his death was an elder in the church. He was a farmer and merchant, and for eight years was clerk of the circuit court ; previous to that time he was justice of the peace and county commissioner. He was very energetic, and is said to have organized nine different Sunday-schools, and successfully carried them on. He will long be remembered as one of the most prominent and trustworthy men of the county. He died Febru- ary 8, 1862. The mother was born in central Tennessee in 1804, and is yet hale and strong, and the oldest member of the Presbyterian Church in the city of Vincennes. William N. was reared in Knox County, and secured a limited early education, but afterward attended the Vincennes University. When twenty-four years old he entered the army in Company G, Fourteenth Indiana Infantry as first lieutenant, but was transferred to the Fiftyfirst Indiana Volunteers, and was made captain of Company E, of which his father had been captain but resigned. He was then promoted to different ranks, and finally to the colonelcy, which he held to the close of the war. While a captain he was captured and taken to Libby prison, where he was for nearly two years, and there contracted disease which yet disables him. He made his escape by cutting a hole through a car in which he was being transferred. After his return from the war he farmed about a year, and was then appointed postmaster of Vincennes under Grant's administration, and served thirteen years, the longest term of any who have held the office. Since that time he has carried on farming, and owns eighty acres of very fine land. He was married, May 24, 1866, to Ellen K. Lemen, daughter of Benjamin F. Lemen, of Salem, 111., who was one of the early settlers of the Northwest Territory. She was born April 8, 1843, and has borne eight children, five now living, viz.: Katie E., Florene G., Gertrude L., Mary E. and Carrie C. Mr. and Mrs. Denny are members of the First Baptist Church of Vincennes, and are advocates of the temperance cause, Mrs. Denny being a very active and efficient worker. Mr. Denny is a Republican, and was deputy clerk of the county.

WILLIAM H. DeWOLF, attorney at law, was born in Fair Haven, Mass., September 30, 1832, son of John B. and Mary (Andrews) De Wolf, and of Scotch-Irish descent. His parents were both born in Nova Scotia in 1801. At the time of the Edict of Nantes the family came from France to America. The father died in Massachusetts, in 1860, and the mother in 1863. Our subject was educated in his native State, and began the study of law in 1850, and two years later came to Indiana and settled in Petersburg, Pike County. In 1857 he was admitted to the Pike County bar, and continued the practice until his removal to Knox County in 1864. That same year he formed a partnership with Judge W. E. Niblack, and remained in partnership with him until 1871. Two years later he became a partner with S. N. Chambers, the firm being known as DeWolf & Chambers. He was married, in 1857, to Carrie H. Drake, a native of the " Empire State" and daughter of Henry Drake. They have three children : Clara, Edgar and Anna. In politics he is a Democrat, and one of the most prominent lawyers of the Vincennes bar. He became a Mason in 1860, and is also an I. O. 0. F., made such in 1857, having been Grand Master of this order.

JAMES DICK, one of the prominent early settlers of the coiinty, was born in Leslie, Scotland, January 26, 1806, and was of pure Scotch descent. His ancestors for many generations were natives of Scotland. He attended school in his native country, and there received a complete education. He came to America in 1832, but remained only a short time, and then returned to his native land and there remained until 1836, when he again immigrated to the United States and located in Decker Township, Knox Co., Ind., where he carried on the farming business, having learned to farm in his native land. He was a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Constitutional Convention. September 6, 1828, he was married to Miss Wilhelmina "Watson, by whom he had these children: Marion, Isabella, Wilhelmina, Jemima, Christena, Geoi-ge, Elizabeth, William, James A., Anna, Wellington, Jemima and Emma. In 1853 he was appointed postmaster at Vincennes, under Pierce, and in 1857 was elected mayor of the city, and served one term. His death occurred November 24, 1863. He was an enterprising and eminent man, and one who had many friends.

H. H. DUBOIS is a son born to the marriage of Henry Dubois and Ophelia Clark, and was born January 15, 1820, in Lawrenceville, 111., and on the death of his mother, while he was yet quite young, he went to live with an uncle, and remained with him until fifteen years of age, when he went to Vincennes, Ind., and began learning the tinner's trade under Nicholas Smith, with whom he remained over twenty years. After a short stay in Evansville, Ind., he returned to Vincennes and opened a shop on his own responsibility, and is doing a lively business. In

1842 Mr. Dubois took for his life companion Clarissa Devine, by whom he had one child, but both soon after died, and he then wedded, in 1848, Lydia Watson, by whom he has had twelve children. Of these Sarah, William, Jessie, Kate (Wager) and two infants are deceased, and Ophelia, George, Fred, Henry, Jessie and Sarah are still living. Mr. Dubois is a distant relative of Toussaint Dubois, well known in the early history of the county, and in politics is a stanch Republican.

GERHARD H. DUESTERBERG, Sb., a prominent pioneer citizen of Vincennes, Ind., was born in the kingdom of Hanover, Prussia, November 18, 1811, son of Bernard H. and Maria Angela (Kiewitj Duesterberg, who were natives of the same place. Gerhard was reared in the old country, where he secured a good education in his native language. He learned the manufacture of spinning-wheels, and followed that occupation until 1834, when he came to the United States, and worked first in Buffalo, N. Y., Sandusky, Ohio, and then settled in Cincinnati, where he was joined by his parents, who came over in 1837, - and made that city their home until their deaths. In 1837 Gerhard came to Vincennes, and worked for John Moore as a wood-turner two years, and then started a similar business for himself, which he has continued ever since, in later years engaging also in the undertaking business. By industry and close attention to business he has succeeded in acquiring a comfortable competency, and has a fairly large and remunerative business. In 1837 he was married to Caroline Beckman, a native of Germany, and all the German families of the city attended the wedding, viz. : Ferdinand Eberweyn and wife, Messrs. Collenberg and Klaus, Franz Peters and wife, Frank Spelmeier and wife, and the rest younger persons. To Mr. and Mrs. Duesterberg ten children were born, eight of whom are living: Henry B., city treasurer; John M., druggist of the city; Gerhard H, grocer of the city; Lorenz, in business with his father; Caroline, wife of John Ostendorf ; Mary, wife of Henry Terher; Julia and Elizabeth. Mr. Duesterberg is a Democrat in politics. He was a member of the city council a number of terms, and was a member of the school board twelve years, city treasurer four years, and has been a member of the city board of health

HENEY B. DUESTERBEEG, city treasurer of Vincemies, Ind., was born in that city December 9, 1842. son of Gerhard H. and Caroline (Beckman) Duesterberg, who were born in Hanover, Germany. Subject was raised in the city with his parents, and secured a very ordinary education. At the age of fifteen he began learning the cabinet-maker's trade, which he mastered and followed until 1872, when he engaged in the undertaking and cabinetmaking business in Vincennes, with his father, and continued actively in the business until September 1883, when he took charge of the city treasurer's office, serving one term of two years, and was re-elected in May, 1885, and is now serving faithfully and and efficiently in this capacity. He is a Democrat, and was elected to his office on this ticket, having been an active worker in local campaigns for some years. July 30, 1867, he chose for his life companion Elizabeth Memering, a native of Hanover, Germany. To their union eight children were born - five sons and three daughters. He and family are members of the Catholic Church, and he is a member of the St. Francis Xavier branch, No. 256, of the Catholic Knights, and is recognized as one among the enterprising and successful citizens of the town and county.

JOHN M. DUESTERBEEG is a son of Gerhard H. and Caroline (Beckman) Duesterberg, and was born in Vincennes September 20, 1814:. He is of German descent, and is the fourth in the family. He received a common school education at the Catholic and public schools, and in 1860 began the drug business in this city in the store of H. E. Peck, and remained with him three years, and then remained with W. J. Luck one year, and then entered the employ of J. D. Lander, also having an interest in the business. In 1875 he entered the same business for himself on Main Street, but sold out in 1880, and engaged in the dry goods and grocery business, In 1883 he returned to his old employment and began selling drugs at his present location, and has a full line of choice drugs. He was married, January 2, 1872, to Miss Lizzie Tracy, a native of Vincennes. Mrs. Duesterberg died the same year. In 1874 he wedded Miss Mary Rikoff, a native of Cincin- nati, Ohio, born in 1851. He is a Democrat, and in 1870 he was elected to the city council and served two years. He was chosen township trustee in 1872, and was re-elected in 1874, and again in 1876. He is a member of the Catholic Church, and a representative of one of the old families of the county.

JOHN EBNER is a son of George and Kathrina Ebner, who were natives of Alsace, France (now Germany), where they lived and died. John was born in the same place as his parents June 8, 1817. He was reared in his native land and secured a common German and French education. At the age of fifteen he began learning the miller's trade, which he mastered, and then learned the baker's trade. At the age of twenty-one he enlisted in the regular French Army, serving six years. They were stationed in Africa five years, and he served in the capacity of baker. In 1846 he came to the United States and worked at the baker's trade in New Orleans three months, then in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he soon engaged in steamboating on the Ohio River two years. In the spring of 1849 he came to Vincennes, and after laboring long enough to acquire some means he started a bakery and family grocery store, continuing four years with good success. He then continued two years longer in groceries alone, and on a large scale, but was burned out and broken up in 1855. He soon accumulated enough means to build a brewery one-half mile east of the city, and also began retailing liquors. In 1859-60 he bmlt and started the present Eagle Brewery of the city, and continued in the active management of the same until 1878. He also engaged in the ice business in 1860, and now owns four large ice houses, near the river, with a capacity of 13,000 tons of ice. He has. probably contributed as much toward the growth and prosperity of Vincennes as any other citizen of Vincennes. He has built a number of good business blocks and dwellings, notably the First National Bank building. In 1848 he married Kathrina Scherer, who died sis years later, leaving two children, who are both deceased. Later he married Kathrina Kuhn, his present wife. They have six children: Lena, wife of Joseph Smith; John; Mary, wife of Benjamin Wiesney (?); Joseph; Lorance and Theresa. Mr. Ebner is a Democrat, and was a member of the city council four years. He and wife are members of the

JAMES EMISON, senior member of the firm of J. & S. Endson, proprietors and operators of the Atlas Mills and Elevator A at Vincennes, is a native of Knox County, having been born in that county October 15, 1840. He is the eldest of two sons and one daughter living, born to James W. and Emeline (Scott) Emison, both natives of Knox County. Thomas Emison, our subject's grandfather, came to Knox County about 1805 and established the Marie Creek Saw and Grist-mill and a small distillery which he operated during his life, it being the first combined enterprise of the kind in the township and one of the first of any importance in the county. James M. was reared by his father to the business and operated it successfully during his life, and transacted quite an extensive business in this and also in real estate, grain and live-stock, and accumulated considerable property. His death occurred in Washington Township June 14, 1861. The mother still survives him, being in her seventy-first year. The subject of this sketch was brought up by his father in his native township, and secured a good common school education. After his father's death himself and an elder brother, Samuel (now decased), took the active management of the farm and mill, and a few years later our subject took complete control of the mills, which he operated successfully until 1879, when he removed to'Vincennes, and in company with Scott, his brother, built the Atlas Mills of this city, at first putting in four sets of buhrs, but six months later replaced them with new improved rollers, and has operated the mills successfully until the present time, the mills having a capacity of 300 barrels of flour per day. The mills were partially destroyed by fire May 4, 1885, and the proprietors are now engaged in erecting an addition thereto, which when completed will enlarge the capacity of the mills to 500 barrels per day. In 1883 the firm purchased the Jones & Co. Elevator A, which they have since operated successfully in connection with the mills, handling on an average 400,000 bushels of wheat and the same amount of corn per annum, and giving employment to thirty-five men. In October, 1871, James Emison was married to Hulda McClellan, a native of the county, who died in March, 1881, leaving three children: Stella, Maud and Samuel. Mr. Emison is a Democrat, and was elected county commissioner in 1878, but resigned after a few months' service. He is one of the enterprising and successful business men of the county.

SCOTT EMISON, junior member of the firm of J. & S. Emison, was born in Washington Township, Knox County, Septemtember 23, 1855, and is a son of James M. Emison. He was brought up by his parents in his native township, and secured a good literary and business education, graduating from the busicollege of Indianapolis and then attending Hanover College until he completed his sophomore year. At the age of twenty-one he returned home and accepted a clerkship with G. Winstein & Co., of Vincennes, remaining with them three years, after which he clerked two years in a mercantile house in Oaktown. In 1879 he engaged in the milling business with his brother and present partner. He is a Democrat and unmarried, and, like his brother, is recognized as one of the enterprising and successful business men of the county.

GEOKGE FENDKICH, wholesale and retail tobacconist of Vincennes, Ind., was born in Baltimore, Md., March 17, 1841, and is a son of David and Mary (Sauers) Fendrich, who were born in Germany. The father came to the United States when a young man, married, and located in Baltimore until within about a year of his death, when he removed to this city and resided with our subject until his death in 1881. The mother died in Baltimore. George was reared in his native city and secured a good education in the public schools. By the time he had reached his fifteenth year he had mastered the cigar-maker's trade, and left home, working at his trade in a store in Columbia, Penn. In 1861 he came to Evansville, Ind., and clerked in the wholesale cigar and tobacco business until 1864, when he came to this city and started a cigar manufactory on a small scale. His business increased from time to time so that he gradually dispensed with making his stock, and now carries a large and select stock of imported and domestic cigars, snuffs, pipes, chewing and smoking tobacco, etc., and has the only establishment of the kind in the city. October 11, 1870, he was united in matrimony to Theresa

"Worth, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, They became the parents of five children, four now living; Mary K., Clara, John J. and Helen. Mr. Fendrich is a Democrat in politics and has always manifested considerable interest in political affairs. He was a member of the city council three years, and in 1873 was appointed chief of the Vincennes fire department, which position he has filled with ability to the present time.

HIKAM A. FOULKS, cashier of the Vincennes National Bank, is a native of Knox County, Ind., born May 7, 1S32. He and Mrs. Isabel Patterson, of California, being the only surviving members of the family of William G. and Isabel (Charles) Foulks, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and North Carolina. The father came West in 1818 and lived for some time in Illinois, and finally came to Knox County, Ind., in 1828, locating about two miles from Vincennes, where he engaged in the combined occupations of farming, general merchandise and the manufacture of cigars and tobacco, the latter having been his chosen calling in early life. In 1874 he moved to Missouri, where he died in 1876. The mother died in Knox County about the close of the war, and the father afterward married a Mrs. Elizabeth Patterson, who is now deceased. Hiram A. was raised with his parents, securing a good preliminary education in the public schools. At the age of nineteen he entered the military institute near Frankfort, Ky., and graduated in the scientific course in 1852. He then returned to Knox County, Ind., and followed 'civil engineering and surveying for three or four years. In 1855 he accepted the position of deputy auditor of the county and served eight years, and was then elected auditor of the county, and held the position two terms of four years each. At the expiration of his term in 1872 he opened an abstract of titles and real estate office, continuing about four years, and then served four years in the recorder's office. In June, 1881, he was chosen cashier of the Vincennes National Bank, which position he has filled faithfully and efficiently to the present time. In 1857 he married Mary E. Mc- Kee, a native of Knox County. To them were born these children: Charles A., William M., Hiram J., Frank D., Henry E., Robert N., George W. and two daughters deceased. Mr. Foulks has been an active Democrat in politics a number of years. He became a member of the I. O. O. F. in 1864, and is one of the successful and enterprising business men of the city and county. He has invested considerable money in farming lands and owns a one-half interest in 1,400 acres of land in the White River bottoms near Deckertown, which is well stocked with horses, cattle, mules, etc.

GEOEGE FYFIELD, proprietor of the Wabash Woolen Mills at Vincennes, Ind., is one of five children born to the marriage of George Fyfield and Eliza Atwell, born in Manchester, England, and Ohio, respectively. The father came to the United States about 1830, and engaged in the cotton business in Cincinnati. Ohio, and in 1832 he came to this city and took charge of the " Davis S. Bonner." In 1862 he, in company with L. H. Grammer, started the Wabash Woolen Mills, which they operated successfully eight or ten years. The mills then passed out of his ownership, but he continued to work in them, and later bought the entire factory, which he operated successfully until his death, April 30, 1885. George was brought up in the business with his father, and since the latter's death he has owned and operated the factory with the best of success. They manufacture a superior quality of jeans, satinets, flannels and blankets, finding a good local demand for all the goods manufactured. George employs ten hands, and is doing a lucrative business. In 1880 he married Jennie Borrowman, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. They have two children: Belle and Frank. He is a Republican and a K. of P. He is a member of the Episcopal Church, and his wife is a Presbyterian.

JOHN W. G ADDIS, professional architect, of Vincennes, Ind., was born in Olney, 111., December 2, 1858, and is a son of George and Julia Ann (Brillhart) Gaddis. The father was born in Evansville, Ind., in 1831, and the mother in York, Penn., in 1845. Our subject attended the public schools of Olny, and spent 1877-78-79-80 in the Illinois State University at Urbana, 111. Here he took a full course in architecture, and later built the public school building at Newton, 111. ; the same at Sumner, 111. ; the opera house at Newton; the Holdzkom block at Effingham, 111., and has worked in Salem, that State. He has also exercised his skill in Albion, Washington, Petersburgh and Worthington,

Incl; the Presbyterian Church at Vincennes; Bernhard Kuhn's residence in the same place; E. Bierhaus & Son's wholesale grocery block, and many other buildings. He moved to Vincennes, Ind., in the fall of 1883, and here still resides. He is a member of the K. of P., and was married November 26, 1885, to Miss Ellen E. Loten, of Vincennes. He is the only architect in the city, and is a thorough master of his profession.

ELBEIDGE G. GARDNER, a prominent pioneer citizen of Vincennes, Ind., and native of the city, was born April 1, 1S20, and is one of three surviving members of a family of nine children, of which he was the eldest, born to Andrew and Hannah (Swift) Gardner, natives respectively of Massachusetts and New Jersey. The father came West about 1812, and located in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he followed his trade of cabinet-making. In 1816 he came to this city and started in business for himself in the manufacture and sale of furniture and undertaking goods, this being the foundation of the present business conducted by our subject. Andrew Gardner was well and favorably known in the county as an enterprising and successful business man. He was a Democrat in politics, and held various offices of trust in the county, such as treasurer, commissioner, and other local offices. He was a leading member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died in 1860, and the mother in 1874 Our s\ibject was reared in his father's store, and secured the ordinary education of the day. In 1840 he married his present wife, Dorcas Fellows, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and continued in business with his father until the latter's death, and has since carried on the business successfully alone. Mr. and Mrs. Gardner became the parents of nine children, six of whom are living : Nancy, wife of Hiram Baker; Dexter, in business with his father; Edward, connected with the business ; Lucy, wife of M. L. Seddelmeyer ; Willis F. and Hannah E. Mr. Gardner is a Democrat of the Jacksonian school, and has held various minor offices in the county. He is a member of the Encampment, I. O. O. F., and is a trustee and firm supporter of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which he and family belong.

of Chester H. and Freedom (Pomeroy) Ghee, who were born in Northampton, Mass. Milton P. was raised in his native county on a farm, and received a good academic education. At the age of twenty-four he began teaching school in his native State, and in 1845 came to Vincennes and followed the same profession two years. He then accepted the position of deputy county auditor, which he held nine years, aDd then took an interest in the book and stationery, and also newspaper business. He purchased an interest in the Daily and Weekly Gazette, which he conducted successfully until the beginning of the war. He then became bookkeeper for H. B. Shepard, the collector of internal revenues for the First District, continuing eight years, and in 1868 was appointed United States gauger of distilled spirits for the First District, and filled the office very efficienly until 1874. In the meantime he engaged in the fire and life insurance business, and in 1875 established an office in the city, and has met with good and well-deserved success. April 8. 1847, he married Sophia A. Laughton, a native of the county. To them were born these four children: Sophia A., wife of F. A. Hyatt; Mary O., wife of John A. Hatcher; Carrie H. and Milton P., Jr., at work in the Phoenix Fire Insurance Company, of Chicago. Mr. Ghee is a stanch Republican in politics, and has taken an active interest in the campaigns of the county and district, and has been an ardent worker for the interests of his party. He is a member of the- 1. O. O. F. and Episcopal Church, as is his wife, and is justly recognized as one of the successful and highly respected business men of Vincennes.

JOHN T. GOODMAN, attorney at law and member of the firm Cobb, Cobb & Goodman, is a native of Knox County, Ind., where he was born March 1, 1861, and is a son of "William and Mary (Pickle) Goodman. He is of Dutch -English descent, and his father was born in Knox County in 1834. He was a farmer by occupation, and was a resident of this county all his life. His death occurred in 1864. The mother was also a native of Knox County, born in 1840, and died here in 1878. The paternal grandfather, John Goodman, was a Kentuckian by birth, and came to Indiana about 1825, settling near Edwardsport, where he died in 1850. The boyhood days of our subject were spent on the farm and in attending the district schools in his neighborhood. In 1878 he became a student at the Knox County Normal School, at Edwardsport, and in 1879 entered the Danville Central Normal College and remained there two years. In 1881 he began studying Blackstone in the law office of Cobb & Cobb, and was admitted to the Knox County bar in 1882. Since that time he has been actively practicing his profession. He is one of the leading attorneys of the county, and promises to rank among the first in his profession. In October, 1883, he became one of the firm of Cobb & Cobb, and has since continued. He is a Democrat in politics, and has taken an active interest in politics for the last eight years, and has gained some reputation as a political speaker. He cast his first presidential vote for Grover Cleveland. He is a Mason, and was married, December 13, 1883, to Mary E. Fuller, a native of the county, born October 28, 1865. They have one child - Charles O. Mrs. Goodman is a daughter of George W. Fuller, a prominent citizen of Bicknell, Knox Co., Ind.

CHAELES GRAETEE, retired merchant, is a native of Alsace, Germany (formerly a French possession), born May 12, 1811. He is a son of August C. and Elizabeth Graeter, and is of French-German descent. His father was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, in 1748, and died in his native land in 1820. His mother was born in the interior of France. The Graeter family has been known in what is now Knox County, Ind., since 1772. The first of the family who came to America was Frederick Graeter, an uncle of our subject. He was a fur trader, and served as justice of the peace a number of years. He died here in 1829. The second of the family who came to Indiana was Christian Graeter, a brother of our subject, who came prior to 1800. He was a tavern-keeper and merchant, and died about 1833. Charles Graeter came to America in 1837. He was educated in his native country, and in early manhood carried on a confectionery business. In 1838 he began keeping a bakery and confectionery store, and in 1842 he began general merchandising, and continued the same until 1875, when he retired from active business life. Since then he has been engaged in the real estate business, and in 1885 erected what is now one of the finest and most extensive business blocks in the city - 54x132 feet and three and a half stories high, and cost $25,000. It is a great credit to the city and to the public spirit and enterprise of its owner. In politics Mr. Graeter is a Democrat, and has been a member of the city council. He is a Mason, and is liberal in his religious belief. He brought the first billiard table in the city from France to Vincennes. He is one of the leading men of the city.