Daviess County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1915 (part 2 of 7)

There is no class tn whom greater gratitmle is due from the world at large than to the scl l-sacrilicing. sympathelic, iiMble-miiided men whM>u lite work is the alleviatiMii of hum.an Miffering and the administering ol ciiinf..ri I,. iIr- afihcieil. riiere is no .-tandard bv whidi their benelicent indueiice can be measured. Ilieir helplulness is hmiied only by the extent of their kn.iwledge and .skill, while their power goes hand in hand with the wonderful laws of nature and springs from the very snurce .d' hie itself. Some one has aptly said, "lie serves (iod best wh.. .serves humanity most." Among the ])hysici.ins and surgCMiis of Daviess county who ha\ e risen to eminence in tlieir chosen field of endeavor is Dr. J.ames IX'Motte, of Od.ni. Doctor DeMotte's career has been marked In' bnxid-miiuled and conscientious service in a sphere to which his life's energies lia\-e been devoted. His lirofound knowledge of his pndession has W..11 for him a leading place

Jerome DeAIotte was l)(jrn in Pike county, Inchana. in 1869, tlie son of Albert and EHzaljeth (Andersini ) DeiMtjtte, llie former a nali\-e of I'ike county and tlie latter of Duliois county, Indiana. Albert DcAbjtte's parents were Lawrence and Phoebe ( llanta ) DeMotle, who came from Mercer Count}', Kentucky, and settleil on the farm where, twn generations later. Dr. jercjme ] )eMotte was burn, entering their land at the \'incennes land office on January 15, iSiS. Lawrence DeAlutte entered aU)ut two hundred acres of land, clearetl it and established a home in the wilderness, and there he spent the rest of his life, his death ncciirring in I1S7J. The father of Lawrence JXAIotte was John DeMutte, uf Alerccr ccunty, Kentucky, whi> lived and died in that cuunty. where he was a farmer. 'I"he family originallv came fmm I'rance and settled in New |erse\- and from that stale Certain members <if the family mi)\cd in Kentuc!:\'.

The maternal grandparents iti Doctor DeMotte were William and I'^lizabeth (Marris) Anderson, who came from Kentucky to Dubois county, hidiana, in 1816, and entered a tract of three hundred acres uf land. The home which they established in the wilderness is still in possession of the family, lioth William Anderson and his wife died upun this farm. LTi)oii coming frLun Kentucky to Indiana, W'illiam An<!erson dro\'e se\enty hogs through from Kentucky and these \\'erc the lir.sl lame hogs in this section of the country. Tlie following winter was \'ery se\ere and bears killed all except five of the numl)er.

Albert DeMotte receiveil onh' a verv limited education in the early schools of his (lay, it being necessary for liim to go through the woods three and four miles ti) school, lie was a f.armer all of his life on the old DeAIotte farm, which is still owned bv the f;nnilv. The children of Albert l''.h/a1ieth ( .\nderson ) I'eMotle were l\ll;i. Llar.a, I'.K is, Jerome .-ind Sebastian.

Jerome De.Motte recei\ed a comuKin school edncatii'U .and in lN8() attended the Southern Indiana Normal School, now extinct, ;it .Mitchell, Jndi;ma. lie also was a student at the Princeton Xormal C'oUege in iSgo and iSoi ;uid w;is graduated from this institution in the latter }ear. SubsecpientK' he taught scliool |or three vears .and then, in iSuJ. entered the L'ni\ersity of Michig.an. remaining there mitil 1803. lie then spent one year at the ( Jhio Medical College and was gr.adualnl with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. ] fe took- n]i the practice of medicine in i8</') at Odon i)(x'tor DeMotte is a memher of tiie Daviess (,"ounty Societv and the Indiana State Medical Association, and he and his family are memhers of the Christian church. Doctor DeMotte ha^ ac([uireil an enviahle standing; among the ])rnfessioii;il men of Da\ ie>s coiinlv. lie possesses, in the highest degree, the conlidence <and re>pect of his p.atients, and enjos-s a large and dourishing practice in that section of Da\'ie,^s comity.

Indiana has alw;i)'s heen distinguished for the high rank of her bench and liar. Perhaps nMiic of the newer state.-- can justly l)o;ist ol ahler jurists ur attornecs, man\' of whom ha\e heen men of national fame. .Nmi.mg those whose lives ha\e been passed <jn a quieter ])lane, there is scarcely a town or cit_\' in the state that cannot Imast of one fir more lawA'crs capable of crossing swords in fcirensic combat with mrmv <if the distinguished legal lights of the coiuUry. While the grcAvlh and dexelopment of the state in the last half cenlur_\' has been must marvelous, \'iewed from ;iny standpoint; }'et (jf no one class cd' her citizenship has she greater reason for just pride than her judges .ami altornews. In lulgar d". l.aughliu. a \velhkn(:iwn attornev of ( )don, Indiana, are found manv of the rare (|uah'lies which go to m.ike the successful lawyer and jurist, lie ]ii>s-'esses perhaps few of those brilliant, dazzling, meteoric (pialilies which sometimes ll.ash along the legal horizon, riseling the gaze and ]>lintling tlie \ision for tlie moment, then ilisappearing, le.ix'iug little or no tr.ace behind: but rather h.as those solid and more substantial <|n,alities which shine with CiiUslani lusler, shedding light in llie d.irk pl.ices with steadiness an<l continuitx-.

lulgar T. I.;mghlin was born at ( )don. Indiana, on December S, 1S75, the son of Joseph D. and h.akie j. ( 1 .edgerw (h id ) l.aughliu, .and u;i- educated in the ( )don public schools, spending ,a short time, in the years iNS(')-8j-, in the Washington ])ublic schools. His father was county ])riisecuting alloruev a part of this time, ^'olnlg l.aughliu to.ik the hiiuors of

An nnele of Joseph D. kan-hlin, Joseph C. kan-hlin, had three sons in C'onipanv 1'., Twent\-se\ entli Ke-iment, Indiana \olnnteer Inlantry. They were James k.. John R. ,ind Josei)h 11. lame-^ I'., was wounded at Ihiektoii Station and :it .\ntietam. km snrvi\ed the war. John U. was wounded at Aiuietam an<l some years after the war died of his wounds.

were tlie parents of eleven chiklren, as fullow : Eliza Jane, Margaret,. Thomas, Barbara, Elizabeth, James, William, Amanda, Charles, Lakie Jane and AliUon. James Ledgerwood, wIkj lixed until ii;io, ser\etl in Company C, Ninety-tirst Indiana \'«ilunteer Infantry, during- the Civil War.

b'leven children were burn to Joseph 1). and I.akie J. ( Ledgerwood ) Laughlin, as follow: Laura, lidgar T., Lily, Maude, llertha, Oliver IJ., I'^lizabeth, Jane, Nellie, Ci>ra and Daisy Eay. Joseph D. Laughlin and family are memliers of the Methodist l^jiscnpal church, and he is a niemlier of J. W. Thornburg Post No. 474, Grand .\rmy ni the l\e])ul>lic, at Od.in, Lidiana. Mr. Laughlin is the m.ni wlm olitained the construcliDii of the railroad into Odon. It was through his efforts th;it the name of Clark.sburg was changed to Odon.

Among the men of sterling W(]rlh and strengtii of character who created a profound impression on the communal life of this localitv, no one achieved a larger meed of popular respect than the Late Hiram Hyatt. His life-long residence in one locaIit\ ga\e the peo]i]e an (ipportunitv to know him in every pha>e of his character. That he was true to life in its every ph;L>c is manifest by the esteem and reg.ard in which he w.as held during his life and the reaped that is paid to his memory, lie won success b\- his own honest endeavor and indomitable energy, lie ]ilaceil him.self in the front r;mk of the enterprising cilizen^ of l)a\iess county by exercising these excellent ipialities. 1 k- oiit.sirippi'd the less ;icti\e ploilders on die highwav ol liU' and achieved a marked success. His i.-, ,1 name that all men who remcmlier him delight to h'.iior llecau-^e of ||i^ u]>ri'^ht life and whi'lc-oine habit-.

Hiram Hyatt was born on June o, 1847, -'"'' 'l''-''' "" I'ebruary 16, iSi/i. He was a son of bdisha Hyatt, Sr., a large landowner of Daviess county. Hiram fly.alt was educated in the common schools ,,{ D.aviess counl\-, and when a \oung man entered a bank in Washington. f.ater he became a grain merchant, and looked after his father's estate. He was ritv treasurer ol Wasbiiigtou for a number of years and prominent in the Councils ol the Kcpnblican p;irt\ in D.ixiess countw He was a prominent member ol the .\l;isonic fralernit\ and was a Knight Teni]ilar, beini; past eminent commander at the time of his death. .\t the a-e of eighteen he became a deacon in the I 'iJe-byterian church and served throughout his h fe in that

Daviess Countv, Ixdiana

Col. John \'an Trees, the father id" Mrs. Ilyatt, was l.>orn on September 4, 1N04, on llie Little Miami ri\iT, near (Cincinnati, Ohio, a snn of Emanuel and Julia (.Storms) \'an Trees, hananuel \';ui Trees was a nati\e of Penns\l\'ania, and his father was a nati\e nf I leidelliurg, (ierman_\-. Emanuel \ an Trees came to Daxiess tount}- in iSk^ and helped la}- out the town of Washington. He had conie west, h(iwe\'er, about nine years ])reviously. lie died in a log house that stood on \\hat is now the corner of h'ast Sixth and Main streets, in the county seat, lie was tlie lirst clerk of the court in Da\'iess county, and was succeeded in that office Ijy his son, Col. bihn \ an Trees, at the time nt his death.

Cnl. Jdhn \'aii Trees was educated in the pinneer schools of Daviess comit}-, but was alnmst wholly seif-educaled. lie .stocd high in the educational affairs of l)a\iess c<)iuity in his ilay and generation. lie wa- a thorougit master id' the (ierm.ui l.ingu.age, a> this language was s])Mken in his hi line. After retiring from the office of count}' clerk he became a merchant, and fur m,in}- \-ears was engaged in the mercantile business, lie died on Januar}- iN, t<Si;5, at the ad\-anced age of ninety }-ears. Cul. John \'an Trees erected a tine house in the cnlonial st}le in the place of the log house which his father had built, and li\-eil there the rest of his life, this liouse still being owned b}' the famil}-. b'.arh' in life Colonel \'an Trees was a ^\'hig, but later became a Republican, and was mice a candidate lur state treasurer. Ciilunel \'an Trees had twn sous. Charles R. and llenr}' ]'.., who parlicipaled in the l'i\il War. I lis f:uiiil\- ciiisistcd nf li\e -mis and fue daughters, all of whmii lived tn reach middle age. d'hree smis and three datighters are still li\ing, nameh' : Jnhn, u\ St. Eouis, Missnuri; llenr}- E., a resident of Californi,-i ; William E, id' Washiugtmi; Mr-. Helen S. Scudder, of Wasiiington ; Eida, living on the nld hmne pl;ice, and Mrs. bjnm;i R. Hyatt, the widow of Tliram Ilyatt.

'I'hL- carLcr of Gc-nrm.' Godwin, head nf ihc lirni uf (icorge Godwin iV Son, contains no exciting cliapter of tragic e\ents, hut is replete with welldelined jmrposes which, carried tu snccessfnl issne, ha\e unn for hint an inllneniial phice in the hnsiness circles of Washington and IJ^aviess couni\'. as well as high personal standing among his fellow citizens. His life work lias heen on of unceasing industry and ])erse\-eran'ce. The ssstematic and hoiioralile methods which he has ever followed haw resulted not only in winning the confidence ot those with whom he has had dealings, hnl also in hnilding nj) a large and prolitahle Inisiness in the sale of drv goods and groceries.

(icorge ('io<lwin was horn in l\ee\-e townslii|), Daxiess count''., Indiana, on May 5. iNdj, a son of Ivlward and Mother ( .Mien 1 Godwin, the former a native of Maryland, and the latter of Indiana, who were the ]iareiUs of ti\-e children: .\lfred M., deceased; lunma Jane, deceased, who was the wife of Keuhen .\. I'erkins: George, of Washington, this count\": lesse, of Mitchell, Indiana, and Martha, the wife of James Iv. (iillew of Washington.

h.dward fiodwin c.une to Indi.ana with his parein^ in iS.^l. rhe\- settled in I'.arr township, this county, and soon afterward ino\-ed to Knox county, near lulwardsport ; hut hefore the hreaking out id" the Cixil W'ar they retiu'ued to |)a\'ii.'ss conntx'. and here h'dw.ird GMilwiu grew to manh'lod and hecame a suhstantird farmer, lie first i)m'ch;isrd ;i claim of f.irtv acres and added to it inilil at one lime he owned ahout two hundreil and loity acres ol land in Ree\e township, dhei'e he reareil his famih', and there he died at the age of se\-ent\ -three \ears. Ills widow still sur\i\es and now Ih'es with her daughter, Mrs. Alartha Gilkw. I'otli were memliers of the (dirisiian church, in which Mr. Godwin was ;ui elder for more than fort\' \ears. _

'i he paternal grandfather of Geiirge Godwin was Jesse Godwin, who married in Greenwood and came from I.i\eri)oo|, hjigland, to the Gnited States, settling first in Maryl.and. .Suhsei|nenll_\- they came to I );i\-iess comity, arrix'ing here in 1 N,^ 1 . Jesse Godwin's wife died at hMwardspi u't, Kno\

George (iodwin was reared I'li his father's farm in Kee\'e town>hii), atlendini; the district schools, and !i\ed at home imtil he w.is twenty-four \ears of ai;e. He he.gan his career as a merchant in ihe town ol' Altord-.- ville. where he conducted a general >tore for twn years hefore hi^ marriage. ( )n the ^th of lannarw 1SS5, this store was destroyed liy fire and .Mr. ( iodwin lost all his goods. (Jn April nj, 1SS5, he opened the Inisiness again on the same s]iot, where lie continued in husiness until 19(17, in which _\ear he moved to Washington. In H)af> Mr. (jodwin was elected county treasurer, serving four \ears, coni|jrisiiig two terms, lie became connected with the State llauk of \\'a^hington in the meantime, ha\-iug assisteil in its organization, and acteil a^ its president for two years. Sul)^e(|Uently he resigned tlii^ office and purcha-ed his iire<eui dry-goinls and grocery store in i()i-'. .Mr. (iodwui has a-^ociated w uli him in ihi.- luisiness hi> three >ons, Xeil. Iseuli and Ralph.

On Jaiiuan- 15, lyu, Mr. Gndwin married, .secondl)-, Airs. Carrie B. Danle)', widow of Joseph Daiile_\-, and a daughter of I'di and Sarah Gill. She was liorn in C)hi(j, of which state her parents aLo were natives, the latter inoN'int^" to Illinois about the time of the C'i\il War, settlings at Idora. Her father died there at the aye of se\ent) -one, while her nn^ther is still li\ing. Mrs. Carrie l'>. Codwin is a member of the Westminster I'resl/yterian church in Washington. Mr. (iodwin i> a member ot Loogontee Lijdge Xo. 6j(), l''ree and Accepted Ma.sons, and nf Ci\eri)0ol Lodge N(j. ] 10, Independent Order of ( )dd bellows, lie also belongs to the hnpro\'e(l Order of iiL-d Meri, the lien llur Society, the .Mndern Woodmen of the World, and the Modern Woodmen of America.

bew men li\ing in the cil\' of Wa>hington are belter known than George Godwin and tew men mure tli'iroughh' de^er\e the confidence and esteem of their fellnw citizens than he. lie has been successful in business affairs, and has managed tn ac(|uire a substantial C(ini]ietence for his old age, when ihat time cniiies. llis success in life is founded upon a reputation for hone.stN' and si|uare-dealing. Mr. God\\iu's three sous, who are now associated with him in business, are ei|nalh- devoted to the methods which !ia\e been established by their wnrihy father, and are regardeij as among; the rising young business men id' the coinU\- seat.

l'erse\'erance and sterling wirth are .almost alwa\s certain to win conspicuiius recognition in any lucality. .\l\a ( )ns b'ulkersi .u. die jiresent Cimnty supeiMniendeiil of schools of haxicss ccuiiuy, Indian, i, and fnnnerlx- a wellknown teacher in the Washington high school, is a splendid example of the successful self-made man. lie not only eminently deserxes the CMulidence reposed in him by the trustees of the warious townships (d' Da\'iess county and the people of l)a\-iess county as well; but he also possesses the talents and forcefulness which ha\'e made him one of the leading count\- superintendents in the state of Imliana. lie is now ])resident of the State Counts- Superintendents' Association, lie was a successful instructor and in his present position has dmie much tn raise the stand.ard of the iniblic schools of Daviess county, lie is a man of strong liber and vigorous mentality.

ideiititied with llie Democratic party, ami during (Uic campait^'ii sctn ed as cc)unl\' chairman nf his partv. Mr. I'"u1kcr--nn is a director in the Stale I'ank of \\'a>hin,i;ton, and a (hrector in the L'nion Sa\'in,<;s an<l Loan Association of tile same city. He is ])rominent. not (jnl\' in the edncalional life of l.)a\iess conntw l)nt in the social, financial and commercial life as well.

Anioui;" the men of sterling worth and strenL^th of character in h)a\ ie^s cuinU\ who ha\e made an impression npon the life of the locahl\- in which they li\e, none has achie\ed a larger meed of ]iopnlar respect and regard than l.)aniel W. ilaye.s, the president c d" the ( )don K'eallv (.oniijanv. llis life-long residence in 1 )a\ less connl\- has given the people an op[K)rinnit\' to know- him thoronghlw .and that he has heen trne to life in its e\-erv phase is maniicsted h\- the conlidenie and reg.ird m which he is held Ij\- th<'sf who know him. In a hnsmess \\;i_\-, ]\lr. 1 laves is a man of nnnsnal aitainnient and has achievetl a s[)lendid success in life.

John lla\es was educated in f Iermany and tlu.-re Ic'irned the Meacher's tr.ide. I le c. line to America ai llicagcoi eighicen v ears .md located m I lliio. lie lived in that stale niuil 1S03. iu which vear he came to this countv-, and ])urchased land in \ .-m lUiren township. lie larmed there until iS()^, when he moved to the \illage of ('don, where his death occurred ahont one year later. lie was a memher of the L'nited lirethreii clinrch. to which faith his family adhere, ihough while living in ( )hio he was ideiitiried wilh the Lutheran church. To John and l-'osanna \). (Snyder) l]a_\es were horn tlie following children: Mrs. .Sar.-di lAans. who lives near k,-Lglesville, this County; Fred (].. who lives at Xevada, fowa : .Mrs. jnlia Oval, ol Raglesv-ille ; Mrs. Mary Rasler, deceased, who lived at Uaglcsv illc ; (iideon, who lives at (/odv, Wvoming; ?\[rs. Dollv Ward, of St. Louis. .Michig;ni;

Haiiiel W. Ila_\es was educated in the public schouls <if Daxiess county and in the Southern Indiana Xoruial School, now extinct, at Mitchell, Intliana. lie also attended the normal schodl at Odou ,'uid later a liusiness college at Xew Alham', Indiana. .Mr. 1 laves taught >ehool in l);i\ie-;s county fi.ir foiu' \ears, alter which he entered the mercantile htisiuess at (.)don, ha\iug ser\ed one \-ear's Imsiness a]}iiretiticeshiii at Washington, with t .able \: C'oH'man, previous to going to ( )d. .u. Mr. Hayes operated a general store at ( )don for se\enleen years, and in 1007 he went into the reall\' business, h.i\ing been elected to the otlice of iire^idenl ol the ( )dori Ueall\- tomp;m\-, which ol'lice he ^till holds.

In iS<)f Daniel "W. Hayes waN married to Cor.a 1',. W'.ard, daughter of J'hili]) ,S. and .Margaret Ward. To this union .se\en children li.axe been born, r.eatrice, Dow, Dwighl, llarold. bihn, Robert and Margaret. Mr. and Mrs. Ila\es are members of the United I'.rethreu church, acli\e m both the work- of the church and the Sutiday .->cho.il, ;nid their children ha\e been reared in that failli. JM-aternallw Mr. lla\es i> a member of the l\night^ of IMlnas and of the Tribe of I'.en Mm-. In his capacity as ]in.sident ot the ( )dou KealtN ( 'ompanw he has done much tow.ard promoting the material growth .and prosperity of this couimunity. lie is houore<l .and) re-^ijceled by his fellow townsmen and is entitled to i-;mk as a representative citizen and btisiness man of Da\aess counl\'.

It i-- uUeresling to uoie tiom the beginmiig the growth and de\Hopment of a cominiinil\-: to note the lines aknig which progie.ss has been m.ade and to take cogmzance of tlio,e w ho-e industry and leadership in the wurk of athaucement have rendered possible the present i)ro>],erity of the locality under consideration, C.eorge W. C'orrell, of this re\iew, is one of the strong, sturd) individuals who has contributed l.argel)' to the material welf.are of Daviess countv, and particularly to the wi'llare of the vicinity of Odou, where he resides, lie is an up-to-date b\isiness man, pnblie-s]>irited as a citizen, and jirogressixe in all that the term nnplies.

riement I'orrell learned the tailor's trade fnun hi.^ father, and w.as ent;a,!;ed in wcrkint; at this trade and in the mercantile l)n^ine^.^ all his life. He made many unifcirms diirinj; the Civil War. In iX^cj he reni()\-ed tu (.)d(in and from that time until his death he was in in that villaf^a*, bein,L; eni;-a[;ed in tailoring;- until ;iliout iSi)^, after which he eni;a<^ed in the general mercantile husine.ss. lie als<j was an auctioneer and :i justice <if the peace. Clement I'orrell was drafted hy tlie authorities for service in the L'nion army dnriiiL; the Ci\il War, hut was rejected on account of his wei,L;lit. lie and hi.-, fannl}- were memliers of the Unhed lirethren clnu'ch. Clement and Xancy (Shr<iyj Correll were the parents of four children, Marvey, Charles, C.eoriL^e W. and John. ll;ir\ey Correll ser\ed three years in the Union army din-iny- the Ci\il War. Charles Correll, al>o .i soldier, died in a hos]iital following the battle of Chattanooga.

Ceorge W. Correll was educated at ( )don, and began learning the stonecutter's trade in iS^^. He sl.arted working at (.)ilon, but sub-,equenllv moved to iJedford, and w<irked there and ;it other places. In iSjj he established a business for himself at Odou and in (SSo mo\ed the business to Loogo(.)tee. In iS'()i he returned to t )don and established his pi-esent business, in partnership widi J. .\. Ilurrell, under the lirm name of Correll & lUu'rell. Ibis lirm deals in Hediord rock in a wholesale waw and has business dealings all o\er the countrv. It ;ilso is engaged in an cxteiisixe retad trade in momunents. 'i'his lirm erected the memorial bridge at .\tlanta, Georgia, in honor of .\rchib;ild PiUtt, President Taft's aide-de-camp, who went down with the ill-fated Titanic.

In i''^^^ George W. Correll was married to Rachel Wallick, of Odon, daughter of Mich.ael Wallick, ;md lo this union si.x children ha\e been born: Ira, Richard, Beldwin, Walter, Roberta and Hilary, of whom Walter an<1 Mary are deceased.

A respect which shonld ;d\\a\s he accorded the hraxe sons of the Xorlli ^\hu left their homes and the peacefnl pnrsnits of civil life to gi\-e their ser\'- ices and their li\es, if need he, to [ireserxe the iniej^rity of the American Union, is certain!) due Alfred 1'".. hihnson, a well-known lelired farmer and a memjjcr of a \'ery old famil) at \\ ashingtcjn, this county. Mr. Johnson pru\ed his lo\e and lo\ah\' to the L;ci\eriimenl on tlie lonL;' ami tiresome marches, on the loncK' picket lines, on the tented Tiehh and amid the llames and smoke of Ixitlle, and then, retnrninL;' to ci\'il life, manfnll_\- to(ik up the strnj^'^le ot as^ricnhnral lite, in which he was rewai'ded with a dei^ree uf success commensm-ale with his ellort.s. The ^reat secret ot his success has heen his (le\dlion to dul}', whether th.at dut_\' i)ertained to his own pri\ale aliairs or matters alfectnij^- the pulilic welfare. In war and in ]ieace, his record has heen signalized h\- honest\- ol ]iur|)ose and inlei;rit\' of thouyhi and action; so that he has full}' de-er\ed the e.xalted ])osition which has heen accorded him hv the |)eo])le with whom he has lixed so loii^'.

-Alfred E. Johnson was Ixjrn on a farm f(jur miles soutli of the cit}' of \\''ashin;;ton, in l)a\'iess county, on .March 27, 1N40, the .-on of h'lijah and Mildred illorralll Johnson, the former a native of Indian.a. horn in \ inrcnnes m irod, and the latter a native of .'<ouih C'arohna. h. .rn in iSoS, who were the ii.n-enls of nine children, namely: -\nson 1'.., who tjied at the a<;-e ol ninety-two; ilulda, who died in July, 1014, at the ai;e of nearly ninctv-two, was the wife of William Sini^letoii; Alalina, who died at the a£;e of ci,i;hty-si-K years, was the wife of William R. Thomas; h'.zra, who died in 1S5.:;, at the at^e of twenty-four; IMalild.a, who died at the ai^je (jf si.\ty-two, was the wife of J. 1'.. Ilouts; .Velson, who died at the at^e of seventy-four; Norvan, who died at tlie age of sevenl\ -four ; .Alfred ]!... the suhject of this sketch, and Lcnson, wlio died in California in 191 3, at the age of sixtA'-uine \e;irs and six nionths.

Elijah Juhnsuii was a farnuT and a great hunter, his prowess as a deerslayer ha\ing been widely reeugnized ihruuyliuut this seetimi. lie came to Daviess cuunty in i8i(), and was niarrietl in i8->o. lie died in i.S-|N, liein'' crushed to death by a falling tree. His wile died in 1855. J'.oth were devout Methodistb, and all their cliildren were members of the same church. All were old line Whigs and later Repul.>lieans, the husband^ of the girls being members of the .same part). The eldest .son, Anson 1!., who lacked a few days of being ninety-two \ears old, voted for e\-ery Jvepublican President from llarris.in V> d'aft, exce])t that, up to i8ho, the presidential candidates were Whigs. I'.lijah belonged to the old territorial militia.

Allred Johnson's [jaternal grantlparents were lames and Polly (Lindsey) Johnson, natives nf PennsyKania who came to Indiana in 1785 and settled in the then small \illage of \'incennes. Jame.-, JohnsMU was a lieutenanl-CdlMnel in the Re\(ihitii mary army, .attached in a .Maryland lirigade. llolh be and his wife were buried at .St. Francis\ ille, Illinois; he at the age of eighty-three and she at a somewhat younger age. 'Ihev were tlie parents of fnurteen children: John L., William, Friend, Joshua. Tames, Idijab, i\eu]ien, .Mnier. ( ieorge, Rebecca, .Maria, Pollv, Sally, ami one whose n.ime is lost to the ])resent generation.

Air. Johnson's maternal grandparents were John Al. and PolJv ( Idorrall ) Ilorriill, lirst cousins and naii\es id" Xorih Carolina, the f.>rnier of whom was liorn in 1780. He and bis wife came to I)a\iess conntv in i8i_>, four years before Indi.ana became a stale, and settled on the farm ucjw owned by the Shanks heirs, three miles south of Washington, where he died. His widow went to Illinois with a son-in-law. and died in that st.ate. 'I'hey were the parents of six children: J:ison, .Mildred, William, Xancy, l'd\ira. and one who died in infancw

.\t the age ol twenty-oue Mr. Johnson enlisted as a Um'on soldier in tlie Civil War, and ser\ ed three and one-half years. He enlisted ;is a member ot Com|jany ^^]. l''ifty-eighlh Regiment, Indiana N'olunteer Infantrv. and later was attached to Coinp.inies 1 "> rmd C. Twenty-fourth Regiment. Indiana X'olunteer Infantry. He p.articipaled in many l)attles, antl was wamnded slightly at the battle of Champion's Hill, Alississippi.

On Octtilier 1^5, iSju, Alfred I'.. Julinsdn was married tn JManees 1'". Tlatelielor, daughter of Jnhn T. and Indiana (I'urcell) liatL-helor, Iniih of wlumi jjelonged In ])i(ineer families nf this cumit}, and In this iminii li\-e children were born, Hugh Clinton, Lena, I'.h'a Myrtle. I'.dith Llewelhn and Grant C. Hugh l'lint«ni earried the mail fnr eighteen years and is nuw ;i piano tuner. He married Maud L. W'interholtom and the\' ha\e two ehildren, Malcolm and Norma. Lena died at the age (>( two and one-half year^,. hd\a Myrtle married 1'.. R. Wright, a conductor in the serx'ice of the ISaltimore & Ohio Railroad Oom|iany, lixing at Last St. Liaiib, Illinois. Judith L. is bookkeeper for the \'ose I'iauo (.'oinpan)' in Chicago, Illinois, and recei\-es a splendid salary, (irant has a fine position with the lUirronghs Adding iMachine ('ompany and tra\els out of Chii'ago.

Mrs. Johnson was born in na\iess connt\, imliana. on August 10, 1854. Her f.ather was bi;rn in ( Ihio and her mother in Indiana. Thev died in l)a\ ies^ coimt}", he at the age of si.\t\-niiie, and >he at the age of sevent}'- ti\-e. They were the ])arents of eight children, Sarah j., ?\liiier\-a. r\Iartha,. I'aioch, John, Mary, Laura and I'rances. Mrs. Johnson's paternal grandjiarents were \Villi;un and Catherine (I'luher) Latchelor, nati\es of (.)hio, who were among the pmneer settlers of this county. Sul>se()nentlv thev mo\ed to Iowa, where they died. Thex' were the parents of eight children, John, Get)rge, Catherine, Rachel, William, Aliel, Juli.a and Sarah. Mrs. J(jhnson's maternal grandfather w.as Jesse l'in"cell, ;i natixe of Xorth Carolina and a pioneer in l)a\iess count\-, who li\ed to I)e ninety-two years ot age. He and his wife were the parents of eight children, Indiana, Rachel, Rienjamin, William, Charlotte, I'rudence, lames and llii'.am.

Mr. and Mrs. Tohnson are members of the Melhodi,i h'piscop.al church, and lor uioie than fort\' consecutive \cars Mr. Johnson was an oliicer in the church. He has been a menibei- of the Independint ( trder of ( )dd I'ellnws for llfty \ears. He is a l\epublican, .and was a school director for ten conseciui\e years; also serxing one term of three years .as a member of the board of education in Washington. He w.as elected to one term of four years in the city council of Washington. Xo m;m in Haviess county is more highly resjiected or merits more honor th.an Alfred L. Johnson, a man who has lived a consistent life ,and who h.as taken ;i worthy interest in iiniiortant public matters.

John S. .Mitchell was reared in .\ew \'ork state and when a young man, came to Indiana, settling in hdoyd comity,, where lie studied medicine. He began ])racticing in Harrison county and mo\ed to llaysville, iJtibui.s Count)-, in iS5_:;. Two years later he came to this county, locating at I Indson\ille, where he practiced for IwcKe _\ears, at llie ^\y'.\ of whicdi time he mo\ed two miles north and laid out the town of (ileiidale. A few \eais later he sold out to Doctor I lark and located at Mitchell, Indiana. In 1 SSX he returueil to l)a\Mess connt\- and settled at .\1 fords\ ille, where he died in

1890, at the age of sixty-two _\ears, his widiiw dying three iiKjiiths later, at the age of tifty-eight. Txitli were aeti\e nieinliers of the Methnch'st ehurch. Dr. juhn S. Mitehell liad gi\-en hi^ serxiees to the L'liiMii army as as^^istant surgeon of the Sixty-lifth Regiment, Indiana \'ohinteer Infantry, (hu'ing the Cix'il W'ar. He was one of the leaders in the Independent (Jrijer of (3dil I'^ellows in this state, having ser\ed ;is district de])uty. Doctor Mitchell was a son of Solomon and Alehitahle Mitchell, the former a native of Ireland ami the latter of Scotland, who were the parents of three children, .\mbrose, John S. and luiiily. Solomon Mitchell died in middle life and his widow married. secondK'. (jeorge 1. Wolf, to which latter union no children were horn. lioth George I. Wolf and his wife died at the age of seventy-tl\-e )'ears and from the same cause, a Iracture of the hip, their deaths occurring six weeks apart. I )r. R. S. Mitchell's maternal gr;mdfather, Flliott. dieil when a coinparati\el\- \oung man. Icaxing a wife .and two childi'en. Martin A. and h)hn. Ili^ widow married, >c-condl\-, a Mr. Ahmlden, luit to thi-^ latter union no children were horn.

Ringgold Scott .Mitchell was re;ired in the \illage of Oleiidale, Da\-iess county, and attended the common schooK. When a .\'onug man, he hegan stud\ing medicine under his lather, and in iSSS was graduated Irom the Kentuckw .""School of .Medicine, at Louisville. lie had practiced, ho\ve\er, twehe vears Iielore his grachi.ation. lie was pi'acticiug m (i;irdeu Citv, Kaus.as, when the hot w iiuK of 1 SSX hurned up the crop, in three da\s' tiiue and he mo\cd to Xew .Mhany. Indiana, where he practiced for a short time. wIkii he was called home, to .Mlords\ illc, on account ot the sickness of his father, lie reiuained there until after the ilealh of his father and lurither and then located at hlora. Illiucjis. He jiractieed there for six \-ears, or until 1004, at the end cd' which time he returned to this county, locating at W'.ashington. where he li.as ])racticed since that time.

( )n .\l.i\ JJ. 1S7J. hoci..r Miichell wa- married lo Luc\ t'ros>, ilic daui.;liter of Alhert ( ross. wlio-c wife wa- an .\kester, and to this union three children wei'e lioin, t'lare, ( laude and Charles. ( lara married S. 11. Ihtrton, of Washington township, this couiitx. (laude is a fanner in Minnesota, li\ing near I'lue Ri\'er postoliice. He- is uiarrieil and h;is lour children. ( "h.arles is unmarried and is larmiiig with his lir(]ther in Minnesota. He is cit\- clerk of I'ine Ri\er. The mother (jf these children was horn in Iowa, and her parents, hoth iiow deceased, were natives of Indian.! an<l Iowa, respecti\eK-. 1 lie\- were tlie parents of scvt'U children, Laura, Lucv. .\lfred, Judson. (ileiidor.a, ( arrie and Lizzie.

JZlizal)eth WiK'ni Cill, who was IiMni at Carlliaj;(j, Ohio, daii^luer of I'.li an.l Sarali (lill, both natives of Dliio. I''.li (Jill was a well-known nicrcliant ami dealer in live stoek, who has heen dead for s<jnie years, his widow making her home with Jloetor and Mrs. .Mitehell. I'di (dill and his wife were the parents of the foUowini^' children: J'"rank, Jacoh (ileceased), Allx'rt, k'red, Carrie, hdizaheth, Maggie and I .ucy.

In examining the life recnrds td" self-made men it will in\'ariab!v be found that indefatigable industry has constilnled the b.asis of their success. True, there are other elements which enter into and cuiiserxe the adwmcemeiit ol jiei'sniial inleresls, as pi'isex ei .nice, di-crmniiatii 111 and the mastering ol expedients, but the loundatMii ut all achie\ement is earnest and persistent labcjr. At the (jutset ni his career, .Mr. lUirrell recngni/.ed this fact, and he has never sought any royal ro.ad to the goal of ]iri isperit\- and independence. .He began \\-ork earnestly and diligently in mder In aihance him- .self, and the result is that he is now numbered among the priigressi\e and influential business men of Da\iess cniintv.

Eli Sua Iivatt

EHsha H\'att, Sr.. was nine years uld wlien lie came witli his i)arents to Da\iess cciuntv. Tliev settled just north i>l Washingti.in nn what is called the uld llvatt hduieslead. where he grew to nianhoud. He was a inercltant. during his earlier \ears and accunnilaled CMiividera.hle iiru]ierty. lie ownetl, at one time, eight tlunrsand acre^ id' l.and and was one uf the organizers oi the pri\aie liank nf Hyatt. I.evings & (_'i mipany. which, on account of its failure in later _\ ear>. lost Mr. Hyatt considerahle money, ile operated a sta\ e factoiA' and saw-mills and bought gi"am. in addition to running llathoats to Xew Orleans, being regarded as one nf the leading men in Dasiess counl\- in his da_\' and generaliim. He died at Washingli 'U on 1 )eccml)er 31, 1NN5, at the age of se\enty-six _\ear^ and two months, and his wile (bed on her birtlidaw .\ngust _'(i. looi. at the age of eighty-four _\ears. She was a member of the Presbyterian clun-ch and her husb.and. while not a member of the elnn-ch, w.is als<i partial to that failh. J le was a Uepulilican and was at one time a member of the citv cmnicil. but thd not lil<e to hiild public oflices.

l-'lisha Hv'att. jr., ^vas reared in ^^'ashington and attended tlie public schools of tliat cit\-. Tie remained at home mitil he reached his majority, at which time his father gave him a start, and he later fell heir to a share of his father's cst.ate, which he helped to settle. Ile h.as always followed farming, stock raising and buving of grain, but ha^ ke]it his residence in W.ashington. Ile imw owns abuut six hundred acres in Knox ;uid Daviess Counties.

.Mr. I halt i^ a niemher of ihe kepnhlican p;irl\- and was a city councilman for twc or three terms. -Mr>. Ilyatt i.- a meinher of the i're'-hyterian chmxdi ami is interested in all clun-ch work. .Mr. and Mi's. lly.atl .are well and fa\ iji-alil\- known in Washington and Daxiess county, and are In'yhly respected ami CNteemed 1)_\" all who kiii.w them.

d'he |ialernal grandfather of Rnherl J. l'..irr was James Rarr, who came from Kentuckv to Indiana ah.iut \^\f' and Incated in what is now Rarr lownshi]), l)a\ iess county, lie cleared the land anil made a home for

) himself and family in the wililcriK'ss. lie was a farmer all his life and was a priiminent and inllnenlial citizen in the earlv days in the tnwnshiii which hears his name. The maternal grandparents of Air, I'.arr were Uiihert and Mahala lUirris, nati\es (if Kentncky wlm came tn Indiana in an early day and located in what is now Martin connt)', near the Daviess connt)- line. They were pioneers in that section, and s]ient the re>t of their lives there,

Mr, llarr is ,in adherent of the Re]inhlican p.arty. and for wars has lieen actively interested in puhlic affairs, lie serveil his fellow ci.tizens two terms as trustee ol Reeve lovynshi]), .and in iNijo w.as elected to the oflice cif County treasurer, servin,i; one term, lie also served two terms as county

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-commissioner. ATr. I'arr i.-^ a man of iiigh moral character, persistent industry and excellent iu<lL;nieiu, and thronghout the locality where he has lived for so many }'ears he occui)ies an ensiahle position ami)ng his fellow men.

The Union soldier during the great w.'ir between the states Ijuilded wiser than he knew. Through four years of suffering and wasting hardship, through the horrors of prison [tens and amid the shadows of death, he laid ihe .superstructure nf the greatest temjile e\er erected and dedicated to hvuuan freedi.im. The wnrld look'ed on and called these soldiers sublime, for it was theirs to reach nut the mighty- arm of power and strike the chains off from the sla\c, and i)reser\'e the coimtr}' Irom dissolution and to kee[) unfurled \.o the breeze the only ilag that e\er made a t)-rant tremlile. I'or all their uniue.'isured deeds the li\'ing present wdl ne\'er repa\' them. Attenliun and pnliiical power mav be thrown at their teet; art and scul]iture may pre.ser\e upon can\as and in granite aiul bronze their unselli.sh deeds; history ma\- eoniimt to lioof:s, and cold iy]nr ma\- gi\e to the future the tale of their suffering and triumph, but to ihe children of the generations unbiirn will it remain to recijrd the full measure ni api)reciation and und\ing remembrance of the immortal character car\ed out b\- the American soldiers in the dark days of the sixties, nmnbered among whom was William S. Wrdler, ihe tx'ler of the Masonic lodge at Washington, Indiana.

William S. Waller was born at the coiaier ol birst I'.ast an.d \'an Trees streets, W .ishington, Indiana, the town at that time luing known as I.i\erpool, on b'ebiuary 4, iS.V' t''^^ '^"" "f John W. and Mary .\nn ( fioodwiu ) Waller, the I'ormei' of whom was a n,-iti\e of Kentucky aiul the latter of reiins\ l\ ani.i. who came lo tins county from l\enlui;k_\- in lN|-, locating at Liverpool, now Washington. John W. A\'aller w;is a merchant and held several public oftices in the earh' days, among which were those of cit\' treasurer and cciunt)' assessor. 1 le assessed the taxables of the cciiuitv at a time wheti he received only ninety dollars for the entire work. He also served as justice of the peace for a number of years, ;md w;is a man of large influence in the early affairs of Daviess county. Later he purchased a farm east of Washington, consist itig of a hundred and twenty .acres, which he imi)ro\ed, and where he died in J^74. at the age of seventy-six. (25)

The m.aternal grandp.ireiits of Mr. Waller were Aaron and Margaret ( Mclnlldugh ) ( ioddwin, the fi)nncr of wliuiii w a> a n.ili\e ol Ireland and the latter of Scutland. Aaron ( ioodwin w.as a tanner hy trade, who mo\ed from I 'enns\d\ania to M.arietta, Ohio, and thence to Li\-er[)ool, now Wa.^hingtoii, Indiana, where he operated a tanner)-, the lirst in the tnwn. This tannery was on the corner of what is now lor^t We>t and W'e-^t Main streets, i'loth he and his wife liv'cd to \ery advanced ages, and were prominent in the early affairs of \Vashingt<jn. They were the jjarents of the tullnwing children: William, Aikman, Aaron, J;ine, Mar\' .\nn, Knth, Laura and .Matilda.

L)n .March 4, 1S51S, William S. Waller was married to .Mary Kendall, daughter of John and Xancy (J))er) Kendall, U< which union only one child was horn, .\dda, who married John W. Coleman, a resident of Washington, to which union has heen ln.irn one daughter, Helen. .Mrs. Alarv Kendall Waller, who died in .Septemher, 1S51J, was horn on a farm in this county, east of Washington. ller ]i;irents were natixes of Kentucky, who came to this countr_\' in pioneer days and spent the rest of their lives here. They were the parents of seven chddren, luioch, William, Cieorge, Joseph. .Sarah, .Mary and .Martha. ,, in tlic history of Washington the name of John 1'. Cavanaugh occupies a conspicuous place in the husiness circles, lijr during a nuaiher of years he has heen one of the representative citizens in the city's commercial life, progressi\'e, enterprising and persevering. Such qualities al\\a\'s win success sooner or later and to i\Ir. Ca\'anaugh they ha\e hruught a satisfactory reward for his well-directed efforts. While he has benehted himself and the conununity, in a material way, he has also been an intiuential factor in the moral, educational and social progress of the community. Left an orphan when he was se\-en weeks old, John W Ca\-anaugli has achie\-ed a worthy success, uvercoiuing handicaps and surnujunting obstacles.

Juhn I-". Cavanaugh, a well-knuwn general merchant uf Washington, was born on April jo, 1857, in Saline county, Missonri. lie is a son of Patrick and .Margaret (^Cavanaugh j Cavanaugh, natives (jf Wexford Cuuntv, Ireland, and Cincinnati, Ohio, respecli\'ely. John 1'. Cavanaugh was the only child of his p.'irents, both dying when he was but seven weeks old. His father was reared in Jrelaud and came to America when a young man. He settletl hrsl in Keiiluckv, and A\as married in Cincinnati. In company with some other men he went to L'eltis county, Missouri, where he was among the hrst settlers. They intended to take slaves there, but Mr. Cavanaugh died soon alter his arrixal in Missouri, in 1N5-, at the age of forty years. His wile afterward came to Indiana to h\e with her pe<jple, who had moved to this state and settled in Daviess county, and her death occurred two weeks later in 1857, at the age of twenty-seven. Doth were devout members ni the Catholic church.

The maternal gnmdfallier of John P. Cavanaugh was James Cavanaugh, who married Pdizabeth Maloy in Ireland and came to .\merica with two chil(h-en. They started on the voya-e, however, with three children, but one died in mid-ocean. They settled in Cincinnati in iS_:;_5, where he was c-nipluVLil as a linukkcepuT, and litre lie spent the remainder of his life. After his death, his wife eaiiie to Daviess cuiiuty, Jiidiana, where her (.leath dccnrred in 181)4, "i 'i^'"" ninetieth year. The}' were the jiareiits eif live children, William, Dennis, Mars', Alartfaret and Sarah.

Jnlin I'. l"avanau,L;li w;is reared li\- his _^'randiiicither cm her farm, atteiulini;' the district schools nl his lurme iieighhorhood. I.;iter, he was a student in the parochial schools. SuliNei|ueiitl_\-, he c;inie to Washington and ilrove a ninle in the coal mines iov the linn of I'ahel & Kanggman for some time, lie ne.xt drove a deli\er)' wagon for this s;nne (inn for three \ears, after which he was employed as a clerk in this conipan\''s store fcjr a period of eighteen years. At the end of that tune he conducted a general store in partnership with Leonard l'"arm\\ald ami J. k". Crane, on the corner of J-'ourih and Main streets, Washington. Two years later Mr. ("avanaugh Sold his inlerests in this store and mo\c(l to the coiner of l~ifih and flefroii streets, where he hatl formerly ]iurcliased a lot. .\t this time he opened a general store which lie is still o])er,-iting. The jienple wlm reared .\lr. Cavanaugh, owned this pro]ierty, ;ind he purchased it Liter at a court house sale, lie has heeii a resident of Wasliingloii for al/oiit fort\'-li\e years.

Mr. (.'a\aii;iugirs niatern,-il gramlmodier niarrieil a second time, her second husband lieing I'eter k'ee, and to this union twn children were horn. Jcilin 1'. C'avanaugh was married, on ihe lotli of Xovemher, [XSo, to .Mary Kiley, a (kuighter of Tcrreiice and I'ridget ( I.enahan ) Kiley, and to this union eight children were horn. William, Margaret, John, Clara, Joseph, Cieorge, John and Charles. The tirst four of these children died in infancy; Joseph is connected with the lloston store in Chicago, and is unmarried; George is eni])loyed in the store with his father; John is a student in the high schnol ;nid (_'harles is a student in the p;irochi,al school.

Mrs. Cav.-inaugh was a nati\e cjI ("ouniy M.avo. Ireland, and her p.areiits were aCo liMrn there. Tlu-y came to America diirmg the t'ivil War and settled in Daviess county, where they lived the remainder of iheir lives. The\- were the jLarenls nf six children, Michael, .Mar\-, liridget, fohn, Anthony and William.

In addition to his mercantile husiness, Mr. Cavanaugh owns a farm of one liundreil and sixt)' acres in Washington township, in this connlv, to which he devotes considerahle attention. lie is also interested in the dairy husiness. and has made a notahle success in this line.

Mr. and Mrs. Ca\anangli and family are de\oui niemliers of the Catholic church, and contrihute liher.ally lo the support of this denoniiii.-nion. Mr. Cavanaugh helongs to the Knights of (/olumhns and the Ancient Order of HilxTiiians. He is identiticil with ihc Democratic party, hut has never taken an acti\'e pari in jidhtics, and ha^ never iield nor aspired to office. He is devoted, primarily, to tlie welfare of his family and the interests of his business. In every respect, John 1'. Cavanau^h must he regariled as one of the he>t livin,L; citizens of ]Ja\iess county.

George 1. Keith

The name Keith has lont; lieen. connected with the prOL^ress and de\'elopinent id l)a\iess count\', and the name has been liorne by men who ha\'e reflected threat credit u|ion the state and upon their re^pectix'e communities. It is a well-attested ma.xiin ih.at the greatness ( d' a coinmunit)- lies not in the machinery of {^mernment, nor even in its institutions; but rather in the slerliny (jualU)' of the individual citizen in his capacitv hir high and unselfish effort and his devotion to the public welfare. /VmciUg- tlie citizens of 1 )av less countv, who have not (jiily w i m success and honor for themselves in their specific fields of cudeavur, but who have also conferred honor mi their respective comuumities, is George J. Keith, one of the prominent members of the Keith faniilv, a substantial and successful farmer and a well-known Iianker. .Vlthough .\lr. Keith resides in Washington, he owns nearly twelve hundred acres (d" land, and devotes a considerable amount of .attention to the details of directing operations on this land.

.Mr. Keith is a son of jarit and Khoda Jane (Lester) Keith, and was born on .March 14, 1X41;. in Knox countv, Indian.a. His fathei- and mother, natives of I'aviess countv. mo\ed to Knox countv, where they lived tor about fifteen ve.ars. .at the end of which time they relurne<l to Daviess coimlv, and 111 1 Soo purchased from the heirs of Jaril Keith's lather the farm in Washington townslii|i, still known as the Keith farm, Mrs. Keith died in looJ, and from that time until his death in 1013 Mr. Keith lived with his different children. At the time of his death he w.as nearly ninetythree ve.ars ni age. He owned about two thousand .acres of land.

The p.aternal grandfather of George J. Keith was George H. Keith, and his wife was Abbie (Perkins) Keith. They were natives of Kentucky and pioneers in Daviess county. They ini])roved the old Keith farm in Washington township and there reared their family. (Jeorge H. Keith died ill Washington in iN^K, at the age of .-seventy years. His wife survived him some twienty years, and died at the age cd" eighty-seven. George H.

The maternal grandfather iil George J. Keith was William Lester, whose wife was Julia ( W'aynian ) Lester, 'i'hey were hoth nali\'es of Kentuck}' and were also pioneers in Da\ less county. In tact, there were only three houses in the town of W'abhington wlien they arri\ed in Da\iess count\-, and these three houses were huilt of higs. They settled in what was known as the I )utch settlement, se\en miles northeast of Washington, and later mo\ed farther north into Steele township, where he tiled welt ath'anced in _\ears. I lis wife sur\'i\'et.l him and li\ed to he eighty-li\-e years old. 'Ihey reared three children, Khoda jane, l.nuisa Ann anil William Harrison.

(leiirge 1. Keith was reru'ed i>n his father's t;irm and attended the district ^cho(Jl of Ua\ iesN ciiinit\- and also id Kud.x count}', where he lived until he was twentx-fciur _\'ears old.

Mr, Keith rented a farm nf hi- father in Knnx cnunt)' after his marriage and li\ed there twn \ear^, when Mrs. Keith died, and he then niuved to Sugar Land, in l)a\iess count\', on i>ne id histather's tarms. I'A'eiituall}' he ])urchase(l i)art of this farm and later inherited the remainder.

.Mr. Keith's lir.-t marriage was to Mary hV.'inces ("arrull, the daughter of llenirunin Rufiis and Harriet Carroll, She died in March, il^Jj, and left no children.

county, Ijut was reartal in Uarr township. She tHcd on August J, i8t)9,. at the age of forty-^ix years and ten months. IJer parents were born in Da\iess count}- and died here. They liad ten children, Wdhani, UeU, JNlartha, Etta, Dora, Henry, lihza, Charles, 'I'honias, and anuiher who died in infancy.

Mrs. .Margaret Keith's maternal gr.andf.'ither was a Mr. Ju\enall, whose wife was Betsey (AJc(.'racken ) juxenall. They were nati\es cd" Kentucky and ])ioneers in Daviess couniw He was a stage dri\'er in the early da\s. 'l"hc\' had onl\- one chiM, hdiza A. .Mi'. Ju\enall died snme tiiue after his marriage and hib wiilnw alterward married a man Ijy the name of Peachy.

The ])aternal grandfather of Mrs. Lola AI. Keith was .Vrchihald Mc- Kinney, whose wife was Margaret (lulwards) McKinney. lie w.as a Scotchman and his wife was of Welsh stock. Tlie\- had lA'e children, Arcliihald. Kc'hert, (irit'lin. .Margaret and ( ';iilicrinc. .Mrs. I .dki M. Keith's uiaieriKil grandfather was \'iiicent Williams, ;iiid his wife was hdizabcth (liart) Williams.

.\fter mmiug hack" to Sugar Land, Mr. Keith cmuinued to farm there until I90(;, when he rented out his farm and mo\ed to Washington, where he purchased a comfortahle liome and where he now li\-es, at 507 North Aleridian street. Me owns four hundred and se\ent)--si\ acres of the houie farm in Sugar Land, and .also seven hundred acres in Steele townsliiii. .Mr. Keith is \ice-|)resident and ;i director of the .State Lank of W.ashingtou.

Mr. and .Mrs. Keith ;ire inemhers of the Christian cluu-ch id' W.ashington. He is one nf the trustees of this church, and is identified with the Republican ])arly. He is a member-at-large (if the county council.

Gei)rye J. Keith is one of tlie \ltv prnmineiu fanners and stock men of Da\iess antl Knux counties, in huth of which lie is well known. Jle is a man of ent^ai^in^ personalitN', and one w hci enio\'s the esteem and conlidence of all the people of Da\iess and Knox counties, whei'c he has li\'ed, and with whom lie has come into contact.

.Mr. \';m d'ree^ was born on I'Y'bruary ii, icS^S, at Washington, and is the sou of 1'. and Sarah Deane ( Alhertson ) \'an I'rees, nati\'es of Washington, and Salem, Indiana. re>pecti\ el\-. They have three children, llarr\-, ilecea^ed ; W.arren ami Thomas, Jr., deceased.

d'homas r. Wan Trees, the father of W.arren, w;is reared in Washington, where hi-^ father was a pork p.acker. ddiMui.is 1'. was emjT'yed by his f. idler to lake jiork ;md potiliry down the While ri\er and the (dhio and Alississipiii ri\ers to New ( )rleans. Oiiring the war he was a ]irospector in the mountains of ('olorado and Mexico, lie also ran a hotel in L\-n\-er when it was a small village, lie finallw retm-ue<l to W;ishingtoii and engaged in the milling business for a mmiber ot years after which time he moved to his father's farm in Washington township, just north of town, and died there in M)I1, at the age of eighty-one vears. J lis wife survived him ;md now is eigluv-one ye.ars old. Mrs. ddiomas I'. \'au Tree< is a 'levoied member of the I'resbvterian cjiurch as was also her deceased husband.

Air, \''an Trees was married on Decemher i^, i()io, to .Mrs. Mariha Glenn .Morris, a widow .d" Kohert Morris, au,l the d.anghter n\ |uhn \' an.'l Indiana (.Mitchell) CTan.lIer. Two children have keen horn to this union, Sarah Deane and Warren, Jr.

Mr, \"aii Tret-'s is an anient Dennicrat, hut he ha> nex'er taken an especially acti\e part in pnlitics. Mr. ami Mrs. \'an Trees are inemhers of the (litterent cliurches. Mr. \'an Trees is a rresh\-terian, and his wile is a niemher (if the Medrndist Mpisn :]ial church.

ICrnest (i. Kitterskruni) was reared in N'incennes and attended the public schiiols of that city, luirlx' in life, he learned the earjienter trade, wdiich he iollowed until alter his marriage. l"or some time he was also engaged in railroad work-, and during this jieriod was a liremau for the Iron Mountain railroad and li\ed at l)e .S^io, .Missouri.

In Jauu;ir_\-, iSiji, .Mr. Ritteiskamp was married again to .\melia 11. Schnlte, the daughter of h'red and .MoUie ( Uitterskanip) Schulte, Ten children were born to this um'on, \'iMla, h'Jla, Otto, W'.dter, David, Oscar, Carl^ and three who died \'omig. All these children are now living at home.

.Mrs. .\melia II. Ritterskamp was born at l''.\ans\'ille, this state. Her parents were nati\es ol ' iermaiu'. who came to .\merica and settled there early in life. Here the\- were married after which thc\' mo\ed to bVeelandsville, lndi;ma. The father died in b'reel;mds\ die, in I'jik). but his wife is still living. They had a number of children, .among whom were: .Vmcdia H., Wilh.am, h'red, hanma, Clara, Lvdia and Louisa. .Mrs. .Amelia Ritterskamp's p.aleiai.al grandfather was Christ Schulte. Her maternal grandfather was William Ritterskamp, whiise wife w.as .Amelia II. Ritterskamp. Their children were h'red, Harriet and Mollie.

Mr. and Alr>. Riltcrskamp arc mi lubeis of ihc I'nited Rrethren church. l-"ralerii,ill\ , .Mr. Riiter>kamp is a iiKinber of l'\thagoras Lodge .\o. 118, Knights of I'ythi.as; also the \\o,idmen of the World, the Len-Hur Society, and the .Modern Woo, linen (d' .\meric.a. P.oth Mr. and Airs. Kitlerskamp are members of the Knights and Ladies of Secnril)'. haaiesl 1 i. Uillerskamp carries a Large stock of fiuaiiture, stoves, etc., .and docs a Large business in Washington, and in I )a\ less count\'. He is well respected ;is a business luan ;md in e\er\' respect is a good citizen ol D,a\dcss county. Air. Ritterskani]) has ne\-er been active in political rdfairs, but h.as devoted his attention raliier to his own i)ri\ate business and to the welfare and C(jmfort of his familv, to which he is \erv luuch devoted.

Luther Johnson

Among the well-known }-oung business men of Daviess county whose enterprise and industry have won iiim distincti\e prestige in the business circles of this county is l.uther Julnison, a well-knuwn clerl< fur llie 1. W. Lutz & Son i''urniture Company. None stands higher m the life of Washington and \ icinity or higher in the esteem and ci.iniidence ui this c*<.)mnumity than r\lr. Julmson.

J^uther Johnson was jjorn on May S, 1872, in Washington township, Daviess county, the son of Milford I), and Usee (Wise) Johnson, l)oth natises of Indiana. They had six chikh-en, (Jla, the wife of Otto Cjberst, of near l.\\'ans\'ille ; Mullie, wlm died in early childhood; .Stella, the wife of William Soloinun, uf Herrington, Kansas; Luther, ni Washington; k2dward H., who died at the age of fourteen years, and I'earl, who is the wife ui W. 15. Allen, ol W'ashingl. m township.

]\lilfurd I). Johnson, the father of these children, was reared in Hax'icss county, and w^as a carpenter by trade. He lived on a farm in Wa-hington township until a few \ears bcforr his death, lie died in ujoo, and his wife is still living at the age of se\eiity-lliree. Mrs. Johnson ;ind her deceased husl)and were memj.iers of the (kiptist church, as are all the f.amily. .Milford 1). [(ihnson was in the service of the L'nion arni_\' during the C'ixil War as a bridge carpenter.

The ])aternal grandparents of Luther Johnson were bahvard 11. and Nancv (.Murphy) jMlm-,on. uatixes ( d' Kentucky and early settlers in Ha\iess count}', where they were farmers. The)- bolh died in this county well advanced in years, ami were llie parents ot five children, Milford D., .Anlhoin-, Robert, .*^us;m ;ind Idc.ra. d"he m.aternal grand] i.areiils of Mr. lolmsoii were John and Leila Wise, who were also earl\- settlers in Lawless eouiil\- and were f.inneis. Tbe\ b:id seven children. Ijeiiry, William, .Alfred, b'hn. .\barv -\iiii, l.ucinda and Os;i.

Luther Johnson was reareil ou the farm and .attended (be district schools. He lived at home until grown and then came to Washington and worked f.>r a transfer companv for three or four years. I'in.ally he began clerking in the furniture store of Iv Ik I'ornwald, who recentiv -old out to (\ W. Keach. and where he worked for sever.il months when he let't this employment and entered the store of 1. W. l.ulz M Sons. Mr. Johnson h.as been in this store for fourteen vears, and is well known for his courteous dealings with the ])ublic and his upright, honorable conduct in all of his business relations.

Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are nienihers of the Haptist church. iM-aternallv. Mr. Johnson is a meniher of the Uoyal Arcanum and is an ardent Repiil)- lican.

Specific meiitiim is made of man\- of the wurth)- citizens of DaviesS County within the pa^es of thi^ hook, citizens who ha\e li^ured in the L;rowth and development ol this fa\ored localit}' and whose interests are ideniilied with its e\er\- i)hase ol progress, each coiitriliiitinL; m his sphere of action to the well-heiiiL; ol the communit\' in which he resides and to the ad\ancenient of its normal and leL;itimate L;rowth. .\mon^ this nnmher is John W. 1 )illard, peculiar mlerest attaching to his career from the fact that tor (|Uite a iiumher o| \'ears he has lieen proniinentU' identified with the real estate and insurance luisiness in Washington, during which tune he has also taken a promiiunt ])aii in the ci\ic and moral adxanceiiient of his ci immunitv.

llenry Dillard, a tanner li_\' tr.ade, was the father of John \\'., and was reared in l\entiick\-. lie c-anie to Indiana ahout iSoS and located in Jackson count\- and eni;a,i;ed in faiaiiiiiL;. lie served ;is a tcniister in the ('i\'il War. lie died in iS(>i) and his wife died on l-'ehrnarv iS. \')\},. at the a,L;e of se\ enl\-si.\ \i-ars. She w.as ,a niemher of the ( hristian church.

The character of a cuniniunit)' is determined in a large measnre liy the li\es of a ci imparativeh' few of its members. If its moral and intellectnal statns be good, if, in a social \\a\-, it is a pleasant place to reside, if its repnlation a?^ h.' the integritx' of ils citizens has extended into iither liicalities, it will lie found lh;u ihe standanl .^el b\- ihe leading men has lieen high and their inlluencc such as lo mi>ld the characicr> and .^h.ipe the lues of tho^e with whom lhe_\- mingle. In placing the Late .Martin Luther L'.onham among the foremost men of his day and generation, only sim[)le justice is done to the menior\- (jf this, worthy nian. Although quiet ami unassuming in manner and with no runbition lor pulilic position or leailership, he contributed much to the ci\ic, m.iterial and moral ad\rmcement oi his commimii\-. I'dr m;in\' \ears he was ;i successtui undertaker and tuner.al director in the cit\' of W.-ishiugton and I )a\ ies-, couutx-. Mis admirable (|ualities of head and heart and his straight lorward, u]>right course won f<ir him the esteem and conlidenci' of the circle in which h</ mo\cd and, although he is now slee|)ing the sleep of the just, his inlluence still li\es and his memcjrv is greath' rexered.

The late Martin Luther I'.onh.un was reared in Dearborn coimty. Indiana, where he li\-e(l until eii;hleen years of age, when the family moved to I]arris(Mi, r*hio, where he learned the cabinetmaker trade. .\fterw.ard he entraued in the undertakinir and furniture business at llarrison for eighteen t'lil'lord (1. Li'iiham married .M.artlia J. ( arn;di:in and the\- ha\e had li\e clnldreu. Ilk' lir--l two were twin li.>\-^. who died in infanc\-; the iie.M two were twin girls, I',iihi\- Ma\- ,ind I'Tankie .Maud, and the fifth child was Alm;i Inez, who was horn ele\eii \ ears after the hirili of the last twins, I'anny .May married l.arl Hair .ind li\es in ("incinnati. They ha\e tliree children, Dorris, John and .Marguerite, twins. h'rankie uMaud married Ldward C'lore and lives in Waslhnglon, Indiana; Alma Inez is a school teacher.

The paternal grandfather nf Mrs. Clifford O. i'-Mnhain was kuhert Carnahan and her maternal grantlparents were (ienri^e and Anna (Morgan) Macklin.

Clifford O. lionham is a Ivepulilican in ])i_)lilics and served three terins in succession as curcmer of Daviess cuunty. The I'.nnham family has Ijeen connected with the history of Daviess cmmty for many years and they have been equal to every duty, public and private. The family is highly respected in Daviess county, where Iwu enterprising suns are carr\'ing on successfully the work of a worthy and highly respected father.

John Wicii.Ma.V.

One of the most enterprising of our younger generati'.m of farmers in Da\'ie^s county, who has belie\ed, from the outset of his career, that the wisdom of yesterday is sometimes the folly of toda}' and that, while the methods of our grandfathers in tilling the soil, were all right in their day, yet in the twentieth centur)-, we are comjjelled to adopt new methods and farm along different lines, in \iew of the fact that conditions of climate, soil, grains, etc., ha\'e changed smce the ila\> ol the ])ioneer. John W'ichman ha> been a close observer ol modern methoils and i^ a student, at all times, of whatever ])ertains to his chosen life-work. He has, therefore, met \\iih encouraging success all along the line and, judging from his jjast record, he will undoubtedly achie\'e much in the future years and take liis place among the leading farmers of Daviess county, noterl for its line farms and progressixe farmers.

John W'ichman was bcuai on June _'S, 1S71, in Decatur countw Indiana. He is the son of .\nton and iLlizabetb ( Kuhlman 1 W'ichman. His father who was born in (lermanv, about iS_^fi, and came to .\merica after receiving his early education in his nati\e country; hi.-^ mother is also a n;itive of Germanv. .\nton W'ichman and wile lived in fJecatur county, Indiana, where they were farmers for a time. Subse(|iiently, the\' mo\xd to Daviess comity, Indiana, and located in Steele township, where he owned eighty acres <if land Thev lived here until his death. He was a member of the Catholic church. Anton and F.lizabeth W'ichman were the |)arents of nine children, .Anton, Jr., Mary, Catherine, John, Jose])h, Rosie, .\ngela, Elizan.WIKSS CDUNTY, INDIANA. 4O3

John W'icliman is inimarrieil. lie receixeil only a C(jmmon-school educati(jn, hut has imprcixx-d his i)]ipiirtunities 1)\' hunie studv and has become a well-informed man. lie is a man highh- respected in the township where he li\'es for his enterprising habits and gooii conm.ion sense. Air. W'ichman h\'es with his motluT and unmarried sifters on the lionie farm in Steele township, ]Je owns two hundred acres of land in Steele township which he rents. The W'ichman family are all members of the Catholic church.

John W'ichman is a man who is not hast\' in making u[) his mind regarding a proiiosition, but w lu'u his nund is once m.ade up, he is fairly inflexible. His conser\-atism and the care which he takes tn decide a proposition ha\-e ])een respnusible largely for bis s|ilendid success as a farmer. Mr. W'ichman is not onl\- well k-nov\ii in Steele tnwuship, but he is a man Imnored and admired f(ir bis frugal h.ibits and his goi id business tnanagement. In e\'ery resjject, he deserves to rank as a representative citizen nf this section of Daviess cmmtv and is, therefore, entitled to representatii in in a \'olume of this character.

The twentieth century farmer knows \'erv little of the disacK'antages which siUTiiunded the jiioneer f;n-mer of this state. Xo longer is the farmer Ciimpeiled lo rise eai'l\' in the morning anil cuniinue his kibors int<i the evening. The larmer o| toda\' can dn as much work in a half dav as his father could, lifty \ears ago, in a whule day. The free mail deli\-ery leaxes the (k'lily pa])er on his doiM'step e.ach morning. His telei)hone i)uts him into communicati<in with his neighburs, while the interurban cars and automobiles enable him to i>articii.)ate in all of tlie fcatiu'es of city life. The present generation of farmers has no forests to clear, few swamps to drain, while hundreds of iinentiMus, designed to lighten the labors t>i the f:u-mer. b.axe been put into their hamls. The Iku'l of our fathers h;is gi\en wav to the threshing machine of today and e\'cn the old-fashioneil cnm-cutter is laid on the shelf and the corn is now cut l)v machinery. Tlie old-fashioned

.\fier the marriage of .\li-. and Mrs. W itsinan. the\ liegan housekeeping Mil Ihe f.arm where .Mr. W'itsman now Ii\es. They had six children, Oioldie, horn on (V-toher 13, 1SS3; Walter l.yle. Xoxemher 30. 1NS7: W'illi.am 11.. |nlv 3, iS()(): James ( )li\er, .\pril 13. iSc)^: Sadie I'e.arl. .\pril jf'i, iHqh. and Lewis Nor\-ell,^la\- 30, : S(;S. Tlie last is now a student in the high school. .\11 of these children are lixing and .all are still nnm.arried.

Mr. W'itsman owns one hundred and eighty-lA'C acres of land at the edge of I'lainville, where he is engaged in farming and stock raising. He Iiandles ; business.

It is the farmer whu make-, it ]>i)ssil)le fur men in other 1 >ccu|iati(ins to li\e. l-'armiuL; was the uri^inal 1 iccn]iati( lU of man, and it is the c>nl\- husiness which cnuld exl.^t independenth' of the others. Indeed e\er\- other (jccu])ation is dependent upon the larmer. 1 he pi"o(lucts of the farm ha\e made onr railroads what the_\ are loda\', and the L;reat hulk- of manufacturing; is made nece^sar\- l)ecau>i' ot the larmer's needs. The ]ieo|)lc of the city Could not live a week without the larniei"'s products, lie holds uni only the pur.-.e .Nlrim;s ol the nation, hut e\en the \er\ life itself of the people, h'or this rea>oii, the larmer ha'-, in realitv'. the most important hu^ine^s of all. I )a\ iess couul\- has fine faian^ and as i;ood farmers as can he found anywhere in the state. And amoUL; the ^ood fanner^ of this .section, is (. harles .\. Littell, of Steele township.

Absalom Littell moved from Pi.-nnsyl\ania to L'lark county, Indiana, in l/yj, and there remained until his death. He enteretl one hundred and ninety acres of land in Clark county.

Josiah T. l.ittell, the grandfather of Charles A., married h^lizahelh Gilrnore, whu was ijurn on January 2/, 1801. They had ten children. Absalom, Ijorn on December 25, 1823; Mary J., March 7, 1825; Lucinda K., September 16, 1826; John Gilrnore, October 9, 1830; Matilda; Anna M., April 10, 1832; William F., March 4, 1834; Jusiah T., February 27, 1838; Margaret R., April 2, 1840, and Indiana, March 23, 1S44. Josiah T. Littell was a farmer in Clark county, Indiana. He was a soldier in the War nf 1812, and also a member of the slate militia. He was a member of the Christian church, and identilied with the Whig party. He (jwned one hundred and ninety acres of land in Cl.ark comity.

John Gilrnore Littell, the father of Charles .\., came to Daviess coimty in 1870, and owned two hundred acres of land at one time, but later in life, sold it and lived retired in I'laimille, Indiana. He ser\'ed in Company li, Twent_\--se\enth Indiana \'olunteer Infantrv, during the Ci\'il War, and was a sergeant, lie w.-i-^ a member of the Chri>tiaii church. John G. and Hannah 1 llnrns) Littell has fixe children, as follow: W. C)., born laniiarv 18, 1855; Thomas \i., l.ujrn J.aiuiary 2. 1858; Flla .\., born December g, 1859; George C.. born November 24. 18O7, and Ch;irles A., born July 7, 1 870.

Charles .\. Littell was educated in the common scIkmiIs and .at the ;ige of tliirteen learned the harness maker's trade. ,\t one time he li;id a hardware store in 1 'lain\-ille, Indiana, but quit that business in 19116. .\fter (|uitting the hardware business, he locatetl on his present farm, in I'ebruarv,- 1906. The farm consists of eighty acres and is located in Steele lownshii). Mr. Littell is engaged in general farming.

Charles .\. l.iiiell w;is married on ( )ctober 2, iSi)3. lo Lillian Toinew born on March 12, 1N77, in I ';i\iess coum_\ , Indiana, and the daughter of William 1'. and Mary F. (Hastings) Tomey, the former of whom was Ijorii on Ma\' 4, 1831. in Daxiess county, and who ilie<l in August, 1905, and the latter of whom was born in D;i\'iess couutv on May 22, 1857, ami who is now lix'ing in I'lains-ille. \\'illiam P. Tomey w.'is the son of John J. Tomey, whri was born on .\'o\ ember 20, 1824. and who died on December -7- ''^77- ^^^' niarrieii lulith l\o,irh. John J. Tomey was a shoemakei' by trade and a farmer. He owned sixt\' acres of land. The children of John J. and F.dith I Loach) Tomey were as follow: Willi:iin P., born on May 4, 1851; Dollie I-., March 12, 1854; M.artha. .April 25, 1857: Ida K., May 25, i860; Joseph iV., May 20, 1863; Mary E., Dcceniber 13, 18C6, and Margaret M., March 6, 1870. John J. Tupiey was the son of Armistead Tumey and DolHe (Myers) Tunie}', wlio had nine children, John J., Carohne, Ehas 1'., Wilhani A., EHzabeth, Mary J., Martin, Martha and Erederick ]i. William i'. Tumey, the father of Mrs. Littell, was a farmer and school teacher, lie was educated at the Central Nonnal College at Danville, and lived in Daviess county durin;.^- his entire life, lie owned one hundred and lifty acres of land in iiogard township. lie and his wife had five children. Cscar, born on April 5, 1875; Lillian, March 12, 1877; Ortho, October 21, 1879; Delia, August ly, 1881, and Alma, June 27, 1884.

To Charles A. and Lillian .\. (Tcnney) Littell four children ha\e been born, \''erna Irene, on October 4, Djoi ; Mary Almira. January 13, 1911; Edith, March 20, i8(j8, died on August 17, 1900, and a .-^on who died in infancy.

Mr and Mrs. Littell are members of the Cln-istian church. Mr. Littell is a member of the Prohibition |)arty, and a strung and ardent belie\er in tempciTMU'e. The tamih- are liighh- respected residents of Steele township, and ;n'e well known ni thii section of Da\ ie.ss coumy.

A review (jf the life of the honored and lamented Joseph Edwards must of necessity lie brief anil general in its character; for to enter fully into the interesting details of his career, touching the struggles of his earl}- manhooil and sncce!^^es of later da\-s, would far transcend the limits of this article. Lie held a large place in the ranks of the enteriiri.sing and ijublic-spirited men of hi.s da\' and s^cneralii lU. and the luster of his deeds and the memories which allacli In his name and chai'acler foini n.i inconsiderable cli.apter m the lnstor\- of the comnnnntv where he did his woi'k and achieved his success. Sufficient il is. we belie\e, to pro\'e him entitletl to the hipiiorable position be long occni)ied among the bra\e and energetic self-made men of hidiana. who, by enterprise and unswerving integrity, forged to the front. des[)ite ;dl opposition. ;md won for the grand old TToosier commonwealth a place second tn none other in the bright constellation com]irising Ihe nninii of American states. That he did bis part nobly and well caniKrt be gainsiiid. and though dead, he yet sjieaks in the works which he acconi])lislied ;md in

The late jusei)h lulwards was horn nn \ii\einlier _'5, 1840, in Da\dess county, Indiana, where he also (hed un March j(), 18.S:;. in Daviess CDimly. ] le was the son of Tlionias and J:lhzal)eth ( I )iinkin ) lulwards, the former a native of Kentucky, and the latter of I'ike county, Indiana. Th(.imas h'.dvvards lived in Daviess countv, where he was a farmer, and an inllueatial niemljer of the llaptist church.

Jiiseph lulwards was educated in the common scho<.)ls and was a farmer througliMut his life, lie owned one hundretl and twenty acres of land. ( )n l'"el>ruary 7, i.Si)^, he was m.arried t(j Ava ISyrer, who was born, March 4, 184I1. and who is the daughter of (^(.ittliel) ami .Matilda (Killgore) llyrer, the liirmer of whom was a native of I'ennsvivania, and who died m Septemher, iNij/, at the age oi ninetv-lvv o, and the latter a native of Lawrence count)', Indiana, died on April jS, iNSj, at the age of si\tv'-fi lur. (iottlieli r.yrer was a tarmer ;ind also a merchant at Kagiesv ille, Iniliana, where he purchased the store of John Ragle, which was the lirst in that town, (iottlich and Matilda (Killgore) T.yrer had twelve children, William and lunilv are ilecea>ed ; .\\a is the widiAV uf the late josejih l'".dw;irds ; Demma, I'hoehe and ficnrv are living; Xnah ;uid lliram .are deceased; I'retta is living, and j(ihn, Kliza and an inf.ant, arc deceased, (iotlliel) I'.vrer was a member of the Lhiiv ersalist church, lie was a son of Casper llvrer, a native of (!ermanv, a member of the I'nitarian church, who came In America ;md settled in the state of J'ennsv Ivania. lie hrul three suns, h'rederick, |cihn and 'ioltlieb. Matilda Killgore, (ioltlieb ISvrer's wile, was ;i daughter of lliram Killgdre, who was born in South ('ai"()lina, and who Later moved to Indi.ina, settling on a farm in Lawrence countv. !-^ub>ec|ncnll\', In- inmed to Daviess cotinty, Indiana, and settled in \'an I'tncn lo\viishi]i. lie was a pioneer tarmer. lie married .Xancv (ir.ant, who was boiai in .South ('arnlin.a, a daughter nf William (Irant, a southern plantation owner, and a soldier in the Reviilulionarv War. lliram and .\';inc\- (( Irani 1 Ixillgore had ten children. Ina, Ketm-ah, I'ollie, .Matilda, Keuben, l\Mllen, I 'errv, Lva, Sallie and Malinda. lliram Killgore was a son of Charles Killgnre, whit also fought in the Revi ilnliiinarv army.

I he late [oscph Ldwards is rememhercd as a m;in n\ kind and generous impuKes, one who was kind to his wite and to his faniih', who were his lirst cousider.-itiou ;md his lirst care. He was a man who todk a dei'|) interest in public c|ueslions ;nid has heen luissed in the communit\' where hv was so well known.

Thomas ()d'.r\an \\'as horn on januarv 3, iNjg. in ?\Iartin count}', Inrliana. He is the son of SvKester and Sar.ah ((jueeni ()dlr\an. the former of whom was Imrn in l\entnck\-, in 1S04, and who died in \Sji:. and the Latter, the daughter of .Masnu (jueen, a n;lti^e id" Mai'iiu couiUw where he was a farmer and also ;i de\oted meniher of the ('atholic church.

-\tter the death of .S\|\ester (~)' Ihw.an's father and niolln'r in Kentuckw. lie was taken to l.)e reared kiy an uncle in Indian.i. When he grew up. he returned tu liis nati\e state and li\ed there fur a lew \-ears, Ijut, sulisequently, returned lu Martin cuunty, Indiana, where lie fanned the remainder of his life. He uwned si.\ hundred and forty acres in Martin county and during the latter part of his life, he was a member of the Catholic church. He was married twice, his first wife being Julia Clemons. To this union two children were l.jorn, Joseph and William. After the death of his fir.^t wife, he married Sarah Queen, and to this union were Ijorn two chihlren. Th(.)mas, the subject of this sketch, and James, who is now residing in Arkansas.

Thomas C/Bryan was educated in the c<-immon schools of .Martin count\- and grew u[) on his father's farm. He performed the usual tasks which fall to the lot of the a\-erage country Ijoy, working on the farm during the suiumertime and attending school in the winter.

On .April i S. iS^j, Mr. O'l'iryan was married to .\nn 1 lurch, the daughter of Lcnuiel and lunily (Jones) Ijurch, l.ioth nati\-e^5 of Daviess county, and now deceasetl. Lemuel Ikirch was burn on .April jo, 1832, and died at the age of furty-nine \ears. He was a farmer and a dev<iut meiuber of the Christian church, and he and his wife were the parents of se\en children, .\nn. George, luigene, deceased; Darius, Christopher, \\'ile\- and .Milletus. j^enuiel llurch was the son of Christopher IJurch, who was born in a tort, who was a farmer In- occupation and a member of the Christian church. He married Mary ( )'Callahan, a native of Ireland. Christopher Hurch was a Soldier in the War of 181J. He was the .son of ( liarles I.lurch. a nati\'e of Ireland.

Mrs. l'".mil\' P.urch, tiie luotlier of Mrs. ndlryan, was the daughter of Wiley 1\. and .Aim ( h'oriling") Jones, the former a native of North Carolina and a slave-holder in the South. ;ind the latter a native of Kentucky. Wiley I\. Jones was the son of b'.bene/er Jones, a native ot Wales ;\nd .a .Methodist minister who came to .\mcrica and si'ttled m South ( arolina. Later he moved to 1 )aviess count)-, Indiana, with bis laiuily. where he was probably the lirst settler in that county.

After his marriage, Thomas OTiryan began farming in Daviess county and, with the exce|)tion of seven months, which he spent in .\rkansas, he has lived in Daviess count)- during the entire tinie since. He is now living a retire life in Llainville, w-here he owns several lots. He alsri owns seventy acres of land south of Plainville in Steele tuvvnshi|).

To Thomas and .Ann ( Rurch ) OTlrvan. six children have been born. Tames, Sarah, Nellie, fohn Weslev. Lngeiie, who graduated from tlie Stale

Normal School at Terre Haute in 1915, and Pearl. Of these children, James married Helen Hurst and they have three children, William, Mable and Geraldine; Sarah married Jacob Ragle and li\'es in Arkansas. They have five children, lierlha. Hazel, Alma, Ah'a and Tlmmas; Nellie, who lives in Plainville, was a teacher and married R(jscue JNlcCormick and has three children, Cecil, Ch'de and Gordun ; Jnhn \V., who li\es in Bcjgard townshiii, also taught scIkioI, and married Mary Boj'd and has two children, Merle and Elva.

Thomas O'Bryan has lived a long and useful life and has been an influential figure in his community. He enjoys the entire confidence and respect t.if hi.s neighbors and is admired li\' them fur ha\'ing reared a large familv t(i useful and liDUorable li\'es.

For many years Ernest KillidU has been identified clusely with the business atfairs of Plainville and Steele township in L)a\ ie.ss cnuntw Indiana. Atlhough a comparatively young man, his life has jjeen one of untiring acti\'ity, and has l)een crowned with a degree of business success attained by coniparati\-el\' few ijf tlnjse who aspire to eminence in busine^s. Se\-eral years' conscientious w(_>rk as a Ijanker have brought with them nrit only increased business for his bank, liut also a growth in banknig knowledge and that wide and accurate judgment, the pos-^e.^sion of which constitutes maturit\- in the business relations of life. iJy a straightforward, honorable course, Mr. Killion has built up a large and lucrative banking busine<>. wliich is a splendid tribute to hi-; priigressive ifleas and native executive abililv. lli< iife-wi'il^ i> a --plenilid example nl what an .\nieiican \(>ulh. ]ilenlifull\ endowed with gond common sen>e, energ\- anil iletermination, can accomplish.

Ernest E. Killion, the subject of this sketch, w.as born iiii January <). 18S7, in Steele towiisliip, Daviess count\', Indiana. He is the son ni Nathrm E. Killion, a nati\'e of Daviess count\', the life histurv ot whom is pre--ented elsewhere in tiiis volume.

Ernest E. Killion, after receiving a good cnniiui 'n-schiml eihicatiun, .ittended the Northern Illinoi-, Normal School for twelve weeks, and after that. returned to Plainville. Indiana, where he farmed for ruie vear. In addition

.Mr. Killion is identified with the hemocralii' parlw lie is a memher of ihe Independent ()r<ler of ( )dd l-'ellows, the .M.is.ais and the Ahxlern W'oochnen of .\merica. lie is well l\'no\\n in Steele township, and is highly respected 1)\' all classes of pt'ople with whom he >s \er\' ])o|)nlar. 'J he success of the Plain\ille ha.nk, ol which he is cashier, is largeh due to the persistency with which he has sought husiness and to his keen discrimination in selecting onh' that husiness which wmild prove the hest for hi^ hank. .Mr. Kilhou has the entire coiihdence, net onlv ol the dii-ectors ( d' his hank, hut (d the comniunit\' at large.

With the death of e\er\- pioneer, this age is Insing touch with that period whi(di saw the .Middle West eiuerge In'm ihe wilderness. I'.ecause we ha\e the things which much (Tier ci 'innniiuiies eniii\- and e^leciu a- the marks of ci\ ili/alion, ihe \Mnugcr generation ni,i\- leel that the .Mississippi \alle\- is no longer \irgin terrilor_\-. Perh:i])s it is not, hut its lieginniiig and lat(.'st (kwelopment can he spanned hv the li\'es of a few men still known aniong us. (.)ne of these |)assed away a tew \'e;u"s ago. (leorge W. l)Mulin .sa'v the first pike, the first railrn.axl and the first i:inal huill in this part of the cnuntrx-. lie was one of the earl\- settlers in l)a\iess couiU\- and in serene, hul not inactise, cTl age, ])a>sed awa\- in .Steele tnwn,--hi]), Haxiess coimtv, liuli.ana. (lenrL'.e W. 1 'ilin helMiiged to the sti.cl< of which the coii- (|uerors of the West were made. Men id' his kind were coui|uerors not nier<-l\- of the ])h\'sical aspects I'd" the new counlrw hut of the nigral, religious aiul ci\ic as well.

Cleurye W. Denlin was hum on April id, iS-|S, in (Ireciic county, huliana, and dicil on June 10. \<n)j. lie was a larnicr north ol lMain\illc. Jndiana, one and one-half miles and there owned i.me lunulred and ninetytwo acres of land, lie was the son of William Doolin and Comfort Baker, wh(j were farmers in (ireene comity.

Mrs. Martha .\. Duolin, the widow of (George W. D.K.liu, liveil on the old homestead farm and looks .after the operations u])ou it. She is a woman of keen hnsiness judt;nieut and is hi;.,dily respected in Steele township. C;cor,<4e W. Doolin and wife were menihers of the Chi'isti.au church. ITe was a Democrat.

Willi A.M Chaulls Foust. ' '

There is nu occupation wliich j^ivcs a man tiie .same independence of life, wiiich hriui^s him closer tn naUnx-, than does farming. In pioneer times farming was very much of a drud^rery, hut with ah tlie m(_idern improvements tile farmer is reheved of much of the iiard wdrk which was the portion of iiis fiirefatiiers. Then, tuo, farmiiii;- has risen in dignity, until now it is olten referreil to as a profesbioii rather than as ;m occupaticjii. For fifty years the science of agriculture was in its mere infancy, and the idea that a man had tn take a C(jurse in college in ortler to he a successftil farmer, would have heen laughed at, hut today our C(jlleges are teaching agriculture as a .science and are turning out thousands of young men who are well trained in the scientilic methods of farming. .Another ad\aiitage which the present-day farmer commands, which was totally unknown to hi.s pioneer lorefather.s, is the matter of (juick transportation. Good roads are running through e\-ery jjortioii id' our state, and the interurhan and autoni(.>hile keep the farmer in close touch, not only with his neigliliors, hut with the life in the city as well. Daviess is one (jf the oldest counties in the state, and. consei|ueiitl\', has iiian_\' tine farms and good farmers within its horders. .\nioiig the enter[)rising and progressi\e farmers of Daxiess county, there is nr>ne who stands in higher esteem than d^ies William ( liarles F'.)ust. of Steele to\\nshi[).

William Charles h'oust was I Mini on March [(). 1S77, near .Vnderson, Madison count\', liitliana. He is the son of John N. and Susan E. (Damewoinl) Foust, the former of whom was born near Knoxville, Tennessee, and who (lied, April i, 1904, and the latter of whom was also horn near Knowille, Tennessee, and who died. .-\].)ril i, i(;io. She was the daughter of i'io,i(iii and May ( Cacaryn ) hamcwood. John .\'. I'mist was the son of lianiel I'tiiisi, a iiali\e of Xorlh (.arolina, and a soldier in the War of i8i_'. lie moved to Tennessee, where he lixed the remainder of his life, and it was in Tennessee that he reared his family.

[oliii \. h'oust received a common-school education and, ;it the outbreak of the C"i\il W;ir, enlisted in the LTnion army, lly birth and by location he was by rights ideiitilled with the interests of the ' ', m feder;icy, but he did not belie\e in slasery, so he escaped by night to the Xorlh and to the Ihiioii armv and ser\eil during the entire war. He enlisted in the Third Regiment, Tennessee Infantry, as a private soldier. He was hit 1)\- ;i spent ball, and the wound on his foot caused him a great deal of trouble during the remainder of his life. .After the close of the war, he moved to

Indiana, and scttletl in Madi^nn ciuinly, where lie [uirchased ei_i;luy acres of huul and where he hved, until 18S3, when he sold his farm aiul came to Daviess count)', Indiana, locating near I'lainville. Here he IjMiight one hundred and twenty-live acres. He was a niemher of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he was very active. He was alsu acti\'e in local affairs and especially in those ui Daviess county. At ime lime he was a guard at the hanging of an innucent man in Madison county, which afterward changed his wIkjIc attitude toward capital punishment. He was a memher of the Odd Fellows, both suljordinate lodge and the encanipnicnt. J>ihn \. antl Susan E. (13amewood) Foust had four children, 1j. L., William ('liarles, Theotlore Claude, and Alary Edna. The last two are deceased. !>. L. I'nust has been married twice, the first time to Anna Heinhnugh, wIid Imre him one child, Ralph, deceased, and the secuiid time tu Xora Staiidley, liy wliiiiii fuiir children, Cleo, .Stan<lle\-, l,\'man and Juanita have been burn. 11. L. Fiiust lives in l'lain\ille, and is in the dry goods business.

William Charles housl was etlucated in the I'lainville schools and in the iiigli school, where he was able to (jbtaiii a good education. .Mr. I'^nist was married i.m April 19, 1904, to Morence Hastings, the tlaughter of John and Elbe (Littell) Hastings, wlnj are farmers of jioganl township, Dax'iess county. Mrs. Foust is the onl)' child of lier parents who grew t^j maturity. Mrs. Ellie (Littell) Hastings is the daughter of John (1. Littell, and a sister of Charles A. Littell, whose life history is trild elsewhere in this volume.

After his marriage, Mr. Ff)ust moved to the farm upon which he now lives, which is located about one-half mile north of Plainville, and consists of liiie hundred and twentv-fne acres, William Charles and I'loreiice (Hastings) l-^mst had five children, Alildred Alzora, Florence Margarite, named after her mother; Charles Hastings, and twin brother and sister, Dorolhy F.llen and John Donald. The mother of the.-e children i^ a faithful and de\cited nieniber of the t hri>tian church, while Mr. I'oust belongs \.<r the Methodist I'.piscopal church. Mr. bou^t is a member of the AFasonic lodge and of the Knights of Pythias.

Besides ]Mr. Foust's farm, he also owns a store builchng and lot Xo. ()i| in Plainville. William Charles Foust is commonly known as Charles. His buildings are perhaps the most up-to-date of any in the community in which he lives and are e(|ui]i|)ed with electric light, while the new home in which Mr. and Mrs. boust and children li\e, li;is .all modern coiu'enience^.

Air. Foust is an enter])rising farmer and a public-siiirited citizen. He is a man who is honored by the people of Daviess county, among wliom he is well known and resix'Cted for his many good (|ualitieN of heart and head.

Xatlian ("i. Uoail is one of ilmsc .strmiq-, self-reliant and deterniinL'tl who are oceasioualh' met with and who are of ^uch a distinct type as to become leaders of their fellowinen. Not that Mr. kead coinls this tlistinction, for he is entirely unassuming, hut his yreat force <jf character, his zeal and energy in whatever he inidertakes, natin'ally place him in the front rank of those men who ha\e lieen potent factors in the de\elopnicnt of l)a\iess connl\', Mr. Read has long maintained his lionie in this count)', and here he i> well known lo all cla.sses hy reason of his honorable and intlustrious life, both in his puliiic and private capacitw.

Xathan G. Uead, the president of the Washington National liank, of Washington, Indiana, was born in Washington townsln'p, iJaviess C(junt\', Indiana, on March _:;C), iS4_', the mjii of .Nathan ;md Mary A." (Weaver) Kead. the former a native cjf Massachusetts and the latter of I'ennsv Ivania. Nathrm Uead and his wife were earlv settlers in 1 )av iess county and were the ]iarents of the following children: Richard .N. ; ( Jeorge G. : .Nathan G. ; Martb.'i. who wa> the wife of d'hoinas U. Rradford; .Mary, who was the wife of William llvatt; .\liri;im, who married William ."^.-mford; Sarah 1)., who was the wife of I'dijah .Artlun': I.vilia, who dii,il when a child. ( )f these, Nathan ( i. Read is the onlv one now living. '

The elder Nathan Read w.is leared in .Massachusetts and came to Daviess Countv when a voimg man. lleie he purchased two hundred acres of land, two miles northeast of Washington. Me improved this farm and there he reared liis family.

Nathan Ti. Reail was reared on his father's farm in \\'';ishington townshi|). lie attended the district schools and the W ;ishington ])ubhc schools. .After leaving the farm, he became dejuUv conniv autlitor nuiler his brother, Richard X. Read, and served iu this c.ipacilv for four or live years. lie was then elected county auditor, November I, 1S07, and served two terms in this oflice, or until November 1, 1S75. In .\iigust, 1877, Air. Kead was elected sheriff and held that office for two years. .After his term as sheriff expired, he engaged in the general inercautile business, and, lor a tew vears, was in iiartnership with William W. b'eagan.s. Mr. l\cad entered the ^\'ashington National Rank on January 10, 1S88, as assistant cashier. Tn Janttarv, iS(;7, he was elected ])resident and has held this ofl'ice since the date of liis first election, lie served on the Washington board of education from 1S85 to 1907. and during that period was instrumental in forwarding

Nathan G. Uead was married on January 21, 187S, to Mrs. Fannie T. McCulloch, the widow nf lilliutt McCulloch and the daughter of John and Mary Teney. Two children ha\'e been bom to this union, Robert Roy and Louis I. Robert Roy died when about eight years old. Louis I is now cashier of the Washington National Bank. He was graduated from the Washington high scIk.ioI and attended Purdue L^nixersity for some time. He married Cleo Hcirrall and they ha\e two children, Richard H. and Mildred.

Mrs. Nathan G. Read died on No\-ember 3, 1913. She was born near Aurora, Indiana, antl was a woman of strung Chi"istian character and much loved h_\- all who knew her. Mrs. I'lead was a member of the Presl.)yterian church practically all (jf her life. Air. Read als(j is a member of this church and is an elilcr in the congregation with which he is associated. Nathan G. Read is a Dcnuicrat and is a man of i|uiet and modest demeanor, inU of sterling worth. Me has lived all of his life in l)a\'iess count}- and is one of the best-known men within its borders. "Still w;Uers run deep," savs an old pruxerl), and this particularly applies to Mr. Read. Wv the things he has accomplished m a material way: by his wholes mie e\er\(la\- life, his strict integrity and genuine, manly, Christian character, he has drawn arf)und him a host of friends who hold him in the highest esteem. He has been a good citizen in every sense of the word, public-spirited and benevolent, and throughout his life has always taken an interest in the upbuilding and welfare of Ins cil\' and count)'.

The following is a briel sketch nf the lite oi one, who, b\- close attention to business, has achieved a salistactor_\' degree ol success in the agricultural life ui I)a\iess count)-, Indiana, and who has arisira to an ImnMrable position .-miong the enterprising young farmers of Daviess county, with which his interests are identilled. 11 is recor'A is a ])lain one, rendered remarkable by no strange or mysterious .'id. ventures, no w-onderful ami lucky accidents, no tragic situations. Jnh',) Thomas is fine of those estimable characters whose integrit)- and per-;,'onalit)- niust olitain for them an admirable public notice which their moi'.tst)- ne\'er seeks. Mr. Thomas commands (27) tilt.' respect i)f his neighbors and I'ehciw citizens ami lias left I he inipressiun (»1 his nulivickiality upun the cuninuinity where he li\es.

John Thomas was liorn un Se[)teinlier 13, iNjn, in Alurgan countw Indiana, lie is the sun uf Harrison and Martha A. (Ilothwell) 'J'JKjnias, the tornier of whom was also Ijorn in Ah.irgan coinn\' c)n April _'5, 185-', and the latter ijf whom was liorn in the same coinit)' un lime 4, 18^4. -Martha A. Llothwell was the danghter of John and Martha ( 1 Imds ) I'.uthwell. John l!olh\vell was horn in Ireland on March 17, 18(13. He and his lirst wife, Xancy l.oraign, came to America and setlle<l in I'emisyKania in Mi..intgoniery c<innty, where his wife died. He was married, a secoiul time, to Martha A. Hotlnvell, the widow of Kichanl Weathers. John L'.othwell had twehe children by his second wife, Samnel, Anna, iMar)', DaN'id, lohn, Hugh. Sarah, James, Isahelle. .\iin, Martha and Margaret.

The lather of Harrison Tlmm.as, .and the grandfather uf J.,hn Thomas, the snhject ol this sketch, was John Thomas, Sr., a native of Tennessee, horn on Jannary j, 1817. He was in.arned the lirst time to Nancv Maxwell, the daughter of Thomas and I'dizaheth Ma.xwell. l!v iln> nnion three children were born, Sarah, Harrison and an infant daughter. He was a f.armer by occnp.itioii and was married a second time lo i.uc\' Harper, tlie widow of Jc.slni.a King. The great-grandfalher ni Ji,hn riKunas, the subject of this sketch, w.as I'eter Thomas, who was Ixirn in Xnrih ('aroliii.a. He and his wife came to Ohio in 1823.