Daviess County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1915 (part 3 of 7)

liniclme Shircniaii was the .laui;lucr ol Maxwell ShirLinan, who was horn ill Xoilh e'arMhna on .Xovcinher -', i.'^-'i, and whu married Sarah Cramer, who was horn in New Jersey. iMaxwell Sinrenian and wile were farmers in Ah.irgan connty, Indiana, and were memhers of the .Methodist Jipiscupal ehnreh. Ahraham ilarl, Mrs. Thomas' paternal ^grandfather, was horn in North Carolina and married Sarah Cliipps. He and his wife were farmers in .M(jrt;an county, Indiana, and members of the Methodist I'.i)iscopal church. .Mrs. 'Jliomas' father, A. S. Hart, was a farmer and owned one hundred and thirty-five acres in ^h.irgan county, lie was a Democrat m pcjlitics and was active through.uit his life. He served at one time as county chairman and reprehCiUed Mor<;an county in tlie slate l.ei;islature. He and his faniilv were memhers of the Methodist hipi^copal church. .\. S. Hart and wife had six children, (Jra. Mari;ai-et, Laura. Mary .\da, X'ictor and lAerett. Of these children, Ora married Nettie Avery and lives in Indianap.ilis, Indiana; Alari;aret married I'.ert Leoiianl and lives in Martinsville; Laura married Miner Leonartl and lives in M.irtinsville ; X'ictor married Ida Prin,<,de and lives m Martinsx illc, and I'.xerctt married Cecilc L'nversaw and li\es in Martin^\ ille.

Mr. and Airs. Tolin Thomas lived in Alori;:in county until three years after their marriage, when they came to Steele township, Daviess county, Indiana. They moved to Daviess county, ahout 191 i, and jjurchased one hundred and one acres, a part of the old Killion farm. They have no children. Air. Thomas is engaged in ijeneral farniinf; in Steele township and is ;i youii^ and ])n ii^ressive citizen. He has very i;< lod land and is known as a succes-<ful fanner in this conimunity.

.Vnioiis; the represeiit.iti\e citizens of Washington, Indiana, w^liose residence has contributed m no Miiall de-ree to the inor;i] and civic aihancenieiit of the city, is James A. Cill, a well-known funer;il director .if Washington. While LaboriuL; for his mdixiilual ad\ ancemeiit, Mr. Cill ha-- not forg-otteii his obli,i;,ition to the public and his sup]iorl of Mich measures and movements as h.ave been made for the ,L;ener,il j;o,,d n\ the community, has always been depended upon, .\ltlioii-h his life li.is been a busv one, lie has iK-\er .allowed it to interfere with his obligation as a citizen -Am] nei-hlior. Thr.iU'di hi.s loiii; vears id' residence in this locality, he has e\er been true to tliL* Irusl inipuscd in him wliclhcr uf a puljlic ur prixate nature ami his reputaliiin lias heen unassailahlo. Possessing ni a marked degree those sterling traits which lia\e commanded the miitorm conlidence, regartl and sympath}', necessary tu his \ocatiiin, he is toda}' hon(jred by all who know him and is numbered among the representative men of Da\"iess ciAint\'.

James -A. Gill was born on i\o\eml>er 29, I1S73, in Washington, Indiana, the se^n of Joseph 11. and Mary li. (Carnalian) Gill, the former a nati\-e of Illinois and the latter of Indiana, who were the iiarents of six children, Jennie, the wife ni D. 11. i'ennett, of Logansport ; James A., of W'ashingtiin ; Gharles, of Washington; l.anra, the wife of Kussell L. Schwindler, of Logansport; llelen. who is unmarried and li\es at Ti|)ton, rmd Joseph, of Washington.

Joseph M. Gill was i)arli;dly reare<l in lllimiis. His parents died when he w.as ten years old when he cime tu W ashingiou, before the war, learning the cabinetmaker's Ir.ide here. W hen the war bn)ke out, he enlisted for three years ;md re-enh\tetl for three .iddilional \ears. >er\ing altogether four xears and three months. He was ;i sergeant ;md ser\'ed in m;mv of the hardfiiught battles of the war. .\lter the war, he retnrne<l to Washington and resumed his trade until iXjj, when he went into piartner'-hi]) with M. L. I'ltjuham in the iurniture and umlertaking business, which I'lrin continued in I.iusiness until iSi^j under tln' n.ime of llonham iSj (iill. lie kater ])urcliased the old establishment of William k'oster and S'lnn aftei'ward assuciated with him his son, Jrunes A., under the firm name of biseph Gill \- Sou. This firm continued until Mr. Gill's death. .\ugn>t if'), ]Soo, at the age of lifiy-niue )'ears, llis wife died on M.'irch n. \')\\. at the ,ige of si.xty. Iloth were de\'oted members nt the iMethodisi b'piscop.al church.

James ;\. Gill was born ami reared in Washiugti iii ;nid has lifed here all c)f his life, lie .attended the ]inblic schools, but subsei|uently Wdrked ru tlie ni.'uTinist's tr.ade for abiuil three vears. He then went into (he uiidert.aking business which he h.as followed e\-er since, a period of twent\-one years. !\lr. Gill does a large business anil is ;m active member of ihe St.ate I'unend Directors .Association.

j\lr.s. Gill Ava.s horn in Wa^liin^ti.m, and her father and mother were natives of this state. Her mother died in iSiji at the a,L;o "i lhirtv-ei_L;ht }ears, and her father is still lixinj^. They had three children, Mrs. Helen ?>IcGaughey. Mrs. M.ayme G. ( ,ill :iml Mrs. I'stella Keller. Mrs. Gill's mother was one of hve children hurn to her [)arents, Mrs. Addie niickner, Mrs. .Mice \'. l"..>ter, Mrs. Stella Jloffman, Mis. Winifred Hayes and James.

burg-. Washington county, Indiana. lie is the son of Juseph C. and Lida E. (Morgan) Longhmiller, tlie former a n:iti\e of Tennessee and the latter of Frederickslnirg, Jn(hana. They had ei,!;iu eliilih-en. W'ilHain \'.., the subject of this sketch; Clara !'>., the wife of John ShuU, of llarr ti iwnshi]), IJa\iess county: Sarah Elizabeth, the wife of Thonias Katchlf, of I'.arr township; J\lary, the wife of George McCracken, of llarr township; Xettie May. the wife of h'.phraini Williams, of I'.arr township; lulith, the wife of Claude Ragle, of llarr township; Marry and John, both of I'.arr township.

Joveph C. Longhmiller, the father of these children, was f(.ur years old when he came with his parents from Tennessee to Washington comity, fndiana. where he grew to manhood. Me has been a farmer nio.st of his life, came to l);i\iess connl\- in the fall of 1N71 and located lirst in Washington. Me Wdrked a while at coal nnning ;md also followcil f.irming. .\bont iN.'^4 he mo\ ed to r,;irr townshi]) and, snb>e(|neinly, b. mght a farm of eighty acres South t.)t .Montgomer\' and still resides in liiis neighborhood, where he reared his family. Mr. l.oughmiller has sold all but t\\c-iu\- acres of hi-, f;irni. Mis wife died on December -'4, njoj. -'^ t-'i^' ''.v^' of rifts'-fue. I'.oth were members of the Methodist church.

William L. l.oughmiller was reared in l)a\'iess connt\-. in Washington .and r.arr townships, on his father's fai'ni. lie attended the district schools and remained at home imtil grown, .\fter re;iching matnritw he rented a farm, married and oper.ated this farm for sex en years. In the meantime, he I)urc!i;ised a farm of eight}' acres in Larr township .and farmed there, niuil 1910, when he rented out the farm and mo\ed to W.ashingt. .11, where he engaged in the hardware and iinjilement business. Mr. Longhmiller still owns a half interest in the f.irm.

Ouilliam, the daughter df Jnhii j. and Anna hdizabeth (Myers) Ouilham. One son, William Russell, has 1/een burn tu this uiiiuu. lie graduated from the Washington high sclmol at the age of se\'enteen _\'ears anil is now a student of inu^ic.

Mrs. Liiughmiller was horn in Washington, Indiana, August lo, 1871. Her father was li(.irn on the Isle of Alan and her mother in Ohii.i. Her lather dietl in Decenilx-r, 11)13, and her mother is still lixing. Thex' had se\-en children, Clara, hrank, Wnii;un, James, Roy. IJertiard and a daughter who died \oung.

Devoted in the nulile wurk which his professinu implies. Dr. Charles llenry \'enne, [ihysici.an and surgeon of Washingti iii, Indiana, has keen faithful and indefatigable in Ins endeaxcirs. lie ll;l^ nut onl\- earned the due rewards <if his efforts in a temporal wav, but h;is also proved himself eminently wnrthv tu exercise the im]ioitant fiuictions nf his calling by reasonot his ability, his abiding s\inpalh\' and his earnest zeal in behalf of his fellow men. His understanding nf the science of medicine is regardeil bv those who kunw him as being brnad and comprehensive. The protessinn and the ]>ublic accord him a distinguished place rnnniig the men of this class

Ceorge ^'enne, the father i.)\ Dr. Charles when a small child, went tu Oliiu with his parents. \vh(j settled in Carroll CMunt\-. Mere he grew tu inanhu(jd and w ai married m the luwn of kilgure. ile worked at the wagonmaker trade in (Jhio, and came {d Indiana, in 1S54, settling near !^hoals ow a farm.

Upon the breaking out ( d" the Civil War, trieurge Venne enlisted in Company A, Se\entecnth Regiment, Indiana X'olunteer Infantrw under CaiJtain Ilenley in Colonel Wilder's brig.ade. Colunel Wilder afterward biecame (ieneral Wilder, and this brigade became tam(jus in the annals of the ("i\'il War. .\lr. \'enne <hed in Murlreesburo, Tennessee, of txphoid fe\cr. lie left ;i wife and eight children at home. .\t the time uf his ileath he was a corporal in the Union army. He h;id blazed the way and Imilt the buildings on the farm which his sons aftciward deseluped and there grew up.

Dnctor \'enne's inateriral granilt;ubcr wa> William .\lbrmgb, whose wife was a Aliss .Sinnnon^. The\' were natives of ( )hio .and farmeis, Inith died in Carroll count\', ( )hio. the grandfather .at the .age of sevent\'-nine, .md the grandmother at the age t<\ eighty-fum-. They ha<l eight children, .Melinda. \ Elizabeth, Lavina, Sarah, Samuel, Basil, I'eter and Eli.

Charles IL-nry was reared on his father^ farm and attended the (h'striet sehudls near Shoal.^. lie also did some hi-li school work at the Shoals hi,^h seh.iol, alter he lau-ht school for li\e years in the district schools cif -Martin ci.unty. J le -radiiated from the .Medical Colle-e of Ohioat Cincinnati, and lie^.an practicing at .Shuals. After two years he moved to Owensliur- ni tirecne county, ;ind iiracticed there fur nine \-ears. In 1894. Diicior \'eniie came to Washington, and has ]}racliced here continuously tor more th.an twenty vears.

.Mrs. Dor.a \'enne died on June 18, lX(/), at the ,a.i;e of thirl\'-ei^ht. She was a member of the Alethodist church, and was born at l)o\er llill, Indiana, on .September 20, iN5,S. ]ler parents were natives of (.-)hio, and nio\'ed to Indiana in their early married life and settled in Martin countv. .Mrs. \'enne's mother dieil about 1904, .at the as^e of si.xty-nine. Iler father is still li\inL;' at the a.L;e of ei.i.;lity-three. lie was a soldier in the Civil War and serx'ed his country in the .Sixty-hfth Ke,i.;imenl, Indiana X'olunteer Infantry, lie was with Sherni.an on his famous m.ai'ch to the sea. Michael .S|mc\ and wile were ilie p.ircnt-- ol se\cu chiKlren. I rank .M . .V.ldic, Dora, Sic-el, t landia, .Merhii W. and tdiarle> \'.

Old liarrisoiivillc, Martin C(iiint\-, Indiana, now '["rinity Springs. 1 k-r fatlicr was a native nt Xurtli Carolina, her niotlKT of Imliana. Doth are now deceased. They had six children as follow: Su^an, Aleli>.sa. lienjaniin U., Walter T., William and Mar\'.

It is a well-authenticated fact th.'it success comes as a result of leL^itiniate and well-ap[)lied enei-<;\-, unllagi^ins; determinalioii and |ierse\'erauce in a Course ot action when once decided upon. Success is ne\-er k-now u to smile upon the idler or the dre,-imer and ne\er courts the loafer. ( )nl\- the men who ha\e ililii^entl)- sought her fa\-(irs are found with her hlessings. In tracing the history of I'Tauldin S. Gregory of the lirm of .S. Gregor\- ^c Son, it is plain!)- seen that the success which he eni(i\> has keen won h\- Coinmcndakle ipialities ot heart anil head. I lis pi'rsonal worth has gained lor Inin the high esteem of the people of I )a\ ies^ couutv.

k'ranklm S. Gregor)-, senior memher of the lirm of V. S. Gregur\- iV Sun, grain dealer.s of Washington, was horn on I;inuar)- 4, iN6_^, in Daxiess Count), Indiana, is the son of Robert and Z)lpha { Hill) Gregorv. the former a nati\-e of South Carolina and the latter a natise (d' Tennessee. The)- had fifteen cliilclren, William, deceased; Gt'orge W., of Washington; |uli,-i Ann, the widow of Jacob WHiite, of W.-ishington ; Laura, the widow cA .Spillm;ni Jones, rmd later of llenry Arms, of Washington; Rennett li\es at Joueslioro, Arkansas; Melinda is the w-ifc of James R. Steen (d' Washington; .\lford is deceased; Mary is the wife of I'erry Risley, of ( ),-ikland Citv, Indiana;

Davikss Cointv, Indiana

Sanfunl alsu li\x> at Oakland (_'ity; l''ranklm S. is the sulijcct <.)1 this sketch; j(jlin ihed during tlie L'ixil War ni the service of Ins country, and four chddren ijied in infancy. 'Idle father of these children, koherl Gregory, was a small hoy when he came from Sorfih Carolina to l)a\iess count)', Indiana. At tlie time id' his arri\al the Indians antl deer were numerous in this section oi the state. Kohert (jregory was reared in Davie.^s county and was a farmer, lie owned nine hundred and sixty acres of land at the time i.if his death. His home was in Harrison township, where he reared his famil\-. lie died on September N. iNSi, at the age of si.xty-six. His wife died on April 14. KK^o, at the age of eigluy-(ine. liotli were members of the llaptist church.

The p.aternal grandfather's Instory is lost as is aKo that of the paternal grandmother. It may be said, howe\er, that they came from South Carolina Mid were pioneers in l)a\iess county. Indiana. They dieij on the jjlace where they first settled, a farm in llarrisori township. The paternal grandfather dro\'e two-year-old steers from l)a\iess counts to Louisville and sold them for ten doUai's per liea<l. lie purchased Land at two dollars an .acre. There were two children b\ the lu'st marriage. Roliert .S. and 1 .ettie. The grandmother married again, her second liusband liemg ( jeorge llusi(in. Two more children were born, ( ieorge and t alherine.

The maternal gramlfather of i^'ranklin S. dregory was Heniiett Hill. He li\ed in Tennessee. lie and his wife had three children, Henr\' Hill, who was once a \er\- prominent ni.an in Washington; llennett, Henderson and Zylpha.

b'r.aiiklin S. (Iregory was reared on his father's farm in Harrison townslii]!. He attended the district schouls and li\ed at home until he was grown. Two months aftei" he was married, his father died ;ind hTaiiklin iuherileil a pain of the homestead and f.armed it for si\ti(.-ii \cars. He then tr.ided ihe l.irm Nif ,1 gram ele\al>'r in \\ ashinglon and has been in this business siiue that lime. In .March, 11)14. he associated himself in business w ith his sou. ( )ral \\'.

Mr. (jregor\'s .second niarriane was to Mrs. ^lelissa M (jruhli, tlie uii.low of Kli (jrulili. She h;ul three children by lier former marriage, Mrs. I'lCS^ie Kay, X'irgil and Delia. .Mrs. Melissa I".. (Iregorv was horn in Da\'iess county. Her parents were natixes of ( )hio, and liutli are now deceased. The}- had li\ e children, John, hrances .Ann, W'dh.am, ,^arah and Melissa.

Thninas ( '. M\ers is a plain, honest m;in of affairs, who, by correct uielhnds and a strut regard lor the interests ol his pairnns, has made i)is inlluences felt in Washington and has won fnr himself distinctixe prestige in the business circles of this city. Air. AI\ers would be the last man to ])ermit extravagant eulogies. Ne\ei"thek'ss, his life presents much that is interesting and \;iluable and which may be studied with prolit by young men, whose careers are )'et to be nuule. lie is one ol those men whose integrit)' and strength of characier must Inrce them into .idmirable n^tiee which iheir ui"dcs|\ never seeks. Mr. .\lvers kMuimuids ihe respect oi his lellnvv townsmen auil will leave the impression of his individuality deeply stamped u[mpu the life of the comnnim'ty where he lives.

Thomas C. Alvers, a well-known grocer and the proprietor ed" a sa\v-iuill, was born on .\])ril 2, iHf/). in I'.ogard township, Daviess count v, Indiana, lie is the son of Joseph Al. and Xancy L. ( Adkius) Alvers, natives of Daviess county. They had thirteen children, Thomas (.'. ; (./harles II., of Imlianapolis; Oliver ii., of Washington; .\lfred ( ., of llngard township; .Arunld W'., of Washington; Idora ].. the wife of J. C Loudermilk, of Clinton, Indiana; I'jnnia and Delia, twins, the former the wile of John Rogers, of Bogard township, and the latter the wife of I'.enjamin l!enninglon, of Jason- j<ise|>li M. Myers, Ihe father n\ Thuma^ C"., was Imrn and reared in Bogard townshii), l)a\iess cmnUy, where he was a drui.;gi>l in l-",i)>(ini. He -owned a gcind tarm of (Hie hundred acres. Air. AI)ers died in Kjoo at the age of tifty-eii^ht and his wife is still living. linih were n^enlller^^ <<i the iNlethodist chnrcli. The paternal grandparents of .Mr. Ahers were Joseph and Mary (Sifrit) Alyers, natives rjf \orth ("aroliiia. Horn in i8n_', he came to Indiana when qm'te young, when he engaged in fanning in this state. He built the tirst house in I'.ooard township outride id' the Dutch settlement. He and his wife lioth died at advanced ago. he at the age of eightv and she at the age id eighty-four. ddie\- had a large family, among whom were the following children: Joseph AL, l-.lias. William, (leorge W'., Christina and I'-lizalieth. d he maternal gr.-mdpai'ents of Thomas C. Ahers were Christo]iher and Xellie (Lee) .Vilkins, Ik- a nati\e of Kentuckv and .she of N'irginia, and Imih were early settlers in Daviess county. He died at the age of liftN-eight and she .at the ago of cut \ - four. ddie\- had two children, John, who died while couiparali\ el_\ \oung; and \:mc\- i... the moihc-r of Mr. Alyers.

1 homas C. .M}ers was reared on his falher's farm in I'.ogard townxhip and attended the district schools. He lived at hoiiiv until iwenty-oiie wears of age and then worked in ;i store at ITnora for one _\ear. Suli>ei|uentl\', Air. Alyers went into the saw-mill hnsiness m partnership with his hrother. tdiarles 11. Tlie\' were together some twent\-six \e;irs, during which time lhe\- were aHo engaged in the mercantile business. Together iIkw bmlt the first lloin--mill at I'lpsom and condncted it for four years. This mill was traded tor a store in AJecca, Indian.a. Soon afterward they di^so|\-ed ]iartnershii). ddiomas C. M\ers then went to IV-rre Haute and worked for the Kaulfman liioeery t ouipaiu lor a ^lioii nine and linalK relumed to W .ishington and stai'led a re-laur.iiil. He then iiiovod to Alicbi^.an ;iud li\-ed ihere for a few months when he came back to Washington .and traded for his present grocery. He and his brother, .\ltred C'., are in the saw-mill business at the present time.

Thomas C. Alyers was married mi July -'4, 1SS7, to bdora J. Wilson, the daughter of .\udrew J. and I'.leauor ( I'erkins) Wilson. ( )ne d.aughter, Lola .\., has been born to this union, .'^be married ( liarles l'.\-crett Aliller, who (lied in April, \')\t,. leaving a son, l\;m. .A d.aughter. Doris, was born after his death.

Roland .M. Smiley, L). 1). S., a well-kmiwii dentist nf Washint^ton and a memher ai i\. .M. Smiley & .Son, ha.^ practiced his prcjfe.-^sidn in Daviess cunnt}- t<.r a period of nearly thirty years. I'>_\- his professional ability and high pergonal character, he h;is made a distiiicti\e mark in the community where he has li\'ed so loiit; and wheic he i-> S' i well known. In the realm of deiitistr\' he has achieved a spleiidiil re]uitation. drained m the first instance as a public school teacher. Doctor Smik'\- later (|nalilied himself ;idinirabK' for his ])resenl profession. .Viiioni; his professional collea,mies in Da\-iess coinitv, he is held in the hi,L,diest regard, .\ssociated with him in the practice of dentistry is Koy D. .Smiley, his son, who also well trained for hi- profession. Dr. U. .\i. Smiley and son enjoy a large and lucati\e practice in W'a-hiiigtou and Da\ ie-^ counties.

Daviess Countv, Indiana

I'rominent in the alTairs of Da\iess county and distinguished as a citizen whose induence extends be\ond the limits of the communit\- honored by his residence, the name of .Albert kdlion stands out couspicui.iusU' among the successlul larmers and siock bi-eeders. .\11 of his undertakings ha\e been actuated b_\' noble moti\es and high resoK'es and are characterized li\- brt'adlh of wisdom and strong indi\ iduality. His success and achie\ements but represent ihe results (d' utilizing his natural talents and directing his etlorts along those hues \\here mature iudgment and rare discrimination lead the way.

Albert Killion was born on .May 19, iS^iq, in Steele township, the son of .Alexander Killion and the brother of .Nathan Killion, the lalter of whom is relerred to elsewhere in this \olume.

.After their marriage, Mr. .an<l .Mrs. Killion !i\c-d in .^teele iiiwiiship and mo\-ed from there to I'.ogard township, l)a\ less ciaiutw in what i- known as the Ten-mile house. While li\ing upon this farm. Air. Killion h.id charge of ll\x- hundred and fort\'-nine acres of land. Tliev reino\ud to I'laiiuille in i()TO. Air. Killion owns in all eleven hundred acres of land, the mo>i ,,{

^vllicIl is in Steele and ISdgartl ti i\\n>hipb, 1 )a\'iess count\'. Ninet\' acres of tiiis lainl. h'lwexer, is situated in Knox county, ilesides farming, Mr. Killion is also a prominent stDcklmlder in the Plain\ille Idouring Com[)an_v, which was estahlished in 1910. At tiie present time, hi)we\er, he spends mtist of his time in huxing and selling stc^ck lor the Tarr-Downs Company, in which he is tinaiicialh' interested.

jacdli Kettery. Mrs. l\illi<in\ father, married Dialtha M. ]'"iii)st, and to them three children were l)i>rn. .Mary, the wife i<i .Mhert Killion; JMseph 1'2., wild lues in llngard township, and who married I.aura li.ardy, and Charles, who married Ilattie Chestnut and who li\-es in Odon, Indi.'uia. Jaciih Kettery and wife were memhers of the .Methndist church. .Mrs. Kdliiin's paternal grandfather was Ju^eph Kettery, a nati\e of Cermany, wlm married Catherine lUirk, ;dso a nati\e of Germanx-. [useph Ivetter\- was a farmer in W'aj-ne cciuiity, Indiau.a, ;md a memher of the Lutheran church. Of children, only one, Lizzie 1)., is still li\ing. The nther children were John, .Mary II., I.y.lia H., Joseph, Jacoh .and Jane.

gi.ivernnieiit. Some of the he^t months nt hi^ life he t;a\e to the ilefeii.^c of his country as a Union sohher. lie is lionored ami respected in the city of Washii]gton, where he lives, and is clearly entitled to specific mention in the annals of his county.

Edward 15. Smith was liorn ijn Julv A, 1846, in Clarington, Monroe county, Ohio. lie ib a S(jn nf Ira and Alary Ann (Hates) Smith, the former a nati\'e of Pennsylvania, and the latter a nati\e nf the Isle of Alan. They had several children: I.ydia. the wife 'if Clem .Mien, of West N'irginia; Mortimer, wild died at Cheat Ahiimtain, was a suldier in the Ci\'il War; luKvard I!., of this re\ iew ; I'.lisha, a resident nt Murpliytown. West \'irginia, and Mar)- .\nn, decease<l.

Ira Snn'th, the father nf Ivlward Pi., was reared near Claringtoii, and was a_ river man, Inllnwiny steamhnating mi the ( )liio ri\er, and was an nftlcer nil a hnat. Mis death nccurred at the age nl fnrty-li\e ye;irs.

Little is knnwn of the paternal ancestnrs i>i Mr. Smith, hut his m.aternal grandfather's name was lulward liates. Until he and his wife were linrn in the Isle nf Man, and were earlv settlers in Mniirne county, Ohio. Thev came to this country in a sailing vessel, the trip re(|uiring si.x months. Pinth died in Mnnme cnunt\' at an ad\anced age, he heing ;\hnut sixty-five, while his wife li\'eil tn he iiearh' a hundred years old. The)' were the parents of the fnllowing cliildren : Peiijamiu, Mar\' Ann, Carnline and William, lulward l.iates ser\'ed in the War nl iSu.

h'dward B. Smith was reareil at Ldaringlnii, ( )liin, recei\iiig his educatinn in the puhlic sclmols ot that ]>lace until he was seventeen years ol age, when he hegan working in a hotel. In \X(>t lie enlisted for service in the Uninii army liy joining Comp;my A, Seveiit\-seveiith Keginient, Ohio \'olunteer liifantr\', in which he served one year, lacking five days.

After the clnsc of the war, Mr. Smith returned tn Claringlnn. where he m.arried and he ami his \nung wife mn\cil tn W.dkcr Statinii, West \'irgmia, where he engaged in farming fnr niie year. lie then engaged in drilling oil wells, fnllowing this nccupatinn until i8fiS, when he nioN-ecl to Xeiiia, Illiiinis, where he purchased a farm of eighty acres. Mowever, he snld this farm sonn afterward, and ninved to Xenia, wdiere he Ijecame engaged in huying ties for the Baltinmre X: (Jliio Railway Com]ian\'. In the fall of 1S74, he moved to Washington, Indiana, and has since made this city his home, a period <if more than forty years. When Mr. Smith first came to W'asliington he hegan clerking in the store of Hyatt iX: Co.shy, later taking uj) the same \vork with Cahle i*v Kauffman, remaining with the last named tirm from 1875 until, Kp.v >''t which time he hegan working for the

On the Jdth of August, 1X63, Mr. Smith was married to Lovina T. Smith, (laughter nf.AIahala Smith and hushand, and tn this uniim nine children were horn, .\lma Leuura, Charles, h'red, [ferhert, (.;e(jrge, Den\-a, I'^rank, (hissie and John. Alma Lenora married llarxey Luehridge, uf W'ashingtcm, and they ha\e fnur children. I.eo, Irene, Aia.\ine and Rohert; Charles is a machinist hv tr.ade. Inn is now operating a farm near Malta, Ahintana; he married Aland Iauus, and the\' have one snn, Leax'itt; h'red is also a machinist li\ing at Springfield, .Missnuri; lie married .\nna Crager, and to them were horn lulda, I.a\-ern, Waller and one unmarried, llerhert died at the age of thirty-one yeai"s. George is a nuu'hinist h\-ing at Washington, lie married Jennie I'lU'cell, and the\' have three children; Deenwa l.)ecame the wile of l'".<lward V. (lillick, of Cincinnati, and thev are the parents ol the folldwing children: MeK'in, (icnicN'c and .Mary; hrank is a niachini.^t hy traile, hut is now engaged in farming in .Montana, near Malta, wiiere he and \u> hrother, ( 'h;irles, each own^ three hundred ;md twenty acres. I'^'ank first married (. lara .Mien, who died, leaving one child. His sec(jnil wile was a ,\Iiss Keiser; (Jussie died at the age n\ ten years, and John died in infancy.

Mrs. .Smith was born in .Ahniroe county. Jler ])arents were n,iti\es of Ohifj, and h;id four children, Jane, Klizaheth, IdKiiiias ami I.ovin;i T. Air. and Airs. Smith are active memhers r)f the Christian church, in which Air. Smith ha.s been ordained elder for many \-ears. Air. Smith's mother. Alary .Ann r.ates, was one of the early memhers cjf the Christian church in the heginning of the Restoration mo\ement, even before the days of .Me.xander t'amiibell, and dieil in lh;it faith, .^he was twice ni;irried, her sec<ind husb;md being S\ Keller .Speai--. \<i whom two children were born, John and Rosetta.

Mr. .Smith has alw;i\s been an adherent of the Democratic p.arty, but has ne\er taken an active interest in public .affairs, preferring to de\'ote his time and attention to his own interests, but nex'ertheless, has been an ardent sup]Dorler of all wortlu' mo\ements having for their object the betterment ot hi.s comniunit\'. Fraternalh", he belongs to ("harity Lodge .\(i. 30, h'ree and .\ccepled Masons, and was made a member of the Independent Order of Odd bellows in iSfjS. lie is .alsn a member of the Knights of I'yihias, in the Workings of which orders he t;ikes an active interest.

It is ilic proLcressiN'e w i<l(.--a\\akc man of affairs that makes lliu real liist(jry of a coniimuiit)-. lli^ iiilluL-ncc as a poiL-mial factor in the hoily politic is (liftu-ult to estimate. The example such men furnish of jjatient purpose and steadfast inte,!.;rit\- stron,L,dy illustrates what is in the i)o\ver of each to accomplish. There i> al\\a\s a lull measure o| hatistaction in adverting e\eii in a casual wa\' to their achiexements in ad\ancini.;' the intei'ests of their fellow men and in i;ivint; strength and solidity to the institutions which make so much for the prosperity of a county. Such a man is William L Lacon. of W. |. Lacou ('ouqianw dealer^ in hardware and implement> at W ashin,L;lon, Indiana, ll is pn^per that a re\iew id' hi> career he accorded a place amon,^;' the representati\e citizens of Washin,L;ton and I)a\iess county, i\'here he is sn well known.

The ]iatenial L;randfather of William L I'.acoii was James I'.acon. His wife was l\larv .\nn (Doh-on) Lacon, and Imth were natives of Salem, iXew Jersey. They mo\ed to Kentucky and afterward to Indian.a, dyin-;- at an aih'anced a^e soon after their arri\al in this st.ate. They li.ad a l.irye family of children aim mi; whom are the folli ,w 111,1; : Theophihis, Charles, Mary j.ane, Joseph D. and I'lmmas J. The maternal .i^randfather of Mr.

ISac'in was Jerry lldlcniiil). a iialivf cif Iiidiaiia who died in Warrick cuunty well athanced in year>. lie had >e\-eral children, aiiiMiii^ win mi were: Sarah I'., William, Jiiliii, Tmioth)' and Anna.

DcNuled tu the iiLilile and liuiiiane work cit leacliinj^, Mary Caniplicll Sliirley has made her iiiHueiiCL- fell in llie pubhc schuuls uf Ua\iess count)-, Indiana, and is not unknuwn iv the wider educational circles uf the si.ite, occupN'ing" as she dues a pruunnent [)lace in her predeb.siun autl standing higli in the esteem uf etlucaturs in either than her uwn particular lield uf endeax'jr. For many years she has pursued her calling with all the interest and enthusiasm, thoroughly in harniuny with the spu'it uf the W(jrk, and has a pruper conception of the dignity uf the [irufessiun tu which her life and energies liax'e been unsellishly de\'t)ted. She al\\;r)'s keeps in tuuch with the trend of niudern thuught alung its \ariuus hues antl. l.ieing a wunian (if schularly and reliued tastes, is act[uainted with the literature uf the wurld in general, while her familiarit}' with the mure practical affairs uf the tla)- makes her feel at ease with all classes and cuiiditiuiis of peuple with whuin she meets.

Mary Cami^bell Shirley was burn on December _'3, t.S(i3, near Lui.iguutee, Martin county. Indiana, and is a daughter uf Dr. Juhn ('. L. I'ampbell and Emily ( liruuks ) Campbell. Her father was a native uf Iredell cuunty. North Carolina, born on October 27, i(S_'y, and her muther was a native of Orange C(.iiiiU)', Indi.ana, born near the town of I'rench Dick on Ma_\' (>. I1S3J. Her i)aternal grandfather, Mihon I'ampbell, w;is a of .\rchil)ald ('ampbell, a Scotchman by birth and belonging to the great Argyle family. His uncle was the Duke of Argyle. In the year 1737 .Archibald Campliell came to the Cniletl .States. He lauded in Delaware, where he grew up and married lane lAaii.s in that state. Later they nurved to Stokes county, Xortli Caroliu.a. during the same year that "( nntineiUal" mnuey was discontinued in this countr\-. His name is entered in the ceiisUs of Xorth Carolina id' the \eai 1700. Here he rai--ed a large famil\. His list ye.irs were s]<ent with his smu .Miltou on his estate in Iredell ci'imiy. .Millnii Campliell was his son - subject's grandfather - who married .M.irgaret Siuitli. He had acciumilated considerable uf this wurld's gouds. and it was his pleasure ti 1 care fur his father -in his declining years. .\liltuii had wun the title uf culunel and died in icSGo. He was coli.nul id' the st.ate militia, county surveyor and one of the five "magistrates'" of the cuiintw Mr. Camiibell w;is familiarly called "Culunel" Campbell and was kuuw n everywhere in that section.

Student in the Luiiisville University, in Louisville, Kentuck}', where he studieil medicine and where he graduated in 1853. He then hegan the practice of medicine in the tnwn uf .Ml. Pleasant, Indiana, and was married in 1855 to limily L'.rouks. He enlisted in Company Ij, lughtieth Regiment, Indiana Wilunteer Infantry, in iSOj, where he ser\'ed as corporal. In 1863 he was transferred to the Twent)'-lirst Regiment, Hea\)- Artillery, as assistant surgeon. .Vfter being mustered out of ser\ ice he returned home and finally Ijcgan the practice of medicine in the town ^f Loogootee, Indiana, where he remained until the time id' his ileath, h'chruary 15, 1893. ^^'^'^ wife was the daughter of Jefi"erson Brooks, who came from Lincoln, JMassachusetts, to Hindt)ostan, Indiana, where he engaged in business as a "llatb(.)at" merchant and, later, mo\ed to Mt. i'lea^ant, Indiana, where he died in the \ear i8S_'. ha\ing pre\iousl\- lost his wife by death in the _\'car 1874. To Jefferson I'.rook^ and wife were born the following children: Lmily; Lewis, who was captain of (.'onipany ( ', I'onrteenth Uegimcnt. Indiana Wilunteer (nfantrv (succeeding l'a])tain .Nathan Kimb.all, afterward (jeneral Kimball) and afterward became colonel of the I'.ightielh Regiment, Indiana Wilunteer Infantry; ."^nsan, who married S.-uif^rd \iblack; Thomas jefterson, who was captain of Company 11, Ijglitielh Regiment, Indiana X'olunteer Infantry, who died as the result of a wnund rccci\ed in the battle of ['errvville, Kentucky; Hannah luistace, who married luinice Trueblood, a sister of H. C. Trueblood; .Seymour Waldo; Grace, who married P. R. Ciibson, of Topeka, Kansas, now of Yiucennes, Indiana, and whose wile is deceased.

Thomas Jefferson llrooks, Mary C. .Shirley's maternal grandfather, was a descendant of P.atriarch I'uritan Tlmma^ Pnioks, who landed ;il Alarblehead, Massachusetts, in the )ear 1034, and was one of a cinnmitlee of se\cn who selected the site ;ind laid out the town of Concord, Massachusiiis li w:is he ihal chose llic land ( 'U ilie hill between Lincoln and t'on- Cord, which is n^w called l'.rouks Hill, and I'.rooks lini is the place where Paul Revere stopped dm-ing his famous ride. The inn was kept bv John r.rooks, who married Lucy Hoar, a great aunt of George Lrisby. which makes Thomas Jeffersi.n P.rooks a second cousin to Senator Hoar. He was prominent in the e.arly history of Martin county, Indiana, acti\e in all public affairs .and a stanch snpi>ortcr of the jiollcies of Abrah.am Lincoln. He was married to Susan Poor, a n.ative <',f Massachusetts, who came to Indiana in the year 18 lO with her ]);irc-nts, John and Hannah ( Chute I Poor. The father died in 1817 from heart lesion, due to an accideiu received in rolliii"- logs, and his wife died some time later.

lames ! .. Slmlev w.is educated m the public school> of (.lav Countv. after which he engaged in the mercantile business 111 the town ol ( 'olumbus, Indiana, where he spent the last two vears of his hie ami died 011 Julv 1, iNi;(J. To James h. and Mary ( '. Shirley were iKaaT'the lollowing chihlreu: Herman \diicent, on .M.ay jj. iNNS, a gradu.ate id' the W'asliington (Indiana) high school, attended I'lirdue L'uiversity lor two ve.iis, and is now engaged m the service o) a large oil company in b'resiio county. ( ali loiau.i ; ALarv Lois, born on l'\'ljriiarv -'5, 1 Si 1 1 , a graduate ol the W aslimgloii high school and the Indi.ina .Stale .Voini.al in 11)14, now s|)ecializiiig in public school music. .She will limsh the supervisor's course in school nnisic al Lorlull L'mversitv' in .\ugust of 11)15, thoroughly in harmuiiy witli the s[nv\t oi tlie aJ\aiicccl age in which he hves and CLHuhicting ail of his luisiness matters carefully anil systeniaticall}'. in all of his acts he displays an aptitude for successful management. .Mr. Kiliion has not permitted the accumulation of fortune to affect, in any \\a)-. liis actions toward those less fortunate than he. He is most sympathetic and a hroad-minded man in every respect. William A, Kiliion iias a host of warm and admiring friends in Daviess count)'. .Vlthough he had the misfortune, some time ago, tt^i lose an arm, it has not affected his reniarkahle ability to get from place to i)lace, and he is ahle to drive a motor car with rare skill, h)- this means directing the oi)erations upiin his \ast farm properties.

William Alexander Kiliion was born on Xovember 9. ifS^j. in Oa\iess county, Indiana, the son of Alexantler Kiliion and I he Ijrolhcr of Xalhan Kiliion, referred to elsewhere in this \-olume.

William .V. Kiliion was married on Januarv iS, iS8o, io Marv D\'er, the daughter i^f William and ,M;iry Jane ( I'.aker ) Oyer. Tn this unimi Wve children lia\e been born. I\y .May, ( 'laude b,.. b'.lnier, < )ra and Jessie, h'a lMa_\- is unmarried ;ind li\es at home; ('laude b^... who li\es in blain\ille. married b'.lsie Arterniann and has two childii-n, bl.irl and .\Kin; ( )ra, who iix'es in Harrison lo\\nshi|). married l-lflie lironker ;nid h;is . ine child, Harley ; Jesse, who li\es at home, married (atherine llumnier and has one child, Louisa.

William .\. Kiliion owns one thous.and .acres of land in this secticju of ihe state, of which acreage nine humlred acres are in l)a\iess count\-, sixt\- in I'ike county and fifty .acres in (irecne connis-. I',e-.ides hi> e\lensi\e farm pro|iert\'. .Mr. Kiliion owns a third inti rest in 1 w o -,cclion^ o| land ;it Panhandle, Texas. lie also owns several share- in ihe 1 'l;iin\ille I'anners I'.ank, and for some time w.as in the llonr business in Washington, but >old out in I )ecember, 1897,' and returned to the farm.

It was while he was in the milling business in Washington ih.at he lost ins right arm, Febru.arv jo, iSo'l The .accident occurred in his mill when his hand was caught in a cog-wheel. It was necessar)- to runput.ale his .arm below the elbow.

Mr. Kiliion is authority for the statement ih.'it there .are nine William Killions in D.ax'iess ciiunt\'. fndi.aiia. .aid three William A. Killions. I'h\-sicalh'. William :\. Kiliion is a Large man and ])ossesses .a geniril, good-natured disposition at all times. He is \-er\- ])opul;ir in .'^leele townshi]>. but is well

Mr. Killion is identified with the Democratic party, lie has ne\er held office, howe\er, and has never heen interested in pijlitics to this extent. His hea\y financial and agricultural interests lia\e kept him too busily engaged f<.ir participati<jn in poHtics. He does, liowexer, take a commendable interest in the ci\ic and niciral dexeh.ipment of his coninuinit\-.

I'oels often tell llie truth .iinl the old .'loiig which contain^ the refrain. "'I'he farmer feeds them all," stales a ver\' fundamental and economic truth. Without the farmer the rest of the country wi'uld >tar\ e within a week, despite the large amount of food in cold storage. I'Aery occupation might lie done away with but farming and ])eople could li\e, l)ut a total cessation (d' fanning, for a very short time, would actually depopulate the whole world, .V man can li\'e without banks all of his life, but deiiri\e bun of his bread and lii.'=> career is soon ended. I*"arining is becoming an honored profession, our district schools are teaching it as a science and our colleges are granting flegrees for agricultural courses. 'I'he farmers of any commuiiit\' sustain the jieople de]iciideiil upon e\er\' (>lher prolessiuu. Without llic faiuier. llu' banker would cli .sc his dmiis. ihe 111,11111 facturer would shut (low 11 Ills f.-iclor\ and the railro.ads would sus]ieiid o])erati"iis. .\mong the honored f.irmers cd" 1 )a\'iess coiintx' who help to keep the banker, the manufacturer and the r.ailroad. is John \. Lawyer, of Steele township.

Ivlncatcd largely li\' In mie stnd\' and in the .~chi ml (.f exiterience and hard knocks, John A. J.aw_\er has keen a farmer all his life, and in this \'iication has keen more than ordinaril}- successful.

' )| high inlelleciual and professional attaimneiils and rank-ing ailiong fi.iremost le.ichers (jI .Steele township, l)a\iess i'ouiU\', liidi.ana, William ( . Anlerlinrn has achieved marked success in the work to winch his talent and energy ha\e long Keen dexoted. /\s a teacher and principal of pnlilic schools, he has made his presence lelt. llis inllnence in Steele township has always tended to the adxanceincnl ol the ciimmnnil\- ;md the welfare id' the people ('I this township. Air. .Xntetlnirn h;is a wholesome and stimnlating inllnence on the pn[)ils who ha\e come in coiU.act with him. llis name with eminent hliiess occn])ies a coiispinious place in the protcssic lu to which he i^ de\oted, and in the historical annaN o| |)a\iess comity.

William (.'. .Vnterlmrn w.as educated in the imhlic schools of I );i\ iess Cutuity and in the high school at I'laiinille. h'or some time he has keen :\ Student in the Indi.ana State Xormal School at i erre llaute, and will he gradtiated in one more year, h'or the Last four years he has hceii teaching in tile common schools of Daviess coiuitw and during the pi'eseiil \'e;ir is (irincipal of tlie I'laiiu'ille (Indi.ana) school. Mr. .Xnlk'rhnrn w;is marriei!

S.aniuel I', .\tterhurn. the father of William (". .\lterliurn, was educated in the common schriols in (.)don, Indiana, and also in the norm.al sclioiils. When a young man ho ohtained a teacher's license, hut never taught. He has been .a farmer diu'ing his entire life, and an active .and devi.icd meuiher of the .MclliMdisi church. He is n^w living retired in I'l.iiuville.

The folhiwins:;' is a sketch nf a plain, Imnest man ni alYairs whu, h\' correct methods ami a strict reujard for the mlere.sts of hi.s neii^hhors and fellow citizens, has made his inlluence felt in Madison township and has won for himself distincti\'e |)re>li,L;e in the a.L;ricidlnral circles of ihi^ township. S. \'. Callahan wonld he the last man tip sit for romance or jiecome tlie suhject of lanc\- enloi^y. hi> life present^ mnch that is interesting and \ahialile and which ma\- he --imlied with prolit li\' \onng men who^e careers are yet to he hirmed. lie is one of those men whose integrity and -itrength of character nuist attract to him admiralile notice - a notice which modesty never seeks. lie commands the resjieci of Ids neighhors an<l, although siilfering keenlv from a severe altliction. he has maintained his optimism unimpaireil. Air. ("allahan has been a hard worker thrijughont hi^ life and is now' in a juisition to enjoy the fruit of his early lahors.

Stearer \'. Callahan was horn on April jj, 1N5-', in Lawrence county, Indiana, and is the son <if S. \'.. ami Marg.arei ( SearN ) Callahan, the former of whom was horn in Lawrence connt\' in w'^.i-', and the latter alsi^ a naluc iil Lawrence counlv, the daughter ol .\ndvew Scars, who was a well-known tanner of that coiint\' and a proniinent memher ot the Christian church.

The ])aternal grandfather id" S. V. Callahan was Isaac C'allahan, a native of Kentuckv who married Jane Royd, in thai state, and came to Lawrence county. Jndiaiia, where they were l.armers. lie owned one hundred acres of land and was inlhieiitial in the Christian cliui-ch of his county. They had ten children, John T., hdislia 1'.., Sonthey li., h'aniiie, .Martin, llenrv, Sarah, Xancy Jane, j'.veline and Roily.

( ioolie and .Mar}- .Ann (.\dams) Cunningham are the parent:^ of twelve chililren : William Thomas, kohert Wesley, Alonzo. .\rcha. John, Lewis, .Mary, Julia, Martha, Lizzie, .\l\ira, \'anc\ . .Mr. Cunningham was a farmer all hi.s hie, an elder in the Clirislian clim-ch and w.is a siancli ke[iulilican. lie w.i> liorii m iSi(> and died in iS(i7, his wife was horn in iS_'i and died in I No-'.

.Stearer Y. L'allahan, during his \'outh. was ]ire\ented from getting a very extensive education, lie lived with his father on the farm and from the lime he was a mere lad, was known to he verv industrious and p.iinstaking in all that he did.

Mr. and Mrs. Callahan are memhers of the Christian church. In poliii-- ca! affairs, .Mr. Callahan is a slroiig Kepuhhcan. He owns one hundred acres of land, one mile west of ( )don, in M.adison township, where Mr. Callahan and his familv live. They ,are among the hest-known citizens of Madison township, in which locality .Mr. (.'allahan is respected for his industry, his good man.igement and his kind-hearted, geni.al disposition.

If a n.'?unie were tu Lie written ui the Miccessfiil and inlluential bubiuess men L'i Steele townshii), Daviess eeaiiity, Indiana, the name ot UUie Gilliatt would oceupN' a Iiiyli position. AJr. Gilliatt lias added to his natural business ability a wealth of euuinKjii sense. He is a yoimg man who understands thoroughly all of the interesting details of business principles, and is thuroughly capable of executing an)' plans which he has previously laid out. Mr. Gilliatt has wm fur himself a reputation of rare integrit)'. Mis coiu"- teous, atl'al)le nature, fa\ nred with a fund of keen anal_\'sis, have won feir liim cmmtless friends and growing patrnnage among the good [leiiple of his communit)'.

J. II. Gilliatt and his wife .are both lixing near Hyatt Station, Indiana, lie is a farmei" and owns ninety-seven acres of Land. They are members of the United llrelhi-en clun-ch. (.)f the eight children \)OTn to J. H. and Sarah Gilliatt, ( )llie, the subject of this sketch, was the second. The others were n.irinda, Geon.a. Gltis, Myrtle. .Maudie, 1 barvey and Hazel. Mandy .and 1 lazel are deceased.

.Mr. and .Mrs. Gilliatt and family are nicmhers of the United P.reihren church. .Mr. (iilliatt is a member of the h'ree and .\ccepted .Masons, the Independent Order of ( )dd and the .Modern Woodmen of .\merica. lie i^ also a member of the Knijjhts of I'vthia.^.

It is ;i well-authenticated f.ict that succe» conies ,is a result of legitimate and well-ai)plied ener.L;)-, unli;i,L;^in.L; determination and i)er,-,e\ erance ill a course of action when once decided. Success ib iie\er known to .^mile upon the idler or dreamer and never courts the loafer. (Inly men who have dilii;ently sought her ta\<ir ,ire crowne(l with her hles^iuL^s. In tracing; the history of John 1). .Monl;.;onier_\', it is ])lainly seen that the success which he eiijoys h;is heen w ( m l>\- tho-e commen<lahle cprililies which will win -uccess .in\\\heie or 111 an\ \. icatiou. lli-, ]ui>on,il worth h.as -.-nicd for him the hi-h esteem of mail)' people. .Mr, Moni-oniery, however, is a modest man and la\s no ^reat claim to accomplishment or ])ersonal achiewnieiit, though hy \irtue id his own perseverance and intelligence he has succeeded in niaiu' thiin.;s.

N'aleiitine 11. Ahmti^omery. the lather of John I).. reeci\'ed \-er\ little education during his early lite, h'or a time he was eiiLj.ai^ed in fariniuL;. and owned thiee hundred and twenty acres of l.uid in ll.irr lownshi]!. Later he eiiyaf:;ed in the mercantile husiness with I'.atrick l.aii-;in at Alt. I'leasant. W'liile ill this husiiiess he was captain of the hoat that carried their merchandise u|) and down the river. .After a lime he left the merchandise husiness and eiiL;aL;e<l m pork packing lor tweiitx \ears. lie was the father of six children, lleinw and h'rank W. are deceased; h'h'i I*, is the suhiect of this sketch. The other children are Alar\' !-". and Sadie h". : James W. .Moiui;iiniery li\es in ( ',ili torni.a. and is in the insurance and real estate husincss. lie married a Aliss Rose, who was the dauj;liter of .Senator Rose of C'alifornia. Senator Rose h;id the re]intatiou of owniiiL; some of the I'lnest racehorses m the world. Alar\- .and S.adie .are unmarried and li\e on the Aloiitj^oiner}' homestead farm.

Mr. iMontgoniery is a Demucrat, ser\-ed as ,sur\ey'ir of his county at cme time, and was \'ery successful in this ufhce. He and his wife and family are menihers nf the Calholic church.

t'harles .\. Banta, a farmer of Sleek- township, was born on l'"ebruary 2'j, iSoS. in Dasiess counlx', Indian.a. lie received a goml common school education, and when a yoiiug man iierformcil the usual tasks which fcdl to liie Ka nf the fanner bo\ .

The prominence of Charles ,\. I'.anta extends l)e\ond the houndaries of Steele tMwushi]). lie is well known thrMui^liMut'^Daxiess countw not Muh" tor his activity in politics, hut ;is one of the suli^Lantial farmers of the countv. He is a man n\ strong |iolitical coiuictmns, yet a man who is admired anil respected hy an .appreciative ])eople.

Davikss Cciuntv, Ixuiaxa

Jnseph E. Walker, the father uf ( )li\er Walker, was educated in the coniniiui :-chuiil> ut havie^s coinuw lie was a \Mung man at the nuthreak uf the L'nil War and enlisted in Ccunpan)- I), Twenty-fimrth Res^inienl, huliana \'iiluuleer Infanirw servinn two years, durini;- which time he was seriuusly injured and came hnnn; much impaired in health. Jnsepli li. Walker was a man uf cunsiderahle inllnence in his cuinmunity and .--erxed as jirstice 111 the peace nt llarr tnwn.^lnp tur man\' \ears: he was a meniher nf the United llrelhren church, anil died nn .Wixemher 3, 181/), at the aL;e eif si\t_\-three. Ihe children hdrn lu Joseph \L and .\lart,'aret Walker were ()Ii\er, the suhject of this sketch; .\inia, who i-. n<>\\ li\in,i; at Alunt,i;nmer\', Indiana; Jennie, who li\es at \inccnnes; Lewis, who h\es at LintMii,, anil l^ahella, who is a nun.

There is notliin.i;" ahoiit the manners or demeanor of t)li\er Walker which is in the least pretentious. lie is a plain husiness man of keen discrimination and far-siijhted husiness jnili^inent. h'or all of these reasons, lie has pro\eil ;i \er\- etlicieiil ,and popular president i.if the k'armers and .Merch.ants Hank, .and during which time that institution has enjoyed a season of unri\'aled pros|)erity. Air. Walker deserves to i-.aiik' as a reprcseiitati\e citizen of Daviess countx'.

Success in tliis life cumcs tu the (leser\ iiil^. ll is an axiuin deiiiunstrated by all lumian experience that a man i;\is lail uf ihis lite what he puts intu it, with a leaSDiiahle interest mi the nnestnient. 'J"he indixiilual who inherits a lart;e estate anil add^ nuthing to his fortnni.- cannot he called a succe>slul man; he that lalL^ heir to a lari^e lorinne aiii.l inerea^e^ iis X'alue i;. successful in [iroportioii tu the amount he adds to his possessions; liut the man who starts in the world unaided and, lj\' sheer force of will, Controlled hy correct princi[)les, fi iryes ahead and at lcnL;tli reaches a pi.)sition of iKiiior anioiij^ his fellow citi;ceiis, achieNes success such as represeiitati\es id' the tuu loriuer classes can neither understand ii'jr appreciate. To a Coiisiderahle extent the suhject of this skelcli is a credilaMe re[)|-esentali\e ot the class last named - a class which has furnished much of the bone and sinew (d the cuuntr)' and added to the stabilit)' of our government and institutions. Joseijh \l. Kettery had the gMud fortune to he burn of wortlu' ])arents, and this was his first great start in life,

Mr. Kettery was horn on l''ebniar\- y, iS-:;, in .\l:idi-on conntv. Indiana, lie is the son of Jacob ami 1). .\1. (.'. ( l-'nust ) Ketter\-, the former eif whom was liMni on .Vugust. _', 1S4.S, in Wayne ci'niu\, Indiana, and the latter in 1S51, in deniiessee, the daughter of Joseph I'diist, a farmer of that state, Jacob Kettery was eiiucated in the comniMii schodls, and throughout his life was a larnier. The lirsi pari (if his life was spent in .Madisnii connt\', this state, the last twenly \-ears nf which lia\e been spent in l)a\iess conntv. lie ilied on bebruary _':;, \i)'»k while hi-- wile, the iiiitlier of Joseph 1'"., is still luing in I 'laiinille, .-^lie is a member of ;he .Methodist lil>iscopal church, ;md li.as been :icli\e in llie wuik nf church thrMughoiii her lile, ller deceased husli.md was .ils,. a member oi ibis cbincli. lie was a l)einocrat. and owned eiglu\- acres oi land in r>''gard township. This is the farm upon which Joseph b'.. Ketter\' now li\es.

The grandlatlier ot Joseph !-".. Kettery was Joseph Ketter\-, Sr.. ;i native of (jermany, who came to .\mcrica, betnre his marriage, with one brother. .\fter arris'ing in .\nierica lliev were separated and ne\-er again saw e.acli other. .Some of the jiresent gener.atioii ->{ Ketter^s b,i\e learned ibat the missing brother settled in .Madison couniy. liidi;ma. and the other bnither in ( )range county, Iiidi.ina, Jnsejib Ketterx- li\ed in .M.adisoii counlv ,and was among the first settlers of th.at county. Tie nwned one hundred and sixty acres there. His children were John. Josciih, Jacob, l.ydi.a. Jane. Marv and Klizabeth. Alru'v and bdizabelh are the nulv being children.

Josejih P.. kcttcTy ua.s educated in the i)uIilio scliimls and, early in life, s])ent three years in railroad work. At the a,i;e of thirty-four, or in njto, Mr. Kettery eanie to l)a\iess count)' to his present farm.

Mr. Kettei'N' own> eiL;!il\- acres ol Land in na\ie--> coniitv and also farms the farm which his mother owns. lie owns a lar,i;e .amount of personal propert\' and a sh.arc in his mother's estate. l'"ralernall\', Mr. Kettery is a member id' the l!en-llur tiabe.

Well-dermcd purpose and eonsecuti\e effort in the affairs of life will iiie\it.al)ly result in .altriiniiiL; a true measure of success. In lollowiiii^ the career of one who has wmi success by his own efforts, there comes into \iew the strong- iiidix idu.ilil y which m.ade such accoinplishnieiits possible ami there is thus ^L;ranted an objective iiicenti\e and inspiration, while at the same time there is enkindled ;i feeliiii^- of resjiect and admir.alion. The ([ualities which have made W'iKoii S. Smiley one of the proniincnl and succe^shil f.armers of Wan I'.uren township. |)a\iess count}', Indian.a, h,a\e al.-^o won for linn the esteem of his fellow citi/en^. His career has been one of welldnected ener;^ies, strong delermmal loiis .nid hiiiioi.able inelhi'd-.. lie h.as filled a lar,i;e place m the jjolitieal. ci\ic .and moral life of his community, and has especiall\- done \erv much m beli.al f ..f the edncatiou.al st.and.ards of \'an r.uren towiisln|i, which he served for six years as trustee.

Mr. and .Mrs. Smilev aie membei's oi the .MetlnKJist church. Mr. Sniile\' is a Democrat in politics and ser\ed one term of six \ears, from ii;oN to \'J14. as trustee of \'an I'.nren towriship.

To write the [lersonal record ol men wIkj ha\e I'aiscd thenisehes from humble cucuuistance^ to a position dI trust and responsibilii\ m a comniumty is no iirdinar\- pleasure. Sell-made men \> ho ha\e achiexed success by reason ot their personal (|nahlies. and who ha\e lell llie imjiress of their iu(li\ idnalit\' upon ihc business and agricultural dc\elopinent of their home, neighborhood and ti'wnship. and who alfecl for good the institution-- of their community, unw ittingl)' [lerhaps, built niouumenls moix- enduring than marble obeli.-k or granite shaft, d'o such it is uiU|uestioiiabl_\- proper to sa\- that .\dolphus (]. Williams belongs.

Adolphu> (.;. Wilha.ms, ahliout;!! a man well advanced in years, is a man whu has earned for himself, hy hun<irah]e and exaetm- toil, a substantial competence in life. He enjoys the esteem of the people in his communitv, and is entirely worthy of the conhdence which his nei-hliors have placed in him.

I'erseverance and sterlint^' woith are almost sure to win conspicnous reco.miition in an\- localit\- and in any \ocation. Cecil S. Smith, one ol the most successiui teachers in Daviess comity. Indiana. althou,i;ii a very yonni;- man, is alread)' recoi^nized as a proinisin- leader in the educational ahairs of this section <if the slate. Mr. ."^milh has worked hard for success and his present atlainmeius are only the nalnral results of his w ell-api)lieil eUorts. lie had the advanta,L;e, however, in the he-inniiiL;-, of ha\ iiii;- heen endowed with an nnnsuallv alert mind, and this he has used to the \er_\- hest ;id\anla.^e. He [lo^sesses the talent and character to carr\ him upward in educational work. A \oun.L;- m;in of stron-- fiber and viL^orous mentality, it may In- said truly that he h.as alread\- achieved a siL^nal success, whatever his future accomplishments.

Cecil .S. .Smith w;is horn on Scptemher _',?, iS.)..]., in Sullivan county, Indiana. lie is the s,,u of j.ihn \'. and Catherine 1 Sproatl ) Smuli. the 1. liter of whom is the second wife of John \ . Smith, a nali\e of Sullivan counts, Indi.uia, whose present wife is a nali\e ol .\'ew RusselK illc. Illinois, the dauL^hter of Ueas.m U. Siiroalt, a well known farmer of Kno.v comity, and one of the leading; memhers of the t'hristian church in thai county.

lames Smith wa-^ the .L;rand father of C'ecil Smith. lie \va< a iiatixe of Clark countw and settled in Sullivan connt\, where he hecame an iiilluential farmer ;md a leader in the I'.aplist church of (h'eeiie coiiiit\'. lie and his wile had nine children, William S,, John \'., Martha, M,art;.arel, I'A'y/A. James, Nancy 1'.., Ida 1. and T.oiiis M.

John \'. Smith, the second son of hi- ]iarents, and the f.ather of the snhiecl (if this sketch, attended d''ranklin Colle.i^e when a y.iun,^' man and

There is im pn-iiixe rule fur achiesiun -uccrs-, and \et, in tlie life of a successful man. there are alwa\s lessmis which inii;ht well he fi illi iwed. 'I'he 111,111 wliii L^auis pin-,peril\ is he w Im can see and utili/e the 1 ippurlnnities which cmne 111 his wa\'. The essential cnndiln.ns ni hiim.an life are e\er the same, ddie surri iiindin^s ni iiidiv uhiaK differ hut sh-litK. .lud when mie man passes another mi the highway nf life to reach the ^nal ni prosperity hefnre nthers a hi 1 perhaps started mit he fi ire him, it is hecan-e he has the

Mr. Standiford was horn on Septeniher 3(1. i^^Ji. in Clark county, Indiana. lie is the son of Cornelius Standiford. a natixe of IToyd county, this state, who in turn was the s,in of X.athan Standiford, a native of Kentucky.

Cornelius Standiford, the youn-e-t child horn t.. his parents ami the father of the suhiect of this sketcli, was educated in the common schools ot hdovd coiintv, where he was ;i successful farmer hefore lUovini^ to Daviess conm\, where, in 1^71. he was married to Martha Swim, who died in iS-(), at the a,L;e of thirt\-h\e \ears, he li.ad died, ]ire\ ioiisly. in 1S73, at the ;i.L;e of thirt\-nine \ears. I ornelius St.nidifi.rd lieloii^e.l to die .Methodist church, and was alwavs active in the work of that church and the Sunday scho(.l. Of the ei.t^ht children horn to C.irnelius and .Martha i Swim ) Standiford. onl\- three are liNin-, James, Martha and .Xipnlla I.. The deceased children are Xathan, hdizaheth, K.aturah. William C., Idi/.a. Cornelius Standiford was a soldier in the Civil War, where he serveil three \ears in the h'lft)- third l\eL;inient, Indi.ana Volunteer Infantry. Duriii- a severe en.i;a,L;emem he receixed a painful wound in the ri^lit hand, a liuUet haN'int;- p.assed throut^h four of his fiir^ers. .\i|uill.i 1.. Standiford was educated in the puhlic schools i)i tudi.ana, and for several \ears was ,1 successful farmer, hut linallv uave u]) this vocation for otlier ihiiiL;s.

Tci A(|uilla L. and Deinia (.Mallet) Staiulifurd six children have been liorn, I'earl, Ruth, Mamie, Oiner, liessie and liugene. All of these children are unmarried and li\e at home.

'kept up the family rLCiird tVir Imi^cvity liy liviiii;- tu her ninety-sixth year. Francis McDimald, .Mr. Sel'rit's .i;raiul father on hi.s mother's side, came with his father, whose name al^u was iM'ancis, frcin Kenlucky in 1S15. [-'rancis Afcl Donald 1, hii\\e\er, w-as horn in Scutland. He started with Ids parents tor the L'nited Slates when lie was twelve years nld, hut all the other menihers uf his fanuly perished nn shiphoanl from a pestilence that liroke out when the \essel was on the hii;h seas and caused the death of nearh' all the ])as>en::^er> and part of the crew.

Mr. Sefrit enjoys iIk- unusual distinction of jiaviu-- had :i pcrs,.,nal acquaintance with six -eneratious of his own fanuly - his L;ient--rand f.ather Sefrit, who died when Charles ( 1. Sefrit was se\-en vears old; In- i,M-andfather Sefrit; his fadier; his ov.ai hroihers and sisters; his own children, and his yrandehililren, the eklest of whom at this wriliu^ i.s seven vears old. .Mr, Sefrit has one hroiher lixint;, h'r.ank T. Sefrit, ni.ana-er of the .1 iiu'rirdii Rricillc. puhlisheil at 1 '.ellm.Ljh.ani, in the state of W'.ashin-ton. His parents are de;id, hut two of hi> father's sisters and three of his niiMher's sisters are li\in.L^-. .all of them far .ilonL;' in ve.ars.

( hai'lcs n. Selrit has keen in die uews])aper liusiuess ne.arlv all his life. He he-an as ;t reporter on the old H\!sliini^hiii Ca.~cttc. when he w.as eighteen vears old, and, except for hricd" intcr\,als. has keen .associated wdih tliiU p.iper siiuc !li,U lime, lie has \<cr\] closHy connected with ludi.ana politics, and was wriliui.; political editorials heforc Ik- reached his majoritx-, hut never has held a puhlic oflice, save for a period when he was the hn.ancial a-ent of the Southern Iit^liana Hospital for the Tns;me at K\ans\ille, which situation he rc]in(|uished in focq to leturu to W'ashin-ton and liecome the mana^-er of the Herald. A year later tlie Ilrniltl .and the Ga:rltc were consojidateil, with Mr. Sefrit as the m.anai^in;; editor.

Mr. Sefrit has done some newspaper work outside of W'ashini^ton. For a time in KjoR he was enL^'as^eel as the special representative of the Cinriiuiati (30)

Enquirer, supi)lyiiig tliat p;ii)LT willi letters frciin the Sciutlieni states in tlie preliminaries of the presidential campaign (if that year. He also has had much service witli the Indiana Re])iihlican state cDmmittee; was a niemher of the Repuhlican state executi\e Cdniniittee in iijou and chairman of that committee in iijio. lie is (Hie of the hest known of the newspaiier men of Indiana.

The life of a [irofessional man seldom e.xhilnt.^ an)- nf those striking incidents that sei/'-e upon pulilic opinion anil .ittract attention to thenr-elves. His character is generallv made up of those (|ualities elicited hv the exercise of the peculiar diuies oi his \'ocation <ir the particular prolessioii to which he helonL;s. When a n'ouul; man has >o nnpres^cd his individuality upon his fellow men a.^ lo i;ain iheir confidence ami, through thai conlidence, ha^ lieen alile to adxance to the front rank> ol hi> pr<jfes^ion, he hecomes at once a consijicnons tigme in the locality where he W(jrks and where his labors are performed, rienjamin 1 1. Rittet is a well-known \onug man of Bogard township, Da\'iess county, Indiana, who h;is made reinarkahle ])rogress a-, a teacher and who expects ^hortU to turn lii^ atteniiou to law, in which he ina\- he expected to ex]ierience ;i like >ucces-. lli> Iriemls predict that he will forge to the Ironi in this res])on^ilile autl exactnig \ocaticju and earn for himself an honorahle rejnitation as a le.ider in the legal fraternity of ;m\' commnnil\' where he chooses to practice.

lienjamin 11. Kitler was horn on }n\\ 3. iSSS, in liogard township, Da\'iess count}-, Indiana, lie is the son of W. 11. and Jennie (' liughcr j kitter, the former of whom is a nati\e of llogaril township and the latter the daughter of Asa and hdizaheih (>d\res) I'.unher, [jioueer farmers in i'logard tow iiship and proiniuiiit memlieis ot die .Mediodni l~pi-copal church and of the (iiange- .\sa laiglier was a soldier ni the (d\il War and, during his ,sei-\'ice in the Union arm\', w;is shot through the arm. This wound disabled hnn for some time tmd linalK resulted in total paral\-sis.

The grandfather of i'.enj;nnin 11. Ritter was Jacoh Ritter, ;i farmer, whose parents were earl_\- settlers in Indiana, lie m,-n-ried I'di/.aheth Schneider and hecame the father of font- children, Jemhe, .\lar_\-, W. J I. and James. Jacoh Ritter was ;ilso a soMii-r in the ( i\il War and was killeci in the service in a powder explosion in the state id" KeiUucky.

]lis 1 ippdrtunities l^r an cdiiratimi ilurini;' his youtli were !in!ite<l, hut lie has inipni\eil his time h\' home stinly and is \x-vy act\ ie in the loeal affairs of Buganl townsliip. lie \va^ instrumental in hrin^ini^' .ihnut the cuusolidation of the ISn^aril lownshii) sehnnls in l{ps(jni and the erectiim id' the large seliool liuilding at that |)laee. Mr. Kitter is an inllnential niemher of the .Methiulist l''.piseii|)al ehni'eh, as are his wife and children, li\e ni whom ha\e heen hurn to them: Henjaniin Jl., Walter |., .Minnie, Clav and l\ii>coe. All <>i these children are single, except Walter J., wIm married \'er.->ie Alallett and they have three children, ( )la, 01i\-e and an infant daughter.

JSeiijaniin 11. Rilter was educated in the comninn schmils n\ lingartl tiiwnship and later graduated frnm the Xcirtheni Indiana .Vnrmal University, at \ alparaisM. IK- has t.aiiglit schoul for eight years, the last four of which he has heen a teacher in the high schoul, one \ear of which was s]ient at L'enter, Indi.ana. Trior to that time he taught in the C''mnion sclionls ol r.ogard township. The last three \ears he has heen engaged as l>rincip,il ol the high school at I'lpMnn, in I', igard township.

ricnjaniiu 11. Uitter is a hrilliaiit \'oung man and a siiccessftil teacher, lie is piopular in Howard township among all the people, and especially among the stiidenl> and patron^ ol the I'.psoni high school, lie lias never married. hraternalK-, he is a niemher ol the free and .\cci']>ted .\l,i-.on>,, is a niemher of the .Methodist K.piscopal church, and is a }oung man who thoidiighU' merits the confidence wdiich li;is heen reposed in him h)' the peo|ile of his community. Jle is industrious, genial in nature and democratic in hi> manner. In the future. .\lr. Uitter e.xpecis to turn hi> attention to law and in this connection it is oiilv fair to sav that a large measure ol success awaits him.

Alhert I'.ux.an is a prosperous larmer, widel\' known in I'.ogard township, and is one ol the honored citizens of l)a\iess couiilv, where he is lixing after ,a life of strenuous acli\'ities in f.arming. His well-directed ellorts in the practical allairs ni lile, hi-- cap.ihle manau'i'iuent of husiness interests and his sound judgment. ha\'e hrought to him more than ;in ordinary measure of ])rosperitv. llis life demonstrates what may he accomplished hv a ni;m of energ)- and amhilion, ,1 man who is not afraid to work and who has the perse\-er;mce to continue his laliors in the face of dis.aster and discoiir.agements. In all the relations of life Mr. Ilu/an has couini.anded

John W . I!u/.ni was educated in the common schools of i)a\'iess county, wa> ;i welhknown farmer and owned in excess of one hundred acres m l)a\ie-s County, lie was a <K-\oifd member of the (hristi.an church. lie served three years in the Union army during; tlic' (nil War. While in the service he became speechless. lie was a sh.arp'-hoi iter .attached to .'^herman's ,irm_\- in bis march to the sea. belonging to ( om]);in\' 1, Sixtv-lifth I\eglment, Indiana Volunteer lnf;mtr_\-, and serving direclh- under (_';i|)t,-n'n C'bilds and under (.apt. Samuel Mnnholland. John W. and S.ar.ah lluzan h.ad siven children, . Vlhert, Mari.a, L;ifa_\'elte, Willi.im, Xettie, John W. and -Martha b'. All of these children, except Albert and M.arth.a I"., are deceased. ?\lartha b'. lives near St. I.ouis t"ro.-,sing, l',;irthol( mievv countv. Indiana.

.\lbert Iluz;m was educated in the common -chuols and throno-h. mt his lite has been a farmer, lie lived in Wa-lmigion lowiisbip, [i.iviess Couiitv, timil thirteen years ago. in Hmu he purchased a farm of one hundred acres in I'.og.ard town-hip and has lived upon this farm since that date. .Mr. b'uzan is a m.an who is willing to t;ike his sh.are of [lublic and civic responsibility, lie is well and favorably known in llog.ard township.

Geurgc William Jvdsciibury and lii.-^ family are all actixe members cif the United Brethren church and Siunlay schonl. hraternally, Geort^e \\'illiam is a member tii tlie Modern Woodmen of America. Wirtsel \'. [vo.senbur\- is luimarrieil. lie is a >'oun,L;' man who is xer)- fond <jf the \ocation he has chosen and who |)roniises to bec(.>me one of the successful teachers of 1 )a\iess county, lie has inherited from his father and mother the good C|ualilies of body and mind, and is a close student of all current historical e\ents. lie is n()t only ])o]>ular with the pupils and patrons id' the I'atterson school, where he is now teaching, but he is likewise po])ular in the neighi)orhoo(l where he was liorn and reared an<l where he is so well known.

Iia.Max Woodi.Ixg

It was cmce remarked b_\- a celebrated moralist ;md biographer that there has scared)' passed a lile ot which a judicious and faithful narrative Would not ha\'e been uselul. Ileliexing in the truth of this opim'on, expressed by one of the greatest and best of men. the wi'iter of this re\ iew takes plea.^ure in ]ireseiiting a few facts in the career of a gentleman who, by industr}-, ]ierse\ eraiice, temperance and iiitegritw has worked himself Iri.ni an humble ^l.atiou to a successful place in lile, and who ha-, wdu an hoiiiir;ible jiosiiiou among the well-kriown ami highly esteemed men of \'an Ihu'cn township. 1 )a\'iess county, Indiana.

llamrm Woodling, the subject (if this sketch. \\;is born in .Stark comity. Cihio. i.u j.annary jo. iS.|j. lie is the -ou of Andrew and Catherine t kern I Woodling. the forinei' lioiai m I'enn.sv 1\ ania in iSixi. and the latter born in that state, three miles from the Delaw.are Water (ia]i. in [Soj. G.itlierine Kern was the daugjiler of John Kern, ;i nati\'e ni Prussi.a, where he w.as ,i tarmer. He w;is a member of the Kntheiau church ;md. after Coming to America, settled in renns\l\;mi;i, where lie lived the rest of his life. The grandfather of Ibaman Woodling was Andrew Wondling. .Sr.. ;i soldier in the War of iSij, and a farmer by occup.ation. who li\eil and dieit in I'einis\-l\ania.

.Andrew Woodling, jr., the father of Hainan Woodling. was educated in the common schools. He removed from rennsylvania to .Stark conutv. Ohio, in 1N33. where he owned two iumdred and sixty acres of land. Later he removed to Stark county, where lie h\ecl the reniaiiKler uf his hfe. He and hib wife had bcveii chddreii. The lirst three, Ucrnard, Amos and Juha Ann, are deceased. Ivachel and Daniel are also tleceased, Daniel dying when an infant, llanian and Siniun P. are still living. Of these children, Amos was county surveyor cd' Tubcarawas county, Ohio, for nme jcars, and also a justice of the peace in h'ranklin township. The late J 'rcbident .Mckmley i)racticed law in the court cif Amos Woodling wdien a young man; Ik-rnard was a farmer in Uhio ; Sum^n I'eter is a farmer in Daxiesb county, Indiana. Amlrew Woudling, Jr., the father of thcbC children, was a nieniher of the Lutheran church and active in its atTairs. He was an ardent Democrat throughout hi^ life. Andrew \\(m idling died in Uctol,er, 1.S7J. His wife died in hehruary, i.SSo.

Hainan \\'oM<lling was educated in tlie conmioii schools ;uid li\ed with his father until he reached maturity. He wa.^ married on June _';,, 1S04, to\\lary lane .Mien, the daughter .if Samuel .Mien, a n.atixe i.f Sci.tland, who came to .\merica where he wa^ a farmer. I'.\- lhi> tirst m.-UTiage se\ en children were horn, .\ndrew .\. is deceased: .M.ary 11. is al.-o deceased; the. other children are: William Oscar, I'jlgar lAans. U.achel Minerva, Idora May and krank Hainan. Of these children, William Oscar lives in St. I.ouis. Missouri; he marrieil I'.mma Henry, of that city, and they have one child. Malile; h'.dgar lA.-ms li\es in Daviess county on a farm; he married .May I'erkins, and they ha\e four children. Xorman, \'iola. Kay and I'raiik'; Rachel Miner\a live.-, in (h-een>l)urg; ^he married Harry Kretsch. and ihev have one child, Uussell; Mora May lives in Indianapolis; she married Oass Kret>ch. ;i hrolher of llarr\- Kretsch. and they h,i\e . iiie cliild. Madge; I'rank li\es in St. I.ouis; he i> unmarried, and is employed in the 1 iClice of the Mi-^souri I'acilic \- frou .Mountain Uailro.ad.

In iSr,r, Mr. Woodling came to Daviess county and |)nrchased one hundred and liftv-nine .acres of laml in \'an riuren tnwiishi]). where he now lives. Mr. \\'oodling taught two terms of sclionl in Siark cnunty, Ohio, !)cforc coming to Indiana, and .me term after his arrival here, lie repre-

In the dail\ lahoi-ious struL;L;le for an lionoraMe Competence and a ^ulJstantial career on the ])art id' the a\erai^e farmer, there i^ little to atti'act the ca.Mial reader in search ( d" a sensational chapter, hut to a nnnd thoront^lhy awake to the realit) and meanin^^ ol human existence, there are nohjc- anil imjierishahle le-^ion^ in the career of ,an indixidual who, without otliei' means than a clear head, ^tn-UL; arm and true heart, directed and controlled liy Correct principle^ and uuerriui; judi;menl, coni|ner.> ad\er--it\' .and, toiliuj^ on, fniall)- wms not onl\' ]ieiauu;ir\ independence, hnt what i- far greater and higher, the di>er\ed re.^pect and conridence of those with whom his acti\e years have hrou!.;ht him in contact. Such a man is found in the person of Henry I 'oinde.xter, the proprietor of a fertile farm in I'.oL^ard township, l)a\ie.^s count)-, Inili.ana, that he is an able and cunscientiuus wurker. As a citizen, he is puhhc spiriteil and enterprising to an unwuntetl degree. .\s a friend and neighbor, he combines thuse qualities uf head and heart that have wnn cemlidence and commanded re.^pect. IJis life alYords a splendid example of what an American j'uuth. [ilenlifull}' endnwed with giK.id ctminiun sense, energy and determination, can accomplisli when accnmpauied b)- goud moral jirinciides.

I.duda ISeeker was born on March 7, iSoij. in l.lartliMlomew cuunt)'. He is the son id' l-'rederick and Matilda (ShalterJ ISeeker, both natives of Germany. The latter died in iNSj;. She was the daughter of J'jhn G. Sliafl"er, a native of Germany, who came to America and settled near Columbus, Indiana, on a farm, lie owned twd hundred ami fort\' acres of land and was a member id" the Lmheran church. I'rederick lleeker was educated in the counnon schools ,if ( iermany. lie was married twice, the lirst time to Matilda .'-^halTer, who bore liiin six childi'en. Clara, Louda, the suliject ot this sketch, I'aubue. Lewis, John and Mar}-. The mother of these children died and JM-ederick was married tii Margaret Shank, the daughter ut I'eter Shank, a farmer li\iiig near Columbus, this state. ( )ne child, Anna, was Inirn to this second marriage. brederick lleeker owned two hundred ;uid lift) acres of land in St. l.ouis Lros^ing, Indiana, near Columbus, lie was a member of the Metboibst church and of the Independent Order of Odd 1-ellows.

.\lr. r.eeker owns two hundred and se\eu acies (.f land in IJa\iesS county, llogard lowtiship, w bere he iloes general farming and stock raising. I'or se\ei-,d _\ears he was enga-ed e\tensi\el\ in the horse-r.acing business, but (put that business because be could not be successful without gambling, and his conscience would not ]iermit him to eng.age in it. .\'e\ ertheless, Mr. liceker has m;ide more th;m an a\er,age success ;is a farmer ;md has aci|nired a snbst;mti;d competence. .Mr. I'.eeker moved to r):iviess couulv from ue.ar Columbus ill 1007.

the Iiiglicst degree nl his iieighliurs and the people of Bogard townsliip. His genial manners and goodness of heart ha\e wmi for him a liost of friends.

Austin B. Osmon

( )sin(in was a iiKiiilicr mi' tlu' Akth' uli.^t iliiiroh ami nuc uf it> piuiiccr leaders. He was a ,i;rcal hunter, ami when there wa^ lo he a luy-n filing he was the man whuse ilnty is was tn kill the t^anie fur the ilinner. lie i.lrebSeil ami acteil a i^reat deal like an animal while he was in the wmhIs. Indians were enntimialK' ^ai his trail, hut he \\a> ne\'er caught unaware>.

AmonL;- the representative farmer> of 1 )a\ ie.ss county. Indiana, is Daniel 1. M\er^. the owner id' a splendid farm ni pMi-ard townvhi]). Air. Al\er> has carried on the various phases of farmint; with that di-crelion and ener.L;\ which aie certain to find a successful i-sue. Air. Alyers has lieen a hard worker and a i;oi id nianaL^ei-. lie is a man of economical hahils .and is liiyliK- respected ni the commnnU)' where he lues, ami where lo|- man\' years he enioved an umisua! inllueuce for yooil. Air. Alyers has liceii lortunateh- situated in .i thri\ini; farmiuL; community, ami has always made the \erv hest id' his opporHmilics. I'.arl}- in life, his opportunities for a thorou:;h education were hmiled. hut he has supplemented the educalii.n ni Ills vonn-er da\s hv home study and is a w elkinformeil man iod;i\. lie is the father of S. Iv Ahers, a welkknown lawyer of WashiuL^lon, who>c lifework IS recited elsewhere in this \'olunie.

I'dijah II. Alyers, the father of Daniel I., w.as educated in the common schools. I'.y his first wife six children were liorn, l-Vank I',, Al.iry .'^., hdij.ah N., James (deceased), Daniel k, the suhject of this sketch, and Josiah. 1'.} his second wife, who was Cl.ar.a Carp, the diu-^hter of Wilson Carp. Iul' children were horn. Wilson C. .Anna K., Stella, May and Olive. FJijah

I >aniel 1. Myers was echicated in the eDUinion scliudls. His oijpurtmiities fur (ilitaiuing ;m edueaMcai were meager and he was not ahle tu jjursue liis studies as far ;is he wished. Air. .Myer.s was married on Uetoher 22, tn .\da J.ane \\ ilhams, who was hurn on .\ul;usi 14, iSdj, in Dax'iess eoiint}', on a farm. .She was the daughter of Joseph and h'liza ( I 'eaehee ) Williams. Joseph Williams owned two lumdred aeres of Land, the farm upon whieh I )aniel I. Myers n(j\v h\es ,aud the farm whieli he owns. lie was a local preacher in the .\Iethodi--t chiu-ch. |o>e|]h W ilhams was m;irried twice. H_\- his first wife, who was Sarah Masl(!n, he had four cliil- (h-en, all of whom are now deceased. Stephen, the eldest son, was killed' in the h.attle of I'.ull Run. Alfred, John and Marih.i were the other chililren. 1'.)- his second wife, .\d,a Jane Williams, the mother of .Mrs. .M\-ers, four children were horn, Lewis, Uosie. Kacliel and .\da Jane.

Jose])h Williams died in 1876, and \v;is ;i sou of Archihald Williams, a nati\e of Kentucky .and an early settler in this ]iart of Indiaiua. Me married Mar\- Ros.-,. and they h.ail eight children, John, William. J.ames, Jo-eph, Presley, Dehhy, .Matilda ami .Vda. .\rchil>ald Williams entered land in Washington township. Me was a prominent memlier of the Meth^'dist church and a strict doctrinarian, all of which he practiced.

,\lter his niairiage, Daniel 1. M\-ers removed to the form where lie now li\es. Mrs. .M\ers inheriting thirty acres. Mr. .Mvers pmehased the interest of the other heirs, or in all one hundred ,uid thirty .acres.

Aiiionj; the f.armers id' Daviess cuuuly who l)elie\es in fdlli i\\ int; twentieth eentur\- methods, is William li. Isenii.L;le, nf lln^ard town-hip. .Mr. Iseno^le comes from a splendid family and one that has heeu foi-emost for rii;ht li\inj;- and mdusirioui hahits. for education ,ind nioralitv, as well as for all the)- contrihute to the welfare of the commonwealth. Such ])eople are welcome in any community for the_\' aie empire liuilders and as ^uch, pudi the frontier of ci\-ilization e\'er westward and onward, leavin^n the L;reen, w ide-reacliiuL; w dderness and the far-stretchini^ jilains populous with contented people and heautiful with ,!.;reen fields. d'he\' ha\e Con.-tituted that -terliiiL; horde which caused the threat llishop Whipple to write the meniorahle lines "Westward the eour-e of empire lakes its wa\'."

Willard Iseiioi^le was horn on January kj, li^yo, at Coshucton, ( )hio. He is the son of John and Martha (Schuhzi Isenoi^le, the former of whom was horn mi (.)ctoher 17, 1840, in Jel't'ersoii Countv. (dhm, aii'l the Latter horn oil Janiiar\ 7, iSps; ;,, ( ', i-h, .cimi connlw < )liio. Mr-, .\lardia 1-eno-le wa- the daughter of Jacoh Schullz, w ho.-e wife w.a- a t.'ook, and the former ol whom was a farmer and owned two hundred acres of land in the state of (Miio, and the latter a dau,i;hter of one of the pioneer families, known for their thrift .and industrial tendencies, lie wa> a valiant soldier in the Civil War. Mrs. Iseno.!;le dfed on January jj, h;()4, and .after her death, .\lr. IseiioLjle married Sadie McCully. \'o children have heeii horn to this second marri.a^e. V<\ the first marria.^e of John 1-eno^le. four children were Iiorn, .Moiizo C, deceased; Willard \i., the -uhject of this sketch; Lawrence P.ell, deceased, and Xora haldie. who is at present livini^' in the -tate of

John J>en<i,L;le i-^ the son of Jacolj Isenoi^le, a iiati\-e of Carroll county, Ohio. Jacob lsenoL;le married Rachel IjigeluiL;' and was a farmer who came to Da\ less count)', during' the Civil War. where he rented land for a time and was a well-known farmer, lie wa^ iilentihe<l with the I )emoci'atic partv. I he children ul Jacob and Rachel ( I'jigeliUL; ) l^enogle were: Ste- ])lieii, John. Abigail, Adeline. Cideon, Catherine. Uachel, La\'ina, C_\'rus, Adam and Jane.

\\ illard b".. l-eiiogie was educateil in the common schools of Da\'iess Count)', where he olitained a gooil common school eilucatioii. and when oli[ ciioii^li. took' u]i larming, where he worked until the time iif his marriage. March 19, iNi)^ to b.tta AlcCall. who was horn ou .\ugust jS. 1871. in I'.ogard township, and who is the daughter of ( ieorge \\". AlcCall, a nati\e of 1 VnnsN'Kama who came to Indiana from that state after serxing courageously a> a L'nioii soMicr during the ('i\il War. lie settled ou a farm in I )a\ les^ count}' in Dotard township. lie and his famih' wei'e all members of ihe Ciuled Ih'ethren church. lie married Martha A. Met 'all, \\lio was born in Veale township. l)a\iess counts.

After Ills marriage. .\lr. Iseiiogle reined his father-indaw 's f.irm, on which be now lues .'luil wliicli he owns. 'I his farm is well impro\'ed and coiisi.st.s (,f one hiiiiilred and four acres. .\lr. Iseuogle has been conser\ati\e in his business relations and frugal in his living, and is a nii.dest, unassuming man who la\s 110 great claim to worth)' achievements.

Mr. and Mrs. Iseuogle .'ire devoted members of the I'nited brethren church and are active both in the church ami Sund.iv school, ddiev contribute liberally id' their means to the support ol this church. .Mr. Iseuogle is a member of the Modern Woodmen of Anierici and active in the affairs of this organization. Willard Iseuogle is well known in I'.iigard township as a substantial farmer in the comnumit)' where he lives. From anv standl)oint he deserves to rank as a re]iresentative citizen in this section of Daviess county.

Daviess Cohntv, In'Diana

]l is II well-authL'inicatcd fact that buccess cuuk-s as a result Lit legitimate am! \\cll-a[iiilie(l eiiert;)-, uiillayying ileteniiinatinu and perse\ eraiice ill a Course of action when once deciiled u[)on. Success was ne\er known to snnle uiJou the iiller or dreamer and ne\er coiu'ts the loafer. Only those wlio ha\e tliligently sought her fa\ors are crowned with her hlessing. in tracing the histor)' of an inlluential citizen ui I )a\ie>s couniy, Indiana, nowdeceased, it is plainl}- seen that the success which he enii.iyeil was won h)' all of those conniiendahle ([ualuie^. It was al^j his personal worth, which gained for him the ingh esteem uf his neighbors and, in fact, ol all the peLJ[)le of l);i\iess county, among whnm he was so well known.

Tkc late Amlrew Mclall, aflcr Ins marriat;i.\ scaled on the farm where his widuw ami sun nuw li\e and where he li\ed nnlil In.^ deatli. Mr. and Mrs. ^licCall had six children, all (jI w hi mi are deceased wilh the excc|jtiun ed the N'ounyest, Jeihn Aiislin, who is unmarried and wiai h\es at lumie with his ninther. d"he deceased children were Unse, lulward, lAcrett, E\a and l.ula.

Altiit^ether, the late Amlrew McLall nwned live hundred acre> of land in J)a\iess eounty, three hundred acres nt which cuini/rised the heme farm. He was a niemher <if the Lhiitcd I'relhreu church and a \er\- active man in Idcal affair^, political and otherwise. Snice the death of Air. .McC'all. .Mrs. Mcl'all and her son, John Austin, iia\e li\ed on the farm, which the son is now ojieratiui;. Idle late .\n<lrew Me('all was a \erv proj^ressixe and prosperous fanner. Duriiii; his life he erected the very he.^t house and ham m his coinmuuiiy. Idle farm is located ahonl one mile south of |-'])soiii. It is hiijlil)- productive and its present s[ilendid nnpro\ emeiits are due to the unlirin<4 eiierLjy and nuselli^h devotion of the Lamented hushand and failiei-, who j;ave his life not (july m belKulf of the ll;lppi]les^ of his wife and soil, lint who lived in hehalf of the communitv where his lahors were perlormed. lie is reniemhered as a man id' <;enerou> and kind ini])uUes, and one who eiijoyerl to an unaccu^toiiied decree the conlideiice of all of liis iiei-hhors.

of the caiiii.'Sl scaler-' in L)a\ies> cmint). William ( '< n eiitcrcil ciuility aercs ut land am! at the time nt his death owned one hundred and forty acres, lie was a member of the I'aplisl chmch, Jliram Allen was the mjii ui lames and 'I'ahitha (l.yttun) Allen, the fdrmer horn in North ( arolina, and married in 1704. There were ten children hMin to this nmnn, lonr siitis and six tlaui^hters. all id whom L;re\v to matnrity. James Allen was a farmer and earl\' settler in 1 'a\ iess cunnty. lie entered one lumdred and Iweiit}' acres of land fn iiii the L;n\'crnnient in llos^ard township and here he li\ed until his death, Aninni; liis ten children were h.lilui, lliram, Cvrus, Alkmah, Mahalia, I'.illy and Idizahelh.

lliram Allen was edncalcd in the common schools and was a farmer thron,i;hnnt his life, lie owiicil li\e hundred acres of land in Van lUiren l(i\\nslii]j, was ideiilitied with the \\ hi.i,' party and active in local pulitics. He and his wile were memliers dl the llaptist church. llis hrolher, h'dkanah, was a llriptist minister and condneted clmrcli e\er)' two weeks in the liarn owned li\- lliram .\llen. dhe first wife of lliram .\llcn was Mahalia \ewland and liv this nninii there were three children, lames, I'diza and Is.ihel, all m1 whom are deceased. 1)) his second inarriaL;c, there were three children, I.anra, deceased; .Milton I., and .\lar\'. .\lar\- li\es m .'"Seattle. Washington, lliram .\llen died in ( )ctol)er, 1X44. and lii> wife, the mother ni Milton L., died in iSi^^.

After the death of .Mrs. .\ni:mda .\lleii, in 1S7S, .Mr. .Mien w.is married, a second time, to Susie llinton. Tin.- marri.i-e took jilace, .M.ay _'S, iS<)5. Susie Hinton was the widow of W'.all.ice lliuton. .and had two children l)\- her first marrias^e, l.ouccia and I'orrcst, .Mrs. .'-^usic Allen was .Susie (lootie before her first mairi,a,L;e, and was ,a n.ati\e of .Martin conntw l!y her second in;irria.L;e, she has had threi- children, (Irrin 1'., Roy I), .and Ross, the l;ist of whom is deceased, 'I he other two children are at home.

The grandfather <>{ Thuiiias (1. Wad-wurlh was al-u Tliuinas W ;id-- wurtli. wbu was burn in I 'eiiiiM baiiia in 17SJ .and wlio w.a- a farmer by occupation. After living fur suine lime in Keiituckw he moved to Indiana, and linally located un une hundred acre- of land in \ an liureii townshii), Daviess cuunlv. where lie lived until his de.atli in 1S41. lie marrieil iXancy

Mrs. W.adsworlli is a devoted memher of the .Methodist ilpiscop.al church as lia\e heen so many of the ancestors of hotli .\lr. and Mrs. Wadsworth before them. She is a ineniher of the church at Ra,<^les\ille. .Mr. Wadsworth is ,a inemher id" the .M.asonic Iodide. lie was appointed inistec at one term and served out the unexpired term. He is now enL;aL;eil in the tire insnrance hnsiiiess for the iMilelity l'hoeni\ Fire Insnrance C'oinp.any, of New ^'ork, and has heen fo^r the past sixteen years. Mr. \\';ii|sworih has huilt 11]) a lari;e and lucrative intsiness in Wan P.nren township. In addition na\iess count)', Indiana, enjoys a hi;.;h reputation hecause of the splendid order ot her citizenship and none ol hei' citizens occupy a more en\iatile jK'sition in the esteem of his fellows than Hugh .Morgan, the Son of wellknown pi(jneer.-, oi Ha\ ie>s county. A residence here of more than sixty year.s has given his fellows a lull oppi irtunil\- to oliser\e him in tlie \arioUs walks ol life in which he has been engaged and his present high standing is due solele to the honorable and ui)right course he has e\er pursued. As a leading citizen of his conimunit\-, he is t-nnnenth' entitled to represeniati(_)n in a \\ork of this character.

'I'lie children born to Hugh Morg.m, l-ir.. and wife were as folb.w : Patrick, llngh. jr.. j.ames, ( 'rttherine-, .\nna, .Mare and John. ()l there chihiren ( atherine is the oid\' one who married. ."-^lie mairied J.ames Heal}' and tliew lice in llogard township. r)a\ less coiinte, and h.aee one ciiild. llngh; James. Patrick ;md Hugh, Ir., live on the lionK- farm; Anna, .M.ary .and John are deceased. 'I'ln' f.ather of these children (\]vi\ on .\ugust 6, iSN_>, at the a.ge of seNX-nty-bve. His wife, the mother of these children, dieil on Deceinher 29, 1900, at the age of eighty years. They were iiieniljers vi St. Michael's Catholic cluirch, of Bugard tuwnshii).

.At the time llui.;h Morgan, Sr., entered this land, it was co\ered with forest and no roads were to he fonnd anywhere. Air. Morgan, Sr., ini- Ijroved his land and transfornietl a wilderness into a fertile and prodncti\e farm.

ilngh Morgan, Jr., was edncated in the common schools and was gradualeil from the Southern Indiana Xnmial Sch«jol at Mitchell. This institution is no lunger in e.xistence. Here Mr. M<jrgan to(.ik liotli a husiness and teacher's cuurse. lie has taught m the cimimon scIkjoIs of Da\iess CLiunt}- for lliirty-"ne \ears and in Ijogard township for the past twenl\'- ihree years, lie is unmarried and is lising on the homestead farm eiUereil liy his father and owns it in ])arlner.>hiii with his two brothers.

Mr. Morgan is a member fi the Knights of (."olumhns. lie is a de- \out and faithful member of tlie t'aliiolic church, and ideniilied with the Democratic party.

Xot toil often can lie re[ieated the lifc--^tory of oue who has li\ed houorabl)- and uselully and who h.i^ attained iiotalile distinction in the county ol his reNideiice. John .V. Sims, ;i former assesscj- i,f I )a\ less count)', has been ;i bu.s_\' and uselul man, not onl_\' in \'an lluren town-hip. where he li\es, but in l)a\ies> louiUy as well. The oli'ice of biograjilu' i.> not \ij gi\e \dice to a m.au's modest estimate of himself and his accomplishments, but rather to le,-i\e upon the pages of hisliuv the opiiuou of bis neighbors and friends. b'hn .\, ."-^inis occupies .1 high place m the esteem of his fellow citi/eus. Me JKis :dwa_\s been loyal to irusi mi|iosed upou him and upright in his dealings with his fellow men. 1 U' is a reiiresentatis e citizen of Da- \iess coiuUy, and from main- sl.uidpoints is entitled to reiiresentatioii in this \olume.

John .\. Sims was born on .November I, 1N7J, in \'an lUiren township, lie is the son of /,achari;di and ."^.ar.ali b".. (('(j.\) Sims, the former of whom is a native (d \'au lUiren towushiji, and the latter of whom is a nali\e of liogard township, the daughter of John and bdizabetli ( I'ore 1 ( "o\. John Cdx was a tanner in th;it towuslii]) ,ind a \aliant soKliei" during the ('i\il War. lie died in the hospital at \'icksburg.

D.Wikss Comniv, Imitaxa

John .A. Sims, the suhject of this sketch, was educated in the puhlic schoi.ils of \'an lluren tcwvuship in l)a\iess count}-, lie spent one yi-.ar in the .ichoiils of k.llmore town>hip, and, sulise(|uentl\-, attended the normal school ;it ( tdou, as well as the Central Indiana Xormal ('ollei;e at I'amille.

Mr. .Sims is a Ivepulilican. l''roin 1007 to |i)[ 1, he w:is count\' assessor of Daxiess countx'. lie is a man well knnwu ihioULjhout Maxie^.s cuunt)', of !::;ood appearance, affahle and courteous to all and is especiall\- popular in the Community wliere lie lixes, and enjoys the coulldence and esteem of all his neit;hhors and all of those who h;i\-e come in coiit.act with him, eithc-r soci.illy or politicallv or even in a husiness way.

After his marriage, ddiom.as I', liarhw settled on a small tract of land south of h'-psom, in l'.in.;rird Uiwuslnp. .\fter one \ear he mo\ed three miles northeast of h'psom, on a f.arm of thirty-'sexen acres, where he remained for nine months ;ind then nio\ed to the I'arry (.'reek hottotns (Jii a tliiriy- <acre farm (jwned l.iy his wife. He was here thirt\-li\'e nionihs when they sold out and mm-ed to their present farm ni fort_\- acres. Since that time.

they have lukled forty acres niure in cuie tract, and fi.irly-eight in am.ither, as well as seven acres in a third tract. All ot this land i^ located in Bogard Vo\vnshi[).

natives oi 'rcnnebsec, iV-tcr l\ai;ic, Sr., was a sun of Janius Ra.^lc, ul Tennessee, wln) was a farmer, and u liu died ni his native stale, lie served in the Indian wars and. un one (icca.^iun, was attacked li_\- two ln(hans. He killed one uf them, knocked the tomahawk from the hand of the other and killed him, and sat on him nntil he reyaineil hih strength. James Ra-le m.arried a Miss Parrot antl after his death, she married a Mr. Watt, d'hey came tu Daviess cunnty, Indiana, and located near Uagles\ ille, where he w'a> an early school teacher and here they both died.

.Mr. Lett w.-is a candidate for ihe state Legislature, in 1(114, '"^ ''i"-' I'eniocratic ticket, but was defeated with the remainder of his ticket. He was ;ilso, at one lime, a candidate for countv commissioner of D;i\iess Count)-, on the 1 )einocr,-itic ticket, but was defeated at tli.it time. b'.inerv Lett owns abiiut twn hnndred ;icres of s])leii(lid tanning land, in \'eale township, and is a liighl)- respected and eiUerprisiiig farmer. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd bellows .-md of the Alode|-n Woodmen of America.

Davikss Cuux'Iv, Ixdiana

I )r. h'rederick I. i''reshley's grandfather \\as h'rederick Freslile}', a native of (iermanv. who, after his mairiage, and alter rearing a taniily, came with his f.nnilv to .\merica, lin.ally settling in Spencer county, where he was a farmer and owned one hundred and Iwentc acres of land. llis Son, hrederick j, l"i'eshle\-, the father of Mr. l-rederick J., was educated in the Common schools, lie was an inllnential meiuher of the United brethren church .and prouiiucnt in the local poliiic-s ,,\ ihat county. lie died on ( K'tohei- J3. 1NS4, and his wife is shll living at (iraudview, tliis st.ite. They had seven children. Catherine, (leorge, Idora. tarrie, ld;i, Oscar ami I Jiv I'rcderick j. .Ml of these children are now living. ( )scar married Trma rielhig, the daughter of Waleutine llelhig, of Sellershnrg, Indiana. They live at I'lainville, where he is in the drug hnsiness with 1 )r. I'rederick J.

h'rederick J. l-'reslilev was educated at (Irandview, and after completing the common and high school courses of study, gradn.-ited from the Central Normal ( "ollege at Danville, and also froiu the L'niversily of Louisville, in K/iS. Doctor Freshlev received a diploui.a of ]iliannacy in 1909.

Ii.Wif.Ss Countv, Ixhiana

Doctor l'"reshle_\- is a nieniher of the Knights and Ladies of Securitv, the Indepentlent Order of Odd h'ellou.^ and the Modern Wo.Klnien of .\nierica, and aDo the Woodmen of the World. Doctor l'"re>liley has heen a i)raclicing physician at I'lainxilk- for ahoiit >i\ \'ears. lie not onh- practices his profession, hut. as heretofore related, is in the drug husiness, at riaiM\ille, with his hrothei, ( )scar. l)(jCtor hrohleN- is a clean-cut, young plnsician ol charming personalitw enterprising in hi^ ideas and keeiil\- de- \oted to the welfare of his section of the state. Im-oui many staud])oints, he ileser\es the conhdence and esteem which ha\e si gracioush' been hestowed n]ion him l)\- the peojilc of Ids coinnnnnte.