Daviess County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1915 (part 4 of 7)

Of high intellectu.al and professional aitaimnents and ranking .among the loreniost teachers of Daviess count)', lames !-'.. (lille\-, the present trustee of Washington township, aclne\-ed marked distinction in his chosen c;illing he fore his election to his present (jfhce. As a teacher, he made his presence Iclt and as a citizen in the ilaily walks of life, his inlluence has alwa_\s tended to the adxancemmt of the conunnnily and the welf.ire of hi.- fellow men. .Vol only has he wielded a wide and lieuehcient nuinence for man\- \ears as an insirnclor in Da\iess couniw hut he has also had a wholesome ,and stimidating ePect on the stndent.s who h:i\c coute in contact with him. The name of j.anies 1^. (iille\-. with eminent fitness, occupies a cous]iicuous place in the ranks of the teachers of Daviess county. ;md this rank was extenuated when he was elected to the important olfice of township trustee.

county and the latter prohaljl}' of llarr townsliii). The paternal grealj^randparents oi James E. Gille_\' came from .South I'arolina. His paternal yreat-granLlfather was James P. Gilley, who >ettleil in Ree\'e ttnvnslnp mure than one liuiKlred years ago. He came h)' wagon from South Carolina and enteretl land in this countw where he is clearing it preparatory to making a hi ime. lames i'. Ciilley lijught in the hattle o| (.'tiwpens, in the J<e\olutionary War. hdienezer 1'. ("lilley, the grand lather id' |anies \:'... was educated in the [lioiK-er schools ot l\.ee\e township. lie entered land early in lile and hudt llalhoats which he ojicrated. He Imtcliered hog^ that-were raised in Indiana and shipped iheni to New (Jrleaus. lie resided in ihis localit)- practicallv all of his life, with the exception i>f the ])eriod ol li\e years, from iSj-^ to iN.Sn. He was alsi i an extensixe de.-der ni real estate and, at lus ilealh. owned one hundred anil sixty acres of land.

The maternal grandparents of lames 1'".. 'iillev wei'e .San ford and I'diz.al>eth (.Allen) Shively, the latter of whom was horn near .\1 ford>\ ille. Mr. (jille\'s maternal great-grandfather was Henry .Shi\el\-, hum in Ixeiuucky. He >ul)-'eiiuentl3' came to Indiana, lucating in Hogard i ir \ an liureii township. \\ here he was a tanner, and also preached in the inoiieer christian church, then called the Disciples church. Idi.'a.heth Allen, the maternal grandmother of Mr. fjilley, was the daughter of James and Alar_\- I li_\ser) Allen, of Kentucky, w Im Incated near Alfords\ille, Indiana. There they li\eil until their deadi-. lie wa.- a farmer ,ind the lather of a large lamily. I'Jiz.iheth .Mien's minlicr, Mary lly.^er, was ihe d.iugliler of Jacoh and I'di/alieth Jl)ser, natives iif Tennessee, who came lirst to Kentnck)' and linally to Indiana, lucating near Al lords\ ille.

,\Kin r. (hlley, the father of ]ames \\.. was educated in Ueeee township and also in Alariin couiilw He Iieg;m farming earK' in lile and is still eug.iged m tins hu-^iiie^-- He ha- li\ed at his ]ire-enl hume praciicalh' all of 111- life, with the exception of three year-, fii iin iS"; In i .SjS. -prni in Kansas. He has lifty acres of Land. Six children lia\e keen horn to Alviu 1'. and Mar\' (lilley, Ldvsses (k; Ira, who cIkmI at the age ol two weeks; l.e\i; John .M., who died at tlie age nf fnur year-; J.inKs F.., and .\. i k

James Iv (iille\' received his elemeiitarv education in Akirtin countw hut later was a student in the puhlic schoiils of Ueeve lown-hip, Havies- countv. After leaving the puhlic schonls, he taught schoi.l fur eighteen }-cars in Dax'icss County. 1 )uring tlus ])eriod he atteiuled the .Snuihcrn Indiana Normal School at Mitchell; Carnegie College at ivodgers, Ohio, ,nid Indiana State Xornial School at Terre Haute, and has done s'Mne work at Indiana

J.anies ( lille\- is an ardent lve])ulilican and has heen identified with this iiarty ;ill of his life. h'r.Uernally. he is a lUeniher of the lnde|iendent Order of iid<\ I'ellows .and the Modern Woodmen of .\nierica. Mr. .and .Mrs. ( iilley ai'e devoted memliers of the ( hristiau church and are active in lioih the wiirk- of the church and the Siuida\- school.

it i.s a well-atle>ted ma-\nn that the ,iu;reatne-.s I'f a communitx or a .slate lies not in the machiner_\- o| government nor even in its institutions, hut r.athei' in the sterling;' i|nalilies of the individu.al cili/en, in his ca]<acitv for hiL;h .and uiisellisji elfort and his dev.itiou to the pulilic welf.are. In these ]>fn-ticnlars he vvh..se name .appears ;it the head of tins review has conferred honor and di-nitv upon liis locahty, ,and as an elemental ]iart of hisiorv it is Coirsonani ih.il ilure should he recorded a resume of his carei-r. with the uliject in view ol uoiiuL;- his i,ouuection with the advancement of one of the most proL;ressive and llourishin^ sections of the Commonwealth, as well as his ofticial relations with the .administraliou of the puhlic affairs of the coinnnmilv honored hv his citizenship.

John ( aress recei\ed luS eilucaliou ' m the .-choo1> of Lawrence ,and .M.artin counties, ha\'in,L; left Lawrence county at the aL;e of thirteen \e;irs. lie first started in lite lor Inm.sell m .\larlm couiitw eiii;.iL;inL; in fanm'ni^- and saw-milhui;, in which Latter occupation he continued until iNSS, when lie niiwed to I'duora, UaN'ic;.-. count\', where he en,L;ai.;cd in carpenter work lor four \e.irs, after which he went into the L;rain .and mill products husiness. In iNi;_', h(.' hec.ame connected with the company iii which lie i.s now and has ln'cn ni;inaL;er of thi.s husiuess since that time. The company was first known as the ( '. .\1, Lemon ( 'oinpany, who pu; up their first elewaior in this place .ahout twentv-two \ears A-^t.. 1 11 hi"4. the conipau\- erected a lU'W elevator, Larger .and more commodious, to accommodate their i;riiwinL; husiness, and is now known .as the l.eniou ITi.\ator ('ompauw

Ikis scT\-e(l efticifntly in several puMic piisilicins. J fe was treasurer of the city scliotjis for scjiiie years, and is now sersing as city treasurer.

Judyed by liis labors, i\Ir. Caress is a l.)usy niaii. Xime lias d(.)ne more to ad\ance tlie material interests of his section of the cinuitv, and as a citizen none stands higlier in the esteem and confidence of the jieople generally.

Agriculture has been an honoralde vocation al\va\'s and at the present time the agricultural Liutjiut uf the United States ij mere than e(|ui\alent to the uut])Ut of all uf the faclnries r,{ the country. There is one thing in the life of a farmer which distinguishes it from ihat of any other occupation and that i-- the abilil\' to e.\i-l independently of an_\' other \ocation. i'he merchant, the banker, the manulaciurer all depend absolute!}' cm the larmer's crops. A famine throughiiUt the country would bankru[il the strongest merchant, w I'eck the largest bank and close the most extensi\e factory. Business men can see their business ccillap^e within a week, but nothing short of an earth(iu;ik-e can ruin the farmer, l.and is, as it always has been, the most fa\orable linaucial in\e-.tment. I'anic !na\' sweep the manufacturer out ot business o\er night, but thi: f.arnier can sm'\i\e when e\ er\ other industr\- fails. 'Idierefore, the farmer is the backbom.' of the nation, ;ind he who can make two blades of gr.ass grow where but one formerU- grew, is performing the most n--eful known to m,an. l)a\iess count\- farmers are e(iual to those found au\-wliere in the state. Their history i.> l;irgely the history of the material adsanceiiKiit of au\- county. Among her excellent farmer--, there is none more deser\ing of recognition in this day th:ui the Honorable lew llarn.^, a member ol il;e Indiana I leueral .\>sembly from 1 ',i\ ies-- county.

Lew Harris was born near C'amirlburg, in Oax'iess county, on August 17, i>'^74. lie is the son oi Lewis ('. ;md Mary ( Murray 1 1 larri-;. the former of whom w;is born in l)a\iess counlv ,aud the batter in Louis\ille. KeiUucky. 'Idle ]j.aternal grandpareiUs of Lew Harris were X;tthan and Llizabeth ( Lurri ) Harris, the former a soldier in the W'uv I'f iSi_', and the latter a native of one of the easterti states. Xath.an Harris located near ( "annelburg in ])ioneer limes. He purchased go\ernment baud and owiie(l altogither at one time, two hundred and forty acres, ddiis band he cleared and impro\ed and upon it he established his home in the wilderness. Mrs. Mary

.(Murray) Harris, niolhcr uf J.cu Harris, died in January, 1875, after which time Lew wa^ reared by Martha Murray .Aiouls, an aunt, sister uf his niulher, with whom he h\ed until lier death, un July _'0, 1907.

The niaternal yrandparenls ut Lew Harris were Samuel and Llleu (AUisonj Murray, 1m. th natives ut Kentueky. Samuel Murray was engaged in building tlat-buats at ALaysville, in pioneer tunes, at a period when that town was at its zemth of growth and prosperity. He was among the hrst settlers of that vicinity, although he hrst settled at .Mt. I'leasaiU and, subseliuently, removed to .Maysville. During the latter years of his life, he retired, tu a large extent, froiu the boat industry and ga\e his attention to building wagons in Maysville, where he died.

Lewis Harris, the father of Lew Harris, was educated near Caniielburg and became a farmer. He was a farmer practically all uf his life m Larr township, where he owned sixty acres. He and his wife died in this township. Lewis and .Mary Harris had se\en children, William, lili/abeth, Edward, Joseph A. and Lew, and two ilied in infancy. After the death .jf his first wile. Lewis Harris married Sarali I'.easley, and to this union three children were born, .Morton, i\oiiert L. ami bred (._. All of the members uf this family are itleiitilied with the t hristian church and active in its all airs.

Lew Harris was educated m the public schools ui Larr township and, during his voutli, perlurmed the usual tasks which fell to the lot of the averai-e cuuntry boy. I'.arly in life he began to farm and has been engaged in this \ocation, continuously, since his youth. Mr. Harris owns one hundred and lwenty-si\ acres, which is kiKjwn as the old Anthony Moots place.

It is a fertile and prMilucti\e farm and Mr. Harris has made many substantial impro\eiueiUs ui.un it. He is .-lie uf the leaders of the agricultural life of litis community.

All of the inemher^ of the Swann f.unilc are atliliated with the Helliel .Methodist I'.piscopal church and thr. .ii^houl their hve-^ the_\ have heen active in Its alTair>. 'They are earnest, ( hristi.an ])eople and hi-lil\- respected citize:;.- of X'eale township.

lent example in tliis commnnity where he has heen a leader for many years, and in a conser\-ati\'e manner has done wliat he could hj i)roniote the advancement which his \\(jrthy forbears so successfully het^an.

Zadock D. N'eale was liorn on the farm where he still Ii\es in \ eale township, Septenilier u. 1^75. lie is the son of William Thomas ;md Susan (iJickerson) \'eale, the lurmer of whom was horn on a farm adjoining that on wiiich his son now lives, and the latter, a naii\-e of liarr township, horn h\e miles east of Washington. William TIk 'mas \ eale was the s(jn of James C, Jr.. and klla ( .\ikman ) \ eale. J.ames ('. X'eale, |r., w;is horn in the Carolin.as and came to Indiana when a hov of eighteen )ears. llis father, James C. \ eale, ."-^r.. howe\er. had preceded him \>y one x'ear. ha\'ing .arrued in 1 )a\iess count\- in 1S07. James C. \ eale. Sr., was ,1 soldier in the Re\Mlutionar\- army, lie in.irrietl a Miss Townsend, possihK- in \ irginia. James t.'. X'eale, Jr., taught the first schoul in X'eale township, in fact, in the whole countw 'ihe lamil\- settled on what later hecame X'eale creek ami also in X'eale township, which look- its name Ironi J;mies t ". X eale, Sr. James (". X'eale, Sr., and children all entered Land, cleared the forest ;md eslalilished IkjUK's in the wilderness. James C X e;de. Jr.. w.is ;i farmer in that to\\nshi[i until his death.

Thcfbest title one can establish lu a high and generous esteem of an ( intelligent roinmiinity i.^ a i)roii-acted residence therein. Daac .Mli-^on, unu of the best-known and highl)- esteemed xoung farnler^. has l-e.^ided in \'eale towiishiji all his life. His career has been a nio^t coinmeiicl.able oir- in e\er\- respect, well deserving ni being perpetuated on the i)ages of a hi.->t( iiac.al work of the nature of the one in h.iiul. Like his sterling father before him. he has been a man i<\ well-defined purpose and I1.1-- ne\er f.ailed to carr\' to successtul com|)letion any work or eiiierprise to which lie lias .addressed himself, lie has applied himself very closel) to his work and waited for the lutnre to bring its rew;irds. 'fogether with his br(ilher, also ,a \(Uiiig man ol .sterling reputation, he owns the larni which a.l one lime w;is possessed 1>\ bis l.iilier and to ibis iunn he and his bioilu-r li,i\e added si 'ine forl\- acres.

Davikss Cuuxtv, Ixdiaxa

William C'addeii, the father uf 1 t.aniel, was :i railroad man ne.irh ,all his life. lie came ti 1 .\merica. m 1N-I7. and li\eil fur a time in Xew \'.n-k, hut later went to W'heeliiiL^, Wcsi \ irL;inia. where he was en,i;.i^ed in railrr/ad Construction work, afterwaial working; at this husiness in \arions parts of the United States. l,ater in life, he retired {<< a farm in ()liiii, and still liter mn\ed to I'hilliciithe, ( )hio, where his wife die<l. after which he came to WashiiiL^ton, Daxiess county, Indiana, and li\ed with iiis smi, ]\lartin, until his death. I'.nth he and his wife were de\'nnt memhers of the C^'athnlic church.

tiers of Washington, coming from Bitburgh, Gcnnany, in July, 1854, after a sevent}'-t\vo-day voyage on a sailing vessel. No railway passed through Washington then, and the trip from Little Orleans, Indiana, to Da\ less county's cajjital was made by wagDU.

IJem-y Backes recei\-e(l his education in the public schools of his nati\'e city, and served his apprenticeship as a printer in the oflices of the Gazette and the Advertiser. On January i, 1906, he purchased a half interest in the De}Hoerat from S. B. Boyd, and since then he and Mr. lioyd have been associated together as equal partners in the enter] irise. i\Ir. Backes has been ideutiiied with the Deiiwerat in the capacity uf ])rinter, l'i)reni;in, cit\- editor and business manager since iSoi- Although an ardent I'eiucicrat and active in the councils of his ]);u-ty, and especially in organization work, he has ne\-er songlu political reward in the form 1 d' ;m elective or an ai)pointi\-e iiflice. lie has been C(jntent, rather, to work' in the trenches for llie p.arty's welfare.

On .\la\- 2^), [.S()3, Mr. ISackes was married to l,aversa j. Quick, the ceremony being performed by the l\ev. hrancis Torbeck, pastor of St. Mary's church. Mrs. Ikirkes was born in this conntv on Se]itember 24, 1874, a daughter of Jehu and .\biry bdleii ( bibusmi) (Jnick. wIim were married at Pleasant Hill, l);i\iess eounly, on May 2, 187J. Mr. (jnick ^er\e-d his connti'}- during the Civil War as a member of C.'ipt. James K. Brown's Company L, Fifth Ivegiment lllin<as Cavalry. He died at I'ort Lea\'enwortli, Kansas, on Octoher 24, HjOO. Mr. and Mrs. Backes .are the ])arents of three children, I'erlha Katherine, John Josejih and Richard Paul.

Mr. and !\lrs. Backes are memliers of St. Simon's Catholic church, and Mr. flackes is a member of the Knights of Columbus. lie is also a member of the Ro\-;d .Arcanum.

way, few arc Ijcttcr kmiwii than Alfred Sini'., aii.l i'cav taniilius tlicrcahijul arc more popular and well-likcd than h\>. I la\in- realized, in hi^ own life, soniethini^- of the lianlship> allendin- the efforts of the stru--lin^- farmer, hut ha\ing coura^eou>lv and industriously faced and overcome the dihicultie^ which confronted him in the earlier i)art of his career, Mr. Sims is happy m the thoUL^ht that he is ahle to -ive to his family adv;mta<;cs that he did n. it ]>o>se>s in his d.av of small thin-s, his children hein- ,s;i\en a chance to acquire a college training-.

Alfred Sims was horn on ,a farm situated on the line separating- DaN'iess and Martin ounties in T.rown town-^hip, on Jul\ lo, i,S(,4, the son of Starlin and Susan (Holt) Sims, the former of whom was a native of Lawrence county, a memher of one of the most ])roiumcnt pioneer famUies of the countv, and the latter <d" whom w.as horn in Tennessee, the d.au-hter of 1 lenry and Catherine ( (iray ) i lolt.

Starlin Sims was reared on the jiaternal larm in Man llui'en township and as a )oun,L; man started tarnnnt; anil stuck raisin;.; fiir himself, a \ocation which he lollowed all his life, sa\'e for ihe period dnriiiL;- which his services were i;i\en to the nation in the dark' da\s of the sixties, he ha\in,L,^ ser\ed as a soldier in the Union arm\'. .\t the close of his nnlitar\ ser\'- iee, Stai'lin .Sims retnrnetl to Urown township, .Martin eonnt\-, Imliana, exentnally hecominj.;- a lari^e landowner in th.it part i.f the cnuntv, and in Daviess count)', where he and his wile also were pniminent in all L;o(.d wi.rks, iheir memory heni^;- cherished hy many m that re.^inn for the ^nnd ihev did durm,L; I heir lix'es.

Henry Unit was acen.^tnined tn ha\e bis yuiii;- cattle killed by the W'ohes and at such times made it a point to take a jiMrtinn of the carcass and ban one of his lari^e bear lra|is t" catch a wnlf. Me had mnch better sticcess in catchiu,;.; them by settini^ his Ira]) in a stream or pool of water. These Ir.aps were ci su that there were two nr three steps of stone f(ir the wdlf to st.art in mi. .\ small fudtini^ was then ma<le iT lea\'e> mIY the trees encircled by small stakes. The wulf would .-te]. (.m this fo(.tin_^^ thinkinu- it was secure, falliii;;- intn the water would next land in the trap. On one nccasion, llenry 1 b ijt and his sons took a wnlf hunie ali\e, thinkini^ they would jjermit the famil_\- [n admire U at cbise ranL;"e. The\' cut the tend"ns in his bind Icl;- ami put him down in the yaid, thinking- be wnuld be helpless. X'd s( Killer had he reached the i^round than, in si inie nusterii jus wa_\-, be sprang uji and caught niie of the children by the arm, pnlliii!.; her from the dour. .\t this turn nf affairs the bnws dispatched him at mice, (hi anniher occasiiiu. niie uf the smis was watch iii.L,'' a deer lick far nut in the woods at nii;ht. fie had constructed a sealV.ild in a tree, at the side of the lick, ujiou which be hid himself with a ,L;un in hand and la\- in wait for the coming;' deer. I'.efore climbiiii^ the scaffold he had made ;i trip around the brush to obtain dry material from which he niii^ht make ;i little ii.ujbt, should he bear a deer at the lick, in order to facilitate his aim. While waitiui^r be heard somelhiiiL;- niakini;- the same rounds tb,il he had iiKule in search for material for a torch, and which liually trailed him to tlie \er\ tree in which he had his scaffold. I'lie animal leaped bi^h up the tree and made a second leap. ihe son, who by the way was llenry, Jr., bad disco\ered 1)\- this time that he was confrontetl by a panther which was ready to sprin,::,^ niion liim at the ne.\t jump. I'.cin.i:^" \ery much frightened ;ind not kiiowini; what else to do, he screamed at the lop ot his \oice, w liereu])oii the p;mtbei- dropped to the ^i^round and slowly sliin!< aw;i>. llenry ,gol no deer that niL;bl and did not venture down until niornini;.

To the union of .starlin and Susan (Holt I Sims tliere were born ten children, as follow : Sarah .\., who died at the ;iv;"e of nineteen; \\'illi;im, who married l\osa Ihirns; b'raiicis, who married ]\l.ar\' Cowan; John, who nuirried Nancy llowman; .\lfred. the inimedi:ite subject of this sketch;

Alfred .Sim^ i^M'ew to manhood on the luiternal farm in \ an llnren township, recei\im^ Ins education in the excellent >cliools of that town-hip, and, a }onn,i:i man, started lu farm for him-elf, hi> first \enim'e hemu; made on a tract of eighty acres. This he cidtix-ated so diligently and so Miccessfnlly that he has jjeen ahle to add to Ins ori^^inal holdlng^ until now lie owns a farm of three lumdi-ed and si.\t\ and one-h:d f acres, ])raclicall\- all of which is untler a high state ot cnltivatiou. In addition to hi-, work as a general farmer, he has engaged extensiwly in stock raising, his prodnction of I'ercheron horses. Shorthorn i-altle, Shiop.^hire sheep, the lar^e type of I'oland China hogs and mamnioih iacks and ieniieis lia\ing more than a local repntatioii for excellence. In 1S03, .Mr. Sims built his present tine residence in which his famiK is \ ei) pleasantly and hap])ily situated and has luiilt two large hams and two silos, the other onlhnildings and general .appoiniments ol the farm being in keepnig, so that he has today one of the most attracli\-e ]ilaces in that part of the county.

Seth L. Ketcham receised his early education in the schools of l)a\iess coiuitv, which h-e sni)i)lemented by a two-years' coin-se in the Indiana State University at lilooinington, following which he entered ihe ranks of the school teachers in this counly and for twenty years was one of the county's best-known iiistrnctors. When the Civil War broke mil, .Mr. Ketcham enms

Mr. Sims is a Ke|niblican in polities and is a member of the Christian chnrch. lie i> one o| the mo^t |)ro>pcrons farmers of h'Jmore township and is counted anioni; the leaders in the social and ci\ic life of his commnnil\-, bein,^; interested and tak'inL;- ;i ]irominent part in all mowments which are designed to belter the L;eneral condition. lie is a L;ood citizen who well deserves the hi,L;h position he occupies in the rct;,ard of his neighbors.

In the an.xious and laborious siru_i;;;le b ir rni honorable conipetencv and a substantial career on the- jiart ol the a\eraL;e pi oles.--ii.inal man li^htini; the ever_\-day battles of life, tliere is but little to attract the idle reader in of a sensational ch,apter, but lor a mind fnll\- awake to the realitv iiid meaning; ol human existence, there are noble and immortal les'-on< in llie life ol ihe 111,111 who. wiihiiui oihei mean.-, llian a clear mind, a ^iroiiL; miiul and a true heart, coiii|Uers toilune and j;ain> not oiiK lempor.al rew.ard for his toil, but also thai which is greater and higher, the respect and coiilidence of tlio.-,e with whom h\> years of active life have I'laced him in contact. One of the well-known youn;.;- citizens of l)a\ less county, lni.li:in.a, who has made a recortl for hinuelf as a teacher in the schools of Daviess" county is Oscar Ilancy.

Oscar Ilaney was horn in (""lay county, ne,ar P.ra^il. Indiana, Xoveinber 15. 1800. lie is the son ni Ceorj^a- and Marv f Mcr'nllou;.;!!) Ilaiiev, the former of whom is a f.armer in ("la\' couiih-.

Al'ttT Air. J lanc\ had j^radnated In mi the Indiana State Xiirnial Schodl he came tn .\l<]ntL;i 'nier\ , Indiana, in the fall nl 11)14. -'^ a>sistaiit lirincipal id" the schonls id that ]ilace. Snl)sr(|nciilly he was apiJi'inted as ]inncipal id" the I'annelhiirji' schiiols and is imw lillinn that pusilidii with credit In himself and tn the schnul lie is ser\inL;'. Mr. llane}- is [mpular. 111)1 iinl\- with schiMil nl'hcials and patrons of the t'anrielhnry schools, hut likewise with the i)Upils of the school. lie is de\oted lo his chosen profession, and althou,L;li a comparati\ el_\' }oiinL;- man, is destined to become one (li the foremost leaders in the edncatioiial circles of this section of the state (d" Indiana. ( )>car Hane\- is industrious, well trained lor hi^ professional work and possessed of unusual n;ili\e ahilit\" to hecouie a leading' instructor.

Jt is ])ro])er to judge the success i,jf a man's hie li\ the estmialion in which he is hekl 1)\' his lellow citi/.eris. They see him al work', in his lamily circle, m church, hear his \iews oil ]juhlic (jue-tious, ohser\e his I'oile o| morals, witness how he coiidncts himself m all the relations ed' societv and ci\ilizalion and are, therefore, competent to judge of his merits and demerits. .\fter a long period of years, during whiili daily ohsersations are carried on. il would he out of the (|iiestioii lor his neighhors not to know of his worih, lor, as has keen said, ".\ctions s])eak louder than words." In this connection it is iioi too much to sa\' thai William J. Shanks has jjassed a life of e\cei>lioiial honor. He has keen ihe recipient ci| mei'itorii'iis reC' ignition lioin ihc people of l)a\iess Count}, who electetl him to the ollice ol coiintN' siii"\e\or. lie possesses the coiilideiice ol e\ei_\' one who has had the pleasure of his friendship.

John (1. Shanks was the son of William and Katherine (Graham) Shanks. William Shanks, siihject's grandfather, a native of Fayette county, Pennsylvania, was horn June 20, iSj/. lie was a son of John and Sarah

.I"lin G. Shanks, the father of Wdliam f.. was clucited in the D.iviess county public schools and the Washmoi, ,,1 hi^h .sclio.,|, I|, m,^- early in hie on the old home pLace ,,f his father s,,mh ,,f Washiic,, He owns two hundred an<i tueiUy-llve acres and is en^a^ed in general farm- lie IS a republican and w.as commissioner of D.aviess countv from 1906 to 1910. All of the members of ,he familv are active in poluics- in tact, \\,lham Shanks served sixteen years as survew.r of his home cottutv

'1 hi-ee \'ears ,11.^0 W'illi.ain J. Shank-, (|nil --inAeNin^ and worked as a farmer milil January 1, 11)13, when he tool< the ofticc of c;.nni\- sur\-e\-or, to which he had i/lected in the fall of 11J14. William I. .Sh.ank.-. is a man well known throii^lioiu l);!\ie-h countw, and few \oun^ men have accoiniilished more in the s.ame leni^ih of tmie than he. lie is a niemlier of the Methodist l'.pisco])al church of \\'a>hin,i;lon.

Ternes hilzpatrick was hurn on the nld place in (.)hio, in the \'ear 183S, and recei\ed his early education in the nei^hhurmi; puhhc schools. A^ a yiiunL;" man, he >tarted as a faianer and pnr.-ucd thai calling his enlire life, and after cuinin^ to l)a\ies.s county with hi> ]uu"ents, he nut onl\' farmed, hut ha\ ini;- purchased a cnmplele thre.-^hiiiL; I'uHit, made this his husine.^^. which affurded iiim an iipportiuiitN' fnr increasinf.; lii> incnme and, at the same time, Ljaxe him a lar,i;e acipiaiiUance. I lis orii.;inal farm consisted of mie hundred and tiurty-li\e acies of fine land, and i>\\ this place he made a i,n"eat many impr(i\ emeiits. lie was regarded as a successiul agriculturist in hi^ da\' and, after liviuL;- a must useful life and nnc full nf kind consideration and de\oti,in to hi> f;imil\, he died in 1S7S, heini; then hut lort\- \ear? of ai^e. \\\^ wile, Helen .Mahon\. «as horn on ,M;i\ jd. iS;;''. ui ( ouut_\' Tipjier.ary, Ireland, and was a daui^hter of James Mahon\- and Julia ( .'-^ause ) .Mahoiiy, nati\e> of Ti]i])erar\ couiUn, Ireland, where the former was a herder. It was in the \ear iN^i tli.U the\' imnn<;r,ited lo American >oil and settled in I )a\iess coiint\', thI^^ state. To them were horn six childn-u, l''.llen, IcpIiu. lame.s,. Catherine, Mar\ and Michael. To Terne^ it7.]jatrick and Wile were hcirii, William, who died at the ai;e of two and one-half _\ears; John, the subject of this re\-iew ; h'rank j., who uraduated in the \\'ashini;ton eomit\- hi^h sehon!, attended the Catholic College in Jasper. Indiana, ;md who is now li\ in;.; in the cUy of Indianapolis, wheie he is occupied as a boiler m.aker.

John lolz-patrick recei\ed his early eilucatiou in the public schools of Washington town-hip, M.uiess coni!l\', assi-ted hi- father aroinid the f.arm and, at the ai^e of sixteen, enj;aL;ed in farmuiL; to hi^ exclusi\e interest 11^- has alwjiys raised a general hue of crops and, in addition to this, takes a keen interest in raising good stock. On hebruary jct, 1900, he was married to Celi.a W'athan who was born on Jnl\- jX, 1S70, and was a daughter of RapluicI and Mar\' ( (."a\anaugh ) W'athan, the fornu'r a u.ali\e of liie state of Maryland and the latter a nati\e of the city of Cork. L'ouiUy ("ork'. Ireland. To their union were born Sarah K., .\nua. Thomas. IMar\-. Celia and Rose. To Jolin and Celia (Wathaii) Kitzpatrick ha\e been born the foUcjwing named children: Doyle, on Alarch 2,^. upi ; Helen, .\ugust 17, 1903: James, W)clober 7, 19(15, and .\hna, I'"ehni;iry .]. 190S.

Davif.Ss Couxty, Ixdiaxa

.\rthnr II. (Ireeiiwod was married on .Sepleinher 30. Kjoo, lo Nettie 1'. Small, the d.aunhter of Joseph W. and .\imella 11. (Ilrownf Sm.all. Three childi'en ha\e heen horn to ihi.-, ha]ipv union. Until. Joseph K. .and .\rthnr 11., Jr.

Dnrint; his cnlle.i;e ci inrse. -.Mr. r.reenw m kI (listim;ni died himself as a leader aiiiont,' his fellow students. Since his L;ra,dnali"n frum coIIcl^c he has fnlhlled the expectations of his friends tlurini; his college da}S. lie haliecome a leader, not oiilv in his prolession, Imi in the pi'liticd life of the Cdimtv where he re-ides. He is ;i man (if well-pronounced con\ actions and ;i man who does not de\iate from these coiu'ictioiis.

John W. ISilliniLis w.as horn in lh(.' sl.ile of Illinois mi .Xmeinher J(i, i.'^^o. .and is the son of Jesse and Sarah (.Miller) I'.illim;-. Ill- faihcr w;is horn in Lawrence cinint\-. Indiana, oil AuL;nst i(). iS.;i. and was the son of

TlKm^h an ardent snpiMirter ni the Uepuhlican ticket, julin M. Ihlhn;.;s dues nut take a \er\' actixc part in |."ilitics. lie and his famiK- are memhcrs oi the I'.aptist chnrch. .Mr. IhlhiiL^'s is a man wlm keeps well ahreasl of the times, hein.y a wide readir of current tojiics .md has won the respect ami esteem of .all who know him for his IriendU' manner, his laisiness ahilit\' and upright lixini:.;, .and he is reL;;irded li\' all .as one of the snhstaiitial and proL;ressi\'e citizens of this section ot the connty. lie is a popular memher of the circles m which he mo\es and e\er alert to pr'Hiiote aiuthiiiL^ that tends to henelit the welfare ot mankind.

The maternal grandparents of iMr. Williams were John and Xancy Ellen (Brown) Gales, of near I'.eardstown. Kentucky, whi.i came in Indiana hv covered wagon ahont iN:;4, Incating in I'.arr luwuship, in the wocmI^ just a little west of Loogootee. Here he ac(|uired one hundred and twenty acres ol land in the wilderness and cleared and impro\ed it. He dwiied se\eral farms at the time of his death, hut hefure this lime he had renio\ed with his famih' to rerr\- township, .Martin couuU', Indiana.

John Kohert William^, the father (jf John Williams, wa-^ reared in Washington townshi]] h\' hi^ grand]iaients on hi> moilier'^ side of llie fanuly. At the oulhre.ak nf the C'i\il War he enlisted in (.'nmpaiu- 1',. I'.ighlieth Regiment. Indiana \'(i]nnieer lnfanlr\', at which lime- he was li\ iug in Martin C(iunl\ . He retiu'ued to this stale, after the war, and fuUnwed the carpenter trade until \X(»). .and then hecame a farmer, fi/lli'wing this nccupatiou, in Alartui ciinnt\', until 1N75. when he located in ll.arr lowiiship, Miulh of C'amielliurg. John Kdherl Williams w.as a wclldoniwn tanner and highly esleeme<l in this Cdinmumlw He was a m;m df industrious and frugal hahiis and de\dted primarih' to his dwn ])ersdn;il interests. .\'e\ erlheless. he had a keen interest in the welfare df his neighlidrs and Irieiids and was greatly lieliwed hy them.

Air. keilh heliexes in the principles i<\ the Ueimhlicaii ]iarl\- and has supported that ticket tliniui^h the wirinus cainpaiL;n> .since his lirsi \i)te. He does not tal;e an acti\e part in p<ilitical nuittei s, hut is al\\a)'s read\' to lend his inllneiice in the ]iropcr directicjii, and accordiiiL; to" his \ie\\. lie and the tainil\- are ineiiihers of the C.liristi;in chiii'ch aiul lend tlieir support to that denomination. I 'ersonallw he is a hroad-iniiided, lilieral man. possessiiiL; a s])len(lid, !.;ood-natiired disposition and e\er re.ui\- to lend a helpiiiL; hand to his less fortunate fellow citizens. lie is well and most fa\'ora])l\' known throuLjhout this entire section and has ahva\s heen rc,L;;irded as a man of sound linsiness principles, npriL;hl in all his dealings and cons^enial in his relations with Ins acijuaintances. lie h;is a host of Iriends and, because of his hiiih cl!;ir,acter, ])ro^ressi\eness and enler]irise. is entitled to representation in the history of the C(Aint\' in which he li\es.

Daviess Col'Ntv, Ixihaxa

(ieort^e .\lvin haith was reared on his father's farm in ISoyard township, and there attended the district sehooL. lie -raduated from the Washini.,non hi.t,di school with the class of \><^,j, and then tau-ht school for si.\ }'e.ars. Suhseipieiuly, he was en.Lja^ed in ci\il eui^iiieeriiiL; foi- some time. He studied law and ]ir;icticed his jirofessiou in Washiiii^tou for twehe \^\\r-.

The science of a.^ricnllnre, for it i- a science, tind- an ahle exponent and an ahle and siicce-sfnl practitioner in the person i.f Joseph IX hfanklin. who is widely known in l)a\ies- connty, Indiana, .Mr. rr.ankdin h;is a \erv fertile and prodnclive farm, located in \e,-de township, lie comes from one of Uie hiidilv honored and respected f.iimlie- of Ma\ ics-, coiim\ , the niemher- o\ winch h,i\e pl.i\ed well their pail in llu- -eiieral de\ elopnieiU of ||u> fa\oreil section ,if the i^reat I loosicr comnionweahh. .Mr. h'r.anklin has li\ed in this county for ni.-.ie than fifty years and is well known to ,all clas-es and conditions of men.

Jnlm \\ h'rankhn, the lather <ii' JMseph I)., landed al Ualtiinure npun the arri\-al ut himself and his nmlher in tliis eunntry, hnt a few \ear> later the\ eanie tM ( incnniati. At the a-e nf twehe years, he started in life fur himself. At this lime he hailnn slopes, only two sliirts and a seaUkin cap. lie remained i^r a lime in Lincinnati and then eame to \ eale tciwnshiji, where he entered forty acres ni land, where his son, Joseph 1)., now li\es. John hranklin added to Ins oriL;inal forty acres until at one time he owned o\er six Inindreil acres. lie was a hard and indnstrions worker and was accustomed to he tip in the morniiiL' before dayli.L;lil and to wail for iIk liLjln to come so that he mi,i;]u cnltixate his crops. His niothei' died when he was eiL;ht wars old, and until he was twcKc '/ears old, he was cared lor hy an nncle. lie helped to hnikl the canal hetween lAansvilJe and Indianapolis, lie was an oll'icei' dnrin.L; the time .\llon I!. I'arker was iionnnated and died sitlint;' in his chair on the olil li(ime larni soon after inak'iiiL; the remark that he thoui^ht the l)emocrats should nominate l'>ry;m. John 1-'. and I, aura l''rankdin had six children, Joseph !>., the subject of tlii- sketch; .Mrs. ( h.arity \ an Trees: .Mrs. Mary ]-".. I'aylor; Susan .\., t'ora Ik. deceased, who i;radnated from the Academy of Music at Cincinnati, and I'istella.

Joseph 1). iM-anklin was e<lucated in the connnon schools of \'eale townshi]). lie toiik' up farmiuL; earl}' in lite and, except tor one or two \-ears. has alwa\s li\eil on the old home jilace. k'or lourteen \'ears he has operated Coal mines on his laiiil. lie h.as si\ty-one acres in his own farm ;nid his mother, who li\es in Washington. al~o ,iwns land.

James M. Meads was horn on h'ehruary lO. 1809, in \\'ashinyton township, J)aviess county, and is the son of Jo.-epli II. luid 'rhere>a ( .McClellan ) Mead.s, whose life hi^lor)- appears el>e\\hi,-re in this \oluine under the caption of Joseph 11, Meads.

Identified with the Denioer.it ic p.arty since iS(iO. and durim;' the years of I()I2, l')lT, and JO'b James II, Meails ser\ed on the lio.ard of county commissioners of Da\iess C'inin\. lie is ;in ardent supporter of the pro- i,q-csMVc principlus set fiirtli liy liis inirty and always lends an aggressive, helping hand U) his i)arty's l'ers(.inally, Mr. Meads is a man of great popnlarity in his cdnininnity ;ind can he depended iipun, hy Ins friends and ac'inainlances. in gi\e. fn.ni memory, exact data pertaining to the dates of happenings of an\- eonse(|uenee. His intelhgence along these hnes is particularly marvelous, h'roui a social standiioiiU he is a man who makes friends easilv, is genial and iileasmt to meet, well informed on all current ti>i)ics, and a man in whom the utmost confidence is reposed hy all who know him.

The best title one may estahli>li to the high and generous e-teem of a coinmunitv is a ]irotracled residence therein. Stephen I [em\- r.alchelor has resided in Daviess count)' since he- was fifteen years old, I lis career h;is Ijeen a comiueiidal.)le one, well deserving of perpetuation on the jiager, of a historical work of thi^ nature Knowing that the county was destined to take hiL;li rank in the productive and rich localities of the .\orth. Mr. Ikitchelor ha-, applied liim-clf very clo^el_\ to his work and waited for the luliire to l.ring to Inin its reward. Today he is one of the substantial fanners and dairvmen of tlii.-, county.

Cieorge l'.:ilchelor, the lalbcr of Stepbeii II.. wa> ediicale.l m the public schools of Orange county. He died when Slephen H. was but eight years of aL;e and hi^ wife al-o died in Orange comity, ( leorge f'.atchelor was a fariirer and is the l"ather of eight children, lour children having been born to each of two marriages, 'fhe mother of Slephen II. I'.alchelor was Ceorge llatchelor's first wife.

Stephen H. T.atchelor wa> educated in the public schools ,,i Orange county an.l aKo in the school ,,f Havie-^s county, to which coniit) he came when he was about fifteen years of age, in company with his step-mother.

I )ii April 4, |S()3, Stephen II. llalclieloi \\a-> married, when he wa.s twenty-tour _\eais old, to luta .M;i\ Knllier ford, a native of ()lii... To thi> li,ipp\ union one child, l-'rnesl lleiiry, h.a.s heeii horn. The ILatclielor fainilv are all memher.s of the .Metlio.list I'.pi.scopal church and acti\e in the work of hoth the church and .Sunday >chool, he heiiii; a liheral coiitrihutor to the sU]iport of this church. Mr. I'latchelor is a Uepiihlicaii, hut ha,-, iie\er aspired to ol'tice. I lis own personal affairs have taken up his time and he has ]ireferred to devote his spare nionieiits to the welfare of his wife and child.

The hio^raphies of successful men are iiisinicii\e as .glides and iiiceiiti\es to those whose careers are yet to he achieved. The examples ilie\- furnish ol patient purpose and conseciitixe endeavor stron.nlv illustrate what is 111 the power of each to acconipli-h. C harles ].. Stuckey, whose life storv herewith is lirielly set forth, is a coiispieu'ius example of .me who has lived to L;ood purpose- and achieved a delinite de^t^ree of success in farmiiiL;, to which vocation his accomplishments and energies have heeii directe.l.

Thomas G. Horrall

It is certainly interesting to note in the series of ])ersonal sketches in this volume, the \-arying condititins that ha\-e compassed thiise whose careers are here outlined. An elTort h.is heen made in each case to throw wellfocused li.i^dit on each indixiduaiitv and to hrini.;- into ]>roper iierspecti\-e the scheme id e;icli career, luicli man who stri\e,> to fiilfilj his part in connection |\vith hunian life and activities i< deserving of recoL;mtion whatever mav he his lieltl of ende:i\-or, and it i> the function of wcirks of this nature to perpetuate for future generations an authentic record concerning those represented in it.s pages. The value cd' such ])uhlications is certam to he cumulative for all lime to come and will presciit the imlixidurd and specific accomplishments Irom which generic hislors is derived.

Thomas (J. Ilorrall, the suliject of this sketch, was horn on the farm where he now li\'es in X'eale township, in 1X51. He is a son of Thomas and I'dixaheth (Jones) Ilorrall, the former a native of South Carijlina and the latter a nati\e ot I );i\ less county, Indiana. Thomas (1. Ilorrall'.s ])atern;il grandparems came from Souih '.'arolina and settled in 1 )a\iess connt\-. The_\' lived in Washington townsliip. near what is now known as the f.illie f.aian, at which time there was a fort upon the farm. Air. IJoiTall's maternal grandl.ilher, William II. Joiie-. w.is a pioneer fainur m 1 )a\ less couniv.

Tlioiuas I Inn, ill, Sr.. the taiher of Tlininas (,. Ilorrall. came lo l.)a\iess county when a hoy and from here enlisted in the h'eder.al arnn, during the War of iNij. lie was a farmer throughoiit his life. Me entered forty acres where Idiomas ('-.. the suhject of this sketch, now lixes, hut owned several farms at diti'erent times. .\t his death, he owned one hundred and fifteen acres, where Thomas G. nr)w lives. The brick that were used in constructing the house, on this farm, Thoni.as llorr.all, Sr., hui'iieil on the place. He .also hnilt the house, hut in the di\isi,iu of the f;u in, at the death of the father, Thomas G.'s sister took that portion of the farm.

Lew W. Barber

The best history of ;i euninuinity ur ^tale is that which deals un'St with the h\e5 and activities ni its pcMplc, especially llu.^c whu, Ity iheir cwii endeawn- and indoinitahle energy, have forged lu the fn-iii and won reognitiuu as prugressixe citizens. In this brief review will lie funnd the record of one who has outstripijeil the les-, active plodder^ on the highway of lite and achieved a career snrpassetl by few of his conteni[yi .raries, a career of marked snccess in agrieullural alfair^ and a name, which all men who know Inm delight to honor. Because '>t hu^ upright life and habits ot" thrift and industrv, Eew W. Barber is one "i the best-known farmers .,f W-ale li.wnshi[).

On October o, iSSd. Lew W. llarher was married in hanma j. Thomas, of \\'ashin,i;ton. who is the dant^hter of William l\. and Malina I'.. (Johnson) Thomas, the former of wlioin was the son .if JmIui and \'ina Thomas, who !i\cd in Washington townshi]), on what was known as the Ricks farm. Alalina I!. Johnson was horn on the old Johnsun farm, which was I'lcated on the I'etershnrL; ro.ad, in Wa-hin^jton township. She was the dan,i;iiter ni l-diiah and Mildred (llorrall) Johnson,- the former nf whoni was horn in l\nox connty. in 170'^'. ;ind the latter in Sonth ("arolina, in iSoj. F.lijah Johnson was the son of I'eter h'hnson, who was horn in Pemis\ hania in 175S, and came to Indiana in ijno. lie was ,a soMier in the l\e\ohuii)narv War, The Johnson fann'ly is .if Scotti-h descent.

Wtlltam C. Scudder

William C. Scndder was born on the farm where he still live-, in \"eale township, ni October, 1S51. lie is the son of John and Alice (.\rrell) Scndder, the former a native of New. lersev, the latter of I'ennsv Ivania.

|dhn Scmlder, the father ni William ('., w.as edticated in the pinneer schiHik ))\ his da\' and i^eiieratinn. lie was eiij^a^ed in packini^ imrk, which he lld.ated in llat-l)d,it> dnwn the ( )ltiM ami .\l i~si-->ippi ri\er> to .\'e\\ Orleans, npiiii which l;e also tinik cnrn and lard. Later in lile. hM\ve\er, he L;;i\e all his attentinn to farming;-, lie served in the Indian.i Le.L^islatnrc, dnniiL;- the fifties, as a representative nf the W hi;;' ]iarly. lie was a candidate I'lr reelection after lia\in,L; served the lirst term, hnt alimit this time the American or Know -XothinL; partv was ori^anized, and hecaiise he wonld not join in this nioxement he withdrew from the race. For many years he lived on a f.arm of two hundred acres where William C. now Ii\-es. which land he owned, as well as one hmidred and twenty acres on the river in W'ale township, lie erected practicall}- all of the |)resent l)niklin,u;s. jtihn Scndder w.as township trustee for some time and diirini;- his entire life was prominent in the councils of his party.

William C. Scmlder, one of the six children and one of the two sons horn to his parents, was educated in the |)nl)lic schouls uf DaxicsS coiint\-, :ind after linishin;; the pnhlic schonls took a commercial course in ;i co||e,L;e at E\ans\ille. After linishin.i,' his edncation, he hecaine ,i l.ariner and stoek raiser, h;i\in;; u])on his farm a i;H'at niaii)' hoL;s and cattle. In fact. .Mr. Scmlder is still en^:i.L;ed in raisin,!.;- ho<;s and cattle and found it a \-ery ])rofitahle phase id" farmin;;. Mr. Scndder owns two hundred acres in the old home place and a hundred and sixty acres on the creek, ;dl of which is in

.\L;riculture has heen the true source '>\ man's dominion over eaith e\'er since the primal existence of lahnr and has hecn the pivotal industry that has coiurolled for the mo>i part all of die lield> of action to which his intelliL;ence and euerL;\' luu'e heen de\oted. Aiuoul; the slnrd\- elements of I )a\ iess count\' whose lajjors ha\e piolited alike dieniseKes and the commuuit\' in which they li\e, is l.ouis ( h'ant d'a\loi-, a well-known larmer an>l coal opeiator. In \ iew of the consistent life li\ed h\- .Mr. 'I'aNlor. all ot which has heen passed within the horders of ths count}', it is particularly httiny that the following' short record of his career he incorporated in a honk oi this nature.

Louis (jrant lax-lnr was L-ducated in the WashingiLin puMic scliools, where, for a sluul time, he clerke<l in a stdre and then went to the farm. Mr. Taylor has an interest in the estate of his father, and, iJnrin.iL;" the ])ast fifteen years, lias been a partner in the ctial niininL;' industr_\- with his i>ri)ther-in-law. They made a rather remarkalile success of this business.

On ])ecemlier _\^, iSSS, Lc.ini^ I irant Tavlur was married t(i .Mar)- E. Franklin, the daughter ed' John !-'. and Laura J. ( KaL^sdale) Franklin, the fdiiner a nati\e dl (jeiman\-, Imrn in i^!-'3, ;md the latter a native (if \ e.ale township. The paternal i^ramlparents of Mrs. Taylor spieut .all of their da\'S in Germany. Her paternal .L;r;ind father was a miller and was killed while 0|)eratini;' a tlour-mill. d'lie maleim.al i^'randparenls of Mrs. d'avlor came to this \icinit\' in an early day .and located near the old llelhcl church, in \'eale township. Her m.atern.d L;randi';irther \\,a> a Methodist minister and a farmer. M r.^. Taylor's father, upon comin;; to this conntrv, landed at Laltiniore, hut soon i-emo\ed to ("mcinn.ali, and ;it the .aye of twcKe \ear> started in life for himself. He became .1 wealth) land owner in 1 ),i\-iess countv, and at one lime owne(l kwt six hundred acre>. He a^-^i^ted in buildiui.;- the c;mal from l''.\ans\ ille to Indianapolis. He died while sittiiiL; in a chair on the old home farm m Daviess countv.

d hose who |;ieed e\er)- ilaUL^cr and dc.uh itself upon the battlelield (it the Gi\il War and bore suffering;- .and made s.acrillces I'or their connir\'s s;ike, are especiall)- deserviuL;- of nunliou in these annal-. ddic \'oni\L;er ,!;eneration should ne\er for<;et that to them is Aui^ a debt of i^raliinde which can never be repaid, as the jirosperit)', hberl)- and happiness which we ri'MV enjov is the direct outcome of ihcii' labors and kwaltv. .'Vmony the houoied (.35) veterans awaitiny- the last roll call, josL-ph \\'ille\, of \\'a--hiii,-ti m, Indiatuu i^.one whu gaxe nearly four years of Ins life in the >er\ ire of his eonntr}', and who returned home after tiie war and has li\ed a life of n-efulness ami hono]- viiice that time.

Jo^e|)h W'illey was horn in Hamilton county. Uhio, on I )eeemher iS, 1N34. lie IS the son of ( harles an.l, Talitha ( Stejihenson ) Willey, the former horn near IJoston, on .Xu.L^ust 1, iSoo. and the latter in (.'ape May County, Xew Jersey, on h'ehrnai\- i_>, iS()_>. The jiaternal t;randfather of Joseph Willey was llosea W'illey, >,i Alassachnsetts, who remoxed to Hamilton county, and some time later moved t(j Kentucky, and there died. He was a farmer. Some of the Steplieuson.s ser\ ed in the War of iSij. and also in the lve\i)hitionary War. The maternal i^randparents ni |ose|)h W'lllev were Stephen and Sarah (Lake) Stephenson, the latter of kai-lish descent, 'i'hey came lioni Xew Jersey in iXoo, and loi;ated in li.innhon coum\, where they followed farmin-" and where thev died.

Charles W'illey, the father of Jo.seph Willey, was educated in the pnlilic schools of Ohio. He remained in Hamilton conntv until 1S3X or iN:;(j, where he was a farmer ;md cooper, and then rcmo\ed to l)a\ iess county, where he resided uiuil the f;ill of 1S45, when he moved to Ixnox county. He die<l in Kno\ count}-, Janu;ir_\- (>, 1S4O. While a resident of l)a\iess county, he li\ed in \'eale towuslii]). Alter his de.ith the f;imil\- ino\ ed hack to ll.imilton count)- in .March, iS_|(,, and there Joseph W'illey recei\ed his edncati' ai.

In Octoher, 1S33, .Mr. W'illey loc;ited on the farm in Daxiess county where he now li\-es. He worlced hy the month in die cooper shop near hy, which was operated hy his uncle, I'eier Stephenson, who h.ad a station of "the iinder-,L;round railway," :iud who ,it that time w;is ;i.ssisted hy |oseph Willev. l.;iter, jM-,epli W'ilK'\- ran a C(iMper sli,,p ue.ir where he now resides. Since 1S71, .\|i-. Willey has -i\eii his enlire alieiitioii to farinin-. He now' owns the larm of si\ty-tliree .icres upon which liis father settled in Kno\ county, and tifty-fue acres where he lixes in \'eale township.

Aarox W. Lockwood

'J'hat life is the most useful and desirahle which results in the L;reatesl L;ood to the ,i;reatest nnniher. Thon^h all do not reach the hei.i^hts to which they a.spire, yet in some measure each can wm success and make life a hlessiuL; to his lellownieii. It is not necessary for one to occu]i\- eminent puhlic positions to di) s(i, for, in the other walks of life, there remains m.uch -^od to he accomplished and man\ oppi ii inuuies \.<\ die exeicise i,\ talents and inilnence, which in some way will touch the Incs ,,\ those with w h. iin we come into contact, making them ljrii;hter and hetler. In the list of I )a\ies.s county's successful husiness men, .\aron W . l.ockwood has lonj^ occupied a ])rominent place and in his career there is much that is comnieiidahle. Ills career forcihly illustrates wli.at a hie of energy can acconiplish. when pl.iiis are wisely laid and actions are L;o\erned hv rii;ht principles, iiohle aims and hi-h ideals.

The maternal gr.andf.ither of Mr. l.ock'wood was at («ne time a state senator. lie owneil the llouLjhton ferr\- near old .\li. l'leas,ant. lie was a \'er)- prominent man during; bis lime and was wry snccesslul in business. He w.as an ,acti\e ,ind inllnciiiial member ol tlie Lhrislian church and ;ui aident Republican.

.Seymour l>. Lock'wi'od, the father of .Aaron W'.. was educated in the public schools of Xew \'ork' slate. lie came lo .\lt. I'le.as.ant, Indiana, when a \-onng man and work-ed in the store of .\li-. lloughton. L.atcr. he engaged in business with another man, under the firm name of l.ockwood & (libsou. .Sub.--ci|uently, he came to hax'iess countc. Indiana, where be owned a farm, and died here in 1 S'.So. Hi.> wife died on .Srptember _:^, iX.S/. He was a l\e|)ublican in ]iolitics. Mis wife w;is a ile\ou-d member eif the C'lndstiau church. They had tweh'e children: Catherine, deceased; Inez b^. : Moi-.ace II.. dece.ised : Jesse .S. : .\nna Cain-a : Creekw; Ck-nn, deceased: ( )|-;i, deceased; Odell, deceased: I leiauo, decca-ed : ,\aron W,, .and Lewis Ihor.ks.

To Mr. and Mr^. Aaron W'. Leickw'n'ul six children ha\e been hiirn: John i!., horn ijn January 15, i^^'js, who is a graduate of the Loo^ootee high school and now working for the International il;ir\ester Company; liessie. horn on ( )ctoljer _'3, iSi)7, who i> a ^tuilent in tlie high schoid at Washington; lAa, horn cm Sepieniher Jt,. 1N09; ( iordon, horn on l'ehruar\' J'), i'jO\ ; Mmdel, horn on .September \ ]. io"o. and died in infanc\', and Charles Aaron, born on 1 )eceinber _'g, I'joS.

The strong, earnest men of a people are alw'a_\'s public benefactor:^. Their nselulnes>, in the imnieiliate specihc labors tlie\- perloini can be delined li\' leaps and bounds, bm the good they do through the force the)' put in motion and through the in.-,piration of their presence and example, is nnmeasureable by an\' limte gauge or standard \alue. The gentlemari. whose n.ame introduces this >l;etch, i^ a man of that l_\pe. .\llh'iUL;h well known and liiL.;hK c-'teemed. he i> a\ei-e to any U'tice va\i'iinL; oi adul.uiou. .md prefers tii let lus achie\ emenls, r.ilher than the fulsouie praise of ihe chronicler, speak for him. lAery li fe,. how e\'er, if pri.ipeil}' known. comam> more or less of interest, ;ui<l the ])nblic claim a certain propert\' interest and right in the career of e\er\- citizen, legardless of In-- achie\ements or the station he h.as attained. In ])l;icing before the reailei the brief re\ iew that follows, due deference is accorded the leeliugs ol the subject, in conformitv with whose well-kiiown wishes the writer will endea\or to adhere virictK' to facts and omit, as lar as possible, comphment:ir\- allusions, at the same time realizing that the latter ha\e been honor.abU' earned auil should form no -,mall part of a lik-e sketch in which it is .sought to render nothing but wh.it ju-iice and meiitorions reco^jnition detnand.

Snhiect's father was horn in MartinslmrL;", Washins^lon count\'. Indiana, in the \-car 1N40. lie attended the nei^hhorinL: schools and remained under the p.arent.al roof mitil :ilionl the lime of hi-, m.atnriiw and then eni;aL;ed in farmiuL; in the county of his hirlh. .\lioul the year 1 S.So, he decided to mo\e to I )a\iess count\-, Indiana, where ac;ani he look u|i fanmn.L; ;md coulinued aL;ricnltural pursuits for the rest of his life, d'o Richard and I'dlen (Lowrcyl Lane were horn four children, .\ionza Alheri ; .\rlhnr W'., w 111 I li\es in ( )don, I )a\ ie.^s county; Lnella, ilii- wile of James I '.arroll, who li\es in ( )don ; and, ILnwey, who is m.airied and ]i\es in ( Jdon. Suhject's father and famil)' are memhers of the Cdiurch of Christ, to whicli the\' lend their earnest .assistance. I'oliticalh, .\lr. Lane h;is alwa\s heeii ;i true ;id\i)Cate of the principles of ihe Repuhlie;m pait\-.

three years. After that, he Ijuught a oiie-lhiril interest in a local lluur-niill in Udnn and bunyht fnriher interests until he owned three-qnarters of this preiperty. lie then sold a quarter of his interest back to the niiUer, and, at the present time, is interested to the extent of an ei-inal [)artnershi]j. Mr. Lane honght a farm consisting of two hundred and sixt\'-li\e acres ol line land situated in lilinore township, i »,i\ies-^ count\", horderiny on tlie we^t fork of the White ri\er, and this land he rents lor cnltixalinn pmijnses. In addition to the interests mentioned, he is also the owner of the Lane Loultr)' Compan)', of Udon, \\hich makes a btrsiness of dealing in poultr)', butter and egg>, and they also deal in the bu3'ing of hides and iielts. }ilr. Lane is a member ^li the lUoonilielil (Indiana) Duilding and Loan Association, .and acts a.i the agent in this locahix' for that a>st:iciati<jn. lie is interested in the bdnora (jrain Ij'.lexati ir Lonipanx', nf hdncjra, this CMunt\', and also .-lct^ as president of the h'irst National Lank in L)don.

Alunzo A. r.ane ami Minnie (Garten were married on Deceiiiher 22, 1SH9, and to tlieni were Imrn three ehiiih-en, a^^ follow: Charles, born on Deceniljer 24, 1S90, wdio is the present inanai;er (jf the Lane I'oultry Coinp;inv, since he left Purdue Uni\ersity; Nellie, who was Imrn on Xoveniher jS, iXij:;, attende<l college in Oxford, ( )hio, and now resides at home, and I-'dith, born (jn h'cbruary jj, 1900, and wdio resides with her parents. The familv, including Mr. Lane, are stanch members c)f the Christ church, of ( )dou, and to this denomination lend hearty suppf)rt. Ptjliticallv, .\lr. Lane is identified with the Republican ranks, and, wdiile not an acti\e worker in p(.ilitic>. he has >er\ed his conniiunity as school trustee for the past nine years and occupied the .jt'hce of town clerk l<.r one term. 1 'ersoiiallv. Mr. Lane is a broailniindei] man of wide aci|naintauce and bears the re])Utalion of being absolulel) upright and houorable in all his dealings \\ith his fellow men. ( luiet and unassuming in disposition, his great intluence is felt throughout the community, and he is known to be a man firm ni his con\ictions and uuholds only those things that make for the material and moral good of the public.

rile best history of a community or state is that which deals nio^t with tlie lives and activities of its people, especially thos..- who. by their, own endeavor and ind(.niitable energy, ha\'e forged to the front and placed themselves in a position where the_\ deserve the title of progressi\e men. In this brief re\ie\v will be found the record of ,.ne who li.i, oiil-trippe<l the less active plodders oii ihe hi-hwa) of life :md who h.is acbiexed a career of marked success in the business circles of 1 )aviess counlw and in the agricultural affairs of this county. His name, which all men who know him like to honor, on account of his upright life, st.inds for thrift, industry and enterprise.

Harry 1 I. Cr. loke was born at Odou, then called elarksburg, in 1SO7, and is the son of Howard and Anna Crooke. the former of whom was probably a nati\e of Lawrence county, Indi.aua. and the latter a nali\e of England, The paternal grandparents of Harry H. Lrooke were Ollie rmd Xancy ( rooke, of X'irginia, win; immigrated to Keniuck\- in an earlv <lav anil later to Lawrence C'limiy, Indiana, where they entered land and estal)- li^hed a h<inie. Thev reared a larije I'annlv and the la~t years of OUie's life were spent at (,)dc,in. The maternal ^I'andparents uf Air. (.'rndke were Ste\ en I'ulnier and wife, natixe^ 'if luiL;land. wlm came to America and first settled in l'itlsliiir,L;h, Pennsylvania. Later, tlie\- moNed to Lawrence count}', Indiana, anil were pmneer farmer.^.

lloward L'rooke, the father of llarrv 11., was educated in Lawrence count)-, .and settled on I'lark's prairie, near i iijon, immediate!)- after jn's inarriaj.;e, and remained here until ln> death. lie \\a-> a farmer, although hi> home wa> in Udori. In Deeeinhei-, iSi;e), he upeiied the I'lrst l.iank in ( )don. It was a private hank anil was operated inilil lii> death, in iSg^. He owned several farms and was a justite of the peace \'<y mail)- )ears. Ih'ward Lrooke was an active and enthu.^iastic worker in the ranks of the kepuhhcan partv, and at > aie time made the race, on that ticket, for state .senator, hut was defeated hv a slight inai-i;in. lie was a memher of the Alelhudist I'.pisci i])al church. Ilowai-d and Anna ("rooke had live chiklreu, Mrs. Sarah I'.urrell, .Mrs. I'amiie ( ulmer, Mrs. Margaret Smilev, .Mrs. Lillie l'.di.;ui and 1 lairy II.. the suhject of this sketch.

llarry II. Lrooke w.-is educated in the scImoIs at ( Vkai and .-it Indiana Lmvei-sitv. .\fter leaving the state universitv at Lk m lUiiuL^t' oi, he returned to (.)don and entered the h.aiikinL; .uid real estate husiness. He assisted in the oroani/.ati'in of the hirst Xalinual I'.ank at ( )don and is a ilirectm- in tins hank, lie also or^aui/ed the ' )doii Realt)- Loinpaii)- in iwns and he is s^cretarv and treasurer uf this orL;ani/atioii. Mr. Lrooke is also interested in farmiuL;. lie is en,i;a^ed all the lime in huv-iuL; and sellini; land and look-s ;ifter his own a,<^ricnltural interests.

Daviess Col'Ntv, In'Dian'A

The "liack-ln-tliL-snil" iiKueiiK-nt. which i- hcd iiiiiny so iiopular in all parts ut the cmiiitry, has no iimre devnted chaiii]niiii than the pi-L.^ressix e anil energetic Nouni; fanner wln.i^e name heads this hriei' biuyraphical sketch, iveareil on a farm and then attracted ])y what, many are fiiiili>li eiioni;!! to claim, is the hu\L;er and the freer life of the city, he ^uon hecanie disillusioned and has fmind threat comfort and h;ii>|iine>.-. in the life he at present is lixiiiL; oil a Miiall farm, which he is . i]ieratin,L;" with mncli success and every prospect of enl.ar-ed opportiniuies. It is snch yMiniL; men as this that constilnle the chief Impe of the country, and it is filtiiiL; that in a liistory i^f l)a\ie.ss county theie should he presented a l)ioL;ra])hical reference tu his life and to his experience, in ti'N'inL; hoth the riual life and then the urhan life, and Ins decisiou to return to the life of ilie farm. The hiM-raiiher, therefore, with ple.isure, invite^ the re.ider to this modest sketch n\ the career of tlie _\ouu,^ man wln'se name is noted at the top of this artiile.

l)a\id K. i-ee is the son of JmIiu and Anna ( .\lcCiiy I Lee, liMih . d' w Iv 'ni were n.atives of .Mason count}. K'eutnck'w the f^ n'mer horn in 1S09. and the latti-r hum in Juh. iXii. John Lee was the s. .u of ( lashnm Lee, a native of the state of New Jersev, who iniL;|-;ited fiMiu th.ai state iiit" \ ii\L;inia. thence to Kentuckc and thence to 1 lecatnr C'liiulv, Indiana, where his meniorv, as one of the pioneers of thai cunnl}', still remains. j(ihn Lee came into Indiana frnm K'entncky with his ]iaients in tlie \ ear iSio. and thus hecame MiK- i,f the pioneers nf 1 H\atiir CMUutv. lie L;rew l' > maiilin.MJ there, m.irrii'd .\nua .McIm\-, and leaied his f.imilc in lliat countx. faiiniiiL; praclicalh- all his life, thoiii;!: in his later years he clerked in a slure in the \illai;e of St. ''mar. lie died in iNijJ, his wife '^urx iciuL;' him many years, her death not cjccurrin^L;' until the \ear 1X03. They were prominent nieinhers .if the Baptist church :ind were active in .all i^nm] works in their nei-hhi >rhoi id, where the memory nf their i^roodly lives survives to this day. John Lee w.is an active participati^r in the ]inlilic life of his conimunitv. lie was an ardent Repuhlican and took an earne-t interest in the aff.airs of th;it paily.

D.Wiess Copntv, Indiana

\ Jessie; juliii T. : Saiali ; Llnyd; ]3avid; Charlus W., ami one whu died in infancy. The nnmeruus pniyeny uf these children, tod.'iy. make the Lee family one ut the mcist widely rei>rcsented and he^t known in this |iart of the slate.

Lester I,. Lee w.a- educated in the pnhlic scIioipIs of \\'ashiuL;ton lownsliip. and as a youn- man st.arled working; on the f.aiin. In niocj, he left the faian and he.;.rau workdnL; in the railw.ay shop- in the conut\' seat. One winter rd' snch form rjf service, however, proved sufficient for him and he retnrneil to the more wholesome life of the faian. on .March 13. K^nj, movint,' onto his present small farni of twenty-live acre- near the citv of A\ ashinL;ton, where he and his small f.amily are living; in comfort and hap-

.Mr. I.ee is a ])roi;re-^ive \-onnL; man. an excellent farmer and is well known and ])opnlar in Ins nei-hliorhood. He is a memher of the (_>dd I'ellows. the Modern Woodmen and the F.a.qle^, and takes a hearty interest in the affairs of these several fraternal sneieties. He has heen actively inlerestetl ill the political affairs of his home lownshii) and county, and from the year ii/jS to 1914, served the county very acceptahly a^^ township assessor.

( )ne of the welhknown saloon keepers of the city of Washington, iJaviess connt\', Indiana, is Frank Kramer, who \sas horn in this county, April _>:;, 181^3. Mr. Kramer was rea.red in Washington and educated in the piihlic and parochial schools of this city. l"or eight }-ears he has heen engaged in the salotui liusiness in Washington, and is now located at 311 West ALain street. h\ politics, Mr. Kramer is a Democrat, lie and the memhers uf his family are all associated with the Catholic church. Mr. Ivramer was married in 1004 to Stella Kidwell, a native of Washington, who was horn in o'^Xj. She is ihe daughter of JdIiu and l'.;ui.iar;i ( l.)ant ) Kidwell, lioth of \\ hom are nruixcs uf Washington, Indiana. John Kidwell is now living retired. To Mi', aii'l Mrs. h'rank Kramer three children. Mary, llaioM and Pjernard, ha\e heen horn.

John R. (.'amp. the t'aiher of \\ dliam (."., came to Daxie.^^ couiit\'. Indiana, with his ]iarent,s. lie w'a> a farmer 1)\- occupation, a Repnhlican in politics, and he and his wife were memhers of the Melhodi>t l-4)i>Copal church. Idie\' now reside in Ree\e town.--hip. on the old Camp homestead, a part of which was entered i)\' (diester Camp, the grandfather of the immedi.ale subject of tlu^ sketch. Xine children were horn to .Mr. and Mrs. John R. Camp, a- follow: (diaries c.',, (/Lara .\.. William C, John II, I'.ertha h'.., hdl.a, M.a^on |1., Je.^sc and ll.arri^on, ;ill of whom are now liviuj.,'.

W illiam C. Camp wa< horn on a farm and educated in the ]iulilic schools of l)a\ie>s county, principall). hor >ome time he wa-- ,aKo a student at the normal school at Mitchell. Indiana, and, later, was a -(ikR-ui at l)el\auw Ciii\ersit\'. Mr. (amp was .1 school teacher foi' eCxeu years, teaching,' principally in the district sidio.iK of Daviess coiiuty. lie is well remeiiihered as one of ihe nii'-l sui-ccssinl teachers in this county.

In i<)'\^, .\li-. (amp mo\ed to W ashm-lon. after hi.s .appointnieiU as deputy connl\' auditor. lie serxed continuously in this position for sc\en years, or until .\ii,t,'Ust, njio, aiter which he went into the iusuraiKe, .abstract and re.al estate husiness, at 115 l^ist .\l,ani street. .Mr. C.amp h;is built up a laiL;e connection, .and is one '4 the hestd<uown lursiuess men in l)a.\iess countx. lie i- a director in the Inilustiial and Loan .\ss, iciation. and to this, (luriu!; late \'e:irs, be has dc\(ited con.siderable time and attention. Ciitil the c,ani])aii;n <<i i<ji_', .Mr. (amp w.as ideiitilied with the Republicans, hut at the formation of the I 'roL;|-essi\ a.- parly, at I bic.ai^o, in .\u-nst ,if th.at \-ear, he became iilentilied with .and has since been a I 'roj,;ressi\ e. lie is a L-re.at admirer of ( mIoucI Rooscweli and of ex-Senator Rexeridue.

shii). Jlc became a fariner upnn the same laiul hi> father luul uwiied and remained there until hi> retirement, in Mjij;. when he niii\ed tu .\hint,L;iiniery. He and his family are all members nf the St. I'eter'.-i (.'athulic church. |(;hn and Katherine Mackell had Iwn children, James 1"., the subject df this sketch, and Henry, a machinist.

Mr. .Mackell be.L^an leachin,^ in Kjod in i'.arr town-lii]) and tauL;ht three terms in the district schools of this lo\\n>hiii. lie al>o taught two xcar.^ al Cannelbm-L;" in the i^rades and has been principal of the .Moiil-ouierN- hiyh school for four year^. In thi^ latter i)lace, .Mr. Alack-ell has made an envialjle record for himself atid is po]iular not onl_\' with the patrons of the >c]io,,l, but also with the pupils and has eiideare<l himself to the hearts of a j^reat man\- ])eople. I'raternallw Mr. Mackell is a member of the Knights of (.'olumbus at Washington, Indiana. .\,s a teacher, he is well laiowu throUL;hoiit Haviess couni_\-, not onl_\- lor his ])rolessional attainments, bin for hi-^ i;emal manners ,an(| democratic habits, lie i-^ a xouiil; man who is expected to mak'c a ra]ii(l rise in his chosfu profession.

It should be intere^tiiiL;- to note in the series of personal sketches a])peariiiL; in work the \aryini; couditii.ns that ha\e c^ Mupa-.^ed ilr-e who-e caicei.s ai'e outlined, and the ellort has been made in each ci-e to throw welI-focu<ed hL;ht on the indi\ iduahty and to brin;^- out into proper perspecti\e the plan of each respective career. b'.ach man who stri\e> to fullill his part in connection with human life and lumian acti\ities is deserving; of recognition, whatever may be his lieM of en'lea\-or. It is the ftnictiou of works of this nature to per])etuate fi^r fiitiu-e |.;enerations an authentic record cipUcernin,;.,' those represented in its pa,L;es, and the \alue of >uch publications is certain to be cumulative for till time to come, showiuL; forth the indi\ idu;d and specific accomplishnn'uts, of which ijeneric historw is ever enL;endereil. Tn presentin.L;- the life record of the late cilixen (jf ilus communitv whose name forms the capliuii nt this article llie chrunicler takes due consideration of his former humble station in life and his steady aJ\ancement by honorable methods to a pusiliDU of hi^h esteem, makini; his worthy of mention , in a wcu'k of this nature.

Williani L"lrich was burn in (.ierman\' c in Nnwmber 4, 184S, and came to tin's countr\' in the \'ear 1SO5. He remained fur a while in iJaviess county, Indiana, but Ijcint; a single man and seized with the desire U> see the ci)untry, he traveled i>\vv the \ari(jns states df the Uninn before his marriai^e, on Ma\' 14, 11^75, in W'ashinnton, Indiana, to Anna bromme, a daughter of lienr\' and Christina (Knhlman) l-'ronniie, natives of (lermany, who were married in l'L\ an.->ville, Indiana, after coming' separalel)- to thi^ countrv. '1 heir marriaL^e occurred in the _\ear 1N47, after which the\' removed to Daviess county, settlin- in \\'ashinL;ton township in iSfio, where Ihev spent the rest of their li\es, the father dyiuL; on December Id, 1S74. and the . mother on AnL;u>t 7, iSS(j. Uoth were dev(.ut members of the Lutheran chnrch, and he was ;i sujiporler of the Democratic p;irt\- durini;- his life, "bo their union were born nine children, named in the order of their Inrth as foll(pw: IJenrv, ( 'lir!>lin;i, Frcdcriik', Anna. William, (in^tina. bonis. Albert and fharle-.

Soon alter William !-'. L'lrich was mai'ried he enL;aL;"ed his service^ in the capacity of a miner and worb'ed at this for a while; then went into the retail liquor busiiu-.ss for a \\-\\ niiinths. and later entered the butcher bn.^iness, which he conlimied until he si.arted in the ice buviueSh, which he conducted for a pieriod of twelve year>; then bou.i^hl li fl_\-->e\ en acres of land near the town of \\'ashin,i^ton. Indi.ana, where his wi<lo\,v now resides, and farnieil until the time of his death, on lA'brnarv _'S, k^oo. To thi-, union of William \\. and .\nn;i ( I'romme ) Ldiich, were born twelve children, all of whom are liviui.;, n.auK-d in the onler of their biilhs as |oll,,w: I'.ertha. Ad. I. fora. llcnrieiia. W iUi.un, Loui.-, t^'ail. \ul;usi,i, Aland. .\d..lph. b'redricka and luusline. the three latter of whom live at home with their mother.

William b~. I'lrich was an ardent snpp(prter of the Democratic ])arlv. lie was a member o|' the Lutheran church and his family ;dso are members <if this chnrch. Personally, .Mr. I'lrich w.as a man well tlioni^ht of by all who knew him. He had a most .i^enial disposition, and was truly dev.jted to his family, affording;- them a first-cl:iss liyiuL;, He for.i^ed to the front in spite of all obstacles and was .always held in liiLjh esteem by .all cl.as-es, becau.se of his honcstv of purpose and i^emhne courtesy to everyone. 136)

The history of a county 1 n' state, as well as that ol a nation, is cliietly a cin-iinicle of the h\'es and (k'eils of those w hu ha\e cunfeiTed honor and (hgnity npon society. -The world judges the ciiaracter of a conininnity hy those of its representative citizens, and yields its tribute of admiration and respect to those, whose works and actions C(jnstitute the record of a community's prosperity and pride. .Among tiie prominent }'onng business men of Daviess count)', \\ho are well known because of their success in mercantile alTairs and the i)art they ha\e taken in the affairs of the locality, is William H. Williams, the well-known |)roprietor of a llcmrishing laundry in Washington.

William II. Williams was horn cm I December 2J. 1S75, in Washington, Iniliana, the son (.if John and Martha (Cook-) Williams, ihe former a nati\'e of Daviess county, horn on l''ehrnary 14, 1S4-', and the latter of Zanes\ille, ( )hio, born on January Ji, 1S41. They were pioneers in Dax'iess county, Indiana, and hoih died in this county. John Williams was a blacksmith by trade and owned a sh<jp about three miles south of Washington, lndi,-ma. Airs. Martha Williams was the daughter of William Cook, who came to Da\ie-is county, Indiana, in an early day. He was a caipenter hy trade an(l worked at this occupation until his death. lohn Williams, the father of Willirun IL, was educated in the public schools of Da\iess county, ami was a well-known farmer during bis acti\'e life. He enlisted at the outbreak of the Ci\il War, in Compan\' \i. Twent_\-second Indiana \'olnnteer Infantrw and .served ihrougbout the war, and was wouudeil several times. In politics, he was an ardent Republican. John and Alarih.i Williams, \vho now live in the cit\' of Washington, ha\e been the parents of two M>ns, Charles C, who li\es in Indianaiiolis, and Willi.im II., the snbiect of \h\> sketch.

William II. W illi.nns was educated in the ])ulilic schools of W.ishingt.m and in the Washington high school, liarly in life he engaged in the laundry business, and, in 100-. st.arted for himself at 4J 1 and ^jt, F.ast Alain street. In loij, he erected the building in which his present business is boused, at K) Southeast Fourth street, '["his biulding has a mom si.vtv-thrce bv ninety feet and employment is foinul for about sixteen jieople. Air. Wdli.anis has been \ery sitccessfnl in this nndei'taking and has a large and lucrative ])at- ronage.

William II. Williams was married to b'rauces L. Laker, who was born on December 2X, }Hj^. in A'irginia, and who is the daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (L'ttley) Laker, both natives of X'irginia. Isaac Laker is now

In politics, Mr. Williams is a Republican, hut has ne\er been an asiiirant to public oflice and has ne\'er held olhee. iM'aternalh', he is a member of the Independent Or.ler of Odd Fellows. William 11. Williams, ahhouyh a comparatix'ely youni;' man. has made an unusual start in life, and has a business which very probably will L;ro\v to much lar;.;er proportion^ in the years to C(jme. lie is a man who enjoys the entire confidence rif the community in whiidi he li\es, liecau^e of his lionorable and upright methods of Ijusiness dealini'S.

The linal causes which shape the fortunes of individual men and the de.itinies of states, are orten the .~ame. Thc_\ are usuall\- remote and oh.-,cure, their inlluence wholly unexpected, until determined by results. When they nispire men to the exercise of courage, self-denial and industry and call them to play the hic^her moral elements; lead men to risk all upon conviction, faitli in such causes lead tcj the jjlantin.L;" of great states, .i^reat people, and threat moxmnents. Th.at country is the :..;reatest which produces the ablest and most manl\' men. and the intrinsic safety depends not s(i much upon methods and measures, as upon that true manhood from whose (leep s.iurces, all that is ]irecious and permanent in life, must proceed. .Such a result may not he conscioirsly contemplated b}' the indi\idu;ils uistrunieutal in its acconi- ]jlishment ; each pursuin.i^ his personal i,'ootl by exalted means, they work out a- a logical iesult; they ha\c w ion,i;hl on ilic hues of ihe greatest ^ood. What .\. L.iwrence I lark, a w elbkn< iw 11 school teacher of \'aii I'luren township, i)a\iess county, liidiaii;i, is doiii:; for the people of ibis township, may Ix' told in a few words, \-et its far-re;ichiii^ inlluence cannot be measured by any delinite standard ol vahie. .Mr. I lark is a brilliant \-oun!; man and well e(|uipi)ed for the profession he has eho-en for ;i life's vocation.

A. Lawrence t.'lark was born in \ .an ISuren township, ( )ctober 7, iNi;:;, and is the son of .\. Al. and Rosetlie ( llobbs) (lark, the f^aaiier ,a n.alive of ( )liio, and the latter the dau!;liter of W. 1'. llobbs, a physician and .Methodist minister, who m.arried a .Miss hdroil, of (3ran;;e couut\', Indi.ana.

and had a large business in this and adi(:)inin^ ci.inntit's. In KUJ. Mr. (J'Cunn^r came to Wasliington, and was engaged in tlie h\er_\- Ijnsiness until 1913, when he was appninled hy the hnard of county cuniniissioners as superintendent uf ruads. lie is n(j\v lilling this position and is nuieh interested in good roads, also lieing tlKinnighl)- familiar with the science of huildiiig highways that will last.

Edward T. O'Connor was married on April 30, n;()0, to Mary B. Fanning, who was born in Reeve township, and is the daughter of i^rank and Bridget (Flannigan) Fanning, early settlers of ]\eeve township. }ilr. Fanning is now deceased and his wid(jw' still li\es in this township. To Mr. and Mrs. haiward 1". ( )X"onnor se\en children have been born: }ilargnerite Marie, N(ira, Mary Kitura, Francis r'\anning, F.dmond. Fslella rmd A'incent Edward, all of whom are living.

In placing the name of John 11. .Spencer as one standing in the front rankv of ihc enterprising men id" .-irfair.^ and ,-i leader of the jjar at W ashini;- loii, Indiana, one whose inlluenco tend to the upbuilding of ilie city and the advancement of Ihe al'fairs of lii> nalue canity, .sim[ile j^l^tlce i^ dune. .Mr. Spencer, who is now di.slrict collector of income laxe> for the se\enih di.strict of Indiana, is recognized tlirou,L;lioul I )a\ ie.sa couni\- by all familiar with his history, as a man of real iiillueiice in ibis section of Indiana, llis career ])re>enls a notable example of those i|ualities of mind ;md cliar.acier which overcome obstacles and win -ucce>s in the battle <<i life.

\\illi;mi M. Spencer was re.ared m Si'Ulh ( aroliii.i and came to Kiisbville, Indiana, in iS(j-. where he lued for two \ears. He then came to Washington, liidi.ana. in iSIhi, and en^at^ed in the lumber business, which be followed during the greater ]iart of his life, lie opd'aied a saw-mill f..r many years. William M. Spencer died in W ashinijt. -n, januarv _\ iS(j^. at j(.ihn 11. S])cncer's paternal grandfather was John tj. Si)encer, a nati\x' of S<juth Carolina, hut renio\ed to Kansas and settled on a farm between iola and ]lnnil>oh. He was a farmer and dieil there at an ad\anccd age. Mr. Spencer's maternal grandfather was Thi'inas M. joiies. also a nati\e of South Carolina, lie mo\ed to Mis-oiu'i and settled in L'arroll countw In early life he was a carpenter autl collin maker. Init later a farmer. He died in Missouri, as did also his wife. Iloth were very old at the time of their ileaths, - perhaps ninety- four or ninet_\--tive years.

John H. Spencer was horn in ( ireen\-ille, Tennessee, and came to Indiana when a child with his [)arents. He was reared in Washington and attended the public schools here. Jle graduated from the high school in ifc^No and then began studying law in the olfice of judge j. W. Hgdou. In iNSj he was ailmiiied to the bar and has practiced in Washington ever since. He is a member of the Methodist church.

Politically. Mr. Spencer is a Democrat, lie was clerk of the judiciary committee of the llouse of Representatives in iScS^ and two \ears later, when the Legislature convened, he was chief journal clerk in the Indiana State Senate. In iSS- and iS'<)i he had charge id' the engrossing and enrolling ro.jin in the Senate. hVoin iSi)4 lo iNoS. he was inavor of Washington aiul also served as deputy prosecutor for live and one-half years. In i<;ou, he was a delegate to the Heiuocratic national couvenlion at Kansas t-'ity. He was the nominee for state senator in i(;oN. but was defeated. .\lr. was citv atli^riiey for f( an- years, or until 1014. when he was I'eelecled, but in bebruarv he resigned to take llie posiiinu of income lax C'lleclor for the seveulli disiricl.

riiiis 11 .ippeais that Joliii II, .^jicucer has been In lUored bv the people of I'avie.ss coiiulv and by the peo|ile o| Indiana with manv imporlam positions of trust and responsibilitv. It is only fair to say, th.at he h:is performed the duties of all ol these positions coUscientiouslv and faiihfullv. In the lirst place, Mr. .Spencer is a man of superior ability and in the ne.xi place, he is a man who jiuts into any duty, ]jublic or ijrivate, the verv best eiier-v and tlmught of which he is capable, j'lhn II. Spencer has never m.arried. but has devoted the time which most men devote to their f;unilies. to matters of ])ublic interest ;md. in this res|)ect. he has jierfoniied :i uoiably gi ,1 id work in behalf of the peoi)le of r)aviess county.

Deniuciat. He was a nu'inljer ut the l""rce and AcccpK-d .Masinis, a Kniyhts Templar and a nieniljer of the Ixniyhts dt I'ythias. He attended the I're-sbyterian church, ol uhicli Mrs. (inis'~ is a member all her lite. The late Lawrence Charles (h\)ss was married, March 9, iSyj, t>j Liiui?e Schiick, a native of Weis-Uaden, (.ermany, horn im Uctoher jo, 181 18, and a daughter of Philip and Catherine ( Alherti ) Scluick, huth natives of Germany, the furmer horn on January 14, 1839, and th.e latter ])orn on (Jctijher 20, 184-'. They were married in Germany and in i8(iy they came to New Albany. Indiana. Alter living there lor two years, they removed to Washington, Indiana, in 1871. Philip Schnck was a oal miner. Paler in life he was engaged in the restaurant husines.^ in \\'a.-.hingt<>n, Indiana. In p(jhtic>, Philip .Schnck was a Democrat. He was a member of the Presbyterian church and acti\e in the independent Ch'der of Odd hellows. Pie was aPo a member of the German Bene\-i:)lent Society.

The children of I'hilip and Catherine (Alberii) Schnck were as fullnw: Pena, who died 111 infancy: lleiir\ and Ponise, who were horn in (iermany; J'elcr. who was born in Xew Albany, Indiana; Mar)-, born in Washington, Indiana, aiul who is deceased; 1-ouis, who is deceased, was born in Washington, Indiana. The father "i Mr-.. Pawrencc Charles (.iro,-, died on September 13, 18SN, and hi;- wife died on .\pril id, wjoo.

Mr-. Gro^s\ maternal grandfather was ('hri-^lian Alherti, Imrn in i8io. who m:irried hdizabeth Pernhart. lie died in Geriiia.ny m 18(17. After his death, \u> widow came to the Cniled Stale.-, ami located in Washington, Pidiaiia, and died there on September _'4, |88(). She wa> liorn on December It, 181 t. Thev had f'Uir children, Jennie, Piniis, Catherine and Pouise, all of whom are now deceased.

Daviess Col'Ntv, Indiaxa William Dlarmix

It cannot be otlier than iutcrestiny to note in the scries uf personal sketches appearing in this work, the \-ar}-ing conihlinns lliat ha\e cuniijasscd those wiiose careers are outlineil An ellort lias been made in each case, t«.) throw a well-focused light on the indi\'iduality and to briny int(j proper perspecti\'e, the trend of each caieer. The man whci stri\es to do his [Kirt in connection with hnman life and it^ acti\iues, deser\es recognition, whate\'er may be his held of endea\or. Jt is a function of historical works ul the character of the one in hand, to perpetuate fur future generations an aulhentic record concerning thuse represented in its pages, dhe \alue of such puJjlication is intended to lie cuniulati\"e fur all time tu cuuie, and the work represents the imlividual and specilic accum]ilishments of each generation.

riu' record >\i ihc suhjccl of iliis vUelch 1- thai of a man who, hy Ins own unaided elfoits, has worked his wa\' from a Iiniuhle station to a ]iositiou of mllueiice in his coiumnnilx. Ilis life has lieen one of unceasing; inilustiy, perse\erance and toil, .and the s\siemalic and houorahle nielhoils he has lolldwed ha\e won for him the nnhonnded coiilidence of his fellow citizens if |);i\icss count\, whose iniciests he ever li.is had at heart.

Daviess Cuun'Ty, Indiana

l''rani< .Mangin was Ijorn on .September _'_|, 1S43, in l.oriaine, France^ and is tile son <if l-'rank and Katrina (Lawsnu) .\langiu, Imth natives of l'"rance, \\ iiere tbe\' li\ed and died. The subject ui this re\ iew recei\ed his echicati'iii in his nati\e cuuntr)' and came to his country in 1S67, lirst settling in Idnyd cunnty, Indiana, where he remained until 1S70, and then came In Washington, Indiana. In 1S7X, be ixlmned to I'"rauce and was mariied there to t/atherine V'nnins, boiMi on Se])teml)er 12, 11^33, and a uati\e of Lorraine, brance. Ixetuiniug with his wifi.' t(j .America m 1S70. he went to the town of New .\lban\', Indian.i, for a sjiort time, then coming lo |);i\irss ciiunu. emered. and al a later date bought his present tarm consistiuL; n\ forix acres. .\ number of nupro\ lia\e been ellecled on (he place and a genei'al farunng business is condneteib Mr. Afangin has a commodious and comfortable residence, well situated, and exervthiug about the ])lace is kept up in good shape, indicating a considerable degree in' interest in his holding. To him rmd his wife h;i\'e been born the following clhlcben : .Mary, who died al the age of fourteen \'ears; br.nik. who died at the age of fl\e years; llarbara, wife of CiL-orge Rankle, 'of Washington township, whose children are: I'Tanccs, born on b'ebrnar\- 15, ic^oj ; .Marg;iret, March 13. 1003; L'alherine M., March _'_:;, \i)Oi>: Rosemary, July 4, ii;ii, and \'inceut, July 19. lor.n .\nna, wW'l- of William C. Howard, whose m.arriage

Davikss Copnty, Indiana

I'lilitically, Air. Mangin is a suppnrter of the 1 'emocratic ticket, but <loes not take any acti\e interest in the ])ulitical i|ue>tion^. l\eli,L;imi^ly, he and his' family are de\out meiiihers nf the Latholic church. I'ersonalK', he is reL;ardeil a^ an un^ellish, chantaMe man, ol ]ileasini;' (hspd^ilion and a gentleman in e\er\' ^en>e ni the word. Ili> life in this CMUimunitN' has resulted in a l;iri;e numher of friends, who hol.l him in the hi^^lH'sl esteem and who recognize in him worthy motives, husines^ aliilil\-, and hiL;h char, icier, tie is a man who is liberal in bi.s x'iews. belie\es in ])r(ii,Mess and impiiA ement and does what he can to furtlier these ends, takdu;.; ;ni interest in whate\er makes for the material advancement of the county, and the social, intellectii;d and niciral <;i:)od of the people.

\\ hile success cannot be achie\ cd without unceasing industr\-, the futility of effort is often noticeable in the business world, and results from the fact that it is not combined with sound judgment. Many a man who gi\'es his entire life to e;irnest and unremitting toil, ne\er acijuires a competence; but when his labor is well directed, prosperity always follows. Josfph Small is one whose work' has l)een supplemented by careful m,-magement ami today he is numbered among the successful agriculturists of the locality in which he li\es. Descended from honored ancestry of KcMihili'inary days, and himself ba\ing won the high esteem of his community bv liMiior.iblc nietboiU and right luing, is entitleil to recognition in a wnik .if this n.uure.

Joseph Small was liMrn on Xoxember 4, iS.pj, in W asbiugtmi townshi]i, Dayiess comity, and is the scm of William and Tabitba iSanfcrd) Small, the former boin bebruary 13, iSjj, in Washington towiishi]), and the latter bcjrn ill Mason county, Kentucky, l-"ebriiary 11, i,Sj(). Snl.iject's patern.al gr.andparenls were l!eiii,amin ;md Mar\- Small, the former .1 iiaiiye of \'irgini.a, who went to Kentucky in an early day ;uul was m.arried theie. lie rcmoyed to Dayiess county, Indiana, where both he and bis wife died. Subject's maternal grandparents, Ilamiliun and Tahitha .\nn (Clark) SanfMr<l, Were both n;iti\es of Kentuck\' ;nid came to 1 )a\iess countv, Indiana, in ;in

I Tlie -reat-;..;ran.l]jareuts on both sides of .Mr. Small's family were active dnriiiy- the ke\ ( .lulionary War, and his L;reat-L;r;milfathei- was killed in the last battle.

Politically, Mr. Small supports the policies of the Democratic party. Personally, he is a man of clean character and of genial impulses, so that, unconsciousl}', ])erhaps, ami witlnuit eft'nrt, makes friends with all who come into contact with him. lie enjoys the respect antl esteem of his fellow citizens and is regarded liy all as une of the substantial and worthy citizens ' Cif the conimunit\' in which lie li\e^.

:\griculture has l;eeu an honnred \ucation from tlie carh'est ages, and men of honorable and humane impnNes, as well as of c'liergv and tlirift, lia\'e been ])atrous of huhbau(h-y. The free out-d(jor life of liie farm ha:- a decided lenilency to foster and de\elo]) that independence of mind and self-rebance whicli characterizes true manhood, and no greater Ijle^sing can liefall a boy than to be reared in close touch with nature in the healthful, life-inspiring surroun(Hugs of the ilelds. It has always been the fruitful soil from which have sprung- the moral l.ioue and sinew of the country, ami the majority of our natiiiu's great warriors, renowned statesmen and distinguished men of letters were born on the farm and were indelited largely to its early influences lor the distinction which the\' subsei|uently all;iined.

John Ki.iller was born on August (>. 1X7S. on his present farm, in Washington township, lluiess counly. Indiana, and is the s, m of bihn and .\hirv [.-^miih) Koller. Ills failicr was b..in on .March jj, iS_i_'. in .\ls;ice-] -oiraine, (iermany, and came to this country when a \erv }-oung man, settling in Daviess county, Indiana. His brsi marriage was to .\llierdina Sum, ;inil resulti^d in the birth of two children. Frank and Mary, deceased. Tlis second wife, Mary Smith, was a daughter of Peter and Fdiz.abeth ( Dornauf 1 .Smith, both natives of Germany, who came to this country in 1809, and settled in the state of Pennsyh ania, afterward removed to Daviess county, Indiana, :uid where they died in a few months. To iheni were born: Jacob, Peter, Marv, lohn an<l F.liz.abetli. [ohn Roller's mother was

' lie now occupies anil up to the time ot his death hail cnlli\ated the soil tor the raising of garden products. The father had acqiiired a complete knowleilge cil the shoemaker's trade, hiU did not follow it m this coinilrv. lie died on Jul)' iS, iSi)3, on his [ilace ni Washington towu-^hip, this county, lie had al\\a_\'5 supp(jrted the Democratic ticket and belonged to the Catholic cluu'ch.

John Koller recei\'ed bis earl_\- education in the pai'ochial (Jatholic schoijls and spent ;i while in attending the iniblic bclujols, then followed in the fotjtsteps of his lather and contunied the truck farming business. In this he has been very successlul and gi\es C( jn.^iilcrable attention tci dair\- products, ha\ ing as many a^ ten cows l(j look after at thi.-. time. Subject farms the original t\veiil_\ -li\ e acres owned li)' his father, and also farms about I'lftv acre^ near Washington, Indiana, (jn January jj, i'joy, Mr. Kollei' was married to 'Iheres.i llarter, who was born on .March y >, iS^<;, in (derinany, and \vb(j is the daughter of Ignatius an<l Chri^tena (ll.acrle) llarter, bcjih born in (Jermaii)-, the former on Januar_\- 17, 1^43, and the batter on February 3, 1853. The)' were engaged in farnnng in the old country, bin upon coming to America, in iS.Si, they >elt]ed in the town of Washington, Indiana, and -Mr. llarter worked in the coal mines until bis retirement from acti\e business lile. I'(jliticall_\', he was an independent voter, not taking sides with either of the learling parties, but preferring to \ ote as be thought best. Religiously, he was a devout member of the t'atbolic church and the family were biouglit up in tb.it faith. To Air. ;md .Mrs. 1 barter were born li\e

^ chililren, as follow: Joseph, llieresa, Caroline, Charles ;md l.eii;i, all living. To the subject of tin, review ami wife was born one child, John, on December Is. lijOJ.

I'ersonall) , .Mr. Koller is a man of wide and .accm'ate in foiui.aii' mi on the i|iiestioiis pert.aining to gardening and makes ;i careful stndv of this hue. lie is ;i k'eeu obser\-ei and his success in g.ardening is due to his iniel- . ligeiii management, dirift ami industrx. 1 '^ i|ii ic;dl\-. be sujiporis ibe Democratic part\- and is a' linn believer in its policies. Ueligiousl v. be am! his wife are members of the CalliMbc church ,iml to ih.ii deiiomin.itiou K-nd their heart)- sn]ipori. Socially, .Mr. Koller h.as the repiilation uf being ,1 kind and ple.is.aul gentleman and enj'As the lespecl ,uid esiecm of ;dl who know biin. liis lile in this conimnnit)-. h.as been one above |-epro:ich, bei'iuise of his In nor;ible uielliods ;md -al is f.actoiw dealing- with his felb^v men.

Davikss Co I' N Tv, Imjiana

Sarah jane ( W.lk.man , Keith. The former uas horirin Daviess olnuiv -1- year iS.S. and llie kitter was horn ,11 the same county in ,S,N. Vin' futluT was a son of Gcoryc aiul .\l)ifrilla (IV'rkiiis) Keith, wIiom' lile vccoid is given elsewhere in this work. To the iniion of tjeorge 11. Keith, Sr., and wife were h(jrn tiie following;' cliilth'en; Alai")': John; ("irant; h'annie, who is suhject's wife; Charles; .Abhie; lie(ji-L;e, and I^oiiis H. The father died on March 17, 1914, and the mother died on March 24, 1910. The maternal g'randparents of Mrs. E. L. Co\alt were llir.am and Mari^aret (Crawford) W'illeman, who came to Daviess connty in an earl_\- da\' and settled on a farm in Washington township, where they tlied. To subject and wife was horn one child, Nellie, on May 5, Ui(-H, and'wlnj ilied on Auynst 5, 1904.

Politically, Mr. Co\'alt is a stanch sn[)]jorter of the principles of the Rcpnblican ])arty and an ardent ad\ocate of the progressive ideas set forth by that ])arty. lveligiousl_\-, he and his wife are members of the Alethodist cluirch in Washington, Indiana, and to which the_\' lend their unstinted support. Personally, Air, ,C(i\a!t i^ hone>t and upright at all tinier, and he is ni it onU' held in high esteem for liis sound business ability, but for his wholesome prixate and social lile, and his positic^n is established as one of P)a\'iess county's most respected citizens.

Henry Alhertv

Numbered .among' the [leople of L)a\iess count}', who began their li\'es in an humble statiipii and b_\' sustained ])erse\erauce, well-directed energy and industry, attained positions of honor and respijnsibilily, is the man wdiosc name forms the caption for this ix-view ami whose life reci.ird has been brought to a clrjse by the inevitable f.ate that aw.aits all mauk-ind. The career (d" this gentleman was a strenuous and varied une, entitling him to honorable mention amnug the re)ireseniati\e citi.'CUs of his da\- and generation in the couni\- with which \\\> lile was so clo>el)' identilied.

]lenr\' ;\lbert\' was born .\la\' JJ. iSfid, in (Jermany, and was the son of Louis and Phillijiena Alberty, both nati\'es of German}', and where his mother died. The father was born in the \-ear 1 S4 r , and the nn'ther was born on l^'ebiaiary iS, 1841, and died in 1 SSo. His father was married a second time in (iermauN- some lime pi'ior to their ;irri\-:d in the I'nited States. Bv the lirst marriage were bMin fne children: llenr\'. Phillip, Ennise, Louise, deceased, and Carrie. P.y the second marriage were born: Henrietta, Miiuu'e and Kate. Together with his second wife and all li\iug children, subject's father arrixed in this couiUry .'uid settled nu a farm in

\Va^hinyt^)U towiishiii, this county, ;ind cuiitiinicd to fann iiiuil aliuut the time of liis death, June ii, i8<j5, at the aye of fifty-four years. lie liecanie an ardent advocate of the principles of the Democratic party, anil was a member of the Presbyterian church.