Daviess County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1915 (part 5 of 7)

Henry Alberty was hut a lad of fourteen \vhen his jjarent.-, arrived in Washington town^hiji, and having received an early education in the home countr)-, at once Mmght work and was eniphiyed ni iSSy as a lirenian on the ISaltimore X: Uhio S'.iuthwestern railroad, and remained in that caiuicity until the year i^'jj, when he I'eceived p|-omotion to the piisition of locomoti\e engineer. This occurred nn .March 17, \^<j/, and he held the position until the time of his death, (Jctoher 0, ]<;ij. In June^ i.SSS, he was married to .Anna .\1. Jones, who was born in Wales. July _'4, i8(i0, and a daughter of Henry W. and Jane (lidwards) Jcjues, the former bdrn in W.iles in 1S41, and the latter b(jrn in I'.nglautl in 1S.4:;. fier jiarents were married in Wales, .April (1, iS(jj, and remained there until the _\'ear 1S7C1, when lhe\- came to thi> country, first settled in l'enn>yl\'ania, and in i^JJ\. came to Washington. Jndiaiia, where the father work'ed as a coal miner and died here, (jctober 14, Hj[4. 1 he niiJther uf subject's wife ;ils(j died in Washington, Octi'ber jo, 1914. Ilenry 1!. Jones became alfiliated with the Republican ])arty, although ne\er acti\e in party all.airs. lie and his wife anil family were members of the .St. J(jhn's Episccijial church ni Washington. T(j them were born the following children: Harry L., Je.ssie C, Harriet, and Eugene. !'(.) the subject of this re\'iew' and his wife were Ijorn four children: Harry, a tinner in the lialtiuKjre & ( )hio Southwestern railroa<l shops; Jes^e C, a machinist; Harriet, a liookkeeiier in the Hammersly store, and Eugene, who attends school.

William I [. .Xeal w^is horn on jannaiw l!^55, m Lawrence connt\', Indiana. ;md is the sun ol .\sa and .\nna ( hnlton) .Xeal. the foianer a native (if Ktutnckw horn in iSiS, and the latter horn in the state of Indiana, llis l.nher, who died m l\entnck\ , came, with his nioUier. t( this -laie in the _\e:ii' iSji), and li\ed under the parental root, recei\ed his edncalioii in the pnhlic schools ol Lawrence county, and later farmed, lie was a memher of the old Whi.i; part)-, later a IX'uiocrat. hut \dted for .\hraliani Lincoln, llis wile was ;i de\-out memher ol the Laptist church and clied in the \ear 18S7, snr\i\in^' her hnshand just three \ears. To their union were horn the following- ehildren : .S,-ir;ih. Maria, .Alexander (deceased), Mar,L;aret I deceased infant), William II., Kohert (deceased infant), Mar\. James, Charles and Jane.

a of faniiini;-. Ijut L;a\x' >])ccial attcniiiin tu li\e stock, iiarticularly horses, lie eontiiuied to deal m slock until the year i8b^_'. and at one time owned the l'a>test paciny mare in the wurld, known by the name of "I'lora Hell." In iNNo, he came to Washington, Daviess coiintv, where he enyai^ed in the hotel business in 1SS4, in what is known as the Meredith H(tuse, and was proprietor of this h(jtel for se\eral years. After disposing of this business, he went to the town of ( )lney, Illinois, where he eng;it;ed in the li\ery business the following \ ear, then si.ld out and returned to Wa.shington. Indiana, and for the i)a>t eighteen years has devoted liis time and attention U< dealnig in li\e stock and has been alwaxs a great lo\er of horses.

In iNS-i. .Mr. Xeal was married to 1 )ella lJarri>. who was luirn on August 7, iX^S', in the state of Wrscinsin, but who was reared and educated in the town of Washington, lndiaii;i. She is a ilaughter of William and Laura ( L oval ) Harris, lier father was a n.ative of l-ji-land. born 183J, and her niMiher a nali\e of |);piess county. Indiana. IiMrn in Washington, .\ugust 31, 1837. A\'illiani Harris immigrated from I'jigland to the L'nited .States and lusl went to Wisconsin. lie was married in iS;fi and came to Washington, Indiana, in 1N51). Ii was here that hi- enlisted for service with the I'niMii loices m iNhi, and was assigned li. tMinpain- \'.. 'I'w ent v-se\ eiith Kegiment, Indiana Xdlunlecr Infanti)-, and sLT\ed until the ch ise of the Civil War: then returned to Wa-liington, Indiana, where he took the proprietorship of what was then known as the Union Hotel and now called the Meredith Ibaise. He remained with the Meredith House until the ve.ar i,S7Ci. and then managed the Hyatt lb. use of this town, until the vear iS.Si, and where he died on June lo. iNSj.

Edwards, were soldiers in the Uevulutioiiary War. d'hey ser\ed tliroUL;li tlie war and returned to \'ir_c;inia, where they hved tile lialanee of ilicir lives. The suhject of review and his wife ha\e nut been hlessed with children, hut ha\e taken the responsil)ility of raising" a graiulnephew nanieil Lmiis Waller, who is attencling the piihlie schnols at the present time. Mrs. Xeal is an active member of the Meth(Kli^t h^pi.^copal church of W'ashin.^ton, and to which denomination she lend> her hearty sn])port, in whicli her husband liberally joins her. Politically, Mr. Xeal i> a tirm believer in the ])rinci])les of Democracy and is ever active in hi,-, support of that partv's cause. ()n two occasions he was nominated by the people- of his communitv to occupy the (ifhce of county sheriff, biU failed to be elLCteil, thou,i;h making a clo-,e run with his opponent. ]M-ateruLdly, he is a member of the r.enexolent and Protective (.)rder of b'dks. Personally, he is a man of liberal \icws, believes in progress and imiirovement and does what he can to fmlher these ends, talcing- a deep interest in whatever makes for the material ad\ancement of the Count}' and the social, intellectual and moral go(id of the people.

In the respect which is accorded to men who have fought their own wa_\- to success through unfa\-orable L-n\ iroiiment. we lind an unconscious recognition of the inti'insic worth of character which cannot onl\' endure so rough a test, but g.ain new strength through the discipline. The geiitlem.nn to whom ihe rea<ler's attention is now in\'ited has not Ik-cu fa\-ored especially inherited wealth or the assistance of powerful friends. In spite of this, by his persexer.'nice, industry and econouu', he has allained a CMinfortable station in life and has made his inlluence felt for good in PaxK-ss connt\-. IV'canse oi his hoiiiii;ible career and betause i>\ llie f.icl that he is numberetl am^ng those patriotic sons ol the Xialb who assisted in preser\iiig the integrity of the L'nion in tlie dark days of the Ci\il War, he is eminently entitled to a place in this volume.

John .M. Peek' was born on the farm where he now h\es in \'eale township on .\]iril 14, ]SV].> He is a son of Levi and Sallie (W-ale) Peek, the latter of whom was a daughter of James (,\ and T\leanor (.\iknian) \'eale. James C. \'eale was a son of lames C. Sr., and .Mehiiia (Towiiseiid) \T'ale. James C. \'eale, Sr., emigrated from .'^outh (,'arolin;i to the lerritorv of Indiana, in the spring of iSof'i, and settled on a creek which was afterward

James C. \'eale, Jiv, was hui-n in ijSCi, in South Carolina, and dte'd in tlie spring 111" iS^S. lie came with his parents early in life to Veale township. .\t Comer's l'"oi"t, wdiich wie^ located near old Ma\s\ille, he was luai'ried to Ideani.ir .Aikman, who was horn in ijiji, in .Shepherdstow n, in the .~>henandoah \alley of Virginia, anil li^ed there during her earl_\- girlhood. ] ler taniily came west to the territory of Indian.a in 1807, where she met James C \'eale, Jr. They were m<arried in iSi^, at Comer's hurt. There were a large ninnher of Inilians around that part of the country at that lime, wdio niatle a great deal of tronhle for the settlers. Most of the pioneers of that time li\ed either in or near a fort. James C. \^eale, Jr., laught the th'st school e\'er located in Daviess cmuU)', the records of whieh show ihis fact. He was em])Io)ed hy the county commissioners, lie enlisted in the Indi.ana X'olunteers and ser\ed luider Ceii. William II. Harrison in the War of i><\j. lie w;is wounded while on dut\' near N'inceinn's, lighting the Indians, and when he died, the liullet was still in his hody. James C. X'eale, Sr,, had also t(iught in the Kex'olutionarv War.

James C. Veale, Jr., and I'deanor f.Xikman) Veale were the ])arents of tlie following children: William T. married and I'eared ;i family, and li\ed to the ripe old age of eighty-four years; John ^I. was hjst at se.a at the age of twenty-nine years, and was unnian-ied. lie was nn a \essel loaded with cotton, hoiuid from New Orleans to I'ensacola, h'lorida, where they enconntereil a severe storm in the fnilf of Mexico, when the \ essel tonk- lire- and hurned to the water's edge, and all on hoard were lost; James .\. m.arried a Miss .Yewton for his lirst wife, aud after her death, he married a .Miss'

All the inemlnTs of the I'eek family are faithful and earnest adherents of the Methodist h'.piscopal church, ha\ing their memherslnp in the I'.ethel church of that denomination, in whose welfare they ;ire deepiv interested, .and to Ihe snpjiort of which .the\- ;ire liher.al coutrihutors. Mr. Peek is an

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To the suhjeet and his v>ife have l<eeii Inirn six children, as follow: Austin, who was educated in the Washington, Indian.a, high school, later in the Central Xornial School, l)an\ille, Indiana, luii^hed in the Indiana State Xornial School and now engaged as a teacher in the consolidated schools of Washijigton township, this county; iLllie and (iertrude, who reside with the parents; Lester, who is manager (if hi> hroiher .\n--lin',> cigar and tohacco store on .Main '^treet, \\'ashni-l(..n, Indiana; Xohle an.l George, hoih living at home and attending school in the Wa-hinglon pnhlic schools.

Soon alter his marriage .Mr. I'.mmerling eng.aged in larnn'ng and now owns one hundred ,ind twenty acres of fine farming land in Washington t(jwnship. lie carries ou general farnnug and stock raising with couMderahle success. I'olitic.allw he is an active supporter of the Democratic ticket, though he does not .aspire lo puhhc ol'tice. Religiou-ly, the famil)- are memher^ of the United Lrethren churcli and to which denouiiiialioii he gues hi^ lilieral support. I'ci'sonally, the suhjeet is a man of plea-.;int manner, genial disp,)-,ition and IS well hke<l liy e\'er_\one who kn,.ws him. lie lake- ;i deep interest in niatlers liertaining to tlie impro\ement of farming meihods, and is ever ready to give coUMderalioii to the support of nienlorious enter])rises which tend to pronioie the inlerests of his fellow citizens.

Cilarlls R. I'Llk

D.-iviess county, Imlirma, was not lacking in loyalty during the dark days of the Civil War when the Ship of State was ahuo.st stranded on the rocks ol disunion. She coutrihuted her <piol,a of hrave and valiant me uto assist in ijre-er\ing the integrity of the gi,veniment. among whom was Charles l-:. Peek, at pn-esent an enter])rising farmer of \'e;de township. Lo_wd to his country in it, hour of jieril and extrenu'ty. as was deuK-nstraled on many hlouily haitleriekL, he has ever hcen a stanch supp,,rlei in the times of jieace. 'I here are few ex-soldiers in Da\ iess County, who are more widelv known than Mr. Leek. The ranks ,,f the nohle orgaiuxati.iii to which he helonged ill the da_\s nf liis vnutli, arc fast diniinisliiiiL;- hv the mic im-incilile foe. It is littiiig that in a pubhcatii^m nf this nature, special trihiuc he paid to those who ser\'e<l in the !:;^reatest civil war known to histor\-.

Charles K. T'eek was horn in 1S43, in \'cale township, near Mt. 01i\-e chnrcii. lie is the son of John and Winnie (I'alnier) Peek-, both of whom were natix'es of Soutli Carolina, and was horn in iSoS, and slie in 1813. Joini I'eek" was the son of Cat^er and Mildretl (Han-all) Peek-, of South Carolina, who settled in Martin count)- and there died. CaL;er Peck was at one time a niemher of the Indiana Legislature and in political tendency was a Democrat. ?\Irs. Winnie Peek was tlie daugliter of Perminu> I'almer, who settled on the Petershuri.; road in 18^18.

John Peek, the father of Charles K., came to Da\iess county with two brothers. Me was a ]>rominent man in the earh- alfairs of l)a\'iess county, ha\ing ser\ ed as counts' assessMi- and a^ a school teacher for m,-in\' \-ears. He was a shoemaker and operated a store with a shoe shop nn the I 'etersbur_i^ ri.jad and had a kiruc business in the earl\- da\s and euipIo\ed se\eral shoemaker^ to care for his trade in which he tontiuucd until his death. Upon Coming to 1 )a\'iess countx', he enteicd eighl\- acre^ of land on While river, about 183C1, part of which i^ still held by the Peek faniih-. l.ihn I'eek was identified with the Know-Xothing partv, but after the di>inlegration of thai party, he became a Wdhg and, still later, a Republican, i le was the father of six sons and four daughters.

Charles ]i. Peek was educated in. the common schools and upon reaching maturit)-, took up farming as his life's \-ocation. He has alwa\s lived in \'eale to'wnship, although he has traveled e.\tensi\el\', having v'isited thirtvihree states in the union.

Air. Peek- enlisted in Coinprmy V.. Tenth Indiana Cavrdry. in the fall of 1S03 and was di-charged in the fall of iS'03. He w;is attaclu'd to the ( )iic llnndicd and 1\\ cul \ -~i\th Ueginieni and wa- never voiunded iii.r taken [)n^oner durmg the war. He wa^ in a train wreck en route to the sonth, in which accident he was slightlv mjured. .Mr. I'eek owns (Jiie hundred and thirteen acres of land where he lives and thirtv-tbree acres in the bottoms, in \'eale township.

Charles ]-'.. Peek was married to Julia .A. Thomas, the daughter of William Wright Thomas, of Washington town-hip. William Wright Thoma> was born in Daviess conntv on June 4, i8j('i, the son of John and N'ina Thomas, the former of whom wa> likelv born in S^utli Carolina. bihn Th(jinas was the s^in iif D;ivid Thomas, who was a native of .^.lulh ('aroliu;i, and who came vcvy early to Washington township, where he entered land and

The occn]iation id' farming to which ilie major part of the hiisiness life of Stanton riarhcr has keen dc\oled, is the oldest pursuit for a li\ehhiMnl known to mankind and the one on .which man will e\ei" he the most dLpeniL-nt. The llarhcr fainil\' has Ion- keen coiine(.-ted with the L;eiR'ral ,L;rowth of Ikuicss eoiinly ol which .'-^tantoii I'.arker i- a iiati\e and when.', in fact, he has spent all of his life. While priin.irily .attendiiii; to his own \arioiis interests, his hie has also heen devoied somewhat to his fellow nian ;md he has heen iintiriiiL; in his elTorts to inspire a jiroper respect for law and ofiK-r and has heen reads' ;it all times In uplift limnanit)- tilon- ci\ic and social lines. Stanton llarher is the present elluieiil township trustee of \'ealc town-lnp and in this oliice is makiiii; a comineiidahle recon'l fur himself.

Mr. I'.arher is a Repnhlicau and has served on the township advis.)ry hoard. ;utd on January 1, n^i^, to.ik chari.;e of the . ilTiee of towiisluii trustee, to which he had keen elected, in the fall ..f Uji |. .Ml the iiiemhers ..f the I'.arher family are identilicd with the I'.ethel Methodist church ami .are active' in hoth the work of the church .and the .Sunday scho..|.

Tlicie are sexcral lunulreil <lirfert-nt uccupatiinis al the pre-ent time, l)iit there is t)nl_y i>ne of all thi> minilier that is ahsi.iliUel}' nece^sa^\- to man's existence. The three thins^s wilhont wliieh man cannot li\e are finul, clothing anil shelter, ami it is the farmer who not only c<jmr(_)ls the food supiih', hut alsu holds the clothing priidncls of the world in his hantls. His is the occupation which can exi.st inilependently ui all other.',. An increasing numlier of our hest farmiuL; men are taking agricullural cour.se.-, in college, thereby fitting theniseKes the hetler lor scientihc farming. The professi(.)n has taken on increased digiiit\' within the past few \-ears and ni'iie and more of our young men are api)]ying ihemseKes to the modern idea in hu^handry. The farmer ol tmhiy li.as the immense ad\;mtage of wurk-ing with machiner\' which renders his work free from many of ils former disad\ aiUage-. I.)a\-iess county has lumdi'cds of s]ilendid farmei's and among ihem was the late W'illi;im M. Sutherland.

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James I*. Sutherland, Uie >nn of William M, an<l Jlarriette A. { ivutiierford) Sutherland, was horn i>n May 14, 1NS7, and was educated in the public schools of Daviess cmuUN'. lie has always lived (m the home place with the exception of four months. James 1'. Sutherland was married in 1909, on June JO, to Delia May Daytim, <>( Daviess county. Two children have been born to this union, William llerinu and Doroiln- llelle.

James P. Sullicrland and wile and children are members of the Methodist I'lpiscLipal church. I'ralernally, James T'. Sutherland is a member uf the Inde|)endent ( )rder u\ Odd l'"clIo\vs. lie is a well-known farmer and dairyman of Veale tnunship.

Amon,!.^- the wurthy citizens of Klnora, Indiana, whose residence here has C(iniribuled in n. 1 small ilei^ree to the presli-e of the \ icinitv, is I'rank A. -Mc.Mtillen, fur, while labiiriiii^ fur his iiii!i\idnal ad\ ancenient, he has ne\er furi;-utten his obli^atiuus to the public, and his suppurt uf such measures and movements as have been made fur the .general j^uud has always been depended upon. Althou-h his life has been a bu.sy one, he lias ne\er alluwed bis private interests to interfere with his cibboations as a citizen an(J as a neighbor, 'rhrou.^h the lun,i;- years of his residence in this localilv, he lias ever been true lu the trusts reposed in him, whether of a public or pri\ate nature, and bis repiUatiuu in a busine.-s way has been un;issailable. l'os^e--in;.i' in a marked de,i;re(.- tliuse traits which ha\t' commanded uniform cunlideiice and regard, he is today hunured by all who knuw him and is nuiubered among the reprcseiUative citizens of bis cuuimnuity.

i^,^, ami here lived the rest ui his life, as well as his son, John, the grandfather of F. A. ^kAlnllen. Archie and h^hn Mc.Mnllen drove a team in the army.

The maternal great-grandparents nt Mr. IMcMnllen were John and Alary ((Inngh) Shirklifl, the fnmier of whom was a soldier in the War of iSi_>. serx'ing under Antlrew Jackson, and at Xew Orleans receixed a hnllet W(jnnd, which hnllet he carried until his death, 1 le was a iKili\-c of Tennessee, the family having originally come fnnn krance to the I'mted States, settling tnrst in Carolina, from whence they mo\ed to Tennessee, and later, John Shirkliff nio\ ed to Kentucky. After remaining in that >tate for a time, he :no\ed to Indiana, hut later returned tn Kentuckw where his death occurred. The maternal grand])arents o\ Air. .Mc.Mnllen were .Me.x and Rose (dough) Shirklilt, both natues of Kentuck'). The (iough famil\' came ti i Indiana / more than one hundred years ag^ >, settling in what is now j'.arr town-hip, Daviess couniN', Indiana. .\le\ Shirkliff came from Keinuck\' also in an early da}', settling near .Mr. I'leasanl, where he was engaged in watch mak'ing, ;md also ci.inducted a hlacksmith shop, lie was a soldier in the I'nion armv during" the Ci\il War, while his wife. Rose (lou^h, l);id cousins who served in both the L'niou and Confederate armies during that great sinioo|e, and wilt) participated in the same lialtles.

Archie AlcMullen, the father of .Mr. .McMullen. has heen a f.armer all his life and is now li\ing on a farm in Washington township in this ciuntv, wliei'e he and his wife are the parents of the following children, Charles, Rose, Laura, .Mrs. Mary Ketchem and .\.

Frank .\. McMullen was educated in the common scho(jls of his home townsliiji, and was a student in the C'niversity of X'alparaiso, for two years. .After leasing school, he engaged in teaching, which \ocation he followed in I'.lnora t'lvsushiji |nr ten \'ears. and was \er\- succes-fnl in his educational work. In 101 |. he w, is appointed postmaster of |-.ln. ira. and is now elficientl)' ser\ iu,i4 his fellow citizens in that capacity.

Air. .Mc.Mulkn is an adherent of the piinci])les of the Democratic p;irt\', and has .always taken an active interest in its atlairs. He is .i memher of the ITee and .Accepted Masons and the lnde]iendent Order of ( ),\,[ lAdlows. in the welfare of which organization he takes an acti\e interest.

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Jaculi C'. Stillwell was horn ni I'ike ennntx-, Indiana. lU'.ar the tnwn of l'eter>hurg, nn Xovemher 3. 1X74, and is the son >>\ Uichanl ;ind Sarah (.MeKlin) Stillwell, the former a nati\e nf this state and tlie latter aNo a nati\e nf Indiana, Daviess county, and the wife h\- a sec-md m.iiriage. Jat-nh C. Stillweir.s paternal grandfather was horn in (Germany and came to this / country when a ver)' _\-oung man, settling in Indi.ana where he engaged in farming to some extent, hut ga\e elo-er attention to the raeedior^e husitiess and was a familiar figure at county f.iirs and otlier exhihitious where horses are an important part of the eiUertainnienl. To tiieir union were horn four cliildi-en, as follow: Thomas, at one lime elected st.ate re]iresentali\-e on the I'ojjulist ticket; Kichaid, suhject's father; Anna and Julia.

Ivicharil Stillwell, was educate<l in the public schools of this slate and remainecl with his father until about the age of IwerUy years, when he enlisted in the army of the I'nited Stales and was in the ser\ ice during the war with j\lexico. When that w;u" was endi'd he \\eni out into the west p;irt of the countrw where he remained f'lr a few \'e,irs, then returned to Indiana and was married. After farnn'ng here for a mnnher lU \ears, tlie (._'i\il War broke out and he enlisted again in the service of the Union as a ca\alrvman for a perio<l id' three years. Alter the \\;ir, lie ag;iin returned to Indiana, and iduiinued to farm lor a luimber of \ears, llieii removed to .Stoddaid county, .Missouri, where he farmed ;md raised live sloek for the remainder of his life, and died there. To Isichard .Stillwell rmd wife were born, ]i\- the first marriage, four children, .\nna, (lardeiier, t'h;irles, and a child th,it died in infancy. After the death of the lirst wife, Richard Siillwell w.as married to Sarah AIcKlin and h\' this seconil m.arria^e were born, Jacob, the subject of this review, John, who married Julia liremmett and thev have one ciiild, Mary. The last named is engaged in f.arming in Washington township, this county.

Jacob Stillwell received his early education in the pnlilic schools of liaviess county, and began his c;ireer working as a farm h:md whi-re\er he ludetalig.able inilnslry, sound business Judgment and wi.se management ha\e been the eiemcnis which lia\e contributed to the success achiexed bv Thomas L'. Singleton, of W-ale towushii). who for inan\- \ears li.as been an emer])rising and )irogressi\'e fanner of this section of the state. Mr. Singleton li\'es on a well-improved farm 111 \ eale township, a farm, in fact, which is numbered among the best in the township, llecause of his splendid character and un(|uestioned integrity, he enjoys, to a marked degree, the highest respect of the community. Mr. Singlelini has paid p.articular attention to li\'e stock and has lieen ver)' successful in raising hogs and cattle for the market.

W-ak' tuwnship. l)a\ ic^s cuuiity, Indiana, on Juni' J4. i^J^- Hi-' i^ I'lt' ^*'^ of liunlcy anil l.ucin<la (Ihalt) Sin-lcton, the J'oinier a native of Kentueky and the latter uf \"eale township. Iliinley SinL;leton was the .ion of William and Xanc\- ( 'I'olhert ) SinL;leion, natixes of l\eiitiick\', whose li\-es were -pent ill that >tate. William Siii,L;leioii was a tanner and was twice married, his t'lr^l nnioii havini; heen with ],ncinda Hyatt, who was 'I'liomas Sin.^leton's s^randmutlier, and his -econd union was with Delilah Thonias, the dan.L;hter of Charles Thomas and lister (jf W illiani Thomas. laicnula ( Hyatt) Singleton was a sifter i.if William ami John Hyatt and of .Maiy Ann ami .Mart^aret (iraham. Mr. .Sin.L;klon's maternal ,i;randpareiUs were either horn in X'eate township or came there, early in life from the Carolina^, with their pareiU>. His maternal grandfather was a farmer in Vcale toun^lii]i where he owned a large tract of land. I fe entered this farm from the governmem. cleared ami drained it and there died. The maternal .threat-grandfather of Mr. Singleton was James C. \''eale, Sr., 'he founder of X'eale lowiiNliip and who've life was S(j intimately connected with tln\ section of Daviess county. James C \'eale was a memher of the home guards during the (.ivil War.

Huiilev Singleton, the father of Thom.a-- ( ., when Imt a child. c:m!e to Indiana frcmi Kentucky and was reared hy John .and iTanci.- Coleman. He locatetl in X'eale toun>hip earl}' in life ami was there marrieil. He was a carpenter hv trade, hut was principally engaged in farming. llunley Singleton had a small tract of land wlure his son, TIkjuuis C, now live-, a farm consi>ting of se\enty-tive acre.-. A>ide from this he had a large tract of land in the river hotti>ms. He erected all of the luiililings which are now standing on the farm owned hy Thomas C. Singleton. llnnley Singleton had no military career, hut was in the celehrated .Morgan r.aid. lie and his wife died upon this farm. They were the parents of ele\en children, three of whom died in infamw. The other.- were Laura, John \'.. Xellie, I'erry, Denine. lames W.. M.iiule C.leiin and Tlioina- t' llunley ."singleton had one sister, X.incy, who married N'lctor Unchanan, of llliu'iis.

Thoni.is C. Singleton was educated in the pnhlic schools of X'eale township ami in the Washington ]iuhlic sehool.s. .\fier linishing his education in the .scho(ils of D.axiess conn!\', he attended the unixersiiy at X'inceiiues, ;ind then taught school for live \ears in \T-ale township. Suhseipiently, he look up farnn'ng on the old home pl.ace. With the exception of the house, he has erected all the huildings on this f;n-in. Mr. .Singleton owns, in all, om,- huudreil and srveiitv acres, sc. venty-ln e acres of which is com]irised m the f,irm where lie ii\es and the reni.aiiuK'f of which is p.art of the 1 Irah.am f.aiiii. Xlr. Simjletoii is a general f.armer and- stock r.aiser.

Thomas Sinj^lcton was married on Septcmlier q. iqoo, to llertlia llarher. who was Ijorn in V'eale township and wlio is the sister of Lew \V. Barber, whose sketch is foinid elsewliere in tliis \dhime, which gi\es tlie famih' liistory of Mrs. Sinyieton.

Tlirnimliont liis ]\\\. Tliomas C. Singleton has heen an ardent Jvepubhcan. Ide was une of tho^e men who remained faithful to that ]xirty tluring the split in Kj)!-', when the Progressive party was formed. As a consecjiience of his faithfulness and a reward for his many services which he has rendered in Iiehall ol liis party, Mr. .Singlctun w.as niMiiinated hv his part\' in l)a\'iess county ;md trinm])hanlly elected to the (jf'lice of county recorder in the fall of 1913. liis election to this oflice is onU' a fitting trihnte to \u> \'ears of ser\'ice, interest and acti\ities in l)ehalf of that part\. i\lr. Singietun is a luember of the Cumberland rre-;byteriau cburcb, but Mrs. .Singleton is a memlier of the Methodist l*]pi^co])al church. Mr. Singleton is a member of the Indepentlent Order of ()d.l bellows.

The record of Porter Pu.ssard i.s that of a man who, b\' his own unaided elYorts, has workeil his way up from an hunible begmning to a ]io>iiion cif inlhience. liis lile has been one of unceasing industry and perseverance, and the .systematic and honorable methods he has lollowed ha\e won for biiu the unbounded contidence (if bis tellow citizens.

Poi'ter I'lUssard w.'is boiii on June 5, ii>^4. in bairiield ci)untv. ( )hio, and is the son of (Jbristopbcr and llannah ( .Xiouinger 1 Pussard. who li\ed the greater part of their lues in thi' state of ( )hio. To their union were born the l'oll.>uini; n.iuud children Poilcr, .WPou, Thomas, ("lark, llaltie. bla. Wira, I )ella ,ind two iul'aiu lio\ s who died about the time of their births. The falhei' of these children was ;i hard working man who labored from early to late and it w;is with great (hHicult\- that be earned suliicieut means to properl)- raise a family of these proportions. llo\\e\er, by the work (if his hands, he was able to gi\e his f.amilc the necessaries of life and other- \s ise pnnide for them, at the same tnne teath them habits of thiil't and eccjuoiny which ser\cd each one oi them well in later \ears.

I'orter Pnssard recei\eil his early education in the public schools of Fairfield countv, and began his career as an farm hand, working out wdierexer he could disjiose o| bis services, and, b\ the practice cif strict economy, was enabled to save enough from his earnings to 1)cgin farming for liimself. Aiilt larniins; succ-c^s fully, in his native state, for aliout three Ax-ars, lie went to iUinois wiiere he remained for ele\-en _\'ears, tlien removed to X'trmih'on count}-, Inihana, where he [jurchased a farm consistin,^' (if tliree hundred and sixty-inne acres, after iia\ ini,^ werkcd in tiiis county f ' ir ten years. Remainiu;^- here for tlie fi>li(j\ving live years, (hn-iny; whicli time he traded the original three hundred and si.\ty-nine acres for a more desirahle place containing two hun(h-ed and forty acres, he continued to farm and added eighty acres, hy purchase, which gave him a total of three huiKh'ed and twenty acres. Having received tempting (iffers for his Vermilinn county land, he decided to sell out and then remowd to (ireene count}-, w-here he bought two hundred and eleven acre>, on which he resided for the following four }'ears. After making sale of this properl}-, he came to Da\-iess county, in 1905, where he Im-atcd in Washington, and estahlished himself in the bakery business, which he conilucted fcjr ;i period oi eighteen months. In connection with this busines.s, it is >aid that lie installed the largest ;ind most comjjlete bakini; <>\eii e\-er used in the tnwn nf Washington. Concluding to discontinue the baking business, Mr. liussai-d iM.nght a faiin consisting rjf ninety acres, which is situated about one and (me-half miles east of the town of Washington, ])as-iess count}-, and has been occupied in farming this ]ilace siiice the year mjcxS, which |)iece of land reipiired considerable im]jro\ement to make it highl}- ])roductive. and in order to dbt.-iin the maximum results he beg.-m installing a system r.f tile drainage .and m;da'ng other necess.ary changes, until ti»la\- this farm is regarded as one nf the must prulitable in this section of the connir}-. The place has been fnll\- enclosed with good fencing and new buildings h,-i\e been constructed .so that the obser\er cannot hel]) but concluile the owner to be a man of careful m,-uiagement and industrious, to all ap]iearances possessing .'i good share of this world's goods. In addition lo general f,-irming. I'orter lUissard devotes considerable time and allention to the feeding of cattle and hog.s. The i.irm buildings and large and comfortable home are situated on an ele\atiou so Uiat a \ iew of the countrv can be had lor miles around.

Mr. lUissard is a supimrier ni llie principlt-.^ ut Deniucraoy, Init dues nut lake an active inicre>,t in ijuliticv. The fannlv l)ei>'ni;s In the Meihcidist church, to which they lend liieir sn|)|)nrt, accurdinj.; tu theii- means. I'er.-unally, Mr. Enssard i-^ a man w iiu has [jnivcd himself snmewluit liciter than the a\era,ne man in the way ni industry and man.-i-ement, and Indax- is rei;arded as une n\ the must successful a,^ricnlturi>ts of this cnunty, and is ahle to ,i;et a proportionately lars^er return from hi-- farm than many others, which are of much more acreaije. Thi-, is the residt of unceasin;;- ener;;y and careful exjieriment. On accoiuU of his genial di>po.-itiou. sonnd husiuess judgment, hounrahle and upright methods, Mr. l!ns>ard is jusllv entitled to the praise and admiration of his fellow men and his friends ;ire in numher as his acquaintances.

The prosperit\- and substantial welfare of a community are, in a large measure, due to the enterprise :md foresight of its hnsiui^ss men. It is the ]>rogressi\X', wide-awake men of affairs that make the real history df a conimnnit\', anil their iulluence in shaping and directing its \'aried iiUerests is difficult to estimate. The well-known man whose name appears al)o\-e ranks among the leading Imsiuess men in the norlliern jjorti^n of Da\iess county, Indiana, and it is to ~,i]v\\ enterprising spirits as he that the immediate locality is iudehted for the high positi.ju it occupies in the ,icli\itv of its trading and ])rogress.

Nicholas 1'". liarkley was horn on Jannar\' _'(i, 1X7,^ near the town of Masnllon. Stark coniUy, ( )hio. and is the son of Joseph amrAima ( ITdler) r.arkley. Jo-eph ll.arkley w.as horn in 1S40, in .Mlegheiiy couiUw near the cil\' of rillsliiugh. I 'cuus\ Kama, ;n:d i'ecei\-ed his earlv education in the coiint_\ schools "\ that localilw .\- a yoiuig man he worked as ;i farm hand uiuil the Ineaking iiut of the Civil War, :U which lime he was rea(l\' ami willing to offer his ser\'ices to the Union cause. lie did not enlisi in the service ot the country tnuil ahonl the close of the \\ar .and then ser\ed for a term of six months as one of the home guards. Some time after his discli.arge from the go\-crinnent service, he ieino\-ed to Stark connl\-, l )hio, where he hought a tlhrt\-aci-e farm and it was here that he was man-ied. .\lter selling ont his interests in .Stark connt\', ( )hio, he reino\ed to 1 )a\iess comity, Indiana, in 1 NSO, wheie he estahlished himself a home, raided his fannl\- and coiniuued to fallow .aijricnllnral ]jursnils until the time cif his

Xicholas I-". Il.arklc}- recei\ed his early education in the ])nl)lic scho.,!s of Daviess comity and at a later date attended the \incennc- L'nucrsii \ . from which he went to the Xati<.n;il .Xornial Lhii\ersitv, of l.ehanon, ( )liio, where he remained a full term. After this, he taii.i^ht school for ahoiit eight years in his li.ime commnnity an<l ]iiit in a \ear in the normal school. 1 lavill"; decided to discontinue teaching, and lieheving his vocaliou lav in another line, he went to wurk as a clerk in 1 lie of the geiier.al stores of ( )don, where he remained a clerk for the next four \ears when he farmed a partnershi]) with Alhert Diefendorf, who was conducting a. general store hiisines-,. Mr. Diefeiidorf sold ,,nt his interest to Mr. J. A. n\enoii and .Xicholas . I'.arkley Ciiiitinned as ;i partner with him for the following live years. .\fter Inlying oiil .Mr. ()\ert'in, in the ye;ir \i)\2, Xicholas I', hegaii to add to the general lines heretofore handled and it is said that :i more complete stock of general merchandi-e is not to lie fiaiiid in an\' store of like kind aiuwherc for supplying the demands of such a coinmnniiy. The husiness was sl.arted ill the year 11)04, ''Vitli a slock which invoiced to the amount of one ihous.nid four hundred dollars and consisted largely of gr(,ceiies and dry goods in a vi.r\' small wa\-. ddie dry goods line was increase, 1 al a later dale ;nid a "I l\\o ihoiis.nid ei-lii huiuhed dollars w.is in\eMe.l. d'lie hiisine-s conlinned to L;row .and the huyiiig of si,,eks pro])orlion;nel v increased until the present slock would easily iiuoice sixteen thousand dollar- ; the aimn.al hnsiiicss anioimis to a gross figure of torly-li\e thousand dollars. This steady growth of hnsiuess is the result of careful managenieiil, cl^e atlentimi to details and, ;il)o\e .all, kind coiisider.iiiou for tlu demands of the pnlilic and m.arked conrtes\' to e\er\oue. .Mr. Harkle\ carries the repni.ation for honor;iI)le nielhods in all of his htisiuess dealings and is held in the highest esteem liy his fellow men.

We like to know how men succeed. Just as the child mind loves to wonder how Jack made his beanstalk grow until lie could climb up on it and have all of those astonishing ihings ha])pen, so there is a real fascinalion in trying to dise(i\er the processes or events ihronglr which a successful man has tra\'eled in order to "arri\e." And e\en in diis um-om;mlic age, there is enough of ihe hero worshipper in all of Us lo cause our adnn'ralion for the so-calleil prosiierous to mcrease in proportion to the -obstacles which had to be met and oxercoine. .\ strange thing is human natin-e after all. lAerywhere in human life, as in the animal and \egetable kingduuis, is to be lound inter-ai'tion belween the indi\ idual and his en\ironment, and the rule is that the mdi\ idual folldw^ the line of least resistance. Thu- we ha\e man\- sons oi plu^ici.ms bcconung ph\ su-iaus, inan\ sun- 'if piwichcrs beciiuinig [ireachers, and man\- snus of farmers becommg f.armeis. \ arialions Irom the rule are, ho\\e\er, alwavs more iuteicsting than ex|iectcd conlormily, at least Irom ;i psychokii^ieal \iewpMinl, fi.r tlie\- in\iie stud\- and speculation, ,'ind bec.au-c I luetic roinde.xicr chose lo be a business man instead ol a larmer, when all signs jiointed lo ihe faianer's career, giws his lite a iieculiar interest to the hi' ii;ra]iher.

.\ leader among the merchanis of ( Jdnu. is 1 Inette roindcxter, and \et both balher and grand father weie f.irmers. The surprising f;ict in this cduiieclion is thai the \(iunger I'oindexler did iiol change his destined vocation in order to improve upon the success of his father and grandfather,

C'liristian Poindexter, grandfather of tiie man nnder present consideration, was horn in 'J'ennessee, and came In ihi^ slate with his parents wlien he was a mere lad of twelve year>. When grown, he tm.k np u farm known as "the old jiigeon roosl," and farmed there praclicall\ all ol his lite. The farm which he cnlti\aled consisted of three hundred and seventy acres of land ohtained from the goxernment at the munihcent snm of twelve and cents an acre. Me gave particnlar attention to the raising of sheep, cattle and hogs, and to stock l)n_\ ing. .So correct w^,-re his judgments relating to slock, that hi> o])inion and advice were frei|uemly sought 1j_\ farmers for miles anuind. I!ul his interois were not limited to farming and stock raising. He was an actne politician, and for two term^ served as C(.iunty commissioner of Martin count). lie was a I\e])uhlican. lli> wile was, l)revions to her marri.age, Mi>s I.uranda Keck, lu'r liirth])lace Iieing near Doverhill. Martin c iiintv. Their children were, I'atteii. father of the man who^e life forms the theme of tlii- hiograph} : h';irly W. ; Wile_\- : Uufns .M . ; iMuelia ; William ; J<;hn S. ; Christian : Lurinda ; Tillman I I., and doulilr twins. The memhership of this earl\- hranch of the family was in the Methodist church. The greal-grandf.ather of Christian I'oimlexter was Heorge I'oinilexter who came to this country from lrelan<l.

Coming down another generation, wt; fmd that I'atteii roindexler, father of Iluetle, was horn on July _'/, 1(^47, in the same county in which his father had lived since hoyhood. His wife was, hefore her marriage. MisS ]'"lizal)eth Kntch, who was horn on .Seplemher 14. iSoi, the daughter of Melkard and Tdeanor ( ISntcher) Kutch. the former ha\ ing heeu horn in .Monroe conntv in iS-'^, died in i^^.s.;, ami the I;ilter horn in the same couiUy in iSji), died in 1S04. I'alleii. linding hiiiHcll" ou a s|iKndid, large larm of .i\er tliice Imndrcil acres. cU'cided very naturally to follow the example '^i his father, and after receiving his education friiin the ot the county in which he was horn, contiimed his resideiu'e there 011 the farm lor ten Years. .\t the expir.atiou of that time, he and his family rem^ ived to Haviess count V, where the same capacilv for h;ird work char.icterizing his ;incestors. hrought him success, and in this count}- they still reside. He. too, is a Methodist ;md a f\epuhlican.

The eight children who came to hless the home of .\lr. and Mrs. |',,iudexter are still living. They are: Mrs. .\nu:i 1 lattery, u ho-e hu-haiid is ;i f.armer living in the northern |iart '>( T.og.ard towndu]i: Xetiie, who hecame Mrs. S. G. h'elix, of Muskogee, ()klahoma: lluette. the siijijvcl of lluetle I'ouulexter was horn in llurns City, Martni countw l-'ehrnaiy ^, iSj^. As a l)o_\ he attended school in l)a\iess county, and then gave his attention to agricultin-e in I'.ogard county until i')uy. And now comes the change in taste or amliition which lost to the .-.late a f.armer, and gave to it a merchant, h'or we find him for the next [\w years engaging in commerce. He removed to Loogootee, and went into a furniture store and undertaking estalilishment coinhined. In nju, he found an opportunity to hn.iaden his field of commercial acti\-it\- hy^ liu\iiig the stock of C^eorge 1). Ahrams, of Odoii, and here he has lived and worked e\'er since, 'fo the furniture store formerly helouging to Mr. Alirams, he ailded a line undertaking establishment.

The next ste|) was a still larger store, for in nju, be bought out the II. !-". Marks iurniture business, at the same time going into partnership with (). R. Laughlin. 'I bis partnership lasted for one )ear, and then I^dward Wilson bought out the interests of Mr. Lruigblin. ddie firm name is now Poindcxter and Wilsmi. 'fhus fr.-nn a stock worth one thousand two hundred dollars, i\Ir. I'oindexter has increased its value to five thousand dollars, and has a business which any town of the size ( d' ( )don might einv.

Daviess Col'Ntv, Indiana

c'Sting persdiiality. and his cunstanl energy and eniliusiasni are some oi the qnahties whicli liave made hini the successful man that he is, and it he sh(.iiild leave the conimumty in which he has made his li'ime, he wuulil he greatly missed.

AuKing the \\(_irlh\- citizens nf Daviess c<junt\- w lu.i ha\e hiiilt u]) a <.-(iml'(>rtahle, splendid In one ;ind surmunded themsehes with considerahle landed and personal prijpertv, ni>ne has attained a higher degree of success than l'"ranklin D. FJillun. .Making the mi«,-,t of hi^, upportunities and hy careful management in the lace nf many disc<iuragenKiils. he has maile an e.xceptional success of his life as an agriculturist, tlis life has been one of luiceasing industry and perseverance, and the systematic and hon(irahle methods he has piu-suetl have won for him the niihounded conhdence ol his fellow (ilizens, whose interests he has e\ er had at heart and which make him worth)- of mention in a work id' this character

I'ranklin !). Dillon was horn on .\pril jj. \!>J'). in i'dmore to\\iishi]), Daxiess county. Jn<liana, :md is the s<in of \\'esle\- d'. and (Aangeline ( .Xrfortl ) Dillon. lli> patern;d grandpiu'ents were Captain W'illi.am and hdiza ( Satterlield ) Ddlon. the former horn in 170^ in the state of Ohio and a descendant of Irish ance>tors, tlie mother being horn in Kenluck)' in the \-e,'ir iNiJ. d'his grandfather was twice m.arried, the father of fourteen children ;uid came in the )ear iSji to Daviess count)', where he became a great landowner and died in the \ear iXj<'.

Weslev T. llillon was born on May jf<. ^^l/. on his father's f;irni in Da\'iess coinit\-, and recei\ed his earl)' education in the jniblic scliooD, after which he taught >chool for a few year- and then engaged in farming in b.luiore town.-hip, this coiuit)', where he bought two hundred .'ind fue acres of good land, I lis lir>t ]inrchase cousistt'd of one hundred ami tweiUv acres (jf land, ami it was imme<liately after he bought this tract that he was married to lAangeline Afford on Jul) _''>, 1S71. She was l)orn (III March 5, 1^55. in Da\'iess count)-, and was the daughter of Jacob and Catherine Arford. To their union were horn the following children: Ada, who married Albert IMalone ,-ind h\es in bdniore township; \\illi;mi J., who married Margaretla Kimball, li\'es in ( hicago, Illinois, where he is an attorne)--at-law' ; Walter S., who married Agnes Xelson, lives in .\tlanta, ("leorgia, where he is an attoriie)'-atdaw' ; Alliert IL, who married

Kolieit W. -Mason was "born on januar\- _'5, 1N75. in \\'ashin!:;ton, Daviess county, Indiana, and is the s(.iu <if \\ illi.ain and .Marlh.a (Sturgeon) Mason. His j.^r;mdfather 1 pu the father's siile was Rankin iMason, a native ol the st.ate ol Keiilucke and who farmed the i^reater part of his life. II is wife was M;ir!;aret ((."nchran) Mason, and, after their marriage the\' made their home in the town nf Uichnmnd, Kentucky, which was the seat ni a .i^reat many of the activities of Civil \\';ir da_\ s. To them were l)Mrn nine children, as follow: William, Sarah, Jennie, JmIiii, .\ancv, Kuherl, (jilhert, Rankin and Walker.

Rol)ert W. Mas(_iii receix'ed his early education in the jjuhlic schools of Odon, Daviess county, and hei^an his husiness career as a farm hand about the _\ear i8i)t as an eni|ilovee of his father and continueil to work fcir him imlil ahout the \'ear Kjoo when he estahlished a mercantile business with W. S. Ilaig, in ( )don. ]n i')05. Ik- went into the manufacture of building brick, in ()don. and discontinued this busme>s in 101-, when he established a feed and Lorain exchanj^e in Odon an<l has followed this until April, 1915, when he sold out. Robert W. Mason married I'lesy W. McCoy, in January, iXy)^. daiiL;hter of llu,i;li and hdizabeth tllooth) McCoy, and to then- uniciii have been born the followinj^.^ Darned children: William, dcceasL'il; Ruth; iJott; b'.thel ; Mary Alma ;' Robert'; jjargaret and Arnold. All are li\in_i^, except as noted, and Ijcloilgto tl;e-'Melnodist church of ( )don.

Mr. Mason is a Democrat and is w^Tlihg al Mi time's to lend his support to the principles of that party, lie is a 'Tnembci*. o f the b'ree and Acce].)ted Masons. Rersoualh', he is regarded as a t,'Ood i)usiness man, an excellent m.anager, and a man who possesses soimd ind,i..;nient and fore>ii.^ht, who belie\es in e\ er ]iressinj4 forw.ard. He enjoss the respect and I'steem tif those who know him for his friendly manner, his interest in the promotion (.)f the luiblic welfare, and i> regarded li\- all as one of the substantial and vvortln- citizens of the communit\- honored b\- his residence.

Paul Colli Her

One of the conspictions t'l-ures in the history <>\ Steel township, Daviess eountw ludiaua. during the last li.df century is I'aul Colliher, a prosperous farmer of that towushii). Mis career has been useful an^l honor.able, and he has conferred credit upon the community where he has lived U'V so m;my years. Strong mental powers, invincible courage, and a determined purpose, hesitating at no opposition, no entered into his make-up as to render him a dominant factor in the social and agricultural life of his community. He is a man of sound judgment, keen discernment, and possesses a lund of infi.irmation far greater than that possessed by the aserage man educated (luring- the days of his youth. Mr. (jollihtr is a tine scribe, and early in life, while a soldier in the L'nion army, during the Civil War, endeared

Paul Golliher was born on March 31, 1845, ''^ Cook' county, Tennessee, the son of William and Sallie (Paul J Golliher, the former of whom was born in Richmond, \''iryinia, and the latter of whom was ^Yilliam Golliher's second wife. William G(jlliher and Sallie Paul were married in 1S3S. Py this second marriage there were nine children: Lettie, born on Marcii 28, 1839; Pauline Ann, May 22, 1840; Marvin, March 28, 1842; John S., February 15, 1844; Paul, March 31, 1845; Amanda, May 19, 1846; jMemory, April 27, 1848, and two who died in infancy.

On M;ircb 15, 1850, William Gi)lliber c;une In Tn(nrma, locating in Orange county, in the neighborhood of Orle;ui^, uliere he owned one hundred and si-\ty acres (jf band. Suijse(juenlly he wetU to fowa and sta_\ed there for twelve months. William Golliher's father was a soldier in the ])atrii>t anuy during the Re\'olutionary War. lie was a native of IreLand, -and his son was iiostmasier at Kichnu md, \'irgini;i. The grandfather of Paul Golliher, on his maternal side, w;is William I'aul, who was a soldier both in the War of, 1812 and in the .Mexican War. William l^aul was a son of Tbcjuias Paul, a soldier in the Re\ olutiouar\' arfux-. who after the war returned to Enghmd. and was there married.

Paul Golliher, the subject of tliis slcetch, was n:uned in memory of his mother's family name. Tie was educateil in the common schools, and during his youth li\ed upon the fartn. |)erfovming such work as usualK- fell to the lot of country boys of that d;iy. Tie enlisted in the l^nion army in April, 1864, 'TtI shortly after bis enlistment was poisoneil. The effect of this poisoning left bis breathing very much impaired. RTr. Golliher has been a farmer all his life and owns two liundred acres in Steele township. He started his successful career by renting for the first twentv years of his married life and mo\ ed lo Steele township in 1870.

Paul Golliher was married twice, ilrst on !\Tarch 31. i87_', to .-Vnna Spear, the daughter of TTiram Spe.ar, of Orange countv. tliis state No (39) cliililrcn were Ijorn to this uiiii)ii. Mr. Cmllihcr was niairicil, sccnmlly, on August 4, iS7(), to Sarah I'. Staiuli fool, wh.i was hnni on March 15, iS5_^, tlie daugliter of Mcriton and Mary (I'lane) StamHfool. fanners in Orange ciiunly. tiuhana. MeritMii Siandiford is the >on of William Standiford, a farmer am! soldier of the War of iSu.

Mr. ;md Mrs. dolliher are members of the Christian church. Mr. ( iolliher's father, William Ciilliher, was a member of the ll.aptist cluu-ch. Mr. Crolliher is identilied with the Rejiuhlican party and is a meiuber of 'he ( )dd h'ellow loilge at ri.aiiu die and of I'lainville I'o^t Xo. ,]\^, (h'and Army of the ixepublic. lie is well known in Steele township, and honored and respected by all his neighbors.

.\mong the rising young plnsicirms (jf l)a\ iess i'<iuntv, there is one whi« by sheer force of hi-, engaging peisonality and inbereiu capability, to which nalnral traits he ha-, addcil ,i ihoiough schooling in die siience of medicine, rapidly is foi-ging to the front in the ranks of the followers of the healing art in this section of the slate. .\ native of the countv in which hi^ capable serxices in ihe cause of ailing bumanit\' are being so well directed. Dr. Ira Iv IlowriKan is natm.ilK- s\inpatlielic with his field and with those who coine under his gentle ;md ^.killlnl mini^tr.ation-,. and a-, a con-,e4nence, has built up a pr.ictice during the short time he h.is had bis olVice m ( )dou, that speaks \iilumes for the success of the mmistratious anil the pcrsouid popnlarit\' of the young physician. Among the great natural benef.ictor-, of the race, there i^ none who liokN a closer rel.ation to the iudicidnal thus beiielited than doc? the tliniiL^htlul, ciiiisideralc, ^tinliims physician, ami that Doctor ilowniaii i> filHiiL; all the rci|uircnuiit? nl" lii> cxacliiiL; ]ir<ilcs?ii>ii is clearly dcnionstrated li\' the succe>> which he ha? made ni the held which he selected fur his life's lahors in his trying pn ifessimi. It is nut a cause for wniider, tlierefiire, that his friends arc pi-edictinL; a nntahle future for him in the \>\''<- fcssional life of this county. This lieini;- true, nn luslcir\ uf the present time, in Dacicss cmnity, would he cumplete withmit hrief and mudcsi mcntinn (if this \'(ninn plusii-ian, and it is a pleasure inv the hi' iL;ra|)her here to l)resent a hrief untlinc ni the salient jxiints in the life uf Uoclur JJowmau.

Ira v.. Unwman was hnrn in llii,L;ard tuwushi]), 1 )a\icss cuunty, Indiana, on January 2j. i SS i , the son of William Jl. and Mar,L;arcl (Sims) llowman, the former of whom was horn on March i, 1N35, hoth of whom were natives of Martin county, this state, the latter of whom was the dau,i,diter of Starlini;' and Susannah (Molt) Sim?, meinhers of one of the pioneer families of th;it county.

William I'owman, paternal j^raiul father of Hocti.ir llowm.au, was a nati\e ol Tennessee, horn in March. iXjo, who came to Indiana in an early da\' aiKJ settled in Martin county, where he entered si\ hundred acres of land, in which county he married Julianna iVndis, aii<l re.ircd his f.unily, heiu!4' a fannei- all his life, lie was, for many \ears, oiu' of the leadiiiL,'' men in the community in which he li\ed. lioth he and his -ood \\ i |(_' weie earnest meiiihers of the (.'hrislian clinrch, lieiiii; ever promiiienl in the -ood works of their commuuit)'. W'illi.am I'.owman li\ed to the rijjc old a,L;e of eiL;lity-two, his death (jcnrrin<; in o/)-', an<l his nieniorv will loni^- he ti'casnred in the neiyhhorhood in which he li\ed a hfe so lonj^" and so useful.

Lif the county, but he has been active in all the good works of liis neighborhood and \'ery properlv is accnunted aniony the most intluential men in his conimunit)-, his \-oice always iicing exerted in Ijehalf of any mo\'ement having as its object tlie adx'ancement of its general welfare. The Bowmans are all members of the Christian clun"ch.

Tu William H. ami Margaret (Sims) Bowman were born se\'en cliildren, as follow: Jra E., the immediate subject of this family history; Aljjha O., a Bogard township farmer, who married Hazel McGee; Nora, who married John B. Stotis and li\-es at Odon ; Siilney K., a well-known veterinary surgeon at Odon, who married Aria Myers; \'ictor \^, at ])resent a student at Purdue Univer.^itw where be is taking the agricultural dmrse; Starling 1'". and .Allegra, who are still at home.

Jra E, Bowman was reared nn the paternal farm ami received his elemenlar\' educalinn in the schu(il> (jf I'.dgard li>\\ u:-.lu]), which he supplemciUed by a C(jui'>e at the (Jdnn high schduj, frmn which be was graduated, after which he attended the Central X'lrmal Scbnn] at Ham ille, Indiana, and then touk- the literary ci.nu'.vc at Indiana C'ni\crsity, fulliiwiug which, fcjr three years, he taught scboul at h'-psom, in Bugard townshi]!, being \'ery successful in this form of scr\ice. Mr. Bowman then, for four )-ears, was eng-aged as money order cleric in the postoflice at Washington, this' county, me.anwhile gi\iug much atteniiou in his leisure hours to the slrnh' of me(lic.al worlds, his dei-ision to eulci' the medical profe>-;ion ha\iiig l)een fcjrmed about this time. In imrsuance of iliis kaudable ambition, he entered the Indiana Cuiversit\' School of Medicine, at Imlianaiiolis, fi'oui whiih excellent institution be was graduati^l with_.lhe class of i'jio, for ])rolicieuc\- in his studies being gi\en an iiUernsbi]) in St, Aiuhony's hospital, ;U 'I'erre Haute. After aci|uiring some \ery valuable pr;ictic;d experience in his Ims- ]iital w orl<. Doctor llowmau entered u])on practice foi' himself, his lirst office being opL-ueii ai b.'uora, where be continued lor one war with \ery encouraging success, lie then moved to the neigblioring \illage cjf l\agles\ille. where he remained in practice for another year, repeating the successes which marked his residence in b'.lnora, and at the end of that time, in order tii enlarge the field of bis growing pr;ictice. niONcd to (Adou, where lie since has made his home and maintained his oiTice.

Doctor Bowman is a member of tlie Masonic fraternity, and, tliongh the exactions of his profession do imt permit liis giving mucli attention to p'ditical affairs, he is a Democrat and takes a good citizen's interest in all public matters, being acti\-e in the prcimotion of all muvements designeil to promote public welfare. Ductnr and Mrs. Bowman are among the leaders in the social circles of their home town and .are deservedly ]>opular among all classes of the pro^^re^sive C(jmmunity in which they li\e.

Walter T. -Dearmin

Numbered among the leading business men of l)a\iess county rmd worthy of recognition for his perseverance and sterling qualities. Waller T. Dearmin holds a place in the beans of the i)e'iple of this cummunily and i> eminently deserving of the cuntldence reposed in him b)' his felKiw cilizen^. Being a self-made man of strong liber anel vigoi'ous mentality, he has achieved signal success in his business and has earned the highest words of commendation from those competent to form a proper estimate of him and his accomplishments.

Walter T. Dearnn'n was born in the town of .'^idney, Illinois, on September 15, 1869, and is the son of Dr. John and Kli/.a A. (Smith) l.X'armin. His paternal grandparents were Joseph ;nid Alary \i. (Reiney) Dearmin, both nati\'es of the state of X'iiginia and born there in the years I1S12 and i8j6, res])ectively. To their union were born three chihlren : John, subject's father, GeorL;e and William. The patern.al grandfather left \''irginia with iiis parents, who settled in the town of riloomington. .Monroe couutv, Iniliana, in the year iSio, but later renio\ed to |)a\ie^s ccnnitx. in the \i',u' iS"t, and died in the town nf Ra^lc'-ville, in 1S70. lli> wife died in the year 1S55, in .Monioe county. John Dearmin was born in r>liiMinington, Monroe count\-, on .\]iril 27, 1S45, where he iecei\-ed his earlv education in tlie public schools. While in his school work- the (.'i\il War bi-oke out and he anxiously awaited the time when he could join the ;irmy of the North. On March to. iS('>j, he enlisted and was assigned to Conip;uu^ B, Twenty-seventh Regiment, Indian.a X'olunteer Infantrw and remained in (he service for three years. lie was actisely enL;aged in some .if the fiercest struggles of those days, including the battles of Bnck-iiiii Statinu, Winchester, Chancellors\ille, Antietam, Gettysburg, Kes.ac.i ;md .\llaiii,i. in the year 1864 he was transferred to Comjjany C, Sexenteentli Regiment,

Indiana X'ulunteer Infantry, and was on tlie nieinnralile march with Sherman to the sea. On April 5, iSi)^, lie was himoi-ahly (Hschars^cd I'mm service, at tile Iciwn vi (.iiildenshnri^'. North Carolina. Shortly after his return ,,trom North L'arohna he went to S\'(hiev, Illinois, where he he,L;an tlie stuily '' - of niediciiie untler the tnlorshi]) of \)y. Ihiward Smith, and it was here that he remained for a tei'in of three _\ears. On Se|item1ier' 15, 18(15, he was married to h'liza A. Smith, dauL^lUer of W'iUiam Smith, di Monroe conntw to which union were liorn: Miiuue, deceased, who was the wife of Noah Pate; Walter, the subject (j) this review ; hdhert T., who resides in Indian- - ^ a]iolis. 'I'he mother of these children li\ed until .M.arcli 1, i^^.]. Doctor l)earmiu w;is marridl a Nccond lime, on Ninemher J4, 1S73, to Sn^an I'ersIuul;", d;nii;hter of Siilduion and .Mai^dahne I'er'-hiuL;, and to their union were hoin: Maw who marrit-d r;ml I'aulson: hoii and I )a\'. it was in iSjj that Doctor I )c,armin he.L;an llie ])i'actict- of medicine in the town oi i lindoo,-,iau. Indiana, and alter a term of Iwo years he removed to l)a\iess f County, where he continued the in-aclice of hi> jir. ife^si, m. In iNSj hi.' came to the town of ( )dou, where he cslahlished a Ljoml practice and remained uruil iSi)-. when he removed to the city "f 1 ndiauapi ih,-,, where lie died in the }'ear L<S(;(j. lie was ;i niemher of the Melhudisi church, w.as a meiiilier ol the I'ree and .\cce|ilc<l .MasMiis, helon^ed to llii' kepuhlican |i,in\- and wa> a sl,incli advocate of the ]iroores.si\ e pi inciples of lh;it partw

On January ('). iSqt. ^^'^alter T. ncarmin was married to F.\-a P. Alason. who was horn on .Septemher i.|, 187J, and is the daui^hter of W'illi.am and Martha (Slur,i.:feon ) Mason, whose life record will he found elsewhere in this work under the caption Rohert W. Mason. Walter T. and F.\-a P. (Mason") Dearniin have li;id horn to them the fc)]low iiiL^ cliildreii : Rcua

Mr. Dearniiii i.s a >lr(.nj4 .supimrter of the Repuljlicau party, and thoUL;h IK it particularly acti\e in polilics, he takes a deep interest in q'ood legislation and is e\er readv to lend his inlluence toward matters jjertainin.u to the puhlic gCKxl. He is a niemlier (d" the Scottish Rite and is a thirty-secmid (le,L;ree memher cd' the h'ree and .Accepted Masuns, and his wife is a niemher of the h'astern Star. Personally, Mr. Dearniin is well known lhroni;hout this section of Daviess connty. hoth in the farming;" and husiness world. He takes a full measure of interest in farmiuL;' and owns an eii;ht\-acre tract in Madison township, this county, where he lakes pride in raisin- different .grades of li\e stock. He owns a heautiful home in the town of Odon, where the ni;my friends of the family are deli-liled to -;illier. for thev arc aKva\s assured of a heartv \velconie .and an enj'iyahle hour. Mr. Deamin i> trulv a t;entleman, honest and upri-hl at all limes, .and is held in hi<;h esteem for his exceiilional husiness ahililN', and liis position is secure as one of Daxiess county's most prominent and inlluenti.al men.

'Indiana University is a magnet, attr.ictiuL; to itself the youtliful, the amliitious ;ind the intellectual of many stales. .\ i;re,it man_\- faiius lie within the r.adius of its inlluence, hut in;ni\- f.irmers' sons ha\e continued to follow the plow under the \erv shadow of this L;reat institution. Here .md there, however, a l.id iheie is who feels w itliui liiiiisclf ,s. unelhinL; which responds to the force ,i;oni;^ out from ihe university, and t)nce the hunger for a hroader life is recoL^iii/ed, no harm, h(jwe\er attractive, can hold him. it was this idealit)- which ^rijiped ihe eulhusiasui o\ the man wdiose career is appropriately porliaved in this sketch, and which look him frcjiu the farm antl e\entiiall\' made him the center ( d" the educational life of a whole coiuninnilv. J.imes W. ("ullaspie worked and attended school allernatelv, however, for many years hefore he att.ained the euxiahle Ijosition he now holds.

hVancis Gilla.^pie, the lather of the Indianian in wIkhii we are concerned, was etlucated in the [)ulihc schools of Kentucky. As farming wtis the nio^f pojiular occupation in tlm.^e early days, lie lir.st ga\e his attention to agricultural jjursuils. afterward engaging in the carpenter's trade. The migratory instinct, howe\cr, hecanie too strong to pernnt him to be contented as long as there was an unex[)lored countr\ id the north, ho one line morning he loaded his househuld gdods in wagons and. wiih his faniil\', started nortiiward. Arrixing at liodue <'ount_\', this state, he decided to go no further, and thus Jackson lownshi]) became the home of this enterprising and hard-working pioneer. Thrift and industr_\- brcnight its results, for it was not long liefore I'Tancis (iillaspie was the owuer of a line farm (il six hundred and lort\' acres where he worked and !i\cd until |une 1, 18X4, (he date of his death. ]\lr. and .Mrs. iM^ancis (.iill;ispie's family circle grew initil it numbered ten children. These were: Mar\- .\., decease<l, who married James AIcReynolds and later .Martin Wdiitelcy ; William .\., also deceased, who nuirried Georgia A'oimg ; .Sarah .\., deceased, wlm married Charles r>enningt(jn ; John \\'., who became the husband of l'",llen Shepherd, glow deceased; Georgia and h'annie, twins, the latter of whom passed away in infanc)', the former m,arr\ing Sanford Shockley; Simon .\., deceased, who married Alary .V. Gregory; James \\'., the man whose career is tiie topic ol this sketch: .Xettie I'Tances, who married Uobert T. Ashley, and Jesse Omar, whose first wife was Delia 1 leckathdrne. and wlm afterward married ( irace May. .Mrs. (iillas])ie, the moiher, died nn Al;i\' 3, i<)o,v

Tluit I'Vancis (iillaspie was higldy respected, and ih.it lie betiue.uhed to his childicn ;i name lh;it llie\' cimld huiitir, is --how n \)\ die l:ict that he was made township trustee on tin"ee dilferent occasions, ami was for one term county commissioner.

J.ames W. Gillaspie's amliition could not be satisfied with what the Boone county schools had to offer, although they were mi a i»;u- with (Jther similar schools of their time. .After attending tlie school nearest the farm, where he lielpecl his father and l)rothers in their agricultural interests, be began the career which was tn ni.ake him a reccignized leader b\' matriculating in the normal school at Ladoga, where he studied for two xxvirs. .About this time he was the recipient of a certilicate from the State Xormal at Terre Haute, in 1S98, followed by a sjiring and summer term at the

It must not lie imagined, however, that this educational process was ci.intinuous. or that the vacations were spent in idle dreaming, waiting I'ur the next term uf scIkh.I. In reality, tliey meant hard, .strenu.ius work', sometimes in the harvest held, soiuetimcs in tlK- schoolrotmi. I'.ut always was the dream tucked away somewhere in his coiisci-jusness. al\va\s the desire to hecome a man of t>:irce and inlluence. and the piirpo,-e to perse\ere lunil this end should he reached. I-'.'Ug after he liccame a teacher he was himself a student, fi rr he hegan teaching in i NS i , while we hnd him still seeking knowledge and inspiration in normal schools as late as njuo. lie taught e\ery winter following i SS 1 , except one, and ih.at was a winter sijeiit m study .and research. Who can help hut admire the perseverance and determination of such a man? In i/)io ]\lr. ( iillaspie lieg.an the superintendency o| the (Jdou schools, and his continu.ance in service there is evidence enough of his efficiency.

Tho,-,e who reniemher .Mr. (jillaspie as a college student recall thai he helieved in an all-round education, and therefore was a man of splendid ph_\'si(|ue aiul ahounding energ\'.

In 1S83 .Mr. Gillaspie married l-dla Jacks, daughter of j.ames Harvey and .\ancy i Tovey ) jacks. Mrs. (hllaspie was horn on Octoher to, iHGh. Her father was horn on .\])ril j, iSjS, and died on June i8, 1S09. The mother, who is still living, was hornon .May 31, iN;^j. It is rather unusu.al that a man and wife should hotli helong to such large families as in this instance, for ]\[r. .and .Mrs. (hllaspie had ;m .almost equal mimher of hrothers and sisters. Idie family liihle in the home of the latter shows th.at there were nine children horn to .Mr. ami I\lrs. lacks. These were as follow: M.ary .\.. who is the widow (if Thom.a< Trusty, and resides in Tndian- .ipolis: Idl.i, wife .if J.imc.^ (hll.i-pic; hanin.a U.. who. willi her hii--hand, I'harlcs W. Uohhiiis. lives on ;i farm 111 ISomuc countv; }>lillon 11., who njarried l.ina Davis and lives in lndiaiia])olis ; l-ahelind L., who. after her marriage to Charles .A. Ilell, moved to (iiirdoii, .\rkansas, where they still reside; I'ora B. and ld(ira, the former ui whom lives at home with her mother and has never married, the latter of whom died in infancv; IJeatnce. wife of William M. Smith, living in Leeslnirg, ( lliio. rmd fustina whrf, with her hush.and, James .\. Starr, makes her home in Jamestown, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. (ndlas])ie have no children.

Keturning to the theme of our sketch, it is interesting to know th.at with all of his other activities, .Mr. Ciillasiiie has found time for active

CiinsiilerinL;' the }ears dl ])re|)aratiun fur his prutession, it is nut stirprisins; to learn that Mr. rrillas])ie, superintendent ni the Odun schools, is a capahle ediicatnr, a man of culture and refinement, and a citizen whuse Cipiniun is suut^tu and respected. The main fact in thi,^ life is, it seems, that he, as a _\-<uinL;" man, ditl nut wait for f'irtuitMU> circum>tances to hrinj:^ him fortune and happiness, hut that he carved his (le^tin^- out of his early surroundint^s.

.Mr. Jackman w;is horn on M;i\' 7, iN'13, in |eller--on couni\', ( Ihio. lie was the smi of Isa.ac W. and Martha ( W'.alker ) Jackniaii, the former of whom was IkjI'ii in iS^j, in Jclfei'son couiit\-, ( )hio, and who ilied on ,\u- L;ust 13, 11)11), and the latter of whom was h.ini in jeffersou couniw ( )hio. ill iS V I. and is siill li\ ini;.

c\er. he k-arnctl llic carpenter's inule. Me served a three years' apprenticeship and after liis marriage niuxed t(j Idwa and worked at his trade fur ti\e years, after wliich he returned to Ohio. In iSdd he and liis family, with his father, mother and other relatives, came to Indiana. I^aac W. Jackman hrst purchased twenty acres of land in Ree\e township, hut worked at his trade as a caqjenter. lie then traded twenty acres for fourteen and one-half acres south of Alfordsville and li\e(l ujjon this tract of land until his death. He liuilt the majority of the hams and houses in that community. Isaac W. jackman was a large man, weigliing more than two hun<lred |)ounds. He helonged to the home guards ihu-iug the L'i\il War, when he lived in (,)hio, and performed hrilli.ant ser\ice on hehalf id' the Tuion. Isaac W". Jackman worked at his trade hy contract.- He and his son, Daxid S., the subject of this sketch, for a time held a farm in partnership, liis famil\- were all memhers of the Methodist church.

Pi>Iiucally, .Mr. Jack'nian is a Democrat. lie was appointed to serve an' unexpired term (jf sex'enteen months as trustee of Rees'e township in 1913, and in the folhjwiny year was elected to the same otiice fur a term oi four )'ears. .Mr. jacl<nian has ser\ed on the ad\isor_\' hoard (if the township antl has lieen nicne or less prominent fur many years in the political affairs of this seclirm of Daviess county. rM-atei-na]I_\', he heloUi^s to the Independent Order nf Odd h'ellnws, to the Royal Order of Moose and the Woodmen. In his farmiiiLj nperatinris Mr. jackman makes a specialty of Poland China ho^'s, with which he has heen unusually successtul.

The maternal grandfalher of John \V, Walls was John Xewton, a farmer of Crawford county, Indiana. The ]iaternal grandfather was William Walls, who was a native of Ohii\ coming lo Crawford countv, Indi;ma, ahout iSjo.' He was a farmer there and lived in that county the remainder (if his life. lie and his family were acti\e memher^ of the Methodist h'piscopal church.

Dr. William Harnett Walls taught school when a man. then stutlied medicine in the oMice of a physician, and hegan the acti\-e practice of his profession in llaysxille, Duliois county, Indiana, remaining there for two years, in 1867 he came to .Mfordsxille in Daviess county, where he coi>- tinned in tiie practice initil his death, lie was typical n\ the better class uf country physicians, and was nuich i)eli)\ed h_\- all the people. He had the entire confidence of all tiie residents (jf .\lfords\ille and \icinity, and served these people several _\ears 'ijs postmaster. He spent much of his time on iiorseback, going over the hills ami through the mud of Reeves township to see his patients, and these exposures shortened his life, rolilically, he was a Republican, and throughout his life t(iok an acti\e part in the councils of his party. lie and his faniil)- were all de\oted members oi the Alethodist ]i]jiscoi)al church.

John W. Walls was se\en years ot age when his p:irents iiKneil to Alfordsville. and here he grew to manhood and .'itlended the schools of this village, liarl}- in lile he eng.aged asj a hand in the limber business. l~or twenty years he was engaged in sawing out staves and headings. inostl\' in Ree\'e towiishijj. 1 le afterwards engaged in the ln;tel business in Alfoixlsville, Indiana, for four years, lie now owu^ and oper.ates a coal liank on his thirty-eight-aci'e farm in Reeve township. In lyij .Mr. Walls ])urchased ;i one-half interest in the Rose .Milliii- Coinptui)-. of Alfordsv ille. and became nian.agcr of the llouring-mill. lie has since acipiiied all of the slock and still operates the mill. I le also manages his tarm in Reeve imMislii]).

I'oliticallv, IMr. Walls is a loyal Republican, and li.as .alvvavs been interested in the alTairs of his ])arty. I'ratcrnally. he belongs to the Independent Order of ( )dd Fellows and the lni])roved Order of Red .Men. Religiouslv, he is a loyal and earnest member of the .Methodi-i F.piscopal cliurch. in whose welfare thev are ridively interested and to the su])port of whieh thev are liber.al contributors. Airs. Walls is a member of ihe (,'liristian church.

Air. W'.'dls has built up an extensive business at .\lfonK\ illu and eiiiovs the good will of all the residents oi the village and surrounding coiunuiiiit\'.

TliL- twi) ino^t --trunL^lN-niarke'l characleristics of tlu' ]\ast and the West are ciiiiiliiiied in the re>iiIonl> ^\\ Indiana, 'i'he enthn--ia>tic enterprise whieh iixerleaps all i makes prcifitahle alniiist an\- nndertakini; in the C(:<niparati\'el\' new and xii^iTMiis stales, is here tempered by the stable aiul mure earel'nl ]iiilie\', that we lia\e Imrrdwed fmm <inr eastern neiLihlmrs, The eiiinhination is cjne nl' nnnsual fnree and pnwer. it has heen the means (if keepini; this seclinn of the ri)milr\- on a par with the ulder l^ast, and at the same time prndncin;.; a reliahilit\- and certainty in business and ai^ricnltiiral at'fairs, wdiieli is freipiently laekiiiL; in the West. 'Idiis ha]ipy euinbinatiiin ijf eharacteristics was possessed to a notable dej.;ree 1)_\' the late I'eter Uerens. lie was to,j well known to the residents of 1 )a\-iess comity to need an\- formal introdinction. lie was recognized as a man of stroni;' and alert mentalit\', deejih' interested in everything; pertaim'nt; to the well are of the conimnnilx', and ri'i^arded as one of the most ]iroL;ressi\-e and enterprising men of his comity.

The late I'eter llerens was born in iSj_:;, in ( iermaiU', and was a son (jf Peter and Anna .Mane llereiis, both iiati\es ( d' (ieianam, the tormer of wlirini died in (lerniaiiv and the latter of whom si)enl her last da_\ s in Wasliini;ton, l)a\iess cotintx', Indiana.

I'eter llerens was reared and educated m <'iernian\', and when a yoini^' man he came to Waslnns^toii, Indiana, and enL.'aL;ed in the boot and shoe business in \\'asliin,i;ton. This was in an earK- da\'. .Mr. llerens was in bnsiness f(jr aliout lhirtydl\e )cars, and dnrniL;' this period built ii]) a lar,L;e and llourishiiiL; patronaf;;e in Washin.^ton and Max less county. lie was a man who is remembered for his manv ^i od (|na.lities of heart and head, a ni:m who was kind to his neiijhbors and charitable to a frmlt. llis business snccess was founded upon that sinrdv inte;.;rU\- so cbaracteiisiii- .if the ('ieini;m pe^ .pie.

Davikss Colw'Ty, In'Oian'A

, Michael J. Bennett is a rei)resentati\e farmer and stuck raiser (if Harrison town^hiii. Havios connty. Indiana. lie is known as one of the alert, l,roj^re.-.si\ e and successlnl laruu rs (d' this taxored section of the lloosier stale. in liis lahors, he has not ])erniitted himself to follow in a rnt, in a l.hnd aiidia]iaihetie \\a_\ . hut has studied and ex]ieriinented and ihu.s ohtained the maxnnum retinns from his ehnrts. .\t the same time he has so conilucted hiniselt in all his undertakings, as to command the confidence and rcL;avd of the iieople of the commnnit)' in which he li\es. lie is a man of hoiiorahle husiness methods tmd is an ad\'oc;ile of w h;ile\er tends to proiiioie the iiiihhc welfare in any way.

-Michael J. ISeniKtt was horn on Au.f;\ist 15, 1N43, in (. ollinseille, Illinois, lie is the son of Patrick and .\nn (.\lcCuen) ((i.aloone) I'.ennett, the former of whom w.is horn in 1X13, in ( oniity .\leaih, Ireland, and died in Jul}-, iS(S7, and the latter of whom was horn in (."onnt\ l.eitrim, Ireland, in 1N17 anil died in 1NS5.

Michael J. Bennett was one of two children horn to his parents. He was the ekler, and I'^lizaljeth. who was the youngest, married John Colvin, and lives in Reeve township. Patrick Bennett's wife, Michael J. Bennett's mother, was first married to Jolm Galoony and had one son living hy this marriage, Bernard Cialoony. He lives on a farm in Harrison township; three died - -John, I'^llen and William.

Michael J. Bennett altendeil school in the old log church at St. I'atricks ancl grew u[) on the farm. He lelt home after attaining his majorit)' and worked out t)n dilterent farms mitil he was twent\"-se\'en )'cars <if age. After this he came JKjme and look care of his ]larent^. Michael j. I'.ennett inherited the farm which his father had owned hut it was hea\ily mortgaged and since their death he lias heen ahle to pa\- n\i the mnrtgage and has addeil to it, until he now owns two hundi^ed and lorl_\-two acres in llarrison lownshii). Mr. Bennett keeps thorouglired Hereford cattle and the very finest horses. He started without aiiMliiiig in life and h;is made a remarkable success. His present residence, which i> uiie of tlie hest in Daxiess CdUiit}', was erected in 1^95.

Miciiael j. Ik-nnett \sas married on h'eliruary 4. 1N73, to Catherine M. l^onnolly. who was horn in Harrison townshiii, and who is the daughter of William and Mar\' Donnolly, Imth of whom were iiati\es of Ireland, and earl\' settlers in l)a\icss count\', liiiliana. To this liapp\' union, eight children lia\e liceii horn: .Ann. jaiiiunw 1, 1S74, wlm married Martin lj(j\le, a wealthy farmer of ll.arrisou tMwn^liip; William, April 5, 1875, who li\x-s in I'.arr townshi]i; Mary, Decemher 21. ]^J('>. who married John Di^ser. and li\es in Harrison townsliip on a farm; Patrick, .\pril 4. ]><j^. who li\i_'S with Iun father on the home place; Jerome. .Ma\- jo, iNS;,, who i- an electrician in ."^all Lake Ciiy. L'tali; |;mie>, June iN, iS.'^t, who li\-es in Harrison township; John, June 5. 1NN7, who is an electrician in ()gilen, Uiaii, and Catherine, A|iril 17, iSSi. and died Septemher J5, l<)04, whu was the \\ife (4' JmIui Downey.

Although Mr. Bennett is alTili:ited with the Democratic pariv. he has ne\er taken an active part in its counciP ;ind has never cared to hold office. He has always ])een keenly interested in his Micalinii .and has gi\-en it his entire time and attention. Mich.ael J. Bennett i.- a man highlv respected in Daviess comity, where he is well known, and is a de\out niemher of the -Catholic church

Andrew Haag

In tliL* daily laborious struggle for an lioiiDrahlc competence in any im the jiarl of a business or preifessiunal man, there is little t(j attract the casual reader in .search uf a sensatinnal chapter. To a mind thuruui^hly awake In the reaht\' and meaniuL; i>l human existence there are nol.)le and im[>erisliable lessuns in the career nf an indisidual wIki, without other means that a clear heatl, strong arm and true heart, couipiers ad\ersitv and tinallv wins not onl\- pecuniary indepentlence, btU what is far greater antl higher, the deser\ed resjiect and confidence of those with \\huni his acli\e }ears ha\e been spent.

Andrew- llaag was burn in i'rincclon, Illinois, on .\pril 30, 1^53, and is the Son of Andrew and I'luliiniena (iJrum) llaag, both natives of Germanw born on No\enibei- _'4, iNiJ, antl June jo, iNjo, respccti\el\'. His father came to the L'mted .Stales in the year 1831}, being then but nineteen )'ears (if age, and lirst settleil in the town id W'illiamsport, I'enn^yhania. and his mother came to this couutr\- in the \ ear 1S41, also went to W illiamsport, where lhe\' were married on ( Jctober 15, li'^.|.p I'he l(.illowing _\ear, on the 4th of June, they mo\ed to Princetnn. Illiuiiis. where he engaged in the teaming business. d"he}' were the |)arents of the f(jllowing children; (ieorge C. ( )ctober _'j. 1S41); .\ndrew, .\])ril 30, i''^33; William, June 17. \i<^(>. who died in St. |oseph. .Missouri. Xo\-ember jj. 1 NO'S ; Ilem-\-. ( )etober (1, iN^.S, whii i\\>:i\ in Jeilersdu, lo\\,-i. ,\ugirsi kj, n^io. The father and mother weru de\out members ol the ( lermau Lutheran church, and he was ;m ardent aiKucate of the piiiu'iples of the Rcpnl.ilicm ])art\-.

.Xndrew llaag w.is reared in the town ol Princeton and attended school there nmil the sc\enteenth _\ear ol his .'ige. and then went to I reston, Iowa. \\ hen a lew \ears iTler he secured enipl. i\nunt as li.e(anoii\c lireman on ihe lUnlmgiiMi s\slem. and remained .at that work for a number of years. In 1N77 he recei\ed promotion to the ]iosition of loconioti\e engineer, and three years later w.as transferred to another division of the ro.ad and made Ins headquarters in the city of St. Joseph, Missouri, where he remained until the year iXSg, and was then engaged in the same cai)acit3- with the Haitimore iS: Ohio .Soulliwestern railro.ad, making his headquarters in Washington, Indiana, where he has continued as engineer to the preseiU d;i\-.

In 1S77 Andrew llaag was married to ( 'arrie I l.artsonr.ader. who was born on December I'i, iNfm. in .St. Joseph. Missouri, a (laughter (if X'ich- (40)

-Mr. Ilaag is the (jwner nf an attracti\c hunie at Xu. 706 \\'e>t Main street, W ashingti m. where he and his wite tak'e great pleasure in entertaining their large circle of warm friends, and where the greatest h<ispitaliiy exists, rolilicalh', .Mr. ilaag is a niemher of the kepuhlican part\' and in thcirough s\inpath\' with the policy ad\(.«.alcd li\' that pariw hut does not take anv acti\e interest in allan--^ of this kind, lie and his wife are dexout niemhers of the Westminster I'reshxterian churcli, to wl'.ich denomination the}' coutrihute liherallv. I'ersonalh', the suhiect is a man of generous disposition./pleasant and alTahle, and is numbered among the po|)ular and most progressix'e citizens of Washington, Indiana, fie takes a deep interest in current affairs, and is alwa\'S read\- to support mcritoiadus enterprises that tend til the promotion ol the public good. lie has been a member of the l!rolherhoo(I o| Locomoti\e I'.ngineers since 1877, becoming a member at .St. Joseph. Missouri, and is now a member of X'o. _'8ij, at Washington. He was a delegate to the St. [,ouis couxentiun. Mrs. Ilaag is ,a memln'r of the I..adies' .\uxiliary No. 349.

Fndi.ma was uoi lacking in lo\all\' dming the d.irk davs of the Rebellion, when the shi]i of state was almost stranded on the rocks ot disunion, but Contributed her full quota ol bra\e, valiant men to a.ssist in p|-eser\ing the integrity of the goxernment, ]ironnnent among whom was the late .\lfred l)a\is Meade, of J )a\-iess county. Indiana. lie was loyal to his countr\- in the hour of peril and extremity, anci this was demonstrated on many bloody battlefields, lie was its stanch supporter in limes ot pe.ace, and ;it the time of his death there were few soldiers of I)a\iess count_\- as wideh- and faxcirably known and none who could boast of a more honorable record. The ranks to the noble organii^alion to which he belonged, in the days uf his vouth, are fast being decinialed by the one in\ isible foe,

Alfred Da\is Meade was the sou of W'illi.im ;md Delilah (Hayes) .Meade, bdih of whom were n.ali\r> of .Maryland and earlv settlers in Washington township, Da\ less C(junt\-, Indiana. I'luw were .ardent members of the Christian church. Delilah (llayes) .Meade died e;irl\' in life, and after her death her husband remarried. Two children weix' boiai to the lirst marriat^e, Alfred D. and Joseph, the latter cd' win mi uuw li\es retn-ed in W'asliington, Indiana. The half brothers of .\lfred I )avi-, .Me.ide are: William, Ruso, lunanuel and Sentony.

The late .\ltred Da\is Ale.ade had a \'er\- limUed education, consisting; of a few months sjient in the township scIkjoIs. IJi,' im|.iro\ed his op])ortiniities by home study and was a well-informed m.an. .\fter the ('i\il War lie returned to his Iruher's farm and helped to oper.ate it for ^niiie lime.

Mr. Meade was married cm September u, |S()3, to Sarah Shaw, who was liorn on Jul}- 12. 1^45. and who died on March _'S, t^ji). Sarah Sh;iw |was a tiaughter of I'iney Sh.aw, an e.arly settler of liarr township.

.After the death of his wife Mr. Meatle married .Marv I".. While. She wa> boin on \nL;u>l 17. iS|_^. in Dcarb.'ni cmuiu\. Indiana, and is the dau-liler of Joseph and b'.li/abetll ( r.onliam ) While Tliex both died when Mrs. Meade was a eery small child, and she reniLinbers niMhing about them.

In 1N77 -Mr. Meade pnrch.a^ed ;i hundred and thirty acres >-( land in Harrison township, J^a\iess couiil), Indi.an.a, ,ind baler .added eight\- acres more to this farm. He li\ed ii]iimi this farm ha]ipil)- tlirougliout his life and farmed until his death. I lis widow, Mrs. M.arv \\. (White) .Meade, and a son, William, still li\e on llie pl.ice. .Mfred Da\i> .Meade belonged to the (iraiid .\rm}' of the Repnbhc and to the Independent Order i.f Oild l-'ellows. The ]\leade family are all members of ihe t 'liri.-~li;m church.

James B., who was l(orn on July lo, 1866, is a farmer in Harrison lownship; Minnie, wlm was l>nrn on Deceniher 26, 1.S67, was liurned to ileath at the a^'e of t\venly-ei<;lu ; (iiles \\'., who was horn on June i[). 1S71. (hed youn^'. as (hcl also Charles l'~., was was horn on April 19, uSj :; ; iulwanl \i., who was horn on h'liuary <;, 1875, is a larmer in l\ie\e township; h'rank S., who was horn ou July 15, 1878, h\es at Iheknell. Indiana. V>y the second marriage lour children were horn: Sarah \'.. was horn on lul\- -'7, 1880, and died in infancy; Annie U. wa.^ l)orn on lanuary 24. i88j, married Mdward |olmson, and thev h\e at Portland. ()re|;on, and ha\'e Iwij chiklren. Marie and .\lfred; William A. was horn on Max 7, ' 18X3, and li\es on the farm with Mrs. Meade; Mai'tin L. wa^ horn on March 18, 1888; he married (irace (innnim^s ami they li\e in ]\lartin countv and ha\-e two children. Mikon. horn on Marcli 4. \<.)i'., and l.ucile. horn on Januar}- 1 i . 1013.

Alfred Davis Meade li\ed a life of rare uscfulne-s in the communit\- where he was an active farmer for so nianv years, lie wa-< a >tanch i\epnlilican, was highly respected h\' the citi/ens of Daciess count}', and well known throughout the count\-.

Henry Joseph Kramer w;ls horn on Aui^iist 18, 1871;, in W'.ashinyton township, Davdess county, Imliana. He is the son of Louis ami Mary (Hack) Kramer and the hrother of l-'rank Kramer, whose sketch api>ears elsewhere in this volume.

Henry Jose])h Kramer w.is educated in the \\'ashinL;ton ])uhlic ami parochial schools. He learned the meat husiness in W'ashini^ton and hef.;an workinLf at this husiness when si.Kteen \-ears of ai^e, and, with the e\cei)tion uf out and oiic-half years siicnt in Terre Elautc, lie has lived in \VashinL;lnn all of his life. Jn i<;04 Mr. Kramer eni;a,L;etl in the meat business for hini- , self at 414 luist Main street, and he has hnilt up a llourishing trade and enjoys a lars^e patronage from ihe jieople of Washinj^jton :uu\ vicinity. Mr. Kramer is an exjierl huteher and a keen, far-sighted, eapalile business man. Mis reputation for S(|uare dealing- has won for him an eu\'ial)le place in the business circles of the city of Washington.

~Althoui4h Mr. Krruner is identihed with the fortunes of the l^emocratic party, he has never been especially acii\'e in i)olitical matters and has never held oftice. Fratern;dlv, lie is a member of the Knii^lits of C^olumbus, the lk-ne\o]ent and Protectixe Order of hdks, and the h'r.aternal Order of I'-.-ii^de.^, all in Washing-ton. He and his wife and son are devout members oi the , I'atholic church and contribute liberally of their mean-, tfj the sui)])ort of this church.

Indiana, who has succeeded in his chosen vocation, wholl\' as a consei|ueuce of his own coura,i,'e, persistence and i;o(,d mana,L;enient, is Idorian II. Wdiite. ^ lie is a man who believes in lending what aid he can to his neighbors and the ,!;eueral public, while advancing his own personal mterests. As a consei|ueui-e, he is acknow ledLjed as one of the best citizens of |)a\iess coiuUv. M.r. While has actjuired a sub-tantial competence in lite ami, when his <lecliniu,L; vears come, he can be hap]iy in the .issurauce that he can live coinfortablv without further labor.

(iilbert White was the son of John While, who was' born .and m.arried ^ in the state of Tennessee. Whe^ii (.iilLiert White was ei^ht ye;tTs old, the family drove thn.niL;li from 'IVmur'sscl' to Indiana in wagons, ilrawn l)y oxen. 'J'hey settled in Keeve township, l.)a\iess eonnt_\-, aloni; Sugar ereek. Jcilm White was a farmer, hut he later mo\'ed to a farm in Martin eount}', where he died. Nancy Alford was the daughter of William and l!etsy Alford. The ancestors of the /Mford family came from I'rance and were the founders of Alfords\ille in ]\ee\e towiishi]). William .Vlford was born in Alfordsville and was a farmer in l\ee\'e township. The t.aiinl)- helung' to the C'hristian church.

(iilliert White grew ui) on a farm in Ree\e township and after his first marriage, farmed in this townshi[). jVfter the death of Nancy (Alford) White, the mother of Idorian 1!. White, his father married again to Mary iCmaline j(.ines, who died in ii;i 1. There were nine children horn to Gilbert White and his llrst wife, six daughters and three sons, and four children horn t(_i the second marriage. During his lile. Colbert White mo\ed to \'eale townshi|), where he laiined bir se\eral )ears. .Subsec|uenll}', he returned to kee\'e township. .Ml of the members of the While familv were attached to the Missionary Rajjtist church.

Moriaii I'.. While was first married to Zilphea (iregorx', .May 30, iNiSn. She died in ( )etober, looj, and Mr. White was married again on March J3, \i)i>f>, to Nellie .Met lure, who w;is born in I'ike couiUv, Indiana, the daughter id William and l.ucinda Met 'lure, the foi-mer of whom w:is born in keulnck)' and llie latter in l)a\H'ss counlv. Indian, 1. Mrs. l.ucinda .McChu'e is now deceased, ller husband is a f.armer in I'ike couui\-, Indiana.

I'dorian 11. While's second wife was first married to \\'illiam llarbisrm, born in Martin county, Jndi.ana. .\ugu-l 11. iN7,v lie dietl on .March 7, 1001. lie was a farmer. There \\ere two children b\- this union, I'aris, born on .March 7, i8(/i, and Lucile, born on July _m , 181)7, both of whom are at home.

Fhjrian White is a loyal Repuhlican Init has never heen especially active . in political affairs and the only (jftice which he has lilled is that of road supervisor. Nevertheless, he is hi,L;hly esteeineil hy the jieople of his community and honored and re^l>ected for his many i^ood (|ualitie>. lie is an enterprisin,^- farmer, a j^cKjd citizen and merits the esteem and confidence bestowed upon him 1j\' his neiyhhors.

Whether the elements of success in life are the inner attributes of the indi\idual or whether they are taken In'- a process of circumstantial development, it is impossible to determine, clearly. Vet the study of a successlul life, wlialever the held of endeavor, is inuie the less nUerestinj^' and profitable, by reason of the e.vistence of this uncerlanity. .So much in excess of those successes are the reconls of failures and semi-failures, tliat one is constrained to analyze citlier case to Vletermine the ai)i)roximate cause. In studying the life' history of Rett A. Roberts, a well-known educator of Daviess conntv, Indian.a, we find many (|ualities that always win succe-s il the career is i)roperly directed. hAideiitly Mr. Roberts's career has been \vell directed, since it has resulted in much -iiod to others as well as in attaining a comfortable competence for himself.

The paternal grandparent> of Rett .\. Roberts, were William and Maria Jane (Cirismore) Roberts. William I-Ioberts died when his sun. John Avas eighteen months old, and J. \\ Roberts remembers nnthing concerning him. The mother died when J. I'. l\oberts was only four years oM. His grandfather, George r.rismnre, ke]it him for a time, when he was lin;dly taken b\' his uncle, .\lbert ( 'irisniore. .Albert Cri^more li\-ed in riouLjl.a^ count\-, Illinois, rmd Jojm V. lived there for four years. Im-oui the lime he forty ilays and fort)' nights. He was also in the Carolina campaign, and participated in the Grand Ke\ie\v at \A'ashingt('in at the close of "the war. After the war he dro\e nuilci on a street car in Louisville and was married there. Suhse([uentiy he became an overseer on his uncle's farm in Washington County, Indiana, hut linallv came to l\(je\'e township in na\'iess County, Indiana, and rented a farm. IJe then pinchased a farm In ]\ee\'e township, an<l in Septeniher, loi.-?, he retired^no\ ing to Alfordsv ille, where he now li\es. He is a Ivepnhlican in i)olitics, an<I ser\'ed as a school director for several years, hraternalh', he is a member of the (Irand Ariri\- of, the \ I

John h'ranklin Roberts and hi> wife were the parents of U\\: children: ' __ < Maud, who married J. W. Collins, and she is now decease<l ; ITnldah Alay * / , married 11. Alooic and li\-es at West Ikiden, Indiana, where he is a farmer; ' ^ the high scliooj. \\ lien he was seventeen \ears of age he began leaching school, and has tauglit school uKire or less since that time, lie attended \ \

Course in medicine and surger)- in Kentucky Cni\'ersity at Lonis\'ilIe, Ken- '' '' n lucky. In io<)() ?\lr. Roberts was instrumental in starting a high sclmnl at '^'' / .\lfords\ ille, and was tlu! first principal of ibis. high school. jR' has heKl i

Rett A. Ivdlicrts was niaiTicd, May 18, i<)ii, Id Clara E. Mills, who was liiirn in Martin ot^iunty, Indiana. She is the dani^htcr uf William \V. and Celia ( Tniclnxc ) Miles, hdih uf wlmni are li\-in,L; al .\lf'irds\ille, Indiana, lie is a retired farmer. Mr. and Mrs. Rett Ivuherts ha\'e no children.

One of tile hest titles a man can estahlisli to the hii;h and generous esteem of an inteliiiL;ent comnuniit\', is a protracted and honorable residence therein, l.ouis W. Keith, one of the best known and highly esteemed men of Da\'iess county, has resided in this locality all his life, and liis career ha^ been a most conimenilahle one in every respect, well deserving of being perpetuated in a historical work of tliis nature. Lii<e his fathei-* before Inm, he haji been a man of wull defined pnri)ose, and ne\er failed to carr\' to successful c<jmpleti(jn any work' or enterprise to which he addressed himself. Ijeginning life under many unfavorable circumstances, he let nothing deter him and before the lap.^e of many yeai's he had a line farm nnder cultivation. Kncjwing that the comity was destined to take a \er\' higii laiik in the pro(hicti\'e and rich localities of the North, he applied himself \x-vy closely to his work and waited for the future to bring its reward, and todav he is one of ihc .substantial men of the county.

Louis W. Keilh was born in .May, iSoj, in Washington township, Uaviess coinuy, Indiana, and is the son of Jarit and h.hida (Lester) Keilh, whose life histor_\- is recorded elsewhere in this work.