Daviess County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1915 (part 6 of 7)

Mr. Keith began life imder the ])arenial luof, received his earlv education in the township schools of this county and ap])lied himsell" to farm work from the \er\- start, lie is now' the owner of one of the linesi fanning tracts throughout this section. Ilis pl.ice consists of se\en Inmdied acres, nearly all ol which is nnder cultixation, ;uid besides gencr.al crop raising, a good deal of attention is given to sioek raising. Wliile .\lr. Keith does not deal especially in blooded stock of aii)' kind, yet his herds of cattle are of standaixl hrcctl and, and lit tind^ a ready market for the produce. During the past few )-ears a nuniher of new Ijuildings ha\'e Ijeen erected on the land, and the owner bear.s the reputation of hasiny a place for e\erything' and e\'erything- in its-^ place. The home is a substantial, commodious and ccimfortable building, occup_\'ing a conspicuims place among the cither well built and substantial kicking barns and Liullinikliug,

J.ouis E. Keith was in his twent}-second year uf age when married, in December, 1S84, to Lillian Covalt. She was born in Henry county, Indiana, on October 5, i86fi, and is the daughter uf (.'heniah and Li.iuisanna (Williams) Covalt. Iler father was born (<n (Jctober 16, 1842, in Henry county, Indiana, and her mother was born on l)^-cember 12, 1838, in b'ranklin C(jumy, Indiana. Stime time after their marriage they settled in Daviess county, Indiana (T""ebruary, 18(17), where the father died on July j6, 1913. and tlie mother ]iassed awa)' frum tin's life i>n June 25, i8()i. Cheiuah Cn\alt was a ^^on of C'hcniah and I'llizabeth ( l'"rhelbarger) Co\'alt, who came Irom the state nl Ohio and were early settlers in Henry cduntx". Indiana, where both died and are buried near the tijwn <if ^ibjoreland, that ci.>imty. His wife's mother was a dau^^bler'of Suloniun ,'uid Sarah ( (.'lenK-nt^ ) Williams. Solomon was Imrn on X()\-ember \h, 1809, rmd his wife was bm-n t/u Ocluber 15, 1812. 'i'hey came frdui the slate of ^Maryland anil settled tirst in iM'.anklin count\', Indian.a, then Later mox-ed to I )a\iess crinnt\', this state. Her mother died in b'ranklin cnunty on June 3(~). 184'), and the father died in this Cdunty on I'ebruary 11, 1888. Her father ha<l been a ])rijminent farmer, stock raiser and trader in his day, and wa.s a -nldier in the Ci\il War. He enlisted in 1861 and was assigned to a C(inip,an\- in the Thirt)-- sixth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, with which he remained until the close fif the war. He w;is in the fierce engagements against the CV,n fcdeiTUe fiMTcs and todk aciixe part in the battles of Sliilch. ('hickam.auga and l-nokont M('iintain. lie was twice m;ii"ried, anil bv his lirsl wife was the f.atlier iif Lillian and b'dgar L. Ccnalt: by the secund marriage, ic Ola Lucas, he iiecanie the father uf fnur children: Ferdinand. Ho\t, M\-rle and Mildred.

Tci the union of Louis W. K'eith and wife ba\e been burn the fullnwing children; F.thel, September 28, 1S85, the wife of Ch.arles .\. .\ikman. and they have one child. Helen: l\lmer, June 15, 1880. died on January 10. 1892; Clara, July 15, 1893. wife of Austin .\. Twomew to w In >m was burn Wilma : .S|hi-ley, lauu.iry ki. 181)0, win. was gradnaled from the high -chmil and iiiiw lives in \\';ishingtiin. Indiana.

able work toward advocating the snuiul principles of his party. Relit^nonsly, he ;in(l liis family are members of the Methodist church and contribute liberally to that denominalion. Personally, Mr. Keith is very widely known throughout Daviess county and has a large circle of friends, who esteem him for his splendid record as a business man and for the honorable methods he has always pursued in his dealings with his fellow citizens. He is numbered among this community's must jiruminent and leading i)e(i[)le.

It is the progressive, wide-awake man of attairs who makes the real history of a comnumity, and his iiillucnce as a jjoiential factor of the Ixjdv politic, is ditlicult to estimate. The e.\-amp]es such men furnish oi patient l.urpose anil stead f;ist integrity, sirougly ilJustrale \vhat is in the power of each to accomplish, but there is al\\a\s a full measm-e of satisfaction in adverting, e\en in a casual way, to then- achievements in ad\ancing the interests of their fellow men and in giving strength and solidiiN- to the institutions which make S(i much for the iiro-pcrity of the couimunity. .Such a man is Oliver Mason X'ance, a real est.ate and insurance man of Washington, Indi.ana, and it is eminently pr.)])er that a review of bis career be accorded a |)lace among the repres(,ntali\e citizens of the cit\- and county in which hi.- resides.

Tile Vance lainil\' were all Scntch I're^hyterian m their belief and the great-grandfather, Lanipliell \'auee, eanie to Daviess euinit)' fruiii the state uf Sijulh Carolina, in a \ery earl) da_\', and took up a large tract of land in the sonthern part of this comity. After remaining here a numlier of years, he retui-iied t(.) his old home in Union dainty. South Carolina, where he s];ent the rest of his life np to his death. Subject's grandfather being one of the pi.,neer.s ui iln> section was a leading man in his neighborhood and was very active in Uei)nhlicaii ])ohtics. lie held the ofi'ice of justice of the I'.eace l<ir many years and served the conimnnil\- t.. gcid ad\antage in this ofhce. Subject's father and his wife are li\ing in Wasliinglon, this counl\', anil are dexoul members of the I're^byterian church. To them were lH,rii the b.llowing children: J,,hn M., Matlie J. (dccease.ll. (jliver .Mason, luta, I'erry \\'., Cora (deceased), Jlattit/ (decea.sed), I'.zra J. (deceased), and I'jnnia I. (deceased ).

( )liver Mason N'ance was reared on the honiestead farm in Harrison township, this county, educate. 1 in the public schools an<l atteinled the high schi.ii^l m Louisville, Illinois, where his parents had lived for a few years. He graduated from X'incennes (ln<liana) I'niver^ity and followed the teaching profession for several years, and then engage. 1 in farming in W'a.shington t.iwn-hip, where he ;inil his wife now own a f;irin, consisting of two hundred hlteeii acres. With the e.xcepli.m of two years spent in the city of -M'.bile, .\labaina, where he was engage.! in business and made an investment in Alabama lands. .Mr. X'aiice has li\ed in W'a-hingt. m ^ince lOO, and con- .liicts a gener.al real estate ami m.-nr;mce business and in which he is eminently successful. In t8iji .Mr. Maiice w;is married to .Mary j. Keith, who was born in i^(>^. a native of this couiitv and daughter of Jaral Keith, wli.)se life recor.l appears el-ewhere in this review under the capti..jn of (ie..rge Keith. Subject and wife iiave ..lie chil.j. Oliver .McKinlev, b.irii on b'ebru.iiv _^, iS()S. an. I wli.. 1- :i slii.lent ill (he \\'a-lmigl..u high sch.iol at the ]Jre^ent time.

iru^t and respect re])ijse(I in him. lie is reganleil as having snuml jiulgnient in tlie actnal values uf real estate and is one ut" the county's most reinx-sentative and valued citizens.

The career of the ahuve well-remembered gentleman, was strenuous 1 and luuKvrahle and, although his life record has been brought to a close by the inevitable fate that awaits idl mankind, his iiillucnce still pervades the lives of a wide circle of friends and ac(|uaintances who revere his mem(jry. Reproved his lovallv to his fellow citizens and was a man ever ready to advance the material interests of the communuy in which he so Ic/ng livetl. He is a wiirthy subject for review in a work of this character, and it is proper that he be accorded a place among the memoirs of re])resentati\-e citizens of lJa\iess county, Indiana.

(George Wilson Im Ife was born in Lawrence conntw Illinois, on December J], tS;^(), and was ihe son of I'.dward l'err\ and ."^ar.di (James) l-'vli'e. His parents lived and died in Lawrence count)-, lllinoi->, and to them were born the following children: Rebecca (deceased), .\niie. .Adaliue, Martha, - lames (deceased), Al.arioii. Lleiijamin (tleceased), .Mills and George Wilson ( deceased ).

(je<irge Wilson I'"\ife came to Da\-iess county. Indiana, when ipiite a voting mail and was married to Julia t.'aiie, who died on Jul\' i), iS^j. Mr. I'Mfe marrieil a second time, on December J,:;, 1N73, to Nellie L. Wilson, who was born on June J5, i'"^37, in ll.arr township, Da\'iess count)-, and who is- a daughter cd" James II. and Sns;innah (j. (I.ilten) Wilson. I ler father w.'is a native of Scotland, born on (Jclober 7. iN_v). who came to this countr\ and settled in Greene count)-, Indiana I ler mother was Imtu on .\pril i-p iS;(i, ill Lawrence cointl\-. Inditma. I'lieir marriage cereinijny was performed in Da\iess count)-, where the)- in.ide their future home, and to them were born the following children: .\iigeline, Jose])!], Xellie L,, Decie. Milton II., Andrew Jackson, l-jnily Jane, Jacob Michael. J;unes William, Thomas Theodore, Susan T;il)itha and Martha Samanth;i (twins), and Mary, wdio died in infaiu;^-. The father has alw-a)-s been a supi)orter of the Republicm ticket. iveligioush-, the emire f.amil)- lend their su]iport to the Christian church, and all are respected and honored citizens.

The .subject of review- received his edttcitioil in the township schools .-and began farming when a voung man. He aciinired ownershii) of one hun-

I'ohticalK', Air. ]''\ife \\a^ a persistent ad\i]cate of the principles of the kepnhlican partw hnt nex'er touk an acli\e part in its aftairs. Keligionslv, he was a memher of the ('hri.--tian clun"ch and liis laniily alsij helonL; to that denomination. I'ersonalh, he wa^ a m;m well thonght of 1)_\- all his friends and ac(|iiaintances, wIm held him in the highest respect ;ind esteem. He had a reputation for heiny lhoronL;lil\ ]iroL;re>Ni\e, in matters pertainint;' to the pnhlic welfare, and was e\er reail\- to assist in the promotion of merit<irions enterprises toward thai end. .\11 in all, he was a worthy representati\-e of the steady, intelligent and proaressi\e class that gives sttiliility and character to the conimimit\' in which tney li\'e.

l!y his first marri.age there were hoiai three children; two <lied in infancy, Lafie, Rdgar, who li\es in Terre Haute, Indiana. He is an engineer on the Sonthern Indiana railroad.

Among the cnierpri>ing and pru^ressive t.ariners of the connt\- there is none who st.nuK higher in the esteem of his neighhors and fellow citizens than does J(]|iii (]. Sh.anks, who is also well known in this coiint\' and who has had a large ]iart in the ci\'ic de\elopmenl of this favored region.

William was the third, juhn Shanks was born in the northern part of I'ennsyKania in iNoi, and his wife was hum in i8o-' in tlie same state. Idhii Shanks was a sun ut William Shanks, wli.) died in I'ennsylvania in 184-'. In 1837 j(.>]in Shanks came to Da\ less county, Indiana, and entered line hundred and sixty acres of land. Aside from heiny a farmer, he was also a tanner and followed this trade in Indiana. Suljsequently he returned to IV-nnsyhama in 1S3S. lie remained m I'ennsyh'ania until 1X40, when he returned with his fannly and Idcated in W ashingtmi tnwuship, l)a\ less countv. Here he died in the fall uf iS5_', his wife sur\i\inL; vmlil 1NN3.

William Shanks, the father of Jnhn G. Shanks, remained at linme and worked for his father until he was t\\ enty-tliri.e \-ears ul at;e, alter which he taught schuol for three terms. In 1841) he was appointed deputy sur- / v;^e\or of Daviess count)' and ser\eil two years. In 183-' he went to ( 'alifonua ami engaged in mining, Imt returned luiu' )ears later and beyan farming. In 185S he settled on a farm in Washington township and remained upon this farm ui)lil In^ de;ilh. He owned three hundred ,aiid twent\-si\ acres of land, of which two hundred and twenty->ix acres were in a line slate of ciiltix atiou. In 1808 he wa.s elected County sur\eyor of Daviess county and was re-elected in 187J. lie was married in 1857 to Catherine ( iraham, a native of I'ike count)', Indiana, who w.as born on (JcUiber 31, i8_'7, and who was the daughter of John and Anna .M. (iraham. fohn Graham was born in 1 77CJ in Scotland, and his wife was l)orn in 1801 in Maryland. The children of William and Gatherine Shanks were: Anna and Sarah I".., twins, born in l'"ebruary, 18(^11, and John (].. the subject of this sketch, born on Se|)lember jj, i8((_'. William Sh.inks was an ardent Republican throughout his life and was always inlUiential in the councils of his party.

|ohn ( ;. Shanks was reared on the old homestead farm and etlucalc<l in the Daviess county public schools. During his entire lite he has been a successful farmer. Mr. Shanks belie\es \ery keenly in the motleni spirit of farming and in modern methods oi soil cultivation. d'his no doubt accounts for much of bis success in life. John (i. Shank's has Iwn hundred and six acres of land, and is eng.aged in general farming and stock raising. He makes a specialtv of Poland t hina hogs and is considered an expert judge, not onl\ of thoroughbred hogs, but of cattle and. in fact, of all other kinds of live stock.

Alice, who married William Xublet ; l-'.lizabctli, who married Andrew MeCormick; lames, who married I'dizahetli liammersley; (.elia, who marriecl Nathan lianners; Malhaly, who lir.it married William haiih and then John Long; Jsar, wh<j married Nancy McL'ormick, and llar\e\". who married Jane Wesmillan.

John Hastings' father hetjan farming as a very \oiing man, in ILlmore township, and coiuinned to fai'm all ul his life. During h\> lime he actjuired a full :^eclion of land which he dix'ided among his snr\i\ing children, hirst, was an infant child; l.e\i, who married Rebecca Slinkard; .\ancy, who married (ieorge heltner, who wa.s killed during an engagement in the ("ivil War; her second husband, .Martin C(>.\, died and her third husjcmd is Robert liratton; Jefferson, who married h.lizabeth .Slimj> ;uid who died, then married Sarah Manley; Hannah l-'.lizabeth wdio married Samuel Skomp, their children are George (tleceased), Jane (deceased), John, \lbert, ( 'harles (deceased), ruid .Mar\-, the wife of William k\-nch : Jams (deceased), wdio married Alargarel .Slinkard; George (ileceased), wdio marrieil Nancy Dillon; John, the subject of this sketch; .Anna, who married d'honias Killion, and Willi.am wIkj ilicd in infancy.

John Hastings rl-cei\eil lii> early education in the b.hnore township public schtjols, began f.arnn'ug at an early age and has continued this business c\er since, besides gi\ing sonie particular atteniioii to die raising (jf li\e stock, but at the |uesent time a son Charles gives personal attention to the greater |)art of the details of farming. .Mr. Ibasiings owns two hundred and lifteeii acres of line land and erected all the buildings thereon. His fu'st wife was Sandi .Gourtney. a daughter of James and b'rances (.Moore) L'<iurtney; she gave birth lo one child. Gliarles. His second wife, Sarah Dnnlap. is a daughler of Glemeus and .Martha (Iv.bison) Dunlap, and bv this nKirriage he is the father (jI William, who married K^^^u Sh;irp1e--; .\d.i. who m:irried ll:ir\ey Sinis. and die\' ha\e four chddren. I'.oinne. |)oi;is, .l"li'i 'iiid Lloyd; .Xellie, who married Aha Suns and ilie\ have two chiMren. Julia and l.otu'sa; llailie. who married h.llis .Maloiie: and I'aris. Mr. ll.asiiugs' wife's parents ga\e birth to four children. Scott. Sarah, Hattie, decea-ed, and (.'ora.

John Ib-istings has nexer taken an active interest in |ioliiics, but has always been an ardent supp(.rter of the ]irinciples of the Kepnblican p.artv. He and his family .are s|;,,k1i nieiiibers of the Cdiristi:m church ;md to that denomination lend their IliLancial supjiort. I'ersoually, Mr. Hastings maxwell leel a sense of piade in his achiexemenls and the lion,,rable po-uion he (40

Tliere are individuals iw nearly every coninuinily who, hy reason of proni.unced ahility and force of character, rise alune the heads of the masses and command the unhonnded esteem of their fellow men. To this eiieri^etic and enterprisini;- class the suhject of this sketch very properly ljelonL;s. He has devc.ted hhiiself to his adopted vocation as a farmer, and liecanse of his persnnal worth and his accomplishments, he is clearly entitle.l to representation anion- the enterprisin- and ijro-ressive men of Daviess county.

lames W.Knst was lujrn on March ;,i, 1S7.1, in Jackson county, Indiana, "ami is the son of Henry and Clara ( Kohcrtson ) Rust. The former was horn in Germanv and came to this country when (luite a youn^ maiv and settled in Jackson county, where he died, 'hhe k'ltter was a <lau.-hter of lames aii<l Plioehe ( Jacohs ) l^,hertson. early .settlers, an.l entered government land in Jackson county and at one time possessed twenly-hve hundred acres of land.' To the marriage uiii..n of Jlenry aii<l Clara Rust were horn: James \V., Lottie, Cillie, Andrew, and Crace, who is ;i teacher in the Washington (Indiana) i»''''''^ schools, and the youngest, Charles.

Soon alter Ins marriage. .Mr, Ru-t reiuoNcd to Paviess conntv from lacksou county .nid engaged in f.iniiing on hi> present f.arm, which he purchased ill i.ji I. This tract of land consists i,\ two hundred and fifty acres of fine laud, and is well improved, favorably located au<I its inoductiou is better than the average yiebl. Mr. Rust carries on general farming and stock raising, and is rcgarde.l as very successful in whatever be attempts. A number of new buihlings have been added to ihe place in -iiast years aiul everything is being kept up in good repair. The general aspect is one ol prosperity, due to careful man.igenieiit, keen observation and special attention to the little details which go to make up the things of greater im])ortance. Mr. Rust h;is alwavs been, identihed with the neuiocraiic jKirty, but .Iocs.

not take- an acti\e intt-rest in injlitical matters. l''ralcniall\-. lie is a niemljcr of llic lnilc])cn(k'nt Order of U<lil I't'llows, ami, relii^iijush', is a monibcr of the tin'istian chureii, to which lie liherall)' Cdiitrilintes. Pcrsonallw Mr. Rust possesses to a large tlegree those characteristics which gain friends, and his friends are only limited hy the nnniher of his aciiuaintances. Me is deser\-edly po|)nlar in the cuninninity in uliich he li\es, and those who k'liow Inni are unstinted in their praise of his g'eniai disijositioii anil superior ahilit\', and he has e\er held the confidence and esteem of the pe(jple with whom he has been associated for so li)ng a [>eriod.

Xumhered among the enterprising and prngressi\'e citizens of Daviess Cdnnly, mme are held in higher c>tecm than the )iiung man who^e name lorins the captmn of this rexiew. lie ha> lung been activel}' engaged in agricuhnral and stock raising jmrsnits in thi-^ connt\, anil his Imnorable career in thi^ commnnity has but strengthened his hold 1 in the hearts (if the people, conseciuently he is fully entitled lu reci iMjiitii in in a wurk of this character.

(lillijrd b'arris was burn nn .Si-|itemlicr _'S, 1SS3, on his father'.^ farm in h.lmore townshi]), b)a\iess C(junly, Indiana, ami is the son of .Milton and Alwikla ( INjrter ) b'arris. Alillon h'arris was the son of Sanders and Sarah (Mc(iill) h'arris, the former a natue of Kenluck-\-, who came to Indiana when a \'ery >oung man aiKl began fariin'ng in (ircene and .\lariin counties, lie (armed in these loc.ations all of his lite .and at one time owned .>ixt\- acres situated in ( ireene county. To their union were born Tue childrni, nanuK : .Mihou, Mibjcci's l.iiber; l.indscw who m.irned .V.aiima -Mciiiiire; (Icmenliue. who married William llem\'; ( aroline. who died when quile young, ami Theodore. The mother of these children dieil soon after the birth of Theodore, and he was gi\en to a family bv the name of < iiles. who reared him. .\1I were members of the I'hristian chm"ch.

Texas; William ]-'.., horn on Xnveinher j2. rSjo, first niarrii-d T.uvina Roberts and by whom two children were born, Upland and Gray, and t'cjr his second wife t(jok Grace I'auley, to whom no children were born; they live in IJuffalo, New York; Oscar, born on January i6, iS8i, whu married Maud I'rice, and to which union were born Helen and Marie, their residence beinii" in b'.ureka, Kansas; Torter, born on November 28, iSNj, who married Susannah Pershing; they have one child. Mildred, and live in Brazil, hnli.ana; Clilt'ord, the suljject of this review. I'art of the family are mc'mbers of the Ghnstian church and part arc members ot the ^letho dist Episcopal clun'ch.

Milton h'arris received his early educ.ition in the public schools of Martin county, Indiana, and later enlisted in the ser\ ice of the L^nion. This occurred on Inly _'i, liS'ii, and he was assigned to Company 1\ Twentyfirst Regiment. Indiana \'ohiiiteer Infantry, :md was engaged 111 military operations against the Confeder.ate states during the following four and one-half vears, and ])artici])aled in the battles of I'.aton Rouge, Brazen Gity, and was captured and retained as a prisoner of war in the battle C)f that cit\-. l)iiring the engagi'meiit at Baton Rouge he suflered a slight bullet wound in the hip and was honorably .liscliarged on January 11. 1866. .\ftcr his reUiru from the b;ittlclields he went to Knox county, where he farmed lor a jieritid of twenty )ears. lie mo\ ed to his [ireseiit farm on March ;,i, 1885, wdiich is located in I'.lmore township. Daviess county. This f;irm consists of one hundred and lifleeii acres of fme laml and, while still belonging to him, he ga\e up active fi'.rmiug on the pl.'ice and now leads a life of reiirement in the town of bdnora.

GlilTord h'arris received his early c<lucalion in the public schools of T'.hiiore township, and afterward began his present occupation as a farmer ih.ii louiisbip. lie makes his place of ivsideiice on his I'.ather's f.arm. where, besides raising a gencr.al line u\ crops, he takes a deep interest in raising live stock, and is successful at it. Mr. karris recently bought twenty-five acres of land for himself in k.lniore township and expects to increase his land holdings from time to time. 1 1n kebruary _',:;, 1007. he was married U^ Inez E. k)illon. a daughter of Wesley 'f. Dillon, whose life history is recorded elsewhere in this w<n-k under the caption of Fnmklin 1). Dillon.

Having always given his sn].port to the Republican parly, Gliliord Farris takes an active part 111 the workings of jKarty afl'airs. in 1<)14 he was elected to the oflice of tow iislii]) trustee and, being possessed of more tlian averriL;e iiUcllig(.-ncf, will liave ikj tliflicull)- in discharging the dnties (if lliat iiHiOL' to the entire satibfaction of tiie eonmuinity ai large. i'er- Minally, .Mr. l''arris is regardetl as a gtxjd hnsiness man, of excellent jndgnienl and luresight and, being strictly progressive, keeps well aljreast of the times, lie ha^ wnn the respect and esteem uf all wlm know him for his frientlly manner, genial ilis]iiibiti(in .mtl is lunked upon by all as a substantial and progres>i\e citi/en ul this seciinn df the cunnty.

A career marked l>y earnest and indefatigable a])plication to his life work lias been that of James P. Taylor, a substantial and liunored citizen of -Madison to\vushi[i, ]J;i\Mess cuuul}', Indiana. Althungh Mr. 'J'a\lur was burn in Lawrence comity, Indiana, he ha.-, long maintained his residence in Haviess coniUy, during all of which time his life has been an open buok to be read by his fellow men. He was a \aliaiU suldier in the t.'ivil \\';ir, ami bis lldelity was of the type which has characterized his acliuus in all of his relations and g.'iined for him the conlidence and esteem of the [jublic and unbounded respect of all with whom he has been bnnight in contact. James P. Tayloi' is widel)' Iviiown throughout JJa\ less county and is well likeil by a host of people who know him so well.

James P. 'J'aylor was born on Jul}' i_', 11^43, in Lawrence county, Indiana, lie is the son of Samuel and kdizabeUi ((i.ulenl Taylor, the former of whom was bum on August i.^, iSjo, in .Mouripc county, liidi:in;i. and the latter born in June. I'^i-. Samuel TaNlur's father, Matthew S. I'aylur, was born in Peiinsyk.ania. The father of ?\lattlie\'. S. Taylor was l\obert Taylur. a iLilive of Lckind, who w,is m.arried in hi^ uaiixe countr'.' ;ind who t'.ime to .\meiic,i in |iiiiiieei' tinii--. I'iiaiing in I 'enii-i. Iv ;nii.i. ALilllic.'. .S. Tax lor, the granilfather of Janle^ P., married when ,1 viung man ;ind removed from Penns}'l\ania to Mouroe county, where he farmed duiing the remainder of his active life. He died ujion the larm where he .settled upon coming to Indiana. His children were Robert, Henry, John, .S.imiiel, jane and .\nii. S.anuiel T;i\loj', the f.athei' of James P., was educated in llie district schools of his comnimiity and w.'is reared on a f.arm. lie attended school, however, less than si.K months altogetlier. When James P. w.is two vears old, Samuel Tavlor, bis father, removed to .Madison township, D.aviesS county, wlicre lie li\ed tlie rcniaiiKlcr of liis life, lie (iwiied a funn of two hundred acres. This coninuuiity was a wilderness when he rein(j\'ed to it. and he cleared much of the land. Samuel and Fdizabeth (Garten) Taylor had ten children: James P., the subject of this sketch; Mary Ann, who married George M. Critziow; John, who married Elizabeth Hastings; Zinni M., who married l.ucinda I'onard ; l.xdia, who died in iritanc\'; Almeda, who married John P. N'ork; Lncinda, who died at the aye of si.\teen years; \\'illiam 11.. who married Orpha Iv Orsborn ; \'i\i;i IC, who married Joseph LawN^er, and ."^amuel, who died }-ouni^-. Sanniel Ta^'lor was an olddine Wliii;- and, later, a member of the Kepublican ])arty.

J^anics P. Taylor, the subject of this sketch, was educated in the district .schools of Madison lownshi]). When a soun;.;- man he' enlisted in the Union army and ser\-ed \aliamly duriiiL;- the dark days of the Civil War. I-Ie enli.sted on An,s;ust i, iSfi2, at the aije of seventeen, and served about three years, beiuL;" discharj^ed on July 17, 1865. He fou!:,dit couraL;eouslv in the battles of iManklin, Tennessee, Nashville, Vi>n iMsher, h'ort Ander- .son. r.lunt\'ille, Teiniessee, Morristown, Ivaytowti. Walkersford. Fort ZollicolTer and in the siei;e of .Atlanta, eighteen battles in alb In iSfLi be ji.ined Shei'man's arm\- ;it fUi/zard konst ,and \v;i> in all ..f the en.iL;:iL;ements fmrn Kesaca to .\tlanl;i, lie served iirst in t,'oni]iany I, Sixtv-lifib Rei^imein. Inili;ma \'olunteer Infantry (mounted), but \\;i-> dismounted when he ioined the service, .\t b'urt Anderson Mr, Taylor was woumleil in the side of the he.ad. After comini^- home from the wai' he started farmini^' in Mailisoii tovvnsbi]) and ha.s farmed here ever since. He uwim ei^htv acres ni land and has comfortable, well-k'ept buildin.L;s on the farm, which he built with bis own b.ands,

James P. Taylor is a rvepnhliean and served as justice of the peace in Madison township for si.xtcen years. He is now serving- his fourth term as a notary public. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic at

Mr. and ]\lrs. Taylor took Emery W. Alonti^omer)' to rear when he was a Ixil))'. They reared him tn manlmod and educated him, and he is now principal of the I'.edfnrd hi.qh school, lie mairied .\da Smiley.

.\m<int;' tlie citizens of Madison towiishi[), IJaviess county, Indiana, who ha\e established comfortable homes and surroimded tliemselves with valuable i)ers(jnal and real propcrlx', few ha\e attaineil a higher degree of success than Milton 11. Led^erwinHJ, who ct)mes from a very old family in this sei'tion of the state of Indiana. With no t^ieat wealth of opi)ortnnity and with many discouraL;ements tn (T\ercome, All'. Ledi^erwood has made an e-\ce])tiunal success in lile, and nnw a> he is pas.sint;' the meridian of life he ba> the gratificatinn of l<nowinL;" that the communit)- in which he resides has been benefited to a large degree by his jirc^ence and b\' bis council. IJe is one of the most highly respected citizens in this section of ]Ja\'iess county.

Milton B. Lcdgerwood was educated in the puhlic schools of Madison town.ship, Daviess countv. After conipletinn his education he he.i^an farming in that township, where he has li\'ed all his life. He owns two hundred and three and one-half acres in Madison township, and is ens.;aL;ed in general farming' and stock raising. He makes a speci.alty of Polled .\iigus cattle, and has becoiue an exjiert with this particular hreed. i\li-. Ledgerwond and family li\'e on their farm in Madis(jn to\vn^hip. d'he jiresent i)kice he purchased in 1S97.

-Milton B. Ledgerwood was married im ?\l;irch 11, iSijo, t(i kdizaheth Baker, who was Ijorn on August ^o. jSoS, and who is the daughter of lohn and Riijina (Tliair) I'ak'cr, who came to Indiana from t)hi("j. Thev had six children: ,Mar\', John. Alice. (Jeorge, Jonas and Fdizalieth, the wife of Mr. Ledgerwood. The)' were memhers of the Methodist church.

All the luemheis of the lamily ;ire nciw lixiiiL; al liMiue, and it is a happ\' home circle. Mr. Ledgerwnod i.i a Dennicrat, and he and his wife rnid all the memhers of the family are connected with the Baptist church. The Ledgerwood familv not (.mly are all well known in this section of Da\iess CDunty. ])ut they are highly respected and \-aluahle citizens.

O.Scar M. W.M.Lick

cient persistency to win in tlic Inisincss world. As a result uf these well and happily blended qualities he has wun a hust of friends in Uaviess ciiunty. He is well knuwn u> all classes as a man A.f inlluence, integrity and ability.

Ubcar Al. Walliek was born uu May <j, 1872, in Madison township, near Odon, ].)a\iess county, Indiana, lie is a s, m of Wdliani Jl. and Sarah E. (^Tayl<-'r) Walliek, the former of whom wab Ijorn ni 1S43. in Tu>carawas county, (Jhio, and who was a dant^liter of Henry and Xancy ((jarton) 'ra\ior. Henry Taylor was born m Ab.nroe county. William 11. Walliek was the son of Michael Walliek, a native of I'enn.^ylvania, who married Xancy Jane I'.oolhe. They came to India.na about 1S51 and settled un a farm in Madison townshi]), Daviess covml) . The)' had live children, William II., Kachael, Sarah, b'.lla and Harvey. Michael W'allick was one <^f the ]jioneer farmers of this community.

Wniiam II. W'allick was educated m the public schools ui Daviess county, and especi.illy in Madison township. Wdien a voun,^- man he enlisted in Company 1", 'I hirty-ei.Lihlh Re.^iment, Indiana \'olunteer infantry, and served aliout one year in the (nil War. After his enli.stment expired he came back and en-at;ed in farmini;-. He also worked as a carpenter tor some time. He owned about live hundred acres of land in this county.

William il. and Sarah I".. ( Tayh.ir 1 W'allick had six children, (Jscar M.; A<la (',., who married l\. 1). Mclarler; Ray, who married Josephine Hasler; Lola, who married I'homas Snmmerville ; Heury, who married Susie I.ed-erwood, and Jen. William 11. Walliclc is a Repulilican in i)olitics, a member of the Methodist church and a member of the Crand .\rmy of the Republic.

William 11. W'allick died on Januar_\- _', 1000, His wife is now luini; at (\\<<n. Iowa. Mr. W'allick owns in all tw" hnudred acre-, of land, all |,,cale.l in M.idi-^oii (..wusliip. He ma.ie all of the improvements jusi as they stand.

Oscar M. Walliek, the subject of this sketch, was eilucated in the public schools of Madison township. Later he attended the State Xormal School at 'I'erre Haute for one year, and .after leavini; school be^an teaehiui; in 1X05. He taught fourteen terms, (|uitlin.!;- the iirofes^ion in h ) 1 3. .\I1 of Mr. Wallick's professi..nal labors were performecl in .Madison township, Daviess c/unty. While he was a teacher he was also en^a.-ed in tarniin--. About 1000 he purchased a f:irm of ei;^hty acres. He now owns a stock farm of a hundred and twenty acres 111 Madison townshi]), and is enf;ajj;ed in t;eneral farming.; and stock raisin^;.

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K., Ralph H., Mary J. ami Grace. William W. married Maud Hoffman and they liave two children, Glendora R. and John W. Dollie M. married Samuel Scott, who have one cliild. Nona. The other children are: Grace. John S. and Briita M. Mr. Keichani i-> a Repulilican. Mr.<. Ketcham"a family are all members of the Baptist church.

Mr. and Mrs. W'allick arc dexout memliers of the Baptist church and regular attendants at both the church services and the Sunday schuul. Mr. \\'allick is an ardent Republican. Fraternally he is a member of the Knights of Pythias and a member cif Ltidge Xn. 303. Free and Accc]ned Masons, at Odon, Indiana.

William Ham

The office of biography is not to give \<>ice to a man's modest estimate of himself and his accomi)lishments, but rather i>j leave upun the records of time the verdict establi.shing his character, determined by tlie cmspisus of opinion of his neighbors and fellow citizens. In touching ui)on the life history of William Ham. the writer aims to avoid fulsome encomiuiu inul e.Ktravagant praise. Init desires to hold up for consideration those facts which have shown the distinction of a true, useful ami honorable life, a life characterized 1))' per>everance, energy. l)road charity and well-delined purim-e. William Ham is a successful merchant at AlfortLville. Indiana, and the pr. - prictor of a modern country store.

William Ham was b.>rii <>n April S. 1S43. in Reeves town>hip, Daviess county, Indiana, the son of James and Anna (Williams) Ham. the former of whom was born in 1820, in Bourbon county, Kentucky, and who died in 1803. and the latter nf whuni was born in iSjo. in Maryland, and who died in 1S07.

The paternal grandparents of W illiam Ham were Peter and a Miss (Bennington) Ham. Peter Ham was born in \'^irginia and settled in Kentucky about 1830. Subsequently, he moved to Daviess county with his family. Peter Ham served in the War of 1S12. He and his family were all menil)ers of the Baptist church. He w:is a inan rather large in stature, weighing more than two huutlred ijounds.

James Ham was a lad of ten )'ears when his parents settled in Dax'iess county, where he -rew tu niatnrity in Reeves tt:i\vn-,lii|), and where he ])nrchased a farm. Later, he nio\ed to .M fc)rtlsville and lived a retired life fur some time, hut -till later he mo\ed to Washint^ton, and hei^e his death occm"red. Thri)UL;hout his life he was a Rei>uhlican, and was rui influential and substantial citizen (jf his commuuitx'.

James and .Anna (Williams) Ham were the iiarents of thirlCLii children, as follow: Thomas, a f.armer lixini; near Sh<ials; JMarv Ann became the wife of John R. Alonti;onier\' and li\es .-it Looj^'ootee ; William M., with whom this narrative deals; Albert, who died at X'incennes in \'ioy: hanily, who became the wife of Charles Cohorn and died at V'incennes: Mar,L;aret, deceased, w;is the wife of William Willi.amson, of Wheatland; Helil.ah, the wife of Willi.im ("iihorn, of \'incennes; Hannah, deceased; lulilh, deceased, was the wife of ;i ]\lr. h'ox ; Melissa, deceased, was the wife of John Mullen; Sarah, also deceaseil, was the wife of .\nd\' Ibxli^e-; l)a\'id, of Carlisle, Indiana, and Charles, living;' at Terre Haute, \vliere he is enijihjyed as a railri.)ad foreman. , \\'illiam Ham iL^rew up on his father's farm in l\ee\ es township, and

\fiei- the cl. >st' ,if till- war, William Hani went to Washin;.;ton, and there served three \ears as an appi entice at the shoemaker trade. He then came to .\1 f. .rdsv ille, and for six vears conducled a sluie shop. He after- '^ warcl moved to .Sedcan, Kansas, where he o|U'r;ited a shoe shop, and linally to Orich, Missouri, where he lived for six years. lie tlu'n came liack to Alfordsville, ami conducted a shoe shop in connection with a harness shop for several \'ears. In njoci Mr. Ham started a s^rocerv in .Alfordsville. L.ater he discontinued the L^rocerv, l>ut, in icjor), he started a ;.4"eneral store, and is still condnctiuL;- this store. It is the lari^est in the town and occu]iies two buildinL;s. Mr. Ham has a lart;e stoek of LjMdds and h.andles all lines of merchandise usu.allv In be found in a store of this character. He li.as built u]) a lar<;"e and luciative business .and is a £;ood business man, tjiviuL;' his undivided attention to the iletaiis of his st'')re.

William Ham was marriL-d in NiU'cmhcr, 1S66, to Sarah Summers, wiio is a ilauyiitcr of L'liarlcs and IMaryaret (Greeman) Summers. I\Irs. Ham was born in lvee\es township. To this union nine children ha\e lieen born: Marcellus, wlio died at the age of one year; Talli.it, wiio die<l at Wasliington, Jime. 191 1, was a painter by trade; Walter, h\ing- in Wasiiington; Al. J., a jeweler by trade, is assisting his father in the >tore; Margaret, the fifth child born to her parents; Albert, who was the sixth in order of birth; Rose, the wife of Henry Potts, nf Alfordsville ; Nellie, the wife of Emery Watham, of Sijringfield, Missouri; Thomas, mimarried. works in his father's store.

]\Jr. Ham is a Republican in politics, but tln'oughout hi> life he has been too busy to devote much time to politics. Me has ne\er held (ifnce nur has he e\er asjiired to it.

I'ractical industry, \\i^el\ ami xi^Mruu-lv ajiplied. ne\er fails nf success, but carries .a man imward and upward, lirmg> mu his indi\idual character and acts as a powerful stimulus to the efforts of others. The be^t resulls in life are often obtained li_\- simple me.aiis and the e\erci_^e of the ordinary (pialilies of common sen-e and perseverance. The L\erv-dav life, with its cares, necessities and duties, alfords ample opjiorlunii \- for acquiring experience of the best k-ind. and it- most bcuen ]iailH pi-o\ idc a true worker with abundant scope for effoiis aiid sel f-impro\L-mem. William Andrew [..a\ elle is one of the enterprising young farmer> of I'l.irr township, but he is .also one of the best and niosl ))opular ic-ai-hers of the township.

William .\. I.aW'lle is the eldest of four children horn to his parents. The others are: .Mary, who married John Hies ;ind li\es in \\'ashin<^tcin ; 1 lionias J. is married and li\es m Washin^tCMi, where he is a hoilermaker ; and James J., a telei;ra])h operator, lives at X'incenue;,.

Attendiii,Lj the piiMic schools of I'.arr township at an earlv a-e, William -\. La\'elle made rapid iiroi^re^s with his education. In jgou he studu-il law and was admitted to the har, Imt never ]iracticed the pri.jfession. When he was t^rcnvn he he^an teachin;;; school and has tau_i;]it for the last lifteeii years in Harr and Harrison townships. In the meantime, however, during the >tiininer, he h;i> farmed and attended schocil. In all, he has attended the St;ite Xornial .School for three )ears and has also ^pent t\\ eiitv-four weeks at the Xoitliern Indiana Xormal .School at \'.il])araiso. Lately Mr. l.a\ elle has heen leachiiiL,' in (ileiicoe school In Harrison t' iwn^hii,). He is said to lie the best and most po|iul,ir le.acher in that township. In U)\j .Mr. l.aN'elle purcliased ei<.;lily acres out of the Dan .Smith farm in Harrison township, and now lives on this farm, which he o|)erates in addition to teachiiit.; school. He and his family are niemhcrs of .St. Peter's (.';itholic church at .Mont isomer e.

Dliver A. Taxlor was horn on April 15, 1S77, ..n the farm where he now li\es in Madison township, l)a\ie>s connty, Indiana. He is a son ol |. Ci. and I'iehecca ( L'onard ) Taxlor, the former of whom was hoin <in Alav I, 1^4(1, on llie farm where Uli\er A. niw lives, and the latter of whom was horn on Jmie 4, 1S4S, in jl.irrisun county, this state.

The ^grandfather <'i ( )liver A. Taylor was llemv Taylor, who was liMi-ii m .Monrdc connlx', and who married X,inc\- l'>, (iarten. 'I he ,L;re;itj^randfather of Mr. Taylor \\a- Samncl S. Taxlur. who w.as^a native of l'enns\-l\ania. and w Im came to Monroe comity when a _\-oiin.i; man, living; .all his life, on the farm where he loeated. Samuel S. Taylor had si.\ children, four sons and two dans.; liters, Robert, Henry, Juliii, Samuel, jane and .\nna.

llenrv Tayh.r, the grandfather of Oliver Taxlor, had live clnMren, William, x\ ho dieil in the serxice nf his counti-x' during the (..'ixil War; Samuel .\.; lames (i.; Sarah 1'".., and jane.

Mr. 'ra\'lor is a Kepulilican, and he and his wile are earnest and de\iiicd niemliers of the llajitisl church, Mr. TaNlor sci'vin^' as deacon in this church, lie l>elont;s to the Alasonic I'ratcrnitv and the KiUL;hts of I'slhias. Xo yonn^' farmer of Daviess count\' is more hii.;hl\' respected than t )li\er .V. Taylor, and \er\- lew ha\e worked harder for success, and not man_\' luu'c made greater prot^ress than he in his chosen \-ocation.

It is interestin.^' to note from the beyinniny the .^rowth and de\eloi)- ment of a comnumity; to note the lines alont^' which proi^ress has been made ami to take cot^nizance id' those whose induslr\' and le,Ldershi|) in the work of adcancement ha\e rendered possible the ]>resent prosperil_\- of tlie locality under consider.alion. Xathaniel llunl Jepson, ihe welbkuowii watchmaker, jeweler and uplician of Washington, Indiana, i- one ol the strnUL;. sturdy indi\idnals who ha\e contribnled larL;el\ lo the maleiial weliare ol Washington. Althon,L;h well advanced in years, Mr. Jepsi«n is slill up to dale in liis business methods, publlc-s|)n'iled as a ciii/en and progressive in all that the name imi)lies. He is ;i iL;r;md, i^ood man. who has made a remarkable success of his business in the citv of \\'ashinj;ton.

k'l II., of Washiiii^tun; Gt'orL;e, of St. ClairsviUc, Ohio, and Dr. Samuel L., llic present secretary of tlie state Ijoanl of liealtli of West Virginia, now li\iny" in Wheeling.

Juhn Jepson worked in a wonk-n factory in Utica, New York, his t'lrst jilace of residence in this cunntry after coming to the United States, with his wife and two children, when ahout thirt\' )'ears of aye. l^ater he renioxed to ( )hi(j ;ind settled near St. cdairh\ille, where he engaged in farming, and where he sjient the remainder of his h fe, his death occurring at the ad\anced age of nmel\-one years, lie was badly crippled hy an accident at the raising of a harn. His widow survi\ed him some \ears, her death <.)ccurring at the age of eighty-four. Ijoth were st.mch memhers of the l'resh\terian church, as were all u\ tlieir children. I'loth Air. Jepson's paternal and maternal grandparents li\ed and dietl in England.

Mr. |e])son w.as married in oSo:; to bdizabeih I Hack-, the d.auglUer of Samuel and llarbara lllack, and lo this union three children were born, John Samuel. I.ucy and Jessie. John .S.amuel is deceased, lie rc]iieseuled ii wholesale jewelry maun lactuving house in Newark'. New Jersey, and w;is tile Pacilic-coasl representative of th.at firm. Lucy .also is deceased. .She w,aN the wife of l'"eli\ I.. ( '.idmi and ihe nioiber of ihree sons, F.ugene Jepson, I'jlward Leon and b'eli\ 1... Jr. baigeue Jepsipu is now' .attending the Indiana .State Lniversily, at llloomington, and st.auds at the he.ad of bis class. Jessie, the yoimgest child of .Mr. .and .Mrs. [epsou, married Il.arrv- S. Smitli, chief train dispatcher at Se\m<inr, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. .Smith 1ia\e.one daughter, Ldizabeth.

]\lrs. Jeijson was born in .Stark comUy. Ohio, in 1S40. Her parents natix'cs of r"*cnnsyl\-,ania .and ( )hio. res]iecti\ ely, hei" father lia\-ing been a major in an Ohio regiment during the Cixil W.ar. Tie was later a capt.ain of one of the auuboats on the Ohio and Mississippi rix'er during the war. He died in Ohio, k'.'uin,^ fi\e daughters and four sons, Lycurgus,. Samuel, Frank, George, l-dizalietli, I'.ertha, Emma, Alice and Mary.

Nathaniel Hunt Jepson \\a^ a suldiev in the (/i\il War, a nieniljer of Company B, One Hundred and JMfty-seventh Regiment Ohio Vohniteer Infantry, and served between four and li\e mmulis. After the close of the war he retin-ned to Ohio and located in Steul)en\ ille ffjr a lime. .Mr, Jepson is a Republican and served Un- ten years as a member of the Washington citv council, and for three years as a member of the Washington city school board. ]\Ir. and Mrs. Jejisnn are member> nf the Presbyterian church in Washinglon, in which .Mr. Jepson is an elder.

Xathaniel Hunt Jcpsmi is a repre>eiUaii\c cili/en ni Haviess county. He is a man who has worked to good pnrpi.ise and wiiri in his declining years is able to enjo)- the fruits of his early labors, but he has wurked unselfishly through all these }-ears. He has been a goml citi/en, a kind neighbur, a lo\'ing husband and father, and will go dnwn in the history of Dasiess county as one of its most sulistantial citizens.

It is not an easy task to a(,lei)nalel\- de>ci'ibe the character nf a man who has led an eminently aciix'e and busy life in connection with the great legal profession and who has impressed his indi\ idualitv on ihe people of Daviess ci.'unty in one of the most exacting fields of human endeavor. .\nuing the ti'ul)' self-made and represeinali\'e men of l)a\iess count\', n(.)ne ranks higher than k.dward C'. l'';iilh, a conspicuous figure in the ci\ic life of the comnuinity, .\ man of tireless energy ;ind imlonhtable courage, he lia- won and held lite inii|n,difK'd esieeiu of his fellow cili/ens, Willi ihe law as his protes^ion, be has won a splendid repuiation. Mr. l-'ailh has also succeeded admirabl}' as a civil eni^ineer and iierformeil efficient public ser\'ice in this profession.

Iwlward C, b.utli was born in I'.og.irl township, Das-iess county, Indiana, on October 12, i.SdS. He is the son of Thomas W. and .Matilda J. (.Stran-e) I'ailh, a history of whom ajijiears elsewhere in this \'oluine. k.dward C. was reared on his f.ather's farm in P.ogard township, Daviess county, and attended the district school and the .'^I'Ulhern Indiana .Xormal College at Mitchell, graduating in the teachers' class in i^Hy. lie then taught school live years, during which time he was principal of the I'lainville schools,.

After rettnaiing from the law school .Mr. h'aith was elected cit\' ci\il engineer ot Washington in iSoS, and ser\e(l lor tour _\ear>. In I'ehruary, 19114, he was aijpointed postmaster and serxeil until |i)iJ, eight \'ears. .Since tlird time he has dexoted himself entirel}' to the practice of law.

lulward C. and Eena (Piach) I'aith are the parents of two children, Don r. and Harold 1!. Don ('. graduated when -ixtceii ye.irs old from the Washmgton high schonj in the el.iss ( d" loi-'. Mc had ,a license to te.ich helwre that lime, lie is now teaching his third luiu of school ,at M.a\sville, in Washington township, and Harold IS. is now sixteen \ears old and is employed in the aiUomohile department of the Hatfild X: rainier t'ompanv.

Mr. riechtel \v<as married on January 1, 1S-4, to .Marw fane Ta\-Ior, the daui^liter of Henry Taylor. To this union seven children were hoin: .Alhert, deceased: Nancy, who niarrieil Frank Pu.L;h and has h.ail fonr children, Lester, Herford (deceased), ("denu and Xe\a; T\a, deceased; fames, who inarrieil f'lanche Iniyle and \k\~. one child. If arokl ; Jacoh, who mar-

Moses McCarter ran away from home at the age of seventeen years. He came to Indiana about 1830 and located in Monroe county. He was one of the early settlers in this part of the country. He settled in the woods in Madison township, this county, and cleared much of the land. Later he located on a farm of about five hundred acres in that township. Moses and Sarah (Ketcham) McCarter had eight children: Joseph; Catherine; Jane; Daniel L. ; Nancy; William H., the subject of this sketch; John ami George died in youth. Moses McCarter and wife were members of the Methodist church, and he was identified with the Republican party.

William H. McCarter was educated in the subscription and public schools of Madison township, Daviess county. When a young man he started farming in Madison township, and has farmed here all his life. He owns two hundred and sixty acres, which he has accumulated by dint of hard labor and careful management, as well as frugal and economical living. He does general farming and makes a specialty of raising a great deal of live stock. All of the iniildiiif^s on Mr. ]\tcCarter's farm he himself has erected. They are a credit to his fertile ami well kept farm and a credit to the communitv where he lives.

Mr. McCarter was married on March 29, 1866, to Miranda C. Laughlin, who was born on August i, 18^6, in Martin comity, this state, and who is the daughter of John O. M. and F.lizabeth Daughlin. To this happy union nine cliildren lia\e been born: Miner\a E. married Philip Miller; Rufus D. married Ada G. W'.allick anil they ]ia\-e three children. Densel, Clenton ami Glen; Ida A. married Kdwnrd llubliard; John K. mari'ied Delia Jollif; Mdna married C)ra Richardson; Walter is li\ ing at linme ; Williiim, Thadius and Elizabeth, the last three, died yomig.

Mr. McCarter is a Repulilican. lie has been hnuored In' the peiijile of Daviess count\' in a political \v;iy. Iias'ing ser\efl two terms as coinmissiiinei- <if the county .and two terms a'^ tiuviee of Ahidi^on to\\nsln']i, ;ind in both of llioe olVices Mr. ^IcCarler ac(|uille(l himself as becomes one who is moved bv the spirit of jniblic service and biine^t consecration to the duties which he accepted at the time of his election.

William H. McCarter is one of the most highly respected citizens of Da\'iess county. His two terms as comity commissioner ami his two terms as trustee of Madison to\vnshi|> ha\e given him a wider experience in ]iul)- lic life than falls to the lot of nmst men. !\lr. McCarter's son, Rufus D.. is a A'erv prominent farmei" iif .MailiMiu lovviiship, and at present is the elVicienl ti'ustee of this townshi]i.

Not too often can be repeated the life liislory of one who has hvcd so honorable and nsefnl a life and aiiained to such distinction as Geor-e W. Pownall. As a private ciiizen he has been a pronounced success m with which he has been eunnected. There are individual, in nearly every community, \vho, by reasuu of ability and force of character, rise above the heads of the masses and comman.l the unbounded esteem of their fellow men. Such individuals are characterized by perseverance and a directing spirit, two virtues which never fail. They always make their presence felt and the vigor of their str.mg personalities serves as a stimulant to the young and rising generation. To this energetic and enterprising George W. IN.wnall very prnpcrly belnngs, as he is one of the subMantial and e.vtensive farmers of ^ladi,s<.ii t..wn.liip, Daviess county, Indiana, and is still active at the age of ^evcnty-ihree, aii.l was <toing a man's work when be sat down to give the uulline of the facts set forth in this brief

'^ George W. I'ownall was born uu September 10. 1841, in Portage county, Ohio, the'^son of Jesse and Xancy ( Swift j Pownall, the former of whom was born on April 15, 1815, in \'irginia, and who died in 1./J5, and the latter whom was born m \'ermotit. Jes^e Pownall was a son of John Pownall, a native of Virginia, who died in Portage county, Ohio.

Jesse Pownall moved from \-irginia to Ohio in 18J7, and lived in I'ortage counlv niiiil after his marriage, when be moved to Wabash county, ludian.i. where be lived lor sixteen year> on a farm. In i860, he came to Madison township, b)avie>> county, and Ined there on a farm the remainder of bis life, lie was the owner of two hundred and forty acres of land in Madison township, and wa- a general farmer and .stt.ck rai-er. lie did iiuisi ,,| ilie clearing ol hi. laiul biiii'-elf.

The .hildreii of les-e and Xancy (Swift) I'ounall were si.v in number: Lom>a, who became 'the wile r,f Hiram llughner; George Washington, the immediate subject of this review: .\my, the wife n\ IMackburn Fergu>on; Melissa, the wile of William :\b.ore: Pyron, who married Mrs. Ivetcheni, and I'.lnore. who became the wife of J,.bn T.yle. Jesse Puwuall and his family were earnest and loyal member, of the Christian church. Mr. Pownall was a Democrat.

'I'ln'Mdiire t '. I'dwnail was educated in the ]>ul)lic sclnuils of MailiMin towiishii). When a Noung man, he started fainiini;, and thron^htnU his life has heeii engaged in farniing in ]la^tnel--^hill with his wnrth) lather, lie owns eight\-t\vo acres uf land and ilocs genera.l farming and >ti>ck raising. ( )n the place where he now li\es in Mailisoii township, he has erected all of the hnildings, some of which were erected in \<)\J\.

.Mr. I'own.all is a Democrat. h"r;iternall\-, Mr. I'ownall is a memher of the Independent ( )rder of ( U\,\ hY-llow^. lie heloiig;, lo a \ ery wealthy faniih' in .Madison towiishi]) and one which is highly resi)ected in this section of DaNiess countv. Idieodore (.'. rown.tll, hinisclf, is a worthy }oung farmer and an enterprising citizen of his locality.

The present generation has heeii I'specirdlx' productive in men ( d" action, clear-hrained men of high ideaK and nohle ]iurposes, who give character and stahilit\- to the cominunities honored h\- their citizeiishi]), and whose inlhuncc and leader--hip aie ea-il\' noticed in ihe \arious enter])ri-e-~ that ha\e added >o greall\ to ihc high reputation which M;i\icss i-ounl\' enjoys among her Ni>iLr counties of ihi.s great coinmouwaalth. ( 'ons|]icuous among this class of men whose pl.ice of residence is in this coniinunit\, is the progressi\e citizen under whose name this re\'iew is written.

Isaac Resler receivetl his early educalinn in the pubHc scliouls of liis nati\'e connty and in his early nianlniud had a desire to become a cook in the arni_\' and actually started to joni a regiment of soldiers, llis father came after him and caused his retmai home on account of his )'outh. After this experience he began farniiiig and settled ilown to hard \vi>rk in this line in Ohio. At a later date he decided to nio\e lo Indiana and came lo the town of Loogootee, Martin count)', near where he li\ed on a farm for the ensuing four years and aci|uired one Inuidred and sixty acres of land. In 1890, he made a trade which brought him into po^^esslon of eight}' acres of land in bdmi.ire townshii), Da\ iess county, where he li\ed and fanned initil the time of hi> de;ith, December 15, 1903. His wife stHl survi\es him. d'o their union were born the following named childi'en ; l)a\id. deceased at the age of l\veiit\'-three _\ears; Jacob, who married Clara I'.echlel and lives in bdniore township; C'or;i, who married .\. L. bdelder; b'nmk, who married Martha b'lelder; bdlen 11., who m,-irried brank liechlel; Jennine, who died at the age of sixteen years; 'I'bomas 1{., the subject of this review ; Isaac, who married Aria Roberts; Suda, deceased; Jessie, who mariied .Minnie liynum; Ida, who married \ icior Kray; Uoy, who died in iufauc\. dhev are members of the L'nited brethren clnnch, and the kunented father also belongeil to tlial institution. lie was a supporter of the Kepublican ticket, but did not take any acti\e part m politics. 1 'ersonalh , he was well thought of and held in the \ery highest esteem by all who knew liim.

Thomas \-.. Resler was educated in the ])ulilic schools, parlK' in Ohio, and later in [.oiigoolee, then ;igain he attended the schools in bdniore township. In his early mrmhood, and after le;i\ mg sehool, be secured a position in the cit\ ( d" Indianapolis, with the wboles.ile commissi, ,n bouse of b.bu W. .VeuuKiuu iS.- Coiupauy, where he remained for a period of live years, boll.. wing the w<irk arouml the commissi, lu h,iu-e. he went out as a tra\eling salcsin.ui and couiinueil t,i tra\el for two years. At a later dale, he ])urcliased a general store in West Indianapolis, and which he conducted f, ir about a year, then retmaied to the home f;irm in Idiuore township, where he larme<l l,ir the iiexl two years, lu the year ii;o4 he went to Kiiox count)', where he rented t\\o hundred acres of ri\er boilMui laml, which pl;ice be cultivated for four vears; he then retin-ued t,i b'.luiore t,iwnship. I);i\iess county, and bijtight out the home place ;md sold it within the same \e;ir. After this sale ^fr. Resler rented what is kn,iwn as the lohn Swartz farm, in Elmore townshi]), ccjutinued to /arm this for a year and gave it up for the purpose of luanai^ing his fatlier-in-la\v's farm, which ci insists of oini liundrcd and se\eiity-six acres and wiicrc he makes his home al the present time.

During the year 1904 Tliomas F.. Resler was married tri F.tliel Martin, a daughter of Doctor Sim(in anil Sarah E. (Urumlieldj ^Martin, and to their union three children have been horn, Fred S., on February 10, iyo6; Dorothy Eunice, March 22, 191 1, and Morence, November, 1913, died January i, 1914.

Dr. Simeon Martin was a son of Joseijh and Nancy (McCray) .Martin, and was born on A])ril 29. 1N52, near Eittle luigie C'reek, Marion county. His paternal grandparents, by lir.-,t marriage, were W'ilham and Jane (Mall) Martin, the former a nalix'e of l'enns_\'l\ania, whu spent most of his life in Ohio as a farmer, but in his declining years, was a resident of Indianapolis. His first wife gave birth to the foUnwing named children: Jnhn 11.; Juseph; Ambrose S. ; Ezra J., a university graduate; William; I'lmebe J.; Fucimla. Tiie second wife was ]<"lizabeth Goldsberr)-, \\ht> ga\e birth l<i t'ohin and ]\lla. Di}ctor Maitin's Litlier, Joseph Martin, receix'ed his earl\- education in the public schiHils cif Newion, ( Jhio, and farmed his entire life, coming to Indiana in tlie year 1835 or 1N30, locating in Marion county, wliere he faiined on the land known as llaughville and which is ikiw a |)art of lhe cil\' of Indianapolis. It is said th;it he broke the ground and diij the tirst plowing immediately west of the present site of the state cajjitol building at Indianapolis. He was twice married, the first time to Nancy .McCra\-, who was born in 1825, in Connersville, I'ayette county, who gave birth to two children, Simeon, subject's father-in-law, and Sarah J., who married h'raiik P. Wier and lived in Morion county, Kan.sas. The second marriage was to Minerva Mes.sersnn'th, a <laugluer cjf i'eter .Messersinith. wlio o;i\c birth to a son Richard, wlio died in infancy, and l.netta 11., who married D. .\. Castlenian and resides in Indianajjolis.

1 )r. Simeon .M.irtin w.a-, educated in a public school that fiprmerl\- occupied a p' irtion of llic gi'onnd w lure I row n I I ill I cnieicrx i-- |i icated in the ciiv ol Indianapolis: later he :illeiidcd school in .M.nnit Jackson, an Indianapolis suburban town, (hen attended Hat tie ' i round College :ind ( oinnierci;il InNtiiute for two years. After these years of schooling, he decid.ed to leach and was a professional school teacher for nine years. Me was married in 1S77, to Minnie Catcrson, a daughter of James P. ("alerson, who was a Mexican \\'ar veteran and captain in the Civil War of ]S6o-i865. 'Vti their union was born one child, William, wdio died at lhe age oi one ve;ir: his mother died in the year i8,Si. Doctor Martin's second wife was Sarah F. r.rnmlieKl, a daughter of Nathan nrumtield, and to this union were born F\a, who died in infancy; Fthel, subject's wife: l-uhi, who died at the age of fourteen d'homas \\. Kesler is an ardent ad\ocate of the ])ro!4ressi\'e principle's of the kepuhlican parly, hut does not take rmy active interest in p<iliiics. Jle is a memher of the .Modern Woodmen of .\merica, and favors the helief of the L'nited I'.rethrcn church and lends his support to that denomiiijitiou. I'ersoniilly, he is one of the popular youiiL;" men of the communit\- and p;irticularly noted for his _L;enial disposiiion, a^i^ressi\eness in the promotion of all meritorious enterprises tendinis t(] the welfare of the comniunitv, and, socially, is most hospitahle, wins friends easily and, .amonj.,' the wide ac(|uaiiitance which he enjoys, he has many warm and lo\al sn])porters.

Burn on INIarcli (). 1S75, in l''lniore town^lii]), DaviL->s county, Indiana, Levi W. Weaver is the lirollK-r ui Jacob C. Weaver, whose life history is told elsewhere in this \olunie, an<l the son of Ahrahani and Fannie (Barkey) W^ea\«.T, the funner of wlmm was horn in Mason county, Kentucky. on January 21, 1S40, and died 1 m July jo, kjoS, and the latter burn in 1S41 in Ontario, Canada, died on August [4, Kjod. Levi Weaver's ,L;randfather was Jacob Weaver, a blacksmith, Imrn in Weslniureland ccmnty, Pennsvlvania, who ni.arried Charlntte Kinneniaii, also a nati\e of that place. They were married in I'enn.^ylvania, but >ub->ei]uentl\- nmved tn Kentuckw where they nnlv resided a .short time, when they remo\ed to Indiana, settling; in .Madison township, 1 )aviess county, at which place Jacob Weaver followed his trade the remainder of his life, lie owned a farm of eiL;lU\- fi\e acres, and was a dcMiut member of the (lerman l.uther.ni church.

Abraham Weawr, the father of l.e\i Weaxer, was educated in the subscrijition schools of Daviess counl\- and obtaineil onl)' three months' schooling- before he had arri\ed at the aL;e of twenty-one. This education, howe\er. he supplemented ]i\- home slud\- and liec.iuie a w ell-in f> irmed m;ui. teaching- sclniol for four years. lie was a buildei' and contractor and did most of his wr)rk- in Greene. Martin and Daxiess coumics. He owned a farm of two hundred ami ninet)--n\-e ;ures in hdmore township, was a I )emocrat in politics au<] a member of the L'nited Ihethren church..

l,e\i \\. Wea\-er was one of three children born to bis parents: Jacob / C, whose histoi-\- is gixen elsewhere, .and (.'lu'istina. who was born in fS^o ami dieil in \^y^.

Le\-i W. Weaver w;ls married in iSmo to Catherine S. Wdn'te. the daughter of James M. and Mary J. ( Wo(]dl Wdiite. To this union one son. Robert nono\-an. lias been born. Tie was born on .September .^. loot.

James M. White was born in \'irginia. but remo\-i'il to l\emucl<\- and from that state to Illinois, where he was a farmer in Clark- count\-. For llie last twei-itv vears he has lix'ed a retired life in Westlield. that state. The cliildren of James M. ami Mary J. White were: William T. ; Flora V.; Catherine S. : Lillian, deceased: (larett W., deceased, and Emma L. James M. White was the smi of (iarett and Martlia (Marr) White, who were nati\'es nf l"raiice and who immigrated in this country- Lev i W. Weaver has been a hard worker, an industrious farmer and a good manaL;er. In the broader sense of tlie \\-ord, Mr. Weaver considers himself the steward of the wealth and i>n]])erty which have, been pkued in his hands. He is interested in rdl public enterprises, a proi^ressi\-e, up-to-date citizen, lhoront;iil\' in s)'mpathy with the s]iirit of the generatirni in which he is living;'. From many stantlpnints lie is to be considered a representative citizen iif 13a\iess countv.

In the brief sketch of ;m\' lixint; citizen it is dilTicult to do him exact and im]i;irtial justice. .\dt su much. Imwexer, for the lack ijt space or w<ird^ to set furth the familiar .and passim; e\ent> nf hi> personal hist(:>rv, as fur want nf the ])erfect and ruunded conce[)tiiin ol his whole life, which ,L;row s, develops and ri|iens like fruit to disclnse its truest and best ikaN'or mly when it is mellowed by time. Laily cnnlacl with a man so f.amiliarizes us with his virtues that we ordin;n"ily oxerlonk them and cnmmnnly underestimate iheir ]» issess( ir. It is not often that true hnnor, i)ublic or pri\'ate - that hiiunr which is the tribute nf cnrdi.al res]KCt .and esteem - cnmes to man wilhnut a basis of character and deeds. Idie world may be decei\-ed b\' fortune and by ornamental or showv (juah'ties without substantial merit and they render tn the undeserving the shnrt-li\-ed admiration, but the hminr which wise and L^m.jd men \alue aiid which li\-es beyond the ijrave mtisi h,i\e Us fnundatinu m re.il worth, fnr "Wnvth m::keth the m.ni." X^t a lew men li\e unher.dilcd ;md almost unknown bevnnd the n;irrn\v limits nf the cit\' nr cninmunit)' wherein their lots are ctist, who yet have in them, if fortune had opened tn them a wider sphere nf life, the elements of character to make statesmen or public benefactors of \\nrld-wide f.ame. ("nuipared with the blaznn nf fame which siJine regard as the true stamp of -greatness, there is a lowlier and simjiler and vet truer standard whereby to iudi;e them and to fix their ])l;ice in the reL;ard of their fellowmen. During a life of more than tifly years in Daviess county, Indiana, the people have had an (^p|)ortunity to know what manner of man Willard Rowm:ui is. Testimony is ample that he is a ;.(ond .citizen in the full sense of the term and

Michael Huwinan, the f.ither uf Willard lluwmaii, was educated in the ],ul)lic and sub^criptiun school-, of Martin county. He was a well-educated man fc.r his day and generation. He started farming in lirown township, Martin county,' and fanned there all of his life. He was principally engaged in farming and siuck raising, and ( Avned about two hundred acres of land. During the winter season he engaged in Inlying fur^, and also dealt some in the buying and selling of li\e stock.

'Idle children of Alichael and Mahala l?owinan were :^Iartin. who married .Malinda Atkins; ).lilton, who married Cynthia A. Osliorne ; Willard, the suljject (jf this sketch; Xancy Jane, who married John Sims, deceased; Sarah Alice, who married .Absalom Sharpless, deceased.

Michael I'.owman and family were active and devuut members cit the Baptist church. He was a neiiiocrat and was trustee of Brown tuwn.^hip, Alartin county, at the time of his death.

Willard Bowman was educated in the jiublic schools an<l especially at the Welsh school in Brown township. M.artin county. His education did ,i.,l ee.iM', lioue\cr. when be linisbed alleiiding ihi- ^choul. f , .r he practically educated hinisell by siudyiiig at night after d-mg a lianl day's work. He began farming when a very young man. lir.t about iN^i in Caniernn township, Martin county. .\bont 1SS5 he came to Davie. s county and l.icated in Madison township, farming there until Mjio. In that year he traded for the farm ..1 one hundred and sixty acres which he now owns in Fdmore township. He still has hfty acres, however, in Madison township. .\lr. I'.owm.an does general f.anning and stocking raising. During his entire life he has bought and shipped horses and mules to .\tlanta. fieorgia, ;iiid at one time was heavily interoted in this business, although he has not

W'lieii one pauses to consiilcr the ellorlnou^ iullueiice for i;ood that nui--t ha\e lieeii e.xeried h\- the conscientious, talented and ueli-irained man in a ser\ice of more than a (piarter of ,a cenlur\- in llie sciiool room, ihe thoui;ht inc\ilalil\ .iri-es IcaihiiL; up lo ihe couclusiou ihal licre perhaps has lieeii exercised one ol the most poieul lactors in the de\elopnient of ihe ueii^liborhood in which micIi ser\ice has heen exteiidcil that can he inia<(iued. W'liat a wonderfid thini;- it is to ha\e had in chari;e the educational traiiiinof the countless yoiitli who have heen |)laced under the ,L;entle care of the conscientiijus teacher whose ser\ice has extended o\ei' such a pei'iod as here set out. The far-reaching' iullueiice of such a ser\ice can ne\er adeipialelv 1)C estimated. It easily is conceisahje lliat in an indirect \say this inllneiice may reach all ccirners of the eartli, for in ;i (|uarter of a century there no doubt passes before a district school teacher youlli wlio, in their after ex|)eri- literally do reach the iitlennost parts of llie earth. There is no gain- savini; the li>cal inlliK-iicu- i<\ Mich a li<i\vc\cr, ami in the imnhLTn part of DaviL-ss county there is to lie I'ouiul no one who will deny to ihe L;enlleinan whose name introduces this interesting hio-raphical sketch, the honor of liavin^r touched and inlluenced the h\es of more of the youth ul that section of the county llian any other person in it. Since the year iSS.S .Mliert Malone has lieen a teacher in the scIiocjIs of Elmore townsliip, and in that time has endeared himself to all, old and youiii;- alike. He has had the honor and the pleasure of receivini.;- under his scholastic care the children ol those who .nice were pujiils under his charLje, and, reasouahly enough, may expect yet to recei\e into his charge e\en the grandchildren of S(_)me id liis original i)upils. This is imleed a form c d' puhlic service that is worth while, and the liiographer takes particular pleasure in inviting the attention of the reader of these pages to the following^ hrief and modest review of the lile of the welhknown l)a\ iess county teacher here referred to.

.\lherl Malone was horn in Aladisuu township. l)a\iess county, Indiana, on .Vovemher i. 1NO7, llie -ou of k'rederick and Martha C. Leon ( ( )'Snlli\an) Maloiie, the foiuier of whom \vas horn in d'uscarav\as county, ()hio, on |ul\ S. i''^4.v 'he sou of l-'has and .Susannah ( hreed ) Malone, n,ali\es cif Ohio, the Latter of whom also was horn in Ohio, the daughter of Rohert and Mary O'Sulhxan.

F.lias Malone, who was horn in ( )hio, where he grew up as a larmer, came to Daviess counlv ahont the year 1850, and settled on the farm in Madison townshi]) 011 which his son l-'rederick now resides ;md on which he spent the rest u\ his life. He was ;i man of forceful ch.iracter, upright and onergetic, who cpncklv liecime one of the most ]iioininent and inllueulial men in that part of the idiiuty. He and his go.ul wife were .active in all mo\ements having to do with llie liettermeiit of local conditions and were admired and respected l>y the citi/enry thronglioul that region, the memor\ of iluar go. 1(1 deeils leuii; cheri^hc.l \>\ m,in\ iheiealiout to this day.

i-fCL-iviiiy his education in the exccHent district schcjols of that ncii;hh()rhi)ud and still lives un the hcinie farui, which fur many 3'ears has been in his name, which is a well kept pruperty i>f ninety acre>, practically e\ery fuut ui which is in a state uf excellent cnlti\atuui. Air. Malmie is n<it only an excellent fanner, hut a citizen uf woi'th, wlmse inllnencc in the cdnininnity in which he SiJ Inui; has lived is ever exerted for L;(H)d. m) that he is rec^.^nized a^ one of the leading citizens of that -ection. Jle and his wife are meinhers of the Baptist church, in which faith they reared their children, and are warmly interested in the v;irious henelicences of the conL;iei^ation to which they are attached. Air. Malone is a 1 )emocrat ;ind, thon.L;h ne\er included in the olficeseckinj; diss, is deeply concerned in ;ill matter-, relatini; to i^ooil L;o\'ernnient, and takes a s^ood citizen's interest in the cani])aii^iis of hi^ jiarty.

Alhert Malone was reared on the home farm, receiviiiL; his elemeni.iry education in the district schools of M.idison township, later attendiu,^ the hi-h school at ( Idon. snpplemeiitinL;' thi.^ course of instruction l)\ a course in the normal school at Mitchell, Indiana, which wa> followed hy a course in the cc.lle.L^e at Ilarlsville, this slate, ddius .admirably ei|iiipped for the profession of teachin-, to which he had decided to de\-ote his life, Mr. Malone, in the \e,ir iS,S,S. hei^an in the di.strict scliocTs of LImore towiivlnii, .and h.as keen teachinj.; e\-er >ince Ills winters thus occupied, Mr. M.aloiie ha-, durini; all tlii.s time, de\oted hi.-> .Minimers to f.irmini;. and mwiis ;i line tr.ici of one hundred and thirty .acre- in i'dniore town-hip, where he m.ikes hi- home ;md whcic he hiiilt an excellent ;md comfoilal.le lion-c in |(;14.

Mr. -Mal'iiK' is imt i.uil)' (jiic (it the olile.it tcaclu-r.s in Daviess county, Init - and tliis is statcij wiihont fear nf uiYeniliuL; liis confreres on the ennnty e(hicati(jnal hoard's stalT of teaehers - one eif the hesl Uked. Certainly in tile nei<,dih(jrhood in which for vo nian\' yeai's he has heen teachinj; there is none to gainsay his iiopularit)', and the people of that part of the connty will he (|nite content to ha\e him ciintinue for many years to come the comse he so alily, and with such -ratifNin^ results, has followed during the past i|uarter of a centur\' or rnore. He and .Mrs. Malone are memhers of the United P)rethren church at Mud Pike, and are earnestly intcresteil in all the i^ood \vork> id' the neif^hhorhood, very pro]ierlv heiiit; regarded h\' all as auioni,' the leaders in the social development of their commuuily. The 1 )em<icratic Ijarty claims Mr. Malone's allegiance and he takes a tlioUL;lUful and intelliL;ent interest in the political ipiestious of the day, his coun>els \)l-\\t^ received with i^rax-e consideration hy the p;irty manai^ers m his part of the count)-.

This \eteran s^liool teacher is a man wlmm all deliidit |o honor, and it surely ni;iy he s.aid of him thai his L;()od works lon^; will li\e after him in the li\-es of the children upon whom hi> warm ])er^onalit\' h.as heen ini- ])re>>ed .and who have heen so heuelicenll)' iiilluenced li\ his teacliinL;>, iM r. Weaver ,ind bis faniilv are members of ibe ( 'iiiled I'.relhren cluirch. and ill politics he is ,an ardent |)emo(a;il. lie, however, has never been active in political mailers.

Mr. Weaver has always j^iven liherally of his money to encourage pulilie impro\ cment and worthy puhlic enterprises. Ik- ih a man of eheerv o[)timism and for hi> sucee>s in life is always readv to give credit t(j the lieneticent power which rules the universe, rescr\in^- f(]r himself the comparatively humble row of pro\ ini^- himself worthy to profit hy the heuehcence of this power.

It matters nuich less where gei i.Ljraphically a man comes into tlie wnild, than how he comes intn this lifr ;l^ a living; force fnr what he does and hecoiiies in it. Heredity and en\ininmunt ha\e niiuh to do in ciHiditioniuL; his character and ])ower, and fortunate indeed is the individual who h.is been well born and whose surroundings have made for his best de\ eli ipment. The welbkiiown subject of this sketch ha^ been peculiarly blessed in b. ith these respects, lie is born of a .listinguished father, a resident of Madisoii tdwnshi]!, Daviess county, and wa.s reared under excellent Ikjiuc inlluences, the result of which is a fine <]iecimen of manhood and citizenship.

Clarence Pownall was born (jn September 22, 1870, in Mailis.in tciwnship, Da\iess county, Indiana. He is the son of Ceorge \V. and .\lwiKhi (berguson) I'nwnall, the former of whom was bom in Portage county, (-hid. on Septemlier 1(\ 1841, and the latter luirn on X.i\eiiilicr 22. 1841). deorge \\ . Pown.ill i^ referred t'l elsewhere in this vnluine. He is the sun of Jesse and X.iiuy (Swift) I'l.uii.all. the former of whom was burn in Virginia, on .\pril 13. 1813. and die<l in 11)03. and the latter a native of \'ermont.

iiducated in the public sclinu]., ,,| M.adison tiiwnship. Clarence Pown.all when a yuung man worked with his father on the farm. .\t the ,i-e nf twenty-one he imrchased eighty acres in M.adis,,,, tnwiiship. .adjuinnig his father's farm, and li\ed with his father until he was twenty-live years uf age. .\t the age of twenty-four lie started f.irming fur liimself .and h.i.s been farming ever since on the same tract uf land, ibe one which adjuiiis that of

Anion- the nnmerons farmers ni Cierman hirtli m Daviess county, there are few who are hetler kiiMwn or more popular than the i;vnllemaii whose is noted .(l.nve, or lo wlmin the (ioddess ,,| l.-,,rtnne h;is k-eii more kmd. There is s. .mclliin- al.otit the (ieiinan svsiein , d' farmin- which t^els results. .A native tendency to thrift and careful conservation, a trait that has hceii inbred hy centuries of intensive fariniin.;- in the l^itherland. .t^Mves to the l.ariner of Teutonic extraction in this country an apparent ;id\antaye which his nei'^hlidr .sometimes is inclined i., eiiw. There is in this app.ireiil adx.anta-e no occasion for envy, however. lA-erythin- has its reason for heiiiL;. and if the (ierman farmers have a way of oettiii- ahead. II is hecausc ilie\ are nioie attenloe lo ihe lesser ilelaiL- ,,| their work, d'hey operate their farms with a minimum of waste, and, .acting on the proper theory that a penny saved is a penny earned, they make the most of everythini,' they have, with the result that in time their thrift makes il.self visibly manifest in broad acres and welbkept farms. Such li.is been the theory of life behind Georj^^e \V. Aleurer's efbirts, and the secret of his success is not so deep a mystery as to be without solution b\- the person of careful habits of observation. It may properly be said, in jjassin.^-, that this secret is one which many would profit by learning-.

1864, the son of Phili]) and Marj^aret (Sanders) Meurer, tlie former of \\li(jm was a native of Clernian)- and the latter of \vh(jni was born in Greene county, Indiana.

Philip Meurer came to this country from Cierniany at tlie atje of tliirtyfive and settled in Greene conntw where lie cleared a farm and maile a home, in which he lived for man}- veai> liefore nioviuL; to his present home in this count)'. ShortK' after coniini; iu this slate, Philip iMeurer married Mai'- t^aret Sanders, of (ireene countv. and to this tmiun there were horn nme chiKlren, as follnw : llenr\, who married i\lary Miller, lives in Ai'kauhas, where he is enj;"aL;ed in farminu; ; Charles, wlm married Annie h'ranch, and hves in (jreene county; Tlmmas, deceasetl ; Antlmux', who married Jo>,e|)hine Lankford; George \\'., the immediate suhject of this sketch; Sherman, wlm married Nora Owens, and lives in iilmore township; Read, w lii.i married Laura W'ittles and lives in Arkansas, he henig married a second time; hdisha, who married l.ura Owens and lives in Greene connt\'; I'.lizaheth. who married I'lank (ileiin and lives at Terre llaute. Tlioe children were liriiUL;ht up in the faith of the .Methmlist I'.piscop.al church and the father and suns nave their political allcL^iance to the Oeniucratic parly.

George W. Meurer's youth was spent partly in (ireene and panlv m I laviess county, lie received hut a limited educaliini in the schocils of the-^e counties, hut hecame well g'rnundi.-d in the principles of successful famiing, as a youuL.;' man "working out" on the farms iieiglil» iiing lliose of his father's t.arm, eventually owning ;i farm of his own hUr tvventv-fonr years he h\ed on Peters Mill in (.u'eeue county, and in iM.'U'ch, iijoS, moved tn the tarm where he now lives, in hJiuore township, where he has lieen very sikcessful. lie hegan there with a tract, uf one hundred and sixty acres, which he gradually enlarged until he now owns a line farm of two hundred and thirtv-hvf :icres, all of which is under a high st;iu- uf cultivation. In ;iddilidU lo his work a-> a general lainu-i, .Mr. .Mcnrer is also engaged. X' > .a ci'Hsiderahle extent, in slock r.aising, ;md. in order to keep up the strain of his cattle, keeps a full-hlooded I'lilled ,\ngus hull, -\moiig the recent inipro\-t.-- nieiits on this f.arm is a line new h.arn, which .Mr. Menrer erected in ii;!^ The farm is well tileil and evervthing is dune h)- its owner to insure the greatest possible productivity of (he soil.

In the year K^os George W. .Menrer was united in marriage to Loi'kie L. Roark, the daughter of John and Elizaheth ( Vanover ) Roark, .ami to this union has heen hiprn one chiM, .a son, Roy, on January 17, 11114.

Mr. .Menrer is a Democrat and takes a go(]d citizen's interest in political affairs, heing natur.ally interested in ;ill matters relating to good gov-

The rich aL;ricultural sectiun cumprised within the hountls nf Da\iess county, Indiana, i? replete with pleasant luinies, hiai.-in;j; a ha])p\' and jirugressive people. No sp(jt in the i^reat state of Indiana is hettcr fa\ored in tiiis re^'ard than is tlie cunnty with which this \'iilnme ])articnlarly treats, and there are few spots nmre hiL;hlv fa\ored than is that section nf the count}' comprised within the Ijuialers of Idnnra tnwn>lnp and the picturesque ccnuitry surroundiiiL; the pleasant Inwii of iLlnnra. Amono- the fai1^k-rs in that liiwn_^hip there are lew who are lietter known than i^ William Tdiias, to a hrief hio^raiihy of whom the reviewer here enL;aL;e^ the attention of the reader.

William Thias was horn in Jackson county, Indiana, on Noxember r, 1S71, the son <if Christian and Sophronia ( I'lUrrel ) h'raze, to whom also was horn a dauL;hter, Sophia, who married John (_)'.\lara, and li^es in Jack'- Sou county, Indiana.

( )win^ to dillereiice.', in the Imiizc familv which led to the disruplion ni the home, William, when a ver)- small lail, was hroui^ht up hy l-'iederick and Caroline (ilodapp) Thias, ueiL;hhors, and ^rew to nianhooil in their home, their name heiii;;" hestowed upon him hy adoption, hrederick Thias wa> a farmer in Jack'son county, who retired from .ictixe service on the farm in iijO''^. aiiil is iiow euio\iui; the fruit> of a Ioul; hie of industry .and toil. ( )n this farm William Thias receued a careful irainiUL; in the rudiments of agriculture and. upon reaching m.inhood's estate, .started farming for hini'-elf. In Septemher, mjIo, .Mr. Thias cime to |)a\ie^s county and hon^ht a farm of eighty acres, in l--linore township, on which he has since lived .ami \vliich he has greatl\' imjiroxed since t.iking possession. ;it the s.aiue time hringing the farm to a hi.Ljh state of cultivation. I )iuing the ivw \ears he has keen a resident of this county, he has made man)' friends in the coiiiniumt\- in which he makes his home and is r.aiiiilh- taking his ]il.ace .among the men of affairs in that neiL;hhorhood. lie is industrious .and energetic .and liis wellimpro\ed acres show the effect of this energy ,iiid industry.

Daviicss Cdunty, Indiana

T(') Wilham and I'.ertie ( \\ilker>on ) Thias h.ave heeii horn three children; I'.arl, killed hy li-lUniiiK in njij, at the a,L;e of sixteen; an infant son, and a dant;hter, llertha May, who was horn on jnne jG, ii;o<S. Mr. and Airs. Thias are nieinhers of the I'liited I'.relhren church at I'.ellview, and are held in tlie hi-hest rci^ard 111 that nei-hhorhood, where the)' are doiiiL; well their part in the life ..f the comnininty. Mr. 'l'\\v.\-^ is a Kepulilican, and is a meniher of the Mo,lern Wn,,dmen of .\meric;i and both in politics and in the atTairs of his lod-e takes a warm interest, as well ;is in the -eiieral aHairs id" the vicinity in which he elected to make his home a few years a-o. He is a modest, unassumin.i;- man, who has the respect of ,dl who know him.

Marion M. Johnson

When Dean Swift i^^^ve utterance to that imniort.al passaj^e in his "Gulliver's Travels," readin- as follows: "And he .^ave it for his opinion that whoever could make tw(j e.ars of corn or two blades ol grass to grow uhere only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to hi^ country than the whole race of poluician. imt together," he gave to the world a terse presentation of a truth diat would be dififcult to improve on. .\gricnUurists, in this favored section of the sl.ate, if put to the test applied by J )e;ni Swift, would be found doing their part ,iui>l adimiahlv in ibc development of the soil',, great riches, making two oais 01 corn grow where one -rew before 111 the very bter.il sense indeed. uo phase of man's activities h.is there been more ad\ance m recent vears than in that most important industry relating to the cultivation of the sod, and in this notable advance the farmers of Davie- county have not been found behind those of any other section of the state. Anion- the prosperous, l)r..gressive and up-to-date farmers of the county, there are few who ha\e a wdder acpiamtance or who are more deservedly popular than Marion .\l. Johnson, of I'.luiore township, ;i brief review of whose life the bn.grapher hnds pleasure in here presenting for the information of the readers ,,f this valual)le historical and biographical work.

W ilhani Johnson was born in Tuscarawas count)', Ohio, and was reared to the life of a farmer and there married Iv.ichacl \'auL;lin, a riati\e of Penns\d\ania. .\houl the )ear 1S54 he came to India.na, li>catmi; m l)a\iess C(juniy, buyiny a farm of one hundretl acres in Madison to\\u^hip, about one and onehalf miles east of the place on which hi^ L;raIld^oll, Marion M., ik.iw li\'es. I'y inilustry and thnit he was able, with the assistance of his son.s, to add to tlii^ original tract, until, at the time of his death, he owneil about two hundred acres (d' well-lilled land, c(imprisiuL; one of the best farm.s in tliat jioi'tion of the couiuv'. William Johnson was an excellent citizen and a good neighbor and was regai'iled as ciUe of the leaders m his section, it being admiltetl t(i thi^^ da}' that lie exerted a large inlluence in the de\ elopuieiu of that section.

llr\son Johnson was born in Tuscarawas C(/unt\', t )hio, and came to this county with his parents upon their migration liiiher wlnai he was aliont fifteen )'ears old. lie rei-ci\cd his railv edncati'iu m the subscription scIiomIs of Madison township, m what was known in th:it day as the MaloiiL- scIkjoI, later attending ihi.- llerron school, ami u]iou reaching manhood's estate began f.arming, his father having reared him in that vocation, lie was a farmer .dl his lite and made ,1 piononnceil success oi Ins business, lie owiieil one hundred and si\t\' acres of line laiul. one hundred and tweiitv acres in Madison township, and forty acres in I'duiore touuship. Mr. )ohnson married Lydia ( )\erlon, and he and his wife were leaders in the social life of their community and did much for the adeancement of the best interests of that section.

To Ih-yson and l.ydia (Overton) Johnson were born se\'en children, as follow: Marion M., the subject (d' tliis sketch; Greenville, who niarrieil Emma R. Long' and lives in I'dnora, where he is successfully entjagcd in the hardware business; Reverend William, who was graduated from Del'auw University, married Jennie C. Walls^ and is now a resident minister of the

Marion M. JohuMm was edncaled in the pnhhc schools of Ins home township and was c^ne (jf the first to he i^radnated from the common schools oi Madison township, nnder the present system of townshi]) hi.^h schools, lie was reared as a farmer, his father i^ixini; him ample instrnctions in the science of success fnl a-ricnltnre and npon reachin- manhood, started farmin- for himself. In 1SS7. he hoii-ht forty acres of land in hdmore township, and h\ed there nmil \i<<j'). in which ye.ar he hou-ht his piesent f.irm in the s.ime township. Ilis orit^inal tnicl included hut forty acres, hut hy ddi-ence .and thrift, he was ,ahle to add to this, as the years went hy, until now he owns an excellent farm of one hundred and forty-li\e acres, on which he is successfnllv eui^.a.i^ed in L;ener;d f.armin- and sloek raising;. In loOo. he huilt his present commodious ham, ha\ ini; huilt ui iNoo the ham on his other farm. ;ilso l,nildmi; an addition [-, the hou-e on th.a pl.ice. in all hi- undert.akin^s. Mr, lohn-on has had a mo-,t faithful ;md competent helpmeet in hiwife, who, hefore her nt.arria.i^e on hecemher ^^ iS,'^4, was Ida J. Slinkard, the dauL;hter of Moses and .Sarah ( Smeltzer ) Slink;ir<l of ( h-eene county. ;md he nnt;rndi;in_i^lv ascrihes much of hi- present sni-cess to her earnest a--istauce at all innes, anil pai ticuLn i\ durm- the eail\ d.i\s ot iheir strui^i^le to make and maintani for them-cl\cs a delinite eslahh-hment in the prosperous farming communit_\- in which they are located. They started their m.arried life with li\e dollars' worth of furniture hesides the cook -tove. and h\' hard work ;md c.ai-eful mana,L;ement h.i\e .accumnlateil an excellent larm. insnrini,' for themsehes a competence in their declining' ye.ars. .\s a proper lesson in industry and ])rudent thrift this is an example which it would he well for many young periple of the present day to take to heart.

To Marion AI. and Ida J. (Slinkard) Johnson nine children h.ave heen horn, as follow: MeKin, who married Sina Killiou, to which union one child has ])i:cn horn, a S(jn, Kenn.eth ; Jennie May, who died at the age of

Mr. and Mrs. Jnhii.s,,n are faithful and inlliiential nienibers of the United Ih-elhren cluirch, in the faith nf which they ha\e reared their chihh-en and in the local affairs of which they Lake a warm interest, e\er heing f(jim(i i-ea.ly to tnrlher any cause haviii- as its ohject the ad\anceinent of the best interests of the comninnity, ami are \ory iiroperl) regarded as among the leaders in the social life of the neighhorhood. Air. h.hnson is a Democrat.

.Among the itroiiiinent families of Elmore township, DavieSs county, Indiana, few are better known than that of the Stalcnps, and certainly none more deservedly eiilitled to recognition in a liHt.jrical work of this character, for the family of Mrs. Ste],lieii Stalcnp, who was an lulniore bef.ire her marriage, enjoyed the distinction (jf gi\iiig to that important di\ision of the couiuy in which they lived the name of hdniMre township, and I'dniore f(U- mail)' years has been one of the in,,^t familiar in the conntw

Stephen Stalcnp, grandfather of the subject of ibi> -ketch, was f^r many "lie ol the bestduiown ,md mo,-t promuieiit f;irniers of Sulhv.an comity, and was known far ami wide in that part ..f the state as a successful dealer 111 live stoek. He was inlliiential in the .affairs of his localit), and he and his wife were .among the leader- in the -ood woiks . d' that ueigbborln .od. To Stephen an.! Sarah (Smock) Sl.alcup were b..rii four children ; Henry S., lather of the geiitlem.aii whose ii.aine .appears at the t^p ,,f this bk.gr.aiibical narr;iti\e: .\nios : i.\'curgiis .and b'r.ank.

F-lnion.' tuunsliip at the i)oint at wliicli his son still rc.sides. He was an energetic and enterprising farmer and his all'airs prospered largely. He gradually added tu his orit^inal farm until, at the time of his death, he was the owner of tw<.i hnndred and twenty-li\-e acres of excellent farm land, the greater part of which was in a hi_-h state of ciiUi\ation. In addition to his farming-, Mr. Stalciip was interested in other enterjiri^cs in the neighliorhooil and was one of the heaviest stockholders in the canning factory at Minora.

Stephen Stalcup was reare<l on the home farm, in hdmore townshi]), and received his edncatir>n in the pulilic schools of that to\\nslh]i. I'pon reaching manhood's estate, he continued to remam on the home farm, assistin- his ladur in the m.magemi ni of die s.-mie. and now owns the ol.l home place, a line f.iiui of one hnndred aiul forty-live ;icre^, in .iddilion to vviiich helarms another trad near hy, the enliix' amount of land which he lns under cultivation heing tvvc. hundred and I'lftv at res. In addition to general farminand stock raising, .Mr. Stalcup, until a few years a.go, was aciivelv interested in the canning factory at FJiiora. of winch, at one time, he w.as the heaviest stockholder, h.aving heen man.iger of the s.ame (hiring the vears i(,fj and lOi.^ in whicli latter \ear he s,,|,l his interest in the pl.int. In ojio, Mr. Stalcup .added to the farm huildiiigs which his f.alher h.id I'rected on tiie Jiiace, a commodious harn, .and, in 1(^14, erected ;i sil,,. He is recognized as the most extensive grower of alfalfa in D.aviess county, and is ..tlierwise regarded as .an exceinionally enter]nising ;md eiieri^etic voun- f.irnier.

Daviess Countv, Inihana

Stephen hduiore married Kiuh Hillon and to this union were horn six children; John, Isaac. I'honias. I )ee, Alar_\' and Ahraham, the latter of whom was the father of Airs, Stalcup. who was the sole issue (if his niarriai^e with L)(lia ISrintsheld. a meniher of another of the old families of that section. Ahraham EInujre piedeceased his wile an(l she married, secondly, David Simpkius, to which latter union one chili 1 w;is horn, ;i sou, ( )scar.

county in which he l-c^illcs, would he a proper rcllcction of the times without (hie uieiitinii of .Mr. Weaver and the part lie is takiu- in the develMpuieiit of tlie County's liest interests. The hioi^rapher finds iileasure. therefore, 111 askiiiL-- the reader's attention to the followiuL; brief and modest l)io,L;rapliieal hihn \V. \\'ea\er was horn m I'dniore township, Daxiess county, Inthana. on luly (>. li^So, the son of I )a\ id ami Lo\ina ( llaynes) \\ea\er, the former of whom was horti in Madison townsliip, this county, on Se[)temher jo, 184-'. ilied on Septeniher .S, looS, and the latter of whom was horn m ( )raiii;e cotmty, Indiana, on Xoxemher ,V ''""^S.v '""' '^ ^l'" I'vi",^. ^''i Imnored ineinher of the household of Iter son, lohu W'.. on the homestead faiiu m hdmore township.

David \Vea\er was the sou of Jacoh ;in<l C'harlotta (K'inneman) Weaver, the former of whom was horn near Adanishiir^, in Westmoielaiid county, Pennsylvania, died in .Madison townshi]i, I )aMess ci>unty, in the year iS(jo, in which township he f<ir many years was one of the most c mspicnous hi;nres. In the \ear iSjij, jacoli \Vea\er migrated from I 'euiisyh aula to Kentucky, locatin,^ in l'"ayette county, 111 the latter stale, where he remained until the year 1S4 1 , in w Inch year he nioyed wiili his family to I )a\ iess county, locatiuL; in Madison township, where he resumed his trade of hlacksinith, hein.L^- a yerv hi-hlv skilled craftsman in that line. lie houylit a farm in Madison townshi]), uhich his sons operated while he u.as eni.;aL;ed in the hlacksmith shop, until his retirement was rendered compulsory liy Mindncss oyertakiui;- him. :md the last f(/urteen years of his life was spent in darkness. Ch-andfather Weaver was a in.an id' stron.i; persou.alitx' and his counsels and ad\'ice ainon^ his neighbors exerted a l,ar.i;e inlhieiice in his time, prospered he eiil;u\L;"eil his hoKhns^s until, at tlie time nt his death, he pussessed the cunsiderahle farm ahii\e meiitinned, all of which \\a> in an excellent state of ciiltixation. Daxid W'eaxer was united in marriage tn Lcn ina Haynes, a nati\-e of Orange Cdunty, Indiana, a memher of one i>f the "Id families of that section n\ the state, anil in this union there were horn hut twd children, John \\'., the immediate suhject of this sketch, and hdva, the latter (d' whom was horn on |nl_\- 15, 1S.S5. and died on Septemher 12, looi. Da\'id \\''ea\'er was an acti\x' worker in the Mission Inijitist church, and was a Democrat who took an active part in the political affairs of that commimit V.