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

Iveared on the farm, John W. W'eaxer receiwd liis schooliui^- in what was then known as the Mud I'ike school in hdniore township. .\t the ai^e of ei^'hteen, he started farmini:,' in partner>hi]) with his father, and has heen a farmer all his life, lix'iny; continuously on the place on which he was horn, and which he i^realh' impro\ed. in loll. h\- the erection of hi^ prcM/iil very comfortahle and pleasant home. [le adds to this L^eneral larmiiii.;-, stock raisiuL; on a fairl\- extensixe scale and has had considei'alile success in this latter line. Mr. \\'ea\er earh* (le\elo])cd into an unusually successful auctioneer and lli.^ ser\ices in th.al dii'cction are in much dcni.and, not onl\- in liis own part of the county, l)ut elsewhere in this section of the state, and he cries farm and str)ck sales for miles and miles in e\erv direction therealiout, heini;" one of the luost popular auctioneers in the county.

-of the leaders of puljlii.- tliuUL^ht aiul action. He is a man of large personality, serene temperament and ewnly-lialanced, well-ruunded character, who is liked by all who know him. Xn (me in Daviess county takes a warmer interest in the countv's welfare than he and in his home community he is continuallv to he fnund "lionstint;" wherex'er he i;'ies. It is such citizens as Mr. \\'ea\-er that make so strongly for gond gdvernmcnl and right li\ing and he gi\-es ungrudgiugh- of his time and talents in prcuiuting all good causes.

George E. Todd

No history of Da\'iess cunnty, and parliculaih' no re\'iew ni the life oi that ^ectilln of ihe counts' com|ii"i^cd in the I'dnora neiglihoiiiood, in I'.lmore towuhliiii, would he complete without [jropcr lucnlion of the Todd famih', and of liie hale old gentleman w ho-,e name appears a^ the caption of this inlere^tiug l)iogra]ihical narrati\e. ()f ihe true pioneer lireed. George Iv.Todd is one ol the interesting sur\i\als which ho delinilelv connect llie generation (jf pioneers in this section with the ])resent generation, and the hiographer lakes much pleasure in here presenting a hrief re\dew of the salient points in his interesting career. Xo one in his part of the couiit\- is hetter kiKjwn or more uui\ersally popular than .Mi'. Toild, and it is proper that this sketch shonkl ;ip|)ear in this work in oi'der thai the future hislorian of this section who may turn to these |iages for data relating to the present ])eriod in the de\-elopment of Da\ iess count)-, in.i\' find preserved there in fonu.ition relating to tins pioneer famil) that ought not to he lost in the .'innaK of this ipiiet neighliorh(jod.

(ieorge Todd \v,as horn in .Moiu'oe county, Imliana, on jnue 7. 1N43, the >on n\ John and hdi/aheth (1 laves) Todd, the former of whom w.as liorii in Uonrhoii connt\ . Kentncky. and the latter of whom was horn in Watauga, .\orth on ( )cioher 15. iSuo. and who died in the \ear 1004, at the age of one hundreil and fcjiir. John Todd^came to Indiana from Kentucky when a yoniig man and settled in .Monroe county, where he hecame one of the hestd<uo\sn and most |iroininent men in his section. 'I'here he met the wom;in who hecame his wife, and the two reared their family there, spending all their lives in Ahmnje county, witli the exception of ahruit two years, during which they lived in .Missouri, to wdiich st.ate they had moved in 1840. Hetmning to JMonroe comitv, following their western (44) ' ' ' , experience, they again engaged in farming, and, at tiie time u£ his death,, [olm Todd was possessed of two hunch^cd and forty acres of land, tlie larger part of which was in an e.xcellent state of cultivation, lie lived U> he eightysix years of age, his health practically unimpaired to within a short time of his death. He was a strong, vigorous man, actne and alert, and, at eighty, was ahli^to g(.( ti) the woods and pick off a squirrel with his trusty nld squirrel rille with as true an aim as in his younger days. He was a man of large intiuence in his neighhorhood ami his memory is ni.it fcjrgotten there to this day. Elizal.ieth (Hayes) Tudd, wife of jcihn Tcxld. who survived him many N'ears, was a remark-able woman and no one in that part of the stale was better known or better liked than was she. Elizabeth Ha}'es, who was a native of North Carolina, ulis liereft of her mother b)- death when she was ten years of age, after which she migrated with her father tn Tennessee, a little later cnming Ui Indiana, and settling in Monrtje emnUy. /\.t th;it time, the jiart of the cnunly in which the Hayes family l(jcated, was a wilderness, xer)- few while persons ha\'iiig penetrated to that section, and there the future wife ui John Todd grew to a vigorous womanhoud. When the Alontjn railway penetrated that jiart of the state and a station \vas located near the old Todd Imrne, the station was named Tudd, in homir of the little WDinan who had li\ed there Sn many years. Mrs. TncM remained in e.xcellent health until a short time before her death, at the remarkaljle age of one hundred and four, often being seen riding horse-b.ack o\-er the hills of ]\Jonroe county after she had passed her centenary mark. Longevity seemed t(j be characteristic of her faiuil)-, her brother, k)a\id Ha\'es, who was a welkknown resident of lUoonnngion, this state, living to be one hundred and two.

To John and lilizabeth (lla)'es) Todd weru boin eight children, as follow: l);i\id, who manii-d I'lixa t'atherine. who m,ii-ried He/ekiah Xoiniau, hh.--,i, deceased, who marriLd ( ieorge llclton; I'dijab. deceased, who married Mar)- .Anna Sisco; Isaac, who married Eli/a liates; George h'., the immediate subject of this sketch ; l-jnily, who married Anilrew Piercy, and Alice, who married John Alitchell. The Todds reared their large family in the faith of the Methodist church, in the local benellcences of which they were \er\' active, ami were among the leaders in the good works of th;it community. J(jbn Todd was a Democrat and was inlluential in the councils of that party in his section, his sons following his example in the expressions of their ])nlitical allegiance.

George F. Todd received his education in the local sclnxils of his neighborhooil, and, as a young man, started farming in Miinroe county, remaining there until the year 1871, wiien he moved into Greene county, where he remained one year, hving in tlie \icinity uf Gandys Blult, where Doctor Gandv fell fruni the \>h\\i and was partly eaten ])y hogs. He then came into Daviess cuunty and located in Elmore township, where he ever since has made his home, and where he prospered in his farming operations. He owns an excellent farm of one hundred ami sixty acres in I-dmore township, besides an equal tract of land in ]\Ionroe county, the latter being a part of the old Todd home farm. Mr. Todd has been an extensixe brecikr of live slock, his Percherons and jacks and jennets being widely known throughout this part of the cuunty. He also has been an extensive shipper of stock and has found no small profit in the pursuit of this phase of farming.

In the year 1867, George l'\ Todd was united in marriage with Amanda E. Sisco, the daughter of Perry and Alary .'-^isco, of Monroe comity, and to this union two children were born: Sheridan, on November ti, 1871, was married on Xovemlier J2, iSijj, to ]\Iary Malone, who was born on March 17, 1877, and to whom wa.s born one child, a daughter, Helen, born on February i, 1904; and Nora O., December 2, 1881, married a Mr. Goldstone, and lives in New York. The mother of these children died in 1883, since which time Mr. Todd has lived alone on his farm east of Elnora.

Since the year 1868, Mr. Todd has been a Mason, his niembershii) being in the I'jdge at Newberry, and he takes a warm intere>t in the alTairs of that ancient rituah>tic (jrder. He became a Mason at Tunnelton, in June, iS'jij. -As was bis father before him, .\Ir. Todd is an anient Democrat and takes a good citizen's part in the local campaigns of that jiarty, being much interested in all matters relating to good government. Mr. T(3dd is a tine, hale and hearty okl gentleman, who enjo_\s the lullesi conlidence and res])ect of his neighbors throughout that whole section of the county. C(jming of a sturdy sliick, he iel.iius the Nigm of youngi-i- days ,in<l lakes the liveliest interest in current alVaiis, Iseiping fully abreast of the times in all things. As a boy he learned to lox'e the great out-tloor life, and ascribes much of bis present \igor to bis life of activity in the open, jlis lather was a great deer hunter, and, as a lail, Mr. Todd learned all the tricks of deer stalking and has many interesting stories to tell of the s])ort oi the early days in this section of the state. His father, at one time, was compelled to defend himself against the desperate charge of a wounded buck, his clothes being torn to shreds by the antlers of the enraged animal before he finally succeeded in cutting the buck's throat. When be was a boy he hunted with his father, and shouldering a pack, would follow the deei- in the snow until they came to the crossing, when his father would shout them.

Ju ly-'o, (inly ;i lew yfars licncc, will chiul' the three-liuiulreiltli year since llic rilgriin Eatliers sailed mid 1 'icn incel(jwn harlmr and later planted their feet un Plymouth Rock. 'J'liis will be a great event in the history of America and the world, and for the descendants of those who were m the shi[> "Ahi)'- llower," the leader, nr in -ipuie cither ship that came to the chores of the New World with loads of I'llgrnn men and women from acros-5 the seas between i()_'o and ijiKj. ISancriift declares nghtl) that "the emigralion (,.f the fathers (and mothers) of these twehe commonwealths, with the plantini;- of the jjrinciples uiion which they resled, was the most momentous e\ent of the se\enleenth ceiUiiry, The elements tif om' coiinlr)-, as she exists today, were alread\' ihei-e." In l)a\iess coniii\- there is a no iuci insi<lfi"able strain nl the old I'ilgiim breed and amoiiL; those of that honorable descent here, lew fannlies are belter kimwn than ihal of the Ketcheins, a brief bii i,L;rapliy of one of the worthy prc>ent-(la_\- representati\ es uf which is herewith presented.

county, on Nov^ml)LT iS, i8_'>S, became one of the leading citizens ui Ins lo\vn>lni), lia\iny lieen a farmer ni a large way lo tlie time of Ins death, October 15, icS./). J Ic lived in I'dmore to\vn>liip all lli^ life, with the exception of a year or two dnring winch he made his home in Greene cunty. He was a man of large intlneiice in his coniinunity and ilid very much toward bringing about i)roper conditions in the social and economic lile of that p.M-tiou of the c.Hinty. At the time of his death he .nvned three hundred and thirty acres of land, two hundred acres of which lay in (h-eene cunty, the rest in hdmore town-hip, thi^^ county.

five children have l)een Lorn, as fullow ; Josepli C, on April 30, 1901 ; Velma M., August 20, 1902; Mabel May, January 26, 1904; Frederick S., June 27, 1906, and Ruth E., January 31, 1908, bright and lively youngsters who make merry the home of their devoted parents.

.Mr. Ketchem is a member of the Bapti.^t church and JNIr.s. Ketchem is a member of the Methodist church, both being active in the affairs of the congregations to which they are respectively attached. Mr. Ketchem gi\cs his political allegiance to the Democratic party and takes a proper interest in the campaigns of that parly in IdCal elections. lie and Mrs. Ketchem are acti\e in the social affairs of their neighborhood and are deserxedh- popular in their large circle of acrpiaintances.

All progress is continuous; one generation merely gathering the ripe fruit (if the laljors t)f its predecessnrs, each succeeiling generation building on the fnundatinn laid by others. E\er_\- man is a i|Uiiialiwn from all his ancestors. "Kely upuu it," declared the v,wM William ]i. (Jladsti ine, "that the man u hii tlues mA Avurthil}- estimate hi^^ own dead fdiefathers. will him- .self tlo \er3' little ti> add credit or du lidUor In his country." .America has a gocidly heritage, which we slii'uld endea\iir to hand mi with \alue unimpaired 111 thi.i^e wliii >hall cume alter u^. ( )iil\- a> \\e realize our nwn high duty and respnn^ibilit)', shall we be able t(j bei|ueatli to ])o^teritv the noble inheritance we. our>el\es, ha\e received. There are mau\- old families in l)a\ie>s County who cheri-^li most sacvedlv the traditions which lia\'e come down from honorable torbear.-> and who are doing their utmost to hand these traditions on, unsullied \tv any act of iheirs. Among the families which ha\'e helped lo add hi-ler to ihe l;oo(1 name of \\\\> iaxored couimouweallh. few are better known ihan that of ilie gentleman whose name i^ noted abo\ e, the Kads taniily basing been acii\e in the affairs of this countv for four generations and base created a stock here which promises to be cjue of the most persistent and progressi\'e in the community. .Vs a guide to the future historian who may find help in this \dlume in his work of compiling a story which shall be a fair relleclion of the present tune, the biogra|)her finds much pleasiu'e in presenting here soniething of the hi>tor_\- of the family of John Iiad.s in this section of the -tate.

Tuhn Eads, one of the nmst proj^^essive and popular farmers of Elmore township, was l)orn in Washinijton townslnii, l)a\iess county, Indiana, on Eehruary ii, i85<;, the son of John H. and Charity (Wykoff) Eads, the former of whom was horn in 1 )earljorn county on Eehruary 21, 1821, and the latter horn in Octoher, iSjo, John 11. having hecn the son of Elijah liads, one of the pioneers of this portion of the state, who migrated from New Jersey in the early part of the last century, locating first in Dearborn county, this state, later coming to I)a\iess county when his sun, John H., was a small boy. Mere Elijah l-.ads bought the jilace known as the Storms farm, adding to the same until he had a tract of three hundred and twenty acres, on winch he resided for about a (juarlcr of a century, making for himself a ilistinclive place in the community, haxing been known a:^ i>ne of the most inlluential and useful men of his perioil in this .section. He was among the foremost and most honored pioneers of that regicjn. lie brought to the then wilderness knowledge and experience which his widely separated neighbors soon learned to rely upon, and it is undoubted that his inllueuce in that community did verv much toward bringing aliMut pr^^per conditions of social and eOiiiomic life in the formative perioil of the now prosperous and established farmin"- region. He and the woman whc; was ever at his side, a true [jioneer helpmeet, long ha\e lieen gathered to their fathers, resting well after the stern labors which their hands found to do, and the fifth generation of their descendants in that community finds conditions of living immeasurably easier for their having striven - "blazing the wa\s."

This pioneer was but a tx'pe. 1 '.articular reference is made to him here, not as an invidious distinction. Imt that the present generation may be casually reminded of these honored foref.athers of the cominoiiweahh. There were manv like him in that community in his day and generation. Of necessity this must ha\-e been so - the stalwart men who leveled the forests - and the reader- of this volume, will lind niuch of inform:iti\e interest in lhe,-e pa-es as ilie\ ihougbi fully peru>e ibis \;duaiile cnllcction of famil)' remiiiisceiices, something of the live> of that now li.ng-goiie pioneer bleed, narr.ated by those who ha\c not permitted the information wholly to be lost, l.ate in life, bdijah luids mo\ed into the town ot W'ashington, being content to retire fn>m the arduous duties of the farm and there he s])ent the last few years of his life, his passing causing sincere mcuirning among a very wide circle of ac(iuaimances. His son, John H., father of the subject of this sketch, was reared on the paternal f.arm. and. upon reaching manhood, started farming for himself in \\ ashin-tou tM\\n>liip. in what is known

It is a well-kuiiwii I'act that success cuuies as a result uf !eu;itimate and w e!l-a]ipliei| cuer>^y, determiualuiu and [ierse\ erance iu a cuurse uf actiun when iiuee decided upon. Siiciess is ue\er kiiuwii tn cuine Ui the idler ur dreamer, aud she ne\er eiiurt~> the loafer, ami nnly ihe men who ha\e dili- L;entl)' sought her favor are crowned with her hlessin^s. The man whose name appears at the head of this sketch is 1 iiie who enjoys a fair portion of success in this comuuuiit\' as a result of liis strict a])plication and welldirected euernies, aud li<as gained for himself the luL^h esteem of his fellowmen.

Chaile-^ II. licau was educaicd in the puhlic ,,\ ll.arii-on couiil\. hut spent \er\' little time in school. .\t the hreakiuL; out of the L'ixil War.

lie hcLaim- anxious to scr\e his country and enlislL-d in the year 1861, as a member of Company B,jrhird Indiana Cavahy, and served until December, 1863, when he was honorably discharged. After serving in the army, he started farming in Harrison county and remained there until 1879, when he went to Greene county and farmed, as a renter, until 1882, and then bought a farm consisting of se\ent3-one acres, in section 11, of Elmore township, Daviess county, which he farmed for the next h\e years and then retired from active business. He is residing in I'lhiora, witli his wife, who was a daughter of John 11 and Martha Jenkins, and who gave birth to tlie following children: Edward W'., the ^ibject of this sketch; Addie L., who married George Wcstman, and who have three daughters; Pienjamin T.. who married Maggie Ward and li\es in Montana, and who have one child living and one dead; F.liie H., wIkj married Jacob Christoplier \\''ea\er; Otto, whose first wife w.is [,ulu Weathers, ,ind who is now married to b'lora Williams, who had one child, deceased; M;iud, who married Eemucl Gedburg; John W'., who married Mary Swa)'zee, to whom one child was burn; t"oy, wliose llrst luisb.uid was James Swayzee, ilecea--ed. and who is now the wife of James Manning, to whom one son was bum.

Mr. I'lcau upholds the staudaids of the Kepublicau p;irl\- and c;m be de[)ended npMU to render assistance tu his party when duty calls him. lie is a member of the .Modern \\M,Hlmeu nf .\merica, and he is a rcgulai' metulicr of the United P)rethren church, as is also his wife lamily. Personally, Mr. Pican is considered ;i good-n;itured. easil\- .apiiro.ached, straightforward and unassuming gentlem.an. He commands the respect of all with whom he cunies in contact and his friends are in number as his acijnainlances.

America is in the inakiiiL;. The bleiuhiiy of her variuus peoples into homogeneous whole to work out the vast problems of civilizatiini both for herself and the entire wnrKl, is the immediate task before her. The descendants of the original settlers will be expected to stand foremost among the many in projecting the acti\ities of the future. Tliis is true ni.>t only in the wider national sen^e. but in the more immediate local sense. The Ijurden of obligation rests uijoii the descendants of those who iirst made clear the ways hereabout. To the old families of the commonwealth the newcomers naturally look for direction, and this is well ami pmper. The inlluence of these old families in the local lield, therefore, caniint lie estimated too highly. That the present generation of the line old stock that "blazed the wa_\s" in Daviess county is gi\'ing a gcji^d acc(junt uf its wnrthy heritage, is ampl)- demonstrated in cnuntless liical iiistanccb, and it dues nm require the jien of the present reviewer M give ])ni]]er credit for tlie imble mannei' in which the traditions nf the ]ia>t ha\e been maintained by the energetic de>ceiiilauts ol tho>e iiinneers t<i whom this >eciion of the state owes s, 1 much, ll i> |iroper, however, that due attention be ]iaid in a work of this character to the present representatives of those early families and it is a pleasure, therefore, foi' the biographer here to present a brief and modest review of the gentleman whose name apjiears at the top of this sketch, a \er\ worthy re]n-esentati\e in the present generation of one of Das'iess couiUn's bestd<nown and m(j.-,t influential pioneer families.

William H. Courtney was born in bdniore township, Haviess county, on October 6, 1S76, tlie son of James II. ;md l''.li/;ibeih ( Crotz ) Courtney, both of whom were born in the same township and county, the f>)rmer being the son of lames S. and Frances .\nn (Moore) (_'oui1ney. ])i(uieers of tliat neighborhood.

In bis day one of the leadiuL; men in his ])art of l)a\iess county, James S. Ciiurtiiev was born on September S, iSir, and bis wife, who was iMMUces Ann Moore, was born on Januai-\- _'(), iSj^, she also being ol pioneer stockin this countv. James S. Courtney was a farmer, and in .addition l.i his work on the farm, he was well laiown. locally, as ;i c;ibineimaker, he having become a skilled craft.sman in that line, and his labors in this connection were nnicb in demand on the part of his neighliors. Many a piece of sulistantial furniture still in use in that neighborhood, bears conclusive evidence to this day <if the thorough char.acter of his work.

James II. Courtney was horn on .Noveiiiher J3, 184(1. lie was reare.l on the paternal farm in hdnioie township, recei\inL; such ad\antayes ol sclioolniL; as his home township .ilforded in iIkU day, and, upcm his lnarrla^e, hcL^an f.arininj.;- for himself, e.irl\ hecomiiii; reco^^nized a> anion.t;- the leaders in the social and economic development of that section of the comity, lie hecime ,a m;m of Mih^t.ance ami was active in all the -ood work> ot his conimnnilv, his intlueiice e\er lieinj; exerted in lielialf of all mo\'emenls haxiiiL; as their ohject the ad\ .anceineiil of the coiiiinimily interest. 111.- death occurred oil Alarch JJ. [')'>^. there w;i- sincere monrnnif; throughout that ])arl of die counlv ;it his pa-sm- Air. \va- thrice married. I'.y this union with Al;iL;deline Treed, he li:id two children, dhoma- W'., who was horn on June jo, i87(j, wli.i died on April i(.. ml 1, and Alary Al., on X.nemher J(>. 187J, who died on .April n;, 1880. I'poii the death of hi-, first wife. Air. iiKurieil, secondly, on Xo\emher 8, 1873, hdiz.aheth C'rotK, horn on October II, 1831, who died on ( )ctohc r 11, i87(., to which union there was horn hnl one cliil.l, .i son, W'llh.im I I,, with whom this .article directl\- treats. Air. Courtney's third wife was Airs, X;mcy ( Irahill, who was l.orn on hmuarv 17. 1848, ;md who died on JuIn m. im'"!. d'o this union there was no issue.

William 11. Courtney was e.hicaled in the s>ho,,ls ,,f his nati\e townshi]i, w:is reared to the life of a fanner and h;is followed that voc:nion all his life. r.v dili-ence ;md industry he has .attained a iiosition in the comimiiiity well in keepin- with th;it of his forbears and is reco-nized, as were they, as ;iin..n.u the leaders in that part of the county. lie has owned his present line farm, of one hundred and twenty-se\en acres, since I>)U), durin- which time he has -reatlv improved the place, rebniklin- the house and b,-,ni, erectm- ad.liliou.al oulbmldin.L;s and pultm- the farm in the best o .ndition as rc-.ards fences. (lraiiiaj;e, etc. 1 )ih-enl 111 his ..wii business, he is not iK-i;lectful of tlK- duty which a s^ood citizen owes to .society at larye ami he linds time in connection with the lahoi> o|' the farm to take part in all ino\'ements ol a local character desi^neil to improve the common welfare'.

On October 1(j. IW04, William II. Courtney was united in mairiaL;e to Rosetta Kinnaman, who was horn m this county on July tj. iXSj. the daughter of l.ala\-ette and Clara .M. (Kepler) Kinnainau, well-kiiowu residents of the county, to which union two children ha\c heen horn, a son and a iIauL;hter, luhel L., and Koss 1\.. lively and enL;ai;iUi.; younL;sters who are the delight of the li\es of their devoted parents and the li.i^ht of their h.appv home.

The man who devotes his time and enerijies 1. p the' nohle work of edu- ('.itiuL;' the voiuil;, pur>nes a calliuL; which, in di-nitv and importance .and licucfici.d re.-ull--, 1^ -ccoud lo u,,iie. h line t.' hi-- clforls .and earne-t to eular,!;e his sphere (jf u-efulne>s, he i.-. indeed a henefactor to .all hi^ kind, for to him, HK^-e than to any other man, are entrusted the fnlure careers <jf those placed in hi> charge. .Xmoni^st this class ,,i professional men, is the L;t'iitleman whose name forms the headiii-- of this ska-ich. .and. who. for ni.any years, h.as heen itlentihed with the ])cople of Daviess county, who hold him hi-h in their esteem cju account of his hro.ad human s\ni]iathy, honor.ahle methods aii<l coiist.ant devction to his vocation as ;in instructor.

Clyde T. .\micl< w.as horn in .'^ciijio, Jennings countv, Indian.a, on Septemher 5, 1S80, and is the son of John I ). .and .Vellie ( McCoskv ) .\mick, hoth of whom were natives of Clark county, Indiana. The father, John I ).

Aniick, rccci\c(l his early ciliicalim) in the [uihHc sclinols ul liis iiati\c cnunty aiitl afterward learned the traile of blacksmiih, which occnpieil him for the next ten or tweh'e )'ears in the town of Hartsville, Bartholomew connty, this state. He discontinued the lilacksnn'thiny' business and decided to engaye in farmintf on a tract uf land in the neighborhood of Hartsville, which he farmer as a renter, and, at a later date, purchased a farm of eighty-five acres near Scipio. After conducting general farming lor a period of about se\en years, he sold out and made a trip to Ark'ansas, where he I'emained until the following _\'ear, when he returned in Imliana and bought ten acres i:)f land near the town of Scipin, Jennings count)', where he resides at this time, with his wife, and leads a life of retirement from activ'e business. To them were born the following named children: J"dmer, who married Alice Cadliy; Ivosa, the wife of Albert Amick ; Lola, (he wife of Charles B. Morgan; Lena, deceased in 11J13, and who \\a^ the wife of John \Y . Corya; Samuel, who married Lillie Corya; John ]'., who married Pearl May; Charles, who married Mabel Cannon; Albert, who married Aura Boston; Clyde, the subject of this sketch. The parents of these children are devinit members of the Presbyterian clun'ch in Scipio, an(l in political aspirations, Mr. Amick is an ardent supporter of the l\e[)ul)lican ticket.

Clyde T. Amick receixed his e;irly education in the public schools of Scipiij, during which time he resided \uider the ])arental roof. After going; through the various school grades, he was graduated from tlie high school, then attended the Xormal School in Danville, Tndi.ana, where he remained for a term and then became enrr)lled in the State X<irmal .School, at Terre Haute, graduating in 1909. He also studied special courses for three summer terms in the State University. Having made up hi.s mind to continue in his chosen [jrofes^ion as a schoolnui^ter, and having taught for seven vears in the Jennings countv schooL, Mr. .\mick made Au<.- application and \\a- appiiiiUi'd >npermtendeiit oi .-ehouls in I'.hbira, l);ivie>.s counlv. anil i> occupied in that ])osition at the present time.

On Seiilember _>_>, ic;r)7, Professor .Amick was married tci Lucv Hulse, daughter of Jason and Ivhia ((ireatbouse) Ilulse. She was born on November 23, 1879, in Sci])io. To their union have been born two children, l-dizabeth IL, on Sei)lember 4, hjio, and JM-anco 1.., July 10, 1914

Clvde J. -Amick is a Republican and an aggressive advocate of the j)rogressive principles of his ])artv, but does not take any active jiart in politics. Mr. Amick and wife are lirm believers in the Presbyterian faith, tii which denomination they lend tlicir support, l^ersonally, Mr. Amick is a man highly esteemed by all who know liim and has executed his educational duties in the town of EInora for the past five years with great credit to himself and the community. Everyone tliroughout this section s])eaks well of him as being a man of genial disp'j-ition, unassuming, and sncially inclined. He has a great many friends and i^ worthy, in every respect, of the trust reposed in liim liv his fellnw men.

AniMUg the successful self-made men nf the pa^t generation in i3aviess cciunty. wliMsc eff. iit> and iniluence have cwnlrihuled lii the material uphuilding of the cunnnunity, wa> the late Juhn 'I', ^nnih, \vh<.. occupied a conspicuon.-, place, llcing amhilious fioui the lir>t, Ijut .^nrroundcd hy none to(j favoralilc environment, his early \ear.> were ni4 especially promising. Resolutely facing the liilnre, however, he gradually surm>.niUed the difliculties in his wav, and. in due course of time, liecame a proiiuiieiit farmer m Daviess county, ln<liana. Moreover, he won the coulidence and e.sleem oi those with wh(jm he came in contact, either in a business or a s<icial way. For years he was regavdetl as one of the representati\e farmers of D.aviess county. luirly in life he realized that there is a purpose in life aiul thru hoiKjr, not founded upon work, is futile. His life and Laliors were noleworthv, liecau.se they contributed to a proper understan.liug of life and its problems. The strongest characters in American history have come from the ranks of self-made men, to whom ad\ersii_\' acts as an impetus for tmfalteriiig effort, .and fri<m this class came the lamented Joiui T. Smith.

.Mr. Smith was born on the farm where his widow, Mrs. Mar-aret Smith, now li\es. in liarnsou township, Hasiess coiiiU\-, Indiana, on September J\. iS_:;,v He died on bCbrnary _-(). \')\J. John T. Smith was the son ol Raphael and .M.iry .\nn ( I'otts) Smith, the former of whom was born in Kentucky, in iXol'., and who died in 1S7N, and the latter of whom was born in iSji, in Harri-on township, Daviess county, and who died in iN^j. Raphael Smith, when a young man, came from Kentucky to Daviess county and took up one hundred and twenty acres in Harris, m township, .at one ilollar and iwentv-live cents an acre. He lived there until liis death. lie .and his wife were both members of the ("atholic church. They had a f.amil\' (if four daughters and four sons.

[ohn T. Smith grew up on bis father's farm ;md bought out the other heirs for 'he old homestead .and li\cd upon it until his death. John T. Smith came fruni sturdy Irish stuck and was a tlirifly I'ariiK-r. lie died ui pneiiinoiiia, after three days m 1,^,1 1|^. ^^as well kiiM\\ii in the e.iuiu_\- and euiild <^n to any hank and uel nmnew as lie was kiidwn tu he honest and well-to-d...

The late John T. Smith was married twice. I lis tirsl wife \va< Theres;i Mc.Atee. d'here were nine children horn to this marriage, hut oiil\- three r)l these children are now li\iii.L;, Dan is a carpenter in ("alifornia ; Willi.am li\es living tu an advanced age. Une of their sons, Jusiali, was killed during the battle of Chickaniauga, while lighting for the cause of the Union.

Josiah G. Allen was reared on his father's farm in Vigo county and in Daviess county. He attended the district schools and the public schools of Washington, and then taught hi the district schools for four years. Subsequently he read law for two years in the office of Judge Ogdon, and was admitted to the bar in 1886. J\lr. Allen and iM. S. Hastings have been in partnership since the former's admission to the bar, a period of nearl)' thirty years. In 1896 K. E. Hastings was admitted to the firm and since January, 1913, Mr. ^Vllen's son, A. W. Allen, who was graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at .Vnn Arbor, has also been a member of this firm.

On March 13, 1888, Josiah G. Allen was married to Sallie A. Wright, a daughter of Roderick and Ann (Mcjunken) \\''right, and to this union three children have been born, Arthur W., Xell and Josiali G., Jr. Arthur W. married Willoughby Stamper. Nell, who was graduated from l'>anklin College and taught in the Washington high school for two years, married Lyle Constable, and lives on a farm near Goodland, Illinois. Josiah G., Jr., is in charge of a plantation in .southern .Arkansas. He sjjent two years in the Te.xas Agricultural and Mechanical .School and two years in the agricultural tlepartment of the University of Illinois.

Mrs. Allen wa^ born on a farm in Washington township, this couiU\-, her parents, b(_itli of whom are now deceased, having also l)een natixes of this county, nienil)ers of pioneer families. 1"he\' were tlie parents of four children, Marion, William C. W., Sallie A. and I^aura S., the latter of whom is a missionary in India, where she has been stationed for the jjast eighteen }ears. Roilerick W'right's father, a North Carolinan, married Sarah Hawkins, alsii a native of that slate, and came to Da\"iess countv in 180S, and lived for ;i time in the blockhouse iie;ir the present town (jf Ma_\s\-ille. Tlie\' spent the rest of their li\-es in tli;it neiLjhborhood, both living to verv adwinced ages. They were the i>arents of four children, John, I\oderick, Joseph and Nancy. Mrs. .Mien's maternal graiuifather was Har\ey Mcjunk-en, a naii\e of Mississippi, a lawyer, who came to Daviess county from Kenttu-k\- an>l died here when aliout twentv-six years old. His widow, wiio was a native of North Carolina, lived to an advanced age.

For years Josiah G. .Allen has been prominently identified with the Republican party in Indiana. He served as a representative from this district in the Indiana General Assembly, sessions of 1803-05. and occupied the important position of chairnian of the conmiittee on ways and means of the House of Representatives. Mr. Allen was a school trustee in W'ashingt(jn for si.\ years, lieing a member of the lutanl when tiie contract was let for the erection of the tine new high scho(jl liuililing. Ik- is now jjresident of the Hospital Association. Mr. Allen is a member of Pythagorean Lodge No. 118, Knights of Pythias, at Washington, with which he has been prominently associated for the past twenty-eight years. Mr. and Mrs. Allen are members of the First Baptist church at W^ashington, and he is a trustee of this church and has been superintendent of the Sunday school for more than twenty years.

Stephen E. Myers

One of the distincti\e functions of this iniblication is to lake recognition of those citizens (jf the cc.'inmtinwealth of Daviess who stand eminently representati\e of their respective spheres of endeavor, in which connecticin there is absi>hne projiriet)' in accorcHng to Ste[)hen Iv Myers, of the law lirm (jf Matlingly & Alyers, recognition for his enviable standing in the legal profession. Mr. Myers is numbered among the leading members of the bar of Daviess county, and has also Ijcen inlluential in the political and civic life of the county of his birth. Like so many )oung men of the present generation, who are "making good" in the world, Stephen Iv Myers was reared on the farm, and there it was that he laid the foundation for a career that has already been marked with a large measure of success.

Daniel I. Myers, a well-k-nown f;irmer of I'.ogard township, is ni>w ser\'ing the [)eople (d' his comniunit\- efticicnlly as t(">wnslup tnislee. He was reared in Bogard and Steele ti^wnships, and <iwns a f;irni of one hundred and fifty acres in Bogard township, where the faniih- was reared. Mr. M\-ers helongs to the United Brethren church and Mrs. Mvers to the Methodist church.

ill Daviess county has accomplished mure in the <anie len;.;th of time than has Stephen I".. .M\ers. and few nun are more deserviuL; the coiilldeiHe .and esteem of the puhlic tli.an he.

breeder, and second prize in the open class. Uesides iiurses, he j^nves c_.. siderable attention tu Kiiode Island Red chickens, and is a large breeder of Poland China hogs.

Mr. Swinda takes a deej) interest in prugressive farming and is ever stndying improved niethuds fur farming and Ijreeding. His farm is in an ideal location and everything is keijt np lu the best possible advantage arunnd the place, and the casual observer (|uickly cunies to the cunclusion that the owner is a man of careful management and succes^ful as an agriculturist and stuck raiser.

-Mr. Swintla is a stanch believer in the principle- of the Kepublicaii jiarty and has always given his support to that orgaiii/ation. He is a member of the .Methoilist chinx'h. I'ersunall}', he is a man of liroad s\inp;ahies and takes an abiding iiUerest in the welfare of tliosc aliuiu him, and, because of his genial disposition and higii character, enjoys a large i)o])u]aritv in the community where he has spent scj manv years.

William W. ISarnett was born on July i), i^-\J, near l\ock])ort, in .Spuncer county, Indiana, the son of James !\I. and Ibarriei i.M\ersi liarneti, who li\e(i near I\ock|)ort nearly all their li\es, James .\l. ll.irnelt li\ing to be eighty-si.x years of age and his wife, who survived him, to be eightv-livc. Both were active niem])ers of tlie Afethodist church. They were the ])arents uf nine children: John F., dfceased; William W'., of Washington; Walker, deceased; Jacob O'Connell, deceased; George, of near Rockporl, Indiana; Sally, the wife of Louis Snyder, who lives on the old homestead near Rockport; Alinerva, the widow of John Taylor, of St. J.oiiis, JNlissouri, and Hannah Belle, who is unmarried and lives in St. Louis. James M. Llarnett was the Sun of John and Sarah (McXealy; Larnetl, nalixcb of X'iryinia and pioneers in Spencer county, Indiana. John ilarnett was a farmer and was prominent in the politics of Spencer county, having at one time held an important count)' ufiice. He i_lied of cholera about 1^53, and his widow lived to be eighty-nine \ears okl. 1 hey were the parents of eight children, Xewtuu X., James AL, Othnell A., h'riend, Narcissa, Sallie, Leafy and Xaiicy Aliner\a. Mr. Larnett's maternal grandparent.-^ were Jacnb 3.1)er.-5 and wife, early settlers in .Spencer county, who were the pareiUs of six children, Ji'hn, William, Hannah, Christina, Mahala and Harriet.

\\ illiam W. Harnett was reared on his father's farm in Spencer county anil attended the district schools, supiilenuiuiiig ilii> schni.liiig by a cour>e in the College at Kockport, Lubana. In iSoi .Mr. Larnett enli>ted in (_'omjjany ¥, b'irst Indiana Cavalry, for service during the Civil War. This coinjjany was assigned to the Twenty-eighth Regiment, and Air. Harnett .served valiantly for three years in the Union army, at the <;\'n\ of which trying service he suffered a [jhysical Ijreakdcnvn. With that he abandoned his intention to study law and began farming. He had saved about six hundred dollars, ami this was used to get a start on the f.arm. He b(iUL;lit a small tract of thirty-six acres, ui)on which he fault a Imu-e, ami there he li\ed from 1 868 to I<S8o,,in which Latter year he sold the place and purrha-ed a livery stable at Rockport, wdiicii he 0])erated until \X')[. when be came to this county, locating in Washington, where he went iiitrj the liverv business on iMtth street. He later reiUed a large liani at the coiuer i.f Third and \ an '1 roes .streets, wbicii he Ntill in ci'imectioii with which he ab-Mi cciiiilucts ail auU line. bile g:ua,i;e and a transfer line, and b;i- bt-vu \erv sncces>fnl in business, a succe-s that is not a matter ><{ accident, but which has come to liiin as a consec|neiu'e of his imhistr)- ,-md goud m;magement and une-\celled p;itience.

hlriiest ] lolliii,!;sworlli was reared in Kilwardsiiort and attended the piihlic schools of that jilace. lie later entered the LIni\-ersily of Loiiisville and was i^radnated from the medical de|iartnieiit of th.at institution in iS.jS. lie hei^aii ])racticinL;' his pnd'es-ion in l'.<lw ardspdit, and in looJ came to this coiiiilN', locatmi;' in Wa^hiiiL;lon. and has pr.acticed there since th.at time.

Dr. Ernest llollingsworth is a member of the Daviess County Aledical Society and of the Indiana Slate Aledical Association^ and is also secretary of the local board of health. He and his wife are members of the Christian church, and he is a member of Charity Lodge No. ,^o. Free and Accepted Masuns.

The gentleman whose life history is herewith briefly outlined has lived Uj guud purpose and achieved a much greater degree of success than falls to the kit uf the urdinary indi\'idual. By a straightforwartl and connnendable CLUirse he has made his way tn a responsible position in the wurld, winning the e^teem of his fellow citizens and earning the reputati(jn of an enterjirising man-uf affairs.

Cienrge Kiester was b(irn en Jime i8, 1^04, in Dubuis cuimty, Indiana, the son (if .Slc])hen and (Janiline (b^bler) l\ie>ter, Ijntb natives of Germany, born in 1N14 and iS_'7, re>pecli\ el)'. His father's parents li\ed ami died in Germany, Init his mother's parents immigrated lu this couniiy anil settled first in the state of Ohio, later coming to Daviess cuunty, going hence In Dnbciis ounly, Indiana, where they spent their last tlays. Grandtather lililer was an extensi\e ruad cmilractor and builder and at one time was engaged in the CDUstructiini ui a canal near Sand}- lli"ik, this CDuntw lie was the father of se\-en childicn, .Mary, Reka, Mena. b'rederick. I'hilbp, Theresa and Caroline.

.Stephen' Rie-^ter came to the L^nited .States from (iermanv about the WAV \^4J, and settled in 1 )nbo|~ countx, ihi-- slate, wlure he married, .iflerwards going to l.oins\ille, Kentucky, where he remained ;i year, at the end of which time he returned to Dubois couiuy, where he remained uiuil iSS-, in which )'e;ir he came to this I'ountry, and here he spent the rest of his life, his death occurring in ](y)\. He was a shoemaker Iiy trade but followed farming in Dubois count\' and met with considerable succes-. in agricultural ]iursuits. lie was a stanch supporter of the Democratii' party and a member of the Catholic church, lie and his wile (the latter di/'d in iN()i/) were tlie p.'irejits of the following children: I'liillip, I're-ton (deceased), Stephen (deceased), IKnry ( <lece;ised 1 , I'eter. .\ndrew. Thomas

George Riester lived on Iii> father's farm in lii> vuuth an.l received his early education in the parochial sckools, also attenduig the public schools. Wlien about t\venty-t\v<j years (jf age he went to Oakland City, in Gibson County, this state, where he remained during a summer ^eabon, and in 1S86 came to Daviess cnuiity, and enL;aged in the manufactnic of brick at Washington. Later, he also engaged iu the gra\el-niad ci mtracting hu-ine-- and i^ thus now engaged.

Un (Jctober 10, 1885, George Riester wa-, married tn 1 lelen I'.enget, who was born on .August iS, 1SO5, in I.)nboi> cuuut}-, this >tate, a daughter of Xavier and Alagdaline (llaa-) I'.enget. .\avier llenget wa^ bwru in Germany in i8_^_' and came to tin.-, ccmntry when (jnite a y'unig man. lirsi settling in l)nli<ii.-, county, ulure he marrieil .Magdaliue I la;i>, who was burn in that Coinuy on Se])tember _m , iS_|i. '[',, ilu-ir uninu were liMni, Kate, I'biUi]!. Helen, John and Jacob (deceased), (irandfaiher llaa- was a tarnier who h\ed on hi> farm m Dubois county for thirt\ \ear-. lie died in Wa-hiugton, thi> county, in 1^05 and his widow, who >iill .survive- liuu, is living in that cit)-. Mrs. kie-ter's maternal grandparents were both nati\es of ( iermimy .and iuimigralcd to this counti-y in .m early da\ . .settling in iJubois County, where the gr;mdtalher died a comparativeh' vouug man and his widow survived and li\'ed to the age of mnet\-tlu'ee Near-,

To George and Helen (' llenget 1 i^iestcr the following children li.ave been born: liarbara, Tillie, .\lbert, Minnie, llattie (deceased), .\nna, Gharle.s (deceased), Leo and Jiernard. Mr. and Mrs. Riester are uiembvrs of the Catholic church and their children have been re.ired in ih.it faith,

Philli]) Riester, elder brother of the subject of this sketch, was born in Loiiis\ilU-. Kentucky, ;ind receiwd his earh edncatiou in the pulilic schooK iheie, then, when i|uite a youug ui:m, eni.;agi.'d in the brick busine-s with his brother ami is now ntired from acli\e business. .\t oiu- tiiuv be \\;i- working in the coal mines of southern lndiaii;i. I'lissessing considerable thrift and industi}' he began buying real estate in Washington, where he is the owner of several houses and lot<. He was married on Xovember I'l. 187^, to I'rances Shtible, who was born in Dubois county, Indiana, a ilan^hler of Xathan and Columbia ('Sletteiiogik-n ) .^huble, both n,iti\es of ^ii-rmaiu', who came to this country and iluy settled in Dubois conntw this sinte, wliere Nathan .'^bnble died, his wiilow d\-iug in Washington, thi.s connt\-. To Philli]) Riester and wifewere born the following children: (";iroline, Tlattie, .'^teiihen, Minnie (deceascdL Lucy. Frank ( .lecea-ed ) , George. Lll;i.