Daviess County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1915 (part 1 of 7)

Biographical sketches

The success of men in business or any \ocation depends upon character, as well as upon knowledge. Business demands confidence, and where that is lacking business ends. In every conmiunity some men are known for their upright lives, strong common sense and moral worth rather than for their wealth or political standing. Their neighbors and actiuaintances respect them, the )-ounger generations heed their examples, and when they "Wraj) the drapery of their couches about them and lie down to pleasant dreams," posterity 'listens with reverence to the story of their quiet and useful lives. Among such men of a pa.^t generati(jn, in Indiana, was Magness J. Carnaban, of Washington, Indiana, a progressive man of alfairs, buccessful in material pursuits, but a man of modest and unassuming demeanor, well educated and a line type of the reliable, self-made American, a friend to the poor, charitable to the faults of his neighbors, ready to unite with them in every good work and laudalile public enterprise. He was proud of the county in which he lived, zealous for its progress and prosperity. He perfoi'med valiant service ill behalf of the Union cause during the Civil War and, at the time of his death, was sur\'i\ed by a widow ami a daughter who revere his memory.

iSIaguess J. Carnaban was l)orn on I'"el)ruary lo, 1S44, in Washington, Indiana, lie was a son of Robert and b'liza (Graham) Carnaban, both of whom are nali\es of Kentucky, and who came to Daviess count}-, Indiana, in j)ioneer chus. Magness J. Carnaban had a \-aried career. At the breaking out of the Civil War, be enlisted in Company C, iMfty-fifth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and at the expiration of bis term of enlistment, re-enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Seventeenth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, serving nine months. He returned from the war and engaged in the clothing business at Loogootee, Indiana, in ])artnership with a Mr. Sefrit. He continued this business but a short time, when he formed another partnership with Thomas Adams and founded the hardware business that is now known as the Reynolds-Brooks Hardware Company.

He [lurcliasctl tlic interest of Mr. Adams in 1S73 aiul worked alone till 1884, when Lewis C. Brooks and ller\ey 'rruehlood became members of the firm under the name of Carnahan & Conipanj'. The O'Uonnell-Barrows Hardware Comi)any, of \\''a.shinL;t(_in, is the successor to iM. J. Carnahan Company. He thus built up two of the larL;est implement stores in southern Indiana. At one time he w*i als<i eiii^aged in the grain and lumber business at Loogootee, and established a line n\ saw-nulls. Later, he established a idaningniill at Loogootee, an<l still later he estal)lished the Carnahan Manufacturing Compau}' there. He resided in Loogootee until 1900, when he moved to Washington.

Magness j. Carnahan was twice married, the first time at Louisville^ {-ventucky, in iS/-', to Hattie Dunu, who died in iNS'5. His second marriage was to Margaret Trippet, in i8S(), and to this second marriage twi> children were born, Helen, a graduate of Wellesley College, and Lamuna,. who died in infancy.

h'or some years ])rior t<i Mr. Carnahan's death, he lived at Washington. Lie liad ;r .splendid and imposing residence on blast .Main street. Afagness J. Carnahan was a member of the I'resbyterian church, in which he was a trustee and ekler. He was a charter member of the (jrand Army of the kepuljlic at Loogootee, and throughout his life was prominent in the affairs of this patriotic organization. While in Washington, Ah\ Carnahan served as a member of the county council.

The life history of the 1 ton. I'.zra Mattingly has been for many years closi'h' identified wiili llie hisinry of Pavie.->v couiily, ludi.ina. 'fiirMughout the _\ears his life has been one of untiring actix'ity cuid it has lieen crowned with a gratifyinjj degree of professional success. By a straightforward, honora.ble course, Mr. Mattingly has built uj) a g(Jod legal business. His life affords a further example of what an .Vmerican youth, unaided by wealth, liut pleutifullv endowed with energy and determination, can accomplish when accompanied by sound moral principles.

blzra Mattingly was born on .\ugnst 27. 1864, in Washington township,. na\iess counlw [ndian;i, and was reared on his f;ilher's larm. He attemled the district schools and the old S<iuthern Indiana .\ormal Scliool at Mitchell. After leaving scliodl, Mr. Mattingly engaged in teaching for seven years.

He tlien studied law in W'ashinjitnn and was adinilted tu the l)ar at the age of twenty-six. He has practiced law in Washington since his admission to the bar. His first partner was William Heffernan, and this firm continued in bu>ine>s fur sixteen and one-half years. IMr. Mattingi\'s present [lartnershi[) with Stephen li. Myers began on December 1, iyU(S.

On September 8, 1892, Mr. Mattingly was married to Tillie Millis, a daughter of ))r. h'dward D. and bliza .Ann ( lUirton ) .Millis, and to this union three children ha\e been born, Caroline, h'.dward J., and (ieorge E. Caroline is a graduate of the Washington high school and also of Franklin College, graduating from the latter institution in Kji^ with high honor.s, and is now principal of the high school at (jreeiis bork, Indiana, lulward J. died in infancy, (ieorge I''., is a freshman in Washington high school.

James Afattingly was first married to Catherine Ijarr, who died, leaving him two children, John and Martha, both of whom died many \ears ago. <)n .March 4, 1849, 'ic \\<is married to Mar}- Ann lierry. They li\-ed in Washington, Indiana, where he engaged in carpenter work until four or live \ea,rs before his death, when tailing health contpelled him ti> return tcj farnnng. lie died on the home farm in Washington township on January 31, 18^15, at the age id' lifty-li\e wars. His widow died on March j(<. 1914, at the age oi eightv-ti\e years. She ne\-er remarried and was for m:my years an artue memlier ol llie Haplist church.

Ihe paternal grandparents of b'.zi'a Mattingly were nati\'es of Kentuckv ancl pinneers (d" Mason counl\'. dhe\- were the jiarents (jf four children, John. .Augustine, SyK'ester and James, all of whom came to 1 )a\ iess county, Indiana. Ihe maternal graudfatlier was llexerly l'ierr_\', wdio was born in Kentucky in 1800 and who died in Dax'iess coiuHy, Indiana, in 1858. He likewise lied from the land of sla\ery to the free soil of Indiana. His was Ann F.liza ( I'lvans ) llerrw also a native of .Mason count\', Kentucky, born in i8oj, who died in Daviess counts', in 1872. They had a large family of children: .\rthur, biNaline, Henry, James M., Mary .\nn.

Mrs. Ezra Mattingly was born in Orange county, Indiana, January 20, 1868, and is the eldest of four children, Tillie, Burton J., Caroline and William E. Her father, Dr. Edward D. Alillis, is a native of Orange county, and her mother of Lawrence county, Indiana. Her mother died on September u, 1898, at the age of fifty-two; her father still resides at Plainville. Her paternal grandfather was Capt. John Millis, who married Nancy Cloud, and her maternal grandfather was Zachariah Burton, who, for his second wife, married Matilda Teegarden. Zachariah Burton was a native of North Carolina, liorn in 1801, who became a ijionecr of Lawrence county, Indiana, where he died in 1S8S. His children were Ransom, Caswell R., Mary S., Hugh F., Virginia C, John C, Margaret. Zachariah, Juliette, Eliza A., Sarah J., William H., (korge W., Caroline and Shubil.

Mr. Mattingly is acti\'ely interested in the civic and commercial affairs of iiis home city; is a director in the State Bank of ^\'ashington, attorney for the Union Savings and Loan Association and a member of the board of the Carnegie public library. He and his family are members of the iVIissionary Ij5a|jtist church and he is a member of the board of trustees of his church and is a deacon of the local congregati(3n. For several years he has served as a mem1)er of the board of trustees of Franklin College.

ThroughoiU liis life, Mr. .Mattingly has been identilied with the fortunes of the Republican party. He served as county attorney for two years and was county chairman in 1892 and 1894. From i<K-)6 until 1910 he was a member of the Indiana state Senate, representing the district of Daviess and Pike counties, where he made an honorable record as a legislator, for which he is well known throiudioiu the state of Indiana.

Prof. Eugene D. Mfrriman

Perse\'erance and sterling worth are almost always sure to win conspicuous recognition in any locality, especially in educational work. Prof. Luigene D. .Merriman, superintendent of the Washington city schools, for yeiurs has been recognized as one of the leading educators oi this state. After an extensive course of training for educational work and wide experience as a te.'icher in the >chools ot Indiana and Illinois, Professor Merriman was called to Washington, as superintendent of city schools, in the fall of 1913, and has made a splendid record as the liead of the schools since arriving in that city. He is a fine example of the successful, self-made man and not only deserves the confidence reposed in him by his fellow citizens, but alsO' possesses a degree of talent and forcefulness of character which have made him successful as an instructor and educator. Professor Merriman is a man of strong fiber and vigorous mentality and has achieved a signal successas a director of educational work.

Prof, liugene D. ^lerriman was horn on August 8, uS/i, in Huntington county, Indiana, the son of Hixun and Angeline (Broughman) Merriman, natives of Indiana, who were the parents of five children. Prof. Eugene D., of Washington; Cyril, of Camden, New Jersey; May, the wife of Fred Stacey, of Camden, New Jersey; Leona, the wife (jf L. C. Bowman, of Chicago; Hortense, who is unmarried and lives in Chicago, and Porrest, who died in early childhood.

Hixon Merriman was reared in Huntington county, Indiana. He owned a farm of forty acres, which he imiiroved and where he reared his family. He sold this farm and m<.ved to Marion, Indiana, where he now resides. His wife died in 1904 at the age of sixty years. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

The paternal grandparents of Prof. Eugene D. Merriman were ]\Iicajah Merriman and wife, natives of Ohio, who came to Indiana as pioneers. They took up land in Huntington county and owned a large farm where they died, well advanced in years. Their children were Hixon, Newton, Wayland, Tacob, Douglas, George and Basil. The maternal grandparents of Professor Merriman also came from Ohio in an early day and settled in Huntington county, in the village of Plum Tree. Mr. Broughman was a blacksmith and died in Plum Tree at an advanced age. They were the parents of five children, Svlvester, Angeline, Fremont, Colonel autl Charles.

Prof. I'.ugene H. Merriman was reared on hi> father's farm in Huntington countv, Indiana, and attended the district >chools. After graduating from the district schools, he was a student at the Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute and finally at DePauw Lhiiversity :ind the Indiana State University at Bloomington. After leaving Indiana University, he began teaching in the district .schools of his home county and taught there for several years. His first principalshij) was at I'.ast Chicago, Indiana, alter which he became sui)erintendent of the North townshi]) schools, including East Chicago and Whiting. He remaincil there for seven years and then became a stuilent at Cornell University at Ithaca. New York, being graduated from this university in 1905, with the degree of Bachelor of .Arts.

From Cornell, he went to Belvidere, Illinois, as superintenilenl of the city schools and was there for eight years. During this period he attended Ciiicago University, from which institution he secured the degree of Master of Philosophy in 191 1. Professor "Merriman was called tn Washington, Indiana, in 191 3, as superintendent of the city schools there. There are three hundred students in the higli school and almut lifteen hundred pupils in the public schools of the county ^eat, over whom Pro lessor Merriman has direct supervi^ion. Superintendent Merriman is at present in attendance at Chicago University, during the summers, working for his Doctor's degree.

Prof, luigene 1). Merriman was married on August 15, 1896, to Elizabeth Stout, daughter of Job C. and Mary (Brady) Stout. One son, Merrill \'., has been born to this nni<in.

.Mrs. Merriman was born in Huntington countw Indiana. Her parents were natives of ( )hio, ami early settler^ in lluntingi-m c<ium_\-. Her father died in 1010, at llie age of seventy years, and her mother is still living. I hey were the p.-ueuts of six children. I'.Ua. jenme. Mattie, William, bdizabeth and Xettie.

Professor Merriman and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and take an. active part in the affairs of this church, to which they are liberrd contributors. iM-aternally, Professor .Merriman belongs to Washington Lodge Xo. 30, Free and .\cceiited Masons. Washington Chapter X(j. 9_>, Royal .\rch .Masons; the Knights of Pythias; the Royal Arcanum and the Modern Woodmen of .America. Professor and Mrs. Merriman are members of the Order of the b'.astern Star. Professor Merriman is a member of the Xational I'.ducation .Association and has been prominently connected with the ]iroeeedings of that assuciatiion. Mr. and Mrs. Alerriman are popular in the uncial life of Washington and leaders in the social and civic at'fairs of that citv.

The man who ilevotes his talents and energies to the nol)le work of ministering to the ills and alleviating the sufferings of humanity iiursues a calling which in dignity and imixirtance is second to none other. If true to his profession and earnest in his efforts to enlarge his sphere of usefulness, he is indeed a great benefactor to all of his kind, for to him more than to anv other man are entrusted the safety, the comfort, and in m.any instances the lives of tliose who place themselves under his care. Among this class of i)rufessi(.inal men is Dr. Charles 1'. SciuKler, who has stood for many years, with few peers and no superiors, among the physicians of Daviess county, Indiana. During this time he nut only has gained wide distinction in his chosen vocation, hut also has estahlished a suhstantial reputation for uprightness and character in all the relations of life. Doctor Scudder early realizetl that ti« those who attained well-delnied success in the ntedical ])rofession there must he given not only technical ahility, 1)Ut nho hruad human svnipath\ - a sympathy which passes nu-re sentiment and which l.iecomes an actuating motive for helpfulness, and ever has sought tu li\e up to this ideal, thus adding dignity ;uid honor to his pnd'ession \)y nohle purposes.

Charles I'. Scu<lder, Al. D., physician and surgeon, of Washington, Indiana, was horn in that city Novemher 8, 1859, a son of Dr. John A. and Helen ( \'an Trees) Scudder, n.atives of Daviess county, who were the pareius of se\en chililren, namely: Dr. Charles P., with whom this narrative deals; Tillie I'., the wife of S. I'.. I'.oyd, of tlie U'asliiiu/lon Democrat, I.aura (i., the wife of John 1.. Winston, of Washingtou; .\nna \''., the wife of U. C. I.)a\is, of Iiiih'ana]iohs : Dr. David A., deceased, and two who died yotnig.

The late Dr. lolm-A. Scudder, was reared in Daviess county, Indiana, and was a phvsician pr.acticing in Washington for thirtv-live i,r forty years. He served throughout the Civil War as an army surgeon and died in 1896, at tlie age of sixtv-three vears. His widow still survives him. Both were memhers of the Cumherland I 'reshyterian church. He was pension examiner in Washington for more than thirty-live years.

d"he paternal grandfather of Dr. Charles I'. Sctulder was Jacob S. Scudder, whose wife was Matilda Arrell. The former was a native of Daviess countv, Indiana, an<l the latter a native of Pennsylvania. They were piouier farmers of \\-ale lownship, this counlw their home being .si.K miles soinhwest of Washington. Jacob S. Scudder died in middle life, while his widow lived to reach the age of seventy-five. They were the parents of Dr. John A., .Mrs. I'.lizalieth 1'. Hall, James, Pmm;i and Dr. ("harles, of whom Mrs. Hall is the only survivor.

)ohn Scudiler, the great-grandfather of Dr. Charles P. Scmlder, was born in l-Teehold, New Jersey, and moved to Daviess county, Indiana, in 1811). He was a surgeon in the Revolutionary army, serving in tiie regiment of his father, Col. Nathaniel Scudder, also a i)iiysician, who was born on Long Lsland. His parents moved to Princeton, New Jersey, when he was (21)

On August JO, 11^05, Dnctor Scnddei- was married to Luuise J. Stam- I>er, ;i daughter of William W. and lU-rlie (l)a\'is) Stamper, and to this uniiin four children lia\e been horn, (di.arles 1'., Jnliii A., William W. and Daxid h'enwick', the lal"ter of whom died at the age of twn and Mue-half years. Airs. Scudder was linrn in Owen cnuntN', Keiituckw ller parents, who likewise were natives of that onmly, ;ire nnw h\ing in Lnnisville, Kentnckw Tlie\' are the parents ul four children, I.onise j., who married Doctor Scudder; Mr>. Ruth S\\<i])u; Mrs. .\. W. hdlen, and jnhn, the latter of whom died when a child.

.Mrs. Scudder's father is a native i)f Kentucky, ;md is niie of twn children hnrii to his parents, William W. ;uiil i'dw-nnd .Stamper, the latter nf wlinm is cniinected wilh the .'^ecniid Xaliniial I'.ank, ni 1 .nnis\ille. Mrs. Scudder's maternal grandlather was Altred I'. Da\-is, wlm was a n;ili\e i>i Kentnck\', in which state he spent his entire lile. lie was the father of fnur children, Richard C., John ()., denrgc and liertie, by his first marriage; and by his second marriage he had two children, 1 larry ;md Mrs. .\llie Jones.

The fnunder ni the Scudder family in Amciea was Tlmm.as Scudder, who came fmui London, luigkand, and who li\ed at .S.aleni, .Mass.achuset ts, as earh' as 1635. There he resided until his death in 1113S. Ijis wife was I'dizabeth Scudder.

Charles 1'. .Scudder, M. D., is a member nf the Da\iess Cniinty Medical Societx', the Indiana State .Medical .\ssneiatinn ;md the .Americrni .Medical

Ernest E. I'Orsvthe

AuKjiij^- the enterprisin.i,^, pro-ressive and puhlic-spinted men, whose activities in husiness and political circles, as well as in pulilic all'airs, have made Daviess county one (if the thrivuij,'- comities of Indiana, and the city of Washin.t^ton an important center of commerce and indu'-try, is Ernest ]-orsythe, who is at present holiliiij.; the respousihlc p.isition of pc.stmaster at \\'ashin,i.;t</n, and who is re,i;arded a> one of the mlluential men of Wa>hiiigton and Da\iess count \-.

I'j-nest !-;. I'orythe was horn on .\pril _>, 1S7;,, at Xine\eh, in Johnson county, Indiana, the son of l)a\id I', .uid Mar} I.. (I.o-an) h'or>vihe, the former of whom wa-^ a native id' johnsou county, Indiana, and the latter of Kentucky. .M]-s. .Mary L, l'"orsythe rode on the horn of a sa.ldle with her mother, when a hahy, in coming; fr(jm Oldham count v, Kentucky, to Johnson county, Indiana, wdiere she ^^rew to wdmanliooil and was married, and where the rest of her life was spent, her death occurrin;.;- in 1903. David 1'. h"ors)lhe died on .March jS, i(;i5, at the home of his >on, the suliject of this sketch, [lis wife was originally a memher of the l'.apti>t church (old .school), hut later identified herself with the Methodist church. They were farmers in Johnson county, .Mr. h"ors\the owninu;- a farm of ei,L;ht\ acre-, \ which he s,,ld hefore mo\m^ into Xiiieveh. Tlie\ were the |)arenis of ten children. Thomas T., deceax-d ; Martha !.., deceased, who was the wife ni .\. C. Deer; .Sarah J., deceased; who was the wife of \\'. D. Terhnne; Mora, the wife of h'rank Cliamhers, of Clermont, Indi.ana; ( )scar 1)., of W'ashin,i;ton, this comity; Jose]ihine. the wife of X. h'. Houston, of Topeka, Kansas; John E., of San Dici^o, California; .Mar,L;arel ].., the wife of .Marshall Deer, of Johnson county, Indiana; I'.rnest \'.., of Washin.s^ton, and Cussie 1^., the wife of Dr. J. J. IV'cr, of Zionsville, In. liana.

upon which they settled upon coming to this state. They brought their slaves with them from the South, but upon arriving on free soil freed their bondmen. The latter remained with them, however, and were Ijuried in the same graveyard with their former master and mistress. The children liorn to David I'orsytlie and wife were David 1\, .Sarah and I'etsey. Davitl Fursythe was married, secondly, to a Miss I.awins and two children were burn to this latter union, yVndrew J. and Elkanah.

The great-gr;uid father of ICrnest Iv iM.irsythe was also David Forsythe. He was the original D.avid of the American line of this famil\' and his wife was a girl that he had cared for on the voyage across the ocean to America. The original David b"or-;ythe was born in Ireland and was a memlier of the Protestant cliurch. lie. mo\'cd from Ireland to Scitland and thence to America, to ol)tain religious freedom. lie located in \'irginia, married Margaret (iiblnns ;iud reared a family, the numerous ])rogcny of which is now represented in m.au)' st.ates in the Union.

I'.rne^t b.. In irsytbe's maternal grandparents were ](jhn anil I'aulina (Sturgeon) I.og.an. the former of whom wa^ a nati\'e r.f Ireland. The\' were married in Kentucky and were pioneers in Johnson count}', Indiana, where he was a plasterer by trade and later a farmer. They ilied on the old home place in Johnson county. They were the parents of Harry, Mary L., John, Margaret, bdliot and Nancy Katon.

b'.rne^t F.. b'orsythe, the sul^ject of this sketch, was reared in Nineveh, Indi.aiia, but was brought up as a farmer lad. He attendeil the Nineveh public schools and the high scln ml and then went In the Dan\-ille Normal school, where he ti>ok the teachers' course. .Afterwards he taught in the public schools of Johnson county for one year and then accepted a position with the Rock Island Kaiboail, at I lerringlcjii, Kan.sas. He worked in the baggage and freight department ol' that rn.id for a time and later in the general ol'lices of the Santa he Railroad at Topeka, Kan^a.s, which latter j>o^ition he resigneil to accept a prtiposition from a Chicago portrait com])any as state agent for Indiana, with headipiarters at Indianapolis. While occui)ying this position lie was married, on June i, 1S96, to Mabel C. b'i.^her, the daughter of William II. and .Mary J. ( Giiod) Fisher, of Franklin, Indian.!, to which union two children lia\e been born, Harold, now aged seventeen, and Paul, aged eight.

Mrs. Forsythe was born in Johnson county, Indiana, her parents also being natives of the same county. The latter now reside in Franklin, where they celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in (Dctc>ber, 1914. They have live children, Lester, Herbert M.. Farl C, Nellie and Mabel C. Mrs.

Mr. Fcirsythe is an etticient postmaster, lie was appointed to that respunsiijle nftice in August, 1913, and is now holding the position, his service proving very satisfactory to the patrons of the W^ashington post otifice. Mr. Forsythe is a Democrat and for years has been active in the councils of his party. ]\lr. and Airs. Forsythe are niemhers of the Christian churcli as also is their son, Flarold. Mr. i'orsythe lielongs to i\loore Lodge No. 304, Free and Accepted Masons, of CJdon, Indiana; Washington Cha])ter No. 92, Royal Arch INIasons; the ^Vashington lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; the C^don lodge of Knights of I'ythias, and the Wasliinglon lodge of the Modern Woodmen of America. Frnest F. Forsythe is not only an efficient postmaster, but he is a g<iod citizen and is held in high esteem by a host of friends and acquaintances who know him Ix-st.

In and around the town of I'Jnura, in I'"lin(ire to\\n>hip, Da\'iess county, and throughout that whole part of the C(,iunt\', tliert- is perhaps no one who does not kn(jw the gentleman whose name is noteil aljove. Mr. Whisman is not only the heaviest property owner in the t(jwn of Elnora, hut is one of the most extensive farmers and stock raisers in the county, his business operations covering a wide range. As farmer, stock raiser, merchant and banker, he has been a successful manager in all he has undertaken and in consequence wields a large measure of influence in the community in which his activities for years have been e.\i)ended. Not oidy is he widely known, luit he i.-> perM'iialK popular among ail with wlunu he comes in cont.acl and there arc few men in the connt\ who ha\e a larger i)Lr.sonal folldwing than he. A iaige man, ol exceptional physic;d endowment, he al^o is a man of large heart and his friends are limited onl_\- hy tiie nnmher of his ac(|uaintances. It is a pleasure therelorc lor the hiograpiier here to call the reader's attention to a brief re\'iew of the achievements of this notable personality, whose intluence in belialf of belter tilings in Daviess county has been for so many years so wisely and widely exerted.

S\l\ester A. Whisman was born in Monroe county, Imliana, near the village of Flletsville, on January -'3, iS^J, the son of (ieorge anil Leltie ( I lit^htower ) Whisman, the former of whom was a native of X'irginia and

Mr. W'hism.an believes in doiuj; things on a larj^e scale and for years man;ii(ed no less than one thous.and acre- of land in the vicinit)- of I-^hiora. As hi- other business interest- i^rew, however, he L;radnally reduced hi-. f.arm holdin,L;s until now he operate- Iml four hundred and thirty-seven acres; In- sons am! farm employees doini; the acti\e work of the larm, to which -eiieral f.irmiuii i- aikled -tock raisiii- on an e\teu-ive scale, ]ianicular atteiilioii beiui; paid to white-faced cattle and the hi-- ty]ie of Toland- L'hiu.a Iii'.l;-. Mr. Whi-man ,L;i\iu.U his clo>e per-onal ;iltention to the ilirection ni the various jjlra-es of the cultualiou of hi> broad llelds.

vicinity as a nieniher d the iiiwnsliip advis'iry Imavd, liis excellent executive ability and snuud business jiid.tinient prox^ini,' invaluable in that cimnection. ^ Mr, Wdiisnian has been thriee niarrie<l. liy his tirst wife, \\h<i was Carrie 1!. ('unstable, he had one child, a daughter, b'dl.a, who niarrieil I-Jirl Melsheiiner. lie nianied, secnudh-, Nellie nutluu, tn which iniion fuur children were born, Joseph, Kiehard, llarr\' and William, the latter of whom is deceased. l!v his third wife, ( )ma Williams, there were two children, <laui;lUers, Lucy and Mary. To all these children Mr. Whitman has been a most devoted father and his sons, under his careful Iraininc;', are tak'in.L;' an e-arnest and active ]iart in the atTair^ of the locality in which they were reared, 'idiere are few men in Daviess county who are doing a lars^'er work than is Mr. Whisman and he is re^yarded with the utmost respect and esteem b 'all w ho know him.

lolin Clsi k/ti>f^Y*'^<^'' "d" John L.. was reared in Indi.ana, and was a farmer fu f5'<?<:IV.u.vCounty, Later he became a merchant at Weisburg, and for some vears before coming to Dasiess county, o])eraled a saw-milk In liis latter vears he was a fanner in Steele township, where he owned a f.arm of eighty acres, lie died there in.iS^S, at the age of seventy-four years.

His wife died in 1S69. Both were members of the Alethodist church. John Clark was a man of rather wide pohtical inHuence in Daviess countv, having served two terms as county commissioner, an dlVice wiiich he tilled with exceptional ability.

John L. Clark's paternal grandparents were natives of North Carolina and early settlers of the eastern part of Indiana. Their children were William, John, Samuel and a daughter.

John L. Clark was reared mostly in Daviess county, Indiana, and has !i\ed here from the time he was nine years old. He was reared as a farmer l)oy and attendetl the district schools, living at home until he reached his maturity. He then married and rented land for .several years. Finally he purchased forty acres of land in Steele township, which he improved and then added thirty-eight acres, which he still owns. He lived there until the spring ui 1913. at which time he was appointed to fill out an unexpired term as countv treasurer, lie lia\ing prc\ioiislv, in 191J, licen elected to the same otVice, antl he is still holding this oftice. Mr. (_lark also served four years as trustee of I^iogard township.

On February j6, 1883, Juhn L. Clark was married^o ]\Iary E. ^Morgan, a daughter of James and Laura (I'.urris) ^Morgan, natives of Indiana, and to this happy union seven children were b(jrn, Len L., Ra\'mond ]L.. John \'., \'ivian, Edwin, Lyle and Emma. I^n L. is a carpenter at Bickell, Indiana. He married Effie Dalton, and they ha\e one child, h'red. \'i\ian died at the age of nine months and lunnia at the age of four months. The other children are all at home.

]\Irs. Alary I^. (Morgan) Clark, the mother of these children, died on lanuary u, ii;i_'. at the age of thirty-eight. She was born in Barr township and was a member of the Methodist EpisC(jpal church. Her father died in tooi) at the age of seventv-six. and her ni' illu-r is still living. James and l.aur;i (I'lUiris) .Morgan were tlie iiarenls ,,f thirteen children. Delia, Marv, William, 'i"honi;is, James, Lucretia, liattie, John and l-Vank, twins; Lucinda, Alartha, Sarah and Ethel.

On October 6, 1909, Mr. Clark married, secondly, Sarah E. Small, a daughter of \\'illiam H. and .\iui i , San ford 1 Small, and to this union two children ha\'e been liorn, Robert and Walter, the forn'«r of vhoni died at the age of eighteen months. Airs. Sara.h E. 1 Sriial!)' Clark was jjorn in Barr township. Her parents are now deceascil. They were early settlers in Barr township, and were the ])arents of eleven children, Joseph, Reui)en, John, r.enj.imin, Virginia, Tabitha, Mary, I.ucretia, Helen, Sarah E. and Thi'imas.

iMr. Clark is a lucmljer of tlie Cliristian (.'luircli, while Mrs. Clark helongs to the ISaptist church. Politically, Air. Clark is a Democrat and for years has Ijeen a potent factor in the political alfairs of Da\'iess countv. lie is a modest, unassuming man, although he has won more than ordinary success in life; first, ha\ing made a success in his life's vocation; secondly, having served the jieople of 1 );i\'iess county in a satisfactory manner, in at least two important oftices. llis integrity is heyond (piestion, and he is not only highly respectetl by the jieople of Daviess county, Ijut he is much admired for what he has been alole to accomiilish in life.

There is no station in life higher than that of the nn'nistry of the Gospel; no life can do more dignified and uplifting than that which is devoted to the amelioration of the condition (if the human race; a life of sacrifice for the l)ettermeut of the brotherhood of man, one that is willing to cast asitle all earthly crowns anil huu'els of fame in order to follow in the footsteps of the lowly Xazarene. ( )ne of those self-sacrificing, ardent, loyal and true sjjirits is the Rev. Charles II. P.uchanan, whose life forcefully illustrates what energy, integrity and a li.xed purpose can accomplish, when animated by noble aims and correct ideals. He has ever held the confidenceand esteem of the people among whom he labors, and his career may be jirofitably studied bv the amliitious youth, stantling at the parting of the ways.

Charles H. Uuchanan i^ a n.ative of St. John, province of Xew Brunswick. Canada, where he was born on Xovember 5, 1S75. the son of James and .Mar\' |. ((ia\') lUiclianaii. boih of whom were of luiglish descent. The father was born oil .November _7, 1S4-', in London. England, his father, |ames \V. liuclian.in, h;iving been a native of Glasgow, Scotland, where he was engaged in the bookbinding business. James Uurhanan was cduc;ited in the pujiiic schools of his native citv and country and remained there until seventeen years of age, when he decided to leave I'.ngland for Can.ada. At the ag^ of twenty-three he eiUered the I'.nglish army, was duly assigned ;ind later became a sergeant, then was jiroinoted to the ranks of major and drill-master of St. John's Infantry. He remaine<l in the army service for a period of twenty-eight years and then establislu-d him-elf in the bookbinding business in St. bibn, Xew Brunswick, Canada, which he continued for twenty-three years and at the present time is \v<^rking at tliat trade. He was the founder anil organizer of wliat is known as the Scots ^.-onipany of the bo)'s brigade, of St. John. His wife, Ahiry J. (iay, was horn on June 12, 184CS, in Souierside. ['rince J'ldward Island To their union were horn eight children named, m the order of their hirth, as follow: Cleorge A., horn on September 3, iSOiS, who married a Miss L'rofout and now li\es in Syracuse, .\ew York, where he is president tA a chenncal company; William J., .Vugust jS, 1870, who married Maud llanna, now li\ing in the city of ISrooklyn, .\ew ^'ork. where he is pastor of a I'ongregational church; Anna .Maud, June 10, 1N73, who married .\lfred lluckle, and died in September, 10(^4; Charles 11., the subject nf this re\ iew ; .Minnie 1., December -'5, 1N77, who i^ now Mrs. I'jjward Smith, of Springfield, Massachusetts; I'di/.abeth day, .Ma}- 7, iNNo, who married l'erc\' W. Campbell and died in Jul\, ii/)7; .\giies I.., April 13, iSNj, who is the wife ui i'dbndge ilcnn, and \ictoria k., .Xugn^t J4, 1SX7, who marrieil Walter Spronl. The parents ol these children are h\ing in C_'auada and are active and de\out members ol the rresbylerian church in their home cit\-, where the)' eiijoN the liig'h regard and coiilidence ol all who know them. Their h\es ha\e been ideal ,uid and ha\e been marked by the utmost de\otioii i.. their children.

( harles II. r.uch.nian receixed his earl\- education in the public schiiols of ."^t. (oliii, Xew lli'imsw ick, and Ined with his ]i:ireiits until about the age of uineleen. 1 )ui"iiig this time he was occupied \'<v the term of b\e )-ears as an a|)i)remicc in the tiusmithing and pliuubing trades, 1mt, has'ing decided that his \-ocation la\- iu auotlier line, he lell St. Ji4iii when twentyone \ears of age and came to the United States. .i;oing to l,e.\iugton, Kentucky, where he became enrolled iu a I'.ilile CMlk-gc, where he remained during the \'ears 18(17, i,'~Ji|8 :\.nA iSom preparing himself l(ir the miiiisir\-. After Ills gi.uhiation, iu iNwci. he went to IJiioio. n,i\ icss county, Indiana, lia\ ing been assigned to the pastorate of the hirst (luislian church of that jilace, and on Jami;ir_\' jy of that _\'ear was married ti' liradie Lane. During the years i8i;i) and njuo he ser\ed as pastor for the church naiued, in lilnoro, and also took up work in connection with the I'irst ( hrisinni church in the town of Odon, this county, and lor lour years jireached iov both congregations. In the year \')i\] he organized a congregation in I'lain- \ille, this counlv, and kept this under his charge until nju. At the i)resent time Ue\erend Uuchanan divides his time between his congregation in I'dnoro. this countv, and the congregation of tiie Christian cluircli in Houston, Jackson count}-, Indiana. '

Rev. Charles PI. JJuchaiian and wife, who make their lioiue with Doctor Lane, are the parents uf two cliiklren, Allen K., horn on March 9, 1908, and died on September 24, 19 13. The Rev. Charles 11. lUichanan is held in the highest regard thruiighunt the witle held covered by his nn'nislerial labors, and his tlevotion, as a worker in the eanse of his blaster, merits for him a place in any history tonching upon the li\es and deeds of those who have given the best of their powers and talents for the aid and betterment of mankind in this section of the state. To those who are familiar with his life there comes a feeling ui re\erence in the contem])Iation of his services and their benehcent results. His long labors in this community ha\e endeared him to the hearts of everyone with whom he lias come in contact and he is, in the most significant sense, regartled as a true friend of humanity.

The life of l^lmer E. Hastings has Ijeen for many years closely identified with the history of Daviess county, Indiana. His life has been crowned with a degree of i)r<jfessional success attained by comparatively few of tln.ise who aspire t(_) eminence in the legal profession. Although a comparati\-ely young man, x'cars of conscientious work as a lawyer ha\-e brought with them not oiilv an increase of practice, but a liigher and more eminent standing in the estimation of his clients and fellow citizens. Mr. Hastings" life is an excellent example of what may be acccMn])lished by a young man endowed with common sense, energy and determination. He has achiex'ed a splendid reijutation bef(jre the bar, at an age when many are merely starting out on their life's work. He has always been methodical and unswervingly persistent in se.arib of essenti:ds.

l\lmer E. Hastings, of the law firm of Hastings, .\llen iS: Hastings, Washington, Indiana, was born in llogaril township, Daxiess count}-, on March 4, 1870, a son of John A. and Laiu'a (Allen) Hastings, whose fanu'ly liistorv is CMUtained in the biographical sketch of Al. S. H.astings, a brother of I'^lmer I'',., presented elsewhere in this volume.

I'.lincr 1'.. Ha.stings was reared on his father's farm in Px.g.'ird township, and .attended the pulilic schools of this county and the Southern Indiaii.a Normal School at Mitchell, a-, well as the Central Normal School at Dan- \ille. Indian.i, being graduated from the latter school in 1891. While a student at the l)an\illc sc1io(j1, Mr. Hastings took the scieinific and liter.arv

After graduatiun, he taught school; iu fact, he had taught several terms hefore leaving Danville. Two years later, he hegau the .study of law in the office of Ilastings & Allen. Mr. Hastings was admitted to the liar iu I1S92, and on January 1, 1894, he hecaiuc a meiulicr of the firm of Hastings, Allen & Hastings, which firm h;is cunlinued in husiness in Washington since that time, a ]jeriod of nearly a quarter of a ccnturv. It is one of the oldest and well-established law firms of Washingtcm and enioys a large antl lucrative practice in the courts throughout this section of fudiana.

Shortly after his adiuission to the liar, Ivlmer l'~. Hastings was luarried, Nowmlier 30, 1^93, to Ijerlha J. Garten, who was liorn in Madison township, this county, the daughter of I'aiit. James H. and ?vlary E. (Booth) Garten, to which hap]iy union three children have been born, Ralph G., John S. and F.leanor \i.

Caiit. James H. tiarten was a nati\-e of Indiana. ha\ ing been born in I.awreme county, but he grew to manhooil in Da\ies county. His wife was born in ( )hio and came to na\'iess coiint\' when ;i child. C';iptain Garten died on April 15, 11)14, at the age of se\ eiUy-se\'en. His wife had preceded him to the gra\e in iSij_'. t'ai)t. James II. ( iarten was a si^ldier in the Union armv during the ('i\il W'.ir. lie enlisted .is a prnate and w .as mustered out <if the service as a ca|)lain. I le and his wife were the p.arents i>f two children, James IL and ilerlha J.

I'dmer \i. Hastings is a Kepublican and served as eitv atli-irne\' of Washington for two ye.'irs; deputy prosecuting attorney for four years and prosecuting attorney for one term of two years. i\lr. Hastings was city chairni.an of the l\c]iublican coiumittee through four campaigns. He was president of the IJncoIn League of Indiana in loro ;md njii. ]\!r. and Mrs. Hastings .are luembers of the Methodist l{pi<copal church. He is one of the tru-tees of the chinch and i> jircsident of the r.rotherhood class. Traternallw .Mr. H;istmgs is a member of ('h;irity Lodge Xo. 30. hVee and .Accepted .Masons; W.ashingtou Ghapler Xo. i)J. Royal .\rch Masons; Washington ( "onuuandery No. 33, Knights 'rem]il;ir; Liwrpool I,eidge No. iio, lnde]iendeut Order of Odd Fellows, and W.ashingtou Lodge Xo. 933, Henevolent and Protective Order of I-dks. He was grand master of the Indiana grand lodge of Independent Order of Odd Fellows in 1907. Mr. and Mrs. Hastings reside at 609 East Walnut street, \Vashington, Indiana.

Elmer E. Ha.stings is one of the influential figures in the councils of his ]);irtv in the second Congressional district and has Iieen so for many years. Ly reason of his connection with the Lincoln League of Indiana, he has the reputatinn which extends lieyniid the limits of the secuiid district. He is genial in (hspositinn and. Iiy training and temperament, is well e(|ni])- ped for the duties (if a i)nl)lic career.

Imliana has heen esp.eciall)' honored in the character and career of lier men of industry and piihlic .-er\ice. Jn ever\- section have heen found men horn to leadershi]) in the \-arions \ocation>; men who lia\e dominated hecaiise of their superior mtelhgence, natural endowment and force of character. It is al\\a\s ])rohlahle to stud) the li\es ot such men, to weigh their motues and to hoM up their achie\ements as iiiceuti\es to greater acti\itv and higher excellence on the part of others. Ihese relleclious are suggested h)' the career ot one who has lorgeil his \\a\ to the tiout r;mks and who. hy a strong inherent force and marked husiness ahility, directed and ccnitrollcil h\- intelligence and judgment ( d' ;i high order, has heen recognized, for o\er a (|uarter of a ceiiturv, as one of the leading men cd" the state. Xo citizen in sontlierii Indiana has achie\'ed more houornhle mention or occupied a more conspicuous place in the piihlic e\'e than Senator fames I'orter, of Washington. Success js tiie result ot methodical and coiisecuti\e eiiileavor. Senator I'orter's success was .attained hy normal methods and me.ans - the determined a])plicalion of nieutal and ph\'sical resources along correctlv deliiied lines. I'o offer, in a work of this cliar.acter, an ade- (|uate resume cif the career o I this ni;m, wnuld he impossihlc; hut, with others of tliose who li;i\e ]iromoied the ci\ic, agricultural and coiumerci.al progress of Da\'iess counl\- and this section o| Indi.an.a, we ni,i\- well note the more salient points that lia\e marked his hti- an«l lahois |U is a prominent and inlliienlial factor in the pnhlic affairs of his county, as well as in the enterprises with which he has heen connected; lia\ing gained success through legitim.ate ,iud worth}- means, he stands ;is an admirahle {y\K of the selfmade ni;m.

lames I'orter, state senator from this district, was horn in i\ee\e township, I)a\iess county, Imliana, on .May 3. 1N45, son (jf James and .\nn (McCoy) I'orter, the former a nati\e of nhio, and the latter of X'irgiuia, who came to Daviess county in iS:;_' and honght a farm of one hundred and sixty .acres in l\ee\e township, which they cleareil and ini])ro\'ed and where thev reared their f.amilv. James I'orter was a man of enterprise and ])us!i

The paternal ,L;ranil father of Senator I'orler was James Porter, Sr.. a n;iti\e of < )hio. lie ami his wile li\ed in Jefferson coimt\', C)hio, and died there well ad\anced in \'ears. The)' were f.armers and had li\e children, James, Joseph, Cahin, Plizaheth and .^lar.i^aret.

James I'orter, the snhject of this sketch, was reared on his father's farm, lie attended the old-fashioned snhscription schools, in a loo- eahin with ])micheon door and a tire-place with cla\'-and-stick chinine\-, the teacher "Ijoardini; around." There were slahs tor sc-ats and the writini,' desk consisteil of a hoanl placed aloni; the wall and sn]iporled with wnoden pins. Mr. Porter lived at home until L;rowu. lie made his lirst mone\' In' hard l;il.or and considered himself fortunate if he receixed ntl\- cents for a dav's work, lie then took a lease on a piece id' limher land and cleared it uj), niakinj^- the rails with which to huild the fences, ;md continued to farm as he cleared the laml. llis lirst ]jm'chase was three hundred acres. (jf land on the east fork of White ri\er in Harrison town>hi]i, in partnership with two of hi- hriithers. They cleareil twn hundred and forty acres of this land and a few years later J.ames I'orter owned the whole ]ilace. lie li\'eil there some years and ,'idded to this f.arm unlil at one time he owned alioiu seven hundred and forl\ acres. Mis children were all horn in that neiL;hliorhi>od. hi March, iS.Si), he hou.i^hl a home in llie corporate limits .if ihe cit}' of Washin.t;ton, with six acres of land, which has heen his hoiue e\er since. In the meantime. Senator Porter has sold all his other lands.

In iS'),i lames Porier enlisleil in l.'omp.nu' 1\, ( )ne liundred and Seventeenth Pe.i^iment, Indian,! X'olunteer Infantry, ami served aliout se\'cu months as a corpor.al. There were li\e hrothers in the I'orter family who went into the sei"\'ice and all li\ed to return home. I wo, ho\\e\-er, were wounded.

born to this iiniuii, one of whom (hcil in infancy, the (jthcrs Ijcing Eva, whu (Heil )oung; Artie antl Bessie, I.ioth at home, and L'lara, who married Robert I'orter, of Enid, Oklahcjma, and lias (jne dangliler, Thehna.

]\]rs. Porter was liorn in DnCnis county, Indiana, and her parents, both of whom are now deceased, ;dso were natives of this slate. They were the parents of six children, nameh' : James, ileceased ; Clay llonston, deceased; Scott, Jndith and Jilizaljeth, the latter of whom is deceased. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. i'orter were Jacob ;uul (.Catherine Eennnon, both natives of Pennsylvania, the fi.irnier lieing of German descent. They had fonr children, Elijah, Jacob, James and Jndith. Jacol) Lemnmn, Sr., had been fi:irmerly married and h.'id iour children by that nnion, Juhn. J.)a\id, Abraham ami Susan.

Mrs. I'orter is a member of the Presbyterian chiu'ch. ]\lr. I'orter belongs to Charily Lodge X(.i. 30, b"ree and Acceiited Masons; Washington Chapter No. ijJ, Royal Arch Mason>. and Wa.^hinglon Coinmandery No. 33. Knights Tem[)lar. Politically, he is a Rcimblican. He has served the people of Da\iess count)' as county commissioner and coumy councilman, and in t(ji4 was elected to the stale Senate oi Indirma, which oftice he did not seek. During the sessicm of 1915 of the Indiana (jencral Assembly, Senator I'orter was one of the leaders ui the Republican minority in the Senate.

l'erse\'erance and sterling worth are almost always sure to win conspicuous recognition in any localit}-. Prof, llamlet Allen has a rem;ni\able reci.iril ;is an educator. He ha> been teaching almo>t continuou'^ly for forty \ears and for more than twenl\- years has been pruK'i|ial of the \\'a^hulglo^. li\diana. hii^h school, jlis career alfords a splendid example of the successful self-made man, who is not only eminently deserving of the confidence reposed in him bv the people of Washington and Daviess county, but who also ]jos.sesses the talent's and force fulness that have made him successful as an instructor and educator. He is a m;m of strong mental liber and has achieved a signal success in the educational world. Professor Allen has earned a signal success in the educational world. Professor Allen has earned high words of commendation from those competent to form a jiroper estimate of his worth, and his long tenure as jirincipal of the Washington

Prut. Hamlet Allen was l.iorn six miles northeast of Washingtun, Indiana, in \\a^hingt(ln tuwnshi]), Daviess count)-, on /Vugiisl 12, 184Q. sun of Johnson and Mary j. (Sanford) .\llen, the furnier a native of Washington township and the latter (if Masun county, Kentnck)-, who were the ])arents of four children, liamlet ; William, deceased: .\nna J., who married ]\1. J. Mayes, a merchant of Washington, and is now deceased, and \'irginia C, the widow of lienjamin h". .^trasser, n(j\v li\ing in l)en\er. Colurado.

Johnson .Allen was reared in Da\'iess county. Indi.ana, and became a sul)Stanti;il farmer, at one time ownmg a farm of two hundred ami eighty acres, which he improNed. lie lir^t cleared a farm of eiglu\' acres in Harrison township and the three \dunger children were born in llarrison township. Diu'ing the In^t twenty }ears ot his life he li\cd in \\'ashington, his death occiu'ring there in 1N07. at the age of se\enty-three. llis widowlives with her son .-md is now eight\-fom" \ears old. Johnson Allen was brought uj) as an uld-sclh'ol I'reslixierian. but soon .'ifter his marri;ige he ami his wife united with the H.-iplist church. He was tuwnshi]) assessc'r at cme time ;md a man of considerable political iullueiice in the. cnuniy. He was a Demcjcrat and look an acti\-e part in the cnuncils nf his parl\-.

I'rofessor Allen's ]3aternal grandparents were William and bdizabeth (luuls) .\llen. the foriuer a nati\e of Xew Jersey and the latter of Ohio, Thes- were pioneers in Daxiess county, coming here in Decemfier, 1816. William .\lleu was a shoemaker and f;u"mer and li\ed in Washington tow nsfiip. He and his wife died mii the old homestead, she ;it the age id' about si.xty and he about seventy. .Mrs. William .\llen was the aunt (d C'apl. James !I. I'lads. wliM built the St. l.^iuis and I'.rouklyu biidgcs. Williaiu ami bdizabelh li-^ads) .\llcn were the parents of twehe children. James (".. John. ^\'illiam, Robert, Johnson. iMrm.-m, George. .Mary (;me, l-'.lijah U., Hannah A.. ]\roses and Melville W.

William .Mien was the son id" Col. John and Rachel ( Wykoff I .Mien, nati\-es of .\'ew Jersey, who came to eastern Indiana jirior to iSio and settled in Dearborn county, (."oluiiel .Mien assisted in laying out the town of Harrison. ;uid came to D.'uiess comity in 1816, bringing with him his faniilv of hfteeii children. The first Presbyterian church organized in the \\diitewaler \allev was organized al his home in iSio. (22)

Tlie maternal grandparents of i^rofessor Allen were Hanilct and Ann (Clarkj Sanft>rd, natives of Orange euunty, \ irginia, who moved to Kentucky, settling in ]\lasun county, where all (jf iheir children were I'MH.. They came to Indiana in i\o\em])er, |S3_', and located two miles northeast of Washington, where they engaged in farming and where they reared their children. Hamlet Sanford was a carpenter, farmer and builder. He lived two nn'les nortlieast of Washington until July, i<'^4<j, when he dietl at a ripe old age. lie had formerly been luarried to a woman in \ irginia, wlv) died leaving two children, Lucinda and I'diza, wh<i. \vilh all of the children Ijy the secijnd marriage, came from Kentuck\' to Daviess count\-, Indiana. The second group uf children were Lucretia, Pierce, Reuhen, William, \ irginia, John C, Tahitha .Ann, Alary |ane and i'dizaheth.

Prof. Hamlet Allen was reared on his father's farm in Washington townshi|), l)a\-iess county. He lirst attended the district sch')ols and later the graded schools of Washington. U]ion completing the C'lur^^c in the local schools, he entered JM-anklin College and from there went to the Indiana State University at lllooiuinglon. He began teaching in the country schools <if P)a\iess count)' in iSfih and received his college training subseciuently. In 1874 he organized the Washington high school and was the princi|),il of this school for li\e vears. lie then remo\c<l to the farm .and for a tiiue taught in the country schools, later taking up grade w orl< in the cil}' schools. Tn iS8() .and iS,S-, Professor .\llcn w;is depuly ]iosiinaster in the ^^'a^hington ])ostolVice, and foui' years later .served ;i term as ilcpul\' clerk of the circuit court. In 1S04 he again was elected priucip.il of the Washington high school, and h.as served cotitinuouslv in that cajjacity .^ince that date.

On Hecember jCi, 1878, Professor Allen was married to Rebecca Hyatt, daughter of Willi.am and l-Icbecca (Read) Hyatt, to which union two children have been born, P.essie Read and Helen llyatt. P.essie luarrieil Stephen I'".. Alvers, a lawver in W.ashingion, a iiiograjihical sketch of whom is presented elsewhere in this volume. 1 lelen married Dr. C. J. P.urris and they live with Professor .\llen. They have one child, Pdeauor Rebecca.

was burn nn a farm adjuining the mirth t-dgc of W'abliingtun. Her father was Ixirii in Mason cuinity, Kentueky, and her nmther m Washington townsliij), Daviess county. Tliey were the ])arents of fue ehilth'en. .Marv. George, Margaret, flelen and Rebecca. W'ilhani H}'att had lieen married twice, his llrst wife iia\'ing been Margaret Me('iure, of Knox county, near \ incennes, to which union there was born one son, Tiiomas. U'iHiam Hyatt was the son of Thom.'is Hvalt. wlio married .Xhirgaret .Mcb'erren. Tliey were nati\'es of Mar\lantl and came from Kentuckv to Da\'iess county in il^uj, setlhng on what is still known as the old Oyatt farm, at the edge of W'ashingtou. They were the ]iarents of seven children, Lucinda, Eliza, John, Elisha, ]\lary Ann, W'ilham and ^Margaret. .Mrs. .Allen's maternal grandparents were Nathan and Mary ( \\'ea\ er ) ivead), the former of wlmm was a nati\'e of X'ermont and the latter of L)a\iess count\', Tiieir children were .Martha, (ienrge C, Sarah, .Miriam, Uichard X., Xath.aii 'i. and Rebecca. Mrs. .\llen was a member of the l!a])tist church, of which Professor .Allen is also a member, serving the congregation as a deacon and clerk of the church. I'rofessor .Allen is a Democrat but, with the exception of four years, diu'ing which time he was a member of the Washington cit\' cnuncil, he has never been especiallv acti\e in politics. ha\ing de\'oted his life and energies to the cause of education.

Air. I'loyd mo\ed from Dearbnrn county to DaN'iess county with iiis ])arents in 1S71. li'ith ])arents died shortl\- after the remosal, the father in iN^r and the mother in 11^73. At the age of sexenieen .Mr. I'.mmI found himself eutireh' U])on his own re--i>m-ce-. lie wurked mu a larm in the >ummer an<l went to the countr\' school-, in ihe winler until be succeeded in .--ecuriiig a license tn te.ach. lie ci'nt,inued at schiml work n ir leu \ears. teaching in country schools Uiv U<\\r ye;jrs ; princip.al of the nd.m M.-hoi)l fcir one year, in llie grammar school, Washington, one year and county sujierintcndent of schotils fuur years - 1883-87. In tlie meantime lie alteiulecl school two summers at Dan\ille, Indiana..

Mr. lliiyd was married on Decemljer jtj, 1887, [n Miss Tillie Scudder, eldest daughter of the late Dr. John \. Scudder, of Washington, d'o this imion li\e children weic born, twc id' whom are dead and three are living - S;inniel, Jr., John .Scudder and Tolly UtUh, aged, res])ecti\ el)', Iwentv-two. nineteen and se\enleen.

Mr. I'.oyd is a prominent member of the 1 )emocratic b^ditori.al Association of Indian;!, in which he ser\Ld as president in r8()5 and was secretar_\- for sexeral years. He has been an Odd h'ellow since i88_> and is an anient member of the I'.piscopal church. lie scr\ ed as a trustee of the Sontlu-ru lndian;i hospital for the in>;ine during (io\ernor .Matthews' adnu'ni>tratiou - i8()3-i)7; also on the city school Ixiard of \\'a>hingtijn.

S])ccilic mention is made of m.any of the wurthy citizens of Daviess counts' within the ])ages (jf this book, citixen> who ha\'e llgiux-d in the growth and de\'elopment of this favorcil locality, and w ho-e iuiere^t^ are identified widi ils e\ei'\' phase i<\ progres>; each comribuling. in hi> -phere o| action, to ihe well-being of the coninunuty in which he re^ides and to the ad\;mcement of its moral and legitimate growth, .\mong this ninnber i'- the geiulem;m who^e name api)ears above, pecidiar interest attaching to the fact th.nt he has s])ent but a few years of his life within the borders of this comity.

George \\'. Dyke was born on Xo\'ember 11, i87r), in Centerton. Morgan county, Indiana, the son of James and Sarah (Dyer) Dyke, the former born in 1840. in Mill .'springs, l\eiUucky; the latter born in 184-', in Morgan county, Indiana. James D\ke was the son of William Dyke, a native of England, who emigrated lo this countr\- and first settled in the state of Mar\dand, where he and his fannlv remained for some time, then went

Xo the state (if Kentucky, I'mni which ^tate they came tn liKhana, locating in Heiuhicks cnunls', later moviiiL;' to Mur^aii cnunly, whence the\' went to the state of Illinois where William Dyke dieil, after which liis wiilow returned to Morgan countw where ^he spent the rest of her life. Tiie maternal grandparents were (ienrge and Maria ( i\nssell ) D\er. George Dyer's father emigrated, in an early day, to Morgan county, Indi:ina, where he to(.ik up a grant uf land frr]m the gox'ernment, spending tiie rest oi his life there, lieorge Dyer died some years ago and his W'idow is living to tlie ]jresent day.

James D\ke was a hlacksmith hy trade and came from Kentucky to Indiana, locating at l'>rookl)n, Morgan coinUy, where he continued to work at his trade and reared a large family. He was somewhat active in politics and while disp(.ised to cast his \iite in an independent manner, )'et his leaning was towards the principles cd" the Kepuhlican party and lo it gave his support, lie and his famil)' were memhers of the Methodist clnu'ch. 'I'o his union with Sarah l)\er were liorn the following children, named in the order of their liirth: George \\'., Angle, deceased; Josephine, Carl, lihenezer, deceased; an infant, deceased; Mary, deceased; Xorman and another infant, deceased.

George W. Dyke li\-e<l with his parents and recei\ed his earl_\' education in the juiblic schools of Morgan cmnity, later acquiring a good working knowknlge of the hlacksmithing trade, which he followed for a ninnher of vears, after which he took up the study of mechanical and electrical engineering. Having ac(iuired a splendid knowledge of these latter lines, he was appointed to the position of manager of the plant of the Central Union Telephone Company in the town of r>rooklyn, and continued as manager there imtil the company transferred him to Washington, this county, where he has heen located since 191.V During the year i<;i4 lie was appointed manager of the otlice "i the We-icrn Cniou I'elegraph I'onipany at Washington, but on account of a statute opposing dual em]iloyment in public service coriiorations, he was prevented from holding the management of the two branch c<impanies, and had to give up the telegra]ib ])roject.

(jn Octoljer 2J, ]><</). George \V. D\ke was married to l'>lie Dalton, a native of Orange county, Indian;i. ilaughter n\ S. W. Dalton, of I'.rooklyn, I\Iorgan county, and to their union h.'ive been born h\e children, name<l, in the order of their births, as follow: .\gnes, deceased; Gladys, Dons, (ieneva, deceased, and George.

Since being transferred to tiie (own of Washington, Mr. Dyke has taken an active p.art in the i)romotion <.f all meritorious enterprises that tend to the welfare of the puljlic. I'ulilicall}', he has always ideiuilied himself with the Uepuhlicaii party and although not an as|iirant fur puhlic oftice, takes an aggressive and active part in political matters. Fraternally, he is a memher of the Knights of l'_\thias, the Order uf Ued Men, and is a thirty-second-degree memher of the Masonic order, going up through the York and the Scottish rite. Personally, Mr. Dyke is a man who. in all the relations of life, h;is heen ;in ad\iicate of wholesome living and cleanliness in pcjlitics as well; ami has e\er heen outspoken in his antipathy to wrong doing, whether hy the humlile citizen or hy the incuml)enl> cd' inlluenlial otifices. In every respect he has merited the esteem in which he is universally held, lor he is ;i man of public-spirit, intellectual attainments and exemplary character.

It is the progressi\-e wide-awake man oi alfairs that makes the real liistor)' of a commiunt)'. liis inllueuce as a potential factor in the liod\' politic is ditticult to estimate. 'J he examples such men furnish c.>f patient jjurpose and sleaillasl nitegrity strongly illustrate what is in the ]iower of each to accomplish. And there is alw;i\s a lull measure (d satisfaction in advertising, even in a casual wax. to their achie\ements in ad\ancing the interests of their fellow men, ,'ind in giving strength and sulidil)' tn the institutions which make Sd nnich for the pfMsperit}' uf the ciiminunit\-. Such a man is .Andrew J. liiddmger, a prominent real-estate dealer antl insurance agent at Washingtun, Indiana. .Mr. Iliddinger's husiness has natural!)- hroughl him in touch with the jmlilic .md ti'day he enjuNS an en\ia!)le reputation i'tv liiinest\' and scpiare dealing. Perhaps u.i class ni ])e(iple c-iutrihute more in tlie material progress of a community than th''-e persiin> who lin\ .and sell real e^lale. .\o class of husiness men coiUrilmte more to the improN'emeni of the communit}' than real estate dealers, (d" which ?ilr. I'.iddingcr is .a leader in l);i\'iess couutN'. In e\ery res])ect he is a rejiresentali\e citizen uf W'ashingtdn ;ind ol I )a\'iess county.

.Andrew J. IJiddinger was horn on Ko\-emher lo, 1^55. in llutler county, Ohio, (he son of Genrge W. and Caroline (llancoek) Ihddinger, the former a nati\e of rennsyl\;uiia. Imrn near (_'armicli:ieltown, and the latter a native of Drewershurg, rranklin county, Indiana. They were the ])arents of six children, J(^hn \\'., id' Washington; Dehurali A., deceased, who was tlie wife of William F. Tranter; Solomon A., a farnier in Wash-

George W. Piidihuger -was reared in lUitler count}-, Ohio, where he owned and iniproxed a large farm. He M)ld uut there in 18O1, and came to tliis CI Hint)-, purchasing a farm in Washiiigt(.in township, where he ihed in 187-', at the age of fifty-eight _\-ears. His widnw (hed in 1875, ;it the age of tifty-iiue. He was a meml>er oi the Lutheran church and liis wife was a niemlier of the L'nited I'rethren chiu'cli. Tlie parents of George W. Bidthnger were h'rederick and Catherine (Hoover) I'lidihuger, nati\'es of I'ennsxlvania. and of ( ierman descent. riie\- were early settlers in Ohio, and their elde^l >on was a soldier in the War of 181 _-. and also a soldier in the Alexican War. h'rederick l.h'ddinger, the son of iM'ederick Lliddinger, was a soldier in the Patriot arm_\' during the Revolutionary War, and also ser\-ed during the War of 181 _>. later emigrating t<> Ohio, where he liecame a fanner in ISuller cmintw and died there, his wile dying in Hamilton county, Ohiii. The fnvmer died at the age of sevenly-^ix and the latter at the age nf eiL:ht\-fMm\ TlieN' had a family of ele\en children, heing; Jaculj. Sokinion, Michael. J.inalhan, James, Genrge, .\ndrew. hrederick, Mrs. Catherine C;mn, .Mr-. .Mary Wall and .Mrs. hdizahelh Cann. hrederick Hidtlinger's parents were horn in (ierman\'. l-'i»llMwing his services in the Revolutionary War, I'rederick liiddinger cut a hickory cane from ;i tree in the war zone to serve as a staff on his long walk iK.iine. .\iidrew J. I'.iddinger is now the possessor of this stout staff, a relic of the Rex'olutioii. which he prizes quite highly.

The maternal gr.amlparents of Andrew J. Riddinger were John W. and Debt)rah ( St;ui>lierr\' ) Hancock, natives ui Maryland, the former of English and the latter nf Germ;in descent. 'Idiey lived to rear a large family in iM-anklin countv, Indiana. John W. Hancock was a merchant ;ind al;0 owned a farm i>\ live or six hundred acres, lie .^hipped a great (inantity ui produce liy wagon and operated a large number of huckster wagons. He died at the age of liftv and his wife at the ;ige of eighty-seven. Their children were i'liiux, I,lo\(l, Green, Ch.arles, Seneca, CaroliiK- and Julia .\mi.

Antlrew J. llidi linger was reared on his father's farm in Washington townsliip. He attended the district sciiools and later I'ort Scott College at Fort Scott, Kansas. He then returned to Daviess county and began fanning, continuing in this vocation until 1880, when, for ;i time, he soM sewing machines. Since Xoveniber, 1880, he has been engaged in the insurance business, and for twenty years he als(i has been engaged in the real estate Inisiness.

On April 5, 1894, Ainlrew J. Iliililinger was married, to Dora llcnry, a teacher in the \Va>liini^tc)n sclio^ls; daugliter (jf Isaiali and Xancv (Taylor) Henry. She died in 1004, and on October 28, 1906, Mr. l;!iddinL;er niarrietl, secondly, Kiith Waller, who was horn on a farm in Harr tuwnship, tlii.s C(jnnty, dani;hter tA Gecjrge and Lncretia (McDonald) Waller, natives of this cnnnty, and both of whom are now deceased, she being their .mly child. Mrs. IJiddinger's paternal grandfather was John Waller, who married Mary A. Goodwin. Their children were (Jeurge, William S., Edward lA, John j\I., Uiciiard, James, .\nna \\.. Alary and .Margaret. Mrs. Biddinger's greatgrandparents were .Varon an<l Margaret ( .McCAilImigh ) Goodwin.

Mr. and .Mrs. ni(l<linger are members of the CTinslian chtn-ch, in which Mr. Diddinger is ser\ing as a deacon. iM-aternally, he belongs U> I.iverp(.»>l Lodge Xo. I 10, Independent Order of C)(\A lA-llows. Politically, he is identified with the fortnnes of the I'rohibitiim party, .\ndrew J. l;id<linger is highly re>pected in Daviess connty and has been forenKJsl in all worthy public enterprises.

William H. Kiefer

Washington, the metro])olis of Daviess county, has a uni(iue character in the person of Wdliam 11. Kiefer, the clerk of the Daviess county circuit C'jnrt and a man known throughout the cotnitry as a successful composer of band and orchestra music. .According to the Musical Mcssciu/cr, Mr. Kiefer is "a band organizer, instructor, director and cornetist." "iMther designation or title is (li^ti^ction enough for any one man to wear, if he bears it as well as .\lr. Kiefer." says the Musical Mcssciujcr. 'A\"e don't know which he ])refers, but we suspect that the public will call him composer, for he h;is cerlainl}- made himself popular wilh his compositions, and thousands arc inducticed through his writings, where hundreds are [lossiblv benelited b\' his du'ccting or cornet pla\'iug."

William hi. Kiefer was born into a musical f;imil\' and inherited the musical spirit, absorbing musical notation ,aud rules wilh his alphaliet and arithmetic. Living in a musical atmosphere, be began as a child to pl.ay on everything he could get hold of th;it wnuld ]>roduce ;i m\isical somid. .\t ten years of age he pla\ed in a bo\'s' band that had been orgam'zed and instructed by an uncle, Joseph 1'. Kiefer. This uncle to(jk a sjiecial interest in him and instructed him pri\;ttely in the rudiments of music, teaching him \'iolin and cornet. William was an aijt |iupil and fully ajipreciated his uncle's interest. Mr. Kiefer attributes most of the credit for his musical attain- ments tu this good uncle ulio eiK-oiiragcil and directed him tUirinj; tlie tMrniative i;eri(i(l ot his career. The anihitinn to write a l)and or ijrcliestra ])iece took hold of him at the rit;e of fifteen years and at tliat early ai^e he liegan work on a compositiein. It was a march and when ^mi^^hed was caMed, "Salute t(i \\"ashin,L;ton," which was ])layed hy his home hand and was well receiveil. Later .Mr. Kiefer he,!;an tC) [juhlisji hand and orchestra selections. Most i)f his selection.-, have heen |uihlished hy C. 1.. Barnhouse, of 0.~kaloosa, Iowa, whom Mr. Kiefer met during a three-years' sojourn at Oskaloosa.

Ciusta\-e Kiefer came to .\merica when ei.inht years old with his parents, who located on a farm in Duhois county, Indiana, where he ,t;rew- to manhood. He en^a^i^ed in the lumher and saw-mill husiiiess near Lrench Lick for a lew ye.ars and then moved to W'asliin^ton, where, for some years, he enga.i^cd in the manufacture of hricks. Suliseiiuently he enga.^ed in the hutcher husiness and afterward comhicted the (ierman Hotel, on West Main street, which hurned some years a!;o. He died in \')0]. at the at^e of sixty. His widow died in \[)\o, at the ai^e of t'lfty-nine. Thev were memhers of the (ierman Catholic chiircli.

Ihe p:ilciii.il .giandiiarents of our suhjcel wi'ie .\iiton Kiefer and his wife Caroline. .\iUon Kiefer was a hrick-maker and died .at \\'ashiii,i,non at an old ;ii;e. lie and his wife were the p.arents id' five children, (iusta\e, Mary, Jose]>li, Lawrence and Ste]ilien. The maternal .grandfather of William H. Kiefer was William I'eck, a native of h'rance. He was a gener.al merchant in I'arkville, Indiana, and died there. William L.eck was twice married, .Mary and Christ heing the only children horn to the first union, and Rose and Nellie to the second union.

William II. Kiefer w.as lioin and reared in Washington, and attended tlie iJarochial and jiuhlic schools. Later he took a course in the Jasper Lusiness College. He served as a deputy in the county recorder's oi'tlce for two years and was city clerk for four years, from kjoj to 1906. Llpon retiriiii^- from this office lie enti-Tcil liie real estate liu--ine>s, in which he was engaged from 1907 t<> iiju. in wiiicli latter year he was elected clerk of the Daxiess circuit court ini the Democratic ticket. IMr. Kiefer is the leader df the Citizens hand and has served \ery acceptahl)- in this ca[)acity during the past twenty }ears.

On Decemher 24, 1906, William H. Kiefer was married to Maud Helphinstine, ilanghter id" Jnhn and Mary (llvatt) 1 lel])lienstine, Id which union two sons, William R. and jdhn ('. ha\e heeii horn.

.\s the M iisiciil M cssciu/cr sa\'s: "The man whu writes ])leasing music, music that hecomes popular, endears himself tn a great host of his fellows whom he ma\- ne\er ha\e the pleasure ot meeting persouall}'. Yet there is a sense ot comradc-hip felt h\' him with those who pla\- his music. The knowledge that comes to him of his music ])layeil in xarious sections of the country estahlishes a hond of fellowship lietween himself and these unknown friends, for a real friendship has heen estahlished. Wdien we i)la\- music ihal we like we want to know to whoui wr are uidelited lor it. We --eek the name ol the author and lindiug it we rememher it and liegin to form in imagination a ])ictnre ol him: that is, il no ])ictiu'e ot him is tnrnished us with his music." Thus is the name of William II. Kiefer known throughout the country. Mr. Kiefer makes himself useful musically wherever he may he. for years he has heen identified with, if nut the chief leader in, the musical perfrjrmances l.ty Idcal talent in and ahmtt Washing! nn, his home cit_\-, such as light operas, minstrel ])erfdi-uiances and the like, and is persiniall)- \ery |)opular. His latest march, "The S])ecialist," was ])ul)- lished in the Miisidil Mrsscii(/cr for Septemher, 1014. and had a \'ery large sale.

Daviess Couxtv, Indiana Milton Simpson Hastings

The welfare of mir countr_\' ilepends in a threat uieaMire u])r]ii those men in an unassuniinL;" manner work .steaihl}' a\\a\- in their chosen lielil of en(le;ivor. anil who are \'et In'oad-minded men; ni^t Mind to the nee<ls of their coinnninit)-, nor to those thins^s that stand for real i)roi;ress. Daxiess county ha> reason to he prouil of tiie inan\- true men she has priMhiced who now are eni.;aL;cd in \ariotis lines of acti\ities, anionic whom is .Milton Simpson Mastin,t.;s. a well-known and snccessfnl lawyer of Washington.

John .\ithiir Hastings was reared in Lawrence and Daviess counties. Imliana, and was a teacher for mativ vcars. lie lived most oi the time in Ilogard townshi]), this conntv, where he also ran a taian. During the Latter |)arl of his life he was for several vears, a merchant at L'orneltsv ille, hnt teaching was his iJiancipal work, lie lived a lew vears iti Washington, lie -was admitted to the har in 1S57, hnt never practiced law. John .\. I lastings died in iSi>i, at the age of lifty-nine. His widow died in 1005, aged si.\tylive. Thev were originallv memhers of the Christian church, hut later of the United llretliren clnu'ch. Mr. Hastings' father was a (juaker.

The maternal grandparents ot Mr. Hastings were lliram and Keziah (Cook) Allen, early settlers of Daviess county, fndirma. Hiram .Mien was a farmer and did some teaming from New Alhany and Louisville to Washington. He died a voung in.an. His widow remarried and lived to an old age. Hiram .Mien and wife were the ]iarents of three children, Ltmretta, Milton L., and Mary L.

1907. The firm oi Hastings, Allen & Hastings acts as alttirneys for the Peoples National Bank (jf \\'ashingtt)n and the Washington National Bank, and practices in all the conrts, hax'ing been called before the state supreme court in a large nuniher t>f cases, M. S. Hastings, allhongh a prominent and able lawyer, is (piite modest and unostentatious in his general demeanor. Freijuently he has been called upon to ])reside as judge of the circuit comets of Daviess ami adjoining counties, in special cases, and is generally known as Judge Hastings, but his retiring and modest (lis])osition makes him prefer to lea\e off the title, "judge'', and to be known simply as Air. IL'istings. Ikis genial and kindh' in his attitude toward all and nu one is too humble to recei\-e hi^ attention and respectful consideration.

While Mr. Hastings' ambition as a lawver is to contimie to grow and be eniinenth' successful, there is perhaps nothing that gi\es him more satisfaction ;mil enioxnient than teaidiing his splendiil llible class and looking after the interests of his family; his exem])lary liome life being a source of intinile gratification to them. M. S. Hastings is held in highest esteem by the citizens of A\'ashington for his integrity, his genuine Christian character and his real uKjral worth.

The suliject of this re\iew is a rei>resentati\'e farmer and stock grcjwer ol Washington township, Haviess countv, Indiana, who is known as one ot the alert, [jrogres^ive and successlnl agriculturists ot this favored section of the lloosicr state. In his laboi's he has not ])erniitted hini>elf to follow in the rut in a blind, apathetic \\a\-, but has studied and experimented and tiuis .secured the maxinunn returns from his enterprising efPirts; which he has so ordered his course at .all times as lo command the conlidence and regard of the [jcople of the coninunnty in which he lixes, being a man of lujiiorable business methods and aihocating wliate\er lends to ])roinote the public welfare in any wa\-.

Leonidas Se.xton Horrall was Ixnai in this count\' on March iS, 1S71, the son of ICdwin Ray and lohanna ( .Mexander ) Horrall, both natives i.it this Count}'. The paternal grandfather of Air. Horrall w.as t'leaser llorrall, who arrived in \\'ashington in an earl\- (la\-, and conducteil a tannery on the site where the I'laltimore iK: ( )hio r;u'lroad sl.ation now is situated. In the early days he would haul leather to IA-ans',-ille, Jndiana. for the markets. He and his wife died in Washingtt.m. The maternal gramlparents of Mr.

Etlwin Ray Horrall, the lather (if lA-onidas S., \vas educated in the schools of Wasliington, where he grew to maturity, antl liegan life for himself on a farm in Wale township, uperating one hundred and twenty acres i.if land which he nwned in 'I'oShum llullow. I,ater he purchased another farm on diie Innuh-ed and forty acres in the same township and mo\'ed toit. In addition to his farming interests, Mr. llnrrall, in partnership with ilirani ilngshead, nwncil and ()perate<l the lh>t steam threshing machine south of \\'asliingt(jn, in this cuunty. Mr. Horrall also oiicraled a saw-mill in \ eale township, lie nio\ ed to t)klahoma, hut later returned to Da\iess county, locating (jn the farm where his son is now living, lie ser\'ed in the Union army during the Ci\il War as a memher of the h'orty-second Regiment Indiana \'olunteer Infantry. Ivlwin Kav and Johanna (Alexander) llorrall were the parents of eight children, L'\nthia Ann, DanieL C lea\'er, Alfred, I'.lizalieth, Carrie llelle, Leonid.a^ S., Lawrie Isatic and \'idetta, all of whom are still Ii\ing with the exception of Carrie Ilelle.

heoiiidas S. 1 lorr;ill grew to manhood on his father's farm in X'eale township, recei\ ing his e<lucatio)i in the di.strict schools of his hi.ime township, lie assistetl his father in the operation ot the honie farm and alsowith his thresher-machine and saw-mill, and he lore his marri;tge had Ijought and paid lor lorly-se\en acres id" land. hi iSi)^ he engaged in farming on his own account, llis wile owned one hundred acres of land, and to this Mr. llorrall .added until they owned three hundred and ten acres of land in Harrison township. Later they .sold this farm and i)urchased one hundred and fort3--eight acres, where they now li\e, on the 1 'orters\dlle road, aliout one and i.me-fourth nules out of Washington. The family mo\cd to this pl.ace in ion.4, and Xlr. llorrall now does a ro.id contracting husmess in coimection wUh his farming.

In iiSo5 Mr. llorrall married .\una Wilson, who was horn and rearetl in Harrison townslhii, a daughter of William Wilson, a pioneer oi Harrison township. William Wilson came from ()hio in an eaiiv il.ay, luaking the trip on foot, with ;ill his heloiigings in a small carpethag, which he carried, lie settled in Harrison townslii]), where he graduall\- .accumulated a com|)etency, and at the time of his death was the owner of eight hundred acres of land. lie was an inllueiitial citi/en in his da_\' and generation, fieing a man of sterling integril\- and of much streni;th of char;icter.

dren, Steward Sextun, Kniicl I'.tlifl, Lil\' Jewel, (.ilenn Irene, i\uy and Nellie I.issie. The family are ;ill lu^'al and earnest members ol the Alethotlist JCpiscupal church, in whuse welfare the\' are aeli\ely interested, and to whose support they are liberal contriliutors.

Mr. Ihirrall is a Uepiihlican, and for \car^ ha> taken an active part in the political affairs of his county. On January i, 1915, he assumed the duties of the ottice of county commissioner, to which office he had been elected in tlie prex'ious electinn. I le is a member of ihe Independent Order of C)dd h'ellows and also nf the encampment, and takes an active intere>t in the welfare of those fraternal ortjanizations. As a citizen Mr. Horrall stands hij;h in the esteem of hi^i fellnw nien, beinj; public-spiritetl ami ])r(igressive, and at all times willing; to lead his aid and inlluence in l.iehalf of enterprises for the material ad\ancemcut of his county, and for the intellectual, Social and moral goijd of the people.

Paris A. Hastings

P.aris A. ITa>tinLis is a man, wlm, liy clip>e attentifn to business, has achie\'ed marked success and ha> ri^en to an himorable position anion^i; the leadini( men of the county with which his interests are identifie<l. It is a plain record rendered remarkable by no stranj^'e or mystericjus adventures; no wonderful ami lucl<\- accidents and no traL;ic situatii_)ns. Air. blastings is one of those estimable citizens whose inte<^ritv and [jersonalily must force them into an admirable distinctii in, which their modesty never seeks, lie is one (if that type nf men wIm conmiand the respect nf contemporaries ami posterity alike and lea\-e the inipressidii nf then' indi\idualil\' iqion the ai;e in which they b;i\e lived.

1891, at the age of hfty-nine. His wife survived him and died in WashingtLin in Deceinljer, 1005, at tiie age of sixty-h\e years. In their early cla_\s tiiey lielnngetl to the Cln-istian churcii hut later united with the United lirethreu chureh.

The paternal gi'amlparents of I'aris A. Hastings were Idowell and Judith ( h.dwards ) Ilastings, nati\es of Xurth Carolina, who were among the first settlers of Madison lowiiship, this eounty, where they owned coiisideralile land in the (Jdoii neighliorhood. Howell Hastings died in middle life, aticr which hi^ wid(nv iiiii\ed to Kansas with her children and lu'ed at Wellington for a time. She died in Kansas, at an aihaneed age. They were the parents of >ix children, Henry H., who died mi his eighty-fifth birthda\-; Thomas, who died in the service of the Union army, during the C'i\il War; John A.. Zachariah S.. a (liri-tian minister; hdizalielh and Charlotte. 'I he maternal grandparenls of .Mr. lla-^llllgs were lliiam and Iveziah I ("ook ) .\llen, n:iti\es of Xorlh ("arolma and earl\ settlers in \'an laireii lowiiship. this county. Ilirain .Mleii died in iS.p), while slill a \-oung man. Hi.s widow married, secondly, William Wilson. I'.y the first marriage there were three children, ],auretla, Milton H. and Mary. lA the second marriage there were four children, (.ieorge, Keziah, John and Cordelia.

In the cami)aign of 1902, Mr. Hastings was chairman of the i\e|)ulilican coniily central committee, of Daviess county. He was elected to the Indiana Legislature al a special election that year, serving in the session of 1903. He was a city treasurer of Washington for four _\-ears and was interested, while in the iiews]iaper hnsiness, in mad huilding. He built more than one hundred miles of gra\el and rock road in Da\-iess count}-, in partnersliip w ith M. H. Wilson.

dricks, uf Hendricks cnunty, tlie daui^lucr of Miltun and AJnrv E. (Sparks) Hemlricks, lu which union six children liavc hccn Ijorn, Frank H., Mary, Laura, Cliarles, luhlh and J'auL l-Vank II. is a gracUiate of the Central Normal Collet^e and is nuw principal of the hiyh school at Arcadia, Indiana. Mary and Laura were .!j;radualed from the scientific course at Central Normal College in 19 13 and are in school there now, taking the classical course. Mary taught t)ne term of school in T.arr township. Charles is a junior and Paul a freshman in the Washington high school, lulith died in infancy. During Laura's twelve \ears in school, .she never missed a day; ne\er missed a ses.-^ion of her Sunday school, nor was she tardy at either place in the entire twehe years. This is ;i remarkalile record.

Mrs. Hastings was horn in Hendricks -c-ounty, Indiana, Decemher 5, 1861. Her parents were natives of Indiana. Iler father died in KjoS at the age ot se\ enly-eight ami her mother is still living, ddiey were the ]iarents of si.\ children, Cora A., Myra jane, Orestes LL, \'ada. Lora and Crace.

^Ir. and Mrs. Hastings and all of their children are members of the Christian church, the local congregation of which ]\Ir. Hastings is serving as an elder. He was su|ierintendent oi the llihle school for six \ears. He is a niemlier of Charily Lodge Xo. 30, l-'ree and .\ccepleil Masons; Washington Chapter No. ijj. Royal Arch Ma.sons, and the Washington council, Royal and Select Masters. He and his wife are charter niemhers of Washington Chapter No. Jio, Order of the Lastern Star.

Because of his long experience in jmhlic and semi-official life, I'aris A. Hastings is well known in I)avie>s comity, and it is (.nily fair to say that he enjoys the uni|ualified esteem (jf the people of this county. He has made success of many ventures and. although still in middle life, has earned a competence which is his reward for hi-- toil an<l planning.

The men of most inlluence in promoting the advancement of society and in giving character to the times in which they live are of two classes, students and men of action. Whether we are more indehteil for the improvement id the age to one class or the other is a question of honest difference in opinion. Neither class can he spared and hoth should he encouraged to occupy their respective s])heres of lahor an<l inlluence, ze.ilouslv and without mutual distrust. In the following paragraphs are hrieflv outlined the lead- ' (-'3)

ICImer Knzan was hurn nn .May 13, \i>~[). in Washington township, Daviess county, Indiana, the son of AUjcrt and Sarah Adaline ( [ones) lUizan, liolh nati\es of this county, the former of whom was horn in I5arr tciwushi)), and the latter in Washington township. The parental grandfather of Mlmer Ihizan was John lUizan, an early settler of l)a\'iess count\', who died in this county, his wife dying in Kansas. John I'.nzan and wife h;id six children, .Maria, .Mhert, William (deceased), Lafa\etle (deceased), John and .Mattie .\. John I'lUzan ser\ ed as a soldier in the L'nion armv during the Ci\il War for almut three years. 'Idle maternal gr.andparents of Klmer iiuzan were Thomas and Lorraine ( ITeeland ) Jones, pioneers of this C(.iunty, who were the parents of five children, .Mary C, Jlosea, Mlijali, Theodore and I'dla. 'Jdieodore Jcmes, now deceased, was a ciie-time treasurer of Daviess county.

.Alhert lUizaii, the father of hdnier lluz;m, was formerlv a farmer and a coal jirospector. Though self-learned, his earl_\ educational o]>portuiiities having been limited, he is a well-inf<irmed man. lie and his wife, the latter of whom is now deceased, were the ])arents of four chililren, Theod(.ici;i (deceased), hdmer, Dertha S. and .Maria S. (deceased). .Mhert lUizan is a memher of the Christi.au chinch, as was his wife, and their cliildren were reared in the faith of that church.

l-.lmer I'.uzau was reared on ;i f;irm and was educated in the pulilic schoiTs ol Da\iess county, as well as in the Indiana State .\ormal School at 1 erre Haute, where he spent more than three years. .Mr. Iiuzan hcgaii teaching when twenty-one years of age and was engaged in teaching until loll, when he was made deput\ county treasurer, hy a])poiutment, a position he held fi>r tWii _\ears, at the end of which time he was emploxed hv the I'rudential Insurance Companw In 1014 .Mr. Ihizan w.as elected countv treasurer of Daviess county and will take office on Januarv 1, kmG. lie is a man who is well known throughout Daviess county and who has made a host of triends. ddie |)eople of Daviess county ha\e ahsdlule confidence in .Mr. lUizan, and he will he the last man to ahuse that confidence.

The true measure of individual .success is determined hy the character of work in which mie has heen eni^a^ed. The measure of success is what one has acconi])lished. An enumeration of the li\ini; resiileiUs of Da\iess county, who ha\-e succeeded in \arious S]ihcrcs of endea\'or, and who at the same time are impressing; their iier^onalities on the citizenship nf this count}- - men who liaxe heen ci m feri-iui;- honor on the localities where they reside, WDuld he iucumplete were there failure lo make specilic mention ( d' Xathan h".. Killinn, proident i;f the hannerh iSank >>f I'lauuille, and one uf the most inlltiential citizens in that section of Da\iess count\. The splendid success wliicli has come to liim has heen tlie direct result of i;reat plusical and mental eiiert^y. Mr. Killi(jn has a mind capahle id' kayin.i;- judicious l)lans, and a will strong' enont^h to carr)- them into execution. Ills eneri;v, foresii^ht and perse\erance carr\- him forward to ;i |)o>ition in the front rank of the successful men ot this cniint\-. Nathan Killion has carried forward to successful completion wh,Uc\er he h;is undertaken. I lis husiness meth- ("Is lia\e e\er heen in strict CMnfurmity with the >t.in<lard ethics id" commercial life, lie h;is t.akeii an inlelliL;enl interest in the ci\ic life of the conimnnily and has eaiiied the hiL;h le^ard in which he is held 1)\ .dl who know him.

Killion was William Ivillion, a nati\e ijf Xijrlii Carnlina, who married Dicey Ballard, and \vh(;), alter their marriage, nioxed to Tennessee fur a year. While the Killinns were in Tennessee, (ine ui William I\illie)n's S(jns lra\eled to Indiana. lie wrute hack to his lather that he had tunnd a splenilid place in which tu h\e. \\'ilham Killiun, w 1 k- and familv then mo\'ed to Indiana. His children were Ale.xantkr, Allred, Da\itl. James, Sallie, l'.\a, William, I'.etsie, iMimk and Wiley. The lir^t wile ui Alexander Killiun was America lUncli, who I" ire him three children, DicL-y, John and Uachel. Alter her death Air. Killicni marrieil jemimah Ca_\'wuud, ami she hore him >i.\ children, Martha ]., William, Xathan, Albert, F.va and Cora. Uijon the death of his second wife, Alexander Killion married j\larv M\ers, hnt ik.i children were horn to this last marriage. Alexander Killion was a farmer cd' great wealth and owneil lour ihoiisand acres of land in haviess connU, the most of which was in Steele township.

J\l;m\' mteresting things are to he recorded in the lile history ol Alexander Killion. ]le started in life with a small farm, which his father had gi\en him. It was co\ered with limher and the only wa\' he was alile to secure the mone)- \\itli which to pa\- li\ing expenses was hy "working out" at twenty-live cents a day. Alexander Killion went hack to his father and asked the latter to take part of the farm hack and give him the money. Iinl the father refused to dci this. Alexander and his wife li\ed in a h(.illuw sycamore ti'ee for a time, and linalK- erected a log hut. .\tler man}' \'ears .Me.xander Ixillioii hecame \ery wealth)' and his life was continually iu danger of lliie\es and rohhcrs. who sought to get hold of his money. A letter w;is once thrown into his \aril demanding li\e thousand dollars ;it once, this nionev to he placed under ;i certain cnKert, de.ath heing the threatened penally for failure lo com]il\- with the terms of ilie letter. Xeithing e\'er came of the incident, howe\er. ( )n another occasion Alexander killion was held n]i ou his reinrn from W .ashinglon. Indi.ina, lau it happened th.U Wehh (. )s;den and his son, Xaihan, were nearhw one of them throwing a rock which fractured the skull of the rohher ami relieved Alexander from danger. It is said that this highw.avman was a man from Martin count}', Indiana.

Xathan l-".. Killion was eilucated at the Central Xormal (Jollege at ]~)anville, Indirma, and was married on March 5, 1S85, to Cordeli Singleton, daughter ni George and I.yda ( Kagsdale ) Singleton, who were Indiana fanners, (ieorge Singleton was a soldier in the L-niou army during the Civil War. To Nathan E. and Cordelia fSingletou) Killion three children have been born, Krnest E., Clarence !-'. and Ralph .\. He is cashier of the bank there and a biographical sketch of liini is presented elsewhere in this volume. Clarence is deceased. Ralph A. married Eiila Barnes, and they live in Steele tnwnship, this county. They have Uiree children, Kalph, Jr., Clarence and Mildred. Nathan Iv Killinn lived for twenty-one \ears on While river, on a bottom farm in Steele township, owinng sexen hundred acres of the richest soil in Steele Icnvnship and two hundred acres in Knox and Pike coimties, Indiana. Mr. Killion is president of the b'armers Bank of I'lainville, a positirm he ha^ occupied bince the establi.-.hmenl of that sound fmancial institution in 1907. lie also is a lar^e stockholder in the I'lainville Flouring Company, v>hich is one of the most up-to-tlate mills in' the state of Indiana.

Mrs. Killion is a member of the Methodist Ei)iscopal church. Mr. Killion is a meml>er of the lndei>enilent Order of Odd h'ellows and both he and Mrs. Killion are memliers t>i the order of the Daughters of Kebekah.

Xathan E. Killion is known throughout the length and breadth of Daviess county, and in fact throughout thi> section ai the .'^tate ; not only a^ a successful f;n'mer, but a> a succcN^ful banker, a man who is wellinformed (jn all current, political and ci\ic ipie.-^tions and one whose advice and council is stniglit upon all ^ort,s of (piestion^. .Xaturally, he is a man ^\ho enjoys the cunlidence and oteeiii of a large numljer of people.

The character of a connnunity is determined in a large measure I.iy the li\es of a conip.aratixely few u\ its members. If it.- moral -.[ud intellectual status be giiod, in a s.'ci.al way it is a pleasant place in which to icMde; it il- i-eputaliou as to the iulegru\- of its cui/ens has extended int<t other localities, it will be fcjund th.it the stand.ard set b_\- the leailing men has been high and their inlluence such ;is to mold the characters and ^ha])e the ]i\'es (d those with whom the_\' mingle. In placing the late lames llar- \ey (iarten in the front ranks of such men justice is riiidered to .Mr. (iarten. Although a (|niet and una<sunn'ng man with no ambition for public ]iositii>u or leadershi]), he contributed nuicli tn the ni.alerial, ci\ic .and moral advancement ol his community, while bis .atlmir.ible (pialitie.- of liead and heart and the straight forw ,ird, upright course ^f his d;iil\' life, wou for him the e>teem and conl'idence of the circle in which he mo\ed. .Mlhoutih he is

James ]]ar\ey Garten was llrsl married to Lncinda Sears. 'I'hey located on a farm ahoiit one mile from ( )don, and to their union was horn one child. Delight. Mr. (Garten was married, secondlw on .\la\' jj. 1894. to Mrs. Mary I'Heanor (l)unl.ip) IvMhr, of ( )hio, widow <.f Henry iSooih Kohr, ;ind to this union two chiklren were horn, Heilha Jane and James F.dward.

lame- J Iar\e\' (iarten was a farmer and stock ra'ser and \\'as \'ery suc-- cessful. lie was a soldier in the (nd War, and at > >ne lime w a- townshi]) trustee. Jle owned two hundred and forty acres of ihe lauvl in the home ]ilace and .another farm in the ri\er hoUoms. Mr. G.arten died on .\iiril It, 1')I4. ;uid was widely mourned, for he was >ne ot the best known men in thai pari of the county, for years h.axing taken a prominent pari in c. nnnuuiit\- alf.airs. He w.as a Republican and had seiA ed ln\ township a- trustee, lie was a member of the Grand .\rm\ po-i at ( )don.

ilenrv 1'.. Kohr was educated in liu common -cliools of his home neighborhood and in a normal school. Uefore Ins marriage he came lo Indiana and located at Odon, where he lived for some years before the ('i\il War. lie was .a teacher in Maviess county and followed this \oc<ation all his life, clerking in stores during \acalions. .\boul three years before his death he moved to Tennesr-ee in order to teach in a norm.al schoul ihere, bul aboul two weeks after bis arrival sicknes.- seized him and after a ))eriod of iiualidisin of about three )ears he died nu .March 4, i87<j.

Henry I'.. Kohr was married in iS()3 to .Ma.ry Ideancir Dunla]), who was born on January 13. 1X43, in ( )hio, ihe daughter of Ray and Ruth (White) l)unla[., the former a nalixe of Ohio and the laller of N'irginia.

Riiv nunlap was llie stm of James Dunla]). a native of Ohio, who hvcd ni t!ie \illai;c of Lecshur-. where he was closely coimeeted wiUi the public schools. Ruth White was the daui;htei- of Th.jmas White, native of \"ii-- ginia. who moved U> Ohio, wliere he was a farmer. Kay Dunlap ami Uuth White were married in Ohio, and in 1S56 settled at l-Jaglesville, this C(jimty, where Mr. IJunlap followed the trade of blacksmith. 1 [e later lived at \ari..ius places about the country, includint; l.o..-, .ntee. lie finally returned to Oddii ;uid operated a blacksmith shop there fnr many years. ]le was a soldier in the I'ivil W;ir and >er\ed as a drum majcr, but was di.scharged on account of ill health. He and his fannly were all members of the Methodist I'.piscopal church. The children of Kay and Kuth 1 )uidap were Drusilla. -Mary Fdlen and Samuel. Samuel served as a substitute during the closing (lavs of the ( ivil War.