Dearborn County, Indiana - The whole text, 1915 (part 12 of 15)

William E. Enyart was married on December 31. 1894, to ]Mrs. Emma (Barrott) Corbin. the widow of William Corliin and the daughter of Eneas and Anna (Sherman) Barrott. To this union three children were born, Howard Barrott. Claude Eugene and William Edward. Howard B. is a graduate of the Lawrencehurg high school and now a mail carrier in the city of Lawrencehurg. William Edward is attending high school. Claude Eugene is a Western L'^nion telegraph operator at Cincinnati, Ohio.

iMrs. Enyart was born on May 5, 1S65, in Massachusetts. Her father was a native of Yorkshire, England, and her mother of Rhode Island, coming to Lawrencehurg, Indiana, in 1867. After permanently settling in Dearborn county, the father established the old woolen-mill, which he operated for many years, giving employment to a large number of men and women. He passed away in Lawrencehurg, April 4, 1914, at the age of seventy-nine vears. His wife is still living at the age of seventy. He was an Episcopalian but his widow is a member of the Catholic church. They had four children, William, Emma, Ida and Elkanah. Mrs. Enyart's paternal grandparents, (60) who lived to rear a family of eleven children, ten daughters and one <.<m. died in' England. Their history, however, is lost. The maternal grar.dparents were natives of Rhode Island and were well-known citizens of tlint state. Her maternal grandfather died in Rhode Island and after his death. his widow came West, settling in Lawrenceburg, where she died at fiftyfour vears of age. Her only child was Anna Barrott, the mother of Mrs. Enyart.

Before ]\Irs. Enyart's marriage to William E. Enyart, she had been married to William Corbin and to this union had been born one daughter, Willia }ilae, a graduate of the Lawrenceburg high school, who is now in the dry goods business on \\\alnut street in Lawrenceburg. William Corliin died earlv in life, March 3, 1S84, at the age of twenty-eight years. A farmer by occupation, he was the son of Albert and Mary Corbin, who were the parents of six children, ^Michael. Fanny, Benjamin, Alice, William and Amelia.

William Edward Enyart died at the age of thirty-eight years, July 23. 1900. He was a member of Lawrenceburg Lodge Xo. 8, Free and Accepted Masons, and was secretary of the lodge at the time of his death. He also belonged to Lawrenceburg Chapter Xo. 56, Royal Arch Masons, and was a thirty-second-degree Scottish Rite Mason. In politics he was, during Ins life, identified with the Democratic party. He was also secretary of the Lawrenceburg school board at the time of his death.

Mr. Enyart's memory is revered not only by his loving widow and children, but by a host of friends in Dearborn county. Although he himself is gone, his influence continues to live and in the years to come may be the guiding star of the three loving children and the widow left to mourn his loss.

George W. Ruppert

George W. Ruppert is a well-known citizen of Lawrenceburg and Dearborn county, and a United States storekeeper at this place. Mr. Ruppert received his training for the government sen-ice especially as a clerk of the Greendale distillery, where he was situated for four years. After ha\'ing served four vears as bookkeeper he took the civil service examination, and having passed the examination, was assigned the position which he now holds. ]Mr. Ruppert's father was in the government revenue service for four vears, and during his life was engaged in many busmesses. He owned and operated a cigar factory, was a proprietor of a steam laundry, was engaged ill the baker}" business and at present has a mercantile store in the city of La\vreiicebiu-g. The Rnpperts are old citizens of the vicinity.

George W. Ruppert was born in the city where lie lives, April ig. 1878. His parents are George C. and Augusta (Linckenback) Ruppert, the former a native of Hessen Darmstadt, Germany, and the latter of Cincinnati, Ohio. Only two of their four children are living. Clara died in early childliuod, and one died in infancy. The living children are George W. and Amelia. .Vmelia is a stenographer.

George C. Ruppert, the father of George W., lived in his native land until seventeen years old. and received his education in that ciiunli"\'. lie came to America in 1869, and located in Xew York Citw where he remained for more than a }"car. ?Ie then came to Lawreneeburg, where he went t<i \\<nk as a tobacco stripper. He learned the cigar making trade and MpcraU-d a shop of his own for a number of years, employing as high as fift\- men at one time. This business he discontinued in 1888, and went inti5 tlie revenue service, in which he was engaged until 1892, a period cif four years. He then purchased the Favorite Steam Laundiy and ran that for two years. He was next engaged in the baker)- business for a number of years. For some time he had been engaged in the general mercantile business in Greendalc, Lawreneeburg. George C. Ruppert's father was Heinrich Ruppert, a native of German}-, w ho died there at the age of eighty-three }-ears. He was a farmer in his native land, and had a good-sized familv, among win >m were the following children : Jacob. Catherine, George C, Heinrick and Charles. The maternal grandfather of George ^^^ Ruppert was William Linckenbach. win) with his wife came from Bremen, Germany, and who were early settlers in Cincinnati. They came from Cincinnati to Lawreneeburg in pioneer limes. He was a cabinet maker. He and his w-ife died in Lawrenceinirg. he at eig'hty-twf) and she at sixty years. They have fi\-e children living, and five who are deceased. The living children are ]Mollie, George, Augiista, William and Flenrietta.

George \\'. Ruppert was reared in Lawreneeburg and attended the public schools of this city. He later was a student at the Nelson Business College of Cincinnati, and was graduated from this institution. After leaving the business college, Mr. Ruppert became a clerk in the Green.dale distillery, and was there fotu- years, after which he took a ci\'il service examination and was assigned a possition in the government ser\-ice as United States storekeeper-ganger.

Helen and Earl, have been horn to this union. ^Irs. Ruppert was born in Lawrenceburg-, Indiana, October 3. 1876. Her father was a native of Canada, her mother of Lawrenceburg", Dearborn county. Indiana. The mother di.d in 1895, at tlie age of forty-two. Her father is still living- and is a cabinet maker. They had nine children, Sarah, A\"illiam, Carlos, .Mice, \'ela, Gertrude, Earl, Celestinc, and one who died in infancy. \\'illiam died on April 2, 1915. Mr. Ruppert's paternal grandfather was a native of Germany, who immigrated to Canada, and afterwards to Dearborn county, Indiana, wliere he died. He and his wife harl five children, three of whom were Cliark-s, Anna and Elizabeth. ]Mrs. Ruppert's maternal grandfather was .\dam Schleicher, who rqarried Louisa Meyer. They were both nati\-es of Germany and early settlers in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, where he died. Llis wife is still living and is eighty-fi\e years old. They had a large family of children, Joseph, Emma, Sarah, Alice, Charles and several who are deceased.

Mr. and }ilrs. Ruppert are members of the Zion Evang^elical clnircli. Mr. Ruppert belongs to Dearborn Lodge Xo. 49, Knights of Pythias. In politics he. is a Republican, but he has never been especially active in politic;tl matters.

John Martin Roehm

Patience and perseverance are two of the prominent characteristics oi the German people. John ^lartin Roehm. dealer in hardware, stoves, tinware and queensware, and the proprietor of a prosperous business in the city of Lawrenceburg, Indiana, is the son of native-born Gennan [)areiits. Mr. Roehm himself succeeded to his present business six vears ago, after ha\-ing ser^-ed in the employ of his predecessor for a period of thirty-eight }ears. Young men of the present generation are more -restless and insist generally upon quick returns from their efforts, }et it is extremely doubtful whether the young man who moves about from place to place and from position to position actually will accomplish as much in the long run as the man who takes one position and holds on to it until success has smiled on his efforts. The career of ^Tr. Roehm is a splendid example of what patience and persistence will accomplish.

John ]\Iartin Roehm was born on September 20. 1S57, in Cincinnati. He is the son of ^vlartin and Anna fSchaffer) Roehm, both natix'es of \\Tirtemburg, Gennany. John Martin was one of four children. Loui.sa married Harrv Borman, a conductor on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, out of Cin- cinnati; Caroline is the widow of George Voll. of Cincinnati; John Martin is the subject of this sketch : and Anna is the widow of John Schwoin, of Cincinnati.

jNIr. Rochm was reared in Lawrenceburg, and has lived here from the time he was nine vears old. He attended the public schools of Lawrenceburi;-, and then worked in a brickyard for three seasons. After that he liet^'sn to learn the tinner's trade under H. G. Kidd, and was in his employ continuously for a period of thirty-eight years. He became his successor in the hardware business, and has now run the business himself for six years. He ha^ a splendid trade in the citv of Lawrenceburg- and vicinity, a business which it In^ taken years to build up, and in which Mr. Roehm has had a prominent and conspicuous part.

John ^lartin Roehm was married on October 26, 1882, to Mary Osborn, a daughter of William Osbom, who married a Miss IMartin. To John Martin Roehm and ]\Iary (Osborn) Roehm four children have been bom, Hugh G., John Otis, Carl Edward and ^Marguerite. Of these children, Hugh is a fireman on the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern railway. He married I'lora Caldwell, and they live at Greendale, Lawrenceburg. John Otis is a st'i\e molder in Cincinnati, but lives in Greendale. He married Emma Probst, and they have one son, Lee Roy. Carl is a tinner in his father's shop. He married Medora Is^yle, and they have one daughter. Rose Mary.

Mrs. 'Sls.rx (Osborn) Roehm died on July 26, 1S96, at the age of thirtyeight years. She was a member of the Methodist church, and was born in Manchester, Dearborn county, Indiana. Her parer.ts died in Mancliester, her father having been killed when she was a baby by a log which rolled on him. Her mother lived to be seventy years old. There were three cliildren. Anna, Ambrose and Mary.

After the death of ^h. Roehm's first wife, Mr. Roehm was married on December 26, 1897, to Mrs. Mary Huffman, the widow of Elmer Huffman, and the daughter of a ^Ir. Bixinstine. 'Sir. and Mrs. Roehm have no children bv this second marriage. Mrs. Roehm was born in Cincinnati, but came to Dearborn county with her parents when she was four years old. and has lived in the county ever since. Her parents settled at Dover, and both died there. Of their children, three are now living, Mrs. Alary Roehm. Edward and Henry Bixinstine.

The father of John Martin Roehm was reared in Germany and educated there. He learned the tailor's trade in Germany and after having learned his trade came to America. He settled in Cincinnati. He was a merchant tailor. In 1866 he moved to Lawrenceburg. and worked at his trade here. He died in

1872, at the age of forty-nine years. His wife died in 1869, at the age of forty-five. Both were members of the Lutheran church. Mr. Rochm's grandparents h\cd and died in Germany. They had seven sons, among whom were JMarlin, Simon and John. ]Mr. Roehm's maternal grandparents also lived and died in Gennany. They never came to this country.

Mr. and Mrs. John ^lartin Roehm are members of the Zion Evangelical church, of which for several years Mr. Roehm was church treasurer. He was a prime mo\er in the remodeling of the cliurch. and has always been influential in the congregation. Air. Rfiehm belongs to Union I^odge Xo. 8, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is also a member of the encampment. Likewise he is a member of Dearborn Lodge Xo. 49, Knights of Pythias. Lie is a Republican in politics, and for about ten years ser\ed a^ city councilman of Lawrenceburg. Air. Roehm is well and fa\'orably known in Dearborn count}-, wliere he does a large business. He is a good man and a good citizen, and throughout his life he has been connected with all worthy public movements, but next to his Iiome and his family his church and his business are most important.

Richard White

Richard Wliite, a native of Cochran, Dearborn county, Indiana, and at present a resident of Aurora, Indiana, and inspector for the Indiana State Board of Health, is one of the prominent younger politicans of southeastern Indiana. He has been interested in politics since he was fifteen years old and has been a delegate to ever}' state Democratic convention since he became a voter. He has also been a delegate to congressional and judicial conventions in this part of die state and in 1912 attended the national Democratic convention at Baltimore, where he was assistant sergeant of arms in charge of the press gallery. Few of the younger men living in Dearborn county have been the recipients r.f greater honors than Mr. W'liite. While a conductor on the electric line he was elected sheriff of Dearborn county and carried ever}' precinct in the county except two. Two years later, when a candidate for re-election, he received one more vote in Dearborn county than Governor Marshall, who was a candidate that year.-

Richard White was born in Cochran, Dearborn county, Indiana, .September 15. 1874, is the son of Janies and Catherine fOuirk) \\'hite, natives of Counts- Tipperary, Ireland, who had twelve children. James White was a farmer in the Emerald Isle and came to America about 186S and located at

Cochran, where he worked for the old Ohio & Mississippi Railway Company, afterwards the Baltimore & Ohio. After working- for about twenty-five years as a railroad blacksmith, he died in February, 1894, at the age of fiflvthrec. His wife, the mother of Richard White, is still living at the age of sevent}--fi\-e. She is a member of the Catholic church, as was also her husband. Their twelve children were; Maggie, the wife of Gus Henry, of Middletown, Ohio : Michael, of St. Louis, Missouri ; Thcjmas, deceased : James deceased: John, deceased: Richard, the subject of this sketch: Katie, who died single; Xellie, who died single; Alice, who married Jt)hn \'o]mcr, of St. Louis, ]^Iissouri ; Edward, deceased; and two who died in childhood in Ireland. Maggie, ]\Iichael, Thomas and James were born in Ireland and the six children following were Iwrn at Cochran, Indiana.

Mr. White's paternal grandfather, James \\'hite, died in his native land at an advanced ag'e. A stock-drover b}' occupation, he and his wife, Johanna White, lived to rear a family of several children: Kate, who lives at Montreal, Canada: Thomas, who lives at North Vernon, Indiana; James, two unmarried daughters, who were lost at sea, and other children who died early in life in Ireland. ^Ir. White's maternal grandparents were farmers in Ireland, where they died at advanced ages. They were the parents of three children : Catherine, I'atrick, of West Garden, }^Iassachusetts, and Richard, who died in Ireland.

Born and reared at Cochran, Indiana, and educated in the public schijols there, Richard White later attended the parochial schools of Aurora for two years. He then began clerking in a grocery store at Cochran, where he wns employed two more years. After this he worked iu the Cochran chair factory for nine years and then began working for the Cincinnati, Lawrenceburg & Aurora Electric Railway Compan\-. He was conductor on the first car whicli crossed Tanners creek bridge, running into Aiu'ora. He worked for the electric company for seven }'ears.

While Mr. White was acting as conductor he was nominated in May, 1906. for slicriff of Dearborn county, and in Xinember of that year was elected, taking office on January i, 1907. The first time he was elected by a majority of nine hundred and se\ enty-five, and the second time, in 190S. by a majority of one thousand and twenty-five.

In May, 191 1, Mr. White was appointed assistant sergeant at arms of the National House of Representatives at Washington, and while holdin.g that position traveled through every state east of the IMississippi river, serving various kinds of papers. He held this position for two years, until August

Richard White has lived all his life, thus far, in Dearborn count)- and has been active in politics since he was fifteen years old. He is a member cjf Dearborn County Council No. 1231, Knights of Columbus. He believes there is no place so well situated for a home and a place to live as Indiana and, being popular with the rank and file of the Democratic party in which he has a keen and abiding interest, he can naturally be expected to give man_\- more years of service to the success of this party. Few men in southeastern Indiana are so well known as Richard White, and few riKJre deserve the popularity which he enjoys among the people of this section of the state.

In the interesting biograpliical sketch relating to Prof. Nathan L. Richmond, proprietor of tlie business college at Aurora, this county, presented elsewhere in this volume, the genealogy of the Richmond family in this section of the state is set out in full, and the reader is respectfully' referred to that sketch for further details in connection wdth this sketch of Professor Richmond's brother, well-known throughout Dearborn count}' as the affalMc assistant cashier of the Aurora State Bank.

Reuben yi. Richmond was born near the village of Aberdeen, Ohio county, Indiana, August 17. 1S75, S"^" of Peter and ]Melissa (VanOsdol) Richmond, the former of whom was the son of Orrin Richmond, native of New York state, son of a soldier of the American Re\"i:)lution, who with his wife immigrated from the neighborhood of Chautauf[ua, New York, in an early day in the settlement of this section of Indiana and located in Ohio countv, where they reared a large and useful family.

Reared on his father's farm in Ohio county, Reuben A,[. Richmond recei\-ed his elementary education in the public schools of that neighborhood, which he supplemented by a course in Aloores Hill College and in the Central Normal College, at Danville, Indiana, following which he t':>ok a thorough course in his brother's business college at Kankakee, Illinois. During his school coiu'se he spent several vears teaching in the public schools of Ohio count\- and also in the schools at Dillsboro, this county. He was elected countv superintendent of Ohio county, in which form of public service he gave such excellent satisfaction to the school authorities of that coun.tv that he was rc-elccted, but bt'fore com]>leting Iiis second term resii^iied to accept his ])resent position as assistant cashier of the Aurora State Uanlc, of Aurora. Indiana, in which position his services have pro\e(l most satisfactory, not only to the directors of that sound financial mstitution. hut to the des()ositors and the general public, whose business is transacted through that bank.

On June 12. '912, Reulien M. Richmond was united in marriage to Gertrude Marble, who was lioni in Ohio county, Indiana, on ]\lay 23, i.'^j''). daughter of Ephraim P. and Elizabeth (McIIenry) Marble, both i^f whom were born in this state. ^Irs. Richmond's mother died in 1904, InU her father is still livir.g. at the age of eighty-eight years. He and his wife were the parents of five children, namely: Rev. Alitchell S., C. Mcllenry, Frank, Lida, wife of Scott ^lendell, and Gertrude, who married Mr. Richmond. Mrs. Richmond's paternal grandfather was Xathan Marble, atr early settler in Ohio county, and her maternal grandfather was James Mcllenry, a pioneer of tlie same part of the state. To the union of Reuben Al. and Gertrude (Marble) Richmond, one child has been born, a son, Xathan Ernest.

Mr. and Airs. Richmond are members of the Methodist church, in the various beneficences of wliich they take an acti\-e interest, Mr. Richmond having for vears ser\'ed the congregation of that church as a member r,i the board of stewards. He is a Republican and though never having been included in the office-seeking class, ever has given his warm support to all measures having as their object the advancement of the common interest. "Sir. Richmond is a member of Chosen Friends Lodge X'o. 13, Independent Ortler of Odd Fellows, and of Bethlehem Encampment and is much interested in the affairs of the order. He takes a warm interest in tb.e general business interests of the citv of Aurora and of Dearbirn county anil possesses the highest confidence and respect of the leaders of the financial and commercial life hereabout.

the comforts of life out of the careful and economical management of hisbusiness and the savings from his earnings as an instructor and school super- visor in Dearborn cminty. He is a man of well-rounded personality, wellknown in Dearborn county and popular among the citizens. His home, which is located near the Moores Hill depot in Dearborn county and whicli comprises an estate of thirty-six acres, is the most pretentious tn be found an\- where along the Baltimore & Oliio railroad between Cincinnati and St. Louis. This is a most tangible evidence of its owner's foresighl, vision and planning. The JNfuIford fann'ly ha'^ been intimately associated with the various stages of progress in Dearborn county for at least three generations.

Reared on a farm in Sparta township. Dearlinrn county, Indiana, and educated in the district schools of this county and in Moores Hill College, from which he was graduated after completing the normal course in i8c)8, Morton C. Mulford was a teacher in the schools of Dearfiorn countv for thirty-one years. After serving as principal of tlie IMoores Hill public schools for a number of years he entered the internal revenue service as storekeeperganger and has devoted the past fmn- years of his life to the service of the federal governmeiu in the various distilleries of the si.xth Indiana district and principally in Lawrencebnrg. Indiana. During all of this time Mr. ]Mulford has resided on his country estate near Moores Hill.

Born on September 15, 1S63, near Chesterville, in Sparta township. Dearborn county, Indiana, ^Morton C. Mulford is the son of John L. and Mary J. (Chance) Mulford, of whom the former is a native of Ohio and the latter of Indiana. John L. ?vIulfor<l was reared at Cold Springs, Indiana, and was a farmer and stockman. Although his home farm comprised fiftveight acres of land in Sparta township, he owned at the time of his death, in 1895. when he was sixty-five years old. some two hundred acres of farm land in different parts of the county. He and his wife were the parents of three children: ^Morton C of Moores Hill: Laura A., the widow of Henrv Holtegal, of Louisville, Kentucky, and Lmma L., the wife of David B. Stafford, of Louisville, Kentucky. The mother of these children died in 1913. at the age of seventy-seven years. Botli she and her husband were members of the Presbxterian church and charter members of the congregation at Cold Springs, Intliana. The paternal grandparents of }ilorton C. Mulford were Benjamin Mulford and his wife, a Miss Legg, he a native of Ohio and she of Scotland. They were among the first settlers in Dearborn county, having followed farming in Sparta township. He died at the age of seven.t\'- three, but his wife was some years )-ounger at the time of her death. They were the jiarents of fi\-e children: Oliver S., John L.. Clarissa Ann, W'illiam C. and Benjamin F. The Mulford family was established in America by

Among the carl}- settlers of Sparta tmvnship. Dearhorn county, Indiana, were Robert and Ann (Smith) Chance, natives of New York and Indiana: and the maternal granilparents of ]\Ir. AInlfurd. The Chance family originallv came to America from France and the Smith family h.ad come to this country from England. Rob'crt and Ann Chance had a large familv of chililrcn, iivc sons and four daughters: John Wesley, Robert, Joseph, l..e\-in P., Frank, ^lary J., Phoebe, Catherine and Isabelle. The parents of these children died in Sparta to^vnsh^p, Dearborn county, after having passed the ag"e of eight}- years.

ilorton C. ]Mnlford has served the county of his birth and the county which has al\\a}S lieen his home with the vision and sense of rcspnusil)iht}- of one who understands the importance <_if educational work, and since his retirement from the educational field has conscientiously served as an agent of the United States g"Overnment in the revenue service. He was inarried at the age of twent}--three. August 19. 1SS6, to Josephine Downton. the daughter of Thomas and Ahvilda ( Stockwell ) Downton. Airs. Alulford was born in ^^'ashi^gton township, Ripley county, Indiana. December 27. 1863. To this union have been born two children, Eeulah, who died at the age of three years, and Mildred C, a graduate of the music department of Moores Hill College and a teacher for one term in the public schools of Sparta township. She is an accomplished }-oung woman and one of the most jiopular students now attending Aloores Hill College. An adopted daughter of Mr. and ^vlrs. !Mulford, Carrie .\.. is now a stenographer and teacher of music in Cincinnati. Oliio. haxing been taken to be reared after the rleath of her mother when she was an infant. .She was educated by Mr. and ?^Irs. Mulford and is a graduate of the Conservatory of Music of Moores Hill College.

iMrs. Mulford's father. Thomas Downton. who was a native of Pontypo'd Wales, died in Aloores Hill at the age of seventy-seven years. Her mother is also deceased. They had one other daughter besides Mrs. Mulford, Carrie O. Fler paternal grandfather. al>i> a native of Wales and the operator oi a rolling mill in his younger days, settled in Cincinnati and died there. He and his wife had a large family of chiUlren : Thomas. Celia, Charles, William, James, Susan and ^Martha. His wife also died in Cincinnati. Her maternal grandfather was Joseph Stockwell, who was of German descent, and who came from Pennsylvania to Kentucky in pioneer times and settled in Boone county, after which he moved to Ripley county, Indiana. He lived in this county the remainder of his Hfe, dying at an advanced age. He and his wife had three daughters. Ahvilda, Kate and Ann. His first wife ha\ing died Josl-jiIi Stockwell married again and by tiiis second union had three children, George, Lucilda and John H.

^Ir. and ?ilrs. Mulford are charter members of the Cold Springs I'resbyterian church. He is a member of Allen Lodge No. 165, Free and Accepted Masons; of [Milan Chapter, Royal Arch },Iasnns ; of ^Madison Council. Ivoyal and Select ^^lasters ; and of Aurora Commandery No. 17, Knights 'rem[)lar. He is also a member of ]\Ioores Plill Lodge No. 127, Independt-nt Order of Odd Fellows. ]\[r. 3ihdfi.irtl is an ardent Republican in politics.

The career of Morton C. Alulford is well-rounded in the \-arious phases of human endea\"or. His educational, religious and political interests in the natural avenues through which the normal man finds an expression of his instincts, his talents and his energies have never been neglected. He is a worthy citizen of Dearborn county, honored and respected by all of its people.

F(ir three generations the Carter family have been influential citizens in the commercial life of at least three states, Lidiana, Ohio and West Virginia. By marriage, the familv has also tak'en a leading part in the industrial and agricultural development of two or three other states. Samuel Hunter Bell Carter, the paternal grandfather of the generations of which Julius Pollock Carter is a representative, owned a vast tract of land in West Virginia, a part of which is now the site of the city of Wheeling. !Mr. Carter is one of those men who has thoroughly mastered the business with which he is connected. He is the vice-president of the Greendale Distilling Company and has held this office in the firm since 191 4. .Mr. Carter's residence is at 2221 Park avenue, \\'alnut Hills. Cincinnati, Ohio, but his business interests are largely in the city of Law renceburg, where he is ver\- prominent and very popular in the commercial and financial life of the city.

Julius Pollock Carter was born on September 22, 1S76, at Petersburg, Kentucky. He is the son of Richard and Catherine ( Smith ) Carter.' Although Richard Carter was a native of Virginia, he was reared at Wheeling and educated there. ]Mrs. Catherine Carter was a native of Kentucky. She was the mother of four children : Julius Pollock, the subject of our sketch ; Elizabeth, who married Nathaniel E. Scpublj, of Lawrenceburg; Richard, of Chicago. Illinois: and Ethel, who is tlie wife of H. L. Hodell. of Norwood. Ohio.

It is a fact that the fortunes of individuals, as well as the fortunes of families and nations, sometimes turn upon small events. It is an interestin.cf fact that Richard Carter received his introduction intu the dislillin;.^ business, which lie afterwards followed until his death, by making apple hrandv out of the apples which he gathered from his father's orchard. He was also considered an expert in the manufacture of compressed }cast. Mr. Carter passed av, ay in his fort_\-si.\th year in 1S85. His widciw is still lix'ing and is now sixty years old. ?^[r. Carter was a member of the r'resl)\ terian church. -His widow is a member (if the Christian church. He was a SdUhcr in the Civil \\'ar and ser\-ed valiantly as a private in a battery of lieavv ;irtiller\- recruited in \\'est \'irginia, or in that portion of the state of old Virginia which, during the war, was set apart from the eastern section and which became West Virginia.

Samuel Hunter Eell Carter, who was the patenal grandfalher of Tubus Pollock', married ^Martha Bishop. They were both nati\-es of i)ld \'ii'ginia but died in West Virginia, he at the age of sixty-eight and slie at the age of sixty-five. He owned a tract of land of two thousand acres in West \'irginia. a part of which is now the site of the city of Wheeling, in fact, it was his father who established the city of \\'heeling. Samuel H. P.. and Martha Carter had a large family of children, including the following: John, Jam:s, Richard, W^illiam, Sarah, Elizabeth, Emma, Abigail, Samuel and Eva. William ^^'al]ace Smith was the maternal grandfather of Mr. Carter. He married ]\Iarv McXeely. He was a nati\'e of Xew York state and she of Kentucky. For man\" rears he v.as engaged in the grocerv business at Petersliurg. Kentucky, and tliere built up a large and flourishing trade. He was well known in that communit}-. His children were A\'il!iam, John. Harr}-, P>enjamin, Sue. Ida and Catherine.

Wlien Ricliard and Catherine Carter left Petersburg, Kentucky, and moved to East ^fillstone, New Jersey, their son, Julius P., was an infant two years old. Here they lived for seven years and during this period, 'Sir. Carter's father dleA. Julius P. then came to Lawrenceburg, Indiana, and grew to manhood in this state. He was fourteen years old when he came from Xew Jersey to Lawrenceburg and had not finished his education at the time. After leaving the Lawrenceburg schools, he engaged in the distilling business and has been engaged in this business ever since.

Julius C. Carter was married on December 9, 1S97, to Florence Squibb, the daughter of the late William P. and Frances (Plummer) Squibb. They have had two children, Julian and Catlierine.

Mrs. Carter was bom in Aurora, Indiana, and lier parents' fqmily histor\- is g'iven in tlie biographies of George L. P. and Xathaniel E. Sqnibij, lier brothers, presented elsewhere in this vohnne. It nifiy be said, however, at this point tliat Mrs. Carter's father and grandfather were prominent citizens in southern Indiana during a peri(jd of more than three-quarters of a century.

As vice-president of the (ircendale Di.-tillery Company, \lv. Carter has filled a l.irge place ami:ing- the business men of Dearborn county. Although he lives in Cincinnati, his business interests are in this cotinty and here he is well know n. Mr. Carter is especially well liked by the business men of this communitN' with whom he has cast fortune and here, with many distinguished business men, he is devoting the best labor of his life. . . ,

Ezra Philip Hayes

\\'hile ndthing perhaps is t') be gained b_\- the worsln'p of one's ancestors, yet one is scarcely human if h.e fails to take a just pride in what thev ha\e accomplished, or at least more than a passing interest in what manner of people they were. Ezra Philip Hayes is a representative of the third generation of the Ha}'es family in Dearborn county. P.oth his father and his grandfather, the former nf whom was a pioneer in this section, were identified with every enterprise wliich might call furth the best talent and the best energies of the respective generations in which thev lived. The Hayes family have always been foremost in business, banking and agriculture in Dearborn county. Ezra Philip Hayes from the time of his youth has been es[)ecially interested in public affairs, and nut only has he ser\-ed his home cit\- for several years as postmaster, but he has been a striking and influential figure in all public enterprises of his time. He is a good citizen and is p(jpular among his fellow townsmen.

Born on November 23, 1S69, in Greendale, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn county, Indiana, Ezra Philip Flayes is the son of Ezra G. and Laura M. (Morgan) Haye>. natives of Dearlxjrn county, Indiana, and the fdrmer a banker frir many years in the city of Lawrenceburg and one of the principal organizers of Due of the prominent banks of this city. At one time it was one of the very strongest financial institutions in the state of Indiana, and Ezra Ha}-cs, Sr.. was connected with that bank for many }-ears. Pie was a pork packer, a distiller, and was largely interested in the real estate transactions which took place during his life in Dearborn county. During his active career he was recognized as one of the leading and influential business nien of Lawrenccburg. It is a matter of good fortune that he has been able to live to see the full fnn'tion of his labors, being now past eighty-eight years old. He held a number of prominent appointive offices. He has always lived either in Greendale or Homestead. Mrs. Laura 'M. (Morgan) Hayes, having died in 1874, her husband was married tn Caroline Major, who passed away in 1914. leaving no children. Ry the first marriage there were nine children, only fiiur cif whom are living, as follow: Ezra I'hilip, of Lawrenccburg; Arthur L., of Naslnille, Tennessee: Mrs. Jacob r^I. Bauer, of Lawrenccburg; and ).Irs. R. M. Duvall, of Lawrenccburg. whose husband is deceased. The deceased children are Laura, whrj was the wife of O. T. Ludlow, of Lawrenccburg; Martha E., who married Jaspar Guarst : Joseph, and two who died in infancy, Scott and Theresa.

Joseph Hayes, who was (.me of the original three Hayes brothers wlio came from Pennsylvania to Dearborn county, Indiana, in pioneer times, was the paternal grandfather of Ezra Philip Hayes. He married a ]Miss Billingsly, and after a long and useful life in Dearborn county, when it was on the frontier of ci\'ilizat;on, they passed awav in this county, after rearing a large family of ch.ildrcn. Xancy. I'riscilla. Olha, Walter, Jacob and Ezra. They were very old people at the time of their death. Joseph Hayes was the son of Captain Playes. a soldier in the Revolutionarv ^Var.

The mother of Ezra Philip, who before her marriage was Laura M. Morgan, \\'as the daughter of .Andrew Alorgan, a native of Pennsylvania and a pioneer of Dearborn county. Andrew Morgan and wife, after rearing a family of five children, Laura M.. Mrs. Martha Soper, ?vlrs. Rachel Probasco. John and William Morgan, passed away after having led useful Ii\-es. They had kept a hutel in Xewton, which was a part of Lawrenccburg. and were pioneers in this vicinity.

Ezra Philip Hayes, who belongs to the family which is said to liave given nine of its members to the cause of independence during the days of the American Re\-olution. and whose grandfather came to this region and made heavy in\estments in land when it was still an untraveled \vilderness. was reared in Greendale, Lawrenccburg, and is what might be called a product of the Lawrenccburg public and high schools. Born in this county and educatedjiere, he began work early in life for the Bauer cooperage works, hrsr as a foreman and later as assistant superintendent of the plant. Having served in this capacity for a period of twent}- years, he recei\'ed the appi'iintment as postmaster of Lawrenccburg during the second administration of j President Roosevelt, in 1906. and being reapiwinted by former President

Taft, served until 1914. Mr. Hayes held this office for eight years, and during the period won an enviable reputation for courtesy, efficiencv and punctuality in the business of the office. Although the impression has been abroad for some years that the office of postmaster is a sinecure, this impression has gained small color from the fact that only the most capable citizens of a community are considered eligible to the office. }i[oreovcr the impression has been pretty thoroughly dispelled by the very few cases where this office actually has been mismanaged. There was ne\'er a time' during the administration of ]\Ir. Hayes that the people of Lawrenceburg did not enjov prompt and efficient ser\-ice. He is said to have been one of the best postmasters that Lawrenceburg ever had.

Ezra Philip Hayes v.-as married on Xovember iS. 1896, to Mabel Fagaly, daughter of \\'illiam S. and Matilda V. (Cottingham) Fagaly, and there have been two children born to this union. Ezra B. and Mildred.

Mrs. Hayes' father, William S. Fagaly. a native of Hamilton county, Ohio, and reared there on a farm, bv occujinti'in or profession was a farmer, school teacher, merchant and public official in Dearborn county. He is now living retired. He was deput}- auditr)r of Dearborn countv for eight years, and after that served eight years as auditor of the county.

To W illiam S. and Matilda V. Fagaly were born six children, as follow: Dr. Arthur T., of Lawrenceburg: Roy, of North Bend, Ohio; Mrs. Ezra P. Hayes; Guy X., of Burnside. Kentucky; Carrie, of Lawrenceburg, and Edward M., of Cincinnati.

Mrs. Hayes' mother, ^latilda V. ('Cottingham) Fagaly, was the daughter of Thomas and Eliza (Stoms) Cottingham. ^Matilda was born in Dearborn county. Indiana, in 1849. The parents of ]Mr. and Mrs. Cottingham came from Maryland and were among the earliest settlers in Dearborn county. Thomas was a cousin of the late ]\Irs. Oliver Perrin. of Cincinnati. The grandmother of Thomas Cottingham was Frances Nelson, a relative of Lord Nelson, the hero of Trafalgar. Mrs. Matilda V. (Cottingham) Fagalv was a devout member of the Christian church. She died on October 20. 19 12.

The paternal grandfather of ]\l'rs. Matilda V. Fagaly became a farmer in Hamilton county. Ohio, and died on the home farm in 1863. at the age of fifty-six. His wife died in 1890, at the age of eighty years. They were the parents of eleven children: George W., James H., Rosalie E., Francis M.. John L., Elizabeth, William S., and four who died young. The Fagaly family, whose name originally was spelled Voeg'ele. is of German origin and was established in this country by George Fagaly, the paternal great-granrlfather of Mrs. Hayes, who settled in Maryland after arriving in America and there died Sul)scqiiontly liis wife came west and located in Cincinnati, on ten acres of land comprising the corner of Fifth and Mound streets, and lived tliere for some time, and tiien moved farther out to the country. Mrs. Hades' maternal grandfather, William Stuart, who married Mary Tate, was a pioneer in Dearborn county and a soldier in the War of 1812. Mary Tate's father was Doctor Tate, a famous surgeon in the American Revolution.

T^Ir. and .-Mrs. Ezra Philip Hayes are members of the Episcopal church, in which Mr. Hayes is a vestryman. He is a charter member of Lawrenceburg Lodge No. 4, Free and Accepted Masons ; is a member of Lawrenceburg Chapter No. 56, Royal Arch Masons, and a Knights Templar. Mr. Hayes is also a memlier of Dearborn Lodge No. 49, Knights of Pythias. He is a Republican in politics, and after serving a part of one term as a member of the city council by appointment, was afterwards elected and served one complete term. At the expiration of his term as councilman. Mr. Hayes was appointed postmaster.

Ezra Philip Hayes, although he has served a comparatively long period in public life, is nevertheless a man of modest manners and retiring disposition. He lays no claim to greatness and would be the last man in the world to emphasize or to suggest as a claim for preferment his own personal services. Since retiring from the postmastership he has been engaged in tlie fire insurance business and is also interested in the automobile industr\-, being a heavv stockholder in the Dearborn ^hjtor Company. Air. Hayes is closely attached by many ties to the progress of this community. He has always given to it and will always continue to give to it his very best energies and his very best inspiration.

It is interesting and instructive to follow the life of the man whose name stands at the head of this sketch. In fact, it is always a pleasure to write the biographv of men ^\ ho have accomplislied things : men who have not allowed themselves to get into a common rut and stay there. Before commencing his studies for the priesthood the subject of this .sketch fitted himself with a thorough education, including several languages, among which were Latin. Greek, German and English, thus lessening the difficulties of his work later in life.

by a man named Poschen, and a few years later, when ATr. I'oschen wislieJ. to retire from business, he made iAIr. Sondermann such an attractive proposition that he took the business over and assumed the management himself, and, making a success of his new venture, he began to have thoughts toward a housekeeping establislimcnt of his own. He was soon afterward united in marriage with Frances Rademaker. who was horn on Xi.nemher 4, 184S. Mr. Sondermann was a devout memljer of the Calhohc church and a faith lul voter of the Democratic ticket. After the death of her husljand. on Se])tenil]er 10, 1SS4, Airs. Si;ndcrmann assumed the management of tlie store, which she conducted in a very successful manner, until she turned it over to hct sons, Joseph and Frank H., in the fall of 1S91. Airs. Sondermann was a native of Louisville, Kentucky, and mo\'ed to Hall township, Dubois county, Indiana, with her parents, while still quite young. She died on Septcmlier 21, [S;,;. Mr. and Airs. Sondermann were the parents of nine children, Joseph, Alary, Frank Henry, Bertha, Alatilda, Albertine, and three wIki died in infanc}-. August, Rose and Louise.

Joseph Sondermann, the eldest son of Albert and Frances, was married to CathrAiie Luken, and is nov.- a banker and a \'ery jirominent and influential man in Ferdinand, Indiana. They have two children, Albert and \'erene. Alary is a Sister of Providence at St. Alary of the W^oods, near ^"erre Haute, Lidiana. Bertha is deceased. Alatilda and Albertine are keeping house for their brotlier, the subject of this sketch, at Yorkville. Indiana.

Father Sundermann takes such a personal interest in the w^rk in connection with the building of his new church, that he d.oes not hesitate to flon overalls and lend a helping hand whenever necessary. Anything from explaining blue prints to unloading bricks with the bo}'s is all right to him. lie is an extremely intelligent and interesting conversationalist and, in e\er\" way. is a pleasant man to meet.

Though having been established but a few years, the fame of Richmond's Aurora Business College has sjiread far lieyond the confines of Dearl)Orn countv and graduates of t'.iis excellent Inisiness college dailv are cr\ ing its praises. Prof. Nathan L. Richmond, proprietvir of the business college which bears his name, at .Aurora, this county, is a native of this section of the state and the best interests of this part of Imliana ever ha\-e been dear to his heart. He therefore has been putting the very best there is in h.im into that city in 1914, and tlie course there gi\'en is second to none in point of effectiveness in the Middle West. This school is growing in favor more and more every- day and now has an enrollment of about fifty enthusiastic pupils, who are being given the very best training- in shorthand and a general business course, mathematics and coni.mercia! law, with emphasis on penman.-^hip and business forms, it being Professor Richmond's earnest desire to c>[iu\) his pupils thoroughly for practical business life in tlie shortest possible time consistent with effective instruction. The saving of time and expense to young people from this section of the country who are seeking a business course with a view to entering quickly upon responsible positions in the business life of this region have been noted from the very start of the Richmond school and many are availing themselves of this opportunity. ]Manv of Professor Richmond's former graduates are earning annual salaries of from fifteen hundred to eight thousand dollars, and it is agreed on all sides hereabout that the people of this vicinity should give their hearty support to this institution, as it is bringing right to their doors the opportunity for their _\oung people to acquire efficient business training at a minimum cost.

Nathan L. Richmond was born near the village of Hartford, Ohin count}', Indiana, son of Peter and JNIelissa (VanOsdol) Richmond), the former of whom was born in Switzerland county, Indiana, and the latter was born in Ohio county, Indiana.

Peter Richmond was born near the village of Allenville, in Switzerland county, si_in of Orrin and [Margaret (Paer) Richmond, natives of New York state, who left their liome near Chautauqua and came to this section of the state at an early day. spending the rest of their lives here. Orrin Richmond, whose father was a soldier in the Revolutionar}- A\'ar, was a miller and alsLi engaged in farming in Switzerland county, for many years being one of the best-known men thereabout. Both he and his wife lived to ripe old ages, the latter being nearly one hundred years of age at the time of her death. They were the parents of fourteen children, of whom David, Reuben, Josiah, John. William, Peter, Margaret, Elizabeth and Charles grew to maturitv and left issue.

Peter Richmond was reared to both the life of a miller and farmer, both of which vocations he followed. He also was an expert carpenter and cabinetmaker and as a building contractor built many of the houses and barns in the vicinity of his home in Switzerland and Ohio counties. During the Civil War Peter Richmond aided in mustering several companies of soldiers under Capt. Moses Cole. Pie was an expert fifer and served under two enlistments, being mustered v ith Company I, One Hundred and Seventeenth Regi- nient, and also Company H, One Hundred and Forty-Sixtli Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. After the war he continued to follow his trade as a carpenter and later became a farmer, though still engaged in building conlracting, which he continued to the time of his death in 1895, at the age of sixty-seven years. His widow survives him and is now seventy-eight years of age. She is the daughter of Xathan A. and Elizabeth (Crowley) VauOsdol, natives uf Pennsyh-ania, who came to Indiana at an early day in the settlement of this section of the state and located in what is now Ohio county, it then being a part of Dearborn county, and lived to good old ages, rearing a large famil\- in wa}"s of usefulness, their children being ]\Ielissa, Boston \V., John W.. Margaret A., Nancy Jane, ^^'illiam \\'., Charles L.. Elizabeth and Franklin.

To Peter and ^^lelissa (VanOsdol) Richmond were born seven children, namely: Nathan L., the immediate subject of this sketcli ; ]\Iilton O., of Rising Sun, Indiana : Cearella, of Ohio county, this state : Annie, of the same county; Charles C. who is engaged in the United States mail service, in Cincinnati ; Reuben 'M.. who is assistant cashier of the .\urora State Bank, of Aurora, this county; and Estella, wife of Walter Planson, of Indianapolis.

Nathan L. Richmond was reared on his father's farm in Ohio count}- and learned the carpenter's trade. He received his elemcntarv education in the cum^ mon schools of Ohio county and later attended the Indiana State Normal at Terre Haute, supplementing this course b}' a thorough commercial anrl scientific course in the Central Normal College, at Danville, Indiana. In the meantime iie had taught several terms of school in the common schools of his home county and upon the completion of his commercial course was called on to organize and conduct the commercial department of the Eureka College, at Eureka, Illinois, in which capacity he was employed for a period of four years, at the end of which time he resigned to accept a similar position in Grand Prairie Seminary, at Onarga. Illinois, where he remaned for fve years. He then bought a half interest in the Ottawa Business University at Ottawa. Illinois, and while connected with that institution organized a commercial college at Kankakee. Illinois, and was there for twenty He sold his interest in that school in 1913 to the Brown Business College Company and. on account of ill health, retired for a time from teaching. After taking a rest of a few months, he was induced by the business men of Aurora, this count}', to open a business college in that city. Upon proper investig'ation, he was convinced of the desirability of such a location, in consideration of the large population to be drawn on from this part of the state and from Kentuck\', anfl on October 5, T914. opened his business college, the same having received mucli encouragement since that time.

On June 18, 18S9, Nathan L. Richmond was united in marriage tu Theona M. Ward, of Kcntland, Indiana, daugliler of Judge Peter H. and Mary (Windell) W'ard, the former of whom for fifteen years was judge nf | to promote the common welfare. Professor Richmond is a Republican and gives a good citizen's attention to political affairs, being a pronounced advocate of good government in all departments of the administration of the pul)- lic's affairs. He is a member of the Masonic lodge at Onarga, Illinois; of the ^Modern Woodmen of America, and of the Court of Honor. Professor Richmond is doing well the part he has undertaken to perform in the educational life of this county and it is not too much to say that he has aniply earned the confidence and respect of the entire community.

The distilling business is one of the largest single enterprises located in the citv of Lawrenceburg, and in Dearborn county. This business directly and indirectlv gives employment to thousands of people. At the same time the regulations of the distillery business which the federal government has imposed have also made it necessary for the government to maintain in Dear- Ijorn county many storekeeper-gangers, among whom is Andrew ]M. T. James, who came from the school room into the government service.

Anderson }vf. T. James is a native of Jennings county, Indiana, having been born near Lovett, March 12, 1863. His parents were Joseph \V. and Damsel f^McGannon) James, the frirmer of whom w-as a native of Kentucky and the latter a native of Indiana. Anderson James was one of eleven children. Of these children : Sarah married Allen Shepherd, who lived near Comiske, Indiana: John died in 1914: Enoch D. lives in Indianapolis; Joseph W. lives near Comiske ; Laura Belle married Lewis Orbison, of IMinneapolis.

Anderson I\I. T. James was reared on liis father's farm in Jeiminys county, and attended the district schools of tliat count)-. lie li\'ed at liome luuil he had reached maturity and then began working out by the month on neighl)i)ring farms. In the meantime he liad begun to teach school, and after working out one summer taught the following year. He taught eighteen terms of school in Jennings count}-, having begun wh.en he was eighteen years old. Mr. James canie to Lawrenceljurg. T^Iarch i, 189S, to become United States storekeeper-ganger, and still holds this position.

Anderson ]M. T. James was married on Deceniber 22, 18S7, to xAriadne Adams, daughter of Thomas H. and Catherine (Patrick) Adams. Four children ha\-e been born to this marriage, Grace, Clyde, Charles and Man . Grace is a graduate of the Lawrenceburg high school and of Indiana Unixersity at Bloomington. She is now a teacher in the Lawrenceburg public schods. Clyde is employed by the Procter & Gamble Company, at Cincinnati. He is a graduate of the La \-renceburg- high school and \vas a student at Purdue University for two years. He married Caroline Zech. Charles is a high school graduate and also a graduate (-if Purdue I'niversity, where he is now an instructor. Mar}- is attending the Lawrenceburg high school.

Mr. James' father was rearerl in Jeimings county, Indiana, and li\ ed there froni the time he was three months old, having come to the county with his parents from near Bowling Green, Kentucky, in 1816. Joseph W. James had a twin brother, Enoch. Joseph W. grew up on the farm and lived all his life on the farm. Pie also at one time ran a grist-mill. He died on the farm in September. 1S87, ;- t the age of se\'ent}--one years. His wife died on Juh- 5, i8y8, at the age of seventy-four. P.oth w-^ere members of the [Methodist church, and he was a trustee of the church for forty-five years.

The paternal grandfather of Anderson James, and the father of Joseph \\'., was Thomas Jefferson James, who married Sarah Herman, the fori-ner a native of Pennsylvania, ai-id the latter a native of Germany. They were married in Kentucky, and were farmers. He came to Indiana, first in 18 1 2, and purchased govemment land. Pie cleared a farm and improved it. and owned a half section where he died. Pie was born in 1789. Plis wife, who was born in 17S7, died in 1S72, -,vhen she was nearly eighty-five years old. Their five children were as follow: Joseph W. and Enoch \V. (twins), Ann, Thomas and Nancv.

Mr. James' maternal grandfather was Thomas ]\IcGannon, who marrictl Nelh'e Tanner. Tliey were both natives of Indiana, and lived near Vernon, where they kept a tavern and operated a farm. They died there at advanced ages, and at the time of their death had thirteen children, all of whom lived to rear families. The children in the order of their birth were as follow: John. Nancy, Samuel, Penelope, Anderson, Martha, Nellie, Damsel, Jane, Thomas, Susaii, Alice and another.

]Mrs. Anderson M. T. James was born near Paris Crossing, Indiana, Afjril 25, 1S6S. Iler parents were natives of Indiana. Her father died in 1907, at tlie age of sixty-seven, and her mother, who was born in 1S56, i'. still living at the age of sixty-nine. Airs. James' father was a farmer. He and his wife had five children, Edward, Ivan (deceased), Ariadne, Blanche and Josephine. Mrs. James" paternal grandfather, James Adams, married a Miss Scott. They were early settlers in Jennings county, Indiana, having come from Kentuck}-. The}- had two children, Thomas and Sallie Ann. Airs. James' maternal grandfather, Isaac Patrick, married a Aliss Campbell. They were natives of Indiana, and lived in Jennings! county, where he was a carpenter. Among the children of Isaac Patrick and wife were George, Henry, Gran\ ille, .\ddie. Ida, Belle, Alice.

Mr. and Airs. James are members of the Presbyterian church, in which Mr. James is an elder. Pie belongs to Paris Lodge No. 505. Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a Rejiublican in politics, but during- late }-ears has not been active in the councils of his party. The federal government imposes certain restrictions upon the political activity of its agents and Mr. James has not been active for that reason. He lives at No. 108 Ridge avenue, (Greendale) in the city of Lawrenceburg.

As the descendant of his paternal grandfather who was a pioneer, and prominent in his div. as well as for his own personalit}' and pr(-)minence, the subject of this short biography is deserving ot mention among those who ha\e helped to make this county what it is. Both father and grandfather were benefactors to the communities in which they made their homes, and their example is followed in the present case. Louis H. Cones was born in the Burnett House, Cincinnati, Ohio, and is the son of William M. and Rebecca (Orange)' Cones, the former a native of the same city, and the latter of Vir-

The paternal grandparents of Mr. Cones were John Cones and his wife. Nancy (McCollough) Cones, natives of Virginia. They were l)Oth quite aged at the time of their deatlis. both passing- away in Greensburg. Decatur county, Indiana. The children of this houseliold were William M., father of Louis II., and Washington Cones, formerly a Cincinnati banker. Grandfather Cones built the first brick house erected in Cincinnati. His daughter, Elizabedi Jane (Cones) Banks, was the mother of Mary Victoria (Banks) Halstcad, who was the wife of the noted editor, ]\Iurat Halstead.

Taking up the maternal relationships, it is found that the grandfather on the mother's side was a man of more than the ordinary force of character. He was W'iHiani Orange, and both he and his wife, Barbara (Tate) Orange, were natives of England. Coming to Cincinnati at a very early d.ay. they grew up with the community, then oidy a village. He was presiden.t of the Horticultural Society, at one time director of Spring Grove Cemetery, and in other enterprises became one of the welbknown men of Cincinnati. A large farm still in possession of the family is one purchased by him.

A large family of children were born to ]Mr. and Mrs. John Cone^, one of them being W'illiam M., father of the subject of this sketch. ]\Ir. Cones. Sr. was for }"ears a wholesale dry goods merchant in Cincinnati, atid was sixty-four years at the time of his death. His wife was but thirty }-ears of age when she passed away. Both were members of the English Episcopal church. Their children were two in number. Clara 'SI., widow of A\'. Sc.:>tt Baker, at present a resident of Newport, Kentucky, and Louis H.

After graduating from the Cincinnati high school, Louis H. Cones attended the Farmers College, and then traveled all over the Ignited States. returning to Cincinnati where he engaged for a time in mercantile business. In 1913 he was attracted by the business opportunities of Aurora, and at that time assumed the management of the Heck Furniture Company, a p»osition which he still holds.

Louis H. Cones married Lizzie (PeeO Clark, who died in 1895. He aftenvard married Catherine Clark, sister of the first wife. No children have been born of either union.

The firm with which the subject is connected is one of the largest in Aurora, carrying an immense stock of high-grade furniture, household goods. rugs, carpets and stoves, and doing a large volume of business.

ness man. He is genial, enterprising and public-spirited, and readily wins the respect and esteem of the people with whom he comes in contact. He is a member of Higliland Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of Cincinnati. .\Ir. Cones is a strong Republican. He has very many friends in and around Aurora.

Peter Reagan

Peter Reagan, the well-known proprietor of Hotel Reagan at Lawrence - burg, Indiana, is one of the most popular hotel keepers in southern Indiana. Mr. Reagan's popularity, however, is not confined altogether to the traveling public, who come to Lawrenceburg as his guests. Mr. Reag'an is a popular and widely admired citizen of Lawrenceljurg, in Dearljorn county, and is well known from one end of the countv to the other. In this section of the state it ma}' be truly said that 'Mv. Reagan is quite as well known and quite as popular with the people who live here and who are not transient guests at the hotel. Mr. Reagan has striven hard for success and in the prime of life enjoys the satisfaction of knowing that his success is to be computed with no small measure. !Mr. Reagan's parents were pioneers in this section of the state, the name Reagan having been identified with the life of this section since 1852, \\hen bis father settled at Lawrenceburg.

Peter Reagan was bom at Cochran, now a part of Aurora, and known as West Aurora, Dearborn county, Indiana, May 31, 1870. He is the son of ]\Iichael D. and Bridget (Hickey) Reagan, who were natives of Ireland. Michael D. Reagan was a native of County Kerry, and his wife of Bridgetown, County Clare. Of their children, Peter is the only one who grew to manhood. Michael D. Reagan during his life was a man Avho was much loved by the people of Dearborn coiinty. He was reared and educated in Ireland, and after coming to America in 1852, settled at Lawrenceburg. He attended night school under Miss Jennie Beach, and during the first few years of his residence in this country was the '"water boss" on the White Water Valley canal. In the meantime, however, he had taken to railroading, and having learned this thoroughly followed it until his death in 1893. At the time Michael Reagan passed away he was sixty-eight years old. INIrs. Michael Reagan is still living. She was born on December 25, 1840, and is now seventv-five years old. She has a vivid recollection of many interesting, important and thrilling events of the early history of Lawrenceburg and Aurora, and is entertaining as a conversationalist. She tells pioneer stories

^vith a dramatic finish characteristic, not only of pioneer woman, but characteristic of her people, who are rated as the best story tellers ainon^ij all ihe peoples of the earth. Mrs. ]Michael Reagan is a member of the Catbulic churcli, as was her deceased husband. He was the first Irish trustee of St. I,;i\vrcnce church, at Lawrenceburg. and assisted by a few others, helped in build the church. In those times very httle money was available and personal effort and labor counted most. }vlichael Reagan assisted in the construction of the church by digging out stones from the quarr_\- and carrying them to the building. He was a good Christian man and during his entire bfe was a faithful attendant at churcli.

Six years after the arrival of ]\Iichael Reagan in this country his parents, I'eter and Bridget fDelaney) Reagan came to the L'nited States. The}- were the grandparents of Peter Reagan, the subject of this sketch. Arriving in this countr\- in 185S from County Kerry, Ireland, they settled in Lawrenceburg. .-V few vears later both passed away. Thev li\'ed to ripe ages, Peter Reagan, Sr., having died when ninety-si.x years old. and his wife when only a few years younger. He was a farmer in his native country, and reared a large famil_\-, consisting of the following children, Peter, Dennis, Patrick, Michael, !\Iargaret, Johannah, Catherine, Bridget and Phmora. 'Mr. Reagan's maternal grandparents, who were also of Irish birth, never came to this country. Thomas Hickey and his wife, ]\Iary (Hayes) Hickey, had two children, Mrs. Michael D. Reagan and John, both of whom came to -\merica after the death of the father, -\fter living a short time in Cincinnati witli hc" brother. Mrs. Reagan came to Pawrenceburg and has made her home here ever since. Thomas Hickey. Mr. Reagan's maternal grandfather, was the sun of Simon and ]\Iary (Sullivan) Plickey.

Peter Reagan u'as reared in Pawrenceburg, and attended the parochial school until thirteen years old. He then went to work in a stove foundry and learned the trade of a stpve mounter. He next worked in a carriage factory, in a liver}' stable and at various odd jobs and pursuits. Por two years he was in the employ of ^Slajor Feeney and his sister. Catherine Stevenson, proprietors of the Stevenson hotel, and at the end of that time leased the hotel in 181)7. He rati it for three years, and afterward sold out. .\ few months later he started what is now knov.'n as the New Central Hotel, and ran it as the Reagan Hotel for four years. He then purchased the old Stevenson Hotel, refurnished and remodeled it and has run it to the present with marked success.

The Reagan is a first-class hotel, its reputation as such lieing known far and wide. It is lighted with gas and electric lights, and is comfortablv heated with a fine hot water system, which keeps the house warm and at an even temperature in the coldest weather. The table is unexcelled by any hotel \u southern Indiana, while the rooms are models of neatness and comfort. The cleanliness of the house is remarked by e\-eryone, and the rates are satisfactory to discriminating minds. JNIr. Reagan is a thorough hotel man and popular. lie is familiarly known by the "knights of the grip"' as "Pete." If it is true that there are doctors, lawNcrs and preachers, who are born to their profession (and we all belie\'e it is), then Mr. Reagan is Iiorn to his vocation as a hotel man. Genial, kind-hearted and attentive to the wants and comfort of his guests, he is ever on the alert to accommodate them, and make them feel tliat his house is a "home"' to the traveling man. But "Pete" is not entitled to all the credit ; for, \\itli ;:11 his ability, what could he do without the assistance of his efficient wife, who has always been a wise counselor and a faithful helpmate in the making of the Hotel Reagan a model hotel? Mrs. Reagan is a lady of refinement and womanly grace and has been the landlady durir.g all of her husband's hotel career.

Mr. and Mrs. Reagan were married on July i8, 1893. Before her marriage Mrs. Reagan was }>Iatilda Adeline Bonfer. daughter of William and Magdalena. ( Vos^O Bonfer. Thc}- have one son, Charles Alicliael Reagan, who is now a young man and a general favorite with every one. He attended the public and high schools of Lawrenceburg and is now attending the University of Notre Dame, near South Bend, Indiana, v.-here he is a student of chemistry.

Mrs. Peter Reagan ^vas born near ]Milan, in Ripley county. Indiana, February lo, 1867. Her parents. W'illiam and Magdalena (Voss) Bonfer. were born in Hanover, Germany. ]Mrs. Bonfer came to America in 1843, and Mr. Bonfer in 1848. They lived in Cincinnati a short time with their parents and then removed to Rii)]ey count}, where Mrs. Bonfer died in 1910, at the age of siscty-m'ne. Mr. Bonfer is still living near ]\Iilan. They had eleven children : Mary Dorothy, Alatilda Adaline ; John Frederick, deceased : Elizabeth, deceased, who married James Hallowell ; Henrv', William and Frank, twins ; and four who died in infancy. Mrs. Peter Reagan's paternal grandfather was John Frederick Bonfer, who married IMarie Ahlers. They were farmers and lived near Sunuum, Indiana, where they passed away. He died at the age of eighty-two and she at the age of eighty-seven years. Their three children were William, Henry and John, Mrs. Reagan's maternal grandparents died in Ripley county and were buried near Sunman. They had six children, Henry. Airs. Mary Ash, Mrs. Matilda Price, Mrs. Sophia Hinners Maedalena and Elizabeth. . ,, . .

Dearborx Coun'Ty, Indiana

Mr. Reagan is a member of the Catholic church. i\Irs. Reagan is a member of tlie Lutheran church. ^Ir. Reagan is a Democrat in pohtics. Feumen pcrliaps are able to see first hand and study more phases of human nature than the hotel keeper. Xo stronger testimonial can be w ritten in praise of the life and characteristics of a hotel man than to say that he is able to please his guests. I'eter Reagan has been able to do this and he has been able to do it with an amazing degree of success. This perhaps is the finest tribute which can be paid to his personal character and his business qualifications.

Robert Givan \vas born in the state of }vlaryland. March 12, 1760. He married Catherine Duncan, Januar}- 6. 1781. She was born in ^laryland. September 3. 1763, and to them were born six children, namely: Hetty, Sallie, Margaret. Gilbert T., Elizabeth and Matilda.

The mother died on July 13. 1795. and the father was married, October 28, 1795, to Rosanna Butler, by whom he had one child - Xanc}-. This wife died ^lay 5, 1797, and he subsequently marrieil Ruth Robertson, October 17, 1797, who died April 12. 1S17. He married, January 28. 1818, ]^riscilh Cottingham. and ir 1828 started for Indiana. While en route and aliout ninety miles from Baltimore. Maryland, he died, .-\pril 28. 182S His wife came on through to Indiana, in company with John Burbage and family, and she died in Dearborn county, January 8, 1829. The above names and dates of marriage were obtained from the county clerk at Snow Hill. Maryland, where the marriage licenses were gotten.

Gilbert T., born July 31. 1789, Worchesler county, Maryland, was married in Accomac county. \'irginia. December 3. 18 13. to Sarah C. Merrill, who was born in Accomac county. Virginia, September 6. 1795, and \vas the daughter of George and Charlotte Merrill. After their marriage they settled in Worchester county, Maryland, where they remained until April. 1S18, at which time they immigrated to Dearborn county, Indiana, where he ei'.tered land in section 2. Sparta township, which he impro\"ed and resided on until his death, February 8. 1862. His wife preceded him. July 28. 1861. They were the parents of twelve children, namely: Margaret M., .-Mbert G.. John W.,

Robert H., born ]\Lay i, 1820. a successfid farmer. SerA'ed some time as justice of the peace. Was a Mason. Married Ann Brumblay, b'ebruary 7, 1843. Had issue; Klizabeth A., born, December 18, 1843; died, August 30, 1846. His wife died Januar\- 15. 1846. He married Amanda ]Mastin, !March 14, 1S17. They were the parents of nine children, namely. Matilda J., Dora Isabell, Mary A., Cuilley C. and Georg-e G. C. ( twins), Joseph J.. Amanda Y., Ara E. and Hattie 'Si., all born in Sparta township. The mother died November 2. 18S5. The father died June 2, 1894. Matilda J., born, February 18, 1S48 : married Francis M. Durham, a farmer, she married, seci^mdh-, Jacob Walters. April 16, 18S4. no issue. She died August 31, '1890. Dora Isabell, born, October 15, 1849; died, March 19, 1878. Mary A., born, .September 4, 1851: died. May 6, 18S7. Curtley C. and George G. C., born. November 9, 1853: Curtley C. died, November 10, 1853. George G. C. is a physician, resides at Harriman, Tennessee; married Martha L. Small, Septemlier 0. 1885. Had issue: Leila May, born. June 9, 1887; married Harry H. Daniels, !May 3, 191 1. Had issue; Martha G., born, May 6, 1912: George A., born. July 12, 1914.

Joseph J., bOrn, September 14, 1855, followed farming on his father's farm for several }-ears. Lived at Aurora. Lidiana, mo\ed from there to a farm one and one-half miles east of Milan, Lidiana, where he made sc>me extensive improvements on both house and barn. In 19 14 he built a silo out of glazed tiling. At the present time he is employei.l by the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern railroad as claim adju.-^ter. He is a ]\fason. He married Jemima Riggs, August i, 1876. Had issue: John F., born, July 17, 1877; married Blanch Riggs, 1900; married, subsec(uently. Ethel Minor. June, 1908.

Ara E.. born, September 9, i860; married Frederick Slater, Jr., a merchant at Sparta. Indiana, October 16, 1881. Flad issue; Clarence, Milton

All>ert, Bulah and Lulali. Clarence, born, Septemlier 7. i88j; died, Jniie 22, 1901. Milton L., born June zj, 1SS5, helped his father in his store until lie married Ck-orgie L. Grinisk-y, June jS, ujaS. Soon after tlieir marriage llicy moveil to Cincinnati, Ohio, \\here he was employed as clerk at the Grantl Hotel, which position he held for some three years. At the present time he is vice-president and manager for the Truni Coal Compam, Cincinnati, Ohio. Milton and wife are parents of Lois K., bi.irn July 22. 1909: Milton L., Jr., born, December 17. 191 1. Albert, born. March _>-, iSS(). I'.ulah and Lul:di, twins, born, ]March 14, 1892; Bulah died, September 2t,. 1892. Elizabeth A., born April 27, 1822; died, April 25, 1837. Mariah I.. b'>rn Aivril 18, 1825: married Robert Rumsey, C)ctobcr 12, 1S4S. Had issue: Mary E.. born Xovember 15. 1850: married Charles T. John.son, Septemljer 22. 1868. Had issue: Ada F., Benjamin R., Walter K., Clara, 3,lal:)Ie, Olive D. and Rutli 'W. Ada Iv, bom July 14, 1869: married Curtis \\'. Stolder, Sejnember 24, 1890. Had issue: Willard J., born, December 12, 1891. Benjamin R., l)Om, July 5, 1871; married Amanda Parker. Xovember 26, 1893. Had issue: Edward P. born, August 28, 1S9-I : Louise ?vlay, born, December 19, 1899. Walter K., born, January 19, 1873; niarried Emma Klinglehoffer, September 22, 1904. Had issue: Robert, born, February 21. 1910; died ]\[arch 2, 1910. Clara, born, November 17, 1874: died October 20, 1875. Mable, born, September 17, 1876; married Herbert B. Turner, physician, INLay 4, 1004. 01i\e D., bi'rn, March 2, 1SS3: married Rev. Charles J. Casey, June 19, 1902: had issue: Hilary E.. born. September 6, 1903: Ruth T., bom June 28, 1905, Ruth ?^I.. b'>m. March 22, 188S.

George ^L Givan, born, June 19, 1827, farmer; he married Ann Flix.a, daughter of Nathaniel and ILarriet L. (Sage) JaquiUi. in L')earborn county, January 6, 1848. She was bora in Alanchester fnvnship. b'ebruary 23. 1S30. In 1S50. with his wife and son, John, he moved on to his father's ol<I homestead, of vvhich he purchased sixty-five acres in 1863, and resided there until 1903, when he moved to Sparta, wliere he resided until hi^ death., which was ^lav 29, 1906. Previous to moving to Sparta he sold his farm to his son, Irvin. In the spring of 1902 he purchased the property of James Ferrell. and was remodelling the same when his wife died, which was November 11, 1902. He and bis wife were meml)ers of the Baptist church. He was one of the trustees, and deacon of his church. To this union fourtefTi children were bom; throe (Hcd in inlanc}-. Names of the children are as follow: John F.. Mary Bell, Sanford E., Harriet J., Sarah E., Eva Ann, Charles M., Ella J., Harry R.. Ii-ving P. and Cora A.

-John F. Givan. Ijorn, October 14, 1848, at Wrights dirner. lndi:ira All the other children were born in Si)arta township. When Jolm was about two years old his father moved onto the farm of his grandfather, in Sparta township, where he resided with his parents until the }'ear oi 1865, when, with the consent of his father, he went to work for his uncle (by marriage), John Tufts, a farmer, at Mt. Tabor. He stayed with his uncle two years. He then went to work in a printing office at Aurora, Indiana, in Tom Ci>bb was editor. He remeinbcrs very distinctly the time a man came riding a horse, barebvick, into the t(.^)wn of Aurora, and stopped in front of Denton's drug store, now occupied by John Ullrich, and gave the alarm relative to the Harrison and Cheek difficulty. The citizens of Aurora \vere very much excited o\-er the affair. He worked at the cal)inet trade some eight years, at Cincinnati, Ohio : worked for the Cincinnati Street Car Company twenty years. In October, 1895, he moved his family to Aloores Hill, Indiana, where he has since resided, following the carpenter's trade and doing other odid job^. He held the office of school trustee for nine years, and town clerk for six years. He has lieen a notary for sixteen years, pension attorney for four years. In January. 1915, he went to Clirist hospital, Cincinnati. Ohio, where he had an operation performed on his stomach, ubicii saved his life. He is a Mason.

John F. Givan w-as first married, May 19. 1875, to Emma Moore, daughter of \\'illiam and Gertrude Moore. Emma was bom. December 19, 1850, at Cincinnati. Ohio: died there October 15, 1894. To this union eight children were born, one died in infancy, as follow : Grace M., Howard D., Harry \\'., I'Ted J., Gilbert B.. Hattie C. and Lee Frank, all born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He married, secondly, Margaret G. Wilson, July 3. 1895. Grace M., horn. February 11, 1876: married Edward F. Long, .August 13, 1892. Had issue: Agnes M., born August 7, 1S04: Grace G., bom, October

I\Iary Bell, born, January 5, 185 1 ; married George r^ruce, December 24, 1876. Had issue; Clara A. and Fred. Clara, born. November 6, 1877; married Alva Alexander, IMarcli i. 1S96. Had issue: Clarence AI., brjrn, IMarcb 21, 1S97. Fred, born, October 2, 1880; married. Ha Krandall, May 28, 1903.

Charles M., born, April 14, 1862; married Maggie AI. Barkley, April 15, 1883. Flad issue: Mary A. and Lu Elva. He married, secondly, Phila M. Smith, September 15. 1897. He is a Mason. Carpenter contractor. ^Mary

Harry R., born, December 15, i866: marritd Hattie C. Givan. Decemi.er 30, 1S88. Had issue: Earl E. and George Merrill. Harry is a Mason and belongs to the chapter. Earl E.. born, December 17, 18S9; married ^largaret E. Kendall, December 21, 1910. Flad issue: Dean K., born, November 29, 191 1 : Zula Elmore, bDrn, September 24, 1913. George Merrill, born, October ig, 1897.

Elizabeth, born, February 28, 1792; married Jacob Richardson. Matilda, born, March 4, 1795: died, November 18, 1796. Nancy, daughter of Robert and -Rosanna (Butler) Givan, born, January 28, 1797.

The attention of the reader is now directed to a brief sketch of the career of Ernest O. Marlowe, the efficient letter-carrier of Lawrenceburo^, Dearborn county, Indiana. ]Mr. Marlowe is well-known and universally liked in his resident city, having lived here for a number of years and although a \oung man, he bears the confidence and respect of the entire community on account of the exemplar}- life which he leads. He is a man of industrious and studious habits, possessing a librar}- of valuable liooks of which he is an earnest student.

Ernest O. ]Marlowe was born near Greensburg. Indiana, August 28, 188S, a son of \\'illiam and Clara ( ]\Iozingo) INIarlnwe, he a native of Ohio and she of this state. There were four children in their family, the immediate subject of this sketch being the eldest, Frank and John, of Strawn. Kansas, and Rose, a teacher in the public sch('iols at Fort Scott. Kansas. William Marlowe was born on September 21. 1851, near Prospect, [Marion county, Ohio, and was reared on a farm. When a }-(.ning man he mastered the carpenter's trade. He followed his trade for a number of years and later became a contractor and in 1911 moved his family to Strawn. Kansas, near where he is farming, and where the family now reside.

William Marlowe was a son of Levi Alarlowe and his wife, Sarah (.Vsh), Marlowe. Levi Marlowe was a native of West Virginia, born near Wheeling, Ohio county, INIarcli 21. r8ii. His grandparents came from Englaml in the settlement of \'irginia and were the descendants of the English poet, Christopher Marlowe. They later m-ived to Xorth Carolina. Levi [Marlowe's parents moved to Marion county. Ohio, at an early day in the history of that section and there Levi died, ^vlarch 2t,. 18S5. His wife, Sarah (.\sh) Marlowe, was born at Williamsport, Washington county, [Maryland, February 16, 1S16, and died in Daviess county. Indiana, December 9, 190J, at the age of eighty-six years and ten months.

The grandparents of Sarah ( .Ash) [Marlowe came from Higland before the French and Indian War and settled near Hagerstnwn, Maryland. Her grandfather was a soldier under General Washington and was one of the few survivors' of the defeat of General Bradilock, at Fort Duquesne. There was a number of the .\sh family <crving in the Colonial army during the Revolutionary War, among whom was one with the rank of general. .\ few of ihem figured as scouts and had many interesting experiences.

There were seven children born to Levi [Marlowe and his wife: John W. is a practicing physician at [Marshall, Illinois; Elliott is chief clerk in the railway mail service out of Indianapolis on the Peoria & Eastern railway; Will-

Clara (iMozins-o) ?iIarlo\ve was born on January 24, 1^62. the dancilUer of Henrj^ and Eli;?abeth Robinson (Pembcrton) Mozin,G:o, lioih nati\es rif Kentucky. The former was born in Bourbon county, December iS. iSog. and died ?\Iarch 11, iSSS, and the latter was born in Lincoln county. October i-j, 18 1 7, and died on February 9, 1894. They were married in their nati\e state anl came to Indiana in the earlv pioneer days, settling' in Decatur countv wlien that country was practically all forest. They located near where the city of Greensburg now is and at one time owned a large tract of land of that county. There were fifteen children in their family, those living being Mary Riley. Elizabeth demons. Nancy Tremain, Etna Beagle and Clara Marlowe.

Ernest O. Marlowe was born on a farm and when a smrdl child his parents moved to Greensburg. where his early boyhood was passed. He attended the public schools of that city for a number of years. His parents moved to Muncie. Indiana, where he attended high school, and in 1004 he came to Lawrenceburg. Two years later he went into the employ of the Big railroad as a telegraph operator and on ^lay i. 1908. he began his wnrk as a distributor of the United States mail, which position he still holds.

On October 12, 1911, Ernest O. Marlowe w-as married to Caroline Christina Kord. daughter of John and ^lary fHoerger) Kord, and to tliis union one child has been born, a son, Elbert Winfield ^ilarlnwe. Ijorn nn August 26. 1912. ]\Irs. Marlowe is a worthy wife for the subject of this sketch, being a woman of refinement and cidture, giving every indication of her excellent early training and the assistance given her in character building.

Mr. and Mrs. [Marlowe are members of the Church of Christ, Law-rencebiirg, in the work of which both are keenly interested. ^Ir. iMarlowe is church clerk, secretary-treasurer and deacon and fills a place in the church orchestra. His fraternal affiliation he holds in the Knights of Pythias thrrmgh the local organization. 'Dearborn Lodge Xo. 49. which lodge he ha-^ served as chancellor commander. He is a member of the grand Vidge of Indiana and is one of the youngest past chancellors in the state of Indiana.

Mrs. Marlowe was born in Wayne township, Marion county, this state. on land which is now a part of the site of the city of Indianapolis, October 15, 1885, and in that citv her parents still reside. The father was born at Portsmouth, Ohio. October 2. 1861, and the mother at Ixniisville, Kentucky, July 2, 1864. To this union were born eight children: John F., Caroline Christina. Elizabeth. Frieda, Marguerite, and three children who died in infancy. John Kord, Mrs. iMarlowe's father, was a son of Frederick and Car- oliuc fSchultz) Kord. Frederick Kord was liorn on December 21, 1S21. and his wife oil February 11, 1S22, both born in Sclnverin-iNIecklerilicrg, (.lenuany. They married in that province, in 1853 or 1S54, and came to this country in 1864. Tliey were among the early settlers in the western portirm of ilie state of Ohio and from there mo\ed to Indianapolis, where he died August 1 1, 1S90, at the age of sixty-eight years, and her death occurred se\'en j'ears later, Januaiy 24, 1897, at the age of sixty-five. There were four children to their union : Frederick Jr., Anna Scherrer, Lena Schmidt and John C.

Mrs. ilarlowe's mother was a daughter of Christopher and Christina (Eckert) Hoerger, both natives of Baden, Gcmiany, he being born on February 8, 1833. and she on October 6, 1833. They came to America in their early life, married at Jeffersonville, Indiana, in 1853, and settled in Kentucky. Their lives, however, closed in Indianapolis, he dying on October 16. 190S, and she on October 31. 1898. To their union were born nine children; Julia Lange, Samuel Hoerger, Louis Hoerger, Lulic Off, Mary (mother of Mrs. Marlowe) and Elizabeth Sch'oenemann, deceased, and three children who died young.

Mr. Marlowe is keenly interested in all that concerns the well-being of his community and gladly renders assistance to any cause having as its object the betterment of any phase of community life. Perhaps no higher eulogy can be passed than the simple statement that his name has never been coupled with anything disreputable and that there has never been the shadow of a stain upon his reputation fnr integrity and unswerving honesty. He is a consistent man in all he undertakes and his career in all the relations of life is absolutely without pretense. ,,, , *

Henry Clay Wheeler

One of the older citizens of Dillsboro, Dearborn county, Indiana, is Henry Clav W'lieeler, descended from one of the old families of this county, and a man who has had many interesting experiences in his time.

Henry Clay Wheeler was born in Sparta township, Dcarliorn county, June 8. 1841, son of Piercy and Ann (Holliday) Wheeler. Piercy Wheeler was horn in Tennessee in 1811, and there secured such education as the schools near his home at that time afforded. When a \-oung man. in t'le earlv part of the nineteenth century, he journeyed to the fort at the falls of the Ohio, where the city of Louisville, Kentucky, is now located, and there remained for a short time. From there he came to this countv and secured a tract of government land in Sparta township. This tract contained ei,q-hl\- acres, all co\ered with virgin forest, ami he in due time had it all cleared and in an excellent state of cidti\ation. lie lived on that farm for fifty years and there his entire family was born and reared.

Picrcy Wheeler was a man of strong personality, naturally a leader of men, and he had the reputation of being the first Republican ever elected in Sparta township. At the birth of that party he had espoused its principles and was one of its strongest advocates. When the Alexican \\"ar commenced he organized an independent company, and was elected its captain. The company, however, was not accepted, Iiuliana's quota being full, lie also got together a band of men from this section who started out on the perilous journey across the continent into California in search of gokl. He and his friends started on the jnurney in 185 j and with few mishaps reached their destination and were quite successful in their quest for the yellow metal.

Ann Holliday, mother of Henry Clay Wheeler, was born in Genesee Falls. Xew York, and when a small child her parents decided to emigrate westward and embarked on the waters of the Oliio on a lumber raft. They in dre time reached Aunira. where tliey landed and near where the}- made their home for the balance of their lives. Her father was Cortland Holliday. bom and raised in the vicinity of Genesee Falls, Xew York. To Piercy Wheeler and Ann Holliday. his wife, were born the following children ; James, William, Charles, Henry, Sarah. Piercy, John and Cortes H.

James, the eldest, enlisted in Company A, Seventh Regiment Indiana Infantry, and at the commencement of the Civil War, and died in a hospital at Cumberland, Maryland, in 1862. He was a school teacher for manv years and had two children, William and Anna. Anna is Mrs. Schurman. of Ripley county, and has two sons. Cortes and Ernest. Cortes also lives in Ripley county and is the father of one son, while Ernest lives in Dearborn county and is also the father of one son. William gave his life to the nation when a young man. He was wounded at the battle of Mine Run. \'irginia. during the Civil \\'ar and died as a result of his injury one month later. Charles married Alice Pell and had two sons, John and Edward. Charles was a memljer of the Missouri militia during the Civil W'ar. The next child in order of birth is Henry, the immediate suliject of this sketch. and then follows Sarah, who married Piercy Phillips and resides at Pratt. Kansas. She is the mother of a large family. John Wheeler married Anna Peck and lived at Johnson City, Missouri, where he was a very successful physician. In addition to his professional duties he also speculated in land and was well known and highly respected in his community. He had one sou, Harry, who is now a drug-gist of 1.,-iwton. Oklahoma. Piercy. tiic sixth son of this family, married IMaggie Beatty, by whom he had twn children, INIamie and Flora.

Cortes H. \Mieeler, youngest son of Piercy and Anna Wheeler, was born in Dearborn county, Indiana, August _'S, 1849. He was graduated at the Ohio ?kledical College, Cincinnati. Ohio, :March i, 1S75. He located at Port Townsend, Washington, as temporary acting assistant surgeon. United States Marine hospital (contract), for eighteen months. Thence to St. Paul's Island, in the Bchring sea, for fourteen months ; then to China and T:ipan, for six months; then hi San Francisco. California, as temj^orary acting assistant surgeon in the United States marine liospital, for twelve months; then to Portland, Oregon, where lie is now located in private practice, after serving the city of Portland for about ten years as health officer.

Piercv \'\'heeler, father of Henry Clay Wheeler, was a son of Samuel Wheeler, who was born in North Carolina and when a young man journeyed into 'J'ennessee, where he was numbered among the pioneer residents of that state.

Flenry Clay Wheeler received his early education in the schools of this county, and when older took more advanced work at Moores Hill College. When the Civil War broke out he answered the first call for volunteers and served for three and one-half years as a non-commissioiied officer. He was in twentv-two of the larger battles of the war, auKjng them being Gettysburg, where he received a serious wound. He was sent to Philadelphia, to the Satterlee hospital, and after improving was sent from there to tlie hospital for Confederate prisoners, at Chester, Pennsylvania, where he acted as ward master. When fully recovered he entered service again, rejoining his regiment at Culpeper, \'irginia. and shortly afterward was engaged m the Battle of the Wilderness. A short time later, at the battle of North Anna River (\'irginia), he was again .seriously wounded, and this time was sent to Cami)bell hospital, ac Washington, D. C He was mustered out of service at Indianapolis on October 26. 1864.

.\fter the close of the war he became engaged in the saw-mill and lumber business, operating in six of the central and southern states. He remained in tliis business for thirty-five years, and in 1893 suffered a loss bv fire. At that time he had four steamboats plying up and down the Mississipni and Ohio rivers and he also suffered the loss of these, two by fire

Heniy Clay Wheeler was married on August 7, 1S62, to Elizal)eth Pierson, a daughter of Abraham and Sarah (Perlee) Pierson, who was born in the state of Ohio and was brought to Dearljorn county by her parents while still a small child. Abraham Pierson was born on the .\tlantic ocean, while his parents were en route from their home in ICngland to the United States. They settled first in Delaware, where they remained but a short time and tlien came on to this county and slate, where thev seemed go\Trnm-jnt land which they farmed for a great many years. Abraham was one of the leading men of his section, and a fine man in every particular. He was an active meml'er of the Methodist Episcopal church and did much to further the cause of that society here during the early days of the county.

To Henry Clay and Elizabeth (Pierson) Wheeler were born four children, namely: Sarah Glcndora, Dean Ellsworth, Walter P. and Maggie Pearl. Sarah Glendora became the wife of E. B. Thomas and resides in Rushville, this state. She has one daughter, Dorothy, now attending Depauw University, at Greencastll, this state. Dean Ellsworth married Nora Haydon, of Kentucky, and the}' liv* at Frankfort, that state. There are no children to that union.

Walter P. Wheeler married Elvina Wilson, of this county, who died on March .''5. 1914. Walter P. received his educatirm at Dillsboro and when a young man went to Cincinnati and started out in life for himself. His first ventures were as laundry agent and street car conductor, and his next move was to return to Dillsboro, wdiere he opened up a restaurant and confectionery business, the first in the town. He operated that for two years and then converted his business into a variety store and since iQii has followed that line. Walter P. Wheeler is a supporter of the Republican parly, although taking no special interest in political questions. He is a most active member of the ^Methodist Episcofial church, serving that societ_\- as steward and chorister of both church and Sunday school. Mr. \\'hee1er is a man of pronounced musical ability and is especially interested in the development of the musical talent of his home town. Fie has four children, Dorothy Ray, Dorrance Elmer, Benjamin Thomas and Esther Hope, all of school age e.xcept the last.

Maggie Pearl, the youngest child of Flenry Clay Wheeler, is the wife of Dr. E. F. Van Osdol. of Warsaw, Indiana. There is one son to this uni'in, Cortes Dean Van Osdol. 2\Ir5. Van Osdol is a most charming- and accomi'i ( ;:^l

IIenr_v Cla)' Wheeler has li\ed a life full of activitx- and acconijjli^hnient. and now in the eventinie of life, when he has retired from the more acti\e duties, he has a mind well stocked with rich and varied experiences, the recounting of which gives pleasure to friend and stranger alike.

Herman Berner

The following brief sketch gives a few salient points in the career of a plain, honest man of affairs, who by industry and frugality has already achie\ed a competency and won for himself an enviahle reputnticni anidug the best citizens of his community.