Delaware County, Indiana - The whole text, 1908 (part 12 of 15)

Receiving his early education in the public schools of Ohio, William Bach subsequently removed with the family to Seneca county, that state, where he was for a time in business as an agriculturist. On October 27, 1904, Mr. Bach purchased the farm on which he is now residing. His farm of ninety-three acres is beautifully located but one mile from Dunkirk, and its dark, rich soil is exactly suited to the raising of large crops of grain, hay and small fruits. His well furnished house, with its broad and roomy porches, is conveniently arranged, and his barn and outbuildings contain an

Mr. Bach married, October 27, 1881, near Pennville, Jay county, Indiana, Mary L. Gaunt, who was born in that county August 2, 1864, and the birthplace of her parents, John B. and Priscilla (Dye) Gaunt, was Champaign county, Ohio, and of her maternal grandfather, Miner Dye, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Mr. Gaunt was a life-long farmer and always an active supporter of the principles of the Democratic party. He died when fifty-five years of age, and his wife, who survived him, died when sixty-two years old. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Of the eight children born to them three are deceased and five are living, namely: Zilpha E., Ross B., Nathan D., Mrs. Mary L. Bach, and William A. Mr. and Mrs. Bach are the parents of four children, one deceased, Nettie May, and those living are : Elsie A., who was graduated from the Dunkirk high school with the class of 1906, is a successful teacher in Nile§ township; William Wallace, now taking a commercial course at the Muncie Business College; and Ina Priscilla, who graduated in the class of 1907 and is now taking a commercial course. Roe George Bach, a son of Mr. Bach*s brother, John T. Bach, has lived in the family of Mr. Bach since the days of his infancy, and is now a fine, manly boy of fourteen years. A man of great intelligence and higji moral principles, and a simon-pure Democrat in politics, Mr. Bach takes a genuine interest in public matters, conscientiously performing his duties as a good citizen. He was a valued member of the United Presbyterian church but is now of the Congregational church, in which he has served as steward and elder for many years, and of which Mrs. Bach is also a member. Both are good church workers and were teachers in the Sunday School.

William H. Richey. Noteworthy among the many prosperous and able agriculturists of Niles township is William H. Richey, whose well improved and judiciously cultivated estate of fifty acres, situated on section 23, is one of the model farms of the vicinity. He is held in high respect as a man of sterling character and in all of his transactions pays due regard to honor and veracit}% his word being as acceptable as his bond. A native of Delaware township, he was born January 18, 1857, ^ son of Alfred Richey and a grandson of Judge John Richey, one of the pioneer judges of this county. Judge Richey was of Irish ancestry, his father having been bom in Ireland. Coming as a pioneer to Delaware county, he became prominent in public affairs, holding offices of trust and serving as judge for many years, a capacity in which his rulingrs were invariably wise, iust and cultivating the soil, owning and occupying a good homestead property. He was a man of honor and integrity, and his death, which occurred when he was but forty-nine years old, was a cause of general regret. In politics he was a Republican and upheld the principles of his party by voice and vote. He married Malinda Brammer, a daughter of Edmund Brammer, a pioneer settler of this county. She died at the age of fifty-three years. She was a woman widely esteemed for her many virtues and was a faithful member of the Baptist church. Five children, all sons, were born to them, namely: John E., a successful carpenter and contractor living in Albany; Andrew, who died when nineteen years old; William H., the special subject of this sketch; Willis, of Tipton, Indiana; and Stephen Reeder, deceased. Stephen Reeder Richey was a young man of more than ordinary ability and for some time was employed in the United States signal service, being first stationed at Pierre, South Dakota. He was subsequently promoted and transferred to Cheyenne, Wyoming, where his death occurred when he was but twenty-two years of age. He was a bright, keen-witted young man, with the jovial and kindly disposition of his grandfather, and like him made friends wherever he went.

Educated in the common schools and reared by his parents in the paths of industry and integrity, William H. Richey grew up on the home farm, there in early life commencing his agricultural career. In his operations he has been eminently successful, the farm which he now owns and occupies bearing visible evidence of the thrift and enterprise which first established it and by which it has since been carried on.

Mr. Richey married first, in 1882, Margaret A. Stansbury, a daughter of George L. Stansbury, who came to this county from Pennsylvania, his birthplace. Mr. Stansbury was a well known farmer of this vicinity, and two of his sons. Smith and Jethro, served in the Civil war. Mrs. Margaret Richey died July 27, 1905, her death being a sad bereavement to her family. Four children were bom of their union, namely: Ethel, wife of Walter Black, of Niles township, has two children, Paul and Leland Stanford; Willard, who died at the age of seventeen months ; Willis, of Los Angeles, California ; and Mary Ivolue. Mr. Richey married second, in March, 1907, Ida Wise, a daughter of John Wise, a well known pitizen of Dunkirk. Politically Mr. Richey is a champion of the principles of the Republican party, and religiously he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Charles Clark. Conspicuous among the native bom citizens of Niles township noted for their worth and prosperity is Charles Clark, who is successfully employed on the homestead where he was born, his birth occurring October 6, 1873. Active and progressive, he labors intelligently, and in the care of his estate, known as Pleasant Hill Farm, he is meeting with ample reward, the fertile soil responding generously to his wise treatment. He is a son of Lewis B. Clark, now living in Dunkirk, and a grand-

Coming from thrifty Scotch-Irish ancestry, Samuel Clark was bom and bred in old Virginia. When a young man, impelled by the restive American spirit that led so many to seek new locations in the wild lands of the then far west, he came to Delaware county in pioneer times and here took up land from the government. He built a log cabin of the typical pioneer style, and having cleared a sufficient space sowed his first crop. Wild animals of all kinds were numerous and destructive, bears, deer, wolves, foxes and smaller game making frequent visits to the clearing, and the growing grain had to be guarded to prevent the deer from destroying it, while the young stock had to be sheltered at night to keep them from the howling wolves. Wild turkey and other game filled the family larder to a great extent. He labored with pioneer grit and energy, and ere many years had passed had his land in a productive condition, improving a goodly portion of it. On this homestead his children were bom, and here he spent the remainder. of his life, an honored and respected citizen of the place.

Lewis B. Clark was born on this homestead and as soon as old enough was called upon to do his full share in improving it. He succeeded to its ownership and was here profitably engaged in farming for many years, readily obtaining recognition as one of the most skillful and successful agriculturists of the locality. Giving up active life, he removed to Dunkirk, where he is now living retired from business cares and responsibilities. He married Mandy J. Leedum, who was born in Blackford county, the descendant of a pioneer family of that place, and into their home five children were born, namely : Bertha, wife of John Wright, formerly of Dunkirk but now of West Virginia; Charles, the special subject of this sketch; Delia, wife of Charles Jones, of Dunkirk; Marion, of Dunkirk; and Orville W., of Dunkirk. The father is a Democrat in politics, and the mother is a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Early taught to work, Charles Clark became familiar with agricultural labors when young, and while thus engaged in outdoor employments grew to a vigorous manhood, developing strength and muscle. He had for a while a desire to try mechanical work and learned the glass blowers' trade, which he followed for twelve years. Returning then to the old homestead, he resumed the work to which he was bred, and is now one of the foremost farmers of this vicinity, Pleasant Hill Farm, with its many improvements and appointments, constituting one of the most valuable estates in the community.

On July I, 1893, Mr. Clark married Essie B. Bartlett, who was bom on the old Bartlett homestead, near Albany, a daughter of the late William T. Bartlett. Her grandfather, Elisha Bartlett, was bom in Greene county, Ohio, a son of John Bartlett. When a young man he emigrated to Delaware county, coming here when the country was comparatively new. Selecting a tract of wild land near Albany, he cleared an opening in the primeval woods, erected a small log cabin for his first dwelling, and for many years afterwards was one of the most earnest and active citizens of the place, being one of the foremost in advancing its growth. He made frequent investments in land adjoining his homestead, acquiring title to seven hundred acres, on which he engaged in farming and stock raising on an extensive scale. He married Dorothy Bales and of the ten children born of their union six are living, namely: James A., Reuben, John, Calvin, Mrs. Flora Cline, and Mrs. Lizzie Martin. William T. Bartlett, who died while in the prime of life, in Albany, was an able business man and a very popular and highly respected citizen. He did much to advance the interests of the place in which he resided, among other things erecting the Bartlett Hotel block. He married Dorothea Bates, by whom he had four children, namely : O. L., of Mound City, Illinois ; Mrs. Wilda F. Houseman, of Dunkirk; Mrs. Essie B. Clark, wife of Charles Clark; and Mrs. Bessie Barnes, of Dunkirk, who are twins. Mr. and Mrs. Clark have two children, namely : Herschel Roy, now, 1907, fourteen years old ; and Mary Marcella, eight years old. Mr. and Mrs. Clark are genial and agreeable people and enjoy to the utmost the esteem and confidence of a large circle of friends and acquaintances.

John C. Wiluams. An industrious and well-to-do agriculturist of Niles township, John C. Williams has a small but well improved farm on section 28, and is there busily employed in the prosecution of that independent calling upon which the wealth and the prosperity of our nation so largely rests. The descendant of an early pioneer family of this county, he was born in Hamilton township, near Eaton, July 18, 1854, a son of the late pnoch M. Williams and grandson of Thomas Williams.

Thomas Williams was born, brought up and married in Ohio. He came to Delaware county at a very early period of its settlement, and here reared his large family of children, which included ten sons, a family of which any father might well be proud. In common with the other pioneers of that day, he performed no inconsiderable part in helping to develop the agricultural resources of this part of the country, and in addition to farming worked at his trade of gunsmith. Indians still inhabited the woods, and wild turkey, deer and other game were abundant. He was a famous hunter, and made his own guns, having some for the killing of large game and others used in hunting small game. There were then no markets in this vicinity, and the family lived largely on the products of the farm and the chase. Fearless and daring, he was never afraid to attack any wild beast, bears, wolves and wildcats falling before his sure aim. The guns and rifles of his manufacture were famous in this locality, and to each of his sons he gave a gun or rifle, and these are highly prized by his descendants.

life of forty-one years. He served for a while in the Civil war, belonging to the Eighty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He afterwards settled as a farmer in Hamilton township, where he resided until his death. He married, first, Mary Kelley, who was born in Blackford county, Indiana, where her parents settled when coming here from their Pennsylvania home. She died in early womanhood, having borne him two children, of whom John C, the subject of this sketch, is the only one living. He married, second, a Miss Haynes, daughter of Daniel Haynes, of Blackford county, and of that union three children were born, namely : Mrs. Fanny Rogers, George and Charles.

As a boy John C. Williams attended the district school, gleaning his early education during its short terms, and as early as practicable was initiated into the mysteries of farming. Taking up this as a permanent occupation, he located first near Muncie, afterwards living in Sharon for four years. About 1890 he came to Niles township, purchased his present farm of thirty-seven acres, and, acting on the principle that a small farm well managed was much better than an extensive estate, he has since been here prosperously employed in his chosen calling, reaping both pleasure and profit from his labors.

On December 17, 1881, Mr. Williams married Sarah A. Saunders, who was born in Muncie, a daughter of Joseph Saunders. Mr. Saunders was a son of George Saunders, who settled in Ohio in 1832, and there spent the remainder of his life as a farmer, clearing and improving a homestead from the wild land that he took up from the government. He was born on the Ohio homestead, and, following the march of civilization westward, came to Indiana in pioneer times, settling near Muncie, and there resided until his death, at the age of seventy-one years. He married Mary Wilson, a native of Ohio, and they became the parents of eleven children, and ten grew to years of maturity, namely : William, of Portland, Indiana, served as a soldier in the Civil war ; Moses, a soldier in the Civil war, died while at home on a furlough; Thomas; George; Sarah A., wife of Mr. Williams; John; Nancy; Joseph; Theodore; and Elmer. The mother died March 10, 1907, aged eighty-four years, leaving nine children, thirty-one grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Williams have three children, one of whom, Lossie H., died when but eighteen months old, while two are living, namely: Linnie May, wife of Oscar Siler, of this township, and Mary L. Politically Mr. Williams is a stanch advocate of the principles of the Republican party, and fraternally he is a member of Tribe No. 74, I. O. R. M., of Eaton.

keen judgment of the owner. A native of Indiana, he was bom January 14, 1861, at Goose Creek, near Greencastle, Henry county, a son of George Washington Duke. His paternal grandfather, James Duke, was bom and brought up in North Carolina, where for many years he was a slave overseer and manager of a large plantation. Coming to Indiana at an early day, he located in Henry county when the settlements were few and far between, bravely daring all the hardships and privations incidental to life in an undeveloped country. He was a famous trapper and hunter, expert in the use of gun and rifle, many a wild turkey and goose, which furnished food for the family, falling before his quick and sure aim. He and his wife brought up a large family of children, many of them being sons who g^ew to a stalwart manhood.

George Washington Duke was born in North Carolina, but was brought up and educated in Henry county, Indiana. He followed the occupation of his ancestors, becoming a successful tiller of the soil, and remained thus employed until his death in 1894, at the age of seventy-four years. He was a man of genuine worth, well respected by all who knew him, and took an intelligent interest in public matters, supporting the principles of the Republican party. He married Jane Smith, a daughter of William Smith, of Henry county, for his first wife, and they reared a large family of children, as follows : William ; John ; Martha M., wife of G. A. Kooz, of Newcastle, Indiana; Joseph; Marion M. ; James; Scott S., the subject of this sketch ; George, deceased ; Newton ; and Luther. The mother died when her son Scott was eleven years old. Mr. Duke subsequently married again, and by his second wife had one child, Mrs. Josie Lefever, of Eaton, Indiana.

Bom and bred as a farmer's son, Scott S. Duke has been faithful to the lessons taught him in his youthful days, and since taking possession of his present farm has managed it with as much pleasure as profit. In addition to tilling the land he makes a specialty of raising stock of a good grade, at the present time having about a hundred head of swine on his place. He has a thorough knowledge of the various branches of agriculture, learning readily by observation and experience, and is meeting with most satisfactory returns in his farming operations.

On November 7, 1897, in Union township, Mr. Duke married Ida May Collins, who was born and educated in Delaware county, a daughter of George W. and Susan (Chipman) Collins. Mrs. Susan Collins died when Ida May, their only child, was an infant. Mr. Collins subsequently married Louisa Kiplinger, and of their children one is living, Mrs. Bessie G. Waller, of Union township. Mr. Collins is a farmer and during the Civil war served as a soldier. He is a Republican in his political views and is a member of Eaton Post, G. A. R. Three children have, been bom to Mr. and Mrs. Duke, namely: Walter Scott, born September 6, 1899; and Cloyd Everett and Lloyd Eugene, twins, born November 15, 1901. But one of the twins is living, Lloyd Eugene having died at the age of eight months. Mr. Duke is an active supporter of all projects calculated to advance the welfare and the prosperity of the community in which he resides, being liberal and public-spirited. He is a stanch Republican in politics, ever supporting the principles of his party, and is a member of Eaton Camp, No. 5716, M. W. A. Mrs. Duke is a member and one of the officials of the Royal Neighbors, No. 3505.

MiLO Bryan. Establishing himself in Niles township upwards of forty years ago, Milo Bryan has since been actively associated with the development and growth of its agricultural interests. Industrious and thrifty, possessing sound judgment, he has succeeded in building up a fine farming estate, which, with its valuable improvements and appointments, bears visible evidence of the success and prosperity of the owner. He was bom December 7, 1833, in Ross county, Ohio, a son of Zephaniah Bryan. He comes of early and honored stock, being descended from the same emigrant ancestor as William Jennings Bryan, of national fame. His paternal grandfather, Joseph Bryan, was bom in Pennsylvania, but soon after the close of the War of 18 12, in which he actively participated, located in Ohio, taking up government land.

A native of Ohio, Zephaniah Bryan spent his earlier years in Ross county, subsequently moving to Fayette county, where he spent the remainder of his life. He married Matilda Waugh, a daughter of Joseph Waugh, who served in the Revolutionary army under General Washington. He lived to the age of seventy-six years and was survived by his wife, who died at the venerable age of eighty-six years. Both were faithful members of the Methodist Episcopal church. They reared a large family of children, namely : Zephaniah, of Fayette county, Ohio ; Milo, the special subject of this sketch; Mary, who died at the age of five years; Wesley; Josiah, who was a veteran of the Civil war and died while in service in Indiana; Fletcher, of Muncie; and Mrs. Almira B. Smith, of Washington Court House, Ohio.

Brought up on a farm, Milo Bryan received such educational advantages as were afforded by the pioneer schools of his native county. On the home farm he grew to a stalwart manhood, being endowed with much strength and vigor, and inheriting from his parents those characteristics of industry, fmgality and stability that have been such important aids to him in overcoming the various obstacles that he has met while treading the pathway to success. In 1866, desirous of enlarging his opportunities as a agriculture in the most thorough and skilful manner, proving him to be a complete master of the vocation which he is so successfully following.

In 1855, in Ohio, Mr. Bryan married Elizabeth Cannon, a daughter of Bios Newton Cannon, who for half a century was one of the most prominent men of Locust Grove, Adams county, Ohio. Mr. Cannon married Julia A., daughter of James Horn, a soldier in the War of 1812, and of the children bom of their union seven survive, namely: Joseph, Curtis, Randolph, Cyrus, Wellington (who served as a soldier in the Civil war), Caroline and Elizabeth (wife of Mr. Bryan). Mr. and Mrs. Bryan have had six children, two of whom have passed to the higher life, Effie having lived but one short year, while a son, Wellington R., died at the age of thirty-two years, leaving a widow and one child, Eulah Faye. Four of the children are living, namely : Judson M., Mrs. Ida S. Andrews, Ella V. and Mrs. Laura E. Taylor. All reside in Niles township, not far from the home of their parents. Religiously Mr. Bryan is a Spiritualist and a firm believer in its teachings.

NoRVAL T. WiNGATE. A widc-awake, capable young man, who is successfully devoting his time and energies to the development and improvement of his land, Norval T. Wingate holds high rank among the prosperous and progressive agriculturists of Niles township. His estate, known as the Pleasant Hill Farm, is one of the best in the vicinity, and with its convenient buildings and the various appliances for carrying on his work, is a credit to him and an ornament to the neighborhood. The son of a pioneer of prominence, the late Elisha Reece Wingate, he was bom in this township, on what is now known as the William Shirk farm, March 6, 1873. He comes from honored stock, his great-grandfather, Philip Wingate, a native of Delaware, having served in the Revolutionary war.

Elisha R. Wingate, a son of James W. Wingate, of Delaware, was bora in Hillsboro, Highland county, Ohio, in 1840, and died, in 1902, on his homestead farm near Granville. He was a stanch Republican in politics, and for many years he and his wife, whose maiden name was Letta Thomburg, were valued members of the Christian church. They were the parents of eight children, of whom four daughters died in childhood, and one daughter, Lizzie, died when eighteen years old, and three are now living, namely: Frank, of Niles township; Norval T., the special subject of this sketch; and William, of whom a brief life history may be found elsewhere in this volume.

At the age of sixteen years, Norval T. Wingate, who had completed his studies in the district school, began life for himself, poor in pocket but rich in ambition and energy. Profiting by the lessons that he l^amed from his father, who was well versed in agriculture, he became familiar with all the branches of farming, and soon selected that industry as his life work. Pmdent and thrifty by nature, he accumulated money, which he wisely invested in land, buying the "J^iba" Vincent farm of fifty-seven acres, on which he now resides. Continuing in his chosen occupation, Mr. Wingate has made substantial improvements on the place, and as a stock raiser and general farmer is exceedingly prosperous. He is an excellent judge of stock of all kinds, and as a buyer 'and seller of the same is carrying on an extensive and profitable business.

On June i8, 1894, Mr. Wingate married Stella P. Friddle, a daughter of James C. Friddle, the marriage ceremony being performed by Rev. J. A. Rully. Her grandfather, John W. Friddle, was an early pioneer of Delaware county, coming here in 1846. He was bom in South Carolina, which was also the birthplace of his parents, Moses and Eliza (Gibbon) Friddle, who came from there north, locating first in Ohio and then in Randolph county, Indiana, where they resided the remaining years of their lives. John W. Friddle was about fourteen years old when he accompanied his parents to Greene county, Ohio, traveling across the country with teams. In 1846 he took up land in Delaware county, and from that time until his death he was actively employed in tilling the soil. He married Mrs. Mary J. (Campbell) Boots, a daughter of James Campbell, of Greene county, Ohio, and widow of a Mr. Boots, who died early in manhood, leaving her with three children, namely: Daniel D., Adam and Anna Boots. Of this marriage six children were born, four sons and two daughters, James C. being the eldest child.

James C. Friddle was born in Delaware county, December 26, 1847. Succeeding to the free and independent occupation in which he was reared, he has been extensively engaged in general farming the greater part of his life, being now the owner of a well kept and well managed farm in Delaware township. At the age of twenty-five years he married Eliza Ellen Godwin, who was born in Randolph county, Indiana, a daughter of John Godwin, a native of Highland county, Ohio, and granddaughter of Nathan gnd Elizabeth (West) Godwin. John Godwin married Mary Windowmaker, whose father, Jacob Windowmaker, served as a soldier in the War of 1812. James C. Friddle and his wife were the parents of two children, namely : Mrs. Stella P. Wingate, wife of the subject of this sketch ; and Burl F., of Delaware county.

Four children have blessed the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Wingate, namely : Letta Ellen, Mahlon Oscar, Wallace Laselle, and J. Ephus Hanly. Mr. Wingate and his family occupy a pleasant social position among the people of their community, by whom they are respected for their many virtues and heartily liked for their frank, open-hearted hospitality and genial manners. Mr. Wingate is actively identified with the Republican party, and for the past six years he has been a precinct committeeman.

William P. Wingate. The Oak Grove Stock Farm in Niles township is generally regarded and often spoken of as one of the best farms of the county. Its o^vner, William P. Wingate, a member of one of the oldest families of northeastern Delaware county, is closely identified with the agri- cultural prosperity of the county. A young man of great energy and ability, he is interested in all those things that contribute to the welfare and progress of the community and is a valuable and influential citizen. A son of Elisha R. Wingate, he was bom on the old home farm, about seven and a half miles northeast of Muncie, near Granville, July 5, 1880. His grandfather, James W. Wingate, and his great-grandfather, Philip Wingate, were both natives of Delaware state, and the latter went from that state to serve under Washington during the Revolutionary war.

The late Elisha R. Wingate, who died at his home on the Granville pike, March 23, 1902, aged sixty-three, was born in Hillsboro, High county, Ohio, February 12, 1840, where his parents were pioneers, and at the age of twelve years came with the family to Delaware coxmty. They purchased the land that has long been known as the Wingate homestead in Niles township, and improved it from a wild state into a valuable and profitable estate. Elisha R. Wingate lived a life of great industry and was highly respected by all who knew him, and a member of the Christian church at Granville. He served his country during the Civil war as a member of the Twenty-second Regiment of Indiana Volunteer Infantry, being mustered out with his regiment at the close of the war. He is a member of Free and Accepted Masons and the Royal Arch Masons. He married Letta Thomburg March 15, i860, who was bom in Randolph county, Indiana, December 9, 1843, a daughter of Joab Thornburg. Four of their children died in childhood, Lizzie died at the age of eighteen, and the three living, all residents of Niles township, are : Frank S., Norval T. and William P.

Joab Thornburg, father of Mrs. Elisha Wingate, was the founder of another well known family of Niles township. Born in Montgomery county, Ohio, in 1816, a son of Morgan and Hannah (Hart) Thornburg, he represented an original Tennessee family that was among the earliest settlers of eastern Indiana. His parents were both born in Tennessee, and in 1806 moved to that part of the territory of Indiana which afterwards became Randolph county, being among the very first to locate there. They later lived in Ohio some years and finally returned to Tennessee. Joab Thornburg came from Ohio to Delaware county in 1840 and was among those who secured their land directly from the government. He spent most of his life in tilling the soil. He died near Dunkirk, Indiana. His wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Medsker, bore him nine children, namely : Catherine Bales; Letta, wife of Elisha R. Wingate ; Mary A. Klugh, deceased; Martha J. Harty ; Sarah E. Bales ; Elizabeth W. Williams, deceased ; William, who died in 1878; Retta S. Cunningham; and Amanda Rook, deceased.

William P. Wingate received such educational advantages as the public schools of his neighborhood afforded, and at the age of seventeen began work on his own account, spending one season in Illinois. Diligent and thrifty the money he accumulated he wisely invested in land, and it was in this way that he achieved the ownership of his fine stock farm. Oak Grove Farm produces abundant crops of grain and its cattle and horses are well known for their excellence of breeding. A comfortable residence and substantial farm buildings are among the material evidences' of Mr. Wingate's prosperity and also indicate the thorough ability with which he conducts his farm. In politics he steadfastly adheres to the Republican party. He is a member of Heart and Hand Lodge No. 361, I. O. O. F., at Albany. His wife is a member of the lodge of Rebekahs, and is also a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Bethel.

Mr. Wingate was married at the age of twenty-one to Miss Laura Delia Shirk. They have one child, Margaret Hazel, bom August 28, 1903. Mrs. Wingate, who was bom in Niles township, September 9, 1878, is a daughter of William Shirk, a well known citizen of this part of the county. Mr. Shirk was born in Greene county, Ohio, was a soldier in an Ohio regiment during the Civil war, being wounded at Buzzard's Roost, Georgia, and later, following a period of residence one-half mile from Jasper, Ohio, located on the farm in Niles township where he has since lived, a successful and esteemed farmer. He married at the age of twenty-three Miss Margaret Colder, daughter of John and Emeline (Bullock) Colder, who were pioneers of Greene county, Ohio, from the state of New York. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Shirk were: John A., Hiram C. (deceased), Dorothy E., Barley, Jacob M., William S., Margaret E. Fudge and Laura Delia Wingate. Mrs. Wingate graduated from the Niles township schools in 1898 and spent a term in Muncie College.

David H. Nihart. Among the active and leading business men of Albany, Delaware county, is David H. Nihart, a well known and successful druggist. He was bom in Center township, this county, October 21, 1840, a son of Philip Nihart, who located here in 1837. He comes of excellent German stock, his grandfather, Jacob Nihart, having been bom in one of the Rhenish provinces of Germany, from whence he emigrated to the United States.

After spending the earlier years of his life in Perry county, Ohio, Philip Nihart moved to Indiana, settling in Delaware county as a pioneer in 1837. Like his thrifty ancestors, he was a farmer, and by dint of sturdy labor cleared and improved a fine homestead, on which he was engaged in his independent calling until his death, at the advanced age of eighty-four years. He married, in Perry county, Ohio, Christine Roth, who was bom in Pennsylvania, the daughter of an old and highly respected family. Seven children were bom of their union, five of whom grew to years of jLTid when not employed on the farm felled trees in the forest and cut railroad ties, work that strengthened his muscles and developed a fine physique. In 1863 he enlisted as a private in Company G, Ninth Indiana Cavalry, and served bravely under Captain James R. Nation and Colonel G. W. Jackson. He went with his comrades from Richmond, Indiana, to Indianapolis, thence south to Nashville, and from there to Pulaski, where he was stationed three months. He subsequently participated in many of the important engagements in Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, and under that gallant leader, General Wilson, took an active part in several famous raids of the southern campaign. At Franklin, Tennessee, on one of the raids Mr. Nihart received a serious flesh and bone wound, but refused to go to the hospital, keeping on with his company to Vicksburg, Mississippi, continuing in service until after the close of the war. He was honorably discharged at Indianapolis, September 9, 1865. Embarking then in business as a druggist, Mr. Nihart was first located in Lima, Ohio, afterward removing to Muncie, Indiana, and from there coming to Albany, where he has built up an excellent and remunerative trade and won a desirable position among the leading citizens of the place.

Mr. Nihart married, September 29, 1869, at Pennville, Jay county, Indiana, Diantha E. Stansbury, a daughter of George Stansbury. They are the parents of two children, namely : Charles L., an optician in Muncie ; and Arthur Aubrey, who is in business with his father in Albany. Politically Mr. Nihart is a sound Republican, and as a stanch and true citizen uses his influence to promote the best interests of town and county. Socially be is a member of Delaware Lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Muncie, and belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His son Charles is a member of the Knights of Pythias.

Sherman J. Shroyer. No man in this community is more widely known or more highly esteemed than Sherman J. Shroyer, a representative of one of the pioneer families of Delaware county, and who is at the present time serving as the trustee of Liberty township and is the leading hardware merchant of Selma. His paternal grandfather, Melker Shroyer, was the first to establish the family home in Delaware county, coming from West Virginia, his native commonwealth, and becoming one of the early pioneers of Liberty township. He was married in West Virginia to one of its native daughters, Rebecca Jones, and they became the parents of eight children, five sons and three daughters, three of whom were born in West Virginia and the remainder in Delaware county. About 1836 the family made the overland journey to Delaware county, Indiana, where Melker Shroyer purchased one himdred and sixty acres of land in Liberty township, building him thereon a log cabin, barn and shop, for he was a gunsmith by trade. He remained in Libert)- township until his life's labors were ended in death, and in the interim cleared and improved his one hundred and sixty acres of land in sections 3 and 10. He was a lifelong Republican in his political affiliations, and his name is recorded among the brave and revered pioneers of Delaware county, where for many years he served as a justice of the peace. His busy and useful life was ended when he reached the age of sixty-nine years, passing away in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he was long a valued and faithful member. His brother John Shroyer was killed by bushwhackers during the war of the rebellion.

A son of this honored early pioneer and the father of him whose name introduces this review, Nathan J. Shroyer, is numbered among the native sons of Liberty township, bom on the 19th of October, 1838, and for many years he was numbered among the township's leading farmers, owning and operating eighty acres of land. He was here married to Eliza Jane Wood, the daughter of John and Mary Wood, who established their home within the borders of Liberty township, the birthplace of their daughter, Eliza J., in a very early day in its history. Six children, three sons and three daughters, were born of this union, all born in Liberty township, Delaware county, namely: Harvey (deceased), M. Baker, Emma, Sherman J., Julia and Sarah. As a representative of the Republican party Mr. Shroyer served in the office of trustee for four years, and during a period of six years was also one of the commissioners of Delaware county. His fraternal affiliations were with the Masonic and Odd Fellows' orders, and he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, passing away in its faith when he had reached the sixty-seventh milestone on the journey of life.

Sherman J. Shroyer, Selma's leading hardware merchant, was bom in Liberty township October 9, 1864, and in its district schools he received his educational training. He left home when twenty-four years of age and thereafter was identified with the well digging business for ten years. In 1898 he removed to Selma to enter upon his duties in the office of postmaster, and ere the expiration of his term of service he embarked in the hardware business, this being in 1903, and he has since purchased the stock of J. E. Davis, the auditor of Delaware county. Mr. Shroyer carries in his store a complete line of hardware goods, and in addition is also engaged in the sale of buggies.

He was married December 29, 1899, to Luella Watt, a native of Liberty township and a daughter of John C. and Jane (Williams) Watt, farming people of the community. Two sons, Nathan Watt and John Frederick, have been bom of this union, born respectively March 8, 1901, and August 29, 1903, in Selma. Mr. Shroyer has given a lifelong support to the principles of the Republican party, and in 1904 was elected its representative in the office of trustee of Liberty township, entering upon the duties of this position in January, 1905. He has membership relations with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and its encampment, with the Red Men, and both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

John A. Shroyer. Mr. John A. Shroyer is extensively engaged in farming and stock raising on his valuable estate of one hundred and fiftyeight acres in section 35, Liberty township. This township also numbers him among her native sons, born December 21, 1845. His father, Melker Shroyer, was bom and reared near Grafton, West Virginia, a son of Louis Shroyer, whose sketch appears on other pages of this work. In his native commonwealth Melker Shroyer married Rebecca Jones, whose birth also occurred in that state. He was a blacksmith and gunsmith and followed those trades in West Virginia until he made the overland journey with his family to Indiana. After sojourning in Madison county for a few years they resumed their journey to Delaware county, where the husband and father entered eighty acres of land in the dense woods of Liberty township. Later another eighty-acre tract was added thereto, the purchase price being a dollar and sixty-five cents an acre, and with the aid of his sons he cleared his land and placed it under cultivation, supplementing his agricultural labors for a number of years with the work of his trades. Eight children were bom to Mr. and Mrs. Shroyer, namely: Louis, deceased; William; Sarah, also deceased ; Nathan, deceased ; Elizabeth ; Jacob, who was killed at the battle of Kenesaw mountain in the Civil war, in which he served with the Eightyfourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry; John A., the subject of this review, and Eliza. Mr. Shroyer, the father, affiliated with the Republican party and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was well known and honored throughout this section of Delaware county.

The early boyhood days of John A. Shroyer were spent in assisting in the work of clearing and cultivating the old homestead farm, and his early educational training was received in the primitive log schools of Liberty township. The first home of his own was a rented farm in Liberty township, but in 1879 he purchased and moved to his present homestead, then partially cleared, and the many improvements which now add so much to its value and attractive appearance have been placed there by him.

In 1874 Mr. Shroyer married Margaret Baughn, who was born in Ohio, the daughter of Lester and Susannah Baughn, farming people of Randolph county, Indiana. Of the nine children, eight sons and one daughter, born to Mr. and Mrs. Shroyer, seven were born on the present homestead, and all were born and reared in Liberty township, namely: Charles, Emest, Harvey, Arthur, Herbert, Walter, Burch, Zilla and Frank. Since age conferred upon him the right of franchise Mr. Shroyer has allied his political interests with the Republican party, and he is a worthy and valued member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

William Henry Williams. Mr. Williams, one of the most prominent and successful business men of Liberty township, engaged in the drug trade in Selma, where he is also serving as the postmaster, was born in Liberty township, August 3, 1853, and is a worthy representative of one of the most prominent pioneer families of this region. His father, Colonel

Samuel J. Williams, who laid down his life on the altar of his country during the period of the Civil war, was bom in Virginia in 1831, and was the son of William Henry Williams, Sr., a well known and prominent figure in the early history of Delaware county, whither he removed in 1833 and established his home in Liberty township. Here he entered one hundred and sixty acres of land, built him a log cabin and began the arduous labor of clearing and improving his land. Ere leaving his native state of Virginia he was there married to Celia (Young) Grafton, a widow with two children, and Samuel J. was the only child of the second marriage. Mr. Williams, Sr., was an active worker in the ranks of the Democratic party, and his death occurred on his farm in Liberty township when but thirty-seven years of age.

Samuel J. Williams received his educational training in the district schools of Liberty township, and after attaining to years of maturity he was here married to Lurena Davis, by whom he had one child, Lurcna Ellen, wife of M. L. Harris. After the death of the wife and mother Mr. Williams married Rebecca Shroyer, whose birth occurred in the Old Dominion state of Virginia, but she was reared and educated in Liberty township, and was the daughter of Bazel Shroyer, of Delaware county pioneer fame. Five children, three sons and two daughters, were bom of fce second marriage - William Henry, Parthena J., Mary E., Samuel J. and Cassius B., all of whom were bom and reared in Liberty township. In July, 1 861, Mr. Williams, the father, enlisted for service in the Civil war, entering Company K, Nineteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was commissioned a captain, but in 1862 he was promoted to the rank of colonel, and in 1864 he was killed in the battle of the Wilderness. He was formerly a Democrat in his political affiliations, but in 1856 he voted for Fremont on the Republican ticket and was a Republican ever after. His fraternal relations connected him with the Masonic and the Odd Fellows' orders. Throughout his business career he was engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock-raising, and was also well known as a dealer in live stock throughout eastern Indiana. In early times he drove stock to Cincinnati. His varied interests won him success in the business world.

The schools of Selma gave to William Henry Williams the educational training which he enjoyed in his youth, continuing his studies therein until he started out in the world for himself, first working by the month, while later as a clerk he was employed in nearly every store in Selma. In 1876 he opened a brickyard in that city, continuing its operation until about 1880, when he resumed his former occupation as a clerk in a hardware store. After being thus employed for several years he entered the mail service on the Big Four Railroad, his run being between Cincinnati and Chicago, and after severing his connection therewith he returned to Selma and entered the employ of Joseph N. Orr, with whom he was associated in the capacity of clerk for thirteen years. In 1900 he became associated with his son in the dmg business, later obtaining full possession of the store, and his is one of the leading industries of its kind in the community. In 1904 he received his commission as the postmaster of Selma, and in January, 1905, entered upon the duties of this office. Mr. Williams is a Republican in his political affiliations, and from 1890 to 1895 and again from 1900 to 1904 he served as the trustee of Liberty township.

. He was married March 12, 1872, to Joanna Fielder, who was born in Smithfield, Liberty township, the daughter of Hubbard and Rebecca (Simmons) Fielder. To Hubbard Fielder belongs the honor of having erected the first wagon shop in Smithfield, but he has since built him a home in Selma. Six children have been bom to Mr. and Mrs. Williams, two sons and four daughters - Myrtle C, William Henry, Samuel Claude, Ivy M., Joanna Fern and Pansy R., all of whom were bom in Selma. Mr. Williams has membership relations with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Red Men, the S<ms of Veterans and with the Elks of Muncie. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Alonzo R. Lenon. Alonzo R. Lenon, a well known representative of the farming and stock-raising interests of Liberty township, Delaware county, was born in Perry township, of this county, February 23, 1861, a son of Peter S. and Jane (Stanley) Lenon, natives respectively of Ohio and Randolph county, Indiana. During his early manhood the father emigrated to Indiana, first purchasing a farm in Liberty township, Delaware county, but shortly afterward sold his interests there and purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land in Perry township. When his son Alonzo was but a babe of one year he came with his family to Liberty township and purchased two hundred and forty acres of land, which continued as his home, during the remainder of his life. He gave a lifelong support to the Democratic party, and was a member of the Odd Fellows' fraternity.

Alonzo R. Lenon, the fifth in order of birth of his parents' six sons, four of whom are now deceased, received at the time of his father's death two hundred acres of the old htxne farm, to which he has since added a tract of sixty acres, making him a large and valuable estate. In 1904 he moved to his present homestead, containing ninety acres of land, and in* addition he also owns one hundred and ten acres in another farm. In 1903 oil was discovered on his land, and he now has seven ^ood producing wells.

Mr. Lenon married, in 1879, Emma Norris, who was born in Liberty township, a daughter of Jesse K. and Isabelle (Lake) Norris, prominent early settlers of this township. The father was a merchant in Selma for many years. Three daughters have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Lenon - Isora May, Maude and Lena, Mr. Lenon gives his political support to the Republican party.

M. Gough. They came to Indiana from West Virginia, the birthplace of William L. Gough, who for many years held a place among the leading business men and honored pioneers of Liberty township. He was a son of Hiram Gough, who spent his last years in West Virginia. William L. Gough came overland to Indiana when a young man, in about 1834, and established his home in Henry county, but a year or so later resumed the journey to Delaware county, where he entered a farm of eighty acres of timber land in Liberty township. His first work was the erection of the little cabin home, and as the years advanced he succeeded in clearing his land and placing it under an excellent state of cultivation. He married Lydia Morrical, who was bom in southern Virginia, a daughter of Jacob and Nancy (Rutrouff) Morrical, both of German ancestry. The father lived to the age of ninety-one years. During her early girlhood days Mrs. Gough came with her parents from the southland to Henry county, Indiana, where she attained to mature years on a farm. Nine children were bom of this union, six sons and three daughters, all of whom claimed Liberty township as the place of their n.ativity. Mr. Gough, the father, continued his residence on the farm which he had transformed from a wilderness to an attractive and valuable homestead, until his busy and useful life was ended in death, passing away at the advanced age of eighty-two years. He was a Democrat in his political affiliations.

Eli M. Gough was born in Liberty township, January 18, 1846, and during his boyhood days he assisted his father in clearing and cultivating the farm, remaining on the old homestead until 1884. In that year he came to his present place, where with his brother he purchased one hundred and forty-seven acres of land. He has since added to the boundaries of his farm until it now contains two hundred and five acres of rich and fertile land. He has made all the valuable improvements it now contains and has cleared sixty-five acres of the place. The land is mostly under cultivation.

In 1871 Mr. Gough was united in marriage to Mary C. Holbert, whose birth occurred in Butler county, Ohio, but during her early childhood days she was brought by her parents to Delaware county, Indiana. She was the daughter of John and Mary Holbert, prominent pioneer residents of the county. Mr. Holbert served as the treasurer of Delaware county, as a trustee of Liberty township, and was a soldier in the war of the rebellion, serving in the Nineteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Four children were bom to Mr. and Mrs. Gough - Clara M., John O., Mary A. and Albert V., but the two eldest are now deceased, as is also the wife and mother, whose death occurred in 1893. In 1900 Mr. Gough married Mima Moore, a native daughter of Liberty township, where her father, Samuel Moore, a farmer and harnessmaker, established his home in a very early day in the county's history. In his political affiliations Mr. Gough casts an independent ballot, voting for the man rather than party principles. His long identification with the business interests of Liberty township has made him a well known figure in its industrial circles and he is highly esteemed wherever ktiown.

Charles A. Jump, M. D. Among the younger members of the Delaware county medical profession is Dr. Charles A. Jump, who has been a practitioner of Selma since entering the profession, and he has won a high place in the estimation of all who know him. He was bom in Perry township, Delaware county, March i8, 1880, a son of S. V. Jump, whose genealogy appears elsewhere in this work. After completing his studies in the district schools of Perry township Charles A. became a student in the ^iuncie schools and completing the course there matriculated in Purdue University, where he also pursued a medical course. He next entered the Indiana Medical College at Indianapolis, in which he graduated in April, 1906, and in the same year he opened an office in Selma. He was thoroughly prepared to enter this important profession in every possible manner, and his practice is now large and remunerative, extending over the eastern half of the county.

In Selma on the 12th of January, 1907, Dr. Jump was united in marriage to Fyme Hutchings, the daughter of J. L. Hutchings, of Selma, and one of the county's prominent and early residents. Dr. Jump is a member of the Delaware County Medical Society, of the Indiana State Association and of the American Medical Association. He is also a member of Delaware Lodge, F. & A. M.

S. Gilbert Jump, M. D. Numbered among the medical practitioners of Delaware county is Dr. Jump, who is a native son of the county, bom in New Burlington, Perry township, March 3, 1873, and he is a representative of one of its earliest and most prominent families. Attaining to years of maturity on his father's farm in Perry township, he received his elementary educational training in its district schools, and later was a student in the Muncie public schools for one year. At the close of that period he entered Purdue University, in which he graduated in the scientific course in 1897, and he then entered upon the study of his Chosen profession in the Medical College of Indianapolis. Completing the course in that institution in 1900, he entered upon the practice of medicine and surgery in Selma in June of the same year, and has ever since enjoyed an extensive clientage. His practice extends throughout the eastern section of the county.

On the 6th of June, 1900, Dr. Jump was united in marriage to Fay L. Jackson, a daughter of J. B. and Elizabeth Jackson. She was reared and educated in Perry township, and also attended the Indiana State Normal and the Indiana University. This excellent training enabled her to enter the teacher's profession, and for eight years she taught in both Perry and Harrison townships. Their only child, a daughter, Marcia Blanch, is deceased. Dr. Jump is a member of the Selma Lodge of Red Men, the Odd Fellows, the Delaware Lodge of Masons and of Muncie Commandery, Knights Templar. He also holds membership relations with the Delaware County, State and National Medical Associations, is a Republican in his political affiliations, and is a member of the Pension Examining Board of

Albert W. Clark. Albert W. Clark, superintendent of the Delaware County Infirmary, was born in Caroline county, Maryland, December 23, 1854, a son of Charles H. and Martha (Steel) Clark, natives respectively of Maryland and Delaware. Gideon Clark was, as far as known, a native of Maryland. He was a farmer in Caroline county, where he spent his last years. The maternal grandfather was Josiah Steel, who was, it is thought, a native of the state of Delaware and a lifelong resident there. Martha Steel was reared in Delaware, where her people were engaged in agricultural pursuits, and there she gave her hand in marriage to Charles H. Clark, they becoming the parents of seven children, four sons and three daughters, of whom Albert was the eldest in order of birth. In 1872 the father came with his family to Delaware county, Indiana, first renting for a number of years a farm in Liberty township, but finally built a home in Selma and there lived a retired life during the remainder of his days. Throughout the period of his majority he supported the principles of the Republican party, and was a member of the Odd Fellows' fraternity and the Methodist Episcopal church of Selma. His death occurred when he had reached the seventy-seventh milestone on the journey of life.

During the early part of his business career Albert W. Clark worked for others for five months, returning thence to his father's home and working with him until his marriage. During the following six years he farmed rented land, and at the close of the period purchased fifty acres of land in Liberty township, on which he made many substantial and valuable improvements, and continued its cultivation for three years. During the following seven years he was the owner and operator of a tile and saw mill, but this was burned in about 1888, and Mr. Clark thereafter conducted another mill in Selina for three years. Turning his attention again to agricultural pursuits, he was engaged in farming near Selina until he assumed the superintendency of the Delaware County Infirmary, his present position, in October, 1902. Since entering upon the duties of this important position he has instituted many substantial improvements and has won high encomiums for the excellent discharge of his duties.

On the 29th of February, 1876, Mr. Clark married Elenora Cecil, the daughter of George and Marrietta Cecil, honored early residents of Delaware county, George Cecil, who was bom near Troy, Ohio, was a son of Calvin Cecil and his wife, Nancy (Gearheart) Cecil. Mrs. Cecil was bom in Wayne county, and both died in Delaware county. Mrs. Clark was born and reared in Perry township, and by her marriage she has become the mother of two daughters, Myrtie May and Maude Cecil. The younger daughter is the wife of Ralph Cecil. Mr. Clark gives his political support to the Republican party and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

William H. Phillips. Prominent among the leading and successful farmers and business men of Liberty township is William H. Phillips, who is the owner of a fine estate of one hundred and fifty acres in section 5. He is also a stockholder in the Muncie Trust Company and in the Delaware County National Bank, and in the last named institution he is serving as a director. Mr. Phillips was bom in Liberty township April 23, 1840, a son of Henry Phillips, who for many years was numbered among the township's foremost agriculturists and business men. He was bori] in Shenandoah county, West Virginia, in 1795, and there grew to manhood. Going to Ohio, he was married in Butler county to one of the commonwealth's native daughters, Susanna Sweetman, and they became the parents of five children, three sons and two daughters, all of whom were bom in Liberty township.

Shortly before his marriage, in about 1836, Mr. Phillips came to Indiana and established his home in Liberty township, Delaware county, purchasing one hundred acres of land in the woods in section 7. He built him a little log cabin home there and succeeded in clearing ten acres of his land, when he sold the farm and purchased one hundred acres from Ely Babb. He again built him a little log cabin home, and with the passing years he succeeded in clearing his land and placing it under an excellent state of cultivation, while in time he added one hundred and eighty acres to its boundaries. From an old-line Whig he became a Republican in his political affiliations, and was a worthy and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His death occurred at the age of seventyfive years, and thus passed away one of the best known and most honored pioneers of Delaware county, one who had assisted in the transformation of its wild land to its present high state of cultivation. His memory went back to the time when there was but one house between his homestead and Muncie.

William H. Phillips obtained his educational training in the old-time log school houses of Liberty township, and during his boyhood days he assisted his father in the work of the home farm. At the age of twentyone years he became a student in the Engleside Institute of Butler county, Ohio, where he fitted himself for the teachers' profession, and from 1861 until 1870 he taught in the schools of Liberty township. Returning then to the old homestead, his father having died in the meantime, he remained there and carried on the work of the farm until his marriage and his removal to his present home. Mr. Phillips married, December 23, 1870, Mahala F. Keesling, a daughter of Martin and Cora Keesling, prominent and well known residents of Delaware county. Five children, two sons and three daughters, have been bom to Mr. and Mrs. Phillips : Edgar E., Leora M., Florence G., Harfy H. and Nellie, all born on the homestead farm. The Republican party receives Mr. Phillips' active support and cooperation, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

William H. Murray^ a valiant soldier of the Civil war and an honored citizen of Delaware county, was born in Henry county, Indiana, January ii, 1841. His father, Cornelius B. Murray, who was numbered among the honored early pioneers of Henry county, was bom in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, but when a boy he accompanied his parents on their removal to Ohio, and later came with them to Wayne county, Indiana, which continued as the family home until their removal to Henry county. In Randolph county, of this state, he was married to Lucinda Burroughs, a daughter of John and Martha Burroughs, farming people. With his father and brothers Cornelius B. Murray entered a section of land in Henry county, north of Blountsville, and the family became one of prominence in that community. Ten children, seven sons and three daughters, were bom to Mr. and Mrs. Murray, all of whom were reared in Henry county.

In 1861 four of the sons, including William H., enlisted for service in the Civil war, the latter and a brother, Albert P., entering the Nineteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Company K, while his two other brothers were members of the Thirty-sixth Infantry. He participated in the second battle of Bull Run and was wounded at the battle of South Mountain, Maryland, which incapacitated him for duty for some time, but recovering he took part in the battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia. Just after this, however, he was placed on detached duty in the quartermaster's department on account of wounds, but like a true soldier he shouldered a borrowed musket and voluntarily rejoined his regiment, participating with them in the battle of Gettysburg. For meritorious conduct he was there promoted to the rank of a second lieutenant. At the battle of the Wilderness Mr. Murray was again wounded in the right leg, permanently disabling that member. This was on the 5th of May, 1864, and he returned home on a sixty days' furlough, and at its expiration he was granted an extension of time. Again returning to the front he was present at the siege of Petersburg, Virginia, but was finally discharged for disability occasioned by a gunshot wound on the 14th of September, 1864, and.retumed to his home in Indiana. During a number of years thereafter Mr. Murray supplemented school teaching with the work of the farm until he finally opened a store in Selma in 1870. Later he was elected trustee of Liberty township, and in 1878 was elected auditor of Delaware county, while to him also belongs the honor of being the president of the county council since its organization in 1899. He gives an active support to the Republican party.

On the i6th of February, 1865, Mr. Murray was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Orr, who was bom October 13, 1844, a daughter of Hon, Tames Orr. a wealthv farmer of Delaware countv and a former state

Arthur, who is at the head of the English department in the Muncie high school; Edna K., the wife of H. R. Koerner, of Muncie; and Robert P., a lawyer of that city. All of the children were bom in Delaware county, and the youngest, Robert F., was bom on the present home farm, August i, 1884. In 1884 Mr. Murray located on his present homestead of one hundred and sixty acres in Liberty township. In 1904 oil was discovered on the farm, and he now has five good producing wells, making it one of the valuable tracts of the township. He holds pleasant relations with his old army comrades of the blue by his membership in Williams Post, No. 78, G. A. R., of Muncie.

Albert H. Gough. For many years Albert H. Cough has been prominently connected with the farming and stock-raising interests of Liberty township, and within the borders of this township his birth occurred on the 1st of March, 1848. The name of his father, William L. Gough, is enrolled high among the early and honored pioneers of Delaware county, and his history appears on other pages. The son Albert attained to mature years on the old family homestead in Liberty township, which he assisted in clearing and cultivating during his boyhood days, and his education was received in the old-time log school houses of the neighborhood. After his marriage and in company with his brother he purchased the land which now forms his present homestead, consisting of one hundred and twentytwo acres of rich and well cultivated land. He cleared a part of his land, and the many improvements thereon stand as monuments to his industry and business ability.

The marriage of Mr, Gough was celebrated in 1869, when Emily, the daughter of John and Mary Holbert, prominent early residents of Delaware county, became his wife. She was born in Smithfield, Liberty township, and two children, Octavia and Harlos W., have blessed their union. In political matters Mr. Gough casts his vote for the man whom he regards as best qualified for office, irrespective of party ties, and his fraternal relations a»e with the Red Men.

James Holliday Baughn is one of the best known business men of Liberty township and has been a lifelong resident of the community, residing now on his valuable estate in Liberty township. He was born within its borders December 20, 1846, a son of John William Baughn, a deceased farmer and one of the honored early residents of Delaware county. He was born in Virginia, but when a young man he journeyed with his parents to Ohio and was reared and educated in Fayette county, of that state. He was there married to Margaret Life, and in 1836 the family made the overland journey to Indiana and established their home in Liberty township, Delaware county, where Mr. Baughn purchased a farm of two hundred acres of wood land. He at once began the hard and laborious work of clearing and cultivating his land, but he was successful in his eflforts and in time became the owner of a valuable estate, on which he spent the remainder of his life and died at the advanced age of eighty-two years. He was a lifelong Republican and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Thirteen children were born to Mr. Baughn by his first marriage to Margaret Life, but the wife and mother died in 1849, and in 1850 Mr. Baughn married Rebecca Jones, a native of West Virginia but reared in Indiana, and their ten children were all born in Liberty township.

James H. Baughn helped to clear the old farm homestead in Liberty township during his boyhood days, and he remained there until his marriage. On the 1 8th of February, 1864, he enlisted for service in the Civil war, entering the Nineteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Company K, in which he served until the close of the conflict, and in the interim participated in many of the hard-fought battles of the war, including those of the Wilderness, Laurel Hill, Spottsylvania, North Anna River, Cold Harbor, the siege of Petersburg, the battles of Hatcher's Run and Farmersville, and was present at the surrender of Lee. His military career is one of which he has every reason to be proud, and after his muster out on the 12th of July, 1865, he resumed his agricultural labors on the old homestead. In 1869 he came to his present estate of sixty-two acres in Liberty township, which he cleared and placed under cultivation, and in 1904 oil was discovered here. He now has eight producing wells on the farm, making it a very valuable tract.

On the 7th of March, 1869, Mr. Baughn was united in marriage to Martha E. Davis, whose birth occurred in Ross county, Ohio, but she attained to mature years in Indiana. She is the daughter of John J. and Sarah Davis, prominent early residents of Liberty township and nowresiding near Selma. Three children, one son and two daughters, have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Baughn, but two died in infancy and John H. is the only surviving child. Mr. Baughn casts his ballot with the Republican party, and is a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Elijah C. Goff. The prominent business men and agriculturists of Liberty township include among their number Elijah C. Goff, who is the owner of a valuable estate of eighty acres, on which is located the third gas well discovered in the county. He is a native son of Virginia, bom near Grafton September 30, 1822, a son of John Shelbum and Anna Goff, both of whom were also natives of the Old Dominion state. In their family were twelve children, eight sons and four daughters, but all are now deceased with the exception of Elijah, who was the youngest in order of birth. When he was but eight years of age the family made the overland journey to Missouri, which continued as their home until 1833, when the father came to Delaware county, Indiana, and established his abode in Liberty township, the family joining him six months later. They entered a farm of forty acres of wild and unimproved land and later purchased one hundred and twenty acres, the father continuing the laborious work of clearing and cultivating his land until his life's labors were ended in death, dying at the advanced age of eighty-four years. He affiliated with the Democratic party, and was a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Elijah C. Goff obtained his educational training in the district schools of Liberty township, and at the time of his father's death he came into possession of eighty acres of the old homestead, of which he cleared about fifty acres. He has a valuable and well cultivated estate, and is numbered among the leading farmers and stock raisers of Liberty township.

In Liberty township Mr. Goff was united in marriage to Evelyn A. Sparr, who was born March 13, 1809, and was reared in Virginia, the daughter of John and Mary Sparr, long numbered among the prominent residents of Liberty township. Mr. Goff's fraternal relations connect him with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he has been a member since 1864. He also has membership relations with the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. Goff died September 18, 1906.

Madison M. Moody. Many years have been added to the cycle of time since the Moody family was founded in Delaware county, and no better citizens than they have been numbered among the residents of this portion of Indiana. They came from the Old Dominion state of Virginia, the birthplace of Madison M. Moody, whose natal day was the ist of November, 1828, and he was born in Giles county. His father, John Moody, long numbered among the prominent agriculturists of Liberty township, was born in Bedford county, Virginia, in 1779. He was there married to Elizabeth Guthrie, of Scotch descent and a native also of Virginia, bom in 1787, and they became the parents of thirteen children, all of whom are now deceased with the exception of Madison M., the twelfth child in order of birth. The father had been previously married, and by that union had one soa In 1836 Mr. Moody, Sr., made the overland journey to Delaware couuty, Indiana, where he entered about five hundred acres of land in the woods of Liberty township, the present home of his son Madison. He erected a little log cabin and began at once the arduous task of clearing his land, and with the passing years he succeeded in clearing about seventy-five acres. He was an excellent business man and a true and worthy citizen, and Delaware county numbered him among her honored early pioneers.

In 1837 Madison M. Moody came with the remainder of the family to Delaware county, Indiana, and resided on the old homestead until 1852, when he joined a company bound for the Golden state of California, making the journey on horseback. He remained on the Pacific slope until i860, thence making the return journey and residing on tlie old homestead until 1867, when he assumed the superintendency of the county farm and continued in that position for three years and a half. He then resided in Muncie, but later resumed his old position of superintendent of the county farm, and for nine years longer he continued to discharge its duties.

returning at the close of that period to the old Moody homestead. Here he has ever since lived and labored, operating two hundred and fifteen acres of rich and fertile land, of which he has cleared about sixty acres. This is one of the most valuable homesteads in Liberty township, located on section 32, and in addition to its cultivation and improvement Mr. Moody has also been interested in many of the projects that have advanced the welfare of his township and county.

He married, in 1865, Sarah Baird, who was bom and reared on a farm in Jay county, Indiana, and two sons, Milton G. and Robert A., have been born to them. Mr. Moody upholds the principles of the Republican party, and during one term he represented his party in the office of assessor of Delaware county. He is the oldest member of Selma Lodge, I. O. O. F., and is a valued member and a trustee in the Methodist Episcopal church.

JosiAH P. Bartlett. Among the first families to establish their home within the wilds of Delaware county were the Bartletts, and to John Bartlett, the great-grandfather of Josiah, belongs the honor of being the progenitor. With his wife Sarah and their four sons they made the overland journey from their native state of Virginia to Indiana and inscribed their names high on the roll of the honored early pioneers of Delaware county. En route they stopped for a short time at Marion, Indiana, and arriving in Delaware township John Bartlett bought sixty acres of his son William, which he had entered, on which he erected a little log cabin home and began life in true pioneer style. He ended his days on the old home farm which he had cleared and cultivated, and his name should ever be honored and revered for the part he took in paving the way for future development in Delaware county. His political affiliations were with the Democratic party.

Among the four sons who accompanied John and Sarah Bartlett on the overland journey from Virginia to Indiana was numbered Elijah Bartlett, who was born in the Old Dominion state and reared to mature years on the old homestead farm in Delaware county, Indiana, receiving his educational training in its old-time log school houses. In Delaware township he was married to Mary Mann, a member of one of the prominent pioneer families of the county, and they became the parents of eleven children, of whom two are now deceased. Elijah Bartlett cleared and developed a farm in Delaware township, and he, too, gave his political support to the Democratic party. He held membership relations with the Grange and with the Methodist Episcopal church.

eight acres in Liberty township, which he cleared and improved. He won for himself an enviable reputation as a promoter of good roads, having built two miles of pike road and also built a ditch one and a half miles long. On the 6th of February, 1868, Mr. Bartlett married Susan C. Whitehair, who was bom in Virginia March 22y 1849, a daughter of Josiah and Lucretia Whitehair, also of Delaware county pioneer fame. Mrs. Bartlett was reared in Liberty township, and by her marriage became the mother of five children, two sons and three daughters: Josiah P., Sarah Anderson, Mary L. Zehner, Nettie L., and one who died in infancy. Mr. Bartlett was an active worker in local politics, voting with the Democracy, and he was a member of the Grange and of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Josiah P. Bartlett was bom in Delaware township December 5, 1868, and was twenty-one years of age when he left home and entered the railway service as a telegraph operator, which he had learned at Selma. He continued in that capacity for about seven years, and in 1899 became identified with the Buckeye Pipe Line Company as an operator, from which he was transferred to the position of an engineer. He later severed his relations with that corporation to enter the services of the Indiana Pipe Line Company, and is now serving as their ganger in Selma.

Mr. Bartlett married, April 19, 1893, in Albany, Indiana, Lizzie G. Barger, who was bom in Randolph county, this state, a daughter of Napoleon B. Barger, a deceased farmer. She was but six years of age when she came with her parents to Delaware township, and in its public schools she received her educational training. Her grandparents were numbered among the prominent and early settlers of Randolph county. Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett built their pleasant and attractive home in Selma in 1905, and there they extend a gracious and warm-hearted hospitality to their many friends and acquaintances. Mr. Bartlett upholds the principles of the Democracy where national issues are involved, and is a member of the Knights of Pythias fraternity and of the Methodist Episcopal church.

William Bailey, the squire of Selma and a native son of Henry county, Indiana, born April 16, 1847, has long been identified with the business interests of this city. His father was a carpenter and cooper in Henry county, but was bom in Ohio, from whence he journeyed when a young man with his father, Elias Bailey, to Indiana, and established their home in Granville, Delaware county. The senior Mr. Bailey was also a cooper by trade, and he continued the occupation until his life's labors were ended in death. After remaining in Delaware county a short time the son removed to Henry county, and was there married to Sarah Ann Davis, who was also an Ohioan. She was left an orphan in early life and went with her adopted parents to Henry county, where she was reared to mature years, and there her two children, William and James, were born. She was called to the home beyond when but twenty-two years of age, and afterward, in Muncie, Mr. Bailey married Emma Sutton, a native daughter of

Mr. Bailey continued his work as a cooper and carpenter until 1865, when he opened a sawmill in Blountsville and continued its operation for three years. During the following five years he was the proprietor of a mill in Perry township, and from there he removed to Desoto and continued his milling interests until his life's labors were ended in death. He was first a Democrat but later supported the principles of the Republican party and cast his vote for its first presidential nominee, Fremont. His fraternal relations connected him with the Odd Fellows order, and he was a member of the New Light Christian church. His death occurred at the age of seventy-two years.

William Bailey was working in his father's cooper shop in Parker, Randolph county, when the Civil war was inaugurated, and in 1863 he offered his services to his country, enlisting in the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Company B, with which he served until the close of the conflict. During that time he participated in many of the hard-fought battles of the war, including the Atlanta campaign where he was under fire from the 7th of May until the 7th of September, was in Hood's invasion, and was in the engagements at Nashville, Columbia, Franklin, Tennessee ; Wise's Fork, North Carolina ; on the Neuce river, and many smaller skirmishes. He was wounded at Columbia, Tennessee, by the concussion of a shell and was rendered unconscious for about five hours and was nearly buried alive while in that condition. He suffered throughout the entire period of his enlistment the hardships and privations of a true soldier. During his absence in the army his father had moved to Blountsville, and after his return Mr. Bailey joined him there and for six years as partners conducted a sawmill. In 1871 he severed the partnership and moved with his family to Delaware county, where for nine years he was the proprietor of a sawmill in Perry township, and during the following four years was engaged in the same occupation in Selma. In 1884 he opened a grocery store in this city, which he conducted in connection with his sawmill for three years, but at the close of that period, in 1887, he closed his milling interests and devoted his entire attention to his grocery store until 1894. In the meantime, in 1890, Mr. Bailey had opened a hotel in Selma, and he continued as its proprietor until 1897, when he severed his relations with that occupation to enter upon his four years' term as the postmaster of Selma.

On the 8th of August, 1869, Mr. Bailey was united in marriage to Margaret Bowman, who was born in Delaware county, but reared in Henry county, the daughter of John S. and Elizabeth Bowman, who followed agricultural pursuits in both counties. The father came to Indiana from the

Etta (deceased), Lucy and Elsie. Since age conferred upon him the right of franchise Mr. Bailey has supported the principles of the Republican party, and as its representative he has been honored with many of the leading offices of the township. During seven years he served as the justice of the peace of Perry township, for a number of years held the same office in Selma, was for six years the deputy prosecutor, and was a deputy treasurer both in Perry and Liberty townships. He has been an active worker in politics. He has been a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows since 1868, having filled all the offices in the subordinate lodge and encampment and represented both branches of the order at the Grand Lodge several times. He is also a member of Williams Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Muncie, Indiana, and of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Francis Hitchcock, prominently identified with the farming and stock-raising interests of Liberty township, is a well known citizen of the community and a representative of one of the pioneer families of the county. His birth occurred on the isth of July, 1826, in Harrison county, West Virginia. His father, Lucius S. Hitchcock, was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, but when about twenty-two years of age he left the place of his nativity and journeyed to West Virginia, where he was married to Sarah Markwell, a native daughter of that commonwealth, and they became the parents of ten children, eight sons and two daughters, of whom Francis was the fourth child and fourth son in order of birth. Mr. Hitchcock, the father, had learned and followed the tanners' trade in West Virginia until his removal to Ohio, where he followed farming in Clinton county. In the early yeai: of 1848 he came to Indiana with a part of his family and located in Delaware township, Delaware county, here purchasing a farm of eighty acres. Erecting a little log cabin home, he succeeded with the passing years in clearing his land from its heavy growth of timber and placing his fields under an excellent state of cultivation. He gave a lifelong support to the principles of the Republican party, and the death of this well known Delaware county pioneer occurred when he had reached the advanced age of ninety-four years.

Francis Hitchcock was taken by his parents to Ohio during the early years of his life, there receiving his educational training, and in 1852 he joined the family in Delaware county, Indiana. Purchasing him a farm of eighty acres in Liberty township, he succeeded in clearing a part of the place and resided there for six years, when he traded with Henry Hamilton for his present homestead. The farm contains one hundred and fifteen acres of rich and fertile land, nearly all of which he has cleared and placed under cultivation, and in addition he has bought and sold other lands in the county. He has many business interests, but he is devoting himself principally to farming and stock raising on his valuable homestead in section 4.

in Delaware county, her father, Samuel G. Campbell, having been numbered among the earliest of its pioneers. This union has been blessed by the birth of one daughter, Mary C, the wife of Samuel S. Williams, a farmer of Liberty township. Mr. Hitchcock is an impartial voter, supporting the men rather than party principles. He is a member of the United Presbyterian church.

Samuel Graham Campbell was a pioneer settler of Delaware county, having migrated from Virginia to this part of Indiana in 183 1. A Yankee schoolmaster turned farmer, sagacious and forceful, he did yeoman's service in the work of reclaiming the wilderness and upbuilding the state. He died at his home in Selma on March 4, 1873, in his seventy-sixth year. He was born in Londonderry, New Hampshire, October 30, 1797, a son of Isaac and Hannah (Moore) Campbell, being one of a large family of children. He was of the so-called Scotch-Irish race, sprung from Scotch ancestor.s, whose home for a generation or two before coming to America in the eighteenth century was in the north of Ireland.

Whether Isaac Campbell was an immigrant or the son of an immigrant is not known to the present writer. As shown by records on file in Washington, D. C, he was a soldier in the War of 1812, enlisting in Capt. William Gates' company, United States Artillery, April 15, 1812, for a period of five years. His wife, Hannah, had died about four years previous to that date. She was a daughter of Robert and Sarah (Campbell) Moore, her father being a son of Hugh Moore and his wife Jannet Morrison. Her mother was a daughter of Samuel Campbell, who came from Ireland in boyhood with his parents, Henry and Martha (Black) Campbell, in 1733, and settled in Windham, New Hampshire, then a part of Londonderry. This Samuel Campbell married Mary Jameson, and was a man of prominence in Windham, being one of its first teachers, and an elder of the church ; he is also on record as town clerk, selectman, member of important committees, and as a soldier of the Revolution, although at an age when he would seem to have been legally exempt from military duty. His daughter Sarah, long surviving her first husband, Robert Moore, whose sudden death was caused by accident in a wrestling bout, became in 1777 the wife of John McConihe, a thriving farmer of Merrimac, New Hampshire. Isaac McConihe, one of the two sons bom of this union, half brother of Hannah Moore, wife of Isaac Campbell, was a Dartmouth College graduate, eminent as a lawyer and judge, residing in Troy, New York, where many of his descendants remain, while other representatives of the family are living in Princeton, Illinois.

cessive terms of school in Botetourt, Montgomery and Giles counties, Virginia. In the latter county, at the age of thirty-two, December i, 1829, he married Elizabeth Going, and in 183 1 with his wife and first-born child came to Indiana, making the journey in a two-horse wagon and bringing all their movables. Arriving in Delaware county, Mr. Campbell rented a log cabin and a patch of cleared land for a temporary home. The next year he bought in section 16, Liberty township, a tract of school land covered with a heavy growth of timber, chiefly oak, hickory and walnut. Here he built a log house, which was occupied by the family a number of years, and was the birthplace of eight children, all but the eldest child. The good wife, being a true helpmate in frontier farming, as ready to milk the cows as to make the butter, toil and shrift indoors and out, bore their usual fruit. In process of time the greater part of the land was cleared, a frame barn was built, and the log house replaced by a larger one of brick. At the time of Mr. Campbell's death, March 4, 1873, he was the owner of two hundred and ten acres of land, most of which was well improved.

A Whig in his early manhood, Mr. Campbell was a Republican from the formation of that party. He served several years as justice of the peace and as a member of the school board, and was recognized as a leader in the community in which he lived.

Mr. Campbell's wife, Elizabeth Going, died February 21, 1882. She was bom in Giles county, Virginia, March 29, 1804, a daughter of David and Susanna (Williams) Going, both, so far as known, natives of Virginia. Several of her brothers and sisters settled in Indiana, and here after her father's death her mother's last years were passed.

Of the nine children bom to Samuel G. and Elizabeth Campbell, seven lived to adult age, namely: George, bom September 22, 1830; Eliza, March 22, 1834; Martha Jane, May 11, 1835; William Harrison, June 9, 1838; James Madison, March 16, 1840; Mary, June 2, 1842; and Samuel G., April 30, 1844. Sarah, bom November 12, 1832, died May 14, 1844, and Elizabeth, bom June 27 y 1846, died at the age of three years. These children were educated mostly in the public schools of Selma or Muncie, or both.' Mary, who was a lifelong invalid and tenderly cherished, was fond of books and writing, and continued her studies at home, often busying herself with her pen. She died October 29, 1874.

George Campbell, the eldest son, like his father, began active life as a teacher, his example in this line being followed by his younger brothers. During the* Civil war he served three years as a member of Company D, Eighty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, being honorably discharged at the close of his term of enlistment, early in 1865. From that time until his death he made his home in Harrison township, being engaged in carpentering and farming. He married Sarah Amanda Snydow, a native of Virginia, and had seven children, namely: Edward E., Charles S., Marietta, George W., Samuel S., Eliza and Annie E.

and the rest of the year engaged in farming from the time he was twentyone until his enlistment, July 19, 1861, in Company K, Nineteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, which was assigned to the Army of the Potomac. He was mustered into service as orderly sergeant, was promoted to rank of second lieutenant, afterwards being commissioned first lieutenant of his company. With his comrades he took part in the battles of second Bull Run, Gainesville, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg and Gettysburg, where he was wounded in his right hand. On October 2Ty 1863, on account of physical disability he was honorably discharged and came home to recuperate. After his recovery he visited New England, spending some months among his kinsfolk. After that he worked at farming on the parental acres in Selma until February, 1865, when he went to Newton, Iowa, where for a few months he was clerk in a dry goods store. The following three years he was engaged in the dry goods business at Anderson, Indiana, and since that time, with the exception of a part of two years spent in South Dakota, he has occupied the old homestead and carried on the farm. He married in March, 1876, Nancy Clyne, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Wilcox) Clyne, of Perry township, and they have three children - Thomas Clyne, Harriet and Mary. He has always been a Republican in politics and cast his first presidential vote for Lincoln. Fraternally he is a member of S. J. Williams Post, G. A. R.

James Madison Campbell in his youth and early manhood alternated teaching with farming and carpentering. Younger than William Harrison, he enlisted at the same time and in the same company and fought in the battles above enumerated, also at Mine Run and in several engagements in front of Richmond, his only wound being received from a speeding bullet which knocked off a thumbnail. During a part of his term of service he was on detached duty in the engineer corps. After his honorable discharge at the end of his term of enlistment he resimied farming in Liberty township, and the following year, accompanied by his father, visited relatives in New E^igland. Going to South Dakota in 1880, he was one of the first settlers of Aurora county. Plankinton, where he secured a tract of Government land, became the county seat, and when the county was organized he was appointed county treasurer, the office being confirmed to him at the first election. In 1884 he returned to Liberty township, his former home. Here he died April 23, 1891, survived by his wife, whose maiden name was Mary Walling, and four children - Annie W., Grace, Ethelyn and Albert Porter. His widow, who was born in Muncie, Indiana, a daughter of William and Mary (Hamilton) Walling, died August 17, 1891.

Samuel G. Campbell grew to manhood on the home farm and for several years followed farming in Delaware county. He then removed to Blackford county, where he bought a farm and carried it on for a number of years. He now resides in Muncie. His wife, Louisa Keefer, daughter of George Keefer, was born in Randolph county. Five children have been born to them, namely: George, Merle, Frank, Clyde and Chester.