Delaware County, Indiana - The whole text, 1908 (part 3 of 15)

After completing his education in the common schools near his boyhood home J. H. Leffler became a student in the Danville normal, where he diligently pursued his studies until he was able to enter the school room as a teacher, following that profession during the winter months and farming in the summers for several years. Removing thence to Albany, he was for eight years engaged in the hardware business, after which he turned his attention to the manufacture of furniture, but a disastrous fire made it necessary for him to close out his business and he came to Muncie, landing in this city without money, friends or position. Beginning again at the very bottom round of the ladder of life, he has mounted step by step until he today ranks among the leading business men of Delaware county, the outcome of the honest reward of labor. His first occupation in this city was in the life insurance business, after which for six years he was deputy county clerk, was next with the Union Traction Company as a real estate and claim adjuster, and in 1904 entered the real estate, loan and fire insurance business as a member of the firm of Miltenberger & Leffler. They transact a kre^e and orofitable business and are important factors in the business lif^ of Delaware county. Although an active worker in the ranks of the Republican party Mr. Leffler has never sought office, but in 1906 he was elected to the position of clerk of the court, over which his brother is judge. His business career has been crowned with a well merited success, for he has made good use of his opportunities, conducting all business matters carefully and systematically, and in all his acts displaying an aptitude for successful management.

On the 23d of June, 1888, Mr. Leffler was married to Nettie A., a daughter of David W. Sloniker, of Delaware county, and they have one child, Lucille, born on tlie 26th of November, 1896. In his fraternal relations Mr. Leffler is a member of Delaware Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; Welcome Lodge No. 37, K. of P., and of the Red Men. He is a past officer in both the Knights of Pythias and the Red Men lodge. He has membership relations with the Sons of Veterans, his father's services in the Forty-second Indiana during the Civil war entitling him to enter its ranks, and he has served as senior vice commander of the Indiana division of the order.

Jeremiah Garrard. For a number of years past Jeremiah Garrard has been prominently identified with the business interests of Muncie, and in this time has become recognized as one of its most valued and useful citizens. His birth occurred in Warren county, Ohio, January 29, 1845, his parents being Harvey and Hannah (Gustin) Garrard, both also natives of that commonwealth. The father, whose birth occurred March 22, 181 2, became a citizen of Delaware county, Indiana, on the ist of April, 1857, establishing his home eight miles north of Muncie. He became prominently identified with the agricultural interests of the county and continued to reside within its borders until his busy and useful Hfe was ended.

Jeremiah Garrard, the youngest son of his parents* eight children, was but a lad at the time of the inauguration of the Civil war, but with the other brave youths of his country he nobly offered his services to his country's cause in January, 1864, becoming a member of Company C, First Indiana Heavy Artillery, with which he served for two years, and on the expiration of that period was mustered out as corporal, having also served as the color bearer of his regiment. His military career was one of arduous service, participating in the battles of Mobile and Spanish Fort, and after the close of the conflict he returned to Delaware county and continued his studies, which had been interrupted by the war. After completing his education in the public schools Mr. Garrard spent two years in farming, and in 1872 embarked in the mercantile business in Royerton, Indiana, where he continued until his return to Muncie in 1880. Since 1890 he has been engaged in the real estate, loan and investment business. He has so directed his eflforts that his business interests have grown apace with the progress which dominates the central west, and his extensive business interests in Delaware county make him well known to its citizens.

Green, she being a sister of Dr. Green, so well known in Delaware county. In the social circles of the city Mr. Garrard is equally prominent and has membership relations with Welcome Lodge, Knights of Pythias; Energy Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Muncie Lodge No. 433, Free and Accepted Masons; Muncie Tribe of Red Men; and Williams Post, G. A. R. He is also a worthy member of the Christian church.

E. W. Bishop is the leading insurance dealer of Delaware county. He possesses that keen discrimination and sagacity in business affairs which, when combined with energy and industry, always lead to success, and to him they have brought a handsome competence and have placed him among the leading business men of Muncie. He is a native son of Ohio, his birth having occurred in Worthington on the first of March, 1847, his parents being William and Charlotte (Wolcott) Bishop, the former a native of Poughkeepsie, New York, born in 1802, and the latter in Ohio. In 1818 the father left the Empire state for Ohio, where for a time he was engaged in agricultural pursuits, and then turned his attention to the harness and saddlery business, his life's labors being ended in death in 1871.

When but fifteen years of age E. W. Bishop offered his services to his country in her hour of need, joining in 1862 the One Hundred and Thirteenth Ohio Regiment, Company C, and his military career covered a period of three years, for he was honorably discharged in 1865 on account of disability. Although but a lad he was a brave and loyal soldier, and he now maintains pleasant relations with his old army comrades of the blue by his merbership in Williams Post, of which he is a past commander. After returning from the army Mr. Bishop attended school for one year, an.d then engaged in mercantile business for two years. It was in 1866 that he came to Muncie, and during the first six months here was engaged in railroad service^ after which he went to Winchester and served as the company's agent there for eleven years. Returning to Muncie in 1881, he was in the employ of the Big Four and the Lake Erie & Western railroads as agent until 1890^ when he turned his attention to the insurance business, representing many of the well known and reliable companies, and success has attended his well directed efforts. He is energetic, enterprising and reliable, and has the confidence as well as a liberal share of the patronage of the public.

In 1869 Mr. Bishop was united in marriage to Elsa Dana, of Fostoria, Ohio, where her father, Dr. Dana, was a well known physician for many years. Three children have been bom to them, Erville D., deceased ; Marcus S., who is associated with his father in the insurance business; and Charlotte, the wife of D. M. Edgerley, of Omaha, Nebraska. Mr. Bishop is connected with the Masonic order, being a member of its chapter and commandery, in which he has filled all the chairs in both orders, and exemplifies in his daily life the beneficent spirit of the craft. He is also a worthy member of the Presbyterian church, and is a Republican in his political affiliations. Nearly

Charlies L>. Kirk. Of the pioneer families which have materially ccmtributed to the prosperity and advancement of Delaware county and particularly to Muncie, the one represented by Charles B. Kirk occupies an important place. They have been influential in the development of its business interests and the name is known far and near in connection with the city's industrial activities. The family on both the paternal and maternal sides is traced to the mother country of England, from whence the maternal grandfather, Benjamin Merriwether, came to the United States and established his home in Ohio, where he followed his trade of harness making. His wife died during the voyage to this country. William N. Kirk, the father of Charles, was born in York, England, but during his boyhood days came with his father, Charles Kirk, to the United States, they making their way to Muncie in an early day, where the elder Mr. Kirk was employed as a harness maker. He taught this trade to his son William, but in 1865 the latter transferred his interests to the grocery business. About 1887 he merged his stock into a department store and two years later he moved to 221 East Main street.

Charles B. Kirk, whose name introduces this review, was bom in Muncie on the 24th of November, 1865, and after completing his education in the city's public schools he learned the printing business. In 1887 he left the printing office and joined his father in business, for his trade had grown to large proportions, and after the latter's death another son. Will E. Kirk also became associated therewith, and the two brothers organized the business under the firm name of Kirk Brothers. On July 24, 1898, Will E. Kirk died, and the business was then assumed by Charles B. Kirk. With the passing years his interests have grown and expanded to such an extent that he is now the proprietor of one of the largest stores in the city, where he carries a magnificent stock of sporting goods, small hardware, cutlery, etc., also a complete line of athletic goods, and his is one of the oldest as well as the most attractive store in Delaware county.

Mr. Kirk was married in 1900, when Julia E., a daugher of one of the - early pioneers of Muncie and Delaware county, Ed Wilson, became his wife, and their three sons are Ernest E., Robert W. and Edward C. Mr. Kirk's fraternal relations are with the Masonic order, Delaware Lodge, the order of Elks and the Knights of Pythias. His many admirable qualities of heart and mind have gained him a large circle of friends, and he is widely and favorably known in Delaware county.

O. W. Owens. Among those who have attained distinctive prestige in the practice of medicine in the city of Muncie and whose success has come as the result of thorough technical information and skill stands Dr. Owens, who is a man of scholarly attainments. His birth occurred in Venedocia,

Van Wert county, Ohio, January 22, 1869. so he is numbered among the younger representatives of the medical profession. His father, David J. Owens, was a native of Anglesey, Wales, but when only six years of age was brought by his parents to the United States, the family home being established on a farm in Ohio, where David J. Owens is still engaged in agricultural pursuits. He married Mary Jenkins, a native of Ohio, and both Mr. and Mrs. Owens are of Welsh descent.

Their son, O. W. Owens, received his elementary education in the public schools near his boyhood home, while later he attended a normal school in Ohio, and for five years was a valued member of the teachers' profession. Deciding to make the practice of medicine his life work he entered the Chicago Homeopathic Medical College, where he completed the course and graduated in 1897. During the three years following his graduation he successfully practiced his profession in his native city of Venedocia, and on the expiration of that period, in 1900, came to Muncie and opened an office, where he is now the leading representative of the Hahnemann or homeopathic school of medicine, whose methods and principles are becoming more highly appreciated and approved year after year. He has made deep and careful research into the science to which he is devoting his life, and has gained an enviable prestige as one of the able and successful practitioners of medicine in Delaware county.

In 1902 Dr. Owens was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Davies, a daughter of Evan Davies, of Van Wert county, Ohio, and they have two little sons, David Wendell, born on the loth of August, 1903, and Walter Evan, bom March 20, 1907. By his membership in the Homeopathic Medical Society Dr. Owens keeps abreast of the many discoveries which are constantly being made in the medical science, and also has membership relations with the Masonic order, the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Red Men, while his religious affiliations are with the Presbvterian church.

Frank Feely, one of the leading members of the legal fraternity in Delaware county, was bom in Fayette county, Indiana, September 22, 1862, a son of Thomas and Mary (O'Brien) Feely, both of whom were bom in the Emerald Isle. They came to the United States in their childhood days and for a number of years Mr. Feely followed agricultural pursuits in Fayette county, Indiana. In 1871 they came to Delaware county, later removing to Henry county, this state, but shortly afterward came again to this county, where Mr. Feely now resides.

Frank Feely accompanied his parents on their various removals and received his education in the schools of Fayette, Delaware and Henry counties, and after the completion of his education followed farming and agricultural pursuits. While at school he read law, and was admitted to the Delaware county bar in 1895. Immediately opening an office in Muncie, he has ever since enjoyed a substantial and growing practice, continuing alone in his profession until two years ago, when he formed a partnership with H. S. Redkey. They form one of the leading law firms of the city and their extensive practice connects them with much of the important litigation heard in the courts of Delaware county. Mr. Feely is prominent in the ranks of the Democratic party, having been its nominee for the position of prosecuting attorney and has served as chairman of its county committee. His fraternal relations are with Delaware Lodge, A. F. & A. M. ; Independent Order of Red Men, the Modem Woodmen of America and the Knights of Pythias.

G. W. BucKUN, M. D. For many years Dr. Bucklin has been actively engaged in the practice of medicine in Muncie. Being of broad and liberal mind and having enjoyed the advantages of a superior education, he has always stood forth as the champion of progress, and his influence has been exerted at all times on the side of right and truth. His birth occurred in Princeton, Indiana, May 14, 1850, a son of Horace M. and Elmira (Maxam) Bucklin, the former a native of Rhode Island and the latter of New York, and both members of prominent old eastern families. The father's death occurred in 1895, when he had reached tlie age of eighty-four years, but the mother survived until 1906, passing away at the age of eighty-nine years. Of their children two sons and two daughters are living. On both the paternal and maternal sides the family were early pioneers of Indiana, the father having removed hither in 1832 and located in Princeton, while the mother came with her parents when only a babe of two years. Her father was Sylvester Maxam.

Dr. G. W. Bucklin, after completing his education in the Princeton high school, taught school for four years, and in 1876, entered upon the study of the profession which he had determined to make his life work, his preceptor being Dr. Munford, of Princeton. In 1879 ^^ graduated from the Bellevue Medical College of New York, and immediately entered upon the practice of Medicine in New Harmony, Indiana, there remaining until 1892. In the meantime, in 1890, he pursued a course of study in the Polyclinic of New York, and in 1906 entered upon a course in the Chicago Polyclinic. The Doctor yet maintains many pleasant reminiscences of his early practice in Posey county, when he daily rode forty-five miles on horseback, and at that time the county was practically without roads. His practice extended across the river into Illinois, and he was often obliged to cross the Wabash at very late hours in a skiff, and at times when the river had been greatly swollen. Who can fully comprehend what it means, and how many of the present generation realize what it meant to be a pioneer physician, riding here and there, far and near, in all kinds of weather, without regard to self, his sole thought being of others. In 1892 Dr. Bucklin came to Muncie, where he has since been a permanent and ever ready family physician. He holds membership relations with the County, State and American Medical Associations, is an ex-president of the County Medical Society and for three years has been a county delegate to the State Medical Society.

The marriage of Dr. Bucklin was celebrated in 1879, when Emma Wright, a native daughter of Warwick county, Indiana, became his wife. The doctor is a worthy member of the Masonic order, connected with Delaware Lodge and the Royal Arch Chapter No. 30, and is also a member of Muncie Commandery No. 18, K. T. He is a valued member of the Methodist church, with which he has been associated in the capacity of trustee for twelve years. The record of a noble life is a man's best monument, and no words of eulogy can add luster to the name of Dr. G. W. Bucklin.

David T. Haines, Jr. No citizen of Muncie enjoys the confidence and high esteem of his associates and neighbors in a greater degree than does D. T. Haines, who is a native son of the county, born on the 12th of February, 1865. His paternal great-grandfather, John Haines, took up his abode in Ohio about 1770, locating first at Waynes ville, but soon afterward mdved to Greene county. His son, Stacy Haines, the grandfather of David, was born in Frederick county, Virginia, in 1795, and married Judith Terrell, by whom he had twelve children, the eldest being David T., Sr. The family were birthright members of the Society of Friends.

David T. Haines, Sr., was born in Ohio on the ist of October, 1818, and there learned the trade of a miller. It was in the early year of 1848 that he came to Muncie, where he was engaged in a wholesale and retail grocery business until 1853. ^^ ^^s a public-spirited and enterprising citizen and he did much toward developing central Indiana and Delaware county. To him belongs the honor of securing the Fort Wayne & Southern railroad through this locality, and he served as secretary of the company from 1853 until 1855, when it failed, and he later helped organize the company that built the Fort Wayne, Chicago & Louisville railroad, serving first as its secretary and treasurer and later as its vice president. He also helped to organize and build what is now the Fort Wayne & Cincinnati railroad, becoming the secretary and director of the company. Mr. Haines also embarked largely in the grain business during the early '60s, also speculated considerably in real estate in Kansas, and in 1875 became identified with the Muncie Machine Works, of which he became the general manager. To him came the attainment of a distinguished position in connection with the great material industries of this section of the state, and his was truly a successful life,, but the busy and useful career was ended in deatlrin 1899, when he had reached the eighty-first milestone on the journey of life. In his early manhood he had married Deborah Sever, of Warren county, Ohio, who died in 1852, and he afterward wedded Elizabeth Dragoo, of West Virginia.

David T. Haines, Jr., received his educational training in the Muncie schools, and after some experience in the mercantile business he went to Kansas City, Missouri, in 1885, and was thus engaged for nine years. In 1893 he returned to his native city of Muncie, where he has since achieved -nccess in the commission business. In 1896 he was united in marriage to

Oliver Carmichael. One of the prominent old families of Delaware county is that of the Carmichaels, where they have been represented ever since the opening decades of its history. They have ever borne their part in the upbuilding and development of this region, and have invariably been exponents of progress and liberal ideas upon all subjects. One of its prominent representatives is Oliver Carmichael, whose name is also deeply engraved on the pages of its histor\% for through many years he has been a most important factor in its varied interests. His birth occurred in Monroe township, Delaware county, January 20, 1841, his parents being Patrick and Louisa (Gibson) Carmichael, the former a native of Kentucky and the latter of Tennessee. Andrew Carmichael, the grandfather, was a native of Ireland, and after coming to the United States settled in Baltimore, Maryland, from whence he removed to the Carolinas and subsequently to Kentucky, where occurred the birth of his son Patrick. In the early year of 1827 Patrick Carmichael came to Delaware county, Indiana, being preceded two years by the Gibson family, and both settled in Monroe township. He became one of its most prominent residents and was the recipient of many public honors, having served as school trustee, also as township trustee and for years was a justice of the peace.

When a lad of twenty years Oliver Carmichael offered his service to his country's cause during the Civil war, enlisting in July, 1861, in Company E, Nineteenth Indiana Volunteers, in which he served for three years. The Nineteenth was one of the regiments of the famous Iron Brigade, and as a member of the Army of the Potomac he took part in many of the noted engagements of the war, including those of Gainsville, second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. In the last engagement he received a gunshot wound and was mustered out of service on the 29th of July, 1864.

With a military career which will ever redound to his credit as a loyal and devoted son of the republic Mr. Carmichael returned to his father's farm, where he remained until 1875, moving thence to Muncie, and during the following fifteen years was an invalid owing to the result of his wound and the severities of his military life. In 1900 he was elected to represent his county in the state legislature, and so well did he discharge the duties which devolved upon him in that important office that he received a re-election, and is now serving his fourth term. Among other bills he was the author and had passed the county hospital bill, and has at all times been true to his duty and the right. In April, 1907, he was appointed a member of the board of public works for the ensuing term, expiring January i, 1910.

In October, 1864 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Carmichael and Martha I^sh, she being a native of Delaware county and a daughter of John Losh, of Pennsylvania. Their children are: Otto, a resident of Muncie;

Milton, who makes his home in Detroit ; Wilson, of Illinois ; Jesse, of Washington, D. C. : and Mary, now Mrs. I^ambertson and a resident of Indianapolis. Mr. Carmichael maintains his relations with his army comrades by his membership in Williams Post, G. A. R., of which he served as its commander in 1906. He is a member of the Christian church, in which he has officiated as a minister for many years. He is thoroughly earnest and sincere in all his thoughts, words and deeds, and his noble, manly life has proved an inspiration to many of his old friends and associates.

Frederick F. McClellan. In reviewing the prominent representatives of the Delaware county bar the name of Frederick F. McClellan is found among its younger members. His birth occurred near the city of Muncie on the I2th of August, 1875. His father, Frederick H. McClellan, a native of Greene county, Ohio, took up his abode within the borders of Delaware county in the early days of the 40s, settling on a farm a few miles from Muncie, where his death occurred on the 28th of July, 1875, about two weeks previous to the birth of his son Frederick. After his arrival in this county he married one of its native daughters, Mary Jewett, whose birth occurred in 1848. Her father, Jeremiah Jewett, was one of the first to cast his lot with Delaware county, arriving within its borders as^ early as 1838. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. McQellan, one son and two daughters, all of whom are yet living.

Frederick F. McClellan received his literary education in the Muncie high school and the Georgetown Universitv of Washington, D. C, and after the completion of this excellent training entered upon the study of law with Gregory, Silverburg & Lotz, and in the meantime was engaged in teaching school, serving as principal of the Jackson and Garfield schools. In 1904 he graduated from the law department of the Georgetown University, and immediately thereafter entered upon the practice of his profession in Muncie, in association with D. D. Hensel, the firm style being McClellan & Hensel. In the practice of his chosen profession Mr. McClellan is meeting with the success he so justly deserves, for he is a man of exceptional attainments and mental culture and one well calculated to assist in moulding the public thought and action of his community. He was appointed a member of the board of public works, entering upon the duties of that office in September, 1906, and in April, 1907, was appointed the city attorney of Muncie.

In his fraternal relations Mr. McClellan is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is also associated with the High Street Methodist Episcopal church, being one of its valued members, and during the past two and a half years he has served as superintendent of its Sunday-school.

George N. McLaughlin, who is well known to the citizens of Delaware county as one of its native sons, bom on the 23d of April, 1845, is now practically retired from the active cares of life. In former years he occupied a distinctive position in the educational and political circles of his corn- munity, always faithful to his conceptions of the duties of citizenship and ever striving to advance the interests of his fellow men. His parents, John and Rachel (Beeler) McLaughlin, were both born in Ohio, and the former was of Irish and German descent. The grandfather, James McLaughlin, .came to the United States from his native land of Ireland when a young man and located in the southern part of Ohio. Mr. John McLaughlin, who followed the tilling of the soil as a life occupation, came to Delaware county, Indiana, in 1834, locating in Mount Pleasant township, where he purchased one hundred and twenty acres of government land and there established a home for his family. He devoted the remainder of his life to the cultivation and improvement of his farm, and was an upright, popular and highly respected citizen. He was elected to the office of justice of the peace, and was a Methodist in his religious belief. In his family were five sons and three daughters, and all of the sons, William H., Orlando L., George N., James S. and Thomas J., served their country as soldiers during the Civil war, while one, James S., was called upon to lay down his life on its altar. He was captured while on picket duty in Georgia, and was shot to death by an enemy.

George N. McLaughlin farmed and attended school during his boyhood days, but during the Civil war he laid aside all personal considerations and enlisted for service in Company G, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, for one hundred days. At the expiration of that period he re-enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Fortieth Infantry, with which he continued until his honorable discharge on the nth of July, 1865, with the rank of corporal. He took part in many of the hard fought engagements of the war, including the battles of Murfreesboro, Town Creek, Goldsboro, Rolla and Greensborough, North Carolina, having been located at the latter place at the time of Lee's surrender. After the war he returned home and resumed his studies, while later he engaged in teaching school, continuing in that occupation for twenty-two years. With the exception of one year, all of that time was spent in Delaware county. His broad intelligence and scholarly attainments made him an able educator, and his name is inseparably interwoven with the educational interests of Delaware county. In 1888 he was elected the trustee of Center township, while in 1890 he was returned to that office by a very large majority. He takes a broad minded interest in the political situation of the country, and gives his support to the men and measures of the Republican party. In 1874 he practically laid aside the active cares of life and came to Muncie, where he is interested in real estate.

In 1870 Mr. McLaughlin was married to Miss Orintha Kilgore, whose death occurred in 1904, and he afterward wedded Minnie M. Puntenney. Mr. McLaughlin has relations with the Masonic order, being a member of its chapter, commandery and the Scottish Rite, he having attained the Thirty-second degree in Masonry. He is also a member of the order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, the Red Men, the Grand Armv of the

Republic, and is a worthy and consistent member of the Methodist church. He was an able educator, an efficient officer and is a representative and honored citizen.

Ulysses G. Poland, M. D. For eight years the official lists show that the office of coroner was filled by Dr. U. G. Poland. In addition to this unusual length of service for the county he has gained prominence in the profession as a regular practitioner of medicine, and has a successful practice in Muncie. Dr. Poland is a native son of Delaware county, born June 2, 1865, in the little community known as Sharon, in Delaware township, on the banks of the Mississinewa. Nicholas Poland, his father, was bom in Harrison county, Ohio, in 1833, was reared in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and came to Delaware county in 1854, where for many years he followed his trade - ^that of a carpenter. In 1876 he moved with his family on a farm in Hamilton township, where he lived until his death, in 1902. He led a busy, practical life, and was much esteemed by all who knew him. In early manhood he married Martha J. Dickover, a native of Indiana, who died in 1875.

During his youth the subject of this sketch worked on the farm and attended the neighborhood district schools, and later was a student for two years at the Northern Indiana Normal School at Valparaiso and one year at Delaware, Ohio. The career of Dr. Poland includes seven years* experience in the teaching profession, and it was during this time that he decided to enter the medical profession. Dr. A. P. Murray of Albany was his first preceptor in medicine, later continuing with Dr. G. R. Green of Muncie, and in 1892 he entered the Medical College of Indiana, from which he graduated in 1895. Having begun practice at once in Muncie, the subsequent twelve years have been marked by increased success as a physician. Dr. Poland is noted for the energy with which he pursues his vocation, for his enthusiastic research in professional subjects, and as a public-spirited citizen. He is a member of the Delaware County Medical Society, the Indiana State Medical Association and also of the American Medical Association. For eleven years he serv^ed as secretary and treasurer of the Delaware County Medical Society, during which time, largely through his influence, the society increased in interest and more than doubled in membership.

Outside of his profession Dr. Poland is interested in various activities and organizations. He is a member of Silver Shield Lodge No. 403, K. of P., at Muncie, and is a past chancellor of the order. In the First Presbyterian church he is an elder, and he and his wife are well known socially. He married, in 1896, Miss Grace E. McCIellan, a daughter of Frederick and Mary F. McCIellan, an old and well known family of the city and county. Prior to her marriage Mrs. Poland was a teacher in the public schools of Muncie. Her mother, who is still living, was one of the pioneer residents of the county.

M. B. Baird, a representative of one of Delaware county's most prominent families, and also one of its leading young lawyers and business men, is a native son of the Hoosier state, bom in Jay county, Indiana, Januar>' 3, 1879. The family home was founded in that county by his grandfather, John Baird, whose birth occurred in Warren county, Ohio, but in an early day he took up his abode within the borders of Jay county and became one of its most prominent citizens. His son and the father of our subject, Dr. J. V. Baird, was born in that county, and in 1881 he removed with his family to Delaware county, establishing his home at Albany, where he yet resides. He is one of the leading physicians of the county, as well as one of its foremost citizens, and the family is thus prominently represented in two of the leading professions, the medical and the legal. In his early manhood Dr. Baird wedded Amelia Meeks, a native daughter of Ohio.

Their son. M. B. Baird, received an excellent literary education in the schools of Delaware county, and for a time thereafter was a student in the Columbia Law School of Washington, D. C. For two years after leaving that institution he taught school in Delaware county, after which he returned to Washington and during a similar period was in the government service. In 1903 he came to Muncie and entered the real estate field, where his thorough business ability and enterprise have won for him a well merited success. In both his social and business relations he is popular and influential, and his future, judging by the past, may be forecasted as characterized by great activity in the important things that concern the interests of society and good government.

In March, 1906, Mr. Baird was united in marriage to Emma Foster, a daughter of J. P. Foster, of Summitville, Delaware county. Mr. Baird is a member of the Masonic order in Albany, and also of the Presbyterian church.

T. J. Bowles, M. D. One of the widely known and loved family physicians of Delaware county is Dr. T. J. Bowles, whose life has been filled with good deeds and labors of love toward his fellow men. He is yet a great student and endeavors to keep abreast of the times in everything relating to discoveries in medical science, and although progressive in his ideas and favoring modern methods as a whole, he does not dispense with many of the true and tried systems which have stood the test of years.

The birth of Dr. Bowles occurred in Milroy, Rush county, Indiana, July 24, 1836, his parents being James and Sarah Ann (Smith) Bowles, both natives of Cynthiana, Kentucky, and the former of English and the latter of German descent. In 1830 the parents came to Indiana, first locating in Rush county, where the father became very prominent as an agriculturist and stock man, his death occurring on the 18th of September, 1892, at the age of eighty-three years. His wife preceded him in death a few years, passing away on the 28th of January, 1886, when seventy-five years of age.

Dr. T. J. Bowles pursued a special course under Professor A. R. Benton, the well known educator, at Fairview Academy, and he was then competent to enter the school room as a teacher, following the profession in Rush county. During this time he had determined on the practice of medicine as his life occupation, and accordingly began study under the preceptorships of Drs. John Wall and A. C. Dillon, after which he took courses at the Medical College of Ohio, his graduation taking place in 1869, after he had practiced a few years. This, however, did not complete his medical training, for he afterward pursued a course in medicine in Rush Medical College and a special course in Bellevue Hospital of New York. He then entered upon the practice of his chosen profession at Windsor, Randolph county, and in 1874 came to Muncie, where he has ever since been actively engaged in professional work.

In i860 Dr. Bowles was united in marriage to Miss Saphora E. Spangler, a daughter of Henry Spangler, of Delaware county, and they have five children living. One son, Herman S., graduated from the Medical College of Ohio, and is now practicing with his father, both having won for themselves prominent places in the professional life of Delaware county. In company with Dr. Kemper and others. Dr. Bowles, Sr., organized the first county medical society in Delaware county, and he also served as pension surgeon under Harrison's administration for four years. He is independent in his political affiliations, not binding himself by party ties, for he is a man of original ideas and has the courage of his convictions. He is respected by all who know him as an honest, outspoken, warm-hearted gentleman, one whom it is a delight to honor. He is also an interesting conversationalist, for his mind is rich in pleasant reminiscences of his early life in Delaware county and his experiences as a medical practitioner of the early days.

Charles E. Miller, M. D. During the past ten years this representative member of the medical profession of Delaware county has made his home in Muncie, where he enjoys an extensive and lucrative practice. He is progressive in all his methods, constantly reading and studying, and keeps in close touch with the spirit of the times. The birth of Dr. Miller occurred in Bellefontaine, Ohio, December i, 1869, his parents being A. T. and Mary Miller, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Maryland and of German descent. During his young manhood the father journeyed to Ohio, where he was for many years engaged in the real estate business, and he now resides in Bellefontaine.

After completing his literary education in the public schools of his native city Dr. Miller entered upon the study of the profession which he had determined to make his life work, graduating from the Miami Medical College of Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1898. After a few months spent in hospital work in Chicagpo be came to Muncie and located permanently here. A man of deep research and study, he is well informed on the general principles of medicine, but has specialized in the diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat giving much time and thought to his special branches. He has made deep and careful research into the science to which he is devoting his life, and five times he has crossed the ocean to the old world to further perfect himself in his practice, having studied in Vienna and London, and his scholarly attainments and broad knowledge have gained him the distinctive prestige which he now enjoys.

In June, 1903, Dr. Miller was married to May H. Sanders, a native of Cincinnati and a daughter of David Sanders. He holds membership relations with the Muncie lodge of Masons, being also connected with its council, chapter and commandery, and is a member of the county, state and district medical societies and also of the American Medical Association. His religious affiliations are with the Presbyterian church. In the city where he has so long resided he is held in the highest regard by his innumerable friends.

Jacob Arthur Meeks. Prominent in the business circles of Muncie stands Jacob A. Meeks, whose life history exhibits a virtuous career of private industry, crowned with success. A community depends upon commercial activity, its welfare is due to this, and its promoters of legitimate and extensive business enterprises may well be termed its benefactors. Numbered among the leading business men of Delaware county is Jacob A. Meeks, whose birth occurred in the city of Muncie January 5, 1856. A sketch of his father, Robert Meeks, will be found elsewhere in this work. After graduating from the high school of his native city in 1873 the son Jacob A. became associated with the grocery firm of Maddy, Burt & Kirby, continuing at intervals with this firm for four years, and during that time he also took a commercial course at the Miami College of Dayton, Ohio. At the close of that period he secured the position of bookkeeper in a wholesale house in Toledo, and in 1880 came to Muncie and entered the employ of James Boyce as bookkeeper in his bagging factory, in the same year purchasing an eighth interest in the concern. In 1885, however, they sold the plant to the Muncie Bagging Company, and in the same year Mr. Meeks purchased a half interest from Mr. Boyce in the Muncie Handle Company, they continuing its operation with ever increasing success until the plant was destroyed by fire in April, 1893. Six weeks later, however, the works were rebuilt, on a much larger and more complete scale, and in 1895 ^I'*- Meeks assumed charge of the handle, rivet and machinery department, which he has since continued to operate with marked success. He is also interested in a lumber business and operates two saw mills, one in Muncie and one in Laurel. Delaware county, as well as Muncie, thus numbers him among her most enterprising business men, and he has achieved that success which is but the natural sequence of intrinsic worth of character.

William P. Koons. For a number of years past William P. Koons has been engaged in the practice of law in Muncie. He is able and well posted in his profession, clear and convincing as a speaker before judge and jury, painstaking and accurate in the preparation of his cases, and conscientiously adheres to the spirit as well as to the letter of the law. Indiana claims him among her native sons, his birth occurring in Henry county on the loth of December, 1862. His father was Peter Koons, whose history will be found in the sketch of Judge Koons elsewhere in this work.

William P. Koons received his early literary training in the public schools of Henry county, this being further supplemented by study in the high school of Muncie, Indiana, and for ten years thereafter he was a member of the teacher's profession, having taught his first school, the West Chapel school of Monroe township, when only fourteen years of age. After reading law for five years under the preceptorship of his brother, Judge Koons, he was admitted to the bar in 1891, and at once began the practice of his chosen profession in Muncie, where he has since built up a large and profitable practice. For two terms he served as assistant prosecuting attorney of Delaware county, but since that time has devoted his entire attention to his private practice, in which his superior ability has won for him marked success.

Mr. Koons was married on the 28th of June, 1892, when Miss Jennie Downs became his wife, she being a daughter of Samuel Downs, of Henry county, Indiana. Their two children are Rhea Katharine, born on the loth of September, 1894, and Lillian Mildred, born February 10, 1903.

John W. Shafer. One of the first families to establish their home in Delaware county were the Shafers, and its descendants are now numerous and scattered over many sections of the United States, yet many of them still reside in Delaware county. The history of the family is one of more than ordinary interest, and in recording briefly its record in the history of Delaware county we deem it well to begin with the parent tree in America. He was John A. Shafer, who was bom in Wurtemberg, Germany, January 15, 1775, and his death occurred in Hamilton county, Indiana, July 8, 1870. He was married in Germany to one of the fatherland's native daughters, Sabina Lieben, bom December 2, 1772. They had the following children : George, born in Wurtemberg, Germany, FelM*uary 25, 1800, and he became the father of John W. Shafer; Catherine, bom June 4, 1802, married Joseph Williamson; Adam, bom Febmary 16, 1804, married Eleanor Graves, and came to Delaware county in 1831 ; Rosanna married Peter Williamson, who was numbered among the pioneers of Delaware county and conceming whom information may be obtained in the sketch of James Williamson in this work ; Christena married James Williamson ; Sabina married first a Mr. Wilcoxson and afterward a Mr. Medsker; and Jacob, born October 18, 1814, married Rachael Frost. All of the children were bom in Wurtemberg, Germany, and the father and the entire family left the fatherland in the latter part of

1819 for the United States. They were shipwrecked and the delayed arrival resulted in the spending of all their money, so that on reaching Baltimore, February 25, 1820, the father bound out three of his daughters for eighty dollars each in payment for their passage. The remainder of the family proceeded at once by wagon to Brownsville, Pennsylvania, and from there by flat boat down the Monongahela and Ohio rivers to Portsmouth, Ohio. They located in Sciota county, and there in the fall of 1822 the mother died. Three and a half years after their arrival in Portsmouth George Shafer walked the entire distance to Baltimore to bring his sisters to their western home. The two youngest returned with him, but the oldest remained still longer. In 1832 the father moved to Hamilton county, Indiana, where his death occurred in 1870.

In the same year of the removal of the family to Hamilton county George Shafer came to Delaware county and entered from the government one hundred and sixty acres of land one and a half miles west of the then village of Muncietown, where he resided until his death on the i6th of September, 1891. On the 27th of September, 1827, he married Martha Wilcoxson, who bore him the following children : Margaret, Sabina Lieben, Levin W., John Willard, Louisa Ann, and her death occurred August 18, 1848. Mr. Shafer married for his second wife, May 11, 1851, Catherine Bradrick. She died October 11, 1879. In his youth Mr. Shafer was reared a Lutheran but in 1849 he became a Methodist. In politics he was a Democrat.

John W. Shafer, a well known citizen and farmer of Center township, was born within its borders June 2, 1842, a son of George and Martha (Wilcoxson) Shafer. He was reared as a farmer lad and received a common-school education. At the age of twenty-two years he began the battle of life for himself as a farmer, and to this occupation he has devoted his life's activities. On the 24th of May, 1864, Mr. Shafer enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, for one hundred days' service in the Civil war, and was honorably discharged September 2, 1864. His homestead farm, where his father settled on coming to this county and which he has owned since his death, is located just west of Muncie, and is a valuable estate.

Mr. Shafer married, November 22, 1874, Mary E. Howell, who was born in Delaware county, Indiana, April 21, 1853, ^^^ ^^^^^ children are George D., Bessie, Robie W. and Lina. Mrs. Shafer is a most excellent lady and a communicant of the Baptist church. She is a daughter of Daniel P. and Mary (McKinley) Howell, the former of whom was born in Miami valuable counsel and the activities of his useful manhood were of great moment to the advancement of the interests of his community. But the work of these brave pioneers is nearly complete, and among those who helped to build an empire and have passed to their final reward is William Heaton, who passed away at his home in this county September 19, 1888. He was bom in Virginia on the nth of February, 181 1, but when only fourteen years of age he came to Indiana, and after living for three years in Randolph county he came to Delaware county. He was married in the year of 1838 to Miss Experience Walbum, who was born in Ohio, near Xenia, in July, 1817, and her death occurred at their home in Center township on the 4th of December, 1893. She bore her husband the following children : Matilda, the wife of John Kiger, of Muncie ; Catherine, deceased ; Lydia. the wife of George Gates ; Robert, a resident of Missouri ; Joseph, of Muncie; Jefferson, a resident farmer of Center township; William, the subject of this review ; and John and Eliza, both deceased. Mr. Heaton, the father, began life for himself a poor man, but his indefatigable efforts and excellent business ability won for him the later success which was his to enjoy. He studied closely the issues and questions of the day and gave his political allegiance to the Republican party. During twenty years of his life he was a worthy and valued member of the Methodist church. Mrs. Heaton was also a member with that denomination.

William Heaton, a prominent and well known agriculturist of Center township and a son of William Sr., was born on his father's farm in Center township, October i, 1852, and agriculture has continued as his life occupation. His estate now consists of one hundred and nineteen acres of rich and fertile land, on which he has made many valuable improvements.

On the 28th of December, 1879, Mr. Heaton married Miss Adda Gibson, who was born in Monroe township, Delaware county, December 8, 1857, a daughter of Andrew and Rebecca (Carmichael) Gibson. The father was born in Tennessee March 8, 181 1, and was married in 1836, their union being blessed by the birth of eleven children. For fifty-two years they traveled the journey of life together, but on the 28th of February, 1888, the husband and father was called to the home beyond, his wife joining him there on the loth of October, 1896. He was a Republican in his political affiliations and was reared in the Quaker faith. Mrs. Gibson was a member of the Christian church. Her daughter, Mrs. Heaton, is also a member of that denomination. The political affiliations of Mr. Heaton are with the Republican party, and in the community in which he has so long made his home he is honored for his true worth and ability.

Nathan Anderson. One of the best known and most prominent families oft)elaware county is the Andersons, many of whose representatives now reside within its borders and are prominently identified with its business and social interests, and to Nathan Anderson belongs the honor of platting the town of Anderson ville in 1897, now a village of over one hundred people. Farming has been his life occupation, and, in addition, he is extensively engaged in the sale of the Page fence wire, which has proved a valuable acquisition to his business interests. He is a native son of Adams county, Ohio, born on the 23d of July, 1855, his parents being Daniel and Ann L. (Wallace) Anderson. The father spent his entire life within sight of the place of his nativity in Adams county, Ohio, dying there at the age of seventy-five years. His wife was also born in that county and reached the Psalmist's span of three score years and ten ere she was called to the home beyond. In their family were eleven children, eight sons and three daughters, of whom seven are now living and all residents of Delaware county, save one son. Mr. Anderson, the father, served as a brave and valiant soldier throughout the Civil war in an Ohio regiment.

Nathan Anderson attained to manhood's estate in the commonwealth of his nativity, but on the 13th of March, 1874, he left his Ohio home for Delaware county, Indiana, having ever since been identified with its farming interests, and Center township numbers him among its leading business men. As a representative of the Democracy he takes an active interest in public affairs, and he has fraternal relations with the Odd Fellows and the Red Men. He is a member of the United Brethren church.

On the 7th of August, 1877, Mr. Anderson was united in marriage to Alice A. Phillips, who was born July 24, 1852, in Warren county, Ohio, a daughter of Isaac and Mary (Stewart) Phillips, both also natives of that county. The father, who was born on the 2d of April, 1822, died in Delaware county, Indiana, April 3, 1893, while the mother, born April 17, 1830, died here on the nth of August, 1881. They were married in Ohio, and their union was blessed with one child, Mrs. Anderson. The family came to Delaware county, Indiana, in 1856, establishing their home first in Salem township, but in 1858 they took up their abode in Center township on the farm on which Mr. Anderson now lives. The first apple tree which he set out on this place is still standing, a sentinel over the old log barn which remains as a mute reminder of the early days in Delaware county. Mr. Phillips was a stanch and true pioneer, loved and revered for his many noble characteristics, and he gave to the Democracy his active support and co-operation.

James I. Haines, one of the prominent and well known farmers of Center township, was born in Allen county, Ohio, July 19, 1841, a son of William and Phoebe (Fisher) Haines, natives respectively of Ohio and Virginia. In their family were three children, James I., Samuel (deceased) and Mary. The father died when his son James was a little lad of seven years, and the mother lived to the advanced age of eighty years.

Pleasant township, and at that time Muncie was but a village and much of the surrounding country was heavily timbered. On the 2d of June, 1861, he enlisted in Company E, Nineteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, serving as a private until the close of the struggle, and during his military career he participated in the battles of South Mountain, Antietam, the Second Bull Run, Gettysburg, Fredericksburg and many others. He served in the Army of the Potomac throughout the entire period of his enlistment, and at the battle of Gettysburg he was wounded in the right leg. He continued as a brave and valiant soldier during the conflict, and at its close, when his country no longer needed his services, he received an honorable discharge and returned to Delaware county. During the following two years Mr. Haines worked as a farm hand, and he was then married and located on the farm which has ever since been his home, twenty-three years having elapsed since he took up his abode thereon.

The marriage of Mr. Haines was celebrated in 1866, Miss Elizabeth Fisher becoming his wife, and they have had four children, one of whom died when six years of age, and the three living are : John, Thadeus and Charles, all of whom are residents of Muncie. Mrs. Haines was born in the township of Muncie, a daughter of John and Mary (Henple) Fisher, natives of Virginia and Ohio respectively and early settlers of Muncie. The Republican party receives Mr. Haines* active support and co-operation. During his life time he has gained many warm personal friends, and all who know him have the highest admiration for his good qualities of heart and mind.

John R. Hines. Perhaps no other citizen of Delaware county has resided within its borders during a longer period than has Air. John R. Hines. He was reared amid its pioneer scenes, and in the olden days attended the primitive log school house with its greased paper windows, and they were known as pay or subscription schools. And even the limited advantages which these crude schools offered he was permitted to enjoy during only a few weeks throughout the year, for his services were needed at home on the farm. But the privations, hardships and earnest labor of these brave pioneers of Delaware county have resulted in establishing one of the foremost commonwealths in America.

Mr. Hines was bom in Randolph county, Indiana, June 8, 1828, his parents being John and Rachael (Branson) Hines. The father was bom in North Carolina March 17, 1789, and his death occurred in Monroe township of Delaware county in 1865. He was married in Highland county, Ohio, to a native daughter of Virginia, and her death occurred in 1838, when about forty-seven years of age. She bore her husband thirteen children, of whom John R. is the twelfth in order of birth and the only one now living. Her father, Robert Branson, was an early settler of Highland county, Ohio, and his wife before marriage was Beulah Painter. For his second wife Mr. Hines married Rebecca Branson, a sister of his first wife, and they became the parents of four children. From Highland county, Ohio, the family moved to Randolph county, Indiana, and in about 1830 came to Delaware county, casting- in their lot with the first settlers of Perry township. After a residence there of about eight years they came to Monroe township, where the father spent the remainder of his life, he having been throughout his business career a prosperous and well known agriculturist. He was a Democrat in his political affiliations up to 1844, when he transferred his allegiance to the Whigs and later became a Republican.

John R. Hines was but a babe of two years when the family became residents of Delaware county, so that nearly the entire period of his long and useful life has been spent within its borders. Remaining in the parental home until the age of twenty-one, he then began the battle of life for himself, working first as a farm hand for wages, and later farmed on rented land. During the western gold excitement of 185 1 he went to California, making the journey via New York and the Isthmus to San Francisco, spending three years in search of the precious metal in the Golden state and returning with a capital of three thousand dollars. He made the return journey by the same route and reaching Delaware county he purchased his present estate of two hundred acres, paying on an average of twenty dollars an acre, while the land is now worth at the least one hundred dollars an acre. Twenty acres of the tract was a dense woods at the time of the purchase, but with the passing years he cleared his land and placed it under an excellent state of cultivation, his being now one of the finest estates of Center township.

In 1853 Mr. Hines married Abigail Mansfield, the daughter of Charles Mansfield, and her death occurred about nineteen years ago. The issue of this union was nine children, two of whom died in childhood, and a son, Charles, died at the age of forty-nine years. He had married Lydia I^ngdon, and at his death left three children, Chester, Mabel and Ruth. Those living are: Hannah, who married Oliver McConnell, and has five children, Frank, Jane, Jesse, John and Hendricks ; Frank, a prominent farmer of Center township, married Lucy Armitage and has eight children, Ina, Claude, Berle, Grace, John, Nellie, Walter and Blanche; George, an agriculturist in Kansas, married Ella Pearson and has five children, Eleanora, Edith, Henry L., Albert and Otto ; Eleanor married Eldon Canada and has two children, Abigail and Cora ; Lucy married Oliver Williams and has two children, Walter and Evangeline ; and William, a resident of Muncie, married Catherine Neeley and has three children, Glendola, Hugh and Paul. Mr. Hines has eigfht gfreat-grandchildren. Mrs. Hines was a faithful wife

A. H. Good, M. D. As a medical practitioner Dr. Good has won distinction, and though but a short time has passed since he became a resident of Muncie, he enjoys an extensive and remunerative practice. He is progressive in all his methods, constantly reading and studying, and keeps in close touch with the spirit of the times. The family have been identified with the interests of the Hoosier state during a long period, for it was during his boyhood days that John W. Good, the father of the Doctor, came with his widowed mother to Wayne county, where he continued to reside until advancing age made it necessary for him to lay aside the active cares of a business life, when he went to Selma and spent his remaining days there, his death there occurring in 1900, when he had reached the eighty-fourth milestone on the journey of life. In his young manhood he had married Momin Howell, a native of Indiana, but of North Carolina parentage.

Dr. Alonzo H. Good, their son, was bom on the old family homestead in Wayne county, Indiana, September 22, 1843, and was therefore but a lad of nineteen years when called upon to lay aside for a time the ambitions of his youth and serve his native land, enlisting in 1862 in Company D, Sixty-ninth Indiana Infantry, in which he served for three years. During a part of that time he was a member of the medical department, for he had read medicine a short time before entering the service. After the close of the conflict Dr. Good found employment in a store, but shortly resumed his medical studies under the preceptorship of Dr. Clarke, of Economy, Indiana, with whom he remained for two years. During the following fourteen years he was engaged in the practice of medicine in Bloomingsport, this state, and from 1880 until September, 1906, was a member of the medical profession in Selina, Indiana. It was in the latter year that Dr. Good came to Muncie, and the large practice which he has received in the short time which has since elapsed is indicative of his skill and ability.

In 1866 Dr. Good was married to Nancy Green, and after her death Miss Sadie B. Personette, a daughter of Dr. Personette, of Wayne county, became his wife. By the first marriage there were four children, but only two are now living, Lillian May, the wife of Professor Bowers, of Muncie, and Edna Luella, now Mrs. Somers, and also a resident of this city. Dr. Good is a member of the County, District, State and American Medical Associations. He was honored by the chairmanship of the county at different times and by the secretaryship and presidency of the District Society. He was appointed and served as a member of the United States Pension Board under the Harrison administration, and as an examiner for several life insurance companies.

Noah D. Berry. For many years Dr. Noah D. Berry has followed the practice of medicine in Muncie, and his name has become a household word in the homes of this community. His long identification with the city and his prominence here entitles him to more than a passing notice in a work of this character, devoted as it is to the portrayal of the lives of representative men and women of the county. He was bom in Darke county, Ohio, June lo, 1854, the son of Elisha and Jane (Perry) Berry, natives also of Darke county, Ohio, where the father was well known as a farmer and contractor, his death there occurring in 1897, when he had reached the age of seventy-four years, while the wife survived until 1902, passing away at the age of seventy-nine years.

Noah D. Berry, the youngest son in a family of six children, three sons and three daughters, received his literary training in the schools of Darke county, and after his education was completed he taught school for two years. In that time he had formed the determination to engage in the practice of medicine, and as a means to that end began study under the preceptorship of Dr. J. E. Fackler, while later he attended the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati. Thus with an excellent foundation on which to begin his life work he began practice at Losantville, Indiana, where for one year he was in partnership with Dr. Franks, now of Muncie. After leaving that city Dr. Berry practiced for nine years in Ohio, going thence in 1885 to Spartenburg, Indiana, and came to Muncie in 1898, and has remained here ever since engaged in the practice of his profession. His long professional career has been attended with marked success, and those who have known him longest esteem him most highly. He is a Democrat in his political views, having always taken a deep interest in the political and public affairs of his locality, and during his residence in Darke county, Ohio, he served for four years as the county coroner.

In 1877 Dr. Berry was united in marriage to Annie M. Apple, also a native of Darke county, born in 1859, the daughter of William Apple, who was the father of four children, three sons and a daughter. Dr. Berry is deeply interested in the affairs of the city which has been his home for so many years, and in private life he has gained that warm personal regard which arises from true nobility of character, deference for the opinions of others, kindliness and geniality. He is a member of many of the city's social organizations, and fraternally is connected with Harmony Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and with the Red Men, Aknob Tribe No. 449, of Muncie, Indiana.

Quince Walling. During a number of years past Mr. Walling has been prominently identified with the public affairs of Muncie. His entire liffc has been oassed in the citv and has been one of uniform honor in

After completing his education in the public schools of Muncie, the son, Quince Walling, was identified with the bakery business for two years, and then became connected with the artificial gas business. In 1886 he became associated with the water company, where he began at the very bottom of the ladder, gradually working his way upward and familiarizing himself with'every detail of the business until he assumed his present high position of superintendent and manager, having discharged the duties of those offices during the past sixteen years. In that time many important improvements have been instituted in the works, the most recent of which is the new and up-to-date filter plant. He has been efficient and faithful in the discharge of his duties, making a most competent official and thus winning the regard of his fellow citizens.

In 1889 Mr. Walling was united in marriage to Gertrude A., a daughter of Leonard Shick, one of the honored early residents of Delaware county, and they have three children, Helen E., Joseph C. and Martha G. The family are identified with the Presbyterian church, and Mr. Walling also affiliates with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of P^hias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

G. R. Andrews, M. D. During the years which mark the period of Dr. Andrews' professional career he has met with gratifying success, and though his residence in Muncie dates back but a few years, he has won the good will and patronage of many of the leading citizens and families of the place. Many years have passed, however, since the family became identified with Delaware county, for the paternal grandfather, Daniel H. Andrews, was one of its early pioneers and became well known within its limits as a physician. The great-grandfather, Goldsmith Gilbert, was also numbered among its earliest residents, and his daughter Mary was the first g^rl born within its borders ; also the first white child bom in the township. John E. Andrews, the father of our subject, was a native son of Delaware county and is now a miller and a well known business man of Muncie. He married Hannah Youngling, a native of Connersville, Indiana.

Dr. Andrews was born in Noble county, Indiana, August 2a, 1874, but his early literary education was obtained in the public schools of Muncie, and his medical training in the Medical College of Indiana, from which he graduated with the class of 1897. In 1905 he completed a postgraduate course. During seven years and a half he practiced his profession in Mount Summit, Indiana, coming thence in 1905 to Muncie, where his professional career has been attended with marked success. In April, 1906, he established a private hospital for surgical cases, which is supplied with the most complete and modern appliances and is one of the valued institutions of the city.

early resident of Delaware county and a gallant soldier of the Civil war. They have one son, Edwin, who was born on the 9th of December, 1899. The Doctor is a member of the county, state and national medical societies, and also of the Masonic and Odd Fellows fraternities.

Lewis L. Perdiue. The Perdiue family is one of the oldest in Delaware county and since the time of its foundation here its members have been noted for their sterling traits of character. Its founder. Rev. Abner Perdiue, was the father of Lewis L. and was one of the earliest ministers of the Methodist church in this section of Indiana. He devoted himself without ceasing to the interests of humanity and to the furtherance of all good works, and his power and influence upon the early history of Delaware county was of no restricted order. A more complete history of the family will be found in the sketch of S. B. Perdiue in this volume.

When Lewis L. Perdiue was but eleven years of age he suffered the loss of his honored father, and he then went to live with his cousin, Harvey Heath, in Monroe township, Delaware county, where he was employed at farm labor. During that time he saved some money and when twenty-one years of age engaged in the mercantile business in Cowan, becoming the proprietor of a general store, also serving as postmaster imder Harrison, as the agent for the Lake Erie & Western Railroad and also as an express agent. The year 1892 witnessed his arrival in Muncie, where he has gained an enviable position in its business circles as a broker and real estate dealer, having by honorable and correct methods gained the confidence of his fellow townsmen. In politics he has been a Republican since age conferred upon him the right of franchise, though not an active partisan and in no sense a politician.

On the 23d of September, 1888, Mr. Perdiue was united in marriage to Laura A. Lykins, a daughter of Philip Lykins, who was bom and reared in Delaware county. Two children have been born of this union : Lula V., whose birth occurred on the loth of December, 1891, and Clarence C, born July 25, 1895. The fraternal relations of Mr. Perdiue connect him with the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He keeps well informed on the issues of the day, both politically and otherwise, and at all times has manifested a commendable interest in everything pertaining to the welfare and advancement of the city of his adoption. He is a man of genial temperament and genuine worth and is popular and respected in all circles.

Clarence W. Dearth. Clarence W. Dearth, who recently served two terms as prosecuting attorney of Delaware county and is one of the leaders among the younger generation of lawyers in this county, was bom age of fifteen. Among his earlier experiences, work as a farm hand and in the Ball Brothers factory at fifty cents a day gave him the money with which he completed his education. By these means he saved a hundred dollars, after which he entered school at Valparaiso and pursued a commercial and scientific course. Now followed another interim during which he resorted to wage earning in order to accumulate enough to carry him further in the desired training for his profession. For two years he was bookkeeper for O. W. Crabbs, and in a similar capacity with T. J. Ault & Company for some time ; also taught six terms of school in Union township and a normal school at Eaton. Returning to Valparaiso he laid the foundation for the study of law, and in May, 1897, entered the Indiana Law School at Indianapolis, where he was graduated in May, 1899.

On receiving qualifications for practice he formed a partnership with George E. Cox, their office being at 2o6>^ E. Main street. In November, 1899, he was elected to the office of prosecuting attorney and by re-election held that office four years. Mr. Dearth made a good record while in office as representative of the state and people, and as a part of his official duties he was called upon to prosecute twelve murderers. He has taken an active part in politics during the last ten years, having spoken in nearly every schoolhouse in Delaware county. Since retiring from the prosecutor's office he has resumed the practice of law, having an office in the Wysor block.

Amos O. Stanley. The name of Amos O. Stanley is inscribed high on the roll of the representatives of the legal profession. His superior ability has won him marked success, has crowned him with high judicial honors and has placed him among the leaders in his profession. His birth occurred in Marion county, West Virginia, May 11, 1869, his parents being Henderson and Margaret (Bunner) Stanley, both also natives of that commonwealth. After completing his studies in the common schools of the county of his nativity young Stanley became a student in the Fairmont State Normal, and later, in 1898, graduated from the law department of the West Virginia University with the degree of LL. B. From the time of his graduation until 1906 he practiced his chosen profession in Fairmont, West Virginia, coming at the close of that period to Muncie, he having married one of Delaware county's native daughters. Since becoming a member of the legal profession Mr. Stanley has been the recipient of many political honors, having from 1903 to 1904 served as a representative from Marion county in the West Virginia legislature, while for three years he was also city attorney of Fairmont, having resigned that position to come to Muncie.

Shuttleworth, and a representative of two of the honored pioneer families of Delaware county. One little son, Myron Dwight, has blessed their union, his birth occurring on the 8th of July, 1900. Mr. Stanley holds membership relations with the Fraternal Order of Odd Fellows and is also a worthy member of the Methodist church.

Ir.\ J. Young. An attorney at law, has been a resident of Muncie since 1899, in which year he took up his abode in this city to engage in his chosen profession of the law, coming from Ripley county, Indiana, where he was born on his father's farm July 31, 1870. His parents were Joab and Margaret E. (Mullan) Young, both natives of Indiana, where the father was a successful farmer, stock raiser and dealer. He is now deceased, but the wife and mother is living. They resided near the town of Osgood and there the son was reared, receiving his elementary education in the Osgood schools. Thereafter he was a teacher for four years, attending and teaching school alternately, and in the meantime was a student in the Danville (Indiana) Normal, from which he graduated in the literary department in 1891 and from the law department in 1896. To further prepare himself for the profession which he had chosen as a life work he entered the law department of the Indiana University, in which he graduated in 1889, and immediately thereafter he came to Muncie. During the intervening years of his residence here Mr. Young has gained an excellent clientage and is fast forging his way to the front in the line of his profession.

He is a Master Mason, a Red Man, a member of the Knights of Pythias fraternity, and in politics is a stanch Republican, active as a worker and forcible as a speaker in the support of the men and measures of the party.

Beecher W. Bennett. For many years Beecher W. Bennett has occupied a conspicuous place among the leading business men of Muncie. He is prominently connected with its manufacturing interests and through the channels of trade has contributed not alone to his individual prosperity, but to the welfare of Delaware county as well. His birth occurred near Frankfort, in Clinton county, Indiana, April i, 1857, his parents being Samuel and Nancy (Kyger) Bennett, both also natives of that county.

Beecher W. Bennett attended the public schools of Clinton county and also the Valparaiso University, and after his graduation from that well time until 1906 was the sole proprietor of the large institution. His career has been that of an honorable, enterprising and progressive business man, and in all life's relations he has commanded the respect and confidence of those with whom he comes in contact.

On the 19th of September, 1883, Mr. Bennett was united in marriage to Minnfe P. Payden, a daughter of William Payden, of Dayton, Indiana, and they have one child, Bertha Frances. Mr. Bennett is prominent in the Masonic fraternity, holding membership relations with Muncie Lodge, No. 433, F. & A. M., Muncie Council No. 16, R. & S. M., and Muncie Commandery, No. 18, K. T., and has filled all the chairs in the order. He is also a member of the Indianapolis Consistory, and his religious affiliations are with the Presbyterian church. He is a valued factor in business, church, fraternal and social circles, where his upright life and genial temperament make him a favorite.

George W. Brooks is the well known proprietor of the Brooks Creamery. This prominent industrial institution of Muncie was established in June, 1887, and has been in continuous operation since that time. It is a modem establishment in all its appointments, furnishing a valuable addition to the business interests of Delaware county, and during his career it has gained a widespread reputation. The stations of the creamery are located at Parker and Gaston, to which milk is brought from a wide extent of territory, and from there is brought to the creamery in Muncie.

Mr. Brooks is a native son of New Jersey, born in Cumberland county on the nth of September, 1850, but when only six years of age, at the time of his mother's death, he left his native county, and during the following fourteen years he made his home with an uncle in Chester county, Pennsylvania. His parents were Lewis M. and Rachel (Wilson) Brooks, and the father spent his life in New Jersey, dying at the age of seventy-four years. He was twice married, and by his first wife, the mother of George W. Brooks, he had two sons and three daughters.

During his boyhood days Mr. Brooks received a fair common school education, and in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, he learned the trade of a miller, but he never followed that calling and instead was engaged in agriailtural pursuits from 1870 to 1886, first in Cumberland county, New Jersey, for two years. In 1873 he came to Delaware county, Indiana, where he worked for wages for a time, and after his marriage he bought land and lived in Hamilton township until 1885. In that year he took up his abode in Muncie and in the following year established his creamery. Success has attended his efforts from the start and with the passing years he has gained prominence in the business world until now he occupies a distinctive place among the leading men of affairs in Delaware county.

Mr. Brooks married, in 1880, Naomi, the daughter of Aaron Moore, and her death occurred in 1884, leaving one child, Mary E. In 1894 Mr. Brooks married Mrs. Emma Howell, nee Moore. He is a Republican in his political affiliations, has fraternal relations with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Red Men, and both he and his wife are members of the High Street Methodist Episcopal church.

Robert Eldridge Stevenson. Although one of the younger members of the Delaware county bar, Mr. Robert E. Stevenson is fast forging his way to the front as an attorney, winning for himself marked distinction in one of the highest callings to which man can devote his energies. He has been a resident of Muncie since 1904, and during the intervening period has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession and has gained a desirable clientage. A native of Hendricks county, Indiana, Mr. Stevenson was born on his father's farm near North Salem, August 24, 1874, his parents being Wesley and Mary C. (Dodd) Stevenson, both of whom were born in Indiana. The father has devoted his business career to farming, and during the Civil war he also served as a valiant soldier in the Union cause.

Robert E. Stevenson was reared on the homestead farm, attending the public schools and graduating from the high school of his native county. Predilection led him to the study of law, and after studying for a time under the preceptorship and in the office of a practicing lawyer he took a law course in the Central Normal School at Danville, Indiana. In 1902 he was admitted to the bar and has since been admitted to practice in the Indiana state supreme court and also in the United States courts. In politics he is a thorough Democrat. His fraternal relations connect him with the Masonic order, in which he has reached the thirty-second degree, and also with the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Stevenson by his own exertions and energ}' has forged his way to the front in all the relations of life. He gained his education at his own expense and from an early age has been thrown entirely upon his own resources.

George R. Andrews. The Andrews family is one of the historic ones of Delaware county. Many years have passed since they became identified with its history and one of its honored representatives was Dr. D. H. Andrews, who in an early day practiced his profession here, and his name became a noted one in this section of the state. He married Mary J. Gilbert, whose father, Goldsmith C. Gilbert, was also numbered among the honored early pioneers of the county.

G. R. Andrews, a son of Dr. D. H. and Mary (Gilbert) Andrews, was born in Delaware county, Indiana, on the 2d of February, 1855. His educational training was received in the schools of his native county, and in the early part of his business career he became a bookkeeper. In 1879 he engaged

In October, 1879, Mr. Andrews married Miss Emerica J., a daughter of James L. Daugherty, one of Delaware county's earliest and prominent residents.

R. O. TiDRiCK^ M. D. In the medical profession advancement is not easily secured; it comes only through true merit. And that Dr. Tidrick has secured a large patronage, although he is one of the younger practitioners, is indicative of his skill and ability. His birth occurred in Carroll county, Indiana, March 16, 1873, his parents being R. R. and Alice (Wingard) Tidrick, both also natives of this commonwealth. During a period of over forty years the father was engaged in the practice of medicine, his name becoming a household word in the community in which he so long made his home, but he is now living quietly retired from the cares of active labor at his pleasant home in Carroll county.

After completing his education in the country schools of his native county Dr. Tidrick of this review was engaged in teaching for one year and in 1891 was in Purdue University, engaged in the study of pharmacy. He then entered upon the study of medicine under the able instructions of his father, and later, in 1897, graduated from the Medical College of Indiana. In the same year of his graduation he entered upon the active practice of medicine with his father, continuing his connection with that able and well known practitioner until his removal to Muncie in 1901. Here his professional career has been attended with marked success, his promptness, his sympathetic nature and his generosity being among his chief characteristics, and those who have known him longest esteem him most highly. Although he is well versed in the general medical science, he makes a specialty of genito urinary diseases and is winning renown in his special department.

L. L. Ball^ M. D. As a medical practitioner Dr. Ball has won distinction and throughout the period of his residence in Muncie he has enjoyed an extensive and remunerative practice. He is progressive in all his methods, constantly reading and studying, and keeps in close touch with the spirit of the times. His birth occurred in Greensburg, Ohio, March 29, 1850, his parents being Lucius and Maria P. (Bingham) Ball, both natives of the Dominion of Canada. During the '30s the father removed to Ohio, where he became a prominent and well known contractor and builder, and he also spent several years in the South engaged in the same line of business. In 1866 he transferred his residence to Canandaigua, New York, where his life's labors were ended in death in 1876, at the age of sixty-four years.

University of Buffalo, where he was graduated in 1888. During the year following his graduation he practiced his chosen profession in that city and then spent two years as interne in the Adrian Hospital of Pennsylvania, from whence he returned to Buffalo. In 1895 Dr. Ball came to Muncie, where he has built up an excellent practice and has won the commendation of the public and his professional brethren. In order to keep abreast of the many new discoveries which are being constantly made in the profession he holds membership relations with the state and national medical societies. The marriage of Dr. Ball was celebrated in 1894, when Sarah Rodgers, of Buffalo, New York, became his wife, and they hold a high place in the social circles of Muncie. They have one daughter, Helen. The Doctor is a member of Muncie Lodge, No. 433, F. & A. M.; of Muncie Commandery, No. 18, K. T., and Muncie Chapter, No. 30, R. A. M., and has taken the thirty-second degree. He is medical director of the Western Reserve Life Insurance Company, physician and surgeon to the Ball Brothers Manufacturing Company, and a stockholder in that corporation.

John McPhee, a prominent representative of the bar of eastern Indiana, has for a number of years past been engaged in the practice of his profession in Muncie. His birth occurred in Michigan on the 27th of January, 1868, his parents being Archibald and Mary (McDonald) McPhee, the former a native of Canada and the latter of Scotland. In the early 'sos the father removed to Michigan, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits, and both he and his wife still reside in that commonwealth.

After graduating from the common schools of his native locality in Michigan, John McPhee, whose name introduces this review, was engaged in teaching for five years, and during that time was also engaged in the study of law. In 1895 he completed the course and graduated from the Detroit Law School, after which he began the practice of his chosen profession in Albany, Delaware county, Indiana, while in 1898 he became a citizen of Muncie. His long identification with this city and his prominence therein has made his name a familiar one in legal circles. He spares neither time nor labor in his legal investigation and preparation, and he is known as a man of high attainments and practical ability as a lawyer and as one who has achieved success in his profession.

For his wife Mr. McPhee chose May C. Charman, their wedding having been celebrated in June, 1903. She is a daughter of James Charman, one of the honored pioneers of Delaware county, and by a previous marriage she was the mother of one daughter, born on the 28th of December, 1901. One son, John Charman, has been born to Mr. and Mrs. McPhee, his birth occurring March 12, 1905. For many years Mr. McPhee has

Clayton B. Templer. The prestige of Clayton B. Templer at the bar of Delaware county stands in evidence of his ability and his intrinsic worth of character. He has used his intellect to the best purpose, and his career has been based upon the assumption that nothing save industry, perseverance, sturdy integrity and fidelity to duty will lead to success. The birth of Mr. Templer occurred near Portland, in Jay county, Indiana, June ID, 1850, a son of George W. and Hannah' S. (Nedsker) Templer, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Ohio. It was during the pioneer days in the history of Indiana that the parents took up their abode in Jay county and the father became a man of prominence hi his community. He was a leader in the ranks of the local Democracy and as its representative served as a justice of the peace, county recorder, county treasurer, county commissioner, and in many other positions of trust and responsibility. He was also a prominent member of the Masonic order and in the faith of the Methodist church, of which he had long been a devout and faithful member, he passed away in death in 1882.

Clayton B. Templer, one of his parents' eight children, obtained his literary education in the country schools and the Ridgeville College. His highest ambition was to become a lawyer, and to perfect himself in the profession he began study under the preceptorship of his brother, James N. Templer, at Portland, later, in 1872, coming to Muncie and entering the office of Templer & Gregory. In the year of 1873 he was admitted to the bar and began the practice of his chosen calling in this city, where, by reason of his strong intellectuality, he has risen above the ranks of the many and become a leader in thought and action, his influence extending not only into the professional but to the political circles as well.

Oscar W. Crabbs. Honored and respected by all, Oscar W. Crabbs has for a long period been prominently identified with the public affairs of Muncie, and for a number of years past has served as the superintendent of Beech Grove Cemeter}'. He was born near Dayton, Ohio, March 2, 1852, a son of Benjamin. F. and Louisa F. (Folkerth) Crabbs, both also natives of the Buckeye state, the -paternal family having been founded in that commonwealth by the grandfather of Oscar W. Crabbs, Benjamin F. Crabbs, who removed thither from his native state of Maryland. It was there that the subject of this review received his educational training, and there he also followed the tilling of the soil until his removal to Muncie in 1884. Here he turned his attention to the grain and hay business, continuing in that line of trade for twelve years, on the expiration of which period he was made the superintendent of Beech Grove Cemetery, the duties of which position he has discharged with promptness and fidelity worthy of all commendation. Always an active wofker in the interests of this city, he served for eight years as a member of its city council, and from 1893 until 1896 had charge of the city parks, while to him belongs the honor of instituting many of their most valuable improvements, such as the laying out of the drives and roads, etc. He has also made of Beech Grove a beautiful city of the dead, with its artificial lakes and excellent drives, its beautiful arch at the entrance and the mortuary chapel built of field boulders. Being a natural landscape gardener, he is particularly fitted for the position he now holds.

In 1872 Mr. Crabbs was united in marriage to May E. Hosier, a daughter of Robert and Hannah (Lemon) Hosier, and they have three children: Claudia, now Mrs. Charles Parker Sample, Frank D. and Robert B. Mr. Crabbs is a member of the Knights of Pythias and Elks fraternities, and both he and his wife are worthy members of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he has served as trustee and was a member of the building committee when the present edifice was erected.

Frank D. Haimbaugh. Perhaps no enterprise to which man directs his energies brings one into closer touch with the people and the vital interests of the time than the labor of the newspaper correspondent. Through many years Mr. Haimbaugh has been connected with journalism, and he is now the editor of the leading paper of Delaware county, the Muncie Press, his labors advancing it to a foremost position in journalistic circles. He was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, in September, 1856, a son of David and Margaret (Leonard) Haimbaugh. In 1863 the family removed from the Buckeye state to Fulton county, Indiana, where the little lad was early inured to the duties of the farm. The early educational training which he received in the district schools was supplemented by attendance at the Rochester high school, in which he was graduated in 1878. Two years later, in 1880, he completed the scientific course and graduated from the Northern Indiana Normal College at Valparaiso, Indiana, his excellent educational training then enabling him to enter the school room as a teacher, which profession he followed for fifteen years, four of them being spent as principal of the Brookston Academy. In 1885, without his seeking the office, he was made the superintendent of schools for his home county of Fulton, his broad intelligence and full appreciation of the value of knowledge as a preparation for life's responsibilities enabling him to advance the intellectual status of the community, and he gained a high place in the educational circles of the state. Severing his connection with the profession, Mr. Haimbaugh in 1887 engaged in the insurance business in Iowa and Indiana, but this occupation not proving

Mr. Haimbaugh is also especially active in the support of the Democratic party, his influence in political circles being most marked. In 1889 he was elected doorkeeper for the Indiana house of representatives, to which position he was returned in 1891, an honor never before conferred upon any man. In 1893 he was elected by a unanimous vote to the office of secretary of the Democratic Editorial Association of State, which position he filled for a number of years, when he succeeded to one term as president of the association. He is now serving as a member of the police board of the city of Muncie. During five of the past six years he has been secretary of the Commercial Club of Muncie, to which organization he gives time and thought.