Delaware County, Indiana - The whole text, 1908 (part 5 of 15)

George F. McCulloch. With the history of Muncie during its rapid progress after the discovery of natural gas, while a town was growing into a metropolitan center, no one individual is more closely identified than George F. McCulloch. His name is connected with the first efforts to increase the manufacturing interests. With the organization of the Enterprise Company in 1892, he at once became an important factor in the success of that movement, which undoubtedly was the solid foundation for the permanent future welfare of the city. He was- secretary of its soliciting committee, and his enthusiasm and downright hard work for the cause brought the subscriptions to an amount where the company became a positive influence in promoting the manufacturing growth of the city. When the city became tired of its antiquated street-car service, Mr. McCulloch took a leading part in the promotion of a company to give the city electric service, and after he had built a system within the city he became foremost in the more recent undertaking to connect Muncie with other towns by interurban. He was treasurer of the original Union Traction Company, and was its general manager before the present incumbent, A. W. Brady. To many people Mr. McCulloch is perhaps best known because of his donation to the city (in May, 1901) of the tract of land now called McCulloch Park, which is destined to be a source of lasting benefit and value to the present and future generations of Muncie citizens. As an illustration of Mr. McCulloch's business energy, we may mention* what is told on other pages that he was the founder of the Muncie Star Publishing Company, and one of the principal promoters of the newspaper syndicate that now publishes papers in two other cities, and that within five years' time brought the circulation of the Star up to nearly thirty thousand, eclipsing all other papers in the local field. Mr. McCulloch was a member of the Whiteley Land Company, which, during the early nineties, promoted the sale of the Whiteley subdivision and established the suburb of Whiteley.

While this summary comprises what are probably the best known of Mr. McCulloch's achievements, it is by no means all, and many of his undertakings are noted at their proper place in the general history of the county. His business connections have also been with the Indiana Bridge Company, the Nelson Glass Company, the Muncie Natural Gas Company, and many other large enterprises.

Thirty years ago Mr. McCulloch was only known to the people of town and county as a young man occupying the position of deputy county clerk, ambitious, energetic and politically popular, but had not yet achieved remarkable success. Bom in Lancaster, Ohio, September 25, 1855, a son of Dr. James McCulloch, who, from 1856 to 1877, was a well known physician of Muncie, George F. had attended graded and high school in Mimcie, and then became a clerk for some of the merchants, among them the Casady Queensware Company; also delivered groceries for William Stewart, carried the mail and handled baggage, and, in fact, did the things closest to him, and did them so well that he was early marked as a young man of enterprise. In the early days of photography he learned that business in connection with Lon M. Neely, but abandoned that occupation in 1872 to become deputy county clerk under G. W. Greene, and was retained in that office during the term of A. L. Kerwood. In the meantime he had studied law and been admitted to the bar, and in 1881 he formed a law partnership with the late John McMahan. His active practice was interrupted within two years, and the partnership dissolved on account of his election in 1882 to the office of county clerk. He was reelected in 1886, and left the office at the close of his term to enter actively into the busy scenes that characterized the development of Muncie during the early nineties. Mr. McCulloch married in September, 1883, Cora, the daughter of the well-known Muncie merchant and business man, Arthur Patterson. Mrs. McCulloch at her death left one daughter, Martha.

Mr. McCuUoch's mother, who, before her marriage, was Miss Caroline J. Foulke, daughter of Dr. George D. Foulke, was a woman of remarkable character and talents, and during the last thirty years of her life was the principal leader in the various movements to advance the moral, aesthetic and educational standards of the city. Her life and character were, it is believed by those who knew her best, at the very foundation of her present culture of Muncie. A deserved tribute to her work as a charter mem- ber of the Muncie Woman's Club has been paid by a friend in connection with the history of that club, but hot only in the worthy movements undertaken by this cluby but in many others she was an enthusiastic and devoted worker and an inspiring leader for many years. In order to perpetuate the influence of her noble character and leave a permanent tribute to her devoted work it is the purpose of her son, Mr. McCulloch, to build a memorial chapel as the home of the Episcopal church of Muncie (see history of the church). Mrs. McCulloch died May 14, 1904.

Charles Maberry Kimbrough. The name of Charles M. Kimbrough stands conspicuously forth on the pages of Indiana's political and industrial history. The nation is greatest which produces the greatest and most manly men, as these must constitute the essentially greatest nation. Pursuing each his personal good by exalted means they wrought on lines of the greatest good. Thus it is that the safety of our republic depends not so much upon the methods and measures as upon that manhood from whose deep sources all that is precious and permanent in life must at last proceed.

We are led to the foregoing reflections m reviewing, even in a cursory way, the salient points which mark the career of him whose name appears above. He has not alone attained prestige in the pursuit of his extensive business interests, but has been conspicuously identified with many interests which have subserved the material prosperity of Indiana, has proved a valuable factor in the legislative and political councils of his state, and has been in constant sympathy and touch with the work of Christianity that stands as an earnest of effective and zealous personal labor. As one of the representative men of Delaware county Senator Kimbrough deserves consideration in this compilation.

In the village of Clarksville, Clinton county, Ohio, on the 5th of November, 1847, there was bom to Ira and Clara H. (Rowland) Kimbrough, also natives of Clinton county, a son to whom was given the name of Charles Maberry. After completing his education in the public schools the lad followed agricultural pursuits for a time, but his tastes and inclinations were toward mechanics and he accordingly learned the trades of a blacksmith and machinist. When he had reached the age of twenty-six years he entered the mercantile business in Connersville, Indiana, but seeking a larger field for his endeavors he came to Muncie in 1876 and opened the first exclusive book and paper store in this city. In 1887, however, he retired from that business in order to become the manager of the Indiana Bridge Company, which had been established one year previously, and after two years as manager he was elected the president and general manager of the corporation, which, under his able management, has grown to larger proportions. During the first year the output of the manufactory was seven hundred thousand pounds of finished metal, but in the present year it will exceed ten thousand tons. It is needless to say that in this gradual rise Mr. Kimbrough has brought to bear his rare executive ability, his mature judgment and indomitable energy and enterprise in shaping the affairs of the company and gaining for it the object for which it is striving.

In his political adherency Mr. Kimbrough has ever been arrayed in support of the Republican party and in its principles, and it was in but natural sequence that he should become an active worker in the cause and one of the leaders in political work. From 1882 to 1883 he served as a member of the city council; from 1883 to 1884 ^s a member of the school board; in November, 1890, was elected clerk of the circuit court; and was appointed by Governor Durbin, in 1902, a member of the board of control of the state prison. In 1904 he was elected to the state senate from Delaware county, where he represented his constituency in a manly and straightforward manner, and his success in that high official position affords the best evidence of his capabilities as a leader. Previous to this time he had served as a delegate to the convention which nominated McKinley and Roosevelt. In 1895 he was appointed by Governor Hanley as delegate to the Peace Conference in New York; in September, 1896, was appointed by Governor Hanley to the Prison Congress in Albany, New York; and in December, 1896, was appointed by the governor to the Des Moines convention, which was called to advocate the election of United States senators by popular vote, and he is now one of the five commissioners on that subject. As a strong opponent of capital punishment he has been heard in the press and on the platform, and in the senate he was a strong factor in its opposition. He is distinctively a man of broad human sympathy, clearly defined principles and high intellectuality, and these have so entered into his make-up as to render him a natural leader and a director of opinion.

In 1870 Mr. Kimbrough was united in marriage to Margaret A. Curry, a daughter of James and Mary Curry, old residents of Clinton county, Ohio. Out of this union were born three sons : Hal C, Frank H. and James L. The eldest, Hal C, is president of the Kimbrough Hardware Company; Frank H. is vice-president of the Indiana Bridge Company, and James L. is treasurer of the Indiana Bridge Company. Senator Kimbrough has membership relations with the Masonic fraternity, connected with the chapter and commandery, and his services in the Civil war, as a member of Company I, Eighteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, entitles him to membership in Williams Post, No. 78, G. A. R. During the long period of forty years he has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Energetic, patriotic, with high ideals and a strong advocate of purity in public as well as private life, his example is well worthy of emulation.

Mark Powers. Few men in Delaware county are more widely known or have attained greater prominence in its business circles than Mark Powers, the president of the Gaston Banking Company. He was one of the organizers of this prominent industrial concern, which had its inception on the 15th of May, 1902, and to him belongs the honor of being its first presi- dent. He is also the president and treasurer of the Gaston Canning Company, a director and stockholder of the Merchants' Bank at Muncie, is interested in the Powers & Company hardware business at Gaston, and is also interested in a hardware firm in Muncie known as Powers & Thompson. His faithful service in public life, as well as his personal worth, make the following history of general interest not only to the readers of the present day but also to future historians of this section.

Mr. Powers was born in Elizabethtown (named in honor of his grandmother, Elizabeth Wilson), Delaware county, Indiana, June 4, 1845, his parents being Uriah and Sylvania (Wilson) Powers. The father was born in West Virginia, but during the early '30's he came with his father, John Powers, to Indiana, where he entered eighty acres of land in Grant county, while later on he opened a store in Wheeling. He also built the Elizabeth Mills in Elizabethtown, and continued their conduct up to the time of his death, which occurred in Marion, Grant county, Indiana, in i860, when he had attained the age of sixty-five years. In Elizabethtown, Delaware county, Mr. Powers married Sylvania Wilson, who was bom in Ohio, and died in 1856 at the age of forty-five years. Their union was blessed by the birth of eight children, but only two of the number are now living, Marie and George, the last-named a resident of Washington township, Delaware county.

During his boyhood days Mark Powers was deprived by death of his father, and he then went to live with his uncle, John Powers, in Henry county, Indiana, remaining with him for about four years. His district school education was supplemented by an attendance of two terms in the school of Muncie and one term in the Jonesboro select school. In 1864 he oflfered his services to the Union cause in the Civil war as a member of Company B, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, for one hundred days. In the spring of 1865, having served his term in the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth, he reenlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Forty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Regiment, for one year. His services continued until the close of the conflict, and returning to his home, he resumed his farming operations in Washington township, also buying and shipping stock to Buffalo and Pittsburg. In 1890 he was elected to the office of treasurer of Delaware county, taking the oath of office on the loth of August following, and he was reelected to that position in 1892. He also served eight years as a trustee of Washington township. He was true and faithful to every trust reposed in him, so that his loyalty is above question, being manifest in days of peace as well as in times of war.

ber died in infancy, and George died in September, 1897, aged twenty-seven years and one month, and at the time of his death he was deputy treasurer of Delaware county. The six now living are Bert, Webb, Susan S., Paul, Bruce and John.

Washington Maynard. Among those who assisted in transforming Delaware county from a wilderness to its present high state of development is numbered the Maynard family, who established their home within its borders in a very early day in its history. When but a little lad Washington Maynard assisted his father in the clearing and cultivation of his farm, in the meantime attending the public schools near his home during the winter months when his services were not needed at home. When he had reached the age of twenty-one years he began farming for himself, purchasing forty acres of land, on which had been erected a little log cabin, built with a mud and stick chimney. As his means permitted Mr. Maynard bought more land, and in 1872 built him a hewed log house. Farming continued as his occupation until 1890, when he left the farm, and since that time he has been engaged in the practice of law in Gaston. His success in a professional way affords the best evidence of his capabilities in this line. He is distinctively a man of high intellectuality and clearly defined principles, and these attributes have naturally led him into associations aside from his professional and business life.

Mr. Maynard was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, June 21, 1837, but his educational training was received in the schools of Washington township in Delaware county. He is a son of Benjamin and Letha (Tracy) Maynard, both of whom were born in Virginia, but the deaths of these honored Delaware county pioneers occurred in Washington township, the father when he had reached the age of seventy-five years and four months and the mother at the age of sixty-five years. They were married in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, and became the parents of seven children, four of whom are now living, namely: Nancy, Washington, Emily and James R., the lastnamed a resident of Washington township.

Benjamin Maynard, the father, followed agricultural pursuits in Ohio until his removal to Delaware county, Indiana, in 1841, making the journey hither with team and wagon and locating in Washington township, three miles northwest of where Gaston now stands, where he first purchased forty acres of timber land in the dense wilderness. Building him a little log cabin, twenty by twenty-four feet in size, he took up his abode therein and began the work of clearing his land. After clearing a few acres, however, he sold that property and bought another tract in the wilderness, consisting of eighty acres. He succeeded in clearing and placing his land under an excellent cultivation, and was numbered among the prominent agriculturists of the township, as well as one of its earliest and most honored pioneer residents. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and voted with the Whig party.

Mr. Washington Maynard, whose name introduces this review, married, September 24, 1859, Martha Jane Thompson, who was born in Washington township, Delaware county, January 10, 1842, the daughter of David and Malinda (Davis) Thompson. The father was born in Butler county, Ohio, October 27, 1817, and is now living with Mr. Maynard. He is the son of David Thompson, Sr., who came to Henry county, Indiana, in 1823. Mrs. Thompson was born in Licking county, Ohio, and died on the loth of September, 1904* On the 24th of August, 1837, in Salem township, Delaware county, Indiana, she gave her hand in marriage to David Thompson, and they became the parents of six children, three sons and three daughters - Alzina, Amanda (deceased), Martha, Reuben (deceased), George (deceased), and Joseph P., living in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson came to Delaware county in 1837, soon after their marriage, locating in Washington township, where Mr. Thompson erected a little log cabin twelve by fourteen feet and cleared about three acres of timber land. He later bought one hundred and sixty acres of heavily wooded land west of where Gaston now stands, which he also cleared, and in 1874 moved to Muncie. Since 1901, however, he has been a resident of Gaston, making his home with Mr. and Mrs. Maynard. He became a member of the United Brethren church when twentyfive years of age, and in his political affiliations he was first a Whig, then a Republican, and now casts his vote independent of party ties. He was elected a justice of the peace in 1872 and was the incumbent for twelve and a half years.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Maynard have been born the following children: Mar>' A., Aggy L., George T., all of whom are deceased, and John, who is living in Whiteley county, Indiana, and David S., a resident of the old homestead farm in Washington township. They also have five grandchildren. Mr. Maynard was made a Mason in Wheeling Lodge No. 324, A. F. & A. M., was also a charter member of New Corner Lodge No. 425, A. F. & A. M., of which he served as master for eight years, and was demitted to Delaware lodge of that order at Muncie. He is also a member of New Corner Lodge No. 524, I. O. O. F., at Gaston, and of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he is serving as trustee, and is superintendent of the Sunday-school. He is a firm advocate of the principles of the Prohibition party.

Benoni Beuoy was born in the little log house which his father had built on the old homestead farm, which the son yet owns and cultivates, in Washington township, Delaware county, Indiana, September 15, 1838, the youngest son of Thomas and Mary (Hart) Beuoy, the history of whose lives will be found in the sketch of their son, Randolph Beuoy.

During his boyhood days Benoni Beuoy assisted his father in clearing and improving his farm, and later he and his brothers each received one hundred acres of land from their father, continuing to work together until 1884, when their interests were dissolved, and each has since been working for himself. In 1867 Mr. Beuoy of this review and four other men made the overland journey by rail to Omaha, and there purchasing four mule teams, passed en route Helena, Montana, and they spent sixty-six days on the road, Mr. Beuoy walking a good deal of the distance. Reaching Helena, they sold their mules and outfit and came back to Bozeman, where he remained for two years, going in 1879 to Ogden, thence to Leesburg and Grantsville, Idaho, for one summer, and was there connected with the Union Pacific Railroad Company. In the following spring he went to Cassel Rock and took up a hay ranch, where he was engaged in sheep shipping until 1882, but in that year returned to his home in Delaware county, spending thirty days on the return journey. Mr. Beuoy subsequently went to the Wasatch mountains in Utah, where he was engaged in the sheep business for two years, and returning thence to his home, engaged in agricultural pursuits with his brother Randolph. Since then he has continued the work of farming and sheep raising, raising principally Merino and Cotswold sheep, and during this year he sheared two hundred and fifty head, usually shearing from two hundred to three hundred head annually. His homestead farm consists of one hundred and eighty-nine acres of well-improved land, located in section 10, Washington township. He is a stanch Republican in his political affiiliations.

On the 17th of June, 1876, Mr. Beuoy was united in marriage to Mrs. Lydia E. Smiley, who was born in Henry county, Indiana, at Bk)untsville, July 25, 1845, the daughter of Lee O. and Unis (Templin) Hayworth. The mother was born in 1818 in Highland county, Ohio, and her death occurred in 1875 at the age of fifty-seven years. In Henry county, Indiana, she gave her hand in marriage to Lee O. Hayworth, and of their eight children four are now living: Rebecca, who married John Thompson, and he is deceased; Mrs. Beuoy ; Gerard, who is married and living in Los Angeles, California ; and Hannon O.

Mr. Hayworth, the father, was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, March 24, 1823, but during his boyhood days he came with his widowed mother to Indiana, residing during their first few years in this state in Greentown. Then until 1856 he resided in Blountsville, where he followed his trade of blacksmithing, and removing to Blackford county, Indiana, purchased a farm and carried on its work in addition to his blacksmithing business until 1857, when he removed to New Cumberland, now known as East Mathews. In 1874 he removed to Fairmount, and a short time afterward to Bolivar, Missouri, where he made his home until 1903, and since that time has resided at Summittsville, Madison county, Indiana. He is a worthy member of the Christian church and is a Republican in his political affiliations.

His daughter Lydia became the wife of Henry Smiley, February 18, 1874. His death occurred on the 8th of February, 1875, ^^^ i" ^^^ following year, as mentioned above, she became the wife of Mr. Beuoy. Mr. Beuoy has in his possession one of the old deeds, bearing the date of execution in 1837 and signed by President Martin Van Buren. This is one of the old souvenirs of the county.

Charles T. Beuoy, a prominent farmer and stock raiser of Washington township, is a member of one of the oldest and most honored families of Delaware county, and it was within its borders, in Washington, township, that his birth occurred, May 2, 1870, his parents being George W. and Alzina (Thompson) Beuoy. The father, who was also a native son of this township, bom October 19, 1833, spent his boyhood days in assisting his father to clear the farm from the wilderness, attending the district schools during the winter months. Remaining with his parents until twenty-eight years of age, he then purchased eighty acres of school land, heavily timbered, and hewed the logs with which to erect his first cabin home, a little building eighteen by twenty-two feet in size. After residing on this farm for about fifteen years he returned to the old homestead and spent his remaining days there, dying on the i6th of March, 1887. He was the owner of two hundred and thirty acres of rich and well-cultivated land, the larger part of which he had cleared himself. He never cared for the honors or emoluments of public office, and was a Jackson Democrat politically. In his native township of Washington, September 15, 1861, Mr. Beuoy married Alzina Thompson, who was bom in Salem township, Delaware county, Indiana, October 12, 1838, and yet survives her husband. They became the parents of four children : Nelson R., bom August 16, 1862, died June 21, 1902; Amanda A., born September 4, 1863, is the wife of Isaac Parkison, of Washington township; Annie E., bom December 14, 1868, died at the age of three years ; and Charles T.

Charles T. Beuoy remained with his father and assisted him with his farm work until his death. About four years after his father's death he married, and in 1902 erected a pleasant and commodious residence, also a fine bam and other modem farm buildings, the farm being one of the most fertile and best-improved tracts in the community. In addition to his general agricultural pursuits he also breeds Duroc and Poland-China hogs, feeding from one to two carloads each year, and he also breeds fine draft horses.

Mr. Beuoy married, February 4, 1892, AUie M. MilhoUin, whose birth also occurred within the borders of Washington township, January 2^, 1873, and she too is a member of one of the old and prominent families of Delaware county. She is a daughter of Nathan and Mary (Carmin) Milhollin, whose history will be found elsewhere in this work. One little daughter has been born of this union, Fern I., born October 18, 1892. Mr. Beuoy gives his aid and cooperation to the Democratic party. Mr. and Mrs. Beuoy have one of the old parchment deeds, executed under the hand and seal of President Martin Van Buren, and bears the date of August 12, 1838, one of the valuable souvenirs of the county and their home. This is the sixth deed of the kind found so far in the county.

David S. Maynard has made his home within the borders of Delaware county, the place of his nativity, throughout his entire life, and is now prom- inently identified with its farming and stock-raising interests. In the meantime, however, he has been an extensive traveler, thus obtaining that thorough knowledge which travel alone can bring. In 1902 he visited Pueblo, Colorado Springs, Denver and Cripple Creek, and in 1903 traveled extensively through the west and northwest, spending some time in Kansas City. In 1904, with his wife, he again visited the northwest, attending the exposition at Portland, also visiting Seattle, Spokane and other points, touring in all ten different states. In 1906 he visited northwestern Canada, and on that trip passed through Assiniboia, Saskatchewan and Alberta.

Mr. Maynard was bom in Washington township, Delaware county, Indiana, October 6, 1870, a son of Washington and Martha (Thompson) Maynard, whose history will be found elsewhere in this work. He remained at home with his parents until his marriage at the age of twenty-one years, after which he resided for two years in Muncie. Removing thence to Gaston, he spent a similar period there, after which he returned to his father's farm, and has since carried on its work with the exception of the periods spent in travel. He breeds full-blooded Jersey and Duroc hogs and also full-blooded Shorthorn cattle and a good grade oi horses and Shropshire sheep. He is at the present time experimenting with the raising of Turkey Red wheat, he having brought his seed wheat from Washington, and he expects to make of this a success.

On the loth of October, 1891, Mr. Maynard was united in marriage to Ida May Marshall, who was born in Alexandria, Madison coimty, Indiana, May 2, 1872, a daughter of George and Mary (Rathell) Marshall. Mr. Marshall was bom in Delaware county, Indiana, December 16, 1840. He was a farmer up to the time of his enlistment for the Civil war, in February, 1862, in Company B, Thirty-sixth Indiana Regulars, and was discharged in December, 1865. He participated in the raid after Hood from Chattanooga to Nashville, from Frankton to Nashville, through Texas, and from Chickamauga to Atlanta. After his return from the army he resumed his ag^cultural labors in Madison county, but since 1907 he has resided at the Soldiers' Home in Marion. He is a stanch Republican in his political affiliations. Mrs. Marshall was born in Ohio and died in 1875. They were married in Anderson, Anderson county, Indiana, March 12, 1867, and became the parents of three children: Charles E., who married Addie Bays and was killed in a mnaway accident ; Ida May, the wife of Mr. Maynard ; and Mollie, who died in infancy. For his second wife Mr. Marshall married, in September, 1877, Miss Elizabeth Paugh, and their two children were Norah, the wife of C. Turner, and one who died in infancy. By his third wife, Mrs. Sarah Jane Grubb, he had one son, Frederick A. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Maynard, George F. and Urbane V., bom respectively September 28, 1893, and February 19, 1900. The family are members of the United Brethren church, in which Mr. Maynard is serving as a trustee at the present time.

Michael Cory, who has been identified with the business interests of Delaware county throughout many years of his life, is a representative of one of the honored pioneer families of the Hoosier state, who trace their descent to the land of Scotland. John and William Cory emigrated from that country to the United States, and to them belongs the honor of establishing the family tree in the new world. The former, bom October 9, 161 1, died i\Iarch 7, 1685. He was married at New London, Connecticut, July 2, 1638, to Ann Solomon, who was born in that commonwealth February 5, 1617, and died January 17, 1681.

Daniel Cory, the father of Michael, was born in Ross county, Ohio, July 7, 1808, a son of Nathan and Sarah (Wright) Cory, the former a farmer and Baptist minister. Daniel Cory came to Indiana in the spring of 1826, entering one hundred and sixty acres of land in Blue River township, Henry county, where he erected a little log cabin in the wilderness and became numbered among the commonwealth's earliest and honored residents. He withstood all the hardships and privations which were the lot of the frontier settlers, but in time he built him a two-story hewed log house, in which the remainder of his life was spent. With the passing years he also purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land in Washington township, Delaware county. He was recognized as one of the leading farmers of Henry county. His two brothers, Joseph and Abraham, located in that county in 1823, also purchasing land in Blue River township, and they were both soldiers in the war of 181 2. Mr. Cory was a JeflFerson Democrat politically and was a member of the Baptist church.

On the 1st of December, 1826, in Ross county, Ohio, Mr. Daniel Cory married Mary Howard, who was bom in Rockingham county, Virginia, August 22, 1800, and died on the 14th of September, 1872, while her husband survived her for one year, dying on the 29th of August, 1873. They became the parents of eleven children: Israel, who died December 13, 1888, and his twin sister died in infancy, January 9, 1827; John, born March 18, 1828, died October 11, 1841 ; Henry C, who was born January 24, 1830, and died in July, 1892, in California, married Hannah Eller, also deceased; Nathan, born Xovember 11, 1831, died September 27, 1893; Adam, born January 15, 1834, died March 17, 1903; William, born January 22, 1836, died April 29, 1836; Michael, the subject of this review; David L., born February 14, 1839, died October 30, 1884; Nancy L., born August 10, 1842, married William Bamer, and is living at Keystone, Wells county, Indiana ; and Solomon, born October 20, 1843, ^i^d December 3, 1846.

Michael Cory was born in Henry county, Indiana, February i, 1837, and received his educational training in its early public schools, which he attended only from two to three months during the winter months, in the ware county, March 20, 1.861, he continued his/esidence here until 1867, when he removed to Sulphur Springs, Henry coiyity, continuing mercantile pursuits there for one year. For two or more j-tars thereafter he worked at carpentering, was also a justice of the peace, and for about five years served as the postmaster of Sulphur Springs. He was also engaged in the dry goods business there for one year, and was then in the grocery business for about eight years. On the 5th of February, 1878, he returned to Washington township and resumed his agricultural pursuits, and in 1884 he erected on his farm a commodious and substantial frame residence.

Mr. Cory married, February 21, 1861, Miss Louisa Canaday, who was born in Wayne county, Indiana, December 8, 1842, a daughter of Enos and Hannah (Chamness) Canaday, the father bom in North Carolina, September 27, 1819, and now living with his youngest son, Emanuel Canaday, on the old homestead in the northwest corner of Wayne county; but the mother, bom August 8, 1812, died September 6, 1888. They were married near Hagerstown, Wayne county, Indiana, and became the parents of seven children : Louisa, the wife of Mr. Cory ; William, born June 22, 1844, died February 9, 1866; Walter, who was bom April i, 1846, married Ellen Roe, and is living in Henry county; Jesse, bom December 13, 1847, married first Jane Wright and second Delia Brown, and is living in Winchester, Randolph county, Indiana; Matilda, bom May 6, 1851, married M. D. Harry, and is living in Henry county; Mary E., born September i, 1853, married O. Williams, their home being in Wayne county, Indiana; and Emanuel, bom August ID, 1856, married for his second wife Catherine Milspaw, and is living on the old homestead farm in Wayne county. Mr. Canaday married for his first wife Luella Taylor, and she is deceased. Enos Canaday came to Indiana in an early day in its history and located in Wayne county, where he owned at one time over two hundred acres of land. He cleared his land from its dense growth of timber, placed his fields under an excellent state of cultivation, and replaced the little log cabin which first served as the home for the family with a large frame dwelling, beautifully finished in walnut, and in this pleasant residence he yet makes his home, surrounded by the many comforts and luxuries which years of past labor have brought him. He is a member of the New Light or Christian church, and since 1856 he has been affiliated with the Republican party, to which he transferred his relations from the Whigs.

Six children have blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Cory, namely: William L., Wesley (who died at the age of thirteen months), Mary H., Laura E., Ina I., andt)ne who died in infancy. Mr. Cory has served as the trustee of his township for one term, representing the Democratic party, and he is a worthy and acceptable member of the Baptist church.

. Levi L. Carter. One of the oldest and most prominent of the early families of Indiana is now worthily represented in Washington township, Delaware county, by Levi L. Carter. His paternal grandfather, Isaac G.

Carter, a native of Norjhport, Waldo county, Maine, born September 6, 1797, took up his abode in Grant county, Indiana, during a very early epoch in its history, where he built him a little log cabin home in the wilderness, and was thereafter prominently identified with the county's history. In Perry county, Ohio, on the i6th of December, 1819, he had married Henrietta Joslin, who was also a native of Waldo county, Maine, bom Jime 9, 1802, but when a little lady of thirteen years, in 181 5, she became a resident of Ohio. Ten sons were born of that union, and the parents both passed away in death in Grant county, Indiana, the mother on the ist of April, 1863, and the father six years later, in 1869.

Ira J. Carter, a son of these brave and honored Indiana pioneers, was bom in Washington county, Ohio, March 15, 1822, and during his early boyhood days he assisted his father in the clearing and cultivating of his farm in Grant county. He at one time was the owner of one hundred and sixty-nine acres of land, but this he divided among his children. During his younger days he taught school, and he also served as a justice of the peace and as the postmaster of Trask, receiving his commission as such in 1865, and he held that important office for twenty-seven years, or until advancing age compelled him to resign. He was a devoted and worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and politically was a Jackson Democrat. On the 25th of July, 1844, in Jefferson township. Grant county, Indiana. Mr. Carter was united in marriage to Eliza Ann Corn, who was bora in Rush county, this state, June 5, 1825, and they became the parents of eleven children, seven of whom are now living: Joseph N., who married Jane Patterson ; Olive, the wife of John E. Kibbey ; Levi L., of this review ; Mary E., the wife of Elmer E. Hiatt; Isaac L., who married Margaret Fitch; Jerusha, the wife of John R. Crouse ; and Amy A., the wife of Wilbert A. Helms. Mr. Carter, the father, died on the 21st of March, 1899, in Jefferson township. Grant county, and thus another of the brave and honored early residents of Indiana was called to his final reward. Mrs. Carter came to Delaware county in 1836, when Muncie had not over a dozen houses, and the hotel was a double log house, called an inn.

Levi L. Carter was born in Jefferson township. Grant county, April 13, 1855, and as a boy he worked on his father's farm during the summer months and attended the district schools in the winters. As his father was in poor health, it devolved upon the son in his early years to take charge of the old homestead, which he conducted until his twenty-seventh year, also working sixty-seven acres during this time. In the spring of 1883 he came to Washington township, Delaware county, and^began farming on one hundred and sixty-five acres, while at the present time he is superintending the work of two hundred and five acres. He carries on general farm work, and also breeds a good grade of stock, cattle, sheep and hogs. In 1895 he completed the erection of his attractive and modem farm residence, and he is numbered among the progressive and leading agriculturists and business men of Washington township.

On the I St of October, 1882, Mr. Carter was united in marriage to Mary Amanda Slater, who was bom in Jefferson township, Grant county, Indiana, May 5, 1858, a daughter of William and Mary T. (Marks) Slater, natives respectively of Richhill county, Ohio, and Loudoun county, Virginia, the father bom on the 12th of September, 1826, and died December 15, 1874, and the mother bom November 25, 1824, died on the i6th of Jan- , uary, 1879. They were married in Guernsey county, Ohio, January 9, 185 1, and of their six children, three sons and three daughters, four are now living : Uree Ann, the wife of Thomas F. Scott ; Mary A., the wife of Mr. Carter; John William, who married Inez Horner; and George F., who* married Cora Atkinson.

William Slater came to Indiana in April, 1853, and located in Jefferson township, Grant county, on the east bank of the Mississinewa river, where he had previously purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land, and in time he added to this tract until he was the owner of four hundred and ninety acres, all in Jefferson township. His entire business career was devoted to agricultural pursuits, although when a young man he had learned the carpenter's trade. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and affiliated with the Republican party.

One daughter, Dora Ethel, has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Carter. She graduated in the grammar school of district No. 4, Washington, township, when but twelve years of age, while later she completed the course in the Summitville high school of Madison county, doing four years' work in three, and for fifteen months thereafter she attended Hiron's Business College in Muncie, Indiana. She has since served as a stenographer for the Grant County Bank of Upland, and also teaches music on both the piano and organ. In his political affiliations Mr. Carter votes independent of party ties, and is an active factor in the work of the growth and upbuilding of his community. Mrs. Carter is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

George W. Huber, M.D. The Gaston Milling Company is one of the leading industrial institutions of Delaware county, and its manager. Dr. George W. Huber, is therefore well known to its residents. He has been identified with this business throughout his entire business career, having operated the mill for his father from 1882 until the latter's death, and since that time he has conducted it for himself. Gaston also claims him among her native sons, his birth occurring in this city on the 7th of May, 1867, his parents being Frederick and Susan (Boyle) Huber.

Frederick Huber was born in Germany, eight miles from Stuttgart, in 1838, and his death occurred in Gaston in 1898. In Gaston he was married to Susan Boyle, who was l)om in Columbiana county, Ohio, in 1840, and of their ten children, eight sons and two daughters, seven are now living - George W., James F., William E., Amanda C, Albert L., Frederick, Jr., and Frank. The two last named are twins. Mr. Huber, the father.

came to the United States with his parents when sixteen years of age, making the journey on a sailing vessel, and they were two and a half months on the ocean, and from New York harbor they made their way to Darke county, Ohio. Mr. Huber continued to reside with his parents until i860, when he came to New Corner, Delaware county, Indiana, where he followed his trade of carriagemaking until his enlistment for the Civil war on the ist of August, 1863. He was made a member of Company B, One Hundred and Eighteenth Indiana Volunteer Regiment, and was discharged on the 1st of March, 1864, having served his full term of enlistment. He participated in the battles of Lookout Mountain, Walker's Ford, Strawberry Plains, and was with his regiment in all of its battles and skirmishes with the exception of a short time which he spent in the hospital, his health having become impaired during his army service. Returning from the army, Mr. Huber engaged in the manufacture of wagons, to which in 1880 he added a saw and flour milling business, while later on he engaged in farming and stock-raising, merely superintending the business, for his health would not then permit of active labor. He was an active member of the United Brethren church, and in 1873 he furnished the money, with the exception of ninety-three dollars, with which to erect the United Brethren Church in Christ at Gaston. He was well and favorably known throughout Delaware county and also the state of Indiana, and was loved and honored for his many noble traits of character. In his early life he gave his political support to the Republican party, but later on became identified with the Democracy, although in local politics he voted for the man rather than for the party.

George W. Huber received an excellent educational training in his boyhood days, first attending the high school and then the normal of Muncie, while later he became a student in the American Medical College at Cincinnati, Ohio, in which he graduated with the class of 1894, and with the class of 1907 graduated from the Eclectic Medical College at Indianapolis, Indiana. On the 2d of March, 1890, he married Miss Corrina May Barrett, whose birth occurred on the 24th of January, 1870, and her death on the 9th of December, 1898. She was the daughter of Samuel and Lana (Mclnterf) Barrett, both of whom were born in Delaware county, Indiana. Mr. Barrett served with Company B, One Hundred and Eighteenth Indiana Volunteer Regiment, in the Civil war, and his chosen life occupation is farming. For his second wife Mr. Huber chose Miss Nannie Thompson, their wedding occurring December 25, 1900. She was born in Eaton, Ohio, October 5, 1874, the daughter of Frank and Sarah (Shepard) Thompson, the former of whom was a farmer, born in Ohio, and was a soldier in the army during the Civil war. His last days were spent in Delaware county. Two children were bom to Mr. Huber by his first marriage, Alfred W. and Beatrice B. Mr. Huber is a member of the State Millers' Association. Since his boyhood days he has held membership relations with the United Brethren church, and his political affiliations are with the Democratic party.

Walter P. Mitchell, M. D. Since 1899 Dr. Mitchell has been engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in Gaston, and in addition to the large private practice which he has earned in this vicinity through his ability, his abiding sympathy and his earnest zeal, he is also the surgeon for the Chicago, Cincinnati and Lx)uisville Railroad at this place.

The Doctor is a native son of Indiana, born in Henry county on the 2d of March, 1862, a son of Samuel and Margaret (Swope) Mitchell, the former a native of Madison county, this state, born October 14, 1835, and the latter of Henry county, Indiana, bom March 6, 1842. They are now residents of Madison coimty. Their marriage was celebrated in Middletown of this state, and the only child bom of this union was Dr. Walter P. Mitchell. The father has followed milling and agricultural pursuits, and in 1858 he and John Swope erected the Middletown mill, continuing as proprietors for a nmnber of years, after which he turned his attention to farming. During the Civil war he enlisted in Company E, Eighth Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, for three months, and in that time was made the lieutenant of his company. At the expiration of his first term of service he re-enlisted for three years or during the war. At the close of the conflict he returned to the milling business, but selling his interests therein he engaged in farming, and in 1878 retired from an active business life. He is a. member of Middletown lodge of the Masonic order, and is identified with the Republican party.

Dr. Mitchell, the only child of this well known resident of Delaware county, was born in Middletown, Henry county, Indiana, March 2, 1862, and received his literary training in the Danville Normal College, of Danville, Indiana, while his medical training was begun in Rush Medical College of Chicago, in which he graduated with the class of 1886. In the same year of his graduation he located in Madison county for the practice of his profession, but later moved to Charlottesville, Indiana, and in 1888 pursued a post-graduate course in surgery in Cincinnati, Ohio. From 1895 imtil 1899 he was engaged in general practice and railroad surgery in Wisconsin, and it was in the latter year that he located in Gaston, where he has ever since enjoyed a large and lucrative practice in both medicine and surgery.

On the 13th of April, 1889, Dr. Mitchell married Miss Carrie L. Smith, who was born in Hancock county, Indiana, July 16, 1867, ^^ daughter of Timothy F. and Dorzina (Roland) Smith, natives respectively of Virginia and Hancock county, Indiana. The mother still resides in the coimty of her birth, having attained the age of seventy-two years. Of their eight children six are now living, - ^Joseph, Olive, Elizabeth, Carrie, Rose and Bertha. Mr. Smith was a prominent and well known agriculturist of Hancock county, where he owned many acres of land, and he was long numbered among the county's most influential men. His death occurred at the age of forty-four years. He was also a prominent member of the Odd Fellows' order, in which he held all the state offices. He was a menibei of the Christian church, and gave his political support to the Democratic party. One little daughter, Halcyon Margaret, has been bom to Dr. and Mrs. Mitchell. The Doctor is a stanch Republican in his political affiliations, and i a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Thomas L. Dunn was bom in Washington township, Delaware county, February 4, 1864. His father, John Dunn, one of the honored early residents of Delaware county, was born in Monroe county, Ohio, August 25, 1829, and his death occurred in Washington township of this county March 20, 1903. He was the son of John and Catherine (Knight) Dunn, the former of whom was bom in Monongalia county. West Virginia, and the latter in Monroe county, Ohio. Mr. John Dunn, Sr., went to Monroe county when a young man, remaining there until his marriage, and following this event he engaged in farming, continuing that occupation in Ohio until 1832, the year of his arrival in Delaware county, Indiana. Arriving here, he secured one hundred and sixty acres of land in section 15, Washington township, afterward purchasing a tract of two hundred and forty acres, but he remained on the first purchase until his death, which occurred in 1865. His wife died in 1863, both passing away in the faith of the Baptist church. Mr. Dunn gave his political support to the Democracy until 1856, when he joined the Republican party.

His son, John Dunn, Jr., remained obedient to his parents' will until twenty-one years of age, and he then rented his father's farm until the latter's death, when he inherited eighty acres of the homestead and bought an adjoining eighty acres, living upon this land for about ten or twelve year^. He then purchased one hundred acres in section 10, where he spent the remainder of his life, at one time owning four hundred acres of fine farming land. He erected one of the handsomest residences in the township and was numbered among the county's most prominent citizens.

Mr. Dunn married, September 3, 1854, Serepta Littler, who was bom in Grant county, Indiana, February 24, 1834, a daughter of Thomas and Susan (Fry) Littler, the former of whom was born in Hardy county, West Virginia, in 1802, and the latter in the same county in 1805. In 1829 they journeyed to Grant county, Indiana, where they entered one hundred and twenty acres of land and afterward purchased one hundred and thirtyeight acres. Mrs. Littler died in 1869, but her husband survived until 1883, both dying in Iowa. They were members of the Methodist church, and were worthy and highly esteemed people. To Mr. and Mrs. Dunn were bom the following children : Rosetta, the wife of John Dorton ; Sylvester

Thomas L. Dunn, a son of this honored pioneer couple, remained with his parents during the period of his boyhood and youth, assisting his father to clear the farm from its dense growth of timber, and they lived together until 1904 when the son removed to another part of the homestead. He carries on the general work of the farm and is also engaged quite extensively in stock-raising, handling a fine grade of Duroc hogs and other stock. His farm consists of eighty acres of fertile and well improved land.

On the 26th of February, 1896, Mr. Dunn married Miss Ella Linder, who was bom in Grant county, Indiana, April 28, 1866, the daughter of James H. and Martha E. (Watson) Linder. The father, who was bom in Muskingum county, Ohk), April 5, 1833, came to Indiana with his parents, Jacob and Elsie Linder, when but six years of age, the family home being established in Grant county, Indiana, where Mr. Linder helped his father to clear and improve his farm. The first home which he owned was a little log cabin, but later on this was superseded by the fine brick house in which he spent the remainder of his days, passing to his final reward on the 27th of January, 1903. He was the owner of about three hundred acres of land, all of which he had improved, and he also bought and sold cattle, hogs and sheep, becoming extensively identified with the stock-raising industry. During a number of years he served as a school director, was also a supervisor of his township, was a Whig politically, and was a member of the Methodist church. In 1859 Mr. Linder married Martha E. Watson, who was bom in Grant county, Indiana, March 26, 1841, and is now living in Upland of that county. They had five children : Philena, the wife of Jacob Rogers, of Blackford county, Indiana ; Lemon M., who married Ella Walters; Ella, the wife of Mr. Dunn; Norah; and Lettie, who married Eli Balenger. Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Dunn, namely: Ralph L., Carlos M., Cliflford, Delores M. and Mary L. The youngest child died in infancy. Mr. Dunn g^ves his political support to the Republican party.

James H. Wills was born in Licking county, Ohio, March 31, 1834, the only child of Samuel and Mary (Wills) Wills, both of whom were also bom in the Buckeye state. The father spent his life in that commonwealth and there died, and the mother afterward married in Grant county, Indiana, Henry Richards, by whom she had five sons, three now living: Benjamin, William and Thomas. Mrs. Richards died in Grant county when she had reached the age of forty-four years.

James H. Wills came with his widowed mother to Indiana when four years of age, spending their first two years in this state in Washington township, Delaware county, after which they removed to Grant county. In 1864 he removed to Marion county, Iowa, and purchased a farm, remain- ing in that county until 1875, and from that year until 1881 he was a resident of Cass county, Iowa. Going thence to Audubon county of that state, he remained there until 1891, when he returned to Grant county, Indiana, and in 1894 came to Washington township, Delaware county. In 1905 he retired from the work of the farm and now rents his land, his well directed labors in the past years having won for him an honored retirement. Mr. Wills has membership relations with the Methodist Episcopal church and also with the Odd Fellows* fraternity, becoming a member of Atlantic Lodge No. 80, of Atlantic, Iowa, in 1880, and is a member of Wheeling Encampment No. 125, of Wheeling, but the meetings are held at Mathews. He has held all the offices in this encampment.

When he had reached the age of twenty-two years Mr. Wills married Sarah L. Sanders, their wedding having been celebrated on the 3d of June, 1856. She was bom in Grant county, Indiana, November 24, 1838, a daughter of William and Rachel (Wharton) Sanders. The father, who was born in Virginia September 19, 1809, came to Indiana in 1820, thus becoming numbered among tlie commonwealth's earliest pioneers, and he established his home in the then wilderness of Grant county. His first residence was a Httle log cabin on tlie banks of the Mississinewa river, but later tliis log cabin home was replaced by a frame dwelling, and subsequently the modem and substantial frame residence which is yet standing was built Mr. Sanders' farm consisted of one hundred and eighty acres, which he evolved from the wilderness to its present high state of cultivation. He was a member of the Methodist church, and was a Whig in his political affiliations. In Delaware county he married Rachel Wharton, who was born in Ohio April 2, 1812, and her death - occurred at the advanced age of eighty-one years. Mr. Sanders passed away in death at the age of seventy-one years. In their family were five children, of whom three are now living: Nancy Jane, the widow of David Collins; Sarah L., who became the wife of Mr. Wills; and John. Of the ten children bom to Mr. and Mrs. Wills three are now living, namely : John W., who married Alice Lacher; Mary A., the wife of M. P. Allen, of Mathews, Indiana; and Charles L., who married Bertha Hayworth, now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Wills also have ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Isaac Newton Parkison was born within the borders of Washington township, where he has spent his subsequent life and is prominently identified with its farming and stock-raising interests, Delaware county, Indiana, September 27, 1857. His father, Samuel Parkison, was a native son of the Buckeye state, born in Somerset county, Ohio, August 28, 1841, and in 1853 he came with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Parkison, to Indiana, the family home being established on the banks of White river, where the little lad grew to mature years. Remaining u^ider the parental roof until his marriage, he then engaged in farming for himself, and at one time was the owner of two hundred and twenty acres, the most of which he cleared himself. On the first forty acre tract which he bought was located his log cabin home, but later on he sold his farm of eighty acres to the Western Improvement Company for one hundred dollars an acre, and built the brick house in which he spent the remainder of his life, dying on the 28th of March, 1896. With his agricultural pursuits he was also extensively engaged in buying hogs, which he shipped to the Buffalo and Cincinnati markets. He was a good and worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and affiliated with the Republican party. His fraternal relations were with the Odd Fellows order, affiliating with Yorktown Lodge No. 345, in which he filled all of the offices and acted as Noble Grand. He was also a member of the Encampment at Muncie. Mr. Parkison was married in Delaware county to one of its native daughters, Jane Neeley, whose birth occurred in Mount Pleasant township. She died at the age of fortytwo years, in 1879. Five children were bom of this union: Emma, who died at the age of thirty-one years ; Isaac, the subject of this review ; John, who married Melly Williamson ; Oliver, who died in infancy ; and Joseph, who married Melvina Humbert and is Hving in Yorktown.

As a farmer lad Isaac N. Parkison assisted in the work of the homestead farm, remaining at home until his twenty-fourth year, when he was married and engaged in farming for himself in Mount Pleasant township. In 1886 he removed to Washington township, but three years later returned to Yorktown, and it was in 1892 that he came again to Washington township and located on his present homestead farm in section 24, where he now operates one hundred and fifteen acres of rich and well-improved land, and on which in 1904 he erected a modern and commodious home. His church relations are with the Methodist Episcopal denomination, and he is a member of Yorktown Lodge No. 345, I. O. O. F., of which he is a past noble grand. He is also a member of Muncie Camp No. 30, and Mrs. Parkison is a Rebekah.

Mr. Parkison married, September 7, 1882, Miss Amanda Beuoy, who was born in Washington township, Delaware county, September 4, 1863, a daughter of George W. and Alzina (Thompson) Beuoy. Six children have been bom to them : Jessie Pearl, who died at the age of seventeen years ; Samuel B., Ella J., Sallie M., Ralph R., who died in infancy, and Earl Thompson. Samuel B. and Sallie M. have both received their diplomas in the common schools. He received his with the class of 1902 and Sallie with the class of 1905. Samuel also took one year's high school work, and Sallie is now in her second year in the high school at Gaston, Indiana.

John W. DeWitt. Distinguished for the honorable record he won for his services on the battlefield during the Civil war, and for his life record as an upright, honorable and valued citizen, John W. DeWitt, of Gaston, fully deserves the esteem and respect so generously accorded him by his neighbors, friends and associates. A native of Delaware county, he was

Born in Wayne county, Indiana, October 17, 1820, Elisha DeWitt has now the distinction of being one of the oldest residents of Monroe township. The son of a pioneer settler of this county, he has seen wonderful changes take place in the face of the country during his long life, watching with great pride its gradual evolution from a dense wilderness to a superb agricultural region whose well-cultivated and well-stocked farms give sure indications of its general prosperity. He married Mary Gibson, who spent her entire life in Indiana, dying at the age of seventy-nine years. They had a large family of children, fourteen in number, and of these eight are living, namely: Catherine, Cynthia, Rebecca, John W., Julia, Caroline, Patrick and Daniel W. He is a Republican in politics, having formerly been a Whig, and is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he was class leader for many years. Socially he is one of the oldest members of Burlington Lodge, No. 485, A. F. & A. M.

Spending the days of his boyhood and youth at home, John W. DeWitt attended the district school during the winter seasons, and helped as much as he could to clear the land which his father-in-law, Harvey Heath, entered from the Government. On July 29, 1863, when but sixteen years old, he enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Eighteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, at Muncie, and in March, 1864, his term of enlistment having expired, he was honorably discharged. In May, 1864, Mr. DeWitt again .offered his services to his country, enlisting for one hundred days in Company B, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, he, with twenty of his comrades, receiving for this patriotic act a eulogy signed by President Lincoln. At the end of the one hundred days he was honorably discharged, and in February, 1865, he re-enlisted in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, from which he received his honorable discharge on the nineteenth anniversary of his birth. He was on the field at the Battle of Blue Springs, and at Walkers Ford was detailed from the line of battle to guard teams. Mr. DeWitt left home in 1863, a smooth-faced lad, with the thoughts and feelings of a boy, and came home a man, old not in years, but in experience, and in the years spent upon the battlefield and in camp he saw more of life in its sadness and glory than many men see in a life of three score and ten years. Since his return to civic life Mr. DeWitt has been extensively engaged in agricultural pursuits in Monroe and Harrison townships, carrying on general

Monroe township, this county, in 1904, at the venerable age of ninety years. Coming to Indiana at an early age, he worked by the month for William Y. Williams, one of the very early pioneers of Delaware county, toiling early and late in felling trees in thp forests. Although wages were very modest in those days, he saved some money, and when desirous of taking up land walked to Indianapolis to the land office, and when he got there found that he had not money enough to pay the entry fee, lacking the full sum by seventy-five cents. He tried to pawn his hat for that amount, but found no one willing to take it. His employer, Mr. Williams, however, came to the rescue, lending him two dollars and fifty cents, enough to pay the fee and buy himself something to eat. Building a log cabin on the tract which he took up, Mr. Heath began the improvement of the property, and in course of time became one of the most prosperous and respected farmers of this locality, at one time being owner of three hundred and sixty acres of valuable farming land and several town lots. He was a Whig in politics and for nearly half a century was a leading member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Heath married, in Putnam county, Indiana, Arminta Finlay, who was bom in Guilford county. North Carolina, and died in Delaware county, Indiana, in 1905, aged ninety-one years. Of the nine children bom to them four survive, as follows: John T., Mary E. (Mr. DeWitt's wife), George F., and Lavina. Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt have two children, namely: Elza A. married Addie B. Skinner, and Ora, wife of A. M. Kelley. Politically Mr. DeWitt is a stanch Republican. Fraternally he is a member of Bethel Lodge, No. 731, I. O. O. F., and both he and Mrs. DeWitt belong to Lincoln Lodge, No. 563, Daughters of Rebekah.

John Dorton is one of the prominent business men of Washington township, and to his own energy and perseverance he owes the success which he has achieved thus far in life. He was bom in Union county, Indiana, March 9, 1854, and traces his descent to the mother country of England. His grandfather, Ephraim Dorton, of English parentage, was a sea captain, and both he and his wife were natives of New Jersey. Their son, Henry Dorton, was born in Union county, Indiana, September 10, 1826, and died on the 4th of July, 1895. In 1857 he located in Jefferson township, Grant county, three miles north of Mathews, where he followed agricultural pursuits until his removal to Washington township, Delaware county, in 1883. Here he spent the remainder of his life and won for himself a place among the prominent farmers and business men ot the township. He was well known as a breeder of good standard bred stock, principally Poland-China hogs and draft horses. He never cared for the honors or emoluments of public office, but voted with the Republican party. During the Civil war he enlisted as a soldier in one of the Indiana volunteer regiments, but was never in battle, principally doing guard duty in Indianapolis. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and was a man of the highest standing in the community. In Union county, Indiana,

November 28, 1849, Mr. Dorton married Phebe Rose, a native daughter of that county, born November 8, 1829, and she is now living in Mathews, at the comer of East Eighth street. Of the ten children born to them six are now living : Monroe, who married Samanthia Dunn and is living in Washington township ; John, the subject of this review ; Harrison, who married Mollie Q)leman and makes his home in Blackford county, Indiana ; Albert, who married* Mattie Leerd and lives in Delaware county ; Rachel, the wife of Albert Moorman, of Grant county, this state ; and Katherine, who married Willard Secrest, of Mathews.

John Dorton was but a little lad of four years when he went with his parents to Grant county, there spending his boyhood days in assisting in the work of the farm and in attending school during the winter months. In company with his brother Monroe he engaged in the livery business at Dunkirk when twenty-one years of age, but after three years in that business he returned to the home farm and assisted in its cultivation during the following two years. At the close of this period he was married, and he then engaged in farming for himself in Washington township, Delaware county, while in 1904 he erected the fine modern home which now adorns the farm. He is operating two hundred and eighty acres of well improved land and he has made the larger part of his holdings by his own industry and unaided efforts. In addition to his farming interests he is also quite extensively engaged in the breeding of live stock, feeding about one hundred and fifty head of hogs each year, from thirty-five to forty head of cattle and from nine to ten horses. Mr. Dorton has ever taken an active interest in the public affairs of his community, voting with the Democratic party and he is a worthy and valued member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

The marriage of Mr. Dorton was celebrated on the 3d of January, 1878, Rosetta Dunn becoming his wife. She is a native daughter of Washington township, bom August 15, 1855, ^^^ ^ sketch of her parents, John and Serepta (Littler) Dunn, appears elsewhere. Ten children have been born to bless this union : Florence B., Carl J., Walter H., who married Lucy McKinney; Bertha M., Zora Pearl, Harry C., Thomas A., Jesse M., Chleo M. and Pauline I.

B. Frank Duling is a member of one of the prominent pioneer families of Indiana, and within its borders, in Fairmount township. Grant county, Indiana, he was born on the nth of January, 1869, a son of William M. and Matilda J. (Wilson) Duling, and on the paternal side a grandson of Thomas and Nancy (Miskimens) Duling, both of whom were born in Ohio. In a very early day, however, they left the Buckeye state for Indiana, Mr. Duling days of Indiana's history. He served as a trustee of Fairmount township and also served as one of its educators. He was a member of the Protestant Methodist church at Roanoke, Indiana ; Zelme, who married Vesta Hickson, this brave Indiana pioneer occurred at the advanced age of eighty-two years.

William M. Duling spent his boyhood days in assisting his father to clear and improve his farm, and his first purchase of land consisted of fifty acres adjoining the homestead. This was heavily timbered, and he built him a two-room frame house, where seven of his children were born. After a time he bought a farm of one hundred and six acres in Jefferson township, Grant county, his present homestead. With his wife he at one time owned six hundred and thirty-three and a half acres, but they gave one hundred and sixty acres to their children, owning the remainder, and in addition to his agricultural pursuits Mr. Duling deals quite extensively in standard bred stock. He is a member of the Protestant Methodist church and affiliates with the Republican party. Mrs. Duling was born in Jefferson township. Grant county, Indiana, January 30, 1844, and in that county she was also married, September 3, 1861, the union resulting in the birth of eight children : MoUie, the wife of Oscar Lewis ; John M., who married Lizzie Mann and is living in Fairmount township, Grant county ; Flora L., the wife of Calvin M. Jones, of Jefferson township. Grant county ; B. Frank, of this review; Nettie E., the wife of Rev. Charles Hobbs, a minister of the Methodist church at Roanoke, Indiana ; Zelme, who married Vesta Hickson, and is also living in Jefferson township; Effie May, the wife of Frank Wright, of Washington, D. C. ; and David G.

B. Frank Duling was reared as a farmer lad, working on the farm during the summer months and attending the district schools in the winters. When he had attained the age of twenty-four years he was married and engaged in farming for himself, first renting one of his father's farms, but on the loth of December, 1900, he purchased forty acres of land and his father gave him another tract of forty acres, thus making him the possessor of eighty acres, which he yet owns. In June, 1906, he transferred his residence to Washington township, Delaware county, where he is now farming the old homestead of his father-in-law, John Dunn, Mrs. Duling having received eighty acres of this place as her inheritance. He breeds heavy draft Norman horses, also high grade cattle, hogs and sheep, at the present time having one hundred and seventy-seven head of Duroc and Poland-China hogs ; also two hundred head or more of sheep.

By his marriage to Miss Almira Amanda Dunn, a daughter of John and Saerepta (Littler) Dunn, Mr. Duling has become the father of two children: Kenneth L. and Marjorie Dephylis, born November 5, 1895, and June 22, 1899, respectively. Mr. Duling casts his ballot in favor of the Republican party.

Indiana, December i, 1861. His father, Thomas B. Hall, was born in North Carolina, a son of John and Elizabeth (Parker) Hall. Mr. John Hall spent his life in North Carolina, engaged in blacksmithing and farming. At the age of twenty-two years his son Thomas came to Indiana and located at Alexandria, Madison county, where he secured employment in a chair factory, but later on worked at his trade of blacksmithing near Summitville, while still later he purchased fifteen acres of land. This tract he afterward sold and purchased another of forty-four acres, on which he built a log cabin home, and later added fifty-two acres to its boundaries. He subsequently traded the fifty-two acres for forty acres near his first purchase of forty-four acres, making him the owner of a farm of eighty-four acres. In 1880 he retired from the blacksmithing business and built him a new home, where he spent the remainder of his life and died in March, 1882, receiving the honors of an Odd Fellows burial. He was a member of the New Light Christian church, both he and his wife becoming members of that denomination soon after their marriage, and he was a Jackson Democrat politically. In Madison county, Indiana, Mr. Hall married Susan Hopis, a native daughter of that county, and they became the parents of four children: Mary E., who died in February, 1882, aged seventeen years; Ida B., the wife of John W. Montgomery, of Fairmount township, Grant county, Indiana; Sarah M., who died in March, 1882; and John A., the subject of this review. Mrs. Hall died in August, 1872, and for his second wife Mr. Hall married Elizabeth Haskins, who is now living in Madison county, Indiana. They became the parents of five children: Almira, the wife of William Fowler, of Grant county; Retta, the wife of William Harvey, also of Grant county ; Amanda, the wife of James Price, of Wayne county, this state ; Thomas, who is married ; and Addie.

After completing his education in the common and high schools John A. Hall began the work of the farm, working for others after his father's death until his marriage, when he engaged in agricultural pursuits in section 22, Washington township. This farm has ever since remained as his homestead, and in 1887 he remodeled his residence, making it one of the modem and attractive ones of the community. In addition to his general farming he is quite extensively engaged in stock raising, breeding Shorthorn cattle, Poland-China and Chester White hogs, and Percheron draft and driving horses.

1857, and died on the 26th of August, 1883. One son was born of that union, Ehiier, who died in infancy. Mr. Hall gives his political support to the Republican party, and has fraternal relations with the Red Men, Sioux Tribe No. 123. He is a prominent and worthy member of the Congregational church.

Amos F. Janney was born in Stark county, Ohio, May 5, 1837, a son of Joseph and Sarah (Hayden) Janney. His paternal grandfather was a native son of Ohio and became one of the first settlers of Delaware county, Indiana, while later he removed to Harrison township of this county, but spent his remaining days in Washington township. His son Joseph was bom in Stark county, Ohio, December 11, 181 1, and from his native state he made the overland journey to Washington township, Delaware county, Indiana, in October, 1837, and purchased from the government four hundred acres of timber land. His name is recorded among the earliest pioneers of this county, and he was prominently identified with much of its early and subsequent history. His political affiliations were with the Whig party, and religiously he was a member of the Christian church. His death occurred in 1876. Mrs. Janney bore the maiden name of Sarah Hayden, and was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, March i, 181 2. They became the parents of seven children, all of whom grew to years of maturity and six are now living : Mary S., the wife of Joseph Thorn ; Jefferson, who married Christian Myers; Amos F., the subject of this review; Annie, the wife of James T. Broyles ; Harriet, the wife of Isaac Gray ; and William T., who married Elizabeth McCreery.

During his boyhood days Amos F. Janney assisted in the clearing of the homestead farm, attended the district schools during the winter months, and soon after his marriage he built him a log cabin and began agricultural pursuits for himself. He is now the owner of an estate of one hundred and sixty acres, and he has also given to each of his sons forty acres of land and to his daughters one thousand dollars in money.

On the i2th of March, 1857, M^- Janney wedded Miss Barbara Jane Roberts, who was born in Dearborn county, Indiana, November 16, 1835, and her death occurred on the loth of November, 1881. She was a daughter of Vincent and Dorcas (Roberts) Roberts, both of whom were bom in Dearborn county, Indiana, and they spent their lives in Dearborn and Delaware counties. Of the six children born to Mr. and Mrs. Janney five are now living: Dorcas, the wife of Volney Reeves; Vincent R., who married Jane Woodring; John W., who married Anna Myers; Alice A., the wife of Nathan Brown; and Jacob, who married Delia Dunlap. Mr. Janney subsequently wedded Mrs. Cynthia A. (Weir) Love, who was bom on the 4th of March, 1848, the daughter of James B. and Eliza (Slater) Weir, both of whom were born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania. The father, bom on the 4th of February, 1818, died December 24, 1874, in Delaware county, Indiana, and the mother died on the 4th of December, 1864, aged forty-four years, one month and five days. They were married in 1839, and became the parents of seven children, three of whom, James, Cynthia and Watscm, are now living. Mr. Weir came to Delaware county with his parents, Thomas and Mary (Bradshaw) Weir, both of whom were bom in Pennsylvania, the father January 8, 1789, and the mother August 31, 1793. In an early day in its history they established their home in Warren county, Ohio, from whence they removed to Dearborn county, Indiana, in 1828, and in 1837 they came to Delaware county and spent the remainder of their lives here, Mr. Weir dying on the 28th of August, 1863. As before stated, James B. Weir came with his parents to Delaware county, and soon after his marriage he erected the. little log cabin which became later the birthplace of his daughter Cynthia. She was first married to Joseph Love, February 2^, 1876, who died the same year of his marriage, aged twentyseven years. Two sons and two daughters have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Janney, but the daughters, Efiie E. and Lillian, both died in infancy. The sons are Emerson and Everet. Mr. Janney and wife are prominent and worthy members of the New Light church, and his political affiliations are with the Democratic party.

Lewis Bond. From an early period Lewis Bond has been prominently identified with the history of Washington township, Delaware county, but his birth occurred in Hancock county, Ohio, January 22, 1841, a son of William and Elizabeth (Husher) Bond, natives, respectively, of Maryland and Virginia, the father born on the 19th of December, 1786, and died January 16, 1853, and the mother, born September 19, 1801, died December 5, 1876. They were married in the Old Dominion state on the i6th of June, 1836, and became the parents of three children - Mary A, Selina and Lewis. The father had been previously married to Catherine Thomas, who was bom in Virginia May 4, 1793, and died on the 31st of March, 1835. Of the twelve children bom of that union the only one now living is Elizabeth.

Mr. Bond, the father, accompanied his parents on their removal to Virginia during his boyhood days, and there both of his marriages occurred. He followed the trades of blacksmithing, wagon-making and carpentering, being a fine natural mechanic. In 1836 he removed from his Old Dominion home to Hancock county, Ohio, becoming one of the county's first settlers. There he purchased and cleared one hundred and sixty acres of land,, erected him a little log cabin home, and continued his residence in Hancock county during about eight years. At the close of that period, in 1844, he sold his of Miami county and was an incumbent of the office of justice of the peace, taking a very active interest in the public affairs of his county, state and country. He voted with the Whig party and was well known throughout the community for his many noble traits of character.

Lewis Bond was but three years of age when the family removed with team and wagon from Hancock county, Ohio, his birthplace, to Miami county, Indiana. His father died when he was but a lad of twelve years, and from that early age he helped support his widowed mother, continuing on the homestead farm until twenty-five years of age. He then began to work for himself in Miami county, and on the 23d of May, 1883, he left his boyhood's home for Delaware county, where he secured employment on the farm of Jesse Nixon, in Union township. In the fall of 1883 he moved with his family into a small house of Mr. Nixon's, which continued as their home until the fall of 1885, when Mr. Bond came to Washington township and rented Mr. Nixon's farm in section 25 for ten years. During this time he had saved enough money to purchase one hundred and three acres of land, thirty-five acres of which was timber land, and in the little log cabin which stood upon this place he made his home until 1899, the year in which his present modem and commodious frame residence was built. The farm also contains many valuable and substantial outbuildings, the timber has all been cleared away, and the fields are fertile and under an excellent state of cultivation. At the present time he is farming one hundred and twenty acres of as fine land as lies in Washington township.

On the 15th of December, 1881, Mr. Bond married Miss Henrietta Wilson, who was born in West Virginia, February 4, 1850, and her death occurred on the 9th of December, 1906. She was the daughter of John M. and Charlotte (Dotson) Wilson, both also natives of the commonwealth of West Virginia, the father bom in 1806, and the mother in July, 1813. His death occurred when he had reached the seventy-fourth milestone on the journey of life, in 1881, but the mother survived until the 31st of March, 1899. Of their twelve children, eight daughters and four sons, seven are now living: Angeline, Almira, Mary, Jasper N., Frances, Charlotte and John. Mr. Wilson, the father, spent his life as a farmer in West Virginia. He was a member of the Methodist church and was a Whig in his political affiliations. Two sons were born to Mr. and Mrs. Bond, Larmer E. and Jesse C, both of whom are living with their father and assist in the work of the homestead farm. Mr. Bond casts his ballot in favor of the principles of the Republican party, and his religious affiliations are with the Methodist Episcopal church.

'David Burgess came to Indiana, entering land in Washington township, Delaware county, where he was numbered among the leading citizens and honored pioneers. Ten children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Burgess, of whom five are now living, - Nancy M., the wife of David Vannetta; Rebecca, the wife of James McKinley; Martha J., the wife of William Clements; Joseph, who married Elizabeth Moore; and Ella, the wife of George Hedgeland. Mr. Burgess was a Jackson Democrat in his political affiliations, while his fraternal relations were with Gaston Lodge, I. O. O. F., and he was a member of the Methodist Protestant church.

John Burgess, a son of this Delaware county pioneer, was identified with its agricultural interests throughout his entire life, the early years of his life having been spent in assisting his father to clear and cultivate the homestead. When twenty-one years of age he engaged in that vocation for himself. During the period of the Civil war he enlisted in Company C, Thirty-eighth Regiment, for three years or during the war, but he became afflicted with smallpox, which so affected his eyes that he received an honorable discharge and returned to his home. His father gave him forty acres of timber land, on which had been built a log cabin, but he rented the land and therefore never resided upon it. His first home, however, was a little log house, in which he lived until the erection of his frame dwelling in Harrison township, but afterward he returned to Washington township and spent his remaining days here. He gave his support to all measures which he believed to be of public benefit, and exercised his right of franchise in support of the Democratic party, which he represented in the office of road supervisor at one time. He was a member of the Grand Army Post at New Corner, and was prominent in the church work of the Methodist Protestant denomination.

The marriage of Mr. Burgess was celebrated on the 19th of March, 1867, Miss Lydia Ann Haines becoming his wife. She was bom in Clinton count>% Ohio, February 19, 1849, the daughter of Amos and Elizabeth N. (Hunt) Haines, natives respectively of Clinton county, Ohio, and Randolph county, Indiana, the father born on the 20th of April, 1823, and the mother on the 20th of February, 1829. They were married in Clinton county, December 23, 1846, and of their four children two are now living, Lydia Ann and Stacy E. The son married Bettie Miner. Mr. Haines became a resident of Indiana in 1854, establishing his home in the then wilderness of Harrison township, where he built him a hewed log house and spent his remaining days here, dying on the 13th of February, 1866. He was a famous hunter in the early days, when game of all kind was plentiful in Indiana, and to him belong the credit of building the first puncheon ditch from Long Pond. He owned at one time one hundred and twenty-seven acres of land. His political affiliations were with the Whig party, and he served at one time as the supervisor of roads. He was reared in the faith of the Quaker religion. Mrs. Haines died on the 27th of October, 1863. Of the twelve children born to Mr. and Mrs. Burgess seven are now living:

Elma E., the wife of Oliver Manson ; Norah E., the wife of Frank Brown ; Joseph E., who married Jessie Snider; Birdie, the wife of Edwin Vannatta; Samuel, who married Dessie Wright; Leona C, the wife of Herman E. Cary, and Blanch H. Mrs. Burgess has eleven grandchildren living. She has in her possession three of the old parchment deeds executed under the hand and seal of President Van Buren, bearing the date November lo, 1840. These deeds are valuable relics in her home.

William T. Eastes, M. D. The medical profession plays one of the most conspicuous parts in the record of county, state or nation. As a class the twentieth century physician and surgeon is a gentleman of culture, refinement, philanthropy and character. The genial, sunny natured physician ofttimes accomplishes as much in the sick chamber as his remedies. The subject of this review, Dr. Eastes, of Gaston, Delaware county, Indiana, is a gentleman who stands high in the social as well as the professional circles of his home town. He was bom at Mount Comfort, Hancock county, Indiana, August 11, 1844. He is a son of Holman and Ruth (Webb) Eastes.

Holman Eastes, the father, was born in Union county, Indiana, February 21, 1817, and passed to his reward February 27, 1880. Mrs. Eastes, his wife, was bom in Rush county, Indiana, November 14, 18 19, and died April 8, 1901. They were married in Rush county, December 22, 1836, and had eleven children, viz., Lemuel F., born June 3, 1838, and died aged fiftyseven years; Addison S., born December 5, 1839, and died September 21, 1858; Lucinda A., bom September 11, 1841, and died January 28, 1904; William T., subject of this sketch; Sarah Jane, born February 12, 1847, and now living at Marion, Indiana; Jasper N., bom December 20, 1848, and died August 4, 1849; Marshall T., bom May 29, 1850, and now living in Kansas City Missouri; Albert O., born August 19, 1852, and died August 13, 1862; Meridith P., bom August 22, 1854, now living at Huntington, Indiana; Jessie U., born August 25, 1856, now living at Marion, Indiana, and Jerome S., who was born August 24, 1861, and died March 11, 1863. The senior Mr. Eastes devoted his entire life to tilling the soil and removed from Union county to Hancock county, Indiana, when but a young man. Here he remained until 1856, when he removed to Madison county and in 1878 to Grant county, where he spent the remainder of his days. He was a justice of the peace for eight years, which office he held at the time of his death. He was a life long member of the Methodist Episcopal church; belonged to Alexandria Lodge No. 235, of the Masonic order, and in politics was a Republican.

ship, near Cologn postoffice, this being in the spring of 1878, and in 1890 in Gaston, Indiana, later spending eight years in Muncie, Indiana, and returning subsequently to Gaston, where he has been continuously since.

On August 23, 1863, Dr. Eastes was united in marriage to Miss Sarah C. Zedekar, bom in Summitville, Indiana, March 16, 1846, and the daughter of John M. and Catharine (Noland) Zedekar. The father was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, in 1808, and died at the age of sixty-seven years; the mother was born in Ohio in 1812, and passed away at the age of eighty-four years. They had ten children, five sons and five daughters, of whom five are living at the present time: Mary Jane, Sarah C. (wife of the subject), Philip A., James N. and William D. Mr. Zedekar was a carpenter by trade but devoted the latter part of his life to farming in Madison county, Indiana. He was a member of Alexandria Lodge No. 235, of th« Masonic order, and in politics was a Republican.

Dr. and Mrs. Eastes are the parents of nine children and ten grandchildren, the following being the names of their children in order of birth : Ida V. wedded William L. Cory, who was one of the successful teachers in Indiana for twenty-five years. Arthur T., was educated at Danville Normal and was a teacher in Delaware county. He is assistant money order and stamp clerk in the Muncie postoffice and has held this position for twelve years. He is secretary of the Examining board of the Civil Service, a most efficient official, and the U. S. Department of the Civil Service gave him this praise, - that he was the only secretary in the United States who had invariably made immediate report of his examinations. He wedded Mrs. Nellie (Upton) Lane, a native of Wisconsin. They reside in Muncie, Indiana. Dora A. wedded A. C. Davis, who was also educated at the Danville Normal. He was an efficient teacher in Indiana for fifteen years. He is an architect in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Drusilla J. wedded Isaac N. Miller, who is one of the successful farmers and stockmen of Washington township. Carrie E., wedded Norman E. Lesley, who is one of the successful merchants of Gaston, Indiana, a dealer in grain, coal, hay, seeds, wool, etc. He received a good business education in the Winchester public schools. Bessie A. wedded George T. Thorpe, one of the leading attorneys at law of Muncie, Indiana. Hattie E. wedded Andrew Grogard, who is a telegrapher and for eighteen years in the employ of the Texas & Pacific railroad at Fort Worth, Texas. Apphia M. wedded O. A. Shaw, who is in the employ of the U. S. mail department at Muncie, Indiana. Lydia E. wedded Samuel Taylor, who is foreman in the large glass factory of the Ball Brothers at Muncie, Indiana. Of this family six of the daughters and the son, Arthur, as well as the father, Dr. Eastes, were teachers, having taught sixty or more terms of school.

Dr. Eastes is a member of the Universalist church at Muncie, and belongs to the New Corner Lodge of the I. O. O. F., and the Red Men Council at Matthews, Grant county, Indiana. He is independent in his politics. His wife belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church.

Charles W. McIntosh was born at Marengo, Crawford county, Indiana, March 15, 1857, and is a son of George W. and Eliza (Wood) Mcintosh, both natives of Crawford county, and now residents of Sheridan, Indiana. George Mcintosh is a farmer and nurseryrnan and was a soldier in the war of the rebellion. The great-grandfather of our subject was an English soldier conscripted by his government to fight for the subjugation of the American colonies. He was captured by colonial troops, and coming to be better acquainted with the nature of the colonial struggle for freedom took the oath of allegiance to the United States and became an American citizen and a soldier. His birthplace was near Inverness, Scotland.

Our subject received his education at a private school at Marengo, Indiana, and was tmder the tutorship of Professor J. M. Johnson. At the age of eighteen he began teaching, school at Grantsburg, Indiana, and for two terms followed that vocation in the public schools of Crawford county. In the autumn of 1877 he removed to Orange county, teaching school during the winter, and canvassing for his father's nursery in the summer months. For three years immediately following 1890 Mr. Mcintosh taught in the city schools of Paoli, Indiana. Having had a more or less intimate acquaintance with the editors of local papers in Orange county, he decided to go to Gaston, in Delaware county, and found a country newspaper. The first number of this paper, the Gaston Gazette, was issued September 2, 1897. The paper had entered a new field and was successful from the first. It has been doubled in size and now ranks among the best country papers in the state.