Elkhart County, Indiana - Tue Churches, 1905 (part 9 of 15)

Mr. Anderson of this review is entirely a self-made man aiid has attained his present prominence in the business world through untiring effort, through study and enterprise. After the father's death the mother returned to New York City and later became a resident of Michigan, whence she removed to Elkhart. At the age of eleven years William Anderson left school and began learning the printer's trade in Elkhart. He worked on the Democratic Umon, subsequently on the Obsen'cr and later entered the employ of A. P. Kent in the Rcvicv.'- office. His close application and fidelity during these years made him a thorough printer, and leaving the case he took up reporting and editorial work on the Revicu'. displa}'ing excellent a1)ility and becoming Elkhart correspondent for a number of metropolitan dailies in Chicago. Saint Loitis, Indianapolis. Cincinnati, and New York. He was veiy successful in originating special stories and news features and gained continuous promotion in journalistic circles.

During all these years Mr. Anderson devoted his leisure hours to acquiring a better education on private tutelage. For more than a year he walked a mile each night to the home of a teacher who' assisted him in his studies, and even under greater disadvantages he pursued his studies in Latin. He also began reading law and was admitted to the bar in Elkhart in 1894. He then entered upon the practice of his chosen profession which he continued successfully until appointed postmaster on the 14th of March, 1898. He has since been re-appointed, so that he is no'W serving for his second term. The business of the office is constantly growing, gaining nineteen thousand dollars in gross receipts in 1902. The office has a first-class record for the small amount of expenditure compared w illi llic aniouiit of business transacted in those offices of tlie first class. A larger ^-olume of Ixisiness is done here than in offices of other cities of similar population on account of the large number of prominent industries here which handle a big mail and send out tons of advertising matter.

Mr. ;\nderson has for years lieen a prominent Republican, untiring in his efforts in behalf of the party. He was secretary of the Mc- Kinley Club in 1896 and has rendered valuable service in campaign times, being widely recognized as a leading political worker in the Republican party. He served for one term as a member of the board of city commissioners. He was fonnerly vice-president of the Centur\- Club, a local organization among the business men of Elkhart, and is now one of its directors. He is also an Odd Fellow and he is a member of the Elkhart Lecture Association. A man of unswerving integrity, he has gained and retained the confidence and re.spect of his fellowmen and is distinctively one of the leading citizens of Elkhart, with whose interests he has now long been, identified.

George R. Harper

George R. Harper, a successful young lawyer wIk.) has well estabhshed himself in practice at Goshen during the past seven or eight years, was born at Syracuse, Indiana, March 4. 1873, the date of Grant's second inauguration as president.

Mr. Harper is a son of Charles A. and Mary K. (Hattel) Harper, prominent and respected citizens of Goshen. Tlie father was born in Lcesburg, Kosciusko county, Indiana, and the mother at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. William G. Harper, the paternal grandfather, who was of Scotch-Irish ancestry, spent his early life in Athens, Ohio, and married Emily Sargeaiit, whose father. Erastus Sargeant, was a prominent physician of Lee, Massachusetts, and was also a soldier in the Revolutionary war. The maternal grandfather was Jacob Hattel. who, born in Alsace Lorraine, Germany, came to America in 1825 at the age of four years, and for thirty years was one of the leading citizens of Goshen during its formative history. Charles A. Flarper and wife were married in the city of Goshen In 1868, and with the exception of a brief residence at Syracuse, this state, have spent their entire married life here in this city, where they .still reside. The father for many years was a shoedealer, and is now in the wool and grain business, having had a prosperous business career. He is a Reptiblican, a member of the Methodist church, and, having served two and a half years in the rebellion as a member of Company D, Twelfth Indiana Cavalry, is one of the active and much esteemed members of Howell Post No. go, G. A. R.. at Goslien. There are but two living children. the daughter Katherine and George R.

(ioshen. and attemled the ])u1)lic schouls, luuing lieen graduated from the high school with the class of 1891. He became a law student in the office of \\'ilson and Davis.- and was admitted to the bar in 1895. In 1894 he entered the University of Michigan, where he was graduated Irom the law department in 1898. since which time he has teen in active practice at Cioshen. He served as deputy prosecuting attorney from the fall of 1900 to the fall of 1903, and also as United States commissioner, through appointment by Judge John H. Baker, from Septemlier 4, u)oi. to the fall of 1903, when he resigned. In connection with his law i^-actice he does considerable real estate and insurance business. Air. I-lar])er"s law nfhce is located over The State Bank at 116 North Main street.

Air. Harper is a Republican in politics, and fraternally is a Alaster Alason and a member of the Phi Gamma Delta College fraternity. He is secretary of the Masonic lodge. In 1900 he was vice president of the Elkhart County Bar Association. His chmxh connection is with the Afethodist denomination. September 21, 1904. he married Miss lima Harrington, of Oskaloosa. Iowa.

John Hughes

John Hughes, a contractor and dredger of Nappanee, whose extensive business interests mark him as a man of unabating energy and enter- ])rise. was born in Ireland, .\ugust 12. 1850. and when about four years of age was lirought lo America Ijy his parents who located near Cincinnati, Ohio. There lie was reared until he reached the age of eighteen vears, w hen the familv came to Indiana, settling in Marshall cotinty, l>etween Plvmouth and Bremen. He continued imder the parental roof until be bad attained his majority, when be started out in life on his own account, following any pursuit that would yield to him an honest living. He worked i>y the da}' or the month as opportunity ofYered, following farm labor or other employment. He was married when between twentytwo and twentv-three A'ears of age, and this giving added impetus for further effort he began contracting. In this dq^artment he was first employed in digging small ditches among the farms, and be followed that line until 1886, when he turned bis attention to dredging. His first contract was acci)rded him in St. Joseph county, Indiana, under the state law, and his next contract was from Elkhart county. All his work has Ijeen done under the state law, and one of the large contracts awarded him was the army ditch in Kosciusko county, which he completed in 1900. His largest contract up to the iiresent time, 1905, was the Turkey creek ditch in Kosciu.sko and Elkhart counties. Many other important contracts, however, have been given him, so that bis life has been one of unceasing acti\'ity and bis labor has foimd a just reward in the excellent income \vhicb be now annually enjoys. At the ]iresent writing- he has a contract amounting to forty thciusand dollars. He owns machinerv to the value of twenty thousand dollars - machinery which is modern and effective, and he also employs many men, giving work to a number during the winter season in the building of the Burling mill ditch. In addition to his business interests along this line, Mr. Hughes owns two farms, aggregating one huridred and twenty acres of rich land, and that property adds a considerable fund to his yearly income.

In 1871 was celebrated the marriage of John Hughes and Miss Delila Kizer, and to them were born nine children, of whom eight are yet living: Dollie, the wife of A. Ipe, also a contractor and dredger: .Mice, the wife of John McMann. a farmer: Annie, the wife of Peter Yoder, who is assisting her father and makes his home in Xajipanee: Mae, Hattie, Maude, William H. and Peter J., all of whom are at home.

Mr. Hughes has a wide and favoralile acquaintance m the northern part of Indiana, having been identified with many movements and measures for the miprovement in the field of progress in this section of the state. He and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal cluu-ch and some of their children are also identified with this denomination, while one is a member of the Evangelical church. In Nappanee his worth as a citizen is widely acknowledged. He has contributed to its material impro\'ement through the erection of a brick block in 1900, and he has also built some dwelling houses in the town. His investments in real estate have been judiciously made and have been an indication of his keen business discernment and marked enterprise. Starting in life as a common laborer he is to-day acknowledged as one of the representative and prominent business men nf Elkhart county, owing his position and success entirely to his acti\'ity and well directed energy.

Cpiarles E. Silvers

Charles E. Silvers, who is chief of ])<ilice in the city of Elkhart and in that capacity as well as for his sterling worth honored throughout the city, began life on his own responsibility when a mere boy, without capital and without friends, worked at hard physical labor to secure a start, and by integrity and inborn grit won both friends and influence and a position of great responsibility in his city. ,\ selfmade man, he has deserved his success, and a resume of his life corroborates every praise that is bestowed ujion him.

He was hern in Berkeley Springs. West X'irginia, Septemljer 29, 1867. When he was twelve years old he lost his father, George W. Silvers, who died at the age of thirty-eight, and the mother. Susan (Schriver) Silvers, married again, and she is still li\-ing. From the time of his father's death Mr. .Sih'crs has depended on his own exertions. He had a limited Cdnimon school education, and at the age of fifteen left his native state and went to Ohio. Almost penniless, he went to work on a farm near Sidney, and for eight years was a farm hand, at small i)av and with much lalxjr. He then arrived in Elkhart county and fnr the first t\>ui months worked in a brick yard in Baugo tcjwnshi]) at one dollar a day and board. Coming to Elkhart, he was employed as a hod carrier, then became a helper in the blacksmith shops of the Lake .Slujre and ALchig-jui Southern, and in 1893 was given a position xm the police force of Elkhart. On the organization of the ^Metropolitan police system, be became a <lri\'er of the hook and ladder wagon in the iire department ; two' years later was made assistant superintendent of the water company, and continued as ."^ucb until he was appointed superintendent of police on December 3, 1899. He has maintained tlie police organization at a high state of cbscipline and efficiency, and to him is due no small sliare of the credit for the excellence of the Elkhart poh'ce department.

^Ir. Silvers affiliates with the Independent (Jrder of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent and Protecti^/e Order of Elks, the b'raternal Order of Eagles, the Modern Samaritans of the ^Vorld, and the Firemen's Benevolent Association and is a member of the Century Club of Elkhart. He was married. October 7, 1895, ^o Miss Ora .Storner. They have two children : Vera I. and Thelma C. In politics Mr. Silvers is an active supporter of the i>rinciples of the Republican party.

Porter Turner, M. D., who has attained prestige as a physician and surgeon of Elkhai't, was born on a farm in Osolo township, this county, July 5, 1852, and his entire life has been spent in this county, nearly twenty years of it ha\-ing been de\'oted to the profession which he early chose for a career. Dr. Turner is a son of Lyman and Tamar (Wilkinson) Turner, who, natives of New York and Ohio respectively, took up their residence in Elkhart county in 1849, ''^"d from that date until his death, in 1889, the father was a successful farmer in Osolo township. His widow still siu'vives.

Dr. Turner began his life on a farm antl amid healthful rural surroundings, but since early yxiuth Elkhart city has been his permanent home. He received a liberal literary education in tlie city schools, and he took up the study of medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. A. L. Fisher. Entering Hahnemann Medical College at Chicago, he graduated and received the degree of M. D. in 1886, and, opening his office in Elkhart the same year, has since been engaged in a very active and successful practice. He is well known and popular among the fraternity, being a memlser of the Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan Homceoijathic ^Medical Society and the Indiana Homceopathic Medical .Society. He is supreme medical examiner for the supreme congress of the Modern Samaritans of the World, also having fraternal affiliations with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Pythias. He is honored as the originator of the well known Clark Hospital in Elkhart, and was medical director of tlie institution fi\-e years. Public-spiritetl in every way and deeply interested in the welfare of his city, he was elected to the office of mayor of Elkhart in i8g8, and remained the incumbent of that office four years.

Dr. Turner married, in 1872, Miss Charlotte Titus, of Elkhart, and the)- have five children : Willie F.. Nellie. Minnie. Lillian and Carrie.

David K. Buzzard, D. A'. S.

A successful representati\e of the modern profession of \-eterinary surgery, a science which has been brought' to a high state of perfection within the past quarter of a century, Dr. Buzzard, of Harrison township, has become one of the most useful members of his commtmity. and in the cure rmd prevention of disease and the sav:ing" of life in domestic animals his services have more than once proved invaluable to his neighbors. In the course of a dozen years he has built up a practice that takes in all the surrounding country and over into St. Josq>h comity, and by skill and thorouglmess in his work has demonstrated that the veterinary surgeon is one of the most useful adjuncts to modem agriculture.

Born in Elkhart county, December 20, 1863, and identified with the ccunty by life-long residence. Dr. Buzzard is one of the best known men of the southwestern r[uarter of the county. He was the second in a family of twelve children, eight sons and four daughters, born tO' Jacob C. and Elizabeth (Kreider) Buzzard, and he has the following brothers still living; Alpha, who is married and is a farmer at Freeport, Illinois : John, married, who is a prosperous farmer and dairyman in Harrison township, and also feeds horses for the market : Joseph, who is a member of the class of igo6 at Purdue LTniversity. where he is studying mechanical engineering: and Rufus, who resides in Harrison township.

The father, who was born in Medina county. Ohio, in 1838. and who died in this county in 1879, was a successful farmer. At the age of nine coming to Elkhart county, which was then a very- new countrv-, and where he gained most of his education and later taught school, he began his agricultural career on an eighty-acre timlaer farm Avhich his father had given him and by industry and successful management he accumulated a large property before his death, having, in addition to his landed possessions, some four thousand dollars at interest. Fie was first a Whig and then a Republican, and the five years tefore his death he was a ntinister of the Mennonite church, of which he had alw.iys been a devout member. His wife, who was torn in Medina county, Ohio, about the same year as Iter husband, is still living, at the age of sixty-seven years.

Dr. Buzzard spent the first twenty-four years of his life on the home farm, being educated in the common schools of his district. Early disclosing 1 bent for surgery, circumstances over which lie liad nn cnntrol made it impossible to prepare for the profession while a ydutli. hut when his opportunity came he grasped it at once and made such excellent use of it that liis advancement came rapidly. He entered the Veterinary College of Detroit in 1892. followed up the \\'ork of the ciu-riculum with c<inspicuous results, and was graduated with the class of 1894, passing the examinations with the highest grade percentage and winning the gold medal for highest efficiency. Arriving home after liis graduation with only five dollars in cash capital, he at once began his career of usefulness, and his success in actual practice has been as marked as that while a student. In the summer of 1895 he estaljlished himself in Nappanee but a year later returned to his home township. He has recently erected on his premises in Harrison township a model barn to serve as an operating room, hospital or office for his animal patients. It is thirty-four by sixty feet in ground dimensions, with eighteen foot ]30sts, hip roof, and concrete floors. Box stalls with iron gratings are provided for the stock, and the entire building was planned with a view to perfection in veterinary practice, and most of the work on tlie structure was done by Dr. Buzzard himself. He has a com]:lete equipment for his practice and his reputation is causing ever-increasing demands tO' be made on his ser\'ices. His professional library, of which he makes constant use in order to keep .abreast of the times and in continuous progress, contains the standard works, such as Moller on operative surgery, \\'illiams on theory and practice, Dunn and Greswell on niateria medica, Friedberger and Frohner on pathology and therapeutics for domestic animals, and Cadiot's principles of surgery, etc.

Dr. Buzzard married, in 188S, Miss Saloma ]\Ioyer, and the three children born to them are all daughters: Edith, who recei\"ed her diploma from the public schools in 1902 and w"ho has shown cmisiderable musical* taste : Myrtie, in the class of 1905; and Mable. who is also in schoiil. Mrs. Buzzard, who is a native of Elkhart county and recei\-ed her education in the common schools, has co-operated with lier husband and made herself a factor in his success, and is one of the esteemed women of her community. They are members of the Mennonite church and active in Sunday-school work. Politically Dr. Buzzard gives his support to the Republican party on national issues, but in all essentials of politics and life in general is iiide])endent in thought and action.

Mrs. Harper was born in Cuyahoga county, Ohio, in August. T836. and she is the fourth in a f.-imily i;f seven children, three sons and four daughters, born to lolm mid Ivinali ( .\rniinsoii ) Mihier. There are four living: William, a resident of Jefferson lo\\n>^hii> and a iirospercus agriculturist: Mrs. Harper is next: Hannah is widow of W'ni. Dorsev. a resident of Kosciusko countv : she was a teacher in sexeral

Father Milner was born in Yorkshire, England, in September, 1803, and died in September, 1876. He was an agriculturist. He resided in England until his marriage, and his first child was born in England.

It was in 183 1 when they bade adieu to England and landed in Quebec, Canada. He then went to Rochester, Ncav York, for one year, aiid thence to Cuyahoga county, Ohio, and there he located and purchased land, and resided there till 1854, when they moved to Elkhart county, in Benton township, just one-half mile east of Mrs. Harper's homestead. This was his residence till death. Formerly he was a Whig, then a Free Soiler and a strong Abolitionist. At diis death he was a strong advocate of the Republican party. He and his good wife were ardent iVIethodists. He was one of the pillars of the first Methodist church founded in Benton township.

Mrs. Harper was reared to young womanhood in her native county. Her educational training was in the common schools, and also at a seminary at Farmington, Ohio. She taught in her native state three years, and she also taught in the state of Indiana. She spent nine years of her life in the profession. She wedded John Harper in 1861, and had seven children, two sons and five daughters. Six are living: Rosella is wife of Milton C. Lint, a resident of Kansas City. Kansas. He is a government meat inspector and veterinary surgeon. Mrs. Lint was a graduate of the Valparaiso Normal School at Valparaiso. She was one of the successful teachers in Elkhart county. They have two children, Henry Clay and Reva E. Edward is a resident of Silverton, Colorado, and is engaged in the mining business. He received his education in Ft. Wayne and at the Valparaiso Normal. Albert S. is a resident of Benton township, and is an agriculturist. He married Miss Grace Weaver and has one little son, John H. Luella resides with her mother on the old homestead. Mary is wife of Henry Doll, a resident of Benton township, and has one daughter, Dorothy. ^laggie is wife of Colby E. Noble, a resident of Jackson township, Laporte county, Indiana. They have four children, Myra, John B., Elizabeth and Dwight. Mrs. Noble was one of the successful teachers in Elkhart county.

Mr. Harper was born in Ross county, Ohio, August 9, 183 1, ;md diefl at his home in Benton township April 21, 1905, aged seventythree years, eight months and twelve days. Mr. Harper was reared to agricultural pursuits. He came with his parents to Noble county when he was but an infant and resided there till his marriage with Miss Milner. He purchased eig'hty acres, part of the present homestead, and the first home was a modest frame cottage. The young couple located on this land and prospered in life and added to their possessions till at his death they possessed two hundred and forty acres of fine land. In 1878 they erected their present beautiftil brick residence, which is (^ne of the excellent and ])retentinus residences of the township. In former years he was a Democrat, but in the later years of his life he advocated the Prohibition principles and took strong ground on the subject of temperance. ^Ir. Hrirper was one of the strong pillars of the Methodist Episcopal church of lienton townshijj. called the Richville M. E. chtuxh. He and hi.s family were heav\' contributors in the erection of the present brick" building.

.\iianias Jpe. a dredging contractor of Xappanee and one of Elkhart comity's native sons, was born September 30. 1872. The first rq)resentative of the name in this count}- was Washington Ipe. his paternal grandfather, who came in pioneer times and is now the oldest man living in Uni(}n township. He brought with him his familv, including Henry Ipe, father of our subject, and a native of Mahoning county, Ohio. Henry Ipe was then but a youth and amid pioneer surroundings he was reared to manhood, assisting at an early age in the arduous task of developing a farm. He has always followed tlie occupation to which he was reared and was numbered among the enterprising and progressive agriculturists of Union township. He was a rejiresentative of an old Pennsylvania Dutch family, and it was in the Keystone state that his wife, Elizabeth Sternberg, was Ijorn. She is still li\ing and the family are people of the highest respectability, enjoying the warm regard of many friends in Elkhart county. On June 16, 1905. Henrv Ipe met instant death on a railroad crossing, a sad accident that took awav one of Elkhart comity's substantial and honored citizens.

.\nanias Ipe. the fifth cliild and third son in order of birth in a famih- of eleven children, was reared upon his father's farm in Union township until his fifteentli year, when he started out to earn his own living, accepting anv employment that would yiekl him an honest maintenance. In 1892 he entered the employ of John Hughes, a contractor and dredger, with whom he worked for about nine years, his fidelity to duty and his capability winning him ready recognition until his fre<|uent promotions had made him familiar with all of the deijartnients of the business. He then began contracting on his o\\ ii account, his hrst contract being a ditch in Starke count}-. He was after\\ard awarded a contract in Xewton county, and his last contract was the Turke}' creek ditch, for which he recei\'ed about thirt}-fnur thousand dollars on the com]iletion of eighteen miles t)f this ditch. There were two dredgers at work and employment \\as furnished to sixteen men. He is now located in LaGrange county, working on a fourteen thousand dollar contract. Mr. Ipe justly deserves the praise that is conveyed in the term of self-made man, for his industry has I'.eeii the basis of his success. No outsifle aid, influence or financial assistance has l)enefited him. and his lite work proves tlie \-ahie of persistent labor in the acc|nirement of a creditable financial position.

In 1892 Air. Ipe was luiited in niarriag-e to Miss Dollie Hughes, a daughter of John and Delila (Kizer) Hughes, who are represented elsewhere in this work. The}' now have one son, Murray. Mr. Ipe gives his ix>litical allegiance to the Democracy, but has neither time nor inclinaton tt) seek office, preferring" to give his undivided attention to his business interests, which are constantly growing in extent and importance.

On West Market street Mr. and Mrs. Ipe have one of the beautiful and modern up-to-date residences of Xa]>panee. which is a credit to the littie city.

Elam B. Myers, well known educator of Elkhart county, whose knowledge of the schools of this county dates from the forties and the log-cabin school days, was bom in Portage county, Ohio, March 14, 1836. His parents. Christian and Susan (StoufYer) Myers, were Ixirn, reared and were married in Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio and made settlement in Portage aiunty in 1834, whence they moved to Indiana and located in York township, Elkhart county, in the fall of 1846. Here they lived and died, both being buried in the cemetery at Bristol. There were fixe children, three sons and two daughters, and two sons and one daughter survive. The father was a brick and stone mason by trade, but spent most of Ins life on a farm. He died at the age of fifty-five and the mntber at forty-fi\e. and they were both Methodists.

Mr. Myers was a boy of ten years when the family came to this county, and be passed the remainder of boyhood and youth on the home farm in York township. The era of primitive schools had imt yet passed, and elsewhere in this history Mr. Myer's description nf the old-time scboolhouse as he knew it, is quoted.

After leaving the country school he attended the schools of Bristol and of Elkhart, and at the age of eighteen he was prepared to enter upon bis professional career by receiving a teacher's certificate. His first school was in Jeffersoii township, .\fter completing his term be entered Oberlin College, and for six years continued his efforts toward gaining a thorough education, teaching school three months of each vear and being in college the rest of the time. He graduated in 1861, and immediately a strenuous life awaited him. Answering Lincoln's first call for troo]5S, iie enlisted on .\pril 23, 1861, in Company C, Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, fur three months, and l)efore the expiration of that time and while ni camp' be re-enlisted in the same cfjmpanv and reg"iment for three years' service. At Cross Lanes, West Virginia, he was taken prisoner on .\ugust 26, 1861, and endured nine months of imprisonment at Richmfnid, New Orleans and Salisbury, North Carolina, after \\hich he was paroled and soon discharged on account of disabilitv.

Returning to Indiana he taught a term of school, and then from i8(.)3 to 1873 ^^^^ hiia.(l clerk and bookkeeper in a general mercantile establishment at Bristol. He resumed teaching in 1873, l^^in? principal of the Bristol schools two years, was principal at Lima, Indiana, three years, was at Edwardsburg, Michigan, a year, and in the fall of 1880 became identified with the Elkhart schools, so that he has been connected with this city as a resident and educator for a full quarter of a century. For twelve years he was principal of the fourth ward schools, and since then principal of the Central school.

While never very active in politics, Mr. Myers has been public spirited beyond the ordinary and at \'arious times and occasions has given his services to the ]nrblic. In 1871 he was elected and seiwed a term in the state legislature, and just before going to the assembly he served a term as trustee of Washington township. He affiliates with Shiloh Post, G. A. R., and he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church, of which he is an elder. January 31, 1863, Mr. Myers married Miss Mary Emma Jamison, and they have two children : Albert J. is a dentist in Chicago, and Margaret M. is at home.

A. P. Kent

A. P. Kent, editor of the Elkhart Rcvici<.% has for thirty years held a foremost rank among the editors and newspaper publishers of northern Indiana. He is recognized and generally acknowledged to be one of the most forceful and dignified editorial writers among the newspaper fraternity, and his paragraphs contain all the " pith and moment " of the ephemeral events, and his expressions on local and state affairs are marked with keenest discrimination and insight. The dean of the Elkhart county press, he maintains a place of lofty regard in the minds of all his fellow editors and has given his best life's efforts to the uplxiilding of his city and county and to the advocacy of the political and moral causes which have appealed most stroaigly to his judgment.

A son of Burton and Caroline (Palmer) Kent, the former a native of l^erry. New Hampshire, and the latter of Unadilla, New York, ^Ir. Kent was born May 19, 1847, in Adrian, Michigan, whither his father, who was a civil engineer, moved in 1844, and where he followed his profession many years. Mr. Kent was educated in Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, and the year following his graduation from that institution in 1870, having already made up his mind to take up the profession of journalism, he came to Elkhart and purchased an interest in the weekly Reviez^\ His connection with that paper marks the beginning of its era of great prosperity. In 1872 the daily Rctnczi." was established, and under his editorship the publication of the daily and weekly editions has continued uninterruptedly to the present, the jiaper growing continually in circulation and reputation. The Rcznen' has the best equipped offices of any newspaper in the county, the plant being housed in a substantial brick building devoted entirely to the publishing and lousiness department of the paper. The political couiplexion of the Reinezi'i has always been Republican.

Mr. Kent has been identified with the cause of education in Elkhart, lx3tli through his advocacy of higher standards of education in his capacity as editor, and also as superintendent of the Elkhart city schools, which position he held from 1879 to 1882.

James H. State

In a profession where advancement depends upon individual merit, where success comes as a result of thorough preparation and correct application of legal principles to the points of litigation, James H. State has won a place of prominence, being regarded as one of the leading lawyers of practice at the Elkhart bar. He was born in Tourin, Lewis county. New York, in 1855, and is a son of John and Teresa (Riley) State. His father, a native of the north of Ireland, learned the trade of tanning in early life and when a young man emigrated to America, locating in Lewis county. New York, about 1850. There he worked at his trade fur a uumljer of years and in 1870 he came to Indiana, settling at Elkhart, where he entered the employ of the Lake Shore Railroad Company, with which he was connected throughout the remainder of his active business career. He died in 1890 and his wife, also a native of the Eimerald Isle, is now living in Elkhart.

James H. State acquired the greater part of his education in the schools of Madison, Ohio, where the family lived prior to their removal to this city. In Elkhart he entered the Revicza office, learning the printer's trade under the direction of A. P. Kent, then, as now. the publisher of the paper, and later he did reportorial work. His leisure hours were largely devoted to study, especially along legal lines, and eventually he entered the 'law office of M. F. Shuey, while subsequently he continued his law reading under the direction of J. M. VanEleet. In 1876 he was elected city clerk and while in that office he continued his reading so that in 1881 he was admitted td the bar. He entered upon the practice of his chosen profession and later was appointed deputy prosecuting attorney for the Elkhart circuit court, serving in that office for several years. He is regarded to-day as a valued, capal)le, and prominent lawyer and has been accorded a large clientage. His former employer, Mr. Kent, says that Mr. State is noted for his absolute fidelity and honesty and that when he makes a statement it is accepted by every one as a fact. In the preparation of a case he is thorough and ]i;nnstaking and in its presentation before court or jury he is logical and forceful, his decisions being presented

Mr. State is a memher of the Century Club, of which he served as president for one year. He was also president of the National Union, a fraternal organization, and he is a member of the Kenwood Golf Clul). Mr. State was married at Elkhart to Miss Katharine A. Snvder. and thev ha\-e one child. Mrs. Marg'ie L. Bartley.

C. C. Piatt, superintendent of the yarils and mill of the Sanders & Egbert Company of Goshen, and also a stockholder in that \vell known manufacturing' institution, was born at LaGrange. Indiana. November 26, 1867. He is a brother of Walter B. Piatt, the United States postofilice inspector, whose residence is also in (loshen. His father, Isaiah Piatt, a native of Holmes county, Ohio, where he spent most of his life, was a prominent man of afifairs, especially in his home county, where he served as county auditor eight years, as county sur- \eyor several years, and was deputy state auditor for two \ears. During the seventies he taught school in Elkhart county, and he died while in the employ of the Goodspeed Publishing Compan\ . of Chicago. lie was a much-traveled man, and his career was notable in many other respects. His wife, Mary Piatt, was born near Bristol, England, coming to this county in childhood and being' reared at LaGrange, Indiana, where she still makes her home. Besides the two sons alreadv mentioned there was a (laughter, who died in childhood.

Mr. C. C. Piatt, the younger son, was reared and educated in La- Grange county, and also attended the business college at LaPorte, Indiana. He has been identified as a resident and business factor with ( ioshen since he was twenty years old. He was connected, successively, witii John H. Lesh & Company, Lesh. Penro(r(S: Company, and then with the Sanders & Egliert Com]janv. for whom he became superintendent of yards and mill in 1902.

Fraternally Mr. Piatt affiliates with the Knights of Pythias, and his ]jolitical associations are with the Republican party. He was married in 1890 to Miss Laurinda Tuttle, a daughter of Albert Tuttle. Air. and Mrs. Piatt ha\e three 1:)right and interesting' children. Pauline, aged tweh'e : John. fi\'e years old, and Doroth\'. two vears old.

Henry B. Sykes

In the history of the business nien of Elkhart it is imperative that mention should be made of Flenry B. Sykes, whose commercial record is a credit to the city and whose political career is one that has ahvays priived of i)ublic benefit. He was horn in Bennington county. \^erniont. in 1844. his jiarents being Judge Israel Newtnn and Diana ((lilbert ) Sykes. The ancestr\- of the Svkes family can be traced back to

1637. in which year the family was founded in America, and at a later (lay representatives of the family served in the RevolutionaiT war. The father was bom in the same house in w-hich occurred the birth of Henry B. Sykes, and was reared' uijon a farm, but when a young man he studied law and was later elected to the baich, serving with distinction as jutlge for a number of years, his career reflecting credit upon the judicial history of liis state. He died in 1896 at the advanced age (if ninetv years. His wife, who was also a native of the Green Mountain state, died there in the eighty-seventh year of her age.

Henrv B. Sykes acquired his literary education at Burr & Burton Seminarv, Manchester, Vermont, and received his commercial training in Eastman's Business College at Poughkeepsie. After completing his course he clerked in the store of his brother, G. M. Sykes, at Dorset, Vermont, for two years, and the year 1866 witnessed his arrival in the middle west. He located first at Belvidere, Illinois, where he engaged in clerking in a drug store for nine months, being willing to accept any honest employment that would gain him a start in this .section of the country. He afterward liecame assistant cashier of the First National Bank, serving in that capacity for nearly two years, wb.en he embarked in the dry-goods business in connection with I). D, Sabin, with wdiom he was associated for about sixteen years under the firm style of Sabin & Sykes.

Selling his interest in the store at Belvidere, Mr. Sykes removed to Elkhart, Indiana, in October, 1884, and purchased the stock of dry goods owned by J. F. Hunt, at No. 22'j and 229 South Main street. The business was conducted in a three-story building, and with the growth of his trade Mr. Sykes rented and occupied the two upjier floors as well as the main floor. In September, 1902, he added the corner building adjoining his old ]ilace, occupying two floors of that structure, and he now has the entire lilock at Nos. 227, 229 and 231 South Main street, with a frontage of sixty feet and a deiitli of one hundred and twenty-five feet. He conducts a modern nietro])olitan dry-goods and department store of the first class, equi])ped with every convenience and improvement, having ele\-ator service and emi^loying a large number of salesmen. The business has constantly grown under his .supervision and be has prospered continuously since coming to Elkliart. He has also been .-i \er\- imj^ortant factor in the commercial and industrial development of the city, iierhaps no one er|ualling him in bis efforts in this direction, lie is enthusiastic in bis belief concerning the future of the chv and inspires litbers with bis own faith. He lakes a most ]3rominent and ]iraclical ])art in ])romoting enterprises that tend to advance the general welfare, esnecially those which are instituted b\' the Century Club, the Inisiiiess organization of the cit)-. Ikis a member of the board of directors of this club and is one of its active and \alued members.

aside from the conduct of his department store. He is the treasurer and one of the directors of the Home Telephone Company, is a director of the Building and Loan Association and a member of the board of directors, and financially interested in maiiy other important enterprises of Elkhart.

His devotion to the general welfare led to his selection liy the Republican party as its nominee for mayor in 1894. He won the election by flattering majority and served for four years. He gave to the city a business-like administration, introducing the ideas of reform, advocating progressive improvement, and altogether promoting in large measure the welfare and upbuilding of his citv. Socially he is connected with the Kenwood Golf Club.

Li 1868 in Belvidere, Illinois, occurred the marriage of Mr. Sykes and Miss Louisa ,S. Avery, and to them have been born four children : Egbert Newton, Mary Gertrude, Harrj' Aven,' and Walter Blakesley.

Mr. Sykes is pleasant and genial and very approachable, not assuming the reserved state as many men would when they become wealthy. Steadily pursuing- his way upward he has achieved the ]}rosperity of which he did not dream at the outset of his career. Steady application, careful study of business methods and plans to be followed, close attention to details combined with an untiring energy directed by a superior mind, these are the traits of character which ha\e brought him success and made him one of the foremost men nt F.lkhart.

Orrin M. Conley

The bar of Elkhart county has never lacked capable and often distinguished representatives, whether in general or special branches of practice. But in the field of coi-poration and particularly real estate and title law Orrin M. Conley, of Elkhart, easily takes foremost rank for breadth of insight and judgment and skill born of varied experience in handling this department of legal work. He is a recognized authorit}- in his special field, and in recent years has confined his attention almost exclusively to practice as counsel in preference to court and jury work. Eligible to practice since 1886, he gained his entrance into the difficult profession of the law by hard and persevering work, and since his admission to the bar has won his advancement by the same elements of character. He is known as one of the earnest, hard-working and intellectually gifted lawyers of the county, and is held in high esteem among his fellow practitioners and the public generally by reason of these qualities and his engaging personality. In such a county as Elkhart only men of first-class ability can rise to eminence in the law. the gates are almost continually fast shut against the mediocre, and it is a distinction of the highest merit to bear the reputation from year to year of being one of the most successful and able attorneys in the county.

of Jamestown, in Baug'o township, July 5, i860, Mr. Conley is a son of George W. and Sarah A. (Tov.sley) Conley, who are still living' on the old homestead in Baugo township. There are some interesting ancestral records which should be detailed at this point before taking- up the life of the Elkhart attorney. His father was born in Summit county, Ohio, April 25, 183 1, and was a son of Captain William and Elizabeth (Williams) Conley, the former a soldier in the war of 1812. Captain William Conley was a native of Virginia, and his wife was \x>m in Williamsville or Elizabeth, that state, she of Pennsylvania Dutch descent and reared in Pittsburg. Pennsylvania, and he of Irish lineage. Eli Conley, the father of ^^'illiam and the great-grandfather of Orrin M., was born in Ireland. Mr. Conley's parents were reared in Ohio and married at Akron. His mother, who was born in Akron, was a daughter of Franklin and Sarah (Rining'er) Towsley, the latter a nati\e nf Germany. Franklin Towsley. who was born and died at Akron, was a son of John and Rebecca (Bishop) Towsley. John Towsley. wIto was of Scotch descent but of old New England stock, born in Connecticut, was a pioneer to Ohio, and died in Akron in 185 1. His wife, who died at Akron in 1858. was the eldest daughter of Dr. Bishop of Connecticut. George W. Conley and his wife came to Elkhart county in 1854. so that they have been residents of the county over half a century. Of their nine children, four died in early life, and those living are: Almon O.. of Berrien Springs, Michigan : Orrin M. : Minerva E., w-ife of Lloyd N. Warner, of Elkhart county: Alma R., wife of Joseph Delancy, an Elkhart county farmer: and Flora A., at home.

His father being a lifelong farmer, Mr. Conley was reared on a farm and began his education in the country schools. While following the plow around the fields his mind was often busied with ambitions for a more ample career, and upon the foundation of a sturdy farm training and rearing in a refined home he began to build for a professional career. Industrious and studious in school as well as a capable assistant to his father at home, he was prepared at the age of sixteen to teach school, and for some years thereafter he ga\-e his time alternately to attending and teaching school, his record as a teacher covering some ten terms. Teaching was a means to an end. During the vacation intervals he studied at the Northern Indiana Normal College at Valparaiso, where he devoted considerable of his time to the study of la\v, after which he enteaed the law office of O. T. Chamberlain at Elkhart. Admitted to the bar on January 6, 1886, he at once launched out into what has proved a very successful career in Elkhart. On February 25, 1891. he was admitted to practice before the supreme court of Indiana and on December 1 1 . 1893, l^efore the United States supreme court. From 1887 to 1894 his practice was with Hon. O. Z. Hubbell, now deceased, and since then he has formed no partnership. Mr. Conley's professional connections during the past twenty years ha\'e identified him with a large share of the most important legal transactions in the C(iunty.

Air. C'liiley is a Democrat in pdlitics and an able jiDlitical speaker. .Mthough nffered ]5<ilitical preferment time and again, his \nve for liis profession was too ardent and he refused to give it up fi ^r pulilic Hfe. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent Order of Elks, and is a member of the Congregational church.

On Christmas day of 1887 he was united in marriage to Miss Cora E. Griffin, daughter o'f James M. and Alice E. Criffin. of Elkhart, and thev have as the fruit of said marriage three sons, Haruld C. James R. and Arthur H.

Mrs. Koons is one of the good pioneer mothers, who now is past the eighty-first milestone, and who came to Elkhart county when she was a little maiden of nine years, .so she has seen the great development of this beautiful county from the earliest stages of settlement. The red men of the forest roamed at will, and the wild deer were plentiful, and ofttimes seen upon the premises, and all these early stages she has witnessed. She has lived in this county since the year <if the Black Flawk viar. She was born Se])tember 25, 1823. in Ross county. Ohio, and she is the fifth in a family of children born to Ci:llins and Sarah Christie. Tliere were fourteen children in the family and tliere are three living: Elizabeth, widow of William Caldwell, resides in Savannah, Missouri. Mrs. Koons is next. Sarah. \\idii\\- nf a Mr. Retcher. resident of Michigan.

Mrs. Koons Avas a little girl of nine when she became a citizen of Elkhart county, and tlie first home of the Christies was a little pole or log cal?in, with lioard donr. and it was heated by a kind of a fire place and the Indians would come and Imld their hands o\er the mouth of the chimnev to get warm. The corn was planted with a lioe among the trees. The 'ittle log cabin was the only house standing till Benton reached and tf) the east as far as Ligonier.

The ox team was the means of conveyance and she sa}'s she has gone sleigh-riding behind them. Mrs. Krxms has colored, s]iun and woven hundreds of vards nf woolens into cloth for clothing. She >'et IvA^ the old loom, reel and big wheel. She, like nianv of the ]iioneer mothers, tells of the a]3ple parings, the f|uiltings, log rollings and all the old-time j^leasures which are dear to the old people of to-day.

The school she first attended was ;i log cabin, with clajjboard roof, heated with the old-fashioned fire place. She has written with tlie old goose-iiuill pens. She wedded William Koons. Easter Sundaw .\pril 12. 184C), and three daughters v>ere horn: Matilda, wife of W.'irren Mcl'ride, one of the pros])erous agriculturists of Benton. Sophia li\-es with her mother and iittends to mother's business. She

Fatlier Koons was a native of Pennsylvania, and was born August 20, 1820. and died No\-ember 23. 1880. He was reared in Ohio till manhood, and then came to Lidiana. He was educated in the common schools and was an agriculturist. He was a Republican.

Mrs. Koons resides on her own estate, comprising eighty acres of good land in Jackson to\\n.-,hi]). She is surrounded by her many and dear friends as well as her children, and all are always g'lad to see and greet the kind and motherly face. She has always done her part in all ljene\-olences worthy of her, and she aided in the building of the new brick M. E. church in Bentt)n township.

Nathaniel Long

Mr. Long is so well known that he needs no introduction to the people of Benton township. He ih a nati\e of the county of Elkhart, of a part of the farm wdiere he now resides, and was born April 1 5. 1858. He is the ninth in a family of thirteen children, eight sons and five daughters, born to Martin and L}dia (Searfoss) Long. There are only three living. Mr. Long, the eldest; James, resident of Benton township and a prosperous agriculturist and married, and Mary L., widow of Milo Ott, resident of Kosciusko county.

Father Long was a native of Preble county. Ohio, and was born December 6, 181S, and died in June, 1895. He was a tiller of the soil. A boy of sixteen, or in 1834, two years after the Black Hawk war. he came to Benton township. He was a successful man, and had accumulated about four hundred acres of good land in Elkhart and Kosciusko counties. The name Long comes from old (Germany, as the early progenitors of the Long family came across the water. Father Long was a stanch W big and afterward a Rqxiblican. He and his wife were members of the (jerman Lutheran church, and they helped in the erection -of the church at the \illag'e of Benton, and he was a man who aided all benevolences worth)' of their consideration. He was one of the j^ioneer fathers of Elkhart count^^ an<l a m;m wliom all re.spected.

Mr. Long was reared and educated in his home township. He remained with his jiarents till his marriage at the age of 25. He wedded Miss Mahala Hapner, March 18, 1883. -Mrs. Long was Ijorn in P)enton township. July it. 1858, and she is the eldest of five children, one son and four daughters, of Abraham and Sarah (Ott) Hapner. Three are living. Mrs. Long is eldest. Marietta is the wife of William .\. Juih'. resident of Benton township and ;i jirosperous

Father Hapner was horn in Benton township, January 19, 1833. and he died November 13. i8g6. He came from Scotcli-Irish ancestry. He was an agriculturist and a successful man in his business. He was tonnerly a and later a Republican. He was one of the trustees of the United Brethren in Christ church of Benton, and was one of the pillars of the church. He was .tlso a class leader of the church.

^lother Hapner was burn in Preble county, Ohio, Decemlier 4, 1831, and she died December 9, 1899. She was a little girl when she came to Indiana.

]Mrs. Long has been reared in her home township. \\'hen the young couple began life it was in a little log cabin just east of their present beautiful modern residence. He began at the bottom of the ladder as a renter. He erected the barn in 1891, and in 1896 he finished their pretty home, which is a credit to the townshi]) of Benton. Besides the eighty acres at home, Mrs. Long has fifty-two acres of fine land, and all this estate lies in Benton township. He aims to keep good stock of all kinds.

'Sir. Long is a Republican and cast his vote first for Garfield. He and his wife are ardent members of the United Brethren in Christ church, and he was one of the stanch pillars in its support, and they take interest in the Sunday school. ?ilrs. Long has been a teacher in the Sunday school for fifteen years.

Herman Borneman, who occupies a prominent position in the commercial circles of Elkhart as the principal memter of the firm of Borneman and Sons, extensive retail dealers in hardware, stoves, etc., is an example of the enterprising German-American citizen who, coming to this country without capital, by dint of diligence and careful management has attained an influential ]xisition as a man of afifairs, whether in business or citizensliip.

Born in Germany, August 10, 1852, educated there up to the tinie he was fourteen years old, at the age of fifteen he accompanied his parents to America and lived at ]\Ionroe, Michigan, with his father, who' was a mason by trade, until he reached his majority. At Monroe he served an apprenticeship at the tinner's trade for three years and remained there in the employ of one man until 1876, which was the date of his removal tr. Elkhart. For the first six months in this city he worked at his trade .for John dinger, and then for a similar period w.'is at Fremont. Indiana, after which he returned to this city and has e\er since been prominently identified therewith in a business and civic way. He bought out Thfjuias Bigelow's hardware, stoves and tinware establishment, a \-ery small shop located on Main street, and in partnership A\ith George Doll undertook to build up a business which should have a right to be considered among the leading enterprises of the kind in Elkliart. They were successful. In three years they moved to the corner of Lexington and Main streets, and in another three years bought the corner lot where the business has been conducted since 1883, the present building having been erected in that year. The firm was known as Borneman and Doll for twenty-five years, until 1902, when Mr. Borneman bought out his partner and made room for his two sons, Herman F. and Edward C, to take a share in the business, since which time their concern has been under the name of Borneman and Sons. A general hardware stock is carried, and one of the most varied and extensive in the county, besides harness and other similar commodities. Mr. Borneman is also interested in Elkhart real estate, owning what is known as the Sykes corner, in which the IMerchants Hotel is situated.

Mr. Borneman has been an active Republican since 1896. Publicspirited in all things, possessed of that degree of civic pride which is the chief factor in a city's development, he has ser\'ed two terms as a member of the city council and in various other ways has contributed to the upbuilding tif Elkhart. He is a member of the rierman Lutheran church.

Mr. Borneman married, in 1880, ]\Iiss Catherine Wagner, also a nati\-e of Germany. They have five children, four sons and one daughter, namely, Herman F., Edward C, George, Fred and Rosa.

Andrew Stephens

The late .\ndrew Stephens for over half a century was a well known business man and resident of Elkhart. He became identified with the city when he was a young man, and his activity in business affairs never ceased until his death. He is remembered in the city not only for the able way in which he conducted his business affairs but also for the sterling manhood and spotless integrity which characterized him all his life, and which is the best heritage he leaves to his descendants.

Born in Dauphin county, Pennsydvania, May 29, 1832, he was past the age of threescore and ten when death called him away from this city on October 9, 1903. He was a son of Andrew and Marv (Braden) Stephens, who were also born in Pennsylvania, of Engiisli and Irish lineage respectively. The parents had four sons: Joshua. John, Benjamin F. and Andrew, and one daughter, Ann. .\ndrew was the youngest of the five children, and the only survivor is the daughter, who is a resident of Elkhart. The father died in 1832, in January, several months before the birth of his son Andrew. He had 'l)een a soldier in the war of 1812, and by occupation was a farmer. His widow continued to reside on the Pennsylvania homestead until she had reared her children, and in 1852 she brought her familv out to

The late Mr. Stephens Hved in Elkliart from 1S5J until his death, having- located there when Elkhart was only a small town. Having become proficient in the carpenter's trade during his youth, on coming to this city lie worked at his trade two or three years. Then he and his iirother Benjamin F. entered into a ]>artnership and established a cabinet-making, undertaking' and furniture business, which was one of the pioneer enterprises of the kind in Elkhart. It was conducted fnr a little more than twenty years under the firm name of B. F. and .\. Ste])hens, and then Mr. Stei)hens became sole proprietor. In 1885, on tlie adniission of his son Henry E. to a partnership, the name was changed to A. Stephens and Son, and the son is now the successor to the Inisiness. This is the oldest undertaking house in the city, having a record extending back fifty years, and it is also distinctive as being an exclusive undertaking estal>lishment. the furniture department having been discontinued some years age.

Mr. Stepiiens was prominently known throughout the cit}-. Before Elkhart became a city he served as a town trustee, but thereafter never sought any political or civic office. He was a Methodist and consistent Christian. He married, in t86o. Miss Frances E. Hall, who is still living. They were the parents of four children : Lillie, Luella, Henry E. and Charles .A.

Henr\- E. Stephens, the successor of his father in business and for a nnniber of years numliered among the capable and progressix-e business men of the cit}-, was born in Elkhart. July 3, 1864. He was reared and educated here, at the age of se\-enteen entered liis father's store, four years later became a partner, and is now ijroprietor of the business. In 1885 he married ^liss Margaret E. McElmoil, by wlmm he has one child, Irina .\. Mr. Stephens is a member of the Methodist ihurch, and has fraternal affiliations with the Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, Benevolent Protective Order of T-llks, t!ie Imjjroved Order of Red Men. and the Modern Samaritans of the V\'orld.

.\mong the native-born sons of Elkhart county who have since taken their jilaces in die ranks of the able and highly res]>ected citizens and become successful in their respective vocations, one whr) deserves especial mention for his connection with the agricultural activity of Olive townshi)) is INIr. .\brahain L. Searer, a scion of one of the f)ld families in the count}- and a man whose career has been passed in creditable consi.stency with the record of tlie past and with the best standards of the present.

lit the nine children, seven sons and two daughters, who were Ixarn to John and Susan (Wentz) Searer. All these children are living and all are residents of this county except Christ, who is married and is a farmer and miller of Cass county, ^Michigan. The father, who was !)()rn in Pennsylvania in 1821, and died in Olive township in 1896, came to this county at an early day and in 184Q purchased seventeen acres of land in Olive township, to which nucleus he added hy subsef|uent purchases until his estate comprised two hundred and forty acres in this township. He had received a common school education, and gained an imusual degree of success in life. He was a Republican in iiolitics. and a luemljer of the Mennonite church. His wife, who was also a natixe of Pennsylvania, died at the age of seventy-eight.

Reared and educated in Olive township, with part of his education acquired in the W'akarusa schools, Mr. Searer spent the years of his life up tt) niaji:rity in the home of his parents, and when he essayed an indeiiendent career he began absolutely without capital, except such as the inherent forces of his character and physicjue supplied. Having been reared on a farm, he was well prepared for farming as a vocation, and after spending several years as a renter he bought forty acres in Jefferson townshi]> of Kosciusko county. On selling- this he bought nine acres in the town limits of W'akarusa.

Mr. Searer married, in 1890, Miss Mattie Rarick. and of the sou n.nd four daughters born to them, four are living, namely: Esther, in the seventh grade of the Wakarusa schools; Oscar, in the fifth grade: ]\Iabel, in the second: and Clara. Mrs. Searer was born in this county in October, 1863, and was educated in the common schools. Her i>arents were John and Esther (Creitzer) Rarick. whose eight children, three sons and five daughters, are all living.

In 1901 ^Ir. Searer bought the one hundred and eighty acres which forms his present beautiful and \aluable estate and which w^as a part of the old Searer homestead. He is a ]3ractical agriculturist in every department of his enter])rise. He is cpiite well know^n as a stockraiser, having been very successful in raising Belgian draft horses and the Chester White hogs. The ]iolitical views of Mr. Searer coincide with the jjrinciijles of the Reiniblican party, and he has been a loyal supporter of the party since casting his first vote for Blaine in 1884. He has also been liberal in contributing to the su]5]X)rt of the various churches and their benevolences, and in many other wavs his ])ublicspirited citizenship has maniie.sted itself.

John L'niniel is .1 re])rescntati\ c not nnl\" of the enter])rise and business ability which are the foundation of material prosperity but also of those civic and moral virtues which give to a community a wholesomeness and strength which can never be gained from an\' other source than character. Physical and moral stamina, strength of purpose in carrying out worthy ideals, and uprightness in all the affairs of life have given Mr. Ummel a deserved pi-ominence among his fellow men, and his career is so well known in southwest Elkhart county as to need no further introduction.

He was born in Elkhart county, November J4. 1861, the eldest child and only son of Joseph and Susan (Coffmaii ) Ummel. His sisters are Mary, wife of Noah Simmons, a farmer of Harrison township; and Delilah, wife of J. W, Moyer, a teacher and farmer.

Joseph Ummel, who was hmn in Lebanon county, Pennsylvania. in 181 1, and died in 1884, having followed the life of a successful farmer, at the age of twenty-four left his native state and came to Wayne county, Ohio, where he purchased a farm and remained until 1854, in which year he located in Harrison tow-nship of this county. Here he bought three hundred and fifty acres of partially improved land, and in the log cabin which served as his first home his son John was born a few years later. He and his wife were members of the Mennonite church. The latter, who was born in Ohio about 1829 and who is still living on the old homestead in Harrison township, came to Elkhart county in 1836. her father being one of the county's pioneers, and the Indians often came to their door to beg i)ri)\-isions when the family had hardly enough for themselves.

The career of Mr. John Ummel has been spent quietly and usefully in this county, and, without exciting incidents to his life history, it is none the less a record of solid achievement and of inspiring success. After obtaining a common school education he remained at home till his majority, when he began as a renter on the old homestead, continuing that two years. He inherited eighty-three acres of the old homestead. In 1886 he sold his farm and. locating in Elkhart, engaged in a planing mill enterprise, which later merged with a factory for the making of folding beds. Manufacturing pro^-ed unfortunate, but notwithstanding the loss of a large amount of money Mr. Ummel did not allow himself to be daunted in his pur.suit of success. In 1890. leaving the city, he purchased eighty acres in section 4 of Harrison township, and, with the addition of another twenty acres purchased later, he has so managed his affairs as to rank among the most successful agriculturists of this section of the county. Mr. Ummel has made his best success as a potato-raiser, and for extent of operations and profitable outcome in this line he probably excels any man in northern Indiana. Each year about forty acres of his land are devoted to the production of the tubers, and in 1904 his yield averaged the almost phenomenal figure of 274 bushels an acre. The " Rural New Yorker " is liis favorite variety. The product goes to all parts of the United States as w'ell as to the local markets, and it stands in high esteem^ among all the large buyers. Another department of Mr. Ummel's farming enterprise is his apiary, which at this writing contains fifty stands. The

Ummel farm is by nature (nie ni" the richest in the county, the soil being black timber loam, suited tor unfailing production of large crops. It was formerly covered with dense timber, hundreds of trees measuring four feet or more in diameter, and by hard work he has cleared the place and made every acre productive. Fruits, such as peaches, plums and cherries, are grown by him in considerable quantities, and the different branches of his enterprise are managed with increasing profit each year.

November 1895, Air. Ummel married Miss Ella Lambert. Four sons and two daug'hters were born, and all except a little daughter are living, namely: Joseph, who is in the third grade of school; Edward, also in school ; Paul, Daniel and Mary.

Mrs. Ummel, who was born in Lehigh county, Pennsyhania, November 29, 1874, is a daughter of George and Amanda (Gehman) Lambert, she being the oldest of their nine children, and her seven living brothers and sisters are : Edward, who was educated in ^Vakarusa, is a resident of Elkhart but at present is engaged with Armour and Company at Columbus, Ohio. Rose Lambert is a missionary at Hadjin, in the Asia minor provinces under the rule of the Sultan of Turkey, having been sent there under the auspices of the Mennonite church. She has had charge of an orphanage for Armenians, where are sheltered many children of those who were murdered in the Armenian massacres. Seven years of her life have been devoted to this mible cause in a far-away land, and in hundreds of ways and occasions she has been a ministering angel to those in want not only of spiritual comfort but of the plainest necessities. Before taking- up her work in foreign lands she was practically educated and also had considerable experience as a nurse in a hospital, so that her skill in this direction is also of great value in her work, being able ti3 render nnich needed assistance when a regular ph\'sician can not be obtained. She is expected on a visit to the United States during- the summer of 1905. and relati\-es and friends, as Avell as her church at large, are i>reparing a hearty welcome for their belnved sister in mercy. The Lambert family furnished another wurker to the field of practical Christianitv in the daughter Emma. who. a resident of Elkhart, is a city missionary, devoting herself to the cause of uplift and enlightenment in the destitute and degraded quarters of our large cities. No> work offers such opportunities for social service as this, and her self-sacrifice has brought countless l^lessings to the unfortunate and depraved that haunt the lowest levels of city societ} . Ira Lambert is a salesman at Gosiien, and has a little son. Willis. Nora v\as educated in the city schools and, like her sisters, has studied music. Jessie and Marie are at home. Rev. Lambert, the father. \\\u) was born in Pennsylvania. Mav ir. 1852. and now resides in Elkhart, where he located in i88t and where he has since li\-ed with the exce]5tion of a year and a half, is a minister of the Alennonite churcli ;ind has tra\-eled extensi\el\- in missionarv labors, having' crossed tlie Atlantic ti\-e times and the Pacific once. He has spent much time in Palestine, and in 1897 sailed around the world. Mrs. Lan:l)ert ^vas also born in Penns^'l\-ania, June q. 1850, and is still !i\-ing'.

Mrs. L niniel. who was a girl of seven vears when she came with her pareiits to this county, has made her home in this county ever since, and was educated in the common schools and at Wakarusa. She tanglit two years, one year in her old home in Pennsylvania and one )'ear in the fifth grade at iSra]>panee. She is a lady of most pleasing personality, and has been a great heli> to her husband in the establishment of their home. She, as well as ber husband, is a de\-out worker in Bethel church in Harrison townshii> ;nid the Sunday school. Mr. Ummel is a true Christian gentleman. c;irr\ing bis principles of conduct and life where\-er he goes, and has contributed freely to all causes which make for the upbuilding' of clnu'cb, education and societ\-.

Warren H. Thomas. M. D.

!)]-. Warren H. Thomas, a man of scholarly attainments, nf strong intellectualitv, who is successfullv engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery at Elkhart, is accounted one of the representative men of that city, exercising a potent influence in its public affairs and in its intellectual, moral . and material development in addition to figuring prominently in professional circles. He was bom at (ioshen. Indiana, April 28, 1837, his parents being Thomas and Mary (Kelly) Thomas.

Thomas Thomas was a nati\-e of P>altimore, Marylaufl, born December 17. 1792. and was reared in Virginia. He came to Elkhart countv, Indiana, in the year 1828. locating two miles east of the present site of the city. This was then a wild frontier region. The county at that time did not have an existence Ixit was organized by act of the .state legislature during the session of 1829-30. There were but two wdiite families on the present site of the county at that time - Elias Riggs and William Simpson having located there. After spending some months on Elkhart prairie Mr. Thomas removed to wdiat was then Carey's Mission, now Niles, Michigan, spending a winter at that place, but in the spring of 1829 he returned to Elkhart county. He was elected its first county clerk and a jjart of the session of the first court was held in his log cabin. He took an active and helpful part in the earlv development and imjimvcmeut. and aided in laying the foundation for its present intellectual, moral and legal status. In 1850 he removed to Jackson township and in 1852 \vas appointed postmaster of the Jackson ]X)stoflice, now New Paris. He lived in that localitv for several vears and subsequently removed to Warsaw, where he died. He was familiar with all of the facts wdiich form the early history of Elkhart countv. being a particiiiant in many of these and a witness nf others. He was a frequent contributor to local newspapers,

.111(1 his articles concernins^ the ]ii(ineei" development and early progress ;ire of threat historical \"aliu'. He d.ied December 6. 1883, in his ninetyfirst year, respected by all wlm knew him. and his name shonld be inscribed upon the pages of history because of the active and helpful part which he tonk in the substantial growth and progress of this portion of the state. The portrait of this ])ioneer citizen and county official appears elsewhere in this His wife, wIk) was born in Virginia, died at Goshen, Indiana, A])ril d, 1845.

Dr. Thomas is the onl\- surviving son in a famil\- of eleven children. When fourteen, years of age he left home, entering the business world f;ir himself. Making his way to Michigan he secured employment in \\'asliington, Macomb county, and later remained for a time in Romeo, in that county. He spent two years as a student in Dickinson Institute, desirous of supplementing his early educational privileges by greater advantages along that line. His love of adventure led him to the far west and he spent a portion of his earlier life amid the Rocky Mountains and in the gold fields oi Idaho. Such a course is a thorough test of a Adung man's character, as the pioneer experiences and the hardshi]DS which must be endured bring out his native strength or expose his weakness, and Dr. Thomas fully stood the test.

Din'ing his residence in the far west he became imbued with a desire to enter the medical profession and to this end matriculated in the Hahnemann Medical College, of Chicago, from wdiich he was graduated in 1876. Ha\'ing won his degree he entered upon practice, and for thirty-one v'ears has been a resident of Elkhart. His ]>rofessional services were in constant demand and almost from the beginning he was accorded a liberal patronage. He is a high type of the medical practitioner, having due regard for the ethics of the jjrofession and discharging- his duties with a sense of conscientious obligation. His professional career has likewise been characterized bv continuous progress, for, through reading and observation, experience and investigation, he has kept in touch Nvith modern thought and with the advancement which in recent years has brought about logical ideas in the meth.ods of medical practice, gradually promoting the efficiency of the members of the fraternity. In addition to the daily performance of his duties as a private ])ractitioner he is now serving as president of the board of trustees of the Clark HonKeopathic Hospital, of Elkhart, has been president of the Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan Homreopathic Society and is secretary xif the Board of Health of Elkhart. He also served for one year as ])resident of the State Homoeopathic Institute.

On the 2(\ of January, 1867, Dr. Thomas was united in marriage to Miss Emma ¥. Hill, and to them was born one son, George .\., who is now engaged in the drug business at Elkhart. They also have two adopted daughters. Mrs. H. E. \'anderli]i. of Chicago, and Mrs. Victoria Chartrand, who lives at her beautiful home at No. 211 Marion street.

Dr. Thomas has wielded a wide influence in the pubHc Hfe and development of his chosen city. He is president of a number of charities of Elkhnrt county, and is a vahied member of the Masonic fraternity. Dr. Thomas was a member of tlie Elkhart school board for six years : two years of which time he was its president. He is a member of the Century Club. He is also vice-president of the Elkhart County Historical Society and since 1886 has been the president of the Elkhart Lecture Association, one of the largest and most popular associations of this character in the United States. He has every reason to be proud of his work in this connection and for what has been accomplished through the organization, for the association has brought to the city many notable lecturers and orators, incltiding Henry \\^ard Beecher, Lyman Abbott. Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Hon. Justin McCarthy, M.'P., Susan B. Anthony, T. DeWitt Talmage, General Lew Wallace, Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis, Rev. Robert Collyer, Murat Halstead, James Whitcomb Riley, Professor David Swing, Clara Louise Kellogg, Mme. Scalchi and many others.

Dr. Thomas is a representative nf nur best type of American manhodd and chivalry. He is a gentleman wliose courtesy is unfailing, whose integrity is above question. \\'ithout ostentation or any desire for praise he has labored most earnestly for the welfare of Elkhart and his efforts liave redounded to the credit and benefit of the city.

Joseph A. Beane

.\s editor and publisher of the Coshen Democrat, the oldest newspaper of Elkhart county, Mr. J. A. Beane has been referred to several times on other pages of this work. As a monument to the life work of father and son the Democrat will always memorialize the Beane family, and through its columns have laeen expressed the personality and energetic individuality as well as the editorial influence of these two men, so that the history of the paper is in many respects the narrati\e of its best known editors and publishers.

The present editor of the Democrat was lx>rn in Goshen, ^Nlay 8, 1863, and he proudly claims this city as his almost constant residence from earliest years. He is a son of the late William A. Beane, who died in 1893. Born in Preble county. Ohio, in 1828, this well known Elkhart county journalist located at Benton in 1835, his boyhood days being passed during the period of greatest prosperity in that village. Directed by some undisclosed influence toward a journalistic career, when fifteen years old, in 1843, 'i^ entered tlie office of the Democrat in the employ of the famous Dr. E. W. H. Ellis. an<l thencefcirtli until his death, for a half century, was identified with the interests of the Democrat, for many years being its editor and proprietor.

the Democrat office. Therein he was ever3l:hing and everybody, from devil up to the higher ranks of journahstic honors, and thanks to this experience he is acquainted with all the details of modern newspapermaking and equipped as few men of his age are for the successful conduct of a large daily and weekly paper. After the death of his father he took the management of the paper for the heirs, and later purchasing the other interests is now sole proprietor. In December, 1893, President Cleveland appointed Mr. Beane, who has always been a consistent upholder of Democratic princijiles, as postmaster of Goshen to succeed L. H. Beyerle. This office he filled with credit four years, until, at the change of national administration. President McKinley appomted jMilton A. Cornell to the position. On retiring- fnam the postoffice in 1897 i\lr. Beane established the daily edition of the Democrat, making the third daily for the city at that time - the A^rziiy, the Times and the Democrat.

'Sir. Beane served several years as secretary of the Democratic central committee and as secretary of the Thomas A. Hendricks Club at Goshen. Fraternally, he became a Knight of Pythias in 1885, and for three years was keeper of records and seal and is now a past chancellor. In 1904 he joined Goshen Lodge No. 798, B. P. O. E.

January 26, 1886, Mr. Beane married Miss Louise M. Henkel. a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Henkel. Her father was born and reared in this county, for eight years, 1875 to 1883, filled the lX)sition of county auditor, besides other public offices, and belongs in history as one of the prominent men who have Ijeen behind the steadv progress and prosperity of Elkhart county. Mr. and Mrs. Beane have a charming family and their home is one that friends and acnuaintances delight to enter on account of its cordiality and cheer. The oldest daughter, Louise, who was born August 26, 1888, is a student in the high school, and Isabelle, born July 17, [895, attends the grade school. Their second daughter, ]\Iary, who was born ^lay 18, 1890. was taken from them by death on October 14, 1900.

Professor Frank Swart

Education is the great civilizer of the world and indicates a man's real worth, showing his position in relation to his fellow men. The educator, as Holland has truthfull) said, has more to do with fashioning and molding the character and minds of the children than ])arent or pastor, and Professor Swart in this connection has wielded a wide and Ijeneficial influence, leaving the impress of his individuality and high worth upon many pupils who have come under his guidance. He is a representative of one of the old pioneer families of Elkhart county, and was born here June 25, 1876, being the second in a family of three children, whose parents were Jelle and Hiltje (Symensma) Swart. The eldest son, Charles, a resident of Jackson township, is a representative agriculturist, wlio is marrietl and maizes his liome in the counlv. where he was reared and educated. Frank is the next of the family. .\d(lis(in is alsn a re])resentati\e young farmer of Jackson township.

Prcjfessur Swart was rearetl amid a relining home atmosphere and his life has been one of study and meditation. l<"rom his boyhood days tO' the present time he has been a student, always interested in mental development. He began his education in the common schools and afterward entered the Goshen high school in the fall of 1894, pursuing a classical course there for two years. He next entered the Central Normal College, in the fall of 1897, -'"-^' ^^'^'i l^'^ degree of Bachelor of Arts in that institution upon graduation with the class of 1898. When not engaged in pursuing his own education he has taught .school, h'or a vear he was a teacher in his home district, but ambitious to pursue a collegiate course he determined to enter the Leland Stanford University, of California, and in the fall of 1900 matriculated there, ennilling as a pupil in economics, history and law. History has always been to him a most interesting study and the thorough course which he was enabled to pursue in Leland Stanford University largely led to his selection of that college when he entered upon his more advanced educational work. He spent two years as a student there and will soon be accorded the Bachelx)r of Laws degree. He was thorough and earnest and his close apiilication gave him high rank in his classes.

Returning from the I'acilic coast to Elkhart county, in 1902, Professor Swart was then elected principal of the New Paris public schools, where he has since remained. He had scarcely entered upon his work when he realized the needs of the schools and set about to supply these, introducing new and progressive methods, inspiring the teachers under him with his own zeal and interest in the work. He also has the ability to arouse and hold the interest of the students and soon his services as a principal won him high encomiums. He also improved the curriculum and catalogxie of the course of study for the first time in the hi-ston- of the school. He was ably assisted in the work which he undertook by the school trustee, Israel Immel. .\s a teacher Professor Swart is clear and concise in his explanations and has the ability to impart clearl\- and readily to others the knowledge that he has acquired. For four years he has stood at the head of the public schools of New Paris, leaving the impress of his individuality upon the mental development of the city. During his connection with the schools thirty-two new students have completed the course ]3repared to enter higher educational studies or to i>erform the duties of home and business life. Professor Swart has made oratory a feature of his school, doing much TO promote this oft neglected branch of learning in which he has himself ever been, equally interested. During the year 1905 there was an enrollment of one hundred and nine pupils under a corps of four teach-

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Professor Swart is a JefTersonian Democrat and he has always advocated the principles of the party. Fraternally he is a member of Milford Lodge No. 478. L O. O. F.. and his religious faith is that of the Christian church. He has taken a great interest in the Sunday school work and is an earnest Bible student, proving in the religious school a teacher equally as effective and earnest as in his daily work. ,\lready he has become known in Indiana as one of the successful representatives of the public school system and in his chosen field of labor he is stri\-ing for high ideals and the maintenance of sujjerior standards.

Elias E. Fisher, whose home is on section 11, Locke township, was born in this township, .\pril 6, 1870, and is the eldest son of Elias and Matilda (Ferguson) Fisher, who are represented elsewhere in this volume. His boyhood days were spent in his native township and his education was accjuired in the comnKjn schools, no event of special importance occurring to vary the routine of farm life for him throughout the period of his youth. He remained at home until twentyone years of age and gained the practical experience and knowledge that enabled him to carry on farm work in a successful manner when he entered upon an independent business career. He was married .\ugust 30. 1 89 1, to Miss Etta Lockwood, a daughter of Asher and Marilda (Richmond) Lockwood. Her paternal grandfather was the first settler of Locke township, which was named in his honor, and Mrs. Fisher was torn in that township and .spent her girlhood days there. To this marriage has been born, one son. Or\il J., whose birth occurred in the city of Elkhart in 1894.

For two years after his marriage Mr. Fisher followed fanning and HI 1892 removed to Elkhart, where he was engaged in the dairv business, following that pursuit for eight years, supplying many Elkhart customers with milk. He i)aid a rental of six hundred dollars for a farm of one hundred and foriv acres, and prosi>ering in his undertakings he was enabled to ])ut by a sum of money wherewith he ]>urchased his farm of sixty acres. It was in 1900 that he gave up the milk business and bought his present home, to which he has since added forty acres in the same locality, so that his farm comprises one hundred acres which is rich and arable. It is in fact regarded as one of the finest farms of Locke township, the fields being highly cultivated, while the inipro\-ements are in keeping with all modern and jjrogressive ideas of agriculture. He carries on general agricultural pursuits, also rai.ses stock and during the winter seasons engages in dressing hogs, which he furnishes to the citv markets of Elkhart and Goshen. He has been very successful in the last few vears, owing to

Iiis capable management. <;tning ]iurp(ise and iiitegTity in Ijusiness matters. In his political views he is a free-sihxr Democrat, believing in the principles of sixteen to one. He has never sought or desired oftice, however, preferring to give his un(li\-i<.led attention to his business interests, and he is to-day numbered among the prosperous farmers and respected citizens of his native township.

John Ulery

John L'lery, who is now h\ing retired in Union township - the place of his nativity, - was born on the 3d of February, 1846. His paternal grandfather, John Ulery, was a native of Pennsylvania, and the hitter's father was born in Germany, whence he emigrated to America about 1790. Daniel Ulery. the father of ciur subject, was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and in his boyhudd days accompanied his parents on their removal to Goshen. Indiana. There he was reared and when he had attained man's estate he chose for a companion and helpmate on life's journey Miss Mary Davenport, who was born in Montgomery county, Ohio, and was of English lineage. She came to Elkhart county during her girlhood days with her parents and remained at her father's home until she gave her hand in marriage to Mr. Ulery. The young couple began their domestic life in Union township, where Mr. Ulery entered a tract of land, and there in the midst of the forest he began hewing out a farm. With characteristic energy he Isegan the arduous task of clearing away the trees and brush and improving the fields for cultivation and he lived upon the farm for exactly fifty years. He w^as a member of the German Baptist Brethren church, in which he took an active and helpful interest, and for several years served as one of its deacons. He died in the seventy-eighth year of his age, passing away respected and honored by all who knew him. To him and his wife were born nine children, five sons and four daughters, all born in a log house in Elkhart county and w-ith the exception of two all are yet living.

John Ulery is the third child and was reared upon the old homestead farm, being early trained to the labors that fall tO' the lot of the agriculturist. He pursued his education in a log schoolhouse, and although the methods of instruction were primitive he gained a good knowledge of the fundamental branches of English learning. His training at farm lalx)r, however, was not meagre, and in early manhood he joined his brothers in the operation of a tract of land of one hundred and sixtv acres. At the time of his marriage he located two miles east of Nappanee and upon that farm in Union township he engaged in the tilling of the soil and the raising of stock for about thirty vears, when on the 26th of June, 1902. he removed to Nappanee. where he has since lived retired. He owns, however, one hundred and thirty-fi\e acres of land and the property returns him a good annual income.

j\Iiss ]\Iarv J. Whitehead, a daughter of Valentine and Margaret (Lentzj Whitehead, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Ulery is the youngest of their five children and was born in Jackson township, Elkhart county, Indiana, February ii, 185 1. She is indebted to its public school system for the educational privileges she enjoyed,, and she remained with her parents until she gave her hand in marriage to John Ulery. This union has been blessed with two children. The son, Edward, liorn December 13, 1872, was educated in the common schools and in Nappanee, and from early boyhood has been connected with agricultural pursuits, now having charge of the home farm. He was married December 13, 1896. to Miss Lucy J. Weaver, a daughter of Jacob Weaver of Nappanee, and they have two interesting chiklren, Edna Marie and John \\'eaver. The daughter. Margaret Elizabeth, is the wife of Albert Mutschler, who is mentioned on another page of this volume. Mr. and Mrs. Ulery also reared an adopted son. David A. Leatherman, who became a member of their family when six vears of age. He was an orphan, liis parents, John and Elizabeth Leatherman, having departed this life. David A. Leatherman remained in the Ulery family until his death, which occurred March 4, 1903.

In his political views Mr. Ulery is a stanch and earnest Republican, taking an active part in the local work of the political organization, and is now serving as assessor of his township. He is a man of unabating energy and with industry that never flags, and although he is now leaving" the active Avork on the farm to his son he is a recognized factor in public affairs in Nappanee and his part of the county. He is still financially interested in business enterprises, and was interested in the furniture and canning factories of Nappanee. Throughout the county he is well known. The interests which have made claim upon his time and attention have teen varied, for anything which tends to the betterment of conditions for mankind, for the stimulus of material progress and for the improvement of the city recei^-es his endorsement and assistance.

Elder Daniel Wysong

Elder Daniel Wysong is noted among the early settlers of Elkhart county, havmg for long years been a witness of its growth and improvement. He resides on section 33, Union townshi]), where he has controlled valuable farming interests. He \Aas liorn in Montgomery county, Ohio, September 28, 1842, and the birth of the father, Robert Wysong, occurred in the .same house. The mother bore the maiden name of Anna Miller and was born near Cincinnati, Ohio, a daughter of Elder Daniel Miller. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wysong was celebrated in December, 1841, and in 1845 thev removed to Ell-Thart county. Indiana, where they spent their reniaining days, each living to a ripe old age and jjassed away resjiected by all who knew them. The father departed this life when about eighty-five vears of age and his

\vife"s death occurred when slie was seventy-six years of age. They had long been numbered with the pioneer settlers of the county. Mr. Wysong built a log house upon his farm in the spring of 1845 and made the doors of puncheon, hanging them with wooden hinges. He continued to reside upon that farm until his life's labors were ended, but in the meantime he had wrought a wonderful transformation in the appearance of the place, adding to it all modern equipments and accessories, while placing the fields under a high state of cultivation. With the exception of Daniel Wysong all of the members of the tamil_\- - three sons and a daughter - were born uixin the old homestead.