Fayette County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1917 (part 4 of 16)

One of the well-known and prominent retired citizens of Connersville, who has met with much success during his long life of usefulness and activity, is William Henry Moyer, who was born at Port Jefferson, Ohio, on November i, 1838, a son of David and Ruth (Venemon) Moyer, who were both born in the state of Ohio. The former, who was born on January 2, 1813, died on April 16, 1877, and the latter, lioni on March 3, 1813, died on July 4, 1853. They were born near the town of Sidney and there they were educated and were later married. As a young man the father learned the cabinet-maker's trade, and continued in that line of work in the Buckeye state until 1842, when he and his family came to Indiana, with horses and wagon, and located in Fayette county. During the first few years of his life in this county David Meyer worked on the canal and later in a stone quarry and brick yard. Mr. Moyer was three times married. His first wife died at Benton, Indiana, and after her death he married Amanda Thompson, and at her death, Susan Stephens. By his first wife he was the father of four children: Deliah Jane, William H., Alex. Marshall and Charles Edgar. By the second wife one child was born, Amanda, who is now deceased. There were no children by the third marriage.

William Henry Moyer received a limited education in the early schools of his home community and remained at home until his marriage on September II, 1861, to America Crosson, who was born on March 4, 1841, daughter of James and Susan (Johnson) Crosson, who were natives of the state of Ohio and who came to Indiana in 1830 and settled in Fayette county. They established their home on a farm on Williams creek, where they made for themselves a home in the wilderness, and had much to do with the general development of the district. It was there that the mother died. The father died at Connersville, to which place he had moved after the death of his wife. They were the parents of ten children, only two of whom are now living.

After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Moyer established their home in the city of Connersville, where for a number of years Mr. Moyer was engaged in the grocery business and later in the brick business. He met with much success as a business man, and on liis retirement from the brick business he engaged in tb.e furniture business until the time of his retirement from the more active duties of life. Today lie is known as one of the men who has helped to make Connersville the hustling and progressive little city that it is today. Few of the present residents of the city had more to do with its early life and later development.

To Mr. and Mrs. Moyer five children have been born, only one of whom is now living, Clara E., wife of George E. Reese, one of the wellknown and highly respected citizens of this county. Mr. and Mrs. Moyer are active members of the Grand Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, with which they have been connected for many years, and have ever taken an active interest in the services of the church and the growth and success of the society.

William Henry Moyer and his wife have lived in Connersville and in this vicinity for many years, during which time they have seen many changes and many improvements. Coming to the county as he did, a mere child, when the territory surrounding Connersville was for the most part an undeveloped wilderness, he has seen the dense forest become a thing of the past, and lias witnessed the making of one of the great farming districts of Indiana, with splendid homes and hustling and progressive towns and cities. In all this he has his part. His advent into the business world was as a poor boy, who had to depend upon his own resources for his advancement. His life has been an active one and he has made good, so that today the name of \\'illiam Henry Mover is synonymous with progress and success.

Mixor E, Leffingwell

Minor E. Leffingwell, member of the firm of M. Holberg & Company, clothiers and shoe dealers, at Connersville. is a native son of Fayette county and has lived here all his life. He was born on a pioneer farm in Jennings township, this county, August lo, 1864, son of Jonathan Avery and Lucy (Ellis) Leffingwell, the former a native of the state of New York and the latter of Indiana, a member of one of the pioneer families of Fayette county.

Jonathan Avery Leffingwell came to Indiana from New York state with his parents when a boy, the family settling in Harrison township, this county, in the thirties. His father died not long after coming here, leaving a widow and eight children, among whom, besides Jonathan A., were Artemas, Lemuel. Lavant, Amanda and Hannah. The widow retained the home farm and there Jonathan A. Leffingwell grew to manhood, assisting his brotliers in the development and improvement of the same. He married Lucy Ellis, who was born in Harrison township, daughter of Lewis and Samantha (Thomas) Ellis, natives of New York state and early settlers in this county. Lewis Ellis inherited the farm which his father, Moses Ellis, had settled in Harrison township and there he and his wife sijent their last days, both living to ripe old age, he being eighty- four years of age at the time of his death and she, seventy-six. Lewis Ellis and wife were the parents of sixteen children, CaroHne, Lucy, Alelvin, Eliza, Ellen, Hewitt, Nancy, Minor, who died while serving as a soldier of the Union army, and seven others. After his marriage Jonathan .\. Leffingwell began fanning on his own account in Jennings township and there developed an excellent farm of one hundredacres, to which he added until at the time of his death he was the owner of two lumdred acres. He died in 1884, at the age of fifty-eight years, and his widow survived him until iqoi, she being sixty-seven years of age at the time of her death. They were devoted members of the Primitive Baptist church and their children were reared in that faith. There were nine of these children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the fourth in order of birth, the others being as follow: Lewis, of Posey township, this county; Ada, who married Mathias Neff and is now deceased; Emma, of Connersville; Elmer, who is living on the old Leffingwell farm in Harrison township; Minnie, wife of S. D. Lynch, of Kennewick, Washington; Edgar, who died at the age of seven years, and twins, who died in infancy.

Reared on the paternal farm in this county, Minor E. Leffingwell received his elementary schooling in the district schools in the neighborhood of his home and supplemented the same by a course in the Central Normal School at Danville, this state. He continued on the farm until 1887, when he took employment as a clerk in the shoe store of L. C. Everton at Connersville. A year later he transferred his services to the store of M. Holberg, clothier and shoe dealer, at Connersville, and has ever since been connected with that establishment, a partner in the firm since 1900, the firm doing business under the style of M. Holberg and Company, one of the bestknown and most firmly established commercial concerns in this part of the state. Mr. Leffingwell is a Republican and has ever given his thoughtful attention to local civic affairs, but has not been a seeker after public office.

On January 22, 1889, Minor E. Leffingwell was united in marriage to Clara Rieman, who was born in Germany and who was but three years of age when her parents, Henry and Gretchen ( Pernon ) Rieman, came to this country with their family from their native Hanover in 1866 and located at Hamilton, Ohio, moving thence to Oxford, that same state, and thence, in 1876, to Connersville, where they established their home. Henry Rieman's parents spent all their lives in their native Hanover. Their three sons, Ernest, Henry and Charles, came to this country, 1)ut their daughters remained in their native land. Henry Rieman was a landscape gardener, employed on the royal estate in the Fatherland, and upon coming to this country became engaged as a florist. Upon locating at Connersville he established there a greenhouse and remained engaged as a florist the rest of his life, his death occurring in May, 1913, he then being eighty-six years of age. His wife had preceded him to the grave many years, her death having occurred in 1884. She was the only child of her parents, her father, a sea captain, having been lost at sea when she was a small child. Henry Rieman and his wife were members of the Presbyterian church and their children were reared in that faith. There were seven of these children, those besides Mrs. Leffingwell being Andrew H., Charles A., Geredena, widow of E. E. Lewis, and Clara (first), Ernest and Nettie, who died in youth.

To Minor E. and Clara (Rienian) Leffingwell one child has been born, a son, Carl, who died when twelve years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Leffingwell are members of the Presbyterian church, in the affairs of which they take an active interest, Mr. Leffingwell being one of the elders of the local congregation. Mr. Leffingwell is a thirty-second-degree Mason, being affiliated with \\'arren Lodge Xo. 15, JMee and Accepted Masons, at Connersville, and with the consistory of the \'alley of Indianapolis, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, and is a noble of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, affiliated with Murat Temple of that order at Indianapolis. He also is a member of the local lodge of the Knights of Pythias and of the Modern Woodmen of America and in the affairs of these several fraternal ors-anizations takes a warm interest.

Jasper L. Kennedw former auditor of Fayette count\ and now engaged in the hardware and farm-implement business at Connersville, senior member of the mercantile firm of Kennedy & Lewis, is a native Hoosier and has lived in this state all his life, his residence having been confined to Fayette county and the neighboring county of Franklin. He was born at Metamora, in the latter county, August 9, 1866, son of John R. and Tempa .\. (Thomas) Kennedy, Ix)th now deceased, the former of whom, an honored veteran of the Civil War, was a native of the state of Ohio and the latter of Indiana, and who were for years well-known residents of Franklin county.

John R. Kennedy was Ijorn and reared on a farm near New Richmond, in Clermont count}-. Ohio, son of Milton C. Kennedy and wife, both natives of that same state and who spent all their lives there. They were the parents of four sons, .\aron, Benjamin. John R. and Milton. .\s a young man, John R. Kennedy came over into Indiana and settled at Metamora, where he opened a coojier shop and where he married and established iiis home. He was living there when the Civil War broke out and in 1861 he enlisted as a private in Company C, Sixty-eigiith Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served with that command until the close of the war, his period of service being but two days less than four years, and was mustered out with the rank of lieutenant. Upon the completion of his term of military service Mr. Kennedy resumed his cooperage business at Metamora, but cooperage timber presently becoming exhausted in that vicinity, in 1872 he located on a farm in the near vicinity of Blooming Grove, in that same county, and there was engaged in farming for some years, at the end of which time he sold his farm and moved to Blooming Grove, where he spent his last days, his death occurring there on June 9, 19 12, he then being seventy-eight years of age. His wife had preceded him to the grave about eighteen months, her death having occurred in December, 1910, she then being sixty-eight years of age. She was a daughter of John L. Thomas, whose wife was a Rothrock, natives, respectively, of Kentucky and of South Carolina, who had come to Indiana with their respective parents in the days of their youth, the two families settling in the Aletamora neighborhood in Franklin county, where they were married and where they reared their family of three daughters, Mrs. Kennedy having had two sisters, Lucinda and Indiana. John R. Kennedy and his wife were ver}' active and earnest members of the Methodist church, their home for 3'ears being noted as a stopping place for itinerant preachers of that denomination, and their children were reared in that faith. There were six of these children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the second in order of birth, the others being as follow : Edward W., of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Emanuel P., of Blooming Grove, in the neighboring county of Franklin; Cora B., wife of W. L. White, also of Blooming Grove; Clifford M., of South Sharon, Pennsylvania, and John K., of Dunreith, this state.

Jasper L. Kennedy was but a child when his parents moved from Metamora to the farm near Blooming Grove and there he spent his boyhood, receiving his elementary schooling in the neighboring district school. He supplemented that course of schooling by a course in a private school and in a business college at Richmond, and then took up the trade of carriage blacksmithing and followed the same at Connersville until 1906, in which year he was elected to the office of county auditor. So acceptably did he perform the important duties of that office that he was re-elected in 1910 and served a second term of four years, thus serving the public in this capacity for a period of eight years, his term of service expiring on December 31, 1915. A few days later, on January 3, 1916, Mr. Kennedy engaged in the hardware and farm-implement business at Connersville, in partnership with C. S. Lewis, and has ever since been thus engaged, the fimi doing business under the style of Kennedy & Lewis. Mr. Kennedy is also the head of the blacksmithing firm of Kennedy & Loper. Mr. Kennedy is a stanch Republican and has for years been looked upon as one of the leaders of that party in this county. In addition to his public service rendered as

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On September ij, 1890, Jasper L. Kennedy was united in marriage to Cora B. King, who was Ixjrn in Clinton county, Ohio, daughter of William H. and Mary (Acre) King, natives of that same state, who are now living in East Connersville. William H. King served for four years as a Union soldier during the Civil War and he and his wife have three children, Mrs. Kennedy having a sister, Nettie, an<l a brother, J. Dillon King. To Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy two children have been born, Madge L. and Clyde C. The Kennedys are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and Mr. Kennedy is a Mason, a member of Warren Lodge No. 15, Free and Accepted Masons, at Connersville, and is likewise a member of the local lodge of the Improved Order of Red I\Ien.

Utiles K. Moffett

Miles K. Moffett, a well-known druggist at Connersville, former postmaster of that city, former clerk of the Fayette circuit court and for years actively identified with the commercial interests of his home town, is a native son of Fayette county and has lived here all his life. He was born on a pioneer farm in Fairview township, September 21, [860, son of John and Fannie J. (Hamilton) Moffett, the former a native of the state of Pennsylvania and the latter of Indiana, both now deceased, who were for years well-known among the old settlers of this county.

John Moffett was but two years of age when he came to Indiana with his parents, Thomas and Salome (Heller) Moffett, from Pennsylvania in 1822. Thomas Moffett entered a tract of "(longress land" in Fairview township, this county, and there established his home, one of the earliest settlers in that part of the county. He established the first grist-mill on Williams creek and also kept a general store there. He took an active part in tlie civic affairs -of the comity in early days, was a memlier of the board of count)- commissioners when the old court house was erected and also served for years as trustee of Fairview township and as a justice of the peace in and for that township. His wife died in 1865 and he survived her for some years, living to a ripe old age. Those of their children who grew to maturity, liesides John, were Rachel, Thomas. Robert, William C, Jane and Sarah. It was on that pioneer farm in Fairview township that John

Moffett grew to manhood and there he spent his last days, in addition to his farming being also actively engaged for years as a carpenter. He also took an active interest in local pulilic^affairs and for six years served the county as appraiser of real estate. John Moffett died on the home farm in 1874, he then being hfty-four years of age, and his widow sun-ived him for nearly twenty years, her death occurring in 1892. She was born in this county, a daughter of George Hamilton and wife, pioneer settlers in Connersville township, whose last days were spent there, both living to advanced ages, George Hamilton living to the extraordinary age of ninetysix years. Besides Mrs. Moffett there were two sons of the Hamilton family who grew to maturity, Stephen and William Hamilton. John Moffett and wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church and their children were reared in that faith. There were eight of these children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the seventh in order of birth, the others being as follow: Oliver P., deceased; Almarinda. who married Philander Wymore and is now deceased ; Nancy, who married Hiram Rees and is now deceased ; Florence, who married Samuel M. :\therton and is now deceased; John E., deceased; George T., of Huntsville, Alabama, and Charles O.. of Harrison township, this county.

Miles K. Moffett was reared on the home farm in Fairview township and received his elementary schooling in the district schools of that neighborhood, suppkmenting the same by a course in the Central Normal School at Danville, this state, after which for twelve years he was engaged in teaching school, spending his summers on the farm. He then v\'as elected clerk of the Fayette county circuit court and was re-elected to that office, thus serving in that important capacity for eight years and at the end of that term of service was commissioned i>ostmaster of Connersville, in which capacity he further served the public for a period of eight years. At the completion of his term of service as postmaster Mr. Moffett engaged in the drug business in Connersville, in 1910, and has ever since been thus engaged. Mr. Moffett is a Republican and lias long been looked upon as one of the leaders of that party in this county.

On May 4. 1886, Miles K. Moffett was united in marriage to Anna Hoak, who was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, February 26, 1865, daughter of Henr}- and Christina (Keen) Hoak, natives of that same state, who came to Indiana with their family in 1866 and settled in Hendricks county, where Henry Hoak, who was a school teacher, spent the rest of his life. His widow is still living. They were the parents of two children, Mrs. Moffett having a brother, Benjamin M. Hoak. Mr. and Mrs. Moffett have two children, Claire, who married Mary Conoway and is assisting in the management of his father's drug store at Connersviile, and Christine, who married Fred Leeds, of Connersviile, and has one child, a son, Frederick M. The Moffetts are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and take an active interest in the affairs of the same, Mr. Moffett being a member of the board of trustees of the local congregation. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the local lodges of the Independent Order of Odd h'ellows, of the Knights of Pythias, of tlie Impro\ed Order of Red Men and of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, and in the affairs of these several organizations takes a warm interest.

Frederick C. Neal

Frederick C. Neal, of the firm of Neal & Stoll, plumbing and heating, at Connersviile, and long recognized as one of the most enterprising business men in that city, is a native Hoosier and has lived in this state all of his life. He was born in the little Quaker village of Westfield, in Hamilton county, Indiana, March 20, 1867, son of the Rev. Jabez and Mary E. ( Bowman) Neal, the former of whom was born in Texas and the latter in North Carolina, whose last days was spent in Noblesville, this state.

The Rev. Jabez Neal was an itinerant circuit-riding Methodist preacher, who continued active in the service of the church as long as he was able to do so. As a young man he came to Indiana from Texas and settled in Hamilton county, where he married Mary E. Bowman, daughter of Edwin W. Bowman and wife, who had come to Indiana from North Carolina and had settled on a farm in Hamilton count}-, where they spent the rest of their lives, both living to ripe old age. Edwin W. Bowman and wife "were the parents of eight ciiildren, those Ijesides Mrs. Neal being George W'., Phoebe, Martha, Augusta, Emily, Anna and Alice. During the last twenty years of his life the Rev. Jabez Neal resided at Noblesville, to which city he had moved from Westfield, and there he died in 1896, at the age of eighty-one years. His widow survived him until 191 5 and was eighty-four years of age at the time of her death.

Frederick C. Neal was about ten years of age when his parents moved from Westfield to Noblesville and in the latter city he ci^npleted his schooling. He early learned the plumbing trade and after awhile started in business for himself in that line in Noblesville, where he remained thus engaged until 1903, when he moved to Connersviile and there formed a partner- ship with A. J. Stoll, in the pkimbing and heating hne, and has ever since been thus engaged, the firm doing business under the style of Neal & Stoll. This firm carries a large stock of goods in its hne and has an extensive and growing business. Mr. Neal has other business connections in Connersville and is regarded as one of the public-spirited men of that city. He is a stockholder in the Central State Bank of Connersville and a member of the board of directors of the Fayette Savings and Loan Company. He is a Republican and gives a good citizen's attention to local political affairs, but has not been a seeker after public ofifice.

On December 29, 1897, Frederick C. Neal was united in marriage to Freda Stoll, who was born in Germany, March 18, 1875, daughter of John and Catherine ( Sweikley ) Stoll, natives of that same country, the former of whom died in the Fatherland, after which his widow and her four children came to this country and located at Connersville, where she still resides. Mrs. Neal has three brothers, John, Jacob and Adam Stoll. To Mr. and Mrs. Neal two children have been born, John F. and Arthur E. The Neals are members of the Presbyterian church, in the affairs of which they take a warm interest. Mr. Neal is a thirty-second-degree Mason and a Knight Templar, being affiliated with Warren Lodge No. 15, Free and Accepted Masons; with Maxwell Chapter No. 18, Royal Arch Masons; with Connersville Commandery No. 6, Knights Templar, at Connersville; with the Indianapolis consistory. Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, and with Murat Temple. Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, at Indianapolis. He also is a member of the local lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and in the affairs of all these organizations takes an active interest.

Samuel O. McKennan, secretary of the Home Loan Association of Connersville and formerly and for years engaged in the drug business in that city, was born on a prairie farm six miles west of the village of Reynolds in White county, Indiana, August 27, 1854, son of Thomas A. and Anna (Fleeger) McKennan, natives of Pennsylvania, both now deceased.

Thomas A. McKennan was born and reared in Pennsylvania and there learned the trade of carpenter, which he followed for some time, in addition to farming, after he came to Indiana and settled as one of the pioneers in the prairie section of \\ bite county. He later moved to New Holland, Illivayi:tte colntv, Indiana. 749 nois, where his death occurred in 1884, he then being- sixty-four years of age. His widow survived him ior years, her death occurrint^ in 191,^ she then being seventy-nine years of age. Thomas A. AIcKennan and his wife were members of the Presbyterian church, of which he was an elder for many years, and their children were reared in that faith. There were fourteen of these children, seven sons and seven daughters, namely: Howard A., deceased; Edward M., of Garrett, Indiana; Elmira, who married David Earhart, of Indianapolis, and is now deceased; Samuel O., the immediate subject of this biographical sketch; Elda J., wife of V. N. Hinkle, of Decatur, Illinois; Altona \'., wife of John Everson, of Peoria, Illinois; Frank B.. of Ouincx'. lUinciis: James L., of Kinney, Illinois; Josie, wife of Samuel Keys, of Lincoln county, Illinois; Sylvia B., wife of George Warren, of Aliddletown, Illinois; Madge, wlio married Jcjhn Colvin and died at Eau Claire. Wisconsin: Sylvester, of Chicago; Flora, wife of E. L. Prather, living near Chicago. Illinois, and Joseph T., of Alinneapolis, Minnesota.

Samuel O. McKennan was twenty-one years of age when his parents moved from Indiana to New Holland in Logan county, Illinois. In 1877 he engaged in the drug business at that place, remaining thus engaged in that town until 1892, when he returned to Indiana and engaged in the drug business at Connersville, owning a store in the McFarlan block, and was thus engaged there for nineteen years. During that time he was made secretary of the Home Loan Association of Connersville, a position which he still occupies and to the duties of which of late he has been devoting the whole of his attention, the expansion of the association's business in recent years requiring the constant attention of the secretary. Mr. McKennan is a Democrat and during his residence at New Holland served for four years as postmaster of that place, under appointment of President Cle\'eland, and also sensed for six years as clerk of his home township.

On March 25, 1880, Samuel O. McKennan was united in marriage, in Clinton county, Indiana, to Flora Lucas, who was born in that county on December 9, 1858, daughter of Clinton and Julia ( Riclicy ) Lucas, natives of Ohio, the former of whom died in 1864 and the latter of whom is still living and who were the parents of four children, those besides Mrs. McKennan having been John, Charles and Marm. The Widow Lucas married, secondly, John Wainscott and to that union were born four daughters. Mr. and Mrs McKennan have two sons, Roy C. and Jesse T. Roy C. McKennan is engaged in the manufacturing business in Connersville. He married Madge Kensler and has one child, a daughter. Jesse T. McKennan; who also is married, is a traveling salesman and makes his home in Chicago. Mr.

and Mrs. McKennan are members of the Presbyterian church at Connersville and Mr. McKennan has been chorister in the Sunday school of the same for twenty-three years. He is a member of the local lodges of the Knights of Pythias, of the Improved Order of Red Men, of the Modern Woodmen and of the Knights of the Maccabees and in the affairs of these several organizations takes a warm interest.

Charles Moneyhon

Charles Moneyhon, president of the Connersville Lumber Company at Connersville and one of the best-known business men in that city, is a native of Kentucky, born on a farm in the immediate neighborhood of Augusta, that state. October 6. 1871, son of Alfred N. and Anna (Weimer) Moneyhon. both of whom were born in that same state and who are still living on tlieir well-kept farm of two hundred and forty acres in the Augusta neighborhood.

Alfred N. Moneyhon is a son of Patterson and Elizabeth (Cabler) Moneyhon. natives of Kentucky, whose last days were spent in Bracken county, that state, and who were tlie parents of eight children, George W., William H., Alfred. Johnson, Hamilton, John, Henrietta and Lewis. Alfred N. ^loneyhon married .\nna ^^'einler, daughter of Lewis F. and Julia (Nichols) Weimer, the former a native of Germany and the latter of Kentucky, who were the parents of ten children, George, William, John, Louis. Frank, James, Elizabeth, Josephine, Eliza and Anna. Lewis F. Weimer was a miller. Alfred N. Moneyhon and wife are members of^the Baptist church and their children were reared in that faith. There were ten of these children, namely : Julia, umnarried, who has taught school in her old home district for twenty-six years: Charles, the subject of this biographical sketch; George, also of Conners\'ilIe : Ada. who is at home with her parents ; Lida, wife of George Cablish, of Charleston. West Virginia; Nicholas, of Bracken county, Kentucky; Edith and Edna (twins), the former of whom is a teacher in the schools of Covington, Kentucky, anrl the latter of whom is the wife of Granville Richards, of Pineville, Kentucky, and two who died in infancy.

Charles Moneyhon was reared on the paternal farm in Kentucky and completed his schooling in old Augusta College, from which he was graduated in 1888. For four years thereafter he remained on the home farm and lie then engaged in the lumber business at Augusta, acquiring a thorough knowledge of tlie details of that Inisiness. In 1903 he was made the manager of the plant of the Connersville Lnniher Company at Connersville and moved to that city, where he ever since has made his home. The year following his connection with that concern he honght an interest in the company and in 1906 became the ])resident of tiie same, a concern capitalized at thirty thousand dollars, and is now occupying that [losition, long having been recognized as one of tlie leading lumbermen in this part of the state. Mr. Moneyhon also is a member of the board of directors of the Fayette Loan and Savings Association at Connersville and in other ways has displayed his interest in the general business affairs of the city. He is a Republican and gi\-es a good citizen's attention to local ])olitical affairs, but has not been included in the office-seeking class.

On September 30, 1S9S, Charles Moneyhon was united in marriage to Anna Han.son, who was born ni Bracken county, Kentucky, daughter of FYank and Alice ( Weldon ) Hanson, also natixes of that state, the latter of whom died at .\ugusta, l\entuck\'. in 1906, and the former ni whiini is still living, now making his home in Connersville. Frank Hanson is a son of John Hanson and wife, who died in Kentucky. ]\[rs, ^Vloneyhon is the third in order of birth of the four children born to her parents, the others being- Sarah, Florence and William. To Charles and .\nna ("Hanson) Moneyhon two sons have been horn. Stanley and Charles, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Monevhon and their elder son are members of the Christian church and take a warm interest in church work. Mr. .Moneyhon being a deacon of the local congregation. He is a Ma.son, a member of \\'arren Lodge Xo. 13, Free and .\ccepted Masons, and also of the Connersville lodge of the order of Knights of Pvthias, and in the aft'airs of these (organizations takes an actix'e interest.

Dr. J. X^. \\'hiteis (osteopath), wlio has been practicing his profession at Connersville since 1904, is a native of the state of Ohio, but has been a resident of this state ever since childhood, with the exception of some years spent in Missouri during the days of his youth. He was -born in Logan county. Ohio, April 19, 1856, a son of Boyd and Jane Whiteis, the former born in Pennsylvania and the latter in Wales. Boyd Whiteis was a bricklaver and after a sometime location in Ohio moved to Indiana and lived in

J. N. Whiteis was but a child when his parents moved from Ohio to this state and his early schooling was received in the schools of Cass and Fulton counties. He completed his schooling- in Missouri and there learned the trade of painter, w liich he followed for about thirty years. After the death of his father he had moved Ijack to Indiana and was living in Connersville when, in 1901, he entered upon the study of osteopathy and entered the Columbia College of Osteopathy at Chicago, from which institution he was graduated in 1902. Upon receiving his degree Doctor Whiteis returned to Conners\'ille and opened there an office for the practice of his profession. In ic)05 he took a supplementary or post-graduate course in the Bennett School at Lima, Ohio, and was thus enabled to add some valuable additional electrical eciuipment to his office paraphernalia. Doctor Whiteis is one of the oldest practicing osteopaths in this part of the state and during his practice at Connersville has become widely known throughout this and adjoining counties, having built up an extensive practice.

In 1 901 Doctor Whiteis married Emma Woodfield. He is independent in his political views and ever takes a warm interest in local civic affairs, but has not been a seeker after office.

Dr. H. ^\'. Smelser. a well-nown young phycician of Connersx'ille, was born on a farm not far northeast of Rushville, in the neighboring county of Rush, September 4, 1891, a son of J. F. and Ida (Bowles) Smelser, both members of old families in that community. Reared on the home farm in the vicinity of Rushville, he received his elementary schooling in the district schools of that neighborhood and then entered the high shool at Connersville, from which he was graduated in 19 10. He then entered Earlham College and some time later entered the Universit}- of Indiana. After two years spent in the liberal arts department of the university he took up the work in. the medical college of the same and -was graduated from that institution, with the degree of Doctor of Medicine, in 1915, he having previously, in 1914, received his Bachelor of Science degree.

practice in that institution located, in 1916, at Connersville, where he since has been engaged in the practice of his profession. Doctor Smelser is a member of the college fraternities Phi Chi and Delta Upsilon and continues to take a warm interest in the affairs of the same. He is a member of the .Masonic fraternity and of the Christian church. His wife is a member of the Methodist church.

It was on October 18. 1916, that Dr. H. W. Smelser was united in marriage to Frances Shera. a daughter of C. P. and Sallie (Bennett) Shera, of Laurel, Franklin countv.

James M. Herox

James M. Heron, secretary and treasurer of the Rex Manufacturing Company of Connersville and formerly and for years one of the best-known merchants in that city, was born in Connersville and has lived there all his life. He was horn on October 30. 1S57, son of James and Caroline (McCarty) Heron, the former a native of Maryland and ):he latter of Indiana, for many years well-known and influential residents of Connersville and the latter of whom is still living.

James Heron was born in the city of Baltimore and was but twelve or thirteen years of age when his parents, James and Barbara (Kevin) Fleron. came to Indiana and settled on a farm in this county, one mile south of Connersville. The elder James Heron and his wife were natives of Scotland and u])on coming to ibis countr)- located at Baltimore, where James Heron engaged in the dry -goods business and where he and his family remained until 1837, when they came out to what then was regarded as the "wilds" of the \\'esl and settled in this county. Here James Heron died two years later, in 1839. His widow survixed liini many years, living to the age of eighty-hve years. They were the parents of six children, James, Alexander, Samuel, Nathan, Helen and William. The junior James Heron grew to manhood on the home farm in the vicinity of Connersville and early became engaged in the pork-packing business, an industry with which he remained connected practically all the rest of bis life, for many years secretary and treasurer of the \\'hite Water Canal Company. He married Caroline McCarty, who was born at Brookville, this state, daughter of the Hon. Enoch McCarty and wife, pioneers of Brookville and among the most prom- (48) iiient early settlers of that part of the state. Judge McCarty was one of the early land agents in Indiana, was a member of the state's first constitutional convention, was for years judge of the court in Franklin county and was a large landowner. Both he and his wife spent their last days at Brookville, in Franklin county. They were the parents of a good-sized family. Caroline McCarty was a twin, her twin sister, Catherine, dying young, however. She has besides three other sisters, Jane, Desdemona and Helen, and three brothers, Monroe, Milton and Frank. James Heron died in 1876, at the age of fifty-one years, and his widow, who still survives, is now past eightyseven years of age. She is a member of the Presbyterian church, as was her husband, and their children were reared in that faith. There are three of these children, the subject of this sketch ha\ing two sisters, Katherine, unmarried, and Nora, wife of Samuel Johnson, of Portsmouth, Ohio.

James M. Heron was reared at Connersville, the city of his birth, and received his early schooling in the schools of that city, supplementing the same by a course in Chickering Institute at Cincinnati, after which, in 1875, he began clerking in a shoe store in Connersville. About four years later, in 1879, he bought the store in which he had been engaged as a clerk and continued business at the southwest corner of Fifth street and Central avenue imtil 1903. A few years previous to this latter date, in November, 1899, he had become treasurer of the Rex Buggy Company at Connersville and thereafter de\-oted the greater part of his time and attention to the affairs of that company, presently becoming secretary and treasurer of the concern, which employed about three hundred persons and sold its product in all parts of the United States. In July, 191 6, the Rex Buggy Company discontinued the manufacture of buggies and was reorganized as the Rex Manufacturing Company, Mr. Heron continuing secretary and treasurer of the same, and is now devoting its whole attention to the manufacture of sedan tops for automobiles and the painting and trimming of automobile bodies, the reorganization of the business necessitating the employment of several hundred additional persons in the factory. Mr. Heron is also treasurer of the Hoosier Castings Company at Connersville, secretary of the Central Manufacturing Company, in that city, and a stockholder in the Lexington-Howard Motor Car Company, one of the chief industrial concerns in Connersville. Mr. Heron is an independent voter and has -ever given his close .attention to the civic affairs of his home town, though never a seeker after public office.

Is;il)el (Ault) Dulph. Ixuli now deceased, wlio were the parents of six children, those hesides Mrs. Heron l)eing Anna, Kate, Edward, William and May. Mr. and Mrs. Heron have two dang:hters. Xora, who married J(jsep!i T. McKinney. of Memphis, i'ennessee. and Isabel, who married Frank B. Ansted. a well-known lawyer and manufacturer of Connersx'ille. Mrs. Heron is a member of the Church of Christ ( Scienti.st) and Mr. Heron is affiliated with the Knii^hts of Pythias. They have a very pleasant home at 507 Western avenue and ha\e ever taken an earnest interest in the city's oeneral social activities.

-Vlbert L. Chrisman, former clerk of h'ayettc count}' and one of the best-known law\'ers practicing at the bar of the l^'ayette circuit court, is a native son of this county and has lived here all his life. He was born on a farm in Harrison township, four miles north of the city of Connersville, December 17, 1S71, .son of Jesse and Catharine Chrisman, prominent residents of that i)art of the county and further and fitting reference to whom is made elsewhere in this volume, and received his elementary schooling in the district schools of that neighborhood. He later attended school at Rushville and then took a course in Valparaiso { Indiana ) L'niversity, after which he engaged in teaching in the public schools of this count v and was thus engaged for seven years, at the end of which time he was appointed deputy county clerk, under William F. Downs. L'pon the death of Mr. Downs he was appointed to fill the unexpired tenii of the clerk and ser\ed the public in that capacity until the expiration of that term. In the meantime Mr. Chrisman had been gi\ing his earnest attention to the reading of law and when he left the clerk's otifice he took up the systematic study of law in the ofifice of Reuben Conner, and under that able preceptorship presentlx- was (|ualified for practice and in 1907 was admitted to the bar. h'ollowing his admission to the bar Mr. Chrisman opened an office for the practice of his ])rofession at Connersville and has ever since been thus engaged in that city.

In 1894 .\lbert L. Chrisman united in marriage to Rebeccu Relle Lockhart. daughter of John Lockhart and wife, further mention f)f whom is made elsewhere in this volume, and to diis union two children have been I)orn, John J. and Dorothy V. Mr. Chrisman is a Republican. l^Vaternally, he is affiliated with the local lodge of the Iniproxed Order of Red Men.

Charles Menmuir

Charles MenMuir, electrical engineer for the Roots Company at Connersville, was born at Cedarville, in Greene county, Ohio, January 6, 1863, son of James and Jean (Dick) MenMuir, natives of Scotland, who came to this country on their wedding trip, locating at Cedarville, Ohio, whence they later moved to Kearney, Nebraska, where they spent their last days.

James MenMuir was born and reared within twelve miles of Edinburgh. Following his marriage in 1856 he and his bride came to the United States and for awhile were located in New York City. Mr. MenMuir had been trained in the linen industry and in line with that form of training presently moved to Cedarville, Ohio, where he engaged in the buying of flax and was thus engaged there for years, becoming one of the well-known citizens of that community. Upon the breaking out of the Civil War he enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for the ninety-da}' service, and served through that term of enlistment. He was one of a family of seven children born to his parents, the others having been Jonathan, Hannah, Charles, Robert, John and Mrs. Butcher. Of these children, John and Jonathan MenMuir also came to this country and settled in New York state. The parents of these children spent their lives in their native land, both living to ripe old ages, the mother living to the great age of eighty-four years. Mrs. Jean MenMuir was one of a considerable family of children born to her parents. One of her brothers, Walter Dick, came to this country and when the Civil War l>roke out enlisted for service in the Union army and went to the front with his regiment. He was not heard from afterward by his family and the presumption was created that his body fills a nameless grave on some battlefield of the South. From Cedarville, Ohio, James MenMuir and wife moved to Kearney, Nebraska, and there their last days were spent. They were reared in the Presbyterian faith, but upon coming to this countr\- united with the Methodist Episcopal church. They were tine ])arents nf nine children, those besides tlie subject of this sketcli l)eing as follow: jolm, of Kearney. Nebraska; Lyda, wife of Charles Keyes, of Springfield, Ohio; Mattie, of .Anderson. Indiana; Ella, also of Anderson ; James, of Cohille, Wasliington. and three who died in infancy.

Cliarles MenMuir completed his schooling in the schools of Cedarville, Ohio, and then took up the calling of a stationary engineer, which he followed for a number of years, at the end of which time he turned his attention to electrical engineering and since 189^ has followed that \'ocation, ha\-- ing become ;m expert electrical engineer. In 1900 Air. MenMuir was made electrical engineer for the plant of the P. H. & F. M. Roots Company at Connersville and has since occupied that responsible position, making his home in Conners\ ille, where he has become prominently identified with the general industrial life of that thri\ing city, in the affairs of which he takes a warm interest.

(~)n June uS. 1)^95. Charles MenMuir was united in marriage to Luetta V. Krom, who was born in Franklin county, this state, daugliter and only child of William I', and linima (Xolan) Krom, the latter of whom died when her daughter was four years of age. William P. Krom, who is now living at Richmond, this state, later married Mrs. Mattie E. (Burk) Chitwood and to this latter union two daughters have been born, Jennie and Alice. \\'illiam P. Krom is the second of the three children born to his parents, Charles Krom and wife, tiie latter of whom was a Goble, natives of \ew Jersey, the other children being Smith and Mar}' Krom. Mrs. Men- .Muir's Grandfather Xolan and his wife were natives of Ohio and their last days were spent at Oxford, that state. Mr. and Mrs. MenMuir have one child, a daughter. Helen .\. The AfenMuirs are members of the First Methodist Episcopal church at Connersville. Mr. MenMuir is a member of Warren Lodge No. 15, Free and .Vccqited Afasons, at Connersville, and takes a warm interest in the affairs of that ancient order. He and his family have a very pleasant home at Conners\ille and take a proper interest in the general social activities of the city.

\\'illiam H. King, a well-known and prominent retired farmer and an honored veteran of the Civil War, now living at East Connersville, this county, was born in Clinton county, Ohio, a son of John R. and Mary C. (\\"est) King, natives of Virginia, who located in the state of Ohio, where they were married. After their marriage they established their home on a farm, where they lived for many years, and where the father was a successful farmer and one of the well known men of his county. Air. and Mrs. King continued to live in Ohio until the time of their deaths some years ago. They were active members of the Alethodist Episcopal church and their lives were living examples of the true Christian man and woman. They were devoted to their family and were always interested in the moral improve- ment of the community in which they hved. They were the parents of the following children: Nancy Ann, William H., Wyatt C, George S. and Elijah Sanford. Nancy Ann is now deceased and Elijah Sanford and George S. are living retired in Clinton county, Ohio. Wyatt C. King gave his life in the defense of the flag of his country. He enlisted in Company C, Seventyninth Regiment, Ohio \^3lunteer Infantry, was wounded at the battle of Peach Tree Creek and died at Kingston, Georgia.

William H. King received his education in the schools of Clinton county, Ohio, and was reared on the home farm, where as a lad and young man he engaged in farming with his father. He remained at home until 1862, when he offered his services to the government in the defense of the Union. He enlisted in Compan\- C, Se\enty-ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was at once sent to Camp Dennison and later to the South where, he joined the Army of the Tennessee under General Hooker. He saw much active service and was at the battles of Peach Tree Creek and Resaca. On July 20, 1864, he was wounded in the hip, and was at first taken to the field hospital, and then to Nashville, after which he was transferred to the hospital at Jeffersonville before being returned to Camp Dennison, Ohio, where he remained until the spring of 1865, when he received his discharge, on May 30. Having received his discharge he returned to the old home in Clinton countv and remained with his parents until the fall of 1867, when he was united in marriage to Mary C. Achor, of Highland county, Ohio.

Mr. and Mrs. King are the parents of three children, Cora, Nettie B. and J. Dillon. Cora is the wife of J. L. Kennedy, a well-known resident of Connersville ; Nettie B. is at home and J. Dillon is now deceased, having died in Feliruary. 191 6, at the age of forty-two years. He was a druggist at Terre Haute, Indiana, and was married to Eleanor Schonefeld.

Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. King located on a farm in Clinton county, Ohio. They purchased forty-eight acres, of splendid land and there they continued to live until some years later when they sold the place and jiurchased one hundred acres near Midland City, Ohio. That farm they developed and im])roved into one of the ideal farms of that section, and there Mr. King was successfully engaged in general farming and stockraising until 1882, in which year the family moved to Blooming Grove, Franklin county, Indiana, where a farm of two hundred and twenty-nine acres was purchased. Mr. King there became one of the prominent and substantial men of the district and there he lived until 1903, when he sold the farm and moved to East Connersville, where he and his wife now reside.

.Mr. ami Airs. King have a beautiful home at 309 Vine street. They are devoted members of the .Main Street Methodist Episcopal church, and are prominent in the general activities of their home city. Mr. King is a member of the Independent Order of Odd l-'ellows and ni the Knights (jf I'ythias. Beginning life in a niodesl way. Mr. and Mis. King have by hard \V(irk and close ec(jnomy risen In places df jinmiinence and have acconii)lishcd in their lix'es that which is worlhy nf emulation. Their lives have been well si)ent and todax' the\- arc held in the highest I'cgard b\- all who know tlicni.

John J. Peters, councilman-at-large for the cit\- of Connersville and for many years engaged in the retail meat business in that city, is a native of the kingdom of Bavaria, in central Europe, but has been a resident of this country since h.e was sexenteen years of age and of Connersville since the year 1880. He was born on May 1 i, 1849, son of Frank Joseph and Elizabeth Peters, both of whom died when he was a boy.

Thus or])haned early, Jnlm J. Peters determined to make a home for himself in the newer land across the sea and in Xoxember. 1866, he then being sex'enteen years of age, he took passage for the United States, .\fter a voyage of sixty-eight days on a slow sailing vessel he landed at the port <if New "N'ork in January, 1867, and with little delay made his way to Cincinnati, jiresently .going thence on down the river to Madison, Indiana. In his native Bavaria Mr. Peters had worked some at the trade of butcher and upon his arrival at Madison found employment in that line. He later workefl at the same line in Columbus, this state, at Chicago, Indianapolis and Brookville and about 1870 obtained employment at Connersville and was there engaged for two or three years, at the end of which time he went to Indianapolis and in 1874 started a butcher .shop of his own in that city. While living there, in i87(). he married and in 1880 he disposed of his interests in Indianapolis and with his family returned to Connersville, where, on August 7 of that year he started a butcher shop in West Fifth street, later buving the place where he is now engaged in business in East Fifth street, and has ever since then been engaged in the retail meat trade in Conners- \-ille. Mr. Peters has for years given his earnest attention to local political affairs and in 1904 was elected as a member of the city council from his

As noted above, it was in 1876, at Indianapoh's, that John J. Peters was united in marriage to Catherine Hill, who was born in North Vernon, this state, daughter of George and Mary Hill, and to this union eleven children have been born, all of whom are living save two, George, who died at the age of thirty-three years, unmarried, and Mary, who married Charles Wanley and died on May 30, 1916, leaving three children, John, Marguerite and Charles. The surviving children are as follow : Joe, who is an assistant to his father in the meat business ; Frank, who married Jessie Hazelrigg and has four children, and who is engaged in the railroad service, making his home at Indianapolis ; Joseph, a meat cutter, now living at Red Lake Falls, Minnesota, who married Gladys George and has one child, a son, Floyd ; Henry, who is assisting his father in the meat business at Connersville ; William, who is a professional wrestler, now making his home at Savannah, Georgia: Carl, who is at home, also assisting in the work of the meat market; Kate, who married O. P. Brussard and now li\es at Abbeville, Louisiana, and Helen and Marguerite, who are at home with their parents. The Peters family are members of the Catholic church and take an active interest in parish affairs. Mr. Peters is a member of the local council of the Knights of Columbus and of the local branch of the Catholic Knights of America and takes a warm interest in the affairs of both of these organizations.

Preston Hall Kensler

Preston Hall Kensler, president of the Fayette National Bank of Connersville and former treasurer of Fayette county, ,was born at Connersville and has lived there all his life. He was born on January 12, 1855, son of John and Priscilla (Krater) Kensler, and the house in which he was born, up on the west hill, is still standing and in a good state of preservation.

John Kensler was but a child when his parents, Peter Kensler and wife, moved from his native state, Virginia, to Indiana and settled in this county. He grew to manhood on a farm in this county and then began working in a brick yard in Connersville and was thus engaged when the Civil War broke out. He enlisted as a private in the Sixteenth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and went to the front. During service with his regiment at the siege of Vicksburg he lost a foot and was given a discharge, returning home when al)Ie to travel. l'])c)n iiis recovery he re-enli.sted fur detail .service in the One Hundred and 'rwenty-fourth Regiment, Indiana Vokinteer Infantry, and was mustered nut at the close of the war with an officer's commission. Upon the completion of his military service John Ken-skr was variously engaged at Connersville mitil the time of his api)ointment as postmaster of that city, a ])osition he held for eis^hi \ears. lie afterward was for some years engaged in commercial ])ursuils. hm li\ed retired for many years hefore his death, which occurred on ;i farm near Lexington, in Scott county, this state, in i()i3. he then heing eighty-two \ears of age. Mr. Kensler for many years had taken an acti\e i)art in the affairs of the (irand .\rmy of the Repuhlic. Department of Indiana, and he also was affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd I''ello\vs. one of the oldest memhers of that order in Indiana. His wife, who was a native of Pennsylvania, had jireceded him to the. grave ahout two years, her death having occurred in 11)13, t'^^'i being ahout eighty-twD \ ears of Episcopal church and their child fii\-e of these children, of whom 1 sketch having a sister, .Mice, wil this county.

Preston II. Kensler was reared in I'onnersville and there recei\ed his schooling. Upon leaving school he entered the postoffice with his father and for sixteen years was connected with the postoffice, or until his election to the office of county treasurer. He was re-elected to this latter office and thus served for two terms, at the end of which time he hecame a h(iokkeeper in the office of the Indiana l-'urniture Company at Conners\ille and was thus em])loyed for three years. He then, in t8qj, hecame interested in the organization of the Fayette Banking Company at Conners\ille and was the first assistant cashier of that concern, later being promoted to the position of cashier, a position he retained when the bank l)ecame nationalized and reorganized as the h'ayette National Bank and continuefl to occupy the same until his election to the presidency of the bank in iqiA. The I""avette National Bank of Connersville was established on November Jj. 1892. as the Fayette Banking Company, with a caj^ital stock of $50,000. In 1904 when it was nationalized and its name changed to that it now hears the cajjital was increased to $100,000. The bank's latest report shows ;i surplus of $40,000. Mr. Kensler has always taken an active interest in the welfare and development of the city of his birth and in addition to his banking interests has a Hnancial connection with various other enterprises in Connersville. Mr. Kensler is a lifelong Republican and takes a warm interest in local civic affairs. I-'or more than thirty-six years lie lias been a member of the local lodge of the Knights of Pythias. Dmnng his active business life of nearly a half century in Connersville ^Ir. Kensler has been located practically all the time on one street. Central avenue, and has witnessed the wonderful industrial and commercial development of the cit}- during- that period. He has the utmost faith in the future of Connersville and no one sings the praises of the city more enthusiastically than he.

On December t8, 1883, Preston H. Kensler was united in marriage to Isabel Morrison, who was born in Hancock county, this state, and to this union one child has been born, a daughter. Madge, who married Roy C McKennon, of Connersville, and has a daughter. Isabel. Mr. and Mrs. Kensler are members of the Alethodist Episcopal church and Mr. Kensler is a member of the board of trustees of the local congregation and treasurer of the same. He also has been treasurer of the Sunday school for more than hfteen years.

Since the foregoing sketch was written, the death of Air. Kensler has been announced. He died at his home in Connersville on March 13, IQ17.

b"oll(3wing the death of Mr. Kensler the Connersville newspapers carried very appreciati\'e comments concerning the life and the character of the deceased and of the valuable service he had rendered the community. After giving an extensive review of Mr. Kensler's life from a biographical point of view the Daily Examiner continued : "This honored citizen occupied a place in the commercial, industrial and social life of Connersville that none save he can fill. He was a careful, shrewd and trustworthy business associate. He accepted and carried out a prominent part in the industrial advancement of his city and no man in Conners\ille took a more genuine interest in the city's welfare than did this worthy gentleman. * * * j^g ^^.^g always loyal to all trusts. Never was he known to betray a confidence. He looked upon the acts of his fellowmen as they should have been considered, and even tliough he knew of points open for criticism, he was never heard to speak other than with respect of anyone. * * * ;\fr. Kensler was charitable. In his business dealings he was rigidly honest and he expected the same business courtesy returned. Whenever the community's needs were presented before him he was among the first to respond. In later years Mr. Kensler gave much more attention to benevolent causes and during the past ten years he was considered the leader of all such movements."

.\fter giving an exhausti\'e re\'iew of the chief incidents in the life of Mr. Kensler, the Evctiiiis: Xczcs concluded as follows; "About the frame- work of Mr. Kensler"s career the mincl.s of his friends long ago constructed a fabric of good opinion wliich struck deeper than any single act of his life accounts for. It was a good ojMnion founded upon knowledge that through all his business - and he was essentially and fundamentally a business genius - there beat the pulse of a warm heart and li\-ed the soul that was large and friendly. Mr. Kensler Imed business. He found pleasure in the success of undertalcings. f-Te dex'oted himself to tlin.se policies which, since the beginning of organized .society, have made for nmnetary success, and he won such success in liberal measure, and was (|uietly delighted as his \ictor\- accumulated. But he loved nothing better th;ui his own home and fireside: he was dexoted to all of his family, and his friends meant more to him than lie could have found words to express."

In that same issue of the .Vru'.v there was carried a thoughtful a])preciation from the pen of one of the most intimate friends of the deceased, Hvatt L. Frost, from which the following excerpt is made: "He was trulv broad ganged in his views of business and the afTairs of others. He had the faculty of .seeing the other fellow's rights. His sym])atliy was with the weaker antagonist. If he e\er obtruded an unwelcome sentiment the manner of its saying was so kindly as to leave no sting. Perhaps none lived in f-'avette county who hurt others' feelings fewer times in proportion t(j the occasions when such could have been done by manner other than the most kindlv - than did Preston H. Kensler."

J. O. Alassey, superintendent of the city waterworks at Connersville, was born on March 7. 1868, son of James M. and Matilda Massey, the former of whom was born in b'ranklin county, this state, and the latter in the state of Ohio. James M. Massey grew to manhood in I'rankliii county and became an expert horseman, following that line of business at Brookville until the early se\-enties, when he moved to Conners\-ille, where he is still living and where he ever since has made his home.

Having been but a child when his parents moved to Connersville, J. O. ^klassey was reared in that citv and received his schooling in the local schools. U]xin lea\ing school he for awhile followed the barber trade in his home town and then became a machinist in the employ of the P. H. & V. M. Roots Company of Connersville and presently became so proficient in that line that lie was made a traveling- expert machinist for the Roots company and served in that capacity for a number of years, later taking employment with the W'ainwright Machine Company and still later with the McFarlan Automobile Company. In January. 1914, Air. Massey was appointed superintendent of the Conners\-ille city water\\orks plant and now has full charge of the local waterworks system, rendering acUnirable service in that important capacity. Mr. Massey is a Democrat and has ever taken an active interest in local political affairs, long having been regarded as one of the leaders in his party in this county.

In 1897 j. O. Massey was united in marriage to Florence Smith, daugliter of Edwartl Smith and wife, and to this union live children have been born. Edward J., liveret L., Thelma M., Bernice O. and Glenn L. Mr. Massey is a member of the local aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles and of the local lodge of the Im])roved Order of Red Men and in the affairs of these organizations takes a warm interest.

Warden Halladay

\Varden Hallada}-, secretary and general manager of the National Moorish Tile Mooring Company, of Connersville, and for years one of the most actixe figures in the industrial life of that city, was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, June 19, 1869, son of James ?I. and Jennie Halladay, both now deceased.

James H. lialladay, an honored veteran of the Civil War, was born in .Albany, New ^'ork, as was his wife, and they were married in that city. L'pon the breaking out of the Civil War James H. Halladay enlisted for service in the Twentj^-seventh Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, and .served with that command for four years and seven months, being promoted from tir.-t lieutenant to regimental quartermaster and during the last seven months of bis service was quartermaster under General McClellan. During his service he was captured by the enemy on one occasion and served for a time as a prisoner of war in Virginia. .\s a mark of appreciation for the excellence of his service there was presented to him a valuable gold watch, the inscription on the back of which reads as follows: "Presented to James M. Halladay, March. 1865, as a testimonial of the regard and esteein of many friends." Among these "many friends" were General McClellan, Colonel McClung, FI. R. Saffin, a first lieutenant in Colonel McClung's regiment.

and Others. Tliat watch lias been carried by tlie recipient's son. Warden Halladay, tlie subject of th's sketcli. for t\vent\-five years and in all that time has never required tiie attention of a watchsniith. L'pon the completion of his nnlitary service -Mr. Halladay located in Cincinnati and for five years was cashier of the First Xational Bank of that city. He then became secretary-treasurer of 'the lunerson-lMshcr C'arriatje Comi^any and was engaged in that capacity at the time of his death in 187O. His widow survived him many years, her death occurring on November i, iqij.

Warden Haliada}- was about seven years of age when iiis father died. He grew u]) in Cincinnati nnd there completed his schooling, being graduated from the Woodward high school in that city in 1885, that school at that time being one of the most famous high schools in the country, students from all over the Middle West seeking entrance to the same. Upon leaving school Mr. Halladay became eng;igcd as a clerk in the Third Xational Bank in Cincinnati and was thus engaged for three \'ears. at the end of which time he transferred his services to the office of the auditor of the Adams Express Company in that city. I-ater he was employed in an official ca])acit\' in the offices of the Emerson-h'isher Carriage Com[)an\- and was thus engaged f<ir six years. He tiien .s]jent two \ears in the South as representati\e in Atlanta for the Proctor & Gamble Comjiany, of Cincinnati. .\.t the end of that service he returned to Cincinnati and remained there until 1899, '" wdiich year he located at C<innersville. taking there a i)osition with the Central Manufacturing Company, as sui)erintendent of the plant, .\bout 1908 he became a stockholder in that coni]>any and continued his connection with the same until the fall of I9r('i, when he and others organized the Xational Moorish Tile l-'looring Compan\- of Connersxille. Mr. Hallada\- being elected secretary of the com])any and general manriger of the plant, which positions he now occupies.

The National .Moorish Tile Mooring Company of Connersville is the only concern of its kind in the I'nited Stales and its product alreadv has created a wide market. '".Moorish" tile, liowexer. is not a new product for it has been manufactured for centuries in lun'o|)e. particularh' in tienuanx', Italy and France, and also is manufactured in japan, while for two lumdred years its manufacture has been an ini])ortant industry in Ha\ana, Cuba. The Grecians used this form of tile e\tensi\ely in the construction of their teml)les and tb.e art of its manufacture was ac(|uired from tliem b\- the Roiuans. The ])rocess of making this tile has been guarded closely b\- the descendants of tlie ancient tilew rights so that today there are only a few persons whi> liave tlie formula. These tiles are highly ornamental and the claim is made by their manufacturers that they surpass in wearing qualities any known flooring. It was in the latter part of September, 1916, that the National Moorish Tile Flooring Company was organized by E. P. Hawkins, Charles Rieman, V. R. Leeds and ^V^rden Halladay. The company is capitalized for fifty thousand dollars and its officers are as follow: President, E. P. Hawkins; vice-president, Charles Rieman: treasurer, Marion Jemison, and secretary and general manager. Warden Halladay.

In 1895 \\'arden Halladay was united in marriage to Lulu Ross, of Cincinnati, daugliter of Abner L. and Elizabeth S. (Stoker) Ross, the former of whom was bcMii at Lebanon, Ohio, and the latter in Liverpool, England. Abner L. Ross, an honored \eteran of the Ci\-il War, was at one time the owner of Lookout Inn at Lookout jMountain : Rossmore Hotel, at Rome, Georgia, and of Kennedy Hotel, Chattanooga, and became quite wealthy. He moved from Cincinnati to Los Angeles, California, seeking in the latter city restoration of health and there died in 1883. His .widow married L L. Hite, now deceased, president of the Leaf Tobacco Association and former president of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, and is still living at Cincinnati. Mr and Mrs. Halladay are members of the Presbyterian church and take a proper interest in church affairs and in the general s(icial acti\'ities of their home city. ^Ir. Halladay is a ReiJublican, an active worker in the ])arty ranks, but has ne\'er been a seeker after public office.

Clarence E. Porter

Clarence E. Porter, the well-known photographer at Connersville, was l-orn in the vicinity of that city and has lived in this county all his life. He was born on a farm three miles southwest of Connersville on March 10, 1878. son of W. R. and Alice (Martin) Porter, both of whom also were born in this county, members of pioneer families, and who are now living pleasantly retired.

Reared on the home farm, Clarence E. Porter received his schooling in the district schools in the neighborhood of his home and as a young man turned his attention to photography, in which he had been much interested from childhood. After working three years in a local photograph studio he took a course in the F. W. Guering School of Photography and upon his return to Conners\ille entered the studio of J. M. Kellum, which establish- ment lie purchased in 1900 and has since been ojierating tlie same. Mr. Porter lias been Ycry successful in his line and has remodeled and refurnished his place at the cost of several thousand dollars since taking possession of the same, now lia\inc;- one of the most up-to-date and completely e(|uii)])ed photograph studir.s in eastern Indiana. His work possesses that distinctive qualitv so highly desired in modern piiotography and he thus has naturally built up a large business. Porter photographs being widely recognized throughout tliis part of the state for their general excellence of tone and execution.

Mr. Porter is a member of the Chri.stian church. Politically, he gives his allegiance to the Republican party and, fraternally, he is affiliated with the local lodge of the Imi)roved Order of Red Men. He takes an active interest in the general business atil'airs of his home city and is one of Connersville's faithful "boosters", helpful in promoting the city's advancement in all proper ways.

iM-win H. Halm, president and manager of the Hahn Accessory Com- ])anv at Connersville and one of the best-known and most enterprising young business men in that city, was bom at Batesville, Indiana, December 5, 1891, son of ^^'illiam and Bertha ( Schaefer ) Hahn, the former a native of this .state and the latter a native of Oliio, who were the parents of two children, the subject of this sketcli having a sister. Xorma.

AVilliam Hahn was born in Ripley county, son of Henry Hahn and wife, who came to this country from Germany and became pioneers in Ripley county, this .state. Henry Flahn is a cal)inet-maker and is still living. His wife died some vears ago. Thev had two children, William and .\nna. William Hahn also was trained to the tratle of a cabinet-maker and worked in furniture factories most of his life, the l;i.tter years of his life being spent at Batesville, where he died on March 28. 1898, at the age of thirty-three vears. He was a member of the German Lutheran church as is his widow, and their children were rearetl in that faith. His widow is now living at Connersville with her son and daughter and her brother. Joseph C. Schaefer, makes his home with her, the family making their home at 1931 Vermont avenue. Mrs. Halm's parents were born in Germany and upon coming to this country located at Cincinnati, where her father worked in a planing mill and where he died when well past middle age.

Erwin H. Hahn was about six years of age when his father died and shortly afterward his mother left Batesville \vith him and his sister and moved to Cincinnati, where the family lived for about fi\'e years, at the end of which time they returned to Indiana and located at Connersville, which has been the family home ever since. Upon completing the course in the pultlic schools Birwin H. Hahn returned to Cincinnati and there took a course in a commercial college, after which he returned home and began working in tlie oflice of the Lexington-Howard Motor Company and was presently placed in charge of the ser\ice department of that company's plant. After having been thus engaged for some lime he made a trip to California and upon his return to Connersville interested 1"". H. Ansted, one of the city's leading lawyers and manufacturers, in the organization of a garage and automobileaccessory companv at that place and has since been engaged in that business, the firm doing business under the style of the Hahn Accessory Company, incorporated. Erwin H. Hahn is president of the company; F. B. Ansted, vice-president, and \\'illiam F. Thomas, secretary-treasurer.

Mr. Hahn is a Republican. Though reared in the Lutheran faith he attends the services of the Christian church. He is a meinber of the Improved Order of Red Men and in the affairs of that organization takes a warm interest.

William H. Sherry

The late \\'illiam H. Sherry, for years one of Connersville's best-known milJmen, was a native son of this county and lived here all his life. He was born on a pioneer farm two and one-hal/ miles east of Connersville, November 19, 1853. son of Daniel and Sarah (George) Sherry, both natives of Fayette county and members of old families here, the Sherrys having come here from Pennsylvania and the Georges from Ohio. Daniel Sherry was a farmer and saw-mill man and also operated a threshing-machine. He was a member of the Lutheran church and his wife was a member of the Methodist church. He died in East Connersville on March 16, 1912, and his widow survived him but little more than eighteen months, her death occurring in November. 191 3. They were the parents of seven children, of whom the subject of this memorial .sketch was the last in order of birth, the others being as follow : Edward, who is li\'ing on a farm near Everton. this county ; Emma, wife of Frank Scholl, of the neighboring county of Rush; Rozzie,

Mr. Axd Mrs. Willia.M H. Smkrry

Reared on the paternal farm, William H. Sherry received his schooling in the neighboring district school and from the days of his boyhood was a valued aid to his father in the labors of the farm and the mill. For three years after his marriage in 1875 he continued to reside on the old home farm and in 1881 moved to Conners\ille, where he engaged in the saw-mill business, gradually extending his operations until he became a general dealer in lumber, coal, cement and builder's supplies and was thus actively engaged until his death on April 13, 1914, long having been recognized as one of the most energetic and progressive business men in Connersville. He also for years operated a threshing-machine outfit. Mr. Sherry was an ardent Democrat and for years took an active part in local political affairs, but was not a seeker after public office. He was a member of the jMethodist church and took a proper part in church work. Fraternally, he was affiiliated with the Masons and with the Knights of Pythias and was a member of the uniformed rank of the latter order.

It was on April 22, 1875, that \Villiam H. Sherry was united in marriage to Emma C. Scholl, who was born in Jennings township, this county, daughter of Benjamin and Melinda (Gise) Scholl, both of whom also were born in this county, members of pioneer families, and who lived on the one farm for sixty-five years. Benjamin Scholl was originally a Democrat, but later a Republican. He and his wife were members of the Lutheran church at Lyons and their children were reared in that faith. There were seven of these children, of whom Mrs. Sherry was the second in order of birth, the others being as follow : Frank, of the neighboring county of Rush ; Lizzie, now deceased, who was the wife of Judge George Stewart, of Boise, Idaho, former justice of the supreme court of that state; Newton, who married Lizzie Williamson and is living on the old Sciioll home place in Jennings township; George, who married Mary Mays and is living on the old Sherry homestead, which he bought: Addie, deceased, and Rozzie, wife of M'illiam Brown, of Lyons.

To William H. and Emma C. (Scholl) Sherry three sons were born, namely: D. W. Sherry, a Connersville coal dealer, formerly engaged with his father in the mill business, who married Edith Hill, of College Corner, Ohio; Carl Sherry, who is engaged in the cement and construction business at Connersville and who married Frances Foley, and W. R. Sherry, who (49) married Sylvia Fiant and owns a farm which he looks after, as well as assisting in the coal business. Since her husband's death Mrs. Sherry has continued to make her home in Connersville. She has a very pleasant home at 334 East Tenth street and has ever taken a warm interest in the city's general social activities.

Edgar K. Wetherald

The late Edgar K. Wetherald, for many years proprietor of a flour-mill at Connersville and one of the best-known men in Fayette county, was born in Connersville and lived in that city the greater part of his life. He- was torn on March 4, 1838, son of Flenry and Ann (Kirby) Wetherald, the former a native of England and the latter of Wilmington, New Jersey, who were prominently identified with affairs in this county in an early day.

Henry Wetherald was bom in 1812 and grew up in his native England, later coming to the United States and locating at Richmond, this state, where he married Ann Kirby, whose parents, earnest Quaker folk, had located there upon coming to this state from New Jersey. Henry Wetherald was trained in his youth as a blacksmith and was a skilled mechanic and millwright. For a time after his marriage he continued to reside at Richmond, where he kept a blacksmith shop and a store, and then moved to Connersville, where he engaged in the milling business and was thus engaged there until 185 1, when he moved to Thorntown, this state, where he was engaged in the milling business imtil some little time after the close of the Civil War, when he returned to Richmond. His wife died in that city and he later went to Nebraska, where he established three of his sons in the milling business, two of them at Hebron, that state, and the other, at Beatrice. While assisting in the operation of one of these mills Heniy Wetherald was caught in a belt and was so badly injured that he died from the effects of his injuries. Henry Wetherald was an energetic, active business man and was quite successful in his operations. During his residence in Connersville, in addition to operating a mill, he also was engaged in the drygoods business there, in partnership with John Groft, and also owned a restaurant. He and his wife were the parents of nine children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the second in order of birth, the others being as follow: Mary, who married P. B. Wood and is now deceased, as is her husband ; Amanda, now living at Tincoln, Nebraska, widow of Anthony Gordon ; Henry, who was killed durin"- the battle of Kenesaw Mountain, while serving as a soldier of the Union durin.i^ tlie Civil War; Oscar, wlio receixed a fatal wouiul while scr\in^' as a soldier at the battle <>1 Lookout .Mountain, his death later occmrint^- at Nashville, Tennessee; Newton, now deceased, a fanner, who li\e(l in Nebraska; Charles, also retired, now living at VVenatchee, Washington; Frank, who is the i)resident of a hank at Hebron, Nebraska, and Emma, who died in infancv.

Edgar K. \\'etherald completed his schooling at the Thorntown Academy and at Earlham College and at the age of twenty-one years became engaged in the milling business with his father at Thorntown and was thus engaged at that place until about i86fi. wdien he returned to Connersville. the place of his birth, and was there engaged in the milling business for about thirty years, or until his retirement about ten years before his death, which occurred on July 14, 191 1. Mr. \\'etherald was an active business man and for many years took an interested part in local afifairs, a strong factor in the development of Connersville's extensive industrial side. He was an earnest member of the Christian church, as is his widow, and was ever active in local good works, braternally, he was affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he was a member for fifty years, and with the Knights of Pythias, a charter member of the local lodge of the latter order, and took a warm interest in the affairs of these two organizations.

In 1870 Edgar K. Wetlierald was united in marriage to Elizabeth Morrison, who was born in Connersville, daughter of Daniel and Susan fBroaddus^ Morrison, the former a native of Mandand and the latter of this county, prominent residents of Conners\ille a generation ago. Daniel Morrison was born in the city of Baltimore and came to Indiana about the year 1832, locating at Connersville, where he found employment as a bookkeeper and general accountant and also for some time was engaged in clerical labor about the court house. He was successful in his business and became the owner of a fine farm of fi\'e hundred acres in this count\'. It was not long after his arrival in Connersville that Daniel Morrison married Susan Broaddus, who was born on the old Broaddus farm in this county, a place that remained in the possession of the family for eighty-five years, and to this union four children were born, those besides Mrs. \\'etberald, the second in order of birth, being Helen, widow of C. W. McLaughlin, of Greensburg, this state; George AV., of Indianapolis, a bookkeeper, and Belle, widow of Daniel B. Milliken, of Cincinnati. Daniel Morrison originally was a Whig, but upon the formation of the Republican party espoused the principles of that party and remained an ardent Republican. He and his wife were charter members of the Christian church at Connersville and were among the lead- ers in good works in that city. He was admitted to the bar by Judge Wilson, but he never practiced. He was often sought after for advice and counsel, especially about real estate and land titles. For sixty-five years he lived at the corner of Fifth and Western avenues ; he was one of the honored pioneers of Connersville, respected by all.

To Edgar K. and Elizabeth (Morrison) Wetherald two children were born, Irene, who married H. H. Vawter and is living at Tipton, this state, and Lillian, who married the Re\-. (jeorge B. Van Arsdall, now of Denver, Colorado, and had two children, Burdette and Irene, the latter of whom is deceased and the former of whom is now a senior in the University of Colorado, yiis. Wetherald has continued to make her home at Connersville since the death of her husband and has a very pleasant home at 621 Western avenue. She is an earnest member of the Christian church and has for years taken an active interest in the various beneficences of the same, as well as in the general social and cultural activities of the city. Her daughters are accomplished musicians and she has for years been recognized as one of the leaders in the literary clubs of the citv.

Raymond S. Beaver

Raymond S. Beaver, a progressive young farmer of Fairview township, was born on the farm on which he is now living, though on the other side of the road, over in Union township. Rush county ( the Beaver farm being divided in half by the county line) and has lived there all his life. He was born on October 25, 1886, son of John M. and Mary E. (Stewart) Beaver, prominent residents of that community, who are still living on their farm over the line in Rush county, not far south of the village of Glenwood, where they have made their home since 1876, and further and fitting reference to whom is made elsewhere in this volume in a biographical sketch relating to John M. Beaver, both he and his wife being members of pioneer families in this part of the state.

It was on that farm that Raymond S. Beaver grew to manhood. He was well trained in the ways of farming and has always followed that vocation, either in partnership with his brother or his father, and is now farming with his father, since his marriage having made his home on the east half of the farm, over the line in this county, in Fairview township. He was married on August 9, 191 1, to Etna Tinder, who was born in Scott county,

Kentucky, a (laughter of Thomas N. and Dora (Darnaby) Tinder, who came to this county in Xovemher, i8qo, and IcKated at I'^ahudutli. wliere Thomas N. Tinder became engaged in blacksmithing and general shop work of a kindred character, and there the daughter, Etna, lived until her marriage to ^Ir. Beaver. To this union two children have been born, a son, Robert Harold, and a daughter, Margaret Jeanette. Mr. and Mrs. Beaver have a very pleasant home and take an interested part in the general social activities of the community in which they live. Mr. Beaver is a member of the Methodist church, in the faith of which he was reared, his parents for many years having lieen devoted members of the Methodist church at Glenwood, and his wife is a memljer of the Christian church.

Morton L. Bilbv

Morton L. Bilby, one of Fairview township's best-known and most substantial farmers, was torn on the farm on which he is now living and has lived there practically all his life. His birthplace was a house which is still standing on that farm, west of the barn, some little distance removed from the present substantial farm house. He was born on October 4, 1867, son of Francis Marion and Dorcas A. (Atherton) Bilby, the former of whom w^as born in this county and the latter, in Ohio, both of whom are now deceased.

Francis Marion Bilby, who for years was one of the best-known farmers in Fairview township, was born on a pioneer farm northeast of Longwood, in this county, June 5, 1833, son of Stephen C. and Jane (Ludlow) Bilby, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Ohio, who became usefid and influential pioneers of this county. Stephen C. Bill>y was born on September 26, 1802, a son of John Bilby, a native of England, whose father, a very wealthy man, was an officer of the King's Bench. During the days of iiis young manhood John Bilby was one evening invited to participate in a ball given on board a vessel lying in port, the occasion being the christening of the vessel. A large crowd of wealthy young people were present, all intent upon having a good time, and they did not notice when the vessel set sail. In the morning they found themselves out of sight of land and on their wa}' to the American colonies, then at war with England. The young men were relieved of their fine clothes and upon their arrival on this side were pressed into the service of the British army. At the close of this service

John Bilby elected to remain on this side and he settled in Pennsylvania, where he spent the remainder of his life. He was twice married and was the father of a large family of children. One of his sons, Stephen C. Bilby, went to Cincinnati upon attaining his majority and there became engaged as a blacksmith. At New Richmond, Ohio, a few miles up the river from Cincinnati, he married Jane Ludlow, who was born there on March 3, 1805, a daughter of Henry and Sarah (Williamson) Ludlow, who had moved from New Jersey to that place, where they spent their last days.

In 1828. not long after his marriage, Stephen C. Bilby came to Indiana and located in Fayette county. He later entered land in the "New Purchase," in the vicinity of Indianapolis, and developed a farm there. In the meantime he had located in the southwestern part of Harrison township, this county, and there, in 1846, started a saw-mill, a short distance north of Longwood, which he operated for years. It was from that mill that his son, Francis M. Bilby, then sixteen years of age, hauled the timbers that entered into the construction of the barn tliat is still in use on the old Bilby fami, now owned by Morton L. Bilby. Tlial old barn is a wonderfully substantial structure. One of the timbers in it, a poplar beam, twelve by fourteen inches and sixty feet in length, is apparently as sound as the day on which it was laid. Stephen C. Bilby and his wife were Presbyterians of the "old school" and were active in all local good works in. the early days of the settlement, doing much to help bring about proper conditions of living in the then pioneer communit}'. He died in 1873 and his widow survived him for more than ten years, her last days being spent in the home of her son, Francis M. Bilby, where her death occurred in the year 1884.

Francis M. Bilby evinced an unusual interest in his studies in his youth and upon the completion of the course in the rural schools of his neighborhood, began teaching school and was thus engaged during the winters for several years, the money thus earned being devoted to tuition in the old Fairview Academy, where he received what then was regarded as an excellent education. On December 10, 1854, he married Dorcas A. Atherton, who was born in Hamilton county, Ohio, February 17, 1832, a daughter of Stout and Mary A. (Safer) Atherton, pioneers of Fayette county and further mention of whom is made elsewhere in this volume. After his marriage he lived for a year in Harrison township and then moved to Posey township, where he made his home until 1866, in which year he bought a farm in the southeast part of Fairview township, where he established his home and where he spent the remainder of his life. Francis M. Bilby was not only an excellent farmer, but he was an extensive buyer and shipper of live stock. He took pride in handling only the best stock the county could afford and did \ery well in his operations. As he prospered he added to this land holdings until the original one hundred and twenty acres with which lie started in section 2-, of Fair\icw townsliip had been expanded by holdings there and elsewhere in the county to the extent of about one thousand acres. Francis M. Bilby died at his home in Fairview township on November lo, 1908. His wife had preceded him to the grave about four years, her death having occurred on August 28, 1904. They were the parents of ten children, namely: Charles Marion, born on September 15, 1855; Emerson Atherton, November 13, 1856; Florence Jane, September 19, 1858; Clara Olive, September 25, i860; Elmer Winfield. January 27, 1862; Marianna, December 21, 1863; Alva Ellswortli, September 23, 1865; Morton Levering, Octol^er 4, 1867; Palmer Tennyson, June 18. 1870, and Sherman Evans, August 13, 1872.

Morton Levering Bilby grew up on the old home farm in Fairview township, where he is now living, and has lived there practically all his life, engaged from the days of his youth in farming. On May i, 1902, Morton L. Bilby was united in marriage to Nora D. Rogers, who was born in Scott county, Kentucky, daughter of George and Mary (Noel) Rogers, both natives of that same county, the former of whom died when his daughter, Nora, was two years of age. His widow now lives at Harrodsburg, Kentucky. She was born near Georgetown, Kentucky, a daughter of James and Sarah (Bailey) Noel, both natives of that same state. From the time she was six vears of age Nora D. Rogers was taken care of by her maternal aunt, Angelina, now the wife of James Ludlow, a well-known farmer of Harrison township and a veteran of the Civil War, further reference to whom is made elsewhere in this volume. Following her graduation from the Connersville high school in 1892 she began teaching school and was thus engaged for five years at the Poplar Grove school, in the southwestern part of Connersville township; the Hamilton school, west of Connersville; the Moffitt school, one and one-half miles east of Glenwood, and one term in the Fairview schools. To Mr. and Mrs. Bilby two children have been born, Dorothy, who died in April, 1904, when eight days old, and Freda Marian, who was born on September 15, 1910. The Bilbys have a very pleasant home and take an earnest interest in the community's general social activities. Mr. Bilby is the owner of one hundred and thirteen acres of excellent land and has his farm in an admirable state of cultivation. The place is well improved, the farm plant being modeled along modern lines and Mr. Bilby has done very well in his farming operations.