Fayette County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1917 (part 9 of 16)

It was in Jackson township also that Madison H. Williams grew to manhood and there, in 1878, he married Ella Crandall, who also was born in Jackson township, a daughter of Jonathan and Emaline (Myer) Crandall, also memliers ui pioneer lamilies liereahout. Jonathan I'randall was also born in Jackson township, this countv. a son nl' F.lisha and Sarah ( ( idlden ) Crandall. North Carolinians, who came to Indiana in 1S15 and settled in PXvette county, Elisha Crandall enterin.<; a tract of land" in Jennings township, north of Everton. and in this county spent the rest of their lives. Jonathan Crandall was a life-lonj; farmer in Jackson township, where he and his wife spent their last days. She was horn in Union county, this state, a daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Landis) Myer, the former of whom was born in Bedford county, Pennsyhania, in 1805, and the latter in Botetourt county, Virginia, in that .same year, both coming to Indiana with their respective parents in 181 1 and settling in I'nion county. Jaculi M\er was the son of Abraham Myer and wife an<l in i8_'(j, in I'nion county, he married Sarah Landis, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth ((irof) Landis. Ten years later, in 1839, Jacob Myer and his family mo\ed mer into b'aNette county and settled in Jackson township, where he spent the rest of his life, his death occurring in 1883. His widow survived until 1892. They were earnest members of the German Baptist church and took an active part in the afTairs of the same. Ella Crandall grew up in Jackson township and was residing there at the time of her marriage to Madison M. Williams, .-\fter their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Williams located on a farm Mr. Williams bought in Posey township, this countw and there remained for live \ears, at the end of which time they moved to the n]<l Williams farm in Jackson tow'n.ship, where they remained until their retirement in i()i4 and removal to East Connersville, w'here tliey are now li\-ing. .Mr. Williams still retains his farming interests in Jackson township, where he owns ;i well-im])roved farm of one hundred and eighty-nine acres.

To Madison H. and Ella (Crandall) Williams four children have been born, namely: Oris, who married Edna Ludlnw ;ind lives in the northwest part of Connersville townshi]); Maude, who married n.-miel liroadns. of Harrison township, and has two sons. Ilomcr and Horace; John J., the immediate subject of this biographical sketch, and Perry, who died at the age of two years and six months.

John J. W'illiams was reared on the home farm in Jackson township, where he was born, and received his schooling in the local schools. Erom boyhood he was a valued aid to his father in the labors of developing and improving the home farm and reni.ained there until his marriage in 1906, when he bought a farm on Big Williams creek, .southwest of Connersville, where he farmed until i(;!J, when he nio\ed to the old Bundrant farm, formerly owned b\' his wife's father, and has since made that his place of residence, at the same time continuing- to operate the farm he first bought In 1914 he bought the Bundrant farm, on which there are two dwelHngs, and is now tlie owner of three hundred and fifty-five acres of well-improved land. In addition to his general farming, Mr. Williams gives a good deal of attention to the raising of high-grade live stock and has done very well in his farming operations.

In 1906 John J. Williams was united in marriage to A'laude Bundrant, who was born on the farm on which she and her husband now live, three miles west of Connersville, a daughter of Edward L. and Anchor (Petro) Bundrant, both of whom also were iiorn in this county, members of pioneer families. Edward L. Bundrant was born on the farm where Mr. and Mrs. Williams now live and where he spent all his life. He was the only son of Charles H. and Jane (Branson) Bundrant, the former of whom was born in Virginia and the latter in Henry county, this state. Charles H. Bundrant was born on March 12, 1822, son of Thomas and Susan (Lockett) Bundrant, also natives of the Old Dominion, and was about eight years of age when his parents left Virginia in 1830 and came to Indiana, settling in Fayette county, where Thomas Bundrant died five years later. Thomas Bundrant was a soldier during the War of 1812 and marched with his command from Harpers Ferry, Virginia, to Natchez, Mississippi. His ancestors came to this country from France in Colonial days and became a well-established family in Virginia. After the death of his father, Charles H. Bundrant was "bound out" to a tanner of the name of Brown at Connersville and after serving an apprenticeship of six years, became a partner of Brown and was thus engaged in the tanning business for fi\e }ears, at the end of which time he bought a farm of eighty-five acres west of Connersville, the place now owned by JNlr. WilHams, and there farmed the rest of his life. On May 13, 1851, he married Jane Branson, who was born in Henry county, this state, daughter of William and Sarah (Pickering) Branson, and to that union was born one son, Edward L. Bundrant, father of Mrs. Williams, who married Anchor Petro, who was born a short distance east of Connersville, daughter of Leonard and Sarah Petro, and spent all his life on the farm on which he was born, his death occurring in 1914.

Mr. and Mrs. Williams have two daughters, Ruth Eorene and Edric Naomi. They have a very jileasant home and take a proper part in the general social activities of the community in which they live. Mr. Williams is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, both of the subordinate lodge and of the encampment, and takes a warm interest in the affairs of that popular organization.

Fayette Cointv, Indiana. Oi7

A native of tlie state of Indiana, ami one who has continued to live in tlie state, where he has met with much success, and where he is held in tiie iiigliest retjard. is Andrew M. Bell, a retired farmer of East Connersville, who w^as bnrn in l'"r;,nklin county, Indiana, (in December lo, 1837, and is tiie son of John and Mari^^aret ( Cliamhers ) ISell.

John and .Maroarct (Chambers) Hell were Ixirn in the state of Maryland, and there they were educated in the public schools and there the\' married. They established their home in that state and continued to live there until 1835, when they left their home and came to Indiana. They located in Franklin county, where they remained but a few years, and engaged in farm work. They made the journey from Maryland with horses and wagon, sutTering many of the hardships of that means of travel. o\-er a new territory and through the liea\\- forests of that time. On lea\ing l"r;uiklin county they went to I'niim county, Indiana, where they obtained land. 'i"hc tract at that time was in the woods and covered with heavy timber. Here they made a home in the wilderness, and li\ed the li\es of the pioneers of those times. The farm was in time developed and improved and here Mr. Bell engaged in fanning until 1861, when the family returned to Franklin county, where Mr. and Mrs. Bell died some years later. They were active members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and prominent in all the activities of their district. Mr. Bell was identified with the Whig party and later with the Republican party, and always took a keen interest in the affairs of his county and township. He and Mrs. Bell were the parents of nine cliildren, three of whom are now li\ing, Andrew M., Henrietta Ramex', of I'^ranklin county, and Ada. also of that county. 'i"o Mr. and Mrs. Bell is due much honor and credit for the great work that they did in transforming the wilderness into well-cultivated fields.

.Andrew M. Bell was educated in the old log scho(jl house of that time and attended a subscription school, for there were no -public schools in the section at that time. He grew to manhood on the old home ])lace where he assisted his father with the farm work and remained on tlie farm until Julv, 1861, when he enlisted in Company B, Thirty-seventh Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in Union county, .\fter having enlisted he was sent to Lawrenceburg, Indiana, where the regiment was organized and then on to Louisville, Kentucky. They later joined BuelTs army at Xashvillc. He was in the battles of Shiloli. Tullaboma, Dunkard .Station, Chickamauga,

Tunnel Hill, Buzzard Roost, and \\as with Sherman at Atlanta and on the march to the sea. He was with the army in the march to Washington and took part in the Grand Review. He received his discharge in August, 1865, at Indianapolis. He returned to his home happy in the thought that he had done his duty, as best he could, though he carried the scars of five wounds that he recei\'ed while in the service.

After his return frcwn the army service, Mr. Bell lived at various places, until 1870, when he was united in marriage to Candace Keyger, Franklin county, Indiana. After their marriage, they located on a farm in Franklin county, where they remained until 1880, when they came to Fayette county, where they purchased a farm of one hundred acres of land in Connersville township, where they continued to live, and where they successfully engaged in general farming and stock raising until the death of Mrs. Bell on June 25, 1902. After the death of his wife, Mr. Bell rented his farm, and moved to East Connersville, ^\here he has a pleasant home and seven acres of ground. Mrs. Bell was a most pleasing woman and one who was held in the highest esteem by all. She was de\oted to the interests of her husband and of the community in which she lived for so many years. Mr. Bell has long been identified with the Republican party and has taken a keen interest in the affairs of his township and his county.

John Nei.Sox Williams

Born in the state of Ohio, on June 12, 1844, "ear Elizabethtown, the son of Richard W. and Phoebe (Carter) \Villiams, John Nelson Williams came to Columbia township, Fayette county, with his parents, when he was but seven years of age.

Richard W. and Phoebe Carter Williams were natives of the state of Ohio and F"ranklin county, Indiana, respectively. They received their education in the schools of their respective states and were married in Indiana and returned to Ohio, where they continued to live until 1851, when they decided to locate in the Hoosier state. They established their home on a farm in Columbia township. Fayette county, and there the father engaged in general farming and stock raising, with much success. After many years of residence on the original farm, Mr. and Mrs Williams moved to near the town of Columljia, where the father died in the year 1895 and the mother in 1893. Mr. Williams was a strong advocate of the principles of the Repub- lican party, and he and his wife were de\oted members of the Methodist Episcopal church. They were the parents of nine children as follow : Thomas W., Margaret E., John N., Isaac Newton, Arthur, Esther, Amelia, Phoebe and Morton. Thomas, Isaac Newton, Amelia and Phoebe are now deceased, Isaac Newton, a twin of John N., died when he was but eighteen months old; Margaret E. is the widow of C. H. Brown, and resides in Columbia township: Arthur lives in the state of Iowa, and Morton is a wellknown resident of Connersville township, Fayette county.

John Nelson Williams received his education in the schools of Columbia township, and was reared on the home farm. He remained at home until June, 1864, when he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was at once transferred to Nashville, Tennessee, where he did guard duty at that place and also in Kentucky. He was also detailed to transfer prisoners to Chicago. He was discharged from the sei-vice in September, 1864, at which time he returned to the home of his parents, where he remained for a year. He then engaged in general farming in Connersville township, where he purchased eightyeight acres, which he developed and improved, and built a home. He later purchased fifty-five acres of the old home place, and was for many years one of the successful and substantial farmers and stockmen of the county.

On November 20, 1873, John Nelson Williams was united in marriage to Mary F. Hardy, a native of Columbia township, the daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Chapman (Heizer) Hardy. Her parents were natives of Franklin and Fayette counties, Indiana, the father having been born in the former count\- and the mother, in the latter. They were of the farming class and highly respected people. They were active members of the Methodist Episcopal church, until the time of their deaths, the father having died in March, 1883, and the mother in April, 1895. They were the parents of three children, as follow- William, now deceased; Man- F. and Alva S., who is dead.

John Nelson and Mary F. Williams are tlie parents of one child. Homer L., who was born on December 16, 1874. He received his education in the local schools and at the Columbia high school, and was reared on the home farm. As a young man he decided that he too would be a farmer, and is now engaged in that calling. He is married to Fannie Johnson, and to tiiem six children have been born as follow ; Mary F., died at the age of four years; Carl W.. died when si.x weeks old; Opal, James Nelson, Garnet L. and Mildred.

township, where he siicce.«sfully engaoed in general farming and stock raising, until he retired from the more active duties of life, on November 17, 1916, and established his home at East Connersville. He sold his farm and now lias a beautiful home on Main and Fiant streets and owns several acres of land. He and his v/ife are prominent and active members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and are among the highly respected people of their home citv. Mr. Williams is a member of the Red Men and the Haymakers.

Joseph Jarret Cole

Joseph Jarret Cole, president of the Cole Motor Car Company, of Indianapolis, and one of the best-known figures in the automobile industry in the United States, is a native son of Fayette county and, though years a resident elsewhere, has never ceased to retain the liveliest and most affectionate interest in the affairs of his old home county, his occasional visits back here to the scenes of his boyhood ever giving him peculiar pleasure. It is therefore but proper and fitting that in presenting a series such as this of the biographies of those who have done well their respective parts in the development of Fayette county or have larought honor to the county through distinguished personal service or endeavor in whatever line, a brief sketch of the life and career of this distinguished son of old Fayette should, here be included.

Elsewhere in this volume there is set out at considerable length a history of the Cole family in Fayette county and all of those interesting details need not therefore be repeated here, it being sufficient to say that the Coles have been sturdily represented here since pioneer days. The progenitors of the family in this county were Joseph Jared and Patience (Foster) Cole, who came to Indiana in ,the days of the beginning of a social order in this part of the state and, after a sometime residence in the neighboring county of Wayne, came down into Fayette county and established their home in Waterloo township, becoming influential and useful pioneers of that community, there spending their last days. Joseph Jared Cole was one of the most active pioneers of Fayette county and became the owner of about one thousand acres of land. He later became engaged in the pork-packing business in Connersville and, on meeting reverses in that business, was compelled to divert a portion of his fortune in land to the less successful line of endeavor. He and his wife were the parents of six children, two sons and four daughters.

One of tliese sons, Josepli J. Cole, second, grew to manliood in this county and married Margaret Thomas, who was born in tliis county, daughter of Benjamin Thomas and wife, who came to Indiana from Maine and l)ecanie pioneers of Fayette county, where they reared a large family. The second Joseph J. Cole established his home on a farm in \\'aterloo township after his marriage and there remained, one i)f the most substantial and influential farmers in the mirthern part of the county, until iC)o6, in which year he retired from the farm and moved to Comiers\-ille, where he sjient the rest of his life, his death occurring there on June lO, t()i4. at the age of seventy years and ten months, and where his widow is still living, very comfortably situated at her pleasant home at 1610 Virginia avenue. Joseph J. Cole was a Democrat and ever took an active part in the political affairs of his community, for years serving as trustee of Waterloo township. He attended the Methodist Episcopal church and he and his wife were ever mindful of the public welfare, doing well their part in promoting such agencies as were designed to advance the cause of the common good in the community in which they were so long useful and influential factors. Theirs was a hospitable home and in other days was the scene of 'many a social gathering, both Mr. Cole and his wife being fond of company and of the companionship of tlieir friends, and as their children grew up the latter contributed largely to the general social activities of the community. There were five of these children, those besides the subject of this sketch, the fourth in order of birth, being as follow : Harry Claude, who died in hifancy ; Lillian Maude, wife of Ellis Filby, of Cambridge City; Efifie Patience, wife of R. I). Eby. of Connersville, and Benjamin Walter Cole, treasurer of Fayette county and a biographical sketch of whom is presented elsewhere in this \-olume.

Joseph Jarret Cole, fourth in order of birth of the six children born to Joseph J. and Margaret (Thomas) Cole, was born on the old Cole farm in Waterloo township on March 23. 1869, and there spent his boyhood, supplementing the schooling he received in the neighborhood school by a course in the Connersville high school, after which he took a course in the Richmond Business College, at Richmond, this state, and then, at the age of eighteen years, became a clerk in the oftice of the Parry M;inufacturing Company at Indianapolis, manufacturers of buggies. Two years later. Iia\- ing in the meantime become thoroughly grounded in the details of that company's business and familiar with every point in relation to its output, Mr. Cole was made a traveling salesman for the PariT Manufacturing Company, in which capacity he traveled all over the United States. He was thus engaged until 1896, in which year he transferred his services to the

Moon Brothers Carriage Company, of St. Louis, and was engaged as a traveling salesman for that company for two years, at the end of which time, having meanwhile become a small stockholder, he was elected secretary of the company and for four years thereafter was stationed in the office of the company at St. Louis. In 1904 Mr. Cole disposed of his interest in the St. Louis carriage-manufacturing concern and returned to Indianapolis with a view to engaging in business in that city on his own account. There he organized the Cole Carriage Company, of which concern he was the principal stockholder and controlling factor, and bought the plant of the Gates- Osborne Company, a concern which had been organized about two years before for the manufacture of carriages. They operated the same as a carriage-manufacturing plant for five years, or until 1900, when the present wonderful successful Cole Motor Car Company was organized to take over the plant of the Cole Carriage Company and turn the same to the manufacture of automobiles. The instant success of the Cole Motor Car Company, of which Mr. Cole has been president since the day of its organization, is a matter of industrial history familiar in automobile circles the world over. Mr. Cole's idea in projecting his new enterprise was to construct a car that would be simple in construction, yet durable and dependable, with standardized parts; that is, parts of such dimension and form as could be readily duplicated in almost any well-equipped service station. Buyers were not slow to recognize the advantages possessed by such a car and to avail themselves of the same, with the result that the Cole Car has become one of the most popular cars in the United States and also has been favored by an extensive foreign demand. The Cole Motor Car Company was incorporated in 1909 with a capital stock of one hundred thousand dollars, but this capitalization has since been increased to one million dollars, all paid up. Mr. Cole's long connection with the carriage-manufacturing business and his wide experience as a traveling salesman in that line gave him a singularly intimate knowledge of the country's needs from a vehicle-maker's point of view and this knowledge has been an invaluable asset to the company of which he is the head and the controlling factor.

In September, 1891, Joseph jar ret Cole was united in marriage to Nellie Goodman, of Connersville, daughter of Jacob and Mary (Burns) Goodman, who came from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, to this state, and to this union one child has been born, a son, Joseph Jacob Cole, the fourth J. J. Cole in direct descent, who was born in Connersville on September 15, 1899. Mr. and Mrs. Cole are members of the Catholic church and take a proper interest in the affairs of their home parish in Indianapolis. Mr. Cole is a member of the National Association of Manufacturers and is also connected with tlie Indianapolis Board of Trade, the Chamber of Commerce, the Columbia Club, the Turnverein, the Canoe Club and the Atliletic Clul) at Indianapolis.

Edward A. Exos

Born at Walnut Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio, on December jo, 1853, Edward A. Enos came to Connersville, Fayette county, with his parents, William and Rebecca Enos, when he was but one year of age.

William and Rebecca Enos were both natives of the state of Ohio and there they received their education in the public schools and were later married. As a young man, William Enos learned the trade of a brick mason, at which he worked for a number of years in the city of Cincinnati. In 1S54 he and his family came to Connersville, where they established their home, and here Mr. Enos worked at his trade until the time of his death, at the age of eighty-four years, his wife having died at the age of fifty years. In 1865 he built the first brick house in Conners\-ille, and many of the early homes and business blocks were built under his supervision. He was a Democrat, and took a keen interest in the affairs of the city. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and were among those who took much interest in all church work. The}- were the parents of the following children. Amelia Jane. Laura. Edward A.. William, Aaron. Emma. Clem and Clarence O.. the two latter being twins. Amelia Jane is the wile of S. Adams and resides at Los Angeles. California ; Laura, William and Emma are deceased: Aaron is a successful farmer at Los Angeles, California; Clem O. lives in Indianapolis and Clarence O. is a resident of Denver, Colorado. Mr. and Mrs. Enos were among the prominent and highly respected people of their home community, and were a devoted father and mother and took the greatest interest in the affairs of their children.

Edward A. Enos received his education in the local schools of his home township, and walked two miles to the schocil house, where he recei\ed his early educational training. He lived at home until the time of his marriage on October 17. 1877. to Mary E. Pattee. a native of Connersville. and the daughter of Desira X. and Barbara (Po\\ell) Pattee. Her father was born in Erance. where he received his education, and where he lived until he was fifteen years of age. when he came to the Lnited States. He remained in this countrv but a short time, when he returned to his native -land. He later returned to the United States and located at Oxford, Ohio, where he lived for a time before coming to C'onnersville. Mr. Pattee, as a lad learned the trade of a cabinet-maker, to which he devoted his life. His death occurred in tlie year 1902 at the age of eighty-four years: his wife died in 1901 at the age of seventy-four years. They were active members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in the services of which they took great interest. They were the parents of the following children, James, John Alfred and Mary E. James is a well-known carpenter of Connersville ; John Alfred is now deceased and Mattie is the wife of Willis Suttles, of East Connersville.

Edward A. and Mary E. Enos are the parents of two children. Otto E. and Clara E. Otto E. was born on October 28, 1878. He received his primary education in the local schools, and after completing the work in the high school of Conners\'ille. he took a course in a business college, and was for a numlier of years, a most successful laookkeeper. He was always a great reader and student, and made a deep study of religious subjects. In 191 5, he was ordained a minister in the Nazarene churcli and for the past year has been located at Upland, Indiana. He is married to Emma Baylor, anf! to them one daughter has l^een liorn, Phyllis. Clara E. was born on November 26, 1880, and received her education in the local and the high schools, and li\ed at home until her marriage to Clarence Pippen, a successful mechanic, of East Connersville. They are the parents of two chiklren. Otto and Mildred.

As a young man Edward A. Enos engaged in mill work, and was for several years an employee of tlie Hamilton and Shery mills, later known as the Hamilton Company. He learned the business thoroughly and was a most efficient man in the Ixisiness. He then decided to engage in the business on his own account, and with Mr. Taylor, the saw- and planing-mill was established and conducted under the firm name of Taylor & Enos. It was thus continued until 1892, when Mr. Enos purchased the business and incorporated it under the name of the E. A. Enos Company. He conducted the business with success until July, T905, when he leased the business to the East Side Eumber Company for a period of ten years. In 191 5, the mill was torn down and on the site were erected by Mr. Enos five splendid residence properties. He has always had much faith in the city of Connersville, and today is the owner of thirty-three houses in that city and at East Conner.sville, in addition to much other real estate. He built his own home in 1877, but since that time he has remodeled and modernized the structure, until today he has a beautiful, ten-room house and one of the best in East Connersville.

Mr. and Mrs. Eiios are active members of tlie Metliodist Epi.scopal church, and have long- been prominent in the social life of their home city. A[r. Enos is affiliated witli the Democratic party, and during his long residence in tlie county has taken a keen interest in local affairs. He is a member of the Masonic order al Connersville, and is a man universally respected and admired.

William Thomas Harry

William Thomas Harry, one of Jackson township's well-known farmers and a veteran of tlie Spanish- American War, is a native son of Fayette county and has lived here nearly all his life. He was born on a farm in Jackson township, not far from the place on which he now resides, August 7, 1867, son of John and Catherine (Spears) Harry, natives of \'irginia and the former of whom was an honored veteran of the Civil AVar, whose last days were spent in this county, his death occurring when his son, the subject of this sketch was four years of age. His widow later remarried and is still living, now a resident of the adjoining countv of Wayne.

John Harr_\- was but a lad when his parents, Allan Harr\- and wife, moved from \'irginia to Kentucky, shortly afterward coming on up into Indiana and locating in Grant county, where John Harry's bovhood and young manhood were spent. He then went to I-'ranklin county, this state, and there marrietl Catherine Spears, who also was born in Virginia and who had come into this state, by way of Kentucky, with her parents, the family settling in Franklin county. When President Lincoln's first call for seventy-five thousand volunteers to put down the Southern rebellion was made, John Harry resjxjuded to the same and enlisted as a private in Company C, Sixteenth Regiment, Indiana X'olunteer Infantry. At the end of his initial term of enlistment he re-enlisted and served altogether as a soldier of the Union for four years and ten months, during the most of which time his command was attached to the x\rmy of the Potomac. During his army service Mr. Harry was on one occasion captured by the enemv and for nine months thereafter was confined in Libby Prison, the terrible deprivations he suffered there so weakening him that he had to be carried out on a stretcher when he finally was exchanged. Upon the completion of his military service Mr. Harry returned to his home in Jackson township, this county and attempted to resume his farming, but his health was so badly broken bv the sufferings he had undergone in a Rebel prison that he was practically an invalid from that time on and he died in 1871, the subject of this sketch being then but four years of age. John Harry left a widow and four children, all of whom are still living, the subject of this sketch having a brother, John Harry, and two sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Reed and Mrs. Matilda Maple. Some time after the death of her soldier husband the mother of these children married Richard Daniels and is now living near Milton, in Wayne county, in the eightieth year of her age.

William T. Harry was reared on a farm and has spent most of his life farming, though for some time in the days of his young manhood he worked in a spring factory. When the Spanish- American War broke out in 1898 he enlisted his services and was assigned to Battery L, First Heavy Artillerv. United States Army, and served until the end of his term of enlistment, chiefly on coast-guard duty, though for awhile he was stationed on shipboard, on patrol duty. Mr. Harry has traveled over a considerable portion of the United States, including Oregon, California, Florida and other sections. In 1901 he married and since then has been chiefly engaged in farming. For the past three years he and his wife have been making their Inome on the old Brumfield farm in Jackson township, where they are very jileasantly and very comfortably situated. Mr. and Mrs. Harry are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and take a warm interest in the general social acti\'ities of the community in which they live. Mr. Harry's paternal grandfather was a pioneer Baptist preacher and rode a circuit on horseback through Grant and adjoining counties in early days, being for years one of the best-known and most influential figures in that part ol the state.

On February 14, 1901, ^^'illianl T. Harry was united in marriage to Rosella Brumfield, who was born on a pioneer farm in the western part of Jackson township, the daughter of Daniel and Hannah (White) Brumfield, both of whom also were born in this county, members of pioneer families. Daniel Brumfield was born in the western part of Jackson township in 1841, a son of John and Catherine (Myers) Brumfield, the former a native of Kentucky, and the latter of Virginia, who were married in Ohio and later came to Indiana, settling in this county, where their last days were spent. John Brumfield was born in Bracken county, Kentucky, in 1806, a son of William Brumfield and wife. William Brumfield died in Kentucky and his widow and children moved to Miamisburg, near Dayton, Ohio, where John Brumfield grew to manhood and where he married Catherine Myers, who was born in Virginia and who had moved to Miamisburg, Ohio, with her parents,

John and Catlierine (Xeff) Myers, .\bont 1830 the ]\Iyers family moved over into Indiana and settled in the western part of Jackson township, this county. About three years later John Brumfield and wife also came on over here and located on a farm adjoining the Myers place and there both families spent the remainder of their lives and are buried in a httle family graveyard at the top of the bluff just south of the Brumfield home, where Mr. and Mrs. Harry are now living.

John Brumfield had been trained to the trade of a wagonmaker in Ohio and for five or six years after coming to this county followed that same vocation, after which he entered upon the life of an agriculturist and farmed for the rest of his life. \Mien he took possession of his farm but a small portion of it had been cleared and tlie task of preparing the place for cultivation fell upon him. He and his wife were the parents of twelve children, but six of whom grew to maturity, Henry, George, John and Susan dying of typhoid fever about 1856; another died of scarlet fever at the age of two years and a daughter, Amanda, died in girlhood. Of the other six, Sarah remained a spinster and lived to the age of seventy-nine, her death occurring in April, 191 5. Of those who married, Daniel, Mrs. Mary Jane Elliot and Benjamin are now deceased, there being but two survivors of the family, Mrs. Kate Nefif. of Connersville. and Alonzo D. Brumfield, of Hancock county, this state.

Daniel Brumfield spent his life as a farmer on the farm in Jackson township where the Harrys are now living. He erected a handsome and substantial home and had a good farm of one hundred and thirty-one acres there and another tract of good farm land at Mt. Zion. In addition to his general farming, he gave much attention to the raising of pure-bred live stock, with particular reference to Aberdeen cattle, and did very well in his operations, long having been regarded as one of the most substantial and progressive farmers in that part of the county. His wife. Hannah White, who was born in Waterloo township, a daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Boyd) White, died on February 5, 1884, leaving two daughters, Mrs. Harry having a sister, Mrs. Clara Lockhart, of Connersville. Daniel Brumfield later married Anna Trusler, also a native of this county, born in Jackson township, a daughter of Milton and Isal)el Trusler, and to that union was born one child, a son, Daniel Milton Brumfield, who is now living at Iowa City, an instructor in Iowa University. Daniel Brumfield died on August 29, 191 5. His wife, Anna, had preceded him to the grave about two years, her death having occurred in iqi3. They were members of the Universalist church and Mr. Brumfield was a member of the Everton lodge of the Independent Order of

Odd Fellows. Daniel Bnimfield was born on March 10, 1841, and his early schooling was obtained in the little log school house near Smallwood, his teacher having been the late John Lockhart. He later entered the seminary near Knightstown and finished the course there. He was twenty-one years of age when he married and he and his wife started housekeeping in a cottage on the place where Walter Neff now lives and there their daughter Rosella was born. In 1865 he bought the Jarvis Ball place, where his daughter Clara was born, and in 1875 erected the present house on that place. There he spent the remainder of his life. He was an active, energetic man and did much toward the general development of that part of the county in which he lived so long.

Ulysses Grant Hinchman

L'lysses Grant Hinchman, one of Fairview township's best-known and most substantial farmers and for years actively identified with the public life of that community, was born on the old Hinchman farm, over the line in Union township, Rush county, a farm that had been settled by his grandfather, and has lived in that vicinity all his life. He was born on October 15, 1868. son of Allen and Nancy (Moffett) Hinchman, prominent residents of that community, both of whom were born in that same vicinity and both of whom are now deceased.

Allen Hinchman was born on a pioneer farm in Union township, Rush county, not far from the Fayette county line, February 3, 1836, son of John and Margaret (Nickell) Hinchman, natives of Virginia and early settlers in Rush county. John Hinchman was born in Monroe county, Virginia, October 10, 1801, a son of John and Sarah (Vinson) Hinchman, the former a native of Maryland and the latter of Virginia. The senior John Hinchman was the descendant of an Englishman who came to the American colonies when the Calverts were the go\-ernors of Maryland colony. When fourteen years of age the place of his residence was changed to Monroe county, Virginia, where he grew to manhood and where he married Sarah Vinson, who was born in Shenandoah county, Virginia, but who had moved to Monroe county with her parents when she was a girl. To that union were born six sons and five daughters, Joseph, William, Thomas, James, John, .Andrew, Polly, Melinda, Nancy, Elizabeth and Cynthia.

Indiana and entered land from the government in Union township, Rush county. Returning to Virginia, he there, on August 12, 1823, was united in marriage to Margaret Nickell, daugliter of George and Margaret (Nelson) Nickell, natives of Monroe county, that state, the former of English descent and the latter of Irish descent. In the fall of that same year he and his bride came out here into the then "wilds" of Indiana to make their home on the land he had entered from the government the year before. Upon his arrival in Rush county, John Hinchman had but fifty cents remaining, but he and his wife had stout hearts and willing hands and they lost little time in getting their humble home established in the "spice brush." He would work all day at clearing the place of its dense growth of timber and underbrush and at night his wife, whose days would be equally well filled with the manifold duties of her household, would help him in the task of burning the accumulated brush. Thus facing difficulties that would have discouraged less dauntless hearts, they perservered and in time had a comfortable home and were on the highway to prosperity. John Hinchman was a good manager and as he prospered he added to his land holdings until he came to be the owner of more than one thousand acres of land in Rusli county, besides valuable property in Connersville, liis estate at the time of his death being valued at above seventy-five thousand dollars, a considerable fortune for those days. Originally a Whig, he became a Republican upon the organization of the latter party and was an ardent supporter of the principles of the same. From the very beginning of the general wave of anti-slavery sentiment he was an out-spoken Abolitionist and was one of the foremost leaders in that movement throughout tliis part of the state. Two of his sons, Ira and Morris, served as soldiers in tiie Union army during the Civil War and Ira Hinchman was severely wounded. Ever an active participant in public affairs, John Hinchman ser\'ed his township in a number of positions of trust and also was for some time a member of the board of commissioners of Rush county. He gave freely to churches and schools and during the days of tlie raih-oad agitation contributed thousands of dollars to the promotion of railway projects in Rush county. He also contributed earlier to the building of the White Water canal and was equally liberal with his contributions to the cause of better roads and public improvements in general. His death occurred on June 2, 1865, and his widow survived him for more than thirteen years, her death occurring on October 5, 1878. She was one of the thirty persons who founded the Union Church of Christ on Ben Davis creek on June 20, 1829, one of the first organizations of the Christian church in C59)

Indiana, and was ever a leader in good works in the community which she had seen develop from log-cabin days, both she and her husband ever striving to make better conditions of living in the neighborhood in which they took so much pride and delight. They were the parents of thirteen children, Joseph, William, Madison, Margaret.. James, George, Allen, John H., Sanford, Ira, Morris, Marshall and Jacob.

Allen Hinchman grew to manhood on his father's farm and his life proved him worthy of his parents. He was a man of large physique and was equally strong morally and mentally, like his father ever taking a warm interest in movements designed to advance the common welfare. He was an ardent Republican and in 1895 was elected to the board of commissioners of Rush county. It was during that incumbency that Rush county's new court house was built and Mr. Hinchman, as a member of the board, from the very first insisted on a building commensurate with the growing greatness of the rich county. Many shouted "economy" and he met with a storm of opposition, but he persevered, traveling to other states to get the latest ideas concerning court-house construction, and finally won out in behalf of the plans for a good court house. Before the building was completed all were applauding the spirit that had prompted him to stand out for the best. Mr. Hinchman also was vitally interested in the religious life of his community and for years was an office-bearer in the Christian church, to the affairs of which both he and his wife gave their most earnest attention.

On December 22. 1858, Allen Hinchman was united in marriage to Nancy Moffett, who was born in Fairview township, this county, April 23, 1840, a daughter of Andrew and Athalia (Rees) Moffett, worthy pioneers of Fayette county. She joined the A\Sdie Chapel Methodist church when a girl, but after her marriage joined the Ben Davis Creek Christian church, with which she and her husband remained affiliated until their retirement from the farm and removal to Rushville in 1900, when they transferred their church letters to the church at that place. There Mrs. Hinchman died on December 25, IQ12, she then being seventy-two years of age. It has been written of her that "her Christian character shone out in her everyday life. She was cheerful in spirit, a woman of prayer, and left a legacy of an example of goodly living." After the death of his wife Allen Hinchman made his home with his son, the subject of this sketch, where his death occurred on June 4, 191 5. He and his wife were the parents of seven children, but two of whom now survive, Minnie, wife of Albert E. Rich, and Ulysses G., the subject of this biographical sketch, the others having been, Margaret, who married Milton T. Smiley, and died on June 18, 1912; Nora, who married ^I. W. McCann, and died on July 30. 1907; (leorge W., wiio married Pearl Shank, and died on September 7, 1Q08, had one daughter, Ruth E., and two who died in infancy.

Ulysses G. Hinchman grew up on the paternal farm over the line in Rush county, attending the Glenwood high school, I'^airxiew Academy and Butler College, in which latter institution his father was a stockholder. After leaving college he began farming and after his marriage, in 1890, he established his home on the old Andrew Moffett homestead in Fairview township, the home of his mother's father. There he lived for four years, at the end of which time, in 1894, he bought the eighty acres known as the Jesse Shortridge farm, a mile and a half south and a mile east of Fairview, and there has lived ever since, .\bout ten years after taking possession of that place he bought an adjoining eighty and thus has a quarter of a section there, besides a cjuarter of a section over in Union township, Rush county, a part of the old Hinchman homestead farm there. His father gave him an "eighty" there and he later bought an adjoining tract of eighty acres, his combined land holdings now amounting to an even half section. Mr. Hinchman is a Republican and has held some local offices, as a matter of public duty, ever taking an earnest interest in local civic affairs, as did his father and his grandfather. Besides his farming operations he is interested in some other enterprises of a business character and is a stockholder in the Glenwood Bank. He and his family are members of the Christian church and have ever given earnest attention to church work, as w ell as to other community good works.

On October 22. 1890, Ulysses G. Hinchman was married. His wife, Eva M. Huston, was born at Orange, this county. April 30, 1870, and was educated in the school at Orange. She is a daughter of Thomas M. and Alary E. (Harris) Huston, both also natives of this county. Thomas M. Huston was born at Orange on February 2, 1840, a son of William and Jane (Ramseyl Huston, the former a native of Ireland and the latter of the state of Ohio. William Huston was born in County .Antrim, Ireland, and when a lad was left an orphan. He later came to Indiana with his aunt, Ro.sanna Houston, and settled in this county, locating north of Coimers\ille. He married Jane Ramsey, who was born in Preble county, Ohio, the first white child born in Israel township. After his marriage he located at Orange, where he spent the remainder of his life. Thomas AI. Huston grew up at Orange as a farmer and remained there until 1S90, when he moved to a farm near Knightstown, later remn\ing to the city of Knightstown, where he now resides. He is a veteran of the Civil War, having sened as a member of

Company L, Third Regiment Indiana Cavalry, during the struggle between the States, later being transferred to the Eighth Indiana Cavalry. Five of his brothers and brothers-in-law also served as soldiers of the Union during that struggle. He was present at the raising of "Old Glory" over Fort Sumter, April 14, 1865, just four years after it was pulled down. Mr. Hinchman's wife, Mary E. Harris, was bom in Fayette county, a daughter of William R. and Sarah Ann (Sutton) Harris, who came to this state from Pennsvlvania. Saraii Ann Sutton, a native of Pennsylvania, was an orphan and came here with the McCready family. William Harris, a native of Delaware, was a school teacher in Pennsylvania, his home being along the Schuylkill river. His mother and the mother of Governor Morton, Indiana's war governor, were relatives. When a young man he came down the Ohio river on a flatboat to Cincinnati and thence on up here, and was married after he came to Franklin county on March 18, 1842. He later moved to this county and during the greater part of his life here he was engaged in the making of boots and shoes, being a skilled craftsman in that line. Mary E. Harris grew up here and was married in this county. Both Thomas M. Huston and his father took an active part in local affairs.. Eva M. Huston grew up at Orange and accompanied her parents when they moved to the farm near Knightstown, where she was living when she married Mr. Hinchman. To that union three children have been born, Clarence Paul, Allen Berle and Mary Athalia.

Dr. Clarence Paul Hinchman, now a practicing physician at Geneva, Indiana, was graduated from the Connersville high school in 19 10, having had his earlier schooling in the Fairview schools. In the fall of that year he entered Indiana University, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1914, and from the School of Medicine, of which institution he was graduated in 1916, following which he was given a yeaf of hospital work as an interne in the City Hospital at Indianapolis. He then passed the examination of the state board of medical examiners and was licensed to practice medicine, having passed with a grade of nine hundred and forty-nine points out of a possible one thousand points, the highest record made for many years. Doctor Hinchman is a member of the Delta Upsilon and Phi Chi fraternities, and takes a warm interest in the affairs of these organizations. On April 17, 1913, he married Nellie Lee Shortridge, daughter of Sanford and Ida (Dora) Shortridge, and to this union twin sons were born, one of whom died in infancy, the surviving child being Wayne Deryl.

Allen Berle Hinchman was graduated from the Connersville high school in 1912, his previous schooling having included a course of three years in

Fair\ie\v Academ\-. He tlien spent the terms of 191J-13 and 1913-14 as a student in the agricultural dei^artnient of Purdue University, durins^- which period he became affiliated with the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity. On December 14, 1916, he married Vera \'. Poppoon, daughter of John and Florence ( Grififin ) Poppoon, of the Raleigh neighborhood, over in Rush county. Allen Berle Hinchman and wife live on the old Allen Hinchman farm in Rush county, thus occupying in the fourth generation the place originally entered by his great-grandfather liack in pioneer days and which is now owned by U. G. Hinchman.

Mary Athalia Hinchman was graduated from the Fairview high school in 1913 and in 1914 was graduated from the commissioned high school course in the Muncie Normal School. She then entered Butler College, Init on account of illness was compelled to abandon her studies there in February, 1915. She has made a special study of elocution and oratory and has become quite proficient along those lines. 1

Thomas C. McBurney, long a resident of Fayette county, and now a well-known, retired citizen of Connersville, was bom in Preble county, Ohio, on May 21, 1845, the son of Samuel and Jane (Hall) McBurney.

Samuel and Jane (Hall) McBurney were natives of Ireland and there they received their education in the public schools, grew up and were married. They established their home in their native land, but soon thereafter decided to come to America. On their arrival in the United States they settled on a farm in Preble county, Ohio. Mr. McBurney was not to long enjoy the pleasures of working for a home in the new land, for his death occurred in 1848. The widow continued to live in the county and rear her children, and there she died in 1S88. She was a woman of remarkal)le ability, and a splendid manager. Her life was for the most part a busy one, yet she took much pleasure in the care and attention of her children, after the death of her husband. Both Mr. and Mrs. McBurnev were hardworking people and were greatly admired for their many qualities of true manhood and womanhood. They were the parents of five children, as follows, Eliza Ann, AVilliam John, James B., Margaret and Thomas C, all of whom are now deceased with the exceptions of James B., of Kingman county, Kansas, and Thomas C.

of Preble county, Ohio, where he was born and reared. Circumstances made it necessary that he should begin life's battle for himself at the age when most boys are in school. He worked as a farm hand and thus supported himself and assisted his mother, as much as it was possible for him to do. He learned the painter's trade at which he worked for about three years. In 1868 he was united in marriage to Etta Campbell, of Bloomington, Indiana, and the daughter of Benjamin and Susan (Payton) Campbell. For two years after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. McBurney lived in Preble county, when in 1870, they came to Rush county, Indiana. Here Mr. Mc- Burney engaged in general farming by the day and for two years he worked for J. B. Cook. He then came to Fayette county, and for eight years he farmed on the Robert Martin place in Orange township. The family then moved to Glenwood, Indiana, where Mr. McBumey engaged in teaming until 1882, when he came to Connersville and engaged in the lumber and timber business. He continued in this business until 1901, since which time he has devoted himself to the interest of his farm of two hundred acres in Connersville township, one and one-half miles west of town. He is successful in the management of his farm and his stock and insists upon the best cultivation, and keeps some splendid stock. In addition to large interests in the farm, he is a stockholder in the Fayette Farmers and Merchants Trust Company at Connersville and a director of the Bank of Glenwood, at Glenwood, Indiana.

Mr. and Mrs. McBurney are the parents of one child, Rossie M., who received her educarion in the local and high school, and is now at home with her parents. The mother and daughter are active members of the Methodist Episcopal church and take much interest in all church and religious work. The family are prominent in the social life of their home city, where they are held in high regard.

Mr. McBurney is a Republican and has always taken a keen interest in local affairs, and was for six years a member of the county council of Fayette county, and for two years a member of the city council of Connersville, in which capacity he was recognized as a faithful public servant. His best efforts were exerted in the interests of the general public and for the growth and betterment of the county and city. He was most progressive and advocated improvements that would bring the most good to the greatest number of people. He believed in substantial public improvements, and the enforcement of the laws as they are written. He rendered much ^'aluab]e service to the city and assisted in the inauguration of reforms, that will have a lasting effect on the future greatness of the city. He has always taken tlie deepest interest in the success of the schools, for he has known from experience the hardships of a hniited education. The present l)eautitul lii.i^h scliool was buih wliile he was a member of the city council.

Mr. McBurney has liad a busy and eventful life. Thri)\\ii uiion iiis own resources, when he was but a lad. he has known wliat it was to shift for himself. Starting life with a limited education and with no financial .support, he has risen to a position of influence, and is today recognized as one of the substantial and successful men of the county. He has always been a hard worker and a good manager. His early life on the farm and in the timber business was to him what school would be to most boys. His desire was ever to give to his employers the best service that was his to give, and whether he was in the log lumber business, on the farm or teaming, he felt the dignity of his work, and when yet a lad, became impressed with the notion that to succeed one must do well the work in hand, and not wait for another position to demonstrate his ability. Today, the orphan lad of many years ago, in that Ohio county, is an honored and respected citizen of one of the thriving little cities of Indiana, for here Thomas C. McBurney is held in the highest esteem by all who know him.

In 1902 was organized the Fayette county Free Fair, and Mr. McBurney was one of the organizers; he has been superintendent of the fair ever since except for one year and was president for one year.

Josephus Wright Holter

Josephus Wright Holter, a well-known and prominent resident of Connersville, Fayette county, was born in Clermont county, Ohio, on November 24, 1 87 1, and is the son of Gen. Marcellus John Wesley Holter, whose wife was Helen Jefferies. The parents were natives of Ohio and there they were educated in the public schools, grew up and were married. The father enlisted in the army at the time of the Civil War, and entered the service as a private and was mustered out as a brigadier-general.

Marcellus John Wesley Holter was born on a farm near Olive Branch, Clermont county, Ohio, January lo, 1834, and was in his eightieth year at the time of his death. He inherited a vigorous physical and mental constitution. His education was rounded out by one year's attendance at the Farmer's College, College Hill, Ohio, when Freeman Carey was its president. He was teaching school at the outbreak of the Civil War and resigned his position to enlist as a private soldier. He first enlisted in Company E, Twenty-second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served during the three months memorable campaign in western Virginia, during which time he was promoted to orderly sergeant.

On September 3, 1861, Orderly-sergeant Holter enlisted in Company F, Fifty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and in a few weeks was appointed first lieutenant, serving until August, 1862, when he was made adjutant of the regiment. On May 27, 1864, he was taken prisoner at the battle of New Hope Church. Georgia, in which battle his brother, Rufus, was killed. He was confined in three southern prisons and in November, 1864, was exchanged by a mistake. In March, 1865, General Cowen appointed Holter, who was then a captain, to be lieutenant-colonel of the One Hundred and Ninety-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, by telegram without previous notice. The regiment was placed in his command and sent to Shenandoah Valley.

In July, 1865, the regiment was ordered to Alexandria, Virginia, where the government stores were placed under Colonel Holter's charge. While at Alexandria he was commissioned colonel, and in April, 1865, he was brevetted brigadier-general for gallant and meritorious service. He was stationed at Alexandria until December, 1865, when he was mustered out.

General Holter participated, among others, in the following battles - Ivy Mountain, Pittsburg Landing, Stone's River, Crab Orchard, Perryville, Wild-Cat Mountain, Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge. He was with Sherman's army in the Atlanta campaign and was engaged at Tunnel Hill, Buzzard Roost, Adamsville, Dallas and New Hope Church, where he was captured. He was wounded but once and then not seriously. He was among the first to reach the top of the crest at Missionary Ridge, where he planted the regimental colors on a Confederate battery. While doing this, the scabbard of his sword was shot off.

As a husband, father, friend and private citizen, his life depicted a pastoral. His career as a soldier developed an epic. His memory will shed a perpetual benediction.

Josephus Wright Holter received his primary education in the public schools of his native state and then took a course in a business college and engaged in the work of a bookkeeper. He came to Indiana in the year 1892, and engaged with the Indiana Furniture Company, with whom he remained for several years. He was later with the McFarlan Company and is now employed with the Rex Company, whose service he entered as an inspector and now has charge of the stock department.

riage to May Webb, who was born eight miles southwest of Connersville, in Cokimbia township, and is the daughter of Forrest M. and Cornelia (Jones) Webb. Her father was born on the farm in the county, that his grandfather Edward Webb had owned. P>oth lier fatlier and mother were born in Columbia township, Fayette county. .Great-grandfather Webb, who was Edward, was born in 1769 in Virginia. He went to Boone county. Kentucky, then to Indiana Territory, near Harrison, Ohio, and later, in 181 1, to Fayette county, Columbia township, where he died on Julv 21, 185 1. He was one of the associate judges for twenty-seven years. Since that time the farm has been out of the family for but thirty years, and is now owned by May Webb Holter. Forrest Webb received his education in the old log school house. He continued to reside on the old Webb homestead, until the death of his wife, Cornelia (Jones) Webb, on May 24, 1880, when he retired from the fami, and was later married and moved to Laurel. In addition to being a successful farmer, Mr. Webb, at one time operated a grist-mill at Milroy, and was interested in a drug-store with Doctor GifFord. He was also an extensive dealer in live stock, and was known as one of the substantial and influential men of the county. He was a stanch Republican, and his father had been a supporter of the principles of the Whig party. He was always active in local affairs and held many of the township offices. He was an active member of the Christian church and of the Knights of Pythias lodge. By his fir.'^t wife he was the father of three children, Forrest, who died in 1876; Nellie May and Paul Jones, who is now deceased. By his second marriage one child was born, Harry I., a conductor on the Big Four railroad. The Webb family were always prominent in the activities of the county, and had much to do with its development and improvement. The early members of the family having come to this section of the state when the greater part of the district was an undeveloped wilderness, and when the government was still having much trouble with the Indians. Tiieir lives were hard ones, and much honor and credit are due them for the work that they did. They assisted in the laying of a foundation for a splendid government, the establishment of good schools and the building of churches. Today the .splendid farms, modern schools, beautiful churches and up-to-date towns and cities are due to the men and women who first settled in this county.

Josephus Wright and ]\Iay (Webb) Holter are the parents of one child, Forrest Webb, who was born on September 6, 1899. He is now a student in the high school at Connersville and will finish the course of study with the class of 1917. Mr. and Mrs. Holter have long been prominent in the social and the religious life of their home community, .and are a most worthy people, who are held in the highest regard by all who know them. Their families have had much to do with the history making of the United States, as well as the state of Indiana. Representatives of the family were active in the War of the Revolution, the Indian wars, as well as the wars in which the nation has been engaged. They are of families of patriots and noble citizens, who have rendered valuable services at all times. They have been closely identified with the interests of Fayette county and the city of Connersville for many years, and their best efforts have always been given for the advancement of their home community.

William W. Wainwright, president of the Wainwright Engineering Corporation, of Connersville, has been a resident of that city since the year 1 87 1, and has had much to do with the later development of the city in an industrial way. He was born at Cottage Grove, in Union county, this state, June 7, 1S54, son of Benjamin J. and Huldah (Miller) Wainwright, the former a native of the state of Virginia and the latter of Preble county, Ohio, and. who were the parents of six children, those besides the subject of this sketch being as follow : Anna M., who married Dr. T. P. Wagoner, of Knightstown, this state, and is now deceased ; Luella, who married John Todd, of Logansport, this state ; Lucy, who died in infancy, and Ida Belle and Charles Franklin, who died in youth.

Benjamin J. Wainwright was but a child when his parents, Isaac and Margai-et (Johnson) Wainwright, moved from Virginia to Indiana and settled on a farm in Union county and there he grew to manhood. Isaac Wainwright was born in the city of Philadelphia and his wife was a native of Virginia. He died in Union county, this state, at the age of eighty-four. He was thrice married, the grandmother of the subject of this sketch having been his second wife. Benjamin J. Wainwright married Huldah Miller, who was born in the neighborhood of Eaton, in Preble county, Ohio, daughter of Melyne and Huldah (Ayers) Miller, early settlers of that county, the former of whom, a native of New Jersey, was a surveyor and engineer. Melyne Miller and his wife spent their last days in Preble county, both living to advanced ages. Not long after his marriage Benjamin J. Wainwright moved to Iowa and settled on a homestead farm near Wapello, in

Louisa county, whicli he proceeded to develop and on which for scjuie years he was actively engaged in the raising of live stock. He later disposed of his interests there and returned East, making his home for some time thereafter at Eaton, Ohio, hut later went to Black Rock, Arkansas, where his death occurred in 1S9S. His widow survived him for about eight years, her death occurring at the home of her son, the subject of this sketch, at Connersville, April 11, 1906, she then being eighty-two years of age. Benjamin J. Wainwright and wife were members of the Methodist church and their children were reared in that faith.

William \V. Wainwright was but a small child when his parents moved from Indiana to Iowa and much of the time in his early boyhood days was spent in the saddle, herding cattle on his father's ranch in the latter state. He was not yet sixteen years of age when the family returned East, December 29, 1869, and he completed his schooling at Eaton. Ohio, where he began working in a brick yard. In August, 1871, he came over into Indiana and began working in the old Eagle mills in East Connersville, and was there employed until the day before Christmas Day of that same year. On the day following Christmas he started to work in a machine shop at Connersville, with a view to learning the machinist's trade, and he ever since has been engaged along this line, long having been regarded as one of the leading machinist engineers in this part of the state. After his marriage in 1876 Mr. Wainwright further qualilied himself by technical study and was not long thereafter made foreman of the machine plant in which he was working and was later made superintendent of the same. In 1903 Mr. Wainwright started in business for himself, establishing a small machine shop and undertaking general manufacturing, engineering and contracting. From the very beginning of this venture the business proved successful and the establishment has been enlarged from time to time until it now employs nearly two hundred persons. In May, 1905, Mr. Wainwright associated with him in the business his eldest son, Harry A. Wainwright, and in 1916 another son, Benjamin E. Wainwright, was taken into the concern, which at the same time was reorganized and incorporated as the \Vainwright Engineering Corporation and has since been doing business under that firm style, but later severed his connections and moved to Macon, Georgia, to organize a manufacturing company in which he was to be largely interested. Mr. W^'linwright is independent in his political views and has never taken a particularly active part in political affairs. He is a thirty-second-degree Mason, affiliated with Warren Lodge No. 15, Free and Accepted Masons, at Comiersville, and with the consistory. Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, at Indianapolis.

On June ii, 1876, William W. Wainwright was united in marriage to Wilhelmina C. Baker, who was born at Essen, the seat of the great Krupp gun works, in Germany, daughter of Leopold and Wilhelmina (Wickahoff) Baker, also natives of Germany, both now deceased, who were the parents of six children, those besides Mrs. Wainwright being Henry L., Maximilian, Charles, Lena and one who died in infancy. To Mr. and Mrs. Wainwright six children have been born, namely : Harry A., who is associated with his father in the Wainwright Engineering Corporation and who married Emma K. Frank and has three children, Francis Jack, William Nelson and Richard Denman; Mabel C, who is at home; Charles F., who married Hazel Gibbs and lives in Chicago;- Benjamin F., who married Marie Fowler, of Macon, Georgia; Emmet P., an artist and newspaper cartoonist, who married Ella Cornell, of Logansport, Indiana, and William Warren, Jr., a machinist, who lives at home. The Wainwrights have a very pleasant home at Connersville and have ever taken a proper interest in the general social activities of their home city.

Alanson Adams

Alanson Adams, a well-known manufacturer of pumps, and now living a retired life at Connersville, Fayette county, was bom at Lodi, New York, on December 6, 1835, and is the son of Wilson T. and Elizabeth (Fruits) Adams.

Wilson T. Adams was born in Maryland in the year 1796, where he lived until the time of his marriage to Elizabeth Fruits, who was born in Kentucky, at the head of Lucky river, in 1800. They were educated in the schools of their respective states, and soon after their marriage they came to Indiana and established their home at Franklin, in the year 1817. As a young man, Mr. Adams learned the trade of a cabinet-maker, at which he worked in Franklin and later moved to Brookville, where he had a mill. His home near Brookville was in the heavy timber and during a part of the year, he did much hunting and trapping, and met with considerable success. He and his wife later moved to the state of New York, and located in Cattaraugus county, where they lived for thirty-five years, and reared a large family of children. Mr. Adams at this time in his life decided to return to Indiana, and made much of the trip by river boat, loaded with lumber. He purchased one hundred pumps made out of cucumber timber, and on his arrival in the state, he located in Fayette county, near Everton, on Ellis creek. He did niucl! l)u.sincss in tiie pump business and was tlie orininatur of the .\danis pump, ilie first modern wood pumj) of its l<ind put on tiie market. He also invented tlie cylinder pump, for which he trained nnich recognition. He li\ed (in I-lllis creek foi- luany years and later sold to his son, Sabine, and took up his home on liear creek, where he (hcd some years ago. His widow died at the home of her son, Alanson. .Mr. and .Mrs. Adams were tlie parents of the following children: .\n infant, .Xmbrose, Andrew, Sabina, Martin. Lydia, .Marion, .Mansun, I)a\id, Sarah and Wilson. The family are now all deceased with the exception of .Manson, David, who lives with his children; Sarah, the widow of John Hamilton, and Wilson, of Kokonio, Indiana.

Alanson Adams received his education in the old log school house, with a slab for a seat and a shelf on the side of the building for a desk. He remained at home until he was twenty-four years of age, when he started in the pump business for himself, on Bear creek. He remained there for seven years, when he purchased land on Ellis creek, and in i8g8 moved to Jonesboro, Indiana, where he remained for twelve years and for one year he lived at Lyonsville. In Fel)ruary. 1862, he was united in marriage to Elizabeth Taylor, who was born in Jackson township, Fayette county, and was the daughter of Samuel and lAuida (Water) Taylor.

Alanson and Elizabeth Adams were the parents of twelve children, four of whom are now living: William Heniy, Elizabeth, Samuel, and Wilson T. \\'illiam Henry was born in I'ayette county, where he received his education and grew to manhood. He engaged in the pump business and now lives at East Connersville. He is married to Elizabeth Crolley and they are the parents of si.x children, Walter, Robert, Nellie, Marie, Kenneth and Homer. Elizabeth was also born in Fayette county, and here received her education in the public schools. She was first married to George Homing, and after his death was united in marriage to Lucas Browning, of East Connersville, and to them have been born five children : Ralph, Rufus, Frank, Curtis, and Lina. Samuel, a nati\c of the county, is now successfully engaged in general farming, and the mill business in Jack,son township. He is married to Mary C. Bradburn, and they are the parents of the hallowing children: Edward, now deceased: Arvilla, Stella and Efifie. T. is a team.ster of East Connersville. and is married to Grace Fleming, and to them have been born three children. Milburn, Josephine and Russell. Mr. and Mrs. Adams are active members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and Mr. Adams is a memlier of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of the Knights of Pythias. William Henry is a member of the Knights of Pvthias. and Wilson is a Mason, a Red Man and a Moose.

Edgar Dwight Johnston

Edgar Dwight Johnston, president and general manager of the P. H. & F. M. Roots Company at Connersville, president of the Connersville Hydrau- Hc Company, president of the Hydro-Electric Light and Power Company and a member of the board of directors of the First National Bank of Connersville, is a native of the neighboring state of Ohio, but has been a resident of Connersville since 1885 and has thus been a witness to and a participant in the wonderful development that has marked the industrial and commercial life of that city within the past thirty years. He was born at Cedarville, in Greene county, Ohio, October 11. 1861, son of David and Eliza (Bogle) Johnston, natives of that same state, both now deceased, whose last days were spent in the city of Tacoma, Washington.

David Johnston was born on a farm in Adams county, Ohio, son of David Johnston and wife, pioneers of that county, the latter of whom died in Ohio and the former in the state of Iowa, who were the parents of several children, among whom were Robert, David and SaUie. The younger David Johnston became engaged in the wool trade and also was interested in the pork-packing business. He later became engaged in the piano business in Cincinnati and from that city moved to Tacoma, Washington, where he engaged in business in the same line and where he spent the rest of his life, his death occurring in 1913, at seventy-seven years of age. His wife had preceded him to the grave about seven years, her death having occurred in Tacoma in 1906, at seventy-three years of age. She was a daughter of James Bogle and wife, who were early settlers in the Springfield neighborhood, in Clark county, Ohio, and who were the parents of eight children, those besides Mrs. Johnston having been Retta, Jennie, Elmita, Cora, Mattie, Joseph and James. David Johnston and his wife were reared in the old Covenanter or Reformed Presbyterian church, but later became members of the Presbyterian church, in which for years the former was an elder, and their children were reared in that faith. There were six of these children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the third in order of birth, the others being as follow: James Stewart, deceased; Howard Agnew, of Chicago, Illinois; Mary Elizabeth, wife of James Simon, of Chatham, Ontario; Jennie Retta, wife of E. W. McKenna, of New York City, and David Walter, of Chicago.

Edgar Dwight Johnston spent his childhood in Cedarville, Ohio, and there received his early schooHng, continuing his studies in the public schools at Portsmouth and later takiiig^ up the study of music and voice cuUure at Cincinnati. Upon completing his studies in that connection he was made a teacher of piano and voice in the College of Music at Cincinnati and continued thus engaged there until 1885, when, after his marriage, he became connected with the P. H. & F. M. Roots Company at Connersville and moved to this city, where he has made his home ever since. This company was incorporated in 1887, with a capital stock of one hundred thousand dollars, and has since been engaged in the manufacture of jMsitive-pressure blowers, gas exhausters and pumps. The company employs about two hundred and fifty men and its products are sold in all parts of the world. In 1889 Mr. Johnston was elected vice-president and general manager of the company and in 1898 was elected president of the same, a position he ever since has occupied. He is also president of the Connersville Hydraulic Company, president of the Hydraulic-Electric Light and Power Company of that city and a member of the board of directors of the First National Bank of Connersville. Mr. Johnston is a Republican, but has not been a seeker after public office.

On October 8, 1885, Edgar D. Johnston was united in marriage to Jane Lewis Roots, who was tern in Connersville on October 17, 1864, daughter of Francis Marion and Esther E. (Pumphrey) Roots, the former a native of the state of Vermont and the latter of Virginia, both now deceased, who were for many years regarded as among the most substantial and influential residents of Connersville. The Roots came over into Indiana from Oxford, Ohio, who settled at Connersville, where, in 1859. Francis M. Roots and his brother, P. H. Roots, founded the P. H. & F. M. Roots Company for the purpose of operating a woolen-mill. During the Civil War period this companv filled extensive contracts for woolen goods for the manufacture of the uniforms of the Union soldiers and, after the war. continued to extend their operations, the company gradually expanding into its present prosperous proportions. Francis M. Roots and his wife spent their last days in Connersville, where their family was reared. They were the parents of six children, those besides Mrs. Johnston being Albert, Daniel T., Esther, Sylvia and Hal. To :Mr. and Mrs. Johnston three children have been born, Francis, Esther Elizal^eth and Sylvia Yale. Francis Johnston, who was attending New York University, was drowned while home on a vacation, he then being twenty years of age. and his body never was recovered. Esther E. Johnston, who was graduated from Tudor Hall at Indianapolis and later spent a year at Mrs. Somers' finishing school for young women at Washington, D. C, married Earl G. Meeks, of Muncie, this state, and has one child, a daughter, Sylvia Jane. Sylvia Yale Johnston also was graduated from Tudor Hall and was later graduated from the finishing school for young women at Briarcliff, New York. She married Logan G. Thompson, of Cincinnati, and has one child, a son, Dwight Johnston. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston are members of the Presbyterian church at Connersville, in the various beneficences of which they have for years taken an active interest, and Mr. Johnston is a member of the session of the same.

William Winfield Scott

Though it has been many years since he left his boyhood home in this county to seek success in other lines and in other fields, WiUiam Winfield Scott, a well-known and successful druggist of Indianapolis,' has never lost his love for the old home and the famiHar scenes of his native county and among the works of art hanging on the walls of the library of his beautiful home in the capital city there are several paintings by the late R. B. Gruelle, depicting scenes in Fayette county. Among these is a painting of the old brick house in Orange township where Mr. Scott was reared, together with the noble grounds surrounding the same, and a view of that neighborhood looking far east to the blue hills beyond the White Water, and a scene near the point where Mr. Scott taught school in this county in the days of his young manhood. Not only are the scenes of Fayette county dear to the memory of Mr. Scott, but the history of the county in which his venerated father. Judge John Scott, labored so long and so usefully is precious to him and it is therefore but fitting and proper that there should here be presented something in a biographical way concerning this former resident of Fayette county, even though his active residence here ceased long ago.

William Winfield Scott was born on a pioneer farm in Orange township, this county, February 7, 1852, son of Judge John and Sarah Snodgrass (Carter) Scott, the former of whom was a native of the state of Pennsylvania and the latter of Wytheville, Virginia, born on July 25, 1820, a daughter of Enos and Ann (Snodgrass) Carter, substantial and influential pioneers of Orange township. Enos Carter was born in Franklin county, Virginia, November 14, 1792, and at Wytheville, in that state, about 1819, married Ann Snodgrass, who was born in Botertout county, that state, on April 4, 1796. After three of their children were born, they came to Indiana and settled in Fayette county, locating at first south of Columbia, near the mouth of Garrison creek, about 1823, where they remained until 1825 or 1826, when they moved farther up the creek and settled on land previously entered by their brother-in-law. John Cooley, in 1822, the same being the west half of the southwest quarter of section i, township 13, range 11 east, now owned by John R. Gray, whicli they bought in 1828. On August 25, 1831, Enos Carter entered the east half of the northwest quarter of section I and in the following year built on the same a hewed-log house. He was a carpenter by trade and he afterward weatherboarded the house and made other improvements to the same, that pioneer structure standing to this day and still habitable. Enos Carter died in May, 1874. His wife had preceded him to the grave nearly twenty years, her death having occurred on June 11, 1856. They were the parents of eight children, five sons and three daughters, all of whom are now deceased.

Judge John Scott, as noted above, was a native of the old Keystone state, born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, April 5, 1799, a son of Robert and Martha Jane f Mitchell) Scott, the former of whom was a son of William Scott, of Scotch-Irish blood. Another son of William Scott was Moses Scott, who held a commission as a captain under General Harrison during the War of 181 2. In 1804 Robert Scott moved from Pennsylvania to Adams county, Ohio, and settled at the mouth of Brush creek, where he died in the winter of 1811-12. He was born about 1770, probably in Penn.sylvania ; perhaps in Virginia. His widow, Martha Jane Mitchell Scott, survived him many years, her death occurring near Warren, Indiana, August 27, 1852. She was born on June 12, 1772, and was married about 1794. In the fall of 1820, when the lands of the "New Purchase" were thrown open to settlement, Moses Scott, son of Robert and brother of John, came over into Indiana and on October 19, at the land office in Brookville, entered a tract of land in what is now the extreme northeast corner of Orange township, this county, acting in that transaction both for himself and his brother John, and the brother^ almost immediately thereafter entered upon possession of their pioneer tract in the wilderness and prepared the same for habitation. John Scott built a story-and-a-half log house near the center of the south half of the northeast quarter of section 36, in the northeast corner of Orange township, and then returned down the valley trail for his family, which meanwhile had been spending the season on General Harrison's farm at North Bend, he having previously moved them down the river from Adams county, Ohio, on a flatboat made bv himself without aid of tools other than an ax and an auger, and in 1822 established his home in this county, his mother, brothers ' (60) and sister accompanying him. One of John Scott's first acts after effecting a sufficient clearing on his place was to plant an orchard and set out a garden. At that time wolves still were plentiful thereabout and the howling of the "varmints" in the spice bush surrounding that humble pioneer home made the nights hideous.

John Scott was an active, energetic and progressive pioneer and it was not long before he had his home well established and was on his way to ultimate success. From the very beginning of his residence in this county he took an active part in local civic affairs, served for several terms as trustee of Orange township, for several terms as justice of the peace in and for that township and from 1847 to 1852 was associate judge of Fayette county. Judge Scott's influence in the pioneer community ever was exerted in behalf of the good and not only in his magisterial capacity, but in his capacity as a citizen he was for many years a potent force in all good works in this county. It is said of him that perhaps there never was another man in this county who was so often chosen to administer the affairs of decedent's estates as was Judge Scott and he also served on innumerable occasions as an arbiter in disputes between neighbors, thus averting many a lawsuit. A notable instance of the high regard in which his services in this connection were held by his neighbors was in the case of a neighbor who for forty years had disagreed with the Judge over the location of a line fence, but he was chosen by the children of this neighbor as administrator of his estate. For many years Judge Scott served as a member of the board of directors of the Fayette County Agricultural Society and in that capacity and in other ways did much to promote the betterment of rural and general industrial conditions in this county. About fifteen years after he had built his log cabin in the wilderness he erected a substantial two-story brick house, made from bricks burned on the place, and in that fine old house he spent the remainder of his days, his death occurring at Rushville, suddenly, December 2, 1871, he then being seventy-two years of age.

Judge John Scott was twice married. In 1831 he was united in marriage to Julia Orr, who was born in Kentucky in 181 1, a daughter of John and Susan (Luke) Orr, who came to this county from Kentucky in pioneer days, and to that union four children were born. Julia Orr Scott died at her home in Orange township on January 3, 1846, and on March 30, 1847, Judge Scott married Sarah Snodgrass Carter, who was born in this county on July 20, 1820, daughter of Enos and Ann (Snodgrass) Carter, mention of whom has been made above, and to that union seven children were born. Mrs. Sarah S. Scott survived her husband many years, her death occurring at her home in Tmliaiiapdlis nn July T/, iSo6. She was an earnest inenilier of tlie Cliristian chtirch ami was e\er devoted to s,'ood works, a stron.t;- and hel])fnl influence in the social life of the comniunitv in which she lived duriiii^ her many years of residence in this county. Of the eleven children of Jud,i;e John Scott, but two now survive, the subject of this sketch and his younjjer brother, John Scott, who also is engaged in the drug business in Indianapolis and a biographical .sketch of whom is presented elsewhere in this volume.

William W. Soitt was reared on the paternal farm in Orange township and as a lad was a valuable assistant in the labors of improving and developing the same. He supplemented the schooling received in the local schools by a course in the Northwestern Normal School at T.ebanon, Ohio, and from 1870 to 1S75 was engaged during the winters in leaching school in this county, teaching one term at the Samuel Little school and four terms in district No. 3. in the southwestern part of Connersville tow^nship. In the meantime he had been studying medicine with a view to devoting his life to the medical profession, but in the spring of 1875 became diverted from that course l)y a proposition from his medical preceptor, Dr. James W. Barnes, to engage WMth the latter in the drug business at Oxford, in Benton comity, this state, and he formed a partnership with Doctor Barnes and went to O.xford, where lie opened a drug store. In Sejitemlier of that same year Mr. Scott dissolved his partnership with Doctor Barnes and moved to the neighboring village of Otterbein. in the extreme southeastern corner of Benton county, and there formed a partnership with John A. Savage and with the latter was engaged in the drug business at Otterbein for about two years, at the end of which time he gave up the business there and moved to Indianapolis, where he ever since has made his home. When Mr. Scott went to Otterbein that place was just finding its place on the map. the village consisting of but a few houses, two stores and a grain ele\ator. During his residence there he served as postmaster of the place. In the fall of 1877 Mr. Scott took up his residence in Indianapolis. He had been married during the summer of the previous year and upon nio\ing to Indianapolis established his home there and has ever since made that city his place of residence, for about forty vears continuously engaged in the drug business, and is thus recognized as one of the veteran druggists of the capital city. Mr. Scott is a far-sighted business man and about ten years ago, recognizing in advance the wonderful strides the city was making toward the north, moved his drug store to its present site at College avenue and Maple Road boulevard and the success which has met him there affords ample evidence of the excellence of his judgment in making the change of location.

On August 16, 1876, William W. Scott was united in marriage to Ida Gray, who was born in Indianapolis, daughter of Robert Patton and Lucinda W. (Clark) Gray, he a member of a pioneer family in the northeastern part of Orange township, this county, and she born in Maine. These parents had moved back to Fayette county from Indianapolis when their daughter, Ida, was fourteen years of age. Robert Patton Gray was for some years engaged in the milling business in Indianapolis in association with his brother-in-law, John Carlisle, and later moved to Xenia, Ohio, where, from 1858 to 1861, he was the owner and publisher of the Xenia N^ezvs, during which ownership he employed as editor his cousin, Whitelaw Reid, afterward owner and editor of the New York Tribune, who died while serving this country in the capacity of ambassador to England. Mr. Reid was succeeded in Mr. Gray's employ by Coates Kinney, who was a noted writer and poet. From the days of her childhood Mrs. Scott has taken much interest in music. After a course in music in the conservatory at Xenia she was employed as a teacher of music in Geneva College and was later engaged in operatic and other musical work in New York City. During her long residence in Indianapolis she ever has taken an active part in club work and in the work of promoting various modern reform movements and has been particularly active in her efforts in behalf of woman's suffrage. Mr. and Mrs. Scott have a delightful home in College avenue, Indianapolis, and have ever given proper attention to the general social activities of their home town, helpful in good works.

Azariah T. Beckett

Azariah T. Beckett, one of Jackson township's well-known farmers, was born in the upper part of that township, in the immediate vicinity of the place on which he now lives, and has lived there all his life. He was born in a log house on the old Beckett homestead, January 31, 1852, youngest son of Azariah T. and Emily (Ross) Beckett, who were for years among the best-known residents of that section of the county and whose last days were spent there.