Gibson County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1914 (part 19 of 20)

William C. Hudelson received his elementary education in the schools of Gibson county, later attending high school at Princeton and Oakland City. He was quite a young man at the outbreak of the Civil war and, fired with patriotism, he enlisted in the cause on February 8, 1864, as a private in Company H, Seventeenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He enlisted under Colonel J. G. Vale and Captain James Armstrong and was assigned to the mounted infantry of the Army of the Cumberland. He was in several skirmishes and all through the Atlanta campaign and received his honorable discharge August 8, 1865, at Macon, Georgia. After his return home from the army, he taught school at various places in Gibson county - Oakland City, Owensville, Patoka and other places. When he decided to follow the vocation of a farmer, he first located in Center township, later going to Patoka township, where for the past twenty years he has lived on what was originally part of- the old McClure homestead. He has successfully carried on general farming, giving particular attention to the raising of stock.

Politically, Mr. Htidelson is a stalwart supporter of the Republican party, although he has never sought office. He is a member of Archer Post, No. 28, Grand Army of the Republic, at Princeton, and is an active meml)er of the United Presbyterian church, while his wife is a member of the General Baptist church. Mr. Hudelson is a man who stands very high indeed in the estimation of his friends, a man whose judgment is often sought on important inatters. He has been intrusted with the settlement of several estates and in the discharge of his delicate duty has met the approval of all concerned.

Mr. Hudelson has been twice married, his first wife being Joanna Tucker, of Gibson county, with whom he united in marriage April 24. 1869. She was born ]March 30, 1847, and died April 2, 1871. To their union was born one son, Clarence, who died July ii. 1871, while still a habe. On May 28, 1886, Mr. Mudelson took as his second wife Miss Xancy Virginia McClure, a native of Gibson covnit}-, daughter of Joseph Perry and Catherine Ann (Devin) McClure. Three children have come into their home - .\nna, who resides at home, was graduated from the Princeton high school witli tiie class of 1907; H. Earl was graduated fruin the Princelon high schoul with the same class as his sister Anna, later ullcndod the State Unixersiiy at iiiooniingtdu, where in 191 1 he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and in iqij received the degree of Master of Arts. He is an excellent English scholar and after finishing his course at the State University at Rloomington, he took the Doctor's degree at the British Museum in London, England, and now is assistant instructor in some preparatory school for boys at VoTt Deposit, Maryland, where he has been for the past two years. In addition to his studies and duties, he has found time to travel extensivel\- and has come to be considered a young writer of promise. Laura, thC' youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pludelson, is attending the Princeton high school and graduated with the class of 19)3.

The Hudelsons are one of the foremost families of their community, their home being a charming center from which only good influences radiate. ^Ir. Hudelson takes a commendable interest in the general welfare of the community and his support can always be counted upon for all measures which have for their object the educational, moral, social or material advancement of his fellows. Socially, Mr. Hudelson is a pleasing companion who enjoys the friendship of all who know him. Of marked domestic tastes, his greatest enioynient is found in his home, where, surrounded by bis family, lie passes his hajipiest hours.

Hugh Malone

The following is a lirief sketch of the life of one who, by close attention to business, has achieved marked success in the world's affairs and risen to an honorable position among the enterprising men of the county with which his interests are identified. It is a plain record, rendered remarkable l)v no strange or mysterious adventure, no wonderful and lucky accident and no tragic situation, aside from bis heroic services in the Union army. Mr. Malone is one of those estimable characters whose integrity and strong personality must force them into an admirable notoriety, which their modesty never seeks, who command the res])ect of their contemporaries and their

Hugh Malone was born August 26, 1842, in Patoka township, Gibson county, Indiana, the son of James and Lucinda (Key) Malone. The father of James Malone was also named James. Hugh Malone's grandfather married a Miss Hunter. The grandfather came to Gibson county at a very early date and settled just north of Owensville. James, Sr., had a brother John, who accompanied him to this county. He was a prominent man of his time, being known far and wide for his geniality and wit, and as a story teller, he \\as often the center of an admiring group of friends. The Malones were great hunters in those early days and their table was always supplied with the best game of which there was an abundance. In later years, James Malone, Sr,, lived with his son, Absalom, in the northeast part of Owensville, his death occurring while he was residing there. In his early life he w^s at one time captured by the Indians and forced to run the gauntlet, composed of two rows of redskins, armed with clubs and whips, his body bearing marks of this experience to his dying day. To James Malone, Sr., were born six sons and one daughter : The subject's father was born in Lexington, Kentucky; Thomas, a blacksmith, lived in Owensville and Poseyville, Indiana; John, a farmer in Montgomery townshi]); Al was a physician, preacher and store keeper, at Palestine. Illinois, where he was quite prominent; Elijah lived at Owensville; Eliza married William Matthews, a tailor, at Owensville; Parmelia married Owen Jones, a carpenter and expert wood worker, of Owensville. James Malone, Sr., and wife were members of the Baptist church.

James Malone, the father of Hugh, came to Gibson county with his parents when he was but three years old, and lived in this locality until his death in his sixty-eighth year. On, reaching mature years he worked for nine years, at the wage of nine dollars a year, his employer being John Browder. At the end of this time he purchased a suit of clothes at an outlay of three dollars, the suit lasting three years. He was united in marriage to Lucinda Key, of Kentucky, and settled in the Stone neighborhood, in Montgomery township, later removing to the Robb farm north of Princeton, where Hugh was born. To the subject's parents were born the following children: (i) John is a physician. As a baby he was rocked in a cradle made from a sugar trough. He attended school at Greencastle and studied medicine under Doctor West, after which he took up the practice of his profession and made it his life work. He was an orderly sergeant in the

Forty-second Regiment Indiana \'olunteer Infantry, but on account of disability was discharged. He died in 1892. His wife's maiden name was Harriet Trippett. (2} William was a farmer in Patoka township. He was the victim of an accident which caused his dealli. in culling cnrd wo. id. he ran to get from under a falling tree and fell on an axe, so scrinuslx- injuring himself that his death resuhed. (3) Hugh is the subject of this review. (4) Cynthia, deceased, married William M. Boswell and they lived in Gibson county; (5) Annie, deceased, was the wife of Isaac Mounts and lived in Patoka township. The subject's parents were faithful members of the Baptist church. His father was a Democrat.

The exceedingly limited early education of Mr. Malone was secured in the little log house of pioneer times, and he remained on the home place assisting in the farm work until his enlistment in the Union army, on August II, 1862. He became a member of Company B, Sixty-fifth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, recruiting at Princeton, and under the command of Captain Stilwell. Colonel Foster and Lieutenant-Colonel Johnson. The command to which Mr. Malone was attached was sent to Evansville, Indiana, first being a part of the Twenty-third Army Curps. and its reci:rd ot eighteen battles and innumerable skirmishes is one to be proud of. From Evansville they were dispatched to Henderson, Kentucky, and then up the Green River valley to Schuylersville, returning sulisequently to Henderson, .\ugust ] ith of that year the command was mounted and sent to Knoxville, Tennessee. From that place their operations extended as far as Bristol. \"irginia, they ]k'- ing engaged at Smoky Mountain and Cumberland Gap. After being dismounted they took part in the great .A.tlanta campaign, and finally at the close of hostilities, took part in the Grand Review, at Washington, in Ai)ril, 1865. After the review Mv. Malone was engaged in the fighting in X'orih Carolina and was mustered out on June 9, 1865, and returned to his home.

September 7, 1865, Mr. Malone was married to Nancy C. Prichett, of Harrison county, Indiana, the daughter of John L. and Margaret (J.mk's) Prichett, he a native of North Carolina, and she of Indiana. John L. Pritchett came to Indiana in 1862 and. in connection with farming operations, ran a mill and followed the cooper's trade. He was a very handy man with tools and his services were much in demand. He was a hard working and prosperous man, and at the time of his death was the owner of considerable valuable land. His wife afterwards lived with her son Hugh, until her death. To John L. Prichett and wife were born fourteen children, namelv: Wesley, of Floyd county, Indiana; James, a saw mill operator at

Fitzgerald, Georgia; Mrs. Hugh Malone; Frank, Jane and George, deceased; Bell, of Giljson county; Tena and Lydia, deceased; Charles, of Knox county, Indiana; Andy, resident of Gibson county; Annie, deceased, and Lucinda, of Gibson county.

To Hugh Malone and wife have been born the following children: (i) Lewis, of Evansville, Indiana, who married Stella Redburn, nowdeceased, and to them were born two children, Roscoe, deceased, and Leafy G., the wife of Ralph Zimmerman; (2) Will F., who died at the age of thirty six, married Theodosia Decker and they were the parents of three children, Charlotte, May and \Villiam H. ; W^ill F. was a farmer, logger anil thresherman; (3) Gertrude, who married Edward W'eisgarber, a farmer and gardener of Montgomery count}', and thev were the parents of si.x children. Gladys, Herbert, Ruby, Isabelle, Rudolph and Delbert.

After their marriage Mr. and Mrs Malone located on his father's old homestead, in Patoka township, for seven years, and then went west overland with a team to Shawnee county, Kansas, where they remained for one year, returning thereupon to Gibson county and resuming the operation of the old home place. Mr. Malone, after another year, purchased thirtyseven acres of land from Thomas Morton, which he later sold and then bought his present fine home place at "Taft Town," just northeast of Princeton, where he has since engaged in gardening and the raising of fine fruit.

John Bieger

A review of the. life of the honored subject of this memoir must oi necessity be brief and general in its character. To enter fully into the interesting details of the career of the late John Bieger, touching the struggles of his early manhood and the success of his later years, would far transcend the limits of this article. He filled a large place in the ranks of the active, energetic and public-spirited citizens of his day and generation, and the memories which attach to his name and character form no inconsiderable chapter in the history of his adopted home, where he did his work and achieved his success.

John Bieger was a native of Germany, born in Hessen, Darmstadt. Germany, March 2. 1833. and died at his home in Princeton, January 14, 1912.

His father and mother both died when he was (|uite young and he was brought up by his grandparents. He received an excellent ethication in the old country, the grandparents intending him for the priesthood. However, the thought of America and its opportunities was attractive to him and when he was eighteen years old he set sail for this country. He took out his naturalization papers in 1857. After landing in America, he came almost directly to Princeton; Indiana, and secured employment with a Mr. Boswell in his blacksmith shop, where he was to learn the trade. He remained with Mr. Boswell for several years and later had a shop of his own on the corner of Prince and Broadw^ay streets, in Princeton, in which he did a thriving business for a great many years before he retired. He arrived in Princeton wholly without friends and unable to speak the English language, and in a comparatively short time he learned the blacksmith trade, and in a few years had the largest carriage and buggy blacksmith shop in the county, and his business increased so rapidly that he employed as many as twenty-five men at times and operated fi)ur and five forges. In 1887 he als.) started a dairv business, and his son. who manages the I)usincss today, has a fine herd of full blooded Jersey stock and makes a specially of sujjplying cream to a large and increasing patronage. Mr. Bieger had unusual business ability, and coupled with that, his undoubted honesty and integrity placed him high in the estimation of his fellow business men as well as all others with whom he came in contact.

John Bieger was twice married. His first wife was Susan HmswcII. 1,1" Princeton, and after her death he married Mary E. Richey. of this county, a daughter of Chadwick and }ilatilda ( DePriest) Richey. The Richey family were originally from Tennessee and were among the early settlers d Cibson count\-. The parents died when Mrs. Bieger was a small child. To lohn Bieger and his wife, Mary, were born three children: a child which died in earliest infancy: William, who also died when small, and \'an, wlvi was born in Princeton, and has lived here practically all his life. \'an received his education in the schools of Princeton, and when quite a young man was a salesman for Wolfe & Company, \\'elborn & Moser and .Alva Levi, of Princeton. He continued in this line until it devolved upon him to take care of the business his father had luiill up, since which time he h.is been giving it the same assiduous care it recei\ed from his father.

On lanuarv 21, 1007. A'an Bieger was united in marriage to Judith Long, of St. Louis. Missouri, daughter of George W. and Adeline CChenneworthl Long, of Shawnectown. Illinois. The father was a caqienter w^ho

John Bieger was one of the patriotic sons of the United States who, though foreign born, was anxious to show his love for his adopted country and early in the Civil War he enlisted in Company A, Eightieth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served three years as wagon master. At the close of the war, he returned fo Princeton and resumed his business. All through life, Mr. Bieger was a devout communicant of the Catholic church and gave liberally of his time and means to its support. He was also a member of Archer Post, No. 28. Grand .\nny of the Republic, at Princeton. John Bieger, by his industry and perseverance, together with right principles of living, raised himself from a poor boy to a position of affluence and became the head of a family known throughout Gibson county, liked and respected by all. In every community are to be found individuals who, by reason of pronounced ability and forceful personality, rise superior to the majority and command the homage of their fellows. Of this class was John Bieger. whose life on earth is closed, but who still lives in the hearts that love and respect him and in his works here on earth.

Specific mention is made of many of the worthy citizens of Gibson county within the pages of this work, citizens who have figured in the growth and development of this favored locality and whose interests have been identified with its every phase of progress, each contributing in his sphere of action to the well being of the community in which he resided and to the advancement of its normal and legitimate growth. Among this number is he whose name appears above, peculiar interest attaching to his career from the fact that practically his entire life has been passed within the borders of this county.

R. L. Hussey, well known throughout southern Indiana as traveling salesman and manager of S. M. Hess & Bro., of Philadelphia, manufacturers of fertilizer, was born October 26, 1850, on his father's homestead in Center township, Gibson county. His paternal grandfather was Richard Hussey, originally of Lebanon, Maine, born May 24, 1789, and died April 15, 1851. On October 4, 181 1, he was united in marriage to Aphia Mills in Belgrade township, Kennebec county, Maine. She was born January 27, 1791, and died May 29, 1841. Their family comprised thirteen children, as follows: Elbridge M., born in Belgrade township, Kennebec county, Maine, Inly y. 1812, died April 15, 1878; Julian Page, born in Rome, Maine, January 22, 1814; Zachariah, born in Lebanon, Maine, October 25, 1815; James Madison, born June 8, I'Sij, in Belgrade township, Kennebec county, Maine, father of the immediate subject of this sketch; George B., liorn May 17, 1819. in Washington county, Ohio; Ansel Alexander Hamilton, born in Washington county, Ohio, November 16, 1821; John Hibbard. born July 26, 1822. in Gibson county, Indiana; Clara, born in Gibson county, March 19, 1824; Charles Wellington, born in Gibson county. May 18, 1826; Elizabeth Ann, born in Gibson county, April 11, 1828; Richard Perry, born in Gibson county, April 4, 1830; Martha M., born in Gibson county, March 24, 1833; Aphia Louisa, born in Gibson county, October 15, 1835.

When, in 181 7, Richard Hussey and wife left their home in Kennebec county, Maine, to try their fortunes further west, their family comprised four children. They first located in Washington county, Ohio. He was a cabinet maker by trade and was considered an unusually fine workman in those days when all furniture was hand-made. He was also a blacksmith and skilful with all kinds of tools. In 1821 they left Ohio, coming tn Gibson county. Indiana, and located about five miles east of Princeton in Center township. He secured a tract of wild land which he commenced to clear. i)ut up a cabin home and a blacksmith shop and here the family lived for several years, the mother dying on the place. People came from near and far to have him do work for them and in this way he formed a wide acquaintance and no man was better known or more respected in his day.

James ]\Iadison Hussey. son of Richard Hussey and father of the sul)- ject of this sketch, was one of the children of the family lioni in Maine and brought when a young child to Ohio and later to Gilison county. In his youth he received but limited schooling, owing to the poor opportunities offered, and being one of the oldest children of the family, much of the work about the homestead fell to his lot. He remained at home until he married, when he rented part of his father's farm and later bought a portion of it. His wife was Sarah Patterson, born September 2. 1827. in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Robert and Rebecca fWilson) Patterson. \\'hen Sarah was but a small child, her parents left their home in Pennsylvania and came to Xenia, Ohio, later coming on to Gibson county. Indiana, where they settled in Center township near the Hussey homestead. The father died shortlv after their arrival in Gibson county. There were four children in the family: James, who lived in Princeton; Harriet, who married a Mr. Shaw, went back to Pennsylvania and died there; Sarah, who became the wife of James Madison Hussey, and Samuel, who died in Center township.

To James Madison Hussey and wife were born the following children: Henry W., born November 15, 1845, in Gibson county, a farmer of Canada, married Mollie J. Harberson October 13, 1869; Robert Dale Owen, born in Gibson county May 16, 1848, married Eliza J. IMcClellan December 15, 1870. He was in the Civil War, serving three years in Company D, One Hundred and Twentieth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. His death occurred May 3, 1877, ^'^cl his widow married the second time L. B. Wallace, a druggist at Francisco, Indiana. The third child was Richard Louis, the subject of this sketch; Franklin C, born in Gibson county January 15, 1852, died November 29, 1855, at the age of three years; Etta Elmira, born in Gibson county April 10, 1855, married Alonzo C. Dilday, of Princeton, on September 25, 1873; James M., born in Gibson county March 11, 1857, a farmer on part of the old Hussey homestead in Center township, married Isabelle Ingram November 10, 1880; Joseph Devin, born in Gibson county August I, 1859, a retired farmer residing in Princeton, whose first wife was Jermimah E. McFetridge, married August 22, 1883, and whose second wife was Rose Langford; Arabella M., born in Gibson county June 23, 1862, married in September, i88t. the widow of Isaac M. Eby, of Warrick county. Inrliana. He was a farmer and died December 8. 1898, leaving two children. Earl Hussey and Allen Dale.

James Madison Hussey, father of this interesting family, devoted his energies to agriculture and owned and operated a flour mill and a sawmill before the war on the banks of the Patoka river at Kirksville. now known as Wheeling. On August 11, 1862, he took up arms in the Civil War, enlisting in Company B, Sixty-fifth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, as first lieutenant. He did not live long after leaving home and died on November 2d of the same year at Henderson. Kentucky. The l)ody was brought home and interred in Lawrence cemetery with all the honors of war. The widow continued to make her home on the old place until her death, March 18, 1898. She was of a deeply religious temperament, an earnest work in church circles and a consistent member of the United Presbyterian church for fifty-five years. She was a woman much loved and respected by all and spared no effort to rear her family in a proper manner.

R. L. Hussev received his elementary education in the public schools of Gibson county, later attending the Oakland City Normal School. He fitted himself for a leaclier in ihc puhlic schools ami for seven years tollnued this vocation. He went to Francisco, Indiana, and served as trustee of Center township for two years. .\lso for eleven years he was railroad and express agent for the old "Air Line" railroad at Francisco and built the first depot at that place. He also had charge of the mail. In addition to these duties he was a grain dealer and owned a half interest in a hardware store in partnership with Samuel McConnell, where, in addition to the regular line, he was agent for a complete line of farming tools and implements. He also at one time had a flour and feed mill there. He was nominated for county auditor on the Democratic ticket in 1892, but was defeated. He removed from Francisco to Princeton and in 1896 was again a candidate for the office of county auditor and again met defeat, both times on account of the Republican party having an overwhelming majorit}- in the county. He has always taken an active interest in politics and has done much for his party. In 1897 he became connected with S. M. Hess & Bro. of Philadelphia, as elsewhere stated, and this connection has l)een in force for the past sixteen years. Mr. Hussey is a man of ability and tireless energy and stands as an example <if what a young man with determination and right principles can accomplish alduc and unaided. Each year of his life has placed him higher in the estimation of his large circle of friends and acquaintances and he is well worthy the high esteem in which he is held. Mr. Hussey has been a member of Lodge Xo. 64, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Princeton since 1895 'i"*' ^''^ \'\\k(\ all of the chairs in the local lodge. He was also made camp district deputy grand patriarch of Gibson county for the national encampment held in Indianapolis in 191 1. He is also a mem!)er of the Daughters <>{ i\el)ckah. tiv,; woman's degree in Odd Fellowship.

Mr. Hussey has l)een twice married. In 1880 he was united in wedlock with Luella May Whiting, of k'raiiciscn. Indiana, a daughter of Captain C. C. Whiting, of Francisco, wlm died August 5, 1890. To this union were born two children, namely; Luella Ray. the wife of Jacob \'.. Mcl'urry. of ( ireencastle, Indiana, parents of one child, Mary Ella, and Dora Edna, who died at the age of seven years. On October 29, 1896, Mr. Hussey was married to Amelia Beck, of Princeton, daughter of \'alentine and Catherine ( I leckman) Beck, natives of Germany. They came to Princeton in 1853 when young and unmarried, their marriage taking place in 1855. He was a shoemaker in his earlier years and later a shoe merchant in Princeton until 1898. His death occurred in 1908 and his wife still lives in Princeton. (66)

Mrs. Amelia Hussey was born in Princeton on April 29. i860. Air. and Mrs. Beck were the parent.^ of several children, of whom Amelia is the present Mrs. Hussey. To Mr. Hussey, by his second marriage, have come three children: Ruth Lucile, born July 8, 1898; Richard Louis, Jr., born May 20, 1901, and Helen Amelia, born January 31, 1903. Their home is a pleasant center for the life of theneig-hborhood, the family being rightlulv numbered among the leading ones of the community.

It is by no means an easy task to describe within the limits of this review a man who has led an active and eminently useful life and by his own exertions reached a point of honor and trust in the line of industries with which his interests are allied. But biography iinds justification, nevertheless, in the tracing and recording of such a life history, as the public claims a certain property interest in the career of every individual, and the time invariably arrives when it becomes desirable to give the right publicity. It is, then, with a certain degree of satisfaction that the chronicler essays the task of touching briefly upon such record as has been that of the subject who now comes under this review.

W. A. Barnett, well-known business man and agriculturist of Gibson county, is the son of Robert and Mary Barnett and was born August 24, 1859, on the family homestead about a mile and a quarter southwest of Ha/letim. He received his early education in the district schools of the county and early showed his unusual business ability, for at the tender age of twelve or thirteen years, with the assistance of his mother, from whom he probably inherited his business ability, he rented and conducted successfully a large farm. Wishing to engage in other lines of activity later, he gave his attention to different enterprises, among them being a grocery store and later an hotel. In 1880 he decided to take charge of the old homestead, which had come into his possession, part of which he had inherited through the death of his parents and the rest he had acquired by buying out the interests of other heirs. He was as eminently successful in this enterprise as in others, but was not content to confine his activities to that vocation. After a few years he became associated with the Challenge Wind Mill and Feed Mill Company of Batavia, Illinois, and for ten years was their general state agent for Indiana. In connection with this work he had tried to continue the operation of his farm, but finding the various interests too much to handle, he removed his family to Hazletun in 1897. ^" l*"ebruary of 1903 he purchased a building on Mill street, Hazleton, from T. N. Davidson, and in this building placed a full line of farm tools and machinery. His success in this endeavor can not be c^uestioned, yet he again longed for the life of tlie farm, and in 1905 returned to his homestead and the vocation of farming, where he has since remained. He engages in general farming along modern methods, and in addition to this, gives particular attention to raising seed corn for the market. He is the only licensed corn judge in Gibson county and is a member of the Purdue staff. Mr. Barnett originated and furnished the seed corn for the first boys' corn contest held in Gibson county, January 19, 1911, at Princeton. The picture of the boys who took part in the contest are found elsewhere in this volume, as well as an article on the contest. He also raises considerable live stock of good breeding and is in every respect a thoroughly successful and up-to-date agriculturist.

On November 14, 1888, Mr. Barnett was united in marriage with Carrie Beck, of Princeton, daughter of Martin and Mary ( I -".nil tree 1 I'.jck. tin." former a native of Ohio and she of Gibson county. To their union have been born eight children, the eldest of whom, Arthur, is engaged in farming in White River township in this county. ^lary, while engaged in teaching in the public schools of Hazleton, makes her home with the parents, as do also the rest of the family, namely: Sarah E., Wilbur, Martha. Miriam, Zelia and Chester. The family is considered one of the foremost in their community and beneath their hospitable roof there is always a warm welcome for friend and casual guest alike.

Politically, Mr. Barnett is a DeniDcrat and while he does not seek office for himself, his influence is oiunled u])cin by those who do seek that honor. His religious membership is with the Cumberland Presbyterian church, to whose support he gives of his means. His fraternal affiliation is wilh tlie time-honored body of Free and Accej^ted Masons, being a member of Ijlue lodge No. 420: he is also a memiier of the Independent Order of Odd bellows. No. 389, at ITazelton, and the Modern Woodmen of .\merica. In every avenue of life's activities he has performed his part to the best of his ability, believing that anything worth doing at all is worth doing well, the result being that he has won and retains to a notable degree the confidence ancl respect of all who know him. He has a large number of acquaintances, among whom are manv loyal, stanch and devoted friends and wherever he goes he receives a hearty welcome. Because of his high personal character and his genuine worth as a man and citizen, he is specifically entitled to mention in a work of this character.

Henry Suhling

It is proper to judge of the success and status of a man's life by the estimation in which he is held by his fellow citizens. They see him at his work, in his family circle, in his church, at his devotions, hear his views on public questions, observe the outcome of liis code of morals, witness how he conducts himself in all the relations of society and thus become competent to judge of his merits and demerits. 'After a long course of years of such observation, it would be out of the question for his neighbors not to know his worth, because as has been said "Actions speak louder than \\ords." In this county there are nothing but good words heard for the subject of this sketch, a man born on a foreign soil and who, after much wandering, has taken up his abode in Gibson county and by his honor, integrity and sterling worth has placed himself in an enviable position in the regard of his community.

Henry Suhling is a native of Kessel, near Moscow, Russia, where he was born on August 4, 1831, the son of Henry and Ann Adelade (Brining) Suhling, she a native of Russia and he a native of Germany. The father was a man of vast learning, a doctor and lawyer, and possessed of considerable landed interests. There were nine children in the family, all of whom were brought up in the faith of the Lutheran church. They emigrated to German}' when tlie subject was three years old. The parents and the rest of the children always remained in Germany, but Henry, subject of this sketch, together with his brothers, Julm and .\lhert, emigrated to this country. It was on March 12, 1845, that Henry Suhling bade farewell to his parents and set out to take passage for America. He was enabled to work for his passage over and earned six dollars in addition. The vessel was six weeks in crossing, but finally reached the harbor at New Orleans. Then began a period of travel for the young emigrant, during which he was in fourteen states and worked at various employments. In January of 1861 he was at St. Louis, Missouri, where he enlisted in Company C, First Missouri Regiment, under command of General Rosecrans. He served in the army for three years, receiving his honorable discharge in 1865. After the close of the war he was for a time in New York City, Cincinnati, Ohio, Evansville, Indiana, and different places and finally came to Gilisoii county. He had been here once liefore, in 1848, when he had visited an uncle and had worked as a farm hand on the farm which later came into his possession.

In 1868 he united in marriage with Catherine Weaver, a native of Pennsylvania, who died March 13, 1910, at the age of seventy-nine years and thirteen days. He has always been a farmer ami after he settled in Gibson county he secured ninety acres of lantl which served as a nucleus of his present possessions, one hundred and sixt_\' acres of \aluable land in I'atoka township. He has always followed up-to-date methods in managing his farm and has been equally successful in stock raising. To him and his wife were born three children: Henry J., who farms on the old homestead in Patoka township; Clara Catherine, wife of Philip Brakmeier, a farmer of Patoka township and mother of two children. lunnia and CliH'ord,. and John .Vlbcrt, unmarried, who is associated with his brother on the home place. Some seven years ago Mr. Suhling retired from an active life. He is a man w(jnderfully preserved for his years, with an excellent memory, and who has many interesting things to tell of his earlier experiences.

Mr. Suhling is a member of the Lutheran church, as was also his wife and children. He is also a member of the time honored Grand Army of the Republic and in every relation of life stands high in public estimation. He is a worthy representative of that foreign-born element which has played such an important part in the development of our state, and is well entitled to representation in this work. He has always been actively interested in everything which tended to promote the development of the community and has been confidently counted on at all times to indorse any progressive measures and to uphold ever_\'thing which stands for the best interests of the people. During his long residence here he has not only gained the confidence of his fellow business men, but as a man of force of character, upright and honest in his dealings with his fellow citizens, he has gained the esteem of all who know him and has a great numl)er of warm jjersonal friends.

It is with pleasure that the biographer has an opportunity to place before the readers of this work the life record of the honoraljle gentleman whose name initiates this paragraph, for he is deemed eminently worthy of representation along with the best and most industrious citizens of Gil)son county, owing to the fact that he belongs to the energetic and enterprising class that has made this favored section one of the most noted and richest in the great Hoosier state. Enjoying distinctive prestige as a farmer, he has achieved marked success, while his jiractical intelligence, mature judgment

Charles K. Parrett, who, for the past twenty-five years, has resided on his fine farm of three hundred acres in White River township, Gibson county, is a native of this county. He was born on May 4, 1867, a son of R. M. and Ann E. (Hudleson) Parrett, both natives of the Hoosier state and she of White River township. R. M. Parrett came to Gibson county before there were any railroads completed in this section of the state. He desired to attend DePauw University, then known as Asbury College, at Greencastle, Indiana, and made the journey from his home in Evansville to Greencastle on horseback. There he studied theology and was later ordained a minister in the Methodist Episcopal church. He was well known throughout Gibson county, having followed his calling in various sections. To him and his wife were born ten children, of which the subject of this sketch is the eighth in order of birth.

Charles K. Parrett received his elementary education in the common schools of Gibson county, later attending the normal school at Danville, Indiana. On February 23, 1888, he was united in marriage to Anna Robb, daughter of David and Phoeba A. Robb, born February 23, 1866. To their union were born three children, namely: Nora, wife of Ross Key, who resides on a farm in Patoka township, Gibson county; Eva M., at home, and Ruth, the youngest daughter, who is attending high school.

As an agriculturist, Mr. Parrett is numbered among the best in the county, his thorough methods and up-to-date ideas marking him as a man of mature judgment and wise discrimination. He is a man of good business principles and has so conducted his afifairs as to reap a gratifying return for his labor. He is a man who takes an interest in the financial affairs of his neighbors and friends and his advice and material assistance is often sought along this line. In addition to carrying on general farming along modern methods, he pays special attention to raising high grade cattle and hogs. The farm he occupies is his old family homestead, endeared through many years' associations.

Mr. Parrett is a stanch Republican of the old school and has taken an active interest in politics, while not wishing office for himself. The family takes a part in the affairs of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which Mr. Parrett is a member, and does much to further the interests of that society.

Because of the part Mr. Parrett has taken in the upbuilding and progress of the community, he has merited the high esteem in which he is held among his fellow men. He has given his support to all niuvenienls which have iiad a tendency to advance the moral, educational or social interests of the people and among those who know him best, he is considered one of the best men in this section of the county.

Byron S. Spain

To write the personal record of men who have raised themselves from luiml:)]e circumstances to positions of responsibility and trust in a community is no ordinary pleasure. Self-made men, men who have achieved success by reason of their personal qualities and left the impress of their individuality upon the business and growth of their place of residence and affect for good such institutions as are embraced in the sphere of their usefulness, unwittingly, pei-haps, build monuments more enduring than marble obelisk or granite shaft. Of such, we believe, is the gentleman whose name appears above.

Byron S. Spain, who owns two hundred and sixty acres of finely located land in White River township, Gibson county, Indiana, and is now li\-ing quietly in his comfortable home, is a native of Gibson county, born within its borders on December 12, 1849. ^^ is a son of William A. and Jemima (McFetridge) Spain, both of whom were natives of Gibson county. William A. Spain was among the earliest children born in this county, and jjassed his entire life here. He was born May 4, 1828, and died in November, 1886, having been engaged in farming all his life. The death of his wife occurred in April, 1911. They were the parents of eleven cliildren, of which the immediate subject of this sketch is the eldest.

Byron S. Spain received his early education in the district schools of tlie county and remained under the parental roof until he reached manhood. When quite young he began to assist his father in his farm work, and has always continued in this line of business. His present spacious acres are well cared for; he employs up-to-date methods in carrying on his work, and his success attests his ability as an agriculturist. Besides carrying on general farming and the business incident to the successful ojjeration of such a farm, he pays particular attention to the raising of a good strain of short horn cattle, Clydesdale horses and Poland China hogs.

On May i, 1872, Mr. Spain was united in marriage with Arvilla Decker, a daughter of Henry and Margaret (Thompson) Decker. To their union have been born seven children, namely: Margaret, the wife of David Hazelton, who resides in Dalhart. Texas; Fred, who is engaged in farming in

White River township; William W., who resides in Rockport, Indiana, and is cashier in the bank there; Nellie D., wife of E. E. Curtner. of Hazlftun. Indiana; Allen G. C, who lives on the farm with his parents and assists in operating the farm; Bessie, who married Wilbur Fisher, of Patoka, Indiana, and Ruth, who remains at home.

Mr. Spain is a stanch Democrat, one who has always taken an interest in the affairs of his party and while not desiring office for himself, his influence is considered of value by those who have such ambitions. There is much that is commendable in his life's record, for he has been found true to every relation of life, and while energy and untiring industry have been salient features of his career, he is equally well known for his uprightness and the honorable methods he has always followed, and for his loyalty to any trust imposed in him. Because of his genial and unassuming disposition and his genuine worth, he enjoys a well deserved popularity throughout his part of the county.

David Vv. Hull

In a brief sketch of any living citizen, it is difficult to do him exact and impartial justice, not so much, however, for lack of space or words to set forth the familiar and passing events of his personal history, as fur the want of the perfect and rounded conception of his whole Hfe, which grows, develops and ripens, like fruit, to disclose its truest and best flavor only when it is mellowed by time. Daily contact with the man so familiarizes us with his virtues that we ordinarily overlook them and commonly under-estimate their possessor. It is not often that true honor, public or private, comes to a man wnthout basis in character and deeds. The world may be deceived by fortune, or by ornamental or showy qualities, without substantial merit, and may render to the undeserving a fortuitous and short-lived admiration, but the honor that wise and good men value and that lives beyond the grave must have its foundation in real worth, for "worth maketh the man." Not r, tew men live unheralded and almost unknown beyond the narrow limits of the ciiv or community where their lots are cast, who yet have in them, if fortune liad opened to them a wider sphere of life, the elements of character to make statesmen or public benefactors of world-wide fame. Compared with the blazon of fame, which some regard as the real seal or stamp of greatness, there is a lowlier and simpler, and yet true standard whereby to judge them and fix their place in the regard of their fellow men. During his life of sixty years in Gibson county, its people have hail means to know what manner of man David W. Hull is. The record of testimony is ample that he is a good citizen in the full sense of the term, and worthy of honor and public trust, ever doing worthily and well whatever he puts his hand to do- an encomium worthy of being coveted by every man.

David H. Hull was born in Gibson county, Indiana, February ii, 1853, the son of John and Nancy J. (Stormont) Hull, she a native of Gibson county and he of Boston, Massachusetts. In 1835, when a boy, John Hull was brought by his parents to Princeton, Indiana, and passed the most of his life in this county. He spent nine years of his life in New Orleans, where he went to school and studied French. He attended the early subscription schools in Princeton and upon reaching years of maturity, took up the vocation of a farmer. To him and his wife were luirn eight children, of whom ihe suliject of this sketch is the oldest. j\Ir. Hull comes of a family whose hi.story is interwoven with the earlier history of Gibson county. His great-great-grandmother, Mary Boyd by name, lived to the unusual age of one hundred and six years, and was the first person to be interred in the old Archer cemetery.

David \V. Hull received his elementary education in the district schools of the county, later attending a commercial school at Evansville. Indiana, where he finished his course in 1874. Soon after returning home, he was employed as a bookkeeper by James Little, where he remained until in 1878, when he engaged in farming in the Waliash valle\-. In 1885 Mr. Hull i)m-- chased one hundred acres of well located land in \\^hite River township, which served as a nucleus for his present possessions. He now has seven hundred and fiftv-five acres, and the manner in which he conducts his business as an agriculturist attests his ability as a man of foresight and correct judgment. He raises graded Shorthorn cattle and Duroc Jer.sey hogs and is one of the largest melon growers of the county. Of the many acres which he owns, Mrs. Hull claims the distinction of having purchased seventy with money she had earned teaching school. In addition to his interests on his home place, Mr. Hull is also engaged in the banking business at Patoka. He is a heavy stockholder in the Patoka National Bank of Patoka, Indiana, of which institution he has also been president for the last three years.

On March 8, 1882, Mr. Hull was united in marriage with Anna .Antell. daughter of John and Nancy (Harbison) Antell. and to their union has been born one child, John F., who was given a good education, finishing at the agricultural department of Purdue University at Lafayette. Indiana. On October l, 1913. he was united in marriage with Anna Clark, the daughter

Politically, David W. Hull was formerly a Republican, but has been a Prohibitionist for several years. In 1880 he was elected assessor of White River township and discharged the duties of that office to the satisfaction of all. While not especially desiring office for himself, his influence is always counted upon by those in the race. Mr. Hull's religious sympathies are with the Presbyterian church, to whose welfare he gives largely of time and means. He enjoys the distinction of having served his church as an elder for the past twenty years and for the last thirty years has taught a class in the Sunday school. Mr. Hull has lived a life in keeping with the faith he professes and holds an enviable place in the estimation of his great number of friends. Faithful to every trust of life, both pul)lic and private, he is honored and respected throughout his nati\'e county aufl is in e\-ery way descr\-ing of the regard in which he is held.

An enumeration of those men of the present generation who have won honor and public recognition for themselves, and at the same time have honored the locality in wliich they belong would be incomplete were there failure to make specific mention of him whose name forms the caption of this sketch. The qualities which have made him one of the prominent and successful men of Gibson county have also brought him the esteem of his fellow men, for his career has been one of well directed energy, strong determination and honorable methods. In his early business career he met with reverses which would have daunted a man of less spirit, but such difficulties only urged him to more determined effort and he has so managed his affairs as to win large material success.

James W. Adams is a native of Gibson county, born in Princeton on March 24, 1848, the son of Joseph and Catherine (Hunt) Adams, the former a native of Gibson county and the latter of Missouri. The father's family were among the early citizens of the county and added their share to the advancement of the community. To Joseph Adams and wife were born four children, of whom the immediate subject of this sketch is the secoiifl child in order of birth.

James W. Adams received his early education in the district schools of Gibson county, being somewhat handicapped in his attendance owing to the earl_\- death of his father, which occurred when James W. was but four years of age. The necessity of contributing his share toward the support of tlie family compelled him to leave school at an early age. At the age of eighteen years he became an apprentice to the blacksmith trade, at which he worked for three }ears in Princeton. .\t the end of that time he decided to take up his residence in Kansas and work at his trade, and he remained there for three years, later returning to Gibson county.

On March 7, 1S71, Mr. /\dams was united in niarriai;e wilii (..'oi. elia Robb, daughter of David and Ellen (Decker) Robb, both of whom were natives of Gibson county. There are two children of the family remaining under the paternal roof. Dove C and Joseph W. Mr. and Mrs. Adams have six grandchildren.

At the time of his marriage, Mr. Adams had savetl up four hundred dollars witli which to set up housekeeping and purchased a few needed articles to carry on the occupation of farming, which he had decided should be his life work. He arranged for the purchase of a farm of one hundred acres, going heavily in debt for same, but with the cheerful determination to work his wav out as quickly as possible. His farm consisted of excellent land, part of which was located in the White River bottoms, and the first year proved disastrous for him, for it was a year of high water and the floods overspread his farm, destroying all his crops. The failure of his crops made it impossible for him to meet the obligations attending his purchase, and he was forced to see his coveted acres slip from his hands. In the face of this almost overwhelming failure his true nature asserted itself and with renewed energy and determination, lighted with hope, he arranged for the purchase of another tract, and this time fortune smiled on him, for he was almost fortunatelv successful from the start. Through wise management and unfailing industry he has been able to add to his original holdings from time to time, until he is now the owner of nine hundred acres of excellent land, every acre of which attests his ability as an agriculturist who conducts the business of his farm along modern methods.

Aside from his business interests as a farmer, he is also identified with the banking business, being a heavy stockholder in the Patoka National P>ank and also serving as vice-president of that institution. Throughout his life, Mr. Adams' business methods have been such as to excite the admiration of those who know him, at the same time inspiring them with absolute confidence in his honesty and integrity.

taking a keen, though quiet interest, in its affairs. His rehgious membership is with the Methodist Episcopal church, to whose support he contributes largely.

Mr. Adams is intensely practical in everything he does, and therein lies the great secret of his success. He is a splendid example of the virile, progressive man who believes in doing well whatever is worth doing at all, a man of broad mind, keen discernment and sound judgment. Personally, he is genial and unassuming, easily approached, and in Gibson county where almost his entire life ha'? been spent, he is widely known and held in high regard by all.

Gibson county has attracted emigrants from many foreign nations, but no better class of citizens have come from foreign countries and settled in this county than those who emigrated from Ireland. One of the most substantial citizens of Irish descent in this county is James Gray, to a brief review of whose career the reader's attention is here directed. Mr. Gray was born in Ireland on August 27. 1846, the son of John and Lena { White) Gray, who were descendants of a long and honorable ancestry on both sides of the family. James Gray has a deed that was made by his grandfather in 1755, and he also has a deed which was issued in Ireland to his great-great-grandfather, which is dated 1536. The father of the subject of this sketch never came to America. He was accidentally shot in 1866, while on a hunting trip in Ireland. JNIr. and Mrs. John Gray were the parents of five children, the subject of this sketch being the eldest child; Edward lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ; Sarah and Bessie are both deceased and ]Mrs. Lena West, who is a resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

James Grav received his education at Loughbrickland, Ireland, and his boyhood and early manhood was spent on the Emerald Isle, working on his father's farm. He had been married several years when he came to tlie United States in 1880, and located in Princeton in this county. His marriage occurred on December 23, 1868, to Margaret J. Stott. the daughter of John and Eliza (Black) Stott, natives of Ireland. To Mr. and Mrs. Stott were born three children: Mrs. James Gray; Kathleen, who lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Thomas J. Stott, deceased.

a tract of laiul uoar rrinci'tun in tliis county, ami by liard wfik and perseverance he has succeeded in actiinring a hue iann ul' four hiuulred acres, wlierc he is now living. In addition to his general farming, he makes a specially of breeding and raising Shortht)rn cattle and large draft horses, in which lines of endeavor he has been very successful. His stock always brings a high price in the market.

To Mr. and Mrs. Gray have l)een born nine children: John; Morence, the wife of baulkner U. Small, who lives in Ireland : .Mrs. I'.dith .Morrison, who resides in Tennessee; Helena K.. who was a physician, but is now deceased; Edward, who is a civil engineer in California; James F.. living in Louisville, Kentucky; Mrs. Bessie Archer, who lives on a farm in this county; Mrs. F.lla Matier Pate, a resident of Bloomfield, Indiana, and .Mrs. .Susan .M. Kenneily, who lives in Canada. !Mr. Gray also has nine living grandchildren. I Ic has always been known to be a great family man and takes a great deal ni interest in his children and grandchildren. He has given his children the best opj)or-' tunities which the schools of his countx offered.

]Mr. Grav has been a great traveler in his Hfe. having made no less than eleven different trips to Ireland and intends to go there again in the year 1914. He has been a Democrat since coming to this country and is much interested in political affairs, although he has never been a candidate for any office. Religiously, he and his family are members of the Presbyterian church, his wife's father having been a Presbyterian minister. In the comi)arativeIy short time which Mr. Gray has lived in this country he lia- -hown all those admirable qualities which make the good American citizen. He has contributed liberallv in a material way to the ad\ancement of the ommunity in which, he has li\ed and has won friends everywhere l)y his gentle and unassuming demeanor.

Fred H. Ohxing

The -trong. true men of a peojjle are always benefactors Their uselulness in the immediate and specific lal)ors they perform can generally be defined, but the good accomplished through the influences and forces they put in motion and the inspiration of their presence are immeasurable 1)\' any finite gauge or standard of value. It is liy no means an easy matter t<i estimate a man's worth to a community while he lives; it is not until after he has been called away that the public begins ])ro]ierly to appreciate his virtues and services and to measure his intluence liy ihe many little acts as well as large achievements which, unseen at the time, enter so largely into the business and social life of the community and give character and tone to its various lines of de\elopment and growth. No class of citizens in Indiana has been of more benefit to the state than ha\e the sturdy descendants of German parentage. Gibson county is fortunate in having a large number of these good people, and among them is the subject of this sketch.

Fred H. Ohning, the present efficient superintendent of the Gibson county poor farm, was born in \'^anderburg county, Indiana, on October 9. 1857. His ])arents, Henry and Minnie \\'. (Shnelle) Ohning. were both natives of Germany, his father coming to this country .se\-eral years before the Civil war and settling first at Evansville. About i8(ij his father moved to Gibson county and lullowed the occupation of a farmer until his death, September 12, 191 2, his wife having died in 1895. To Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ohning were born eight children, the subject of this sketch being the oldest child. Fred received his early education in the district schools of his county and early in li'fe started out to make his fortune. For several years he was engaged in the saw-mill business and at the same time operated a threshing machine in the summer. By his honest dealings with his customers he built up a large and lucrative business throughout the county. Recognizing in him an able and efficient administrative man, the Gibsou county commissioners in June. 1909, appointed him as su.perintendent of the count}' poor farm and in January, 19H. he was re-appointed for four years. .-\t the time this skeich was jirejiared there were two women and twent)--two men being cared for on the farm. There are twD hundred acres in the farm and all but twenty-five acres are under cultivation at the present time. Under the excellent management of Mr. Ohning the farm is yiekling from six hiuidred dollars to one thousand five hundred dollars in net proceeds each year, which goes to show that it is in very capable hands.

JMr. Ohriing was married on February 6, 1S83. to Hannah \\'. Xiekarap, the daughter of \\"!lliam F. and Hannah N'omhaner. The parents of Mrs. Ohning were both natives of Germany and to them were born fou.r children : Mrs. Anna White, Fort Branch, Indiana, who has four children : .-\meba, who is still at home: Mrs. Emma Bilderback, whose husband is a farmer in Patoka township, and has one child ; and Lydia. who is still residing at home.

Mr. Ohning is affiliated with the Democratic ])arty in politics, but has ne\er held anv other office than the one he now holds. His fraternal con- nections are confined to tlie Woodmen of ilie World, he being a cliarter member of Buckskin Lodge, Xumlier (14. His religious taitli is llial of the Evangelical church and he and his famil\- are interested in the \arious acti\ities of that denomination.

The subject of this sketch stands for the best type of citizenship and because of his impregnable honor and high integrity he has w 1 m the confidence and esteem of a large circle of friends and acquaintances. 1 le is progressive and awake, manages the affairs of the poor farm according to true business principles and has acliiexed a flattering measure of ])opularity and success. He has made his presence in the comity a potent force for good and his present standing as a representati\e man has been fairly and honorably' earned.

There is no positixe rule for achiexing success, and yvi in li\es (jt successful men there are always lessons which might well be followed. The man who gains prosperity is he who can see and utilize the opportunity that comes in his path. The essential conditions of human life are ever the same, the surroundings of individuals differ but slightly : and when one man passes another on the highway of life to reach the goal of prosperity l^efore others who perhaps started out before him, it is because he has the power to use advantages which probably encompass the whole human race. Toda_\- among the prominent citizens and successful men of Gibson county. Indiana, stands William E. McElderry. The qualities of keen discrimination, sound judgment and executive ability enter very largely into his make-up and have been contributing elements to the material success which has come to him.

\\"illiam E. :\IcElderry was born jMarch 21. \8^2. on a farm near Jamestown, Greene county, Ohio, the son of Israel McElderry, who was born December 17, 1806, in Washington county. Pennsylvania. Israel IMcElderry joined the Presbyterian church and was made an elder. Throughout his life he was an earnest church worker, and he was eminently deserving of the admiration and respect in which he was held. He started in life penniless. ha\ing to borrow the money to buy a coat. In his younger days he learned the woolen manufacturing business and in rS!40 removed to Greene county. Ohio, and engaged in farming until hi-: death at Carrollton. Ohio. At one time he and William Jolinson were the largest <heep owners in the state of Ohio, but cholera attacked their flocks and most of their sheep died. He sold his interests in Ohio for ten thousand dollars in gold. As a young man Israel McElderry taught school, was a civil engineer and followed surveying for a time. He was a very intelligent man, with a splendid education and was a leader in his day. A stanch Republican, it was his haliit to "stump" the county in campaign times in the interests of that party. His father was Daniel McElderry, of Scotland, and came to Carroll county, Ohio, where he died. In 1855 Israel McElderry went overland to Olmstead county, Minnesota, where he with other pioneers secured land, Mr. McElderry getting one hundred and sixty acres, which he cleared and developed, and so successful was he in his agricultural work that he l)ecame possessed of thirteen hundred acres of land in Olmstead and Steele counties, Minnesota.

Israel McElderry was twice married, first to Margaret Jane Thomas, the daughter of Daniel Thomas, of Amsterdam, Ohio, and she died in her twenty-ninth year on July 12, 1848. Her parents both died in Amsterdam, Ohio. His .second wife was Catherine (Thomas) Carlisle, a sister of his first wi.fe, Iiorn in Steubenville, Ohio, November 22, 1806, and is now deceased. Subject's father was a man of exemplary habits and Christian character. It was said of him that he never used a profane word in his life. To Israel McElderr\- and his first wife were born the following children: ( I ) Jonathan is a farmer in South Dakota, and also works at the carpenter's trade. He was a soldier in the Civil war, a nieml^er of Company A, Second Ohio \'iilunteer Infantry. He married Jennie Hale. (2) Daniel was also in the Civil war and was wounded December 7, 1864, in the second battle of Murfreesborc and died January 6, 1865. (3) ]\Iargaret, who lives at Cromanton, Florida, is the widow of Christopher Ecker, a carpenter of Canal Dover, Ohio. (4) Arabella is the wife of Frank Cummings, a farmer of Bonella. South Dakota. By Israel McElderry's second marriage the following children were born: ( i ) William E. (2) Charles died May 10, 1881. (3) Abraham is employed at the Great Northern car works at Devil's Lake, North Dakota.

William E. McElderry's maternal grandfather, John Thomas, lived in Steubenville, Ohio, where he was a dry goods merchant, and owning a blacksmith shop and other establishments and conducting the leading hotel.

Acquiring a limited education in the common schools, Mr. McElderry remained on the home place until he reached the age of twenty-eight, when, on September 24, 1879, he was united in marriage to Louie C. Rouzer, the daughter of Hon. W. H. Rouzer, who was mayor of Dayton, Ohio, and a printer bv trade. This wife died December 24, 1886. After his marriage

-Mr. jMcKldcrry went lu .Minnesota and cngayctl in farniinL; lor six years, and then returnetl to Dayton, Ohio, where he engaged in the produce Inisniess a >ear, later selhng nursery stock for the HeiUes Murscry Company, of that city, lie then became a salesman for Wesley Yonnsj. handling ornameiUal fences and mirsery stock through the luistern states for seven years, lie first engaged in the nursery business on his own account at llooin ille. Indiana, and was in business there until 1906, when he started the Princeton nurseries, one mile south of the city of Princeton, where he has since been located. Here he has built a beautiful home and has a most complete plant, splendidly eipiipped for his purposes. His business is very extensive, covering many states, among which are Indiana, Illinois. Michigan, Kentucky, I'lorida ;ind Louisiana.

On March 5, 1891, Air. ^vlcElderry was married a second time to Mora N. Jenkins at Atlantic City, New Jersey, a native of IMumsteadville, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Philip and Deborah (Nash) Jenkins, Ixjth natives of the Keystone state.

To the first marriage was born one son, Charles R., who died at the age of thirteen. His second marriage resulted in the birth of a daughter, \'i\'ian P., W'ho is now attending school in Princeton. Indiana.

William E. McElderry is a contributor to all the churches, although he is not a member of any particular denomination. He joined the Masonic fraternity at the age of twenty-one at Chatheld, Minnesota, becoming .a member of Meridian Lodge No. 56 at that place. His membership was .subsec;uently transferred, first, to Boonville and then to Princeton. He is a charter member of the Knights of Pythias at Dayton, Ohio, and is also a charter member of the Independent Order of Odd Eellow s at Perkasie, Pennsylvania, while the subject and wife are affiliated with the local cha])ter of the Order of the Eastern Star.

Mr. McElderry and his wife ado]ited the child known a- "the suitcise babv," February 26, 1913. On February 23. 1913, the baby was found in a suit case on a Louisville iX: Xaslnille train at F\-ans\ille. Indiana. The baby was about five days old when found ;ind Dr. I'.enjaniin I". Ro-e and wife, of Evansville, took care of the child until .Mr. Mcb'.lderry and wile adopted it. Samuel Dyer, a brakeman on the train says a young ni;m boarded the train at Henderson, Kentucky, with a suitcase, ruid ini|nired if the tr;iin went to Evansville. On being informed that it did, he pa»ed through a car. set the suit case on a seat and jumped off the back platform. The brakeiuan, (67) thinking that he would return, took no more than passing notice of the incident, until the contents of the suitcase were disclosed. No one was aljle to identify the young man who left the haby on the train, only a inost superficial description of him having been obtained. He was apparently about twentytwo years of age, five feet seven inches tall and wore a slouch hat. Mr. and Mrs. McElderrv heard of the incident and at once adopted the l^aby. It is a beautiful child and has been given the name of Joe Rose McElderrv. Some time after Mr. McElderry and wife adopted the baby, Mr. Mcl'".l(lerr\- composed the following poem which is here given as he wrote it :

Tiik Kefraix Of The Suitcase Baby

.\ wee pink baby at dead of the night. Wrapped in a blanket and suit case tight, Was placed on the train and sent away By a brave young man that sneaked away. Oh, wasn't he brave and wasn't he true To a wee little baby with eyes so blue.

Oh, what of that motlier to hide her shame. Abandoned her bal)y and sent on the train. Oh, wasn't she tender and wasn't she true To her own darling baby with eyes so blue, To cast him aside like a toad in the road. The wee pink baby with a heart's overload.

I wonder if ever to herself hath said How his little soul will grieve and bleed When he knows of his own blood mother's deed- Turned from him with a heart of stone; How his heart will break and eyes o'erflow When he knows of his history long, long ago.

God pity the soul of a woman like she, 'Twas not the heart of a brute to be To give up her offspring to hide her plight; To set him adrift in the dead of the night - The wee pink baby fresh from the dew. The tiny wee baby with eyes so blue.

At four days old they sneaked him away - Not in the broad open light of the day; Like cowards they hid him with disdain And set him adrift on a midnight train. An innocent darling, a sweet little boy As pure as the God given smile of Aloy.

Gibson Col'Ntv, Indiana

His flaxen hair and bright eyes of blue Have won him a home that will see him thriuiyli. Yes, he has found a dad and a mamma true. With smiles for them both, and a sister, new. Yes. he loves them all and they love him, true. They will stay by the lad and cherish him, too.

To The Ones Who Abandoned Him

You may talk of your riches and wealth and gain, But all of your wealth wouldn't get him again. You may strut down town with your head so high, But God pity your soul when hell's fire burns high. May it torture your soul in your dreams abed, And be hell to your souls until after you are dead.

Philip J. Reixh Art

The nations of the world iiave cnntrihutecl nf their best lildod Id the population of the United States, but no natinn has i^iven to this enuntry lietter citizens or more loyal subjects than has (Jermanw The xarious rexolutiuns which occurred in Germany in the nineteenth centiu"}'. while they were unfortunate for Germany, were, on the other hand, a blessing to America, for during the time of these revolutions thousands of the best people of Germany fled to the United States and became eager citizens of this country. Xo more patriotic citizens fought for the North during the C'vil war than did the thousands of German soldiers who enlisted under the Stars and .Stripes and fought for their newly adopted country. Wherever a German settlement is found in this country, thrift and material achancement are sure to be seen. Among the many German families who came to this covmtry in the early days of its history, the Reinhart family was one (if the most prominent.

Philip J. Reinhart, the son of Jacob and Agnes fW'eidner) Reinhart. was born April 18. 1856. in \^anderburg county, Indiana. His parents were born and reared in Germany and married in this country. Philip was the seventh in order of birth of sixteen children born to his parents, 1 li-^ father

Philip J. Reinhart received a \ery limited common school education in the district schools of this county. In May, 1881, he was married to Margaret Singer, the daughter of Joseph and Margaret (Habbig) Singer. Both of her parents were natives of Germany. Upon his marriage in 1881, Mr. Reinhart purchased a farm in this county, although he had only five hundred dollars in money in his pocket at the time. He had sufficient confidence in his ability as a farmer to venture upon such a transaction and was compelled to go into debt for part of the amount. Within twenty years he had it all paid for and since that time he has gradually enlarged his holdings until he is now the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of fine land in the county. In addition to his regular line of farming interests he has operated a threshing machine for several years. He has also made a specialty of breeding and raising Poland-China hogs for some years and has one of the finest droves of this breed which can be found in the county, ^^'ith the help of his good wife and his cliildren, he has succeeded in acquiring a \'ery comfortable competence.

Mr. and Mrs. Reinhart are the parents of an interesting family of ten children: Albert J., a stock buyer living in Texas; Jacob P., a farmer of this county; Mrs. Tillie Olds, who lives in California; Adam, a farmer of this county; Antone, at home with his parents; Mrs. Anna Reed, of Princeton; Nettie B. ; Mary M. ; Philip J., Jr., and Louisa M. The last fi\e named are still at home with their parents.

Politically, Mr. Reinhart has always been a stanch Democrat, but has not been a seeker after political honors. He has felt that his interests demanded his careful attention, s.) he has not thought it possible to take a very active part in politics. He and his family are earnest and faithful members of the Catholic church of Princeton, and contribute liberally of their means to the support of that denomination. They are firm believers in the benefit to be derived from church affiliations and as a result are e\'er to be found on the right side of all movements which have for their object the bettering of the moral and social life of the community in which they live.

Mr. Reinhart and his splendid family have won the esteem and regard of a large circle of friends and acquaintances. He is one of those self-made men whose business success has been achieved solely by the exercise of everyday common sense and untiring energy. He has always been actuated by noble motives and high resolves and has contributed in his sphere of action to the welfare of his community in no small degree.

Holding distiiK-ti\e prosligx' anidiig i1k> ciucrprisiiig citizens of (iilison county is Jolm Wright Jones, whose record liere brietly outlined is that of a self-made man, who. by the exercise of the talents with which nature endowed him, succcssfidly surmounted an unfavorable environment and rose to the position he now occupies as one of the intluential and well-to-do men of the locality honored by his residence. He is a creditable rei)resentative of one of the old and highly esteemed pioneer t'ainilies of suuthern Indiana and possesses many of the admirable equalities and characteristics of his sturdy ancestors, wOio came to Indiana in a very earl)- day.

John Wright Jones, who possesses extensive farm lands in MoiUgomery township, Gibson county, and is considered one of the best agriculturists in that section, was born in the township where he now li\es on .March 14, 1852, two and one-half miles west of Owensville. He is a son of Franklin and Comfort (Sharp) Jones. Franklin Jones was born near Owensville in 1823 and was a son of Charles and Eleanor (Warrick) Jones, and Charles, in turn, was a son of Cadwallader and Martha ( I'itt ) Jones, both of whom were natives of England. Martha Pitt was a relative of William I'itt. the great English statesman, and came to America wlien a young girl. She and Cadwallader Jones were probabh' married in Xortb Carolina and emigrated to Kentucky, probably near Hopkins\ille. where their son Charles was born. Here Cadwallader Jones died and his widow came to Indirma. locating m ( iibson county, where she later married Jesse Wells and located on Barren creek about three and one-half miles west of Owens\ille. C harles accompanied his mother to In.diana and married Eleanor Warrick, daughter of Captain Jacob Warrick, who was mortall}- wounded in the battle of Tip])ecanoe. After their tnarriage, Charles Jones and wife located soutli of Owensville and there passed the remainder of their lives. TweKe children were born to thenunion, namely: i\Irs. Eliza Waters. Jacob W.. I'ranklin. father of the immediate subject of this sketch. John. Xancy Mauck. William. Rol)ert. who died in infancy, Alartha. Thomas Corwin. Marshall and James Smith. Jacob W., who never married, lived near Midland City. Illinois with bis brother John and died when he was eighty-eight. He had an excellent memorv for family history and was proud of the fact that he cast his first \ote for 1 lenry and had heard Abraham Lincoln speak. He was successful tinanci.ill\ . and at his death left quite a fortune. John. also, was a man of mean--, who had lived for manv vears near Midland City. Illinois. William, who lived <in his father's farm south of Owensville, died March 14, 1908. He was said to be the largest tax-payer in the township. His wife was a Massey. Thomas Corwin Jones lives south of Owensville. His wife, now deceased, was Mary Kesterson and to them were born five children, two of whom are still living. Marshall made his home in Beatrice, Nebraska, and died there, while James Smith Jones died unmarried, on the home farm in Gibson county.

Franklin Jones, father of John Wright Jones, was born just about onehalf mile west of where the subject of this sketch now resides. On December 16, 1847, hs married Comfort Sharp, born near Cynthiana, a daughter of John Wright and Temperance (Sharp) Sharp. The Sharp family was originally from Carroll county, Maryland, near Baltimore, and in 1799 went to Shelby county, Kentuck)-, coming to Gibson county, Indiana, about 1833. Benjamin Sharp, fatlier of John \\' right Sharp, settled on what is now known as the Franklin Jones estate, about two and one-half miles west of Ovvens- \ille. They had twelve children, five boys and seven girls, namely : Thomas, John Wright, Talbott, Micajah, Benjamin, Mary Weaver, Hannah Shar]), Nancy Sharp, Cassandra Sharp. Mrs. Sally Pollard, Prudence Pollard and Carolina Montgomery. The mother of this family and the wife of Benjamin Sharp was Elizabeth Wright. The mother of Benjamin Sharp brought with her from Wales a pewter plate, which is now a much-prized heirloom in the family, as is also the family Bible used by him and which is still in practical use.

After his marriage in 1847, Franklin Jones and wife made their home about two and one-half miles west of Owens\-ille. where four of their daughters now reside. Here Comfort Sharj) Jones died August 29, 1907 and Franklin Jones died June 16, 1908. All his life he had engaged in agricultural work so far as able, but by the time the subject of this sketch was about eight years old, the father had been so weakened from sickness as to make farming impossible for him and John Wright Jones, while still what would be considered a little boy, felt the burden of a man's responsibilities. He plowed when only eight years old, guided and assisted in all he did by a wise and loving mother, who allowed him to develop his abilities. She herself was an excellent financier and this trait seems to have passed on to her son. When he was but twelve she permitted him to bargain for and trade a horse and at the age of fifteen he took their produce to Evansville and disposed of it to advantage. At the age of twenty-two he purchased his first ground, thirty acres for himself, and did this entirely on credit, agreeing to pay eight per cent, interest on bis purchase. This debt was discharged in a surprisingly short time and frcm llial lime nn he made vaiinvi> purehases, usually huynii; one tract for himself and the next fur his father, in this way he added between one and two hundred acres to his father's estate before he left home, and counting this, together with what he has purchased for himself fruni time to time, makes his total purchases amount to over three hundred aeres. An enviable record surely, when the tender age at which he -.taried out. and hi> numerous handicaps, are c<insidered. When f. 'rty-ei,i;ht years n[ age he settled on his present location, and in addition tu general farming he raises short horn cattle, Poland China hogs and Buft' Orpinglcm chickens, in all of which he is highly successful.

On May 20, 1908, Mr. Jones was united in marriage with Mrs. Claire H. (Basford) Brumbach, widow of Lucius J. Brumbach. She was born at Greenwich, Ohio, the daughter of Xapoleon O. and Mary Isabelle ( Cani- .eron) Basford. The Basfords are o^" English ancestry, the first of them coming to Baltimore, Maryland. Mary Isabelle Cameron, the moiber of Mrs. Jones, was the daughter of Charles and Maliala A. (Slater) e'ameron. and was of Scotch-English ancestry. Her father was descended from the Cameron clan of Scotland and his people were later in life engaged in weaving business in county Antrim in Ireland and were people of means. The Slater family came to Ohio early in its history and lived in a block-house on account of the danger from the Indians. At one time the family was considered the wealthiest in three counties. Charles Cameron was b')rn in count)- Antrim, Ireland, in 1818, near the Giant's Causeway. He came to .\merica when about twenty-one years old and made his home with his uncle. James Cameron, about twelve miles from Ashland, Ohio, and thirteen miles from Worcester, near Jeromeville. His uncle had entered land from the government and this same land continued in the possession of the family until about a year ago, when the title to it passed out. Xapoleon O. Basford, father of ]\Irs. Tones, was originally engaged in farming, but for the past twenty years has been in the bakery business most of the time and now resides at ( )wensville. He was engaged in farming in southern Illinois when Mrs. Jones became the wife of Lucius J. Brumbach, of Odell, Livingston county, Illinois, on Tmie 14. 1899. Mr. Brumbach died in 1906 at St. Petersburg, Florida, whither he had gone in search of health. In the meantime, Mr. Basford had removed to Owensville, and when visiting him, Mrs. Brumbach formed the acquaintance of Mr. Jones, which resulted in their marriage. To them one son has come, John Orlando, born June 7, 1909- This is Mr. Jones' second marriage. His first wife was Dovie Kell, to whom he was marric.l Aug- ust 30, 1899. She was a native of Kentucky, born and raised near Madisonville, daughter of Westerfield and Sarah Kell. She came to Gibson county when twelve years old and lived with her aunt, Mary Mounts. To John Wright Jones by his first wife were born two children, a son and a daughter. The daughter died when a young child and the mother and son both died at his birth and were buried together.

John Wright Jones stands high in public estimation and can always be counted upon to be actively interested in anything which tends to the moral or material betterment of his community. During his long and industrious career, he has not only gained the confidence of his fellow men in business dealings, but as a man of force and character, upright and honest, he has a warm place in the regard of all who know and appreciate his goodness.

Charles Wildeman

Among the men who were identified with Posey and Gibson counties during the early history of the state and bore their full share in bringing about the contrast between the distant past and the practical present, the searcher after local records will find frequent mention of the ancestors of the gentleman whose name heads this paragraph. When his father came to this state from Germany his eyes did not l^ehold the pleasing scenes which are now familiar to every resident and visitor. Most of the land was still covered with those famous forests, whose felling and removal constituted the chief labor of the early arrivals. His father took hold manfully with characteristic German determination and by dint of many a hard blow eventually found himself in possession of a large tract of land.

Charles Wildeman, the son of Charles and Sarah ( Aker) ^^'ildeman, was born January 6. 1869, in Posey county, Indiana. His parents were both natives of Germany and after first settling in Posey county moved to Gibson county in 1882, shortly after the death of Mrs. Wildeman, the mother of the subject of this sketch. She passed away on February 23, 1881. The senior Charles was one of the largest land owners of the county at the time of his death in July, 1909. He started life poor and knew what hard work meant, but he was a good manager and skilful trader, with the result that he accumulated considerable property before his death.

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as the district schuuls of his county aft'ordcd at tiic lime, lie coiitimiod to assist Iiis father on the farm until the time of his marriage. He \\a> married on February 14, 1893, to Carrie Stinner, the daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Stinner. Both of his wife's parents were born in C.ermany and came to this country many years before the Civil war. Mr. Stinner served throughout the war in Lompany B, Fifty-eighth Regiment Indiana N'olunteer Infantry. Air. and Airs. W'ildeman. are the parents of three children: George, born .\ugust 2(j. 1S95 : John, liorn September 25, 1898; Rosa, born October 1 1. 1S90.

Mr. Wildcman has spent all his life on the farm with the exceiilii>n of four years ( kjoS-ujij) when he resided in I'rincetdn. lie and hi- wife nwn three hundred and thirty acres of well-improved and productive land in Patoka township under a high state of cultivation. In addition to his diversified agriculture, he makes a specialty of the breeding of Hereford cattle. He has won success by consecutive and earnest apijlication and good management, and is known as a careful and straightforward business man. enterprising and progressi\e, upright in all the relations of life and ])ublicspirited in his attitude. In politics he is staunchly .irrayed in support of the principles and policies of the Democratic party, while he and all the members of his family are loyal adherents of the Catholic church.

Mr. Wildeman is a pulilic-siiirited citizen who is held in uncpialitied esteem in the comnnmity in which he lives. He is a gentleman of unfailing courtesy and gracious personality and the circle of his friends is coincident with that of his acquaintances. He is an alert business man and a progressive farmer, while it is unnecessary to add that he is thoroughlv familiar with all the details of farming. He is doing his share towards building up his cnm- 'nunity and every project which aims at the improvement of the .social, moral. or intellectual life of the community in which he li\es hnds in him a ready and sympathetic helper. I'or these reasons he well merits a worthy place in a \-olume oi the reprcsentatixe citizens of (iibson county.

Tames W. Hillman

The record of an honorable, upright life is always read with interest, and it better perpetuates the name and fame of the subject than does a monument, seen by few and soon crumbling into dust beneath the relentless band of time. Those who have valiantly fought and suffered for their country are especially deserving of an honored place in its annals and their posterity will (68)

James W. Hihman was born in Clay township, Pike county, Indiana, July 6, 1845, the son of Daniel and IMary (Lane"! Hillman, he a native of Kentucky, and she of Pike county. Daniel Hillman came to Indiana as a young man with his father, Henry, and they made their home on wild lantl which they entered, building a cabin and clearing away the dense underbrush and trees in order to plant crops. Daniel Hillman had very little opportunity to attend school, and lived at home with his father until he reached mature years. He then purchased a farm in the western part of Pike county, later acquiring land in Clay township, where he passed the rest of his days. He was well known and highly respected by his neighbors. His first wife was Mary (Lane) Hillman, she dying in 1848. Rachael W. Wright was the second wife of Daniel Hillman, and she died at Newburg, Indiana. They were members of the Regular Baptist church. To Daniel Hillman and his first wife were born the following children: (i) John, deceased, was in Company G, Sixty-fifth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, for three years; (2) Nancy is the widow of Alfred Decker, who served in the Civil war in Company G, Fortysecond Indiana Volunteer Infantry: (3) Henry, who was a memljer of Company G, Sixty-fifth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, died in Andersonville Prison. He married Mary J. McCrumell. (4) George, deceased, was a member of Company E, Forty-second Indiana \^olunteer Infantry, and was wounded in the battle of Perrysville, and he was then honorably discharged and returned to his home. He was made deaf by the injury. Pie married Edith Davison. (6) William was in Company K, Twenty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, served three years and died on his return to his home in Pike county. (7) James W., the subject. To Daniel Hillman and his second wife were born six children, as follows : Taylor, deceased ; Annie, deceased ; Charles Miner married Mary Barrett and lives in Pekin county, Illinois ; Dicey, deceased ; Hattie and Mary.

Acquiring but little schooling in his boyhood days, James W. Hillman passed his youth on the home farm until he reached the age of seventeen. He then enlisted, July 15, 1862, in Company G, Fifty-sixth Indiana Volunteer Regiment, at Evansville, Indiana, the command to which he was attached being first sent to Henderson, Kentucky, and at that place they started in pursuit of the guerillas, being occupied in this hard and trying duty for about a year. From Kentucky they were sent to Tennessee, being for a while in the eastern part of that state. In April, 1863. they crossed the mountains to the eastern part of the state and remained iIkmv dnrin.s^ tlie tollDwins winter. In the spring of 1864 they were in the Atlanta eampaign, engaging in the battles at Bluntsville, Briscow, Jonesboro. Danridge, Mossy Creek and a number of skirmishes. In May, 1864, they took part in the Georgia campaign and were in the fighting at Buzzards Hill, Resaca. Altoona and Kenesaw Mountain. Later, with one hundred and twenty-five men to guard the artillery teams and wagons, they went seven miles to Stone Mountain after corn and food, and just as they were loading they were attacked by a large body of Confederates and a two hours' battle ensued. During this fighting Mr. Hillman's mess mate was shot through the heart and Mr. Hillman, dropping his gim, carried the body of his comrade to a wagon. On his return to the firing line he discovered that some one had appropriated his gun, and he was compelled to go through the battle unarmed. Subsequently the command was dispatched in pursuit of Hood in central Tennessee and while on this strenuous detail his shoes gave out and he was compelled to go Ijarefooted for three days. From Rome, Georgia, their ne.xt stopping place, they were sent to Dalton and then by train to Nashville, Tennessee, and from there going to Pulaski, where they took up the chase of Hood and engaged his forces in battle at Columbus, Tennessee. About this time Mr. Hillman was seriously ill for a while. Recovering, he was a participant in the battle of Franklin, Tennessee, then went to Nashville for two days, then to Franklin again, where he was on January i, 1865. From that point Mr. .Hillman's command was sent to Clifton, Tennessee, on the Tennessee river, where they remained for three days, and then proceeded to Paducah, Kentucky, and up the Ohio river to Cincinnati, where trains were taken to Washington. D. C. Remaining in Washington three days, they were then sent to Annapolis, Maryland, and from there went by boat to Fort Fisher, marching from Fort Fi.sher to Wilmington, North Carolina, on the Cape Fear river, a march of two hundred and sixty miles. Later they went to Goldsboro. North Carolina, and had several battles on the way. Joining General Sherman, they marched to R.aleigh. .Vorth Carolina. After this they were located at Greensboro, North Carolina, and High Point, in the same state, being at the latter point when the war was ended and peace declared. He was mustered out at Greensboro and, after going to Indianapolis to be paid off. returned to his home, July 6, 1865.

Februarv' 13, 1873, Mr. Hillman was united in marriage with Elizabeth Atkinson, of Logan township. Pike county, Indiana, a daughter of Andrew Atkinson, a farmer of that county. .After his marriage he located first on a farm in Logan township. Pike county. Indiana, and later secured two other farms in that county. He followed agriculture in that locality until 1898, when he removed to Oakland City, where he has since resided. Since leaving the farm he has run a feed mill and looked after his farming interests.

Mr. Hillman is a consistent and worthy member of the Regular Baptist church at Oakland City, in which l)ody he is a deacon. In political matters, Mr. Hillman gives a stanch allegiance to the Republican party. Although never having been an office seeker in the generally accepted sense of the term, he served very efficiently as a constable in Oakland City. He is a man of remarkable memory, is exceedingly well preserved and is one of the wellknown and respected citizens of his community.

Simeon Xoble

There are indixiduals in nearly every community who, by reason of pronounced ability and force of character, rise above the heads of the masses and command the unbounded esteem of their fellow men. Characterized by perseverance and a directing spirit, two virtues that never fail, such men always make their presence felt and the \igor of their strong personality serves as a stimulus and incentive to the young and rising generation. To this class the subject of this review very properly belongs.