Gibson County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1914 (part 3 of 20)

Anderson G. INIakemson had small opportunity for schooling in his boyhood, often having to go as far as three miles through the unbroken forests. He, however, secured the rudiments of an education and to this store of knowledge he constantly added until he came to be considered a well informed man. He was almost wholly self-taught. He remained on the old home until he became of age, taking care of the old folks. After his mother's death, his father remarried, taking as his second wife Ann Murphy, a native of Ohio. She died November 22, 1872, without issue. In 1877 Anderson G. Makemson sold the old homestead and purchased sixty acres just south of Princeton, where he has since resided. Some time ago he disposed of about twenty-eight acres to a real estate company which platted the land into town lots, giving the addition the name of Baldwin Heights. Mr. Makemson is also the owner of a tine eighty-acre farm located east of Princeton.

On December 12, 1850, Anderson G. Makemson was united in marriage to Emeline Murphy, a native of Gibson county, who died May 11, 1896. To their union were born eight children, namely: Charles B. and John died while young; Monroe, born in 1857, died in 1878. The first daughter was Belle, born in 1859, and who married Robert Woodburn, of Princeton. Hettie has always lived at home. Mary is the wife of William Davis, of Princeton. Lizzie married James Sturgess, a farmer residing in Princeton. Genevieve died in 1870. Hettie was a teacher in the schools of Gibson county for ten years and now makes the home for her father.

Mr. Makemson's political sympathies are with the Democratic party and he has taken an active interest in its affairs. However, he never aspired to office, but was ditch commissioner from 1880 to 1886. He is a member of Archer Post No. 28 of Princeton, Grand Army of the Republic.

On December 22, 1864, Mr. Makemson enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Forty-third Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, at Princeton, and was sent to Nashville, Tennessee. He was also at Tallahassee, Tennessee, and was mustered out of service in September, 1865. Mr. Makemson has always been a plain common man of affairs, who by close attention to his business and the best of principles has secured for himself a competence and had made for himself an enviable place in the hearts of his many friends. He is a man well preserved for his years, a most agreeable man to meet and throughout his long life he has stood in the forefront of those who have tried in every way to improve the tone of the community.

Floyd T. Biggs

There could be no more comprehensive historj' written of a city or even of a state and its people than that which deals with the life-work of those who, by their own endeavor and indomitable energy, have placed themselves where they well deserve the title of "prominent and progressive," and in this sketch will l)e found the record of one who has outstripped the less active and less able trodders on the highway of life and who today occupies an enviable position in his community.

Floyd J. Biggs was born in Webster county, Kentucky, August 17, 1873, and is a son of Alonzo C. and Charlotte J. (Hall) Biggs. The father, who followed the mercantile and grain business during his active life, died in 1906 and his widow is now living at Tucson, Arizona. Mr. Biggs attended the common schools of Waverly, Kentucky, and later was a student in Cecilian College at Cecilian, that state, where he graduated, and then l)ecame a student in the School of Tharmacy at Louisville, Kentucky, where he was graduated and received his degree. At the age of twenty-one years Mr. Biggs became a member of the firm of Biggs, Waller & Company, druggists, at Morganfield, Kentucky, luit al)out a year later he came to Princeton, Indiana, and established himself in the drug business on the public scjuare. From 1895 to 19 10 he occupied that locality, and was prosperous to such a degree that he was compelled to seek larger cjuarters, and in the year last named he moved to his present fine store on the corner of Hart and State streets. This is not only one of the largest drug stores in southern Indiana, but has one of the largest and best selected stocks, valued at about twenty-five thousand dollars, and comprising a full line of splendid drugs and proprietary medicines, wall paper, paints, books and druggists' sundries, and a beautiful soda fountain, which occupies a conspicuous position in the room. Mr. Biggs has, by strict attention to business and the exercise of sound judgment in the management of his affairs, achieved a pronounced success and for a number of years has been numbered among Princeton's most substantial business men.

In 1909 Mr. Biggs was married to Celeste Prince Downey, daughter of W. J. and Octavia (Hall) Downey, both of whom were natives of the state of Indiana, the father born in Posey count}- and the mother in Gibson county. They were among the early residents of this county and are representatives of prominent old families of this community, the town of Princeton having been named for the Prince family and Hall street of this city for the Hall family. To Mr. and IMrs. Biggs has been born one child, Nanc)- Celeste, now four years of age. The family now reside in a splendid and attractive home on South Hall street, where the spirit of hospitality is always in evidence and which is a favorite gathering place for the many friends of the family. Fraternally, Mr. Biggs Is a member of the Free and .Accepted Masons, the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and I'rotectivc Order of Elks, in the workings of which orders he takes an appreciative interest. In ever}' relation of life Mr. Biggs has been true to his highest ideals, and today no man in his community stands better in the public estimation than he, for he has at all times stood for the best things in life and for the advance of the community along all lines.

Richard Montgomery

It is a well attested fact that the greatness of a community or a state lies not in the machinery of government nor even in its institutions, but rather in the sterling qualities of the individual citizen, in his capacity for high and unselfish effort and his devotion to the public welfare. In these particulars he whose name appears at the head of this review has conferred honor and dignity upon his locality, and as an elemental part of history it is consonant that there should be recorded a resume of his career, with the object in view of noting his connection with the advancement of one of the most flourishing and progressive sections of the commonwealth, as well as his official relations with the administration of the pulilic affairs of the county honored by his citizenship.

Richard Montgomery was born in Patoka township, Gibson county, Indiana, about three miles west of his father's old homestead, on September i8, 1839. His parents were Greenberry and Eliza (Fitzgerald) Montgomery, the father born at Owensville, Indiana, and the mother in Patoka township. The subject's paternal grandfather, James Montgomery, was a native of Kentucky, as was his wife, and they were among the early settlers in Gibson county, locating near Owensville. Here the father, who was a farmer, secured a tract of wild land, which he cleared and 'which he developed into a splendid farm. To them were born the following children. ?ilack, Richard, James, Greenberry, America, who became the wife of John Baker; IMartha, who became the wife of Peter Smith; Jane, the wife of Frank Daughertv, and Polly, the wife of John Robb. Greenberry Montgomery was reared on his father's farm and had but little opportunity to attend school. On attaining mature years he bought a tract of wild land in Patoka township, which he cleared and there created a comfortable home, owning two hundred and sixty acres of land. He was a hard-working man and his wife, who was a woman of large and powerful phx'sique, did nearly as much manual labor as he did in the work of clearing the land and pulling- it into crop. They were well known and highly respected in liie community, where they resided during the remainder of their lives. Mr. Montgomery was a Whig in politics in early life, but later became identified with the Kepubiican party. Their chiklren were as fullows : James, deceased, was a farmer in Patoka township, and married Nancy Griffin; John, deceased, married lirst Sarah Perkins; second, Bessie Pritchett, and third, Maggie Barnetl ; William, deceased, was a farmer in Patuka township, married Anna Woods, wiio now lives in that township; he was a veteran of the Civil war; Thomas, who lives on a part of the old homestead in I'atoka township, and who was a veteran of the Civil war, married Delia Kinelly; Willis, deceased, married Lizzie Forker; Parmelia, deceased, was twice married, first to Sanderson Emberton, and second to James Woods; Victoria is the wife of Robert Corn, of Evansville. Indiana; Martha is the wife of L. Olmstead, of Patoka township, this county; Nora, deceased, was the wife of (Charles b'lorica; Richard, the subject of this sketch.

Richard Montgomery was deprived of the opportunity of securing a school education in his youth, his early j'ears being given unremittingly to the work of the home farm, where he remained until his marriage in 1861. He and his wife then lived on the old homestead in Patoka township until August 9, 1862. when he enlisted as a private in ("omi)any .\, ]*jghtieth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, his wife going to stay witii her own people while he was out in the defense of his country. He was first sent to Evansville, where he joined his regiment, and then back to Princet(5n and on to Covington, Kentucky. The command was sent from there to Louisville, and then to Perryville, where they took part in an engagement with the enemy on October 8, 1862. The Eightieth Regiment was assigned to the First Brigade, Twenty-third Army Corps, with which they took part in the battles of Perrysville, Marrow Bone, Kingston, Tennessee. Mossv Creek, Buzzard Roost, Resaca, Dallas Hills. Lost Mountain. Kenesaw Mountain, siege of Atlanta, which lasted from July ig to .Vugust 9, 1864, Lovejoy Station, Boone Gap, I'ranklin, I'ort Anderson, North Carolina, Washington and Goldsboro, North Carolina, and on June 2, 1865. Mr. Montgomerv was honorably discharged from the service, being paid off at Indianapolis. During bis period of service he traveled eight thousand two hundred and fortysix miles, two thousand fifty by water, twenty- four hundred and fort\'-five by rail and thirty-seven hundred and fifty on foot. After his return from the war, Mr. Montgomery bought a part of the old homestead of [ohnson

Fitzgerald, and here he and his wife estabHshed a home and carried on farming successfully until 1905, when they sold the farm and retired from active labor, now living at No. 618 South Hall street, Princeton. They are both remarkably well preserved physically and are now situated to enjoy life to the utmost. Mr. Montgomery has gone through some trying experiences, but despite his army hardships and strenuous labor required in his life work as a farmer, he has come to the sunset of life's journey well preserved, and is now prepared to quietly enjoy the remaining years of his life.

On October 3, 1861, Mr. Montgomery was married to Mary Jane Alsop, who was born east of Owensville, Indiana, the daughter of Reuben and Willie Ann ( Smith) Alsop. Her father, who was a native of Gibson county, Indiana, tlied in 1844, and his widow afterward became the wife of Johnson Fitzgerald, of \'irginia, who was a veteran of the Indian wars, having served in the battle of Tippecanoe. He came to Gibson county in 1810, settling in Patoka township, and died in 1886, at the age of seventy-six years. He was one of the foremost and most enterprising men of his period and was the owner of one of the first saw and grist mills in this locality, being run by water power. He was also a successful farmer and was widely known throughout southern Indiana. Mrs. Montgomery was the only child born to her parents. To Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery have been born eight children, namely : Martha Jane is the wife of Thomas \\''right, of Fort Branch, and they have one child, Loren; Lorenzo, who is engaged with the Southern Railroad Company at Baldwin Heights, married Minnie Newberry, and they have one child, Roy; Emma is the witlow of Major Wright, of Baldwin Heights, and is the mother of three children, Bessie, Otto and Jesse; Pearl lives at Flarrison, Arkansas; Justus Elmer and Jesse Ellis are twins; the former, who is a farmer in Patoka township, married Nannie Powers, and they have three children, Roscoe, Willis and Harvey G. ; Jesse Ellis, who lives in Patoka township, married Florence Embree. and they have four children, Gertrude, Mildred, Richard and John; John Montgomery died in youth; Grace is the wife of James A. Lhuring, of Princeton, Indiana, and they have one child, Thelma L&verne.

Politically, Mr. Montgomery is a stanch Republican, while, religiously, he and his wife are members of the Baptist church, belonging to the White church in Patoka township. At one time Mr. Montgomery was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic at Princeton. In all the essential elements of good citizenship Mr. Montgomery is a man among men and by his earnest life, sturdy integrity and strict regard for the highest ethics he has earned and retains tlie warm regard of all who know him. He t,nves his support to every mo\-ement which promises to be of material or moral benefit to the people, and because of his success in life and his j^enuine worth he is eminently entitled to representation in this work.

John K. Peoples

It is an axiom demonstrated by human experience that industry is the keynote of prosperity. Success comes not to the man who idly waits, but to the faithful toiler whose work is characterized by sleepless vigilance and cheerful celerity, and it has been by such means that John K. Peoples, i)0]nilar and enterprising groceryman of Princeton, has forged to the front and won an lnjnoralile place among the substantial citizens of Gibson count\-.

John K. Peoples was born in Princeton, Gibson county, Indiana, December 5, 1875, the son of William and Melvina L. (Carithers) Peoples. The father was a native of Ireland and emigrated to the United States when he was seventeen years of age. coming direct from the East to Princeton, where he settled and followed agriculture and the mercantile business until his death, which occurred in i8t)5 in Princeton. The subject's mother is still living, residing on East State street in Princeton.

The early education of the subject was acquired in the common and high schools of his native city, and on reaching mature \ears he was employed as a clerk in a grocery store, which occupation he followed until igoo, when he engaged in Inisiness on his own accnunt. His establishment was located in the building in which was formerl\- !-",. P. Downey's grocery. By constant attention to details and by exercising a desire to please his patrons, Mr. Peoples has built up a large and profitable trade, always keeping-on hand the best goods in every line, choosing rather to refuse to buy goods of an inferior quantity than to attempt to sell such to his customers. Following out this policy of serving his patrons with dependable merchandise, the subject has gained a reputation for himself that may well be envied. A grocery stock valued at from four to five thousand dollars is carried, in addition to a line of chinaware.

On June 29, 191 1. Mr. Peoples was united in the bonds of matrimony to Anna McConaley, daughter of A. L. and Martha (Stormont) McConaley, old settlers in the community and both still living in the county. To the subject and wife has been born one child, Eloise V.

Mr. Peoples is a member of the Reformed Presbyterian church. He and his family live at No. 323 East State street in Princeton, where they have a very comfortable and hospitable home, over which Mrs. Peoples presides in a praiseworthy manner, making their home the center of a happy social circle.

The qualities which have made Mr. Peoples one of the prominent and successful men of Princeton have also brought him the esteem of his fellow townsmen, for, although comparatively a young man, his career has been one of well-directed energy, strong determination and honorable methods, and he is an excellent representative of the wide-awake, enterprising and successful American business man.

In nearl}' e\ery community are indivitluals who, by innate ability and sheer force of character, rise above their fellows and win for themselves conspicuous places in public esteem. Such an one is the well-known gentleman whose name appears above, a man who has been identified with the history of Gibson county for a number of years, during which period his life has been closely interwoven with the material growth and development of his county, while his career as a progressive man of afifairs has been synonymous with all that is upright and honorable in citizenship.

David A. Davison was born in Marshall, Illinois, on March 11, 1866, son of Reese and Catharine (Wayrick) Davison, the father being a native of Ohio and the mother of Virginia. The father was a farmer throughout his active years and still lives in Clark county, Illinois. He was born in 1830 and his wife in 1828. Both are faithful and earnest members of the Methodist church, and enjoy the respect of the entire community in which they live. They were the parents of eight children, of whom six are living, namely: George P., of Terre Haute, Indiana; Lyman L.. of Los Angeles. California; Burns U.. an attorney of Marshall, Illinois; JohnH., a druggist at Marshall; Charles D., a farmer in Clark county. Illinois, and David .\., the subject of this sketch. The latter received his elementary education in the public schools of Marshall, Illinois, later attending the Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute. Then, having determined to take up the veterinary profession as his life work, he became a student in Chicago Veterinary College, where he graduated in 1892, receiving the degree of Doctor of X'fteriuary Science. He immediately entered ni^un active practice of his profession at Marshall, Illinois, where he remained for six years, and then he came to Princeton, establishing himself here on May 28. 1898. He has been successfnl in his profession here to an unusual degree, and enjoys a wide-spread reputation as a successful veterinarian, being called to many ])arts aside from his home town in the practice of his profession. He has erected a fine two-story brick hospital, into which lie moved on June 15, 1907, and which is finely equipped in every respect tor the treatment of horse di.seases, including an operating table, foot ml) and an elevator to lift the horses to the second story. For about a year Doctor Davison wa> the jiroprietor of a drug store here, which is now known as the II. G. May store.

On ]\Iay 27. 1891. Doctor Davison was married to Alice M. Il.arris, of Manshall, Illinois, daughter of Milton and Mary E. Harris, and to them have been born three children, Marie, Burns H. and Helen.

Politically, Doctor Davison is an ardent Repulilican and in .Xovember, 1909, he was elected major of Princeton, assuming the duties of his office on January 3rd, following. As ma\or. Doctor Davison has won some hardfought battles, some of which terminated in the court, but he has had the satisfaction of winning in each instance. He has been impartial in enforcing the law, knowing neither friend nor foe. and has lieen unrelenting in his pursuit of wrong doing and vice of every nature. His police court has been conducted in an impartial manner and, though he has had some ojjposition and has actually created some enmit\-. he is now strong in the confidence and esteem of the best element of the ])oi)ulace. Fraternally, he is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Tribe of lien-llur. Mrs. Davison and the children are members of the United Presbyterian church. The Doctor has taken an active jiart in affairs affecting his profession and served as treasurer of the Ohio \'alley \'eterinary .Association for seven years, and is fourth vice-president of the Indiana ^Municipal League. As a man. Doctor Davison is easily the peer of any of his fellow citizens in all that constitutes upright living and correct citizenship. He is a close and intelligent observer and takes pains I0 keej) himself well informed upon current events. He is quiet in demeanor, a thinker and a man of action rather than words. He is essentially a man of the people, because he has large faith in humanity and is o])timistic in all of his views. The high esteem in which he is held by the people of his community is a worthy tribute to so successful a man. and he deserves a conspicuous place on the roster of Gibson countv's progressive and representative citizens. (30)

Capt. James H. Ballard

It should be a source of gratification to us if we can point to our ancestors and say that their reputations were always above the reproach of their fellow men, their careers being free from the shadow of wrong or the suspicion of evil. This Capt. James H. Ballard can do, although he modestly refrains from any undue laudation of his family history, but those who are conversant with the facts regarding this sterling old Virginia stock will not hesitate to speak of their good qualities and their honorable lives.

James H. Ballard was born August 17, 1838, in Albemarle county, Virginia, the son of Thomas and Lucy B. (Duke) Ballard. Thomas Ballard was born in the same county in Virginia as his son James, on a farm settled on by the subject's great-grandfather. Mr. Ballard retains possession of the original deed to the land, signed by Robert Dinwiddle, of Virginia, a governor in colonial times, the document being dated 1752. The subject's father was a farmer and flour mill man and in the early days a slaveholder. He died at Pittsylvania Court House, Virginia, in 1873, his wife passing away at the old home place three years previous.

Captain Ballard was educated in the common schools of Virgina and was attending the Mossy Creek College when his health failed and he was compelled to relinquish his studies, thereafter engaging in the collection business for two years, at the end of which time, on May 11, 1861, he enlisted in Company K, Second Virginia Cavalry, which was a part of Gen. Robert E. Lee's army. Mustered in as a private, the subject soon was commissioned captain and with his company took part in many of the great battles of the war, among them the battle at Manassas, the Valley campaign with Jackson, the Seven Days' fighting around Richmond, Fredericksburg, the Wilderness, Seven Forks, Winchester and I'^ive Forks. The Captain was three times wounded. One horse was shot to death under him and two others wounded. At the battle of Five Forks he received a severe wound in the shoulder, which compelled him to retire from the service of the Confederacy. On returning to his home. Captain Ballard was appointed deputy internal revenue collecter and served in that capacity and as chief deputy marshal for fourteen years, at the expiration of which time he removed to Knoxville, Tennessee, and engaged in the dairy business for three years, then going to Texas, remaining in the Lone Star state until 1896. Going to Fort Smith, Arkansas, in the latter year, he accepted the position of clerk in the Grand Central hotel at that place, which position he resigned after a short term of service to accept a position in the clerical and collection department of tlie Princeton Water Company . in wiiich capacity he was employed until his retirement.

On May i8, 1S63, Captain Ballard was married tu Sarah A. Whitehead, and to this union were born eight children, as follows: Jimmie Lee is a railroad man employed in the shops at Knoxville, Tennessee; Ellis R. met his death in a railway accident at Roanoke City, Virginia ; Roliert is a minister of the Methodist Episcopal faith at Crossville, Tennessee; l-'red was a noncommissioned officer in the Unitetl .States army in the war with Spain; and was killed in Porto Rico; two children died in infancy; Henry lives at Knoxville, Tennessee, and is a railroad man; Douglas is emplo\-ed in the railroad shops at Princeton.

Captain Ballard was married on May 18, 1905, to Mary E. I^'entriss, daughter of James H. and Johanna (Skinner) Fentriss. James H. P'entriss was born and reared in Princeton, was a harness-maker and served his county as recorder for four years. He was the father of four children, all of whom are living. Fraternally, he was affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in early life, while he was a sujiporter of the Democratic party.

Captain Ballard has been a Republican in politics, but has never let his allegiance to that party interfere with his judgment v/hen it came to a choice of what he considered the best men for any office. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the Masonic order, and is a consistent member of the First Methodist Episcopal church.

James W. Lewis

What a wonderful heritage a man gives his children, in passing from this life, when he leaves behind him a knowledge of an active life well spent and evidences of the good he had accomplished for his age and community. To be considered the foremost man of his count)- in his day, a leader in all things pertaining to the welfare of the community, does not fall tn the lot of many men, and only those v/ho are truly great in heart and mind, of indomitable energy and unfailing optimism, are capable of winning the trust and confidence which places them in the leadership in matters of public good, especially in a new section. This cheering knowledge is possessed by the children of Andrew Lewis, among them being the subject of this sketch.

James W. Lewis first saw the light of day in the old Lagow House at Princeton, Gibson count}-, Indiana, on December 22, 1846, his father being owner and proprietor of the Lagow House at that time. Mr. Lewis is the son of Andrew and Eliza A. (Evans) Lewis. Andrew Lewis was a native of Pennsylvania, having been born in Lewisberry, that state, which town was founded by his paternal grandfather, Eli Lewis, an old and honored physician. Eli Lewis has placed himself on record in the history of his state, by giving to the town he founded his family name.

The subject of this sketch has additional cause for pride in his ancestors in the fact that his mother was a niece of Gen. Robert M. Evans, who founded the cit}- of Evansville, Indiana, although she was born and reared in Princeton. General Evans was quite active in the early military aftairs of the state, when the red men were constantly annoying the whites. Grandfather Evans was in the battle of Tippecanoe, lieing wounded there, which eventually caused his death in 1836.

Andrew Lewis, father of the subject, came to Gibson county, Indiana, from his native state of Pennsylvania, in either the year \%.\2 or 1843, the exact date not being known. He was twice married, his first wife being Jane Ann McCann, a native of Penns3dvania. To this union was born one daughter, who is j\Irs. Adeline JM. Thornton, of Washington, D. C. For many' years Antlrew Lewis engaged in the practice of medicine, winning the hearts of his patrons through his skill and sincere interest in them. He took an acti\e interest in politics, so far as his other duties permitted, and served as clerk of Gibson county for one term. Being a man of keen enterprise and foresight, he saw an opportunity in handling grain, and for a time gave his attention to the flour-mill business and buying and selling of grain.

Having at an early date become identified with the leading movements of his community, the project of the old Wabash and Erie canal strongly appealed to him and he gave of his time and ability toward its accomplishment. He was much interested in railroading, then in its earliest infancy, and always being anxious to ol)tain for his adopted part of the country all advantages possible at that tini?. he became one of the projectors of the old "Air Line" or Southern Railroad, being, in fact, one of the original contractors who built a portion of the road.

There, are today in Princeton many landmarks which stand as monuments to the memory of this versatile man, and it is with regret that we record that he lost a fortune of six hundred thousand dollars in railroad

Mr. Lewis was in e\ery respect a man worthy of tiic name, and as "man is the noblest work of Goik" his usefnl life was snrely pleasing to his Creator. He departed this life March lo, 1877. regretted li\ all wIm knew him and admired by many who had never had the i)leasnre of a personal acquaintance. He left his wife and li\e children, the eldest Ijeing James \\'.. subject of this sketch; Malissa J., who married Robert Douglas, formerly in the book business in Indianapolis, and who is now dead; Rankin I'... wlu) makes his home at the Columbia Club in Indianapolis; Andrew, who resides here in Princeton and is cashier of the American Trust Company, and William H., who lives in Indianapolis. Mrs. Andrew Lewis survived her husband not c[uite two years, passing away Xo\-eml)er _;, 1S78. a fitting wife for such a man.

James W. Lewis attended the public schools of I'rincetioi until the age of fifteen. At that time the Ci\il war ])roke out and, notwithstanding his tender years, he was so fired with i)atriotism and so an.xious to take up arms that his father sent him from home, hoping the novelty of his sui^ronndings in the boarding school he had selected at I'ergusonville. Xew ^'ork. would cool his ardor to a degree suitable to his _\ears. This had the desired effect for a time, but after one year East, he returned home and. in spite of parental objection, he entered the ranks of the boys in blue, enlisting in Company C, Fifty-eighth Regiment Indiana \'olunteer Infantry, and saw eighteen months of service. He was with Sherman when the Union forces were working their way to Atlanta, driving the Confederates before them, and made one of the number in that memorable march to the sea: thence back up ihrougii the Carolinas and on to AVashington. He was in the Grand Kexiew in Washington, in May, 1865, when President Lincoln viewed the returning troops and when great crowds of cheering sjiectators lined the streets, .\fter the war was ended and he had received his Imnorable discharge, he reinrned to Princeton, where he has since resided.

On November 4. 1869. Mr. Lewis was married to Amia L. Johnston, daughter of Newton H. and Rachael Johnston, the ceremony occurring in the old Lagow House in which he was born. Mr. Johnston having some time previously purchased this hostelry from Andrew Lewis. Mr. Jcihnson was a native of Meadville, Penn.sylvania. \\\v> had cnme west I'l IA;in>-ville. .Indiana, and from there to Princeton.

Lewis, the oldest being Alice M., wife of J. O. Sevedge, who makes her home with her father; James F., who resides in Princeton and who took as his wife Lilly Redmon; and the youngest, Harold W., also of Princeton, who married Delia Milburn, and tliey have one child, sole grandchild of the family.

James W. Lewis is a worthy son of his father and has filled positions of trust. For four years he served as deputy sheriff and for ten years was claim agent and special man for the Southern Railroad. He has now retired from public interests, devoting himself to the management of his farming interests, comprising two hundred and fort)- acres in Center township, Gibson county, and other properties elsewhere, all ni which attest his sound business judgment and integrity.

Mr. Lewis holds no fraternal affiliations other than the honored Grand Army of the Republic, and, as might be expected, politically is a staunch Republican of the old school. Such families as that of which Mr. Lewis is a member stand for the highest and best in any community, advocates of all that makes life most worth living, incentives and examples to those of less favored parentage and early training.

Philip M. Anderson

The gentleman whose life history the biographer here takes under review is one of those strong, sturdy characters who has contributed largely to the welfare of the communit}- where he lives, being a man of more than ordinary sagacity and foresight, and as a citizen, public spirited and progressive in all that the term implies. He is a native of the Hoosier state, having been born at Madison, Jefferson county, on Aj^ril 7, 1832. He is the son of Wilson and Ann (Monroe) Anderson, both of whom were natives of the state of Kentucky, born near Lexington. When yet children they were both brought to Gibson county, Indiana, by their parents, where they grew to maturity. To their union were born ten children. Three died in infancy and Mary. Nancy and Serilda died after reaching years of maturity. Cynthia is still living in Terre Haute, Indiana, at the advanced age of ninety-five 3'ears; James lives in Vincennes, Indiana: John resides at Oakland City, Indiana, and Philip, the immediate subject of this sketch, has for some years past made his home in Princeton. He is the oldest son and the fifth child in the family. Wilson Anderson, the father, in his young manhood secured a tract of wild land, and then began the laborious task of clearing it and getting it under cultivation. In this he was ably assisted by his faithful wife and together they endured the hardships and grinding toil, the lot of the pioneers, winning a home and subsistence from the reluctant soil, and there their large family was reared. All his life was passed on a farm. Eventually he disposed of his interests in Jefiferson count)' and removed to Gibson county, where he died at the age of ninety-four years, well known and respected by all. He was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church and a staunch Democrat. He took an active interest in politics, although he ncNcr aspired to any office.

Philip M. Anderson, when young, had only the limited opp(_irtunity for education possible to the children of the rural districts at that time. He attended the subscription schools of his neighborhood, receiving sound elementary training, largely supplemented by reading and study in later years. He remained at home with his father until twenty-one years of age.

Mr. Anderson was first married in Eebruary, 1857, to Mary Beavers, a native of \'irginia, daughter of John Beavers, also of Virginia, who had come to Jefiferson county, Indiana, at an early date, where he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives. He was a farmer. Two children were born to Philip and Mary (Beavers) Anderson: Alartha Ann, who niarrierl John Harlan, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and who has three children, William. Monroe and Walter; and Minnie E., wife of David E. Smith, a carpenter of Princeton. To them were born three children: Fred, living in Princeton; Minnie, stenographer with the Southern Railroad Company at Princeton, and a cliild who died in infancy. Mary Beavers Anderson died in 1866.

In 1867 Mr. Anderson was married to Martha J. Mills, of Princeton, her father being a native of Maine. She died in the spring of 1899. Mr. Anderson's third wife was Julia Zimmerman, daughter of John Zimmerman, of Gibson county.

In 1858, the year after his first marriage, Mr. Anderson came to Gibson county, Indiana. He was a cooper by trade when a young man and later took up carpentery, at which he worked for several, years. His wife inherited a farm in Washington township, Gibson county, on which he lived for eight years, when he removed to Princeton and has retired from active life.

Mr. Anderson is a member of the Grand Army of the Re])ublic. He was at the front eighteen months during the Civil War. A member of Company E, Forty-second Regiment Indiana \'olunteer Infantry, he was sent with his command to Evansville, later to Henderson, Kentucky, and on to Nashville and into Alabama under command of General Buell. He was neither sick nor wounded while in service.

Mr. Anderson's religious sympathies are with the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he has been a member for many years. In all the affairs of life Mr. Anderson has proved himself an honorable and upright man, well posted on the affairs of his day and thoroughly worthy of the high esteem in which he is held by his many warm friends in Gibson county.

Lucius C. Embree

No compendium such as the province of this work defines in its essential limitations will serve to offer a fit testimonial to the life and accomplishments of Lucius C. Embree, who for a long lapse of years has been one of the best known legal lights in southern Indiana - a man notable for the breadth 'of his wisdom, his indomitable perseverance, his strong individuality, and yet one whose entire life has not one esoteric phase, being al)le to bear the closest scrutiny. His entire accomplishment but represents the result of the fit utilization of the innate talent which is his, and the directing of those efforts along lines where mature judgment and rare discrimination have led the way. There is in Mr. Embree a weight of character, a native sagacity, a far-seeing judgment and a fidelit}'^ of purpose that has commanded the respect of all, and today he stands in the very front rank of his profession in Indiana. Mr. Embree has had the advantage of being the son of a man of affairs, also a lawver bv ])rofession, an officer of rank in the Ci\il war and a leading man in his community all his life.

Lucius C. Embree is the son of James Thomas and Mary Magdalene (Landis) Embree, a native of Staunton, Virginia, and was born September. 8, 1853, in Princeton, Gibson county, Indiana. The family is identified with the earliest history of Gibson county, and throughout its generations have been among the foremost citizens. Joshua Embree, great-grandfather of the immediate subject of this sketch, came to Gibson county from Lincoln county, Kentucky, in 181 1. He was a farmer and died the first year of his residence in Gibson county. His will was the first ever probated in this county.

Elisha Embree, grandfather of Lucius C. Embree, was also born in Lincoln countv, Kentucky, and came to Indiana with his father in 181 1. He, too, was an agriculturist and also a lawyer. He was judge in the circuit court of Gibson comity from i8_:i5 to 1S45. His wife was I'.lcanur \<n\,\). daughter of Da\i(l Rol)l). a ])r(iiniiKMit i>ioiiecr of (lihson omnlv. a inciiiber of the constitutional conxeiilion and also of the state Senate. They reared a family of four children: James T. ; David \'.. who became a ])rominent lawyer in Princeton and died in 1877: Maria Louisa and Milinn I'. The family was brought up in the tenets of the Methodist lq)iscoi)al church, and for many years Elisha Embree was su])erintendent of the Sunday school of his church. He was prominent in the politics of Gilison county in his day, and in 1847 defeated Robert Dale Owen for Congress. He received the Whig nomination for governor of the state of Indiana in 1840 on declining to run again for Congress, but was defeated owing to the district being again.st him politically. At the init])reak of the Civil war he took a keen interest in the various i|uestions of the day and greatl\- regrelte<l his advanced age, which ])robibiteil him fruni acti\e ser\-ice. During the lime he was a member of Congress, he made the acf|uaintance of .\braham Lincoln, and together with him, Elihu B. W^ashburn and others, lived at the same boarding house. L^pon his retirement from the bench in 1845 ^^ discontinued the practice of law until in 1852. at which time he and his son, James T. (father of Lucius C. Embree), o])ened up offices together and in tin's connection they continued until his death in 1862. His was an honorable and upright life, greatly dignifying and uplifting the community at large.

James T. Embree, father 'if Lucius C. Eniliree, was liorn ruid raised in Gibson county. He was a graduate nf Asburv College, now Del'.auw l^niversity, and also of the law department of the Indiana State I/niversity at Bloomington. He began the practice of law in Princeton in 1852 and continued same imtil the commencement of the C'ivil war, when he went to the front as major of the Fifty-eighth Regiment Indiana ^'olunteer Infantry, and served imtil compelled to resign on account of ill health. His interest in the cause, however, did not diminish and he gave valuable assistance in raising troops. This service brought him into contact with Oliver P. Morton, then governor oi the state, with whom he formed a close i)ers(in;d friendship, as well as with Miles Fletcher, a state officer at that time. Another friendship in which he took much pleasure was that of Hon. Daniel Vorhees and. in spite of the wide divergence n{ political opinions, they remained warm friends until se]iarated by death. His marriage to Miss Landis occurre<l in 1852. the year he began the practice of law. To them were born four children : Lucius Conwcll ; Jessie Fremont, who died at the age of five. Julv T,n. t86t ; Samuel Landis. who died Tanuarv 24, tqo:;; and Elisha Robb, wh'i-e death oerurred'

Februaiy 21, 189S. Mrs. Embree died on July 21, 1863, and for his second wife Mr. Embree chose Louisa Catherine Lockhart, by whom he had one daughter, who is now Mrs. Eleanor Houts, of San Francisco, California. Mr. Embree's death occurred August 3, 1867. He was a worthy son of his excellent father and at all times gave his influence to whatever cause advanced the public welfare of his community.

Lucius C. Embree received his elementary education in the public schools of Princeton, graduating from the high school. He then attended Earlham College, at Richmond, Indiana, for a short time, later spemling some time in study at Asbury College at Greencastle, Indiana, and then matriculated in the law school of the University of Virginia. On August 10, 1877, he began the practice of law in Princeton together with James E. McCullough, now assistant attorney-general of the state of Indiana. After this partnership was severed, he practiced alone for a number of years, later entering into partnership with Martin W. Fields, which partnership continued for one year. He had later associated with him Willis P. Howe, now deceased, and also Luther Benson. Since 1907 he has practiced together with his son Morton and they maintain an interesting partnership. However, the greater amount of his time in his profession has been spent alone. By friends he has been induced to serve nn the school board, which service has Ijeen appreciated by all. '

On December 29. i88a, Mr. Embree joined in wedlock with Luella Casey, daughter of William J. and Charlotte M. Casey, of Patoka. Indiana. Four children have been born to them : James Casey, who is a civil engineer, associated with the Canadian & Northern Pacific railroad in British Columbia ; Morton Casey, attorney and partner of his father; Louise and Clotilde, who remain at home. Mr. Embree is a member of the time-honored order of Free and Accepted Masons. All his life he has endorsed the principles of the Republican party and stands as an advocate of purity in politics as well as in all other relations of life.

There is particular interest attached to the study of the life history of such a man as the subject of this sketch, not only for the clean record he himself presents, but it is highly gratifying to trace a family history back through the years and find in each life reviewed an enviable record, to know that each in his day stood for the highest type of manhood and did all in his power to advance the interests of those about him less favorably situated than himself. Any locality derives its reputation from that of its representative citizens and for many generations Gibson county has been thus indebted to the various members of the family of Embree.

Andrew Jackson Mit.T.Er

Dependent very largely upon his own resources Ironi his earl_\- snulh, the man whose name heads this paragraph has attained no insignificant success, and though he may have, like most men of affairs, encountered obstacles and met with reverses, he has pressed steadily forward, ever willing U> work for the end he had in view. His tenacity and fortitude are due, no doubt, in a large measure, to the wnrthy traits inherited from his surling anceslnrs. whose high ideals and correct principles he has ever scni.t^hl lo perpetuate in all the relations of life.

Andrew Jackson Miller was born May 28, 1834, in Jackson county, Indiana, son of Isaac and Ann (Settle) Miller, she a native of Nelson county. Kentucky. The father was born in Jackson county, Indiana, in 1803, and was a son of Abraham Miller, who was born in Pennsylvania, and whose father was Peter Miller, who took part in the Boston Tea Party, famous in the early history of the colonies. When cpiite a young man, Abraham Miller left his home in Pennsylvania and journeyed to Kentucky, where he met and married Peggy Miller and together the\- came to Jackson county, Indiana, being numbered among its early pioneers. Thex- obtained government land which they cleared and on which they lived the remainder of their lives. Abraham Miller was at Fort Vallonia during the Pigeon Roost massacre, being at that fort for two years, and was also in the battle of Tippecanoe. To him and his wife were born nine children: Frederick. Thomas, Isaac I father of the immediate subject of this sketch*. Perry, Washin,L;lon. Jackson, Lucinda, Kate and Ermilla.

Isaac Miller passed his entire life in Jackson county, Indiana. W'licn a boy he had no opportunity whatever for acquiring education ;uic! wlieii i|uite young began work on a farm and continued this ADcation through life. On Se])tember K). 1830, he and Ann .Settle were imited in wedlock and to them were born five children, namely: Susan Mary, deceased; \ndrew Jackson, subject of this sketch; Margaret and Plarriet ftwinsV Harriet died in 1856 and Margaret, widow of Isaac Durham, resides in Daviess county. Indiana; Susan, the youngest child, is the widow of A\''illiam Critchfield and lives in Jackson countv. Isaac Miller and wife were faithful memliers of the Baptist church. Mr. Miller affiliated with no political party, but always voted independently, his choice being the man and his principles ratiier than any party platform. His death occurred in December, 1874. and his wife passed from life January 31, 1879.

Andrew Jackson Aliller when a boy had only limited opportunity for schooling and remained on the home place until eighteen years of age. On February 14, 1858, he was united in marriage to Elenore Daily Applegate, who was born in Jackson county February 21, 1832, the daughter of Philip D. and Elizabeth ( Burge) Applegate. He was born June 17, 1809, and she was born August 12, 1801. Their marriage was solemnized December 25, 1828. She was a nati\e of Jackson county, while he was born in Charleston, Clark county, Indiana. He was a famous hunter in his community and when a boy of nine years, with an old-fashioned Hint lock gun, he killed two deer with one shot. When a young man he went to Jackson county, Indiana, where he obtained government land and settled down to the life of a farmer. His home was near that of William Cody, known to the world as "Buffalo Bill," and they often hunted together. Later on he sold dry goods throughout the county and also owned a drug store at ^"allonia, Indiana. He died September 5, 1S99, ha\ing l:)een a widower for a number of years. His wife died in March, 1864. He was a descendant of one of the six Applegate brothers who crossed to the new world in the "Mayflower" and later settled in Philadelphia. Philip D. Applegate and wife were the parents of seven children, as follows: Margaret, born October 29, 1829, married Robert Kelly, of Jackson county, Indiana. Elenore D., born February 21, 1832. -Hezekiah, born May 19, 1834, who was killed during the Civil war. At the battle of Kenesa\v Mountain, while carrying water to the sick and wounded on the battlefield, he was picked off by a sharp-shooter. He was a member of Company B, Twenty-second Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was a corporal at the time of his death. The fourth child was Charlotte, born November 9, 1836, who married Joseph Brown, and when widowed later ijecame the wife of Frederick Rush. She died November 9, 1875. John B. was born January 8, 1839. He was in the Tenth Indiana Cavalry and after the close of the war he went to Gandy. Nebraska, where he purchased a farm. Poll\" Ann was born June 19, 1841, and died March 12, 1873, the wife of John Stephens. Eliz.abeth was born January 19. 1844, and died March 16, 1863.

After their marriage, in 1858, Andrew Jackson Miller and wife settled down to farming in Jackson county. He also was a keeper of bees and disposed of a crinsideral)le amount of honey. He liought the patterns of the Langstroth bee hives and made antl sold them quite extensively for a time. During the war he was in poor health and was drafted for service, but upon examination he was rejected and sent home in sixty days. In 1870 he re- moved liis laniily to (nlisoii comity, w Iktc he has since re^ideil. farming in different parts of the county. '!"(> this ciiu]ile were horn seven cliildren, namely; \\'iniani Otto, a farmer li\in,L;- at Princeton. \vho,-,c wife was .Mary Hall, and to whom have heen h.-rn three chil.h-eii. Waller, hllenore .-md Martha; Leander l-Aerett, who died Octi^her q. i8')_'. at the aL;e of thirtytwo \ears. He was a switchman on a railroad; l-'idelia. wife of James II. Guthrie, hardware merchant of Princeton: hdizaheth, wife contractor, of Princeton, and who is tlie mother of six Alexander. Andrew, Paul, Cornelia and (lertrude. .\nn, McCree, a farmer of I'atoka township; l\y l-demire, wlm sided at home, and John /Andrew, a conductor on the lvocl> whose home is at Goodland, Kansas. He married llelle W'illiai are the parents of two children, Jackson and ^'iriJin!a.

Politically, Mr. Miller gives his supiH,rt to the Pepnlil though in nc sense has he c\er heen a seeker alter nftice. affiliation is with the Chri.-tian church, to which he gives a February 14. 1908, Mr. and .Mrs. Miller celebrated th versary ni their marriage and she lived but a short lime death occurring on August JSth of the same year. .Mr. .Miller has led an industrious and well regulated life, thereby gaining the respect and admiration of his fellow citizens and is most worthy of representation in a biographical work of the scope intended in the present one. Genial and miassuming in his relations with his fellow men, he has won and retains the conlidence aitd good will of all with whom he comes in contact.

The Thompson family trace their genealogy back through to the tribe of Benjamin, which was one ni the trilies of the children of Israel, h'rom Norway they emigrated to Ireland about 1056, and later to Scotland, where they became a well known family. John. Charles and kichard, three members of a large family, and the only ones <>{ which we have a record, were l»irn in Dublin. Ireland, a few vears before the outbreak of the l-Tench Uevolutiim in 1780. Richard had military training and entered the Fnglish army as a general. His previous training helped him to get the high appointment.

John ran away from home on account of his father refusing to let him marry and went to England while too young to join the army, but on account of his brother. Richard, being general, he was taken into the service. He and his brother served through the Napoleonic wars and shortly afterward John returned to his home in Dublin. Richard came to America a few years before the Revolutionary war came to an end. John and Charles came a few years later and all three brothers served in the war of the Revolution. Richard was under Gen. George Washington, but he never met John and Charles, who also served during the latter part of this great struggle. During the war John and Charles became separated and never saw each other again. The greatgreat-grandfathers of Francis M. Thompson and his wife both died about eight years after the close of the war of the Revolution and were buried in the national cemetery in Dayton, Ohio. His son, John, of whom the Thompson family in Gibson county are descendants, was of Scotch-Irish descent. He raised a large family of children, one of which was John Thompson, the grandfather of the subject of this sketch. He was born in Virginia December 19, 1804, and died April 16, 1850. He was a great hunter in his younger days and was a fine marksman. He was presented with a silver-mounted rifle at one time by the governor of Virginia for killing an Indian chief who had caused a great deal of trouble among the white settlers, killing a number of them. He settled first in Virginia near where Richmond now stands. Later he emigrated to Kentucky, settling near Elizabethtown, in Hardin county. He was married to Sarah Garner, February 16, 1825. After his wife's death he lived with his son, John, until his death. John Thompson moved from Kentucky to Illinois, and settled near where Rochester now stands, and lived there a few years, when he moved to Indiana and settled near Crowleyville, this county. Here he lived until January i, 1847, when they lost nearly everything the}- had by the high water, known as the January freshet of 1847, and they moved back to Elizabethtown. Kentucky, where his death occurred April 14, 1850. After his death his widow and her children moved to the vicinity of Owensville, this county, where they lived until her death, which occurred February 17, 1886.

Francis M. Thompson, Sr., the son of John Thompson and wife, and father of the subject of this sketch, was born August 28, 1843, "^^'' Crowleyville. Indiana, and lived there with his parents until the spring of 1847, when they moved to Elizabethtown, Kentucky, where his boyhood days were spent until he was about sixteen years of age, when the family moved back to the vicinity of Owensville, Gibson county, Indiana. He married Susannah Elizabeth Fravel, May 28, 1866, and a short time afterwards purchased a farm about three miles north of Owensville, where he spent the remainder of his life. He was a very successful farmer and by his thrift and frugality he became the owner of over three hundred acres of gond land licfore his death, which occurred May 24. 1905. Susannah (Fravel) Th<)ni])siin was born near Corydon, Harrison county, this state, April 6, 1845, where she lived until she was sixteen years of age, when she came with her parents to Gibson county in i860. To Mr. and Mrs. Francis M. Thompson, Sr., were born nine children, as follows: William, born July 20, 1867, married Lucinda Mauck; Amanda, .September 21. i860, married Erastus Burkett; Julia, April 10, 1871, married Arthur B. Woods; Laura. January 16, 1873, married W. Columbus Benson; Samuel B., March 12, 1S75, married Cora Emerson: Jesse W., November 14, 1877, married Mattie Musick; Francis M., January 19. 1880, married Ethel Tichenor; Ellis, May 5, 1882, married Elsie Yeager, and Elmer Thompson, May 5, 1882, married Flora Redman.

Joseph M. Fravel, the father of Mrs. F. M. Thompson, Sr., was liorn in Virginia on December 28, 1817, and died on June 13, 1879. He spent his boyhood days under the paternal roof in Virginia and in early life went west to Indiana, settling near Corydon, that state, where he married Mary Ann Simler, whose parents came from near Reading, Pennsylvania, and settled in Harrison county, Indiana, near Corydon. Both families were of German descent. They moved to Gibson county about the \'ear i86n and settled about four miles northeast of Owensville, wliere they lived tor the remainder of their lives. Mary Ann Simler was born in Harrison county, Indiana. September 14. 1821, and her death occurred on March 3, 1007. Mr. and Mrs, Joseph M, Fravel were the parents of nine children: Joseph .\., born February 13, 1859, died on May 14, i860; John H., Xovember 4. 1848. died March 28, 1854; an infant, born October 10, 1855, who died the same year; William Benjamin, March 29, 185 1, died February 27, 1896; Susannah Elizabeth, April 6, 1845, married F. M. Thompson on May 28, 1866; .Mice January 6, 1857, married Andrew Jackson Spore; Sarah. December 11. 1846. married James C. Nettleton; Ella, May 28, 1862. married Rhesa K. Spore; Rebecca, who married John Woods.

Francis M. Thompson, Jr., son of Francis M. and Susannah Elizalieth (Fravel) Thompson, was liorn four miles north of (Owensville, Indiana, Tanuarv 19, 1880. He spent his boyhood on the home farm, attending the district schools of liis neighljorhood in the winter seasons, and working on the farm in the summers. He also spent one year in the high school at Owensville. Shortly after his marriage to Ethel Tichenor, the daughter of Willis H. and Louisa (Lucas) Tichenor, on December 24. 1902, he moved to Owensville and started to learn the blacksmith trade with his father-in-law, W. H. Tichenor. Here he remained for eight years and then bought the Lockhart blacksmith shop and went into business for himself. He has all the necessary skill and technical ability for a first-class artisan and has Iniilt up his trade until he has all the business he can manage. He is also the agent for the Mitchell wagons and has put a large number of them on the- market in this community. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson are the parents of three children, Paul T., Raymond E. and Mary Elizabeth.

Mr. Thompson takes an active interest in fraternity circles and is a valued member of the Knights of Pythias and Modern Woodmen of America. Although he takes an intelligent interest in political affairs, he has never sought any office from the Democratic party, to which he owes allegiance. He and his wife are both active and loyal meml)ers of the Regular Baptist church of Owensville and are deeply interested in all church movements. Mr. Thompson is a quiet and unassuming citizen, well liked by every one with whom he comes in contact, and owes his success to that devoted energy which has always characterized his every-day life. He brings credit to one of the oldest and best kno\vn families of the state and is a public-spirited citizen Avho is an honor to any community.

David Riley Stormont

No family in Gibson county's history has occupied a more exalted place in public esteem than the Stormont family and none has more worthily upheld the prestige of an honored family name. Originating in Scotland, the most noteworthy characteristics of that splendid people have been preserved and exemplified by this family through the successive generations, the members of the family having been marked by loyalty, courage, industry and integrity of the highest order, so that the lineal record is one to which the present generation may point with justifiable pride. Several representatives of this family now honor Gibson county with their citizenship, among whom is the gentleman whose name appears at the head of this sketch.

Samuel Stormont, the emigrant ancestor of the subject, was born in county .\ntrim, Ireland, and emigrated to the United Slates during or soon after the war of the Revolution. Before leaving Ireland, the family were granted the following certificate :

"That Samuel Stormont His wife Martha & Son David wim is a single person is about to go to South Carolina with His daughter Esther who also is a single person Behaved themselves Soberly & Honestly & may be received into any Christian Society where God in his pro\ idence hath ordered his lot. Certified by -

To Samuel and j\lartha Stormont were born the following children: David, who married Nancy Boyd; Esther, who became the wife of James Chestnut; Martha, the wife of .Samuel Paris; Molly, the wife of Samuel McClure; John, who was married twice, first to Nancy Wilson, and then to Bettie Maybin ; \\'illiam, who married Anna ]\lcCulla.

Nancy Boyd, above referred to as the wife of David Stormont, was the daughter of Mary Archer Boyd. The latter walked from her liome in Chester district. South Carolina, to Charleston to nurse her husband, who was confined on a prison ship in the harbor there. While she was there, her husband was ordered north to be exchanged, she going with him. He died on the in 1782 and was buried at sea, which recalled a dream he liad when crossing the ocean from Ireland to the United States, to the effect that he would die at sea and his body be thrown overboard. During the period when Mary Archer Boyd was nursing her husbanc', the British and Tories went to her home, where her daughter Nancy, then about nineteen years old, was alone, her brothers being away in the Continental army. The \ indicti\e and inhuman soldiers locked the doors and set fire to the house, but Nancy escaped and slipped away into the woods, where she hid until tlie British left. During this period her only food was ripe peaches and such milk as she could obtain by slipping away in the dusk of the morning or evening to the cow, which was hidden in a thicket. Nancy Bo}d was married to David Stormont about the year 1787 or 1788, and lived in South Carolina until 1810, when the familv, accompanied bv Nancv's mother, moved to Gibson county, Indiana, (31) settling on the place still owned by the descendants. A few years afterwards Mary Archer Boyd died and was buried in Archer cemetery, she being the first person buried in that graveyard, which had been given by her brother, Robert Archer, to the Reformed Presbyterian church.

"Thus is to Certify that the Bearer hereof Mary Boyd, weadow; is now A regular Member of this society in the Comunity of old Decenters and is free from publick scandel known to us. Certified By us thus 27th Day of March 181 1 Rocky Creek Chester Districk South Carolina.

"Thus is to Certify that the Bearer hereof, weadow Nancy Stormant, herself and her Daughter Martha Storment is now Regular Members of thus society in the Comunity of Old Decenters and is free from publick scandel known to us And the Rest of her Children is living Regularly under her care. Certified by us thus 27th day of Alarch 1811 Rocky Creek Chester Districk South Carolina.

Of these children, David, who was the father of the immediate subject of this sketch, married JNIary Hartin. who was born in Chester district, South Carolina, and whose ancestral history is briefly stated as follows : The first of this family of whom there is definite knowledge were Joseph and Mary (Crawford) Hartin. to whom were born Patrick, Isaac, Jacob and George. Of these, Patrick married Margaret Cunningham and to them were liorn Jolm, Joseph, Jane. Mary and Patrick. Of the latter children, Joseph married Nancy Agnes Stormont, to whom were born the following children : Margaret Jane, who became the wife of Andrew J. Wright: David, who married Elizabeth Brazelton; Mary Marilla, who became the wife of John C. Blair; Rosanna, deceased ; Martha Ann, deceased ; Nancy Catherine Archer was the wife of Robert Little; Sarah became the wife of John Fisher, and Joseph, who married Jessie Kerr. To Joseph and Jessie (Kerr) Harlin were l)orn the following cliildren : Alary Duncan, who became the wife of Doris Head; IMelville Joseph, who married Ada Smith ; John Aden.

The subject's paternal grandfather was a farmer, owning a small farm of forty acres in South Carolina, but, because of his poor health and the fact that he desired that his chiklren should be reared in a non-slaveholding state, he desired to move to the North. However, his death prevented his going, but in 1810 the remaining members of the family moved to Kentucky, making their home with a relative, j\Ir. Hagwood, who was \ery good and kind to them. They made the trip to their new home in a one-horse cart. In the spring of 1812 one of the sons, Robert, then seventeen years of age, came to Gibson county, Indiana, locating on a tract of land northwest of Princeton, in Patoka township. Here he put out a small crop and in the fall of that year the other members of the family followed him to the new home. The subject's father, David Stonnont, was a lad of ten years when they came to this county and here, amid the pioneer conditions that prevailed, he was reared. He was necessarily denied the opportunities of securing a school education, but, being of a studious disposition and a keen observer, he became a man of wide and accurate general knowledge. He started in life on his own account by farming on land where now stands the Archer cemetery, northwest of Princeton, later locating on land one mile west of there. He started necessaril\' in a very modest way, first working as an ordinary farm hand for tiftv cents a day, and out of this meager wage he managed to save money with which he bought his first land. Though mainly a farmer, he worked at anything that presented itself and assisted in the construction of the old Patoka bridge. He was an industrious and hard-working man, paying attention to his own affairs, and was a man of decided convictions, not believing in voting or holding office as far as he was personally concerned. He was very strict in his habits and was a man of strong religious views, being an earnest member of the Reformed Presbyterian church, in which he was a deacon for many years and otherwise active in the church's various enterprises. .^ kind liusband, loving father and honest citizen, he was universally respected in the community where he lived and labored to goodly ends.

On September 23, 1825, David Stonnont married Mary llartiii and to them were born the following children: Nancy Jane, who is now deceased, was born on October 5, 1826 ; she became the wife of John PIull and they lived in Gibson countv. John H., horn August 4, 1828. died in 1832. Robert P... born September 16, 1830. died September 20, 1862, unmarried. Afan,' .Ann.

born January 13, 1835, died young. David H., born January 19, 1833, ^^^^ October 13, 1839. Margaret E., born May 28, 1838, died September 23, 1841. Joseph W., born October 23, 1840, died at Evansville, Indiana, March 5, 1863 ; he was a member of Company F, Forty-second Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Louise Amanda, born April 24, 1843, married John Adams, of Cutler, Illinois, and both are now deceased. David Riley is the immediate subject of this review. Martha Ella, born September 10, 1850, was the wife of Alex McConahy, and they occupied the old homestead northwest of Princeton. The parents of these children are both deceased, the father dying on December 12, 1886, and the mother on February 13, 1874.

David Riley Stormont, familiarly known among his acquaintances by his middle name, was born on October i, 1847, on the home farm, three miles northwest of Princeton, Indiana. His education was mainly secured in the old log cabin schools of that early period, whose homely equipment -was not especially calculated to increase the comfort of the pupils, but where, nevertheless, the rudiments of a good practical education were secured. This training Mr. Stormont supplemented through the years by much reading and habits of close observation, so that he has long been regarded as a man of wide and accurate information along general lines. Reared to the life of a farmer, ]\Ir. Stormont applied himself indefatigably to that vocation and has long been numbered among the representati\e farmers of his locality. He is today the owner of five hundred acres of splendid land in Patoka township, practically all of which is maintained in the best condition for the various purposes to which applied. He is also the owner of forty acres of land in White River township. In addition to general farming, Mr. Stormont has given much attention to the breeding and raising of live stock, in which he has met with large success. He has handled Clydesdale and Cleveland bay horses, Poland-China hogs and cattle of all kinds. He has always given his personal attention to every detail of his operations and is thoroughly up-todate and progressive in his methods, so that he has been enabled to achieve the highest results with a minimum expenditure of effort. His farm is well improved in every respect, its general appearance reflecting credit on the owner.

On June 2, 1896. David R. Stormont was united in marriage to Mary E. Lytle, of Center township, this county, and the following year they moved to Princeton, where Mr. Stormont had erected a beautiful home at No. 227 North Seminary street, their present home. Mrs. Stormont's parents were lohn and Nancy (Mclntire) Lytle, the former a nati\e of Kentucky and the latter born near Salem, Indiana. The latter place was their home for a time after their marriage, but in i860 they came to Center township, Gibson county, and secured a tract of wild land, whicli they converted into a splendid farm and made their permanent home. The father, who was born on February 28, 1S25, died in Princeton in 1900, and the mother, who was born in 1826. died on December 12, 1904. They were the parents of the following children: Sarah Ann, who died in April, 1905, was the wife of Alex Mooney; John B. died in infancy; Margaret Jane died in 1892; Mary E., Mrs. Stormont. To Mr. and Mrs. Stormont the following children have been born : David Lytle, born May 16, 1897: John Lytle, born February 13, 1899; Daniel T.ytlc. born lulv 17, 1900; Nancy Lytle, born January 24. 1902: Mary L.. l)orn June 28, 1907: an infant daughter who died on October i, 1908.

Religiously, Mr. and ]\Irs. Stormont are members of the Reforiued Presbyterian church, to the support of which they are liberal contributors. Not only by reason of the honorable family name which he bears, but more especially because of his own attainments and upright life. Mr. Stormont has earned and retains to a marked degree the confidence and respect of the entire community in which his entire life has been passed. He stands fnr the l)est interests of the communit}-, giving his support without reserve to such movements as promise to advance the general welfare, and he is popular among his acquaintances.

Samuel W'Oodburn

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 resides and to the advancement of its normal and legitimate growth. Among this number is he whose name appears abo\e, one of the foreign-ljorn citizens of our commonwealth to whose industry and right principles of life the early development of our county and state is largely indebted for its high moral status. Samuel Woodburn is a native of county .\ntrim, Ireland, where he first saw the light of day on July 20, 1826, the S(in of Rol)ert and Margaret (Wasson) Woodburn, both natives of the same county. The father was a farmer, and the parents spent their entire lives on their native sod. There were three children in the family, namely: Margaret, deceased; Samuel, sulijcct of this sketch, and William, a farmer residing near Lockport, New York.

Samuel VVoodbiirn received his education in the common schools of Ireland and early took up the work of a farmer. This vocation he followed until in 1847, when he set sail for America, being eleven weeks in crossing the Atlantic. His boat docked at New Orleans and from there he journeyed by boat up the Mississippi and Ohio rivers to Evansville, Indiana, and from thence to Princeton. His long journey was made in company with friends. His earliest employment here was during the construction of the Erie canal, in which he Avas employed for a time. He later became apprentice to the carpenter's trade, in which he became quite proficient and until he joined the army he worked steadily at this trade. In the fall of 1861 he enlisted in Company D, Fifty-eighth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, at Princeton. He was first sent to Louisville and Bardstown, Kentucky, and saw much active service during his enlistment. He was in the battles of Pittsburg Landing, Murfreesboro, Stone River, Chattanooga, Duvall's Station, and other engagements and skirmishes. He was with the Army of the Cumberland. He had many close calls from death during the engagements in which he participated, but came through free from injury. He saw three years of service and received his discharge in July, 1865. After his discharge from the army, he returned to Princeton and again took up his work as a carpenter, at which he continued until he retired.

On November 20, 1856, Mr. Woodburn was united in marriage to Sarah Connor, who was born in Ireland. March 13, 1833. She was a daughter of Thomas Connor, who had emigrated to America and had settled in Vanderburg county, Indiana. To their union were born seven children : Robert, born September 29, 1857, a farmer of Center township, this county, married Belle Makemson. To them have been born six children, ]\Iunroe, Ethel, Hettie, Helen, Alva and Frank. The second child is James B., born May 19, 1859, a farmer who resides in Princeton and who married Josie Griffin. William, born July 6, 1861, is a farmer in White River township, this county; Marv J., who has always resided at home; Frank died July 30, 1867; Henry, who resides in Evansville, married Dora Margenkerth and they have three children, Charles and Dorotha (twins') and Sarah E. The seventh child of Mr. Woodburn is Nellie, wife of Frank M. Terry, a traveling salesman of Princeton. Mrs. Woodburn's death occurred August 26, 1893.

Mr. Woodburn's religious sympathies are with the United Presbyterian church, to whichhe gives liberally of his time and means. He is also a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, Post No. 28, of Princeton. Mr. Woodburn is a hale old gentleman, a man of wonderfully rugged constitution.

which has served him well during;- ihe many }ear.s of hard work he has put in, and he is a man well known in the county. He has made many friends both through his business connections and b\- reason of his genial personality and universal good nature. He is accounted among the most worthy citizens of Gibson county, one who has always had the best good of the community at heart.

The good that a noble character like the Rev. Morris Watson can do in the course of an active life is indeed incalculable and cannot be measured in metes and bounds, in fact, cannot be known until the "last great day. when the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised incorruptible." He has devoted his life to the good of others, has lived an unselfish, helpful and altruistic life, and thousands ha\e been made better and had their life-paths made easier and brighter l)y having known him. So that today he is eminently entitled to the high esteem in which he is universally held.

]\Iorris Watson was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, the son of .\iidrew and Margaret Watson. After attending the public schools he was a student in Muskingum College and later in Xcnia Theological Seminary, wiiere he completed his studies preparatory to entering the ministry of the Gospel, a career which he had determined upon. His first active pastorate was at the First United Presbyterian church of Burgettstown, Pennsylvania, from which church he was called to the church at Princeton in January, 1911. A man of forceful personality, an effective pulpit speaker, consecrated to the work in which he is engaged. Rev. Watson has impressed himself upon the community with which he is now identified, and enjoys to a marked degree the confidence and respect of all who know him, regardless of sect or profession. He has not only been active in the particular society of which he is the head, but in the general moral and civic affairs of the community he has been a forceful factor.' Among the special efforts with which he has been identified was the abolition of the saloons from the city of Princeton. Mr. A\'atson being at the head of the temperance forces and being materially responsible for the s])lendid results obtained. His ability is freely recognized, and in 1912 Franklin College, at Easton, Ohio, conferred uprm him the degree of Doctor of Divinity, an honor richly earned. A man nt marked intellectual attainments, exemplary character and public spirit. Reverend Watson has in ever}' respect merited the high esteem in which he is universally held in that locality.

On August 1 6, 1899, Reverend ^A'atson was married to Florence White, of New Concord, Ohio, and to this union have been born two daughters, Grace and Ruth. Mrs. Watson has proved to her husband a valued helpmate in the religious activities in which he has engaged and because of her graces and excellent qualities of character she has endeared herself to all who know her.

Samuel E. Munford

To attain a worthy citizenship by a life that is always honored and respected even from childhood deserves more than mere mention. One may take his place in public life through some vigorous stroke of public policy, and even remain in the hearts of friends and neighbors, but to take the same position by dint of the practice of an upright life, and without a craving for exaltation and popularity, is worthy of the highest praise and commendation. The late Samuel Munford, one of the successful physicians and publicspirited citizens of Princeton, Indiana, who was well known throughout this community, was a man respected and honored, not because of the vigorous training of his special talents, but because of his daily life, each day having been one that was above criticism and passed upon in the light of real, true manhood. Strong and forceful in his relations with his fellow men, he not only made his presence felt, but also gained the good will and commendation of both his associates and the general public, ever retaining his reputation among men for integrity and high character, no matter how trying the circumstances, and never losing that dignity which is the birthright of a gentleman. Consequently his influence for good in the general life of his community was most potent, and he will long be sadly missed from the various circles in which he moved and OA-er which his influence was like sunshine on a field of ripened wheat.

Samuel E. Munford was born in Princeton, Gibson county, Indiana, on June 17, 1837, and was a son of John and Mary Nixon (Archer) Munford. The- father was a native of South Carolina and the mother was bom in Chester, South Carolina, in September. 1800. The latter's father, Thomas Archer, came to Indiana, in about 1806, because of his opposition to slavery. He brought several black men with him, among whom was Sampson, who had been the body guard of George Washington and whose remains now lie in the Archer cemetery.

Mr. and Mrs. Archer were pioneers of the early clay and upon coming to this locality they entered a tract of government land and here followed agricultural pursuits during the remainder of their lives. They were the parents of nine children, all of whom reached mature years, hut all are now deceased excepting R. M. Samuel E. Munford was reared ujjon tlie paternal farmstead, and in his early youth attended the common schools, also receiving some special work in Latin. Having entertained an ambition to make a practice of medicine his life work, the subject entered the office of Doctor Blair, where he read medicine, and also was a student in the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, graduating in iS6i. He was a close and studious observer of everything pertaining to his profession and became a writer of some note for medical journals. He engaged in practice at Princeton for a short time, in partnership with Dr. W. W. Blair, and was just getting fairly started in his professional work when the war of the Rebellion broke out, and to him belongs the distinction of being the first man in Gibson county to enlist for service. In Jnne, 1861, he became a private in Company H, Seventeenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was immediately detailed for hospital service. In August, 1861, he received an appointment as assistant surgeon of his regiment, and on February 5, 1862. he was promoted to surgeon of that command. At the formation of Wilder's brigade, one of the most noted commands in the Northern army. Doctor Munford was appointed acting brigade surgeon, which position he filled until the close of the war in 1865, when he received an honorable discharge, and returned to Princeton. He furmed a partnership with Dr. W. W. Blair, which was maintained for five years, after which Doctor ]\Iunford became associated with Doctor West, a partnershiji which existed for three years, after which he engaged in the active practice ale me for many years. A man of strictest integrity, conscientious in the performance of his duties, he successfully handled many difficult cases and gained a wide reputation as a professional man of ability and learning. In the special department of surgery. Doctor Munford had no superiors and few equals in this section of the state, being called to many distant points, both as an operator and in consultation. Many of his cases were reported to the medical journals of the country and he also contributed many valuable articles to the medical societies with which he was associated. In 1884 Doctor Munford was elected president of the Indiana State Medical Society, and received much praise for the able manner in which he handled its affairs during his administration. A close student of his profession and keeping in touch with the most advanced thought relative thereto, Doctor Munford possessed a large library of the best professional literature and his office was well ecjuipped with everything pertaining to his practice.

Though a busy man professionally, Doctor Munford always maintained a deep interest in local affairs, being public spirited in his attitude toward every movement which promised to benefit the community in any way. He was especially active in church work, being a member of the United Presbyterian society, in which he was an elder, and for ten years he served as a trustee of the city schools. Politically, he was a Republican, though the demands of his profession prevented his taking a very active part in political affairs.

In 1873 Doctor Munford was united in marriage to Mima S. Stonebarger, the daughter of John and Emily (Eppley) Stonebarger, the father a native of Pennsylvania and the mother of Virginia. John Stonebarger was a manufacturer in early life, though during his later years he gave his attention largely to the real estate business, which he was following at the time of his death, which occurred at the advanced age of eighty-nine years. To Doctor and Mrs. Munford were born five children, namely: Roderich S., who is news editor of the Youngstown (Ohio) Telegram. Agnes, who died on August 30, 1912, was the wife of Claud H. Crowder, a wholesale boot and shoe dealer of Indianapolis. Mrs. Crowder was a very accomplished musician, being an expert player on both piano and pipe organ. Samuel Archer, who is a physician, is medical adviser of Cornell University, being also extensively engaged in lecturing. Edith is the wife of John D. Moser, a member of the Taylor Manufacturing Company at Hamilton, Ontario. Dorothy is unmarried and remains at home with her mother.

In the death of Doctor Munford there passed from the professional circles of Princeton a man who had honored the community with which his life had been identified. There is no standard by which his beneficent influence can be measured, for the helpfulness which he extended was limited only by the extent of his knowledge and skill. Of intense earnestness and conscientiousness in his professional duties, no labor was too arduous and no self-sacrifice too great when he felt called to attend a patient, regardless of conditions or surroundings. His life was full of tenderness, sacrifice, solicitude, true in its constancy and loyal in its devotion to all with whom he was associated. He was everywhere regarded as a wide-awake, enterprising man of his time, fully alive to the dignities and the responsibilities of citizenship, and, to the extent of his ability, contributed to the general prosperity of the comiminit}- honored by his citizenship. Courteous, affal)le and easily approached, he commanded the undivided respect of all with whom he came in contact, and .his friends were bounded only by the limits of his acquaintance, being universally esteemed in all the relations of life.

John I.. Morris. M. D.

Professional success results from merit. Frequently in commercial life one may come into possession of a lucrative business through inheritance or gift, but in what are known as the learned professions advancement is gained only through painstaking and long continued effort. Prestige in the healing art is the outcome of strong mentality, close application, thorough mastery of its great underlying principles and the aliility to apply theory to practice in the treatment of diseases. Good intellectual training, thorough professional knowledge and the possession and utilization of the qualities and attributes essential to success, have made the subject of this review eminent in his chosen calling, and he is recognized as one of the leading physicians in Gibson county.

John L. J\'Iorris, M. D., was born February 22. 1869, in Barton township, Gibson county, Indiana, on the old Barton homestead, the s<in of John T. and Mary I'l (Miller) Morris. The father was also liorn on this same farm, while the mother is a native of Warrick county, Indiana. John T. Morris was a son of John T. and ;\Iary (Marshall) Morris, natives of Fngland, in which country they lived until reaching maturity, when they came to America in 1832. They were married in Evansville, Indiana, in 1S32, later removing to Vanderburg county, and in 1838 locating in Barton township, Gibson comity. Here they cleared a place in the heavy growth of timber and built a cabin. John T. Morris. Sr., was fortunately possessed of a knowledge of surveying and was enabled to greatly help his neighbors in locating their land. He was a man of splendid intellectual attainments, well read and scholarly, and was a leader in his community. He and his wife were members of the Episcopal church. To them were born six children, namely: John T., the subject's father: Richard, Lewis, Phillip and Sidney, deceased; Robert is living on part of the old home place. The subject's father, John T. Morris, received a common school education, and, his father passing away when he was but twelve years of age, he tenderly cared for his mother until her death in 1892. On August 7, 1862, Mr. Morris enlisted in Company F, Fourth Indiana Cavalry, and was mustered out on June 23, 1865. He served in the Army of the Cumberland, with Sherman on the "March to the Sea," was in Wilson's raid and took part in the capture of Jefferson Davis. He has followed farming for thirty-five years, part of this time being also interested in a saw-mill. In politics he is deeply interested in the success of the Republican party, while his religious affiliations are with the Methodist Episcopal church. In January, 1867, John T. Morris was united in marriage with Mary E. Miller, daughter of David Miller, of Virginia, who was an early settler in Pike county, Indiana, ami who later removed to Missouri. To this union were born nine children, as follows: George Thomas, who is a farmer in Warrick county, being also interested in engineering and the dairy business, married Mary E. Heldt ; John L. ; Robert Benjamin is a farmer in Warrick county and among other investments he is connected with the telephone interests. He was .first married to a Miss De Priest and his second wife was a Miss Smith; Charles died at the age of four years; Martha Bell died at the age of two and one-half years; James died at the age of four years ; W. F. is a physician and is the subject of a sketch elsewhere in this work; Edison, a farmer of Elberfield, Indiana, married Augusta Ebrecht ; Mary Eva married William C. May, a farmer living at Mackey, Indiana.

After completing a course in the common schools, the subject of this review attended the Snake Run Academy. Resolving to make the study and practice of medicine his life work, he put in two 3'ears preparatory work under Dr. John Ballard, of Haubstadt, Indiana, now deceased, and then he entered the Jeft'erson Medical College at Philadelphia, from which he graduated May 15, 1896. He was then engaged in practice with Dr. John Ballard at Haubstadt, Gibson county, until 1899, when he located at King's Station, where he built his home and office and resided until December 23, 1913, when he moved to Princeton and is now in active practice. Doctor Morris" practice extends over an extensive territory, he not only doing a large business in Princeton, but over the entire county.

The subject was married on April 28, 1897, to Artena Frances Epperson, of Gibson county, daughter of Uriah C. and Mary (Brumfield) Epperson, the father, a farmer, living four miles north of Haubstadt. To this union have been born two children: Uriah C, who was born December 23, 1901, and Nola V., who died at the age of four and one-half years.

also being affiliated with the national body, the American Medical Association. Politically, he is a stannc!: Republican, having been elected coroner for the county from 1896 to 1910. Religiously, he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at King's .Station. His fraternal relations are with the Knights of Pythias lodge at Princeton, and is also a member of the Sons of Veterans, about tn be organized here

James Albert Tichenor

Though more than a decade of years has elapsed since ihe In mured subject of these memoirs was transferred frum the life militant in the life triumphant, his personality is still fresh in the memory uf his many friends who remain in Gibson county, where for manv years he was regarded as one of the leading men. Because of his man_\- excellent personal qualities and the s])lendid and definite influence which his life shed over the entire locality in which he lived so long and which he labored so earnestly to upbuild in any way within his power, it is particularly fitting that specific mention should be made of him in a work containing mention of the representative citizens of the community in a past generation. A man of high moral character, unimpeachable integrity, persistent industry and excellent business judgment, he stood ''four square to every wind that blew" and throughout the locality where he lived he occupied an envial)le position among his fellow men, by whom he was universally esteemed.

James Albert Tichenor was born September 22, 1851, on the corner of West and Emerson streets, Princeton, Indiana, the son of William X. and Elizalieth (Johnson) Tichenor, he of Nelson county, Kentucky (born December 2^. 1826), and she born October 12, 1828, on "River DeShee." Elsewhere in this volume will be found a sketch of the life of ^^'illianl X. Ticlie-" nor, father of the immediate subject of this sketch, a man of great influence and ability.

James Albert Tichenor was educated in schools of Princeton, remaining at home with his parents until his marriage, in 1881. to Eliza J. Mauck, who was born .August 7. 1850. in Owensville, Indiana, a daughter of Abraham and X'ancy (Jones) Mauck. .Abraham Mauck was a native of Harrison county, Indiana, and Nancy Jones was a daughter of Col. Cliarles Jones, whose wife was Eleanore Warrick. The ^^'arricks were natives of Kentuckv and Capt.

Jacob Warrick, Eleanore's father, was killed at the battle of Tippecanoe. Abraham Mauck's education was limited to that obtainable in the country schools of his time. Later in life he was engaged in the pork packing industry and boating and was a merchant at Mt. Carniel, Illinois, in association with his brothers ; they were also engaged in the flour-mill business. He died at the age of eighty years. Nancy Jones Mauck, his wife, died when young, aged thirty-three years. She was the mother of two children now living, namely: Eliza J., wife of the .'subject of this sketch, and Charles, a farmer located at Twin Falls, Idaho.

Abraham Mauck married a second time, his second wife being Mrs. Mary Miln Walling, widow of Dr. Willoughby Walling, and she is still living in Princeton. To their union were born three children, namely : William M., deceased; Frank, a farmer residing in Princeton, and Arthur, a farmer who resides in Patoka township, Gibson county.