Gibson County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1914 (part 5 of 20)

Franklin Turpin

The gentleman of whom the biographer now writes is widely known as one of the honored pioneers of Gibson county, aad for almost three-quarters of a century has lived here, since reaching mature years having been a valued factor in the development of this community. His well-directed energies in the practical affairs of life, his capable management of his own interests and his sound judgment have demonstrated what may be accomplished by the man of energy and ambition, who, persevering often in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles, proves that he is possessed of those innate cjualities that never fail to bring success if properly directed, as they have evidently been in the case of that honored and respected veteran of the Civil war and successful agriculturist, whose name heads this biographical review.

Franklin Turpin was born in Washington township, Gibson county, Indiana, April 8, 1840, the son of Alfred and Mahala (Mayhall) Turpin, natives of Kentuck}', who came with their parents to Gibson county at an early date. Alfred was a son of William Turpin, of Ireland, who married a Miss Slavin. William came to America as a young man and first resided in Henderson county, Kentucky, removing to Gibson county, Indiana, in 1830, and locating in the forest in Washington township, where he wrested a home from the wilderness and lived the rest of his da^-s. \Villiani Turpin and wife were the parents of six children, namely: Alfred, the subject's father; Isaac, who lived in Washington township, but died in Knox county; Jefferson and Calvin also lived in Washington township ; Betsey and Sarah.

The subject's maternal grandfather, William ]\fayhall, was known as "Uncle Billv." He was a native of Kentucky and came to Gibson county about 1830, first settling in White River township and later in Washington township. He died on his place five miles north of Princeton. He was the father of two children by his first marriage: Mahala, the subject's mother, and Dudley, who lived in Washington town.ship. William Mayhall was married a second time.

Alfred Turpin, the subject's lather, grew up oil his father's farm, acquiring but a limited education in the subscription schools of his boyhood days. On reaching mature years he acquired some wild land on the i'atoka river near Hazelton, where he made a home and spent his days in farming, becoming widely known as a successful agriculturist and a well informed man. He and his wife died in 1846 within twelve hours of each other of what was known as 'black tongue, " and both were buried in the same grave on the old Joe Milburn place northeast of Princeton. They were the parents of five children : Asa is retired and lives in Oakland City. He was a member of the First Indiana Volunteer Cavalry in the Civil war; Franklin; Isaac, Jefferson and Elizabeth are deceased.

Franklin Turpin received such schooling as was common in those days and grew up on the home farm. On August 16, 1861. he enlisted in Company F, Thirt3'-third Regiment Indiana \'olunteer Infantry, at I'rinceton. Indiana, and after being outfitted and drilled at the cam]) at Indianapolis, was sent to Camp Dick Robinson, from which ])lace they marched to Wild Cat Mountain and were in battle there. From that point they went to Crab Orchard and from there to Lexington, Kentucky, where they were stationed until April, 1862, when they marched to the Cumberland mountains, and from that locality were dispatched to Greenspoint, Kentucky, on the Ohio river. Under the command of Gen. George ^^'. Morgan, of Ohio, the\- went to Cincinnati, crossed the ri\er to Covington and marched to Lexington, from there to Danville, then to Nashville and Franklin, Tennes.see, and were engaged in the battle at Thomp.son's Station on March 5. 186.^. when Mr. Turpin and his comrades were captured by the Confederates and taken to the famous Libby prison. Being paroled after spending seventeen days in that l^lace. the subject returned to Indianapolis on a ten days' furlough, and after his exchange went to Franklin, Tennessee, and subsequently was in the" fighting at Alurfreesboro, Geier's Gap, Tallahassee and Christiania. His original term of enlistment having expired, Mr. Turpin re-enlisted and. after a thirtv davs" furlough spent at home, he rejoined bis command and was in the fighting around Chattanooga, Buzzard Roost and Snake Creek Gap. then Ijeing sent to Atlanta and taking- part in the .\tlanta cani])aign. during which he was seriously ill for aliout six days. The subject was with Siierman on his famous "march to the sea." and subsequently leaving Savannah. Georgia, his command crossed tlie ri\er rind marched through South Carolina to Bentonville. North Carolina, where Mr. Turpin was again captured and taken back to T,ibby prison. After enduring many hardships in that bastile, he was returned on parole to Indianapolis, and through Governor Morton secured a thirty days' furlough and returned to his home, being honorably discharged from the service of his country August 6, 1865.

On September 3, 1868, the subject was married to Jane Moore, of Washington township, Gibson county, the daughter of John C. and Elizabeth (Dawson) Moore, he a native of South Carolina and she of Kentucky. John C. Moore was a son of John C., who married Anna Boyles. John C. Moore, Sr., came from Kentucky at an early date and settled in Washington township, Gibson county, where he cleared land and made a home at a point where Moore's bridge is located, he and his wife spending the remainder of their lives there. To them were born five children : John C, the father of Mrs. Turpin; Joe, Ed, Rachael and Joann. Elizabeth Dawson was the daughter of John and Mary (Dere) Dawson. John was a soldier in the Black Hawk war, under General Scott, of ^^incennes. He settled in pioneer times in 'Washington township, Gibson county, where he lived the rest of his life. He was the father of six children, Elizabeth, Shelton, Thomas, Logan, Smith and Jane. The children of John C. and Elizabeth Moore were: (i) Ann is the widow of David McMillan and lives in southern California. He was a memJDer of Company B, First Indiana Volunteer Cavalry. (2) Elizabeth, deceased, married Michael Turpin and they had one son. Henry. She was married a second time, to Benjamin Fields. (3) John C, deceased, married Mary Phillips, who also is deceased. (4) Rebecca married Lewis Van Coupen, who served three years and ten months in Company F, Thirty-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and they had three children. Both are deceased. (5) The subject's wife. (6) Joe, a retired farmer living at Princeton, married Harriett Turpin and they have three children living. His second marriage, with Mary Phillips, resulted in the birth of two children, who are living. Joe was in the One Hundred and Forty-seventh Regiment Indiana Voulnteer Infantry. (7) Ed is a farmer in Center township. He was married three times, iirst to Nettie Page, second to Jane Icloup, and third to Ann Withers. (S) Celia, deceased, was the wife of Thomas Jones and they had four children, (q) David, deceased, married Mary Key. and they had two children. He was a farmer in W^ashington township. ( 10) Sarah Ellen is deceased. Cii") Emma is deceased.

To the subject and wife have been born six children, as follows : Maude, who died in her thirty-fourth year, was the wife of Green Patrick, who also is deceased; Lou, a farmer in Patoka township, married Rose lilair and they have fuur children; Rutli n:arried Oak Blackest, ut i'atoka township, and they have six children; Celia married James Mclntire, a I'atoka township farmer, and they have two children; John, a conductor on the \'andalia railroad, and formerly with the Southern railroad for ten years, lives in St. Louis. He married Lillian Parks and ihey have one daughter; Eliza married Henry E. L'rane and they have three children.

After his marriage, Mr. Turpin and wife located in Knox omnty, Indiana, where he had a saw-mill for twn or three years, and then returned to Washington township, this county, and took up farming, continuing at this until 1897, when they moved to Princeton, where he has since been engaged at carpenter work. In political matters, Mr. Turpin has ever given his support to the Republican party, while in his religious aflRliations he is a consistent member of the Ciunl)erland Presbyterian church.

Daniel N. Tichexor

The biographies of successful men are instructive as guides and examples, as well as incentives to those whose careers are yet to be achieved. The examples they furnish of patient purpose and consecutive endeavor strongly illustrate what is in the power of each to accomplish. The gentleman whose life story herewith is briefly set forth is a conspicuous example of one who has lived to good purpose and achieved a definite degree of success in the special sphere to which his talents and energies have been de\oted.

Daniel N. Tichenor was born in Xelson county. Kentucky, on March _'4. i8jq, the son of Ebenezer and Susan i PjuII ) TicheiKir, both also natives nf Nelson county. His mother died in 1840, l)ut the father had come to Gil)son county, Indiana, by wagon, about 1833, settling in Montgomery township, where he acquired a rough piece of unimproved land, the soil being wet and almost uncultivable. Here Mr. Tichenor stayed for a while, finally securing land near White church, in Patoka townshi]), southwest of Princeton, where he built himself a log cabin and started to clear a permanent home. Some time after the death of his first wife, he married Peggy Barker, a native ni Indiana. He was a hard-working man and succeederl in improving his farm into one of the best in his locality. He and his wife i)oth died on that farm. Politically, he was a Democrat, while his religion- mcnibershi]) was ^vith the General Baptist church, holding membership in this church in Patoka town- ship. By his first union were born the following children : Elizabeth, who was twice married, first to John Burton, and second, to William Simmons, and she now lives near Fort Branch, Indiana; Daniel M., the subject of this sketch; Hannah, deceased; Jacob, deceased. To the second union were born the following children: Charity, deceased, who was the wife of Wesley Johnson; William, deceased, formerly of Patoka township.

After the death of the subject's mother, he took the other children back to Kentucky and lived for a while with a family Ijy the name of Brewer on Green river, and later with an uncle. Collier Tichenor, for a while. He had no opportunity to secure a school education and learned mainly by habits of observation of men and events. Subsequently he came back to Gibson county and worked out at farming labor until after his first marriage, when he bought his father's old homestead farm, on which he has since lived and to which he has added until he is now the owner of three hundred and fifty-one acres in Patoka township, located near the White church, and which is one of the best agricultural tracts in the township. Pie has always followed farming and has been a hard-working man, his industry and perseverance being rewarded by the splendid success which has attended his eiTorts. He and his wife started in life in a small way, but have achieved a most pronounced success and enjoy the esteem of all who knew them, because of their honest and successful efifbrts. In the fall of 1901 Mr. Tichenor retired and moved to Princeton, buying an attractive residence at No. 404 North Spring street, where he now lives, enjoying the fruits of his former labor. He was a practical agriculturist during his active years and in addition to raising crops, gave a good deal of his attention to the raising of fine horses, among which was the noted stallion, "Lexington," also raising with equal success many fine cattle.

Daniel Tichenor first married Eliza Jane Brown, of Gibson county, Indiana, to which union was born a son, Albert, who died in youth. On January 27, 1855, ]\Ir. Tichenor married Eliza Jane Mounts, who was born on August 4, 1835, in Edwards county, Illinois, and to them were born the following children: Lewis, who died in infancy; George, liorn Septemlier iq, 1867, is a farmer in Patoka township, and married Melvina Sweppy; Julia, born September 3, i860, died on May 25, 1864; Louisa, born October 4, 1863, became the wife of Thomas Richards, but is now deceased, leaving three children, Lora, Harvey and Essie; James, born November 13, 1866, and who is a farmer in Patoka township, married Cora West; Olive O., born in June, 1872, became the wife of George Benton, an interurlian motorman; Elmer, born October i, 1876, followed farming for a while, 1iut is now em- ployed in the Southern railroad shops at Princelnn. He married I'earl Smith. Mrs. Tichenor is the daughter of Thomas and Ann (Lagrange) Mounts, both of whom were born and reared in Kentucky, in Nelson county, her father being a pioneer settler of Edwards county, Illinois, where he successfully followed farming. To himself ami wife were born seven children, namely : Mary, Henry, \\'illiam, Nancy, Betty, Eliza Jane and Isaac, all of whom are deceased, excepting Mrs. Tichenor.

Politically, Mr. Tichenor has always given Iiis earnest support to the Democratic party, and, though taking an active and intelligent interest in local public affairs, he has been content with the casting of an honest ballot, but never aspiring to public office on his own account. Religiously, he and his wife are earnest and faithful members of the General Baptist church, to which they contribute of their time and substance. Dependent very largely upon his own resources from his earh- youth, Mr. Tichenor 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 to work for the end he has in view. He is a man of splendid personality, and because of his industrious liliaits and the success he has attained, he enjoys the esteem of the community in which he resides.

Henry Tichenor

Among the prominent men of Gibson county who ha\e made their impress on the community in which they have lived is Henr\- Tichenor, the present postmaster of Princeton, Indiana. He was born March lo, 185S, about one-half mile west of Princeton, and has spent his whole life in the county of his nativity. His parents were William N. and Elizabeth (Johnson) Tichenor, his father being born in Kentuck}-. December 25, 1S26. William Tichenor came to Gibson county with his ])arents. Daniel and jane (Glover) Tichenor, when he was a small bny and at the time nf his death was one of the most substantial citizens in the county. Mr. ami .Mrs. William N. Tichenor were the parents of a family of four children: James Albert, deceased; Daniel, deceased; Henry, the subject nf the immediate sketch; Oliver Morton, deceased, who was postmaster of Princeton at (me time. Mrs. William N. Tichenor is still living at the old family homestead on I'.merson street.

his marriage began to farm in his home township. After farming for some years he moved to Princeton and engaged in the transfer business, ilt has always taken a prominent part in Repubhcan poHtics and his party has signally recognized his ability by electing him as county chairman on two different occasions. In recognition of his efficient service to the party, President William Howard Taft appointed him on April 13, 1910, to the postmastership at Princeton, a position which he is still holding.

Mr. Tichenor was married on August 12, 1883, to Ida Teague, of Indianapolis. They have no children. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Tichenor is a modest, unassuming man who takes a keen interest in the affairs of the day and because of the consistent conduct of his life has a large circle of friends and acquaintances throughout the comity where he has spent his whole life.

Fred Robert Ewing

It is a well-known fact that public opinion really rules this country. It was the insistent cry of the public which forced through the last two amendments to the Constitution of the United States, and it was this same influence which led President Wilson to insist upon a reduction in the tariff and the passage of the new monetary bill through Congress. Public opinion, however, would be useless without it had the opportunity to find expression, and there is no way by which public opinion can find its full usefulness except through newspapers. For this reason it is not too much to say that newspapers of our country really are the rulers; that they have more power in the shaping of the destinies of our nation than Congress itself. Congress can do no more than voice the will of the people as set forth in the newspapers. There are very few towns in Indiana today which do not have a publication of some kind, and during the last year the newspaper directory gives nearly eight hundred publications of one kind and another in the state of Indiana. Among the leading Republican papers of the southern part of the state the Clarion Nezvs. of Gibson county, stands as one of the best papers in its class.

Fred Robert Ewing, the son of John William and Ella (Fellows) Ewing, was born December 28, 1876, in the town where he has lived all his life. His father was a native of this county, his mother being born in Greene county. Fred R. Ewing received his common school and high school education in the Princeton city schools, graduating from the Princeton high school in June, 1895. Immediately after graduation from the high school, he entered the State University of Indiana at Bloomington, where he took a prominent part in various college activities. While in attendance at the University he was a member of the Sigma Chi Greek-letter fraternity, and .still takes an active interest in this organization. After leaving the university he began newspaper work as a reporter on the Princeton Daily Democrat, and six months later he joined the force of the Princeton Evening News. In 1901, in association with Samuel R. Adams and James W. Westfall, he purchased from Gilbert R. Stormont, the Princeton Dally and U'cc-lcly Clarion. Ewing becoming the editor and general manager of the paper. A year later the Clarion was consolidated with the Princeton Evening and Weekly News, Mr. Ewing still continuing as editor and manager. Under his management the paper increased in circulation and as a result its advertising increased until Mr. Ewing felt able to acquire a controlling interest in the Clarion Publishing Company, and since that time he has held the majority interest and control of the Clarion-N ews corporation. He owns the newspaper property, which is the ofificial organ of the Republican party in Gibson county and exerts no small influence in local politics. Mr. Ewing has associated with him George B. Grigsby as business manager and Charles \\. ^McConnick as city editor.

Mr. Ewing has been active in Republican politics in Gibson county, and in view of the fact that he is the editor of the official Republican paper of the county, his influence is second to that of no other man in the county. He has served as precinct committeeman, county vice-chairman, and in February of 191 3. was elected county chairman.

Mr. Ewing was married June 14, 1900, in Evansville, Indiana, to Louise Horrall, the daughter of Seth O. and Mary (Herrod) Horrall, and to this union has been born one daughter, Mary Eleanor.

The Emerald Isle has furnished thousands of good, substantial citizens for our great commonwealth, and the community which receives them may well count themselves fortunate. Wherever they go they are always found among the substantial citizens of the community in which they settle and the sunshine which radiates from their personality is proverbial throughout the world. A true son of Erin is a man who has the spirit of optimism developed to the highest degree and his good nature is welcomed everywhere. It is related of a man who was sick that when he was told that there were just two men left in the village who were not sick and that they were a physician and an Irishman, he at once said, "Bring me the Irishman." He probably felt that the Irishman would do him more good than the physician.

Michael McGowan, one of the self-made and highly respected men of Princeton, was born January 3, 1870, at Walnut Hill, Pennsylvania. His parents were Michael and Mary ( JMcNurtney ) McGowan. His father was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Florida. He was a surface boss in coal mines. His wife was a native of Ireland, and her death occurred in Kentucky. They were the parents of four children, Kate, John, Michael and Charles.

Michael McGowan, the third child in order of birtii, received a very limited common school education and early in life was put upon his own resources. He started to learn the machinist's trade and because he was an apt pupil he made rapid progress in acquainting himself with the details of the work. While still a young man he was a fireman on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad for a short time and later was promoted to the responsible position of engineer on the same line. The next seventeen years of his life were spent in the engmeer's cab on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, and during all that time his record was absolutely clear. The responsibilities which face the engineer in his cab every day are greater than those in any other occupation and only men of the steadiest nerve and clearest mind and eye can hold his position as long as Mr. McGowan did. After seventeen years of hard service on the railroad Mr. McGowan retired from the engineer's cab and took employment with the Southern Railroad Company in their shops at Princeton, Indiana, where he could be at home. He is still in the employ of this company in their shops, and is accounted one of the most capable workers which the company lias in its employ today.

Michael McGowan was married on April 25, 1895. to Mary E. Christian, of Princeton, the daughter of Charles and Bridget (McDaniel) Christian. Mrs. McGowan's father, better known as "Uncle Charlie," was born in Kilkenny, Ireland, and settled in Princeton after coming to this country, building the house which is now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. McGowan and family and her mother. Christian street in Princeton was named for Charles Christian, and when he died on September 25, 1889, his death was mourned by the whole city. He was a man who was well liked by everybody and was especially a great friend of the children. If a man is to be judged by the amount ol goud he does in this wurkl, then "Uncle L'harhc" will receive a great reward in the next world. His widow is still living with her son-inlaw, at the age of ninety-three years, and is remarkably active and well preserved for a woman of her age. Mr. and Airs. Christian were the parents of four children: Alary, who died in infancy; Thomas, of i'rinceton, Indiana, who married Lizzie Shank; Mary E., wife of the subject, and John, who lives with Air. and Mrs. McGowan. To Mr. and Mrs. McGowan have been born six children: Margaret, who died at the age of sixteen montiis; Irma, who died at the age of sixteen years ; Charles, Anna Alary, Thomas and Wilmer. The family are devout Catholics and contribute liberally of their means to the support of this denomination. Mr. McGowan is a genial man, unassuming and quiet in his demeanor and easily makes and retains friends, and because of his high personal qualities he is eminently entitled to rejiresentation in a work of the character of the one in hand

William Doxald Downey

Prominent in the afl'airs of Gibson cnunty and distinguished as a citizen whose influence is far extended be^nnd the limits of the community honored by his residence, the name of William ]3onald Downey stands out a conspicuous figure among the successful liusiness men of the locality of wliich this volume treats. All of his undertakings have been actuated by noble motives and high resolves and characterized by breadth of wisdom and strong individuality and his success ami achievements but represent the result i>f lit utilization of innate talent in directing effort along those lines where m.ature judgment and rare discrimination lead the way.

William Donald Downey, who for over a half century has lieen numbered among the leading business men of Gilison county, and who is now prominently identified with one of its most inllucntial linancird institutions, was born on March i8, 1834, in I'osey county, Indiana, the son of Re\ . .\le\- ander and Nancy Downey. These parents, who were also natives of i'o.sey county, were of Scotch-Irish descent. They were reared and married in their native community, where the father became an acti\e and forceful minister of the Cumberland Presln-terian church. He also owned and operated a large farm. In 1839 he went to Dubois countw Indiana, and settled on a two-hundred-acre farm west of Jasper, but e\entually moved to Newburg. Indiana, in order to educate his children, and was there living when his death occurred, on May 17, 1&4S. His wife died on November y, 1854. They were the parents of live children, James Porter, born February 6, 1830, was a farmer, but is now deceased. Alexander Lowery, born January 19, 1832, was a merchant, but is now retired and lives in Princeton. William Donald, the immediate subject of this sketch. Elizabeth Ann, born August 27, 1837, is the widow of John DeBruler, and is living in DuBois county, this state. Francis Marion, born August 30, 1840, was a soldier in the Civil war and was a member of the Sixty-first Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, which became a mounted command, and Mr. Downe\' was wounded during active service, from the etTects of which he died.

William Donald Downey, after completing his common school course, entered the Newbnrg Academy, at Newburg, Indiana, where he completed the course. His first active effort in life on his own account was as clerk in a store in Evansville, Indiana, where he was employed until 1851, when he came to Princeton and opened a general store on the southeast corner of the square. He was successful and later took in a partner, the firm being known as Downey & Wilburn for many years. Eventually he bought the interest of his ])artner and conducted the store himself until August, 1912, when he disposed of it and retired from active life. Thus for a period of over half a century he was closely identified with the business interests of Princeton, and because of his eminent success, sterling qualities of character and his genial disposition he has enjoyed the respect and esteem of the entire coniniunitv. Mr. Downey was one of the organizers of the Farmers Bank at Princeton, and was the first president, serving in this capacity for many years, but eventually, owing to the demands of his private business, he declined the chief office in this institution and became vice-president, a position which he now holds, and a large share of the success which characterized this popular institution being due to the personal efforts and influence of the subject of this sketch.

On October 24, 1868, Mr. Downey was united in marriage to Octavia Hall, a daughter of Judge Samuel and Elizabeth Prince Hall, natives of Princeton, but of French extraction. Judge Hall was for many years a leading lawyer of Princeton, and was a man of high character and widely recognized ability. His wife was the daughter of William Prince, who was either the first or the second settler in Princeton, and after whom the town was named. He was a prominent man in his day, and served efficiently as an Indian agent for the government, as well as in other important official capacities. Mrs. Downey died on January' 14, iqii. To Mr. and Mrs. Downey were born three children, Samuel Russell, who is a traveling sales- man living in New York City, married Alary Slratton. Winchester Hall, who died on July 21, 191 1, had been engaged in business with his father. He married Minnie Benham, and to them was born one child. Mrs. Downey now lives in California. Celeste Prince became the wife of Floyd J- Briggs, a druggist at Princeton, and they have one daughter. Nancy Celeste.

In his political views Mr. Downey has always stood allied with the Republican party, and has taken an intelligent interest in all public questions, on which he is well informed and regarding which he holds decided opinions. Religiously, he has for many years been a member of the Presbyterian church of Princeton, and has been an elder for a long while. Mr. Downey has been a valued factor in the development of the community \\ith which he has been so long identified, and has given his su])port unreser\e(lly I'l the movements which have promised to benefit the community, educationally, morally, etc. His well-directed energies in the practical affairs of life, his capable management of his own business interests and his sound judgment have demonstrated what may be accomplished by a man of energy and ambitiDu, who, persevering in the face of obstacles, pro\es that he is the possessor 0/ those innate qualities that never fail to bring success if properly directed. He is a man of .splendid personality and enjoys to a marked degree the esteem and respect of the community in which he resides.

Francis M. Grigsby

This honored veteran of the Civil war is to be designated one of the progressive and influential citizens of Gibson county, where for nearly threequarters of a century he has maintained his home, figuring as one of the builders of the community and especially worthy of consideration in this work. He has, by his industry and sound judgment, not only gained a competency for his old age, but he has materially assisted in the general welfare of the community, in many ways lending his time an.l inlluence to the promulgation of various uplifting movements.

Francis M. Grigsby was born in Gibson county, Indiana, .\ugust 18, 1842, the son of George and Eliza Lamasters. The father was a plasterer by trade and spent his entire life in Posey county, Indiana, as did his wife. He died in 1846, and his wife, who was born in Newburg, Indiana, passed away in 18-I4. To the subject's parents were born three children, namely: Robert, who was a farmer in White county, Illinois, is deceased; Elizabeth, deceased, was the wife of Joseph Reed; Francis M. The paternal grandfather of the subject, Simeon Lamasters, was a soldier in the Mexican war.

Until he reached the age of nineteen, Mr. Grigsby lived with an uncle and aunt, Joseph and Mary Makemson, who resided in Patoka township, six miles northeast of Princeton. The education of the subject was very meager and acquired in a short term in the old subscription school, which is still standing and is now part of a barn on the Adamon Makemson place. At the outbreak of the Civil war Mr. Grigsby was among those valiant sons of the North who went forth to preserve the Union. He enlisted at Princeton, Gibson county, September i6, 1861, in Company F, Thirty-third Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and after being mustered in and equipped at Indianapolis, the company was dispatched to Louisville, Kentucky, where they were for a brief period at Camp Dick Robinson, and were then sent on toward the front, taking part in battles and skirmishes at Wild Cat. London and Crab Orchard, Kentucky, and at Cumberland Gap. They were engaged in the fighting at Nashville and Franklin, Tennessee, at Thompson's Station (or Spring Hill) and many minor engagements. In the battle at Thompson's Station Mr. Grigsby, along with eleven hundred and fifty others, was captured and sent to Libby prison, where he was confined for thirty days, subsequently being paroled and returned to Indianapolis, .\fter ten days' furlough, the subject rejoined the same company and regiment, and, after another leave of thirty da_ys, was with his command in the Atlanta campaign and "marched to the sea" with Sherman. After taking part in the Grand Review at the capital, Mr. Grigsby and his comrades were honorably discharged in Louisville, Kentucky, July 21, 1865.

After their marriage the subject and his wife took up their residence on the McCullough farm, two miles west of Oakland City, Indiana, where they remained for one year and then removed to Patoka township, Gibson county, and there for eighteen years carried on agriculture. In 1887 they moved to Princeton, and Mr. Grigsby followed the trade of a carpenter for six years. At the present time the subject is holding the position of custodian of the public library and of the Methodist Episcopal church, which he has efficiently filled for the last eight years. To him and his wife have been born eight children, as follows: Sadie is the wife of W. P. Hill, of Los Angeles, California, and she is a trained nurse ; John lives in Princeton and is a . carpenter; Ed is deceased; Lena is the wife of John Finnev, of Princeton; Ben is deceased ; Fern and Elizabeth are at home.

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Mr. Grigsby is a member of the Archer Post. Grand Army «f the Republic, at Princeton, and belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a well known man in his community, is well preserved and keeps thoroughly posted on current topics of the day.

George Binhack

Specific mention is made of many of the worthy citizens of Gibson county within the pages of this book, citizens who have figured in the growth and development of this favored locality and whose interests are 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, .\mong this number was George Binhack, one of the leading farmers and stock raisers of Princeton, Gibson county, Indiana.

George Binhack, though not a native of the country in which he now lives and in which he has had a very prosperous and successful career, is nevertheless one of the most loyal citizens of his adopted country, and has for many years been numbered among the respected and influential citizens (jf his locality. He was born in Muddersdorf. Bohemia. .Austria, on August I, 1855, the son of Martin and Anna (Moller) Binhack, both of whom were also natives of the same place. The father was a tanner In- trade ha\ing a tan-yard in his home town, and lie and his wife spent their entire lives there. They were the parents of eight children : Julia, the wife of .\ndrew Link, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Annie, deceased, who was the wife of John Huntzwurtz, of Ludington, Michigan; Frank, a farmer at home; Joseph, who died in his native land ; George, the immediate subject of this sketch : Austin, a clothing salesman in Chicago, Illinois: Martin, a carpenter li\ing in Washington, and John, who is a tailor in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

George Binhack attended the schools of his native country and received a good practical education. During his young manhood he learned the harness-making trade, at which he was employed until 1H75. when he came to America. He located first at Fort Branch, Indiana, where he was employed in D. T. Wallace's flour mill. He remained in Fort Branch until about 1887, when he went to Barton township, where for two and one-half years he engaged in farming. In 1890 he came to King's .Station, Patoka township, where for seventeen years he worked for the R. P. Moore Companv as engineer. He bought ten acres of land, to the cultivation of which he devoted himself so earnestly and with such good judgment that he was later enabled to buy forty-seven acres of the Griffith place in Patoka township after his retirement from the mill in 1907. During the past four years he has also farmed the Witherspoon place at King's Station. He has demonstrated agricultural ability of a high order and is achieving a splendid success at this calling. In addition to the raising of all crops common to this section of the state, he also gives some attention to live stock, raising cattle, horses, mules and hogs, and is likewise successful in this line of work. Coming to America a mere boy, he had practically nothing except a large stock of ambition and industry and, with no influential friends to assist him, he has persisted in his earnest endeavors and has demonstrated what a young man of right principles can accomplish through hard work and good management.

In August, 1885, Mr. Binhack was married to Hester Frendenburg, a daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Fulling) Fredenburg, both natives of Germany, who, on coming to America, located at Fort Branch, following farming until the end of his life. He and his wife are both now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Binhack have been born eleven children, namely: Albert and Oscar (deceased), Gertrude, George Leslie, Russell, Orville, Annie, Raymond, Grace, Elizabeth and Pauline.

Politically, Mr. Binhack has given his support to the Democratic party, and religiously his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church which he also attends, being connected with Cunningham chapel at King's Station. Mr. Binhack is a man of splendid personal character and because of his straight life and genuine worth he has long enjoyed the good will and the confidence of his neighbors.

Samuel A. Stewart

The gentleman to a brief review of whose life the reader's attention is -herewith directed is among the foremost business men of Gibson and it has been his enterprise and progressive methods that contributed in a material way to the industrial and commercial advancement of the community. Possessing splendid executive and business ability, he has been successful in a material way, and because of his sterling qualities he is numbered among the representative men of the city in which he lives.

county whose ancestors trace their descent in direct line to sterling:; Scotland ancestors. These progenitors, upon emigrating In mi tiu' lanil of hills and heather to America, first settled in X'irginia sometime prior to the Revolutionary war, in which some of them took an active part. Tliomas Stewart was born near Lynchburg, \'irginia, on April 9, 1768, and married Tirzah Morrison on January 30, 1794, who was born in that same locality. To that union were born three children, M'illiam, Nancy and Samuel A. William and his brother came to Gibson county, Indiana, in 18 18, settling first in Patoka and from there moved north to the lead mines at Cialena, Illinois, where the former died. Nancy became the wife of a Mr. Lacky, with whom she moved to Kentucky.

Samuel Ayers Stewart, who was born in \'irginia on December 10, 1797, came to Indiana in 1818 and settled in Gibson county because of his ac(|uainlance with former neighbors who had come here from Virginia. He first engaged in the milling busmess and in the winter months he taught school, being one of the first teachers in this section of the state. Soon after coming here he entered a tract of government land and from then on engaged in farming, which remained his principle occupation until his death, which occurred on May 24, 1849, at the age of fifty-two years. During his residence in this county he was active in all matters pertaining to the locality and because of his activity, industry and good business management he succeeded in accumulating a competency and thereby bringing comfort and hajjpiness for his family. He was of a religious temperament and early in life become affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal church. He soon felt called to preach the gospel and in 1830 he was licensed to preach and was so successful in his efforts that on October 5, 1834, he was ordained by Deacon Roberts at Mt. Carmel, and on October 10, 18-17, he was regularly ordained elder 1)y Bishop Waugh, at the conference which met in Evansville. Politically, Mr. Stewart was quiet and unostentatious, while holding firmly to his convictions on the great questions of the day. Strongly opposed to slavery, he left his native state in order to escape its baneful influences. During his active life he held a number of offices of honor aufl trust, among which was that of associate judge, to which office he was elected in 1837. In 1845 he was appointed by Governor Whitcomb probate judge to fill out the unexpired term of Judge French, and in August of that year he was elected to that position for the full term. In 1839 he was collector of county taxes, all of which positions he filled with credit to himself and to the entire satisfaction of his fellow citizens. ' (35)

On January 29, 1824, Samuel Ayers Stewart was married to Lucinda Howe, who was the daughter of Robert Howe, and who was born in Kentucky in March, 1806, her death occurring on April 5, 1874. To this union were born eleven children : Thomas, the eldest and father of the subject of this sketch, born in Gibson county, Indiana, July 29, 1828, and died April 15, 1902. Here he was reared and received a limited education in the subscription schools of the time. On September 29, 1853, he married Susan L., the daughter of James and Elizabeth (Payen) Huddleson. She was born in Gibson county on November 30, 1830, and she lived her entire life in this community, dying on February 13, 19 14, aged eighty-three years. Her parents emigrated from Kentucky to this state while it was yet a territory. Her maternal grandfather was a soldier under Gen. William Henry Harrison during the Indian wars. To Thomas and Susan Stewart were born six children, who, in order of birth, are nained as follows : Samuel A., who is the subject of this sketch; Clara E., wife of M. S. Knaub; Florence A., now deceased, who was the wife of J. C. Danks; James W., Minnie (deceased) and John H.

Samuel A. Stewart was born in Patoka, Gibson county, Indiana, on July 17, 1854, and was there reared, receiving a common school education. After completing the public school course he entered a commercial college at Evansville, Indiana, where he received his diploma August 14, 1874. After his graduation he engaged in a business partnership with his father, which lasted until 1879, when the firm of Stewart & Danks was formed and which became one of the most important and successful enterprises of this locality. On the death of J. T. Lamb, in September, 1868, Mr. Stewart was appointed postmaster of Patoka, and served seven years to the entire satisfaction of the patrons of the office. For a number of years he has been successfully engaged in the real estate, insurance and loan business and because of his enterprising business interests, strict integrity and his congenial disposition, he has not only won the friendship of all with whom he has come in contact, but his full share of local patronage in his line. In 1894 Mr. Stewart was elected county clerk after an unusually hard fight made against him, against which he won out by a creditable plurality. So satisfactory was his discharge of official duties that he was re-nominated by acclamation and was again elected, this time leading the county ticket.

Politically, Mr. Stewart has been a life-long supporter of the Republican party, and has been active in its counsels and served as chairman of the Republican central committee for 1900 and 1902 and successfully conducted the campaign for both years. He was secretary of the county central committee for 1896 and in other ways through the years he lias exerted a large influence in the organization of this character. Fraternally, he is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and has taken the degrees of the Scottish Rite up to and including the thirt)-second, holding his membership in the consistory at Indianapolis. It is worthy of note that his paternal grandfather, Samuel A. Stewart, was a member of Liberty Lodge No. 95, Free and Accepted Masons, at Liberty. Virginia, and demitted from same in 1820 to identify himself with the lodge at Princeton. Religiously, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

On December 26, 1877, Samuel A. Stewart married ALar\- E. Danks, daughter of Thomas C. and Mary D. Danks, natives of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and to this union have been born the following children: Edith D., wife of O. O. Watson, a merchant at Princeton: Charles H., who for twelve years was deputy postmaster at Princeton, but is now traveling for Swift & Company, with headquarters at Columbus, Indiana; Clara E. is assistant to her father; Mary E., who is at home, has just graduated from the public schools; Samuel Ayers, Jr., is a student at Purdue University. Mr. Stewart is a splendid example of the virile, progressive, self-made inan, who believes in doing well what is worth doing at all, a man of keen discernment, sound judgment, strong minded and a follower of the principles embotlied in the Golden Rule regarding his relations to his fellow-men. Therefi)re, he enjoys to the utmost their confidence and good will. He has been unselfish in his attitude toward public affairs, giving his support at all times to any movement which has had as its object the advancement of the public welfare, materially, morally or educationally. Therefore he is entitled to the enviable position which he holds in general public affairs.

Ezekiel T. Hopkins

To write the personal record nf men wlm raised themselves from humble circumstances to positions of responsil)ility and trust in a community is no ordinary pleasure. Self-made men, men who have achieved success by reason of their personal qualities and left the impress of their individuality upon the business growth of their place of residence and afifect for good such institutions as are embraced in the sphere of their usefulness, unwittingly, perhaps, built monuments more enduring than marble obelisk or granite shaft.

Ezekiel T. Hopkins was born on October 14, 1846, near Fort Branch, Gibson county, Indiana, the son of Hiram A. and Martha J. (Ralston) Hopkins. The father was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, in 1815, and the mother in Princeton, Indiana, in 1820. Hiram A. Hopkins was brought by his parents to Indiana in 1818 at the age of three years. These parents, Ezekiel and Polly (Benson) Hopkins, were natives of Kentucky, and on coming to Indiana located between Owensville and Cynthiana, where the father located a tract of land and also operated a mill and a distillery. He located about five miles south of Princeton, Indiana, on the state road, where he spent the remainder of his years, his death occurring in 1853. He was widely known and a man of considerable prominence in this community. His wife died in Illinois. To them were born the following children : Willis, Hiram, James, Newton and Minerva. H[iram A. Hopkins lived on the home place until his marriage in 1827, receiving his education in the common schools. He engaged in school teaching in young manhood, but eventually located about one and one-half miles southeast of Fort Branch, on the state road, where he obtained a tract of government land, to the operation of which he devoted his attention during the remainder of his active life, his death occurring in 1874. He was survived many years by his widow, who died in Princeton in 1910, at the age of seventy-eight years. Hiram A. Hopkins was an old-line Whig in his original political views, but upon the organization of the Republican party he allied himself with that party. He was constable at one time and took an active interest in political affairs. Religiously, he was a member of the General Baptist church and his wife of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. They were the parents of twelve children, of whom eleven grew to maturity. They are, Andrew R., now deceased, was a resident of Vincennes, Indiana; Mary A., of Fort Branch, is the widow of Silas M. Holcomb: Helen M. is the widow of John King and resides in Princeton, Indiana; Cornelia is the wife of John F. Kenneth, of Fort Branch; Ezekiel T., the immediate subject of this sketch; Alice was the wife of Thomas D. Crumbaugh and both are now deceased; Isabella, who is now deceased, was the wife of William L. West, who is now living in Kansas ; Elizabeth is the wife of Dr. A. C. Smith, of Indianapolis; Joseph N., deceased, was a practicing physician in Liberty, White county, Illinois. He was educated in the public schools of Keokuk, Iowa, where he graduated. The eleventh child was a daughter, \\ho died in infancy, and Ethel, wife of John W. Douglas, of Chicago.

Ezekiel T. Hopkins attended the local schools of his neighborhootl and later went to the high school at Owensvilk-. 1 le lived with his parents at home until twenty-five years old, when, after his marriage, he located at C3'nthiana, Indiana, where he conducted farming operations and also practiced veterinary surgery, in which he became an expert. Later, he located at Fort Branch for five years and then, in 1880, took up active farming at King's .Station, where he has since lived. He is the owner of sixty-one acres of well-cultivated land, and during his active operation of this place, its wellkept appearance testified to the owner's good judgment and excellent taste, the attractive residence, the well-arranged barns and the highly-cultivated fields giving evidence of his progressive ideas and industrious habits. During the past seven years Mr. Hopkins has been retired from active labor, though he still maintains supervision over his farm. For several years Mr. Hopkins was also engaged in the grain business at King's Station, but his elevator burned in 1900, since which time he has not been engaged in that business. On May 12, 1872, Mr. Hopkins married Sarah E. Cunningham, of King's Station, Gibson county, Indiana, the daughter of Joseph and Alary (Arbuthnot) Cunningham, the father a native of Hazelton, Indiana, and the mother of Princeton. They are both now deceased. Mrs. Hopkins died on January 26, 1905. She was one of six children, the others being John A., who was a soldier in the Civd war, in which conflict he gave up his life in defense of his country; Nancy J., deceased; George A., a leading lawyer in Evansville, Indiana; Alice E., the wife of Samuel Slater, of King's Station, Indiana, and Laura, the wife of John Gambrel, of Princeton. To Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins were born five children, namely: George A., wh(j conducts a wholesale and retail house furnishing store at Carthage, Illinois, and who married Cordelia Kindle; P. C, who has for the past eighteen years been successfully engaged in the practice of law in Evansville; Mary R. is the wife of Roger Cleveland, a farmer one and one-half miles east of King's Station; Alice I., who is at home, has been a teacher in the Princeton public schools for the past six years; Theodore A. is a druggist at Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Being very deeply interested in educational affairs, Mr. Hopkins has seen to it that all of his children have received good educations and ha\e I)een reared to respectable positions in life.

Politically, Mr. Hopkins has been a life-long Republican up to the last campaign, when he allied himself with the Progressive party, in whose support he is enthusiastic. He served as deputy assessor of Patoka township for seven years. Religiously, he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at King's Station, to the supjiort of which he contributes liberally of his time and substance. Mrs. Hopkins, who also was a member of that church for several years, was a school teacher prior to her marriage. Mr. Hopkins is the possessor of a large and well-selected library, being a close and constant reader and a student of the current questions of the day, and is considered a well-informed man, who is able to intelligently discuss all questions. In many respects, Mr. Hopkins has labored for the material progress of the town and township, advocating laudable measures for the general good and sparing no reasonable efforts to advance the welfare of the community. His life has been characterized by integrity and usefulness and such has been his association with business and civic affairs that it is altogether proper that his career be perpetuated in this publication.

Reuben Phillips

Among the farmers of Gibson county, Indiana, who have to their credit many long years spent in industriously and intelligently tilling the soil, is Reuben Phillips, of Patoka township. He comes of a good family, one that has always been strong for right living and industrious habits, for morality and for all that contributes to the welfare of the commonwealth. Such people are welcomed in any community, for they are empire builders and as such have pushed the frontier of civilization ever westward and onward, leaving the green wide-reaching wilderness and the far-stretching plains populous with contented people and beautiful with green fields; they ha^'e constituted that sterling horde which moved the great Bishop Whipple to write the memorable line, "Westward the course of empire takes its way."

Reuben Phillips was born February 3, 1841, in Perry county, Pennsylvania, the son of Peter and Mary (Kessler) Phillips, he of Berks county, Pennsylvania, and she of Perry county, that state. The father was a farmer and in 1853 came to Gibson county, where he located. Moved with patriotism, he enlisted in August, 1861, in the First Indiana Cavalry. His command led him through Missouri and Arkansas and he died in service in the fall of 1864, having been injured by the falling of his horse on July 4th of the same year. The wife went back to Pennsylvania in 1856 and died there in 1898. They were the parents of a family of seven children, namely: Frank, the eldest, was a farmer in Gibson county, Indiana, but died in 1855. The second child was Reuben, subject of this sketch; Elizabeth, died unmarried, at Patoka, Indiana, in 1864; Kate, who became the wife of John Thorne and re- sides in Pennsylvania; James, ileceased; Sarah died in I'atoka, Indiana, and Alary, living in Pennsylvania, The parents were consistent nieinhers of the Lutheran church and reared their family in that faith.

Reuben Phillips, who was but a lad when his parents came to Gibson county in 1853, had but limited opportunity for schooling in the rural districts of that day. On May 29, 1861, he enlisted in Company C, Seventeenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, at Princeton, and was first ordered to Indianapolis. Later he was sent to Parkersburg, West Virginia, on into Maryland, back into West Virginia, to Louisville, Kentucky, and made all the long marches under General Thomas in Tennessee and Georgia. He was at Macon, Georgia, at the close of the war.

After receiving his discharge in 1865 'Sir. Phillips returned to Gibson county, where, on March 22, 1867, he was united in marriage to Mary Stott, who was born in Ireland, a daughter of William and Margaret (Steele) Stott. Her parents were married in Ireland and emigrated to Canada in 1847. 'O" eating near the city of Toronto, where her father engaged in farming. In 1858 the family moved to Gibson county, where Dr. John Stott, a brother, was residing in Princeton. Doctor Stott had been residing here since an early day and had often written his brother to come to Gibson county to assist him in caring for his farm property, which he continued to do until his death. His wife also died in Gibson county. They were members of the Reform Presbyterian church and were the parents of twelve children, three of whom are now living. The eldest was Mary, wife of the subject of this sketch; Thomas John, deceased; William Steele, deceased; Joseph, living in Gibson county ; Robert, deceased ; Frank, a farmer in Gibson count\- ; James and Ann, deceased, and four others who died in infancy.

After his marriage, Reuben Phillips farmed for nine years for Robert Mitchell, and he then farmed at Wheeling for eleven years, since which time he has confined his labors to agricultural work in Patoka township. He is a man who has always worked very hard and is wonderfully active and well preserved for his years. Reuben Phillips and wife are the parents of four children: William J., who remains at home unmarried and who deals in sand, grain and feed in Princeton; David, in the shoe business at Houston, Texas; Helen J., wife of O. A. Downey, a merchant at Francisco, Indiana, and Edith, wife of Joseph H. Laib, a promoter and insurance man of Princeton. There were also two other children who died in infancy.

Mr. Phillips is a member of the honored Grand Army of the Republic, Post No. 28, at Princeton, and his religious affiliation is with the Reformed

Presbyterian church. Mr. Phillips has long had the best interests of this locality at heart and has sought to advance them in whatever way possible. His life has been characterized by untiring energy, uncompromising fidelity and an earnest desire to advance himself in his chosen line of work. He is held in high esteem by all who know him as a citizen of the best type, an honest and upright man.

Samuel F. Braselton

Holding distinctive prestige among the enterprising citizens of Gibson county, Indiana, is Samuel F. Braselton, whose record, here briefly outlined, is that of a self-made man who, by the exercise of the talents with which nature endowed him, rose to the position he now occupies as one of the influential and well-to-do men of the city honored by his residence. He is a creditable representative of one of the old and highly esteemed pioneer families of this locality and possesses many of the admirable qualities and characteristics of his sturdy Kentucky ancestors, who migrated to Indiana in a very early day and figured in the history of this section of the state.

Samuel F. Braselton, enterprising farmer and successful business man, efficient public official and upright citizen, was born in Wayne county, Illinois, on October 22, 1844, and is the son of John and Nancy (Colvin) Braselton. The subject's father was born at Elizabethtown, Kentucky, March 8, 1808, and his wife was born on June 17, 1814, at the Robb settlement in New Harmony, Indiana. John Braselton was a wagon-maker during his earlier life, but later follovved farming. To him and his wife were born nine children, of whom all are living but two. Two were members of Company F, Thirtythird Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil war, one, James, dying at Evansville, Indiana, and George H. dying in Kentucky. The subject's father came with his parents in 1808 to Gibson county, settling near where the Southern railroad shops are now located, and here the grandfather, John Braselton, kept a tavern or half-way house, as they were then known. The subject's father spent the remainder of his days in Gibson county, his death occurring on September 3, 1887. His wife passed away the same year, her death occurring on the 3d day of February. Politically, John Braselton was first a Whig and after the formation of the Republican party he allied himself with that organization, took a deep interest in public affairs, espe-

Samuel F. Brasklton

Samuel F. Braselton was reared under the parental roof, securing his education in the common schools of the county. As soon as large enough he gave his assistance to his father in the operation of the home farm and followed this vocation until the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion, when, on December i6, 1863, he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Twentieth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, which command was assigned to the Army of the Cumberland, and with this command he took part in all the battles, marches and skirmishes incident to the historic Atlanta campaign. Mr. Braselton was slightly wounded at Kingston, North Carolina. From there he was sent to Goldsboro, North Carolina, and three days later met Sherman's army, with which, after a thirty-day rest, he moved to Raleigh, North Carolina. At the time of the surrender Mr. Braselton was detailed with about thirty others, and sent to Durham station at the time of the surrender of Johnson to Sherman, and he remained in the active service until 1866, his regiment being assigned to the gathering and shipping of arms and army supplies for the government. After being mu.stered out at Raleigh, North Carolina, Mr. Braselton returned to Indianapolis, Indiana, and soon afterwards returned to Gibson county. Here he followed agricultural pursuits until February, 1875, when, moving to Princeton, he engaged in the tin and stove business. Two years later he disposed of this business and during the following two years was engaged as clerk in a store. Mr. Braselton then engaged in the monument manufacturing business, to which, during the following twenty-seven years, he gave his undivided attention and in which he met with a splendid and well-merited success. In November, 1908, Mr. Braselton was elected trustee of Patoka township and is the present incumbent of this office, his term not expiring imtil 19 15, because of recent legislative enactment. He has demonstrated ability of a high order in his own affairs, and ''n the discharge of his official duties he is applying the same sound principles as he would to his own affairs. He has been successful in life and he and his wife are the owners of one hundred and fifty acres of good farming land and nine pieces of property in Princeton.

Politically, Mr, Braselton has been a life-long Republican and active in the support of this party. He served at one time as councilman from the first ward and has always been numbered among the foremost citizens of the community. Religiouslv, he is a member of the Presbyterian church, while his

On October lo, 1878, Samuel F. Braselton was married to Clara Kurtz, the daughter of William and Indiana (Arbuthnot) Kurtz, and to this union have been born three children, namely: Edgar K., a graduate of Purdue University, is the present representative of the Lilly Drug Company of Indianapolis at Washington, D. C. ; Edith, who is a teacher in the city schools of Princeton, was a student in Indiana and Chicago Universities; Daisey Dean, who took a kindergarten course in Indianapolis, and is a teacher in the city schools. Both daughters are at home. The splendid success which has crowned Mr. Braselton's eflforts has been directly traceable to the salient points in his character, for he started in life at the bottom of the ladder, which he mounted unaided. He comes of a splendid American family, one that has always been strong for right living and industrious habits, for education and morality, for loyalty to the national government and for all that contributes to the welfare of the community, and because of his success in life and his high personal character he is clearly entitled to specific mention in the annals of his countv.

James W. Cunningpiam

The student interested in the history of Gibson county does not have to carry his investigations far into its annals before learning that James W. Cunningham has long been one of its most active and leading citizens in its agricultural stock-raising interests and that his labors have been a potent force in making this a rich agricultural region, for through several decades he has carried on general farming, gradually improving his valuable place, and while he has prospered in this, he has also found time and ample opportunity to assist in the material and civic development of the county.

James W. Cunningham, of Wabash township, this county, was born October 20, 1841, near Hazelton, and is the son of Stewart and Georgia Ann TRobb) Cunningham. His mother was a sister of David and Moses Robb, and was born and reared south of Hazelton, her parents having been among the early pioneers of that section. She is now living at the advanced age of ninety-six years. Stewart Cunningham was born in 181 7, and was reared twelve miles north of Mt. Carmel, Illinois, and was a son of Buck Cunningham, who was of Scotch-Irish parentage. When Stewart Cunning- ham was a small child, his inothLT died and his father remarried At the age of fifteen the hoy ran away from home, coatless and harefooted, came across the river to Mt. Carmel and worked a few days with an old settler by the name of Howe, helping him break the first ground between Gordon Hill and Patoka. Here he remained for the following winter, killing many a deer on the Gordon Hills when that part of the country was all wilderness. The last deer he killed was in Knox county, about 1873. After leaving Mr. Howe he went to the home of Smith Miller, about five miles south of Patoka, at what is now known as Miller's Station. Here he remained until he grew to maturity and here he married Georgia Ann Robb, who was a sister of Smith Miller's wife. He then engaged in farming on the farm where his widow now lives, three miles south of Hazleton, northeast of the Miller home. His wife had fallen heir to three hundred dollars, and with this money they bought the farm where she still resides, a period of over seventy years' residence in one place. Here Stewart Cunningham spent his life, his death occurring in 1900, at the age of eighty-three years. To Stewart Cunningham and his wife were born three children, James W-. the immediate subject of this sketch ; B. F. Cunningham, of Patoka, and Lydia, who first married Robert Thompson, and after his death married Uriah Williams, and they live one and onehalf miles north of Patoka.

James W. Cunningham grew up on the paternal homestead and early learned the habits of industry and self-reliance. He secured his education in the district schools of his home neighborhood, and upon attaining mature years he wisely chose agriculture for his vocation and for one year he rented his father's farm, and by energy and hard, persistent efifort he cleared six hundred dollars, after which he went west during the years of the Civil war, and accompanied the first white train that ever went across Bridges and Bozeman's route through the Big Horn mountains to \'irginia City, Montana. From there he went to the gold mines and engaged in mining, in which he was very successful, but, like his fellow workers in that line, he spent his money almo.st as fast as he earned it. He remained in tlie mining regions for about eighteen months, at the expiration of which time he returned down the Yellowstone river in a boat, of which he was pilot. The trip was a long and perilous one, and many things of interest could be narrated of this journey, as well as of the lawlessness of the mining country in that early day. Mr. Cunningham worked three months in a government sawmill at Omaha. Nebraska, getting out tiinbers for the Union Pacific railroad, then in process of construction. Work was plentiful and good helji hard to secure in those early days of railroad building and Mr. Cunningham being a steady, practical, industrious worker, his services were in demand, he being very successful at whatever work he undertook, although he had but little opportunity for education in his boyhood days. At the expiration of his services with the railroad company he returned to the old home in Gibson county, Indiana, and again resumed farming, and after the first year here he, in partnership with Dan Miller, bought a threshing machine outfit, with which he was very successful, paying for the machine the first year, with a profit of three hundred dollars. Mr. Cunningham then bought out Mr. Miller's interest in the machine and the next year cleared six hundred dollars. He continued in this business for two years with gratifying returns for his labor and investment, at the same time operating a farm. The first year after his return from the West, he and Mr. Miller took a flat boat loaded with corn down the river and conducted a coasting trip from Eggs Point, selling corn to farmers at one dollar per bushel. This was a very satisfactory and successful trip and resulted in much profit to Mr. Cunningham, as he had raised about three thousand bushels of corn himself, and he and his partner bought more corn at forty cents per bushel, thus realizing a handsome profit from the enterprise. A few years later he purchased an interest in a onehundred-and-nineteen-ton steamboat on the river from Petersburg to Hazleton, and later his partner became financially embarrassed and Mr. Cunningham became the sole owner of the boat. The next year or two he operated this boat on the river and then traded it to Messrs. Blair and Batson for one hundred and twenty acres of land in Wabash township below the head of the big bayou. The following year he moved there and lived there for the next fifteen or twenty years, at the expiration of which period he rented the farm and moved to Stewartsville, where he lived for ten years. Here he bought a brick building and later sold it for fifteen hundred dollars, and while he owned this building, rented it for business purposes and was himself in business for two years. Ten years later he sold out his farm and other interests, and purchased a home and three lots at Grifiin, for one thousand dollars, where he lived for four years, at the end of which time he sold this for fifteen hundred dollars, again realizing handsomely on his investment. About six years ago he moved to Crowleyville, where he has since resided. He is the owner of about twenty houses in this place, a grain elevator and is also the owner of one hundred and one acres of land near Crowleyville and two hundred and five acres of land in Wabash township, as well as twenty-nine acres in Knox county, this state, making a total of three hundred and thirty-five acres of land. Since living at Crowleyville he operated a flat boat on the river, carrying three thousand bushels of corn down the river from Vicksburg to Natchez, selling the corn at various points on the river. In young manhood he went out for a trip down the river for his father on a flat i)oat of corn in company with David Fisher, I'Mwin Phillips. James Miller and David Lewis, and in all these operations he met with eminent success, and is today one of the solid and substantial citizens of his part of the county.

In 1870 Mr. Cunningham was united in marriage to Nancy Jane lulmondson, who was the daughter of \Villiam Edmondson, her birth occurring about fifteen miles west of Mount Carmel, Illinois. She was married prior to her union to Mr. Cunningham, Init lo.st her hsul)and by death soon after marriage, and their only child died when six months of age. To Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham have been born two children, Margaret, wife of Richard Harrison, of Owensville. and they have one daughter, Delia; Delia, wife of Cord McReynolds, lives at Kansas City. Missouri, where Mr. McReynolds is yardmaster on a railroad.

Politically, Mr. Cunningham has been afhliated with the Democratic party all his life, and while taking an active interest in all public questions and honestly discharging his duties as a citizen in the civic life of his communitx', yet he has never been a seeker for public office, his business aftairs and hijme life demanding his entire time and attention.

With few opportunities except what his own efforts were capable of mastering and with many discouragements to overcome, Mr. Cunningham has made an exceptional success in life and in his mature years has the gratification of knowing that the community in which he resides has been benefited by his presence and counsel. He has become well and most favorably known throughout his locality for his loyalt}- to truth, his uprightness in business, his public spirit and friendly disposition. He and his wife are among the most influential and popular citizens of their community, being abreast of the times in every way and always willing to give their time and substance, if need be, to further anv movement looking toward the betterment of the locality where they reside, religiously, socially or educationally.

Richey Suainers

Gibson county was not lacking in loyalty during the dark days of the Rebellion, when the ship of state was almost stranded on the rocks of disunion, but contributed her full quota of brave and valiant men to assist in preserving the integrity of the government, prominent among whom was the well known gentleman and enterprising citizen whose name appears at the head of this review. Loyal to his countr}' in its hour of peril and extremity, as was demonstrated on many bloody battle fields, he has ever been its stanch supporter in times of peace, and today there are few old soldiers of the county as widely and favorably known and none that can boast of a more honorable record. The ranks of the noble organization to which he belonged in the days of his youth are fast being decimated by the one invincible foe, and it is fitting that in every publication of the nature of this volume special tribute be paid to those who served during the greatest civil war known to history.

Richey Sumners, a retired farmer of Gibson county, was born January 28, 1843, in this county. He was a son of Thomas and Julia ( IMontgomery) Sumners. The father was born in Tennessee and came to this county in 1819, at the age of eight, with his parents, Joseph and Mary (Richey) Sumners. The family settled about one and one-half miles southeast of Owensville. entering government land. They made the trip to this state in covered wagons, in true pioneer style, coming from along Duck river, between Murfreesboro and Franklin, Tennessee. After arriving here, they selected the land which they finally entered because it had a fine spring on it. Here they cleared a little land, hunted, fished and did but little farming. The present generation little understands the disadvantages under which our forefathers had to labor. Joseph Sumners and his wife both died about seven years after coming to this state, when their son, Thomas, was about fifteen years old. Upon the death of his parents, Thomas Sumners was bound out to Carlos Wilson, a tanner, and remained in his employ until he was twenty-one years of age. He continued in the employ of Mr. Wilson for five years after reaching his majority and then launched out into the tanning business for himself. He built a tannery one-half mile north of Owensville and continued its operation for eighteen years, when he bought a farm, on which the subject of this sketch was born. He died in 1863. The mother of the subject of this sketch was born about four miles northwest of Owensville, in 1819, the daughter of Judge Thomas Montgomery and Katherine fTeel) Montgomery. Her father was judge of the circuit court at that time in Princeton, Indiana. She lived until i860, when her death occurred on the home farm, aliout three years previous to her husband's death.

Richev Sumners was one of eleven children, seven of whom grew to maturity, but only two are now living, the subject of this sketch and his sister, Mrs. Anna Bell Baugh, of San Jose, California. When the Civil war began Mr. Sumners was but seventeen years of age,, but, fired by the disloyal actions of the Southern states, his patriotism was stirred to action and he enlisted as a private in Company H, Seventeenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, which command was assigned to service in the Army of the Cumljerland and rendered valiant and faithful service in the campaign throughout Tennessee and Georgia. After reaching Atlanta in the summer of 1864, his corps was placed in the Army of the West, under Gen. George H. Thomas. He was then transferred back to Nashville, and from thence his division was sent into Mississippi and Alabama, and he spent the winter of 1864-65 in southern Alabama and Georgia. When the news of Lee's surrender was flashed across the country he was in Georgia. He had served for over three years, had been in some of the bloodiest conflicts of the war, had never shirked his duty in any particular and had come through all unscathed. Certainly he was more fortunate than thousands and thousands of his fellow soldiers. He was mustered out August 20. 1865.

Upon the expiration of his military service, Mr. Sumners returned to Owensville, where he engaged in farming for three years, but, an opportunity presenting itself to purchase a stock of merchandise in Owensville, he went to that town and engaged in the mercantile business for three years. Seeing a better opportunity for financial investment in the lumber business, he sold his interests in the mercantile business and started a lumber establishment which he conducted successfully for twenty-five years, when he retired from active participation in business affairs He was one of the original stockholders in the Owensville Banking Company and was for a number of years the president of the company. He continued in this capacity until three years ago, when he resigned.

Mr. Sumners was married in 1875 to Ro.xana Jaques, the daughter of William and Mary (Pollard) Jaques. His wife's great-grandfather settled near Poseyville, Posey county, this state, where he entered a large tract of government land. In fact, at his death he had one section for each child. Mr. and Mrs. Richey Sumners are the parents of three children, two of whom are still living, Iva, the wife of Burr Stunkel. of Owensville, and the mother of four children, Dorothy, ]\Iary, Charles and Martha; Richey, the only son, is still living under the parental roof.

Mr. Sumners, in his three score and ten years of continuous residence in this county, has endeared himself to a wide circle of friends. He is a plain, unassuming man, able and successful in all of his business affairs. He has contributed to all worthy objects which have for their purpose the betterment of the community in which he has spent his whole career. His success has been attained by his steady persistence, sterling integrity and excellent iudsrment.

John Q. A. Goodman

The true measure of individual success is determined by what one has accomplished. An enumerat'ion of those men who have succeeded in their special vocations in Gibson county, and at the same time are impressing their personalities on the community, men who are conferring honor on the locality in which they reside, would be incomplete were there failure to make specific mention of the gentleman whose name stands at the head of this sketch, for he is an important factor in the professional life of his community. The success which has come to him has been the direct result of the salient points in his character and the sincere interest which he takes in all matters pertaining" to the public good has won for him the high regard in which he is held by all who know him.

John Q. A. Goodman was born on a farm in Crawford county, Illinois, August 12, 1869, the son of Henry and Caroline A. (Legg) Goodman. The father was a native of Ohio, born in the city of Cleveland on May 11, 1836. The mother was born and raised in Crawford county, Illinois, her birth occurring November i, 1842. Previous to the birth of the subject of this sketch the father had settled on the farm in Crawford county, Illinois, where he passed the remainder of his life. He died March 2, 1887. The mother continued to make her home in her native county, and passed away April 5, 191 1. To the union of Henry and Caroline A. (Legg) Goodman were born four children, Marcus T., Amos N., John Q. A. and William C. Henry Goodman was a consistent member of the Presbyterian church, serving as an elder for a number of years. In the tenets of this faith he reared his family, ever setting before them the example of his own sincere life, his honesty and integrity in all matters.

John O. A. Goodman received his early education in the schools of Crawford countv, Illinois. He passed his early life on the farm and the excellent phvsique he today possesses, together with a clear and well-balanced mind, is doubtless in a great measure due to the wholesomeness of those earlv rural duties. But important as agricultural pursuits are, Mr. Goodman was not satistied, for he had within him the desire for a broader sphere of life, and in 1S96 he took up the study of law. He brought to the study of his chosen profession a boundless and keen enthusiasm and succeeded so well that on Januarv 5, 1898, he was admitted to the bar at Washington, Indiana. He had not, however, succeeded in finding a location suitable to his taste and.

with the desire of permanently locating, he came to Princeton on Alay 28, 1898, where he has since made his home and h^vs inseparalily identilied himself with the best interests of the community He was admitted to practice in the United States circuit court at East St, Louis. Illinois, on November 7, 1906.

Mr. Goodman was married on April 20. 1902, to Flora E. Barcroft, of Lawrence county, Illinois, the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Fowler) Barcroft. Mr. and ]\Irs. Goodman have one child, John Leland, born February 15. 1908.

Mr. Goodman had always identified himself with the Republican party, taking an active interest in its afifairs, and when the New Progressive jjarty sprang into existence he refused to accept its principles and took still more active interest in behalf of the old-school Republicans. His commanding figure is a familiar sight at political gatherings, and his style of oratory, clear and shrewd in its reasoning, concise and efifective in delivery, has made him a favorite speaker at all campaign gatherings.

Fraternally, Mr. Goodman has confined his connection to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America. His religious membership, together with that of his wife, is with the First Presbyterian church of Princeton, in the affairs of which he takes a deep interest and to which he contributes generously of his time and means.

Mr. Goodman has the welfare of the community at heart and at all times can be counted on to give his ardent support to every movement having for its object the welfare of those about hiin. A man of sterling qualities, his honesty, his upright principles and genial disposition have won for him numerous friends throughout the communitv in which he lives.

There is nothing which stimulates a man to deeds of worth and a life of uprightness and rectitude more than the recollection of the strength of character and examples of right living which have been shown by his forbears. In this respect Mr. Emerson is fortunate beyond the majority of men in being descended from a line of men who have been men of strength and influence, doing their duty well, whether in the peaceful pursuits of ordinary life or in positions of public life and public trust. A heritage of such a memory of the (36) lives of one's forefathers is of more value than a heritage of material wealth. In the business affairs of Owensville, the subject of this sketch occupies a position of importance and among those who are today conserving the commercial and industrial prosperity of this community none occupy a higher standing among their associates than he whose name appears at the head of this review.

Charles N. Emerson, the son of James V. and Susan J. (Williams) Emerson, was born January 7, 1878, near Owensville. Gibson county, Indiana. James V. Emerson was born February 27, 185 1, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Duncan) Emerson. Thomas Emerson was born near Cynthiana, in the southern part of Gibson county, the son of Reuben Emerson, who came from Kentucky in 1811, and settled on the farm where Thomas was born. Reuben had a brother, Jesse, who settled near where the subject was born, in 1809. Reuben entered his land from the government near the south line of Montgomery township in this county, and it was on this farm that Thomas was born. Elizabeth, the wife of Thomas, was born in Owensville, the daughter of Greenbury and Sarah (Roberts) Duncan. The Duncans came to the county in an early day, and the Roberts came from Carolina about the time the county was organized. Thomas Emerson followed the occupation of a farmer until old age, and after acquiring a comfortable competence, he moved to Owensville in the latter eighties, where he and his wife spent the remainder of their lives.

James V. Emerson grew up on the farm where he was born, securing his education in the district schools, and at the same time assisting his father in the duties of the farm life, thus early acquiring those habits of industry and perseverance which have characterized him throughout his successful career. In February, 1877, he was united in marriage to Susan J. Williams, the daughter of Simon and Lavina (Sharer) Williams, who are represented in the sketch of Dr. J. R. Williams, elsewhere in this volume. James Emerson and his wife went to housekeeping on a farm owned by Mr. Emerson and continued to reside there until 1882, at which time they moved to Owensville. In the following year he engaged in the furniture and undertaking business and conducted this enterprise very successfully for more than twenty years, and by his industry and perseverance, and the systematic and honorable methods he followed, he won for himself not only the confidence of his fellow citizens, but a comfortable competence for his old age. About ten years ago he sold out this business to Perry Pritchett and retired from active life.

To Mr. and Mrs. James V. Emerson have been born three children: Charles N., the immediate subject of this sketch; Cora, the wife of Samuel B.

Thompson, lives three miles north of Owensville, and has one daughter, Alice; Pearl married C. A. \'oight, ami lives at Catlin, Illinois, near Danville, and has one daughter, Olga.

Mr. Emerson and all of his family are members of the General Baptist church at Owensville and have always taken a \ery active part in all the affairs of that denomination. Through their church affiliations they have been the means of doing an vmlimited amount of good in their community. Mr. Emerson has been for many years a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, and is a valued and respected member of that fraternity.

Charles N. Emerson, son of James V. Emerson, has lived in Owensville since he was five years of age. He completed his common and high school education in that town, and then continued his educational career by a course in the Oakland City College, followed by a course in Millikan University, at Decatur, Illinois. While attending school, he began to teach in 1897 in the district schools of his county and taught three years, then, having qualified himself for high school work, he became the principal of one of the Princeton ward schools, where he taught for one year, later being principal of the Owensville school for two years. Mr. Emerson had uniform success in all his teaching experience and the profession lost a good instructor when he decided to leave the pedagogical profession and enter the banking business. In 1903 he entered the employ of the First National Bank, of Owensville, as bookkeeper, and by close application to his business he soon merited a promotion and became cashier in August of the following year, which position he has held since. His teaching experience and college training, combined with good sound business judgment, has made him a banker of the first rank.

Mr. Emerson has always taken an active part in the Democratic politics of his town and county, and his fellow citizens have shown their confidence in him by electing him a town trustee and he is now serving his second term as town clerk, and in his official capacity he has shown the same business ability which characterizes him in his financial dealings. In Masonic circles he is master of the Owensville lodge, a position which he has held for four years. He is also a member of the Royal Arch Masons at Princeton. Mr. Emerson is a type of the highest example of the young American business man, one whose integrity, strength of character and genuine worth have forced him into a position of respect in the community. As a factor of the body politic he has performed well his every duty and no one questions his standing in this favored locality of the commonwealth of Indiana.

Her parents were both born and reared east of Fort Branch, this county. Her father's death occurred in Owensville and her mother still resides there. Mr. and Mrs. Emerson move in the best social circles of Owensville, and their friends are in number as their acquaintances, for they enjoy the esteem and high regard of all with whom they come in contact.

Martin A. Montgomery, M.D.

Fortunate indeed is the family which can trace its history back for more than three generations and there are very few that can do more than trace their genealogy back as far as four generations. The family history of the Montgomerys has been traced back in an unbroken line to the eleventh century and investigation has shown its descendants by the thousands. They are found scattered over Europe and over many of the states in this country, and wherever they are found they rank among the best families in the community. Gibson county may count itself fortunate in having the descendants of one branch of this family living in its midst.

Thomas Montgomery, the great-great-grandfather of Dr. Martin A. Montgomery, was the original settler of that name in Gibson county. He was known as "Pretty Old Tom." He came to Gibson county first in 1804 and looked over the territory open for settlement and finally selected a tract of land for entering.

It is interesting to note briefly the origin of the Montgomery family. Their genealogy has been worked out along several different branches of the family and David B. Montgomery has spent several years in tracing back the branch of which he is an honored member. In 1902 he published a volume of his researches, in which he showed briefly the history of several thousand members of the family. The origin of the name is conjectural, but it is most likely from "Mons Gomeris" or "Gomers Mount." This name has been traced back through the descendants of the United States, back through Ireland, through Europe down near the Loretto in Italy. In the course of many generations the name has had no less than forty-three variations of spelling until the adoption of the present spelling. A direct line of descent has been traced back to Robert D. Montgomery, who died in 1261. Hugh Montgomery, the great-great-great-grandfather of Dr. Martin A. Montgomery, was born in Ireland of Scotch-Irish descent, and he was the first member of this branch of the family to come to America and he became le parental roof. When he reached his twenty-first j-iurther education and started to high school, where iligent study trying to prepare himself for the minthe ministry he taught school for three years, when sionary and preached for some years. His health, f the best, was now severely injured by a sunstroke. or health, he continued his studies and took charge j_ IS zeal for doing good was so strong within him that

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Vvushinston. - In an effort to reduce ar.iiL'ce^siu-y calls 011 the over-worked plivi:icians throughout the country because of the present epidemic of iatluen/;a, Surgeon General Blue of the United' States ptibllc health service calls upun the people of the country to learu something about the home care ill with influenza. Phy- about the large number of unnecessary calis they have had to make becaus* of the inability of many people to distinguish between the eases requiring expert,' medical care and those which could f-eadily he cared for without a physlfan. With influenza continuing to spji-ead in many parts of tlie country, ^nd with an acute shortage of doctors (and nurses everywhere, every unnecefs-sary call on either physicians or nurses makes It so much harder to meet the urgent needs of the patients wh^ are seriously ill.

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"The room should be cleat ea or an members of the family. The origin of the name imecessary furniture, bric-a-hrac, and most likely from "Mons Gomeris" or "Gomers Mcss, A wash basin, pitc-her and slop ', , , , , , , , r 1 T' - >'«1. soap and towel should be at been traced back through the descendants of the L'niti,jj,j_ preferably in the room or just Ireland, through Europe down near the Loretto in Iitside the door. many generations the name has had no less than i<:^^^^^ ^e called, and this should be spelling until the adoption of the present spelling, .-one in any case if the patient appears has been traced back to Robert D. Montgomery, ^^h<^^J^^- ;;j^VV'e^S JaSdly Montgomery, the great-great-great-grandfather of nd painfully. gomerv, was born in Ireland of Scotch-Irish descem "Mo^t of tbe patients cough up con- & -" Iderable mucus; In some, thoi.