Grant County, Indiana - The whole text, 1914 (part 23 of 32)

W. B. Kimbrough was born and reared on a farm. His education was attained in the common schools of Clinton county, Ohio, and in Grant county, Indiana. At the age of seventeen his parents moved to Grant county, and following some of his earlier experiences he got into the business of sawmilling and lumbering, which he followed for many years, although he may properly be classed as an agriculturist at the present time. He did a large milling business in Grant county, but chiefly in the state of Arkansas. He moved to the latter state in 1904, and lived there until 1911, operating a sawmill. At the present time he looks after the management of a farm in Pulaski county, Indiana, and is practically retired.

On July 5, 1888, Mr. W. B. Kimbrough married Miss Altha Carey, who was bom in Clinton county, Ohio, but was reared in Hamilton county, Indiana. Her father was Dr. Daniel Carey, whose wife was Hannah (Green) Carey. The four children of Mr. and Mrs. Kim¬ brough were: Thomas, who died at the age of two and a half months; Bernice H., Hannah, M., who died at the age of thirteen, and Clark C.. aged thirteen years and living at home. In 1880 and 1881 Mr. Kim- brough served as assessor of Liberty township, but though a loyal Republican in politics, he has not been otherwise prominent in political affairs. He was reared in the Quaker church, as was also his wife. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Improved Order of Red Men, and has been a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows for twenty-six years.

William P. Roush. Some four or five years after the organization of Grant county the first members of the Roush family came and made settlement on land that was practically new and began to add their con¬ tributions to the improvement and development of this county. In Mill township, the name has been especially well known and prominent for more than seventy years. Mr. William P. Roush is a native of Wayne county, but has lived in Grant county since childhood, was a soldier of the Union during the war, and for upwards of half a century has pros¬ pered as a farmer, and has at all times been ready with his influence and practical assistance in helping forward any community plans and movement. The Roushes belong to an old Pennsylvania Dutch stock. Grandfather John Roush was born near Philadelphia, about 1780. When he was a child he lost his father, and with two brothers, also very young, was bound out and his boyhood was thus spent among strangers and with necessarily limited advantages. All three of the boys grew up in Pennsylvania, and became farmers. John Roush was married in that state to Miss Mary McCannon, who was born in Pennsylvania, but her father came from Ireland. All their children were born and partly reared in Center county, Pennsylvania, and about 1830 the family migrated west and settled in Wayne county, Indiana. John Roush and wife lived there a few years, and about 1835 came to Grant county. He secured a tract of land which had previously been settled, but on which very few improvements had been made. The chief of these was a hewed log house, and in that home they lived for a number of years. Grand¬ father John Roush died in 1857, while his wife passed away in 1860. As a family they possessed remarkable vitality. Before a death had occurred to break the family circle, both John Roush and his wife were more than four score years of age, and when John Roush died his chil¬ dren were all in middle life. There were eight children living and many grandchildren. In religious faith they all worshipped in the Lutheran church. While in Wayne county, Indiana, they became communicants of the Presbyterian faith. The children are named as follows : Nancy, who married George Smith and both died leaving children ; Rebecca, who married Adam Shaffer, and died leaving a family; John, who married but never had children; Polly, who first married Miller and second a Shaffer, and had children by both husbands; Isaac, mentioned in the following paragraph; Sally, who first married a Mason, and second a Shaffer, and had children by both; Jonathan, who died when twenty^ one years old; William, who married a Miss McCormick, and had a family.

Isaac Roush, father of William P. Roush, was born in Center county, Pennsylvania, June 25, 1813. He had already reached young manhood when the family moved from Pennsylvania, and with teams and wagons made the long journey overland to Wayne county, Indiana. There he reached his majority and was married to Mary Miller. By trade he was a carpenter, and followed that work in Henry county of this state, for several years, and also had a farm there. In 1842, he came to Mill township in Grant county. Later he bought from his brother one hundred and twenty acres, which had formerly been ow;ned by their father, John Roush. For his home he built a house out of hewed logs, very substantial and comfortable, and in 1860 that was replaced with a large colonial home, one of the best in the country at that time, and the construction of which testified largely to his own skill as a builder. He had previously built a large barn on the place. His home was located on as fine a tract of land as lay anywhere in the township. The one hundred and twenty acres which he first acquired were gradually increased by his exceptional ability as a farmer and business man, and he finally owned six hundred acres in Mill township, most of which was in his name when he died, although he had sold some to his son. He died at the old home in September, 1896, when past four score years of age. His widow survived about a year, and her death was the result of burns inflicted when her clothing caught fire while standing in front of an open grate. Both parents were members of the Presbyterian church, and he voted the Democratic ticket regularly until Fremont became the first standard bearer of the Republican party in 1856, after which he was steadfastly loyal to that party. The children of Isaac Roush and wife were eleven in number, and three sons and three daughters are still living. All of the eleven were married except one, a bachelor who is still living, and all survivors have their homes in Grant county except one.

William P. Roush, who was next to the oldest in the family, was born in Wayne county, Indiana, July 31, 1836. He was thus six years of age when the family came to Grant county, and his home has been in Mill township for more than three score and ten years. His early advantages were largely of a practical nature, the school house which he attended was one of the old structures with its crude furnishings so often described in pioneer history, and the instruction was confined to the fundamentals. He was past his majority when the war came on, and in the fall of 1862 enlisted in Company H of the Twelfth Indiana Regiment under Captain Buchanan and under Colonel Link, who was later killed. He had the non-commissioned rank of corporal, and served in the army at intervals until August, 1865. Practically all his work was with the bridge and pontoon corps, and was chiefly with Sherman 's army. While he was exposed to many hardships and also frequently to the fire of the enemy, he was never actually in battle, and came out without wounds or capture.

Since the war Mr. Roush has steadily followed farming, and has made of it a practical and successful business. In 1863 he bought from his father one hundred and forty acres in section thirty-six of Mill town¬ ship. In 1893 he replaced the first dwelling with a large twelve-room house, affording every comfort and convenience for the family, and this is one of the most attractive homes in the township. Near the house is located a large barn, and the improvements indicate long continued and substantial industry, in every direction. General farming and stock raising have been the means by which he has advanced his own pros¬ perity and has contributed to the total wealth of the community.

In 1868, in Jefferson township, Mr. Roush married Miss Anna M. Lucas, a sister of Thomas J. Lucas, under whose name will be found full information as to the Lucas family. Mrs. Roush was born in Jeffer¬ son township, November 10, 1847, and was reared and educated in that locality. She is the mother of three children: Minnetta M., who died at the age of eighteen, just after her graduation from high school; Bertha, who died in infancy ; and Walter L., who was one of the unfortu¬ nate victims in a wreck on October 31, 1903, when a large body of students from the Purdue University, while traveling to witness a foot¬ ball game at Indianapolis were killed. At that time he was within twenty days of his twenty-second birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Roush are

John Francis Linn. In the dual lines of law and real estate John Francis Linn has accomplished a pleasing degree of success since he became first identified with Gas City and its interests, and he has gained a foremost place in business and professional circles of the city as a result of his well directed efforts. The year 1899 saw the advent of Mr. Linn to this place, and up until 1908 he confined his attention entirely to the practice of law, but in that year he purchased the real estate business of J. H. Lay, a well established agency, and since that time has carried on the two lines of enterprise with gratifying suc¬ cess. In the real estate department, Mr. Linn is ably seconded by Mr. Thomas B. Pugh, while Mr. Linn confines himself rather closely to his general law practice, which is an extensive one, entering into the real estate departure more as an adviser than as an operator.

John Francis Linn is the son of John and Jane (Bingamen) Linn. The father was bom in New York state, near to Rochester, in 1838 and he died in 1905. He came to Indiana when he was four years old, settling in Bass Lake, Starke county, with his parents who were Henry and Catherine Linn. Henry Linn was bom in Ireland, and came as a young man to America. Settling in Rochester, New York, there he met and married Catherine Cunningham. After his death she married a Mr. Truax in Starke county, Indiana, who died early, leaving her with two children resulting from their marriage. She survived her second husband for twenty-five years, most of which she spent with her son, John Linn, father of the subject, in Pulaski county, Indiana, where she died in 1893 at the age of eighty-four years. She was a woman of many splendid qualities and was long a member of the Presbyterian church. John Linn, father of the subject, was the only child of the first marriage of his mother. When he was thirteen years of age he began to " shift for himself," according to the old saying, and he set out with an axe on his none too sturdy young shoulder, and not a penny in his pockets. He was fortunate enough, soon after, to meet with a fine old gentleman of the name of John Davenport, who took a fancy to the independent youth, and thereafter stood in the relation of foster father to him. He lived with Mr. Davenport until his mar¬ riage, and then he established himself on a farm and continued thus for years. He early took up his residence in Tippecanoe township, and there he converted a wild and unpromising tract of land into a fertile and productive farm. This place of two hundred acres, in its process of reclamation, was the recipient of much hard labor on the part of its owner and his children, but it amply repaid them for all they put into it in what it allowed them to take back from it in later years. The place is located on the river road, and is one of the attractive farms in the township today.

On this farm John Linn died in 1905, his widow surviving him until 1909. She was sixty-nine years of age when death claimed her. They were fine people of many Christian virtues, though they were unique in their Christianity in that they never maintained a church member¬ ship, as did many of their family. The father was a stanch Republican and active in the work of the party in his town and county for many years.

Six children were born to these good people, and John Francis Linn was the youngest of the number. Mary Linn died some time after her marriage to R. G. Hollis, of Cass county, leaving two sons. Sarah, the second child of her parents, is unmarried and resides in Winamac.

William H. is a resident of Pulaski county, is married and has two sons and three daughters. Anna married Charles Taylor, a Pulaski county man, and they have two sons and two daughters. Amanda became' the wife of J. F. Conn, of Winamac, and they have one daughter.

John Francis Linn attended the public schools of his native com¬ munity, and took a preparatory course in the Valparaiso Normal School, and following that he entered the Indianapolis Law School, from which he was duly graduated in 1898, in the same year gaining his admis¬ sion to the bar and being admitted to practice in the Supreme and Federal courts. For a year he was engaged in practice at Winamac, Indiana, and in 1899 he came to Gas City, here establishing himself in legal practice as has been set forth in previous paragraphs.

To enter further into a detailed account of the legal and real estate activities of Mr. Linn and his associate, Mr. Pugh, is not essential at this point, and it will suffice to add some few facts of a personal nature in the conclusion of this brief biographical review.

Mr. Linn was married in Pulaski county, Harrison township, to Miss Grace Douglas, who was born and reared in that place. She is a daughter of George S. and Emma (Horne) Douglas, both natives of Cass county, and representatives of families that settled in the county when it was yet in the throes of uncivilization, and that have been worthily identified with the advance of progress in the county through several generations. They were both of Scotch ancestry, and possess many of the sterling qualities that mark the Scot wherever he is found. George Douglas and his wife wrere married in Cass county and early moved to Pulaski county where they settled on a new farm in Harri¬ son township, which they improved and brought to a high state of cultivation. There the mother died five years ago at the age of sixtytwo, while the father yet lives on the place where they together spent many busy and happy years.

The family have membership in the Methodist Episcopal church, and Mr. Linn is a Republican in his political faith, active and interested in the advance of the party.

John I. White. Some of the more progressive farmers of Grant county are realizing the value of this section as a fruit-growing com¬ munity and are devoting a part of their attention to this profitable branch of agricultural enterprise, and among these is found John I. White, of section 12, Washington township, whose ventures along this line have met with decided success. Mr. White has passed his entire career within the limits of Grant county, *is by inclination and training a farmer, and by reason of the satisfactory results he has obtained from his labors is accounted one of the substantial men of his community. He was born on the farm on which he now resides, May 25, 1875, and is a son of Levi and Caroline (Burns) White.

Levi White was born in 1840 in Pennsylvania and as a lad migrated to Ohio, where he devoted himself to the tilling of the soil. He was thus engaged at the outbreak of the Civil war, when, with other young men of his neighborhood, he enlisted in the Union army, and served throughout the struggle in an Ohio regiment connected with the army of General Sherman. He participated in a number of the hard-fought en¬ gagements of the war, and at the close of a valiant military career re¬ turned to the pursuits of peace and came to Grant county, where he settled on the farm now owned by John I. White in Washington town- ship. Levi White lived on the farm John I. White now owns until about 1901, when he moved to Marion and died there, his death occurring in August, 1909. Mr. White was an industrious, hard-working farmer, and made a decided success of his operations, accumulating 240 acres of land. He married Caroline Burns, who died November 12, 1908, and they became the parents of five children, as follows:* Curtis A., a resident of Marion; Y. F., the present sheriff of Grant county and also a resident of Marion; William E., who resides in that city; Frank L., a farmer of Van Buren township; and John I.

John I. White was given the educational advantages to be obtained in the district schools of Washington township, and in the meantime was trained to agricultural pursuits, in which he engaged on attaining his majority. When first married he lived for a year in Van Buren township, then came to his present farm in 1902, and in 1904 became its owner by purchase, and at the time of his father's death inherited a part of his property. His present farm consists of eighty acres, of which ten acres are in timber, and here he has made a success of his various ventures, his land paying him well for the labor he has expended upon it. That he has brought his land to a high state of cultivation is evidenced by the fact that in 1912 he raised 1,600 bushels of corn on twenty-five acres; in 1913 he put fifteen acres in oats and raised a bumper crop. He began his operations as a fruit grower in 1909, when he set out a number of apple trees and a variety of small fruits, and in 1910 set out another orchard. In addition he has a productive berry patch. The home residence, which was erected by his father in 1901, was re¬ modeled by Mr. White in 1911, and this fine white house now has eleven rooms with bath, hot and cold water and electric lights. Mr. White owns his own electric light plant and secures a fine supply of water from a drilled well. In 1909 he erected a large white barn, of handsome design and substantial construction, and this is connected with the resi¬ dence by a long driveway, bordered with hedges, the whole presenting a very pleasing and attractive appearance. From the foregoing it will be seen that Mr. White is a man of modern views and ideas, one whose activi¬ ties are developing his community and beautifying his locality. Such a man is a decided acquisition to any section, and his standing among his fellow-citizens is deservedly high.

In 1896 Mr. White was married to Miss Cora Dell Dicken, daughter of George Dicken, an old and honored resident of Grant county, and to this union there have been born three children : Lewis Luster, who was born July 10, 1899 ; Homer Orval, born March 21, 1902 ; and Eula Ber¬ nice, born February 25, 1907. Mr. and Mrs. White are consistent mem¬ bers of Union chapel of the United Brethren church. In his poltical views he has always been a Democrat.

J. Wills Stephenson. Although a comparatively nev comer into Marion, Indiana, J. Wills Stephenson has become one of the prominent and leading citizens of this city. It is not only because of his success in the business world that he occupies a position of such high standing, but because he is a man of force of character and strength of mind. He is a man of many interests and few spare moments yet his activity in civic service is as well known as his work in the business world. Mr. Stephenson is treasurer and general manager of the Rutenber Motor Company and his many years of experience in this and similar lines of work have made it possible for him to make of this company a very successful and prosperous institution.

Stephenson, his father being a native of Jackson county, Ohio, and his mother being of Pike county, Ohio. His father was a merchant and lived until 1911. His mother is at present in California although she makes her home in Marion. Her husband never resided in Marion although his death occurred here while he was on a visit to his son. Seven children were born to John W. Stephenson and his wife, all of whom are now living. Only one of these, W. B. Stephenson, who is sales manager of the Rutenber Motor Company, besides J. W. Stephen¬ son, is located in Marion.

J. Wills Stephenson only received a common school education but his education in the business world began early in life. At the age of .seventeen he went to work in the tin plate factory of the Morewood Company at Gas City in Grant county, Indiana. He entered the employ of this firm in a humble capacity and was employed at various kinds of work, but his efficiency and capacity for work won him continued promotion and when he left the service of the company after five years he was holding the position of paymaster. He now became superin¬ tendent of the Carnahan Tin Plate and Sheet Company at Canton, Ohio, being thus engaged for two years. He next went south and located in Alabama where he became treasurer and general manager of the Hand Lumber Company. This company is a large concern with* a plant near Mobile, Alabama. During the time that Mr. Stephenson was with them fifty thousand acres of timber were cut, and they owned and operated two large saw mills and a railroad which was used for logging purposes.

It was in 1909 that Mr. Stephenson returned to Indiana. He pur¬ chased an interest in the Western Motor Company, of Logansport, Indiana. During the summer of 1909 this company built a modern plant in Marion and upon the completion of this plant Mr. Stephenson moved to Marion and took charge of its operation. In the summer of 1912, the Rutenber Motor Company was organized and took over the business of the Western Motor Company. Mr. Stephenson then became treasurer and general manager of the new organization. This company are manufacturers of gasoline motors for automobiles and trucks and they also do a general casting business. They own a magnificent plant and the business is one of the live enterprises of Marion.

In addition to this business Mr. Stephenson is president of the People's Drug Company of Marion and is a director of the Boston Store, two of the thriving mercantile establishments of the city, also President of the Delta Electric Company, a new but thriving Marion manufacturing institution. He also has banking interests outside of the city of Marion, gas and oil interests in Ohio and Indiana, and has interests of a varied nature in the South.

Mr. Stephenson is a member of the Hamilton Club of Chicago, the Country Club of Marion, and also belongs to the Civic Assembly and to the Young Men's Christian Association. In the fraternal world he is a member of the Elks and of the Knights of Pythias.

In 1903 Mr. Stephenson was married to Miss Edith M. Barley, a representative of one of the leading families of Grant county, being a daughter of J. L. Barley. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Stephenson, as follows: Helen, Dorothy, Mary and Mildred.

Calvin Dean. It is now many years since the Dean family was established within the limits of Grant county, the earlier ones have long since passed away, but there is definite record of their worthy work as pioneers, as developers of the wilderness during the pioneer times, and in later generations the activities and the associations of the family have always been of the most useful character. Mr. Calvin

Dean, by his residence in an attractive country home in section six of Fairmount township would be considered primarily a farmer, though he is best known for his long connection with the business of auc¬ tioneering, and in that profession he probably has no superior in the state and his work takes him to many counties besides his home locality.

The Dean family was established in Kentucky many years ago, and grandfather Thomas Dean was born in Bourbon county, and died near Nicholasville, in that state when seventy-eight years of age. Farm¬ ing was his occupation during his active years. He married a Kentucky girl, and they were both members of the Baptist faith, and had a large family of children. Among the younger ones was John Dean, and others who can now be recalled were James, Harrison and Thomas.

John Dean was born in Kentucky about 1820, grew up on a farm, and married Serena Tennel, who was bom about 1823, a daughter of Joseph' Tennel. Joseph Tennel, a native of Kentucky, was a soldier in the war of 1812, and died when an old man, after a career of much local prominence. The Tennel family like the Deans were prominent land owners, and early settlers of Kentucky, and before the war their possessions comprised many broad acres of land and a numerous house¬ hold of black slaves. After the marriage of John Dean and wife, they lived in Kentucky for a few years, and two or three of their children were born in that state. Later they moved north to Johnson county, Indiana, and it was in Johnson county that Calvin Dean was bom August 27, 1847. During the early fifties the family moved to Dela¬ ware county, Indiana, where John Dean bought eighty acres of wild land. In the midst of the woods a log cabin was erected, and the strenuous labors of the head of the family and his children went to the clearing and improvement of that estate. After living there a number of years John Dean traded his farm for another eighty acres near Little Ridge in Liberty township of Grant county. In 1883, he sold that and bought forty acres in Fairmount township, and there he and his wife passed their peaceful years until death. He passed away at the age of seventy-seven, while she was seventy years old. Their church was the United Brethren. In politics John Dean voted the Democratic ticket regularly. There were seven sons and five daughters, and the only son now- living is Calvin. His two sisters are Lucy and Laura, the latter the wife of James Logan of Anderson. Two of the sons, James H. and John, were soldiers in the Civil war, going out from Delaware county in the Eleventh Indiana Cavalry. Their military service brought them actively into many battles and cam¬ paigns, and John was disabled when he fell from the breastworks of the fortifications about Memphis, Tennessee. However, both brothers returned home, without serious injury, and the older died in Fairmount township, and the younger in Madison county, both leaving families of children.

As previously stated, Calvin Dean was born in Johnson county, Indiana, August 27, 1847, and when sixteen years of age, his parents located in Grant county. His home was with his parents until he was twenty-two, and during his boyhood he had the advantages of local schools. From early boyhood, one thing of which he may be justly proud was his devotion during his earlier life to his parents, and he lived with them and cared for them during their declining years. His first move toward establishing a home of his own, was the purchase of a part of the old Liberty township homestead. Selling that his next acquisition was one hundred acres in Fairmount town¬ ship, and this was the nucleus of his accumulation of land in that section of the county. It has been increased, until he is now the owner of two hundred and twenty acres, in Fairmount township, and there are probably no better improved farms in the vicinity. Where needed there are plenty of ditches, and practically all the ground is tillable. He is a progressive farmer, and has made a reputation for the growing of crops. A feature of his barnyards is the fine red Duroc swine, and all the rest of his stock are of high-grade. His home is comfortable, but without ostentation. For the past forty-five years Mr. Dean has plied his profession as auctioneer, and his record in that line cannot probably be excelled. His services have been almost constantly in demand, and some years ago he established a record of working as auctioneer, for sixty consecutive days with the only intermission on Sunday. As an auctioneer he has visited many counties of the state, and his patrons have felt the utmost confidence in his ability, and effective salesmanship.

Mr. Dean was first married to Lavina Reed, who was born in Madison county, and who died in Grant county of lung trouble in 1876. Her one son, Pearl R., has followed in the footsteps of his father, and is now a well known local auctioneer with home at Summittville,. in Madison county. He married Maude Worth, and they have one son, Rolland Dean. Mr. Dean after the death of his first wife married, in Madison county, Miss A^minta Alice Cree, who was born in Madison county, March 27, 1858. Her father was the late Honorable Robert Cree, who at the time of his death was serving as state senator from Madison county and had a long career of activity in politics. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Dean are mentioned as follows: Charles, now a farmer and breeder of horses and mules, married Emma Woolen, a daughter of Edward Woolen, and their children are Ortense A., and Winton A. Ella S., is the wife of Eldon Marine of Delaware county, living near Muncie, and they have two children, Eva W. and Claude M. Frederick 0., also a farmer, with his home near Summittville, in Madison county, married Arlice I. Johnson, and has two children, Lodema C. and Estelle Louise. Flossie E., like the other children has received the best advantages of school, and is now a member of the class of 1916 in the Fairmount Academy. Mr. Dean and family are members of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, and in politics his support has been given to the principles of the Prohibition party.

Fred Schrader. A cursory review of the life of Fred Schrader reveals among many admirable and praiseworthy traits one in particu¬ lar which has, perhaps, been the mainspring of his splendid success in life - his unfailing business tact and judgment. Few men in Grant county have begun their business careers with the handicap that was Mr. Schrader's portion, and few have excelled him in the measure and character of their achievement. It is fitting hnd proper that some mention, even though brief, be accorded to him in a publication of the nature and purpose of this one, and though the facts are meagre they will tend to indicate something of the character and individuality of the man.

Mr. Schrader is of German nativity, born in Lippe Detwold, Germany, on October 8, 1845, a son of Conrad and Dena (Slaver) Schrader, also natives of the province above named, from whence they came to America with their children. They were of the farming class - fine old German folk of solid character and genuine worth, all their lives members of the Lutheran church in their community. They were married in their native province, and all their children were born there. It was in the year 1867 they came to America, and after landing at New York City came direct to Ripley county, Indiana. There they purchased a comfortable farm and settled down to farm life in their new home. Some little time after that Fred Schrader, their son, went to live on a farm of his own in the vicinity of Kokomo, and there the parents also went to live. They spent their remaining days in the home of their son, who was ever one of the most dutiful of children, and on September 12, 1897, the father passed away, at the advanced age of eighty-three years. The mother survived until 1904, and she was eighty-six years of age when she passed away in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Hannah Weser, where she had gone to live soon after the death of her husband. They were the parents of six children, but only two of that number grew to years of maturity, and they are still living, a son and daughter. The latter, Hannah, married Philip Weser, mentioned above, and they have three children, Eda, Lillie and Jeannette.

Fred Schrader secured some educational training in his native land, but when he came to America he was, like many another foreigner, unable to speak a word of intelligible English. He did not let that difficulty long stand in his way, and early applied himself to the busi¬ ness of mastering the language. He learned the trade of a brick maker as a young man at home, and when he settled near Kokomo devoted himself to that work. At first his father was engaged in the work with him for some time in Ripley county, and later they carried their brick-making activities into the vicinity of Kokomo, where they operated a larg;e yard. They gradually carried their activities into other places until they had yards at Elwood and at Montpelier, Indiana, as well as at Kokomo. In 1896 Mr. Schrader and his father came to Jonesboro and opened a large yard in the vicinity of this place, which they operated in conjunction with their other plants for several years, the combined output of their several plants being about 100,000 bricks daily. When the father died in 1897 the son, Fred Schrader, con¬ tinued alone in the business, his success being constant and pleasing. He had in the meantime purchased a farm of two hundred and eleven acres in Mill township, in section 32, and though it was in a fine state of cultivation when he became the owner he gave close attention to it and brought it up to a condition bordering on perfection with his various improvements. He purchased the farm with* the intention of settling down on it and living quietly, and in due time he withdrew from his brick making activities, selling the business outright, and has since given his time to his farm. He still retains various business interests, however, and he has stock in several banks in and about the county, being at one time a director in the State Bank at Jonesboro. The principal business interest of his life now is the care of the farm, which has responded most generously to the labor he has expended upon it, so that his home is an ideal one. After he moved to his farm he built a fine twelve-room brick house, said to be the finest brick house in the county. The brick was made in his own plants, and is of the. finest quality, as one might expect. The house itself overlooks Jonesboro, Gas City and the Mississinewa Valley, and is surrounded by spacious and well kept grounds. The interior of the place is finished in choice selected wood, and the entire farm reflects the genuineness and sturdiness that have so marked the life and activities of its owner.

In 1871 Mr. Schrader was married in Ripley county, at Batesville, Indiana, to Miss Elizabeth Hoyer, who was bom, reared and educated in that community. She was born on September 11, 1852, and is the daughter of John A. and Margaret (Bates) Hoyer, both German bom people who were married in the Fatherland and came to America after the birth of their first child. They settled in Ripley county, Indiana, later making a home at Batesville. Mr. Hoyer was a farmer and shingle maker, and they spent the remaining years of their lives in the Batesville community. The father died there in May, 1911, when he was eighty-four years of age, his birth having occurred on October 8, 1827, and his wife preceded him in death, passing away on February 21, 1904. She was then in her seventy-eighth year, having been bom June 13, 1826. The father was a Republican and proved himself an excellent citizen in his adopted country. Five daughters were bom to these good people, and are mentioned as follows: Eva, the first bom, married Fred Youngman, and had three children, Louisa, Rosa and Nellie. Mrs. Youngman died in June, 1911. Elizabeth, the second born, married Fred Schrader. Barbara is the wife of Henry Schumaker, and their home is in Indianapolis. They have one son, Albert, who is a student at Purdue University, class of 1914. Margaret mar¬ ried August Bush, and they took up their abode on the fine old farm¬ stead in Batesville. Their children are Ida, Harry, Nellie, Lillie, Bertha and Carrie. Anna became the wife of Godfrey Clemens, of Washing¬ ton, Illinois, and they have one daughter, Maybelle.

To Mr. and Mrs. Schrader eight sons and daughters have been bom, namely : William, a resident of Kokomo, is in the automobile works at that city. He married Blanche Bromley, and their two children are Harold and Anna Elizabeth. Ella H. lives at home. She was educated in the Kokomo schools, as were her brothers and sisters, and she is especially talented in music. She is the organist in the Episcopal church in Marion,, and is also a teacher of vocal music in the Jonesboro high school. Anna Bell, also at home, displayed unusual musical talent, and has devoted some time to studies along that line. Clara married Dr. E. E. Young, a dentist, and is living in Kokomo. Edward is engaged in the hardware business in Kokomo. He married Besse Lease, and they have one son, Edward, Jr. Fred, unmarried and at home, is employed in the Indiana Rubber Works at Jonesboro. Harry owns and * operates a garage in Jonesboro. He is a mechanical engineer of ability, and is also a student at Notre Dame. Otto, a practicing dentist at Jonesboro, took his D. D. S. degree at the Indianapolis Dental College with the class of 1911.

It thus appears that Mr. and Mrs. Schrader have done the very best they could in the way of providing complete and fitting educations for their children, allowing them to develop along the lines in which they have manifested special talent, and the result is that each one of their household is fitted to properly fill his own niche in life in a manner that will conduce to the highest possible good. The parents have mem¬ bership in the Presbyterian church of Jonesboro, and Mr. Schrader, like his father, has adopted the principles of Republicanism, and is a citizen of genuine worth in his community. By reason of his admir¬ able character and his very definite achievements in his business career he has gained a place in the esteem and regard of his fellow men that will be his as long as he lives, and his name will ever enjoy the respect¬ ful recognition of those who have known him in his daily walk.

Francis A. Bradford. Some forty years ago when Francis A. Brad¬ ford first came to his present farm in Washington township, practically primitive conditions existed here, there being but thirteen acres cleared from the timber while the improvements consisted of a log house and stable. Today this is one of the finest tracts of its size in the township, the fertile fields yielding large and valuable crops and the buildings being of modern design and substantial character. This desirable state of affairs has been brought about by the industry, perseverance and welldirected efforts of Mr. Bradford, who fairly won a place among those who have aided in the development of their community. He was bom on section 1, Washington township, Grant county, Indiana, August 27, 1850, and is a son of Isaac and Susan (Spray) Bradford.

There is a tradition in the Bradford family that this branch descended from William Bradford, the American colonial governor and author, who was bom in Austerfield, Yorkshire, England, in March, 1588, and was one of the celebrated signers of the compact on the Mayflower. George W. Bradford, the grandfather of Francis A. Bradford, was born in Virginia, August 21, 1783 ; he became a pioneer settler of Grant county, coming here from Virginia in 1843, October 13, and died December 14, 1855. He married Elizabeth Shell, who was born in 1797, and died in 1874. Isaac Bradford, father of Francis A. Bradford, was born June 2, 1816, in Virginia, and as a young man went to Clinton county, Ohio, and later came to Grant county, Indiana, and settled on a quarter section farm on section 1, Washington township, half the land being in Van Buren township; entered the land in 1840 and settled thereon in 1844. The original sheepskin referring to this tract and signed by President Van Buren is still in the possession of Francis A. Bradford. Isaac Bradford continued to be engaged in agricultural pursuits throughout his career, and passed away June 4, 1900, one of his community's successful and highly esteemed citizens. He married Miss Susan Spray, who was bom in Clinton county, Ohio, January 25, 1823, and she died December 21, 1876, having been the mother of the following eight children: Oliver M., who died December 21, 1893 ; Samuel, who died May 19, 1874 ; Andrew, bom February 21, 1846, who died October 2, 1847 ; Charity N., bom December 25, 1847, who married Jacob Beekman, and died August 23, 1870; Francis A., of this review; Sarah Jane, who married Oscar E. Landess and died August 31, 1912; Mary, born April 18, 1858, who married Henry Wine and died March 7, 1911; and James B., bom October 3, 1860, who now resides in the West.

Francis A. Bradford was educated in district school No. 3, in Van Buren township, and when twenty years of age received a license allow¬ ing him to teach school for eighteen months. At the end of this period he came to section 12, Washington township, and settled on a tract of eighty acres, which was then almost entirely uncultivated, as stated at the head of this article, and here began at once to cut timber, dig ditches and in other ways to improve tjie property, year by year adding to its value. A few years later he added another eighty acres to the last purchase. In 1900 he purchased th6 old home place of eighty acres on section 1, and he now has all of his land under cultivation except thirty acres of timber which he is reserving. Of late years he has not engaged in farming to any great extent, although he still has twenty-five acres in com and fifteen acres in oats, the rest of the land being devoted to hay and pastures. He handles the average number of hogs and has found, a profit in dealing therein, and also has one and one-half acres in apples and small fruit. The fine twelve-room residence was erected in 1888, but has since been greatly improved, being now equipped with electric lights and heated by a hot water furnace, hot and cold running water being always at hand. There are three large substantial red bams on the property, and the other buildings are proportionately commodious. Everything about this property goes to give evidence that Mr. Bradford is a progressive, ener¬ getic and up-to-date agriculturist, of the class that has made Grant county the center of agricultural prosperity that it is. In business circles he bears the highest reputation for integrity and honorable dealing, and as a citizen he stands equally high. During his long residence in Washington township he has made numerous friends, and those who know him best will cheerfully testify to his many excellent qualities of miud and heart.

On August 7, 1873, Mr. Bradford was married to Miss Maria Landess, who was born October 17, 1825, daughter of Louis Landess. Mrs. Bradford's father was born October 17, 1825, and as a lad of sixteen years came to Van Buren township, Grant county, Indiana, from High¬ land county, Ohio, with his parents, John and Sarah (Roush) Landess, of Kentucky and Virginia, respectively. John Landess was the son of Jacob Landess, a native of North Carolina. The two families located in Hamilton county, Ohio, and there John Landess spent his whole life in farming. He was the father of sixteen children. Louis Landess was a well-known citizen of his day, was the owner at one time of 300 acres of land, and assisted in the building of the first bridge across the Wabash river at Huntington, Indiana. He died in November, 1912, at the age of eighty-seven years. Mr. Landess married Phoebe C. Whinnery, and they became the parents of eight children, as follows: Oscar E., Alice, Maria, William, George, Ada, and Sarepta. After the death of his first wife, Mr. Landess was again married and by that marriage had one son, Elmer.

Mr. and Mrs. Bradford have been the parents of three children: Grace, who married J. Edwin Price and is now a resident of Wayne township, Huntington county, Indiana; Eulalie, who married Chester Phillips and lives at South Marion; and Francis A., Jr., a farmer of Washington township, who married Edith Wildermuth. Mr. Bradford has always been a Republican, has taken an active interest in his party's affairs, and is known as a man of influence in his community. He is a great lover of home, and much of his time is spent in reading and study, and as a result he has not found a great deal of leisure for outside con¬ nections. With his family, he is a member of the United Brethren church.

George Clude Fowler. There are now three generations of the Fowler family living in Grant county, and as one of the primary objects of this publication is to afford space for family memoirs so that poster¬ ity may have an adequate knowledge of their forebears, the following paragraphs are written as a brief memorial to the Grant county Fowlers and their immediate relationship.

George Clude Fowler was born in Jonesboro, Indiana, June 25, 1866. The family was founded in Indiana by his grandfather, William Fowler, who was born of Quaker ancestors in North Carolina in 1799. In early manhood he removed to Wayne county, Indiana, settling near Richmond, which at that time contained but two houses. He was engaged in farming and stock raising, later moved out to Iowa and Missouri, but returned to Indiana and died in Grant county at the venerable age of ninety-five years. His first wife was named Anna Cranor, who was born in North Carolina, and who became the mother of five children: Daniel, John, David, Mary and William, none of whom are now living. The second wife was Elizabeth Osborn, who was born in North Carolina in 1800, came to Wayne county, Indiana, in childhood, and by her marriage was the mother of the following children: Jonathan W., Lucy Ann and Rebecca. She died in Grant county at the age of ninety-four.

Jonathan W. Fowler, father of George C., was bom in Wayne county, Indiana, in 1836, came to Grant county, for several years clerked in a general store and a drug store, became a farmer, and now lives retired in Jonesboro. He is a Republican in politics, has held offices in his town and township, and has been a member of the Masonic fraternity since 1861. His wife, Jessie L. Fowler, wasborn in county

Essex, England, in 1840. Her grandfather, James Norton, emigrated to America in 1848 and settled in Mill township, Grant county, where he was joined in 1850 by his son, Major B. V. Norton and family, who arrived after a stormy passage, during which they were shipwrecked on the Azores Islands, and obliged to remain there several months. Mrs. Fowler's mother was Mary (Mann) Norton. Her father was engaged in farming for a time, afterwards in the mercantile business in Fairmount, where he died in 1898, while Mrs. Fowler's mother died in 1856. In the Norton family besides Mrs. Fowler were the following children, six sons and four daughters: Harry, George, Frank, James, Benoni and Mark, the first four of whom served in the Union army during the Civil war, and Harry died in the Andersonville prison, and James fell a victim to disease while in the army. The three daugh¬ ters besides Mrs. Fowler were: Emily V., Hephzibah Mary and Retta. Of all those children, only three are now living, Frank, Mary and Mrs. Fowler. Jonathan W. Fowler and wife had besides George C. Fowler two sons : Erastus M. and William R., and one daughter, Lula Anetta. Of these Erastus M. and Lula are still living, the former in Union City, Indiana, and the latter with her parents in Jonesboro.

George C. Fowler was educated in the public schools of Jonesboro, for several years was clerk in a grocery store, and the candy factory of F. M. Dilling in Marion, and in 1893 took a position with the Indiana Rubber and Insulated Wire Company of Jonesboro, where he has since remained, having been superintendent of the tire department since 1894. In this department are employed about sixty persons, with a product of about eleven hundred tires per day. He has always been a stanch Republican, working for the success of the principles of his party, but has never sought public office. The family worship in the Methodist Episcopal church and take an active interest in its affairs. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Tribe of Ben Hur, both of Jonesboro.

He was married at Jonesboro in 1891 to Miss Avilla Winslow, who is the daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Howe) Winslow, and was born in Mill township. Her parents were early settlers of Grant county, and were prominent members of the Friends church. She was educated in the public schools of Grant county. They have one child: Russell W., who was born in Jonesboro February 22, 1902, and is now attend¬ ing the public schools of that town.

Abraham B. Richards. Apart from the piling up of great wealth or conquering high position in the public view, there are distinctions of a quieter or more satisfying kind that are none the less difficult of attainment, and yet are possible to a long and well ordered life such as has been that of Abraham B. Richards, one of the oldest natives of Grant county, whose growing youth witnessed the introduction of the first railway locomotion in this section of Indiana. His young manhood fell during the war in which he served, and he had already reached the summit of life and had his children grown or growing up about him when the first of the remarkable changes of a modem electric railway were ushered into Grant county.

Abraham B. Richards belongs to that stock of hardy physical stock and moral character, whose members are frequently met with in this section of Indiana, and frequent reference is made to the name in this history of Grant county. Mr. Richards is a grandson of Henry Richards, who was born in Pennsylvania, and of old Pennsylvania stock, the name originally having been spelt Rickards. Henry Richards was married in Pennsylvania to Sarah Tom, also of German stock.

Henry and wife lived in Pennsylvania for some years after their mar¬ riage and there probably all of their three sons and three daughters were born. Of these, John, the oldest, and father of Abraham B. was born in 1809, and was still a boy in his teens when the family during the latter twenties moved to Ohio, and located in Guersney county. In that section John Richards grew up and married Miss Effie Roberts, and during their residence in Guersney county, three children were born, two of whom died there. The year 1833 marked the introduction of the Richards family to the wilds of Grant county. At that time John Richards, with his wife and one living son Henry, and with the parents of John and other members of the family, all came to Indiana, and located on the Mississinewa River in Jefferson township. Both John and his father, Henry, entered government land, each taking up two, hundred and forty acres, and their location was in the midst of the wildwoods, where few neighbors were settled and where wild game of all kind abounded, where the Indians still prowled through the forest keeping company with the wolf and the deer, and where, though Grant county had been formerly organized as a civil government two years before, white men and civilization had made very little progress. Henry Richards and his wife spent the rest of their days in an old log cabin home, Henry passing away at the age of seventy-eight, while his wife was forty-six years old when death came to her. The old cabin in which they dwelt had its old fashioned puncheon floor, and not a nail or piece of iron of any kind entered into the construction of the house or its furniture, and in that way resembled some of the most improved of modern arts and crafts furniture.

Rev. John Richards, father of Abraham, was about twenty-four years old when he came to Grant county, and before his young manhood stretched away a long vista of years filled with hardest kind of works in the woods and in the fields, and the task confronting the pioneer settler of that day is one that is almost inconceivable to the modern resident of Grant county. With his labors as a husbandman he com¬ bined the vocation of preaching the gospel under the auspices of the old-school Baptist church. He was called and preached in nearly every section of the state and organized many classes and churches in Indiana. He was one of the organizers of the old Harmony Primitive Baptist church at Matthew. Back and forth across the country, and over its rough roads he rode horseback, and is said to have worn out several horses and more than one Bible in his itinerant labors. He farmed and preached more than thirty years, his age and health finally compelling him to withdraw, and he died in 1863. He was a man of strong spiritual influence and did much good in his evangelical work. In politics he was consistently a Democrat, and a worker for good government as well as for good morals. His wife died in 1847, and she was the mother of nine children, five sons and one daughter of whom are yet living and all are passed sixty-five years of age. All are married and have children of their own. Rev. John Richards married for his second wife, Is&bell Gregg, who died the mother of nine children, only one of whom is living and who is married and has a family.

Abraham B. Richards was born about three years after the family located in Richmond county. His birthplace was in Jefferson township, and the date was November 11, 1836, in a pioneer community, with the most primitive of surroundings, he grew up, and his home has always been within the limits of Jefferson township. His recollections include acquaintance with nearly all the old-timers of Grant county, he knows all about the days of the log cabin, the early schools, the blazed trails through the woods, the canal epoch and overland transportation, was a farmer when the cradle was used for reaping grain, and the flail for threshing it, and has witnessed the introduction of practically every modem labor-saving device now found on every farm in Grant county. By economy and industry and honorable dealings, he has himself reaped a substantial material prosperity, and at one time owned two hundred acres of land and proved himself a successful farm manager. He later sold his land and is now living retired within the corporate limits of the little city of Matthews, where he owns eleven acres adjacent to the Harmony Primitive Baptist church grounds.

Mr. Richards has been a member of Harmony church since the first Sunday in March of 1859. When he joined there were fifty-four mem¬ bers and not one of those except himself is yet living, so that he is the oldest of the congregation. His politics has been Democratic all his life, and, he has voted regularly with that party for more than half a century.

In 1858, Mr. Richards was married in Delaware county, Indiana, to Martha A. Denoy, a daughter of John Denoy, who was one of the old settlers and old farmers of Delaware county, and who died there in 1864. The married life of Mr. and Mrs. Richards was one unusual in its length and in its happiness, and the greatest bereavement of his life was the death of his beloved companion on June 3, 1913, after they had completed fifty-five years of life's journey side by side. Mrs. Richards was a noble wife and mother, was a member of the Harmony Baptist Church from the time of her marriage, and bom in 1842, attained the ripe age of seventy-one years. She was the mother of ten children, who are named as follows: 1. Angie, wife of Sylvester Dunn, a Dela¬ ware county farmer, has three children, Fannie, Lola, and John. 2. George, who resides on a farm near Box Elder, in Montana, is married and has children, Ethel, Jesse and Russell. 3. J. Parker, is a teacher in an Oklahoma high school, is married and his two living children are Homer and Hugo. 4. Henry, a farmer near Grandbury, Iowa, is married and has a family of children, those now remembered being: Clifford, Lotta and Maria. 5. Anna, is the wife of Jackson Nelson, who lives in Jefferson township, and their children are Emerson, Neva, Bessie, Ernest and Elsie. 6. Laura, is the wife of Charles Kirk, who is employed with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and their children are Floyd, Mabel, Drexell, Crystal, and Annabelle. 7. Olie, who is the wife of Lewis Feveri, a resident of Portland, Oregon, has children Justus, Louise and Helen. 8. Dora, who like the rest of the children had an education in the public schools, is the wife of Glen Kilgore, of Grant county, and their home is with Mr. Richards, her father, and they have one son, Wayne R., 9 and 10. Lois and Lavina both died in infancy. The living children are all members of the Primitive Baptist Church. Mr. Richards in 1863 was drafted for service in the Civil war and did garrison duty for one year, being honorably discharged and returning home to take up the quiet vocations of civil life.

S. Frank Jones. Representing one of the old families of Grant county, a former newspaper editor and publisher, and for some time engaged in the Federal civil service in the Philippines, Mr. Jones is now secretary of the Sims-Glass Works.

S. Frank Jones was born in the old McClure homestead, located on the public square in Marion on June 8, 1869. His parents were Byron Horace and Rosetta (McClure) Jones. His father was bom near Cov¬ ington, Ohio, April 20, 1833, and the mother was bom in Marion, a member of the old McClure family, which has been so prominent in pioneer history of this city, her birth having occurred in what was then the village of Marion, November 19, 1838. The marriage of the parents occurred April 27, 1864, and their two children are Orlando Shunk Jones, born June 6, 1865, at Marion, and Samuel Frank, whose name heads this article.

Grandfather Daniel Jones was a surveyor by profession, and also a millwright, and his family history is very closely linked with that of the city of Jonesboro in the south end of this county. The father of Mr. S. Frank Jones was reared chiefly at Jonesboro, where he worked at the trade of jeweler, and later came to Marion and entered the employ of his cousin Robert Jones, who was at that time county clerk. Robert Jones went to the war, and Byron H. Jones, as his deputy, served out the official term and was then elected county clerk. His death occurred September 7, 1892. His wife passed away on November 13, 1899.

S. Frank Jones received his education in the schools of Marion and was graduated from the high school class of 1887. He won an honor scholarship by his high school work and in the same ye^r entered the University of Indiana, where he was graduated in 1891, having given particular attention during his college career to both clerical and civic subjects. On leaving college, he began his career as reporter for the Marion Leader, and followed that occupation for one year, at the end of which time he became city editor of the Marion Chronicle. As city editor he made a successful record as one of the newspaper men of Marion, and was in that office from 1892 to 1900. During that time, he was elected secretary of the Republican County Central Committee, and was three successive terms chosen to the same position in 1894, 1896 and 1898.

After the death of his mother in 1899 Mr. Jones secured an appoint¬ ment on January 30, 1900, to a position in the post office department at Manila, Philippine Islands. He arrived at Manila February 14, 1900, and was soon made superintendent of the dead letter office in the Island possessions. He has the distinction of having installed that branch of the mail service in the Philippines and made the first entries in the records of that department. Mr. Jones remained in the Islands for two years, and came home by way of the Suez Canal. After this interesting experience abroad, he resumed his newspaper work, and became identified with the Tribune, and then was associated with Mr. A. C. Alexander and Mr. George B. Lockwood in purchasing the Chronicle. Mr. Jones was given all the active management of this paper for some time, since his partners were otherwise engaged, Mr. Alexander as secretary of the Indiana World's Fair Commission and Mr. Lockwood as private secretary to the then Governor Durbin. Mr. Jones was manager of the Chronicle for three years, until he and Mr. Alexander sold their interests to Mr. Lockwood. After a short engage¬ ment with the Indianapolis Star, Mr. Jones became associated with his father-in-law, Andrew Schick, who had recently bought the Sims Glass Works, and he has since been secretary of this important Grant county corporation. The plant of the Glass works is located at Sims, twelve miles from Marion, and it is considered among the industrial resources of the county as described on other pages of this work. Mr. Jones on February 16, 1904 married Miss Nelle Schick, daughter of Andrew and Rose (Schempf) Schick. Mrs. Jones was born in Bellaire, Ohio, July 27, 1875. Mr. Jones is an active Republican, and is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, the Elks, the Masons, and the Marion Country Club. Mrs. Jones belongs to the Presbyterian church.

Mr. And Mrs. Milo Nelson And Family

township. Mr. Nelson, who is one of the younger generation of Grant county citizenship, belongs to a family which has been here from the early days, has applied business system and common sense industry to agriculture, and has made it pay just in the same proportion as he would have made any other business which he had undertaken profitable and successful. His farm consists of two hundred and twenty-two acres of land, with a twelve-acre timber lot, and most of it is fine pasture land. He raises high grade live stock, both cattle and horses, and does a large business in the buying and selling of cattle and horses. About his home are collected some excellent barns and other buildings, and the entire estate shows the thrift and progressive ideas of a modern farmer. The Nelson home is located on the Hiilseimer Road.

Milo Nelson was born in Monroe township, Grant county, April 15, 1872, a son of Martin Nelson, and a grandson of Martin Nelson, Sr. The senior Martin was one of the pioneer settlers of Grant county. Martin Jr., who was bom in Ohio in 1833, and died in Grant county in 1911, was a boy when he accompanied his father to this state, and spent all his active career in Monroe township. He was a soldier of the Civil war, and was always known as a man who could bear the responsibilities of citi¬ zenship with credit to himself. He married Olivia Coulter, daughter of James Coulter, another early settler of Grant county, who entered land, one hundred and sixty acres from the government in Center town¬ ship. The mother is living with her children. The children in the family were : Mary B., who died in infancy ; Mrs. J. B. Strange, of Monroe township ; Lucy, wife of Geo. Stout, their home being near the Canadian line in North Dakota ; Milo ; Charles, who is in the hardware business in Marion.

Milo Nelson was reared on the old farm in Monroe township. His schooling was that afforded by the district institutions of the country, and he was a scholar in Center school, then in the Mills school for one term, and finished in the Liberty school in Monroe township. When he was twenty-one years of age his father gave him forty acres of land in Monroe township, as his capital for making a start in life, and he soon afterward bought forty acres, so that he possessed an excellent little farm of eighty acres. After his father moved to Marion he bopght another eighty acres of the old estate, and this quarter section of land he sold in the spring of 1904, and then bought the farm which has been above described. This place was known as the old Nelson Turner farm, which had been entered by its proprietor from the government many years before. At the time Milo Nelson acquired it, it was in a very ran down condition, and the present owner has spent several thousand dollars in improvement, remodeling and repairing the house and putting up im¬ proved buildings and equipment all about the place. His two barns are especially well built and equipped for the purpose of a stock farm, and in the summer of 1913 he erected a silo with a capacity of 100 tons. Since moving here he has also cleared off thirty-five acres of timber land. Mr. Nelson makes a specialty of raising high grade Percheron registered horses, and has some of the finest specimens of that breed in eastern Indiana. His big horse ' 4 Ben ' ' weighs nineteen hundred pounds, and is valued at twelve hundred dollars. Another is 1 ' Cleon/ 7 a four-year old registered Percheron stallion, valued at one thousand dollars. In 1912 his horses took two ribbons at the Chicago International Stock Show, and was third in the Championship entries against all ages. He also took fourth place in the three-year-old class. Mr. Nelson raises four colts each year, and has made horse breeding a very successful feature of his enterprise. Mr. Nelson and Frank Lenfesty own in partnership the old Coulter farm in Center township which his grandfather, John Coulter, entered. This farm consists of 161 % acres.

In 1895 he married Miss Stella L. Lieuranee of Center township, daughter of Elisha L. Lieuranee. Their three children are Lesta, aged seventeen; Fred, aged fourteen, and Glen, aged twelve. Politically he is a Democrat, and he has fraternal membership in Lodge No. 253 of the Loyal Order of Moose at Marion, and in the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

Joseph Pendleton Winger. The genealogy of Joseph Pendleton Winger of Pleasant is the same as that of D. 0. Winger of Richland, both being sons of Joseph Winger. J. P. Winger on November 9, 1890, married Miss Amanda Ellen Shoemaker, of Delaware county, and all of his lifetime has been spent within less than one mile of his birthplace.

Mrs. Winger is a daughter of David and Leah (Deeter) Shoemaker, natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio, but a pioneer Delaware county family. Her brothers and sisters are: Sarah, George, Hettie, Levi, Solomon, Anna, John, Harrison, Ira, Oliver, Fred, Mary and Ephraim. The Winger family belongs to the German Baptist or Church of the Brethren community centering at Vernon in Wabash county with a branch church at Cart creek, while Mrs. Winger came from a similar commu¬ nity in Delaware county.

The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Winger are : Alva M., Lewis D., Jesse E., Anna L., Raymond A., Joseph R., Ruth E., Mary E., Orval J., Herbert M. and Edith L. The son Alva M. is married to Miss Mabel E. Patterson and has one child, Alva Carl. There has been very little sickness in the family, and the children have been given educational advantages beyond the Cart Creek school, the oldest son having attended North Manchester German Baptist College, of which a cousin, Otho Winger, is president (see article, Church of the Brethren). Four of the children are in Sweetser high school, Lewis D. and Jesse E. being * seniors there.

While Mr. and Mrs. Winger have their family about them, they have had the necessary comforts of life which are so often acquired after the children quit the parental roof, and all the advantages found in any rural community are found at the Winger homestead. The modern farm machinery, manure-spreader, milk separator, incubator, - all came in turn* Just as their father, Joseph Winger, had the first Star cornplanter drawn by two horses, some of the sons have been among the first to use the automobile, and for two years the Winger place has been lighted with electricity generated from a dynamo stationed in an enclosed porch, and enough current is generated on wash-day when the power is in use to light the house, bam and out¬ buildings, even a light in the silo. Each member of the family is taught economy - turn off a light when done with it.

The Winger house was modern a few years ago, and has been doubled in size. With cement walks, electric lights and a complete water system, there is little to be desired in rural life that is not installed in the household. The original Winger homestead was a splendid farm with improvements abreast of the times, and all the children have remained near it and all have up-to-date improvements. The water-shed between Pipe creek and Cart creek is on the J. P. Winger land, and part of his drainage is into the Wabash and part into the Mississinewa. Before his farm was drained the water from the two creeks would sometimes overspread and reach, and it would require only a short drain to connect them at any time, the land being level in that vicinity. There is no more productive farm land in Grant county than in this Pipe creek and Cart creek basin, and the Wingers all understand about maintaining soil fertility - are all of them scien¬ tific farmers.

With two streams as outlets, drainage has always been possible and the ditching machine has been used on the farm frequently. He does not invest in a ditching machine, but the Irishman and his spade are no longer the method - he hires the man who owns the machine. Mr. Winger never sells hay or grain, but feeds everything grown on the farm and cattle and hogs have both been "mortgage lifters" with him. While he had a "nest egg" from his father, he has always added acreage as he could buy it, and three hundred and thirty-five acres in the immediate community is a good showing. However, his land is not all in one tract, there will be places for his sons about him, and when he retires from active life he will not move to town, but will perhaps build a home near Cart Creek church and still have oversight of the farm. Mr. Winger had one tenant ten years until the latter had saved enough to purchase a small farm for himself. His sons will in time be his tenants.

Mr. Winger was among the early Hereford cattle breeders to con¬ duct an auction at his farm, and his offering attracted many buyers. While this Pipe creek-Cart creek soil becomes mud when mixed with water, cement has been used until the feeding and care of stock has been reduced to the minimum of labor, and all livestock is under shelter. A catalpa grove of a thousand trees serves as a windbrake, and it is an excellent rendezvous for hogs - they are not troubled with flies. Mr. Winger escaped hog cholera for many years, until 1913, when he lost nearly his entire herd. Recently he has sought advice from the farm agent, saying he regards this innovation as an excellent thing - up-todate ideas suggested to farmers who may not read the agricultural press. While all these conveniences at the Winger farm are the result of labor, Mr. Winger believes in taking advantage of opportunities, and he welcomed the farm agent as a forward movement in agriculture. As a member of the Advisory Board of Pleasant Township Mr. Winger was one of the prime movers in the building of the new grade and High School Building at Sweetser. Has been a director of the Farmers State Bank at Sweetser since its first organization, January 3, 1913, which has been a great innovation for the community and very success¬ ful from a financial standpoint.

Daniel 0. Winger. Martin Wenger, of South Bend, in his "His¬ tory of the Wenger Family" says their home in Europe was the Palitinate, Germany, but through tradition it is learned that they originally came from Switzerland. In the region in which they were located a peak exists, bearing the family name known as the Wengern Alp.

About the middle of the eighteenth century they began immigrat¬ ing to the United States. In the United States they first settled in Lan¬ caster and Franklin counties, Pennsylvania, and then with a roving spirit began migrating to various parts of the United States. The branch of the family to which the subject of this sketch belongs left Pennsyl¬ vania and settled in Roanoke county, Virginia. Virginia being a slave state without many educational facilities, the Wengers in that region became careless in preserving their family name of Wenger and most of them under the sway of popular dialect substituted an "i" in place of the "e" thus changing the name to Winger. In a similar way from time to time various changes have been made such as Wingard or Wingert.

Joseph Winger, son of Martin and Elizabeth Frantz Winger, was bom in Roanoke county, Virginia, April 23, 1825. He came to Indiana in the spring of 1847. He first went to Elkhart county but later he came to Grant county and there he hired to work on the farm of Shad- rach Lawson for seven dollars a month. In the autumn he returned to Virginia and remained there until the autumn of 1849. While there he married Mary M. Dermond of Roanoke county and then accompanied by his wife, father, mother, brothers, and sisters, he again returned to Indiana. He settled upon a tract of land known as the "Woods' Land" upon which he lived six years. He then moved on a farm in Pleasant township, section 18. On January 8, 1856, the wife and mother passed away leaving three children: John M., born June 16, 1850; Sarah E., born June 28, 1852 and died June 21, 1884; Madison D., bom August 27, 1855, and died August 11, 1870.

He then married Elizabeth Showalter, a native of Preble county, Ohio. From this union issued eight children : Samuel E., bom Febru¬ ary 12, 1858, and died January 20, 1860; Daniel 0., bom February 28, I860; Orlando C., born February 26, 1862; Joseph P., born June 30, 1864; Abigail A., bora August 29, 1867 and died June 28, 1906; Ida / F., born February 3, 1870 ; Mahlon D. S., bom October 2, 1877 ; and one which died in infancy.

Although Joseph Winger came into a wilderness with practically no resources, he came out a man of fortune. He proved himself to be a man successful in business and he wielded an influence throughout the community in which he lived that caused people to seek his advice. He had a limited education yet he had natural ability which enabled him to keep abreast of the times and accumulate enough of a fortune to give each of his children a fine start in life after his death which occurred April 6, 1895. His widow occupied part of the old homestead and survived him eighteen years, but at the age of seventy-six years, two months and twenty-six days, on May 3, 1913, she quietly passed to her home beyond. A magnificent monument has been reared to the memory of the departed ones in the Vernon Cemetery, which is the family burial ground. This cemetery is referred to in the chapter. "The Church of the Brethren," writter by Professor Otho Winger, son of John M. Winger. Most of Joseph Winger's family affiliated themselves with the Church of the Brethren and have their place of worship at Cart Creek, which is situated on a part of the old family homestead.

Daniel O. Winger by birthright was a Democrat, but since that party stood for licensing the liquor traffic, he left it believing that to license a traffic that debauched his fellow-man was a sin and upon this theory he became an uncompromising Prohibitionist and votes the ticket. He was active in the wet and dry campaign in Richland township and at every opportunity uses his influence to advance not only temperance, but all forms of morality, intelligence and religion in his community. He represents a family which has always borne an honorable part in the history of the extensive community lying both in Grant and Wabash counties.

Daniel O. Winger was born in Pleasant township, Grant county, Indiana, and he lived in this township until he was twenty-three years of age. He was married October 27, 1883, to Ida Victoria Bechtel, daughter of Samuel and Julia York Bechtel and grand-daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Stapleton Bechtel. Her grandfather bought the Miller farm (see chapter on Pleasant Township in history), from the "Joaquin Miller" family. (See chapter on the Miama Reserve.) Mrs. Winger 's ancestry came from Pennsylvania and Ohio, and finally located in Pleasant township, the historic township of Grant county, and occu¬ pied by land that will always be associated with thoughts of the "Poet of the Sierras." Her grand-parents on her mother's side were Alfred Y. and Sarah Ann York, residents of the same township.

are: Nellie Grace, wife of Oscar Fleming, born August 15, 1884; Alma Francis, wife of Guy Wood, bom September 16, 1886; Joseph Homer, born November 29, 1888 ; Clement Alfred, bom August 1, 1891, married to Hallie Smith; and Roger Daniel, bom February 16, 1896. Clement has made a study of salesmanship, bidding for patronage as an auctioneer, and has been successful in his experience. All live on farms except Roger, who is following teaching as a life profession and is a minister in the Church of the Brethren. There is one grandchild, Myron Wood, son of Alma Francis. The Winger family has always been characterized by good citizenship in Grant county.

Reverend David E. Myers, present Chaplain of the National Mili¬ tary Home near Marion, Indiana, has held this post for twenty-one years, during which time he has won many friends outside as well as inside of the institution. He himself is a veteran of the Civil War, and has had many years of experience in ministering to men, for he entered the service of his church at the age of twenty and he is now over seventy years of age.

David E. Myers was born on the twenty-third of January, 1840, eight miles southwest of Dayton, Ohio. His father was Benjamin Myers, and his mother was Katherine (Hoover) Myers. His father was a native of Reading, Pennsylvania, and his mother was born near Hagerstown, Maryland. His father lived to be eighty-six, and his mother seventy-five years of age and both of them lived near Dayton, Ohio until they died. Thirteen children were born to Benjamin and Katherine Myers, David E. Myers being the eighth in order of birth.

The district schools near Dayton, and the common schools of Dayton furnished Mr. Myers with his early* education. He counts as valuable one year of private study under Dr. Kephart. He entered Otterbein University near Columbus, Ohio, in 1862 and remained there until he was called to fill a vacancy in the ministry of the United Brethren Church. He had become a member of this church, of which he is still a member, about four years previous to this time. He also became a member of the Miami Conference of this church in 1862, is still a member of it and regularly attends its annual meetings. At the age of twenty-three he became identified with the Ohio National Guard and helped to recruit and organize a battalion of eight companies for the Union. By this organization he was appointed acting Chaplain. They were soon called to the front where he served for one year in the ranks of the Union Soldiers. He was mustered out at the close of the war at Columbus, Ohio, and returned to his home near Dayton.

After the war he pursued his theological studies, and in 1867 was ordained as an elder in the United Brethren Church. He served for a number of years in this ministry in Ohio, and it was in 1880 that he came to Marion, Indiana. For several years he was in charge of minis¬ terial work in the counties of Wabash, Grant and Howard, and for two years had charge of the church in Union City, Indiana. During this time he made many acquaintances and friends throughout this whole section.

It was in 1893 on the first of September, that he was appointed Chaplain of the National Military Home near Marion. He has served in this office ever since that time.

For thirty years he has been a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and has filled many of the offices of the General Shunk Post No. 23 of the Department of Indiana at Marion.

Ohio. Six children were born of this union, two of whom are dead. Those living are as follows: George E. Myers of Indianapolis, Indiana; Paul P. Myers, of Grinnell, Iowa; T. A. Myers of Chicago; and Luella B. Myers, who makes her home with her father. Mrs. Myers died on the 17th of June, 1905.

Mr. Myers has had quite a variety of experiences, in the ministry, as a Pastor of a Circuit consisting of several churches ; as Pastor of the City church; Presiding Elder or Superintendent of a Conference dis¬ trict; and as Chaplain in the employment of the National Government.

Chaplain Myers speaks of his work at the Military Home with evident enjoyment and seems thoroughly appreciative of the splendid treatment given the disabled veterans by the National Government That which he seems to have enjoyed most however was the period of his life when he travelled Circuit.

Albert L. Feighner. While Electra-Lea farm in Washington town¬ ship is one of the best known farmsteads in Grant county - interurban transportation from the door and modern in all its appointments - the Feighner family residing there are not strangers, the present occupant being the third of the Feighners to live there. Albert L. Feighner is the only son of Adam J. and Martha (White) Feighner, and the homestead has been in the Feighner family by purchase and inheritance since acquired by his great-grandfather, John Adam Feighner, in 1854 from John King, who entered the land on March 15, 1837, and connected with the abstract of title held by Mr. Feighner is the original land patent granted by President Martin Van Buren.

Electra-Lea was the first farm home in Grant county to be lighted by electricity, the current being supplied from the M. B. & E. trolley line passing the house. Mr. Feighner is a machinist and mechanic enough to handle the current, shifting the wires and attaching power himself, and the silo and mows are filled with power, invisible and yet unfailing, and there is "no night there' ' in the sense of thick dark¬ ness. The bam at Electra-Lea has switch boards the same as the house, and milking early or late is no hardship, there being a drop light in each stall, and when the wind does not blow the water is supplied in the tanks from the same subtle agency - the electric current. Mr. Feighner is prepared to do all his own grinding, and when feed is necessary he has only to "touch the button." Electric current is used in "buzzing" wood, and the problem of power is well solved at Electra- Lea.

When the lighting system was installed it was extended to the home of Adam J. Feighner, and the two farm homes lacked nothing in the way of modem conveniences possible to any family in town. There were gas and oil there much longer than in some farm houses, and nothing would have tempted either family to quit the country. For years there has been a private telephone connection, and each house is connected with the Marion exchange, and with the daily mail the world was at their door - why leave the country? While A. L. Feigh¬ ner is the third Feighner to own this land, there was no electricity and therefore no Electra-Lea prior to his living there. He has been inter¬ ested in perpetuating some family lore, and since his grandfather, John Adam Feighner, came from Germany a translation was neces¬ sary in order to understand an old covenant or contract made by some of his ancestors and which had always been treasured by him. This covenant bears date of January 1, 1787, and was entered into by John "Faegner" of Lehigh township, Northampton county, Pennsylvania, with John Moyer, of Whitehall township, and it was duly witnessed that Mr. Moyer agreed to teach Mr. Faegner the weaver's trade in two years, for which he was to receive two pairs of wool socks, one suit of underclothes, a silk muffler, one broadcloth overcoat at three dollars per yard, a cap and two wool over shirts. In return Mr. Faegner was to be a dutiful servant, not to do anything wrong to his master - be per¬ fectly honest in business toward his master, and not to go to any amuse¬ ment or entertainments unless permitted by his master. He was to live a consistent, upright life, etc., and both signed the original agree¬ ment written in the German. This ancient document shows the evolu¬ tion of the family name now written Feighner.

The family of John Adam Feighner came direct from Pennsylvania and knew the hardships incident to pioneer life in Indiana. There were five sons and five daughters in the family: Jacob, Animary, Harriet, John, Elizabeth, Adam J. (father of Albert L.), William, Sarah, Julia and Daniel, but only Daniel, living in Montana, and Julia, living in Ohio, survive Adam J. Feighner, who died at the family homestead, which he had acquired by purchasing all the shares, February 20, 1910. At the age of 73 years, 3 months and 10 days, Mrs. Feighner, with a niece, Miss Fanny White, continues to reside there. Mrs. Feighner was one of nine children in a Madison county family, her sisters being Sarah, Elizabeth and Rachel, and her brothers, Hiram, Henry, Samuel, John and Mace White. Some of them afterward lived in Grant county. ' Mrs. Feighner has always been a woman interested in those about her, and while her husband lived they had a large circle of friends, who still show every courtesy to her. She preferred living on at the old home¬ stead where she had always been so busy and acquired a competency. She was a woman who enjoyed the daily newspapers, and she kept in touch with the whole world until she became an invalid a few months ago.

Albert L. Feighner married Miss Laura E. Lobdell, January 16, 1889, and for twenty-five years they have worked together, and their pleasant surroundings bespeak their industry. Mrs. Feighner is one of five children born to Aaron T. and Catherine (McDaniel) Lobdell, of Washington. (See Golden Wedding list in history.) A sister, Mrs. Emma Bradford, and a brother, Francis M. Lobdell, are deceased, and Mrs. Josephine Creviston (see H. C. Creviston) and John T. Lobdell are well known residents of this community. Two daughters were born to Mr. and Mrs. Feighner: Georgia Olive, wife of Claude R. Maple, and Edith Violet, wife of Clarence D. Erlewine. They also have one granddaughter, Wilma Catherine Maple, and they have lost one grand¬ son, Raymond Feighner Erlewine. When Electra-Lea changes owner¬ ship again, even though by inheritance, it will go out of the Feighner family name, as there is no son to perpetuate it. "Faegner" in Ger¬ man became Feighner in English, and since A. L. Feighner is still a young man the name will not soon be forgotten in the annals of the community.

While Mr. and Mrs. Feighner were educated in the common schools, their daughters had high school advantages, the interurban car passing their door, and there is no advantage in town not available to the fam¬ ily at Electra-Lea. While the Feighner automobile is seen on Marion streets in summer, the family use the electric cars for lectures, sermons or the theater in the evening. They can see the car from their window in time to hail it at the Feighner stop in front of the house, and many matches are burned at that point - a light always a safe signal in the darkness. Electra-Lea has all modern equipments, and it is never necessary to call a machinist to adjust slight difficulties. While the old log house, weatherboarded up and down, still stands in the group of farm buildings and does service on butchering day and for storage, and while John Adam Feighner, who built it, operated a tannery and supplied many shoemakers with leather in pioneer days, at the same time clearing the land, dairy farming has been the source of income there recently.

A. L. Feighner was among the first Grant county farmers to install the telephone, and nothing is ever offered on the market that is not sold before it is brought to town. The silo at Electra-Lea has long ago paid for itself, and there is a manure saving plant not equaled any¬ where else in Grant county. The manure spreader comes into a shed surrounding a shaft where all roughness reaches the cattle, and it is there loaded from both the horse and dairy barns, and there is no waste, as all fertility reaches the field with out rain falling on it. Mr. and Mrs. Feighner both understand the requirements of the successful farmer, and they make the most of their opportunities - convenience to market - and nothing is wasted at Electra-Lea. Mr. Feighner is con¬ servative. He is a member of the township council, and is always alert to the interests of thq community. They are members of the First Christian church, and are as frequently in their pew as if they lived in town. When Adam J. Feighner lived he was recognized as a man of his wrord, and the .son has the same high moral conception of things. While he is proud of his father's citizenship, he has pride also in his war record, Company K, Fortieth Indiana Private Infantry. He received his discharge at Nashville in 1865, when all the soldiers returned to their homes and every day pursuits. Two of his neighbors, G. W. Coon and Henry Callentine, were with him in the army, and they survive him. Their friendship continued to the end.

While Electra-Lea is modern, the Feighners know the meaning of " early and late" as spoken by the pioneers, and they are entitled to the comforts and luxuries of twentieth century civilization.

John A. Jones. The cultivation of the soil has been the life long vocation of John A. Jones, who has a good farmstead in section seven¬ teen of Fairmount township, and gets his daily mail over the rural route number sixteen from Jonesboro. It is now more than eighty years since the Jones family found their home in the wilderness of Grant county, their settlement having occurred only about a year after the organization of the county. The family has thus been well known through three generations, is well distributed in different sections of the county, and most of its members have been adherents of the Quaker faith.

The great-grandfather of John A. Jones was Louis Jones. Grand¬ father Jonathan Jones was born in Randolph county, North Carolina, about 1806. The fathers for several generations have been Quakers. He grew up on a farm and married Dorcas, a daughter of Hazel Hush, also of Randolph county. Jonathan Jones and wife continued to live in North Carolina, until most of their children were born. Then in the year 1832, as a family they all moved north to Indiana. Teams and wagons brought their little party across the mountains and over the intervening distance separating the ridge of the Alleganies, from the great central states of the middle west. Arriving in Grant county, Jonathan Jones took up government land in Liberty township. With his ax he chopped down trees, cleared a small place for his log cabin and a garden, and later extended his area of cultivated ground, until he had a nice little farm. He continued to live there until his death a few years before the Civil war. He was then fifty-two years of age. One brother, Joseph Jones, also came north to Grant county, and died in Fairmount township before the war, leaving a widow but no children. Dorcas Jones, after the death of her husband, married Mr. Asa Peacock, who died on the old Jones homestead. His widow later went to Kansas, where she died about 1877, at the age of ninety years.