Hamilton County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1915 (part 12 of 14)

Professor Haines and wife belong to the Friends church. In politics, he is a Republican. Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias, and is also a charter member of the Shakespeare Club.

Not only has Professor Haines been a leader in educational, political and financial movements in Noblesville and Hamilton county, but he and his wife are extremely popular socially. Both are ardently devoted to the big things in life and are universally admired and respected.

Gilbert Gray

The history of the loyal sons and representative citizens of Hamilton county would not be complete if the name that heads this review were omitted. When the fierce fire of rebellion was raging throughout the south¬ land threatening to destroy the Union, he responded with patriotic fervor to the call for volunteers and in some of the bloodiest battles for which that great war was noted, proved his loyalty to the government he loved so well. Dur¬ ing a useful life in the region where he lives he has labored diligently to promote the interests of the people, working earnestly and with little regard for his personal advancement or ease. He has been devoted to the public welfare and in all of his relations his highest ambitions have been to benefit the community and advance its standard of citizenship.

Gilbert Gray, son of Joseph C. and Mary Jane (Wicker) Gray, was born in North Carolina, February 22, 1844. His parents were both natives of North Carolina and came to Indiana in 1856. Joseph C. Gray was a saw¬ mill operator and at times followed the trade of a brick-maker. Upon arriving in Indiana, from his native state, he rented land until his wife's death in 1862. He then went to Minnesota where he entered eighty acres of land and lived there about seven years. He then disposed of his farm in Minnesota and returned to Carmel in this county where he bought propn erty and lived until his death in April, 1877. Although he maintained his home in Carmel until his death he spent four years in Missouri after return¬ ing from Minnesota. Joseph Gray and wife were the parents of twelve children, two of whom died in infancy. The other children in the order of

On his eighteenth birthday, February 22, 1862, Mr. Gray enlisted in Company F, Tenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served until he was discharged on March 28, 1865. He saw hard service from the begin¬ ning of his enlistment and participated in many of the hardest-fought battles of the Civil War. Among these may be mentioned Rich Mountain, Vir¬ ginia; Mill Springs, Kentucky; Corinth and Boonville, Mississippi; Perrysville, Kentucky; Hartsville, Tennessee; Beach Fork, Kentucky; Hoover's Gap, Tennessee; Chickamauga, Georgia; Mission Ridge, Tennessee; Taylors Ridge, Georgia; Tullahoma, Tennessee; and all of the battle swhich Sherman fought on his march through Georgia to Savannah. He participated in twenty -one of the battles fought in the Civil War besides a number of skir¬ mishes and scouting expeditions. Mr. Gray prides himself on the fact that the company was never assembled for duty when he was not present. Sev¬ eral years after the war his company and regiment presented him with a large flag in appreciation of his excellent military record, and in 1894 his company presented him with a gold-headed cane, appropriately engraved, the presentation card reading: "Presented to Gilbert Gray, a true and worthy soldier, by his comrades of Company F, Tenth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry."

Immediately after his enlistment expired he returned to peaceful pur¬ suits in Hamilton county. Upon his marriage, in 1867, he rented a farm near Carmel for two years. He then went to Missouri, where he purchased forty acres of land, later adding twenty additional acres. He lived in Missouri nine years, when he disposed of his farm and moved to Montgomery county, Indiana, where he lived for the next twenty-six years. He then sold this farm and came to Carmel and purchased his present home about 1900. He has lived about fourteen years in Carmel surrounded by all the comforts of life. He was a successful farmer in Montgomery county and during his residence there took active part in the life of his community.

Mr. Gray was married February 28, 1867,. to Sarah Jane Richey, now deceased. She was born in Kentucky, and later lived in Jeffersonville, In¬ diana, where her father, who was a merchant, died. After her father's death her mother sold the store and moved to Hamilton county, later locating in Indianapolis. Mrs. Gray has one brother, William Richey, now living in Thomtown, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Gray are the parents of four children, three of whom are still living: Rosetta, Emma and Frank. Willie died when he was eight years of age. Rosetta married Thomas Lockridge and lives in Montgomery county on a farm. Thomas Lockridge died in 1909, leaving his widow with five children: Charles D., Jessie, Frank, Forrest and Louie. The eldest son of Mrs. Lockridge, Charles D., married Clara Woody. Emma married Marion I. Stewart and lives in Montgomery county, this state. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart have two children: Cecil and Lula. Frank, the youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. Gray, married Edna Dice and lives on a farm three miles south of Crawfordsville, Indiana. He has one son, Carl D. The wife of Mr. Gray and the mother of these children died April 29, 1876.

Mr. Gray had been a strong Republican all of his life until the organ¬ ization of the Progressive party in the summer of 1912, when he became one of the first supporters of that party in Hamilton county. He assisted in the party's organization and took an active part in its campaign in the fall of 1912. He is a loyal member of the Grand Army of the Republic Post at Noblesville. He is an esteemed and respected citizen of this county and has always led a busy and a useful life. He has many friends and acquaintamong who admire him for his many good qualities.

Charles Y. Foster

To write the personal record of men who have raised themselves from humble circumstances to a position of responsibility and trust in a commun¬ ity is no ordinary pleasure. Self-made men, men who have achieved suscess by reason of their personal qualities and left the impress of their in¬ dividuality upon the business and growth of their place of residence and affect for good such institutions as are embraced in the sphere of their use¬ fulness, unwittingly, perhaps build monuments more enduring than marble, or obelisk, or granite shaft. Such, we have the unquestionable right to say, belongs to the gentleman whose name appears above.

Charles V. Foster, of the firm of Foster & Gannon, of Carmel, Indiana, was born in Indianapolis on February 5, 1872. His father, William W., was bom in Madison, and his mother, Joan Hensley, was born near Law¬ rence, in Marion county, Indiana. William W. Foster was the son of Andrew J. Foster, a native of Virginia and an early settler in Indiana. Andrew J. Foster came to Indiana after the Mexican War. He served during the Mex¬ ican War and later in the Civil War. He was one of the first engineers on the old Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis railroad, which ran its first train into Indianapolis, October 8, 1848. Andrew J. Foster and wife were the parents of a large family. William W. Foster also was in the Civil War, serving in the Fifth Regiment of Indiana Cavalry. He enlisted as a drum¬ mer boy when seventeen years of age, but before the end of the war was a regular trooper in the cavalry service. William W. Foster was married about 1870 to Joan Hensley, the daughter of William Hensley, whose wife was a Hardsock. She was one of sixteen children, fourteen of whom lived to maturity. Charles Y. Foster lost his mother when he was eight years of age, and until his marriage in 1894 made his home with four different fami¬ lies. Immediately after his marriage he located in Carmel, where he opened up a barber shop, and for the next three years he operated this during the summer season, and traveled for a Chicago bicycle firm during the winter. Later he traveled for an Indianapolis firm for two years, after which he pur¬ chased the Newlin & Thomas hardware and implement store in Carmel and has been in business in Carmel for the past fifteen years. Shortly after ac¬ quiring the store he disposed of the hardware department, continuing in the implement business. Later he added a line of feed, coal, automobiles and automobile accessories. He makes a specialty of clover seed, which is shipped to him from Idaho. In addition to his business interests in Carmel, Mr. Foster owns two hundred and thirty-six acres of land two miles east of Carmel and takes a great deal of pride in the fact that he knows how to manage a farm. He makes a specialty of registered stock, having thorough¬ bred hogs and horses on his farm at all times. He is president of the Car¬ mel Horse Show Association, and a member of the Indiana Swine Breeders* Association. He takes much interest in agricultural matters, keeping his farm up to the highest state of efficiency at all times.

Mr. Foster was married March 9, 1894, to Jennie Wilson, the daugh¬ ter of John and Martha (Evans) Wilson, who was born October 18, 1876. Mrs. Foster was one of the two children born to her parents, her mother dying when she was fifteen years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Foster have one son, Dallas, who graduated from the Carmel high school when he was sixteen years old. He is now attending business college in Indianapolis, and ex¬ pects to graduate in the spring of 1915, after which he will join his father in business.

Politically, Mr. Foster adheres to the principles of the Republican party, and is deeply interested in the political issues of the day. Having made a study of politics, he has given his support to the Republican party, whose principles, he believes, are well fitted to promote the welfare of the people of this country. He takes an active part in the affairs of his town and is now president of the town board of Carmel. He is active in matters of home improvement and local public enterprises, and ever ready to lend a helping hand to the mutual welfare. He is esteemed a valuable citizen of his community.

Alvin S. Power

One of the most enterprising of our younger generation of farmers in Hamilton county, the man whose name forms the caption of this interestingbiography, has believed from the outset of his career that the "wisdom of yesterday is sometimes the folly of today," and that while the methods of our grandfathers in tilling the soil were all right in their day, in the twen¬ tieth century we are compelled to adopt new methods and farm along dif¬ ferent lines, in view of the fact that condition of climate, soil, grains, etc., have changed since the days of the pioneers. He has been a close observer of modern methods and is a diligent student of whatever things pertain to his chosen life work. It is not cause for wonder, therefore, that he has met with encouraging success all along the line. Judging from his past record, he will undoubtedly achieve much in the future years and take his place among the leading agriculturists of a community noted for its fine farms and adroit husbandmen.

Alvin S. Power, a prosperous farmer in Clay township, this county, was born on the farm where he is now living, four miles south of Carmel, on July 3, 1879. His father, William D. Power, was born on the same farm May 13, 1848, while his mother, Annie Quick, was born in Johnson county, Indiana, April 15, 1855, daughter of Nicholas Quick and wife. The Power family is one of the many who came to this state from Kentucky. Joseph Power, the first member of the family concerning whom definite in¬ formation has been found, was a native of Kentucky and served in the War of 1812. At an early date he came to Rush county, Indiana, where he en¬ tered government land and lived the remainder of his days. He was the father of several children: Richard, Darius, the grandfather of Alvin S., Stephen, Charles, Joseph and one daughter.

Darius Power was born near Elizabethtown, Kentucky, in 1803, and when a youth he came with his parents to Rush county, Indiana. He grew to maturity in Rush county and married Catherine Jackson, shortly after his marriage coming to Hamilton county, where he entered eighty acres of gov¬ ernment land in the midst of the wilderness. He was a successful farmer, and in all of his dealings showed marked business ability. At the time of his death he owned four hundred and forty acres of fine land in this county. He died December 12, 1863, his wife passing away in October, 1878. They were the parents of eleven children : Thomas, who died at the age of eight ; William, who died at the age of eighteen; Elizabeth J., the wife of Charles Moffitt; Margaret, the wife of Silas Wise; Joseph; James; Richard; Mary C., the wife of Luther Hessong; William D., the father of Alvin S., with whom this narrative deals; and two who died in infancy.

William Darius Power, the father of Alvin S., was born in this county, on the farm where the son is now living, the same that was entered by his father, Darius Power. William D. Power grew to manhood in this county and married Anna Quick. The reader is referred to the biography of Nich¬ olas Quick elsewhere in this volume for further details of the Quick family history. William D. and wife were the parents of two children: Maude Ethel and Alvin. Ethel is the wife of David Combs, and lives near the old Power homestead.

The whole career of Alvin S. Power has been spent on the farm Where he was born, with the exception of two years immediately after his mar¬ riage, when he lived in Marion county on his aunt's farm. He is a progres¬ sive young farmer, who believes in adopting the latest improved methods in agriculture, with the result that he is having the satisfaction of seeing his farm return a good crop each year. He raises all the crops suitable to this locality and also handles a considerable amount of live stock each year.

Mr. Power was married November 11, 1908, to Harriet Beecher Elliott. She is a daughter of Oliver and Martha (Hussey) Elliott, and was born October 18, 1880, near the Poplar Ridge church in Clay township, in this county. Her father was bom in Wayne county, Indiana, September 12, 1844, ancl is a son °f Absalom and Polly (Maxwell) Elliott. Mrs. Martha Hussey, the mother of Mrs. Power, was born July 28, 1844, in Fayette county, Indiana, and is the daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Frazier) Hus¬ sey. Her history is referred to in the sketch of Oliver C. Elliott found elsewhere in this volume, which gives further details on the family history. Mr. and Mrs. Power have two children: Fletcher William, born April 6, 1911, and Maxwell Elliott, bom October 2, 1913. These make up the fourth generation of the family that has lived on this place, three genera¬ tions of whom were born here.

The father of Mr. Power died February 11, 1910, and since that time Mr. Power has had full charge of the old home place. He has been farm¬ ing one hundred and nine acres across the road from the old home farm, and with the eighty acres which his father owned, now has a large farm to

Politically, Mr. Power is a Progressive and was the first man in Ham¬ ilton county to make the race for county office on the Progressive ticket. Fraternally, he is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and his wife is a member of the Friends church. Personally, Mr. Power is genial and agreeable and has a host of loyal friends in the community where he has lived all of his life.

Agriculture has been honored from the earliest ages and as a usual thing men of honorable and humane impulses, as well as those of energy and thrift, have been patrons of husbandry. The free outdoor life of the farm has a decided tendency to foster and develop that independence of mind and self-reliance which characterizes true manhood, and no truer blessing can befall a boy than to be reared in close touch with nature in the healthful, life-inspiring labor of the fields. It always has been the fruitful soil from which have sprung the moral bone and sinew of the country, and the ma¬ jority of our nation's great warriors, renowned statesmen and distinguished men of letters were born on the farm and were indebted largely to its early influence for the distinction which they have attained.

Anson V. Almond, a prosperous farmer in this township and this county, and the son of David H. and Julia A. (Gossett) Almond, was born in Hendricks county, July 21, 1869. David H. Almond was the son of James and Emily (Weir) Almond, and was born in Iowa, near Salem. Julia A. Gossett was the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Jones) Gossett. James Almond was born in Hendricks county, Indiana, and his wife was born in Ohio. At different times they lived in Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, and in all of these states James Almond owned land. The log cabin which he built in Clay township in this county is still standing and is one of the in¬ teresting landmarks of the township.

Thomas Gossett, the father of Mrs. David H. Almond, was a Methodist Episcopal minister as well as a farmer. His wife, Elizabeth Jones, was a native of Indiana. David H. Almond was one of ten children born to James and Emily (Weir) Almond and he lived at home until he was married and then began farming for himself. He has been a farmer most of his life, although he was engaged in the implement business in both Zionsville and

Indianapolis for a time. David Almond was twice married, having one son, Alva A., by his first wife. His second wife, Julia A. Gossett, was the mother of four children: Anson V., with whom this narrative deals; John, Mary and Jennie.

Anson V. Almond received a good common school education in the schools of his township and then attended the high school for two years. He remained at home, assisting his father with the work on the farm. After his marriage in 1891 he continued to live at home, managing his father's farm.

Mr. Almond was married August 9, 1891, to Ella Harvey, who was born in Clay township, on July 31, 1872. Her parents were Nathan and Eunice (Leonard) Harvey. Nathan Harvey, the son of Anthony and Sarah (Trueblood) Harvey, both natives of North Carolina, was but four years of age when his father died, and consequently very little is known of the early history of the Harvey family. When Nathan was twenty years of age. he came to Indiana under very interesting circumstances. He was living in North Carolina at the time the Civil War broke out, and being ordered to join the Southern army, although in sympathy with the North and a Quaker, he ran away from the state in order to escape the draft. He left his home at night with fourteen other men, who also were in sympathy with the North, and started to make the long overland trip to the free states. Out of the fifteen who started on that dark night, only three ever reached Indiana. Eight of them were captured by the Confederate soldiers and some of them were shot to death. Four others got faint-hearted and went back home. When Mason Harvey reached Indiana his clothes were in rags, all of his money was gone and he was in debt $5 to a cousin who helped him to reach this state. Eunice Leonard, the wife of Mason Harvey, was the daughter of Salethial and Sarah (Thornburg) Leonard, also natives of North Carolina. The Leonards came to this state when Eunice was about twelve years of age. Salethial Leonard \vas the son of William Leonard and wife, and Sarah Thornburg was the daughter of George Thornburg and wife.

Mr. and Mrs. Anson V. Almond have one son, Lawrence H., who was born October 10, 1894. He is a young man with a brilliant future before him and is well worthy the advantages which his parents are giving hir»... After graduating from the Carmel high school, he entered the Ohio North¬ ern University, where he is pursuing a course in mechanical engineering with a view to following that professon after graduation.

is a skillful farmer, in that he understands the best methods of securing good results' from his land and at the same time keeping it in a high state of pro¬ ductivity. The difference between the old-fashioned farmer and the scien¬ tific farmer, is that the scientific farmer understands the value of crop rota¬ tion and scientific fertilizing. Mr. Almond is a loyal member of the Repub¬ lican party but has never been a candidate for any public office, preferring to devote all of his time to his agricultural pursuit. He is a member of the National Horse Thief Detective Association, an association which enrolls many of the farmers of this county. Mr. Almond is a man of high ideals and is respected by every one who is associated with him, giving his hearty support at all times to all worthy enterprises for the best interests of his community.

Othniel B. Harvey

As the young man of today spins through the picturesque valleys and along level roads in his automobile and sees the white roadbed unwind itself like a ribbon under the wheels, he does not think of the day when his father and grandfather laboriously toiled along through the same country in a slowgoing wagon over stumps and logs, fording streams and ever pushing into a new country ; nor does he reckon that the cost of the car and the motor that hums so powerfully would have kept a pioneer family for many years in the midst of plenty. At that time the high cost of living never was heard of, for the pioneers raised everything that they ate and wore, and their homes were not constructed by contractors, but were hewed and fitted and covered by the calloused hands of the father and his sons. Among the pioneers of Hamilton county, whose memory runs to the days before the war is Othniel B. Harvey, who has lived nearly three score and ten years within the precincts of this county.

Othniel B. Harvey, the son of William and Cinderella (Beeson) Harvey, was born December 18, 1847, in Hamilton county, Indiana, on the farm where he is now living in Washington township. His father was born in Franklin county, this state, and his mother in Wayne county, this state, and after their marriage they came to Hamilton county, in the fall of 1842, and settled on the farm where Othniel B. Harvey is now living. William Harvey entered one hundred and sixty acres of government land and started to make a home in the primeval wilderness for his family. William Harvey was a life-long farmer and an influential man in his township during his life. He was a member of the county board of commissioners under the old constitu- tion, a position which corresponds to the township trusteeship at the present time. William Harvey and wife reared a family of eight children, all of whom lived lives of usefulness: Mrs. Malvina Stultz, deceased; Mrs. Malinda Stultz, whose husband is a farmer in Washington township, this county; Othniel B., whose history is here related; Sanford M., a farmer of Wash¬ ington township; Mrs. Parentha E. Spaugh, deceased; Mrs. Orendo E. Scott, who resides in Noblesville; Marcus B., a banker of Zionsville and Mrs. Ludema Stultz, whose husband is a farmer in Washington township. Will¬ iam Harvey died March 4, 1874, and his widow passed away October 12, 1890.

Othniel B. Harvey received such education as was afforded by the country schools of his day and early in life decided to follow the vocation of farming. Upon his marriage in 1872, his father gave him thirty-three and one-half acres of land, on which he has since resided. He has improved this farm in various ways and now has a beautiful home with excellent barns and outbuildings. He has always paid particular attention to the raising of live stock, having found by experience that the most successful farmers are those who combine the raising of their crops with the raising of live stock.

Mr. Harvey was married April 20, 1872, to Sybilla E. Spaugh, a daugh¬ ter of Joshua and Christina (Petry) Spaugh, both of whom were natives of North Carolina. Joshua Spaugh was born March 14, 1821, and died in 1896. His wife was born May 13, 1820, and died January 3, 1901. To this worthy couple were born seven children : Sanda, deceased : Mrs. Cath¬ erine Hand, deceased; Sybilla, the wife of Mr. Harvey; John E., a farmer of Washington township; Mrs. Missouri Harvey, whose husband is a farmer in Washington township; Frank, deceased, and Allen, a farmer of this country.

Mr. and Mrs. Harvey reared a family of three children, Iva, William J. and Oris. Iva is the wife of Vanetta H. Johnson, a farmer of Washing¬ ton township; William J. is married and lives on a farm in Washington town¬ ship, and has one daughter, Geneva; Oris, a farmer of Boone county, Indi¬ ana, is married and has one son, Clark Beeson.

Mr. Harvey is a stanch Prohibitionist, believing that the suppression of the liquor traffic constitutes the biggest problem before the American people today. He and his wife are loyal members of the Christian church and are interested in its various activities. Mr. Harvey always has been deeply interested in whatever tends to promote the prosperity of his community, and the section of the county where he has resided for so many years is greatly indebted to him for its material, educational and moral development.

Enoch M. Passwater

The Passwater family were among the first pioneers of Hamilton county, Indiana, and the members of this family have been connected with the his¬ tory of this section for more than ninety years. When the grandfather of Enoch M. Passwater came here in 1844, the Indians still roamed the deep forests which then were practically untouched by the white man's axe. Enoch M. Passwater is a worthy scion of this sterling family, and has so managed his affairs as to win the high esteem of his fellow citizens.

Enoch M. Passwater, a widely known farmer of Wayne township, Hamilton county, Indiana, was born January 6, 1856, in the same township where he has since resided. He is the son of Zadok and Martha Jane (Brattain) Passwater. Zadok Passwater was the son of Clement and Rachel (Cloverdale) Passwater. Clement Passwater was a native of the state of Delaware, his birth occurring in that state April 26, 1797, and Zadok Passwater was born December 25, 1822, in the state of Ohio. Clement Passwater located in Wayne township, Hamilton county, Indiana, in 1824, and entered one hundred and forty acres of land in Wayne township. There were very few settlers in the county at that time and the roads to his farm had to be cut through the tangled woods. The family had to go to the Conner mill south of Noblesville in order to get their corn ground, and then frequently had to wait over night for their grist. Clement Passwater was a fine, public-spirited and progressive man, peaceable and thoroughly reliable. He never carried a gun to protect himself from the Indians, and even when the Indians were drunk they came to him, patted him on the back and said, "Good man - no gun." The first cabin which Clement Passwater built, a rude log structure, had no door other than a quilt which was suspended from the top of the doorway. He was killed by a cave-in at a gravel pit at the age of seventy-one. His wife lived to be past eighty years of age.

Zadok Passwater grew to manhood in this county and became a prom¬ inent factor in the life of his community. He was a lifelong farmer, a publicspirited citizen and was frequently called upon to settle estates. He took a leading part in the construction of the Clarksville pike and was the president of the company which constructed the highway. He also was heavily inter¬ ested financially in this pike and for this reason was particularly anxious to see the road successful. Zadok Passwater was very hospitable to strangers and often recalled that he himself had difficulty in finding places to stop over night when away from home. He made the trip to Indianapolis on the first train that was run from Noblesville to the capital city. He was active in Republican politics from the beginning of that party. Zadok Passwater was accustomed to read aloud to his family when the weekly paper came, and the children still recall how they ranged themselves about the huge fireplace to hear their father read the war news. The neighbors frequently came in to hear the news, for newspapers at that time were scarce, and even people who could read were not to be found everywhere.

Zadok Passwater was married October 30, 1853, to Martha J. Brattain, who was a native of Wayne county, Indiana, born September 8, 1828, the daughter of William and Catherine Brattain. William Brattain was born August 25, 1795, and his wife was born April 1, 1799. William Brattain and wife came from North Carolina to Wayne county, Indiana, in pioneer days, and shortly afterwards, located in Hamilton county. When William Brat¬ tain came to this county he located on Mud Creek, in the eastern part of Wayne township, where he entered one hundred and sixty acres of land and lived the remainder of his life.

The children of Zadok Passwater and wife are as follows: William C., Enoch M., John F., Corvdon Mary C., Zadok F., Martha F. and twin daughters who died in infancy. Zadok Passwafer died February 13, 1871. and his widow passed away September 7, 1907. They were active members of the Methodist Episcopal church and were deeply concerned in everything that pertained to the welfare of that denomination.

Enoch M. Passwater was educated in the schools of his home neighbor¬ hood, and lived on his father's farm until his marriage. At the age of twenty-one he bought a farm of his own north of Clarksville, where he now resides. Since then he has added to this farm until he is now the owner of one hundred and twenty-four acres of well improved land, his farm being known as "Woodside FarmT

Mr. Passwater was married December 20, 1885. to Susan J. Ballard, who was born in 1862, at Wabash, Indiana, and was the daughter of Thomas and Rebecca (Hyatt) Ballard. Her parents came from Guilford county. North Carolina, after their marriage and located in Indiana about 1856. They first stopped in Rush county, but shortly afterwards moved to Hamil¬ ton countv. and still later to Wabash county. Mr. Ballard was a soldier in the Civil War, and after the close of that war, engaged in farming for several years. Upon locating in Wabash, he engaged in the lumber business, and after settling in Hamilton county, again resumed farming. Mr. Ballard brought his family to this county when Mrs. Passwater was about seven years old and located at Westfield, where he lived the remainder of his life.

For several years he carried the mail between Noblesville and Westfield, and his death occurred in March, 1902, his wife having passed away in 1875.

Mr. Passwater and wife have four children living and one deceased: Howard F., Thomas J., Charles B. and Robert T. The only daughter, Jessie F., who was the wife of Clayton R. Johnson, died July 3, 1913, leaving one son, Noland, who now lives with Mr. Passwater.

Mr. Passwater is a stanch Republican in politics, and has taken an active interest in the councils of his party. Fraternally, he is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons. In everything he does, Mr. Passwater adheres strictly to correct principles, and such has been his eyery-day conduct that he merits the high esteem in which he is universally held.

Edward Parker Zeis

A worthy citizen of Wayne township, Hamilton county, Indiana, is Edward Parker Zeis. He divides his attention between public school teach¬ ing and farming. As a teacher he is recognized as one of the best in his county, while as a farmer he has been no less successful. His father has been for many years one of the most prominent men of his county and the son has shed additional luster on the family name.

Edward Parker Zeis, the son of Charles and Molly (Hipsher) Zeis, was born July 31, 1879, *n Seneca county, Ohio. A sketch of the interesting career of his father, Charles Zeis, is presented elsewhere in this volume and the reader is referred to it for additional information concerning the Zeis family.

Edward Parker Zeis is one of the three children born to his parents, the other two being Stella Odessa and Leander Ernest. Edward P. Zeis at¬ tended the common schools and then entered the high school at Noblesville, graduating from this high school in the spring of 1900. In the fall of the same year he began teaching in Wayne township, and has been in continuous service in the school room since that time with the exception of two years. As a school teacher he applied himself zealously to his duties and is recog¬ nized as a careful and conscientious instructor of the youth. From 1908 to 1910 he managed his father's farm in Wayne township and when his father bought a farm in another part of Wayne township in 1910, he moved on to it, and has since resided there. He teaches during the winter season and spends the rest of the year working on the farm. This farm consists of one

Mr. Zeis was married May 26, 1900, to Jessie Alpharetta Carey. She was born in Hamilton county, Indiana, and is the daughter of Calvin and Eliza (Reagan) Carey. Her parents were born in Hendricks county, Indi¬ ana, and later located near Westfield, in Hamilton county. Her mother died March 3, 1913, and her father is now living in Los Angeles, California. He was a life-long farmer and served with distinction in the Civil War as a member of the Nineteenth Indiana Battery of Heavy Artillery. Mr. Zeis and his wife have four children, Charles Calvin, Donald Maxwell, Richard Carey and Robert Ernest.

Mr. Zeis is a Democrat and while he takes a deep interest in the political problems before the nation today has never been active in political affairs in his township and county. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, while his wife holds membership in the Friends church, the same to which her parents belonged. Mr. Zeis is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Improved Order of Red Men and the Modern Woodmen of America.

Charles J. Wheeler

There are men in every community who take the lead in various activities and there are certain characteristics which are always possessed by such men. The spirit of never giving up, of staying by a thing until it is completed, no matter what obstacles may present themselves, is the keynote to the success¬ ful man's career. He who allows his application to falter or deserts his work on frivolous pretexts is on the sure road to ultimate failure. Let any task be undertaken as a thing not possible to be evaded and it will soon come to lie performed with alacrity and cheerfulness. How many young men falter, faint and dally with- their purpose because they have no capital to start with and wait for some good luck to give them a lift! Success is a child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed. Pay the price and it is yours. Our greatest strength is developed and our best work is done while we are struggling desperately for that which we do not possess. So many young men fail because they are not willing to devote themselves to that toilsome culture which is the price of great success. If a man wishes to wear spurs in the tournament of life he must buckle them to his own heels before he enters the lists. A man of this county who has forged to the front as a leader of his fellow citizens is Charles J. Wheeler, the present Republican chairman of the ninth congressional district. For many years he has been one of the most successful and prosperous farmers of Hamilton county, and those same attributes which have made him a success in the agricultural world have brought him success in the political world. Various offices have come to him because of his well recognized ability and in every official capacity he has performed faithful and efficient service.

Charles J. Wheeler, the* son of George W. and Hulda (George) Wheeler, was born December 2, 1871, in Noblesville township, this county. His par¬ ents were both natives of this county, and his father was. for many years one of the most successful farmers and business men of the county. George M. Wheeler, with his brother, James, owned the first tile factory in this county and made a pronounced success of their undertaking. In addition to farming and the manufacture of tile, George W. Wheeler engaged ex¬ tensively in the buying and selling of live stock. He drove live stock from this county to Indianapolis before there was a stockyard in that city and personally superintended the loading of the cars himself. At the time of his death, April 17, 1912, at the age of seventy-five, he was the owner of a fine farm of two hundred and sixtv-five acres in this county. To George M. Wheeler and wife were born six children, William T., of Indianapolis; Mrs. Laura Keiser, who lives in Marshall, Illinois; Mrs. Anna Russell, of Rankin, Illinois; Orph H., of Marshall, Illinois; Mrs. Ella Campbell, whose husband is the assistant secretary of the Hamilton County Trust Company of Nobles¬ ville and Charles J., whose life history is here recorded.

Charles J. Wheeler received an excellent education, being a graduate of the common schools and also of the high school at Noblesville. After leaving school he returned to the farm, where he lived until his election as clerk of Hamilton county, in 1903. He lived in Noblesville during his incumbency of that Office, from 1905 to 1909, and at the expiration of his term, was ap¬ pointed custodian of the state house at Indianapolis, filling that office for the next eighteen months. He then received an appointment as a clerk in the revenue department, serving in that capacity for eight months. Since that time he has been engaged in farming in this county, where he carries on a general system of agriculture and makes a specialty of the breeding of Percheron horses.

Mr. Wheeler was married March 8, 1893, to Etta M. Wheatley, the (laughter of William A. and Angeline (Neidigh) Wheatley, of this county, and to this union have been l>orn four children, Ruth A., born December 15, 1893. "ho is the wife of Ralph R. Heinv, a farmer of this county; Thomas

W., born December 1, 1895, was graduated from the Noblesville high school in 1913; Mabel R., born April 5, 1898, is a junior in the Noblesville high school; George W., born February 3, 1904, is still in the grades.

Mr. Wheeler always has taken an active part in Republican politics, and was county chairman of his party from 1906 to 1910. In the latter year he was the secretary of the county organization and remaining in that position until 1912, when he was elected district chairman of the ninth congressional district, comprising Hamilton, Clinton, Tipton, Fountain, Howard, Mont¬ gomery, Boone and Carroll counties, Indiana. As district chairman he per¬ formed efficient service for his party and made the very best fight possible under the circumstances. Mr. Wheeler is a member of the Free and Ac¬ cepted Masons, the Knights of Pythias, the Improved Order of Red Men, the Modern Woodmen of America, and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He and his family are members of the United Brethren church and are liberal contributors to its various activities. Mr. Wheeler is now living on his mother's farm of one hundred and eighty-five acres, which is located in Noblesville township, and is classed among the most progressive farmers of the county. His mother is still living in good health at the age of seventyfour, and is now residing with her daughter, Mrs. Ella Campbell, in Nobles¬ ville. Mr. Wheeler is a man of high reputation and strict integrity and is esteemed and respected by everyone with whom he is associated. He is widely known throughout his county and congressional district, and is uni¬ versally looked upon as a man who is living the life of the good American citizen in every sense of the word.

John H. Sylvester

The Sylvester family was one of the first families to locate in Hamilton county, and Joseph Sylvester, the grandfather of John H., entered eighty acres of land in the northeastern part of Fall Creek township, shortly after the county was organized. John H. Sylvester has been a life-long farmer in Wavne township where he was born, although he has not farmed all of his life in the same township. He is a man who keeps well informed on the latest methods of agriculture, and has so managed his affairs as to secure the maximum results from his efforts. He has been living on his present farm for the past fifteen years and has improved it in such a way as to make it one of the attractive farms of his township.

John H. Sylvester, the son of William and Mary Jane (Ferguson) Syl¬ vester, was born in Wayne township, Hamilton county, Indiana, in 1856. His father was a native of this state and was the son of Joseph Sylvester, who was a native of Virginia. Joseph Sylvester came to Madison, Indiana, after his marriage and was a steamboatman on the Ohio for several years. Subsequently he engaged in farming in Jefferson county, Indiana, near Madi¬ son, and married in that county. After his marriage Joseph Sylvester located in Fall Creek township, Hamilton county, Indiana, and lived the remainder of his life on what is now known as the Canaday farm one mile west of the farm now owned by his grandson, John H. Sylvester.

On this farm in Fall Creek township William Sylvester grew to man¬ hood. He followed agricultural pursuits almost all of his life, although he spent about five years in a grocery and dry goods store, first at Fishers in Hamilton county, and later at Hardscrabble, Madison county. William Sylvester married Mary Ferguson, who was born in Franklin county, Vir¬ ginia, the daughter of Jacob A. and Jane Ferguson. She came to Hamilton county in childhood with her parents, who lived most of their lives in Madi¬ son county.

John H. Sylvester was educated in the public schools of Fall Creek town¬ ship, and lived at home until his marriage at the age of twenty-two. He then engaged in farming for himself in Madison county, and rented land for several years in that county. He finally bought eighty acres on the Madison county side of the road across from the farm where he is now living. In 1899 he moved on to his present farm in Wayne township near the Fall Creek township line, where he has one hundred and fifteen acres of well improved land. He has given his attention to general farming and stock raising, and has met with that success which comes to every farmer who diligently ap¬ plies himself to his labors.

Mr. Sylvester was married March, 1878, to Cornelia Jane Whetsel, a sister of Leander Franklin Whetsel, a sketch of whose history is given else¬ where in this volume. To this union two children have been born who are now living, and two who are deceased. Pearl Gertrude is the widow of James Partain, and now lives in Noblesville. Vasti is the wife of Rollin Keeling, and lives in Noblesville. Edward Asa died at the age of twelve, and one other child died in infancy.

Mr. Sylvester is a Democrat and while interested in everything per¬ taining to the civic welfare of his community, has never been a candidate for public office nor taken an active part in political affairs in his township and county. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and takes much interest in the work of that fraternal organization. /

Charles Zeis

One of the most prominent farmers and business men of Hamilton county, Indiana, is Charles Zeis, who for many years was a leader in the affairs of Wayne township. He is descended from sterling German ancestry and has inherited all those qualities of thrift and industry which has made the people of German descent such valuable acquisitions to our cosmopolitan population. Probably the most interesting chapter in the life history of Mr. Zeis is comprehended within the period when he was serving as trustee of Wayne township. Although the story of his election in 1894 and his subsequent effort to secure possession of the office to which he was duly elected is a familiar story to the older citizens of the county, it will bear repetition and should be a part of the history of his county.

Charles *Zeis, the son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Lower) Zeis, was born August 20, 1851, at Tiffin, Ohio. His father was born in Bavaria, Germany, and at the age of six came with his parents from his native land to America, settling first in Maryland. His parents, John Martin and Christina Zeis, lived in the latter state for about twelve years, and then went westward and located on a farm near Tiffin, Ohio. In that county, Jacob Zeis grew to man¬ hood and there married Elizabeth Lower, who also was a native of Germany. She was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, and came to America with her parents, Jacob and Elizabeth Lower, at the age of sixteen. The Lower family also located in Ohio near Tiffin. Jacob Zeis and his wife lived the remainder of their days in Ohio.

Charles Zeis was given a good common school education and remained on the home farm until he was married in 1876. He then began farming for himself near Tiffin and operated the old homestead which his grandfather had entered in the time of Andrew Jackson. His grandfather had the old sheepskin document, the patent which he secured from the government, and which is signed by Andrew Jackson. On this farm Charles Zeis lived until 1888, when he moved to Hamilton county, Indiana, and located in Wayne township.

Upon coming to this county Charles Zeis bought a farm of one hundred and seventy-two acres on the Noblesville and Clarksville road, and lived on this farm until 1906, when he moved to Noblesville and left the farm in charge of his son, Parker. In 1910 he sold this farm and bought two other farms of eighty-five acres and one hundred and two acres respectively. A few years ago Mr. Zeis moved to Noblesville, where he is now residing although he still gives his personal supervision to his farms.

Mr. Zeis is a stanch Democrat in politics, and for years has been one of the leaders of his party in township and county matters. In 1894 he was elected trustee of Wayne township, but his election was contested and for one year he was kept out of the office. The Legislature, however, extended the tenure of township trustees to four years and consequently he held the office for five years. His election was contested by the Republicans who had a majority in the county, and before he finally secured possession of the office his case had been carried through the lower courts to the supreme court of Indiana, which court decided unanimously in his favor. It is safe to say that no township trustee in Hamilton county ever performed more efficient service for his fellow citizens than did Mr. Zeis in the five years that he held this office in Wayne township. He not only built five brick school houses and repaired two others, but he left the township at the expiration of his term of office absolutely unencumbered with indebtedness and wTith money in the treasury. He accomplished this by using good judgment in every¬ thing that he did, and let contracts only to the lowest bidders who could do the work in an efficient manner. The school houses which he built are still standing and will stand for many years to come, a tribute to his excellent supervision. One of these school houses has two rooms, and all are covered with slate. His conduct of the affairs of the township during his term of office won the hearty approval of his fellow' citizens, irrespective of their politics.

Mr. Zeis takes a keen interest in everything pertaining to the welfare of the farmers of his county, and has three times been elected chairman of the County Farmers Institute. He is well known throughout the county as a man of public spirit, and lends his hearty support to every measure w'hich promises to be of anv benefit for the general advancement of his county.

Mr. Zeis was married February 3, 1876, to Marv L. Hipsher, wrho was born in Lancaster, Ohio, and was left an orphan at an early age. being reared bv relatives. To this union have, been born three children, Odessa, Edw'ard Parker and Lee. Odessa attended the Central Normal College at Danville, Indiana, and later entered DePamv University, from which institution she was graduated in 1898. She is now7 teaching in the high school at Madison, Wisconsin. She had previously taught in the high schools of Wabash and Noblesville. Indiana, spending three years in each. Parker, the eldest son, married Jessie Carey, and now' lives on his father's farm in the southern part of Wayne township. He has four sons, Charles Calvin, Donald Max¬ well, Richard C. and Robert Parker taught school for a number of years and still teaches during the winter time, although he is gradually giving more of his attention to his agricultural interests. Lee, the youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. Zeis, married Ethel Burke, and lives on his father's farm near Clarks¬ ville. He has two sons, George and Keith.

Mr. Zeis and his family are consistent members of the Methodist Epis¬ copal church of Bethel. Fraternally, he belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Improved Order of Red Men. Thus briefly is given the history of a man who has been wisely connected with the material, moral and educational history of his township and county for many years, and whose every act will bear the close scrutiny of his fellow citizens. Such men are invaluable assets to their respective communities, and lend stability to our commonwealth.

Larkin M. Stultz

A life of more than half a century has given Larkin M. Stultz the opportunity of being well known bv the people of the county. He is a mem¬ ber of an old and highly esteemed family and for many years has so stamped the impress of his individuality upon the community in which he lives as to add luster to the honorable name which he bears. He always has been scrupulously honest in all his relations with his fellow men and has left no stone unturned whereby he might benefit his own condition as well as that of his neighbors and friends. Not in the least seeking for fame, he has, however, many qualities and accomplishments to his credit which are worthy of emulation and he commands the respect of all his fellow citizens.

Larkin M. Stultz, a prosperous farmer of Washington township, was born April 30, 1858, in Clay township, this county. His parents, Joseph and Gilla (Gentry) Stultz, were natives of North Carolina and Kentucky, re¬ spectively. Joseph Stultz came to Hamilton county in 1837, and entered a farm in Washington township, but later disposed of it and secured a farm in Clayton township. He cleared ten acres of land the first year, and planted it in corn, doing all of his work with one horse. He and his young wife, to whom he was married in 1837, endured all of the hardships incident to pioneer life, but as the years rolled by had the satisfaction of seeing their hard work yield satisfactory returns. Joseph Stultz and wife were the par¬ ents of thirteen children, Mrs. Mary E. Petree, born April to, 1839, de¬ ceased; Mrs. Sarah C. Lee, born January 5, 1841, deceased: Mrs. Nancy J. Cruse, born November 29, 1842, deceased; James M., born October 24, 1844, now living at Jolietville, this county; W. W., born September 18, 1846, now a resident of Spiceland, Indiana; Martha A., born November 18, 1848, de¬ ceased; Mrs. Perinth E. Weaver, born January 19, 1851, a resident of this county; Joseph M., born February 25, 1853, a farmer of Boone county, this state; John W., born December 1, 1855, deceased; Larkin M., with whom this narrative deals; Amanda L., born July 30, i860, now living in Zionsville; Mrs. Melissa E. Cotton, born January 18, 1863, and Mrs. Ludema Dean, bom May 29, 1865, now living in Indianapolis. The father of these children was born December 10, 1814, and died May 1, 1900, while their mother was born August 11, 1821, and died in September, 1907.

Larkin M. Stultz was given a common school education in the district schools of this county and remained at home until his marriage assisting with the work on the farm. After his marriage in 1881, he continued to reside on his father's place for two years and then, in the fall of 1883, moved on to the old Harvey homestead, where he is still residing, he and his wife, being the possessors of a fine farm of one hundred and eighty-three acres, which is well improved in every respect and one of the most attractive farms in the county. He always has engaged in general farming and has been uniformly successful throughout the many years that he has been engaged in this time-honored occupation.

Mr. Stultz was married October 15, 1881, to Ludema Harvey, the daughter of William and Cinderella (Beeson) Harvey. The reader is re¬ ferred to the biography of B. O. Harvey, found elsewhere in this volume for details concerning the Harvey family history. Mr. and Mrs. Stultz are the parents of two children, Glenn and Glenna. Glenn was born July 30, 1888, and married on October 24, 1911, to Opal Morris, and they have one child, Eugene R., born August 1, 1912; Glenna, the other child of Mr. and Mrs. Stultz, was torn August 7, 1892, and died November 19, 1893.

The Republican party always has claimed the support of Mr. Stultz and he has been the recipient of many favors at the hands of his party, being chairman of the township committee at the present time. He was appointed by Governor J. Frank Hanly, in May, 1905, as a member of the State Board of Forestry and served on this board for four years. Fraternally he is a Mason, having attained to the Thirty-second degree, belonging to the Scottish Rite and the Shrine at Indianapolis. He holds membership in the Knights of Pythias Lodge No. 176, at Sheridan. Mr. Stultz and his wife are mem¬ bers of the Christian church and contribute generously of their means and time to its support. Mr. Stultz has attained to a definite degree of success in life because he has realized that in this age farming must be done along different lines than it has ever been done before in the history of the world, and he has sought to find out everything possible regarding the most improved methods, being careful to accept those which were applicable to this soil and the climate and just as careful to discard those which were not. While de¬ voting himself to his own material interests, he has not neglected to take his part in the community life, and accordingly has interested himself in every measure which promised to benefit the community in which he lives.

William Russell Shank

William Russell Shank has made his home in Hamilton county, Indiana, since his marriage in 1884 and during the past thirty years has farmed with marked success in this county. He is a man of strong character and always has stood for those things which advance the community along moral, ma¬ terial, religious and educational lines.

William Russell Shank, the son of Benjamin and Margaret (Hanthorn) Shank, was born at Milton, Wayne county, Indiana, March 11, 1850. His father was born at Walnut Level, in Wayne county, in 1824, and was the son of John Shank and wife. John Shank was of Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry, and came to Indiana in early pioneer times. Benjamin Shank was reared to manhood in Wayne county, and married Margaret Hanthorn, who was born in Delaware county, Pennsylvania, June 18, 1846. She was the daugh¬ ter of John and Edith (Pyle) Hanthorn.

The ancestral history of Edith (Pyle) Hanthorn, the maternal grand¬ mother of William Russell Shank, is very interesting and the family is for¬ tunate to possess the unbroken record of the family back to the time when the first members came to America from England and Wales. John Hanthorn, the maternal grandfather of William Russell Shank, was born July 6, 1796, and his wife, Edith Pvle, was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, April 23, 1803, the daughter of Jacob and Marv (Mendenhall) Pyle. Jacob Pyle was the son of Caleb Pyle, and was born in Thornbury township, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, September 14, 1775. Caleb Pyle was born in 1741, and was the son of Jacob and Jane (Sharpless) Pyle. Jane Sharpless was born in Middeltown, Pennsylvania, in 1718, and is the daughter of Joseph and Lydia (Lewis) Sharpless. Joseph Sharpless was born at Hatherton, Cheshire, Englind, in 1678, and died in Delaware county, Pennsylvania, in 1767. Joseph Sharpless and Lydia Lewis were married in 1704 at the Haverford Friends Meeting. Lydia Lewis was born at Glamorganshire, Wales, in 1683. Joseph Sharpless was the son of John Sharpless, who was de¬ scended from a family of distinction in England, which has been traced back as far as 1272. John Sharpless received the deed for his estate in Pennsyl¬ vania direct from William Penn himself, on May 29, 1684, and this estate which was located in Chester county, Pennsylvania, was the original home of William Russell Shank's maternal ancestors.

Benjamin Shank, the father of the immediate subject of this sketch, moved from Wayne county, Indiana, to Marion county, in the early fifties, and farmed there until about 1884. In that year Benjamin Shank removed to Noblesville township, in Hamilton county, Indiana, and finally died in that township in May, 1889. He lived a part of the time in Wayne township after moving to this county, but spent most of his five years in Hamilton county in Noblesville township. The wife of Benjamin Shank died August 31, 1912. Benjamin Shank was a stanch Republican in politics, a loyal Methodist in religious belief, and a man who was highly respected in the com¬ munity where he lived. His wife was a member of the Baptist church. They were the parents of eight children: John, William Russell, Lewis, Charles, Edward, Nathan, Mrs. Olive Stahl and Missouri. The last named child died in infancy.

William Russell Shank remained at home until he was married in 1884, and then began farming in Wavne township, Hamilton county, Indiana, but two years later he moved to the farm where he is now living, and on which he has placed many improvements. He and his wife own eighty-seven and one-third acres, and their farm is one of the most attractive in the township. They have a large country home, a handsome lawn surrounding the house, and everything about the farm indicates the taste of the owner. Mr. Shank has devoted his attention to farming exclusively since his marriage, although he followed the butcher trade for a time in his younger days.

Mr. Shank was married March 5, 1884, to Mary C. Passwater. She was born on the old Passwater homestead in the western part of Wayne township in Hamilton county and is the sister of Enoch M. Passwater, whose biography is presented elsewhere in this volume. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Shank: Margaret, who married Arthur Hosmer and has one child, Catherine, born in August, 1910, and Jacob.

Mr. Shank is a loyal member of the Progressive party, having left the Republican party in the summer of 1912 to cast his lot with the new party. While not a member of any church, he contributes liberally to the support of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which denomination his wife is a member.

James D. Corbin

The farmer of the twentieth century faces conditions which his fore¬ fathers never dreamed of, and, if he is successful, must employ very differ¬ ent means to get results. The soil has lost its pristine fertility and crop ro¬ tation and fertilizing agents must be used to get good returns. The farmer of the forties did not need to know anything about the soil, but the same ignorance today would send a farmer to the poorhouse. And the farmers of today are keeping up with the times ; they are sending their sons to Purdue ; they are taking the best agricultural papers; they have the county agent; they have corn shows, exhibits at the county fairs and in a great variety of ways are keeping in close touch with modem tendencies in everything per¬ taining to' their needs. Hamilton county is one of the most progressive counties in the state and her farmers are in as prosperous a condition as any in the state. Among the successful farmers who are helping to keep this county in the lead there is none more deserving of mention than James D. Corbin, of Washington township.

James D. Corbin, the son of John M. and Martha' (Beaver) Corbin, was born January 26, 1863, in the township where he has always made his home. His parents were natives of Kentucky and came to this county shortly after their marriage. They were the parents of seven children: Lucinda, the wife of William Smith; John, a resident of Noblesville; Mrs. Mattie Harvey, whose husband is a farmer in Boone county, Indiana; James D., whose life history is here presented; Mrs. Nancy Estil, Danville, Illinois; Mrs. Sarah Mills, Boone county, Indiana, and Alfred, of Oklahoma. John M. Corbin died March 6, 1890, and his wife passed away February 5, 1900.

James D. Corbin received a good common-school education, and, in ac¬ cordance with the custom of that day, spent his summer vacations on his father's farm. In this way he liecame thoroughly acquainted with every phase of farming, so that when he began to farm for himself he was a well trained, practical farmer. Early in life he determined to follow the occupa¬ tion of farming and his whole life has been spent in agricultural pursuits. He has been more than ordinarily successful, and now has a fine farm of one hundred and twenty acres, on which he raises all of the crops adapted to the soil of this locality. He also keeps a high grade of live stock and has found this a profitable adjunct to his regular farming.

Mr. Corbin was married December 29, 1887, to Allie Smith, the daugh¬ ter of James M. and Sarah A. (Mower) Smith, natives of South Carolina and Hamilton county, respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are the parents of five children: Mrs. Laura Dryer, Indianapolis; Sarah, the wife of Mr. Corbin; Mrs. Nettie Knox, Zionsville, Indiana; Charles, of Westfield, In¬ diana, and Walter, the manager of the elevator at Jollett, in this county. To Mr. and Mrs. Corbin have been born five children : Claude and Clare, twins, born September 5, 1892; Lucile, born December 21, 1894; Doyle, born February 28, 1897; Ina> born December 3, 1905. The three eldest children are in the high school at Westfield, while the other two are in the grade school. The father of Mrs. Corbin died February 11, 1875, an<l her mother is still living at the age of seventy-eight.

Mr. Corbin is affiliated with the Democratic party, but has never been active in its deliberations. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and his wife belongs to the Royal Neighbors of America. He and his wife are zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal church and are liberal supporters of its various activities. Mr. Corbin has a beautiful home, where he and his family dispense genuine hospitality to their many friends and acquaintances.

Simeon E. Carpenter

The Carpenter family of Hamilton county, Indiana, represented by Simeon E. Carpenter, are of German ancestry, and have lived in America for several generations. The family name was originally "Zimmerman," but some branches of the family have Anglicized the old German name and call themselves "Carpenter." The difficulty in tracing the history of the various members of the original "Zimmerman" family is rendered more difficult for the reason that some of the family now resident in Hamilton county spell their name "Simmermon." The result is that there are three distinct names - "Zimmerman," "Simmermon," and "Carpenter," and all descended from a common parent stock. As a matter of fact these three separate branches are represented in this volume bv the biographies of three members of this family.

Simeon E. Carpenter, the son of Abel and Phoebe (Ridenour) Car¬ penter, was born May 30. 1862, in Hocking county, Ohio. His parents were both natives of the same county, and Abel Carpenter's parents, Sampson and Catherine (Walters) Carpenter, were natives of Berkes county, Pennsylvania Sampson Carpenter and his family settled in Hocking county, Ohio, and were life-long farmers. Phoebe Ridenour was the daughter of William and Rachel (Engle) Ridenour. Sampson Carpenter, the grandfather of Simeon, retaining the old German name, "Zimmerman," and his brother, John, was

Abel Carpenter was a prominent man in Hocking county, Ohio, where he served as county commissioner for four terms, and there are many sub¬ stantial iron bridges still standing in that county which bear his name as a member of the board of county commissioners. He was a large land owner and at the time of his death owned three hundred and eighty acres of excel¬ lent land in Hocking county. Abel Carpenter and wife reared a family of eight children, and it is a tribute to their robust parents that all of the eight are still living and have families of their own. Simeon E., Eliza, Ellen, William, Christina, Edward, Emma and Ferdinand. Abel Carpenter died in 1904, and his widow passed away in 1908. At the time of the Paris Exposition Abel Carpenter took a trip to Europe and visited Germany, France, Italy, England and other European countries, in addition to spending some time at the exposition itself.

Simeon E. Carpenter was reared to manhood in Hocking county, Ohio, and attended a normal school in his home county after finishing the course in the common schools, after which he taught for three years in the district schools near his home. In 1884 he came to Wayne township, Hamilton county, Indiana, and rented a farm in the northeastern part of Wayne town¬ ship, from Marion Aid red. He married in 1887 and continued farming on the Aldred farm until about 1898, when he bought forty acres of the farm on which he is now living, one and one-half miles west of Lapel. He im¬ proved this farm in many ways and has added substantially to its acreage. In 1909 he bought fifty-two acres north of the Central Indiana Railroad, and in January, 1914, bought fourteen acres more, he now owning one hundred and six acres of land with two complete sets of farm buildings. He is a progressive farmer and whatever he does is done conscientiously. He has won many prizes at the county horse show at Nobles ville and at Lapel for the best exhibits of farm products. In the fall of 1914 he exhibited one hundred and eighty-seven different products grown on his own farm, mak¬ ing a showing which it is probable has never been excelled by any one farmer in the state' of Indiana. He is one of the most expert corn raisers in his county and has originated a new variety of corn which has been a prize winner wherever it is shown. He has made a thorough study of scientific corn raising and has carried on extensive experiments in the way of collect¬ ing seed and trying to find the best method, for preserving the seed corn throughout the winter. The special variety of corn which he originated through careful seed selection and cross breeding is now extensively grown in Hamilton and Madison counties.

Mr. Carpenter was married in 1887 to Melissa Fisher, who was born in Wayne township, near Fishersburg, the daughter of Samuel H. and Mary E. (Wiseman) Fisher. Samuel H. Fisher's family was one of the first to locate in the county. It was one of the Fisher family who was killed by the Indians in this county in pioneer times. Mrs. Carpenter's mother was born near Frederickstown, Maryland. Mr. Carpenter and his wife have two sons, Ferdinand E. and Winfield Scott. Ferdinand E. married Gertrude E. Gee, and they have one son, William Woodrow, Ferdinand lives in Anderson and is connected with the Sefton Manufacturing Company. Winfield Scott Car¬ penter was born April 27, 1890, and married Merle McDonald, the daughter of Homer McDonald. Winfield has one daughter, Catherine Louise, and lives in one of his father's houses, assisting his father on the home farm.

Mr. Carpenter is a Democrat and is one of the leaders in his party,' al¬ though he has never had any desire to hold a political office. He is intensely devoted to his chosen line of work and if anyone were to choose six of the most progressive farmers in Hamilton county he would be sure to be found in the list. Such men as Mr. Carpenter are a most valuable asset, not only to the community in which they live, but to their county and to the state hon¬ ored by their residence.

John Calvin Henley

The institution of slavery is responsible for the migration from North Carolina of many of the best citizens of early Indiana. Hamilton county was fortunate to receive many of these sterling people in the period of its early settlement and hundreds of the citizens of Hamilton county today are descendants from the early emigrants from that state.* Many of the older persons now living in Hamilton county were born in North Carolina and among these John Calvin Henley occupies a prominent place.

John C. Henley, the son of John and Mary (Allen) Henley, was born in Randolph county. North Carolina, October 30, 1848. His parents were both natives of the same county and state, being descended from English ancestry on both sides. The Henley family, as well as the Allen family, were both vitally opposed to slavery, and in company with thousands of others left their native state in order to locate in free territory in the north. In the spring of 1856 John Henley, Sr., and his family left North Carolina and made the long overland trip in wagons to Grant county, Indiana, and a year later settled in Hamilton county, in Jackson township, near Hinkle's Creek church. At the opening of the Civil War John Henley, Sr., sold out his farm in Jackson township, and bought a farm in Clay township, near Clay Center, and lived there until the fall of 1864. At that time he sold his farm and moved to Douglas county, Kansas, locating near Lawrence. They reached that place on November 5. On the following Tuesdav came the election and Mr. Henley went out to electioneer for the re-election of Lincoln. He visited all of his German neighbors in the neighborhood and persuaded them to cast their votes for Lincoln, being largely responsible for the Repub¬ lican majority of that year in his township.

John Henley, Sr., and wife lived for a nuriiber of years in Douglas county, Kansas, and spent some years in a village in that county. Mrs. Hen¬ ley died in Oklahoma while on a visit to that state in 1892, and after that Mr. Henley came to Westfield, Hamilton county, Indiana, to live with his son, John Calvin, and died here in July, 1896. He had been a blacksmith in North Carolina before the war, but after coming to Indiana, he engaged in farming and followed that occupation after his removal to Kansas. John Henley, Sr., and wife were the parents of eight children: Martha, who died in Hamilton county at the age of seventeen; Daniel, who lives at Joplin, Mis¬ souri; John Calvin, whose history is here presented; Clarkson, who died at the home of his brother, John C., in November, 1889, leaving two daughters, Edna and Nora; Elizabeth, the wife of Jacob Horner, whom she met while teaching school in Indian Territory; Gulia, the wife of Samuel Moore, of Lawrence, Kansas, a former county treasurer of Douglas county; Hezekiah, of Blue Jacket, Oklahoma; Samuel Taylor, a grocer in Kansas City, Mis¬ souri. Elizabeth, who was the wife of Jacob Horner, is deceased, as is also her husband.

John Calvin Henley was eight years of age when his parents moved from North Carolina to Indiana, and about sixteen when his parents located in Douglas county, Kansas. His education was received in the schools of North Carolina, Indiana, and Kansas, and he remained with his parents in the latter state until 1872. He learned the carpenter trade while a young man and in that year returned east and located in Hamilton county, Indiana, where he made his home with his uncle, Samuel Allen, near Eagletown, in Washington township.

After his marriage in 1874, John C. Henley began keeping house in a little house which he had built as a temporary home at Eagletown, for at that time Mr. Henley was building a fine home for his father-in-law, Mr. Roberts.

As soon as he had finished his father-in-law's house, he moved two miles north of Eagletown. Some time afterward, Mr. Henley bought forty acres of land where William C. Kendall is now living, and four years after his marriage moved on this farm. He erected all of the buildings there, the house, barn and other outbuildings, and lived on this farm for four years. He then traded it for a farm located between Lamong and Horton, and on this farm of eighty acres he has lived the most of his life. In 1888 Mr. Henley moved to Horton and operated a general store there for one year, after which he bought an interest in a hardware store at Westfield and dis¬ posed if his interests at Horton. He was in the hardware business at Westfield for about three years, after which 'he sold out and engaged in the meat business there, continuing in this business at Westfield until 1901, at which time he again engaged in the carpentering and contracting business, and in April, 1909, he went to the western part of Saskatchewan, Canada, about seventy-five miles northwest of Battleford, on the Saskatchewan river. Here he entered one hundred and sixty acres and lived on it for three years, and then received his deed and returned to Indiana. Since his return to Hamil¬ ton county, Indiana, in June, 1913, he has made his home one and one-half miles northwest of Westfield, where he owns ninety acres of land. He also has eight acres at Westfield in this county.

Mr. Henley was married in 1874 to Elizabeth Roberts, who was bom April 7, 1853, on her father's farm near Westfield, and lived there until her marriage to Mr. Henley. Mr. and Mrs. Henley have no children of their own, but they have adopted two children, Ethel Moore and Aaron Troutman. Ethel's mother died when she was a small girl, and Mr. and Mrs. Henley have reared her since she was four years of age. She married Murray Hen¬ derson and died January 17, 1912, leaving two children, Henley Kenneth and Jacquith. Aaron Troutman was born at Noblesville, and his mother died soon after he was born. He is now seventeeefi years of age and is at¬ tending the high school at Westfield. The biography of Lewis Roberts, the father of Mrs. Henley, is given elsewhere in this volume.

Mr. Henley always has taken a prominent part in Republican politics, and has served his party on several occasions in an official capacity. He was elected trustee of Washington township in 1886, and re-elected in 1888. In 1890 his term was extended by an act of the Legislature, so that he was in this office from 1886 to 1891. He is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and the Knights of Pythias, and is interested in the work of both of these fraternal organizations. He is a man of upright character and has so conducted his affairs as to win and retain the esteem of his fellow citizens.

Lewis Roberts

The Roberts family who are represented by many sturdy citizens in Hamilton county, Indiana, trace their ancestry back to Wales. The first member of the family to come to America was Abraham, who was born in Wales in 1730. He was married in his native land and in 1774, just before the opening of the Revolutionary War, he started with his wife and nine children for America. On the way across the wife and mother died, and was buried at sea. Abraham brought his four sons and five daughters to Pennsylvania and bound out the sons to learn trades, as was the custom at that time. He married again and kept his youngest daughter, Abigail, with him. The children by his first marriage were: Levi, Judah, Isaiah, Priscilla, Penina, Eleanor, Thomas, Catherine and Abigail. All of these children but Judah married and most of them had large families and lived to ripe old ages.

Of the nine children of Abraham Roberts who married, the following summary is here given. Levi went to the southern part of the United States, and left no record. Judah was a real estate man and after the American Revolution bought up land warrants from the soldiers for Ohio lands and became possessed of large land holdings in that state. He never married. Isaiah married Elizabeth Lewis, and in 1810 moved to Chillicothe, Ohio, where he followed the trade of a brick mason. In 1813 Isaiah moved to Highland county, Ohio, and built the first brick house in that county. He bought three hundred acres of land and on part of this land his son, Isaiah, Jr., platted the town of Taylorsville in 1843. Isaiah Roberts, Sr., was the father of several children by his first marriage: James, Mary, Abraham, Nancy and Isaiah. All of these children remained in Ohio. Priscilla, the fourth child of Abraham Roberts, married Robert Field, about 1795, and moved to Northumberland county, Pennsylvania. She died in 1800, leaving two daughters. Of Penina, the next daughter of Abraham Roberts, there is no record. Eleanor, familiarly called "Aunt Nellie," was a woman of most excellent character and held in high affection and esteem by her kinsfolk. She was born in 1768, and at the age of ten years, heard the cannon at the battles of Brandywine and Germantown. She went to Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, with her sister, Priscilla, and there married Abel Rob¬ erts, who had come from Wales. In 1812 Eleanor moved to Belmont county, Ohio, with her husband and children, and lived there four years. She then traded her part of her father's estate in Pennsylvania to her brother,

Judah, for two hundred acres in Highland county, Ohio. Her husband, Abel Roberts, was an ardent opponent of the liquor traffic. In the winter of 1838-39 Abel Roberts and his wife's brother, Joseph, went on horseback to Indiana, and bought forty acres of land in the northern part of Wash¬ ington township, Hamilton county. In the spring of 1839, Abel Roberts and his family came to Hamilton county and lived here the remainder of their lives. Catherine, another daughter of Abraham Roberts, married James Forsyth and emigrated to Highland county. Ohio, about 1816. Abigail the youngest daughter of Abraham Roberts, married Lewis Lewis, and moved to Ohio a short time after 1816. Thomas, the son of Abraham Rob¬ erts, from whom most of the family in Hamilton county, are descended, was born October 3. 1769, in Pennsylvania. He was five or six years of age when his mother died on their voyage to this country. He was bound out to a cabinet maker at Philadelphia and remained with him until he reached the age of twenty-one. After he was of age the scourge of yellow fever raged in Pennsylvania, and he spent nearly a year in making coffins, devoting all of his time to coffin-making. His employer died of yellow fever and in 1800, after his marriage to Hannah Burgess, he left the state. Hannah Burgess was the daughter of Daniel and Ruth Burgess, and was born in 1779.

Thomas and Hannah (Burgess) Roberts lived in Bucks county, Penn¬ sylvania, until about 1820, when they moved to Ohio, and lived near Sugar Tree Ridge, in Highland county. Here Thomas Roberts built a house and painted it a bright red, and for almost a century this red house has stood, through the heat of the summers and the wintry blasts. In 1907 the house was painted white.

Thomas Roberts and wife were the parents of eight children: Abra¬ ham, John, Judah, Joseph, Lewis, Anna, Abel and Ephraim, all of whom were born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania. Thomas Roberts and his wife lived the remainder of their days in Highland county, Ohio, and are buried there.

Lewis Roberts, the father of Mrs. John Calvin Henley, was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, August 3, 1811, and died at his home in Westfield, Hamilton county, Indiana, November 13, 1895. Lewis Roberts grew to manhood in Highland county, Ohio, and during the thirties came to Indiana and bought land from the government in Hamilton county, north¬ west of Westfield. He and his brothers. Judah and Abel, each owned two hundred acres in that neighborhood and adjoining. He married Hannah Barker, who was born in Guilford county. North Carolina, in 1817, a daugh¬ ter of Simon and Elizabeth (Stewart) Barker. She came here at the age of seventeen from North Carolina, and settled with her parents west of Westfield. Eight children were born to Lewis Roberts and wife: Levi, who died at the age of seventeen ; Ellis, a well known farmer of this county, who died in 1910; Sarah Ann, deceased, who was the wife of John Herrell; Martha, the widow of Thomas Perisho, of Westfield; Jane, the wife of John F. White, of Westfield; Elizabeth, the wife of John C. Henley, of Westfield ; Elwood, who died several years ago, leaving a family of three children ; Enos, who died at the age of twenty-one in this county.

Lewis Roberts was a life-long farmer and spent his declining years in Westfield. He was a quiet, home-loving man, preferring his own fireside to the public forum. He and his wife reared a large family of children to lives of usefulness and honor. He left a name which will be cherished by his children and their children's children. .

Horace W. Carey

The watchword of success is concentration. A man with only one talent who concentrates his powers upon one unwavering aim accomplishes more than the ten-talent man who scatters his energies and never quite knows what he can do to the best advantage. A man who strikingly exemplifies this prin¬ ciple of the advantage of concentration in life is Horace W. Carey, a former resident of Hamilton county, but now a valued citizen of Indianapolis. He has made his way to his present success because he has done everything as if his whole attention in life had been given to that one thing, but with all of his talents he has found time to do much also in works of general utility, humanity and benevolence, and while gaining material advancement for himself, he also has been a factor in the development of the higher human¬ ities.

Horace W. Carey, son of Calvin and Eliza A. (Regan) Carey, was born on December 19, 1868, on a farm in Hendricks county, Indiana. His parents, both of whom were born in this county, are of Quaker ancestry, and both families have traced their history back to the Mayflower, in 1620. It is recorded that John Carey, one of the earliest ancestors of the family, was a tutor of Mary, Queen of Scots, and that another, William Carey, was a noted missionary in India. Several members of the family came to Penn¬ sylvania and were the followers of William Penn, and still others performed able service in the Revolutionary War from Pennsylvania. Different mem- bers of the family settled in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Ohio, and from these states scattered to the westward, some of them finally coming to Hen¬ dricks county, Indiana.

Joseph Carey and wife, the paternal grandparents of Horace W., were early settlers in Hamilton county and passed the remainder of their days in this county. Calvin Carey, the father of Horace W., was a farmer in the earlier part of his career, and later he and his wife took charge of the Westfield Orphans' Home, managing that institution for several years. Later they became the superintendent and matron, respectively, of the Children's Home Society at Hadley, this county, and continued in charge of this in¬ stitution until the death of Mr. Carey's wife, in July, 1913, after which Calvin Carey gave up the management of the Children's Home and retired to Westfield, where he is now living. Calvin Carey and wife were the par¬ ents of seven children: Horace W., who is the eldest of the family; Arthur J., a well-known business man of Westfield; Irvin, a business man of Noblesville; Bertha, the wife of H. W. Perisho, of Carmel: Jessie, the wife of Parker Zies, of Noblesville; Ernest, a newspaper man, of Los Angeles, Cali¬ fornia, and Florence, the wife of R. D. Horney, a construction engineer, of Indianapolis.

Horace W. Carey was educated in the common schools of his town¬ ship and later graduated from the Union high school at Westfield in 1878. He then entered Earlham College at Richmond, Indiana, and continued his studies in that excellent institution until he had finished his junior year. He then engaged in the wholesale grocery business in Indianapolis, retiring from that concern to become interested in a bank in Westfield. In 1890 he became the deputy county clerk of Hamilton county under Joel Stafford and served in this capacity for four years with Mr. Stafford and then continued his public service in the same capacity under the succeeding clerk, C. B. Williams, for another four years. In the fall of 1898 he was elected clerk of Hamilton county and continued in this office until 1903, since which time he has been living in Indianapolis, where he is engaged as state manager of the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Baltimore. He has been remarkably successful in the writing of casualty insurance, having written more insur¬ ance of this character in this state than any other man except the president of the company. He is a member of the Board of Trade of Indianapolis and takes an active part in the various social and commercial activities of the city.

union there have been born three children, Lois, Allen and Horace R., Jr. Lois is a talented musician and a prominent figure in the musical life of In¬ dianapolis. Allen and Horace R., Jr., have offices in the Merchants National Bank Building, Indianapolis.

The Carey family are all earnest members of the Friends church and take an active part in church and Sunday schdol work. Mr. Carey is par¬ ticularly interested in the work of the Sunday school, and at the present time is superintendent of the Sunday school of his church in the city, as well as vice-president of the Marion County Sunday School Association. Mr. Carey always has been identified with the Republican party and has always been interested in every movement having as its object the advancement of the cause of good government and the civic welfare of his community. He was honored by his party by being nominated for the office of clerk of his county, and upon his election to that important office filled it to the entire satisfac¬ tion of every one, irrespective of party affiliations. Mr. and Mrs. Carey are people of refinement and culture and take a great deal of interest in the civic, moral and educational welfare of their community.

John E. Macy

There is no word in the English language which is susceptible of so many different interpretations as the word "success." To some it means the mere accumulation of wealth without any particular regard as to the means of its acquisition; to others it means the acquisition of knowledge with all that it may bring; while to others the word signifies the amount of good one may do in the world. The proposition that these three considera¬ tions may be summed up in the life of a single man is granted without ques¬ tion. Success to a man like John D. Rockefeller means one thing, to Edison another, to a Napoleon still another thing, while to Moody it means some¬ thing totally different. But no matter what interpretation a man may give to the word, there can be no doubt that he who succeeds must have a definite program. He fixes his course and adheres to it. He lays his plans and executes them. He is not quickly discouraged every time a difficulty is thrust in his way. If he cannot go over it he goes through it. What a sublime spectacle is that of a man going straight to his goal, cutting his way through difficulties and surmounting obstacles which dishearten others, as though they were mere stepping stones. Those who make the great failures in life are the aimless, the purposeless, the indifferent, the blundering, the shiftless, the. half-hearted. There is no trend of purpose running through their work unifying their efforts and giving direction or meaning to their lives. A man with an all-obsorbing purpose within him excites our admiration because he is lifted above the leanness and feebleness, the meanness and pettiness of common lives. One of the young men of Hamilton county who is making a success of his life is John E. Macy, a prosperous farmer of Noblesville township.

John E. Macy, the son of Benedict and Mary (Jessup) Macy, was bom in Noblesville township April 9, 1870. Benedict Macy was bom in North Carolina and his wife in Henry county, Indiana. He came to Hamilton county, Indiana, when he was eighteen years of age and settled on a farm, where he lived until his death, August 29, 1910. In addition to farming he carried on a blacksmith trade for many years. His wife died in July, 1896.

John E. Macy was educated in the common schools of his township and later attended the high school at Westfield for a time. After leaving school he returned to the farm, where he lived until his father's death. Marrying in 1893, in 1910 he purchased a farm of fifty-nine and one-half acres in this township, and has been managing it ever since. He carries on a general system of farming, paying particular attention to the raising of as much live stock as he can keep on his farm. He has a fine home, with com¬ modious barns and other outbuildings, and takes a just pride in keeping his farm in a neat and attractive manner.

Mr. Macy was married August 9, 1893, to Mary A. Chance, the daugh¬ ter of Joshua and Lydia (Jessup) Chance. Mr. and Mrs. Chance were the parents of ten children: Ira, a farmer of this county; Enos, a farmer of this county; Mrs. Loretta Stanley, who lives in Michigan; Mrs. Dora Hinshaw, whose husband is a farmer in Kansas; Isaac L., a farmer of Michigan; Oscar, a contractor and builder, who resides in Detroit, Michigan; Alvin, a farmer residing* in Michigan; Mary A., the wife of Mr. Macy; Mrs. Nora Hinshaw, whose husband is a farmer living near Sheridan, and Elva, who is still at home. Mr. Chance died March 15, 1895, while his wife still living at the advanced age of seventy-seven years.

Mr. and Mrs. Macy are the parents of four children: Freda L., Lester B., Lawrence J. and J. Willard. Freda L. was born November 13, 1893. was graduated from the common schools of the township and later took one year in the high school at Westfield : Lester B. was born February 9, 1897, and was graduated from the common schools of this county; Lawrence J.,

Politically, Mr. Macy is a stanch adherent of the Prohibition party and a firm advocate of temperance in all things. He believes that the evils of the liquor traffic are such as to be a real menace to our nation, and that until this traffic is suppressed, the Prohibition party should continue as a separate or¬ ganization. He and his family are earnest members of the Friends church, and are interested in all the activities of that denomination. Mr. Macy is a useful citizen and his tastes are decidedly domestic. He has taken advantage of his opportunities and his career in this county has been unstained by word or act of dishonesty. As a man his reputation for honor and veracity and conscientious service cannot be questioned and no one in the community enjoys a higher* meed of respect.