Hamilton County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1915 (part 2 of 14)

Mr. Wann always has been a Democrat and has given much active service to his party in this county. In 1910 he was the candidate for county sur¬ veyor, but went down to defeat with the rest of the Democratic ticket. Nothing daunted, he again became the candidate in 1912 and was elected at the Novem¬ ber election in that year for the two years beginning January 1, 1913. Upon taking up the duties of his office he moved to Noblesville where he is now living. In the performance of his duties in this office of county surveyor he gave the same careful and painstaking attention which he gave to his school work, with the result that his administration of this difficult office gave uni¬ versal satisfaction. Mr. Wann's service to the county proved so valuable that upon the expiration of his term he still was retained in the public service, being now deputy auditor in the office of County Auditor William O. Horton.

Fraternally, Mr. Wann is a member of the Improved Order of Red Men, while he and his wife are both earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and take an active part in church and Sunday school work. For nine consecutive years Mr. Wann taught the Young People's Bible class at the Salem Methodist church in his home township. During his years as a teacher he was regarded as one of the foremost educators of this county. Mr. Wann is a man of clean character in every way and his genial personality wins him friends everywhere he goes. The world needs such men as he, for his in¬ fluence is always cast for the better things in life.

James T. Hinshaw

The United States has been called the melting pot of the world, for to our shores have come peoples from every corner of the globe with the result that there is hardly a civilized nation which has not contributed its quota in the past to the hundred millions that today call America their home. The language now contains more than four thousand words, but there is one magic word which has made this country the great nation it is today. Who shall deny that this one word is Liberty! While it is true that there are other talismanic words which have been as magnets to draw to these shores millions from every quarter of the Old World, yet Liberty comprehends them all. It brought the Pilgrim forefathers from England, the Hugenots from France, the Jews from Russia, the Slavs from Austria, the Irish from the Emerald Tsle. and the oppressed from everywhere.

Mr. And Mrs. James T. Hinsiiaw

In the latter part of the eighteenth century there came to North Caro¬ lina an ambitious son of Ireland who was destined to become the progenitor of a numerous family of worthy American citizens, some of whom are rep¬ resentative citizens of Hamilton county today. The particular motive which induced Thomas Hinshaw to come to North Carolina in 1793 from the green fields of his native Ireland will never be known, but it is reasonable to suppose it was because here might be found that Liberty which was not vouchsafed him in his own country. Born at Bellingham, county of Tyrone, Ireland, in 1764, Thomas Hinshaw grew to manhood in his native land and there learned the weaver's trade. During the last year of Washington's first administration he gathered his few possessions, his shuttles, scissors and other tools of his trade and came to America alone and settled on Cane Creek in North Carolina. Some of his shuttles are still in the possession of the family. Concerning his life there is little definite information, but it is known that he married a colleen of the name of Rebecca Holliday after coming to this country. She was the daughter of William Holliday, born in this country, of Irish parentage and proved a worthy wife and mother. There is not much known of the Holliday family, but it is thought that William Holliday and his family went to North Carolina from Pennsylvania or Virginia. The story has been handed down that Rebecca and one sister made the trip in baskets strapped on either side of the back of the horse on which their mother rode to North Carolina. To this first couple of the Hinshaw family in this country were born six children: Mary, Sarah, Martha, Deborah, Stephen and Hannah. From these have come thousands of descendants, but in this present sketch we are interested only in the children of Stephen, the grandfather of James T. Hinshaw, a sterling rep¬ resentative of the name now living in Washington township, in this county, and whose history forms the conclusion of this family narrative.

Stephen Hinshaw was born in Randolph county, North Carolina, in 1803, and as a young man farmed in the summer and worked at the shoe¬ maker's trade during the winter season. He was married November 22, 1826, to Gulia* Elma Hoover, who was born in Guilford county, in that state. Her parents, John and Millicent (Winslow) Hoover, were of Ger¬ man descent and devout members of the Friends church. Jonas and Andrew Hoover were the first to come to this country, settling here about 1785. Tonas was the grandfather of Gulia Elma Hoover. He had a son of the name of John and this son married Millicent Winslow, a lineal descendant of the brother of Governor Winslow, the founder of the Plymouth Colony in

Massachusetts in 1620. Thomas Winslow, the father of Millicent, was a noted surveyor of his time. In the fall of 1830 Stephen Hinshaw came to Indiana with his family and lived the first three years on a rented farm in Wayne county, near Richmond. However, he wanted a farm of his own and, hearing of the excellent government land in Hamilton county, came to this county in 1833 alone, and on foot and entered one hundred and sixty acres in Clay township. He then went back to Wayne county and returned to this county with his family and all of his possessions in one wagon. Here, in the wilderness, he built a rude log cabin, twenty by thirty feet, began to clear the land and bring it under cultivation. At first the cabin had no door but a blanket, and the wolves often would come and poke their heads in at the door, but, because of the bright fire in the fire-place, they would not come into the room.

At that time people depended upon wild game for their meat and it was no trouble to keep plenty of it on hand at all times. Deer, bear, squirrels find other game were to be found in abundance, Mr. H insaw at one time killing a deer from his own front door. He shot many deer on moonlight nights while sitting in an oak tree by the old salt lick just east of Poplar Ridge cemetery. He prospered and at the time of his death, September 27, 1854, owned two hundred acres of land. His wife passed away April 16, 1873, at the age of sixty-six. Stephen Hinshaw and wife were the parents of ten children: Millicent, Andrew, John S., Thomas, Enos, Alsinda, William H., Rebecca H., Martha A. and Ira. One of the sons of Stephen Hinshaw, served through the Civil War in Company E, Seventy-ninth Indiana Volun¬ teer Infantry, and is the only one of the family who has ever served in any of the wars in this country.

Enos Hinshaw, the fifth child of this family and the father of James T. Hinshaw, was born in Hamilton county in 1834, and remained at home until he was married. At one time he went to Kansas and entered one hun¬ dred and sixty acres of government land, but remained on it only long enough to prove his claim. He then -disposed of it and returned to this county, where he lived until the time of his death. His wife was Martha R. Haines, the daughter of James F. Haines and Margaret H. (Ruddel) Haines, and was born in Boope county, Kentucky. James F. Haines, the son of Henry and Hannah (Blankenbarger) Haines, was born in 1808 in Cul¬ pepper county, Virginia, and went with his parents to Boone county, Ken¬ tucky, in 1823. Margaret H. Ruddel, the wife of James E. Haines, was the daughter of James and Jane (Mulharem) Ruddel, and was a native of Bourbon county, Kentucky. James Ruddel was born in 1758 in Virginia and was a large land owner and kept a number of slaves. Ruddel's Mills, Kentucky, was named for him. He had two sons in the War of 1812: Charles was a non-commissioned officer and George was a private. Enos Hinshaw and wife were the parents of eight children, six of whom are still living: George W., Clara A., Etta M., Jennie M., James T. and Albert W. Two of their children died in infancy.

James T. Hinshaw, who is now living in Washington township, in this county, was born three and one-half miles northwest of Carmel on January 10, 1S70, and has lived in Clay and Washington townships all of his life. He received a good common school education and remained at home until his marriage, in 1901. In 1896 he bought sixty acres of his present farm, four miles northwest of Carmel. In 1901 he built the handsome residence in which he now lives and subsequently added substantial and commodious barns and outbuildings. He makes a specialty of stock raising, feeding all of his grain to his stock, having found by experience that, with the present good prices paid for stock, this is the most profitable procedure. He has added to the original farm, until he now has one hundred and fifty-three acres of excellent land.

James T. Hinshaw was married on November 28, 1901, to Carrie L. Spaugh. She is the eldest* daughter of John E. and Printha E. (Harvey) Spaugh, and was born August 6, 1879. one mile south of Eagletown, in this county. There was a family of five girls and two sons, two of whom died in childhood. Her father was the son of Joshua and Christena (Petry) Spaugh and was a native of North Carolina, coming to this county with his parents in a wagon when four years of. age. Mrs. Hinshaw's mother, Printha E. (Harvey) Spaugh, who died September 12, 1911, was the daughter of William and Cinderella (Beeson) Harvey. William Harvey and one brother were left orphans in Wayne county, Indiana, at an early age and their guard¬ ian subsequently came to Hamilton county and entered land for them, and in later years .both grandparents of Mrs'. Hinshaw, Mr. Spaugh and Mr. Harvey-helped organize the Little Eagle Creek Christian church.

Mr. Hinshaw hs always been a stanch Republican and an active sup¬ porter of its principles, although never seeking political preferment of any kind. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and interested in the work of that fraternal organization. He is affiliated with the National Horse Thief Detective Association, an organization for the apprehension of hor^e thieves. He and his wife are both members of the Christian church, of which he is a trustee.

Mr. Hinshaw is a public-spirited citizen, always interested in matters of local welfare and consequently enjoys the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens. He is a worthy scion of worthy ancestors and reflects credit on his family, whose good name he has ever held spotless before the world.

Frederick Eugene Hines

If a resume were to be written of the lives of the successful and influential attorneys of the central part of Indiana, the name of Frederick E. Hines, of Noblesville, Hamilton county, would occupy a high position. In the legal profession he has supplemented the practice of the essentials with a wealth of common sense. In every profession theories and rules cannot be literally interpreted ; they act as guides only, the human equation being the force that impels decisions of merit. In judicious foresight, cool calculation and prompt initiative Mr. Hines has excelled. He stands for the lawyer in the true sense of that word; that is to say, the man who advocates a sympathetic reading of the law, and not a merciless, steely and unyielding1 interpretation. He has won for himself a reputation for lofty integrity, and his courteous, affable manner, savored with a brilliant fund of wit, has won for him countless friends and clients among the good people of Hamilton county.

Frederick E. Hines, the son of Hiram and Sarah M. (Neal) Hines, was born on a farm in Jasper county, Missouri, near Carthage. His father was born in Coshocton, Ohio, and his mother in Hamilton county, Indiana. Hiram Hines came with his parents from Ohio to Hamilton county, Indiana, in 1842, when he was only two years of age. He grew to maturity in this county and was married to Sarah M. Neal, who was a native of this county. Shortly after their marriage Hiram Hines and his wife moved to Jasper county, Missouri, where Frederick E., whose history is here recorded, was born. The family lived only five years in Missouri, at the end of which time they returned to Hamilton county, this state, where they lived the remainder of their lives. In 1880 Hiram Hines was elected auditor of Hamilton county for a term of four years and after retiring from the auditor's office engaged in general contracting until 1901, when he was appointed a rural mail carrier and held this position until his death, which occurred March 18, 1913. His widow is still living in Noblesville.

Hiram Hines was a distinguished veteran of the Civil War. He enlisted at the opening of the war in Company H, Fifty-seventh Regiment Indiana

Volunteer Infantry, and served for four years and a half. He was mustered in as second lieutenant and served with this rank throughout the war. At first his regiment was attached to the Army of the Cumberland, but later was attached to the Army of the Tennessee. After the Atlanta campaign in the summer of 1864 the regiment to which Mr. Hines was attached was trans¬ ferred to Texas, where he was stationed when the war closed in the spring of 1865. Though his regiment saw active service continuously from the begin¬ ning to the close of the war, Mr. Hines served through the whole struggle without being wounded or having his health seriously impaired. He was a member of Lookout Post Grand Army of the Republic, at Noblesville, and al¬ ways took an active interest in its deliberations. In politics he was an active Republican and a leader in his party in this county. He was a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and the Knights of Pythias, while he and his family were earnest and loyal members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

Frederick E. Hines was but two years of age when his parents moved from Jasper county, Missouri, to Hamilton county, Indiana, and all the re¬ mainder of his life has been spent within the limits of this county. He has lived in Noblesville since his father moved there in 1880 to take the office of county auditor. He was educated in the Noblesville schools, graduating from the high school in 1893. He immediately entered Indiana University and graduated from the law department of that institution in the spring of 1897. He was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi Greek letter fraternity while in col¬ lege and always has been interested in the work of this fraternity. In August, 1897, Mr. Hines opened an office in Noblesville for the*practice of his pro¬ fession and has always practiced alone. He has been admitted to practice in all the state and federal courts and has enjoyed a constantly increasing and lucrative practice. Mr. Hines has achieved a splendid record at the bar, while from the beginning he has been intensely methodical and unswerving in his persistence in search of the true light and of the essentials of legal foundation. Success has crowned his efforts along these lines because he has combined common sense with his practice and uses that Christian charity which, is so necessary to the practice of the successful lawyer.

Mr. Hines was married October 23, 1901, to Martha Louise Pfaff, the daughter of William and Emma A. (Killen) Pfaff, of Hamilton county. Her father was a native of this county, while her mother was born in Phila¬ delphia. Both are now living in Indianapolis. Mr. and Mrs. Hines have had one child, which is now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Hines are loyal members of the Methodist Episcopal church and are active workers in the church and

Politically, Mr. Hines is a Republican and has always been interested in all political affairs. He has served as secretary of the Republican County Central Committee for four years, and has been a frequent delegate to county, district and state conventions. In 1901 he was elected prosecuting attorney for Hamilton county for a period of two years, and was re-elected at the expiration of his first term, serving four years altogether. In view of the fact that it is customary to give the office for only one term, this speaks well for the efficiency and popularity of Mr. Hines. Fraternally, he is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, the Knights of Pythias, the Improved Order of Red Men, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Sons of Veterans, Camp No. 56. Those most closely associated with Mr. Hines are loudest in their praises of his personal qualities, and his fidelity to every trust confided in him. He is popular in the official, social and commercial circles of his county, and because of his high integrity, he commands general respect and confidence in the community to whose interests he is so devotedly attached.

Charles Benton Jenkins

Among the worthy citizens of Noblesville, Indiana, whose residence here has contributed in no small degree to the prestige of the vicinity, is Charles Benton Jenkins, who while laboring diligently for his individual advancement, has never forgotten his obligation to the public, and who invariably has sup¬ ported such measures and movements as have had for their object the general good and welfare of his community. Although he has been a resident of this county for a comparatively short time, he has impressed his individuality upon the community in such a wav as to leave no question as to his high integrity and worth as a citizen. Pre-eminently a business man, he ha[s taken his place at the head of his industrial calling and today is known as one of the most prominent millers of Indiana, as well as being prominently recognized in the deliberations of the National Millers Association. Being favored bv few opportunities except those that his own efforts were capable of mastering, and with many discouragements to overcome, he has made an exceptional success of life and Hamilton county is proud to claim him as one of her representative citizens.

Charles Benton Jenkins, the manager and treasurer of the Noblesville Milling Company, was born on a farm near Urbana, Ohio, August 28, 1865. Hi$ parents, David and Amelia R. (Wirt) Jenkins, were natives of Page county, Virginia, and Maryland, respectively. David Jenkins came from his native state to Ohio with his parents in 1830 and settled in Champaign county, Ohio, near Urbana. He was a farmer and stock raiser and died August 5, 1912, at the age of eighty-nine years, within a mile of the farm on which he settled as a lad in 1830. His whole life was spent in Champaign county, Ohio, with the exception of one year when he lived near Bunker Hill, in Miami county, Indiana. The Wirt family came from Maryland to Ohio early in its history. One member of the Wirt family, William Wirt, was attorney general of the United States from 1817 until 1829, and has the honor of holding this office longer than any other man in the whole history of the federal government. The wife of David Jenkins died October 12, 1866.

Charles Benton Jenkins was reared on his father's farm in Champaign county, Ohio, and attended the public schools during the winter time and worked upon his father's farm during the summer seasons. He spent one summer at a normal school, preparing himself for the vocation of teaching, after which he taught school for four years, beginning April 2, 1883, his last term ending April 1, 1887. All of his teaching was done in his home county in Ohio. In April, 1887, immediately after the close of his last term of school, he entered the United States railway mail service and continued in the employ of the government until November, 1891, a period of four and onehalf years. He was assigned to duty on the Pennsylvania lines between Pitts¬ burg and St. Louis. The milling experience of Mr. Jenkins began in 1891, immediately after he left the mail service. He engaged in the milling busi¬ ness at Saint Paris, Ohio, under the firm name of Jenkins & Dudleston, as salesman, bookkeeper and general utility man. He remained with this com¬ pany until October, 1893. He felt that he needed special training in a count¬ ing and business practice, and in order to develop more efficient practice along these lines he attended the Miami Commercial College at Dayton, Ohio. After taking the course in this institution he entered the wholesale grocery firm known as the Cincinnati Grocery Company, at Dayton, Ohio, but a few months later went back into the milling business with the Marion Milling Company, of Marion, Ohio, as bookkeeper and assistant treasurer. He remained with this company from September 18, 1894, until in October, 1896, when the com¬ pany went into the hands of a receiver. The court recognized the ability of Mr. Jenkins, as well as his high integrity, and appointed him to take charge of the business. His services as receiver continued for nine months to the day. At the expiration of his receivership the company was reorganized under the firm name of the Marion Milling and Grain Company. Upon the organization of the new company on July 27, 1897, Mr. Jenkins became man¬ ager and treasurer, and remained with the company in this capacity until November 1, 1906. He then opened a brokerage office in Marion, Ohio, deal¬ ing in milling and elevator property, although he still retained his interests in the company with which he had severed active connection and continued as a member of its board of* directors. He continued in the brokerage business from 1906 until August, 1909, when he was offered his present position at Noblesville.

Mr. Jenkins has been manager and treasurer of the Noblesville Milling Company from August, 1909, down to the present time. This position came to him without solicitation and is a tribute to his knowledge of the milling business as well as a proper recognition of his exceptional business ability. The Noblesville Milling Company has the capacity of twelve hundred barrels of flour daily. It has an elevator capacity of seven hundred and fifty thousand bushels of wheat and can keep more grain on hand for its business than any other mill in Indiana. Its products go into many states in the Union, and the company also has a large export trade, especially to Ireland, Scotland and England. The mill is constantly taxed to its full running capacity i;i order to fill its large orders, and under the skillful management of Mr. Jenkins, the company is rapidly coming to the front as one of the most successful of its kind in the United States.

While in Ohio Mr. Jenkins was secretary of the Ohio Millers Association from the date of its organization in April, 1904, until he left the state and came to Noblesville. He was one of the organizers of the Ohio Association and saw it grow from thirty-eight original members to a flourishing association Comprising two hundred and twenty-seven of the best millers in the state of Ohio. He was the leader in this organization from the time of its incep¬ tion until he left the state and, as manager and secretary, built up an organiza¬ tion which kept the milling business before the people of Ohio in a very credit¬ able light. When he left Ohio to come to Noblesville, he was given a fare¬ well banquet at Toledo by the members of the association and presented with valuable tokens of their esteem. Since coming to Indiana, Mr. Jenkins has been no less prominent in the affairs of the Indiana Millers Association, and is now president of that body. He also is a member of the National Millers Association and prominent in the deliberations of that large organization. He is recognized as a leader in his chosen field. The position, which has come

Mr. Jenkins was married November 6, 1887, to Ida A. White, the daugh¬ ter of David and Catherine (Anderson) White, of Saint Paris, Ohio, and to this union there have been born two children, Don B., who married Nelle Sowerwine, a member of a prominent family of Noblesville, and Evangeline, who is still at home with her parents.

Mr. Jenkins is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and has taken all the degrees in that time-honored fraternity up to and including the thirtysecond degree. He also holds membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a Democrat in politics, and while he always has been interested in political questions, has never been an aspirant for public office in any way. He and his family are earnest and loyal members of the Methodist Episcopal church, Mr. Jenkins being a member of the official board of that denomination.

Mr. Jenkins is not only a well trained man in his chosen field, but he is widely informed on all current topics; honest and upright in all of his rela¬ tions with his fellow men, there are few citizens of Hamilton county who are better known, and none more highly respected. He has performed his full part as a citizen since coming to this county, and has earned the sincere regard and confidence of all with whom he has been associated.

James W. Smith

It is one of the beauties of our government that it acknowledges no hereditary rank or title, no patent of nobility save that of nature's, leaving every man to establish his own rank by becoming the artificer of his own for¬ tune. Places of honor and trust, rank and preferment thus happily placed before every individual, high or low, rich or poor, to be striven for by all, but earned alone by perseverance and sterling worth, are most always sure to be filled with deserving men, or at least by those possessing the energy and talent essential to success in contests where public position is the prize. Tames W. Smith affords a conspicuous example of the successful, self-made American, who is not only eminently deserving of the confidence reposed in him bv his fellow citizens, but also possesses the necessary energy and talent that fit him to discharge worthily the duties of the responsible place with which he has been honored by the people of his county. A man of vigorous mentality and strong mental fiber, he finds those qualities the chief factor in the carving out of a career that has been above the suspicion of reproach and of honor to the county which he so ably and acceptably serves. Mr. Smith has made a notable success in more than one line of activity, a fact which reveals his many-sided character. As a public school teacher of many years' experience, as a business man handling large financial deals, as a public official and as a private citizen interested in the affairs of his community, James W. Smith has played no inconspicuous part. Such men benefit thecommunity in which they live.

James W. Smith, former mayor of Xoblesville, the son of John and Harriett (Thompson) Smith, was born in Marion county, Indiana, near Oaklandon on October n, 1854. His father was a native of Xew Jersey while his mother was born in Clermont county, Ohio. John Smith came to Ohio in the early history of the state and later went west and entered land in Marion county, Indiana. After securing a farm in this state he returned to Clermont county, Ohio, married Harriett Thompson and returned to his farm in this county. He was a farmer and one of the largest land owners in the county. He hauled his produce to Cincinnati, Ohio, and drove his stock to the same market. He was a Republican in politics, but the labors of the field were sufficient to keep him occupied all the time. He and his wife were loyal members of the Methodist Episcopal church and were very active in church work. John Smith died in 1891, his wife having preceded him to the grave many years, her death having occurred in i860. They were the parents of ten children : Cyrus, deceased, who was a prominent school teacher of Indiana during his lifetime; Samuel S., deceased; David T., deceased; Francis M.. who is now living on the old homestead in Marion county; Mary E., deceased, who was the wife of James Dunham, a soldier of the Union who took a prominent part in the Civil War and who suffered many hard¬ ships in Libby prison; William, deceased; Henry X., Indianapolis; Cinderella, the wife of Summerfield Thomas of West Virginia; Theodore E., who is a farmer in Marion county, and James W., with whom this narrative deals. The father of these children married a second wife. Rebecca Packard, also of Ohio, to which union were born four children, Olive, Lycurgus, Clara and Everett, the latter three of whom are deceased. Olive married Thomas J. White, a prominent merchant of McCordsville, Hancock county, Indiana, where they now reside.

James W. Smith was reared upon the farm in Marion county and edu¬ cated in the country schools and later attended the Indiana State Xormal school at Terre Haute. Early in life he began to teach and for fifteen years taught in the district graded and normal schools of Hancock and Marion counties. He was an excellent instructor and the teaching profession lost one of its ablest members when he retired from the school room. He went to Noblesville, Indiana, on November i, 1887, and opened an office for the real estate, loan and general insurance business and has since been a resident of that city. He is a man of keen business ability and rare foresight, the latter quality being an indispensable characteristic for the successful real estate man. His business consists mostly of buying and selling farm land. He buys the farms outright, then sells them, not acting as an agent for the farmer himself. In this way he has accumulated a comfortable competency for himself and is one of the largest land owners of the county, having more than four hundred acres. In addition to his farm interest, h$ is heavily interested in many of the industries of Noblesville. He has been vice-president of the Wainwright Trust Company since its organization and also vice-president of the American National Bank of Noblesville since its organization in 1910. The latter financial institution has had a phenomenal growth during the short period it has been in existence and promises to become one of the most sub¬ stantial financial institutions of this section of the state. Mr. Smith is also identified with various public utilities in Noblesville. He was the promoter of the Noblesville Water Company and its president for a number of years. He has been connected with the Noblesville Electric Light Company and the Noblesville Gas Company, both of which have grown to be large and suc¬ cessful institutions of the city, and also has been connected with the water works company and was instrumental in securing for Noblesville the first brick pavements, this improvement having been projected when he was mayor of the city, the people voting for the improvement after a hard contest. Mr. Smith is a very busy man of affairs and a man with large financial interests. He has given generously of his superb powers in furthering the industrial and civic upbuilding of his city and his name justly merits a conspicuous place on the roll with those who have worthily conserved its progress.

Mr. Smith was married September 27, 1883, to Mary E. Littleton, the daughter of William F. and Margaret (Hanna) McCord, of Hancock county, Indiana. To this union has been born one daughter, Myrta Margeurite, the wife of Eugene C. Pulliam, formerly of Atchison, Kansas, now of Franklin, Indiana. Mrs. Smith and his wife are zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal church and have always taken an active part in church and Sunday school work, Mr. Smith at the present time being a member of the Board of Trustees. Fraternally, he is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and the Knights of Pythias.

For four years he served as mayor of Noblesville and for nine years was on the board of education and was treasurer of the board during the larger part of the time. Mr. Smith keeps in touch with all movements expressive of modern thought along its various lines and is a man of scholarly and refined tastes, while his familiarity with the practical affairs of the day makes him feel at ease with all classes or conditions of people whom he meets.

John A. Matthews

Whether the elements of success in life are innate attributes of the indi¬ vidual or whether they are quickened by a process of circumstantial develop¬ ment, it is impossible to clearly determine. Yet the study of a successful life, whatever the field of endeavor, is none the less interesting and profitable by reason of the existence of this same uncertainty. So much in excess of those of success are the records of failures or semi-failures, that one is constrained to attempt an analysis in either case and to determine the measure of causa¬ tion in an approximate wav. But in studying the life history of the late well known resident of Noblesville, Indiana, whose name forms the caption of this sketch, we find evidence of many qualities that always gain definite success in any career if properly directed, as his evidently had been done, resulting in a life of good to others and leaving a memory which long shall be cherished in the community of which he so long had formed a valued unit.

John A. Matthews, deceased, for many years one of the best known resi¬ dents of Hamilton county, Indiana, was born March 2, 1839, in Clark county, Ohio, near New Carlisle. He was the son of Samuel and Lydia (Porter) Matthews, the father being a native of Hagerstown, Maryland, and the mother of Clark county, Ohio. Samuel Matthews was a millwright and lived all of his days in Clark county, Ohio.

John A. Matthews was reared in this rural district and was educated in the schools of New Carlisle and Lyndon Hill Academy, Ohio. After gradu¬ ating from the academy, in 1857, he came to Shelby .county, Indiana, and taught the first school on the banks of Flat Rock in the winter of 1857-58. He then returned to Ohio and at the breaking out of the Civil War tried to enlist, but was rejected on account of physical disability. Four of his brothers enlisted and went to the front and it was a great disappointment to John A. that he could not go with them. He remained in Ohio during the war and after his marriage at the opening of the war he learned the broom-making business, raising the corn from which he made his brooms. He followed this trade for several years in New Carlisle, Ohio, and in 1866 moved to Casstown, Miami county, Ohio, where he began to teach and where he taught for the next ten years. In the fall of 1877 he went to Atlanta, in Hamilton county, where he was engaged as a teacher in the public schools, remaining there until 1886, when he moved to Noblesville and taught in the schools there for the next ten years. In 1896 he was appointed, without any solicitation on his part, as justice of the peace and served in this office for two years. He was then elected for a term of four years to the office, after which he became connected with the circulation department of the Indianapolis Nazi's, subsequently clerk¬ ing for two years in the county auditor's office and later in the office of the county treasurer. July 10, 1910, he was again appointed to fill a vacancy in the office of justice of the peace and at the expiration of his appointment he was again elected. He was elected at the November, 1912, election for a full term of four years, and was serving in this capacity at the time of his death. He always had been a stanch Republican in politics and had done much active service as a member of the county committee of that party. He was a fre¬ quent delegate to township, county, district and state conventions, and long was regarded as one of the leaders of his party in this county. Before moving to this state, he had been elected for two terms as township clerk of Clark county, Ohio.

Mr. Matthews was married December 3, 1861, to Mary Hill, the daughter of John and Samantha (Stillwell) Hill, and to this union were born four children: Carrie E., the wife of Cassius E. Albert of Noblesville; Osee, the wife of Edward Lytle, of Anderson, Indiana; Theresa H., the wife of John R. Dougherty, of San Francisco, California, and Florence F., the wife of Leroy Dale, of Indianapolis. Mr. Matthews was a loyal member of the Methodist Episcopal church and he and his family always were interested in the local activities of that denomination. Mr. Matthews not only took an active part in church work but had been superintendent of the Sunday school and for many years was a teacher in the Sunday school. He had held different official positions in the church, having been active in its support since a young man. He lived a long and useful career and undoubtedly was the means of doing an untold amount of good. No one can estimate the good which an earnest teacher does and during his many years of service he had been the means of directing the minds of the youth of this county to a contemplation of the higher and better things. He proved equal to all the tasks which he undertook and consequently his memory justly deserves the high tribute of respect which the people of this county so gratefully pay.

Cyrus R. Heath

In past ages the history of a country was comprised chiefly in the record of its wars and conquests. Today history is largely a record of commercial activity and those whose names are foremost in the annals of the nation are those who have become leaders in business circles. The conquests now made are those of mind over matter, and the victor is he who can most successfully establish, control and operate commercial interests. Mr. Heath is one of the strong and influential men whose lives have provided an essential part in the history of Hamilton county. Tireless energy, keen perception, honesty of purpose, genius for devising and executing the right tiling in the right place and time are the chief characteristics of the man. These, combined with everyday common sense and guided bv strong will power, are concomitants which will insure success in any undertaking.

Cyrus R. Heath, the vice-president of the Indiana Gas Light Company, was born September 4, 1867, on a farm in Delaware county, Indiana, near Muncie. His parents, Rev. Jacob W. and Rhoda (Purdue) Heath, were pioneer settlers of Delaware county. Rev. Jacob W. Heath was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal church. He and his wife are both deceased.

Cyrus R. Heath was reared in Muncie, Indiana, and attended the public schools of that city. He left school before completing the high school course and began clerking in a book store in Muncie. He worked in the book store for several years and then became interested in the newspaper business in Muncie, eventually becoming editor and proprietor of the Muncie Daily News, a strong Republican paper, and one which did a great deal of good for the building up of the city and county, wielded a broad and beneficent in¬ fluence, long being regarded as one of the leading papers of this section of the state. As editor of this paper, Mr. Heath became favorably known throughout Indiana. Positive in his views he expressed himself in a literary style so admirable as to attract the attention and elicit the praise even of those who disagreed with him in his opinions.

In 1900 Mr. Heath sold his newspaper and came to Noblesville as presi¬ dent of the Noblesville Gas and Improvement Company. This is the first and only company which supplied Noblesville with natural gas. The company was a great factor in making Noblesville an important manufacturing center. In 1912 this company sold its holdings and franchises to the Indiana Gas Light Company, Mr. Heath becoming the vice-president of the new corpora¬ tion. He still holds this position, although he is also connected with various other gas organizations in different parts of the country. His interests are not confined solely to the gas companies, since he has financial interests in various corporate companies in other lines of business. He is essentially a man of affairs and with his keen business ability is able to handle complicated business matters in an intelligent way.

Mr. Heath was married November 9, 1900, to Catherine L. Bray, daugh¬ ter of John L. and Caroline (Thompson) Bray. John L. Bray was a promi¬ nent farmer and one of the largest land holders in Hamilton county, at the time he was killed in a Monon railroad accident in 1885. Mr. and Mrs. Heath have two daughters and one son, Phoebe Anna, Mary Catherine and Cyrus Ralph, Jr.

The Republican party has claimed the support of Mr. Heath and he has naturally been a prominent figure in politics, owing to his former connection with the newspaper business. While living in Muncie he served two terms as police commissioner by appointment of Governor James A. Mount. He was never an aspirant for any public office and filled this office only at the earnest solicitation of the governor. Since coming to Noblesville he has served as Republican city chairman and has been a frequent delegate to county, dis¬ trict and state conventions. Fraternally, he is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and has attained to the thirty-second degree in that order. He is also a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, the same denomination in which his father served so faithfully for many years. His wife is a loyal member of the Friends church. The family home is one of the most beautiful in Noblesville and is located at the corner of Ninth and Hannibal streets.

Dr. William B. Graham

The man who devotes his talents and energies to the noble work of ministering to the ills and alleviating the sufferings of humanity pursues a calling which in dignity, importance and beneficence is second to none other. If true to his profession and earnest in his efforts to enlarge his sphere of use¬ fulness, he is indeed a benefactor to all of his kind, for to him more than to any other man are entrusted the safety, the comfort and in many instances the lives of those who place themselves under his care. Amongst this class of professional men is Dr. William B. Graham, whose name appears at the head of this sketch, who has stood for many years with few peers and no. superiors among the physicians of Hamilton county, Indiana, during which time he has not only gained a wide reputation in his chosen vocation, but has also estab¬ lished an equally wide reputation for uprightness and nobility of character in all the relations of life. He early realized that to those who attain deter¬ minate success in the medical profession there must be not only given technical ability, but also a broad human sympathy which must pass from mere senti¬ ment to an actuating motive for helpfulness, so he has dignified and honored his profession by noble services in which through years he has attained un¬ qualified success.

Dr. William B. Graham, an honored veteran of the Civil War, and a physician of Hamilton county for nearly fifty-four years, was born on a farm in Butler county, Pennsylvania. October 22, 1835. His parents, William M. and Amanda H. (Kerr) Graham, lived and died in Pennsylvania, and never came to Indiana. William M. Graham was a prominent man in his native state, and held many official positions, being at one time a member of the Pennsylvania state legislature. - .

Dr. William B. Graham was reared on the farm and attended the country schools of his home county. Later he attended the West Sunbury schools in his home county, after which he taught school one year in his home neighbor¬ hood. At the age of twenty-one years he left home and came west, where he made his home with an uncle. Dr. Joseph B. Kerr, in Marion county, Indi¬ ana. He taught school for four and one-halt years after coming to this county, teaching eight different terms in all. most of which were subscription schools. At the same time he read medicine with his uncle, later reading medicine with another uncle, Dr. Harvey Kerr, at Broad Ripple, in Marion county, finishing his medical studies with this latter uncle. However, he felt that in order to make the best success in his chosen life work, he should take a college course, and with this thought in view, entered the medical depart¬ ment of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he spent one year, and then entered Rush Medical College at Chicago, Illinois, from which institution he was graduated in 1861. He first located at Clarksville, this county, in partnership with Dr. P. P. Whitesell, with whom he remained a year. and a half, the partnership being dissolved \<rhen Doctor Graham re¬ ceived a commission as assistant surgeon of the One Hundred and First Regi¬ ment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He received his commission in the spring of 1863 and nine months later was promoted to the rank of major and made surgeon of the same regiment, serving in this capacity until the close of the war. He was honorably discharged June 24, 1865. During his service in the army, Doctor Graham was captured at Chickamauga, September 20, 1863, but was paroled to take care of those wounded on the battlefield until they could be sent through the lines, he being obligated to report to the provost marshal at Ringgold, Georgia. Doctor Graham was kept on the battle ground for twelve days ministering to the wounded and at the end of this time reported at Ringgold, from which point he was sent to Richmond, Vir¬ ginia, where he was kept in Libby prison until November 24, 1863, when he was exchanged and was enabled to return to his regiment, with which he served until the end of the war.

Immediately after the close of the war Doctor Graham returned to Hamilton county, Indiana, and resumed the practice of his profession in Noblesville, where he ever since has made his home. It is not too much to say that no student physician of today, no matter what college he attends or how much time he puts in attending clinics, receives the practical experience that Doctor Graham did at the front. After each battle he had the oppor¬ tunity to treat more cases than falls to the lot of the ordinary physician of today in a lifetime. Every conceivable variety of wounds were to be handled and in the vast experience which he gained during his service in the war, he received a training which formed the basis for his later successful career. There is no need in this connection to dilate upon his career as a physician during his fifty years of life in Noblesville. Suffice it to say that his name is a household word in hundreds of families, many members of which he has brought into this world, and been present at their departure.

Doctor Graham has kept fully abreast of the times and has been a close student of medical science from the day that he graduated from college down to the present time. He maintains his membership in the Hamilton County, the Indiana State and the National Medical Associations, and takes a deep interest in their annual meetings. He has been president of and has filled every office in the Hamilton County Medical Society. He has been a mem¬ ber of the Hamilton county board of pension examiners and gave twenty-one years of his active life to service on this board. For thirty years he has been the surgeon of the New York Central Railway Company at Noblesville. For several years he was a member of the Noblesville board of health and its secretary.

Doctor Graham was married July 25, 1865, to Clara Darrow, the daugh¬ ter of James and Elizabeth (Passwater) Darrow, of this county, and to this union have been born six children, Alice, the wife of C. J. Smith, of Portland, Oregon; Edith, who is still at home; William D., a dentist of Noblesville; Robert K., of Noblesville, Illinois; Mary, who is at home, and Donald, an architect of Indianapolis.

Doctor Graham is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Free and Accepted Masons. He is also a loyal member of Lookout Post of the Grand Army of the Republic at Noblesville, and has been promi¬ nent in the affairs of this post. Politically, he has always been a Republican, but in 1912, he became one of the four million Progressives who voted for Theodore Roosevelt. Religiously, he and the members of his family are adherents of the Methodist Episcopal church of Noblesville, and have been active in church and Sunday school work. Doctor Graham is now rounding out his four score years and as the twilight of his life draws near, he can look back over a span of years filled with usefulness, no man today standing higher in the esteem of his fellow citizens than Doctor Graham, the oldest practicing physician of Hamilton county.

Dr. Henry H. Thompson

Devoted to the noble work which his profession implies, Dr. Henry H. Thompson has been indefatigable in his endeavors and has not only earned the meet rewards of his efforts in a temporal way, but has also proved him¬ self eminently worthy to exercise the important functions of his calling, by reason of his ability, his abiding sympathy and his earnest zeal in behalf of his fellow men. His understanding of the science of medicine is regarded by all those who know him as being broad and comprehensive, and the pro¬ fession and the public accord him a distinguished place among the men of his class in Indiana. His has been a life of earnest and persistent endeavor, such as always brings a true appreciation of the real value of human existence - a condition that must be prolific of good results in all the relations of life.

Dr. Henry H. Thompson, son of Rev. Oliver S. and Kate (Henry) Thompson, was born May 16, 1877, at Belleville, Illinois. His father was a native of Carroll county, Indiana, and has been a minister of the Presbyterian church all his life. Most of his ministerial services have been in the states of Illinois and Iowa, and he is now living a retired life in Nashville, Illinois. His wife was born in Washington county, Illinois, and is a direct descendant of Patrick Henry, of Revolutionary fame. The Thompsons are descended from the Lorimer family, of Philadelphia. John Craw, the grandfather of Doctor Thompson's mother, served in the Illinois legislature with Abraham Lincoln, and was an intimate friend of the martyred president. He also served in the Illinois Constitutional convention with Lincoln in 1848. Oliver

Thompson and wife were the parents of two children, Florence, who is un¬ married and living with her father, and Doctor Thompson, whose history is here briefly recorded.

Doctor Thompson was reared and educated in Illinois, and being the son of a minister, his education was received in the various towns where his father preached. He was graduated from the Nashville, Illinois, high school in 1894 and immediately entered Hanover, Indiana, College, a Presbyterian school. He was graduated from this college in 1898 with the degree of Bachelor of Science and immediately came to Noblesville, where he became instructor in Latin in the high school, where he remained as teacher of Latin from 1898 to 1900 and in the latter year was elected principal of the high school, serving in that capacity for one year. In 1901 he was granted the degree of Master of Arts from Hanover College, and in the fall of the same year entered the medical department of Washington University, from which he was graduated four years later, immediately after which he began the practice of his pro¬ fession in Noblesville, and has been engaged continuously in the practice in this city since that time. During his last year in college he was interne at St. Anthony's Hospital in St. Louis, where he gained valuable experience. In the summer of 1913 he returned to Washington University and took a post¬ graduate course. Doctor Thompson has kept fully abreast of the times in the advance of medical science and has handled many difficult cases since coming to Noblesville. Natural ability, thorough technical training and a devotion for and enthusiasm in his work have been contributing factors to the splendid success which has Characterized his work.

Doctor Thompson has been health officer of Noblesville since 1906 and still holds this important office, having met with unusual success in the ad¬ ministration of its duties. He is a member of the Hamilton County, Indiana State and American Medical Societies. He is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha medical fraternity, whose, membership is limited to honor students. He is the surgeon for the Union Sanitary Manufacturing Company, of Nobles¬ ville. Doctor Thompson has built up an extensive general practice and also does a large amount of surgical work.

Doctor Thompson was married October 7, 1908, to Helen Fertig, the daughter of Walter R. and Jennie (Ross) Fertig, a prominent family of Noblesville. He and his wife are both earnest members of the Presbyterian church and are active in church and Sunday school work.

Doctor Thompson is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and a charter member of Noblesville Lodge No. 576, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a past master of the Masonic lodge and has held all the chairs in the Elks lodge in Noblesville. He also holds membership in the Knights of Pythias and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He is a Republican, and though he has been active in public affairs has not felt inclined to seek official honors. While in Hanover College he was a member of Beta Theta Pi, one of the oldest Greek letter fraternities. He has always taken a com¬ mendable interest in the civic life of his community and although profession¬ ally a busy man he has given his earnest support to all movements which have promised to benefit his city in any way.

William F. Wall

To write the personal records of men who have raised themselves from humble circumstances to positions of responsibility and trust in a community is no ordinary pleasure. Self-made men, men who have achieved success by reason of their personal qualities and left the impress of their individuality upon the business life and general development of their places of residence and affect for good such institutions as are embraced within their spheres of usefulness, unwittingly, perhaps, build monuments more enduring than marble obelisk or granite shaft. To such a class we have the unquestioned right to say belongs the gentleman whose. name appears above.

William F. Wall, the present efficient clerk of the circuit court of Hamil¬ ton county, Indiana, was born May 18, 1875, on a farm in Noblesville town¬ ship, this county, and is the son of Jerry and Susanna (Jones) Wall, his father being a native of Indiana and his mother of Ohio. Jerry Wall, who is still living at Noblesville, was a veteran of the Civil War, serving first in Company B, One Hundred First Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and later in the Seventy-fifth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Cavalry. During his service of three years he made an enviable record as a soldier and was prompt and courageous in the performance of every duty which fell to his lot. His wife died March 30, 1912.

William F. Wall was reared on his father's farm in Noblesville town¬ ship, and received a good common-school education in* the schools of his home neighborhood. Later he attended the schools of Noblesville, -but left before graduating from the high school in order to go to work. For a time he worked at anything which a lx>y could find to do in a town the size of Noblesville, and within a comparatively short time found employment as a clerk in the dry goods store of Charles F. Johnson. That his service here were eminently satisfactory is shown by his record of fifteen years of con¬ tinuous employment by Mr. Johnson and other merchants of Noblesville. Leaving the store of Mr. Johnson he worked with R. G. Caylor, N. D. Levison & Son and J. Joseph & Company successively, and gave each of his employers satisfactory service.

Mr. Wallace always has been interested in the success of the Republican party and has been a precinct committeeman of the party in Noblesville for several years. In the summer of 1911 he was nominated by the Republicans of Hamilton county for the office of clerk of the circuit court and at the November election following he was elected to this office, assuming its duties January 1, 1912, for a term of four years. He had been a candidate for the same office on one previous occasion, but the fortunes of politics then were against him. He is now performing the duties of this important office in a manner which stamps him as a man of more than ordinary ability, and is giv¬ ing universal satisfaction, not only to the party which elected him, but to all citizens, irrespective of their party affiliations. He is a capable, painstaking and conscientious official and is giving his office service based upon the best of his ability. His deputy is O. Reuben Mann. His first stenographer was Mrs. Ruth (Mosbaugh) Comstock, who resigned in 1913 and was succeeded by Miss Agnes Hull.

Mr. Wall was married January 17, 1900, to Maude C. Harris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Harris, of Noblesville, both of whom are still liv¬ ing. John R. Harris was a veteran of the Civil War and is highly honored in the community. 'Though they are not members of any church, Mr. and Mrs. Wall affiliate with the Methodist Episcopal church and contribute of their means to its support. Fraternally, he is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and has been active in the work of this fraternal organization in Noblesville for the past fifteen years. It is said that he brought a greater number of applications for membership to this lodge than any other member. In a recent class of twelve, nine of the applications had been secured by Mr. Wall. He has been a member of the Improved Order of Red Men for the past ten years, is past chief haymaker of the local lodge, and in 1909 was a delegate to the national lodge of this order. He has also held membership in the Fraternal Order of Eagles for the past ten years. Mr. Wall is a type of the man who makes his way in life unaided and his record shows what honesty, industry and grim determination can accomplish when directed along proper channels. He is a man of genuine worth and high character and has long enjoyed a splendid reputation in the community in which he has lived all of his life.

William Edward Longley

The character of a community is determined in a large measure by the lives of a comparatively few of its members. If its moral and intellectual status be good, if in a social way it is a pleasant place in which to reside, if its reputation as to the integrity of its citizens has extended into other local¬ ities, it will be found that the standards set by the leading men have been high and their influence such as to mould the characters and shape the lives of those with whom they mingle. One of the most prominent citizens of Noblesville, Hamilton county, Indiana, who has attained to a position of prominence not only in his own county but in the affairs of the state, is William Edward Longley, who is now the efficient state fire marshal of the state of Indiana. He is a man who has proved true to every trust reposed in him. Whether in his private life or his public life he has never shirked his duty. He has contributed very materially to the civic, moral and com¬ mercial advancement of his community, and his straightforward course of daily life has won for him the esteem and confidence of the circles in which he moves.

William Edward Longley, the son of Edward and Mary Ellen (Donnavon) Longley, was born in Noblesville, September 26, 1854. His father was born in Kentucky while his mother was a native of Maryland, being born on the Atlantic coast. Edward Longley was the son of John Longley, a pioneer Christian minister who labored in the southern part of Indiana from 1838 to 1848. In the latter year Rev. John Longley came to Noblesville with his family and became the first regular pastor of the Christian church at that place. After a few years' sojourn in Noblesville he went to Lafayette and founded a sanitarium which he conducted until his death about 1863. He was a practicing physician as well as a minister of the gospel and his sanitarium at Lafayette gained more than a local reputation for the effective character of its service. Edward Longley came to Noblesville when his father moved here to take charge of the church and upon reaching his majority became engaged in the harness and saddlery business. He was taken ill and went to Lafayette where he took treatment in his father's sani¬ tarium, but subsequently died in March, 1855. He and Mary Ellen Donavon had only been married about two years when he died, their marriage occuring in December, 1853, and William Edward, whose history is here presented, was only a few months old when his father passed away in 1855. The widow married Ephraim Barks later and lived to a ripe old age, passing away May 2, 1898.

William E. Longley was reared in Nobles ville and attended the public schools of that city. .Later he attended the Ladoga Academy, a famous school in its day. After leaving school he became an apprentice in the office of the Hamilton County Register at Noblesville, and during a three-years' service with this newspaper added not a little to his store of knowledge. After this service in the newspaper office he became a clerk in a furniture store for two and one-half years. In 1875 ^vent to Indianapolis and clerked in a tea store for the next three years.

While living in Indianapolis, Mr. Longley was married on February 21, 1877, to Clara V. Wright, the daughter of Amos P. and Lucetta (Bodine) Wright, of Indianapolis. To this union have been born four children, one son and three daughters. The son, William R., is a graduate of Chicago University and is now professor of mathematics in Yale University. He is a man of superior attainments and is making a name for himself in his chosen field. The daughters are Edith, the wife of Guernsey Van Riper, of In¬ dianapolis; Alice, the wife of Emmett Fertig, an attorney of Noblesville, and Ruth, who is now a student at the University of Illinois at Champaign. The mother of these children died September 4, 1910.

After his marriage, in 1877, Mr. Longley moved to Noblesville and engaged in the hardware business. His business prospered from the start and he gradually expanded it until he handled not only general hardware but farming implements and furniture and later opened an undertaking es¬ tablishment. He continued in business for thirty years and built up the largest and most successful establishment of its kind in Hamilton county. A few years ago he disposed of all of his business. Few men in central In¬ diana are more widely or more favorably known than Mr. Longley. He is alert and progressive in all his undertakings and as a business man has been identified with numerous enterprises in his county. He is a director of the Indiana Loan Association and has been president of the American National Bank of Noblesville since its organization, in 1910, and for fifteen years was president of the Crown Land Cemetery Association.

In politics. Mr. Longley has been a prominent factor in the history of the Democratic party in Indiana for many years. He has taken an active part in the county, district, state and national conventions, and has served his party in practically every capacity. For many years he was chairman of the ninth congressional district Democratic committee and vice-chairman of the Democratic state central committee. He was a delegate from the ninth congressional district to the Democratic national convention at St.

Louis in 3904. His greatest service to his party was given in 1912, when he was the campaign manager for Samuel M. Ralston in his race for governor, of the state. In recognition of his faithful and efficient service to the party as well as sterling integrity as a citizen of the state Governor Ralston ap¬ pointed him fire marshal of the state in March, 1913. This office was created by the 1913 Legislature and is one of great importance.

Mr. Longlev is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is treasurer of the board of directors of the State Odd Fellows' Home at Greensburg. He is also a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, the Knights of Pythias and the Improved Order of Red Men. He and his family are earnest members of the Christian church and he is a member of the board of deacons and one of the trustees of this congregation. For seven years Mr. Longley was the efficient superintendent of the Sunday school of this church. He has a beautiful home in Noblesville at ninety-four East Maple street.

George C. Richwine

In every community are to be found individuals who, by reason of pronounced ability and forceful personality, rise superior to the majority and command the homage of their fellows; who, by revealing to the world the two resplendent virtues, perseverance and effort and directing purpose, never fail to attain positions of honor and trust and become in the full sense of the term leaders of men. Of this class is the well-known gentleman and successful farmer and stockman whose name appears above, a man who ranks among the leading citizens of Noblesville and who for a number of years has borne an influential part in the affairs of Hamilton county, in which he resides.

George C. Richwine, the son of Abraham and Sarah E. (Crim) Richwine, was born September 14, 1852, in Hamilton county, Indiana. His par¬ ents were both natives of Virginia and came to Indiana early in the history of the state. Abraham Richwine was a farmer and came to Hamilton from Madison county soon after his marriage. He was a successful farmer, a progressive cifizen and a man who always took a deep interest in all public matters. He died in 1896, his wife having passed away in 1892. They were the parents of four children, three of whom are living: Mary Elizabeth, the widow of M. W. Essington; George C, whose history is here set forth, and Martha E., the wife of B. E. Pardue, of Noblesville.

George E. Richwine was reared on the farm in this county, attended the country schools and assisted his father on the farm during the summer time. After completing the common school course he entered the high school at Noblesville, where he completed his education. He then taught school for two years in Noblesville and Fall Creek townships. He was a young man ot energy and ambition and before he reached his majority opened a boot and shoe §tore in Noblesville. He opened this store in the fall of 1872, at a time when this country was experiencing the depressing effects of one of the worst business periods it has ever known. It was a most unfortunate time to start a business venture and within nine months the panic which struck over this country caught him and disposed of his store. He then returned to the farm, where he worked until 1879, in which year he engaged in the sale of vehicles in Noblesville, handling buggies, wagons and harness, at the same time en¬ gaging in the buying and selling of horses. He has continued this line of business down to the present time, and has made a notable success of the work. He lived upon his farm, one mile north of Noblesville, up to 1879, when he moved to Noblesville, where he remained until 1899, in which year he again moved to the farm, where he remained until February 3, 1915, when he returned to Noblesville, where he now makes .his home. He has been an extensive breeder of Duroc Jersey hogs, having introduced this par¬ ticular breed into the county. He has shipped his stock for breeding purposes to every state in the Union and has exhibited at state and district fairs for many years. He has always carried away his share of the blue ribbons wherever he has chosen to exhibit. His farm is one of the finest in this section of the state and is a model of attractiveness and convenience. No device which a farmer needs is found lacking on his farm and for this reason he is classed among the most progressive farmers, not only of his county, but of this section of the state. Mr. Richwine is one of the most aggressive business forces in the city of Noblesville and has done much for the city, the Richwine block, which was erected bv him in T914, being one of the notable examples of his enterprise. This building, constructed of Bedford stone and yellow brick, is three stories in height, extending south from the Indiana Loan Association Building, to the corner of South Ninth street and Maple avenue, and contains six business rooms on the lower floor and four fiveroom flats on each of the upper floors. He also occupies a building on Maple avenue, which he uses as a show room for carriages, buggies, harness, etc.

Mr. Richwine was married May 27, 1874, to Sarah E. Whitesell the daughter of Philip P. and Elizabeth (Heiny) Whitesell, of Clarksville, in this county. To this union have been bom three children : Wally W., who is

Mr. Rich wine is a Republican in his politics and while he has always been actively interested in the success of his party, has never been an aspirant for any public office. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Tribe of Ben-Hur and the Modern Woodmen of America. In addition to his other interests he is a stockholder in the Citizens State Bank and. the Wainwright Trust Company of Noblesville. He is a man of splendid business ability and has so conducted his financial affairs as to win the commendation of everyone with whom he has been associated. He and his wife are genuinely hospitable and have a large circle of friends and acquaintances throughout the county. Mrs. Richwine is a woman of culture and refinement and traces her ancestry back to the Revolutionary period. Some of her forefathers were in the Revolutionary War and she takes a great deal of pride in being allied with the Daughters of the Revolution.

There is' no class to whom greater gratitude is due from the world at large than the. self-sacrificing, sympathetic, noble-minded men whose life work is the alleviation of suffering and the ministering of comfort to the afflicted, to the end that the span of human existence may be lengthened and a greater degree of satisfaction enjoyed during the remainder of the earthly sojourn of those to whom these ministrations are extended. There is no standard by which the beneficent influence of the able physician can be measured; their helpfulness is limited only by the extent of their knowledge and skill, while their power goes hand in hand with the wonderful laws of nature that spring from the very source of life itself. Some one aptly has said, "He serves God best who serves humanity most.'' Among the physicians and surgeons of Hamilton county of the past generation, w ho rose to eminence in their chosen field of endeavor w as Dr. Albert R. Tucker, whose career was that of a broad¬ minded, conscientious wrorker in the sphere to which his life and energies were devoted and whose profound knowledge of his profession won for him a leading place among the most distinguished medical men of his day and generation in the city of his residence.

The late Albert R. Tucker was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, March 24, 1844. and died at his home in Xoblesville, Indiana, July 1*2, 1913.' His wrhole career, with the exception of the time he spent in the Civil War was spent in the state of his birth. He was the son of Robert and Elizabeth C. (Reed) Tucker, the father being a native of Kentucky and one of the first pioneers of Marion county. He went to Indianapolis in 1821, that being the year the city was laid out, and followed his trade of a cabinet maker. He had the honor of being the first cabinet maker in the city of Indianapolis and conse¬ quently he had plenty of work to do in the rising capital city. His wife, Elizabeth C. Reed, was the daughter of Archibald Reed, who also was one of the first settlers of Indianapolis. Robert Tucker served as a colonel in the War of 1812 and after settling in this state, he became a member of the Indiana legislature. The father of Robert Tucker was a native of Virginia and a captain in the Revolutionary War, also serving in the War of 1812. Robert Tucker died in 1872, his wife passing away in 1848.

Doctor Tucker was the youngest of five children bom to his parents. He was reared to manhood in Marion county and attended the public schools until he was sixteen years of age. In 1861 he enlisted as a member of Com¬ pany B, in the Seventeenth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. This company was first commanded by Colonel John Haskell and later by Colonel John T. Wilder, and was attached at first to the army of Virginia. After see¬ ing eleven months of service, Doctor Tucker was discharged because of dis¬ ability. However, he quickly recovered after coming home and again enlisted in the summer of 1862 in Company D, Seventy-second Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, the regiment being under the command of Colonel A. O. Miller and assigned to the Army of the Cumberland. In the winter of 1862 the regiment was mounted, and Doctor Tucker was detailed as a scout in Wilder's brigade, serving in that capacity until the close of the Chickamauga campaign. He was then promoted to division scout under General Gerrard and saw hard service in the Atlanta campaign, during the summer of 1864. He was then promoted to corps scout under General George H. Thomas. After Hood's retreat from Georgia to Tennessee in the winter of 1864, he participated in a large number of battles, among which may be mentioned the battles of Greenbrier. Hoovers Gap, Manchester, Chattanooga, Harrison Landing, Buzzards Roost, Rock Springs, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Resaca, Oak Church, Dalton, Altonna Pass, Big Shanty. Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Rome City, Franklin. Nashville, Ebenezer Church, Selma and many other minor engagements. He was present at the capture of Andersonville prison and also assisted in the capture of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Southern confederacy in the spring of 1865. He was also in the campaign after John Morgan, the famous cavalry leader who made the raid through southern Indiana and Ohio. Doctor Tucker was wounded at Chickamauga but never was taken prisoner and was mustered out in July, 1865, having served almost continuously from the beginning to the close of the war. His record indeed was a very distinguished one and too much honor cannot be paid his memory for the service he rendered his country.

Immediately after the close of the war, Doctor Tucker returned to his home in Clinton county. For a short time then he worked at Colfax in Clin¬ ton county, but at the age of twenty-one entered the Bryant and Stratton Commercial College, of Indianapolis, and was graduated in the spring of 1866. However, he decided that he wished to study medicine and with this in mind he entered the office of Dr. Joseph E. Milburn of Colfax, where he "read medicine" for a time as was the custom in those days. In 1867 he entered Rush Medical College of Chicago and was graduated in the spring of 1869. He opened an office for practice in Colfax, in Clinton county, immediately after his graduation, but two years later moved to Cicero in Hamilton county where he practiced for the next twenty-two years. He built up a large and lucrative practice in Cicero and was known as one of the most successful physicians and surgeons of that section of the state.

Doctor Tucker was a stanch Republican and always took a prominent part in the politics of his party. He was a frequent delegate to local and state conventions and was a popular campaign speaker for many years. Recog¬ nizing his worth as a citizen and his excellent campaign qualities, his party nominated him in November, 1892 for the office of auditor of Hamilton county. He was subsequently elected and took his office in March, 1893, and from that time until his death, remained an influential citizen of the county seat of Hamilton county. This was the only office which he held during his life time, but in the administration of this office he performed faithful and efficient service for the citizens of his county.

Doctor Tucker was married in 1866 to Anna C. Benjamin, who was born at Rockaway, Morris county. New Jersey. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Benjamin, early settlers of Colfax, Clinton county, Indi¬ ana. Doctor Tucker and wife were the parents df three sons: Harry B., Frank W. and Doctor Frederick A. whose history is presented elsewhere in this volume. The Tucker family are actively identified with all the interests of the Christian church and prominent in the church life of their community. For more than forty years Doctor Tucker was a prominent figure in the social.

Doctor Tucker always kept fully abreast of the advance in medical science and took an active interest in the various medical associations to which he be¬ longed. He was a member of the Hamilton county, Indiana and American Medical Associations and served one term as president of the Hamilton County Association. For fourteen years he was a member and president of the County Board of United States Pension Examiners for this county, while for four terms he was medical director of the Grand Army of the Republic for Indiana. He was a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Knights of Pythias and the Ancient Order, of United Workmen, while he took an active interest' in the Grand Army of the Republic at Noblesville. Doctor Tucker lived a long and useful life and no action of his ever brought upon him the censure of condemnation of his fellow citizens. He left a name which is untarnished before the world, a name which will be always honored by his friends and cherished by his children.

No other profession has accomplished, during the last half century, the progress and development that have been made by the medical profession. The man of original thought and action, whose text book forms but the basis of future work, has ever moved forward, taking advantage of and utilizing new discoveries in the science and looking always for better methods, surer means to the desired end. Such a man is Dr. Frederick A. Tucker, of Nobles¬ ville, Indiana. In considering the character and career of this eminent mem¬ ber of the medical fraternity, the impartial observer will not only be disposed to rank him among the leading members of his profession in his locality, but also as one of those men of broad culture and mental ken who have honored mankind in general. Through a long and busy life, replete with honor and success, he has been actuated by the highest motives and to the practice of his profession he has brought rare skill and resource, his quick perception and almost intuitive judgment enabling him to make a correct diagnosis, always an essential preliminary to proper treatment. He has always been a close student of medical science, keeping in close touch with the latest advances along that line, and he has been uniformly successful in the practice. Be-

Dr. Frederick A. Tucker, the son of Dr. Albert R. and Anna C. (Benja¬ min) Tucker, was born February 26, 1874, in Cicero, Hamilton county, Indi¬ ana. His father was one of the prominent physicians of his county and state for more than forty years, and a review of his interesting life is found else- -vvhere in this volume. The death of Dr. Albert R. Tucker in the summer of 1913 removed one of the most influential citizens of Hamilton county and a man who was ever on the alert for the good of his county.

Dr. Frederick A. Tucker was reared in a home which had not a little to do with his present high standing as a citizen in the community. It has often been said that the home life of a man is a determining factor in his career and observation confirms this statement. Doctor Tucker led the life of the ordinary boy, with the exception that his parents gave him every chance to improve his condition, was graduated from the high school at Cicero in 1890 and then took a post-graduate course in the Noblesville high school for one year. The father, wishing to give him the best medical educa¬ tion that the country afforded, sent him to Johns Hopkins University at Balti¬ more, a university which ranks first among the many excellent medical train¬ ing schools of the United States. Here he spent two years of hard study and then spent the next three years at Rush Medical College at Chicago, from which institution he was graduated in 1897. His father had graduated from Rush Medical College in 1869. After graduating from the medical college in 1897, Doctor Tucker was fortunate in being able to secure a position as an intern in the Presbyterian Hpspital at Chicago and the Lying-in Hospital of the same city, which experience was of incalculable benefit to him. It is but fitting to say that these appointments are given only to those of the high¬ est rank in scholarship. After completing his year of training in the best hospitals of Chicago, Doctor Tucker returned to his home in Noblesville and became associated with his father in the practice of medicine. Two ye&rs later he began the practice of medicine alone and has since maintained separate offices. In order to keep fully abreast of the latest advancements in medical science, he has taken several post-graduate courses at Chicago and New York city. In 1910 he took the full summer course at Harvard Medical College at Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is needless to add that with this fine train¬ ing, Doctor Tucker is widely recognized as a man of superior talent and training.

Doctor Tucker was married December 22, 1897, t° Katherine Durfee, the daughter of Josiah and Sarah J. ( Frary) Durfee, of Noblesville. Josiah

Durfee was a prominent bridge builder and contractor, building all of the large wooden bridges that are yet standing in Hamilton county. He built the old wooden bridge over White river at Noblesville in 1864 and it still stands as a silent tribute to his sturdy workmanship. He and his wife died many years ago. Doctor and Mrs. Tucker have one daughter, Elizabeth, who was born December 4, 1904.

Doctor Tucker is a member of the Hamilton County, Indiana State and American Medical Societies. He also is a member of the National Congress for the Treatment of Tuberculosis, the i\merican Public Health Association and the American Surgical Society. He always has taken a great personal and professional interest in public health matters and served four years as health officer at Noblesville. In 1905 he was appointed by Governor Hanly as a member of the State Board of Health and in 1909 was reappointed by Governor Marshall, serving eight years in all, four years of which he was president of the board. He is now a member of the executive committee of the Indiana State Anti-Tuberculosis Society and also district councilor for the Indiana State Medical Society. In all of these different organizations Doctor Tucker always has taken an active and interesting part. He has been chairman of the hospital committee of the County Medical Society, through whose efforts the county commissioners have appropriated thirty thousand dollars for the building of a county hospital, in Noblesville. This is a new feature in the history of medical science in Indiana and it is to be hoped that in the years to come there will be ninetv-two such hospitals scattered through¬ out the state of Indiana. This thirty thousand dollar building is a tribute to the work of Doctor Tucker who has been largely instrumental in creating the interest which has made this possible.

Though Doctor Tucker has long been connected with the Republican party and always has been actively interested in all matters of public interest, he never has been an aspirant for any public office. He is a fine type of the American citizen who wishes to do everything possible for the good of his county. Fraternally, he is a member of the Masons, in which order he has attained to the thirty-second degree. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. 'He and his wife are loyal members of the Methodist Episcopal church and take a prominent part in all the social and religious life of their community. It is needless to add that he has met with material success and his practice is second to none in the county and it has come to him solely because of his recognized ability. He has invested in property in the city of Noblesville and is also a stockholder in the American National Bank.

Hugh Anthony Maker

The Maker family have been residents of Hamilton county, Indiana, since 1829, and since that time have been prominent in the various phases of the county's development. Hugh Anthony Maker is the third in direct line from Peace E. Maker, the first member of the family to locate in Hamilton county. Hugh A. Maker is one of the best known men of his county, a poet, a philosopher, a student of literature, and a man who is interested in every¬ thing pertaining to the welfare of the county in which he has spent his entire life.

Hugh Anthony Maker, of Noblesville, was born July 21, 1864, in Hamil¬ ton county, Indiana, in the same house where his mother had been born twenty-five years before. This house, which was built in 1836, is still standing and is in a good state of preservation. It is a substantial brick structure with a stone foundation. The stone was hauled from Pendleton, and the bricks were made on the spot where the house was built. The mortar was made from lime secured by burning in the same kiln with bricks the limestone which had been hauled from Pendleton for the foundation.

Hugh A. Maker is the son of Seth R. and Nancy J. (Hamble) Maker. His father was born three miles west of Noblesville, November 6, 1836, a son of Peace Eber and Rebecca (Richey) Maker. Peace E. Maker was born near Penn Yan, New York, November 25, 1801. He came to Cincinnati with his parents in 1818 by way of the Allegheny and Ohio rivers. The father of Peace Mak£r built a 'flat boat near the headwaters of the Allegheny, and floated down that river and the Ohio to Cincinnati, from which city the family went overland to Brookville, Franklin county, Indiana, where Peace E. Maker was reared to manhood and married Jane Ross, who died about 1827. In 1829 Peace Maker came to Hamilton county, Indiana, and worked for his brotherin-law, the late Gen. John D. Stephenson, who was the father of the late Judge Stephenson.

In Hamilton county, Indiana, Peace E. Maker was married a second time, on November 14, 1833, to Rebecca Richey, who was born in Huron county, Ohio, December 25, 1810, the daughter of William and Margaret (Bardeau) Richey. They had come from York county, Pennsylvania, to Ohio. Rebecca Richey came to Hamilton county June 2, 1822, before the organization of the county. At that time an Indian village was located on the site of the present city of Muncie, and as she came through there, all of the children of her father's family had the whooping cough. A squaw in the village dug some skunk cabbage root, peeled and scraped it and gave a dose of the scraped root to the children for the cough. The Richey family settled on the east side of White river near Clare, and about a year later moved across to the west side. When the three white men were hung at Pendleton for the murder of the Indians, they spent several days, without charge to the benefi¬ ciaries of their kindness, ferrying across the river both Indians and whites, who were on their ways to and from the hanging. William Richey served on the first jury in Hamilton county.

After Peace E. Maker married, he lived three miles west of Noblesville, and lived there all of his life with the exception of four years, which he spent in LaSalle county, Illinois, from 1838 to 1842. Peace Maker was a farmer, as well as a carpenter and mechanic, who was skilled in several different lines. He was a good citizen and actively interested in everything pertaining to the welfare of his county. He died January 27, 1879.

Seth R. Maker was reared on his father's farm and was married on June 19, 1861, to Nancy J. Hamble. She was born on the old Hamble farm, the first farm east of the present ''poor farm" of Hamilton county, October 13, 1839, and is now living with her son, Hugh A.

Mrs. Maker was the daughter of Anthony and Elizabeth (McPeak) Hamble, natives of Ohio. The Hambies started from Chillicothe, Ohio, in the winter of 1831, for the state of Illinois, and reached Strawtown, Hamilton county, Indiana, in December, 1831, at a time when the ground was covered with snow. They were compelled to stay in this county all winter, and during the winter traded his wheel horses and wagon with a man by the name of Dale for eighty acres of land just east of the present county farm. Here the Hambies lived until the death of Mr. Hamble, November 9, i860. Anthony Hamble was the son of Robert and Mary (Harper) Hamble. Robert Ham¬ ble was a native of Ireland, and was about twelve years of age when he started to this country in a sailing vessel which was wrecked on the coast of Virginia. Of all on board the ill-fated vessel he was the sole survivor. Robert Hamble became a ward of the state of Virginia and was bound out by the state to Ebenezer Harper, for whom Harper's Ferry was named. He grew to man¬ hood and married Harper's daughter, Mary, and about the year 1805 started for Ohio. He died on the road about two days' travel from Parkersburg, leaving his widow and children to continue the journey. The son of Robert Hamble was in turn bound out to John Wagner at Chillicothe, Ohio, grew to manhood and went as a substitute for John Wagner in the War of 1812, doing service as teamster in the regiment of Major Croghan. He was married June 12, 1816.

Seth R. Maker farmed during the war on the Barker farm, and after the war moved to the "Sunny Slope Farm/1 three miles northwest of Noblesville, and there resided until March, 1887, when he moved to Delaware town¬ ship, and lived there until his death, October 5, 1905. Seth R. Maker was not a religious man, but was strictly moral and never used tobacco or whiskey. He was a good citizen, highly respected in the community where he lived.

Hugh Anthony Maker grew to manhood on his father's farm. He at¬ tended the Central Normal College at Danville, Indiana, and was a classmate of Governor Ralston, Judge Felt, Thomas Duncan, the chairman of the Public Service Commission, E. E. Barrett, state geologist, and other men who have since become famous in the history of Indiana. After leaving the normal college, Mr. Maker taught school for a time and then returned to his father's farm. He was always deeply interested in literature, and has been known to get up at two o'clock in the morning and write poetry until time to go to work. November 1, 1906, he issued his book of poems, entitled "Odd Odes,'' a volume which has attracted well-deserved mention. It is a book of nearly two hundred pages and contains poems on a great variety of themes. The poet expresses profound thoughts and excellent fancies and his poems are permeated with a homely philosophy which indicates that the author has a deep understanding of human nature. Many of his poems resemble those of Robert Burns and James Whitcomb Riley in their treatment of homely themes.