Hendricks County, Indiana - Biographical sketches, 1914 (part 6 of 19)

Charles A. Cummings was born on April 24, 1859, in Botetourt county, Virginia, the son of William and Maria (Boose) Cummings, the former of whom was born in Bath county, Virginia, and, while it is not definitely known, it is believed that his parents were both natives of Scotland. Maria Boose, mother of the subject, was born in Botetourt county, Virginia, the daughter of natives of Germany who had first settled in Pennsylvania and from there went into Virginia, where they lived out the remainder of their lives. William and Maria Cummings lived their lives in Virginia, where they were engaged in farming. Their son Charles, the subject, remained with them until about twenty-one years old and then, in 1880, went to Springfield, Ohio, where he had a brother. He engaged in agricultural work for a short time, and then his brother, Douglass B. L. Cummings, who was engaged in the steel bridge construction business, took young Charles A. into partnership and so began his career in that line of work in which he has proved so proficient. They went to Peoria, Illinois, where they continued in their chosen business and after about two years went to Indianapolis. This was in the spring of 1883. The year previous, while in Peoria, the subject had been united in marriage with Emma Sweat, a native of that city and the daughter of James B. and Elizabeth (Hines) Sweat. The father was a native of Maine and the mother had been born in Ohio. After their marriage they had gone to Peoria county, Illinois, and engaged in farming, where they lived the remainder of their lives. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Mr. Sweat enlisted for service, and while at the front took sick and died. His widow, mother of Mrs. Cummings, passed away at her home in Illinois in 1908. After coming with their wives to Indianapolis, the Cummings brothers associated themselves with W. B. Bassett, C. L. Rose and W. W. Winslow, forming what was known as the Indianapolis Bridge Company. For about two years they made combination iron and wooden bridges and in about two years built a factory at the Bee Line tracks near East Michigan street. Here for about ten years they engaged in the manufacture of steel and combination bridges and then turned their attention to steel bridges exclusively, Mr. Cummings acting as superintendent of the plant most of the time. They also took contracts for bridges, which they made and erected. About the year 1893 their company was succeeded by the Indiana Bridge Company and then the subject and his old associates separated, each carrying on bridge contracting independently of the others. Mr. Cummings took the contract lor the erection of the Kentucky avenue bridge over White river in the city of Indianapolis. This was in 1894, during the time Coxey and his "army" made their famous march. In accepting the contract for the erection of- the bridge, Mr. Cummings had agreed to use local workmen as much as possible and the unemployed came to him in such numbers and were so wild for work that the police department was called upon to disperse the crowd. There were times when there would be fully two thousand men looking for employment in the construction of the bridge and at that time laborers were paid only sixt}' cents a day. Now the cheapest labor he employs costs thirty cents per hour and some of his laborers make as much as four dollars per day. The year previous to the construction of the Kentucky avenue bridge, Mr. Cummings and his brother took the contract for the erection of the bridge over the Ohio at Wheeling, West Virginia, and resting on the island midstream. For awhile Mr. Cummings was associated with David Braden on several bridge contracts. It was David Braden after whom the subject's youngest son was named.

It was in the year 1897 that Mr. Cummings came to this county and purchased land, setting himself up as a farmer. He first purchased one hundred and twenty acres in the southwestern part of Lincoln township and at one time owned as much as two hundred acres. However, he has disposed of dififerent tracts until he now owns the same amount with which he first started. He still continues the bridge business and in addition has his farm home, where the family have been reared. There are four children, Delmar, Effie, Wands and Braden. Delmar was born in 1883 and married Ethel Frisbie. He lives on a farm near his father, and has two children, Clayton and Gertrude. Delmar was associated with his father in the bridge business until about two years ago when he became superintendent of erection for the Central States Bridge Company of Indianapolis. Effie, who was born in 1886, is the wife of Edgar Hufiford and has two children, Marshall and Walter. Wands, born in 1888, married Blanche Kennedy and lives near his father. They are the parents of two children, Russel and Lloyd. He is engaged in farming. Braden, the youngest of the family, was born in 1894 and remains at home as the assistant of his father, both in conducting the farm and in carrying on the work of bridge xerection.

Odd Fellows, of which he has been a member since 1888, and both he and his wife are members of the White Lick Presbyterian church. The family is among the leading ones of the township, broad-minded, of advanced ideas and delightful to meet. Mr. Cummings' business has taken him all over the United States and he thoroughly enjoys travel, but the trip he considers most enjoyable of all was one it was his privilege to take in 1912. He had been engaged in bridge work in Georgia and the Carolinas and Mrs. Cummings had been with him a great deal of the time. In the fall of that year they started to drive home in a buggy, leaving King's Mountain in North Caro- lina. They arrived at Danville, this county, seventeen and one-half days after, having crossed eight mountains and encountering some roads so rough it was necessary to hold the horse up. Roads were often only wide enough for one vehicle and passing would have been impossible. Mr. Cummings is a man of unusual strength of character and ability, one who impresses his individuality upon the locality honored by his residence. By a life of consistent action and thought, he has earned the high standing which he now enjoys and it is a pleasure to give him representation in a work of the scope of the one at hand.

John U. Rice

The sketch which now comes before the reader is a brief review of the career of John U. Rice, one of the older residents of the county and a man of sterling worth, who through long years of residence here has so conducted his affairs of life as to win the honor of all. His name has been inseparably connected with the general growth of Hendricks county, of which he is a native and where, in fact, he has spent the major portion of his life. While primarily attending to his own varied interests, his life has been largely devoted to his fellow men, having been untiring in his efforts to inspire a proper respect for law and order and ready at all times to uplift humanity along civic and social lines.

John U. Rice was born on October 25, 1839, about a half mile north of Brownsburg, the son- of Lewis and Sophia (Harris) Rice, both of whom were natives of the state of Kentucky, coming from either Scott or Bourbon county, the former having been born January 8, 1806, and the latter on June 27, 1811, being the daughter of William and Nancy (Barrett) Harris. When young, she was brought to this state by her parents, who came direct to Hendricks countv and located near Brownsburg. Lewis Rice came to this state when twenty-one years old, locating north of Brownsburg, and there he met and married Sophia Harris. He was a farmer in this county the remainder of his life and died here on March 25, 1865, at the age of fifty-two years. His wife lived several years after he died, passing away on April 11, 1880, at the age of sixty- four years.

The subject was one of a family of nine children, all of whom grew to maturity. He passed his boyhood on the paternal homestead north of Brownsburg, attending the early subscription schools of the day, and in early life was apprenticed to the carpenter trade. He worked at this for some time and in wagon shops in and near Brownsburg, and on October 21, 1864, he was united in marriage with Mahala J. Montgomery, who was born in this county on November 2, 1840, being the daughter of Samuel and Mary (Fox) Montgomery, the former a native-born Hoosier and the latter coming here from Virginia. Immediately after marriage, Mr. Rice went to Illinois where he spent three years at his trade and farming part of the time. He then returned to this county and purchased a portion of the old homestead and there resided until 1870. At that time he purchased a forty-acre tract in the southeastern part of Lincoln township and has lived there since. Mrs. Rice passed from this life on August 12, 1909. For years she had been a faithful member of the Christian church and was a woman highly esteemed by those who knew her. Mr. Rice has added to his original possessions from time to time, until he now owns one hundred acres of as excellent land as the county can boast.

Mr. and Mrs. Rice were the parents of two children, Etta and Everett Harland. Etta is the wife of George Salmon and resides in Indianapolis. Mr. Salmon is a traveling salesman. They have one daughter, ]\Iary. who is the wife of Earl Hubert Duling, who was born on March 5, 1884, in Grant county, this state, the son of John and Lydia Duling. He now resides on the Rice homestead in Lincoln township and is the father of two sons, Byron Montgomery and Meredith Earl. Everett Harland Rice lives in Daviess county, this state, where he is engaged in farming. His wife was Laura Pike and they are the parents of three children, John Walker, Mamie Belle and Clara, all of whom are married. John Walter married May Stiles and they live in Los Angeles, California. Mamie Belle married Chester Cohee and lives at Elizabethtown, this state. She is the mother of a little son, Randall. Clara married Ernest Boyer and lives near Columbus, Indiana.

Mr. Rice holds his religious membership with the Christian church in Brownsburg, of which his wife also was a member, and he is one of the most faithful members of that societ\'. Personallv, Mr. Rice is a man of clean character and has ever exerted a healthful influence in the community, giving his support to every movement which promises to advance the welfare of the locality in any way. Because of his genuine worth he enjoys the sincere respect of all who know him and is eminently entitled to representation in a work of the character of the one in hand.

Patrick M. Long

It is generally considered by those in the habit of superficial thinking that the history of so-called great men only is worthy of preservation and that little merit exists among the masses to call forth the praises of the historian or the cheers and appreciation of mankind. A greater mistake was never made. No man is great in all things and very few are great in many things. Many by a lucky stroke achieve lasting fame who before that had no reputation beyond the limits of their neighborhoods. It is not a history of the lucky stroke which benefits humanity most, but the long study and effort which make the lucky stroke possible. It is the preliminary work, the method, that serves as a guide for the success of others. Among those in this county who have achieved success along steady lines of action is the subject of this sketch.

Patrick M. Long, one of the foremost agriculturists of Brown township, Hendricks county, Indiana, is a native of the Emerald Isle, born in county Galway on March 26, 1856, being the son of Patrick and Bridget (Sheridan) Long, both of whom were natives of the same county. They emigrated to America when the subject of this sketch was but eight weeks old, there being one child older. The voyage was a long and tedious affair, it being seventeen weeks from the time they left Europe until a landing in New York harbor was effected. TheTittle family remained in New York until in 1864, when they went to Canada, where the father secured employment in the construction of a railroad. They remained there but one year and then came direct to Indiana, locating in Marion county, where Patrick, senior, secured work on farms by the month. For three or four years he followed this line of activity, when he came to Hendricks county and leased a farm in the eastern part of Brown township, where the family resided about twenty-seven years. In the beginning he was to clear the land up and raise whatever crops he could. At the end of that time, he arranged to rent the farm and this contract was in force until 1890, the family residing thereon until in 1886,

Avhen the}' moved to the farm where the subject now Hves in the western portion of Brown townsliip. Patrick Long, senior, had purchased this farm in 1879. It consisted of some eighty acres and this he farmed in connection with the rented land, which gave him in all about one hundred and eighty acres of excellent farming lands. He was a man deserving of the highest honor and esteem, for by his own unaided efforts he attained to a position of prominence and while primarily seeking the interests of himself and his immediate family, he so ordered his life as to win the esteem and respect of all who knew him. His death occurred on November 28, 1903, his wife having preceded him some years. She died March 28, 188 1.

Patrick M. Long was one of a family of seven children and lived in the old home until the time of his marriage, when he brought his bride to the paternal roof, where they have since made their home. Upon the death of his father, he came into possession of the homestead. Shortly before his father's death, the subject of this sketch purchased twenty acres adjoining the home place, which gives him a tract of one hundred acres. This farm is considered about the best drained land in the county and Mr. Long conducts his business along modern scientific methods. There is an air of prosperity and happiness all about the place and especially about the comfortable home, which is beautifully situated in a large grove of maples.

On January 31, 1894, Patrick M. Long was united in marriage to Kate Tarpey, a daughter of James and Nancy (Dugan) Tarpey, both of whom were natives of county Galway, Ireland, and came to this country in 1862. They came direct to Hendricks county, Indiana, locating in the town of Plainfield, where they lived for some time. They then purchased land in Boone county, where they made their home until 1873, when they returned to Hendricks county, purchasing a farm about one mile south of where the subject of this sketch resides. It was on that farm that Mrs. Tarpey breathed her last on ]\Iay 30, 1905, and in the following year Mr. Tarpey went to make his home with his daughter, wife of the subject of this sketch, and in their home his death occurred on November 20, 1913. To Mr. and Mrs. Long have been born six children, four of whom survive, namely : Delia, Thresa, Patrick Francis and James, all of whom are still at home.

Mr. Long is a stanch supporter of the Democratic party, taking active interest in the afifairs of same. For one term he served as township trustee, and at the time he assumed the office there was a large indebtedness owed by the township. When his term had ended, he had paid off and turned over to his successor in cash enough to reduce the indebtedness about one-half with- out having increased the tax levy. This, Mr. Long feels, was a pretty good showing and he has just cause for that opinion. He also served as road supervisor for two years and was on the township advisory board for two years and in the discharge of the duties of these various offices he met with almost universal approbation. Mr. Long and his family are communicants of the Roman Catholic church, living strictly in accordance with the tenets of that faith. The family is highly respected and regarded as one of the leading families of the community, their hospitality being of that genuine order which welcomes friend and stranger alike. Mr. Long is a man of good business ability, strict integrity and fine personal address and because of his genuine worth and high character he has long enjoyed a splendid reputation in the community where he lives. He gives his support to all movements for the advancement of his fellow citizens and is numbered among the representative men of Brown township.

John P. Moran

The people who constitute the bone and sinew of this country are not those who are unstable and unsettled, who fly from this occupation to that, who do not know how to vote until they are told, and who take no active and intelligent interest in afifairs affecting their schools, churches and property. The backbone of this country is made up of those families who have made their homes; who are alive to the best interests of the community in which they reside; who are so honest that it is no trouble for their neighbors to know it, and who attend to their own business and are too busy to attend to that of others; who work on steadily from day to day, taking the sunshine with the storm, and who rear a fine family to a comfortable home and an honest life. Such people are always welcome in any country and in any community. They are wealth producers and this country is blessed with many of them, among whom is the gentleman whose name appears at the head of this sketch.

John P. Moran, one of the county commissioners of Hendricks county, Indiana, was born June 16, 1861, in Marion county, Indiana, the son of Peter and Bridget (Mullin) Moran, both natives of Ireland. Peter Moran was born in county Waterford, Ireland, and his wife in Galway. From their native land they went to England before their marriage and in that country they were married. After the birth of two children, they came to America and settled in Marion county, Indiana, two miles north of Clermont. Here Peter Moran was living at the time of the Civil War, and, although he had been in the country only a short time, yet he was willing to sacrifice his life for his adopted country. Accordingly he enlisted on August i8, 1862, in Company F, Seventieth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served until he was captured and placed in Libby prison. He was one of the fewmen who made that memorable escape through the tunnel which was dug by the prisoners. However, he was not as fortunate as some of them, for he was recaptured and again thrown into the prison, where he shortly afterwards died. Peter Moran and his wife were the parents of four children, Mary and Ellen, who were born in England, and Hannah and John, who were born in this country.

John P. Moran was only about one year old when his father enlisted for service in the Union army and consequently never remembered seeing him. When he was four years of age his mother moved to Hendricks county, this state, and here he received his education. He was a remarkably bright youth and quickly forged his way to the front. While still a young man, he was given employment at the Boys' School at Plainfield as night watchman. He was promoted several times, was an officer four years and for twelve years was assistant superintendent of that school under T. J. Charlton. At the expiration of that time he went to Morganza, Pennsylvania, where he served under J. A. Quay for two years and eight months as first officer of the Boys' Reform School at that place. He then came back to Hendricks county, this state, and settled on a farm in Center township, where he is still living. He owns a fine farm of three hundred and twenty acres, which is thoroughly modern in every respect.

Mr. Moran was married December 2. 1896, to Eliza Nevells, the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Tinder) Nevells, and to this marriage has been born one son, John, who is still residing with his parents.

Mr. Moran has been a life-long Democrat and has always taken an active part in politics. He is a man of education and has been frequently consulted by the leaders of his party in the county, his advice being usually followed. In 191 2 his party placed him in nomination for the office of county commissioner and he was elected by a large majority, bringing to bear in this important office those excellent qualities which made him a success in his school work.

Mr. Moran and his son are earnest and devoted adherents of the Catholic church and give to it their zealous support at all times. Mrs. Moran is a member of the Christian church. Earnest purpose and private energy, combined with excellent judgment and every-day common sense, have made Mr. Moran a man of influence in his township and county. Starting in life with practically nothing but his keen mind and willing hands, he has won a place where he is universally regarded as one of the representative men of his county. He has been an active participant in every measure which he felt would benefit his community and has contributed in no small way to the growth of his township and county and to the advancement of its best interests.

Joseph H. Airhart

One of the most enterprising of our younger generation of farmers in Johnson county, who 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, yet in the twentieth century we are compelled to adopt new methods and farm along different lines, in view of the fact that conditions 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 student at all times of whatever pertains to his chosen life work and he has, therefore, 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.

Joseph H. Airhart, proprietor of a fine farm of one hundred and twenty acres, considered -one of the best improved farms in the county, located in the northwestern portion of Brown township, Hendricks county, Indiana, was born in Boone county, this state, on September 6, 1876. He is a son of Jacob and Mary E. (Gill) Airhart. Jacob was one of a family of six children and was brought by his parents from their native state of Virginia while he was still quite young. His father, Peter Airhart, was a son of a native of Holland who had emigrated to America in the early days and settled in Virginia. Upon coming to Indiana, Peter Airhart settled in Boone county, wdiere he entered land from the government and lived thereon the rest of his life, and on that same land the subject of this sketch first saw the light of day. Mary E. Gill, mother of the subject, was one of a family of seven children born to Washington and Fanny (Gibson) Gill, and w-as brought to the state of Indiana from their old home in Kentucky while still quite a small child. Her father entered land from the government in Boone county, near Advance, and there passed the remainder of his life. Jacob Airhart was twice married, his first wife being a Miss Bowman, to whom he was married in the early fifties. She lived for about ten years thereafter, leaving two children at the time of her death. He continued to live on the old home place after his second marriage, some time in the sixties, to Mary E. Gill, and there 'his death occurred in 1887. By his second wife he had a family of five children, of which the subject of this sketch is one.

Joseph H. Airhart was but eleven years old at the time of his father's death and three years later his mother also died. From that time on until he was twenty-one years of age, he was practically homeless, making his home with whomsoever he could secure work. In 1897 he was united in marriage with Mary E. LaFoUette, a cousin of Senator LaFollette of Wisconsin. She was a daughter of Milton and Elizabeth J. (Grider) LaFollette, originally from Putnam county, this state. Her father died when she was four years old and the mother continued to keep up the home near Shannondale, where the present ^Irs. Airhart lived until the time of her marriage to the subject. In 1898 'Sir. Airhart purchased a tract of eighty acres near Lebanon, in Boone county, on which he resided for three years. He then came to Hendricks county and purchased his present farm of one hundred and twenty acres in Brown township, which is considered one of the best-cared-for farms in the county, fully attesting what up-to-date scientific methods in agriculture can accomplish when coupled with energy and untiring effort. The vocation of the farmer is coming more and more to be regarded as the ideal life, that in which a man has opportunity to display ability of the highest order and in which vocation he is more independent than in anv other. Time was when, after a season of arduous labor, the farmer was forced to take for his produce whatever he could get ; now he makes prices himself and so rules the markets of the world.

Mr. Airhart's political preferences are with the Democratic party, of which he has been a stanch supporter for many years. Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Lodge No. 839, and the religious membership of himself and wife is with the Christian church, of which he is an earnest member. Mr. and Mrs. Airhart have one child, Fern Evadna, who remains at home. They are considered among the leading citizens of their community, their home extending genuine hospitality to friend and stranger alike. Personally, Mr. Airhart is friendly, a good mixer, and wins and retains friends without effort, for he is at all times a gentleman, obliging, unassuming and honest to the letter in his dealings with his fellow men. His life has been one of unceasing industry and perseverance and the notably systematic and honorable methods he has followed have won for him the unbounded confidence and regard of all who have formed his acquaintance.

John A. Adams

Among the leading citizens of Brownsburg, Hendricks county, Indiana, none stand in better repute than John A. Adams, the well-known mill and elevator man, who, by reason of his business qualifications, has done much to enhance the commercial life of the town. Also during the years of his residence there, he has taken an active part in the administration of civic affairs and has ever done all within his power to promote the moral, material and educational life of the community.

John A. Adams was born on December 23, 1853, in Washington township, this county, the son of John C. and Sarah E. (Park) Adams, both of whom were born in Kentucky. John C. came from Estill county and probably Sarah E. Park did also. John C. was the son of James and Eleanor Adams, who came from Kentucky and located in this county near Danville, where they engaged in farming. John C. grew up in this county and all his life was engaged in farm work, owning land in Washington township, where he lived up to the last two years of his life. These were passed in Lincoln township, where his death occurred in 1865. Sarah E. Park, his wife, was a daughter of John and Malinda (Robinson) Park, who came from Kentucky and located in Boone county, in the early forties. She survived her husband a number of years, her death occurring in 1893.

John A- Adams passed his boyhood days on the home farm, receiving his elementary education in the district schools of that locality, later attending the Central Normal College, at Danville. He assisted on the home farm, and in 1886 became identified with the milling business at Brownsburg. At that time a stock company was organized, of which he was a member, and later he and Mr. Lingerman purchased the interests of the other members of the company and have since operated the mill in partnership. In 1901 they also became owners of the elevator and in 1910 remodeled the mill, adding corn shellers and a cleaning apparatus. Their mill has a capacity of fifty barrels daily and they make an excellent grade of flour, under the trade name of "Best Imperial." In addition to their milling and grain busi-

In politics, INIr. Adams is a Republican and has shown a deep interest in the welfare of the town. He has been secretary and treasurer of the town, a member of the town board and also a member of the school board, and in meeting the obligations thus devolving upon him has ever thrown his influence on the side of the greatest good to the greatest number.

In 1885 Mr. Adams was united in marriage with Jennie S. Wells, who was born in Middle township, this county, a daughter of Simon and Nancy S. ( Smith) Wells. The Wells family came to this county at an early day, being numbered among its pioneers. Their original home was North Carolina. The Smith family came .to this county from Kentucky. Mr. and Mrs. Adams have one son living, Harold W., who is attending Indiana University, at Bloomington, and is a promising young man. Mr. Adams' fraternal afliliations are with the time honored body of Free and Accepted Masons and the Knights of Pythias and both he and his wife are consistent members of the Christian church. Mr. Adams is an honest, unassuming man of affairs, who earnestly desires to adequately fill his place in life and be of lasting assistance to those whose li\'es touch his.

Charles Taxsel

In preparing a review of a man's life, it is not the biographer's part to give voice to a man's modest opinion of himself and what he has done, but rather it is his part to leave upon record the verdict establishing his character, which is the consensus of opinion among h;s friends and neighbors. "Actions speak louder than words" is a true saying, and while a man might give voice to the most lofty principles, his life must be in accordance with them else the words carry no weight. The subject of this sketch is held in high regard by those with whom he comes in contact and it is, therefore, apparent that throughout the years his manner of living has been such as to win this high tribute.

Charles Tansel was born on September i6, i860, in the western part of Marion county, near the town of Clermont, being the son of Peyton and Mary (Myers) Tansel. Peyton Tansel was born in Kentucky in 1821 and at the age of eight years was brought to Indiana by his parents, who settled along Fall creek, north of Indianapolis. After staying there a short time, they came to the western part of Marion county and there made their permanent home. Here it was that Peyton passed his boyhood days, grew to manhood and married. He was thrice married, his first wife being a Miss Patterson, who died in a few years, leaving a son and daughter. His second wife was Mary Myers, the mother of the immediate subject of this sketch, who died when the subject was a babe of two years. Later Peyton Tansel married Mary Moon and to their union were born three children, two of whom died in infancy and one son, Tinsley, survives. Peyton Tansel's entire life was spent in the western part of Marion county and there his death occurred in 1903, his widow surviving until 1906, having continued to live through her widowhood on the homestead.

Charles Tansel remained under the paternal roof, assisting his father in the work about the homestead, until the time of his marriage, in March, 1899, to Emma Tucker, who was born in Shelby county, this state, a daughter of Cornelius Frazier and Phoebe (Brant) Tucker, both natives of Shelby county. Cornelius Frazier Tucker was a son of James Tucker, a pioneer citizen of that county who had acquired considerable land there and for many years before his death was regarded as one of the leading citizens of the community. Phoebe Brant, mother of Mrs. Tansel, was a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Chance) Brant, and died when her daughter Emma was six years old. Frazier Tucker then married Martha Blake and in 1884 moved a short distance east of Clermont, where they purchased a farm and lived there until 1905, when they retired from the active duties of farm life and went to Clermont to end their days in quietness. He lived but two months after leaving the farm and his widow passed away on Christmas day, 1912, in the city of Indianapolis. Emma Tucker remained with her father until the time of her marriage to the subject, and immediately afterwards they established their home on the farm where they now reside in Lincoln township, this county. This farm comprises eighty acres and on it Mr. Tansel carries on general farming and kindred interests. To Mr. and Mrs. Tansel has been born one son, Herbert, whose birth occurred in 1900. Mrs. Tansel was one of a family of three children ; a baby brother died when two years old and the third member is Mary, wife of Oliver P. Morgan, who lives in Clermont.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Tansel are devout members of the Methodist Episcopal church and give liberally of their time and means to further the cause of that society. They are both quiet and unassuming in manner and cordial in their relations with friends and neighbors. Mr. Tansel stands as an ex- ample of what may be accomplished by any man who is not afraid to work and will put brains into whatever he does. By honest efifort and thrift he has amassed a competence and his kindliness and good nature have endeared him to the large number of people with whom he comes in contact.

Lucian G. Funkhouser

Among the earnest men whose enterprise and depth of character have gained a prominent place in the community and the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens is the honored subject of this sketch. A leading farmer and stock raiser of the township in which he resides and a man of decided views and laudable ambitions, his influence has ever been exerted for the advancement of his kind and in the vocation to which his energies are devoted he ranks among the representative agriculturists of the county.

Lucian G. Funkhouser, who is successfully operating his farm of eightyacres in Brown township, Hendricks county, devoting especial attention to his excellent strain of Poland China hogs, is a native of this county, having been born June 22, 1867, 1^°* ^^^ from his present place of residence. He is the son of Joseph and Nancy E. (King) Funkhouser, the former of whom was a native of Virginia, coming to Indiana in his boyhood with his parents, who settled in Hendricks county, near the center of Brown township, where they purchased a farm of eighty acres. Joseph F., who was the son of Martin F., lived at home until the time of his marriage, when he made his home for a time on rented ground, later purchasing a farm, a portion of which is included in the farm now owned by the immediate subject of this sketch. They were the parents of seven children, one of whom died in infancy.

Lucian G. Funkhouser remained under the parental roof until the time of his marriage, having received his education in the schools of Hendricks county. In 1890 he was united in marriage with Myra E. Crane, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Cox) Crane, of Boone county, and at that time built the house which has since been their home. James Crane, father of Mrs. Funkhouser, was a native of the Hoosier state and the son of Stephen and Mary (Ross) Crane. Stephen Crane was a native of Ohio and the son of John and Letitia Crane. Mary Ross Crane was a daughter of John Ross and was of Scotch ancestry. Elizabeth Cox Crane, mother of Mrs. Funkhouser, was born in the state of Kentucky and was the daughter of John and Rebecca (Howard) Cox, both native to Kentucky. Rebecca Howard was a daughter of Ellen (Ford) Howard, of Baltimore, Maryland. James Crane served a short time in the War of the Rebellion. He was a- member of Company A, Seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was in service three months. After returning home, he went to Colorado where he engaged in labors in the gold fields. He and his wife were the parents of four children, Myra E. remaining at home until the time of her marriage. To Mr. and Mrs. Eunkhouser have been born seven children, five of whom are living. Sallie, one of the daughters, is the wife of Carl Herring, the son of Philip and America (Walker) Herring, of Brown township, where the young people reside just south of Mr. Eunkhouser's home. There still remain under the parental roof Hazel, Mary, Loyal and Harry.

Mr. and Mrs. Eunkhouser are both members of the Christian church and give liberally of their time and means toward its support. Their home is the center of an interesting social life and both children and parents have a wide circle of friends by whom they are much admired. Mr. Eunkhouser is a most companionable gentleman, honorable and reliable in all his dealings, and he ranks among the enterprising and public-spirited citizens of the community in which he resides, manifesting an active interest in whatever pertains to the progress of his county and co-operates with others in forwarding all measures whereby his fellowmen may be benefited. Because of his high principles and his success in life, he is held in high favor by his fellow citizens.

Alered S. Lineinger

An enumeration of the representative citizens of Hendricks county would be incomplete without specific mention of the well known and popular gentleman whose name introduces this sketch. A member of one of the old and highly esteemed families of this locality and for many years a publicspirited man of affairs, he has stamped the impress of his individuality upon the community and added luster to the honorable name which he bears, having always been actuated by a spirit of fairness in his dealings with the world in general and leaving no stone unturned whereby he might benefit his own condition as well as that of his friends and the favored section of the great commonwealth in which he has been content to spend his life. Straightforward and unassuming, genial and obliging, Mr. Lineinger enjoys the good will and respect of a wide circle of friends throughout this part of the state.

Alfred S. Lineinger

born on July i, 1853, the son of Aaron and Margaret (Duzan) Lineinger. the former of whom was a native of Ross county, Ohio, born July 28, 1822, and the eighth child in a family of twelve children. Margaret Duzan was a native of Kentucky, having been brought to this state when quite young. Her parents first settled in Monroe county, coming to Hendricks in 1825. She was born March 17, 1814, in Fleming county, Kentucky, and departed this life March 31, 1895.

Aaron Lineinger left his boyhood home in Ohio at the age of twentyone years and, in company with Jacob M. Duzan, went to Iowa. There they remained but one year, engaging in agricultural work, when they came eastward to Indiana and settled in this county. In Center township they purchased eighty acres of land in equal partnership, for which they paid four hundred dollars. Two years later Aaron bought out Duzan's interest for eight hundred dollars. Duzan left for Middle township, where he purchased eighty acres of land for the price he had received from Aaron Lineinger for his fortv acres. Aaron Lineinger remained on this farm for the remainder of his life, carrying on general farming with particular attention paid to grain and stock. He deeded this land to the subject about 1902 and there his death occurred on December 22, 19 12. He had been a helpless invalid the latter part of his life, and at his death was survived by his brother John, who departed this lifei January 14, 1914, in his ninetieth year. On July 21, 1848, Aaron Lineinger was united in marriage with Margaret Duzan and to this union were born two children, Samantha, who became Mrs. Ensminger, and the immediate subject of this sketch. Aaron Lineinger was a man of studious habits and excellent business qualifications, an afifectionate husband and father and a kind and helpful neighbor. He enjoyec. the confidence and esteem of a large circle of friends and acquaintances, many of whom were warmly endeared to him by various acts of kindness. He was a stanch Republican, but was never the incumbent of any public office. His fraternal affiliation was with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he had been a member since 1864. While not a member of any church, he had been reared in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal church and gave much assistance to that society in various ways. His was a well-rounded, well-balanced life. While seeking primarily the welfare of himself and those nearest to him, he never forgot the claims of his less fortunate brethren and throughout his life here he took an active part in any movement having as its ultimate object the betterment of the moral, educational or material life of the community. (24)

Alfred S. Lineinger spent his boyhood days in Center township and grew to manhood on the farm where he now makes his home. His early education was obtained in the township schools, later attending the academy at Danville. On March 8, 1877, Mr. Lineinger was united in marriage with Sarah A. Hollingsworth, daughter of Samuel V. and Lydia fMullen) HoUingsworth, of Washington township, this county. To their union have been born three children, two of whom died in infancy, the surviving member being their son Floyd, who is a farmer, living on a part of the subject's homestead. Floyd married Bernice Euseba Wiley, a native of this county, and their union is without issue. Mr. Lineinger originally owned three hundred and twent}' acres of excellent land, located on the Danville electric line, but about one year ago sold one hundred acres of this at a price of one hundred and thirty dollars per acre. This was at considerable profit, as he paid thirty-five dollars per acre for the same land twelve years earlier.

Mr. Lineinger is a stanch Republican, very active in local politics. He gave nine years' -service on the board of county commissioners. He was elected in the fall of 1900, taking his seat in January of 1902 and served until January, 191 1, from district number two. During his years of service on the board the subject of the erection of concrete bridges came before that body, and several excellent bridges were constructed during the subject's term of office. Mr. Lineinger's fraternal affiliations are with the Lidependent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, the Free and Accepted Masons, and the Tribe of Ben-Hur, being associated with these bodies through the local lodges at Danville. He has filled the various chairs in the first two societies mentioned and has also been a member of the grand lodges of those same societies. He is also chief of the Tribe of Ben-Hur in his local lodge. Both Mr. and Mrs. Lineinger are members of Bartlett chapel (Methodist Episcopal), Mr. Lineinger serving that society as trustee for many years. Both he and his wife are earnestly interested in the welfare of that society and do much toward the support of same.

Like his father, Mr. Lineinger is a man of excellent business ability and sterling qualities of heart and mind. He stands high in public estimation by reason of his many years of unquestioned uprightness of ''fe and the helping hand he is ever ready to extend to those in need. He is a man of genial, though quiet, temperament; active and progressive in all his ideas. He is one of the leading men of the county in his chosen vocation and both his public and private life have ever been above reproach. Needless to say, a man of so many engaging qualities is not only highly respected, but also is warmly esteemed by a large circle of friends and acquaintances.

James W. Phillips

All callings, whether humble or exalted, may be productive of some measure of success if enterprise and industry, coupled with a well directed purpose, form the motive force of the person directing the same, and in no case is this fact more apparent than in agricultural pursuits. It is a well authenticated fact that success comes as the result of legitimate and wellapplied energy, unflagging determination and perseverance as well as the above enumerated qualities. When a course of action is once decided upon, these attributes are essential. Success is never known to smile upon the idler or dreamer and she never courts the loafer, only those who have diligently sought her favor being crowned with her blessings. In tracing the history of the prosperous and influential agriculturist whose name forms the caption of this biographical review, we find that the above-named elements have entered largely into his make-up and therefore we are not surprised at the large and ever-growing success which he has attained.

James W. PhilHps was born in Jefferson county, Indiana, on April 7, 1837, the son of Thomas and Susan (Wilson) Phillips, both of whom were natives of North Carolina. When young, they were brought to Kentucky with their parents, and later came to Indiana with their families, their marriage not taking place until after they had become resi'dents of the Hoosier state. Thomas Phillips was killed by a tree falling on him while felling timber, at the time the subject of this sketch was fifteen years old. Being the oldest of the family, many of its burdens and responsibilities then fell upon his young shoulders and he remained at home for a number of years, assisting the mother in the care and support of the family of younger brothers and sisters. In 1861 Mr. Phillips was united in marriage with Lydia Gray, whose death occurred in 1879. She was the mother of two children, namely: Charles H., who died at the age of twenty-nine years, never having been married, and Clarence B., who took as his wife Leoda Wilson. By this wife he has two children, Wilma, who makes her home with her father, and Harold, who has always been under the care of his maternal grandmother, his mother having passed away when he was only four days old. Clarence B. chose as his second wife Cornelia Pearcy, by whom he has one child, Otis, residing with his parents.

In 1 88 1 Mr. Phillips was united in marriage with Melvina Gray, a sister of his first wife, by whom he has six children. Lydia and Melvina Gray were the daughters of Hiram and Roxy (Young) Gray, the former from

Clermont county, Ohio, and the latter of whom was a native of New York. They were married in 1834 and lived for several years in Ohio. Wishing to better their fortunes, they removed to the state of Kentucky, where they remained for only a year and, being dissatisfied, returned to their former home in Ohio. They later came to Indiana and settled in Jennings county, where Melvina was born. When she was ten years old, the family moved to Missouri, making the trip overland in covered wagons. They were there eight years, when the death of the mother occurred, and the father brought his family back into Indiana and settled in Hendricks county about two and one-half miles northeast of Brownsburg. Here he purchased a farm, where he lived for a number of years, later disposing of it and purchasing property in Brownsburg, where he lived until his death. Of Mr. Phillips' family by his second wife, the eldest is Iva Jane, wife of Harry Bell, a resident of Brownsburg. They have a family of three children, Mabel, Horace and Grant. Mr. Phillips has three children remaining at home, Hiram, Roy and Delta. Susan, another daughter, married James Smith and they are engaged in agricultural work in Boone county. They have a family of four children. Lloyd, Esther, Kellar and Noble. Ruth, another daughter, is the wife of Riley Smith and they live on his father's farm, one mile west of the Phillips home.

James W. Phillips first came to Hendricks county in 1865 and for two years lived on rented farms, after which time he purchased the home where he has since resided. Mr. Phillips is a graduate of a military school, being second lieutenant of his company at the time of his graduation. During the dark days of the sixties, while not at the front, he was busy in the work nearer home. He did service in the Jefferson county militia, assisting in the pursuit of Morgan and his raiders. He also helped guard Confederate prisoners which were brought to Indianapolis. He had three brothers at the front, one of whom died while in service, having contracted a serious illness while on duty. He also had three brothers-in-law in the war, one of whom starved to death in Andersonville prison. Politically, Mr. Phillips is a strong supporter of the Republican party and, while not a seeker after office for himself, his influence at the polls is a thing reckoned with by those who do seek such honors. Mrs. Phillips is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and, while Mr. Phillips does not hold church membership anywhere, his sympathies would seem to be with the society chosen by his wife, for he gave the site on which the Corinth Methodist church is erected and has in other ways assisted financially in its support, while Mrs. Phillips gives much of her time to further the interests of the society. Mr. Phillips has ever shown himself worthy of the high esteem in which he is held. His life has been filled with activity and usefulness, while his untiring energy and ability have secured for him a conspicuous and honorable place among the citizens of his community. His strict integrity and unpretending bearing have elevated him in the confidence of his fellow citizens, and his influence has always been exerted in the interests of those things which have helped to elevate his fellow men socially, morally and educationally. Because of his successful career and his high personal character, he is eminently entitled to representation among the leading men of his county.

William T. Nash

Success is only achie\'ed by the exercise of certain distinguishing qualities and it cannot be retained without effort. Those by whom great epoch changes have been made in the political and industrial world began early in life to prepare themselves for their peculiar duties and responsibilities and it was only by the most persevering and continuous endeavor that they succeeded in rising superior to the obstacles in their way and reaching the goal of their ambition. Such lives are an inspiration to others who are less courageous and more prone to give up the fight before their ideal is reached or definite success in any chosen field has been attained. In the life history of the honorable gentleman whose name forms the caption of this article we find evidence of a characteristic that always makes for achievement - persistency, coupled with fortitude and lofty traits, and as a result of such a life ]\fr. Nash stands today one of the representative citizens of Hendricks county.

William J. Nash was born in this county on June 9, 1849, the son of Isaac C. and Cilicia (Wilson) Nash, who at that time resided about threequarters of a mile northeast of Brownsburg. Isaac C. Nash was born in Ohio on March 27, 18 17, and when small was brought to Indiana by his parents, Thomas J. Nash and wife. Cilicia Wilson, uK^ther of the immediate subject of this sketch, was a native of Virginia, born on March i, 18 17, and was also brought to this state by her parents while still a small child. Both the Nash and Wilson families entered tracts of government land some three miles southwest of where the town of Brownsburg now is, in what was then almost a wilderness. It was there that Isaac C. and Cilicia grew to years of maturity, meeting the pleasures and privations of pioneers, and eagerly taking advantage of the meagre opportunities for education afforded them by the early subscription schools, while doing their share of the work about their respective homes. On January 28, 1841, they were united in marriage and for about a year lived on his father's farm. They then secured forty acres of government land about one mile northeast of Brownsburg. all located in virgin forest. It took several years of strenuous labor to convert this tract into well cultivated fields. Their first home on that land was a log cabin with a nice log barn near by, and in that cabin home the subject of this sketch first saw the light of day. Later on a commodious frame house was built; and there Isaac C. Nash passed his remaining years, his death occurring September 25, 1897. His wife had preceded him a number of years, having passed away on December 24, i860. They were the parents of nine children, those beside the subject being John A., Mary E., Clarinda, William J., Edward F., Alvertus, George A. and Cilicia.

William J. Nash remained at home with his father until the time of his marriage, in the meantime attending the district schools of his neighltorhood and receiving from his father careful instruction in the secrets of husbandry. On November 2, 1870, he was united in marriage with Elizabeth McCray; who was born November 6, 1853, the daughter of Richard and Sarah (Avery) McCray, the latter dying when Elizabeth was a babe of but six months. She was the only child of that union and after her mother's death she was cared for by her mother's people. Richard L. McCray and Saiah Averv both were natives of Indiana, having been reared in Marion county, the former the son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Lucas) McCray, both of whom were born in the state of Ohio. Richard L. was born July 7, 1828, near Connersville, this state. The parents of Sarah Avery were Solomon and Fanny (Hawkins) Avery. Some two years after the death of his first wife, Sarah Avery, Richard L. McCray remarried, going directly to Iowa, where he located near Prairie City. In the fall of 1862 he enlisted as second lieutenant in Company G, Twenty-third Regiment Iowa Infantry, and at the battle of Black's River Bridge, near Vicksburg, Mississippi, on the 17th of May, 1S63, he was killed by sharpshooters while on the skirmish line. He was captain of his company at the time of his death. Shortly after going into service he was raised to first lieutenant, and not long after that was commissioned captain. Some time after his death, his widow and children returned to Indiana. He was a man of unusual and lovable qualities of heart and mind, looking at life in a sweet and serious way, as evidenced by this sketch inscribed on the fiy-leaf of his much beloved copy of Holy Writ:

"Richard L. AlcCra)-, son of Samuel and Elizaljeth AlcCray, born in Fayette county, Indiana, near Connersville, July 7, 182S. At an early period in life he evidenced a love of music and spent a great portion of his childhood days singing the familiar airs of those days. When in his sixth year, his father moved to Marion county near the capitol of Indiana. At the age of eighteen he left home to learn the joiners and framers' trade, but in this he made but little proficiency and returned at the age of twenty-one to the home of his childhood. In his twenty-second year he obtained this book of Adam Shambaugh. At the age of twenty-five he joined the Christian church at North Liberty, in accordance with the teachings of this Holy Book." He was a singing-school teacher while young, and also taught school. He was a very religious and good man and, in addition to carrying on the regular work of his farm, was also a minister of the Gospel. During his service in the army he acted in the capacity of chaplain of his company.

After the subject's marriage he established his home on a sixty-acre farm which his father owned about a mile and a half northeast of Brownsburg and there they lived for four years. He then purchased eighty acres directly east of the Bethesda church in Brown township, and there the family lived for fourteen years. He then traded that for one hundred and twelve acres of land in Boone county, remaining there nine years, when he again traded that for another farm in Boone county, but never lived thereon, for he almost directly turned that for the one hundred and fifty acres where he now lives, a short distance north of Brownsburg. To Mr. and Mrs. Nash have been born four children, namely: Clarinda, the wife of W. J. Everitt, of Indianapolis. They have two children, Chauncy and Edith. The second child, Olna Isaac, married Elma Smith and they reside on Mr. Nash's farm about a quarter of a mile from subject's residence. They have two boys, Carl and Clifford. Sallie married D. F. Smith and lives a short distance northwest of Brownsburg. She is the mother of five children, Lester. Millie, Victor, Harold and June. The youngest daughter. Ova L., married Porter Phillips and lives in Los Angeles, California. They are the parents of two boys, Avery and William M. Mr. and Mrs. Nash are both members of the Christian church and the family is regarded as among the foremost of the community. Mr. Nash has always been regarded as a supporter of movements having for their object the material advancement of the community, while his influence in promoting the social and moral welfare of his fellow men has been second to none. He has always been regarded as a man of upright principles, industrious and kind-hearted to those in need and few men in the community are more favorably known than he. B}' reason of the excellent- business judgment which he possesses, coupled with his untiring energy and ceaseless endeavor, he has succeeded well financially, and while so doing never lost sight of the principles that make for strong, upright manhood. Consequently, he has the admiration and respect of those who know him.

Luke W. Duffey

It must be conceded that in this age of enterprise and marked intellectual energy, the successful men are those whose abilities lead them to assume the responsibilities and labors of leaders in their respective fields of endeavor. Success is methodical and consecutive and represents the concrete result of the determined application of individual abilities and powers along rigidly defined lines of labor, whether mental or manual.

Luke W. Dufifey, a Hendricks county boy, has acquired a wide reputation as a real estate operator, and his operations have included the handling and improving of many properties of important order. He is also a recognized factor in the "Good Roads" movement in America and as chairman of the good roads committee of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce has been one of the most'enthusiastic workers in the commendable cause of good roads. As a frequent delegate to the American Road Congress he has wielded a potent inHuence both as a worker and as an orator. He is a forceful and logical speaker on road betterment, a subject to which he has given much study and on which he is now recognized as an authority, having been appointed by Governor Ralston to lead a state highway commission as its secretary. He was elected by the Indianapolis Real Estate Board to make the address for Indianapolis in the convention at Winnipeg, Canada, in 1913, where there were seventy-five cities represented, and a correspondent for an English newspaper gave him rating and credits over the Springfield, Ohio, representative who won the contest in which they were participating.

Mr. Dufifey is a native of Hendricks comity, born October 24, 1879, the son of Squire Eli F. and Nancy J. Duffey, who are now residents of Plainfield, this county. He is a grandson of Michael Dufifey, who settled at Belleville, Liberty township, Hendricks county, in 1842, and whose father fought under Washington in the memorable revolutionary struggle to free the American colonies. On the maternal side he is the grandson of Elam Benbow, who came from Carolina and settled in Clay township, Hendricks county, in 1S28 with his fatlier, the latter entering a quarter section of land upon which a portion of the present town of Amo is situated.

After finishing his common school education, Luke Duft'ey entered the Central Normal College at Danville in the autumn of 1897. He completed the course in law and was admitted to the Hendricks county bar August 4, 1900. While in attendance at the college he worked in private families for his board and took care of the office of Brill & Harvey for the privilege of using the books and getting better acquainted with the routine of work in a law office; here he developed a definite knowledge of the statutes of descent, becoming an expert titleman and thereby developing his real estate talent. He later became interested- in the real estate business and has since devoted his energies and talents to this field exclusively. His success was assured from the first. Extensive deals soon gained for him a reputation that reached far beyond the boundaries of Hendricks county, and in 1910, seeking a larger field, he removed to Indianapolis and established the Luke W. Duffey Farm Sales Company, with offices at No. 8 West Ohio street, a large and substantial enterprise, specializing in farm lands, though buying and selling realty of all kinds in various parts of the country.

Mr. Duffey has probably done as much as any man living to boom his home county. He has laid out three of the finest additions to the town of Plainfield and constructed more than a score of their most beautiful and substantial homes, and to him must be given credit for the appearance of the great western wing of Indianapolis, which has sprung up like a mushroom in response to some able advertisements that he has written on the advantages offered in that section lying west of Eagle creek and between the Hendricks county line and the city proper. He has platted the Sterling Heights tract. Lookout Plaza, Duffey's Second Addition to Lookout Plaza, Lookout Garden, and is credited with having first conceived the idea of this territory as a town site, which has now something like two thousand homes to evidence his judgment as a far-seeing real estate man.

Mr. Duffey is also proprietor of the famous Hotel De Hoss, the largest livery in the state of Indiana. He has always been interested in the live stock business and is a frequent speaker and judge at stock shows and conventions. He is a member of the Indianapolis Real Estate Exchange and was appointed vice-chairman of the agricultural development committee of the International Real Estate Exchange, the purpose of which is to co-operate with the House and Senate committees of Congress, with the Canadian Parliament and with the National Bankers Agricultural Committee to bring about im- proved farming conditions. He is a Mason, a Knight of Pythias and a ^Modern \Voodnjan ; he holds a birthright membership in the Quaker church, and is an active member of the IndianapoHs Commercial Club.

Luke Dufifey is a progressive and public-spirited citizen with a program. Poverty did not .dishearten him, misfortune deter him, nor hardships turn him a hair's breadth from his course. His whole nature is dominated by the spirit of progress. He has shown marked executive ability and has handled his independent business with much of prescience and skill, so that his operations have yielded to him due returns and have proved of value to those whom he has served in his professional capacity. His success is the more gratifying to contemplate on the score that it represents the direct results of his own labors and ability. He has been dependent on his own resources from early youth, and has made his business career by his own indomitable energy, and the scrupulous care and honor he gives to every transaction entrusted to him as given him a large and growing patronage. Personally, he is genial, obliging and is universally popular.

Herschel Elsworth Davis

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

Herschel Elsworth Davis is a Hoosier by birth, born in Boone county on September 9, 1861, the son of Speer Bruce and Mary Ann (Smith) Davis, the former of whom was born in Scott county, Minnesota, the latter being a native of Hendricks county, having been born near Brownsburg. Speer B. Davis was a young physician who came to Hendricks county in 1855 and took up the practice of his profession in Brownsburg and Boone county. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted and for three years served as surgeon on the hospital corps. In 1858 he was united in marriage with Mary Ann Smith, of Boone county, whose death occurred while he was at the front. Thev had two little sons and one of them also died while the father was absent. At the close of the war, Doctor Davis returned to his home in Boone county and took the remaining child, the subject of this sketch, to his former home in Minnesota, there to be cared for by his people. When the subject was seven years of age, he was again thrown on the mercies of the world owing to the complete disappearance of his father, who was not" heard from for a great many years. In the meantime, the Smiths, parents of the subject's mother, sent to Minnesota and had the child returned to Boone county and to them, and there he remained until his marriage.

On Alarch 8, 1S87, Mr. Davis was united in marriage with Anna Lumpkin, a daughter of George W. and Sarah (Harrison) Lumpkin, born in Boone county, Indiana, on April 30, 1866. George W. Lumpkin was a native of Tennessee, born on December 8, 1825, while Sarah (Harrison) Lumpkin, daughter of Eli and Rachel Harrison, was a Hoosier by birth, born in Kokomo on September 2, 1828. Eli Harrison was first sheriff of Howard county, Indiana. George W. Lumpkin came from a family who had early settled in Tennessee and was a son of Richard and Rebecca Lumpkin, the former of whom was a soldier of the War of 181 2. After his marriage, Mr. Davis continued to reside in Boone county on a rented farm for about a year, when he came over into Hendricks county and lived on rented land for four years. At that time he purchased his present farm of thirty-four acres, which was absolutely without improvement and in an almost primeval condition. It cost him thirty dollars per acre and recently he refused an offer of two hundred and twenty-five dollars per acre, preferring to remain on the land he has so finely improved and to enjoy the fruits of his labors. For ten years Mr. Davis did gardening and attended the city market in Indianapolis during all that time. His ceaseless effort and untiring energy have won him material success and while winning a competence he ever conducted his business in such manner as to receive the confidence and respect of those who knew him, as well as from his business acc^uaintances. Mr. and Mrs. Davis have one child, a daughter Emma, who remains at home. She attended Brownsburg high school and early displayed marked musical ability. After the conclusion of her high school work, she took up the study of music in Indianapolis, attending the Metropolitan School of Music for three years, and has made herself an artist of no mean ability. She now teaches instrumental music in Indianapolis.

Mr. and Mrs. Davis and Miss Emma are allmembers of the Christian church and take an active part in the affairs of same. Mr. Davis' fraternal afiiliation is with the Knights of Pythias and in the work of that order he takes a pleasurable interest. Mrs. Davis is engaged in the poultry business.

making a specialty of White Wyandottes and is doing well with them, shipping more poultry and eggs than any one else in her community. The family is placed among the leading ones of the community and stand high in public estimation. Mr. Davis" career, although strenuous and to a marked degree progressive and successful, has always been characterized by honest dealing. He is well known throughout the county and highly respected by all because of his clean life and upright and honorable dealings with his fellow men.

James M. Ogden

Indiana has always been distinguished for the high rank of her bench and bar. Perhaps none of the newer states can justly boast of abler jurists or attorneys. Many of them have been men of national fame, and among those whose lives have been passed on a quieter plane there is scarcely a town or city in the state but that can boast of one or more lawyers capable of crossing swords in forensic combat with many of the distinguished legal lights of the country. While the growth and development of the state in the last half century has been most marvelous, viewed from any standpoint, yet of no one class of her citizenship has she greater reason for just pride than her judges and attorneys. In James ]\I. Odgen are found united many of the rare qualities which go to make the successful lawyer and jurist. He possesses perhaps few of those brilliant, dazzling, meteoric qualities which have sometimes flashed along the legal horizon, riveting the gaze and blinding the vision for the moment, then disappearing, leaving little or no trace behind: but rather has those solid and more substantial qualities which shine with a constant luster, shedding light in the dark places with steadiness and continuity.

James M. Ogden, a successful lawyer, lecturer and author .of Indianapolis, was born in Danville, Indiana, April 5, 1870. His parents were Jesse S. and Mary A. (Carter) Ogden. His father, Jesse S., was a remarkable man and the reader is directed to his sketch elsewhere in this volume for the story of his life. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Odgen were the parents of three children, Rev. Horace G., D. D., of Jamestown, New York, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church of that place ; Mrs. Adella L. Duvall, a prominent soprano singer of Delaware, Ohio, and James M., of Indianapolis.

ther died, and grew up witliout a father's care, but no mother ever looked after the welfare of her children more solicitously than Airs. Ogden. After his graduation from the high school at Danville he taught school in the districts in Hendricks county for one year, and then entered DePauw University at Greencastle, making his own way through college, and graduated in 1894 with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. During the next two years he was principal of the high school at Kendallville, Indiana, and saved his money in order to enter the law school at Har\'ard. From 1896 to 1899 he was in attendance at the Harvard Law School and graduated in June, 1899, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He then returned to Indiana and began the practice of law in the office of Judge Byron K. Elliott, and continued with him for eighteen months, since which time he has practiced alone with offices in the State Life building, Indianapolis. He is a frequent lecturer on legal topics and is one of the regular lecturers before the Indiana Law School in Indianapolis. He has a high reputation as a legal writer and in his volume on "Negotiable Instruments," published in 1909, he has written a book which has received the high commendation of jurists throughout the country. His first work in the line of legal writing was in connection with Judge Byron K. Elliott, whom he assisted in his four-volume edition on "Evidence"'. He has also written many special articles for encyclopedias of law. He has conferred a boon upon Indiana lawyers by publishing a volume entitled "Indiana Lawyers' Manual of Practice," a volume which should find a place on the shelves of every lawyer in the state. His law practice is not confined to Indianapolis and Marion county, but he has many clients also in adjoining counties. He is rapidly forging to the front as one of the men who really understand the law and are able to give a sympathetic reading of the same. The poetical truth concerning the tempering of justice with mercy finds a willing follower in him, a fact which has gained for him clients of a high class.

Mr. Ogden has always taken a prominent part in Republican politics, and was the nominee of his party for the House of Representatives from Marion cofinty in 1906. Although he was defeated, he led the legislative ticket, which is an indication of the popularity in which he is held in his county. He has frec^uently been urged to make the race for Congress and has been offered the nomination for various judgeships in Indianapolis, but has always declined, feeling that he could do more good in his private practice. For many years he has been the attorney of the foreigners in Indianapolis and has been highly complimented for his work in looking after their interests. He is a member of the Indianapolis Bar Association, and has been officially connected, either as an officer or on its various committees, for the past ten years. He is a member of the Indiana Bar Association, and takes an active interest in the annual meetings of the association.

Fraternally, Mr. Ogden is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and the Modern Woodmen of America. While in college he was a member of the Sigma Chi Greek-letter fraternity, and still interests himself in this organization of his college days. He is now one of the board of trustees of DePauw University. He is a member of the board of directors of the Young Men's Christian Association, of Indianapolis, and has served in that capacity continuously for the past twelve years. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the official board of the Meridian Street Methodist Episcopal church, of Indianapolis.

James M. Ogden was married November ii, 1903, to Bess Alice Dean, daughter of Irving M. and Cora (Laycock) Dean, of Indianapolis, and to this happy union there have been born three children, Elizabeth Ann, deceased ; Mary Ann and James M., Jr. Mr. Ogden is a man who is devoted to his domestic life and the Ogden home is the center of many hospitable gatherings of friends and acquaintances. Mr. Ogden has led a very busy and useful life and now he is in the prime of his usefulness to society and the future only can reveal what good he may yet accomplish.

Thomas T. Nash

It is not an easy task to describe adequately a man who has led an eminently active and busy life, and who has attained a position of relative distinction in the community with which his interests are allied. But biography finds its most perfect justification, nevertheless, in the tracing and recording of such a life history. It is, then, with a full appreciation of all that is demanded and of the painstaking scrutiny that must be accorded each statement, and yet with a feeling of satisfaction, that the writer essays the task of touching briefly upon the details of such a record as has been that of the honored subject of this sketch, whose eminently honored and successful career now comes under review.

Thomas J. Nash, whose entire life has been passed within the borders of Hendricks county, first saw the light of day on December 22, 185 1. He is the son of Isaac C. and Cilicia (Wilson) Nash, the former of whom was a native of Ohio and the latter a nati\-e of \'irg-inia, huth cuming to Indiana from their native states when children. Isaac Kash was a son of Thomas Nash, who settled jnst south of Brownshurg. When he ^vas aljiiut twent_\-- one years old, Isaac Nash was united in marriage with Cilicia Wilson, and they took up their abode on a farm of forty acres lying about one mile east of Brovvnsburg and for this whole farm he gave but one huinlred and fifty dollars. They lived there the remainder of their lives and there reared their family of nine children, of whom Thomas J., the immediate subject of this sketch, was one.

Thomas J. Nash remained under the paternal roof until in 1882. when he was united in marriage with Emma A. Patterson, daughter of Daniel and Sarah (McDaniel) Patterson, both of whom were natives of North Carolina, coming soon after their marriage to Hendricks county, this state. Emma A. was one of their family of four children and remained with her parents until the time of her marriage. Directly after their marriage, the subject and his wife took up their residence on a farm about a mile and a half west of Brownshurg, where they remained two years, when they purchased a farm containing one hundred and eight acres, located about three-quarters of a mile north of their present location. There they remained for fourteen years, when they purchased their present home place of one hundred and sixty-one acres, which "is about one mile north of Brownshurg. Mr. Nash has engaged in agricultural work all his life and his untiring energy, combined with business ability of a high order and the employment of up-to-date methods in the conduct of that business, has proved him to he a man capable of handling afifairs even more complicated than those to which he has given his attention. Mr. and Mrs. Nash are the parents of four children, one of whom, a son, Harvey, died in infancy. Lilly, a daughter, became the wife of John T. Hoffcrd, a son of Frank and Mary A. Hofford of near Brownshurg, and they make their home just south of Brownshurg. They have two children, Floyd and Loran. Leroy, a son, married Ellen F. White, daughter of Ernest and Nettie (Anderson) White, of near Brownshurg. Leroy resides just across the public highway from his parents and they have one child, Leona. The only child remaining with Mr. and Mrs. Nash is their daughter Mabel.

Mr. and Mrs. Nash are earnest members of the Christian church, to the support of which they give liberally, and in their younger years gave much active service toward furthering the work of that society. Both Mr. and Mrs. Nash have been unsparing in their efforts to make their home attractive and helpful to others and a cordial welcome has ever awaited both friend and chance caller alike. J\lr. Nash has been a consistent man in all that he has ever undertaken and his career in all the relations of life has been absolutely without pretense. His actions are the result of careful and conscientious thought and when once convinced that he is right, no suggestion of policy or personal profit can swerve him from the course that he has decided upon. He is essentially a man of affairs, sound of judgment and far-seeing in what he undertakes and he has won and retains the esteem and confidence of all classes.

Although but a short time a resident of Danville, the subject of this sketch has, by his professional ability and high personal character, already stamped his impress upon those with whom he has come in contact and is rightly numbered among the most progressive and enterprising physicians of this city. In the realm of medicine and surgery he has had the best training which the colleges of this country can give and his record as a student is sufficient to warrant him success in his chosen profession. He is a man of fine intellectual and professional attainment, of most gracioue personality and of strong character, and he has started in his career with the one end in view, namely, to alleviate human suffering. He is devoted to his chosen vocation and has lent honor and dignity to the medical profession, having due regard for the higher standard of professional ethics and exhibiting marked skill in the treatment of diseases.

J. Harold Grimes, the youngest practicing physician in this county, was born in Millville, Pennsylvania, January 26, 1887, the son of Robert Bryson and Mary (Johnson) Grimes, who were both natives also of Pennsylvania, and are now living in Catawissa, that state. Robert B. Grimes is a foremost merchant in that town.

Doctor Grimes graduated from the Millville high school in his native state and then finished the course at the Bloomsburg State Normal School. He then began the study of medicine at Chicago University in the fall of 1908, graduating from this institution in 1912. From the time of his graduation until he opened his office at Danville, he was in St. Mary's Hospital at Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he made an enviable record as an interne. He located in Danville, Indiana, on July 15, 1913, and opened up an office for the general practice of medicine, including surgical work of all kinds. He is a member of the Michigan State and Kent County (Michigan) Medical Societies, also the Hendricks County Medical Society, the Indiana Medical Society and the American "Medical Association. Fraternally, he is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, while socially, he is a member of the Greek-letter fraternity. Phi Delta Theta.

On June 3, 1914, Doctor Grimes was married to Ruth Rooker Parr, the daughter of John and Pearl (Rooker) Parr. John Parr is a retired farmer and land owner of St. Charles, Missouri.

Doctor Grimes has a brilliant future before him and with the technical training which he has had, he promises to be one of the leading physicians of this section of the state within the next few years.

William W. Gibbs

The true measure of individual success is determined by what one has accomplished. An enumeration of those men who have succeeded in their special vocations in Hendricks county and at the same time are impressing their personalities on the community, men who are conferring honor on the locality in which they reside, would be incomplete were there failure to make mention particularly of the gentleman whose name initiates this paragraph, for he is an important factor in the business life of his community. The splendid success which has come to him has been the direct result of the salient points in his character, for, with a mind capable of laying judicious plans and a will strong enough to carry them into execution, his energy, foresight and perseverance have carried him forward to a position in the front rank of the successful men of his community. He has carried forward to a successful completion whatever he has undertaken and his business methods have ever been in strict conformity with the standard ethics of commercial life. He has taken an intelligent interest in the civic life of the community and has earned the high regard in which he is held by all who know him.

Gibbs emigrated to the United States in 1844, settling in New York, where they resided for two or three 3'ears, afterward coming westward to Indiana and locating in Marion county about five miles south of the city of Indianapolis, and there they remained for about fifteen years. They then came to Hendricks county where they bought a tract containing eighly acres in Brown township, a:nd on that land they passed the remainder of their lives.

William W. Gibbs Avas one of a family of ten children and when he was but eleven years old his father was drafted for service in the War of the Rebellion, which, owing to his large family and their limited circumstances, worked considerable of a hardship on him. He felt it was out of the c[uestion for him to go to the front, leaving his wife and helpless little ones, and through the kindness of a brother-in-law and a Mr. Everitt he was provided with the necessary amount to purchase his exemption. This cost him thirteen hundred dollars, and this amount he re])aid as rapidly as he was aljle. William W. Gibbs remained under the parental roof until the time of his marriage, assisting his father in the work of the home farm and also working out through the community by the day or month. After man-iage he lived for one year on the farm where he now lives and then rented a tract of land in Boone county, where the family resided for twelve years. They then came back to the farm in Hendricks county and have remained thereon for over nineteen years. Mr. Gibbs is considered one of the most successful farmers in the county, displaying business ability of a high order in .the conduct of his affairs. This, coupled with untiring energy and a boundless ambition, have placed him high in public estimation.

On May 30, 1882, Mr. Gibbs Was united in marriage with Mary A Sandusky, daughter of James and Susan (Morgan) Sandusky, the former being a native of Kentucky. His father, Jacob Sandusky, was a man of considerable means and large sympathies. He owned a large plantation and was also a large slaveholder. He treated his people with kindness and consideration, being regarded as an ideal master, and at the beginning of the agitation of the slavery question he freed his colored people. Susan Morgan, mother of the wife of the subject, lived in Indianapolis at the time of her marriage and. when her daughter Mary was but four years old, she departed this life, leaving also a little son. The father took his children to Kentucky, the old home, to place them in the care of relatives. There they remained until the time of his second marriage, some two years later, when he brought his little family to the farm which his father had given him in Brown township, this county. It was an unusually large farm for this section of the country, consisting of some eight hundred --and eighty acres, and on this estate JMary A. Sandusi<y hved until the time of her marriage to the subject. To their union has Iseen Isorn one child, Forest Chester, who remains at home. This son completed the grade schools when remarkably young and took up his work in high school, intending to secure an excellent education. However, ill health compelled him to close his books and he took up work on the farm, being his father's assistant and devoting his energies to the study of the best manner of handling crops, stock, etc., along apjiroved scientific lines.

Mrs. Gibbs is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and the family is regarded as among the leading ones of the county. Mr. Gibl)s has ever enjoyed the esteem and respect of those who know him for his friendly manner, his business ability, his interest in public alTairs and upright living and he is regarded by all as one of the substantial and worthy citizens of the community in which he resides. In addition to his regular duties, Mr. Gibbs finds time for some outside connections and is connected with the Brownsburg State Bank, being a stockholder in same. He is, therefore, eminently entitled to specific mention in a work of the scope intended i;i the present one.

Harrison S. Barlow

To a great extent the prosperity- of the agricultural sections of our country is due to the honest industry, the sturdy persistence, the unswerving perseverance and the wise economy which so prominently characterize the farming element of the Hoosier state. Among this class may be mentioned the subject of this life record, who, by reason of years of indefatigable labor and honest effort, has not only acquired a well merited material prosperity, but has also richly earned the highest esteem of all with whom he is associated.

Harrison Smith Barlow is a native of this county, having been born in Lincoln township, about three miles southwest of Brownsburg, on October 15, i860, the son of Harvey Rice and Sarah Jane (Smith) Barlow. Sarah Smith was a native of the state of Kentucky and came to Indiana while young and it is thought possible that Harvey Rice Barlow also came from the same place. Sarah .Smith's father, whose wife was named Hannah, entered a tract of land from the government, this land lying near Danville, this county. There they lived for a numiser of years, the mother ciying while Sarah was still a small child. After his marriage, Harvey Rice Barlow purchased land in Washington township and there he built a saw and grist mill, which was run by water power. He later traded this business and farm for a tract of land about three miles south of Brownsburg and there passed the remainder of his life, his death occurring in 1872. The mother died in 1896. It was on this farm that the subject of this sketch first saw the light of day, being one of a family of seven children. He remained under the parental roof until the time of his marriage, when he purchased the farm where he was born. About 1902 or 1904, Mr. Barlow sold the old homestead and purchased a farm some two miles southwest of Brownsburg, where he lived for some six or eight years, when he purchased his present farm of fifty-two acres something over a mile northwest of Brownsburg. Here he carried on general farming and its kindred interests. At one time, Mr. Barlow gave particular attention to the raising of fancy vegetables, always having an elaborate display at both the state and county fairs.

On March 15, 1882, Mr. Barlow was united in marriage with Emma B. Fogleman, a native of North Carolina and the daughter of William and Elizabeth (Ferguson) Fogleman, her birth occurring about 1865. Elizabeth Ferguson, her mother, was a daughter of Archibald and Sarah Ferguson. William Fogleman left his original home in North Carolina and removed to Missouri when Mrs. Barlow was a child of three years. They lived there some three years and then came eastward again, stopping in Indiana, where they located in Hendricks county, in the town of Plainfield. Mr. Fogleman was a carpenter by trade, and both he and his wife died when Emma B. was fifteen years old, she being one of a family of three children. After the death of her parents, she was taken into the home of William Hadley, a brother of Judge Hadley, and remained there until the time of her marriage.

Mr. and Mrs. Barlow have had three children, one of whom. Charley Ambrose, died when thirteen years of age. Gertie, a daughter, is the wife of Wilbur Lowder and they have two children, Herbert and Annis. Their home is about one mile north of that of the subject. The other child, Clara WiUiam, married Willis Pruitt and they live on a farm in Marion county, about seven miles northwest of the city of Indianapolis.

Politically, Mr. Barlow has always been identified with the Republican party, taking an active interest in its campaigns. He served as road supervisor for twelve years, and during that time did much to improve the highways of the county. His religious connection is with the Presbyterian church, both he and his wife being members of same and taking an active interest in the society, "contributing of both time and means to further the cause. His fraternal affihation is with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias, in the work of which societies he takes a keen interest, and Mrs. Barlow is a member of the women's degrees of these orders, being both a Daughter of Rebekah and a Pythian Sister. She also belongs to the Woman's Relief Corps.

There is much that is commendable in Mr. Barlow's life record, for he has been found true to duty in every relation, whether of a public or private character, and while energy and untiring industr}- have been , cdient features of his business career, he is equally well known for his uprightness and the honorable methods he has always followed and for his loyalty to any trust imposed in him. Because of his genial and unassuming disposition and his genuine worth, he enjoys a well deserved popularity throughout his county.

Elmer L. Fuson

The gentleman, to a brief review of whose life and characteristics the reader's attention is herewith directed, is among the favorably known and representative citizens of Amo, Hendricks county, Indiana. By his indomitable enterprise and progressive methods he has contributed, in a material way, to the advancement of his locality and during the course of an honorable career is fairly successful in his business enterprise, being a man of energy, sound judgment and honesty of purpose, and is thus well deserving of mention in this volume.