Henry County, Indiana - Chapter 18: Infantry Continued, 1906

Chapter 18: Infantry Continued

Roster of the 57TH Indiana Infantry - History of the Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Franklin Allen Hardin---Adjutant Henry Clay Elliott - Biographical Sketches of Major and Surgeon Henry Munson Crouse and Family - Captain John Althaus Craft and Family - Sergeant John Henry Terhune and Family.

Fifty Seventh Infantry Regiment, Indiana A'Olunteers

In the following- roster, the name of each officer and man is followed by his |)ostoffice address at the time of enlistment. In some instances the soldier was not a resident of Henry County at the time of enlistment but moved to that county after the Civil War. In such cases the name of the county from which he enlisted is substituted for the postoffice address and that is followed by the place of settlement in Henry County. The date of muster for the officers is the date thev were actuall\- mustered into the service of the United States and not the date of commission.

Field Officers And Regimental Staff

Companies A and F were considered distinctively Henry County organizations and, for that reason, the names of all the members are published with their postoffice addresses, to complete the roster of each of those companies, whether they lived in Henry County or not. Where the postoffice address is unknown, the name of the county from which the soldier enlisted follows his name. FIELD OFFICERS AND REGIMENTAL STAFF.

Cyrus C. Hines, Indianapolis. Mustered in March 6, 1862. Resigned July 27, 1863, account of wounds at Stone's River, Tennessee, December 31, 1862.

Likutexaxt Colonel

Joseph S. Stidham, Centreville. Commissioned June 24, 1864. Not mustered. Killed at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 23, 1864, as Captain. Company C, before commission reached him.

Addison M. Dunn, Boxleytown. Commissioned September 1, 1864. Not mustered. Killed at Franklin, Tennessee, November 30, 1864, as Captain, Company E, before commission reached him.

Henry C. Elliott, New Castle. Mustered in November 18, 1861. Wounded at Stone's River, Tennessee, December 31, 1862. Promoted Lieutenant Colonel, 118th Regiment.

Captain

Isaac T. Earl, Charlottesville, Hancock County. Commissioned June 12, 1865. Not mustered. Mustered out as First Lieutenant, December 14. 1865.

First Lievtexant First Sergeant

Joseph F. Shultz, Charlottesville, Hancock County. Mustered in November 18, 1861. Appointed Sergeant. Wounded at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 23, 1864. Mustered out December 27, 1864.

Oliver W. Bartlow, Charlottesville, Hancock County. Mustered in November 18 1861. Discharged November 5, 1862, account of wounds at Shiloh. Tennessee, April 7 1862.

Daniel Burk, Charlottesville, Hancock County. Mustered in November 18, 1861 Veteran. Appointed Sergeant. Wounded in Atlanta Campaign, June IS, 1864. Mustered out December 14, 1865.

William T. Byers, Knightstown. Mustered in November 18,, 1861. Died at Big Shanty, Georgia, July 28, 1864, account of wounds at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, June -23, 1864.

James M. Fletcher, Willow Branch, Hancock County. Mustered in November 18, 1861. Veteran. Captured at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 18, 1864. Held in Confederate prison. Lost on Sultana, April 27, 1865.

Lorenzo D. Fort, Charlottesville, Hancock County. Mustered in November 18, 1861. Died at Stone's River, Tennessee, January 1, 1863, account of wounds received there, December 31, 1862.

Thomas E. Niles, Charlottesville, Hancock County. Mustered in November 18, 1861. Veteran. Detailed in 6th Ohio Independent Battery. Transferred to 10th Indiana Battery. Wounded near Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, September 22, 1863. Appointed Corporal. Mustered out August 11, 1865.

John A. Osborn, Knightstown. Mu.stered in April i), 18(54. Recruit. Died at Cliattanooga, Tennessee, December 13, 1864, account of wounds at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 23, 1864.

James Thomas, Charlottesville, Hancock County. Mustered in September 10, 1862. Recruit. Discharged December 10, 1864, account of wounds at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 23. 1864.

Thomas N. Tygart, Charlottesville, Hancock County. Mustered in November 18, 1861. Veteran. Appointed Corporal. Wounded in Atlanta Campaign, June 14, 1864. Mustered out December 14, 1865.

Marshall Van Dyke, Knightstown. Mustered in November 18, 1861. Discharged November 24, 1864, account of wounds in Atlanta Campaign, June 23, 1864.

Company

William S. Bradford, Middletown. Mustered in November 25, 1861. Died May 14, 1862. at home in Marion, Indiana, where his family had moved while he was in the army.

Fihst Lieutenant

Charles W. T. Minesinger, New Castle. Mustered in April 9, 1864. Died at Nashville, Tennessee, September 14, 1864, account of wounds at Jonesboro, Georgia. August 31, 1864.

Second Lieutenant

Dewitt C. Markle, Markeville, Madison County. Mustered in Novembar 18, 1861. Wounded at Stone's River, Tennessee, December 31, 1862. Transferred to V. R. Corps. Mustered out November 18, 1864.

Redmond Peed, New Castle. Mustered in November 18, 1861. Captured at Lookout Mountain. Tennessee, October 29, 1863. Died in Andersonville Prison, Georgia, May 7, 1864.

John F. Chenoweth, Sulphur Springs. Mustered in November 18, 1861. Veteran. Wounded in Atlanta Campaign. Captured at Franklin, Tennessee, November 30, 1864. Held in Cahaba Prison, Alabama, until March, 1865. Lost on Sultana, April 27 1865.

Thomas J. Ginn, Mechanicsburg. Mustered in November 18, 1861. Captured at Franklin, Tennessee, November 30, 1864. Held in Cahaba Prison, Alabama, until March, 1865. Sultana survivor. Mustered out May 19, 1865.

William Graves, Middletown. Mustered in November 18, 1861. Discharged April 4, 1863, account of wounds at Stone's River, Tennessee, December 31, 1862.

John H. Rent, Mechanicsburg. Mustered in November 18, 1861. Veteran. Wounded at Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, November 25, 1863. Appointed Corporal, Sergeant, First Sergeant. Promoted First Lieutenant.

Jeremiah Sullivan, Mechanicsburg. Mustered in November 18, 1861. Died in field hospital, June 15, 1864, account of wounds in Atlanta Campaign, May 27. 1864.

Thornton T. Watkins, New Castle. Mustered in April 6. 1864. Recruit. Captured at Franklin, Tennessee, November 30, 1864. Held in Cahaba Prison. Alabama, until March, 1865. Lost on Sultana, April 27, 1865.

Oscar N. Wilmington, Lawrence, Marion County. Mustered in November 18, 1861. Veteran. Appointed Sergeant and First Sergeant. Promoted First Lieutenant.

Richmond Wisehart, Mechanicsburg. Mustered in November 18, 1861. Veteran. Appointed Sergeant and First Sergeant. Wounded at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 27, 1864. Promoted Second Lieutenant.

Mustered For Three Years

The Fifty Seventh Regiment was recruited in the 5th and nth Congressional Districts, mainly through the efforts of Reverend J. W. T. McMullen and Reverend Franklin A. Hardin, and was mustered into the service on the i8th of November, 1861, at Richmond, Indiana. On the loth of December the regiment moved to Indianapolis, where it remained until December 23d, when, its organization having been completed, it went to Louisville. Kentucky, and reported to General Buell. Here it was assigned to the Sixth Division of the Army of the Ohio, then organizing at Bardstown, Kentucky, to which place the regiment marched. Soon afterward it moved to Lebanon, Kentucky, and on the 12th of February, 1862, it was sent by rail to Mumfordsville, Kentucky, and from thence marched to Nashville, Tennessee, arriving there early in j\larch. Although participating in no engagements, the ^^^inter campaign in Kentucky had been very severe, and the regiment suffered a great depletion.

After remaining at Nashville for some time, resting, refitting and drilling, the regiment started for Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, on the 21st of March, 1862; the xA.rmy of the Ohio being ordered to join General Grant. It was within hearing of the battle of Shiloh, on the 6th of April, but did not arrive on the field until the afternoon of the 7th. It soon became actively engaged, but suffered only a slight loss. During the Siege of Corinth the regiment was actively employed. After the evacuation of that place, it marched into North Alabama, where it remained until about the middle of July, 1862, when it marched again into Middle Tennessee. Until the retreat to Louisville, which began about the ist of September, 1862, the regiment remained on duty in Middle Tennessee, near Tullahoma and McMinnville, suffering but few casualties, but making many arduous marches, and undergoing severe hardships. During the campaign against Bragg, in Kentucky, it took an active part, engaging in the battle of Chaplin Hills, or Perryville, suffering only a slight loss. After the pursuit of Bragg was discontinued, the regiment marched for Nashville again, which place it reached about the ist of December, 1862.

It remained at Nashville during the month of December, being frequently engaged in skirmishes with the enemy while guarding foraging trains. At the battle of Stone's River the Fifty Seventh suffered severely, losing 75 men out of about 350 engaged. In this battle the regiment greatly distinguished itself. It was attached to the left wing of the army which withstood the rebel assaults on the first day of the battle. Colonel Hines and Lieutenant Colonel Lennard were severely wounded, and the regiment lost some of its best men among the killed. During the remainder of the Winter and the Spring of 1863, it remained in camp near Murfreesboro, drilling constantly, and doing very severe picket duty. It took part in the "eleven days' scout" of Major General Reynolds, to McMinnville, in the month of April, but was not in any engagement. On the 24th of June the regiment broke camp and participated in the campaign against Tullahoma. After the Confederates evacuated Middle Tennessee, the regiment remained in camp near Pelham, in the Elk River Valley, until the i6th of August. During the campaign which resulted in the capture of Chattanooga and the battle of Chickamauga, General Wagner's Brigade, to which the Fifty Seventh was attached, operated on the north side of the Tennessee, opposite Chattanooga. On the evacuation of that place, Wagner's Brigade crossed the river and took possession. On the 5th of September Colonel Lennard was assigned as Provost Marshal of the town, and the regiment was placed on duty as provost guard. From this duty it was relieved a few days before the battle of Missionary Ridge, in which action it bore a conspicuous part.

At the re-organization of the Army of the Cumberland, subsequent to the battle of Chickamauga, the Fifty Seventh was assigned to Sheridan's (Second) Division of the Fourth Corps. Sheridan's division formed a part of the column sent to the relief of General Burnside at Knoxville immediately after the battle of Missionary Ridge. The campaign in East Tennessee during the Winter of 1863 and 1864, was probably unequaled during the whole war for hardshijis and privations; of these the Fifty Seventh suffered a full share. On the ist of January, 1864, the regiment almost unanimously re-enlisted as a veteran organization, but did not return to Indiana on veteran furlough until March. Upon the expiration of its veteran furlough the regiment rejoined the Fourth Corps on the 5th of May, and took part in the initial operations of the campaign against Atlanta.

It was severely engaged in an assault upon the enemy's works on Rockv Face Ridge, near Dalton, Georgia, May 9th, and suffered some loss. At Resaca, Colonel Lennard, a most brave and accomplished officer, was killed. In this battle the Fifty Seventh took an active part, also in the action near Adairsville, on the evening of the 17th of May. In the engagement which took place May 25th, near New Hope Church on the Alatoona Mountains, the regiment took position in front of the enemy in the evening, but was not engaged until May 27th, when it lost severely. It was under fire every day from this time until June 3d, losing many men. In the terrible struggles around Kenesaw, and especially in the deadly skirmishing, it bore a full part. Lieutenant Beitzell was killed on the i8th, and Captain Stidham and Lieutenant Callaway on the 23d of June. In the assault of the 27tb of June the regiment, then commanded by Colonel Willis Blanch, formed the skirmish line in front of the assaulting column of the Fourth Corps ; its loss was heavy. At the battle of Peach Tree Creek, on the 20th of July, the regiment was again on the skirmish line, but suffered only a slight loss. From this time until the 25th of August, the regiment lay in the trenches in front of Atlanta. It was slightly engaged in the battle of Jonesboro, August 31st; Lieutenant Charles W. T. Minesinger was here mortally wounded.

Soon after the occupation of Atlanta, our communications being threatened, the division to which the Fifty Seventh belonged was sent to Chattanooga. It took part in the operations which resulted in driving Hood into Alabama, and afterward formed a part of the army commanded by General Thomas, which resisted the Confederate invasion of Tennessee. The regiment was engaged, at Franklin on the 30th of November, 1864, where it sustained a very severe loss, especially in prisoners ; Captain Dunn was killed in this fight. It also participated in the battle of Nashville, on the 15th and i6th of December. Colonel Blanch was wounded here, but the losses of the regiment were not very severe. After the pursuit of Hood's army the regiment lay in cainp at Huntsville, Alabama, some months, moving into East Tennessee as far as Bull's Gap in April, 1865. It then went to Nashville, where it remained until July, and then was transferred to Texas. It remained in service in the latter State until November, 1865.

The Fifty Seventh saw much arduous service, its losses in battle were heavy and its marches especially severe, having crossed the entire breadth of the State of Kentucky three times, and of Tennessee six times. It behaved with great gallantry on every occasion, and achieved an enviable record and an honorable fame. It was peculiarly fortunate in its commanding officers. Colonel McMuUen remained with the regiment but a short time, but Colonel Hines, his successor, who principally formed its character, was an officer of great and acknowledged ability. Colonels Lennard and Blanch were also soldiers of distinguished merit. Colonel John S. McGraw, an experienced officer, was in command of the regiment when it was mustered out, December 14, 1865.

Lieutenant Colonel Franklin Allen Hardin

Franklin Allen Hardin was born in Adams County, Ohio, October 11, 1830. In the Spring of 1843, he with his parents came to Wayne County, Indiana, settlings near Centreville. At the early age of sixteen, with such qualifications as only a common school education afiforded, he resolved on the Christian ministry as the business of his life, and was admitted to the North Indiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he continued his labors until the beginning of the Civil War.

The North Indiana Conference of the ]\Iethodist Episcopal Church was held in New Castle, in April, i860, and at that time the Reverend Franklin A. Hardin was designated and appointed Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church at New Castle. At the Conference held in April, 1861, he was reappointed to the same charge. When the Civil War began, the Reverend Hardin was very active in encouraging enlistments and in assisting in the organization of the first companies that volunteered from the central part of Henry County. So great was his activity in this direction that he came to be called, "The fighting parson." When the 36th Indiana Infantry was organized, at the especial request of its Colonel, William Grose, the Reverend Hardin was designated as Chaplain of the regiment, but before he could accept this position, he, with the Reverend J. W. T. ^IcMullen, also of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at the urgent instance of Governor Morton, tmdertook the organization of the 57th Indiana Infantry, the regiment which immediately succeeded the 36th in old Camp Wayne, Richmond, Indiana. ]McMullen became Colonel and Hardin, Lieutenant Colonel, of the regiment, as is set forth in the foregoing roster and history of the regiment.

L'nschooled in the art of war, and associated with officers and soldiers, scarcely one of whom ever before even so much as drilled in a company, the task was a very difficult one ; but he continued with the regiment through the long campaign from Louisville to Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, Tusctimbia, Mc-

]\linnville, and back to Louisville. There he asked to be relieved on account of impaired health. He had become devotedly attached to the regiment and it was a great trial to him to sever his relation with such a noble body of men.

Shortly after his return home, he was called to the pastorate of a church in Chicago, to which place he removed in the Spring of 1865 and where he now resides. He is seventy four years old but continues his ministerial labors as zealously and acceptably as ever. He holds sacred the memory of the soldiers with whom he enlisted and wants to meet all of them on parade :

Lieutenant And Adjutant Henry Clay Elliott

Lieutenant and Adjutant Henry Clay Elliott of the 57th Indiana Infantry was born March 25, 1839, on his father's farm, near New Castle, Indiana. His parents were Stephen and Mary (Carroll) Elliott. The father was born December 26, 1806, in a log cabin, on the banks of the Little Miami River, where Waynesville, Ohio, is now located. In 1807 he moved with his parents to Wayne County, Indiana, and settled on the Whitewater River, near Richmond, and his father cut the first stick of timber ever cut by a white man where that city now stands. He came to New Castle in 1823 and helped build a log cabin on the hill, a little south of the present residence of Thomas Jordan, corner of Indiana Avenue and Eleventh Street. He died December 4, 1896. The mother was born December 23, 1809, in Cincinnati, Ohio, and died February 22, 1859. Both of the parents are buried in Elliott Cemetery, two and a half miles south of New Castle. Thev were married on June 25, 1829, and were the parents of nine children, four of whom died in infancy. The remaining five, who grew to maturity, were named as follows : Zurilda. now the wife of Robert M. Chambers, of New Castle ; Eliza, now the wife of William N. Clift, of New Castle ; Henry Clay, the subject of this sketch; Sarah, afterwards the wife of Francis Marion McDowell, of Winamac, Indiana, now deceased; and Jehu T., junior, deceased. Sarah is buried in South Mound and Jehu T., junior, in Elliott Cemetery. He was born January 30, 1845, and died September 6, 1895.

Henry Clay Elliott

Henry Clay Elliott was raised on the well known Stephen Elliott farm, two and a half miles south of New Castle, and lived there until the breaking out of the Civil War. From the farm to the battlefield was his first step into the realities of life. Inspired by the loyalty and example of his ancestors, at the age of twenty two years, he enlisted in Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months), and was mustered into the service of the United States, as a Sergeant, April 25, 1861. This company was raised in and about New Castle, in a single night, and was immediately sent to Camp Morton, Indianapolis. It was commanded by Captain Frederick Tykle, of Middletown. The regiment under the command of Colonel William P. Benton was mustered in April 25, 1861, and at once moved into West

Mrginia, where on July ii, 1861, it took part in the battle of Rich [Mountain. Sergeant Elliott was mustered out with the regiment, August 6, 1861.

After his experience in this short term regiment. Sergeant Elliott still turned his thoughts eagerly to the war, and in the Fall of 1861 assisted in the organization of what became Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry, and reported with a portion of the same at old Camp Wayne, Richmond, Indiana, where the 57th had its headquarters for organization. Here he was tendered a commission as Lieutenant and Adjutant of the regiment, at the request of Colonels ^NIcMullen and Hardin, and others of the regiment, and was mustered into the service of the United States, as such, November 18, 1861. He was afterwards made the mustering officer of the regiment, by order of General Thomas J. Wood. He served with the 57th Indiana in all of its marches and battles, until he was promoted, and at the battle of Stone's River, Tennessee, he was wounded, December 31, 1862. He was with the regiment until the day after the battle of Chickamauga, when he was advised by General Larz Noble, Adjutant General of Indiana, of his appointment as Lieutenant Colonel of the ii8th Indiana Infantry, a six months' regiment, then stationed at Greenville, Tennessee. He joined that regiment at the point named and immediately assumed command, the Colonel, George W. Jackson, being absent on detached service. He remained in command of the regiment until it was mustered out at Indianapolis, at the expiration of its term of service, in March, 1864. The histories of the several regiments to which this soldier belonged, as published elsewhere in this History, are substantially the military history of Lieutenant Colonel Elliott, and perpetuate a record of soldierly devotion to countr\- and flag, deserving of the highest meed of praise.

On ^lay 17, 1864, Henry Clay Elliott was married to Kizzie. daughter of the Reverend Thomas M. McWhinney, then residing near Richmond, Indiana. There were born to this union, two children, namely : Warren Everett, now a resident of Chicago, Illinois, and William Henry ]\Iorton, now a resident of Phoenix, Arizona.

Lieutenant Colonel Elliott, after his return from the war, was for several years a merchant at Richmond, Indiana. He subsequently moved to Kansas and, for a period of twenty five years, traveled as representative of different wholesale grocer}- houses of Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago. For about twelve years of this time, he represented the great firm of Franklin MacVeagh and Company. Since about the year 1897, he has made his home at New Castle, the abode of his youth. He is a member of the George W. Lennard Post. No. 148, Grand Army of the Republic, New Castle, of which he has filled all the chairs up to that of Post Commander. He is also a member of the Methodist Ei)iscopal Church.

Jehu T. Elliott, Junior

Jehu T. Elliott, junior, the brother of Henry Clay Elliott, served as a Alorgan Raid Minute Man, during the brief invasion of Indiana by the Confederates under (jeneral John H. Morgan, in July, 1863. He afterwards enlisted in Company B, 134th Indiana Infantry, a one hundred day regiment, and was mustered into the service of the United States, as a private, ]May 24. 1864. He was appointed Sergeant and mustered out with the regiment. September 14, 1864. He again enlisted in the 79th Indiana Infantry and was mustered into the service of the

United States, as a private. September 30, 1864, but was not assigned to any company of the regiment. On account of his superior clerical qualifications, he was detailed at the headquarters of General Henry B. Carrington, commanding the Department of Indiana, where he remained until May 15, 1865. when he was mustered out with the regiment, as "unassigned."

Physician And Surgeon

Among the leading physicians of Henry County is Dr. Henry Munson Crouse, of Knightstown. He is a native of Knox County, Ohio, where he was born July 25. 1830. His parents were George and Lydia (Melcher) Crouse, both natives of A^irginia who lived near Richmond in that State before settHng in Ohio. His parents were pioneer settlers of Ohio, having come to that State at an earlv day and settled in Knox County, near Mt. A^ernon, in time to take up and enter public lands. In later years the parents moved to ]\It. Vernon and made that place their home. To them were born three sons and one daughter, the subject of this sketch being the third child and next to the youngest son. Henry Munson Crouse lived on his father's farm until he was about sixteen years of age when he left the farm and went to Gambler, Ohio, and became a student in Kenyon College, one of the well known educational institutions of the "Buckeve State." Here he entered upon a course of study for the full term of four years and graduated upon the completion of his course with honor to himself and his alma mater.

Immediately following his g-raduation from Kenyon College, Dr. Crouse began the study of medicine, having for his preceptor, Dr. John W. Russell, a prominent practising physician of Mt. Vernon, with whom he remained four years. While pursuing his medical studies under the direction of Dr. Russell, he also attended lectures at the Cleveland Medical College, Cleveland, Ohio, and graduated from that institution in 1855. His education was now completed and he began to look for a favorable location for the practice of his profession, iinallv selecting Knightstown, Henry County, Indiana, as his future home, where on March 12, 1855, l^e began the earnest practice of medicine. From that day to the present time, excepting the period of his absence during the Civil War, Dr. Crouse has lived continuously at Knightstown and completely identified himself with that community and its interests.

The beginning of the Civil War found him firmly established in his profession but 'the demand for the services of skilled physicians and surgeons at the front became greater, daily, as the war progressed and Dr. Crouse felt himself called to oflfer his services to the Government. He enlisted in the 57th Indiana Infantry and was mustered into the service of the United States, as Assistant Surgeon, April 23, 1862, and two months later, on June 17, 1862, he was commissioned and mustered as J\Iajor and Surgeon of the same regiment, which position he continued to hold until increasing ill health and general disability compelled him to resign, September 9, 1863. As long as his health permitted, he had performed every military duty devolving upon him. His military service covered the sanguinary battles of Shiloh, (Siege of) Corinth, Perryville and Stone's River, and in his retentive memory are stored many incidents of camp and field which the Doctor takes pleasure in relating.

As soon as his health permitted, after his return from the war. Dr. Crouse resumed the practice of his profession at Knightstown, administering to the wants of the sick and the afflicted until, in the year 1900, when he retired from practice.

Henry M. Crouse and Nancy Helen Mar, daughter of Robert and Hannah Woods, were united in marriage at Knightstown, March 4, 1857, ^^^'^ to this union was born, December 12, 1858, one son, Coleman F. Crouse, who, after attaining- his majority, resided for some years in San Francisco, California, where he was inspector of customs in the service of the Government. He afterwards left the public service and engaged in the banking business at Dawson, Alaska. From Alaska he returned to 'Knightstown, in October, 1902, where he now resides and is engaged in agricultural pursuits. The parents of Mrs. Crouse were old residents of Knightstown and a sketch of the life of her father, Robert Woods, who died October 21, 1892, and incidentally, of his family, will be found elsewhere in this History. He was the founder of the First National Bank, of Knightstown, and the president of the same from its organization to the time of his death.

Dr. Crouse, from his early youth, has been a hard student and from his own experience realizes the advantages of education. He has always taken an acute interest in matters relating to school, college and university. During his long residence at Knightstown, covering a half century or more, he was for some time a member of the school board and watched with solicitude the growth and prosperity of the schools of that place. Besides his services to the cause of education in his adopted home, he has occupied other positions of public responsibility, acquitting himself therein with credit to himself and distinct advantage to the city. In truth. Dr. Crouse has ever been recognized by his fellow citizens as a man of sterling worth and unusual attainments. His high position in the medical fraternity is attested by the fact that he has for many years been an honored member of the medical societies of the State and of the county and is well known for the active part he has taken in the work and deliberations of those respective organizations.

Dr. Crouse is a member of the Masonic fraternity, having taken all of the degrees of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, the Royal Arch Chapter, Knights Templar and Scottish Rite up to and including the Thirty Second Degree. He is Past Master of Golden Rule Lodge, No. 16. A. F. and A. ^L, at Knightstown. He is also a charter member of the Jerry B. Mason Post, No. 168, Grand Army of the Republic, of which organization, nationally and locally, he is an earnest supporter, regarding the right to wear the Grand Army button as a mark of deserved distinction and honor.

Biographical Sketch Of John Althans Craft Mechanic And Merchant

John Althans Craft has always been the good citizen, as he was the good and brave soldier during the time that tried the souls of thousands of loyal American citizens. His parents were Abraham Craft, born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, in 1802, and ^Margaret (Althans) Craft, born in Trumbull County, Ohio, in 1801. They were married in 1822. The children were: one who died in infancy; John A. ; Eli R. ; Homer H. ; and Olive C, afterwards Mrs. Xathan P. Alorse ; George W. ; Elizabeth Ann ; and Sarah Margaret, now the widow of Dr. E. R. Floyd, living in Jersey City, New Jersey. All of the above are now deceased except the first and last named.

Following the marriage of the parents, they settled near Youngstown, then in Trumbull County, Ohio, now the county seat of Mahoning County, in that State. In April, 1836, the family emigrated from Ohio to Hancock County, Indiana, and located near the center of Jackson Township, three miles northwest of Charlottesville. Abraham Craft died at Kennard, October 20, 1886; his wife, Margaret, died August 3, 1855. The father is buried at Greensboro, in Henry County, and the mother in Gilboa Cemetery, south of Cleveland, in Hancock County.

John Althans Craft

John Althans Craft was born near Youngstown, Ohio, September i, 1824. and came to Hancock County, Indiana, with his parents, in 1836. He received a fair education in the schools of his locality in Ohio, supplemented by further education in the primitive schools of Indiana, and thus enabled himself to teach, which he did for several terms in Hancock County. Young Craft, during his stay at home, partially learned the trade of a shoemaker, under the instruction of his father, but subsequently apprenticed himself, when he was about twenty years of age, to Peter Probasco to learn the trade of a plane maker. Peter Probasco had been a resident of Cincinnati but, at the time now spoken of, was living on a farm which he owned near Charlottesville, Hancock County, Indiana, upon which he built a shop and established the business of plane making, for which purpose he had brought from the "Queen City of the West," a complete outfit of the necessary tools and machinery.

During the period of his apprenticeship, he received, as compensation, his board and lodging and extra pay of one dollar a day, when he helped in the harvest field on the farm. After finishing his trade, during which he had become an expert plane maker, he worked for Mr. Probasco until by economy he had become possessed of his own "kit of tools." In 1846, full of laudable ambition to win his way in the world, he walked from Charlottesville to Cincinnati, carrying his tools and clothing. At Cincinnati, he went to work for E. F. Seybold and Company, wholesale hardware merchants and manufacturers. Since that time the methods of making planes, of which there were various kinds used by carpenters and builders, has been practicallv superseded by modern self-acting machinery.

what past the age of manhood, was taken ill and returned to his Indiana home near Qiarlottesville, but the Cincinnati firm, which was wonderfully well pleased with his workmanship, used to send him material to be manufactured into planes and then marked with their name, which finished product he would ship to them at Cincinnati. Even at this late day, planes of Mr. Craft's make, stamped in his own name, are in use among those who must at times, of necessity, use the old fashioned but very useful tool. Mr. Craft's fame as a plane maker gradually but surely spread throughout the country and it was not long until he was unable to keep abreast of the local demand. In Hancock County there are yet many planes made by Captain Craft. He continued at his trade until 1857 when he bought a small tract of land one-half mile north of Charlottesville and farmed until 1864.

John Althans Craft and Eliza Ann Fries were married in Rush County, Indiana, near Charlottesville, July 26, 1849, by the Reverend Hugh Wells. Mrs. Craft, who is still living at a ripe and motherly old age, was the daughter of Daniel and Mary (Shultz) Fries. She was born in York County. Pennsylvania, June 5, 1825. Her parents came to Indiana in 1838.

.\t the opening of the Civil War and very soon after the firing of the first gun which aroused the loyal spirit of the Nation, Mr. Craft was pleasantly and happily located on his small farm, near Charlottesville, his family at this time consisting of himself and wife and five children. Notwithstanding these family ties, with the full concurrence of his loyal and patriotic wife, he determined to enter the army. Accordingly, in the Fall of 1861, he took an active part in recruiting what afterwards became Company A, 57th Indiana Infantry, in which he enlisted October 17, 1861. Upon the organization of the company, Mr. Craft was chosen by his superior officers for the honorable position of First Sergeant and was mustered into the service of the United States, as such, at old Camp Wayne, Richmond, Indiana, November 18, 1861. Company A was considered a Henry County company because all of its first commissioned officers were from Knightstown.

The regiment moved into Kentucky and thence to Tennessee and was in the battle of Shiloh, April 7, 1862, in which Sergeant Craft participated. On June 16, 1862, Sergeant Craft was commissioned First Lieutenant of his company and was mustered in as such, July 30, following. In August, Lieutenant Craft was detached and sent to Indianapolis on recruiting service, where he remained until the following December. When the time came for a change in his duties, he was highly complimented for his efficiency by General Henry B. Carrington, Post Commander, and was sent by the latter to the front in charge of a number of soldiers. At Louisville it was found impossible to procure transportation by way of the railroad to Nashville, because of the cutting of all communications by General John H. Morgan of the Confederate forces. Consequently, a fieet of boats was made up to descend the Ohio River and thence to steam up the Cumberland River to Nashville, loaded with supplies for the army of General Rosecrans, which had just fought and won the famous battle of Stone's River. Lieutenant Craft was placed on one of the boats with twenty five armed men, the whole fleet being preceded and followed by gunboats, there being great danger of attack all along the line. Upon reaching Nashville, Lieu-

For further valorous and meritorious service, First Lieutenant Craft was promoted and commissioned Captain of his company and was mustered in as such, Februarv" 22, 1863. Shortly afterwards, on account of the serious condition of his health, Captain Craft, on March 25, 1863, resigned from the army and at once returned to his home on the farm north of Giarlottesville. It is worthy of note that all of the promotions received by him. during his term of service in the army, came to him unsolicited and unexpected.

After his return home to resume the life of a civilian, he was more than a year in recovering his health. In April, 1864, he left his little farm and with his family moved into the village of Charlottesville where he s6on after engaged in the dry goods business in which he continued successfully and satisfactorily to himself and patrons until 1881, when he sold out and moved to a farm east of and adjoining Charlottesville, it having early been the policy of Captain Craft to invest his surplus money in land. He remained on this farm until ^larch 30, 1903, except three years spent in Knightstown, where he assisted in the organization of the Citizens' State Bank and became its first cashier. He is now a director in the bank. In 1903 he moved back to Charlottesville which he now regards as his permanent home and where himself and wife in their declining days are comfortably and happily situated.

From 1891 until July 5, 1904, Captain Craft had an interest in a general store in Charlottesville under the firm style of Craft and AIcGraw. He practically retired from active business in 1904 and can now look back upon a life successfully and happily spent. He has owned about seven hundred acres of excellent land, all of it practically within sight of Charlottesville, but he has divided over six hundred acres of this land among his devoted children. He is a firm and decided Republican in politics ; he does not profess any particular religion but has a warm place in his heart for all Christian denominations. From boyhood to old age, as civilian and as soldier. Captain Craft has never chewed tobacco nor smoked a cigar, nor has he ever indulged in the use of intoxicating liquor of any kind, nor has he ever been guilty of profane or obscene language. He has ever been a devoted husband, an indulgent father and an esteemed citizen. He is a member of the Jerry B. Mason Post, No. 168, Grand Army of the Republic; Golden Rule Lodge, No. 16, A. F. and A. M. ; Knightstown Chapter, No. 33, Royal Arch Masons, and Knightstown Commandery, No. 9, Knights Templar, all of Knightstown, Indiana.

The children of John A. and Eliza A. (Fries) Craft were: John Alvin, born September i, 1850; died September 3, 1873. He was educated for the law and studied in the office of Porter, Harrison and Hines, Indianapolis. This firm was a distinguished one, having as its members, the late President Benjamin Harrison, Ex-Governor Albert G. Porter, and Colonel Cyrus C. Hines of the 57th Indiana Infantry, who was discharged from the army on account of wounds received at Stone's River, Tennessee, December 31, 1862. Young Craft was a very bright and promising young man, whose early demise was a sad blow to his grief-stricken parents. The other children were : Henry Sebastian, born January 24. 1852 ; died December 26. 1868; Mary Elizabeth, born December 8, 1853: died October 22,

1856; Emma Anna, born October 25, 1855; married December 31, 1873, to William L. Niles, and residing with her husband on a farm near Charlottesville ; George Fries, born September 21, 1857; died December 22, 1861 ; Sarah Belle, born January 16, i860; married Tvlarch 9, 1885, to William R. McGraw, now a leading merchant of Charlottesville ; Frank, born February 14, 1867 ; married November 30, 1887, to Cora May (born May 29, 1870), daughter of Winfield S. and Luna Lane, of Charlottesville. Frank Craft and his wife are the parents of three children, Helen Ruth, born October 28, 1895 ; John A., born November 21, 1901 ; and Alice Louise, born February 11, 1903. William L. Niles and his wife, Emma Anna, are the parents of five children, namely: Frank Oran, born December 17, 1874 ; married to Efhe Carfield ; they are the parents of two children. Oran and Julia; Virgil William, born September 11, 1877; married to Anna Crider ; they are the parents of two children, Ruth and Irene; Fred Craft, born January 5, 1880; Walter Louvette, born IMarch 3, 1882; married to Lulu McLaughlin; and Flossie Ann. born September 9, 1888. William R. McGraw and his wife. Sarah Belle, are the parents of one child, a daughter, named Florence, born September 29, 1889. Captain Craft thus has nine grandchilda-en, five boys and four girls. He is justly proud of them as he is of his surviving children and finds in their presence under the hospitable roof of himself and his beloved companion, great cause for jov and unalloyed happiness.

Whatever success in life has come to Captain Craft, he attributes to industry, economy, temperance and strict attention to business. He has always avoided debt. Before going into the aiTny, he was three times elected Justice of the Peace. So great has been the confidence of the community in Mr. Craft, that he has been called upon to settle many estates and to write man}- wills, deeds, mortgages and business papers generally. While he has never made any pretentions to the law, yet Blackstone's Commentaries on the Common Law of England has long been one of his favorite works. He has also kept well abreast of legislation in Indiana and thus, as a layman, he has been as well informed, perhaps, as some who make m.ore pretentions. He is very proud of the fact that he voted in 1856 for John C. Fremont, and twice each, in turn, for Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Benjamin Harrison and William McKinley.

In consequence of failing eyesight for more than three years. Captain Craft, although mentally as bright as in the days of his early manhood and physically vigorous for one of his advanced years, has been compelled to retire from business pursuits. Although the best of optical science has been applied in that time, he feels that these remedies have been of no avail and that slowly but surely total loss of his eyesight is coming upon him.

Biographical Sketch Of John Henry Terhune Merchant And Banker

John Henry Terhune is one of Henry County's notable sons who has estabhshed a reputation for business sagacity second to none. He comes of Kentucky stock, his grandparents, Garrett and Maria Terhune, being old settlers of Fleming County, Kentucky. They were the parents of nine children, two sons and seven daughters. The second son, Barnet Terhune, was born January 19, 1808. In 1841 he married Sarah Hicks, daughter of the Reverend John G. Hicks, of Campbell County, Kentucky, near Covington. Sarah Hicks was born May 6, 1820. In December, 1854, Barnet Terhune and his wife moved to Indiana and settled in Henry County, two and a half miles southwest of Cadiz, on what is now known as the Isaac Brown farm. Prior to settling there, Mr. and Mrs. Terhune had lived for about three months in Henry Township, three miles south of New Castle, on what is known as the "Uncle Billy Harrison farm," now owned by Henry L. Powell, of New Castle. They were residents of Henry County from the time of their leaving Kentucky until their respective deaths. Sarah (Hicks) Terhune died May 28, 1863, and Barnet Terhune, her husband, died March 8, 1884. Both are buried in the Miller Cemetery, near Middletown, Flenry County, Indiana. In 1865 the family moved from near Cadiz to Honey Creek and thence, in 1866, to Middletown. Mr. and Mrs. Terhune, during their lives, were faithful and conscientious members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and earnest supporters of the church and religious work.

Barnett Terhune and his wife were the parents of two sons and three daughters who reached the age of maturity, namely : Albert G. ; Mary E., widow of Ralph Nicholas, of Muncie, deceased ; John H. ; Martha A., wife of Joseph A. Young of Middletown, and Ehzabeth B., widow of the late Captain David S. Yount, of New Castle. There were three other children, all of whom died in infancy.

John Henry Terhune

John Henry Terhune, the subject of this sketch, was born in Fleming County, Kentucky, December 25, 1846, and came with his parents to Henry County. Indiana, in 1854. He grew up on his father's farm and besides assisting on the farm, he attended school at Cadiz and afterwards, in the Fall of 1863, became a student at. Spiceland Academy, then taught by the late Clarkson Davis, whose reputation as a teacher was not excelled by anyone in Eastern Indiana. After leaving the Spiceland school, young Terhune entered the drug store of Caleb W. Bond, at Cadiz, as clerk. He remained there until March, 1864, when he gave up his position and enlisted, as a private, in Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry, and was mustered into the service of the United States, March 25, 1864, for three years. He continued with the regiment until that veteran organization was discharged at Victoria, Texas, December 14, 1865, being finally mustered out at Indianapolis, January 3, 1866.

attention of his snperior officers by his attention to duty and soldierly appearance. Within three months after joining his regiment in the field, he was detailed for service as Orderly to General George D. Wagner, commanding a brigade in Wood's Division, 4th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland. He held this position on General Wagner's staff all through the Atlanta Campaign and what is known as the Hood Campaign in Tennessee, through the battles of Spring Hill, Franklin and Nashville. In the Atlanta Campaign, before Resaca, Georgia, jMay 14, 1864, Orderly Terhune was present when his Colonel, George W. Lennard, was mortally wounded and assisted in carrying him from the battlefield to the rear where he could receive proper medical and surgical aid. In May, 1865, when General Wagner's brigade was broken up and the 57th Regiment ordered to Texas, in anticipation of trouble over the French occupation of Mexico, Mr. Terhune rejoined his company and was afterwards appointed one of the duty sergeants of the company. During its stay in Texas, the 57th Regiment served at Victoria, Indianola and San Antonio.

While Mr. Terhune was in the army, his father and family had moved to Honev Creek, Fall Creek Township, and there Mr. Terhune rejoined them upon his discharge, but within thirty days he went to Middletown where he formed a partnership with Hiram B. Brattain in the drug business. This partnership lasted about three years, when Mr. Terhune sold out and engaged in the dry goods business with the late Samuel D. Painter. He continued in this business until 1873, when he disposed of his interest and soon afterwards joined with Nimrod R. Elliott, of Mechanicsburg, and George' Hazzard. of New Castle, the author of this History, in organizing "The Farmers' Bank of Middletown," each party thereto contributing ten thousand dollars. The bank was opened for business in August, 1873. and the business was continued at Middletown until April, 1874, when the bank was moved to Anderson and re-organized under the name of "The Madison County Bank," with John E. Corwin as ]Dresident, Nimrod R. Elliott, vice president; John H. Terhune, cashier, and the late John W. Pence, assistant cashier. The name of the bank was subsequently changed to "The Madison County National Bank," with the same officers in control. Mr. Terhune filled the office of cashier until 1882 at which time, though still retaining his stock in the bank, he resigned to accept the presidency and active management of the "Anderson Foundry and Machine Works," of which he had been one of the principal stockholders since 1875. He continued to manage this manufacturing enterprise until 1890, at which time the concern passed into the hands of a new company composed of Ex-Governor Winfield T. Durbin, James L. Kilgore and other well known capitalists of Anderson. Since retiring from the presidency of this manufacturing company, Mr. Terhune has devoted much of his time to the improvement of his various properties in Anderson and to the development and welfare of that city.

]\lr. Terhune had justly obtained such a hold on the coiffidence of the people of Anderson because of his personal integrity and well known administrative ability that in 1890 he was elected Mayor of the city by a large majority, and he held that office for two terms of two years each, but, because of a change in the law he held the office for nearly five years. The people of Madison County, at the regular election in 1895, elected him to the Indiana Legislature as represent- ative of that county, himself and James M. Hundl}^ of Summitville, being the first RepubHcan members of the House of Representatives ever sent to that body from Madison County.

INIr. Terhune is one of the partners in the Citizens Bank of Anderson, having for his associates, Ex-Governor Winfield T. Durbin, Daniel F. Mustard, Carroll K. McCullough, Robert F. Schenck, Frank R. Brown, Mrs. Maria E. McCullough, Mrs. John W. Pence and Mrs. Maud McCullough Branch. This bank has a capital and surplus of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars and is justly regarded as one of the leading financial institutions of Madison County.

In January, 1900, Mr. Terhune joined with other capitalists in organizing the "Liberal Life Insurance Company of Indiana," with its principal offices at Anderson. This company is conducted as a mutual company on the old line plan. Mr. Terhune is president of the company and gives its management his close personal attention.

Albert G. Terhune, the only brother of John H. Terhune, was a soldier in the late Civil War. He enlisted in Company F, 57th Indiana Infantry, and was mustered into the service of the United States, as a private, November 18, 1861, and was discharged on account of lung trouble April 5, 1863. He died at Honey Creek, Henry County, Indiana, in the Fall of 1865, of disease contracted in the army, and was buried in the Miller Cemetery, near Middletown.

At Middletov.'n, March 12, 1868, John H. Terhune was married to Laura C. Tykle, only daughter of the late Captain Frederick and Mrs. Ann Tykle. To this union were born two children, Clara T., now Mrs. Robert F. Schenck, of Chicago, Illinois, and Hallie T., now Mrs. Frederick C. Dickson, of Indianapolis.

Frederick Tykle, the father of Mrs. Terhune, was a soldier of two wars. He was born in Preble County, Ohio, June 7, 1825. In March, 1847, he enlisted in Company I, 4th Infantry, U. S. A., for the Mexican War. He was in the battles of Churubusco, iMolino del Rey, Storming of Chapultepec and the taking of the City of 3>Iexico. On September 14, 1847, he marched with General Scott's Army into that city and witnessed the raising of the stars and stripes on the National Capitol. Ulysses S. Grant was Lieutenant and Quartermaster of the regiment in which Tykle served and thus for more than a year he was brought in daily contact with one who was destined to become the greatest commander in the Civil War. Mr. Tykle was mustered out of the service in August, 1848, and at once returned to his home in Ohio, where he remained until 1855, when he moved to ]\Iiddletown, Henry County, Indiana, and there continued to reside until his death, January 6, 1898. During his long citizenship at that place, he became closely identified with its interests and welfare.

He was among the first to enlist after the bombardment and fall of Fort .Sumter, and assisted in recruiting and organizing Company B, 8th Indiana- Infantry, three months' service, and was mustered into the service of the United States as its Captain, April 25, 1861. He took an active part with his command in the battle of Rich Mountain, West Virginia, July 11, 1861, and was mustered out with his regiment, August 6, 1861. When the 8th Indiana Infantry was reorganized for the three years' service. Captain Tykle re-organized his company and the same became Company E of the latter regiment. He was mustered into the service of the United States as the Captain of this company, September 5, 1861, and served with it until failing health compelled him to resign, October 22. 1861.

At Somerville, Butler County, Ohio, early in 185 1, Frederick Tvkle was married to Ann Grimes, who was born April 14, 1826. Her parents were old and respected settlers of Butler County. To this union were born two children who are still living, namely : Mrs. Laura C. Terhune, above mentioned, born in Preble County, Ohio, December 28, 185 1, and George E. Tykle, born in Middletown, Henry County, Indiana, August 7, 1858. On February 10, 1897, George E. Tykle was married to May Belle Morgan. Mrs. Frederick Tykle and her son, George E., and family are residents of Middletown. Captain Tykle's remains are buried in the Miller Cemeterv. near Middletown.