Henry County, Indiana - Chapter 20: Infantry Continued, 1906

Chapter 20: Infantry Continued

Roster of the 84TH Indiana Infantry - History of the Regiment - Colonel Nelson Trusler - Lieutenant John Mellett Moore - Biographical Sketches of Eli Brookshire and Family - Sergeant Frederick Eugene Glidden and Family - Lieutenant Jacob Weaver Yost and Family.

Eighty Fourth Infantry Regiment, Indiana Volunteers

In the following roster, the name of each officer and man is followed by his postoffice 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 postofhce address and that is followed by the place of settlement in Henry County. The date of muster for the officers is the date they were actually mustered into the service of the United States and not the date of commission.

Companies F and G were considered distinctively Henrv 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. ^^'here the postoffice address is unknown, the name of the count v from which the soldier enlisted follows his name.

Field Officers And Regimental Staff Lieutea'Ant Colonel

William A. Boyd, Centreville. Commissioned December 11, 1863. Not mustered. Died as Major, July 11, 1864, account of wounds in Atlanta Campaign.

Captain And Chaplain

Silas F. stout, Connersville. Mustered in October 10, 1862. Resigned July 31, 1863^ Thomas Addington, Winchester. Mustered in January 22, 1864. Resigned March 15, 1864.

Samuel S. Boyd, Dublin. Mustered in December 31, 1862. Resigned March 23, 1865.. Henry Kirby, Granville. Mustered in April 24, 1865. Mustered out June 14, 1865.

Assistant Surgeons

Ziba Casterline, Liberty. Mustered in August 15, 1862. Resigned July 31, 1863. Henry Kirby, Granville. Mustered in November 22, 1862. Promoted Surgeon. Robert P. Davis, Portland. Mustered in Apri^ 24, 1865. Resigned May 17, 1865. Isaac F. Sweeny, Milton. Commissioned June 1, 1865. Not mustered. Mustered: out as Hospital Steward, June 14, 1865.

Company

Josiah B. Gilbert, New Lisbon. Mustered in August 9, 1862. Transferred to Company G, Engineer Corps, July 25, 186*. Mustered out June 30, 1865.

James W. Gormon, Wayne County. New Castle after the Civil W'ar. Mustered in August 4, 1862. Appointed Corporal. W'ounded at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 19, 1863. Mustered put June 14, 1865.

Corporal

George C. Nixon, Greensboro. Mustered in August 13, 1862. Died at Chattanooga. Tennessee, June 3, 1864, account of wounds in Atlanta Campaign. --

John W. Shroyer, Madison County. Near Middletdwn after the Civil War. Mustered in August 13, 1862. Transferred to V. R. Corps. Mustered out September 1, 1865.

Robert M. Grubbs, Knightstown. Mustered in September 3, 1862. Promoted Major. Joshua T. C. Welborn, Knightstown. Commissioned June 1, 1865. Not mustered. Mustered out as First Lieutenant, June 14, 1865.

First Lieutenant

Valentine Steiner, Knightstown. Mustered in September 3, 1862: Honorably discharged January 25, 1864, account of wounds at Chickamiauga, Georgia, September 19. 1863.

First Sergeant

James Tinney, Knightstown. Mustered in August 12, 1882. Discharged July 30, 1864. account of wounds at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 30, 1863.

John W. C. Power, Knightstown. Mustered in August 11, 1862. Died August 15, 1864, account of wounds before Atlanta, Georgia, August 11, 1864.

Cornelius j3eck, Knightstown. Mustered in August 9, 1862. Died at Chattanooga, Tennessee. July 11, 1864, account of wounds in Atlanta Campaign, June 23, 1864.

Charles W. Overman, Knightstown. Mustered in August 14, 1862. Appointed Corporal. Wounded at Nashville, Tennessee, December 16, 1864. Mustered out June 14, 1865.

Edward Thawley, Raysville. Mustered in August 29, 1862. Transferred to Company E, Engineer Corps, July 29, 1864. Mustered out June 24, 1865.

Captain

John M. Moore, New Castle. Mustered in beptember 5, 1862. Honorably discharged January 5, 1864, account of wounds at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 20, 1863.

Second Lieutenant

P^ranklin N. Pence, New Castle. Mustered in August 16, 1862. Wounded at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 20, 1863. Transferred to V. R. Corps. Mustered out August 23, 1865.

George H. Cain, New Castle. Mustered in August 16, 1862. Wounded at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia. June 19, 1864. Appointed First Sergeant. Promoted First Lieutenant.

Wagoner

Samuel Barre, New Castle. Mustered in August 14, 1862. Died at Chattanooga, Tennessee, May 14, 1864, account of wounds in Atlanta Campaign, May 7, 1864.

Benjamin F. Benbow, Sulphur Springs. Mustered in August 24, 1862. Appointed Corporal. Wounded at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 19, 1863. Mustered out June 14, 1865.

William B. Bock, Sulphur Springs. Mustered in August 21, 1862. Wounded at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 20, 1863. Mustered out June 14, 1865.

George W. Clapsaddle, Dan Webster. Mustered in August 21, 1862. Died at Nashville, Tennessee, October 23, 1863, account of wounds at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 20, 1863.

Jacob Good, Sulphur Springs. Mustered in August 22, 1862. Transferred to Company G, Engineer Corps, July 25, 1864. Mustered out June 30. 1865.

Alfred M. Kissell, New Castle. Mustered in August 22, 1862. Appointed Corporal. Wounded at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 20, 1863. Mustered out June 14, :'865.

George H. Livezey, New Castle. Mustered in August 15, 1862. Transferred to Company G, Engineer Corps, July 25, 1864. Mustered out June 30, 1865.

George W. McGraw, Sulphur Springs. Mustered in August 21, 1862. Discharged, February 4, 1865, account of wounds at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 20. 1863.

Eli McLeland, Cadiz. Mustered in August 22, 1862. Captured at Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, September 24. 1863. Held in Andersonville Prison, Georgia, and Danville Prison, Danville, Virginia. Died in Danville Prison, Danville, Virginia date unknown.

William C. Reid, Connersville, Fayette County. Mustered in August 10, 1862. Appointed Corporal and First Sergeant. Wounded at Lovejoy Station, Georgia, September 1, 1864. Promoted Second Lieutenant.

HSnry Russell, New Castle. Mustered in August 15, 1862. Wounded in Atlanta Campaign. September 1, 1864. Transferred to V. R. Corps. Mustered out June 30, 1865.

William M. Soule. Franklin. Tennessee. Mustered in May 1, 1863. Recruit. Appointed Principal Musician. Transferred to Company K, 57th Regiment.

Nathan Upham, New Castle. Mustered in August 22, 1862. Appointed Corporal. Wounded at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 20, 1863. Mustered out June 14, 1865.

William H. Walker, Connersville, Fayette County. Mustered in August 15, 1862. Appointed Corporal. Wounded in Atlanta Campaign, May 28, 1864. Mustered out June 14. 1865.

William H. Pierce, Randolph County. Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church stationed at Middletown alter the Civil War. Mustered in August 8, 1862. Mustered out June 14, 1865.

James W. Fellows. Lewisville. Mustered in September 3, 1862. Wounded at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 20, 1863. Honorably discharged November 4, 1864.

Shipley S. Wilson, Lewisville. Mustered in April 11, 1865. Promoted Captain. Ira Caldwell, Lewisville. Commissioned June 10, 1865. Not mustered. Mustered out as First Sergeant, June 14, 1865.

Henry Caldwell, Lewisville. Mustered in August 18, 1862. Died at Nashville, Tennessee, November 23, 1863, account of wounds at Chickamauga, Georgia, September 20, 1863.

Willis J. Cook, Lewisville. Mustered in August 18, 1862. Wounded at Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, October 15, 1863. Transferred to V. R. Corps.

Alexander P. Hayes, Ogden. Mustered in August 20, 1862. Discharged May 11, 1865, account of wounds at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 23, 1864.

Josiah A. Jessup, Spiceland. Mustered in August 16, 1862. Captured at Chickamauga. Georgia, September 20. 1862. Died in Danville Prison, Danville, Virginia, March 5, 1864.

Peter Rifner, Lewisville. Mustered in August 20, 1862. Mustered out June 14, 1865. Marshall K. Shackles, Lewisville. Mustered in August 20, 1862. Discharged, disability. May 20, 1865.

The Eighty Fourth Regiment, Indiana Infantry, was organized at Richmond, and mustered into the service of the United States September 3, 1862, with Nelson Trusler as Colonel. On the 8th of September it was sent to Covington, Kentucky, and upon its arrival there was assigned to the defenses of Covington and Cincinnati, Ohio, then threatened by the invasion of the army of the Confederate General, Kirby Smith. This regiment remained at Covington until October ist, when it was sent to Western Virginia, and upon its arrival in that State went into camp at Point Pleasant, where it remained until the 13th of October, when it was sent to Guyandotte. At this latter place the regiment remained employed in scouting duty until the 14th of November. On the 14th of November, 1862, the regiment was ordered to Catlettsburg, Kentucky, and after a short stay at that place was moved to Cassville, Kentucky, where it remained until the 7th of February, 1863. On the 7th of February the regiment was sent to Catlettsburg, placed on board a steamer and sent down the Ohio River to Louisville, where it was assigned to the Second Brigade, Third Division. Army of the Ohio. The regiment was then sent to Nashville, Tennessee, and remained in camp at Nashville until March 5, 1863. From thence it was sent to Franklin, Tennessee, remaining until the first part of June. During the time of its encampment at Franklin, it took part in several reconnaisances and skirmishes. On the 3d of June it marched with its division to Triune, Tennessee, and on the 8th of June was assigned to the First Brigade, First Division, Reserve Corps, commanded by Major General Gordon Granger. On the nth of June, 1863, the Confederates made an attack upon Triune and were repulsed, the Eighty Fourth Indiana taking an active part in the etigagement. On June 23d the regiment, with its brigade, left Triune and marched in pursuit of the enemy. The command marched to Aliddleton, then to Shelbyville, thence to Wartrace, where it went into camp and remained until August 12th. While stationed at this point Brigadier General Whitaker was assigned to the command of the brigade to which this regiment was attached.

On the 20th of August the regiment, with its brigade, moved to Tullahoma, thence joined with General Rosecrans' Army on the Chattanooga-Chickamauga campaign. The regiment reached Chattanooga September 13th and went into camp at Rossville, some four miles south of Chattanooga, and there remained until the opening of the battle of Chickamauga, September i8th. On September i8th it moved with its brigade and division, in command of Brigadier General Steedman, to the front, and took position on the left of the line of the Army of the

Cuniberland. at and about the McAfee Church. It remained at and about the .McAfee Church until near noon of September 20th. when it moved, with its division, to the battlefield and was actively engaged in the battle during the remainder of that day, to the close of the battle. It retired from the battlefield on the night of September 20th and returned to its old camp at Rossville, and on the morning of the 21st moved back to Qiattanooga, crossed the Tennessee River, and went on duty with Whitaker's Brigade opposite the point of Lookout Mountain, remaining in this position for about nine days, during which time it was constantly engaged in skirmishes with the enemy across the river. The regiment was then moved to Moccasin Point, opposite Lookout Mountain, where it remained until the ist of November. It was then sent to Shell Mound, where it remained in camp until the 26th of January, 1864. as one of the outposts of the army.

On the reorganization of the army after the battle of Chickamauga, the Eighty Fourth was assigned to the Second Brigade (Brigadier General Whitaker commanding). First Division (Brigadier General Charles Cruft commanding). Fourth Army Corps (Major General Gordon Granger commanding). The regiment on the 26th of January was marched to Qeveland. Tennessee, and remained at that point imtil February 22d, when it joined in a reconnaisance to Buzzard Roost, Georgia, and was engaged in the battle at that place on February 25th, 1864. The regiment then returned to Cleveland and remained in camp at that place until the 3d of May, 1864. It then joined with General Sherman's Army on the Atlanta Campaign. During the Atlanta Campaign the regiment was engaged in action at Tunnell Hill, Rocky Face Ridge, Dalton, Resaca, Kingston. Pumpkin Vine Creek, Pine Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain, Gulp's House, Peach Tree Creek, the Siege of Atlanta, Shoals Creek, Jonesboro and Lovejoy Station. After the battle of Lovejoy Station it returned with Sherman's victorious army into Atlanta. On the 3d of October the regiment was sent to Chattanooga from Atlanta, arriving at Chattanooga October 30th. From Chattanooga the regiment was sent to Athens. Alabama ; from thence to Pulaski, Tennessee, and on the 23d of November marched to Columbia, took part in the engagement at Columbia. Spring Hill, and afterwards at Franklin, Tennessee, on November 30th. From Franklin the regiment marched with the army to Nashville and formed a part of General Thomas' Army during the siege of Nashville by General Hood, and on the 1 6th of December took part in the second day's battle at Nashville. In the afternoon of that day was in the general charge upon the enemy's works, resulting in carrying the enemy's intrenchments and driving Hood's Army in confusion from the field. Joining in the pursuit of Hood, it marched as far as Huntsville. Alabama, reaching that place with the army on the 5th of January, 1865. On the 13th of March it was moved to Knoxville. Tennessee; from thence to Strawberry - Plains. Bull's ("iap and Shields' Mills.

Upon the fall of Richmond and the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox, that portion of the army then in Eastern Tennessee was ordered to Nashville, arriving in Nashville April 23, 1865. While at Nashville this regiment took part in the final review of General Thomas' Army, and on the T4th of June, 1865, the Eighty Fourth Regiment Indiana Infantry was mustered out of the United States service at Nashville, and returned to Indiana. The recruits that had joined the regiment after its organization, at the time of the muster-out of the regiment were transferred to the Fifty Seventh Indiana, and were sent to Texas, but were hnally mustered out in Xovember, 1865.

Eighty Fourth Indiana At Chickamauga

Just prior to and at the time of the battle of Chickamauga, the Eighty Fourth Indiana, under the command of Colonel Nelson Trusler, was attached to and formed a part of the First Brigade ( Whitaker's) of First Division (Steedman's), Reserve Corps, commanded b}- ^^lajor General Gordon Granger. On September 18, 1863, this brigade, then in camp near Rossville, Georgia, four miles south of Chattanooga, was ordered to move forward and occupy the bridge across the Chickamauga on the Rossville and Ringgold road, "if it could be done without bringing on a general engagement." The movement was begun about four p. m., and had gone forward only about three miles in the direction of Ringgold, when the advance was fired on by the enemy and a skirmish at once ensued, with a slight loss to the skinnishers. Xight prevented any further advance and put a stop to the fighting, and the brigade took up its position on the hills at the ]\IcAfee .Church, and occupied that position during the night in quiet. On the morning of the 19th, Whitaker was ordered by General Granger to maintain his position at the McAfee Church. Soon after receiving the order to remain, \Miitaker sent out a strong line of skirmishers from the Eighty Fourth Indiana to discover the enemy and to ascertain his strength ; the skirmishers went under the command of ]\Iajor Xefif, of this regiment, with the remainder of the regiment as a reserve within supporting distance. It did not require a long march and only a very short space of time to develop the enemy, and soon the skirmishers were occupied in a very spirited engagement with the pickets and skirmishers of the enemy, and driving them back on to the enemy's camp and firing into the camp. The skirmishers developed the fact that the enemy had infantry, mounted infantry, cavalry and artillery, and were then occu})ying the south bank of the Chickamauga in considerable force. Having accomplished the purpose for which they were sent - that of discovering the location and strength of the enemy - the skirmishers fell back to the supports and rested. About one p. m. the enemy made an attack in force upon the Eighty Fourth Indiana, and, notwithstanding the attack was made in strong force, the regiment held its position until re-enforcements arrived. The force of the enemy increasing in numbers, the line was slowly withdrawn to the remainder of the brigade, and a severe contest ensued, lasting from two p. m. to near five p. m.. in all of which the Eighty Fourth Indiana took an active part.

That the situation may be fully understood, the location of the McAfee Church should be stated, and the conditions that confronted this regiment and Whitaker's Brigade. At the time of the fighting by this command, it should be remembered that three miles south of the McAfee Church, at the same time that the Eighty Fourth Indiana was skirmishing, the battle at Oiickamauga was raging from Jay's Mill to the Brock field, and that, in the afternoon of that day, the battle lines had extended from the Brock field southward through the Brotherton woods to and including the terrible carnage on the Mniard field. General Bragg was at that ^'ery time attempting with his main army to get around General

Rosecrans' Army and secure possession of the Lafayette and Chattanooga road and separate the Union Army from Chattanooga. In pursuance of this plan of Bragg, a strong force of Forrest's Cavalry, with several regiments of infantry, had been sent to the right of the Confederate Army from Ringgold to secure a hold on the road to Chattanooga, and it was a portion of this force that found Whitaker's force blocking the way. Re-enforcements were' pushed forward to Whitaker by General Steedman, and the enemy was severely punished, and finally, about five p. m., was driven from the field. During the night of the 19th the lines were maintained at and about the McAfee Church. On the morning of the 20th the Reserve Corps of Granger was disposed as follows : Whitaker's and ]\Iitchell's Brigades, Steedman's Division, were at or about McAfee Church, and ^IcCook's Brigade of the Second Division of the Reserve Corps was moved to a point near to the church and posted in position to cover Ringgold road. General Granger joined this portion of his command at the McAfee Church, and was within hearing of the battle when it opened on General Rosecrans on Sunday morning, the 20th. In the immediate front of Granger's troops that morning everything was quiet, but General Granger reports that "large clouds of dust could be seen beyond our position, moving in the direction of the sound of battle." The sound of the battle growing stronger "in volume and intensity" on the right of Granger, and he being convinced from the sound of the battle that the enemy was pushing Thomas hard, determined to go to his assistance. About eleven a. m. General Granger started with Whitaker's and Alitchell's Brigades, under the immediate command of General Steedman, their division commander, to Thomas' assistance, leaving Colonel McCook with his brigade at the McAfee Church to keep the road to Rossvllle open. Just at the time General Granger made the start for the field the break in the Union lines occurred, and the battle fell away from the Brotherton house and the Poe field line to the "Horse Shoe Ridge," as it was then called, but now known as the "Snodgrass Hill.'" From the McAfee Church to Snodgrass Hill it is by the shortest route about three and one-half miles. In this movement the Eighty Fourth Indiana was one of the regiments of Whitaker's Brigade that marched to the assistance of Thomas. General Thomas, in his report, says it was some time between two and three p. m. (although General Granger fixes the time at gne p. m.) when General Steedman arrived on Thomas' left flank at Harker's Hill. General Thomas at once sent an order to Steedman to push forward and take position on General Brannan's right, then hard pressed by Longstreet's forces on Snodgrass Hill, which order, General Thomas says, "was complied with with the greatest promptness and alacrity." General Whitaker. with his brigade, was directed to drive the enemy from the bridge on the right of Brannan, which was with a heavy force of infantry and artillery then threatening the destruction of Brannan with a flank movement. In Whitaker's formation the Eighty Fourth Indiana was in the second line in the first charge made by him, but after he had driven the enemy about a half mile, re-enforcements were received by the Confederates, and they in turn drove Whitaker's first line until it met the second, when all of Whitaker's men came into the engagement, the Eighty Fourth with the others, and the enemy was again driven back with great loss.

the fight on Snodgrass Hill with 1,033 officers and men; the loss in killed and wounded was 595 officers and men and 32 missing, the missing supposed to have been wounded and taken by the enemy in the first charge. The Eighty Fourth Indiana went into the engagement with 374 officers and men; its loss was 120 killed and wounded and 13 missing. These figures of the killed and wounded show how well the regiment discharged its duty on that day.

General Granger, in his report of this engagement, says: "The gallant Steedman, seizing the colors of a regiment, led his men to the attack. With loud cheers thev rushed upon the enemy, and after a terrific conflict, lasting but twenty minutes, drove them from the ground and occupied the ridge and gorge. The slaughter of both friend and foe was terrific. General Whitaker, while rushing forward at the head of his brigade, was knocked from his horse by a musket ball and was for a short time unfit for duty, while two of his stafif were killed and two mortally wounded. General Steedman's horse was killed and he was severely bruised, yet he remained on duty during the day. This attack was made by our troops, very few of whom had ever been in an action before, against a division of old soldiers, who largely outnumbered them ; yet with resolution and energy they drove the enemy from his strong position, occupied it themselves, and afterward held the ground they had gained with such terrible losses. The victory was dearly won, but to this army it was a priceless one." The staff officers of General Whitaker, killed and wounded, included all of his staff that were with him that day. "There was now a lull in the battle. It was of short duration, however, for within thirty minutes after we had gained possession of the ridge we were impetuously attacked by two divisions of Longstreet's veterans. Again the enemy was driven back, and irom this, time until dark the battle between these two opposing forces raged furiously. Our whole line was continually enveloped in smoke and fire. The assaults of the enemy were made with that energy which was inspired by the bright prospect of a speedy victory, and bv a consciousness that it was only necessary to carry this position and crush our forces to enable them to overthrow our army and drive it across the Tennessee River. Their forces were massed and hurled upon us for the purpose of terminating at once this great and bloody battle. But the stout hearts of the handful of men who stood before them as a wall of fire quailed not ; they understood our perilous position and held their ground, determined to perish rather than yield it. Never had commander such just cause for congratulations over the action of his troops."

General Granger, on arriving on the field in the afternoon, had divided his surplus ammunition, which he had brought in his ammunition train, with Wood and Brannan; now, upon the charge and repulse of the enemv, just before dark, the entire supply of ammunition was exhausted, even that which thev had gathered from the cartridge boxes of their dead and wounded comrades was all gone - not a round was left. Of the perilous situation at this juncture General Granger says : ''All seemed to be lost if he should return to the contest. Anticipating another attack, I ordered the command to be given to the men to stand firm and to use the cold steel. After an ominous silence of a few minutes the enemy came rushing on again. With fixed bayonets our troops gallantly charged them and drove them back in confusion. Twice more were these charges repeated and the enemy driven back before darkness brought an end to the battle. Night came and the enemy fell back, whipped and discomfited."

The troops that Steedman's two brigades fought at Snodgrass Hill were Hindman's Division, composed of Anderson's Brigade, with five regiments and a battalion of sharpshooters ; Deas' Brigade, with five regiments and a battalion of sharpshooters ; jManigault's Brigade, with five regiments, and with three batteries of artillery.

General Thomas, in his report of the battle on Snodgrass Hill, tells of Steedman's troops thus : "Steedman. moving his division into position with almost as much precision as if on drill, and fighting his way to the crest of the hill on Brannan's right, moved forward his artillery and drove the enemy down the southern slope, infiicting on him a most terrible loss in killed and wounded. This opportune arrival of fresh troops revived the flagging spirits of our men on the right, and inspired them with new ardor for the contest. Every assault of the enemy,, from that time until nightfall, was repulsed in the most gallant style by the whole line."

The Eighty Fourth Indiana won imperishable renown at Snodgrass Hill,. Sunday afternoon, September 20, 1863. The State of Indiana has sought to perpetuate the name and fame of this regiment on Snodgrass Hill with a monument of Indiana stone and bronze, at the point where it did its hard fighting, a little south of west of the Tower. On the tablet is the story of the regiment on that day,, as follows :

Indiana'S Tribute Eighty Fourth Regiment Infantry

September i8th, this regiment was engaged on the extreme left of the army near Ringgold Bridge, and on the morning of the 19th was stationed on the hills near McAfee's Church. Skirmished with the enemy until one p. m., when he attacked in large force, and severe fighting was kept up until five p. m., when theenemy drew off.

September 20th, still in position near McAfee's CThurch, until about twelve m., when the regiment marched to the sound of the firing at Snodgrass Hill, arriving at this point about two thirty p. m., and engaged in the charge and desperate combat which took place here, assisting in driving back the enemy and saving; the 'right.

Colonel Nelson Trusler

Nelson Trtisler, Colonel of the 84th Indiana Infantry, was a native ot Fayette County, Indiana, where he was born December 11, 1823. The Trusler faniil}' were old settlers in that county and took an important part, not only in the affairs of the count}-, but of the whole Whitewater Valley.

Young- Trusler grew up in the country, on his father's farm, in due time read law and became a practicing- attorney at Connersville. He took an active part in politics, was several times favorably mentioned for Congress and was the can.didate of the conservatives in the Republican Convention of i860, when (jeorge W. Julian was nominated.

The Trusler family was very active in support of the Civil War. The first one to enter the service was Gilbert, a brother of Nelson, who was Captain of Company H, 36th Indiana Infantry, and later became Major of the regiment. Nelson Trusler became Colonel of the 84th Indiana Infantry, and his military career, as such, is set forth in the foregoing roster and history of the regiment.

In i86_|, he was elected Secretary of State and was re-elected in 1866. His life, prior to his election as Secretary of State, had been spent in Fayette County, but on his election to that office, he moved to Indianapolis and made that city his home until his death. In 1872, he was appointed the successor of Thomas M. Browne, as L^nited States District Attorney for the District of Indiana, which office he held at the time of his death which occurred in Indianapolis, January 29. 1 890.

"I am not much in the habit of making myself heard in meetings of this kind, not because I have not often profoundly sympathized with the objects of the meeting, and felt very deeply the personal affliction that was sometimes involved. I have known Colonel Trusler for a great many years : slightly, before he made his home in Indianapolis, when he practiced law in Connersville. The characteristics of Colonel Trusler, I think, have been well stated in the resolutions which have been reported by the committee. He was an exceedingly kind man. I doubt if an\- member of the profession, who has had intercourse with him, has today any cause of offence, which was given bv Colonel Trusler. In all of those matters which preceded the actual joining of debate in a trial in which the courtesy of our profession often has opportunities to express itself in favors extended, I think he exhibited his kindness and his disjDOsition to yield those courtesies, which we

' When the debate was joined in the cause, Colonel Trusler was often very earnest, indeed remarkably so, in his address to the jury, in the prosecution of his cause, and yet, I think, he w^as a kind prosecutor. I think underneath all that he might say to the jury% in the prosecution of a cause for the Government, he always bore towards the prisoner an exceedingly kind and sympathizing disposition, cherishing no malice."

John ?\fellett ]\Ioore was born in Prairie Township. Henry County, Indiana, on June i6, 1840. At the age of fifteen years, he left the farm and became a clerk for Haskit and Boor, druggists. New Castle. ^Vhen twenty one years of age, he purchased the interest of Dr. William F. Boor, and the firm became known as Haskit and Moore.

In 1862 he was the principal in recruiting a company for the Civil War, which became Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry, and was mustered into the service of the United States, as First Lieutenant of the company. September 5. 1862.

Regarding this company. Lieutenant ]\loore, in a letter to the author of this History, says: "1 recruited seventy five men of Company G, myself, from New Castle and vicinity, on a recruiting commission, as Second Lieutenant and recruiting officer, from Governor Morton. After receiving the commission, I never took ofif my clothes or had a minute's sleep, except what I got in the 'old band wagon.' General Kirby Smith was advancing on Cincinnati and we were rushed away before I could complete the company. It was at my request that Hiram B. ^^anneman was made Captain of the company, as I considered myself too young. On arriving at old Camp Wayne, Richmond, wath the seventy five men, we found a man, John A. Shirkey, from Union County, who had twenty five men, who had been hurried into Camp W^ayne for the same reason as ourselves. We took him and his twenty five men in and gave him the Second Lieutenancy. I regard my work in recruiting those seventy five men as the best work of my life.''

In January, 1863, Lieutenant Moore was detailed for staff duty and was Aid de Camp on the staff of General Smith D. Atkins, of Illinois, the brigade commander. He afterwards served on the staff of General W^alter C. Whitaker. as Aid de Camp and Acting Assistant Adjutant General, and was acting in the latter capacity at the battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, where he was severely wounded, September 20, 1863. After partly recovering from his wounds, he returned to New Castle, in December, 1863. He was soon ordered before an examining board at Cincinnati, Ohio, which decided that he would not again be able to perform military ser\ace, and he received an "honorable discharge on account of wounds received in battle."

He was engaged in the drug business in Indianapolis, with William I. Haskit and Elijah B. ]\Iartindale, and in New Castle, with John Thornburgh, until the Fall of 1868, when he went to Salt Lake City, Utah. There he was appointed Chief Clerk in the Surveyor General's Office, and acted in that capacity until January i, 1870, when he was appointed Postmaster of Salt Lake City, in which position he served for eight years, under Presidents Grant and Hayes. During this time, he was actively engaged in mining operations in Utah, Idaho and Montana; he had a drug store in Salt Lake City and he also accumulated a large amount of real estate in U^tah, much to the annoyance of Brigham Young, who objected to Mormons disposing of their lands to Gentiles.

In 1880 Lieutenant Moore went to New York City and opened an office in Wall Street, as Banker and Broker, renting the office and fixtures of Jay Gould. He established branch offices of the business in Philadelphia, Boston, Providence, Hartford, Buffalo and intermediate points, connecting them all with the New York office, by private wire. He continued in this line for seven years and built up a large commission business, adding every year to the capital invested. In 1887 the tide of fortune turned, and the accumulations of years disappeared, like frost before the morning sun. In 1888 he went west again, locating at Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he has since resided and is actively engaged in the real estate and other business.

Biographical Sketch Of Eli Brookshire County Commissioner And Farmer

Among- the pioneers, running backward to the year 1800 and even earlier, who helped to open and develop Eastern Indiana, were many representatives of North Carolina. The Brookshires are an old North Carolina family and the Brookshires of Henry County, Indiana, are a branch of that stock. Emsley Brookshire, the head of the family in Henry County, was born in Randolph Countv. North Carolina, December 8, 181 3. He was left fatherless at a tender age and soon after the death of his father, the widowed mother and her son determined to emigrate to the new country, beyond the Ohio River. This determination was confirmed by the stories circulating among emigrants from North Carolina as to the resources and opportunities in the new and far-off land. In 1826, Emsley Brookshire, then thirteen years old, with his mother, started on foot for Indiana, walking all the way and carrying their efifects, and it took them three months to make the journey. They finally reached the home of Meshach Llewellvn, a connection of the Brookshire family, who then lived about twO and one-half miles southwest of New Castle, on what afterwards became a part of the well known Charles McDorman farm.

Emslev Brookshire, as a youth, was industrious, hard working and economical, and by the time he was twenty one years of age, in addition to caring for his mother, he was able to enter eighty acres of land, situate two miles west of New Castle, near what is now knov/n as the Sugar Grove Church. On September 18, 1834. he was united in marriage with Elizabeth Shelley, who was a native of East Tennessee, having been born there November 9, 1817, and whence she had come with her parents, at the time of their settlement in Henry County. In 1840 he purchased the land two and one-half miles northwest of New Castle, well known in later years as the Brookshire farm, where he lived until his death. In early life he became a devout Christian and in 1830 became an exhorter in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Later, he withdrew from that denomination because of his pronounced anti-slavery principles, which were at that time at variance with the church discipline. In 1846 he became a regularly ordained minister of the Wesleyan Methodist Church and the remainder of his life was devoted to the welfare of that denomination. From 1846 to 1866 he was an itinerant preacher and for two years after the Civil War served as a missionary of the Wesleyan Church in Tennessee and North Carolina. He was pastor of the Wesleyan Methodist Church at Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana, in 1873-4, after which he was assigned to the Fairmount Circuit. In 1881 he retired from active work in the ministry, his health and age rendering him unable to assume a pastorate, although he continued to preach occasionall\- and to perform such other church work as he was able until his death. May 23, 1890, after a successful ministry of more than forty years. Elizabeth (Shelley) Brookshire, his wife, died May 31, 1858, and both are buried in the Duck Creek Cemetery on the old Brookshire farm.

children, namely : William ; Eli ; John W. ; Sarah Ann, now Airs. Joshua Newbv. of San Jose, California; Mary Jane, afterwards Mrs. James Lynas, now deceased ; Tliomas J. ; Abigail, afterwards Mrs. Thomas Deselms, now deceased ; Orange S. ; Luther L., and Henry, of whom William, Eli, Sarah Ann and Thomas J., alone survive.* On June ii, 1859 Emsley Brookshire, the father, was married to Mrs. Julia M. Hockett )ice Thorp, daughter of the Reverend Alfred Thorp, one of the first ministers of the Indiana conference of the Wesleyan Methodist Church. She was born near Williamsburg, Wayne County, Indiana. August 20. 1824, and is still living at the home of her daughter, near Spiceland. Henry County. To this union was born one daughter. Belle, now Mrs. Terrell Wilson, of Spiceland.

Eli Brookshire

Eli Brookshire. the second son by the first marriage, named Eli, after his maternal grandfather Shelley, and the subject of this sketch, was born on his father's farm, west of New Castle, January 23, 1837. His earliest recollections are of working on the farm, helping to clear the land, planting the crops, feeding the stock, rolling logs, burning brush, doing the chores and the many other duties of the farm. Such education as he received was obtained in the country schools of that day. He remained on his father's farm until the beginning of the Civil War and at the first call for volunteers wished to enlist but was not permitted to do so because his elder brother, William, had already left home to go into the army. In the Summer of 1862. however, he assisted in recruiting what becime Company G. 84th Indiana Infantry, and was mustered into the service of the United States, as a private, xAugust 20, 1862. He served with his regiment, first in Kentucky and then in West Virginia, until it was transferred to Nashville, Tennessee, where it joined the Army of the Cumberland. 'Mr. Brookshire continued to serve with the regiment and participated in its marches, skirmishes and battles through the TuUahoma Campaign. At Bridgeport, Tennessee, in August, 1863, his health failed. Being unfitted for active service, he was finally, after much suffering and exposure, sent to the Cumberland Hospital at Nashville. There after some improvement in his condition, he was assigned for duty in the A^eteran Reserve Corps. He was not again permitted to join his regiment but remained on duty at Nashville until the close of the war. ( )n June 30. i8C')5, he was honorablv discharged from the service and at once returned home. The hardships of soldier life in the 6o's had, however, sown the seeds of disease from .which he has never wholly recovered.

After his return from the war, Mr. Brookshire turned his attention to farming on his own account. Prior to entering the army, he had purchased, August 24, 1861, fifteen acres of land from William Hendricks for a consideration of six hundred dollars. This land is now part of his home farm and on it stands his present home. His residence has always been on this particular tract of land ana the log cabin, erected on it by Hendricks and occupied as a home by Mr. and Mrs. Brookshire for several years after their marriage, still stands as an old landmark. After his return from the ami}-, he completed the purchase from his father of forty acres contracted for and partly paid for before he went into the armv. He added to this from time to time until his home farm now consists of four hundred acres of as fertile and highly improved land as any in Henry County. Everything upon the farm is kept in excellent condition and the residence is a commodious ten room frame building, making one of the finest and best appointed homes in the county. The land is now well worth one hundred dollars per acre. He is a careful, conservative man of business, with money safely invested and under financial obligations to no one. The virtues of well directed labor and practical economy are exemplified in the prosperity and contentment of himself and family.

On December i8, 1866, Eli Brookshire and Edith, daughter of Ephraim and Hannah Draper, were married, the ceremony being performed by the groom's father, Emsley Brookshire. Mrs. Brookshire was born in Henry County, August 30, 1850. The Draper family is an old one in the county, Joseph, Sr., the head of the family, having been a pioneer farmer and miller. The son, Ephraim, lived for many years in the Brookshire neighborhood and his homestead is now part of the present Eli Brookshire farm. To the union of Eli and Edith (Draper) Brookshire were born three children, namely : Loren O., born July 10, 1867, now a prosperous farmer whose land adjoins that of his father; he married on March 19, 1890, Zula E. Wise, of Dublin, Indiana, who died ]\Iay 31, 1904. They were the parents of five children, three of whom died in infancy. Jean A., born June II, 1892, and Paul W., born October 3, 1894, are living. Loren O. Brookshire was appointed a clerk in the United States Railway Mail Service, July 15, 1890. and served in that position until September 19, 1901, at which time he resigned. Clara L., a daughter of Eli Brookshire and wife, afterwards became Mrs. Dexter D. Fox, born January 18, 1869, died February 28, 1900. Bertha A. Brookshire, another daughter, was married to Olna H. Bradway, of New Castle, September 4, 1895. They have two children : Pauline Leone, born May 28, 1896, and Otis Brookshire, born June 19, 1903.

Mr. Brookshire has been a close observer of public afifairs and has always displayed an intelligent interest in county affairs, and when at the general election of 1888, he was elected County Commissioner for the middle district for a term of three years, beginning in December, 1889, he so well and faithfully discharged the duties of the position that he was re-elected and served a further term of three years. Mr. Brookshire, however, has not at any time been a seeker of public office, but has always preferred to devote his energies to the care and improvement of his estate.

^Ir. Brookshire is not connected with any religious association or denomination but is a firm believer in God. He is a member of the New Castle Lodge, No. 91, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; of George W. Lennard Post, No. 148, Grand Army of the Republic, New Castle, and of the Improved Order of Red Men, Iroquois Tribe, No. 97, New Castle. His family is held in the highest regard by their many friends and neighbors, and Mrs. Brookshire, throughout her married life, has ably supported her husband in his affairs and is an excellent home keeper and hospitable hostess.

William Brookshire

A\'illiam Brookshire. the elder brother of Eli Brookshire. at the beginnmg of the Civil War. enlisted in Company D. 36th Indiana Infantry, and was mustered into the service of the United States, as a corporal, September i6, 1861. He was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps and mustered out of the service September 15, 1864. He was a good soldier with an honorable record of three years' service at the time of his discharge. He is now a well-to-do farmer, living near Kennard, Henry County.

Thomas J. Brookshire

Thomas J. Brookshire, a younger brother of Eli Brookshire, served in the State troops during the Morgan Raid, being a Corporal in Company B, iioth Indiana Infantry. He afterwards enlisted in Company E, 9th Indiana Cavalry, and was mustered into the service of the United States, as a private, January 8, 1864. He served with honor in that regiment until the close of the war, when he was mustered out, August 28, 1865. He now lives near Fairmount, Grant County, Indiana, where he is a highly prosperous farmer.

Thomas Deselms

Thomas Deselms, the brother-in-law of Eli Brookshire, by marriage with Abigail Brookshire, now deceased, was also a soldier of the Civil War. He enlisted in Company K, 36tli Indiana Infantry, and was mustered into the service of the United States, as a private, September 16, 1861. He participated in the marches, skirmishes and battles of that regiment until mustered out with the regiment, September 21, 1864.

Biographical Sketch Of Frederick Ecgexe Gliddex

Franklin Township, Henry County, Indiana, has been the home of a number of prominent men, all of whom have figured largely in the business, political and social affairs of the county and of Eastern Indiana. Among these is Frederick Eugene Glidden. He was the son of the late Josiah W. and Narcissa (Crane) Glidden. who came to Indiana from Xew York State about the year 1839 and settled at Cambridge City, Wayne Count}-. Josiah \\\ Glidden was a practical jeweler and watchmaker and, during the early days of his residence in Eastern Indiana, followed the custom of the times, traveling from place to place, at stated periods, prosecuting his business, and he was often seen in Henry County, especiallv at New Castle, engaged in his vocation. The business at that time consisted mostly of watch and clock repairing. He made a favorable impression on the people with whom he came in contact and had many warm friends in Henr\- County. About the year 1845, he left Cambridge City and moved with his family to Lewisville, Franklin T-ownship, where he continued to reside until his death in February, 1888, at the age of seventy six years.

Frederick Eugene Glidden

Frederick Eugene Glidden, who was the eldest son of his parents, was born in the village of Aurora, X^ew York, ]\Iarch 27, 1837, and died June 7. 1900. On June 2}^, 1859, he was united in marriage with Julia Ann Martin. She was the daughter of Simon and Mary (Waddell) Martin and was born December 6, 1841. Her father's parents were Simon and Sarah (Crouch") Martin, natives of Delaware, who came to Indiana and settled in Union County about 18 14. Her mother's parents were Qiarles and Elizabeth Waddell. natives of ]\Iaryland, who settled in Union County in 1807, where their daughter, Mary Waddell, was born August 6. 1821. Simon and Mary (Waddell) ?^Iartin were married April 5, 1838. in Union County and moved to Rush Countv, just southwest of Lewisville, in February, 1841. He became one of the most prominent and progressive farmers of the county and his last years were spent in honorable retirement at Richmond, Wayne County. He was born April 4, 1817, and died June 21, 1898. His remains are buried in Zion Cemetery, Raleigh, Rush County.

To the union of Frederick Eugene Glidden and Julia Ann (Martin) Glidden were born six children, namely: Amos F., born January 18. i860, married to Fannie Elwell at Raleigh, Rush County, March 7, 1881, by the Reverend J. F. Rhoades, and now living at Raleigh; Cornelia B., born April 22. 1862, married to Charles E. Barrett. April 28, 1881, at Greenfield, Hancock County, by the Reverend J. F. Rhoades, and now^ living at Indianapolis ; Ira, born August 30, 1866, married to Lola Moore by the Reverend P. C. Cauble, at Sullivan, Indiana, where they now reside: Mary, born February 20, 1872; Gertrude, now deceased; and Simon Martin, so named after his maternal grandfather, born October i, 1880.

Frederick E. Glidden learned the trade of a jeweler under^his father and continued to abide with his parents until his marriage, when he moved onto the farm of his father-in-law and assisted in its management, besides looking after a multiplicity of affairs which began to devolve upon him, bringing to bear the same "thoroughness and diligence as marked his after life.

\A^hen the Civil War began, Mr. Glidden determined to enter the countr\'s service, but the early enlistment of his brother Augustus prevented his getting into the service until 1862, when he enlisted in Company I. 84th Indiana Infantrv, of which James W. Fellows of Lewisville was the Captain, and was mustered into the service of the United States, as Corporal, August 19, 1862. He was a brave and efficient soldier and enjoyed the confidence and esteem of his officers and comrades. He participated in all the marches, skirmishes and battles of his regiment until his muster out with the regiment, June 14, 1865. Before muster out, however, his faithfulness to duty and soldierly qualities had brought him deserved recognition and he was appointed a duty sergeant of his company.

Upon the restoration of peace, Mr. Glidden returned to his family, which during his absence, had made their home with Mrs. Glidden's father, on the farm in Rush County, four miles southwest of Lewisville. Here he remained for a year after his return from the war, when he became the station agent of the old Indiana Central, now better known as the Pennsylvania, railroad, at Lewisville, in December, 1866. He continued in this position for some four or five years, M'hen he was appointed and qualified as guardian of the person and estate of the late Eli Davis. Davis was a pioneer merchant, stock and grain dealer of Lewisville, and before the day of railroads used to market produce by wagon at Cincinnati, returning with merchandise. From old age and other causes, he became imbecile. At the time Mr. Glidden was appointed custodian, the Davis estate was worth fully one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, at that time, next to the largest estate in Henry County. The trust was regarded as an onerous one but Mr. Glidden remained custodian of the same until some time after the death of Mr. Davis, and met the responsibilities of the position with signal ability and success. Under his close and careful management, the estate was greatly increased in value and the interests of the heirs thereby conserved.

In 1875 Mr. Glidden moved from Lewisville to Greenfield, Hancock County, Indiana, where he established himself in the jewelry business, gradually enlarging the same, during the nine years that he continued there, until he became one of the leading jewelers of the State, outside of Indianapolis. He was one of Greenfield's active citizens and was a number of times elected a member of the City Council, an honor unsought by him, which position he filled with credit to himself and to the city. While living at Greenfield. Mr. Glidden joined the Methodist Episcopal Church to which he became a loyal supporter and willing contributor until his death.

In 1884 he left Greenfield and moved to Sullivan, Sullivan County, Indiana,, where he remained four years. Upon his father's death in 1888, he returned to Lewisville where he bought and operated the old Davis Mill until its destruction by fire in July, 1896. The death of his father and later of his brother, Augustus Glidden, threw the burden of the settlement of their large and somewhat complicated estates upon him and in the course of time everything was satisfactorily and honorably adjusted. In these affairs he demonstrated his tact and business management and clearly proved his ability and judgment in the handling of large affairs. He was greatly interested in securing banking facilities for Lewisville but did not live to see his eiforts in this direction bear fruit.

After the destruction of the Davis Mill, Mr. Glidden may be said to have lead a quiet life, spending most of his time in looking after his farming and other interests, himself and wife owning about three hundred acres of splendid land, situate in the counties of Henry and Rush, near Lewisville. He was a loyal citizen to the interests of Lewisville, and when he passed away, his fellow citizens felt that one of their strongest supports had been removed.

Mr. Glidden was a member of the Lewisville Lodge, No. y2, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ; a member of the Greenfield Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and a member of Knightstown Commandery of Knights Templar. He was also a member of Harmon Rayl Post, No. 360, Grand Army of the Republic, Spiceland. Upon his death in 1900, the funeral was conducted by Lewisville Lodge, No. 72, and the sermon was delivered by his former pastor, the Reverend C. W. Smith, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, assisted by the Reverend W. H. Pierce, who had been his comrade in the 84th Indiana. A large concourse of relatives, friends and acquaintances followed his remains to the grave in the family lot at Raleigh, Rush County, where his body was laid away with the beautiful, solemn and impressive ceremonies of the Masonic ritual.

To have outlined in this narrative, his successes in business and his honors in war, is to give only the outward semblance of the man. His kindly and benevolent nature endeared him to his friends, his charity called down the blessings of the needy, while his capacity for affairs and his fidelity to duty commended him to all. During his life he was assisted in his many affairs by his estimable wife who since his death has demonstrated her excellent judgment in business by the management of their former joint interests. She now occupies the large, spacious and well appointed homestead at Lewisville, where she maintains a happy home and dispenses a generous hospitality.

Augustus Glidden

Augustus Glidden. brother of Frederick E., at the beginning of the Civil War, enlisted in Company A, 36th Indiana Infantry, and was mustered into the service of the United States, as Wagoner, September 16, 1861. He participated in the marches, skirmishes and battles of that regiment, until his muster out September 21, 1864. He was a good soldier and a member of Joel Wolfe Post, No. 81, Grand Army of the Republic, Rushville. He is buried at Raleigh, Indiana.

After the war, he turned his attention to horse breeding at which he accumulated a comfortable fortune. This well known horseman died at the home of his brother in Lewisville, May 5, 1896, after an illness of several months. He was a shrewd man of business and economical in his habits, had no superior as a driver and developed and sold many valuable race horses.

Merchant And Farmer

William S. Yost, father of Jacob Weaver Yost, was born in Rockingham County, Virginia, September 7, 1802. He was raised and educated in his native county and on April 29, 1824, married Mary Catharine Weaver, also a native of Rockingham County, Virginia, born March 10, 1800. Mr. and Mrs. Yost were early impressed with the evils of slavery and to escape its contaminating influences, they emigrated from their old home to the fertile fields of Ohio in 1840, where they lived for a year or more, near Dayton. They then moved to Henry County, Indiana, and located in Jefferson Township, on the site of the present village ot Sulphur Springs, where they continued to reside until the death of William S., January 27, 1863, followed by that of his wife, December 30, 1870. Both are buried in the Sulphur Springs Cemetery.

It must be conceded that William S. Yost was the most enterprising and public spirited man that ever lived in Jefferson Township, and he ranked high as a leader in the aflfairs of Henry County during the period to which he belonged. As early as 1844, a postoffice was established, known as Sulphur Springs, taking its name from the sulphur springs near by. William S. Yost was the first postmaster, serving from February 13, 1844, to January 28, 1848. He was again appointed postmaster on March 10, 1848. and served until February 14, 1854. About the time the postofifice was originally established, perhaps before, he had started a country store, the first of its kind in that locality. He handled the farm products of the neighborhood, which he was obliged to carry to Cincinnati, with teams, in order to dispose of them. After disposing of the produce, he would then take a return load of merchandise for sale in his store. He also engaged in the business of driving hogs and cattle to the Cincinnati market, and had built uj) a large and profitable business before the advent of the railroads radically changed the methods of business of the community. On January 7, 1853, Mr. Yost filed the original plat of Sulphur Springs.

William S. and Mary Catharine (Weaver) Yost were the parents of ten children, namely : George S. ; Samuel L. ; Levi S. ; William M. ; Mary C. ; Jacob Weaver; Albert N. ; James B. ; Harriet V. ; and Sarah A., now the widow of Joseph H. Thompson, residing on. the old homicstead in Sulphur Springs.

Jacob Weaver Yost

Jacob Weaver Yost, the sixth child and the subject of this sketch, was born in Augusta County, Virginia, September 2, 1834. He died May 8, 1898, and is buried in Bethel Cemetery, two miles north of Sulphur Springs. On January i, 1857, he married Ann Agnes, daughter of the Reverend George and Catharine Hoover, who at an early day had emigrated from Rockingham County, Virginia, to Indiana. Mr. Hoover was a well known minister of the German Baptist Church and the head of an old and respected family. Ann Agnes, the daughter, was born February 9, 1837. To this union of Jacob W. and Ann Agnes (Hoover)

Yost were born four children, namely: Ralph Wynne, Catharine Olive, Georgr \\'illiam and David Franklin. Ralph Wynne, a well known citizen of New Castle, alone survives.

Jacob W. Yost, early in life, displayed a taste for mercantile pursuits and in consequence was taken into his father's store as a clerk and finally as a partner. After a connection with his father, as clerk and partner, of thirteen years, he at length succeeded to the proprietorship of the entire business. In connection with his dry goods store, he was also the first railroad depot agent at Sulphur Springs.

When the Civil War began, Jacob W. Y'ost was still engaged in the mercantile trade. The family were all patriotic and it was decided at once that one of the familv should enlist, but as the business interests of Jacob W. made it impossible for him to go to the front, it was determined that his brother Albert N. should represent the family and he accordingly enlisted as a private in Company B, 8th Indiana Infantry (three months). In the Autumn of 1862, there w-as a great demand for men wnth muskets, and Jacob W. Yost, having disposed of his store, united with his' brother, Albert X'., and his brother-in-law, Joseph H. Thompson, and assisted in the organization of what became Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry, and w^as mustered into the service of the United States, as First Sergeant of the company, August 22, 1862. The history of the 84th Indiana Infantry is the military history of Jacob 'W. Yost, who actively participated in all of its marches, skirmishes and battles. He was wounded in the Atlanta Campaign, May 28, 1864, and was promoted First Lieutenant of his company, July i, 1864, for gallant and meritorious service. After the bloody battles of Franklin and Xashville, Tennessee, in both of which he took part, he resigned February 19, 1865, to return home and look after the settlement of his father's estate. He rejoined his family at Sulphur Springs and soon afterwards bought of his father-in-law a small farm, situated about two miles north of Sulphur Springs. To this land he added by trade and purchase until he was the owner of nearly three hundred acres. He continued to reside upon this land until his death. Mrs. Yost still lives on the home farm where her husband died. He was a successful farmer and brought his lands to a high state of cultivation.

Probably no man in Jefferson Township stood higher in the estimation of the community than Jacob W. Yost. He possessed their favor and confidence during" his whole life and his acquaintance, not only in the township but throughout the county, was extensive. He was a companionable man and generall}" liked for his genial good nature. He was a splendid soldier, a devoted husband and father and an excellent citizen. During the last years of his life, he was identified with the German Baptist Church and was one of its most active supporters. He was an earnest advocate of education and everything tending to the betterment of the community received his hearty aid and approval.

Albert N. Yost

Albert X. Yost, brother of Jacob W.. by family arrangement as above stated, was the first of the family to enter the armv. He enlisted from Sulphur Springs in Company B. 8th Indiana Infantry (three months), and was mustered into the service of the United States, as a private, April 25, 1861, and served with the regiment in West Virginia. He was mustered out with his regiment, August 6. 1861. In 1862 he, in conjunction with his brother, Jacob W. and his brother-inlaw, Joseph H. Thompson, was active in raising Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry, and was mustered into the service of the United States, as Corporal of the company, August 21, 1862. He participated in the marches, skirmishes and battles of the 84th, until he was transferred to Company K, 57th Indiana Infantry, of which he was made First Sergeant. With the latter regiment he took part in the closing scenes of the war and was mustered out of the service, October 23, 1865.

He died August 6, 1895, and is buried in the cemetery at Mount Summit. He was married to j\Iary C, daughter of David and Sarah Sowash, Alav 12, 1867. They were the parents of the following children, all of whom are living, namely : Horace E. ; Clem O. ; Qiarles M. : Nick S. ; Nellie Ann, now Mrs. Loren H. Swope, of Sulphur Springs ; Paul ; Uta Lee, now ]\Irs. Adolph Sanders, of near Honey Creek. Albert N. Yost's widow survives him and lives on the home farm, a mile north of Sulphur Springs. He was a member of the George W. Rader Post, No. 119, Grand Army of the Republic, ]\Iiddletown. which took appropriate action with regard to his death.

Joseph H. Thompson, who on December 27, 1863, married Sarah Ann, daughter of William S. and ^lary Catharine ( Weaver ) Yost, and sister of Jacob W. and Albert N. Yost, was born in Middletown, Henry County, Indiana, April 17, 1840, and died October 18, 1893. He is buried in the Sulphur Springs Cemetery. He entered the arm}- in Company G, 84th Indiana Infantry, Nvhich he had assisted in raising, as heretofore stated, and was mustered into the service of the United States, as a private^ August 21, 1862. He was soon afterwards appointed Quartermaster Sergeant and participated in the marches, skirmishes and battles of the regiment until he was mustered out of the service, June 14, 1865. Im the Fall of 1863, while on outpost duty with a detachment of his regiment, he was taken prisoner, near Waldron's Hill, Tennessee, and being paroled was shortly afterwards sent to Indiana on recruiting service. He remained on this service, some three months or more, and while at home was married as above stated.

After his discharge from the army, he returned to Sulphur Springs and, a year or so thereafter, engaged in the drug business at that place. He continued in that business until his death. He was a man of excellent business ability and was highly respected and esteemed in the community. He took unusual interest in educational matters and was school trustee of the district for a period of years. He Avas a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and his charitable nature was reflected by many deeds of kindness.

Joseph H. and Sarah Ann (Yost) Thompson were the parents of five children, four boys and one girl, namely : William E. ; George C. ; Charles B. ; Claudia jNI., now Mrs. Everett G. Ballard; and John R.

Ann Agnes (Hoover) Yost was the daughter of the Reverend George and Catharine (Rife) Hoover, the former, born September 26, 1813. and the latter.

March 13, 1810. They came to Indiana in 1(835 from Rockingham County, Virginia, where they had been married about the year 1834. They settled on what is now known as the Enos Adamson farm, three miles west of Middletown, Henry County, but only staid there one Winter and then moved to a farm two miles north of Sulphur Springs, which is now occupied by their daughter, Ann Agnes, widow of Jacob W. Yost. George Hoover died December 11, 1889, ^"^ Catharine, his wife, died February 9, 1900. Both are buried in the Bethel Cemetery which is located within a quarter of a mile of where they lived.

George Hoover began his ministry in the German Baptist Church in 1840, having joined that denomination in the preceding year. He was active in the ministrv until the time of his death and during his long life of usefulness, he solemnized a great number of marriages and preached many funeral sermons. He was a devout Christian, a good citizen and delighted in deeds of charity and righteousness.

George and Catharine (Rife) Hoover were the parents of seven children, namely : Joseph R., now living in the State of Washington ; Ann Agnes, now widow of Jacob W. Yost ; John J. ; Mary, died in infancy ; Elizabeth, afterwards Mrs. Charles Wright, now deceased ; David F. ; and Sarah, afterwards Mrs. John G. Bartow, now deceased. All of these children are now dead, except Ann Agnes, Joseph R., and David F.

David F. Hoover followed his father in the ministry of the German Baptist Church, beginning his work in 1877. He is now probationary officer of the county and is at the head of the management of the German Baptist Orphanage, which is situated about a mile northeast of Honey Creek. A full account of that excellent institution will be found elsewhere in this Historv.