Huntington County, Indiana - Biographical sketches (1 of 11 so headed), 1887 (part 3 of 4)

MICHAEL MAST, a locomotive engineer, is a native of Germany, where he was born September 27, 1846. He was the oldest of nine children born to Leo and Agnes (Hays) Mast, with whom he came to the United States when he was nine years of age. The family located at Sandusky, Erie Co., Ohio, where the early youth of our subject was spent attending school. At the age of seventeen he became employed in his father's cooper shop, but shortly afterward he became an apprentice in the Fulton Machine Works, of Sandusky, with a view to learn the trade of a machinist. He remained there nearly three years, after which he ac- cepted a position as machinist for the Domestic Sewing Machine Co., Qf Norwalk, Ohio. About eight months later, or in October, 18B7, he was employed in the shops of the Erie Railway Co., at Buffalo, New York. In April, 1870, he went to Kansas and took the position of machine foreman at Olatha, having entered the employ of Wells, French & Co., railway contractors of Chicago. He continued to pursue the avocation of a machinist, until in May, 1872, when he became a locomotive engineer on the R. R. I. & St. L. Railway. He has been employed almost ever since as an engineer, though this vocation has been more or less interrupted by his trade to which be has occasionally given his attention. He has acted in the capacity of a locomotive engineer upon the B. & M., the Union Pacific, the K. C, St. J. & C. B., the N. W. O., and the O. C. Railroads. He has been employed as a locomotive engineer on the C. & A. Railway since September 10, 1883. He was married March 12, 1869, to Rosa Cecelia Klees, a native of Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio, born December 28, 18i7. She was the daughter of Nicholas and Cecelia (Yetzer) Klees, natives of Prussia and Switzerland. They are the parents of nine children, all of whom are living: Augusta E., Mary J., Lenora A., Agnes C, Etthia M., Veronica F., Monica R., Martha H. and Blanch L. Mr. and Mrs. Mast are members of the Catholic Church. The former is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.

JOHN McCARTY, contractor, is a native of County Wexford, Ireland, and was born September 12, 1826. He was the second of six children born to Michael and Catharine (Lacy) McCarty, both natives of Ireland. John grew up to manhood in his native country, working upon a farm. At the age of twenty-four - or in 1850 - he emigrated to America, reaching New York City on the 22d day of May. During the first few months he did such work as he could find to do in the State of New York. He, however, soon continued westward, and on September 8th, of the same year, he found himself, with his family, in the village of Huntington. This has been his place of residence ever since. After coming here he was variously employed for five or six years. In June, 1856, he was appointed Street Commissioner - a position he held seven years. He then engaged in the hooppole and lumber business. Since 1866 his vocation has been that of a contractor, and as such he has had fair success. June 24, 1849, he was united in marriage to Mrs. Ellen Callaghan, daughter of Martin and Catharine (Morrissey) Brawders. She was born in County Wexford, Ireland, January 6, 1826. Mr. and Mrs. McCarty have had born to them thirteen children - ten of whom are living. Their names are Richard, Catharine, Johanna, John M., Ella M., Mary T., Elizabeth P., Martin S., Patrick M., William J., Edward T., and a daughter and son that died in infancy, unnamed. Elizabeth P., also died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. McCarty are members of the Catholic Church.

HON. SAMUEL McCAUGHEY. - The parents of this gentleman, James and Elizabeth McCaughey, emigrated from Ireland to the United States in i796, and resided near the City of Philadelphia until 1806, when they removed to Stark County, Ohio, being among the earliest settlers in that locality. Their son Samuel was born in Stark County, Ohio, August 13, 1814. In a region so recently settled by white men, it was not possible for him to enjoy educational advantages of a high order, and the only school at all accessible was situated two miles from his home. It was a private school and sustained by private enterprise. He continued to attend during the winter until he attained his nineteenth year, when he took charge of the school, teaching the winter terms. He taught this school three winters, saving his earnings to defray his expenses at an academy. During the summer he then took charge of the public school at Massillon, and continued teaching and superintending his farm near Massillon until the spring of 1845, when he was appointed Postmaster at Massillon, and filled that position during the administration of James K. Polk. November, 1846, he married Miss Elizabeth Avery Hunt, at that time a resident of Massillon, but a native of West Winfield, Herkimer Co., N. Y. In April, 1849, he was elected Trustee of his township, filling that office two years. In November, 1851, he removed to Huntington County, Ind., and purchased 320 acres of land in Clear Creek Township. A saw mill having been erected on the tract purchased by him, he at once engaged in the lumber business. The uncleared land of the neighborhood being heavily timbered with black walnut and poplar, furnished material for an extensive business, to which he devoted himself, shipping large quantities of lumber east. In 1856 he was chosen Township Trustee, and two years later he was elected Treasurer of Huntington County. Re-elected in 1858, he served four years. He was subsequently elected Representative for the counties of Huntington and Whitley, and represented those counties in the Legislature during the session of 1863. At the expiration of this teriji he determined to abandon public life, and accordingly retired to Pleasant Grove (his farm), and has since devoted himself to agriculture. In politics he has always been a Democrat; and in religion the family are Presbyterians. He is now one of the most highly esteemed residents of the City of Huntington.

JOHN McGLINN, one of Huntington County's pioneers, and one among the early settlers of Lancaster Township, was born in County Longford, Ireland, September 18, 1810. He was the oldest of five children, born to Philip and Ellen (Connell) McGlinn, both of whom were also natives of Ireland. John spent his boyhood and youth in his native country, attending school and working upon a farm. He continued to attend school until he reached the age of nineteen receiving a good early education. On leaving school he worked on the old home place until he reached the age of twenty-five, when in May, 1837, he bade his father, mother, brothers and sisters good-bye and emigrated to America, reaching the City of New York, October, on the 21st day of the month. He immediately continued his journey westward, and on the 3d day of June, he reached the home of an uncle in Union County, this State. After a brief visit he became employed on the White Water Canal which was then in course of construction. He was thus employed two years. He then engaged in mercantile pursuits in the village of Philomath, Union County. Two years later - or in 1843 - he came to this county, and during the two years which followed he conducted a country store in Lancaster Township. He then purchased a tract of land in that township upon which he located and resided until 1870, at which time he removed to a farm one mile north of Huntington. There he resided until in April, 1874, since which time he has been a resident of Huntington. He was married May 23, 1843, to Esther Groodlander, a native of Montgomery County, Ohio, and daughter of Jacob aud Mary ( Oiler ) Ooodlander, the former a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter a native of Maryland, both of German descent. Mrs. McGlinn was born March 9, 1823. Mr. McGlinn is a member of the Catholic Church, and a staunch Democrat in politics. He is now in the 77th year of his age, but possesses the health and strength of a man a score of years younger.

HAEVEY H. MILLER, one of the merchant tailors of the City of Huntington, was born in the City of Eaton, Preble County, Ohio, November 6, 1833. He was the only son born to Isaac and Jane C. (Irvin) Miller, the former of whom was born in Jacksonburg, Butler County, Ohio, of German descent, in 1811. He died in Jacksonburg, Ohio, in 1840. The latter was born near the mouth of the Potomac River, in Virginia, about 1815. Her death occurred in the City of Logansport, this State, in 1838. She was of Irish descent. His paternal grandparents were lison and Catharine Miller, the former of whom was a native of Germany. His maternal grandparents were Abraham and Maria (Lunsford) Irvin, both natives of Virginia. The former was a soldier in the war of 1812, and the latter was the daughter of Darius Lunsford, who was a soldier in the Revolution. When our subject was but four years old his parents came to this State and located at Logansport. That was in 1837. There the mother died a year later, when the father returned to his native place in Ohio, where he died as aforesaid. Our subject, however, who was a child of but five years of age, was left in Cass County, with his uncle, Lewis L. Irvin. There he made his home, working upon a farm until he had attained the age of twenty- one years. At that age he became a clerk in a store in Fulton, Fulton County, this State, where he remained until 1860. He then accepted a like position in the City of Logansport and was thus engaged until July 2, 1861, at which time he enlisted in Company F Twentieth Indiana Volunteers. After serving eighteen months as a private he was promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant. In this capacity he served until July 8, 18CJ,when he received an honorable discharge. His services were confined to the campaign on the Potomac, where he participated in thirty-three different engagements, some of the most important of which are as follows: The Seven Days' Fight near Richmond, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, The Wilderness and Spottsylvania. At Fredericksburg he was wounded by concussion resulting from the bursting of a shell, but it did not prove of such character as to necessitate a desertion from the post of duty. Shortly after the battle of Gettysburg the regiment to which he belonged was sent to New York City to suppress the riot and force the draft. While there he obtained a leave of absence and returned to Fulton, where on the 1st of November, 1863, his marriage occurred to Kate R. Wheelock, who was born m Michigan in ISil. On leaving the army he returned to Logansport, where he remained until August 1, 1882, when he came to this county and first located at Andrews. November 19, 1886, he came to this city, where he expects to continue to reside. His occupation since the war has been that of a merchant tailor. Mr. Miller is the father of three children : Charlie W., Jennie May and Evie Bell - all living. Our subject and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The former is a member of the F. & A. M. Lodge and G. A. R.

MICHAEL MILLER, of Huntington Township, was born in Ohio^ April 25, 1854. He was the third in a family of thirteen children - eight sons and five daughters - born to John and Sarah (Seidner) Miller, both natives of Ohio, of Dutch descent. When Michael was yet a child but two years of age, his parents removed to this State, and located in Jefferson Township, Whitley County. There his early life was spent working upon his father's farm. He attended the common school, in which he received an ordinary common school education. At twenty years of age, or December 31, 1874, he was married to Mary A. Swineheart, also a native of Ohio, born of Dutch and Irish descent. May 26, 1855. It is a notable fact that she is just one year, one month and one day younger than her husband. Mrs. Miller is the daughter of Henry and Bridget (White) Swineheart, natives of Ohio and Pennsylvania, respectively. During the first year after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Miller resided upon the old home place owned by the former's father, in Whitley County. In March, 1875, they came to this county and settled upon a farm in Jackson Township. Two years later they removed to Clear Creek Township, where they resided until February 2, 1887, when they located in a handsome brick residence which Mr. Miller had erected in Section 10, Huntington Township. They are the parents of five children - four daughters and one son. Their names are: Laura M., born March 3, 1876; LucinaA., born December 8, 1877; Bertha E., born October 1, 1879; Maggie P.,' born May 26, 1882, and Harvey Cleveland, born June 18, 1884,' all of whom are living. Our subject and his wife are members of the German Baptist Church. In politics the former is a Democrat. Since locating in Huntington Township, Mr. Miller has turned his attentiun to breeding of thoroughbred horses. He is the owner of several specimens of Norman horses, to which he expects to add others in the near future.

LAMBDIN P. MILLIGAN, lawyer, is a native of Belmont County, Ohio, born March 24, 1812. His ancestors emigrated to Maryland with Lord Baltimore's Colony. His father, Moses Milligan, was born in Baltimore, and at the age of thirteen entered the Revolutionary Army, in which he continued until the close of the war. He was afterward in the border war with the Indians along the Ohio River at Wheeling, Marietta and elsewhere. In 1794 he married Mary Purday. She was in the block house at Wheeling when it was attacked by the Indians. Her brother, Robert Purday, and his family, were massacred by the Indians four miles east of Wheeling, Va. Her father, John Purday, was in the British Army and belonged to one of the Cavalry Regiments known as the Irish Grays. Lambdin P. Milligan's early education was limited to a few months' attendance at a subscription school before he was eight years of age. His father being fond of reading had a good library for that day, and at an early age Col. Milligan showed a decided taste for reading. Upon condition of good conduct and faithful labor until he was eighteen, his father promised to educate him for the medical profession. When the time arrived, however, his raother remonstrated against elevating, as she supposed, one of the children above the rest, and yielding to her desire, his father proposed to compensate in money and land. Refusing this offer. Col. Milligan left home intending to qualify himself to study medicine, but owing to the wrangling and ignorance in the profession, he decided to study law. He worked with great energy, and on the 27th of October, 1835, at the head of a class of nine, one of whom was Edwin M. Stanton, was admitted to the bar in the Supreme Court of Ohio. On the same day he was married to Sarah L. Ridgeway, who died November 20, 1870. August 12, 1873, he married Mrs. Maria L. Cavender, daughter of Marshall Humphrey. Col. Milligan always had a taste for farm work. In 1846 he removed to Indiana, and attempted to clear a farm. As he suflEered from epilepsy, however, he was compelled to abandon it, and in 1853 returned to the practice of the law. He soon became one of the foremost members of his profession - in important cases always losing sight of self in the interest of his clients. He was never a politician, and is too frank to make a successful one. He was an ardent opposer of the late war and freely expressed his views of the result. For this he was arrested, tried by a Mil- itary Commission and sentenced to be hanged. His sentence was commuted by Secretary Stanton to imprisonment for life. Col. Milligan, however, denied the jurisdiction of the Commission and sued out a habeas corpus, which was certified on demurrer to the Supreme Court of the United States. While it was there many overtures were made by the Administration to induce him to dismiss the case. He was offered pardon for himself and all implicated, but answered that he wanted no pardon as he had done nothing which he would not repeat; and after eighteen months' imprisonment the Supreme Court decided that the Commission had no jurisdiction of his person. On his return home he received one of the greatest ovations ever given to any man in the State. He is held in high esteem by his neighbors and fellow lawyers. Col. Milligan is tall, straight and broad shouldered, with a fair complexion, light hair and blue eyes. He enjoys vigorous health, having been little effected by age.

JOHN MHsTNICH, one of the proprietors of the flouring mill operated by Minnich & Strous, is a native of Columbiana County, Ohio, and was born March 9, ISiS. He was the second in a family of eight children born to Michael and Sophia E. (Miller) Minnich, both of whom were natives of Germany. The father emigrated to America at the age of nineteen, or in 1835, and first settled in Pennsylvania. The mother emigrated to America with her parents and settled with them in Ohio. While John was yet a young child his parents removed to Crawford County, Ohio, and when he was eight years old they came to this State and settled in Allen County. Five years later they came to this county and located at Eoanoke. His father was a miller by trade, and in this John found employrhent during vacations - spending the winters attending school. In 1861 the family removed to Polk Township, the father having purchased a mill property near Mt. Etna. From this home, in May, 1864, John entered Company I, One Hundred and Thirty-Eighth Indiana Regiment, and entered the One Hundred Day Service. He received an honorable discharge in October following. He then returned to the home of his father in this county, and until the fall of 1867 he attended school and worked in his father's mill. During the winter of 1867 and 1868 he taught school. In June, 1868, he accompanied his father's family back to Roanoke. In 1872 our subject came to Huntington and took employment in the mill of which he is now one of the proprietors. It was then owned by Uriah Fink. He remained in his employ about eight years. December 12, 1881, Mr. Minnich, in connection with Adam Strous, purchased the mill property, and to this the attention of Mr. Minnich has been directed ever since. January 14, 1869, he was married to Elizabeth Kitt, a native of this county, born December 15, 1847. She is the daughter of Isaac and Catharine (Slusser) Kitt, residents of this county. Mr. and Mrs. Minnich are members of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church. The former is a member of the G. A. B,., and in politics is a Democrat. He has held the office of trustee in Huntington Township one term.

ABRAHAM MISHLER, one of Huntington County's pioneers and one of her most highly respected citizens, was born in Stark County, Ohio, October 20, 1824. He was the second in a family of six children - three sons and three daughters, born to John and Elizabeth (Rosier) Mishler, both natives of Pennsylvania, of German descent. When Abraham was but six years of age his parents removed to Montgomery County, Ohio, where his boyhood and youth were spent working upon his father's farm. At the age of twenty-one - or January 6, 1846 - he was united in marriage to Rebecca Smith, a native of Montgomery County, Ohio, born April 9, 1823. She was the ninth in a family of twelve children, four sons and eight daughters, born to Jacob and Catharine (Stover) Smith, both natives of Pennsylvania, of German descent. Immediately after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Mishler came to Huntington County and settled in the woods of Clear Creek Township. The former at once set about clearing his land, and to do this occasioned for him a great deal of hard work. He chopped, grubbed, burned brush, rolled logs, plowed, and in fact, everything that the development of a new country necessitates. The course of improvement went on, and in a few years the forest was converted into a good farm. He and his wife continued upon the farm until May the 20th, 1880, when they removed to a comfortable home on the Mishler Pike, just northeast of Huntington. They have had born to them five children: Mary Jane, John H., and three others that died in infancy, unnamed. Mr. and Mrs. Mishler are members of the German Baptist Church.

JOHN H. .MISHLER, of Huntington, was born in Clear Creek Township, this county, March 28, 1849. He was the second in a family of five children born to Abraham and Anna Rebecca (Smith) Mishler, who emigrated from Ohio to this county in the fall of 1846. John spent his early life working upon his father's farm. At the age of twenty-two - or March 9, 1871, he was married to Anna R. Henderson, a native of Wayne Co., Ohio, born March 2o, 1853. She was the daughter of James and Sarah (Stecher) Henderson, formerly of Clear Creek Township. This union resulted in the birth of four children: Hattie B. James L., Mirtie May and Sadie E., all of whom are living, except Sadie, who died in infancy. On the 21st day of January, 1886, Mr. Mishler suffered the bereavement of losing his beloved wife. Immediately after his marriage, Mr. Mishler began farming for himself at which vocation he continued until the spring of 1881, since which time he has been a resident of Huntington. While a resident of this place his attention has been devoted chiefly to the grocery business.

EDWARD MIZE, an old citizen of Huntington Township^ was born near Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, February 18, ISls! He was the son of Joseph and Catharine (Walker) Mize, theformer of whom was born in Virginia, of German descent. When he was six years of age his parents removed to Wilkes' County, N. C, where he grew up to manhood working upon a farm. His father died there, and about 1832, he and his mother came to this State, and located in Wayne County. In 1813, thev came to this county and settled in Section 28, Huntington Township. Mr. Mize has there pursued the vocation of a farmer ever since. Politically he supports the principles of the Republican party. He is a hard working man, and an honored citizen.

ALONZO D. MOHLER, A. M., is a native of Montgomery County, Ohio, born January 26, 1848. His ancestors were from Germany, who came to this country in the eighteenth century. His father, Amos Mohler, was a native of the Keystone State, and his mother (Maria Rasor), of Ohio. They were married in Ohio, and had ten children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the eldest. The father, in early life, learned the carpenter trade, and for a number of years was engaged in building. He followed his occupation for a number of years, near Dayton, Ohio, and then moved to Shelby County, Ohio, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits. In 1865, the family removed to Huntington, Indiana, where the father again engaged in the building trade. Alonzo D. learned the carpenter trade with his father, and afterward took instructions in cabinet making. Up to the time he was twenty years of a^e, he had received no more than a common school education; but after some private instruction, he entered the Freshman class of Asbury (now De Pauw) University, at Greencastle, Ind., where, after four years of study, during which time he supported himself, by working at the cabinet maker's bench, of afternoons, he graduated in 1873, with the degree of A. B., and in 1876 he received the additional degree of A. M. Soon after graduating from college, he took charge of the Muncie High School, and after one year's service went to LaGrange, Ind., to take charge of the public schools of that place; his work there was such as to place the schools in the front rank in the State. He remained in LaGrange seven years, and in 1881 took charge of the Lima, Ind., schools, remaining there three years. In 1883 he purchased an interest in the daily and weekly Herald, of Huntington, and in 1884, became one of the editors of the paper. In 1885 he was elected County Superintendent of Schools, for Huntington County. On January 1, 1874, he was united in marriage with Miss Sarah A. Davies, born in Huntington, July 27, 1850. She is a daughter of Jesse Davies, who is one of the old settlers and business men of Huntington. To Mr. and Mrs. Mohler have been born two daughters, viz.: Inez, and Ruth. The elder daughter, Inez, died October 19, 1885. Mr..

Mohler is a Republican in politics, a member of the I. 0. O. F. and K. of P. orders. He also is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and an active worker in the Sabbath School cause.

O. E. MOHLER, the son of Amos and Maria Mohler, was born in Lockington, Shelby Co., Ohio, February 9th, 1855. His father was at that time engaged in mercantile business, and here the family resided until April, 1865, when they removed to Indiana, locating in Huntington. For a number of years after coming to Huntington the subject of this sketch was employed as office boy for Dr. D. Yingling, who took a great interest in him, and it was during this time that the lad was inspired with a desire to complete a collegiate course, which desire was always warmly encouraged by the Doctor, and henceforth every effort was bent in that direction. Compelled to earn his living, his studies were kept up at night, after the day's work was done, and thus he was prepared, when he was enabled to go to college, to enter the Freshman year. With the opening of the factory of Col. C. E. Briant, he took employment, and there remained for several years, but in the summer of 1871 he entered the Herald office as an apprentice, under John F. Moses & Co. His apprenticeship served, he remained the better part of another year as foreman of the office, and until the fall of 1885, he had saved enough money to start on his cherished desire - a collegiate course - and "that year he entered the Freshman class at Asbury (now DePauw) University. During the four years in that institution he worked his way, setting type in the offices during the afternoons and going to recitations in the mornings, and graduated with his class in 1879, receiving the degree A. B.; and three years later the same institution conferred on him the degree A. M. During the summer of 1878, and from June, 1879, until April, 1883, he was city editor of the Huntington Democrat. At the latter date he secured an interest in the Indiana Herald, and for four years, with his brother, A. D., and J. B. Kenner, conducted the paper under the name of The Herald Printing Company._ On the 1st of May, 1887, this company consolidated with the ISews-Express Company, under the name of the Herald and News-Express Company, Mr. Mohler still retaining an interest, and he was chosen as manager and one of the editors, which position he now fills. In politics, he is a Republican, expressing his views fearlessly, and he is thoroughly sincere in his belief. In religious belief, he accepts the tenets of the Methodist Episcopal' Church, having been a member of that denomination for the past twenty -two years. He is also a member of La Fontaine Lodge, I<lo. 42, 1. 0. O. F., and Huntington Lodge, No. 93, K. of P.

SAMUEL MOORE, deceased, was born in Lancaster, Pa., February 14, 1809. His father died when he was two years old, leaving a widow and four children, in straightened circumstances.

At nine years of age Mr. Moore found a home among strangers. Here he was obliged to rise at four in the morning, feed the stock* chop wood, and drive oxen, summer and winter, enduring untold hardships, until he was fourteen years old. During this time he was sent to school for three months of one winter, the only educational advantage he ever enjoyed. His mother then removed to Clinton County, Indiana. When twenty years of age, Mr. Moore became the owner of a wagon and yoke of oxen, with which, as a teamster, he carried supplies from the vicinity of Lafayette to a trading post near Fort Dearborn. On one of these trips he was urged to trade his team for a section of land now occupied by the city of Chicago, but he thought a yoke of oxen on dry land was a better possession than a farm under water; a lost opportunity, which verifies the truth of Shakespeare's words: " There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. " Mr. Moore first camo to Huntington in 1832, while buying furs for Hollister & Co., of Buffalo; he packed the furs upon the back of his Indian pony and walked by its side, following the Indian trails that alone marked the forest. In 1833 he settled at Woodwortb's near the forks of the Wabash Eiver, selling provisions to those engaged in the construction of the canal. In June, 1834, he voted at the first election to elect Justices of the Peace for Huntington Township, which is now known as the county of that name. One hundred and forty-seven votes were polled at that election. His marriage in June, 1837, was the first in the county of which any record is found. In 1838 he was elected one of a board of justices, taking the place of County Commissioners. He subsequently held a postoffice appointment under President Fillmore. He was one of three directors who constructed a plank road from Huntington to Liberty Mills. E e contributed liberally to every public enterprise; churches, schools, public roads, everything tending to material, social and religious advancement, shared his generosity. But it was as a merchant and citizen that he was best known in Huntington and vicinity. Beginning his business career in a little shanty at Woodwortb's, he became one of the leading grain and dry goods merchants of Huntington. For forty years he pursued his chosen work, with unquestioned honesty and tireless industry. The early settlers found in him a friend and helper, loaning money to many of them, to make the first payment on their land, giving them credit for food and clothing until their crops were gathered. Hundreds of those who planted their homes in the wilderness, now blooming like the rose, remember, with tears, his generous sympathy, and bless his memory. He never oppressed the poor, wronged the widow or defrauded the fatherless. Although he experienced many business trials and reverses, he never sacrificed the purity of his purpose to wreak vengeance on an enemy, and his gentleness was never embittered by a betrayal. Quiet, modest and unassuming, deeds, not words, revealed the excellence of his character. Although possessing unusual facilities for amassing a large fortune, he enriched others rather than himself. His unsuspecting confidence made him, sometimes, the victim of dishonest designs, and his gains passed from under his very eye without awakening suspicion. At his death he was in only moderate circumstances, yet there is not a tear^or a stain upon aught that he bequeathed to his family. His example, embodied in a long and blameless life, and holy, peaceful death, is an imperishable inheritance. He died April 24, 1877, at Huntington, aged sixty-eight years. As a fit tribute to his daughter, we append thefollowingbrief biography of Alice Moore: The 10th of May, two weeks following Mr. Moore's death, the business of the old firm of " S. Mcore " was re-established, and its management assumed by the second from the youngest of his children. Miss Alice. When twelve years old she had one year's light business education with her father, one year of active experience and responsibility, during an interim in her college life in 1873, when on account of the business disturbance all over the country she did not return to school. Immediately after her graduation, six months previous to her father's decease, owing to his failing health, much of the buying and selling was entrusted to her by her father. Thus with only two and a half years of business experience, one of which was that of a child, she became her father's successor and established the first dry goods firm in Huntington controlled exclusively by woman. The years of '71 and '72 she attended the "Western Female Seminary," at Oxford, Ohio, and the years of 1874 and '75, at "Glen dale Female College," at Glendale, Ohio, graduating there in June, 1875. Though an artist in taste and culture, and successful in literary pursuits, she is a keen observer, active, industrious, practical and independent, assuming a business career when a woman had to almost beg recognition and acceptance, so distasteful was such position to the general public. Her father's declining health, and her attention to his interests developed her business energies, until now, after ten years' constant service, she ranks among the conamercial women of the state. She is also one of the charter members of the City Library As^ sociation, has been treasurer and one of its board of directors. And as an unavoidable result after paying hundreds of dollars in "taxation without representation," she was one of the originators of the " Woman's Equal Suffrage Club. " In the spring of 1886, her name was presented to the City Council as a candidate for the office of School Trustee. Her petition was signed by over seventy ladies, representing the best homes and highest intelligence in the city; and although defeated, her fitness for the position was unquestioned. As an incentive and example of what even a young girl may accomphsh, her name will be an inspiration and encouragement, while in business circles she stands co-equal with her competitors in her native city and state.

JOHN MORROW, an old citizen of Huntington Township, was born in Preble County, Ohio, February 2, 1834, being the son of Hugh and Elizabeth (Holmes) Morrow, the former of whom was the son of George and Sarah Morrow, born in North Carolina, September 1, 1801. The latter was the daughter of Samuel and Margaret Holmes and was born in Kentucky, August 7, 1805. At the age of fourteen our subject came with his parents to this country and located with them upon the farm that is now occupied by the County Infirmary. There his youth was spent assisting to clear and cultivate his father's farm. His marriage to Rachel E. Hamm, occurred May 4, 1858. She was born in Berks County, Pa., February 32, 1832, being the daughter of Benjamin and Rachel (Moyer) Hamm, both natives of Pennsylvania. In the month of October, following their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Morrow settled upon the land they now occupy as a farm, and there they have ever since continued to reside. They had located right in the woods, and the clearing of a farm naturally occasioned for them a great deal of hard work. In the course of a few years the forest home was converted into a good farm. The course of improvement has gone on until now they have a comfortable home. The politics of Mr. Morrow is Republican. His first presidential vote was cast for John C. Fremont, and he has ardently supported the principles of the Republican party ever since. He is a hard working man, a successful farmer, and he and wife are worthy and honored citizens. When the parents of Mr. Morrow came to this county they had a family often children, six of whom are still living. The subject of this sketch, however, is the only one living in Huntington County. The mother of Mrs. Morrow now lives in Wayne County, this State, at the age of seventy-nine.

PATRICK O'BRIEN, a pioneer of Huntington County, and one of the venerable citizens of the City of Huntington, is a native of Ireland. His birth occurred March 20, 1826, being the fourth child and only son born to William and Mary (Brady) O'Brien, who emigrated to America and to Huntington in 1854. Here their deaths occurred, the former in the spring of i 865 at the age of eighty, and the latter in about the year 1872, at the age of ninety-two. The subject of this sketch had preceded his parents in emigrating to this country - he having come in 1849. He first found employment on public works in the State of New York. He naturally drifted westward and in the fall of 1850 he found himself in Huntington County. In February, 1851, he became employed on the Indianapolis & Peru Railway which was then in course of construction. He acted in the capacities of superintendent of works and as civil engineer. During the latter part of 185 L and in 1852 he superintended the construction of the Huntington and Liberty Mills Plank Road, which was built through Huntington, Whitley and Wabash Counties. In the fall of 1852, he again became employed on the

I. & P. Railway and thus continued until the road was completed in 1853. He then became employed on the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway, and thus continued until two years after its completion, or in 1857. For some months thereafter he participated in the location of the Tiffin, Fort Wayne & Western Railroad. After participating in the construction of portions of that road, he in the fall of 1859, returned to Huntington. In 1860 he was employed as boss of repairs on the 2d division of the Wabash & Erie Canal, and continued in this way some five or six years. He was then commissioned as Superintendent and Paymaster upon that division - a position he retained until the spring of 1874. In the meantime, in the fall of 1873, upon the incorporation of Huntington as a city, he was elected a Councilman from First Ward. He was elected Treasurer of the city without political opposition, in the spring of 1874, and was in the same manner, re-elected in the spring of 1876. His appointment as City Civil Engineer occurred in the spring of 1874. This position he has filled in a very creditable manner ever since. In 1877, he was appointed by the commissioners of the county to locate and prepare plans for the construction of a number of free gravel roads that were built during the years 1877:, 1878 and 1879. He is a member of the Catholic Church.

MRS. ISABELLE ODEN, whose maiden name was Isabelle dinger, was born in Huntington Township, this county, February 3, 1851, being the daughter of Israel H. and Mary Ann (Whitmore) dinger, who were natives of Montgomery County, Ohio, the former of English, and the latter of German descent. Her parents were married in their native county, and in 1850 they came to this county and settled upon a tract of land in Section 23, Huntington Township, where they resided when our subject was born. There the parents both died - the latter on the 9th day of November, 1875, and the former on the 12th day of November, 1883. The early life of Mrs. Oden was spent at the home of her parents. Her marriage to George T. Oden, occurred August 14, 1872. He was born in Green County, Ohio, October 31, 1845, and was the son of William and Elizabeth (Pickens) Oden, both natives of Maryland. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Oden settled upon a farm in Lancaster Township, but in December, 1873, they removed to a farm in Huntington Township, and a year later they located where our subject now resides. There they lived happily together until the union was broken by the death of her husband, January 3, 1882. Since that time Mrs. Oden has been a widow. She is the mother of four children, three of whom are living. They are: Albert I., born May 24, 1873, died May 7, 1879; John C, born February 6, 1877; Cora A., born July 28, 1878, and George G., born November 1, 1880. Mrs. Oden is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She owns a handsome farm of 205 acres, most of which is in a high state of cultivation.

JOHN OVERHOLT, an old and honored citizen of Huntington County, was born in Holmes County, Ohio, September 26, 1827. He was the fifth in a family of six sons and three daughters, born to Joseph [Joseph Overholt was born in Bucks County, Pa.] and Barbara (Kline) Overholt, both natives of Pennsylvania, of German descent. When John was yet a young child his parents removed to Tuscarawas County, Ohio, and some six or eight years later they removed to Stark County, Ohio, where John spent his youth working upon his father's farm. After he became of age he worked for a few years upon a farm by the day and month. Just before his twenty-fifth birthday, or September 23, 1S53, he was married to Theresa Younkman, a native of Stark County, Ohio, born July S3, 1831. She was the sixth in a family of eleven children, ten of whom lived to be grown, and nine of whom are still living. The parents of Mrs. Overholt were Daniel and Magdalena (Swank) Younkman, the former of whom was born upon the Atlantic Ocean while his parents were emigrating to America. The latter was born in Huntingdon County, Pa. Alter their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Overholt resided upon a farm in Stark County, Ohio, four years. They then came to this County, arriving October 18, 1856. They located upon a tract of land in Warren Township, where Mr. Overholt pursued the vocation of a farmer, until the spring of 1881, since which time he and his wife have been residents of Huntington. They have had born to them seven children: Daniel J., Adeline M., Rebecca E., Silas A., Emma E., Mary A. and Cora C, all of whom are living except Silas A., who died in the fourth year of his age, and Cora C, who died when but five months old. Our subject and his wife are members of the Evangelical Church. In politics the former is a Democrat. He had scarcely gained his residence in Warren Township, when his fellow citizens elected him to the ofiice of Clerk of the township, which office he resigned to accept the oflace of Township Assessor. To this latter office he was re-elected seven times, and afterward filled the office by appointment one year. He then retired, having served in the capacity of Assessor, in all, fifteen years. As an official he discharged his duties to the complete satisfaction of the pubhc, evidence of which is found in the fact that his constituents refused for so long, to allow him to retire. Besides a comfortable property on Webster Street, he owns a good farm in Jackson Township, which he purchased in August, 1881.

ALBERT P. PENFIELD, an engineer on the Chicago & Atlantic Railroad, is a native of Warren County, Pa., and was born September 15, 1849. He was the only child born to George and Mary Penfield, natives of New York. His early Hfe was spent in his native county. At the age of seventeen, he accepted a position as fireman on the Philadelphia & Erie Railroad. His vocation ever since has chiefly been that of a railroader. He afterward became a fireman on the D. A. V. & P. Railroad. Some three or four years later he was promoted to the rank of an engineer on that road. In 1880, he was employed by the Brooks Locomotive works of Dunkirk, N. Y., for whom he acted as traveling engineer about two years. April 1, 1882, he became employed on the C. & A. Eailroad, to take charge of an engine and construction train on the Western Division. On the completion of the road he became a passenger engineer, and has continued as such ever since. He enjoys the credit of having charge of the engine that pulled the first passenger train (a solid Pullman train), out of Chicago, on the C. & A. Railway. He moved his family to Huntington, in July, 1883, and is now comfortably located on the corner of Gilford and Washington Streets. He was married to Emily J. Nesmith, September 18, 1870. She, also, was born in Warren County, Pennsylvania, October 29, 1854. Their marriage has resulted in the birth of two children: Harrison, born July 9, 1871, and James G., born January 9, 1873. Our subject is a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Royal Arcanum. In politics he is a Democrat. Mr. Penfield is a trustworthy engineer, evidence of which is found in the fact that the C. & A. Company have placed him in charge of a limited express, one of the fastest trains in the United States. The card time of this train is over forty miles per hour, forty-two miles of the road are made in fifty two minutes. He was elected Councilman in May, 1885.

JOHN S. PROVINES, dealer in agricultural implements, is a native of Washington County, Pa., and was born July -M, 1829, He was the seventh in a family of ten children born to James and Charity (Sebring) Provines, the former of whom was born in Washington County, Pa., and the latter a native of Berks County, Pa., of Irish and English descent, respectively. While John was yet a young child his parents removed to Ohio, and located in Columbiana County, Ohio. There his boyhood was spent working upon a farm. At the age of sixteen he accompanied his parents to Wayne County, Ohio. In 1847, the family came to this county and located in the woods of Salamonie Township. There he assisted his father to clear a farm. He continued there until 1864, when he came to Huntington. Here he continued to reside ever since, tlis attention In the meantime had been turned to the sale of agricultural implements in which he has ever since continued. He has, however, in connection therewith, devoted a part of his time to the grocery business and to the purchase and sale of seeds and produce trade. He was married August 25, 1863, to Mary E. Wiley, a native of Darke County, Ohio, born February 20, 1837. She was the daughter of John and Sarah (Owens) Wiley, the former a native of Virginia, and the latter a native of Darke County, Ohio. Mrs. Provines died January 30, 1872. He was married May 4, 1873, to Mary Beck, daughter of Charles and Phebe (Cochran) Beck. She was born in Jay County, this State, May 4, 1845.

Her death occurred September 8, 1873, and on the 27th day of January, 1874, he married Annie Beck, a sister of his second wife. She was born also, in Jay County, this State, the event occuring April 37, 1847. His first marriage resulted in the birth of six children, James W., Elizabeth A., Sarah M., John W., Rosalie A. and Mary E. He and his present wife are the parents of one child, Lena May, born May 21," 1875. James W., Sarah M., and Mary E. are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Provines are members of the Presbyterian Church. The former is a member of the I. 0. 0. P. Lodge, and a Democrat in politics.

JOHX W. PROVINES, the junior member of the firm of J. S. Provines & Son, agents for machinery, is a native of Satamonie Township, this county, and was born July 7, 18G1. He is the only son of John S. and Mary E. (Wiley) Provines, the former a native of Ohio, and the latter a native of Illinois. When our subject was but three years of age, his parents came to Huntington, a resident of which his father has been ever since. John grew up to manhood in this city, attending the public school in the winter time and indulging in the sports and pastimes during summer incident to city youth. At the age of fifteen he became a clerk in a grocery store, and was thus employed about two years. At the age of twenty, he learned the trade of a barber, to which his attention was directed about four years. Late in the year 1885, he became the partner of his father in the sale of agriculiural implements, and has thus continued ever since. He is a member of the I. 0. 0. F. Lodge, and in politics is a Democrat.

HARMON M. PURVIANCE, proprietor of the large livery and feed stable on State Street, is a native of this city, and was born March 30, 1857. He was the second son in a family of nine children, born to Samuel H. and Elizabeth J. (Montgomery) Purviance, who were among the early residents of this place. He attended the public school in this city, and afterward attended Franklin College one year. In the fall of 1877, he accepted a clerkship in the clothing store of Levi & Marx, a position he held for two years. After making a trip through the West, he returned and entered the store of Leopold Levy. He remained there one year. July 20, 1881, he purchased the large livery and feed stable on State Street, which he has controlled ever since. He is a young man of push and enterprise and will yet rank among the substantial citizens of the county. He is a member of the L O. 0. P. and K. of P. Lodges, and a Republican in politics.

JOHN ROCHE, the subject of this sketch, is a native of County Wexford, Ireland, born October 3,1817, being the fifth child and oldest son born to Martin and Mary (Druhan) Roche, both of whom were also natives of County Wexford, the former of French, and the latter of Irish descent. His ancestors, who were of Catholic persuasion and farmers by occupation, had resided in his native county for many generations back. In September, 1830, the family, consisting of father, mother and eight children, embarked for America, and reached the City of New York on the 7th day of November, having spent twentyeight days upon the ocean. A few weeks later they embarked upon another vessel which landed them safely at the port of Baltimore on the 3rd day of December, following. They settled upon a farm about four miles from that city in the following spring, and continued to reside there two years. In the spring of 1833, they removed to Zanesville, Ohio. The trip was made by wagon, and occupied three weeks. A year later, or in May, 1834, they came to the present site of the City of Huntington, then a mere hamlet in the wilderness, and distinguished from it only by the absence of a portion of the natural timber, and its prenence in the form of probably two doz^n rudely built log cabins, the construction of which had been occasioned by the canal. Here the father, Martin Roche, died in the October following, and, in consequence, since our subject svas the eldest son, the support of the family thereafter devolved upon him. His only capital was willing hands. With these, united with strength and a mental capacity to direct them with prusence, he went to work. He first found employment as a common laborer upon the canal. In July, 1835, he was promoted to the Engineer Corps of the canal, with which he continued until 1841, During one year thereafter he served the Canal Company in the capacity of Superintendent of Repairs. In March, 1843, he was placed, by appointment, in charge of the Treasurer's office of Huntington County. He retired from this at the end of one term, and in 1844, he was employed by Francis La Fontaine, Chief of the Miami Indians, to attend to the management of the latter's store at the Forks of the Wabash, and to superintend and conduct his business, in general. He became the partner of Mr. La Fontaine in the fall of 1845, and the store was moved to to the village of Huntington. The firm continued until it was dissolved by the death of the Chieftain in the spring of 1847. The business was continued by Mr. Roche until 1859, since which time he has devoted his attention to farming and to the purchase, improvement and sale of real estate. In this pursuit his success has been remarkable. He was once the common laborer with nothing and, at one time, even overwhelmed with debt. He is now one of the wealthiest men of Huntington County, and is her most extensive freeholder. This is the direct result of his unflinching integrity, his shrewd management and his natural business tact. His career is one which the youths of this county may admire with pride and imitate with impunity. At the time of its organization he was chosen a director of the Wabash Railway Company, and for a number of years he was one of the real estate agents of that road. When the Chicago & Atlantic Railway Company was formed he was also chosen one of its directors. His relierious affiliations have always been with the Catholic Church. His associations are always accompanied with kindness and courtesy, and he deservedly enjoys the confidence and esteem of all who know him.

THOMAS ROCHE, one of the senior members of the Huntington Bar, was the son of Martin and Mary (Druhan) Roche, and was born in County Wexford, Ireland, April 3, 1830. He accompanied his parents to America when he was but six months old, and to the village of Huntington when he was but four years old, or in 1834. In the ppring of 1839 his widowed mother moved with her children to Ft. Wayne, but in the fall of 1840 they returned to Huntington where the subject of this sketch grew up to manhood. At fifteen years of age he became a clerk in a general store of the village and thus continued about seven years. In the meantime, he had entered Bacon's Mercantile College, Cincinnati, where he finished a commercial course in the spring of 1851. In ]853 he went to Attica, this State, where he was employed as clerk in a dry goods store two years. He then accepted the position of bookkeeper in the Bank of Attica, in which capacity he continued one year, at the expiration of which time he resumed his position in the store. Six months later he returned to Huntington, and on the 14th day of August, 1855, he entered upon the duties of cashier of The Huntington County Bank, and was thus engaged until in January, 1857, 'vv'hen he resigned. He then returned to Attica where he became associated with William Zeigler in the mercantile pursuit. Shortly afterward they established a store in Leavenworth, Kansas, but in 1858 it was discontinued, and Mr. Roche took a position in the office of Clerk of the Probate Court of Leavenworth County. In company with a number of others, he, in the spring of 1859, went on a prospecting tour to Pike's Peak, but he returned to Leavenworth in the fall following, and during the ensuing winter he was there employed in the office of Clerk of the U. S. District Court. He then returned to Huntington and entered upon the study of law with the Hon. John R. Coflfroth. He was admitted to the bar m February, 1863, and immediately entered upon the practice of his profession. In 1870 he became associated with Moffitt & McCurdy in the foundry trade. Two years later Mr. McCurdy retired and the firm of Moffitt & Roche continued until 1877, since which time the entire attention of Mr. Roche has been given to the practice of law. His marriage to Hannah C. Lebo occurred at Attica, this State, January 7, 1876. She was born near Harrisburg, Pa., November 37, 1839, and was the daughter of Jacob and Hannah (Kraus) Lebo, who came to Indiana and settled in Montgomery County in 1841. They removed to Attica, Fountain County, in 1844, where Mrs. Roche grew up to womanhood and where she resided until the time of her marriage. The first presidential vote of Mr. Roche was cast for Gen. Scott in 1853, and he has ever since supported the principles of the Democratic party. He possesses a good knowledge of his profession and is recognized as one of the best counsellors and legal advisors of the Huntington Bar.

HON. HENRY B. SAYLER, Judge Twenty-Eighth Judicial Circuit, was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, March 31, 1836. His parents were Martin Z. and Barbara Sayler, and he is the eldest of a family of five children. His grandfather, Daniel Sayler, was twice a member of the Ohio Legislature prior to 1820. His father was a member of the Indiana State Legislature in 1810 and 1841. His mother's father, Henry Hippie, was an Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas from about 1832 until 1836. In August of the latter year, his father removed with his family to Indiana, where he remained until 1847, then going to Illinois. Mr. Sayler's education was almost entirely that of the common school, attending the Illinois Wesleyan University, at Bloomington, one year (1852-53) only, when he was obliged to suspend his studies on account of defective sight. He then commenced teaching school and reading law in Fulton County, III., where he remained until the summer of 1855, when he went to Preble County, Ohio, teaching there until the winter of 1858-59. Continuing his law studies, on the 24th of February, 1859, he was admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Court of Ohio, and March 31st, 1874, v/as admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States. In 1859 he removed to Indiana, and, after spending a few weeks at Delphi, settled at Huntington, where he began his profession, which he has since followed, residing all the time at this place with the exception of a few months at Indianapolis and Connersville. He is a member of the Republican party, and was elected to a seat in the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States in 1873. In 1862 he was the candidate for Recorder of Huntington County, and with the rest of the Republican ticket, was defeated. July 15, 1863, he joined the Union Army, and was mustered in as First Lieiitenant. The 28th of the same month he was promoted Captain, and on the 3rd of September was made Major of the One Hundred and Eighteenth Indiana Volunteers, and, with the regiment, was mustered out March 1, 1864, having been in East Tennessee during the occupancy of that country by Longstreet, and in the battles of Blue Springs, Tazewell, Clinch River, and a number of skirmishes. He is a member of the Odd Fellows, and has passed the chairs of the subordinate lodge and encampment. He is a member and Elder of the Presbyterian Church of Huntington. January 17, 1856, he was married in Preble County, Ohio, to Miss Isabella Hart, whose ancestors were distinguished ministers of the German-Baptist Church. They have two children, both sons.

HENRY F. SCHEERER, proprietor of Lime City Restaurant and Bakery, was born in Stark County, Ohio, November 16, 1842. He was the fourth son in a family of twelve children, born to

Jacob Henry and Catharine (Phillips) Scheerer, both natives of Bavaria, Germany, who emigrated to America in 1837, and located in Stark County, Ohio. When Henry was in the ninth year of his age, he came with his parents to this county, and located in Dallas Township. There the youth of our subject was spent upon a farm. At twenty years of age he came to the city of Huntington, where he engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods. At the end of seven years he went to Michigan, and a year later or in the fall of 1870, he returned to Ohio, and became a clerk in a grocery store in Fostoria, Seneca County. In 1875, he^went to Hoytsville, Wood Co., Ohio, where he engaged in merchandising. To this his attention was directed until in 188i, when he located upon a faroa in the same county. From that, in 1886, he came to this city, and on the 1st day of May following he opened up the restaurant he at present occupies. July a, 1876, he was married to Mary Reichard, daughter of Peter and Mary (Moon) Reichard. Mr. and Mrs. Scheerer are the parents of three children: Emma L., Mary C. and Franklin R., all of whom are living. Our subject is a member of the F. & A. M. Lodge, and a Democrat in politics. While a resident of Wood County, Ohio, he held the office of township treasurer, three years. He held the position of postmaster at Hoytsville, from 1877 to 1881.

HERMAN SCHEIBER, one of the business men of the City of Huntington, was born on a farm in Warren Township, this county, March 32, 1853. He was the third son born to John and Rufena (Wiler) Scheiber, the former of whom was born near Strausburg, Germany, and the latter was born in Baden, Germany. His father, John Scheiber, was the son of Jacob and Lena Scheiber, with whom he came to America and located in Stark County, Ohio, when he was twelve years of age. The mother of our subject was the daughter of Matthias Wiler, and she came with her parents to America when she was nine years old. They, also, settled in Stark County, where an acquaintance was formed between John Scheiber and Rufena Wiler. This resulted in their marriage in February, 1843. In 1851 they came to this county and located in Warren Township, where they resided when Herman, was born. The latter spent his boyhood and youth working upon his father's farm in this county. After he had attained the age of twenty-one he left home and learned the carpenter's trade at which he worked two years. On the first day of January, 1874^ he entered uopn a commercial course in the Lafayette Business College, which he completed in four months, and, be it said to his credit, that was a shorter period of time than any one had ever accomplished the same work in that institution, assurance of which fact was given him by his preceptor. Prof. Kennedy. After graduating he wentto Canton, Ohio, where he accepted a position in a wholesale house. He remained there seven years. In June, 1883, he returned to the City of Huntington, and on the 10th day of August following, he and his brother, Peter

8clieiber opened up the China Hall on North Jefferson Street. A few months later his brother's interest was purchased by Jacob Zahn, who still retains an interest in the Hall. The firm name is H. Scheiber & Co. Their establishment, popularly known as China Hall, is one of the largest of its kind in Northern Indiana, and is one of which the City of Huntington may well feel proud. From front to rear, from floor to ceiling - case upon case of china, glass and queens ware of beautiful designs and in endless variety - altogether present to the eye a most gorgeous sight. A visit to this establishment can not fail to pay any one, even though he leave it empty-handed. Mr. Scheiber is a member of the Catholic Church.

JOHN SELLERS, a prominent farmer of Huntington Township, was born in Perry County, Ohio, January 4, 1832. He was the ninth of twelve children - six sons and six daughters - born to John and Mary (McMullen) Sellers, both natives of Pennsylvania, the former of Dutch, and the latter of Irish descent. He spent his early life in his native county working upon his father's farm. At the age of twenty - or in 1843 - he came to this county and for some five or six years thereafter he did such work as he could find to do in the way of chopping, grubbing, farming, etc. In 1848 he purchased a tract of land, a part of which was cleared, in Clear Creek Township. There he settled down and worked at clearing and farming until January, 1853, when he sold his place and emigrated to California. After a brief period of mining he turned his attention to the dairy and live stock business. He returned to this county in the summer of 1859, and located where he now resides in Section 3, Huntington Township. Since then his undivided attention nas been given to farming and the raising of stock. October 34, 1850, he was married to Eebecca Marker, a native of Fairfield County, Ohio, born November 10. 1839. She was the daughter of David and Sarah Ann (Ewing) Marker, the former a native of Maryland, of Dutch and English descent, and the latter a native of Pennsylvania, of Irish descent. Mr. and Mrs. Sellers have had born to them eight children, as follows: Almira, Louisa, John, Commodore W., Lillian, Elmer E., Addie A., and a son that died in infancy, unnamed. The second, Louisa, also died in infancy. Our subject and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.

DR. NORMAN SESSIONS, the subject of this sketch, was born in Clearspring Township, LaGrange County, Ind., January 4, 1841. His parents were Norman and Minerva (Gains) Sessions. The former a native of Painesville, now in Lake County, Ohio, the latter of Oneida County, N. Y., both of EngHsh descent. His paternal grandparents were Anson and Asenath (Folbs) Sessions, natives of Connecticut and Massachusetts. His maternal grandparents were Obed and Lydia (Conable) Gains, both of Vermont. Norman Sessions, Jr., was the young- est of a family of three children. His boyhood days were spent upon a farm in his native county. His father died when he was but four weeks old, and he was obliged to become the " architect of his own fortunes." When a mere boy he began the carpenter trade, and worked at it when out of school during his minority. At the age of fifteen he entered the Academy at Painesville, Ohio, where he remained nearly a year. He then went to live with his uncle, Horace Sessions, at Defiance, Ohio, and attended the public schools at that place. At the end of the year he returned to LaGrange County and worked at his trade until the winter of 1860, when he entered as a pupil the Academy at Wolcottville, Ind., and remained until the news of the capture of Fort Sumter startled the north. He was at this time twenty years old, and like all young men of those days, thought that the young men without families should be the defenders of our country. He returned hopie immediately, intending to enlist, but more men answered the first call of the President than could be accepted, and he did not enlist until October, 1861. He then joined Company H, Forty- Fourth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, and served over two years, and then re-enlisted as a veteran, his Regiment being in the Army of the Cumberland. He remained with his Company until the close of the war, and was mustered out September, 1865, having served a few days less than four years. Returning home, he took up the tools he had laid down four years before and began to work at his trade. On January 29, 1868, he married Sarah R. McClaskey, daughter of Robert and Hannah (L)winnelle) McClaskey. The former was bom in Pennsylvania, of Scotch-Irish parentage. The latter in Vermont, of French and English. Mrs. Sessions was born in Crawford County, Ohio, February 17, 1844. Of their family of two children, Horace W., born November 26, 1868, and Robert N., born April, 1873, only one remains, Horace W., having died March 7, 1876, in the eighth year of his age. In 1869 he removed to Coffey County, Kas., where he remained during the summer and fall, and then moved to Butler County and engaged in stock raising for two years. A severe attack of sciatic rheumatism disabled him for an active, out-of-doors life, and he was compelled to give up what was then a profitable business, and try a change of climate. He returned to LaGrange and began the study of dentistry. After fitting himself for his profession, he located in Albion, Noble County, Ind., and practiced his profession until August, 1877, when he removed to the City of Huntington, where he has since resided, engaged in dental business. The Dr. and Mrs. Sessions are members of the Presbyterian Church.

Lagrange severance was bom December 28, 1839. His early education was obtained in public school and academy, which he left at the age of fourteen, and entered the office of the Bangor Daily Whig and Courier, Bangor, Me., where he remained until he arrived at the age of twenty-one. At the break- ing out of the war, he unhesitatingly entered the army, as a private, in Company H, Twelfth Regiment Maine Volunteers. His regiment was assigned to Gen. B. F. Butler's Division, and after the capture of the forts in the Gulf of Mexico, was assigned to duty at New Orleans. He was promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant in April, 1863, and again to the responsible position of Adjutant of his Regiment, in February, 1864. He was with his regiment at the battles of Ponchatoula, Irish Bend, siege of Port Hudson, and in the campaign of the Shenandoah; under Gen. Phil Sheridan at the battles of Winchester, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek; was wounded at Ponchatoula and Port Hudson; after the battle of Cedar Creek, was again promoted to the position of Acting Assistant Adjutant General of the First Brigade, Second Division, Nineteenth Army Corps, where he remained until the mustering out of the regiment in December, 1864, at the expiration of its three years' service. Soon after the close of the war, he began the study of medicine, and graduated from the Eclectic Medical Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, in May, 1868, when he commenced the practice of medicine in South Whitley, Ind., and in October, 1869, he came to Huntington County, and has remained here ever since, enjoying the confidence and respect of all with whom he has associated. Dr. Severance is a member of the Masonic Order, having attained the rank of Knight Templar.

ABNER H. SHAFFER, M. D., of Huntington, was born in Stark County, Ohio, January 15, 18-^9. He was the sixth in a family of seven children - four sons and three daughters - born to George and Elizabeth (Maurice) Shaffer, both of whom were born and reared near Gettysburg, Adams Co., Pa. The father had served as a Captain during the War of 1812. In 1824, he, accompanied by his wife, moved to Stark County, Ohio, entered a tract of land and, in the course of a few years the forest home was converted into a good farm. There the two resided until the 12th day of October, 1866, upon which day both died, aged respectively, seventy-eight and seventy-six. The wife survived the husband but eight hours. The boyhood and youth of our subject were spent working upon his father's farm in his native county. In winter he attended the district school in which he obtained the rudiments of an education. At the age of nineteen he entered the Western Reserve University at Hudson, Ohio, where he pursued his collegiate studies two years and a half. He then went to Paris, Bourbon Co., Ky., where he taught school two years. Having formed a desire to enter the medical profession he returned to Ohio and became a student under Prof. A. Metz, a noted surgeon of Massillon. During the winter of 1855-6 he took a course of medical lectures in the University of Michigan. Returning then to Massillon, he practiced medicine a short time with his preceptor, but in August, 1856, he came to Huntington and entered fully upon his professional career. In October, 1861, he entered Western Reserve Medical College, at Cleveland, Ohio, where he took another course of lectures, fjraduating with honors, in the spring of 18G3. Returning to Huntington, he resumed his practice, bat in June, 1803, Gov. Morton commissioned him Assistant Surgeon of the Seventy- Fifth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in conformance with which he immediately joined the regiment at Murfreesboro, Tenn. While on hospital duty occasioned by the battle of Chickamauga, he was captured by the Confederates, and after a torturous confinement in Libby Prison, was exchanged December 38, 1863 at City Point, Va. He then proceeded to Washington, and obtained from the Secretary of War a thirty days' leave of absence, at the expiration of which he rejoined his regiment at Chattanooga, Tenn. He was present with it at the capture of Atlanta and subsequently was in charge of the Post Hospital at tha.t place. September 10, 1864, he was promoted to the rank of Surgeon and served his regiment as such under Gen. Sherman on the March to the Sea. He was mustered out of the service June 8, 1865, upon which, he returned to Huntington and resumed his local practice. This has not been confined to any particular branch of the profession, though his attention has been more particularly devoted to the practice of surgery. His marriage to Lizzie J. Collins occurred in this city, March 20, 1807. She was the daughter of John B. Collins, who served as a Lieutenant in both the Mexican War and the Rebellion. This union has resulted in the birth of two children, Clyde and Von C, the former of which, died in infancy. Mrs. Shaffer is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The Doctor holdsamembership with the Presbyterian Church, the F. & A. M. Lodge and in politics he is an ardent Republican. In 1875, he was elected by his party to represent the counties of Huntington and Wabash in the lower branch of the Indiana Legislature, and in 1878, he was elected to represent the same counties in the State Senate. His course as a legislator reflects very creditably upon his legislative ability, and the pronounced stand he took for or against various prominent measures, won for him an enviable record and proved his earnest desire to promote the welfare of his constituency. He has also been intrusted with various smaller offices and has always proven himself true to the charge. He received from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, at Indianapolis, the Ad Eundem Degree, in 1875. In January, 1878, he was appointed surgeon for the Middle Division of the Wabash Railway, and served as such. He deservedly enjoys an enviable reputation as a practitioner, and a generous appreciation as a citizen.

WILLIAM H. SHANK was born in Clinton County, Ohio, June 8, 1839. He was the oldest of five children, born to Daniel M. and Martha J. (Crossen) Shank, the former a native of Virginia, of German descent, and the latter a native of Clinton County, Ohio, of Irish descent. William remained in his native county working upon his father's farm until he reached the age of fifteen, at which time he accompanied his father's family to this county and located with them in Union Township. There he worked upon a farm until October 24, 1860, at which time his marriage occurred to Lucinda M. Erick, daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Byers) Erick, both natives of Pennsylvania, the former of German, and the latter of German and Irish descent. Mrs. Shank was born in Springfield, Ohio, March 19, 1843. After his marriage Mr. Shank farmed in Jackson Township about four years, at the expiration of which he moved to Eoanoke and engaged at blacksmithing. There he continued some two or three years, when he removed to Andrews, but six months later he purchased a blacksmith shop and residence property in the northern part of Dallas Township, whither he moved at once. There he worked at his trade until the spring of 1874, when he purchased the farm in Jackson Township formerly owned by his father inlaw. Upon this he resided one year, then came to Huntington. That was in March, 1875. Since that date he has conducted a shoeing shop in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Shank have had born to them two children: Eddie Clarence and Carey Leedie, both of whom died in the second year of their ages. Mrs. Shank is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Shank is a member of the F. & A. M. Lodge.

SEXTUS H. SHEAEER, Postmaster of the city of Huntington, was born in Hampden County, Mass., January 34, 1836. He was the second son born to William and Fannie (Frost) Shearer,- both natives of Massachusetts, the former of Irish, and the latter of English descent. When he was five years old his parents located in Buffalo, N. Y. There the mother died in 1833. In 1836, the father and other members of the family came to the State of Indiana, and located upon a tract of land in Clear Creek Township. There our subject spent his youth helping to clear and cultivate the farm. In the spring of 1853, he naade his way across the plains to California. There three years were spent at mining in which he had very good success. He returned to this county in 1855, and for a number of years thereafter he was engaged in buying grain. In September, 1861, he organized Co. F, Forty- Seventh Indiana Infantry, with which he served in the capacity of Captain until March, 1864, when he was promoted to the rank of Major. As such he served until the close of the war. He participated in the engagements at Island No. 10, New Madrid, Memphis, Port Gibson, Champion Hills, Siege of Vicksburg, and many others in the vicinity of Mobile. At the close of the war he returned to Huntington, and engaged in merchandising. He thus continued until the fall of 1885. He was married to Sarah Russel on the 14th of November, 1850. To them two children have been born: Albert R. and Frank, both of whom are living. Mr. Shearer has resided in the city of Huntington over fifty years, and there are but three other residents of that city living that were there when he came. He is a member of the G. A. R. and ¥. & A. M. Lodges, and a Democrat in politics. On the 23d day of August, ISSU, he was appointed Postmaster of thecity of Huntington, and is the present incumbent.

GEORGE W. SHEARER, manager of the large warehouse owned by D. L. Shearer & Son, is a native of Huntington, and was born February 27, 1851. He was the third of seven children born to David L. and Harriet (Wiest) Shearer, who came to this county in an early day but now reside in Peru. When George was thirteen years of age, or in 1864, his parents moved to Peru, where his youth was spent attending the public school and assisting his father in the latter's warehouse. He continued in the employment of his father for a number of years after he bscame of age, but during the past three years his connection with the business has been that of a partner. In the meantime he returned to this city, in 1878, where he has since continued to reside.

JOHN SHEETS, an aged and venerable pioneer of Huntington County, and one among the early settlers of Rock Creek Township, was born in Lancaster County, Pa., June 4, 1816. He was the third in a family of six children - three sons and three daughters - born to Frederick and Margaret (Niece) Sheets, both natives of Pennsylvania, of German descent. In the spring of 1828, when John was eleven years of age, his parents came westward to Ohio and located in Miami County. There his youth was spent assisting his father and brothers to clear and cultivate a farm. At the age of twenty-two - or July 12, 1838 - he was united in marriage to Julia Ann Wyatt, a native of Miami County, Ohio, born March 18, 1818. She was the daughter of Andrew and Sarah (Madoux) Wyatt, the former a native of West Virginia, and the latter a native of Virginia. In the September following their marriage, Mr. Sheets and his wife came to Huntington County and settled on a hundred and sixty acre tract of land which the former had entered in Rock Creek Township. Having located in a log cabin in the woods, a great deal of hard work naturally devolved upon Mr. Sheets in clearing up a farm. He chopped, grubbed, burned brush, rolled logs, plowed in the stumps, and, in fact, all kinds of hard work which the development of a new country necessitates. He toiled away and the course of development went on and in a few years he had a handsome farm. He and his wife had born to them six children: Frederick, Sarah, Margaret. William, Mary and John M. Margaret and John M. died, aged respectively forty-four and five years. On the 9th day of April, 1883, Mrs. Sheets died, and on the 13th day of July, 1884, our subject was married to Mrs. Lydia Hamilton, a native of Vermont. Her maiden name was Lydia Martin. Mr. and Mrs. Sheets are members of the Disciples Church. In politics the former is a Democrat. Shortly after his

JAMES R. SLACK, lawyer and Brevet Major-General United States Volunteers, was born in Bucks County, Pa., September 28, 1818, and was there educated, his last attainment being acquired at the Academy at Newtown. At the age of nineteen years he emigrated to Delaware County, Ind., with his father's family, and during the next two years remained on the farm assisting his father, and there began the life of an agriculturist. During the winter of 1838, he taught school, meanwhile reading law, as he had determined to enter the legal profession. In 1839, he joined a corps of engineers who were engaged in the construction of the Indiana Central Canal, and continued in that employment until the State authorities suspended the work. His whole energies were now concentrated in pursuing his legal studies, and on the day when he attained the age of twenty-two years, after passing his examination before a committee of members of the bar, he was admitted to practice his profession of attorney and counsellor-at-law. A few weeks thereafter he removed to Huntington, Ind., wherein to commence life on his own account. The population of the entire County of Huntington was but 1,560; that of the town but sixty-five souls, and the whole country hereabouts was literally a howling wilderness. His cash capital was but $6, and his wardrobe slender. But possessing energy and a determination to succeed, he commenced by teaching school, and after the term had expired, he obtained employment in the County Clerk's office, where he continued for two years. The Legislature of the State having created the office of County Auditor, he was elected to that post in the summer of 1842, and reelected twice thereafter, continuing to hold the position until March, 1851, when his official term expired. In the ensuing summer he was nominated by the Democratic party and elected to the State Senate and held that position two terms immediately following the adoption of the new Constitution. At the expiration of his Senatorial career, he resumed the practice of his profession, and did not again enter the political arena until the summer of 1854, when he was nominated as Representative in Congress by the Democratic party of his district, but owing to the joint efforts of the anti-Nebraska element and the Know-No thing movement he was defeated. In 1858, he again received the nomination of his party for the State Senate, was elected by a large majority, much larger than his party strength, and continued to fill that position for four successive sessions, and until May, 1861. As soon as the war became an established fact, he at once espoused the cause of the Union, and, by his fervid eloquence and determined purpose, contributed largely to the raising of troops in various parts of the State. In the autumn of that year, he was appointed Colonel of the Forty-Seventh Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, by Gov. Morton, and at once commenced the severe task of enlisting his command, his efforts being put fortli only in his congressional district - a task which many then deemed hopeless, as one regiment had already been raised in the district, and volunteering seemed, indeedj to have come to an end. By his energy and determination he soon overcame every obstacle, and, on December 1st, 1861, his regiment was filled. On the ISth of the same month he was ordered to move with his command to Kentucky, where he remained two months. In February, 18G2, he was ordered to Commerce, Mo., there to report to Gen. Pope, who was then concentrating a force to opei-ate on Island No. 10 and New Madrid. On his arrival at Commerce, he was placed in command of a brigade consisting of five Indiana Regiments, and so continued until after the capture of Island No. 10, when he proceeded to Tiptonville, Tenn., where he was placed in command of the district embracing that point. Island No. 10 and New Madrid. While so situated^, he assisted in the attack on Fort Pillow, in May, 1862. When Corinth surrendered, in June, the fort was evacuated and he was now ordered to assume command at Memphis, which was in a very turbulent condition, where he remained until Gen. Grant reached that city, in July, and was then relieved and next appointed Post Commander at Helena, Ark. Here he was in quarters until December, 1862, when again being placed in command of a brigade, he took part in the White River expedition, and at the close of that campaign participated in the celebrated Yazoo Pass expedition. On his third return to Helena he was assigned to the command of the Second Brigade, Twelfth Division, Thirteenth Army Corps, and figured somewhat entensively in the celebrated campaign for the reduction of Vicksburg, being engaged in most of the severe battles up to that Rebel stronghold, in one of which - the battle of Champion Hill - he lost nearly thirty per cent, of his command. On the advance of the Union Army on the entrenchments at Yicksburg, he was left on the east bank of Black River to resist the advances of the Rebels under Gen. Johnston, where he rested till relieved, and then moved immediately to the works of Vicksburg, and participated in the assault until the surrender, July 4, 1863. The next day he advanced with his command to Jackson, Miss., in an aggressive movement against the Rebels under Gen. Johnston, having the extreme right of the position. The struggle lasted seven days, when the enemy was dislodged and the Union forces marched triumphantly in. On the day following the surrender of Jackson, he returned to Vicksburg for a fortnight, and thence to Natchez, where he tarried two weeks, and proceeded to New Orleans, in which department he remained during the war, taking part in all the battles and campaigns of that army, closing with the last contest of the war in the capture of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely on the east side of Mobile Bay, and the surrender of Mobile two days thereafter. He then moved with his command to Spring Hill, six miles distant, where he remained till June 1st, 1865, when his men were sent to New Orleans, while he.

himself, was ordered to report to Maj. Gen. Steele. He was thus separated from those with whom he had been associated for nearly four years, an association greatly intensified by the hardships of innumerable campaigns and the strife of many a bloody field . Soon after, he, with Gen. Steele, started for Brazos Santiago, Tex., where he was placed in command of about 5,000 men, the remnant of the Thirteenth Army Corps, stationed at Clarksville, near the mouth of the Rio Grande, where he was entrusted with the delicate charge of maintaining quiet and peace between the United States forces and the French Army then in Mexico; part of the latter being located at Bagdad, a Mexican city on the opposite shore. After a two months' sojourn he was ordered to Brownsville, forty miles up the river, where he remained until the middle of September in the same command, when he was relieved from duty and ordered home after four years of almost constant service in the field. He was made Brigadier-General in November, 1864, and Major-General by brevet in March, 1865. He was mustered out of the service in January, 1866, when he immediately resumed the practice of his profession in Huntington. His military career from its commencement to its close is worthy of the grateful remembrance of all his countrymen. He was wise in counsel, energetic in achievement, unflagging in zeal, ever vigilant, true and unmurmuring. No oflBcer looked more carefully after the interest and welfare of his command; hence their devotion to him to the last. He continued to practice his profession until the organization of the Twenty-Eighth Judicial Circuit, when he was appointed Circuit Judge by Gov. Hendricks. He was elected to that office in 187;i and was re-elected in 1878, each time overcoming an opposing majority. In 1880, he was the candidate of bis party for Congress, but was defeated by Maj. S^teele, of Marion. In the capacity of judge he was always noted for strict impartiality and the fairness of his rulings as well as for the expeditious manner in which he transacted the business of the court. Of him it may truthfully be said that, in his official capacity, he never rewarded a friend nor punished an enemy. He continued upon the bench until the 28th day of July, 1881, when, while waiting for a street car on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Madison Street. Chicago, he was seized with a stroke of paralysis and died within an hour. Gen. Slack was married October 5, 1843, to Ann P. Thompson, a native of Bracken County, Ky., born February 4, 1821. She was the daughter of Ebenezer and Mary Ann (Bradford) Thompson, the former a native of Virginia, of Scotch descent, and the latter a native of Kentucky, of Irish descent. General and Mrs. Slack had born to them four children, three of whom - James R., Sarah E. and Mary C. - arelivmg.

JAMES R. SLACK, the second son of the late Gen. Slack, was born in Huntington, December 15, 1848. He attended the schools of this city until he reached the age of fourteen, when he entered Wabash College. There he remained two years. He then returned to this city and began to learn the trade of a machinist with the Sees Bros. He remained with them about two years and a half. In 1868, he entered Duff's Commercial College, at Pittsburg, from which he graduated in March, 1869. He then returned to Huntington and went into the employ of Moffict & Roche, in a foundry. In January, 1873, he went into the employ of C. L. Thorne & Co., for whom he acted as bookkeeper for two years. In March, 1875, he formed a partnership with C. L. Thorne and L. T. Bagley in the lumber and planing mill business. The firm name was Thorne, Slack & Co. To this his attention has been directed ever since. The business is now conducted by Mr. Slack and Edwin B. Avres, the firm name being Slack & Ayres. June 0, 1875, he was married to Flora M. McCaughey, oldest daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth H. McCaughey, of this city. Mrs. Slack was born in Stark County, Ohio, in 1849. This union has resulted in the birth of three children: Lizzie H. and Mary T. (twins), and Sarah Belle, all living. In politics Mr. Slack is a Democrat. He is a member of the F. & A. M. Lodge. He has held the position of Councilman, for six years, and at present is a member of the school board. Mrs. Slack is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

REV. LAWRENCE BERRY SMITH, Pastor of the Christian Church of the City of Huntington, was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, June -JO, 1834, being the only son born to Jeremiah C. and Mary (Durbin) Smith, the former a native of New Haven, Conn., of English descent, and the latter a native of Cadiz, Ohio, of Scotch descent. His paternal grandparents were Amos and Laura (Piatt) Smith, both natives of Connecticut. His paternal ancestry originally came from London, England, and were among the crew of the Mayflower, in 1620. His maternal grandparents were Lawrence and Eleanor (Arnold) Durbin, both natives of Scotland. The subject o£ this sketch spent his boyhood and early youth in his native county, during the most of which time he worked upon a farm. He attended the district school, in which by the time he reached the age of thirteen he had received sufficient education to teach school, which he did during the winter before his fourteenth birthday. He continued to teach for some ten or twelve years, but during a few of the first summers he attended an academy - completing a course of instruction in an institution of that kind. At the age of twentyone he was elected a justice of the peace in Fulton County, Ohio, where he had gone in 1854. He served three years. In the meantime he had engaged in merchandising, having begun at Oxford, in 1853. His attention was directed to this more or less for sixteen years. About 1857, he turned his attention to the ministry of the Christian Church. His attention, however, was divided for a number of years between the ministry and merchandising. In July, 1862, he enlisted in Co. H, One Hundredth