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

ELI E. ALLEN, proprietor of a heading factory, and one of Huntington's prominent citizens, is a native of Summitville, Madison County, this State, and was born May 20, 1856. He was the third of nine children born to Reuben and Suphronia (Mc- Conkey) Allen, the former a native of North Carolina, of English descent, and the latter a native of Fayette County, this State, of Irish and Welsh descent. Eli spent his boyhood and early youth in his native country working upon a farm. In winter he attended the public school in which he received sufficient education to teach school, which avocation he took up at the age of eighteen. He continued to farm in summer and teach in winter, until he reached the age of twenty-two. In April, 1879, he engaged in the hardware business in Summitville, in partnership with W. H. Dobson. The interest of the latter was purchased by our subject on the 1st day of August following. He then continued the business alone until March 1, 1880, at which time his brother, John C. Allen, became his partner - the firm name being Allen Bros. On the 1st day of June, 1882, our subject sold out to his brother, and in the following August he moved his family to Huntington, where he has since conducted a heading factory. He was married in Delaware County, this State, to Jennie E. Howard, on the 25th of December, 1878. She was born in Ross County, Ohio, August 9, 1859, being the daughter of Isaiah J. and Sophia (Moomaw) Howard, both natives of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Allen have had born to them two children: Clifton H., born November 3, 1879; died April 12,1880; and Harry I., born ITebruary 26, 1882. Mr. Allen is a member of the I. O. O. F. Lodge, and a Democrat in politics. In May, 1 886, he was elected Councilman in Third Ward, and is discharging the duties of the office in a very creditable manner.

EDWIN K. ALPAUGH, druggist, of Huntington, was born in Asbury, New Jersey, February 28, 1853. He was the oldest child born to John R. and Sarah H. (Ingham) Alpaugh, both natives of New Jersey. When Edwin was only three years of age his parents came westward to Indiana, and took up a temporary residence at Mt. Etna, this county. On account of the bad state of health in this country at that time, they returned almost immediately to New Jersey, and located at Clinton. In 1863, they again came to this county, and located upon a farm in Polk Township. There Edwin spent his boyhood and earlyyouth, working upon the farm. At the age of eighteen he left home and ever since that time has depended entirely upon his own resources. For a short time he worked upon a farm. In the spring of 1873, he accepted a position as clerk in a drug store at Wabash, this state. He remained there about two years. Early in 1874 he accepted a like position at Peru. He took a position in the drug store of H. F. Drover, of this city, in the spring of 1874, and afterward clerked in a drug store in Toledo, Ohio. In May, 1876, he went to Memphis, Tenn., where he went into the employ of H. F. Smith & Co., dealers in lumber. In the spring of 1879, he returned to this city where, for a time he worked at painting. In September, 1879, he went to Toledo, Ohio, and took a course of instruction in the use of India int, for portrait work. He then returned to this city and worked as an artist, until February, 1883, at which time he engaged in the drug business. He has occupied his present place of business, since August, 1885. He was married May 17, 1882, to Sarah E. Slack, daughter of the late Judge James R. Slack, of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Alpaugh are members of the Christian Church. The former is a member of the K. of P. Order, and a Republican in politics.

JOSEPH G. AMISS, a farmer of Huntington Township, is a native of Perry County, Ohio, born January 17, 1841. He was the eldest of ten children - seven sons and three daughters - born to Philip M . and Rachel (Good) Amiss, the former a native of Shenandoah County, Va., of English descent, and the latter a native of Perry County, Ohio, of Pennsylvania Dutch descent. She was a great grand-child of McClelan who was burned at the stake by the Mohawk Indians,' under their chief, Bracdt. When Joseph was eight years old, or in 1849, his parents came to this state and located in Wabash County, where his youth was spent working upon a farm in summer and attending the district school in winter. At seventeen years of age he took up the avocation of a teacher, and about the same time, in order to have profitable employment during vacations, he began to learn the carpenter's trade. He continued to teach in winter and work at his trade in summer, for about nine years, and during this time he had improved his education by attending school at Warsaw, and North Manchester. In the meantime, he came to this county, in the spring of 1865, and located where he now resides, in Section 23, Huntington Township. Aside from teaching a few years, his entire attention since that time has been given to farming and stock raising. Of the latter he has rather made a specialty. Excellent specimens of Cotswolds and Berkshires may be seen upon his farm, and his herd of Jersey cattle is perhaps the best of the kind in the county. He was married December 31, 1864, to Jenny Knoop, daughter of Michael and Nancy (Sheets) Knoop, who were natives of Pennsylvania and Tennessee, respectively, and who were among the early settlers of Wabash County. The mother of Mrs. Amiss is still living, and at present makes her home with a daughter in Whitley County. Though she is now in the ninetieth year of her age, she is enjoying excellent health, and her senses and mental faculties are apparently unimpaired. Mrs. Amiss was born in Wabash County, October 13, 1843. Her marriage with our subject has resulted in the birth of four children: Clara L., Emma N., Ann R., and William M., all of whom are living. Politically Mr. Amiss is a staunch Democrat. He takes a lively interest in politics, and will use all fair means to promote the interests of his party. In the spring of 1848, he was elected trustee of Huntington Township, and served in a very creditable manner, one term. In 1882, he was made treasurer of the Democratic County Central Committee, and in the spring of 1886, he was made chairman of that organization, which position he resigaed in June of that year, to accept the nomination of his party for the oflSce of County Auditor. He made a gallant fight, becoming an honest politician, but suffered the defeat of his party. He owns a handsome farm of 120 acres where he lives, besides a farm of eighty acres, in Lancaster Township. He is an industrious and successful farmer, and a man in whom the public places implicit confidence.

ADAM ANGLEMYER, one of the worthy and honored citizens of Huntington County, and one among the substantial and influential citizens of Huntington Township, is a native of Northampton County, Pa., born July 27, 1813, being the ninth of ten children - four sons and six daughters - born to Jacob and Ehzabeth (Schimmel) Anglemeyer, both natives of Pennsylvania, of German descent. When our subject was a child five years old his parents removed to Lebanan County, Pa., and resided in a village known as Jonestown for some two or three years, when they moved to Dauphin County, Pa., and settled upon a farm. There our subject spent his early youth working upon a farm. In 1831 the family came westward to Ohio and located upon a farm in Columbiana County. On the 25th day of December, 1835, Adam Anglemyer was united in marriage to Catharine Leedy, daughter of Jacob and Barbara (Myers) Leedy, natives of Pennsylvania, of German descent. She was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, October 23,1817. In 1837 our subject and his wife removed to Mahoning County, Ohio, where they resided upon a farm until 1852, when they came to this county and located where they now reside in Section 11, Huntington Township. They settled in the woods and a great deal of hard work naturally devolved upon Mr. Anglemyer in clearing up a farm. He chopped, grubbed, rolled logs, burned brush, made rails, and in fact, did all kinds of hard work which the development of a new country necessitates. The course of improvement went on and after a few years of toil the forest was converted into a good farm. His marriage has resulted in the birth of eight children, as follows: Barbara, Jacob, John, David, Adam, Catharine, Samuel and Charley. Of these, Jacob, Catharine, Samuel and Charley are deceased. Our subject and his wife are members of the German Baptist Church. In politics the former is a Republican. He is an honest, upright man, and he and wife are among the most highly respected citizens of the county.

Ohio. He was the youngest son born to Daniel and Parmelia. (Buck) Ayres, natives of New York and Pennsylvania, respectively. He spent his early life working upon a farm in his native county. March 4, 1838, he was married to Mary Newcommer. In the fall of 1838 he went to Missouri. He came to this county in November, 1843. In March, 1850, he emigrated to California, where he was engaged in mining about eight years, returning in November, 1858. His chief occupation since then has been that of a carpenter. In 1878, he was elected Recorder of Huntington County and was re-elected in 1882. Politically he is a Democrat. He was once elected Mayor of Huntington, but resigned.

EDWIN B. AYRES, one the proprietors of the planing mill and lumber yard owned by Slack & Ayres, was born in the city of Huntington, August 28, 1845. He is the oldest son of Porter and Catharine (Kenower) Ayres, who settled here in 1843. He attended school during the winter time and received as good an education as the schools of this city then afforded. At the age of sixteen he began to learn the trade of a cabinet maker, having become an apprentice to John Kenower. His apprenticeship lasted until January, 1865, when at the early age of eighteen he yielded to a desire to enter the Union service. He entered Company F, Forty-Seventh Indiana Volunteers, from which he was mustered out at Baton Rouge, in October, 1865. He participated in the siege of Mobile. On leaving the army he returned home and for four or five months worked at his trade as a journeyman. In the spring of 1866 he went into the employ of John Kenower with whom he remained until in January, 1876. His employment was that of a book-keeper and lumber inspector. Since the latter date he has been connected with the planing mill and lumbsr yard mentioned above. April 23, 1868, he was married to Emma Belle Leonard, a native of Wayne County, this State, born in January, 1850. To them five children have been born: Eva B., Luella, Kate, Horace L. and Edwin P. Horace L. died when about four years old. Mr. Ayres is a member of the G. A. R. and 1. 0. 0. F. Lodges. His portrait appears elsewhere in this volume.

ORLANDO BARSH, a member of the firm of Mishler & Barsh, grocers, was born in Clear Creek Township, this County, April 27, 1851. He was the fifth in a family of eight children born to Philip and Eliza (McFarren) Barsh, tJie former a native of Germany, of German descent, and the latter a native of Pennsylvania, of Scotch and German descent. The parents were married in Stark County, Ohio, about the year 1842, and in 1849 they came to this county and settled in the woods of Clear Creek Township, where the mother died in about the year 1866, and where the father still resides. Our subject spent his early_ life assisting to clear and cultivate his father's farm. In winter he attended the district school in which he received the rudiments of an education. Later on he attended the seminary at Roanoke one term and still later he attended the graded school at

South Whitley two terms._ At the age of twenty he took up the avocation of a teacher, in which pursuit he was successfully engaged for thirteen years. During the winter of 1872-3 he finished a course in a commercial school at Dayton, Ohio, and during the summers of 187-t, 1875 and 1876, he attended the normal school at Valparaiso. In the spring of 1884 he retired from the teacher's profession and during the year which followed he served as Deputy Surveyor of Huntington County, to which position he had been appointed in the spring of 1883. In the spring of 1885 he engaged in selling agricultural implements and was thus employed during two seasons. On the 1st day of February, 1887, he formed a partnership in the grocery business with John H. Mishler, to which his attention is now directed. He was married April 24, 1881, to Ginevra Farmer, also a native of Clear Creek Township, this county. She was born September 13, 1859, being the daughter of Jose and Lydia (Black) Farmer, both of whom were born in Columbiana County, Ohio. They came to this county and located in Clear Creek Township, in 1850. Mr. and Mrs. Barsh have had born to them one child, Effie Viola, born July ]2, 1884; died February 16, 1886. Mrs. Barsh is a member of the Christian Church. Politically Mr. Barsh is a Democrat. He served in the capacity of Assessor of Clear Creek Township one term. In the fall of 1886 he was the candidate of his party for County Surveyor but failed to overcome an opposing majority. He is an industrious, pushing business man and a worthy and reliable citizen.

ADAM BECK,^one of Huntington County's oldest and most highly respected citizens, is a native of Germany, and was born April 16, 1831. He was the youngest of six children born to Jacob and Catharine (Schramm) Beck, both of whom were also natives of Germany. The boyhood of our subject was spent in his native country. He worked upon a farm in summer and attended school in winter, receiving a good common school education. At the age of sixteen death deprived him of his father, and at eighteen, or in 1849, he came with his widowed mother and one brother to America. On reaching this country they continued westward, and on the 11th day of July they found themselves in the village of Huntington, whither Nicholas Beck, an elder brother of our subject, had come in 1847. During the first year of his residence here, he was employed in a stone quarry and otherwise variously engaged. At the age of twenty he began to learn the trade of a wagon maker. This was finished in due time, and was his vocation for about sixteen years. He set up a shop of his own in 1854. In 1866, in connection with Henry Drover and William Bickel, he erected and set in operation a spoke factory, to which his attention was devoted about three years and a half. Mr. Beck then retired from the firm and since that time he has been engaged in the manufacture of lime. For the last seven years he has been connected with the White Lime y

Association, which he helped to organize in 1879. April 6, 1854, he was married to Mrs. Magdalena Wittmire, who died December 16, 188Q. She was the daughter of George Henry and Magdalena Stetzel, and was born in Germany February 6, 1817. She bore to Mr. Beck six children, two of whom died in infancy unnamed. The others are Mattie, Mary M., John A. and Adam L. The third, John A., died also in infancy. On the 18th day of December, 1884, our subject was married to Mrs. Mary E. Nille whose maiden name was Mary E. Baumgartner. She was born in Adams County, this State, July 38, 1853. She was the daughter of Samuel and Vrena (Walte) Baumgartner, natives' of Switzerland. This latter marriage has resulted in the birth of one child, Harmon S., born September 30, 1885. Mr. and Mrs. Beck are members of the Evangelical Church. In politics, the former is a Republican. He is an enterprising and successful business man, and an influential, reliable citizen. He began life a poor boy, but through industry, economy and perseverance he has accumulated considerable property and is in good circumstances.

ADAM L. BECK, contractor, was born in Huntington, May 9, 1863. He was the youngest of six children born to Adam and Magdalena (Stetzel) Beck, a sketch of whom appears above. His boyhood and youth were spent in this city. He attended the public school in winter, receiving a good common school education. As soon as he became old enough, he was employed during the summer time in his father's stone quarries and at the age of eighteen he was entrusted with the position of foreman, acquitting himself in a very creditable manner. At nineteen, or in August, 1881, he entered the North Western Cdllege at ISTaperville, 111., where he finished a course in bookkeeping. He then returned to Huntington and resumed the duties of foreman in the quarries. This position he soon relinquished, however, and since his vocation has been that of a contractor. His occupation as such, dates from his twentieth year. Though quite youthful to assume the responsibilities incident to this calling, he has proven himself equal to every emergency and has earned for himself a very creditable rank among his senior competitors. He possesses energy, integrity and good judgment and deservedly enjoys the full confidence of the public. He is a member of the K. of P. Lodge, and a Republican in politics.

JACOB BECKER, one of the old and honored citizens of Huntington, is a native of Prussia, and was born July 35, 1834. He was the oldest of five children - four sons and one daughter - born to Jacob and Elizabeth (Loch) Becker, both natives of Prussia. The boyhood of Jacob was spent at the home of his parents. At the age of twelve, he began to learn the trade of a stone cutter. He continued at this until he was twenty-two, when he entered the service of the Prussian Army. In this capacity he continued about four years and a half. In the mean- time, during his military service, he was married in February, 1850, to Ehzabeth Klein, daughter of Jacob and Catharine (Stoll)' Klein, both of whom were also natives of Prussia. In the spring of 1852, our subject, in company with his wife and child, his father, mother, three brothers and one sister, emigrated to America - reaching New York City on the oth day of April. After working at his trade a short time in Williamsburg, ]S". Y., and in Wilkesboro, Pa., he, in company with the family above mentioned, came to Huntington - arriving on the 11th day of December, 1853. With the exception of three years - from 1873 to 1877, which was spent at Logansport - Mr. Becker has resided here ever since. His undivided attention has been given to his trade during this whole time - excepting the year 1866, during which he conducted a grocery in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Becker have had born to them six children as follows: Elizabeth, Jacob F., Nicholas, Peter, Michael J., and Margaret. The first - Elizabeth - and the third - Nicholas - died in childhood. Politically, Mr. Becker supports the principles of the Democratic party. He and wife are members of the Catholic Church. They were among the earliest German settlers of Huntington, and are among her most worthy and respected citizens.

MICHAEL J. BECKER, of Huntington, proprietor of the marble shop on Jefferson Street, was born in Huntington, Nove mber 39, 1859. He is the third of six children born to Jacob and Elizabeth (Klein) Becker, now residents of Huntington. He attended school after he became old enough until he reached the age of twelve, when he began to assist his father, who, by trade is a marble cutter. In 1873, the family moved to Logansport, wher e Michael and his father continued at marble cutting until 1877, when they returned to Huntington. June 15, 1882, he was married to Margaret A. Forster, also, a native of Huntington, born December 12, 1861. She was the daughter of Michael and Catharine (Klein) Forster, both natives of Germany. Our subject is the father of two children: Ferdinand, born March 21, 1883, and Karl, born May 6, 1885. Mr. and Mrs. Becker are members of the Catholic Church. In politics, the former is a Democrat. He is an enterprising young man and is worthy the confidence of the public.

WILLIAM M. BELL was born in Huron County, Ohio, December 26, 1829. He was the oldest son born to Martin and Mary (Miller) Bell, both natives of Susquehanna County, Pa. Our subject grew up to manhood in his native county, working upon his father's farm. In 1848 he accompanied his parents to Allen County, this State, and located with them upon a farm. Duringthe winters of 1850 and 1851, and 1851 and 1852, he taught school in Allen County. In the spring of 1852 he located upon a farm of his own in that county. In the summer of 1854 he sold his farm and went to Wisconsin. There he resided upon a farm three years, when he returned to Allen County. During the next seven years he was engaged in working in a saw mill, and a part of the time he had charge of a hotel. In 1864 he became agent for the Wabash Eailroad Company at New Haven, Allen County, which position he held until 1869. In the fall of that year he went on a prospecting tour through the west. After six weeks spent in thi» way he returned to this state, and located in the city of Huntington. Since then he has been in the employ of C. E. Briant, as bookkeeper, at the latter's stave factory. This position he has filled over sixteen years, and has discharged his duties with great credit to himself. April 4, 1853, he was married to L. Jane Whitney, a native of Orleans County, New York, and daughter of Jared and Catharine (Daniels) Whitney. She was born November 2, 18^9. Mrs. Bell belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Bell is a member of the I. 0. 0. F. Lodge and a Republican in politics. He is a reliable man, an efficient bookkeeper, and a first class citizen.

BEN. F. BILITER, son of William M. and Arcadia Biliter, was born in Jefferson Township, this county, March 18, 1856. He was raised on the farm and received a common school education. Taught school five winters. He entered the County Auditor's office, March 15, 1880, as assistant, and was appointed deputy, July 10, 1883, and was the Chief Deputy until the first of July, 1885, when he purchased a half interest in The Democrat from Col. I. B. McDonald, and is at present the business manager of that concern. March 25, 1883, he was united in marriage to Miss Lizzie Cummings, the only daughter of Luther and Maria Cummings, of Huntington.

HARVEY C. BLACK, Ex- Auditor of Huntington County, was born in Mt. Carmel, Clermont Co., Ohio, September 4, 1843. He was the son of Morris W. and Elizabeth (Martin) Black, both of whom were natives of Hamilton County, Ohio, their respective births occurring October 4, 1813, and November 35, 1813. The parents were married December 26, 1835. His paternal grandparents were Peter and Jemima (Ward) Black, the former of whom was born at Herrod Station, Ky., November 2, 1789. He was one of a pair of twin brothers, the other of whom was named Matthias. He was married to Jemima Ward December 3, 1813, and he died April 12, 1840. His wife was born July 12, 1793, and died March 27, 1876. Both were baptised in the Baptist Church July 11, 1819. Peter Black was the son of Capt. David Black who served for six and one-half years in the Revolutionary War. He was born in New Jersey, and chose for his wife Catharine Cramer, who, also, was a native of New Jersey. Jemima Ward was the daughter of Israel and Sarah (Cook) Ward, both natives of New Jersey. Israel Ward was the son of Joseph Ward. The mother of our subject was the daughter of Joseph and Rebecca (Gerard) Martin, both natives of Pennsylvania. The former, Joseph Martin, assisted to erect the first Baptist Church in the State of Ohio - at a time when even church worshipers had to arm themselves with shot guns. He died in Hamilton County, Ohio, at the age of eighty-two. The subject of this sketch resided with his parents upon a farm near Batavia, Ohio, from the spring of 1846 to the fall of 1856. During the last season of their residence there, Harvey - then a lad of thirteen - took upon himself the full management of the farm, an attack of rheumatism having disable the father in the spring before. The son proved to be more ambitious than muscular, and an attack of the typhoid fever, of thirteen weeks' duration, compelled him to desist. The father then sold the farm and, in order to educate his children, moved to Cincinnati, where he engaged in business. There our subject entered school in the old Woodward College district, and continued to attend for two years. For four years thereafter he was employed as clerk in a hotel. His leisure hours, however, were spent in pursuing his studies and daring a part of the time he attended special school. Mathematics and music seemed to be the branches for which he was especially adapted, and while he yielded more or less to the latter for the sake of pleasure, his early inclinations were for the counting room. He accompanied his parents to this county in February, 1863, and for three years thereafter he assisted his father upon a farm. Later he took the avocation of a school teacher and taught, in all, seven terms with good success. He also conducted a singing school during a good portion of the time and served as chorister for Sabbath School and church. His vacations were chiefly spent working at the trade of a carpenter and cabinet maker. His motto was: " What thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might," It is noteworthy that he never took charge of a single school without first being solicited. He had a very high regard for the usefulness of woman in the teacher's profession, and would never, under any circumstances, make application for a school against a lady. At the close of his last term of school he served out an unexpired term in the county surveyor's ofQce to which he had been appointed. He was then elected to that office upon the Democratic ticket and served one term. In 1872 he took charge of the surveyor's office in Allen County, as deputy, but owing to ill health was compelled to resign the position. In February, 1873, he took charge of the books in the Citizen's Bank, of Huntington, in which capacity he continued until January 1, 1875. In October, 1874, he was elected to the office of County Auditor, and was re-elected to that office in October, 1878. His term of office was a period of unusual improvement in Huntington Counjy. The county jail and infirmary buildings were erected, several bridges and gravel roads were constructed and a vast improvement was made in the way of ditching. The marriage of Mr. Black occurred July i, 1882, when Miss Athaliah Stults became his wife. She was born in Stark County, Ohio, July 7, 1850, and was the daughter uf Harmon and Sarah (Decker) Stults, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work. Mr. and Mrs. Black are the parents of one child, Bernice Judson, born December 15, 1883. They are members of the Baptist Church. Politically Mr. Black is a Democrat. He became a member of La Fontaine Lodge, L 0. 0. F. in 1871 and of Silica Fons Encampment in 1876. He is a charter member of the K. of P. order of Huntington organized in 1881. He has represented both the subordinate lodge and encampment in the Grand Lodge and Grand encampment. He and wife are among the esteemed citizens of the county.

JOHIT W. BOWMAN was born in Adams County, Ohio, August, 27, 1837. He was the son of George and Sarah Ann (Minton) Bowman, both natives of Ohio, the former of German and the latter of English and Irish descent. As soon as he became old enough he took up the vocation of a farmer in his native county. He continued thus until the fall of 1861, when he entered Battery F, 1st Ohio Light Artillery with which he served until the close of the war. He served with credit in the battles of Shiloh, Stone River, Chickamauga and Mission Ridge. After the war he returned to Adams County, Ohio, but in April, 1866, he came to this county and located in Lancaster Township. There he pursued the trade of a carpenter until the fall of 1879, at which time, having been appointed Deputy Sheriff he moved to the City of Huntington. In the fall of 1882, he was elected to the oflBce of Sheriff, and was re-elected in the fall of 1884. His second term is just now completed. March 31, 1873, he was married to Sarah Ann Billiter, by whom he has had six children, Norval V., Arthur W., Harry 0., Thadeus D., Lena G., and Mary E., all of whom are living. Mr. Bowman is a member of the F. & A. M. and G. A. R. Lodges and a Democrat in politics.

JAMES C. BRAN Y AN, a prominent member of the Huntington Bar, is a native of Madison County, Ohio, where he was byrn, October 24, 1838. He was the son of John and Nancy (Black) Branyan, both of whom were natives of Ireland, of Scotch-Irish descent. Shortly after his birth, his parents removed to Dayton, Ohio. In September, 18i5, the family came to this county, and located upon a tract of woods land, three and one-half miles southwest of Huntington. There the subject of this sketch spent his youth, assisting to clear and cultivate the farm in summer and attending the district school in winter. In September, 1858 he entered an academic school, at Marion, this State, where he pursued his studies about two years, and in the fall of 1860, he entered the Freshman Class, of Wabash College, at Crawfordsville, Ind., and there completed a classical, collegiate course. During the summer of 1864, he served as a Union soldier, in Company I, 138th Indiana V6lunteers. On returning to Huntington, he began the study of law with the Hon. H. B. Sayler, and was admitted to practice in the spring of 1865, and soon thereafter he formed a partnership in the practice of law, with Maj. Isaac DeLong, which partnership lasted about two years. During the summer of 1866 he filled the office of County Surveyor, by appointment. In 1867 he removed to Decatur, Ind., where he resided about one year, thence he went to Kansas, remainmg one year. Not likmg the outlook for the practice of his profession in that State, he returned to Huntington, in the spring of ISUO, since which he has here been actively engaged in the practice of law. For a period of nine years he was associated in practice with C. W. Watkins, and he is, at present the senior member of the firm of Branyan, Spencer & Branyan. In this connection it may be added, that for a period of ten years past he enjoyed a very extensive practice, and has been connected with every important case tried in the county. In pohtics Mr. Branyan was a Republican, until 1872, when he followed the Greely movement, and since he has been actively identified with the Democratic Party. In 1876 he was elected to the Legislature, and served one term, declining a re-nomination. In 1882 he was the Democratic candidate for the office of Circuit Judge, but owing to the circuit being largely Republican, he was defeated by the Republican candidate, - Hon. H. B. Sayler. In 1886 he was the nominee of his party, for Congress, against the Hon. George W. Steele, in the Eleventh Indiana Congressional District, but owing to the demoralized condition of the party during that year, he was defeated by a majority of 410. It may be said, however, that it was no fault of his, and that he made a vigorous and active campaign of the district. Mr. Branyan was married October 3, 1865, to Emma R. Woodrow, who still lives, and they have a family of three sons.

JAMES M. BRATTON", Sheriff Huntington County, is a native of Pennsylvania, and was born October 2, 1809. He was the oldest son born to Edward and Sidda (Hall) Bratton, natives of Pennsylvania and North Carolina, respectively. His paternal grandparents were James and Bethsheba (Hollady) Bratton. His maternal grandparents were William and Sarah (Applegate) Hall, the latter of whom lived to be one hundred and seven years old. When James was but fourteen years old he left home, and went to Pittsburg, where he learned the carpenter trade. Two years later he went to Harper's Perry, Md., where he began the trade of a mill-wright. About 1828 he emigrated to Ohio, where he worked in various counties at the trade of a mill-wright. In^ December, 1832, he came to this State and located at Marion, Grant County. In October, 1833, he returned to Ohio and worked at his trade in Champaign and Logan counties. In 1835 he again came to this State and located this time at Peru. July 12, 1835, he was married in Grant County to Hannah A. Wall, after "which he worked at his trade in Grant County two years. He removed to La Gro, Wabash County, in 1837. In 1839 he came to the City of Huntington, where he has ever since resided. Since coming here his occupation has chiefly been that of a con- tractor and builder. His first wife died February 6, i860, and on the 12th day of July, 1862, he was married to Eosamond M. Mc- Donald, who died April 17, 1871. He was married a third time on the 33rd day of August, 1874, to Fredrecca C. Billenstine. In all, Mr. Bratton is the father of twelve children, nine of whom were by his first wife, and three by his second. Seven of his children still survive. Our subject is a member of the F. & A.M. Lodge, and a Republican in politics. He has been honored with the Coroner's office in this county two years, and the office of Justice of the Peace seven years. In the fall of 1886, at the age of seventy-seven, he was elected Sheriff of Huntington County, and though advanced in years, he is now discharging the duties of the office as would a man of thirty.

HON. CYRUS E. BRIANT is a native of Erie County, Ohio, born March 2d, 1829, at Birmingham, where he resided until sixteen years of age, and then emigrated to Michigan, and in 1847, came to Huntington County and engaged in the lumber and stave business, which he continued in this and Allen County until the beginning of the late civil war. In 1862, he enlisted as a private in Company D, Fifty -Eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. In a short time after his enlistment he was elected Captain of his company, and at Camp Andrew Johnson, Tenn., he was made Lieutenant Colonel of his regiment. In the autumn of 1864 he was promoted to the rank of Colonel, and as such served until the close of the war. His regiment was among the first at the organization of the Fourteenth Army Corps. He was a faithful and brave soldier, and was mustered out of the service at Indianapolis in 1866. The marriage of Col. Briant was solemnized in 1852, when Miss Julia Bell, daughter of Col. Martin Bell, of New Haven, Ind., became his wife. To this union are four children, as follows: William, Mary, John and Nina. Politically, Col. Briant is an earnest and steadfast Republican, and is ever alert for the best interests of his party. For many years Col. Briant has been a member of the Huntington City Council, and he has been the leading spirit of that body during the many years of service. The fine streets and the electric light are evidence of some of the many public improvements which his public spirit and untiring energy have brought about. In the fall of 1886 he was elected to represent Huntington County in the General Assembly of Indiana, and in the session of 1887 took a conspicuous part. He is one of the rAost extensive manufacturers in this part of Indiana, and without question, is the most enterprising man in Huntington County. Among his neighbors and acquaintances. Col. Briant bears a high reputation for uprightness and integrity.

WILLIAM T. BRIANT, proprietor of extensive lime and lumber manufacturing interests is the oldest son of Col. Cyrus E. and Julia (Bell) Briant, a sketch of whom appears above.

He was born in the city of Fort Wayne, Feburary 4, 1854. When he was yet a child, about one year old, his parents removed to New Haven, Allen County, where his boyhood and early youth were spent attending school in winter, and working in his father's stave factory in summer. He also worked upon a farm a portion of the time. When he was sixteen, or in 1870, he accompanied his parents to Huntington, and in September, 1871, he entered Notre Dame College, at South Bend, where he spent one year, quitting in the spring of 1873, having nearly completed a commercial course. He then returned to Huntington, and until the spring of 1881, he was employed in the large stave factory interests owned by his father. lu the spring of 1881, he went on a prospecting tour through the western states and territories and at the end of four months he returned again to Huntington, a resident of which he has been ever since. Upon his return he immediately engaged in the manufacture of lumber, to which his attention has been devoted ever since. He has, also, however, been interested in the manufacture of Huntington white lime since January 1, 1885. May 26, 1882, he was united in marriage to Flo. E. Rosebrough, a native of Huntington, and daughter of William H. Rosebrough. She was born December 25, 1860. They are the parents of one child, Ben, born April 26, 1886. Politically, Mr. Briant is a Republican. He is an enterprising and successful business man, and a reliable and influential citizen.

LEWIS BRIDGE, one of the hardware dealers of this city, was born in Stark County, Ohio, July 14, 1849. He was third son in a family of nine children born to Levi V. and Rebecca {Hines) Bridge, both natives of Pennsylvania, of English descent. When Lewis was five years old, or in 1854, his parents came to this State and located in the woods of Whitley County. That was in Washington Township. Five years later they moved to Jefferson Township, of that county, where our subject spent his youth working upon a farm. In the winter time he attended the district school, in which he received a good common school education. At the age of nineteen he took up the vocation of teacher, and taught very successfully four consecutive terms. His vacations were spent working upon a farm and attending school. In August, 1872, he went to Southern Kansas, where he took a claim of 160 acres. There he settled down and remained for thirteen months. He then returned to Whitley County, this State, and resumed teaching. He continued in this profession for six years with excellent success - evidence of which is shown by the fact that the six terms were taught in but three school districts. During the summer seasons he was variously employed. In 1879, he took an interest in the old grist mill at Andrews, this county, to which his attention was directed for two years with splendid success. In the meantime his brother, Henry Bridge, had purchased the other interest in the mill, and the two thus became sole proprietors. In March, 1881, they exchanged the mill property for a hardware stock in this city, whither they came at that time. The firm name is L. Bridge & Bro. They have a large and commodious room well stocked, and are doing a good business. May 25, 1876, he was married to Leonora Huffman, a native of Ohio, born June 10, 1850. She was the daughter of John and Ann (Harvuot) Huffman, both natives of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Bridge are the parents of five children, Orlo L., G-racie A., lialph, Mary and Wilbert. The third, Ealph, died in infancy. Our subject is a member of the F. & A. M. Lodge, and a Republican in politics.

REV. JOHN R. BROVv^'N, one of the honored citizens of Huntington County, was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, April 21, 1825. He was the fourth in a family of seven children - four sons and three daughters - born to Thomas and Sarah (Rogers) Brown, the former a native of Lancaster County, Pa., of Scotch descent, and the latter a native of Philadelphia, of English descent. His paternal and maternal grandfathers were James Brown and John Rogers, respectively, the latter of whom was a descendant of the noted English martyr John Rogers, who was burned to death in Smithfield, England, on February 4, 1555, under the reign of Queen Mary. The former, John Rogers, served in the Revolutionary War seven years. When the subject of this sketch was six years of age his parents removed to Dark, County, Ohio, but shortly afterward they came to this State and settled in the woods of Randolph County, where his boyhood and youth were spent assisting to clear and cultivate his father's farm. In winter he attended the district school in which he received the rudiments of an education. At the age of nineteen he took up the vocation of a teacher and taught, in all, eleven terms, the first of which was in Allen County this state, during the winter of 1844-45. In the meantime, at the age of fifteen, he became a member of the Methodist Church, but two years later, owing to a little incident whereby the observance of a certain church rule involved the welfare of his friend> he sought redress for his wounded feelings by joining the United Brethren Church. He entered the ministry of that church at the age of twenty- two and thus continued with but little interruption until "in August, 1886. In February, 1848, he was appointed by the White River Conference to the Marion Circuit embracing all of Grant County, that part of Huntington County south of the Wabash River, and a part of Wells County. He was married October 31, 1848 to Rebecca Daily, a native of Preble County, Ohio, born April 27, 1829. She was the daughter of Dennis and Mary M. (Conn) Daily, both natives of Virginia, the former of English and the latter of German descent. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Brown took up their residence near Marion, Grant County. In 1850, they removed to Madison County. He was stationed upon various circuits in this State until 1856, when he removed to Ohio, and became a member of Miami Conference. He remained in that State about eight years, one of which, was spent in Hamilton County, and seven in Preble County. From the month of May to September, 1864, he served as Chaplain of the One Hundred and Fifty-Sixth Ohio Regiment. In 1865, he again took up his residence in Grant County this State, and six years later, or in March, 1871, he removed to this county and located upon a farm in Section 32, Huntington Township, where he has ever since resided excepting three years - from 1876 to 1879 - during which time he was a resident of the city of Huntington. Since becoming a resident of this county, in addition to his ministerial work he has superintended the management of his farm, and since retiring from the ministry, his entire attention has been given to domestic pursuits. He and wife are the parents of four children, two of whom, are deceased. Their names are William L., born October 15, 1850, married to Matilda Peterson, December 18, 1884, and is now an attorney in Lincoln, ISTeb.; Letitia Ann, born January 28, 1855, died September 16, 1856; Mary A., born March 20, 1857, died August 26, 1860, and Francis J., born September 28, 1860, married to Ella Bash, October 8, 1885, is now a Professor in Dysart, Tama Co., Iowa. In politics Rev. Brown is a Republican. He has been an earnest and successful worker in the cause of Christianity, and only retires from it of necessity on account of the impaired condition of his health. He and wife are among the worthy and honored citizens of the county.

JAMES H. BROWN is a native of Clinton County, Ohio, where he was born December 29, 1849. He was the third son born to Asa and Cindarella (Wilson) Brown, the former a native of Clinton County, Ohio, of English and Irish descent, and the latter, a native of Kentucky, of Scotch and Irish descent. The former was the son of Asa and Anna (Alexander) Brown, the former a native of Massachusetts, and the latter presumed to be a native of Kentucky. The latter was the daughter of Robert and Margaret (McDonald) Wilson, formerly of Kentucky. The parents of our subject came to this country in September, 1853> when he was but three years old. They located upon a farm in Eock Creek Township. There James spent his boyhood and youth working upon the farm. He attended the district school in the winter in which he received sufficient education to teach public school. At the age of twenty he took up the avocation of a teacher and taught, in all, four terms, and in this capacity he had very good success. During the summer of 1872 he attended the normal school at Lebanon, Ohio, two terms. In 1873, he engaged in the manufacture of tile at Rockford, Wells Co. Two years later he settled upon the old home place in Rock Creek Township, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1879. In December of that year the Huntington County Co-operative Association opened up their large general store in the City of Huntington and our subject was selected to take the position of bookkeeper and cashier in that establishment. He assumed the duties of this responsible position at once, and has faithfully discharged those duties ever since. In July, 1886, he accepted the position of manager of their establishment, and now he is attending ti<) the duties in the three positions in an able manner. January 3,*'l874, he was married to Mary C. Redding, a native of Wells County, this State, born April 10, 1848. She was the daughter of John and Anna (Sale) Redding, both natives of North Carolina. Mr. Brown and wife are members of the Christian Church. The former is a member of the Patrons of Husbandry and of the I. 0. O. F. Lodge. Politically he is a Republican. He is a young man whose character and integrity is irreproachable and is well worthy the confidence imposed in him by the co-operative association and tlie public in general.

ELMER BROWN, livery man of the City of Huntington, was born in Wai-ren Township, this county, May 10, 1861. He was the second son born to Charles and Sophronia (Grist) Brown, the former, a native of Preble County, Ohio, and the latter, a native of Pennsylvania, both of English descent. Elmer spent his boyhood and youth working upon his father's farm in this county. He attended the district school in which he received sufficient education to teach school. He afterwards attended the normal school at Valparaiso two terms. That was during the summer of 1882. At the age of nineteen he took up the avocation of a teacher, and taught in all, four terms with good success. In the spring of 1883, he took a prospecting tour through Missouri and Kansas - returning in the December following. In the latter part of November, 1886, he purchased the large livery and feed stable, east of court house, of which he took posession on the ISth of December following. In politics, Mr. Brown is a Prohibitionist. He is an intelligent, and enterprising young man and will yet rank among the foremost citizens of the county.

GEORGE D. BROOKE, Master Mechanic of the C. & A. shops, is a native of Philadelphia, Pa., and was born November 5, 1853. He was the fourth in a family of seven children born to George D. and Maria L. (Lutz) Brooke, both of whom were born in the city of Philadelphia, the former of Scotch and the latter of German descent. When our subject was yet a young child, his parents moved to Kansas and located on a farm. After making one or two moves in Kansas, the family moved to Kansas City, in the fall of 1863. A year later they removed to St. Louis. There our subject remained until 1876 : and while there he attended the High School of that city, and Washington University, graduing from the former in 1872, and from the latter in 1875. In the University he took a course in Civil and Mechanical Engineering. Immediately after his graduation he became a Civil Engineer in the Western States and Territories. In the latter part of 1876, he accepted a position of Chief Draftsman of Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Shops, at Springfield, 111. He passed through the line of foremanships and was made general foreman in 1883. He acted in that capacity until December, 1885, when he resigned and accepted the position of general foreman in the C. & A., shops, in this city. Upon the resignation of Mr. Johann, December 1, 1886, Mr. Brooke was promoted to rank of Master Mechanic - a position, though young, he is filling in a very creditable manner. He was married in Springfield, 111., October 3, 1877, to Lelia A. Eaton, by whom he has had three children: Charles W., Katie E., and George D. The last died the day he was one year old. Mr Brooke is a member of the F. & A. M. Lodge, and the National American Association. Politically he is a Republican.

SAMUEL BUCHANAN, Ex-Clerk of Huntington County, is a native of Perry County, Ohio, and was born March 13, 1833. He was the sixth son in a family of eight children born to John and Mary A. (Dempsey) Buchanan, natives of Pennsylvania and Maryland, respectively. When he was yet a child, but three years of age, his parents came to this State and located in a little hamlet that has since developed into the City of Huntington. Here Samuel grew up to manhood and here he has ever since chiefly resided. The advantages to secure an education were at that time almost wholly wanting, consequently his early education was quite limited. He has, however, made use of his opportunities and has somewhat mitigated the lack of school training by private study and observation. In the fall of 1848 he began to learn the printer's trade with Col. Milligan, who, at that time, was editor and publisher of the Democratic Age. This was finished in due time and received his attention about five years. In 1853 he went into the employ of D. L. Shearer, dealer in grain and dry goods. He continued thus until January 3, 1 856, at which time he accepted the position of agent of the W., St. L. & P. Railway, at Huntington. Shortly afterward he accepted a like position from the same company at Ft. Wayne. In the fall of 1856 he was promoted to a freight conductorship by the Wabash Company. In the fall of 1858 he emigrated to Leavenworth, Kan. , and engaged in the mercantile business. He soon returned to Huntington, however, and engaged in buying grain for George L. Little, of Ft. Wayne. In 1863 he engaged in selling agricultural implements and in 1864 he engaged in the grain business in connection with Fred Dick. They were also partners in the grocery business at the same time. In 1871 they added to their business interests the hardware trade. They thus continued until early in 1880, at which time the partne];ship was dissolved. Our subject continued the grain and agricultural implement trade alone until the fall of 1880, when, in connection with his two sons he again launched in the grocery business. He thus continued until the spring of 1882, when the grain business was dropped. The trade in agricultural implements was abandoped in the fall of 1883 and the grocery trade in the spring of 1883. In the fall of 1882 he was elected Clerk of Huntington County. He was married September 33, 1859, to Mary J. Wiest, who died January 31, 1881. Ma;y 31, 1883, he was married to Catharine Eyan. By his first wife he is the father of nine children: Joseph F., Jesse E., George W., Samuel B., William, Mary R., Anna, Thomas J. and Joanna E. Of these William and Anna are deceased. Mr. Buchanan and his present wife are the parents of one child, Charles L. He is a member of the Catholic Church and of the Democratic party. He was a member of the City Council from September, 1873, to May, 1876, and acted as Chief of the Fire Department from 1878 to 1883. The latter position he again resumed in the spring of 1880.

JESSE E. BUCHANAN, the senior member of the firm of Buchanan Bros., proprietors of the City Bakery, was born in the city of Huntington, August 3, 1863. He was the second son born to Samuel and Mary J. (Wiest) Buchanan, the former of whom at present resides in this city. Edward attended the Catholic school in this city, in which he received a good common school education. He afterward pursued his studies in the Notre Dame College three terms. In April, 1886, he opened up a grocery in town of Markle, this county. On the 30th of November, following, he returned to Huntington and, in connection with his brother, George W., opened up the City Bakery.

GEO. W. BUCHANAN, the junior member of the firm of Buchanan Bros., proprietors of the City Bakery, was born in this city, December 4, 186i. He is the third son of Samuel and Mary J . (Wiest) Buchanan, the former of whom at present resides in this city. He received in the schools of this city a good common school education. In September of 1883, he entered Notre Dame College at South Bend, where he remained one year. He then returned to this place and engaged in the coal trade with his father. In November, 1884, he accepted a position as clerk in a drug store in this city. He afterward clerked in a grocery store in Markle, this county, six months. November 15, 1886, he, in connection with his brother, Edward, opened up the City Bakery on Franklin Street, and are doing a good business. In politics he is a Democrat.

JESSE L. BUNKER, an old and highly respected citizen of Huntington Township, was born in Guilford County, N. C, February 36, 1813. He was the second of three children born to Reuben and Rachel (Lamb) Bunker, the former of whom was born on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, of English descent, and the latter was born in Guilford County, N. C, of Scotch descent. His paternal grandfather was Reuben Bunker. The parents of his mother were Samuel and Hannah (Beeson) Lamb, the former of whom was born in Scotland. When the subject of this sketch was but two years old his parents moved westward to Hamilton, Ohio, but a few months later they came to this state and settled in the woods of Wayne County, near the present site of Richmond. There he spent his boyhood and youth working upon a farm. They had settled right in a wilderness, and the clearing of a farm occasioned a good deal of hard work, most of which was performed by our subject owing to the fact that the condition of his father's health did not permit him to work, and his brother, Samuel, was not old enough to assist him much. His marriage to Sarah barker occurred March 14, 1845. She was born in Wayne County, February 25, 1822, being the daughter of Thomas and Abbe (Cabe) Barker, the former a native of North Carolina, and -the latter a native of Pennsylvania. Her paternal grandparents were Isaac and Hannah (Davies) Barker, both natives of North Carolina. Her maternal grandparents were Elias and Sarah (White) Cabe, natives of Pennsylvania, the former of German and the latter of English descent. In 1849, Mr. and Mrs. Bunker moved from Wayne County to Huntington County, and settled where they now live in Huntington Township. They are the parents of four children: Julia Ann, born February 4, 1846; Hannah Jane, born December 11, 1848, died April 4, 1878; Sarah Ellen, born October 27, 1862; Cassius, born May 10, 1861. Mr. Bunker is a member of the United Brethren Church. By virtue of her birth Mrs. Bunker is a member of the Quaker Church. In politics the former is a Republican. He and wife have a comfortable home where they are spending the decline of life in a quiet, happy way. They are among the old residents of the township, and among her worthy and honored citizens.

JONAS BUSSARD, one of the influential farmers of Huntington Township, was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, April 15, 1840, and was the son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Arter) Bussard, natives of Maryland and Pennsylvania, respectively. When our subject was yet a young child his^ parents came to this State and settled in Wabash County, where his boyhood and youth were spent upon a farm. At the age of twenty-two he began farming for himself, and to this his attention has been directed ever since. He removed to this county in 1864, and located where he now resides, in Huntington Township. He was married November 21, 1863, to Lydia Knoop, who was born in Wabash County, this State, October 12, 1838, and was the daughter of Michael and Nancy (Sheets) Knoop. Mr. and Mrs. Bussard have had eight children, as follows: Willie, EflSe J., Lizzie E., Michael K., Nina A., Sarah A., Martha J. and Jacob A. The first two died in infancy. In politics, Mr. Bussard is a Democrat. He is an honest, upright man, an industrious and successful fariTier, and he and wife are worthy and honored citizens, and command the confidence and respect of all. Mr. Bussard is now enjoying a comfortable, home, the result of his own industry and economy-. THAD BUTLER, editor of the News-Express, was born in La Grange, Ind. His father and mother were among the pioneers of that county. When the subject of this sketch was but seven years of age his father died, and the widow was left with two sons, one, Mark Butler, a mute, and but three years of age. Necessarily Mr. Butler began early in life to earn his living, and received but a limited education. At thirteen he was apprenticed to C. O. Myers, with whom he learned the printing art at La Grange and Kendallville. He became a resident of the Wabash Valley in 1864, first working with Alex. De Long, in the office of the Indiana Herald, and afterward accepting a position upon the Wabash Plain Dealer. In 1868 Mr. Butler attended Oberlin College for one year. Returning to Wabash, in 1871, he was married to Miss Kate Sivey, a daughter of John C. Sivey, Esq., and soon after purchased an interest in the Plain Dealer, with the late A. P. Ferry. Mr. Butler was connected with the Plain Dealer continuously until 1882, when he disposed of his interest in that paper and located in Andrews, where, with his brother, Mark, he established and conducted the Andrews Express for three years and six months. That paper was afterward consolidated with the Huntington News, and moved to Huntington, where the consolidated paper took front rank under his management, among the leading weeklies of JSTorthern Indiana. Although an unceasing worker and a thorough master of his business in all its departments, Mr. Butler has not accumulated riches. Neither has he sought to do so. He bears a good character and has aimed to live an honorable life. His principles are not an article of merchandise, and he has never sold the support of himself or his paper to any man or set of men. In the general details of the publishing business, as a news gatherer and local paragrapher, and as an adroit politcal writer, he is recognized as one of the most capable men of his profession in the Valley. He has met his full share of discouragements in life, pluckily and bravely, and whatever the adverse circumstances, has never flinched in what seemed to him just and right. May 1, 1887, the News-Express was consolidated with the Indiana Herald, with Mr. Butler as one of the editors.

PROF. JOHN W. CALDWELL, Superintendent of city schools, Huntington, Ind., is a native of Pickaway County, Ohio, born February 11, 1835, the youngest son of John and Elizabeth Caldwell. His paternal grandfather, William Caldwell, was born in Huntingdon County, Pa., in the year 1734, married November 28, 1786, Jane Moore of the same state, and in 1808 emigrated to Pickaway County, Ohio, where his death occurred March 20, 1815. His wife survived him eight years, dying on the 20th day of March, 1823. John Caldwell, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Huntingdon County, Pa., February 5, 1800, being the seventh child of the above parents. He grew to manhood in Pickaway County, Ohio, where on the 24th day of January, 1828, he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Monnette. daughter of Isaac and EHzabeth (Peppinger) Monnette. Mrs. Caldwell was born August 18, 1805, raised a family of seven children, and departed this life on the 23d day of June, 1838. By subsequent marriage with Rebecca McClellan, November 12, 1839, Mr. Caldwell had two children, one of whom is at this time living. John Caldwell was a farmer by occupation, a man widely and favorably known for his many sterling qualities, and died at his home in Ohio, August 24, 1884. Prof. John W. Caldwell spent his youthful years upon a farm in Pickaway County, Ohio, and obtained the rudiments of an English education in the district schools. He subsequently became a student of Mt. Pleasant Academy, Kingston, Ohio, and still later, September, 1856, entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, where he pursued his studies during the greater part of five years, graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Arts on the 2oth of July, 1861. He is also indebted to his alma mater for the degree of Master of Arts, which was conferred upon him in the year 1864. During the period of his college life he taught two terms of school, and after completing his education he determined to make the teacher's profession a life work. Accordingly we find him in charge of different graded schools until 1868, at which time he was elected principal of the High School at Urbana, Ohio. At the expiration of a half year he was promoted to the position of Superintendent of the schools of that city, re-elected the following year, but resigned in order to accept a similar position at Attica, Ind., where he remained for a period of three years. On severing his connection with the schools of Attica, he was given charge of the public schools of Seymour, Jackson Co., Ind., where he discharged the duties of Superintendent with signal ability for eight years, winning a prominent place among the successful educators of the State in the meantime. In 1884 he was chosen Superintendent of the public schools of Huntington, Ind., where he is new serving his fourth year. Throughout his entire career as teacher and superintendent. Prof. Caldwell has met with more than ordinary success, his abilities as an instructor being of the highest order, and his executive ability acknowledged wherever he has been retained as superintendent. June 25, 1867, he was united in marriage with Miss Virilla Shoecraft, daughter of Jacob Shoecraft, of New York. Mrs. Caldwell was born in Oneida County, IS ew York, and was educated in Cornell College, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and at the time of her marriage held a position as teacher of the High School of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Prof, and Mrs. Caldwell are the parents of four children, namely: Ben J., born April 5, 1870; Bell, born August 12, 1874, died September 23, 1875; Guy and Ray (twins) born June 24,1881; the former died September 14th of the same year. The Professor and wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which they have both been identified since childhood.

JAMES OANFIELD, one of Huntington's reliable grocers and butchers, was born in Orange County, N. Y., November 5, 1851. He was the third in a family of five children born to Peter G. and Anna Maria (Knight) Canfield, the former a native of Connecticut, and the latter a native of New York. James remained during his early life in his native county, working upon a farm. At the age of fifteen he took charge of his father's business, which consisted of trade in wood, lumber and stone. At the age of twenty -two he left home and soon afterward became a brakeman on the Erie Railroad. He continued in the employ of different railroads in the capacities of brakesman, yard master, freight conductor and passenger conductor, until August 25, 1885, when he met with the misfortune of losing his left foot by stepping into a cattle guard in the act of making a coupling at Greenwood, Ohio. He was then in the employ of the C. & A. In April, 1886, he opened up a grocery and meat market in Huntington, to which his attention has been given ever since. In the fall of 1876, he was married to Emma J. Whited, who died in March, 1879. In March 17, 1881, he was married to Lottie Ramsey, a native of Sullivan County, N. Y, born in 1851. Mr. Canfield is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the K. of L. and K. of P. Lodges, and a Republican.

WILLIAM C. CHAFEE, M. D., is a native of Allen County, Ohio, and was born April 'Z, 1835. He was the oldest son born to William and Abigail (Thayer) Chafee, natives of Connecticut, and New York, respectively. The boyhood and early youth of our subject was spent in his native county. In 1850 he accompanied his parents to Blackford County, this State, and located with them at Hartford City. There he became a farm hand and thus continued until he reached the age of nineteen, at which time he entered Franklin College. There he pursued his studies two years, completing the Sophomore year. He then returned to Hartford City and took up the calling of a teacher, and at the same time began the study of medicine. He taught in all five terms. His vacations were spent studying medicine. In the spring of 1856 he entered the office of Dr. Moses Stahl, under whose instruction he continued un,til the fall of 1859. He then took one course of lectures in the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery. He then returned to Hartford City where in March, 1860, he entered upon the practice of his profession. In . April, 1862, he came to this county and located at Roanoke. There he was successfully engaged in the practice of his profession until May, 1883, at which time he removed to the City of Huntington. In the meantime, while a resident of Roanoke, he entered the Chicago Medical College, from which he graduated in March, 1869. April 28, 1861, he was married to Anna Stahl, a native of Pennsylvania. Their marriage resulted in the birth of three children: Ida May, Frank and Charlie Mott, all of whom died in infancy. Our subject and wife are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The former is a member of the I. O. 0. F. and F. & A. M. Lodges, and has repeatedly been honored by the most responsible positions in the gift of each. He is a successful practitioner and an intelligent and influential citizen. Politically he is a Republican. During the session of 1881^ he attended the Graduates' Course in the Chicago Medical College..

ELIJAH K. CLAYTON" was born in Macklesfield, England,,. February 19, 1830, being the sixth in a family of nine children - four sons and five daughters - born to John and Elizabeth (Keeffe) Clayton, the former a native of Eagland, and the latter a native of France. The subject of this sketch spent his early life in his native country. As soon as he became old enough he was furnished employment bv his father, who was the owner of extensive machine shops. When he was but fourteen years of age his father died, however, and he then entered upon an apprenticeship and spent five years learning mechanics. On completing this, at the age of nineteen, he, in the spring of 1849, emigrated to America, reaching New Orleans about the middle of May. He immediately proceeded up the Mississippi and Ohio rivers to Louisville, Ky., and was there employed during one summer by Roche & Long, builders of river steamboats. In the fall of 1849 he took a position as second engineer on the Aleck Scott River steamer, which he held until the spring of 1850. In September, 1850, he accepted a position as first engineer on the Bostonia, continuing thus until January 3, 1851, when he returned to England, and on the 13th day of March following he was married to Sarah Simpson, who also was a native of England, and the daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth Simpson. A short time following his marriage Mr. Clayton became the proprietor of machine shops in Macklesfield, England, which he conducted until the summer of 1856, when he again came to America, reaching New York on the 4th day of August. He immediately proceeded to Patterson, New Jersey, where he was employed in the locomotive works owned by Danford, Cook & Co. In 1857 he came westward to Crestline, Ohio, and some two or three years later he went to Peoria, 111., where he took charge of the Rock Island &. Pacific blacksmith shops, a position he retained between twelve and thirteen years. He then removed to Urbana, Champaign Co., III., and during the nine years that followed he had chargeof the L, B. & W. blacksmith shops. In 1881 he took charge of the Lake Erie & Western Railway shops, at Lima, Ohio, which position he resigned March 1,1883. In the following May he came to Huntington, and became the proprietor of The Eagle Foundry and Machine Works. The first wife of Mr. Clayton died in December, 1874, and on the 5th day of October, 1876, hewas married to Hannah Wilson. Mr. Clayton is the father of six children - three sons and three daughters. He is a member of the F. & A. M. Lodge, and by virtue of his birth he is a member of the Episcopalian Church.

HON. BUELL M. COBB, attorney-at-law, is a native of Crawford County, Ohio, and was born January 20, 1834. He was the oldest son born to Henry and Sally (Mitchell) Cobb, natives of Pennsylvania, and New York, respectively, the former of English and German, and the latter of English and Scotch descent. His boyhood and youth were spent working upon his father's farm in his native county. . He attended the district school until he reached his sixteenth year, when he took up the avocation of teacher. This he followed until 1866. In 1854, he removed to Iroquois County, Ills., and engaged in farming. In 1857, he went to Mower County, Minn. There he pursued the avocation of a farmer and carpenter until in February, 1860, when he returned to Iroquois County, Ills. There he taught school in winter and worked at the carpenter's trade in summer until August, 1862, at which time he entered Company I, One Hundred and Thirteenth Illinois Volunteers, from which, owing to a physical disability, he was discharged about one year later. He served in the rank of a non-commissioned ofHcer. He then returned to his home in Iroquois County, and resumed his trade and the business of teaching. In August, 1865, he came to this county and located at Andrews, where he entered upon the practice of law. In February, 1870, he came to the City of Huntington, where he has ever since been actively engaged in the practice of his profession. May 20, 1855, he was united in marriage to Nancy C. Phillips, a native of Adams County, Ohio, and daughter of Leonard and Margaret Phillips, both natives of Ohio. Our subject and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The former is a member of the F. & A. M. Lodge, and a Republican in politics. While a resident of Dallas Township, this county, he held the office of Justice of the Peace four years. In 1872 he was elected a member of the State Legislature and served one term to the entire satisfaction of his constituents.

TIMOTHY COLLINS, manager of the large grain elevator owned by George Thayer, is a native of Ireland, and was born September 1, 1832. He was the eldest of eight children born to John and Ellen (Murphy), both natives of Ireland of Irish descent. At the age of seventeen or in October, 1849, he left home and carae with an uncle to America. On reaching this country they continued westward and made La Gro, Wabash County, their place of settlement. In February, of 1850, he came to the village of Huntington whither his parents also came from Ireland in 1862. Mr. Collins first went into the employ of John Roche, for whom he clerked and acted as bookkeeper for some eight or nine years. He then accepted a position as bookkeeper for J. & J. W. Purviance, and as bookkeeper and cashier for Samuel H. Purviance. He thus continued about four years. He then became employed as bookkeeper for Lewis & Co. In March, 1864, he went into partnership with Frederick Dick and

Samuel Buchanan in the grocery and provision trade. At the end of five years the partnership was dissolved, but Mr. Collins continued as bookkeeper and cashier for the firm for ten years. About 1S?S he became the manager for Joseph W. Purviance. In August. 188-2, he became the manager of the grain business for J. D. Thayer & Co. The elevator is now owned by George H. Thayer & Co. Mr. Collins is a member of the Catholic Church and a Democrat jn politics. He has been honored with the portion of Councilman, eight years. In 1870 he was the candidate of his party for Auditor, but failed to overcome an opposing majority.

ELI A. COLLINS is a native of Clinton County, Ohio, and was born November IG, 1840. He was the second in a family of three children, born to John and Elizabeth (King) Collins, the former of whom died in Clinton County, Ohio, in about the year ISil, and the latter at present resides in Wells County, this State. When our subject was seven years of age, he came with his widowed mother and an uncle, to Wells County, this State. When he had reached the age of sixteen he accompanied his uncle to Warren, this county, where he began to learn the trade of a carpenter. Prior to this his employment had been exclusively on a farm. His early education was such as could be obtained in the common school. After finishing his trade he devoted his attention to it until in 1861, when he entered the service of his country as a musician. He continued in this capacity with the Thirty-Fourth Indiana Regiment about one year when he retired, having received an honorable discharge. He then returned to Warren, and November 1, 1863, he was united in marriage to Matilda Aumock, a native of Perry County, Ohio. She was the daughter of Philip and Susanna (Miller) Aumock, the former a native of Perry County, Ohio, and the latter a native of Fairfield County, Ohio. In the following spring Mr. Collins came to Huntington and resumed his trade, at which he continued until 1870. Since that time his attention has been given to the ice business, and to the management of an ice cream parlor. Mr. and Mrs. Collins are the parents of four children, all sons: Jesse D., William H., Alva B., and Charles M. The eldest son, Jesse D., for two years past has bad charge of the ice cream business, formerly conducted by his father. The son in question, Jesse D., at present extensivly and profitably engaged in the wholesale ice cream trade of Chicago, was married January 13, 1886, to Bertha May Hawkins, daughter of Levi Hawkins, of this county. Mrs. Collins is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Collins is a member of the F. & A. M. Lodge, and a Democrat in politics. He and wife are among the most estimable citizens of Huntington.

Springfield, Windsor Co., Vt., and was born on Sunday, January 1, 1833. He was the fifth in a family of nine children, eight sons and one daughter, born to Presby and Lucy (Thornton) Corlew, both natives of Vermont, the former of French and English, and the latter of Scotch descent. While our subject was yet a young child his parents removed to the state of New York and first located at'Glenns Falls, but some three or four years later they removed to the town of Cadysville, Clinton Co., N. Y., where for three years the father was engaged in the lumber business. They then located upon a farm in the same county. There the family resided about four years when, upon the death of ttie father, the widowed mother came with a family of five children to Champaign County, Ohio, and located upon a farm. About two years later the mother was married to Da\'id Patty. Shortly after their marriage the family removed to Zainesfield, Ohio. About 1838, they came to this State and settled in the woods on the old Ridge road, about seven miles northeast of Fort Wayne, Allen County. After pinching along a short time in a rude hut,' and in the direst circumstances, they removed to a farm near by and from this home, two years later, George, then a young man of eighteen, went to Ft. Wayne and began to learn the tinner's trade. This was finished in due time, and after working between three or four years in that place he came to Huntington, then a village of less than three dozen houses. That was in 1843. Here Mr. Corlew opened up the first tin shop in the town. He continued in the tin and hardware business until about 1863. A part of his attention was, during that time, given to dry goods, also. On retiring from these he engaged in the grocery business, and some three or four years later, changed from this to the avocation of a silversmith. Shortly afterward, however, he relinquished this business and since then he has been in retired life. In 1876 he removed to his farm two miles southwest of town, but in November, 1886, he returned to Huntington, and is now comfortably located on South Jefferson Street. He was married March 4, 1 846, to Ann Scotton, a native of Coventry ,':England, born September 28, 1828. She was the daughter of John J. and Dinah (Jennings) Scotton, with whom she came to America when she was four years old. They first settled in Wayne County, Ohio, but in about the year 1844 they came to Wells County, this State, and located on a farm where they resided at the time the above marriage took place. Mr. and Mrs. Corlew have had six children, Albert W., George F., Emma, William, John S. and Jennie. Of these, Albert W., George P. and William are deceased. They were aged twenty-three, twenty-two and three years, respectively. Mr. Corlew is a member of the F. & A. M. Lodge, and a staunch Democrat in politics. He belongs to Mystic Lodge and also is a member of Huntington Chapter of R. A. M.

Ohio, May 30, 1837. He was the second son born to Jacob and Mary ( Spears ) Day, natives of Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania, respectively. His boyhood and early youth were spent working upon his father's farm in his native county. During winter he attended the district school in which he received a fair knowledge of the ordinary branches of learning. At the age of fifteen, he was employed as a teamster in Franklin Mills.' At eighteen, he accepted a position as boat hand on the Cross-Cut Canal, between Cleveland and Pittsburg. In the spring of 1847, he was placed in charge of a boat plying upon that canal. This work furnished his chief employment until the fall of 1854, when he returned to Franklin Mills and took charge of a hotel. He came to Huntington in 1861, and in the following year opened up a livery which he has conducted ever since. He was married September 31, 1851, to Edatha H. Hotchkiss, a native of Oswego, New York. She was the daughter of Harry and Lida(Norris) Hotchkiss, both of whom were also natives of New York. This union has resulted in the birth of eight children: Cora E., Samuel F., Clara A., Eobert J. and Lulu C, living, and Rowland J., Clara A. and Harry H., deceased. Mr. Day has taken thirty-two degrees in the Order of Masonry and possesses membership with Amity Lodge No. 483; Huntington Chapter No. 27; Huntington Council No. 51; Fort Wayne Commandery No. 4 , and the Indiana Consistory. He has never identified himself with any church, but is a firm believer in the principles of Christianity and the Universalist doctrine. His attendance is shared by all the churches, as is, also, his liberal contributions. In politics he is a Democrat. In 1865, he was elected Mayor of Huntington, and he has since been re-elected to that office four times. He possesses executive ability, good judgment and dignity, and to these qualities the able and impartial discharge of his official duties may be attributed. His course as the city's chief magistrate has proven his sympathy for her best interests and his fellow townsmen have expressed their appreciation of his services by prolonging his administration. In 1871, he was elected a member of the school board and it was, in a measure, due to his efforts while a member of that body that the present High School building was erected. He has the educational interests of the city at heart, and has labored earnestly in elevating the city schools up to their present high standard. He bore an influential part in initiating the project that resulted in the establishment of the Orphans' Home, of Huntington, and he has been one of the directors of that institution ever since it was founded. He has, also, been instrumental in securing the success of various other enterprises that had for their object the accommodation and welfare of the public. Among these may be mentioned the formation of the Huntington County Agricultural Society, in 1867-8, and the construction of several gravel roads throughout the county. Mr. Day deservedly enjoys an enviable reputation

ALEXANDER W. DeLONG - The subject of this sketch, Alexander W. DeLong, is familiarly known throughout the county as a man of pure motives, strong convictions, moral courage and public spirit. The name of his parents, Isaac DeLong and Mary DeLong, indicate that he is of French extraction. His father died in this county several years since, after a life of activity, as one of the most esteemed lawyers and citizens of this part of the state. Alexander W., was born June 21, 1838, near Senecaville, on the Wills Creek, a place familiarly known in Guernsey County, Ohio. His childhood was awarded common school advantages, until he was thirteen years of age, when he entered upon a four years' apprenticeship as a printer in the office of the Post, published at Somerset, Ohio, after the expiration of which, as was his agreement, his master gave him six months' advantage of the common school. His services being completed, better inducements led him to the employ of D. H. Lyman, Esq., upon the Zanesville Courier, for the ensuing nine months. His deportment made him many friends, among v^om were William J. I jams, Esq., of Rehoboth, Ohio, who offered him a scholarship, and persuaded him to attend Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio, for the next nine months. Here he made proficient advancements, and when the want of funds made the abandonment of student life necessary, he keenly felt the sacrifice, for his literary tastes have always been of a high order. Thus at nineteen years of age, he came to Huntington, among strangers, in what was then regarded as the "West," and founding the Indiana Herald, a Whig newspaper, which has been published under the same name to this day. He canvassed the county on foot, soliciting subscribers and patronage. After completing preliminary arrangements in Huntington, he returned to his home at Somerset, on horseback, and having arranged for the purchase of material, for the new paper, started for Cincinnati, making the trip across the country in the old fashioned stage coach. While making a temporary stop at Chilicothe, for the purpose of changing horses, then 1 o'clock in the morning, he received the first intelligence of the nomination of Gen. Zachary Taylor for President of the United States. Returning to Huntington by way of the canal, he issued the first number of the Herald, on the 4th of July, 1848, and continuously published it until the latter part of the year 1865, when he sold out, but again resumed his connection in 1875, and continued its principal manager until April, 1883, when he again disposed of the office. It is a fact worthy of meation that in all that time he never changed his political principles, but he and the paper have pursued a constant course in favor of Republican principles as to good government and human rights. His domestic life, which began by his marriage at Mahon, in Huntington County, Ind., May 10, 1850, to Elizabeth C. Morgan, has been that of modest retirement, having a host of true and' tried friends, bound to him, not by considerations of appetite and feast, but by ties of honest friendship. The fruits of this marriage were a son Charles, who died at the age of near four years, and whose loss has weighed upon his memory ever since, showing the pure impulses of his heart; and a daughter, A.da, born March 10, 1869, and now living. The religious antecedents of Mr. DeLong were Catholic, on the side of his father, and Presbyterian on that of his mother, and he himself was baptised in the Catholic faith, in early boyhood, by Father Lumberson, in Guernsey County, Ohio. His religious faith is not strictly orthodox, viewed from a Catholic or Protestant standpoint. He has a high sense of moral responsibility, and a full and complete belief in Deity; and while in no sacrilegious manner declining to dwell on particulars or methods, is contented with the hope that God, who is Omnipotent and just, will do justice to all, as such deserve, and that the golden rule, if followed, furnishes a safe rule for the conduct of men. In 1871, with a few other citizens, he assisted in organizing the Citizens' bank, of Huntington, from which he withdrew a few years afterward, but whose success to-day is a memento of his foresightedness. In 1875, he was active in the organization of the Huntington, Kelso and Warren Gravel Road Company - this road being the first completed in the county. He was President of the Company from its organization, and for several years after its completion, and lending his individual credit to make it a success. For nearly forty years he has championed all public improvements, and never been a party to any " job," or made a dollar by any dishonest connection with any movement. For a period of six years he was a member of the Board of Trustees of the City Schools of Huntington, and in years gone by has always aided every literary enterprise, especially the old Workingmen's Institute and Library, and the present Library Association, of whose Executive Committee he was for many years an active member. In politics, Mr. DeLong is known throughout the state as an uncompromising Republican, but opposed to all dishonorable methods in politics. In 1876, he was a regular delegate at the National Republican convention at Cincinnati, and was a member of the State Central Committee, of Indiana for four years. In July, 1865, he was appointed Postmaster at Huntington, and continued to serve in this capacity until the expiration of his term, in February, 1883. He was then appointed Receiver of the Land OflBce for the Northern District of Arizona, located at Prescott. He remained there about fifteen months, but disliking the business and the country, he resigned and returned to his old home in Huntington. Mr. DeLong is a man of positive convictions, who, when he thinks he knows the right, dares maintain it; whose character for honesty and integrity is unquestioned; whose hand is open as day to charity, in ways and times the world at large knows not of; whose zeal has led him to befriend the aspirations of others, public men, at the the sacrifice of his own interests, some of whom, as not unusually happens, have not been lavish in gratitude in return; whose life of industry has amassed a competency, and whose daily life is one of constant activity.

ICHABOD DILLE, one of the early settlers of Polk Township, and now a resident of Huntington, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, April 12, 1820. He was the second in a family of ten children - - three sons and seven daughters - born to Ichabod and- Mary (McCain) Dille, both natives of Ohio, the former of English, and the latter of Scotch descent. When our subject was ten years of age his parents came to this State and located in the woods near the present site of Jonesboro, Grant County. They were among the first settlers of that portion of the county. The father had entered a tract of laud and upon it he settled, cleared up a farm aad continaed to reside there until aboat 18 to. The parents afterward resided successively in Wabash County, Peru, and finally jn Champaign County, Ills., where the father died November 10, 1868, aged seventy-nine. His wife, the mother of our subject, died at the latter's home in this city, April 3 , 1886, in the eighty-sixth year of her age. Our immediate subject spent his youth working upon his father's farm in Grant County. At the age of twenty he located upon a piece of land and began farming for himself. With the exception of one year which was spent in Iowa, he continued upon a farm in Grant County, until 1853, when he came to Huntington County and settled in Polk Township. There he continued to reside until in July, 1878, since which he has been a resident of Huntington. He was married July 23, 1840, to Rachel Smith, a native of Ohio. She died in August, 1852, leaving six children: Eli G., Jonathan, Mary E., Jehu, Lovina A., and Lewis W. Eli G., Mary E. and Lewis W. are deceased. The oldest was killed at the battle of Champion Hills, May 16, 1863. November 19, 1863, Mr. Dille was married to Mrs. Rebecca Brooks, daughter of Benjamin a.nd Judith (Davis) Havens, natives of Pennsylvania and Virginia, respectively. She was born in Warren County, Ohio, January 7, 1823. This latter union has resulted in the birth of three children: Jesse B., John I. and Viola, all living. Mr. Dille is a member of the I. 0. 0. F. Lodge, and a Republican in politics. He and wife are now comfortably located on Mt. Etna Avenue, and they deservedly enjoy the confidence and respect of all.

JOHN I. DILLE, a prominent young attorney of Huntington, was born in Polk Township, this county, November 18, 1857. He is the son of Ichabod and Rebecca (Havens) Dille, both natives of Ohio. Our subject spent his early life upon his father's farm in this county. At the age of fifteen he took up the vocation of a teacher, and he taught in all, three terms. He received in the common school a good knowledge of the com- mon branches, after which he attended the Normal school at Valparaiso about three years. The years of 1876 and '77 were spent in the State University. In June of the latter year he graduated in the Law Department of that institution. After pursuing some special studies at the Normal at Valparaiso for several months, he located at Huntington where he formed a law partnership with James B. Kenner with whom he has been associated ever since, excepting one year, during which he was the partner of L. P. Boyle. July 21, 1878, he was married to Mary J. Mohn, by whom he has four children: Dessie B., Chester B., Eva and Mamie P., all of whom are living. Our subject is a member of the I. O. O. F. and K. of P. Lodges, and a Republican.