Huntington County, Indiana - The whole text, 1914 (part 5 of 15)

John Kenower was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, March 2, 1820, and was the third child and second son of Jacob and Sarah (Wise) Kenower. His ancestry is of good old Holland Dutch stock. His parents were natives of Cumberland county, where the father was born October 6, 1791, and the mother on July 15, 1792. The family home remained in Pennsylvania until 1834, when it was moved to Clark county, Ohio, in New Carlisle. From that locality the parents moved in 1844, and in the first month of that year reached Huntington. In the family were nine children, several of whom reached prominent places in business, social and public affairs. These children were as follows: George, born January 29, 1816; Mary Ann, born March 7, 1818; John, born March 2, 1820; David, born March 13, 1822, and died in childhood; Catherine, born December 9, 1824; Sarah, born May 27, 1827; Adam Q., born July 18, 1829; Ann Elizabeth, born November 16, 1831; and Jacob, born November 19, 1834. All except the last named were born in Pennsylvania. The father of this family died August 6, 1866, and his wife had preceded him August 27, 1854.

John Kenower was fifteen years old when the family moved to Clark county, Ohio. Reared on a farm, he had a thorough training in a pioneer vicinity, and his education was more of the practical sort acquired through association with the plow and the ax than by study of books. In January, 1841, he left home and came to Huntington, Indiana. That village then contained fourteen families, and this interesting fact of early history would be more complete with the names of those residents at that time, which are given as follows: John Roche, David Osborn, William G. Johnson, Patriek McCarty, John McClellan, J. E. Taylor, William Delvin, Captain Elias Murray, Sr., E. W. Sawyer, Cheisea Crandall, Thomas Doyle, James Gillespie,.Mrs. Daniel Johnson, a widow, and Julia Murray. Mr. Kenower came to Huntington in company with the families of H. J. Betts, Hugh Montgomery, Charles Taylor and William Taylor, the party traveling from New Carlisle, Ohio, overland in a wagon.

Arriving at his new home without any capital John Kenower found his first work in the employ of H. J. Betts for whom he labored four months at twenty-five dollars a month, including his board, washing and mending. He took a town lot in payment for his services. That town lot is the site on which the old American house was later built. For his first labors, Mr. Kenower took up carpentering work,. which he followed until about 1852. He had previously been trained in that trade under his father. In 1846 he purchased a cabinet shop, and did business as one of the early cabinet makers in Huntington until 1863.

After a residence of fourteen months in Huntington, Mr. Kenower was married on March 18, 1842, to Miss Lugy H. Montgomery, a daughter of Hugh and Sally (Betts) Montgomery. Mrs. Kenower died on November 18, following her marriage. On April 14, 1847, Mr. Kenower married Miss Florence M., a daughter of John Binager. She died fifteen months later, leaving a young child, who died a few weeks later. On April 15, 1850, the third marriage of Mr. Kenower brought him as a wife Sarah Purviance, daughter of James L. and Elizabeth (Sprowl) Purviance. They became the parents of four children: Clara Isabella, William W., Elizabeth J., and John P.

The business career of Mr. Kenower was most successfully identified with the lumber trade. In 1850 he first established himself in that line and for many years took the leading part in the development of the industry in Huntington county. During his first year as a lumberman he manufactured more than one hundred and fifty thousand feet, and during the first ten years his output, made and sold, amounted to over two million feet. Most of the raw material was obtained in Huntington county, which at that time was well wooded, but it soon became necessary to extend the enterprise to the timberlands of other counties. Much of the lumber supply was then manufactured from black walnut timber, a native product which was early stripped from the lands of Indiana, and which was one of its most valuable early resources. Mr. Kenower shipped his walnut lumber to markets at Toledo, Cincinnati, New York, Philadelphia and Chicago. No other enterprise ever established in Huntington county had more to do with the rapid setting up of the community than that of which Mr. Kenower was the founder. In 1865 he erected a saw-mill, which in later years, through lack of supply of native timber, was remodeled into a planing mill. Along with his exceptional business enterprise, Mr. Kenower possessed a character of the strictest integrity, and while advancing to material success, he also kept and increased his esteem among all with whom he had dealings.

Mr. Kenower during his long career has held different official positions. He was county commissioner when the court house was built, and was a member of the town council when Huntington was first incorporated. He held a place in the council for a number of years and did much officially for the benefit of the public. In 1869 he built a schoolhouse known as the Rural Home, one of the famous old-time institutions of Huntington. In later years he took a leading part in the development of the gravel roads of the county, and was president and director of the Mount Etna Gravel Road Company, and also a director in the Maple Grove Gravel Road. Both the material and moral welfare of the community have always been an object of his care and attention. For many years he has been a worker and loyal member of the Baptist church, and from his personal means contributed much to the erection of the first house of worship, and also the later and more modern church edifice. For a period of nearly forty years he was superintendent of the Sunday school. Such a career, prolonged through many years, marks John Kenower as one of the most eminent men of Huntington county, and he fully deserves the tribute of respect and honor implied in this article.

Hon. Jacop G. Lamont. By the election of Mr. Lamont to the State Senate from the district of Huntington and Whitley counties, in 1910, the honors of public position and politics fell upon an exceptionally worthy citizen and efficient business man. Mr. Lamont whose home has been in Huntington county for more than forty years, has long been identified with the building and contracting business and also with the lumber trade in this and other sections of Eastern Indiana. His business record has been without a blemish, his dealings have always been straightforward and marked by scrupulous integrity, and he is one of the best known men of this county.

Jacob G. Lamont is a native of Canada, born at Welland, Ontario, April 30, 1857. His father, John Lamont was a native of Ireland, and his mother, Elizabeth (Gibson) Lamont, was born at Washington, Pennsylvania. The father combined the occupations of farming, contracting and building for many years, and in 1870 brought his family to Huntington county, Indiana, locating on a farm in Warren township, where he was known as a general farmer and stock raiser until his death in 1881. His widow still survives, and lives in Huntington.

The early education of Jacob G. Lamont, was obtained in the public schools of Welland, Ontario, and was continued after the family came to Huntington county, by attendance at the high school in Huntington. On leaving school his experience was on the farm, assisting his father in caring for the stock and cultivating the fields, until he was twentyone. In the meantime he had learned the carpenter's trade, worked as a journeyman for some years, and finally located in Huntington as a contractor and builder. In the course of his long experience his services have been employed in the erection of many of the fine residences and in the construction of schools, churches, and other buildings, and he was one of the builders of St. Mary's school at Huntington. In 1897 began his active interests in the lumber trade. In partnership with C. P. Kentz, the firm of Kentz & Lamont was established and for three years was conducted under the name of The Cash Lumber Company. During the next three years Mr. Lamont was associated with Mr. N. P. Salling of Muncie, in the same line, after which Abner Griffith of Muncie became his partner. In 1905, Mr. Lamont organized the Huntington Lumber Company, and was one of its active principals until 1911.

In 1910, as a Democrat, Mr. Lamont was elected State Senator from the district composed of Huntington and Whitley counties. His service has been through the sessions of 1911 and 1913, and his term expires in November, 1914. As a legislator he has shown a broad knowledge of the requirements of both his district and the state at large, and has done good work on several important committees. He has long been a factor in Democratic politics in Huntington county, and fraternally his associations are with the Knights of Pythias, the Modern Woodmen of America, and the Knights of the Maccabees. About two miles from Huntington Mr. Lamont owns a little farm of twenty acres, excellently improved and much of it in fruit, this affording a comfortable home, and also a means of diversion. In the city of Huntington he also owns considerable real estate.

In 1882 Senator Lamont married Miss Jennie McClelland a daughter of Samuel and Elzie (Patterson) McClelland. Their union has been blessed with five children: Margaret, Gertrude, Mayme, Edith, and Herbert Donald.

Dr. ORVILLE G. Wuirestine. The oldest veterinary surgeon of Huntington, where he has practiced for the last twenty-five years, Dr. Whitestine represents an old family of Huntington county, and in his professional career has long enjoyed the confidence and the patronage of the best people in this part of Indiana.

He was born in the city of Huntington, Indiana, April, 1868. Dr. Whitestine is the youngest son of James F. and Lucinda (Campbell) Whitestine, both of whom were born in Seneca county, Ohio. In 1850 the family moved from Ohio, and first settled in Union township of Huntington county and later moved to the city of Huntington, where the father continued his active career until his death in 1881. The mother died in 1882.

Orville G. Whitestine was well educated in the grammar and high schools at Huntington, and studied medicine under Dr. O'Leary, M. D., at Huntington. For some time he lived on a farm near Huntington, and gradually his practice as a veterinary absorbed all his time and energy. He became associated in partnership with Dr. F. A. Bolser, under the firm name of Bolser & Whitestine, and they opened an office in Neweastle, Indiana, where he practiced four years, since which time he has been in practice at Huntington. After returning to Huntington, Dr. Whitestine formed a partnership with Dr. L. Bower of Muncie, and their relationship lasted five years. Dr. Whitestine has been continuously identified with the active work of his profession at Huntington since 1885. He has splendid equipment, comprising a large brick barn, fifty-five by sixty-five feet, well arranged with box stalls and other facilities for the care of horses on short notice. He has office equipment in his barn, and a complete stock of medicine and instruments necessary for his work. He treats all kinds of domestic animals from a dog to a horse, and his service as a veterinary has been sought both night and day in the city and over a large surrounding territory of the country.

Dr. Whitestine married Miss Minnie I. Fisher, of Huntington, a daughter of Jacob Fisher, one of the old residents of Huntington county. The doctor and wife who have no children live at 238 Washington Street.

ProF. GARL W. Vickery. From the rank of a district school teacher, Prof. Garl W. Vickery has risen in the brief span of nine years to his present post as principal of the Bippus High School, a rise that is most praiseworthy and which reflects the qualities of energy and ambition that have been dominant forces in the life of their possessor. Prof. Vickery's success has been a pleasing one to contemplate, and he stands high among the educators of the county as one of the progressive and: talented men among his profession.

Professor Vickery was born in the vicinity of Treaty Station, in Wabash county, Indiana, on September 15, 1883. He is a son of Martin L. Vickery and his wife, Ellen M. (Heavenridge) Vickery. The father was born in Henry county, Indiana, and came to Wabash county in early life, later locating in Huntington county, Warren township, and being still a resident of that place. He served as assessor of Warren township for four years and has long been among the foremost citizens of his community.

Eight children were born to Martin and Ellen Vickery, of which number Garl W., of this review; Ethel, who is the wife of Frank Gleasner of Swayzee, Indiana; Frank, a graduate of the International Business College of Fort Wayne, and now manager of the O'Gondy Co. Elevator at Bippus; Clara, the wife of Jesse Tyner; Lola, a graduate of the International Business College of Fort Wayne, and now with the Barker-Brown Shoe Company at Huntington, Indiana; Albert, a student of the Bippus high school, as is also Ivan; and Aaron, now attending the grade schools of the township.

Garl W. Vickery had his early upbringing on the home farm in Warren township, and he was accorded his early educational training in the district schools and in the Warren township high school, from the latter of which he was graduated in the class of 1904. Later, he spent a year in the State Normal School at Terre Haute, Indiana, and this constituted his only college training. His first teaching activities were carried on as teacher in a district school in the fall of 1904, first im District No. 2 of Warren township. He spent three years teaching in the grade schools after his three years of district school teaching, and in 1910 he was appointed principal of the Clear Creek high school, a position he held for two consecutive years, of 1910-11 and 1911-12. In the latter part of 1912, he became principal of the Bippus high school, and is now serving as superintendent of that school, a position in which he has acquitted himself most creditably and satisfactorily. His progress has been a praiseworthy one, and has come as the result of his close and careful attention to his duties, so that he has earned every promotion that has been accorded to him.

In 1907 Mr. Vickery married Miss Fern Hornaday, the marriage being celebrated on the 26th day of April. She was born and reared in Chester township, Wabash county, Indiana, and is a graduate of the North Manchester High School. Mrs. Vickery was for three years engaged as a teacher in the district schools of Chester township, prior to her marriage, and was an educator of no little promise and success.

Professor Vickery has a place today among the leading and most influential citizens of Bippus, and is prominent in various circles. He is a member of West Point Lodge, No. 688, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is a Past Grand and a member of the Grand Lodge of the order. Politically he is a Democrat, but he has never gone into politics to any extent, his interest in affairs of that nature not extending beyond the demand of good citizenship. He is a man of excellent character and wields a worthy influence in the community, as is eminently fitting, and more especially so in a man of his calling and position.

CHARLES E. Knee. In the essentially and useful career of Charles E. Knee there is to be found a lesson for the youth of any land, especially those who are struggling with unfavorable circumstances in their desire for position and fortune. Left fatherless by the Civil war when still a child, he has known adversity and from boyhood has learned selfreliance, and through indomitable energy and tireless industry has made a place for himself among the substantial men of his community. Mr. Knee, who is Rural Free Delivery Carrier of Route No. 2, Andrews, makes his home in this city. He is an Indianaian by birth, having first seen the light of day, May 26, 1857, at Litchfield, Montgomery county, and is a son of Valentine and Rachel (Yaughgar) Knee.

Valentine Knee was born in Indiana and was a man of sturdy and industrious habits, in modest circumstances, but with a comfortable home, a good wife, and a family of bright, intelligent children. There were many excuses he could have given for not going to the front during the dark days of the Civil War, but when he saw his country's honor threatened by Secession, he bravely shouldered his musket and marched away from home as a member of the Seventy-fifth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He never returned to his home or his loved ones, as on the bloody field of Chickamauga he met a soldier's death. There were five children in his family, of whom three are still living at this time: Charles E., of this review; J. J., who is in the employ of the Wabash Railroad; and S. M., who is chief clerk of the offices of the Wabash Railroad at Danville, Illinois. Mrs. Knee still survives her husband and is living at her home in Andrews.

Charles E. Knee was a babe of one year when he was brought by his parents to Huntington county, and was but six years old when his father was killed. The brave mother managed to keep her little family together, and gave the children the best educational advantages she could afford, rearing them to habits of industry and honesty. Mr. Knee attended the public schools of Andrews to some extent, but the greater part of his education came from the schools of hard work and experience, and one of his earliest lessons learned was the value of a dollar. He made the most of his opportunities, accepted whatever honorable employment came his way, and wisely invested his earnings in valuable real estate, so that today he is a large landholder. In 1883 he was married to Miss Mary Downs, and to this union there have come two children: Mabel, who became the wife of Frank Brown, of Andrews; and Lawrence E., a graduate of the Andrews High school. Mrs. Knee died in June, 1894, and Mr. Knee was married (second) to Miss Anna Gretzinger, who was born in Dallas township, Huntington county, Indiana, and educated in the public schools. Mr. and Mrs. Knee have one daughter: Florence, born February 11, 1909. Mrs. Knee is a devoted member of the Christian church, and has been active in its work at various times. Fraternally, Mr. Knee is connected with Antioch Lodge No. 410, F. & A. M., Andrews Chapter No. 110, R. A. M., Andrews Council No. 64, R. & S. M., of which he is high priest and thrice illustrious master; and Golden Rule Lodge of the Knights of Pythias, at Andrews. A republican in his political views, he served as deputy assessor of Dallas township for a long period and as truant officer of Huntington county for five years. He passed the Civil Service examination and was appointed mail carrier on Rural Free Delivery Route No. 2.

Mr. Knee has always been a very popular and influential citizen of his community, and his course in life has been ever such as to commend him to the confidence and regard of those with whom he comes into contact, whether in business or social circles.

Wiui4MmM O. Taytor, president, manager and one of the owners of the Lagro-Andrews Telephone Company, is one of the best known business men of this part of the state. A man of broad and varied interests he has ever carried on his activities in a manner calculated to advance the welfare of his community, with the prosperity of which he has in turn prospered. His business life has been one of constant advancement from his young manhood, and his success has been due to his own unflagging zeal and honorable manner of fulfilling his every engagement. Mr. Taylor, like many other successful business men of his locality, is a product of the farm. He was born on the family home- stead in Wilson county, Kansas, February 1, 1872, and is a son of E. S. and Peminah (Downing) Taylor, both of whom are now deceased. Mr. Taylor's parents were both 'natives of Crawford county, Ohio, where they were married, but in 1868 left the Buckeye state to travel further west, and in Kansas they were engaged in agricultural pursuits. Mrs. Taylor died when William O. was ten, and Mr. Taylor died when the son was thirteen years old. i

The boyhood and youth of William O. Taylor were passed much as other farmers' sons of his day in Kansas. The short winter terms found him attending the district school in the neighborhood of his home; in the remainder of the year he was accustomed to be employed in the thousand and one duties which fall to the lot of the tiller of the soil. Thus he grew to sturdy manhood, strong of body and alert of mind. When he reached the age of nineteen years he went back to his parents' old home in Crawford county, Ohio, and there was engaged in various lines of activity until the year 1905. At that time he started a telephone exchange at Lagro, Indiana, and on December 15th of that year became the owner of the exchange at Andrews. Thus was organized the Lagro- Andrews Telephone Company, an incorporated firm which has since built the exchange at Mount Etna and is continuing to enjoy a healthy and continued growth in volume of business. The present officers are: William O. Taylor, president and business manager; and D. A. Taylor, secretary and treasurer. Through Mr. Taylor's able management this, company is now giving its patrons excellent service and it has become recognized as one of the important factors in the business life of Andrews, Lagro and Mount Etna. Mr. Taylor has large interests of a business character in all of these cities, and makes his home in Andrews, he having here a one-third interest in the John G. Gretzinger & Company dry goods store. A quiet, unassuming man, he has sought no political office, but is considered a stalwart Democrat. He takes a pride in the city of his adoption and is always foremost in assisting measures for its welfare.

In July 25, 1901, Mr. Taylor was united in marriage with Miss Hannah Reiff, of Crawford county, Ohio, the daughter of Christian Reiff, who came to the United States from Germany and settled at an early date in Crawford county, Ohio. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, namely: William E., born in 1903; Ralph E., born in 1905; and Mary P., the baby, born in May, 1909. Mr. Taylor is popular among his acquaintances, and especially in fraternal circles. He is a valued member of Antioch Lodge No. 410, F. & A. M., Andrews Chapter No. 110, R. A. M., Andrews Council No. 64, R. & S. M., Fort Wayne Consistory, and Mizpah Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., having attained to the thirty-second degree in Masonry. He also is a member of Golden Rule Lodge No. 308, Knights of Pythias, in which he is chancellor commander. He owns his own home in Andrews and other property, having evidenced his faith in the future prosperity of his community' by thus investing his money and supporting its interests.

Joun M. Eaps. Farming, considered a mere manual occupation, has of recent years reached the dignity of a business, and some men now operate their land in a manner that raises it almost to a science. Such methods pay well, for the soil gives large returns to those who cultivate it correctly, and nowhere does this apply in greater degree than in the fertile fields of Huntington county. One of the prosperous agriculturists of the county who has gained a substantial position through modern methods of soil culture is John M. Eads, of Polk township, who has devoted his entire life to farming. He was born on a farm in Lagro township, Wabash county, Indiana, October 28, 1872, and is a son of William B. and Rachael (Wamsley) Eads.

The paternal grandparents of Mr. Eads, Burkett and Elzie (Collins) Eads, were born in Virginia, where they were married, and subsequently moved to Harrison county, Kentucky. After a residence there of some years they came to Indiana, and here spent the remaining years of their lives. Burkett Eads was a prominent public figure of his day, was an influential Democrat, and became sheriff of Madison county, an office in which he was serving at the time of his death. William B. Eads was born in Harrison county, Kentucky, March 30, 1828, and was a child when brought by his parents to Indiana. He grew up in Madison county, where he attended the public schools, but his education was somewhat limited owing to the fact that he started to make his own way in the world at the age of fourteen years. He was sturdy, energetic and faithful, and was thus able to earn from ten to twelve dollars per month, and by thriftily saving his earnings was able to lay aside quite an amount. By the time he reached his majority he had some little capital, and was married arid established a home of his own. He came to Huntington county in 1875, and here he has since made his home in Polk township, where he is now living quietly, having retired from active pursuits some years ago. He is widely known and highly respected in this section, where his name has ever been known as a synonym for honorable and upright dealings with his fellow men. Mrs. Eads died at the age of fifty-nine years, having been the mother of ten children, of whom four daughters and three sons are living, as follows: Elzellen, who is the wife of William N. Williams; Elmira, who is the wife of William Tudor; Sarah, who is the wife of Orange Mahoney: Martha, who is the wife of W. H. Southwood; Jasper A., a resident of Wabash county; Isaac, of Jefferson township, Huntington county; ana John M.

John M. Eads was three years of age when he was brought by his parents to Huntington county, and here he was reared to agricultural pursuits on the home farm, in the meantime securing his educational training in the public schools. He has always followed farming as a vocation and the admirable results which he has attained speak well for his training. Progressive and modern in his character, he gladly adopts all measures and improvements which will assist him in his work, and keeps himself fully abreast of the latest discoveries in his field of endeavor. On December 1, 1892, Mr. Eads was married to Miss Clara Vol. II - 9

Dawson, of Wabash county, Indiana, a native of Illinois, who was reared in the Hoosier state and is a graduate of the common schools. Mr. and Mrs. Eads have one daughter, Hazel, born August 27, 1893, a graduate of the common schools and the Monument City High school, class of 1913, and now the wife of Herman Rudical, whom she married December 31, 1913. Mrs. Eads and her daughter are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Eads is fraternally connected with Golden Rule Lodge No. 308, Knights of Pythias, in which he has numerous friends. Politically he was always a republican until the election of 1912, since which time he has been a stalwart supporter of the principles of the new progressive party.

Wim A. THoMPsoN is a successful farmer, a citizen in whom the people have manifested their confidence by electing him to the position of trustee of Polk township. He is now discharging the duties of that office with marked promptness and fidelity, and with such men at the head of public affairs a community may feel assured that its. interests will be safeguarded and administered with the strictest honesty and after the most approved business methods. In his long and successful career, Mr. Thompson has been engaged in a variety of lines of endeavor, farming, teaching and merchandising, and in each has shown his ability. A

Mr. Thompson was born in Warren county, Indiana, and was but three months old when his parents took him to Texas, where the family remained for about two years. They then returned to Indiana and located in Polk township, where the youth was reared to manhood. He was given excellent educational advantages, attending the common schools of Huntington county and Polk township, the Polk township high school and the Marion Normal school, and then for three terms was a student in the De Pauw University at Greencastle, Indiana. Upon his graduation from that institution, he took up educational work, and for seven years was a teacher in the schools of Polk township. Few educators have gained greater popularity than did Mr. Thompson, but he felt that in other lines he would secure a greater measure of success and accordingly he returned to farming. After a short period he accepted an opportunity to enter the hardware business at Andrews, but commercial lines did not meet with his favor, and after one year he again answered the call of the soil and became a worker in the field of agriculture. At this time he is cultivating 140 acres of good land, which he devotes to general farming, although he also raises some stock. He is thoroughly versed in modern methods, and is an advocate of their use; his own achievements in the line of producing crops being decided arguments in his favor.

On August 16, 1899, Mr. Thompson was married to Miss Rosa Kellam, who was born in Polk township, a member of one of the earliest families of this community, her grandfather, the late Silas B. Fisher, being the first white child born in Polk township. Two bright and interesting children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, namely, Agnes and

Mr. and Mrs. Thompson are consistent members of Pitcher Chapel of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Thompson is a member of Mount Etna Lodge No. 304, Independént Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is past grand, and a member of the Encampment. Mrs. Thompson belongs to the Rebekahs, and is a past grand and a member of the grand lodge of the state. Politically a republican, Mr. Thompson has taken an active interest in civic affairs.

ARTHUR E. CHARLES. Some of Huntington county's successful citizens, after years spent in other lines of endeavor, have returned to farming, satisfied that in this line they can more surely gain a full measure of success. The call of the soil is strong to all classes, but to the man who has been reared among agricultural surroundings it is particularly so, and when he again returns to the plow he invariably gains' himself a position among his community's substantial men. In this class stands Arthur E. Charles, who is now carrying on operations on a tract of eighty acres in Polk 'township, although for a number of years other pursuits had his attention. He is a native son of Huntington county, having been born on a farm in Polk township, April 2, 1873, and is a son of Jesse P. and Lorinda (Miner) 'Charles. His parents were married in Henry county, Indiana, and on coming to Wabash county settled in the vicinity of Lincolnville, where they resided for a short time, subsequently going to near New Holland and then to the city of Wabash. In 1895 they came to Polk township and located on a farm of 80 acres four miles south of Andrews, where Mr. Charles continued to be engaged in farming and raising stock until his death, November 17, 1908. The mother still survives and makes her home on the old farm. They were the parents of six children, of whom five are living at this time: Homer W., who is a graduate of the Valparaiso schools, is now married and a resident of Topeka, Kansas, where he holds the responsible position of superintendent of the Boys' Industrial School of the State of Kansas; Lola M., who is the widow of William R. Ridgeway; Nora B., who is residing at home with her mother; William E., who died in 1907; Nellie C., who is the wife of John S.. Jack, of Minneapolis; and Arthur E.

Arthur E. Charles was reared on the home farm in Polk township and in the city of Wabash, and received his early education in the district schools and the graded schools of Wabash. He was given further advantages by attendance at the Indiana State Normal school, and then qualified as a teacher and took up educational work, being for several years a popular teacher in the public schools of Wabash and Huntington counties. He then left the schoolroom to accept a position in the old Howe factory at Peru, where he remained eight years. In 1907 he returned to the farm in Polk township, where he has since continued, and is now in charge of eighty acres of well-cultivated land. His labors in the active affairs have brought him a fair degree of success, and he is becoming recognized as one of the men who are maintaining Polk township's high reputation in the agricultural line. His time is given to his farm and home interests, and he has not found leisure to enter the political field, although he takes a keen and intelligent interest in those things which affect the welfare' of his adopted community. For a num. ber of years he was a supporter of republican policies and candidates, but in the campaign of 1912 he transferred his allegiance to the new progressive party, which has since had his ardent support. Mr. Charles is well known fraternally belonging to Antioch Lodge No. 410, F. & A. M., Andrews Chapter, No. 110, R. A. M., and Andrews Council, R: & S. M. At present he is senior warden of his lodge and in the chapter king, while in the council he serves as deputy master. He has many friends~in this connection, and is generally esteemed in Polk township because of his industrious and honorable career.

WiiLtam W. CAMPBELL. Solid business connections and natural ability, combined with thorough experience, assist a merchant to compete successfully with competitors, and in many instances by developing an originality of handling sales to distance them and add to his patronage by a large number of satisfied customers. One of the successful merchants of Huntington county, who has succeeded in the enterprise with which he is now connected because of natural ability and aptitude, is William W. Campbell, propreitor of a general merchandise store at Monument City, where he has been located since 1909.

Mr. Campbell is a native of Huntington county, having been born on a farm in Wayne township, October 20, 1869, and is a son of John F. and Mary A. (Trowbridge) Campbell. Both of his parents are now deceased. Mr. Campbell was brought up to agricultural pursuits, and during his boyhood when not attending the district schools was engaged in helping his father in the cultivation of the homestead property. He early learned habits of industry and thrift, and a careful mother taught him the rewards to be gained by honesty and probity. He continued under the parental roof until he was twenty-one years of age, and then faced the world on his own account, being engaged in farming for several years. Mr. Campbell then laid aside agricultural operations to become an educator, and for several years taught school in Huntington county. This vocation, however, did not appeal to him, and he next went to Marion, Indiana, where for eight years he was engaged in work in a lumber yard, and here gained his first insight into business methods. Subsequently, he returned to the old home place which he operated for eight years for his mother, his father having died, and at the end of that period purchased a farm of his own in Wabash county. It had always been Mr. Campbell's desire, however, to enter the commercial field, and when the opportunity offered, two years later, he traded his land for the building and stock of goods at Monument City, thus realizing his ambition of becoming a merchant. From the first the business has been a remarkable success, and it now commands a generous share of the trade of this part of the county. Mr. Campbell's business acumen, judgment and capacity have enabled him to realize the needs of his customers and to secure for them the most desirable goods. He has steadily built up a substantial business enterprise, and is now accounted one of the leading men of his adopted place. In his political views Mr. Campbell is a republican, but he has been too busy making a place for himself in the business world to enter actively into the strife of political affairs.

On December 24, 1890, Mr. Campbell was married to Miss Minnie Burnworth, who was born in Wayne township, Huntington county, and was well educated in the public schools. To this union there have been born five children, namely: Glenn, who is a graduate of the common schools, married Belle Jennings, and is a carpenter in Monument City ; Ethel, who is also a graduate of the public schools; and now the wife of Roy Prilaman; and Agnes, Austin and Earl, who are all attending the Monument City grammar school.

CHARLES BECHTOL. After many years spent in earnest and industrious endeavor, Charles Bechtol is now living in quiet retirement in his pleasant home at Huntington, surrounded by the comforts which form the commensurate reward for an energetic and well-spent life. Mr. Bechtol is one of Huntington's oldest and most highly respected residents, and a review of his career should prove both interesting and instructive to those who are starting out in life in an effort to gain position and prominence, without the aid of capital or influential friends.

Charles Bechtol is a native of Ohio, born September 3, 1840, in Stark county, the third son of David and Mary Bechtol, the latter of whom died when Charles was still a small child. His father, David Bechtol, was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, founded the family in Ohio in early manhood when he settled on a farm in Stark county, but in his latter years came to Indiana, and died at South Bend, this state, at the remarkable age of ninety-seven years. Charles Bechtol grew up a farmer boy and was reared to habits of thrift and industry. His education was secured during the short winter terms at the district school, and in the school of hard work and experience, for during the greater part of the year he assisted his father and brothers in cultivating the homestead. Mr. Bechtol did not take kindly to agricultural work, however, and when sixteen years of age began to learn the carpenter's trade, an occupation at which he was engaged during three summers. He came to Indiana first in 1860, stopping in Whitley county, where he found employment in a brickyard, and from that place came to Huntington, here being employed in the shops of the Wabash and Erie Railroads and along the line of the old canal running from Huntington to Cincinnati, Ohio. Later he learned the trade of machinist and was again employed by the Erie Railroad, making his home in Huntington, although for a time he was employed in Toledo, Ohio. After eighteen months, however, he returned to Huntington and became a carpenter and carbuilder in the Erie shops, and in 1892 was made a machinist here, a capacity in which he continued from that year until 1909, when, feeling that he had earned a rest, he retired from active pursuits. Always thrifty and industrious, Mr. Bechtol showed excellent judgment in making investments, with the result that today he is a holder of city realty, having a number of valuable properties in addition to his comfortable home on East Franklin street. During his long residence in the city he has formed a wide acquaintance, in which he has a number of warm and appreciative friends, who esteem him for his many sterling qualities and for his genial and courteous manner. In politics he takes an independent stand, preferring to use his own judgment in selecting candidates to voting blindly for those chosen by party. He has never held nor desired office. His religious faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he is a consistent attendant of the First church of that denomination in Huntington. Mr. Bechtol is a popular member of Lafontaine Lodge No. 42, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

In March, 1865, Mr. Bechtol was married to Mrs. Mary E. Anderson, widow of George Anderson. She had three children by her former husband. Mrs. Bechtol died in May, 1909, in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. and Mrs. Bechtol had one son: Charles O., a graduate of the Huntington high school and of the State University medical department, finishing his medical term in Chicago University. He is now one of the leading surgeons of Marion, Indiana. Charles O. Bechtol married Nancy Martin of Monmouth, INinois, and they have one son, Charles O., Jr.

ROLLIN HoLLOWELL, who has been engaged in farming in Polk township since reaching man's estate, and is now the owner of a fine property of 200 acres located in sections 10 and 15, four miles south and one-half mile west of Andrews, and known as Homewood Farm, is one of the enterprising and energetic agriculturists of this section of Huntingtou county. He was born in Polk township, November 16, 1871, and is a son of Lindsey N. and Angeline (Bailey) Hollowell.

Nathan Hollowell, the grandfather of Rollin Hollowell, was an early settler of Huntington county, where he was engaged in agricultural pursuits. He married Miss Wright, and they became the parents of four children: Lindsey, Mary E., Anna and Thomas. Lindsey Hollowell was born in Jefferson township, Huntington county, where he early engaged in agricultural pursuits, and was thus engaged until enlisting in the Union army at the age of eighteen years for service during the Civil war. Becoming a member of the 153rd Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, he served fifteen months in the ranks of the Blue and at the close of the struggle received his honorable discharge after a brave and faithful service. His life, no doubt, was shortened by his military experiences, for he died in 1879. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and was well known in his day and locality. Mrs. Hollowell died March 29, 1914. She was the mother of two children: Dessie L., a graduate of the common schools of Polk township and the Monument City High school, and now the wife of Albert Weeks and a resident of Florida.

Rollin Hollowell was reared in Polk township, where he attended the district schools until reaching the age of fourteen years. It was necessary that he become self-supporting at an early age, as his father had died when he was but eight years old, and he accordingly began to seek employment of the farmers of his locality. After his marriage he engaged in teaming and also rented land for five years, and then invested his earnings in a tract of eighty acres of land, which was almost entirely a swamp. Through long and tedious hours of labor, he succeeded in draining and ditching this property, which has since been developed into one of the most fertile and productive farms of the township, and to it he has added from time to time until he is now the owner of 200 acres. All of this has been accumulated through the force of his own industry, and he may well take a reasonable degree of pride in what he has accomplished. His life has been one of activity and industry and he has always been noted for his good management.

On December 19, 1891, Mr. Hollowell was married to Miss Laura Ruggles, who was born, reared and educated in Wayne township, Huntington county, daughter of Moses Ruggles. Nine children have been born to this union: Georgia, a graduate of the township schools, and now a teacher of music, for which she has decided talent; Laverne, attending the Monument City High school; Anna, also in high school; Everett Buhr, who is his father's partner in operating the home farm; and L. Dahr, Dessie, Doris, Thomas B. and Herbert L., who are attending school. In political matters a republican, Mr. Hollowell has taken an active interest in local and county affairs, although he has never sought public office. He has ever shown himself a worthy representative of the family name, which has been known in Huntington township since the arrival of Mr. Hollowell's great-grandfather, Thomas Hollowell, about the year 1833.

ALBERT FuLLHART. Among the prominent citizens of Huntington county, Indiana, there are few who have been more closely connected with, or more deeply interested in everything pertaining to its advancement and welfare, than has Albert Fullhart, a life long resident of this vicinity. At this time he is he owner of Coldspring Farm, a valuable tract of 100 acres, located in section 16, Polk township, four and one-half miles south and one and one-half miles west of Andrews. His life has been devoted to pursuits of an agricultural nature and his success has been gained through earnest and honest effort, directed by good judgment and able management. Mr. Fullhart was born in Jefferson township, Huntington county, Indiana, August 15, 1859, and is a son of Henry and Miranda (Carpenter) Fullhart.

Mr. Fullhart began life under anything but favorable circumstances, for when he was but nine years of age his parents died, and while other lads of his age were enjoying themselves with youthful pastimes or were improving their minds as students in the district schools, he was compelled to work in order to make his own way in the world. However, he made the most of such educational advantages as came his way, and grew up an ambitious and energetic youth, although by the time he reached his majority he was still without resources. He was married to Miss Louise Wintrode, who died leaving one son: Frank D., who married a Miss Needham and is engaged in agricultural pursuits in Polk township. Mr. Fullhart was married the second time to Fannie McKeever, who was born in Andrews, Indiana, July 17, 1868, daughter of Frank and Sarah (Yantis) McKeever, both of whom are now deceased. Mrs. Fullhart was educated in the public schools and is a lady of culture and social graces. She and Mr. Fullhart have had two children: Samuel R., a graduate of the public schools, married Lefa Poe, and lives in Wabash, Indiana; and Russell, also a graduate of the public schools, resides with his parents and is his father's assistant in the work of the farm. After his marriage, Mr. Fullhart settled down to agricultural pursuits in Polk township, and here he has developed a handsome and well-cultivated property, which he has named Coldspring Farm. Here he has buildings of modern architecture and substantial construction, fitted with: every convenience and comfort. He uses modern methods and machinery in his work and in every way is showing himself a capable and efficient agriculturist. Mr. Fullhart is widely known and highly respected by his acquaintances as a man of sterling character, honest and honorable in all his dealings with his fellow-men. By his energy, perseverance and excellent management he has advanced himself from a penniless orphan boy to a man of substance and influence. Mr. and Mrs. Fullhart are members of the Mount Hope Methodist Episcopal church, in the work of which they take a helpful interest. Politically a republican, Mr. Fullhart has not been active in public matters except as they have affected the welfare of his immediate community.

HERBERT S. SATTERTHWAITE. One of the model properties of Huntington county, which illustrates what may be accomplished on a country place through modern methods and intelligent operations, is the Echo Lodge Farm, a beautiful tract of 225 acres, located in sections 3 and 9, Polk township. This property is owned by Herbert S. Satterthwaite, one of the most progressive of his community's agriculturists, who has combined practical cultivation of the soil with a love for attractive surroundings. Mr. Satterthwaite has been a lifelong resident of Polk township, having been born on a farm south of the Salamonie river, January 4, 1877, a son of H. W. and Margaret (Weller) Satterthwaite. There were twelve children in the family, of whom seven are living: Laura, who is the wife of David Thomas, of Huntington; Beatrice, the wife of James Thorn, a farmer of Wayne township; Fannie, the widow of Thomas Hart, and now a resident of New Mexico; Hiram U., engaged in farming in Polk township; Frank, who carries on agricultural pursuits in Dallas township, this county; Mollie, who lives in Huntington, Indiana; and Herbert S.

between the district schools, which he attended during the winter terms, and the home farm, where he assisted his father and brothers during the summer months. Later his education was completed in the. Monument City High school. He remained under the parental roof until he was eighteen years of age, and when nineteen was married and began operations on his own account. He has been engaged in general farming operations ever since that time, and his progressive, energetic and intelligent labor has resulted in the development of one of the finest farms in the township. In 1913 he erected a two-story bungalow, 3216x44 feet, modern in construction, with every convenience, including electric lights, furnished by an electric light plant operated by a gasoline engine, and hot and cold water in all parts of the house. The other buildings on the property are proportionately attractive and commodious, and everything about Echo Lodge Farm indicates the presence of thrift and good management. Mr. Satterthwaite has built up a substantial reputation for integrity and honorable dealing in business affairs, and as a citizen is always foremost in assisting movements calculated to benefit his community. For years he was affiliated with the republican party, but:in 1912 was one of the stanch supporters of the new progressive movement. His fraternal connection is with Huntington Lodge No. 93, Knights of Pythias, at Huntington.

Mr. Satterthwaite was married in 1896 to Miss Ica Duffey, daughter of Amos and Milla Duffy, of Polk township, and a graduate of the Monument City High school. Two children have been born to this union, namely: Thelma L., who is a student in the Andrews High school; and Myrneth V., who is attending the grammar schools. The family is widely known in Polk township, and its members have numerous friends.

ALBERT C. Haun. No richer'or more productive land in Indiana can be found than that embraced in the agricultural districts of Hunt- - ington county, and a fine farm of ninety acres, in section 2, Polk township, three miles south and one mile east of Andrews, and known as Elmwood Stock Farm, gives illustration of the thrift and energy which has characterized the life of its owner, Albert C. Hahn. Mr. Hahn was born on his father's farm in Dallas township, Huntington county, Indiana, August 18, 1868, and is a son of Christian and Sarka Hahn, the latter of whom died about 1870. Both parents were born in Germany, from which country the father came to the United States at the age of thirteen years, locating in Lucas county, Ohio, where he grew to manhood and was married. About 1865 the parents came to Dallas township, and here the mother died some years later, the father subsequently being married a second time. He had five children by his first marriage, and four by the second, and Albert C. is the youngest of the first union.

Mr. Hahn's boyhood experiences were much the same as those of other farmers' sons of his day and community, four months of each winter being passed in study in the little district school, while the re- mainder of the year was devoted to the tasks of the home farm. He was about twenty years of age when he left the homestead to face the world on his own account, and about two years later, February 7, 1890, was married to Miss Susan C. Lahr, who was born on an adjoining farm to the one on which they now reside, August 16, 1868. Her parents, Jacob and Catherine (Sperb) Lahr, were born in Germany, the former coming to the United States at the age of fifteen years and the latter when twenty-one, and both locating in Indiana where they met and were married. Mr. and Mrs. Lahr were widely known in Polk township, where the father died June 5, 1901, and the mother in 1904, and were the parents of nine children. Two sons have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hahn: George W., born October 17, 1894, a graduate of the common schools and of the class of 1912 at the Andrews High schocl, and now a student in the state normal school, studying for his Bachelor of Arts degree; and Ernest A., born December 14, 1900, attending the publie schools of Polk township.

Mr. Hahn has labored faithfully and industriously and his present handsome property has been gained through the medium of his earnest endeavors, ably seconded by those of his wife. Elmwood Stock Farm is a well-cultivated and valuable tract of ninety acres, located three miles south and one mile east of Andrews, and five miles south and two miles west of Huntington. It has been equipped with modern buildings, Improvements and appliances, is fertile and productive, and admirably suited to the raising of livestock. Mr. Hahn has ever been regarded as one of his township's useful and public-spirited men, and as a business man whose record for strict integrity remains unblemished. He belongs to the German Evangelical church of Dallas township, while his wife and son George W. belong to the Christian church at Andrews. Fraternally, Mr. Hahn is a member of Golden Rule Lodge No. 308, Knights of Pythias, belongs to the Grand Lodge, and also holds membership in the Uniform Rank No. 16, at Huntington. Mrs. Hahn is also favorably known in fraternal circles, being a member of Olive Branch Temple, Pythian Sisters, at Andrews, of which she is past chief, and of the Grand Lodge. In politics a democrat, Mr. Hahn has served as a delegate to various conventions of his party and on séveral occasions has been a member of the election board. He is wide-awake and progressive, and he and his family have a wide circle of friends to whom the hospitality of their own pleasant home is freely and graciously accorded.

WILLIAM O. ZrntsMAsTerR. It would be difficult to find a better illustration of self-made success than that exemplified in the career of William O. Zintsmaster, of Polk township. Dependent upon his own resources since the age of fourteen years, he has worked his way upward by indomitable courage and unfailing perseverance to a position among the substantial farmers: of his community, and for this reason is eminently entitled to mention in a history of the representative men of Huntington county. Mr. Zintsmaster was born in Stark county, Obio,

November 13, 1858, and is a son of John Zintsmaster, who enlisted during the Civil war in the Seventy-fifth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, with which he served until his death. He had formerly purchased a farm in Polk township, from Doctor Depew, and this has continued to remain in the Zintsmaster name to the present time, now being the home of our subject. It contains sixty acres.

The only survivor of his parents' six children, William O. Zintsmaster has spent his entire career in Polk township. He was but a lad when his father died, and his early education was neglected, as his mother married again, and the lad was left to shift for himself. When he was fourteen years of age he took up the burden of self support, bravely accepting whatever honorable employment presented itself, but his wages were meagre and he was able to save almost nothing. Accordingly, he arrived at man's estate without capital save his willing hands and a stout heart. Through hard and persistent labor, he finally managed to accumulate enough money to invest in thirty acres of land, a part of the property formerly owned by his father, and when this had been put under a good state of cultivation, he added thirty acres more to it, this havmg since been developed into a valuable farm. Pleasant Home Farm, as it is known, is located in section 3, Polk township, three miles south and three-quarters of a mile west of Andrews. It is rich, fertile soil, and under Mr. Zintsmaster's capable management and intelligent treatment yields large crops annually. He favors modern methods and keeps fully abreast of the developments constantly being made in agricultural work, and has the reputation of being a practical and progressive farmer. Those who have had dealings with him account him a man of integrity and business honor, and as a loyal friend he is popular with a wide circle of Polk township's best people.

Mr. Zintsmaster was married in 1879 to Miss Louanna Benson, who was born in Kansas, daughter of Benjamin and Margaret (Russon) Benson. When she was fourteen years of age she was brought to Polk township, and here her education was completed in the public schools. Mr. and Mrs. Zintsmaster have had three children, namely: Roy, who is single and is engaged in assisting his father in the cultivation of the home farm; Iva, who is the wife of Russell Collins, a farmer of Lagro township, Wabash county; and Alonzo, single, who lives in Wabash county. Mr. and Mrs. Zintsmaster are consistent members of the Christian church at Andrews, in which he has served for several years as a deacon. Fora long period he was a supporter of the principles of the Republican party, but in 1912 his own spirit of progress led him to cast his ballot with the new progressive party. His life has been characterized by a strict adherence to duty and his standing in his community is accordingly high.

Jacop D. Haun. Jacob D. Hahn is connected with the development of the resources that nature has provided in this section of the state, being well known as a representative of the agricultural interests of Huntington county. A native son of this county, he has spent his entire career within its borders, and from modest beginnings has worked his way to a position of independence and affluence, being the owner of 140 acres of fine land, located three miles south and one mile east of Andrews, in Polk township. Mr. Hahn was þorn on a farm in Dallas township, Huntington county, Indiana, November 24, 1866, and is a son of Christian and Sarah (Christman) Hahn.

Christian Hahn was born in Germany, but was brought to the United States as a lad of five years, the family settling in Lucas county, Ohio, where Mr. Hahn met and married Sarah Christman, who had been born in that county. In 1865, Mr. and Mrs. Hahn came to Indiana and located in Dallas township, Huntington county, where Mr. Hahn engaged in agricultural pursuits, in which he still successfulky continues. His first wife died in this township, having been the mother of five children, and Mr. Hahn was again married, there being four children by the second union. Four of the five children of Christian and Sarah Hahn still survive, namely: Kephas, who is a resident of Michigan; Sarah A., living at Fort Wayne, Indiana, the widow of John Case; Jacob D., and Albert C., who reside in Polk township.

Jacob D. Hahn was brought up a farmer's boy on the homestead place in Dallas township, and after attending the district school for some time became a student in the German school, where he continued his studies until his confirmation. He remained under the parental roof until reaching the age of twenty years, at which time he faced the world on his own account, and for one and one-half years worked as a farm hand by the month. On March 24, 1889, Mr. Hahn was united in marriage with Miss Barbara A. Lahr, of Union township, daughter of Peter Lahr, and after their marriage they began housekeeping on a tract of rented land. Mr. Hahn was industrious and energetic, carefully saved his earnings, with the assistance of his faithful wife, and soon found himself in possession of means enough to secure forty acres of land. This formed the nucleus for his present magnificent property, for four years later he doubled his holdings by a purchase of forty acres additional, later added another forty, and in 1908 secured his final twenty acres from the Clingle farm. He now has 140 acres of as fine land as may be found in Huntington county, and it has all been acquired through his own efforts. He has engaged extensively in general farming, his land being admirably adapted to clover and corn, and also raises large numbers of hogs annually, which find a ready market and top-notch prices in the large cities. He has worked in a practical way, being a man of action rather than theory, but has ever been ready to give a trial to new and progressive methods and to adopt them if results were satisfactory. In the county of his birth, where his entire life has been passed, the circle of his friends is almost co-extensive with the circle of his acquaintance, a fact indicative of a well spent and honorable life.

Mr. Hahn is a democrat in his political views, but has found no time for public matters. He is a trustee of Pilcher Chapel of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which both he and his wife are members. They have been the parents of three children: Sarah V., a graduate of the common schools, and now 'the wife of Herman Schengle; Ervin E., a graduate of the common schools and now assisting his father in the work of the homestead place; and Celia A., who is thirteen years of age and still attending the Polk township schools.

Joan O. Reppine. In writing of the prominent and prosperous farming men of Rock Creek township it would be highly inconsistent to omit some mention of John O. Redding, one of the leading citizens of the township, and a man who has accomplished a generous measure of agricultural success in the community, as well as establishing himself firmly among his fellows as a result of his substantial and altogether worthy character. As proprietor and owner of the Old Redding Farm, as it is widely known, he has ably carried on the activities begun by his father a good many years ago in the township, and he has added some thing to the place since he came into ownership, as a result of his industry and good management.

Born in Wells county, Indiana, on August 3, 1866, John Oliver Redding is the son of T. W. and Clara (Walker) Redding, both of them natives of North Carolina, there reared and educated. After their marriage they settled in Rock Creek township, this county, and here spent the remainder of their lives. They were the parents of thirteen children, of whom seven are now living. James Redding is a resident of Tennessee. Jane is the wife of Lewis Seigman of this township. R. W. Redding is also a resident in Rock Creek township. Wesley A. is likewise resident here. Mary is the wife of R. E. Johnson, of Jennings county, Indiana. Alice is the wife of Wade Hampton, of Duncan, Oklahoma. John O. is the seventh living child of the family.

John O. Redding was reared on the home farm in this township, the same place being now his home and his property. Such education as he had was gained in the district schools and was secured during the winter months of his boyhood up to the age of nineteen years. He stayed at home as his father's assistant and helper on the farm until he was twenty-five, and at that age all that he owned in the world was a horse and buggy, for his labor had been given at the home place and his board and keep was all he derived from his industry, barring the acquisition of the horse and buggy mentioned. This, however, he regarded as no hardship, but rather as a debt he owed his parents, and when he married at the age of twenty-five he started life without any possessions, one might say. He chose for his wife the daughter of William and Melissa J. (Thompson) Sheets, prosperous farming people of the community, and Mary A. Sheets proved herself a helpmate of the highest type. They were married March 11, 1892, and soon after he rented a forty-acre place, which he operated for some time and then moved to the old John Redding farm in Huntington county. The Old Redding Farm is a place of eighty acres, ten miles west of Bluffton, and five miles south of Markle. It has long been known for one of the fertile and highly productive spots of the county, and when John Redding came into its possession he was well acquainted by previous contact with its needs and its possibilities, so that he has lost nothing in time and money in experimenting with it. Other lands have come into Mr. Redding's possession as a result of his energy and industry, and he is today among the well-to-do men of the community, owning 100 acres. High grade stock has always been a hobby with the proprietor of this place, and the standard he has maintained in that branch of his activities is kept up to the top-notch in all his farming activities.

To Mr. and Mrs. Redding three children have been born. Josie, the eldest, is a graduate of the Rock Creek Centre high school; Edna is now a student in the same school, and Eldon, born in 1902, attends the common schools of the community. k

The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Rockford, and Mr. Redding is a trustee of the church, and with his wife has a reasonable share in the activities of the various departments of the organization. Mr. Redding is a member of Markle Lodge, No. 23, Knights of Pythias, and of the Red Men, Lodge No. 226. In the. latter order he has been through all chairs. He is a Republican in his political activities, and is a man who has lived well up to the highest standards of citizenship recognized within the borders of the county. With him Progress has long been a watchword, and his opinion is held invaluable by his agricultural associates. R

DanteL Muer. The well kept and productive farm of Daniel Miller lies in a fertile tract of Rock township, five miles distant from Markle, ten miles from Bluffton and eight miles from Warren, so that his place-is especially advantageously located, and affords many opportunities to him and his family that many other farming people are of necessity denied. Mr. Miller has been a resident of Huntington county since 1883, when he came here from his native state, Pennsylvania, and he has arisen from the position of a farm hand to an employer of similar help, as the owner of a place of his own in the community where he had his substantial start in life...

Mr. Miller is a native of Berks county, Pennsylvania, born there on October 3, 1861, and he is a son of Jonathan and Mary (Kessler) Miller, both born in the same county and state, and there they passed their lives. Both are now deceased. They were the parents of eight children, Daniel Miller of this review being the fifth born in the family. He was reared on the Berk county farm of his parents, there attending the district schools and spending his summers in hard work on the home place. He continued at home until he reached the age of twenty-two, when he began to work for others, and soon after he came to Indiana, locating almost immediately in Rock Creek, Huntington county, where he entered the service of John Dill, a prosperous farmer of the community in that day. Four years the young man spent as the assistant of Mr. Dill, and in 1886 he married the daughter of his employer. She was Mary C. Dill, born and reared in this vicinity, and she died in 1907.

has since lived in prosperous content, busy with his farming and other interests, and taking his place among the representative men of the community.

Mr. Miller is a member of the Emanuel Reformed church in Wells county, Indiana, having been affiliated with that denominatioon as an active member since he was a lad of fourteen years. He is a member of the Red Men at Rockford, Indiana, and of the order of Moose. Politically he is a Republican, and he has been an active factor in local politics for a good many years.

In 1910 Mr. Miller married Verna Allen, of Markle, Indiana, a daughter of Levi Allen, an old time resident of that community. Mrs. Miller is a member of the Christian church, and a woman of many virtues, highly esteemed in her community and possessing a wide circle of friends throughout the town and county. .

Martin E. LeaveLL. The eighty acre farm of Martin E. Leavell in section 23 of Rock Creek township lies three and a half miles southwest of Markle, Indiana, and being thus advantageously situated affords to him and his family many facilities that residence on a more remotely located farm must of necessity deny to them. The Leavells are among the prosperous and highly regarded people of their community, and they added in generous measure to the general high standing of the township where they have had a continued residence of thirty-three years.

Martin Elmer Leavell was born in Delaware county, Indiana, on September 5, 1872, and he is a son of James and Laura (Worley) Leavell. The mother died when their son was a small boy and the father died in Delaware county in about 1897. He was a native son of Randolph county, Indiana, and the mother was likewise of Indiana birth. Young Leavell came as a boy of eight years, after the death of his parents, to Huntington county, and was reared on the farm of his uncle, F. M. Leavell. He attended the district schools of Rock Creek township, with one term at Danville, Indiana, and when he was eighteen he began farming in association with his uncle. He remained on the Leavell farm until he married, December 24, 1898. He owned the same section where he now lives. General farming occupies his attention with some stock raising as a side line, and he is generally regarded as a prosperous and successful farmer, as he indeed is.

Mr. Leavell married Julia Sheets, the daughter of Frederick and Maria (Shively) Sheets of Huntington county, where she was born and reared, To them have been born three children. Two are living at this writing - Frederick J., born August 29, 1902, and Ruth I., born April 17, We

Mr. and Mrs. Leavell are members of the Christian church at Buckeye, Indiana, and are active in the various departments of that church body. Mr. Leavell has served as an elder in the church, and his wife has likewise identified herself with numerous worthy activities in connection with her membership. Mr. Leavell was formerly a Republican, but on the organization of the progressive party he joined their ranks.

Though never a politician he is a man of ideas and gives a reasonable attention to matters of that nature. In his citizenship he has always set a good example to his fellow citizens and takes his place among the reliable, progressive and thinking men of his community. A quiet man, he yet wields a worthy influence wherever he is found, and he is known among the honorable and upright men of the town and county, wherein he has been known favorably from early boyhood to the present time.

NELSON SHARP. Among those people who have undeniably aided in forming the social atmosphere of Rock Creek township and who have added their full quota to the general well being of the community may very properly be mentinoned Nelson Sharp and his wife. They have long held leading places in the esteem of the fellow citizens, and it is fitting and proper that mention be made of them in a work of the nature of this publication.

Nelson Sharp was born in Peru, Indiana, on September 9, 1857, and is a son of Henry and Sarah (Kinsey) Sharp. The father came from Pennsylvania and the mother from Ohio, and they settled in Miami county in their young married life. Of the seven children born to them four are yet living. They are Joel of Peru, Indiana; Mayme, the wife of David Mann, of Peru; Ben, a resident of Lancaster township; and Nelson Sharp, of this review. m

Nelson Sharp was fifteen years old when he came to Huntington county and settled in Rock Creek township with his mother. He had but little education, for he was early compelled to help with the support of the family. as his father lost his life as a soldier in the Civil war.

In the fall of 1879 Nelson Sharp married Eliza McClurg, a sister of J. W. McClurg. She was born in Rock Creek township on March 11, 1849, and is a daughter of John and Nellie (Randol) McClurg. The father was a Pennsylvanian by birth, who came to Ohio and there married his wife, coming to Rock Creek township in 1848, where they spent the rest of their lives. Mrs. Sharp had her education in the township schools, the best the community afforded in her day. Three children were born to them, but none are living now.

Mrs. Sharp is a faithful member of the Christian church of Plum Tree, and she is fraternally associated with the Star of Hope Lodge No. 464, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of Toledo Encampment, No. 239. He is Past Chief Patriarch of the order, and a member of the grand lodge. Mrs. Sharp is a member of Browns Corners Lodge, No. 348 of the Rebekahs, and is a Past Grand in the order.

Mr. Sharp has been a Republican in his political faith, but in the campaign of 1912 has cast his vote with the newly organized progressive party. He takes a lively interest in the political activities of the community, though he has never been a seeker after office at any time. He is well content to devote himself to the tilling of his sixty acre farm, and finds ample employment in the task.

Grorce H. McLiy, M. D. A graduate in medicine forty-five years ago. Dr. McLin has been in continuous practice in Huntington since 1880. Well known to the medical profession, a man of unusual experience, world traveled, he has also been successful in business affairs, and is one of the prominent men of Huntington county.

George H. McLin was born in the city of Kalamazoo, Michigan, June 4, 1843, the oldest son of Jacob and Adelia (Gage) McLin. His father was one of the pioneer settlers in Kalamazoo, locating there in 1829, when there was no city and when the development of Kalamazoo county had barely begun. He was one of the early farmers, and was identified with the promotion of several local industries which contributed to the founding and development of Kalamazoo as a business center. Dr. McLin's grandfather was Thomas McLin, who was born in the city of Nashville, Tennessee, and from there moved to Michigan. His father, John McLin, during early life was a sea captain, and was a friend of Andrew Jackson and other noted Tennesseeans. Grandfather Thomas McLin married Hannah Jackson, a niece of Andrew Jackson, and her father was a Quaker preacher. Jacob McLin, who had long been prominent at Kalamazoo and was several times honored with official positions, died in Huntington January 14, 1909, and his wife passed away eleven days later.

Dr. George H. McLin grew up in Kalamazoo, attended the local schools, and later began the reading of medicine with Dr. Lyon, now deceased, subsequently with Dr. Longbottom of Kalamazoo, and then with Dr. Weyburn of Kalamazoo. In order to complete his medical studies he entered the Cleveland Medical College, where he was graduated M. D. in 1867. Few members of the profession have spent so much time in the great centers of medical learning. Dr. McLin was for three years a student in Europe, principally at Edinburgh, London and Paris. He is a graduate of four American colleges, having degrees from the Occidental College in Cleveland; the Hahnemann College of Philadelphia, also under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania; the Jefferson College of Philadelphia, with at Blockley Hospital of that city ; and also the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Philadelphia.

His practice as a physician began at Buchanan, Michigan, and he left that community in 1878, practicing in Detroit for a short time. Owing to ill health he was retired from his profession about two years, and in 1880 located at Huntington, Indiana. Dr. McLin has enjoyed a large general practice, but has not depended entirely upon his practice for his material success. He possesses an inventive mind, has done much experimental work in his laboratory, and has compounded medicines which are practical and valuable contributions to the pharmacope@ia. A few years ago he originated a popular drink called Kolatona, and this has a large sale. He also prepares an antiseptic, known as McLin's New Antiseptic, and formerly called the Oil Radium, a preparation which is very generally used by both the profession and the laity. Among other interests Dr. McLin is the owner of some seven hundred acres of land in Benzie oping and cultivation of this place, where he makes a specialty in the raising of potatoes, beans and fruit, and has a splendid new orchard started. Dr. McLin is also the originator of the pepsin oatmeal, an especially palatable breakfast food, the first on the market.

Dr. McLin has traveled extensively, and while in Edinburgh, Scotland, took his degrees as a Mason in Kilwinning Lodge No. 2 of St. Johns. He is also affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He has been married three times. His two living children are Evangeline, wife of William Christman, of Wabash, Indiana; and DeForest, a student at Winona Academy. He also has a granddaughter, Mrs. Bessie Williams, of New Richmond, Wis., and a grandson, Glenn Bourdon, of Des Moines, Iowa. The present Mrs. MeLin before her marriage was Miss Hadassah A. Simons. Dr. MchLin is widely known, being a man of unusual social qualities, and with his business interests in different states has a wide acquaintance as well as much prominence in his home locality.

James J. BLAIR. Among the residents of Huntington county whose abilities have been recognized by election to public office is James J. Blair, who has served as trustee of Salamonie township since 1912. He has spent his entire career in this township, and has devoted his life to agricultural pursuits. `

Mr. Blair was born in Salamonie township, Huntington county, Indiana, March 1, 1846, and is a son of Thomas and Cynthia (Irwin) Blair. The Blair family is of German-Scotch origin, and was founded in Indiana by the grandparents of Mr. Blair, George and Jane Blair. The Irwins, who originated in Ireland, came to Indiana one year later from North Carolina. Thomas Blair was born in Pennsylvania, and was a lad of fifteen years when he accompanied his parents to Huntington county, the family settling in Salamonie township. He enjoyed the privileges of a good common school education, following which he learned the trade of cabinetmaker, an occupation which he followed until his death. He was a man of versatile talents and much mechanical ability, and also worked as a general carpenter and wheelwright, in addition to spending some time at farming. Thomas and Cynthia Blair were the parents of six children, of whom three survive: Louisa J., the wife of James Robinett, of Allen county, Indiana; George, a resident of Akron, Ohio; and James J.

James J. Blair was reared on his father's homestead place on section 16, Salamonie township, and secured his educational training in the district school of this vicinity. He was but fourteen years of age at the time of his father's death, and he then laid aside his books to devote himself to learning the trade of carpenter, having inherited much of his father's mechanical skill along with his carpenter tools. This vocation he followed for many years, but he has also carried on farming, and at this time has a property of twenty acres in Salamonie township. He is known as an honorable man in his business transactions and faithful to every engagement, so that he holds a high place in the esteem and confidence of his fellow-citizens. Politically a democrat, in 1912 he became the candidate of his party for the office of township trustee and was duly elected, taking office June Ist of that year. In his official capacity he has shown the same conscientious attention to details and fidelity to duty that have marked his personal activities, and his township has profited greatly thereby. Mr. Blair is a consistent member of the Christian church at Plum Tree and for some time hag served as deacon.

On November 12, 1866, Mr. Blair was married to Miss Sallie Hamilton, who was born in Clinton county, Ohio, and came to Rock Creek township, Huntington county, when she was four years of age. Later the family came to Salamonie township and here she received her education in the public schools. Mr. and Mrs. Blair have two children: Nellie, the widow of Eugene Rittgers; and Leanora, who married A. Melling, of Blackford county, Indiana. Curtis Blair, formerly of Rock Creek township, died February 12, 1911.

Warm E. Rocers. The farming interests of Union township have no better representative than William E. Rogers, who for about twenty years has been identified with that section of the county, and as a result of these active years spent in a close and methodical industry has a great deal to show in the way of a first-class farm and improvements, as well as the high position as a citizen. A number of years ago Mr. Rogers bought the Michael Young farm, situated four and a half miles northwest of Markle, his place being described in the usual record of land as the west half of eighty acres in the northwest quarter of section 27 in Union township. l

Wiliam E. Rogers was born in Rock Creek township of Huntington county, Indiana, September 23, 1872, being a son of J. C. and Eliza (Trustler) Rogers. The father, who was also a native of Huntington county, and now resides as a substantial citizen in the town of Warren, is honored as a veteran of the Union army, having served in the Thirtyfourth Indiana Regiment during the war between the states. There were nine children in the family, mentioned briefly as follows: Allie, wife of Charles Sheets; Rosa, wife of William Powell, who lives in Canada; Lucy, wife of Ed Rays, of Denver, Colorado; William E.; Hattie, wife of Frank Morrison, who also lives in Canada; Vonie, wife of Charles Griffith; Gertrude, wife of Harry West of Peoria, Illinois; Frank, of Galveston, Texas; and Elmer, of Montpelier, Indiana.

William E. Rogers was reared in Rock Creek township, and all the memories of his boyhood days center about that locality. His education was acquired in the district schools. Early in his career he spent six

Huntington county all his life. In 1893 Mr. Rogers married Miss Martha Bailey, a daughter of George and Nancy (Hersey) Bailey. Her parents were natives of Ohio, and came from that state to Huntington county many years ago. Mrs. Rogers herself is a native of Huntington county, born in the town of Markle in November, 1873. Her youth.

was spent in Union township, and most of her education was acquired in district No. 8 in that township. Mr. Rogers and wife have three children: Tennie, a graduate of the Union township high school, and now a popular teacher in that township ; Claude, a student of the eighth grade; and Eldon, who is also in public schools. Mrs. Rogers is a member of the Lutheran church at Huntington. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Star of Hope Lodge, No. 464, I. O. O. F., and as to polities he gives his support to the Democratic candidates and principles.

SAMUEL F. Trrpouet. One of the comparatively young men of Huntington county, until recently successfully identified with tile manufacturing in this county, and now a farmer and well known resident of Union township, Samuel F. Tribolet is an Indiana man by birth, and has spent most of the years of his manhood in Huntington county.

He was born in Nottingham township of Wells county, Indiana, December 5, 1877, ason of David and Mary (Sarge) Tribolet. His father was born in Switzerland, was reared and educated there, and when twenty-three years of age imigrated to the United States and located first in Hancock county, Ohio. Two years there were followed by his removal to Bluffton, Indiana, where he met and married Mary Sarg. She was a native of Pennsylvania, and was nine years of age when her family brought her to Wells county, Indiana, locating twelve miles south of Bluffton in Nottingham township. After the marriage of David and Mary Tribolet, they settled in Bluffton, where he followed his trade as blacksmith, and from there moved to Rifetown, where he conducted a shop of his own for some time. Later he moved to the state of Tennessee, where his death occurred in October, 1900. There were eight children, six of whom are yet living, mentioned as follows: John W., a farmer in Huntington township ; Rosa, wife of Ben J. Robrock, of Union township ; William J. Tribolet of Union township; Samuel F.; Charles E., of Rock Creek township ; Clara, wife of Henry Schweff, of Union township.

Samuel F. Tribolet was reared principally in Rifetown, Wells county, and when eight years of age his father moved to Brown's Corners, and his attendance at the country schools continued until he was fifteen years of age. Since that time he has been practically on his own resources, and his first experience in earning a living for himself was as a farm hand. Later he was employed in a tile factory, and with the accumulation of experience finally engaged with his brother, William J., in the tile business in Union township of Huntington county. That was his line of enterprise for ten years, and the firm of Tribolet Brothers did a large business in the manufacturing of brick and drain tile. Mr. Tribolet withdrew from that undertaking in the spring of 1913, and has since devoted all his energies to the work of general farming, being owner of a well improved estate of one hundred and four acres on the Prairie Road, five miles southeast of Huntington.

In November, 1908, Mr. Tribolet married Grace Tumbleson, a daughter of Willard Tumbleson. They are the parents of one child, Velma B., born in March, 1912. Mr. Tribolet affiliates with Toledo Lodge of the

In politics he is a democrat. He is a quiet business man, has led an honorable life, and stands high in the esteem of all his neighbors in Union township.

Rozert P. Ross. Included among the successful farmers of Huntington county who have won success solely through their own industry and well-directed efforts is Robert P. Ross, the owner of a handsome and valuable farm situated in Polk township. In addition to carrying on general farming, he raises cattle, sheep and hogs and is also interested in business ventures, being at this time a stockholder in the Andrews State Bank. Mr. Ross was born in Wabash county, Indiana, December 15, 1856, and is a son of William G. Ross.

Nathan O. Ross, the grandfather of Robert P. Ross, was born in Fayette county, Indiana, from whence he came by way of ox-team to Wabash county, Indiana, with his large family, the family at that time being in such modest circumstances that some of the children were without shoes. However, he was a hard-working and thrifty farmer, and in the years that followed he accumulated some 1,200 acres of land, largely in the woods. He also became a pioneer lawyer of Wabash county, and entered prominently into democratic politics, being widely known and highly respected among his fellow-citizens. William G. Ross was born in Fayette county, Indiana, and was a youth when he accompanied his parents to Wabash county, in 1837. Like his father he adopted agricultural pursuits as his vocation in life, and through earnest effort accumulated a competency. He was a republican in politics, and his religious connection was with the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he was a faithful worker. He became the parent of six children, of whom five are living at this time: Minerva, the wife of Marcus Engleman, who started his career without a dollar and is now the owner of 400 acres of land in Rich Valley, Wabash county; Robert P.; Allen W., who is a respected citizen and substantial farmer of Randolph county, Indiana; Thomas O., a retired farmer of Peru, Indiana; and John E., whose home is at Roann, Wabash county.

Robert P. Ross secured his educational training in the district schools of Wabash county, and as a lad began to assist his father and brothers in clearing the home farm from the green woods. He grew up as a farmer, and early adopted the tilling of the soil for his field of endeavor, an occupation upon which he has continued to concentrate his best energies. On December 25, 1880, Mr. Ross was married to Miss Philena Boblett, who was born in Wabash county, Indiana, and educated in the public schools. She taught one term in the public schools. Nine children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Ross, all of whom are living: Grace, a graduate of the graded and high schools, and now the wife of Jesse White, of Wabash county; M. G., a resident of Wabash county ; Thomas, who is engaged in farming in Wabash county; A. J., who is carrying on farming in Canada; Harry, a farmer of Polk township; Fay

M., the wife of Claude Wilson, of Polk township; Edna and Elizabeth, graduates from high school, who are single and reside with their parents; and Truman, who is attending the common schools. The children have all been given good educational advantages and have been well fitted for the positions in life which they may be called upon to fill.

Mr. and Mrs. Ross are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church. His fraternal connection is with the Knights of the Maccabees, in which he carries a policy of $4,000. He is now a supporter of the policies of the progressive party, although until the campaign of 1912 he was a republican. Mr. Ross has gained success through his own efforts, for during the early part of his career he had little capital and was forced to spend many years as a renter. He came to Polk township in March, 1903, and since that time has accumulated 257 acres of some of the best land to be found in this locality, located six miles south and two miles west of Andrews. He is skilled as an agriculturist, using modern methods, ideas and machinery, and his farm shows the beneficial effects of good management in every department. He has also met with success in his stockraising operations, and each year ships a large number of cattle, sheep and hogs to the markets. In business circles he is known as a man of integrity and straightforward dealing, who may be absolutely relied upon by his associates, and those who have dealings with him. His acquaintance is large throughout this section, and his friends many and sincere.

Davip M. PriLaman. Huntington county is largely agricultural and the greater number of its prosperous citizens are engaged in the cultivation of the soil. These men form the backbone of their community, and upon them rests the responsibility for the future prosperity or failure of this section. One of the farmers of the county who through intelligent treatment of the soil is not alone gaining a profitable living for himself, but is also insuring the productiveness of his land for years to come, is David M. Prilaman, of Polk township, the owner of 113 acres of land located just across the Salamonie river, south of Monument City. Mr. Prilaman has been an agriculturist all his life and has gained prosperity through hard and persistent toil combined with a thorough knowledge of farms and farming methods. He is a Hoosier by birth, the place of his nativity being Wabash county, and his natal day March 21, 1859.

Christian Prilaman, the father of David M. Prilaman, was born in Ohio, from whence he came shortly after his marriage to Indiana, and first located in Wabash county. There he was engaged in farming until the year 1866, at which time he moved with his family to Huntington county, and here purchased 100 acres of partly developed land in Polk township. A man of steady and industrious habits, he was able to complete the clearing of his property and to make numerous improvements thereon, and when he passed away was known as one of the well-to-do farmers of his township. Both he and his wife were faithful members of the German Baptist church, and were active in its work. Mr. Prilaman was married to Miss Elizabeth Free, also a native of Ohio, and they became the parents of ten children, of whom six are living at this time: David M., of this review; Joseph, a resident of California; Frances, who became the wife of J. C. Fisher, of Marion, Indiana ; Samuel, a resident of Manitoba, Canada; and Mary, who is the wife of Ed Carroll, of Harlansburg, Indiana.