Jackson County, Indiana - Biographical sketches (2 of 2 so headed), 1886 (part 2 of 4)

William Wright, a native of North Carolina, and was born in Wayne County, Ky., February 14, 1803, and came with his par¬ ents to Washington County, Ind., in 1809, and was married in Mon¬ roe County, Ind., in 1825, to Nancy Wright, who was the daugh¬ ter of James Wright, and who lived to the extreme age of one hundred and two years. West Lee and wife moved to Carr Township, this county, in 1832, locating about one mile south of where Medora now stands. In 1839 he moved to Pea Ridge, some two miles west of Medora, where he remained until 1856, when he returned to Medora, where he remained until his death. His principal pursuit in life was farming and stock raising, in which he at times engaged extensively and successfully. He made many trips on horseback to the land-office at Jeffersonville, where he entered a great many tracts of land. It is represented (no doubt correctly) that he has owned more land in the township than any other one person. At the time the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad was lo¬ cated through the county, he owned a mile square of land, on the southeast corner of which the town of Medora now stands. At the same time he owned other bottom land, and probably 400 acres of ridge land in the township, and at the same time, or soon after, owned various other tracts in different parts of the county. He was always friendly to the poor, often sold land and other property to poor men on long credit, and without security, many of whom took advantage of his confidence and never paid him. In this way he lost a great deal. While naturally of a mirthful disposition, he always abhorred lawlessness and rowdy¬ ism of every sort, and his sympathies were easily enlisted in be¬ half of/ the down-trodden and oppressed of every race, " whatever their station might be, whether of high or low degree." Took great delight in writing poetry and rhyme, in which he gained considerable notoriety. Being a strong friend to the cause of the Union and of temperance, wrote a great deal on those sub¬ jects. He at one time belonged to the order of Freemasons, but during the last few years of his life was very much de¬ voted to the order of Odd Fellows, of which he was a member at the time of his death, and in the honors of which he was buried in September, 1876, by the lodge then existing at Medora, there being a great many members of the order from Seymour and

Brownstown in attendance, who came on a train run especially for the occasion. During his lifetime he wrote several odes for use in the lodges. His widow, Nancy, is now living at Medora, and is seventy-six years old. Of their descendants the following are known to the writer, to-wit: fifteen children, born in the fol¬ lowing order: Elizabeth, Selah, David, James P., Wriley, Sarah, Isaac J., Mary A,, Nancy, Levi C., Franklin, Phebe E., Reason A., Newton, West Lee Worran; forty-one grandchildren, fortyseven great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild - total, 104, of whom all, except six children, seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren are now living.

LEVI C. WRIGHT belongs to one of the earliest families in Jackson County. His father was West Lee Wright, a man of marked character, and his mother was Nancy Wright, to whom were born fifteen children. They settled where the town of Medora is in Carr Township, of which he was founder, and here Levi C. was born August 30, 1844, and here he lived until 1861, when he entered the United States service in that historic organization, the Twenty-fifth Indiana Volun¬ teer Infantry in Company G, under Capt. John W. Poole. He was in the service until 1865, and took part in many of the hard fought battles of that organization. He was in the bat¬ tle of Fort Donelson, where he was wounded in the left leg and afterward was wounded in the left thigh, on account of which he was furloughed home about three months. He again joined his regiment and remained until the close of the war. After the close of the war he attended school and followed farm¬ ing until 1867, when he began the study of law, and in 1871 was admitted to the bar, since which time he has been a regular practicing attorney in the courts. He is now and has been several years deputy prosecuting attorney. In 1883 he began the publication of the Medora Eagle a Republi¬ can newspaper, which he edited about one year and eight months. December 27, 1868, he was married to Miss Lucy A. Day, daugh¬ ter of James S. Day, of Hamilton Township, and to them have been born three children: Ida, Thomas J. and Anna. Mr. W. is also a farmer. He is one among the many respected defenders of his country to whom honor is due. .

HENEY ZOLLMAN was born in 1821, in Owen Township, Jackson Co., Ind. His parents, Adam and Mary (Miller) Zollman, came to Indiana from Eockbridge County, Va., and are of German and Irish nationality. They were characteristic pioneers, coming to a new country full of courage and enterprise. Adam Zollman was a soldier in the war of 1812, and Mary Zollman's grandfather was in the Eevolutionary war. Henry Z. is the third child born to them, and for sternness of character and fixed¬ ness of purpose is much like his father. He was bom and raised on a farm, and from choice has always followed that, to¬ gether with stock raising, as a livelihood. How successfully he has followed this, his chosen calling, may be inferred from the fact that he began life a poor man (although he inherited what might be called a start, but not until in after life when he was over early struggles), and is now the heaviest tax payer in Jackson County, and is the owner of about 2,200 acres of valuable land, all in Jackson County, except about eighty acres, and his annual yield of corn from his bottom lands is about 20,000 bushels, to say nothing of the stock raising interest, which is extensive. He lives two and one-half miles from Medora, on what is known as . "the Eidge," in a splendid country home. He has never been in official life, preferring the quiet life of a farmer. In 1843 Jie was married to Miss Nancy Hobson, daughter of Milbern Hobson of Jackson County. She died in 1845. To them one child (now deceased) was born. In 1849 he was again married to Miss Eliza¬ beth Dodds, daughter of Andrew Dodds, of Jackson County. To this union there have been born ten children: Cynthia (Holland), Phoebe (Hughs), Sophia (deceased), Samuel T., George W., Thomas F., Florence, Alice, Henry J. and Elizabeth. He has three daughters at home and one son in the State University at Bloom¬ ington. Mr. Z. is a member of the Masonic fraternity and is a Dem¬ ocrat in politics. He made most of his money by dealing in stock.

PHILLIP D. APPLEGATE, was born January 17, 1809, in Clarke County, Ind. His father, Hezekiah Applegate, was bom in Pennsylvania, but came to Clarke County in 1790, and afterward moved to Jackson County, which was about 1819. Phillip D. is the fourth child in a family of nine, and spent all his earlier and best days on the farm. He spent five years in the bee culture and for eleven years has been in the drug trade in Vallonia. He was justice of the peace some years but otherwise has not been in public or official life. He is a member of the Masonic fra¬ ternity and is a Republican in politics. In 1828 he was married to Miss Elizabeth Burge, daughter of Isaac Burge of Clarke County. To them were born seven children: Margaret, Ellen, Hezekiah, Charlotte, John, Mary A. and Elizabeth. Decem¬ ber 13, 1871, he was again married to Mary Coffin, who was the widow of Reuben Ramey, of Gallatin County, Ky. Mr. Applegate is one of nature's noblemen.

HARRISON DURHAM was born in 1813, in Mercer County, Ky. His father, Jesse B. Durham, and his mother, came to In¬ diana in 1811, during ,the existence of frontier troubles with the Indians, and Jesse B. was commander of the fort at Vallonia. Harrison, however, was born in Kentucky by reason of his mother going back to that place on account of possible danger from the Indians, but as soon as her infant was old enough to travel she returned to the fort, traveling on horseback and carrying the babe, her husband walking. His parents lived many years in the fort and after peace was declared continued to live in that vicin¬ ity where Harrison was raised. He spent his life mainly in farm¬ ing pursuits and that of blacksmithing. He was justice of the peace for four years in the township in which he was raised. In 1838 he was married to Miss Lucinda Owen, of Brownstown, who died in 1842. To them were born three children: George, Sarah and Lucinda. In the latter part of 1842 he was again married to Maloma Rose, who died in 1856. To them were born fiye children: Elvira, Lucy, Kate, Samuel and Jesse B. In 1857, he was married the third time, taking Miss Elizabeth Cockram as his companion. To this union were born five chil¬ dren: Savilla, Effie, Lilly, Franklin and Charles. Mr. Durham is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Methodist Epis¬ copal Church. He is a Democrat in politics.

WILLIAM EMPSON, one of the leading men in all that pertains to the welfare of the public, lives in Vallonia but was born in Grassy Fork Township, December 28, 1837. His par¬ ents were Azariah and Martha (Holmes) Empson. The Empsons are of Scotch descent and came to Indiana in an early day from Kentucky. The Holmeses are of Irish nationality and came here from North Carolina. William is the fifth of a family of ten children. Until he was twenty-one years of age he worked on a farm and in the meantime qualified himself for teaching, which he began then and followed until he went into the army in 1804. He was in the One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Begiment - the 100 day service - then in October, 1864, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Fortieth Regiment (Company K), Indiana Volunteer Infantry, where he served until the close of the war, in 1865. After his discharge he moved to Missouri where he lived six years, then, in 1871, returned to Vallonia, where he has lived ever since. He has for many years been in the business of stock dealer buying and shipping exclusively. In October, 1867, he was married to Elizabeth Stutsman, daughter of John B. Stutsman, of Chariton County, Mo. To them was bom one child: Viola. Mrs. Empson died in October, 1871. In October, 1875, he again married Mary J. Copeland, daughter of David Copeland, of Vallonia. To them have been born six children: Eva M., Aza¬ riah (deceased), Willie, Blanche, Ethel and an infant. Mr. Emp¬ son is a member of the Christian Church, having been a member since he was seventeen years old. He is a Republican in politics and is indeed a man of high moral worth and character.

FRANCIS M. EWING was born August 30, 1846, in Cler¬ mont County, Ohio, and is the tenth child of a family of eleven children, born to James and Nancy (Talifero) Ewing, the former being a native of Ohio, born in 1801, the latter is a native of Virginia, and was born in 1803, both of whom are still living in

Jennings County, IncL They moved to Jennings County about 1850, where F. M. was raised. He was raised on a farm, but in the meantime, by his own efforts he prepared himself for admis¬ sion to Franklin College, in Johnson County, Ind., and attended there during the years of 1868-69. He began teaching in the public schools which he followed one year and in the meantime he singled out the profession of medicine as his choice of occu¬ pations and began reading medicine in 1869. He studied with Dr. J. L. Jost, of Hardensburg, Jennings County, and in 1871- 72 he attended a course of lectures at the Cincinnati Medical College, and in the winter following he attended a partial course of lectures at the Louisville Medical College. After some reading again with his preceptor he located in 1873, at Yallonia, where he has lived and practied his profession ever since, except from September, 1884, to January, 1885, he took an additional course of lectures at the Miami Medical College, at Cincinnati, Ohio. In July, 1876, he was married to Miss Laura Y. Croft, of Vallonia, daughter of Thomas Croft. She was born in 1856. To them have been born three children: Thomas J., Ralph and an infant. The Doctor is a Democrat in politics and is indeed the architect of his own fortunes. He is a man of rare abilities and by the force of his own genius is working hi& way to the head of his profes¬ sion.

WALLER HARRELL is one of the oldest residents now living in Jackson County, having come here with his parents in 1815 and settled in the southern part of Driftwood Township. He was born in 1811, near Bardstown, Ky. Hia father, Isaac, and his mother, Elizabeth (Watkins) Harrell, came to Kentucky from Virginia, and afterward to Indiana. They were of that sturdy enterprising element of Virginia who westward took their way and planted the future homes for their posterity in the North¬ west Territory. They bequeathed to their children, as well, habits of frugality and industry, which our subject inherited abundantly. He began as a farmer and is now the owner of 800 acres of well-improved land. He has been intrusted by his neigh¬ bors with the administration of decedents' estates more or less all his life. He has never been in office, only hs trustee of his township for a term of four years. February 5, 1835, he was married to Miss Julia A. Blockwood, who died in 1846. To them were bom six children: Kalista A., Manderville, Ira B., James I., Josephine and Elizabeth. Mrs. Harrell was the daugh¬ ter of James Blockwood, who came from North Carolina. In July, 1847, he was again married to Esther C. Knight, daughter of Israel Knight. To them were born three children: Hattie K., Louisa, and one dying in infancy. Mr. Harrel is a member of the Christian Church. He is a Republican in politics and is one of the leading men in his township.

COLBS HORN AD AY was born February 22, 1844, in Jackson County, near Yallonia. He is the fifth of a family of five children born to E. D. Hornaday and Nancy Homaday. His mother died in 184(3, when he was but two years of age, and he was raised by his uncle until thirteen years old, when he re¬ turned to his father. His father died in 1867. He was born and raised on a farm, but at the age of eighteen years he entered the army in what was known as the 100-day service, but at the ex¬ piration 'of his term of enlistment he was transferred to the Fif¬ teenth Indiana Battery, where he served bravely defending his country. While in the service, in December, 1862, he contracted the measles, resulting in total blindness ultimately. He, however, did not go blind until since his discharge. While in the service he took part in such engagements. Harper's Ferry contending with "Stonewall" Jackson, when he, together with about 1,100 others, were taken prisoners of war. They were paroled, and re¬ entered the service immediately. He was in " the Morgan Raid," siege of Knoxville, Nashville, Franklin, the Atlanta campaign, and many others. After his discharge he followed farming until he became blind, in 1869. After much trouble and delay he is now upon the pension roll, getting $72 per month. April 23, 1882, he was married to Miss Olive A. Dilano, daughter of Will¬ iam B. Dilano. She was born April 14, 1859. To them have been born three children, only one of whom is living - Minnie J. Mr. Hornaday is a member of the Christian Church and is a Republican in politics.

SAMUEL HUNSUCKER is one among the most success¬ ful farmers and one of the leading citizens of Driftwood Town¬ ship, and lives in Vallonia, where he was born and raised. He is the sixth of a family of nine children born to Thomas and Cloah Hunsucker, and is now in his forty-seventh year, having been born October 6, 1839. His parents came to Jackson about 1820, from North Carolina and Tennessee, respectively. They were married near Rogersville, Tenn. Samuel was raised on a farm, and' is a farmer by occupation, and the owner of the old homestead left by his father. He has 150 acres of valuable land adjoining the town of Vallonia. In August, 1864, he was married to Miss Margaret Allsup, daughter of Leonard Allsup, of Carr Township. To them have been bom eight children, the eldest, an infant (deceased), Ida, Josiah, Franklin, Lucy, Nena, Adda and Clara. Mr. Hun¬ sucker is a member of the Christian Church, and in all things for the benefit of his church or the community, he is indeed enthusi¬ astic. It is to such men that society is most indebted for what¬ ever advancement or progress is made. He takes especial interest in the education of his children and otherwise preparing them for the higher duties of life.

THOMAS HUNSUCKER, a pioneer of Jackson County, was bom in North Carolina, September 2, 1809. At the age of nine¬ teen he was married to a Miss Cleah Coop, a native of Tennes¬ see. There were born to them nine children, of whom five are still living - three sons and two daughters. Mr. Hunsucker emigrated from Tennessee in the fall of 1831, and settled in Brownstown Township, this county, one mile and a half northwest of Vallonia, on the south side of White River, where they re¬ mained for about four years, when they removed to Vallonia, where they dwelt the remainder of their lives. Mr. Hunsucker'e principal occupation is that of a farmer, although at times, he was engaged in merchandising, and occasionally made trips to New Orleans by flat-boats. During the construction of the Ohio & Mississippi Railway he was one of the contractors for grading the road through this portion of the county. In 1848 he was elected sheriff of Jackson County and re-elected in 1850. He and nearly all his family were members of the Christian Church, and took a leading part in its affairs. Politically he was a Democrat. The names of their children in the order of their birth were as follows: John E., Sarah A., Charnel J., Rhoda A., Rachel A., Samuel, Jana B., Thomas J. and William B. The father died April 12, 1864, and the mother February 25, 1885.

SAMUEL LOCKHART was born in 1844, in Taswell County, Va., and is the fifth of a family of ten children born to Daniel and Almanda (Jennings) Lockhart They are of Scotch and English descent Samuel's father dying when he was but an in¬ fant, his widowed mother moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, Madison, Ind., thence to Louisville, Ky., to raise her children, and there Samuel lived until he was nine years of age. He then went to Washington County, Ind., and lived there until 1857, when he moved to Jackson County and contracted to live with Dr. Gibson until he was of age. He, however, gave that up and entered the United States service in 1861 to defend his country in Company K, Thirty-ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He served continuously in that organization until his term of service expired in 1864. He then re-enlisted in the same organization and served until the war closed in 1865. He veteranized at Ringgold, Ga. During his service he was in some of the most thrilling en¬ gagements of the Rebellion. He was with *Gen. Rousseau in his Alabama raid. He was with McCook in liis attempted raid to release the Union prisoners at Andersonville. He was also with the dashing cavalry man, Kilpatrick, in his raids in and around Jonesboro, and in Sherman's "march to the sea." He was captured by the Confederates four times, making his escape twice, and be¬ ing made twice a prisoner of war in Libby Prison. His regiment was in twenty-two different engagements, he being in twenty-one of them. He was once wounded in the left leg. After his dis¬ charge in 1865 he located at Vallonia (where he now lives), and went to school about nine months, and then engaged with Dr. Gibson, as clerk ; then in the mercantile business, and remained there until 1870, when he began for himself in general merchan¬ dising. He followed this until 1884, when he, meeting with some financial reverses, sold out. He has been trustee of Drift¬ wood Township four terms. In 1878 he was a candidate for sher¬ iff before the Democratic Convention, but was defeated. In 1884 he was elected commissioner of his county, which office he still holds. In 1872 he was married to Alfonsine Gibson, daughter of the late Dr. F. W. Gibson, of Vallonia. She was born Decem¬ ber 18, 1853. To them have* been born three children: Marshall (deceased), Virgil and Goldie. Mr. Lockhart is a member of the

Methodist Church and of the Masonic fraternity, and is a Demo¬ crat in politics. His life reads like a romance, and indeed has been an eventful one. He is a man of intelligence and sociability.

JOHN C. LUBKER was born in March, 1855, in Grassy Fork Township, Jackson County, and is the fifth in the fam¬ ily of Henry and Katharine (Dinkelman) Lubker. His father was born in Hanover, Germany, October 30, 1824, and in 1845 came to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he married in 1847. They moved to Jackson County in 1852 and ultimately settled down in Grassy Fork Township, where John C. was born and raised. Mrs. Lubker died in August, 1864. In 1865 Mr. Lubker married Maria Peters. He followed farming until 1875, when he moved to Vallonia, and utilizing the school advantages, he prepared himself for the mercantile business. His first business in that direction be¬ gan in 1875, as retail clerk and salesman for Samuel Lockhart, and remained in that position until about 1878. He next found employment as salesman for Charles Durland, of Brownstown, where he remained six months. In 1880 he formed a partnership with Samuel Lockhart in the mercantile business, which lasted until December, 1884, when meeting with some unavoidable finan¬ cial embarassment, the firm suspended business. In 1885 he be¬ gan as clerk and salesman for George Turmail, of Vallonia, which place he still holds. In 1880, July 11, he was married to Annp. E. Craft, daughter of Thomas Craft, of Vallonia. She was born April 7, 1861. To them have been born two children. Myrtle was born March 10, 1884. Mr. Lubker is a Republican in poli¬ tics. He is a splendid business man and is a very live and ener¬ getic citizen and honorable gentleman.

WILLIAM A. MILLER, the present trustee of Driftwood Township and among the most thorough-going and enterprising farmers and stock raisers in Jackson County, like all of our prac¬ tical and successful farmers, got his experience and knowledge in that line from his early training. His father Joseph, and Caro¬ line (Goss) Miller, before him, were born and raised to till the soil. His early ancestors came to this country from North Car¬ olina and Kentucky. He was born February 25, 1843, in Browns¬ town Township, and is the oldest agd only living child of a fami¬ ly of two, born to Joseph and Caroline. He has been in public life only as trustee of his township. He is the owner of 100 acres of land near Vallonia. He was in Company F, in the Thir¬ ty-first Indiana Volunteer Infantry, where he served in the de¬ fense of his country ten months, the war closing at that time. He was in the battles of Franklin and Nashville, Tennessee. In 1868 he was married to Miss Ida Smith, daughter of Henry G. Smith, of Vallonia. She was born in 1850. To them have been born five children: Henry J., Belle (deceased), Balph A. and Thomas H. Mr. Miller is a member of the Masonic fraternity and is a gentleman of high character.

MOBSE B. SINGEB was born in 1838 in Miami County, Ohio. He is the fourth child of a family of eight born to Christo¬ pher W. and Mary (Brown) Singer. Christopher Singer was born in Germany, and his companion in Rhode Island, and came in an early day to Ohio, where they were married. Morse B. spent his early life on a farm, although his father was for many years a merchant in Troy, Ohio. He chose farming and stock raising as his calling, which he has prosecuted successfully, too. He is about the largest land owner in Driftwood Township, owning 1,230 acres of land. He came to Jackson County in 1856. In addi¬ tion to his successful career as a farmer, he has also been trustee two terms. In 1861 he was married to Paulina Burchem, daugh¬ ter of James Burchem, of Washington County. He lost hi® companion in 1874 by death. To them were born seven children: Albert, Clarence, James, Ola (deceased), Edith and Paulina. On the 27th of September, 1879, he was again married to Miss Solma Sontag, daughter of Morris Sontag. To this union have been born five children: Emma, Myra, Morse, B. and two infants (deceased). Mr. Singer is a Republican in politics, and is among the most popular men in his township, as well as the most intelligent kind of farmers in the county.

TURNER W. THOMPSON is one of the old men who were born and raised in Jackson County, his parents having come to the county in 1817 from Kentucky. They were Jonas and Catherine (Bottom) Thompson. Turner W. is the fifth of a family of nine. He has always lived on the southern part of Driftwood Town¬ ship, where he is rather an extensive farmer. He has a farm of 160 acres of land, and has always followed farming, preferring that to any other calling. Mr. Thompson was among the many patriots and, when his county called him, gave up his home and family, and went to the front in Company E, Fifth Indiana Cavalry, where he served three years, his regiment being com¬ manded by Col. Graham. His organization was engaged in that most disagreeable service of skirmishing on detailed duty, fight¬ ing much of the time what was known as " bush-whackers." After his discharge he returned to his former occupation which he has continuously followed ever since, so far as his broken health has permitted. August 4, 1842, he was married to Miss Polley E. Thompson, daughter of John and Mary Thompson, of Washing¬ ton County. She died July 12, 1865. To them were bom five children: Francis M., Unity E. (deceased), Laura, Clinton L. and Polly O. Mr. Thompson is a member of the Christian Church, the G. A. It. and is a Republican in politics. He is a man highly esteemed by all who know him.

GEORGE F. TURMAIL was bora December 21, 1860, in Brownstown Township, Jackson Co., Ind. He comes from a Ger¬ man ancestry, his grandparents coming to Jackson County nearly half a century ago. He is the eldest of a family of seven chil¬ dren born to Frederick and Lucetta (Dickmyer) TurmaiL George's childhood was spent on his father's farm. At the age of nineteen he entered the St. Louis Business College, which he attended about ten months. After his course was finished at St. Louis he attended school six months at Brownstown, after which he followed farming until December, 1884, when he began merchan¬ dising at Yallonia, where he is still in business and is the leading merchant in the place. He has annually about $15,000 of sales which is the result of his own business sagacity and energy. In 1881 he was married to Miss Anna Geyer, daughter of Louis Geyer, of Jackson County. She was bom August 18, 1861. To them have been born two children: Theodore L. F. and Clarence L. W. He is a member of the German Lutheran Church, having been a member three years. He is a Democrat in politics. Mr. Turmail is an illustration of what a young man of enterprise may do for himself and the community in which he lives.

family of six born to Jacob and Salley (Carathers) Wells. He began life as the son of a farmer and such education and advan¬ tages as the schools of those days gave him until he was twenty years of age, at which time, having made suitable proficiency, and having an ambition to a higher sphere of education, he entered the State University at Bloomington, Ind., where he took a scientific course of two and a half years. Then he re¬ turned to the farm, and in 1846 he was elected sheriff of Jackson County and served in that capacity about six months, and re¬ signed and went into the United States service in the Mexican war and served during the war. He returned to his farm as before and in 1849 was. elected as representative - as a Democrat - from Jackson County, and was re-elected in 1851, this being the first meeting of the legislature under the new constitution. He made the race for the same office in 1858, but was defeated. At the breaking out of the Rebellion in 1861, he raised a company and joined the Fiftieth Indiana Volunteers. In 1862 he was pro¬ moted to major and in the following September he was promoted to lieutenant-coldnel, but served, however, as colonel of his regi¬ ment from September, 1862, until 1865. After the close of his military career he resumed his occupation of farming and was not in politics again until 1876, when he was elected to the Legisla- , ture as a Republican, he having severed his connection with the Democratic party on the war question. In 1876 he was elected in the face of about 1,100 Democratic majority. Then in 1884 his party nominated him for the office of State senator, for which he was defeated by a somewhat reduced majority. In 1849 he was married to Mary C. Dunham, who died in 1861. To them were born two children: Caroline (deceased) and Sarah E., now living in Colorado. In 1865 he was again married to Mrs. Wilson, daughter of John Ready, who came from Ohio. She was the widow of the late Dr. Thomas Wilson, of Jennings County. To this union have been bom two children: one dying in infancy, and Edward C., born in 1868. Jacob Wells came to this county in 1817. Col. Wells has, as will be seen, a splendid career, both military and civil, in both of which he was very distinguished; added to which is his private life, no less distinguished, espe¬ cially on account of his high character and moral worth.

JEFFERSON B. WILSON, of Driftwood Township, where he is one of the leading farmers, was born in Washington County in 1840. His parents were William and Nancy Wilson, and he was the fifth in their family of eight children. The father and mother were among the earliest settlers of Washington County, and were among its leading citizens. J. B. was raised on a farm and his early training was such that it created in him a fondness for farming. He has followed from choice that occupation through life, and with success. In 1873 he moved to Clarke County, where he remained four years and then returned to Jackson County. He owns 120 acres of well -improved land in Driftwood Township. His wife, who was Carrie M. Bowen, was bom October 13, 1840. Their wedding was February 8, 1866, and to them have been bora seven children: William T., Julia (deceased), Nanie B. (deceased), Charles A. (deceased), Robert E., Thomas B. and Mary A. Mr. Wilson is a member of the Christian Church, and a Democrat in politics. He usually takes an active interest in all matters pertaining to the public welfare.

JESSE COX was bom in 1825, in Owen County, Ky., and in 1833 he moved with his parents to Jennings County, Ind. He is the second of a family of seven born to John and Lurana (Os¬ born) Cox. The Coxes came originally from Virginia, and the Osborns from North Carolina. Jesse was born and raised on a farm, and followed farming in Jennings County until the spring of 1860, when he moved to Kansas. He, however, returned in the fall of the same year. February 12, 1846, he was married to Polly A. Hill, daughter of Allen and Elizabeth Hill, of Jennings County. She died in 1862. To them were born five children: John A. (deceased), Lurana (deceased), James W., Levin and Thomas O. John A. was a soldier three years in the Tenth Indi¬ ana Cavalry. In 1862 Jesse was again married to Margaret M. Cregg, daughter of William Cregg, of Jennings County. She was born in 1842. To them have been born eight children: Martha (deceased), Manderson, May, Charlotte, Vestina, Earnest, Rily and Bertha. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and of the Baptist Church. He is a Republican in politics, and, as he says, he was born a Democrat and was reared at the breast of a negro woman, but was first a Whig and then a Republican ; he is now engaged in the manufacture of barrel heading and lumber sawing at Tampico. He produces about 300,000 headings annually, and about 50,000 feet of lumber. He also owns about 155 acres of land. He is truly a man of enterprise.

DEDRICK F. EMMA was born May 6, 1818, in Windheim, Prussia, and came to America in 1846. He lived four years in New Orleans and Cincinnati, and came to Jackson in 1850. He settled on a farm near Tampico, but is a shoe-maker by trade, and has followed that until recently in connection with farming. ' In 1850 he married Henrietta E. Piel, daughter of Frederick Piel. She was born at Lubeke, Prussia, in 1821 (January 15). To them have been born five children: George F., Minnie L., Caro¬ line M. (deceased) and Mary L. (deceased). George F. was born August 28, 1851. He was born and raised on a farm. Since 1878 he has been extensively engaged in the lumber trade and saw milling. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and is a Republican in politics. Dedrick Emma is also a member of the Presbyterian Church and a Republican in politics. He is the owner of 120 acres of land. Minnie L. was born April 4, 1853, and was married, in 1875, to Lewis Borcherding. J. C. was bom November 27, 1855, and was married, in 1881, to Elizabeth Koster. They, like most of our German citizens, have proved them¬ selves valuable additions to our population. They, as is charac¬ teristic of the German people, by hard labor and frugal manage¬ ment have succeeded where our American citizens often make signal failures.

DANIEL EMPSON was born October 28, 1839, in Grassy -Fork Township, Jackson Co., Ind., on the farm where he now lives. He is the sixth of a family of ten children born to Azariah and Martha (Holmes) Empson. The Empsons are of Scotch nationality and the Holmeses are Irish in their origin. It may be said that the farm on which Mr; Empson lives is very remarkable indeed for the abundance of Indian relics, more so than any other place in Jackson County. Having been raised on a farm, and his taste and inclination being in that direction, he chose farming as his calling, and has followed it exclusively, excepting about four years, when he sold goods in Vallonia during two years of which he was postmaster at that place. This was from 1872 to 1876. In October, 1861, he went into the army for the Union in Com¬ pany A, of the Fiftieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served more than three years, following that organization through its varying scenes of hardships, disasters and to final victory. March 14, 1871, he was married to Miss Sarah J. Waskom, daugh¬ ter of Jacob Waskom. She was born January 1, 1849. To them have been born eight children: Franklin (deceased), Maggie, Ida, Nettie, Wade, Bud, Blain and an infant. Mr. E. is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and is a Republican in politics. How¬ ever obscure a man's life may be, or however humble his calling, if he was a soldier in defense of his country, he, as does Mr. Empson, deserves the highest honor.

JAMES F. KEACH was born in 1846, in Grassy Fork Town¬ ship, Jackson County. He is the third of a family of eight chil¬ dren born to Alexander C. Keach and Susan H. (Fislor) Keach. They were born in eastern Kentucky in 1821 and 1824 respect¬ ively. Alexander Keach first settled in Washington County about 1844. He now lives as a farmer and stock dealer, which he fol¬ lowed continuously until 1864, when he entered the United States service in the Twenty-fifth Regiment. Near Allatoona he was, according to the best information to be obtained, captured by the enemy and died from starvation - a sacrifice to his country. James F., thus left a dependant boy in his teens, began life as a farmer, and in 1866 he also entered the mercantile field, which he has followed successfully until the present. He enjoys the confidence of his party, having been twice elected by the Republicans as trustee of his township, and has been nominated for sheriff and treasurer of his county. He is a member of the Christian Church and of the I. O. O. F. In 1868 he was married to Elizabeth Moore, daughter of Isaac Moore, of Floyd County, Ind. She was bom in 1850. To them have been born eight children: Grace, Gertrude, Clyde, Lucy, Raymond, Eth^l, Florence and an infant.

REUBEN MAY was bom October 26, 1796, in Bath County, Ya. In 1817 he moved to Dearborn County, Ind., lived there two years and moved to Washington County. In 1827 he moved to Jackson County, where he has lived ever since and is now in his ninetieth year and enjoys the name of being about the old¬ est living man in Jackson County. He has been a farmer by occupation, which he has always followed except when he was engaged as assessor of his township, which office he held for four years. He was also justice of the peace eight years. He was United States mail carrier for a term of six years. He has been a member of the Missionary Baptist Church since 1820. In 1815 he was married to Elizabeth Downing, daughter of Michael Downing. To them were born eight children : Henry, Michael, Ellen, Thomas, Elizabeth, Alexander, Andrew L., Mary J. In 1858 he was married to Mrs. Elizabeth Morgan, daughter of Amos Ross. To this union have been born four children: L. A., Elizabeth, Reuben A. L. and an infant deceased. Reuben A. L. was born in 1865, and at an early age took a deep interest in educating himself, and is now one of the teachers in the public schools and bids fair to lead in his chosen profession. Reuben May, Sr., was early in life a flatboat man, having gone to New Orleans with a cargo starting from " Sogis landing or ferry." He is a Democrat in politics.

JOHN Z. RUSSELL was bora in 1816 in Lee County, Va., near Jonesville. When he was just one year old - the 16th of October, 1817 - he together with his parents came to Jackson County, Ind., and settled near Tampico, or rather where Tampico now is. He is the first of a family of two children bom to James and Elizabeth (Zion) Russell. The Russells are of English descent and the Zions of German descent Mr. Russell is one of the most successful farmers of his time, and is the owner df 550 acres of very valuable land. October 25, 1838, he was married to Barbara Kelley, daughter of Joshua Kelley, of Jackson County, who came to Indiana from Tennessee in 1828. Mrs. Russell was bom in 1821. To them have been born twelve children: Kinchen (deceased), James K., Jesse, Elizabeth, Joseph, Joshua, Robert

(deceased), William, Mary (deceased), Isabel (deceased), John and George. Kinchen, James and Jesse were in the army, and Kinchen died in the hospital at Madison, Ind. Mr. Russell is a leading member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he has been a member fifty-five years, and the Methodist Episcopal Church near Tampico was named Russell's Chapel in honor of him. He is a Democrat in politics. He now has but one of his large family with him and that is John, who is a young man of no ordinary merit and moral worth. He was bom in 1862 and is engaged with his father in farming.

MICHAEL WASKOM was born in 1836 in Grassy Fork Township, Jackson Co., Ind. Joseph Waskom and Sarah (Young) Waskom, are his parents. They came to Jackson County near 1830, and have been identified with its development in no mean degree. Michael is the eighth' in a family of twelve, who were born and raised on a farm and are to-day among the leading farmers and stock raisers in their township. In 1861 he entered the service in defense of his country in Company A, Fiftieth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, where he served about three years and three months. During his service he was in all the engagements of his regiment, some of which take their place in history among the hardest fought battles of the Rebellion - the campaigns in Arkansas under Gen. Steel are especially notable instances. In 1867 he was married to Nancy Reynolds, daughter of Andrew Reynolds. She died August 4, 1883. To them were born six children: Marion, Rice, Samuel, Walter and two infants (deceased). On December 24, 1885, he was again married to Nancy Trowbridge, born July, 1851. She is a daughter of David Trowbridge, who is one of the oldest men living in Jackson County. Mr. Waskom is the owner of eighty acres of land. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and is a Republican in politics. He takes a deep interest in public affairs and society generally.

WILLIAM H. YOUNG was born in 1812, in Shelby Coun¬ ty, Ky., and is the eighth in a family of eleven children. His parents, Jacob and Rachel (Goodnight) Young, are natives of Kentucky and Virginia. William was raised on a farm and is the owner of 160 acres of land in Grassy Fork Township, near

Tampico. As early as 1831 he identified himself with the Mis¬ sionary Baptist Church and in 1845 he was ordained minister in that church. He was for nearly twenty years actively engaged in ministerial labors. His infirmities have precluded active labor for many years, yet he retains his interest in all that pertains to upbuilding the church. In 1835 he was married to Rebecca Sturgeon, daughter of Daniel Sturgeon. To them were bora three children: Solomon, David and Susan. His wife having died, he again married, in 1844, Nancy Sturgeon. To them were bora nine children: Mary A., William, Isaac, Sarah, Juliet, Rosella, Eva, Crawford and John. In 1867 his second companion died, and in 1869 he was again married to a Mrs. Rachel Downing, who is also deceased Mr. Young is a Republican in politics and is now in his seventy-fifth year, and rather active and firm for his age.

DR. GEORGE O. BARNES, of Cortland, was bom in Jen¬ nings County, Ind., February 5, 1840, being the third son of Woodford and Elizabeth ( nee Barnes) Barnes, both natives of Kentucky. He was educated at the typical log schoolhouse and at a graded school. In 1863 he attended a select school a Seymour, this county. At the age of twenty-two he began teach¬ ing, and followed that vocation during the winters of 1362-63-64, in the meantime studying medicine, which he had commenced in 1861, under the preceptorship of Dr. Bane, at Reddington; and in 1864-65 he attended the Medical Department of the Uni¬ versity of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, and subsequently the Miami College, at Cincinnati, since which time he has prosecuted his chosen profession at Cortland, this county, with signal success, except the winter of 1875-76, when he was in attendance again at the Miami institution, whence in March, 1876, he received his degree of M. D. The Doctor has been more or less identified with the interests of Jackson County all his life. October 16, 1870, Dr. Barnes was united in marriage with Mrs. Emma Wil¬ son, nee Isaacs.

JACOB BROWN, farmer, is a native of Harrison County, Ind., being bom on the 15th of October, 1813, in the town of Laconia. His father, of the same name, was bom in North Car¬ olina, and his mother, nee Margaret Lux, was a native of Ken¬ tucky. Most of his education he received after he grew up to manhood. He was an industrious toiler upon the farm until he was nineteen years of age, when he engaged in flat-boating to New Orleans, making fifteen trips in as many years. After the first two trips he had to walk home from Louisville. For many years now he has been a successful farmer, and he is one of the oldest native residents of the county. Jackson County has always been his home. Ever since 1838 he has been identified with the Christian Church, as have also his family since they have respect¬ ively arrived at the age of responsibility. In politics he is a Democrat, having cast his first vote for Gen. Jackson. Septem¬ ber 7, 1837, is the date of Mr. Brown's marriage to Lydia M. Day, a native of Hamilton County, Ohio, and to them three chil¬ dren have been born: Eliza J., Elias D., and George R. - all living near him.

WILLIAM BROCKER, farmer, is a native of this county, where he was born December 8, 1853, the only son of Jacob and Eunice (Mitchell) Brocker. His father was born in the State of Ohio, and his mother in this State, and they were among the first settlers in J ackson County. Reared upon a farm, and educated in the district school, Mr. Brocker has always been occupied in agricultural pursuits. He was married on the 15th of February, in the year 1874, to Josephine Findley, who also is a native of Jackson County, and only three of their six children are living, namely: Georgie, Mary and Claudie.

JOHN F. BOTTORFF, a leading farmer of Hamilton Town¬ ship, is a native of Clark County, Ind., where his birth occurred July 23, 1834. His parents were Jacob and Nancy (Nugent) Bottorff, also natives of Clark County, of whom he was the sec¬ ond son. At the age of twelve he came to Jackson and located in Hamilton Township. His education was acquired in the prim¬ itive school of his times. His whole life was spent upon a farm, where he has been more than ordinarily successful. March 6, 1864, his marriage with Matilda Vun Cannon was solemnized.

Mrs. Bottorff is a native of Golconda, I1L, and came to Jackson County when quite small. This union has been blessed with two children, named Calvin M. and William F. Politically Mr. Bot¬ torff is a Democrat, and has been assessor, and has held the office of township trustee, and in each case served to the entire satis¬ faction of the people. He is an honest and upright citizen, and enjoys the esteem of all who know him.

JOHN EISEL, of Hamilton Township, was born in Bavaria, Germany, February 28, 1833, educated in his native country, and when twenty-seven years of age immigrated to the New World, landing at New Orleans, December 31, 1860, remaining there four years and learning the butcher's trade. In 1864 he left that place and went to St. Louis, where, however, he remained but a short time. He came next to Medora, this county, and worked in the tanyard of Myron Brown for a period of eight months; then, in 1865, he moved to Seymour, remained there until 1870, and then located upon his farm in Hamilton Town¬ ship, where he now resides. In January, 1861, he married Bar¬ bara Crib, a native of Germany, and they had two vchildren: Philip and John. She died August 23, 1867, and in June, 1869, Mr. Eisel was united in matrimony with Barbara Frederick, who was born in the "fatherland," Germany. There have been two children also by this marriage. In his political views, Mr. Eisel is a Democrat.

M. C. HAMILTON, of Hamilton Township, is a native of the same township, being born within its boundaries, July 6, 1819, third son of James and Rebecca (Robertson) Hamilton, both parents natives of Virginia. The senior Hamilton moved into this county as early as 1815, and settled the next year in the township which was named after him, on the land now owned by his son, our subject. Not until the age of fifteen did Mr. Ham¬ ilton have the advantage of any schooling, his first teacher being Samuel Tanner, a resident of Brownstown Township. He has all his life been a farmer, with the exception of two years, 1801- 62, when he was conducting the Scott House at Brownstown. He has been township trustee two years, 1878-79. In politics he is a Democrat, and both himself and Mrs. Hamilton are mem¬ bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. June 4, 1845, occurred the first marriage of Mr. Hamilton, when Miss Lucinda Mitchell, a native of this county, became his wife. Their union was blessed with two children, of whom one, James W., is living and engaged in farming in the same township. Mrs. Hamilton departed this life September 28, 1848, and Mr. Hamilton was again married in 1850, to Mary McIntyre, a native of Shelby County. Of their eight children six are living: Amy, Leroy, Wirt, Stites, Maud and Elnora. For a second time was Mr. Hamilton bereaved of his companion, May 22, 1871; and April 17, 1873, he was united in marriage with Mrs. Eliza M. Poland, a native of Ohio. By this matrimonial union there is one child, Mintie by name.

WILLIAM M. ISAACS, a farmer of Hamilton Township, is a native of the same township in which he is still a resident, where he was born March 2, 1847 ; the fourth son of William H. and Highley ( Reynolds) Isaacs, the former a native of Kentucky and the latter of Tennessee. They settled in this county in primitive days, and their children therefore grew up with but little educacational advantages. This fact, however, did not hinder them from having a good degree of common sense, industry and busi¬ ness management, in which they have set good examples. Most of the life of Mr. Isaacs has been passed in agriculture, and all in Hamilton Township. He was married, September 7, 1873, to Martha A. Robertson, a sketch of whose parents appears else¬ where in this work. To this matrimonial union have been born six children, of whom four are living: Ethel M., Charles, Gracie J. and Cora B. In his political views Mr. Isaacs sympathizes with the Democratic party, and in his social relations he is identi¬ fied with the P. of H. He has held the office of justice of the peace eight years, and other offices in his township.

JOHN W. ISAACS, one of the pioneers of Jackson County, and for many years a resident of Hamilton Township, was born in Shelby County, Ky., May 20, 1810. His parents were Jesse and Patience (Blevins) Isaacs, who were natives, respectively, of North Carolina and Kentucky. They reared a family of eight children, of whom John W. was the oldest. They moved to Jackson County in 1820, and since that time the family has been prominently known in the county. The lack of educational ad¬ vantages in the early days of the county prevented Mr. Isaacs from acquiring more than a very limited education. His first location was in Salt Creek Township, but at the age of thirteen he was bound out to George Smallwood, of Brownstown Township, one of the earliest settlers of the county. From him Mr. Isaacs learned to work, and much of his success in life is due to the training he received while with him. When he reached the age of twenty-one he began working by the month, which he continued for about four years, at the end of that time having accumulated about $200, a considerable sum for a young man of that day. July 10, 1834, he was united in marriage to Elizabeth McPherson, a native of Driftwood Township. To this union four children were bom, three of whom are now living. Her death occurred February 7, 1844, and November 12, following, he married his first wife's sister, Jeannette. In December, 1850, she also died. In April, 1857, he took for his third wife Mrs. Mary A. Tinder, a native of Ohio. She has borne him three children, these two now living: William W. and Jeannette. Mr. Isaacs has been a con¬ sistent member of the Christian Church for more than thirty-five years. He cast his first vote for Andrew J ackson, and has ever since followed the teaching of old "Hickory."

DR H. R KYTE, of Courtland, was born February 24, 1860; next to the youngest in the family of David and Julia A. ( nee Reynolds) Kyte, both natives of this State, the former of Wash¬ ington County and the latter of Lawrence County. In his youth he attended the district school and the Clear Springs Academy, thus obtaining some knowledge of the higher branches. After read¬ ing medicine one year alone, he continued the study a year longer under the preceptor ship of Dr. Spurgeon, of Muncie, Ind., and subsequently entered the Physio-medical College, at Indianapolis, attending two terms, and graduating March 20, 1884. In 1882-83 he also received private instructions from Dr. A. F. Elliott. He is now located at Courtland, where he is establishing a very lucra¬ tive practice. February 24, 1885, Dr. Kyte married Mary E. McPherson, a native of Jackson County, and they have one child. In his political principles the Doctor is a Democrat, and both himself and Mrs. Kyte are members of the Christian Church.

His parents were George and Mary Newkirk. A portion of his schooling was acquired in his native land, where all are com¬ pelled to attend between the ages of six and fourteen years. When about ten years of age he immigrated to America, then, as now, a home for the oppressed of all nations. Most of his life has been devoted to farming, raising and shipping stock, in which he has been fortunate, and acquired a competence for life. In the early part of 1854 he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he fol¬ lowed various callings. From Cincinnati he went to Dearborn County. He married Elizabeth Severing, who has borne him twelve children. Of these, seven are now living: Fred, Mary, Emma, Matilda, George, Walter and Sarah. Mr. Newkirk has been a resident of J ackson County for about twenty years, and is most favorably regarded by all who know him.

FRANZ QUADE, Hamilton Township, is a native of Prus¬ sia, where he was born the 23d of June, 1829, and is the eld¬ est son born to Frank and Clara Quade. His early schooling was received in his native country, where all are compelled to attend. After leaving school at the age of fourteen, he went back to the farm, where he remained until his twenty-second year, when he entered the German army. After five years in the service of his country he left the Army and embarked for Amer¬ ica, landing in Baltimore August 19, 1856, from whence he came directly to Jackson, and settled on a farm in Hamilton Town¬ ship, where he still resides. When Mr. Quade came to Hamil¬ ton Township he was almost without a dollar, but by his unremit¬ ting energy and unceasing industry, he soon possessed himself of one of the best farms in Jackson County, which is at present in a high state of cultivation. March 25, 1858, Mr. Quade was united in marriage with Miss Louisa Stinecamp, a native of Prus¬ sia, and to this union have been. born eight children: Fred, Anna, Henry, William (deceased), Edward, Frank, Willie and Adelina (deceased). Mr. and Mrs. Quade are consistent members of the Lutheran Church.

GEORGE A. ROBERTSON was born in this county March 8, 1839, being the youngest son of Andrew and Esther (Hamil¬ ton) Robertson. His father immigrated to this county about 1818, and his mother in 1819, both from Virginia George's early education was obtained from curriculum characteristic of the primitive log schoolhouse. The one he attended had a log taken out of the wall to constitute the window; the seats were made of puncheons, and when the sun shone the scholars had to sit outside to keep from freezing. In the winters of 1857 and 1858 he attended the White Biver Academy, a graded school at Brownstown, where he obtained some knowledge of the higher branches, such as algebra, geometry, surveying, etc. On leaving school he returned to the farm of his father, where he continued until he became of age. Then, in 1860, he was for a while dep¬ uty clerk under Dan H. Long. In 1862 he was elected county surveyor, and was the incumbent of that office until 1869. He has also served several terms as township trustee, assessor, etc. In the spring of 1882 he was nominated by his party - the Dem¬ ocratic - for representative to the State Legislature, without op¬ position. He was elected, and two years afterward renominated and again elected, thus faithfully serving his constituents for two terms. His political views are clearly defined and positive. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M. August 16, 1860, Mr. Kobertson married Miss Elizabeth Jones, a native of Washing¬ ton County, tibis State, and their two children are Mary B. and Esther L. Their mother died December 5, 1865, and May 27, 1868, Mr. Bobinson married Mary M. Van Cleave, a na¬ tive of this State, and by this union five children were bom, three of whom are living - Maud, Willetta and Andrew V. For a second time was Mr. Bobertson bereaved of his compan¬ ion, May 4, 1881.

JONATHAN BOBEBTSON, a farmer of Hamilton Township, is a native of Jackson County, Ind., where he was born July 12, 1823. He was the second son born to Andrew and Esther (Ham¬ ilton) Bobertson, who are prominently mentioned among the pio¬ neer settlers of Hamilton Township. They were of old Virginia stock, and trace their ancestry back to the Bobertson who accompa¬ nied Lord Berkley to America. As with other members of the family, Jonathan had limited school advantages, attending only a few weeks of each year at the old log schoolhouse, where reading, writing and arithmetic were imperfectly taught. He afterward, however, attended two terms at a grammar school, in Brownstown, about the year 1840. March 29, 1849, Mr. Robertson was married to Miss Mary E. Frank, also a native of J ackson County. Of this union there is one child living, viz., Sarah. April 29, 1852, Mrs. Robertson died, and March 20, 1853, he married Susan A. Harrel, and to this second union seven children were born: Harriet J., Columbus, Laura E., Florence A., Elnora, Josephine, and Holmes. In politics Mr. Robertson is a stanch Democrat, and has served his party as township trustee and assessor. He cast his first vote for James E. Polk.

WILLIAM M. ROBERTSON, of Hamilton Township, is a native of that division of the county. His father, John Robertson, was a native of Virginia, and his mother, nee Elizabeth Hamilton, of Ireland. He received his early education in the characteristic log schoolhouse of pioneer days. Has been engaged in agricult¬ ural pursuits all his life, and all except two years in Brownstown Township. September 7, 1848, Mr. Robertson was married to Miss Elizabeth M. Sewell, a native of Jackson County, and by that matrimonial union there were twelve children, of whom the following are now living: Mary A., who married E. L. Holmes and resides at Newbern, Va. ; James Way man, residing in Ewing; Martha A. married William M. Isaacs, of Hamilton Township; David B. resides in Seymour ; Saul W. at Ewing ; Blaze is next in order of birth; George is mining in Colorado; Ida married Will¬ iam Laraway, of Hamilton Township; and Celestus H. is the youngest living. The mother of these children died in Janu¬ ary, 1869, and their father, December 8, 1874, was united in mar¬ riage with Margaret L. Jacobs, and by the latter union two chil¬ dren have been born, and named James W. and D. T.

WILLIAM ROBERTSON is a native of Hamilton Township, Jackson County, and was born August 3, 1827, being the fifth son of Andrew and Easter (Hamilton) Robertson. His early educa¬ tion was limited. George H. Murphy was one of his first teachers. He afterward attended school at Brownstown, obtaining some knowledge of algebra and a few other high branches. After spending some time again upon the farm, he engaged in 1851-52 as clerk for Charles Wayman, in a dry -goods store at Browns¬ town ; and on leaving there he started up for himself for about eighteen months. On leaving mercantile business, in 1862, he was appointed school examiner, in which capacity he served one term, and since then he has occupied his farm. Under the ad¬ ministration of President Buchanan he served as postmaster. The postoffice, named Valley Farm, which was then the address of C. L. Dunham, was discontinued in 1860. In 1870 Mr. Robertson was elected township trustee, and served one term. In 1881 he was elected justice of the peace for the term which expires this year, 1886. In politics he is a Democrat, and is a member of the church. Mr. Robertson was united in the bonds of matrimony, February 4, 1868, with Sarah C. Johnson, a native of Ohio, and of the eleven children born to them seven survive, whose names are George A., Ruth B., John B., James R., Walter R., Sarah E. and Thomas J.

BLAZE ROBERTSON is a prominent farmer of Hamilton Township and a native of Virginia. His birth occurred August 8, 1814. Tw'o years later (1816) he came to Indiana, and settled in Jackson County, and, with his parents, located near where he now lives. His early education was very limited, and what little he did get was, as he says, "acquired between the plow handles," except a few terms that he attended at the old log house in the Robertson settlement. Early in life he chose farming for his occupation, and for more than fifty years has been upon the farm where he now resides. Mr. Robertson underwent all the hard¬ ships of pioneer life, and now in his old age has the satisfaction of enjoying the result of a life of hardship and toil. November 26, 1835, he was joined in wedlock to Mary Robertson, of Ohio, and to this union ten children have been born. Mr. and Mrs. Robertson celebrated their golden wedding November 26, 1885, and thus they have been permitted to enjoy half a century of wedded happiness. Mr. Robertson has always been a Democrat, and has taken an active interest in the public affairs of his coun¬ ty. He held the office of county commissioner for seven years, and has also served in the capacity of justice of the peace of Hamilton Township.

ANDREW ROBERTSON is a native of Hamilton Town¬ ship, where he now lives, and is one of the family of Blaze and Mary Robertson, who were early settlers in the county, and are elsewhere mentioned in this volume. Andrew was their third son, and was born August 28, 1858. His education was acquired in the common schools of Jackson County, and is as good as they usually afford. His marriage with Miss Amanda Sanders was celebrated August 28, 1880. She is a native of Salt Creek Town¬ ship, Jackson County, where a large part of her life has been spent. They are the parents of three children, all sons. Mr. Robertson has always devoted his attention to farming, and his efforts have been more than usually successful. He is now one of the promising young farmers of the township. Politically he is a Democrat, as were his ancestors.

GEORGE W. RAINS, physician and druggist, of Courtland, was born in Grant County, Ky., May 25, 1858. He was the sec¬ ond son bom to John and Mahala Rains, also natives of Ken¬ tucky. His early schooling was good, he having received a liter¬ ary education at Cynthiana, Ky., where he graduated in 1873. He then engaged in teaching in his native county, which he fol¬ lowed for three years, devoting all his leisure time to the study of medicine. He soon after entered the office of and received instruction from Prof. J. B. A. Risk, of Kentucky. In 1877 he entered the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, and the year following he came to Jackson and located, in the practice of his profession, at Spraytown. He remained there until the fall of 1882, when he came to Courtland, still continuing his prac¬ tice. Two years later he embarked in the drug business, in which he carries a complete line and does a lucrative trade. On the 14th of September, 1876, Louisa Gossett became his wife. She, too, is a native of Grant County, Ky., and has borne him three children, of whom Stella and Omer are still living. The Doctor is a young man of energy and ability, which are the essential elements of success in any business.

MOSES N. SEWELL, a farmer of Hamilton Township, is a native of the same township, and was born April 22, 1833, being the eldest son of Moses and Mary A. (Slade) Sewell, natives respectively of Ohio and Virginia. The mother was but six years of age when she was brought to this county, her people set¬ tling near V allonia, and for the first two years living in a fort, as the Indians were troublesome. She is still living at Ewing, this county, at the advanced age of eighty years. The subject of our biographical notice, Mr. Moses N. Sewell, received only three months' schooling, and that was in the time of limited opportu¬ nities and meager advantages. He learned to read and write, however, the two greatest essentials to education, of which he has since made good use, adding to his intellectual stock by observation and experience. At the age of twenty-two Mr. Sewell struck out into the cold and stormy world for himself, working as a hired hand. As he approached the age of forty years, he was united in the bonds of matrimony with Miss Abi¬ gail Swartwood, who is a native of Bartholomew County, Ind., and this union has been crowned with the birth of six children, three of whom are living, whose names are Edward, Mary A. and Bessie. In hip views of national policy Mr. Sewell advo¬ cates the principles of the Democratic party. Mrs. Sewell is a member of the Christian Church.

FREDERICK WHITE is a native of Prussia, Germany, and was born in 1821. His early schooling was received in his native country, and he obtained what thejnost of his countrymen do, a good practical education. At the age of twenty-one he concluded to come to America, and in 1842 he landed at New Orleans, and after considerable traveling he located on a farm near Yallonia. In 1870 he bought and moved to a farm in Hamilton Township, near Courtland, and is now one of Hamilton Township's most prosper¬ ous farmers and valuable citizens. He was married to Miss Liz¬ zie Miller, a native of Germany. This union has been blessed by four children, of whom three are living: John, Carle and Cath¬ erine. In politics he is a stanch Democrat.

WILLIAM ACKEB is a native of Pittsburgh, Penn., and was born June 12, 1839, being the second son of John F. and Mary Mag¬ dalina Acker, who were natives of Bavaria. They immigrated to America and settled in Washington City in 1819; thence to Pittsburgh, Penn., where the subject of this sketch was born. John F. Acker followed wagon-making at this place. He removed . with his family to Louisville, where the subject of this sketch fol¬ lowed huckstering until the age of twenty-one, when in contact with the busy work-a-day world, he learned many valuable lessons in human nature and business that have contributed largely to his subsequent successes. In February, 18(30, he came to Jackson County, and located at Dudleytown, where he established a country store, and continued in this business until 1881, when he was elected by the Democratic party to the office of county treas¬ urer in 1880, and was re-elected to the same office in 1882, his second term expiring August 15, 1885. In the administration of the affairs of this office he displayed marked ablilities as a fin¬ ancier. Upon the incorporation of the Jackson County Bank, Mr. Acker was called upon to assume the position of cashier. He was elected to this office October 6, 1885. He is also the largest stock¬ holder in the bank, and to a great extent molds its financial policy. William Acker was united in marriage to Miss Annie Elizabeth Otte April 15, 1860. These children have been the issue of this union: Mary M., Elizabeth, Catharine, William, an infant (dead), John F., Charles, Ella and Johnnie. Mr. Acker has served the citizens of Washington Township as assessor for eight years and trustee for two years. Mr. Acker and wife are consistent members of the Lutheran Church. The subject of this ' sketch is pre-eminently a self-made man, and has steadily arisen from poverty to affiunce. He has been faithful to every trust imposed upon him, and in every relation of life he has been an honest man and a perfect gentleman.

CONRAD ACKERET is a native of Switzerland. He was bom January 22, 1812. In his twenty-sixth year he left his Alpine home, and immigrated to America to seek his fortune. He settled in Jackson County in January, 1885. He engaged to labor by the month. He was married, on the 16th of November, 1837, to Dorothea Werli. Six children were born to this happy couple, two only of whom are living : Solomon and Elizabeth. Mr. Ackeret has always followed the vocation of a farmer, and has been a man of prodigious energy and physical endurance ; he has cleared over 200 acres of land in Jackson County. He came to this county among some of the earliest of the pioneers, when wild game was still abundant, and the war whoop of the savage Indian had scarcely died away in the forest He is a genial old Swiss gentleman, still retaining to a strong degree many of the predilections born of the Alps. He has one of the finest and most productive vineyards of the county, and has demonstrated, beyond a peradventure, that vine culture can be successfully carried on in this county. He manufactured over 500 gallons of wine from the vineyard about his residence in the year 1885. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His wife is a member of the German Method¬ ist Church. In politics he is a Republican.

JAMES BLAIR, a prominent citizen of Jackson Township, is the ninth in order of birth in the family of James and Delilah (Johnson) Blair. His father was a native of Kentucky, and immi¬ grated to this State in 1816 ; and John Blair, grandfather of our sub¬ ject, located in Indiana very early in this century. Being a man of considerable education and influence, hospitable in disposition and a justice of the peace, his residence was a favorite place for the gathering of the people of the neighborhood. James Blair, Sr., had ten children, eight of whom grew to matur¬ ity. Some years previous to the war of the Rebellion, he was honored by an election to the office of county commissioner. James Blair, Jr., whose name heads this sketch, was born October 6, 1837, in Jackson County, Ind., and passed his boy¬ hood upon the farm and at the common schools, where he acquired the rudiments of an education. During his life he has been for three years a member of the State militia, and in the late war he participated in the pursuit of John Morgan, the noted guerrilla.

On the 29th of January, 1871, Mr. Blair was married to Amanda E. Thompson, a native of this county, but of Irish ex¬ traction; her parents, however, were natives of Washington County, McL Of the three children born by this marriage, Reova R. and J. Robbie are living. In his political views Mr. Blair is a Democrat, and in religion a Baptist, while his wife belongs to the Christian Church.

JOHN H. BLISH is a native of Woodstock, Vt., and was born April 21, 1822. He was one of a family of eight children born to John and. M. (Walis) Blish. He received a liberal education, and graduated from Newberry Academy, Ver¬ mont. * Having a strong predilection for mathematics, he deter¬ mined to gratify the bent of his mind,, and studied civil engineer¬ ing. He was later employed in this capacity by the Rutland & Burlington Railroad. He severed his connection with this line, and while en route to California in 1849, stopped off at Jeffer¬ sonville, Ind., while the Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis Railroad was being built. Learning of his abilities, the com¬ pany tendered him a position as civil engineer, which he ac¬ cepted. He served the road in this capacity for several years. He was married, in 1854, to Miss Sarah Shields, daughter of Meedy Shields, mention of whom is made elsewhere. John Blish was the founder of the Old Reliable Mill, recently burned, and is vice-president of the First National Bank of Seymour, and is identified with several local enterprises, but has practi¬ cally retired from active business life, leaving the management of his affairs to his sons, Meedy S. and Tipton. Mrs. Blish is a descendant of the old pioneer stock of Jackson County, and is a well-preserved lady of middle age, of great native ability, and very conversant with the history of her section. They are the parents of five children: Meedy, Emma, John, Lucy and Tipton. John, the third son, is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, of the class of 1879. After taking a two-years' cruise he was made a member of the faculty, occupying the chair of elec¬ tricity and chemistry.

HON. JASON B. BROWN was born February 26, 1839, in Dear¬ born County, Ind., and is a son of Robert D. Brown, a lawyer of ability, and at one time State librarian, who is still living. His mother, Mary Hubbard Brown, died when he was but nine months old. Both were devout Methodists. The subject of this sketch obtained the rudiments of his education at Wilmington, and upon leaving school spent one year in a dry goods store at Maysville, Ky., and then went to Indianapolis, where he entered, as a student, the office of the Hon. Cyrus Dunham, at that time Secretary of State. He was admitted to the bar in February, 1860, and immediately engaged in the practice of his profession at Brownstown, Jackson Co., Ind. March 5, 1866, on motion of Hon. Jeremiah S. Black, of Pennsylvania, he was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States. In 1862 he was elected to the Legislature, and was re-elected in 1864. In 1868 he was one of the Democratic electors for the State at large. In 1870 he represented his district in the State Senate. On the 26th of March, 1873, he was appointed secretary of the Terri¬ tory of Wyoming, which position he held until his resignation, May 1, 1875. During that time he was elected to assist in the prosecution of Peter P. Wintermute, at Yankton, Dak., for the murder of Gen. Edwin S. McCook. For the masterly argument made in behalf of the people in this celebrated case, Mr. Brown received the encomiums of the entire legal fraternity, of the press, and of the people. From that time he was ac¬ knowledged as one of the leading members of the bar in the West. On his return from the West Mr. Brown settled at Seymour, in the year 1875, and married Anna E. Shiel. In 1862 he became known in Indiana politics, and to-day is a prominent member of the Democratic party of the State, and is widely known else¬ where. During the campaign in Ohio between Brough and Vallandigham, he stumped that State in the interest of the Demo¬ cratic party. He has always been a strong supporter of the principles of Democracy, but was not a supporter of Horace Greeley, as he considered this nomination inconsistent with his views as a Democrat. Mr. Brown is well known all over the country, and as one of the leading members of the Indiana bar is constantly engaged on important cases. He is especially suc¬ cessful in criminal cases, in which he has few equals. He is much esteemed by those who know him.

bom November 9, 1825. He was the eldest of nine children bom to Jesse and Sarah W. (Stryker) Brown, the former a native of North Carolina and the latter of New Jersey. The parents immigrated to Indiana in the year 1819, and settled near Rockford, afterward removing to Brownstown, where the subject of this sketch was reared. He received his early education in the schools of Brownstown and vicinity. At the age of fourteen he was ap¬ prenticed to William C. Durland, a carpenter. After his term of apprenticeship he continued to follow his trade in Jackson County until 1876, at which time he became an extensive correspondent for several years, at' which business he is still engaged, being city editor of the Seymour Daily Republican. Mr. Brown was elected coroner in 1878, to which office he has been three times re-elected, always -filling the office acceptably and to the entire satisfaction of his constituents. Mr. Brown was married, Jan¬ uary, 1849, to Miss Lucinda Jacobs, and to this union five chil¬ dren were bora, three of whom are now living: Emmons, Ella and Lura. Mr. Brown and wife are old and consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics Mr. Brown is a Democrat, though in that, as in everything else, he is conserva¬ tive.

JOSEPH BURKE is a native of Ireland, and is a son of Michael and Easter (Laughlin) Burke. He was born in March, 1833. Seeking to improve his condition, he immigrated to Amer¬ ica in 1847, when he settled at New Orleans. His early school advantages were very good, having attended the public schools of that city. At the age of fifteen with his parents he removed to Cincinnati, where he attended school for a short time. Shortly before his majority he began burning lime on Walnut Hills, Cin¬ cinnati, in which employment he continued for four years. In the spring of the year 1853, he began work on the Ohio & Mis¬ sissippi Railroad, in the repair department of the shops, in which employment he has since continued. He removed to Seymour in 1855, when the line was only completed to that point. He was first married to Anna Carroll. Nine children have been born to this union, five only of whom are living: Thomas, Joseph, Oli¬ ver, John and Anna. Mrs. Burke died twelve years ago. He then married Martha Davis. Three children blessed this union, only one of whom is living, James. Mrs. Burke died in 1879. He remarried to Sarah Scoby, who is a native of Ireland. Three children were born to this union: William, Mary and Charley. He is a member of the Catholic Church.

PETER L. CARTER was bom February 28, 1820, in Grassy Fork Township, Jackson Co., Ind. He was the seventh in a fam¬ ily of thirteen children born to Job and Gracy (Sneed) Carter. The former was a native of Maryland, the latter of Virginia. Both were of English extraction. They were married in Stafford County, Va., November 8, 1808, and remained in Virginia till four of the thirteen children were born, after which they removed to Clark's Reservation, in Clarke County, Ind., where the five were born. They next removed to Jennings County, Ind., where they remained one year, then came to Jackson County in 1817, and permanently located in Grassy Fork Township, where the subject of this sketch first saw the light of day, in an old log cabin, with dirt floor. He was reared upon a farm, and under¬ went all the hardships incident to pioneer life. He received but a limited education, frequently going three miles to the near¬ est schoolhouse, through an unbroken forest. By a system of self-culture he acquired a sufficient knowledge of the common branches to enable him to teach, which vocation he followed in and about Brownstown later on. He was married, in August, 1847, to Sarah Elizabeth, the daughter of Austin and Jane Gould. Mr. Carter's wife died in 1878. About the year 1850 Mr. Carter engaged in business at what is now known as Dudleytown, this* county, and after five years removed to New Farmington, where he continued his mercantile pursuits, and in this connection acted as agent for the Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis Railroad, at this place. In the spring of 1861 he removed to Seymour, where he established a store, handling general merchandise, building his own store and residence. Mr. Carter assisted in the establishment of the spoke factory of Seymour, and also invested in a stock stave factory. He was always an active and ardent supporter of the common school system, and when the town was incorporated he was elected school trustee. This position he held for twelve years, during which time he built the schools up to the standard of excellence that has since characterized them.

He was the principal promoter of the erection of the Shields High School building, and the colored school, and also the large addition to the former. He has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church since 1847. The following children have blessed his married life: Eva, Jane and Maurice (twins), Sandford E., George D. They are all dead except George and Sandford. The Carter family is one of the most prominent among the early pioneers.

TRAVIS CARTER, who has watched the growth of Sey¬ mour from a mere hamlet to its present prosperous proportions, and has been closely identified with its material growth, is a na¬ tive of Jackson County, born September 26, 1819. His parents, Benjamin and Nancy (Reynolds) Carter, were natives of Virginia. His early educational advantages were only those offered to pio¬ neers generally - the old log schoolhouse and the three months' term. He remained upon a farm in Grassy Fork Township until 1852, when he came to Seymour, where he located before there were any lots sold. In 1854 he built the first carding-machine, and in 185(5 added a planing-mill. On the 24th of December, 1840, he was married to Esther Killey, a native of Tennessee. Seven children have been born to them, five of whom are living: Benjamin, Julia, William A., Mary and John A. He formerly held the office of trustee of Grassy Fork Township, and has been a justice of the peace of Seymour. He was one of three who established the Seymour Woolen Mills, John Love and Charles Butler being associated with him in this enterprise. He was one of the directors of the hub and spoke factory, selling out after it began operations. He was also first postmaster of Seymour.

W. A. CARTER was the fourth born to Travis and Esther (Killey) Carter. Travis Carter was one of the pioneer citizens of Seymour as well as Jackson County. W. A. Carter is a native of Jackson County. He was born October 16, 1849, near Tam¬ pico, in Jackson County. They, after their removal to Seymour, occupied the second existing house in the place. He attended the common schools of his day, where only the common branches were taught in a rude and imperfect manner. He here acquired the rudiments of an education. He afterward served an appren¬ ticeship to a carpenter, and followed this vocation until, his eyes failing him, *he was compelled to abandon his trade. He then engaged in the book and stationery business, in Columbus, Ind., where he removed in 1878. He soon closed out his business here and returned to Seymour, where he engaged in the heading busi¬ ness, making them direct from the log. He was married, Decem¬ ber 4, 1872, to Carrie Roeger, the daughter of an old and influential German family, of Jackson County. Five children have blessfcd this union, all of whom are living: Arthur P., Travis R., William O., Lloyd S., Anna Esther. Mrs. Carter is a native of Jackson County. Mr. Carter is at present engaged in the daily market business, on Second Street, east of Indianapolis Avenue, Seymour. He is conducting "a thriving business. Al¬ though comparatively a young man, he has seen Seymour expand from a hamlet of two houses to a large and progressive manu¬ facturing town. He is a member of the order of K. of P. His wife is a member of the First Baptist Church.

DR. WILLIAM M. CASEY, of Seymour, was born in Cin¬ cinnati, Ohio, June 16, 1850, the third son of Thomas and Eliza (Hancock) Casey; both parents were natives of Maryland. His father came to Indiana in 1860, settling upon a farm in Scott County. Until he arrived at the age of seventeen years, young William alternated farm labor with attendance at school. He then entered Moore's Hill College and pursued the curriculum there three years ; after which he spent a short time in Decatur County, this State, where he taught a nine months' term of school. Returning home he taught SCI109I the follow¬ ing winter in Scott County, and in 1870 he came to this county and followed the same calling for four years, half of this time being principal of the Crothersville schools. The Doctor began the study of medicine in 1874, attending a course of lec¬ tures the following year at the Louisville (Ky.) Medical College, and the next year attended the Ohio Medical College at Cincin¬ nati, and graduated there in 1878. For the practice of his pro¬ fession he first located at Deputy, Jefferson County, this State, and eighteen months afterward sold out his situation there and for the ensuing five months attended the Bellevue Hospital Med¬ ical College and the College of Physicians and Surgeons at New York City. Returning West, he located in Seymour, this county, in July, 1880, where he is now building up a good practice. He is zealously devoted to his chosen calling, and, being capable, he is proving himself to be successful He is a self-made man, attaining his present standing by merit alone. In his political action he votes the Republican ticket, and in his social relations a member of the Masonic order. For two years now he has been secretary of the city board of health. September 3, 1878, the Doctor was united in matrimony with Miss Eunice Foster, who is a native of Jackson County. Their two children are Lula and Thomas.

HON. ALBERT PRIEST CHARLES, is a native of Lowell, Middlesex Co., Mass. He was born January 26, 1840. He is firstborn to Ambrose and Besmath (Dickey) Charles, who are both natives of New England. He received his elementary training in the schools of his native town, after which he attended Phillips' Academy at Andover, and there prepared himself to enter the famous Dartmouth College, which he did in the fall of 1860. He graduated in 1864, with the degree of B. A. Soon after leaving college, he entered the law office of Samuel N. Bell, of Manchester, N. H., where he remained as a student for three years, with the exception of a few months which he spent in teaching at Gloucester, Mass. He was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire, in 1867, and in October of the same year came West, and located at Seymour, where he has since resided. He soon won the confidence and esteem of his fellow townsmen, who elected him mayor in 1872; he declined a re-election, but submitting to the clamor of his friends, ac¬ cepted the same office again in 1874, and again in 1876. Though urgently solicited he positively refused a fourth term. In the fall of 1880, he was nominated for Congress by the Republican party of the Second Congressional District. His party being largely in the minority he was defeated, though running far ahead of his ticket He has been a member of the school board of Seymour for five years and is a zealous worker in educational affairs. He has a large and lucrative law practice, being attorney of several of the wealthiest corporations in this section of Indiana. He is an able advocate as well as a fine judge of law, and has one of the largest and best selected law libraries in the State. Mr.

Charles is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and has filled all the principal offices in the grand chapter and grand council, and is the present Grand Master of Indiana, to which position he was elected in 1884. In his own State his decisions on Masonic law are considered the very best authority and have been so ac¬ cepted in many other States. He has one of the largest Masonic libraries in the State, as well as a large and well selected library of miscellaneous works. He was married, October 27, 1874, to Miss Belle C. Thurston, of Seymour. Four children have been born to this union: George Me., Albert P., Frank C. and Robert T. Mr. Charles is in comfortable circumstances and has an ideal home, with every convenience to make home happy.

DR. SAMUEL H. CHARLTON, of Seymour, was born in Jefferson County, Ind., November 1, 1826. He is one of eleven children born to Thomas and Alice (Henry) Charlton, who were early settlers in Jefferson County. In early life he attended the common schools of his native section, and also the county semin¬ ary. On account of sickness he was prevented from attending college. At the age of twenty years he began the study of medi¬ cine with Dr. Solomon Davis and Dr. T. C. Gale, of Yevay. In 1850 he began the practice of his profession at Hardenburg, in Jennings County, and remained there until 1854. At that time he located in Vernon and continued his practice until March, 1858. While at Hardenburg, in December, 1852, he was married to Cordelia Andrews, a daughter of Alanson and Minerva (Hard¬ ing) Andrews, of Vernon. In March, 1858, he came to Seymour, where he has ever since resided and practiced his profession. He is a graduate of the Louisville University. He was assistant surgeon in the Sixth Indiana Regiment during the civil war, and was for five years a member of the Seymour board of health. He was first vice-president of the Tri-State Medical Society, of In¬ diana, Illinois and Kentucky in 1881, and was also vice-president of the Indiana Medical Society in 1882. He was president of the Mitchel District Society in 1878; president of Jackson County Medical Society in 1878. In 1885 was elected member of the council of the section of diseases of children, to the Interna¬ tional Medical Congress, that will meet in Washington City in 1887. In politics the Doctor has always been a Republican.

He is a member of the orders of Masons, Odd Fellows and Knights of Honor, in which he has held several positions. The Doctor and his wife are both members of the First Presby¬ terian Church, of Seymour, in which he has been a ruling elder for ten years, and was at one time commissioner to the Gen¬ eral Assembly at Saratoga, N. T. Dr. Charlton enjoys a large and lucrative practice that is the result of large experience and a profound knowledge of his profession. He is possessed of a genial, cordial nature, qualities that endear him to all who know him.

C. B. COLE, of Seymour, former superintendent of the Cin¬ cinnati & Vincennes division of the Ohio & Mississippi Rail¬ road, and the present master of transportation of the same line, was born July 17, 1833, in Caledonia County, Vi, and is a son of Ziba and Rebecca (Ford) Cole. He acquired the rjidiments of an education at the common schools of his native county. Lived upon his father's farm until the age of nineteen, when he went to northern New Hampshire where he engaged to drive ox teams during the construction of the Grand Trunk Railroad from Portland to Montreal. Upon the completion of this road hd worked for the Northern New Hampshire Railroad on repairs. In 1858 settled in Seymour, Ind., and beginning work on the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad as a bridge carpenter, was promoted to the position of road master and appointed conductor of freight and passenger trains. He continued in the employ of this road for ten years and was then employed by the Union Pacific, running a passenger train from Rawley's Springs to Wabsutch on that line. He was subsequently employed by the Vandalia line as yard master and freight conductor where he remained one year. We next find him in the employ of the Missouri Pacific Road as freight conductor, which position he held for one year and a half. He then resigned and returned to Seymour, Ind., in 1872, and was appointed train master of the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad. Soon after he was made division superintendent between Cincin¬ nati and Vincennes. Then master of transportation which posi¬ tion he now holds. He has been twice married, first in 1855, to Lydia Brooks, of Lebanon, N. H. ; they had one child, a daughter, who died at the age of nineteen. In 1862 he married Fannie