Johnson County, Indiana - Chapter 7, 1888 (part 3 of 6)

W. Wyrick. The latter afterward purchased the entire stock and continued in the enjoyment of a profitable trade about three years. Thomas Perry and Dr. Vincent, the latter a practicing physician of the place, were the successors of Mr. Wyrick, and later came Charles Carper, J. X. Robbins, Charles Dunn, P. C. Jacobs and James Jacobs, all of whom did a fairly successful business. The business of the village at this time is represented by two general stores, kept by J. X. Robbins and Joseph Bell, respectively, one blanksmith shop by Charles Moody, and one wagon shop by Floyd Shufilebarger. Dr. O. B. Surface is the resident physician. Clarksburg. - The village of Clarksburg, situated in the northern part of Clark Township, has a history dating from about the year 1843, at which time an early settler by the name of Taylor, opened a small general store in his residence on the present site of the town. In connection with merchandising, Mr. Taylor operated a tannery, with which he did a fairly successful business for a short time. He subset ]uently disposed of his interest and left the place, and in the same building one Henry Byerlv, a little later, offered for sale a small stock of general merchandise, which appears to have been highly prized by the early settlers of the community. Giles Holmes began selling goods in an early day, using for a store building his residence, for which an addition had been erected for the purpose. He was reasonably successful in his business, and continued the trade several years. The next merchant was George Hughes, who erected the first business house, a story and a half frame structure, which is still standing. He carried on a successful trade about ten years, and then sold out to J. B. Myers, who remained some time longer. William H. Myers and W. S. Stevens were identified with the commercial interest of the village for some years. Then came Robert Banta, who is the leading merchant at the present time. A postoffice was established in an early day under the name of Yellow Spring, with Dr. Isaac Aylesberry as postmaster. The office was abandoned in a few years, but re-established in 1867 as Rock Lane, by which name it has since been known. The postmaster at this time is William Hardin. Dr. Isaac Aylesberry was the first man to practice the medical profession in Clarksburg. Since his departure, a number of years ago, the profession has been represented in the village by the following medical gentlemen : James Brenton, James Beebe, J. M. Wishard, Dr. Dunham, Dr. McDonald, J. B. Grubbs, William H. Mitchell, Dr. Spicer, Dr. Davis, James Roberts, John Mercer and Dr. Hibbs. The first mechanics were George Creasy, blacksmith, and William Leper, both of whom opened shops in a very early day. S. A. Clark was an early cabinet-maker also, and ran a shop for several years. Moses F. Clark operated a wagon shop for some time, and as early as 1S47, a small saw-mill, run by horse power, was erected in the village by M. F. and S. A. Clark. The mill was afterward converted into a shingle machine factory, and as such, did a good business for several years, furnishing shingles for nearly all the buildings in the neighborhood.

About the year 1849, Giles Holmes began the manufacture of chairs - a business which returned him handsome financial profits for some time. His shop was a fixture of the village for about ten years, and during that time gave employment to three or four workmen. W. H. Dungan manufactured and repaired wagons for several years, and, in 1857, Thomas M. Robison engaged in the same business, which he carried on successfully until 1870. A steam saw-mill was erected in the village in i860, by Alexander Wilson & Son, which is still in operation, doing a fair business. The present proprietor is Thomas Trulock. Clarksburg has always been a small village, the close proximity of other towns having had a tendency to retard its growth. It has been a fair locaj trading point for about forty-five years, and at this time supports two general stores kept by Robert Banta and William Hardin, respectively.

Amity, a small village on the J., M. & I. Railroad, four and a half miles south of Franklin, was laid out in June, 1855, by John Adams. The original plat, surveyed by John S. Hougham, consists of thirty-six lots traversed by the following streets: Main, Sycamore, Main Cross and Walnut. Chamber's addition, adjoining the original town on the south, was laid out August 18, 1856, and the same is recorded under the name of South Amity. The village is an outgrowth of the railroad, and as such came into prominence as a local trading point some time before the lots were surveyed, John Adams, the proprietor, having opened a general mercantile establishment where Mr. Cox's house now stands as early as the year 1853 or 1854. He was ^or some ^me associated in business with his son, Alvin Adams, and later disposed of the stock to Milton and James Vawter, who carried on a fairly successful trade for several years. In the mean time James Brown and James Canady erected a frame building in Chamber's addition, and did business as a firm about two years, selling out at the end of that time to Mart and John Powell. Additional to the above, the following merchants carried on the grocery business from time to time, viz. : Dryden & Thrailkill, Dunlap & Mears, Christ Lippard, David Riggs, Isaac Banta, Richard Burnett, Elijah Parkhurst, Henry Peters and William Losee. The early mechanics were Mr. Hoback and James Goldsborough, blacksmiths, and

William Canady, wagon-maker and wood workman. From 1S55 to 1S60, Amity was quite a prosperous trading point, but the construction of turnpikes a little later interfered with its business to a considerable extent, and during the last twenty years it has not made any appreciable advance. It is still a good shipping point, and supports one good general store, kept by William Losee, and a shoe shop, operated by Joshua Henderson. James Adams, M. D., is the resident physician of the place.

Needham, a small village on the Martinsville and Fairland Railroad, five miles northeast of Franklin, was laid out April, 1S66, and named in honor of Noah Needham, proprietor. The town plat embraces an area of about ten acres, lying in the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 33, Township 13 north, Range 5 east, and consists of forty-seven lots and five streets, namely: Needham, Washington, Jefferson, Harrison and Franklin. The village is surrounded by one of the richest and best cultivated districts in the northern part of Johnson County, and though but a small place has the reputation of being one of the best shipping points for grain, live-stock, and lumber on the above road. Some time before locating the town, Mr. Needham began selling goods in the neighborhood, and is said to have carried on a very successful business. The first business house in the town was a frame structure erected a short time after the survey, by John Davis, who rented it to Messrs. Sloan & Willard. This firm handled a miscellaneous assortment of merchandise for a period of three or four years and were reasonably successful, during their stay in the village. The stock was afterward purchased by Oliver Beard and James Anderson, who continued as partners a short time. They were followed by Messrs. Bentley & Cooper, a firm which lasted about three years.

Among the merchants of the place were the following: Frederick Wiles, Marshall White, John Parks, Judd & Watts. John D. McLean came to the town in 1874, and has been in the mercantile business ever since; his stock at this time consisting principally of groceries and notions. William and Charles Smith began merchandising in the village about the year 1884, and are now rated among the most energetic and successful country merchants in Johnson County. They occupy a large two story frame building near the railroad, and carry a full and complete line of goods demanded by the general trade. The manufacturing enterprises of Needham have been confined to saw-mills, one of which which was brought to the place a numer of years ago by Jackson High. It was operated with good success under his management, and afterward passed into the hands of William Warlan, who ran it several years.

Messrs. Malev & Owens were the next proprietors, obtaining possession about the year 1S79 or 18S0. The mill was afterward burned, entailing upon the owners quite a serious loss. It was rebuilt in a short time and is now owned by William Summers, and operated by John Atchison, who manufactures and ships large quantities of lumber.

Urmeyvi'IIe, a small station on the Martinsville &Fairland Railroad a little over one mile southwest of Xeedham, was laid out March, 1866, by Henry Fisher. The plat occupies a part of the west half of the southwest quarter of Section 33, Township 13 north, Range 4 east, and embraces an area of about ten acres, divided into thirtyfive lots, with the following streets: Mill, Cross and Johnson. This village has never achieved any prominence as a trading point, although small stores have been kept from time to time by different parties. There is now one small general store and a blacksmith shop, which represents the business of the place. The population is quite small, being considerably less than 100.

Lysander Adams was born in Boston, Erie County, N. Y., twenty miles south of Buffalo, on December 28, 1812. He is the son* of Aaron and Sylva (Cary) Adams. The father was a native of Vermont, and the mother of the State of New York. From New York the parents emigrated to Ohio, and thence to Indiana in about 1839, and located in Franklin, Johnson County. The father died in about 1864, and the mother died in Boston, N. Y., in 1883. To the parents, six children were born, of whom our subject is the second. One child, the eldest, is dead. Our subject was reared in the State of New York, and attended the common schools. His father being a farmer, he was raised on the same. He left New York when about nineteen years of age, and went to Ohio, where he learned the shoemaker's trade. He came to Johnson County about 1 841, and located in Franklin, and engaged in the saw-mill business, and had the contract and sawed ties for the J., M. & I. R'y, from Franklin north for eight miles. He left Franklin in 1864, and moved on a farm one and one-half miles east from Franklin, where he resided until 1869, and then removed to his present farm, one-half mile north from Franklin. His farm comprises 160 acres, with two good residences, and also owns four acres of land and two good houses in Franklin. He was married on June 21, 1842, to Miss Mary A. Frady, who was born in North Carolina, on

June 20, 1824, and is the daughter of Charles and Nancy Frady, both natives of North Carolina, who emigrated to Johnson County, Ind., at an early date. To this union three children have been born, two of whom are dead: Asa A., born November 21, 1844, and died September, 1846; Liston A., born May 4, 1849, and Charles A., born April 3, 1853, and died in 1870. Mrs. Adams is a Presbyterian.

James M. Alexander, one of the venerable old settlers of this county, is a native of east Tennessee, born October 9, 18 18, and is the eldest of seven children, born to the marriage of Thomas and Elizabeth (Parr) Alexander, and is of Scotch-English ancestry. His father was born in South Carolina in 1796, and died in Johnson County, Ind., in 1878. He was one of the early local ministers in the Methodist Episcopal Church. The mother of Mr. Alexander was born in North Carolina in 1795, and died in this county in 1831. Her father was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and died in Johnson County at ninety-three years of age. The Alexander family came to Johnson County in 1827, and settled in Blue River Township, where they resided six years, and then removed to Hensley Township. Our subject was educated at the subscription school, and in 1834 began the scenes of life for himself, and for six years worked by the month on the farm, beginning at $5 per month, and never receiving more than $11 for a month's service. In 1840, he commenced farming on his own account in the southwestern portion of Franklin Township, and six years later removed to Union Township, and in the fall of 1854, settled on his present farm, located about two miles from the city of Franklin, in Franklin Township. Mr. Alexander was united in marriage September 12, 1839, to Miss Elizabeth Keneaster, who was born in Kentucky, February 21, 1819, and was a daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Moreland) Keneaster, natives of Virginia. To the union of our subject and wife, were born seven children, the following of whom are living: James P., born in 1844; Newton W., born in 1854, ano^ George W., born in 1858. The death of the wife and mother occurred February 5, 18S8. In politics, Mr. Alexander has been a life-long democrat, and has been county commissioner of Johnson County. Mrs. Alexander was a consistent member of the Baptist Church, and Mr. Alexander is by faith a Universalist. He has been a resident of Johnson County for more than three score years.

Abram Aten - The subject of this sketch is one of the representative citizens of Johnson County, Ind., and a resident of Franklin. He was born in Preble County, Ohio, on September 7, 1824, and is the fourth of ten children born to Aaron M. and Margaret (De Mott) Aten. The parents were natives of Henry County, Ky., the father having been born in 1795, and the mother in 1794. The grandfather on the father's side, was Adrian Aten, who emigrated from Henry County, Ky., to Preble County, Ohio, where his death occurred. The grandfather on the mother's side, was Abram DeMott, who also removed from Henry County, Ky., to Preble County, Ohio, where he also died. The parents of our subject were married in Ohio, and 1840, emigrated to Johnson County, Ind., and settled in Franklin Township, two miles southwest from the town of Franklin; the mother died in Johnson County in the fall of 1850. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church. The father removed to Cumberland County, 111., in about 1869, where he died July 23, 1874, in his seventy-ninth year. He also was a member of the Presbyterian Church. He was united in marriage to Martha Banta, in 1851, who died in about 1861, and he was married the third time in about 1863, to Miss McKinley, in Illinois, who survived her husband and died in Illinois, in April, 1887. Our subject was reared on the farm and attended the schools of the neighborhood, and the county academy in Franklin, and secured more than an average education for those days. After leaving school, and when a young man, he conceived the idea of teaching school, and accordingly set out to find a school. In the township of White River he found a teacher holding school in the Wyric neighborhood (E. W. Wyric, now a merchant of Franklin, being a scholar), who was unable to teach arithmetic. A discussion arose among the patrons of the school as to whether "arithmetic to the single rule of three" should be taught or not, and our subject being an adept at ciphering, entered into the contest and expressed his views so strongly, that when a vote was held he was chosen teacher, and at the expiration of that quarter, succeeded the teacher who could not work in figures. Beginning with that school, our subject taught three months' schools for five winters, and then turned his attention to farming. He was united in marriage on December 9, 1852, to Eliza Jane Thompson, who was born in Johnson County, Ind., on August 1, 1832, and was the daughter of William and Susan Thompson, who were natives of North Carolina, and among the first pioneers of Johnson County. She died February 9, 1872, leaving three daughters and one son as follows: Susan M., born March 19, 1854, now tne w^e °^ Taylor Wheat, of Franklin; M. Alma, February 28, 1859, now tne w^e of Edward Jewett, of Shelby ville; Florence, December 22, 1862; Riley W., February 1, 1856, and died September 22, 1881. Our subject was married a second time on November 18, 1874, to Jennie Epperson, who was born in Rockbridge County, Va., on December 25, 1839, and is the daughter of Lyttleton and Elizabeth

(Flint) Epperson, who were both natives of Rockbridge County, Va., and came to Indiana during the forties, and remained there some time, dying in Aurora, this state, with cholera, about the year 184.5, both dying in one week. To this union a daughter - Opal, was born November 12, 1877. In the death of Riley, the only son, our subject suffered an irreparable loss, as he was a young man of rare intellectual attainments and worth. He was an apt student, and graduated from the Franklin high school, and but for his failing health would have entered college. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and for some time before his death turned his thoughts on religious subjects, and the hereafter. After leaving school he studied dentistry, and for several years practiced that profession. He was a young man universally respected, and beloved by all who knew him, and his death was regretted by all. Mr. and Mrs. Aten and the three older daughters are members of the Methodist Church, of which he has served on the official board. He is a strong advocate of prohibition, and in politics, is a republican.

David D. Banta, LL. D., was born in Union Township, Johnson County, May 23, 1833, the son of Jacob and Sarah (Demaree) Banta. The Bantas were a Dutch family, who came from Holland and settled in New Jersey, just when is not definitely known, but it is known that they were there in 1686. On the Demaree side, the Judge is of French descent; the Demarees fled from Picardy, France, into Holland, during the Huguenot persecutions, and, in 1676, David Demarias (now Demarest in the east, but softened into Demaree in the west) came to America and settled on the Jersey side of the Hackensack River. Branches of both families moved to Caughnewauga, Penn., near Gettysburg, before or about the commencement of the Revolutionary War, remaining there until the winter of 1779-80, when they moved to the vicinity of Harrod's Station, Ky. Near the close of the century, branches of these families moved into Shelby and Henry counties, Ky. Jacob Banta, son of Peter Banta and father of Judge D. D. Bama, was born in Henry County, Ky., August 14, t8ii. In December, 1831, he married, in Henry County, Sarah, daughter of David Demaree, who was judge of the circuit court in his circuit; she was born in Henry County, January 14, 1815. In the fall of 1832, they moved to Johnson Co., Ind., and settled in Union Township, in the woods. Jacob was a large man, full six feet in his Ltockings, well formed, and possessed of great physical strength, and had been chosen captain of a militia company in Kentucky, for the same reason that Saul was chosen King of Israel. His labors in John County were of short duration, for, in the latter part of August, 1835, he was stricken down with fever, and died on the 4th of September, being less than a month over twenty-four years of age. The subject of this sketch was at that time but a few days over twenty-seven months of age, but the sickness and death of his father made a vivid impression on his mind, and he can now recall his father lying upon his sick bed. After the funeral, his mother and he went to live with her brother, in the Hopewell neighborhood, where they remained till the spring of 1837, when she returned to her home. In the fall of 1839, -^. -D. attended his first school, and, though only six years of age, walked two miles through a blazed path in the woods. At seven years, he often went to mill astride his grist of corn, returning sometimes after nightfall. In the spring of 1841, his mother was married to Jesse Young, and, from about 1841, he attended the district school every winter, working summers on the farm. This he kept up till he was fifteen years of age, when he attended one year at the Hopewell school, which was superior to the other schools in that vicinity, and was kept by a Yankee schoolma'am. In the spring and summer of 185 1, he taught a three-months' school in White River Township, making many friends and acquaintances. Early in the spring of 1852, he set out with his cousin, David N. Demaree, for a jaunt into Iowa. They went down the Ohio and up the Mississippi to Keokuk, then walked up to Burlington, and thence to Fairfield, cut cord-wood and worked in a sawmill alternately for two months, after which they footed it over southern Iowa to look at the countrv. They came home via Chicago, walking half way across Illinois, as there was no railroad across then; also walked from La Porte, to Noblesville, Ind., where they struck a railroad, and returned home during the summer. That fall, Mr. Young, his step-father, sold out and moved to Iowa, taking his family. David went along with the others, and hired out chopping cord-wood at thirty-five cents a cord, finding it hard work to make seventy cents a day; after a day or two of this work, a severe snow-storm set in and forced him to seek home; as he had to walk nine miles, he became weary before reaching home, and in crossing a stream, fell and hurt himself severely. All this tended to make him disgusted with his occupation, and he resolved that he would never follow such a life. His mind had heretofore been wavering in regard to his future occupation, but these few circumstances made him come to a quick conclusion to study law, and, the next morning after arriving home, he astonished his mother by informing her of this resolution. In pursuance of this determination, he immediately made arrangements to stud\T law with Clinton & Baldwin, attorneys, of Fairfield, and went to work at once on Blackstone, never leaving his studies long enough to return for his ax, which he had left in the woods, and never collecting the money for what wood-chopping he had done. He read industriously till the next spring, 1853, when he returned to Johnson County and entered Franklin College. In the fall of 1853, he and his friend John C. Miller, went to the Indiana University at Bloomington, where he graduated, in 1855, in the scientific department; he remained at the institution, however, studying the Latin and Greek languages and English literature until the law school opened, in the early part of the winter, when he entered it under Judge James Hughes, keeping up his linguistic studies meanwhile, and until the next June, but attending particularly to the law, which he continued to do until he graduated from that department, in February, 1857. In the meantime, June 11, 1856, he was married to Mrs. Melissa E. Perrin, daughter of James Riddle, of Covington, Ky. She was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, March 27, 1834. The fall following his marriage, and while still in the law school, he was elected principal of the Monroe County Female Academy - the former principal having resigned - and had the charge of about seventy-five girls of all ages; he took charge of this institution for about three months, pursuing his law studies as best he could. After graduating from the law school, in February, he went to Covington, Ky., and remained until the following October, studying. He then moved to Franklin; was admitted to the bar by Judge Hardih, then on the bench, and opened a law office. He found many discouraging things to contend with; the bar was full, and it was very difficult for a young man to obtain much business ; fortunately . however, he had an abundance of perseverance, and all these dis oaragements only served to bring out all the more effort on his part. T:?ne brought the reward, and business came. In the spring of 1859, he went into partnership with Judge Finch, but the election of Finch to the bench - the next fall terminated their partnership; the same fall, Banla was elected district prosecutor, and served two years. About this time, he became editor of the Herald, a newspaper just started in Franklin; his connection with this paper lasted for a year or two. In 1862, he was again elected district prosecutor. In 1864, he moved his law office, into the recorder's office, and took an appointment under Willett Tyler as deputy recorder; this office he held for a year or more, when the pressure of legal business caused him to leave the recorder's office and give his whole attention to his chosen profession, which, with various official duties, has since occupied his time, except as he again tried his hand at editing the yoknson County Press, a paper published for some time in 1865, by John Farley, up to some time in 1868; this paper Banta edited for a pastime. Some time previous to this, he was was in partnership, for a short time, with G. F. McNutt, now of Terre Haute. In 1865, he was appointed by the county commissioners to the office of school examiner, holding the office three years. In 1866, he was appointed United States division assessor, which office he held for about two years. In 1867, he was appointed school trustee of the city of Franklin, and held this office two years, and was a member of the board when the fine school building of Franklin was erected. In 1867, he formed a law partnership with Cass Byfield, now of Indianapolis, which continued up to 1869, when, under an appointment by Judge Woollen, who was unable to attend to his duties, by reason of sickness in his family, he served for some six months of that year. In the spring of 1870, he was nominated for judge of his circuit, and elected; served six years, covering a period of the most active litigation that has ever been known in the history of the state. In 1872, he was attacked with a spell of fever, which left him with a broken, nervous system ; for a year and more, he had a hard fight for life, but, after spending a good deal of money in looking for health in various quarters, at last found it in the pine woods of Michigan, where the pure air and rough fare of the wilderness completely restored his lost powers. On leaving the bench, he was defeated for a nomination for a second term, and went back to practice, forming a partnership with Judge T. W. Woollen, since attorney general of Indiana. The partnership still' exists.* In his family, the Judge has been fortunate, and has been blessed with a good wife, who has borne him three children, all of whom are living-; George, the eldest, was born in Covington, Ky., July 16, 1857; Charles, born October 16, 1859, in Franklin, and Mabel, born November 19, 1864, also in Franklin. He gives his children th« excellent advantages of an education at the Indiana University. George graduated in the class of 1876; Charles in that of the year, 1881, and Mabel a few years later. This institution has always had a firm friend and supporter in Judge Banta, and he has been a trustee since 1877; is now serving his second term, and is president of the board. In all local matters, he has taken a deep interest, and has ever given his strength of mind and body to the furtherance of what might be considered for his country's good. A member of the Presbyterian Church for many years, and in politics a democrat, both of which faiths he inherited, and has always lived up to. It is unnecessary to say anything in regard to the standing of Judge Banta, as the various offices of trust he has held, and the large business he does as a legabadviser, are stronger proofs than any words we could write, of the esteem in which he is held by the people of Johnson County, and we may say that his reputation is not confined to this county alone, but extends throughout the state to a very considerable degree. While on the bench, he gave general satisfaction to the members of the bar, rendering his decisions with ability and conscientiousness; and if Judge Banta has one quality which we could wish to mention more than another, it would be his entire honesty of purpose, and the whole-souled and heart-felt manner with which he does what he undertakes. As a writer, the Judge has had considerable experience, and has a pleasing way; especially is he adapted to narrative, and enjoys nothing better than to dig down into the moldy past and bring up facts and figures to form into an interesting sketch of by-gone days. He is quite a book-worm, and buys a great many books, having a law library of some 1,200 volumes, besides a literary library of i,O0O' more; also takes a deal of pleasure in hunting and fishing, and is a first-class companion on any such excursion, enlivening the boyswith his stories, and ever ready to give or take a joke. Judge Banta holds a high place in the affections of the people of the county, and in recognition of his merits the authorities of Franklin College have lately conferred upon him the degree of LL. D.

George C. Banta was born near where he now resides, July 8, 1850, son of Peter J. and Mary (Brewer) Banta, and is the third in a family of five children. He was raised on a farm, and first attended the Hopewell Academy, and afterward spent some time in a commercial school at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. In 1876 Mr- Banta removed to Franklin and engaged in the drug business, which he continued more than four years, when, on account of failing health, he was obliged to quit the merchandise business, and in 1 88 1 removed to his present farm, in the western part of Franklin Township. The same contains 180 acres, of which 137 acres were entered by his grandfather Banta, in 1826. The marriage of Mr. Banta occurred October 17, 1878, to Miss Irene E. Vawter, a native of Martinsville, Ind., born September 24, 1857. To this union are these two children: Clara, born September 15, 1881, and Frank C, born December 8, 1883. In politics, he is an ardent democrat, and he and wife are members of the Franklin Presbyterian Church.

John E. Banta, son of Peter J. and Mary A. (Brewer) Banta,. was born on the farm where he now lives, March 29, 1845. He was reared on the farm, and had the advantages* of attending the common schools and Hopewell Academy. By occupation, Mr. Banta is a farmer, and at twenty-one years of age settled on a farm one mile west of Hopewell. In 1879 ^e removed to what is known as the Ellis Farm, and in 1881 settled where he now resides, and where his paternal grandfather settled in 1828. The marriage o£

Mr . Banta was solemnized in 1870, to Miss Margaret J. Lagrange, daughter of Daniel and Catherine Lagrange, who was born November 26, 1848. To this union is one daughter, Minnie, born November 16, 1874. A staunch democrat in politics, he manifests an active interest in the welfare and public prosperity of his township, county and state. Mr. and Mrs. Banta are members of the Hopewell Methodist Church, and are -well known and highly respected.

Peter J. Banta, one of the old settlers of Johnson County, is. a native of Henry County, Ky., born October 3, 182 1, son of John P. and Catherine (List) Banta, and is of German descent. His father was born in Henry County, Ky., in 1802, and died in Johnson County, Ind., in 1873, and his mother was born in 1802, and died in Franklin, Ind., in 1881. In 1826, his father came to this county, and entered 275 acres of land, and then returned to Kentucky. In 1827, he returned to this county, and built a hewed loghouse in the extreme western part of Franklin Township; he then returned to Kentucky, and in 182S, removed his family to the new house, and upon which our subject now resides. In 1850, the parents of our subject removed to Franklin, and there resided until their death. Mr. Banta is the eldest of seven children, three of whom are now living. He was raised on the farm, and attended school at Hopewell. In early life, he learned the tanner's trade with his father, and afterward engaged in this business for himself, and continued it until 1843, when he located where he now resides. Mrs. Banta owns a fine farm of 275 acres, well improved and nicely located. The marriage of Mr. Banta occurred in November, 1843, to Miss Mary A. Brewer, born in Mercer County, Ky., April 19, 18 19, and who came to this county in 1831. To the above union were born five children, viz. : John E., born in 1845; David B., born in 1847; George C.,' born in 1850; David W., born in 1853, and Mary, born in 1857. In politics, he is a true democrat, and is one of the leading and prominent citizens of Franklin Township. Mr. and Mrs. Banta are members of the Hopewell Presbyterian Church.

Samuel Banta is a native of Henry County, Ky., born May 16, 1831; he is the son of Peter and Vroucha (Van Nuys) Banta. His parents were also natives of Kentucky, and both died in Franklin Township, Johnson County, Ind., in 185 1. When about five years of age, our subject came with his parents to this county, where he grew to manhood on the farm. He received a limited education, and for a short time worked as a farm hand by the month'. In 1853, he settled where he resides, owning an excellent farm of 160 acres. Mr. Banta was married November 27, 1862,.

to Miss Elzora, daughter of Simon and Salina Hedden, natives of Kentucky, and who came to this county in 1840. Mrs. Banta was born in Franklin, November 20, 1840. A staunch republican in politics, he manifests an active interest in the welfare and public prosperity of his township, county and state. Mr. and Mrs. Banta are members of the Hopewell Presbyterian Church, he having joined the same at the age of twenty-three, and she at the age of sixteen years.

Henry C. Barnett. - Henry C. Barnett, junior member of the law firm of Miller & Barnett, of Franklin, Johnson County, Ind., was born in Blue River Township, near Edinburg, Johnson County, on December 12, 1848, and is the son of Ambrose D. and Sophronia (Riggs) Barnett. The father was born in Nicholas County, Ky., on July 24, 1809, and was the son of John P. Barnett, a native of Culpepper County, Va. He removed to Indiana in about 1821, and located in Johnson County. He followed farming in this county until the spring of 1853, and then removed to Hamilton County, Ind., where he resided until March 6, 1864, and then returned to Johnson County, and located on a farm near Nineveh. In the year 1867, he removed to Williamsburg, Johnson County, and in 1877, he removed to Tipton, Tipton Co., Ind., where he remained for about four months, and then returned to his farm near Williamsburg. He next removed to Williamsburg, where he died May 20, 1885. He was justice of the peace of Blue River and Nineveh townships for quite a number of years. He also followed milling in connection with his farm. The mother was born in Genessee County, N. Y., on January 23, 181 7, and is the daughter of Ransom Riggs, Sr., deceased, who was a native of Connecticut; removed thence to New York State, and thence Decatur County, Ind., and thence to Johnson County. She is now living at the old home in Williamsburg. To the parents nine children were born, of whom our subject is the sixth. Of the children, seven are now living. Our subject was reared on a farm, and early attended district schools, and then attended Nineveh high school, and then Franklin College for a short time. He taught school for about six years, in Bartholomew, Johnson, and Hamilton counties. He began studying law in November, 1874, m Judge Woollen's office, in Franklin, and was admitted to the bar in February, 1875. He next began practicing law in Franklin, and on November 23, 1875, formed a partnership with Robert M. Miller, which firm continues up to the present. He has served several years on the city school board. In politics, is an independent, and in 1878, was a candidate against regular democratic nominee for representative of Johnson County, and defeated by only twenty-seven votes, where regular democratic majority is from 400 to 500. Married on April 25, 1872, to Miss Kate Tucker, who was born in Johnson County, on May 20, 1853, and is a daughter of John T. Tucker, deceased. To this union five children were born. They are members of the Christian Church.

William H. Barnett. - Among the oldest (in point of residence) citizens of Johnson County, Ind., may be classed Wm. H. Barnett, recorder of the county. He was born in Millersburg, Bourbon County, Ky., on October 10, 1820, and is the son of Thomas and Sarah (Jackson) Barnett. The father was born in Bourbon County, Ky., on March 23, 1798. He was the son of John P. Barnett, a native of Orange County, Va., who was a soldier of the Revolutionary War, and as such, drew a pension up to his death. In 1828 (September 8), a few years after the close of the above war, he married Elizabeth L. Self, and in 1786 immigrated to Kentucky, landing at Limestone (now Maysville), where he entered land. At that time Kentucky was a wilderness, and the Indians were numerous and very troublesome. He went from Limestone back in the interior of the state, what is now Bourbon County, where he cleared land and located his home. His father was a native of Scotland. Thomas, our subject's father, immigrated to Indiana in 182 1, and located in Franklin C*ounty, where he remained for about a year. In the meantime, he and two brothers came to what is now Johnson County, and erected cabins in the woods, and in October, 1822, settled in the county permanently. At that time there were but very few white settlers in the neighborhood, and the Indians .were in abundance. They, the Barnetts, were among the earliest of the pioneers. He followed farming as an avocation, and died July 10, 1880, in his eighty-third year. The mother was also born in Bourbon County, Ky., in May, 1796, and was the daughter of William Jackson, a native of Maryland, who immigrated to Kentucky at a very early date (about 1786 or 1787). She died December 9, 1851. To the parents two sons were born: William H., and John, the latter born September 11, 1823, and died April 22, 1882. Our subject was reared on the farm, and secured a limited education, the schools at that day and date being of such a character that an education was all but an impossibility. After reaching his twentieth year, he attended school for about a year, and added greatly to his education. He remained on the farm until January 5, 1852, and then came to Franklin and took a deputyship in the clerk's office, in which capacity he served until October, 1855, when he was elected circuit clerk of Johnson County, and in 1859, was re-elected, serving altogether for eight years. In 1863 he was elected auditor of Johnson County, and re-elected in 1867, serving eight years. He remained out of office until 1880, when he was elected to the Indiana legislature, and served one year, beginning January, 1881. He then engaged in the collection and pension business, and continued until November 20, 1886. He was nominated on March 18, 18S6, by the democratic county convention, for the office of recorder, and the following November was elected by a majority of about 150 votes. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the Christian Church. He was married April 20, 1843, to Susan Sanders, who was born in Bartholomew County, Ind., on November 8, 1823, and died April 15, 1886. She was the daughter of John S. and Elizabeth Sanders. To the union of our subject and wife three children were born, as follows: Mary, born February 4, 1844; John S., February 5, 1849, an(i died February 9, 1879, and George T., born December 24, 1851.

Abraham Bergen, an old and highly respected citizen of Franklin, Johnson County, Ind., was born in Henry County, Ky., September 7, 1818, and is the son of Garrett C. and Mary (Banta) Bergen. When a boy of thirteen years he came with his parents to Johnson County, and helped clear away the forest on the old homestead near Franklin. He hauled the first load of cord-wood that was sold on the market, for which he received 5a cents. He learned the tanner's trade with his father, and then purchased the tannery, and when twenty-six years of age he and his brother, George, left the old yard and removed to Brown County, Ind., and ran a large tannery there, at the same time carrying on a currying shop in Franklin. When thirty-one years of age he dissolved partnership with his brother, and bought 500 acres of land on Beenblossom Creek, in Brown County, where he resided for eleven years. He next took charge of his father's farm near Franklin for three years. At the end of that period, and when forty-five years of age, he formed a partnership with W. C. Wheat, in the tanning business, at Franklin. Four years later, his son, Alonzo N. Bergen, bought Mr. Wheat's interest, and father and son ran the business for a number of years. Mr. Bergen joined the Presbyterian Church at Franklin when nineteen years of age, and at the age of twenty-two was made a deacon, and served as such until his removal to Brown County. At the age of thirty years the subject of this sketch was ordained a ruling elder in the Georgetown (Brown County) Church, in which capacity he served until his return to Franklin. For ten years he was superintendent of the Georgetown Sunday schools, and later conducted a successful Missionary Sunday school at Franklin. He was married March 15, 1842, to Sarah A. E. Henderson, who was born March 7, 1824, and was killed on November n. 1875, by an accident. He was married a second time, January 3, 1878, to Fanny K. Warner, who was born in Ohio, March 15, 1832, and is the daughter of William and Lavina (Hedrick) Warner, the father being a native of Pennsylvania, and the mother of Ohio. To the first marriage four children were born, two of whom are now living, and to the second, none. Garrett Bergen, the father, was born July 17, 1792, in New Jersey. In about 1831, he removed to one-quarter (*£) mile from Franklin, Johnson County, and of which county he was one of the first settlers, and entered part of the land upon which Franklin was located. He was a soldier of the War of 181 2, under Gen. Harrison. His death occurred September 22, 1872. He was married first to Mary Banta, on January 13, 1814, who was born March 4, 1794, and died August 23, 1855. He was married a second time, on November 25, 1856, to Eleanor, widow of S. S. Ryker, daughter of Christopher G. Bergen.

Thomas Branigin, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Mason County, Ky., January 17, 1825, and is the sixth in a family of nine children, born to John and Lucy F. (Branch) Branigin, natives of Virginia. In 1833 the mother came to Johnson Count}', and settled in Nineveh Township. She died in Franklin Township, at the age of eighty years. The subject came to this country in 1833, and was a student at the country schools. At the age of fifteen years, he began farming for himself, and now owns a fine farm consisting of 350 acres, and in addition to farming has for twenty years given his attention to stock-raising. Mr. Branigin was married December 17, 1842, to Miss Perlina Park, born. in Kentucky, December 16, 1822, and came to this county in early childhood. They are the parents of six children: Laura A., born 1845; Matilda M., 1848; Susan P., i85o;Sarah A., 1854; John S., 1856, and Lavina V., 1861. Politically, he is a republican, and he and wife are members of the Christian Church.

W. D. Branigin, senior member of the firm of Branigin & Tucker, dealers in agricultural implements, wagons, buggies, and seeds, of Franklin, is a native of Johnson County, and was born November 24, 1846, and is the son of N. S. and Sarah J. (Forsythe) Branigin, both natives of Kentucky, the father being born in February, 1815, and the mother in March, 1825. The grandfather was John Branigin, a native of Kentucky, who died in Kentucky. In 1836, his wife, with our subject's father, came to Johnson County, Ind. The mother was the daughter of David Forsythe, who came to Johnson County from Kentucky, in 1832. Nicholas, the father, is a farmer by occupation. He has been quite prominent, and as a democrat has been elected and served as com- missioner of Johnson County. He now lives in Blue River Township, five miles south from Franklin, where he owns eighty acres of land. His wife is still -living. To the parents, five children have been born, four of whom are living. Our subject was reared on a farm, and received a coipmon school education. He resided on the farm until the fall of 1887, and then formed a partnership with G. W. Tucker, in the agricultural implement business, establishing a house in Franklin, of which our subject has charge, and also one in Edinburg, of which Mr. Tucker has charge. He was married on November 26, 1868, to Miss Nancy Lash, who was born in Johnson County, in 1850, and is a daughter of Samuel D. Lash. To this union six children have been born, and one child died. Mr. Branigin also owns a farm of 175 acres, and his wife fourteen acres, lying in Blue River Township.'

Benjamin E. Brewer, farmer, was born in Pleasant Township, this county, March 4, 1840, son of Daniel and Cynthia (Comingore) Brewster, and is of German descent. His father was born in Mercer County, Ky., and died in this county July 21, 1839, from injuries received while working at an old pioneer threshing machine, and his mother, also a native of Kentucky, died in this state in 18S7. The Brewer family came to this county at a very early day, and settled near the present town of Greenwood. The subject of this sketch is the eldest of five children. He was reared on the' farm, and received a common school education. At the age of sixteen years he began the business of life for himself, and for two years worked on the farm for a man by the name of John R. Smock, for which he received three months' schooling and $75 per year. In i860, Mr. Brewer engaged in agricultural pursuits for himself, and has since continued the vocation of a farmer. In i88i,he removed to his present farm, which consists of nearly 100 acres, and has good and substantial improvements. On the 24th day of February, 1863, our subject was united in marriage to Miss Mary H., daughter of Melvin and Mary Wheat. Mrs. Brewer was born in Johnson County, March 4, 1844. They are the parents of these three children: Anna L., born in 1870; Susie B., born in 1874, and Milroy V., born in 1883. . In politics, Mr. Brewer is an ardent republican, and he and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.

James J. Bridges, superintendent of the Orphans' Home, at Hopewell, was born in Johnson County, near the little town of Trafalgar, June 3, 1833, being the fourth of seven children born to the marriage of George and Matilda (Forsythe) Bridges, natives of Kentucky; the birth of the former occurred about 1800, and he died in Johnson County in 1872; the latter born June 3, 1806, and died in this county March 9, 1848. As early as 1829, the family came to Johnson County. Mr. Bridges was raised on the farm, and, what schooling he obtained, was received at the country school. At twenty-two years of age, he began life for himself as a farmer, and at that occupation continued until 1873, when he removed to Trafalgar, where he resided until 1884, when he accepted his present position at the Orphans' Home. He is one of the men who lost thousands of hard-earned dollars by the failure of the Franklin Bank. Mr. Bridges was united in marriage January 16, 1855, to Miss Emaline Voris, a native of Mercer County, Ky., born April 5, 1831, being the eldest in. a family of ten children, six of whom are now living. Her father, Peter Vories, was born in Henry County, Kv., in 180S, and died in Johnson County, in 1 85 1. The mother'of Mrs. Bridges was Martha (List) Bridges, born in 181 1, and died in 1879. To the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Bridges, is this one son: George W., born in 1857. For^ three years Mrs. Bridges has been the matron of the Orphans' Home, and now has fifty children in her care, and it goes without saying that there is no better woman for the place. She is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and her husband is a member of the Baptist Church, and in politics a democrat.

George Thomas Bridges is a native of Johnson County, born February 11, 1831, son of George and Matilda (Forsythe) Bridges; the former born in Kentucky, about 1800, an«; died in Hensley Township in 1872; the latter born June 3, 1806, and died March 9, 1848. They came to this county in 1829. The subject of this sketch was reared on the farm, and received a good education. In 1852, he settled where he now resides. He owns 200 acres of fine land in the southwest corner of Franklin Township. Mr. Bridges was married December 18, 1851, to Miss Lydia A., daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Shank) Peny, natives of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Bridges was born in Preble County, Ohio, June 26, 183 1. lo this union are these five children: Scott E., born 1854; Matilda J., born 1856; James R., born 1858; Florence, born 1863, and Robert H., born 1865. Politically, he is a democrat, and a highly esteemed citizen. Mr. and Mrs. Bridges have been members of the Christian Church thirty-eight years. _

Ben P. Brown, the subject of this sketch, is one of the representative young citizens of Johnson County, Ind., and postmaster of the city of Franklin. He was born near the village of Trafalgar, in Union Township, Johnson County, on September 12, 1854, and is the son of Samuel and Mary G. (Branch) Brown. The father was born near Shelbvville, Ky., April 8, 1828, and is the son of James Brown, a native of Kentucky. Samuel, the father, removed to Indiana in about 1846, and located in Johnson County. He has followed farming all his life, and now resides on his farm about one and one-half miles east from Franklin. The mother was born in Kentucky, near Bedford, on November 22, 1829, and is the daughter of Benjamin Branch, who was a native of Virginia, who removed to Kentucky, and thence to Johnson County, Ind., where he died. The mother is still living. Our subject was ^reared on the farm, and secured a good common school education. He remained on the farm until 1880, teaching school during the winter months, for six consecutive years. He then removed to Franklin and purchased a half-interest in the book and stationery firm of Brown & Yeager, that firm succeeding Downey & Yeager. August 25, 1884, he retired from a membership in the above firm, and for about ten months filled the position of book-keeper for the firm (Yeager & McCoy). July 1, 1885, he was appointed postmaster by President Cleveland, and holds the same at present, making a most efficient and satisfactory official. He is an active member of Hesperian Lodge, No. 12, K. of P., in which he, has filled the chairs of prelate and vice chancellor commander, and is the present chancellor commander. He is also a member of the uniform rank of the above lodge. He was married October 10, 1878, to Angie M., daughter of Adam Dunlap, who was born in Clark Township, Johnson Co., Ind., June 18, 1856. Adam Dunlap was a native of Ohio. To this union a son and daughter have been born.

James F. Brown, the subject of this sketch, is one of the leading farmers of Franklin Township, living in the suburbs of the town of Franklin, on a 400-acre farm. He was born in Wythe County, ,Va., on April 11, 1828, and is the son of Andrew and Susan (Leonard) Brown, both natives of Virginia. The father was born in 1804, and the mother in 1802. They came to Johnson County, Ind., in 1830, and settled in White River Township. They were among the pioneers of White River Township. He entered an eighty-acre tract of land, and subsequently added thirtyfive acres more. Altogether he owned over 500 acres. He died in March, 1864, and the mother died in 1872. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. To the parents three sons and three daughters were born, of whom four are living. Our subject was reared on the farm, and secured a limited education. In 185 1, he began life for himself by going onto a farm in Union Township. He remained in Union Township until 1871, and then removed to his present place. He owns, altogether, upward of 800 acres of land, and a handsome brick residence on the farm, where he lives, which cost about $5,000. He was married in

1 85 1, to Martha Flake, who was born in Dearborn County, Ind,, on April 17, 1835, and is the daughter of Adam Flake. To this union seven children have been born, two of whom are dead: Susan, deceased, Angeline, Laura, deceased, Wylie, Andrew, Ida and Effie. Mr. and Mrs. Brown and three children are members of the Christian Church. He is a democrat, and cast his first presidential vote for Buchanan.

Shadrach C. Brown, the subject of the following sketch, is a leading citizen of Johnson County, Ind., and an attorney and justice of the peace of Franklin, the county seat. He was born in Ashe County, N. C, June 3, 1841, where he remained until i860, and then with his parents came to Indiana, and settled in Franklin Township, Johnson County. His parents being possessed of only moderate means, his advantages in youth were limited, and what he is to-day, he has accomplished by industry and his own efforts. While living in North Carolina, he secured a very limited education, and what education he did secure, was in the schools of Franklin Township, and at the college in Franklin and Edinburg, after he had returned from the late war. He enlisted September 13, 1861, under Capt. Samuel Lambertson, and was a member of Company F, Seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and with the regiment returned to his native state. He served for three, years - his full time of enlistment - participating in the numerous engagements of the Army of the Potomac. He was wounded May 6, 1864, at the battle of the Wilderness, from which' wound he lost his right arm bv amputation the same day, the same being taken off at the socket. August 22, 1862, he was captured at Catlet Station, Va., as a prisoner of war, and was confined for two weeks in Libby Prison, and was then removed to Belle Island, where he was paroled, and was subsequently exchanged, and returned to his regiment, at Pratt's Landing. He' was mustered out of service on September 20, 1864, and returned to Johnson County, Ind. After returning home he entered the public schools of Franklin, and next attended school at Edinburg, for one year. Returning to Franklin he entered the preparatory class at Franklin College, and attended for four years. In 1870, he engaged in the book and stationery business in Franklin, and continued in the same for about five years. In 187 1, he was elected city treasurer of Franklin, and held the same for four years. After leaving the mercantile business he engaged in school teaching for about two years, and in 1878, was elected as a republican to the office of trustee of Franklin (and what is now Needham) Township, and though the vote was very close on the balance of the ticket, he received a majority of 103 votes. He held the office for two years. During his incumbency of the trustee's office, he read law, and in 1880, was admitted to the bar. He was elected justice of the peace, and since 1880, has conducted the practice of law, and the duties ot the office of magistrate jointly, and is also doing an extensive business in the fire insurance agency. On October 7, 1871, he married Lydia, the daughter of Joseph A. and Nancy (Jones) Dunlap. As a result of this union one daughter, Nellie S., was born January 21, 1876. Mr. Brown is an active member of the Johnson Lodge, No. 76, I. O. O. F., and in that has passed through all the chairs in the subordinate and encampment; has represented subordinate lodges twice at the Grand Lodge, and the encampment once in the Grand Encampment, and is now secretary of the subordinate lodge. His parents were William W. and Ellen (Houck) Brown, both of whom were natives of Ashe County, N. C. The father was born June 29, 1808, and was the son of George W. Brown, a native of North Carolina. William, the father, was killed in Johnson County by a falling tree, on January 3, 1865. The mother was born April 4, 1808, and was the daughter of George Houck, a native of Germany. She died September 3, 1866. They are the parents of four sons and three daughters, of whom two sons and two daughters, including our subject, are living.

Stephen Brown, one of the leading citizens of Franklin, Johnson Co., Ind., and one worthy of mention in a work of this character, is a native of Wythe County, Va., where he was born on February 8, 1821. He is the son of John and Frances (Bridgman) Brown, both of whom were also natives of Virginia. The parents immigrated to Indiana in about 1835, and were among the pioneers of Johnson County. They located in what is now Pleasant Township, where a few- years later they purchased a farm, and where they resided until their deaths. The father died in Jul)-, 1836, and the mother died in December, 1872. To this union eight children were born, seven of whom survive. Our subject was reared on the farm in Pleasant Township. He followed farming up to 1884, and then removed to Franklin, where he now lives a quiet and retired life, renting his farm of 305 acres. He owns and lives in a large comfortable brick residence, and is surrounded with all the comforts of life. Though he has never held nor sought public office, he has always taken an interest in public affairs, and is a democrat in politics. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and takes an interest in all church and school affairs, and is a man generally known and respected for his sterling traits of character. He was united in marriage in 1843, to Miss Dorotha Sharp, the daughter of Abraham Sharp, who was born, June 19, 1825. To this union nine children have been born, six of whom are living; the children are as follows: John S., born April 5, 1825; Abraham D., September 4, 1844, deceased; Catherine Jane, July 5, 1850; Mary Ann, April 24, 1853; William Martin, March 14, 1856; Isaac Edward, June 17, 1859, deceased; Francis Leonidas, March 1, 1863; Sarah M., October 25, 1867; Charley J., April 8, 1872, deceased. All of the children are married. The mother and three children are members of the Presb}Tterian Church, and one son of the Union Mission Church.

Henry S. Byers, Sr., is a native of Henry County, Ky., born May 16, 1823, and is of German lineage. His father, Henry Byers, was born in Pennsylvania, January 15, 1788, and died in this county, April 15, 1865; his mother, Elizabeth (Wiley) Byers, was born July 25, 1791, and died January 9, 1871. In 1825, the Byers family came to Johnson County and settled at Mt. Pleasant, in Franklin Township. Our subject is the sixth in a family of eleven children, six of whom are now living. In 1845, he settled on his present farm, which contains 535 acres, upon which is a good residence. For several years he has been engaged in buying and shipping cattle. The marriage of Mr. Byers occurred January 9, 1845, to Miss Maria McCauley, born in Henry County, Ky., in 1825. To this union were born thirteen children, eight of whom are living : Robert M., George W., Alonzo N., Adaline, Caroline, Sylvanus, Susan, and Archibald. Mr. Byers was formerly a whig, but is now a staunch republican, and himself and wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church.

Henry S. Byers, Jr., farmer and stock-raiser, was born in White River Township, Johnson Co., Ind., October 14, 1841, the third in a family of seven children born to George and Eliza (Vandiver) Byers; the former born in Henry County, Ky., in 1812, and died in this county December 31, 1865; the latter born in Mercer County, Ky., in 18 14, and now resides in Franklin. The family came to Johnson County in 1825. The immediate subject of this sketch was reared on the farm in White River Township, and was a student at the country schools. October 9, 1862, he enlisted in Company I, Seventieth Indiana Volunteers, under Gen. Benjamin Harrison, but on account of physical disability was discharged. He returned to this county, and in May, 1864, assisted Capt. H. H. Luyster in making up Company G, One Hundred and Thirty-second Indiana Volunteers, and of this company Mr. Byers was elected second lieutenant, and was finally discharged in the fall of 1864. In 1865, he began farming for himself, and in 1881 settled where he now resides. Mr. Byers was united in marrirge February 6 1867, to Miss Louisa M. Bishop, born in Virginia, June 19, 1847 They have four children: George E., born March 26, 1868; Mary

Oma, May 24, 1872; Clara X., January 10, 1876, and Wilbur B., June 28, 1880. Politically, he is a republican, and cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln.

Robert M. Byers (deceased) was born in Franklin Township, Johnson County, November 17, 1845; eldest of thirteen children born to Henry S. and Maria (McCauley) Byers. The immediate subject of this sketch was the recipient of a good education, and by occupation was a farmer. In 1876, he settled where his widow resides, and at the time of his death, owned 239 acres of excellent land, and which is considered one of the best farms in the county. He was united in marriage August 31, 1876, to Miss Jennie Parr, a native of Clark Township, this county, born August 9, 1850; daughter of Moses H. and Eliza A. (Drybread) Parr; the former born in Tennessee, July 14, 1823, and now resides in Nebraska; the latter born in Hamilton County, Ohio, September 19, 1830. To Mr. and Mrs. Byers were born these children: Robert E., born 1878; Ethel, 1882; Iona, 1884, and Herschel, 1886. In politics, Mr. Byers was a republican, a worthy citizen, and by his death the county lost one of its most valued farmers. Mrs. Byers is a member of the Baptist Church.

W. A. Carpenter, a merchant tailor on the corner of Jefferson and Jackson streets, and one of the prominent young citizens of Franklin, Ind., is a native of Johnson County, Ind., where he was born February 5, i860. He was partly reared on a farm in Franklin (now Needham) Township, and was educated in the public schools of Franklin. Upon leaving school he learned the tailor's trade, in Franklin, and for about seven years he worked at the same in the above place. February 1, 1887, he opened up an establishment for himself, and now owns one of the leading tailoring houses in Franklin. He does all kinds of first-class work, and carries a large and select stock of suitings. He learned cutting in Indianapolis, and is able to guarantee his work. He has met, and is meeting, with success, and has a large and growing trade. He united in marriage on November 25, 1885, to Emma Swaim, who was born in Hensley Township, Johnson County, Ind., December 19, 1868, and is .the daughter of William and Matilda Swaim. To this union one son - ,Earl - was born on April 25, 1886. Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is a member of Sam Oyler Lodge, No. 12, K. of P. The parents of our subject are James and Hannah (Ware) Carpenter. The father was born in Kentucky, and when a boy came with his parents to Johnson County, Ind. He removed to Boone County, Ind., in about 1870, where, he now resides on a farm. The mother was born in Johnson County, Ind. To the parents

John Clark, president of the National Bank'of Franklin, Ind., was born in Saybrook, Conn., in 1818. His parents were Benjamin W. and Polly (De Wolf) Clark, both natives of Connecticut, who came to Indiana in 1819, and located on the extreme Indiana boundary line, in what is now Jennings County, Ind., where the mother died seven years later, leaving a family consisting of five children. Benjamin W. removed to Madison, Ind., and died a year later, his death, however, occurring in Jennings County, while on a visit there. After death of parents, the children were cared for by friends, the father, however, having left an estate of some pretentions. In March, 1829, the children, of whom our subject was the eldest, returned to Jennings County, to make that their home, and it was there our subject was reared and educated in the log schoolhouse. In 1836, being then seventeen years of age, he sold his time for one year for forty dollars, to Levi Todd, a merchant of Vernon, Ind., and at expiration of the year engaged with E. Baldwin in the same place for six years, one year of which time he had an interest in the business. In 1845, he removed to Edinburg, Johnson County, and engaged in merchandising, from 1845 to 1856; then located in Franklin in 1861, and engaged in milling, in the now Union Mill. Ten years later he retired from the mill business. During his connection with the mill he engaged- in banking, and served as president of the Second National Bank for about eleven years. In 1882 he was instrumental in organizing the National Bank of Franklin, of which he was elected president, and upon the consolidation of the two banks, Franklin and National, he was retained as president of the same. With the exception of school trustee in Jennings County, to which he was elected while a boy, Mr. Clark has never held public office nor sought any. He has been a member of the Presbyterian Church since 1850. Mr. Clark was married in 1850, to Jane P. Fink, who was a native of Pittsburg, Pa., .and died in 1876. He was married in 1878 to Mrs. M. P. Charlton, of Vernon, Ind. To the first marriage six children were born, one of whom, a daughter, survives. Mr Clark is a republican in politics.

George W. Clemmer was born in Hensley Township, Johnson County, Ind., November 8, 1850. His father, Thomas Clemmer, of German descent, was born in Adams County, Ohio, in 1802, and died in Montgomery County, Kan., March 26, 1886. Mary (Titus) Clemmer, the mother of our subject, was born in Pennsylvania, in 1805, and now resides in Montgomery County, Kan. He received a common school education, sufficient to enable him to teach school, which he began at the age of seventeen years, and has followed it ever since with marked success. Politically, Mr. Clemmer is a democrat in the strictest sense. Is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and adheres to the Missionary Baptist faith in religion. In 1872, he was united in marriage with Miss Carrie Emenhiser, and to them are born three children: Canova O., Edith P., and Carl C.

Alb£bt B. Colton, son of Ambrose Colton, Jr., and Adaline (Calkins) Colton, was born in Springfield, Mass., September 26, 1830. Among thenames of the early settlers of Springfield two and a half centuries ago, who, without aspiring to any post of leadership, were content in the simple capacity of pioneer settlers, to aid in building up a town in the wilderness, although it required exposure, privations and dangers to themselves and families, we find the name, George Colton, who was rhe common ancestor of the Colton family in the United States. The name Colton can be found all along Springfield chronology from its first settlement down to the present day. In 1774, the citizens of Springfield, in townmeeting assembled, voted a strong protest against "taxation without representation," and passed the following resolution drafted by the " citizens' committee ": "Though we will injure no man in his person or property for a diversity of opinion, yet we shall not think ourselves bound to continue our favors to any gentleman who, lost to the sentiments of gratitude and humanity, can coolly sacrifice his country's liberties to his own private emolument." The citizens' committee was Dea. Nathaniel Brewer, Capt. George Pyncheon, Dr. Charles Pyncheon, Capt. Simon Colton, Moses Field, Jonathan Hale, Jr., Ensign Phineas Chapin, James Sikes, and Dea. Daniel Harris. On April 20j i775» Springfield sent twenty minute men to the front, under Maj. Andrew Colton, as follows: Sol Brewer, John Colton, Thomas Bates, Matthew Keep, Benjamin Colton, Jr., Abijah Edson, John Burt, Jr., Jacob Kellogg, Moses Harris, Joseph Kellogg, Jr., Oliver Burt, Robert Stevens, Jacob Chapin, Oliver Field, Medad Stebbins, Jonah Cooley, Simon Moore, Thomas Hale, Jr., and Seth Storer Coburn. Albert B. Colton's parents were poor; his schooling was limited to winter months. At sixteen years of age, he was placed to the machinist's trade, which occupation he has always followed for a livelihood. Like his early ancestors, he has never aspired to any post of leadership, but content in an humble sphere with the approbation : " He is an honest man." Mr. Colton came to Johnson County in 1S61, and to Franklin in iSo^-where he has since resided. He has served two terms in the city council, and one term on the board of school trustees, and was married to

Dr. G. W. Covert, a leading dentist and physician of Franklin, and one of the representative citizens, and a descendant of one of the pioneer families of Johnson County, Ind., was born five miles northwest from Franklin, on August 18, 1833. He is the son of Daniel and Rachel (Voorhies) Covert. (See sketch of Joseph V. Covert for sketch of parents.) He was reared on the farm, and secured his early education in the district schools, and by pursuing his studies by lamp light, securing books out of the old Johnson County Workingmenrs Institute Library. He began life for himself when a little over twenty years of age, by renting his father's farm, and remained on the farm in Johnson County until i860, when he and his father removed to Kansas, and continued farming. In 1863 he began reading medicine in Kansas, and during the winters of 1864-65, attended medical lectures at the Rush Medical College at Chicago. Returning to Kansas he began practicing in April, 1865. A year was spent in practicing in Kansas, then removed to Montgomery County, 111. In the fall of 1867 he returned to Kansas, owing to the feeble health of his parents, thus sacrificing a large and lucrative practice, which he had built up. While in Illlinois, he took up the study of dentistry, and purchasing books and instruments began practicing the samev In 1873, he returned to Indiana, and located at Whiteland, Johnson County, where he practiced both dentistry and medicine, until June, 1887,. when he removed to Franklin and opened an office. He enjoys the reputation of being not only a skilled dentist, but an able physician, though his attention is turned chiefly to dentistry and the treatment of chronic diseases, in which profession he is meeting with success, and establishing a good business. He was united in marriage on February 2, 1854, to Mary E. Lagrange, who was born in the Hopewell neighborhood, three miles west from Franklin,. Ind., iff April, 1836, and is the daughter of Aaron Lagrange. To this union six children have been born, as follows: E. Lynn, November 11, 1854; Carrie C, February, 1857, now Mrs. R. M. Lynn, editor of the Greenfield Republican, of Hancock Co., Ind.; M. Electa, May 20, i860, now wife of John D. Whitesides, Jr., of Needham Township, Franklin County; A.Josephine, February 2, 1863, deceased February 15, 1864; Mollie, July 8, 1866, now the wife of Josiah Sharp, of Greenwood, Ind.; and Aura T., August 8, 1870. Dr. Covert, wife, and all of his children, are members of the Presbyterian 'Church.

born in Mercer County, Ky., April 21, 1799, anc* died October 28, 1887, at the home of our subject; the latter a native of the same county, born October 21, 1797, and died December 2, 1871. His paternal grandfather was Isaac Covert, born near Morristown, N. J., December 1, 1755, and who served seven years as life major in the War of the Revolution. In the spring of 1825, he came to Johnson County, and here located land for his children, after which he returned to Kentucky, where his death occurred in Mercer County, September 14, 1825. The maternal grandmother of our subject was Anna (Vanarsdall) Covert, born in New Jersey, April 9, 1756, and died in this county, October 24, 1828. The Covert family was first represented in this county in 1823, by Simon Covert. The immediate subject of this sketch came to this county with Kis parents in the fall of 1825, and settled five miles northwest of Franklin. He is the eldest of seven children, three of whom yet live. Our subject remained at home until about twenty-two years of age, when he began farming for himself, and in 1843, settled where he now resides, and owns 128 acres of good land. Mr. Covert was married October 12, 1843, to Miss Sarah Banta, who died in 1862, and he was again married the same year to Miss Rilla De Mott, a native of Kentucky. To this union are two children: Sarah I., born September 8, 1863, and William D., born February 14, 1869. Mr. Covert is a republican, and cast his first vote for John C. Fremont. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, and are highly esteemed by all who know them.

Edmonson Cutsinger, of the firm of Thompson, White & Co., was born near Edinburg, March 1, 1845, the fourth child and second son born to Samuel and Elizabeth Cutsinger. He had the advantage of a common school education, and was reared a farmer, which has been his life occupation. Upon arriving at his majority he began life for himself. He now owns a large farm near Amity, this county, which is well stocked, he being one of the prominent stock feeders of the county. He became interested in the starch factory at Franklin, in 1883, to which town he moved in March, 1883, and where he has since resided. He is one of the successful business men of the community, and a liberal contributor to all public enterprises. Politically, he is an aggressive democrat. He was married, July 5, 1866, to Miss Clara E. Carroll, who was born October 22, 1847, in Bartholomew County, Ind. To this union three children - two sons and one daughter - have been born; the daughter, Claudia B., survives. Mrs. Cutsinger died October 22, 1885. She was a worthy member of the Christian Church.

Samuel Deitch, deceased, was one of the leading citizens of Franklin, Johnson Count}-, Ind., and his prominence entitles him to a place in a work of this character. He was born in Alsace, a province of France, now belonging to Germany, in 181 1, and emigrated to America in 1847, and came direct to Franklin from New Orleans, to join two of his brothers, Joseph and Felix, who were for years residents of Franklin, but are now citizens of Indianapolis. Upon coming to Franklin he engaged in stock and other trading, and later engaged in merchandising for about ten years. After that he traded in stock, buying and selling horses and buggies, and later dealt in real estate »extensively. When he came to Franklin he possessed only $80 in money, and as evidence of his prosperity and good financial ability, it is only necessary to state that he left an estate valued at about $50,000. He was united in marriage on March 3, 1850, to C. L. Lowe, who was born in Johnson County, Ind., on October 21, 1829, and is the daughter of Thomas and Sarah Wetzel, who were among the pioneers of Johnson County. To this union one daughter, Sarah C, was born, and the widow and one daughter are the only survivors.

Cornelius L. Ditmars, farmer, and one of the most extensive stock-men of this county, is a native of New Jerse}', born July 15, 1825, being the seventh in a family of eleven children, born to Garrett and Sarah ( Verbryke) Ditmars, and is of Holland Dutch origin. His father was^born in New Jersey, April 15, 1792, and died in Johnson County, Ind., November 23, 185 1; his mother, a native of the same state, was born in 1794, and died here in 1855. William Verbryke, his maternal grandfather, was a colonel in the War of the Revolution. The Ditmars came to Johnson County in 1837, and first settled one mile north of Franklin, where they remained a short time, and then removed to Union Township. Our subject was reared a farmer, and settled where he now resides, in 1858, and which is said to be the best improved farm in Johnson County, the same containing 400 acres. The marriage of Mr. Ditmars occurred in 1850, to Miss Caroline Banta, daughter of John P. and Catherine (List) Banta. To this union were born four children, three of whom are now living: John W., Mary Belle and William S. Mrs. Ditmars died in 1861, and in 1867, Mr. Ditmars was again married, the bride being Miss Catherine Alexander. To their marriage was born one daughthe: Olive. Mrs. Ditmars died in 1870, and in 1872, our subject married Mrs. Jennie G. Voris, whose maiden name was Graham, a native of Ohio. A staunch republican in politics, he manifests an active interest in the welfare and public prosperity of his township, county and state. He and wife are members of the Hopewell Presbyterian Church, he having for ten years served as an elder of the same.

John t\ Ditmars, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in New Jersey, January 7, 1830, and is the ninth in a family of thirteen children born to Garrett and Sarah (Verbryke) Ditmars. When our subject was four months old his parents removed to Warren County, Ohio, and in 1836, came to Johnson County, Ind. He was reared on a farm and attended the country schools during the winter. At the age of twenty-one years he began working for himself, and for eight years worked by the month on the farm. In the spring of 1866, Mr. Ditmars settled on his present farm, which contains 304 acres of valuable land. Politically, he is an ardent republican, and cast his first presidential vote for Winfield Scott. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, a successful farmer, and one of the few remaining old pioneers of the county.

John W. Ditmars was born in Franklin Township, September 5, 1852, being the eldest child to his father's first marriage, and son of Cornelius and Caroline (Banta) Ditmars. He received a good common school education, and began life's battle for himself at the age of twenty-one years, as a farmer; he has been very successful, and he now owns an excellent farm of 240 acres, and what is far better, he has won hosts of warm and true friends, and but few or no enemies. In addition to farming, he buys cattle. September 6, 1877, Mr. Ditmars was married to Miss Hattie, daughter of Oliver Ong, who died December 1, 1881; and February, 1886, he was again married to Miss Etta Graham, born August 8, i860, and daughter of David and Caroline Graham. By his last mairiage is one child: Maria, born September 29, 1887- Mr. and Mrs. Ditmars are members of the Franklin Presbyterian Church. He is thorough-going, industrious, and a liberal supporter of all laudable public enterprises.

William Ditmars is a native of Johnson County, was born in Franklin Township, October 4, 1857, the son of Cornelius L. and Caroline (Banta) Ditmars, and is the third child born to his father's first marriage. The boyhood days of our subject were spent on a farm, where he attended the country schools, and, later spent one year in the Franklin high school. Mr. Ditmars spent the year 1883 and a part of 1884, in northwestern Texas; here he engaged in farming, and in September, 1885, settled where he now resides. In addition, he is an extensive stock-dealer, and by industry and good management has secured a comfortable home. Mr. Ditmars was united in marriage December 16, 1885, to Miss

Minnie, daughter of Prof. David and Caroline Graham. Mrs. Ditmars was born in Columbus, Ind., August 31, 1864. Mr. Ditmars is a staunch republican in politics, and is a representative of one of the early and prominent families of this county. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church.

H. X. Dunlap, the subject of the following sketch, is one of the young merchants of Franklin, Johnson Co., Ind., and dealer in groceries and provisions of all kinds, also fruits, candies, cigars and tobacco. He was born in Franklin, on December 6, 1862, and is the son of G. W. and L. J. (Burnett) Dunlap, the former being a native of Pennsvlvania, and the latter of Virginia. In 1883, the parents removed to Indianapolis, where they now reside, the father being engaged in the nursery business. Our subject was educated in the public schools of his native town, and on August 2, 1881, engaged in the grocery business, beginning on a limited capital, but by strict attention to business, fair and honest dealing, has prospered, and he now carries an average stock of between $4,000 and $5,000. He was married October 19, 1887, to Miss Mary V. McDonald, who was born in Johnson County, and is the daughter of James D. McDonald. Mrs. Dunlap is a member of the Christian Church.

William L. Dunlap, traveling salesman for J. H. Labaree & Co., New York City, was born in Franklin, Johnson Count}', Ind., September 14, 1840, son of Joseph A. and Nancy S. (Jones) Dunlap, and is of Scotch-Irish origin. His father was born in east Tennessee, January 23, 181 1, and now resides in this city. The. mother of Mr. Dunlap was born in South Carolina, in about 1816, and died in Franklin, in 1881. The family came to Johnson County in 1831. Our subject is the second of twelve children born, ten of whom are living. Mr. Dunlap was raised and educated in Franklin. September 1, 1861, he enlisted in Company F, Seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry. Spent three years in the service, and was in these battles: Gettysburg, Antietam, Bull Run and Fredricksburg, and was honorably discharged in 1864, at Indianapolis. Coming home, he went to Henry County, 111., and stayed one year in the dry goods business, and then returned to Franklin. In March, 1866, he began the grocery business, and continued until 1884, when he began traveling in 1885, and has since continued. He was married In 1868 to Miss Isabell Reaves, of Richmond, Ind., who was born in 1846. They have these three children : Jessie, Wimford, and Louie. In politics, he is a republican. He was made a Mason in 1867, is a Knight Templar, a member of Franklin Commandery, belongs to Lodge No. 23, 1. O. O. F., and is a K. of P. In the latter, he was elected grand chancellor for the state in 1883, and served one year, and is a member of

S. B. Eccles. - The subject of this sketch is one of the prominent young business men of Franklin, Johnson Co., Ind., and proprietor of one of the leading drug stores of that city. He was born in Greenwood, Johnson Co., Ind., on November 15, 1858, and is the son of G. D. and Mary (Lemasters) Eccles; the father was born near Harrodsburg, Mercer Co., Ky., on March 4, 1820, and is the son of Samuel Eccles. Samuel was a native of Virginia, and emigrated to Kentucky, and thence to Indiana, in 1830, and located at Greenwood, Johnson Count)'. He was quite prominent, and filled several important public places, among which were those of commissioner of Johnson County, and also represented the county in the state legislature several years; he died in 1859. The father of our subject has followed farming as an avocation, though in early life he learned and worked for a while at the carpenter's trade. He is now residing at Greenwood on his farm. The mother was born in Johnson County, Ind., on November 14, 1833, and is the daughter of David Lemasters, who was a native of Indiana, and came to Johnson County in an early day. She is still living. To the parents three sons have been born, of whom our subject is the oldest. He was reared on the farm, and secured his early education in the public schools of Greenwood, graduating from the high school at that place in 1877, and the same year he entered the freshman class of Franklin College, and spent one year. In the fall of 1878, he entered the sophomore class at Wabash College, and graduated from the same June 22, 18S1. He then spent one year on the farm, and next came to Franklin, and entered the drug store of O. I. Jones, with whom he remained until the spring of 1883, and then entered the drug store of R. C. Wood, and remained there until October 14, 1885, and then, in connection with Harvey A. Duncan, he purchased the agricultural implement business of Dunn & Forsythe, and with the firm known as Eccles & Duncan, continued until February 25, 1886, when they were burned out. He then engaged in life insurance business until May 14, 1886, when he engaged in his present business, and now conducts one of the leading drug stores at Franklin, at No. 58 East Jefferson Street. He is a member of the Masonic and Knights of Pythias fraternities, and has held all the chairs in the latter lodge, and represented the lodge at the Grand Lodge in 1888. He was married October 6, 1887, to Georgia N. Ritchey, of Franklin, daughter of L. P. and S. N. Ritchey. Mr. and Mrs. Eccles are members of the Presbyterian Church.

ham County, Ky., August 7, 1828, son of Joseph and Mary (Forsyth) Featherngill; the former born in Virginia, in 1790, and died in Nineveh Township, this county, February 19, 1863; the latter born in Kentucky, in 1794, and died in this county September 30, 1S35. The family came to the county in 1829, and settled in Nineveh Township. The immediate subject of this sketch is the sixth in a family of eight children; he was raised on the farm, and was a student at the pioneer country schools. At the age of twentyone years he began the business of life for himself, and in 1S56, settled where he now resides, and owns 100 acres of excellent land. The marriage of Mr. Featherngill occurred September 13, 1849, to Miss Martha J. Mullikin, born in Henry County, Ky., October 30, 1830. They have had nine children, of whom five are now living: Thomas H., born 1854; Mary E., born 1S5S; Susan E., born 1862; Charles C, born 1864, and Julia B., born 1868. Politically, he is an earnest republican, and cast his first presidential vote for John C. Fremont. He and wife are member of the Christian Church, having united with the same about thirty-six years ago. For almost three score years Mr. Featherngill has been a resident of this county, and is a highly respected citizen of the community in which he resides.

John H. Featherngill, one of the prominent and substantial citizens of Franklin, Ind., was born in Oldham County, Ky., on March 27, 1822, and was reared on the farm, securing a fair education in the common schools. He began life for himself in 1843, as a farmer in Nineveh Township, Johnson County, Ind., at which he continued until about fifteen years ago, when he had to leave the farm on account of ill health, and removed to Franklin. For a number of years he was engaged in pork packing in Franklin and Indianapolis. He was married December 17, 1843, to Martha A. Brannigan, who was born in Kentucky in 1826, and was the daughter of John Brannigan. She died in 1846, leaving two childrdn: James R., born October 1, 1844, died December 20, 1861; and Lucy F., born October 13, 1846, and died in 1872. Thcparents of our subject were Joseph and Mary (Forsyth) Featherngill, both of whom were native's of Virginia, the former of English, and the latter of Irish, descent. The former was born in 1794, and died in 1863; and the mother born in 1799, and died in 1835. From Virginia the parents went to Kentucky, and in 1829 came to Johnson County, Ind., and were among the early settlers of Nineveh Township. To them were born eight children, five of whom survive.

Franklin, and is engaged in the meat business, on East Jefferson Street. He is a native of Johnson County, Ind., having been born four miles north of Franklin, on the old homestead, October 15, 1840. He is the third son of thirteen children - ten sons and three daughters - born to Capt. W. H. and Mary J. (Henderson) Fisher. Capt. Fisher was a native of Kentucky, born March 18, 181 3, and was the son of Capt. James Fisher, who was an officer of dragoons in the Black Hawk War. His father was a soldier in the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War. Capt. W. H. Fisher came with his mother to Clark County, Ind., when about twelve years old. His mother was then a widow, his father having died about one year after the battle of Tippecanoe. He removed to Johnson County, in 1836, having been married in 1835. He followed farming until the breaking out of the war, and in August, 1862, enlisted in the Federal Army, and at the organization of Company I, of the Seventieth Regiment of Indiana Infantry, he was elected captain of the same, and served for nineteen months, when, after a severe spell of sickness, from which he could not rally, he resigned, and returned to the farm in Johnson County, where he continued to reside until his death, which occurred in September, 1885. The mother was also a native of Kentucky, and was born in February, 1818. She was the daughter of John Henderson, whose father was also a Revolutionary soldier. Probably no other one family in Johnson County has contained so many soldiers as the Fisher family. Not only were the grandfathers and father soldiers, but five sons of the present family served in the late war. They were: James, John and Thomas, memben, of Company F, Seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry; Joseph was in his father's company (Company I, Seventieth Indiana), and our subject was a member of Company D, Seventeenth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Mounted Infantry. Our subject enlisted and was ordered into camp May 15, 1861, and served until June 25, 1864, and during that time participated in thirty-one fights, and was in the hospital only one night. But his health was materially injured by long and constant service in the saddle. James was wounded at North Ann River, Va., from which death resulted. John was wounded at Port Republic in the knee, and in the second day's fight in the Wilderness, lost his left arm. He lived until February 12, 1873, but his health was seriously impaired after the service. Thomas was fatally wounded at the Second Bull Run battle. Joseph went with Sherman to the Sea, and now resides in Iowa. Returning to Johnson County, our subject remained two years, and in 1866, went out to Iowa, from which state he returned to Franklin, Ind., in January, 1870, and engaged in the meat business. He was married in 1864, to Sarah J. Good, who was born in Tennessee, in 1840, and came with her parents, Abram and Martha (Green) Good, in 1841, to Indiana. To this union five children have been born.