Kosciusko County, Indiana - The whole text, 1887 (part 12 of 21)

l^ENEY C. SMITH, an active and enter- IW) prising farmer of Harrison Township, "kS^II is a native of Stark County, Ohio, born October 11, 1837, his parents, David and Parmelia Smith, being natives of the same State. They were the parents of three children, who grew to maturity, two of whom are yet living - Henry C, the subject of this sketch, and Mary, wife of Thomas Pound. Henry C. was two years old when his parents removed to Miami County, Ohio, and there he was reared, remaining in that county till reaching his eighteenth year. He then went to Miami County, Indiana, remaining there several years, and while living in that county was married to Miss Esther Hoffman, a daughter of Jacob and Catherine Hoffman, who were early settlers of Miami County, Indiana. Of the eight children born to them five are living - Catherine, wife of Lewis Hartung, of Seward Township, Kosciusko County; Minerva, wife of Simeon Paxton, of Kosciusko County; William H., of Fulton County, Indiana; Martha, attending the Church of God College at Findlay, Ohio, and Jesse F. Mr. Smith came to Kosciusko Countv in 1862, and first located in Seward

Township. He subsequently lived a sliort time at Burkett, and from there removed to his present farm on section 31, Harrison Township, where he has his land under excellent cultivation, and in his agricultural pursuits is meeting with good success. In politics he affiliates with the Republican party. He has served efficiently as school director and road supervisor, and in all enterprises for the good of his township he takes an active interest, giving liberally of both time and means, and is classed atnong Kosciusko County's best citizens. Both he and his wife are members of the Church of God since 1863, of which he has served as local elder many years, and in 1886 he was elected treasurer of the Indiana eldership of the Church of God. He was vice-president two years, in Seward Township, of the Kosciusko County Sunday-School Union.

tENRY D. GEIGER, proprietor of mineral baths at Silver Lake, is a native of Pennsylvania, born at Greencastle, Franklin County, July 12, 1818. He passed his youth in his native State, remaining there till 1832, when he removed with his parents, Henry and Julia A. (Reubash) Geiger, to Holmes County, Ohio. He was married in Holmes County, Ohio, in 1843, to Miss Mary Bair, and in 1845 he came with his wife to Kosciusko County, Indiana, landing in Franklin Township, now Seward Township, September 25 of the same year. Mr. Geiger had made a trip to this county in 1840, and purchased a tract of dense timber land, on which no house nor clearing had been made until he located here in 1845. He then built a log cabin, which has since been replaced by a tine two-story residence, and the land, which at that early day cost $3 per acre.

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is now under the best of cultivation, and the improvements make it one of the best farms in that locality. On the homestead farm, in Kosciusko County, their children were born - John H. served through the war, a member of Company L, One Hundred and Twentyseventh Regiment Indiana Cavalry; married Arilla Wells, and now lives at Concordia, Kansas; Albert L. married Elizabeth Wurtemberger, and resides at Maryville, Kansas; George W. enlisted in Company L, One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Indiana Cavalry, early in the campaign, and was killed January 9, 1865, while in line of duty near Nashville, Tennessee, his remains being brought back to New Albany, Indiana, and there interred; Leander, living on his father's homestead, married Ella Matheny; Edward W. died in childhood; Hezekiah M. married Laura A. Glaze, and is living near Ozark, Missouri; Mary E., wife of Jacob Haney, died near Silver Lake; Emma E., wile of Frank M. Matheny, lives near Mentone, Dakota. Mr. Geiger resided on the homestead farm in Franklin Township, which is still owned by him, until 1884. He then purchased a cosy cottage at Silver Lake, where he has since lived somewhat retired from aC' tive life, although he has a line mineral well on his property, the water of which has developed rare medicinal qualities, and many sufferers from rheumatism have been greatly relieved, if not entirely cured, by its use. The water has been analyzed by Dr. Moro, of Warsaw, Indiana, and contains carbonic acid gas, cilicic acid, lime, magnesia, soda, potash, sulphur and iron, which have an acid reaction with a temperature of 54°. The elementary constituency of the water makes it valuable for derangements of the intestinal canal, liver, kidneys, diabetes and scrofulous aflfections. It is laxative, diuretic, alterative and tonic to the human system. Mr. Geiger has.

by his fair and honorable dealings, gained the respect of the people wherever he has made his home. While living in Franklin Township he was elected justice of the peace in 1858, serving one term, but has declined other official positions.

tMOS WOOLLEY, M. D., Warsaw, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ) -sjp-- March 1, 1829. His parents removed 5 to Cincinnati, Ohio, when he was about four years of age, and subsequently to Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio. He attended school regularly until seventeen years of age, when he came to Miami County, Indiana, with two older brothers. They at once engaged in the business of wagon and carriage making, the subject of this sketch working in the blacksmithing department. In 1846, his health having failed to such an extent as to prohibit further labor at his trade, he adopted the occupation of teaching school, and reading medicine in his leisure hours, under the supervision of B. Henton, M. D., one of the first physicians of Peru, Indiana. In a short time he abandoned schuol-teaching, and studied in Dr. Ilenton's office for two years, when he began the practice of medicine with C. Hector, M. D., of Gilead, Miami County, Indiana. Success attended his efforts from the very beginning. In 1857 he came to Kosciusko County, and located in the village of Palestine. In 1869 he removed to Warsaw, where he now resides. October 19, 1865, he was united in marriage with Miss Martha Bunker. In 1866 he assisted in the organization of the Medical College at Fort Wayne, Indiana, and afterward graduated with honor from that institution. He is a successful practitioner, and for many years has enjoyed an extensive practice. Being a self-made man, and having early learned the lesson that patience and care are essentials of success, he has devoted his entire attention to his profession since he began the practice, and for many years has enjoyed as large a practice as any other physician in the county, which he still maintains. He is a remarkably pleasant and aflable gentleman, and inspires coniidence in his ability wherever he goes, and is highly esteemed as a citizen by all who know his worth.

|^[TEPHEN EEED, dealer in eggs and t^l) poultry at Pierceton, is a native of ^^ Jefferson County, New York, born in the town of Henderson November 24, 1817. At the age of fifteen years he accompanied his parents, Stephen and Susannah (Nutting) Reed, to Cleveland, Ohio, and soon after he was employed as a sailor, sailing on the lakes between Cleveland and Green Bay, Wisconsin, and between Oswego and Chicago. On attaining his majority he went to Lorain County, Ohio, where he was engaged in dealing in lumber and farming till 1854. March 4, 1841, he was married in Medina County, Ohio, to Miss Harriet Pierce, a daughter of Peltiah and Polly (Jones) Pierce. Five children have been born to this union, of whom three are yet living - Omri, Charles J. and Uri, the latter living in Pierceton, and the two former being residents of Warsaw. Eudora died in Pierceton in 1859, at the age of eleven years, and one child died in infancy. Both Mr. and Mrs. Reed are of English descent. In 1854 Mr. Reed came with his family to Kosciusko County, and built a mill in the vicinity of Pierceton, where he engaged in the manufacture of lumber in connection with his farming pursuits until during the late war, when for four years he manufactured gunstocks for the Government, on contract, employing from thirty to forty hands, manufacturing some 500,000. In 1875 he built a plow-handle factory, which he operated for one year, when he disposed of his business. He then resumed his lumber business, which he followed till 1884, when he rented his mills, and has since devoted his attention to his present business. He is an enterprising, public-spirited citizen, and during his residence in Pierceton has gained the confidence of the people by his fair and honorable dealings in all his business transactions.

tARVEY WASHINGTON UPSON, agent for the Adams and United States Express Companies at Warsaw, was born in Masonville, Delaware County, New York, March 14, 1823. He attended school in his native county until fourteen years of age. In May, 1836, he came with his parents to Indiana, where they located in Noble County on the Flat Belly Reserve. He remained with his parents until 1839, then went to Benton, Elkhart County, where he learned the tailor's trade, serving an apprenticeship of four years, receiving nothing except his board for his services. In March, 1844, he went to Augusta, the county seat of Noble County. On the 14th of the following April he was married to Miss Jane Boyd, of Benton. In the fall of the same year he returned to Benton with his wife, where she died November 14, just seven months after his marriage. He then traveled as a journeyman tailor, and worked at Wolf Lake till June, 1845, when he started traveling on foot to Chicago via South Bend and Miciiigan City, but not finding work he returned to AVolf Lake. He came to War- saw in October, 1845, wbere lie was employed in the tailor shop of James Snyder until the spring of 1846, when he opened a shop of his own and carried on a business for himself until 1851. In 1848 he received the appointment of postmaster at Warsaw, and held the otKce during tiie administrations of Taylor and P'illmore. From 1851 to 1853 he clerked in the store of Chipman Brothers. In the fall of 1853 he was elected Recorder of Kosciusko County on the Whig ticket, and held the office eight years. In 1858, while serving as recorder, he became associated in the mercantile business with the Chipman brothers, the firm name being Chipman Bros. & Co. This partnership continued four years. In 1856 he was one of the organizers of the Republican party in this county. In 1864 he was elected Representative in the Lower House of the Indiana State Legislature, attending one regular and two called sessions. In the summer of 1866 he, with Chipman Brothers, built the Plnenix Block, on Butialo street, in Warsaw. In November of the same year he became associated with S. W. Chipman and Joseph A. Funk in the mercantile business, as Chipman, Funk & Co., the firm dissolving in 1880. Mr. Upson then clerked one year for his successor, Mr. Chipman. In July, 1881, he was appointed deputy revenue collector by Revenue Collector George Moon, of the Tenth District of Indiana, and held the position until the district was consolidated with the Eleventh, in 1883. In April, 1884, he was appointed agent for the Adams and United States Express Companies at Warsaw. January 15, 1848, he was married to his second wife, Miss Lucretia J. Raugh, daughter of John and Elizabeth Raugh, pioneers of this county. They have three children - Mrs. Inez C. Bitner, Mrs. Hattie A. Hettield and

Frank Ellsworth, all of Warsaw. Mr. and Mrs. Upson are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and Mr. Upson has been leader of Class 12 since 1870. He belongs to the subordinate lodge and encampment in Odd Fellowship, having passed the chairs in each, and has represented both in the grand bodies of the State of Indiana several times each.

lK«3f ILLIAM WATSON, farmer and WS*P dairyman, of AVashington Township, l*=^K^l is a native of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, born November 6, 1820, a son of Noah and Elizabeth (Dodson) Watson, both natives of Pennsylvania, the father being of English-Irish parentage, and the mother of Irish descent. The father made farming his principal avocation, although in his younger days he studied medicine, which he practiced to some extent near Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, where he located about the year 1812, and was a soldier in the war of 1812, going to the relief of Fort Meigs under General Harrison. He lived in Richland County until his death, which occurred in 1862 at the age of seventy-two years. He was twice married, Elizabeth Dodson being his second wife. She survived him until 1882, dying in Fostoria, Ohio, at the advanced age of eighty-six years. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. William Watson, the subject of this sketch, was but three years old when his parents removed to Richland County, Ohio, and there he was reared, his youth being passed in assisting his father on the home farm. He was married in that county in 1845 to Miss Jane Mary Hunter, and to this union were born two children - Alvin E. and Thenie M., wife of Robert Makenson, of Washington Town- sliip, Kosciusko County. Mrs. "Watson died in 1858, and in 1861 Mr. Watson was married to Miss Amanda Palmer, of Richland County, Ohio, who died in 1881, leaving three children - Edgerton J., Charles !N^. and Willie A. Mr. Watson remained in Richland County until 1865, when he came to Kosciusko County, Indiana, and settled on the farm in AVashington Township, where he has since followed agricultural pursuits. In 1885 he engaged in the dairy business, which he followed in connection with his farming operations. Mr. Watson is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Pierceton, and a much-respected citizen of Washington Town si lip.

|^[AMUEL JEMISON, an active and pubt^^i lie-spirited citizen of Claypool, Kosci- ^P usko County, is a native of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, born in Middletown May 22, 1828, a son of John and Annie (Ray) Jemison. He lived in his native county till he grew to manhood, and at the age of twenty-one years came AVest and located in Kosciusko County. The surrounding country was at that time almost as ]iature had made it, and where are now broad, well-cultivated farms and thriving villages was then covered with heavy timber. While a lad living in Pennsylvania Samnel Jemison was bound to Frederick Fortney to learn the hatter's trade, and served an apprenticeship of eight years before reaching his majority. On coming to Kosciusko County he began working at the carpenter's trade for William Conner, which he followed for si.\ months, receiving for his services $6 a month. The following three years he worked at carpentering for Thomas Popham, one year in this county and two years in Iowa, he having gone with his emj)loyer to that State. While living in Iowa he returned to Kosciusko County, Indiana, for his bride. Miss Sylvia Calkins, whom he had met while living in this county, their wedding tour ending at Iowa City, Iowa. There Mr. Jemison purchased land, but continued working at his trade for seven years, when they removed to Ringgold County, Iowa. At the outbreak of the late war Mr. Jemison was appointed chief of a company of scouts, who were on duty in Missouri and Iowa, guarding the borders from the marauding guerrillas that infested that territory. He served as chief eighteen months, and had frequent skirmishes with the enemy. His wife, fearing that from his position their property would be destroyed, prevailed on him to return home, but his patriotism was too great to allow him to remain inactive while his country was in danger, and he reenlisted in Company G, Twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry, in which he served until the close of the war, returning to his home with his health seriously impaired. After the war he engaged in the butcher's trade. Three years later he went to Nebraska, where he preempted a homestead. Several years later his wife died, leaving two sons and two daughters - Florence A., Aletha E., Thomas E. and Franklin. The eldest daughter married John Roberts while living in Nebraska, and the rest returned to Kosciusko County with their father in 1875. In 1876 Mr. Jemison was again united in marriage, taking for his present wife Miss Selena Ball, whose parents, Samuel and Minerva Ball, were among the earliest settlers of Kosciusko County. Two years later our subject returned to Nebraska, remaining in that State three years, when he returned to Kosciusko County, and at the solicitation of the leading business men of Claypool, established a dray-line in that village, and in this business he has prospered.

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fANIEL KAYLER, residing at Pierceton, was born in Rockingham County, Virginia, May 16, 1822, a son of Henry and Susanna (Brillhart) Kayler, who were of German ancestry, and natives respectively of Virginia and Pennsylvania. The father was a miller by trade, bnt later in life followed farming. He removed with his family from Virginia to Logan County, Ohio, in 1824, where he died in 1834, aged fifty-five years. His wife is also deceased, dying at the age of seventy-seven years. Both were Dnnkards in their religious views. They had a family of seven children, of whom three are yet living - Mrs. Rebecca Amos, of Tippecanoe Township; Daniel, the subject of this sketch, and Mrs. Elizabeth Cronse, of Logan County, Ohio. Our subject was but an infant when liis parents removed to Logan County, and there he was reared to agricultural pursuits on the home farm near BellefontaiTie. He received a fair common-school education, and in his twenty-second year began teaching in the schools of Logan County, which avocation lie followed for two winter terms. He was married in Logan County in 1844 to Miss Elizabeth A. Weaver, who died at Pierceton in 1874, leaving at her death five children - Henry H., a farmer of Washington Township; Mrs. Zarena Garber, deceased, wife of Jacob Garber, late of Washington Township; George A., a wagon-maker, of Washington Township; Mrs. Mary M. Crites, deceased, of Albert Crites, of Pierceton, and Andrew C, a plasterer, living at La Crosse, Wisconsin. For his second wife Mr. Kayler mari'ied Mrs. Catlierine (Grouse) Stoops, in Zanesville, Ohio, in 1875. Mr. Kayler has been a resident of Kosciusko County since 1S46, he having settled in the woods of Washington Township in the spring of that year, where he cleared a farm of 160 acres. He sold his farm in the fall of 1867, on account of failing health, and became a resident of Pierceton, where he has since made his home. In politics he affiliates with the Republican party. He has served as clerk of Washington Township, and as trustee of the village of Pierceton, and in the fall of 1876 he was elected justice of the peace of Washington Township, which office he has since filled to the entire satisfaction of his constituents. After coming to Kosciusko County he followed school teaching during the winter terms, principally in Washington Township, for ten years. Mr. Kayler is a member of the Odd Fellows' lodge and encampment at Pierceton, and has passed all the chairs in both, and has represented his lodge and encampment in the Grand Lodge and Encampment of the State of Indiana. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Pierceton, in which he has been a class-leader for many years. Mrs. Kayler in her religious faith is a Presbyterian.

tONRAD LEATHERMAN was born in Jefferson Township June 13, 1849, son of Joseph and Mary (Brumbaugh) Leathernian, natives of Tuscarawas County, Ohio. The father was a son of John Leatherman, a native of Maryland. He was married February 13, 1840, and to this union were born six children - William, Eva Catherine, Susanna, Conrad Franklin, Townsend and David Wesley. All are living except Eva, who died July 3, 1867. Our subject attended school in his district for twelve years, mostly in winter. He was married November 20, 1873, to Miss Susan Kiliian, daughter of Cliristiau Killian. of Elkhart Couutj. To this union were born six children - Elmeda, AVilliam Perry, Koy, Blaine, Jessie May, Clara Mabel and Vernon, Elmer. Mr. Leatherman has a fine farm in a good state of cultivation. Politically he is a Republican. Plimself and wife are members of the Gertnan Baptist church.

fALENTINE HAMMAN, farmer, section 27, Scott Township, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, March 20, 1831. His father, Daniel Hamman, was a native of Pennsylvania, his ancestors coming from Germany in an early day. He married Miss Margaret Lower, wlio was born in Columbiana County, Ohio. They had six children, all of whom are living, the subject of our sketch being the eldest. At one time the maternal great-grandfather of our subject, Michael Sanor, was a camp servant of General Washington, in the earlier days of the Revolution, and was promoted to the rank of Captain for stealing a fast mare from a British General at the risk of his life. When Mr. Sanor emigrated from Eastern Pennsylvania to Ohio with a large family, he cut his road nine miles through thick woods to his land he had taken up, making his nearest neighbor nine miles off, at the same time hauling a half bushel of silver with him that he got from the Government for his services in the Revolution. Mr. Hamman had very limited opportunities for obtaining an education, having attended school only about six months. He was married in Columbiana County, Ohio, in January, 1855, to Miss Deborah A. Mountry, daughter of Daniel and Barbara (^Weaver) Mountry, natives of Pennsylvania and of German descent, and among the pioneer settlers of Ohio, living for a time among the Indians. To this union eight children were born, four of whom died when small. The eldest of the eight children is now living in Goshen, Indiana, and is a music teacher, having few equals in his profession. He married a Miss Hime. Lawrence Hamman, the next oldest, is married to Miss Mollie Hershberger, and lives near the old homestead of his parents. Willard and Leonard, the youngest, twins, are now sixteen years of age, and are with their parents working ou the farm. Mr. Hamman examined Northern Indiana in 1850, it being then a wilderness, and in 1858 he moved with his family from Eastern Ohio to Scott Township, and purchased forty acres of heavily-timbered land. He burnt the finest poplar timber in log heaps, it having no value at that time. He has since added sixty acres to his farm, and has cleared away sixty acres of the land with his own hands, which he now has in a high state of cultivation. In 1862 he was elected justice of the peace, serving three terms, and declined serving a fourth term after being elected. His service as justice of the peace amounted to considerable, and during all his service he never had a case of litigation (of which there were many) appealed to a higher court, and never had but four jury trials. After declining the latter office, he accepted the appointment of drainage commissioner of Kosciusko County, in which capacity he is now acting; and during his term of service he has helped to locate about sixty miles of ditches, half of which were by the judge assigned to him for construction, costing some $50,000, all of which money was handled by Mr. Hamman. Mr. Hamman has served as postmaster at Millwood, Indiana, about twenty years. In partnersiiip with the Hon. Moses I. Long, in 1860. he established the Millwood Nurserv, located on

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Mr. Ilani man's lann, from which hirge quantities of frnit and ornamental trees were grown and sohl to tlie farmers of Northern Indiana, the business being carried on about eighteen years. Mr. Ilamraan is a self-made man, and by his own exertion he lias obtained a good practical education, and has titled himself as a practical hydraulic and civil engineer. As a mechanical genius Mr. Ilamman has scarcely an equal, making for his amusement violins tliat are a marvel in tone, and comparing favorably with the famous old masters. Mr. Ilamnian has a good tarm, which he owes only to his own iiands and braiu and to his wife, she being his greatest helper. Politically he affiliates with the Democratic party, and he and his wife are members of the Christian church at Millwood, he being one of the trustees of the cluircii for twelve years.

OEORGE TOM, an old settler of Van ' Bnren Township, is a native of Stark 'W^ County, Ohio, born May 22, 1832. a son of John and Elizabeth Tom, who were both natives of the State of Pennsylvania. When he was a boy his fatlier came with his family to Kosciusko County, Indiana, settling on section 27, Van Buren Township, on the farm now owned by Cyrus Lentz. Here the father bought 160 acres of timber land, about twenty acres of his land being cleared and a log cabin built when he settled on it. He improved his land and brought it nnder good cultivation, residing on the same farm some twenty-five years. He was one of the first pioneers of Van Buren Township, where he lived till his death, and was always ready to assist in any enterprise wliicli he thought would advance the material interests of his township or county. In his religious faith he was a Dunkard. In politics he affiliated with the Democratic party. Of his family of six children, five are yet living - Daniel, George, Mary, Harriet and Jemima. George Tom grew to manhood in Kosciusko County, liis youth being spent in assisting on the farm and attending the district school, where he received but limited educational advantages. He was married in 1858 to Miss Lucinda Nine, a daughter of Jonathan and Catharine Nine, of whom her fatlier is deceased. To this union were born ten children - Mary, William, Hiram, Alfred, Jane, Charles, Almeda, George, Catherine and Irvin: j\[r. Tom settled on his present farm in Van Buren Township in 1857, where he has a fine farm containing 200 acres. He started in life for himself entirely without means, but by years of hard toil and persevering energy he has gained a competence, being now classed among the prosperous farmers of Kosciusko Coimty. He has experienced many phases of pioneer life, settling in the woods of Van Buren Township in a very early day, and no one has done more toward clearing n]i Van Bnren Township than he. He gives liberally of his means to all enterprises calculated to benefit his county, and also takes an active interest in the cause of educatiou, and has served efficiently as school director. In his political views he is a Democrat.

HOMAS AVALTON was born in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, January 6, ~?J 1828, son of Boaz R. and Mary Walton. He was I'eared to manhood in his native State, and August 26, 1851, he married Isabella TVl. Quigley, born July 9, 1831, and daughter of John and Elizabeth Quigley, natives of New Jersey. Mrs. AVaiton is a native oi jSTew York City, and when a young girl was taken liy lier parents U< Peiins)ivania, wliere slie was I'eared to maturity. Her father is deceased, ilr. and Mrs. Walton have had nine cliildren - lohn Q., born Jannary 23, 1S54, was nnirried November 2'J, 18S2, to Mary lleary, of Carbon, Pennsylvania, and died January 15, 1884 -, Sallie L., born August 25, 1856, is the wife of Albert Thonnxs, of Carbon County, Pennsylvania; Mary E., born June 12, 1858, is the wife of Frederick Dresser, of Evansville, Indiaini; Harry li., born November 10, 1800; Lillie J., born -Inly 7, 1862. wife of Sylvester Nicely, of Clay Township; Cliarlcs Iv., born May 7, 1865, was married June 21, 1886, to Jennie Zehner, and i-esides in (Carbon County; George K., born October 13, 1867, died August 20, 1.S76; Estella, born November 7, 1869, and Albert, born August 29, 1874. Mr. Walton owns lifty-two acres of wellimproved land, and resides on section 29. He settled upon his present farm in the spring of 1858, and is an industrious and energetic farmer. Himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and take an active part in church and Sabbathschool work. He has served as school director, and attiliates with the Democratic party.

reared and received his primary education in the common schools of his father's district. He completed his education at the high school at Leesbui-gh. He was married October 14, 1879, to Miss Lida C. Humble, who was born in Noble County, Indiana, August 1, 1858, and came when a child to this county with her parents, where she was reared ' and nnirried. They have three children - Ethel, Thomas and Florence. Mr. Warner attiliates with the Ilepublican party, and both himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. In the tall of 1885 he built the frante hotel of eighteen rooms, at a cost of !?2,500. It is neatly and appropriately furnished, and whoever desires the quiet and enjoyment of a country village cannot lind pleasanter accommodations. Mr. Warner built the tirst hotel in North Webster, abl'.ough liis father, Thomas K. AVarner and Henry Stronibeck had accommodated' travelers at their residences in former years.

OIIN EKEDEKICK J!EYEK, of the tirm Mi I of Peyer Brothers, wholesale produce ^i dealers and shippers, of Warsaw, was born near Hessen Cassel, German}', in 1850. He was reared in his native place until he was nineteen years of age, and had learned the trade of blacksmithing. iVt that age he and a younger brother immigrated U) the United States, landing at Castle (-iarden. New York, in October, 1869. From there he went to (Toshen, Indiana, where he worked at his trade one year, then became an employe in shijjping butter and eggs for George Freese for about three years. He then became associated with Mr. Freese in the same business, under the firm name of Freese & Beyer. In the meantime they opened a business house at Warsaw. In 1878 Mr. Beyer purchased the interest of Mr. Freese at Warsaw, and in the same year his brotliers, Cyrus V. and John E., became associated with him, and the firm became Beyer Brothers. Tliey do an extensive business in shipping produce, butter and eggs to New York nnirkets. They have branch business houses at North Manchester, Rochester, Columbia City, Goshen,

Dilonticello and lluiitiugdou, Tiidiaiia. In addition to the shipping business, in IST-i tliey bnilt the, Big Eagle Creamery, near Warsaw, on tlie east shore of Eagle Lake, where they own 160 acres of land, and with an ontlay of §30,000 they are fitting up ;i summer resort, which, from its r.umorous springs, is named " Spring Fountain Park," and with other attractions, in the shajie of fountain flower gardens and coiine'rvatories, they are now erecting an approjiri'ite luiihling for the great historical painting, the panorama of the siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee, including Lookout Mountain and Missionary Hidge, painted on 15,000 square feet of canvas, by Professor Harry J. Kellogg, the great American historical painter. December 15, 1877, Mr. Beyer was married at Goshen to Miss Anna M. Miller, daughter of Jacob and Anna G. (Eckhart) Miller, of Goshen. They have two children - May E. and Carl Frederick. Himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Warsaw, and he is a member of P'orest Lodge, No. 46, K. of P.. Warsaw.

,#^^EOPtGE B. HOOPINGARNEK,M. D., '.'ilrff of Sidney, is a native of Indiaiui, born "'>?' in Hamilton, Steuben County, September 13, 1856. He is the tirst son of Dr. .1. J. and Ellen (Brown) Hoopingarner, natives of Ohio, the father born April 3, 1824, of German descent, and the mother of Scotch and Irish parentage, the date of her birth being March 3, 1825. They were married at Canal Fulton, Ohio, in 1850, and in 1854 removed to Hamilton, Indiana, where the father engaged in the practice of medicine. In 1865 he removed with liis family- to Butler, DeKalb County, Indiana, where he carried on a druD- store in connection with his medical practice. I]i 1879 they settled in Milford, Kosciusko County, where the parents have since made their home. George B. Hoo])ingarner, subject of this sketch, was reared principally at Butler, Indiana, his youth being passed in attending the high school and assisting his father in his drug store. In the spring of 1873 he graduated from the Bloomington High School, that being the preparatory department of the State University, located at Bloomington, when he entered the uni\'ersity, taking the classical course. Hi! 1 remained at Bloomington until 1876. lie j then entered the medical department of tiie ] Micliigan State University at Ann .\rboi'. From 1877 till l'S79 he was engaged witli his j father and brother in the drug business, un- I der the firm name of Hoopingarner tV* Sons. 1 He was then engaged principally in reading I medicine with his father until 1881, then at- I tended a course of lectures at the Medical College of Indiana, at Indianapolis, graduating from that institution in the class of 1882. After his graduation he engaged in the drug business at Butler, and later at Sidney, coming to the latter place in 1^S3. July 12, 1882, he was married to Miss Jennie Sj)arklin, who was born September 14, 1860, a daughtei- of John and Mary (Arnold) Sparklin, who were among the early settlers of Milford, Indiana, where the father died in 1865. The mother still lives in Milford at the age of tifty-two years. Doctor and Mrs. Hoopingarner are the parents of one child - Abigail, liorn at Milford, June 4, 1S83. In 1885 Dr. Hoopingarner discontinued his drug ti-ade at Sidney, when he took a special course in the Chicago Medical College, and on returning to Sidney commenced the practice of medicine, and being well skilled in the knowledge of his profession, he lias established a good practice, wliicli is gradually increasing. In political sentiment Dr.

Hoopiiigariier is a Democrat. Tie is a member of Eel River Lodge, No. 510, A. F. & A. M., and also belongs to Pi Chapter, Beta Theta Pi, of Bloomingtoii, Indiana. His wife is a member of tlie Methodist Episcopal church.

r^\ :\r. Tf)WL, M. D., the pioneer physi- \ \ cian of Franklin Township, and a ''' prominent citizen of Kosciusko County, \v;ih a native of E.xeter, Maine, tlie date of his birtli being October 3, 1819. When eighteen years old he went to Boston, Massachusetts, and at the age of twenty -live years was married to Catherine Alden, of Newton Upper Falls, near Boston. They removed to Sharon, New York State, and while there our subject studied medicine under Dr. Pramer. Prior to attending medical college he had practiced medicine a number of years. In 1852 he came to Indiana and located at Palestine, Kosciusko County, where he had a fair practice, remaining there four years. In 1856 he removed to Sevastopol, and the following year attended a course of lectures at the Eclectic Medical College, at Cincinnati, Ohio. Returning in 1858 he permanently located in the village of Sevastopol, where for thirty years he practiced his profession. At that early day tiie physician was in great demand, the then swampy country causing much malaria, and our subject was obliged to work early and late, often riding many miles over poor roads to visit a patient. He built up a large and lucrative practice, and acquired a competency. He was the first physician to introduce the treatment of disease by the use of Compound Oxygen, and as a physician he ranked among the highest in this part of the State, where he made his home for so many years. Dr. Towl became a member of the Odd Fellows' order in Massachusetts, in 1844, and was one of the early members of Sevastopol Lodge, No. 4U3, and passed the chairs several times. He was also a member of the Hackelman Encamjiment, No. 37, I. O. O. F., of Warsaw, Indiana. Twice by election and once by appointment he served as trustee of Franklin Township, and several times served as postmaster of Sevastopol. He established the first drug store in the village, and was also engaged in the mercantile business for three years. Of the seven children liorn to Dr. and ]\Irs. Towl only one is living, a daughter - Lugarda E. She married Alfred Keececker, of Sevastopol, and to them have been born seven children, of whom four daughters and one son still survive. Dr. Towl died at his h(_>me in Sevastopol November 27, 1886.

IRAM PINKERTON was born in son of James 'ennsylvania, who immigrated to Yan Buren Township, this county, in October, 1839, entering 140 acres of heavily-timliered land. He built himself a house, cleared his land and lived upon it until his death. He married Miss Margaret Miller, daughter of John Miller, a native of Pennsylvania. To tins union were born eleven children - William, Nancy, John, Mary, Hiram, Elizabeth, Josiah, Margaret, Sarah Ann, Eleanor -lane and Wesley. All are living except William and Mary. Hiram obtained his education in tlie subscrijition schools of his native State. He lived with his father until twenty-five years of age, and was married to Miss Sarah Ann Himer, daughter of Amos Himer, of Jefferson Townshi]i. To this union have been born nine children - George W., Francis M., James

W., Thomas J., Alice, John M., Franklin, Irvine and Neil. All are residing in Jefferson Township. Mr. Piukerton owns a line farm of 200 acres, and a very pleasant residence with good out-bnildings. These improvements he made himself, all of his land being uncultivated when he settled upon it. Politically he afKliates with the Democratic party.

1^ F. DRAPER is general manager of the IfKl hotel at Cedar Beach, Turkey Creek ^5j^® Township, which is situated on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 113 miles from Chicago. The house was built in 1879, and consists of fifty rooms, capable of accommodating 100 persons. The dining-room has a seating capacity of 125. The premises are owned by a stock company, consisting of eighty members, whose design was to furnish a comfortable resort for theuiselves and families during the summer months. They afterward decided to build large enough to accommodate visitors. The situation is one of the best on the Nine-mile Lake, which covers an area of five square miles. The lake has a well-defined bank for a long distance either way from the hotel, the Ijank rising from eight to fifteen feet. The water is clear and the bottom is covered with line sand; it can be seen at a depth of twenty feet. The lake is fed by springs, which make the water pure. It is a favorite resort for hunters and fishermen, as well as for those who wish to get away from the heat and dust of the cities. A natural growth of oaks surround the hotel, which, with the cool breeze from the lake, makes an agreeable retreat for the summer season. The hotel has a small steamer capable of carrying thirty or forty people, and is arranged for the accommodation of picnic or pleasure parties. The business is increasing every year, and during the coming season there is a movement on foot to build cottages along the shore of the lake. One has already been built by Colonel Lilley, of Indianapolis. Mr. Draper is a genial manager, and possesses all the qualiticatious necessary to ensure success. He has both steam and sail-boats for the accommodation of his guests. He will be in Chicago during the following winter, and parties interested can address him at 3807 Lake avenue. Mr. Draper was born at Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana, April 13, 1843, and when six years of age his parents removed to Dearborn County. He was reared by his grandparents, his parents having died before he reached the age of ten years. He was reared on a farm, and in June, 1861, he enlisted in the Eighteenth Indiana Infantry for three years. He was in the department under General Fremont, then under Curtis, joined General Grant in the Vicksburg campaign. The regiment veteranized and went to Virginia, and remained there until the war closed. Mr. Draper then returned to his old home, Moores Hill, and engaged in the dry goods business, which he followed until 1879, then engaged in the boot and shoe business at Columbus. In 1884 he came to Cedar Beach, where he has since remained. The hotel opens on May 1st of each year.

H^ANIEL SNELL, dealer in furniture and InM building material at Sidney, is a native '^f of Preble County, Ohio, born October 18, 1888. His parents, John and Magdalene (Brower) Snell, were both natives of Virginia, and of German descent. They were married in their native State about 1832, and soon after their marriage located on a farm in

Preble County, Ohio, where they lived till 1844. They then sold their farm and removed to a farm near Mexico, in Miami County, Indiana, remaining there but a short time, when in February, 1845, they came to Kosciusko County and settled on section 34, Jackson Township, on a new farm, where they experienced many of the hardships and privations of pioneer life. In 1849 they sold the farm on which they had iirst located on coming to Jackson Township, and purchased a farm of 160 acres in the same township, wliere the father died in 1876, at the age of sixty-six years. The mother still resides on the farm in Jackson Township, aged seventylive years. iJaniel Snell, whose name heads this sketch, was reared to agricultural pursuits on his father's farm in Jackson Township, receiving the benelits of a good commonschool education. At the age of eighteen years he was apprenticed to learn the carpenter's trade, and after serving his time, on reaching his majority, he engaged in business on his own account, as contractor and builder, to which he devoted his attention till 1885. December 24, 1861, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary J. Heckinan, who was born in Jay County, Indiana, June 3, 1842, a daughter of Samuel and ilary Ann (Morris) Heckman, who are both natives of the State of Ohio. Mr. Snell has met with success through life, owing to his industrious liabits and good management, and is classed among the active and enterprising citizens of Jackson Township. He is the owner of the farm of eighty acres near Sidney, on which he resides. Since the completion of the Nickel Plate Railroad, he has been engaged in the sale of building material, and in connection with this enterprise he has carried on the furniture business since 1888. Both Mr. and Mrs. Snell are members of the German Baptist church. In November, 1885, Mr.

5^[AMUEL McKIBBIN, an old pioneer of tS^ this county, was born in Somerset ^!^ County, Pennsylvania, November 1(5, 1813, son of Thomas McKibbin, of the same county, who came from County Down, Ireland, in 1812. lie removed to Stark County, Ohio, in 1823, and to Elkhart County, Indiana, in 1839, where he died in August, 1843. Samuel resided at home until twentytwo years of age, working on a farm and attending the subscription schools during tlje winter season. He came to Jefferson Township in 1837, and was here at the first election, Jield in the spring of 1838. He was married in Stark County, Ohio, in September, 1834, to Miss Elizabeth Miller, daughter of John Miller, of the same State. To this union were born three children, two of whom survive - Jane, who married Thomas J. Stoctknian, of Wisconsin, and Matilda, who mari ried Henry Busines, of this county. J\[r. McKibbin was bereaved by the loss of his wife January 6, 1843, and July 3, 1845. he was again married to Miss Melinda "Wood, of Prairie Township, daughter of Eli Wood. To this union six children were born, all dying in infancy except two - James Wesley, now residing in Adams, Nebraska, and W. E. McKibbin, who died April 5, 1883. November 20. 1852, Mr. McKibbin was again bereaved by the loss of his wife, and July 25, 1853, he married Mrs. Julia Ann Townsend, widow of William Townsend, of Beaver County, Pennsylvania. When he first came to this county he purchased 160 acres of unimproved land, which he now has in a good state of cultivation. He afterward added forty acres. When he came liere tliere Avere but nine houses in Jetlerson Township. Tliere was nothing but a wilderness, and he has lived to see it grow to one of the linest townships in the county. He was elected justice of the peace under the old constitution, and served two terms, and also served one term under the new. He served ten years as treasurer. Politically he is a Democrat. Himself and wife are members of the United Brethren church, he having been a member since 1834:.

'HOMAS KIRBY WARNER, a retired ' farmer, was born in Mechanicsburg, Champaign County, Ohio, February 28, 1815. When he was five years of age his father's t^imily removed to Dayton, Montgomery County, where they lived five years; thence to Yellow Springs, Greene County, living there seven years; thence to the neighborhood of Cincinnati, at Murray's Locks, where the old Springfield and Westchester road crossed said locks, where they lived until their removal to this county, February 22, 1838. They started with three teams - one four-horse team, one three-horse and one two-horse team, and one horse leading. (3n the 12th day of February they started for North Webster, driving some fifty head of sheep, forty hogs and ten head of cattle. Besides the parents and eleven children, one brother, Warren, had his wife and four children with him, and another brother had two children, having previously lost his wife by death. The family first settled upon land adjoining North AVebster, which the father had entered in 1886. He, the father, came from Cincinnati in August of that year, accompanied by his son James, on horseback, via Dayton, St. Mary's. Fort AYayne and

Wolf Lake. He entered SOO acres of land and i-eturned home. Two years later the family settled upon the land, as before stated. where the father lived until his death, which occurred January 10, 1843. At this time the Pottawatomies and Miamis occupied the land, and it was four or live years before they were removed. The parents of our subject, Henry and Sallie (Kirby) Warner, were na- .tives of A^irginia. The father was born in Fairfax County in 1777, and the mother was eight years younger. Their oldest son, James, was born within ten miles of Alexandria. They were the parents of sixteen children - James, Helen, AYarren, Henderson, Thomas K., George W., Amelia A., Lorenzo Dow, William S., Nancy A., .lohn AY., Louisa Laura, Serena, Sally, Kittie and Matilda. The last two named died when young. Sally remained at Yellow Springs, Ohio, having been married before the family came to this county, and died there some years afterward. AYlien the father decided to come to this county, it was with the thought of beneliting his children; and all assented to the plan except our subject, who opposed it to the last. But as they determined to come, he resolved to see them comfortably settled in their own home. In four days after their arrival he returned to Cincinnati on horseback; and after sj^ending the following spring and summer in school, he returned to this county to visit his parents in their new home. He came the 225 miles on liorseback. During this visit of his he learned that his brother Warren was very much dissatisfied with the new country, having lost his boy, and his family having so much sickness. Said lie, "I would not stay here and make heathens of my children if my father would give me the whole of Tippecanoe Township." So Thomas K. rigged up a team and took his brother and family back to Cincinnati, where he has lived for fifty years. The family now began to scatter. Henderson and family, and Dow, went back to Cincinnati; George went back to go to school; .lames moved alwut thirty miles south of Vandalia; Helen and family also went to Illinois. Wlien Warren remarked to his brother Thomas that he was unwilling to bring up his family in sneh a heathenish country, it set him to tiiinking, and he conceived the idea of opening a school in the house left vacant by his brother. His father had given Warren the liouse and 160 acres of land, who returned it to his father wlien he left. Thomas K. obtained permission of his father to use the house for school purposes, who also furnished him with a stove. And when he took his brother AVarren l}ack to Cincinnati, he brought back several copies of Mcduffey's I'eaders, sufficient to supply a small school in the wilderness, and also brought ink and stationery and a few window sashes and glass, to make the cabin light enough to teach in. And while bringing material to educate the children in the wilderness, he also helped his father and mother. He brought to them 100 grafted apple trees, eight grafted pear trees and twelve cherry trees, and saw them set out in a projier manner. This was his second investment. He then went to work to prepare for his winter school. In this school were George W. Warner, Lorenzo Dow Warner, William Scott Warner, John Wesley Warner, Amelia Ann Warner, Nancy. ^Vnn Warner and Louisa Warner. These were his own brothers and sisters. He also gathered in all the children within a radius of three or four miles. George W. Warner became a Methodist Episcopal minister in the- itinerant ranks for thirty years, and died a little west of Indianapolis. Amelia Ann married the Rev. Samuel K. Young, who, after an itinerant life of about thirty years, now lives at Mount Vernon, Linn County, Iowa. ''Bill" Sqnawbnck, a pupil, was an Indian, and tiie youngest of three brothers, is now the chief of the Pottawatomie tribe in Kansas. This was the first school taught in Tippecanoe Townshi]), and was a subscription school, each pupil paying $2 for a term of thirteen weeks. During a part of the summer of 1839, Mr. Warner attended school at Ontario, and the following winter taught school four miles west of Leesburgh, at Sammy Harlan's school-house, on the Big Prairie. From that time he taught school fifteen years, summer and winter. September 14, 1843, lie was mai-ried in Elkhart County to Miss Esther Ann Benford, who was born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, November 30, 1828, and came with her parents to Elkhart County in 1842. Her parents, John and Elizabeth (Links) Benford, were also natives of Pennsjdvania, and were of German ancestry. The Links were of Gernian origin. Mr. and Mrs. Warner have eight children - llei-schelJasper, ChloeJane, Lorenzo Dow. Mary Elizabeth, Sally Ann. Albert Bruce Christy, Alice Carey and William Henderson Colfax. Politically Mr. Warner was formerly an old-line Whig, as was also his father. He cast his first vote for Henry Clay in 1836. His second vote was cast for William Henry Harrison. He has been a strong Republican since the organization of that party. He assisted in its organization, and says it has accomplished more than lie or any of its founders expected. He has always been in favor of woman suffrage. He says his attention was first called to that principle by hearing his father say that he could not afford to send his girls to school, and if he could afford it, they could not learn figures. This set him to thinking, and his conclusions were that the motliers of the neighborhood knew as much as the fathers did, and that if the fathers managed the bus- iness out of doors as well as the mothers did in-doors, they would be much better'off. He is now seventy-two years old, and has never drank a glass of li(|uoror beer. His parents and grandparents were Methodists. His grandfather united with the church at Alexandria, Virginia, and was the sixth member in that church; he often liad to restrain the sailors by force, so that Bishop Asbury and other ministers could preach. Mr. Warner has been a Methodist since he was eighteen years old. He was converted at a campmeeting near Cincinnati, and has never been called before the church for violating any of its rules. Of his brothers and sisters, Warren, Lorenzo Uow and Amelia Ann are living. Joseph Warner, the grandfather of our subject, was born near Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, and when a young man, went to Virginia. His farm joined that of General George Washington on the west. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and received a bayonet wound on the skull at the battle of Germantown. The wound was three or four inches long. When in his 101st year, he rode on horseback from London, Ohio, to North Webster; and he rode from Fort Wayne to Benton, tifty miles, in one day, and stayed at North Webster three weeks; then rode on horseback to Goshen, thence to Chicago, thence to Springfield. Illinois, following an Indian trail and stakes forty miles without passing a house, and gained his daughter's residence at Cherry Grove, south of Sp'ringlield, where he remained three years and live months. lie died there in the spring of 1843, aged 103 years, and is buried at Cherry Grove. The grandmotlier of Thomas was formerly Ruth Trotter, and was born in Virginia, dying in Hamilton County, Ohio, in 1835, aged about eighty-six years. She was unusually active and sparkling, and quick on foot. She died father Warner was born in Dublin, Ireland, and his great-grandmother was born and reared in London, England, and came to this country at an early day. She was a teacher in the colonies, and followed teaching until her death, after she had reared nine children, Joseph Warner being the youngest of the nine.

C^:j^i vania, born in Northampton Connt\', October 22, 1827, and died at his home on section 27, Harrison Township, Iv(.)sciusko County, March 30, 1881. AVhen he was twelve years old he accompanied his parents to Ohio, in which State hegi'ew to manhood. He was united in marriage in Hancock County Ohio, November 20, 1851, to Miss Elizabeth Kempher, a nativeof Northampton County, Pennsylvania, born December 27, 1831, her parents, John and Susan Kempher, being early settlers of Hancock County, (.)hio, locating there in 183('). Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Loehr - Susan A., wife of J. D. Garvin; William T., Miner N., Miles E., Louisa J., deceased; Serena E., Flora M., Cora R. and Pearly (4. In 1854 Mr. Loehr came to Harrison Township, and settled on the farm on section 27, which is still the home of his widow. He left a finely improved farm, containing 152 acres of choice land, which he had accumulated by years of toil and industry. As a pioneer he did much toward developing the neighborhood in which he lived from its primeval state, and in all enterprise, for the advancement of his township or county he took an active intei-est. He was a man of strict integrity, and honorable in all bis doiiling-s, and was a man held in high esteem by all bis neighbors. He was a Baptist in his religious views, and in politics he affiliated with the Republican jiartj.

fOHN W. LOVE, physician at Millwood, Scott Township, was l)orn in Dai'ke County, Ohio, August 5, 1830. His father, Robert Love, was a native of Ireland. His mother, Deborah (Senians) Love, was the daughter of Simon and Lucina Semans, of Llighland County, Ohio. They are the parents of eleven children, six of whom are living. The family came to Miami County, this State, where the father died at the age of sixty-three years. His wife came tn this county with her son, John W., and died here at the age of seventy-seven years. Our subject removed from Miami County to Randolph Count}^ Indiana, where he married Miss Agnes Ramsey, daughter of Benjamin and .lennette (Moore) Ramsey, of Cincinnati, natives of Scotland. To this union were born six children - Eddie Morris, born March 3, 1859, married Lydia Vesey, of Lagrange County, In<liana, and now living in Ainsworth. Brown County, Nebraska; is at present State Senator from that district, and practicing law at that place; Flora Bell, born August 5, 1860, married Ezra Shively, of ^Etna Township, this county; John Nelson, born December 16, 1861, and S. S. AVinton, born August 29, 1864. The two eldest died in infancy. .Fohn X. married Miss Sarah Ganshorn, of ^Etna Township, this county, and having learned the business of telegraphing he is engaged in that business. S. S. AVinton, youngest son, also learned the telegraph business; is now at Ainsworth, Nebraska. The doctor's educational advantages were limited, he having attended school when and where the educational facilities were verV crude. He lenrned the trade of tanner and currier, and followed it for a period of ten years. He had access to his brother's library, who was also a physician, and studied evenings, working at his trade during the day, and afterward studying with his brother. In the fall of 1S56 he removed to Economy, AVayne County; thence to Jefferson Townsliip, this county, in the spring of 1859; thence to Prairie Township in February, 1860, where he served as justice of the peace and postmaster four years. He came to this township in April, 1S65, where he commenced the practice of his profession, and built up a large and lucrative practice. Subsequently his health tailed, and he was obliged to abandon his profession. He now has a drug and grocery store in Millwood. Politically he affiliates with the Greenback party. His wife is a member of tlie Christian churcli.

fA. KRULL was a son of Ayelt Krull, a native of Kingdom Hanover, Oost "i)' ® Friesland. He afterward removed to the Kingdom of the Netlierlands, where he was engaged as a preacher of the Presbyterian church. Our subject was born in the Province of Friesland in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, January 24, 1832. He attended school until sixteen years of age, then left home and worked on a farm as a day laborer until he reached his majority. He came to this country in July, 1854, coming direct to Elkhart County, where he remained four years, then emigrated to California. The first year of his sojourn there he worked on a farm, then afterward bought a farm of 320 acres. He was also engaged in teaming to and from the gold mines, lie left C'alifornia in 1865 and returned to Elkhart County, lie married Miss Siinkjen Rjstra, daughter of B. Rystra, of Elkliart Countj, and to tliis union eiglit cliildren were Ijoi'n - Ayelt, John, Harry, Margaret, Ane (deceased), Ane, George and Isaac; all are living at home. Mr. Krull came to Jefferson Township April 30, 1880, and purchased 160 acres of partially improved land, where he has built an elegant house and fine farm buildings. He has an excellent farm, nearly all underdrained. In 1882 he was elected township supervisor and served two years. Politically lie affiliates with the Prohibition party. He and his wife are meml^ers of the Mennonite church.

I^RANCIS HENRY FOSTER, of the itt drug firm of Foster & Brother, of "^ Pierceton, was born in Lewisburg, Preble County, Ohio, July 15, 1834, son of John G. and Sarah (Singer) Foster, the father a native of New Jersey, of Scotch ancestry, and the mother born in Ohio, of German descent. They were married in Ohio about 1828, and to this union were born five children, of whom our subject is the third child. The father came with his family to Indiana in 1843, and located on a farm in Chester Township, Wabash County, where he lived till his death, which occurred in 1849. In politics he affiliated with the Whig party. After the death of Mr. Foster his widow subsequently married Enos Ilornaday. She died near Manchester, in Wabash County, Indiana, in 1881, at the age of sixty-eight years. She was a member of the United Brethren church for a number of years, but at the time of her death was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Francis H. Foster was nine years olil when his parents settled in Wabash

County, Indiana, and there he was reared on the home farm till sixteen years of age. He then began learning blacksmithing and wagon-making at Lewisburg, Ohio, finishing his trade at Manchester, Indiana, and there worked at it some eight yeai-s, and for a sh(_>rt time he carried on a shop in the vicinity ot Manchester. In 1861 he entered a mercantile store in Manchester as clerk, where he was employed till January, 1864, when he enlisted as a private in the Union arni}^ and was assigned to Company B, Forty-seventh Indiana Infantry, and was discharged at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in November, 1865, the war being over. He participated in General Bank's Red River expedition and in the Mobile campaign under General Canby, and was in the engagement at Mobile. He was off duty for seventeen days, being sick in the hospital at Memphis, Tennessee. After his discharge he returned to Manchester, and during the winter of 1865-'66 he was engaged in the dry goods business. In the spring of 1866 he gave up his dry goods business and established a drug business at Manchester, and in the fall of the same year he removed his business to Silver Lake, Kosciusko CJounty, and from there came to Pierceton in 1867. In 1873 his Ijrother, Lewis S. Foster, became associated with him, when the present firm of Foster iz Brother was formed. January 1, 1879, they established the Pierceton Independent, a weekly newspaper, which they published until January, 1885, and at the same time conducted their drug business. Being a stockholder in the Pierceton Manufacturing Company, Mr. Foster was chosen superintendent of their shops in February, 1885. He has been three times married, his first marriage to Miss Emily Langsdon, of Wabash County, Indiana, taking place in 1853. She died in 1854, and in 1856 he was married in North Man-

Chester to Miss Mary E. Willis, who died at the same place in 1865, leaving at her death one child - Willie B., of North Manchester, Robert having died at North Manchester when four years of age. He was married to his present wife. Miss Rachel Shoemaker, at Pierceton, in 18(59. and to this union have been born six children - Elsie May, Charles, Lizzie, Frank, Amie, and Josie, who died in infancy. Mrs. Foster is a member of the Presbyterian church at Pierceton. Mr. Foster is an Odd Fellow, belonging to the lodge, encampment anil canton, lie is past grand, past high priest, and a past lieutenant of the Canton Warsaw, No. 5, and chief of stall of the Department of the State of Indiana, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He is also a comrade of John Murray Post No. 124, G. A. R., of Pierceton, of which he is a past post commander. He has been foreman of Alert Fire Company, No. 1, of Pierceton, since its oro-anization in 1870.

fOHN EDWARD BEYER was born March 16, 1858, at Gensungen, 1 lessen Castle, Germany, where he was reared until fourteen years of age, when he came to America, landing at Castle Garden, New York, August 28, 1872. He first located at Goshen, Indiana, and was employed by George Freese, dealer in produce, and was thus employed until February' 2, 1877, when he came to AVarsaw and engaged with Freese & Beyer, his brother being one of the firm, where he remained until January 1, 1878, when he became associated with his brothers, J. F. and C. C. Beyer, under the firm name of Beyer Brothers, dealers in produce, butter and eggs at Warsaw. His early educational advantages were very limited, having attended the public schools at Goshen only a few months.

November 13, 1884, he was married near Warsaw to Miss Irena Belle Oldfather, daughter of Adam and Caroline (Berger) Oldfather, of Wabash County, Indiana. They have one child - Earl Edward. They are both members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Warsaw. Mr. Beyer is a member of Forest Lodge, No. 46, K. of P., and of Kosciusko Division, No. 8, uniformed rank K. of P. He is part proprietor of the Big Eagle Creamery and Spring Fountain Park, mentioned in the sketch of his brother, J. F. Bever.

Ip^IRAM FINTON, a mason and plasterer, Wml living in Washington Township, is a "fiM native of Logan County, Ohio, born near Roundhead, December 10, 1837, a son of John and Elizabeth (Wolf) Finton, who were both natives of Pennsylvania, tlie father of Irish, and the mother of German descent. The mother died when our subject was a year old, her death occurring in 1838, and in 1846 the father came with his family to Kosciusko County, settling in Washington Township. He was a farmer by occupation, which avocation he followed till within a few years before his death, when he engaged in the mercantile business at Wooster, Washington Township. For years he served as justice of the peace of Washington Township, where he was an honored and respected citizen. His death occurred in 1858. Hiram Finton, the subject of this sketch, was eight years of age when he accompanied his father to Kosciusko County, and he was reared on his father's farm in Washington Township. AYhen eighteen years old he began working at masonry and plastering, which he has since made his principal occupation. He was married in Tippecanoe Township, Kosciusko County, September 17, 1861, to Miss Pris- cilia Bennett, and of the eleven children born to them ten are living - Marion, Charles AV., Daniel W., Irena, Kosalia, Hiram A., William O., Ella Maud, Henry O., Ora Dell and Channcy E. All the sons have learned the mason's trade and work with their father. A daughter, Martha C, died at the age of twenty-one years, May 14, 18S5. February 14, 1865, Mr. Finton enlisted as a private in the late war, and was assigned to Company D, One Hundred and Fifty-second Indiana Infantry. He was on guartl duty in the Shenandoah Valley, in Virginia, and in the Kanawha Valley, West Virginia, most of the time until Septemlier, 18<;5, when lie was discharged at Charleston, AVest A^irginia, the M-ar being closed. After his discharge he returned to Kosciusko County, and worked at his trade in Tippecanoe Township until the spring of 1866, wiien he located near Pierceton, and engaged in plastering and masonwork as a contractor, employing a large force of men. Mr. Finton is an active and enterprising man of \A^ashington Township, and as a citizen is highly respected. Both he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church at Pierceton, of which he has been ruling elder for eight years. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and is past master of Pierceton Lodge, No. 377. He also belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic, and is commander of John Muri-ay Post, No. 124, G. A. R., of Pierceton.

DUN LAP, an old and re- V. 1/ I/' spected pioneer of Kosciusko County, I'-i^is^ is a native of Ohio, born in Harrison County, in 1812, a son of John and Rachel (Curtis) Dunlap, both of whom were born in AVest A^irginia. They left their native State for Harrison County, Ohio, in 1810, the father dying in Ohio in 1830, leaving the subject of this sketch, the eldest of six living children, four brothers and a sister, who are yet living. The mother subsequently died at the home of a sister of our subject in her seventy-eighth ye&Y. They were the parents of nine children. AA'^iiliam Dunlap, the subject of this sketch, was reared to manhood in his native State. He went with his parents to Coshocton County, Ohio, in 1826, and was there married in 1837 to Mrs. Susan (AVhite) Israel. AVilliam had purchased a farm in Ohio, on which they resided till coming to Kosciusko County in 1854, and on that farm eight children were born to them - John, now a merchant of Mentone, Indiana, married Martha A. Jeffries; Rachel, wife of Thomas P. Burns, of Labette County, Kansas; Mary, wife of George AV. Rickel, one of the most prosperous farmers of Franklin Township, Kosciusko County; Lyman, engaged in dealing in musical instruments in AVarsaw, Indiana, married Eliza Fasig; Lloyd married Vina Yates; and three who died in infancy. Two children were born to them after coming to Kosciusko County, both of whom died in infancy. After the marriage of their children, Mr. and Airs. Dunlap left their farm, coming to Sevastopol in 1871. In 1874 he formed a partnership with Thomas P. Burns, with whom he was associated in the dry goods business for a few years. He then lived retired from business life till 1883, when he again engaged in general mercantile pursuits. He was the iirst postmaster of Sevasto])ol, appointed in 1858, serving as such until change of administration. After President Cleveland's inauguration, Mr. Dnidap was again commissioned postmaster, which position he still holds. He has held the office of justice of the pi ace for twentyfour years, acting as such nine years in Ohio, and fifteen vears since coming to Franklin

Township, and lia.s been notary public for twelve years. Although in his seventy-fifth year he is actively engaged in business, beingone of the oldest merchants in the county. The fiftieth anniversary of his marriage occurs May 4, 18S7.

j^iHARLES WATSON CONANT, de- Iffe ceased, who was classeil amoni;- the ^n prominent and enterprising citizens of Pierceton, was born in JJeckett. Massachusetts, August 6. 1n2'J, a son of Charles AValden and Eliza (Babcock) Conant, lioth natives j of Massachusetts, and of English ancestry. They removed to Eorain County, Ohio, when our subject was very young, and there he was reared, his education being ])rincipally obtained in Oberlin College, of that county. On reaching maturity he engaged in manufacturing and shipping lumber to markets, which pursuit he followed in Lorain County until 1S63. May 1, IS-tU, he was married in Ruggles, Ohio, to Miss Margaret A. Tanner, daughter of Hiram and Amanda (Dunn) Tanner, the father being of English and tlie mother of Scottish ancestry. To this union were born seven children, and of this number only three are living - Erank C, in the lumber business in Bourbon, Kansas; Maggie and Bertha, living at home with their mother. Mattie A. died February 7, 1852, aged three months; Alice May died October 22, 1862, aged nearly ten years; Jennie E. died Angust 26, 1864, aged three months; and Fred. A. died at the age of seventeen years, October 10, 1873. In 1863 Mr. Conant came to Kosciusko County, Indiana, where he again engaged in the lumber l>usiness. During the war of the Rebellion he was also engaged in manui'actnring gun-stocks for the United States Government, and after 1865 he was extensively engaged in the manufacture ot furniture, employing from seventy-five to one hundred hands, and at the same time carried on a general mercantile Inisiness at Pierceton. In 1872 he sold out his business at Pierceton and engaged in the lumber business at Big Rapids, Michigan, remaining there till his death, which occurred Jn\\ 31, 1880. lie was a prominent Free Mason, having taken the Knights Templar degree, and was a member of the Commandery at AVarsaw. Mrs. Conant still makes her home in Pierceton, and is a memlier of the Presbyterian church at that place.

,^ DAM STOUT, one of the leading busi- (' \ ness men of Silver Lake, is a native of Ohio, born in Licking County in the year 1843. lie received good educational advantages in his youth, and graduated from the academy at Saint Louisville in his native county, and for three years prior to leaving Ohio he taught school in that State. He came to Indiana in 1865 and located in Wabash County, and a year later he came to Silver Lake, Kosciusko County, where he had charge of the village school, acting as principal for three years. In 1868 he purcliased a half interest in the drug store of Elisha Worley, and two years later he was elected justice of the peace, and served in that position for eight years. After carrying on his drug store about six years he disposed of his interest in the business, and devoted his entire attention to the duties of his office till 1879. During that year, in partnership with S. W. Oldfather, of Warsaw, he succeeded D. R. liall in the grain business. In 1880 Mr. Oldfather erected the brick elevator at Silver Lake, which has a capacity of 8,000 bushels, and the annual shipments avei-age about 50,000 biisliels of all kinds of grain. In 1885 ]\lr. (Jidfatlier retired from the business, since vvliieli ^[r. Stout has been the only grain dealer at Silver Lake. In 1871 Mr. Stout married Mrs. Sarah Blue, of Silver Lake, and to this union have been born four children - Ira B., AVilliam D., Edwin C. and Mary W. By her iirst husband, T. G. Blue, Mrs. Stout has one daughter, named Annetta. In 1868 Mr. Stout was the choice of the Democratic party as a candidate for legislative honors, but in a strono; Republican county he was defeated by a deci'eased majority of the popular vote. He has served several terms on the School Board, and has always been an ardentadvocateof any measures that promised the advancement of the social and business interests of his village. The parents of our subject, Chi-istian and Sarab (Haas) Stout, came to Indiana in the jear 1864 with their children, William, Amanda and Elizabeth, and located on a farm on Eel lliver, where the motiier died the following year, and three years latei' the father removed to Kosciusko County, and is now living three miles northwest of Silver Lake, is Seward Townshii). He was again married in 1868, taking tV>r his second wife Mrs. Sarah Cuffel.

fOHN B. WmUBIGLER, an active and en rgetic farmer of Seward Township, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, his parents, John and Mary (Buchter) Windl)igler, lieiiig natives of the same county and State. Several years after their marriage they settled in Richland County, Oliio, remaining there a number of years, when, in 1852, they came to Indiana with theii- family, which consisted of the following children - Elizabeth, Jeremiah, Susannah, May A.,

John B., Margaret, Elinora, William Henry and James. They tirst located in ^larshall Connty, and afterward exchanged their farm for one in Xewton County, where the father died. After the father's death the mother came to Kosciusko County, and made her home among her children till her death. John B., our subject, grew to manhood in Ohio, and was married in that State to Miss Rebecca Barkman, and to this union have been born seven children - Jeremiah II., born in Fulton County, Indiana, married Fanny Funk, a daughter of Henry Funk, of Kosciusko County; Mary E., deceased, was also born in Fulton County; James W. married Sina Garvin whose father, Amos Garvin, was one of the wealthiest men of Seward Township in an early day; J. F., born in Missouri; Rebecca L., Louis A. and T. B., born in Kosciusko County. After his marriage Mr. Windbigler moved to Fulton County, Indiana, where lie purchased a tract of timlier land, which he cleared and cultivated, living on it for fifteen years, when he sold and removed to Carroll County, Missouri, in 18G7. Two years later he returned to Kosciusko Connty and purchased the farm where he has since made his home. His land was but slightly improved when he settled on it, but, under his skillful management and persevering industry, hehas brought it under good ctdtivation, and with its improvements has made it one of the best farms in the neighborhood, with a comfortable residence, l)uilt in 1883, and good farm buildings. While a resident of Fulton County Mr. Windbigler served as justice of the peace for two years, but has never filled any official position in Seward Township, although frequently solicited by friends of both political parties to become a candidate for ottice. His political sentiments are well known througlKiut the countv. In his relitrious views he is a firm believer in the doctrines of the Church of God. A number of his cousins are eminent ministers in different cliurches. His youngest brother, William Windbigler, was a soldier in the late war, being a member of the Eighty-second Indiana Infantry. Several of his nephews also participated in the war.

^^ '\^; artist, was born in Canaiidaigua, New Ht' York, June 4, 1839. His father, Daniel J. Kellogg, was a native of that State, and of Scotch ancestry. He was an artist, and a member of the Royal Art Union of New York City, also a celebrated historical and portrait jiainter. He died at South Bend, Indiana, May 24, 1878, while on a visit to that place, at the age of sixty-si.\ years. He had been a member of the Presbyterian church for many years. The mother of our subject, Caroline A. (Bennett) Kellogg, was also a native of New York, and a daughter of .Vlonzo and Caroline (Stewart) Bennett, the latter of English ancestry, being a descendant of the Stewarts of England. She was married to Mr. Kellogg about the year 1834. and they had four children - Franklin B., deceased; Harry J., the subject of this sketch; Julia A. and Charles A., both deceased. The mother died at Rochester, New York, November 2, 1878, aged fifty-eight years. She was also a member of the Presbyterian church many years. Professor Kellogg was reared in Rochester, and his education was obtained at Brockport College, Brockport, New York, taking an irregular course. In 1851, when he was twelve yeai's of age, he was placed under the instruction of the American Art Union, at Rochester, of which his father was pi-esident. He graduated witli honors in 1859, being the first junior member of the Art League. Immediately after his graduation he became assistant foreman, under S. B. Lead), of the painting department of Barney, Parker »te Co., of Dayton, Ohio, manufacturers of railroad Coaches, and remained in their employ until 1861. In May, 1862, he enlisted in the Union army as Orderly Sergeant of Company A, One Hundred and Second Regiment Ohio Infantry. In .fune of 1862 he was promoted to Second Lieutenant, and to Major of the regiment in September of the same year. At the battle of Perry vi lie he was severely wounded by a ininie l.iall in the hip, rendering him unfit for duty, for which he resigned in November of that year. He was afterward employed on special duty in the typographical service, at times, until the latter part of 1868. Early in 1864 he resumed his professional woi'k at Toledo, Ohio, and engaged in scenic frescoing, and taking contracts at La Porte, Indiana, and other places. In 1867 he was engaged as master painter by the Toledo, Wabash & Western Railway Company, with headquarters at Toledo, Ohio, and remained in their employ nearly three years. In 1870 he opened an art studio at Toledo, and was engaged in teaching the fine arts and professional painting until 1876, when he removed to La Porte, Indiana, and opened an academy of design for instruction in the fine arts. In 1878 he removed to South Bend and established another academy of design, still continuing the one at La Porte. He afterward established like institutions at Elkhart, this State, and Three Rivers and Constantine, Michigan. The teachers and pupils of these academies, under his instruction, reached the number of 600. In the spring of 1886, leaving the school in the care of Mrs. Etta J. Hayes, he came to \Yarsa\v and beyan the g-reat his- torical painting, Panorama of the Siege of Cliattaiiooga, Tennessee, of which he holds the copjriglit, to be placed in a building erected for that purpose at Spring Fountain Park, Eagle Lake, near Warsaw. He holds many commendatory medals and testimonials for ornamental decorations and artistic paintings, and he is conceded to be one of America's most rapid and best painters. June 27, 1879, Mr. Kellogg was married to Mrs. Mary C. Sheldon (nee Meeker), daughter of Dr. Daniel Meeker, of La Porte, Indiana. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal chnrch. Mr. Kellogg is a member of the Masonic, Odd Fellows, Grand Army of the Republic and Knights of Pvthias fraternities.

~3' eighty-four acres in the northwest quarter of section 3, and thirty-nine acres on section 4. making a total of 123 acres. He was born in Tippecanoe Township, this county, May 28, 1841, on the farm he now owns, where he was reared and educated in the schools of his father's district. August 20, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Thirtieth Indiana Infantry, and was honorably discharged September 29, 1864, at Indianapolis. He served in the Army of the Cumberland, and was engaged in the siege of Corinth, the battles of Murfreesboro, Stone River, Chickamauga, and was with Sherman at Atlanta. At the battle of Stone River he was struck by a minie ball in the right foot, grazing the bone. He went to the hospital at Nashville, Tennessee, and after his recovery returned to liis regiment. At Chickamauga he was wounded in the middle finger of his right hand, and again went to hospital No. 4, at Nashville, where he remained about a month, and then returned to his regiment. He was in the battle of J onesboro, it being his last battle, as the time of service of his regiment expired six days after this battle. Only a portion of the regiment veteranized. ]\Ir. Morehead returned home, and in 1864 re-enlisted, and was sent to Company G, Fifty-third Indiana, which was at Alexandria, Virginia. In a few days the regiment was ordered to Washington, encamping there a short time, and was then ordered to Parkersburg, Virginia, then to Louisville, Kentucky, where they went into camp. In a few weeks they were ordered to Indianapolis, where the regiment was discharged. Mr. Morehead was married March 27, 1867, to Miss Caroline M. Leslie, daughter of Benjamin F. and Sarah A. (Mc- Coy) Leslie. She was born in A^erniont, July 5, 1840, and when live years of age was taken by her parents to Onondaga County, New York, where the family lived three or four years. The family then removed to Kalamazoo, Michigan, where the father rented a farm and lived upon it until he enlisted in the army. He died in camp about three months after his enlistment. He was born February 10, 1805, and died in 1861. The mother was born February 20, 1807, in New England, and died September 4, 1888. Mr. and Mrs. Moreheiid have had six children - Joseph F., born March 19, 1868; Stella M., born July 28. 1870; Evard E., born September 4, 1872; Lloyd H., born December 28. 1874; Ethel A., born October 10, 1879; Edna died at the age of four weeks. Mrs. Morehead has taught thirteen terms of school. Six of the nine children of her parents were teachers. The names of her brothers and sisters are as follows - Joseph P.. Colonel of the Fourth Indiana Cavalry, died in the army; Oliver S. is living in Marshall Countv, Kansas; William W. died in the army; Charles lives in Bates County, Missouri; Mary J. died at Schoolcraft, Michigan, at the age of forty-nine years, and was the mother of three children; Catharine O. lives in Kalamazoo, JViichigan; she and Mrs. Morehead are twins; George B. is living in Independence, Kansas, and is county superintendent of schools; John C. lives in Labette County, Kansas. Mr. Morehead is a Kepublican in politics, and himself and wife are meinhcrs of the Methodist Elpiscopal cliurch.

tAROX MILLER, of Van Bnren Township, was born in Kosciusko County --sp- - January 18, 1845, son of Stephen E. and Elizabeth Miller, the former a native of Ohio, and the latter of Pennsylvania. The parents, after coming to Indiana, settled for a short time in Elkhart County, and about the year 1839 came to this county and settled on section 11, Jefferson Township. His father purchased a quarter section of land, all in timber, and a few years later bought an additional 160 acres. He first erected a log cabin, and depended almost entirely on the wild game of the forest for sup])ort. lie was among the first settlers of the township. After years of arduous toil and labor he succeeded in ](roduciiig as good a farm as could be found in the township of Jefferson. He died on the homestead June 19, 1873. He was prominently identified with the German Baptist ciiurcli, and was one of the founders of what is now known as Turkey Creek Church, in Jefferson Township. For many years he was engaged in the capacity of local preacher. Five of his children survive - Rev. John II., Mary A., Aaron, Daniel and Jonas. Politically he affiliated with the Republican party. In his death one of the oldest pioneers of that locality passed away. Aaron Miller was reared to manhood in his native county, and educated in the public schools. He has been a life-long farmer, and owns a farm of 220 acres in Jefierson Township. He was married March 17, 1870, to Miss Susanna Leatherman, daughter of Joseph and Mary Leatherman, who settled in Jefierson Township about the year 1833, and were among the early pioneers there. Like all other new comers, they endured all the toils aiul pi'ivations of pioneer life. To Mr. and Mrs. Miller have been born five children, two of wliom survive - Mary E. and Belva A. Mrs. Miller's father reared a family of six cliildren, of whom five survive - "William, Susan, Conrad, Franklin and David. ^Ir. Leatherman died May 6, 1869. He was prominently identified with the (Terman Baptist church. After his marriage our subject went in debt for eighty acres of land, and in two years went in debt for an additional 140 acres, making a total of 220 acres. He paid for the entire farm in eight years out of products raised on the farm, and had 185 acres in a good state of cultivation. In the meantime he had some losses by fire. His success has been due to good management. Politically he is a Republican.

fBRAHAM KINiS'EY was I)orn in Berks County, Pennsylvania, February .,, 5, 1806, and was a son of Peter and Mary (Strauphanr) Kinne}', natives of Pennsylvania. His father was of Irish descent, and was killed in the Revolutioiuiry war. His mother was of German ancestr}'. Both died in Pennsylvania. Mr. Kinney came to Stark County, Ohio, in 1826, and was there married to Miss Catharine Lichtenwalttr in 1830.

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To this union were born fourteen children. Seven of them are still living. In 1S33 lie removed to Crawford County, living there until 18(56, then came to this county and bought 320 acres of partially improved land. He cleared his land and built a tine house and farm buildings. Mrs. Kinney died February 13, 1885. Politically lie affiliates with the Democratic party. He is a member of the Lutheran church, as was also his wife. Mr. Kinney is the oldest man now living in .Feffersoii Township, being over eighty years of aee.

,^ NDREW J. FELKNEK, farmer, Van .(' \ Buren Township,was born in this county October 18, 1846, son of Jacob and Susanna Felkner. His father came to this county about the year 1834, and bought a quarter section of land on section 17, Van Buren Township. Fie lirst cleared land sufficient to erect a log cabin, then settled amid the wilds. Like other pioneers he endured many hardships and privations. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Felkner had nine children, seven of whom are living - William, Sarah, Andrew J., Mary E., Elizabeth L., Isabel A. and Enoch W. Mr. Felkner served as justice of the peace for many years, was a member of the Christian church, and politically a Democrat. Fie died July 22, 1874. Andrew J., the subject of this sketch, was reared to manhood in his native county, and has always been engaged in farming. He was educated in the district schools of the county, and March 1, 1881, was married to Frances, daughter of John and Lydia Shaffer. Her parents were early settlers of Van Buren Township. Her father is deceased. She was born June 19, 1858, in Kosciusko County, ancl was also reared and educated here. Mr. and Mrs. Felkner have one child - Ethel, born December 26, 1884. Mr. Felkner owns 166 acres of well-improved land. He was elected township trustee in 1884 and re-elected in 1886. Politically he is a Democrat.

AVID C. ULREY, dealer in general mercliandise at Sidney, was born in Lake Township, Kosciusko County. Indiana, . I uly 5, 1847, a son of John A. and Sai-idi (Snepp) Ulrey, who were natives of Ohio, 'i'hey were mari-ied in their native State in iSSt), and in 1837 came to Kosciusko County and settled on a farm of 160 acres in (Uay, now Lake, Township, where the father died in 1864, at the age of forty-eight years. The mother still lives on the homestead in Lake Township, and is now sixtynine years of age. David C. was reared to agricultural pursuits, his youth being sjient in assisting on his father's farm and in attending high-school, spending terms in each ot the schools at Wabash, North Manchester and Warsaw, and in the meantime tauglit school during the winter months. He has followed teaching in all sixteen terms, being engaged in that avocation till 1881, since which time he has been engaged in mercantile pursuits, carrying on a mercantile trade at North Point and Manchester until 1883. In that year he came to Sidney and associated himself with John Haines, under the firm name of Haines i: Ulrey, since which time they have established a good mercantile trade. Mr. Ulrey was married in Jackson Township February 25, 1872, to Miss Barbara Ulrey, her parents, Samuel A. and Susan (Cripe) Ulrey, being natives of Ohio, and early pioneers of Kosciusko County, coming here as early as 1837. To Mr. and Mrs. Ulrey liave lieen born three children - Barnet, born Oc- tober 7, 1874; Estella Eosa, born March 17, 1881, and Ralpli, born January 22, 1885. Mr. Ulrey and liis wife are both nieniliers of the German Baptist chnrch. In his political views he is a Republican.

fESSE BEGHTEL, farmer, section 4, Tippecanoe Township, owns 64 10-100 acres. He was born in Stark County, Ohio, July 28, 1818, where he was reared and lived until he came to this county. He first came in 1842 to visit the country. He was accompanied bj' his brother and Frederick Fernsel. They traveled on foot, and were ten days making the journey. Thej' came by the way of Huntington, to visit some acquaintances living there. There were two others, who started at the same time on horseback, by the name of John Kuhn and Jacob Fashbaugh, and those who came on foot arrived here one day sooner than those who came on horseback. They all came in the fall, but the weather was excessively warm, and Mr. Beghtel's brother blistered his feet. He says that the third morning after they started they felt as though they could not rise, but, after making an extra effort, they traveled a few miles. Mr. Beghtel has always been a farmer, as was his father before him. The latter was born March 21, 1790, and died February 26, 1840. Jesse remained at home until 1847, when he and his mother and two other children came to this county and settled on the farm he now occupies. When he purchased it in 1847 it was a wilderness, and had no improvements. He built a log cabin in the springof 1847, and worked some for John Mock, who came with him, and remained here until harvest-time, then returned and brought back his mother and two other children, as before stated. He was iirst married to Miss Lydia Stocker, who was born in Ohio August 25, 1841, and came to this county when a young lady. She died November 27, 1874, just fourteen months after her marriage. June 12, 1875, Mr. Beghtel was married to Elizabeth Kindle, widow of William Kindle, who was born in Ohio November 3, 1848, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Starner) Kindle, natives of Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Her father died in February, 1883, aged eightyfour years, and her mother died April 15, 1869, aged fifty-nine years. Mr. Beghtel's parents were Frederick and Elizabeth (Wareham) Beghtel, the former born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, and the latter in Huntingdon County, same State, May 2, 1792. The father died in 1849, aged forty-nine years, ten months and eleven days. The mother died in Tippecanoe Township, May 9, 1871, and is buried in AVebster cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Beghtel have two childi-en living - Mary Bell, born December 6, 1867, and James Vernon, born July 10, 1879. Mr. Beghtel has served as township trustee, township clerk, assessor, and w"as treasurer for six years. Politically he is a Republican, and himself and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. His grandparents were all born in Germany, and Mrs. Beghtel's grandparents were born in Peimsylvania.

^^ENJAMIN C. ANDERECK, a prosper- '^^ ous and enterprising agriculturist of "^^ Harrison Township, is a native of Ohio, born in Hancock County, September 17, 1833, a son of Daniel and Mary Andereck, who were both born in the State of Ohio, the father of German and the mother of Englisii ancestry. They were the parents of a large family, of whom the following children are yet living - Benjamin C, William, Isaac, Rebecca, Elizabeth and John. The father was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he served as classleader. Benjamin C Andereck, the subject of this sketch, was reared to the avocation of a farmer, and has made that his life-work. He was married in October, 1858, to Miss Elizabeth Sell, of Kosciusko County, Indiana, and to this union were born four children; two are living - Mary M., who is now the wife of James Turner, and George W. William and Jennie are dead. Mr. Andereck has spent the greater part of his life in Kosciusko County, having come with his parents when a boy, when they located in Harrison Township. He has met with excellent success in his agricultural pursuits, being a thorough, practical farmer, and is now the owner of 293 acres of choice land, his residence being on section 34, Harrison Township. In politics Mr. Andei-eck affiliates with the Republican party. He has served as road supervisor, and also as school director, to the entire satisfaction of his constituents. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and one of the respected citizens of Harrison Township.